bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
In situ science on Phobos with the Raman spectrometer for MMX (RAX): preliminary design and feasibility of Raman measurements
Authors: Cho Yuichiro , Böttger Ute , Rull Fernando , Hübers Heinz-Wilhelm , Belenguer Tomàs , Börner Anko , Buder Maximilian , Bunduki Yuri , Dietz Enrico , Hagelschuer Till , Kameda Shingo , Kopp Emanuel , Lieder Matthias , Lopez-Reyes Guillermo , Moral Inza Andoni Gaizka , Mori Shoki , Ogura Jo Akino , Paproth Carsten , Perez Canora Carlos , Pertenais Martin , Peter Gisbert , Prieto-Ballesteros Olga , Rockstein Steve , Rodd-Routley Selene , Rodriguez Perez Pablo , Ryan Conor , Santamaria Pilar , Säuberlich Thomas , Schrandt Friedrich , Schröder Susanne , Stangarone Claudia , Ulamec Stephan , Usui Tomohiro , Weber Iris , Westerdorff Karsten , Yumoto Koki
Published: December 2021

Mineralogy is the key to understanding the origin of Phobos and its position in the evolution of the Solar System. In situ Raman spectroscopy on Phobos is an important tool to achieve the scientific objectives of the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, and maximize the scientific merit of the sample return by characterizing the mineral composition and heterogeneity of the surface of Phobos. Conducting in situ Raman spectroscopy in the harsh environment of Phobos requires a very sensitive, compact, lightweight, and robust instrument that can be carried by the compact MMX rover. In this context, the Raman spectrometer for MMX (i.e., RAX) is currently under development via international collaboration between teams from Japan, Germany, and Spain. To demonstrate the capability of a compact Raman system such as RAX, we built an instrument that reproduces the optical performance of the flight model using commercial off-the-shelf parts. Using this performance model, we measured mineral samples relevant to Phobos and Mars, such as anhydrous silicates, carbonates, and hydrous minerals. Our measurements indicate that such minerals can be accurately identified using a RAX-like Raman spectrometer. We demonstrated a spectral resolution of approximately 10 cm−1, high enough to resolve the strongest olivine Raman bands at ~ 820 and ~ 850 cm−1, with highly sensitive Raman peak measurements (e.g., signal-to-noise ratios up to 100). These results strongly suggest that the RAX instrument will be capable of determining the minerals expected on the surface of Phobos, adding valuable information to address the question of the moon’s origin, heterogeneity, and circum-Mars material transport.

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A comparative study of greener alternatives for nanocellulose production from sugarcane bagasse
Authors: Pula Bhargavi , Ramesh Shradha , Pamidipati Sirisha , Doddipatla Purnima
Published: December 2021

Use of enzyme for extraction of nanocellulose from sugarcane bagasse is greener alternative. Literature indicates that effectiveness of these enzymes can be improved by auxiliary enzymes or mediators. In the current study, extraction of nanocellulose using laccase with these moderators, auxiliary enzyme glucose oxidase and mediator molecule, ABTS [2,2′-azinobis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonate)] individually was done. Cellulose and lignin content, FT-IR, TGA and DSC analysis, XRD, SEM and PSA were done. Enzyme moderators improved the performance of laccase in lignin degradation. Lignin and cellulose content, crystallinity were used as parameters to optimize the concentrations, which was found to be ABTS (at 1.4 mM) and glucose oxidase (at 0.15 mg ml−1). At the optimal concentration, nanocellulose was extracted. Properties of nanocellulose obtained from both routes were compared. Size analysis revealed 339 nm and 636 nm for nanocellulose obtained with glucose oxidase and ABTS, respectively. Defibrillation was better in the case of the former one as seen from SEM.

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Characterization of Argonaute nucleases from mesophilic bacteria Paenibacillus borealis and Brevibacillus laterosporus
Authors: Dong Huarong , Huang Fei , Guo Xiang , Xu Xiaoyi , Liu Qian , Li Xiao , Feng Yan
Published: December 2021

Thermophilic Argonaute proteins (Agos) have been shown to utilize small DNA guides for cleaving complementary DNA in vitro, which shows great potential for nucleic acid detection. In this study, we explored mesophilic Agos for the detection of small molecule by cooperating with allosteric transcription factors (aTFs). Two Agos from mesophilic bacteria, Paenibacillus borealis (PbAgo) and Brevibacillus laterosporus (BlAgo), showed nuclease activity for single-stranded DNA at moderate temperatures (37 °C) by using 5′-phosphorylated and 5′-hydroxylated DNA guides. Both Agos perform programmable cleavage of double-stranded DNA, especially in AT-rich regions of plasmid. Furthermore, we developed a simple and low-cost p-hydroxybenzoic acid detection method based on DNA-guided DNA cleavage of Agos and the allosteric effect of HosA, which expands the potential application of small molecule detection by Agos.
Prediction of phenolic compounds and glucose content from dilute inorganic acid pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass using artificial neural network modeling
Authors: Luo Hongzhen , Gao Lei , Liu Zheng , Shi Yongjiang , Xie Fang , Bilal Muhammad , Yang Rongling , Taherzadeh Mohammad J.
Published: December 2021

Dilute inorganic acids hydrolysis is one of the most promising pretreatment strategies with high recovery of fermentable sugars and low cost for sustainable production of biofuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. The diverse phenolics derived from lignin degradation during pretreatment are the main inhibitors for enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation. However, the content features of derived phenolics and produced glucose under different conditions are still unclear due to the highly non-linear characteristic of biomass pretreatment. Here, an artificial neural network (ANN) model was developed for simultaneous prediction of the derived phenolic contents (CPhe) and glucose yield (CGlc) in corn stover hydrolysate before microbial fermentation by integrating dilute acid pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis. Six processing parameters including inorganic acid concentration (CIA), pretreatment temperature (T), residence time (t), solid-to-liquid ratio (RSL), kinds of inorganic acids (kIA), and enzyme loading dosage (E) were used as input variables. The CPhe and CGlc were set as the two output variables. An optimized topology structure of 6–12-2 in the ANN model was determined by comparing root means square errors, which has a better prediction efficiency for CPhe (R2 = 0.904) and CGlc (R2 = 0.906). Additionally, the relative importance of six input variables on CPhe and CGlc was firstly calculated by the Garson equation with net weight matrixes. The results indicated that CIA had strong effects (22%-23%) on CPhe or CGlc, then followed by E and T. In conclusion, the findings provide new insights into the sustainable development and inverse optimization of biorefinery process from ANN modeling perspectives.

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Running Performance of Male Versus Female Players in Australian Football Matches: A Systematic Review
Authors: Wing Christopher , Hart Nicolas H. , McCaskie Callum , Djanis Petar , Ma’ayah Fadi , Nosaka Kazunori
Published: December 2021

Background

Australian Football is a fast paced, intermittent sport, played by both male and female populations. The aim of this systematic review was to compare male and female Australian Football players, competing at elite and sub-elite levels, for running performance during Australian Football matches based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA).

Methods

Medline, SPORTDiscus, and Web of Science searches, using search terms inclusive of Australian Football, movement demands and microsensor technology, returned 2535 potential manuscripts, of which 33 were included in the final analyses.

Results

Results indicated that male athletes performed approximately twice the total running distances of their female counterparts, which was likely due to the differences in quarter length (male elite = 20 min, female elite = 15 min (plus time-on). When expressed relative to playing time, the differences between males and females somewhat diminished. However, high-speed running distances covered at velocities > 14.4 km·h−1 (> 4 m·s−1) were substantially greater (≥ 50%) for male than female players. Male and female players recorded similar running intensities during peak periods of play of shorter duration (e.g., around 1 min), but when the analysis window was lengthened, females showed a greater decrement in running performance.

Conclusion

These results suggest that male players should be exposed to greater training volumes, whereas training intensities should be reasonably comparable across male and female athletes.
Factors Associated with Hip and Groin Pain in Elite Youth Football Players: A Cohort Study
Authors: Schoffl Jacob , Dooley Katherine , Miller Peter , Miller Jess , Snodgrass Suzanne J.
Published: December 2021

Background

Despite hip and groin pain being commonly reported in elite youth football players, little evidence on risk factors exists. Risk factors in adult football players include reduced hip adductor strength and hip adductor/abductor strength ratios, and lower Copenhagen Hip and Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS) subscale scores. It is unknown if these factors are also predictive of pain development in youth football players.

Objective

To identify whether preseason hip adductor and abductor strength and HAGOS subscale scores of male and female elite youth football players are associated with in-season or historical (lifetime) hip and groin pain.

Methods

Preseason hip adductor and abductor strength testing and the HAGOS were undertaken by 105 elite male (n = 58) and female (n = 47) football players aged 11–15 years. Medical staff documented both players’ self-reported historical and in-season hip and groin pain. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were undertaken with main outcome measures in-season hip and groin pain and historical hip and groin pain and independent variables of hip muscle strength, hip muscle torque and HAGOS subscale scores.

Results

Twenty-three players (21.9%) self-reported in-season hip and groin pain, while 19 players (18.1%) self-reported historical hip and groin pain. Pre-season hip adductor and abductor variables and HAGOS subscale scores failed to predict in-season hip and groin pain. However, a higher body mass index (odds ratio [OR] = 1.32; 95% CI 1.01, 1.73,p = .043) and being male (OR 5.71; 95% CI 1.65, 19.7) were associated with having in-season hip and groin pain (R2 = 0.211). There was also an association between historical hip and groin pain (R2 = 0.579) and both HAGOS subscale Quality of Life (odds ratio [OR] = 0.84; 95% CI 0.77, 0.91,p < .001) and mean abductor torque (OR = 11.85; 95% CI 1.52, 91.97;p = .018).

Conclusion

Pre-season hip adductor and abductor strength and HAGOS subscale scores did not predict subsequent in-season hip and groin pain in elite youth football players. However, pre-season higher hip abductor strength and lower HAGOS scores were retrospectively associated with historical hip and groin pain.
The impact of clinical scales in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review
Authors: Aggarwal Nikita , Saini Barjinder Singh , Gupta Savita
Published: December 2021

Background

Parkinson’s disease is one of the non-curable diseases and occurs by the prominent loss of neurotransmitter (dopamine) in substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). The main cause behind this is not yet identified and even its diagnosis is very intricate phase due to non-identified onset symptoms. Despite the fact that PD has been extensively researched over the decades, and various algorithms and strategies for early recognition and avoiding misdiagnosis have been published. The objective of this article is to focus on the current scenario and to explore the involvement of various clinical diagnostic scales in the detection of PD.

Method

An exhaustive literature review is conducted to synthesize the earlier work in this area, and the articles were searched using different keywords like Parkinson disease, motor/non-motor, treatment, diagnosis, scales, PPMI, etc., in all repositories such as Google scholar, Scopus, Elsevier, PubMed and many more. From the year 2017 to 2021, a total of 451 publications were scanned, but only 24 studies were chosen for a review process.

Findings

Mostly as clinical tools, UPDRS and HY scales are commonly used and even there are many other scales which can be helpful in detection of symptoms such as depression, anxiety, sleepiness, apathy, smell, anhedonia, fatigue, pain, etc., that affect the QoL of pateint. The recognition of non-motor manifests is typically very difficult than motor signs.

Conclusion

This study can give the beneficial research paths at an early stage diagnosis by focusing on frequent inspection of daily activities, interactions, and routine, which may also give a plethora of information on status changes, directing self-reformation, and clinical therapy.
The influence of vitamin D administration on the clinical presentation, body mass index, and osteoprotegerin (OPG) level in a sample of Egyptian children with familial Mediterranean fever
Authors: Abdallah Hanaa Reyad , Thomas Manal Micheal , Abuelhamd Walaa Alsharany , Ashour Adel Mohamed , Youness Eman Refaat , El-Hariri Hazem Mohamed , El-Bassyouni Hala Tabie
Published: December 2021

Abstract

Background

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is autosomal recessive chronic disease represents by recurring attacks of polyserositis, fever, and joint pain. Vitamin D deficiency in FMF children has been recently mentioned in literature and linked to delayed physical growth. Osteoporosis in FMF patients can be linked to low levels of vitamin D, too. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) might be used as an indicator for osteoporosis. Therefore, this work aimed to investigate the impact of vitamin D administration on clinical status, BMI, and bone mineral density represented by alterations in the OPG serum levels in a group of Egyptian children with FMF. This was a prospective longitudinal study carried out on 33 children, aged 4–16 years, with FMF cases. Patients were on colchicine 0.5–2 mg/day and received vitamin D3 oral drops 2800 IU/ml; each drop contains 100 IU in a dose of 600 IU/day for 6 months. The effect of vitamin D administration was evaluated clinically, anthropometrically and by assessment of serum vitamin D and osteoprotegerin at baseline and 6 months later.

Results

Serum vitamin D levels were below the normal range before intervention and showed significant improvement (p < 0.001) 6 months after intervention. Significant increase in both BMI Z scores (p < 0.05) and OPG serum levels and improvement in the clinical status as illustrated by significant decrease in the number of cases with fever, arthritis, and abdominal pain and significant decrease in the frequency and duration of the attacks (p < 0.001).

Conclusion

Our results intensely indicate that vitamin D supplementation improved the clinical condition, BMI, and bone mineral density in children with FMF.
Spinal pain revealing brucellar spondylodiscitis: a case report
Authors: Oulkadi Lamia , Amine Bouchra , El binoune Imane , Rostom Samira , Bahiri Rachid
Published: December 2021

Background

Brucellosis is an anthropozoonosis. It is an endemic disease in the Mediterranean basin. The clinical presentation is polymorphic. The osteoarticular form is the most frequent of the focal forms affecting mainly the spine. In our endemic context, the diagnosis can lead to confusion with tuberculosis.

Case presentation

We report a case of brucellar spondylodiscitis treated initially as tubercular spondylodiscitis with a good initial evolution. Then, the diagnosis was rectified towards a Brucella origin, after a clinical and biological relapse. Diagnostic confirmation was based on the isolation of Brucella spp in the disco-vertebral CT-guided biopsy and the positive Brucella serology. Then, the patient was put on three antibacterial treatments with doxycycline, rifampicin, plus streptomycin over a period of 6 months with a good evolution.

Conclusion

Brucellar spondylodiscitis is still common in the Maghreb. It is generally insidious and leads to a delay in diagnosis. The clinician must always mention it when faced with spondylodiscitis in an endemic country and ask for brucella serology.
A survey on GAN acceleration using memory compression techniques
Authors: Tantawy Dina , Zahran Mohamed , Wassal Amr
Published: December 2021

Since its invention, generative adversarial networks (GANs) have shown outstanding results in many applications. GANs are powerful, yet resource-hungry deep learning models. The main difference between GANs and ordinary deep learning models is the nature of their output and training instability. For example, GANs output can be a whole image versus other models detecting objects or classifying images. Thus, the architecture and numeric precision of the network affect the quality and speed of the solution. Hence, accelerating GANs is pivotal. Data transfer is considered the main source of energy consumption, that is why memory compression is a very efficient technique to accelerate and optimize GANs. Two main types of memory compression exist: lossless and lossy ones. Lossless compression techniques are general among all models; thus, we will focus in this paper on lossy techniques. Lossy compression techniques are further classified into (a) pruning, (b) knowledge distillation, (c) low-rank factorization, (d) lowering numeric precision, and (e) encoding. In this paper, we survey lossy compression techniques for CNN-based GANs. Our findings showed the superiority of knowledge distillation over pruning alone and the gaps in the research field that needs to be explored like encoding and different combination of compression techniques.
Complexes of activity on the Sun in solar cycle 21
Authors: Yazev Sergey , Ulianova Maria , Isaeva Elena
Published: December 2021

The paper provides statistical data on solar activity complexes (ACs) observed in solar cycle 21. From the synoptic charts for the 1976–1986 sunspot activity, we have detected the regions where the sunspot generation was observed at least through three Carrington Rotations (CRs). These regions were identified as AC cores. We have compiled an AC catalogue. ACs are shown to evolve quasi-periodically, in pulses that are 15–20 rotations long. We have analyzed the North-South asymmetry in the AC location. In cycle 21, 90 % of the proton flares that affected the natural environment are shown to have occurred in ACs. We note a tendency for AC activity to decrease, as well as the manifestation of the Gnevyshev—Ohl rule in AC properties, in solar cycles 21–24.
Native Language Awareness of Preservice Teachers
Authors: Akbulut Serdar , Aslan Yasemin , Ahıskalı Eylem Ezgi
Published: December 2021

The language, in the most basic sense, is a means of communication among people. Since the proper and effective use of people’s native language will shape the whole life of an individual, individuals are expected to have native language awareness. There is a strong bilateral relationship between the effective use of native language and native language awareness. All the teachers/preservice teachers and especially native language teachers/preservice teachers, who are role models as being instructors, are expected to have this awareness and help students to gain and transfer it to the future generations.  By this motivation, this study aims to examine language awareness of preservice teachers, an example from Turkey. Through phenomenological design of the qualitative research methods, it has been aimed to reach this goal.  Accordingly, the data were collected through semi-structured and structured opinion forms from 60 preservice teachers studying in a state university. In the study, it was seen that preservice teachers generally have this awareness. It has been revealed that the preservice teachers tend to correct their use of language that they think is wrong, they investigate the word they do not know the spelling when they are indecisive, and they mostly find it necessary to obey the language rules in multimedia. It was concluded that attention in the use of language emphasizes the negativities to be encountered in the dimension of providing social communication in daily life.
Data in the Educational and Social Sciences: It’s Time for Some Respect
Authors: Braun Henry
Published: December 2021

This article introduces the concept of the carrying capacity of data (CCD), defined as an integrated, evaluative judgment of the credibility of specific data-based inferences, informed by quantitative and qualitative analyses, leavened by experience. The sequential process of evaluating the CCD is represented schematically by a framework that can guide data analysis and statistical inference, as well as pedagogy. Aspects of each phase are illustrated with examples. A key initial activity in empirical work is data scrutiny, comprising consideration of data provenance and characteristics, as well as data limitations in light of the context and purpose of the study.  Relevant auxiliary information can contribute to evaluating the CCD, as can sensitivity analyses conducted at the modeling stage. It is argued that early courses in statistical methods, and the textbooks they rely on, typically give little emphasis to, or omit entirely, discussion of the importance of data scrutiny in scientific research. This inattention and lack of guided, practical experience leaves students unprepared for the real world of empirical studies. Instructors should both cultivate in their students a true respect for data and engage them in authentic empirical research involving real data, rather than the context-free data to which they are usually exposed.
FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING AMONG YOUNG ADULTS: AN AHP APPROACH
Authors: Kaftandzieva Tamara , Cvetkoska Violeta
Published: December 2021

In an uncertain economic environment, the decision-making process regarding personal finances relies heavily on personal experience and behavior, and is largely influenced by a variety of psychological and socio-demographic factors. The aim of this paper is to analyze the key factors of the decision-making process regarding financial choices of the population of young adults in the Republic of North Macedonia, and to further explain young people’s motives for the proposed decision and the conditions under which the decision was made. The research was conducted through an AHP-based questionnaire that was distributed to respondents ranging in age from 18 to 35 years. According to the obtained results, the respondents value financial security the most, hence their primary choice is investment in real estate and commodities. Young adults are less inclined to invest, especially in the more complex financial instruments. The developed AHP model will help young people make better, fact-based financial choices.
THE IMPACT OF THE NEW GLOBAL REALITY ON THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS: THE CASE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Authors: Krstic Ana , Mimovic Predrag
Published: December 2021

The acquisition of full membership for the Republic of Serbia in the European Union depends on a large number of factors. The combined and synergistic effect of these factors has made the process of Serbia's accession to the European Union extremely uncertain in terms of date and final outcome. The new reality, including the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. isolationist policies during President Trump's tenure, the strengthening of China and Russia, and Britain's exit from the EU, has made this process even more uncertain. In this context, it is crucial to identify and prioritize key factors that affect or could affect the process of Serbia's accession to the European Union, in order to evaluate the possible outcomes of this process. To solve problems of this level of complexity and uncertainty, it is necessary to apply an interdisciplinary approach of the appropriate level of complexity. Therefore, this paper is an extension of previous research (Krstic et al, 2018; Mimovic et al, 2019) based on the defined research goal, but incorporates a complex, network model called theAnalytical Network Process, which included new circumstances that determine what is colloquially called the new reality. All calculations in the paper were performed using the software package SuperDecisions as computer support for the Analytical Network Process.
AN AHP APPLICATION FOR FAILURE RISK-BASED RANKING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROJECTS
Authors: Abdou Idriss , Tkiouat Mohamed
Published: December 2021

In order to address challenges in the sustainable development of transportation, economy, and environment, governments along with conventional automobile manufacturers and consumers are extremely interested in the development of the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing industry and market. However, many manufacturers are worried about entering the EV market because of some of the limitations of EVs and government economic policies. A framework for failure risk-based ranking of EV projects is proposed that applies the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) as a method of ranking. The hierarchy structure of the AHP is created with the risk categories, risk factors, and EV project candidates at different levels of the decision. By specifying the failure risk categories and failure risk factors, the ranking of EV project failure risks and the EV projects are accomplished via the pairwise comparison in the AHP. The results from the ranking provide useful information for planning and decision making. In fact, the results of the proposed method make it possible to specify the EV projects that are feasible to carry out and to compare the various projects at the technical and economic level.
MEASURING CUSTOMER LIFETIME VALUE: APPLICATION OF ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS IN DETERMINING RELATIVE WEIGHTS OF ‘LRFM’
Authors: Pradhan Saurabh , Patel Gokulananda , Priya Pankaj
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT
The limited availability of resources drives retailers to tailor their resources to identified profitable customers. In the present scenario, when the ROI of marketing is being questioned, the satisfaction of the profitable customers is of utmost importance as it drives their loyalty towards the retailer and the retailer’s brand. This research has considered Length of association with customers (L), apart from variables like Recency (R), Frequency (F) and Monetary-value of the purchase (M) in measuring customers’ relative-worth based on the calculation of Customer Lifetime-value (CLV). The contribution of this article lies in calculating weights of these variables – L, R, F, and M and demonstrating the calculation of CLV using weighted LRFM based on data collected from a leading apparel retailer in India. The obtained results for the customer base using the proposed approach is more reliable when compared with traditional non-weighted approaches of RFM based CLV. This methodology will provide a new and better option to retailers for measuring CLV of their customers, thus aiding their decision making about customer-friendly profitable marketing strategies and attaining optimum returns on their investments.
Book Review: Overcomign the Retributive Nature of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Thomas L. Saaty, H. J. Zoffer, Luis G. Vargas, Amos Guiora
Authors: Mu Enrique
Published: December 2021

Thomas Saaty continues to amaze us with publications appearing four years posthumously. Currently, a book written with his collaborators H. J. Zoffer, Luis G. Vargas and Amos Guiora has been recently published by Springer.
How the Analytic Hierarchy/Network Process Supports a More Responsible and Committed Research and Innovation
Authors: Gonzalez-Urango Hannia
Published: December 2021

This essay is a brief presentation of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). It is an interesting framework that the European Union has been building around science that is more aware of global challenges. It also highlights the usefulness of AHP/ANP as valuable tools to handle the complexities derived from the implementation of a multidimensional concept such as RRI.
Announcing the 26th International Conference on Multicriteria Decision-making
Authors: Mu Enrique
Published: December 2021

We are very pleased to announce that the 26th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making will be held at the University of Portsmouth from June 26 - July 1, 2022. There will be an AHP/ANP track co-chaired by Enrique Mu and Rozann Saaty which will be sponsored, as in previous years, by the Creative Decisions Foundation. This is an opportunity for AHP/ANP scholars to submit their research. Abstract submissions (with a maximum of 600 characters) will be opened in early December with a submission deadline of March 1, 2022.
Tom Saaty's Spirit is Alive in his Personal Archive
Authors: Mu Enrique
Published: December 2021

While preparing this IJAHP issue for publication, I received an email from Rozann Saaty, Tom’s widow and collaborator, to inform me that the hundreds of papers and notes from Tom’s lifetime of work had been organized and were ready to be moved to their final home at the University of Pittsburgh, where Tom worked the last part of his life.
Theory and Applications of AHP/ANP in Supply Chain Management session at INFORMS 2021
Authors: Petrillo Antonella , Karpak Birsen
Published: December 2021

INFORMS Annual Meeting was in Anaheim, CA, October 24-27, 2021 in person as well as virtual.
Egzekucja komornika sądowego w świecie wirtualnym
Authors: Piotrowski Paweł
Published: December 2021

The bailiff is an enforcement authority closely related to the court at which he acts. Numerous amendments to the acts also have an impact on the Code of Civil Procedure (hereinafter: the Code of Civil Procedure). Large-scale enforcement has already changed before the global COVID-19 pandemic. The changes referred to in this article will concern the introduction of the bailiff to the virtual world in order to determine the debtor’s property and by enabling bailiff auctions via the internet. When access to the Internet became common in Poland, the bailiffs themselves counted on tearing them away from the already outdated regulations and introducing them into the 21st century. One of the first initiatives was the introduction of an auction portal by the National Council of Bailiffs. On this portal, bailiffs posted information from the auctions appointed, their announcements along with the basic description of the subject of the auction, conditions of the auction, payment of the bid security and the place and time of the auction. Thanks to the easy and fast-acting website, everyone who had access to the Internet no longer had to travel all over the country to find out what would be auctioned. Unfortunately, the regulations of that time did not allow electronic auctions. This article will present and describe the bailiff ’s entry into the virtual world not only in terms of auctions, but also the technical possibilities they have received over time and threats, but also paying attention to legal and technical shortcomings that prevent effective execution of cryptocurrencies and its threats.
Nowoczesne urządzenia mobilne a bezpieczeństwo uczestników ruchu drogowego
Authors: Gądek-Hawlena Teresa , Nowak Katarzyna
Published: December 2021

In an effort to improve the quality of human life, many technologically advanced solutions or devices based on modern technologies are being introduced. One such device that is widely used is the mobile phone. At present, it is an indispensable piece of equipment for most people. On the one hand, the popularity of the mobile phone improves the comfort of life (practically unlimited possibilities to communicate by speech or writing), and on the other hand, it becomes a threat to human health and life (addiction to the constant use of the mobile phone). The use of the mobile phone while travelling on the roads can be considered in these two aspects. Based on the results of a face-to-face study, the article analyses the use of mobile phones by pedestrians and drivers and attempts to assess their impact on road safety.
Idea postępowania zabezpieczającego – studium przypadku
Authors: Juhnke Izabela
Published: December 2021

This article is an analysis the legal regulations concerning conducting security proceedings in guardianship matters. An attempt has been made to prove that the purpose of the interim proceedings is to secure the interests of the applicant party and it becomes an instrument of achieving goals in a given proceeding. This study illustrates the issues of securing the minor’s place of residence, as well as securing contacts in guardianship proceedings, and also taking advantage of technological opportunities to maintain family ties.
Rola samorządu terytorialnego w ochronie środowiska
Authors: Mamiński Marcin
Published: December 2021

The traditionally understood development of human civilization is a commonly accepted and desired process that is consistent and inevitable. It causes that the indi- vidual uses more and more advanced technologies, it can more easily move around and exchange information. The technological revolution has also made possible a rapid increase in the number of people on Earth and in individual countries. The aim of this article is therefore to discuss the role of local government from the perspective of the applicable legal provisions in Poland.
„Digital natives” – szanse i zagrożenia wynikające z wykorzystania nowoczesnych mediów w procesie kształcenia
Authors: Wieczorek-Płochocka Wioleta
Published: December 2021

The aim of this article is to analyze the most important opportunities and threats related to the use of modern media in the process of educating and educating the gene- ration known as “digital natives”. This generation is considered to be a generation that treats modern technological, communication and information solutions as something natural. This feature can be used effectively in school. For this to happen, however, it is necessary to properly planned and implemented media education, which will allow to take advantage of the opportunities and eliminate the risks associated with the use of digital technology by young people.
Czy świat algorytmów i sztucznej inteligencji będzie sprawiedliwy? Wykorzystywanie nowoczesnych technologii, algorytmów i modeli predykcyjnych w wymiarze sprawiedliwości
Authors: Sobczak Jacek
Published: December 2021

The possibility of using artificial intelligence, modern technologies and algorithms, and going into more details – predictive models, in the judiciary, which was predicted by the authors of science fiction books, has become a fact today. However, this raises a number of concerns, mainly of an ethical nature, and the need to answer philosophical questions regarding the role of a judge, the tasks of the judiciary, access to a court, and the right to defense. Both in the legal system of the Council of Europe and the European Union, numerous normative acts have been made to regulate these issues, but they should be continued and even deepened so that technological progress doesn’t surprise lawyers and doesn’t cause irreversible social consequences.
Społeczeństwo cyfrowe – zagrożenie dla realizacji dyspozycji art. 23 Kodeksu rodzinnego i opiekuńczego?
Authors: Sitek Paweł
Published: December 2021

Global changes consisting in the fact that the whole of mankind uses computers and the Internet in their daily lives allow us to state that a digital society is permanently emerging. Successively, all age groups: children, youth, working people and retirees are using the Internet more and more often for the following purposes: relaxation, education, work, services, and communication with each other. Taking this as an indisputable fact, it is worth focusing the analysis on the phenom- enon of addiction, the so-called networkaholism. Addiction, as a rule, is the subject of research in many scientific disciplines. In this case, research was undertaken on the risks of networkaholism towards marriage obligations in terms of legal, psychological and social issues. Subsequently, research was undertaken in the area of the provisions of the Family and Guardianship Code, followed by the latest findings in the field of psychology and sociology.
Them and Uz: Harrison and me
Authors: Francis R. M.
Published: December 2021

The working-class writer, having moved into a middle-class dominated field, often feels alienated from their old and new cultures – separated as they are from their heritage and not quite grounded in the new elite circle. The markers of working-class culture are much harder to define in our hyper-modern situation, and this exacerbates the alienation. This position opens up possibilities in perception and expression from those in the margins and off-kilter positions. Tracing the multivoiced qualities of Tony Harrison’s ‘V’ and R. M. Francis’s poetics, alongside biographical and autobiographical details, this hybrid article argues that off-kilter and outcast voices, like those in the aforementioned class liminality, are in the best place to explore and discuss the difficult to navigate cultures, communities and identities. This fusion of personal essay, poetry and literary criticism considers the unusual, marginal and liminal positioning of working-class writers, researchers and academics.
The decline and fall of a working classicist
Authors: Clare Ross
Published: December 2021

Although the academy tends not to recognize it, scholars and students from working-class backgrounds are automatically at a disadvantage. To demonstrate both sides of the university experience, I provide here a detailed, personal account of my journey from undergraduate to postgraduate to post-Ph.D. researcher. I pay special attention to my chosen subject of classics and ancient history, an area of study with its own set of class-based problems – for while those from working-class backgrounds might be (and are) subject to classism in any discipline, the seemingly inherent elitism of the classics and ancient history field makes it doubly hard for the underprivileged to succeed. I begin by illustrating how ‘working-class knowledge’ of popular culture granted me access into an otherwise closed, exclusionary set of subject materials and go from here to detail how such work is undervalued by the field, before ending on the violent effects that the all-too-familiar casualized employment structure has on those would-be academics who lack access to family wealth, savings and freedom of opportunity/action. Ultimately, I try to show how that – no matter how hard you try – if you are from working-class background, you are highly unlikely to succeed in the modern-day academic system.
A working-class artist is something to be
Authors: Taylor Kenn
Published: December 2021

The creative and cultural sectors in the United Kingdom largely exclude the working classes. Even the small number of working-class people who do ‘make it’ into these sectors often find themselves and their work badly treated by those who hold the real power. This article explores some of the experiences of working-class artists navigating the cultural sector and how exclusion, prejudice and precarity impacted and continue to impact them. It takes as its focus the filmmaker Alan Clarke and the playwright Andrea Dunbar, who were at the height of their success in the 1980s. It also considers the writers Darren McGarvey and Nathalie Olah, whose work has achieved prominence in recent years. It is through this focus I hope to demonstrate the long continuum of challenges for working-class creatives. This article also considers how, on the occasions when they are allowed the space they deserve, working-class artists have created powerful shifts in cultural production. Finally, it details some of the changes needed for working-class people to be able to take their rightful place in contributing to cultural life and the societal risks involved if they are denied that place.
We make this path by walking: The practices and principles of the First International Working-Class Academics Conference
Authors: Shukie Peter
Published: December 2021

The values of an academic conference might best be defined by the themes of that conference, the disciplines covered and the intended level of delegation. In almost every case we had experienced as a working-class academics organizing group, these were only surface changes, and the entire conference process remained the same across disciplines. Such academic process and practice appear rooted in an archaic series of expectations and conventions that insist on a certain way of being in the Academy. To create an inclusive space in practice and process that goes beyond inclusion as merely themes, but exclusion as actual practice, took reimagining. This article outlines the ways in which we attempted to shift beyond the conventional to create an alternative conference approach that challenged exclusion, actively sought meaningful inclusion and disrupted a culture of conformity. Our focus was on working class academics, as a body of people huge in number, diverse in background but continually obscured in language, policy and practice.
Intersecting oppressions; intersecting struggles: Race, class and subalternity
Authors: Carley Robert F.
Published: December 2021

This article offers intersectional theories of racism another way to think about Gramsci’s work; it will explore how Gramsci operationalizes the category of subaltern groups. It begins by briefly reviewing how Gramsci’s work is discussed in contemporary theoretical approaches to racism in the work of Kimberlé Crenshaw, Patricia Hill Collins, Michael Omi and Howard Winant and Stuart Hall. It will stress important similarities regarding the relationship between structural and social forces, political ideologies and consciousness. It will note how both ‘intersectionality’ and ‘articulation’ (one variant of this concept discussed by Hall) show how racism can be amplified through the overlapping or overdetermination of identities, representations and societal effects. It continues by exploring how racism was overdetermined in the Italian national context during the time that Gramsci had lived (and relates it to contemporary theoretical frameworks that organize our understandings of race, racialization and racism). The article then explores how subalternity has been theorized away from the context in which Gramsci employed the term and interpreted, instead, from the twin perspectives of absolute domination and radical autonomy. The article concludes by reading subalternity alongside of race, class and as a substantive cultural question and, in addition, a question of strategy and political organization.
Snakes and Ladders: The Great British Social Mobility Myth, Selina Todd (2021)
Authors: German Lindsey
Published: December 2021

Review of: Snakes and Ladders: The Great British Social Mobility Myth, Selina Todd (2021)

London: Chatto and Windus, 448 pp.,

ISBN 978-1-78474-081-8, h/bk, £25.00
Nation, Class and Resentment: The Politics of National Identity in England, Scotland and Wales, Robin Mann and Steve Fenton (2017)
Authors: Shelton James L.
Published: December 2021

Review of: Nation, Class and Resentment: The Politics of National Identity in England, Scotland and Wales, Robin Mann and Steve Fenton (2017)

London: Palgrave MacMillan, 249 pp.,

ISBN 978-1-13746-673-0, p/bk, €93.59
Detection of invA virulence gene of multidrug-resistant Salmonella species isolated from the cloacal swab of broiler chickens in Blitar district, East Java, Indonesia
Authors: Wibisono Freshindy Marissa , Faridah Hayyun Durrotul , Wibisono Freshinta Jellia , Tyasningsih Wiwiek , Effendi Mustofa Helmi , Witaningrum Adiana Mutamsari , Ugbo Emmanuel Nnabuike
Published: December 2021

Background and Aim: The increasing number of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella species on poultry farms in Indonesia has caused concern regarding human health. This study was conducted to determine the presence of the virulence gene invA in MDR Salmonella species isolated from the cloacal swab of broiler chickens in Blitar district, East Java Province, Indonesia.

Materials and Methods: Cloacal swab samples were collected by purposive sampling from 15 farms in four districts. Isolation and identification of bacteria were performed using standard microbiological techniques. Confirmation of MDR isolates was done using five different classes of antibiotics, including the beta-lactam, aminoglycoside, fluoroquinolone, phenicol, and monobactam groups. An antibiotic susceptibility test was conducted using the Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion method, and a polymerase chain reaction method was used to screen for the presence of invA.

Results: It was observed that 32.26% (50/155) of the samples were positive for Salmonella species. Of these 50 Salmonella isolates, 7 (14%) were identified as MDR strains. An important finding was the detection of invA in all the seven MDR Salmonella strains (100%) isolated from the cloacal swab of broiler chickens in Blitar district, East Java Province.

Conclusion: Veterinarians have an extremely important role in monitoring the use of antibiotics in farm animals to mitigate the rapid spread of MDR organisms in our environment, which can otherwise cause serious economic losses and also public health issues.
O EFEITO MODERADOR DA CONCENTRAÇÃO DE INVESTIDORES INSTITUCIONAIS NA RELAÇÃO SURPRESA NOS LUCROS E RETORNOS ANORMAIS
Authors: Galhoti Coelho Éverton , Colauto Romualdo Douglas
Published: December 2021

Objetivo: O estudo analisa o efeito moderador da concentração de investidores institucionais na relação entre surpresa nos lucros e retornos anormais em companhias brasileiras de capital aberto.
Método: Os dados foram coletados no banco de dados da Thomson Reuters®. O investidor institucional é tratado nessa pesquisa como um acionista que detém ações ordinárias e atua com ativos sob gestão (Assets Under Management - AUM). A surpresa nos lucros foi computada pela diferença entre o lucro divulgado pela companhia e o estimado pelo consenso dos analistas. Os retornos anormais foram calculados pelo método de Estudo de Eventos. As análises foram pautadas em regressões multivariadas com estrutura de painel. Foram investigadas 118 companhias listadas na B3 durante o período de 2010 a 2018, totalizando 2.264 observações.
Resultados: Os resultados confirmaram que a surpresa positiva de lucro é capaz de gerar retornos anormais positivos após a divulgação dos resultados contábeis trimestrais. No entanto, o efeito moderador da concentração de investidores institucionais sobre a relação surpresa-retorno foi inconclusivo, pois não foram encontradas evidencias estatísticas de que a concentração dos investidores institucionais possa alterar a direção ou a força que a surpresa positiva dos lucros causa nos retornos anormais.
Contribuições: O estudo contribui para o entendimento do papel dos investidores institucionais no mercado de capitais ao analisar se a sofisticação financeira atribuída a estes investidores é suficiente para diminuir as anomalias no preço das ações provocadas pelas surpresas nos lucros.