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A Place with Shared Meanings: Mithras, Sabazius, and Christianity in the “Tomb of Vibia”
Authors: Simón Francisco Marco
Published: September 2019

Recent research has increasingly questioned the “grand dichotomy” between “Paganism” and Christianity and brings into light the prominence of spaces with shared meanings in diverse cults related to mystic beliefs and practices. An excellent example is Vibia's tomb within Praetextatus' catacomb, on the Via Appia. Dated to the 4th century AD, this place combines epigraphy and a fascinating iconography pointing to a mystic initiation of the deceased within a syncretic context.
Mithraea in Poetovio and the New Discovery
Authors: Gojkovič Mojca Vomer
Published: September 2019

In the 2nd and 3rd centuries, Poetovio (modern town of Ptuj in north-eastern Slovenia) was a melting pot of various cultures due to the arrival of various peoples. Mithraea are undoubtedly the most recognisable monuments of Poetovio. As many as five or perhaps even seven Mithraea were discovered in Ptuj and its immediate surroundings: two of them (Breg na Ptuju, Hajdina) are preserved in situ, on the site where they were discovered. During the construction of the local sewage system in 2011, some findings that can be attributed to the Mithras cult were unearthed in the vicinity of the first Mithraeum in Spodnja Hajdina.
To Carry the Universe in One's Own Pocket: A Miniature Mithraic Relief from the Archaeological Museum in Split
Authors: Silnović Nirvana
Published: September 2019

A miniature relief representing the scene of tauroctony, i.e. Mithras killing the bull, is on display in the Archaeological Museum in Split. Despite its visibility, the relief has so far remained unpublished. It is therefore the aim of this article to provide the detailed description of the object, and to contextualize it within the broader framework of “small and miniature reproductions of the Mithraic icon”. Based on this, the original provenance and dating of the miniature relief are proposed. Furthermore, the relief is taken as a fine example of interconnectedness of social, material, and religious mobility in “globalizing Roman world”. The final part of the article discusses the psychological effectiveness of miniature Mithraic reliefs, suggesting their possible role as memory aids.
The Two Parts of the “Mithraic Universe” by Right of the External and Internal Orientation of the Cult Image
Authors: Szabó Ádám
Published: September 2019

The external orientation of the Mithraic sanctuaries shows a great variety and heterogeneity. The internal orientation of the sanctuaries suggested by the cult image, however, shows a great homogenity and uniformity. The internal structure is organised on the possible axial line drawn from the entrance to the cult image, and continues beyond that. We can establish that the interior of a mithraeum is oriented along the ‘North-South – East-West’ frame of reference by the cult image.

The representation of the “Cosmos” in the sanctuary portrays only the visible, sensorial world. The known and organised “Cosmos” is the sanctuary itself, the ‘northern part’ of the Mithraic ‘Universe’ with its own inner coordinates.

The ‘Anti-Cosmos’, the Underworld, had been abolished from the ‘Mithraic Universe’, completely unmentioned by literary sources. After the vertical North-South and horizontal East-West orientation we can consider, that the cult image also as a partition, divides the ‘Mithraic Universe’ up into ‘northern’ and ‘southern’ parts. The ‘northern part’, as it is displayed, the ordered part of the ‘Universe’, or the “Cosmos” itself is represented by the shrine. Its opposite, the ‘southern part’, the disordered part of the ‘Universe’, or ‘Anti-Cosmos’ is absent on the cult image.

The Tauroctony prevents the specifically represented Underworld and its principles to manifest, creating the opportunity for the initiates to continue their eternal life in the living and organized part of the ‘Universe’, in the “Cosmos”.
The ‘City of Darkness’ and ‘The Twin Riders’ in the Mithraeum of Hawarte (Syria)
Authors: Gnoli Tommaso
Published: September 2019

Three pictorial scenes represented on the walls of the newly discovered Mithraeum in Hawarte (Syria) are deeply rooted in the Middle-Iranian religious world. The pictures of the ‘City of Darkness’, and of ‘The Twin Riders’, as well as that of ‘The Lion and the Demons’, can only be explained by their evident Iranic background. Some of these iconographies are not limited to the Syrian area but are spread all around the Roman world, until London and Vienne-sur-Rhône. Moreover, a possible connection with a heterodox doctrine concerning the post-mortem vehiculated by the Pseudo-Macarius is proposed in this contribution.
Mithras Demiourgos
Authors: Romagnoli Diego
Published: September 2019

Roman Mithraism has been subject to philosophical interpretations and influences over the years. In this paper, I will present the important case of Mithras as a Demiurge by following the Platonic doctrine of the three Gods and its evolution, and after Plato, in three further phases.

A. Plato in the Timaeus and in the dialogue The Sophist (both written in 360 BC) debated three fundamental divine figures: the Being, who accounts for the early Idea and the source of all the other ideas, as well as the early cause of the world; the Demiurge, who was born from the Being and accounts for the acting Power creating the perceivable world; the Anima Mundi (the Soul of the World or the World Soul), who was born from the other two Gods and is the “mother” shaping all of beings.

B. Later, Middle Platonism (lasted from the 1st century BC to the 2nd century AD and on which the Chaldean Oracles were based) identified the Being as the First God and the source of every indistinct idea; the Demiurge as the Second God featuring the early Idea in order to create the world; and the Anima Mundi as the unifying principle from which all of organisms are shaped.

C. Finally, in Neoplatonism (lasted from the 3rd century to the 6th century AD and on which the Porphyry's De Antro Nympharum is based) this doctrine was fitted together with Mithraism: Mithras was the Demiurge and the Goddess Hecate was identified with the Anima Mundi.

This paper contributes to the current state of knowledge on this topic with a full detailed analysis of the connected different phases of Platonism in order to reach the identification of Mithras as the Demiurge.
Mithras, Sol Invictus, and the Astral Philosophical Connections
Authors: Ionescu Dan-Tudor
Published: September 2019

The main concepts used in this article are the dichotomy and differences between the two main groups of theories regarding the origins of the Roman mystery cult of Mithras: namely the school of the great Belgian scholar Franz Cumont, who considered Mithraism in the Roman world as an essentially Iranian cult adapted to the new cultural Hellenistic-Roman context and the theory of the 19th century German scholar K. B. Stark, respectively (revived in the seventies of the 20th century by academics like R. Beck, J. R. Hinnells, St. Insler, R. Gordon, and A. Bausani), who considered that the Roman cult of the solar god Mithras was a new mystery cult, which was born in the Roman world because of the Hellenistic scientific discovery of the precession of the equinoxes. My conclusion is that the Roman cult of Mithras, fused with the cult of Sol Invictus (the Hellenistic-Roman cult of the Unvanquished Sun), has more things Iranian than the name of the central deity of this initiation-mystery cult (despite its undeniable Hellenistic-Roman and astrological-astronomical elements).
Porphyry, the Cave of the Nymphs, and the Mysteries of Mithras
Authors: Albanese Luciano
Published: September 2019

Porphyry's Cave of Nymphs is dedicated to deciphering the philosophical and theological significance of the cave described by Homer in the Thirteenth Canto of the Odyssey. However, within the exegesis of the Homeric cave awaits another exegesis concerning the cave in which Mithras sacrifices the bull and in which the initiation of the worshippers and the common meal take place.

According to Porphyry, the cave of the Nymphs is the place in which the worshippers were initiated into the platonic mystery of the descent and ascent of souls. Mithras, assimilated to the Demiurge of the Timaeus, generates souls by killing the bull he has caught, ridden and dragged into the cave which symbolises the cosmos. The souls, which are created by the bull/moon like bees in a sort of bougonia (cf. Virgil, Georgics IV), and which are animated by his blood, descend into the cycle of generation and incarnation and are dragged down by Boreas, the cold wind that keeps them cool in the place of earthly generation. After successive reincarnations the warm wind of Notus dissolves the carnal vestments that imprison them and returns them to the heat of the Sun.

Conclusion. After the comparison between the text of Porphyry and the CIMRM will show that the theme of the descent and ascent of souls is very weak in Mithraic finds, and the reading of tauroctony as bougonia remains deprived of iconographic evidence. To sum up, The Cave of the Nymphs is more relevant to the history of Platonism than to the history of Mithraicism.
The Modena Relief: A Mystery of What?
Authors: Osek Ewa
Published: September 2019

The subject of my paper concerns the iconography of the mysterious relief at Modena (Galleria Museo e Medagliere Estense, inv. 2676) showing a young god in a cosmic egg. The paper is to review the state of research in modern scholarship since 1863, to discuss various attempts at its interpretation, and to propose my own working hypothesis, which links the Modena relief to the Orphic Rhapsodies and the Middle-Platonic passage transmitted by Porphyry of Tyre in his The Cave of the Nymphs 21–29.
Symbols of Identity and Culture of the Monogram in the Late Antique Mithraism
Authors: David Massimiliano , Melega Alessandro
Published: September 2019

The highest number of mithraea in urban context of the ancient world come from Ostia. Although we do not know the whole city, mithraea have been found in all districts of the town. The spread and fortune of the Mithraic worship are also attested by the plenteous epigraphic and sculptural materials. This research deals with the Mithraism at Ostia, focusing on the particular case of monograms, just mentioned by Giovanni Becatti in his seminal work about mithraea at Ostia, dating back to more than sixty years ago. After the recent discovery of the Mithraeum of colored marbles by the archaeologists of the Ostia Marina Project (University of Bologna), it seems necessary to examine and contextualize the phenomenology of Mithraic monograms at Ostia, as is done in relation to similar processes which involve the Christian world.
New records and morphological variation of Rhadinaea marcellae Taylor, 1949 (Squamata, Colubridae) from Sierra Madre Oriental, México
Authors: Sánchez-García Juan Carlos , Canseco-Márquez Luis , Pavón-Vázquez Carlos J. , Cruzado-Cortés Juan , García-Vázquez Uri Omar
Published: September 2019

Rhadinaea marcellae Taylor, 1949 is known from only 12 specimens. Based on recent fieldwork and research in scientific collections and databases, we report 14 new records of R. marcellae, bringing the total number of verified occurrences up to 26, updating our understanding of this secretive species’ distribution in the tropical and cloud forests of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico. The new records come from the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Puebla, San Luis Potosí and Veracruz. All the newly reported specimens are morphologically concordant with R. marcellae, but exhibit noteworthy variation.
Systematics, taxonomy, and distribution of species of Myriogenospora G.F. Atk. (Clavicipitaceae, Hypocreales, Ascomycota)
Authors: Cruz-Laufer Armando J. , Mardones Melissa , Piepenbring Meike
Published: September 2019

Based on new specimens of Myriogenospora spp. from Costa Rica and Panama, we present morphological analyses, systematic conclusions, additions to host ranges, and geographical distribution data for the two species currently classified in this genus. Myriogenospora atramentosa (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Diehl differs from Myriogenospora linearis (Rehm) J.F. White & Glenn in the ascus and part-spore morphology, a different position in the molecular phylogeny, and the host range. We conclude that the two species are not congeneric and propose that M. linearis should be called Balansia linearis (Rehm) Diehl.
Carol Wayne White, 'Black Lives and Sacred Humanity: Toward an African American Religious Naturalism'
Authors: Carter Christopher
Published: September 2019

Carol Wayne White, Black Lives and Sacred Humanity: Toward an African American

Religious Naturalism (New York: Fordham University Press, 2016), 132 pp., $25.00

(pbk), ISBN: 978-0-8232-6982-2.
Donna Haraway, 'Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene'
Authors: Bauman Whitney
Published: September 2019

Donna Haraway, Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2016), 312 pp., $26.95 (pbk), ISBN: 978-0-8223-6224-1.
Expanding the role of Dynamic Assessment in language education
Authors: ​Antón Marta
Published: September 2019

The four research studies included in this issue exemplify different approaches to the implementation of dynamic assessment (DA) in second language learning and teaching contexts. Although the studies are quite different from each other, they are unified by a focus on learner development and by a genuine effort to respond to challenges in concrete teaching situations in a way that is practical, meaningful, and accessible to teaching practitioners. As a whole, the studies contribute toward the development of a pedagogica program that is based on the principles of sociocultural theory. In what follows, I will briefly review the emergence of DA in the spectrum of assessment trends that depart significantly from traditional assessment, highlighting the main characteristics of DA and how it has been implemented in second language contexts. Then I will discuss how the four articles in this issue illustrate different aspects of DA, and how all of them are innovative and contribute to the expansion of DA in L2 educational settings.
Dynamic Assessment
Authors: García Próspero
Published: September 2019

This article on teacher cognition explores the implementation of an interactionist Dynamic Assessment (DA) model for mediating and ascertaining in-service L2 teachers’ microgenetic conceptual development after being exposed to Concept- Based Instruction (CBI). Although the effectiveness of this instructional approach in the development of L2 instructors (van Compernolle and Henery, 2015; Williams, Abraham, and Negueruela, 2013), and the use of DA to facilitate L2 development (Anton, 2009; Davin, 2013; Lantolf and Poehner, 2011, 2014; Poehner, 2008) have been both investigated, there is no research addressing the role of DA in fostering the development of in-service L2 teachers’ conceptual language awareness after being exposed to CBI. This article intends to address this gap by exploring the case study of Glinda (pseudonym), an experienced in-service teacher of Spanish whose L1 was also Spanish, and her developing linguistic and pedagogical beliefs regarding the concept of aspect before and after conceptual instruction.
Realizing the ZPD in Second Language Education
Authors: Infante Paolo , Poehner Matthew
Published: September 2019

Vygotsky’s (1978, 1987) notion of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) brings into focus the dialectical nature of interactional processes that provoke second language (L2) learner development. Two areas of L2 sociocultural theory (SCT-L2) scholarship that draw upon the ZPD as a framework for organizing instructional interactions are Dynamic Assessment (DA), wherein mediator-learner interaction functions to diagnose learner maturing abilities (Poehner, 2008), and Mediated Development (MD), an interactional framework that fosters learner capacity to understand and employ L2 concepts within communicative activities (Poehner and Infante, 2017). We argue that DA foregrounds assessing learner emerging abilities without losing sight of their development through instruction, while MD shows how appropriate instruction has to include assessing the learner. This paper extends the argument that ZPD activity represents the dialectical relation between teaching and assessing through analysis of transcribed classroom interaction that supports the perspective that DA and MD can function together as part of a coherent L2 SCT pedagogy.
A publicização do religioso na internet: o caso Genizah Virtual
Authors: Regiani Herivelton , Borelli Viviane
Published: September 2019

O presente artigo parte do conceito espaço público, fundamental para se compreender o papel da comunicação na sociedade contemporânea, para dedicar-se especialmente ao que Romeyer (2015) denomina publicização. Analisa a publicização de temáticas e questões do campo religioso na internet no caso específico do blog protestante Genizah Virtual. Evidencia-se o modo como a página busca trazer para o espaço público questões do campo religioso, conferindo a elas maior visibilidade e relevância, ao mesmo tempo em que publiciza reações desse campo às mudanças que ocorrem na sociedade, inserindo os fiéis no debate de temas de relevância social.
Os conceitos diferenciados de comunicação e jornalismo alternativos e o mapeamento da produção acadêmica brasileira recente
Authors: Pachi Filho Fernando Felício , Rodrigues de Souza Rafael Bellan , Moliani João Augusto
Published: September 2019

Neste estudo buscamos destacar os conceitos que são apresentados na produção acadêmica para caracterizar a comunicação alternativa, especialmente no que tange à imprensa e ao jornalismo alternativos e identificar as pesquisas em termos de Brasil. Analisamos as publicações dos principais congressos científicos da área e, a partir de 2011, as principais revistas acadêmicas brasileiras, além do banco de teses e dissertações da Capes. Os trabalhos foram catalogados pelos conceitos trabalhados pelos próprios autores e, a partir de suas referências, tentou-se identificar as principais linhas teóricas que definem o conceito de alternativo na comunicação e no jornalismo.
Comunicação corporativa e gerenciamento de reputação em organizações esportivas
Authors: Cegalini Vinicius Lordello , Rocco Jr Ary José
Published: September 2019

Estabelecer um perfil comprometido com seus públicos deveria ser premissa de uma organização esportiva. A Reputação consiste na elevação da imagem positiva à condição de aura. O clube e seus atletas deveriam, então, integrar uma comunidade de pessoas e entidades que partilham os mesmos propósitos. As entidades esportivas já vêm assimilando o que há de melhor em outras práticas de mercado, na maioria das vezes, diretamente ligadas a aspectos de gestão. Porém, é fundamental a compreensão, por parte dos gestores envolvidos em tais organizações, se os referidos conceitos estão sendo trabalhados adequadamente. Este artigo, através de levantamento bibliográfico nos principais jornais e revistas da área, busca entender a origem do constructo Reputação e sua aplicação no universo corporativo, comparando-a com seu enlace nos tratamentos dentro do esporte. Para tanto, como metodologia, foi desenvolvido o mapeamento da produção já existente sobre o tema, elaborando assim um Estado da Arte da pesquisa sobre o termo Reputação. Foi ainda possível perceber que os conceitos de reputação utilizados teoricamente de forma restrita ao ambiente corporativo já são uma realidade para as entidades esportivas.
Pediatric NUT Carcinoma Is a Rare and Challenging Tumor: Single Center Experience of Five Children
Authors: Prasad Maya , Baheti Akshay , Ramadwar Mukta , Chinnaswamy Girish , Vora Tushar , Qureshi Sajid
Published: September 2019

Background

Nuclear protein of the testis (NUT) carcinoma is a rare and aggressive malignancy associated with rearrangements of the nuclear protein of the testis (NUT) gene on chromosome 15q14. Because of its rarity, this tumor is often underdiagnosed and underreported, and there is limited literature regarding its biology and optimal management.

Methods and Results

We report our experience of five patients with pediatric NUT carcinoma, all of whom presented with midline head and neck mass. In spite of aggressive multimodality treatment, only one patient survives.

Conclusion

NUT carcinoma has a dismal prognosis in spite of aggressive multimodality management (surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation). Novel strategies are required to improve outcomes of patients with this tumor.
Editorial 2019 – 1
Authors: Gerber Hornink Gabriel , Amaral Gonçalves Bianco André , Treis Trindade Vera Maria , Galembeck Eduardo , Baptista Torres Bayardo
Published: September 2019

Iniciamos 2019 com seis artigos, contemplando todas as seções da revista: “Pesquisa em Ensino”, “Inovações Educacionais”, “REB na Escola” e "Imagem pública e divulgação científica,Apresentamos três pesquisas na seção “Pesquisa em Ensino”, a primeira abordando a concepção pelos alunos da relação DNA-RNA-Proteína a partir de questionários e mapas conceituais, destacando a relevância do uso de mapas conceituais no processo de ensino-aprendizagem desses conceitos e no estabelecimento das múltiplas relações.O segundo artigo apresenta o estudo sobre o impacto da participação em uma liga acadêmica sobre fisiologia médica na formação inicial dos estudantes, ressaltando esta área como importante correlata à Bioquímica e destacando a importância das discussões dos casos clínicos para formação discente.O terceiro artigo da seção apresenta um estudo sobre os conhecimentos, por estudantes de uma universidade federal, sobre o valor calórico do álcool e seus impactos na nutrição, indicando uma forte necessidade de se trabalhar as características do etanol, do ponto de vista nutricional, nos cursos, principalmente focando a questão do sobrepeso e obesidade.Na seção “Inovações Educacionais” apresentamos um material, jogo arcade educacional digital para computadores, no qual se trabalham conceitos relacionadas à síntese de ATP, desde a via glicolítica, até a cadeia de transporte de elétrons, sendo que o mesmo passou por um teste piloto com alunos da disciplina de Bioquímica, mostrando haver potencial de melhoria da aprendizagem dos conceitos. Na sequência, apresentamos um trabalho que abordou o uso de ferramentas de bioinformática no ensino-aprendizagem dos conteúdos de bioquímica.Finalizamos o primeiro número de 2019 com um artigo de uma ação de divulgação científica abordando a população da neurociência com alunos do ensino médio. Essa é uma área interessante que acaba por fazer interface com conceitos de diversas áreas, como Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular. Neste ano, tivemos o 2º Prêmio Nacional de Ensino de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular que recebeu 13 submissões. O trabalho vencedor abordou uma prática inovadora envolvendo a interação ligante-proteína, com monitoramento por espectrofotometria. O prêmio foi entregue durante a cerimônia de encerramento da 48ª Reunião Anual da SBBq.Com o fechamento do número 1 de 2019, o editor-chefe encerra suas atividades na chefia da revista, sendo que, nesta função, atuará o prof. Dr. André A.G. Bianco da Unifesp.
Riesgos y potencialidades de la era digital para la infancia y la adolescencia
Authors: Sánchez-Teruel David , Robles-Bello Maria Auxiliadora
Published: September 2019

La era digital ha llegado a tener tanto impacto en la sociedad actual, que la familia, la escuela, la cultura y el entorno son variables determinantes que influyen en el uso o abuso que la población infantil y adolescente hace de estas tecnologías. Este artículo muestra aquellos estudios que han centrado su interés en analizar el impacto de dispositivos digitales en las relaciones sociales de estos colectivos, ya sea a través de la familia, con los iguales o con el resto de la sociedad. Se concluye que la complejidad en las relaciones interpersonales en la infancia y adolescencia tiene un nuevo añadido: el mundo digital, que produce riesgos y potencialidades, y los consiguientes importantes retos futuros que promueve para padres, gobiernos, administraciones educativas e investigadores.
Calidad de vida en docentes de educación pública superior
Authors: Romero Espinoza Mar de los Ángeles , Laborín Álvarez Jesús Francisco
Published: September 2019

A partir de una revisión bibliográfica en torno a la calidad de vida (CV), la evolución del concepto y su misma medición, se propone un modelo alternativo que ha incorporado sus componentes objetivo y subjetivo, y que además asimismo considera el enfrentamiento a los problemas como una variable que también contribuye a explicar la CV de las personas. En este caso particular, sobre docentes de Educación Pública Superior, pocos estudios se han encontrado sobre sus condiciones objetivas de vida y de los recursos psicológicos con que cuentan para enfrentar las situaciones estresantes derivadas de su trabajo académico y de otros ámbitos de sus vidas.
Prácticas docentes y educación multigrado en escuelas indígenas del Estado de Sonora, México
Authors: Vera Noriega Jos Ángel , Peña Meléndez Carlos Enrique
Published: September 2019

Se plantea como objetivo de investigación generar conocimientos que permitan comprender las relaciones existentes entre el perfil docente y el rezago/deserción educativa, a fin de proponer ideas que permitan mejorar las condiciones de trabajo de los maestros que laboran en contextos sociales de marginación social dentro de las zonas rurales indígenas. Para llevarlo a cabo y hacer la observación de las distintas prácticas docentes y el contexto educativo en que estos profesores laboran, se seleccionaron tres escuelas que obtuvieron los puntajes más bajos en español y matemáticas en la prueba Enlace si se comparan con las demás escuelas de la zona. Se identificó que los docentes de estas tres escuelas multigrado intentan tanto mantener en sus enseñanzas la tradición cultural de la tribu como responder a las exigencias curriculares para cada grado, además de cumplir con una doble labor: docente y directivo dentro de la misma institución.
Capacidades críticas y acríticas de los estudiantes de noveno grado de instituciones de educación media de Cúcuta, Pamplona y Villa del Rosario frente a los contenidos audiovisuales de Facebook y YouTube. Caso: Colegio Departamental Integrado General S.
Authors: Vega  Riaño Hugo Alexander , Villamizar Castro Marcela Bibiana
Published: September 2019

Al considerar la influencia e impacto de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) en los procesos de interacción humana, se conciben estas herramientas como manifestaciones que median la forma de pensar y actuar de las personas que a diario las utilizan. Estas plataformas de comunicación deben tener destacada atención por cuanto se erigen como medios determinantes en procesos de socialización e interacción en los que se trascienden fronteras de tipo personal y geográfico. A través de sus contenidos, dichas tecnologías han modificado los modos de ser, pensar, sentir e interactuar de los seres humanos, especialmente de aquellos de más temprana generación, y que en este caso refiere a la determinación de las capacidades críticas o acríticas de los jóvenes de noveno grado de educación media de Cúcuta, Pamplona y Villa de Rosario (Colombia) en presencia de redes y sitios web como Facebook y YouTube.
Перспективы индийско-американских экономических отношений
Authors: Ань Чжаочжэнь
Published: September 2019

Рассмотрены торгово-экономические отношения Индии и США. При этом значительное внимание уделено отношениям с другими крупнейшими конкурирующими партнерами — Китаем и Россией. Проанализировано стремление индийской стороны к обеспечению баланса во взаимоотношениях со столь крупными партнерами с целью обеспечения для себя максимальной выгоды. Исследованы мотивы и факторы, влияющие на решение индийской стороны о распределении приоритетов сотрудничества между данными партнерами. Обоснованы причины дальнейшей активизации торгово-экономических отношений Индии с США, в част- ности, рассмотрены перспективы проведения переговоров по созданию зоны свободной торговли между ними.
Calibration Protocol - Plate Reader Fluorescence Calibration v3
Authors: Baldwin Geoff , Haddock-Angelli Traci , Beal Jacob , Dwijayanti Ari , Storch Marko , Farny Natalie , Telmer Cheryl , Vignoni Alejandro , Tennant Richard , Rutten Paul
Published: September 2019

Plate readers report fluorescence values in arbitrary units that vary widely from instrument to instrument. Therefore absolute fluorescence values cannot be directly compared from one instrument to another. In order to compare fluorescence output of test devices between teams, it is necessary for each team to create a standard fluorescence curve. Although distribution of a known concentration of GFP protein would be an ideal way to standardize the amount of GFP fluorescence in our E. coli cells, the stability of the protein and the high cost of its purification are problematic. We therefore use the small molecule fluorescein, which has similar excitation and emission properties to GFP, but is cost-effective and easy to prepare. (The version of GFP used in the devices, GFP mut3b, has an excitation maximum at 501 nm and an emission maximum at 511 nm; fluorescein has an excitation maximum at 494 nm and an emission maximum at 525nm). You will prepare a dilution series of fluorescein in four replicates and measure the fluorescence in a 96 well plate in your plate reader. By measuring these in your plate reader, you will generate a standard curve of fluorescence for fluorescein concentration. You will be able to use this to convert your cell based readings to an equivalent fluorescein concentration. Before beginning this protocol, ensure that you are familiar with the GFP settings and measurement modes of your instrument. You will need to know what filters your instrument has for measuring GFP, including information about the bandpass width (530 nm / 30 nm bandpass, 25-30 nm width is recommended), excitation (485 nm is recommended) and emission (520-530 nm is recommended) of this filter. Note: The iGEM Abs600 (OD) calibration protocol with microspheres calibration method is a pre-requisite for carrying out this protocol. You will need data from that calibration to analyse the results of this protocol. RFP users: This protocol now includes instructions for the use of dyes compatible with some red fluorescent proteins (RFPs). Please note the Measurement committee is still investigating these so this part of the protocol should be considered a work in progress.
On the Expansion of a Class of Open-Loop Evasion Control in the Simplest Two-Criteria Pursuit-Evasion Game of Two Purposes
Authors: Rubinovich E. Ya.
Published: September 2019

The article is devoted to the formulation and solution of the two-criterion pursuit-evasion game on the plane of one pursuer against two targets, one of which is false. A false target is used to distract the pursuer, allowing the true target (in the process of diverting) to maximize the minimum possible distance to the pursuer. The specificity of the pursuer is that it has a circular classification zone of radius R, within which it has the ability to instantly classify the target as false or true. The game is that the pursuer minimizes the time required to approach one of the targets to a distance not exceeding R (R-encounter), and the targets, acting in concert, maximize the minimum distance between the pursuer and the remaining target. The game continues until the R-meeting of the pursuer with the first (false) target, i.e. until the classification of the false target. It is assumed that the first target is false a priori the persecutor is not known. The strategy of using a false target is precisely to release it to distract the pursuer from the true target. In reality, the false target is a mobile drone, which is controlled programmatically by the on-Board computer. In the class of open-loop controls the staging was investigated in 1984 by Ivanov M. N. and Maslov E. P. There is a natural question: what will give an extension of a class of open-loop controls of the false targets to the class of closed-loop controls, i.e. to the class of controls with a feedback? This question is quite appropriate in connection with the great progress in the development of microprocessor technology and improving the performance of on-Board computers, which makes it possible to use more complex algorithms for controlling Autonomous mobile objects. This article gives a negative answer to the above question, namely, it is shown that the extension of the class of open-loop controls by a false target does not improve the quality of control. It is proved that in this game there is a Nash equilibrium in the program strategies of the players.
Conformation Control of DNA Molecules by Means Geometric and Physical Parameters
Authors: Ilyukhin A. A. , Timoshenko D. V.
Published: September 2019

A conceptual approach to the problem of managing spatial configurations of DNA molecules is considered. The work is problematic in nature and is a synthesis of the authors’ research in the field of modeling the behavior and structure of DNA by the methods of the mechanics of a deformable solid. The subject of research in this paper is the question of the applicability of methods of control theory to a living object by the example of a DNA molecule. The paper considers both issues of controllability on examples of the influence of the parameters of a molecule on its configuration, and questions of observability and identification of parameters of a molecule, based on the visible configuration in the natural environment. A brief review of the authors’ results in terms of adaptation to the objects of research of existing and development of new mathematical models of deformable elastic objects with regard to their internal structure is given. The proposed approach is based on the concept of transition using known methods of molecular dynamics from a multi-element discrete medium to a continuum containing momentary stresses. To this end, in previous works, the authors obtained the dependence of the components of the strain tensors, force and moment stresses on various types of interatomic interaction potentials (LennardJones potential, Born-Meyer potential, etc.). The need to choose as the base model of a continuum containing momentary stresses is dictated by the peculiarities of the main object of study - nucleic acid molecules and biopolymers - which have several degrees of freedom of rotational motions. Also, as an example, we consider the case for which the reduction from the three-dimensional problem of the asymmetric theory of elasticity to a one-dimensional one was carried out by splitting the three-dimensional problem into a set of two-dimensional and one-dimensional problems. The kinematic parameters that are necessary to attract in order to obtain a closed system of equations of the one-dimensional moment theory of rods with the system of Kirchhoff’s differential equations are indicated. The remaining geometrical values are found from the relations defining them. The proposed approach is consistent with current trends in the field of molecular modeling in biophysics and physico-chemical biology, and it seems promising in solving the problems of controlling genetic and biochemical processes involving DNA.
"I Didn’t Have the Luxury to Wait": Understanding the University-to-Work Transition among Second-Generations in Britain
Authors: Naseem Jawiria
Published: September 2019

Second-generations—children of immigrants—experience particular university-to-work transitions in the UK, including precarious entry into the labour market This article examines the importance of intersecting social divisions, such as gender and ethnicity to these transitions, and also explores complexities within long-term economic progression. By comparing the educational achievement and labour market integration of British-born female graduates from one of the largest— Pakistani—and newly settled—Algerian—migrant groups and by focusing on long-term progression from the first job postgraduation to the most recent one. Using repeat semi-structured interviews with twelve British Pakistani and Algerian female graduates, this article produces a fine-grained analysis of key academic and economic stages. It reveals how the contextualised impact of intersecting social divisions—social class, ethnicity, as proxy for culture and religion, and gender— and the ability to maximise and increase one’s identity capital i prove employability, transforming initial disadvantages into pathways for success.
Does It Matter Where They Train? Transitions into Higher Education After VET and the Role of Labour Market Segments
Authors: Grønning Miriam , Trede Ines
Published: September 2019

Due to a higher demand for tertiary education, continued educational achievement has become important for the career development of young people with vocational education and training (VET). In this article, therefore, we examine whether the labour market segment of the training firm influences VET diploma holders’ likelihood of entering tertiary education. In Switzerland, companies from a wide range of industries and with different institutional characteristics assume a large part of the responsibility for training. Thus, the training firm’s position in the labour market impacts apprentices’ education and training. Drawing upon segmentation theories, we argue that structural differences between training firms in different labour market segments result in varying opportunities and incentives for higher education. Our analyses are based on a longitudinal national survey of healthcare apprentices who were trained in the primary healthcare segment (hospitals) or in the secondary healthcare segment (nursing homes). Propensity score matching results show that VET diploma holders who were trained in the primary segment were more likely to enter tertiary education than those who were trained in the secondary segment. This finding implies that the structural conditions in the training firm matter for young workers’ careers by affecting further educational achievement.
The Signal and the Noise: The Impact of the Bologna Process on Swiss Graduates’ Monetary Returns to Higher Education
Authors: Glauser David , Zangger Christoph , Becker Rolf
Published: September 2019

Using longitudinal data on university leaver cohorts in the period from 2006 to 2016, we investigate the impact of the Bologna reform on Swiss graduates’ returns to higher education. Drawing on the job market signaling model, we expect lower returns for graduates who enter the labor market with a bachelor’s degree. Moreover, we expect that the initial wage difference between bachelor and master graduates will become less volatile over time, since employers constantly update their beliefs about graduates’ employability. Controlling for selection into employment and a number of different signals sent by the graduates, we find a persistent advantage of a master’s over a bachelor’s degree. The new degrees, and especially a bachelor’s degree, did indeed serve as a noisy signal about graduates’ productivity in the first years of the Bologna process.
Using MSDI and M3Y Core Polarization for the Coulomb Electron Scattering for some Ground state nuclei
Authors: Dlshad Hawar , Fatah Aziz
Published: September 2019

The analysis of Coulomb electron scattering for the ground state-nuclei Li6 , C12 , O18 , F19 and Ne 20 are performed with core polarization effects for the Modified Surface Delta Interaction (MSDI) and realistic Michigan three-range Yukawa (M3Y) interaction. The basic calculations included the Coulomb form factor, charge density, and the charge radii of the ground states. The Coulomb form factors for the M3Y interaction gave the best fit with the experimental data.
THE RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE PRIMARY LUNG CANCERS ACCORDING TO ORENBURG REGIONAL ONCOLOGICAL CLINIC DATA
Authors: Kalinin E. A. , Senchukova M. A. , Vasukov M. N. , Samoilov P. V. , Mitryakov S. O. , Pinchuk S. V.
Published: September 2019

Aim. To assess the immediate and long-term results of treating patients with bilateral lung cancer (LC). Patients and methods. Radically operated 5 patients with primary multiple synchronous LC (PMSLC) and 5 patients with primary multiple metachronous LC (PMMLC) were included in the study. Clinical and morphological data, results of instrumental studies, immediate and long-term treatment results were analyzed. Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistica6 software. Results. Tumors corresponding to T1‑T2 prevailed in both groups. At the same time, both in the PMSLC and PMMLC group, only in one case both tumors corresponded to T1–2N0M0, in the others — one or both tumors were with metastases in lymph nodes of the root or mediastinum. In early postoperative period, the number of surgical complications was 10%, somatic — 20%. All complications were successfully treated conservatively. Postoperative mortality was not observed. In PMMLC and PMSLC cases, one-year relapse-free survival (RFS) was 100% and 80%; two-year — 80% and 60%; three-year — 60% and 60%; four-year — 60% and 20%, respectively. The five-year RFS in patients with PMMPC was 40%. One patient with PMSLC was alive without relapse of disease for 4.5 years. Accordingly, one-year overall survival (OS) was 100% and 100%; two-year — 80% and 80%; three-year — 80% and 60%; four-year — 80% and 40%. Five- and six-year OS in patients with PMMLC were 60% and 20%, respectively. Conclusion. The absence of postoperative mortality and low number of postoperative complications indicate the safety of bilateral operations in patients with bilateral LC. Low rates of patients’ 5‑year survival are connected with problems of primary diagnostics and low efficiency of existing algorithms of regular medical checkup of patients with this pathology. To improve long-term results of LC treatment, it is necessary to more actively introduce the modern programs of dynamic observation and complex examination of patients, undergone surgery for LC, using the annual chest CT and fibrobronchoscopy.
Execução antecipada da pena: mutação ou violação da Constituição
Authors: Heller Gabriel
Published: September 2019

O presente artigo analisa a possibilidade, na ordem constitucional vigente, da execução de condenação penal não transitada em julgado. Na primeira parte do trabalho, visando demonstrar a existência, no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro, de um direito à não execução antecipada da pena, distinguem-se os conceitos de prisão cautelar e prisão-sanção, bem como os dispositivos constitucionais que as autorizam. Igualmente se apresenta a diminuta margem interpretativa deixada pelo constituinte aos juízes no que tange ao cumprimento de sentença penal condenatória, exigindo-se o trânsito em julgado dessa sentença. Na segunda parte do artigo, advoga-se a inconstitucionalidade da execução antecipada da pena, a partir da diferenciação entre regras e princípios jurídicos e da evidenciação de que o inciso LVII do art. 5o da Constituição Federal constitui regra jurídica, não passível, portanto, de ponderação.
O instituto do casamento revisitado sob os moldes da constitucionalização do direito civil brasileiro
Authors: Carvalho Alexander Perazo Nunes de , Carmo Gabriela Martins
Published: September 2019

O objetivo do presente estudo é analisar os efeitos da constitucionalização do Direito Civil no instituto do casamento. Ademais, busca-se averiguar se o tipo de aplicação das normas constitucionais no Direito Civil tem se dado de forma direta ou indireta. Para tanto, a metodologia aplicada foi uma pesquisa sob estudo bibliográfico e jurisprudencial do tema. Ao final, concluiu-se que, no Brasil, não existe uma posição unânime no que tange à aplicação direta ou indireta da constitucionalização do Direito Civil, e que, sob o pretexto de tal fenômeno, têm-se realizadas mudanças no âmbito do instituto do casamento que deveriam ser realizadas por meio de outros mecanismos jurídicos.
CHANGES IN THE MOTIVATION OF THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED DURING THE STATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY’S MEASURE “MOTIVATION PROGRAM FOR JOB SEEKING AND SOCIAL MENTOR SERVICES”
Authors: Zahare Astrīda
Published: September 2019

One of the significant risks of the labour market is the high proportion of the long-term unemployed, therefore an acute problem is their integration into labour market, as well as low motivation of the target population. From December 2015 till 31 December 2021 an ESF project “Support for the long-term unemployed” is being implemented, this project includes the implementation of a measure “Motivation program for job seeking and social mentor services” which aims to motivate and to preventively support the long-term unemployed, as well as to facilitate their placement in appropriate permanent workplaces. This research analyses the carrier support provided for the long-term unemployed during State Employment Agency’s measure “Motivation program for job seeking and social mentor services” and examines whether participation in this measure changes the motivation of the long-term unemployed for integration into the labour market.
DIGITAL COMPETENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF LEARNING CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Vindača Olga
Published: September 2019

Media and new technologies integration into the learning process of higher educational institutions stimulates the necessity for the development of digital competence. However, the evaluation of digital competence is required before working out and offering the new programs for the improvement of digital competence. This article will review the issue of digital competence focusing on the analyses of its evaluation instruments such as "Attitudes toward Information Technologies (IT) Scale" and "Self-appraisal form". It is the preliminary result of on going applied research of RTA Research Institute for Regional Studies (RIRS). The aim of this research is to adopt "A-IT Scale" to Latvian conditions and to define students and lecturers of Latvian higher educational institutions attitudes towards IT as the necessity for digital competence improvement in the context of learning conceptual aspects in higher education institutions.
THE LEGAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE INSURANCE CONTRACT
Authors: Tuvi Olīvija , Mazure Līga
Published: September 2019

Human feeling of security is one of the basic needs, so the idea of insurance is already perceived in ancient times. Nowadays the importance of insurance increases, because it is an essential part of national economy, as well as one of the modern society level determinants, because it even provides compulsory insurance to protect important interests. Insurance creates a sense of security in the increasing number of spheres of life, which continues to expand, providing more and more new insurance objects. This work provides insight into history of the idea of insurance contract and summarizes different ideas and problems about the insurance contract and its types.
THE INFLUENCE OF PROBATION PROGRAMMES ON THE LAW OFFENDER AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE SENTENCE
Authors: Bondareva Dagne , Marcinkevičs Modris
Published: September 2019

In the article, there is analysed motivating change of law offender after participation in probation programme. The programme of probation leaves a positive effect on those law offenders who have got inner motivation - to acquire new knowledge, skills and make change in their life. Whereas, the programmes of probation do not achieve their aim if the law offender has a negative external motivation - lacks confidence about the effectiveness of the programme considering it as a formal sanction. Therefore, overall it can be said that the programmes of probation are effective for motivated clients. The results and conclusions of the research can be used in completion and further development of the probation programmes.