bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Stavovi studenata o primjeni animalističkih motiva u suvremenom kurikulumu likovne i glazbene kulture
Authors: Brajčić Marija , Kuščević Dubravka , Dobrota Snježana
Published: November 2023

Problematikom korištenja animalističkih motiva u nastavi likovne i glazbene kulture bavio se relativno malen broj autora. Stoga se u radu ispituju stavovi studenata o primjeni animalistike u nastavi glazbene i likovne kulture, stavovi o dobrobiti korištenja animalističkih motiva u nastavi likovne i glazbene kulture za sveukupan razvoj učenika te razlike u stavovima studenata o primjeni animalistike u nastavi likovne i glazbene kulture s obzirom na vrstu završene srednje škole, godinu studija i posjedovanje kućnog ljubimca. Istraživanje je provedeno putem online ankete u listopadu 2022. godine na uzorku od 221 sudionika, studenata od prve do pete godine Učiteljskog studija u Splitu, Osijeku, Puli, Rijeci i Zadru. Za potrebe istraživanja autorice su konstruirale poseban upitnik. Rezultati potvrđuju da studenti imaju pozitivne stavove prema korištenju animalističkih motiva u nastavi likovne i glazbene kulture te pozitivne stavove o dobrobiti korištenja animalističkih motiva u nastavi likovne i glazbene kulture za sveukupan razvoj učenika. Nije utvrđen značajan interakcijski učinak završene srednje škole i godine studija na stavove studenata prema korištenju animalističkih motiva u nastavi likovne kulture. Što se tiče nastave glazbene kulture, ni ovdje nije utvrđena razlika u stavovima studenata prema korištenju animalističkih motiva s obzirom na vrstu završene srednje škole, ali postoji razlika u stavovima studenata s obzirom na godinu studija, pri čemu stariji studenti imaju pozitivnije stavove prema korištenju animalističkih motiva u nastavi glazbene kulture. Konačno, nije uočena razlika između stavova studenata prema korištenju animalističkih motiva u nastavi likovne i glazbene kulture s obzirom na posjedovanje kućnog ljubimca, ali postoji razlika u navedenim stavovima s obzirom na procjenu dobrobiti korištenja takvih motiva za sveukupan razvoj učenika.
Agency Influences Vicarious Approach/Avoidance Effects
Authors: Zogmaister Cristina , Vezzoli Michela , Bading Karoline Corinna , Perugini Marco
Published: November 2023

Social learning is one of the main ways through which preferences are formed. The vicarious approach-avoidance effect consists of forming a preference for attitudinal objects that have been approached over objects that have been avoided by another person (model). Here, with two experiments (overall sample size N = 448 participants), we investigated if this effect is influenced by agency (i.e., whether the model can voluntarily choose which objects to approach and which ones to avoid or does not have this freedom of choice) and by identification with the model. The results of the two experiments consistently showed that vicarious approach/avoidance effects emerged in direct and indirect preference measures. Agency reduced the size of the preference assessed through the direct measure but did not influence the preference assessed through the indirect measure. Identification with the model had no significant impact on the vicarious approach/avoidance effect. The implications of the results are discussed both theoretically and from a practical perspective.
Superconducting Field Theory (the Unification Theory)
Authors: Felipe Sergio Pérez
Published: November 2023

Unification theory with no extra dimensions. The first part unifies the strong nuclear force with the gravitational force in a mathematical way; the quantum vacuum is treated as a deformable system by the strong nuclear force. The second part unifies the nuclear force with the quantum vacuum in a hypothetical structure; the quantum vacuum is treated as a supersymmetric and metastable system with properties related to the different types of particles’ motion.
The Reversed Gateway Belief Model: How Misinformation Impacts Perceptions of the Scientific Consensus on and Attitudes towards Climate Change
Authors: Logemann Hannah Timna , Maertens Rakoen , Linden Sander van der
Published: November 2023

Climate change is one of the greatest threats to humanity, necessitating immediate action to combat its consequences. While there is a nearly unanimous consensus of scientists that climate change is human-caused, misinformation doubting its causes continue circulating. In this study, we examine whether misinformation has a negative effect on perceptions of scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change. In addition, we test a reversed Gateway Belief Model that assumes that misinformation affects perceived scientific consensus negatively which then cascades down to a lower support for public action to mitigate climate change via key beliefs and attitudes towards climate change. We do this by analysing data derived from two online studies in which participants were exposed to misinformation using a between-subjects or within-subjects study design by manipulating assessments of scientific consensus on climate change. The total sample comprises 978 participants (n1 = 207, n2 = 771) from the U.S.. ANOVAs, t-tests, non-parametric tests and structural equation models were used to test the hypotheses. Results showed that misinformation indeed leads to lower estimations of scientific consensus that then cascade down to a lower support for public action via corresponding beliefs. However, we did not find an association between perceived scientific consensus and worry about climate change. Nevertheless, we found a good model fit for the reversed Gateway Belief Model. The study highlights the impact of misinformation and its influence on attitudes, while providing an adapted framework that lays the groundwork for potential research and new interventions to combat the spread of misinformation.
Addressing Climate Change with Behavioral Science: A Global Intervention Tournament in 63 Countries
Authors: Vlasceanu Madalina , Doell Kimberly C , Bak-Coleman Joseph B , Van Bavel Jay Joseph
Published: November 2023

Effectively reducing climate change requires dramatic, global behavior change. Yet it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interventions’ effectiveness was small, largely limited to non-climate-skeptics, and differed across outcomes: Beliefs were strengthened most by decreasing psychological distance (by 2.3%), policy support by writing a letter to a future generation member (2.6%), information sharing by negative emotion induction (12.1%), and no intervention increased the more effortful behavior–several interventions even reduced tree planting. Finally, the effects of each intervention differed depending on people’s initial climate beliefs. These findings suggest that the impact of behavioral climate interventions varies across audiences and target behaviors.
Estimating Latent State-Trait Models for Experience-Sampling Data in R with the lsttheory package: a Tutorial
Authors: Norget Julia , Weiss Alexa , Mayer Axel
Published: November 2023

As the popularity of the experience-sampling methodology rises, there is a growing need for suitable analytical procedures. These studies often aim to separate fleeting situation-specific from more enduring influences. Latent state-trait (LST) models can make this differentiation. This tutorial discusses wide-format LST models suitable for experience-sampling data. We outline second-order and first-order model specifications, their (dis)advantages, and make the assumptions of first-order specifications explicit for the first time. These LST models are very flexible, allow for a variety of different models and for testing invariance assumptions. However, their specification is tedious and error-prone. This tutorial introduces a new user-friendly browser app and R-function for experience sampling models in the R-package lsttheory. Extending on existing models, the software also allows to add covariates which can further explain the stable components. Throughout the tutorial, we answer exemplary research questions about well-being in everyday life with data from a five-day experience-sampling study. An autoregressive model with indicator-specific traits fitted the data best and revealed relatively high consistency, implying that well-being depends more strongly on the person than the current situation. Of the Big Five, extraversion, emotional stability and agreeableness are predictive of trait well-being. We conclude with recommendations about model fit and comparisons. \\ A version of this manuscript is in production at Multivariate Behavioral Research, with doi 10.1080/00273171.2025.2454904
Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the Perceived Occupational Stress Scale: Evidence from Factor Structure, validity, and nomological network
Authors: Saeteros David , Villaplana María , Soriano-Tarrín Guillermo , Trujillo Adriana , Onieva Juan Carlos , Gallardo-Pujol David
Published: November 2023

Work is a double-edged sword. It fosters well-being but it is also linked to stress and burnout. Recognizing that stress is ubiquitous and best understood encompassing both the objective and subjective perspective, this study focuses on evaluating the psychometric properties of the Spanish adaptation of the Perceived Occupational Stress Scale (POSS). In Study 1, we translated and back-translated the POSS and administered it to 675 Spanish individuals. The Spanish POSS showed strong internal reliability (α = 0.903) and a good fit with the proposed factor structure (CFI = 0.946, RMSEA = 0.206, SRMR = 0.031). Study 2 explores the impact of faking on participants' responses using an experimental design. Our findings underscore the significance of work-related factors, such as mistreatment and lack of appreciation, in predicting faking behavior. In Study 3, we delved into the nomological network of the POSS by examining correlations with related psychological variables. Notably, we only found positive correlations between perceived occupational stress and measures of work engagement and psychosocial factors.Overall, the Spanish POSS demonstrates strong validity and reliability, closely mirroring the original scale. As an EU-compliant tool, it effectively assesses perceived occupational stress, enhancing organizational support evaluations and deepening our understanding of occupational well-being.
Ritual Roadways and Places of Power in the Chaco World (ca. AD 850-1150)
Authors: Weiner Robert
Published: November 2023

This paper considers the topic of sacred spaces in North America through the vantage offered by Chacoan roads, monumental avenues constructed by Ancestral Four Corners people of the US Southwest from ca. AD 850-1150. I begin with a critique of the concept of the “sacred” as applied to the Chacoan past, suggesting instead that the Indigenous North American concept of power (in the sense of potent, generative force infused throughout the environment) offers a more culturally relevant framing. Next, I present three examples of locations along Chacoan roads that I argue were recognized as places of power due to the inherent landscape affordances of these locales. I close by briefly describing some of the practices carried out along Chacoan roads and drawing a connection between the understanding of “sacredness” evidenced through the archaeology of Chacoan roads and contemporary Native American activist efforts to protect landscapes of great power and meaning.
Reinterpretation of ‘Sacred Space’ at The Newark Earthworks and Serpent Mound
Authors: Garner Sandra
Published: November 2023

Mound-building was a preoccupation for the original, Indigenous occupants of the eastern portion of North America for at least six centuries. The efforts, from small to monumental, reflect a precision, often reflecting astronomical phenomena and are proliferated across the region. Today many remnants of these extraordinary efforts remain despite the systems of erasure that are characteristic of settler colonialism. Two such sites are the focus of this paper: the Newark Earthworks and Serpent Mound. Both sites are short-listed for UNESCO World Heritage status. Newark, Hopewell, and Serpent are all names given by dominant culture with no relation to the Indigenous architects and builders. They endure and resist, despite a long and complicated history of dominance. This paper offers a brief historical contextualization to demonstrate the ramifications of settler colonialism, which ruptured connections between Indigenous people and this land while simultaneously reinterpreting the sites as distinctly American. This lays a foundation for the web of narratives refashioned and recirculated in today’s contest over World Heritage status. Central to these narratives is ascribing the label of “sacred” to the sites and the vast number of constituents who claim “ownership” of them, including both local and global governmental agencies, historical societies, Native peoples, academics, and golfers. Furthermore, we can include those with religious and/or spiritual claims to the mounds such as the Mormons, new-agers, fundamentalist Christians, and contemporary Native tribes. Many of these stakeholders have come together to work toward the coveted World Heritage Status. But, if and when that happens, whose story will dominate? Who will make decisions? Whose voice will be heard?
As the Digital Teocalli Burns: Mesoamerica as Gamified Space and the Displacement of Sacred Pixels
Authors: Fitzgerald Joshua Jacob
Published: November 2023

Intricately concocted temples—seemingly historically accurate down to the pixel—flash across the gamer’s screen, as the player-conquistador re-creates the downfall of the so-called “Aztec Empire,” circa 1521, a keyboard at hand instead of a cutlass. Playing the Spanish Conquest has never been easier or more exciting for the victor. Today’s recreational sundering of Indigenous-American sacred spaces and cultural monuments repeats disturbing patterns in colonialism and cultural imperialism from the Early Modern past (Carpenter 2021; Ford 2016; Mukherjee 2017). What are the lessons gamers learn by reducing digitized Mesoamerican temples, such as the grand teocalli of Tenochtitlan, to rubble? This article explores sacred landscapes, archaeology, and art relating to acts of conquest and sixteenth-century Spanish invasion of Mesoamerica. This study of Mesoamerican sacred environments supports my interpretation that careless approaches to early-modern contexts and virtual geographies created by game designers reduce the presence of Mesoamerican place-identity. I highlight empire-building games based on historical events and situate gaming experiences, old and new, as interventions in sacred architecture. The study draws in ethnospatial considerations of settings and ornamentation to furthering the recent Game Studies critiques on cartographies, narratologies, and play mechanics, here focusing on the geo-spiritual components of playing out aspects of Mesoamerica’s encounters with Spanish military and cultural conflict (Lammes et al. 2018). I reveal the importance of place attachment, ethnohistory, and archaeology in making more meaningful experiences and argue that current art history-adjacent gaming agendas create fun and profit at the expense of iconic structures of Mexico’s heritage, such as the Postclassic single- and double-topped teocalli (temple-pyramids). The final thoughts call for increased interventions from scholars upon developer-player negative feedback loops that repurpose inaccurate mythos from historiography of the “Spiritual Conquest” paradigm.
RIAS Editorial Policy / Stylesheet
Authors: Editors RIAS
Published: November 2023

Information on the RIAS editorial policy and stylesheet for RIAS Contributors.
Contestations Over Sacred Spaces in North America
Authors: Kýrová Lucie , Racine Nathaniel R.
Published: November 2023

The article serves as an introduction to the present issue, offering the reader an insight into the Editors' overall concept, as well as an overview of the contents of the issue's "Features" section.
Unleashing nature’s potential of Corymbia: Development of commercial genotypes and adaptation of populations for the forestry industry
Authors: Silva Paulo , Pinheiro José , Vidaurre Graziela , Trugilho Paulo , da Silva Francides , de Paula Rinaldo
Published: November 2023

The PCMF|IPEF's Corymbia Project aims to develop commercial genotypes and adapt populations of Corym-bia species. These species are considered a promising option for diversification in forestry, addressing the increasing biotic and abiotic challenges. Moreover, they serve as a valuable raw material for the forestry indus-try, including cellulose, panels, solid wood and charcoal-based steel production. The initial phase of the project involved obtaining germplasm from old populations in Brazil, such as Corymbia citriodora (CCC) and C. torel-liana (CT), as well as importing less-distributed species in Brazil, like C. henryi (CH), C. maculata (CM), and C. variegata (CCV). Simple and triple crosses were performed among these species to enhance the diversity of hybrids within the evaluated genus. The ongoing work includes obtaining hybrids through controlled or spon-taneous pollination, enriching the genetic base with imported materials from Australia, calibrating nutrition, studying the stability and adaptability of productivity in different environments, monitoring pests and diseases, and evaluating wood quality. Promising results have been achieved thus far. C. torelliana exhibited the highest survival rate, surpassing 95% in all experiments, even under contrasting climatic conditions. In terms of volu-metric growth, C. variegata and C. henryi outperformed Eucalyptus urophylla, the country's main cultivated species, in some locations. The basic density of CCV, CCC, and CH species exceeded 600 kg per m³ at 6 years of age. Concerning cellulose production, C. variegata and C. henryi demonstrated an Average Annual Cellulose Increment exceeding 12 tons per hectare per year in the most productive location. For charcoal pro-duction, the specific consumption ranged from 4.7 m3 (CH) to 4.9 m3 (CCV) per ton of charcoal. The next steps involve evaluating survival, volumetric growth, and genetic parameters of C. citriodora (F1), C. henryi (F1), and C. torelliana (F2) progenies in at least 10 different Brazilian environments. The objective is to ad-vance to the next generation of species improvement, including the cloning of transgressive individuals, pri-marily the hybrids obtained in the project's initial stage, which were established in early 2023.
Moving towards a rolling front strategy for VERACEL's advanced-generation eucalypt hybrid breeding program
Authors: Basso Garcia Ana Letycia , Costa Garcia Carla , Guimarães Patrik , Fernandes David Evandro , Romanos Benatti Thiago , Aguiar Aurelio , Lima Jose Luis , Tan Biyue , Pires Nunes Andrei Caique , Borralho Nuno
Published: November 2023

The eucalyptus breeding program at VERACEL started in the mid-1990s driven by the objective of producing outstanding clones adapted to the Bahia South (Brazil) environment, and thus creating highly productive stands with high quality pulpwood. The breeding population initially comprised several introduced pure species collections (mainly E. grandis and E. urophylla) from Australian provenances and ex-Brazilian hybrids (mostly E. urophylla × E. grandis). These populations were first structured according to a typical reciprocal recurrent selection scheme to identify outstanding urograndis F1 hybrids. In the early 2000s, the program developed and tested several second-generation F1 hybrids, in addition to some progeny and clonal trials with a few introduced new species and hybrids. More recently, starting in 2016, a new set of F2 progeny and clonal hybrid trials were established from previously selected F1 parents. This second generation of hybrids was complemented with other 2-way and 3-way hybrid crosses to form an advanced generation synthetic population. To manage such breeding population, including pure species, F1 and advanced F2 hybrids, and backcross hybrids, VERACEL is restructuring its breeding program to implement a more flexible multispecies rolling front selection and mating scheme. This would allow the strategy to effectively combine all available phenotypic and pedigree information. Currently, the database, spanning three generations of breeding, includes 105 progeny and clonal trials, over 2,300 individual clones, and more than 30,000 pure and hybrid seedling progenies. We expect that the breeding and selection strategy will ensure optimum long-term progress in the additive genetic merit of selected parents, as well as exploit the hybrid heterosis and non-additive genetic effects to identify outstanding clones in the short term. Our study describes in some detail the current state-of-the-art of VERACEL’s breeding and clonal populations, and discusses key elements of this strategy. We discuss the challenges posed by the increasing relevance of good adaptations to climate change and diseases, and the complex genetics of inter-specific hybridization, especially as the program enters its 3rd generation of testing and selections.
Effect of fire on weed dynamics and behavior of pre-emergent herbicides in Eucalyptus spp. plantations
Authors: Airaudo Gardil Lucía , Piñeyrua Kelly , Villalba Juana
Published: November 2023

The forest fires that occurred during summer 2021-22 in Uruguay generated concern in several areas, including silvicultural systems. The fire could generate changes at the flora level by changes in the dormancy of soil bank seeds, and in the behavior of frequently used pre-emergent herbicides due to inactivation by ashes. These possible changes impose a challenge in connection to weed control. In this study, an attempt was made to provide an answer to the problem by evaluating the dynamics of weeds and the behavior of pre-emergent herbicides in post-fire Eucalyptus plantations. The evaluations were carried out in two sites previously burned —one of them previously harvested and the other one not, being able to obtain data in different conditions. The weed dynamics was evaluated through the observational study of the percentage of total weed cover and present species were identified. With the data obtained, the parameters frequency, diversity and richness were calculated to analyze the different properties separately. Pre-emergent herbicides were evaluated in a randomized block experimental design: S-metolachlor, flumioxazin + S-metolachlor , isoxaflutole + S-metolachlor, oxifluorfen + S-metolachlor . Proposed treatments were assessed for possible interactions with fire and removal of the first cm of soil and ashes. Weed density was evaluated by characterizing and quantifying how many weeds could emerge in a square 30cm×30cm. While one of the fields was evaluated 8, 23, 31, 41, 61, and 82 days post application (DPA), the other was evaluated 8, 20, 31, 41, and 61 DPA. On both experiments the fire showed an increase in the weeds. In one experiment the weeding percentage increment was 64.9% on the burned area, while on the other it was 54.3 %. In addition, in the non-harvested field there were no large amounts of weeds on both treatments due to the conditions that standing trees generated. The results of weed control did not show interaction between efficiency and ashes presence, and were related to the species present in the weed bank, not showing a clear trend among the herbicide treatments. The S-metolachlor treatment was always the highest in number of weeds. The number of weed|m2 was about 17-25 on the harvested field, and 3-4 weed|m2 on the non-harvested one. The fire generated changes in the expression at seed bank of soil. This study was an important development in the generation of knowledge for future production.
الأصالة والتجدد في علم السياسة في المجتمعات العربية تجاه التحولات في عالم اليوم
Authors: مسرة أنطوان
Published: November 2023

​يقدّم أنطوان نصري مسرة (1938-)، وهو أحد روّاد علم الدستور وعلم السياسة في لبنان والعالم العربي، خلاصات لحزمة من الأفكار الأساسية التي بناها خلال مسيرته العلمية، والتي تركّز على نقد تجربة العلوم السياسية عربيًا، من جهة ارتكازها على ثقافة سياسية اغترابية، تتبنى نظريات البناء القومي الأوروبية، وتقسرها على مجتمعات المشرق، من دون أن تسعى إلى توظيف الإرث العربي الإسلامي في إدارة التعددية في هذه المجتمعات. ويرى مسرة أن الإنتاج العربي في علم السياسة تحكّمت فيه مقاربتان: الأولى هي المقاربات الاغترابية التي تستمد من النماذج اليعقوبية الأوروبية، وفشلت، بسبب ذلك، في فهم الديناميات المجتمعية العربية. وتشمل هذه المقاربات دراسات الطائفية، التي تتنكر للتعدد الإثني والديني، ودراسات العلمنة التي تقاطع الإرث الدستوري الإسلامي. والثانية، هي المقاربات الأصيلة (وحظّها أقل)، التي يرى أنها تنطلق من الواقع، وتنهل من تراث المنطقة.
Morphological aspects of eyeball extrinsic muscles and other anatomical aspects in a tapir (Tapirus terrestris): Case report
Authors: Godoy Icaro Alex'Sanderson Pereira de , Oliveira Damião Pinheiro de , Figueiredo Nalesso Rebeca , Baptistella Jamila Cristina , Panegossi Letícia Colin , Cardoso Tereza Cristina
Published: November 2023

The aim of this work was to describe the morphological aspects of the eyeball and associated anatomical components of the Tapirus terrestris. The study was performed with two heads of unknown origin, donated to the Laboratory of Morphological studies of the Veterinary Medicine University in Araçatuba, São Paulo. External aspects revealed similarities with other mammals; however, the orbital cavity has an area of 20-mm3 ± 1.4 mm3, considered higher than a horse’s, for example. The description of eyeball muscles followed what has been described for other species with defined origin and insertion. The tapir is a mammal found in South America and almost all biomes, but with little information about its macro and microscopic morphology in literature. The choice of this species for the study is also justified based on their macro morphological features which, notably, are fundamental to the biological knowledge of the species. This kind of research contributes with relevant data about this species which is still scarcely studied.
Reformasi Birokrasi SDM Untuk Mewujudkan Mutu Pendidikan di Pondok Pesantren
Authors: Ridwan Ahmad , Aminah Siti , Khatijah Siti , Chalim Asep Saifuddin
Published: November 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine the condition and management and to know the factors that support and hinder the implementation of human resource management at Al-Munawaroh Tabir Raya Islamic Boarding School. This type of research is qualitative. Data collection techniques are obtained from the results of interviews, observation, and document analysis. The interviews were carried out mainly to the clerics, the mother of the niqi and several  santri. Qualitative data analysis techniques: data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The results of the study show that the condition of human resources in Al-Munawaroh Tabir Raya Islamic Boarding School has very visionary kyai. K. H. Lukman Hakim, M.Pd.I  has succeeded in cadreing the human resources of the santri to be able to exist in managing and developing the potential needed by pilgrims and has been proven to play a role as an agent of change in the community. Management of human resources through: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. The supporting factors are the number of santri, teachers are alumni, and the high charisma of the clerics. The inhibiting factor was that santri were accepted without selection, limited funds, and the character of the kiai was irreplaceable.
Muzhnyaa Zhena and Divo Divnoe: From the History of Pleonastic Combinations in Russian Language
Authors: Generalova Elena V.
Published: November 2023

The problematics of the article lies in the field of studying the linguistic phenomena of pleonasm and tautology in diachronic aspect. The unified interpretation of these notions is absent in the modern linguistic tradition. The study of linguistic redundancy is effective on the basis of the non-standardized lexical semantic system of the language of the pre-national period. The article deals with stable combinations that reveal semantic duplication in the semantic relations of their components in the Russian language of the 16th-17th centuries. In the texts of this period various types of pleonastic constructions can be distinguished: 1) tautological phraseological units consisting of single-root words; 2) proper pleonastic combinations with a semantically redundant component; 3) dissected-descriptive constructions that have a one-word synonym of the same root, including expressions with broad-valued nouns; 4) conditionally synonymous constructions, including homogeneous components that are close in meaning. The article describes the features of the structure, semantics, functioning of various pleonastic stable combinations, as well as their further fate in Russian language. Some, used with amplifying semantics as etiquette formulas, remained markers of the business language of the 16th-17th centuries, others are known in texts of different epochs, acting as a sign that the context belongs to the folklore or stylization, the third ones are actively used as phraseological units in modern language.
The Language of Time Images: yolkfri, zauzhaizing, tiktoker, khaipozhor... (On “A Dictionary of 2017–2018 Changes”)
Authors: Nikitin Oleg V.
Published: November 2023

The article analyzes “A Dictionary of 2017-2018 Changes” (2022), compiled by M. Vishnevetskaya, as a lexicographic phenomenon in line with historical, cultural, social and linguistic transformations in the colloquial speech of modern time. The originality of the concept of the publication, which is a dictionary-chronology of new phenomena that arose in 2017-2018 and entrenched in journalism, the Internet and speech practice of different segments of the population, is noted. It is stated that the borrowings, phraseological units, elements of socio-political and everyday jargon, meme expressions and syntactic idioms presented in the book are largely of an occasional nature. They became a reaction of society to force majeure situations and concrete actions and remarks of statesmen and media persons, creatively reinterpreted by journalists and correlated with historical realities. It is said about the expressiveness of the language models, the metaphoricity of its images and forms. It is pointed out that the methods of word usage in 2017-2018 differ from the standard neologisms of the late 1990s in symbolism, the effect of a cultural explosion and have not yet been fully entrenched in national use. They make up an increasingly increasing layer of uncodified elements of the Russian language, which pushes the traditional division into speech styles. The most striking and unusual examples of the “philology of the absurd” are commented on, reflecting the dynamics of modern communicative polylingualism. The variety of phonetic, grammatical, lexical and stylistic ways of creating spontaneous speech, the uniqueness of accompanying examples and connotations are emphasized. “A Dictionary” can serve as a source of replenishment of lexicographic neology. Its materials will be useful not only to specialists in culture of language, journalists and speechwriters, but also to codifiers of language changes. The article examines the issue of professional selection of neologisms by immersing them in the natural element of live speech and adapting them to traditional formulas of publicism and normative stylistics. The problem of analysis and classification of the substandard, which goes beyond the accepted schemes of consistency and tiering of linguistic phenomena, is posed. The conclusion is made about the need to study the active processes of the Russian language taking into account the constantly changing sociolinguistic situation.
Father and His Family (Genre Originality of L. Petrushevskaya’s Story “The New Robinsons”, 1989)
Authors: Lekmanov Oleg
Published: November 2023

The article deals with the genre originality of Lyudmila Petrushevskaya's story ‘The New Robinsons’. The story, first published in 1989, masquerades as a Robinsonade, a dystopia, and a sample of village prose (with its admiration for the peasants and peasant women of pre-revolutionary times), but the true goal of Petrushevskaya is much more ambitious: the story is an invariant of the biblical story about the rebirth of humankind after a global catas-trophe. The very title of the story directly indicates the genre of robinsonade. One can easily single out elements of dystopia in the story with the help of text analysis, as well as inter-textual references to the prose of village writers (mainly, Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Val-entin Rasputin). The key phrase of the story ‘The New Robinsons’ refers to biblical sources: ‘There was a boy and a girl for the continuation of the human race.’ In this light, it becomes clear why Petrushevskaya, seemingly casually, reports that the narrator’s father once in-jured ‘in the thigh’ and remained forever lame. It is a reference to Jacob, who was once in-jured ‘in the thigh’ when he fought with God. He, just like the narrator’s father, spent most of his life on the run, and was the one, from whom the twelve tribes of the Jewish people eventually originated.
A Forgotten Idiom with the Meaning of Measure and Degree
Authors: Akhapkina Yana E.
Published: November 2023

Widely understood semantics of quantity includes the meaning of measure and degree, from the maximal intensity of a feature, the meaning of 'very', to its complete absence, the meaning of 'not at all'. In Russian speech, the prepositional-dative combination po + dative case in one of its uses turns into a sample, a prototype formula. For instance, the reproducible combinations po chesti – by honour, po sovesti – by conscience and po pravde – by truth reflect the meaning 'correctly, properly', recorded, in particular, in the Small Academic Dictionary. The Russian National Corpus shows that by the end of the twentieth century a similar usage was formed in the combination po umu – by mind. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the sema 'sample' in combination with the sema 'maximal manifestation' or 'total absence of a sign (action)' was observed in the expression that has gone out of use today: ni po bulatu – (nor) by bulat. The internal form of the combination refers to Damascus steel as a model of strength, durability, resilience and sharpness. In the examples from the texts of A. O. Ablesimov, I. M. Dolgorukov, A. A. Shakhovsky and G. F. Kvitka-Osnovyanenko ni po bulatu – (nor) by bulat means, apparently, 'not at all, not in the slightest'. In M. N. Zagoskin, the formula byt’ chestnym po bulatu – to be fair by the bulat comes close to the meaning 'in the highest degree’.
Carnivalisation in the Vocabulary of Modern Russian and Chinese Languages
Authors: Liqun Yi
Published: November 2023

The article is devoted to carnivalization in the vocabulary of the modern Russian and Chinese languages. The study uses the extracts from the contexts of corpora and live media speech in China and Russia as the material. The paper scrutinizes the active use of Russian and Chinese buzzwords, which is viewed as carnivalization in modern vocabulary. The author examines in detail the following aspects of carnivalization in the lexicon of modern Russian and Chinese: widespread use of borrowed words (internal and external), semantic reinterpretation of literary words in new meanings and creation of numerous occasionalisms through language games. The article pays particular attention to the study of the results of carnivalization in modern Russian and Chinese. One can say, that the abuze of buzzwords can also be risky for one’s image. The results of the analysis allow us to draw some particular conclusions that may interest readers in our study: the carnivalization of vocabulary is closely related to the culture of comicality; in the modern language, buzzwords are rapidly activated, the lexical carnival surely becomes universal and manifests itself not only in Russian, but also in Chinese. On the one hand, the speakers, who use carnivalization, express themselves to a sufficient extent with buzzwords, overcoming banality and social isolation, on the other hand, they cause immense misunderstanding and create alienation between different social groups. The author’s contribution to the study is the extraction of examples for analysis from the texts of linguistic corpora and media in Russian and Chinese. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that the article analyzes carnivalization in vocabulary for the first time, taking into account the language fashion, using examples of modern Russian and Chinese languages. The article may be interesting to specialists in theoretical, applied and comparative linguistics.
ДОСВІД ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ ПРОЦЕДУРИ СПІЛЬНОГО ТРАНЗИТУ НА ПРИКЛАДІ ЛАТВІЇ
Authors: РУДА Тетяна , КАПІТАНЕЦЬ Світлана
Published: November 2023

Статтю присвячено дослідженню міжнародного досвіду з питань здійснення спільного транзиту на прикладі Латвії. Наведено огляд та характеристику нормативно-правових актів, що забезпечує врегулювання питань здійснення спільного транзиту в європейських країнах. Окреслено основні аспекти імплементації системи спільного транзиту в практичну діяльність митних органів Латвії. Визначено функціональне навантаження та особливості автоматизації митної процедури спільного транзиту, а також визначено переваги, які отримала країна після приєднання до Конвенції про процедуру спільного транзиту.
МЕТОДИКО-ПРИКЛАДНІ ЗАСАДИ ПОЛІТИКИ ФОРМУВАННЯ ІНСТИТУЦІЙНОГО СЕРЕДОВИЩА АКТИВІЗАЦІЇ ІННОВАЦІЙНОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ
Authors: МУЛЬСКА Ольга , ВИГОВСЬКИЙ Павло
Published: November 2023

У статті розкрито актуальність проблематики активізації інноваційно-технологічного розвитку. Метою дослідження визначено обґрунтування теоретико-прикладних засад регіональної політики формування інституційного середовища розвитку інноваційної діяльності в регіональній економці. Систематизовано базиси регіональної економічної політики розвитку інноваційно-технологічної діяльності. Аргументовано альтернативи стратегування формування інституційного середовища розвитку інноваційної діяльності в регіоні. Узагальнено елементи типового інструментарію регіональної політики стимулювання інноваційного розвитку в організаційному та економічному аспектах. Ідентифіковані перешкоди, принципи та результати регіональної політики формування якісного інституційного середовища інноваційної діяльності.
Psychological Services in Russian Universities: What Do We Have and Where We Are Going?
Authors: Gorbunova E. V. , Krylova I. E.
Published: November 2023

Psychological well-being of students is becoming one of the priorities of higher education today. This paper is devoted to the study of the work experience of psychological services in Russian universities. The results are based on the data of semi-structured interviews with 15 heads of psychological services of Russian universities. The interview data show that the main directions of the services’ work are following: counseling, preventive-educational measures, diagnostic, adaptation, and nurturing. In turn, during the pandemic the services adapted their activities by transitioning to the online format and creating of hotlines for emergency psychological help. At the same time, psychological services face such problems as lack of funding, difficulties in building interaction with psychiatric organizations, conflict of interests between university management and the service management in their activities. Nevertheless, the main trend for the psychological services development is to build a system of psychological support involving different levels of university hierarchy. The results of the study can be used to design a model of university psychological services, as well as to make practical decisions about the development of the psychological services network in Russian universities.
Human resource business partner role in respect to internal corporate social responsibility: The case of banking sector
Authors: Stankevičiūtė Živilė , Kalvaitienė Justina
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND: For last decade, human resource (HR) function has had to move from its traditional operational, administrative role towards a more strategic role. In the light of transformation and drawing upon business partnering concept (the most well-known Ulrich model), a new formal position of an HR business partner, who acts as an HR subject-matter expert for the leaders of that particular business, has been established in some organisations. Although previous literature suggests the involvement of human resource management (HRM) in the development and implementation of socially responsible business activities, there is a lack of evidence on HR professionals’ role regarding internal corporate social responsibility (CSR), which implies behaviour towards employees. OBJECTIVE: To reveal the role of an HR business partner while developing and implementing internal CSR activities. METHODS: Qualitative research; semi-structured interviews with employees working as HR business partners in the banking sector were conducted. RESULTS: The results revealed a significant HR business partner role in addressing internal CSR, in terms of work-life balance (WLB), diversity and inclusion, learning and development, and psychological and physical well-being. CONCLUSIONS: The research results expand the knowledge on the link between HRM and internal CSR. Moreover, the findings have significant implications encouraging organisations to empower HR professionals to act within the internal CSR field.
Sleep Quality and Cognitive Decline Across the Adult Age Range: Findings from the Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS)
Authors: Köhler Sebastian , Soons Lion M. , Tange Huibert , Deckers Kay , van Boxtel Martin P.J.
Published: November 2023

Background:

Sleep disturbances have been linked with cognitive decline and a higher risk of dementia. However, there is a lack of studies with sufficient follow-up duration, a detailed neuropsychological assessment and adequate control of main confounders.

Objective:

To investigate the relation between self-reported sleep quality and cognitive decline over 12 years in cognitively healthy individuals from the general population.

Methods:

We used data from the Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS), a Dutch population-based prospective cohort study of 1,823 community-dwelling adults aged 24 to 82 years at baseline. Cognitive performance was measured at baseline, 6 and 12 years on verbal memory, executive functions, and information processing speed. Sleep quality was assessed at baseline using the sleep subscale score of the 90-item Symptom Checklist (SCL-90). Additional modifiable dementia risk factors were summarized in the LIfestyle for BRAin health (LIBRA) risk score. Weighted linear mixed models tested the association between continuous scores and tertiles of subjective sleep quality and change in cognitive performances over time. Models were adjusted for age, gender, educational level, LIBRA, and use of hypnotic (sleep) medication.

Results:

Worse sleep quality was associated with faster decline in processing speed. At older age (≥65 years), it was also associated with faster decline in verbal memory. Association were independent of other modifiable dementia risk factors and use of hypnotic medication. Directionally similar but non-significant associations were found between worse sleep quality and executive functions.

Conclusions:

In this population-based study across the adult age range, poor self-reported sleep was associated with accelerated cognitive decline.
Longitudinal White and Gray Matter Response to Precision Medicine-Guided Intervention for Alzheimer’s Disease
Authors: Chwa Won Jong , Raji Cyrus A. , Toups Kat , Hathaway Ann , Gordon Deborah , Chung Henrianna , Boyd Alan , Hill Benjamin D. , Hausman-Cohen Sharon , Attarha Mouna , Jarrett Michael , Bredesen Dale E.
Published: November 2023

Background:

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a debilitating condition that is widely known to adversely affect gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) tracts within the brain. Recently, precision medicine has shown promise in alleviating the clinical and gross morphological trajectories of patients with AD. However, regional morphological changes have not yet been adequately characterized.

Objective:

Investigate regional morphological responses to a precision medicine-guided intervention with regards to white and gray matter in AD and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Methods:

Clinical and neuroimaging data were compiled over a 9-month period from 25 individuals who were diagnosed with AD or MCI receiving individualized treatment plans. Structural T1-weighted MRI scans underwent segmentation and volumetric quantifications via Neuroreader. Longitudinal changes were calculated via annualized percent change of WM or GM ratios.

Results:

Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores ( p < 0.001) and various domains of the Computerized Neurocognitive Screening Vital Signs significantly improved from baseline to 9-month follow-up. There was regional variability in WM and GM atrophy or hypertrophy, but none of these observed changes were statistically significant after correction for multiple comparisons.
Elevated Homocysteine Levels and Hypertension Relate to Cognitive Impairment via Increased White Matter Hyperintensity Volume
Authors: Gao Yuan ,   Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Duan Xiaocui , Li Wanlin , Zhang Xiaoyu , Xian Xiaohui , Zhu Yuan , Wang Hualong
Published: November 2023

Background: Recent studies have identified a relationship between elevated homocysteine levels and hypertension (HTN) with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but its pathogenesis remains unclear. Objective: To evaluate elevated homocysteine levels and HTN as risk factors for cognitive impairment (CI) and determine their relationship with white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume. Methods: A total of 521 subjects were selected from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database and divided into two groups according to the diagnostic criteria of the ADNI database. The CI group included 370 subjects, consisting of 122 with AD and 248 with mild CI, while the cognitively normal (CN) group contained 151 subjects. The history of HTN, homocysteine levels, WMH volume and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores were analyzed. Results: The study found that patients with CI had higher homocysteine levels than those with CN. Additionally, WMH volume was significantly correlated with homocysteine levels in CI patients, and MMSE scores decreased as WMH volume increased. Further analysis revealed that CI patients with HTN had significantly higher homocysteine levels than those without HTN. Furthermore, the correlation between WMH volume and homocysteine levels was significant only in CI patients with HTN and not in those without HTN. In CN patients, there was no correlation between WMH volume and homocysteine levels in either the HTN or non-HTN groups, and no difference was observed in homocysteine levels. Conclusions: It is indicated that elevated homocysteine levels in conjunction with HTN are associated with the increased volume of WMHs and CI.