Uncovering Effects of Hot Potatoes in Banking System: Arresting Die-Hard Issues

This study is aimed to conceptually engineer the effects of hot potatoes (bad loans) in the banking system. The study’s research design uses elementary concepts of graph theory comprising of mappings of systemic behavior of contemporary banking. Issues have been formally underpinned, described, and visualized through directed and linear graphs. Findings of the study show that it is an inherent feature of the banking system to generate hot potatoes and allow them to sit there. It creates heat in the system by way of latency, turgescence, propagation, and concurrent cyclicality. These predicaments of systemic crises of banking deteriorate the sustainability of the system. The pilot study (using classical t-Test) conducted as part of this research has validated the theoretical argument aforementioned. The study provides new insights into these die-hard issues. It helps refine the agenda of future research in banking.

The effect of age at first calving on the milking performance of primiparous Jersey cows

<b>The aim of this study was to determine the effect of age at first calving on the milking performance of primiparous Jersey cows (261 cows). Analyses were conducted on 2461 test day milking samples from 17.09.2007 to 26.07.2016. The primiparous cows were divided into four groups according to their age at first calving (≤ 24, > 24–26, > 26–28, > 28 months), and their daily milk yields were compared. Fourfold contingency tables were prepared to investigate the distribution of the population of cows calving at different ages and the peak daily milk yield. The significance of the association between factors was estimated using Fisher's exact test. To illustrate the course of 305-day lactation in primiparous cows varying in age at first calving, linear graphs were plotted with linear trends for daily milk yields. Primiparous Jersey cows calving at the age of > 26–28 months of life had the highest daily milk yield. In terms of the contents of basic milk constituents in the first lactation, the most advantageous age at first calving was > 24–26 months of life. However, a younger age at first calving (≤ 24 months) was associated with a lower somatic cell count in milk as well as a more favourable lactation curve for daily milk yield. The results of the study may suggest that Jersey cows calving at an earlier age (up to 24 months) may have a longer productive life and thus better performance parameters.

Features of using linear graphs in developing mathematical model of metal melting process in induction crucible furnace

The use of linear graphs in the development of a mathematical model of metal melting in an induction crucible furnace allows to determine the metal melting temperature and control the excess temperature in the main parts of the furnace. In addition, if it is necessary to optimize the thermal mode of operation of the furnace according to the presented graph conversion method, a graph model of any part of the furnace with the desired thermal parameters can be obtained.

Logarithmic Axis Graphs Distort Lay Judgment

COVID-19 data is often presented using graphs with either a linear or logarithmic scale. Given the importance of this information, understanding how choice of scale changes interpretations is critical. To test this, we presented laypeople with the same data plotted using differing scales. We found that graphs with a logarithmic, as opposed to linear, scale resulted in laypeople making less accurate predictions of growth, viewing COVID-19 as less dangerous, and expressing both less support for policy interventions and less intention to take personal actions to combat COVID-19. Education reduces, but does not eliminate these effects. These results suggest that public communications should use logarithmic graphs only when necessary, and such graphs should be presented alongside education and linear graphs of the same data whenever possible.

Ozsváth-Szabó d-invariants of almost simple linear graphs

We describe an effective method for simultaneously computing [Formula: see text]-invariants of infinite families of Brieskorn spheres [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text].

Aspects of Considering the Phenomenon of Connotation: Lacunarity and Emotional Valency

The features of the connotation phenomenon in the aspect of the theory of lacunarity and the concept of emotional valency are considered. The result of the analysis of synchronized databases of reference information systems “Scientific electronic library of Theses and Dissertations”, “Electronic library of dissertations”, “Man and science” and “Library of dissertations” for the study of the connotation phenomenon is presented. A dissertation catalog has been compiled, including 184 works in which the subject, object or separate issue under consideration is connotation, a graphical explication of the results of the content analysis of these dissertations is presented, and the analytical and prognostic potential of the developed linear graphs is described. Extensional and intensional directions of the study of connotation, as well as their fluctuations, are shown. The source of illustrative material was the parallel sub-corpus (English) of the National Corps of the Russian Language. The question of the relationship of the emotional coloring of the word and emotional connotation is considered. It is stated that the study of connotation as a multidimensional phenomenon requires an integrative approach and the convergence of humanitarian and natural sciences. It is concluded that the use of the theory of lacunarity with respect to the study of the connotation of linguistic units seems promising, allowing to systematize the concept of the phenomenon of connotation in the framework of modern linguistics.

VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES IN WORLD RESEARCH

Every year the amount of information increases significantly, particularly in education, and at the same time, the possibilities of digital tools utilization for processing it changes. Scientific progress, virtualization and automation of many processes have a beneficial effect on this, and therefore there is a need for their processing and accounting, which entails an increase in computing power and data rates. The continuous flow of information is a necessary condition for the existence of modern civilization and the reason for the overload with information and media activity consciousness, which provoked the emergence of a new type of thinking based on the clip perception of messages. A person from all the variety of information grasps the brightest fragments that appeal to his consciousness and thus forms a chain of levels of information perception "image - title - text - understanding", where the information's visual component acts as a link from one to another and provides information connection. The visual component of information (visualization), based on certain associations, stereotypes of thinking, conveys the essence of significant event, fact, phenomenon, process, important for a person in time and space. Visualization is the most important step in the data analysis process. It helps to present research results in a simple and clear form, often serves as a key factor for decision-making in various fields. Although many people associate digital visualization with linear graphs and tables exclusively, in reality it is a big concept, a system of transmitting complex ideas, patterns and data through visual images. The analysis of the notions "visualization", "information visualization", "graphic image", "graph" is performed in the article. Varieties and methods of digital visualizations by different researchers are analyzed. The methods of digital visualization by Swiss researchers, who presented them in the form of a periodic table, are described. The main types of digital visualizations with examples and their possible application are described in detail.