Free Self Research Articles

Constructed Mott–Schottky Heterostructure Catalyst to Trigger Interface Disturbance and Manipulate Redox Kinetics in Li-O2 Battery

HighlightsA carbon free self supported Mott-Schottky heterostructure was constructed as an efficient cathode catalyst for lithium oxygen batteries, achieving homogeneous contact between the two materials for strong interfacial interactions.The heterostructure triggered interfacial perturbations and band structure changes, which accelerated oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics, resulting in an extremely long cycle life of 800 cycles and an extremely low overpotential of 0.73 V.Combined with advanced characterization techniques and density functional theory calculations, the underlying mechanism behind the boosted ORR/OER activities and the electrocatalytic mechanism were revealed.

Preliminary efficacy of a transition training program for autistic adolescents

PurposeYoung autistic adults experience poor transition outcomes in the area of employment. With reduced opportunities to develop work skills, there are also reduced opportunities for socialization, independence and experiences of success. Thus, there is a need for transition planning programs for autistic adolescents and youth. MethodThis pilot study employed two complementary methodologies. A non-concurrent multiple baseline study using a visual analog scale (VAS) as the repeated measure was employed. Pre post measures were also collected from the parent participant and student participants’ perspective using two standardized measures. The thirteen student participants, age 12–18 years all had a diagnosis of autism. Seven parent and 6 adolescents completed the pretest and posttest measures.The Project FUSE, Fostering Unlimited Success and Empowerment intervention program was a collaboration between two organizations, designed to build skills in the workplace, while also addressing sensory processing, arousal regulation and establishing productive relationships. Visual analog ResultsThe three VAS questions most sensitive to change were related to prideful behavior, developing work skills and safety in tool use. There was no significant change in the Transition Behavior Scale: Third Edition. The Culture Free Self Esteem Inventories, Third Edition showed significant, meaningful change in the Global Self Esteem Quotient, and Academic Self –Esteem. ConclusionProject FUSE was found to be a potentially efficacious method for developing pre-employment skills in autistic youth. The data suggest that the programming had a positive influence on developing work skills, tool safety, and self-esteem.

A PERSON`S DIGNITY IN SECULAR AND ORTHODOX CONCEPTS

The article analyzes the dignity of a person in secular and Orthodox aspects. The authors argue that every phenomenon of the material and spiritual world is objectively inherent in internal contradictions, so it is not an exception and an idea of human dignity in secular and religious contexts. The research methods are comprehensive and based on the philosophical, anthropological and philosophical and cultural analysis of human dignity in secular and Orthodox dimensions. Discussion. The concepts of «secular» (universal) and «Christian» morality are characterized and distinguished. The authors argue that the latter comes from a supernatural source, from a moral law, the basis of which is the belief in the immortality of the human spirit. Christian morality provides such norms of behavior of people in which the biblical moral commandments are observed.The roots of the universal morality are in a culture that has produced a humanistic outlook, within which a person is recognized as self -sufficient value, capable of asserting his dignity, transforming himself and the world without the intervention of a transcendental super -sensory nature (God). The universal morality is the principles and norms that regulate the behavior of people, the activities of their communities, associations in terms of universally recognized ideas about good and evil, honesty and disobedience, honesty and dishonesty. Finally, the article suggests that, despite the differences, and sometimes contradictions in the understanding of the essential manifestations of human dignity between secular and Christian contexts, quite obvious to both aspects is the understanding that the leading place should be occupied by the personality that manifests itself manifestation and individual aspiration, in the depths of its own consciousness and in its desire for free self -determination and creativity, as a prerequisite for the affirmation of one’s dignity.

LAUREEN MYRACLE'S INTERNET GIRLS AND CENSORSHIP: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION AS A CHALLENGE TO IDEOLOGICAL CONTROL THROUGH LANGUAGE AND AS A FIELD FOR FACING GENDER ROLES

Taking L. Myracle’s Internet Girls novel series as a starting point, this article tries to investigate and hopefully unveil the reasons behind the censorship imposed on the series by the “gatekeepers of canonicity and morality.” The article is a literature review and semi-content analysis. After a brief discussion about the term Young Adult literature and the subversion of the argumentut forws pard as a justification of the banning of the books, we examine the relationship between the epistolary novelistic form and the female voice. Finally, we focus on the most distinctive feature of the novels: the exclusive use of online chatting to advance the narrative. The role of digital communication in Y.A. literature and the youth’s idiomatic language on the net are also discussed. Our main argument is that the root causes triggering the adult censors’ distress and challenging their standards are not the controversial sexuality and attitudes of the characters. Rather, it is their language and writing in internet chatting. Digital communication is imbued with webspeak. It becomes a field of intergenerational tension, a vehicle of undermining pedagogical censorship. This type of communication evades the absolute control of some adults not savvy in webspeak. A number of these individuals -possibly a social group that is over-represented in the teaching and school librarian professions- perceive digital communication as a threat to traditional language codes. Their reaction to the Internet Girls concerns not only the content of the books but –first and foremost– the style and the code these books are written. What is more, the girls’ “digital” conversations allow for free self- expression. Prescribed boundaries of politically correct female attitude are transgressed leading to harsher adult public outcry.

Felix Trofimovich Mikhailov’s Search into The Riddle of the Self

On April 16th and 17th, 2021, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (MSUPE), Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education (RAE), the Philosophical Society Dialectic and Culture together with the ANO Institute of Problem Educational Policies Eureka and informational support of the journals Cultural-Historical Psychology and Voprosy Filosofii held an international scientific conference The Riddle of the Self. The scientific conference took place in MSUPE in connection with the 90th anniversary of Felix Trofimivich Mikhailov (1930-2006), Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Academician of the RAE and the author of the book under the same title. The Riddle of the Self was originally published in 1964 and advocated for a general study of human nature based on the study of cognition, consciousness, and language. This lapidary book was reprinted in 1976 and determined a whole new paradigm of multidisciplinary knowledge of person and personality across various research fields. The focus of the Self of F. T. Mikhailov came into being through his idea of appeal (obrashchenie). This concept is vivid in his works and multi-author books Public Consciousness and Individual Self-consciousness (1990), Self-Consciousness: Mine and Ours (1997), Human as Object and Subject of Medicine (1999), Selected Works (2001), Self-determination of Culture. Philosophical Search (2003), and in multiple scientific articles in the journals Voprosy Filosofii, Philosophical Sciences etc. F. T. Mikhailov viewed appeal as a mechanism of creation, development and transformation of culture, as well as the mechanism of its appropriation in ontogenesis and phylogenesis. According to F. T. Mikhailov, culture is nothing less than an antecedent, process and result of people’s creation of their appeals to each other and themselves, appeals that are essential to their very life. Culture as intersubjectivity of human collectivity is deeply rooted in the fabric of education and determines the appeals of the participants of the educational process. F. T. Mikhailov considered education a meeting point of generations, where different age groups face each other and appeal to each other in a way that generates, reconstitutes and conserves culture. The key to the above-mentioned riddle can be found in the domain of human freedom of thought, feeling and action. And every person can advance the emergence of a free and creative Self, both personal and universal. The conference comprised multiple lines of research into philosophy, culture, communication, psychology and education and made it clear that we are still students of F. T. Mikhailov.

Design of Online Quiz System for Practice & Assessment During Covid-19

Kapeel Dev et al., International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, 10(4), July – August 2021, 2816 – 2820 2816  ABSTRACT After the new Coronavirus illness (COVID-19) case spread quickly in Wuhan-China in December 2019, World Health Organization (WHO) affirmed that this is a hazardous infection which can be spreading from one people to another through drops and airborne.. This pandemic has forced Educational institutions (schools, colleges, and universities) in whole world dramatically to odapt to e-learning. In right now, colleges, instruction controllers and educators are associated with much conversation how to best get ready test framework for assesemtn so understudies can accomplish their scholastic exhibition and can rehearse for MCQ based tests. The utilization of online apparatuses to show courses in different orders has acquired prominence during this pandemic. In This paper we will develop an Online Quiz system for free self practice so students can judge their own performance before sit in professional online exam.they will get idea from that self practice Online Quiz system or online quiz board development is a training package designed to test students ' comprehension oftranslating the timing diagram into an analogous ladder diagram.[3].

Формування соціальної компетентності особистості в період дошкільного дитинства

Оновлення змісту дошкільної освіти в умовах демократизації та духовного відро-дження українського суспільства актуалізує необхідність забезпечення сприятливих умов для соціального розвитку та самовдосконалення особистості, починаючи з дошкільного віку. Результати аналізу психолого-педагогічних досліджень дозволяють визначити напря¬ми соціалізації дитини дошкільного віку провідне місце, серед яких належить: 1) забез¬печенню адаптації дитини до соціального середовища, введення дитини в світ людських взаємин, формування у дітей відкритості до суспільства; 2) сприянню динаміці і розвитку самоусвідомлення, що дозволить дитині змінювати уявлення про себе і ставлення до себе у процесі життєдіяльності, формування готовності до сприймання соціальної інформації, виховання навичок соціальної поведінки; 3) формуванню в дитини життєвої позиції, допомога у самореалізації в суспільстві. Передусім це стосується виховання усвідомленого ставлення до себе як вільної самостійної особистості та до своїх обов’язків, що визначається зв’язками з іншими людьми, бажання пізнавати людей, робити добрі вчинки.

A Contextualized Self: Re-placing Ourselves Through Dōgen and Spinoza

ABSTRACTFor Dōgen, the Buddhist doctrine of “no self” ultimately presents the self as contextualized. The self is for him not an independent entity, but is intricately related to its environment, determined through the many beings around it. In a quite different philosophical setting, Spinoza developed similar ideas. While Dōgen challenged the specifics of a tradition that explicitly argues against the idea of an absolute self, Spinoza faced a more radical challenge: questioning an absolute, unchanging, and free self that the Western tradition has mostly taken for granted. After an analysis of the ideas of the two thinkers, the essay presents some important implications for contemporary times. Our domination of the earth and one another is arguably rooted in the individualism Dōgen and Spinoza seek to overcome. The insight that we are contextualized is a first step toward re-determining ourselves as placed within a larger whole.

Proposal of battery free self sensing wireless system by magnetostrictive vibration power generation device

Proposal of battery free self sensing wireless system by magnetostrictive vibration power generation device

Global or Domain Specific Self-Esteem: Can it Predict Aggression Among Children and Adolescents?

ABSTRACTThe study examined whether self-esteem predicted aggression among children and adolescents. Through a multistage method of sampling, the study utilized 170 (N = 170) participants from primary (elementary) and secondary (high) schools across Trinidad. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, The Culture Free Self Esteem Inventory (CFSEI), and the Direct and Indirect Aggression Scale (DIAS). Using hierarchical regression analyses, both global and domain specific measures of self-esteem were used as predictors of the three types of aggression: direct physical, direct verbal and indirect aggression. The results revealed that global self-esteem was a stronger predictor of aggression for children than domain specific self-esteem. However, domain specific self-esteem was a stronger predictor of aggression among adolescents. As it relates to aggression, the pathways to global self-esteem differed from domain specific self-esteem. Implications for the comparative use of multidimensional and global self-esteem were discussed, and recommendations for future research have been proposed.

Autonómnosť a profesionalita učiteľa v rámci interakcie učiteľ – žiak

Paper presents beginning teachers reflection of their independence in professional behaviour and acts. It shows partially results of qualitative research using grounded theory design in independent professional behaviour of teaching beginners as reflexion of autonomous free self and brings categories of teachers professional activities among students, their inside view of independent choices of curriculum, teachers’ goals in society, in adaptation process, methods and forms of teaching.

Self-Expression of Women in Facebook-A Qualitative Study

In the recent times Social networking sites plays a vital role in participating, consuming and communicating with peers and family members where people create their personal profile online. However many factors determine how individual utilize and consume social media. The factors depends on age, gender and socio-demographic conditions as well. Here in this study we have examined and investigated how women utilize social media especially facebook and how women consume, participate, produce contents in facebook. Through this explored how a woman expresses herself in facebook and what are the factors that determine a free self expression of a woman is all examined here. A Qualitative methodology has been adopted for the study.

A brief survey of the procedure of hull corrosion and biofouling prevention technique in Eritrea and its effecton environment due to biofouling and improper way of biofouling prevention technique applied here

Corrosion is the gradual deterioration of material or its properties through a chemical reaction with the environment. Biofouling takes place in underwater ship hull. Micro-organism, vegetable and animal matter naturally attach to a ship’s hull If marine biofouling is not dealt with correctly, the accumulated fouling poses a risk of transferring invasive, non-indigenous marine species (NIS or NIMS) around the world with consequent damaging effects to local marine life and a reduction of biodiversity. One of the key means of NIMS is the badly fouled hulls of ships. In this research paper we are concerned with the hull corrosion prevention technique in Eritrea and its effect on the environment due to improper way of biofouling prevention and cleaning technique. This research paper is mainly taken in two places with the aid of internet the two places are Massawa ship yard and Massawa port. These are the places where more corroded hull and biofouling found. We have asked questions to the person working on board ship and various other persons working in port and Massawa Ship yard to know the technique applied to prevent biofouling and hull corrosion prevention technique. From the research paper we concluded that Corrosion inhibitors are substances that can be added to ship hull which decrease the rate of attack of that environment on a material such as metal. They can help extend the life of equipment, prevent system shutdowns and failures, avoid product contamination, prevent loss of heat transfer, and preserve an attractive appearance of structures. New types of paints mostly made of zinc/silicon which lasts long and minimize the corrosion of the steel can be used to prevent corrosion. In addition we can control corrosion by giving coatings on top of the paint. Polymers that are most successfully used for corrosion protective coatings are epoxy based materials; polyurethane based polymers, urethane topcoats over epoxy primers, some cross linked polyester materials, and some melamine cross linked polymers.Great precautions are not taken to protect a port from an invasive, non indigenous species if this entails widespread pollution of that port through heavy metals and a variety of toxic herbicides and pesticides. Other than we can give (Rubber coating) the small boats and yachts which generally made of fiberglass. For protection of the hull of the ship we can clean it at regular interval of time we can give zinc plating of the side of the hull of the ship made of steel to prevent corrosion and fouling taking place which are reasons for lose of steel thickness and ship’s speed. We can use tin free self polishing copolymer (SPC) which is basically designed to be smooth and rough so the biofouling seagrowth will be released from the hull rather than stick to it, and also will be easily cleaned. Compared to other countries the way of our hull corrosion and biofouling prevention technique is inadequate for the existence of our vessel. However improvement of preventing technique should be made rather than currently used for our vessel.

Autonomous Fuzzy Control and Navigation of Quadcopters

A quadcopter is a multirotor helicopter lifted and propelled by four rotors. Classic and fuzzy controllers have been used for stabilization and navigation control of quadcopters, but they require considerable effort to design and tune their parameters. Controller tuning can be a challenging task especially when random environment and load disturbances are of major concern. This paper addresses the design and evaluation of a parameter free self evolving quadcopter autonomous fuzzy system for stabilization and navigation control of quadcopters. Simulation results suggest that the autonomous fuzzy control system outperforms classic fuzzy control.

High frequency electromagnetic detection by nonlinear conduction modulation in graphene nanowire diodes

We present graphene nanowires implemented as dispersion free self switched microwave diode detectors. The microwave properties of the detectors are investigated using vector corrected large signal measurements in order to determine the detector responsivity and noise equivalent power (NEP) as a function of frequency, input power, and device geometry. We identify two distinct conductance nonlinearities which generate detector responsivity: an edge effect nonlinearity near zero bias due to lateral gating of the nanowire structures, and a velocity saturation nonlinearity which generates current compression at high power levels. The scaling study shows that detector responsivity obeys an exponential scaling law with respect to nanowire width, and a peak responsivity (NEP) of 250 V/W (50 pW/Hz) is observed in detectors of the smallest width. The results are promising as the devices exhibit responsivities which are comparable to state of the art self switched detectors in semiconductor technologies.

Effect of thermocycling on the micro-shear bond strength of solvent free and solvent containing self-etch adhesives to dentin

The aim was to investigate the effect of thermocycling on the microshear bond strength of one solvent free self etch adhesive system, Bond-1SF, and two solvent containing self-etch adhesives, Futurabond DC and Adper Easy One. Materials and methodsSixty caries free third molars were used to prepare specimens of dentin surfaces. The adhesives were applied on dentin surfaces according to the manufacturer's instructions then Grandio-SO Composite resin was condensed through a polyethylene tube with a one mm internal diameter and height attached firmly to dentin surfaces and light cured. The bonded specimens were stored in distilled water at 37 °C for 24 h before being tested. Half of the bonded specimens were tested for microshear bond strength without thermocycling and the other half were thermocycled in water baths held at 5°c and 55°c with a dwell time of 1 min each for 500 cycles prior to testing. The micro shears bond strength before and after thermocycling was calculated and statistically analyzed to show the interaction between different materials. ResultsWithout thermocycling, the bond strength of Futurabond DC and Adper Easy, were 22.524 MPa and 23.397 MPa respectively, while Bond-1 SF solvent free one step at lowered mean value 22.284 MPa and the difference was not statistically significant (p > 0.05). After thermocycling the bond strength of Futurabond DC and Adper Easy were 14.904 MPa, 22.713 MPa respectively, while Bond-1 SF solvent free one step self etch adhesive had 18.318 MPa and the differences were statistically significant (p > 0.05). ConclusionThermocycling had a negative effect on the bonding of self etching adhesive systems to dentin and solvent free adhesive system has non-significant lower bond strength in relation to solvent containing adhesive systems.

A facile approach for crosslinker free nano self assembly of protein for anti-tumor drug delivery: Factors’ optimization, characterization and in vitro evaluation

We report crosslinker free self assembly of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and a hydrophobic payload paclitaxel (PTX), into nanoparticles by harnessing the temperature driven unfolding of protein. To systematically study the effects of various factors responsible for the key attributes of the nanoparticles, a Resolution IV design was used. 20 formulations were made with pH, temperature, time of heating before and after addition of drug, stirring rate, protein concentration, and protein to drug ratio selected as independent variables. Particle size, encapsulation efficiency, yield and zeta potential were the response variables. Perturbation and Pareto charts were used to single out the important factors, while, mathematical equations and 3D surface charts have been used to describe the relationship between dependent and independent variables. Nanoparticles with size of 188–482nm were observed with a highly negative zeta potential of −39.5 to −21.9. Nanoparticles obtained had decent encapsulation efficiency (72.5–87.9%) with effective yield (80.0–93.8%). Validation of the mathematical models with 4 runs indicated the good prognostic ability of Resolution IV design. Spectroscopic studies suggested the non-covalent complexation between BSA and PTX as the possible mechanism of self assembly due to irreversible conformational changes in protein. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) revealed spherical nanoparticles with a porous network of PTX–BSA. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) showed amorphous nature of nanoparticles. PTX release from the nanoparticles was found to be controlled release and followed Peppas–Sahlin model. In vitro cytotoxicity of PTX–BSA nanoparticles was comparable to that of Taxol after 48h treatment. These findings suggest heat driven BSA self assembly as a viable approach to formulate cytotoxic drug carrying nanoparticles which could be efficiently used in anti-cancer therapy.

Protein Bodies in Nature and Biotechnology

Protein bodies are natural structures containing protein aggregates that exist in many organisms ranging from bacteria to mammals and plants. In bacteria they are often a phenomenon associated to over-expression of heterologous proteins. In mammals the so called Russell bodies indicate an accumulation of mutated immune globulins. In plants the protein bodies play a major role as protein storage organelle in seeds. Besides these natural cases, protein bodies can also be artificially induced primarily using self-assembling peptides. Frequently plant derived proteins such as prolamins or their derivatives are used. In some cases the help of an endoplasmatic retention signal is needed to create artificial protein bodies. The biotechnological application of protein bodies offers novel solutions such as the simplification of downstream processing in protein manufacture, the utilisation as particle for immunisation as vaccines or as carrier free self immobilised enzyme particle for many industrial catalytic processes.

“Wie Hast Du’s Mit der Religion?” Religionstheorie Und -Kritik Nach Stirner

Well before Friedrich Nietzsche had Max Stirner with great Gestus shouted (spelled) out the death of God and pulled away the veil of the realm of spirits. Religion critique after Stirner, which follows a clarified Enlightenment, can thereafter for all intents and purposes be only of two sorts: On the one hand, to explain how mankind (has) created its’ Religion and its’ Gods: Gunnar Heinsohn settles this. And on the other hand to point out: Which functional equivalents are themselves found as (religious) beliefs of humankind - freely adapted from Feuerbach: The truth of Religion is the need for it. The free self after Stirner, that knows rationally of the non-existence of God, chooses for itself its’ own respective God, or, it being strong enough, can leave it also as is.

Effect of bonding conditions on bacuum free self fusion solidification bonding of aluminum

Effect of bonding conditions on bacuum free self fusion solidification bonding of aluminum