bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A review of current progress in triple-negative breast cancer therapy
Authors: Shen Meiying , Pan Huawen , Chen Yuxia , Xu Yu Hang , Yang Weixiong , Wu Zhaojun
Published: November 2020

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a particularly aggressive subtype known for its extremely high drug resistance, progression, poor prognosis, and lack of clear therapeutic targets. Researchers are aiming to advance TNBC treatment worldwide. In the past 2–3 years, more positive results have emerged in the clinical research on TNBC treatment. Based on the results, several impressive drugs have been approved to benefit patients with TNBC, including the PARP inhibitors olaparib and talazoparib for germline BRCA mutation-associated breast cancer (gBRCAm-BC) and immunotherapy using the checkpoint inhibitor atezolizumab in combination with nab-paclitaxel for programmed cell death-ligand 1-positive (PD-L1+) advanced TNBC. Although neoadjuvant therapy has focused on combinations of systemic agents to optimize pathologically complete response, metastatic TNBC still has a poor prognosis. Innovative multidrug combination systemic therapies based on neoadjuvants and adjuvants have led to significant improvements in outcomes, particularly over the past decade.
Trim24 prompts tumor progression via inducing EMT in renal cell carcinoma
Authors: Jiang Tao , Mao Houping , Chen Qin , Cao Linsheng , He Yanfeng , Gao Xingjian , Chen Wenwei , Zhang Hua
Published: November 2020

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a malignant tumor originating from renal tubular epithelial cells with poor prognosis and high metastatic rate. Tripartite motif-containing 24 (Trim24) is a member of the tripartite motif (Trim) family and also a valuable oncogene, but its role in RCC remains unclear. We constructed the overexpression and knockdown of Trim24 cell lines to investigate its roles in RCC progression. CCK8, wound healing, and transwell assay were performed to determine the proliferation, migration, and invasion of RCC cell lines, respectively. Moreover, the expression of Trim24 and its clinicopathological significance were evaluated in a human RCC tissue microarray. From our results, Trim24 promoted the proliferation, migration, and invasion of RCC cells in vitro. Importantly, overexpression of Trim24 led to a significant increase in the expression levels of MMP-2, MMP-9, fibronectin, snail, vimentin, N-cadherin, and β-catenin, inducing the EMT process in turn, while the expression of these proteins was significantly downregulated when Trim24 was knocked down in ACHN cells. In addition, Trim24 was significantly upregulated in RCC, and its high expression was negatively associated with the tumor size. Trim24 might operate as an oncogene in RCC progression by inducing the EMT process, suggesting that Trim24 was a potential target for human RCC.
Peritoneal-cutaneous fistula successfully treated at home: A case report and literature review
Authors: Kiedrowski Mirosław , Mokrosz Eliza
Published: November 2020

We present the first case of peritoneal-cutaneous fistula (PCF) within ovarian carcinoma neoplastic infiltrates located inside a large abdominal hernia in a home hospice patient with massive ascites. It is an instructive case featuring a rapid diagnosis and efficient treatment of the PCF at home. As the patient refused hospitalization, she had successful paracentesis performed at home. Subsequent hydrocolloid dressing application, diuretics, and oral protein supplementation were recommended. Our intervention led to PCF closure, improved quality of life, and deepened the trust between the patient and the home hospice team. Our case demonstrates that in some instances, PCF may be efficiently treated at home, which may require paracentesis, appropriate dressings, and identification of all factors affecting healing. It also provides further support for the safety of paracentesis in home settings.
The crystal structure of 2-(chloromethyl)pyridine, C6H6ClN
Authors: Hosten Eric C. , Betz Richard
Published: November 2020

C6H6ClN, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 6.5211(2) Å, b = 10.2467(3) Å, c = 9.1436(3) Å, β = 94.1771(11)°, V = 609.35(3) Å3, Z = 4, R

gt
(F) = 0.0260, wR

ref
(F
2) = 0.0680, T = 200 K.
Chance, causality and necessity in social sciences methodology. An open research between thesmos and nomos
Authors: Boiago Luna , Quaratino Giovanni Raimondo , Carli Luiss Guido
Published: November 2020

The main purpose of this paper is to identify lawlike regularities inside social sciences. This purpose rises from our will to contribute to the debate about the scientificity of such topics. After providing an overview of the most authoritative scholars who have broached the issue, an attempt will be made to propose an alternative answer through scientific computational research, that is neural networks.
The policy process model and the systems model in monarchy: The case of the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia
Authors: Yu Andrew
Published: November 2020

By taking two monarchy countries as examples, this paper discusses the differences and similarities of the policy process model and the systems model. The difference has first been discussed. Policies in the United Kingdom can be applied to the policy process model, due to the fact that step-by-step policymaking procedures can be observed during the policymaking process in the United Kingdom. The case shows that policies made by countries with democracy can also be analyzed by using the policy process model. On the contrary, policies in Saudi Arabia can be studied by using the systems model, due to the fact that unclear policymaking procedures can be witnessed in Saudi Arabia. This paper also discusses two similarities between the two models. They both emphasize on “policy cycle”, as well as influenced by different kinds of environment. While social policy is always influenced by political ideology and system, and can be studied by different models, this paper concludes that the policymaking process is, all in all, a cycle and can be influenced by different environmental factors, no matter what political system a country has.
Influence of interfacial electrokinetic on MHD radiative nanofluid flow in a permeable microchannel with Brownian motion and thermophoresis effects
Authors: Khan Abdul Samad , Nie Yufeng , Shah Zahir , Khan Ilyas , Baleanu Dumitru , Nisar Kottakkaran Sooppy , Khan Raees
Published: November 2020

In this study, the behavior of a microchannel flow is examined. The fluid is considered to be a nanofluid, which moves between two parallel flat plates in the presence of an electrical double layer. The Buongiorno nanofluid is considered with body force. In this study, the unphysical supposition presented in the preceding work to the discontinuity of the flow fled where the electrostatic potential in the central of the canal must be equal to zero is removed. The incorrect supposition that the pressure constant is preserved, which is considered a known form, is corrected. The current fresh model equation is modified by using dimensionless parameters to convert partial differential equations into ordinary differential equations. The transformed nonlinear equations are solved by the homotopy analysis method. The physical parameters, magnetic parameters, Eckert number, Lewis number, Brownian motion parameters, thermophoresis parameters, and Prandtl number are analyzed. The influence of both the viscous and Joule dissipation in the presence of magnetohydrodynamic effect is examined.
Effect of blending procedures and reactive compatibilizers on the properties of biodegradable poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate)/poly(lactic acid) blends
Authors: Wu Dandan , Huang Anping , Fan Jie , Xu Renwei , Liu Peng , Li Guangquan , Yang Shiyuan
Published: November 2020

The effect of Joncryl ADR®-4368 (abbreviated ADR) and dicumyl peroxide (DCP) on poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT)/poly(lactic acid) (PLA) blend was investigated. Two different blending procedures were adopted: (1) one-step blending of all components for 8 min; (2) premixing of PBAT and ADR (or DCP) for 4 min followed by addition of PLA blending for 4 min. ADR and DCP were effective compatibilizers for the PBAT/PLA blend by one-step blending which were confirmed by improving the phase interface between PBAT and PLA, decreasing the dispersed phase size, increasing the elasticity, viscosity and tensile strength. Moreover, the addition of ADR into PBAT/PLA blend by two-step blending was more efficient than the one-step blending based on refined morphology and further increased tensile properties. The two-step blending was beneficial to produce a larger amount of PBAT-graft-PLA (PBAT-g-PLA) copolymers at the phase interface. However, DCP was added to the PBAT/PLA blend by the two-step blending which showed lower properties than one-step blending. DCP triggered free branching reactions in a fast way. Based on the character of compatibilizers, choosing properly blending procedures can enlarge the tensile properties. These results would be interesting for industrial polymer materials, and may be importance to the wider practical application of PBAT/PLA blends.
Dosimetry and methodology of gamma irradiation for degradation studies on solvent extraction systems
Authors: Verlinden Bart , Zsabka Peter , Van Hecke Karen , Verguts Ken , Mihailescu Liviu-Cristian , Modolo Giuseppe , Verwerft Marc , Binnemans Koen , Cardinaels Thomas
Published: November 2020

The recycling of minor actinides from dissolved nuclear fuels by hydrometallurgical separation is one challenging strategy for the management of spent fuel. These future separation processes will likely be based on solvent extraction processes in which an organic solvent system (extractant and diluent) will be contacted with highly radioactive aqueous solutions. To establish a separation between different elements in spent nuclear fuel, many extractants have been studied in the past. A particular example is N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA), which co-extracts lanthanides and actinides from nitric acid solutions into an organic phase (e.g. TODGA in n-dodecane). The radiolytic stability of these extractants is crucial, since they will absorb high doses of ionizing radiation during their usage. Worldwide, different gamma irradiation facilities are employed to expose extractants to ionizing radiation and gain insight in their radiation stability. The facilities differ in many ways, such as their environment (pool-type or dry), configuration and gamma sources (often 60Co or spent nuclear fuel). In this paper, a dosimetric assessment is made using different dosimeter systems in a pool-type irradiation facility, which has the advantage to be flexible in its arrangement of 60Co sources. It is shown that Red Perspex dosimeters can be used to accurately characterize this high dose rate gamma irradiation field (approx. 13.6 kGy h−1), after comparison with alanine, Fricke and ceric-cerous dosimetry in a lower dose rate gamma irradiation field (approx. 0.5 kGy h−1). A final validation of the whole chain of techniques is obtained by reproduction of the dose constants for TODGA in n-dodecane.
Aristotle’s

Politics I and the Method of the

Analytics
Authors: Berrón Manuel
Published: November 2020

I intend to show that Aristotle follows some of the main guidelines of the Analytics in his investigation about the nature of the city in Politics I. I assume that Pol. I sets out the causes of the city and that the book responds to the four questions presented in APo. II.1. I demonstrate that Aristotle’s methodology follows a φυσικῶς standard. In addition, I assume that dialectic plays a secondary – refutative – role, as opposed to the opinion of Owen (1961) and Barnes (1980) that dialectic was the main methodology applied in practical philosophy.
“English is the best way to communicate” - South African Indian students’ blind spot towards the relevance of Zulu
Authors: Jeewa Sana , Rudwick Stephanie
Published: November 2020

The South African University of KwaZulu-Natal has developed an ambitious language policy aiming “to achieve for isiZulu the institutional and academic status of English” (UKZN LP 2006/2014). Part of this ambition is a mandatory Zulu language module that all undergraduate students have to pass if they cannot prove knowledge of the language. In this article, we examine attitudes of South African Indian students towards this compulsory module against the strained history and relationship between Zulu and Indian people in the province. Situated within the approach of Language Management Theory (LMT), our focus is on students as micro level actors who are affected by a macro level policy decision. Methodologically combining quantitative and qualitative tools, we attempt to find answers to the following broad question: What attitudes do South African Indian students have towards Zulu more generally and the UKZN module more specifically? The empirical findings show that students’ motivations to learn Zulu are more instrumental than integrative as the primary goal is to ‘pass’ the module. South African Indian students have developed a blind spot for the prevalence and significance of Zulu in the country which impacts negatively on the general attitudes towards the language more general and the module more specifically. Language ideologies that elevate the status of English in the country further hamper the success of Zulu language learning.
Development of contrastive-partitive in colloquial Persian
Authors: Etebari Zahra , Alizadeh Ali , Naghzguy-Kohan Mehrdad , Tamm Maria Koptjevskaja
Published: November 2020

This article discusses the development of the contrastive-partitive function of the possessive =ešin colloquial Persian. Examples of colloquial Persian show that the third person singular clitic pronoun =ešin some adnominal possessive constructions does not refer to any obvious referent present either in the syntactic structure (co-text) or in the situational context. Instead, the function of =eš, namely contrastive-partitive, is to mark the host as a part and contrast it with other parts of the similar set. The same function is attested in a few languages of Uralic and Turkic group. We believe that the same development has been occurred in possessive =ešin Persian. To describe the process of the development of the contrastive-partitive function, authentic colloquial examples from Internet blogs and formal examples from a historical corpus of New Persian are investigated. It is argued that this non-possessive function of =ešhas originated from the whole-part relation in cross-referencing possessives, where both the lexical and clitical possessor =ešare present. The presence of the lexical possessor facilitates the loss of referentiality in =ešand it is developed to denote partitivity. Furthermore, the pragmatic motivation of communicating contrast makes =ešto be further grammaticalized into denoting contrastive-partitive function.
Konfligierende Krisendeutungen und Krisennarrative: Deutungsmachtsensible Impulse religiöser Bildung in der Covid-19-Pandemie
Authors: Kumlehn Martina
Published: November 2020

Der Beitrag entfaltet vor dem Hintergrund des modernen Krisenbewusstseins die Wahrnehmung der außerordentlichen Krise der Corona-Pandemie und ihre Herausforderungen für religiöse Bildung. Er zeigt, wie Deutungen der Krise gewagt werden müssen und welche Rolle religiöse Deutungen dabei spielen. Deutungsmachtkonflikte zwischen Akteuren, Institutionen und Krisennarrativen werden in ihrem bildungsbezogenen Potential aufgenommen.
Bildung als Krise
Authors: Koerrenz Ralf
Published: November 2020

Der Artikel entfaltet die These, dass „Bildung“ als Umgangsform mit Krise verstanden werden kann, wenn auf die beiden Deutungsmuster der Kollektivindividualität und der gegenwärtigenden Erinnerung im hebräischen Modell von „Bildung“ zurückgegriffen wird. Dieses realistische Verständnis von „Bildung“ ermöglicht eine andere Sichtweise auf die menschliche Existenz und die gegenwärtigen Herausforderungen der pädagogischen Praxis.
Pandemic Politics in Iran
Authors: Harris Kevan
Published: November 2020

The Trump administration’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran and its reimposition of US sanctions put the Iranian economy back into a stranglehold and discredited the reformists led by President Hassan Rouhani who had secured the deal. With the country already reeling from the US sanctions, the COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a heavy blow. As political factions mobilize for the 2021 elections, the situation is more unpredictable than ever.
ECONOMIC GROWTH, URBANISATION AND CARBON EMISSIONS: EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED ASEAN COUNTRIES
Authors: Tan Seng-Huat , Hong Meenchee
Published: November 2020

Climate change is considered as the most severe and urgent environmental issue in this present era. There is a clear consensus that the climate change problem is much related to the rising level of carbon emissions in the atmosphere. The link between economic growth, urbanization and carbon emissions was examined extensively in the literature. Fast-paced economic growth will advance urbanization in a country and result in higher energy consumption to meet various needs in an urban economy. This conditions will trigger more carbon emissions and generate more pollution problem. This paper aims to discuss and compare the growth pattern of economic growth, urbanization and carbon emissions between five selected ASEAN countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam for the period 1990-2018. All these five countries have recorded at least 4% economic growth rate in the year 2018. In the same period, Indonesia has the largest in term of total value added in manufacturing. Similarly, Vietnam has the largest growth of value-added in the same industry. Among all, Indonesia has the largest urban population whilst Malaysia has the highest rate in urbanization and carbon emissions per capita. The upward trend of urban population and carbon emissions per capita in these countries exhibit certain pressures and challenges to the countries’ environmental quality. Therefore, the government in these countries should pay attention to environmental governance to achieve sustainable urbanization while prioritizing economic growth
La experiencia de la aporía y la ocasión de la historia. Algunas reflexiones sobre los conceptos de justicia y derecho
Authors: Serra David Jonatham
Published: November 2020

El objetivo de este artículo es problematizar la relación que incurre entre lenguaje, justicia y derecho mediante una reflexión filosófica y antropológica. A partir del pensamiento de autores paradigmáticos del siglo XX, como Jacques Derrida, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Fernand Braudel y Pierre Bourdieu, se realizará una hermenéutica, una arqueología del significado que nos permitirá deconstruir la criteriología sobre la cual se fundamentan los conceptos de justicia y derecho, a través de un análisis histórico, antropológico, filosófico y etnolingüístico.
On some behavioral peculiarities of magneic type eigenmodes of a spherical particle with arbitrarily valued material parameters
Authors:   O. Ya. Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Svishchov Yu.
Published: November 2020

Subject and Purpose. The spectral characteristics (eigenfrequencies, eigenmodes, Q-factors) of a spherical particle with arbitrarily valued permittivity and permeability are considered to take a further look into some important features of their behavior. The real and imaginary parts of the material parameters of the particle can be both positive and negative. The emphasis is on magnetic type modes. Methods and Methodology. The spectral problem is solved using the electromagnetic field expansion in vector spherical wave functions. Results. The first eigenfrequencies of a spherical particle have been calculated depending on its relative permittivity e 1 and relative permeability m 1 whose real and imaginary parts can take both positive and negative values. The eigenmodes split into two, internal and external, eigenmode families. The internal eigenmodes bear an independent, associated with eigenmode structure labeling in each quadrant of the plane (m 1 , e 1). The external eigenmodes, on the contrary, have a uniform labeling throughout the whole (m 1 , e 1) plane and bear a structural resemblance to surface plasmon oscillations distributed in the vicinity of the particle surface or outside it. In the first quadrant of the plane (m 1 , e 1), the external eigenmodes repeatedly interact with the internal eigenmodes, leading to either mode hybridization or mode type exchange. In the third quadrant of the plane (m 1 , e 1), the external eigenmodes can interact with one another. The anomalous behavior of the spectral characteristics of a spherical particle corresponds to the already known phenomenon of wave mode coupling described in the scientific literature well enough. Conclusion. The performed study has revealed some new behavioral patterns as to the spectral characteristics of a spherical particle with arbitrarily valued permittivity and permeability
Image segmentation of clouds based on deep learning
Authors:   Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Rusyn B.P. , Lutsyk O.A. ,   Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Kosarevych R.Ya. ,   Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Korniy V.V. ,   Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the NAS of Ukraine
Published: November 2020

The paper is devoted to the development of the methods for segmentation of images of atmospheric clouds, which are obtained by remote sensing methods using aircraft or satellite onboard systems. The proposed approach is some extent further improvement of the convolutional neural network of the U-net type. The uses known quality criteria for segmentation, which allows us to compare the proposed approach with already known methods in the field of segmentation of images of atmospheric clouds. A large number of experiments on real images shows the feasi-bility of using the proposed method of segmentation for automated processing with the require-ments for real-time operation. Applied use of the results is possible in the tasks of monitoring and classification for weather forecasting, agriculture, and other areas related to observations of atmospheric clouds.
Toddbrook Reservoir: a case study quantifying the importance of maintaining bywashes
Authors: Allman Chris , Mould David J. , Bennett Natalie , Rebollo David , Robson Richard
Published: November 2020

Ongoing maintenance and upkeep of bywashes can be expensive and difficult to justify, particularly in the context of other maintenance costs; in many cases made even more difficult as the structures are only rarely, if ever used. Using experience from the widely reported incident at Toddbrook Reservoir in August 2019 can help to quantify the benefit that bywash structures provide. A hydraulic model was developed to analyse the impact of the bywash in detail. Simulating the passage of the storm of August 2019, this paper demonstrates that the bywash reduced the duration of overtopping the auxiliary spillway by 40 hours (33%), compared to not having it in place. This is likely to have reduced the risk of even more widespread damage to the structure. For the ongoing management of the reservoir, the modelling showed the bywash can pass 2.5 m3/s, which provides the undertaker with operational cost savings (principally from pumping) to maintain the current drawdown. This paper provides an examination of the benefits of an operational bywash during a significant incident. The hydraulic modelling approach adopted has provided a unique opportunity to quantify and demonstrate the benefit for undertakers of maintaining their bywash assets.
ANALISIS ISOTOP 137Cs DALAM PEB U3Si2/Al DENSITAS 4,8 gU/cm3 PASCA IRADIASI DENGAN METODE PENGENDAPAN CHLOROPLATINATE DAN KOLOM PENUKAR KATION RESIN DOWEX
Authors: Nugroho Arif , Boybul Boybul , Indaryati Sutri , Haryati Iis , Kriswarini Rosika , Noerpitasari Erlina
Published: November 2020

PEMISAHAN CESIUM DALAM PEB U3Si2/Al DENSITAS 4,8 gU/cm3 PASCA IRADIASI MENGGUNAKAN METODE PENGENDAPAN CHLOROPLATINATE DAN KOLOM PENUKAR KATION RESIN DOWEX. Pelarutan PEB U3Si2/Al dilakukan di dalam hot cell 109 menggunakan larutan HCl 6 M dan HNO3 6 M. Pemisahan cesium dengan uranium dalam larutan uranil nitrat dilakukan menggunakan metode pengendapan chloroplatinate dan kolom penukar kation. Pada metode pengendapan chloroplatinate, terlebih dahulu dilakukan proses penghilangan unsur-unsur yang akan mengganggu dalam proses pengendapan, selanjutnya dilakukan pemisahan heavy element seperti uranium atau plutonium dengan cara mengendapkan isotop 137Cs dalam bentuk Cs2PtCl6. Kandungan isotop 137Cs di dalam endapan Cs2PtCl6 diukur menggunakan menggunakan spektrometer-γ. Pada metode kolom penukar kation resin Dowex, larutan uranil nitrat dipipet sebanyak 150 μL dan ditambah 2 mL aquadest kemudian ditambahkan Cs carrier sebanyak 20 μL dan 1 mL HCl 12 M. Campuran larutan tersebut digunakan sebagai umpan dimasukkan ke dalam kolom penukar anion yang berisi resin R-Cl-. Efluen yang keluar dari kolom penukar anion dimasukkan ke dalam kolom penukar kation yang berisi resin R-NH4+. Isotop 137Cs yang terikat resin R-NH4+ di dalam kolom kemudian dielusi menggunakan HCI 1 M. Efluen kemudian dikisatkan sampai diperoleh volume ± 2 mL. Kandungan isotop 137Cs dalam PEB U3Si2/Al densitas 4,8 gU/cm3 hasil pemisahan menggunakan metode chloroplatinate untuk potongan Middle kode M diperoleh rerata sebesar 0,000557 g/gPEB dan 0,000652 g/gPEB untuk potongan Bottom kode B, sedangkan dengan menggunakan metode kolom penukar kation resin Dowex diperoleh sebesar 0,000747 g/gPEB untuk potongan Middle kode M, dan 0,000934 g/gPEB untuk potongan Bottom kode B. Rekoveri pemisahan 137Cs dengan metode kolom penukar anion lebih besar dibandingkan dengan metode pengendapan Cs2PtCl6.Kata kunci: U3Si2/Al, chloroplatinate, resin Dowex, 137Cs
THE SLOVAK QUESTION DURING THE GREAT WAR (A CASE STUDY OF L. ŠTUR SLOVAK-RUSSIAN SOCIETY)
Authors:   Institute of Europe RAS (Moscow, Russia), Vedernikov M.V.
Published: November 2020

With the outbreak of WWI (1914–1918), the participating countries began to promote separatist movements on their own territory, which aimed to destroy the foundations of hostile multinational empires. Of particular interest to the Russian authorities were the compatriots of the Slavic peoples of Austria-Hungary, who loudly declared their desire to destroy the Habsburg Empire. One of the most active diasporas was the Czechs, who managed to meet with Nicholas II twice in the first month of the war and achieve the formation of the Czech squad. However, the Czech question, initially incorporating the Slovak one due to the ethnic and linguistic proximity, exposed significant contradictions. An active part of the Slovak political elite living in Russia opposed the formation of a single Czech-Slovak state, because they were close to the idea of Slovakia’s accession to Russia. To popularize these ideas, a Slovak-Russian society named after L. Štur was established in Moscow. It received support from the outstanding Russians as well as the largest Slovak diasporas in the United States. The assistance of such important actors forced the Czechs to look for ways to resolve the conflict with the Slovaks, which undoubtedly led to the mainstreaming of the Slovak question. However, the cessions of 1915–1916 failed to resolve the conflict. Drawing on new archival sources and current historiography, the author concludes that the presence of multiple conflicts contributed to the formation of the Czech-Slovak national idea, which was free from asymmetry, and made Slovaks equal partners.
TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CRIMINAL LEGISLATION OF RUSSIA: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
Authors:   Vologda Institute of Law and Economics of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia (Vologda, Russian Federation), Nekrasov Vasily N.
Published: November 2020

In this paper, the author tried to consider the impact of such innovation results as technology on domestic criminal law and to understand whether the legislator is ready for them. In the current Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the legislator does not once use a single general concept in relation to technical innovations, which allows to characterize its various elements. At the same time, the legislator traditionally uses such private terms as tools, means, equipment, system, etc. When considering this issue, the first thought that comes to mind is that technical innova-tions in the Criminal Code are regarded as instruments or means of committing a crime. In criminal law theory, there are many points of view on the question of distinguishing between "instrument" and "means" of crime. The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation does not clearly understand the concepts under analysis. Technical innovations, such as equipment by domestic lawmakers, are regarded as instruments and means of committing a crime. The above concepts were traditionally used by the legislator to construct the norms of the Russian criminal law. At the same time, due to the active development of innovation activity, new technical innovations are appearing today, which, firstly, did not exist before, and secondly, they have a number of specific features. At the same time, definitions that were not previously used in the Russian criminal law, which allow judging about new possibilities of technology, which only stimulate the discus-sion about the legal status of technology, both in criminal law and in legislation as a whole, are already in place today. Social relations are undergoing certain changes as a result of innovative activities. In this regard, the object of crime is also being transformed. As a result, a new type of property is emerging, namely intellectual property, which is also subject to criminal law protection. It seems that today there is a need to combine the norms in the field of crimes that infringe on innovative activity into a separate group of norms. These social relations have a number of features that make it possible to consider forming them into a separate type of crime object. Separating groups of crimes in the area of innovative activity will be of great importance. In particular, it will make it possible to establish public danger in relation to a group of crimes and to analyse changes in the degree of public danger of crime depending on the type of quali-fying and attracting circumstances.
A GENERALIZED SOLUTION OF THE DIRICHLET PROBLEM FOR A MODEL ANISOTROPIC WEIGHTED EQUATION
Authors: Gorban Yu. , Soloviova А.
Published: November 2020

The paper deals with the Dirichlet problem for a model nonlinear degenerate anisotropic elliptic second-order equation. Anisotropy and degeneration (with respect to the independent variables) is characterized by the presence of different exponents q1 , q2 and weighted functions |x|^q1 та |x|^q2 in the left side of the equation. The main result of the paper is theorem on the existence of the generalized solution of the Dirichlet problem under consideration.
Integration Tax Law and the New World Order
Authors: Tolstopyatenko G. P.
Published: November 2020

The paper is devoted to the study of the main factors of development of integration tax law in the new world order. The author analyzes the peculiarities of the legal mechanism of the EU tax policy, the OECD soft law acts and their impact on the legal regulation of cross-border activities of international companies. According to the results of the study, the author concludes that the new world order, the main feature of which is still the process of globalization of economic and political relations, in the last few years is characterized by an increase in the opposite trend called “new” State sovereignty. This phenomenon is expressed in the policy of economic restrictions (sanctions) against individual states (USA, EU—Russia); in strengthening the policy of protectionism (USA—China); in politics isolationism as a consequence of the world economic crisis caused by the pandemic; in the special position of some EU member States (e.g. Hungary) concerning separate issues of migration and economic policy, etc. Strengthening the “new” state sovereignty entails the improvement of the political and legal mechanism of harmonizing the positions of States for making compromise decisions. This, in turn, means expanding the application of “soft law” rules and strengthening the role of international organizations as their primary source in the regulation of international relations and development of national law in accordance with international standards.
Financial Law in the Interdisciplinary Institution of Personal Dignity
Authors: Omelekhina N. V.
Published: November 2020

By referring the dignity of the individual to meta-legal categories, considering it as a principle of law that forms an integrated inter-sectoral institution aimed at ensuring the implementation and protection of human rights, the author analyzes the role and place of financial law in the personal dignity concept. Taking into account the peculiarity of the subject matter and methodological basis of the financial and legal industry, the author concludes that the studied branch of law should be considered as a securing legal instrument of generating and implementing personal dignity, its dynamic essence through a unique legal mechanism of redistribution of material resources in the state. Acknowledging the positive binding as the basic legal means of such an instrument, the author analyzes the subjective rights of the individual in financial relations, in particular their property component, in two aspects of financial activity of the state and public legal entities: in the formation and distribution and use of public funds. In order to ensure the realization of the individual-centered spirit of financial law, the author concludes that it is necessary to carry out the doctrinal analysis and legal consolidation of the financial and legal status of the individual, to develop a system of so-called monetary rights of the individual in the process of formation, distribution and use of funds of the state and municipal entities.
Gold and Foreign Currency Reserves Mangement: Revisiting the Issue of the Concept
Authors: Arzumanova L. L. , Logvencheva A. О.
Published: November 2020

The paper provides for the study of the category “gold and foreign currency reserves management”. Despite the particular importance of this category, there is no any normative definition of the category under consideration. In this regard, having analyzed doctrinal definitions of public administration, the authors determine several features and clarify them for the purpose of their application to the gold and foreign currency reserves management: first, gold and currency reserves management represents a type of state activity; second, it is carried out by authorized public authorities—the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the Bank of Russia; third, it consists of successive stages—creation, storage and use of gold and foreign currency reserves. Following the results of the study, authors propose their own definition of the category “gold and foreign currency reserves management”. In particular, it is possible to define the management of gold and foreign currency reserves as a special type of state activity aimed at the creation, storage and use of gold and foreign currency reserves and carried out by the Ministry of Finance of Russia and the Bank of Russia.
The Role of Budgetary Regulation in Modern Society
Authors: Tkachenko R. V.
Published: November 2020

The paper is devoted to the consideration of issues related to the legal regulation of the system of methods of distribution and redistribution of a part of the national product between different budgets of the RF budget—budgetary regulation in the Russian Federation. The author focuses on the peculiarities and features of the financial and legal category “budgetary regulation”, examines various approaches to the definition of this concept, studies the key principles of budgetary law, on which the system of methods of budgetary regulation is based, shows the significance that budgetary regulation acquires in the modern society. It is determined that the rules of financial law regulate a whole set of public relations related to public financial activity in the area, including the system of primary and secondary legal measures aimed at ensuring the balance and autonomy of budgets of the budget system of the Russian Federation. The author concludes that in modern conditions the budgetary regulation in the Russian Federation is aimed not only at distribution and redistribution of income, but also at optimization and restructuring of expenditure obligations of public legal entities.
Public Company as a Subject of Financial Law
Authors: Zemlyanskaya N. I.
Published: November 2020

The paper substantiates the need to consider public companies as a subject of financial law. This is due to the peculiarities of these non-profit organizations’ legal status and their implementation of the corresponding financial and legal statuses. The author gives particular attention to certain aspects of the financial activities of the public law company "Fund for the Protection of the Rights of Citizens — Participants in Shared Construction". The author notes that, as a subject of financial law, a public law company should be characterized by its participation in various types of financial legal relations: budgetary, tax, etc. For this, it is endowed with a special legal personality, which is expressed in the granting of appropriate powers (rights and obligations necessary for the implementation of its tasks and functions), enshrined in the regulatory legal acts regulating its activities. Based on the generally accepted thesis about the economic (monetary) nature of financial legal relations, it can be argued that most financial legal relations with the participation of a public law company are associated with its property. The study made it possible to consider a public law company as a subject of financial law, which implements the corresponding financial and legal statuses in financial legal relations: a non-participant in the budget process, a taxpayer, a tax agent, etc.
Formal and Material Approaches to the Procedural Status of Participants in Criminal Proceedings Regulation: The Need to Establish a Balance
Authors: Chekotkov A. Yu.
Published: November 2020

The most important task of criminal proceedings is to ensure a proper observance of the rights and freedoms of all persons involved in the process of investigation and judicial consideration of a criminal case. On the way to its solution, the desire to formalize in detail an exhaustive list of rights and obligations for each subject of procedural activity is extremely clearly traced. However, it is also obvious that at the regulatory level it is impossible to foresee all the variety of cases that one or another participant may face in reality. In this regard, when assessing the procedural status of a particular person, it is necessary to take into account not only the relevant norms of the law, but also his essential (material) position, which he occupies in the criminal proceedings. Thus, in the presence of two control methods, it is necessary to ensure their optimal ratio. It is this option that can make it possible to take into account both the positive and negative aspects of these areas and properly guarantee the observance of the rights and freedoms of persons participating in the process.
Discretionary Model of Legal Regulation of a Criminal Case and Criminal Prosecution Termination: Pro et Contra
Authors: Kucherov G. N.
Published: November 2020

The paper discusses the issues of choosing the most effective model of criminal proceedings termination, analyzes the proposed in the scientific literature model of refusal of the discretion of the law enforcement officer when making an appropriate procedural decision. The author, based on the practice of the European Court of Human Rights, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the decisions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, studies the relationship between the principle of justice and the legality of procedural decisions to terminate a criminal case and criminal prosecution. The author concludes that the discretionary model of legal regulation of a criminal case and criminal prosecution termination is an effective means of achieving the purpose of criminal proceedings, allowing the law enforcement officer to make a fair decision, given the nature, degree of social danger of the crime, the circumstances of its commission, information about the identity of the person who committed the crime. Refusal of the discretion of the law enforcement officer in the matter of terminating a criminal case will not only not contribute to the humanization of legislation, but will mark the victory of formalism over justice in criminal proceedings.
Métodos deterministas. Del problema canónico al modelado de propagación
Authors:   Universidad Icesi, Triana Hernán G. , Navarro Cadavid Andrés ,   Universidad Icesi
Published: November 2020

La propagación de ondas radio sabre la superficie de la tierra es de crucial importancia para el disefio y modelado de sistemas de comunicaciones fiables, sin embargo, obtener modelos para predecir la propagación de ondas radio es actualmente un problema muy difícil, no se ha encontrado una solución analítica que, evaluada numéricamente, reproduzca el compor­tamiento de una onda observable; tampoco se tiene una solución numérica tridimensional que sea aplicable de forma general a todas las situaciones. En este libro se estudia el problema desde los escenarios canónicos hasta los escenarios de propagación troposférica, pasando por los problemas de propagación en escenarios exteriores urbanos y se provee un panorama detallado y actual que permite plantearse nuevas alternativas de investiga­ción en el modelado de propagación de ondas radio.
Land symbol in the trilogy The House of Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Authors: Le Thi Ngoc Anh
Published: November 2020

Pearl S. Buck was the first American female writer (later Toni Morrison) to receive the prestigious Nobel Prize for literature in 1938. Her writing pages have created streaks of spectroscopy that have a strong, lasting effect on world literature from the 30s of the twentieth century. In particular, with Good Land, Divided Sons and Families are works in the trilogy of The House of Earth, and she received the William Dean Howells medal from the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Arts and Literature for the best writing in 1931-1935, at the same time, it also helps her name in the world. Up to the present time, nearly 70 of her compositions can still be found in isolated villages and farms in Tanzania, New Guinea, India, Colombia or in a hut in Malawi. The object of literature, after all the "land" and "the", and each writer often "freeze" a land of their own, a social class to tell, to describe and dissect. Pearl Buck chose vast country like China and the most populous in the world, rather than her native country, to "ground" his art. Despite of living in the land of China only about three decades, time only a third of the life she lived, but the land and the people here have written off the source of her career, which she wrote more works profound value. Through the land symbol in the trilogy of The Real Estate, Pearl S. Buck pointed out the organic relationship between land and people.
Tokugawa Shogunate's policy on Buddhism and its implications
Authors: Tran Nam Trung
Published: November 2020

In 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa Shogunate, ushering in a long period of Japanese peace. In order to maintain social stability, the Tokugawa Shogunate has issued a series of policies in the fields of politics, economy, culture, and society. For Buddhism, the bakufu forced families to register for permanent religious activities at a local temple; required the sects to make a list of monasteries in their sects; banned the construction of new monasteries; encouraged the learning and researching discipline of monasteries throughout the country. These policies have had a multifaceted impact on the bakufu government, as well as Buddhism. For Buddhism, the policies of the Tokugawa shogunate marked a period of restoration but tightly controlled by this religion in Japan. The privileges that Buddhism possesses have given great power to Buddhist temples to Japanese people from peasants to samurai. This was also a period of witness to the academic revival of the Japanese Buddhist sects. For the bakufu government, Buddhism was tightly controlled by the government, becoming an effective tool to fight against Christianity as well as managing and controlling the inhabitants, and strengthening the feudal social order.
Applying the theoretical Pedagogical Content Knowledge in oder to determine Pedagogical Geography Knowledge for Geography student teachers
Authors: Ha Van Thang
Published: November 2020

This paper presents approaches to determine Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Geography student teachers. The Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) model and Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Geography teachers (PCK-G) were applied to build the structure of Internal Pedagogical Geography Knowledge of Geography student teachers (PGKST). Theoretical research method, Geography education expert consultation method and experience-learning are used in this research.
Demands for the material “Hospital Social Work” among social workers and health workers in hospital in Vietnam
Authors: Pham Tien Nam
Published: November 2020

The material “Hospital Social Work” is essential in the process of professionalization of social work in Vietnam today. This study aimed to describe the demands for the material “Hospital Social Work” among social workers and health workers in hospital in Vietnam. On that basis, we recommended the content of this material. The study was conducted on 175 participants including 103 social workers and 72 health workers from seven hospitals at central levels. Our study showed that health workers had a higher demand for the content of “Basic information about hospital social work” (p = 0.018), while social workers had a higher demand for the content of “Intervention methods of hospital social work” (p = 0.004); “Social work skills in hospitals” (p = 0.028); “Mental health assessment instruments” (p = 0.007) and “Social work process in hospital” (p = 0.005). The study also made recommendations to the Ministry of Health and schools of social work in Vietnam to compile this material effectively and in accordance with reality.
Novel Features Extraction for Fault Detection Using Thermography Characteristics and IV Measurements of CIGS Thin-Film Module
Authors: Eltuhamy Reham A. , Rady Mohamed , Ibrahim Khaled H. , Mahmoud Haitham A.
Published: November 2020

Regarding the fault diagnosis of Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) PV modules, previously published articles focused on employing statistical analysis of thermography images. This approach failed in many cases to distinguish among fault types. This article presents a novel methodology to diagnose and predict faults of thin-film CIGS PV modules using infrared thermography analysis combined with measurements of I-V characteristics. The proposed methodology encompasses a comprehensive site work to capture images that cover many fault types of the PV module under study. The novelty of the technique depends on utilizing processing and analysis of the captured images using new proposed mathematical parameters to extract different faults’ features. Using I-V measurements combined with thermography analysis, the differences between different types of faults are detected. Then, a general classification matrix of CIGS fault detection and diagnosis, using features based on mathematical parameters and IV measurements has been established. Results show that the analysis of the temperature distribution is proved to be insufficient to identify specific modes of different faults. In addition, the proposed procedure for fault detection and classification, which depends on the pattern of faults, can be used for any type of PV module. This results in more reliance on the proposed technique to increase the confidence level of fault detection.