bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA Methylation in Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer
Authors: Xu Fei , Yu Shanshan , Han Junyi , Zong Ming , Tan Qi , Zeng Xin , Fan Lieying
Published: August 2021

INTRODUCTION:

Emerging evidence has demonstrated the potential of the circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) methylation in the application of cancer diagnosis.

METHODS:

Three genes including Septin9, Syndecan-2 (SDC2), and branched-chain amino acid transaminase 1 (BCAT1), which have been well demonstrated to have aberrant expression in colorectal cancer (CRC) as tumor suppressors, were selected for detection. A total of 234 peripheral plasma samples from 104 patients with CRC and 130 patients with colorectal polyps, and 60 plasma samples from healthy controls, were collected before any treatment. A real-time polymerase chain reaction-based gene panel was used to detect the methylation of Septin9, SDC2, and BCAT1. The composite score (P) was calculated according to the cycle threshold values of the 3 methylated genes using the logistic regression equation.

RESULTS:

The ctDNA methylation of the 3 genes had a significantly higher level in patients with CRC, compared with patients with colorectal polyps and healthy controls. The composite score (P) showed association with tumor stages in CRC but not with the tumor location (colon or rectum). In addition, BCAT1 and Septin9 showed better performance for CRC diagnosis, by which CRC was able to distinguish from polyps with sensitivity of 83.7%, specificity of 93.9%, and area under the curve of 0.908. The diagnostic efficiency was significantly improved by combining composite score (P), carcinoembryonic antigen, and fecal immunochemical test for hemoglobin (area under the curve = 0.962).

DISCUSSION:

The composite score (P) derived from the ctDNA methylation levels of Septin9, SDC2, and BCAT1 can be used for CRC diagnosis with high sensitivity and high specificity. A combination of ctDNA methylation, carcinoembryonic antigen, and fecal immunochemical test for hemoglobin was proved to be the most effective approach to diagnose CRC.
Zwiększanie skali procesu jednoślimakowego wytłaczania tworzyw polimerowych
Authors: Nastaj Andrzej
Published: August 2021

Na podstawie badań symulacyjnych opracowano metodę zwiększania skali procesu jednoślimakowego wytłaczania tworzyw polimerowych, z zastosowaniem technik ewolucyjnych (algorytmów genetycznych). Do symulacji procesu wytłaczania stosowano program GSEM (Global Screw Extrusion Model), a do zwiększenia skali specjalnie w tym celu opracowany program GASES (Genetic Algorithms Screw Extrusion Scaling). Jako kryteria stosowano jednostkowe zużycie energii, szybkość uplastyczniania i szybkość wzrostu temperatury tworzywa. Uzyskano znaczący wzrost wydajności procesu wytłaczania.
Putting the “Public” in Rhetoric & Public Affairs
Authors: Young Anna M. , Mercieca Jennifer
Published: August 2021

We argue that part of Rhetoric & Public Affairs’ future should center public-facing scholarship in rhetorical studies. We begin by chronicling some of the work colleagues are doing to bridge expert and lay publics: podcasts, popular and trade press interviews, social media content development and management, and activist engagements. Centering public-facing scholarship creates several notable shifts: (1) it changes the “so what?” for traditional scholarship by inviting scholars to think about audiences outside of journal readership; (2) it opens space for different stylistic conventions in scholarly writing; and (3) it indicates that nonexpert audiences are valuable as readers. We note the considerable barriers to entry to public scholarship including gatekeeping, framing public scholarship for tenure, and training. We contend that Rhetoric & Public Affairs could lead other journals through an updated definition of impact that takes into account contemporary modes of circulation and sharing, should accept pieces written for nonexpert readers in rhetoric, and should consider, if possible, making available for public reading one scholarly article every month or every quarter.
Reimagining Public Address
Authors: Childers Jay P.
Published: August 2021

As a subfield of rhetorical studies, public address has been conservative and defensive from the start in its method, theory, politics, and even subject. Even as there has been an expansion of the subject (i.e., the “text” to be studied), the field has, on the whole, remained skeptical of new methods, all critical theories, and alternative political motives. Because of this, the subfield of public address has remained incredibly white and largely male. If the subfield is to continue to exist and, perhaps, thrive, it is time for a clear change in tack. Public address must open its gates widely to the critical methods and theories that can allow for more diverse knowledge production and reorient the field’s political goals. And in a reversal, public address should define itself solely around the study of speeches directed at publics.
A narrativa na imagem
Authors: Kerinska Nikoleta , Baroni Raphaël
Published: August 2021

Este artigo propõe uma reflexão sobre o potencial narrativo das imagens. Um panorama das  definições de narrativa, confrontando suas particularidades traz as últimas tendências da narratologia pós-clássica. A questão da narrativização da imagem é abordada a partir de alguns exemplos artísticos, que representam diferentes relações com a dimensão temporal da narrativa. Levando em consideração as noções de sequencia, intriga e configuração é desenvolvida uma tipologia dos procedimentos de narrativização da imagem estática.
DA OCORRÊNCIA EM VIDA À MORTE: PADRÕES ESPACIAIS DA VIOLÊNCIA CONTRA A MULHER EM PERNAMBUCO
Authors: Santos Emylle Thais Melo dos , Oliveira Conceição Maria de , Pimentel Dayane da Rocha , Barros Sheyla Carvalho de , Silva Amanda Priscila de Santana Cabral , Bonfim Cristine Vieira do
Published: August 2021

Objetivo: Analisar os padrões espaço-temporais da violência não letal e letal contra a mulher no estado de Pernambuco, no período de 2016 a 2019. Métodos: Estudo ecológico misto com dados de notificação de violência contra mulher registrado no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação, de homicídios do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade e de feminicídios do Sistema de Informações Policiais. As taxas de violência contra mulher, de homicídios e feminicídios e por ano e município foram normalizadas pela população feminina a cada ano e multiplicado por 100 mil. Foram avaliadas as tendências temporais de cada indicador utilizando o método dos mínimos quadrados ordinários (regressão linear simples) para estimar retas de tendência. Resultados: Na análise da taxa de violência contra mulher, observou-se que 142 (76,8%) dos municípios apresentaram tendência crescente, com predomínio na mesorregião do Agreste. Observou-se que 83 (44,9%) e 113 (61,1%) dos municípios tiveram tendência estacionária para os homicídios femininos e feminicídios, respectivamente. Conclusão: evidencia-se a necessidade de melhorias nas políticas públicas do estado de Pernambuco que visam à proteção das mulheres em situação de violência, bem como a ampliação dos serviços especializados para as áreas prioritárias.
O branding do e-commerce
Authors: Camargo Amanda Kristensen de , Fante Tainara Marcon , Seide Márcia Sipavicius
Published: August 2021

Este estudo transdisciplinar focaliza a gestão da marca (branding) Magazine Luiza/Magalu a partir de uma revisitação histórica: da origem da empresa ao paradigma pandêmico associado à Covid-19. Propomos um diálogo com a área da Publicidade pela ótica da Onomástica – estudo dos nomes próprios, bem como nos apoiamos nos estudos semióticos e da identidade quanto à interpretação do signo publicitário e das estratégias de consolidação de marcas. Com base na relação entre a construção identitária da marca Magalu e as questões onomínicas e semióticas envoltas em tal processo subjetivo, perguntamos qual mensagem emotiva advém da mudança gradual do nome da marca (oniônimo) de Magazine Luiza para Magalu e quais são – se presentes – as relações desse fenômeno ao aperfeiçoamento digital e à humanização da personagem Lu: ícone da empresa. Quanto à análise interpretativista dos significados fenomenológicos, a hipocorização presente no novo oniônimo (nome comercial) e a interação sociodigital intimista empreendida pela personagem Lu mostraram agregar afetividade ao signo sociocultural da empresa, tal qual propor indícios da possibilidade de ascensão de uma nova identidade publicitária, a que chamamos “pós 4.0”: marcada pelo devir identitário oriundo da horizontalização das marcas e das infiltrações do meio digital.
Conceitos fundamentais da matemática
Authors: Lima Luciano Castro , Moises Roberto Perides
Published: August 2021

Conceitos Fundamentais da matemática pode ser considerado uma das principais obras do matemático português Bento de Jesus Caraça. Nela o autor combina o movimento  histórico – lógico de criação de conceitos matemáticos fundamentais como o número, funções. Limites, séries e continuidade. Para além do conteúdo matemático chama a atenção o método de exposição utilizado no livro. Aqui pretendemos expor uma síntese do livro, um apanhado geral desse método e das intenções por trás do que julgamos ser possível conhecer um pouco do autor. Um livro da metade do século passado e que não por isso perdeu sua atualidade. Boa leitura!
As contribuições da teoria histórico-cultural para a atuação em classes multisseriadas
Authors: Cunha Suany Rodrigues da
Published: August 2021

Este texto tem por objetivo apresentar uma reflexão sobre o papel do professor como organizador do meio social educativo em classes multisseriadas. Para este artigo, demandou-se uma pesquisa bibliográfica pautada na teoria histórico-cultural. Os resultados da pesquisa apontam que a teoria histórico-cultural pode propiciar o entendimento do homem como um ser histórico que se constrói através de suas relações com meio natural e social, no processo de trabalho (transformação da natureza), em um sistema dinâmico, contraditório e dialético, que ao longo de seu processo de formação está sempre produzindo conhecimentos e se apropriando da cultura. A educação é parceira nessa produção e sistematização de conhecimento, à medida em que a escola assume o papel de intervir no processo de formação humana e das Funções Psicológicas Superiores, o que repercute na constituição das qualidades humanas. Para isso, demanda a organização do ambiente social do aluno, o professor ao assumir essa função deverá ter intencionalidade, planejamento e reflexão (intervenção) para promover o desenvolvimento psíquico (apreensão de conhecimento) dos alunos. Isso, no caso das classes multisseriadas, pode operar na otimização de possibilidades concretas para se trabalhar com alunos de várias séries, distintos níveis de aprendizagem, diferentes idades e que desenvolvem o ensino e aprendizagem em um mesmo espaço e ao mesmo tempo. Assim, integrando a diversidade, as concepções e as práticas educativas que devem ser pensadas para educar e valorizar o indivíduo constituído de direito que merece ser reconhecido em sua identidade.
Organização da atividade de estudo das crianças na escola: conceitos e princípios metodológicos essenciais
Authors: Bortolanza Ana Maria Esteves , Corrêa Anderson Borges , Cunha Neire Márcia da
Published: August 2021

Este artigo tem o objetivo de compreender os conceitos e os princípios metodológicos necessários aos professores pesquisadores dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental na organização da atividade de estudo das crianças. Por meio de uma revisão bibliográfica sobre as condições que favorecem o desenvolvimento psíquico infantil, considerando a metodologia de pesquisa genética de Vigotski e as teorias da atividade e da atividade de estudo, aponta um conjunto de subsídios teóricos e metodológicos necessários à organização da atividade de estudo das crianças no contexto escolar. Ao final, considera que o envolvimento das crianças em atividades de estudo desenvolventes desde o primeiro ano do Ensino Fundamental fornece as condições necessárias para a formação e o desenvolvimento do pensamento teórico e da personalidade capaz de pensar, planejar, julgar e tomar decisões autonomamente, isto é, de criar e resolver novas situações de estudo. Com isso, defende que a formação do pensamento teórico e do comportamento de estudo favorece a humanização da criança e constitui uma ferramenta de luta contra a exploração dos homens pelos homens.
Por que é necessário começar a atividade de estudo pela via do pensamento teórico?
Authors: Marino Filho Armando
Published: August 2021

Este artigo realiza uma discussão sobre a importância de iniciar-se a atividade de estudo como atividade do pensamento teórico. O seu objetivo é demonstrar o valor do pensamento teórico para o desenvolvimento da personalidade do estudante. Para isso, propõe que, ao compreender-se esse valor como necessidade do desenvolvimento, compreendem-se, da mesma forma, os limites do pensamento empírico e as consequências da atividade de estudo para os estudantes e, também, a importante possibilidade de desenvolvimento ilimitado para a personalidade humana, quando o ensino assume como objeto o desenvolvimento do pensamento teórico. A análise focada no pensamento teórico e na personalidade fundamenta-se na Teoria Histórico-Cultural e nos autores que nela se referenciam para compreender o desenvolvimento humano, principalmente em V. V. Davidov, D. B. Elkonin, V. V. Repkin, L. S. Vigotski e A. N. Leontiev. Para tanto, analisa a origem do pensamento como contradição em relação com a percepção sensível, a sua unidade e superação pela necessidade de pensar que emerge da insuficiência da percepção para a necessidades cognitivas do ser social, isto é, o pensamento como necessidade gestada em relações sociais. Considera, finalmente, como o pensar teoricamente vem a ser ao mesmo tempo o processo e o produto necessário à atividade de estudo, e esta como atividade vital dos indivíduos, posto que o pensamento teórico, em nossa análise, alcança o status de prática social revolucionária para a personalidade e para a sociedade.
Atividade de estudo e desenvolvimento humano: a metodologia do duplo movimento no ensino
Authors: Silva Eliane , Libâneo José Carlos
Published: August 2021

O texto aborda as relações entre a atividade de estudo e o desenvolvimento humano, conforme a teoria do ensino desenvolvimental de V. Davydov, e os estudos de M. Hedegaard e S. Chaiklin sobre a metodologia do duplo movimento no ensino entre conceitos científicos e conceitos cotidianos no desenvolvimento do pensamento teórico. Os três primeiros tópicos trazem, por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica, o posicionamento desses pesquisadores em relação ao ensino desenvolvimental, à atividade de estudo e à metodologia do duplo movimento. No tópico final, é apresentada pesquisa empírica, realizada na forma de experimento didático-formativo, tendo em vista o desenvolvimento de uma metodologia de ensino de ciências nos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental na perspectiva do ensino desenvolvimental. O estudo indica correlação entre a revisão teórica e a análise dos dados de observações feitas ao longo do experimento didático-formativo mostrando a efetividade do duplo movimento no ensino em promover a aprendizagem e o desenvolvimento humano nos alunos.
Acerca del valor teórico y metodológico de la categoría vygotskiana “Vivencia” para la Enseñanza
Authors: Elejalde Maria Milagros Flebes
Published: August 2021

En el presente artículo se analiza la concepción optimista del hombre que ofrece el Enfoque Histórico Cultural y se valora la obra de su impulsor L. S. Vygotski. Se define la categoría “vivencia” y describen las transformaciones que atraviesa la vivencia como realidad que une al sujeto con su medio desde el nacimiento del niño hasta edades en que la enseñanza refuerza el desarrollo psíquico con la maduración de funciones que se relacionan entre sí. Se explican las funciones de la vivencia y sus características a la vez que se intenta demostrar la importancia o necesidad de que los docentes profundicen en su estudio por la relación con la enseñanza desarrolladora.
Teoria da atividade de estudo: uma leitura das possíveis contribuições de Repkin
Authors: Amorim Paula Alves Prudente
Published: August 2021

O presente texto é uma versão parcial e revisada do terceiro capítulo da dissertação de mestrado (AMORIM, 2021), defendida no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. O trabalho está vinculado as pesquisas realizadas no interior do Gepedi sobre Teoria da Atividade de Estudo (PUENTES, 2017, 2019a, b, c, d, e, f; CARDOSO, 2020; LOPES, 2020; CARCANHOLO, 2020; PUENTES; LONGAREZI, 2019, 2020, 2021; PUENTES; AMORIM; CARDOSO, 2017; PUENTES; CARDOSO; AMORIM, 2018). O objetivo geral do presente resumo é apresentar os resultados mais importantes da análise realizada sobre o progresso teórico-metodológico do pensamento e da obra de Repkin em relação à teoria da atividade de estudo, a partir da avaliação das contribuições do autor para o desenvolvimento da teoria com foco nos seguintes aspectos: a) objetivo da atividade de estudo, b) conceito de atividade de estudo, c) conteúdo da atividade de estudo e, d) estrutura da atividade de estudo.
Analysis of Machine Learning Approach for the modemodel in SWC Mapping in Automotive Systems
Authors: Khan Owes , Shahini Geri , Hardt Wolfram
Published: August 2021

Automotive technologies are ever-increasinglybecoming digital. Highly autonomous driving togetherwith digital E/E control mechanisms include thousandsof software applications which are called as software components. Together with the industry requirements, and rigorous software development processes, mappingof components as a software pool becomes very difficult.This article analyses and discusses the integration possiblilities of machine learning approaches to our previously introduced concept of mapping of software components through a common software pool.
Classification for Quality Assessment of the User Interface and its Application in the Development of Web-applications
Authors: Gervas Nikolai Vladimirovich , Romanov Evgeny Leonidovich , Hardt Wolfram
Published: August 2021

The article considers a classification for validation and quality assessment of the user interface (UI) from the point of view of the main aspects of design and its application in the development of web-applications. The problem with inaccurately crafted user interface requirements is relevant and as a result, developers often have to redesign the interface and architecture of the application. The article analyzes the role and place of UI in the architecture of client-server applications, analyzes aspects of UI design, on the basis of which the classification is formed. The classification is used to analyze UI design oversights of the developed web-applications for BPMS “Fireproof Corporation” company. Based on the results of UI validation, a set of typical UI design oversights has been added.
Intelligent Approaches for Smart Cities
Authors: Tudevdagva Uranchimeg , Heller Ariane
Published: August 2021

The Embedded Self-Organizing System Journal (ESSJ) is calling for contributions to an issue on the subject of "Smart Cities". This issue focuses on the wide variety of application areas for the sustainable development of smart cities.
Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Mitochondrial Disease in the United States: A Propensity Score Analysis
Authors: Nguyen Tran , Alzahrani Talal , Krepp Joseph , Panjrath Gurusher
Published: August 2021

Mitochondrial disease comprises a wide range of genetic disorders caused by mitochondrial dysfunction. Its rarity, however, has limited the ability to assess its effects on clinical outcomes. To evaluate this relationship, we collected data from the 2016 National Inpatient Sample, which includes data from >7 million hospital stays. We identified 705 patients (mean age, 22 ± 20.7 yr; 54.2% female; 67.4% white) whose records included the ICD-10-CM code E88.4. We also identified a propensity-matched cohort of 705 patients without mitochondrial disease to examine the effect of mitochondrial disease on major adverse cardiovascular events, including all-cause in-hospital death, cardiac arrest, and acute congestive heart failure.

Patients with mitochondrial disease were at significantly greater risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (odds ratio [OR]=2.42; 95% CI, 1.29–4.57; P=0.005), systolic heart failure (OR=2.37; 95% CI, 1.08–5.22; P=0.027), and all-cause in-hospital death (OR=14.22; 95% CI, 1.87–108.45; P<0.001).

These findings suggest that mitochondrial disease significantly increases the risk of inpatient major adverse cardiovascular events.
Delayed Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction With Ventricular Septal Rupture Due to Patient Fear During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Chhetry Minar , Bhatt Reema , Tehrani Nathan H. , Avgerinos Dimitrios V. , Mack Charles A. , Lang Samuel J. , Dai Xuming
Published: August 2021

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, more patients are presenting with complications late after acute myocardial infarction. We report the case of a 71-year-old man who delayed seeking medical care for 2 weeks, despite progressive shortness of breath, cough, and tactile fever, for fear of contracting COVID-19 in the hospital. Clinical and echocardiographic evaluation revealed a ventricular septal rupture secondary to acute myocardial infarction. The patient underwent urgent cardiac catheterization, followed by successful saphenous vein grafting to the left anterior descending coronary artery and open surgical repair of the ventricular septal rupture with a bovine pericardial patch. This case highlights a potential long-lasting negative effect that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the care-seeking behavior and health of patients with acute cardiovascular disease.
Factors affecting student-teacher satisfaction with a multi-college online collaborative course
Authors: Shonfeld Miri
Published: August 2021

This study examined the factors that may promote student-teachers’ satisfaction with online collaborative learning (OCL). Eighty-four student teachers at the graduate level at three teacher-education colleges in Israel simultaneously completed questionnaires that examined their information and communication technology (ICT) skills, collaboration experience and personality traits. The findings reveal that ICT level, positive experiences with collaborative learning and openness contributed significantly to satisfaction with the collaborative project and accounted for 63% of the variance. Personal traits were found to be mediated by ICT level, and ICT level was in turn mediated by collaborative experience. The results demonstrate the importance of ICT level as a prerequisite for these courses and the significance of preparing the groups and structuring the activities to achieve positive collaborative experiences.

Implications for practice or policy:

University stakeholders may build OCL courses in collaboration with other universities.

University staff can determine how personality issues and ICT level affect students’ success in OCL courses.

Policymakers can better understand the preparation necessary to develop OCL courses.

This case can help educators improve their collaborative programs.
Challenges in a mobile English telecollaborative project: Towards a conceptual model
Authors: Wu Junjie Gavin , Feng Teng Mark , Lindsay Miller
Published: August 2021

This paper, drawing upon a mobile telecollaborative project, resonates with the rapid development of technology in language learning. We employed the instant messaging app WeChat to create an English telecollaborative environment for two groups of Chinese students to communicate within. Interview data were triangulated with students’ chat transcripts and comments from a teacher’s reflective journal. A mixed-methods approach, including quantitative descriptive analysis, thematic analysis and content analysis, was used to investigate the challenges and the linguistic performance by applying the community of inquiry framework to the students’ chats. The analysis illustrates some of the complexities and challenges of using online apps as a way of communicating in a second language: students expected more teacher support, they struggled to use the app due to their physical environments and they felt that they were not sufficiently well prepared for chatting in an English medium environment. Based on the findings, a conceptual model is proposed for consideration when encouraging students to engage in telecollaborative learning.

Implications for practice or policy:

Teachers should enhance their visibility in mobile telecollaborative projects by promoting participants’ contribution through different facilitation techniques.

Teachers and educators can capitalise on the proposed conceptual model to guide their own design of such online learning experiences for their learners.

Telecollaborative learning can be improved by taking into account various factors such as physical environment, the medium of communication and the potential incentives.
Die Bibliothek Oodi – ihre Entstehungsgeschichte und Bedeutung für die Gesellschaft
Authors: Soininvaara Anna-Maria
Published: August 2021

Der Artikel stellt die neue öffentliche Bibliothek Oodi in Helsinki, Finnland, vor. An der Entstehung der Bibliothek im Zentrum der Stadt Helsinki waren die Bürger und Bürgerinnen maßgeblich beteiligt. Sie wurden auf vielfältige Art und Weise in die Planungs- und Bauphase der Bibliothek mit einbezogen. Die am häufigsten geäußerten Wünsche der Einwohner und Einwohnerinnen dienten unter anderem als Grundlage für den internationalen Architekturwettbewerb, der für die neue Bibliothek ausgetragen wurde: Man wünschte sich einerseits Ruhe, aber andererseits auch ein umfangreiches Veranstaltungsangebot. Daneben erhoffte man sich einen Ort, an dem Familien mit Kindern Zeit verbringen können, man verschiedenen Hobbys nachgehen und sich zum Studieren oder Arbeiten zurückziehen kann.

Den Wettbewerb gewann das finnische Architekturbüro ALA. In ihrem Entwurf gelang es den Architekten, alle erwähnten Aspekte miteinander zu vereinbaren. Dies wurde durch die Einteilung des Gebäudes in verschiedene Funktionsbereiche auf unterschiedlichen Stockwerken erzielt. Der Siegerentwurf überzeugte durch eine gelungene Kombination aus Funktionalität, Umweltfreundlichkeit, Barrierefreiheit und wunderschöner Architektur.

Oodi ist eine auf die Entwicklung und Testung neuer Methoden und Konzepte ausgerichtete Bibliothek. Die Beteiligung der Bürger und Bürgerinnen an jenen Entwicklungen spielt dabei eine bedeutende Rolle.
Digital ist Trumpf oder die DNB in der Coronavirus-Pandemie
Authors: Oehlschläger Susanne
Published: August 2021

Seit über einem Jahr beherrscht Corona die Schlagzeilen und das Leben und Arbeiten auch der Bibliotheken und Kultureinrichtungen. Der Beitrag beschreibt, wie die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek während der Coronavirus-Pandemie ihre internen und externen Angebote und Dienste digital erweitert hat und sie weiter ausbauen möchte. Dazu werden zahlreiche Beispiele für virtuelle Treffen der Beschäftigten, für Konferenzen und Veranstaltungen gegeben.
Two strongly convergent self-adaptive iterative schemes for solving pseudo-monotone equilibrium problems with applications
Authors: Pakkaranang Nuttapol , Rehman Habib ur , Kumam Wiyada
Published: August 2021

The aim of this paper is to propose two new modified extragradient methods to solve the pseudo-monotone equilibrium problem in a real Hilbert space with the Lipschitz-type condition. The iterative schemes use a new step size rule that is updated on each iteration based on the value of previous iterations. By using mild conditions on a bi-function, two strong convergence theorems are established. The applications of proposed results are studied to solve variational inequalities and fixed point problems in the setting of real Hilbert spaces. Many numerical experiments have been provided in order to show the algorithmic performance of the proposed methods and compare them with the existing ones.
Posidonius et le traité d’Albinus Sur les incorporels
Authors: Rashed Marwan
Published: August 2021

The reference to Albinus in a refutation of Bardesanes († c. 222) by Ephrem the Syrian († 373) is not unknown to modern commentators. This text, edited and translated into English since the beginning of the twentieth century, is regularly mentioned, albeit rather cursorily, by scholars of Middle Platonism. Although much has been clarified between the first publication of the book just over a century ago and the present day, the following pages aim to continue the exploration. The aim will be to better understand what has so far remained unnoticed: the dependence of Albinus’ work on Posidonius on three crucial points: (1) his classification of incorporeals, (2) his doctrine of comprehensive representation, and (3) the deep relationship between (1) and (2).
Coordinated control and parameters optimization for PSS, POD and SVC to enhance the transient stability with the integration of DFIG based wind power systems
Authors: Bhukya Jawaharlal , Naidu Talada Appala , Vuddanti Sandeep , Konstantinou Charalambos
Published: August 2021

This paper presents stability enhancement of a test system that is connected with a Wind Farm (WF) by using Power System Stabilizer (PSS) for Synchronous Generator (SG) and Power Oscillation Damper (POD) for Static Var Compensator (SVC). This paper also proposes a coordination mechanism for the controller to effectively damp out the oscillations and make the power system more stable by considering the uncertainties. The uncertainty is considered as wind speed variation and wind power penetration and different locations. The Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is used to overcome the controller parameter tuning drawbacks and controller coordination. The SG rotor speed deviation is selected as an objective function with various constraints for PSO. The transient stability analysis is carried out by considering large disturbance that is a three-phase fault. The nonlinear dynamic simulation results are obtained by integrating WF and SG replacement with the same rating WF. Evaluation and analysis are performed for various cases and different combination of without and with controllers. From the simulation results, it is noticed that oscillations in the system are minimized, and stability is enhanced at the maximum level. It also observed that the capability of SG and DFIG under three-phase fault is intensified by using PSO for optimized coordinated controller parameters. The robustness and effectiveness of the proposed approaches are evaluated on the IEEE-11 bus test system.
Novel models of power system components for implicit solution of the adjusted power flow problem
Authors: Damodhar Sunil S.
Published: August 2021

The solution of the adjusted power flow problem involves handling power system components whose control characteristics possess operational limits. Examples include generator reactive power limits, tap-changing and phase-shifting transformers, and FACTS devices. While the conventional method involves checking for limit violations in an outer loop drawn around the unadjusted power flow problem being solved by the Newton-Raphson (NR) method, for iterative processes, it is desirable to have smooth, continuously differentiable models implicitly handled within a single loop. A novel formulation for a subset of devices is presented for implicit handling within power flow. The steady state characteristics of tap-changing and phase-shifting transformers, and FACTS devices SVC and STATCOM, can be described using the “cut function”, a piecewise linear function traditionally employed in neural networks. A new approximation of the cut function is used for formulating novel equations describing the steady state characteristics. An augmented set of equations is formed and solved by the NR method, eliminating the need of an outer loop. The efficacy of the proposed method is demonstrated by employing it for plotting bus voltage profiles and determining maximum loadability of test systems. Comparisons with the conventional method show that significant savings in computation can be achieved.
Inflation, Investment and Valuation
Authors: Cornell Bradford , Gerger Richard , Jarrell Gregg A. , Canessa James L.
Published: August 2021

In any context where a discounted cash flow valuation is required, there is the issue of estimating the continuing value. The most common way to do that is to assume that by the terminal horizon the company is in a steady state and is growing at a constant rate. The issue is how to handle inflation. The problem is that it is often done wrong and the impact is typically material. Because there remains significant confusion, in this paper we simplify the analysis by isolating the two key issues and providing example calculations. We show that even at the current 2% level proper treatment of inflation has a sizeable impact on valuation. If inflation were to accelerate as a result of current monetary and fiscal policies, the significance of this issue will increase.
In Search of “That Archimedean Point”: The Development of Selfhood in Kierkegaard’s Journal of Gilleleje
Authors: Bravo Nassim
Published: August 2021

This article offers a philosophical account of the so-called journal of Gilleleje. I would like to argue that in this text from 1835 one can trace the early philosophical musings of Kierkegaard on the existential question of the discovery of the self and the development of selfhood, one of the main motifs in the authorship of the Dane. Additionally, I discuss the literary trends of the 1830s in Golden Age Denmark, particularly the boom of the Danish short novel and Heiberg’s admiration of Goethe, analyzing in what way this local context impacted Kierkegaard’s ideas in the journal of Gilleleje.
Philosophy Lost and Found: Irony and Renewal in Kierkegaard’s Philosophical Fragments
Authors: Conway Daniel
Published: August 2021

Readers of Kierkegaard’s Philosophical Fragments witness the development of Johannes Climacus from an initial posture of aesthetic detachment to a mutually elevating partnership with his unnamed interlocutor. Despite his (exaggerated) suspicions of philosophy, Johannes cautiously assents in Chapters IV and V of the Fragments to the philosophical innovations suggested by his unnamed critic. As he does so, he not only exposes the limitations of the Socratic account of recollection, which is what he set out to do, but also, and inadvertently, reveals the limitations of his own “thought-project.” As it turns out, the most notable (and persistent) of these limitations is his own fear of (ethical) commitment, which he associates with a union so toxic that one who is ill wed may crave the hangman’s noose. Despite the success he enjoys in developing his “thought-project,” and the camaraderie he experiences with his former adversary, Johannes concludes Fragments by retreating to the safety of the aesthetic nook from which he ever-so-briefly emerged. Fascinated by philosophy but frightened by (what he takes to be) its serious implications, he contents himself with the “fragments” and “crumbs” of which his philosophical diet consists.
Between Deception and Authority: Kierkegaard’s Use of Scripture in the Discourses, “Thoughts That Wound from Behind—for Upbuilding”
Authors: Storer Kevin
Published: August 2021

This paper explores the tension in Kierkegaard’s Christian discourses between Kierkegaard’s overt emphasis on Scriptural authority and Kierkegaard’s imaginative Scriptural use, through an analysis of the discourse series, “Thoughts That Wound from Behind—for Upbuilding.” The paper argues that Kierkegaard employs Scriptural language both imaginatively to create distanciation and directly to create confrontation, without differentiating how Scriptural authority functions in these two uses. The paper concludes that when Kierkegaard emphasizes Scriptural authority, he is really emphasizing the authority of “Christian concepts” stabilized in Christian tradition, and that he utilizes Scripture freely and imaginatively to challenge readers with those authoritative concepts.
“Your Existence is a Delight to Us.” An Investigation into the Identity of the Neighbour in Kierkegaard’s Works of Love
Authors: Lundsgaard-Leth Kresten
Published: August 2021

In this paper, I look into the identity of the neighbour in Kierkegaard’s Works of Love, whom I argue has not been identified adequately by previous interpreters. I propose to clarify the identity of the neighbour by contrasting her with the ethical other as presented in four alternative ethical theories. I then set out to reconstruct ethical otherhood in a comparative analysis of Aristotelian virtue ethics, Kantian deontology, Hegelian theory of recognition, and Millian utilitarianism. Ultimately, through a both close and—admittedly—productive reading of Works of Love, I interpret and discuss the fundamental features of Kierkegaard’s neighbour over against these four positions.
The Hidden Divine Experimenter: Kierkegaard on Providence
Authors: Verbin N.
Published: August 2021

The paper is concerned with the nature of Kierkegaard’s commitment to God’s loving providence as it shows itself in his writings in general, and in his remarks on Governance’s Part in his Authorship in particular. I argue that, for Kierkegaard, God’s loving providence is not an objective fact that he discovers as intervening in nature, history or in his private life and authorship. Rather, God’s loving providence is fundamentally hidden in the wretchedness of existence. God is like a hidden experimenter who does not intervene in his experiment. Thus, the passion of faith determines the issue, for Kierkegaard. God’s loving Governance is realized in inwardness, in loving the neighbor, and in living this love in self-denial, obedience and suffering.
Sibbern’s Anticipations of Kierkegaard’s Polemic against the Hegelians: The Critique of Abstraction
Authors: Stewart Jon
Published: August 2021

The present article argues that the philosopher Frederik Christian Sibbern played a fairly substantive role in the development of what has come to be known as Kierkegaard’s critique of Hegel. Specifically, Sibbern had already worked out some of the key elements of Kierkegaard’s critique that culminates in the Concluding Unscientific Postscript. This is demonstrated by means of an analysis of two works by Sibbern which are important for his critical discussion of Hegel’s philosophy: Remarks and Investigations Primarily Concerning Hegel’s Philosophy from 1838, and On the Concept, Nature and Essence of Philosophy: A Presentation of Philosophy’s Propaedeutic from 1843.
On the Limitations of Lao Sze Kwang’s “Trichotomy of the Self” in His Interpretation of Kierkegaard
Authors: Ka-Pok-Tam Andrew
Published: August 2021

In 1959, Lao Sze-Kwang (1927 – 2012), a well-known Chinese Kantian philosopher and author of the New Edition of the History of Chinese Philosophy, published On Existentialist Philosophy introducing existential philosophers to Chinese readers. This paper argues that Lao misinterpreted Kierkegaard’s ultimate philosophical quest of “how to become a Christian” as a question of ‘virtue completion,’ because he failed to recognize and acknowledge Kierkegaard’s distinction between aesthetic, moral and religious passion. By describing and clarifying Lao’s misinterpretation, the paper then argues that Lao’s trichotomy of the self fails to give due credit to the independence of religiousness from morality and aesthetics in Kierkegaard’s thought.
Kierkegaard and the Publisher’s Peritext
Authors: Smith Troy Wellington
Published: August 2021

Bruun and Hansen claim that Kierkegaard decided to publish Two Ethical-Religious Essays on commission with Gyldendal so as not to be linked to the penname H.H. Elsewhere, however, Kierkegaard indicates that the Essays, although they stand outside of the authorship, are to be understood in relation to it. Furthermore, Bruun and Hansen do not explain why Kierkegaard chose Gyldendal and not some other house. Drawing on Gérard Genette’s concept of the peritext, I argue that it was Gyldendal’s reputation as a leading theological publisher that led Kierkegaard to select it for a work demarcating the boundary of his authorship.
Philosophische und theologische Grundlagen des Menschenrechtsgedankens
Authors: Lohmann Friedrich
Published: August 2021

Seit der Verabschiedung der Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte durch die Vollversammlung der Vereinten Nationen am 10. Dezember 1948 beanspruchen die Menschenrechte, ein „common standard“ der globalen Menschheitsgemeinschaft zu sein. Der Aufsatz behandelt Definition, Entdeckung, Geschichte, Grundlegung und die drei Dimensionen der Menschenrechte und geht auf Anhaltspunkte in Bibel und Christentumsgeschichte ein, die den Einsatz für die Menschenrechte als eine ureigene Aufgabe von Kirche und Theologie erweisen.
Von der Ablehnung zur Unterstützung – Zur Diskussion der Menschenrechte in den evangelischen Landeskirchen
Authors: große Deters Malte
Published: August 2021

Der Beitrag zeichnet die Bewertung der Menschenrechte durch die evangelischen Landeskirchen in groben Zügen nach und stellt anschließend mit Jürgen Moltmanns und Wolfgang Hubers/Heinz Eduard Tödts Auffassungen zum Verhältnis von Christentum und Menschenrechten zwei bis heute wirksame Positionen im theologischen Diskurs im Bereich der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland vor. Der Beitrag schließt mit einem kritischen Blick auf den gegenwärtigen Umgang mit dem Thema.
Katholische Kirche und Menschenrechte
Authors: Gabriel Ingeborg G.
Published: August 2021

Die Geschichte des Verhältnisses von katholischer Kirche und Menschenrechten ist bekanntlich höchst komplex. Durch ihre endgültige Anerkennung im Umfeld des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils wurde eine positive Entwicklung in Gang gesetzt, die heute sowohl intellektuell wie praktisch angesichts neuer Herausforderungen verstärkt werden sollte, um Leid zu lindern und die menschliche Würde besser zu schützen. Für diese Agenda werden am Ende des Beitrags einige Desiderata formuliert.
Unterschiede, aber keine Unvereinbarkeit. Zur Diskussion um die Menschenrechte zwischen der Russischen Orthodoxen Kirche und der Gemeinschaft Evangelischer Kirchen in Europa
Authors: Tobler Stefan
Published: August 2021

Das russische Dokument zu den Menschenrechten von 2008 hat eine Diskussion ausgelöst, die zur Frage führt, ob eine theologische Fundamentaldifferenz in wichtigen Punkten einer Verständigung zwischen den Konfessionen im Wege steht. Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert einige Aspekte und kommt zu einer nuancierten Antwort auf diese Frage. Von einer grundsätzlichen Inkompatibilität kann wohl nicht die Rede sein.
Zur Syntax der russischen Leichten Sprache
Authors: Radünzel Claudia
Published: August 2021

The present article deals with Easy-to-read Russian. It focuses on the level of syntax which is mainly characterized by the avoidance of complex sentence structures. The necessity to write sentences that are as short and simple as possible is intuitively comprehensible, but often difficult to implement in practice since Easy-to-read texts also have to express causal, final or many other relations. Suggestions for avoiding complex syntactic structures in Russian are submitted and put up for discussion by consulting results and important proposals of studies about German “Leichte Sprache”. This includes both clause constructions and complex sentences with their individual subgroups as well as asyndetic compound sentences. On the whole, the study is intended to make a linguistically substantiated contribution to the development of Easy-to-read Russian, for which there are only initial approaches available today.
What Russian University Stands for: Analyzing Socially Embedded Vision and Values
Authors: Chernyavskaya Valeria , Kamshilova Olga
Published: August 2021

The present investigation is a response to the discourse analytical methodology expanded by corpus linguistic techniques. Within a discursive approach the university’s identity is seen as existing in and being constructed through discourse. The research interest is in how ideology and the obligation models set by the state construct the university’s self-image and university-based research as its core mission. The study is generally consistent with current trends in social constructivism where identity is considered as the process of identity construction rather than a rigid category. It is presumed that key factors are developed within a definite socio-cultural practice, which then shape the concept of collective identity. Detecting and analyzing such factors on the basis of Russian realities and modern Russian university is becoming a new research objective. The focus of the given article is on how certain values can be foregrounded in texts representing university strategies to the public. The research employs corpus linguistic methods in discourse analysis. The organization of the paper is as follows. First, it outlines the socio-political context in which the transformation of academic values and organizational principles of Russian national universities are embedded. Second, it discusses corpus findings obtained from an original research corpus which includes mission statements posted on the websites of Russian national research and federal universities. Conclusions concerning the university mission statements reflect ongoing transformations of the universities’ role in the society. The rhetoric of the statements is declarative and foregrounding new values. The linguistic data analysis shows their socially constructive nature as they build a framework for currently relevant uniformed ideas and concepts.
Building Back Better?
Authors: Schaefer Thilo
Published: August 2021

European governments face a two-fold challenge: they need to mitigate the negative consequences of the Corona pandemic and meet the increased climate protection requirements imposed on them by the tightening of targets through the European Green Deal. This raises the question to which extent political measures can serve both economic recovery and climate protection. By prioritising urgent public investment to address infrastructure deficits and smart policy instruments to incentivise climate-friendly action the German government enables the private sector to recover and develop sustainable business models.
Staatliche Corona-Hilfen und Klimaschutz: Chancen und Grenzen für Co-Benefits
Authors: Gawel Erik
Published: August 2021

Both fear of coronavirus infection and public measures to combat the pandemic are leading to a severe economic crisis. In order to cope with this crisis, many expect the state to act strong. Therefore, governments across the world have pledged billions of Euros for extensive recovery programs. But how “green” should these recovery programs be? There may be a certain window of opportunity to be used to set a clear focus on climate protection through substantial government investments in recovery. However, the “pandemic state”, which is showing itself to be powerful and resolute, ultimately does not provide a governmental role model for climate protection.
Impulse für den Klimaschutz – der Beitrag der Corona-Maßnahmen zur Transformation der Wirtschaft
Authors: Steinberg Philipp , Hahm Sabrina , Langner Benedikt
Published: August 2021

Germany was already undergoing an ambitious energy transformation process when the corona pandemic hit in 2020. The German government reacted both quickly and decisively by initiating a huge rescue package to stabilize firms and employment. Besides immediate economic aid, the stimulus programme implemented in June 2020 contains more than 40 Billion Euro to foster both the green and the digital transformation. However, to achieve carbon neutrality effectively and efficiently market mechanisms allowing individuals and firms to internalize the environmental costs of their consumption and production behaviour are key. Therefore, in addition to the EU ETS, in 2021 Germany introduced a national carbon pricing scheme for the heating and transport sector. Certainly, unilateral European or national initiatives will not suffice to accomplish the goals of the Paris Agreement. Therefore, striving for joint global action is equally crucial both to combat the Corona-virus and to limit global warming.