Current state of Diagnostic, Screening and Surveillance Testing Methods for COVID-19 from an Analytical Chemistry Point of View

AbstractRapid development of community health information networks raises the issue of semantic interoperability between distributed and heterogeneous systems. Indeed, operational health information systems originate from heterogeneous teams of independent developers and have to cooperate in order to exchange data and services. A good cooperation is based on a good understanding of the messages exchanged between the systems. The main issue of semantic interoperability is to ensure that the exchange is not only possible but also meaningful. The main objective of this paper is to analyze semantic interoperability from a software engineering point of view. It describes the principles for the design of a semantic mediator (SM) in the framework of a distributed object manager (DOM). The mediator is itself a component that should allow the exchange of messages independently of languages and platforms. The functional architecture of such a SM is detailed. These principles have been partly applied in the context of the HEllOS object-oriented software engineering environment. The resulting service components are presented with their current state of achievement.

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REFLECTION OF THE CURRENT STATE OF PUBLICISTIC JOURNALISM GENRES IN THE SLOVAK MEDIA ENVIRONMENT

NORDSCI Conference proceedings, Book 1 Volume 3 ◽

10.32008/nordsci2020/b1/v3/17 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Zuzana Kvetanová

Keyword(s):

Discourse Analysis ◽

Point Of View ◽

Media Theory ◽

Logical Analysis ◽

Periodical Press ◽

Media Environment ◽

Current State ◽

Journalistic Practice ◽

Opinion Journalism

The submitted study addresses the topic of the current state of the opinion journalism and its genres in the Slovak periodical press. The author draws attention to the question of classification of the opinion journalism of a rational and emotional type from the genre categorization point of view and, simultaneously, reflects on its application in the present journalistic practice. This brings a certain rate of confrontation between the defined theoretical premises and their subsequent practical (non-)implementation. The main objective of the study is to clarify the presence of genres of analytical and literary opinion journalism stated by media theory in the environment of the Slovak periodicals. Presentation of the basic terminological axis and the related explication of journalism genres included in the opinion journalism constitute the secondary objectives of the paper. For the purposes of achieving the set objectives, the author uses methods of logical analysis of text in combination with discourse analysis. Similarly, she predicts the evident presence of the phenomenon of hybridization in the Slovak journalistic practice.

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DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERIZED MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM OF THE MOBILE ROBOT’S POSITIONING ON LARGE FERROMAGNETIC SURFACES BASED ON INTELLIGENT TECHNIQUES. COMPLEX OF TASKS OF MONITORING AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF MOBILE

10.36381/iamsti.4.2019.37-47 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 37-47

Author(s):

Yao Yueqin ◽

Oleksiy Kozlov ◽

Oleksandr Gerasin ◽

Galyna Kondratenko

Keyword(s):

Automatic Control ◽

Point Of View ◽

Monitoring And Control ◽

Large Area ◽

Monitoring And Control System ◽

Technical Parameters ◽

Automatic Control Systems ◽

Current State ◽

Computerized Monitoring ◽

And Control

Analysis and formalization of the monitoring and automatic control tasks of the MR for the movement and execution of various types of technological operations on inclined and vertical ferromagnetic surfaces are obtained. Generalized structure of mobile robotic complex is shown with main subsystems consideration. Critical analysis of the current state of the problem of development of universal structures of mobile robots (MRs) for the various types of technological operations execution and elaborations of computerized systems for monitoring and control of MR movement is done. In particular, wheeled, walked and crawler type MRs with pneumatic, vacuum-propeller, magnetic and magnetically operated clamping devices to grip with vertical and ceiling surfaces are reviewed. The constructive features of the crawler MR with magnetic clamping devices capable of moving along sloping ferromagnetic surfaces are considered. The basic technical parameters of the MR are shown for the further synthesis of computerized monitoring and automatic control systems. Formalization of the tasks of monitoring and control of the MR positioning at the processing of large area ferromagnetic surfaces is considered from the point of view of control theory.

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Chemical analysis: Information contribution of results

Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications ◽

10.1135/cccc19910505 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 56 (3) ◽

pp. 505-559 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Karel Eckschlager

Keyword(s):

Analytical Chemistry ◽

Information Theory ◽

Set Theory ◽

Fuzzy Set Theory ◽

Information Gain ◽

Analytical Signal ◽

Point Of View ◽

System A ◽

Review Analysis ◽

Theory Point

In this review, analysis is treated as a process of gaining information on chemical composition, taking place in a stochastic system. A model of this system is outlined, and a survey of measures and methods of information theory is presented to an extent as useful for qualitative or identification, quantitative and trace analysis and multicomponent analysis. It is differentiated between information content of an analytical signal and information gain, or amount of information, obtained by the analysis, and their interrelation is demonstrated. Some notions of analytical chemistry are quantified from the information theory and system theory point of view; it is also demonstrated that the use of fuzzy set theory can be suitable. The review sums up the principal results of the series of 25 papers which have been published in this journal since 1971.

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Movie Envy

The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Cinema ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190229108.013.5 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 70-80

Author(s):

Olivier Asselin

Keyword(s):

Point Of View ◽

Digital Revolution ◽

The Past ◽

Current State ◽

Movie Theatre ◽

The Relationship

“Canadian cinema.” The term may appear self-evident but is problematic. First, one may question the value of national approaches to culture, especially here, in Quebec and Canada, where the debates over the Nation seem interminable, and especially now, in an era of globalization. Next, one may question the value of media-centered approaches to culture, especially when the successive waves of the “digital revolution” have blurred the boundaries between technologies and among artistic practices. Rather than try to survey “important” fiction films for theatres in Quebec or Canada, this essay adopts another point of view to examine the presence of cinema in Montreal museums over the past few years by focusing on three singular exhibitions. It may well be symptomatic of the current state of film in Quebec and Canada—but also, paradoxically, everywhere else—and says much about the relationship between medium and nation, the expansion of cinema beyond the movie theatre, and the internationalization of culture.

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Expression and Function of Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptides in the Human Brain: Physiological and Pharmacological Implications

Pharmaceutics ◽

10.3390/pharmaceutics13060834 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 834

Author(s):

Anima M. Schäfer ◽

Henriette E. Meyer zu Schwabedissen ◽

Markus Grube

Keyword(s):

Organic Anion ◽

Physiological Role ◽

Point Of View ◽

Efflux Transporters ◽

Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptides ◽

Current State ◽

P Glycoprotein ◽

The Central Nervous System ◽

And Function ◽

Uptake Transporters

The central nervous system (CNS) is an important pharmacological target, but it is very effectively protected by the blood–brain barrier (BBB), thereby impairing the efficacy of many potential active compounds as they are unable to cross this barrier. Among others, membranous efflux transporters like P-Glycoprotein are involved in the integrity of this barrier. In addition to these, however, uptake transporters have also been found to selectively uptake certain compounds into the CNS. These transporters are localized in the BBB as well as in neurons or in the choroid plexus. Among them, from a pharmacological point of view, representatives of the organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATPs) are of particular interest, as they mediate the cellular entry of a variety of different pharmaceutical compounds. Thus, OATPs in the BBB potentially offer the possibility of CNS targeting approaches. For these purposes, a profound understanding of the expression and localization of these transporters is crucial. This review therefore summarizes the current state of knowledge of the expression and localization of OATPs in the CNS, gives an overview of their possible physiological role, and outlines their possible pharmacological relevance using selected examples.

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DIRECTIONS FOR ENHANCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CITRUS FRUIT GROWING IN AZERBAIJAN

EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA ◽

10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2021.10.01.018 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (10) ◽

pp. 167-173

Author(s):

Nurida Аlish Gasimova ◽

Keyword(s):

Citrus Fruit ◽

Economic Importance ◽

Point Of View ◽

Raw Material ◽

Current State ◽

Citrus Production ◽

Fruit Growing

The increase in citrus production is of particular economic importance both from the point of view of meeting the demand of the population for these products, and from the point of view of its use as an industrial raw material. The article studies and analyzes the current state of citrus cultivation in Azerbaijan, the possibilities of increasing their production; relevant suggestions and recommendations are made.

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Modelling of framework materials at multiple scales: current practices and open questions

10.26434/chemrxiv.7322237.v2 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Guillaume Fraux ◽

Siwar Chibani ◽

François-Xavier Coudert

Keyword(s):

Atomistic Simulation ◽

Multiple Scales ◽

Point Of View ◽

Computational Point ◽

Framework Materials ◽

New Methods ◽

Modelling Framework ◽

Current State ◽

Open Questions ◽

The Family

The last decade has seen an explosion of the family of framework materials and their study, both from the experimental and computational point of view. We propose here a short highlight of the current state of methodologies for modelling framework materials at multiple scales, putting together a brief review of new methods and recent endeavours in this area, as well as outlining some of the open challenges in this field. We will detail advances in atomistic simulation methods, the development of materials databases, and the growing use of machine learning for properties prediction.

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Content and Types of Safety of the Educational Environment

Language and Text ◽

10.17759/langt.2021080110 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 82-96

Author(s):

N.V. Mikhalkin ◽

A.N. Averyushkin

Keyword(s):

Thought Experiment ◽

Educational Environment ◽

Point Of View ◽

Practical Significance ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Philosophical Approach ◽

Public Practice ◽

Current State ◽

Main Components ◽

The Impact

Aim. To clarify the basic componentof the content of the educational environment, as well as to highlight its components and types. Procedure and methods. The article identifies the main components of the educational environment, from the point of view of the philosophical approach to understanding this phenomenon, as well as analyzed and evaluated the reasons that make it unsafe, the allocation of levels of expansion, the classification of the types of safety of the educational environment. In the study methods are used: analogies, comparative, generalization, system, interpretation of the results, thought experiment. The results. The work clarifies the content of the educational environment, reveals its main components, on the basis of a philosophical approach to this phenomenon, has been identified the impact of various types of expansion on its safety, identified and justified the basic safety of the educational environment, taking into account the current state of public practice in the country and the world, as well as the requirements that are imposed on educational institutions on the education and education of trainees. Theoretical and/or practical significance. The results of the study contribute to the palette of research of the educational environment in school and university, to the methodology of organizing the safety of the educational environment, as well as to the practice of educational activities of schools and universities.

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The state of Early Linear Pottery Culture research in Slovakia

Documenta Praehistorica ◽

10.4312/dp.46.12 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 184-202

Author(s):

Noémi Beljak Pažinová ◽

Tatiana Daráková

Keyword(s):

Material Culture ◽

The State ◽

Point Of View ◽

Chipped Stone ◽

Neolithic Culture ◽

Current State ◽

Animal Bones ◽

State Of Research ◽

Stone Industry

The article focuses on the current state of research of the first Neolithic culture in Slovakia.So far around 70 sites are known from Slovakia dated to the Early Linear Pottery Culture and the Early Eastern Linear Pottery Culture. Most of the sites are known only from surface collections, and in only four cases have dwellings been documented. Settlement features/pits have been discovered at around half the sites. Finally, we know graves from only four (and possibly five) sites. In the article we deal also with the elaboration of the Early LPC/ELPC material culture. We discuss pottery from the point of view of typology and decoration and other types of findings, such as chipped stone industry, ground and polished stones, small clay artefacts, daub, animal bones etc., are not omitted either. The goal is to evaluate the research possibilities of the Early LPC/ELPC in Slovakia.

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