bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The eye-gaze-based approach to the control of a 5-degree-of-freedom upper extremity active exoskeleton
Authors: Oleksiuk Jan , Falkowski Piotr 
Published: February 2025

Abstract

Stroke is a leading cause of adult disabilities, resulting in conditions like paresis and hemiparesis, significantly impeding daily activities resulting in aggreviation of their indepenence and quality of life. To aid their activities of daily living execution and enhance recovery process, a novel approach using eye-gaze tracking is proposed to control exoskeleton robots, offering an inclusive and accessible method for robotised rehabilitation services and general motion support. Most current solutions incorporate expensive eye-tracking devices, while the included method utilises a low-cost video camera, resulting in broader accessibility. An eﬀicient algorithm for eye-tracking and blinking detection was introduced along with the design of the graphical user interface (GUI) suited to control the 5-DOF upper extremity \textit{ExoReha} powered rehabilitation exoskeleton and implemented the calibration procedure adjusting the system for the wide range of conditions. It enables users to directly control the position of three powered joints, set the velocity of their motion or replay predefined trajectories using eye movements and blinking. Five participants took part in the study to examine the applicability and usability of the designed system. The result regarding eye-tracking accuracy
was of 69.69\%. The observed outcomes of the GUI functionalities triggering
mechanism based on the blinking recognition highlighted the need for further development.
Real-Time Burned Arm Localization Using Stereo Vision for Clinical Decision Support
Authors: Wu Jinhao , Mo Hanyue , Lu Jintao , Cai Xinyi , Sun Yuchen , Fang Ying , Cheng Kun 
Published: February 2025

Abstract

Burn assessment constitutes a pivotal component of clinical decision-making, particularly within the domain of global public health.In this study, we propose a real-time burn localization method that utilizes binocular vision and the semi-global block matching (SGBM) algorithm. This method employs three dimensional reconstruction techniques to achieve millimeter-level accuracy in the localization of the burned area. The system utilizes a binocular camera to capture high-quality skin images, employs the Zhang Zhengyou calibration method to calibrate the camera parameters, and utilizes the SGBM algorithm to fuse global and local information for stereo matching. This approach effectively reduces parallax map noise and generates highly accurate depth maps.Subsequently, the burned area was calibrated in the world coordinate system using three dimensional reconstruction technology to generate visualized medical images.These images support the tracking of the treatment process and optimize decision-making. The experimental findings demonstrate that the depth error of the system can be maintained within 2 mm (450-500 mm error less than 1 mm) within the working distance of 450-800 mm, and the processing time of a single frame is 0.42 seconds, which fulfills the real-time requirement. The integration of binocular vision with the SGBM algorithm provides a solution for burn localization that is both accurate and efficient, thus demonstrating its great potential for application in the clinical decision-making process.This advancement is expected to improve the quality of rehabilitation management for burn patients.
کاریگەری ستراتیژی دەوڵەمەندکردنی هۆکارەکان لەسەر دەستکەوت و گەشەپێدانی بیرکردنەوەی بەڵگەهێنانەوە لە بابەتی زانستەکان لای قوتابییانی پۆلی هەشتەمی بنەڕەتی
Authors: Abduljabar Govan Sabah , Al-Zahawi Elham Ahmad Hamma 
Published: February 2025

پوختەی توێژینەوە:
ئامانج لەم توێژینەوەیە زانینی کاریگەری ستراتیژی دەوڵەمەندکردنی هۆکارەکانە لەسەر دەستکەوت و گەشەپێدانی بیرکردنەوەی بەڵگەهێنانەوەیە لە بابەتی زانستەکان لای قوتابیانی پۆڵی هەشتەمی بنەڕەتی، هه‌ردوو توێژەر به‌باشیان زانی ڕێگای ئه‌زموونی بەکاربهێنن چونکە گونجاوە بۆ ئەم جۆرە توێژینەوانە.
کۆمەلگای توێژینەوە پێک دێت لە (1506 ) قوتابی پۆلی هەشتەمی بنەڕەتی لە بەڕێوەبەرایەتی پەروەردەی سۆران، هەروەها نموونەی توێژینەوە لە (72) قوتابی پێك دێت دابه‌ش كران به‌سه‌ر دوو کۆمەڵه‌ ئه‌وانش بریتین له‌ كۆمه‌ڵه‌ی كۆنتڕۆڵكراوو كۆمه‌ڵه‌ی ئه‌زموونی هه‌ر كۆمه‌ڵه‌یه‌ك (36) قوتابی له‌خۆده‌گرێت، کە بەشێوەی هەڕەمەکی هەڵبژێردران لە کۆمەڵگەی توێژینەوە بۆ سالی خوێندنی ٢٠٢٣- ٢٠٢٤
لە پێناو جێبەجێکردنی ئامانجی توێژینەوەکە هه‌ردوو توێژەر دوو ئامرازیان بەکارهێنا ئەوانیش بریتین لە تاقیکردنەوەی دەستکەوت له‌ بابه‌تی زانسته‌كان و تاقیکردنەوەی بیرکردنەوەی بەڵگەهێنانەوە، دوای كۆكردنه‌وه‌ی زانیاریه‌كانی توێژینه‌وه‌و شیکردنەوەی ئاماری، ئەنجامی توێژینەوەکە سەرکەوتنی کۆمەڵەی ئه‌زموونی بوو بەسەر کۆمەڵەی كۆنتڕۆڵكراو لە هەریەکە لە دەستکەوت و بیرکردنەوەی بەڵگە هێنانەوە.
Challenges and solutions in water management: a comprehensive study of Yemen's water policies and practices
Authors: Al Falahi Ali , Guangcan Zhu 
Published: February 2025

ABSTRACT

Effective water management is crucial for development, particularly in water-scarce countries like Yemen. This study provides an intensive analysis of Yemen's water management issues across various dimensions: surface water distribution, shallow aquifer management, groundwater exploitation, and irrigation practices. Utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methods, including 640 questionnaires, social meetings, and structured interviews with local residents and government experts, the study also incorporates case studies and local reports on water pollution, seawater intrusion, and rising salinity. The study highlights several critical challenges: Governance and Institutional Issues; Political and Financial Constraints: and Technical Challenges. Moreover, water scarcity, traditional practices, tribal systems, and high poverty rates significantly affect water management efforts. The study's key findings highlight the overexploitation of groundwater by private companies, inefficiency in irrigation practices, the influence of traditional customs on water use rights, and the detrimental impact of industrial activities on water quality. Recommendations for improvement include enforcing regulations to control illegal drilling, enhancing irrigation efficiency, improving wastewater treatment, and strengthening governance structures. The research emphasizes the need for comprehensive reforms to address Yemen's water crisis in the context of ongoing conflict and resources limitation.
Government Intervention and Resource Dependence
Authors: Wang Siyu 
Published: February 2025

As the global resource pressure intensifies and environmental problems become increasingly prominent, the government plays a vital role in regulating the market economy, guiding industrial upgrading and promoting green technology innovation. Through effective policy intervention, the government can not only improve the efficiency of resource use but also encourage the development of green consumption patterns and a circular economy, thus encouraging the social economy and ecological environment to develop in tandem. This analysis was based on panel data of 265 prefecture-level cities from 2006 to 2022. First, this paper uses the baseline regression model to explore the direct effects of government intervention on regional resource dependence. Secondly, the mediation effect model is used to explore the mechanism and path of government intervention on resource dependence. The results show that government intervention has a significant positive direct effect on resource dependence, and the effect shows the characteristics of "East > Midwest"; The government can indirectly restrain regional resource dependence by improving energy consumption and economic agglomeration, and breaking the "resource curse". This study offers a theoretical framework and scientific foundation for achieving resource efficiency and avoiding the "curse" of resources.
Religiosity of Dagestan Youth
Authors:   Dagestan Federal Research Center of the RAS, Shakhbanova Madina M. 
Published: February 2025

Introduction. The relevance of studying the current state of the religiosity of the younger generation of Dagestan is due to many factors, among which, firstly, religious issues quite reasonably occupy a central place among research projects, secondly, an increase in the number of religious buildings and the emergence of Muslim educational institutions that cover a large stratum of the younger generation of Dagestanis, thirdly, the change in the appearance of Dagestan. Fourth, the dominance of the religious (Islamic) postulates in the daily life of a Dagestani, fifth, the active work of the Islamic clergy, their desire to participate in the educative, educational and political processes of modern Dagestan. The purpose of the study is to obtain new sociological material about religiosity and its types among the younger generation of Dagestanis. Metho­dology. The study of the religiosity of Dagestan youth was carried out using the methodology of measuring the religiosity of F. N. Ilyasov. An empirical study was conducted in 2023 in the cities and districts of the Republic of Dagestan by random selection. Results. The article presents the analysis of the types of religious self-identification of the younger generation of Dagestanis, the association of the overwhelming majority of respondents with the Islamic faith is noted; the study shows the existence of subgroups of convinced believers, waverers, non-believers and convinced non-believers of Dagestan youth. The study of the religiosity of Dagestan youth using the methodology of F.N. Ilyasov allowed us to establish the existence of the discrepancy between the designation of the personal attitude of the respondents in religion and the religious practice: respondents, when labeling personal religiosity, demonstrate religious behavior characteristic of “vacillators”, in other words, “pure types” of religiosity were not found in the author’s study. The verification of empiricism shows a discrepancy between the attitude to the religion indicated by the overwhelming majority of respondents (“a convinced believer”) and personal cult activities. The gender, age, and educational cross-section of the analysis of the religiosity of the younger generation of Dagestanis testifies to their involvement in Islamic religious processes: on the one hand, familiarization with the doctrine can have a positive effect on morality, on the other hand, the possibility of forming religious intolerance in the mass consciousness is allowed.
Pictures of the Natural World in I K Kalashnikov’s Novel “The Cruel Age”
Authors:   East Siberia State Institute of Culture, Serebryakova Zoya A. , Rinchinova Aryuna V. ,   East Siberia State Institute of Culture
Published: February 2025

The article is devoted to the study of the pictures of the nature of the lands of the Mongolian tribes of the 12th-13th centuries in the novel by the writer I. K. Kalashnikov “The Cruel Age”, which was not only an achievement on the scale of all-Union literature of the 1970s, but still enjoys the love of readers. The article traces the connection between the landscape and the state of the characters’ inner world, identifying its characteristic features and main functions. The relevance of the research topic is due to the need for a comprehensive analysis of the artistic mastery of one of the largest domestic prose writers of the second half of the 20th century Isay Kalashnikov. The main attention of most literary scholars and critics is drawn to the figure of the main character of the novel, Genghis Khan, and various aspects of the author’s depiction of the historical period he describes. As for the consideration of the pictures of the natural world, they have not been specifically studied, which determines the relevance of the topic. The scientific novelty of the research lies in identifying the the features of the pictures of the natural world created by the author, the reasons for their reliability (including the writer’s love for his native nature, his understanding of the Buryat mentality, the sense of the common fate of this people and the Russian old-timers of Buryatia), the role of natural realities in revealing the characters’ nature, the analysis of the author’s skill and the significance of the landscape in the work. As a result, the authenticity of these paintings, the diversity of the images of the natural realities are proven, the writer’s artistic skill in displaying them is shown, as well as the role of the nature images in revealing the inner world of the characters, the organic inclusion of the landscape in the holistic picture of the world of the novel.
CONTRASTING NARRATIVES OF RELIGIOUS CONVERSION: STUDY OF “KISAH MUALAF” VERTIZONE TV AND LOG IN HUSEIN JAFAR
Authors: Fairuz Rifqi 
Published: February 2025

With the increasing trend of religious mediatization, the topic of religious conversion has gained significant attention in the media, both as news content and as part of Islamic dakwah narratives in Indonesia. This narrative has been widely disseminated through new media and the internet, where religious conversion stories are frequently featured in Islamic dakwah videos that attract a large audience. This article examines the “Kisah Mualaf” segment on the Vertizone TV channel and the “Log In” program on Deddy Corbuzier’s channel. “Kisah Mualaf`” presents narratives of dramatic transformation of the converts, biblical validation, and the perceived mutual threat between Islam and Christianity, shaping a dakwah content formula that represents a new generation of convert preachers. On the other hand, “Log In”, hosted by Husein Jafar, frames religious conversion narratives through comedic gimmicks while emphasizing Indonesian pluralism, reflecting the perspectives of moderate Islamic groups. Through this study, the author explores the contrasting discourses on religious conversion as a prominent narrative within Indonesia’s digital dakwah sphere. Employing content analysis, netnography, and a review of existing literature, the author argues that two dominant religious conversion narratives have emerged among digital preachers, constituting not only a competition for audience engagement but also a contestation of discourse within Indonesia’s Islamic digital dakwah landscape.
Konkurrenz, sittliche Pathologien und Marktsozialismus.
Authors: Jütten Timo 
Published: February 2025

Im sechsten Kapitel seiner Studie, Wirtschaft, Demokratie und liberaler Sozialismus, untersucht Hannes Kuch sittliche Pathologien der kapitalistischen Gesellschaft. Er argumentiert, dass solche Pathologien entstehen, wenn Lernerfahrungen im Markt zu Einstellungen führen, die negative Auswirkungen auf andere soziale Sphären haben und den demokratischen Ethos untergraben. In diesem Kommentar gehe ich auf zwei Aspekte seiner These ein. Erstens untersuche ich ihre empirischen Grundlagen in der Verhaltensökonomie; zweitens die neue Analyse des Autoritarismus, den sie vorschlägt. Kuchs Diagnose der sittlichen Pathologien des Kapitalismus stützt sich zum Teil auf verhaltensökonomische Studien zu den moralischen Konsequenzen von Marktbeziehungen. Diese Studien zeigen, dass Marktbeziehungen langfristig zur Erosion moralischer Handlungsmotive führen können. Dieser Tendenz kann aber entgegengewirkt werden, wenn Marktbeziehungen in rechtsstaatliche Institutionen und eine vertrauensbildende Kultur eingebettet sind. Die verhaltensökonomischen Studien, die Kuch diskutiert, beziehen sich jedoch auf Entscheidungen, in denen Subjekte zwischen Geld und moralischem Handeln wählen müssen oder Geld verteilen müssen, und nicht um Marktbeziehungen, in denen Konkurrenz und Wettbewerb eine Rolle spielen. Ich argumentiere, dass solche Konkurrenzsituationen besonders zersetzend für moralische Beziehungen sein können, weil sie Subjekte gegeneinander ausspielen. Die Frage ist, ob es möglich ist, auch gegen diese Erosion moralischer Motive wirksame Gegenmittel zu finden. Kuchs Analyse des Autoritarismus besagt, dass Menschen im Kapitalismus lernen, dass das Recht des Stärkeren ein legitimes Handlungsprinzip ist, und dass die Normalisierung solcher Prinzipien im Umgang mit schwächeren Gruppen eine wesentliche Rolle in der Erklärung des neuen Autoritarismus spielt. Das ist plausibel. Insbesondere glaube ich, dass eine neoliberale Version des meritokratischen Gedankens dieser Entwicklung zu Grunde liegt. Subjekte sehen sich als Gewinner oder Verlierer ständiger Statuswettbewerbe, und wenn sie auf der Verliererseite stehen, kompensieren sie den drohenden Statusverlust mit der Unterdrückung schwächerer. Die Frage ist, ob eine weniger radikale Reaktion dieser Art auch im Marktsozialismus drohen könnte, weil dieser ja noch transparenter als der Kapitalismus den Subjekten zeigt, wieviel Wert ihr je eigener gesellschaftlicher Beitrag hat. Kann der Marktsozialismus einer solchen Entwicklung entgegenwirken?
Die Sorge zur Fürsorge.
Authors: Braml Alexander 
Published: February 2025

Trotz des Wunsches der meisten Menschen, zumindest den eigenen Kindern und Kindeskindern ein lebenswertes Dasein auf dieser Erde zu ermöglichen, können wir wiederkehrend ein diesem Wunsch konträres individuelles und kollektives ökologisches, ökonomisches, politisches und damit gesamtgesellschaftliches Handeln feststellen. Verdeutlichen lässt sich das aktuell besonders mit Blick auf die Klimakrise. Diese Ambivalenz weist auf ein Motivationsproblem hin, mindestens aber auf die Herausforderung, das eigene Wollen auch tatsächlich zu realisieren. Das Motivationsproblem stellt mithin eines der Kernprobleme der Zukunftsethik dar. Wie lässt sich die Motivation zu menschlicher Sorge über die individuellen Nahbeziehungen hinaus auch zu Gunsten der Menschen späterer Generationen fördern? Der vorliegende Beitrag leistet einen Vorschlag zur Beantwortung dieser Fragestellung. Das lebenspraktische Prinzip der Fürsorge, wie es insbesondere im Bereich der Care-Ethik seit langem Thema ist, bietet in der Verbindung psychologischer und normativer Erkenntnisse erhebliches Potential, zur Überwindung der Kluft zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit beizutragen. Um auch unserer Langzeitverantwortung gerecht zu werden, hat ein individuell und kollektiv anerkannter und in kognitiven und moralischen Entwicklungsprozessen internalisierter Grundsatz der Sorge zur Fürsorge das Potential, motivationale Kraft zu entwickeln. Um diese These zu untermauern, ordnet der Aufsatz das Fürsorgeprinzip in den zukunftsethischen Diskurs ein und leistet eine systematische Darstellung der Fürsorge als ethisches Prinzip. Im Zusammenspiel aus innerer Entwicklung und äußeren Rahmenbedingungen ist es ein Ziel, Menschen zu befähigen und zu bestärken, Widerstände in ihrem lebenspraktischen Handeln und damit im Lebensvollzug volitional, also willentlich und bewusst, zu überwinden. So besteht die Chance, als gut erkannte Überzeugungen motiviert umsetzen zu wollen. In diesem Wissen können Menschen aus guten Gründen wertebasiert und nachhaltig Verantwortung auch für die Zukunft und damit für fernere, uns unbekannte Generationen übernehmen. Obwohl wir die Bedürfnisse und konkreten Normenvorstellungen kommender Generationen heute noch nicht kennen können, besteht so die Chance, auch künftig gutes Leben auf der Erde zu ermöglichen.
1-year results of lumbar spinal stenosis surgery in Finland: a national FinSpine register study
Authors: Hatakka Juho , Laaksonen Inari , Kostensalo Joel , Mäkelä Keijo T , Salo Henri , Pernaa Katri 
Published: February 2025

Background and purpose: While the rates of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) surgery have increased continuously internationally, the role of fusion surgery in the treatment of LSS has been under debate. We aimed to assess the outcome of LSS surgery at 1 year postoperatively and to compare decompression surgery with or without fusion based on the Finnish national spine register FinSpine data.Methods: FinSpine data of surgically treated LSS from 2015 to 2022 was included. The primary outcome was Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and secondary ones were Visual Analogue Scale for leg and back pain. Predetermined minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for all outcome measures was used to assess the clinical significance of differences in outcomes. Propensity score matching was utilized to ensure that the treatment groups were comparable.Results: There were 8,647 LSS patients in the data, of whom 6,751 (77%) were the subject of decompression surgery. Over 90% of patients without spondylolisthesis received decompression alone. At 1-year follow-up, ODI was on average 20.6 (95% confidence interval [CI] 19.3–21.9]) for the fusion group and 23.3 (CI 22.5–24.0) for the decompression group. Differences in ODI, VAS leg pain, or VAS back pain were below the MCID. The share of patients reaching ODI percentage change score ≥ 30% was 74% (CI 71–78) in the fusion group and 66% (CI 63–68) in the decompression group.Conclusion: Most of the LSS patients experienced significant improvement after LSS surgery. We found no clinical differences between decompression surgery with and without fusion.
Social network analysis applied at understanding collaboration in software projects
Authors: Miranda Fabio de , Graglia Marcelo Augusto Vieira 
Published: February 2025

In the realm of software development, collaboration is important for worker satisfaction, mitigating turnover risks and better design of final products. The quality of collaboration in teams can indirectly assessed by the interdependence of team members’ designs and the extent of shared authorship within a system. Our goal is to apply Social Network Analysis to visualize collaboration on software teams. This study is situated within the framework of software projects undertaken by undergraduate Computer Science students in a 3-week programming sprint. Detailed data from the software development process was gathered through Github and further analyzed using a two-mode social network and later a regular social network. Our results indicate that these techniques help illuminate certain facets of collaboration, such as members that are isolated from the team or collaborators that tend to concentrate too much work.
VERTICALIZAÇÃO DO ENSINO NO CENTRO PAULA SOUZA: percepções de gestores e estudantes
Authors: Cotro Soraya Kullerkupp , Miranda Nonato Assis de 
Published: February 2025

O artigo versa sobre a verticalização do ensino na Educação Profissional Técnica, através da implementação do programa Ensino Médio integrado à Educação Profissional, Articulado ao Ensino Superior (AMS), proposto pelo Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza (CPS). O estudo analisou os procedimentos utilizados pelas equipes de gestão escolar das Escolas Técnicas Estaduais (Etec) responsáveis pela organização das atividades escolares no processo de implementação do programa AMS. Trata-se de uma pesquisa com abordagem qualitativa, cujos dados foram obtidos por meio da realização de entrevista com roteiro semiestruturado com Diretores, Coordenadores Pedagógicos, Coordenadores de Curso, Professores e Alunos do CPS. Os depoimentos dos participantes foram analisados e interpretados na perspectiva da análise de conteúdo e à luz da literatura que discorre sobre o assunto. Os resultados apontam que a proposta de verticalização do ensino está atendendo às expectativas dos segmentos entrevistados. Existe o entendimento de que esse programa tem um diferencial em relação às demais propostas para educação básica integrada à Educação Profissional, apresentadas até o momento da realização da pesquisa. Esse diferencial se manifesta por meio da compreensão de que o estudante que frequenta o curso organizado nesse modelo, ingressa no ensino superior sem a participação em exame vestibular e, com isso, tem garantida a formação básica somada à formação técnica e superior em um período de cinco anos por meio da oferta de currículo adequado ao perfil do egresso previsto no projeto de curso.