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Integrating biofertilizers and precision agriculture
Authors: Cruz Cristina , Dias Teresa 
Published: October 2023

Integrating biofertilizers and precision agriculture
This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the integration of biofertilisers and precision agriculture, with the aim of creating a virtuous circle of agricultural growth and sustainability, by Cristina Cruz and Teresa Dias of the Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. “What do plants feed on?” may seem a simple question, but our answer has changed over time, and there is still no consensus. From antiquity until the mid-18th century, we thought plants fed on organic compounds (i.e., the humus theory). With the advances in chemistry and the discovery of chemical elements, we considered that plants feed on water and mineral salts. The industrialisation of the Haber-Bosch process allowed the production of large quantities of affordable fertilizers, allowing the green revolution of the mid-20th century and intensive agriculture.
AI consciousness and neuroscientifically plausible “seamless” mind-uploading
Authors: Watanabe Masataka 
Published: October 2023

AI consciousness and neuroscientifically plausible “seamless” mind-uploading
Masataka Watanabe, Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo’s School of Engineering, examines a test for AI consciousness. He proposes it as part of a scientific approach to deciphering consciousness that leads to “seamless” mind uploading. Today, there is much debate on whether artificial intelligence (AI) has achieved consciousness. (1, 2) My short answer is probably not, but with dedicated substantial resources, AI will achieve consciousness at some point. So, what is consciousness? Could we ever tell whether it resides in AI? How can we build a conscious AI, and what would be the purpose of doing so?
Controlling ovarian cancer: An introduction to detection and treatment
Authors: Richards JoAnne S 
Published: October 2023

Controlling ovarian cancer: An introduction to detection and treatment
With current strategies proving inadequate, what needs to be done is to further the research into detecting, treating, and controlling ovarian cancer. Specifically, ovarian cancer develops when malignant ovarian cancer cells proliferate on the surface of the ovary and directly migrate/exfoliate to the peritoneal cavity where they attach to structures such as the omentum. Women at early stages of tumor growth on the omentum do not display specific symptoms and hence the tumors remain unnoticed until tumor growth is extensive. Because the ovarian tumor cells do not metastasize via the blood stream early detection of mutant cells in serum samples is not feasible with current methods. More sensitive assays and specific markers of ovarian cancer are needed.
Fostering fundamental computational skills, a global challenge
Authors: Watanabe Koji 
Published: October 2023

Fostering fundamental computational skills, a global challenge
Koji Watanabe, Professor from Miyazaki International University in Japan, argues that fostering fundamental computational skills is a global challenge. The international community recognises cultivating fundamental computational skills as a critical challenge in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The mathematics education of a country plays a crucial role in fostering these basic computational skills. Therefore, a comprehensive approach that considers various components of school education (educational goals, teachers, teaching materials, and children) is necessary. Additionally, the concept of quantity in developing basic computational skills is context-dependent and requires attention. The study seeks to address the challenges the international community poses regarding mathematics education. We strive to gain a detailed understanding of the current situation and develop teaching materials and educational practices based on this understanding. Our specific focus is on cultivating basic computational skills in developing countries.
Humanities and the arts: Pioneering SHAPE in Schools, a human world focus
Authors: Holley Tallulah , Black Julia , Gorrara Claire , Jenkins Lucy 
Published: October 2023

Humanities and the arts: Pioneering shape in school, a human world focus
Julia Black, Claire Gorrara, Lucy Jenkins, and Tallulah Holley (1), take a detailed look at the vital role of pioneering SHAPE in schools, that is, subjects that share a human world focus like humanities and the arts. Climate change, shifting geopolitics, inequalities, the perils and opportunities of technological advances – we are facing a set of simultaneous crises which are more complex and dynamic than at any time in recent history. As we try to address them, we are searching not only for solutions but also purpose and meaning. In that endeavour, social sciences, the humanities and the arts – the SHAPE subjects – have an essential role to play.
Decarbonising the world economy with synthetic biology
Authors: Paulsen Ian 
Published: October 2023

Decarbonising the world economy with synthetic biology
Macquarie University Distinguished Professor Ian Paulsen, discusses how synthetic biology can be used to decarbonise the global economy. Addressing atmospheric carbon from human activities is paramount to tackling climate change. Synthetic biology offers a likely way to accelerate this decarbonisation of the global economy while simultaneously building new industries and jobs. At the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (CoESB), our researchers play a pivotal role in creating a pathway for this possible future.
Immigrant, black and racialized people’s health
Authors: Salami Bukola 
Published: October 2023

Immigrant, black and racialized people’s health
Learn about the research of Dr. Bukola Salami, Professor at Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, in this particular focus on Immigrant, Black, and Racialized People’s Health. Immigrants often arrive in Canada in better health than the Canadian-born population due to pre-arrival health screening. This phenomenon is called the healthy immigrant effect. However, the health of immigrants often declines after a period of time in Canada. Several factors contribute to this health decline, including poor socioeconomic outcomes, healthcare access barriers, and discrimination. Professor Salami’s research program focuses on policies and practices shaping migrant and Black people’s health. She has been involved in over 85 funded studies totaling over $230 million. She has led research projects on topics including African immigrant child health, immigrant mental health, access to healthcare for Black women, access to healthcare for immigrant children, Black youth mental health, the health of internally displaced children, the well-being of temporary foreign workers, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Black Canadians, an environmental scan of equity-seeking organizations in Alberta, culturally appropriate practices for research with Black Canadians, international nurse migration, and parenting practices of African immigrants.
Antimicrobial food packaging: Challenges and achievements
Authors: Cooksey Kay 
Published: October 2023

Antimicrobial food packaging: Challenges and achievements
Dr Kay Cooksey, Professor and Cryovac Chair at Clemson University, shares the potential of antimicrobial food packaging in mitigating microbial growth and the obstacles that have hindered the development of commercially available products thus far. Antimicrobial packaging is a segment of active packaging. The classical definition of active packaging is a package that senses the presence of something changing in the package and reacts to mitigate or affect the change. A good example is oxygen scavenging sachets that sense the presence of oxygen and use scavenger technology (iron powder is common) and can preferentially scavenge oxygen away from food. Antimicrobial packaging is similar in that it detects the presence of bacteria, yeast, or mold and either prevents it from growing or damages the microorganisms to the point that they cannot grow without optimal conditions. Research on antimicrobial packaging has been ongoing for over 40 years, yet there are few commercially available products. Those that are commercially available are currently in niche markets.
Co-creating a sustainable blue economy for sweden
Authors: Wehn Uta , Linders Torsten , Barquet Karina 
Published: October 2023

Co-creating a sustainable blue economy for sweden
Wehn, Linders and Barquet explain how the MISTRA C2B2 programme is working to bring about transformative change in participatory ocean governance in Sweden. The ocean – the new frontier of human activity – is being redefined by new discoveries, technologies, national strategies, and ecological imperatives. Yet, it is undeniable that the status of most seas is in decay – and if the goal would be to restore or improve their status, then most human activities should be banned. Instead, we witness that, in recent years, the blue economy is promoted as an answer to energy and food insecurity, as well as to an increased demand for shipping of goods, and transport of people and services. So, humanity depends on marine livelihoods, but the blue economy is also rapidly increasing pressure on the long-term sustainability of marine ecosystems.
The risk of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Authors: Murphy Daniel J 
Published: October 2023

The risk of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Although the use of asbestos-containing building materials was banned in the UK in 1999, this carcinogenic mineral continues to be a serious health threat. Daniel J. Murphy from the University of Glasgow tells us more. The UK currently endures the highest incidence of Mesothelioma worldwide: 45 annual fatalities/million population; 1/212 male lifetime risk (1), making asbestos the leading cause of occupation-related mortality in the UK. (2) Although the use of asbestos-containing building materials was banned in the UK in 1999, an estimated 1.5 million UK buildings are thought to contain up to six million tons of asbestos – including 94% of hospitals, 80% of schools and 74% of university buildings. (3)
Early detection of algal infection using direct real-time chemical ionization mass spectrometry
Authors: Pomeroy Robert S 
Published: October 2023

Early detection of algal infection using direct real-time chemical ionization mass spectrometry
Robert S. Pomeroy, Teaching Professor at UC San Diego, guides us through the early detection of algal infections using direct real-time chemical ionization mass spectrometry. Petroleum, from the Latin “rock oil,” has transformed our lives. It has changed how we live, work, and play. Petroleum is, however, nothing more than ancient algae. The transformation of biomass to hydrocarbons results from being subjected to heat and pressure over millions of years. Algae accumulate oils that, when extracted, can be converted into renewable fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. In 1978, the U.S. Department of Energy launched the Aquatic Species Program to investigate energy production using algae. (1) The establishment of this program coincided with the rapidly rising fuel cost due to the Oil Embargo in 1973 and led to the creation of the U.S. Department of Energy.
RESCUER: Supporting new concepts for breast cancer subtypes treatment
Authors: Kristensen Vessela 
Published: October 2023

RESCUER: Supporting new concepts for breast cancer subtypes treatment
RESCUER is an EU Horizon 2020 project, coordinated by the University of Oslo, Norway, that aims to predict treatment response and test new combinational therapies for complex breast cancer subtypes. The RESCUER consortium consists of 15 institutions in Europe and the US. RESCUER expects to bring new concepts of combinatorial therapies for complex breast cancer subtypes tailored to the needs of individuals or stratified patient groups. The possibility to integrate data from many trials on different drug combinations, the access to large drug-resistance datasets and the application of mathematical models, network analysis and test results in vivo, in vitro and in silico, allow us to assess drug response for any possible drug combinations.
5GSOLAR: The next generation of photovoltaics
Authors: Oja Acik Ilona 
Published: October 2023

5GSOLAR: The next generation of photovoltaics
Emerging thin film photovoltaic technologies, currently being developed in research laboratories, are the EU’s key to unlocking its photovoltaic industry and ensuring the growth of a sustainable and green electricity market. The European Green Deal and its Fit for 55 initiative aim to transform Europe into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, ensuring the reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. Solar photovoltaics is considered as one of the cornerstones to achieve a green and carbon-neutral future. As the lowest-cost and most easily deployed clean energy technology, the installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Europe has reached almost 195 GW in 2022, and the REPowerEU plan targets to bring online over 320 GW of solar photovoltaic by 2025 and almost 600 GW by 2030.
NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL CHALLENGES
Authors: Акылбекова Нелли Ильинична , Насырова Батима Боколовна , Дуйшеналиева Зарина Токтоналиевна , Джумабаева Марина Зарипбековна , Мамбетова Айнура Айыповна 
Published: October 2023

В статье рассмотрены проблемы и перспективы развития банковской системы Кыргызской Республики в условиях глобальных вызовов. Проведен анализ динамики активов, обязательств и капитала, показателей адекватности капитала коммерческих банков Кыргызской Республики. Глобальные кризисы развития мировой экономической системы создают внешние вызовы для интегрированной в международное финансовое пространство национальной банковской системы.
The article considers the problems and prospects for the development of the banking system of the Kyrgyz Republic in the face of global challenges. An analysis was made of the dynamics of assets, liabilities and capital, indicators of capital adequacy of commercial banks of the Kyrgyz Republic. Global crises in the development of the world economic system create external challenges for the national banking system integrated into the international financial space.
Immediate and postponed results of resection interventions in pulmonary tuberculosis patients with local inflammatory changes in the bronchial tree
Authors: Laushkina Zh. A. , Sklyuev S. V. , Krasnov D. V. , Skvortsov D. A. , Stavitskaya N. V. 
Published: October 2023

The objective: to study the frequency and nature of postoperative complications, immediate and postponed results of resection interventions in pulmonary tuberculosis patients depending on the presence and pathomorphological parameters of local infl ammatory changes in the bronchial tree.Subjects and Methods. 147 pulmonary tuberculosis patients who underwent pulmonary resection were enrolled in the prospective cohort study. Main Group (n=49) included patients with local infl ammatory changes in the bronchi before surgery; Comparison Group (n=98) included patients with no infl ammatory changes in the bronchi.Results. The presence of local infl ammatory changes in the bronchial tree detected by bronchoscopy, did not have a signifi cant impact on the development of complications during surgical treatment - neither on their number nor on structure. The incidence of complications of resection interventions depends on severity of tuberculosis lesions in the lung.
Innovative technique of combined use of tennis balls, rubber bands and jumping exercises in the training process of badminton players aged 14-15
Authors: Sterin Vladyslav 
Published: October 2023

Background. The use of effective sports equipment helps players to improve their game, provides comfort and safety during the game, and also contributes to the improvement of badminton players' sports skills.
Purpose: to develop and experimentally substantiate the use of exercise complexes with the use of tennis balls, rubber bands, and a jar with feather flounces in the educational and training process of young badminton players.
Material and Methods. 20 badminton players athletes of the sports school "DOR" in Dnipro aged from 13 to 14 years old. Control group (10 people), experimental group (10 people). All participants and their parents agreed to participate in the experiment. The experiment was conducted from February to July 2023.
Research methods: analysis of scientific and methodological sources, testing of physical qualities (long jump from a place with the right and left side, plank with a weighting, push-up, 30 s, jumps with a rope for 1 min, jumps with rotation of a rope forward, raising of a trunk in a saddle for 1 min), technical capabilities (test «Speedy movement», test «Transfer of flounces diagonally», test «Reaction», test «Smash with finishing», test «The maximum number of strokes in a draw»), methods of mathematical statistics.
Results. The experimental group used a combination of exercises using tennis balls, rubber bands and jumps to develop physical qualities and technical capabilities. The control group used exercises without equipment. The results of the experiment confirmed that the control group showed significant improvement in two physical fitness tests: «Jumping rope in 1 min» and «Throwing a stuffed ball 1 kg» (p<0.05; p<0.01). The experimental group also showed significant improvement in two physical fitness tests: «Jumping rope for 1 min» and «Raising the body in a sit-up for 1 min», as well as in three tests of technical fitness: «High-speed movement», «Diagonal transfer of flounces» and «Smash with finishing» (p<0.05; p<0.01). Analysing the obtained results, significant differences between the control and experimental groups were revealed. In particular, in the experimental group there were significantly higher values in the tests «Mix with finishing» and «Maximum number of blows»in comparison with sportswomen of the control group (p < 0.05).
Conclusions. The complexes of exercises which include the use of sports equipment are developed and included into the training programme of badminton players of 13-14 years old. It is recommended to use exercises with tennis balls, rubber tape, jumping exercises for improvement of physical and technical fitness of young badminton players.
Nonlinear degenerate elliptic equations in weighted Sobolev spaces
Authors: Phuong Le Thi , Thanh Long Nguyen 
Published: October 2023

In this article, we consider a system of nonlinear heat equations with viscoelastic terms and Robin-Dirichlet conditions. First, we prove existence and uniqueness of a weak solution. Next, we prove a blow up result of weak solutions with negative initial energy. Also, we give a sufficient condition that guarantees the existence and exponential decay of global weak solutions. The main tools are the Faedo-Galerkin method, a Lyapunov functional, and a suitable energy functional.
For more information see https://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2020/106/abstr.html
Dirichlet problem for second-order abstract differential equations
Authors: Dore Giovanni 
Published: October 2023

We study the well-posedness in the space of continuous functions of the Dirichlet boundary value problem for a homogeneous linear second-order differential equation u''+Au = 0, where A is a linear closed densely defined operator in a Banach space. We give necessary conditions for the well-posedness, in terms of the resolvent operator of A. In particular we obtain an estimate on the norm of the resolvent at the points k^2, where k is a positive integer, and we show that this estimate is the best possible one, but it is not sufficient for the well-posedness of the problem. Moreover we characterize the bounded operators for which the problem is well-posed.
For more information see https://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2020/107/abstr.html
A területi egyenlőtlenségek és az iskolázási egyenlőtlenségek kapcsolata
Authors: Nagy Péter Tibor 
Published: October 2023

A tanulmány három probléma megoldására tesz módszertani javaslatot. Hogyan lehet bemutatni együttesen a társadalom foglalkozási szerkezete és térszerkezete által okozott hátrányokat? Hogyan lehet a területi differenciációhoz túl kicsi, pl. csak ezres nagyságrendű közvélemény kutatási adatokat) mégiscsak területi jelleggel használni. Lehetséges-e a kvantitatív adatokat (mintegy kvalitatív megfigyeléseknek megfelelő proxiként) versengő kvalitatív hipotézisek statisztikai igazolására használni. Az egyik alapvető megoldás indikátorok kialakítása a másik pedig a népszámlálás személysoros elemeinek maradéktalan kihasználása, azaz a születési hely, a korábbi lakóhely, az iskolába járás helye elemzése - kombinálva egyfelől a gyerekek iskolaválasztására vonatkozó népszámlálási adatokkal, másfelől a család szociodemográfiai adataival. A településszerkezetből más jellegű általános iskolai és más jellegű középiskolai hátrányok következnek. Az általános iskoláskorú népesség iskolai hátrányait a kistelepülés helyzetének és a kistelepülésen belüli helyzetnek az elemzésével mérhetjük. A középiskolás korú népesség iskolai hátrányait viszont a falvak és a városok közötti különbséggel magyarázhatjuk. Az adatok arra utalnak, hogy akárcsak a rétegek közötti esélykülönbségek, úgy a települések közötti esélykülönbségek is nőnek – a városok esélyelőnyének növekedése megállíthatatlan. Ugyanakkor az az individuális stratégiák – például a falvakból való elköltözés, érdemi esélyjavulást biztosít.
Durres During The First Norman Attack 1081-1085
Authors: Muhamet Qerimi  
Published: October 2023

Following the Norman conquest of Byzantine Italy and Saracen Sicily, Robert Guiscard took the initiative to conquer the Byzantine Empire in 1081. Robert Guiscard set out from Italy for the island of Corfu, which he soon conquered. After landing, he received military reinforcements from Italy, and attacks began on the city of Durres, the main port on the Adriatic. The city was well protected on a long, narrow peninsula running parallel to the coast but separated by swamps. Guiscard brought his army to the peninsula and set up camp outside the city walls, but the Norman fleet sailing towards Durres was struck by a storm and lost several ships, despite the losses after the Norman siege, he invaded Durres.
Durres turned into the main theater of the Norman-Byzantine war, and the conquest of Durres by the Normans brought fear, not only to the Ottoman Empire, but also to Europe's largest trading power, Venice. By controlling the Strait of Otranto, the Normans would control almost the entire Eastern Mediterranean. The geographical position of Durres and its connection with the old road Egnatia, which leads to Constantinople, make Durres the key to the conquest of the Byzantine Empire.