bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nostalgia Marketing as an Effective Mechanism for Maximizing Brand Value: A field research for LC Waikiki Fashion Stores Group in Iraq
Authors: Ahmed Dheyauldeen Salahaldin  , Hussein Moamen Ahmed
Published: March 2023

Purpose: This research aims to verify the extent of the impact of nostalgia marketing as an effective and modern strategy on the brand value.

Theoretical framework: the research is to shed light on an important and fundamental aspect of marketing, which is fashion marketing, and how stores that are interested in fashion can follow modern and basic strategies in maximizing the value of their brand.

Design/methodology/approach: The researcher targeted a sample of (760) customers who frequent the different branches of LC Waikiki, and used the questionnaire as a means to collect information from customers, and the researcher used (SPSS) program to analyze the data

Findings: The most important thing that has been reached is that nostalgia marketing is an effective and basic strategy for LC Waikiki store branches in Iraq that it uses to maximize the value of its brand and targets people who have specific affection and memories for clothing brands.

Research,  Practical  &  Social  implications: The research examines an important basic angle, which is fashion marketing, and because of its effects on the social reality in Iraq, and due to the large number of fashion trades, it has become necessary to find different strategies to implement them in order to reach success.

Originality/value: Examination of a quantitative theoretical framework and data analysis based on advanced statistical methods, and arriving at a set of results for one of the most modern concepts, which is nostalgic marketing.
The Impact of Auditor Integrity to Audit Quality: an Exploratory Studies from the Middle East
Authors: Hubais Abdullah Said Ahmed , Kadir Mohd Rizuan Abdul , Bilal Zaroug Osman , Alam Mohammad Nurul
Published: March 2023

Background: The increasing pressure from external parties to improve audit quality and enhance the credibility of financial statements. As corporate financial scandals widely occurred, there are requests for the profession to enhance their quality in the audit. The public continuously talks about the auditor's integrity in performing their tasks, which undisputedly plays a significant role in determining the audit quality.

 

Purpose: This study aims to re-explore the concept of auditor integrity and understand its impact on audit quality.

 

Methodology:  Qualitative study approach intended to redescribe auditor integrity from auditors' perspective in the Middle East, particularly in the Sultanate of Oman, using the Focus Group Discussion (FGD). This study chooses six auditors with vast experience and who hold a significant position in the audit firms.

 

Findings: The study revealed that integrity is the critical determinant of audit quality and relates very much to reputation. In this profession, reputation is crucial, and integrity is the best way to uphold a reputation.

 

Social and Practical Implications: Reputation is the most valuable asset, and its loss may affect the profession's viability. From the FGD, the auditors are fully aware of the importance of integrity to uphold the profession's reputation and ease transactions with clients and the public.
E-Commerce Via Mobile Banking: Contemporary Shariah Issues and Ways to Address Them
Authors: Yazid Ziad Esa , Zainol Zairani , Bakar Juhaida Abu
Published: March 2023

Purpose: This study aims to address some of the contemporary issues and challenges concerning mobile banking via Islamic banks, specifically in e-commerce and m-commerce.

 

Theoretical Framework: Mobile banking has made it possible for consumers to buy things online right from their pockets. With the availability of this sophisticated technology, online retailers have been swift in exploiting mobile banking for m-commerce to entice consumers into buying their products without serious considerations of ethical and halal aspects. Addressing these issues is important to address Muslim consumers’ reluctance to fully utilise the functions of mobile banking.

 

Methodology: This study utilises a qualitative research method using virtual library and internet research. The information retrieved mainly came from academic journals, books, reports, magazines, newspapers, and websites.

 

Findings: This study finds that most of the transactions in e-commerce are permissible in Islamic commercial law.

 

Research Implications: This paper outlines issues such as gharar (uncertainty) and deception in e-commerce transactions and ways to address them. Among the ways to address these issues are content moderation, whether by a third party body or consumers themselves, and artificial intelligence. Another way is by applying the principle of khiyar in terms of khiyar al aib (option of defect) and khiyar al ru’yah (option of inspection).

 

Originality/Value: By addressing these issues, it is believed that consumers will be more aware of their rights in the eyes of Islamic law, which some argue accords more justice to consumers.
New Normal Tourism Behavior of Free Independent Travelers in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Aujirapongpan Somnuk , Boonkaew Sunthorn , Nui-Suk Chawapong , Nuanjan Natthakarn , Taojoo Timpika , Jutidharabongse Jaturon
Published: March 2023

Purpose: This research intended to investigate the motivation and behavior of free independent travelers (FITs) who traveled to Southern Thailand in the Covid-19 pandemic.
 
Theoretical framework:  Studies on tourist motivation and behavior would provide more insightful implications and Covid-19 safeguards for tourism businesses especially in Southern Thailand – a dominant destination for domestic tourism demand.
 
Design/methodology/approach: Data was collected from 400 domestic FITs using a questionnaire survey, processed in SPSS software, and analyzed with descriptive statistics, Chi-square, and One-way ANOVA.
 
Findings: The highest level of overall pull and push motivations of domestic FITs while traveling to Southern Thailand. The highest level of pull motivation identified in this study was a promotional scheme, called “WE TRAVEL TOGETHER” the government-subsidized 40% of accommodation expenses to increase tourism demand.
 
Research, Practical & Social implications: Comparative responses to SHA Plus standard between domestic and international tourists using both qualitative and quantitative data from all stakeholders involved would provide a variety of insightful and beneficial perspectives on NNT in the Covid-19 pandemic.
 
Originality/value: CCSA should pay more attention on this particular behavior of tourists which might easily spread the disease to others. Everyone should be more aware of this risk and show their greater responsible practice in society.
The Realtionship Between International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and the Quality of Accounting Information in Libyan Government Sector
Authors: Aboukhadeer Emad A S , Azam S. M. Ferdous , Albattat Ahmad Rasmi Suleiman
Published: March 2023

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the significance of using International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) in impacting the quality of accounting information.
 
Theoretical framework: Recent literature has revealed positive results in IPSAS and accounting information quality (Bakhtah & Ammar, 2019). However, because IPSAS is a relatively new product, there is still plenty to research and learn about it.
 
Methodology: The study population included a number of board directors, non-audited members, internal auditors, accountants, and department heads from various branches of government in Libya's government sector. They were given 400 questionnaires, and the data was analysed using SPSS and PLS-SEM.
 
Findings: The four independent factors (ensuring sound governance, disclosure, board of directors responsibilities, and shareholder rights preservation) had a substantial impact on the quality of accounting information among Libyan bank personnel.
 
Research, Practical & Social implications: We propose a future research agenda and highlight contributions to knowledge, namely auditing literature and the quality of accounting information literature.
 
Originality/value: The findings show that the adoption of IPSAS will have an effect on an external audit in Libya. IPSAS standardises external audit reports and has an impact on external audit notes. The implementation of IPSAS will result in the collaboration of Libyan audit firms with global audit firms to gain experience auditing IPSAS-prepared financial statements. This will improve the conclusions and knowledge of worldwide accounting standards of the external auditors.
A Study on Quality of Work Life of Software Professionals in Bengaluru City
Authors: Madraswale Maksud A. , Velmurugan R.
Published: March 2023

Purpose: The earning potential of software companies depends on their employees’ productivity. To improve productivity, the organizations have to provide their employees with a pleasant working environment.  By offering pleasant Quality of Work Life (QWL) a company may retain efficient employees and keep them preoccupied with work, thereby improving productivity. 
 
Design / Methodology / Approach: Study being descriptive in nature. Data relevant to the study have been collected by employing well-structured questionnaire. By adopting convenience sampling technique software employees have been selected from Bengaluru city. Data have been gathered from select software professionals at Bengaluru city.  Questions relating to personal profile and quality of work life are included in the questionnaire.
 
Findings: Result of chi-square test discloses that gender, educational qualification, type of family and working hours significantly influences the perception of QWL of Software Professionals.
 
Practical Implications: The result of the study assist employers to understand their employees’ perception towards quality of work life and understand the employees’ expectations thereby, management are in a positon to fulfil the expectations of the employees.  Once employees’ expectations are fulfilled dedicated and committed employees may be retained at the workplace and efficient employees are attracted, thereby productivity and profitability of an institution may improve.
 
Social Implications: Offering better working environment at work place may motivate employees to be loyal and committed and to put their level best for the development of an organization as a whole.   Sincere and committed employees are an asset for the institution, their efforts not only contribute towards institution growth but also growth of a nation as a whole.
 
Originality / Value: Data collected through questionnaire are original in nature. Questionnaire assist in understanding the employees’ perception towards quality of work life at their work place.
Formation of a Business Idea for the Development of Hospitality Industry Enterprises in Crisis Conditions
Authors: Batchenko Liudmila , Honchar Liliia , Poplavska Alina , Rusavska Valentina , Holubets Iryna , Kovalenko Valeriia
Published: March 2023

Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine innovative business ideas to ensure the sustainable development of the hospitality industry through their practical implementation in the conditions of external challenges.

 

Theoretical framework: The object of the study is the enterprises of the hospitality industry of Ukraine.

 

Design/methodology/approach: The research used methods of literary analysis, analysis of statistical data of financial and economic activity of hospitality enterprises and, based on the projection of the results of statistical analysis, modeling scenarios of the development of hospitality industry enterprises during the practical implementation of business. ideas proposed in the study.

 

Findings: Thus, as a result of the conducted research, it is planned to clarify the theoretical concepts of the definition of the concept of a business idea based on taking into account the specific features of the hospitality industry.

 

Research, Practical & Social implications: A clearer definition of the concept of a business idea makes it possible to deepen the methods of developing business ideas that will be maximally adapted to the requirements and requests of the hospitality industry, in particular in the conditions of external challenges (quarantine), full-scale military aggression, a decrease in the standard of living and income of the population, etc.).

 

Originality/value: The value of the study is the analysis of the financial and economic activity of the hospitality industry allows to determine the set of factors affecting the processes of financial and economic development, to develop algorithms for modeling trends in the development of the hospitality industry based on the development of development scenarios.
Peculiarities of treatment of patients with complicated forms of the large bowel cancer in conditions of general clinical stationary
Authors: Kubrak M. A. , Zavhorodnii S. M. , Danilyuk M. B.
Published: March 2023

Objective. To estimate the structure of complicated forms of colorectal cancer and surgical tactics of treatment in patients with this pathology in conditions of general surgery stationary.

Materials and methods. Into the investigation 71 patients were included, treated for complicated forms of colorectal cancer.

Results. Primary radical operative interventions were performed in 48 (67.61%) patients, palliative – 18 (25.35%), and symptomatic – 5 (7.04%).

Conclusion. The treatment and diagnosis tactics, formatted in the general surgery stationary conditions,leads to certainly high level of morbidity – 45.07% (the complications have occurred in 32 patients),and lethality – 11.27% (8 patients died).
Impact of compression on velocity of venous and arterial main blood flow and cutaneous microcirculation of the lower extremity
Authors: Rusin V. I. , Pavuk F. M. , Fedusyak V. Ya.
Published: March 2023

Objective. To study the impact of compression on velocity of venous and arterial main blood flow of the lower extremity, as well as cutaneous microcirculation in the back part of the foot in healthy individuals and patients with decompensated forms of varicose disease and postthrombophlebitis syndrome.

Materials and methods. In the investigation 56 individuals took part and divided into three groups: Group I – 20 healthy persons; Group II – 15 patients with varicose disease in decompensated stage; Group III– 21 patients with decompensated stage of postthrombophlebitis syndrome.

In all participants of the investigation the index of ankle–brachial pressure, deep–femoro–popliteal index, the regional perfusion index, transcutaneous partial pressure of oxygen and partial pressure of carbon dioxide, the arterial blood flow velocity in femoral artery and of venous blood flow distally from sapheno–femoral junction were measured before and after application of elastic medical knitwear of various Class of compression or the cuff pressure.

Results. In the Class III compression in patients of Group III the transcutaneously registered indices crossing have occurred between partial pressure of oxygen and carbon dioxide, accompanied by domination of the carbon dioxide partial pressure over the oxygen partial pressure while further enhancement of the compression Class. In patients of Group II this tendency was observed while application of Class IV compression only. At the investigation beginning the values of partial pressure of carbon dioxide registered were higher in the Group III patients, than in the patients of Group II (p=0.0001).

Conclusion. While application of the Class III compression the velocity of the hip venous blood flow, comparing with its initial values, have lowered at average by 78% in patients of Group II and at average in 7.4 times in the patients of |Group III (p=0.0001). It is affordable in patients, suffering decompensated postthrombophlebitic syndrome, to apply the elastic compression of Classes I–II, while in those, having varicose disease in decompensated stage, – the elastic compression of Classes III and iV as well.
Modern tendencies in surgical treatment of cicatricial deformities of mammary gland
Authors: Feyta O. R. , Zhernov O. A.
Published: March 2023

Modern tendencies in surgical treatment of cicatricial deformities of mammary gland
On the Behavior of the Nonlinear Difference Equation yn+1 = Ayn−1 + Byn−3 + Cyn−1+Dyn−3/Fyn−3−E
Authors: Alharbi Turki D. , Elsayed Elsayed M.
Published: March 2023

The theory of difference equations got a significant position in the applicable analysis. Therefore, studying the qualitative behavior of the difference equations is a fruitful area of research that has increasingly attracted many researchers. In this paper, we demonstrate the stability and the existence of periodic solutions of the nonlinear difference equation. Moreover, we provide some numerical simulations to confirm our results.
On the Kolmogorov Distance for the Least Squares Estimator in the Fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Process
Authors: Bishwal Jaya P. N.
Published: March 2023

The paper shows that the distribution of the normalized least squares estimator of the drift parameter in the fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process observed over [0, T] converges to the standard normal distribution with an uniform optimal error bound of the order O(T −1/2) for 0.5 ≤ H ≤ 0.63 and of the order O(T4H-3) for 0.63 < H < 0.75 where H is the Hurst exponent of the fractional Brownian motion driving the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. For the normalized quasi-least squares estimator, the error bound is of the order O(T−1/4) for 0.5 ≤ H ≤ 0.69 and of the order O(T4H−3) for 0.69 < H < 0.75.
Macht und Bewegung. Zur Meta-Physik im sozialen und politischen Machtbegriff im Ausgang von Aristoteles’ dynamis
Authors: Buhr Lorina
Published: March 2023

In begriffsgeschichtlichen Exkursen zum sozialen und politischen Machtbegriff heißt es häufig, dass dieser seinen ‚Vorläufer‘ in dem Begriff der dynamis von Aristoteles habe. Doch wie lässt sich diese begriffliche Vorläuferschaft systematisch nachzeichnen und was bedeutet es, dass ein Begriff der Naturphilosophie und Metaphysik zur Basis des für das soziale und politische Denken so zentralen Machtbegriffs wurde? Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen entwickelt Lorina Buhr unter dem Titel der ‚begrifflichen Diagrammatik‘ eine Heuristik, die verschiedene Untersuchungsperspektiven auf einen Begriff zusammenführt. Die in der Arbeit entwickelte Heuristik orientiert sich an der Begriffstheorie von Deleuze und Guattari und wird exemplarisch auf die Machtbegriffe von Aristoteles, Hobbes und Foucault angewendet.
espacio del cuerpo a través de la escritura del diario: una aproximación al Yo fragmentado en Diario del dolor, de María Luisa Puga
Authors: Gutiérrez Hibler Jonathan
Published: March 2023

Este artículo analiza las dimensiones y representación del cuerpo a partir del espacio de la ficción. El diálogo con la enfermedad, por medio de la escritura, se convierte en un fenómeno de expansión textual a lo largo de Diario del dolor (2004), de la autora María Luisa Puga. La consciencia del acto de escritura por parte de la narradora permite una metaforización del cuerpo donde las emociones ponen en contacto el dolor individual como un punto de partida para entender el dolor de la cultura.

      En el presente trabajo se parte del concepto de espacio literario, de Mauricio Blanchot, concretamente sus reflexiones en torno al fenómeno del diario. Este punto de partida se complementa con el discurso representado desde la perspectiva de Luz Aurora Pimentel, respecto al pantónimo como un elemento clave en la descripción. El corpus de análisis consiste en diferentes fragmentos de esta obra donde el acto de escribir aparece de forma explícita y cómo éste afecta la construcción del espacio del diario a partir del diálogo con Dolor (narratario de la obra).
Tuya de Claudia Piñeiro:
Authors: Escobar Fuentes Samantha
Published: March 2023

Inés, hija, esposa, madre y ama de casa lleva una rutinaria vida matrimonial con Ernesto Pereyra a quien conoce desde hace veinte años y con quien tiene una hija adolescente: Laura, Lali como cariñosamente la llaman. Su aparente estabilidad se ve trastocada cuando descubre accidentalmente que su marido está teniendo una aventura con otra mujer, una desconocida que firma notitas de amor a su marido, como “Tuya”. Ese es el detonante que revelará una nueva e inesperada faceta de Inés, que Claudia Piñeiro va develando poco a poco en Tuya (2005). Esta breve novela dividida en dos partes ­–“Primera parte” del capítulo 1 al 18 y “Cinco meses después” del 19 al 39– acerca al lector, por un lado, al interior del mundo femenino de su protagonista, sus recuerdos de infancia, la relación con su madre –que marca en parte la que ahora, ella como madre tiene con su hija–, su papel como esposa; y por otro al de su actuación criminal. Este trabajo pretende abordar a su protagonista desde la perspectiva del discurso prescriptivo que la lleva de una mujer que justifica y solapa una infidelidad a la asesina que con cuadros sinópticos, recortes de periódicos y revistas forenses planea el asesinato de la amante de su marido con un detalle y cuidado inusitado, al tiempo que ignora por completo las dificultades por las que atraviesa su hija, quien critica duramente el modelo de sumisión y permisividad que observa en la relación de sus padres.
Crimen, acumulación salvaje y el trópico veracruzano: las tramas de la “NAFTAficación” en las crónicas negras de Fernanda Melchor
Authors: Morales Hernández Lya
Published: March 2023

El presente artículo explora las formas en las que los aniquilamientos y despojos del capitalismo extractivo que asedian al territorio veracruzano—una región históricamente marcada por la infrastructura extraccionista de la industria petrolera—encuentran expresión en los textos no-ficcionales compilados en Aquí no es Miami (2013) de Fernanda Melchor. A través de una lectura de las condiciones materiales que estructuran la crónicas de crimen de Melchor—particularmente los fracasos y crudos residuos de la “petrolización” y la fiebre de privatización neoliberal que han dejado huella sobre los paisajes del trópico veracruzano—el artículo sugiere que el uso y reformulación de los rasgos característicos género negro (sobre todo el emplazamiento portuario y las icónicas expresiones de oscuridad urbana), permite dar cuenta de los nexos entre la acumulación capitalista y las depredaciones territoriales en la era post-NAFTA. Asimismo, el artículo rastrea nuevas direcciones en la crónica de crimen, particularmente, su desplazamiento de la muy discutida capital mexicana hacia los terrenos provinciales del sur de México, los cuales, reconfigurados como zonas económicas especiales o corredores logísticos, aparecen en estos textos como espacios fragmentados por una desigualdad concentrada así como por la violenta desposesión y explotación autorizada por la reconversión neoliberal. Al enmarcar este giro de perspectiva en la crónica contemporánea en relación con los violentos asaltos del NAFTA sobre el espacio provincial veracruzano, el artículo sugiere cómo la desestabilización de los registros y domicilios geográficos del noir dentro de la escritura no-ficcional sobre el crimen, permiten escudriñar el brutal control sobre la vida, el territorio y la mano de obra en las periferias extractivas del capitalismo, y de esta forma, revelar las operaciones ocultas del capital que han llevado a la ciudad portuaria de Veracruz a erguirse como sitio privilegiado de violencia y depredación neoliberal.
Escolas cervejeiras
Authors: Reintenbach Amanda Felipe , Santos Paula Christina Mattos dos , Maluly Hellen Dea Barros , Barbosa Ananda dos Santos , Tornisiello Ana Letícia , Orlandi Ana Carolina de Andrade Lima , Rosa Caio , Caldara Pedro , Laps Léo , Urzua Nathalia
Published: March 2023

Escola Belga: Uma aula sobre uma das escolas cervejeiras mais antigas, berço de uma grande variedade de estilos que variam desde as delicadas Witbiers, passando pelas selvagens e exóticas Flanders Red Ales e Lambics, incluindo as complexas Strong Ales. Escola Britânica: Uma aula sobre a história e origem dessa que é uma das escolas cervejeiras clássicas, que deu origem à estilos consagrados como toda a família das Bitters, Porters, Stouts e India Pale Ale, além dos complexos e potentes estilos como Barley Wine e Wee Heavy. Escola Americana: O novo mundo cervejeiro, seu nascimento, as crises que impulsionaram seu desenvolvimento e o desenho de estilos que em sua maioria tem como base referências consagradas do velho mundo cervejeiro, mas com terroir e atitude americanos. Escola Germânica: Essa aula é destinada ao estudo da escola germânica, onde nasceram estilos como Pilsner, Helles, Bocks, Weissbiers e Berliner Weisse, região de festas icônicas como o Oktoberfest e tradições culturais que ajudaram a desenhar estilos consagrados mundialmente.
Infancia infinita, juventud imperecedera. La comunicación como territorio de las nuevas generaciones
Authors: Alvarado Duque Carlos Fernando , Valencia Tamayo Luis Felipe , Burgos Suárez Julián Andrés , Escobar Ramírez Wilson , Giraldo Quintero Yoiver , García Cortés Carlos Eduardo , Millán Torres Richard , Urrego Zuluaga Carlos Andrés , Jiménez Salgado Alejandro , Roldán García Andrés Felipe , Villegas Botero Adriana
Published: March 2023

Following Mabel Moraña’s (2012) approaches to the affective turn, which takes up what was proposed by Spinoza and Foucault, this work traces the bodies of girls as literary characters in works written by women writers from Caldas, based on their violence, fears and deficiencies. The chapter presents some theoretical references on the affective turn in contemporary literary theory, traces the background on the affects in girls that appear in novels and stories in Colombia, with an emphasis on the Great Caldas, and finally contrasts the treatment of the body of girls in works published by women writers from Caldas with almost a century of difference: the stories of Chila Molina-Salazar The Little Sisters of the Poor (1923), Mother’s Love (1923) and If I Were the Breeze (1923), and the novel by Natalia Mejía-Echeverry 11 bombs before the ashes (2017). The analysis identifies from a gender perspective the socioaffective contexts that serve as cultural references to unveil aspects related to the sentimental education of girls in this Colombian region.
Los afectos de las niñas: giro afectivo y cuerpos en personajes literarios infantiles de escritoras caldenses
Authors: Villegas Botero Adriana
Published: March 2023

Following Mabel Moraña’s (2012) approaches to the affective turn, which takes up what was proposed by Spinoza and Foucault, this work traces the bodies of girls as literary characters in works written by women writers from Caldas, based on their violence, fears and deficiencies. The chapter presents some theoretical references on the affective turn in contemporary literary theory, traces the background on the affects in girls that appear in novels and stories in Colombia, with an emphasis on the Great Caldas, and finally contrasts the treatment of the body of girls in works published by women writers from Caldas with almost a century of difference: the stories of Chila Molina-Salazar The Little Sisters of the Poor (1923), Mother’s Love (1923) and If I Were the Breeze (1923), and the novel by Natalia Mejía-Echeverry 11 bombs before the ashes (2017). The analysis identifies from a gender perspective the socioaffective contexts that serve as cultural references to unveil aspects related to the sentimental education of girls in this Colombian region.
La mirada sobre la infancia. Tres enfoques narrativos para una perspectiva infantil
Authors: Valencia Tamayo Luis Felipe
Published: March 2023

The following article explores three variants of the narrative exercise that can be given from the concept of childhood. Based on works of literature and cinema that serve as models, the approaches that make visible a narrative conception of childhood are distinguished. In the first place, the interest in recovering the first years of life as an exercise of self-perception and understanding of the life lived. Secondly, the inclination to determine the moral tone of existence when being a child is an adventure of discovery in the continuous debate between good and bad. And finally, the fantastic perception that as a natural condition makes us configure a fictitious dimension to understand the so-called real life since we are children.
Estrategias posdramáticas en el teatro para niños. Un acercamiento a la performance digital-escénica Un poco invisible
Authors: Escobar Ramírez Wilson , Alvarado Duque Carlos Fernando
Published: March 2023

This study asks about the contemporary forms that have been used in children’s theater, in particular, the post-dramatic strategies that are incorporated into many stage practices at the beginning of this century, and that are visualized here in digital performance- scenic Un poco invisible, by the Chilean company Maleza. This phenomenon will be approached from a descriptive hermeneutical perspective, which collects elements of the language of stop motion animation; use will be made of theoretical elements from theater studies, and their drifts in performance studies, which requires the analysis of the close relationships that weaves the theater scene focused on children and the image of the video that circulates in their inside.
Tensiones tecnológicas en el consumo y uso de los medios. Hábitos de información de la comunidad universitaria de Manizales
Authors: Millán Torres Richard , Urrego Zuluaga Carlos Andrés
Published: March 2023

This text presents the results of an investigation on the habits about the dynamics of the communication, transformed by the generations that nowadays go through the universities in Manizales. Research carried out with the support of the Observatory of Media and Opinion of the School of Communication and Journalism of the University of Manizales. With an empirical-analytical approach, a mixed methodology and a probabilistic, random, stratified sampling, 646 surveys were applied to members (students, professors and administrators) of six universities in the city. The purpose was to study how audiences are linked to the media by defining two study variables: Consumption and Uses. It is concluded that there is a change that, at the same time, creates tensions in the forms of media consumption due to the irruption of the digital age with the prevalence of a gap between traditional and modern media; It changes the form but not the interest in consuming the media, although with a tendency towards solitary consumption preferences.
Incidence Rate of Nicotine Addiction in University Students of Tomsk
Authors: Ukraintsev I. I. , Schastnyy E. D. , Bokhan N. A.
Published: March 2023

Background:tobacco use is one of the leading risk factors for early death and disability worldwide. Comorbidity of anxiety disorders and nicotine dependence reduces the efficiency of the specialist complex therapy of tobacco dependence. Of significance is a problem of timely detection of such concurrent disorders.

Objective:to study nicotine addiction and severity of anxiety in students of the Tomsk State University (TSU) and Siberian State Medical University (SSMU) of Tomsk City.

Surveyed students and methods:the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were usedto recognize nicotine addiction in 323 students (78 males; 24.1% and 245 women; 75.9%).

Results:the findings on nicotine addiction in students were as follows: 59.0% never smoked, 12.4% smoked previously, 21.9% are currently cigarette smokers, 6.7% use tobacco heating systems (THS). The median total score according to the HADS anxiety subscale in current smokers made 7 (6; 9) points, in current THS smokers — 7 (5; 10), in previously smokers — 7 (5; 9), in never smoking —7 (4; 9). The median total score according to the HADS depression subscale in currently cigarette smokers made 6 (4; 8) points, currently THS smokers — 4.5 (2; 5), previously smokers — 4 (3; 7), in never smoking — 5 (3; 7). The study revealed formation of nicotine addiction in 26% of surveyed individuals; age of the regular smoking onset was 16.1 (14.2; 17.5) years, nicotine dependence formed at the age of 17.0 (16; 18) years (p= 0.001).

Conclusions:the availability of direct dependency between indicators of total score of anxiety according to the HADS and the FTND (rs = 0.51;p< 0.05) is an evidence of predictive value of anxiety for nicotine addiction and need of timely preventive intervention.
Reasons for and Methods of Self-Harm: the Results of an Online Survey
Authors: Polskaya N. A. , Razvaliaeva A. Yu.
Published: March 2023

Background: the subjective experience of self-harm emerges as an important source of knowledge about the motives of this behavior and as the basis for understanding the dynamics of transitioning from non-suicidal self-injuries to suicide attempts.

The objective: to describe and systematize methods and subjective reasons for self-harm on the basis of qualitative data yielded by a survey in online communities.

Participants and method: the respondents were recruited from online communities focusing on psychological or non-psychological issues. The sample (n = 664, aged 17–35) included 563 (84.4%) women and 101 (15.2%) men. The study utilized a survey developed by the authors.

Results: methods of inicting deliberate self-harm were grouped into three clusters: 1) local self-harm (n = 385) included non-suicidal self-injuries; 2) global self-harm (n = 18) united self-destructive practices aimed at the body on the whole (poisoning, deprivation, drug and alcohol abuse, etc.); 3) local and global self-harm cluster (n = 109) included respondents with both types of self-harm. Local self-harm cluster included more young participants; participants with both local and global self-harm were older and reported mental health problems more often. The analysis of reasons for self-harm yielded 9 topics: 1) emotional experiences; 2) emotion regulation; 3) pain; 4) self-alienation; 5) negative self-image; 6) interpersonal rejection; 7) suicidal tendencies; 8) self-harm urges; 9) age. The topics were closely related; the central topics were the ones related to emotional experiences and their regulation through physical pain.

Conclusion: individual developmental pathways to self-harm can be associated with intolerance of intense mental pain, inability to endure one’s own negative emotions; negative self-image and high dissatisfaction with oneself; feeling alienated from the others, perceived disregard and rejection; and psychopathological symptoms.
Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Depressive Disorders and Treatment Resistance
Authors: Yunilayne O. A. , Starostina E. G. , Oleichik I. V.
Published: March 2023

Background: hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis plays an important role in the pathogenesis of depression. Patterns of HPA functioning depend on both biologic factors and psychological background, which, taken together, may increase the risk of depression later on. Objective: to analyze scientific publications on pathophysiology of depression, linked to HPA disruption, assess causal relationship between hypercorticism and depression, role of hypercorticism in clinical symptoms and course of depressive disorder.

Material and methods: according to the key words “hypercortiсism”, “depression disorder”, “cortisol”, “treatment resistant depression”, “Cushing’s syndrome”, “Сushing’s disease”, a search was conducted for publications in databases Medline/ PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, RSCI and other resources.

Conclusion: there is a high comorbidity between depressive disorders and HPA axis abnormalities, including endocrine disorders with both increased and decreased cortisol secretion. Hypercorticism related to Сushing’s disease or Cushing’s syndrome is often associated with irreversible mental disorders, especially anxiety and depressive disorders, which persist after normalization of cortisol levels. Depressive patients are characterized by persistently elevated cortisol levels and their non-supression in the 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test (DST); however, sometimes they have reduced cortisol secretion. The possible pathophysiology mechanisms of hypercorticism are discussed. Beside hypercorticism, increased level of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and decreased secretion of ACTH after CRH stimulation are demonstrated. It has been demonstrated that elevation of cortisol levels may precede the development of depression and as such can be used as marker of increased depression risk. Hypercorticism in patients with depression may promote its increased severity and transform ation of depressive symptoms. Persistent hypercorticism and non-supression of cortisol in DST are predictors of poor outcomes. HPA dysfunction seems to play an essential role in evolvement of treatment resistant depression. There is data on the efficacy of drugs modifying HPA activity for amelioration of affective disorders and psychotic symptoms in patients with depression. Further research into HPA functioning in patients with depression are needed to clarify pathogenetic mechanisms and development of newer treatment approaches to depression.
Afirmasi Agama dan Negasi atas Ateisme dalam Pemikiran Kant tentang Moralitas
Authors: Kocu Iventus Ivos , Viktorahadi R.F. Bhanu
Published: March 2023

Abstract. Believing in God and not is a human attitude in facing the ontological big reality, including his existence. Various arguments have proven the existence of God whether through ontological, cosmological, or teleological evidence in the context of philosophy and theology. This paper presents Kant's thinking which rejected all these arguments. Using Wittgenstein's method of philosophical investigation, this paper showed that for Kant, such evidence was a futile effort because human reason is limited. Kant argued that through morality, humans can find God and religion. Through morality too, Kant rejected atheism. This study can contribute to the deepening of the discussion on the existence of religion, which has always been the subject of awareness of human existence; as well as being material that can be presented in public discussions to maintain social harmonization.Abstrak. Mempercayai Tuhan dan tidak adalah sikap manusia dalam menghadapi realitas besar ontologis, termasuk keberadaan dirinya. Berbagai argumen telah berupaya untuk membuktikan keberadaan Tuhan melalui bukti ontologis, kosmologis, dan teleologis dalam konteks filsafat dan teologi. Tulisan ini menghadirkan pemikiran Kant yang menolak semua argumentasi itu. Dengan metode investigasi filosofis ala Wittgenstein, tulisan ini menunjukkan bahwa bagi Kant, pembuktian-pembuktian adanya Tuhan tersebut merupakan upaya kesia-siaan lantaran akal budi manusia itu terbatas. Kant mengetengahkan bahwa melalui moralitas, manusia bisa menemukan Tuhan dan agama. Melalui moralitas pula, Kant menolak ateisme. Kajian ini dapat memberikan kontribusi pada pendalaman diskusi tentang eksistensi agama, yang selalu menjadi bahan kesadaran eksistensi manusia; sekaligus menjadi bahan yang dapat dihadirkan pada diskusi-diskusi publik untuk menjaga harmonisasi sosial.
Profleksi Liturgi Misional Pentakostal: Revitalisasi Liturgi Pentakostal dalam Ibadah Minggu
Authors: Simanjuntak Fredy
Published: March 2023

Abstract. The phenomenon of the Pentecostal liturgical movement has been shown to significantly change the face of Christianity globally. The most effective particularity for this movement is its liturgical style which is relevant and connected to contemporary culture. Pentecostal creative liturgy has proven to be a contributing factor in the development of this movement. However, along with the development and growth of the Pentecostal movement, implied a shift in focus from missionary goals to individual goals in the liturgy of worship. This is certainly a challenge for the Pentecostal Church in revitalizing its liturgy. This study used qualitative research methods by utilizing various data from literature studies. This paper aimed to construct the concept of proflexion which was initiated by Joas Adiprasetya in revitalizing the Pentecostal liturgy. The results showed that the concept of proflection is in line with the vitality of the Pentecostal liturgical movement at this time.Abstrak. Fenomena gerakan liturgi kelompok Pentakostal telah terbukti secara signifikan mengubah wajah kekristenan secara global. Adapun partikularitas yang paling efektif bagi gerakan ini adalah corak liturginya yang relevan terkoneksi dengan budaya kontemporer. Liturgi kreatif Pentakostal telah terbukti menjadi faktor pendukung dalam perkembangan aliran ini. Namun seiring dengan pekembangan dan pertumbuhan gerakan Pentakostal tersebut, tersirat pergeseran fokus dari tujuan misional ke tujuan individual dalam liturginya ibadahnya. Hal ini tentunya menjadi tantangan bagi Gereja Pentakostal dalam merevitalisasi liturginya. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan memanfaatkan berbagai data dari studi literatur. Penulis mengajukankonstruksi konsep profleksi yang digagas oleh Joas Adiprasetya dalam merevitalisasi liturgi Pentakostal.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan konsep profleksi sejalan dengan vitalitas gerakan liturgi Pentakostal pada masa kini yang berlandaskan karya Roh Kudus.
The Practice of Silence for Achieving Spiritual Perfection
Authors: Hendi Hendi
Published: March 2023

The most important things about this paper are that Christians find perfection in the spiritual world, by being saved immediately and for all time through Christ. The exercise of silence and hesychia is the way to achieve perfection, and it can be applied to us nowadays. The goal of this article is to discover Apophthegmata Patrum in terms of the answers given in the sayings of the Desert Fathers. Silence and hesychia are crucial elements of monastic life, as are the elements of spiritual perfection such as the purification of sins, or logismoi, the renunciation of the world, or repose, listening to and loving God, and discovering the Kingdom of God within the heart. The practice of silence for us living nowadays is to build our spiritual cell in the silence and repose of this busy world. The cell is the first step toward silence, followed by the hesychia.
Antropologi Teologis: Dari Dogmatis Struktural Menuju Konstruktif-Relasional Kontekstual
Authors: Sipahutar Roy Charly HP
Published: March 2023

Abstract. Theological anthropology is not a new theme in the discussion of Christian theology. The Christian theologians since the early period have given serious thought to the theme. However, many people do not know that the development of theological anthropological thought is not as simple as imagined. Aspects of anthropology associated with theology from early Christianity to the Middle Ages are very different from what is developed during the Enlightenment until todaywhen anthropology has become one of the established scientific disciplines. This study used a critical descriptive-analytical method to examine the development of Christian theological anthropological thought throughout the history of Christianity to this day. The results of the study indicated that the struggle of theological anthropological thought is present as an effort to answer challenges in a certain context and time.Abstrak. Antropologi Teologis bukanlah sebuah tema baru dalam diskusi teologi Kristen. Para pemikir Kristen sejak periode awal telah memberikan pemikiran yang serius terkait tema tersebut. Hanya saja, banyak pihak yang tidak mengetahui bahwa perkembangan pemikiran antropologi teologis tidak sesederhana seperti apa yang dibayangkan. Aspek antropologi yang dikaitkan dengan teologi pada periode Awal Kristianitas sampai Abad-abad Pertengahan sangat berbeda dengan apa yang ditemukan masa Pencerahan sampai hari ini, ketika antropologi telah menjadi salah satu bidang keilmuan yang mapan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif-analitis yang kritis untuk menelaah perkembangan pemikiran Antropologi Teologis Kristen di sepanjang sejarah Kristianitas sampai hari ini. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pergulatan pemikiran Antropologi Teologis hadir sebagai upaya untuk menjawab tantangan dalam konteks dan waktu tertentu.
The features of psychological status of pregnant women with an allogeneic fetus
Authors: Romanenko T.G. , Yesyp N.V.
Published: March 2023

The objective: to establish the peculiarities of the psychological status of pregnant women with an allogeneic fetus.Materials and methods. The psychological status of 120 pregnant women, who were divided into two groups, was assessed. I group included 80 patients after in vitro fertilization (IVF) programs with the formation of an allogeneic fetus, II group (control one) included 40 pregnant women after IVF with the woman’s own oocytes.The psychological state of pregnant women was assessed using the Spielberger-Hanin questionnaire, the Holmes and Rahe stress event scale, the assessment of well-being, activity and mood, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and the SF-36 quality of life questionnaire.Results. A high level of reactive anxiety was significantly more often determined in pregnant women with an allogeneic fetus compared to the pregnant women in the control group (32.50 % and 12.50 %, respectively), as well as uncertain indicators according to the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (72.50 % and 52.50 %, respectively).During the evaluation of the quality of life in patients of the I group, significantly lower indicators of role-emotional functioning (41.13±5.29 points), social functioning (72.76±4.88 points), as well as role-physical functioning (35.12±7.22 points) and vitality (38±7.11 points) than in the examined women of the II group (62.43±5.45, 84.4±5.02, 46.89±6.51 and 59.56±9.78 points, respectively) were established. The indicators of well-being and mood were also significantly lower in the I group (3.88±1.40 and 4.21±1.27 points, respectively) compared to the II group (4.83±1.55 and 5.13±1.49 points, respectively).Conclusions. The psychological status of pregnant women with an allogeneic fetus is characterized by the presence of statistically significant deviations not only compared to the control group, but also to the normative indicators provided by standardized survey methods. This indicates the necessity for further study of the relationship between these factors and the frequency of complications during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period, as well as the condition of newborns in these women and possible ways of correcting the psychological status to reduce the frequency of obstetric and perinatal complications.
Analisis kelimpahan plankton dan pertumbuhan kerang kepah Polymesoda erosa (Solander, 1786) yang dipelihara pada tambak di Delta Mahakam
Authors: Rizal Samsul , Jailani
Published: March 2023

This study was aimed to analyze the prospects of development of the This research was aimed to analyze the relationship between plankton abundance and morphometric growth of Mud Clam (Polymesoda erosa). The study was located in an idle brackish water pond in Mahakam Delta, by culturing Polymesoda erosa in small scale. Grouping random design was applied for sampling. Treatment was divided into factor A and B. Factor A is related to shell size: size I (40 – 60,99 mm), II (61 – 80,99 mm) and size III (81 – 100 mm). Factor B is indicating to study location with vegetation (Rhizophora sp) and no vegetation. In order to analyze plankton abundance, a quantitative descriptive analysis was applied, in addition of ANOVA test to analyze the growth. The result indicated that between two study ponds is different. The number of plankton per liter water from vegetated pond has more plankton individual than the sample from non-vegetated pond. The applied treatment on study ponds and shell size determined the morphometric growth and biometric. The growth of shell length is faster than that on height and thickness. The growth of mud clam in vegetated ponds relatively better that the pond without vegetation.