bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Harmonic Maser Emissions from Electrons with Loss-cone Distribution in Solar Active Regions
Authors: Ning 宁 Hao 昊 , Chen 陈 Yao 耀 , Ni 倪 Sulan 素兰 , Li 李 Chuanyang 传洋 , Zhang 张 Zilong 子龙 , Kong 孔 Xiangliang 祥良 , Yousefzadeh Mehdi
Published: October 2021

Electron cyclotron maser emission (ECME) is regarded as a plausible source for coherent radio radiations from solar active regions (e.g., solar radio spikes). In this Letter, we present a 2D3V fully kinetic electromagnetic particle-in-cell simulation to investigate the wave excitations and subsequent nonlinear processes induced by the energetic electrons in the loss-cone distribution. The ratio of the plasma frequency to the electron gyrofrequency ω
pe/Ωce is set to 0.25, adequate for solar active region conditions. As a main result, we obtain strong emissions at the second-harmonic X mode (X2). While the fundamental X mode (X1) and the Z mode are amplified directly via the electron cyclotron maser instability, the X2 emissions can be produced by nonlinear coalescence between two Z modes and between Z and X1 modes. This represents a novel generation mechanism for the harmonic emissions in plasmas with a low value of ω
pe/Ωce, which may resolve the escaping difficulty of explaining solar radio emissions with the ECME mechanism.
Efficient Formation Pathway of Methyl Formate: The Role of OH Radicals on Ice Dust
Authors: Ishibashi A. , Hidaka H. , Oba Y. , Kouchi A. , Watanabe N.
Published: October 2021

Three structural isomers of the C2H4O2 molecule, namely, methyl formate (MF; HCOOCH3), acetic acid (CH3COOH), and glycolaldehyde (HOCH2CHO), have attracted considerable attention as targets for understanding pathways toward molecular complexity in the interstellar medium (ISM). Among these isomers, MF is decisively abundant in various astronomical objects. For various formation pathways of MF, surface reactions on cosmic dust would play an important role. However, when compared to observations, the formation of MF has been found to be relatively inefficient in laboratory experiments in which methanol (CH3OH)-dominant ices were processed by ultraviolet photons and cosmic-ray analogs. Here, we show experimental results on the effective formation of MF by the photolysis of CH3OH on water ice at 10 K. We found that the key parameter leading to the efficient formation of MF is the supply of OH radicals by the photolysis of H2O, which significantly differs from CH3OH-rich experimental conditions. Moreover, using an ultrahigh-sensitivity surface analysis method, we succeeded in constraining the decisive formation pathway of MF via the photolysis of methoxymethanol (MM; CH3OCH2OH), which would improve our current understanding of chemical evolution in the ISM.
No Redetections of blc1 in 39 hr of Reobservation Campaigns of Proxima Centauri
Authors: Sheikh Sofia Z. , Smith Shane , Price Danny , Lebofsky Matt , Siemion Andrew , Cordes James M. , Gajjar Vishal , Drew Jamie , Worden S. Pete
Published: October 2021

In 2019 April, radio observations of Proxima Centauri were performed with the Ultra-Wideband Low Receiver on the Parkes Telescope. A narrowband radio search of these data revealed a technosignature signal-of-interest reported as “blc1” at 982.002 MHz. After the initial discovery of blc1 in the data in 2020 October, we performed a series of reobservations over the next 6 months, totaling 39 hr of on-sky time. We do not redetect blc1, or find any other signals-of-interest, within ±1 MHz of 982.002 MHz in this data set. Taken in context, this null result implies that blc1 was transient radio frequency interference, makes it less consistent with a periodic transmission, and makes it less consistent with interstellar scintillation.
Cell Phone Acne: New Acne Clinical Features in the Coronavirus Disease-19 Era
Authors: Sembiring Kristin Stephanie , Jusuf Nelva Karmila
Published: October 2021

Technological developments in telecommunications, especially cell phone, enable us to keep communicate without meeting each other. Especially during the latest coronavirus outbreak, when people need to keep up social distance. Meanwhile, electronic devices such as smartphone, tablets, laptops, and light-emitting diode screens are the sources of visible lights that can emit high levels of short-wavelength visible light (blue region in the light spectrum). Prolonged exposure to high-energy blue light, heat dissipation from cell phone, friction, trapped sweat and oil, accumulation of dust, and increased bacterial growth can cause cell phone acne. Management of cell phone acne from prevention to combination therapy based on the results of the evaluation of the severity of acne is needed.
Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment and Nurse Safety in the Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study in Indonesia
Authors: Sampe Sr Anita , Endah P. M. M. Sumarti , Sambo Mery , Abdu Siprianus
Published: October 2021

BACKGROUND: There has been a substantial scarcity of personal protective equipment (PPE) in several countries during the ongoing pandemic of Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). Nurses in Indonesia also experience a shortage of PPE as the number of COVID-19 patients in Indonesia continues to increase. There is no accurate data yet regarding the exact number of PPE scarcity for nurses.

AIM: This study aimed to describe the availability of PPE and adverse consequences long-term used off the PPE and examine the relationship between shortage PPE and nurse behavior response in Indonesia.

METHODS: An online-based survey was used to collect data on the nurse, regardless of their discipline, training background, or degree of experience, who are directly involved in managing COVID-19 patients. In this study, a total of 211 questionnaires were gathered. The survey was conducted using the Google form. This study employs univariate and bivariate analysis.

RESULTS: Most of the mask N95 provision reaches up to 80%. The second is the hazmat (71%) and the lowest in the gloves (30%). Around 71% of respondents generally resist removing their PPE until the shift is complete. Then, 62% of the respondents are ready to propose to the leaders of the PPE, and 51% show that they are modifying the PPE. Nasal blisters are the most prevalent type of injury sustained by nurses while wearing PPE (86%), followed by headaches and dehydration. This study found that most respondents (60.7%) with insufficient PPE had a positive behavior reaction, whereas just 18% had a poor behavior reaction.

CONCLUSION: Most nurses have difficulties accessing N95 and experience some adverse effects of prolonging PPE use. Policymakers should take urgent action to tackle these concerns.
Genetic characterization of extensive drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: an appalling impediment
Authors: Abbaszadeh Faeze , Hasani Alka , Rezaee Mohammad Ahangarzadeh , Sadeghi Javid , Hasani Akbar , Oskouee Mahin Ahangar , Vahhabi Abolfazl
Published: October 2021

Introduction:Acinetobacter baumannii infections are a growing public-health concern. The bacterium’s potentiality to acquire resistance to a number of commonly used antibiotics has turned it into a formidable pathogen.

Aims: Molecular characterization of extensive drug resistant (XDR) typing of A. baumannii clinical isolates by polymerase chain reaction.

Materials and methods: Thirty XDR A. baumannii were investigated for the presence of genes encoding carbapenemase resistance, biofilm capacity, autoinducer synthase, virulence and surface motility by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Later, the isolates were typed by plasmid-based replicon (Rep) (PBRT) and trilocus sequence typing.

Results: All 30 XDR A. baumannii strains displayed genes related to surface motility, autoinducer synthase, virulence determinant, biofilm related genes except PER, and bap, the frequency of which was 83.3% and 76.6%, respectively. Analysis of rep genes showed highest frequency of rep6 and rep2 genes, with frequency of 75% and 65%, respectively. All XDR A. baumannii strains belonged to SG I (European clone II) group.

Conclusions: Our results show the extraordinary plasticity of XDR A. baumannii and suggest that the strains have gained endemicity in our hospital, which could be a great concern in the near future.
Comparative analysis of awareness of medical professionals in three Balkan countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovenia) of continuing education of medical professionals in the area of pharmaceutical policy in the respective countries
Authors: Brankov Branimir , Zlatareva Albena
Published: October 2021

Aim: The objectives of our study were to establish the extent to which medical professionals are willing to upgrade their skills, to find out whether they have to resort often in their daily work to the support of colleagues in matters related to pharmaceutical policy, and to find out if they attend any forms of continuing education and whether such forms are available at their workplaces. The study also aimed to establish what web-based forms of continuous education the graduated medical professionals in Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovenia know and consider to be up-to-date and adequate to their needs for specialised training programmes which ensure that their knowledge will be adequate to the constantly evolving environment in the area of pharmaceutical policy and pharmaceutical regulation.

Materials and methods: A survey was carried out among a representative sample drawn from three Balkan countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovenia. The survey was based on voluntary participation and relied on the ‘snowballing’ technique in order to recruit respondents and disseminate questionnaires.

Results: The results from the study demonstrate that the respondents are willing to, and are aware that they should, join forms of continuing education in the area of pharmaceutical policy since some of them encounter certain challenges related to the level of their knowledge in this domain, and that the deployment of specialised online programmes and other activities (such as workshops, conferences, etc.) for professional qualification of employees will certainly contribute to the enhancement of their qualification and to the improvement of the health services provided to citizens.

Conclusions: To keep in pace with modern trends in the area of postgraduate education, the medical universities which are most trusted by the respondents from the three countries included in survey as well as the career development services providers which offer postgraduate training courses should focus on the development and implementation of innovative forms of web-based postgraduate/upskilling education in the area of pharmaceutical policy to ensure that more potential learners can join and update their understanding of this dynamic and rapidly evolving area of scientific knowledge.
Clinical characteristics, disease evolution and survival in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, BCR-ABL1 (+) and T315I mutation.
Authors: Goranova-Marinova Veselina , Linev Alexander , Ivanov Hristo J. , Zheljazkov Ivan , Stoyanova Vily , Grudeva-Popova Zhanet
Published: October 2021

Introduction: The T315I mutation in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has been associated with therapeutic resistance and an unfavourable prognosis.

Aim: To study the frequency of T315I mutation in patients with CML, BCR-ABL (+), their clinical characteristics, disease evolution, and median survival.

Patients and methods: We studied 75 patients with CML and BCR-ABL1 (+). T315I mutation was detected by digital droplet PCR and BCR-ABL1 was analyzed by RT-PCR. A comparative analysis was performed by sex, age, disease phase, risk group, treatment, molecular response (MR), and median survival in T315I (+) and T315I (−) patients.

Results: T315I mutation was detected in 11 patients (14.7%). No significant difference was found in the phase, risk group, and first-line therapy. A significantly higher proportion of T315I (+) did not achieve MR >3.5 log: 8 (72.7%) vs. 22 (34.4%) (p=0.023). The lowest mean BCR-ABL1 levels were significantly higher in the CML T315I (+) group compared to the CML T315I (−) group: 12.1±6.0 vs. 3.77±1.28 (p=0.009). The median survival of T315I (+) patients was significantly shorter: 73 months vs. 175 months (p<0.0001, CI 95%).

Conclusions: Our data confirm the world experience on the frequency of T315I mutation, including the unfavourable evolution, resistance to TKI treatment and short survival. ddPCR is a highly sensitive method for early detection of genetic mutations which gives the chance for effective treatment.
Ricœur et la Revue du christianisme social
Authors: Monteil Pierre-Olivier
Published: October 2021

Créé en 1888, le Mouvement du Christianisme social engage une confrontation critique et utopique entre le christianisme et la question sociale, en particulier à travers sa revue. Paul Ricœur s’y investit dès les années 1930 et exercera la présidence du Mouvement de 1958 à 1970. Sa contribution d’une quarantaine d’articles à la revue déploie une critique sociale, politique et culturelle. Cette composante de l’œuvre du philosophe se distingue par la particularité d’un style qui se réfère à une théologie biblique et s’adresse à un public protestant. Elle est aussi l’expression d’une pensée en travail, qui se cherche. Mais sa portée ne s’appréhende qu’en articulation avec ce que Ricœur écrit ailleurs. Le souci d’articuler conviction et responsabilité le conduit en effet à se confronter à la tradition dans laquelle il se reconnaît afin d’en dégager un sens à reverser ensuite au débat général, dans la visée universaliste de la discussion. La Revue du Christianisme socia l est ainsi le laboratoire d’où procèdent, entre autres, le « paradoxe politique » ou la « petite éthique » de Soi-même comme un autre.
Les contributions de Paul Ricœur aux revues des Facultés libres de théologie protestante de Paris et de Montpellier
Authors: Boss Marc
Published: October 2021

Les contributions de Paul Ricœur aux revues des Facultés libres de théologie protestante de Paris et de Montpellier Entre 1960 et 1989, Paul Ricœur a publié sept articles dans les revues des Facultés libres de théologie protestante de Paris et de Montpellier : un dans Église et théologie , et six dans Études théologiques et religieuses . Dans quelle mesure ce corpus éclaire-t-il la question controversée des implications théologiques de la pensée de Ricœur ? L’étude de ces textes et de leur histoire éditoriale montre que les soupçons de « crypto-théologie » dont Ricœur a dû se défendre sont injustifiés non parce qu’il n’existerait pas de théologie chez lui, mais parce que celle-ci n’a rien de cryptique. Que ce soit en tant que méthode herméneutique au service de l’exégèse ou en tant que « théologie herméneutique » revendiquée comme telle, sa réflexion théologique s’exprime en termes rigoureusement identiques dans des revues telles qu’ Église et théologie ou Études théologiques et religieuses et dans les publications qu’il considérait comme les lieux d’expression de son travail philosophique.
Paul Ricœur, Esprit et la guerre d’Algérie
Authors: Peyroulou Jean-Pierre
Published: October 2021

Paul Ricœur n’est pas un intellectuel engagé dans la guerre d’Algérie à la différence de plusieurs compagnons d’ Esprit comme Paul Thibaud, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Francis Jeanson ou même Jean-Marie Domenach. Toutefois, la lecture de ses écrits, publiés dans Esprit ou manuscrits préparatoires à des interventions orales, conservés au Fonds Ricœur, invite à nuancer son portrait. Il y développe son approche sur le FLN, refusant toute violence et toute atteinte aux droits fondamentaux. Il s’affirme avec fermeté en faveur de la paix, de la négociation, du droit des Algériens à disposer d’un État indépendant, de la défense inconditionnelle de l’État de droit constamment piétiné par la France en Algérie.
Faire « une 1898 militaire » ! Le droit à réparation sous l’uniforme ou l’impossible réforme des pensions
Authors: Bertschy Sylvain
Published: October 2021

Cet article retrace l’histoire d’une série de mobilisations parlementaires qui, dans les années 1900, visent à réformer le régime d’administration des infirmités militaires en étendant aux professionnels de la guerre et aux conscrits la loi du 9 avril 1898. L’enquête donne d’abord à voir les logiques du processus d’assimilation de l’obligation militaire à un risque social. Il montre comment s’élaborent alors deux répertoires de solutions mutuellement exclusifs et comment les oppositions de l’armée, des conservateurs et les divisions internes au monde de la réforme sociale aboutissent à l’échec des projets de réforme. Loin d’être sans effet, ces derniers ont cependant contribué à la requalification de la question « infirmité militaire » par la logique assurantielle.
Analysis of a diffusive cholera model incorporating latency and bacterial hyperinfectivity
Authors: Yang Wei , Wang Jinliang
Published: October 2021

In this paper, we are concerned with the threshold dynamics of a diffusive cholera model incorporating latency and bacterial hyperinfectivity. Our model takes the form of spatially nonlocal reaction-diffusion system associated with zero-flux boundary condition and time delay. By studying the associated eigenvalue problem, we establish the threshold dynamics that determines whether or not cholera will spread. We also confirm that the threshold dynamics can be determined by the basic reproduction number. By constructing Lyapunov functional, we address the global attractivity of the unique positive equilibrium whenever it exists. The theoretical results are still hold for the case when the constant parameters are replaced by strictly positive and spatial dependent functions.
The usage of logistic regression and artificial neural networks for evaluation and predicting property-liability insurers' solvency in Egypt
Authors: Hassan Eid Elghaly ,   School of Science, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China, Zhang Diping ,   Department of Applied Statistics and Insurance, Faculty of Commerce, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
Published: October 2021

Unlike prior solvency prediction studies conducted in Egypt, this study aims to set up a real picture of companies' financial performance in the Egyptian insurance market. Therefore, 11 financial ratios commonly used by NAIC, AM BEST Company, and S & P Global Ratings were calculated for all property-liability insurance companies in Egypt from 2010 to 2020. They have been used to measure those companies' financial performance efficiency levels by comparing these ratios with the international standard limits. The financial analysis results for those companies revealed that property-liability insurers in Egypt do not have the same level of financial performance efficiency where those companies are classified into three groups: excellent, good, and poor. Furthermore, this paper investigates using the stepwise logistic regression model to determine the most factors among these selected financial ratios that influence those companies' financial performance. The results suggest that only three ratios were statistically significant predictors: "Risk retention rate",
"Insurance account receivable to total assets", and "Net profit after tax to total assets". Finally, this paper presents the multi-layers artificial neural network with a backpropagation algorithm as a new solvency prediction model with perfect classifying accuracy of 100%. The trained ANN could predict the next fiscal year with a prediction accuracy of 91.67%, and this percent is a good and favorable result comparing to other solvency prediction models used in Egypt.
The linear $ k $-arboricity of symmetric directed trees
Authors: Zhou Xiaoling ,   School of Mathematics and Statistics, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510520, China, Yang Chao , He Weihua ,   School of Mathematics and Statistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou 510006, China
Published: October 2021

A linear $ k $-diforest is a directed forest in which every connected component is a directed path of length at most $ k $. The linear $ k $-arboricity of a digraph $ D $ is the minimum number of arc-disjoint linear $ k $-diforests whose union covers all the arcs of $ D $. In this paper, we study the linear $ k $-arboricity for symmetric directed trees and fully determine the linear $ 2 $-arboricity for all symmetric directed trees.
Homophobic Bullying in South African Schools
Authors: Mampane Johannes Ntshilagane
Published: October 2021

Homophobic bullying in schools is a global phenomenon. However, on the African continent, the phenomenon is rife because homosexuality is regarded to be un-African and is often linked to Western culture and colonial influence. These misconceptions about homosexuality have resulted in a culture of homophobia being inculcated into major structures of the society including schools. In this regard, this chapter aims to explore and describe the problem of homophobic bullying in South African schools. Particular attention is paid to cases of school-based homophobic bullying as primary sources of data as well as secondary sources of data from extant literature, textbooks, and journals articles. The chapter employs the Epstein Theory of Overlapping Spheres of Influence to proffer practical solutions and recommendations to address the problem of homophobic bullying in South African schools. These are school-, family-, and community-based solutions and recommendations based on the principles of social justice, inclusion, diversity, and equality.
LGBT Right Activism and the Risk of Christianophobia in Nigeria
Authors: Calvain Endong Floribert Patrick
Published: October 2021

Nigerian conservatism and doctrinaire religion have been cardinal forces behind the adoption of a homophobic legislation in Nigeria. This scenario has spurred many (pro)-gay activists into anchoring their advocacy on a “Christianophobic” rhetoric which labels Christianity and religious fanaticism as two forms of bigotry, barbarism and Nazism, as well as facets of an anti-progressive movement. Such an aggressive advocacy tactic has been making a case for the systematic “de-Christianization” and “de-Islamization” of Nigerians' minds. Using empirical understandings, this chapter argues that, Nigerian LGBT activists shape their advocacy strategies according to some Western atheistic models; models which have progressively given rise to gay totalitarianism and “Christianophobia” in a number of western countries. The paper highlights indexes pointing to a future “Christianophobia” in Nigeria, driven by a “Christianophobic” gay activism and finally argues that any pro-gay advocacy rooted in the de-Christianization of Nigerians unarguably proffers the disrespect of religious freedom.
Uncomfortable Territory
Authors: Distiller Natasha
Published: October 2021

This chapter reviews the historical and cultural emergence of the categories of LGBTQ+ identities and seeks to understand why knowing this background matters for the work of designing inclusive policies and welcoming school spaces: focusing on the normative system that produces and polices sexual and gender “deviance” is a crucial part of understanding what we are trying to change. The chapter will also provide an overview of the approaches to gender creative children in order to illustrate why affirming someone's gender entails engaging with the assumptions behind the concept of gender itself. It will argue that expanding the possibilities of gender identification additionally positively impacts not only queer students, but all of us. It provides readers the chance to think about how deeply their own gender runs through their assumptions and to understand what is at stake for this culture when we ask to include LGBTQ+ identities in school curricula and policies.
“That's What Google Is For”
Authors: Flockhart Tyler Ross , Elliott Sinikka
Published: October 2021

Through in-depth interviews, this chapter examines the ways 25 LGB young adults (18-35 years old) used digital technologies as they do emotion work to preserve relationships with heterosexual parents. Findings demonstrate that, with the aid of technology (especially texting, Skyping, social media, YouTube, television, and various informational websites), LGB young adults engaged in personal and interpersonal forms of “preventive” and “palliative” emotion work. The former's aim was to prevent noxious feelings and the latter to preserve familial relationships despite emotional pain. These forms of emotion work allowed LGBs to maintain relationships with their parents, but by privileging the emotional wellbeing of heterosexual parents above those of LGBs. The authors conclude by suggesting that digital technology can be a dual-edged sword. Access to these technologies may allow LGBs to connect with queer communities and to obtain information about queerness, yet utilizing these technologies as a way to preserve familial relationships was an adaptation to--rather than disruption of--heterosexism and homophobia.
Coming Out, Going Home
Authors: Shiau Hong-Chi
Published: October 2021

Despite the historical centrality of Western cities as sites of queer cultural settlement, larger global economic and political forces have vociferously shaped, dispersed, and altered dreams of mobility for gay Taiwanese millennials in the age of globalization. While Taiwanese gay millennials follow a seemingly universal “rural-to-urban,” “East-to-West” movement trajectory, this study also explicates local nuanced ramifications running against the common trend. Drawn upon five-year ethnographic studies in Taiwan, this study examines how parents could to some extent conform to societal pressures by co-creating a life narrative to the society. Parents/family appear to contribute to how participants' decision on spatial movement but gay male millennials with supportive parents are eventually “going home.” However, the concept of home is configured by multiple economic and social forces involving (1) the optimal distance with the biological family and (2) the proper performances of consumption policed and imposed by the gay community in the neoliberal Taiwanese society.
Partnering With LGBTQ+ Communities
Authors: Fondrie Suzanne
Published: October 2021

What issues and considerations are involved in developing and facilitating service-learning projects with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities? This chapter presents results of examining the limited scholarship on service-learning projects conducted with these communities. The author proposes possible reasons for the lack of scholarship and offers suggestions for pre-, during-, and post-project considerations. These suggestions include identifying and surveying potential collaborators, preparing students for engaging with the communities, facilitating reflection during the project, and debriefing students afterward, along with analyzing results in order to improve future collaboration efforts.
Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Driven by Artificial Intelligence in Industry 4.0
Authors: Banjanović-Mehmedović Lejla , Mehmedović Fahrudin
Published: October 2021

Intelligent manufacturing plays an important role in Industry 4.0. Key technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics (BDA), the internet of things (IoT), cyber-physical systems (CPSs), and cloud computing enable intelligent manufacturing systems (IMS). Artificial intelligence (AI) plays an essential role in IMS by providing typical features such as learning, reasoning, acting, modeling, intelligent interconnecting, and intelligent decision making. Artificial intelligence's impact on manufacturing is involved in Industry 4.0 through big data analytics, predictive maintenance, data-driven system modeling, control and optimization, human-robot collaboration, and smart machine communication. The recent advances in machine and deep learning algorithms combined with powerful computational hardware have opened new possibilities for technological progress in manufacturing, which led to improving and optimizing any business model.
Near Infrared and Visible Image Registration Using Whale Optimization Algorithm
Authors: Saxena Sanjeev , Pohit Mausumi
Published: October 2021

This paper reports the use of a nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm known as ‘Whale Optimization Algorithm’ (WOA) for multimodal image registration. WOA is based on the hunting behaviour of Humpback whales and provides better exploration and exploitation of the search space with small possibility of trapping in local optima. Though WOA is used in various optimization problems, no detailed study is available for its use in image registration. For this study different sets of NIR and visible images are considered. The registration results are compared with the other state of the art image registration methods. The results show that WOA is a very competitive algorithm for NIR-visible image registration. With the advantages of better exploration of search space and local optima avoidance, the algorithm can be a suitable choice for multimodal image registration.
Peculiarities of Structure and Physical-Mechanical Properties of High-Strength Cr-Mo Pipe Steel Applicative Mainly in a Sour Environment
Authors: Putilova Evgeniia A. , Kryucheva Kristina D. , Zadvorkin Sergey M.
Published: October 2021

This paper demonstrates the results of the study of microstructure and physical-mechanical properties of the high-strength economically alloyed Fe-Cr-Mo steel, developed by RosNITI JSC for the production of the oil country tubular goods (OCTG) (casing and tubing). The main requirement for this steel is to provide simultaneous increased strength and resistance to sulfide stress cracking (SSC). It was shown that this problem could be solved by special heat treatment. As a result, the structure of this steel consists of a secondary sorbite with a lower dislocation density. Hardening is provided by dispersion-strengthened V, Nb carbides.
Investigation of Single Layer and Bilayer of Plasma Transferred Arc (PTA) Coatings of Fe-Cr-V Powder
Authors: Saifon Srisaart , Tharanon Usana Ampaipong , Tuchinda Karuna
Published: October 2021

This paper presented an investigation result of single layer and bilayer of PTA coating of two different Fe-Cr-V powder commercially available and an improvement of the surface hardness by adding 35% of WC. In case of single layer, the microstructure was uniform across the thickness and also the hardness, while microstructure of the bilayer was obviously separated between interlayer and topcoat. The bilayer coating microstructure was changed, and approaching the topcoat, the microstructure was similar to single layer. The hardness of bilayer was decreased due to the dilution. After adding WC into the powder, the microstructure was changed and it could be seen that WC particles distributed across the coating. The hardness was increased due to dilution of some WC. Moreover, in all cases, PTA process offered coating with no crack and no re-precipitated with only small pores. However, adding WC could result in bigger pore size.
Using the Design of Experiment Method to Develop an Energy Loss Model for Non-Oriented Electrical Steel Alloys
Authors: Paltanea Veronica , Păltânea Veronika , Gavrila Horia , Nemoianu Iosif Vasile
Published: October 2021

The main scope of the paper is to apply the Design of Experiment (DoE) method and to develop a predictive model of energy losses for non-oriented electrical steels. This approach permits us to determine a mathematical model, which is the predicted response (energy losses) as a function of input data (strip width and peak magnetic polarization) and experimental results. The presented DoE model is based on a classical central composite design of type 2n + 2n + 1 with two-levels (n = 2) and as a consequence only nine experimental points are necessary. The equation system that is associated with the model, generates a surface response equation, which permits the energy loss computation for different values of width strip and peak magnetic polarization. The DoE model was implemented, using different software packages as MathCad, Excel and OriginPro 2018, in the case of two types of electrical steels namely NO20 and M300-35A alloys that are used in small size electrical machines. In this case, the strain hardening phenomena at the cut edge becomes important, due to its negative impact on energy losses. The computed results were compared with the experimental data and errors lower than 5 % were determined.
Acne exacerbation after tofacitinib treatment for alopecia areata
Authors: Alharthi Sawsan , Turkmani Mohammed , Al Jasser Mohammed
Published: October 2021

The major discovery of the novel therapeutic Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors has been implicated in several dermatological diseases. Recently, studies have shown the efficacy and encouraging results of oral JAK inhibitors as a treatment for alopecia areata (AA). Due to the novelty of this treatment, potential side effects are not fully explored. In this paper, we present a case of a 28-year-old male with a 10-year history of alopecia totalis (AT) treated successfully with tofacitinib with encouraging effects on hair regrowth; however, a significant worsening of the patient’s facial acne was observed four months after AT treatment initiation. JAK inhibitors have promising results in the management of different dermatological conditions including moderate-severe forms of AA with few reported adverse events. Acne exacerbation is a unique observed adverse effect of this therapy. More thorough larger sized studies are needed to further characterize the association between acne exacerbation and the use of JAK inhibitors.
Small mammal remains from the Temple of Neptune, a window on the ancient landscape of the Sele Plain (Southern Italy)
Authors: Nappi Armando
Published: October 2021

The Sele Plain was once a marshy area that has recently been reclaimed. The analysis of skull and dental remains of small mammals, collected during the restoration of the Temple of Neptune, testifies the ancient existence of ecosystems that have now been greatly reduced in this area. In particular, the high percentage of remains of Arvicola italicus, a rodent that is now very rare throughout Italy, confirms the presence of aquatic environments.
A foundation member’s recollections of the earliest days of our society
Authors: Hodges Anne
Published: October 2021

No abstract available.
Treatment notes: Treatment of hand injuries
Authors: Youthed Joan E. , Nicol Keith
Published: October 2021

No abstract available.
Acute rheumatism—It’s problems and rehabilitation
Authors: Lomey A. L.
Published: October 2021

No abstract available.
Territorialising Conservation
Authors: Kalvelage Linus , Bollig Michael , Grawert Elke , Hulke Carolin , Meyer Maximilian , Mkutu Kennedy , Müller-Koné Marie , Diez Javier Revilla
Published: October 2021

Community-based Conservation seeks to strike a balance between nature conservation and economic growth by establishing spatial and institutional settings that maintain and even regain biodiversity while simultaneously allowing for sustainable land use. The implementation of community-based conservation blueprints on communal, often agronomically marginal lands, is in many southern and eastern African countries encouraged by the national government. Despite vast academic literature on community-based conservation, it remains unclear how this re-shaping of resource governance has driven territorialisation in rural areas. To address this gap, this article compares the implementation of community-based conservation in Northern Kenya and Northern Namibia. By doing so, we intend to shed light on the question ‘why does community-based conservation result in different forms of territorialisation negotiated between state agencies, non-governmental organisations and rural communities? We demonstrate how historical preconditions, contemporary project design, and the commodification of natural resources shape territorialisation in both cases in different ways. In Kenya, concerns for securitisation have been driving community-based conservation, while in Namibia it primarily aimed to benefit the previously disadvantaged rural residents. Furthermore, in both regions community-based conservation programmes serve as vehicles to articulate political claims, either to reify traditional authorities, to create ethnically homogenous territories or to define boundaries of resource use.
Doing Chowkidaari
Authors: Runacres Adam
Published: October 2021

This article explores the conditions and perceptions of daily wage work provided by the Forest Department around Panna Tiger Reserve in Central India. Drawing on 15 months of ethnographic fieldwork, it analyses the conditions of forest work within this context of livelihood prohibitions, the broader political economy of precarious labour, and village-forest relations in Panna district. Through different case studies, the article unpacks the dynamics of familiarity, negotiation and exploitation that characterise forest work, utilising forest workers’ own description of their work to comment on how a confluence of vulnerable conditions compel local people to take up the precarious daily wage work offered by the Forest Department. The workers’ descriptions also offer the concept of ‘compulsion’ as an important addition to interdisciplinary discussions about ‘vulnerability.’ I argue that forest workers are a missed opportunity for good relations between conservation projects and local communities, as actors who regularly manage the simultaneous demands of their village communities, and Forest Departments and navigate the complexity and nuance of the relationships between and within both. Rather than examples of conservation benefits for local communities, the poor conditions and insecurities of forest work lead to decreased support for conservation and worsen the reputation of the Forest Department in areas where gainful employment is desperately needed.
Future perspectives of periodontal research – a mini review
Authors: Singh Shruti , Dhruvakumar Deepa
Published: October 2021

In the last few decades, research in the area of periodontology has exploded, resulting in a better understanding of risks. Latest research has expanded our knowledge about the etiopathogenesis of periodontal disease. While bacteria are needed for periodontitis to evolve, the immune system of the host is responsible for the majority of periodontal disease destruction. Newer risk components are recognized and the pattern of periodontal condition may have been affected by environmental and genetic factors. Research over the past decades has demonstrated that oral hygiene impacts the general health and course of certain systemic illness. The overall objective of research progress is therefore the prevention of disease, the analysis of the continuing disease and the treatment of existing damage.
Сдвиги Данкля, пространство BMO типа Данкля и преобразования Данкля-Рисса на $L^\infty$
Authors: Teng Wentao
Published: October 2021

Получены результаты о носителях сдвигов Данкля на финитных функциях. Определено пространство BMO типа Данкля, а также преобразования Данкля- Рисса на $L^\infty$; доказана ограниченность преобразований Рисса, действующих из $L^\infty$ в пространство BMO типа Данкля в предположении равномерной ограниченности сдвигов Данкля. Доказательство и определение для пространств Данкля сложнее, чем в классическом случае, поскольку сдвиги Данкля не обладают некоторыми свойствами классических сдвигов. Кроме того, точное описание Галлардо и Реджаба носителей сдвигов Данкля на характеристических функциях распространено на радиальные функции из $L^2(m_k)$.
The UK courts and EU law post-Brexit
Authors: Vajda Christopher
Published: October 2021

Following the expiry on 31 December 2020 of the ‘transition period’ under the UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement, the relationship between UK and EU law had changed. Whilst much EU legislation at that date will continue to apply in UK law as ‘retained EU law’ and judgments of the EU courts handed down before that date will remain binding on UK courts as ‘retained EU case law’, the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court can depart from that case law. Whilst EU court judgments handed down after that date are not binding on UK courts, they may be taken into account. This article considers both the status of EU retained case law and when the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal may depart from it, and the future of EU law that is not ‘retained EU case law’ and how judgments of the European Courts and national courts of its Member States may influence UK judges in the future.
Comparative analysis between the English, Dutch and French approaches to passing-on in competition cases
Authors: Barennes Marc , Bossen Tessel , Bousie Hans , Subrémon Sarah
Published: October 2021

Several legal topics regarding cartel damages litigation have drawn special attention over the last few years, including the passing-on defence. ‘Passing-on’ in competition cases is where overcharges caused by a cartel, which affect the customers of the cartelists (direct purchasers), are passed-on by these purchasers to buyers further down the supply chain (indirect purchasers). Cartel members regularly invoke this defence as a (partial) shield against a claim for damages. The EU Damages Directive contains two important presumptions in connection to passed-on damages. This article undertakes a comparative analysis of how the courts in the Netherlands, France and England and Wales apply these presumptions in practice in their case law.
Slipping on Banana Skins and Falling Through Bars: “True” Comedy and the Comic Character
Authors: Black Jack
Published: October 2021

From Basil Fawlty, The Little Tramp and Frank Spencer; to Jim Carey, Andy Kaufman and Rowan Atkinson… comedy characters and comic actors have proved useful lenses for exploring – and exposing – humor’s cultural and political significance. Both performing as well as chastising cultural values, ideas and beliefs, the comic character gives a unique insight into latent forms of social exclusion that, in many instances, can only ever be approached through the comic form. It is in examining this comic form that this paper will consider how the ‘comedy character’ presents a unique, subversive significance. Drawing from Lacanian conceptions of the subject and television ‘sitcom’ examples, the emancipatory potential of the comedy character will be used to criticize the predominance of irony and satire in comic displays. Indeed, while funny, it will be argued that such comic examples underscore a deprivative cynicism within comedy and humor. Countering this, it will be argued that a Lacanian conception of the subject can profer a comic efficacy that not only reveals how our social orders are inherently inconsistent and open to subversive redefinition, but that these very inconsistencies are also echoed in the subject, and, in particular, the ‘true comedy character’.
Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Remediation of Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin’s Traditions. The Case of “Leviathan” and “The Golovlyov Family”
Authors: Waligorska-Olejniczak Beata
Published: October 2021

Andrei Zvyagintsev often emphasises the opinion that Russian culture originates from classic Russian literature, i.e. the works of Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Platonov etc. Treating the director’s approach (expressed in many interviews) as a kind of justification the proposed paper focuses on the interpretation of Leviathan from the comparative point of view, adapting the traditions of Saltykov-Shchedrin, in particular those deriving from his novel The Golovlyov Family. The methodological foundation of the presented case study constitute the concepts of cultural memory of Aleida Assmann, Renate Lachmann and Astrid Erll, which find their common ground in treating literature as a medium through which culture is continually rewritten, retranscribed and renegotiated. The interpretation of the selected satirical aspects of eating and drinking activities found both in Saltykov-Shchedrin’s and Zvyagintsev’s works leads to establishing a new intertextual relationship in the domain of cultural memory and to revealing areas of cultural communication between different media, based on structural and symbolic parallels revealed in the literary and cinematic text.
“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”: the Representation of the Far East Countries in the Russian Caricatures of 1890-1905
Authors: Rezvukhina Anna I.
Published: October 2021

This article is devoted to the zoomorphic images of China and Japan in the caricatures published in the Russian periodical press from 1890 to 1905. The aim of the study is to analyze the mechanisms of building images of the Other by creating a comic effect, as a strategy for overcoming cultural aphasia. The study focuses on the caricature technique of zoomorphism, or giving the Other an animalistic form. Within the framework of the article, we examined the possibilities of caricature as a means of political communication and analyzed its tools for expressing the changing political situation, including opportunities for the actual transformation of the image. In addition, the reception of zoomorphism as a shift in the natural/innate domain in the gradation from “prey”, “noble animal” to “beast” was examined. According to the results of the study, the image of China as a dragon and the images of Japan as a dog or monkey as well as the symbolism of the yellow color and exotization as a method of alienation are of most interest. Furthermore, the issues of the imperial discourse of the Russian Empire, which was formed, among others, under the influence of the colonial discourse of the leading European powers of that time, the problem of orientalism as well as the question of self-identification of Russia within the framework of the “East-West” opposition, were discussed. The article is intended for everyone who is interested in the history of the development of political caricature in Russia and those who study the theoretical and practical issues of creation of the image of the Other.
Russia and Other Significant Others in Latvian Caricatures
Authors: Zhirnova Lidia S.
Published: October 2021

After the collapse of the Soviet Union Latvia faced the need to redefine its national identity in a new international environment. Its elite took a clear Euro-Atlantic course, and the image of Latvia in the public space has been largely defined in contrast to the image of Russia ever since. One of the ways to understand how Latvia sees itself and Russia is analyzing political cartoons. The purpose of the study is to bring out the attributes of Russia as a significant Other in caricatures in national newspapers and analyze how they correspond to the characteristics of Latvia, thus defining the outlines of the mental border between the two. The analysis shows two main sets of ideas associated with Russia in Latvian cartoons: one is power, threat and aggression, and the other is propaganda and lies. Although the genre of caricature is meant to be disrespectful, the comparison with cartoons featuring the EU shows that the cartoonists are much more hostile towards Russia. Latvia has succeeded in distancing itself from Russia mentally and uses its image as an antagonist Other, however the cartoons show lack of national pride and doubt that the country has become a rightful member of the Western world.
“Any Media… is hilarious”: Introduction to the Issue
Authors: Troitskiy Sergey A. , Aliev Rastyam T.
Published: October 2021

The article is an opening message from the journal's editors summarizing the key aspects of the issue.