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XXX ANNIVERSARY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM "OPTICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN. THE PHYSICAL ATMOSPHERE"
Authors: Романовский О.А. , Харченко О.В. , Яковлев С.В. 
Published: December 2024

Сообщается о проведении с 1 по 5 июля 2024 XXX Юбилейного Международного Симпозиума “Оптика атмосферы и океана. Физика атмосферы”. В программу Симпозиума было включено 320 докладов, из них 4 пленарных, 83 устных, 81 стендовый и 152 заочных стендовых докладов. Проведение такого мероприятия на базе одного из научных центров РАН обеспечивает весомое представительство в мировом научном сообществе ученых Российских научных школ, которые являются лидирующими в стране и широко известными в мире. На Симпозиуме было представлено большое число научных докладов высокого уровня по приоритетным направлениям развития науки, технологий и техники Российской Федерации.
It is reported that the XXX Anniversary International Symposium “Optics of the Atmosphere and Ocean" will be held from July 1 to 5, 2024. The physical atmosphere.” The Symposium program included 320 reports, including 4 plenary, 83 oral, 81 poster and 152 correspondence. Holding such an event on the basis of one of the scientific centers of the Russian Academy of Sciences ensures full representation in the world scientific community of scientists from Russian scientific schools, which are leading in the country and widely known in the world. A large number of high-level scientific reports on priority areas of development of science, technology and engineering of the Russian Federation were presented at the Symposium.
Get out of the laboratory
Authors: Curry Stephen 
Published: December 2024

The Society for General Microbiology (SGM) kindly awarded me this year’s Peter Wildy Prize Lecture, which I delivered at their Spring meeting in Liverpool just a few weeks ago. The prize is given for “an outstanding contribution to microbiology education and/or communication in order to stimulate interest and understanding in the subject”. It sounds rather grand, but please don’t be put off.
Books of the Year
Authors: Curry Stephen 
Published: December 2024

One final look back before I turn to face 2022. Following a practice started last year, I have maintained a thread of tweet-sized reviews of the books that I read in 2021 – all of them. The Twitter thread of the books I read in 2021. Click on the image to see the high-res version. There are only eighteen in total, a singularly unimpressive tally – fewer even than I managed in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Remembering Innisfree
Authors: Curry Stephen 
Published: December 2024

I observed recently how the rise of the internet has eliminated letter writing and so caused some of the wells of correspondence that historians and biographers have relied on down through the ages to fall into disuse. But the internet is not all bad as far as reaching into the past is concerned. In fact, it can preserve and propagate memories in ways that are a huge improvement on what went before. We forget every day how lucky we are.
Transitory Mercury
Authors: Curry Stephen 
Published: December 2024

I wasn’t sure I was going to get to see today’s celestial encounter. The forecast was for blanket cover by early afternoon and the blue skies of the morning had largely filled with cloud by lunchtime, when the transit was due to start – 12:12 pm to be precise — this stuff runs like clockwork. From the bus-stop I scanned the heavens with an anxious eye.
Key Questions for Open Access Policy in the UK
Authors: Curry Stephen 
Published: December 2024

It’s not even two months since the tectonic plates shifted underneath academic publishing in the UK. But in the few weeks since the government’s response to the Finch report and the announcement of the new open access (OA) policy of the UK Research Councils (RCUK), the ground has settled. The contours of the new landscape can be more clearly discerned but still lack definition in places.
Passing By
Authors: Curry Stephen 
Published: December 2024

I was determined not to miss the transit of Venus today. Life’s too short. But this week I have relocated to St Raphael in the south of France for a conference on picornaviruses and had to leave my telescope behind. Despite this lack of equipment I roused myself from bed at 5:20 and went in search of the sunrise, hoping to be able to catch the tail end of the transit.
The Entrepreneurial State by Mariana Mazzucato
Authors: Curry Stephen 
Published: December 2024

This is not new since Mariana Mazzucato’s breezy pamphlet,
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The Entrepreneurial State
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, was published a year ago, but it was new to me. I’ve just finishing reading it, having snagged one of the copies that she brought to June’s fascinating Science Question Time on economic growth.
Comet NEOWISE – catch it if you can
Authors: Curry Stephen 
Published: December 2024

Comet NEOWISE has come but not yet gone. If there is no cloud cover for the next night or two, you might be able to catch its wispy presence low in the north-west before it fades from view. Don’t feel bad if you haven’t heard of comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), to give this heavenly traveller its full name. It was only discovered on March 27 this year.
This week – reading, thinking and linking
Authors: Curry Stephen 
Published: December 2024

This past week I have been doing so much reading and writing for work that there has been no time to prepare anything substantial enough for a proper blog post, even if I have been stirred by the excessive protests of Mark Walport or the over-selling of what is actually a nice piece of virology. But I have squeezed in a little additional reading on the side and thought I would take a couple of minutes to pull the links together.
ICYMI No. 9: Preprints and Embargoes
Authors: Curry Stephen 
Published: December 2024

I’m rather late getting round to this but, for the record, here is a piece I wrote for Research Fortnight in late November on the challenges that preprints pose to embargoed press releases of research reports. The tl;dr version (though the piece is only 800 words!) is that the benefits of preprints very likely outweigh the convenience of embargoes.
Moon Boy
Authors: Curry Stephen 
Published: December 2024

After splashdown at 4:51 pm on 24th July 1969 the Apollo 11 astronauts returning from the first moon landing had to don full-body Biological Isolation Garments before they could leave the conical command module that was bobbing in the Pacific Ocean. Having transferred to the dingy that had come to meet them, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins then had to scrub one another’s suits with diluted bleach.
Análisis de la participación en los planes de juventud
Authors: Cuesta Ruiz Clavijo Ana Belén , Raya Diez Esther 
Published: December 2024

La juventud es una etapa de tránsito hacia la vida adulta que implica cambios significativos para la autonomía y el desenvolvimiento de la persona en la sociedad. A nivel internacional, europeo y nacional se han desarrollado diferentes instrumentos para promover políticas públicas de juventud. La participación como condición de ciudadanía y como principio de planificación es un aspecto esencial en el diseño de políticas públicas en sociedades democráticas. Este trabajo se centra en un análisis documental de la participación en los planes autonómicos en materia de juventud desarrollados en España en el periodo 2018-2023. Entre las principales conclusiones del trabajo se destaca el bajo nivel de desarrollo de la planificación juvenil, la presencia de la participación como un elemento clave en las planificaciones estratégicas, así como, la incorporación en las mismas de las situaciones de desigualdad y vulnerabilidad en la población joven.
Evolución del tsas en las últimas décadas: procesos de cambio, retos y estrategias
Authors: Renes Ayala Víctor 
Published: December 2024

El artículo analiza la evolución del Tercer Sector de Acción Social (TSAS) en las últimas décadas, destacando los cambios, retos y estrategias que han marcado su desarrollo. A lo largo del texto, se aborda la definición y misión del TSAS como conjunto de entidades privadas, sin ánimo de lucro, orientadas a la mejora de la cohesión y la inclusión social cuya misión es contribuir al desarrollo social, la defensa de los derechos y la participación ciudadana. Se incide especialmente en su vocación transformadora y rol como actor social dado que el TSAS no es solo un proveedor de servicios subsidiario, sino que tiene una vocación transformadora centrada en la inclusión social, la promoción de derechos y la participación. Cabe destacar además la participación activa de las personas y comunidades afectadas en las distintas organizaciones en la medida en la que el TSAS debe fomentar el empoderamiento tanto dentro de sus organizaciones como en la sociedad en general. El artículo se adentra también en los retos de futuro y concluye señalando la necesidad de que el TSAS continúe adaptándose a los cambios sociales, manteniendo su compromiso con la inclusión y la cohesión social, y explorando nuevos paradigmas que promuevan el bienestar colectivo basado en derechos y en una ciudadanía activa y participativa.
OPERATSION FAOLIYATNI BOSHQARISH VAZIFALARINING ASOSIY YO‘NALISHLARI
Authors: Dedajanov Baxtiyor 
Published: December 2024

Ushbu maqolada korxonalarda operatsion faoliyat va uni boshqarish mazmuni bayon etilgan. Shuningdek, operatsion faoliyatni boshqarishga oid olimlarning yondashuvlari hamda operatsion faoliyatni boshqarish vazifalari yo‘nalishlari ko‘rsatib o‘tilgan. Umumiy xulosalar shakllantirilib, operatsion faoliyatni samarali boshqarish uchun tegishli tavsiyalar berilgan.
TOURISM POTENTIAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF KARAKALPAKSTAN
Authors: Murodova Lobar 
Published: December 2024

According to statistical data, as well as the results of a sociological study (in the period December - March 2024), to determine the positive and negative reasons influencing the development of domestic tourism, it was revealed that the Republic of Karakalpakstan is the least popular among tourists (excursionists). This article provides detailed analysis of current issues of tourism development in Karakalpakstan, current circumstances and future plans. Also, the article highlights the state of tourism infrastructure in the districts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan by grouping and comparing statistical data.
ЖИСМОНИЙ ШАХСЛАР МОЛ-МУЛК СОЛИҒИНИ ТАКОМИЛЛАШТИРИШ
Authors: Зайдуллаев Абдуҳабиб 
Published: December 2024

Мазкур мақолада жисмоний шахсларнинг мол-мулкига солиқ солиш механизмини такомиллаштириш кўриб чиқилган. Жисмоний шахсларнинг мол-мулк солиғи ривожланган давлатларда маҳаллий бюджет солиқ тушумларидаги улуши сезиларли даражадалиги билан муҳим аҳмият касб этади. Жисмоний шахслар мол-мулкини солиққа тортиш механизимини такомиллаштиришда бу солиқнинг нафақат фискал инструмент сифатида, балки ижтимоий тенгликни таъминлашдаги муҳим инструменти сифатида қараш лозимдир. Амалга оширилган таҳлил натижасида жисмоний шахслар мол-мулк солиғини такомилаштириш бўйича тегишли хулосалар шакллантирилган.
Comparing the Effectiveness between mHealth and Face-to-Face Self-Management Programs for Thai Civil Servants with Uncontrolled Hypertension: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Authors: Chaiphattharatada Itsaya , Bunthan Winthanyou , Khungtumneam Kamontip 
Published: December 2024

Uncontrolled hypertension increases the risk of complications and premature death, which is a significant global public health concern. Self-management is a concept that involves personal strategies to create self-awareness that leads to changes in self-management behavior. This quasi-experimental study compares self-awareness and self-management behaviors for controlling hypertension: restriction of sodium intake, alcohol consumption, smoking cessation, stress reduction, and increased exercise between the mHealth and the Face-to-Face self-management programs. The participants comprised 50 civil servants affiliated with the Secretariat of the House of Representatives, of whom 25 received the mHealth program, and 25 received the Face-to-Face program. Group assignments conducted simple random sampling and matched the age, gender, and education level matching. Research tools included the two programs, the Self-Awareness Assessment and the Self-Management Behaviors Assessment instruments. Descriptive statistics, the chi-square test, the t-test, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and the Mann-Whitney U test were used to analyze the data.
The findings indicate that, after the experiment, the mHealth group showed a statistically significantly higher mean rank of self-awareness and self-management behaviors than the Face-to-Face group. This study confirmed the mHealth self-management program’s effectiveness over the Face-to-Face Program in increasing self-awareness and self-management behaviors at 12 weeks. Nurses can integrate this program to promote health among Thai people who have access to LINE application communication tools to prevent new cases of hypertension and control hypertension. However, further testing in other population groups is required before it can be widely used nationally.
Intervención de diseño en productos artesanales de indígenas wixárikas radicados en Guadalajara
Authors: Robles Sánchez Blanca Xóchitl 
Published: December 2024

Colaborar con artesanos mexicanos en la innovación de diseños es esencial para preservar y revitalizar el rico patrimonio intangible de sus técnicas artesanales. Involucrar a los artesanos en procesos de co-creación, intercambio de conocimientos e incorporación de tecnologías, propiciaron la innovación, sin comprometer la identidad cultural de los productos, fortaleciendo su capacidad económica y profesional.
El objetivo general de esta investigación es diseñar una estrategia de innovación en la aplicación de técnicas artesanales de los indígenas Wixárikas radicados en Guadalajara, México, con el propósito de mejorar su competitividad tanto en el mercado local como en el global. Para ello, se trabajó con una muestra de 15 artesanos Wixárikas, y los principales instrumentos utilizados para la recopilación de información incluyeron entrevistas semiestructuradas, grupos focales y encuestas, que permitieron recolectar datos cualitativos y cuantitativos sobre técnicas artesanales, innovación y comercialización de sus productos.
El análisis de las fortalezas y debilidades evidenció que la colaboración entre artesanos Wixárikas y expertos en diseño, innovación y comercialización a nivel local tenía un gran potencial para mejorar la competitividad de sus productos.
Se concluyó que una estrategia de innovación que integrara las técnicas tradicionales con elementos de diseño y comercialización, además de aprovechar las oportunidades del mercado, resultaba efectiva para mejorar la competitividad de los productos Wixárikas. Finalmente, la capacitación y el intercambio de conocimientos se presentaron como áreas clave para fortalecer las habilidades técnicas, creativas y empresariales de los artesanos, asegurando que la tradición y la innovación puedan coexistir de manera armoniosa.
THE REALITY OF 4TH INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY ON HIGHER EDUCATION LEARNING
Authors: Muthoka Kagwaini , Mwangi William 
Published: December 2024

The fourth industrial technology describes a world where the use of digital technology is ubiquitous in all spheres of human life. The higher education sector has faced its challenges in terms of transformation impact, which seems to be a two edged sword. on one hand, as the faculty is struggling on how best to maintain quality of education with the demand to adopt and use technology in class. On the other hand, students seem to struggle in concentration if the faculty does not give due attention to them whether on online or blended learning. This knowledge gap needed an address, not to jeopardize higher education learning in bid to attain the fourth industrial technology. The purpose of the paper was to evaluate the reality of the fourth industrial technology on higher education learning with the objective to identify the major realities of the technology, and explore those realities on higher education learning. The foundation of the paper was based on technological singularity theory that anticipated the evolvement of artificial intelligence. Qualitative research approach with multi-stage sampling was conducted and interpretative phenomenological analysis. Times series experiential data employed in 2003-2023 and 2016-2023 systematic non-random review. The findings showed that there are three technological trends of physical, digital and biological are becoming a reality. Artificial intelligence was found to be unlike any other technology but not a fundamental competitor. Further, fourth industrial technologies that enhance learning. In conclusion, higher education learning is the stimuli and an incubator of the fourth industrial technology. Therefore, the paper contributes to knowledge, with suggested ways that could be useful to policy makers, governing councils, faculty and students to harness the fourth industrial technology.
«Jeg følte at jeg faktisk ‘var’ der»
Authors: Fuglestad Svein 
Published: December 2024

I denne artikkelen tar jeg utgangspunkt i møtet mellom publikum og meg som utøver i min interaktive, musikalske fortelling om en allehelgensmesse jeg var med å arrangere på homodiskoteket Den Sorte Enke i Oslo på starten av nittitallet, en tid da homomiljøet var sterkt rammet av hiv/aids. I møte med en a/r/tografisk tilnærming utforsker jeg begrepene resonans og berørthet, og spør: Hvordan kan min subjektive fortelling fra 30 år tilbake i tid skape resonans og berørthet i andre mennesker i dag? Refleksjoner fra fem ulike publikummere sammen med to videoklipp fra forestillingen er råmaterialet for å diskutere problemstillingen i møte med relevante teoretiske perspektiv. Begrep som tilstedeværelse, sårbarhet, mot og åpenhet, både hos meg som utøver og i relasjon til publikum blir diskutert, sammen med betydningen av min egen historie og bakgrunn som kristen og homofil for å kunne forstå meg selv som a/r/tograf. I artikkelen, som har en essayistisk form, antyder jeg betydningen av åpenhet, tilstedeværelse og vilje til å bli berørt – både hos meg selv og hos publikum – for å kunne skape disse øyeblikkene av resonans og berørthet mellom publikum og meg som utøver.
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Isolation and identification of serotonin compound from banana hump: a reproductive stimulant for tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon broodstock enhancement
Authors: Parenrengi Andi , Suryati Emma , Syah Rachman , Tenriulo Andi , Lante Samuel , Zainuddin Elmi Nurhaidah , Aliah Ratu Siti , Farizah Nuril , Nawang Agus , Sulaeman Sulaeman , Makmur Makmur , Rosmiati Rosmiati , Gunarto Gunarto , Herlinah Herlinah 
Published: December 2024

Background
The banana plant is claimed to contain a serotonin compound that has the potential to stimulate and improve the reproductive performance of crustacean species. This study aimed to isolate and characterize the serotonin compound from the banana hump and its application to enhance the reproductive performance of tiger shrimp broodstock.

Methods
Banana hump as a part of the plant was extracted by using the maceration technique. The chemical structure of the serotonin compound was identified and characterized based on spectroscopic data, including high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, and infrared (IR) spectroscopy, and a comparison was made with the standard compound and the literature. The extract herb in a dose of 50 µg/g body weight was injected into the tiger shrimp broodstock in four-time administrations. During 2 months of broodstock gonadal maturation, the parameters of molting, reproduction, and gene expression related to reproduction were observed.

Results
Based on the chemical structure analysis, the stimulant component of the banana hump was identified as a serotonin compound (5-hydroxytryptamine) at a concentration of 0.7% of dry weight. The number of spawned broodstock was higher in the serotonin extract treatment (60%) than in the control treatment (40%), and the broodstock injected serotonin spawned up to the second re-maturation. In contrast, no re-maturation was obtained in the control treatment. The egg number was significantly higher using the serotonin extract (286,550 ± 46,402 eggs) than the control shrimp (148,585 ± 23,647 eggs), in which the serotonin extract treatment showed a comparatively larger egg diameter number. The higher expression of the genes related to female and male reproduction was observed in the tiger shrimp injected with serotonin extract than in the control treatment.
Creep model for natural fiber polymer composites (NFPCs) based on variable order fractional derivatives: Simulation and parameter study
Authors: Xiang Guangjian , Yin Deshun , Meng Ruifan , Lu Siyu 
Published: December 2019

ABSTRACTTo describe the creep behavior of natural fiber/polymer composites (NFPCs), a novel variable fractional order creep model is proposed in this work. With experimental data of polymer composites obtained from creep tests at different temperatures and with different fiber content, the effectiveness of the proposed model has been demonstrated. With the advantage of only four parameters, the variable order creep model is proved to give accurate descriptions on the creep behaviors of polymer composites by comparing simulated results with experimental data. Furthermore, a parameter study is conducted, which reveals the physical significance of model parameters. It is observed that the order increases linearly with time, which demonstrates the polymer composites softened during creep. Analysis of order indicates that high temperatures can activate the softening of the materials and the variable order is able to depict the change of microstructures of polymer composites. Besides, the relations between fiber content and order curves provide new perspectives on manufacturing NFPCs. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020, 137, 48796.
Anchored block‐copolymer surfactants for the synthesis of redispersible polystyrene latexes
Authors: Keerthika Nagarajan , Jayalakshmi Arumugam , Ramkumar S.G. 
Published: December 2019

ABSTRACTRedispersible polystyrene (PS) latexes of particle sizes in the range of 200–220 nm was prepared using low‐molecular‐weight amphiphilic block copolymer surfactants. Latex powders were obtained by sun drying of the prepared PS latexes and were reintroduced into the solution by simple mechanical agitation/stirring without any additives. DLS and SEM analysis were carried out for pristine/sun‐dried latexes to compare the size and shape of the particles. A series of block copolymers with 2‐methyl‐2‐oxazoline and 2‐butyl‐2‐oxazoline or 2‐phenyl‐2‐oxazoline with repeat units 30/20, 60/20, 15/30, and 15/45 were synthesized through cationic ring opening polymerization (CROP) and were used as nonionic surfactants (NIS) in the preparation of poly(styrene) latexes by emulsion polymerization. In this work, we investigated the role of anchoring ability of butyl/phenyl groups of the block copolymer in providing stability and redispersibility of the latex by comparing with simply cetyl and stearyl surfactants that are devoid of such functionality. The ready redispersibility and retainment of size and shape as that of original latexes confirmed the role of anchoring groups. PS latexes prepared by block‐copolymer surfactants that are devoid of anchoring units showed lesser stability and no redispersibility compared to anchored surfactants. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020, 137, 48875.