cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Comparative Analysis of the Unavailability Factors for Two Types of Optical Cable Section Repair under Conditions of Gradual and Sudden Failures
Creators: name: Shuvalov, Viatcheslav
name: Kvitkova, Irina
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: DDC::6** Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::62* Ingenieurwissenschaften::621 Angewandte Physik

description: The article presents a comparison of unavailability factors for two optical cable section types of repair under conditions of degradation and sudden failures. The first one involves replacing a section of optical cable in case of both degradation and sudden failure caused by outside interference. In the second type, the replacement of the optical cable section is carried out only in case of degradation failure. In case of a sudden failure, the optical cable is repaired by connecting at the point of breakage. To show the degradation process and analyze the impact of sudden failures, mathematical models of the semi-Markov process are used, which allow to determine the average recovery time and time to failure, the unavailability factor, as well as to estimate the duration of the degradation cycle. The degradation cycle covers the duration of optical cable operation from the initial state to the degradation failure, including the recovery time after sudden failures. This parameter can be an estimate the service life of optical cable or its section. At the same time, it is assumed that during operation, due to the cable sections replacement, the whole optical cable will be replaced. It is shown that the degradation cycle of the section in the first type grows with increasing the sudden failures rate, and in the second type, on the contrary, decreases compared to the planned value determined in the absence of sudden failures. The more frequent sudden failures occur, the more noticeable the difference in the values of the optical cable section unavailability factor calculated for both types of repairs. These results can be used to estimate the time needed to replace sections of optical cable due to degradation, as well as to select the optimal strategy for maintenance and repair of the access network optical cable.
Weaving the Threads of Experience into Human Information Interaction (HII): Probing User Experience (UX) for New Directions in Information Behaviour
Creators: name: O'Brien, Heather, 1977-
Publisher: name: Emerald Publishing Group
Year: 2013

description: Information behaviour has evolved to focus on the dynamic human information interactions (HII) between systems and users, to develop models that encompass user behaviour, cognition, and affect, and to understand the ways in which context and tasks motivate information needs and shape information seeking and use. In recent years, User Experience (UX) has gained prominence in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and may provide further enrichment and new directions in the design and development of HII theories, methodologies, systems and services. This chapter is to provide an overview of UX, and to explore the intersection between HII and UX, specifically with respect to the shared emphasis on context, needs, and sense making. The overarching aim is to provide new directions for information behaviour by proposing that we view HII through a UX lens as we strive to holistically conceptualize, evaluate and design for human information experiences. Taking a UX approach allows us to imagine information interactions as rich and varied narratives, and to explore information seeking and use as processes within, and outcomes and predictors of human experiences.
Formation of Product Promotion Strategies of Companies Producing Computer Games
Creators: name: Polous, Olha
name: Mykhalchenko, Inna
name: Radchenko, Hanna
name: Lysenko, Olena
name: Pysmenna, Kateryna
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: DDC::6** Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::62* Ingenieurwissenschaften::621 Angewandte Physik

description: The research actuality of the study is due to the fact that it is vital to understand the economic implications of promotional strategies, companies can use modern insights to optimize their marketing budgets, ensuring that their promotional activities yield the highest possible return on investment. Aim of the paper is to evaluate the evolving strategies used by companies to promote their products for the release of computer games, aiming to identify effective digital marketing tools, understand regional and cultural marketing nuances, and uncover innovative promotional tactics. In order to achieve the research goal, general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, logical and situational analysis and specific methods inherent in management sciences (subjective-objective approach, economic and statistical analysis, method of ranking, grouping, comparison, classification) were used. The practical and theoretical relevance of this study is that it can be valuable resource for understanding the complexities of video game promotion in the digital age. By analysing EA's approach and considering emerging trends, we aim to offer insights that can help companies adapt and thrive as the industry evolves.
Additional file 4 of Current clinical practice for thromboprophylaxis management in patients with Cushing’s syndrome across reference centers of the European Reference Network on Rare Endocrine Conditions (Endo-ERN)
Creators: name: van Haalen, F. M.
name: Kaya, M.
name: Pelsma, I. C. M.
name: Dekkers, O. M.
name: Biermasz, N. R.
name: Cannegieter, S. C.
name: Huisman, M. V.
name: van Vlijmen, B. J. M.
name: Feelders, R. A.
name: Klok, F. A.
name: Pereira, A. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 4: Primary survey.
RUSSO-GEORGIAN WAR OF AUGUST 2008: CLASH OF IDEOLOGIES AND NATIONAL PROJECTS IN THE ERA OF HYBRID WARFARE
Creators: name: Darchiashvili, David
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: The article purports that the underlying reasons behind the Russo- Georgian War that erupted in August 2008 were Georgia’s aspirations to join the Western security institutions and Russia’s strong opposition to such developments. The conflict is largely regarded as Russia’s aggression against a neighbouring sovereign country, although flavoured with intra-Georgian ethno-political cleavages. For years, the discussion has focused on the midnight attack on August 7, executed by Georgian forces on the town of Tskhinvali, a stronghold of Ossetian separatists, violating peace keeping accords signed back in the 1990s. The following article attempts to analyse the logic behind that risky military action taken by the Georgian government. The article applies the concept of hybrid warfare that is generally understood as a combination of actions, blurring the lines between war and peace, through the engagement of special and irregular military units, diplomatic, economic and informational measures, and support for radical anti-governmental forces operating within the borders of the targeted country, creating fertile ground for conventional military intervention under the guise of peace enforcement. The author retrospectively applies this recently acknowledged concept and argues that Georgia has been under Russia’s hybrid attack at least since 2006. Thus, it could be argued that then President Mikheil Saakashvili ordered the attack on Tskhinvali under the stress of the dire circumstances described in the article. The international community, either unaware of or simply reluctant to acknowledge Russia’s hybrid warfare approach, regarded Georgia’s actions as disproportionate. However, today, when this form of aggression is increasingly deemed as the beginning of conventional military intervention against sovereign countries, new analytical light can be shed on the Russo-Georgian war in general, and on the events of August 7 in particular. The author purports that in that moment an all-out war could have been avoided if a) the Georgian government had surrendered; or b) if the international community had intervened in a decisive manner. However, neither was feasible.
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 7 (2018)
Cryo-EM reveals structural basis for human AIM/CD5L recognition of polymeric immunoglobulin M.
Creators: name: Chen, Qu
name: Ishii, Kazuhiro
name: Mori, Haruka
name: Nishijima, Akemi
name: Arai, Satoko
name: Miyazaki, Toru
name: Rosenthal, Peter B
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: Immunology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: Structural Biology & Biophysics
subject: Structural Biology & Biophysics
classificationCode: Imaging
subject: Imaging

description: Cell surface scavenger receptors contribute to homoeostasis and the response to pathogens and products associated with damage by binding to common molecular features on a wide range of targets. Apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage (AIM/CD5L) is a soluble protein belonging to the scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) superfamily that contributes to prevention of a wide range of diseases associated with infection, inflammation, and cancer. AIM forms complexes with IgM pentamers which helps maintain high-levels of circulating AIM in serum for subsequent activation on release from the complex. The structural basis for AIM recognition of IgM as well as other binding targets is unknown. Here we apply cryogenic electron microscopy imaging (cryo-EM) to show how interfaces on both of AIM's C-terminal SRCR domains interact with the Fcμ constant region and J chain components of the IgM core. Both SRCR interfaces are also shown to contribute interactions important for AIM binding to damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs).
TERVISE TÕTTU AJATEENISTUSEST ENNE TÄHTAEGA VÄLJALANGEMINE JA SELLEGA SEOTUD TEGURID
Creators: name: Oja, Leila
name: Piksööt, Jaanika
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: The article deals with drop-outs and predictive health-related factors. The analysis compares the data of the Defence Resources Agency regarding conscripts who dropped out because of health during the training period and the respondents of the first polling wave in the 2016 human resources survey. This comparison provides the opportunity to find out whether health problems in compulsory military service are the escalation of previous health problems or they are caused by other reasons. The article also seeks to determine to what extent it is possible to predict who is more likely to drop out from compulsory military service on the basis of background characteristics, self-assessed health, physical fitness performance, use of medications, motivation etc. Based on the background characteristics, the results confirm that the conscripts who drop out before the end of training differentiate in terms of their older age, they were living in partnership before the conscription, their family income is lower and they more frequently do not speak Estonian at home. Compared to other conscripts, they have lower health ratings; they are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases including obesity, joint diseases, back problems, asthma, stomach ulcers, depression, injuries, poisonings, and allergies. Before entering military service they were more likely to use prescription drugs. Among those who drop out from military service due to health, there are more of those who at the beginning of military service self-assessed their physical condition as (very) poor, and due to injuries they have not been involved in sports. As to emotional health, the conscripts who drop out of military service before the end have significantly higher depression scores compared to conscripts who complete the required military service. Among the drop-outs there are more young people who start their military service on a compulsory basis, rather than choosing their own time for military service. The drop-outs also tend to start their compulsory military service rather reluctantly.
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 6 (2018)
Additional file 5 of Current clinical practice for thromboprophylaxis management in patients with Cushing’s syndrome across reference centers of the European Reference Network on Rare Endocrine Conditions (Endo-ERN)
Creators: name: van Haalen, F. M.
name: Kaya, M.
name: Pelsma, I. C. M.
name: Dekkers, O. M.
name: Biermasz, N. R.
name: Cannegieter, S. C.
name: Huisman, M. V.
name: van Vlijmen, B. J. M.
name: Feelders, R. A.
name: Klok, F. A.
name: Pereira, A. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 5: Secondary survey.
Digital Transformation of Linguistic Pedagogy
Creators: name: Hromko, Tetiana
name: Vasylenko, Oksana
name: Chepelyuk, Nataliya
name: Hromko, Yevheniia
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: DDC::6** Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::62* Ingenieurwissenschaften::621 Angewandte Physik

description: The article investigates technical and linguistic innovations in interactive applications for learning English, including the implementation of artificial intelligence, natural language processing (NLP) and gamification. The development of an innovative interactive English language learning application, EnApp, which merges linguistic innovation with technological advancements to enhance the learning experience, is presented in the article. EnApp employs a comprehensive approach, combining personalized learning, gamification, and multimedia elements to address the challenges of modern language acquisition. The application incorporates interactive dictionaries, thematic units, and multimedia content to support vocabulary, grammar, and listening comprehension. The study utilizes a variety of research methods, including user needs analysis, comparative analysis, and gamification techniques. The application's architecture, based on Unity and C#, ensures a seamless user experience. Key features include user registration, dictionary management, interactive exercises, and a progress tracking system. Through extensive testing and feedback analysis, EnApp has demonstrated its effectiveness in improving English language skills. Users reported increased motivation, engagement, and proficiency in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. The application's adaptive learning algorithms and personalized feedback mechanisms contribute to its success. By integrating linguistic innovation with technological solutions, it provides a flexible, engaging, and effective tool for learners of all ages and abilities.
AJATEENISTUSEST ENNE TÄHTAEGA RESERVI ARVAMISE SOTSIAALSED TEGURID JA DÜNAAMIKA
Creators: name: Kasearu, Kairi
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: Conscription has been abolished in many countries; however, changes in the security environment and recruitment needs have brought the question of conscription back to the table. Compulsory military service has its pros and cons from different perspectives – societal and individual. An indicator of the effectiveness of conscription is the attrition rate during the service period. In Estonia, the attrition rate has been relatively high – approximately one fifth of conscripts have been discharged from service. The aim of the study is to explore which social and demographic factors have an impact on the risk of attrition. Based on data from the Estonian Conscript Survey, we estimate the risk of attrition among draftees during their service (8 or 11 months). The survey was carried out in 2016–2017 among conscripts who were drafted during this time period. We apply multivariate survival analysis (Cox proportional hazards regression) to estimate the effect of sociodemographic characteristics and attitudes on attrition. Conscript attrition is also related to the attitudes of significant others and the conscript’s satisfaction with their health and degree of military readiness. Based on the results of the analysis, we found that the attrition risk is higher among older conscripts. This association could be described by other factors: partnership status, poor health and economic difficulties. Namely, the risk of attrition is higher among those who were not satisfied with their health at the beginning of the service and who had difficulties in coping economically. Moreover, the partner’s (spouse, unmarried cohabiting partner) negative attitude towards conscript service was significantly associated with being discharged from service. To conclude, the results indicate that although the official reasons for being discharged from service are related to health problems, our analysis shows that there is a range of other contributing social factors.
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 6 (2018)
MENTAL HEALTH IN THE MILITARY CONTEXT: EMOTIONAL STATES AND HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOURS DURING CONSCRIPTION
Creators: name: Purre, Merle
name: Oja, Leila
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: Mental health problems and help-seeking behaviours for them in the military context has become an important topic of research. Most of the current studies address the topic among service members and mission veterans. These studies indicate that the fear of being stigmatized is a considerable obstacle towards seeking help. There is, however, something of a knowledge gap concerning mental health among conscripts. Traditionally, the military ethos has promoted self-reliance, duty, as well as other masculine qualities. These qualities are instilled in conscripts during their time in the service. A strict adherence to the military ethos and these masculine values can, however, hinder help-seeking behaviours among recruits. Purpose: To explore changes in the mental wellbeing of conscripts and their attitudes towards help-seeking during the conscription period by analysing their emotional states and tracking their interactions with support services. Method: In order to research changes in the mental wellbeing of conscripts during their conscription service, an emotional state questionnaire (EST-Q2) was administered three time times over the course of the service period. The questionnaire was part of a more complex survey. In order to evaluate how well the conscripts were able to adapt to the service and cope with stressors, the results, in relation to the symptoms of depression, anxiety and other problems, were analysed. Help-seeking behaviours among conscripts finishing their service were also analysed in order to provide more information about the use of mental health support services. Results: The prevalence of symptoms related to depression and anxiety increased during the course of conscription, whereas the problems related to social phobias, mental exhaustion and sleep disturbances somewhat decreased. According to the results, approximately half of the conscripts present during the 3rd phase of the survey did not have any contact with any of the designated support services (a psychologist, social worker, or chaplain).
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 6 (2018)
Testing the Energy Efficiency of a New Type of Photothermal Device in Dry Climate Conditions
Creators: name: Tursunov, Muhammadjon
name: Sabirov, Khabibullo
name: Alikulov, Ramazon
name: Uygun, Kholov
name: Jamoliddin, Shohimardonov
name: Mansur, Eshmatov
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: DDC::6** Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::62* Ingenieurwissenschaften::621 Angewandte Physik

description: The results obtained on the photoelectric battery (PVB) and photothermal battery (PTB) based on a new type of autonomous moving cooling system photothermal devices (PTD) are presented in this research work. This new type of device (PTD) is self-cooling and has the ability to provide hot water for the village residents while increasing the efficiency of the PTB. There was created a new experimental copy of the device with a power of 300 W based on the design of the PTD with a new type of cooling system with a power of 60 W mentioned in previous scientific research. It consists of a 180 W PVB, a 60A·h battery, a 2kW inverter, a 50A controller, a radiator for cooling hot water, 5 cooling fans, a pump, and a cart-shaped structure for their installation. It is possible to get results in two different situations in the experimental copy with a new type of cooling system. It is possible to increase the efficiency of PTD by fully using the cooling system, and to obtain hot water for the household without a sharp decrease in efficiency by partially using the cooling system. There is mentioned a study of hot water regimes with a temperature of 40-50 0C for the agricultural sector, depending on the intensity of solar radiation and ambient temperature. Preliminary tests showed that the power of the PTD differs from the power of the PVB by up to 70 W. This new PTD showed that it is possible to use it in many other cases, such as water supply, lighting, watching TV, listening to the radio, using a refrigerator, charging computers and phones in rural areas.
Additional file 1 of Cell membrane fluidity and ROS resistance define DMSO tolerance of cryopreserved synovial MSCs and HUVECs
Creators: name: Mizuno, Mitsuru
name: Matsuzaki, Takahisa
name: Ozeki, Nobutake
name: Katano, Hisako
name: Koga, Hideyuki
name: Takebe, Takanori
name: Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Y.
name: Sekiya, Ichiro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Alteration of mRNA expression profiles after freeze-thawing. (a) GO analyses for differentially expressed genes between cells before and after freeze-thawing. The top 15 GO terms with high enrichment scores and low p values between freeze-thawed and fresh cells are shown. (b) Venn diagram of genes with twofold upregulation after freeze-thawing in MSCs and HUVECs. (c) GO terms with high enrichment scores and low p values for the 97 co-expressed genes in MSCs and HUVECs. Figure S2. Differences in AQP expression after supplementation with 5% DMSO between MSCs and HUVECs. Figure S3. Cell membrane fluidity. (a) Low magnification histograms for frequency by GP are shown with mean ± SD (n = 3). Data are shown for conditions before and after DMSO supplementation. (b) Low magnification histograms for frequency by GP are shown with mean ± SD (n = 3). Data are shown in the absence/presence of DMSO and CAY10566 (stearoyl-coA desaturase 1 inhibitors). Figure S4. Differences in lipogenesis between MSCs and HUVECs.
WHAT IF THEY FORGET WHO I AM? FEARS OF ESTONIAN CONSCRIPTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE
Creators: name: Truusa, Tiia-Triin
name: Talves, Kairi
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: The paper analyzes the fears that conscripts have during their conscription period. The analysis is based on the conscript survey in the human resources research project started in the Estonian Defence Forces (EDF) in 2016. As civilian life and the life that young men experience under the compulsory draft differ quite drastically, our research focuses on the question of what fears conscripts have in connection with the service. In this paper we analyze the open (free text) answers to the aforementioned question where the participants could elaborate on the fears they experience. The results are evaluated in relation to life-course theories and in context of societal changes in Estonia. The analysis also allowed us to examine the congruence between the conceptualization of Estonian conscription and the life goals of young men in the context of Estonian society. The results of the analysis show that the predominant fears that young men experience during their conscription period are connected to a loss of agency and status but also being away from their loved ones and not being able to continue with the plans for their life.
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 6 (2018)
Methodical Approach to the Startup Ecosystem Formation : Foreign Experience and Opportunities for Ukraine
Creators: name: Khaustova, Viktoriia
name: Kyzym, Mykola
name: Reshetnyak, Olena
name: Khaustov, Mykyta
name: Trushkina, Nataliia
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: DDC::6** Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::62* Ingenieurwissenschaften::621 Angewandte Physik

description: In modern conditions, startups play a key role in ensuring the sustainable development of national economies around the world. In view of this, the purpose of this study is to substantiate a methodological approach to creating a startup ecosystem in Ukraine based on the generalization of best global practices. To achieve the stated goal of the study, the following scientific approaches and methods were used: analysis and synthesis; system approach; bibliometric analysis; content analysis; economic and statistical analysis; rating evaluation; expert assessments; comparative analysis; system-logical analysis; cluster analysis; monographic method; graphic method. The article clarifies the essence of the concept of a “startup ecosystem” as a network association of organizational structures of various forms of ownership that provide support for the creation of innovative startup projects at different stages of their life cycle with subsequent scaling. As a result of the study, it was proven that the development of startups in Ukraine involves the creation of an effective ecosystem that would provide their support at all stages of the life cycle (from the creation of an innovative project to its implementation in the form of a company). To achieve this, the composition of the elements of the startup ecosystem was formed according to the main stages of their life cycle and a methodical approach to the formation of a startup ecosystem in Ukraine was developed, which is characterized by a specific set of institutions in the country, the complex combination of whose efforts will provide support for the formation of startups (at all stages of their life cycle) and will contribute to the activation of innovative entrepreneurship. The practical value of scientific developments lies in the fact that the proposed methodological approach has been implemented in the activities of the Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the Kharkiv Region.
Cascaded silicon-on-insulator microring resonators for the detection of biomolecules in PDMS microfluidic channel
Creators: name: Flueckiger, Jonas
name: Grist, Samantha M.
name: Bisra, Gurpa
name: Chrostowski, Lukas
name: Cheung, Karen C.
Publisher: name: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Year: 2011

description: Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) photonic microring resonators have shown promising potential for real time detection of biomolecules because of the sensitivity towards surface binding events. Previous work shows the use of single ring resonators for sensing applications. Each ring requires an input and output coupler and can be addressed only one at a time. We propose a novel use of cascaded ring resonators (width w = 200 nm and bending Radius R = 30 µm) together with a PDMS microfluidic network fabricated by soft lithography to expose each ring individually with different solutions. The SOI substrate with the planar waveguides and the PDMS with the microchannels are reversibly bonded to each other. The use of cascaded ring resonators offers the possibility to measure transmission spectra of multiple rings in different channels simultaneously. We measured Q-factors of >30'000 in air and >10'000 when exposed to water. Using a water/glycerin solution with known refractive indices we determine the sensitivity to be ~40 nm/RIU. Copyright 2011 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
An Innovative Approach of API Automation Testing Implemented on Cloud Environments Using Container Management Services
Creators: name: Dimova, Tanja
name: Kalendar, Igor
name: Denkovski, Daniel
name: Efnusheva, Danijela
name: Kalendar, Marija
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 006.3

description: This research paper focuses on developing a complete system for daily automation testing of comprehensive web applications implemented on cloud environments, encompassing the execution of automated API tests, real-time monitoring and results visualization of the testing environments. Despite the tools for developing automated API tests, the study uses containerization tools as Docker and Kubernetes, showcasing their integration into a cohesive testing framework. Furthermore, the implementation leverages the potential of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to demonstrate the usage of cloud computing services, emphasizing scalability and efficiency. Additionally, the paper details the integration of monitoring tools, specifically Elasticsearch, to assess and visualize the health and performance of the underlying Kubernetes cluster. Through a comprehensive approach, encompassing a wide variety of tools, the research establishes a continuous and automated testing environment essential for cutting-edge software applications. Results showcase the successful orchestration of all the technologies, highlighting their collective impact on achieving a robust and efficient system for continuous automation testing and monitoring.
As alterações climáticas: uma realidade transformada em desafio
Creators: name: Borrego, Carlos
name: Lopes, Myriam
name: Ribeiro, Isabel
name: Carvalho, Anabela
name: Miranda, Ana Isabel
Publisher: name: Revista Captar: Ciência e Ambiente para Todos
Year: 2010

description: As alterações climáticas são uma das actuais ameaças ao desenvolvimento sustentável, pondo em causa não apenas os equilíbrios naturais, mas também a segurança de umagrande parte da população. As principais causas das alterações climáticas centram-se no aumento das concentrações de um conjunto de gases emitidos pela actividade humana, que interferem com os padrões normais de troca de energia por radiação, entre a Terra e o espaçoexterior, fenómeno este chamado ‘efeito de estufa’. Ao longo dos anos, vários estudos científicos têm vindo a demonstrar que a acção humana veio alterar as concentrações atmosféricas, a distribuição espacial e os ciclos de vida dos gases com efeito de estufa. Apesar de algumas incertezas há factos indesmentíveis: os níveis de dióxido de carbono na atmosfera estão a aumentar exponencialmente e atingiram valores nunca antes alcançados. Como vamos actuar? Uma das mais recentes medidas passa pela descarbonização da economia, resultado da implementação do mercado do carbono. Mas será suficiente? O grande debate climático centra-se, hoje, não só na definição de novas metas de redução da emissão de gases com efeito de estufa, mas também nas acções de mitigação e adaptação às alterações climáticas. A Humanidade enfrenta um dos maiores desafios de que há memória. A mitigação e a adaptação às alterações climáticas devem ser encaradas como oportunidades de desenvolvimento e não como simples imposições políticas que apenas acarretam investimentos financeiros. Novas fontes de energia e tecnologias mais limpas são apenas exemplos de como melhorar o ambiente, combater as alterações climáticas e promover a saúde Humana.
description: Revista Captar: Ciência e Ambiente para Todos, vol. 2 n.º 2 (2010)
AJATEENIJATE TEENISTUSMOTIVATSIOONI JA TEENISTUSSE JÄÄMISE SOOVI PROGNOOSIVAD TEGURID
Creators: name: Karton, Inga
name: Männiste, Tõnis
name: Tepp, Alo
name: Kornilov, Ivar
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: The main purpose of conscription is training. However, the motivation of conscripts influences the quality of the acquisition of the skills necessary for reservists. Motivation also has an impact on the readiness of reservists to return to reservist service after their conscription. In addition, conscripts’ motivation level has an impact on whether they consider the possibility to continue their service as active service members after conscription. Based on the above, this article focuses on the conscripts’ service motivation and learning motivation and their evolution throughout their conscription service, as well as on related aspects and factors. The research is based on a questionnaire from the human resource sustainability survey of the Estonian Defence Forces developed by the Centre of Excellence for Strategic Sustainability of Tartu University, the National Institute of Health Development and the Estonian National Defence College. The basic structure of the questionnaire is interdisciplinary and involves different fields, including service motivation and learning attitudes. The sample includes all persons who started their conscription service in July and October of 2016. According to the main hypotheses of this article, the service motivation and learning attitudes of conscripts decrease during their service, and those conscripts with higher service motivation tend to consider the possibility of further service as active service members. The survey confirmed the proposed hypothesis according to which both the service motivation and learning attitudes of conscripts decrease during their service. Also, service motivation played an important role in considering the possibility to continue in the military after conscription. Although the overall service motivation decreased during conscription, it remained on the same level throughout conscription service for those conscripts who were considering a career in the military. Regarding changes in the considerations to continue in active service, it turned out that it decreased among the conscripts with a mainly deep learning attitude and increased among the conscripts with a mainly surface learning attitude.
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 6 (2018)
Additional file 1 of Increased breastfeeding; an educational exchange program between India and Norway improving newborn health in a low- and middle-income hospital population
Creators: name: Haaland, Kirsti
name: Sitaraman, Sadasivam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Participant report.
RAHULOLU AJATEENISTUSEGA JA SEDA MÕJUTAVAD TEGURID EESTI KAITSEVÄES
Creators: name: Demus, Eteri
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: The aim of this study is to explore how conscripts themselves evaluate different aspects of Estonian military service and how these, together with their socio-demogra phic characteristics, could affect their personal life satisfaction through the compulsory military service. The data was gathered by the Estonian National Defence College. The data was analysed using various statistical analysis methods (descriptive statistics and regression). Based on the results of the analysis, it was found that the life satisfaction of conscripts changed significantly during their military service, being the highest at the start of the service before any military influence. The lowest life satisfaction was after the Soldier’s Basic Course which is rather expected because many previous studies describe this period as a cultural shock for conscripts. Life satisfaction was higher again at the end of the military service when more socialization and stronger relations among conscripts could have led to the emergence of a collective identity. Satisfaction with the different aspects of military service came out to be one of the main influences on life satisfaction during the military service, as connections between life satisfaction and satisfaction with military service are statistically significant in many cases, for example the intergroup relations, the relations with commanders, also the perception of autonomy and usefulness of military training. The results of the analysis proved that conscripts who joined the military service voluntarily had significantly higher satisfaction with the service than those who were drafted. It was interesting to see that only education and age, out of all the socio-demographic aspects which were examined in this paper, have significant influence on satisfaction with military service. While the key topic of this research is (life) satisfaction, it is important to understand that satisfaction is a very complex topic to study because of the variety of indicators that could influence it so that the same variables might not give the same results for different individuals. The results of this study show that the environment offered by the Defence Forces and how individuals react to this is more important than the conscript’s socio-demographic background. In addition, contrary to expectations, the data revealed that despite the isolation from everyday life, satisfaction with different aspects still evolved from the same principles as outside of the military service. This means that it should, at least in theory, be possible to keep conscripts’ life satisfaction on a similar level as before the start of the military service throughout the whole period of service.


 
 
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 6 (2018)
Development of a Textbook in the Modern Educational and Scientific Mathematical and Informatics Environment of Higher Education Students
Creators: name: Kovtoniuk, Marianna
name: Soia, Olena
name: Kosovets, Olena
name: Leonova, Ivanna
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: DDC::6** Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::62* Ingenieurwissenschaften::621 Angewandte Physik

description: The article deals with the problems of modelling and functioning of a textbook (digital textbook) as an integral part of the educational and scientific mathematical and informatics environment of higher education. It is shown that a high-quality digital textbook ensures the formation of not only the mathematical culture of a future specialist, but also the formation of such basic competencies as the ability and willingness to self-learn, apply knowledge, skills and abilities to work with computer mathematics systems to improve the efficiency of education, self-education and professional activity. The features of a modern digital textbook in mathematical disciplines in the preparation of a bachelor of mathematics are discussed: 1) the theoretical aspect of creating textbooks in the educational space of a bachelor of mathematics in the conditions of blended learning in Ukraine; 2) content of the digital textbook in accordance with the current regulatory framework and practical experience of teachers; 3) techniques of visualisation of educational material in mathematical disciplines and demonstration of some of them in the author's textbooks; 4) the results of the student survey show a strong direct relationship between the rankings of the frequency of use of textbooks in educational activities and their impact on the effective learning process, based on the interpretation of the nine R. Gagné learning events. The developed and implemented author's digital manuals meet the main criteria for their effective functioning: strategic focus, completeness of coverage, intensity, orderliness, coherence and mobility.
“Impressões digitais moleculares”: um caso de estudo com populações naturais de zooplâncton
Creators: name: Claro, Maria Teresa
name: Castro, Bruno B.
name: Alves, Artur
name: Correia, António
name: Loureiro, Cláudia
name: Gonçalves, Fernando
Publisher: name: Revista Captar: Ciência e Ambiente para Todos
Year: 2010

description: Os dafnídeos pertencem ao zooplâncton de água doce e são organismos-modelo importantes em diversas áreas como limnologia, ecotoxicologia, genética ecológica e, recentemente, em genómica. Contudo, as suas relações filogenéticas e a sua taxonomia são ainda bastante controversas, sendo a identificação destes organismos dificultada pela elevada plasticidade fenotípica que apresentam e a existência de fluxo de genes entre espécies, via hibridação e retrocruzamentos. Adicionalmente, os dafnídeos alternam entre reprodução sexuada e assexuada, pelo que coexistem várias linhagens clonais dentro da mesma população. Assim, tem crescido a necessidade da utilização de ferramentas moleculares que permitam explorar a arquitectura genética das populações naturais destes invertebrados. Neste trabalho, a técnica de MSP-PCR (microsatellite-primed polymerase chain reaction), utilizada com sucesso na diferenciação de outros organismos, foi aplicada a três populações de Simocephalus vetulus com o objectivo de analisar a sua variação genética. O objectivo último consistia na obtenção de perfis moleculares (“impressões digitais”) que permitissem distinguir indivíduos geneticamente distintos. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram a utilidade desta técnica na diferenciação de populações e de linhagens clonais cultivadas em laboratório, revelando contudo uma grande variabilidade associada à técnica e a necessidade de optimização da mesma.
description: Revista Captar: Ciência e Ambiente para Todos, vol. 2 n.º 3 (2010)
Study of the Energy Efficiency of a Thermal Electrical Generator with a Hydraulic Heat Supply System
Creators: name: Ivanov, Oleg
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: DDC::6** Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::62* Ingenieurwissenschaften::621 Angewandte Physik

description: The article presents the results of a study of an alternative option for generating electricity as an approach to reducing dependence on traditional methods of generating electricity. We have proposed a variant of a thermal electric generator containing a thermoelectric converter with a hydraulic system for a forced supply of cold and hot heat carriers. The research aimed to determine the thermal generator's efficiency under different variants of external load and temperature differences on the thermal sides of the thermoelectric converter. The load was selected from a variable range: 0, 0.51, 1.8, 5.1, 15 Ω. The temperature range was from 10 to 45°C. Semiconductor sensor technology was used to monitor the temperature, electrical and thermal power parameters of a thermal power generator. The study of the generator operation without load revealed a linear change in the converter's thermoelectromotive force from 600 to 2600 mV. With an external load of 15 Ω, we managed to achieve the best performance in generating the output voltage, which varied linearly from 600 to 2500 mV. In the course of comparative studies, the highest generator power was recorded at an external resistance of 1.8 Ω, which varied from 0.05 to 0.43 W depending on the temperature difference. At this load value, the best energy conversion rates were also achieved, when the efficiency coefficient varied between 0.3 and 0.55%.
Minas da Ervedosa: no passado uma mina, hoje um laboratório natural
Creators: name: Carvalho, João
name: Gavina, Ana
name: Cruz, Tamira
name: Gonçalves, Fernando
name: Pereira, Ruth
name: Antunes, Sara C.
Publisher: name: Revista Captar: Ciência e Ambiente para Todos
Year: 2010

description: O Couto Mineiro de Ervedosa localiza-se nas freguesias de Ervedosa e Vale das Fontes, concelho de Vinhais e está inserido na Região Natural de Bragança exibindo uma complexidade geológica peculiar que propicia a actividade mineira. Outrora um jazigo de relevância nacional a mina de Ervedosa é, actualmente, um conjunto de ruínas, das quais restam apenas memórias e longas histórias para contar. As únicas estruturas que resistem ao tempo são as casas dos antigos funcionários, ainda hoje habitadas. As primeiras referências ao jazigo datam de 1857, e após décadas de exploração e extracção de minério, nomeadamente arsénio e estanho, as minas encerraram em 1969. A angariação de mão-de-obra proveniente de várias zonas do país originou uma população inter-regional, conferindo à região uma riqueza histórica ímpar, que aliada à riqueza natural característica da própria área constitui um manancial de informação que pode ser explorado. A ampla diversidade de habitats são uma componente essencial para a diversificada fauna e flora que pode ser observada no local. Ao longo deste artigo é efectuada uma descrição histórica dos acontecimentos mineiros, enfatizando-se as áreas adjacentes à exploração em termos geológicos e biológicos. Numa perspectiva de aplicação prática dos conhecimentos adquiridos e de Educação Ambiental, sugere-se ainda um vasto conjunto de actividades (para o compartimento aquático e para o compartimento terrestre) que poderão ser desenvolvidas com alunos de diferentes níveis de ensino.
description: Revista Captar: Ciência e Ambiente para Todos, vol. 2 n.º 3 (2010)
THE ROLE OF PRECEDENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUDICIAL PRACTICE: ANALYSIS AND PROSPECTS
Creators: name: Kabilova, Gulnora
name: Igamberdieva, Dilbar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article is devoted to the study of the role of precedents in the development of judicial practice. Precedents, as a part of the general legal system, play an important role in the formation and interpretation of legislation. The article analyzes the basic principles of working with precedents, their importance for law enforcement bodies, as well as the prospects for the use of case law in modern conditions.
Additional file 2 of Increased breastfeeding; an educational exchange program between India and Norway improving newborn health in a low- and middle-income hospital population
Creators: name: Haaland, Kirsti
name: Sitaraman, Sadasivam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2. Three days survey.