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Conversion of Social Capital in Ukraine: Contradictions, Principles and Prospects
Authors: ZAIATS T. A. , ZHAKHOVSKA V. L.
Published: April 2021

The article is devoted to theoretical problems of social capital conversion in modern conditions based on modern ideas and taking into account the specifi cs of social capital formation in Ukraine in recent years as well as the latest achievements of social practices in European countries. The article is relevant due to the need to accelerate the processes of social capitalization and its conversion into open productive forms for social consensus, social development and economic growth. The novelty of the study lies in the formation of a system of views on the nature of social conversion, its contradictions, identifi ed on the basis of systematization of existing relationships and interdependencies in this area, as well as substantiation of models to minimize possible negative consequences for society. The positions of social capital in the structure of total capital, its connection with natural, physical, fi nancial and human capital are conceptually defi ned, and the leading role of open social capital in the formation of a democratic society is proved. The specifi cs of the conversion of social capital in comparison with other forms of capital are revealed. It is established that currently the contradiction between national and corporate social capital is gaining signs of stability. The basic principles and methods of conversion of social capital, adequate to the conditions of formation of a democratic society, are substantiated. Based on the assessment of real trends in socio-economic development and common social practices, three possible models of minimizing the contradictions that arise during the conversion of domestic social capital are proposed, each of which is subject to specifi c tasks and achieving certain development goals. The model of mobilization adaptation is based on the formation of new values in society, norms by public authorities using mostly ideological resources of infl uence on the basis of authority and trust in it by citizens. The model of modernization is focused on updating the statutory norms and rules through their approximation to real economic needs and social practices in accordance with the notion that any law is a normalized ingrained tradition. The model of compromise solutions involves achieving a balance between formal and informal norms in order to achieve a synergistic eff ect from the conversion of social capital.
Russian army in Right Bank Ukraine
Authors: Stetsiuk Vadym , Filinyuk Anatolii
Published: April 2021

The purpose of the article is to highlight the essence and specifics of social and political-ideological influence of the imperial authorities, army and military educational institutions of Russia on children and youth in the social transformations of the Right Bank Ukraine in the last decades of the 19th and early 20th centuries. To achieve this goal, general scientific (methods of analysis and synthesis) and special historical methods (internal criticism of the source, historical-systemic and historical-typological methods) are used. The article describes the military-professional and state-patriotic orientation of reforming and developing the network of civilian and military educational institutions of Right Bank Ukraine. It is shown that the central and local authorities and the military department of Russia prioritized the dominance of the army and military and military methods of influencing its population in the state life of the region. This brought changes and approaches to working with children and youth from different backgrounds in the educational system. It was determined that children and youth were involved in military-political processes, it was instilled in them a patriotic attitude to the Russian Empire, a sense of Russian identity, devotion to the state, the tsar, a sense of readiness to fight with arms for the interests of the empire. At the same time, it is emphasized that in many cases the effectiveness of this work was offset by national beliefs formed in families and the Ukrainian environment. The scientific novelty of the article is in an attempt to characterize comprehensively the essence and specifics of social and political- ideological influence on the pupils of civil and military educational institutions of the Right Bank Ukraine. The practical significance of the study is in possibility of using the obtained results for further study of social transformations in the Dnipro Ukraine of the late imperial period, and in modern activities to counter Russia’s information aggression against Ukraine. Type of article: empirical and analytical.
Theatre life in the village – a new kind of leisure for peasant youth in the 1920s
Authors: Poltavets Nataliia
Published: April 2021

The purpose of the article is to highlight theatrical art as a form of organized cultural leisure of peasant youth during the 1920s. Research methods: problem-chronological, historical-systemic and analytical. Main results. It is found that drama circles and rural theatre were in great demand among young people and became the most popular form of leisure in the village. The organizers of group theatrical work were Komsomol activists and teachers. It is found that the latter, being an educated part of the rural environment, became more productive and effective in setting up appropriate work with peasant youth. There were organizational and financial problems in the practice of theatre companies and drama circles. It was one of the reasons for the low quality of youth theatre performances. At the same time, there were many successful amateur groups in the districts of the Ukrainian SSR. The author shows that the role and place of peasant youth in drama circles and rural theatres was determined by the political education policy of the ruling party. The filling of youth leisure by rural theatre was to perform several functions, including raising the general cultural level of the population, deepening political consciousness, anti-religious propaganda and levelling the dominant traditional forms of leisure for young peasant population. Taking into consideration the functions and tasks, set by the ruling elite before theatrical and dramatic circles, the themes of plays and performances were also appropriate. They tried to select the whole repertoire in the direction of general strengthening of the Bolshevik Party position in the countryside. Considering the possibility of influence of this type of art on young people consciousness formation, in the conditions of the totalitarian regime it was doomed to its political and ideological service. Practical significance: recommended for use in the study of rural youth leisure, the study of history of rural theatre as an original phenomenon in the village of the NEP period. Originality: the author generalizes the experience of creating leisure of rural youth of the post-revolutionary period in the conditions of ideological and cultural transformations. Scientific novelty: for the first time peasant youth is considered by the author as a subject of the formation of a new type of leisure of the Ukrainian village of the 1920s. Article type: review-generalizing.
Georg Simmel’s nationalism and transnational rationalism
Authors: Stelmakh Sergiy
Published: April 2021

The purpose of the article is to determine the change of worldview paradigm from “nationalism” to “transnational rationalism”, which was embodied in the concept of the “Ideal Europe”, on the example of journalism and scientific works of the German philosopher and sociologist Georg Simmel during the First World War (1914–1918). Research methods: idiographic, system-structural, rational reconstruction of the text. Main results. G. Simmel was between two polar camps, which in the conditions of heightened perception of social reality led him to an individual tragedy and demonstrated the difficulty of choosing between two worldview paradigms – “nationalism” and “patriotism”. G. Simmel didn’t escape the general admiration of German intellectuals for the “ideas of 1914” at the initial stage of the war. He supported propaganda slogans in journalism, hoping that the war could unite the German people to a “political nation”, overcome the dichotomy of individual freedom and universalism. Shattered hopes of supporting the international intellectual environment to explain Germany’s position in the war, censorship harassment and accusations of anti-German activities contributed to his more moderate position. Analyzing the problems of the “crisis of culture” and German national consciousness, G. Simmel advocated the synthesis of “nationalism” and “transnationalism”, which he formed in the concept of the “ideal Europe” as a spiritual supranational community. Scientific novelty: for the first time in national historiography, a comprehensive analysis of the works of G. Simmel of the war period is carried out. Type of article: analytical and descriptive.
The Impact of the Electoral College on the US Presidential Elections
Authors: Shkara Nadia Dhia
Published: April 2021

This research uses scientific analysis to look at the idea of ​​the "Electoral College" system, the key word in deciding the battle for the American Presidential Elections, in determining the identity of the winner of the presidency of the United States, as it is a unique system of its kind in the world.

  The American presidential elections are based on the indirect election system that includes the existence of a circle. An intermediary between the voter and the candidate is that the voters in the American states choose the fifty delegates who make up the electoral college members, and they are the ones who directly elect the president and his deputy on their behalf, and thus the electoral college is the one who decides who will enter the White House and not the American people. The number of members is 538, which is the total number of members of the US Parliament, which brings together the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Systematic Literature Review on Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural Production
Authors: CHEBET ANASTACIA
Published: April 2021

Abstract

Food security is a major concern in developing countries. Growing population, human consumption and the reduction of available land and other productive units are putting pressure on current agriculture and natural resources to meet the growing demand for food. Therefore, in order to meet the food requirements of the growing population, high yielding varieties are cultivated which require high units of fertilizers and pesticides to meet the potential yield. Scientists, organizations and policy makers emphasize high yields and high quality agricultural products on a sustainable basis, and high quality food could be produced through organic farming without affecting the environment; however, due to lack of data, no definite conclusions can be reached in many parts of the world. The aim of this review is to bridge this gap by presenting a systematic review of organic farming literature for sustainable agriculture. The authors used the systematic literature review to collect publications on organic farming from 2007 to 2020..The review provides insight into the essential dimensions of organic farming, the impact of organic farming on soil quality and crop yield
Genetic diversity of Loma acerinae (Microsporidia: Glugeida) from different fish hosts and localities – Short communication
Authors: Yurakhno Violetta M. , Voronin Vladimir N. , Sokolov Sergey G. , Malysh Julia M. , Kalmykov Alexandr P. , Tokarev Yuri S.
Published: April 2021

Loma acerinae is a xenoma-forming fish microsporidium described from common ruffe Gymnocephalus cernua (Perciformes: Percidae) and also found in Ponto-Caspian gobies (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae). This casts doubt on the strict host specificity of this parasite. The largest subunit RNA polymerase II (rpb1) was used as a genetic marker of the parasite isolated from six host species of Perciformes (G. cernua from the Baltic Sea), Atheriniformes (Atherina boyeri from the Azov Sea) and Gobiiformes (Neogobius spp. and Zosterisessor ophiocephalus from the Black Sea and Ponticola kessleri from the Caspian Sea basin). Two major rpb1 haplogroups were found with 98.5% identity between the groups. Notably, Haplogroup I was associated with Neogobius spp. samples (n = 6) only, whereas Haplogroup II included the samples from other host species (n = 7). These findings confirm the broad distribution and host range of L. acerinae, but also indicate that certain patterns of host-driven intraspecific polymorphism may exist. Furthermore, the study revealed low similarity between the ribosomal RNA gene sequences of L. acerinae and the type species, Loma morhua (as well as other species of the genus). This suggests loose genetic association within the genus, and may raise the need for the taxonomic revision of L. acerinae.
Proposed diagnostic criteria for compulsive buying-shopping disorder: A Delphi expert consensus study
Authors: Müller Astrid , Laskowski Nora M. , Trotzke Patrick , Ali Kathina , Fassnacht Daniel B. , de Zwaan Martina , Brand Matthias , Häder Michael , Kyrios Michael
Published: April 2021

Background and aims

Consensus in acknowledging compulsive buying-shopping disorder (CBSD) as a distinct diagnosis has been lacking. Before research in this area can be advanced, it is necessary to establish diagnostic criteria in order to facilitate field trials.

Methods

The study consisted of the following phases: (1) operationalization of a broad range of potential diagnostic criteria for CBSD, (2) two iterative rounds of data collection using the Delphi method, where consensus of potential diagnostic criteria for CBSD was reached by an international expert panel, and (3) interpretation of findings taking into account the degree of certainty amongst experts regarding their responses.

Results

With respect to diagnostic criteria, there was clear expert consensus about inclusion of the persistent and recurrent experience of (a) intrusive and/or irresistible urges and/or impulses and/or cravings and/or preoccupations for buying/shopping; (b) diminished control over buying/shopping; (c) excessive purchasing of items without utilizing them for their intended purposes, (d) use of buying-shopping to regulate internal states; (e) negative consequences and impairment in important areas of functioning due to buying/shopping; (f) emotional and cognitive symptoms upon cessation of excessive buying/shopping; and (g) maintenance or escalation of dysfunctional buying/shopping behaviors despite negative consequences. Furthermore, support was found for a specifier related to the presence of excessive hoarding of purchased items.

Conclusions

The proposed diagnostic criteria can be used as the basis for the development of diagnostic interviews and measures of CBSD severity.
Treatment-induced tumor cell apoptosis following high-intensity interval training and saffron aqueous extract in mice with breast cancer
Authors: Ahmadabadi F. , Saghebjoo M. , Hedayati M. , Hoshyar R. , Huang C.-J.
Published: April 2021

This study was to investigate whether high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and saffron aqueous extract (SAE) would provide a synergistic effect to improve tumor volume reduction and also modulate pro- and anti-apoptotic protein expression in tumor tissue of 4T1 breast cancer-bearing mice. Female mice following induction of breast cancer through injection of 4T1 cell lines were randomly divided into four groups: (1) HIIT, (2) SAE, (3) HIIT+ SAE, and (4) control. The tumor volume was significantly lower in the HIIT, SAE, and HIIT+SAE groups than in the controls. The protein level of caspase-3 in the HIIT and the SAE groups was higher than in the control and the HIIT+SAE groups. The Bax protein level in the SAE group was higher than in the control. The HIIT+SAE group showed a lower level of Bax than the HIIT and the SAE groups. The protein level of Bcl-2 was higher in the HIIT+SAE vs. both the HIIT and the SAE groups. Finally, the ratio of Bax/Bcl-2 was significantly higher in the HIIT and the SAE groups than in the HIIT+SAE and control groups. These findings indicate that a combination of HIIT and SAE interventions does not improve the apoptotic induction in tumor tissue, while both HIIT and SAE treatments may mediate apoptotic pathway as evinced by the elevated ratio of Bax/Bcl-2 and caspase-3 levels during tumor progression in breast cancer-bearing mice.
The comparison of the effect of double and flat pyramid training methods on hypertrophy and muscular strength of male power-lifters
Authors: Rasekh Mohammad , Shabani Ramin
Published: April 2021

Background and Study Aim. Resistance training is considered as the most effective method to increase muscle strength and mass. The present study aimed to compare the effect of a double pyramid and a flat pyramid training methods on hypertrophy and muscular strength of male power-lifters.

Material and Methods. Thirty students (age 21.40±1.71 years) were randomly assigned to three groups of double pyramid training (10 subjects), flat pyramid training (10 subjects), and the control trained by the traditional method (10 subjects). The experimental groups were trained three sessions a week for eight weeks whereas the control group continued their ordinary training program in the traditional method two sessions a week. Before and after the training, the muscular strength index was measured by bench press, leg press, and deadlift and the muscle volume was determined in their chest, arm, and thigh. Data were statistically examined by the analysis of variance and paired t test in the SPSS (ver. 21) software package. The significance level was set at the P<0.05 level.

Results. Significant differences were observed among the studied groups in the variables of bench press, leg press, and deadlift, as well as in the variables of arm volume, chest volume, and thigh volume (P < 0.05). Bench press, leg press, deadlift, and the volume of arm, chest, and thigh were increased significantly from the pretest to the posttest in all three groups (P < 0.001).

Conclusion. A double and flat pyramid training period has similar positive impacts on muscular strength and volume of power-lifters.
An investigation of fear of COVID-19 status in university student athletes from different sports associated with contact
Authors: Kaçoğlu Celil , Çobanoğlu Halil O. , Şahin Emre
Published: April 2021

Background and Study Aim. The aim of this research is to (i) examine the COVID-19 fear scales according to the contact rate of the sports branch of the athletes and (ii) examine the COVID-19 fear scales according to some demographic variables of the athletes.
Material and Methods. Sport Sciences Faculty students athletes (n=176) in sports with different levels of contact voluntarily participated in the current study. The fear of COVID-19 scale consisting of a total of 7 items and demographic information form and a single sub-dimension were applied online via Google® forms to individuals who participated in the study voluntarily. The data obtained from the study were analyzed using IBM SPSS 25.0 statistics package program. Due to the normal distribution of the data, sample t-test independent of parametric tests and one-way analysis of variance tests were used in the statistical analysis of the data. Bonferroni test, one of the multiple comparison tests, was used in order to determine which groups had significance according to the results of the one-way analysis of variance test. The results were tested at a significance level of p <0.05. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient for the COVID-19 fear scale was found to be 0.88.
Results. Statistically significant difference was found between the fears of catching COVID-19 according to the gender of athletes in different branches (p = 0.01). No statistically significant difference was found between the fears of catching COVID-19 according to the educational status of the athletes (p = 0.31). No statistically significant difference found between the fears of catching COVID-19 according to the contact included in the specialty sports of the athletes in different branches (p = 0.56). Statistically significant difference was found between the highest level (professional) and intermediate level (amateur) groups ) in terms of fear of catching COVID-19 (p = 0.02). No statistically significant difference found between the fears of catching COVID-19 (p = 0.08) of the athletes in different branches according to their sports experience. Statistically significant difference was found in terms of fear of catching COVID-19 between the 4-6 years and 7-9 years groups with sports experience (p = 0.02). In addition, it has been revealed that the average scores of COVID-19 fear scales (20.05 ± 4.79) of female athletes are higher than the average scores of male athletes (17.67 ± 6.75).Conclusions. As a result, this research has revealed that the fear of COVID-19 does not differ relative to the contact levels of a specific sports branch. In addition, it has shown that the fear of COVID-19 is greater in female athletes compared to male athletes and lower performance levels and less competition experiences are in fact causing an increase in fear of COVID-19.
Effect of lithium borate coating on the electrochemical properties of LiCoO2 electrode for lithium-ion batteries
Authors: Zhuravlev Victor D. , Nefedova Ksenia V. , Evschik Elizaveta Yu. , Sherstobitova Elena A. , Kolmakov Valery G. , Dobrovolsky Yury A. , Porotnikova Natalia M. , Korchun Andrey V. , Shikhovtseva Anna V.
Published: April 2021

The effect of a protective coating of fused lithium borate, Li3BO3, on the physicochemical and electrochemical characteristics of LiCoO2 has been studied. A cathode material produced by the SCS method using binary organic fuel, glycine and citric acid. The influence of the experiment conditions on the morphology, crystal structure and specific surface of lithium cobaltite was studied. Electrochemical testing of LiCoO2∙nLi3BO3 samples, n = 5 and 7 mass %, has been performed in the cathode Li|Li+-electrolyte|LiCoO2∙nLi3BO3 half-cell using 1M LiPF6 in EC/DMC mixture (1:1) as electrolyte in the 2.7-4.3 V range at normalized discharge current С/10, С/5, С/2. The maximal initial discharge capacity of 185 mAh/g was detected for the samples with 5 mass % Li3BO3. The coulomb efficiency of optimal materials in the 40th cycle was 99.1%.
Synthesis and Research of Alumina Ceramics Properties
Authors: Frolov Evgeniy I. , Notina Polina V. , Zvonarev Sergey V. , Il'ina Evgeniya A. , Churkin Vyacheslav Yu.
Published: April 2021

The article describes in detail alumina powder synthesis by different methods at varying parameters. The technique of obtaining ceramics and the research of the optical properties for determining the materials with the maximum luminescence efficiency is presented. The concentration of the luminescence intrinsic centers and various defects differ for ceramics synthesized by different methods. It is determined that ceramics based on the powder synthesized by a sol-gel method has the maximum thermoluminescence intensity in the F-center peak, whereas for the peak of 360 °C it is obtained with the powder prepared by precipitation of aluminum nitrate with a PEG‑20000 stabilizer.
Mechanochemical synthesis of intermetallic compounds in the system gallium – ruthenium
Authors: Grigoreva T. F. , Pavlov E. A. , Vitiaz P. A. , Lyakhov N. Z.
Published: April 2021

The interaction of a solid inert metal Ru with liquid active metal Ga during mechanical activation in a high-energy planetary ball mill was studied using the X-ray diffraction and the high resolution scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray microanalyses. This paper considers mechanical activation effects on formation of intermetallic compounds GaxRuy and their solubility in concentrated acids. Gallium is a surface-active substance with respect to Ruthenium. Under intensive mechanical treatment, liquid Gallium penetrates into grain boundaries of polycrystalline Ruthenium particles and sharply reduces their strength. Because of severe mechanical deformation, an intensive increase of contact surface between solid and liquid metals observed, which a place of rapid formation of intermetallic compounds. This processing leads to high reactive products of mechanical activation of Ga + Ru. Their interaction with a mixed concentrated hydrochloric and nitric acid allows Ruthenium (~37%) to pass into an acidic solution, forming complex compounds of the HxRuCly type (H2RuCl6).
Diffusion of oxygen in hypostoichiometric uranium dioxide nanocrystals. A molecular dynamics simulation
Authors: Nekrasov K. A. , Galashev A. E. , Seitov D. D. , Gupta S. K.
Published: April 2021

A molecular dynamic simulation of diffusion of intrinsic oxygen anions in the bulk of hypostoichiometric UO2-x nanocrystals with a free surface was carried out. The main diffusion mechanism turned out to be the migration of oxygen by the anionic vacancies. It is shown that in the range of values of the non-stoichiometry parameter 0.05 £x £ 0.275 the oxygen diffusion coefficient D is weakly dependent on temperature, despite the uniform distribution of the vacancies over the model crystallite. The reliable D values calculated for the temperature T = 923 K are in the range from 3×10-9 to 7×10-8 cm2/s, in quantitative agreement with the experimental data. The corresponding diffusion activation energy is in the range from 0.57 eV to 0.65 eV, depending on the interaction potentials used for the calculations.
Uptake of the Main Street Lending Program
Authors: Bräuning Falk , Paligorova Teodora
Published: April 2021

The Main Street Lending Program (Main Street) was one of several new credit facilities launched by the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID’de oksijen tedavisi: kime, ne zaman, nasıl?
Authors: ÖZTÜRK Önder
Published: April 2021

Aralık 2019'da Wuhan şehrinde ortaya çıkan ve tüm dünyaya yayılan koronavirüs hastalığı (COVID-19) akciğerde oluşturduğu hasar sonucu hastalar, en sık nefes darlığı (dispne) şikayeti ile başvurmakta ve hipoksemi varlığında hastaneye yatırılarak tedavi edilmektedirler. Hastalığın prognozunu da etkileyen ve mortal seyretmesine yol açan hipokseminin oluşum mekanizması ile oksijen tedavisinin kime, ne zaman ve nasıl verilmesi bu makalede açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır.
Creating sci-Space Grids for Spatial Barcoding v1
Authors: Srivatsan Sanjay , C Regier Mary
Published: April 2021

Sci-Space is a technology for transferring spatially arrayed oligonucleotides onto tissue sections prior to single cell sequencing. The spatially arrayed oligonucleotides are arrayed on thin bed of dried agarose adhered to a glass slide. This protocol describes how to create an agarose backed microscope slide and print oligonucleotides onto these slides.
Single cell RNA Sequencing for tissue samples processed with microfluidic device platform v1
Authors: Lombardo Jeremy
Published: April 2021

Protocol for single cell RNA sequencing of tissue samples processed with a microfluidic device platform.
Infusing Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies: Reflection on Establishing Mandarin Counseling Services
Authors: Wang Lei , Vaughan Ellen L. , Chen Shitao , Gilman Lynn
Published: April 2021

Due to the unique needs for and barriers to help-seeking among Asian international students, mental health services must attend to both culturally specific and linguistic-specific services. This paper describes successful efforts to establish counseling services in Mandarin Chinese in a large Midwestern university counseling training clinic with a commitment to multiculturalism and social justice. We first discuss the benefits of linguistic-specific mental health services, as well as the establishment of Mandarin counseling services and the Mandarin Mental Wellness Counseling Group. For the 8-week Mandarin Mental Wellness Counseling Group, we include a table with a summary of our agenda and interventions for readers to replicate and implement such a group. We also share considerations for supervision that is only available in English. We then discuss the rewards and challenges of establishing Mandarin counseling services. We conclude with recommendations for future efforts in practice, training, and research.
Euthanasia in an Aging America: An Ethical Challenge for Mental Health Counselors
Authors: Skidmore Samuel J. , Robinson Kurpius Sharon E.
Published: April 2021

The average age of individuals in the United States and worldwide is steadily increasing, resulting in an increase in the number of older, terminally ill adults who may seek counseling for end-of-life decisions. Euthanasia is one such end-of-life option that is emerging in the United States. Physician-assisted dying, currently the only legal form of active euthanasia in eight states and the District of Columbia, is a relatively new and often misunderstood end-of-life option. Although arguments continue about this issue, the American Mental Health Counselors Association has developed ethical codes to guide mental health counselors working with terminally ill clients making end-of-life decisions. The core moral and ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, fidelity, and veracity provide guidance for helping terminally ill clients explore end-of-life options that could include physician-assisted dying when it is a legally viable option. Additional recommendations are made for increasing intellectual and emotional competence regarding euthanasia.
Through the Lens of Narcissism: Differential Effects of Admiration and Rivalry
Authors: Gantt Alexandra C. , Marsh Dylan R. , Lee Daniel I.
Published: April 2021

Research concerning the role of narcissism in influencing perceptions of situations is sparse. In this study, the daily influences of two components of trait narcissism, admiration and rivalry, were explored using narrative life-logging cameras. We examined the influences of admiration and rivalry on perceptions of situation desire, situation choice, momentary self-esteem, authenticity, and the DIAMONDS (Duty, Intellect, Adversity, Mating, pOsitivity, Negativity, Deception, and Sociality) characteristics of situations among a sample of undergraduate students. Rivalry was found to be predictive of lower situation desire and choice, while admiration and overall narcissism were not. Admiration showed a significant positive association with both momentary self-esteem and momentary authenticity, while rivalry showed a negative association with these two variables. Patterns emerged demonstrating that the two facets, admiration and rivalry, differentially predict perceptions of the DIAMONDS characteristics of situations. This research further illuminates the need to study narcissism as multidimensional and provides various implications for counselors working with clients who display narcissistic tendencies.
Kafka e a nostalgia da plenitude: a busca da "Lei", o sofrimento inevitável e uma ação possível
Authors: Guilherme Thiago de Mello Azevedo
Published: April 2021

Resumo: o presente artigo pretende analisar o conceito de "lei" na obra de Franz Kafka, suas múltiplas interpretações, bem como a dificuldade dos personagens kafkianos em compreender a função e significado da "lei". Diante das inúmeras dificuldades dessa investigação, analisaremos os processos de angústia, culpa e agonia que surgem dessa tarefa contínua, bem como de que maneira tais afetos são também, em grande medida, formas de expressão da "lei". Analisaremos ferramentas de enfrentamento dessa dificuldade em identificar tanto a regra quanto a ação correta, bem como buscaremos compreender os impasses desse contínuo método de produção do significado, no jogo da significação e da construção simbólica do mundo. Por fim, diante da contínua e inesgotável necessidade de identificação da "lei" e de interpretação de seus significados, analisaremos a possibilidade de uma interpretação literária presente na filosofia de Albert Camus para interpretar a angústia do homem kafkiano, na luta por reencontrar ou reconstruir o espaço da plenitude "metafísica" perdida. Ao final, concluímos que, diante da agonia inevitável da incessante necessidade de identificação e interpretação da "lei", é viável, no plano filosófico, a interpretação de Albert Camus sobre o esforço absurdo, para dar sentido à tarefa de viver de acordo com regras.Palavras-chave: Direito e Literatura, Kafka e a Lei, filosofia da plenitude, Camus e Direito, mistério e interpretação.Abstract: this article aims to analyze the concept of "law" in Franz Kafka's work, its multiple interpretations, as well as the difficulty of Kafkaesque characters in understanding the function and meaning of "law". In view of the numerous difficulties of this investigation, we will analyze the processes of anguish, guilt and agony that arise from this continuous task, as well as how these affects are also, to a large extent, forms of expression of the "law". We will analyze tools to deal with this difficulty in identifying both the rule and the correct action, as well as seeking to understand the impasses of this continuous method of producing meaning, in the game of meaning and the symbolic construction of the world. Finally, in view of the continuous and inexhaustible need to identify the "law" and to interpret its meanings, we will analyze the possibility of a literary interpretation present in the philosophy of Albert Camus to interpret the anguish of the kafkaesque man, in the struggle to rediscover or reconstruct the space of lost "metaphysical" fullness. In the end, we conclude that, in the face of the inevitable agony of the incessant need to identify and interpret the "law", Albert Camus's interpretation of the absurd effort is feasible, in philosophical terms, to give meaning to the task of living according to rules.Keywords: Law and Literature, Kafka and the Law, philosophy of plenitude, Camus and the Law, mystery and interpretation.
Application of combined enzyme therapy for complications of lip contouring in cosmetology
Authors: Aksenenko Irina P.
Published: April 2021

Purpose: to study the effectiveness of a combined method that includes a course of magnetolaserophoresis of longidase and diadinamophoresis of collalizin 1000 KE (collagenase units) in correcting complications of lip contouring that occurred when a large volume of filler or surface injection of a drug based on stabilized hyaluronic acid into the skin.
Material and methods. We observed 31 women aged 25 to 32 years with complications after the introduction of a filler based on stabilized hyaluronic acid with localization in the lip area. Were allocated to three groups who received a course of magnetolaserotherapy of longidaza, the rate of diadynamophoresis of collalizin, or a combination.
Results. The use of a combined course of longidase magnetolaserophoresis with collazine diadinamophoresis has a significant clinical effect, reducing edema, gel contouring phenomena and stabilizing the psychoemotional state of patients. In addition, the treatment complex significantly accelerates the biodegradation of the filler and has a restructuring effect on the lip tissue, gives a pronounced effect of reducing the thickness of the dermis and increasing the density coefficient of the dermis, which is probably due to a decrease in intra-dermal edema that occurs as a reaction to a surface-injected filler.
Conclusions. Combined use of magnetolaserotherapy of longidaza and diadynamophoresis of collalizin to the lip when complications in the form of a surface of introduction of the filler or injecting too much of the drug based on stabilized hyaluronic acid is a highly effective method of treatment, which is confirmed by relief of clinical symptoms and improvement in quality of life of patients.
Application of comprehensive rehabilitation programs after radical treatment of prostate cancer
Authors: Yashkov Alexander V. , Sivokhina Tatyana A. , Burmistrova Svetlana A. , Rybakova Natalia G.
Published: April 2021

Background. The main side effect of most of the methods of treating prostate cancer is incontinence of urine in varying degrees of severity. Although in most cases incontinence is a temporary phenomenon, this problem occurs in 3963% of patients during the first two years after treatment, and about 2456% of patients have to use urological pads or condoms. Incontinence of urine is also a serious psychological traumatic factor, which has аn extremely negative effect on patients quality of life.
Aim: to substantiate the effectiveness of the use of complex rehabilitation programs in the correction of urinary incontinence in men who have undergone radical treatment for prostate cancer.
Materials and methods. The study included patients with stage IIII prostate cancer, mean age 55 6 years, with complications after radical prostatectomy for at least 2 months without a tendency to improve in the form of moderate and severe urinary incontinence.
Results. The combined technique of correction of urinary incontinence, modified by us, using neuromuscular stimulation, physiotherapy exercises and psychocorrectional exercises, has demonstrated its effectiveness in improving the quality of life in this group of patients.
Conclusions. The combined technique of correction of an incontience of urine with use of neuromuscular stimulation, physiotherapy exercises and the psychocorrection of occupations is presented in this article, the assessment of efficiency of this comprehensive program of rehabilitation, and also improvement of quality of life of patients is carried out.
Justification of the use of the method of deep oscillation by pulsed low-frequency electrostatic field in the early rehabilitation period after surgical interventions
Authors: Korchazhkina Natalia B. , Mikhailova Anna A. , Kovalyov Sergey A. , Rzhevsky Valentin S. , Portnov Vadim V.
Published: April 2021

The article presents the data of scientific research on the features of the application of the method of deep oscillation by pulsed low-frequency electrostatic field (low-frequency electrostatic massage) in the early rehabilitation period after surgical interventions and in various diseases.
Radicular pain associated with chronic neuropathic pain syndrome. Modern approaches to non-drug treatment
Authors: Mit'kovskii Sergey V. , Kiparisova Elena S. , Kochetkov Andrey V. , Mit'kovskii Valery G.
Published: April 2021

The review presents modern data on epidemiology, mechanisms of pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis of radicular pain. The indications for surgical treatment, the causes of failures in the treatment of radicular pain syndrome and the issues of its chronicity, as well as the prevention of the development of chronic pain of lumbosacral localization are considered. A generalized list of predictors of outcomes of surgical treatment of radicular pain is presented. Criteria for stage-by-stage diagnostics, physical and instrumental examination of patients with radicular pain in the lower back are presented. Conditions aimed at expanding the range of diagnostic studies, the feasibility of a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of patients with pain in lumbosacral localization are discussed.
The Productivity of Cascadia Aftershock Sequences
Authors: Gomberg Joan , Bodin Paul
Published: April 2021

This study addresses questions about the productivity of Cascadia mainshock–aftershock sequences using earthquake catalogs produced by the Geological Survey of Canada and the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. Questions concern the likelihood that future moderate to large intermediate depth intraslab earthquakes in Cascadia would have as few detectable aftershocks as those documented since 1949. More broadly, for Cascadia, we consider if aftershock productivities vary spatially, if they are outliers among global subduction zones, and if they are consistent with a physical model in which aftershocks are clock-advanced versions of tectonically driven background seismicity. A practical motivation for this study is to assess the likely accuracy of aftershock forecasts based on productivities derived from global data that are now being issued routinely by the U.S. Geological Survey. For this reason, we estimated productivity following the identical procedures used in those forecasts and described in Page et al. (2016). Results indicate that in Cascadia we can say that the next intermediate depth intraslab earthquake will likely have just a few detectable aftershocks and that aftershock productivity appears to be an outlier among global subduction zones, with rates that on average are lower by more than half, except for mainshocks in the upper plate. Our results are consistent with a clock-advance model; productivities may be related to the proximity of mainshocks to a population of seismogenic fault patches and correlate with background seismicity rates. The latter and a clear correlation between productivities with mainshock depth indicate that both factors may have predictive value for aftershock forecasting.
Simulation-Based Seismic Hazard Assessment Using Monte-Carlo Earthquake Catalogs: Application to CyberShake
Authors: Azar Sarah , Dabaghi Mayssa
Published: April 2021

The use of numerical simulations in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) has achieved a promising level of reliability in recent years. One example is the CyberShake project, which incorporates physics-based 3D ground-motion simulations within seismic hazard calculations. Nonetheless, considerable computational time and resources are required due to the significant processing requirements imposed by source-based models on one hand, and the large number of seismic sources and possible rupture variations on the other. This article proposes to use a less computationally demanding simulation-based PSHA framework for CyberShake. The framework can accurately represent the seismic hazard at a site, by only considering a subset of all the possible earthquake scenarios, based on a Monte-Carlo simulation procedure that generates earthquake catalogs having a specified duration. In this case, ground motions need only be simulated for the scenarios selected in the earthquake catalog, and hazard calculations are limited to this subset of scenarios. To validate the method and evaluate its accuracy in the CyberShake platform, the proposed framework is applied to three sites in southern California, and hazard calculations are performed for earthquake catalogs with different lengths. The resulting hazard curves are then benchmarked against those obtained by considering the entire set of earthquake scenarios and simulations, as done in CyberShake. Both approaches yield similar estimates of the hazard curves for elastic pseudospectral accelerations and inelastic demands, with errors that depend on the length of the Monte-Carlo catalog. With 200,000 yr catalogs, the errors are consistently smaller than 5% at the 2% probability of exceedance in 50 yr hazard level, using only ∼3% of the entire set of simulations. Both approaches also produce similar disaggregation patterns. The results demonstrate the potential of the proposed approach in a simulation-based PSHA platform like CyberShake and as a ground-motion selection tool for seismic demand analyses.
Retroactive assessment for DNA mismatch repair deficiency in women with a history of endometrial cancer
Authors: Chen Y. , Gordhandas Sushmita , Musselman Kelsey , Zhou Zhen , Maddy Brandon , Kahn Ryan , Badiner Nora , Ellenson Lora , Holcomb Kevin , Chapman-Davis Eloise , Frey Melissa
Published: April 2021

Objectives. Beginning in 2014, the Society of Gynecologic Oncology and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have recommended universal tumor testing for mismatch repair deficiency in endometrial cancer. Mismatch repair testing can triage patients who may benefit from genetic testing for Lynch syndrome. Many women previously diagnosed with endometrial cancer have not undergone mismatch repair tumor testing. We sought to determine the feasibility of retroactive assessment for mismatch repair deficiency among women with diagnosed with endometrial cancer prior to 2014. Methods. Between 2016 and 2018, we identified 36 patients presenting for gynecologic oncology follow-up visits who were previously diagnosed with endometrial cancer. The endometrial pathology underwent tumor assessment for loss of expression of mismatch repair proteins by immunohistochemistry. Patients with abnormal mismatch repair testing were referred to genetic counseling and, if indicated, for germline genetic testing. Results. Thirty-six patients underwent retroactive tumor immunohistochemistry, yielding 10 (28%) abnormal results, including nine (25%) with loss of one or more mismatch repair proteins and one with inconclusive staining (2.8%). All ten patients with abnormal immunohistochemistry were referred to genetic counseling; 9 (90%) accepted the referral and proceeded with genetic testing. One pathogenic mutation was identified in CHEK2 (11%). Five patients (56%) were found to have a variant of unknown significance. Conclusions. Implementation of universal retroactive tumor testing for mismatch repair deficiency in patients previously diagnosed with endometrial cancer is feasible. With the growing use of new molecular classification protocols for endometrial tumors, identification of mismatch repair deficiency may have significant clinicopathologic implications.
Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program- extended to June 30, 2022 – Launch your patent application under the Cancer Moon Shot Program before it is too late!
Authors: Kovarik Joseph
Published: April 2021

Patent protection for cancer treatments is critical to safeguard the considerable time, effort and expenses involved in such endeavors. The United States Patent Office has a special program that enables cancer researchers to obtain patent protection for their inventions with unprecedented speed (less than one year!) and without any additional fees required. The Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program has been extended to June 30, 2022. This program has proven to be exceptionally useful in advancing the protection and commercialization of cancer treatments and should be employed by everyone in the cancer research field. Andre Gide once said, “One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” The journey every single inventor makes through the patenting process is admittedly uncertain, with no assurances that it will result in an issued patent. But a terrific program implemented by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) makes such a journey far shorter than it would otherwise be. The “Patents 4 Patients” program, also known as the “Cancer Moon Shot” program, was introduced in 2016 and has now been extended until June 30, 2022, now entitled “Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program.” This program permits patent applications pertaining to cancer immunotherapy to be advanced out of turn for examination and reviewed earlier (accorded special status). It provides for the extremely prompt examination of qualifying patent applications – without any additional fees – and has resulted in the issuance of over 400 patents in the last few years – which otherwise would not have issued for years to come.