Arik Kiv

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | bgu · Department of Materials Engineering

Porous materials occupy an important place among the materials of electronic equipment. Nanopores, which are obtained by ion irradiation of materials, have a complex internal structure that depends on the interaction of fast ions with the substance. Obtaining such structures is important, in particular, in the manufacture of biosensor devices based...

This paper introduces the Proceedings of the XV International Conference on Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (ICon-MaSTEd 2023), which took place at the Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Ukraine, from 17 to 19 May 2023. It provides background information and the organizational structure of the conference, as well as the structur...

Being based on the known model of a cylindrical nanopore created using the classical method of molecular dynamics, we have studied the patterns of electrolyte flow passing through a nanocylinder, which is used to simulate an ion-induced track in a thin film. In this study, the nanotrack model takes into account the defect structure of the nanotrack...

This paper represents a preface to the Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (ICon-MaSTEd 2022) held at the Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Ukraine, 18-20 May 2022. Background information and the organizational structure of the meeting, proceedings structure, and acknowledgments of...

Long-range effect (LRE), which is known for ion-implanted crystals of diamond, metals and semiconductors, has also been observed in ion-implanted polymers. The effect is that a change in the physical characteristics of the material is observed far beyond the region of ion penetration into the sample. The present study was performed with polymethylm...

The study proves relevance of specialized software use to solve problems of emergencies prevention of radioactive liquids spills to teach students and graduate students. Main assessment criteria of accidents at radiation-hazardous objects associated with radioactive liquids spillage is identified. A model of radioactive substances transport in emer...

This is an introductory text to a collection of selected papers from the 9th Workshop on Cloud Technologies in Education (CTE 2021) which held in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on the December 17, 2021. It consists of short introduction, papers' review and some observations about the event and its future.

This is an introductory text to a collection of selected papers from the 9th Illia O. Teplytskyi Workshop on Computer Simulation in Education (CoSinE 2021), held in Kherson, Ukraine, on the October 1, 2021. The volume presents the contributions to the workshops affiliated with the ICTERI 2021: the 17th International Conference on ICT in Education,...

The article dwells on to the study of the responsibility of future specialists of socionomic professions as an important indicator of their digital competence. The role of responsibility as a vital indicator of digital competence of future specialists of socionomic professions was determined, which determines their conscious and responsible activit...

The article identifies the essence of the phenomenon of gamification as a modern trend in distance education, as well as outlines its innovative potential based on the analysis of cases of introduction of gamification elements in the training of sociology students at Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University and Petro Mohyla Black Sea National Univer...

This is an introductory text to a collection of selected papers from the 4th Workshop for Young Scientists in Computer Science & Software Engineering (CS&SE@SW 2021), which was held in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on the December 18, 2021. It consists of short summaries of selected papers and some observations about the event and its future.

This paper outlines the importance of using Augmented Reality (AR) in physics education at the university as a valuable tool for visualization and increasing the attention and motivation of students to study, solving educational problems related to future professional activities, improving the interaction of teachers and students. Provided an analy...

Training and professional development of nuclear power plant personnel are essential components of the atomic energy industry's successful performance. The rapid growth of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies allowed to expand their scope and caused the need for various studies and experiments in terms of their application a...

Training and professional development of nuclear power plant personnel are essential components of the atomic energy industry's successful performance. The rapid growth of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies allowed to expand their scope and caused the need for various studies and experiments in terms of their application a...

The publication explores the features of the digital technologies' usage to organize the work of the Young Scientists' Councils and describes the best practices. The digital transformation of society and the quarantine restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have forced the use of various digital technologies for scientific communication, the...

This article represents the proceedings of the XII International Conference on Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (ICon-MaSTEd 2020) held at the Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Ukraine, 15–17 October 2020. Background information and the organizational structure of the meeting, a summary of the papers, and acknowledgements of the...

Ultrasensitive biomarker sensing has been used to develop novel strategies in detecting early stage cancer. Due to their unique characteristics, ie, ease of synthesis, conductivity and bio-compatibility, iron magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are exceptional nanomaterial in theragnostics. The current review focuses the critical role of iron MNPs in the...

This is an introductory text to a collection of selected papers from the 3rd Workshop for Young Scientists in Computer Science & Software Engineering (CS&SE@SW 2020), which was held in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on the November 27, 2020. It consists of short summaries of selected papers and some observations about the event and its future.

This paper represents a preface to the Proceedings of the XII International Conference on Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (ICon-MaSTEd 2020) held at the Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Ukraine, 15–17 October 2020. Background information and the organizational structure of the meeting, and acknowledgements of the contributions...

Career guidance quests that involve solving intellectual and search problems in a game are associated with one's future career, being one of modern means of recruiting school leavers to vocational and higher educational institutions. Such specific computer tools of virtual and augmented reality as pupils' mobile Internet gadgets can enhance visual...

This is an introductory text to a collection of papers from the AREdu 2029: The 3rd International Workshop on Augmented Reality in Education, which was held in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on the May 13, 2020. It consists of short introduction, papers' review and some observations about the event and its future. Keywords: virtualization of learning, augmen...

This is an introductory text to a collection of selected papers from the M3E2 2020 Summer: The Special Edition of International Conference on Monitoring, Modeling & Management of Emergent Economy, which was held in Odessa, Ukraine, on the July 13-18, 2020. It consists of short introduction and some observations about the event and its future.

The article considers the possibility of analyzing the dynamics of changes in the characteristics of time series obtained on the basis of recurrence plots. The possibility of using the studied indicators to determine the presence of critical phenomena in economic systems is considered. Based on the analysis of economic time series of different natu...

The development of nanotechnology has led to the use of various nanostructures in order to modify and produce new materials. In this regard, there is an increasing interest in studying the properties of nanostructures, methods for their preparation, and mechanisms for their incorporation into various matrices.The diamond-like hydrogen-passivated ul...

This is an introductory text to a collection of papers from the CTE 2019: The 7th Workshop on Cloud Technologies in Education, which was held in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on the December 20, 2019. It consists of short introduction and some observations about the event and its future.

Стаття присвячена формуванню цифрової компетентностi студентiв педагогiчного унiверситету. Проведено науковий аналiз сутностi поняття «цифрова компетентнiсть», визначено його компоненти. У процесi дослiдження визначено складовi цифрової компетентностi студентiв педагогiчного унiверситету, а саме: мотивацiйно-цiннiсний (цiльовий), когнiтивний, опера...

The article is devoted to actual problem of using modern ICT tools to increase the level of efficiency of the educational process. The current state and relevance of the use of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies as an appropriate means of improving the educational process are considered. In particular, attention is paid to...

The article substantiates the necessity to develop training methods of computer simulation of neural networks in the spreadsheet environment. The systematic review of their application to simulating artificial neural networks is performed. The authors distinguish basic approaches to solving the problem of network computer simulation training in the...

This is an introductory text to a collection of papers from the AREdu 2019: The 2nd International Workshop on Augmented Reality in Education, which was held in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on the March 22, 2019. It consists of short introduction, papers review and some observations about the event and its future.

This is an introductory text to a collection of selected papers from the Second Student Workshop on Computer Science & Software Engineering (CS&SE@SW 2019), which was held in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on the November 29, 2019. It consists of short summaries of selected papers and some observations about the event and its future.

The article is devoted to the modeling a semantic knowledge networks. The knowledge network is the basic concept of the problem of knowledge management. This is a new discipline that implements the principles of sustainable development of education. The method of constructing a semantic knowledge network allows us to analyze the connections between...

У статті розглядається можливості використання спеціалізованих програм (віртуальні лабораторії та тренажери, програмне забезпечення для моделювання природних процесів) та загального (мови програмування та бібліотеки, таблиці, CAS) у шкільних дослідженнях. Таке програмне забезпечення, як віртуальні лабораторії, програмне забезпечення для моделюван...

This is an introductory text to a collection of papers from the CTE 2018: The 6th Workshop on Cloud Technologies in Education, which was held in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on the December 21, 2018. It consists of short introduction and some observations about the event and its future.

The authors of the given article continue the series presented by the 2018 paper "Computer Simulation of Neural Networks Using Spreadsheets: The Dawn of the Age of Camelot". This time, they consider mathematical informatics as the basis of higher engineering education fundamentalization. Mathematical informatics deals with smart simulation, informa...

The development of the economy and trade has led to the widespread use of advertising and the need for its constant improvement. There is a vast field of advertising theory. This paper proposes an information model of the functioning of advertising. We introduce ideas about useful and harmful (excess) information. The concept of user’s thesaurus is...

Стаття є вступною до збірника вибраних праць Першого студентського семінару із комп’ютерних наук та інженерії програмного забезпечення (First Student Workshop on Computer Science & Software Engineering – CS&SE@SW 2018), який відбувся у м. Кривий Ріг (Україна) 30 листопада 2018 р. Стаття містить короткий опис відібраних праць, деякі спостереження пр...

Semerikov S.O. Pototskyi V.S., Slovak K.I., Hryshchenko S.M. and Kiv A.E. Automation of the Export Data from Open Journal Systems to the Russian Science Citation Index. It is shown that the calculation of scientometric indicators of the scientist and also the scientific journal continues to be an actual problem nowadays. It is revealed that the le...

Semerikov S.O., Teplytsʹkyy I.O., Yechkalo YU.V. and Kiv A.E. Computer Simulation of Neural Networks Using Spreadsheets: The Dawn of the Age of Camelot. The article substantiates the necessity to develop training methods of computer simulation of neural networks in the spreadsheet environment. The systematic review of their application to simulati...

Morkun S.V., Semerikov S.O., Morkun N.V., Hryshchenko S.M. and Kiv A.E. Defining the Structure of Environmental Competence of Future Mining Engineers: ICT Approach. The object is to the reasonable selection of the ICT tools for formation of ecological competence. Pressing task is constructive and research approach to preparation of future engineers...

The article substantiates the necessity to develop training methods of computer simulation of neural networks in the spreadsheet environment. The systematic review of their application to simulating artificial neural networks is performed. The authors distinguish basic approaches to solving the problem of network computer simulation training in the...

It is shown that the calculation of scientometric indicators of the scientist and also the scientific journal continues to be an actual problem nowadays. It is revealed that the leading scientometric databases have the capabilities of automated metadata collection

The object is to the reasonable selection of the ICT tools for formation of ecological competence. Pressing task is constructive and research approach to preparation of future engineers to performance of professional duties in order to make them capable to develop engineering projects independently and exercise control competently. Subject of resea...

During the exploitation of nuclear reactors, various U-Al based ternary intermetallides are formed in the fuel-cladding interaction layer. Structure and physical properties of these intermetallides determine the radiation resistance of cladding and, ultimately, the reliability and lifetime of the nuclear reactor. In current research, U(Al, Si)3 com...

For understanding of the diffusion kinetics and their optimization in swift heavy ion track-based biosensors, recently a diffusion simulation was performed. This simulation aimed at yielding the degree of enrichment of the enzymatic reaction products in the highly confined space of the etched ion tracks. A bunch of curves was obtained for the descr...

An overview on the development of biosensors based on nuclear tracks in solids is presented. A few decades ago it was found that nuclear tracks in solids can be usefully applied for the creation of biosensors. Meanwhile quite a number of different strategies have emerged to fulfill this task which are summarized here. We ourselves have especially c...

The paper contains the description of the main features of ion current pulsations in track devices. The conditions under which the pulsations arise are discussed. We describe different approaches that are used for interpretation of the effect of ion current pulsations. In particular, the generalized model of current spikes in track devices is consi...

A phenomenological model for description of ion current pulsations in track-containing foils is proposed. Such structures belong to artificial porous materials having diverse applications. Typically pulsations of the ion current are observed in experiments in which the track-containing polymer foils are embedded in electrolytes, and AC voltage is a...

Since about half a century, it is known that the transition of swift heavy ions through thin polymer foils leaves a trail of radiochemical and structural damage behind—the so-called latent tracks—that can easily be removed by adequate etchants, thus creating nanopores, the so-called etched tracks. With a previously developed strategy, it is also po...

This paper provides a confirmation of the effectiveness of the recently suggested ab initio approach to the theoretical prediction of phase transformations which may be induced in metallic alloys by metal plasma immersion and ion implantation processing. The approach is based on an assumption that at certain concentrations of the implanted species,...

Practically applicable approach for the fabrication of ABO3 perovskites with high rates of ionic transport is developed. The ionic transport in perovskites with transition metals at B - site is considered in terms of the theory of coordination compounds. It is shown that the structure of these materials is sensitive to the values of the effective c...

A diffusion calculation was performed to simulate the migration kinetics of both analytes and enzymatic reaction products in enzyme-clad nanopores of different sizes and shapes, to estimate the limits of detection, response time and cleaning time of such biosensors, via the maximum possible reaction product enrichment in such pores and the time req...

The ab initio approach is developed that allows predicting structural changes, which can be induced by Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation (PIII) of Ag ions into Mg based alloys. The calculations are performed in the framework of the density functional theory. The approach is based on the assumption that the electronic properties of the irradiated pa...

It has been shown that filling the parallel structural channels in crystals with metal ions may lead in some cases to the creation of new electronic materials with metallic nanowires in a solid matrix. It is expected that such material should exhibit effects similar to the earlier developed "TEMPOS" structures (which are electronic devices that con...

New multifunctional ion irradiation-based three-dimensional electronic structures are developed for biotechnological applications, specifically for sensing of biomaterials, bacteria and mammalian cells. This is accomplished by combined micrometric surface and nanometric bulk microstructuring of insulators (specifically of polymer foils and SiO2/Si...

The degradation of In2O3 (110) surface as a working surface in the In2O3-based sensor is studied. Theoretical and experimental investigations of electronic and atomic processes on this surface caused by the adsorption H2 of molecules are performed. In the framework of the density functional theory, we determined the energetically preferable positio...

Radiation tolerance of NROM memories is demonstrated at the level of industrial 4 Mbit memory embedded modules, specifically not designed for operation in radiation harsh environments. The memory fabricated in 0.18 um technology remains fully functional after total ionization doses exceeding 100 krad. The tests were performed by irradiating with ga...

A novel concept for a glucose biosensor based on the enzyme glucose oxidase covalently linked to nanopores of etched nuclear track membranes is presented. This device can be used to detect physiologically relevant glucose concentrations between 10 microM and 1 M. The sensitive catalytic sensor can be made re-usable due to the production of diffusib...

The formation of a new phase of composition Mg54Al28Ag18 was observed as a result of plasma immersion ion implantation of Ag into the compound Mg17Al12. The new structure was characterized using a micro-beam diffraction technique. It was found that the implantation-induced phase transition occurs when the retained dose of the implanted ions is with...

Based on ab initio calculations for Fe-Al B2 phase with and without the vacancies, the authors studied the influence of alloying by Ni, Cr, and V on the energy of vacancy formation. The authors predict that the presence of these alloying elements in the vicinity of the vacancy on the Fe site increases the energy of the vacancy formation. The presen...

The paper considers the stability of the phases formed in alloys of aluminum with transition metals (TM) in terms of the theory of coordination compounds. The structural stability is related to the degree of distortion of the first-neighbor coordination icosahedra commonly found around TM atoms. Changes in the symmetry of coordination polyhedrons a...

Recently, the new types of the Si-based sensors have been developed for medical and industrial applications. The further improvement of these devices demands a deeper study of silicon surface in real conditions.

IR transmission spectra of SIPOS structures were measured and were investigated by using an approach of deconvolution of the Si–O stretching band into Gauss profiles. It was found that the space distribution of oxygen in SIPOS layers treated at elevated temperatures does not correspond to the prediction of RBM statistics. The oxygen agglomeration w...

In this paper, the decision-making process in the experimental group was investigated. A comparison of results was made for the cases when the group is divided into sub-groups that include participants with closed parameters of thinking structure and when all group members work separately. The thinking structure parameters of participants were meas...

The progress in understanding of Si (001) surface structure has been well described in a series of review papers and conference proceedings [1,2] This surface has two dangling bonds per surface atom which move towards each other in pairs leading to (2x1) unit cell formation. Higher-order periodicities have been observed as well as disordered atomic...

Using IR-spectroscopy, electron microscopy, profilometry and Rutherford backscattering technique, the oxygen structural arrangement in silicon polycrystalline films with different oxygen contents was investigated. Si-O-Si bond angles were estimated and contribution of different Si-O y-Si 4-y, (1 ≤ y ≤ 2) clusters to the film lattice was determined....

Organization of work-teams for solving complex scientific and technical problems demands to take into account both individual abilities of researchers and collective characteristics of workgroups. In this paper a correlation between psychological parameters of creative thinking of specialists which leads to successful work of the work-team on whole...

The influence of crystallographic texture and mechanical stresses in the surface PbS layers on the quality of photoresistors has been studied. The identity of the grain size distribution in the films studied has been established. The texture and residual deformation have been determined by the X-ray method. The method for the calculation of residua...