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Rechts- und Linksextremismus in den deutschen Bundesländern
Authors: Melcher Reinhold , Thieme Tom
Published: November 2022

Der politische Extremismus in Deutschland wird von beträchtlichen regionalen Unterschieden dominiert. Die ländlichen Regionen des Ostens gelten als Schwerpunkte des Rechtsextremismus – Großstädte wie Berlin, Hamburg und Leipzig als Hotspots der linksextremen Szene. Doch existiert bislang keine Studie zum Extremismus im subnationalen Vergleich. Eine flächendeckende komparative Betrachtung rechts- und linksextremistischer Erscheinungsformen in den Bundesländern ist Gegenstand dieses Buches. Dafür werden Wahlergebnisse, Personenpotenziale, politisch motivierte Straf- und Gewalttaten untersucht. Einzelfallperspektiven werden mit interregionalen Vergleichen sowie Analysen zur Erklärung extremistischer Phänomene zusammengeführt.
Trust Management: A Cooperative Approach Using Game Theory
Authors: Ravale Ujwala , Patil Anita , M. Borkar Gautam
Published: November 2022

Trust, defined as the willingness to accept risk and vulnerability based upon positive expectations of the intentions or behaviours of another. The qualities or behaviours of one person that create good expectations in another are referred to as trustworthiness. Because of its perceived link to cooperative behaviour, many social scientists regard trust as the backbone of effective social structures. With the advancement in technology, through these online social media people can explore various products, services and facilities. Through these networks the end users want to communicate are usually physically unknown with each other, the evaluation of their trustworthiness is mandatory. Mathematical methods and computational procedures do not easily define trust. Psychological and sociological factors can influence trust. End users are vulnerable to a variety of risks. The need to define trust is expanding as businesses try to establish effective marketing strategies through their social media activities, and as a result, they must obtain consumer trust. Game theory is a theoretical framework for analysing strategic interactions between two or more individuals, in the terminology of game theory, called players. Thus, a conceptual framework for trust evaluation can be designed using a game theory approach that can indicate the conditions under which trustworthy behaviour can be determined.
Solar Solutions for the Future
Authors: M. Mulati David , Soita Timonah
Published: November 2022

The energy conversion efficiency and limits of perovskite/silicon solar cells are investigated. The influence of a layered approach in preventing lead leakage in perovskite solar cells is discussed. The highest efficiency perovskite tandem to date was achieved by pairing a perovskite top cell with a Si bottom cell in a four-terminal configuration, yielding 26.4%. Perovskite cell integrated with crystalline silicon cell to form a tandem solar device has shown high performance above the single pn-junction silicon devices. Although sufficient work and different strategies have been applied to increase efficiency in these devices, the tandem application has achieved efficiency of 29% in a short period.
HIV Infection and Oral Manifestations: An Update
Authors: Roberto de Souza Fonseca Ricardo , Valois Laurentino Rogério , Fernando Almeida Machado Luiz , Eduardo Vieira da Silva Gomes Carlos , Oliveira de Alencar Menezes Tatiany , Faciola Pessoa Oscar , Branco Oliveira-Filho Aldemir , Resque Beckmann Carvalho Tábata , Gabriela Faciola Pessoa de Oliveira Paula , Brito Tanaka Erich , Sá Elias Nogueira Jorge , Magno Guimarães Douglas , Newton Carneiro Marcelo , Mendes Acatauassú Carneiro Paula , Ferreira Celestino Junior Aluísio , de Almeida Rodrigues Patricia , Augusto Fernandes de Menezes Silvio
Published: November 2022

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes a complete depletion of the immune system; it has been a major health issue around the world since the 1980s, and due to the reduction of CD4+ T lymphocytes levels, it can trigger various opportunistic infections. Oral lesions are usually accurate indicators of immunosuppression because these oral manifestations may occur as a result of the compromised immune system caused by HIV infection; therefore, oral lesions might be initial and common clinical features in people living with HIV. So, it is necessary to evaluate and understand the mechanism, prevalence, and risk factors of oral lesions to avoid the increase morbidity among those with oral diseases.
Heavy Metal Contamination in the Coastal Environment and Trace Level Identification
Authors: R.V. Bandara Kumudu , M. Manage Pathmalal
Published: November 2022

Heavy metal pollution in the coastal environment is a great concern as its adverse effects on marine health. Heavy metals are a group of persistent organic pollutants and last for years in the environment. Due to their widespread distribution, high hydrophobicity, prolonged persistence, and negative effects on the environment and human health, these chemicals have raised attention. Due to a lack of research and advanced detection techniques, heavy metal pollution in coastal areas of some Asian countries is critical. Scientists have developed several methods for detecting heavy metals in the environment, including atomic absorption spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma massspectroscopy, and high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrochemical or UV-Vis-detectors. However, a newly optimized, sensitive, cost-effective, and precise technology for detecting heavy metals at ultra-trace levels is solid phase micro-extraction and gas chromatography mass-spectrometry. As a result, the book chapter will describe the theoretical, practical approach, and modern technology for detecting and quantifying heavy metal contaminations in the marine ecosystem, including the effects of heavy metals on the marine animals, human and environmental health, and challenges and future perspectives of heavy metal degradation using a green approach, as well, the effects of heavy metals on the marine animal, human, and environmental health.
Perspective Chapter: Rheological Considerations for Drilling and Enhanced Oil Recovery Fluids
Authors: Uwaezuoke Nnaemeka
Published: November 2022

Screening of models to determine the applicability based on absolute average error is an acceptable approach. It is an appropriate model that guarantees greater accuracy in hydraulic computations. An improperly performed hydraulic calculation would cause poor hole cleaning and drilling cost overrun due to excess rig time. Also, due to inhibiting factors such as gravity, viscous and capillary forces; enhanced oil recovery had been adopted as an alternative mechanism to aid flow in the reservoir. An approach to rheological parameters and model selection is presented. Underlying mechanisms and considerations in the technology of enhanced oil recovery are presented. Rheology of drilling fluid is considered for effective hole cleaning, adequate cuttings suspension, averting barite sag, and prevention of excessive pipe surge and swab pressures. Similarly, the rheological characteristics of enhanced oil recovery fluids are monitored to retard pore blocking and prevent polymer loss during the fluid injection process. Understanding the rheology at a low shear rate range of 0.1–100 s−1 of enhanced oil recovery fluids was highlighted. Advanced rheology equipment, viscoelastic behavior, nano-rheology, and smart fluids are matters of attention.
The Paradigm of Complex Probability and Quantum Mechanics: The Infinite Potential Well Problem – The Position Wave Function
Authors: Abou Jaoudé Abdo
Published: November 2022

The system of axioms for probability theory laid in 1933 by Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov can be extended to encompass the imaginary set of numbers and this by adding to his original five axioms an additional three axioms. Therefore, we create the complex probability set C, which is the sum of the real setR with its corresponding real probability, and the imaginary setM with its corresponding imaginary probability. Hence, all stochastic experiments are performed now in the complex setC instead of the real setR. The objective is then to evaluate the complex probabilities by considering supplementary new imaginary dimensions to the event occurring in the “real” laboratory. Consequently, the corresponding probability in the whole set C is always equal to one and the outcome of the random experiments that follow any probability distribution in R is now predicted totally inC. Subsequently, it follows that chance and luck in R is replaced by total determinism in C. Consequently, by subtracting the chaotic factor from the degree of our knowledge of the stochastic system, we evaluate the probability of any random phenomenon in C. My innovative complex probability paradigm (CPP) will be applied to the established theory of quantum mechanics in order to express it completely deterministically in the universe C=R+M.
The Road to Universal Coverage by the End of 2022, the Moroccan Challenge
Authors: Boukhalfa Chakib
Published: November 2022

In the midst of a pandemic, Morocco is generalizing its social protection by 2025 and above all its health coverage by the end of this year, by enrolling 22 million beneficiaries in health insurance. How will a health system, already marked by numerous failures, be able to absorb 22 million new beneficiaries in order to reach 100% medical coverage of the Moroccan population by the end of this year? This is a commendable project, but it risks being a missed opportunity if we do not change the paradigm, governance, and organization of the Moroccan health system upstream in order to make it more efficient and more equitable. What are the obstacles and difficulties encountered by the health system, and what are the accompanying measures undertaken to accompany the overhaul of the Moroccan health system?
UnIX-CARE: Universal Interface and Experience via Collaborative Archive Repository Express
Authors: Liang Sheldon , Van Stry Melanie , Liu Hong
Published: November 2022

It is feasible to simplify interface design for better user experience without web developing skillfully. CARE or collaborative archive repository express holds the answer to universal interface & experience (UnIX) through algorithmic machine learning. CARE in collaboration with DATA and wiseCIO as a whole establishes a CMD triad for content management and delivery that harnesses rapid prototyping for user interface and propels user-centric experience by cohesive assembly of Anything as a Service (XaaS). Basically, user-centric experience makes a user centered without often webpage swapping while browsing in hierarchical depth via “In-&-Out” interactivity, and exploring in contextual breadth via self-paced spontaneity. Furthermore, CARE incorporates express tokens for information interchange (eTokin) into the CMD triad to prepare integral content management and informative delivery. In particular, by exploiting eTokin, CARE promotes seamless intercommunications in-between and empowers users to be UNIX professionals cohesively, such as ubiquitous manager on content management and delivery, novel designer on universal interface, intelligent expert for business intelligence, and extraordinary liaison with XaaS without explicitly coding. More CARE uses algorithmic machine learning to coordinate instant online publishing, assemble efficient presentations via wiseCIO to end-users, and aggregate diligent intelligence over DATA for business, education and entertainment (iBEE) through robotic process automation.
Point-of-Care: A Novel Approach to Periodontal Diagnosis
Authors: Srivastava Nancy , Rana Shivendra
Published: November 2022

Being one of the prevalent oral diseases, periodontal disease is marked by the presence of gingival inflammation and periodontal tissue destruction. Recently, there is a paradigm shift in the understanding of periodontal disease; it is now believed to be episodic in nature, showing periods of activity and inactivity. Thereby, posing a challenge for clinicians to diagnose this. Conventional diagnostic methods basically measure past tissue destruction, arising the need for new diagnostic methods that should be able to detect active sites of destruction, predict future progression, and determine the response to the therapy thus, leading to early diagnosis and better cure for the patient. One such advance is the development of point-of-care devices, which are rapid chair-side testing methods. These devices are already in use in healthcare services, a common example being home-used pregnancy test strips. This point-of-care technology is now expanding its arms in periodontics as well, thus simplifying diagnosis and improving the therapeutic outcomes of the patient. In light of the above facts, this chapter throws light on periodontal diagnosis and various commercially available point-of-care devices.
Sexual Dimorphism of the Fat Mass Index and the Fat-Free Mass Index in Healthy Adolescents
Authors: Durá-Travé Teodoro , Gallinas-Victoriano Fidel
Published: November 2022

Body mass index (BMI) does not allow to discriminate the composition of the different body compartments. This study points to the formulation of reference values of fat mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI) in healthy adolescents by means of anthropometric techniques, and the subsequent availability in clinical practice as reference charts. The following is a cross-sectional study in a group of 1040 healthy Caucasian adolescents (470 boys and 570 girls), aged 10.1 to 14.9 years. Weight, height and skinfold thickness were registered, and BMI, percentage of total body fat, FMI and FFMI, and FMI and FFMI percentiles were calculated. Boys show a significant increase in FFMI and a decline in body fat and FMI. By contrast, girls show an increase in body fat, FMI and FFMI. Except for the 10 years, FMI was higher (p < 0.05) in girls in all ages and FFMI was higher (p < 0.05) in boys in all ages. There were no significant differences in the values of BMI between sexes in all ages. The availability of reference values for FMI and FFMI in daily clinical practice would be helpful in the diagnosis and assessment of changes in body composition during the treatment of childhood obesity.
The Hague Convention of 2019 on Foreign Judgments: Operation and Refusals
Authors: De Nardi Marcelo
Published: November 2022

This chapter is intended to focus on the practical operation of The Hague Conference on Private International Law Convention of 2019 on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments that intends to enhance international juridical cooperation through the facilitation of recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, establishing good litigation planning parameters and simplifying judgments circulation among Contracting States. The text addresses the structure and logical operation of the convention, including grounds for refusal. The 2019 Convention was not in force at the time this article was prepared; thus, direct case law was not available. The text runs a speculative exercise, suggesting model assessment of the 2019 Convention provisions from the view of a practitioner.
Current Etiological Profile of the Spinal Cord Injury
Authors: José Álvarez Pérez María
Published: November 2022

The causes of spinal cord injury are multiple; classically they can be divided into two large groups: those of medical origin (tumor, infectious, vascular, by compression, sclerosis, and congenital) and those of traumatic origin (traffic accidents, accidental falls, work accidents, sports accidents (dives), attempts of autolysis, and violence). Its incidence and prevalence by sex, age, occupation, leisure activities, and geographic location are variable. The objective of this chapter is to review the different causes of spinal cord injury, especially traumatic ones, according to the different variables mentioned. The analysis of these data will allow strategies for the prevention of new injuries to be focused on the best direction.
Perspective Chapter: Engineering Secretory IgA against Infectious Diseases
Authors: Falci Finardi Nicole , Y-H. Teh Audrey , K-C. Ma Julian
Published: November 2022

The dawn of antibody therapy was heralded by the rise of IgG therapeutics. However, other antibody classes are at our disposal—one of the most exciting is IgA and is the most abundant antibody class within humans. Unlike IgG, it is uniquely specialized for mucosal applications due to its ability to form complex Secretory IgA (SIgA) molecules. Since the mucosa is constantly exposed to potential infectious agents, SIgA is pivotal to disease prevention as an important component of the mucosal barrier. Compared to IgG, SIgA has proven superior effectiveness in mucosal surfaces, such as the airway epithelium or the harsh gut environment. Despite this, hurdles associated with low yield and challenging purification have blocked SIgA therapeutic advancement. However, as a result of new antibody engineering strategies, we are approaching the next generation of (IgA-based) antibody therapies. Strategies include fine-tuning SIgA assembly, exploring different production platforms, genetic engineering to improve purification, and glycoengineering of different components. Due to its stability in mucosal environments, SIgA therapeutics would revolutionize passive mucosal immunotherapy—an avenue still underexploited by current therapeutics. This chapter will focus on the current perspectives of SIgA engineering and explore different approaches to unlocking the full therapeutic potential of SIgAs.
External Beam Radiotherapy in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Authors: Madhavan Nair Lekha , Ravikumar Rejnish , Rafi Malu , Prakasan Aparna Mullangath , Sharafuddin Zuzaki , Mohan Mathew John , Cessal Thommachan Kainickal
Published: November 2022

Differentiated thyroid cancer is treated by surgery, radioiodine treatment, and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) suppression. The role of external beam radiotherapy is mainly palliation of radio-iodine non avid metastatic lesions and in inoperable tumors. Metastasis involving weight-bearing bones and vertebral metastasis with impending spinal cord compression are primarily treated by external radiation. External Beam Radiotherapy improves loco-regional control in patients with gross residual disease after surgical resection. Patients with extra-thyroidal disease and positive margins are treated by adjuvant external beam radiotherapy, especially when the post op radio-iodine scan is negative. External beam radiotherapy is the treatment of choice for radio-iodine non avid inoperable loco-regional recurrence. SRS alone or surgery followed by SRS is the preferred treatment for solitary brain metastasis. Whole brain radiotherapy is the treatment of choice for multiple brain metastatic disease.
Intergenerational Attachment Styles, Emotional Regulation and Relational Outcomes in Couples Therapy
Authors: Ibrahim Maliha , Palit Manjushree , Matthews Rhea
Published: November 2022

This chapter focuses on the theoretical basis behind intergenerational attachment styles and how they present in romantic relationships. In this chapter, we review the conceptual literature on attachment styles, their development and maintenance across the lifespan. We also explore the role of mutual emotional regulation in disrupting relational distress and improving relationship functioning. We proceed to synthesise efficacy studies and evidence-based research on relational interventions with couples, most commonly presenting concerns in couples therapy and the role of couples therapy in improving romantic relationships across cultural contexts, gender and sexuality identifications. We summarise what has worked, with whom and why while reviewing the various measures and types of clinical interventions offered to couples and report on change scores in outcomes of attachment avoidance/anxiety, relational conflict, relationship functioning and partner satisfaction. Finally, the book chapter presents three case studies with South-Asian couples across diverse life stages, relationship statuses, gender identities and sexual orientations using attachment-based and emotion-focused interventions.
Trans-Resveratrol: From Phytonutrient Supplement, to Novel Nanotherapeutic Agent
Authors: Lynn Harney Tracey
Published: November 2022

Trans-resveratrol (3,5,4′-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) (RES) is a plant polyphenol that has been well documented for its anti-oxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-aging properties. Moreover, compelling evidence presented in the abundance of pre-clinical studies using ligature-induced periodontitis models has positioned RES as a theoretically viable candidate for the reduction of the chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, and tissue destruction seen in periodontitis (PD). However, the instability of RES under physiological conditions, as well as its rapid hepatic clearance, has presented as a challenge to its ubiquitous application as an oral therapeutic in clinical practice. Fortunately, with the application of nanotechnology, the pharmacological profile of RES repositions the phytochemical from an herb-based supplement, useful as an adjunct therapy, to a stable and potent nanomedicine, demonstrating efficacy for the prevention and treatment of PD and its associated systemic diseases. This chapter explores the details of the potential for nano-RES as a viable therapeutic for PD.
The Alternative Disputes Resolution System in the European Union: Consumer Protection in Cross-Border Disputes
Authors: Senatore Vincenzo , di Prisco Emanuele
Published: November 2022

Consumer protection is defined as a field of study that protects individual consumers against unfair selling practices for goods, services, and digital content. The globalization expansion allows opportunities for increased sales and revenue but is also accompanied by considerable risk that impacts the protection of the economic interests of consumers. This, in fact, may involve misleading advertising and unfair contract terms in cross-border transactions. This paper analyzes the existing European Union (‘EU’) consumer rights protection legislation, including alternative online dispute resolution procedures. The paper also aims to provide a summary of the achievement in the area of consumer protection and internal market in the post-pandemic era. At the same time, the goal of this paper is to present comprehensive coverage on the protection of financial consumers in cross-border disputes, especially in cases where the other party resides in a different country. Explanation are also provided on how the Italian legislative framework may be considered the best example of crisis management and resolution, by providing more confidence for consumers in cross-border transactions in the post-pandemic era.
Development and Assessment of Scales in the Area of Psychiatry and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Imkome Ek-Uma
Published: November 2022

Nowadays, mental health problems and psychiatric disorders have a high prevalence and are caused by co-factors. They can relapse and be exacerbated by internal and external factors such as stressful life events, poor coping skills, and COVID-19. The early detection of specific signs and symptoms is complicated. Frontliner clinical nurses must assess patient signs and symptoms as soon as possible. For this process, they require a quick and early detection measurement tool that precedes the interview, physical examination, and laboratory tests. A scale with good psychometric properties will help nurses screen and identify individuals as high-risk or non-high-risk, the severity of their symptoms (mild, moderate, or severe), and provide efficient nursing care.
Perspective Chapter: Airborne Pollution (PM2.5) Forecasting Using Long Short-Term Memory Deep Recurrent Neural Network Optimized by Gaussian Process
Authors: Antonio Olguin-Sanchez Marco , Antonio Aceves-Fernández Marco , Carlos Pedraza-Ortega Jesus , Manuel Ramos-Arreguín Juan
Published: November 2022

Forecasting air pollution is a challenging problem today that requires special attention in large cities since they are home to millions of people who are at risk of respiratory diseases every day. At the same time, there has been exponential growth in the research and application of deep learning, which is useful to treat temporary data such as pollution levels, leaving aside the physical and chemical characteristics of the particles and only focusing on predicting the next levels of contamination. This work seeks to contribute to society by presenting a useful way to optimize recurrent neural networks of the short and long-term memory type through a statistical process (Gaussian processes) for the correct optimization of the processes.
Homeostatic Control of Neuronal Activity
Authors: Drion Cato
Published: November 2022

For healthy brain functioning, it is crucial that neuronal networks do not become hyperactive, but also, that they remain excitable. Homeostatic mechanisms ensure that neuronal activity remains within a functional range. How does that work? In this chapter, we will explore homeostatic control of neuronal activity. We will start by introducing the basics of neuronal communication to establish what makes a neuron excitable. Then, we will learn how neurons are able to tune their own excitability, which is called homeostatic intrinsic plasticity. Next, we will discuss the ability of neurons to tune the strength of their connections to other neurons. This is called homeostatic synaptic plasticity and involves synaptic scaling, the up- and downregulation of receptors, and the control of neurotransmitter release. Finally, we will review the role of glia in neuronal network homeostasis and discuss disorders where the homeostatic control of neuronal activity is compromised.
Environmental and Occupational Factors; Contribution and Perspectives on Difficult to Treat Asthma
Authors: Castillo Latorre Christian , Morales Colon Sulimar , D. Rivera Diaz Alba , Fonseca Ferrer Vanessa , Mercader Perez Mariana , Lamboy Hernandez Ilean , Gerena Montano Luis , Rodriguez Cintron William , Cantres Fonseca Onix
Published: November 2022

There are multiple well-recognized environmental factors that contribute to asthma exacerbation. Exposures to many of them will get unrecognized and most of the time will remain constant without knowing it is the causative agent. For an early identification of exposures and causative agents, a systematic approach needs to be taken in consideration by the encountering physician. Multiple questionnaires had been implementing and discussing organic and inorganic factors as well intrinsic and extrinsic factors. It is well-recognized that environmental exposures can cause worsening of asthma, other allergic conditions and even more severe pulmonary diseases. Asthma is a very prevalent disease with increased incidence nowadays. In the last decade, multiple new medications had been discovered for the treatment of moderate-to-severe persistent asthma, which most of them target the cellular component of the disease such as eosinophils and specific Immunoglobins. In the era of personalized medicine, environmental and occupational factors in asthma are key players that need to be recognized early in this patient population. In this chapter will go over model of effects, mechanism of action of these environmental factors, recognition, course of action and management of this patient population.
Seismic Conditions Required to Cause Structural Failures in Tectonic Earthquakes
Authors: Hsu Tse-Shan
Published: November 2022

It is found that the failure of the structure conforming to the current seismic design code can only occur in the shear band of the tectonic earthquake, and with the increase in the amount of shear banding, the boundary conditions of the structure gradually deviate from the original design ones; therefore, the seismic insufficiency of structures therefore continues to increase. With the increase of the seismic insufficiency of the structure, the structure will appear more and more serious damage such as cracking, tilting and subsidence, and collapse. Based on the findings of this study, the author suggests that the main task of the seismic design of structures is to prevent the shear banding of tectonic earthquakes from extending to each element of the structure, rather than continuously increasing the level of vibration fortification of each structural element. Only in this way can it be ensured that the structures complying with the seismic design specifications will not be damaged such as cracks, tilting and subsidence, and collapse due to the deviation of the boundary conditions from the original design ones in shear banding.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Represents a Main Cause of Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAI) and Multidrug Resistance (MDR)
Authors: F. Hussein Ehsan
Published: November 2022

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic gram-negative bacterium, which associates with a wide range of diseases. This bacterial type is found commonly in the environment, such as soils and water. Also, it represents the main cause of hospital-acquired infections, which was associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality among aging and/or immunocompromised patients. Ps. aeruginosa contains virulence factors that made them able to transmit and also gave them the ability to resist many types of antibiotics. Therefore, it represents a major challenge for health workers. One of the main characterizations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is antibiotic resistance; this is associated with many types of genes that are encoded for different antibiotic resistance mechanisms. The efflux pump is a very important mechanism of this bacteria. Ps. aeruginosa can cause a wide range of diseases, such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, ear infections, folliculitis, puncture wounds, cystic fibrosis, burn infections, endocarditis, endophthalmitis, meningitis, and many others.
Weaponising Digital Architecture: Queer Nigerian Instagram Users and Digital Visual Activism
Authors: Ayodele Onanuga Paul
Published: November 2022

The body and its portrayal are significant to the politics of gender identity and sexuality. As Instagram constitutes a public domain for self- and group-representation, I appropriate its affordances in the interrogation of queer visibility and digital visual activism within the Nigerian queer community. The central assumption is that the images and their accompanying texts are ideology-laden and consequently become entrenched in the battle for visibility against heteronormativity. I pay attention to six purposively selected queer Nigerian Instagram handles and cull ten representative images for analysis. I integrate the contextual affordances of hashtags and photo-tagging in my discussion of how Instagram contributes to and nourishes public queer discourses in a homophobic space like Nigeria. I conclude that these images as semiotic resources facilitate the decryption of queer marginality and mainstream queer narratives digitally.
The Development and Anatomy of Adrenal Glands
Authors: Kant Narayan Ravi , Kumar Ashutosh , Verma Manika
Published: November 2022

The retroperitoneal adrenals are situated in the epigastric region of the abdomen, on the upper pole of either kidney. The glands are golden-yellow in color. The right adrenal is triangular or pyramidal, and the left one is semi-circular or crescentic in shape. The blood supply rate per gram of tissue for the adrenal gland is one of the highest. The two parts of the gland are derived from two different embryological tissues. This chapter discusses the normal macro- and microscopic anatomy of the gland along with its embryological development.
Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polymer/Fiber Composites: Fiber-Based Integration and Properties
Authors: A. Butt Hassaan , V. Rogozhkin German , Starkov Andrei , V. Krasnikov Dmitry , G. Nasibulin Albert
Published: November 2022

Carbon nanotubes are one of the most versatile nanomaterials currently used to modify the properties of both thermoplastic and thermoset-based composites, both with and without the use of a fibrous reinforcement phase. Electrically and thermally conductive by nature, their addition to traditional fiber-reinforced polymer composites has not only heralded increased mechanical properties in terms of flexural, tensile, impact, and interlaminar properties, but also allowed imparting inherent conductivity to the final composites, allowing the creation of specialized, isotropic, anisotropic, and hierarchically graded composites with applications ranging from self-diagnostic damage detection, de-icing to energy storage and conversion. The purpose of this book chapter is to focus on the methods used to integrate carbon nanotubes, both anistropically and anisotropically via techniques that focus solely on the fibrous reinforcement phase and not the matrix, into fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials. The chapter aims to review the properties that may result from such integration of the various techniques, provide a current state of the art of the multifunctional properties, which have been achieved thus far, and outline possible future dimensions of investigation and application.
Moderna språk hundra år
Authors: Korlén Gustav
Published: November 2022

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Remembering Jacques Derrida
Authors: Eagleton Terry
Published: November 2022

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Visiting Walt
Authors: Mobärg Mats
Published: November 2022

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Humboldts Kairos
Authors: Weinrich Harald
Published: November 2022

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"Frisch gemacht", aber "Eins soll weg". Zur Frau Beruf und Familie in populärer Gegenwartsliteratur. Deutschland und Schweden im Vergleich
Authors: Farhan Christine
Published: November 2022

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راه‌کارهای یادگیری و انتقال مفاهیم باستان‌شناسی به کودکان در موزه‌های باستان‌شناسی
Authors:   Education faculty, History Department, Kandahar University, Afghanistan, Dadman Enayatullah
Published: November 2022

آموزش، یکی از رسالت اصلی موزه‌ها در جهان به‌شمار می‌رود؛ از‌این‌رو، موزه‌ها، ‌به‌عنوان بنیاد‌های اجتماعی و در عین‌حال آموزش‌محور، می‌توانند به آموزش و بازیابی عناصر هویت تاریخی و اجتماعی افراد جامعة خود مدد ‌برسانند؛ در‌این میان، موزه‌های باستان‌شناسی نقش به‌سزایی در معرفی و شناخت این عناصر دارند. هدف این تحقیق بیان مبانی آموزشی و‌ نقش موزه‌ها با تأکید بر ابعاد تعلیمی بوده است. ضرورت انجام این تحقیق زنده‌نگه‌داشتن‌ میراث فرهنگی، آشنایی با هویت ملی و قومی و برقراری ارتباط و مفاهیم باستان‌شناسی ‌است. روش این تحقیق تحلیلی – توصیفی بر مبنای مطالعات کتاب‌خانه‌یی است. نتایج حاصل از این بررسی نشان می‌دهند موزه‌های باستان‌شناسی در جهت آموزش گام بر می‌دارند که در جامعه می‌تواند بستری تأثیرگذار در امر آموزش کودکان و نوجوانان به‌وجود آورد و در تحقق اهداف آموزش‌دهنده می‌تواند نقش به¬سزایی را ایفا کنند. درضمن، کودکان به‌طور کلی فعالیت‌هایی را که در موزه‌های باستان‌شناسی انجام می‌دهند به صورت عملی و هم‌راه با بازی صورت می‌گیرد، که برای یادگیری مفاهیم باستان‌شناسی، توصیه می‌شود‌‌ استراتیژی‌های اجتماعی و فرهنگی باید در زمینه‌های یادشده تعمیم شود.
تحلیل جای‌گاه «قهوه» در ادب فارسی
Authors:   professor at Allameh Tabatabai’s University, Vaez Dr. Saeed , Shalchian Nazer Tohid
Published: November 2022

از واژه‌گانی که شاعران و اهل ادب در تصویرپردازی‌های خود از آن بهره‌ جسته‌اند، قهوه است. به‌نظر می‌رسد معنا و مصداق این واژه در متون فارسی و عربی از دیرباز تاکنون یک‌سان نبوده است؛ بنابراین، تبیین ریشۀ این واژه و نشان‌دادن سیر تطور و تحول دلالت آن برای اهل ادب سودمند است. در این پژوهش، کوشیده‌ایم با تکیه بر برخی از متون ادبی، تاریخی، سفرنامه‌ها و واژه‌نامه‌های معتبر فارسی و عربی به این پرسش پاسخ دهیم که چه‌گونه قهوه_ که در گذشته به شراب و خمر غلیظ اطلاق می‌شده است_ امروزه به چیز دیگری اطلاق می‌شود؟ در این پژوهش، از روش توصیفی- تحلیلی بهره جسته‌ایم و بر اساس قراین به‌دست‌آمده نشان داده¬ایم که از میوۀ شجرالبنّ یا قهوه، شراب مینداختند و فرآوردۀ مصرفی از آن خمر غلیظ سکرآور بوده است. به مرور زمان، نوع فرآوردۀ مصرفی از میوۀ قهوه تغییر یافته و به شکل امروزی درآمده است. به تبع همین امر، تصویری که از قهوه در شعر و ادب معاصر یافت می‌شود، با تصویر قهوة پیش از قرن نهم هجری و دورۀ صفوی، کاملاً تفاوت دارد.
آسیب‌شناسی بحران آلوده‌گی هوا در شهر هرات
Authors:   Academic Cadre of Herat University, Azad Aliullah
Published: November 2022

آلوده‌گی هوا، مسأله¬یی است که اینک در شهر هرات، تبدیل به یک بحران عمومی و جدی شده است؛ بنابراین، برحسب ضرورت، دراین تحقیق تلاش گردید تا ضمن شناسایی علل تعیین‌کنندۀ دخیل دراین موضوع، و آسیب¬ها و پیامدهای ناشی از آن، راه¬کارهای مناسب برای آن، ترسیم گردد. بدین‌لحاظ، تحقیق بر مبنای پارادایم فازی به‌عنوان چهارچوب تحلیلی، و روی‌کرد آینده¬نگاری به لحاظ روش¬شناسی، استوار گردیده است. اشتراک¬کننده‌گان تحقیق شهروندان شهر هرات بوده و براساس نمونه¬گیری احتمالی تصادفی ساده، جمعیت نمونه‌یی که حاصل فرمول کوکران بوده، با استفاده از پرسش‌نامۀ فازی تحت مطالعه قرار گرفته‌اند. اطلاعات به‌دست‌آمده نیز به شیوۀ نرم¬افزاری به سبک تطبیقی مورد تحلیل قرار گرفته، که نتایج آن حاکی از آن‌است که بحران آلوده‌گی هوا تحت شرایط عمل‌کردی متغیرهای ترکیبی خاصی شکل گرفته است، که به ترتیب درجۀ اهمیت عبارت‌اند از: «افزایش بی¬رویۀ جمعیت در شهر، عدم حمایت و توجه به افزایش جنگلات، تردد تعداد زیادی وسایط کهنه و فرسوده، تردد تعداد زیاد وسایط نقلیه فاقد اگزاز»، «افزایش بی¬رویۀ جمعیت در شهر، فقدان مدیریت نظافت شهری، زباله¬ها، افزایش بی¬رویۀ وسایط نقلیه در شهر» و «فقدان مدیریت نظافت شهری، سوخت ذغال‌سنگ، تردد تعداد زیادی وسایط کهنه و فرسوده در شهر، افزایش بی¬رویۀ جمعیت در شهر»؛ نهایتاً، بر اساس نتایج حاصل‌شده، راه¬کارهای پیش‌نهادی لازم تنظیم و به مسؤولان و شهروندان توصیه گردیده است.
نگاه عارفانه به شعر و شاعری
Authors:   Academic Cadre of Herat University, Rahyab M.Naser
Published: November 2022

شعر و عرفان با هم سازگاری¬های سرشتی دارند؛ از‌همین‌روی، با این¬که صوفیان شریعت‌مدار و عارفان عاشق¬پیشه، از شعر، با نگاهی به برداشت¬های دینی، تبرا جسته-اند، باز روی¬کردهایی به شعر و شاعری داشته¬اند: سنایی را به دید آریم و مولوی را. برخی از عارفانی که در این زمینه کتاب نوشته¬اند، به دو گروه بخش می¬شوند: آنانی که بهره¬گیری از کارمایه¬های شعر عاشقانه روا نمی¬دانند و آنانی که تأویل¬گرایانه این دم-سازی را با آموزه‌های شرعی هم¬خوان می¬دانند. در این نوشتار پس از فراهم¬آوری داده-هایی از قرآن و سخنان پیام¬بر، بلاغیان، ادبیات‌شناسان و اندیش¬مندان، و باز نویسنده-گان و شاعران عارف و صوفی، با بهره¬گیری از روش تحلیل محتوا و به صورت کیفی به این پرسش¬ها پرداخته شده است: شعر و شریعت چه هم¬گرایی¬ها و ناهم¬سازی¬هایی دارند؟ چرا با آن¬که شاعری را بسا از عارفان دون شأن خود می‌دانستند، باز به آن روی آورده-اند؟ آیا به‌راستی عرفان بیان شاعرانة آموزه¬های دینی است؟ هدف از پی افگندن این گفت¬مان، رسیدن به این برآیند است که: دین می¬خواهد‌ شعر و شاعری در خدمت معنویت باشد و عرفان می¬خواهد با شعر آدمی را یاری رساند تا بر نفس اماره پیروز آید. شعر عرفانی فارسیِ دری به خوبی نشان می¬دهد که توانسته، هم¬چون شعر تعلیمی، رسالت خود را در راه رهایی انسان در بند دیروزین و امروزین به‌جا آورد.
بازنگری دیدگاه‌های فقهی پیرامون دیّت مرد ‌و ‌زن
Authors:   Master of Sharia & Law from Kabul University, Faqihi : Fazlurrab
Published: November 2022

پیرامون دیت مرد‌ و ‌‌زن، سه دیدگاه فقهی ارائه شده است. یکی مساوات مطلق؛ دوم تنصیف مطلق و سوم، مساوات تا قدر یک‌سوم و تنصیف در بیش‌ از یک‌سوم. میزان اعتبار دلایل هر دیدگاه بر مبنای احکام اصول فقهی، مسألۀ این تحقیق است. پرسش این است که اعتبار دلایل مورد احتجاج دیدگاه‌های مشارالیه در زمینۀ تفاوت دیت مرد و زن، چه‌گونه است؟ اهمیت بهایی که شریعت برای نفس و اجزای آدمی مشروع نموده، به همان پیمانه‌یی است که حرمت جان و اجزای او در نظر شرع داراست؛ از‌این‌رو، قول به‌وجود فرق و عدم فرق بین دیت زن و مرد، قابل بحث است؛ چه موضوع به حقوق مرد و زن تعلق دارد؛ از سویی بازنگری مسائل خلافی در شناسایی نظر برحق، نقش قابل ملاحظه‌یی دارد؛ براین اساس، پژوهش در این زمینه ارزش‌مند می‌نماید. این پژوهش با روش تحلیلی-انتقادی و با استفاده از منابع کتاب‌خانه‌یی، در پی این بوده‌است تا دلایل مورد استمساک فقیهان درخصوص موضوع تحقیق را به نقد بگیرد و دیدگاه موجه را برجسته سازد. حاصل تحقیق نشان می‌دهد که دیدگاه معتقد به نصف‌بودن دیت نفس و جراحات زن‌ها نسبت به مردها به طور مطلق، موجه است؛ زیرا نص حکم دیت، عام مخصوص است و اجماع سکوتی بر نصف‌بودن دیت نفس زن، هرچند ظنی است، اما می‌تواند نص ظنی را خاص گرداند. تفاوت دیت مرد و زن بدان جهت است که زیان عاید به خانوادۀ مجنی‌علیه به سبب جنایت بر زن و مرد یک‌سان نیست؛ زیرا مسؤولیت‌های مرد و زن متفاوت است. ضمان جراحات بر دیت نفس قیاس می‌گردد؛ زیرا حکم اصلی مجمع‌علیه و معقول است.
Application of machine learning methods for predicting well disturbances
Authors: Kusimova Ekaterina , Saychenko Liliyan , Islamova Nelli , Drofa Pavel , Safiullina Elena , Dengaev Alexey
Published: November 2022

In the process of field exploration, along with regular flooding, a significant part of the wells is flooded prematurely due to leakage of the string and outer annulus. In an effort to intensify the flow of oil to the bottom of wells in field conditions, specialists often try to solve this problem by using various technologies that change the reservoir characteristics of the formation. Any increase in pressure that exceeds the strength of the rocks in compression or tension leads to rock deformation (destruction of the cement stone, creation of new cracks). Moreover, repeated operations under pressure, as a rule, lead to an increase in water cut and the appearance of behind-the-casing circulations. For that reason, an important condition for maintaining their efficient operation is the timely forecasting of such negative phenomena as behind-casing cross flow and casing leakage. The purpose of the work is to increase the efficiency of well interventions and workover operations by using machine learning algorithms for predicting well disturbances. Prediction based on machine learning methods, regression analysis, identifying outliers in the data, visualization and interactive processing. The algorithms based on oil wells operation data allow training the forecasting model and, on its basis, determine the presence or absence of disturbances in the wells. As a result, the machine forecast showed high accuracy in identifying wells with disturbances. Based on this, candidate wells can be selected for further work. For each specific well, an optimal set of studies can be planned, as well as candidate wells can be selected for further repair and isolation work. In addition, in the course of this work, a set of scientific and technical solutions was developed using machine learning algorithms. This approach will allow predicting disturbances in the well without stopping it.
¿Calírroe en la basura? En torno a POxy. XIV 1761
Authors: Ruiz-Montero Consuelo , Plazas Bragulat Beatriz María
Published: November 2022

This paper offers a study of POxy. XIV 1761, which constitutes a private letter. We begin by analyzing its language, its prosopographic and realia aspects and afterwards we focus on the expression “τὰ κόπρια”, which has been considered as an unicum in the Greek papyri. We offer a commentary and translation of this expression, and prefer a scatological metaphorical interpretation of it.

En este trabajo abordamos el estudio de POxy. XIV 1761, que presenta una carta privada. Comenzamos con el análisis de su lengua, sus aspectos de prosopografía y de realia, para centrarnos luego en la expresión “τὰ κόπρια”, que se ha considerado un unicum en los papiros griegos. Realizamos un comentario de esa expresión y su traducción, inclinándonos por una interpretación metáforica, escatológica, del término.
¿Es la belleza criterio de verdad? Calidad genética o criterios estéticos, motores de la selección sexual en animales
Authors: Pérez Juan Ignacio
Published: November 2022

¿Perciben la belleza de las flores la abeja o el colibrí que se acercan para quedarse con su néctar? Es decir, ¿pueden los animales no humanos apreciarla? ¿Existe una verdad universal sobre la belleza? ¿O no es más que un atributo útil, un indicador de un rasgo valioso? Como ocurre con tantos otros fenómenos naturales, no hay una respuesta simple a estas preguntas. En el siguiente artículo analizamos diferentes aspectos sobre la selección sexual y su relación, o no, con los criterios estéticos y con el llamado principio del hándicap.
Propagating characteristics of nonlinear dust acoustic solitary waves in multicomponent dusty plasma
Authors: Lin Mai-Mai , Wang Ming-Yue , Jiang Lei ,   College of Physical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Published: November 2022

Nowadays, the dusty plasma has become an interesting new branch of the plasma physics. As is well known, the dusty plasmas play a significant role in the space, astrophysical and laboratory environments. In these days, the studying of the nonlinear waves in dusty plasma has attracted researchers’ attention, in order to explain many basic phenomena in the plasma physics. The nonlinear waves play an important role in studying dusty plasma environments, such as the aster-oid zones, the earth’s mesosphere, and the planetary rings. In this work, the propagating characteristics of nonlinear dust acoustic solitary waves in a multicomponent dusty plasma which is composed of positively charged dust particles, streaming protons and electrons, Kappa distributed electrons and ions are studied in detail. The Sagdeev potential method is employed to investigate the large amplitude dust acoustic waves. It has an evidence for the existence of compressive and rarefractive solitary waves. With the help of the Sagdeev potential method, the Sagdeev potential function and the bifurcation analysis of phase-portrait are obtained. Firstly, the Sagdeev potential function is obtained by the Sagdeev potential method. Then, the variations of phase diagram with different parameters in a two-dimensional autonomous system in the multicomponent dusty plasma system are investigated. It is found that the system has the linear wave solutions, nonlinear wave solutions, and solitary wave solutions at the same time. Meanwhile, the existence of different wave behaviors is closely related to various system factors. Moreover, it is found that only the rarefractive solitary waves exist in the multicomponent dusty plasma system by using the numerical simulation technique. Finally, the important influence of system parameter on the phase diagram, the Sagdeev potential function and the propagating characteristics of nonlinear dust acoustic solitary waves are discussed clearly. The results show that the different system parameters such as Mach number M, the masses, the temperatures, the number densities, the charge numbers of multiple particles and the Kappa distribution parameters for ions and electrons have important effects on the amplitudes, the widths and the waveforms of nonlinear dust acoustic solitary waves.
A Printed U-Shaped Coplanar Waveguide Feed UWB Antenna for GPR Applications
Authors: Guerroui M. , Chaabane A. , Ikni S. , Boualleg A. , Guebgoub N. , Mahri O.
Published: November 2022

A printed U-shaped coplanar waveguide fed (CPW) ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna is designed, fabricated, and measured in this paper for ground penetrating (GPR) applications. To enhance the working bandwidth, a set of cutoffs was introduced in different parts of the antenna. The antenna was printed on the FR4-epoxy substrate in a compact size of 0.252λ0×0.3λ0×0.015λ0 at 3 GHz. The calculated results were validated by realizing and measuring a prototype. Experimental demonstrations were done with the R& S®ZNB Vector Network Analyzer, which indicates that the antenna's working bandwidth extends from 3.09 GHz to 11.07 GHz (112.71%). Additionally, the antenna's radiation patterns were measured in an isolated anechoic chamber, which shows that the proposed antenna has omni-directional radiation patterns. Moreover, acceptable gain antenna values ranging between 1.74 and 7.04 dBi and high values of radiation efficiency of more than 80% were achieved over the whole working bandwidth. Besides, the antenna presents a stable group delay with a linear phase of S21 through the UWB frequency band. To prove the efficiency of the fabricated antenna for GPR applications, the operation of the antenna was experimentally tested in a sandy soil box. The obtained results show that the proposed antenna could be a good candidate for GPR applications.