bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Formal and informal sources of sexual information predict women’s sexual self-schema
Authors: Sartin-Tarm Anneliis , Clephane Kirstin , Lorenz Tierney
Published: April 2021

Sexual self-schema (SSS) reflect an individual’s cognitive representations of oneself as a sexual person, and predict critical sexual health and wellbeing outcomes in women. Like other cognitive structures, SSS are thought to form through exposure to different kinds of information. The current exploratory study investigated associations between young women’s experiences with different sources of sexual information and their SSS valence and complexity. Respondents (n = 401) completed a validated SSS measure and ranked their perceived importance of different sources of sexual information as they were growing up. We found that the more important women perceived their friends as sources of sexual information, the more consistently their SSS was negative or aschematic (i.e., neither positive nor negative). In contrast, the more important they ranked partners, the more their SSS was positive or coschematic (i.e., both positive and negative). Finally, the more important women ranked religion, the more their SSS was consistently negative. Overall, preliminary associations suggest that friends, partners, and religion influence young women’s SSS valence and complexity. Further research may examine directionality and mechanistic causality of these associations, as well as how multiple varied sources of information interact to produce diverse SSS configurations.
DIDACTIC FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSICAL TRAINING OF FUTURE CHOREOGRAPHY SPECIALISTS IN DOMESTIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Кovalenko Oleksandr
Published: April 2021

The article considers the didactic conditions of musical training of choreographers in higher education institutions of our state. In this work the structural didactic features of musical competence of choreographers are defined, such as: feature of professional activity planning; ways and methods of performing professional activities; communication techniques; organizational skills of choreographers; features of dance and motor motility. The article also states that the author considers an individual approach to take into account the ways of adapting the properties of studentsʼ nervous system to the requirements of professional activity as an effective method of musical training of choreographers in domestic higher education institutions. The article also deals with an individual approach, which takes into account the individual differences of students, the development of techniques, tools and methods of forming professional and musical skills of choreographers, due to the typological properties of the nervous system. At the heart of the individual approach considered in the study there is the idea of understanding a developing student as a person with a unique set of individual qualities. This involves the recognition of different, but equivalent in effectiveness methods of educational and creative activities that meet the objective requirements of the professional activity of the teacher and the individual characteristics of the future specialist.Also, in this paper, it is noted that in pedagogical science didactics is connected with the methods of teaching courses. The method of teaching folk dance is somewhat different from other choreographic disciplines due to the specifics of national dance. All textbooks, programs and methodical materials on folk choreography are authorʼs versions and naturally cannot be accepted by all experts identically.
Keywords: musical training, music theory, choreographer, professional training, didactics, didactic bases of training, professional skill, systematic approach to musical training.
PATRIOTIC EDUCATION OF FUTURE TEACHERS OF GEOGRAPHY BY MEANS OF TOURIST AND LOCAL HISTORY WORK
Authors: Maksiutov Andrii
Published: April 2021

The structural and functional aspects of patriotic education of future teachers of geography by means of tourism and local history work are substantiated in the article that involves the interaction of its elements (value-driven, motivational, cognitive, personal and practical); principles (humanization, democratization, conformity to nature, conformity to culture and educational advisability), forms, methods, means and functions of tourism and local history work. The latter were proved to be a compulsory element of future teachers of geography practical training. The analysis of the literary sources in which the question of patriotic education of future teachers of geography youth by means of tourism and local history work is revealed.
Keywords: education, patriotic education, scientific problem, content of patriotic upbringing, pedagogical conditions of patriotic upbringing, patriotic upbringing, tourist and local history work, higher education institution, future teacher of geography, components and results of patriotic upbringing.
FORMING FUTURE SPEECH THERAPISTS MOTIVATIONAL ORIENTATION IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROCESS
Authors: Tsymbal-Slatvinska Svitlana , Babii Inna
Published: April 2021

The article focuses on the modification of organizational paradigms for the educational process and finding out the ways to improve the content of future speech therapists training.The author points out that the current format of distance learning requires a concentration of efforts aimed at motivating each student, improving an interaction processes between teacher and student. The formation of motivational and personal criterion for the readiness of future speech therapists for professional activities involves increasing the importance of professional motives, increasing interest in speech therapy as a science, willingness to work with children with speech disorders.The importance of including future speech therapists in the professional environment for the purpose of successful formation of motivational orientation is substantiated: making practical lessons with speech therapists-practitioners, problem solving in the professional situations during practical lessons. Modernization of the content of practical lessons for students and use of practice-oriented and research approaches allowed to form a system of positive motivation: understanding the important role of speech therapist, forming the personality traits needed in correctional work, organizing successful cooperation with children with speech disorders and their parents, creating a barrier-free information and educational environment.The results of the study of readiness for professional activity by the motivational and personal criterion show that students highly value the presence of professionally important traits of a speech therapist (an optimistic prognosis, barrier-free communication, psychological readiness to work with a child with speech disorders and provide counselling and social psychological support for family in which this child is brought up).It is pointed out that the use of training techniques can increase the level of professional motivation necessary for successful mastering of the speech therapist profession.
Keywords: professional training, speech therapist, motivational and personal criterion, motivation, professional traits, professional environment, educational process, personal traits.
WEBQUEST AS A MEANS OF MOTIVATING FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TO PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Authors: Ірина Онищенко
Published: April 2021

The article analyzes the peculiarities of WebQuest technology application as a means of motivating future primary school teachers to work. The content of concepts “WebQuest”, “WebQuest technology” has been considered. The main stages of work on WebQuest, features of its creation in the Internet have been described. The necessity of introduction of web-technologies into the educational process of higher educational institutions, which promote the formation of motivation future primary school teachers to professional activity, has been substantiated. The methodological basis of the study is a systematic approach to the study of pedagogical science provisions in the WebQuest application. The WebQuest is viewed as an innovative resource-oriented technology aimed at students’ independent search for information required to perform a problem task using Internet resources. It is determined that the WebQuest integrates elements of project, game, problem, and group learning and creates prerequisites for the transformation of new data obtained by students into new knowledge that they can use in their future professional activity. The didactic possibilities of the WebQuest technology for increasing motivation of students of specialty 013 Primary education to the professional activity, formation of their motivated attitude to the teaching, desire to work with high adaptability and flexibility have been described.It is found out that motivation to professional activity is a set of actions of concrete impulse (motives, needs, interests, aspirations, incentives, attitudes, value orientations), which determine the choice of primary school teacher’s profession and long-term performance of duties related to this profession. It has been proved that the application of WebQuest technology creates favorable conditions for the formation of future specialists’ motivations to professional activity, their attitude to independent and systematic updating of knowledge and its effective application in practice.
FORMATION OF ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMIC PERCEPTIONS IN OLDER PRESCHOOL CHILDREN BY MEANS OF LITERATURE AND FOLK ART
Authors: Світлана Тітаренко
Published: April 2021

The article substantiates the relevance of the problem of formation of senior preschool children's elementary astronomical representations. The analysis of psychological and pedagogical researches on the problem of formation of senior preschool children’s elementary astronomical ideas has been carried out. The influence of literature and oral folk art on the formation of senior preschool children's elementary astronomical ideas has been substantiated. The level of formation of senior preschool children’s elementary astronomical ideas has been determined. A system of work on the formation of senior preschool children’s elementary astronomical representations by means of fiction and oral folk art has been proposed and its effectiveness has been checked.The purpose of the research is theoretical substantiation and experimental study of the literature and folk art influence on the formation of senior preschool children’s elementary astronomical ideas. To solve this goal, the following research methods were used: analysis to determine the status and isolation of problems of astronomical education in the institution of preschool education; observing the educational process of astronomy in the institution of preschool education in order to identify its shortcomings and identify prospects for improvement; questionnaires, surveys to reveal the level of preschool children’s knowledge in astronomy; current and final control to determine the level of formation of elementary astronomical representations. It is determined that the positive prerequisite for the formation of astronomical ideas in senior preschoolers is the usage of fiction in its different variations.
FORMS AND METHODS OF ORGANIZATION OF STUDENT EDUCATION IN THE PROCESS OF FORMING ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE
Authors: Олександр Верітов
Published: April 2021

It has been proved that the use of certain forms and methods of organization in training of future bachelors in physical culture and sports will contribute to the formation of entrepreneurial culture of students. The following organizational forms of training have been distinguished: training sessions, individual tasks, independent work, practical training and testing. It has been determined that the formation of entrepreneurial culture may be a subject of individual classes that require providing conditions to realize creative opportunities for students, who showed an aptitude for research and creative work. In compliance with the principles of freedom and variability, a key tool to assimilate educational material by students is considered to be independent work.A set of teaching methods proved to be the most effective and appropriate for the goal of the study, they are: methods of classroom work and practical training information (Information lecture, Lecture-presentation, Lecture-press conference), interactive learning (Round-table talks, Brainstorming, Working in small groups, Heuristictalks, Presentation and protection of the results of independent work), quasi-professional methods (Case method, Business games, Performing professional roles and functions in the workplace, SWOT-analysis), methods of consolidation of knowledge (Completion of educational tasks with regulated result), creative methods (Project method, Problem-solving training, Fantasizing method, Algorithmic analysis, Focal method objects, Creating an image of an ideal object), methods of ongoing monitoring and control (Oral face-to-face interview, Oral individual interview according to the plan, Testing knowledge on a specific topic, open answer questions) and distance learning methods are teaching methods for groups without feedback, methods of individual learning with feedback and methods that involve active interaction between all participants of the educational process. The concept map of the subject area “Forms and methods formation of entrepreneurial culture” can be used to simplify the process of developing training syllabus programs of certain disciplines. In particular, it will allow constructing the educational process in a more advanced technological way by comparing forms and teaching methods.
THE CONTENT COMPONENT OF CREATING A MODERN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN NEW UKRAINIAN SCHOOL
Authors: Тетяна Гуркова
Published: April 2021

The purpose of the article is to substantiate theoretically the content component of creating a personality-oriented educational environment on the basis of subject-subject interaction between teachers and students of the New Ukrainian School. To achieve this goal, the following methods of analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature were used: generalization of the achievements of domestic and foreign scientists on a certain problem; systematization of the received information. Analyzing the psychological and pedagogical literature, we can say that the question of “educational environment” scientists have been addressed constantly. The views of scientists are considered and the essential characteristics of the concept of “educational environment” are given in the article. A brief overview of the structural elements of the environment, the problems of designing and creating a creative, personality-oriented educational environment based on the subject-subject interaction between teachers and students for their development are described. The solution of existing problems in the practice of forming the educational environment of primary school is studied. The main criteria are considered, taking into account which it is necessary to build an educational environment for primary school students. The main characteristics and parameters of the educational environment are analyzed. Recommendations for teachers on creating cells are provided. The focus is on specific tasks to address the issue of teacher readiness for change and steps to create a modern educational environment. Prospects for further explorations in this direction are outlined
THE MODEL OF FORMATION OF FUTURE IT TEACHERS’ PREPARATION FOR THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL WEB-RESOURCES
Authors: Андрій Шуляк
Published: April 2021

The article reveals the structure of the model of forming future IT teachers’ preparation to use educational WEB-resources. Its component composition (blocks) is established. The methodological target block includes the purpose: formation of future IT teachers’ preparation to use educational WEB-resources, and the following approaches: informational, personality-centered, systemic, competence, technological, activity; also such principles: general pedagogical (accessibility, continuity, clarity, systematicity, sequence, scientific) and specific (effectiveness, dialogue, professional mobility, creativity, interactivity, multimedia), organizational and instrumental (stages: motivational-propaedeutic, technological-productive, organizational-methodical); content: traditional basic computer science courses; elective courses, special seminars with remote support, master classes, methodical seminars; professional courses and practices of methodical preparation of students; forms (traditional: lecture-press conference, lecture-conversation, seminar-discussion, colloquium, etc.; innovative: online-lecture, streaming video, slide lecture, video lecture, multimedia lectures, e-mail consultation, e-seminars, webinars, group projects on wiki technology, case technologies, forum, network interaction, network chat, joint blogging, local and network tutorials, educational portals, directories), methods: (projects, cooperative learning), case-study, game methods (business game); “E-portfolio”, round table, associative method; method of “falsification”, information resources, “reification”, demonstration examples, precedent, expediently selected tasks; training (using teleconferences; educational modeling), tools: modeling, educational, testing software; virtual labs software; reference information (legal) systems; automated training systems; electronic educational and methodical materials; expert training systems; intelligent educational systems; means of automation of professional activity, technologies (problem-based learning, individualized learning, developmental learning, differentiated learning, active learning, game learning), evaluation-effective (components and their indicators), levels (high, medium, low), result (preparation to use educational WEB-resources in professional activities).
M. LEONTOVYCH’S WORK OF FOLKLORE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NEW UKRAINIAN SCHOOL
Authors: Інна Терешко  , Лариса Пшемінська
Published: April 2021

The methodical concepts of organization, recording, processing and documentation of folklore by the outstanding Ukrainian composer, conductor, teacher Mykola Leontovych are defined in the article. The artist's interest in folk songs is revealed, and his purposeful work as a recorder of folk melodies is studied. The composerʼs approaches to collecting, studying and popularizing the folklore of Ukraine are defined. The memories of friends and students, which reveal the composer’s and folklore activities, are analyzed.Much attention is paid to the definition of individual perception, techniques and methods of presentation of folklore in the professional activities of M. Leontovych, in particular, describes the diverse and multilevel system of the composerʼs creative approach to folk songs and outlines the leading role of folklore in music and aesthetic education. The article considers the national originality of M. Leontovych’s choral music, reveals the close connection of the composer’s activity with the rich folk song culture of Ukraine, highlights the composer’s innovative approaches to the embodiment of folklore in Ukrainian music, traces the artist’s influence on the development of the choral miniature genre. The paper presents a creative understanding of the folk song heritage of the composer and the use of its best examples in the education and artistic training of todayʼs young generation. Some aspects of the development of professional skills of future teachers of music are highlighted. The use of certain forms, methods, techniques of educational activities contribute to the formation of studentsʼ readiness to use arrangements of M. Leontovychʼs song folklore in modern secondary schools in the context of the New Ukrainian School.
CREATION OF CREOLIZED TEXTS DURING TEACHING “GEOMETRY” IN 7-TH CLASS
Authors: Оксана Заїка
Published: April 2021

The article raises the issue of teaching seventh-grade children a systematic course “Geometry”. It is proposed to create reference notes in the form of creolized texts, which are already penetrating into modern education. Their main components are the verbal part (inscription) and the iconic part (figure). This concept and three ways of their formation are revealed: verbal text + image, image + verbal text, verbal text = image. Given the peculiarities of the new generation, in the educational process, we propose to use more the second method of creolized texts formation. This approach to the study of geometry is justified by the need to take into account the peculiarity of the modern generation – clip thinking. The article reveals the concept of “clip thinking”. This concept was introduced in the '90s and means a person's perception of the world around him as a sequence of unrelated phenomena. Such thinking has positive aspects, among which it is important to quickly perceive information, mainly by reading the image-picture. And the negative aspects that negatively affect the ability of the younger generation to learn, analyze, generalize, and find cause-and-effect relationships. These negative aspects need to be overcome in every geometry lesson, teaching children to analyze both when solving problems and when creating reference summaries of theoretical material in the form of creolized texts. In the article, the author gives a schematic summary of all the basic geometric material, which children study in the seventh grade (according to the textbook of O. Ister). It is the creation of such a syllabus in the seventh grade and its continuation in the next grades (and this is a mandatory part of the teaching methodology) that promotes the better mastering by students of a systematic course in geometry. This synopsis will be their guide in preparation for the state final certification in the ninth grade.
MONITORING OF GRADUATES` EMPLOYMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF DIAGNOSTICS OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL ADAPTATION (INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE)
Authors: Оксана Замятна
Published: April 2021

The article reveals the problem of employment in the speciality of future primary school teachers. Through the research of the level of graduatesʼ employment in the speciality, it is possible to determine the formation of young professionalsʼ professional adaptation, including of future primary school teachersʼ professional adaptation, in the process of pedagogical practice. The current state of monitoring of the graduatesʼ employment at the legislative level in Ukraine is described. The analysis of the international experience of monitoring the employment of higher education institutionsʼ graduates has been carried out. In particular, the system of monitoring of the employment of collegesʼ and universitiesʼ graduates in the United Kingdom has been described in detail. The article compares the current system of graduatesʼ surveys of educational institutions in the UK, which is called “Graduate Outcomes”, with the previous one, which was called “Destination of Leavers from Higher Education”.The systems of research of higher educational institutionsʼ graduatesʼ employment in Australia, the USA, Poland and Russia have been also considered. The introductionʼs expediency of mechanisms of graduatesʼ employment monitoring of foreign countries to the Ukrainian higher education system, including monitoring of young specialistsʼ professional adaptation for the purpose of establishment of its level, has been substantiated.Following the example of a modern survey of graduates in the UK, it has been proposed to improve the system of questions regarding the employment of graduates of educational institutions in Ukraine to verify the formation of the motivational component of professional adaptation.
Features of drying of mull sewerage deposits with the help of environmental energy
Authors:   Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of NAS of Ukraine, Kremnyov V. , Korbut N. ,   Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of NAS of Ukraine, Pianyh K. ,   Gas Institute, Shelimanova О. ,   The National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Published: April 2021

Analysis of sludge deposits formed during wastewater treatment gives grounds to evaluate them as a valuable raw material for obtaining biomineral fertilizers. Researcher’s efforts are focused on finding new innovative technical solutions and environmentally friendly approaches in order to make these technologies economically viable. The purpose of this study is to obtain reliable experimental data that will form the basis for a multi-stage technology for the disposal of sludge deposits. A method of combined drying is proposed, in which both the energy of the environment (solar energy) and the energy of secondary energy resources: the heat removed by the cooler from the gasification chambers and the enthalpy of the exhaust gases of gas piston engines - are simultaneously used. The real installation is equipped with a "warm floor" of pipes, in the inner space of which heated circulating water circulates from the cooling system of gas generators. In the experimental setup, the "warm floor" is modeled using a special flat, controlled electric heater. Experiments carried out with a round-the-clock supply of heat from circulating water at a temperature of 40 °C indicate that the use of a "warm floor" can increase the specific amount of moisture removed from the material during the day, almost twice. When constructing a pilot industrial dryer, it is advisable to equip it with a "warm floor" with an additional source of thermal energy, which can be used as the heat of the ground, as well as the heat of high-temperature exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine.
Struktur Komunitas Fitoplankton pada Daerah Pascatambang Bauksit dan Lahan Basah Alami di Pulau Bintan
Authors: Apriadi Tri , Pratama Ginanjar , Arpas Heru Diwan , Ashari Irvan Hasan
Published: April 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat perbedaan struktur komunitas fitoplankton pada lahan pascatambang bauksit serta lahan basah alami di Pulau Bintan. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada bulan Januari 2017 di kecamatan Kijang (lahan pascatambang bauksit) dan kecamatan Toapaya (lahan basah alami), Kabupaten Bintan. Penentuan titik sampling dilakukan menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Setiap lokasi terdiri atas 3 stasiun. Perbedaan stasiun ditentukan berdasarkan pertimbangan tipe lahan basah, yaitu pada waduk, sungai, dan rawa. Pengambilan sampel plankton dilakukan dengan metode statis dan pencacahan dengan metode sensus. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diketahui bahwa pada lahan pascatambang bauksit (Kijang) ditemukan 40 jenis fitoplankton yang tergolong ke dalam 10 kelas dan 6 filum. Keanekaragaman pada lokasi ini cenderung rendah dengan keseragaman yang sedang (labil) dan tingkat dominansi rendah. Sementara itu, pada lahan basah alami (Toapaya) ditemukan 35 jenis fitoplankton yang tergolong ke dalam 10 kelas dan 7 filum. Keanekaragaman pada lokasi ini cenderung rendah dengan tingkat keseragaman yang bervariasi yaitu rendah (stasiun 1), tinggi (stasiun 2), dan sedang (stasiun 3), serta memiliki tingkat dominasi yang cenderung rendah.
The Anti-inflammatory Effect of Polyphenolics Olive Leaf Extracts Olea europaea L.
Authors: Aissaoui Y. , Boukhari Y. , Mahi M. A.
Published: April 2021

This study was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effect of the polyphenolic extract of olive leaves Olea europaea L. In vivo experiments were performed on the model of acute inflammation edema of the paw of male Wistar rats following inflammation induced by the injection of carrageenan. The anti-inflammatory effect is carried out by the injection of the polyphenolic extracts of olive leaves Olea europaea L. at different doses 50 mg/kg, 100 mg/kg and 150 mg/kg, the injection was carried out 30 min before induction of acute inflammation with carrageenan at 1%. The results obtained were compared with those of Diclofenac and those of the physiological control. Injection of carrageenan resulted in a significant increase in the claw leg volume of 46.24 ± 23.8%, 66.78 ± 29.69% and 90.31 ± 46.51%, respectively at 1 h, 2 h, and 3 h. The results showed that the inflammatory activity of the polyphenolic extracts of olive leaves was dose dependent. The 150 mg/kg Olea europaea L. extract of polyphenolic has an anti-inflammatory activity which results in an 88% decrease in edema. This decrease is significantly similar to that of Diclofenac® 97% confirmed that the polyphenolic extracts of Olea europaea L. leaves have anti-inflammatory activities comparable to that of Diclofenac® with a non-significant difference (p < 0.05), this anti-inflammatory effect remains lower than that of Diclofenac®.
Les deux faces du confinement. Préoccupations et satisfactions des personnes atteintes de cancer pendant
le confinement
Authors: Mino J.-C. , Carton M. , Bredart A. , Milder M. , Renault-Tessier E.
Published: April 2021

Objectif et méthode : Quelle a été l’expérience du confinement (16 mars 2020–11 mai 2020) en France, chez les patients atteints de cancer ? Au travers de questions ouvertes envoyées par messagerie électronique pendant les deux dernières semaines du confinement (27 avril–11 mai 2020), l’enquête BaroCov a étudié, auprès de patients suivis à l’institut Curie, les motifs de préoccupation et de satisfaction. À partir des réponses libres, 12 thématiques de préoccupation et 8 thématiques de satisfaction ont été extraites de manière inductive, à partir desquelles les réponses ont été codées puis analysées statistiquement.

Résultats : Deux mille quatre cent soixante-dix-huit patients ont répondu, dont 90 % ont plus de 40 ans et 58,9 % entre 40 et 65 ans. Quatre-vingt-trois pour cent sont des femmes. Cinquante et un pour cent vivent à Paris et en proche banlieue. 61,4 % déclarent être en cours de traitement.

Préoccupations : Les préoccupations concernaient la santé chez deux tiers des répondants (63,6 %). Elles avaient rapport avec le cancer chez la moitié (45,5 %), dont 9,8 % sur la poursuite du traitement et 5,7%sur les effets secondaires. La Covid-19 préoccupait un cinquième (18,1 %) des personnes. Un quart des répondants citaient comme thématique soit la vie quotidienne (16,6 %) [ne pas vivre comme d’habitude, l’activité professionnelle, l’argent, le logement, le climat social], soit les proches (12,8 %) [la séparation, leur santé, leur avenir].

Appréciations : Un tiers des répondants (33,7 %) citaient les relations avec les proches et un autre tiers (32 %) les conditions de vie (avec la qualité de vie chez 14,6 %, prendre son temps chez 10 % et la nature chez 7,4 %). Plus de 10 % des personnes (13,5 %) citaient spontanément une thématique liée à la maladie (chez 7,3 %, l’état de santé et chez 6,2 % les soins). La thématique du travail n’apparaissait quasiment pas (2,8 %).

Conclusion : Le thème principal cité pendant le confinement n’était pas la Covid-19, mais plutôt les polarités existentielles de la vie face au cancer avec d’un côté la peur et les préoccupations liées à la maladie et de l’autre l’importance de l’entourage et la réévaluation positive de la vie quotidienne.
Определение типа отражателя по амплитудам бликов изображений, восстановленных по разным акустическим схемам
Authors: Базулин Е.Г. , Вопилкин А.Х. , Тихонов Д.С.
Published: April 2021

In ultrasonic flaw detection, methods for recording and analyzing echo signals have been developed to determine the type of reflector and its size. The method of digital antenna focusing (DFA) allows you to restore the image of the entire boundary of the discontinuity, using echo signals reflected from the bottom of the control object, taking into account the transformation of the wave type. However, this approach is not always applicable in practice, since the shape of the bottom of the object of control may be unknown. Using the features of the behavior of the reflection coefficient for different types of waves, it is possible to make a conclusion about the type of reflector from the images only on the direct beam. Numerical and model experiments confirmed the efficiency of the proposed approach.
Контроль натяга колец подшипников поверхностными волнами с использованием эффекта акустоупругости
Authors: Бехер С.А. , Степанова Л.Н. , Рыжова А.О. , Бобров А.Л.
Published: April 2021

In this paper, experimental and computational studies of the method of controlling the tension of bearing rings using the acoustoelasticity effect, based on measuring the characteristics of surface elastic waves propagating in a stressed medium, are carried out. Tuning samples of bearing rings tension on the axle neck of a freight car wheelset with an error of no more than 7 microns were developed and manufactured. Certification of a hydraulic stand for loading bearing rings, simulating their press fit on the axle, was performed. For surface waves, the acoustoelastic coefficient was measured by a Rayleigh wave pulse that repeatedly circled the ring. The correlation method for determining the delay time of a wave in a loaded ring relative to the unloaded one is optimized according to the condition of error minimization. The main reasons for the appearance of errors and uncertainties in the absolute time of propagation of a surface wave through the ring are considered: the influence of waves reflected from the boundaries, the curvature of the surface, and attenuation. The bearing ring tension was measured using the acoustoelasticity effect and the uncertainty of the stress measurement was estimated.
Comparing logic programming and formal argumentation; the case of ideal and eager semantics
Authors: Caminada Martin , Harikrishnan Sri , Sá Samy
Published: April 2021

The connection between logic programming and formal argumentation has been studied starting from the landmark 1995 paper of Dung. Subsequent work has identified a standard translation from logic programs to (instantiated) argumentation frameworks, under which pairwise correspondences hold between various logic programming semantics and various formal argumentation semantics. This includes the correspondence between 3-valued stable and complete semantics, between well-founded and grounded semantics and between 2-valued stable (LP) and stable (argumentation) semantics. In the current paper, we show that the existing translation is able to yield the additional correspondence between ideal semantics for logic programming and ideal semantics for formal argumentation. We also show that correspondence does not hold between eager semantics for logic programming and eager semantics for formal argumentation, at least when translating from logic programming to formal argumentation. Overall, the current work should be seen as completing the analysis of correspondences between mainstream admissibility-based argumentation semantics and their logic programming counterparts.
An overview on breast cancer genetics and recent innovations: Literature survey
Authors: Ramya Sree Parakunnel Ravi , Thoppil John Ernest
Published: April 2021

Breast cancer is one of the leading cancers nowadays. The genetical mechanism behind breast cancer development is an intricate one. In this review, the genetical background of breast cancer, particularly BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 had been included. Moreover, to summarize the genetics of breast cancer, the recent and ongoing preclinical and clinical studies on the treatment of BRCA-associated breast cancer had also been included. A prime knowledge is that the BRCA gene is the basis of breast cancer risk. How it mediates cell proliferation and associated mechanisms are reviewed here. BRCA 1 gene can influence all phases of the cell cycle and regulate cell cycle progression. BRCA 1 gene can also respond to DNA damages and induce responsive mechanisms. The action of the BRCA gene on associated protein has a wide consideration in breast cancer development. Heterogeneity in breast cancer makes them a fascinating and challenging stream to diagnose and treat. Several clinical therapies are available for breast cancer treatments. Chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, radiation therapy and immunotherapy are the milestones in the cancer treatments. Ral binding protein 1 is a promising target for breast cancer treatment and the platinum-based chemotherapies are the other remarkable fields. In immunotherapy, the usage of anti-programmed death (PD)-1 antibody is a new class of cancer immunotherapy that hinders immune effecter inhibition and potentially expanding preexisting anticancer immune responses. Breast cancer genetics and treatment strategies are crucial in escalating survival rates.
Assessment of therapeutic platelet inhibition in cardiac patients: Comparative study between VerifyNow-P2Y12 and Anysis-P2Y12 assay
Authors: Piao Jinxiang , Yoo Chaeyoung , Kim SunYoung , Whang Youn-Wha , Shin Sehyun , Choi Cheol Ung
Published: April 2021

BACKGROUND:

Analyzing responsiveness to P2Y12 therapy is vital to preventing thrombotic and hemorrhagic complications in patients with cardiovascular diseases.

OBJECTIVE:

This study evaluates a new Anysis-P2Y12 assay system against VerifyNow-P2Y12 in cardiac patients and analyzes the P2Y12 low-response rates of the two devices with various cutoff values.

METHODS:

In total, 125 citrated blood samples were collected from cardiac patients referred for a P2Y12 antiplatelet response test. In the Anysis assay, the test result was the migration distance (MD) until the blood flow stops, which is comparable to both P2Y12 reaction units and percent inhibition obtained using VerifyNow.

RESULTS:

The MDs without and with P2Y12 were 182±30 and 264±12 mm, respectively ( p < 0.0001). Compared to VerifyNow-P2Y12, the sensitivity and specificity of Anysis-200 were 96.8% and 88.7%, respectively. Cohen’s kappa coefficient between the two devices was 0.761, indicating a high agreement. However, there was an apparent difference in the low-response rate to P2Y12, which was 36.5% for VerifyNow and 5.9% for Anysis.

CONCLUSIONS:

The performance of the newly developed platelet function assay, Anysis-P2Y12 was equivalent to that of VerifyNow-P2Y12 in terms of sensitivity and specificity. The Anysis-P2Y12 assay may help screen patients with abnormal P2Y12 non-responsiveness.
Peacebuilding Functions of International Environmental Governance
Authors: Fauchald Ole Kristian
Published: April 2021

This article seeks to focus on ‘peacebuilding’ as a construct of peace among groups that have previously been in conflict. This calls for moving beyond peacemaking and conflict resolution to consider the longer-term efforts at establishing sustainable peace. Notwithstanding the longstanding efforts of UNEP’s Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch, there has been very limited development of international normative and institutional structures targeting the process of post-conflict sustainable peacebuilding. The article considers how far the current international environmental governance (IEG) regimes are responsive to the specific challenges to post-conflict situations. It seeks to briefly consider four key characteristics of IEG regimes: (i) Ad- hoc and subject specific; (ii) Incremental and facilitative; (iii) Degree of reciprocity; and (iv) Science-based.
AN EXISTENTIAL APPROACH TO INTERIOR DESIGN
Authors: Rusevich Tatiana , Tsys Alina
Published: April 2021

The article discusses an integrated approach to interior design, taking into account the factors of perception of space, shape, color in accordance with the type of activity, emotional, personal characteristics of the user. Issues concerning the existence of a person in the environment, in the surrounding space, are touched upon today by a number of sciences, these are architectural ecology, ecopsychology, psycho-design, psychology of perception. At the same time, it is important to understand and evaluate the levels of spatial structures that provide a person with safe living in an artificially created environment. When assessing the architectural environment, the geometric and existential approaches are distinguished, which are inseparable in programming the results of human perception of spatial structures and, above all, the interior space.  Geometry, shape, light and color are those components that can realize not only the functional component of the interior, but also program and correct the emotional state of a person, depending on his personal characteristics.

The psychophysical effect of color is one of the conditions for normal human life. Among the components of emotionality of color perception is the concept of association.  Just as the sun and fire carry an associative impression of warmth, so yellow and red colors evoke warm feelings and invigorate. A person is able to actively respond to color visual images, among which the harmony of colors belongs to the first place.  It is proved that the harmony of the material environment of the interior is a natural and constant human need.

The ability to evoke an aesthetic reaction to what you see, aesthetic pleasure, the joy of meeting beauty is a prerequisite for harmony. The depth and strength of such experiences is a person's personal property, his spiritual wealth.

Different attitudes towards colors appear in certain age groups.  Due to the color symbols, you can create a certain mood that is necessary for a given interior.  The overall color scheme in light tones also contributes to increased lighting.

The combination of cold and warm colors in the room creates a working mood.

Thus, we can talk about the equipment of the professions of an architect and designer with knowledge and methods of designing spatial structures from the point of view of taking into account the physiological, physical and psychological needs of a person living in an artificially created environment.
DEFINITION OF THE INTRA QUARTER SPACES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS IN THE PLANNING STRUCTURE OF HISTORICAL CITIES
Authors: Vatamaniuk Nataliia
Published: April 2021

The article gives the definition of intra quarter spaces using the example of the historical city of Chernivtsi. The main functions of residential courtyards as elements of the urban planning structure are determined.

To define the concept of «intra quarter space», we can turn to several foreign and domestic researchers, architects, city planners. For example, the theorist and architect A. Gutnov characterized the yard as a clearly fixed, closed space. Courtyards were connected by arches or through passages, forming a complex system of intra quarter spaces, which in some cases penetrated large areas of the city [3].

Architect R. Krier in his works on the morphology of urban space defined the interior spaces of historic quarters as protected from the weather and the environment of the territory, which became the appropriate symbols of the private sphere of life [12].

Summarizing all the above statements, we can give a general definition for «intra quarter spaces», that it is an independent, complex-functional structure that provides communication: the house – the courtyard – urban areas.

Exploring the intra quarters of the city of Chernivtsi, we can identify the following functions of the courtyards:

insulating function, which serves as protection against unplanned intrusion of «strangers» or vehicles into the yard;

household function, which includes meeting the needs of residents of nearby houses;

trade function, is the creation in the volumes of the first floors of various commercial premises;

the function of communication, which plays a socio-psychological role of adaptation of residents to the urban environment;

sanitary and hygienic function, including landscaping, the need for insolation, wind and snow protection of the courtyard, etc.

aesthetic function that provides visual comfort from objects of small architectural forms, landscaping (lawns, flower beds), murals on empty walls, etc.

game function and sports and health function.
NOVOHISPANIC CONVENT ARCHITECTURE FROM THE 16th CENTURY
Authors: Flores-García Laura Gemma , Zhizhko Elena
Published: April 2021

The article presents the results of a historical and architectural research, which aimed to reveal the main features of the architecture of Spanish monasteries in the sixteenth century, in particular to highlight elements of the ideology of the Spanish crown and the Catholic Church, promoted through architectural structures. The authors established the components of the architectural program and styles of the New Spanish monasteries of the 16th century, highlighted how the process of creative thinking of the future building and its construction took place, what materials were used.
Scientific and theoretical justification of solid household waste accumulation in Zhytomyr Region
Authors: Kotsіuba Iryna , Lyko Sergii , Lukianova Vitalina , Anpilova Yevheniia
Published: April 2021

Practical experience of solid domestic waste (MSW) management in Ukraine and developed countries is analyzed. Theoretical volumes of MSW accumulation taking into account statistical factors are studied. The generalized method of MSW accumulation volumes allows forecasting their formation from the factors and evaluating the morphological composition of MSW in the region. The system for optimizing community waste management at the collection and disposal stage with the quality of the optimality criterion has been proposed. The degree of recycling and the costs of collecting and transporting waste should be taken as a criterion for optimising the urban waste management system at the collection and disposal stage. The quality analysis of the waste management system in the Zhytomyr region made it possible to identify the main problems in municipal waste management and the main reasons for their occurrence. The survey shows that the main problem in the area of waste management is the low efficiency of the existing management system, accompanied by the introduction of outdated and inefficient management methods with the lack of effective interaction of all participants in the waste management process and, above all, the lack of public involvement in solving the problem. The authors concluded that at the present time Zhytomyr city and Zhytomyr Region faced the following problems in the area of solid waste management: the number of spontaneous landfills has increased; the number of modern waste collection bins is insufficient and there are no bins for separate waste collection; the quality of solid waste collection services is inadequate; there is no recycling plant in Zhytomyr; large amount of household waste in the city landfill and absence of monitoring of its impact on the environment.
Reconstruction of treatment facilities for wastewater treatment at "Antonov" State Enterprise
Authors: Bychkov Sergii A. , Kyriienko Petro G. , Varlamov Yevhenii M. , Betin Oleksandr V. , Mirsultanova Lyalya R.
Published: April 2021

The main priorities of Ukraine's foreign policy in the field of environmental protection have always been political and institutional rapprochement with the European Union (EU). In this regard, Ukraine has made commitments to gradually harmonize national legislation with EU legislation. Therefore, the "Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the Community action in the field of water policy" which aimed at improving the protection and improvement of the aquatic environment through specific measures to reduce discharges, emissions and losses of priority substances, as well as the cessation or elimination of discharges, emissions and losses of hazardous substances, currently requires active implementation. Therefore, the issue of reconstruction of wastewater treatment plants at the enterprise of SE "Antonov" is very relevant. An analysis of the operation of wastewater treatment plants at the enterprise of SE "Antonov" was performed. Today, the entire complex of treatment facilities needs reconstruction with design work to implement the latest technologies for extraction of petroleum products from water and surface wastewater treatment, as well as the organization of self-flowing water treatment regime. Measures for the reconstruction of treatment facilities are proposed. The technology of operation of treatment facilities on the principle of self-flowing water treatment regime is offered, which will allow saving energy resources. An improved technology for extraction of petroleum products, floating and suspended solids from wastewater, and purification of effluents for dissolved petroleum products removal is proposed. Proposed measures will improve the environmental situation in reservoirs where treated water flows.