bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
“İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi” Başlıklı İki Eserin Mukayesesi: Kavram, Kaynak, Muhteva ve Usûl Eksenli Bir İnceleme
Authors: AKKOYUNLU İsmail
Published: December 2023

Disiplinlerin müstakil ilim alanları olarak mevcudiyet kazanması, bazı değişkenlerin varlığına bağlıdır. Bu değişkenlerin başında kavramlar, kaynaklar ve usûl gelmektedir. Usûlün temel unsurlarını ise kavramlar ve kaynaklar oluşturur. Disiplinler açısından kavramların hareket alanı daha sınırlıyken kaynaklarda durumun değiştiği görülür. Bu değişikliğin başında kaynakların sayısında görülen farklılık gelmektedir. Disiplinler, kavramsal ve kaynaksal açıdan karşılaştırıldığında klasik ya da modern kaynak sayısının kavramlara oranla daha fazla olduğu görülür. Bu durum hemen tüm disiplinler açısından böyledir. Siyaset ve itikat temelli yapılar olan fırkaların tarihini ve günümüzdeki durumunu inceleyen İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi için de durum aynıdır. Bu disiplinin kendine özgü bazı kavramları varken geçmişten günümüze çok sayıda kaynağa ev sahipliği yaptığı görülür. Klasik ve modern olarak ikiye ayrılabilecek olan bu kaynakların her iki grubu da önem taşımaktadır. Belirli oranda klasik kaynakların etkisinde kalan ancak karakteristik özellikleri bulunan modern kaynakların farklı değişkenler üzerinden analiz edilmesi ayrıca önemlidir. Bu nedenle makalemizde son yüz yıl içerisinde yazılmış aynı başlığa sahip ancak aralarında yaklaşık elli yıllık bir zaman farkı bulunan “İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi” başlıklı iki eser incelenmiştir. Eserler incelenirken kavram, kaynak, muhteva ve usûl gibi değişkenler üzerinden seyreden mukayeseye dayalı bir yol takip edilmiştir. Böylece İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi’nin son dönem literatürünün yaşamış olduğu değişim, bu iki eser üzerinden tespit edilmeye çalışılmıştır.
TEKİRDAĞ’DA SON (1919) OSMANLI MECLİS-İ MEBUSAN SEÇİMLERİ VE TEKİRDAĞ MEBUSLARININ MECLİS-İ MEBUSAN’DAKİ FAALİYETLERİ
Authors: ÇINAR Semih
Published: December 2023

Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nın kaybeden bloğunda yer alan Osmanlı Devleti, 30 Ekim 1918 tarihinde imzaladığı Mondros Mütarekesi ile savaştan çekilmiştir. Barış görüşmelerinin sadece kendi kontrolü altında yürütülmesini isteyen Sultan Vahdettin, Kanun-i Esasi’nin kendisine tanıdığı yetkiyi kullanarak 21 Aralık 1918 tarihinde Meclis-i Mebusan’ı feshetmiştir. Kanun-i Esasi’nin yedinci maddesine göre feshedilen meclisin dört ay içinde tekrar toplanması gerekmekteydi. Ancak hükûmet, Osmanlı topraklarının işgal altında bulunması ve seferberlik halinin devam etmesi sebebiyle seçimlerin ancak barış antlaşması imzalandıktan sonra yapılabileceği kararını almış, bu durum meclis yanlıları ile saray ve hükûmet arasında bir mücadeleye neden olmuştur. Anadolu’nun çeşitli yerlerindeki işgaller sonrasında başlayan Anadolu hareketinin siyasi anlamdaki ilk hedefi meclisin tekrar toplanmasını sağlamak olmuştur. Mustafa Kemal Paşa önderliğinde yürütülen bu hareket sonucunda Damat Ferit Paşa hükûmeti iktidardan düşmüş yerine gelen Ali Rıza Paşa hükûmeti 7 Ekim 1919 tarihinde seçim kararı almıştır. Seçimlerin yapıldığı yerlerden biri de Edirne vilayetinin bir sancağı konumunda bulunan Tekirdağ olmuştur. 1919 yılı Ekim ve Kasım aylarında gerçekleşen seçimler sonucunda Süleyman Faik (Özkan) Bey ve Hüseyin Rahmi (Ertin) Bey Tekirdağ mebusu seçilerek Meclis-i Mebusan’a katılmışlardır. Bu çalışmada Devlet Arşivleri Başkanlığı Osmanlı Arşivi evrakı, Devlet Arşivleri Başkanlığı Milli Savunma Bakanlığı Askeri Tarih Arşivi evrakı, dönemin süreli yayınları ve mevcut literatür üzerinden Tekirdağ’da gerçekleşen Meclis-i Mebusan seçimleri ve seçilen mebusların Meclis-i Mebusan’daki faaliyetleri irdelenecektir.
THE ACTIVITIES DELEGATION OF THE ALBANIAN COLONY OF TURKEY IN THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE 1919
Authors: KACELİ Ilirjana , MITA Rudına
Published: December 2023

It was at the end of the First World War, in 1919, that a Peace Conference in Paris was made possible to be convened. The Peace Conference finally opened a new page in the history of international relations. Albanian people were wholly and directly focused on the proceedings of the Paris Conference from the very beginning, hoping that there they would find solutions to their problems and concerns regarding the national question. In the framework of these efforts and fully aware of the danger that threatened the country, the Albanians had to raise their voice and make known the national cause at the Conference meetings considering that, at the time, the territory of the Albanian state was occupied and the Albanians could not depend on the support of any of the triumphant post-war States. They believed that displaying their demands at the Conference convened to establish world peace would be a good opportunity to defend their rights and the injustices inflicted to them. Therefore, in addition to the delegation of the National Government from the Congress of Durres, whose purpose was to represent the Albanian people in the Conference, there were other representatives from the Albanian diaspora. One of them was the delegation of the Albanian Colony of Turkey. The purpose of the activity of this Albanian representation was the protection of the independence of Albania, the protection of the territorial integrity of the Albanian state from the danger of a new fragmentation and the efforts for the recovery of the country. The delegates of the Albanian colonies worked together carrying out many activities in aid of the national cause, as well as propagating the right of existence of this nation through the press, meetings with various personalities or through memoranda sent to major states. The article dwells on the diplomatic and political activity of the representatives of the Albanian Colony of Turkey at this conference. Despite the difficult circumstances, the representatives of the Albanian Colony of Turkey believed in the idea that the Albanian state would rise again. Their activity marked the historical period of the Albanian people.
The influence of mixing time on the structure and thermophysical characteristics of systems based on polyethylene glycol and organomodified montmorillonite
Authors: Bilyi S. A. , Lysenkov Е. А. , Nesin S. D. , Klepko V. V.
Published: December 2023

The structure and thermophysical properties of polymer nanocomposite systems based on polyethylene glycol and organomodified montmorillonite were studied using the methods of X-ray structural analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. From the data of X-ray structural analysis, it was found that the optimal degree of delamination of montmorillonite, which corresponds to the maximum interlayer distance, occurs in 3-5 minutes. A further increase in the mixing time has no significant effect on the structural characteristics of the nanocomposite. On the basis of calorimetric studies, it is shown that the melting and glass transition temperatures, as well as the degree of crystallinity, reach critical values at 3 min of treatment, after which they remain unchanged. It was established that the time of extruder mixing is optimal. At the same time, the maximum intercalation takes place, which leads to an impact on the final functional characteristics of the polymer-organoclay system. It was established that extruder mixing during 3 min is optimal.
Experimental study of the effect of technological aspects of the two-stage method of nanofluids preparation on their stability
Authors: Kvasnytskyi B. , Borysov V. , Khliiev N. , Zhelezny V. , Gotsulski V. , Muratov N.
Published: December 2023

Nanofluids (NFs) can be considered promising working fluids and coolants for power systems. Nanoparticles (NPs) admixtures in liquids significantly affect their thermophysical properties. The NP samples that have been contacted with the ambient air are inhered in the presence of the sorbed surface layer from various air components. For today, the effect of the sorbed layer on the NPs' surface on the colloidal stability of NFs has not been examined. In paper was shown that preliminary removal of the sorbed air components from NPs contributes to obtaining the NFs with enhanced colloidal stability. Experimental studies of the desorption process of the sorbed air components regarding α-Al2O3 NPs that were stored under ambient conditions resulted that the adsorption layer consists mainly of water. A technique for the NFs preparation has been developed. This technique involved preliminary NPs treatment by vacuuming together with heating up to 200 °C, following multiple repeats of the processes of NPs milling in a bead mill with liquid and ultrasonication. The measured hydrodynamic size (DLS) of the NPs' aggregates in the NF obtained by the mentioned technique was smaller than for similar NF prepared without NPs pre-treatment. The obtained results will contribute to improving the technique of preparation of the colloidal stable working fluids and coolants for power systems with high energy efficiency.
About the possible cause of pressure pulsations in the combustion chamber of the P230 solid-fuel accelerator of the Ariane-5 rocket
Authors: Kozin V. S.
Published: December 2023

The causes of pressure pulsations in the combustion chamber of the solid-fuel booster of the "Arian-5" rocket have been hypothesized. The assumption is that the burning drops of red-hot aluminum are a source of thermal radiation, the radiation temperature of which is proportional to the activation energy of the evaporation of the oxidizer - ammonium perchlorate, and this causes an increased burning rate of solid rocket fuel and the appearance of pressure pulsations in the combustion chamber. The results of calculations by French and Pakistani researchers are analyzed and compared with the author's calculations. As a result of the author's calculations, it was shown that the dimensions of aluminum drops can be the dimensions of half-wave vibrators - antennas of infrared radiation. In the process of burning, there is a rapid and continuous change in their wavelength and activation energy of perchlorate evaporation.
New theoretical approach to dynamics of heat-mass-transfer, thermal turbulence and air ventilation in atmosphere of an industrial city II. Spectrum of thermal turbulence
Authors: Khetselius O. Y. , Gkuskov A. V. , Stepanenko S. M. , Svinarenko A. A.
Published: December 2023

In this paper we go on a development of consistent theoretical approach to modelling the turbulent regime in the atmosphere of the industrial cities and present the analytical foundations of a new model of thermal turbulence spectrum for atmosphere of an industrial city. Special attention is paid to general analytical aspects for accounting of the phenomenon of wave or vortex diffusion, which is usually ignored in most works on atmospheric ventilation modelling. Redistribution of energy over the spectrum of eddy sizes is usually called a spectral transformation, the study of which is possible only under the condition of real introduction of nonlinearity into the equation of turbulent motion. The approach presented is implemented into the general theory of heat-mass-transfer, thermal turbulence and air ventilation in atmosphere of an industrial city, including an improved theory of atmospheric circulation in combination with the hydrodynamic modelling, method of a complex geophysical plane field and the Arakawa-Schubert approach to a quantitative description of convective instability in the city’s atmosphere.
Optimized laser photoionization scheme of separation of complex isotopes in the separator devices
Authors: Glushkov A. V. , Sofronkov A. N. , Dubrovskaya Y. V. , Florko T. A.
Published: December 2023

An effective approach to determining parameters of optimal schemes of the method of laser selective photoionization of heavy isotopes, in particular, lanthanides (Gd atoms as the example) with ionization at the final stage by a pulsed electric field, autoionization through the narrow autoionization resonances and due to collisions is developed for separation of heavy isotopes in the separator devices. On the basis of the theory of optimal control and previously developed theoretical quantum approaches (the energy formalism and the relativistic many-body perturbation theory with the Dirac-Kohn-Sham-Sturm zeroth approximation for computing the parameters of elementary atomic processes such as excitation, ionization amplitudes, cross-sections, energies, widths of autoionization resonances etc.) an optimized scheme for the separation of Gd isotopes by the method of 3-stage laser photoionization with ionization at the final stage by a pulsed electric field, ionization through narrow autoionization resonances is presented. For the first time, there are theoretically calculated parameters of the narrow autoionization resonances for Gd in a sufficiently weak electric field, which are in physically reasonable agreement with data of the known experiment by Letokhov et al. Narrow-width autoionization resonances in Gd (in general in spectra of any lanthanide & actinide atom) have a relatively long lifetime, correspondingly, their excitation, ionization cross sections have the same order as the excitation one at the initial stage of separation scheme. Therefore, the use of these long-lived states can ensure the optimal implementation of a laser scheme for the separation of heavy isotopes. The obtained results for Gd with using models of optimal governing confirm the perspective of construction of the optimized schemes of the laser photoionization method with ionization at the final stage by a pulsed electric field, autoionization and allow determining the optimal parameters of the separation scheme, including diagram of atomic transitions, shape of laser pulses, etc. It is hoped that this work will also provide new opportunities for further development of laser chemistry of lanthanides, as well as actinides, taking into account new physics of autoionization resonances in their spectra.
Study of the influence of external heat and mass exchange on the features of combustion and extinction of gas suspensions of carbon particles
Authors: Orlovska S. G.
Published: December 2023

In the work, the regularities of the influence of heat and mass exchange of gas suspensions of carbon particles with the external gas environment on the processes of ignition, burning and quenching at different mass concentrations of carbon fuel are studied. A monodisperse gas suspension of carbon particles located in a gas heated to a high temperature, which contains an oxidant, is considered. As a result of the conducted physical and mathematical modeling, the following characteristics of high-temperature processes were determined: induction period, burning time and time of complete transformation of particles, critical parameters of ignition and extinction of particles. The influence on these characteristics of the initial particle diameter, mass concentration and temperature of the surrounding gas was analyzed. It was found that the external heat and mass exchange has a slight effect on the induction period and critical parameters of the ignition of gas suspensions, but it has a sufficiently strong effect on the characteristics of the combustion and extinguishing processes. The existence of an upper limit for fuel concentrations and particle diameters at which complete combustion of gas suspensions is not observed in the absence of external mass transfer is proved. Ranges of mass concentrations were found for which complete conversion of carbon fuel burning in the form of gas suspensions is carried out. It is shown that for open gas suspensions, the range of mass concentrations, where complete transformation of particles is observed, expands to the side of large values. The diameters of the particles characterizing the quenching of gas suspensions, taking into account the external mass transfer, are smaller, as a result of a greater supply of oxygen to the volume of the gas suspension.
OS LIMITES ESTREITOS DA PARTICIPAÇÃO POPULAR NO CONSELHO ESTADUAL DE SAÚDE DO ESPÍRITO SANTO
Authors: Ferraz Ana Targina Rodrigues , Borrego Arelys Esquenazi , Rocha Ana Karolina Shayder
Published: December 2023

O artigo apresenta resultados de pesquisa sobre processo de participação de movimentos sociais e organizações da sociedade civil nas instituições participativas da política de saúde no estado do Espírito Santo (Conselho Estadual de Saúde), no contexto de recrudescimento do autoritarismo e do surgimento da pandemia da COVID-19 de 2019 a 2021 no Brasil. Objetiva analisar como o conselho está funcionando, o que tem sido pautado em suas reuniões, como tem se comunicado com o público, decisões tomadas e como o processo participativo tem sido afetado pela conjuntura, aprofundando tendências ao descolamento em relação à sociedade e às necessidades de melhorias dos serviços de saúde. Trata-se de um estudo de caso realizado a partir da observação não participante das reuniões do conselho, do monitoramento das suas publicações e da análise das atas e atos normativos dos anos de 2019, 2020 e 2021.
Cardiometabolic risk assessment in Eastern Slovak young adults using anthropometric indicators
Authors: Zigová Michaela , Petrejčíková Eva , Mydlárová Blaščáková Marta , Gaľová Jana , Hedviga Vašková  , Kalafutová Soňa , Šlebodová Miriama
Published: December 2023

Introduction: Selected anthropometric indicators, such as anthropometric measurements, indices, or ratios could be reliable predictors of future cardiometabolic risk in primary prevention, especially in young adults.
Aim: This study aimed to establish cardiometabolic risk status in young Eastern Slovak adults according to anthropometric indicators.
Material and methods: Indicators used in this study, such as heart rate, blood pressure, five anthropometric measurements, as well as a total of 23 anthropometric indices and ratios were selected based on the available literature. These indicators were analyzed in 162 young adult participants of both sexes with a mean age of 20.78±2.22 years. The analyzed indices and ratios were calculated by routine anthropometry and were correlated with blood pressure and heart rate in the whole research group as well as among subgroups divided according to sex, obesity and hypertension status.
Results: Our results showed frequently higher values of input characteristics in males (71.88%), and statistically significant differences between sexes in 81.25% of the characteristics. The values of systolic blood pressure were above the norm in all males, and they also dominated in the obesity group. Correlation analyses conducted on all participants and in subgroups indicated a positive statistical significance in several indicators. The vast majority of the anthropometric indicators were significantly correlated with physiological indicators in almost all subgroups. Only A body shape index (ABSI) correlation coefficients did not show a significant correlation with physiological indicators in all analyzed subgroups. The correlations tended to be stronger among subgroup exhibiting potential to obesity. All analyzed indices and ratios were significantly correlated (p ≤ 0.05), predominantly with blood pressure components rather than heart rate, especially in participants with the potential for disease complications than in participants without them.
Conclusion: The analyzed indicators are noninvasive and useful although they may be at different levels of association and clinical significance for various conditions. Thus some of the indicators may be standardly used in the early diagnostic process for monitoring cardiovascular health and risk stratification of patients.
Strukturalne przeobrażenia mas ludowych. Zmiana kulturowa jako ślepe pole teorii modernizacji
Authors: Skórzyńska Agata
Published: December 2023

Tekst stanowi próbę reinterpretacji Habermasowskiej koncepcji sfery publicznej w dwóch kontekstach: a. w kontekście innych wariantów filozofii praxistowskich (Gramsciego i Bourdieu) oraz współczesnych teorii praktycznych na gruncie badań kulturoznawczych; b. w kontekście współczesnego kryzysu demokracji liberalnych, kariery populizmów polityczno-kulturowych oraz elitarystycznych reakcji na nie. Sięgając – krytycznie – do pracy Andreasa Reckwitza, staram się pokazać, że przeracjonalizowane teorie modernizacji – jak Habermasa – nie dostrzegły ważnego czynnika zmiany społecznej: kulturowego wymiaru nowoczesności, który z narzędzia emancypacji w fazie nowoczesności przemysłowej przekształcił się w źródło populistycznej hegemonii w warunkach neoliberalno-konserwatywnego konsensu tzw. drugiej nowoczesności.
Totalitarno-kolonialny wymiar sowieckiego ludobójstwa narodu ukraińskiego w świetle myśli Rafała Lemkina. Analiza politologiczna
Authors: Pobereƶny Gennad
Published: December 2023

W niniejszym opracowaniu autor dotyka problematyki
Hołodomoru – zbrodni ludobójstwa na narodzie ukraińskim, choć niezawężonej jedynie do
Wielkiego Głodu lat 1932–1933 – poddanej politologicznej analizie w kontekście szerszej genocydalnej polityki władzy sowieckiej prowadzonej względem Ukraińców w ZSRS. W tym celu
w artykule wskazuje się na główne elementy składowe koncepcji zbrodni ludobójstwa skonstruowanej przez Rafała Lemkina (który podnosił, że jest ona w istocie zbrodnią kolonialną), a także jej
porównanie z obowiązującą definicją genocydu w treści Konwencji ONZ z 1948 r. Wreszcie autor
pochyla się nad dyskursem odnoszącym się do obecności ludobójstwa (na czele z Hołodomorem)
i jego percepcji w ukraińskiej polityce pamięci ostatnich kilku dekad.
«Отторженное возвратих». Влияние российской пропаганды на формирование исторического нарратива в современной Беларуси и национального самосознания белорусского общества
Authors: Melnikau  (МельнИков) Ihar (Игорь)
Published: December 2023

W ciągu ostatniej dekady, a zwłaszcza po wydarzeniach związanych
z aneksją Krymu, wojną w Donbasie i wyborami prezydenckimi na Białorusi w sierpniu 2020 r.,
Rosja stara się aktywnie ingerować w proces rozwoju białoruskiej nauki historycznej, w szczególności w kształtowanie białoruskiego poglądu na historię ojczystą. Wynika to m.in. z chęci kontrolowania procesu kształtowania tożsamości narodowej społeczeństwa białoruskiego. W artykule
poddane pod rozwagę zostanie tylko kilka przykładów tego, jak współczesne rosyjskie publikacje
naukowe, przedstawiciele establishmentu politycznego, a także publikacje internetowe wykorzystują różne aspekty historycznej przeszłości Białorusi, aby narzucić swoje rosyjsko-imperialne
spojrzenie na białoruską historię.
The Power of Judgement regarding Covid-19 policies or practices. A reflection from New Zealand
Authors: Gray Ben
Published: December 2023

Judgements are made when problems are complex and there is insufficient information or too many competing factors for a protocol or guideline to be helpful. Judgements inevitably reflect values and beliefs of what is good. They are based on an ethical foundation. A particular ethical issue relevant to Covid-19 is inequality of health outcomes. Making a judgement is of little moment if the person making the judgement is not trusted by anyone else. An understanding of trust is important. Many judgements that impacted on the outcome of Covid-19 were made in the years before the pandemic. Judgements on the science underlying decisions should be made by the specialists in that area o science. It is important to be clear for whose benefit a judgement is made. Is it for the individual, for a particular community, a particular country or for the whole world? In the case of Covid-19 a decision made that did not at least consider the impact on the rest of the world was likely to be flawed, given that the pandemic is a global problem needing a global approach. Judgements during a novel pandemic are by definition made on insufficient information. To mitigate this, they need to be made transparently, clearly enunciating the reasons for the judgement, based on as much consultation as possible and trying to avoid unconscious bias. This has been an existential crisis for us all. We need to make judgements differently in the future or we risk this disaster being repeated.
Fenomen pośrednika w kontekście kulturowych wyzwań procesu spedycji na przykładzie przedsiębiorstwa Landi Sp. z o.o.
Authors: Matusiak Małgorzata , Fudali Jan
Published: December 2023

Celem opracowania niniejszego rozdziału jest analiza problematyki procesu spedycji na przykładzie przedsiębiorstwa Landi Sp. z o.o. Autorzy na podstawie przeprowadzonych 40 wywiadów swobodnych ze spedytorami i dyspozytorami w przedsiębiorstwie Landi Sp. z o.o., opisali specyfikę procesu spedycyjnego przez pryzmat różnic kulturowych mających wpływ na przebieg procesu transportowego na wszystkich jego etapach. Dodatkowym wyzwaniem jest tutaj zjawisko określone jako „fenomen” pośrednika” gdzie w układ współpracujących podmiotów, wpleciony jest kolejny, często odmienny kulturowo. Wnioski wskazują na to, że z punktu widzenia polskiego przewoźnika (podwykonawcy), jak i klienta z zachodu (zleceniodawcy), a także kierowcy ze wschodu (ostatecznego wykonawcy usługi), proces ten jest mozaiką trudności, gdzie bez odpowiedniego przygotowania w zakresie kompetencji międzykulturowych, nieodzownych współczesnemu człowiekowi, bardzo trudno jest ustrzec się błędów, nieporozumień, czy utrzymać emocje na wodzy.
Proces logistyki zwrotnej w sprzedaży "omnichannel" na przykładzie Decathlon Sp. z o.o.
Authors: Skurpel Dagmara , Bakalarczyk Bartłomiej Tomasz
Published: December 2023

Niniejszy rozdział przedstawia zagadnienie logistyki zwrotnej w omnichannel commerce, czyli strategii sprzedaży w segmencie B2C, opierającej się na założeniu, że wszystkie dostępne kanały dotarcia, obsługi klienta i sprzedaży, na każdym etapie transakcji, powinny ze sobą współpracować w celu zapewnienia wygody zakupów w sieci handlowej. Celem autorów jest zwrócenie uwagi na rosnącą rolę zwrotów w e-commerce oraz wskazanie wyzwań logistycznych związanych z funkcjonowaniem sklepów detalicznych w modelu omnichannel. Autorzy zaprezentowali ewolucję i rozwój kanałów sprzedaży, jak również skupili się na istocie logistycznej obsługi sprzedaży w modelu omnichannel. W artykule przedstawiono także aspekty formalno- prawne związane ze zwrotem przez klienta zakupionego towaru. Część teoretyczna, oparta na literaturze przedmiotu, została wzbogacona o wyniki badań własnych przeprowadzonych zarówno wśród klientów sklepów internetowych, jak i analizę procesów obsługi zwrotów w Decathlon Sp. z o.o.
Zastosowanie Sztucznej Inteligencji w transporcie wobec niedoboru kierowców – aspekty prawno-etyczne i techniczne
Authors: Matusiak Małgorzata , Pakuła Zuzanna , Peruga Anna , Śnieguła Dominika
Published: December 2023

Celem rozdziału jest przedstawienie technicznych i prawno-etycznych aspektów zastosowania Sztucznej Inteligencji w transporcie w kontekście niedoboru kierowców. W pierwszej kolejności Autorki zarysowały problem wakujących etatów kierowców w Polsce i UE, a następnie przedstawiły techniczne i prawno-etyczne uwarunkowania zastosowania Sztucznej Inteligencji w tym obszarze.
Water table level dynamics in the drained part of the great Vasyugan mire
Authors: Kharanzhevskaya Yulia A.
Published: December 2023

Relevance. The need to assess mire-river interaction in Western Siberia under the influence of drainage and the pyrogenic factor. Aim. To study water table level dynamics in the Great Vasyugan Mire and the patterns of its change under the influence of drainage and the pyrogenic factor. Objects. Nоrtheastern part оf the Great Vasyugan Mire clоse tо Pоlynyanka village, Bakchar district, Tоmsk regiоn. Methods. Hydrological monitoring of drained and pristine part of the Great Vasyugan Mire is organized within the small model catchments of the Gavrilovka River and Klyuch River in the Vasyugan station of the Siberian Research Institute of Agriculture and the Peat branch of the Siberian Research Institute оf Agriculture and Peat RAS. Water table level monitoring was carried out in 2022 using Solinst Levelloger (Canada) with a frequency of 1 hour. River discharge measurements were made in different water periods using an acoustic current meter OTT Hydromet. The research methodology included an assessment of the spatial and temporal variation in water levels over the drained territory of the Great Vasyugan Mire in the Gavrilovka River basin in comparison with pristine part and depending on the main meteorological factors, correlation curves construction of mire water level and river discharges, the specific yield calculation. Statistical analysis of the data was carried out using the nonparametric Wilcoxon test, correlation and cluster analysis. Results. The studies shown that the drained area of the Great Vasyugan Mire within the Gavrilovka River basin is characterized by a significant transformation of the hydrological regime; there is a significant decrease in the water levels and an increase in the amplitude of their fluctuations. The influence of the pyrogenic factor is expressed in a certain increase in water levels as a result of the surface burnout and the leveling of microtopography. An analysis of the spatial variation of the water levels showed that it depends on the vegetation type of key sites, the slope of the surface, and the degree of surface burnout. It also depends on the location of the site relative to the lagg area, zones of backwater flow formed near overgrown drainage ditches, dirt roads and main ditch drainage zones. As a result of the forest reclamation and fire event in the study area of the Great Vasyugan Mire, active decomposition of plant residues was noted. This led to a decrease in the storage capacity (specific yield) of the upper peat layer. A decrease of the specific yield will increase the runoff from the mire area, which means the increase of possibility of extreme hydrological events in the conditions of growth in the amount of precipitation.
Computer modeling when assessing the impact of road factors on performance of quarry vehicles
Authors: Zhuravlev Artem G. , Chernykh Vladimir V.
Published: December 2023

Relevance. The need to optimize the parameters of mining systems at the level of modern scientific and methodological capabilities, which leads to development of a methodological approach to their description taking into account transients. When optimizing the life cycle of quarry transport systems, mainly structural transients should be taken into account. At the level of its individual elements or optimization of quarry transport systems during their operation, special attention should be paid to parametric transients. Aim. To study the capabilities of the software "Quarry Transport System"; to develop approaches to assessing the impact of road factors on performance of quarry vehicles by simulation; to study the regularity of the influence of restrictions associated with the mutual influence of dump trucks on the rhythm of traffic on auto roads; to study the impact of road factors on the performance of dump trucks. Objects. Quarry with a depth of 380 m with a capacity of 125 million tons/year, with a fleet of dump trucks in the amount of 88 units. Dump trucks have a lifting capacity of 136–220 tons, excavators with a bucket capacity of 15–35 m3. Methods. Computer simulation of quarry transport system functioning; the computer program "Quarry Transport System" developed at the Institute of Mining of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Results. The "Quarry Transport System" software allows solving specific problems in the field of career transport, including those related to the assessment of the impact of road factors on technical and economic indicators of career vehicles. The authors have developed the approaches to assessing the impact of road factors on performance of career vehicles. They established the regularity of the influence of restrictions associated with the mutual influence of dump trucks on the rhythm of traffic on auto roads and the influence of road factors on performance of dump trucks.
RGEC Method Analysis to Measure the Health Level of State-Owned Banks Against Stock Prices in 2011-2022
Authors: Elly Mohammad Iskak , Krisnawati Titin
Published: December 2023

Share prices are a reflection of the value of a company. The fundamental conditions of banking companies and central bank policies can influence banking shares. Health assessment is carried out using a risk approach that includes four RGEC components. This research aims to analyze the influence of risk profile, good corporate governance, earnings and capital on share prices of state-owned banks. The type of research used is explanatory research. The research data source is secondary data from state-owned banks that carry out financial reporting on the IDX in 2011-2022. Sampling used purposive sampling with a sample of four state-owned banks. Data analysis uses descriptive analysis, multiple linear regression, and hypothesis testing. The research results show that simultaneously and partially risk profile, good corporate governance, earnings and capital have a significant effect on stock prices. The size of RGEC's contribution to the share price of state-owned banks is 40.2%.
Diagnostic method for a piezoelectric injector using the Newton-Cotes formula
Authors: Stoeck Tomasz
Published: December 2023

The article presents an original method for regenerating common rail injectors, which involves extending the standard diagnostic procedure with a phase of analytical calculations. These calculations were conducted based on the closed Newton-Cotes formula (commonly known as the trapezoidal rule), allowing for the estimation of the resulting fuel injection surface areas and their comparison with the manufacturer's reference. The presented example demonstrates that the proposed solution is particularly useful in challenging situations where a clear assessment of the injector's technical condition is difficult. Several other advantages have been highlighted, making this method suitable for application in laboratory and workshop conditions.
Active or passive interventions in groups
Authors: Caplan Tom
Published: December 2023

One of the dilemmas often faced by group workers is how involved (how active or passive) to be when facilitating a group in order to produce a positive treatment experience. The ‘art’ of doing group therapy, therefore, is understanding when to enter into, and when to withdraw from, the activity in the group work process. This paper will describe possibilities for effective group work by group workers which can promote a positive environment for group members either by being active or passive as required in the group setting.
DOING SOMETHING WITH OUR LIVES WHEN WE’RE INSIDE Self-Directive Groupwork in a Youth Custody Centre
Authors: Badham Bill , Blatchford Bob , Mcartney Steph , Nicholas Malcolm
Published: December 2023

This paper describes the development of groupwork practice at an open youth custody centre in Nottingham from February 1987 to February 1989. It was started by Nottingham Probation Officers linking with a voluntary sector project, and later developed to include Team Resources for Youth, a project working with young black people. The article gives background to how the work arose, both through previous local initiatives, and through careful planning between February and October 1987. It describes the underlying social action principles and values behind the work, and how these affected practice. It concludes with an evaluation of the work by young men and the agencies involved, and suggests implications for future policy and practice.Publisher’s note: We are now putting all back issues of Groupwork on line. Articles in this issue have been scanned to pdf files as viable original typesetting files no longer exist. Though they may not look it, these files are to some extent searchable. This issue was published nearly 30 years ago. We have stated author professional details as received at time of publication
Thematic Group Supervision to support Practice Learning Opportunities in Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
Authors: McGarry Jacqueline
Published: December 2023

Within this article we reflect on the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) Workforce Learning Development Improvement Service’s response to Covid19, and the need to support social work students commencing their Practice Learning Opportunity/placement (PLO) within Adult Services in August 2020. It was recognised that the global response to the Covid19 pandemic generated a landscape of significant change and innovation for both the Workforce Learning Development and Improvement Service within the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) and students who were due to commence their PLOs within BHSCT for a period of practice learning from August – December 2020.  The article explores how the Workforce Learning Development Improvement Service across in Adult Services within the BHSCT responded to meet changing need for social work students, BHSCT practice teachers (practice educators) and the operational context within which social workers practiced. The initiative, now consolidated within the student experience of their Practice Learning Opportunity (PLO) within BHSCT, is audited annually, and this article explores the learning from the initial audits in December 2020 and June 2021, as well as the ongoing changes embedded within the teams as we emerge from the Covid19 pandemic.

Within this article we reflect on the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) Workforce Learning Development Improvement Service’s response to Covid19, and the need to support social work students commencing their Practice Learning Opportunity/placement (PLO) within Adult Services in August 2020. It was recognised that the global response to the Covid19 pandemic generated a landscape of significant change and innovation for both the Workforce Learning Development and Improvement Service within the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) and students who were due to commence their PLOs within BHSCT for a period of practice learning from August – December 2020.  The article explores how the Workforce Learning Development Improvement Service across in Adult Services within the BHSCT responded to meet changing need for social work students, BHSCT practice teachers (practice educators) and the operational context within which social workers practiced. The initiative, now consolidated within the student experience of their Practice Learning Opportunity (PLO) within BHSCT, is audited annually, and this article explores the learning from the initial audits in December 2020 and June 2021, as well as the ongoing changes embedded within the teams as we emerge from the Covid19 pandemic.
Evaluating the Integrative Framework for Practice Teaching with social care educators and students
Authors: McGarr Jennifer , Fingleton Margaret
Published: December 2023

This paper outlines an evaluation of the Integrative Framework for Practice Teaching (McGarr and Fingleton, 2020), a tool developed to support practice teaching within social care education in Ireland. A mixed methods approach was utilised, which included focus groups with 5 educators and a survey of 168 social care students from the City and Tallaght campuses of TU Dublin. Both educators and students reported the framework to be useful in supporting the integration of knowledge and to explain the context, role, and goal of social care work. Recommendations were made in relation to strengthening the representation of the workers’ ‘self’ on the framework visual to reaffirm the pivotal role of the personal and professional self in social care practice. The evaluation also identified wider pedagogical application beyond applied subjects, in particular potential to use the framework to integrate learning within practice elements of the programme.
What is social about social work?
Authors: O’Brien Martin
Published: December 2023

It has been argued that the applied nature of social work renders the appreciation of social theory by practitioners as unnecessary. This paper takes issue with this controversial stance and shows how social work itself can not be understood outside of the social context in which it is located. This social context, however, is said to be changing: the world in which we currently inhabit is vastly different to that of our immediate forbears. This has prompted social work theorists to consider the implications for the profession and the role of practitioners. This paper reflects upon the underpinning principles of the competing perspectives and concludes that, given the complexities involved as well as the responsibilities with which social workers are charged, social theory is an essential component of the practitioner’s education.
Exploring models of D/deaf service user involvement in translating quality standards into local practice
Authors: Young Alys , Hunt Ros , McLaughlin Hugh
Published: December 2023

This article concerns the participation of service user groups in the translation of social work standards into social work practices. The context is a development and research project about quality standards in adult social services with Deaf and hard of hearing people. The project was set up both to support effective changes in local working practices, as well as to study the processes underlying those changes. Central to these processes had to be the engagement of local service user groups of Deaf or hard of hearing people. Specifically this article analyses three differing styles of engagement between providers and users involved in the project. We have termed these: a coworker model; a rights-based model; and a politically aware model. It explores the consequences for developmental action of these styles and the extent to which what is achieved, not just how it is achieved can be attributed to the manner of engagement. The role of locally contingent conditions as adequate explanation for different kinds of service user/service provider involvement is also considered. The article contributes to the wider debate of how to turn user rights-in-theory into user rights-in-practice, through an analytical focus on the structuring of provider/user engagement when there is an overt agenda of service improvement in line with pre-established standards.
Making a case for common assessment framework responses to concerns about children
Authors: Thorpe David , Regan Suzanne , Mason Claire , May-Chahal Corinne
Published: December 2023

The past 11 years (1995-2006) have seen several major government initiatives in child welfare programmes culminating in the Children Act 2004 which places a duty on Children’s Services and their relevant partners to ‘cooperate to improve the well-being’ of children. One of the most important vehicles of delivery is the establishment of a common assessment framework (CAF) (DfES, 2003) as a key recommendation of the Green Paper Every Child Matters (2003). It is believed that the implementation of the Framework will lead to a significant re-shaping of intervention practices and to a measurable improvement in the lives of children and families facing adversity of different kinds.The research presented in this article aims to address a fundamental problem which stands in the way of this initiative designed to standardize approaches to the assessment of need. The problem concerns the identification and categorization of matters which are currently being referred by different agents and agencies to children’s services social care ‘front-doors’ as child protection matters. In the context of the findings of the first evaluation of the CAF and Lead Professional Guidance (DfEs, 2006) and the issues it raised over how ‘thresholds’ for services are being defined between partner agencies, the findings of research from the study being reported on this paper have implications for the reform of children’s services in the UK and in other places where polices to improve the well being of children and young people are paramount.
Step forward? Step back? The professionalisation of fostering
Authors: Kirton Derek
Published: December 2023

This article examines the long term if uneven trend towards professionalisation in foster care, within the contexts of theoretical debates on professionalisation and contemporary policy in relation to looked after children. While the professionalising trend has been driven by a number of powerful factors within foster care and by broader societal and policy developments, it remains contentious due to the hybrid nature of foster care straddling the domains of ‘family’ and ‘work’. Various aspects of hybridity are explored including its implications for motivation, training and differentiation among foster carers. While broadly supporting the professionalisation of foster carers, not least as a measure to tackle their exploitation and its gendered nature, it is argued that hybridity requires a delicate balance to be struck and maintained in order that further professionalising measures do not undermine the personal and familial aspects of foster care that are crucial to its success.
Obstacles to participation in education, employment and training for young people leaving care
Authors: Dixon Jo
Published: December 2023

This paper focuses on the early career outcomes of young people leaving care. It draws upon the findings of a study of young people leaving care in seven English local authorities under The Children Leaving Care Act 2000 (CLCA), to explore the extent of participation and factors associated with career outcomes (Dixon et al., 2006) [1]. The paper shows that despite an increased policy focus on education and career options, care leavers continue to be disadvantaged and face considerable challenges in terms of entering and sustaining post-16 participation in education, employment and training. The problems associated with leaving care are well documented, however, less is known about the factors associated with young people doing better or worse after care. The paper explores the extent and nature of the obstacles faced by young people as they begin their career journey and utilises the study findings to locate them within the care and leaving care experience. It presents key findings, which highlight factors associated with obstructing and promoting positive career outcomes. Finally, the paper considers strategies for supporting young people in and leaving care to maximise their career options and opportunities.
Children of the State
Authors: Harlow Elizabeth , Frost Nick
Published: December 2023

This paper is a development of the scene setting presentation made by Nick Frost, Professor of Social Work (Children, childhood and families), at the ‘Fostering Matters’ symposium that was held at the University of Salford in March 2007. By focussing on the stability of placements and education, the paper considers the Green Paper Care Matters: Transforming the lives of Children and Young People (DfES 2006a) and the subsequent White Paper Care Matters: a Time of Change (DfES 2007) in terms of New Labour's ideological approach to the modernisation of services. Although there have been criticisms of the government's policy, it is concluded that there has been a distinct shift away from the minimalist help that was offered to children who were unable to live with their families.
Managing at a distance in social work and social care
Authors: Jones Ray
Published: December 2023

Managers are dependent on those with whom they work to behave and act in ways which promote organisational performance, and the experience of those who use the organisation’s services is primarily shaped by the front-line workers with whom they are in contact. But managers are often not present alongside front-line workers, and this is especially so within social work and social care services. For senior managers in particular, they may be located away from front-line teams and have only limited contact with front-line workers. The issue then arises of how to have an impact and influence even when geographically remote and unseen. Drawing on the author’s experience of front-line to senior management, this paper reflects on what works in managing and leading at a distance, focussing on enabling, empowering and facilitating front-line workers and re-balancing from an overwhelming focus on direction and control.