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Ethanol test to evaluate the physiological quality of forest seeds
Authors: Ornellas Fábio Luiz Santos , Sousa Aurizangela Oliveira de , Araújo Marcelo do Nascimento , Barbosa Rafael Marani , Dantas Bárbara França
Published: November 2022

Abstract: Rapid tests that allow the assessment of physiological potential are essential parameters for quality seed and seedling production programs. The aim of this work was to establish parameters of a method for evaluating the vigor of seeds of native species through the analysis of ethanol production, measured with a modified alcohol meter. Six lots of Myracrodruon urundeuva were tested, and for each lot 1.0 g and 2.0 g of seeds were soaked for two, four, six, eight and 24 hours. Seven lots of Cenostigma pyramidale and five lots of Amburana cearensis were tested, where 20 seeds were soaked for two, four, six, eight and 24 h. The physiological quality of the seeds was also evaluated by germination and electrical conductivity tests. The use of 1.0 g of seeds soaked in 0.5 mL of water and evaluation of ethanol at six hours distinguished lots of M. urundeuva in terms of vigor. For C. pyramidale and A. cearensis, 20 seeds soaked in 1.0 mL of water and ethanol evaluation at six hours proved to be more efficient. The ethanol test proved to be fast and accurate, allowing differentiation of lots, as well as germination and electrical conductivity tests.
Divulgación de información responsable en el deporte a través de las páginas web
Authors: PACHE-DURÁN María , CAGICA-CARVALHO Luisa , NEVADO-GIL María Teresa , SOUSA-PAIVA Inna
Published: November 2022

Resumen En los últimos años, está siendo consensuada cada vez más la importancia en lo que respecta a la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa para las organizaciones con el objetivo de alcanzar un desarrollo sostenible. El presente estudio tiene como objetivo analizar la divulgación de información sobre Responsabilidad Social Corporativa a través de las páginas web de los clubes portugueses de la Liga NOS en la temporada deportiva 2017/2018. El estudio es de carácter descriptivo y se basa en una metodología de tipo cualitativo utilizando la técnica de análisis de contenido. Los resultados muestran que el grado de información divulgado es bajo, como lo revela el índice de divulgación total (26,63%), y que la información más divulgada es la social, seguida de la información económica. Sin embargo, la información propagada sobre la contratación de los colaboradores y la medioambiental es muy escasa.
OUTCOME OF PER ORAL ENDOSCOPIC MYOTOMY (POEM) IN SIGMOID ACHALASIA AT A MEDIAN FOLLOW UP OF 17 MONTHS
Authors: MANDAVDHARE Harshal S , SAMANTA Jayanta , JAFRA Anudeep , SINGH Harjeet , GUPTA Pankaj , DUTTA Usha
Published: November 2022

ABSTRACT Background: Advanced achalasia cardia (AC) represents the end stage in the natural history of AC. Role of per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in this technically difficult subset is emerging. Methods: Retrospective review of the patients who had undergone POEM for advanced AC with sigmoid esophagus. We assessed the technical success, clinical success and adverse event rate. Pre and post POEM Eckardt score (ES), integrated relaxation pressure-4sec (IRP-4), lower oesophageal sphincter pressure (LESP) and height and width of barium column at 5 minutes were noted. Results: Of the 85 patients who underwent POEM for AC, 10 patients had advanced AC with sigmoid esophagus of which eight were sigmoid and two were advanced sigmoid. The clinical and technical success was 100% with significant reduction of ES, IRP-4, LESP and height and width of barium column at 5 minutes. One patient had a minor adverse event in the form of mucosal injury that was closed with hemoclips. At a median follow up of 17 months there was no recurrence. Conclusion: Our study demonstrates POEM to be a safe and effective modality of treatment in this technically difficult subset of AC with sigmoid morphology.
USTEKINUMAB IN CROHN’S DISEASE MANAGEMENT: A BRAZILIAN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Authors: CASTRO Paula Cenira Senger de , MAGRO Daniéla Oliveira , NONES Rodrigo Bremer , FURLAN Thaisa Kowalski , MIRANDA Eron Fábio , KOTZE Paulo Gustavo
Published: November 2022

ABSTRACT Background: Real-world data on the use of Ustekinumab (UST) in Brazilian and Latin American patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) are scarce. Objective: The primary endpoint was assessment of clinical remission at weeks 8 and 52, and secondary endpoints were: assessment of clinical response at weeks 8 and 52, endoscopic remission, adverse events, and rates of CD-related abdominal surgery during follow-up. Methods: observational and retrospective study, including patients with CD treated at two centers, who received UST at any time during their treatment. Remission and clinical response were defined as a Harvey-Bradshaw index ≤4 and ≥3 points reduction, respectively. Results: Seventy-four patients were included, 85.1% previously exposed to anti-TNFs. Clinical remission was observed in 45.8% and 59.4% of patients at weeks 8 and 52, respectively. The clinical response rates were 54.2% and 67.6% at weeks 8 and 52. Endoscopic remission was observed in 21.8% of patients. Seventeen patients had adverse events, mostly mild infections, with 22.9% of patients undergoing abdominal surgery (ileocolectomy being the most common procedure). Conclusion UST therapy resulted in significant rates of remission and clinical response, as described in other real-world studies. Few patients had adverse events during treatment, showing its adequate safety profile.
The wrong(‘s) place: discrimination against lesbians, gays, and bisexual women in medical education
Authors: Moretti-Pires Rodrigo Otávio , Grisotti Marcia
Published: November 2022

Abstract This article aims to analyze the experience of medical students who identify themselves as lesbians, gays, and bisexuals inside the professional health corporation of highest social prestige in contemporary Brazilian society, the Medicine. The categories found show that the undergraduate course has a hidden curriculum that operates in the logic of excesses, with a conservative, masculinist, and heteronormative medical model. People of the LGBTI+ community are made invisible, both in terms of curriculum and in social relations, in a process of excessive and constant surveillance of students to adapt to a model that privileges heterosexual men, whereas the rest are considered abject.
O lugar (do) errado: discriminações contra lésbicas, gays e mulheres bissexuais no ensino médico
Authors: Moretti-Pires Rodrigo Otávio , Grisotti Marcia
Published: November 2022

Resumo Este artigo objetiva analisar a experiência de estudantes de Medicina que se identificam como lésbicas, gays e bissexuais dentro da corporação profissional da saúde de maior prestígio social na sociedade brasileira contemporânea, a Medicina. As categorias encontradas apontam que o curso de graduação apresenta um currículo oculto que opera na lógica dos excessos, com um ideário médico conservador, masculinista e heteronormativo. Pessoas da comunidade LGBTI+ são invisibilizadas, tanto em termos curriculares como nas relações sociais, em um processo de vigilância excessiva e constante dos estudantes para a adequação a um modelo que privilegia o homem heterossexual, enquanto os demais são considerados abjetos.
Analysis of the formulation process of the Mais Médicos Program
Authors: Pinto Heider , Côrtes Soraya Vargas
Published: November 2022

Abstract This study analyzes the formulation process of the More Doctors Program (Programa Mais Médicos - PMM), to answer the following questions: (1) Why was the PMM formulated with its specific format and (2) which actors, ideas, and institutions influenced its formulation process. To do so, we examine the solutions the public debate proposed to the medical supply and training insufficiencies from the 1960s until the creatin of the PMM. Based on process tracing, this study analyzed bibliographic, documentary, and interview data. Studies on political process and the theory of gradual institutional change formed its theoretical background. Results showed that the government significantly modified the program design from its proposal until its approval. The favorable scenario, characterized by the popular and political approval of the Program, together with its formulators’ strategic actions, enabled the expansion of its scope, approaching the principles which the health movement policy community defended. Finally, previously implemented policies and its main formulators’ ideas influenced its format.
Avaliação de estratégias de ventilação natural para salas de aula em clima subtropical úmido
Authors: Scherer Paula , Grigoletti Giane de Campos
Published: November 2022

Resumo Salas de aula são ambientes de longa permanência, nas quais o conforto térmico é fundamental para o processo de ensino e aprendizagem. No contexto imposto pela Covid-19, são exigidas maiores taxas de ventilação natural, o que pode afetar o conforto térmico. Esta pesquisa objetivou investigar 16 estratégias de ventilação natural em salas de aula do ensino fundamental quanto à eficiência energética, ao conforto térmico e à qualidade de ventilação natural, para clima subtropical úmido, representado pela cidade de Santa Maria, RS, considerando recomendações do Governo Federal e simulações computacionais com o Ansys CFX e o EnergyPlus. Foram analisadas: horas ocupadas em conforto térmico, graus-hora de desconforto, velocidade do ar interno, taxas de renovação do ar e umidade do ar. Estratégias com ventilação cruzada e chaminé-solar ou unilateral norte-sul conectada à circulação aberta atingiram os critérios para renovação do ar, porém com percentagem de horas de desconforto por frio acima de 20%. Observa-se que a suficiência da ventilação natural provoca desconforto por frio excessivo. Este trabalho contribuiu para apontar estratégias de ventilação natural mais adequadas para salas de aula situadas em clima subtropical úmido, demonstrando que estas podem contribuir para a melhoria da qualidade da ventilação natural frente a soluções convencionais.
Análise comparativa numérica da transferência de calor em prismas de alvenaria em situação de incêndio
Authors: Quispe Alana Paula da Costa , Rodríguez Rene Quispe , Lübeck André , Lima Rogério Cattelan Antocheves de
Published: November 2022

Resumo Opresente trabalho busca analisar numericamente a transferência de calor em prismas de alvenaria com blocos cerâmicos em situação de incêndio. Três tipos de abordagens foram consideradas: modelo homogeneizado com base na NBR 15220-2:2022, modelo detalhado com propriedades termofísicas constantes e modelo detalhado com propriedades térmicas variando em função da temperatura. Para o processo da homogeneização é proposto um programa denominado “THC NBR15220-2”. Esse programa foi desenvolvido em Matlab e calcula a homogeneização das propriedades segundo a NBR 15220-2:2022. Os modelos numéricos foram realizados utilizando o método dos elementos finitos (MEF) no software Abaqus. O incêndio foi simulado utilizando a curva padronizada ISO 834:1999. Foram coletadas as temperaturas na face não exposta ao fogo no tempo final de exposição de 4 horas. Os resultados mostraram que o prisma com maior número de vazios e menor relação área líquida e área bruta apresentou melhor desempenho térmico em situação de incêndio. O modelo detalhado com propriedades térmicas variando com a temperatura, como sugerido por normas internacionais.
Incorporação de PRFV em pavimentos intertravados: uma solução ecológica para resíduos industriais
Authors: Colling Arthur Henrique Knorst , Korf Eduardo Pavan , Vanzetto Suelen Cristina , Tochetto Gabriel André
Published: November 2022

Resumo O uso de polímeros na indústria está em expansão, principalmente o de polímeros reforçados com fibra de vidro (PRFV). Na produção de peças com PRFV, inevitavelmente, são geradas quantidades significativas de resíduos, que carecem de destino em aterros industriais, o que representa um custo para o setor industrial e um problema ambiental. A busca por soluções que possam incorporar esses resíduos no processo ou como substituinte de matérias-primas é um dos focos atuais de pesquisas na área de materiais. Assim, este estudo avaliou a aplicação do resíduo de PRFV em misturas de concreto para a produção de peças para pavimento intertravado. O resíduo apresentou granulometria de agregado miúdo, com módulo de finura de 1,71. A morfologia revelou haver uma superfície heterogênea, com grânulos de diferentes tamanhos e bastonetes alongados lisos. A substituição parcial da areia pelo resíduo de PRFV (5%, 10% e 15%) resultou em peças com menor resistência à compressão (< 31 MPa) quando comparadas ao controle, sem PRFV. Entretanto, os resultados de resistência permitem a aplicação dos pavers em lugares com tráfego leve ou mesmo em calçadas, com a vantagem de a peça ser mais leve.
Feasibility analysis for implementing CO2 curing in a concrete block industry in the São Paulo Region
Authors: Fortunato Lívia Regueira , Parsekian Guilherme Aris , Neves Junior Alex
Published: November 2022

abstract: The project feasibility analysis determines whether the project should be carried out from different spheres: strategic, technical, operational, legal, economic-financial, environmental, marketing, political, fiscal, location, among others. These are not excluding analyzes, all aspects must be assessed before implementing a new project or new process. This work will focus on the analysis of the technical feasibility of the innovative project to implement carbonation curing in a concrete block factory in the region of São Paulo. An overview of the CO2 curing process and changing needs is presented, including identifying local CO2 sources and delivering cost, gas consumption for chamber saturation, estimation of CO2 uptake by masonry units during curing, estimation of consumption and monthly cost of CO2, curing chamber changes needs, new equipment acquisition, estimation of cost for retrofit and new installations, potential best definitions on optimal temperature, humidity, and CO2 concentration. International succeeded cases are presented. The study concludes that the technology can be easily implemented in the region, with few changes on a plant production process and on the curing chamber. There would be an increase of 4% to 14% on the block cost depending on the distance to the CO2 supplier. Considering the Brazilian production of concrete blocks, up to 168,780 tons of CO2 per year can be sequestered, this value is equivalent to the CO2 sequestered by 21,100 trees.
Transitioning Foster Youth to Less Restrictive Settings: Perspectives of Treatment Foster Parents
Authors: Castellanos-Brown Karen , Lee Bethany
Published: November 2022

Despite the interest in stepping youth down from more expensive and restrictive placements, there is a paucity of research on transitioning youth from group settings to family settings such as treatment foster care. In this qualitative study, the authors conducted unstructured, individual interviews with treatment foster care parents about the transition process youth experience when moving from group care to treatment foster care. Thematic analysis uncovered a 3-phase transition process: getting acquainted, getting settled, and getting adjusted. Resulting themes provide best practice implications for treatment foster care agency administrators, social workers, and group care staff interested in preparing youth and their caregivers for a smooth transition to family settings.
Impact of Direct Plasma Jet and Indirect Plasma Activated Mist on Surface Properties of Different Material Samples during Bacterial Inactivation
Authors: El Shaer Mohamed , Fayed Hossam , El-Hady Hanaa I. Abd , El Sebaei Ashraf , Mobasher Mona
Published: November 2022

During plasma surface decontamination of hospitals' accommodations and medical instruments, one should expect some changes to occur on the surfaces of different materials exposed to plasma. In this study we have investigated effects of cold atmospheric plasma on four common materials likely to be found in medical facilities, namely medical polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, stainless steel, and borosilicate glass. Two plasma configurations are used, one directly using an atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) and the other indirectly using plasma activated mist through a gliding arc discharge producing plasma activated mist. After plasma treatment, surface properties of the considered materials are investigated using water drop analysis, attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy. Plasma is found to reduce bacterial contamination and on the same time alters, in different proportions, surface materials' properties such as wettability, surface energy, and roughness, of the treated samples. We have found that although direct plasma using APPJ can act more rapidly than indirect plasma concerning bacterial elimination from different materials' surfaces, indirect application through plasma activated mist is able to achieve the same bacterial death rate on longer time periods. This can be advantageous due to mild and best penetrating behavior of plasma activated mist on sensitive medical installations.
Experimental and numerical analysis of RC beams strengthened with ECC and stainless steel strips
Authors: Hamoda Ahmed , Emara Mohamed , Abdelazeem Fathi , Ahmed Mizan
Published: November 2022

Strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) structures may be required for several reasons and flexural strengthening of normal concrete (NC) beams is widely carried out using laminated fibres. However, the incompatibility of the concrete cover can lead to fibre debonding or concrete cover dislocation. These are some of the critical setbacks in common practice and the cost of fibre can be high. A novel flexural strengthening technique for NC beams is thus proposed: durable strips of stainless steel plate (SSP) bonded over a engineered cementitious composite (ECC), which is in complete contact with the flexural reinforcement of a slave beam through shear connectors. The flexural behaviour of NC beams strengthened with ECC and SSP strips was investigated experimentally and numerically. Three variables were investigated: the thickness of the SSP, the ECC layer with or without deformed steel bars and three different strengthening techniques. The experimental results showed that hybrid ECC–SSP strengthening improved the ultimate capacity of the NC beams by as much as 156%. A three-dimensional finite-element model (FEM) was developed and validated using the experimental results. The FEM accurately predicted the experimentally observed flexural behaviour of the NC beams with hybrid ECC–SSP strengthening. An analytical model to predict the ultimate load of NC beams with hybrid ECC–SSP strengthening was also developed.
Special Issue: Intersections and Transformations in Medical Humanities: Defining and Conceptualising New Paths
Authors: Hansson Kristofer , Irwin Rachel
Published: November 2022

This special issue of Ethnologia Europaea explores new paths for our scientific disciplines within the expanding field of medical humanities. Medical humanities have seen a significant expansion in recent years, creating new research foci and leading to collaborations both within and outside of the humanities. As it is a growing academic field, we argue that it is necessary to be part of the medical humanities in defining and conceptualising new paths. The contributions to this special issue demonstrate the ways in which disciplines like European ethnology, folklore studies, social and cultural anthropology can contribute to the expansion, drawing upon ethnographic fieldwork from Croatia, Estonia, Slovenia and Sweden. This special issue opens a space for more collaboration within our fields, as well as with medicine. 
„Human Rights With Chinese Characteristics“ – Ein Beitrag Chinas zur Weiterentwicklung internationaler Menschenrechte?
Authors: Magnus Charlotte
Published: November 2022

“Human Rights With Chinese Characteristics” – China’s Contribution to the Development of International Human Rights This paper analyses China’s voting behaviour, draft resolutions, and statements regarding human rights issues at the United Nations. First, the paper focuses on China’s position on respect for state sovereignty in human rights issues. Whereas Chinese criticism of “external interference” through country- specific resolutions of the Human Rights Council is well known, this paper adds to the scholarly discourse by evaluating China’s underlying rationale. In doing so, the paper identifies where Chinese behaviour is contradictory and explains China’s strategy of “mutually beneficial cooperation”. The second part of the paper is devoted to China’s insistence on substantiating the duties of the individual under international law. The EU fears that rights of the individual will be made dependent on the fulfilment of duties. The paper examines this accusation regarding its argumentative persuasiveness. The final section analyses Chinese drafted resolutions on the right to development. China’s prioritisation of economic development over political rights proves to be problematic. This article finds that political rights, such as freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, must be guaranteed regardless of a state’s economic development.
Ein ständiger Sitz der Europäischen Union im UN-Sicherheitsrat
Authors: Magaard Christian
Published: November 2022

A Permanent Seat for the European Union in the UN Security Council The article develops constructive standards to implement a permanent seat for the European Union in the UN Security Council in contrast to regular rejections in legal scholarship. The author argues that a complementary UN membership should be established, which would suit the basic structure of the Security Council and the General Assembly. European Union law provides suitable instruments for the effective exercise of the permanent seat. Based on the example of German constitutional law, the state analogue appearance of the European Union would have to ensure that its Member States maintain their own capacity to act in the United Nations to an impactful degree both in the process of disintegration and in a state of reduced membership rights.
Antioxidant rescue of C. elegans behaviour on KeioE. colimutants (6-well plates) v1
Authors: Moore Saul
Published: November 2022

Protocol for screening candidate behaviour-modifying E. coli BW25113 single-gene deletion mutants from the 'Keio Collection', to investigate their effects on Caenorhabditis elegans behaviour in the presence of antioxidants.
Extraction, Identification and Quantification of Bioactive Compounds from Globe Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus)
Authors: El-Hadidy Gamal S. , Elmeshad Walaa , Abdelgaleel Mohammed , Ali Mostafa
Published: November 2022

This study looked at the best conditions for extracting bioactive compounds from globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus), such as total phenolics, flavonoids, ascorbic acid, and inulin. The obtained results showed that the optimum conditions for extraction of total phenolics and flavonoids from receptacle and bracts of artichoke, when applying maceration at room temperature, with 70% methanol for 4 h. Genstin was the major phenolic compound (57.86 and 25.6 mg/100 g DM) in artichoke receptacle and bracts, respectively. The highest content of ascorbic acid extracted from artichoke parts was obtained using 1% citric acid solution at 25 °C. In addition, the optimum conditions for extraction of inulin were autoclave at 120 °C for 15 min. The most abundant essential amino acids were aromatic amino acids (phenylalanine and tyrosine), followed by valine, lysine, and leucine but sulfur amino acids were the limited amino acids found in the artichoke parts. Our results also suggested that bioactive compounds from artichoke extracts might have a promising future in the management of oxidative stress on the gastrointestinal tract and recommended as an attractive ingredient for developing functional food.
Zirconium(IV)-BTC-Based MOF Modified with Nickel as a Catalyst for Hydrogenation of Citronellal
Authors: Witri Wahyu Lestari Witri Wahyu Lestari , Arifti Nur Laily Aqna Arifti Nur Laily Aqna , Fauzan Ibnu Prihadiyono Fauzan Ibnu Prihadiyono , Riandy Putra Riandy Putra , Maulidan Firdaus Maulidan Firdaus , Venansia Avelia Rosari Venansia Avelia Rosari , Ubed Sonai Fahrudin Arrozi Ubed Sonai Fahrudin Arrozi , Grandprix T.M. Kadja Grandprix T.M. Kadja
Published: November 2022

This study is designed to determine the effect of nickel (Ni) metal bearing on zirconium(IV) benzene 1,3,5-tricarboxylate based MOF, [Zr6O4(OH)4(O2C2H3)6(BTC)2] (Zr-BTC) and its application as a catalyst in the citronellal hydrogenation. The synthesis of Zr-BTC was carried out under solvothermal condition, while the wet impregnation method was used to synthesize 2.5 wt.% Ni/Zr-BTC. The catalytic test of citronellal hydrogenation was performed in a batch reactor at 80 °C for 6 h with various hydrogen pressures. XRD characterization showed the suitability of the prominent peaks of Zr-BTC to the standard pattern, while Ni metal could not be detected clearly but was confirmed by EDX analysis. FTIR analysis showed a significant shift in the wavenumber from 1722 cm-1 to 1567 cm-1 indicating coordination of deprotonated ligands to the Zr4+ metal ions. Nickel loading reduced the surface area of Zr-BTC to 523 m2/g and the pore volume to 0.11 cc/g according to the nitrogen sorption isotherm. The catalytic tests showed that 30% Ni loading enhanced the activity and selectivity of Zr-BTC in citronellal hydrogenation, resulting in 62.1% yield of isopulegol (for batch reactor) and 14.1% yield of citronellol (for hydrogen balloon).
ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE BANKING SYSTEM OF UKRAINE BASED ON THE USE OF COMPLEX AND TAXONOMIC INDICATORS WITH FSI TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Prykaziuk N. , Pohybil A. ,   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv
Published: November 2022

The article suggests methodological approaches to assessing financial stability of the banking system of Ukraine based on the use of comprehensive and taxonomic indicators with FSI taken into consideration. The paper outlined comparative methodology allowed to test the procedure of assessing financial stability to compare the practical effectiveness of the two methods. The proposed valuation methods, owing to their clarity, data availability and, ease of implementation, were convenient and could be used by regulators, individual banks, and consumers of banking services. It was emphasized that the issue of assessing the financial stability of the banking system was especially relevant in the context of new realities that constantly pose new challenges. Additionally, it was noted that the specific banking system has been particularly vulnerable to external factors, the influence and force of which it cannot control. As a result, the importance of the timely selection of an appropriate method for assessing the financial stability of the banking system makes it possible to identify weaknesses and trends in its dynamics to maximize the smoothing of the above factors. According to the comparative study was concluded that the taxonomic indicator method was more practical than the complex index, as it eliminated the risk of subjective contribution in the methodology of index development at the stage of providing weights for indicators. Also, the outlined method is authorized to apply the forecast component in the analysis and predict which direction financial stability will develop. The conducted research allowed to identify trends in the development of financial stability of the banking system of Ukraine. The development of rapid practical methods for assessing financial stability of the banking system was shown to be promising in highlighting main trends in the dynamics of its state to quickly respond to the challenges of new realities.
MARKETING STRATEGY OPTIMIZATION IN FMCG MARKET
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Fareniuk Y.
Published: November 2022

The article contains the results of applying marketing mix modeling based on Data Science technologies for FMCG companies. The market share in packages (sales level) was modeled using regression analysis depending on the key elements of the marketing complex (price, place, promotion), seasonality and media activity of the competitors in all communication channels. Econometric modeling helps to assess the return of media investment by calculating the level of sales generated by media activity in each communication channel and comparing it with the level of media investment, respectively. The influence of distribution on the company’s position in the market and media efficiency has been studied in detail. There is a connection between distribution and media response: less distribution affects the decline in media performance, and vice versa. In conditions of low distribution, it is important to increase the presence in regional communication channels through media pressure in critical sales regions for FMCG brands and try to increase distribution levels nationally. The article contains an assessment of price sensitivity (elasticity) and recommendations for optimizing pricing policy to increase market share by volume or by value depending on the company’s goals. The price elasticity curve was determined by estimating the impact of the price index on the level of sales in packages and deals in money using econometric modeling and simulations of sales levels depending on different options of the price index vs competitors. Based on the research, recommendations for optimization of the marketing and media strategies to maximize sales of FMCG companies are formed. Marketing mix modeling and Data Science provide the most efficient ways to achieve business KPIs.
Spaces of Empathy: Visual Strategies in Photojournalistic Imagery of Migration
Authors: Nilsson Maria
Published: November 2022

This essay explores visual representations of migration by drawing on a Swedish case to reflect on broader questions regarding the position of the witness, including the photographer and the distant spectator, and on how photographs may contribute to an understanding of the experience of forced migration. Through an interpretative analysis of imagery recognized by the Swedish Picture of the Year contest, I identified mostly empathetic visualizations, according to the five positions of visibility suggested by Chouliaraki and Stolic. Engaging a different set of imagery, I delved into an extended exploration of one family over a span of four years as a narrative of lived experiences of forced migration. Methodologically, this essay begins within the area of photojournalism, but suggests the inclusion of varied visual forms and genres in the empirical materials.
Guided Into a World Unknown: Reflections on the Making of a Visual Essay With Refugees
Authors: Van der Maarel Shirley
Published: November 2022

The constant presence of refugees in the media has constructed its own reality, at the expense of lived reality. Any work concerned with refugees’ lived experience will need to find ways to encourage people to see beyond this discourse. Based on research with refugees placed in depopulating villages in Italy, this article follows the process of collaboratively creating a visual essay that reflects the lived reality of refugee participants. The essay’s aim is to let readers share in an experience, rather than merely documenting that of others. This article reflects on efforts to achieve this through experimenting with the essay’s form, poetics and aesthetics. In doing so, the article discusses an alternative way of communicating research and presenting a visual essay.
Cyber Physical System Based Smart Healthcare System with Federated Deep Learning Architectures with Data Analytics
Authors: Hermawan Dadang , Dewi Kansa Putri Ni Made , Kartanto Lucky
Published: November 2022

Data shared between hospitals and patients using mobile and wearable Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices raises privacy concerns due to the methods used in training. the development of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and related technologies and the most current advances in these areas The Internet of Medical Things and other recent technological advancements have transformed the traditional healthcare system into a smart one. improvement in computing power and the spread of information have transformed the healthcare system into a high-tech, data-driven operation. On the other hand, mobile and wearable IoMT devices present privacy concerns regarding the data transmitted between hospitals and end users because of the way in which artificial intelligence is trained (AI-centralized). In terms of machine learning (AI-centralized). Devices connected to the IoMT network transmit highly confidential information that could be intercepted by adversaries. Due to the portability of electronic health record data for clinical research made possible by medical cyber-physical systems, the rate at which new scientific discoveries can be made has increased. While AI helps improve medical informatics, the current methods of centralised data training and insecure data storage management risk exposing private medical information to unapproved foreign organisations. New avenues for protecting users' privacy in IoMT without requiring access to their data have been opened by the federated learning (FL) distributive AI paradigm. FL safeguards user privacy by concealing all but gradients during training. DeepFed is a novel Federated Deep Learning approach presented in this research for the purpose of detecting cyber threats to intelligent healthcare CPSs.
Difficulties of diagnostics of parothoid adenoma in the background of combined treatment of advanced thyroid cancer
Authors: Gavrilyuk Dmitry V. , Zukov Ruslan A.
Published: November 2022

In clinical practice, the most common sporadic variant of solitary parathyroid adenoma. Atypical adenomas of the parathyroid glands are a rare form and present the greatest difficulty in determining the potential for malignancy, the extent of surgical treatment, and the patients dynamic follow-up regimen. They are not characterized by the classic signs of malignant growth invasion beyond the formation capsule or the presence of metastases. Specific clinical and prognostic phenotypes of parathyroid adenomas are highly individual.
No more than 3% of parathyroid adenomas are associated with papillary thyroid cancer. Awareness of such a combination of pathology allows us to assess possible risks and determine the scope of surgical intervention as the only method of radical treatment of pathologically altered parathyroid tissue. With early detection of recurrence of thyroid cancer, it is necessary to conduct additional monitoring of hormonal activity and radiation diagnosis of tumor pathology of the parathyroid glands.
The presented clinical case showed that the cytological and histological diagnosis of parathyroid adenoma against the background of recurrence of advanced thyroid cancer can fundamentally differ at different stages of the morphological study. With parathyroid adenoma in the preoperative period, there may be a discrepancy between these methods of radiation and intraoperative diagnostics and the results of an urgent and planned histological examination. The uncharacteristic course of solitary parathyroid adenoma after thyroidectomy in combination with false positive results due to ultrasound location of thyroid nodules (residual tumors and cancer recurrences, as well as paratracheal metastases) and nervous tissue (paraganglioma) contributes to incorrect preoperative diagnosis of thyroid bed tumors. At the preoperative stage of diagnosing tumor pathology of the parathyroid glands, it is advisable to perform scintigraphy of the parathyroid glands with a simultaneous combination of ultrasound, which will increase the sensitivity of the diagnosis.
After surgical treatment of tumor pathology of the parathyroid tissue, in some cases, the result of differential diagnosis is an immunohistochemical study to form a final diagnosis and determine further patient management tactics.
From Homo Habllis to Homo Sapiens and Back
Authors: Крюковский А.С. , Палкин Е.А.
Published: November 2022

Рассматривается вопрос о принципиальных различиях в организации образовательного процесса в высшем учебном заведении на базе компетентностного подхода и на основе структурирования дидактики высшего образования. На основе федерального образовательного стандарта бакалавриата по направлению подготовки 09.03.01 «Информатика и вычислительная техника» демонстрируется несостоятельность реализации целевых установок по приобретению обучающимися профессиональных компетенций программиста. В рамках концепции приоритета знаний предлагается решать вопрос о формах и сроках освоения программ на основе необходимых объемов дидактического материала, подлежащего усвоению в процессе обучения.

The problem of fundamental diff erences in the educational process organization in a higher educational institution on the basis of a competence-based approach and on the basis of structuring the didactics of higher education is considered. On the basis of the Federal State Educational Standard for bachelor’s degree in the fi eld of training 09.03.01 «Computer Science and Computer Engineering», the inconsistency of the implementation of targets for the acquisition of professional programmer competencies by students is demonstrated. Within the framework of the of the knowledges priority concept, it is proposed to solve the question of the forms and timing of the educational programs development on the basis of the necessary volumes of didactic material to be mastered in the learning process.
Historical and Pedagogical Analysis of the Formation of Pedago­gical ldeas about the Development of Physical Culture and Sports
Authors: Смирнов В.В.
Published: November 2022

Рассмотрены педагогические идеи о развитии физической культуры и спорта, представленные в трудах политических и общественных деятелей, педагогов. Охарактеризована степень изученности данной проблемы, обоснован научный интерес к ней педагогического сообщества. Выделены этапы развития физической культуры и спорта в истории нашей страны, их основные характеристики, эволюция идей о роли и значении физической культуры, направленности физического воспитания подрастающих поколений.

Pedagogical ideas about the development of physical culture and sports presented in the works of political and public fi gures, teachers are considered. The degree of study of this problem is characterized, the scientifi c interest of the pedagogical community in it is justifi ed. The stages of the development of physical culture and sports in the history of our country, their main characteristics, the evolution of ideas about the role and importance of physical culture, the orientation of physical education of younger generations are highlighted.
A method of constructing a structurally redundant information and telecommunication network that implements the triad principle of its construction
Authors: Лукин К.И. , Сагдеев А.К. , Стахеев И.Г. , Титова О.В.
Published: November 2022

Информационно-телекоммуникационная сеть относится к классу больших систем, которые не могут быть созданы за короткое время и предполагают фрагментарное развитие. По этой причине методология должна включать не только методы синтеза, алгоритмической и параметрической оптимизации, но и методы инженерного проектирования. С этой целью в статье рассматривается методика реализации структурно-топологических принципов обеспечения устойчивости при построении сети, реализующая триадный принцип ее построения.

The information and telecommunication network belongs to the class of large systems that cannot be created in a short time and assume fragmentary development. For this reason, the methodology should include not only synthesis methods, algorithmic and parametric optimization methods, but also engineering design methods. To this end, the article discusses a methodology for implementing structural and topological principles of ensuring stability in the construction of a network, implementing the triad principle of its construction.
On the reduction of accepted alternatives in the management decision-making process
Authors: Клименко И.С. , Палкин Е.А.
Published: November 2022

На базе принципа дополнительности Бора рассмотрена аналогия между коллапсом волновой функции квантовой системы и редукцией альтернатив в момент выбора управленческого решения. Обсуждены особенности использования взаимно дополнительных понятий при выборе решений, связанные с наличием у лица, принимающего решение, цели управления. Обращено внимание на тот факт, что к моменту перехода от размышлений к волевому акту управляющего воздействия ситуация принятия решения может быть формально представлена в виде суперпозиции альтернатив, а в качестве «измеряемой» выступает единственная выбранная альтернатива. В рамках принципа дополнительности сформулировано положение, согласно которому нахождение предпочтительной альтернативы и ее реализация посредством соответствующего управляющего воздействия аналогично действию измерения на квантовый объект.

On the basis of Bohr’s complementarity principle, the analogy between the collapse of the wave function of the quantum system and the reduction of alternatives at the moment of choosing a managerial solution has been considered. The features of the use of mutually additional concepts in the choice of decisions, connected with the presence of the decision-maker goal of management, were discussed. Attention is drawn to the fact that at the moment of transition from thinking to volitional act of controlling influence the state of decision-making situation can be formally presented in the form of a superposition of alternatives, and as «measured» is the only chosen alternative. Within the framework of the complementarity principle, it is stated that the finding of the preferred alternative and its realization through appropriate control action is similar to the action of the measurement on the quantum object.
Algorithmic and software support of the subsystem for automated evaluation of the effectiveness of training on the simulator complex
Authors: Полевщиков И.С. , Таланов А.А.
Published: November 2022

Представлены результаты развития исследований в области разработки математического и программного обеспечения компьютерных тренажерных комплексов для автоматизированной оценки эффективности обучения операторов. Разработана усовершенствованная методика для оценки эффективности различных подходов и технологий обучения на компьютерных тренажерных комплексах с применением методов математической статистики. Методика учитывает комплексное оценивание результатов обучения и более проста в практическом использовании. Применение методики позволит повысить точность и снизить трудоемкость процесса оценки эффективности. Реализован прототип подсистемы компьютерных тренажерных комплексов для оценки эффективности в форме веб-приложения, применение которого позволяет осуществлять гибкую настройку необходимых исходных данных для оценивания, автоматически вычислять требуемые параметры на основе этих данных, структурированно хранить и представлять результаты оценивания для дальнейшего принятия решений специалистом.

The results of the development of research in the field of development of mathematical and software for computer training systems for automated evaluation of the effectiveness of operator training are presented. An improved methodology has been developed for evaluating the effectiveness of various approaches and technologies of teaching at computer training systems using the methods of mathematical statistics. The methodology takes into account the comprehensive assessment of learning outcomes and is easier to use in practice. The application of the methodology will improve the accuracy and reduce the complexity of the efficiency assessment process. A prototype of the computer training systems subsystem for performance evaluation has been implemented in the form of a web application, the use of which allows flexible configuration of the necessary initial data for evaluation, automatic calculation of the required parameters based on these data, structured storage and presentation of evaluation results for further decision-making by a specialist.
Investigation of Synthesis and Deposition Methods for Cesium-Based Perovskite Quantum Dots for Solar Cell Applications
Authors: Davletiyarov B. , Akmurzina K. , Seralin A. , Bizhanova G. , Baptayev B. , Balanay M. , Ng A.
Published: November 2022

The CsPbI2Br perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) have great potential in photovoltaic applications due to their phase stability and optoelectronic properties. In this work, the synthesis technique of CsPbI2Br PQDs with the investigation of their properties and applications are identified. The critical issues and precautions for preparing PQDs are also discussed. It is also interesting to find that the collected supernatant solutions during the purification of PQDs can be recycled for preparing other types of PQDs. Meanwhile, this work demonstrates different approaches (i) thermal annealing, usage of (ii) methyl acetate and (iii) ethyl acetate as anti-solvents for preparing CsPbI2Br PQDs in the form of thin films on glass substrates. The obtained samples are characterized in terms of morphology, structural and optical properties. The results of this work can provide useful information for researchers, particularly for those who are starting to synthesize PQDs for fabrications of solid-state devices.
Probable reference evapotranspiration for Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Authors: Back Álvaro José
Published: November 2022

Evapotranspiration data are important for water resources management and irrigation design and management. The present work aimed to determine the probable reference evapotranspiration for Chapecó, Santa Catarina. Daily data from 07/01/1973 to 11/30/2016 from the Chapecó meteorological station were used. Daily evapotranspiration was calculated using the Penman-Monteith method and grouped into pentads. The average, maximum and minimum values per pentad as well as average values for dry and rainy days were determined. The Beta probability distribution was adjusted for each pentad and the goodness of fit was evaluated with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and determination of the maximum error, mean error, and standard error of the estimate. Probable ETo values were determined for 50, 75, 80, 90, and 95% probability. The average monthly values obtained were 18 to 80% higher than those normally used in the region, with the greatest differences occurring in the winter months. It is observed that the mean values of ETo per pentad vary from 1.60 mm day-1 to 4.84 mm day-1. The ETo values of dry days are on average 38% higher than those of rainy days. The ETo with 75% of probability presents values of 10 to 32% superior to the values of ETo with 50% of probability, being the differences bigger in the winter months. For the design of irrigation projects in the Chapecó region, it is recommended to use ETo values with 75% probability.