bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
EFFECTS OF GREEN PROCUREMENT ADOPTION ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE AT BATA SHOE COMPANY LIMITED, KENYA
Authors: Njoroge Racheal Wanjiru , Iravo Dr. Mike A. 
Published: August 2021

Purpose: This purpose of the study was to determine the effects of adopting green procurement on the supply chain performance at Bata shoe company in KenyaMethodology: This study adopted descriptive research design. The target population was 120 employees working in different levels of management who are directly involved in managing distribution activities in the organization. The sampling frame was the Human Resource register at BATA Kenya. The population sample was 120 respondents. Structured questionnaires containing both open ended and closed ended questions were used to collect primary data. The questionnaires were filled and returned for analysis. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics like percentages, standard deviations, frequency tables among others. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 17 software was used.Results: Results indicated that quality management, organizational policy, information technology integration and demand management have a positive and significant relationship on supply chain performance at BATAUnique contribution to theory, practice and policy: This study recommends that BATA should review its organizational policy on JIT implementation to improve its supply chain performance especially in regards to better human resource management practices. BATA should also enhance its Information Technology Integration to promote information sharing and support its ERP systems.
APPLYING DUDUCTIONS FROM NAVIER STOKES EQUATION TO FLOW SITUATIONS IN GAS PIPELINE NETWORK SYSTEM
Authors: Uzoma Mathew Shadrack 
Published: August 2021

Navier Stokes equations are theoretical equations for pressure-flow-temperature problems in gas pipelines. Other well-known gas equations such as Weymouth, Panhandle A and Modified Panhandle B equations are employed in gas pipeline design and operational procedures at a level of practical relevance. Attaining optimality in the performance of this system entails concrete understanding of the theoretical and prevailing practical flow conditions. In this regard, Navier Stoke’s mass, momentum and energy equations had been worked upon subject to certain simplifying assumptions to deduced expressions for flow velocity and throughput in gas pipeline network system. This work could also bridge the link among theoretical, operational and optimal level of performance in gas pipelines. Purpose: The purpose of this research is to build a measure of practical relevance in gas pipeline operational procedures that would ultimately couple the missing links between theoretical flow equations such as Navier Stokes equation and practical gas pipeline flow equations. Such practical gas pipeline flow models are Weymouth, Panhandle A and Modified Panhandle B equations among others.Methodology: The approach in this regard entails reducing Narvier Stoke’s mas, momentum and energy equations to their appropriate forms by applicable practical conditions. By so doing flow models are deduced that could be worked upon by computational approach analytically or numerically to determine line throughput and flow velocity.The reduced forms of the Navier Stokes velocity and throughput equations would be applied to operating gas pipelines in Nigeria terrain. The gas pipelines are ElfTotal Nig. Ltd and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). This would enable the comparison of these gas pipelines operational data with theoretical results of Navier Stokes equations reduced to their appropriate forms.Findings: The follow up paper would employ theoretical and numerical discretization computational methods to compare theoretical and numerical discretization results to give a clue if these operating gas pipelines are operated at optimal level of performance.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The reduced forms of Nervier Stokes equations applied to physical operating gas pipelines network system is considered by the researcher to be an endeavor of academic excellence that would foster clear cut understanding of theoretical and practical flow situations. It could also open up a measure of understanding to pushing a flow to attaining optical conditions in practical real life flow situations. Operating gas pipelines optimally would reduce the spread of these capital intensive assets and facilities and more so conserving our limited reserves for foreign exchange.
Anti-human acute leukemia, cytotoxicity, antioxidant, and collagenase and aldose reductase inhibition effects of 2′-Hydroxy-4′,5′-dimethoxyacetophenone in the in vitro condition
Authors: Chu Yingna , Xiao Juan , Chinnathambi Arunachalam , Alahmadi Tahani Awad , Wainwright Milton 
Published: August 2021

IntroductionIn this study, it is recorded the inhibition effect of 2′-Hydroxy-4′,5′-dimethoxyacetophenone on aldose reductase and collagenase enzymes. Also, we have investigated that the in vitro inhibition effects of 2′-Hydroxy-4′,5′-dimethoxyacetophenone on aldose reductase and collagenase enzymes.Material and methodsTo investigate the antioxidant effects of 2′-Hydroxy-4′,5′-dimethoxyacetophenone, the DPPH test was used in the presence of butylated hydroxytoluene as the positive control. MTT test was used on normal (HUVEC) and human acute leukemia (32D-FLT3-ITD, Human HL-60/vcr, MOLT-3, and TALL-104) cell lines. 2′-Hydroxy-4′,5′-dimethoxyacetophenone had high cell death and anti-human acute leukemia effects against 32D-FLT3-ITD, Human HL-60/vcr, MOLT-3, and TALL-104 cell lines.ResultsThe 2′-Hydroxy-4′,5′-dimethoxyacetophenone inhibited half of the DPPH molecules in the concentration of 157 µg/mL.
Among the above cell lines, the best result of anti-human acute leukemia properties of silver nanoparticles was gained in the cell line of UM-UC-3. The results of this study indicated the excellent anti-human acute leukemia potentials of 2′-Hydroxy-4′,5′-dimethoxyacetophenone in the in vitro condition.ConclusionsAfter confirming the above results in the clinical trial researches, this formulation may be administrated for the treatment of several types of acute leukemia in humans. After that, the comparison of the biological activities of the 2′-Hydroxy-4′,5′-dimethoxyacetophenone molecule against the studied enzymes was done by molecular docking method.
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT DROG INDUCED GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA
Authors: Anyelle Pessoa Dias Dantas Manoelly , De Oliveira Dantas Filho Manoel , Freitas Dantas Rodolfo 
Published: August 2021

Gingival hyperplasia is an increase in the number of cells and represents exuberant response of the gingival tissue against local and systemic conditions. Some drugs produce changes in oral tissues. Of calcium channel blockers, nifedipine produce gingival enlargement more often. The objective of this study was to report the case of male patient, 57 years old, who attended the dental clinic Unipê complaining of gingival bleeding and no history of diagnosis after visiting a dentist in other institutions. The patient reported having had chronic kidney disease, hypertension, while making use of drugs: furosemide®, ranitina ®, cyclosporine® and captopril®. On examination, there was an increase of the gingival tissue of uneven surface with lobulations involving the middle third of the lower incisors, tooth mobility and bone loss. Once the diagnosis of gingival hyperplasia drug should clarify the patient and the etiology of the disease and treatment options, such as gingiva plasty, warning of the imminent possibility of relapse. As well as guide the patient to seek medical advice for conducting review of medications. It is relevant to the recognition of a systemic change places, and seek through an interview and performed and directed, to observe the cause-effect relationship.
Poder e influencia de la Iglesia en la historia dominicana. Notas para una reescritura “presentista estratégica”
Authors: Mella Pablo 
Published: August 2021

Este artículo analiza en líneas generales cómo, independientemente de la posición ideológica, los textos historiográficos conceden mucho poder e influencia a “la Iglesia” en la historia dominicana. Sin embargo, este poder y esta influencia se verán evaluados de manera diferente en consonancia con las nociones de iglesia, de poder y de Estado que se manejen, así como de la epistemología que subyazga en el momento de componer la escritura de la historia. En el mismo se presentan críticamente cuatro modos básicos de historiografía eclesial buscando una reescritura de la historia de la Iglesia dominicana.
3D Porous Structure Image Generation
Authors: Камилов Э.М. , Егоров А.А. 
Published: August 2021

Разработана сверточная генеративно-состязательная нейронная сеть, генерирующая объемные изображения пористых сред (горной породы). Рассматриваются возможности модификации нейронной сети для генерации пористых сред с заданными характеристиками: коэффициент пористости, проницаемости, состав и размеры зерен, каналов и каверн.
In this study, a convolutional generative adversarial neural network generating 3D images of porous media (rock) was developed. The neural network can be modified to generate porous media with specific properties such as porosity factor, permeability factor, composition and sizes of the grains, channels, and voids.
Про Эйлера и Чебышёва, основателей российской математики
Authors: Papadopoulos A. 
Published: August 2021

On the occasion of Chebyshev’s twohundredth anniversary, I review part of his work, showing that in several respects he was the heir of Euler. In doing this, I consider the works of Euler and Chebyshev on three topics in applied science: industrial machines, ballistics and geography, and then on three topics in pure mathematics: integration, continued fractions and number theory, showing that in each filed the two mathematicians were interested in the same kind of questions.
По случаю двухсотлетнего юбилея Чебышёва я изучил часть его работ и пришел к выводу, что в целом ряде моментов он продолжает научные традиции Эйлера. Я рассматривал работы Эйлера и Чебышёва по трем прикладным темам: промышленное оборудование, баллистика и география, а также по трем разделам чистой математики: интегральное исчисление, непрерывные дроби и теория чисел. Показано, что во всех случаях оба математика изучали один и тот же круг вопросов.
‘There are times when an old rule should be abandoned, or a current rule should not be applied’: narration, innovation and hardboiled fiction in Sue Grafton’s “T” is for Trespass
Authors: Diehl Heath A. 
Published: August 2021

This article advances the claim that Sue Grafton’s “T” is for Trespass (1994) is chiefly concerned with the violation of generic and ideological boundaries. This paper suggests that, from its opening lines, the novel appears markedly different than the 19 previously published books in Grafton’s alphabet series – most notably in the alternation between two narrative points-of-view – and thus offers interesting insights into creative writing practice within the field of hardboiled fiction. On one hand, the novel fulfils the reader’s ideological expectations of hardboiled fiction through the eventual exposure of and ‘punishment’ for the antagonist’s crimes. On the other, by supplying the reader with the antagonist’s point-of-view, even if the reader is not invited to empathise with her, Grafton crafts a richly layered and nuanced examination of criminality in twenty-first-century America – an examination that renders narrative closure problematic, if not impossible. In doing so, it is asserted here, Grafton suggests that storytelling within hardboiled fiction must evolve to accommodate ever-malleable notions of criminality and ‘justice’.
Subtle hues: character and race in Dorothy B. Hughes’ The Expendable Man
Authors: Laity K.A. 
Published: August 2021

In his 1984 essay on Dorothy B. Hughes’ novels, Lawrence J. Oliver, Jr points out that one of the distinguishing features of Hughes’ work, differentiating her from some of her more famous English and American contemporaries, is that she focuses on a type of evil they either ignore or help perpetuate: the evil of racism. Oliver concludes that, despite her well-meaning intentions, Hughes’ efforts to offer readers characters from a variety of racial backgrounds, she produces her own of one-dimensional stereotypes. However, Oliver fails to give sufficient credit to the subtle way that Hughes develops character, offering cues to show how people of colour negotiate life within hegemonic white culture. Reviewing the 2012 re-release of The Expendable Man (1963), Charles Taylor recognises that Hughes’ evocation of Hugh Densmore’s justifiable paranoia, is the result of both her mastery of noir as well as her ability to recognise racial divides that continue to exist in the United States. An examination of Hughes’ character-building skills in that novel will demonstrate how they fuel the power of her narrative suspense.
There was nothing, there was nowhere to go: writing Australian rural noir
Authors: Redhead Leigh 
Published: August 2021

When I embarked on my doctorate in creative writing, I wanted to write about the decline of an alternative community in the 1980s, similar to the one in which I had grown up. A noir novel seemed the perfect vehicle for the dark themes I planned to explore, and promised to be very different from the private eye series I usually wrote. Typically, noir is located in urban environments and many studies of noir fiction and film maintain that an urban setting is integral to the genre, speaking as it does to the anxiety and alienation of modern life, feelings of anonymity and of being the outsider, and the corruption and criminality of the city. Much contemporary noir fiction still takes place in metropolitan areas; however, there is, increasingly, a sub-genre situated in rural locations, as illustrated by the rise of ‘Country’ or ‘Hillbilly Noir’ in the USA. Australian crime fiction has long made use of the bush and outback as a location – usually as a site of conquest where the hero ultimately triumphs over the antagonist; however, noir narratives are different, invariably ending in destruction and defeat. This article will investigate Australian Rural Noir through a comparative textual analysis of Kenneth Cooke’s Wake in Fright, Chris Womersley’s The Low Road and Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites. It will consider the ways in which Australian rural noir uses landscape to subvert the pastoral paradigm and will examine the tensions between the exterior landscape and the interior life of the protagonists, reflecting on the particularly Australian cultural anxieties implicit in these texts. I also discuss my own research-led practice, the challenges involved in being an insider researcher and, finally, consider whether this nexus between the critical and creative helps or hinders the creative writing process.
Eating Shakespeare: exploring the Bardic culinary literature industry
Authors: Brien Donna Lee 
Published: August 2021

Although William Shakespeare penned no known cookery books, dietaries or other works of culinary interest, a significant body of Shakespearean-themed popular food writing has been produced and is in circulation. Exploring these works in the context of the so-called ‘Shakespeare industry’, this article proposes that such an enquiry, when focused through the lens of creative writing studies sensibility (especially in terms of publication studies) and a food studies approach can provide information and analysis of value to both areas of scholarship. Texts produced in English since 1935 are considered, and brief literary/professional biographies are provided for a number of writers whose work has received little attention in these fields.
ONE WORLD, TWO MONEYS
Authors: P.Guzelian Christopher 
Published: August 2021

Los políticos nacionales confrontados con una deuda soberana y una demanda decreciente de bonos soberanos futuros sin precendentes, pueden emprender acciones de represión financiera en sus países, emitiendo bonos soberanos conjuntos con otras naciones (“Dinero Político”). El uso de Dinero Político ayuda a ocultar a los acreedores el hecho de que las naciones están endeudadas de forma insostenible.Simultáneamente, algunos bancos centrales han propuesto un proceso gradual mediante el cual las naciones transferirían su oro y su plata como “garantía” de sus deudas soberanas individuales y conjuntas a un banco central que actuaría inicialmente como el mayor agente de custodia del mundo. Este gran agente de custodia podría (1) acabar con la deuda individual y conjunta del país y (2) eventualmente tomar posesión de facto del oro que ese país haya depositado, de modo que pudiese emitir una moneda universal “ligada al oro”(“Dinero Oligarca”), que no es lo mismo que tener una moneda respaldada por oro. El Dinero Oligarca eventualmente podría reemplazar todo el Dinero Político, y financieramente, las naciones no tendrían fronteras, perdiendo sus características fiscales distintivas.Los resultados del Dinero Político y del Dinero Oligarca serán la pobreza masiva y el daño ambiental. La única manera de evitar estas consecuencias es mediante la cooperación entre los políticos y los bancos centrales para limitar el gasto fiscal y volver a respaldar las monedas nacionales con las reservas de metales preciosos de cada país.
Palabras clave: Deuda Soberana, Dinero Político, Dinero Oligarca.
Clasificación JEL: B53; E02; E42; H50; H60; H81; K10.
EXPLORING BEGINNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ BELIEFS OF TEACHING READINESS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR SCHOOLS IN PUNJAB
Authors: Ali Raza, Zahida Mansoor, Umer Ameem  
Published: August 2021

The study aims to explore beginning English language teachers’ beliefs about their readiness for teaching in the public sector schools in Punjab. The change from the educational institution to the classroom proves to be unsettling for the beginners and the feeling of being prepared well for the profession does not seem to be present when they attempt to advance their teaching practices in new environments. The study employs quantitative approach to gain the individualized perceptions of beginner teachers’ readiness for teaching through a self-reported survey questionnaire. 30 beginning English language teachers whose experience ranged from 1-4 years were taken as sample using purposive sampling technique. The findings reveal that majority of the beginning language teachers were not in readiness with regard to applying techniques for teaching different language skills such as speaking, listening, writing and reading. They also lacked expertise in planning lesson for differentiated learner style, lesson delivery and using appropriate assessment tools to assess learners performance. The study concludes that the initial training programs should enable beginner English language teachers to acquire these skills and apply new teaching methodologies in the real classroom environment. The results may lack generalizability. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to conduct a study in a different context in order to extend the scope of results. This paper fulfils an identified need to study how the beginner teachers can prepare themselves for the challenges in their initial teaching years.
Theory and practice of adhesive interactions in the field of milk processing
Authors: Федотова Ольга Борисовна 
Published: August 2021

Механизмы формирования адгезионного контакта, изучение адгезионной способности тех или других веществ и управление ею в различных технологических процессах, формирование требуемой адгезионной прочности соединений - это многообразные проблемы в области техники и технологии. Рассмотрены понятие «адгезия» и базовые теории адгезионных взаимодействий, базирующихся на различных подходах: молекулярная, которая также называется адсорбционной, диффузионная, механическая, химическая, электрическая, релаксационная, слабого граничного слоя. Универсальности в объяснении тех или иных процессов формирования адгезионных соединений нет. Адгезионные соединения, образуемые в процессе переработки молока, носят нежелательный характер и приводят к потерям продукции и нарушению санитарно-гигиенического состояния производств вследствие образования белковых, жировых и комбинированных загрязнений на поверхностях различного оборудования. Соответственно требуются глубокие научные и практические исследования как по изучению механизмов образования адгезионных соединений, так и по их удалению.
Interaction with other people the mechanisms of adhesive contact, the study of the adhesive ability of different substances and the control of adhesion in various technological processes and ensuring the necessary adhesive strength of joints is a multifaceted problem in the fields of engineering and technology. The article discusses the concept of «adhesion» and the basic theory of adhesion coupled interactions, based on various approaches.Molecular, which is also called adsorptive; diffusion, mechanical, chemical, electrical, relaxation, weak boundary layer. There is no universality in explaining certain processes of the formation of adhesive joints.Adhesive joints formed during milk processing are undesirable and lead to product losses and a violation of the sanitary and hygienic state of production. This is due to the formation of protein, fat and combined contaminants on the surfaces of various equipment. Accordingly, deep scientific and practical research is required both to study the mechanisms of the formation of adhesive joints and to remove them.
The influence of the composition of functional milk-based products on the processes of sanitizing equipment
Authors: Маневич Борис Владиленович , Кузина Жанна Ивановна 
Published: August 2021

Рассмотрены процессы формирования адгезионных отложений, изменяющих физико-химические свойства поверхностей и представляющих определенные проблемы для удаления в процессах санитарной обработки. Представлен анализ основных факторов, влияющих на работу адгезии молочных продуктов с субстратом. Определены значения поверхностного натяжения восстановленных молочных продуктов-адгезивов при комнатной температуре, и рассчитана работа адгезии на субстратах (стекло и нержавеющая сталь). Исследование направлено на измерение и сравнение работы адгезии различных молочных продуктов по отношению к субстрату - поверхности из нержавеющей стали, используя краевой угол смачивания и поверхностное натяжение.
The article discusses the processes of formation of adhesive deposits that change the physicochemical properties of surfaces and present certain problems for removal in the processes of sanitization. The analysis of the main factors influencing the work of adhesion of dairy products to the substrate is presented. The values of the surface tension of reconstituted dairy products - adhesives at room temperature were determined and the work of adhesion on substrates (glass and stainless steel) was calculated. The study aims to measure and compare the adhesion performance of various dairy products in relation to a stainless steel substrate using contact angle and surface tension.