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Typography and meaning-making in Arabic children’s literature: the covert communication!
Authors: Al-Jafar Ali A. , Jouhar Mohammed R. 
Published: January 2023

AbstractLittle is known about typography and its contribution to the meaning-making process in children’s storybooks. This study applied the systematic framework for a distinctive feature analysis of typography to explore the manifestations of typography in 24 recently published Arabic children’s storybooks and outline typography’s ideational, interpersonal, and textual functions as interpreted according to the Arabic sociocultural context. The findings show a pattern of visually manipulated typographic representations in terms ofweight, expansion and spacing, curvature, connectivity, orientation, irregularity,andcolors. In its ideational function, the typography constructed, reflected, and evoked visual images of real-life representations. In its interpersonal function, the typography communicated educative, social, and cultural messages and values to young readers. In its textual function, the typography supported dramatic atmospheres, matched the tone and rhythm of the story, harmonized with the stories’ themes, reflected the characters’ emotions and thoughts, and highlighted or differentiated incidents, concepts, and characters. The typography was found to be a promising communicative resource in Arabic children’s storybooks.
A Multi-orientation System for Determining Angular Distributions of Shear Wave Velocity in Soil Specimens
Authors: Basson Mandeep Singh , Martinez Alejandro 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Soils typically have anisotropic mechanical and hydraulic properties due to the micro-scale interactions between particles that are influenced by particle morphology and depositional processes that can lead to particular particle arrangements (i.e., fabric anisotropy) and by imposed loading conditions and history (i.e., stress anisotropy). Experimental assessment of the anisotropy of soil specimens is a challenging feat, typically accomplished using specialized geotechnical testing and imaging equipment. The anisotropy of soil specimens can also be assessed based on measured responses, such as the velocity of propagating shear waves. This paper presents the development of a system that enables the measurement of shear wave velocity (VS) along different orientations and polarization planes using seven pairs of piezoelectric bender elements (BEs) to obtain angular distributions of VS. Specimens of glass beads and angular natural sands were tested in isotropic and one-dimensional (1D) compression to demonstrate the results obtained with the multi-BE system. The experimental results indicate that the effects of fabric and stress anisotropy can be identified by the angular distributions of VS, as well as measurements obtained along different polarization planes (i.e., VS,HH, VS,HV, and VS,VH). The level of anisotropy in soil specimens can be quantified either in terms of ratios of shear wave velocities or of parameters used to fit the angular VS distribution. The results also show that the parameters describing the relationship between VS and mean effective stress depend on the orientation of the propagating wave. The proposed system may enable the nondestructive assessment of soil specimen anisotropy using conventional laboratory equipment, which would complement other sophisticated experimental methods such as X-ray computed tomography and particle-based numerical simulations.
The impact of sarcopenia on the postoperative outcome in colorectal cancer surgery
Authors: Benedek Zalán , Coroș Marius Florin 
Published: January 2023

Background and aim. Malnutrition-induced sarcopenia predicts poorer clinical outcomes for patients with cancer. Postoperative complications such as wound infection, anastomotic leak (AL), cardiorespiratory events are the most frequent and devastating postoperative complications in colorectal cancer surgery and are frequently associated with malnutrition.
Methods. We reviewed the recent available literature to assess the relationship between the patient nutritional status and sarcopenia in colorectal surgery. The PubMed database was searched for publications. The included studies were original articles, prospective and randomized trials, clinical, systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The information was structured in a narrative review form.
Results. A simple method to assess malnutrition is to define the presence of sarcopenia (skeletal muscle mass reduction and modified composition) by radiological image analysis. Quantifying the material composition and quality is a novel method in patient-specific therapy. This could be a new perspective in colorectal surgery to reduce postoperative mortality, improve surgical planning, and enhance clinical outcomes. A few recent studies have objectively investigated the presence of sarcopenia in colorectal cancer and its impact on morbidity and mortality, but sometimes the results are contradictory.
Conclusion. There is evolving research to find the most appropriate management method , surgeons must be aware of the existence of sarcopenia to identify this risk factor in the occurrence of postoperative complications in colorectal cancer surgery.
The representation of the 1989 regime change in contemporary Hungarian prose texts
Authors: Bányai Éva 
Published: January 2023

AbstractA fundamental segment of contemporary Hungarian prose literature has attempted to represent and textually portray the change in political regimes which took place in 1989. The dictatorship, the totalitarian system and the subsequent transition period proved to be excellent raw material; resulting in a very different kind of prose which, when compared to previous representations of Transylvania, elicits attention on the one hand by being distinctly separate from the assumption of an ideological role, and on the other hand by creating the given linguistic and fictional space through continuous transition(s), (inter-ethnic) in-betweenness and the relevance of otherness.
Analysis of lipid-lowering therapy depending on socio-demographic factors in primary health care: data from the ARGO study
Authors: Safaryan A. S. , Vygodin V. A. 
Published: January 2023

Aim. To study the relationship of socio-demographic factors with lipidlowering therapy in primary health care.Material and methods. This cross-sectional noncomparative study on the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia (ARGO study) included patients aged ≥0 years who visited primary care physicians and cardiologists in the period 2013-2014 with diagnoses of stable coronary artery disease, hypertension, peripheral artery disease, carotid atherosclerosis, aortic aneurysm or having any type of revascularization or ischemic stroke in history. The study, which was conducted in 59 Russian cities, involved 768 doctors from 217 polyclinics.Results. The analysis included 18273 patients. Of the total number of patients, 7829 (42,9%) people took statins, while 10421 (57,1%) people did not receive it. The maximum percentage of statin use was in the age group of 70-79 years — 52,12%, and the minimum in the age group of 30-39 years — 13,24% (p<0,001). Most often, statins were taken by people with disabilities — 67,67%, and least often, by working people — 32,59% (p<0,001). In terms of marital status, widowed persons were significantly more likely to take statins, 50,36% (p<0,001); least of all in the group, single persons — 32,29%, while in the group of divorced persons, statins were taken by 37,76%, and in the group of married — 43,07%. According to the education level, patients with secondary professional education are the most adherent to statin treatment — 43,75%, while patients with incomplete secondary education were the least likely to take statins — 41,26% (p<0,054).Conclusion. Taking into account the socio-demographic factors that a person has when prescribing treatment will help develop a strategy for interacting with the patient and will help improve the quality and effectiveness of therapy in this group of patients.
Experience in the use of focused lung ultrasound in the intensive care practice
Authors: Korsunsky D. V. , Utina T. G. , Dzhioeva O. N. , Drapkina O. M. 
Published: January 2023

Surgical interventions, accompanied by a subclavian vein cannulation, are associated with the risk of pneumothorax. Timely detection of this condition reduces the risk of secondary complications. An effective and promising method for the early detection of pneumothorax is lung ultrasound.Aim. To evaluate the routine bedside use of focused lung ultrasound in the early postoperative period in patients after surgical interventions accompanied by subclavian vein cannulation.Material and methods. This retrospective analysis of 304 case records of patients after surgical interventions accompanied by subclavian vein cannulation was carried out. Patients underwent lung auscultation, lung ultrasound according to the Bedside Lung Ultrasound in Emergency (BLUE) protocol 1 and 6 hours after surgery, or unscheduled with a saturation decrease <90%, the appearance of shortness of breath and/or chest pain. When pneumothorax signs were detected, patients underwent an emergency chest x-ray, and an elective x-ray was performed 1 day after the intervention.Results. 304 case records were analyzed, lung ultrasound was performed in 187 (61,5%) men and 117 (38,5%) women. In 8 (2,63%) patients, 1 hour after surgery, an A-profile without lung sliding was detected. In 3 (0,99%) patients, auscultatory breathing weakening was noted, complaints of discomfort and pain during inspiration were noted by 5 (1,64%) patients. In all 8 patients, the diagnosis was confirmed by x-ray. In 5 (1,64%) patients, a mild pneumothorax was detected, which did not require drainage, while 3 patients underwent pleural drainage.Conclusion. Focused lung ultrasound using the BLUE protocol significantly improves the safety profile of patients after subclavian vein puncture, providing high levels of sensitivity and specificity in detecting pneumothorax.
Nicotine Dependence from Electronic Cigarettes Use and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents
Authors: Winburn Christopher , Ofei-Dodoo Samuel 
Published: January 2023

Introduction. The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has been increasing among adolescents in the United States population since they were first introduced to the US market in 2007. With depression as a major risk factor for suicide in adolescents, this study examined nicotine dependence from the use of e-cigarettes and depressive symptoms among adolescents.
Methods. The authors conducted a retrospective patient chart review at a pediatric clinic in the Midwestern United States, from May 2021 to September 2021. As a standard practice, the clinic uses the adapted Penn State Nicotine Dependency Index to evaluate its patients’ nicotine dependence from the use of e-cigarettes and the PHQ-9 modified for teens to screen for depressive symptoms of its patients. Data on 69 patients were included in the study. The authors used standard descriptive statistics and an adjusted odds ratio (aOR) to analyze the data on the 69 adolescents.
Results. The mean age of the adolescents was 17.6 (SD = 2.3), 46.4% (n = 32) were female, and 53.6% (n = 37) were male. More than 88% (n = 61) of the adolescents met criteria for high nicotine dependence from e-cigarette use and 30.4% (21 of 69) of them screened positive for depression. Findings of the mixed model analyses indicated that there was not a statistically significant association between nicotine dependence from e-cigarette use and depressive symptoms (aOR = 1.07; 95% confidence interval, 0.93-1.23; P = .0365).
Conclusions. Our findings show that while a third of the adolescents screened positive for depression and the majority (88%) depended on nicotine from e-cigarettes, there was no association between the outcomes. Future larger multicenter studies are needed to better understand the association between nicotine dependence from e-cigarettes and depressive symptoms as reported in the literature.
Menciptakan Keunggulan Bersaing Berkelanjutan Berbasis Sumber Daya Manusia dalam Dunia Pendidikan
Authors: Rahmadani Rahmadani , Qomariah Siti 
Published: January 2023

Pandemi Covid-19 mengubah banyak hal termasuk dalam peralihan kegiatan konvensional yang harus dilakukan secara digital. Kementrian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Indonesia menetapkan kebijakan bahwa pendidikan harus tetap diselenggarakan di masa pandemi, namun dengan sistem yang berbeda (study from home) dengan memanfaatkan teknologi (daring). Perubahahan era sekarang ini memaksa dunia pendidikan untuk merubah paradima lama yang menempatkan manusia bukan hal utama dalam sebuah organisasi tetapi sekarang manusia dianggap sebagai hal penting dalam sebuah organisasi. paradikma baru manusia adalah aset penting, sehingga untuk menciptakan keunggulan bersaing di dalam duni pendidikan starategi yang digunakan adalah strategi manajemen sumbar daya manusia. metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode study literatur atau studi pustaka. Strategi manajemen majemen sumber daya manusia yang baik dan tepat dengan berfokus pada peningkatan kemampuan dan kompetensi dari sumber daya manusianya membuat institusi yang bergerak di dunia pendidikan mampu bersaing dan juga bertahan dengan perubahan kondisi yang ada. Untuk pembentukan karakter dan kinerja dapat dilakukan dengan penerapan KASAH (Knowledge, Ability, Skill, Attitude, Habit) untuk menuju dalam keunggulan kompetitif.
Representationalism, Naturalism, and the Problem of Content
Authors:   Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gusev Alexander A. 
Published: January 2023

The article is devoted to the problems of representational theories of percep­tion, which were identified by C. Travis in a 2004 work entitled “The Silence of the Senses”. Representationalism plays an important role in contemporary dis­cussions around the problem of a naturalistic explanation of conscious mental states. Travis attempted to demonstrate the inconsistency of the basic assumptions underlying representationalism. If his argumentation does undermine the founda­tions of representationalism, then the naturalization project loses the possibility of representationalist theories. The author analyzes in detail one of Travis’s main arguments – “the argument from looks”. It is shown that the main responses to this argument miss the mark, as they either misinterpret Travis's idea itself or lead to a distorted version of representationalism that loses its advantage in the context of explaining conscious experience. The author comes to the conclusion that Travis' critique of representationalism should be considered not just as a refuta­tion of some of the theses of the representationalists, but as a metaphilosophical signal indicating the need to clarify (a) what the methodology of the modern philosopher of perception should be and (b) what theoretical obligations imposes on him the dominant naturalistic paradigm of our time.
Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 12/1, Goncharnaya str., Moscow, 109240, Russian Federation
Authors:   Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krushanov Alexander A. 
Published: January 2023

The Artificial Intelligence systems have already become a reality. The work on their development is going very successfully, and therefore this reality requires monitoring and reflection, moreover, understanding not only how artificial intel­ligence can be developed, but also what the price can be, the consequences of the widespread use and applying of such technology. In the article, this theme is considered in the context of the work of K. Schwab, who put forward the idea that a new, Fourth, industrial revolution is beginning today. It is in this context that the phenomenon of AI and its applications is being raised and considered to­day. Therefore, the Fourth industrial revolution itself is considered in the row with other industrial revolutions that are singled out today. In the course of re­viewing the history of industrial revolutions, the author shows that now Schwab’s concept looks somewhat unfinished. The first three industrial revolutions have some main distinguishing features, the Fourth industrial revolution so far looks like it consists of equivalent components. In accordance with this, it is shown that the dominant discovery in the Fourth industrial Revolution is still present, and these are developments in the field of AI. An important question of the arti­cle is how to save people in the context of the industrial expansion of AI. In this regard, the theme of universal basic income discussed today is considered. Ac­cording to the author, this tool alone is not enough for people to go through the introduction of robots and AI painlessly. The author draws attention to the fact that people who are unemployed, but at the same time have a basic income, will be threatened by an overly comfortable home environment, leading to degradation.
Ecology of the Digital Environment as an Attempt to Respond to the Civilizational Challenges of the Digital Age
Authors:   Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrova Ekaterina V. 
Published: January 2023

The article is devoted to the analysis of the impact of digital technologies on the brain, consciousness and human nature as a whole. According to the author, this kind of impact is one of the most serious civilizational challenges of the dig­ital age. In her analysis, the author relies on the ecological approach as a holistic interdisciplinary methodological principle. The most important part of this ap­proach is the ecology of the digital environment. The digital environment in the article is considered as a new environment for a person, a new Umvelt, that is, the immediate environment that affects his inner world. Therefore, signs and stimuli that arise in the process of digital communication have such a signif­icant impact on cognitive processes. The communication situation of modern man is paradoxical in a certain sense: despite the ever-increasing complexity of technology, the communication process itself is impoverished and standard­ized. This negatively affects the evolution of the brain, as the emergence of new neural connections is not stimulated. The way out of this situation can be a pur­poseful stimulation of the development of critical thinking. Within the frame­work of an integrated ecological approach, the author relies on an ecological ap­proach to the visual perception of J. Gibson and the concept of Umwelt J. von Uexküll, substantiating a much broader theoretical applicability of environmental science than it is accepted in classical biological ecology. The author comes to the conclusion that the ecology of the digital environment contributes to find­ing answers to the civilizational challenges of the digital era and becomes the main weapon in the fight against the information and environmental crisis.
DE based Resource Allocation for D2D assisted NOMA Systems
Authors: Jia Jie , Tian Quanzhen , Du An , Chen Jian , Wang Xingwei 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
The explosion of wireless network services forces us to seek new technologies and resource allocation schemes. Three joint resource allocation frameworks for device-to-device (D2D) communication in non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) assisted multi-cell systems are proposed. D2D can reduce the access pressure of base station (BS) equipment, and NOMA can multiplex network spectrum resources, and the integration of them can further improve the performance of multi-cell networks. We investigate the joint user association, resource block (RB) assignment, and power allocation problem in multi-cell systems with the aim of maximizing the sum rate of D2Ds. To solve this mixed-integer non-linear programming (MINLP) problem, we propose three differential evolution (DE) algorithms. First, we invoke the coevolution DE-based resource allocation (CDRA) framework which encodes the RB assignment and power allocation into the same individual for evolution. Second, we invoke the iteration-combining DE-based resource allocation (IDRA) framework, which adopts two-steps DE algorithm to solve optimal power allocation and RB assignment scheme iteratively. Last, we invoke the power-repairing DE-based resource allocation (PDRA) framework, which combines a similar joint RB assignment and power allocation as CDRA, where power repair is added after each iteration. Simulation results demonstrate that: \romannumeral1) the integration of D2D and NOMA techniques is capable of enhancing the achievable sum rate of D2Ds; \romannumeral2) the proposed three proposed frameworks for multi-cell NOMA networks can effectively optimize the objective function. However, comparing with CDRA and IDRA, PDRA performs better in terms of convergence speed and maximum D2D rate.
Convergence analysis of flow direction algorithm and its improvement
Authors: Li S. P. , ye wenwen 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Flow Direction Algorithm (FDA) is a new physics-based optimization algorithm for solving global optimization problems. Although the FDA has shown effectiveness in many areas, there has been a lack of rigorous theoretical guarantees. This paper first proves that FDA is globally convergent with probability 1 by establishing a Markov process model. Furthermore, to enhance the FDA's exploration and exploitation abilities, we propose an improved FDA algorithm (IFDA) by introducing random opposition-based learning and an adaptive neighbour generation strategy. Finally, extensive experiments are investigated on some representative benchmark functions with several state-of-the-art algorithms, demonstrating the proposed algorithm's efficiency and effectiveness.
Interval fractional programming: Optimality and its application to portfolio optimization
Authors: Pokharna Nisha , Tripathi Indira P. 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
In this paper, the notion of d-invexity is generalized to the class of interval optimization problems. An interval fractional programming problem is studied and for this problem, the KKT optimality conditions are established. The sufficient optimality conditions are derived under the d-invexity assumption. A real-world application of the results developed in the paper is shown in the context of portfolio optimization. Also, a comparative study of different methods for solving the interval fractional programming problem available in the literature and the method discussed in this paper is presented by means of a portfolio optimization problem. Throughout the paper, non-trivial examples are presented at appropriate places to provide better insight into the results derived.