bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Coaching mit neuer transaktionsanalytischer Theorie
Authors: Mohr Günther
Published: January 2022

Transaktionsanalyse hat sich in ihren 70 Jahren Praxis und Theorieentwicklung zu einer sehr erprobten, integrativen, offenen Beratungstheorie entwickelt. Der Artikel zeigt wesentliche Aspekte transaktionsanalytischer Haltung und transaktionsanalytischer Vorgehensweise auf. Insbesondere ist die beziehungsorientierte Metatheorie dabei von großer Bedeutung. Auf die Strukturierung der Einzeltheorien der Transaktionsanalyse zu Menschenbild, Persönlichkeit, Beziehung und Kommunikation, Entwicklung und Veränderung, Wirklichkeit und Kontextbezug sowie Professionsmethoden zeigt ein durchaus komplexes Praxisbeispiel die Vielfalt des Interventionsspektrums auf.
Positional SHAP (PoSHAP) for Interpretation of machine learning models trained from biological sequences
Authors: Dickinson Quinn , Meyer Jesse G.
Published: January 2022

Machine learning with multi-layered artificial neural networks, also known as “deep learning,” is effective for making biological predictions. However, model interpretation is challenging, especially for sequential input data used with recurrent neural network architectures. Here, we introduce a framework called “Positional SHAP” (PoSHAP) to interpret models trained from biological sequences by utilizing SHapely Additive exPlanations (SHAP) to generate positional model interpretations. We demonstrate this using three long short-term memory (LSTM) regression models that predict peptide properties, including binding affinity to major histocompatibility complexes (MHC), and collisional cross section (CCS) measured by ion mobility spectrometry. Interpretation of these models with PoSHAP reproduced MHC class I (rhesus macaque Mamu-A1*001 and human A*11:01) peptide binding motifs, reflected known properties of peptide CCS, and provided new insights into interpositional dependencies of amino acid interactions. PoSHAP should have widespread utility for interpreting a variety of models trained from biological sequences.
Prevalence and associated risk factors for tuberculosis among people living with HIV in Nepal
Authors: Adhikari Nilaramba , Bhattarai Ratna Bahadur , Basnet Rajendra , Joshi Lok Raj , Tinkari Bhim Singh , Thapa Anil , Joshi Basant
Published: January 2022

Background

Worldwide tuberculosis (TB) takes more lives than any other infectious diseases. WHO estimates around 68,000 incident TB cases in Nepal. However, in 2018 only around 27,232 new TB cases were reported in the national system, resulting around 40,768 incident TB cases missing every year in Nepal. National Tuberculosis Control Center carried out this study in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) sites to estimate the prevalence of TB and identify the associated risk factors for TB among the people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PLHIVs) in Nepal.

Methods

It was a cross-sectional institution-based study conducted between March and August 2018. Six ART sites with high caseloads of PLHIVs were selected. PLHIVs who were equal or above 18 years of age and were in ART program at the selected study sites were considered eligible for the study. Diagnosis of tuberculosis among PLHIVs who agreed to participate in the study was carried out as per the National Tuberculosis Management Guideline of National Tuberculosis Program of Nepal.

Results

Among 403 PLHIVs, tuberculosis was diagnosed in 40 (9.9%) individuals. Median age of the participants was 36 (30–43) years. Prevalence of TB was significantly higher among male PLHIVs than female PLHIVs (13.6% Vs 5.8%; P = 0.02) and Dalit ethnic group compared to Brahmin/Chettri (22.0%Vs5.9%, P = 0.01). The risk of developing TB was found significant among those with HIV stage progressed to WHO stage 3 and 4 (OR = 4.85, P<0.001) and with the family history of TB (OR = 4.50, P = 0.002).

Conclusions

Prevalence of TB among PLHIVs in Nepal was found 9.9%. Risk of developing TB was higher among PLHIVs who were male, Dalit, with HIV stage progressed to WHO stage 3 and 4 and with family history of TB. Hence, targeted interventions are needed to prevent the risk of developing TB among PLHIVs. Similarly, integrated, and comprehensive TB and HIV diagnosis and treatment services are needed for the management of TB/HIV co-infection in Nepal.
Effects of cholesterol on the size distribution and bending modulus of lipid vesicles
Authors: Karal Mohammad Abu Sayem , Mokta Nadia Akter , Levadny Victor , Belaya Marina , Ahmed Marzuk , Ahamed Md. Kabir , Ahammed Shareef
Published: January 2022

The influence of cholesterol fraction in the membranes of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) on their size distributions and bending moduli has been investigated. The membranes of GUVs were synthesized by a mixture of two elements: electrically neutral lipid 1, 2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC) and cholesterol and also a mixture of three elements: electrically charged lipid 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1′-rac-glycerol) (DOPG), DOPC and cholesterol. The size distributions of GUVs have been presented by a set of histograms. The classical lognormal distribution is well fitted to the histograms, from where the average size of vesicle is obtained. The increase of cholesterol content in the membranes of GUVs increases the average size of vesicles in the population. Using the framework of Helmholtz free energy of the system, the theory developed by us is extended to explain the experimental results. The theory determines the influence of cholesterol on the bending modulus of membranes from the fitting of the proper histograms. The increase of cholesterol in GUVs increases both the average size of vesicles in population and the bending modulus of membranes.
Transcription factor specificity limits the number of DNA-binding motifs
Authors: Aptekmann Ariel A. , Bulavka Denys , Nadra Alejandro D. , Sánchez Ignacio E.
Published: January 2022

We study the limits imposed by transcription factor specificity on the maximum number of binding motifs that can coexist in a gene regulatory network, using the SwissRegulon Fantom5 collection of 684 human transcription factor binding sites as a model. We describe transcription factor specificity using regular expressions and find that most human transcription factor binding site motifs are separated in sequence space by one to three motif-discriminating positions. We apply theorems based on the pigeonhole principle to calculate the maximum number of transcription factors that can coexist given this degree of specificity, which is in the order of ten thousand and would fully utilize the space of DNA subsequences. Taking into account an expanded DNA alphabet with modified bases can further raise this limit by several orders of magnitude, at a lower level of sequence space usage. Our results may guide the design of transcription factors at both the molecular and system scale.
Causes of delays in construction projects in the Province of Aceh, Indonesia
Authors: Rauzana Anita , Dharma Wira
Published: January 2022

Implementations of construction projects in Indonesia, especially in Aceh Province, are often delayed. Time, quality, and cost are three important components of planning a construction project. The benchmark for a successful construction project is the project completion time being in accordance with the time period specified in the contract. In project implementation, there is often a risk of delays in completing construction projects that can cause losses and fines; therefore, it is necessary to know the risk factors potentially causing project delays. The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors causing delays greatly affecting construction projects in Aceh Province. The data used in this study were questionnaire data distributed to 68 respondents. The data processing methods included validity tests, reliability tests, and the construction of descriptive statistics. Ultimately, 60 delay factors were obtained; of these, 30 risk indicators were included in the very influential category with a mode value of (= 5), 29 delay risk indicators were in the high influence category with a mode value of (= 4), and one indicator was included in the category of medium influence (= 3).
Prevalence and factors associated with failed induction of labor in Worabe Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia
Authors: Mohammed Muhdin , Oumer Rewda , Mohammed Fatuma , Walle Fantahun , Mosa Hassen , Ahmed Ritbano , Eanga Shamill
Published: January 2022

Background

Induction of labor is one of the most used obstetric procedures in the world. It is performed in around 20% of all pregnancies. Failed induction of labor, on the other hand, has been associated with poorer mother and newborn health outcomes. Besides, there is a scarcity of data on the current burden and drivers. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and factors associated with failed induction in Worabe Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia.

Methods

A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on medical records of mothers who delivered through induction of labor during September 1st, 2018 to August 30th, 2020. The samples were collected using a systematic sampling technique. The data was extracted using a checklist. Data were entered into EpiData (version 3.1) and analyzed using SPSS (version 24). Multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to decide the association of explanatory variables with the outcome variable. Odds ratio with their 95% CI were calculated to identify the presence and strength of an association. A p-value of < 0.05 was used to declare statistical significance.

Results

In this study, the prevalence of failed induction was observed to be 22.2%. The associated factors included rural residence (AOR = 5.7, 95% CI: 3.12–11.02), primiparity (AOR = 8.4, 95% CI: 2.72–22.36) and unfavourable bishop score (AOR = 5.9, 95% CI: 4.52–16.12).

Conclusions

In comparison to the rate reported in developed countries, the study area had a high rate of failed induction. Being rural residence, primiparity and unfavourable bishop score were the associated factors of failed induction. Therefore, to reduce of the rate of failed induction, health care practitioners should analyze cervical status (using Bishop Score) to decide the possibility of successful induction, with a focus on associated factors like parity.
9/12: Reacting to crime by war(s): International and internal impacts of 9/11
Authors: Falk Richard , Falcone Daniel
Published: January 2022

This article critically analyses the responses by the US Government to the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon giving attention to the belligerent policies initiated on 9/12. Its main argument is that more damage was done to the American position in the world by what was done in the name of security in reaction to the attacks than the attacks themselves. The conclusion reached is that the unlearned lesson of the Vietnam War helps us understand the failed military interventions and state-building operations as tragically enacted in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The legality of Lebanese banks’ restrictions on deposits: Between challenges and practice
Authors: Yaacoub Salim
Published: January 2022

For almost two years, Lebanon has been suffering from a severe economic downturn, the worst since the end of the civil war (1975–90). This has led to a complete financial collapse, with significant material losses incurred by the Lebanese Central Bank (BDL). It has also fuelled protests against the rampant corruption plaguing the country. Since the beginning of the banking crisis in Lebanon characterized by a lack of liquidity and the cessation of banks from dealing in US dollars, the risks surrounding deposits belonging to residents and non-residents, as well to foreigners, have emerged. This exacerbated the absence of procedures to determine the fate of deposits and the applicable legislation that protects these deposits. This article examines the resulting imbalances in the financial paradigm and demonstrates the illegality of actions or restrictions taken by banks. Consequently, this article explores the means to protect depositors’ rights and the legal steps followed by depositors to retrieve their money or at least to save what is left of it.
Szerepjátszás és identitás Fehér Lili 1945-ben megjelent, Nem ér a nevem: egy szökött zsidó naplója című művében
Authors: Vasvári Louise O.
Published: January 2022

Jelen tanulmány egy nagyobb, folyamatban lévő, kritikai kultúrakutatás- és gender studies-fókuszú kutatásomnak, a Women Writing Holocaust Lives and Beyondnak a része, amit a nőknek a társadalmi nemükkel kapcsolatos élményeit vizsgálja a második világháború és a holokauszt ideje alatt. A kutatásom egyik konkrét célja, hogy rehabilitáljon féltucat figyelmen kívül hagyott vagy elfelejtett művet, amik a magyar visszaemlékezés-irodalom körébe tartoznak, és amiket nők írtak magyarul, és csak is Magyarországon publikálták őket 1945-ben és 1946-ban. A jelen lap megszabta terjedelmi korlátokból adódóan itt csak a nők egyikének, Fehér Lilinek a művét tárgyalhatom, aki arról írt, mi történt Budapesten 1944-ben, ahol folyamatos rettegésben élt, hamis papírokkal bujkálva. Azon kívül, hogy 1945-ös, közvetlenül a háború után megjelent emlékiratát elemzem, arra is kísérletet teszek, hogy legalább töredékeiben rekonstruáljam korábbi személyes és szakmai életét mint ismert színésznő, valamint a társadalmi nem szempontjából is kódolt én-képét a két világháború közötti Magyarország küzdelmes politikai körülményei közepette.
A verbális agresszió társadalmi szalonképessége és az agresszióindexek
Authors: Borbás Gabriella Dóra
Published: January 2022

Mivel jelzik az agressziót, agresszióindexeknek, ’agressziójelölők’-nek neveztem el azokat a nyelvi jelenségeket, melyek az elsődleges nyelvi agressziót követik, kísérik, és tovább is vihetik a bántalmazást. Ide tartoznak az áldozathibáztatás kifejezései is, vagyis az agressziójelölők képesek növelni az áldozat sérüléseit, és újabb bántalmazó-bántalmazott kapcsolódásokat hozhatnak létre, például a megfigyelők és az áldozat között. Fölöttébb érdekes, hogy bár minden nyelv, így a magyar is, megszámlálhatatlan agresszióindex megalkotására képes, ez mégsem így van. Jól körülhatárolható nyelvi panelekkel történik a bagatellizálás, mentegetés. Az agresszióindexeknek lényegi szerepük van a bántalmazó társadalmi struktúra fenntartásában az elkövető felmentésével, valamint a bántalmazás tagadásával, bagatellizálásával. A verbális agresszió az agresszióindexek feltárása nélkül gyakran nem leleplezhető. A verbális agresszió szándékossága az agresszióindexek nélkül nehezebben leleplezhető. A szándékosság tagadása szükséges ahhoz, hogy a társadalom relativizálni tudja az agresszív megnyilatkozásokat.
„Tehát valahogy mindenki termőre fordul” – Normatív diskurzusok az anyaságról, a gyerekvállalásról és a gyerektelenségről
Authors: Verebes Ingrid
Published: January 2022

A tanulmány a Nők gyermek nélkül című interjúkötet és a hazai népesedéspolitikai és demográfiai diszkurzusok elemzésén keresztül azt vizsgálja, hogyan konstruálódik a gyerektelenség, a gyerekvállalás és az anyaság fogalmak jelentéstartalma. Az elemzés során a funkcionalista megközelítésű demográfiai jelentések és népesedéspolitikai beszédmód kapcsolódási pontjaira, egymást erősítő, fenntartó, újratermelő diszkurzív gyakorlataira, eljárásaira mutatok rá, melyek működése, hatásmechanizmusa tettenérhető az interjúkötetben olvasható egyéni narratívareprezentációkban is. Fő állításom, hogy a reprodukciós magatartást tárgyaló, a gyerek és az anyaság szerepét idealizáló magyarországi diszkurzusok a differenciáló – a reprodukcióra „érdemeseket” támogató, az „érdemteleneket” kirekesztő – családpolitikai intézkedések legitimálásának olyan eszközei, melyek normalizálják a nőkre vonatkozó pronatalista elvárásokat és az egyenlőtlen nemi viszonyokat.
Edição Especial “Corporal, pluralidade étnica/racial, gênero e sexualidade: Colonialismos, Interseccionalidade e Ancestralidade”.
Authors: Barreto Alexandre Franca Barreto Franca
Published: January 2022

A Psicologia Corporal Latino-Americana está situada em um território do globo terrestre atravessada pelos processos de colonização. A colonização não constituiu apenas uma relação de exploração mercantil e subjugação dos povos ancestrais do território em questão, mas também, instituiu a noção social de raça/etnia para justificar assimetrias e processos de extermínio e violência estrutural na relação entre diferentes culturas.Os povos indígenas, bem como os povos negros africanos viveram processos de escravização e sofreram sistematicamente violências físicas, territoriais e simbólicas. O conceito social de colonialismo, desenvolvido por intelectuais latino-americanos, se refere não apenas ao regime econômico do período histórico das grandes navegações, mas sobretudo à colonização das subjetividades, dos modos de vida, da liberdade e diversidade do pensamento.
Psicologias Corporais Libertárias: Análise Bioenergética, Somaterapia e Capoeira em busca do efeito Grounding / Liberating Body Psychologies: Bioenergetic Analysis, Somatherapy and Capoeira in search of the Grounding effect
Authors: Pessoa Álvaro Matheus De Andrade , Simião Joana Paula , Mantuano Giovanna Duarte da Silva
Published: January 2022

Resumo: O presente trabalho visa explicitar as questões das psicologias corporais libertárias: Análise Bioenergética, Somaterapia e a Capoeira em busca do efeito Grounding. As questões da Análise Bioenergética, Somaterapia e a Capoeira são vistas, principalmente, sob a ótica desses sistemas conceituais que relacionam conceitos que convergem na linha teórica das psicologias corporais em concordância com a nossa ancestralidade. Dentro desses agentes conceituais discursivos, trabalhamos a Análise Bioenergética e Somaterapia enquanto uma prática sócio-psico-política. Já a Capoeira, enquanto um exercício lúdico-prático e para a busca de nossa ancestralidade. São através desses planos que observamos, pois, o efeito grounding. Como resultado apreendemos que a Bioenergética e a Somaterapia conectam-se com a Capoeira Angola desbloqueando os pontos bioenergéticos tensionados ao longo do corpo contribuindo na liberdade do ser humano em consonância com nosso exercício político para a cidadania e em resgate da nossa ancestralidade.Palavras-chave: Bioenergética; Somaterapia; Capoeira; Grounding.
The Influence of Teachers’ Expectation and Principal’s Supportive Supervision on Teachers’ Performance
Authors: Akbar Rofiq Faudy
Published: January 2022

The study aimed to explain the teachers’ expectations and the principal’s supportive supervision on the teachers’ performance.  It was also to reveal the mediation of supportive supervision variables between job expectation and teachers’ performance. The respondents included the private madrasa teachers in Kudus, Demak, and Jepara.  The research produced several findings. First, madrasa teachers have an expectation regarding their job. The indicators included expectations for career opportunities (becoming a permanent employee/obtaining a permanent position, certification) and that madrasa will take some efforts to increase their well-being. Second, according to the teachers, the principal's supportive supervision included listening to the subordinates’ problems, motivating the subordinates, and providing positive feedback. Third, the measurement results indicated that expectation and supportive supervision influenced the teachers’ performance by 30%. Meanwhile, the rest 70% was by other variables outside the model used in the research. Fourth, the expectation has a significant effect on teacher performance through supervision support variables in the t-statistic 2.732 with a significance of 5%. The supportive supervision variable can mediate the relationship between expectation and teacher performance expectation significantly affected the teachers’ performance through supportive supervision with t-statistics score of 2,732 and 5% significance. Supportive supervision mediated the relation between expectation and teachers’ performance.
DOES TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AFFECTING THE INNOVATIVE SKILLS OF STUDENTS?
Authors: Rahmatullah Mamat , Atika Atika
Published: January 2022

This research aims to determine the influence of transformational leadership on innovative behavior through psychological empowerment as a mediation variable. This study used quantitative methods. The data collected by interviews and questionnaires. The samples were taken using a saturated model from 42 responden of student association of Islamic Education Management Study Program, UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi. The data were analyzed using descriptive, regression, and path analysis. The results showed that transformational leadership significantly influenced students' innovative behavior directly or mediated by psychological empowerment variables. The resulting impact of pathway coefficients on psychological empowerment has a considerable effect on the innovative behavior of students with a p-values value of 0.003 < from 0.05; transformational leadership has a substantial impact on innovative behavior through psychological empowerment with a p-values value of 0,000 > 0.05. It shows that improving students' innovative behavior can be achieved with transformational leadership roles through psychological empowerment variable in student association of Islamic Education Management Study Program, UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi. The association of students are expected to pay attention to students needs and activities, create a comfortable organizational environment to optimizing student activities.
The Impact of Using the Association Method in Determining the Pattern of COVID-19 Symptoms in the Sumatra Province
Authors: Sari Rita Kartika , Nuryana Ida , Rachmawati Meida , Cakranegara Pandu Adi , Agustinova Danu Eko , Rahim Robbi
Published: January 2022

COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is a new type of disease caused by a coronavirus, namely SARS-CoV-2, also known as the Corona virus. The Corona virus outbreak is causing concern all over the world, including in Indonesia. Many people became paranoid as a result of the virus's widespread spread, which was followed by reports of a number of deaths among victims. The spread of the Corona virus in Indonesia has had a negative impact on all aspects of life. Because of the density of settlements and the vastness of Indonesia's territory, this virus became out of control and spread quickly. The lack of socialization in dealing with this virus has an impact on the community's understanding of the importance of following health protocols. The goal of this research is to use data mining techniques to determine the pattern of symptoms caused by the Corona virus. The Association method is used in data mining. APRIORI is a popular association method that employs a high frequency pattern. This method is expected to be used to determine how likely it is that one case has the first symptom in addition to other symptoms. The parameters Support and Confidence support whether or not the association rules are required. After obtaining the results of the multiplication of Support and Confidence, the rule with the highest multiplication result will be discovered. The rule with the highest result is used as a rule to be applied in the next case, namely "If you have cough symptoms, they will be accompanied by fever symptoms with 90% support and 90% confidence".
Multi-Attribute Utility Theory Algorithm for Selection two-wheeled Vehicle, Educational Review Process
Authors: waty Rulina , Cakranegara Pandu Adi , Juharsah J. , Toding Apriana , Nugraha Muhamad Tisna , Rahim Robbi
Published: January 2022

Motorcycles are a highly efficient and effective means of transport. Currently, the increasing number of motorcycle products allows consumers to buy the correct motorcycle and according to their wishes, requirements, and abilities. The objective is to design and use the Multi-Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT) method to choose a motorcycle product. The MAUT method has advantages, including simple calculations, leads to the ultimate value used to classify vehicles and determines the weight value of the criteria that leads to vehicle selection according to the buyer's wishes and needs. The data sources are based on the data required, namely observations and interviews with the public as motorcycle users and motorcycle dealers in the North Sumatra Region as a sample. Price, quality, design, after sales, fuel consumption and popularity are the criteria for evaluation. While Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki for motorcycles moped; sport; and matic are the alternatives used in research. The ranking results are obtained with the final value on alternative 1 = 0.8500; alternative 2 = 0.7500; and alternative 3 = 0.2250, so alternative 1 (Honda (New Vario 125 Esp CBS-ISS) is the alternative chosen as a recommendation in the selection of two-wheeled vehicles based on needs. The results of this study demonstrate that MAUT can be used as a recommendation for the public in choosing motorcycle products based on needs.
Daniel Hendrickson of Middletown, New Jersey: An Eighteenth-Century Farmer, Entrepreneur, and Artist in the Limner Tradition
Authors: Hammond Joseph W.
Published: January 2022

In every generation there are individuals who succeed in a wide variety of activities that are seemingly unrelated to each other. Today we might describe them as overachievers, or perhaps some sort of so-called Renaissance personality endowed with a Midas touch. Daniel Hendrickson, an eighteenth-century entrepreneur from Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, was just such a person. He engaged in farming, coastwise shipping, milling, distilling, and many other business endeavors. He also became an author in print, a musician, a deacon in the Reformed Dutch Church, and a very versatile artist in the limner tradition, which by definition means an early painter with little or no formal training. This essay touches on the many aspects of Hendrickson’s extraordinary life, then focuses primarily on his artistic career.
New Jersey Photographers of the Civil War and Postwar Era: John P. Doremus
Authors: Saretzky Gary D. , Bilby Joseph G.
Published: January 2022

Of the more than 3,000 photographers active in New Jersey in the nineteenth century, a number of them were itinerant camera workers at some point during their careers, operating with a horse-drawn wagon. Some photographers, especially those taking views, circulated locally even when they had a gallery where they did portraits and sold other kinds of photographs. Like many other American photographers who did not always wait for customers, John P. Doremus began working in the medium during the Civil War, when there was a strong market for portraits. Doremus is distinguished in that, for much of the latter 1870s and 1880s, he lived and worked on a floating gallery on the Mississippi River while his business back home in Paterson, Passaic County, was managed by his family. For this remarkable episode in his career, he was inducted into the National Rivers Hall of Fame in 1991. He is also exceptional in that he kept a journal in which he recorded fascinating details about his experiences. This essay provides a case study of an able and ambitious photographer and entrepreneur whose career, characterized by both typical and unique experiences, sheds light on photographic and business practices of his era. You can find additional John P. Doremus photographs here: https://web.ingage.io/6jsPH2p.
The Red Thread: The Passaic Textile Strike
Authors: Meyris Andreas
Published: January 2022

Andreas Meyris reviewing The Red Thread: The Passaic Textile Strike, by Jacob A. Zumoff.
Shades of Springsteen: Politics, Love, Sports, and Masculinity
Authors: Cullen Jim
Published: January 2022

Jim Cullen reviewing Shades of Springsteen: Politics, Love, Sports, and Masculinity, by John Massaro.
Drag Queens and Beauty Queens: Contesting Femininity in the World’s Playground
Authors: Strub Whitney
Published: January 2022

Whitney Strub, reviewing Drag Queens and Beauty Queens: Contesting Femininity in the World’s Playground, by Laurie A. Greene.
Cost Allocation and Cash Flow Issue in Shipbroking Companies: A Case Study of a Turkish Shipbroking Company
Authors: Danisman Murat , Akkartal Erkut
Published: January 2022

Purpose – The ship-broking companies are one of the key players of maritime transport and they need adequate financial control both on cost and income sides to provide sustainable service. The personnel costs need to be allocated properly within the scope of work. As it is their only income, commission collecting time is also needed to be predicted accurately together with related personnel cost. This article aims to introduce a methodology to construct the most accurate model predicting the duration of the operation and the income to guide the financial department of ship-broking companies and the same model can serve the other key players of maritime transport in the same way. Moreover, it may encourage other researchers to work on a similar purpose from the other perspectives in different sectors.

Design / Methodology / Approach – In this research, 95 fixtures of a moderate Turkish ship-broking company are analysed. The data covers the fixtures concluded between January.2020 and December.2020. The model is constructed as per result of regression analyse and a simple validation is applied to check the reliability of the model.

Findings – The research predicted that the duration of operation is dependent on the independent variables of sea voyage duration and ports stay whereas the duration of income is dependent on the independent variable port stays only. Validation results also support the reliability of the models.

Result and Discussion – The research shows that for a shipbroking company duration of work and income can be predicted with a significant model. The model will provide a tool to the finance department to allocate the cost of employees involved during the operation in a more precise manner and also to organise the most accurate cash flow. But, it should be considered that the operation duration may exceed in some circumstances and the duration of collection of incomes can be varied as per company strategy. The model should be adjusted by each finance department within the working environment and strategy of the company.
Real-Robot Friendly Passing Motion Planner for Autonomous Navigation in Crowds
Authors: Niijima Shun , Sasaki Yoko , Mizoguchi Hiroshi
Published: January 2022

This study proposes a real‐robot friendly passing motion planner to be used in crowds. The proposed method learns to pass pedestrians with smooth acceleration and deceleration by using passing motion learning. A key feature of the proposed method is that it is trained on a simple crowd simulation with both dynamic and stationary pedestrians. The learned passing behaviour can be used directly in autonomous navigation. Evaluations using the crowd simulations indicate that the proposed method outperforms the existing ones in terms of success rate, arrival time, and keeping a certain distance from the pedestrians. The proposed navigation framework is implemented on a mobile robot and demonstrated its successful navigation between pedestrians in a science museum.
The complexity of orientable graph manifolds
Authors: Cattabriga Alessia , Mulazzani Michele
Published: January 2022

We give an upper bound for the Matveev complexity of the whole class of closed connected orientable prime graph manifolds; this bound is sharp for all 14502 graph manifolds of the Recogniser catalogue (available at http://matlas.math.csu.ru/?page=search)
Experimental and theoretical investigation of CVT rubber belt vibrations
Authors: Kot Adam , Łatas Waldemar
Published: January 2022

This article contains the results of experimental tests of vibrations of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) belt transmission driven by a two-stroke internal combustion engine. The measurements were made with the use of a high-speed camera, which allowed to obtain results impossible to obtain with other measurement methods. The nonlinear integro-partial differential equation of vibrations of the moving belt is given. Based on a simplified linear equation, the observed effects on the amplitude–frequency characteristics obtained from the measurements are explained. An approximate formula is given that allows for determining the transmission belt velocities for which resonances occur.
Process optimization and CFD simulation in external loop airlift reactor and sectionalized external loop airlift for application of wastewater treatment
Authors: Teli Shivanand M. , Mathpati Channamallikarjun
Published: January 2022

The industrial wastewater treatment is carried out in an external loop airlift reactor (EL-ALR) and sectionalized EL-ALR. The airflow rate is optimized in EL-ALR and sectionalized EL-ALR for better degradation of wastewater. The 74% degradation is obtained in sectionalized EL-ALR as compared to EL-ALR for continuous aeration up to 32 h. For higher superficial gas velocity (U

G
) percentage degradation is decreased due to shear stress on microorganisms. The extent of degradation is obtained 77 and 80% for the effect of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and combination of H2O2 and Fenton reagent in an EL-ALR. The computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation validated with experimental results of gas hold-up and liquid circulation velocity compared in EL-ALR sectionalized EL-ALR over a broad range of superficial gas velocity 0.0024 ≤ U

G
 ≤ 0.016 m/s. The comparison of CFD and experimental values of gas hold-up and liquid circulation velocity are in good agreement.
Abwanderung, Widerspruch und Camouflage. Reaktionen auf demokratischen Leistungsabfall
Authors: Frey Bruno S.
Published: January 2022

Albert O. Hirschmans Unterscheidung von „Abwanderung und Widerspruch“ als Antwort auf den Leistungsabfall von Staaten hat grosse Aufmerksamkeit gefunden. Es gibt jedoch eine dritte Antwort, nämlich Camouflage, Stillhalten als Tarnung, bis sich die Bedingungen verbessern. Diese Strategie wird häufig praktiziert, weil ihr Nutzen oft in einem günstigen Verhältnis zu den entstehenden Kosten steht. Die Kosten sind im Fall des Ausstiegs oder des Widerspruches oft hoch. Deshalb tarnt sich eine große Mehrheit der Bürgerinnen und Bürger, wenn sie mit den Ansichten und der Politik eines Regimes nicht einverstanden ist. Sie wartet, bis das unterdrückerische Regime zerbröckelt ist, um im richtigen Moment umso stärker aktiv werden zu können. Camouflage findet auch in privaten Unternehmungen, öffentlichen Einrichtungen und in der Wissenschaft statt. Nutzen und Kosten der drei Reaktionen – Abwanderung, Widerspruch und Camouflage – unterscheiden sich stark voneinander.
Corpus linguistic and experimental studies on the meaning-preserving hypothesis in Indonesian voice alternations
Authors: Rajeg I Made , Rajeg Gede Primahadi Wijaya , Arka I Wayan
Published: January 2022

One essential feature of voice alternation is that active and passive clauses centred around a given verb express the same meaning: the “meaning-preserving” hypothesis. One effect of the alternation is the different linking of grammatical relations and semantic roles, which affects the identity of the subject. This paper investigates the meaning-preserving hypothesis in voice alternation in Indonesian from a quantitative usage-based perspective by combining corpus-based data with sentence-production experiment data. It analysed Indonesian caused forward/backward motion verbs and the distribution of their (non-)metaphoric senses in active and passive. The findings demonstrate the frequency effects and sense-sensitivity of voice alternation, such that a given voice type of a verb is strongly associated with certain senses. This finding provides initial support for a previous study on voice alternation in an Austronesian language, predicting that the verb’s semantic properties may condition the statistical bias of the verb towards a particular voice. Some convergence between experimental and corpus findings indicates that participants demonstrate some representation of the strong association between a given voice form of the verb and the sense predominantly expressed in that form, highlighting the notion of item-specific representations of linguistic knowledge as found in construction grammar.
The crystal structure of 1,2-bis(2,4-dinitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethane ─ acetone (1/1), C11H12N8O9
Authors: Wang Yong , Wu Bingheng , Yuan Jun , Cao Duanlin , Wang Jianlong , Chen Lizhen
Published: January 2022

C11H12N8O9, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 9.2565(11) Å, b = 16.629(2) Å, c = 11.2944(13) Å, β = 108.945(4)°, V = 1644.3(4) Å3, Z = 4, R

gt
(F) = 0.0528, wR

ref
(F
2) = 0.1427, T = 170.0 K.
Battle of Kircholm (Salaspils) in 1605. The current state of research
Authors: Balcerek Mariusz
Published: January 2022

Background: The article aims to present the state of research on the Battle of Kircholm (Salaspils), which took place in Livonia (now Latvia) on September 27, 1605., between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden. 74% of Swedes were killed, and the winners lost only 3% of their forces. It was an absolute massacre carried out by an army consisting in two-thirds of cavalry against an enemy with an advantage in infantry and artillery, which in theory is more modern.

Methodology: The author has analyzed the known and unknown historiography of sources, including archaeological, epistolary, historiographic, iconographic, narrative, and normative materials. He compared the results with previous literature on the subject.

Principal Findings/Results: The analysis conducted showed a brilliant tactic by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s army, consisting of combining cavalry with infantry. This, along with many errors in command of the Swedish army, led to the downfall of the Scandinavians.

Conclusions/Significances: The success at Kircholm saved the Polish-Lithuanian rule over the Daugava River. Unfortunately, it cemented Polish-Lithuanian nobility in the mistaken belief about the power of the army of the Republic, that without money and reforms, they began to lose advantage over opponents.
Weighted Empirical and Euclidean Likelihood Covariate Adjustment
Authors: Luta George , Giurcanu Mihai , Amris Kirstine , Koch Gary G , Sen Pranab K
Published: January 2022

Covariate adjustment is often used in statistical analysis of randomized experiments to increase efficiency of estimators of treatment effects. In this paper, we study covariate adjustment based on the empirical and Euclidean likelihoods, and propose weighted versions that arise as natural alternatives. The weighted methods incorporate the auxiliary information that the covariates have equal means among the treatment groups due to randomization. We show that the empirical and the Euclidean likelihoods and their weighted versions are first order equivalent to Koch’s nonparametric covariance adjustment. Allowing the weights to be negative, the resulting pseudo Euclidean likelihood is equivalent to Koch’s method, and its weighted version can be viewed as a weighted version of Koch’s method. In a simulation study, we assess the finite sample properties of the proposed methods. The analysis of a clinical trial data set illustrates an application of these methods to a practical situation.
Hydrological and Strength Characteristics of Pervious Concrete Mixes Containing RAP Aggregates and Sugarcane Bagasse Ash
Authors: Sahdeo Surya Kant , Ransinchung R. N. G. D.
Published: January 2022

Pervious concrete (PC) is a new type of concrete that is gaining popularity because of its low-impact development capabilities and ability to reduce stormwater runoff. The current study focuses on the potential use of waste from the sugarcane industry and on flexible pavement, specifically sugarcane bagasse ash (SBGA) and reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), to create PC mixes. Furthermore, an unconventional method was used to extract the benefits of RAP without compromising the structural integrity of PC: designing the mixture based on hydrological properties rather than mechanical parameters and then improving structural integrity through the use of SBGA without compromising the hydrological capacity of the designed PC mixture. Six PC mix combinations were developed by substituting recycled asphalt pavement for natural coarse aggregate in varying proportions of 0, 50, and 100 %. Following that, three RAP-incorporated PC mixes were created using 5, 10, and 15 % SBGA as a partial replacement for cement. It was discovered that using SBGA as a partial replacement for cement reduces mechanical properties while increasing functional properties such as permeability. Surprisingly, no significant differences were observed in the percentage voids of PC mixes containing RAP aggregates. The addition of 10 % SBGA significantly improves the mechanical properties of 100 % coarse RAP (cRAP)-inclusive PC mixes. When the total cost of 1 m3 concrete was calculated, the addition of cRAP aggregates and SBGA in pervious concrete pavements mixes resulted in a 44 % reduction. Furthermore, the current study suggests replacing 10 % of ordinary Portland cement with SBGA in cRAP inclusive PC mixes, as this increases the strength of cRAP–PC mixes while also providing environmental and economic benefits.
Mykhailo Drahomanov's ideas in the homeland intellectual thought at the turn of the XIXth-XXth centuries
Authors:   National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Institute of History of Ukraine, Vermenych Yaroslava
Published: January 2022

The middle of the 19th century has become the age of the first ethnic renaissance of Ukrainianness after almost two centuries of domination of integration, assimilation in their content stereotypes artificially imposed by the authorities of the Russian empire. The awakening of ethnic feelings is mainly the intellectuals’ merit. They, unlike their forerunners of the eighteenth century, are no longer concerned with the search for own family roots, but with the interests of social consciousness formation. Thanks to the powerful intellectual potential of M. Drahomanov and Kyiv Old Community, the idea of decentralization of both empires, in which Ukrainians live, has matured. A few more decades turned out to be enough for these ideas to take the form of a mass political movement, to be merged into a powerful stream of their destruction. The article is dedicated to the study of the problem of comprehension of the political concepts of European liberalism and social democratism and their extrapolation on Ukrainian realities by Ukrainian intellectual thought, mainly in the person of M. Drahomanov. The version of M. Drahomanov’s political program, suggested to the Hromada representatives in the late 1880s, is considered. The national idea has acquired a form of peculiar federal democracy. The ideas of cessation of the confrontation between orthodox and catholics, the motives of ethno-conflicts minimization and the task to create the All-Slavic Radical Party are subsumed to this too broad concept. It is proved, that modelling of attractive image of Ukrainian movement in the world is considered as one of the immediate tasks of M. Drahomanov. The promulgation of the principles of people’s sovereignty is based on a strong support of the citizens, and the idea of the people as the bearer of the highest wisdom has given way to the idea of civil society. State centralization in both empires has been presented as an evil to be saved from as soon as possible. The principle of federalism formulated by him is considered as a way of progress from the imperial mode of government to democratic, European forms of statehood. As a result of M. Drahomanov’s activity and the other representatives of the defending of federative ideas the declaration of federation ideals in the state system has taken place. The ideas of political freedoms and implementation of political rights have got new interpretation, attempts to coordinate human rights and national interests are accomplished, active search for effective model of the local self-government on the base of communities and regions governing has lasted.
Landscape as a mirror of memories: modern memorial practices of the Dnieper people in the context of postcolonial studies (According to field materials)
Authors:   M. Rylskyi Institute of Art Studies, Folkloristics and Ethnology, Bosa Liubov
Published: January 2022

With the growth of modern globalization trends, researchers are increasingly focusing on the ecological and spatial features of national cultures. In the 20th century as a result of unbalanced environmental policy in the USSR, the basic principles of human-landscape interaction were violated. Particularly, in Ukraine, as a result of the construction of a cascade of hydroelectric power plants, the traditional riverside landscape of the Dnieper was destroyed, the relict lands of which until recently formed an integral natural and cultural (associative, historical, toponymic, ecological) system. Our expeditionary researching made it possible to highlight the special role of the former landscape of the River (as a “mirror of memory”) in the collective perceptions of the local population and Ukrainians in general. Emphasis has also been focused on the intensification of informal “memorial communities” in recent years, which have been active in consolidating the descendants of displaced people from floodplains. Most of these actions are ritual and memorial ones those manifest the grief and efforts of forced relocating persons to pass on to their descendants the memory of their lost small homeland. Spontaneous memorialization, beginning as a traditional funeral ritual, a natural and cultural instruction of local communities to commemorating (mutual memory), takes the form of protest social action in a time of new challenges for society, consciously protecting the national space. To interpret the obtained materials (own ethnographic monitoring, interviews, mass-media materials, social networks, visual documents) methods of situational analysis and performativity of culture (the ritual) were used to determine the dispositions “dominance – subordination”, “center” – “periphery”, “memory” – “amnesia”, “structures of othering”, “resistance”, etc as a way of legitimizing “grassroots voices” and analysis of power practices.
Oflag II C Woldenberg. The largest German war prisoner's camp for Polish officers in 1940-45. The condition of Polish research
Authors:   Jacob of Paradise University (Poland), Słowiński Przemysław
Published: January 2022

The study presents the current state of research related to the history of the Officers and the Oflag II C Woldenberg camp. The article is a rich source of information on published research and popular studies. The in-depth inquiries carried out by the author in this regard were the basis for the development of a new monograph of the largest POW camp for Polish officers, organized by the German state during World War II. The bibliography attached to the article, consisting of over one hundred items, may be an excellent reference for researchers of the issue of prisoners of war during World War II. It does not contain complete information relating to press publications, as there are over four hundred of them, but it indicates the article in which they were discussed.