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A survey on time-sensitive resource allocation in the cloud continuum
Authors: Ramanathan Saravanan , Shivaraman Nitin , Suryasekaran Seima , Easwaran Arvind , Borde Etienne , Steinhorst Sebastian 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) applications are rapidly growing in today’s world where they are continuously connected to the internet and process, store and exchange information among the devices and the environment. The cloud and edge platform is very crucial to these applications due to their inherent compute-intensive and resource-constrained nature. One of the foremost challenges in cloud and edge resource allocation is the efficient management of computation and communication resources to meet the performance and latency guarantees of the applications. Numerous research studies have been carried out to address this intricate problem. In this paper, the current state-of-the-art resource allocation techniques for the cloud continuum, in particular those that consider time-sensitive applications, are reviewed. Furthermore, we present the key challenges in the resource allocation problem for the cloud continuum, a taxonomy to classify the existing literature and the potential research gaps.
Digital Objects in Rhombic Dodecahedron Grid
Authors: Biswas Ranita , Largeteau-Skapin Gaëlle , Zrour Rita , Andres Eric 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Rhombic dodecahedron is a space filling polyhedron which represents the close packing of spheres in 3D space and the Voronoi structures of the face centered cubic (FCC) lattice. In this paper, we describe a new coordinate system where every 3-integer coordinates grid point corresponds to a rhombic dodecahedron centroid. In order to illustrate the interest of the new coordinate system, we propose the characterization of 3D digital plane with its topological features, such as the interrelation between the thickness of the digital plane and the separability constraint we aim to obtain. We also present the characterization of 3D digital lines and study it as the intersection of multiple digital planes. Characterization of 3D digital sphere with relevant topological features is proposed as well along with the 48-symmetry appearing in the new coordinate system.
SLC12A8 plays a key role in bladder cancer progression and EMT
Authors: Li Shun-Lai , Li Zheng-Feng , Cao Qing-Wei , Wang Wen-Zhen 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Bladder cancer is the most common malignant tumor of the urinary system. The intention of the present research is to explore the prognostic value and biological function of solute carrier family 12 member 8 (SLC12A8) in bladder cancer. The analysis based on the TCGA and ONCOMINE database revealed that the expression of SLC12A8 in bladder cancer was notably increased compared with the normal group. SLC12A8 expression was notably correlated with the age, pathological stage, T-stage, and lymph node metastasis of bladder cancer patients. Moreover, the patients’ overall survival was notably shorter in the high SLC12A8 group. Compared with the control, SLC12A8 upregulation enhanced the proliferative, invasive, and migratory capacities of bladder cancer cells and promoted the expression of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) protein markers including β-catenin, vimentin, snail, and slug, while reduced the expression of E-cadherin. In the case of downregulated SLC12A8 expression, the proliferative, invasive, and migratory capacities of bladder cancer cells and the expression of EMT protein markers presented the opposite trend. This study demonstrated that SLC12A8 was highly correlated with oncogenesis and progression of bladder cancer, indicating that SLC12A8 may be a meaningful biomarker for initial diagnosis and early treatment of bladder cancer.
Significantly enhanced second-harmonic generations with all-dielectric antenna array working in the quasi-bound states in the continuum and excited by linearly polarized plane waves
Authors: Han Zhanghua , Ding Fei , Cai Yangjian , Levy Uriel 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
The recently emerging all-dielectric optical nanoantennas based on high-index semiconductors have proven to be an effective and low-loss alternative to metal-based plasmonic structures for light control and manipulations of light–matter interactions. Nonlinear optical effects have been widely investigated to employ the enhanced interactions between incident light and the dielectrics at the Mie-type resonances, and in particular magnetic dipole resonances, which are supported by the semiconductor. In this paper, we explore the novel phenomenon of bound states in the continuum supported by high-index semiconductor nanostructures. By carefully designing an array of nanodisk structures with an inner air slot as the defect, we show that a novel high quality-factor resonance achieved based on the concept of bound state in the continuum can be easily excited by the simplest linearly polarized plane wave at normal incidence. This resonance further enhances the interactions between light and semiconductors and boosts the nonlinear effects. Using AlGaAs as the nonlinear material, we demonstrate a significant increase in the second-harmonic generation efficiency, up to six orders of magnitude higher than that achieved by magnetic dipole resonances. In particular, a second-harmonic generation efficiency around 10% can be numerically achieved at a moderate incident pump intensity of 5 MW/cm2.
Crystal structure of (E)-4-bromo-N′-(3-chloro-2-hydroxybenzylidene)benzohydrazide, C14H10BrClN2O2
Authors: Xu Xindi , Ma Xun , Huang Meifen , Li Tianyu , Wu Qiong 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
C14H10BrClN2O2, orthorhombic, Pca21 (no. 29), a = 32.4137(12) Å, b = 4.6683(2) Å, c = 8.8873(3) Å, V = 1344.80(9) Å3, Z = 4, R

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Art and Global South: “Playing Venice” at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB)
Authors: Ciotti Manuela 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
This article employs artifacts from the KMB’s “material culture” as a lens into this institution’s branding process and, within it, its interaction with the Venice Biennale. It analyzes larger questions about the career of the biennale cultural form as it re-territorializes in a new location that is added to the art world map “in progress.” Historically, geographical location has been crucial for many biennales in the Global South to articulate their origin, identity, and claims vis-à-vis the global art world. Moreover, biennale proliferation especially in the South has produced cartographic re-imaginings aiming to destabilize the “center-periphery” configuration of the art world map. The article shows that the KMB does not reiterate ideological standings put forward by Southern biennales but crafts its positionality on different grounds. These entail simultaneously anchoring the KMB to histories of circulation in and out of South India tracing back at least two millennia and strategically weaving a relation with the archetypical Venice Biennale in the present.
Gene action in low nitrogen tolerance and implication on maize grain yield and associated traits of some tropical maize populations
Authors: Sunday Ige , Babatunde Ajiboye , Stephen Abolusoro , Charity Aremu , Kayode Obaniyi 
Published: December 2020

AbstractUnderstanding the mode of inheritance of traits is vital in the selection of breeding methods for the grain yield and improvement of associated traits in a target environment. Combining ability is one of the powerful indices for the selection of the best cross combinations, parental lines that combine with other lines and the best breeding method for high grain yield improvement programmes. A total of 45 crosses were generated from ten maize varieties developed in low nitrogen environment in a diallel mating fashion without reciprocal. The resultant progenies were investigated in low- and highnitrogen soil to identify the mode of grain yield inheritance and those of related traits in the tested environments. Mean square analysis revealed the preponderance of additive and non-additive gene actions in the expression of maize grain yield and related characters tested under stress and optimal conditions. In this study, it is proved that both standard selection and hybridization breeding strategies are effective for the improvement of most traits involved. This experiment also confirmed the adequacy of sufficient variation in the gene pool present in the maize population that could be exploited in maize grain yield improvement programmes in the tropics. The ratio of SCA to GCA however emphasized the superiority of additive gene effects in the expression of most traits in the tested environments. The results, therefore, suggest that additive gene actions primarily condition the expression of maize grain yield and associated characters in the tested environments. Therefore, suggesting that the standard selection method would be effective for the improvement of most traits tested under the two environments.
A Theodicy of Kenosis: Eleonore Stump and the Fall of Jericho
Authors: Culwick Arlyn 
Published: December 2020

AbstractWhen Joshua came to Jericho and encountered the captain of the LORD’s host, his stance appears much like the theodicist, who, facing the awful prospects of suffering, evil, or death, seeks assurance from God, asking, “are you for us or our adversaries?” (Jos 5:13). Yet the angel’s reply is not “yes,” as typical theodicies seek to answer on God’s behalf, but “No; rather I indeed come now as captain of the host of the LORD.” (Jos 5:14) The implication is political: the angel seeks to alter Joshua’s stance from one ordered to his own purposes to one ordered to the LORD’s. Like traditional theodicies, Eleonore Stump’s Wandering in Darkness (2010) does not sufficiently establish why a theistic God must create a world where, to preserve our capacity to freely love God, suffering is caused or permitted. I avoid this problem by finding a “kenotic” aspect in the action of signs in which the perennial problems of suffering and evil do not arise, and which is available to direct experience, making it empirically falsifiable in principle. Like the angel’s reply to Joshua, this invites a change from a speculatively grounded stance representing the hopes of a theodicist, to one formed from real interactions that transcend discourse.
Advanced cell culture techniques for cancer research
Authors: Balik Karolina , Matulewicz Karolina , Modrakowska Paulina , Kozłowska Jolanta , Montane Xavier , Tylkowski Bartosz , Bajek Anna 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
The incessant increase number of cancer cases, motivates scientists to constantly develop and search for new therapies. Along with the dynamic development of anti-cancer drugs and therapies, we are witnessing huge progress in the world of science - the development of personalized medicine. An inseparable element is also a very strong trend in the development of new in vitro animal models for chemotherapeutic research. Cell cultures are commonly undertaken by research models before animal testing. They are the basis for the development of new diagnostic and cancer treatments. It should be emphasized that basic research is a strong foundation for any therapy introduced. This chapter provides an overview of the modern cell culture techniques that are currently developing, which allow the introduction of modern models that reflect the organs and physiological system. Currently available cell culture methods are a key aspect of studying these interactions, however, a method that eliminates the limitations of standard methods is still being sought.
Tuning the properties of RF sputtered tin sulphide thin films and enhanced performance in RF sputtered SnS thin films hetero-junction solar cell devices
Authors: Nwofe Patrick Akata , Sugiyama Mutsumi 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Tin sulphide (SnS) thin films were grown using the RF sputtering techniques. The working pressures (WP) were tuned between 0.70 and 4.00 Pa at fixed RF power of 100 W and deposition time of 2 min. X-ray diffractometry studies indicate that the films crystallized in the orthorhombic crystal structure and were single phase. The crystallite size increased up to a critical working pressure of 1.33 Pa and decreased thereafter with increased WP. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) indicates that the films exhibit columnar grain structures. Energy dispersive spectroscopy indicates that the films are slightly Sn-rich. Transmittance and reflectance plots exhibits interference pattern, an indication that the films were of uniform thickness. Analysis from the optical data gives optical absorption coefficient (α) > 104 cm−1, and direct energy bandgap that exhibits relative decrease with the deposition conditions. Electrical studies from Hall effect measurements indicates that the films possess p-type electrical conductivity, and carrier concentration of 1016 cm−3 for films grown at WP of 1.33 Pa. The RF sputtered SnS thin films grown on Mo-substrates served as absorber layers to fabricate thin film hetero-junction solar cell devices in the substrate configuration with a cadmium sulphide (CdS) window partner. The best device yielded a short circuit current density of 25.94 mA/cm2, open circuit voltage of 0.087 V and an enhanced solar conversion efficiency of 0.60%. A world record value for RF-sputtered SnS/CdS based hetero-junction thin film solar cell devices.
High-pressure synthesis of REB5O8(OH)2 (RE = Ho, Er, Tm)
Authors: Zoller Michael , Huppertz Hubert 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
The rare earth oxoborates REB5O8(OH)2 (RE = Ho, Er, Tm) were synthesized in a Walker-type multianvil apparatus at a pressure of 2.5 GPa and a temperature of 673 K. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data provided the basis for the structure solution and refinement. The compounds crystallize in the monoclinic space group C2 (no. 5) and are composed of a layer-like structure containing dreier and sechser rings of corner sharing [BO4]5− tetrahedra. The rare earth metal cations are coordinated between two adjacent sechser rings. Further characterization was performed utilizing IR spectroscopy.
Zur Interessenabwägung im Rahmen des Auswirkungsprinzips
Authors: Stockmann Kurt 
Published: December 2020

Zusammenfassung
Der Beitrag diskutiert die These, dass bei der extraterritorialen Anwendung nationalen Kartellrechts über die Anforderungen einer sinnvollen Anknüpfung hinaus ein völkerrechtliches Gebot der Interessensabwägung zu beachten sei. Er untersucht, ob sich diese These auf Völkergewohnheitsrecht stützen kann und ob die Voraussetzungen hierfür erfüllt sind. Ausgewertet werden hierzu die einschlägige Verwaltungspraxis und Rechtsprechung in Deutschland, der Europäischen Union und den USA. Das Ergebnis ist, dass kein völkerrechtlich verbindliches Gebot zur Interessenabwägung besteht und dass mit der Entstehung eines solchen Gebots auch nicht zu rechnen ist. Anschließend werden multilaterale, bilaterale und unilaterale Instrumentarien und Ansätze mit Blick auf diese drei Rechtsordnungen identifiziert, die eine Berücksichtigung ausländischer Interessen in Konfliktfällen unter anderen als völkerrechtlichn Gesichtspunkten vorgeben können oder zulassen. Angesprochen wird schließlich die Frage, wie in Deutschland in solchen Fällen entschieden werden kann und ob ggf. hierbei für bestimmte Arten von Fällen auch der Ministerin oder dem Minister für Wirtschaft und Energie eine Rolle zugeschrieben werden sollte.
The Lives of Women in Plutarch’s Lives
Authors: Juchnevičienė Nijolė 
Published: December 2020

Plutarch’s works often serve as a starting point for feminist criticism – the writer is called both a feminist who surpassed his times and a spokesperson for the traditional patriarchal society who sees women as passive and inferior to men. Others are certain that Plutarch hates women and atributes all possible character flaws to them. According to some, Plutarch despises educated women, yet others, contrarily, state that he enjoyed the company of educated women no less than that of educated men. Such a vast range of different expert opinions may be due to Plutarch’s vast literary legacy as well as the peculiarity of his way of thinking and his “generic sensibility”: the tendency to change his approach in consideration of different generic demands. Nevertheless, it is impossible to disagree that Plutarch did write the lives of men, and not of women. However, in the remaining Lives of famous Greeks and Romans, we meet plenty of women whose acts and moral principles may serve as examples not only for women, but also for men. The aim of this article is to demonstrate that Plutarch, despite of sometimes relying on stereotypes, regards women according to the same ethical principles as he applies to men. Plutarch depicts women not as passive and submissive, but as autonomous and mature characters who are active not only in their private world, but in the political world too. They overstep the traditional social boundaries of the stereotype “feminine matrix.” He accentuates two of women’s social roles that, according to his judgement, are of the greatest importance: motherhood and partnership. In Plutarch’s narrative, women are associated with love – the selfless motherly love, or marital love based on the community of thoughts and feelings. Plutarch draws attention not to the physical beauty of women, which is traditionally related to feminine sexuality in masculine psychology, but to the integrity of their characters. Love between a husband and wife, based not only on eros, but on devotion and friendship, is the primary representation of erotic love in his Lives.
Parmenides and M. Karagatsis (Reflection of Myth in Fiction)*
Authors: Goncharko Oksana , Eloeva Fatima , Romanenko Yury 
Published: December 2020

The paper aims to show some structural parallels between the concept of motion as developed by Parmenides (5th c. BC) and the expression of the phenomena of motion in the story A Solitary Voyage to the Island Cythera by the Greek writer M. Karagatsis (1908–1960). The novelette of M. Karagatsis is interpreted as a parmenidean “motionless motion” reflexion. It is argued that M. Karagatsis’s story is structurally and essentially related to the Parmenidean poem On Nature, treating the consideration of motion as one of the impossible properties of being; and more obviously refers to certain poems by Constantine Cavafy (1863–1993), which also contain the idea of the meaninglessness of the difference between κίνησις and ἀκινησία. Thus, the concepts of κίνησις and ἀκινησία in the story by M. Karagatsis echo both the Parmenidean ideas and the Cavafy’s images of movement.
Clinical efficacy of a screening approach to the differentiated prescription of antibiotic therapy in children with acute tonsilopharyngitis
Authors: Pikuza O I , Zakirova A M , Moroz T B 
Published: December 2020

Aim. To assess the effectiveness of the screening approach by prescribing a streptotest to verify the etiological cause of tonsillopharyngitis in children.
Methods. We observed 67 patients aged 7 to 11 with a history of recurrent respiratory infections. The incidence of acute respiratory infections varied from 8 to 12 times during the year preceding the examination. The main group consisted of 36 children who had tonsillopharyngitis with severe inflammation of the tonsils and plaque on the tonsils. The control group included 31 patients with acute tonsillopharyngitis with inflammatory changes in the tonsils and the absence of plaque. The observation and control groups were comparable and did not have statistically significant differences in gender and age. All patients underwent a common clinical, laboratory, and instrumental examination. Along with microbial culture, the special examinations included an express test (Dectra Pharm, France) for the presence of group A -hemolytic streptococcus.
Results. All children underwent an etiological examination. The presence of a viral antigen was confirmed in 71.64% of children. 27.49% of patients in the control group and 30.72% of patients in the main group had positive results of the express test for group A -hemolytic streptococcus, taking into account the requirements for assessing this reaction. It was revealed a reliable direct relationship between the detected viral infection and the negative results of the streptatest test (r=0.86; p=0.03) for the control group, and a positive correlation of the confirmed presence of group A -hemolytic streptococcus in the main group as with both C-reactive protein (r=0.78; p=0.04) and with inflammatory markers in the general blood test. A combination of positive fluorescence of viral antigens based on the results of immunofluorescence and a positive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for group A -hemolytic streptococcus was recorded in 7.46% of all patients. Clinical examples are given the justification of practical implementation of the express test for the quick diagnostic information.
Conclusion. Differentiated etiological diagnosis of acute tonsillopharyngitis based on clinical symptoms and the levels of markers of bacterial inflammation is extremely difficult therefore laboratory criteria should be the justification for prescribing antibiotic therapy; currently, the most accessible is the streptatest for the detection of group A -hemolytic streptococcus, which allows confirming or denying the presence of group A -hemolytic streptococcus within a few minutes, which means that it is correct to prescribe antibacterial drugs to patients.
Persons disabled since childhood with severe functional impairments: medical-social portrait
Authors: Ishutina I S , Vladimirova O A , Afonina K P , Khodakovskii M D , Gerashchenko L I , Kantemirov A S 
Published: December 2020

Aim. To study of medical and social characteristics of persons disabled since childhood of the first group, their needs for various types of rehabilitation and care for the development of a medical-social model of personal assistance.
Methods. A sample study of 194 persons disabled since childhood of the first group in eight regions of the Russian Federation was conducted using a specially developed methodology. The calculations were performed by using the IBM SPSS Statistics Viewer 23.
Results. The state of health of persons disabled since childhood of the first group is characterized by polymorphism and polymorbidity. 64.3% of people with disabilities have multiple dysfunctions of organs and systems. In this regard, there are pronounced restrictions on the main categories of life activity. Half of the caregivers (47.4%) spend more than 8 hours a day on organizing care for persons disabled since childhood of the first group; between 4 and 8 hours 29.8%; between 2 and 3 hours 12.9%; less than 2 hours 4.1%. It was found that 32.7% of families spend more than half of their family budget on care (organization of medical and household care, transportation and relocation, organization of training, communication in accordance with age). At the same time, only 30.0% of caregivers work, the remaining 70.0% do not work (do not receive seniority) and will not be able to claim a labor pension. Persons disabled since childhood of the first group are characterized by pronounced restrictions on the main categories of life, the need for constant and regular care of all types, however, 28.4% of this group of people can self-service themselves or with little help from other people. With the presented medical-social portrait, state support for this category of citizens should be carried out in a differentiated manner. The personal assistance model allows parents/guardians of persons disabled since childhood of the first group not only to care for a family member but also to find employment as a personal assistant.
Conclusion. Families with persons disabled since childhood of the first group need differentiated support that will allow parents/guardians to care for their family members and work; the personal assistance model could solve these problems.