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- conference paperSOCIN 2013 : Social technologies'13. Development of social technologies in the complex world : special focus on e-health : conference abstracts : 10-11 October, 2013
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- book partSoviet and Post-Soviet Lithuania – generational experiencesThis chapter addresses the ways in which certain social and demographic processes describe the last Lithuanian Soviet generation (born in the late 1960s and 1970s). The primary focus is directed to the analysis of the demographic changes that took place in the life course of this generation during the period of transition to adulthood. It is essential to identify how this period of life was structured after the collapse of the Soviet system and under changing social, economic and ideological conditions, as well as with the development of a new political, social and economic order in the 1990s. The following events of the transitional phase are analysed here: leaving the parental home; completing education, starting work for the first time; first partnerships; and giving birth to the first child. The aim is to reveal the ways in which these specifically changing experiences during the transition to adulthood reflect distinctive formation features of the last Soviet generation and how these experiences delimit this generation from both previous and subsequent generations. The chapter also surveys the ways these experiences reflect transformational processes of the life course in terms of standardisation/de-standardisation and institutionalisation/de-institutionalisation, which took place in the 1990s. The chapter draws on the secondary analysis of demographic data. This chapter draws on the demographic data from the Generations and Gender Survey (Kart ir lyči tyrimas) conducted in 2006–2009 in Lithuania, the data on the period between 1990 and 2011 gained from the Department of Statistics of Lithuania (Statistics Lithuania) and the materials of the survey conducted under the project The Last Soviet Generation in the Changing Contexts of Modernity (Paskutinioji sovietmečio karta kintančios modernybės kontekstuose).
126 - bookMerkinė : Dzūkijos nacionalinio parko ir Čepkelių valstybinio gamtinio rezervato direkcija, 2022Knygoje pirmą kartą sutelktos žinios apie baltų religijos šventvietes istorinės Dainavos žemės dalyje, kuri apima Varėnos rajoną ir Druskininkų savivaldybę. Leidinio įvade apžvelgiami su šventvietėmis, jų tyrinėjimų istorija ir apsauga susiję klausimai. Toliau aprašomos 199 Varėnos r. ir 46 Druskininkų sav. šventvietės, skelbiamos jų geografinės padėties koordinatės, matmenys, daugelis archeologinių, istorinių, kalbinių, tautosakinių ir etnologinių duomenų, XVIII–XX a. žemėlapių iškarpos, schemos, piešiniai ir nuotraukos. Leidinyje autorius tęsia atliktus Žemaitijos (1998), Rytų Aukštaitijos (2006), Joniškio (2016) ir Pakruojo (2018) šventviečių tyrinėjimus.
91 - research articleAgricultural water managementSoil System Budgets (SSB) of nutrients are generally performed annually over arable land to infer their use efficiency and water pollution risk in highly exploited agricultural watersheds. They are seldom partitioned into seasonal budgets and matched with seasonal nutrient transport in adjacent river reaches. We calculated seasonal soil nitrogen (N) budgets in a Mincio River sub-basin (Italy), and we analyzed the dissolved inorganic N net export in the river reach draining such sub-basin. Our results show seasonal differences of SSB with N excess in winter and even more in spring, equilibrium among sources and sinks during autumn and N deficit during summer. Seasonal inorganic N loads transported by the river were not correlated with SSB as they peaked in late summer and were at their minimum in early spring. Fertilization uncoupled to significant uptake supports N excess in winter and spring, whereas crop uptake uncoupled to N inputs supports summer N deficit. Nitrification cannot explain nitrate accumulation in the river reach, suggesting alternative dynamics driving the local hydrology. Flood irrigation results in large soil nitrate solubilization, transport and in upward migration of the groundwater piezometric head during spring and summer periods. River water is likely replaced by nitrate-rich groundwater when the groundwater recharge exceeds a certain threshold coinciding with late summer. Irrigation is then interrupted and the piezometric head, together with nitrate exchange, decreases. This work suggests that a deep understanding of N dynamics in agricultural watersheds with flooding irrigation on permeable soils needs the reconstruction of the vertical pathways of nitrate and of river-groundwater interactions. Moreover, the partitioning of annual into seasonal N budgets and their combination with irrigation practices allows the identification of hot moments in N cycling. Agricultural practices minimizing nitrate excess, its mobility and the risk of surface and groundwater pollution are suggested for this area.
51Scopus© Citations 1WOS© IF 6.611WOS© AIF 3.965Scopus© SNIP 2.138 - research articleAlexandria engineering journalThe energy efficiency of port container terminal equipment and the reduction of CO2 emissions are among one of the biggest challenges facing every seaport in the world. The article presents the modeling of the container transportation process in a terminal from the quay crane to the stack using battery-powered Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) to estimate the energy consumption parameters. An AGV speed control algorithm based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) is proposed to optimize the energy consumption of container transportation. The results obtained and compared with real transportation measurements showed that the proposed DRL-based approach dynamically changing the driving speed of the AGV reduces energy consumption by 4.6%. The obtained results of the research provide the prerequisites for further research in order to find optimal strategies for autonomous vehicle movement including context awareness and information sharing with other vehicles in the terminal.
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- book partCultural and historical perspectives on body image, obesity, and eating disordersThe appearance of the human body and its image in Lithuanian society are currently one of the most relevant health topics. In the media and on the Internet, a lot of attention is paid to the appearance of the human body and the image of the person, certain body appearance standards prevail, the non-compliance of which can have a negative impact on a person's physical and mental health and his social life. Individuals and society perceive and evaluate body image based on shape, weight, girth measurements, other characteristics of physical body appearance and their shortcomings. Lithuanian nutritionists note that there is still a stigma in society that obesity is not a disease but a person's neglect, which is why people with obesity rarely talk openly about the difficulties they fear. The slender body is desirable in Lithuania. However, in contrast to the negative influence of the media on the formation of body image, positive initiatives by formal institutions, influencers, and media are also taking place.
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- research articleLancet. London : The Lancet Publishing Group, 2003, vol. 362, iss. 9386., p. 782-788Background. Treatment with angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors reduces the rate of cardiovascular events among patients with left-ventricular dysfunction and those at high risk of such events. We assessed whether the ACE inhibitor perindopril reduced cardiovascular risk in a low-risk population with stable coronary heart disease and no apparent heart failure. Methods We recruited patients from October, 1997, to June, 2000. 13 655 patients were registered with previous myocardial infarction (64%), angiographic evidence of coronary artery disease (61%), coronary revascularisation (55%), or a positive stress test only (5%). After a run-in period of 4 weeks, in which all patients received perindopril, 12 218 patients were randomly assigned perindopril 8 mg once daily (n=6110), or matching placebo (n=6108). The mean follow-up was 4.2 years, and the primary endpoint was cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or cardiac arrest. Analysis was by intention to treat...
Scopus© Citations 2041 10WOS© IF 18.316WOS© AIF 3.971 - research articleFronties in ecology and the environment. Hoboken : Wiley, 2010, vol. 8, iss. 3., p. 135-144Recent comprehensive data provided through the DAISIE project (www.europe-aliens.org) have facilitated the development of the first pan-European assessment of the impacts of alien plants, vertebrates, and invertebrates – in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments – on ecosystem services. There are 1094 species with documented ecological impacts and 1347 with economic impacts. The two taxonomic groups with the most species causing impacts are terrestrial invertebrates and terrestrial plants. The North Sea is the maritime region that suffers the most impacts. Across taxa and regions, ecological and economic impacts are highly correlated. Terrestrial invertebrates create greater economic impacts than ecological impacts, while the reverse is true for terrestrial plants. Alien species from all taxonomic groups affect “supporting”, “provisioning”, “regulating”, and “cultural” services and interfere with human well-being. Terrestrial vertebrates are responsible for the greatest range of impacts, and these are widely distributed across Europe. Here, we present a review of the financial costs, as the first step toward calculating an estimate of the economic consequences of alien species in Europe.
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