bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Developing algorithms and software for power active filters of ship electric power systems
Authors: Vyngra Alexei Viktorovich
Published: May 2022

The use of electrical receivers with a non-linear load on ships significantly affects the electric power characteristics. The main devices that reduce the distortion of the sinusoid of current and voltage in electrical networks are active, passive and combined filters. There are considered the main types and principles of active filters operation, shown the current methods for detecting a distortion and forming a compensating effect by active filters. Using the active filters for electric drives of reciprocating mechanisms with an uneven, but periodic predictable load on the shaft is demonstrated. The operation of such devices in the ship electrical power system worsens the electric power characteristics (e.g. high iTHD, harmonic components). The effectiveness of using an active filter operating on a perturbation from a reference signal for electric drives of reciprocating compressors has been theoretically grounded. There has been presented an algorithm for operation on a perturbation determining the spectrum of the selected interharmonic distortion and presenting it in the form of a Fourier series to create a compensating effect. Application of the algorithm helps increase the speed of the control system, eliminates temporary errors and simplifies the operation of the system. The range of active filters operation according to this algorithm is found limited due to a necessary periodic load or fixed interference. The control software for a three-phase active filter was designed by using the algorithms. The software project is presented in the MATLAB/Simulink mathematical modeling environment. A specific feature of the software using a memory block to organize the calculation of the compensation pattern for harmonic distortion and using the algorithms for generating a compensating signal in the frequency domain. The hardware modeling is considered and the firmware of the board is made. The interface, code and results of the software work are given. It has been inferred that the software effectively controls the power elements of the active filter with current feedback.
COVID-19, Public Health Strategies and Post Pandemic AAS/Androgen Use: A Commentary/Short Communication
Authors: Crisp Philippe , Sims Jamie
Published: May 2022

In this commentary/short communication we summarize many recent developments related to public health strategies for COVID-19. At this time, there are a wide range of emerging themes post various lockdown measures that have been reported, such as increased exercise, increased drug use, and various associated declines in mental health and other deleterious effects on eating behaviour patterns. Aligned to this, AAS/Androgen use has increased during and post-lockdowns and we posit, in the context of the aforementioned additional risks that have been reported, that future public health strategies need to demonstrate awareness of increased risk that they (AAS/Androgens) present at this time.
Explosive Power of Lower Limbs of Acrobatic Rock and Roll Dancers
Authors: Chlapcová Adéla , Olej Peter , Kolbová Kateřina , Kyselovičová Oľga
Published: May 2022

Acrobatic rock and roll is dynamic sport dance where explosive power is very important ability.

Aim. The aim of the thesis was to determine and compare the level of explosive power of the lower limbs of acrobatic rock and roll dancers. We assume that dancers from couple categories will reach a significantly higher level of explosive power of the lower limbs than dancers from ladies formations.

Methods. The research sample consisted of 22 acrobatic rock and roll female dancers. To determine the level of explosive power of the lower limbs, we used a 10 s test on a jump ergometer. We used the non-parametric statistical method Mann Whitney U-test for independent files.

Results. The female dancers from couple categories achieved better results in all parameters than dancers from ladies formations. The first examined parameter was the power in the active phase of the take off where the dancers from couples achieved 46.08 ± 5.32 W.kg−1, the dancers from ladies formations reached 38.13 ± 3.63 W.kg−1 (p ≤ 0.01, r = 0.64). The second examined parameter was the height of the jump, where dancers from couples achieved 28.91 ± 2.49 cm, dancers from ladies formations reached 25.92 ± 3.21 cm (p ≤ 0.05, r = 0.48). The last examined parameter was the rebound efficiency, where dancers from couples achieved 177.41 ± 25.62 cm.s−1, dancers from ladies formations reached 138.48 ± 15.96 cm.s−1 (p ≤ 0.01, r = 0.65).

Conclusions. In addition to differences in the explosive power of the lower limbs, the results also pointed to the importance of development in all categories. We recommend dancers to include plyometric exercises and repeated rope skipping jumps in the pre-competition and competition period, after completing strength training.
Farmers’ Perception of Causes and Consequences of their Indebtedness in Haryana, India
Authors: Jakhar Babloo , Kait Rohtas , Kumar Vijay
Published: May 2022

Subject and purpose of work: The study aims to highlight the perception of farmers regarding the causes and consequences of their indebtedness.

Materials and methods: The study was based on primary data collected (by field survey) from a sample of 600 farmers. With regards to the selection of farmers or respondents, the proportionate sampling technique was employed. Percentage technique was used for data analysis. The data were collected in the first quarter of 2021.

Results: It was found that 95.67% of the farmers (out of 600) reported low prices for agricultural output as being the main cause of their indebtedness, followed by crop failure (89.00%), the high cost of inputs (85.00%), high interest rates (61.17%) and small landholdings (58.83%). In addition, consequences reported by loanee farmers were deterioration in their social status (67.83%) and psychological stress (57.67%). However, positive changes experienced by farmers after repaying a loan were less than the negative experiences.

Conclusions: The main causes of farmers’ indebtedness were crop failure and the high cost of inputs compared to the price of their produce. Due to their indebtedness, their economic and social status deteriorated and they experienced the feeling of insecurity.
Techno-altruism. From cultural conflict to constructive and supportive use of online environments
Authors: Buoncompagni Giacomo
Published: May 2022

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, the massive use of the digital in everyday life, in the absence of intercultural - media skills, seemed to have fuelled violence, misinformation, ethnocentrisms, prejudices towards the Other (Urry 2000; Appadurai 2005; Couldry 2015; Ziccardi 2016; Europol 2016; SWG 2017, Vox 2018).

However, social and digital technology can also be re-thought as a civic and moral space (Silverstone, 2009) able to overcome conflict and polarisation, as a strategic medium to improve social policies and the management of migration flows, actively involving host institutions and communities (Buoncompagni, D’Ambrosi 2020).

The panorama of humanitarian aid, in particular, i.e. that typology of interventions aimed at helping populations affected by war events or natural disasters, is completely changing in the way of operating within the world of international migration precisely thanks to the digital infrastructure (IOM 2018). Apps, virtual itinerant maps and self-narratives via social networks, sharing GPS coordinates of the safest routes among migrants, increasing numbers of socially engaged indigenous citizens enrolled in online platforms, are just a few examples of how digital media are acquiring a fundamental role within the migration network in hospitality and aid actions (Brunwasser 2015; Buoncompagni 2021. Only by developing the art of solidarity and the ability to communicate and cooperate globally, opening up to the Other, can the “different” relate effectively and productively in digital society (Chen 2005; Bennet 2015).

Pitirim A. Sorokin himself, a still prominent figure of 20th century sociology, stated that historical and techno-cultural changes have not always produced positive results within societies, but at times also negative (or more precisely ‘destructive’) ones: individualism, antagonism, excess of technology and rationality, and in particular the fall of the bonds of solidarity towards the different and the loss of the feeling of belonging (Cimagalli 2010; Marletti 2018; Perrotta 2016).

But the sociologist also stressed how altruism could be one of the indispensable ingredients of social life. No society can exist without an “altruistic and creative love” that has as its aim the “altruisation” of individuals and social institutions: a complex process/project capable of encompassing the emotional, supra-rational and spiritual aspects of human relationships (including online), starting from the idea that all men can recognise themselves in certain moral principles, eternal and universal (Mangone, 2020).

And such a condition could be re-created/supported also through digital tools and exist in online environments, thus trying to extend, on a theoretical level, Sorokin’s attempt to make sociology (also digital, in this case) a “science of altruism” in the post-pandemic era of global interconnectedness.
Life-Long Learning: intercultural education and communication Europe and beyond
Authors: Spulber Diana
Published: May 2022

Life-Long Learning seems to be an all-sides studied model. Globalisation, work-market rapid change, and the free circulation of knowledge let researchers discover that there is a new way of designing the LLL process. The multicultural society is a drive of LLL process optimisation. After the Lisbon strategy and seeing the unstoppable path of lifelong learning stress, the requirements for a profound reflection on the role of citizen’s education. The article aims to analyse the intercultural aspect of LLL and how it can be stretched. Particular attention is dedicated to how the EU and RF reply to society and economic challenges through the implementation of the LLL process. The intercultural aspect will comprise a horizontal intercultural aspect and vertical ones. Will be examined the role of the European Commission as well as a promoter of the idea of an inclusive society and the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. The intercultural approach will be stressed thanks to examining the Soviet Union and Russian Federation’s LLL process. The used methodology is a review of relevant intervention studies and Political Documents and Financing actions for examining the effectiveness of interventions.

The analysis of two paths of the LLL process’s implementation and promotion; the analysis of two ways of LLL process organisation will permit an expansive view of the LLL process. Furthermore, the parallel analysis of the LLL process permits us to see how the two ways of social development can be reflected through different actions on LLL policy, starting from formal education and ultimate to third Age Education. In final, it permits us to learn more about how LLL can be a solution to avoid social welfare bankruptcy.
Aged people and tourism
Authors: Amoretti Guido F.
Published: May 2022

The increase in the elderly population is a phenomenon of growing importance with various repercussions on the economic side, both in terms of costs that society has to bear from a social and health care point of view, and in terms of opportunities for the various economic sectors that can see the third age as a possible market. The change in attitudes towards ageing has led to an increase in the proportion of older people who are actively living in the third age. Travelling, visiting new places and/or spending time away from home, even abroad, are activities that are now part of the lives of older people, at least those with an adequate income level. Consequently, the elderly have become potential users of the tourism sector: this article attempts to outline the dimensions and characteristics of this phenomenon.
Comparative Studies and Research on Energy Optimization of Non-Residential Buildings
Authors: Cziszter K. I. A. , Ionescu G.C. , Sărăcuț-Ardelean A.F. , Szabo S. , Kovacs T. , Ionescu G.L.
Published: May 2022

Statistics confirm that in the EU, buildings consume approx. 40% of final energy, which accounts for 36% of total European greenhouse gas production after energy consumption. Energy efficiency measures are urgently needed to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Decreasing fossil fuel consumption would have a major impact on declining energy demand per unit of gross domestic product. In 2014, European leaders adopted the ambitious Climate and Energy Framework 2030, in which the three key targets were raised: a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, a 27% reduction in RES and a 27% increase in energy efficiency. Then, in November 2016, the European Commission (EC) proposed the Clean Energy for All Europeans package, designed to support and accelerates the transition to a carbon-free energy system. This paper comprises a case study of the current situation of these matters in Romania and focuses on steps and methodology of what actions are reliable and available to be put into practice on this matter.
Post COVID-19 Access-Egress Attributes for Urban Metro Transit Users in Delhi
Authors: Khursheed Salman , Kidwai Farhan Ahmad
Published: May 2022

The BLUE line of Delhi Metro (DM) has been examined to identify the post COVID-19 access–egress attributes of users. An on-board survey of metro commuters is conducted in February and March 2021. The respondents reported six different modes for access and egress trips to nearest metro stations with 38.7% and 43% users opting for walking for access-egress trip respectively. The E-rickshaw is observed to be most preferred para-transit mode whereas private vehicle has small mode share for access-egress trip. It is revealed that 46.5% of respondents are captive riders whereas 51% owns at least one motorized private vehicle. The average access and egress distance covered by walking is (0.81+ 0.32/0.35) Km respectively. The average access and egress trip time by walking is (11.19+3.73) and (11.07+4.45) minutes respectively. The average access and egress trip time by E-rickshaw is (13.21+4.09) and (12.56+2.95) minutes respectively. The access and egress trip time by motorized modes are in the range of (12.36-14.39) and (10.41-13.56) minutes respectively. The average main haul distance across all access-egress modes is observed to be (19.69+11.19) Km. To understand the factors influencing the access–egress mode choice multinomial logistic (MNL) regression models are proposed. The access-egress time and distance are observed to be significant factors in access-egress mode choice. Less parking facility offered by DM is significant factor in access mode choice. Occasional commuters are only significant factor in context with frequency of travelling in DM.
The Establishment of the Court of Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) in the Wake of its Precursors
Authors: Alina Baimoldayeva , Malik Zia-Ud-Din
Published: May 2022

The Astana International Financial Center’s Court is a novel conflict determination effort aimed at attracting investors in the same way similar financial centers in the Persian Gulf have done with their courts and arbitration processes. This article contrasts and compares various approaches, focusing on aspects of private international law like jurisdiction, relevant law, and the admission and execution of judgments and arbitral awards. This research finds that the initiative’s success, particularly for junior courts, will be determined by its ability to create amicable relationships with the host country’s local courts.
Problems of Legal Regulation of Combating Torture in Ukraine
Authors: Melnykova Dariia
Published: May 2022

The relevance of this study is due to the lack of an effective mechanism to combat torture in Ukraine and an insufficiently effective system of prevention and protection against torture, which creates an atmosphere of impunity and leads to the spread of this phenomenon in Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to explore the problematic aspects of legal counteraction to torture in Ukraine and to suggest ways to improve the mechanism of legal counteraction to torture in Ukraine in the context of international standards. Thus, first of all, the article reveals the composition of the crime of torture and the specifics of responsibility for it in Ukraine. Then the paper characterizes the mechanism for ensuring legal counteraction to torture in Ukraine. The article also analyzes the main problems of legal counteraction to torture in Ukraine suggests ways to improve certain problems of legal counteraction to torture in Ukraine in the context of international standards.
Promoting Asian Economic Development By Designing Culturally Conscious Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Authors: Alina Baimoldayeva , Malik Zia-Ud-Din
Published: May 2022

It is critical to develop an Asian model of alternative conflict resolution that takes Asian traditions into account. Simply adopting Western standards will be less likely to accommodate Asians’ distinctive approach to conflict resolution. If international business mediation or arbitration is sensitive to cultural requirements and expectations, culture-related issues may be avoided.
Monitoring the skin biophysical parameters among coronavirus patients for three days in a row: a preliminary study
Authors: Salih Jalal M. , Bari Dindar S. , Yacoob Aldosky Haval Y.
Published: May 2022

The coronavirus epidemic 2019 is spreading all over the world now. Several parameters are used to monitor the status of hospitalized patients; however, monitoring variations in biophysical properties of the skin has not been investigated yet. In this preliminary study, we seek to monitor skin biophysical parameters among coronavirus patients for three days in a row. Skin moisture, pH, sebum, and temperature during the three days were monitored in 30 coronavirus patients by using non-invasive portable instruments. Skin biophysical parameters were increased on the third day of monitoring compared to the first one. In addition, the increase in both skin moisture and temperature were statistically significant. According to the results of this preliminary study, skin biophysical parameters changed (increased) during the specified period in which the patients were monitored. However, changes in skin sebum content and pH were not significant. These skin parameters need to be further investigated until we know their indication ability for the health condition of coronavirus patients in clinical applications.
Effects of carbonated water injection on the pore system of a carbonate rock (coquina)
Authors: Silveira Thaís M. , Hoerlle Fernanda , Rocha Adriano S. , Lima Maira C.O , Ramirez Mateus G. , Pontedeiro Elizabeth M. , van Genuchten Martinus Th. , Cruz Daniel O.A. , Couto Paulo
Published: May 2022

CO2 injection is a well-known Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technique that has been used for years to improve oil extraction from carbonate rock and other oil reservoirs. Optimal functioning of CO2 injection requires a thorough understanding of how this method affects the petrophysical properties of the rocks. We evaluated pore-scale changes in these properties, notably porosity and absolute permeability, following injection of CO2-saturated water in two coquina outcrop samples from the Morro do Chaves Formation in Brazil. The coquinas are close analogues of Pre-salt oil reservoirs off the coast of southern Brazil. The effects of carbonated water injection were evaluated using a series of experimental and numerical steps before and after coreflooding: cleaning, basic petrophysics, microtomography (microCT) imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analyses, and pore network modeling (PNM). Our study was motivated by an earlier experiment which did not show the development of a wormhole in the center of the sample, with a concomitant increase in permeability of the coquina as often noted in the literature. We instead observed a substantial decrease in the absolute permeability (between 71 and 77%), but with little effect on the porosity and no wormhole formation. While all tests were carried out on both samples, here we present a comprehensive analysis for one of the samples to illustrate changes at the pore network level. Different techniques were used for the pore-scale analyses, including pore network modeling using PoreStudio, and software developed by the authors to enable a statistical analysis of the pore network. Results provided much insight in how injected carbonated water affects the pore network of carbonate rocks.
Estimation of hydrodynamic properties of a sandy-loam soil by two analysis methods of single-ring infiltration data
Authors: Bagarello Vincenzo , Caltabellotta Gaetano , Iovino Massimo
Published: May 2022

Beerkan infiltration runs could provide an incomplete description of infiltration with reference to either the near steady-state or the transient stages. In particular, the process could still be in the transient stage at the end of the run or some transient infiltration data might be loss. The Wu1 method and the BEST-steady algorithm can be applied to derive soil hydrodynamic parameters even under these circumstances. Therefore, a soil dataset could be developed using two different data analysis methods. The hypothesis that the Wu1 method and BEST-steady yield similar predictions of the soil parameters when they are applied to the same infiltration curve was tested in this investigation. For a sandy-loam soil, BEST-steady yielded higher saturated soil hydraulic conductivity, Ks, microscopic pore radius, λm, and depth of the wetting front at the end of the run, dwf, and lower macroscopic capillary length, λc, as compared with the Wu1 method. Two corresponding means differed by 1.2–1.4 times, depending on the variable, and the differences appeared overall from moderate to relatively appreciable, that is neither too high nor negligible in any circumstance, according to some literature suggestions. Two estimates of Ks were similar (difference by < 25%) when the gravity-driven vertical flow and the lateral capillary components represented the 71–89% of total infiltration. In conclusion, the two methods of data analysis do not generally yield the same predictions of soil hydrodynamic parameters when they are applied to the same infiltration curve. However, it seems possible to establish what are the conditions making the two methods similar.
Correlation between climate and flood indices in Northwestern Italy at different temporal scales
Authors: Pesce Matteo , von Hardenberg Jost , Claps Pierluigi , Viglione Alberto
Published: May 2022

The occurrence of river floods is strongly related to specific climatic conditions that favor extreme precipitation events leading to catchment saturation. Although the impact of precipitation and temperature patterns on river flows is a well discussed topic in hydrology, few studies have focused on the relationship between peak discharges and standard Climate Change Indices (ETCCDI) of precipitation and temperature, widely used in climate research. It is of interest to evaluate whether these indices are relevant for characterizing and predicting floods in the Alpine area. In this study, a correlation analysis of the ETCCDI indices annual time series and annual maximum flows is presented for the Piedmont Region, in North-Western Italy. Spearman’s rank correlation is used to determine which ETCCDI indices are temporally correlated with maximum discharges, allowing to hypothesize which climate drivers better explain the interannual variability of floods. Moreover, the influence of climate (decadal) variability on the tendency of annual maximum discharges is examined by spatially correlating temporal trends of climate indices with temporal trends of the discharge series in the last twenty years, calculated using the Theil-Sen slope estimator. Results highlight that, while extreme precipitation indices are highly correlated with extreme discharges at the annual timescale, with different indices that are consistent with catchment size, the decadal tendencies of extreme discharges may be better explained by the decadal tendencies of the total annual precipitation over the study area. This suggests that future projections of the annual precipitation available from climate models simulations, whose reliability is higher compared to precipitation extremes, may be used as covariates for non-stationary flood frequency analysis.
Field-scale assessment of the unsaturated hydraulic properties of residual soils in southeastern Brazil
Authors: Gomes Ruan G.S. , Gomes Guilherme J.C. , Vargas Eurípedes A. , van Genuchten Martinus Th. , Pinto João T.M.G. , Rosa Felipe A.
Published: May 2022

Field tests were carried out to estimate effective unsaturated soil hydraulic properties of layered residual soils in Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Data of this type are important for understanding the initiation of rainstorm-induced soil landslides, which often occur in the state of Rio de Janeiro as well as other areas having similar geologic settings and climate conditions. Tests were carried out using a simplified field approach, referred to as the Monitored Infiltration Test, which requires only a tensiometer to measure pressure heads below the wetting front, triggered by flow from a Mariotte bottle which maintains a constant pressure at the top edge of the soil profile. The data can then be analyzed by numerical inversion using the HYDRUS-2D software package. The test is relatively fast since no steady-state flow conditions are needed, and versatile since the test can be carried out quickly on steep slopes with the help of a manual auger. Soil water retention and the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity functions were obtained for a range of young, mature and saprolitic residual soils. The effective hydraulic properties of the distinct residual soil layers can be quite large, reflecting a need to provide a careful analysis of field-scale hydraulic heterogeneity in geotechnical analyses.
Security and Privacy of Customer Data as an Element Creating the Image of the Company
Authors: Żywiołek Justyna , Trigo Antonio , Rosak-Szyrocka Joanna , Khan Muhammad Asghar
Published: May 2022

COVID-19, mobility, socio-social changes have transferred to the world of social media communication, purchasing activities, the use of services. Corporate social media has been created to support clients in using various services, give them the possibility of easy communication without time and local barriers. Unfortunately, they still very rarely take into account the security and privacy of customers. Considering that the purpose of this article is to investigate the impact of social media on the company’s image, it should be remembered that this image also works for the security and privacy of customer data. Data leaks or their sale are not welcomed by customers. The results of empirical research show that the safety, simplicity and variety of services offered on social media have a significant impact on the perceived quality, which in turn positively affects the reputation. The authors proposed a methodology based on the Kano model and customer satisfaction in order to examine the declared needs and undefined desires and divide them into different groups with different impacts on consumer satisfaction. The interview participants were employees of 10 randomly selected companies using social media to conduct sales or service activities. 5,000 people from Poland, Portugal and Germany participated in the study. 4,894 correctly completed questionnaires were received.
Differentiated Customer Relationship Management – A Tool for Increasing Enterprise Competitiveness
Authors: Čierna Helena , Sujová Erika
Published: May 2022

The paper focuses on Customer Relationship Management (CRM), based on latest national and international studies of the subject. The goal of the paper is to identify how the selected companies that operate in Slovakia understand the concept of CRM and to what degree they actively use it. Thereafter authors compare different approaches to management of company’s relationship with customers. They wanted to focus on a deeper analysis and decided to use in our orientation and evaluative research also a different approach, such as collaboration with international experts. In the paper the authors identify level of use of social CRM in selected companies in Slovakia and based on expert opinions of members of an international group they design an optimal model of CRM.
Optimizing the Provision of Public Services By Local Administration as a Component of the Smart City Concept on the Example of Zabrze
Authors: Mańka-Szulik Małgorzata , Krawczyk Dariusz
Published: May 2022

Surveys performed among the residents of Zabrze indicate that in 2021 the majority of respondents (67%), wishing to use public services provided by the local government, still preferred to visit the office in person. Residents noticed negative aspects of direct service, such as queues of people waiting for the case to be completed (26%), excessive bureaucracy (24%) or lack of parking spaces (18%). However, they counted on help in completing the necessary formalities by officials who should be: professional (20%), communicative (18%) and kind (17%). The use of the digital platform (ePUAP) dedicated to customer service was reported by 32% of respondents. At the same time, as much as 40% of the respondents, in order to save time and to simplify procedures, declared their will to use innovative methods of remote contact with public administration (e.g. via social media). The COVID-19 pandemic showed that it was possible to increase (even by 250%) the number of cases handled remotely, which with over 90% of households in Poland with access to a computer network creates opportunities for integrated development as part of the Smart City idea. The aim of the paper was to identify the residents’ expectations related to the provision of public services by local administration. Precise determination of the ways of perception of both direct and remote customer service has not only an application value. It also allows for further research study on the management of local government, including the organization of management control, as well as social communication of local governments.
Le roman entre inachèvement et clôture
Authors: Vinciguerra Lucien
Published: May 2022

The novel gives us access to fictional universes in a fundamentally unfinished mode, which allows the reader to give free rein to his or her imagination, in a freedom that is nevertheless monitored and controlled by rules. This article tries to understand the nature of this incompleteness, by discussing some classical readings. How does this specific dimension of fiction relate to Umberto Eco’s concept of the “open work” or to the idea, developed by the phenomenologist Roman Ingarden, that literary works are “schemas” destined to be “concretized” in the consciousness of the reader? How does Hans Robert Jauss’s aesthetics of reception help us to think about the incompleteness of the work in the proper time of its different readings? Through the fruitful dialogue of these different theories, it is a question of highlighting two important points. First, these theories, while discussing the respective roles of the author and the reader, neglect a a third character who is nevertheless essential to the fictional narrative, the narrator. However, taking into account the latter sheds light on the problems encountered. Secondly, this relationship between the incompleteness of the narrative and the narrator’s position is not in itself specific to fiction. It is not absent from scientific texts, when they are thought of as narratives about reality susceptible of different readings in their history.
Cambio político y acción colectiva en México y en Veracruz
Authors: Tahar-Chaouch Malik , Aguilar Sánchez Martín
Published: May 2022

Esta es una obra colectiva de ensayos e investigaciones que plantean diferentes formas de acercarse al tema del cambio político y de la acción colectiva en México y en Veracruz. El cambio político como proceso e imaginario se problematiza desde dos ángulos inseparables: por un lado, la política institucional y la reconfiguración de las élites políticas; por el otro, los movimientos sociales y sus relaciones con la esfera institucional. Los trabajos presentados asumen distintas escalas de análisis: global, nacional, regional y local. En el estado de Veracruz, el fin de la hegemonía priista en el gobierno estatal se consumó en el 2016 con la elección de una coalición conformada por el pan y el prd para luego dar paso a la elección de un gobernador morenista en el 2018. Sin embargo, no se trata de un libro sobre la llamada “cuarta transformación”, aunque los textos presentados hayan sido redactados en el marco de ese escenario y de forma más o menos explícita mantengan algún tipo de relación con la actualidad política. Se trata más bien de puntualizar algunos aspectos del entorno y de los debates sociopolíticos en cuyo marco emergió el Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional para conquistar los gobiernos nacional y estatal, centrándose en el momento presente y poniéndolo en perspectiva histórica.
Modern Constitutional Law of Russia: Continuity, Innovations and Constitutional Identity
Authors: Ryakhovskaya T. I.
Published: May 2022

Clarification of the trends in the formation and development of science and practice of constitutional law contributes to the concretization of its categorical and conceptual apparatus, which becomes especially relevant in connection with the amendments to the 1993 Constitution of Russia, approved by the all-Russian vote on July 1, 2020.

In the course of the research, the following was discovered: the ongoing processes of novelization of constitutional science and practice are based on some successive aspects of doctrine and practice; continuity in constitutional law is one of the forms of preserving constitutional identity, the problem of which is acute to this day, given the growing process of globalization, which erases the differences between the Basic Laws of States.
About the Issue of the Definition of Veterinary Services
Authors: Aliev R. I.
Published: May 2022

Author researched the main approaches to the definition of veterinary services in the theory of Russian civil law; the problem of the correlation of activities for the provision of veterinary services and the implementation of measures for state veterinary control (supervision) is also revealed and materials of judicial practice related to the issue of research are studied. Eventually according to the results of the study, the author's definition of the concept of «provision of veterinary services» as the action or activity ( process) carried out by the service provider and aimed at the needs of the owner of a live animal, public interests in order to prevent diseases of humans and other animals, the needs of the animal itself, through treatment, modification or maintenance of the animal's health in proper condition, or complete cure of the animal from the detected disease (diseases), and other activities that belong to the field of veterinary medicine.
Stool Management Followed by Surgical Debridement and Surgical Closure Combined With Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in the Treatment of Posterior Trunk Pressure Injury: A Retrospective Descriptive Study
Authors:   The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China, Wang Chao , Zhang Jixun ,   The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China, Liu Zhenzhong ,   The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
Published: May 2022

BACKGROUND: Pressure injuries are a burden to patients and the health care system, and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a widely used treatment. PURPOSE: This study sought to assess the effect of stool management followed by surgical debridement and surgical closure combined with NPWT in the treatment of posterior trunk pressure injuries. METHODS: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted in patients with stage 3 or 4 posterior trunk pressure injuries by reviewing electronic health records. The collected variables included sex, age, height, weight, initial underlying disease leading to being bedridden, stage and anatomical location of pressure injury, stool frequency, pathogens, number of NPWT applications, complications related to surgical closure, outcome, and treatment time. Fasting and enema were used to reduce the frequency of defecation, followed by surgical debridement and surgical closure combined with NPWT. RESULTS: Among the 63 eligible patients, 35 were male and 28 were female (average age, 72.3 ± 11.3 years). The patients’ weight before fasting and after fasting showed no significant difference (62.6 ± 11.2 kg vs 61.6 ± 10.2 kg; 95% confidence interval, -2.78–4.76; P = .60). Stage 3 and stage 4 accounted for 33 (52.4%) and 30 (47.6%) pressure injuries, respectively. There were 36 (57.1%) pressure injuries located on the sacrum, and the remaining 27 (42.9%) were located in the ischia. Underlying causes for being bedridden were cardiopulmonary insufficiency (n = 23; 36.5%), severe brain damage and cerebrovascular accident (n = 19; 30.2%), spinal cord injury (n = 12; 19.0%), and others (14.3%). The wound closure rate was 96.8% (n = 61), with a mean hospital stay of 22.3 days. These patients underwent 1 to 3 cycles of NPWT before surgical wound closure. Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were the most common pathogens. The complications related to surgical closure (defined as complications that occurred from surgical closure until 30 days later) occurred in 7 patients (11.1%); 3 patients (4.8%) experienced a pressure injury recurrence. CONCLUSION: The treatment approach reported here was effective in these patients with posterior trunk pressure injuries. A satisfactory cure rate, manageable complications, and rare recurrence were achieved. Parenteral nutrition after fasting maintained patients’ weight without significant loss. Prospective randomized controlled trials involving larger samples and longer follow-up times are needed.
Qu'est-ce que la sémiotique ? Une introduction à l’usage des non-initiés courageux
Authors: BRANDT Per Aage
Published: May 2022

En fonction de la vision personnelle que nous nous faisons, comme chercheur, de ce que pourrait faire et, par suite, de ce que pourrait ou devrait être notre discipline, nous allons esquisser un certain nombre de concepts fondamentaux, oser quelques postulats, expliquer quelques problèmes, et peut-être, au mieux, inciter le lecteur à participer au développement futur de la sémiotique.
L’effet-Sanremo. Dénoncer le viol, normaliser le sexisme
Authors: Tassinari Carlo Andrea
Published: May 2022

Le Festival de la chanson de Sanremo est l’un des événements médiatique plus importants d’Italie. L’édition 2020, centrée sur le thème de la violence faite aux femmes, s’est déroulée sous le feu d’une controverse qui a conduit présentateurs et spectateurs a se questionner en direct sur la « vraie » violence. Notre objectif est de comprendre ce que les normes du genre télévisuel font à la mise en discours de la violence de genre. Le résultat est paradoxal : on aboutit à normaliser le sexisme tout en dénonçant le viol. Pour mettre en perspective cet « effet-Sanremo » par rapport au débat sur la « culture du viol », on propose une cartographie des tropes qui ont structuré le discours du spectacle sur la violence de genre : celui de la dénonciation du sexisme, de l’auto-défense du sexisme bienveillant et du « whataboutisme ».
Pour un lyrisme de l'écart
Authors: Baetens Jan
Published: May 2022

La question du lyrisme est devenue aujourd’hui celle du rapport entre l’auteur et son lecteur. L’esthétique dite «relationnelle», puis les théories de la «convergence» ou de la «participation», qui insistent sur la fusion du créateur et du public, définissent le lyrisme en termes de rencontre, d’échange, voire d’identité de ces pôles. On voudrait défendre ici une approche toute différente, qui met en avant la distance, non seulement dans le temps comme dans l’espace mais aussi dans la langue, de ce qui est en jeu dans l’écriture et dans la lecture lyriques.

Mots-clés: «RELATABILITY». ATTRIBUTION. IDENTITÉ. PRONOM. TRANSINDIVIDUALITÉ.
Le Lyrique et la traduction: d’Emily Dickinson à Augusto de Campos
Authors: Müller Adalberto
Published: May 2022

Au croisement des langues et des cultures, à la fois immigrant et contrebandier, le poète-traducteur est celui qui choisit ou accepte l’«étranger» dans sa propre langue/culture. Sa place est toujours entre l’original et la copie, un lieu dans lequel il est simultanément l’esclave et le maître. Pour certains poètes-traducteurs comme Augusto de Campos, la traduction s’est mêlée à leur propre travail, brouillant les frontières de la paternité. Aujourd’hui, ses traductions peuvent être interprétées comme partie de leur force créatrice, surtout si l’on considère la créativité comme une «invention de l’Autre» (J. Derrida).

Mots-clés: AUGUSTO DE CAMPOS. INVENTION. LYRIQUE BRÉSILIEN. LYRIQUE ET TRADUCTION. POÉSIE CONCRÈTE.
Entre l'œil et l'oreille
Authors: Murat Michel
Published: May 2022

La poésie écrite s’adresse à l’œil et à l’oreille, et son analyse ne peut se limiter au rapport entre son et sens. L’article montre en quoi ces propriétés visuelles et sonores sont spécifiques et en quoi elles peuvent interférer, en prenant des exemples dans la mise en page (Reverdy), la rime (Baudelaire), la ponctuation (Rimbaud). Alors que les techniques d’enregistrement modifient les conditions d’archivage de la poésie contemporaine, il propose, en confrontant l’écoute et la lecture, des voies nouvelles d’investigation stylistique.

Mots-clés: ARCHIVES. ENREGISTREMENT. SONORE. STYLISTIQUE. VISUEL.
Improving the Photocatalytic activity for Hydrogen Evolution of LaBaInO4 via Topochemical Fluorination to LaBaInO3F2
Authors: Perween Shama , Wissel Kerstin , Dallos Zsolt , Weiss Morten , Vasala Sami , Strobel Sabine , Schuetzenduebe Peter , Kolb Ute , Marschall Roland , Glatzel Pieter
Published: May 2022

In this paper, we report on a non-oxidative topochemical route for the synthesis of a novel indate-based oxyfluoride, LaBaInO3F2 using a low-temperature reaction of Ruddlesden-Popper-type LaBaInO4 with polyvinylidene difluoride as a fluorinating agent. The reaction involves the insertion and substitution of oxide ions by fluoride ions. From the characterization via powder X-ray diffraction and Rietveld analysis as well as attenuated electron diffraction tomography it could be followed that the fluorination results in a symmetry lowering from I4/mmm (139) to monoclinic C2/c (15) with an expansion perpendicular to the perovskite layers and a strong tilting of the octahedra along the ab plane. While an ordering of vacancies on the interstitial sites is observed, disorder of anions on the three anion sites seems be favored. The most stable configuration for the anion ordering is estimated based on an evaluation of bond distances from ADT measurements via bond valence sums. The observed disordering of the anions in the oxyfluoride consequently resulted in changes of the bandgap, interestingly leading to an enhanced photocatalytic activity for the hydrogen (H2) evolution as compared to the pure oxide. Thus, we show that topochemical anion modification can present a viable route to obtain improved photocatalysts.
Supply chain readiness for widespread deployment of carbon capture and storage
Authors: Bui Mai , Danaci David
Published: May 2022

There is uncertainty around whether current supply chains are able to cater for the increase in demand which will arise from carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment. In order to meet the IPCC 2 °C target, 2800 - 4500 CCS plants of 1.7 Mtpa capacity need to be commissioned between 2030 and 2060. This study identifies the bottlenecks in the deployment of different CCS technologies by evaluating technology readiness level (TRL), commercial readiness index (CRI) and the supply chain readiness index (SCRI). Given the time required to establish supply chains, an under-developed supply chain will cause us to fall short of our climate change mitigation targets. Of the issues identified, we believe most process equipment related issues do not disqualify the deployment of a specific technology. Technologies with inefficiencies or low capacity can be addressed with multiple unit operations. However, reliance on specialised materials will limit deployment. Large-scale deployment of CCS is possible with currently available technology. We wish to highlight that increasing supply chain capacity should be a high priority, and advanced planning is required.
Effect of Bacillus and Pseudomonas biofilms on the corrosion behavior of AISI 304 stainless steel
Authors: Wadood Hafiz Zeeshan , Rajasekar Aruliah , Farooq Ameeq , Deen Kashif Mairaj
Published: May 2022

In this research work, the corrosion tendency of stainless steel (SS 304) caused by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa ZK (PA-ZK) and Bacillus subtilis S1X (BS-S1X) bacterial strains is investigated. The topographical features of the biofilms and SS304 substrate achieved after 14 days of incubation at 37 °C were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic (FTIR) analysis of the extracellular polymer substance (EPS) was also carried out to estimate the chemical composition of the biofilm. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) and Tafel Polarization test methods were applied to understand the in-situ corrosion tendency of the SS304 in the presence of PA-ZK and BS-S1X strains. Compared to the biofilm produced by the PA-ZK, the EPS in the BS-S1X containing bacteria was porous and non-uniform as revealed in the SEM analysis. The improved hydrophobicity and uniformity of the PA-ZK containing biofilm retarded the corrosion of the underlying SS304 sample. Appreciably large resistance of the PA-ZK biofilm (~ 6.04 kΩ-cm2) and hindered charge transport (11.12 kΩ-cm2) were evident from the EIS analysis. In support of these results, a large cathodic Tafel slope (0.2 V/decade) and low corrosion rate (1.69 µA/cm2) were corroborated by the inhibitive properties of the PA-ZK containing biofilm. However, the formation of porous biofilm and non-homogeneity of the EPS layer produced by the BS-S1X bacteria facilitated localized corrosion. Also, low charge transfer resistance, a high corrosion rate and pitting of the surface under BS-S1X biofilm were comparable to the surface features of SS304 obtained after exposure to a controlled medium. These results highlighted the poor corrosion inhibitive properties of the BS-S1X biofilm compared to the PK-ZK bacterial strain.
Therapeutic possibilities of rehabilitation of patients who have undergone COVID-19 with residual changes in the lungs: A review
Authors: Ignatova Galina L. , Antonov Vladimir N.
Published: May 2022

The article presents data on the mechanisms of formation of preservation of residual changes in lung tissue lesions in patients with a new coronavirus infection COVID-19. The main risk factors leading to the formation of lung tissue damage, such as age, severity of the disease, being on a ventilator, smoking, chronic alcoholism, are considered. The main directions of the search for antifibrotic drugs are presented. The rationale for the use of the pharmaceutical drug Longidaze is given, based on experimental and clinical studies. The main problems faced by doctors during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are identified. The schemes of administration of the drug Longidaze in patients with pulmonary fibrosis after a new coronavirus infection are considered.
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis of the lungs: features of the clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment. Case report
Authors: Ignatova Galina L. , Blinova Elena V. , Bel'sner Mariia S.
Published: May 2022

The article highlights the main issues of etiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment of patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis. The clinical observation presents the features of the condition, the rate of progression, diagnostic approaches and management programs for a patient with a rare cystic lung pathology.