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Deaf Signing Students in Higher Education: the benefits of a congregated programme for deaf students in teacher education
Authors: Mathews Elizabeth S. , Farrell Ann Marie , Ní Gháirbhith Lorraine 
Published: June 2024

Deaf students have typically had lower rates of access to, and progression through higher education. In Ireland, deaf people have traditionally been excluded from initial teacher eduation for primary teaching. In Dublin City University in 2019, a pilot initiative commenced to provide a dedicated entry pathway for deaf students to initial teacher education for primary teaching. Owing to the very unique nature of this pathway, a comprehensive evaluation of this four year pilot initiative was carried out at the request of the Department of Education. This paper will report preliminary findings from that mixed-methods evalution. In particular, the findings reported below focus on the benefits found for the creation of a congregated pathway for deaf students (rather than allowing individual students into a variety of different universities) and the subsequent potential for building capacity at the university and in the community for the improved integration of deaf students.
Effect of an authentic design thinking learning experience on collaboration, social problem-solving and satisfaction in physiotherapy and dietetics students
Authors: Dervan Nicola , Corish Clare , Murrin Celine , Shaw Annelie , Kenny Caoimhe , Carey Mags , Charles Ruth , O'Donoghue Grainne 
Published: June 2024

Aims: This study aimed to assess i) the effect of a design thinking learning experience in an authentic ‘real world’ environment on physiotherapy and dietetics students’ skills in collaboration and social problem-solving and ii) their satisfaction with the learning experience. Methods: A single group, quasi-experimental study with a pre- and post-test design involving 46 physiotherapy and dietetics students. Data were collected using self-administered anonymous questionnaires: the Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Scale-Revised, the Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised Short Form and a bespoke questionnaire exploring student satisfaction with the experience. Results: Mean scores for collaboration were significantly higher following the learning experience. Social problem-solving skills did not change. Students reported satisfaction with engagement, support, and structure of the learning experience. Conclusions: A design thinking approach can improve skills in interprofessional collaboration. Students reported satisfaction with the learning experience. The development and assessment of social problem-solving skills using a design thinking approach requires further research before definitive conclusions can be drawn on this topic.
Rethinking architectural education to foster Sustainability: Literature Review of emerging trends and pedagogical approaches
Authors: Dhaouadi Khansa , Leclercq Pierre 
Published: June 2024

Through a comprehensive literature review, this paper sheds light on emerging trends and innovative pedagogies to foster sustainability in architectural education worldwide. Over 700 published research outputs are analyzed and 250 are selected for this research. These considerations have been integrated across countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia with a focus on both macro and micro scales. The findings show that 60% of the papers use case studies to evaluate the impact of sustainability education, while theoretical discussions and investigations only represent 40% of the total. Within the case studies category, it is to be noted that efforts at the design studio or course level account for 75%, while those at the curriculum level represent only 25%. Dealing with sustainability reflects the specific needs and challenges of each region shaped by pedagogical, socio-cultural, economic, geographical, political, and climatic factors all the while fostering common ground.
Internet and the Law
Authors: Schwabach Aaron 
Published: June 2024

This encyclopedia covers legal issues relating to information technology and the Internet. Using key events to illustrate major issues,Internet and the Law: Technology, Society, and Compromisesexplores such significant legal battles asA&M Records v. NapsterandApple Computer v. Franklin Computer, allowing readers a look into stories of trade secrets, music theft, and industrial espionage.
As information technology grows and the Internet's global reach strengthens, it is becoming more difficult to define rules to regulate it. Governments have tried, for various reasons, to restrict Internet content but have not succeeded, in part because the international nature of the Internet makes enforcement difficult.Internet and the Lawfocuses on laws relating to intellectual property and freedom of expression, and presents information in a clear and concise manner, making it easily accessible to students and others researching the intricacies of Internet law.
OPTIMIZATION OF THE PROCESS OF RED MUD PROCESSING WITH SULFUR DIOXIDE
Authors: Ибрагимов А.А. , Юсубов Ф.В. , Векилова Р.М. 
Published: June 2024

Исследована абсорбционная способность водной суспензии красного шлама по SO2, являющегося отходом переработки бокситов по методу Байера, а также возможность перехода металлов в раствор под действием сернистой кислоты. Определена возможность нейтрализации диоксида серы любой концентрации, полученной из различных источников, красным шламом на уровне, отвечающем экологическим требованиям. Разработана статистическая математическая модель и проведена оптимизация процесса поглощения. В оптимальных условиях пульпа полностью нейтрализуется, а сернистая кислота, образующаяся при избыточном количестве SO2, переводит в раствор 35% всего алюминия за одну стадию. Поскольку железо осаждается в виде FeSO3, алюминий легко осаждается в форме гидроксида из растворов без железистых солей алюминия.
The absorption capability of an aqueous suspension of red mud for SO2, which is a waste from the processing of bauxite by the Bayer method, as well as the possibility of the transition of metals into solution under the action of sulfite acid, have been studied. The possibility of neutralizing sulfur dioxide of any concentration obtained from various sources by red mud at a level that meets environmental requirements has been determined. A statistical mathematical model has been developed and the absorption process has been optimized. Under optimal conditions, the slurry is completely neutralized, and the sulfite acid formed with excess SO2 dissolves 35 % of all aluminum in solution in one step. Because iron precipitates as FeSO3, aluminum readily precipitates as hydroxide from solutions of iron-free aluminum salts.
COMPUTER AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE ON THE QUALITY INDICATORS OF SEWING MANDRELS WHEN ROLLING VESSELS MADE OF STEEL 50 ON A SCREW MILL 30-80. Part 1
Authors: Шаталов Р.Л. , Загоскин Е.Е. , Медведев В.А. , Эльдиб И.С.А. 
Published: June 2024

Приведены полученные с использованием программного комплекса QForm результаты исследования факторов, влияющих на износ прошивных сплошных оправок из стали 4Х5МФС винтового стана 30-80 при горячей прокатке сосудов из стали 50. Компьютерное моделирование позволило выявить существенную неравномерность распределения температуры по длине оправки. Моделированием процесса установлено, что при прокатке первого сосуда по длине оправки формируется неравномерность температуры у носка около 500 °С и далее снижается до 250 °С, разница нагрева 250 °С. После прокатки 100-го сосуда температура повышается примерно на 100 °С с обеих сторон по длине оправки, у носка около 600 °С и далее снижается до 350 °С. Моделирование позволило спрогнозировать распределение износа по длине оправки в различные периоды прокатки сосудов на стане. После прокатки первого сосуда износ изменяется от касательных с 0,00001 до 0,0006 мм и нормальных напряжений – с 0,001 до 0,042 мм, а после прокатки 100-го сосуда величина износа оправки увеличивается до 2,4 мм в носовой части. Выявленные при компьютерном моделировании количественные закономерности распределения температуры и износа прошивных сплошных оправок, по-видимому, будут влиять на их качество в реальных условиях деформирования, что требует экспериментальной проверки и разработки рациональной конструкции оправки, которые будут приведены во второй части статьи.
The results obtained using the QForm software package are presented for the study of factors affecting the wear of solid mandrels made of 4X5MFS steel of a 30-80 screw mill during hot rolling of vessels made of 50 steel. Computer modeling revealed a significant unevenness of the temperature distribution along the length of the mandrel. By modeling the deformation process, it was found that when rolling the first vessel along the length of the mandrel, a temperature unevenness of about 250 °C, from 250 to 500 °C, is formed, and after rolling the hundredth vessel, the temperature of the mandrel increases by about 100 °C and varies in length from 350 to 600 °C. Modeling made it possible to predict the wear distribution along the length of the mandrel during various periods of rolling vessels on the mill. After rolling the first vessel, the wear varies from tangents from 0.00001 to 0.0006 mm and normal stresses from 0.001 to 0.042 mm, and after rolling the hundredth vessel, the wear value of the mandrel increases to 2.4 mm in the bow. The quantitative regularities of temperature distribution and wear of the stitched solid mandrels revealed by computer modeling are likely to affect their quality under real deformation conditions, which requires experimental verification and the development of a rational mandrel design, which will be given in the second part of the article.
Seliverstova Yu.A. Administration process and administrative proceedings: problems and future
Authors: Golovko V. V. , Seliverstova Yu. A. 
Published: June 2024

The subject is administrative proceedings in the system of judicial proceedings used in Russia.The purpose of the article is definition of the essence of both legal proceedings in general and administrative proceedings in particular, as well as its varieties.Methodology includes methods of complex analysis and synthesis of the Russian legislation and scientific sources, as well as formal-logical logical interpretation of legal rules and scientific papers.Main results. It seems reasonable to be guided by the position of the legislator, according to which each constitutionally defined type of legal proceedings corresponds to a specific procedural form, each of which is fixed exclusively in the corresponding independent federal law. The separation of civil and commercial proceedings is of a functional nature, taking into account the totality of the specifics and the subject composition of the civil cases under consideration. Currently, in the Russian Federation, administrative proceedings are carried out in at least two independent procedural forms. Administrative court proceedings are judicial administrative proceedings, the human rights essence of which is the procedural activity of the court for the actual consideration and resolution of administrative cases and cases of administrative violations. The concept of administrative proceedings is part of a broader concept of administration process, which, in addition to considering a case accepted for trial on the merits, includes the procedural activity of the court at the stage before the acceptance of administrative claims submitted to the court under the Code of Administrative Procedure of the Russian Federation. The administration process is exclusively judicial in nature and does not preclude the activities of quasijudicial bodies to consider disputes with citizens and organizations on issues of disagreement of the latter with the actions (inaction) of executive authorities and their officials and their decisions.Conclusions. The components of the concept of administrative proceedings are proceedings in administrative and other cases arising from public relations (public law disputes) and judicial proceedings in cases of administrative offenses. Public law disputes and proceedings in cases of administrative offenses include a public authority as one mandatory party, nevertheless, public law disputes are of a claim nature, whereas proceedings on an administrative offense have a tort content.
Nesmeyanova S.E. Levels (centers) of public authority: modern interpretation of theory and practice
Authors: Bleshchik A. V. , Kalinina A. G. , Nesmeyanova S. E. 
Published: June 2024

The subject of the study is the legal relations arising from the public authority’s organization and its levels’ interaction after the constitutional reform of 2020. The organized interaction of the public authority levels determines the effectiveness of this system itself. Nowadays the issue of coordinated interaction between levels (centers) of public authority has become important, especially considering new global challenges in the different spheres. Therefore, the public authority and its levels as well as its organization and interaction become the subject of the legal theory and serve as a catalyst for legal changes, including constitutional one.The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of public authority and analyze different approaches to the levels of it in theory and practice, paying the attention to the municipal level and its twofold role.Methodology. Formal-logical, comparative-legal, analysis methods were used. The interaction of levels of public authority is considered from the point of view of dialogism. This approach allows to establish that the interaction between levels of the public authority can be regarded as full only if they are organizationally isolated and financial and decision-making independent.Main results. The authors demonstrate the vitality of the theory that predetermined the ongoing changes in the Russian legal system, and examine approaches to the concept of public authority and its levels. It is however apparent that the created system does not include the level of community public authority. Based on the analysis of decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the evolution of levels of public authority in their interaction with each other is revealed. Besides, certain elements of centralization of public administration are essentially opposed to the principle of subsidiarity, the analysis of which is also presented in the paper since it determines the scope of competence of public legal entities and allows achieving maximum freedom and efficiency of the activities of bodies. At last, the authors give characteristics to the municipal level by two opposing trends: globalization and glocalization.Conclusions. In Russia the practice of organizing public authority does not fully comply with the principle of subsidiarity as well as the new legal term of the system of public authority does not include all the variety of elements that the constitutional scientists mentioned, including the community public authority. This one along with the municipal authority level assessed as a potential matter for further reforms necessary for the formation of a trust of public authorities and for the population’s participation in state affairs.
Empowering the Innovative Entrepreneurship Culture: Understanding the Key Factors and Government Supports from the Perspective of Senior Omani SMEs
Authors: Alhattali Khalid Suraid Salim , Omar Rosmini , Alrumaidhi Sulaiyam Aziz , Ramely Aslinda 
Published: June 2024

With the Sultanate of Oman promoting innovation-driven entrepreneurship and enacting legislation to facilitate the rapid expansion of creative start-ups, this study found a need to explore both types of innovative entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial innovation. Following that, the purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the key factors involved in becoming an innovative entrepreneur from the perspective of fifteen senior Omani SMEs and to understand the support received by them in promoting entrepreneurial innovation. They were selected and interviewed using the purposive sampling technique. The study's findings revealed five key factors involved in becoming an innovative entrepreneur, including (i) technology adoption; (ii) knowledge of the business environment and rivals as well as resilient; (iii) positive attitudes; (iv) financial management; and (v) focusing on customers. However, only some of them received government support, such as lectures, workshops, and financial assistance or loans. This paper believes that identifying these key factors allows other SMEs to imitate similar factors, thus embarking on an innovative culture in their businesses. The understanding of the support given by the government allows this study to track the efforts made by the government in their effort to encourage innovation-driven entrepreneurship.
Glaucoma and metabolic syndrome
Authors: Getmanova A. M. , Brezhnev A. Yu. , Kuroyedov A. V. , Zubasheva S. A. 
Published: June 2024

Studies in recent years have shown an increase in the prevalence of systemic diseases, some of which may be independent risk factors for the development and progression of glaucoma. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is currently one of the leading public health problems in the world. Some studies indicate a relationship between MetS and its individual components (in particular, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, impaired homeostasis, and systemic arterial hypertension) with an increase in intraocular pressure (IOP), ocular hypertension, and the development of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). However, no unambiguous conclusions about the role of MetS in the pathogenesis of glaucoma has been established due to the insufficient number of scientific studies on this topic, the differences in their methodology, and the contradictory results. Further research is needed to determine the role and place of MetS in the occurrence and development of POAG, and the prospects for the practical application of this knowledge.This review presents literature data on the effect of MetS and its individual components on IOP, occurrence and development of glaucoma and several other ophthalmic diseases
Importance of questionnaires and screening tonometry for early detection of glaucoma
Authors: Obodova K. V. , Strenev N. V. 
Published: June 2024

PURPOSE. To evaluate the diagnostic effectiveness of questionnaires in combination with tonometry at the first stage of screening for early detection of glaucoma.METHODS. The study analyzed a group of 640 people who applied for intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement. All subjects filled out a questionnaire aimed at identifying risk factors for glaucoma, and had non-contact tonometry (Reichert 7 CR) measurement taken. Of these, 238 people had normal IOP level and no risk factors. The remaining 402 people (with elevated IOP and/or risk factors — 4 points or more on the questionnaire) underwent a comprehensive examination, including tonometry using various methods, Pulsar perimetry, optical coherence tomography of the posterior segment of the eye with analysis of the ganglion cell complex, ophthalmologist's examination.RESULTS. At the stage of pre-medical tonometry, IOP of 21 mm Hg and below was recorded in 216 people (53.7%), 22–28 mm Hg — in 139 (34.5%), 29 mm Hg and above — in 47 (11.6%). During a comprehensive examination, IOP up to 21 mm Hg was detected in 151 people (37.5%), 22–28 mm Hg — in 214 (53.2%), 29 mm Hg and above — in 37 (9.2%). Of the 402 examined, glaucoma was diagnosed in 178 patients (44.1%), glaucoma/ocular hypertension was suspected in 139 (34.5%), and in 85 (21.1%) no glaucomaspecific data was found. At the same time, among 186 people with elevated IOP without risk factors, glaucoma was detected in 30.5% of cases, and glaucoma/ocular hypertension was suspected in 14.9% of cases. In total, of the 640 people who applied to the pre-medical tonometry measurement, glaucoma was detected in 178 (27.8%), and glaucoma/ocular hypertension was suspected in 139 (21.7%). Early glaucoma was detected in 94 cases (52.8%), moderate glaucoma in 63 (35.5%), and advanced glaucoma in 21 (11.7%). No cases of advanced glaucoma were detected among those selected for a comprehensive examination based on the results of the questionnaire.CONCLUSION. The use of questionnaires in addition to pre-medical tonometry increased the detection rate of glaucoma from 30.5% to 44.4%, and the group of patients with suspected glaucoma/ocular hypertension increased from 14.9% to 34.3%.
Emerging and Novel Therapeutic Treatments Targeting Mitochondrial-Endoplasmic Reticulum Contact Sites in Metabolic and Vascular Disorders
Authors: Monaghan Richard M. 
Published: June 2024

Review
Emerging and Novel Therapeutic Treatments Targeting Mitochondrial-Endoplasmic Reticulum Contact Sites in Metabolic and Vascular Disorders

Richard M. Monaghan
The British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence Manchester, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, The University of Manchester, AV Hill Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PN, UK;richard.monaghan@manchester.ac.uk

Received: 10 April 2024; Revised: 5 May 2024; Accepted: 7 May 2024; Published: 6 June 2024

Abstract: Subcellular organellar contact sites, particularly those between mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum (MERCSs), play crucial roles in maintaining health. These specialized partitions facilitate vital communication between the organelles, regulating processes essential for cell function, including calcium balance, lipid biogenesis and transport, mitochondrial dynamics, and programmed cell death. Growing evidence shows that perturbation of MERCSs contributes significantly to various diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, metabolic issues, such as type 2 diabetes, heart conditions, and cancer. This review dives into this expanding field, exploring MERCSs as potential therapeutic targets. It provides a detailed overview of the proteins and processes that form and maintain MERCSs, highlighting how their disruption can lead to cellular dysfunction and disease. Additionally, it examines recent exciting breakthroughs in developing drugs and strategies that can manipulate MERCSs for clinical benefits. While challenges remain, this review emphasises the potential of MERCS-based therapies and outlines the critical research needed to move these treatments from the lab to the clinic.