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Factors Pertinent to First Language Use in Foreign Language Classroom: A Case of Content and Language Integrated Learning
Authors: Hu Hengzhi
Published: June 2022

The success of bilingual immersion programmes has promoted the debate about whether learners’ first language (L1) should be used in foreign language classrooms. Nevertheless, Content and Language Integrated Learning, a pedagogical approach embedded in the development of multilingualism and multiliteracy theories, has overstepped the monolingual principle by allowing for more flexibility in the choice of instructional languages. Previous research has emphasised chiefly the reasons and effects of embracing a shared language, other than the target language, in content-based bilingual classrooms, while this paper intends to investigate the correlations between L1 use with learner factors, the understanding of which can shed light on more efficient translanguaging practices. Through a cross-sectional approach, the present study was contextualised in a large-scale, content-based English as a foreign language programme and drew on 335 undergraduates, who completed a series of questionnaires and tests. Correlation and regression analyses primarily demonstrated that English proficiency was the most significant predictor of learners’ overall attitude to L1 instruction in classrooms, followed by content proficiency and language learning motivation. Gender was a non-significant variable for learners’ overall perspective on L1 employment but was related to the constructs about using the L1 for phatic purposes, with male students requiring more translanguaging assistance. The paper concludes with the implication that the desire for L1 use is associated with various learner factors and that teachers should be aware of how to encourage and regulate translanguaging practices for differing instructional purposes as per the changing needs in classrooms.
Language Learning Strategy Instruction in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review
Authors: R. Alnufaie Mohammad
Published: June 2022

Strategy instruction is essential in the literature of language learning/learner strategies. This paper employs a literature review to determine how much strategy instruction is addressed in language learning research in Saudi Arabia, how many instruments have been used and what kind of strategies are taught. A search was conducted on articles from 1950 to 2020 through the Saudi Digital Library. From an initial 297 records, 17 (5.7%) studies met the review criteria. This small number reflects the shortage of language learning strategy instruction in Saudi Arabia. The reviewed studies also targeted different variables in their strategy instructions, which shows that they were developed based on personal discretion. The most taught strategies are reading strategies and then vocabulary/spelling strategies. The least taught strategies, however, are social and motivational strategies. Only one of the studies utilized a standardized measure for one of its dependent variables after instruction. Thus, it was difficult to make comparisons across the studies. It is recommended that Saudi strategy researchers include strategy instruction in their investigation of language learning strategies and calculate the duration of their instruction in hours for clarity. They should also explain in detail what intervention is used, why and how they conducted the instruction. In addition, strategy instruction is a demanding task that requires a multi-method data collection approach.
Chinese-to-English Translation of Political Discourse: A Feature-Oriented Analysis
Authors: Aina Sun , Fang Ng Chwee , A/P Subramanlam Vijayaletchumy , Binti Abdul Ghani Che Ann
Published: June 2022

The translation of political discourse differs from the translation of texts in non-political contexts in which political discourse is highly profiled in terms of political sensitivity and policy orientation. It may potentially influence global peace and security. Understanding the features of translating China’s political discourse from Chinese to English is of great help to political translators and researchers in studying the problems and strategies of political translation for attaining the above expectation. It is expected to help the international community understand clearer and better the stance, response, and policies adopted by the government in national and international affairs. Therefore, the translation of China’s political discourse should deliver the intended information accurately and adequately the national characteristics of the source text and conduct flexible adjustments to conform to the language habits and ways of thinking of the target audience while mainlining the correct political position. This article aims to review and identify the essential characteristics of translating China’s political discourse from Chinese to English. It is apparent in understanding the desired political translation effect and some relevant translation problems. The bibliometric research method concludes that the Chinese-to-English translation of China’s political discourse has four distinctive features: accuracy, international-audience-centeredness, national characteristics, and political rightness. It is recommended that the translator pay great attention to these features while selecting translation strategies and methods and raise the acceptability of the translated text among the global recipients for promoting an authentic national image of the country.
EFL Learners’ Syntactic Problems in Translation at AL-Baha University from Arabic into English
Authors: Ali Elsiddig Ibrahim Mohammed
Published: June 2022

This research aims to address the syntactic problems that Saudi students confront when translating. The significance of the study is to detect syntactic issues among Saudi Arabian undergraduate students. The question is addressed in the study: what are the syntactic problems that Saudi students confront when translating? The researcher used a descriptive analytical method. The sample of twenty undergraduate students, selected from the boys’ section, were males and in the second level, enrolled in the second semester of 2018, at the College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in English in Beljurshi, Al Baha University, and this study used a validated test of written Arabic text as a tool to collect information about the research problem. The data was examined, and the students’ syntactic problems were detected and categorized as omission and addition in the study. The study finding reveals that omission received a score of 103 out of a total of 50.7, while additions received a score of 99 out of a total of 49 percent. There are 202 syntactic problems in total. Discussion indicates that grammar norms are not being followed by the students, a lack of familiarity with the two languages’ rules, interference between the two languages is the most common cause of errors, and students failed to notice there are some distinctions between English and Arabic. The study recommends pursuing research in additional areas connected to syntactic issues.
An Affective Approach to Teaching Literature: I Feel Therefore I am
Authors: Moustafa Allami , Naima Ghenim
Published: June 2022

The present research paper seeks to ascertain whether students respond emotionally to literature—as it is argued that the emotions experienced during reading help interpret literary texts. To that end, the study departs from an investigation of students’ personal responses only to determine whether emotion-based responses exist in the EFL context, thus answering the central question that guides this work: do affective responses to literature exist? The stakeholders involved in this study are master-one, EFL students who specialize in literature and civilization at the University of Oran 2, in Algeria. These students were asked to answer a mixed-methods questionnaire. Of the 61 students concerned with the study, thirty-one have answered. The analysis of the ensuing data showed that affective responses to literature are quasi-nonexistent, thus the urgent need to reassess the current literature teaching approaches.
Potential Causes of Foreign Language Anxiety among Saudi Female Students in the United States
Authors: Almotiary Haifa
Published: June 2022

This study aims to answer the following main question: What are the possible factors that cause foreign language anxiety (FLA) among Saudi Arabian female students living and studying English as a foreign language in the US? Data were obtained from interviewing nine Saudi females learning English as a second language in the US. There has been increased research into foreign language learning and anxiety. Some studies have focused on Western students learning a foreign language in a Western setting, while others have involved Asian students, ignoring other perspectives. Due to the significant increase in Saudi women currently studying in the US, this study investigated FLA among this population accustomed to segregated classrooms. The results revealed that the participants exhibited some commonly cited FLA types (e.g., communication apprehension, test anxiety, and the fear of negative evaluation). Still, the role of their Saudi cultural background may have been equally important in influencing their FLA. Future research might include a larger sample of students and teachers to investigate FLA and help elucidate students’ experiences.
Representation of Culture in EFL Textbooks: A Linguistic and Content Analysis of My Book of English
Authors: Aoumeur Hayat , Ziani Melouka
Published: June 2022

This study explores the representation of culture in My Book of English, a second-generation English-language book for the first-year middle school in Algeria. Based on both content and a linguistic analysis method, our objective was to demonstrate the cultural significance of some representational choices. The notion of ideology was exploited in this study to examine the part that language takes in perpetuating ideas about culture, multiculturality, diversity, nationalism, and identity. According to the findings, cultural and social representations capture both the tendencies of cultural heritage preservation and the promotion of innovation and change. The analysis demonstrates that My Book of English acknowledges, to a certain extent, the role that English plays in the processes of internationalization and globalism. However, as a foreign language material, the book exaggeratedly highlights the source culture, making it difficult for the learners to transcend national boundaries
Exploring Kurdish EFL University Students’ Beliefs about Language Learning
Authors: Fouad Ghafor Omar , Muhammad Ahmad Hedayat , Omar Mustafa Goran
Published: June 2022

This paper is an attempt to deal with language learners’ beliefs. Researchers used Elaine Kolker Horwitz’s model (1988), Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory, and they applied it to explore the views of Kurdish EFL university students concerning language learning. The study aims to investigate and expose their opinions regarding language learning generally, then English language more precisely. Its significance lies in exploring the beliefs of Kurdish EFL university students about language learning. It mainly answers the question, “what are the beliefs of Kurdish EFL university students about learning English?”. The researchers administered a Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory (BALLI) questionnaire to seven universities to achieve this aim. The questionnaire includes several viewpoints regarding the difficulty of language learning, foreign language aptitude, the nature of language learning, learning and communication strategies, and motivation and expectations. They collected and analyzed the questionnaire results and found out that the first category, the difficulty of language learning, has the lowest mean score among the five categories. In contrast, the fifth category, motivation and expectations, has the highest mean score. They ended the study with suitable beneficiary recommendations.
COMMUNICATION OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN LEARNING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AT SMP N 1 LAUBALENG
Authors: Sitepu Ribka hernita , Sitanggang Nathanael , Lubis Joharis
Published: June 2022

This study aims to determine the communication of teachers and students in learning in a virtual classroom at SMP N 1 Laubaleng. The Covid-19 pandemic of course makes us limit all interactions and also maintain distance between each other, even communication is hampered, including communication between teachers and students at SMP N 1 Laubaleng. This research uses quantitative research with descriptive format. In analyzing the data, the writer uses techniques, namely, data collection techniques, namely observation, documentation and interviews. This interview as supporting data for the main data of the SPSS test from the results of the questionnaire answers that have been distributed to students. In this study, primary data was obtained through filling out a questionnaire by 101 students studying social studies at SMP N 1 Laubaleng. In this study there are 2 variables, namely: Free Variable, namely Online Learning (X) and Bound Variable, namely Student Learning Achievement (Y). The results showed that, the communication between teachers and students of SMP N 1 Laubaleng was in the medium category. Student learning activities in social studies subjects are also in the medium category. In addition, there is a significant positive effect between teacher and student communication on student learning behavior.
Nongovernmental organizations as interest groups and their roles in policy processes: Insights from Indonesian forest and environmental governance
Authors: Laraswati Dwi , Krott Max , Soraya Emma , Rahayu Sari , Fisher Micah R. , Giessen Lukas , Maryudi Ahmad
Published: June 2022

The traditional conceptions and claims of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have profiled NGOs as civil society representatives and as benevolent philanthropic actors of development in the Global South. However, recent phenomena indicate NGOs often acting in opposition to their benevolent claims. This study attempts to move away from the normative concepts of NGOs and develop an analytical framework fitted with the current empirics in environmental governance. Using theories of organized interest groups in a democratic political system, we analyze the extent of NGOs fulfilling their roles as organized interest groups (OIGs), where they should take roles representing the interests of particular groups within societies and exerting political influence on governments on the basis of these common interests. We use empirics from Indonesian forest and environment-related governance, and our framework is called “Representation–Influence Framework,” which assists in establishing more systematic coherent typologies of OIGs. Analyzed from the perspective that NGOs claim to serve as representatives of specific groups within societies, we establish three overarching categories of OIGs, that is, 1) en route to fulfilling the claim, 2) breaking the claim, and 3) opposing the claim. We further detail our framework into a subset of nine OIG typologies. In this way, we provide pathways to begin deconstructing the common simplifications and misunderstandings about NGOs. For empirics, we identified 38 OIGs in the cases of social forestry and timber legality policies and populated them according to the typologies. We found that most of them are en route to fulfilling the claim of representing the groups’ interests, although their political influence on the government is, in most cases, limited.
Refugee-migration crisis in Europe and public health
Authors: Kazantzidou Eleni
Published: June 2022

Given the fact that migration is increasingly becoming part of the lives of European citizens and there is an unprecedented flow of refugees and migrants to Europe, the impact of migration on public health and the health of migrants and refugees, must be recognized as an important issue for public health policy making. These people are exposed to a variety of experiences, which affect their health and increase their susceptibility to various diseases during all stages of the migration progress. The purpose of this literature review was to investigate the impact of refugee-migration flow in Europe on public health. The access of these people to health services is an important aspect of their integration into society and of safeguarding public health. However, today, few EU countries provide equal access to health services for both migrants and refugees, as well as for the wider population of the host country. The range of health issues that can be associated with the migration of the populations is inevitably wide. This includes communicable and non-communicable diseases as well as work-related injuries. Further development of guidelines on access to health services is therefore needed, in order to improve the level of health and to avoid the emergence of secondary cases. Thus, the integration of refugees and migrants into the host
countries will be reinforced and therefore public health will be safeguarded.
Mobile phones’ applications (Apps) in care provision to surgical patient
Authors: Kontara Aikaterini , Mpouli Εleni-Chrysovalantou , Kolovos Petros
Published: June 2022

Mobile health (mhealth) is a novel technology of e-health with applications available for health services as well, affecting the provision of care in a wide range of diseases and group of patients. The contribution of telecommunications and technological applications to surgical care has been documented in the scientific literature. The purpose of this study was to describe mobile phones’ applications in the care
provision to surgical patient. A review of the contemporary literature was conducted on the database PubMed/Medline and the search engine Google Scholar with keywords. Data were extracted according to eligibility criteria, analyzed and synthesized. The literature review revealed that mobile phones’ applications are evident during the perioperative care, especially preoperatively and in postoperative follow up. These applications were found to have a positive impact on the surgical patient, the health
personnel and the health care organizations, enhancing safety and quality as well as a patient-centered model of the care provided. Moreover, these findings form the basis for further research in the care continuum, from hospital to post hospitalization care.
Implementation of lean management/Six Sigma in patients’ perioperative care
Authors: Kapritsou Maria , Gamvrouli Maria , Papanikolaou Vasiliki
Published: June 2022

Aim: During healthcare management in hospitals, many unforeseen events can affect patient's surgical safety and experience, causing discomfort both him and his family, simultaneously wasting surgery resources and reducing its efficiency.Healthcare professionals in every hospital should consider perioperative care of patient as an important issue and its systematic improvement should be required. The aim of this review was to highlight the Lean Management and Six Sigma methods in patients’
perioperative care.
Material-Method: A systematic review was conducted in the electronic databases Medline / Pubmed,Scopus, Embase and Cochrane Library from 2015 to 2020. The keywords were lean management, six sigma, lean / six sigma surgery, lean / six sigma perioperative care. The inclusion criteria were studies directly related to the subject in English, published in peer-reviewed journals.
Results: The search strategy was applied to 896 studies, 889 of which were excluded and 7 of which met the inclusion criteria.Lean and Six Sigma methodologies increased the efficiency of the operating room staff, as well as the financial performance of the entire operating unit. Process mapping, leadership, and staff satisfaction are keys to enhancepatient’s safety.
Conclusions: The implementation of Lean / Six Sigma in health services has great potential. It is proposed the institutional adoption of this methodology, with additional research of its practical, educational and financial benefits after wide implementation.
The effectiveness of sex education intervention in Primary school teachers and health visitors in Cyprus
Authors: Christofi Anastasia
Published: June 2022

Introduction: The effectiveness of sex education programs depends,to a great extent, on the effectiveness of the instructor. The instructor’s education in the area is crucial to the success of the program.
Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a sexeducationintervention to sex educators (school teachers and health visitors) in Primary Education in Cyprus and the investigation of the effectiveness of their cooperation in teaching the subject.
Methodology: The sample of the educational intervention consisted of 18 people (12 health visitors and 6 primary school teachers).The research tools used were the semi-structured questionnaire, the Greek self-esteem measurement scale, the observation and the interview protocols.For the statistical analysis of the data, the statistical package of data analysis SPSS version 22 was used, namely the frequency distribution methods (cumulative frequency), t-test analysis for dependent samples and qualitative
analysis of the interviews.
Results: The results revealed that there were differences in the averages (means) before and after the educational intervention in the perceptions of the sample about the characteristics of the sex education instructor (20.27 / 23.00) and the level that the sample ranks itself in these characteristics (18.88 / 21.33), which were statistically significant (p = 0.40, p = 0.03 respectively). In addition, it was found that the
majority of the sample wants to cooperate in the teaching of sex education.
Conclusions: The findings suggest that the educational intervention applied was effective as it improved the perceptions, knowledge, skills, abilities and comfort of the sample in teaching sex education. In addition, for more effective teaching of sex education,the need for cooperation of teachers and health visitors was identified.Therefore, it can be assumed that both pre and in-service trainingin the area
of sex education as well as encouragement of cooperation between professionals will improve the effectiveness of sex education programs in schools.
Forgotten pioneers in degrowth: John Africa and the MOVE Organization
Authors: Fiscella Anthony T.
Published: June 2022

Decades before the term 'degrowth' had gained currency as a rallying cry against the ideology of economic expansionism, John Africa founded The MOVE Organization in Philadelphia based on sanctity of life and dismantling institutions of state and capital (including economic growth). Members eschewed many forms of technology, lived collectively, harbored stray animals, and strove toward an entirely raw food diet in a communal lifestyle that many today would label 'simple living' or 'primivitist.' They rejected fashion and cosmetics, demonstrated for animal liberation as well as against police brutality, militarism, prisons, and pollution of land, water, and air. Notably, John Africa and MOVE emphasized the need to maintain sobriety and break with personal addictions in order to achieve personal and societal balance. Yet, rather than a set of 'single issues' strung together, John Africa formulated an all-encompassing paradigm. This article presents John Africa's paradigm as well as his grassroots decolonial semiotics that critically deconstructed, qualified, repurposed, and reframed conventional English language terms toward emancipatory and radically egalitarian ends. This paradigm, based on 'Mother Nature' and oneness, aligned with (without overtly borrowing from) many Indigenous and Aboriginal paradigms that similarly locate human life as interwoven with habitats and nonhuman animals. Whether or not one agrees with his ideas or approach, John Africa and the organization he co-founded seem to clearly qualify as early pioneers of degrowth. This article brings their hitherto unrecognized contributions into conversation with degrowth literature both to fill out the historical record and provide potentially useful insights for degrowth researchers and organizers alike.
Volumetric analysis on computed tomography Angiography in the management of thoracic aortic dissection in case of seven years follow-up period
Authors: Kobelev E. , Shadanov A. A. , Sirota D. A. , Bergen T. A. , Pak N. T. , Chernyavskiy M. A.
Published: June 2022

Purpose. To establish the methods for estimating the volume of the true and false aortic canals applying computed tomography angiography (CTA) to a clinical case with hybrid stent-graft thoracic aorta with distal stent-graftinduced new entry associated (d-SINE) in the long-term follow-up period in comparison with a widely used technique of measuring diameters of the aorta on different levels.

Materials and methods. Sequential analysis of CTA in a 7-year follow-up was performed. Aorta was divided into 3 segments, in each segment total aortic volumes (AV), volume of the true canal (TC), and volume of functional lumen of the false canal (FLFC) were calculated. The following were mathematically calculated: volume of the false canal (FC) via difference in volume between AV and TC, volume of the thrombosed lumen of FC as the difference between FC and FLFC, the coefficient of FC thrombosis, the degree of stent-graft opening. Mathematical assessment of excess volume of the graft was performed.

Results. Modelling of aortic cavity, evaluation of changes in the volumes of TC and FC during a long-term follow-up, analysis of the factors inducing the development of the d-SINE syndrome were performed. When comparing the volume of the graft and the volume of the implantation zone, an excess of 234% was found, while the opening of the graft was 80%. When using the reference method based on the diameter of the true lumen of the aorta, the excess was 22% during one-year follow-up period showing no changes subsequently.

Conclusion. Potentially, the method of measuring volumes based on CTA results can be used to complement the generally accepted method based on measuring diameters, since it does not require additional financial resources and has the potential to estimate effectiveness of treatment and identify complications predictors in the postoperative period to determine indications for reoperation.
Magnetic resonance tractogtaphy: possibilities and limitations, modern approach to data processing
Authors: Nikogosova A. K. , Rostovtseva T. M. , Beregov M. M. , Gubskiy I. L. , Lelyuk V. G.
Published: June 2022

Purpose: systematization of the knowledge about diffusion tensor magnetic resonance tomography; analysis of literature related to current limitations of this method and possibilities of overcoming these limitations.

Materials and methods. We have analyzed 74 publications (6 Проанализировано 74 публикации (6 Russian, 68 foreign), published in the time period from 1986 to 2021years.  More, than half of these articles were published in the last ten years, 19 studies-in the time period from 2016 to 2021years.

Results. In this article we  represent the physical basis of diffusion weighted techniques of magnetic resonance tomography, principles of obtaining diffusion weighted images and diffusion tensor, cover the specific features of the probabilistic and deterministic approaches of the diffusion tensor MRI data processing, describe methods of evaluation of the diffusion characteristics of tissues in clinical practice. Article provides a thorough introduction to the reasons of existing limitations of diffusion tensor MRI and systematization the main developed approaches of overcoming these limitations, such as multi-tensor model, high angular resolution diffusion imaging, diffusion kurtosis visualization. The article consistently reviews the stages of data processing of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance tomography (preprocessing, processing and post processing). We also describe the special aspects of the main approaches to the quantitative data analysis of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance tomography (such as analysis of the region of interest, analysis of the total data amount, quantitative tractography).

Conclusion. Magnetic resonance tractography is a unique technique for noninvasive in vivo visualization of brain white matter tracts and assessment of the structural integrity of their constituent axons. In the meantime this technique, which has found applications in numerous pathologies of central nervous system, has a number of significant limitations, and the main of them are the inability to adequately visualize the crossing fibers and the relatively low reproducibility of the results. Standardization of the data postprocessing algorithms, further upgrading of the magnetic resonance scanners and implementation of the alternative tractography methods have the potential of partially reducing of the current limitations.
Contribution of analysis of perfusion iodine map’s to diagnostic of acute pulmonary thromboembolism
Authors: Oganesyan A. A. , Sinitsin V. E. , Mershina E. A. , Pershina E. S.
Published: June 2022

Purpose: to study the contribution of perfusion iodine maps to diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and compare pulmonary perfusion defects with the main imaging biomarkers of PE.

Materials and methods. 130 patients with suspected acute pulmonary thromboembolism were studied using pulmonary computed tomographic angiography with perfusion iodine map`s analysis. Pulmonary embolism was revealed in 42 cases. There were evaluated: the number and level of vessel occlusion (Qanadli index), number and grades of lung perfusion defects on perfusion iodine maps (perfusion index), signs of right heart failure, changes of lung parenchyma.

Results. Analysis of the data showed a strong correlation between the index Qanadli  and perfusion index, rather than signs of right failure. In 3 cases, the segmental and subsegmential pulmonary embolism was revealed form the iodine map’s analysis only.

Conclusion. Thus, perfusion iodine maps improve the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism due to characterizing the changes of pulmonary microcirculation. From our data, the iodine maps can be employed as a prognostic tool for further therapy.
Metastatic Merkel carcinoma complicated by transverse myelitis during immuno-oncological therapy
Authors: Karpova A. A. , Nikitin P. A. , Znamenskiy I. A. , Nudnov N. V. , Vorob`eva V. O. , Ardyukova N. E.
Published: June 2022

Objective. To present a unique clinical case of metastatic lesions of the perirenal space, ureter and bladder in Merkel's carcinoma with the development of transverse myelitis against the background of immuno-oncological therapy.Matherial and methods. The modern states of issue in diagnose and treatment of metastatic Merkel's carcinoma within multidisciplinary approach based on the medical documentation and radiological examinations (CT, MRI) was analysed in this article.Results. The unique clinical case of metastatic Merkel's carcinoma complicated by transverse myelitis during immuno-oncological therapy according to MSCT and MRI examinations report was demonstrated.Conclusion. Radiological examinations such as MSCT, MRI, ultrasound and PET/CT needed for detection, assess the incidence of tumor (metastasis and staging) and treatment efficiency control because of the rare occurrence and insufficient knowledge of Merkel's carcinoma.
Structural vizualisation of the pediatric hydrocephalus
Authors: Solozhentseva K. D. , Afandiev R. M. , Shevchenko K. V. , Pronin I. N.
Published: June 2022

The aim of the study: to analyze the features of the classification and diagnosis of hydrocephalus in pediatric patients.

Results. Hydrocephalus is a common pathology of the CSF system, often occurring in childhood. The central place in the examination of this group of patients is taken by new neuroimaging technologies, in particular, MRI. Pediatric patients have specific features regarding classification of hydrocephalus and MRI studies. This review presents the research protocol and modern classification of hydrocephalus in children.

Conclusion. Examination of pediatric patients for hydrocephalus should be based on the estimated etiology. When conducting an MRI study, the protocol must include modern MRI sequences: FIESTA, T2-CUBE, phasecontrast MRI.
Complex radiation diagnostics of local peritonitis
Authors: Barmina T. G. , Hamidova L. T. , Yartsev P. A. , Zabavskaya O. A. , Sharifullin F. A.-K. , Selina I. E. , Popova I. E. , Evgrafov P. G. , Lebedev A. G. , Kalimullina D. S.
Published: June 2022

The purpose of the study. To clarify the possibilities of using radiation research methods in the framework of complex diagnostics of local peritonitis for timely recognition and treatment of intra-abdominal abscesses and infiltrates.Materials and methods. The analysis of the results of a complex radiation examination in 61 patients with local peritonitis of various etiologies who were treated at the N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine was carried out. The complex of radiation diagnostics included ultrasound and X-ray examinations, computed tomography (CT). The studies were performed both initially at admission and in dynamics.Results. The diagnostic algorithm for local peritonitis is analyzed, three stages are identified with the determination of the method of choice on each of them. Ultrasound and X-ray examination methods are mainly used at the stage of primary diagnostics and for dynamic control. CT allows you to clarify the type, localization and volume of inflammatory changes, their relationship with the surrounding organs and structures. When analyzing the results of radiation diagnostics, it was determined the need to identify and evaluate the main signs of local peritonitis, both direct: the presence of voluminous formation of inflammatory genesis (infiltrate and/or abscess); and indirect: changes in the source organ of peritonitis; changes in structures adjacent to the infiltrate /abscess; the presence of reactive effusion into the thoracic and abdominal cavities.Conclusion. Comprehensive radiation diagnostics for local peritonitis makes it possible to obtain complete information about the nature of both inflammatory changes in local peritonitis and the causes of them. The obtained data of complex diagnostics help the surgeon to choose a rational treatment strategy for these patients, including minimally invasive. Diagnostic monitoring allows you to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment and carry out timely correction of tactics.
Provenance of Devonian–Carboniferous strata of Colorado: The influence of the Cambrian and the Proterozoic
Authors: Holm-Denoma Christopher S. , Matthews William A. , Soar Linda K. , Longman Mark W. , Hagadorn James W.
Published: June 2022

We report new LA-ICP-MS U–Pb detrital zircon ages and sedimentary petrology of silty to sandy limestones and dolostones, as well as calcareous to dolomitic sandstones of the Devonian–Carboniferous (Mississippian) Chaffee Group. We also report new detrital zircon ages from the late Cambrian Sawatch Quartzite, and a U–Pb zircon crystallization age on a late Mesoproterozoic (1087.9 ± 13.5 Ma) granitoid of underlying basement from the Eagle Basin of northwest Colorado. Grain populations in the Chaffee Group are mostly bimodal. More than 84% of zircons centered around a Paleoproterozoic (ca. 1.78 Ga) mode typical of the Yavapai province that forms much of the basement of Colorado and an early Mesoproterozoic (ca. 1.42 Ga) mode typical of A-type granites that intrude this region. A notable late Mesoproterozoic (ca. 1.08 Ga) mode exists in some Chaffee samples, giving those samples a trimodal detrital zircon age distribution. These bipartite or tripartite detrital zircon age modes exist in Cambrian, Devonian, and Carboniferous strata from paleogeographically adjacent successions, but the correlation between the Chaffee zircons is highest with the region’s basal Cambrian sandstones of the Sawatch Quartzite, Flathead Sandstone, and Ignacio Quartzite, which have similar (ca. 1.08 Ga, 1.43 Ga, 1.70 Ga, respectively) zircon populations, and a paucity of > 1.8 Ga grains. This similarity suggests that most grains in the Chaffee Group derive from recycling of these basal sandstones, and that little sediment was derived directly from thenexposed Precambrian basement highs, from the Wyoming craton to the north, or from Paleoproterozoic arcs and orogens to the west and northeast. Minor Mesoarchean to early Paleoproterozoic (ca. 3.00 to 2.40 Ga) grains exist in the Chaffee Group, an attribute shared by the Late Ordovician Harding Sandstone of Colorado’s Front Range, but that is absent from the region’s underlying Cambrian sandstones—suggesting some recycled mixture of Cambrian and Ordovician sedimentary rocks. No near-depositional age grains are present in the Chaffee Group. The youngest grain is Early Devonian (~417 Ma), > 45 million years (m.y.) older than these strata. Additionally, Paleozoic grains are extremely uncommon (< 0.1%; n = 2,927 grains).
Insights into the Devonian–Carboniferous transition and Hangenberg Event from δ13Ccarb and 87Sr/86Sr chemostratigraphy of shallow platform carbonate strata of northwestern Colorado
Authors: Hagadorn James W. , Lahey Bonita L. , Soar Linda K. , Longman Mark W. , Over D. Jeffrey , Mills Ryan D.
Published: June 2022

Paired chemostratigraphic and biostratigraphic data suggest that the Devonian–Carboniferous boundary and the Hangenberg extinction event are recorded in the Coffee Pot Member of the Dyer Formation of the White River uplift region of northwestern Colorado. The Hangenberg isotopic excursion interval occurs in biostratigraphically depauperate shallow platform micritic dolostone and limestone representing the aculeatus–?ultimus–kockeli? Zone. The Hangenberg interval strata have δ13Ccarb values up to 7.69‰, and locally contain ooids, stromatolites, and other microbial structures. In three sections, there is a short-lived > 4‰ “pre-Hangenberg” positive excursion that is associated with the presence of detrital dolomite siltstone. The main Hangenberg isotopic signature exists in overlying strata, and is replicated in four different sections of the Dyer Formation across an area ~300 km2. In each section, the excursion interval is preceded by, and in one location is interrupted by, evidence of meteoric diagenesis and/or emergence characterized by macroscopic dissolution features and pronounced negative δ13Ccarb values (to ca. -6‰). Conodont 87Sr/86Sr ratios through the Dyer Formation dip to nearly 0.708 during the onset of the Hangenberg Event, consistent with the brachiopod based 87Sr/86Sr nadir from the same interval in Missouri, France, and Germany. The least-radiogenic trendline through the Dyer 87Sr/86Sr record matches the global minimum 87Sr/86Sr trendline through the Famennian–Tournaisian transition and infills several gaps in the global record.
Was the K/Pg boundary Classopollis ‘spike’ a singular event? A review of global palynological records suggests otherwise, with potentially broad implications
Authors: Berry Keith
Published: June 2022

The Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary Classopollis pollen “spike” in Patagonia, Argentina, is viewed as a singular event with no coeval analog anywhere else in the world. Review of global palynological records, however, reveals that similar K/Pg boundary Classopollis spikes involving monotaxial C. classoides (Pflug) Pocock and Jansonius assemblages have previously been reported from the Colorado Basin, Argentina, as well as the Tarim Basin, China, suggesting that this was a global phenomenon. The presence of this morphotaxon in the Danian strata of western North America has previously been interpreted as evidence of reworking from older, pre-Turonian (i.e., Triassic through Early Cretaceous) sediments during the Laramide orogeny. This hypothesis appears supported by the results of contemporary detrital zircon studies coupled with the physical degradation of pollen. However, the interpretation that all Danian examples of this pollen, particularly those from coal deposits, have been reworked from much older sediments is questioned on the basis of this review. Within this context, assorted hypotheses regarding the enigmatic coup de grâce of Classopollis-producing Cheirolepidiaceae are also considered, particularly the hypotheses that the ecologic distribution of Cheirolepidiaceae retracted to include xeric, upland habitats (e.g., the Rocky Mountains) or brackish-water, physiologically dry habitats (e.g., the margin of the Cannonball Sea) during the Late Cretaceous and Danian.
Lost bones: In search of Wesley Hurt’s Mammoth, Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument’s Quarai Unit, central New Mexico
Authors: Rachal David M. , Fields Ronald C. D.
Published: June 2022

In 1939, road construction that took place in the Quarai Unit of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument in central New Mexico unearthed an Ice Age megafauna skeleton (herein referred to as “the Hurt Mammoth”). Photographs taken at the time show skeletal remains belonging to a proboscidean, possibly a mammoth. Archaeologist Wesley Hurt removed several of these bones from the road cut, placed them into plaster field jackets, and removed them from the site. Since then, however, a statewide search of museum collections has failed to locate the bones removed during Hurt’s excavation. In addition, the exact location of the purported mammoth remains in the field is no longer known, but has remained of interest. Using historic landscape photographs and field notes from Hurt’s private collection, it has been possible to determine the approximate location of Hurt’s mammoth discovery. However, it remained unclear if the remaining road-cut stratigraphy contained any additional bones that may have been left behind after the original 1939–1940 excavation. So, a testing project was conducted to determine whether additional skeletal remains of the Hurt Mammoth were still present in the road cut. Although no mammoth bones were recovered during the project, findings from the associated analyses can now make a compelling argument for the approximate stratigraphic provenance and terminal Pleistocene age (22,930–12,560 calibrated years before present) for the lost proboscidean bones.
Mecanismos del lenguaje humorístico (con especial atención al nivel pragmático)
Authors: Gómez Capuz Juan
Published: June 2022

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Siberian Regionalism as an intellectual and socio-political movement in the epistolary and scientific-journalistic heritage of G.N. Potanin
Authors: Tokmurzayev Bakyt
Published: June 2022

The article is devoted to the problem of reception by the leader of the Siberian regionalism G.N. Potanin, factors of formation, circumstances of development and evolution of the regional movement as an ideology that was formed in the conditions of colonization in the outlying (Siberian) regions of the Russian Empire. The object of the research is the socio-political discourse of Russia in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries. The subject of the study is Siberian regionalism as an intellectual and socio-political movement in the epistolary and scientific-journalistic heritage of G.N. Potanin. The purpose of this article is to identify the ideas of G.N. Potanin about regionalism as an intellectual and socio-political movement that was formed in the active phase of his life biography. In methodological terms, the formulation of the problem, its solution and conclusions are provided by approaches and practices tested within the framework of the research direction new cultural and intellectual history, one of the problematic fields of which is intellectual biography and discursive practices. Within the framework of this article, the concept of “representation” is the semantic one, reflecting the subjective interpretation of the historical reality by G.N. Potanin in connection with the functioning of the regional movement as a sociocultural phenomenon. The sources of the research are the scientific and journalistic writings of G.N. Potanin and his extensive epistolary heritage, which captured the ideas of one of the leaders of the regionalists about the evolution of the movement in the wide chronological boundaries of the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries. The author concludes that the history of regionalism as an intellectual and social movement was closely associated with the biographical context of the fate of the leaders of the movement. This fact, according to G.N. Potanin determined the evolution of the regional ideology, which has come a long way from manifestations of local patriotism, radical political delusions, to the construction of an original concept based on the recognition of Siberia as a colony of Russia.
Macrosemantic rhythmic structures in the songs of A. Mirzayan
Authors: Zipunov Andrey
Published: June 2022

Earlier, semantic rhythms were found in several texts of the author's song of the 1950s-80s, determined by the oppositions "private-universal" and "order-chaos". In the process of analyzing these works, a method of categorical macrosemantic structures was developed. Previously, this approach was applied in a systematic study of cultural trends. As part of the current work, the songs of the famous bard Alexander Mirzayan are considered using this method. The totality of this author's creativity is analyzed. From the standpoint of semantic rhythms, a structural analysis of the song "Wanderers" based on the poems of A. Mirzayan was carried out, as well as several song adaptations based on the texts of I. Brodsky, V. Sosnora and T. Klangsor were considered. In the works under study, the general theme of the conflict of a certain alternative system with the state line is traced. Mirzayan's interest in this topic is probably connected with the social processes of the late USSR. In addition, the presence of semantic rhythms in songs based on poems by A. Mirzayan and poems by other authors is compared. As a result, it turned out that the indicators of PM-rhythmics in song adaptations exceed the indicators of these structures in A. Mirzayan's poetry. Thus, the method of categorical macro-semantic structures helped clarify the principle by which Mirzayan selects poems by other authors and what are the methods of their adaptation.
S. Feinberg — composer-thinker of the Silver Age
Authors: Chzhen Lisha
Published: June 2022

The purpose of this article is to identify cultural, musical and pedagogical aspects of the life and work of one of the leading representatives of the Moscow piano school in performance and pedagogy S. Feinberg. The formation of S. Feinberg's compositional and performing style was influenced by many composers of the Silver Age, the leading of whom were A. Scriabin and N. Medtner. The subject of the study is the circle of interests of S. Feinberg. S. Fenberg was one of the best performers of J.S. Bach, L. Beethoven, R. Schumann, P. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninov, N. Medtner, A. Scriabin. S. Feinberg's interpretations of A. Scriabin's works were considered the closest to the author's. S. Feinberg's performance was distinguished by its rigor, precise adherence to the author's text, intellectual interpretation. S. Feinberg summarized his views in musicological works: "Beethoven's 32 Sonatas", "Pianism as Art", "The Fate of Musical Form" and others. The object of the study is the consideration of the individual composer style of S. Feiberg. From the first opuses of S. Feinberg's work, he was interested in the genre of piano sonata. Through the synthesis of research methods, some features of sonatas No. 1, No. 2, No. 6 and No. 12 are presented. The author examines in detail compositional techniques, in particular the attraction to poetry and monothematism inherent in romantic composers, the widespread use of polyphony. A significant event for the musicians was the release of the CD "Feinberg plays Feinberg", released by the Moscow Conservatory in 2021, which included recordings of his twelve sonatas. The main conclusion of the conducted research is that S. Feiberg's style is absolutely individual, which is revealed in the nature of thematism, the ways of its development, and the methods of piano presentation. In addition, a fine connoisseur of the piano, S. Feinberg creates new types of virtuoso technique. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that for the first time the study of S. Feinberg's style is based on the memoirs and theoretical studies of S. Feinberg.