bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Use of an iPad App (Aid for Decision-making in Occupational Choice) for Collaborative Goal Setting in Interprofessional Rehabilitation: Qualitative Descriptive Study
Authors: Strubbia Carla , Levack William MM , Grainger Rebecca , Takahashi Kayoko , Tomori Kounosuke
Published: October 2021

Background

Goal setting is a key part of the rehabilitation process. The use of technology and electronic tools such as smartphone apps and websites has been suggested as a way of improving the engagement of users in meaningful goal setting and facilitating shared decision-making between patients and health professionals.

Objective

This study aims to describe experiences of health professionals and patients in the use of the English language version of the iPad app Aid for Decision-making in Occupational Choice (ADOC) to facilitate collaborative goal setting in rehabilitation.

Methods

We recruited participants from 3 acute and postacute care rehabilitation wards in both public and private organizations in New Zealand. Participants were registered allied health professionals, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language therapists, who engage in goal setting as part of their normal work, and their adult patients. We collected data via semistructured interviews to gather information about the experiences of the participants in the use of ADOC for goal setting. Data were analyzed with thematic analysis.

Results

A total of 8 health professionals and 8 patients participated in the study. Six main themes emerged from the data: changing patients’ perspective on what is possible, changing health professionals’ perspective on what is important, facilitating shared decision-making, lack of guides for users, logistic and organizational barriers, and app-related and technical issues.

Conclusions

Health professionals and patients found ADOC to be a valuable tool when setting shared rehabilitation goals. The use of ADOC promoted a patient-centered approach that empowered patients to engage in collaborative goal setting. The technological limitations of the app that negatively impacted experiences can be addressed in the future implementation of ADOC in rehabilitation settings.
Persuasive Design Solutions for a Sustainable Workforce: Review of Persuasive Apps for Real-Time Capability Support for Rural Health Care Professionals
Authors: Pit Sabrina Winona , Tan Aaron J H , Ramsden Robyn , Payne Kristy , Freihaut Winona , Hayes Oliver , Eames Benjamin , Edwards Mike , Colbran Richard
Published: October 2021

Background

There is a need to further investigate how persuasive design principles can change rural health professionals’ behaviors to look after their own health workforce capability. Several theories are used when developing apps to persuade people to change behavior, including the Persuasive System Design Model, consisting of primary task, dialogue, system credibility, and social support categories, and Cialdini’s principles of persuasion. These have not been analyzed yet in the field of health workforce capability.

Objective

This study aims to determine the persuasive design techniques used in capability building–related apps and to provide recommendations for designing a health workforce app to increase their persuasiveness.

Methods

A Python script was used to extract a total of 3060 apps from Google Play. Keywords centered around health workforce capability elements. App inclusion criteria were as follows: been updated since 2019, rated by users on average 4 and above, and more than 100,000 downloads. Next, 2 experts reviewed whether 32 persuasive strategies were used in the selected apps, and these were further analyzed by capability categories: competencies and skills, health and personal qualities, values and attitudes, and work organization.

Results

In all, 53 mobile apps were systematically reviewed to identify the persuasive design techniques. The most common were surface credibility (n=48, 90.6%) and liking (n=48), followed by trustworthiness (n=43, 81.1%), reminders (n=38, 71.7%), and suggestion (n=30, 56.6%). The techniques in the social support domain were the least used across the different apps analyzed for health workforce capability, whereas those in the primary task support domain were used most frequently. The recommendations reflect learnings from our analysis. These findings provided insight into mobile app design principles relevant to apps used in improving health workforce capability.

Conclusions

Our review showed that there are many persuasive design techniques that can assist in building health workforce capability. Additionally, several apps are available in the market that can assist in improving health workforce capability. There is, however, a specific lack of digital, real-time support to improve health workforce capability. Social support strategies through using social support persuasive design techniques will need to be integrated more prominently into a health workforce capability app. An app to measure and monitor health workforce capability scores can be used in conjunction with direct real-world person and real-time support to discuss and identify solutions to improve health workforce capability for rural and remote health professionals who are at high risk of burnout or leaving the rural health workforce.
Sensory Chunking and the Like: Testing a Pedagogical Treatment Applied to the Strengthening of the Third-Person Singular-s
Authors: Mendoza-Fernández Verónica
Published: October 2021

Research into foreign language acquisition reports that learners of English as a foreign language are inconsistent with the suppliance of verbal morphology and tend to omit morphemes such as the third-person singular -s even at advanced instructional stages. Researchers rely on Generative linguistics and models such as the Minimalist Programme (Chomsky, 2000, 2015/1995) and the Feature Assembly Hypothesis (Lardiere, 2005, 2007, 2009) to account for such variability. The present study attempted to increase the accuracy rates of the -s. The author designed a treatment (©2018, 2019, Verónica Mendoza Fernández) that centered around sensory chunking (teaching with chunked sentences). Sixty-four learners of English as a foreign language from three different rural schools of primary education in Northern Spain participated in a classroom experiment that followed a pretest-postest procedure. Participants from school 1 constituted the control group and participants from schools 2 and 3, the experimental groups. The results of a grammaticality judgement task indicated a statistically significant increase in the accuracy rates of the -s for one of the experimental groups and a trend towards significance for the other experimental group. The treatment could promote the learning of linguistic items contained within blocks of language, as well as the learning of such blocks, and thus foster language automatisation.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERUM LEVELS OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN M-ANTI PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID 1 AND IMMUNOGLOBULIN G-ANTI PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID 1 WITH BACTERIA INDEX VALUES IN MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY
Authors: FITRIYANTI FITRIYANTI
Published: October 2021

Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship of serum levels of anti-phenolic glycolipid (PGL-1), immunoglobulin M (IgM), and anti-PGL-1 immunoglobulin G (IgG) with bacterial index (BI) values in multibacillary (MB) leprosy.
Methods: This study was an observational study with a cross-sectional design. A total of 30 study samples were examined for a Slit Skin Smear and examined serum levels of IgM and IgG Anti PGL-1 antibodies by ELISA method.
Results: The results showed the higher the BI value, the serum levels of IgM anti-PGL-1 and IgG anti-PGL-1 increased.
Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between IgM anti-PGL-1 with BI value in MB leprosy (p<0.05), but there was no significant relationship between IgG anti-PGL-1 with BI value in MB leprosy (p>0.05). IgM anti-PGL-1 has more role in increasing the value of BI in MB leprosy.
ISOLATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF MICROORGANISMS CAUSING INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTIONS AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN INDIA
Authors: SINGH PARMINDER , GARG RITU , KUMAR HARIT , RINKU
Published: October 2021

Objective: The objective of the study is to find out the resistance pattern of pathogenic organisms isolated from intra-abdominal infection (IAI).
Methods: A total of 500 samples were collected from suspected IAIs of patients reporting to the hospital and cultured. Identification of the isolates was done using standard identification protocol. Antimicrobial susceptibility was performed by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method and interpretation was done using Central Laboratory Standard Institute guidelines.
Results: Out of 500 samples, 170 were culture positive and 330 showed no growth. Gram-negative organisms (n=127) outnumbered the Gram-positive organisms (n=23). Among the Gram-negative organisms, Escherichia coli (n=67) was the most commonly isolated bacilli followed by Klebsiella sp. (n=32), Pseudomonas sp. (n=25), Acinetobacter baumannii (n=18), and Klebsiella oxytoca (n=05). Among Gram-positive organisms Staphylococcus aureus (n=17) and Enterococcus spp (n=06) isolates of were grown in culture. Among Gram-negative bacilli, Imipenem followed by Gentamicin was the most effective drug but in Acinetobacter spp. The second most effective drug was Tigecycline. Among Gram-positive isolates, Linezolid was the most effective drug.
Conclusion: Prompt starting of empirical antimicrobials based on the local susceptibility pattern, followed by modification of treatment in accordance with the antimicrobial susceptibility report can significantly reduce the morbidity and the mortality associated with IAIs.
PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF GLIMEPIRIDE TABLETS – COMPARISON OF BRANDS AND NEWLY FORMULATED TABLETS WITH INNOVATOR
Authors: USMAN SHAHNAZ , ISMAIL SHEHADA M. BASSAM , USMAN ANAB , ISLAM QUAMRUL
Published: October 2021

Objective: The main objective of the study was to assess the quality attribute of generic brands and newly formulated tablet of glimepiride and compare their drug release profile with innovator brand.
Methods: Different brands were purchased from different markets of UAE. The validated high-performance liquid chromatography method was used to assess the quantitative analysis of glimepiride. The linearity of curve (r² = 0.9999) indicated the accuracy and precision of the analytical method. Comparative dissolution of newly formulated and generic tablets was carried out using USP dissolution apparatus II. Study was accomplished in phosphate buffer (pH = 7.8), the paddle speed was adjusted at 75 rpm. F1 and F2 factor among the brands and kinetic assessment were done to obtain the order of release.
Results: Dissolution profiles of formulated tablets were almost same as that of innovator, 91.53 and 94.9, respectively, in 15 min. The statistical value between the different brands (F = 3.698) indicated that there were some differences among the few groups of tablets and p-value (0.002154) indicated that it supported H1 hypothesis. First-order and Weibull models described the drug release with r2 value of 0.9981–0.927210 and 0.9992– 0.9835, respectively. Stability of optimized formulated batch was also examined.
Conclusion: It was concluded that the formulated tablets are stable and pharmaceutically as good as the innovators; however, all the selected brands could not be used interchangeably in the clinical practice. It was also concluded that the scrutiny and screening of the drug products, available in the markets, can help to build a better health-care setup.
NEUROTOXICITY EFFECT IN CANCER REGIMENT CARBOPLATIN-PACLITAXEL
Authors: MEITASARI ANNISA DIYAN , SUTRISNA EM , CHOLISOH ZAKKY
Published: October 2021

Objective: Side effects due to chemotherapy were frequently reported and some of them require immediate treatment. Cervical cancer, breast cancer, and ovarian cancer are types of cancer that are often found in Dr. Moewardi Surakarta Hospital and 45% of the three types of cancer used the chemotherapy regimen of carboplatin-paclitaxel. Carboplatin-paclitaxel was chosen because it is a regimen that has fewer side effects.
Methods: This study aims to identify the type of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) neurotoxicity, percentage, and severity, as well as to determine the risk factors for the occurrence of ADRs such as age, gender, type of cancer, number of cycles, length of stay, and types of comorbidities in cancer patients using carboplatin-paclitaxel therapy regimen in RSUD Dr. Moewardi Surakarta for the period September to December 2019. This study was an observational study with a cross-sectional design through prospective data searches. The inclusion criteria in this study were adult cancer patients on carboplatin-paclitaxel therapy who were willing to be research subjects.
Results: The incidences of ADRs in patients using the carboplatin-paclitaxel therapy regimen in this study were sensory peripheral neuropathy (77.69%); motor peripheral neuropathy (3.31%); joint pain (53.72%); and muscle weakness (37.19%) The instrument to measure the severity in this study used common terminology criteria for adverse events with the results of ADRs with grade 1 (35.08%), grade 2 (61.02), grade 3 (2.88%), and at grades 4 and 5 (0%). Risk factors for gender, age, length of stay, type of cancer, number of cycles, and comorbidities did not affect the incidence of neurotoxicity in cancer patients with the carboplatin-paclitaxel therapy regimen.
LIGHTENING STRUCTURES BY METAL REPLACEMENT: FROM TRADITIONAL GYM EQUIPMENT TO AN ADVANCED FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE EXOSKELETON
Authors: Fragassa Cristiano
Published: October 2021

A redesign procedure used for introducing new functional properties in innovative gym equipment is here reported. It is based on a metal replacement action where a tempered steel was firstly replaced by an aluminum alloy and then by high strength-to-weight fiber-reinforced polymers. The effect of fiber properties (as strength and volume ratio) and plies stacking sequences (as thicknesses and orientation) were investigated. Numerical analyses, done by Ansys ACP, allowed evaluating the stress-strain behavior in realistic boundaries and quasi-static loads, comparing materials and layouts in terms of stiffness. The single-layered shell method with additional integration points was preferred as a technique for discretizing composite laminates. Maximum Principal Stress and Maximum Distortion Energy (Tsai-Hill) were applied as anisotropic failure criteria. Changes in geometry were also considered given their relevant effects on parts and processes. Specifically, this paper is focused on a representative component of the main kinematic chain (the ‘forearm’) and details the different redesign phases for that part. The chosen solution consisted of 14 layers of unidirectional and bidirectional carbon fiber-reinforced pre-pregs, offering a 68 % weight reduction with respect to a solid aluminum component with equal stiffness. The part was manufactured by hand lay-up and cured in autoclave. This redesign practice was extended to the rest of the equipment allowing its transformation into an exoskeleton.
Borges, ahijado de Chesterton
Authors: Haney Kathleen
Published: October 2021

The pairing that permits Borges’ association with Chesterton moves from the Argentine’s private experience to critical interpretation through the intermediary of meaning-making. The meaning of the pair, Borges/Chesterton, results from the overlaying of the meaning, precursor by the heir who claims the legacy of delicious, quirky humor and vast, real possibilities. This remarkable insight, obvious in his stories, sets a logic for the fantastic. Imagination, in its various intellectual musings, establishes the limits to possibility. The unimaginable, ipso facto, cannot be possible. What remains, in all its vastness, is the world that Chesterton and Borges share.
El mundo traicionado: traducción y falsificación en Jorge Luis Borges y en Tahar Ben Jelloun
Authors: Quiroz Bustamante Dulce María G.
Published: October 2021

En este trabajo se abordará la relación intertextual entre Jorge Luis Borges y Tahar Ben Jelloun. El escritor argentino interviene como personaje en la novela de Ben Jelloun L’enfant de sable. La inserción de Borges en esta novela contribuye a la inestabilidad del mundo narrado. En la novela de Ben Jelloun, resulta imposible asir la veracidad de la historia contada. La presencia de Borges en el relato propone una inversión de los valores de realidad y de ficción. La identidad de los personajes está en juego y el único recurso de salvación consiste en continuar contando historias, en una especie de vértigo de falsificación.
“Is there an Oslo, France, mr. Ashbery?”: las intervenciones públicas de John Ashbery pensadas desde los conceptos de obra e imagen de autor
Authors: Ortega López Iván
Published: October 2021

En este artículo utilizo grabaciones en audio de intervenciones públicas del poeta John Ashbery para pensar la manera en la que éstas podrían relacionarse con los conceptos de obra e imagen de autor. También reflexiono sobre las posibles maneras en las que el contenido que se encuentra en internet podría modificar la manera en la que se conciben los conceptos mencionados.
Structure and Potential Applications of Polyamide 6/Protein Electro-spun Nano-fibrous Mats in Sorption of Metal Ions and Dyes from Industrial Effluents
Authors: El-Sayed Hosam , Mowafi Salwa , Abou Taleb Marwa , Vineis Claudia
Published: October 2021

The main objective of this work is the preparation of nano-fibrous mats (NFM) from polyamide 6 (PA6) reinforced and functionalized by renewable proteinic waste and examining their potential use for the sorption of heavy metal ions and dyes from wastewater from textile plants. Two renewable waste biopolymers; namely keratin (from waste of wool combing) and sericin (from degumming of natural silk) were extracted and regenerated. NFM were prepared by electro-spinning of PA6/ biopolymer composites in formic acid using nozzle-less electro-spinneret. The potential of the prepared mats for sorption of Cr+6, Cr+3, Cu+2, and Pb+2 cations as well as anionic and cationic dyes from wastewater was assessed. The prepared composites were characterized by measuring their viscosity, nano-fibre diameter, pore size, thickness, and air permeability. The morphological structure of the electro-spun NFM was investigated by scanning electron Microscopy. Chemical and physical properties of the obtained mat were studied FTIR, TGA, DSC, and XRD. The capacity of the prepared NFM for sorption of cations and dyes depended on the mat composition and the nature of the adsorbed cation or dye.

This work meets some environmental and economic demand by extraction of keratin and sericin from waste materials and their utilization in reinforcement of PA6 NFM for sorption of selected cations as well as dyes from textile effluents.
imagen sacra
Authors: Fajardo Tapia David
Published: October 2021

El presente texto analiza un álbum fotográfico con un sentido religioso muy particular. A las fotografías contenidas en dicho conjunto se les atribuyó un sentido devocional en tanto que consisten en representaciones de José de León Toral —fanático católico que asesinó al presidente mexicano Álvaro Obregón en 1928—. De acuerdo con lo anterior, las fotografías son consideradas como reliquias por los creyentes, aspecto que nos permite cuestionar el valor de la fotografía como una extensión del cuerpo. El álbum no sólo reconstruye la memoria del personaje, sino que recupera la larga tradición de las vidas de los santos cristianos para presentarnos una vida modélica que, desde la materialidad del álbum y las fotografías, confecciona un cuerpo-objeto, el cual es posible considerar como una fotohagiografía de uno de los personajes más polémicos de la historia del siglo XX mexicano.
Potential Use of Intelligent Machine Vision Systems in Forensic Psychological Examination
Authors: Engalychev Vali , Leonova Elena , Havylo Aleksey
Published: October 2021

The objective of this study is to develop and experimentally verify the expert method of non-contact psychological and physiological diagnostics of emotional and mental state of a person by measuring complex patterns of facial micro-movements beyond the conscious control

of the person through the use of special software, as well as to determine the opportunities and limitations of using this method in forensic psychological examinations. The authors substantiate the prospects of unbiased methods for assessing a person’s emotional and mental state by measuring behavioural patterns using modern digital technologies. The paper identifies the key factors that determine the effectiveness of forensic psychological examination methods.

The results of the study revealed both general regularities to distinguish patterns and their individual characteristics. However, there were no consistently repeated facial patterns that would allow differentiating the initial stimuli of emotional reactions. It was established that the essential factor subject to the evaluation through the analysis of facial expressions is the level of cognitive load, representing the weight of the situation for a certain person. By applying machine-learning method, the authors developed a technology of the binary classification of questions according to the degree of their subjective cognitive complexity based on the facial micro-­movements when a person answers the interview questions.

The predictive model served as the basis for the development of a pilot version of the expert study method to assess the subjective cognitive complexity of the interview questions. The paper provides minimum technical requirements of “Systems of Psychological and Physiolo­gical Studies” software for the analysis of video footage in forensic psychological examination, including standardized requirements for recording an examined person’s facial expressions during the interview. The authors also developed the sequence of the expert’s actions. The paper includes the legal rationale for a new expert study method to be implemented.
Axiological Codes of Cultural Representations of Russia among the Youth of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
Authors: Anikeeva Tat'yana , Matveeva Lidiya , Mochalova Yuliya , Makalatiya Aleksandra , Svitich Luiza , Borisova Elena
Published: October 2021

The objective of the paper is to study cultural ideas about present-day and future Russia, the United States as a representative of Western civilization, and China as a representative of Eastern civilization, as well as to explore the heroic element of identity in youth living in various regions of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The findings show that the moral and ethical qualities presen­ted by such categories as generosity, mercy, kindness, spirituality, patience, patriotism, diligence, and erudition reflect the cultural codes of the Russian civilization and constitute the basis of Russians unique identity. The young people's image of Russia relates to a distinct, independent development model of the country, unlike the Eastern and Western cultures. The discovered trend of transformation of the codes of cultural representations of the Russian youth regarding the homeland and its hero demonstrates how important it is to develop the Russian’s mindset to form an attitude towards the development of traditional, in particular family, moral and ethical, spiritual and patriotic basic values, historically intrinsic to the peoples of Russia.
Discovery and Early Studies of the Post-Dolmen Burial Site near Sevastopolskaya Village
Authors: Erlih Vladimir , Godizov Georgiy
Published: October 2021

The paper provides a summary of the results of early studies carried out within the archeo­logical complex near Sevastopolskaya village (the Republic of Adygea) discovered in 2019. The site includes a settlement and a dolmen-mound burial. In 2020, the archeologists studied Sevastopolsky-35 mound — a frame box under a rock fill, as well as a re-used dolmen (Sevastopolsky-41). The authors believe the discovered objects are so-called post-dolmen monuments of the Middle Bronze Age (Shushuk-I period). The objects are pre-dated 28th–24th cent. B.C.
National Research and Practice Online Conference with International Participation — “Social Risks in Modern Society” (Murmansk, December 3–4, 2020)
Authors: Zhigunova Galina
Published: October 2021

The national research and practice online conference with international participation – “Social risks in modern society” was held at the Murmansk Arctic State University to discuss the current problems with respect to the development of today’s society. The academic novelty of the stu­dies presented at the conference is determined by widening of the concepts of the social risk phenomenon, conditions, causes and consequences of risk exposure for individuals, social groups, institutions and the society as a whole; the identification of certain risk factors specific to various regions of Russia and foreign countries; the assessment of the impact of risk events in modern society, including the 2020 pandemic; the identification of risk management mechanisms as well as best practices to prevent and handle risk-related consequences.

A total of 186 attendees, including 8 foreign experts, took part in the conference; 84 papers were presented, most of them were based on the findings of studies undertaken with the support by the Russian Fundamental Research Fund. The conference brought together participants from 22 Russian regions and 5 foreign countries. As a follow-up to the conference, there were deve­loped guidelines on social risk management in today’s context.
II December Socio-Political Readings — “How Are You, Russia? The Russian Social State and Civil Society in 2020: The Implementation of National Projects in a Post-Pandemic Reality” (Moscow, December 10, 2020)
Authors: Levashov Viktor , Novozhenina Ol'ga
Published: October 2021

The paper presents the results of the II December Socio-Political Readings — “‘How Are You, Russia?’ The Russian Social State and Civil Society in 2020: The Implementation of National Projects in a Post-Pandemic Reality”. The National Research-to-Practice Conference with international participation was held by the Institute of Socio-Political Research and the Institute of Demographic Studies of the Federal Research Sociological Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the Faculty of Political Science of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Sociology Department of the Russian State University for the Humanities. The event was held in December 2020 in face-to-face/remote formats at the Institute of Socio-Political Research — Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Readings were attended by the leading academics and young researchers of Moscow and regional research institutes and universities, as well as foreign scientists. The papers provided the analysis of current social, socio-political, social and cultural, demographic problems within the focus of academics, politicians, entrepreneurs, and civil society. The scientific discussion provided an opportunity to address and approve the best socio-political, and demographic models and development patterns, considering the revealed COVID pandemic factors.
Anniversary of the USSR Academy of Sciences in the Victorious 1945: Idea, Celebration Scenario, International Response
Authors: Korzun Valentina , Kovalev Mihail , Gruzdinskaya Viktoriya
Published: October 2021

The authors focus on the celebration of the 220th anniversary of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1945. The festive events hosted both due to the anniversary, joyful victory and cease of warfare in Europe were attended by 124 delegates from 17 countries, as well as by nearly 1,000 Soviet academics. The situation was unique in its concept and inspired people with hope for world reconstruction. The occasion was widely publicized, eliciting an extensive response. The anniversary served an occasion to organize the forum where academics discussed their perception of science field in the victorious year of 1945.

Based on a wide range of sources, including foreign archives first introduced to the academia, the paper presents the scenarios of the celebration of the 220th anniversary of the USSR Academy of Sciences, as well as the images of the Russian and Soviet science represented by the academic elite, and their perception by the international scientific community. The authors reveal the factors that influence the establishment and functioning of the communicative field of global science. It is concluded that in a contextual way the anniversary events featured the overestima­ted expectations of new forms of international cooperation, with various forms of collaboration being discussed. However, the triumph over the “unified science” and the establishment of the universal communicative field was temporary.
International Academic Collaborations within “Big Science” Projects
Authors: Kiselev Vladimir , Kuklina Irina
Published: October 2021

The paper covers the approaches, legal aspects and some specifics of establishing international scientific collaboration in modern ‘Megascience’ projects. The authors suggest two models of establishing independent international scientific collaboration, being, in fact, a particular form of international scientific and technological cooperation within ‘Megascience’ projects.
Happiness as an Interdisciplinary Construct: Options for Sociological Conceptualization and Operationalization
Authors: Narbut Nikolay , Trocuk Irina
Published: October 2021

The project seeks to clarify the conceptual and operational definitions of happiness to be referred to in empirical sociological studies, and to systematize methodological approaches to the sociological analysis of happiness, outlining the cognitive potential and limitations of these approaches. Conceptually, the project indicates that the achievements to date can be grouped into two conventional areas of further studies: the objectivistic econometric approach (happiness indices based on social and economic indices) and the subjectivistic social and psychological approach (self-assessments in terms of happiness derived from public surveys). In terms of methods, the authors of the project organized the indicators and methods used in the empirical study of happiness, allowing the use of diverse survey tools in the observational studies aimed at identifying commonplace perception of happiness and adequately “measuring” its level.
Images of “Other Countries” in Today’s Worldview of Russian Citizens
Authors: Shestopal Elena
Published: October 2021

This paper analyses the images of other countries as seen by Russian citizens. The author contemplates how the Russians perceive neighbouring countries, the strategic partners (India and China), certain European states and the European Union as a whole, as well as the United States, Turkey, and Thailand.

Notwithstanding the differences in the images of these countries perceived by the Russians, they share certain similarities. First of all, those images feature some poor awareness, reflecting how ill-informed we are. The study shows that nowadays our fellow citizens know less about the world than before, and their spectrum of interests is narrower. Following the Western media, the Russian media and Internet focus on a limited number of “important” countries, ignoring the majority of the global states. Second, three decades of travel freedom influenced the worldview of millions of the Russians. Their perception of the world grew more coherent and adequate; however, it still lacks consistency and cognitive clearness. Evidently, personal experience is not sufficient to form such a vision of the global world that includes both awareness and a system of values shaped in consideration of the national interests. And third, the Russian society is not homogeneous in its perception of foreign nations. There are senior people and social groups that have largely retained idealized concepts of the world formed in the early post-Soviet period. Namely, those, who were politically socialized in late 1980s and early 1990s, as well as the intellectual elite.
Algorithms to Address Complex Collisions of Law
Authors: Petrov Aleksandr
Published: October 2021

The paper describes the conceptual algorithm model to address complex collisions of law (conflicts of law) that arise due to coincidence of collisions. Based on the functional interpretation of the conflicts of law, the author describes a three-level taxonomy of such conflicts in terms of the prescriptive criterion: at the first level, the conflicts of law are divided into objectively solvable and objectively unsolvable (absolute) ones. At the second level, the objectively solvable conflicts of law are subdivided into inter-legal (spatial) and intra-legal ones. The latter, in their turn, are subdivided into hierarchical, conceptual and temporal conflicts of law. However, the coincidence of law conflicts may only occur between intra-legal collisions.

The author demonstrates the interrelation between the universal and specific historical aspects to determine the criteria for selecting the applicable law in case of various conflicts of law. It is noted that in the context of the modern hierarchically organized legal system there is a hierarchy of collision maxims: first — lex superior, second — lex specialis, and third — lex posterior. The paper provides a model of the scientifically grounded algorithm for addressing conflicts of law in a situation of their coincidence, taking into account various strategies.
Censorial History of Provincial Journalism (on the Materials of Periodical Press of the Ante-revolutionary Tomsk Province)
Authors: Zhilyakova Nataliya , Esipova Valeriya , Shevcov Vyacheslav , Mogilatova Mariya
Published: October 2021

The paper studies the specifics of censorship control over journalism in Tomsk province in the 19th–early 20th centuries revealed through studying censorship files of the Russian State Historical Archive and the State Archive of the Tomsk Region. The authors substantiate the relevance of the study, present a brief overview of the previous writings and sources, disclose the study stages, and provide general conclusions on the study.

The specifics of journalistic censorship in Tomsk province, which serves as a provincial periodical press model in this study, include, first, its “lag” from the metropolitan censorship processes. The officials who exercised censorship in the provinces lacked high qualification; therefore, they were either unreasonably strict or overly liberal. The archive files contain evidence of constant disputes between editors and censors, as well as complaints regarding censorship procedures that were handled by the Chief Office of the Press. The situation improved with the appointment of a single censor in Tomsk. Thanks to his work, the process of cooperation with editorial boards was streamlined, and reports started to provide valuable details on circulation and the staff of Tomsk periodicals.

Second, the censorship cases with respect to journalism in Tomsk province revealed the idea of Tomsk provincialism, which permeated the cultural environment of ante-revolutionary Siberia. This makes the study of archive files an important step in restoring a complete picture of the development of Siberian society and journalism.
Russia in the Holy Land. Figures and Institutions of Russian Palestine (in the 19th and 20th Centuries)
Authors: Smirnova Irina , Butova Ritta
Published: October 2021

Russian Palestine is not only a unique religious phenomenon that encompasses a complex infrastructure of Russian churches, monasteries, lands and farmsteads, but also the political, spiritual, scientific and humanitarian presence of Russia in the Holy Land in its entirety. That is, the writings by the Russian diplomats, officials of consulates and embassies, representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church (Mount of Olives Ascension Monastery, Gorny Convent and Gethsemane monastery, clerical pilgrims), the royal family and the ruling elite (august pilgrims, benefactors, governors of the Middle East policy), figures of the Palestinian Committee (1859–1864), the Palestinian Commission (1864–1889), the Russian Orthodox Mission in Jerusalem (1847–2010), the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society (1882), pilgrims and travellers of the 19th–20th centuries, writers, artists, architects and orientalists.

The study’s goal is to bridge significant gaps in the national historiography by presenting the most complete overview of the history, heritage, and contributions of Russia and Russian people to the culture of the Orthodox East – the present-day peoples of Israel and Palestine. As part of these studies, the authors will issue an academic compendium of Russian institutions and public figures who have contributed to strengthening ties between Russia and the Middle East.
Investigation of the Impact of Aging Upon the Mechanical Properties of Cocoa Pod Husk
Authors: Murray Renique , Bachu Sanjay , Pemberton Cilla , Birch Robert
Published: October 2021

The husk of fresh cocoa pods has traditionally been considered a waste by-product in the production of chocolate and other related confectionaries. However, in recent times new research has shed light on an  increasing number of uses for this material. Of particular interest are applications that utilize the cocoa pod husk (CPH) for its mechanical properties. In most instances, the CPH raw material is allowed to age for several days before pre-processing or utilization in the intended application. Despite this, the impact of aging on its mechanical properties is an area that has not been well investigated. Consequently, this work seeksto determine the impact of aging upon the mechanical properties of CPH. To investigate this, several CPH properties were identified and selected for evaluation. These included CPH tensile strength, CPH compressive strength, cocoa pod transverse compressive strength, cocoa pod longitudinal compressive strength, CPH cutting force, cocoa pod cutting force, CPH hardness, and CPH colour. These properties were subsequently assessed over an aging period of seven days. The results obtained indicated that most CPH mechanical properties vary significantly with aging time. Moreover, CPH colour was found to bestrongly related to the mechanical properties of pod longitudinal compressive strength and CPH hardness, with correlation coefficients of -0.71 and 0.86 respectively. Further, these relationships were found to be strongly linear in nature and regression analyses indicated that up to 83% of the variation in longitudinal compressive  strength can be accounted for by changes in colour, hardness and aging time. These results provide the basis for the potential development of image analysis and computer vision approaches to CPH sorting and grading.
Types of speech style performed by the characters in birds of prey movie
Authors: Cahyani Ni Made Diah , Utami Ni Made Verayanti , Juniartha I Wayan
Published: October 2021

People speaking language differently, it can be influenced by some social factors. This research is intended to find out the kinds of speech style and the variables that influencing the characters of “Birds of Prey” in speaking a language. There are two aims of this study, those are: 1) To find out the kinds of speech style are used in “Birds of Prey” movie, 2) To find out the dominant style used by the character in “Birds of Prey” movie. This research is using descriptive qualitative method in analyzing the data with the theory proposed by Joos (1967) to divine the style of speech style. The result of the data was presented in both formal and informal method in finding presentation. The formal method was applied through table and the informal method was applied through word explanation to explain which type of an utterance belongs to. The result of this study showed there are 266 utterances that categorized into type of speech style, there are 4 types of speech style that grouped into: 17 formal styles, 56 consultative styles, 180 casual style and 13 intimate styles with casual style as the dominant style to be used by the character according to the movie’s rating and genre.
The function of derivational affixes found in highend magazine
Authors: Mahaputri Anom Gayatri , Putra I Gusti Bagus Wahyu Nugraha , Maharani Putu Devi
Published: October 2021

The objectives of this research are to know the function of derivational affixes and to analyze the word structure of derivational affixes found in HighEnd Magazine. This study focused on the function and the word structure of affixes attached in each word found in HighEnd Magazine. The magazine entitled HighEnd Magazine is used as the data source. In this research the writer used observation method in collecting the data and qualitative method was used to analyze the data. The data were analyzed by using theory from Katamba (1993) and Carstairs and McCarthy (2002). The researcher used formal and informal method to present the result of the analysis. There are 302 words attached by derivational affixes found in HighEnd Magazine. There are two functions of derivational morpheme they are class changing morpheme and class maintaining morpheme.
New Materials in Dentistry
Authors: Kiann J. , Luliak M.
Published: October 2021

The use of an appropriate implant biomaterial significantly determines the success of implants. The biologic environment where implants are placed does not necessarily accept any material. Therefore, biologic performance can be optimized by selecting implants that reduce negative biologic response while at the same time functioning adequately. Besides, clinicians should be knowledgeable of different biomaterials used for purposes of dental implants. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview on the issue of dental implants. Some of the implants discussed in the paper include titanium and zirconia implants. Furthermore, the paper discusses how physical properties of the materials influence the treatment outcome.
Study New Pyridine Derivatives as Corrosion Inhibitors for Mild Steel in an Acidic Media
Authors:   Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq, Kareem Hameed Rania , Salih Shihab Mehdi ,   Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq
Published: October 2021

Some new pyridinium salts, namely4-(4-bromo-benzylidene-hydrazinocarbonyl)-1-phenyl-pyridinium bromide, A1; 4-(4-bromo-benzylidene-hydrazinocarbonyl)-1-butyl-pyridinium bromide, A2; 4-(4-bromo-benzylidene-hydrazinocarbonyl)-1-phencyl-pyridinium bromide, A3; were synthesized and studied as corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in 1M H2SO4aqueous solution at 20°C by weight loss measuring for 24 hrs. The results showed that the inhibition efficiency of all pyridinium bromide derivatives had a significant in value with the highest concentration. An increase in the inhibitor concentration is accompanied by a decrease in the corrosion rate, an increase in the retarding efficiency and an increase in the degree of surface coverage. The values of the free energy of adsorption revealed the effects of spontaneously reaction of (A1, A2, and A3) and gave useful information to predict the interaction between the metal surface and the organic molecules as corrosion inhibitors.
Chemistry of Some Organotin Compounds
Authors:   Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq, Ghani Hassan , Yousif Emad ,   Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq
Published: October 2021

Organotin compounds (OTCs) are characterized as having at minimum one covalent bond between carbon and tin atoms, and are usually denoted by the formula RnSnX4-n (n =1-3, R =aryl or alkyl, X =halogen ion or a carboxylate, etc.). There are several methods to synthesis organotin compounds, they are Grignard and Kocheshkov reactions, Wurtz reaction and alkylation method. The tin has two stable state,(II) and (IV). Sn(II) forms pyramidal sp3complexes as well as trigonal bipyramidal sp3d complexes, whereas Sn(IV) forms trigonal bipyramidal sp3d complexes or octahedral sp3d2complexes.
Comparative Study of Total Phenolics and Antioxidants in ASTRAGLUS STOCKSII by using Methanol, Ethanol and Acetone and to Evaluate its Anti -Inflammatory Activity
Authors:   Institute of Biochemistry, University of Balochistan, Quetta, 87300-Pakistan, Arshad Iqra , Ayub Kakar Muhammad ,   Institute of Biochemistry, University of Balochistan, Quetta, 87300-Pakistan, ur-Rehman Kakar Attiq ,   Department of Chemistry, University of Balochistan, Quetta, 87300-Pakistan, Hassan Kakar Noor ,   Institute of Biochemistry, University of Balochistan, Quetta, 87300-Pakistan, Khanam Saeeda ,   Institute of Biochemistry, University of Balochistan, Quetta, 87300-Pakistan, Kamal Rehana ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences, Quetta 87300, Pakistan, Muhammad Atta ,   Government Boys Degree College Khanozai-86600, Education Department Balochistan, Pakistan
Published: October 2021

Astragalus Stocksii a local flowering plant found in Hana Valley, Quetta Pakistan, used as home medicinal plant form many years. It is an encouraging source of bioactive compounds and has been conventionally manipulated for the coverage of several diseases. The present study based on the evaluation of phenolics, antioxidants and anti-inflammatory activities of Astragalus Stocksii by using three different solvents, i.e. ;acetone, ethanol and methanol. The results showed that extraction yield depends upon the type of the solvents used for extraction. Among these, extraction in methanol has the highest phenolic contents (10.086±0.08mgCE/g DW),total antioxidant capacity (TAC, IC50=14.50±0.01 μg/mL,phospho-molibdenummethod,IC50=66.62± 0.03 μg/mL by DPPH method)and high anti-inflammatory activity (IC50=75.0 ±2.5 μg/mL, oxidative burst assay). These results indicate that methanol is the best solvent for extraction of phenolic and antioxidants in Astragalus Stocksii. The high results of anti-inflammatory for Astragalus Stocksii suggests its use inpharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries.
Effecient Photo-Stabilizers: By Using Medications As Ligands Connected to Oragontin(IV) Complexes
Authors:   Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq, Alhaydary Emad , Yousif Emad ,   Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq
Published: October 2021

Organotin materials have several applications in industry and medicine since it uses to prepare medications. Moreover, it is used as photo-stabilizers for different plastic polymers such as polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, and polyvinyl alcohol. Herein, it is going to focus on one application which is utilizing organotin complexes as photo-stabilizers of polyvinyl chloride. Since organotin(IV) can easily obtained by oxidizing organotin(II) that is more stable. Organotin(IV) can be designed in different forms depending on the number of organic and anion groups connected to the tin such as mono-organotin, di-, tri-and tetra-compounds. There are several applications of organotin materials in both industrial and medicine areas and in this paper, we are going to study some of a significant photo-stabilizers and their applications and we are going to highlight the using of organotin materials as photo-stabilizers of plastic polymers especially the PVC polymeric films