Special Connection Research Articles

THE PARADOXES OF LITERARINESS

The aim of the paper is to present the special connection between reality and fiction in some emblematic literary texts from the time of the Bulgarian Enlightenment as well as the place of the literature in creating the ideological narratives of the mentioned period. The interplay between fiction and reality marks the entire Bulgarian Enlightenment, and both in the texts and in their reception this interconnectedness proves crucial. In this historical period, authors such as Vazov consider literature as one of the main ‘weapons’ for the transformation of the world. At a time when there were no Bulgarian institutions, as Bulgaria was part of the Ottoman Empire, book publishing and education played the role of state-creating impulses without a state. That is why another important topic discussed in the paper is the pedagogical function of 19th-century Bulgarian literature which is both a source of knowledge about the world and a means of building the notion of the national ideal.

Take a hike: Spatializing allemannsretten and transportation accessibility for outdoor recreation in the Greater Stavanger Region, Norway

ABSTRACT A special connection between people and their environment is legally recognized in Norway as Allemannsretten, the right to enjoy a large part of Norwegian nature. Scholarship on leisure mobility, spatial planning, and transport geography recognizes the intrinsic value of this spatial connection. As people travel for outdoor recreation, equitable access to recreation is a goal for just transport systems and must be achieved as these systems are digitalized and electrified for low-carbon transitions. The aim of the article is to identify the impact of transportation accessibility on outdoor recreation habits in the Greater Stavanger Region, Norway’s third-largest metropolitan region. With car-centric development since the 1970s and ambitious automobility-reduction targets, transportation accessibility for outdoor recreation is a key indicator of challenges to overcome in mobility transitions, yet features marginally in public debate. In focusing on popular outdoor day trips and based on multisited interviews with both car owners and non-owners, the authors identify oversights in accessibility, spatializing the issue of local destinations in relation to urban transport transition. They conclude that policymakers must address specific gaps to make transport systems desirable and inclusive, and that a spatial lens can be used to problematize and advance just low-carbon transitions.

STATUS OF INDEPENDENT REGULATORY AGENCIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

The nineteenth and twentieth century determined a special connection and interdependence between political and economic branches , which set the right platform for presentation of the bodies or regulatory authorities. Macedonia was not overlooked by this connected determinism and interdependent. The formation of regulatory bodies by the Assembly in more diverse sectors in Macedonia began in 2002. The regulatory bodies have the status of legal entity by registration in court and their work is public. The role of the market, politics / government and civil society as a regulator with economic and political mechanisms that operate in democratic societies with market economies is, in fact, an appropriate balance of their roles as regulators of public affairs.

Parametric optimization of SIP connection geometry in CFS-MRF structures: A finite element study

The structural buildings should be designed to resist both static and dynamic loads. There are different types of structural systems that can support seismic loads. Moment-resisting frames (MRFs) are widely used for seismic purposes, relying on the plastic deformations occurring between the beam and column. The main problems of cold-formed steel sections in MRFs during seismic loads are premature local and distortional buckling, which cause severe damage under strong earthquakes, such as early loss of connection strength, low ductility, and low energy dissipation. This paper clarifies the performance of the CFS section with steel interconnected part (SIP) in moment-resisting frames (MRFs) in many aspects using finite element (FE) procedures. The study summarizes the required dimensions of SIP to achieve optimal behavior for the beam-column connection. Additionally, an advanced connection consisting of SIP and four pairs of out-of-plane stiffeners has been examined. The locations of the out-of-plane stiffeners have been carefully selected to stabilize the connection. A cantilever beam connection has been used to represent an MRF in an advanced way. The connection consists of 2 C channel back-to-back beams connected with a through plate with sixteen bolts. Numerical models have been developed and verified with experimental tests under both monotonic and cyclic loading. The characteristics and creation of the numerical model are well illustrated in this paper. Cyclic loading has been applied according to AISC protocol, which is used to test the performance of the steel connections, as well as to classify the connection according to different design codes. The results show that increasing the plastic moment capacity of the CFS section decreases the required SIP dimensions to achieve optimal behavior by the connection. Additionally, it has been found that using out-of-plane stiffeners in particular locations with SIP increases energy dissipation on average by 74 %. Using stiffeners with SIP can upgrade the classification of the connection from an ordinary or intermediate moment connection to a special moment connection without the need to increase the CFS cross-section area or reduce the slenderness ratio, which in turn reduces the overall costs of construction.

Development of Convention Visitors’ Place Attachment Through Excursion Opportunities: An Application of the Arousal‐Interaction‐Pleasure Model

Attending conventions involves both leisure activities and work‐related experiences. Convention hosts often offer excursion programs as spin-off programs to enhance attendees’ overall convention experience. Through these programs, visitors can explore the touristic and recreational attractions of the destination, ultimately developing a special connection to it. This study examines the importance of excursion experiences in developing convention attendees’ place attachment by adopting the arousal‐interaction‐pleasure (AIP) model. The study explores and empirically tests the relationship between excursion program experiences and place attachment, using a sample of foreign convention visitors to Jeju Island, South Korea. The analysis is based on 326 cases, and structural equation modeling is employed to test research hypotheses. The study found that 1) the authenticity of the experience and the tour guide???s quality are crucial factors in preparing a successful excursion program, and 2) an excursion experience significantly predicts place attachment to the destination.

Special affine connections on symmetric spaces

Special affine connections on symmetric spaces

Sliding connectors for cyclic construction of steel-UHPC composite truss arch bridges: design method and feasibility study

To break through the three major technical bottlenecks of traditional long-span arch bridges, which are excessive self-weight, high cost and difficult construction, a new steel-ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) composite truss arch bridge scheme and a matching cyclic construction method were proposed. The main arch can be divided into several times for closure from the inside out. Special transverse connection devices need to be installed between the arch ribs constructed with successive closures by step. The devices can not only ensure the stability of the arch ribs constructed subsequently, but also do not cause serious stress superposition on the already closed arch ribs. Therefore, sliding connectors for the cyclic construction of new arch bridges and the corresponding simplified modeling method were proposed in this paper. Subsequently, the working mechanism was analyzed, and the design method was proposed. Finally, the feasibility of sliding connectors and the correctness of the corresponding design method were verified by the experiment. The results indicate that it is necessary to install a transverse sleeve structure in the sliding connector, which plays a key role in transverse adjustment. The design of key dimensions in sliding connectors is controlled by the maximum vertical and longitudinal displacements of the inner arch. The outer arch could slide freely under the premise of ensuring stability, and the mechanical superposition response of the inner arch was relatively small. For the inner arch, the vertical displacement at the crown only increased by 10.94 %, and the maximum compressive stress in the UHPC arch ribs only increased by 16.3 %. The sliding connector also has the potential for further optimization to achieve smaller stress superposition.

Otherworldly Properties

AbstractDespite the many differing perspectives possible regarding the concept of a property right, one central aspect is, arguably, the primal exclusionary impulse and its special connection to a particular form of subjectivity, especially in terms of how people feel about space, enclosed space and any subsequent property rules applicable. Such aspects limit speculative thought concerning the enactment of challenging housing reforms. This essay therefore asks: Why is exclusion so relevant to spatial ethics, and is it only a particular form of subjectivity that is involved in the phenomena of exclusionary impulses? As a response, new speculative thoughts are proposed that aim at challenging such specialised subjectivity, exclusionary impulses and spatial engagement: re-sanctification of enclosed space, de-objectification of being and a call to develop new or alternative subjectivities and modes of somatic thought.

Power frequency magnetic field interference suppression method for online frequency response analysis of power transformers

AbstractFrequency response analysis is widely used for the offline diagnosis of winding deformations in power transformers. To apply this approach to a working transformer, the magnitude of the response current needs to be measured by using Rogowski coil sensors across a load current. The saturation of the power frequency magnetic field in these current sensors must be prevented to ensure accurate measurement of such small response currents. Here, a method is presented to suppress the power frequency magnetic field using a sensing system including a special connection of three‐phase current sensors based on the sum of the three‐phase power frequency load currents of the transformer being close to zero. Each sensor comprises two secondary coils: a measuring coil and an anti‐saturation coil. The anti‐saturation coils are connected in parallel with one another through small inductors to eliminate the power frequency magnetic field in the cores of the sensors. Theoretical analysis is used to derive a solution for this system. The experimental results verify the proposed method as enabling the sensors to function with a transformer carrying a load current of 2333 A.

Impact of Multi-Energy System and Different Control Strategies on a Generic Low-Voltage Distribution Grid

The rising electricity costs, cost of space heating, and domestic hot water end up driving consumers toward reducing expenses by generating their electricity through devices like photovoltaic systems and efficient combined heat and power plants. When coupled with thermal systems via an energy management system (EMS) in a Multi-Energy System (MES), this self-produced electricity can effectively lower electricity and heating bills. However, MESs with EMSs can serve various purposes beyond cost reduction via self-consumption, such as reacting to variable electricity prices, meeting special grid connection conditions, or minimizing CO2 emissions. These diverse strategies create unique prosumer profiles, deviating significantly from standard load profiles. The potential threat to the power grid arises as grid operators lack visibility into which consumers employ which control strategies. This paper investigates the impact of controlled MESs on the power grid compared to average households and answers whether new control strategies affect the planning strategies of low voltage grids. It proposes a comprehensive four-step toolchain for the detailed simulation of thermal–electrical load profiles, MES control strategies, and grid dynamics. It includes a new method for the grid impact analysis of extreme and average bulk values. As a result, this study identifies three primary factors influencing distribution power grids by MESs. Firstly, the presence and scale of photovoltaic (PV) systems significantly affect extreme values in the grid. Secondly, MESs incorporating combined heat and power (CHP) and heat pump (HP) units impact the overall grid performance, mainly reflected in bulk values. Thirdly, the placement of an MES with heating systems, especially when concentrated in one feeder, plays a crucial role in grid dynamics. Despite the three distinct factors identified as impactful on the power grid, this study reveals that the various control strategies, despite leading to vastly different grid profiles, do not exhibit divergent impacts on buses, lines, or transformers. Remarkably, the impact of MESs remains consistently similar across the range of control strategies studied. Therefore, different control strategies do not pose an additional challenge to the grid integration of MESs.

CRITICAL THINKING AS A FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOFT SKILLS

In this article we consider the problems of "critical thinking"as a cause of insufficient development of soft skills in high school students. In the course of theoretical analysis the concept and characteristics of critical thinking as a soft skill are established and different approaches to the development of critical thinking skills in high school students are outlined. Since critical thinking allows to guide and control the whole process of learning in school, including the independent development of students regarding the acquisition of not only knowledge, but also soft skills. The special connection between logic and creative thinking is noted. The main ways of developing critical thinking as a factor in the development of soft skills according to the Delphi model (Peter Facione) are outlined. The results of practical research based on the key cognitive skills have shown that the level of development of soft critical thinking skills is a necessary condition for the development of high school students, as soft critical thinking skills were developed in them during the experiment, albeit slightly (due to the use of modern techniques and methods of technology in the process of teaching and education), which determines the effectiveness of their further development. It is recommended to use in school education, in high schools, interactive techniques and methods of developing soft skills, while taking into account the age of students and their need to form critical thinking both for self-development and for the acquisition of other competencies.

Плагиат: анализ культурных оснований оправдания

The article is devoted to the study of the cultural foundations of such a phenomenon as plagiarism. It is revealed that plagiarism, like theft and appropriation of authorship of someone else’s work, has its roots in the mythology of culture: the theft of fire by Prometheus, the theft of the blessing of the birthright by Jacob. Plagiarism is a form of self-identification based on an act of passive protest. Through it, the subject is removed from the current government and constitutes its own autonomy. Assuming that theft comes from need, lack of something, plagiarism is also carried out from a lack of self, and in the act of appropriation there is an attempt to compensate for sovereignty. The cultural conditions of postmodernity are described, which exclude plagiarism from the condemned deviations: intertextuality, multiplicity, Death of the Author, leveling the boundary between opposites. Today, the Author is gradually being eliminated from the text and this manifests itself in a special temporal connection: the modern Author existed before the text, and today’s scriptwriter arises simultaneously with the text. The text becomes open, free to make or extract meaning. It can be observed that postmodern discourse implements a kind of apology for plagiarism, considering it an important component of creativity. Plagiarism studies reject the moral assessment of the phenomenon in favor of demonstrating the imaginary boundaries between the copy and the original. The conclusion is made about the need to return the study of plagiarism to the moral field, the return of conscience and “cognitive abilities”.

Insights into structural assessment and long-term effects of a post-tensioned multispan concrete box girder bridge with vertically prestressed internal joints

The study focuses on multi-span prestressed bridges, where time-dependent effects like creep, shrinkage and prestress losses can have a significant impact on long-term behaviour. Specifically, the paper analyses a bridge constructed with the balanced-cantilever method and presenting the peculiarity of vertically prestressed internal joints, which significantly influence the deformed shape and require proper modelling approaches. The testing campaign is fundamental to achieve a deepened awareness of the actual behaviour of the bridge and to correctly reproduce it through a Finite Element (FE) model. The constructed FE model accurately predicts actual and future deformations and stresses, and allows simulating the actual service conditions of the structure. The novelty of the work presented in this paper lies in the development of a detailed model specifically tailored for the analysed bridge typology, considering real construction stages and long-term phenomena of both steel and concrete. The model has reached a high level of validation through the comparison of the results with extensive in-situ tests and theoretical formulations, so as to be able to achieve insights and learn important lessons on the long-term structural behaviour of post-tensioned bridges with special internal connections.

A Quantum Approach to News Verification from the Perspective of a News Aggregator

In the dynamic landscape of digital information, the rise of misinformation and fake news presents a pressing challenge. This paper takes a completely new approach to verifying news, inspired by how quantum actors can reach agreement even when they are spatially spread out. We propose a radically new—to the best of our knowledge—algorithm that uses quantum “entanglement” (think of it as a special connection) to help news aggregators “sniff out” bad actors, whether they are other news sources or even fact-checkers trying to spread misinformation. This algorithm does not rely on quantum signatures; it merely uses basic quantum technology which we already have, in particular, special pairs of particles called “EPR pairs” that are much easier to create than other options. More elaborate entangled states are like juggling too many balls—they are difficult to make and slow things down, especially when many players are involved. So, we adhere to Bell states, the simplest form of entanglement, which are easy to generate no matter how many players are involved. This means that our algorithm is faster to set up, works for any number of participants, and is more practical for real-world use. Additionally, as a “bonus point”, it finishes in a fixed number of steps, regardless of how many players are involved, making it even more scalable. This new approach may lead to a powerful and efficient way to fight misinformation in the digital age, using the weird and wonderful world of quantum mechanics.

Afro-surrealism in screen arts as an experience of the Otherworldly

This article is a study of such an original trend in art as "Afro-surrealism". The study contains an excursion into the history of this phenomenon, but special attention is paid to the special connection of the genre of Afro-surrealism with the realm of the otherworldly. The genre, being an offshoot of the general group of surrealist trends, tends to create images that cross the line of rational reality, in other words, Afro-surrealist works by their nature strive for knowledge of the otherworldly. Nevertheless, Afro-surrealism contains unique structural elements and techniques that make it possible to separate it from classical surrealism and make it a rich material for research. The purpose of the article is to examine the history of the genre, as well as some works in the genre of Afro–surrealism and, using their example, based on the "Manifesto of Afro-Surrealism" to identify special elements of language and demonstrate how they help to reveal the otherworldly reality of the work. The main research method in this article is a systematic film analysis. The special structural elements of the film language and their role in the isolation of the genre are the focus of the research. The results of the study can be considered the very fact of highlighting a cultural phenomenon, since this genre is quite young and unique for a group of authors belonging to the same cultural group. In this regard, the phenomenon is practically unknown and extremely poorly studied in the Russian-language scientific literature. In addition to analyzing the historical and theoretical foundations of the genre, this article identifies special elements of the language of works, thanks to which the view of the problem of the otherworldly acquires a special philosophical depth, turning into a question about the limits of knowledge and mystical experience. The article analyzes in detail some of the images created by the authors of the series "Atlanta", and also draws a parallel between this series and David Lynch's older surrealist work "Twin Peaks", which allows us to more specifically draw a line separating "classic" surrealism from Afro-surrealism.

Experimental and numerical investigation of through-diaphragm in H-shaped steel beam to CFST column connections

This research proposes a cruciform through-diaphragm (CTD) for an H-shaped steel beam to concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) column and investigates its seismic performance experimentally and numerically. The proposed connection consists of through-plates passing through the aligned slots in the panel zone and end plates directly welded to an H-shaped steel beam. This connection eliminates welding inside the steel tube for installation of the diaphragm, while providing a reliable load path from the steel beam to the CFST column. The experimental program examined the connection hysteretic behaviors, including the moment-rotation response, ductility, initial stiffness, and energy dissipation capacity. The proposed connection shows stable hysteric behavior and good energy dissipation up to a story drift up to 4 % and satisfies the AISC seismic provisions criteria for special moment connection. A finite element (FE) model was established and verified against the experimental results. The effects of concrete infill, steel tube column thickness, axial load ratio, and through-plate thickness on the hysteretic behavior of the proposed connection were investigated through parametric analysis of 24 FE models. This study provides the information on the optimized design parameters that ensures the stable seismic performance of the proposed connection that could be used in structural engineering practice.

ND-MRM: Neuronal Diversity Inspired Multisensory Recognition Model

Cross-sensory interaction is a key aspect for multisensory recognition. Without cross-sensory interaction, artificial neural networks show inferior performance in multisensory recognition. On the contrary, the human brain has an inherently remarkable ability in multisensory recognition, which stems from the diverse neurons that exhibit distinct responses to sensory inputs, especially the multisensory neurons with multisensory responses hence enabling cross-sensory interaction. Based on this neuronal diversity, we propose a Neuronal Diversity inspired Multisensory Recognition Model (ND-MRM), which, similar to the brain, comprises unisensory neurons and multisensory neurons. To reflect the different responses characteristics of diverse neurons in the brain, special connection constraints are innovatively designed to regulate the features transmission in the ND-MRM. Leveraging this novel concept of neuronal diversity, our model is biologically plausible, enabling more effective recognition of multisensory information. To validate the performance of the proposed ND-MRM, we employ a multisensory emotion recognition task as a case study. The results demonstrate that our model surpasses state-of-the-art brain-inspired baselines on two datasets, proving the potential of brain-inspired methods for advancing multisensory interaction and recognition.

Legal regulation of human somatic rights: transplantation of human organs and biological tissues in Ukraine and foreign countries

The article examines the problems of legal regulation of transplantation of organs and tissues of the human body in Ukraine and foreign countries. Emphasis is placed on legal and ethical difficulties arising in the field of transplantology. It is noted that the right to «mechanize the body» has a number of specific features, namely: the specific nature of the object of these rights - the human body, which is the object of property rights and currently has mainly a monetary value expression; natural dependence on knowledge of biology, genetics, medicine, technology. Their existence and implementation are possible only with the help of achievements of scientific and technical progress; novelty, which has a different degree of expression, depending on the type of protected result of disposal of body or life; ambiguous attitude from the side of religion, morality, ethics, politics; inextricable connection with constitutional (fundamental) human rights in view of the special connection with personal (natural) rights and the peculiarity as an independent group of human rights; exclusivity in terms of its legal consequences in the process and as a result of their implementation. With any change in the physical embodiment of a person, the subjective aspect of legal relations changes, that is, many connections of various branches of legal regulation (civil, marital and family, constitutional, etc.) are affected; the degree of their recognition and implementation reflects the level of development of the state and society in general, etc. It is emphasized that individual somatic rights are reflected both in the legislation of Ukraine and in the legislation of foreign countries. For example, the right to transplant organs in national legislation is not used as a right to dispose of one's body, but as a certain necessity, a medical indication. In order to regulate the issue of organ donation, the legislation of individual states prescribes the practice of establishing special procedures for obtaining the donor's consent to extract a transplant from him (Belgium, Greece, Turkey). Given the lack of transplants for transplant operations, it is important to develop educational work at the state level, explaining to citizens the need to issue voluntary consents for the posthumous use of their donor material. It is worth making proposals for the development and adoption of the State Program of Ukraine aimed at the development of donation. This program should provide organizational, legal and preventive state measures for the promotion and development of legal donation in Ukraine; proposals for the development of a national legal mechanism aimed at encouraging voluntary posthumous donation, which would be based on the lifetime legally formalized consent of potential donors to the posthumous free use of their donor material.

Connectivity Matrix Seriation via Relaxation.

Volume electron microscopy together with computer-based image analysis are yielding neural circuit diagrams of ever larger regions of the brain. These datasets are usually represented in a cell-to-cell connectivity matrix and contain important information about prevalent circuit motifs allowing to directly test various theories on the computation in that brain structure. Of particular interest are the detection of cell assemblies and the quantification of feedback, which can profoundly change circuit properties. While the ordering of cells along the rows and columns doesn't change the connectivity, it can make special connectivity patterns recognizable. For example, ordering the cells along the flow of information, feedback and feedforward connections are segregated above and below the main matrix diagonal, respectively. Different algorithms are used to renumber matrices such as to minimize a given cost function, but either their performance becomes unsatisfying at a given size of the circuit or the CPU time needed to compute them scales in an unfavorable way with increasing number of neurons. Based on previous ideas, I describe an algorithm which is effective in matrix reordering with respect to both its performance as well as to its scaling in computing time. Rather than trying to reorder the matrix in discrete steps, the algorithm transiently relaxes the integer program by assigning a real-valued parameter to each cell describing its location on a continuous axis ('smooth-index') and finds the parameter set that minimizes the cost. I find that the smooth-index algorithm outperforms all algorithms I compared it to, including those based on topological sorting.

Linguistic identity as the ultimate goal and means of learning

Relevance. In the modern world, which is characterised by the development of technology, globalisation, and cultural integration, the issue of the development of a linguistic identity, which is the basis of cultural, social, and intellectual development of a person, is of particular importance.Purpose. The purpose of the study is to analyse the features and significance of the linguistic identity in the learning process, considering the connection between the cultural component and the language.Methodology. To achieve research goals, the following methods were used: hypothetical and deductive, survey, and comparative.Results. The results of the study have determined that teaching with an emphasis on the development of a linguistic identity is based on the integration of linguistic and cultural aspects of language. This allows students not only to assimilate grammatical and lexical structures, but also to understand the cultural and sociolinguistic features of the language community. The survey of students found that most of the respondents attach special importance to the terms �linguistic identity� and �linguistic worldview�, understanding their significant contribution to a comprehensive language education that can meet the needs and challenges of a globalised world. In turn, the teacher occupies an important place in the development of a linguistic identity, actively using individual and cultural aspects of the educational process. The analysis of the teacher's role in the development of a linguistic identity in the learning process shows that there is a special connection between culture and language, causing the development of critical abilities that make students active participants in a multicultural society.Conclusions. The practical significance lies in the use of the findings by researchers who study the mechanisms, aspects, and features of the development of a linguistic identity in the learning process, and specialists in the field of philology and linguistics.