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Sex Ratio, Fecundity and Morphometry of the Eggs of Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium Americanum (Bate, 1868) in the Petatlán River, Sinaloa, Mexico
Authors: Diarte-Plata Genaro , Escamilla-Montes Ruth , Granados-Alcantar Salvador , Luna-González Antonio 
Published: April 2021

Abstract

Macrobrachium americanum has a high commercial value with good fishing and cultivation possibilities in Mexico. Currently there is little information on reproductive aspects so the present work analyzed the sex ratio, fecundity and morphometry of the eggs of M. americanum in the Petatlán River, Sinaloa, Mexico. A total of 31 ovigerous females were captured. The sex ratio was 0.39 F: 1 M. The partial fecundity (Pf) varied from 34, 554 to 342, 372 eggs (128, 246 ± 12, 306 eggs, average Pf). The relationships between body and length-fecundity (R2= 0.5546), cephalothorax and length-fecundity (R2= 0.4995) were adjusted to a linear model, and the total weight-fecundity to a potential model (R2= 0.5013). The average relative fecundity was 37, 132 ± 5, 162 eggs/g. A total of 7 stages of embryonic development were observed. In the first stages, the egg presents a spherical form and in the latter an ovoid shape. Maximum egg diameter values are presented in stages VII, VI and VIII. Stage II provided the largest number of eggs (1, 013, 073 eggs). It is essential to optimize the exploitation of the population of M. americanum present in the Petatlán River through the creation of scientific bases for the sustainability of the fishery.
Records of Invasive European Catfish Silurus Glanis (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Neretva River Delta (Croatia): Social Media as Information Source
Authors: Tutman Pero , Dragičević Branko , Dulčić Jakov , Bukvić Višnja , Bekh Vitaly , Glamuzina Branko 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
Records of European catfish Silurus glanis in the Neretva River delta (Adriatic Sea basin) in Croatia are reported. The first occurrence of this non-native species was reported via social network which led to its timely detection by researchers. Origin of introduction is unknown but it is most likely the case of human-mediated introduction. The importance of social networks as a useful tool for the timely detection of non-native fish species, as well as the importance of raising awareness about the impacts of biological invasions, is discussed in this paper.
“Dear Emma…”. Genre Overlapping and Register Variation in the English and Italian Version of Sergio Marchionne’s Letter to Confindustria
Authors: Manzella Pietro 
Published: April 2021

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to examine whether genre overlapping and register variation have implications in terms of translation outcomes. To this end, the English and the Italian version of the letter sent by Sergio Marchionne to the President of Confindustria – Italy’s most important employers’ organisation – will be analysed. The decision to investigate Marchionne’s statement is based on the fact that this is a letter disseminated as a press release, which also contains highly-technical terminology pertaining to the discourse of Employment Relations (ER). It is stressed that a number of issues arise when deciding which genre and register to use when translating specialised texts. It is argued that genre overlapping and register variation affect the texts in English and Italian in important respects, leading to different perceptions on the part of the target audience.
Decolonialism & Angoasă Morală: Adolescenţa Turbulentă A Deconstrucţiei Postcoloniale
Authors: Chiorean Maria 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
This paper looks at the relationship between post and decolonialism, two critical movements rooted in political theory and literary studies alike. It considers their similarities and their common ethical stance, while also investigating the reasons for the very necessity of decolonialism as a discipline. The main purpose of the subsequent metacritic analysis (which compares Edward Said’s line of inquiry with recent works by Revathi Krishnaswamy, Walter Mignolo and Sylvia Marcos) is to highlight the methodological evolution that took place especially in the field of literary criticism. Finally, the essay takes into consideration the problematic connections that are being established between European schools of thought and their indigenous counterparts, trying to find ways in which comparatism will not lead to theoretical uniformization, but rather to a set of strategies for reading peripheral literatures and for including them in academic debates on theory.
Blaga Și Cioran - Tragedia Culturilor Mici
Authors: Oltean Alexandra 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
This paper aims to explain the affinities and differences of vision between Lucian Blaga and Emil Cioran on the phenomenon of Romanian historical evolution and national conscience. The two main works analyzed, The Mioritic Space and The Transfiguration of Romania, are in a passionate dialog, complementing each other in a conceptual and philosophical manner. The influence of Spengler’s philosophy is fervent in the works of the two authors, but it is subject to a strong resemantization process in terms of the dynamics between large and small cultures. The place of Romanian culture and history will be presented empathically pozitive by Lucian Blaga, who will use will use it as a foundation for the picturesque theory of the stylistic array. On the other hand, Emil Cioran will condemn the psychological deficiencies of Romanian culture, incapable of creating history.
Riegl, Worringer Și „Lecturile Infidele” Ale Stilului În Estetica Lui Lucian Blaga
Authors: Pavel Ioana 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
This study aims to illustrate the original assimilation of style in Lucian Blaga’s philosophy. His concept (or idea) of style is developed from the Philosophy of style to the Trilogies, being tributary to the idealistic philosophy and to the Vienna School of Art History. Of course, this inspiration does not represent an innocent reading of different German studies. By invoking Alois Riegl’s “will of art” or Wilhelm Worringer’s dichotomy between “abstraction” and “empathy”, Blaga identifies the weaknesses from their work. Without giving up the contradictory and vulnerable aspects, he integrates and assimilates them in his philosophical and aesthetic system.
Craii De Azi Și De Ieri. O Analiză Comparativă a Romanelor Ierbar De Andrei Dósa Și Craii De Curteaveche De Mateiu Caragiale
Authors: Suditu Cătălina 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
On the back cover of Andrei Dósa’s first novel, Ierbar, Alexandru Vakulovski, a Moldavian writer and literary critic, highlights the (possible) connection between the characters in Dósa’s text and the decadent (anti)heroes from Mateiu Caragiale’s Craii de Curtea-Veche. Proposing a lucid walk on the reading path opened by Vakulovski, the current paper aims to present a comparative study of the two novels published at a time distance of ninety years to explore the level of kinship on which the narrative actants from the mentioned books are positioned, as well as the similarities and differences of the social, political and economic context in which they are living.
O Analiză Discursivă Asupra Celor Două Diate Ale Mariei Cantemir Și a Unui Model Testamentar Inedit De La Sfârşitul Secolului Al Xviii-Lea
Authors: Mutalâp Daniar 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
The present paper endeavours to offer a brief analysis of two wills written by the princess Maria Cantemir (1700-1757) during 1725 and 1757. Using discoursive concepts such as „scene of enunciation”, „discursive scenes” and „discursive ethos”, followed by stylistics devices, our attempt aimed to capture the process of (re)constructing the self. Thus, comparing the two wills with an unedited testamentary letter sample (Romanian manuscript no. 2120 from Romanian Academy Library Bucharest) and to the process of writing and rewriting, our approach delineates how in articulo mortis Maria Cantemir (re)presents herself as „sister princess Maria Cantemirova”.
Valenţele (Re)Duplicării. Configuraţii Postumaniste La Philip K. Dick Și Ian Mcewan
Authors: Lavinia Tache 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
The present study aims to analyze the conceptual perspective on the metamorphosis of the human under the process of duplication and the restitution of the robotic hypostasis. Following the posthumanist theories, this paper focuses mainly on the literary manifestations that envisage the many-sided topic about the human identity’s surcease, namely Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Machines Like Me. In both cases, the central function of restructuring reality through the symobol of technological alterity is emphasized; the simulacrum comes within the purview of building versions for a universe where creation does not lead to progress, but, to a certain extent, to destruction and the entanglement of human conciousness. This fact implies that the fictional robots have to be interpreted as an integrant part of a system that ecompasses the lost sense of self. Essential for understanding the cited narratives is the questioning of the Cartesian belief that animals do represent a mechanical behaviour. I argue that the reconstruction of a techological identity bears a double scheme of approaching empathy and identity and accordingly the existence is to be interposed within new frames of thought.
“Unicul Lucru Capabil Să Surprindă Un Crâmpei De VeȘnicie, Este Arta” Forestiera Feltrinelli, De Joachim Wittstock, Traducere De Maria Sass
Authors: Ciocoi-Pop Ana-Blanca 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
Joachim Wittstock’s novella Forestiera Feltrinelli, translated into Romanian by Maria Sass, appeared under the aegis of the Honterus publishing house in Sibiu, in 2019. Combining present-day economic realities, with a parallelism of temporal planes, and the antonimy between the mythical past and the disillusioning present, Wittstock manages to interweave in his most recent volume social and historical analyses, love stories and subtle eroticism, existentialist concerns and political dimensions. The volume can be regarded as an important contribution to a better relationing of the Romanian readership with German literature in Romania, and to a better understanding of the complex thematic and narrative mechanisms in Joachim Wittstock’s works. A fascinating page of the history of Sibiu, of the Romanian Saxons, and of the author’s biography, the volume is a succesful and innovative attempt in the landscape of contemporary Romanian and European literature, and its Romanian translation a welcome and necessary initiative in view of a multicultural understanding of the literatures of ethnic minorities in Romania.
The Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) in Bohemia
Authors: Hudeček Jiří J. 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
The Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) erases of Czech Rarities Committee for Ornithology to December 15, 2011 from Czech bird’s checklist. The first discovery of Othmar Reiser (1861-1936) is located in Cheb in Bohemia, in Czech Republic (50°04′47″N/12°22′26″E; grid square 5940); not in Hungary. Jiří Janda's (1865-1938) locality “from Bohemia”, without precise locality (the evaluation of localities in entomology). Present is reply to emphasize absolutelly scientific competence of Czech zoologist Jiří Janda, personality in Czech and European ornithology. The presented text analyses the transfer of the literature until 1945.
Big Data in Health Care: Applications and Challenges
Authors: Hong Liang , Luo Mengqi , Wang Ruixue , Lu Peixin , Lu Wei , Lu Long 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
The concept of Big Data is popular in a variety of domains. The purpose of this review was to summarize the features, applications, analysis approaches, and challenges of Big Data in health care. Big Data in health care has its own features, such as heterogeneity, incompleteness, timeliness and longevity, privacy, and ownership. These features bring a series of challenges for data storage, mining, and sharing to promote health-related research. To deal with these challenges, analysis approaches focusing on Big Data in health care need to be developed and laws and regulations for making use of Big Data in health care need to be enacted. From a patient perspective, application of Big Data analysis could bring about improved treatment and lower costs. In addition to patients, government, hospitals, and research institutions could also benefit from the Big Data in health care.
Interpretive Context, Counterpart Theory and Fictional Realism without Contradictions
Authors: Morris Raphael 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
Models for truth in fiction must be able to account for differing versions and interpretations of a given fiction in such a way that prevents contradictions from arising. I propose an analysis of truth in fiction designed to accommodate this. I examine both the interpretation of claims about truth in fiction (the ‘Interpretation Problem’) and the metaphysical nature of fictional worlds and entities (the ‘Metaphysical Problem’). My reply to the Interpretation Problem is a semantic contextualism influenced by Cameron (2012), while my reply to the Metaphysical Problem involves an extension and generalisation of the counterpart-theoretic analysis put forth by Lewis (1978). The proposed analysis considers interpretive context as a counterpart relation corresponding to a set of worlds, W, and states that a sentence φ is true in interpretive context W iff φ is true at every world (w∈W). I consider the implications of this analysis for singular terms in fiction, concluding that their extensions are the members of sets of counterparts. In the case of pre-existing singular terms in fiction, familiar properties of the corresponding actual-world entities are salient in restricting the counterpart relation. I also explore interpretations of sentences concerning multiple fictions and those concerning both fictional and actual entities. This account tolerates a plurality of interpretive approaches, avoiding contradictions.
Fictional Content
Authors: Paganini Elisa 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
It is usually taken for granted that a necessary condition for knowing that P is the truth of P. It may therefore be claimed that if we assume that we gain some kind of knowledge through fiction (let us call it fictional knowledge) of P*, then P* should be true—in at least a certain sense. My hypothesis is that this assumption grounds the different ways adopted by philosophers for attributing truth-conditions to fictional sentences. My claim in this work is that fictional sentences do not have truth-values and truth-conditions, but I want to maintain that we gain some kind of knowledge through fiction: to this aim, I will characterize the objective content of fictional sentences not in terms of truth-conditions (which are usually described by appealing to rules of the language or rules of interpretation of language independent of the actual users), but in dispositional terms and I will define a necessary condition for fictional knowledge accordingly.
Accumulation Features of Micro and Macroelements in Indigenous and Alien Molluscs in Saldanha Bay, South Africa
Authors: Bezuidenhout Jacques , Nekhoroshkov Pavel , Zinicovscaia Inga , Yushin Nikita , Frontasyeva Marina 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
Alien Mediterranean mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis, Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas and indigenous Cape mussels Choromytilus meridionalis were used as sentinel biomonitors of inorganic pollutants in Saldanha Bay, South Africa. Neutron activation analysis was used to determine the concentrations of 33 macro and microelements in the soft tissues of molluscs. The Mediterranean mussels significantly demonstrated the higher accumulation ability to S, Se and Br than the Pacific oysters, whereas the Pacific oysters - to Fe, Cu, Zn and As. The Cape mussels are more sensitive to Mn and As and the Mediterranean mussels were sensitive to Zn and Se.
Preliminary Results of the Temperature Distribution Measurements Around the Vertical Ground Heat Exchangers Tubes
Authors: Piotrowska-Woroniak Joanna 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
The paper presents the preliminary results of the temperature distribution to a depth of 100 m in the two selected vertical geothermal wells during operation of the heat pump and ground temperature measurement without vertical ground probes work. Research was carried out from the third decade of December to the end of February. The wells are the lower energy source for two heat pumps brine/water type with heating power of 117.2 kW each and 95.9 kW cooling capacity installed in the building of The Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology in Bialystok. With heat pumps work 52 vertical ground probes to a depth of 100 m each. The article presents the way of making probes equipped with 30 digital temperature sensors to record the temperature distribution in the vertical probes and in the ground and it shows the way of making the test bench using the groundwater wells with vertical probes. The average coefficient of performance COP of the heat pump HP in the months of January and February has been designated.
Analysis of Air Pollution Parameters Using Covariance Function Theory
Authors: Daugela Ignas , Visockiene Jurate Suziedelyte , Skeivalas Jonas 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
The paper analyses the intensity changes of three pollution parameter vectors in space and time. The RGB raster pollution data of the Lithuanian territory used for the research were prepared according to the digital images of the Sentinel-2 Earth satellites. The numerical vectors of environmental pollution parameters CH4 (methane), NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) and for direct comparison O2 (oxygen gas) were used for the calculations. The covariance function theory was used to perform the analysis of intensity changes in digital vectors. Estimates of the covariance functions of the numerical vectors of pollution parameters and O2 or the auto-covariance functions of single vectors are calculated from random functions consisting of arrays of measurement parameters of all parameters vectors. Correlation between parameters vectors depends on the density of parameters and their structure. Estimates of covariance functions were calculated by changing the quantization interval on a time scale and using a compiled computer program using the Matlab procedure package. The probability dependence between the environmental pollution parameter vectors and trace gas of the territory in Lithuania and their change in time scale was determined.
Study of Trends in Concentrations of Basic Air Pollutants in the Malopolska Province
Authors: Filak Mariusz , Hoffman Szymon 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
The purpose of the paper was to analyse the trends observed at air monitoring stations in the Malopolska Province - one of the most polluted regions in Poland. The study was carried out on the basis of long-term measurement data registered at five selected stations of automatic monitoring of air quality in the Malopolska Province. Trends evaluation was made on the basis of mean annual concentrations, taken from the database of the Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection in Poland. Separately for each basic air pollutant, such as SO2, NO2, NOx, CO, PM10 and O3, trend lines and their linear equations were determined to illustrate the direction of changes in concentrations. The obtained equations of the trend lines indicate the threat to the environment in the Malopolska Province. Based on the results obtained it can be concluded that for recent years there has been observed the concentration decrease of main air pollutants, except of tropospheric ozone.
Chemical Looping Combustion Related Processes Using Solid Oxygen Carriers Oxidized in CO2 Atmosphere
Authors: Psiuk Bronisław , Wojsa Józef , Gerle Anna , Pochwała Tamara , Szade Jacek , Podwórny Jacek 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
Chemical-looping combustion (CLC) is an attractive process in CO2 capture, especially when solid oxygen carriers are used in it. The main requirements for oxygen-transporting materials include appropriate oxidation (in air) and reduction (in the presence of fuel) ability. In the paper a conceptual proposition for CLC-related processes with the application of solid oxygen carriers oxidized in both air and CO2 atmosphere has been presented. The possibility of the “looping” process on the same carriers using both CO2 and air atmosphere as an oxidizing agent allows us to enrich the concept of CLC and related processes by proposing a cyclic recirculation of the produced CO2 back to the installation. The oxidizing of solid oxygen carrier in a CO2 atmosphere is accompanied by CO emission from the plant. This toxic gas could be transformed into a useful product in any chemical process. It is possible to combine the looping processes with manufacturing of any appropriate morphological form of carbon in the cyclic CO disproportionation process. The combined process could lead to a lower CO2 emissions to the environment. SrTiO3 doped by Cr (STO:Cr) and a mixture of TiO2- and Ni-based compounds (TiO2-Ni) were investigated as oxygen transporting materials. The experiment methodology based on thermogravimetric, diffraction and spectroscopic studies was shown. Thermogravimetric (TGA) and Powder Diffraction (XRD) measurements were provided in-situ during a few cycles in a reducing (Ar+3 % H2) and oxidizing environment. Moreover, the STO:Cr powders were characterized ex-situ by the X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) method. It was found that in tested conditions the cyclic process of the investigated powders’ oxidation and reduction is possible. Satisfactory results considering the oxygen transport capacity was obtained for the TiO2-Ni sample.
Environmental Effect of Potential Radiopharmaceuticals Residuals
Authors: Todorov Boyan , Nedyalkova Miroslava , Simeonov Vasil 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
Driven by the current development of quantitative structure-properties relationship (QSPR) methods in the environmental science, we proposed an approach based on chemometric tools for selection of appropriate physicochemical parameters of radiopharmaceuticals residuals for predicting of partitioning, hazards and biodegradation of such compounds into the environment or into wastewater treatment plant. The present scheme was successfully applied for prediction of missing values for 24 different physicochemical and assessment response of the environmental fate descriptors for 11 tetrazine derivatives and 12 cyclooctene derivatives. The multivariate statistics was also proved to be useful in the evaluation of the obtained modelling results for identification of the ecological effect of radiopharmaceuticals residuals. The presented approach can be one of the first steps and support tools in the assessment of chemicals in terms of their environmental impact. The problem studies are significant since it allows a special point of view to the underestimated radiopharmaceutical pollutants.