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AUTOMATED APPROACH TO ASSESSMENT OF THE LATERAL NATURAL ILLUMINATION IN PREMISES
Authors: SOKOLAN Yu.S. , SHEVELYA V.V. , PIEGDOŃ I.
Published: March 2023

Problem statement. In the XXI century a worldwide tendency to create specialized software to solve specific problems of individual subject areas is developing. Analysis of specialized software in the field of occupational safety and health showed a lack of specialized software for assessing the condition of artificial lighting in premises. The purpose of the article − the automation of the calculation process for the regulated area of light openings and assessment of the available natural lighting in the premises for residential, public and industrial buildings in accordance with the State Building Code of Ukraine B.2.5-28:2018 Natural and artificial lighting by developing specialized software. Conclusions. The developed software product «Lateral natural light» gives 21 % greater accuracy in calculating the area of light openings, 12 times less time spent on the calculations and allows you to make calculations without knowledge of the methodology. Implementation of protection against erroneous data entry provides a reduction in the number of errors that can occur during manual calculations, as well as minimizes the influence of human factor on the accuracy of calculations. Designed software can be used in the field of occupational safety and health to assess the state of the existing natural lighting of industrial premises, and in the architectural and construction industry at the stage of conceptual design of the area of light openings of the premises of industrial, public and residential buildings.
CALCULATION OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR POLLUTION IN CASE OF CHEMICALLY DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE SPILL
Authors: BILIAIEV M. M. , BILIAIEVA V.V. , BERLOV O.V. , MASHYKHINA P.B. , YAKUBOVSKA Z.M.
Published: March 2023

Problem statement. The task of forecasting for chemical pollution areas at the industrial site during atmospheric inversion and chemically hazardous substance evaporation from the spill zone is considered. The purpose of the work is to develop a method for calculating the intensity and shape of pollution areas in the atmosphere that are formed under inversion conditions. Methodology. The three-dimensional impurity transport equation is used to calculate the atmospheric spread of chemically hazardous substances under inversion conditions, together with the M. Berland’s approach, to determine the vertical diffusion coefficient for this adverse meteorological condition. Numerical integration of the impurity transfer equation is realised using two finite-difference schemes. Both schemes are based on the splitting method. Results. An effective calculating method of atmospheric pollution areas formed during the evaporation of a chemically hazardous substance from the spill zone is proposed. A computer code to allow quick determination of these atmospheric pollution zones under inversion conditions is developed. The results of the computational experiment are presented. Scientific novelty. A method is developed to assess the size and intensity of chemical pollution zones formed in the atmosphere during inversion and evaporation of the substance from the spill area. Practical value. Based on the developed method, a code for a computational experiment to assess atmospheric pollution zones at industrial sites during emergency spills of chemically hazardous substances is generated.
ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN PLANNING ASPECTS OF THE MANDALA
Authors: VOROBIOV V.V. , SHYLO О.S.
Published: March 2023

Problem statement. In the history of urban planning over the past 150−200 years, the historical continuity of the uniquely deep architectural and urban planning knowledge developed by generations of architects of the planet has disappeared. As a result, buildings and structures began to be created as formal-pragmatic objects opposing the objective laws of astroplanetary exchange connections, the spatio-temporal matrix of functioning has always been the basis for the construction of various objects in culture all peoples and civilizations of the past without exception. The energy-informational surface of the continents was destroyed. Under the cities, the so-called “black noise” arose − a harbinger of planetary and regional natural disasters that appear in places of power lines destruction of exchange links between the planet Earth and the Great Cosmic Grid − a kind of Universe frame. The networks of the 20th century cities cut off these lines and disconnected our planet from the Universe. How this may end further is not difficult to guess. However, the planet Earth itself began to enter a new region of galactic space, the failure to take into account the properties of which are just as dangerous as the destruction of the reticulate links between the Earth and the Cosmos. As a result, in fact, the World of earthlings is now on the verge of such physical and energy changes in the environment, which, with their further development, will lead to the transformation of continents, peoples, states, economies, and the population of earthlings. All this requires an immediate search for a way out of a series of impending dangers. As you know, everything new is a well-forgotten old. It is necessary to remember the ancient teachings about architecture and urban planning, and adapt them in relation to modern conditions, which, moreover, continue to change. Among the legacy of past eras that need to be revived and rethought is the doctrine of Mandalas − unique multidimensional structures that were once used to create buildings and populated areas. The purpose of the article is to reveal the architectural and urban planning aspects of mandalas and show how they can be used in modern conditions.
TO THE DEFINITION OF CRITICAL MICROCLIMATE CONDITIONS IN PREMISES DURING DISRUPTIONS HEAT SUPPLY SYSTEMS
Authors: BELIKOV A.S. , KOLESNYK I.O. , KLYMENKO G.O. , ZHELEZNYAKOV Yev.O.
Published: March 2023

These days in Ukraine one of the relevant tasks is to maintain the microclimate conditions indoors. Atthe same time, the state of war and the extreme conditions emergence related to the failure of heat supply systems leadto occurrence of critical microclimate conditions. It is known that the enclosing structures of the building includeexternal − walls, windows, other glazed surfaces, coverings of various types and floors, as well as − internal structures,that is, partitions and internal load-bearing walls, floors based on inter-floor ceilings, etc. These enclosing structureshave their influence on the distribution and fluctuations of temperatures in heated rooms. This effect may depend on theroom location in the building perimeter, the size of the room, etc. Modern prefab and block buildings of massconstruction, built according to typical projects, differ from traditional ones in that they have a smaller mass of wallstructures and a larger area of glazing of external enclosures, which has reduced their heat resistance [1−3]. Therefore,determining the critical conditions of the indoor microclimate during disruptions of the heat supply system is a relevanttask. The purpose of the article. Analysis and substantiation of decisions to ensure the required level of reliability andefficiency for elements of the building's heat supply complex from the standpoint of guaranteed support for necessaryinternal thermal conditions during disruptions of the heat supply. Conclusions. 1. Considering the disconnection of theheat supply, the critical conditions for the microclimate in the residential premises are determined. 2. Modelling theindoor climate, taking into account constructive and planning decisions and changes in temperature depending on theseason, allows to predict the adoption of precautionary measures for the equipment operation in buildings and to keepengineering communications in working condition [4−6].
FIELD INVESTIGATION OF THE INITIAL SETTLEMENTS OF PILE NOT CONNECTED TO THE RAFT IN A COMBINED RAFT-PILE FOUNDATION
Authors: SAMORODOV О.V. , DYTIUK О.Ye. , TABACHNIKOV S.V.
Published: March 2023

Problem statement. The patented useful model for the design of the combined raft-pile foundation (CRPF), consisting of a raft part and piles, with a gap of height Δ is made between the raft part and the piles. That is, the distribution of settlements (resistances) of the soil base under the raft and then under the piles (after the hinged connection of the piles with the raft) is assumed, based on the condition of not exceeding the maximum allowable settlement su of the building or structure. The initial settlement of the piles, which arises from the effect of the additional loading (negative) friction force acting on their lateral surface within the compressible layer during the pressure loading of the soil base raft part, must additionally be taken into account to correct the value of the gap Δ. The purpose of the article is to conduct field investigation of the piles initial settlements under the action of additional loading (negative) friction forces acting along their lateral surface in a large-scale combined raft-pile foundation to identify new dependencies and generalize them. Conclusions. On the basis of field studies, a qualitatively new dependence of the pile deformation on the action of additional ground friction forces has been revealed, which shows the "pile up-slip effect" due to the excess of resistance forces on its lateral surface with manifestation of inverse (elastic) deformations of the ground base of the pile. On the basis of field investigation, a qualitatively new dependence of the pile deformation on the effect of soil additional loading (negative) friction forces was revealed, which shows the “effect of the pile slipping upwards” due to exceeding the negative friction forces the resistance forces on its lateral surface with the manifestation of reverse (elastic) deformations of the pile soil base, which indicates the need to take this phenomenon into account when determining the gap between the raft part and the piles in projects of similar CRPF.
İŞ SÖZLEŞMESİNİN AHLAK VE İYİNİYET KURALLARINA AYKIRILIK VE BENZERİ NEDENLERLE FESHİNİN (İŞ KANUNU m. 25/II) CEZA HUKUKU BAKIMINDAN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
Authors: AYDIN Devrim
Published: March 2023

İşçinin iş sözleşmesinin haklı nedenle derhal fesih nedenlerinden bir bölümünü 4857 sayılı İş Kanunu m. 25/II’de “işçinin ahlak ve iyiniyet kurallarına uymayan haller ve benzeri davranışlarına dayalı nedenler” oluşturmaktadır. İş. Kanunu m. 25/II’teki fiillerin bir bölümü ceza hukuku açısından suç oluşturan fiiller (cinsel taciz, hırsızlık, mala zarar verme) niteliğinde olsa da bir bölümü, içeriği belirsiz ifadelerle açıklanan davranışlardan oluşmaktadır.

İş sözleşmesinin feshedilmesi üzerine işveren durumu Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu'na (SGK) yaptığı bildirimde, işçiyi hangi gerekçe ile işten çıkardığını bir kod numarasıyla işaretleyerek bildirmek zorundadır. İş Kanunu m. 25/II yer alan “ahlak ve iyiniyet kurallarına uymayan haller ve benzerlerine dayalı davranışlar” SGK’nın 1 Nisan 2021 tarihli genelgesiyle yapılan değişikliğe kadar, SGK’ye “Kod-29” olarak bildirilmekteydi. İş Kanunu’ndaki söz konusu hükme dayanılarak çok sayıda iş akdine son verilmesi ve durumun SGK’ye Kod-29 olarak bildirilmesine yönelik eleştiriler üzerine SGK, bir genelgeyle Kod-29’daki fiillerin her biri için 42’den 50’ye kadar ayrı ayrı kodlar belirlemek yoluna gitmiştir.

Çalışmada, İş Kanunu m. 25/II’de yer alan ve bir kısmı suç oluştururken bir kısmı suç oluşturmayan fiillerden dolayı iş akdinin feshi, ceza hukuku açısından tartışılarak hukuki denetimin sağlanabilmesi için işverene haklı fesih hakkı veren İş Kanunu m. 25/II’deki hallerin içeriğinin somutlaştırılması önerilerek, işçinin keyfi olarak işten çıkarıldığının ispatlanması durumunda, işverenin sorumluluğu ele alınmaktadır.
Review of the land public law for deregulation of reconstruction
Authors:   Korean Public Land Law Association, Jung Sun Kyun
Published: March 2023

In the metropolitan area, where housing sites are absolutely scarce, reconstruction is practically the only means of supplying housing. However, those who understand reconstruction simply as a means of increasing property and think negatively or who think that they must catch up with soaring real estate prices strengthen safety inspections to prevent the reconstruction project from proceeding in the first place, try to reduce the supply of housing through reconstruction by the sale price ceiling system and reconstruction charge. Therefore, in order to promote reconstruction, it is reasonable to remove the so-called three major nails (safety diagnosis, sale price ceiling system, and reconstruction charge) that hinder reconstruction. First, there are ways to lower structural safety standards and exempt safety diagnosis for buildings built before 1988, but now it is time to consider abolishing safety diagnosis boldly to revitalize the reconstruction project. Next, the sale price ceiling system for private housing sites should be abolished as soon as possible, as there is no longer any reason to exist, such as instability in real estate prices and reverse discrimination. Lastly, although some of the problems with the reconstruction charge have been removed through 2022. 9. 29. countermeasure, unconstitutional elements still remain. Therefore, it is worth considering removing the unconstitutionality through law revision or abolishing it at this chance.
Measures to improve disaster-related legislation in response to disasters
Authors:   Korean Public Land Law Association, Kim Won Jung , Yang Cheol-Ho
Published: March 2023

In modern society, disasters occur in various forms and cause serious damage to the people and society. The causes of disasters are due to a number of causes that cannot be determined by any single one. Natural disasters occur from natural phenomena, but social disasters are caused by human activities. Disasters that have recently occurred in our society account for the majority of social disasters rather than natural disasters. These social disasters can be seen as stemming from human selfishness and irresponsibility. A society safe from disasters can be realized if prevention and preparation, which are efforts to block disasters before they occur, and response and recovery to actively cope with disasters are systematically established In order to prepare active prevention and countermeasures against disasters, the 「Basic Act on Disaster and Safety Management」 has been enacted and implemented. In order to proactively and actively respond to and manage disasters, the basic law is divided into disaster prevention, preparation, response, and recovery. This Act sets out the basic matters for disasters, and serves as a basic law and action law for disasters. Since the 「Framework Act on Disaster and Safety Management」 contains many functional features besides the Basic Law, it poses problems such as the complexity of the regulations and the consistency of the legal system. In order to secure the people's right to safety through effective response to disasters, it is necessary to improve the problems of the current legal system. Therefore, this study analyzed the problems of prevention, preparation, response, and recovery for disasters stipulated in Chapters 4 through 7 of the contents of the laws acting as the basic law on disasters, and suggested improvement plans. A law can realize its value as a law when it has the most clear, specific, and systematic consistency. In order to secure the people's right to safety from disasters through the achievement of the clarity of these laws, an improvement plan was proposed as a way to be faithful to the nature of the Basic Law.
Media framing and construction of socio-political issues in Nigeria: (Dis)connection between theory and professional ethics?
Authors: Ajetunmobi Umar Olansile
Published: March 2023

For decades, the socio-political environment the press operates in had conditioned it to always build prominence around phenomena and people, using language as a strong carrier. Knowing full well that the press can escalate or de-escalate the salience of events through news reportage, media scholars saw the necessity for the institutionalization of some regulatory principles for the press. This is known as social responsibilities. This position paper interrogates the connection or disconnection between two media theories (framing and identity construction) and Nigerian journalism practice as codified by Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) code of ethics, using the farmer-herder crisis and Independent People of Biafra’s (IPOB) call for secession as cases. Having identified a plethora of negative frames and constructed identities around the two cases selected from 19 empirical papers conducted between 2015 and 2021, the findings show that the Nigerian press (newspapers) lean more towards war and ethnic journalism than peace/solution-driven journalism while reporting issues related to the two cases. The paper argues that the journalism practice of the Nigerian press, most times, aligns with the propositions of framing and identity construction theories, but largely disconnects from its ethical principles. In order to have a socially responsible journalism practice in Nigeria, this paper joins the conversation on advocacy for peace/solution-driven journalism.
Decius & Valerian, Novatian & Cyprian: Persecution and Schism in the Making of a Catholic Christianity - Part II
Authors: Bryant Joseph M.
Published: March 2023

In Part I of this study, the Decian Persecution and the crisis of mass apostasy it provoked within mainstream Christianity was identified as a “turning point” moment in the history of the ancient Hellenistic-Roman world. A negotiated decision by moderate and pragmatic bishops to overturn the established ban on the pardoning of apostates incited a major schismatic rupture, as disciplinary hardliners and traditionalists promptly formed an oppositional communion dedicated to full compliance with the purity requirements contained in scripture. Here, in Part II, we will show how Catholics and Katharoi were caught up in a “schismogenic” process of bilateral transformation, their identities adaptively refashioned over the course of intense polemical struggle that had the decisive effect of accelerating and deepening the Catholic embrace of penitential lenity. Thus fortified by a new pastoral-disciplinary regime that restored grievous sinners to sanctity and brought the prospects of eternal salvation within reach of those less capable of sustained zeal and holiness, the Church/Orthodox Church would experience significant membership growth in ensuing decades, setting the stage for the fateful compact with Empire that lay in its future.
Analysis Of Preservatives in Jelly at Traditional Markets
Authors: Wahyu Utami Dinar , Darmawan Petrus
Published: March 2023

Jelly is a processed food product from seaweed that is given fruit juice, sugar and water and has a semi-solid but chewy texture. Jelly producers add food preservatives to maintain quality and extend shelf life. Permitted preservatives and commonly used for jelly products are sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate and sulfur dioxide. Each preservative is regulated the maximum limit of its use in the Head of BPOM RI Regulation No. 36 of 2013. This study aims to determine the content and levels of preservatives contained in jelly products.Qualitative analysis was carried out on preservatives of sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate and sulfur dioxide whether found in jelly products sold in traditional markets in the District of Jebres, Surakarta. Furthermore, quantitative analysis was carried out to determine the levels of preservatives contained in jelly agar products. Quantitative analysis of preservatives in jelly products by titrimetry and HPLC methods.The results showed that of the four jelly samples analyzed, there were three positive jelly samples containing sodium benzoate preservative with each Jelly A level of 688,559 mg / kg; Jelly B is 488,161 mg / kg and Jelly C is 139,711 mg / kg. There are 2 samples of jelly that do not meet the quality standards according to the Head of BPOM RI Regulation No. 36 of 2013 ie samples of Jelly A and Jelly B because more than 200 mg / kg.

Abstrak
Jelly agar merupakan produk olahan pangan dari rumput laut yang diberi sari buah-buahan, gula dan air serta memiliki tekstur setengah padat namun kenyal. Produsen jelly agar menambahkan bahan pengawet makanan untuk mempertahankan kualitas dan memperpanjang umur simpan. Bahan pengawet yang diperkenankan dan biasa digunakan untuk produk jelly agar adalah natrium benzoat, kalium sorbat dan belerang dioksida. Masing-masing bahan pengawet tersebut diatur batas maksimum penggunaannya dalam Peraturan Kepala BPOM RI No. 36 Tahun 2013. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kandungan dan kadar pengawet yang terdapat pada produk jelly agar. Analisis kualitatif dilakukan terhadap bahan pengawet natrium benzoat, kalium sorbat dan belerang dioksida apakah terdapat pada produk jelly agar yang dijual di pasar tradisional di Kecamatan Jebres, Surakarta. Selanjutnya dilakukan analisis kuantitatif untuk mengetahui kadar bahan pengawet yang positif terdapat pada produk jelly agar. Analisis kuantitatif bahan pengawet pada produk jelly agar dengan metode titirimetri dan HPLC. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan dari keempat sampel jelly agar yang dianalisis, terdapat tiga sampel jelly agar yang positif mengandung bahan pengawet natrium benzoat dengan kadar masing-masing Jelly A sebesar 688,559 mg/kg; Jelly B sebesar 488,161 mg/kg dan Jelly C sebesar 139,711 mg/kg. Terdapat 2 sampel jelly agar yang tidak memenuhi baku mutu sesuai Peraturan Kepala BPOM RI No. 36 Tahun 2013 yaitu sampel Jelly A dan Jelly B karena lebih dari 200 mg/kg.
Classroom Data Visualization: Tracking Individuals During Group-Centered Instruction
Authors: Makowski Martha B. , Lubienski Sarah Theule
Published: March 2023

Understanding students’ participation in collaborative classroom settings is important in a variety of educational contexts, with implications for teaching, research, and equity. Using data from a group-centered developmental mathematics class, this research brief illustrates novel quantitative representations of students’ group participation and their instructor’s classroom activity. Presenting an overview of classroom activities based on audio data, the diagrams show a variety of patterns, including each group’s progression through assigned tasks, some students’ exclusion from discussions of those tasks, and the teacher’s patterns of interaction with groups. The representations provide new ways that researchers might approach and present multilayered classroom data.
Differential expression of CLDN1 in colorectal cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: March 2023

Cancer is a leading cause of death and colorectal cancer is among the most lethal cancers (1, 2). We mined public and published microarray datasets (3, 4) to determine in an unbiased fashion and at the level of the transcriptome genes most differentially expressed in the primary tumors of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). We found significant differential expression of the gene encoding claudin 1, CLDN1, when comparing colorectal tumors to the tissue of origin, the colon. CLDN1 mRNA was present at significantly higher quantities in tumors of the colon as compared to normal colorectal tissue. Analysis of human survival data revealed that expression of CLDN1 in rectal tumors was correlated with recurrence-free survival in patients with rectal cancer. CLDN1 expression changes may be important for the initiation or progression of human CRC.
Experiment ended
Authors: Hong Fei
Published: March 2023

Impact of Reduced Agricultural Research Funding on Climate Change Mitigation
Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam lãnh đạo xây dựng nền kinh tế độc lập tự chủ từ năm 1996 đến năm 2006
Authors: Sáu Nguyễn Văn
Published: March 2023

Tên luận án: Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam lãnh đạo xây dựng nền kinh tế độc lập tự chủ từ năm 1996 đến năm 2006Phụ đề: LATS Lịch sử: 62.22.030.15Tác giả: Nguyễn Văn SáuKhu vực: Hà NộiNơi xuất bản: Học viện Chính trị ; Ngày bảo vệ: 23/06/2012
Differential expression of FGL2 in colorectal cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: March 2023

Cancer is a leading cause of death and colorectal cancer is among the most lethal cancers (1, 2). We mined public microarray datasets (3, 4) to determine in an unbiased fashion and at the level of the transcriptome genes most differentially expressed in the primary tumors of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). We found significant differential expression of the gene encoding fibrinogen-like 2, FGL2, when comparing colorectal tumors to the tissue of origin, the colon. FGL2 mRNA was present at significantly higher quantities in tumors of the colon as compared to normal colorectal tissue. Analysis of human survival data revealed that expression of FGL2 in rectal tumors was correlated with overall survival in patients with rectal cancer with high mutational burden. FGL2 expression changes may be important for the initiation or progression of human CRC.
A Novel Study in Cyber-security through Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Ghafoor Laiba
Published: March 2023

A Novel Study in Cyber-security through Artificial Intelligence
Experiment ended
Authors: Hong Fei
Published: March 2023

Impact of Federal Funding on Scientific working
Worldwide consequences of a mid-Holocene cooling in the Nordic Seas
Authors: Telesiński Maciej , Liu Wei , Ren Xianglin , Zajączkowski Marek
Published: March 2023

The Earth's climate, marked by long-term shifts and punctuated events, shapes terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Despite the present interglacial period's warmth and stability compared to preceding glaciations, the Holocene has witnessed significant cooling events with worldwide consequences. Leveraging marine records from the Nordic Seas, we provide the first detailed account of a cooling event centered around 6.8 ka BP. Utilizing paleoceanographic proxies and advanced modelling, we unveil a distinct subsurface water cooling, associated with a stepwise increase in sea-ice cover in the eastern Fram Strait. Our findings emphasize the role of Greenland Sea deep convection onset and the subsequent westward shift in Atlantic Water flow, enabling sea-ice advection from the Barents Sea. The heightened sea-ice cover weakens Atlantic Water advection, perturbing overturning circulation in the eastern Nordic Seas. These perturbations propagate worldwide, affecting North Atlantic deep-water circulation, inducing widespread hemispheric cooling, shifting the Intertropical Convergence Zone southward, and weakening the East Asian monsoon. Incorporating rigorous modelling supports and augments proxy-based paleoreconstructions, underscoring sea-ice dynamics and ocean circulation's critical influence. This study highlights the potential for localized cooling events within ostensibly stable climatic intervals, underscoring the need to comprehend their mechanisms for precise climate predictions and informed policymaking toward a sustainable future.
Structure and Morphology of an Active Conjugate Relay Zone, Messina Strait, Southern Italy
Authors: Dorsey Rebecca , Longhitano Sergio , Chiarella Domenico
Published: March 2023

Messina Strait is a narrow fault-bounded marine basin that separates the Calabrian peninsula from Sicily in southern Italy. It sits in a seismically active region where normal fault scarps and raised Quaternary marine terraces record ongoing extension driven by southeastward rollback of the Calabrian subduction zone. A review of published studies and new data shows that normal faults in the Messina Strait region define a conjugate relay zone where displacement is transferred along-strike from NW-dipping normal faults in the northeast (southern Calabria) to the SE-dipping Messina-Taormina normal fault in the southwest (offshore eastern Sicily). The narrow marine strait is a graben undergoing active subsidence within the relay zone, where pronounced curvature of normal faults results from large strain gradients and clockwise rotations related to fault interactions. Based on regional fault geometries and published age constraints, we infer that normal faults in southern Calabria migrated northwest while normal faults in NE Sicily migrated southeast during the past ~2–2.5 Myr. This pattern has resulted in tectonic narrowing of the strait through time by regional extension and rapid mantle-driven uplift.
The Times They Are A-Changin': An Experimental Assessment of the Causes and Consequences of Sudden Policy U-Turns
Authors: Nasr Mohamed , Hoes Emma
Published: March 2023

What consequences should political parties expect when they invoke sudden policy U-turns? We establish a synergy between the causes of policy changes and their consequences and argue that voter evaluations of policy shifts will be influenced by their perceptions of why these shifts occurred in the first place. Building on mental models, a notion we borrow from cognitive psychology, we expect that voters will start from their perceptions of whether party change happened on principled grounds or for electoral gains (the premises) and make probabilistic predictions about its level of commitment in the future (the inference). We suggest that, while U-turns, in general, can be damaging to a party's reputation, principled changes brought about by new scientific evidence or major crises should not necessarily have negative implications, because these changes can give the party new grounds of credibility. We test our expectations via a pre-registered randomized survey experiment in Germany (n = 3127) featuring two classes of party change: strategic or principled shifts. We find that voters generally punish political parties when they reverse course regardless of the reason, thus including when external circumstances suggest change may be necessary. Coming from the premise that political and societal change is imperative, these findings have direct implications for democracies.
Measuring Symptom-Specific Panic-Relevant Associations Using Single-Target Implicit Association Tests
Authors: Blackwell Simon Edward , Wilhelm Frank H. , Reinecke Andrea , Margraf Jürgen , Woud Marcella Lydia
Published: March 2023

Background: According to major cognitive accounts of panic disorder, bodily sensations can lead to automatic activation of an associative fear network, potentially triggering a cascade of cognitive, emotional, and physiological responses culminating in a panic attack. However, the evidence for the automatic associations assumed by these models is mixed. This may reflect the heterogeneous nature of panic disorder, in that the relative importance of different bodily sensations and symptoms varies between individuals. The current study aimed to test this possibility via measuring the associations between three different sets of panic symptoms (cognitive, respiratory, cardiac) and scores on three symptom-specific single target implicit association tests (STIATs). Methods: A total of 226 unselected female participants aged 18-35 completed the STIATs as well as questionnaires assessing panic symptoms and related measures in a web-based study. Results: Only limited evidence was found to support the idea of specific associations between STIAT stimuli sets and their related panic symptoms. Exploratory analyses indicated that there were only associations between STIAT scores and panic-relevant questionnaires amongst those participants who had experienced a panic attack in the previous 6 months. Conclusions: The results have implications for measuring panic-relevant associations and understanding their role in panic disorder.
Longitudinal Measurement Invariance of the ASEBA Youth/Adult Self-Reports Across the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood
Authors: Moriarity Daniel P. , Giollabui Naoise Mac , Cardoso Melo Dener , Hartman Catharina
Published: March 2023

The ability to quantify within-person changes in mental health is central to the mission of clinical psychology. Typically, this is done using total or mean scores on symptom measures; however, this approach assumes that symptom measures quantify the same construct, the same way each time the measure is completed. Without this quality, termed longitudinal measurement invariance, an observed difference between two or more timepoints might be partially attributable to changing measurement properties rather than changes in comparable measurements of psychopathology. This concern is amplified in research using different forms of a measure across developmental periods due to potential differences in reporting, item-wording, and context. This study finds support for longitudinal measurement invariance of the Dutch Youth Self-Report and Adult Self-Report cognitive and affective depression symptom subscales in a sample of 1,273 individuals across 5 waves of data collection (mean ages= 11 at Wave 1 and 22 years at Wave 5).
Teoría de los entes. Propuesta para la formalización de la filosofía con una introducción a la lógica y a la semiótica. Cap. 7: El ente compuesto
Authors: Escobedo Casillas Salvador Daniel
Published: March 2023

En este capítulo, se presenta una teoría axiomática sobre entidades compuestas generales. Por entidad compuesta se hace referencia a cualquier ser hecho de partes. Usando esta formalización, es posible llegar a algunas conclusiones metafísicas valiosas, como la no equivalencia entre los conceptos de entidad compuesta y conjunto matemático. Asimismo, se analizan y desacreditan algunas formas de platonismo matemático. Se proponen también algunos ejercicios para ayudar al lector con el aprendizaje de la la notación simbólica.
Does a Troubled Family Background Predict Adult Masturbation and Pornography Use?
Authors: Perry Samuel
Published: March 2023

Research documents an association between weak or troubled family relations and pornography use among adolescents. Building on research suggesting pornography use is often a proxy for desire to masturbate and employing a large representative sample of American adults, this study tested whether weak or troubled family relationships growing up were predictive of adult pornography use and masturbation, suggesting the continuation of a habit developed earlier on, and whether masturbation mediated any link between earlier family experiences and pornography use. While reporting a troubled family background was unassociated with adult pornography use, having a more troubled family background predicted adult masturbation practice, but almost completely among younger adults and slightly more for women than men. Findings suggest men and women, and especially women, who experienced weak or troubled family relations growing up might be more inclined to develop a masturbation habit perhaps as a coping strategy that persists into young adulthood.
Nature as a ‘Lifeline’: The Power of Photography when Exploring the Experiences of Older Adults living with Memory Loss and Memory Concerns
Authors: Whitfield Elenyd , Johnson Sukey Parnell , Higgs Paul , Martin Wendy , Morgan-Trimmer Sarah , Burton Alexandra , Poppe Michaela , Cooper Claudia
Published: March 2023

The visual is an underutilised modality through which to investigate experiences of memory loss in older people. We describe a visual ethnography with older adults experiencing subjective or objective memory loss, receiving a cognitive wellbeing group intervention designed to prevent cognitive decline and dementia (APPLE-Tree programme). We aimed to explore lived experiences of people with memory concerns, how participants engaged with this photography and co-design project, and how collaboration with an artist/photographer enhanced this process. Nineteen participants shared photographs reflecting what they valued in their daily lives, their experiences of memory concerns, and the intervention. Fourteen participated in qualitative photo-elicitation interviews, and thirteen collaborated with a professional artist/photographer to co-create an exhibition, in individual meetings and workshops, during which a researcher took ethnographic field notes. Eight participants were re-interviewed after the exhibition launch.We contextualise images produced by participants in relation to discourses around the visual and ageing and highlight their relationship with themes developed through thematic analysis that interconnects photographic, observational and interview data. We present themes around the use of photographs to: (1) celebrate connections to nature as a lifeline; (2) anchor lives within the context of relationships with family; (3) reflect on self and identity, enduring through ageing, memory concerns, pandemic, and ageing stereotypes. We explore visual research as a powerful tool for eliciting meaningful accounts from older adults experiencing cognitive change and to connect the arts and social sciences within ageing studies. Participatory Photography; Collaborative; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Subjective Cognitive Decline.
''Emerging from the Lockdown: Insights from Women Domestic Workers' Lives in Delhi''
Authors: ISST  , Banerjee Monika
Published: March 2023

Using a mixed-methods approach of telephone survey and in-depth interviews with stakeholders and women workers, this study aims to assess the impact that the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown had on women domestic workers and map the way their situation changed once the lockdown was lifted. It finds that the lockdown had a severe impact on work and income, with almost 80% of the respondents stating that they experienced job loss during that period. The study also highlights that even when the lockdown was lifted, workers were not able to return to work immediately due to fear of disease among their employers. For those who were able to get back to work, there was a significant decline in the number of houses where they were able to get employment compared to the number of houses where they used to work prior to the pandemic. The study also highlights the new Covid-19 norms that workers now have to follow when they go for work and argues that the paid work situation for these workers remains far from what it used to be before the lockdown was imposed. In terms of unpaid work, the report finds that workers now bear an increased burden in both inside household work as well as caring for young children. They were found to be under extreme stress due to the financial crisis that they were suffering and were also found to be struggling with accessing essential goods and services including, food, water, fuel, children’s education and healthcare services for diseases other than Covid-19. The study recommends that as immediate measures domestic workers should be provided with free ration kits until their paid work situation stabilises. It also recommends that the government must fast-track the registration of domestic workers to the Unorganized Workers Social Security Board as well as bring out a minimum wage notification for the workers to ensure that they are protected from social and economic vulnerabilities.
Relationship Between Macroeconomic Variables and Stock Market Price of Nepalese Insurance Companies
Authors: Shrestha Purna Man
Published: March 2023

This study has examined the relationship between selected macroeconomic variables and the stock market of price of Nepalese insurance companies listed on Nepal Stock Exchange [NEPSE] for the period of July 2003 to June 2018. Monthly stock market index of Nepalese insurance companies of Nepal Stock Exchange has been taken as proxy of stock market price of insurance companies and interest rate, gold price, money supply, equity market capitalization, are taken as proxy of macroeconomic variables. This study has used cointegration test to examine the long-run relationship between variables and stock market of price of Nepalese insurance companies. The stationarity of the variables has been examined by applying Augmented Dickey-Fuller [ADF] test and Phillips-Perron [PP] test. When variables are found to be same order of integration then cointegration test is used to determine long-run relationship. This study concluded that there exists long-run equilibrium among the macroeconomic variables and stock market of price of Nepalese insurance companies listed on Nepal Stock Exchange. Similarly, this study has also followed vector error correction model to capture the short-run dynamics.
National Microfinance Policy of Nepal: Perspectives on Women Empowerment
Authors: Tiwari Liladhar
Published: March 2023

This paper attempts to analyze the National Microfinance Policy of Nepal from women empowerment perspectives. It is the fact that there are no policies prepared exclusively focusing on women empowerment. However, this paper analyzes the National Microfinance Policy 2008 A.D. by exploring its implications and effects. The Policy is discussed as a part of microfinance development in favor of women entrepreneurship. Moreover, the problems and the issues have been generalized as the present issues are delaying the development of the microfinance sector to develop the nation. Furthermore, the need of microfinance policy is elaborated in the existing situation of policy preparation and updating them from government and other stakeholders’ sectors. Finally, vision and long-term goal have intended the level of people in microfinance after this policy was applied.
Foreign Trade and Economic Growth of Nepal: An ARDL Approach
Authors: Acharya Ramesh
Published: March 2023

Nepal is a developing country having high degree of trade openness. Trade volume is highly increased and imports always dominated exports. Therefore, the key objective is to find out contribution of foreign trade to the economic growth of Nepal. Level data are not stationary so first difference data are used for regression analysis. Thus, ARDL technique is used for the estimation. The study shows total trade and foreign direct investment has significant determinant of Gross Domestic product that is economic growth in Nepal both in short run and long run. The Study shows foreign trade plays the significant role for the economic growth of Nepal. One percent raise in foreign trade (total trade) brings 0.62 percent raise in gross domestic production.
Livelihood and Sustainability of Informal Waste Workers in Kathmandu Valley: A Qualitative Narrative Inquiry
Authors: Chaudhary Govinda
Published: March 2023

Managing waste in growing urban cities is an increasing challenge day by day. Waste management is one of the basic essential services provided by local authorities and regulated bodies. Solid waste management includes collection, segregation, sorting, treatment, transportation, and final disposal. Along with the formal sector, the informal bodies are also active in Nepal. Informal waste workers are contributing to waste minimization and promoting environmental justice by involving in recycling activities. This study aimed to explore the five sustainable components (Human, Social, Physical, Financial, and Natural) of informal waste workers. The study was undertaken in the Kathmandu Valley by qualitative narrative inquiry. It was found that the income of informal waste workers varied, was unstructured, and was unpredictable. There is a need for the personal safety of waste workers to improve their quality of life. The study found that the workers are most vulnerable in terms of social capital, as they have poor relationships with their communities. It is important to incorporate them into the waste management system and acknowledge their contributions to the environment.
Bipolarism in the Nineteenth-Century Novel
Authors: Castelli Alberto
Published: March 2023

Literary realism has produced some of the most famous deaths in literary fiction. Psychological insight into the characters’ experiences and the mental states that induced their deaths helps readers to engage the protagonists not as victims of society, martyrs of fate, or wicked characters but, rather, as pathological human beings. Their psychological dualities bring affirmations of identity as well as breakdowns of identity, hence transforming readers’ judgments on their morality with new understanding.
Fictional Country Houses of the 1980s: Isabel Colegate, Kazuo Ishiguro, and V.S. Naipaul
Authors: Perkin J. Russell
Published: March 2023

The renewed interest in English country houses in the 1980s was part of a focus on the idea of “English heritage,” and it was accompanied by a flourishing of historical novels and costume dramas. In the twenty-first century, scholars have investigated the links between country houses and the British Empire. A careful reading of Isabel Colegate’s The Shooting Party (1980), Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day (1988), and V.S. Naipaul’s The Enigma of Arrival (1987) shows that these writers took a critical view of the myth of the English country house. Each of them in some way addresses the colonial and imperial connections of the country house, and they each extend a venerable literary tradition in a manner that addresses the concerns of the late twentieth century and anticipates those of the twenty-first. The three novelists make use of a variety of perspectives in their representation of the country house, with significant attention to the experience of servants. Colegate writes out of a personal knowledge of the upper class from her own family background, while Ishiguro and Naipaul are English writers who were born in other parts of the world, giving them distinctive standpoints from which to consider English history and society.
Информационно-медийное пространство мировой политики : учебное пособие / Н.Г. Багдасарьян [и др.] ; под общей редакцией Н.Г. Багдасарьян, Т.Г. Добросклонской, А.И. Музыкантского. – М. : «КДУ», «Добросвет», 2023. – 108 с.
Authors: Багдасарьян Н.Г. , Беликова А.А. , Добросклонская Т.Г. , Дубовская И.Н. , Левченко Т.Г. , Матевосян Е.А. , Мачина А.А. , Музыкантский А.И. , Павлюченко А.А. , Репина Е.А. , Скороспелова Т.В. , Чумакова А.А.
Published: March 2023

Главная цель учебного пособия «Информационно-медийное пространство мировой политики» состоит в том, чтобы ознакомить учащихся с ключевыми теоретико-методологическими основами изучения медиа-информационного аспекта политических коммуникаций, а также сформировать у них набор компетенций, необходимых для практической работы со СМИ в сфере мировой политики и международных отношений. Учебное пособие предназначено для студентов и магистрантов вузов, обучающихся по специальностям международные отношения, политические науки, медиакоммуникации в политике. Учебное пособие может также представлять интерес для широкого круга специалистов, занимающихся исследованиями новых трендов в системе массовых коммуникаций, анализом и интерпретацией процессов в информационно-медийном пространстве мировой политики.
Oasis Senior Supportive Living: Description of a Novel Aging-in-Place Model in Ontario
Authors: Mills Christine Marie , Parniak Simone , Depaul Vincent G. , Donnelly Catherine
Published: March 2023

Older adults are the fastest-growing demographic group in Canada, and the majority of older adults want to age-in-place within their communities. Many older adults live in naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs), unplanned communities with a high proportion of older residents. NORC supportive services programs can help older adults successfully age-in-place. One such program is Oasis Senior Supportive Living, a partnership between older adults, building owners and managers, community partners, funders, and researchers. Using a qualitative approach, interviews were conducted with Oasis participants to understand their experiences of Oasis. This article will describe the three pillars upon which Oasis programming is based and provide insights from Oasis participants. It will discuss nutrition programming implemented in these NORCs and suggest how dietitians can support NORC residents.