bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Electrochemical Series for Materials
Authors: Mueller Tim , Montoya Joseph , Ye Weike , Lei Xiangyun , Hung Linda , Hummelshøj Jens , Puzon Michael , Martinez Daniel , Fajardo Chris , Abela Rachel
Published: November 2023

The electrochemical series is a useful tool in electrochemistry, but its effectiveness in materials chemistry is limited by the fact that the standard electrochemical series is based on a relatively small set of reactions, many of which are measured in aqueous solutions. We have used machine learning to create an electrochemical series for inorganic materials from tens of thousands of entries in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database. We demonstrate that this approach enables the prediction of oxidation states directly from composition in a way that is physically justified, human-interpretable, and more accurate than a state-of-the-art transformer-based neural network model. We present applications of our model to structure prediction, materials discovery, and materials electrochemistry, and we discuss possible additional applications and areas for improvement. To facilitate the use of our approach, we introduce a freely available web site and API.
Reducing Organics and its Water Quality Impact
Authors: Cardew Peter , Hillis Peter
Published: November 2023

Over the last five years United Utilities has undertaken major capital investment to further reduce the risk from Cryptosporidium and trihalomethanes in more than half the supplies in the northwest of England. The majority of the supplies in the region come from upland surface sources which historically have had minimal treatment and in consequence high organic concentrations. The factors influencing the integration of new treatment processes with existing, the choice of process and the challenges arising are discussed, as is their impact on the water quality. In particular, the benefit to the two measures which are driving the investment. The consequences extend beyond that achieved at the water treatment works. The reduced organic input into the distribution network has resulted in chlorine persisting a lot further into the distribution system. As a result of this, and the lower organic input, bacteriological activity has fallen substantially with consequent reduction in the presence of coliform bacteria. The lower concentration of organics has contributed to a substantial reduction in lead concentrations. This has been clearly illustrated by lead concentrations observed at lead pipe rigs situated within the distribution network.
Geometry-adaptive catalysts for elevating towards the ideal oxygen electrocatalysis
Authors: Capitis Ritums , Ivaništšev Vladislav , Rossmeisl Jan , Kongi Nadezda
Published: November 2023

This communication introduces the concept of geometry-adaptive electrocatalysis, where catalysts adjust their geometry during the reaction. A model system of metal-nitrogen-carbon (M-N-C) catalysts – the dual-atom site 2Co-N₄ of variable curvature – proves the concept at the Density Functional Theory level. Calculations show how combining the geometric curvature effect with a geometry-adaptive cycle bypasses the known fundamental limitation due to scaling relations. Thus, in theory, geometry-adaptive electrocatalysis offers a promising direction to address the current stagnation in the experimentally measured overpotential for oxygen evolution and reduction reactions. It also indicates the possibility of discovering the ideal oxygen electrocatalyst catalyst.
GASP: A pan-specific predictor of family 1 glycosyltransferase specificity enabled by a pipeline for substrate feature generation and large-scale experimental screening
Authors: Harding-Larsen David , Degnbol Madsen Christian , Teze David , Kittilä Tiia , Rosander Langhorn Mads , Gharabli Hani , Hobusch Mandy , Mejia Otalvaro Felipe , Kırtel Onur , Nahuel Bidart Gonzalo , Mazurenko Stanislav , Travnik Evelyn , Hededam Welner Ditte
Published: November 2023

Glycosylation represents a major chemical challenge; while it is one of the most common reactions in Nature, conventional chemistry struggles with stereochemistry, regioselectivity and solubility issues. In contrast, family 1 glycosyltransferase (GT1) enzymes can glycosylate virtually any given nucleophilic group with perfect control over stereochemistry and regioselectivity. However, the appropriate catalyst for a given reaction needs to be identified among the tens of thousands of available sequences. Here, we present the Glycosyltransferase Acceptor Specificity Predictor (GASP) model, a data-driven approach to the identification of reactive GT1:acceptor pairs. We trained a random forest-based acceptor predictor on literature data and validated it on independent in-house generated data on 1001 GT1:acceptor pairs, obtaining an AUROC of 0.79 and a balanced accuracy of 72%. GASP is capable of parsing all known GT1 sequences, as well as all chemicals, the latter through a pipeline for the generation of 153 chemical features for a given molecule taking the CID or SMILES as input (freely available at https://github.com/degnbol/GASP). GASP had an 83% hit rate in a comparative case study for the glycosylation of the anti-helminth drug niclosamide, significantly outperforming a hit rate of 53% from a random selection assay. However, it was unable to compete with a hit rate of 83% for the glycosylation of the plant defensive compound DIBOA using expert-selected enzymes, with GASP achieving a hit rate of 50%. The hierarchal importance of the generated chemical features was investigated by negative feature selection, revealing properties related to cyclization and atom hybridization status to be the most important characteristics for accurate prediction. Our study provides a ready-to-use GT1:acceptor predictor which in addition can be trained on other datasets enabled by the automated feature generation pipelines.
Micro-Solvation of Propofol in Propylene Glycol-Water Binary Mixtures: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies
Authors: SHARMA ANUPAMA , Kumar Vishal , Chakraborty Sudip
Published: November 2023

The water micro-structure around propofol plays a crucial role in controlling their solubility in the binary mixture. The unusual nature of such water micro-structure can influence both translational and reorientational dynamics, as well as the water hydrogen bond network near propofol. We have carried out the all atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of five different compositions of propylene glycol (PG): water binary mixture containing propofol (PFL) molecules to investigate the differential behavior of water micro-solvation shells around propofol, which is likely to control the propofol solubility. It is evident from the simulation snapshots for various composition that the PG at high molecular ration favors the water cluster and extended chainlike net- work that percolates within the PG matrix, where the propofol is in the disperse state. We estimated the radial distribution function indicates higher ordered water micro- structure around propofol for high PG content, as compared to the lower PG content 1in the PG:Water mixture. So, the hydrophilic propylene glycol regulates the stability of water micro-network around propofol and their solubility in the binary mixture. We observed the translational and rotational mobility of water belonging to the propofol micro-solvation shell is hindered for high propylene glycol content, and relaxed towards the low propylene glycol molecular ration in the PG:Water mixture. It has been noticed that the structural relaxation of the hydrogen bond formed between the propofol and the water molecules present in the propofol micro-solvation shell for all five compositions, is found slower for high PG content, and becomes faster on the way to low PG content in the mixture. Simultaneously, we calculated the intermittent residence time correlation function of the water molecules belonging to the micro-solvation shell around the propofol for five different compositions, and found a faster short time decay followed up with a long time components. Again, the origin of such long time decay primarily from the structural relaxation of the micro-solvation shell around the propofol, where the high propylene glycol content shows the slower structural relaxation that turns faster as the propylene glycol content approaches to the other end of the compositions. So, our studies showed that the slower structural relaxation of the micro-solvation shell around propofol for high propylene glycol molecular ration in the PG:Water mixture, correlate well with the extensive ordering of water micro-structure and restricted water mobility, facilitates the dissolution process of propofol in the binary mixture.
Architectured Silicone Vitrimers with Light-Tunable Mechanical and Self-Healing Behavior
Authors: Menasce Stefano , Coulter Fergal , Libanori Rafael
Published: November 2023

Architectured materials synergistically harness chemical and microstructural features to create monoliths with antagonistic properties. Although it is a hallmark of biological composites, this material design concept has only recently been applied to synthetic elastomers and vitrimers. Here, we propose a light-based platform to manufacture architectured silicone vitrimers with locally tunable mechanical properties. Vitrimers are created through photocuring of polymer mixtures containing silica particles, silicone prepolymers and thiol crosslinkers. Dioxaborolane groups are incorporated in the silicone prepolymers to form dynamic bonds in the covalent adaptive network. Experiments showed that the mechanical properties and self-healing behavior of the silicone vitrimers are strongly influenced by the illumination conditions used during photo-curing. This dependence is exploited to manufacture architectured silicone vitrimers combining high stretchability and locally programmable mechanical stiffness. The high stretchability, tunable local properties and adaptive nature of these polymers makes them attractive for applications in soft robots, biomedical implants, and wearable devices.
PHÁP LUẬT VỀ BẢO VỆ TÍNH BỀN VỮNG VỀ MÔI TRƯỜNG TẠI LÀNG NGHỀ
Authors: Công Cường Đặng
Published: November 2023

Bền vững về môi trường là một trong ba trụ cột hợp thành bảo đảm làng nghề phát triển bền vững. Trong phạm vi bài viết, vấn đề bảo vệ tính bền vững về môi trường của làng nghề được nghiên cứu dưới góc độ thực tiễn bảo vệ môi trường tại làng nghề ở Việt Nam để xác định nguyên nhân của bất cập, từ đó, đề xuất giải pháp góp phần nâng cao hiệu quả bảo vệ tính bền vững về môi trường của làng nghề.
It’s a Fine Line between Sadism and Horror
Authors: Woodcock Scott
Published: November 2023

Much has been written about the puzzling aesthetic appeal of horror films that include scenes of brutal, graphic violence.  More recently, however, some philosophers have proposed that viewing certain horror films as a source of entertainment is morally problematic because of the impact they might have on our moral psychology.  By contrast, Ian Stoner argues that viewing fictional depictions of violence in horror films is not morally problematic because horror films do not present violence in ways that risk damaging the kinds of reactive attitudes required to exhibit a well-functioning moral psychology.  In this paper I note some the ways in which Stoner is correct about horror films, yet I argue that he has overstated his case for the permissibility of viewing all instances of horrific violence as entertainment.
Andrzej Sołtysiak: “The best way for you is to study math, you just put some chalk in your pocket, go to the classroom and don’t care.” Choosing the field of studies – the entangled cooperation between Polish and Czech mathematicians
Authors: Kulawiaková Barora , Pavlíček Tomáš W.
Published: November 2023

The edited interview with a Polish mathematician Andrzej Sołtysiak shows the influence of his father in his decision to study mathematics, the importance of his relationship as a PhD student with his mentor Wiesław Żelazko and the transfer of contacts thanks to Czechoslovak-Polish conferences on functional analysis. The authors show the importance of interconnectedness, individual contacts, and their manifestation in individual memory. They also describe the dialogue characteristics of the interview.
Utilizing Internet of Things (IOT)-based Design for Consumer Loyalty: A Digital System Integration
Authors: Aripin Zaenal , Paramarta Vip , Kosasih
Published: November 2023

The purpose of this research is to describe the design of a digital system to create IOT-based customer loyalty. The application of IOT systems for the banking sector is inevitable as part of the widespread positive impact of communication and information technology. The method used in this research is to use literature review by reading a lot of previous research which is the basis for this research by reading a lot of research, the author will be able to better understand the ongoing research by reading a lot of books and journals of previous research, new problems will be found and can be used as future research. The result of this research is a proposed system that can be used as a reference for further research, and can be used as an applied system so that the existing system can be further developed and can be even better, the proposed system produces the latest system using IoT and is expected to produce a smart consumer loyalty system.
Determinación de las necesidades psicológicas que impulsan la evasión del impuesto de renta en Colombia
Authors: Vergara Mayorga Olga Patricia , Camargo Mayorga David Andrés
Published: November 2023

The purpose of this article is to determine the psychological needs that drive taxpayers, natural persons, to evade income tax in light of the Self-Determination Theory (TAD). For this, a methodology was used under the quantitative approach, selecting a sample of 185 natural persons in Bogotá who declare income tax. Sampling was non-probabilistic, of the snowball type. A questionnaire was applied to this sample that inquired about the psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relationship. The results show that the taxpayers studied are autonomous and make their own decisions when paying their own tax, they also show that the respondents are not competent to declare their own tax, since they feel that they do not have the necessary skills, and that based on their close social relationships they decide not to engage in evasive acts. In conclusion, the needs studied allow us to determine to what extent people are freely involved or not in the execution of their tax actions.
On People’s Worries about Becoming a Victim of Events or Conditions Often Blamed on Those up There
Authors: Borg Ingwer , Hermann Dieter
Published: November 2023

The authors study people’s worries about becoming victimized by events and conditions often blamed on “those up there”. Excessive worries are bad for people’s performance because they lead to risk avoidance and lower self-confidence. In two representative surveys conducted in Germany, it is found that victimization concerns are positively correlated with people’s gender, previous victimization, their estimated likelihood of being victimized, their fear of crime, their crime-avoidance behavior, their striving for tradition and security, and their negative attitudes toward crimes. Negative correlations are found for people’s education, their striving for universalism, and their social capital. When considering all predictors combined, people’s expected likelihood to become victimized is found to be the optimal predictor of victimization concerns. It is recommended that management concentrates on setting realistic levels of such risk estimates to avoid negative effects on people’s performance.
Total Replacement of the AffixJasby the SubstituteŚīThekaumudīs Interpretation of A 1.1.55anekālśit sarvasya
Authors: Ferrero Valentina
Published: November 2023

The present article focuses on the replacement of the whole affixJasby the substituteŚī, when it occurs after asarvanāman(pronominal stem) ending in the short vowel-a, as taught by Pāṇīni in A 7.1.17jasaḥ śī. Most commentators attribute the evocation of A 1.1.55anekālśit sarvasyato the fact thatŚīis marked withŚ, while Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, on the other hand, attributes this evocation to theanekālnature ofśī. This paper analyses the commentaries previous to theSiddhāntakaumudī(SK) to understand whenśīstarted being understood asanekāl, concluding that Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita did not abandon the tradition since this appears to be a fresh reinterpretation of Kātyāyana’svārttikas.
IMPROVING THE WEAR RESISTANCE OF ECONOMICALLY ALLOYED STEELS
Authors: HLUSHKOVA D.B. , BAGROV V.A. , VOLCHUK V.M.
Published: November 2023

Problem statement. The influence of wear on the formation of a “white band” in metastable austenitic, martensitic-austenitic and secondary hardening steels of the Cr−Mn−Ti system, additionally alloyed with Mo, B, V, is studied. The influence of structure and phase composition on the wear resistance of economically alloyed metastable and secondary hardening steels is shown. Results. Surfacing of the studied materials was conducted in copper molds with different rates of forced cooling. Metastable austenitic, martensitic-austenitic and secondary hardening steels of the Cr−Mn−Ti system additionally alloyed with Mo, B, V are studied. Additional alloying of these steels with titanium in an amount of 2...5 % contributed to the prevention of spalling along the fusion zone. Near the fusion line there is a base metal zone with a width of 7...15 µm. After testing at the volume temperature of the working part of the specimen ТV = 553…573 K in the contact volumes for deposited metal of the 30Cr2W8V type, broadening of the grain boundaries, shear lines, finer grains compared to the underlying layers are revealed. Outside the zone of plastic deformation, the size of the grains corresponds to their sizes before the start of testing, the grain boundaries are relatively thin. The number and location of carbides observed at X430, X80O magnifications are also similar to the structural characteristics for deposited metal of the 30Cr2W8V. At close values of the contact pressure in the friction pair, the time of formation of a crack of critical length increases with an increase in the effective surface energy γе (including the energy of plastic deformation). Thus, the crack resistance indices (CR, j-integral, δС) and, consequently, the wear resistance of maraging steels are higher than those of metastable and tool steels. Conclusions. The conducted studies confirm the possibility of the formation of a "white band" both in alloys with a high concentration of elements − austenitizers (Mn, C, Ni), and when alloyed with carbide-forming elements with a relatively low affinity for carbon (V, Mo). The crack resistance indices (CR, j-integral, δС) and, consequently, the wear resistance of maraging steels is higher than those of metastable and tool steels.
High School Health Tech Pioneer Advances Disease Detection and Patient Accessibility
Authors: Mattapalli Say , Sneha, PhD Sweta
Published: November 2023

Student founders working on a start-up the past 2 years have created a 30-second home based AI brain health evaluation utilizing advanced imaging and neural analysis for non-invasive early disease detection. Personalized and tailored, this new gaze tracking system is non-invasive, has remote capabilities, and costs less - bringing remote detection to more providers and more patients via tele-ophthalmology. Identifying ocular biomarkers can point to several serious conditions, including Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Primary and secondary constipation: causes of occurrence, methods of correction
Authors: Kharchenko N. V. , Shendryk V. H. , Korulia I. A. , Kharchenko V. V. , Lopukh I. Y.
Published: November 2023

Constipation develops in up to 30% of the adult population of economically developed countries. The main reason for the occurrence of constipation are lifestyle features: inactivity and unbalanced nutrition. During constipation, motor, absorptive and secretory functions of the large intestine change. Treatment of patients with constipation begins after determining the cause of constipation and excluding lesions of the large intestine that could provoke constipation. Both soluble and insoluble dietary fibers should be increased in the diet. The main approach to treatment is the use of combined therapy, and if the effect is insufficient, laxatives administration is recommended.
Objective — to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of using the multicomponent laxative EasyDo in the treatment of patients with functional constipation and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with constipation.
Materials and methods. The study involved 28 patients with functional constipation/IBS with constipation, who met the Rome IV criteria (2016). Women prevailed in this group, 19 (68.0%). IBS with constipation was diagnosed in 15 (53.6%) cases, and functional constipation in 13 (46.4%) subjects. Patients were administered EasyDo (Prakruti Products Pvt Ltd, India), which includes a mixture of natural extracts of medicinal plants, namely: Operculina turpethum, Cassia fistula, Terminalia chebula, Glycyrrhiza glabra 2 tablets in the evening. Besides, recommendations were given to change the lifestyle, to add dietary fibers into the diet with individual selection of the dose. The dynamics of the following symptoms were evaluated: lack of regular bowel movement, difficulty in defecation, feeling of incomplete emptying, flatulence, etc. The intensity of each of these symptoms was assessed with the use of a 5‑point Likert scale.
Results. The analysis of EasyDo effectiveness was carried out after three weeks of the drug administration. All patients noted positive changes, but the degree of positive dynamics was different. After the treatment, the number of bowel movements per week increased. Three or more stools without unproductive straining were recorded in 21 (75%) patients. The severity of complaints in most patients has significantly decreased.
Conclusions. The obtained results demonstrated the following EasyDo effectiveness: considerable in 21 (75%) patients, moderate in 6 (21.4%) patients, no effects in one (3.6%) patient. The combination of plant components in EasyDo has a mild laxative effect, it is well tolerated and can be recommended in the complex treatment of patients with constipation.
New rural society governance in Vietnam today – reality and solutions
Authors: Hong Thuan Khuat
Published: November 2023

The article is devoted to the problems of agricultural society management in Vietnam. The history of the issue, its current state, and recommendations aimed at ensuring further progress in this area are considered.
Motifs of Disguise/ Imitation in European Literary Tradition (From Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century):
Authors:   Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine., Nikolova Oleksandra , Vasylyna Kateryna ,   Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine.
Published: November 2023

The article defines and examines the connection between the disguise/imitation motifs and the categories of comic and tragic within European literary tradition (from Antiquity to the Eighteenth century). The authors of this research explain the factors that make these motifs popular means of creating comic effect or tragic pathos and highlight the trends in their functioning. Disguise/imitation motifs are shown to be mostly related to situations that violate the usual norms of conformity, hierarchical relations, behavioural canons, and for this precise reason, they have a powerful affective potential, i.e. become capable of evoking strong emotions. The disguise/imitation motifs are appropriate for comic effect due to their archaic genetic links with ritual-laughter culture and their conformity to the very nature of the comic, which is based on contradictions. Tragic pathos arises as a result of tragic consequences of one’s identity loss within disguise/imitation situations, it prompts awareness of the injustice of society and the “cruelty” of fate, which are the cause of the forced rejection of one’s self. The article indicates the prospects of researching disguise/imitation motifs in modern art, where they are often employed in adventurous narratives to increase the plot’s dynamism, heighten dramatic tension, and intensify intrigue.
Online Satirical News as Instances of Liquid Racism: Evidence from Greek
Authors:   National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Tsakona Villy
Published: November 2023

When discussing the relationship between humour and racism, research usually concentrates on ethnic or racist jokes or on other humorous texts which expressly target migrants or other minorities. Relevant studies more or less explicitly ascribe to critical humour studies investigating topics such as how and why humour targeting the linguistic, cultural, or religious Other reproduces and maintains social discrimination and inequality, as well as how and why the generic conventions of humorous genres do not incite the audience to think critically of their content but instead enhance their tolerance for discriminatory and racist standpoints. In this context, the present study explores humorous texts that at first sight appear to have antiracist intentions. More specifically, I analyse a corpus of satirical news coming from popular Greek websites and targeting majority people for their racist views and practices towards migrants. The analysis is based on the concepts of script opposition and target as defined in the framework of the General Theory of Verbal Humour. The findings suggest that distinguishing between antiracist and racist interpretations is not an easy or straightforward matter: humour seems to blur the boundary between racism and antiracism. In order to account for this dimension of humour, I exploit the concept of liquid racism put forward by Weaver (The Rhetoric of Racist Humour) to account for the ambiguities of humorous discourse when it involves racist and antiracist meanings and interpretations.
Who has the Last Word? The Dead and their Lively Humour in
Authors:   Westfälische Wilhelms University of Münster, Germany, Doncu Roxana
Published: November 2023

All the characters in Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s novel are dead people, but they continue to speak as if they were still alive, and have not realized they are actually dead. Another paradox may be that although all of them are dead, none is really interested in death or its metaphysics. They go on with their earthly interests and spites, abusing and offending one another, spilling out secrets and shouting out loud. Speaking is the only thing they can still do while dead, and they take advantage of it: it is often quite difficult for the reader to understand whose voice it is in the general uproar. Gradually, voices become identifiable and attributable to characters: the reader learns to recognize them by the bad language they use, by certain quirks or by the expression of individual snobbery, pretence and hatred. By taking dead people as his characters, and faithfully recording their imagined speeches, Ó Cadhain re-imagines and refashions satire as a specific Irish genre. The speaking dead stand for the Gaelic rural communities whose language the political activist Ó Cadhain’s taught and promoted as the real repository of the idea of an Irish independent nation. The particular dialogic form of the novel, though seemingly experimental and difficult to comprehend, represents Ó Cadhain’s effort to establish democracy (lacking in the real post-independence Irish state), through the multiplicity of voice polyphony implies, at least at literary level.
Pathos as Narrative Glue. Marnie The novel, Film and Opera
Authors:   Universitatea din Bucuresti, Bottez Alina
Published: November 2023

This article looks at several ways in which personal trauma is the source of pathos in the etymological sense of suffering and affliction, engendering social failure in Winston Graham’s novel Marnie. Likewise, the study strives to demonstrate that both the literary original and its cinematic and operatic remediations are sparked into emotional cohesion by the narrative glue of pathos. From the perspective of both psychoanalysis and adaptation studies, this article reaches the conclusion that the open ending of the three versions also involves the reader/spectator in the process of narration – as Aristotle discovered in anticipation of Jauss’s reception theory – and thus leaves it to them to decide whether healing from pathos can ever be reached by the protagonist.
Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics
Authors: febriyanti Permata
Published: November 2023

Social Responsibilityand Managerial Ethics
Learnings From The Case of Maple Refugees: A Story of Loot Boxes, Probability Disclosures, and Gamer Consumer Activism
Authors: Park Solip , Denoo Maarten , Grosemans Eva , Petrovskaya Elena , Jin Yaewon , Xiao Leon Y.
Published: November 2023

The article synthesises what we learned from reviewing the player activism of the “Maple refugee” incident and applies the insights to the European video game industry and commercial context. The Maple Refugee incident was perhaps one of the most disruptive video game incidents that occurred in South Korea in recent years. It saw tens of thousands of Korean players from the game Maple Story (Nexon, 2003) mobilised in unprecedented online and offline protests in Spring 2021. Together with players from other free-to-play (F2P) games, Maple Story players rallied against the industry norms of monetising with loot boxes and the industry self-regulatory approach to probability disclosures to address potential harms. This culminated in the social phenomenon of the proxy activism method of ’truck protests,’ rallies of crowdfunded rented trucks displaying protest messages instead of people mass-gathering in public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the English timeline of the incident collated by Park et al. (2023), we dive deeper into the case with a multidisciplinary group of experts from game studies, law, and human-computer interaction and highlight various issues present in this case: the regulation of loot boxes and probability disclosures, the social pillars of player activism, player trust and theorycrafting, and game production. The paper contributes to the deepening of the industry’s understanding of F2P game business while diversifying the Western-centric discourse of the game research landscape by calling for further cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary inquiries into current video game issues.
Behavior In Organization
Authors: rahmawati Fika
Published: November 2023

Behavior In Organization
managers as decision makers
Authors: FADILATURAHMAH MEITA
Published: November 2023

Jenis masalah dapat dibagi menjadi terstruktur dan tidak terstruktur, dan kondisi pengambilan keputusan dapat berkisar dari kepastian hingga ketidakpastian. Manajer harus menjalani proses pengambilan keputusan yang sistematis dengan mempertimbangkan sifat masalah dan tingkat informasi yang tersedia.
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Changes in Mind Wandering in Older Adulthood
Authors: Welhaf Matt , Aschenbrenner Andrew J. , Hassenstab Jason
Published: November 2023

Age-related declines in mind wandering are well established. Theories of mind wandering have attempted to explain why this decline occurs, but no one theory firmly predicts such changes. One problem with these theoretical views, and the studies that have grown out of them, is their reliance on cross-sectional methods. However, they don’t account for within-person changes over time in mind wandering. It is well-documented that cross-sectional and longitudinal changes in some cognitive domains do not align, suggesting that some cognitive abilities might be preserved because of repeated testing. We present a novel analysis of longitudinal change in subjective and objective indicators of mind wandering during a sustained attention task. Cognitively normal adults (N = 271, age range 42-94) completed a sustained attention task with thought probes to measure mind wandering repeatedly over several years. Linear mixed effect models revealed baseline differences in subjective mind wandering reports among middle-aged and older adults. However, longitudinally, middle-aged participants showed a significant increase in subjective mind wandering whereas older participants showed no change. Changes in mind wandering could not be explained by attentional control ability or contemporaneous estimates of interest and perceived difficulty, but they were explained by baseline levels of conscientiousness. Objective measures of mind wandering did not show these same patterns and were largely only associated with participants perceived difficulty. Our results build on previous cross-sectional research and suggest that incorporating longitudinal analyses into theories of aging and mind wandering, and mind wandering more broadly, is important for refining these theories.
Hitting the wall: The impact of barriers to care and cumulative trauma exposure on PTSD in Northern Ireland Veterans
Authors: Spikol Eric , Hitch Catherine , Robinson Martin , McGlinchey Emily , Armour Cherie
Published: November 2023

Introduction: Seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) distress can be complicated by a variety of internal and external factors which can prevent an individual from seeking care and treatment while their distress worsens. This is especially true for hidden populations with an extensive trauma history, here UK Armed Forces Veterans residing in Northern Ireland. This study aimed to determine the contribution of barriers to care and cumulative trauma exposure on the severity of PTSD symptomology, the extent of that contribution, and if there was variance in specific types of barriers.Methods: Data from N=657 Veterans resident in NI (90.6% male) was taken from the Northern Ireland Veterans Health and Wellbeing Study (NIVHWS) were used in a series of regression models to explore the relationships between cumulative trauma exposure, barriers to care, specific barrier type, and PTSD symptomatology. Results: Overall barriers to care and cumulative trauma exposure predicted PTSD (β = 0.385), as did, to a lesser degree, logistic barriers (β = 0.348), trust barriers (β = 0.258), and stigmatic barriers (β = 0.298).Discussion: The accumulation of multiple trauma exposures/experiences is strongly associated with PTSD symptomology, with barriers to care having a significant impact on distress. Overall barriers/specific subtype barriers and trauma contributed to PTSD in this population of UK Armed Forces Veterans resident in NI.Keywords: PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder, barriers to care, Veterans, Northern Ireland
Utjecaj hrastove mrežaste stjenice Corythucha arcuata na visinu biljaka hrasta lužnjaka ovisno o načinu podmlađivanja
Authors: Drekić Milan , Kovačević Branislav , Poljaković Pajnik Leopold , Pilipović Andrej , Milović Marina , Rađević Vid
Published: November 2023

Oak lace bug Corythucha arcuata represents a new pest of oaks in Europe, introduced from North America in year 2000. Damage is caused by adults and larvae that feed on the underside of leaves. The paper presents the results of investigation of impact of Corythucha arcuata on pedunculate oak growth. The two variant experiment was established in 2019 and included the evaluation of the effect of oak lace bug on the height of the seedlings (i) grown under the shade of the adult trees after the intermediate felling and (ii) seedlings grown unshaded after the final felling. Both variants included eight plots of which four were treated with the insecticide thiamethoxam, while other four were untreated. Assessment of the intensity of the attack was performed in June, July and August in 2019, 2020 and 2021, while the height of the plants was measured at the end of the vegetation period in 2019, 2020 and 2021.The results indicate significant decrease in the intensity of the attack on seedlings grown unshaded by the old trees. After first year, there was no difference in average height of the treated and untreated seedlings grown after the intermediate felling, while the difference was evident after second and third year. Such results indicate cumulative effect of the oak lace bug attack on the seedlings of the penduculate oak. On the other hand, during whole experiment, the differences between treated and untreated plant average height after the final felling were not evident.
Transformative learning in formal schools
Authors: Kuriakou Georgios
Published: November 2023

Transformative learning is a learning theory that emphasizes the transformative potential of education. It was developed by Jack Mezirow in the 1970s and focuses on the ways in which learners can transform their perspectives, beliefs, and assumptions through the process of learning. According to this theory, transformative learning involves critical reflection and self-examination, leading to a change in the learner's worldview.
MODERN VIEW ON ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND URAT-LOWERING THERAPY FOR GOUT
Authors: Tkachenko M.V. , Babanina M.Yu. , Volchenko H.V. , Kitura Ye.M. , Kyryan O.A.
Published: November 2023

This article provides a thorough analysis of new and promising pharmaceuticals for the treatment of gout, encompassing anti-inflammatory and urate-lowering therapies. It covers drugs that have already received regulatory approval and are in active clinical use, as well as those in various stages of implementation and clinical research, showcasing their notable efficacy and safety. Additionally, the article discusses contemporary gout treatment approaches in alignment with international and domestic clinical guidelines. Emphasis is placed on the safety and efficacy of colchicine in gouty arthritis and its cardioprotective properties for patients with gout and comorbid cardiovascular disease. The article provides the information on the effectiveness of canakinumab, a new anti-inflammatory agent for the symptomatic therapy of gout. The effectiveness and safety of anakinra makes it possible to consider it as a promising alternative to the traditional approach to the anti-inflammatory therapy of gout. Rylonacept allows physicians to develop more effective treatment algorithms for those patients with gout who unsatisfactory respond to conventional therapy. The article provides a historical perspective on the use of adrenocorticotropic hormone as an anti-inflammatory agent for gout. It also highlights existing, new, and potential anti-inflammatory drugs, with a primary focus on the safety and effectiveness of febuxostat, supported by recent large randomized clinical trial results. Additionally, the article describes other medications aimed at reducing uric acid levels in the bloodstream, including uricosuric agents (such as probenecid, benzbromarone, sulfinpyrazone, lesinurad, verinurad, dotinurad, and archalofenate), xanthine oxidase inhibitors (allopurinol and topiroxostat), and pegylated uricase drugs, which may hold promise for future use in combination with primary urate-lowering therapies.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM OUTCOMES FOLLOWING THE STIMULATION OF CARDIAC CONDUCTION SYSTEM AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR PACING IN PATIENTS WITH BRADYARRHYTHMIAS
Authors: Perepeka Ye. O.
Published: November 2023

Introduction. Right ventricular myocardial pacing induces asynchronous ventricular contraction, potentially resulting in pacing-induced cardiomyopathy and adverse long-term clinical outcomes. Conduction system pacing is a physiological alternative to right ventricular myocardial pacing. The objective of this study is to analyze the long-term outcomes of the conduction system pacing in comparison with right ventricular myocardial pacing in patients requiring permanent ventricular pacing and who have preserved initial left ventricular ejection fraction (≥ 50%). Materials and methods. 48 patients with indications for permanent ventricular pacing were selected for comparative analysis. Of these, 18 patients had cardiac conduction system pacing and 30 patients had right ventricular myocardial pacing. Permanent pacemaker implantation in both groups of this study was performed from 2012 to 2022. Patients in both groups had to meet the following selection criteria for this study: 1) preserved systolic function of the left ventricle at the time of pacemaker implantation (≥ 50%); 2) total percentage of ventricular pacing from the time of implantation had to be not less than 90%.

Results. The observation period was 35.3 ± 37 months in the conduction system pacing group and 46 ± 28.73 months in the right ventricular pacing group. Since the time of pacemaker implantation, pacing-induced cardiomyopathy occurred in 7 (23%) patients in the right ventricular pacing group and in none in the conduction system pacing group. The mean left ventricular ejection fraction at the control visit was significantly lower in the right ventricular pacing group (51.59 ± 8.55 vs. 58.64 ± 4.58%, p =.004). A significant reduction in global longitudinal strain was observed in the right ventricular pacing group compared to the conduction system pacing group (14.22 ± 3.66 vs. 18.49 ± 2.5%, p = <.001). Paced QRS width was significantly greater in the right ventricular pacing group (152.32 ± 18.13 vs. 119.12 ± 8.8 ms, p <.001). Conclusions. Applying new physiological methods of cardiac pacing enables to avoid the negative consequences of an asynchronous pattern of ventricular activation during conventional right ventricular pacing.
HUMAN CAPITAL AS A FACTOR OF INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY
Authors: CHAIKOVSKA Inna
Published: November 2023

The article considers the essential content of the "human capital" category. The role of human capital in the formation of the global knowledge economy of Ukraine is determined, the state of human capital in Ukraine is analyzed according to the human capital index, recommendations are given regarding the improvement of the level of formation and use of human capital and its components as a factor in the innovative development of the national economy.
ФІНАНСОВІ ІНСТРУМЕНТИ ФОРМУВАННЯ ПІДПРИЄМНИЦЬКОГО КАПІТАЛУ ВІТЧИЗНЯНИХ ТРУДОВИХ МІГРАНТІВ
Authors: НАКОНЕЧНА Наталія , КАРАПІНКА Максиміліан
Published: November 2023

У дослідженні актуалізовано проблематику державної політики стимулювання продуктивного використання грошових трансфертів, а саме у вигляді здійснення інвестицій. Метою статті є обґрунтування фінансових інструментів формування підприємницького капіталу вітчизняних трудових мігрантів із врахуванням світового досвіду та важливості отримання достатніх економічних і соціальних вигід від їх використання. Показано обсяги та динаміку щорічних переказів трудовими мігрантами в Україну грошового капіталу і в, що формує біля 8,0 % ВВП країни. Однак, цей капітал використовується дуже не продуктивно і в практично повній мірі йде на фінансування споживчих витрат вітчизняного населення. Тому, констатовано, що головним завданням органів влади є стримувати критичне нарощення обсягів зовнішньої міграції населення та створити привабливі трудові умови на внутрішньому ринку праці, що дозволяє накопичувати грошовий капітал і його перевищити в порівнянні із переказами закордону. Визначені економічні та соціальні вигоди від використання державних міграційних облігацій при формуванні підприємницького капіталу вітчизняних трудових мігрантів.
Association of Cerebrovascular Imaging Biomarkers, Depression, and Anxiety, with Mild Cognitive Impairment
Authors: Vassilaki Maria , Syrjanen Jeremy A. , Krell-Roesch Janina , Graff-Radford Jonathan , Vemuri Prashanthi , Scharf Eugene L. , Machulda Mary M. , Fields Julie A. , Kremers Walter K. , Lowe Val J. , Jack Clifford R. , Knopman David S. , Petersen Ronald C. , Geda Yonas E.
Published: November 2023

The study included 1,738 Mayo Clinic Study of Aging participants (≥50 years old; 1,460 cognitively unimpaired and 278 with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)) and examined the cross-sectional association between cerebrovascular (CVD) imaging biomarkers (e.g., white matter hyperintensities (WMH), infarctions) and Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) scores, as well as their association with MCI. High (abnormal) WMH burden was significantly associated with having BDI-II>13 and BAI > 7 scores, and both (CVD imaging biomarkers and depression/anxiety) were significantly associated with MCI when included simultaneously in the model, suggesting that both were independently associated with the odds of MCI.
IoT device type identification using training deep quantum neural networks optimized with a chimp optimization algorithm for enhancing IoT security
Authors: Shirley C.P. , Kumar Jaydip , Pitambar Rane Kantilal , Kumar Narendra , Radha Rani Deevi , Harshitha Kuntamukkula , Tiwari Mohit
Published: November 2023

IoT networks can be defined as groups of physically connected things and devices that can connect to the Internet and exchange data with one another. Since enabling an increasing number of internets of things devices to connect with their networks, organizations have become more vulnerable to safety issues and attacks. A major drawback of previous research is that it can find out prior seen types only, also any new device types are considered anomalous. In this manuscript, IoT device type detection utilizing Training deep quantum neural networks optimized with a Chimp optimization algorithm for enhancing IOT security (IOT-DTI-TDQNN-COA-ES) is proposed. The proposed method entails three phases namely data collection, feature extraction and detection. For Data collection phase, real network traffic dataset from different IoT device types are collected. For feature mining phase, the internet traffic features are extracted through automated building extraction (ABE) method. IoT device type identification phase, Training deep quantum neural networks (TDQNN) optimized with Chimp optimization algorithm (COA) is utilized to detect the category of IoT devices as known and unknown device. IoT network is implemented in Python. Then the simulation performance of the proposed IOT-DTI-TDQNN-COA-ES method attains higher accuracy as26.82% and 23.48% respectively, when compared with the existing methods.
Customer analysis using a deep inferarer classifier and a variable-sensitive clustering algorithm optimized by the Cuckoo search method
Authors: Ghavidel Motahare , Yadollahzadeh-Tabari Meisam , GolsorkhTabariAmiri Mehdi
Published: November 2023

In this paper, we proposed classification and clustering algorithms that are proper for analyzing customer-related datasets, which are mostly high-dimensional with too many instances. For the clustering purpose, This paper presents a Cuckoo-Search-based Variable Weighting (CSVW) Clustering algorithm to obtain optimal variable weights of high-dimensional data for each cluster. This paper also proposes a deep Inferarer Classifier for categorizing customers using Bi-Directional Long Short-Term Memory (Bi-LSTM) neural network, which uses a Fuzzy Inferential Classifier on its last layer. The Insurance Company (TIC) and InstaCart datasets are utilized for the experiments and performance evaluation. Simulation results reveal that the proposed clustering algorithm generates appropriate Silhouette and Elbow criteria scores in a few cycles of execution in comparison to ordinal clustering algorithms. Also, the proposed classification algorithm with fuzzy soft-max classifier hits the better Classification Criteria in comparison.