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Alphabetisierungsbedarfe im beruflichen Kontext erheben: Die Deutscheinschätzung für fremdsprachige Stellensuchende
Authors: Bärenfänger Olaf 
Published: October 2022

Zusammenfassung
Eine beträchtliche Zahl der Teilnehmenden an Deutsch-als-Zweitsprache-Kursen weist eine unzureichende Vertrautheit mit dem lateinischen Schriftsystem auf. Für den Erwerb allgemeiner oder berufsbezogener Sprachkenntnisse, die für eine Teilhabe an der Zielgesellschaft oder die Aufnahme einer Berufstätigkeit erforderlich sind, stellt eine vollumfängliche Alphabetisierung allerdings offensichtlich eine notwendige Voraussetzung dar. Um Kursteilnehmende mit Alphabetisierungsbedarf zuverlässig identifizieren und hierauf aufbauend zielgerichtete Förderentscheidungen treffen zu können, gab das Amt für Wirtschaft und Arbeit des Kantons Zürich als optionalen Subtest der Deutscheinschätzung für fremdsprachige Stellensuchende ein diagnostisches Instrument in Auftrag, das ebenso unterschiedliche Grade von Alphakompetenz erfasst wie auch die Ursachen einer nicht bzw. unzureichend ausgeprägten Alphabetisierung. Der vorliegende Beitrag skizziert zunächst einige Rahmenbedingungen der Testentwicklung wie die Zielgruppe. Weiterhin wird die übergeordnete Zielsetzung des Tests erläutert, nämlich belastbare Informationen über die berufssprachliche Kompetenz der Zielgruppe zu erheben. In diesem Zusammenhang werden auch einige Besonderheiten von berufsbezogener Sprachverwendung thematisiert. Im Anschluss wird anhand konkreter Beispiele aus dem Prüfungsteil „Alpha“ das Vorgehen bei der Testerstellung geschildert. Hier steht als Erstes die Beschreibung des Testkonstrukts im Vordergrund, das sich an die Beschreibung unterschiedlicher Niveaustufen von Alphakompetenz des LEA-Projekts anlehnt. Weiterhin wird gezeigt, wie dieses Konstrukt in konkreten Aufgabenstellungen und Bewertungskriterien operationalisiert wurde. Mit Blick auf die Validierung des Prüfungsteils „Alpha“ werden die Verfahrensschritte bei der Pilotierung und Massenvalidierung erläutert. Ein kurzes Fazit beschließt den vorliegenden Beitrag.
Analysis and optimization of FFF process parameters to enhance the mechanical properties of 3D printed PLA products
Authors: Medibew Tesfaye Mengesha , Ali Addisu Negash 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
In this work, the combined effects of fused filament fabrication (FFF) process parameters on the mechanical properties of 3D printed PLA products have been determined by focusing on the tensile strength at R
2 (97.29%). ASTM D638 test standard is used for the preparation of specimens for tensile tests. The optimization technique has been used to determine the optimal combinations of FFF process parameters for the validation of experimental tensile tests and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. From the results obtained the optimum cooling fan speed of 79.3%, extrusion temperature of 214.4 °C, printing speed of 75.9 mm/s, raster width of 0.4814 mm, and shell number 5 were determined with a 2.266% error of the tensile strength (45.06 MPa). SEM morphology examination shows that the fabricated part cooled at 80% cooling fan speed illustrates good inter-layer bond strength which is also confirmed by CFD temperature distributions analysis.
Superposition of forward and backward motion
Authors: Harringer Manfred 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
I consider black body radiation. The wall of the black body exchanges photons with the radiation field in equilibrium, therefore with a common temperature in Planck’s radiation law. The underlying process of radiation consists of creation and annihilation of photons. I want to present an alternate model of motions, where the process of radiation consists of small steps in positive and negative direction, not zero in mean. The detection of radiation consists of storing and restoring of packages of energy. I get an analogue of Planck’s radiation law, where the common temperature emerges from the underlying common model of small steps. The object of the law is not the radiation, but a storage of packages of energy, which belongs to the wall of the black body.
Transfer learning for photonic delay-based reservoir computing to compensate parameter drift
Authors: Bauwens Ian , Harkhoe Krishan , Bienstman Peter , Verschaffelt Guy , Van der Sande Guy 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Photonic reservoir computing has been demonstrated to be able to solve various complex problems. Although training a reservoir computing system is much simpler compared to other neural network approaches, it still requires considerable amounts of resources which becomes an issue when retraining is required. Transfer learning is a technique that allows us to re-use information between tasks, thereby reducing the cost of retraining. We propose transfer learning as a viable technique to compensate for the unavoidable parameter drift in experimental setups. Solving this parameter drift usually requires retraining the system, which is very time and energy consuming. Based on numerical studies on a delay-based reservoir computing system with semiconductor lasers, we investigate the use of transfer learning to mitigate these parameter fluctuations. Additionally, we demonstrate that transfer learning applied to two slightly different tasks allows us to reduce the amount of input samples required for training of the second task, thus reducing the amount of retraining.
Vergebung und Seelenruhe – ein spirituelltherapeutischer Prozess
Authors: Mavrogiorgou Paraskevi , Juckel Georg 
Published: October 2022

ZusammenfassungIm Laufe seines Lebens und der diesseitigen Existenz erlebt nahezu jeder Mensch Kränkungen, zwischenmenschliche Enttäuschungen und interpersonale Konflikte, die ihn in unterschiedlichem Maße belasten können. Dabei können Unversöhnlichkeit, Rachegedanken und ein „Nicht-Vergeben-können“ zu deutlichen Einschränkungen der Lebensqualität und der eigenen „Psychohygiene“ bis hin zur Manifestation psychischer Störungen führen. Die Fähigkeit zur Vergebung kann hier als eine Coping-Methode im Rahmen eines spirituellen und psychotherapeutischen Prozesses angesehen werden, der eine nachhaltige Verminderung von inneren Inkonsistenzen und Anspannungen bedingen kann und zu einem verbesserten Wohlbefinden sowie Seelenheil und Seelenruhe entscheidend beiträgt. Im folgenden Übersichtsartikel werden die verschiedenen Begrifflichkeiten, theologischen Annahmen und psychologisch-theoretischen Modelle zur Vergebung und die Modalitäten der praktischen Anwendung der Vergebungstherapie dargestellt.
Photocatalytic degradation of Congo red pigment by V2O5–TiO2 nanohybrid
Authors: Idriss Hajo , Ibrahem M. A. , Modwi Abueliz 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
In this report, the photodecolorization of Congo red pigment by V2O5–TiO2 nanohybrid was analyzed. Sonication approach was employed to produce V2O5–TiO2 nanohybrid materials. X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), high-resolution electron microscopy (TEM), BET-surface rea analyzer, and UV spectroscopy were utilized to describe the V2O5–TiO2 nanohybrid materials. Meanwhile, the photocatalytic behavior, pH, and reactive oxygen are examined in detail to explain CR pigment decolorization. Congo red pigment photodestruction exhibited a rate constant of 0.03567 (min−1) and a decolorization rate of 96%. The degradation efficiency of Congo red pigment by V2O5–TiO2 catalysts follows the pseudo-first-order kinetics assumption. The findings of this work displayed that V2O5–TiO2 act as a highly efficient nanocatalyst for destroying pigments in water.
Parential Alienation in the Polish Legal System
Authors: Helios Joanna , Jedlecka Wioletta 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
The aim of this article is to present an issue that has recently become more and more important in the social and legal discourse, namely parental alienation. This phenomenon is generally only partially regulated in the Polish legal system, hence there are questions about penalizing behavior that manifests itself in counteracting contacts or exercising alternate custody. The aim is to explain the concepts of parental alienation syndrome and parental alienation, to analyze the legal aspects of parental alienation, and to point to the alternate seal as a possibility of preventing cases of parental alienation.
Significance of Family Law Regulations for a Criminal Law Assessment of Neglect
Authors: Sitarz Olga 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
The article addresses the difficult and complicated issue of a legal assessment of neglect by an adult family member of a person vulnerable due to their age or state of health. The analysis carried out in the first part showed that the provisions of the Family and Guardianship Code are indispensable for a criminal law evaluation of such behaviour. Then, the family law regulations were interpreted in terms of the principles of liability envisaged in the Criminal Code. The article pointed to legislative shortcomings of family law that have a certain impact on the application of criminal law.
Parent-Child Contacts in the Presence of Legal Court-Appointed Guardian. Practice in View of the Need for Legislative Change
Authors: Goworko-Składanek Beata , Prymak Tomasz 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Contact with the child has for years been the subject of deliberations and discussions of entities interested in the welfare of the child, often caught up in the conflict between the parents. They concern, among others, the role of professional guardians/probation officers, whose presence during parent-child contact, according to the law, constitutes one of the forms of court restrictions on this form of maintenance of the parent-child relationship. The aim of the text is an attempt to identify the technical problems associated with the implementation of the court decisions in this matter, and thus to indicate the gross disproportion between the current shape of the regulations on the participation of a guardian in parent-child contact and the needs of practice. Thus, the aim of the study is to engage the community of guardians in the ongoing work on legislative changes and the potential effects of the proposed legislation, including substantive and implementing provisions of family law aimed at the guaranteed right to contact with the child.
Legal Construction of Childhood Vaccinations Against the Background of Polish Law – Remarks De Lege Lata and De Lege Ferenda
Authors: Drozdowska Urszula 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
The subject of the article is a reflection on the legal construction of preventive vaccination in children. Using the dogmatic-legal method and the analysis of case law, the author examines the issues related to the consent of the child’s legal representative and the question of legal sanctions applied in the event of opposition to this medical intervention. The subject of consideration are also potential possibilities of solving the conflict between the child’s legal representative and public authorities (represented by the sanitary inspection authorities). Thus, the issue is to find such a solution that would lead not only to the goal of achieving the so-called herd immunity, but also to the proper protection of the rights of persons in a potential conflict and the realization of the so-called best interests of the child.
The Right of a Child to Contact Relatives in Cross-Border Situations – Comments Based on EU Legal Regulations and the Case Law of the CJEU
Authors: Maliszewska-Nienartowicz Justyna 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
The article presents EU legal regulations and decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) relating to one of the most important rights of children, which is their right to direct contact with their parents and other people close to them. Difficulties may be encountered in cross-border situations when the child moves to another Member State or to a third country. In the first case, EU regulations apply, in particular Art. 24 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Council Regulation 2019/1111. They are complemented by the case law of the CJEU, which interprets the terms they contain, e.g. the right to personal contact with the child. Its decisions recognise the best interests of the child as an overriding principle. At the same time, the Court tries to adapt existing EU legal provisions to social realities related not only to increased mobility, but also to changes in the structure of the family itself (patchwork families, single-parent families, etc.).
Quality of life, distress, anxiety and depression of ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
Authors: Papadopoulou Aggeliki , Govina Ourania , Tsatsou Ioanna , Mantzorou Marianna , Mantoudi Alexandra , Tsiou Chrysoula , Adamakidou Theodoula 
Published: October 2022

Objective and aim. Cancer and its treatment have substantial physical and psychological consequences that severely affect the patients’ quality of life (QoL) and emotional status. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between distress, anxiety, depression, and QoL of ambulatory cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Methods. A descriptive, cross-sectional study of 150 cancer patients who were receiving chemotherapy in the outpatient unit of a central anticancer hospital in Athens. The data were collected through convenience sampling between November 2017 and January 2018, using a demographic and clinical characteristics questionnaire, the Distress Thermometer (DT) and Problem List (PL), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment for Cancer QoL assessment Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30).
Results. Variability characterized the sample’s demographic and clinical characteristics. The majority of patients were women (64%), married (66%), high school graduates (43%), had breast cancer (35%), with a mean age of 60.07 ± 11.42. 83% reported anxiety, 75% reported fear, 51% nervousness and sadness, 34% depression and 84.7% fatigue. The DT was positively correlated with HADS (p<0.001) and with almost all EORTC QLQ-C30 functional subscales and symptoms (p<0.001). The HADS-Anxiety was significantly correlated with overall QoL and with almost all the EORTC QLQ-C30 functional scales and symptoms (p<0.001). HADS-Depression was significantly correlated with overall QoL and all the EORTC QLQ-C30 functional scales and symptoms (p<0.001). Women tended to have higher level of distress (p=0.003). There was a statistically significant relationship between educational level, the cognitive functioning scale (p=0.017) and financial difficulties (p=0.026).
Conclusions. Ambulatory cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy are at risk of facing distress in all aspects of daily living, along with anxiety and depression, which decreases their QoL. Oncology nurses as members of multidisciplinary teams should assess the affected aspects of patients’ QoL and appropriate interventions should be implemented at community level.
Oral health, the patient's perspective during the COVID 19 pandemic
Authors: Paun Ariadna Georgiana Eugenia , Chifor Radu , Radu Constantin , Strilciuc Ștefan , Badea Iulia Clara , Borzan Cristina Maria 
Published: October 2022

Background and aims. On March 16, 2020, the state of emergency was established with drastic measures of isolation and quarantine. Among the measures taken in the context of the state of emergency was the closure of dental offices throughout the country. The aim of our questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was to identify the psycho-affective implications of the Romanian citizens induced by the COVID-19 pandemic period as well as their opinion related to the self-perceived oral health status during this period.
Methods. An original questionnaire was designed consisting of 41 questions, which were distributed to the general population via the Internet. The first part of the questionnaire investigated the respondents’ opinion regarding the impact of this COVID-19 pandemic period of isolation on their oral health and the attention paid by the subjects to oral hygiene during restrictions. The second part refers to their addressability to the dental services during this pandemic and the third part interrogates different characteristics, namely the presence of comorbidities, possible anxiety, and stress.
Results. A total of 769 participants answered the questionnaire online.
Conclusion. According to their responses most of the respondents were not afraid of the possibility of contracting Sars-Cov-2 during dental treatments, but were in certain periods deprived of accessing dental services due to lockdown restrictions. They are aware of their oral health problems and pay more attention to oral hygiene so that they do not get worse during restrictions.
Towards Personalised Gaming via Facial Expression Recognition
Authors: Mavromoustakos Blom Paris , Bakkes Sander , Tan Chek , Whiteson Shimon , Roijers Diederik , Valenti Roberto , Gevers Theo 
Published: October 2022

In this paper we propose an approach for personalising the space in which a game is played (i.e., levels) dependent on classifications of the user's facial expression — to the end of tailoring the affective game experience to the individual user. Our approach is aimed at online game personalisation, i.e., the game experience is personalised during actual play of the game. A key insight of this paper is that game personalisation techniques can leverage novel computer vision-based techniques to unobtrusively infer player experiences automatically based on facial expression analysis. Specifically, to the end of tailoring the affective game experience to the individual user, in this paper we (1) leverage the proven InSight facial expression recognition SDK as a model of the user's affective state InSight, and (2) employ this model for guiding the online game personalisation process. User studies that validate the game personalisation approach in the actual video game Infinite Mario Bros. reveal that it provides an effective basis for converging to an appropriate affective state for the individual human player.
Robustness and Flexibility of GHOST
Authors: Fradin Julien , Richoux Florian 
Published: October 2022

GHOST is a framework to help game developers to model and implement their own optimization problems, or to simply instantiate a problem already encoded in GHOST. Previous works show that GHOST leads to high-quality solutions in some tens of milliseconds for three RTS-related problems: build order, wall-in placement and target selection. In this paper, we show the robustness of the framework, having very good results for a problem it is not designed for (pathfinding), as well as its flexibility, where it is easy to propose different models of the same problem (resource allocation problem). The goal of the paper is not to improve the state-of-the-art on these problems, but to use them as benchmarks to test GHOST properties.
Towards Transferrable Affective Models for Educational Play
Authors: Spaulding Samuel 
Published: October 2022

Modern computational agents in adaptive educational systems primarily rely on cognitive (i.e. curricular performance) data, while ignoring important multimodal affect cues which human tutors use to personalize their interactions with students. Students’ affective responses are highly idiosyncratic, noisy, and dependent on interactive context, challenges which defy many standard assumptions of computational player modeling. As a result, recent research efforts to model student affective response have focused on specific, single-task interactions, limiting the amount and variety of affective input from an individual player. For my thesis research, I plan to address these limitations in two ways. First, by developing a new paradigm for modeling student affective data, not as a scalar reward signal, but as a policy label, i.e., feedback on an agent’s recent behavior, and additionally by developing transfer learning methods to apply this policy feedback data across multiple game tasks. Together, these two advances may lead to more data-efficient learning and more flexible and generalizable affective models of players
Integrating Drama Management into an Adventure Game
Authors: Sullivan Anne , Chen Sherol , Mateas Michael 
Published: October 2022

Often, video game designers must choose between creating a linear experience, and designing an open world with many different story lines that fail to form a tightly crafted narrative arc. A drama manager (DM) can provide a solution to this dilemma. ADM monitors an interactive experience, such as a computer game, and intervenes to shape the global experience so that it satisfies the author's expressive goals without decreasing a player's interactive agency. In this demo we present the first integration of declarative optimization-based drama management (DODM) into an adventure-style dungeon game called EMPath.
A Surprise Triggered Adaptive and Reactive (STAR) Framework for Online Adaptation in Non-stationary Environments
Authors: Nguyen Truong-Huy , Leong Tze-Yun 
Published: October 2022

We consider the task of developing an adaptive autonomous agent that can interact with non-stationary environments. Traditional learning approaches such as Reinforcement Learning assume stationary characteristics over the course of the problem, and are therefore unable to learn the dynamically changing settings correctly. We introduce a novel adaptive framework that can detect dynamic changes due to non-stationary elements. The Surprise Triggered Adaptive and Reactive (STAR) framework is inspired by human adaptability in dealing with daily life changes. An agent adopting the STAR framework consists primarily of two components, Adapter and Reactor. The Reactor chooses suitable actions based on predictions made by a model of the environment. The Adapter observes the amount of “surprisingness” and triggers the generation of new models accordingly. Preliminary experimental results show that STAR agents are competitive in performance as compared with current approaches, while being much more cost-effective by avoiding the negative effects of historical data. Furthermore, since response and adaptability are decoupled in the framework, the adaptive component can benefit other autonomous agents in a variety of domains with non-stationary environments.
Designing a Massively Multiplayer Online Game / Research Testbed Featuring AI-Driven NPC Communities
Authors: Zyda Michael , Spraragen Marc , Ranganathan Balki , Arnason Bjarni , Landwehr Peter 
Published: October 2022

Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs), in their aspect as online communities, represent an exciting opportunity for studying social and behavioral models. For that purpose we have developed Cosmopolis, a free MMOG containing several key research-oriented features. First, Cosmopolis consists of an outer game for larger-scale social modeling, as well as a set of subgames suitable for tightly-controlled sandbox-style experiments, all allowing a high level of data logging configuration and control by researchers. Also, Cosmopolis’s world model incorporates configurable, AI-driven non-player character communities, as a means of researching interactions between individuals and societies
An Exploration Tool for Predicting Stealthy Behaviour
Authors: Tremblay Jonathan , Torres Pedro , Rikovitch Nir , Verbrugge Clark 
Published: October 2022

Stealthy movement is an important part of many games in the First Person Shooter (FPS) and Role Playing Games (RPG) genres. Structuring a game level to match stealth goals, however, is difficult, and can depend on subtle and fragile interactions between the game space, enemy motion, and other factors. Here we apply a probabilistic path-finding approach to efficiently analyze a 2D space and find stealthy paths. This approach naturally accommodates variation in the level design, numbers and movements of enemies, fields of view, and player start and goal placement. Our design is integrated directly into the Unity 3D game development framework, allowing for interactive and highly dynamic exploration of how different virtual spaces and enemy configurations affect the potential for stealthly movement by players, or other NPCs.