bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Validity and reliability of the German version of the shortened thyroid-specific quality of life questionnaire (ThyPRO-39de)
Authors: Tabriz Navid , Gloy Kilian , Schantzen Astrid , Fried Dennis , Weyhe Dirk , Uslar Verena 
Published: August 2021

Objectives
Validation of a German version of the ThyPRO-39 questionnaire for quality of life (QoL) in patients with benign thyroid diseases.

Design
Internal consistency, retest reliability, and validity were to be assessed in a test-retest study.

Methods
The ThyPRO-39 was translated based on standard methodology. A sample of 98 patients with benign thyroid diseases was tested with the ThyPRO-39de and the generic EuroQol 5D-5L. Forty-four patients with stable symptoms after 2 weeks formed the repeated measures sample. Cronbach’s alpha was calculated for the ThyPRO-39de composite score and for each disease-specific scale. Intraclass correlations between the original and the repeated measures sample were calculated for each scale as well as Pearson correlations between various ThyPRO scales and the EuroQol. T-tests were used to test for differences in the goiter and hyperthyroid symptom scales between relevant patient groups and other patients.

Results
Internal consistency was between satisfactory and good, except for two scales (tiredness and cosmetic complaints/appearance). The test-retest correlation was between 0.62 and 0.8 for most scales, but below 0.5 for two scales (tiredness and impaired social life). There were significant correlations between the EuroQol index score and most aspects of the ThyPRO-39de. Only the hyperthyroid symptoms scale was specific for the relevant patient group (Graves’ disease).

Conclusion
The ThyPRO-39de may be recommended for use in clinical and research settings, especially with regards to the composite score. However, the underlying thyroid disease should always be kept in mind when interpreting the test results. A larger sample would be needed to implement further improvements.
Multiple assessments to value wild animals in the analysis of human-wildlife relationships: a case study in the Dry Chaco of Córdoba, Argentina
Authors: Tamburini Daniela , Zamudio Fernando , Cáceres Daniel 
Published: August 2021

Because different perceptions of wildlife are usually involved in decision making processes on the use of environmental commons and in human choices, assigning an importance value to wildlife can be a relevant issue to discuss. We propose to broaden the concept of cultural value (CV) considering the trade-offs between the positive and negative Nature’s Contributions to People including trade-offs influenced by near-past contexts. In a rural community of the Dry Chaco and aiming at knowing the importance of wildlife in people´s lives, we conducted free listings and semi-structured interviews. We calculated the cognitive salience (S) and five CV indexes (differing from one another in the number and types of values); the number of citations of each ethnospecies was used as an estimator of the local knowledge on wildlife. Local inhabitants value wild species by considering the satisfaction of material needs, immaterial aspects, and/or the damages that certain species may cause to their own goods or commons. The ethnospecies most widely and frequently used with material purpose in the near past and at present, and those considered the most harmful, showed the highest salience values. The CV index that integrates both positive and negative assessments was positively correlated with cognitive salience; this relationship support the results showing that cognitive salience it is not only conditioned by positive assessments but as a variable that captures the multiple assessments of the fauna, including the negative ones.
The monastery of Eusebius in Khirbet er-Ras (Kefar Truman)
Authors: Dayan Ayelet , Bollók Ádám 
Published: August 2021

AbstractThe present paper publishes the archaeological remains of a monastery church excavated in 1958 at Khirbet er-Ras (Kefar Truman), Israel. The description of the architectural remains, including the three-aisled basilica and the structures surrounding it, is based on the archival documentation. This is followed by the detailed description and analysis of the church's mosaic pavements, preserved in the nave and in both side-aisles, with special emphasis on the mosaic decoration of the nave's central panel, set as a carpet design made up of florets enclosed by outlined scales, whose Levantine parallels are reviewed. In contrast to the sixth-century CE date proposed in previous reports, the setting of the floor is here placed into the third quarter of the fifth century CE based on Leah Di Segni's palaeographic date of the mosaic's inscription located in front of the sanctuary area. Using this revised date as a springboard for further discussion, a less linear stylistic development of mosaic floors covered by floral semis ornaments embedded in plain and outlined scales is suggested.
Peculiarities of cellular, humoral links of immunity and dynamics of immunoglobulins in community-acquired pneumonia in adults and their importance for diagnostics and prognosis of the disease
Authors: Bereznyakov Vladyslav , Korzh Oleksiy , Krasnokutskiy Sergiy 
Published: August 2021

The aim of our work was to study the characteristics of the immune status based on the analysis of the cellular, humoral links of immunity and dynamics of immunoglobulins in adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and their importance in the pathogenesis and prognosis of the disease.
Materials and methods. The study was carried out in the period 2017-2020 on the basis of the therapeutic department of the Municipal non-profit enterprise “City Clinical Multidisciplinary Hospital № 25” of Kharkiv City Council. The study involved 20 adult patients with CAP aged 18 to 80 years (mean age 36.5±10.3). The control group consisted of 20 apparently healthy individuals (mean age 39.5±12.5). The study of the immune status of patients was carried out by determining the phagocytic index, the content of lymphocytes, CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, CD16+, CD20+ and the level of immunoglobulins of classes A, G, M in the dynamics of the disease: on the first and tenth days after hospitalization.
Results. On the first day of hospitalization, there was a significant imbalance in phagocytosis, T- and B-links of immunity. On the tenth day of treatment, the phagocytic index, the number of CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, CD16+ and CD20+ increased. An increase in Ig M, a decrease in Ig A and Ig G were also noted. Thus, standard therapy for patients with CAP leads to its clinical and radiological resolution, but is not accompanied by the normalization of immunity parameters.
Conclusions. The features of immune disorders in patients with CAP were revealed: pneumonia increases the imbalance in the cellular link of immunity, the level of CD3+ and CD4+ decreases, there is no dynamics of the relative amount of CD20+. There are no significant changes in the humoral link of the immune status. For the treatment of patients with CAP, in addition to standard pharmacotherapy, it is necessary to include drugs that stimulate the immune system
Identification of pedagogical conditions of formation of the world outlook of a child in the family
Authors: Yatsiv Oksana 
Published: August 2021

Based on the analysis of the peculiarities of formation and methodological aspects of the spiritual sphere of Ukrainians in Mykola Shlemkevych's legacy, the article reveals pedagogical conditions of building a child’s worldview in the family – embodiment of spiritual and moral ideals in everyday life, unity with these high ideals, practicing such powerful upbringing methods as prayer, confession, communion with God (through high moral ideas in works of art, literature), communion, participation in worship, revealing the spiritual content of folk traditions, freedom of choice, religious faith, work on oneself, etc.
Here the emphasis is on children’s independent participation in their upbringing. In this regard, the importance of ways of self-education – self-knowledge, self-analysis, self-observation, self-esteem, etc. – is revealed. This means finding and identifying democratic ways to build the spiritual world of a child in the family, relating to the expansion of the spirituality of Ukrainians in the works by M. Shlemkevych.
It is substantiated, that it is highly important to assimilate morality through the transition to an idealistic Christian system of values, which has always been supported by M. Shlemkevych. Therefore, it has been concluded, that a high level of improvement of the child’s morality in the family can be achieved through the discovery of the Christian worldview and the recognition of the priority of spiritual and moral values. This is first used in communication with children, creating a highly spiritual atmosphere that would stimulate such well-known ways of practicing moral virtues as humility, forgiveness, repentance, fasting, prayer, confession, and others. Therefore, this will be facilitated not only by the external organization of the child’s life in the family (for example, a good environment, participation in charities), but also by internal self-improvement (by self-restraint, restraint from negative thoughts, unworthy actions or bad intentions). The choice of the Christian strategy of education outlines both the general orientation of a child towards spiritual and moral values, and the stable position of adults in devotion to moral ideals, humanistic traditions
Use analysis of microserves in e-learning system with multi-variant access to educational materials
Authors: Artamonov Yevhen , Golovach Iurii , Zymovchenko Vitalii 
Published: August 2021

The object of research is the electronic learning system. The subject of the research is the method of using microservices in the construction of online systems. One of the most problematic areas in the development of high-load online systems is the coordination of all microservices in a single system and the distribution of the load on hardware resources at critical indicators of system utilization. This leads to the complication of the process of development, implementation and operation of the training system, as well as high requirements for the personnel who will support the operation of the system.
In the research, during the transition from the monolithic architecture of the e-learning system to the microservice architecture, the main indicators of the server hardware and the average response time to user requests were monitored. These indicators were fundamental when setting up the system as a whole and balancing the load during its operation.
The proposed method for the implementation of the system can significantly reduce the hardware requirements and reduce the response time of the system under high load conditions (from 10,000 unique users per unit of time). Also, this method greatly simplifies the development and modification of online systems that use a large number of different user roles and differentiation of levels of access to the system.
The obtained results of the approbation of the method allow to consider it an effective tool for the development of online learning systems with multivariate access to educational materials. Unlike existing monolithic architects, the proposed method allows to manage system resources and apply new settings without rebooting, which allows to ensure the continuity of system operation. As a justification for this method, options for the implementation of online training systems and load balancing settings are proposed. The management of load balancing in the microservice architecture of the implementation of online systems is based on the analysis of the load indicators of processor cores and the use of RAM by system services.
Development of method for road network management program optimization
Authors: Dmytrychenko Nikolay , Kharchenko Anna 
Published: August 2021

The object of research is the processes of road network management. The main hypothesis of the study is the application of optimization methods to the road asset management program, which allows to implement a road maintenance strategy, which includes a set of measures involved in ensuring and maintaining roads at the appropriate operational level. In general, the sequence of asset management begins with the definition of objectives, policy of road administrations and the available budget. According to this starting point, data collection, performance monitoring, analysis of options and optimization programs, selection and implementation of a set of projects are performed. The goals and objectives of road project management depending on the category are considered. The model of strategic planning of the program on management of a network of highways is offered and the modern architecture of model is constructed. The main approaches to the optimization of the road asset management program are identified. The target function for the optimization model is proposed, which is to minimize the cost of maintenance of the road network and defines the goals to be achieved in the optimization process. The optimization model is a mathematical description designed to compare alternative strategies and identify the relative benefits of each strategy according to the assigned decision criteria, such as safety, cost, environment and others. The main idea and goal of road network management projects is to improve maintenance practices and policies and thus improve the condition of the network, or maintain it at the current level, taking into account resource constraints. The results of program optimization have practical value and can be used to manage road repair and operation projects depending on:
– defined project goals and plans, including scheduling, budgeting, planning, established efficiency requirements and selection of project participants;
– maximizing the efficient use of resources;
– implementation of functions of coordination and control, planning, design, evaluation, conclusion of contracts and implementation of projects under contracts.
ПРОЕКТУВАННЯ ЗАХИСНИХ СИСТЕМ НА БАЗІ ФРАКТАЛЬНИХ АЛГОРИТМІВ
Authors: Плотніков В. М. , Борцова Ю. В. 
Published: August 2021

Для захисту конфіденційних даних від комп'ютерних злочинів користувач має подбати про безпеку своєї інформації власноруч, використовуючи існуючі сучасні програмні засоби. Одним з таких засобів є реалізація шифрування повідомлень за допомогою прикріплення цифрового підпису до даних. Для роботи криптосистем шифрування з відкритим ключем необхідно три алгоритми: алгоритм шифрування, алгоритм розшифрування та алгоритм генерації ключів. Одним з перспективних шляхів розвитку шифрування з відкритими ключами є використання моделі піднесення до великої степені дискретних логарифмів для генерування ключів, так званий алгоритм Діффі-Хеллмана. Рекурентні відношення, що становлять основу множини Мандельброта, забезпечують хаотичну поведінку та суттєву залежність процесу від початкових умов. Ці властивості дозволяють створити криптографічну систему, що здатна використовувати їх для вирішення поставлених задач.
Спроектована криптографічна система повінна поєднувати в собі засоби створення ключів, шифрування текстових повідомлень та генерації цифрового підпису. Протокол обміну ключами передбачає встановлення між учасниками спільного секретного ключа, який у подальшому можна використовувати для шифрування повідомлень тексту або зображень цифровим підписом.
Проаналізовано інструментальні засоби, за допомогою яких можна вирішити і реалізувати систему фрактальних алгоритмів для захисту інформації. В ході дослідження реалізовано програмний продукт мовою програмування C# у середовищі Visual Studio 2010. Система спроектована у рамках об'єктно-орієнтованого підходу до розробки програмних продуктів, тому вона використовує програмні класи для розподілення функціональності. Реалізований алгоритм має більшу кількість можливих ключів у порівнянні з поширеною на сьогодні схемою обміну ключами Діффі-Хеллмана. Великий розмір простору ключів робить важкими для реалізації атаки перебором, також відомі як метод «грубої сили».
Хаотичні властивості фрактального алгоритму не вимагають використання чисел великої розрядності, проте забезпечують високу якість шифрування. Економія часу на розрахунках дозволяє зменшити затрати ресурсів та підвищити продуктивність системи в цілому.
Identification and quantification of additives in bituminous binders based on FTIR spectroscopy and multivariate analysis methods
Authors: Weigel Sandra , Gehrke Michael , Recknagel Christoph , Stephan Dietmar A. 
Published: August 2021

AbstractBitumen is a crucial building material in road construction, which is exposed to continuously higher stresses due to higher traffic loads and changing climatic conditions. Therefore, various additives are increasingly being added to the bitumen complicating the characterisation of the bituminous binder, especially concerning the reuse of reclaimed asphalt. Therefore, this work aimed to demonstrate that the combination of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy with attenuated total reflexion (ATR) technique and multivariate evaluation is a very well-suited method to reliable identify and quantify additives in bituminous binders. For this purpose, various unmodified and modified binders, directly and extracted from laboratory and reclaimed asphalts, were investigated with FTIR-ATR spectroscopy. The determined spectra, pre-processed by standard normal variate (SNV) transformation and the determination of the 1st derivation, were evaluated using factor analysis (FA), linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and partial least square regression (PLSR). With this multivariate evaluation, first, a significant model with a very high hit rate of over 90% was developed allowing for the identification of styrene-butadiene copolymers (SBC), ethylene-copolymer bitumen (ECB) and different waxes (e.g. amide and Fischer-Tropsch wax) even if the additives do not show any additional peaks or the samples are multi-modified. Second, a quantification of the content is possible for SBC, ECB, and amide wax with a mean error of RMSE ≤ 0.4 wt% and a coefficient of determination of R2 > 90%. Based on these results, FTIR identification and quantification of additives in bituminous binders is a very promising method with a great potential.
Química analítica básica
Authors: Andrade João Carlos de 
Published: August 2021

As titulações redox são procedimentos analíticos relativamente simples, rápidos e de baixo custo, empregados na determinação de espécies redox ativas. Analogamente aos casos envolvendo sistemas ácido-base, onde o curso de uma titulação pode ser seguido por meio de uma curva pH versus o volume do titulante (V), uma titulação envolvendo uma reação redox pode ser monitorada observando-se a curva Potencial (ε) versus o volume do titulante (V), desde que o sistema redox a ser empregado preencha todos os requisitos necessários para que uma reação química possa ser considerada como adequada para uso em uma titulação. Uma vez atendidos esses requisitos e a partir das suas semirreações, é possível descrever uma titulação redox com equações matemáticas e construir sua curva de titulação teórica, tal qual foi feito anteriormente para sistemas não-redox. Entretanto, apesar da sua importância, relativamente, têm recebido menos atenção que a volumetria envolvendo reações não-redox. Não há uma razão específica que possa ser atribuída à essa observação, mas se pode especular se isso não se deve fato de que o uso de procedimentos analíticos envolvendo processos de óxido-redução exigem conhecimentos teóricos e cuidados experimentais adicionais. Esse artigo busca dar uma visão geral ao leitor sobre a volumetria de óxido-redução e suas curvas de titulação, chamando a atenção para a necessidade de maior cuidado ao trabalhar com esta técnica.
NEWLY QUALIFIED FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ ADAPTATION IN PROFESSION: CHALLENGES, PROBLEMS, FIRST ACHIEVEMENTS AND FURTHER PROSPECTS
Authors: Komar Oleh , Kolisnichenko Anhelina , Derkach Svitlana , Kapeliushna Tetiana 
Published: August 2021

Ukrainian reforms in higher education and participation of universities in different international programmes open new perspectives for quality assurance rising. This study focuses on the foreign language teachers’ professional readiness during their initial period of work and provides an important opportunity to advance the understanding of the main changes in education and their influence on newly qualified FL teachers’ adaptation in the profession. The concept of “foreign language teachers’ training” is studied in the context of the pedagogical field, determining the personality of the future teacher, professional suitability; content of education, application. These prerequisites of newly qualified FL teachers are defined as reasonable and desired for further professional development. As a qualitatively oriented study, the purpose of the suggested investigation was to find out newly qualified teachers’ experience, serious challenges, benefits and, moreover, to explore best practices in order to support newly qualified teachers in their initial career. A variety of qualitative and quantitative tools of survey for collecting data was applied for measurement as a basic study design. The main study findings outline perplexing problems for the FL teachers to solve: paperwork, time management, low salaries and affective filters. Another important finding was that newly qualified teachers need a mentor who can give a methodological support. The results show a significant importance in “New generation School Teacher” programme further implementation in the FL teachers training course.
YOUNG DARK EMU: A TRUER HISTORY; LITTLE BIRD’S DAY; COOEE MITTTIGAR: A STORY ON DARUG SONGLINES; BABY BUSINESS
Authors: Blanch Faye 
Published: August 2021

YOUNG DARK EMU: A TRUER HISTORYPascoe, B.Magabala Books, 2019
LITTLE BIRD’S DAYMorgan, S. & Warrkatja Malibirr, J.Magabala Books, 2019
COOEE MITTTIGAR: A STORY ON DARUG SONGLINESSeymour, J. & Mulgo Watson, L.Magabala Books, 2019
BABY BUSINESSSeymour, J.Magabala Books, 2019
Impact of Risk Perception on Trust in Government and Self-Efficiency During COVID-19 pandemic: Does Social Media Content Help Users Adopt Preventative Measures?
Authors: Hassan Mohammed Salah , Halbusi Hussam Al , Najem Ali , Razali Asbah , Williams Kent A. , Mustamil Norizah Mohd 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
The public’s actions will likely have a significant effect on the course of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Human behavior is conditioned and shaped by information and people’s perceptions. This study investigated the impact of risk perception on trust in government and self-efficacy. It examined whether the use of social media helped people adopt preventive actions during the pandemic. To test this hypothesis, the researchers gathered data from 512 individuals (students and academics) based in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results suggested that risk perception had a significant effect on trust in government and self-efficacy. Moreover, these correlations were stronger when social media was used as a source for gathering information on COVID-19. In some cases, it even helped users avoid exposure to the virus. This study assessed the relationship between risk perception and the awareness gained from using social media during the pandemic and highlighted how social media usage influences trust in government and self-efficacy.