bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
"Almost Russian at heart, but not by look": images of migrants in the heroes’ speech in modern prose
Authors: Кривенькая М.А.
Published: October 2021

статья представляет собой дискурсивный анализ реплик героев современной художественной прозы, семантически соотнесенных с образом мигрантов. Автор прослеживает, как исторически сложившиеся представления о совокупности качеств, присущих определенному лингвокультурному сообществу, преломляются в диалогах литературных героев XXI века. И, наоборот, как художественные образы, созданные авторами современной прозы, отражают позицию общества по отношению к миграционному процессу и его проявлениям.

the article presents a discursive analysis of the replicas of the modern fiction heroes, semantically correlated with the image of migrants. The author traces how the historically formed ideas about the qualities inherent in a certain linguistic and cultural community are refracted in the dialogues of literary heroes of the 21st century. And, conversely, how artistic images created by authors of modern literature reflect the position of society in relation to the migration process and its manifestations.
Pourvoyeuses de légitimité : Les femmes dans les groupes armés communautaires
Authors: Matfess Hilary
Published: October 2021

Analysant la relation que les femmes entretiennent avec ces groupes armés, ce rapport conclut qu’elles participent aux violences et opérations clandestines et apportent un soutien logistique aux GAC, dont elles légitiment les activités auprès de la population civile. Bien que nombre des récits sur le lien entre femmes et conflits soulignent le rôle de la conscription et de la coercition dans leur intégration aux groupes armés, elles apportent également un soutien aux GAC afin de promouvoir leurs propres intérêts économiques, sociaux ou privés.
Sanctions, cooperation, and innovation: Insights into Russian economy and implications for Russian firms
Authors: Panibratov Andrey
Published: October 2021

The aim of this paper is to reveal the effects of sanctions at the firm level, with the special attention to cooperation and innovation activity of sanctioned firms. Specifically, the differences between domestic and international companies in their ability to adapt to the sanctions in terms of their cooperation with partners and capability to innovate are discussed. The study argues that firms operating in international markets tend to prioritize product innovation and entering new markets to overcome negative consequences of sanctions. In addition, they are more likely to improve their products and to find new markets to compensate for losses and fill their unused capacities. An important finding having both managerial and political value is that operating in the international market may not necessarily provide an advantage in terms of new partners in the local market but rather facilitate the search for new foreign markets. Inviting the government to provide assistance for Russian domestic and international firms on an equal basis, we admit that with varying degrees of control and interest in national firms, the Russian government can help sanctioned companies in different ways, regardless the scale of their internationalization. The study contributes to the literature on the impact of economic sanctions at the firm-level and in the context of the domestic market of the sanctioned country.
Anger and Adolescence
Authors: AKBAŞ Ebru , YİĞİTOĞLU Gülay
Published: October 2021

Objective: The aim of this review is to discuss and evaluate the possible outcomes of methods and preventive interventions for adolescents to identify the feeling of anger and management.

Methods: Research papers from 2000-2020 were searched in national and international databases (Pubmed, EBSCOHost, Science Direct, Ulakbim Turkish Medical Index, Turkish Medline). Turkish and English keywords were used:“adolesan, öfke, öfke yönetimi”; “adolescence, anger, anger management”.

Results: Approximately 1.8 billions of individuals are in adolescence in the world and although the majority of these individuals are healthy; a significant percentage of them experience serious or mortal diseases and other issues. Major physical, psychological and social changes occur in adolescence. Individuals start seeking experiences and they encounter certain risks with these changes. Because of the emotional change adolescents go through, they have difficulties with effective communication and also managing anger. The individuals who are not capable of managing their anger often express their anger maladaptively and show violent behavior. The aggressive behavior arising from inability of managing anger present a great concern for parents, educators and mental health professionals, given its outcomes on mental health and well-being on adolescents.

Conclusion: Identifying risks and creating interventions for preventing psychopathology and morbidity in adolescence is important. Adolescents as a risk group should be trained by nurses, who have an important place in the provision of health services, on the cause, expression and control of anger, anger, problem solving, communication skills, coping skills, and the information sources they can reach should be taught to adolescents.
African Humanities and the Paradox of Western Education in Ghana
Authors: Okyere Philip Kwadwo
Published: October 2021

The pre-colonial era of Africa was characterized, among other things, by a traditional or informal system of education. Some of the emphases of traditional education were (and still are) Africans’ delight, expression and appropriation of their beliefs, values, precepts and ideals. Despite these laudable emphases, the traditional system of education is characterized by some scholars as lacking a formal or systemized structure of knowledge production. Moreover, the post-colonial debates on the influence of Western education in Africa in general and Ghana, in particular, are conspicuously silent on Western education’s role in gradually altering the economic ideology of Ghana from a mixed and socialist economy to a capitalist mode of production. Using secondary data sources, this paper argues that the traditional system of education was (and still is) somehow structured or systemized almost as the formal or Western education. It also contends that Western education is gradually spearheading a paradigmatic shift in Ghana’s economic system from mixed economy to capitalism. It further maintains that recourse to African humanities would mitigate the unbridled effects of capitalism in Ghana. Keywords: African humanities, Western education, traditional education, economic system.
Determination of biomass combustion rate in a domestic fixed bed boiler
Authors: da Silva Mariana Vale ,   INEGI—Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Porto, Portugal, Ferreira Victor , Pinho Carlos ,   CEFT—DEMEC—Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Published: October 2021

This manuscript presents an experimental study on the combustion rate of biomass briquettes or logs in a domestic boiler, by monitoring the time decay of its mass and the temperature of the flame inside the boiler. Assuming close to steady state conditions, two combustion models were studied: the constant particle density-burning model and the constant particle diameter-burning model. For each model, the evolution of the global combustion resistance with the decay of the particle diameter was analyzed, and it was possible to conclude that the burning occurred approximately with constant particle size and that the heterogeneous C to CO reaction takes place at the surface of the inner carbonaceous core. The high values obtained for the Sherwood number revealed that there were significant convective effects inside the furnace and compare well with a previously developed Sherwood number correlation for a packed bed of active particles.
Teachers’ Views on The Use of Chatbots to Support English Language Teaching in a Mobile Environment
Authors: Chuah Kee-Man , Kabilan Muhammad Kamarul
Published: October 2021

The development in machine learning has allowed chatbots to be widely applied into educational settings. However, limited study has investigated teacher’s views on its usage for teaching and learning. This paper reports an exploratory study on English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers’ views with regards to the use of chatbots for their teaching and learning delivery in a mobile environment. Using survey research design, views from 142 ESL teachers were gathered using questionnaires, which consist of Likert-scale items and open-ended questions. The teachers were sampled using purposive sampling method. The items and questions were developed based on the principles of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework, which focuses on social, cognitive and teaching presence. Data from the Likert-scaled items were analyzed using descriptive statistics while open-ended questions were coded thematically. The findings showed that teachers perceived the use of chatbots in giving feedback to their students as very helpful though some of them needed extra training on how to use them. They also thought chatbots can simulate an interaction cycle for students to practice the tar-get language. In addition, the teachers believed chatbots augmented a greater level of social presence, which eventually creates an environment for their students to be active. All in all, the findings provided valuable insights on the proper integration of chatbots in teaching and learning while gauging essential affordances and constraints of its use from ESL teachers’ perspective.
Android-Based Network Services Application Learning Media for Vocational High Schools
Authors: Novaliendry Dony , Huda Asrul , Sanita Debi , Putra Dino Adi , Feiyska Nasution Marsinah Dewi , Putra Rezi Septiardi , Hidayati Rizka Novri
Published: October 2021

Digital and communication technology has developed in combination with globalization to ensure quick connectivity and distribution of information. In particular, the quality of education is one of the education challenges that have become a target for urgent solutions.  From the various conditions and potentials that exist, efforts that can be made concerning quality improvement in schools are to develop a student-oriented learning system (children center) and facilitate student’s needs for learning needs that are challenging, active, creative, innovative, practical, and fun by developing and apply learning based on Information and Communication Technology. This research was generated using the media development method, which refers to Four-D development, which consists of four stages: Define, Design, Develop, and Disseminate, carried out in high school. Vocational class XI Computer and Network Engineering. In this study, the test subjects were students of class XI Computer and Network Engineering at SMK Negeri 8 Padang. The three validator’s assessment as a whole, the validator test assessment of Android-Based Learning Media is 94.28%. The validity level can be interpreted as being Very Valid to use. Overall, the practicality assessment of Android-Based Learning Media as a learning resource is 88.46%, so that the level of practicality can be interpreted as Very Practical to use. The evaluation of Android-Based Learning Media's effectiveness of 90.86%, so that the level of significance can be interpreted as Very Good for use.
Bioremediation and Biodegradation Technologies for Removal of Pollutants and Wastes from the Environment
Authors: Kumar Amit
Published: October 2021

Bioremediation is defined as the process whereby organic wastes are biologically degraded under controlled conditions to an innocuous state, or to levels below concentration limits established by regulatory authorities. For bioremediation to be effective, microorganisms must enzymatically attack the pollutants and convert them to harmless products. As bioremediation can be effective only where environmental conditions permit microbial growth and activity, its application often involves the manipulation of environmental parameters to allow microbial growth and degradation to proceed at a faster rate. Bioremediation techniques are typically more economic than traditional methods such as incineration, and some pollutants can be treated on site, thus reducing exposure risks for clean-up personnel, or potentially wider exposure as a result of transportation accidents. Bioremediation is based on natural attenuation. The public considers it more acceptable than other technologies.
Introduction to Environmental Nanotechnology
Authors: Nazir Rabia
Published: October 2021

With the advent of industrialization, there are new technological developments going on which have triggered the new researches and fields. Nanotechnology is one such field that is marked as twenty-first century industrial revolution and led to the development of various products that have impacted life in almost every field. Among these fields, nanotechnology has contributed significantly to the environment protection and its remediation by addressing issues that have been threatening the human for long. In this regard, several nanomaterials have been synthesized and many more are still in pipeline. No doubt the field has made great contributions and has bestowed human with various amenities by enhancing atom efficiency, use of fewer chemicals, less energy and other resource, reduction in waste, providing better materials, and technology for environmental applications promising environmental sustainability, however there are certain negative impacts that still need to be explored.
Synergism Between Microbes and Plants for Soil Contaminants Mitigation
Authors: Kumar Vivek
Published: October 2021

Soil mitigation is an approach to reduce the soil degradation occurring in all aspects. Soil contamination mainly happens due to release of varieties of inorganic and organic constituents into soil. Presence of highly poisonous contaminants into soil in high concentrations is enough to cause a threat to ecosystem and on human health. Sustainable approaches can be designed by the direct and indirect utilization of microbes and plants to reduce the soil pollution load. The utilization of microbes with plants in “synergy” is considered as one of the most fruitful approaches for the removal of soil pollutants. It is well known that plant host a variety of microbes in their roots, rizosphere, and shoot by giving them essential environment to flourish and colonize. Similarly, microbes benefit by making available certain soil nutrients to plants and also help in maintaining the overall health of soil. This chapter will emphasize the problems related to soil degradation by metals, pesticides, and hydrocarbons, and their remediation by the utilization of plant-microbial synergism system.
Application of Soil Washing Treatment Method for the Remediation of Petroleum Polluted Soil
Authors: Mohammed Abdullahi Evuti , Salam Kamoru Adio , Samuel Silas Shamaye
Published: October 2021

The increasing contamination of soil by petroleum products has been a great source of concern to our society because of its negative consequences on the environment. Thus, several remediation technologies and trials have been propounded for a crude oil-polluted environment. This chapter reviews the dynamics of pollutants in the soil and the various treatment technologies for petroleum-polluted soils viz physico-chemical, thermal, and biological treatment methods. Authors experimented on soil washing using detergent for the remediation of petroleum contaminated soils considering different concentrations. The percentage removal of aliphatic and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) was determined using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). The highest percentage removal efficiencies of 97.55% and 61.41% for aliphatic and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons were obtained at detergent concentration of 20w/v% respectively.
Special Economic Zones or Zones of Service Excellence?
Authors: Millett Timothy
Published: October 2021

This chapter explores the importance of creating a service culture within a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to provide an alternative to the reliance on pricing strategies to attract businesses and industries. While focusing on benefits such as tax benefits and incentives is one strategy for success, a pure pricing strategy should not be seen as the only option and in many cases does not ensure long term viability, particularly given the current economic climate and the growing number of SEZ's competing globally. In order to take a strategic approach to the establishment of a culture of excellence, the chapter will introduce the true function of business and provide insights into steps that can be taken to create an environment that is not only attractive through the delivery of value to foreign direct investment, but will be rewarding for all stakeholders through the creation of competitive advantage.
Designing Mixed Methods Studies to Contribute to Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
Authors: Mertens Donna
Published: October 2021

The severity of wicked problems, manifest in climate disasters, a global pandemic, and an increasing gap between rich and poor heightens awareness of the need for researchers to support an increase in social, economic, and environmental justice. Perhaps it is not immediately obvious how library and information scientists can play a role in addressing such problems. However, access to information, criteria to judge the quality of information, and inclusion of the voices of marginalized and vulnerable populations fall within the realm of responsibilities for these disciplines. Transformative mixed methods designs have the potential to support the identification of culturally responsive solutions. In this chapter, a transformative framework is presented that prioritizes addressing issues of justice and supporting transformative change. This framework is then illustrated by examples of mixed methods studies that could be designed to contribute to increased justice in these disciplines.
Exploring Determinants of Internet Service Provider Customer Switching Barriers Using an Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Research Design
Authors: Kandiero Agripah , Makuwatsine Cassandra
Published: October 2021

The chapter aims to give a practical illustration of the exploratory sequential mixed methods research to contribute to the literature in the proper application of this research design in addressing complex research phenomena. The research was motivated by the fact that, despite the growing body of literature on customer retention, “churn” or customer movement between competitors remains an ongoing problem for most service providers, including ZOL, the study case in this chapter. A pragmatic research philosophy was used in terms of methodology, and exploratory sequential mixed methods research was used. The research process started with a literature review to identify possible factors. The push-pull-mooring framework of migration was used as the research model to understand and determine the switching barriers variables affecting a customer's decision to remain with a service provider among ZOL internet subscribers in Zimbabwe.
Synthesis of Highly Stabilized AuNPs Using 3,5-Dinitrobenzoic Acid and Sodium Acetate as Capping Agents in an Aqueous Solution and their Bioactivity
Authors: Abdussalam-Mohammed Wanisa , Najem Mohamed Y. , Errayes Asma Omar , Shamsi Shamsi Saad , Darwish Moftah Omar , Mezoughi Aysha B.
Published: October 2021

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have received considerable attention recently because of their chemical properties and potential applications in the medical field.Monodispersed AuNPs in this paper are successfully synthesized by using some stabilized ligands including 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid (DNBA) and sodium acetate (SA) dispersible in aqueous media, where NaBH4 was used as a reducing agent to reduce KAuCl4 from Au (III) to Au (0).The synthesized AuNPs are characterized by using UV–Vis spectroscopy to evaluate their surface plasmon resonance (SPR) absorption in a wavelength range of 500–650 nm. The size and morphology of AuNPs were determined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS), where the results displayed that AuNPs with a strong SPR peak around 530 nm and 536 nm with an average size of 10 ± 1.2 nm and 14.0 ± 0.9 nm at the initial time for both DNBA-AuNP and SA-AuNP respectively. The synthesized AuNPs illustrate perfect chemical stability for more than 24 weeks in an aqueous solution. Therefore, the size of DNBA-AuNP was smaller and most stable than SA-AuNP, which may be due to 2 nitro groups that have resonance with the benzene ring leading to an increase in the stability of AuNPs.The stability of AuNPs in this work was monitored at a range of pH 2-12. Where high stability was showed at pH 6.6 ± 0.5, while the aggregation appears at more than pH 10 and less than pH.3.5.Herein, in this paper AuNPs have shown remarkable results against multi-drug resistance Pseudomonas aeruginosa. AuNP functionalized by SA ligand is shown to have a greater biological effect and be more effective than DNBA-AuNP. Due to the high stability of AuNP prepared in this work, it can be further tested to be an improved choice for more biomedical applications in the future.
Drug susceptibility profiling of pulmonary Mycobacterium kansasii and its correlation with treatment outcome
Authors: Rajendran Priya , Padmapriyadarsini Chandrasekaran , Vijayaraghavan Vaishnavee , Manoharan Tamizhselvan , Lokanathan Lakshana Malla , Kadhar Parveen Banu , Jayabal Lavanya , Sivaramakrishnan Gomathy
Published: October 2021

OBJECTIVES:

With the introduction of newer molecular diagnostic tools to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an increasing number of nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) is being identified. However, the drug resistance pattern of the NTM species identified is less explored. The objective of this study is to study the drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium kansasii species isolated in a tuberculosis-endemic setting at South India.

METHODS:

A wide profile of NTM species were reported earlier from a prospective cohort of adults during 2017–2020. Out of this profile, a total of 22 M. kansasii species were subjected to drug susceptibility testing by two different methods: proportion sensitivity testing method and Sensititre testing method.

RESULTS:

Out of the 18 strains of M. kansasii subjected to Sensititre method of testing, the resistance pattern was demonstrated to be high for doxycycline (13) followed by rifampicin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (7). Out of the 22 strains subjected to proportion sensitivity testing method, 20 and 10 were resistant to isoniazid and ethambutol, respectively.

CONCLUSION:

There was a poor correlation between the treatment outcome and the resistance pattern of the antibiotics tested. With increasing numbers of NTM being reported, early and correct identification of NTM species is essential for the prompt initiation of appropriate treatment to achieve better outcome.
SARS-CoV-2 infection after COVID-19 immunization in healthcare workers
Authors: Vaishya Raju , Sibal Anupam , Malani Arpita , Prasad K. Hari
Published: October 2021

Background & objectives:

COVID-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll on the health of the people across the globe, including India, and is still continuing with its rapidly evolving second wave. Although the COVID-19 vaccines effectively prevent infection, yet some cases of infections have been reported post-vaccination, raising concerns about their efficacy and safety. This study was aimed to investigate the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among the symptomatic-vaccinated healthcare workers (HCWs) and to analyze the severity of their disease.

Methods:

This retrospective study was done at a single multispecialty hospital, on the HCWs who have had COVID-19 vaccination, during the initial period of the vaccination drive (January 16 to April 24, 2021). The symptomatic post-vaccination infections in these HCWs were evaluated.

Results:

Eighty five of 3235 (2.63%) vaccinated HCWs acquired the SARS-CoV-2 infection after vaccination, during the study period. Of these, 65 (76.5%) were fully vaccinated (FV), and 20 (23.5%) were partially vaccinated (PV) and the protection rate of vaccination was 97.4 per cent [95 % confidence interval (CI)=96.8-97.9]. The odds ratio of acquiring infection among females was higher at 1.84 (95% CI=1.17-2.88; P=0.008) mainly because of their greater involvement in the patient care as nursing personnel. The chances of infections were the highest in the medical and nursing personnel, as compared to paramedical, administrative and supporting staff (P<0.001). Among the HCWs studied, only two required hospitalization (0.06%), none needed an intensive care unit (ICU) admission and there were no deaths.

Interpretation & conclusions:

The COVID-19 infection after vaccination occurred in a smaller subset (2.63%) of HCWs, in both PV and the FV groups. These infections were primarily minor and did not lead to severe disease. Overall, the vaccination with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (recombinant) prevented SARS-CoV-2 severe infection in the HCWs, leading to ICU admission and deaths.
Performance assessment of SARS-CoV-2 IgM & IgG ELISAs in comparison with plaque reduction neutralization test
Authors: Kulkarni Ruta , Shrivastava Shubham , Patil Harshad P. , Kore Pravin , Rane Prajakta , Palkar Sonali , Lalwani Sanjay , Mishra Akhilesh Chandra , Arankalle Vidya A.
Published: October 2021

Background & objectives:

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to be a devastating pandemic. This study was aimed at performance assessment of SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG ELISAs, and investigation of their utility for patient diagnosis and sero-epidemiologic investigations.

Methods:

Serum/plasma samples from COVID-19 patients or asymptomatic contacts (n=180) and healthy donors (n=90) were tested in parallel using two commercial IgM ELISAs (Erbalisa and Inbios), and four IgG ELISAs (Kavach, Euroimmun, Erbalisa and Inbios) along with an indigenous β-propiolactone inactivated virus-based ELISA (IRSHA-IgG-ELISA). Plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT) was used as reference test.

Results:

Among 180 COVID-19 patients, 125 tested positive by PRNT. Inbios-IgM-ELISA showed sensitivity (Se)/specificity (Sp)/positive predictive value (PPV)/negative predictive value (NPV) of 93.6/97.8/98.4/94.4 per cent in relation to PRNT, and performed better than Erbalisa-IgM-ELISA (Se: 48%, Sp: 95.6%, PPV: 95.2%, NPV: 65.2%). During the first week of disease, only 47.4 per cent of the COVID-19 patients tested IgM positive by Inbios-IgM-ELISA, detection improving at two weeks and beyond (~86-100%). Among IgG tests, Inbios-IgG-ELISA ranked first in terms of sensitivity (83.2%), followed by IRSHA (64.8%), Euroimmun (64%), Erbalisa (57.6%) and Kavach (56%) tests. For all IgG tests, sensitivity improved during the third (73.9-95.7%) and fourth week (100%) of illness. The specificity (96.7-100%) and PPV (96.2-100%) of all IgG tests were high; NPV ranged between 71.9 and 87.1 per cent with Inbios-IgG-ELISA scoring highest.

Interpretation & conclusions:

Our results show that IgM detection by the current, most sensitive ELISAs cannot replace molecular diagnosis, but may aid as a supplement test. The available IgG tests are suitable for serosurveys for the assessment of previous virus exposure.
Wild solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations whose singular sets in time have Hausdorff dimension strictly less than 1
Authors: Buckmaster Tristan , Colombo Maria , Vicol Vlad
Published: October 2021

We prove non-uniqueness for a class of weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations which have bounded kinetic energy, integrable vorticity, and are smooth outside a fractal set of singular times with Hausdorff dimension strictly less than 1.
Новые компоненты пространства модулей расслоений ранга 2 на проективном пространстве
Authors: Almeida Charles , Jardim Marcos , Tikhomirov Alexander Sergeevich , Tikhomirov Sergey Aleksandrovich
Published: October 2021

Представлены новые семейства монад, когомологиями которых являются
стабильные векторные расслоения ранга 2 на $\mathbb{P}^3$. Изучаются
вопросы неприводимости и гладкости некоторых из этих семейств и дано
их геометрическое описание. Эти факты используются для построения
новой бесконечной серии рациональных компонент пространств модулей
стабильных векторных расслоений с тривиальным детерминантом и растущим
вторым классом Черна. Доказано, что пространство модулей
стабильных векторных расслоений ранга 2 с тривиальным детерминантом и
вторым классом Черна, равным 5, имеет в точности три неприводимые
рациональные компоненты.
Библиография: 40 названий.
Вероятностная оценка для отклонений сеток Коробова
Authors: Illarionov Andrei Anatol'evich
Published: October 2021

В. А. Быковский (2002) получил наилучшую на сегодняшний момент верхнюю оценку для наименьшего отклонения сеток Коробова от равномерного распределения. Из результатов настоящей работы вытекает, что эта оценка выполняется почти для всех $s$-мерных сеток Коробова, состоящих из $N$ узлов, где $s\geqslant 3$, а $N$ простое.
Библиография: 14 названий.
Synthesis, structural characterization and nematicidal studies of some new N2O2 Schiff base metal complexes
Authors: M. Abd El-Hamid S. , A. Sadeek S. , F. El-Farargy A. , S. Abd El-Lattif N.
Published: October 2021

ABSTRACT. Cobalt(II), copper(II), yttrium(III), zirconium(IV), lanthanum(III) and uranium(VI) complexes of 1,4-di(2-hydroxybenzylidene)thiosemicarbazide (H2L) were prepared and characterized. The proposed structures were determined from their elemental analyses, molar conductivities, magnetic moment, IR, Proton NMR, UV-Vis., mass spectra, X-ray diffraction and thermal analyses measurements. The high conductance data supply evidence for the electrolytic nature of the complexes. The changes in the selected bands in IR of Schiff base ligand upon coordination showed that Schiff base exhibits as a neutral tetradentate manner with oxygen and nitrogen donor sites. The complexes are thermally steady at room temperature and break up to two or three steps. The kinetic and thermodynamic parameters of complexes have been determined by using Coats-Redfern and Horowitz-Metzeger methods at n=1 and n≠1 and values suggest more ordered activated complex formation. The calculated bond length and force constant, F(U=O), in the uranyl complex are 1.744 Å and 664.886 Nm-1. The nematicidal activity of free Schiff base and all complexes were investigated and showed a low inhibition percentage (%I) of complexes compared with H2L.

                   

KEY WORDS: Schiff base, IR, Thermal, XRD, Nematicidal activity

 

Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2021, 35(2), 315-335.

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v35i2.8
„Są psi, jest gospodarstwo – około tego się też krzątać”. Staropolskie poglądy na zachowanie dobrego zdrowia
Authors: Węglorz Jakub
Published: October 2021

“Thar be hounds, thar be homestead. These should be the focus of one’s labour”: Old Polish views on maintaining good health

Early modern medicine was based on the assumptions of humoral pathology that had its roots back in the ancient era. According to this view, maintaining good health was determined by keeping a balance between humors, which were the constituent elements of the body. The methods of treatment and prevention promoted by official medicine had a dominant influence on the perception of health by the intellectual and economic elites of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, but to some extent they also shaped the behavior of other social groups (even peasants). The article is devoted to the analysis of propagated health behaviors as it compares them with the descriptions that are to be found in egodocuments from the era.
„Galicja na zawsze pozostanie Galicją”. Kraj koronny na kresach imperium na łamach „Vaterländische Blätter für den österreichischen Kaiserstaat”
Authors: Ruszała Kamil
Published: October 2021

“Galicia will forever remain Galicia”: The Crown Land on the Outskirts of the Empire in Reflection of Journal “Vaterländische Blätter für den österreichischen Kaiserstaat” The main aim of this article is to describe Galicia as it was reflected in Austrian journalism from the first decades of the 19th century. For this purpose, a journal entitled “Vaterländische Blätter für den österreichischen Kaiserstaat” was analyzed. This periodical was published in Vienna between 1808–1820 (since 1815 under the modified title: “Erneuerte vaterländische Blätter…”). This was a crucial period in the history of the Habsburg Empire (because of the Napoleonic Wars, in which Austria was engaged directly, the territorial changes, the decimation of the power previously held by the monarchy in the international politics), during which Galicia had only recently become an integral part of the monarchy. Through an examination of selected feuilletons, which referred to Galicia as a new province of the empire in such an unstable period, the author will investigate how Galicia was described by publicists and travellers in the press and what kind of depictions of this province were delivered for German-speaking public opinion.
Theft and robbery in the sentences of Moldavia’s Criminal Department (1799–1804)
Authors: Chelcu Cătălina , Văcaru Silviu
Published: October 2021

Sources on crimes and their punishment do not really offer much support in the reconstruction of criminal realities in the medieval and pre-modern Moldova, as their frequency until the second half of the 18th century is quite low. However, due to the fact that the writing of procedural elements of the criminal investigation and the application of the sentence as well as the preservation of these records in archives were mandatory, even if on a limited scale, this reality becomes palpable for the historian. Apart from this type of sources, anaforale can also be distinguished. These judicial sources are reports issued by members of the Moldovan criminal court, which had operated under the name of the Criminal Department since the late 18th century and in the first three decades of the 19th century. In our study, the documents we are interested in, the reports called anaforale (judicial sources), illustrate significant progress in the judicial practice in Moldavia at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, as far as both the changing of the death penalty to other punishments, and the trial procedures were concerned. In the following article, we are focusing on the punishment of the acts of theft and robbery – in the case of theft, it being accompanied by the violence against victims, as it is provided in the anaforale issued by the Criminal Divan of Iasi between 1799 and 1804. The actors of the criminal investigation (the prosecution agents, the perpetrators, the witnesses), the judicial norms and the practices in cases of theft and robbery, represent an area of interest for our research in regards to the aforementioned period of time. We use these criminal historical sources as a documentation basis for an investigation into the legal system, the criminal organization and its operation in last decades of the Old Regime in Moldova as part of Eastern and Central Europe.
Uchodźcy polityczni z Italii w okresie pierwszej wojny domowej i dyktatury L. Korneliusza Sulli (88–79 przed Chr.)
Authors: Ładoń Tomasz
Published: October 2021

Political refugees from Italy during the First Civil War and the dictatorship of L. Cornelius Sulla (88–79 BC)
During the First Civil War, political emigration occurred in Rome. The author of the paper distin­guishes three stages of this emigration. The first concerns the period immediately after the outbreak of the First Civil War in 88 BC. At that time, a small group of refugees escaping Sullan repression reached Spain and Africa. The second stage involved the persecution that broke out in Rome after the victory of Cinna and Marius. In this case, emigration concerned a much wider population. First, refugees fled to the East to join Sulla, but they also sought out asylum in other parts of the Republic, for example in Spain or Africa. The third stage of emigration followed the victory of L. Cornelius Sulla in the First Civil War in Italy and the introduction of proscription (82 BC). Spain became the main destination for refugees, and their number was so great that they established their own center of power, organized armed forces, and resisted Sullan troops for several years.
Z nadzieją na powrót – perspektywa badań nad uchodźcami ze Skandynawii w Rzeczpospolitej Obojga Narodów za panowania Zygmunta III
Authors: Krawczuk Wojciech
Published: October 2021

Hoping for a return: The perspectives in research on refugees from Scandinavia in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the reign of Sigismund III
After the Swedish Civil War of 1598 hundreds of exiles left their home country and fled to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, hoping for the protection of king Sigismund. Composition of this group and ways the refugees were helped are known thanks to the conducted research. The king could not support exiles too openly because of the gentry’s reluctance to strangers, but they received general salary and small privileges. However, many actions of this group are still unexplored. One can especially mention their participation in the construction of the Royal Fleet, activity of this group in Gdańsk (Danzig), and other actions carried out by the exiles in support of the Polish branch of House of Vasa.
Plus sombre la nuit, plus claire la journée: « la beauté des nuits du monde » de Marguerite Duras
Authors: Lusuriello Sabrina
Published: October 2021

The darker the night, the brighter the day: “the beauty of the world’s nights” by Marguerite Duras Night-time, the favorite time of awakening for Marguerite Duras, has an ambivalent status. In a colorful game, the sleepless night changes from white to black, from bright to dark. Rather than a standstill or loss of time, the night without sleep offers a spectacular acceleration and intensification. Since the night acts as a catalyst, insomnia confronts the characters to their inescapable fate. Staying awake becomes an act of resistance, for both, characters and author. Therefore, insomnia emphasizes emptiness and inaction, and transforms loss into creation and fulfillment. Which means that insomnia is more than a physical phenomenon: it acquires a metaphysical dimension in Marguerite Duras’s work.
Интонационный принцип русской пунктуации и его применение в формулировках правил
Authors: Дымарский Михаил Яковлевич
Published: October 2021

The article briefly reviews the history of the intonation principle in Russian punctuation. It is shown that, despite its spontaneous partial consideration in the early period of the formation of Russian punctuation, its theoretical justification and inclusion in the list of punctuation principles occurred only in the 20th century. The actual status of this principle in the current punctuation rules is characterized as paradoxical, since the declaration of reliance on the intonation principle is not supported by its real consideration in the wording of the rules. Using an example of a group of rules governing the setting of the m-dash in a binominative sentence, it is shown that relying on the intonational marking of communicative components in a sentence can considerably simplify and reduce the formulation of rules.
Запятая в системе qwerty/йцукен-письма
Authors: Киров Евгений Флорентович
Published: October 2021

In the typing system on the computer one can use a dot instead of a comma inside a sentence. It is argued that such a dot followed by a small letter to the right will operate as a comma. This system of computer writing appears to be the most ergonomic.
Пунктуация: деловая и… цифровая: о знаках препинания в современной бизнес-коммуникации
Authors: Северская Ольга Игоревна , Селезнева Лариса Васильевна
Published: October 2021

The article deals with punctuation in modern business communication. The authors compare the traditional setting of punctuation marks with the one used in chats, social networks, e-mails, etc. With the transition of business correspondence to chats and messengers, punctuation ceases to obey the general language norm, and develops according to the laws of the Internet: traditional punctuation is replaced by emoticons or rethought emotionally. The authors analyze in detail the functions of the exclamation mark, which serves to distinguish sentences and to express a subjective attitude. Considering the use of the exclamation mark in correspondence, the authors note its frequency in online texts. The exclamation makes the statement relevant to the recipient, and the exclamation mark becomes a conative (addressed to the recipient) component of business communication. Particular attention is paid to another conative sign, the ellipsis as omission/suspension points. The use of punctuation marks today depends on the transition of traditionally verbal forms of communication to writing, on following in business communication not a language norm, but a corporate substandard, on digital writing technology and the actions of the writer.
Глагольная синонимия в тексте: пунктуация, синтаксис, орфография
Authors: Horiguchi Daiki
Published: October 2021

This article attempts to examine the repetition of verbal synonyms in written texts at the interface of punctuation, syntax, and orthography in Russian. Synonymous verbs in this article are understood extensively, with reference being made to contextually synonymous verbs as well. All the examined examples represent repetitions of synonymous verbs, which are used as homogeneous parts of the sentence and mediated by punctuational (commas and parentheses), syntactic (conjunctions i ‘and’ and ili ‘or’), and orthographic (slash and hyphen) means. The syntactic property of repetition causes mutual replaceability of those components and synonymise verbs whose semantics may differ by their strict lexical definitions. While the most common means to connect synonymous verbs is a comma, conjunctions seem to structure repetition in the best manner. Orthographic means, especially a hyphen, show their functional extension in relation to synonymous verbs, which have not been canonical in Russian orthography and punctuation guidebooks. Repetition of synonyms is one of the characteristics of spoken language. However, it can also be widely observed in written texts. Although repetition of synonyms may not be a desirable phenomenon owing to its semantic redundancy, it helps the speaker/writer to modify, gradate, and formulate his/her utterances. While it is a communicative strategy for the speaker/writer, it may represent a communicative challenge to the listener/reader, who is expected to grasp the meaning of the repeated synonyms.
ADLİ PSİKİYATRİK ALANDA SOSYAL HİZMET UZMANLARININ ROL VE İŞLEVLERİ
Authors: KARAAĞAÇ Hakan , ÇALIK VAR Esra
Published: October 2021

Günümüzde, birçok ülkede, ağır ruhsal bozukluğa sahip bireyler cezalandırılmamakta ve bu bireylere mahkeme kararlarıyla zorunlu psikiyatrik tedavi verilmektedir. Bu hizmetler güvenlik seviyesi artırılmış yüksek güvenlikli hastanelerde sunulmaktadır. Ülkemizde, şehir hastanelerinin kurulmasıyla birlikte uzun yıllardır eksikliği görülen Yüksek Güvenlikli Adli Psikiyatri Hastaneleri 2018 yılı itibariyle açılmaya başlamış ve adli psikiyatri yatak sayıları artırılmıştır. Dünya’da adli psikiyatri hizmetlerinin sunumuna ve geliştirilmesine ilişkin tecrübe sahibi ülkeler vardır. Özellikle İngiltere ve ABD’de düşük, orta ve yüksek güvenlikli adli hastanelerle birlikte, toplum temelli bakım ve taburculuk sonrası takip sistemleri oldukça gelişmiştir. Sosyal hizmet uzmanları adli psikiyatrik tedavi ekibinin üyesi olarak hemen hemen tüm süreçte görev almakta ve mesleğin doğasına özgü işlev ve rollerini yerine getirmektedir. Bu çalışmada, Dünyada ve Türkiye’de adli psikiyatri hizmetlerinin gelişimine, sosyal hizmet mesleği açısından önemine ve adli psikiyatrik sosyal hizmet uzmanının işlev ve rolleri çeşitli yönleriyle ele alınmaktadır.
Análise de tempos produtivos e improdutivos em uma obra horizontal por meio de simulação computacional
Authors: Yamamoto Lucio Schiavon , Vivan André , Serra Sheyla Mara Baptista
Published: October 2021

ne of the causes of waste in construction may be the failure to plan production processes in which activities that represent physical flows are not normally considered. Nevertheless, these are fundamental activities for the production process development and may represent the waiting of service, the displacement of workers and the materials transportation. According to the lean mindset, flow activities do not add value to the work product and should be optimized to reduce waste. Thus, by considering the principles of pull construction, the conversion activities for both services were studied and simulated: structural masonry and on-site slab using ProModel® software. The real data of a project were obtained, and the computer simulation was performed for two planning scenarios. It was concluded that the methods related to pulled construction actually added efficiency and speed to the work, reducing delays and service inventories, since it was verified a reduction of 24,13% in the delivery of the activities when it was simulated without optimizations and 54,55% in the delivery time of the work with the optimizations proposed by the software.
Avaliação da produção científica referente à incorporação de resíduos na construção (2009-2018)
Authors: Menezes Maria Francielle Santos , Sena Priscila Lopes dos Santos de , Santos Débora de Gois
Published: October 2021

The civil construction industry is among the most degrading to the environment. With an increase in the environmental awareness in society, many alternatives were proposed in order to reduce this degradation. One of the solutions consists of the use of waste in the sector. This work aimed to perform a bibliometric analysis of the scientific production related to the use of organic and inorganic waste in the civil construction industry in the last decade. A total of 1299 papers coming from two databases were analyzed. Were also verified the main publication sources, the authors with the highest number of publications, the main collaborating institutions, the geographic distribution of the institutions that have published in the timeframe considered, the most cited sources, the most cited authors and coauthors, the most cited papers, and the total number of citations of the papers in their year of publication. This study was meant to assist future research by exposing the main work regarding this theme.
Ontology and interoperability in construction planning automation with 4D BIM
Authors: Corrêa Leonardo de Aguiar , Jehel Pierre , Marchiori Fernanda Fernandes , Silva Rafael Fernandes Teixeira da
Published: October 2021

Interoperability has been a basic requirement for modern information systems, which in the construction industry is especially difficult because information between projects is not yet fully standardized and digitalized. With BIM introduction, much progress has been made in this regard, however, there is still no consolidated common basis for the exchange of information on construction elements among the different stakeholders that develop and operate the construction model. In order to review existing literature on the subject of ontologies produced for BIM and its interoperability with the automation and simulation of construction planning (4D BIM), this article is proposed. To this end, 27 articles were selected to understand the focus used in the adoption of ontologies during the development of BIM models for the construction industry, strategies to achieve greater interoperability between BIM and planning, types of semantics adopted, possible categories, and schemes applied. The main contribution of this research is the analysis and exposure of ontologies in BIM development for the construction industry. Likewise, in what way research on this subject is advancing were pointed out and was verified a lack of methodology to guide the application in this industry.