Main Segments Research Articles

Characteristics of Labor Demand in the Labor Market: Interregional Comparisons (Based on the Materials of a Sample Survey of Rosstat)

The demand in the labor market can be determined using a set of attributes of the need for labor. Currently, the demand for labor is determined on the basis of some information sources. Sample surveys of labor demand conducted by Rosstat make it possible to determine the amount of demand for a specific assessment date. Despite the existing shortcomings of the methodology and information, the survey enabled us to compare the data according to observation time, as well as carry out interregional comparisons. Given the representative nature of the information, we can argue about the objectivity of the comparisons. The purpose of this study was to identify the possibilities of an objective assessment of the need for labor to determine the types and varieties of demand in the regional labor market. We used the statistical data of the sample survey of the labor force conducted by Rosstat in 2018, 2020 as an informational and empirical basis of the study. The study employed theoretical and comparative analysis of the processes of labor demand formation as the most important attribute of demand. We revealed the trends of changes in the one-time demand for labor by the main segments of employees grouped based on the All-Russian classifier of occupations. The study documented the impact of covid-19 pandemic on jobs and labor market. The research determined the scale and conducted a comparative assessment of changes in labor market across the subjects of the Siberian Federal District. A comparative analysis was proposed to identify the place of Irkutsk region in the dynamics of positive changes. The author developed a new typology and put forward a classification of regional types and forms of labor market demand. Survey findings could be used as objective estimates of labor market demand.

Marketing Research �f Consumers for the Project �Wine Routes of the Ukrainian Black Sea Region�

Abstract. Introduction. Theoretical and practical approaches to marketing research of consumers in the field of wine tourism are considered. Reasonable decision-making is needed for the effective development of the Black Sea Wine Roads project. For this purpose, marketing research was conducted using qualitative and quantitative marketing research (survey, structured interview, content analysis of the text). Purpose. The purpose of the research is to substantiate management decisions for the development of wine tourism in the Black Sea region based on marketing research. Results. A structured interview was conducted with the participants of the ODESSA VINE WEEK event (May 19, 2021), who are stakeholders - the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine, heads of travel agencies, owners and marketers of wineries, etc. The result of the interview was a �portrait of a wine tourist�. A survey of owners of 16 wineries from different regions of Ukraine concluded that the main motives for wine tourists to visit them are the opportunity to try unique local or original wines, high quality wine and use of modern equipment, specially created museums, cultural centers with excursions and wonderful landscapes and picturesque vineyards around. The results of a survey of consumers of wine tourism services are presented. Four main segments among wine tourism connoisseurs have been identified. The first segment is advanced wine connoisseurs, who are mostly united in wine clubs. They have experience in tasting both domestic and foreign wines. They have experience of tasting at wineries. The second segment is Ukrainian tourists who are interested in everything new. They have experience in travel, especially domestic tourism. The third segment � people whose professional activity and purpose of a trip to wineries are directly related to winemaking and tourism. The fourth segment is foreign tourists. Conclusions. The research showed that among modern tourists, the share of those who are looking for an opportunity to add more celebration and pleasure to their holiday in terms of culture and discover new gastronomic feelings combined with fine wines is growing. It is recommended to use the results of the study to form a marketing strategy for the development of the project of wine roads of the Black Sea coast of Ukraine.

An Uncommon Case of Ischemic Heart Disease

<h3>Introduction</h3> Diminutive coronary artery syndrome (DCAS) is rare anomaly, defined as a small luminal diameter of >1 of the major coronary vessels. <h3>Case Report</h3> A previously healthy 5 month old infant presented with acute onset dyspnea. Laboratory and radiographic analysis suggested heart failure and end-organ hypoperfusion. A transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrated a dilated (LVDd z score + 6), and hyper-trabeculated left ventricle (LV) (fig 1) with depressed systolic function (ejection fraction 20-25%). The aortic valve (AV) was bicuspid with normal sized annulus, and without any gradient. Interrogation of the coronary arteries revealed normal origins with hypoplasia of the left main ostium, a short left main segment (fig 2), and turbulence by color doppler. CT angiography revealed near atresia of the left coronary artery (LCA) ostium and the main segment measured <1 mm. Cardiac catheterization confirmed findings and revealed stasis of contrast in the LCA. Patch augmentation of the LCA was performed with ECMO support, and required conversion to Berlin Heart Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD). While on LVAD support, recovery of LV function was noted, allowing LVAD explantation and unroofing of the myocardial bridge along the mid- and proximal left anterior descending artery. The patient remains supported on an oral heart failure regimen. <h3>Summary</h3> To our knowledge, our patient is the first reported infant with DCAS presenting with decompensated heart failure, associated with LV non compaction and bicuspid AV. We suggest that DCAS should be evaluated in infants with unexplained cardiomyopathy, as ventricular dysfunction in our patient was likely driven by coronary artery insufficiency.

Italians’ behavior when dining out: Main drivers for restaurant selection and customers segmentation

This study investigates which attributes drive Italian customers while choosing a restaurant, how many of these attributes correspond to intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics of restaurants and which are the main segments of customers. A structured online questionnaire was used to reach 513 respondents through the snowball sampling technique (valid response rate of 97%). Descriptive statistics and exploratory factor analysis were applied to infer information. A distance-based ordination technique (Principal Component Analysis) was implemented to display patterns in multivariate data. The reliability of the model was evaluated through the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) test and Bartlett's test of sphericity. Six components were extracted, namely: ‘geographic proximity and accessibility’, ‘aesthetic-based requisites’, ‘fine dining and renowned eating places’, ‘average standard requirements’, ‘traditional cuisine’, ‘feedbacks and personal experience’. A cluster analysis was performed and four different profiles of restaurant customers were found, with specific socio-demographic characteristics and attitudes towards intrinsic and extrinsic attributes of restaurants. The homogenous features customers have within each segment can be used by foodservice operators as an information to orientate their strategies.

PROVERBIAL MATERIALS IN THE ORAL TRADITION OF THE IGBO: A STUDY OF CHINUA ACHEBE’S MAGNUM OPUS

This paper is an attempt to find proverbial materials in Achebe’s magnum opus, to interpret and analyse them. The proverb is one of the elements of folklore which permeates the literary imagination of writers. It has for that matter been extant in verbal as well as written communication between people as it provides readers, users as well as listeners with the true essence of the culture of its originating society. Understandably, the proverb is one of the main discursive segments of oral tradition from which Chinua Achebe profusely draws to negate the colonial episteme. Since proverbs are part of the daily life of the Igbo people in which their culture is expressed, the novelist uses those not only as appropriate literary devices to depict social realities but also to help record the events of the past. Thus, Achebe’s intent in using proverbs is to give to his creative impulse an accurate stamp of uniqueness, authenticity as well as identity. Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is rich in proverbial materials in its endeavour to show that in non-literate oral cultures, proverbs, songs, poems as well as sayings are not the only fundamental repository of his people’s epistemology but also act as an explanatory meta-narrative. The study is based on theoretical frameworks proposed by both Mieder (2004) and McLeod (2002). While the former states that the wisdom of proverbs has guided people in their social interactions with the cultural values it carries; the latter adopts a postcolonial stand by positing that proverbs are used to overturn the dominant ways of seeing the world and representing reality in ways which do not replicate colonialist values. This suggests on the part of the postcolonial literary theorist, a dexterous manipulation of the English language; its syntactical structure as well as its semantics to project his own culture, outlook, and worldviews. Things Fall Apart is a compelling example of such a paradigm. The findings show that proverbial materials constitute a multifunction form of folk literature premised on significant cultural linguistic products created and used in social situations for social purposes: didactic as well as a depository of culture.&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Article visualizations:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0938/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

High-Detail Fault Segmentation: Deep Insight into the Anatomy of the 1983 Borah Peak Earthquake Rupture Zone (Mw 6.9, Idaho, USA)

Abstract Following observations made in a survey campaign along the Lost River Fault (Idaho, USA) in 2019, we integrate both original and previously published data to obtain a detailed segmentation of the fault sections that failed in the 1983 Borah Peak earthquake (Mw 6.9). The earthquake ruptured the topographic surface with an oblique-normal faulting mechanism, activating two SW-dipping fault segments (Thousand Springs and Warm Springs) and a branching SSW-dipping fault (Arentson Gulch Fault) and producing coseismic surface ruptures with up to 3 m of vertical separation. We augment the 1983 earthquake description by interpreting high-resolution topography and fault mapping. We use quality vertical separation data, rupture zone width measurements, and fault slip data to analyze major and minor structural-geometric complexities, highlighting a partition of the deformation and a fault segmentation into four detail levels (i.e., segments, sections, subsections, and sectors). Our work provides new details of the 1983 Borah Peak earthquake, constraints for paleoseismic and seismotectonic studies, and a methodological approach applicable in other areas of the world. Our fault-slip data show variations along fault-strike that we interpret as kinematic partitioning. In 1983, the main southern segment had a large rupture zone width, while the northern segment localized the deformation. The distributed ruptures accommodate a large portion of the rupture length (~19.5 km versus 31 km for the main rupture) and displacement (~66%). 83% of the surface faulting and 80% of the displacement are located at the hanging wall of the main rupture. There is a strong correlation between vertical separation, rupture zone width, rupture position (footwall or hanging wall), and fault geometry. We highlight the control of the obliquity and kinematic partitioning in the surface expression of the earthquake propagation. We interpret the coseismic (i.e., 1983) and long-term (i.e., Quaternary) behavior, showing that the two activated segments had similar cumulated behaviors in distributing the deformation between synthetic and antithetic ruptures, despite the different geometries. Our results have implications for fault rupture behavior with application to rupture hazard.

Deformation recoverability of longitudinal joints in segmental tunnel linings: An experimental study

The shield-driven tunnel is a fabricated lining structure. The existence of longitudinal joints between segments in a ring makes the entire tunnel lining vulnerable to deformations, because the rigidity of longitudinal joints is lower than that of the main concrete segments. Large transverse deformation, accompanied by joint opening, is a common disease of shield tunnels. The aim of this work is to explore the deformational behaviors and mechanical properties of tunnel longitudinal joints under overloading, unloading, and soil grouting conditions, with emphasis on the recoverability of joint deformation. For this purpose, a series of laboratory tests have been carried out on the full-scale longitudinal joints at tunnel crown adopted in Shanghai metro tunnels, including three parallel tests with different overload levels and one cyclic overloading and unloading test. The full-scale testing considers the actual stress state of the longitudinal joint under different working conditions in real environments. The specimen of the longitudinal joint at tunnel crown adopts the actual three-segment-two-oblique-seam structure, which is different from the simplified two-segment-one-straight-seam form used in previous studies. Multiple deformation indicators, including joint opening, concrete strain, and bolt strain, are monitored and analyzed. Based on the test results, the effects of restoration actions, i.e., unloading and soil grouting, on joint deformation recovery under different overload levels are discussed. The change of recovery efficiency with the degree of joint deformation is also obtained. In addition, the deformation recoverability and rotational stiffness are compared between the longitudinal joint at tunnel crown which is subjected to positive bending moment and the longitudinal joint at tunnel springline which is subjected to negative bending moment. The test results show that the larger the joint deformation caused by overload, the lower the recovery efficiency. From a mechanical perspective, soil grouting is an effective measure to recover the large deformation of shield tunnels.

Damage detection for tethers of submerged floating tunnels based on convolutional neural networks

A submerged floating tunnel, consisting of a tunnel and tethers, is effective as a sea-crossing transportation infrastructure element in deep-water environments. Instead of fixed columns, the tunnel is positioned by the tethers. This means that a significant structural performance degradation in the mooring can directly induce a change in the structural state; moreover, the failure of the tethers will eventually lead to structural instability. Therefore, structural health monitoring is essential for the tethers, as well as for the main tunnel segments. Unfortunately, there are limitations to the applicable sensors for measuring the structural responses required to evaluate the structural state and for estimating the structural damage to the tethers, owing to the environmental characteristics. Therefore, it is necessary to develop and apply an effective damage detection method to secure structural safety. Accordingly, in this study, an advanced damage detection method is proposed for the tethers of submerged floating tunnels based on the convolutional neural network (CNN). The damage detection estimation model is based on a convolutional neural network framework consisting of input, output, and hidden layers for training, validation, testing, and application. The model is trained using structural response data obtained by a hydrodynamics-based time-domain analysis considering various waves and tether damage cases. For successful training, the time-domain structural response data are converted to discretized image data. The accuracy of the proposed CNN-based damage detection models for the various damage rates and noise levels was evaluated. The accuracy of the CNN–S-16-Model which uses 16 sensors with 0–5% level noise signals ranges from 98.4 to 100.0% for 50% damage, from 97.6 to 100.0% for 30% damage, and from 92.0 to 100.0% for 15% damage to the tethers. The noise level significantly affected the damage detection accuracy for the relatively low damage rate cases. Therefore, rational noise filtering is required to enhance the accuracy for minor damage cases.

SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THIRTY YEARS OF CAPITALIST REFORMS IN RUSSIA

The article examines the most important social consequences of the 30-year capitalist transformations in Russia. The authors carried out the periodization of the stages of transformations. It is proposed to consider three heterogeneous stages: 1) 1991–1999 — liberal-oligarchic reforms; 2) 2000–2013 — strengthening of the state-capitalist orientation of reforms while preserving their liberal-capitalist foundations; 2014 — present — consolidation of state capitalism. Despite the significant differences between these stages, they are united by a decrease in the level and quality of life of the main segments of the population while maintaining high social inequality and separating the interests of the ruling "elites" from the needs of the majority of the country’s population. The results of 30 years of capitalist reforms are summarized in four areas: (1) the quality of employment; (2) standard of living; (3) housing provision; (4) demographic consequences. It is proved that for a long enough period of capitalist transformations, the social expectations of the majority of the population in improving the level and quality of life have not been justified. There are high levels of precarious employment and the unstable material situation of workers’ households; an increase in poverty in terms of income used for consumption and socio-economic inequality; excessive indebtedness of the population; chronic housing poverty and high gaps in housing provision; depressing demographic consequences of capitalist transformations. The general conclusion is made that the internal and external conditions of Russia’s development predetermine the need to change the course for the continuation of capitalist reform, in whatever forms it is carried out in the future. It depends on whether the future of the peoples of Russia will be successful.

Field observations of surface ruptures accompanying a tsunami and supershear earthquake along a plate boundary strike-slip fault

AbstractStrike-slip earthquakes near major subduction zones have received less attention than thrust or reverse earthquakes in subduction zone areas. The occurrence of the 2018 Palu Mw 7.5 earthquake in eastern Indonesia provides an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the characteristics of one of these events. The Palu earthquake occurred on the left-lateral, north–south-striking Palu–Koro fault, which is the main plate boundary structure accommodating the convergence between blocks in a triple junction area. It excited a significant tsunami, which unusually is associated with strike-slip earthquakes, and also ruptured at a supershear speed, which is mostly observed on strike-slip faults in continents. Based on our fieldwork, we speculate that the normal slip component of the offshore rupture section in Palu bay on the middle segment probably favours tsunami genesis. Our field investigation has revealed evidence of a simple geometry as well as slip partitioning of dip-slip and strike-slip motion on two subparallel strands on the main segment, both of which may have contributed to the supershear of the rupture propagation. Instead of only a transtensive behaviour of the middle segment, our results also illustrate the transpressional property of the northern and southern rupture segments, which shows more complex behaviour than that of a common continental strike-slip fault.

Pancreas MRI Segmentation Into Head, Body, and Tail Enables Regional Quantitative Analysis of Heterogeneous Disease.

Quantitative imaging studies of the pancreas have often targeted the three main anatomical segments, head, body, and tail, using manual region of interest strategies to assess geographic heterogeneity. Existing automated analyses have implemented whole-organ segmentation, providing overall quantification but failing to address spatial heterogeneity. To develop and validate an automated method for pancreas segmentation into head, body, and tail subregions in abdominal MRI. Retrospective. One hundred and fifty nominally healthy subjects from UK Biobank (100 subjects for method development and 50 subjects for validation). A separate 390 UK Biobank triples of subjects including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) subjects and matched nondiabetics. A 1.5 T, three-dimensional two-point Dixon sequence (for segmentation and volume assessment) and a two-dimensional axial multiecho gradient-recalled echo sequence. Pancreas segments were annotated by four raters on the validation cohort. Intrarater agreement and interrater agreement were reported using Dice overlap (Dice similarity coefficient [DSC]). A segmentation method based on template registration was developed and evaluated against annotations. Results on regional pancreatic fat assessment are also presented, by intersecting the three-dimensional parts segmentation with one available proton density fat fraction (PDFF) image. Wilcoxon signed rank test and Mann-Whitney U-test for comparisons. DSC and volume differences for evaluation. A P value &lt; 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Good intrarater (DSC mean, head: 0.982, body: 0.940, tail: 0.961) agreement and interrater (DSC mean, head: 0.968, body: 0.905, tail: 0.943) agreement were observed. No differences (DSC, head: P=0.4358, body: P=0.0992, tail: P=0.1080) were observed between the manual annotations and our method's segmentations (DSC mean, head: 0.965, body: 0.893, tail: 0.934). Pancreatic body PDFF was different between T2DM and nondiabetics matched by body mass index. The developed segmentation's performance was no different from manual annotations. Application on type 2 diabetes subjects showed potential for assessing pancreatic disease heterogeneity. 4 TECHNICAL EFFICACY STAGE: 3.

What is driving robotisation in the automotive value chain? Empirical evidence on the role of FDIs and domestic capabilities in technology adoption

With a focus on a key production technology of the fourth industrial revolution, we look at the measurable impact of inward foreign direct investments (FDIs) and other host-country-specific factors on the adoption of industrial robots along two main segments of the automotive value chain. We find that FDIs per se do not have a significant effect on the adoption of industrial robots in the host country, but they become significant when interacted with proxies of host countries’ innovation capabilities. Using disaggregated data on robotisation and controlling for endogeneity, we also find that the combination of FDIs and local innovation capacity only impact on robot adoption in the case of the automotive assembly segment. Instead, host-country-specific factors characterising the local industrial eco-system drive robotisation in the components supply segment of the automotive value chain more than in its assembly segment. This confirms the importance of domestic productive capabilities development in the process of manufacturing automation, but also reveals that remarkable heterogeneity exists within the automotive sectoral value chain in terms of drivers of technology adoption.

An Investigation On Identifying The Reasons For Absenteeism Among The Workers In Textiles (Trippur)

In the creation procedure Human Resources assumes a fundamental part. This is a result of its ability to control and facilitate the other two resources to be specific material, cash. The most essential interesting element of the labor is that it is the main live segment. Thus the nonattendance of work power has a huge effect in the generation procedure. Because of absenteeism, profitability may lessen and it might unfavorably influence the security of the association. The issue of absenteeism influences the business as well as the employees and their families. Here it ought to be noticed that in the created nations Industrial absenteeism is not that extreme issue predominantly on account of motorization and computerization yet in the underdeveloped nations like India Absenteeism is one of the major issue, the primary concern is that Indian modern area is generally rely on upon labor. This study investigations the reasons for absenteeism in the material.

An Investigation On Identifying The Reasons For Absenteeism Among The Workers In Textiles (Trippur)

In the creation procedure Human Resources assumes a fundamental part. This is a result of its ability to control and facilitate the other two resources to be specific material, cash. The most essential interesting element of the labor is that it is the main live segment. Thus the nonattendance of work power has a huge effect in the generation procedure. Because of absenteeism, profitability may lessen and it might unfavorably influence the security of the association. The issue of absenteeism influences the business as well as the employees and their families. Here it ought to be noticed that in the created nations Industrial absenteeism is not that extreme issue predominantly on account of motorization and computerization yet in the underdeveloped nations like India Absenteeism is one of the major issue, the primary concern is that Indian modern area is generally rely on upon labor. This study investigations the reasons for absenteeism in the material.

Slip Rates Along the Laohushan Fault and Spatial Variation in Slip Rate Along the Haiyuan Fault Zone

AbstractThe spatial pattern of slip rates along the Haiyuan fault zone may reveal deformation process along the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. By applying the 3D_Fault_Offsets code, we reevaluated the displacements of offset markers displaced by the Laohushan fault, the central segment of the Haiyuan fault zone. We introduced the Bayesian Age Model approach to provide optimum age control for the preserved offset markers. Multiple offsets and ages constrain the late Pleistocene slip rate to 4.4–4.8 mm/yr. The spatial pattern of strike‐slip rates of the Haiyuan fault zone indicates that the Madongshan and Liupanshan could be the main uplifts that absorbed the left‐lateral motion along the Haiyuan fault zone, due to a restraining bend between the Haiyuan and Qishan‐Mazhao fault zones. Furthermore, uniform slip rates along the main segments and slip rates decreasing toward fault tips are widely observed along some intensively studied strike‐slip faults, such as the Altyn Tagh, Kunlun, Death Valley‐Fish Lake Valley, Denali, San Andreas and Alpine faults. The results suggest that the constancy or similarity of the slip rates along the strike is closely related to block rotation and internal deformation, and the slip rates of strike‐slip faults usually change at the fault tip area converting from horizontal to vertical motion. In addition, strike‐slip fault can also take slip off of the main fault and distribute it between multiple active parallel strands.

Organizational and economic mechanism of balanced development of the vegetable market in the Republic of Belarus

Formation of a competitive national economy in the Republic of Belarus in conditions of international economic relations should be based on a stably functioning and well-developed system of commodity markets, with food market taking a key place in their structure. One of the most important segments of the latter is the vegetable market, which is developing dynamically at the present stage, providing population with valuable food products, and industry - with raw materials for processing. At the same time, specificity of domestic vegetable market of the Republic of Belarus in the context of ensuring national food security is determined by new tasks, objectively generated by the development of modern trends in domestic and global agricultural economy. The paper substantiates theoretical foundations of the mechanism of its balanced development in the food supply system, which contain scientific approaches, conditions and factors of the internal and external market environments, as well as modern trends in the vegetable market and its main segments in foreign countries. In the context of national food security, new directions of organizational and economic mechanism for the vegetable market functioning, effective measures of economic regulation of production and sale of products based on international rules, a mechanism of marketing support for domestic producers have been developed. Scientific novelty of this development lies in application of an integrated approach to balancing the vegetable market, increasing efficiency of the subjects functioning in the value chain and ensuring competitiveness of these products in the domestic and foreign markets. These developments can be used to substantiate the priority directions for development of food markets, as well as to fulfill medium- and longterm forecasts of provision level of the population of the republic with vegetable products. Acknowledgments. The research was carried out within the framework of the State Research Program “Agricultural Technologies and Food Security” for 2021-2025, subprogram 9.7 “Economy of agro-industrial complex”.

Privacy considerations for online advertising: a stakeholder’s perspective to programmatic advertising

PurposePrivacy considerations have become a topic with increasing interest from academics, industry leaders and regulators. In response to consumers’ privacy concerns, Google announced in 2020 that Chrome would stop supporting third-party cookies in the near future. At the same time, advertising technology companies are developing alternative solutions for online targeting and consumer privacy controls. This paper aims to explore privacy considerations related to online tracking and targeting methods used for programmatic advertising (i.e. third-party cookies, Privacy Sandbox, Unified ID 2.0) for a variety of stakeholders: consumers, AdTech platforms, advertisers and publishers.Design/methodology/approachThis study analyzes the topic of internet user privacy concerns, through a multi-pronged approach: industry conversations to collect information, a comprehensive review of trade publications and extensive empirical analysis. This study uses two methods to collect data on consumer preferences for privacy controls: a survey of a representative sample of US consumers and field data from conversations on web-forums created by tech professionals.FindingsThe results suggest that there are four main segments in the US internet user population. The first segment, consisting of 26% of internet users, is driven by a strong preference for relevant ads and includes consumers who accept the premises of both Privacy Sandbox and Unified ID (UID) 2.0. The second segment (26%) includes consumers who are ambivalent about both sets of premises. The third segment (34%) is driven by a need for relevant ads and a strong desire to prevent advertisers from aggressively collecting data, with consumers who accept the premises of Privacy Sandbox but reject the premises of UID 2.0. The fourth segment (15% of consumers) rejected both sets of premises about privacy control. Text analysis results suggest that the conversation around UID 2.0 is still nascent. Google Sandbox associations seem nominally positive, with sarcasm being an important factor in the sentiment analysis results.Originality/valueThe value of this paper lies in its multi-method examination of online privacy concerns in light of the recent regulatory legislation (i.e. General Data Protection Regulation and California Consumer Privacy Act) and changes for third-party cookies in browsers such as Firefox, Safari and Chrome. Two alternatives proposed to replace third-party cookies (Privacy Sandbox and Unified ID 2.0) are in the proposal and prototype stage. The elimination of third-party cookies will affect stakeholders, including different types of players in the AdTech industry and internet users. This paper analyzes how two alternative proposals for privacy control align with the interests of several stakeholders.

The 2021 Mw 7.4 Madoi Earthquake: An Archetype Bilateral Slip‐Pulse Rupture Arrested at a Splay Fault

AbstractWe combine measurements of ground deformation from Synthetic Aperture Radar images, high‐rate Global Navigation Satellite System and tele‐seismic waveforms to study the rupture kinematics of the Madoi Earthquake, which occurred in eastern Tibet on 21 May 2021 and reached a moment magnitude Mw 7.4. The data show nearly pure left‐lateral motion along a 170 km long rupture and a total duration of 36 s. The earthquake initiated near the middle of the main segment and evolved in a bilateral slip pulse rupture which propagated at a sub‐Rayleigh speed of 2.6–2.8 km/s. In our model, slip is concentrated at depth of less than ∼15 km and reaches a maximum of 4.2 m. The rupture arrested ∼10 s after branching on the extensional splay faults at both extremities. The branching onto the splay faults and the eventual arrest of the rupture is used to provide constraints on the fault frictional properties.

Sparse 3D contrast-enhanced whole-heart imaging for coronary artery evaluation.

We investigated the feasibility of evaluating coronary arteries with acontrast-enhanced (CE) self-navigated sparse isotropic 3D whole heart T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study sequence. Atotal of 22consecutive patients underwent coronary angiography and/or cardiac computed tomography (CT) including cardiac MRI. The image quality was evaluated on a3-point Likert scale. Inter-reader variability for image quality was analyzed with Cohen's kappa for the main coronary segments (left circumflex [LCX], left anterior descending [LAD], right coronary artery [RCA]) and the left main trunk (LMT). Inter-reader agreement for image quality of the coronary tree ranged from substantial to perfect, with aCohen's kappa of 0.722 (RCAmid) to 1(LCXprox). The LMT had the best image quality. Image quality of the proximal vessel segments differed significantly from the mid- and distal segments (RCAprox vs. RCAdist, p < 0.05). The LCX segments showed no significant difference in image quality along the vessel length (LCXprox vs. LCXdist, p = n.s.). The mean acquisition time for the study sequence was 553 s (±46 s). Coronary imaging with asparse 3D whole-heart sequence is feasible in areasonable amount of time producing good-quality imaging. Image quality was poorer in distal coronary segments and along the entire course of the LCX.

Cashless economy: The impact of demonetization on small and medium businesses

The Indian economy is heavily reliant on the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector. This industry employs millions and generates 8% of the country's gross domestic product. There must be careful consideration of the possible economic consequences of a big economic action like demonetization. SMEs in India are typically owned by members of the same family. There are two main segments in the SME market. Entrepreneurs that seized the chance and acted rapidly to begin and become successful soon founded profitable businesses. Businesses who entered the market late yet were able to succeed because of the enormous untapped potential. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) believed that they could continue to operate in the same way and yet experience success without needing to expand or make large expenditures.