Collective Work Research Articles

MmSignature: Semi-supervised human identification system based on millimeter wave radar

Human identification is vital in health monitoring, human-computer interaction, safety detection, and other fields. Compared with traditional vision-based methods, millimeter wave radar sensors can protect users' privacy and work in dark environments, which has a wide range of application prospects in iot fields such as smart homes and smart medical care. Previous studies need to manually collect labeled data, which makes the data collection work need substantial human resources and is unsuitable for popularization and application. We automatically collect multi-modal radar signals in users ' daily lives without requiring researchers to label data manually. Based on the proposed data collection method, we established the first semi-supervised data set for human identification, which includes synchronous radar point cloud data and range-velocity map data. The dataset contains four experiments, including ten monitoring users and ten other users. We propose a semi-supervised co-training framework based on multi-modal data fusion for human identification. The framework guides the models to learn from unlabeled data using the complementary characteristics of point cloud data and range-velocity map data. In addition, we propose an information fusion method to fuse the radar data of two modes to further improve the model's performance. The experimental results show that the proposed method achieves 93.7% human identification accuracy, showing radar-based human identification technology's application and promotion potential.

Pyschological traumatic perinatal experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, epigenetic hypothesis and protective suggestions

AbstractWhether Covid-19 will continue with different viral mutations it will last is not yet known. For this reason, correct management of the process becomes important in order to ensure that future generations are least affected by this experience. This literature review aims to discuss hypotheses for the epigenetic effect of perinatal experiences affecting mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic and protective intervention recommendations. A comprehensive understanding of epigenetic mechanisms can allow early risk detection and directed prevention and intervention strategies. There is a need for epigenetic studies that monitor the short- and long-term effects in women/infants going through the perinatal period during the Covid-19 pandemic. Epigenetic studies are costly and take a long time. At this time where the pandemic is still ongoing, it is predicted that the negative effects will be reduced by predicting epigenetic effects and taking protective approaches in line with the results obtained from previous studies. These will be possible with the collective work of multidisciplinary team members. Mental health care professionals should receive training on epigenetics in the perinatal period and should be able to integrate it into counseling processes.

Susanne K. Langers “Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling.” Eine späte Wiederentdeckung

Summary It is about 100 Years ago that the German-American philosopher Susanne K. Langer started a bold and courageous appearance on the stage of consciousness-research - until then exclusively dominated by male and paternalistic figures. This contribution is to highlight SK Langers work and impact on the theory of consciousness, especially on her final three volume publication: “Mind. An Essay on Human Feeling” (1967, 1972, 1982) which, until now, has not been translated into German. What stands out in Langer’s work is her intuitive closeness to many Gestalt-theorists and the overriding importance she attributes to symbolization in the specific make-up of the human mind. Her main focus is centered on presentative symbolics; meaning those early forms of human expression (prior or along the development of human language) in magic rituals, rhythm, music, painting and sculpturing, early collective work experience, formalized playing or funeral activities. Langers view on symbols goes far beyond the typical meaning of reference towards a much more sophisticated intertwinement of form, event and being in a matrix of “living tensions”. I would like to point out that her research is of important value to a revised thinking on mental health and mental crisis in reshaping the complex interaction between image, Gestalt and Symbol.

Toward disability-centered, culturally sustaining pedagogies in teacher education

ABSTRACT Teacher education in the United States operates within the same politically polarized and tense contexts as schools. Research predominantly relies on the voices and experiences of scholars and professionals, despite the importance of community-engaged pedagogies and learning approaches. Collective work that bridges the roles of scholars and community activists requires a shift in how teacher education is conceptualized for a new generation of intersectionality-focused anti-racist and anti-ableist teachers and teacher educators. Centering the knowledge of disabled activists, poverty scholars, and community scholars in partnership with educational professionals, we introduce Disability Centered Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies (DCCSPs), a conceptual framework and pedagogical application integrating Disability Critical Race Theory and culturally sustaining pedagogies in teacher education. We outline the critical need for this theory in teacher education in the United States and globally, opportunities for practical integration, and conclude with future directions.

IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL HUB AT IVANO-FRANKIVSK NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY'S PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE

The development of technologies transforms, develops, and improves old and creates new forms of human life organization, optimizing and modernizing them. Technologies also influence transformational changes in education and require the joint efforts and collective work of all educators, which necessitates updating approaches to organizing educational processes, determining the renewal of the educational space, and developing a modern educational environment characterized by technological saturation. One of the elements of the information and digital learning environment is the so-called digital (virtual) educational hub. Digital educational hubs can support any educational field, including the «Health care» sector. Learning during the pandemic and war has prompted us to create an online platform for self-education or an Education Hub based on the university website.
 The target audience of the hub includes students of the specialized medical college of Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University in the field of knowledge 22 «Health Care», specialties 223 «Nursing», 221 «Dentistry», 226 «Pharmacy»; students of the medical and dental faculties of IFNMU, and students of other medical educational institutions.
 The Educational hub consists of a homepage that provides general information about the Professional Medical College, Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, the goals of the hub, and more. The next page, «Nursing» is designed for students of specialty 223 «Nursing». Virtual learning blocks have been created for students, which contain videos and algorithms for various manipulations, test tasks, materials for preparation for the Krok M exam, tactical medicine guides, and more.
 From the «Nursing» page, one can navigate to the «Dentistry» page, designed for students of specialty 221 «Dentistry» and the «Pharmacy» page, designed for students of specialty 226 «Pharmacy».
 As part of the cooperation between the professional medical college of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University and the Andrey Krupinsky Lviv Medical Academy before the war, various events took place. The war has had an impact on our lives...
 However, our cooperation continues. During times of unstable electricity and constant anxiety for the implementation of academic mobility, we have used the Educational Hub. In particular, professors Natalia Tsubanova, Oleksandra Palahitska, and Natalia Rudakova from the Andriy Krupinsky Lviv Medical Academy posted a series of educational materials on the Educational Hub. Associate Professor Oleksandr Bulbuk (professional medical college of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University) shared his educational materials on dentistry. This ensured free access and the establishment of organized learning opportunities, allowing all interested students from both educational institutions to participate in the educational process regardless of their location and time.
 The Educational Hub of the Professional Medical College of Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University is an element of the information and digital learning environment that modernizes and enhances it, providing the development of the educational process in the field of "Healthcare". Additionally, this educational platform enables academic mobility for all participants of the educational process.

Children's lived experience and perceptions of community members' influence on their schooling: a study in Uganda.

Global and national initiatives have successfully increased access to public education in low- and middle-income countries. However, many students in rural regions in these countries have high rates of absenteeism and drop-out, and low levels of academic engagement. Together, these significantly limit children's academic performance and achievement. One strategy that addresses these barriers seeks to engage members of the wider local community in schools. Most previous research focuses on adults' perspectives even though the potential benefit of community engagement is greatest when learners perceive it to be positive. Past research has also focused on community members structured engagement in activities within schools. This research provides a wider exploration of children's lived experience and perceptions concerning community members' influence on their schooling and learning. The aim was to gain a rich picture of how primary school students in rural Uganda perceive that community members' behavior helps or hinders their education. Qualitative data from students 10 to 13 years of age were collected through individual interviews that used the draw-and-talk technique (n = 20) and four focus group discussions. Seven broad categories of community members' actions were perceived to be positive (conflict resolution; supporting students' physical well-being; encouraging learning and positive behavior; reducing truancy; providing food and financial support; collective community work; and political representation). Four categories of community members' actions were perceived to have a negative influence (creating barriers to attending school; noise and other distractions; insecurity; and theft and vandalism). We conclude that carefully structured community involvement in schooling may improve the emotional and material support that facilitates students' continued school attendance and their motivation for learning. However, we also identify some limits on the role that local communities may be able to play in overcoming the challenges facing education in low- and middle-income countries.

Systems Precision Medicine: Putting the Pieces Back Together

Systems precision medicine is an interdisciplinary approach that recognises the complexity of diseases and emphasises the integration of clinical knowledge, multi-omics data, analytical models, and the expertise of physicians and data analysts to personalise the care pathway in complex diseases, such as cancer or diabetes. The aim is to gain a comprehensive understanding of diseases by analysing individual components and identifying relevant aspects for therapy and diagnosis. Key components, their interactions and emerging patterns can be studied using statistical, mathematical and computational tools. The combination of data analysis and clinical evaluation is crucial to effective decision-making, emphasising the need for an integrative approach rather than relying on data alone. Therefore, the crucial point discussed in this paper is that the “computational” part and the “artistic” part (i.e., the physician’s intuition) cannot be separated, and therefore, systems precision medicine can be configured as a collective work of art, involving not only different medical professionals but also, and above all, professional data analysts. The work is “artistic” because data and mathematics alone, without medical knowledge of the context, are not enough. But the work is also “collective” in the sense that it must be the place of cultural integration between the professional intuition of the physician, which cannot be translated into mathematical formulas, and the ability to extract information from multi-omics data of the data analysts, who instead use formal and computational mathematical methods. However, to drive the medical revolution and reassemble a patient’s parts, data analysts need to be involved in the hospital context, and precision medicine physicians should embrace data analytical perspectives. This will require ongoing dialogue, new languages of communication, and education that promotes continuous learning and collaboration between professions, fostering a new level of interdisciplinary collaboration for personalised care.

Significance Assessment as Citizen Science: A Collaborative Methodology for Developing the Significance of Our Collections?

Over the last few decades, the concepts of significance, contextuality and polysemy in museum collections have been repeatedly discussed within the international museum field. In this article, we develop and discuss a methodology for operationalizing these concepts in practical collection work. By collaborating with different communities in assigning meaning to collections, we combine the significance assessment of museum collections with citizen science. Through a number of experiments, we explore collaborations between museums and different communities and find that significance assessment as citizen science adds new perspectives to and creates co-ownership of museum collections and thereby democratizes the museums as public institutions.

Application of LIMS laboratory information management system in testing laboratory

LIMS laboratory information management system, with testing business process management, quality control management, comprehensive resource management, query and statistics and other functions. It adopts B/S development mode, designs and develops based on 5-level architecture, and adopts MySQL database to ensure high security and reliability of the system. The data collection of more than 150 inorganic and organic indicators has been preliminarily realized, the laboratory data collection work has been completed, and the method of comparison with the manual transcription report has been adopted to verify the reliability of the laboratory test data and improve the efficiency and management level of the laboratory.

Beginning the Quilt: A Polyvocal and Diverse Collective Seeking New Forms of Knowledge Production

This article contributes to scholarship on collaborative knowledge-making by documenting our methodological experiences of conducting multiple ethnographies and the emergence of what we describe as a methodology of quilting and vulnerability. We borrowed from critical and decolonial frameworks for knowledge production and knowledge dissemination to reflect on the organic processes that we implemented to document our polyphonic conversations about the challenges, passions and perspectives of being educational researchers and language teachers. We argue for the use of dialogical interactions, using “quilting” as an aesthetic representation of lived experiences and as a medium through which knowledge creation becomes democratized and supported by interdisciplinary scholarship. In this article, we demonstrate the utility of a methodology of vulnerability in learning about the complexities involved with negotiating identities in collective work in the field of language education. We use the metaphor of the quilting bee to theorize vulnerability in collaborative knowledge production. The ultimate goal of this paper is to inspire educators and researchers to explore other forms of studying themselves and their relationships with their identities, cultures, and languages, especially from international contexts. In the end, as an emerging research collective, we advocate questioning and challenging whose voices are being heard and the power relations involved in collaborative and interdisciplinary research processes.

Teacher leadership and teachers’ learning: actualizing the connection from day one

ABSTRACTThis article offers a review of research and scholarly work about why it matters that new teachers have early opportunities to engage in leadership activities despite their beginner status. It builds on a continuing strand of literature grappling with leadership work as an organisational quality, manifest in activity and practice which need not be restricted to those with formal leadership roles. If capacity building for leadership is left until later in a teacher’s career, this can mean those with potential to lead may have already left the profession in search of new challenges. That early career teacher attrition continues to be a worldwide concern, suggests more could be done to address this unfortunate trend. This article takes on that challenge through a deepening of insights about essential on-the-job practice for early career teachers. The literature is presented through three themes: teachers’ need for learning, teacher leadership as collective work for improved student learning, and trusting relationships, colleagues’ pedagogical expertise and modelling with coaches and mentors. These themes recognise teachers’ professional learning as the pathway to leadership influence which can begin on entry to teaching. The article concludes with questions to be addressed by schools in dialogue with early career teachers.

A Preliminary Bibliography of Polish Publications Concerning the Dead Sea Scrolls (from 1947 to the Spring of 2022)

This publication presents a preliminary bibliography of material on the Dead Sea Scrolls for the years 1947–2022 (spring), which includes only Polish authors’ works which were published. The bibliography has been divided into four parts. The first part gives a list of recent Polish bibliographies, the second one contains monographs and collective works, the third one comprises book chapters and articles appearing in collective works, and the fourth part – papers published in periodicals. The entire work is preceded by a list of abbreviations.

Introduction: Operative Neurosurgery Technical Lessons Video Series

When Godfather II was released almost half a century ago, it was widely considered the best sequel ever made. It was also the first sequel to receive the Best Picture award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and together with the original, the pair remains at the pinnacle of movie-making today. The Operative Neurosurgery Technical Lessons Video Series is also a sequel of sorts, and if it can approximate how closely the sequel emulated The Godfather, it would greatly satisfy all of us involved in its creation. So, what of the original to our remake? Neurosurgical Procedures: Personal approaches to classic operations was published in 1992.1 In this vastly useful and widely popular book, editor Dr Charles Wilson solicited 20 of his friends, all “seasoned neurosurgeons” per his preface, to write “how to” chapters about their favorite approach. By intention, the authors were encouraged to highlight their personal experiences, and as such, the language of scientific discourse was put aside and replaced with authoritative voices that were personal, in some cases even intimate, and therefore, imminently relatable. Giants of neurosurgery were well-represented in this book. The venerable Thoralf Sundt discussed bypass surgery to treat cavernous aneurysms, and John Jane wrote about orbital approaches. Like Peter Jannetta, who authored a chapter on microvascular decompression, the writers were the ones who developed the operations and defined the boundaries of their indications. Their collective work can be considered a snapshot of the “best practice” in neurosurgery during the late 1980s. Picking up the book today, the content seems unusably outdated. Although cures of glioblastoma and prevention of spinal stenosis remain elusive, neurosurgery has taken a quantum leap since 1992. The development of endovascular devices, the ubiquitous presence of contemporary navigation systems, and the partnership of the modern neurosurgeons with skull base rhinologists have all turned Dr Wilsons' book into a historical monument. And so, this remake is to update the original, hopefully achieving the same usefulness, connection with the audience, and popularity of it. Because neurosurgery itself has modernized in the past 4 decades, so too has the teaching of it. Neurosurgical trainees around the world rely heavily on social media, not only for connection with each other but also for learning, and platforms such as YouTube has made operative videos widely disseminated, powerful tools for teaching neurosurgery. Although our movies are not necessarily directed by Francis Ford Coppola, still, watching a 10-minute movie demonstrating a surgical technique is more engaging to most viewers than reading a 20-page chapter. For this reason, the Operative Neurosurgery Technical Lessons Video Series is designed to be a collection of surgical videos, produced by experienced neurosurgeons, each demonstrating their favorite procedure, or to borrow words from Dr Wilson again, “the approach… associate(d) particularly with them.” Each episode is focused on a single procedure, and again, the producers are encouraged to concentrate on their personal experiences, honed by many repetition, and influenced by their unique portfolio of complications and to forego comprehensive expositions of alternative techniques and exhaustive data to support the indications of the variations. Thusly imbued with the voice of the producer and equal parts Arts and Science, the videos will hopefully come across to the viewer as personal, compact, and digestible. As a collection, the series strives to resonate with the community as a superb collection of modern cranial neurosurgery. Selection for the list was art in itself, and we thank Editor-in-Chief Doug Kondziolka for personally participating in this process, beyond simply encouraging the project to move forward. The symbol we chose to represent this series is da Vinci's “Vitruvian Man” superimposed on the brain. In many ways, the most iconic image of western civilization, Leonardo's drawing depicts a perfectly proportioned human fit simultaneously into a circle and square. It symbolizes the equipoise of Arts and Science, a balance which is the ideal of the High Renaissance. Similarly, this series strives to achieve the same balance of the 2 and aim to be a worthy sequel. On behalf of the Editorial Board, Journal Editor, Operative Neurosurgery, Rachel Lowery, and the Operative Neurosurgery staff, we hope the videos provide you many hours of learning.

Impact of resocialisation on internat security in Poland

The aim of the work is to present the impact of rehabilitation on internal security in Poland. The article focuses on those returning to prison, what crimes they commit most often, in what age range they commit them most often,and what the scale of the return to crime looks like. The important content includes the last section, which presents the withdrawal from crime, focuses on actions that affect the final transformation of prisoners. Refraining from committing torts increases the sense of security among citizens and thus contributesto greater security for the country. The work was written on the basis of legal acts, book sources, articles from collective works, the website of the Prison Service and prison service statistics.

Музыкальный ряд мультипликационного фильма «Репка» в аспекте кинотекста: опыт искусствоведческого анализа

Within the focus of the author’s scholarly interest is the animated cartoon film Repka [The Turnip], created in 1936 at the Mosfilm cinematic studio. The invitation of film director Sarra Mokil and composer Vassily Shirinsky, whose curator was Alexander Ptushko, was stipulated by the special role music played in the conception of the film. Not limiting itself to illustrating the visuals of the film, the musical component of the cinematic text provides the opportunity to observed the instrumental theater manifested within its space, simultaneously carrying out the characteristic and the dramaturgical functions. The sound of the music does not cease for even a second, which bears witness to the undoubted skill of the composer, who was able to place the music on the same high level as the visual element. As the author presumes, it is particularly the distinguished status of the musical speech which brought to the reduction to a minimum of the verbal element in the cinematic text, which is realized on the level of written and oral utterances. Against the background of contemporary animated movies addressed to the young generation of Russians (the televised project Mashiny skazki[Masha’s Fairy Tales], Luntik, Mi-mi-mishki, etc.), the work of the creative team with Ptushko at the head is seen as being etalon. Such an experience makes it possible to evaluate the collective work of the film director, the composer and the group of actors as a unique example of actualization of the ethical canon – the semantic core of the Russian folk fairy tale.

A research and critical study of kalam-e-Fareed’s Lexicography

Lexicography is a collective and institutional work. If the work of lexicography in a language is not comprehensive and extensive then individually prepared dictionaries are useful to know the word. Such is the case with Siraiki Literature. Due to lack of a comprehensive dictionary for the connoisseur of Kalam Fareed, individual dictionaries came to the fore. Some researches compiled only the dictionary and some compiled both the dictionary and translation. Some also made a dictionary, translation and interpretation of Kalam Fareed. The essential fact is that every work, be it one-dimensional, two dimensional or three-dimensional, each has its own place and rank, importance and utility. Lexicography is a formal, authoritative and scientific work. In which to grasp the phonetics to organize words with the help of script, to tell about the birth, to describe the semantic positions of the word for solution dictionary, movement and death or obsolescence of a word. Telling about the origin of the word from which language it is derived. To refer to which great poet or writer first use this word. Making and telling the spelling of the word, about the origin, derivation and gender of the word. In modern Lexicography, there is also the facility to find out what the English, Sanskrit, Prakriti, Arabic and Persian meanings of this word are. Therefore, a dictionary is a world, and Lexicography is a world-making, and lexicography is the knowledge of a world view. Dewan Fareed’s lexicography done by a committee. He consider all the prevailing needs of the times and tried hard to fulfill them and got public satisfaction and acceptance, Dewan Fareed’s lexicography needs to be adapted to modern requirements. There is a need for experts along with modern scientific principles and equipment. The important thing is that there is a need for a comprehensive and unanimous work on Dewan Fareed’s lexicography.

"Each bishop wears the violet of suffering on his face more than the violet of robes" – Review of the joint work "Prymas Stefan Wyszyński i Episkopat Polski", edited by R. Łatka and D. Zamiatała

This article serves as a review of the collective work edited by Rafał Łatka and Dominik Zamiatała, entitled “Prymas Stefan Wyszyński i Episkopat Polski” (“Primate Stefan Wyszyński and the Polish Episcopate”), published by the Warsaw Institute of National Remembrance in 2023 as part of the “Bishops in the Realities of the Communist state” series. The individual chapters of the work were discussed, presenting the most important themes covered in them, such as the complexities associated with the nomination of Cardinal Wyszyński as Primate of Poland, in accordance with the will of his predecessor—Cardinal August Hlond; the Primate’s concern about new bishop nominations; Cardinal Wyszyński’s skillful combination of the primate’s office with the function of the chairman of the episcopate; the Primate’s unifying openness to cooperation with individual bishops, especially with his own secretary, and then the Metropolitan of Poznań, Archbishop Antoni Baraniak, or the Metropolitan of Kraków, Karol Wojtyła; the Primate’s relations with hierarchs representing specific entities. Some shortcomings were also noted, such as the omission of Primate Wyszyński’s relations with two dioceses or the incomplete development of relations with the Kraków metropolis. Finally, reference was made to the critical edition of the last letter of Primate Wyszyński to John Paul II, included in the publication under discussion.

A dataset of carbon, water and heat fluxes of Zoige alpine meadow from 2015 to 2020

With abundant and widespread carbon, Alpine meadow boasts one of the most important ecosystems on Qinghai-Tibet Platea. It is essential to observe the carbon, water and heat fluxes in alpine meadow ecosystem for understanding and predicting the dynamics of carbon storage in alpine regions. This dataset includes the observation data of carbon, water and heat fluxes in Zoige alpine meadow from 2015 to 2020. The data collection work was carried out at the Field Scientific Observation and Research Station of Hongyuan alpine meadow ecosystem on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Based on the open-circuit vorticity correlation system, the observation work also covers the carbon dioxide flux, methane flux, water and heat flux. The data of this station has been sorted out a set of long-term, continuous and standardized datasets of ecosystem carbon and water fluxes and key meteorological elements through the data processing system of China Flux Observation and Research Network (ChinaFLUX). This dataset is of great significance for accurately evaluating the position and role of carbon and water fluxes in the regional and global carbon and water cycles of the alpine meadow ecosystem in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Актуальные вопросы редакционно-издательской, научной и учебно-методической деятельности образовательных и научных организаций МВД России (обзор материалов внутриведомственной научно-практической конференции)

On June 14, 2023, on the basis of the collective work space of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives “Boiling Point – St. Petersburg”, St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia held the intradepartmental scientific and practical conference “Topical issues of editorial, publishing, scientific, educational and methodological activities of educational and scientific organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia”.
 The main objectives of the event were the discussion of topical issues of editorial, publishing and research activities of educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the exchange of scientific opinions, the generalization of positive experience, the development of specific proposals for improving legal regulation, organizational and methodological support of these activities.
 The work of the exhibition of technologies and equipment of the “Tor” company, “R-PRINT” LLC, “Impress” LLC was organized on the site. Infra-M Publishing holding launched the current thematic book exposition, as well as announced the release of a new monograph.
 More than 100 people participated in the conference.
 On the eve of the scientific forum, the competition “Development and improvement of departmental publishing: looking into the future” was held. By the beginning of the conference, electronic collection of abstracts by its participants was published [1].
 On the journal’s website, video recordings of the speeches of the participants of the plenary and breakout sessions are attached to the article for purposes of illustration.

Features of measuring deformations of load-bearing structures of buildings during their field and laboratory tests under the action of static and dynamic loads

The peculiarities of measuring the deformations of load-bearing structures of buildings during their field and laboratory tests using strain gauge-based sensors are considered. An overview of various problematic issues that arise in the process of conducting experimental tests and affect the measurement results is given. The most common, which affect the accuracy of measurements, are the effects of temperature, humidity, and vibration; the difficulty of calibrating and mounting strain gauges on different surfaces of elements; complexity of measurement data processing; combination of high-quality work of strain gauges, cable conductors, measuring equipment, data collection and processing system; the selection of the connection scheme of tensor resistors in the Wheatstone bridge. The peculiarities of the organization of the experiment for testing the load-bearing structures of the building, namely pile foundations, are considered, and the main problematic issues when using strain gauges as strain gauges of building elements are given. The use of strain gauges to measure deformations of load-bearing structures of buildings is one of the common methods, which has many advantages, which are discussed in detail in the work. Strain gauges can be used to measure deformations of elements that are mechanically connected to them. They have high measurement accuracy, sensitivity to element deformation, and a wide variable measurement range. The advantages of using the Wheatstone bridge to measure the change in electrical resistance are highlighted, as this method allows measuring very small values of the change in resistance. Methods of connecting tensor resistors according to the Wheatstone scheme are considered, the choice of which depends on the purpose of the study and the required accuracy. One of the easiest ways is to connect just one strain gauge to a current or voltage source and measure the change in resistance. But this method has low sensitivity and does not compensate for the effect of temperature. A more accurate way is to connect two or four tensor resistors in the Wheatstone bridge circuit, which allows you to measure the voltage change on the diagonal of the bridge. The bridge circuit has a high sensitivity and can compensate for the effect of temperature if the tensor resistors have the same coefficient of temperature dependence of the resistance. An algorithm for measuring the deformations of a metal pipe working under compression using strain gauges has been developed.