bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Clinical symptoms, endoscopic imaging and stroboscopic imaging in patients with laryngeal fungal infection : An evaluation in 48 patients
Authors: Trang Pham Thi Linh , Thi Dao Dinh , Son Nguyen Tuan
Published: October 2020

Introduction: Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans are the most common pathogenic fungi found in Vietnam. Fungal laryngitis has yet to be thoroughly investigated due to the rarity of the disease. This study aimed to describe the clinical, endoscopic and stroboscopic imaging characteristics among patients with fungal laryngitis.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on 48 patients diagnosed with fungal laryngitis at the Endoscopy Department of the National Ear- Nose-Throat Hospital of Vietnam from August 2019 to March 2020. Clinical, endoscopic and stroboscopic imaging characteristics among patients with fungal laryngitis were reported.

Results: The rate of fungal laryngitis was higher in men compared to women (men/women ratio: 2.2/1). All patients had dysphonia (100%), while other symptoms included coughing (64.6%) and foreign body sensation (50%). In laryngeal endoscopy, fungal pseudo-membrane was thick with white layer (56.3%) on the vocal cords (100%). In laryngeal stroboscopy, less than half of patients had mucosal wave formation (47.9%). The success rate of fungal culture identification was not high (41.7%), with Aspergillus fumigatus as the main pathogenic fungus (90%).

Conclusions: Patients with fungal laryngitis in our setting developed prolonged dysphonia. By using endoscopic imaging and stroboscopic imaging, layers of fungal pseudo-membrane on the vocal cords could be observed and extracted for diagnosis.
Trends in scientific research on precision farming in agriculture using science mapping method
Authors: Maloku Donika , Balogh Péter , Bai Attila , Gabnai Zoltán , Lengyel Péter
Published: October 2020

The article highlights the worldwide dissemination of precision agriculture scientific researches published from the period of 1996–2018, data gathered in the Scopus citation database, using the science mapping method. The findings show that there is a constant rise in the number of publications in precision agriculture. The USA is not only leading in the adoption of precision agriculture technologies but also in the publication of papers, accompanied by China placed in second place. The most frequent keywords highlighted the main topics authors concentrated on more, and the national affiliation of most cited papers was the USA. The main prominence and contributions of the results present scientific research trends in precision agriculture in the last two decades, and demonstrate the main countries, authors and organizations who have contributed, and were more productive in this area.
Mechanical properties and microstructural evaluation of heat-treated aluminum alloy using formulated bio-quenchants
Authors: Adekunle Adebayo Surajudeen , Adeleke Adekunle Akanni , Ikubanni Peter Pelumi , Omoniyi Peter Olorunleke , Gbadamosi Tajudeen Adelani , Odusote Jamiu Kolawole
Published: October 2020

Heat treatment industries require various quenching media to improve the properties of the materials to be quenched. Petroleum based mineral (PBM) oil, a non-biodegradable oil, is popular amongst others quenchants in heat treatment processes. Recently, biodegradable oils mostly in their raw, unblended and unbleached forms have been employed for quenching of various engineering materials. Therefore, the present study examined the effects of some selected bio-quenchants in blended raw (BR) and blended bleached (BB) forms on the mechanical properties and microstructure of solution heat treated aluminum (Al)-alloy. Edible vegetable oil (70% by volume) was blended with 30% by volume of jatropha oil to form the bio-quenchant oils. Another set of bio-quenchants were formed by bleaching the raw oils before mixing so as to reduce the oxidation level and contaminations in the oil. The Al-alloy is solution heat treated at 500 °C and soaked for 15 min in an electric muffle furnace before quenching in the various established bio-quenchants. Results showed that samples treated in blended raw melon (BRM) oil have higher tensile strength of 151.76 N/mm2 while samples quenched in blended bleached melon (BBM) oil have higher hardness value of 61.00 HRC. In accordance to the results obtained the bio-quenchants were found to be effective replacement to the PBM oil.
The role of sports and well-being programmes in choosing workplaces in the future
Authors: Balogh Renátó , Bába Éva Bácsné
Published: October 2020

Due to recent changes in the labour market, recruitment and retaining employees have become more important than ever. Research dealing with the appearance of new generations in the labour market has found that they are less loyal to their employers, have high demands, and the key factors that they consider when choosing a job are salary, career opportunities, working environment, and work-life balance. As numerous studies in recent years have proved the importance of a healthy lifestyle in the context of labour, the question has arisen whether opportunities for sport participation and services supporting the well-being of employees have an influence on young people when they are seeking employment. We carried out an online survey to find out what students of the University of Debrecen think about the issue. The results were in line with the findings of previous studies, that is, young people look for high salaries, good working conditions, work-life balance and career opportunities when choosing a job. However, respondents did not identify sports opportunities and well-being benefits as major factors Yet, we found significant differences between different groups in terms of preference of particular factors, depending on sex, marital status, and whether someone does physical exercises regularly, and whether someone works while attending a university course or not.
Desire thinking as a predictor of compulsive sexual behaviour in adolescents: Evidence from a cross-cultural validation of the Hebrew version of the Desire Thinking Questionnaire
Authors: Efrati Yaniv , Kolubinski Daniel C. , Caselli Gabriele , Spada Marcantonio M.
Published: October 2020

Background

Desire thinking is a voluntary cognitive process that involves the perseverative focus on memories, images and information related to a desired target. The aim of the present study was to validate the Hebrew version of the Desire Thinking Questionnaire (DTQ; Caselli & Spada, 2011) in a sample of adolescents and to investigate its relationship with measures of thought suppression, impulsivity and individual-based compulsive sexual behaviour.

Methods

In Study 1, a convenience sample of 718 adolescents completed the newly translated Desire Thinking Questionnaire in Hebrew (DTQ-H) and results were subjected to an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). In Study 2, a convenience sample of 379 adolescents completed a battery of questionnaires including the DTQ-H. A Confirmatory Factors Analysis was performed on the DTQ-H and validity was ascertained by correlating with other measures.

Results

In Study 1, a 9-item two-factor structure was identified. A 6-item two-factor structure was confirmed in Study 2. Results also indicated that the DTQ-H has acceptable levels of reliability, and good concurrent and incremental validity in predicting compulsive sexual behaviour.

Conclusions

The 6-item DTQ-H appears to be a reliable and valid measure of desire thinking and may be used also on adolescents – an understudied population.
Predictive utility of the brief Screener for Substance and Behavioral Addictions for identifying self-attributed problems
Authors: Schluter Magdalen G. , Hodgins David C. , Konkolÿ Thege Barna , Wild T. Cameron
Published: October 2020

Background and aims

The Brief Screener for Substance and Behavioral Addictions (SSBAs) was developed to assess a common addiction construct across four substances (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and cocaine), and six behaviors (gambling, shopping, videogaming, eating, sexual activity, and working) using a lay epidemiology perspective. This paper extends our previous work by examining the predictive utility of the SSBA to identify self-attributed addiction problems.

Method

Participants (N = 6,000) were recruited in Canada using quota sampling methods. Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROCs) analyses were conducted, and thresholds established for each target behavior's subscale to predict self-attributed problems with these substances and behaviors. For each substance and behavior, regression models compared overall classification accuracy and model fit when lay epidemiologic indicators assessed using the SSBA were compared with validated screening measures to predict selfattributed problems.

Results

ROC analyses indicted moderate to high diagnostic accuracy (Area under the curves (AUCs) 0.73–0.94) across SSBA subscales. Thresholds for identifying self-attributed problems were 3 for six of the subscales (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, shopping, and gaming), and 2 for the remaining four behaviors (gambling, eating, sexual activity, and working). Compared to other instruments assessing addiction problems, models using the SSBA provided equivalent or better model fit, and overall had higher classification accuracy in the prediction of self-attributed problems.

Discussion and conclusions

The SSBA is a viable screening tool for problematic engagement across ten potentially addictive behaviors. Where longer screening tools are not appropriate, the SSBA may be used to identify individuals who would benefit from further assessment.
Higher levels of (Internet) Gaming Disorder symptoms according to the WHO and APA frameworks associate with lower striatal volume
Authors: Zhou Xinqi , Wu Renjing , Liu Congcong , Kou Juan , Chen Yuanshu , Pontes Halley M. , Yao Dezhong , Kendrick Keith M. , Becker Benjamin , Montag Christian
Published: October 2020

Background and aims

Growing concerns about the addictive nature of Internet and computer games led to the preliminary recognition of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) as an emerging disorder by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the official recognition of Gaming Disorder (GD) as a new diagnosis by the World Health Organization (WHO). While the definition of clear diagnostic criteria for (I)GD represents an important step for diagnosis and treatment of the disorder, potential neurobiological correlates of the criteria remain to be explored.

Methods

The present study employed a dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) approach to determine associations between (I)GD symptom-load according to the APA and WHO diagnostic frameworks and brain structure in a comparably large sample of n = 82 healthy subjects.

Results

Higher symptom-load on both, the APA and WHO diagnostic frameworks convergently associated with lower volumes of the striatum.

Discussion

The results from this exploratory study provide the first initial evidence for a neurobiological foundation of the proposed diagnostic criteria for (I)GD according to both diagnostic classification systems and suggest that the transition from non-disordered to disordered gaming may be accompanied by progressive neuroplastic changes in the striatum, thus resembling progressive changes in other addictive disorders.

Conclusions

The proposed (I)GD criteria in both diagnostic systems were associated with neurostructural alterations in the striatum, suggesting an association with progressive changes in the motivational systems of the brain.
Using deliberate mind-wandering to escape negative mood states: Implications for gambling to escape
Authors: Kruger Tyler B. , Dixon Mike J. , Graydon Candice , Stange Madison , Larche Chanel J. , Smith Stephen D. , Smilek Daniel
Published: October 2020

Background and aims:Slot machines are a pervasive form of gambling in North America. Some gamblers describe entering “the slot machine zone”—a complete immersion into slots play to the exclusion of all else.Methods:We assessed 111 gamblers for mindfulness (using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)), gambling problems (using the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI)), depressive symptoms (using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale), and boredom proneness (using the Boredom Proneness Scale). In a counterbalanced order, participants played a slot machine simulator and completed an auditory vigilance task. During each task, participants were interrupted with thought probes to assess whether they were: on-task, spontaneously mind-wandering, or deliberately mind-wandering. After completing each task, we retrospectively assessed flow and affect. Compared to the more exciting slots play, we propose that gamblers may use deliberate mind-wandering as a maladaptive means to regulate affect during a repetitive vigilance task.Results:Our key results were that gamblers reported greater negative affect following the vigilance task (when compared to slots) and greater positive affect following slots play (when compared to the vigilance task). We also found that those who scored higher in problem gambling were more likely to use deliberate mind-wandering as a means to cope with negative affect during the vigilance task. Using hierarchical multiple regression, we found that the number of “deliberately mind-wandering” responses accounted for unique variance when predicting problem gambling severity (over and above depression, mindfulness, and boredom proneness).Conclusions:These assessments highlight a potential coping mechanism used by problem gamblers in order to deal with negative affect.
Attentional bias and disengagement as a function of Body Mass Index in conditions that differ in anticipated reward
Authors: Tsegaye Afework , Bjørne Joachim , Winther Anita , Kökönyei Gyöngyi , Cserjési Renáta , Logemann H.N. Alexander
Published: October 2020

Background and aims

Previous studies suggest that attentional bias and disengagement may vary as a function of Body Mass Index (BMI), most notably in a palatable food related context. Though this could indeed represent a food context specific effect, it could also represent a general reward related context effect. In addition, though mindfulness and stress have both been reported to affect attention, it is not yet clear whether these moderate the relationship between BMI and attention as a function of reward context. In the current study we addressed these questions. It was hypothesized that BMI would be positively associated with bias in a food context and money context relative to a neutral context. The inverse was expected for disengagement. It was expected that mindfulness would decrease these relationships and for stress the inverse was expected.

Methods

In the current online study, eighty-seven participants (24 males and 63 females; age: M = 30.1, SD = 8.3; BMI: M = 24.2, SD = 4.67), filled out questionnaires and completed a visuospatial cueing task measuring attention and disengagement of attention in a neutral, food-related, and money-related condition.

Results

There was no association between BMI and attentional bias. Higher BMI was associated with faster responses to money pictures presented opposite to a cued location as compared to money pictures that did not follow a predictive cue. Our results do not support a clear moderating role of mindfulness and stress.

Discussion and conclusion

Our results imply faster processing and associated quicker responding to unanticipated reward-related stimuli in individuals with overweight or obesity.
The long-term impact of public expenditures on GDP-growth
Authors: Kutasi Gábor , Marton Ádám
Published: October 2020

Are governments able to continuously boost economic growth by spending for decades? Can the state be a more efficient user of income by improving the structure of public spending? The paper analyses the correlation between various types of public expenditures and GDP growth in different countries of the EU. The database was composed from the Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) classification of public spending, which contains data of 25 EU economies in the period 1996–2017. Three econometric models were applied in accordance with the empirical practice found in the literature: first-differences general method of moment (GMM), fixed effects panel and ordinary least squares (OLS) models. The expenditures on social protection proved to have a negative, statistically significant and robust impact on GDP growth. The results are similar for general public spending, and while spending on public order also has a significant and robust coefficient, its sign is ambiguous. The novelty of the article relate to the findings on lagged education and health spending, which have a positive impact on GDP growth.
Stimulatory effect of insulin on H+-ATPase in the proximal tubule via the Akt/mTORC2 pathway
Authors: Nakamura M. , Satoh N. , Tsukada H. , Mizuno T. , Fujii W. , Suzuki A. , Horita S. , Nangaku M. , Suzuki M.
Published: October 2020

Purpose

Acid-base transport in renal proximal tubules (PTs) is mainly sodium-dependent and conducted in coordination by the apical Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE3), vacuolar H+-adenosine triphosphatase (V-ATPase), and the basolateral Na+/HCO3- cotransporter. V-ATPase on PTs is well-known to play an important role in proton excretion. Recently we reported a stimulatory effect of insulin on these transporters. However, it is unclear whether insulin is involved in acid-base balance in PTs. Thus, we assessed the role of insulin in acid-base balance in PTs.

Methods

V-ATPase activity was evaluated using freshly isolated PTs obtained from mice, and specific inhibitors were then used to assess the signaling pathways involved in the observed effects.

Results

V-ATPase activity in PTs was markedly enhanced by insulin, and its activation was completely inhibited by bafilomycin (a V-ATPase-specific inhibitor), Akt inhibitor VIII, and PP242 (an mTORC1/2 inhibitor), but not by rapamycin (an mTORC1 inhibitor). V-ATPase activity was stimulated by 1 nm insulin by approximately 20% above baseline, which was completely suppressed by Akt1/2 inhibitor VIII. PP242 completely suppressed the insulin-mediated V-ATPase stimulation in mouse PTs, whereas rapamycin failed to influence the effect of insulin. Insulin-induced Akt phosphorylation in the mouse renal cortex was completely suppressed by Akt1/2 inhibitor VIII and PP242, but not by rapamycin.

Conclusion

Our results indicate that stimulation of V-ATPase activity by insulin in PTs is mediated via the Akt2/mTORC2 pathway. These results reveal the mechanism underlying the complex signaling in PT acid-base balance, providing treatment targets for renal disease.
Differences in cardiorespiratory responses of young and senior male endurance athletes to maximal graded exercise test
Authors: Michalis M. , Finn K.J. , Podstawski R. , Gabnai S. , Koller Á. , Cziráki A. , Szántó M. , Alföldi Z. , Ihász F.
Published: October 2020

Within recent years the popularity of sportive activities amongst older people, particularly competitive activities within certain age groups has increased. The purpose of this study was to assess the differences in the cardiorespiratory output at anaerobic threshold and at maximal power, output during an incremental exercise, among senior and young athletes. Ten elderly male subjects [mean (SD) age: 68.45 ± 9.32 years] and eight young male subjects [mean (SD) age: 25.87 ± 5.87 years] performed an incremental exercise test on a treadmill ergometer. No significant differences in body size were evident; however, the differences between the groups for peak power (451.62 ± 49 vs. 172.4 ± 32.2 W), aerobic capacity (57.97 ± 7.5 vs. 40.36 ± 8.6 mL kg−1 min−1), maximal heart rate (190.87 ± 9.2 vs. 158.5 ± 9.1 beats min−1), peak blood lactate (11 ± 1.7 vs. 7.3 ± 1.4 mmol L−1), and % VO2max at ventilatory thresholds (93.18 ± 4.3 vs. 79.29 ± 9.9%) were significantly lower in the senior athletes. The power output at anaerobic threshold was also higher (392 ± 48 vs. 151 ± 23 W) in the young athletes, explaining the significant difference in terms of performance between these groups. We have observed an evident deterioration in some of the cardiovascular parameters; however, the submaximal exercise economy seems to be preserved with aging. Exercise economy (i.e. metabolic cost of sustained submaximal exercise) was not different considerably with age in endurance-trained adults.
Richard J. Schneider (ed.), Dark Nature: Anti-Pastoral Essays in American Literature and Culture
Authors: Prorokova Tatiana
Published: October 2020

Richard J. Schneider (ed.), Dark Nature: Anti-Pastoral Essays in American Literature and Culture
James Miller, China’s Green Religion: Daoism and the Quest for a Sustainable Future
Authors: Clippard Seth D
Published: October 2020

James Miller, China’s Green Religion: Daoism and the Quest for a Sustainable Future
Georgina Drew, River Dialogues: Hindu Faith and the Political Ecology of Dams on the Sacred Ganga
Authors: Nugteren Albertina
Published: October 2020

Georgina Drew, River Dialogues: Hindu Faith and the Political Ecology of Dams on the Sacred Ganga
Dan McKanan, Eco-Alchemy: Anthroposophy and the History and Future of Environmentalism
Authors: Amrine Frederick
Published: October 2020

Dan McKanan, Eco-Alchemy: Anthroposophy and the History and Future of Environmentalism
Melissa K. Nelson and Dan Shilling (eds.), Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability
Authors: Wright Robin
Published: October 2020

Melissa K. Nelson and Dan Shilling (eds.), Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability
Formal Model for the Cultural Evolutionary Dynamics of Counterintuitive Cultural Messages
Authors: Salazar Carles
Published: October 2020

In this article I present a formal model for the cultural evolution of counterintuitive cultural messages, specifically, religious ideas. This model tries to account for the reproduction of counterintuitive religious ideas by introducing a new parameter: the means of cultural communication by which those ideas are transmitted. Means of cultural communication can be classified alongside a continuum that goes from the cognitively optimal to the cognitively costly. Very simple intuitive messages may replicate weakly if they are transmitted through cognitively costly means of communication, and conversely, highly counterintuitive messages will reproduce without difficulty if they are transmitted through cognitively optimal means of communication. The formal model I propose in this study is based on a new version of the model put forward by Joseph Henrich to account for the Tasmanian case of cultural loss.
Critical Zone as a Planetary Animist Sphere
Authors: Smyer Yu Dan
Published: October 2020

This article offers a new animist study of ‘the affective consciousness of earth’ to explore deeper meanings and values of the earth as a planetary life system. Woven together as an interdisciplinary text with perspectives, concepts, and imaginative visions from earth sciences, religion and ecology, and environmental humanities, it introduces a conceptual proposition that the earth’s Critical Zone is a planetary animist sphere for the purpose of highlighting the livingness of the earth as a union of the biotic and the abiotic worlds. By interfacing relevant planetary perspectives from humanities and natural sciences, it argues that the metaphor of Gaia, as employed in geophysiology, inadvertently engenders a metaphoric animism that is a form of new animism in which the livingness of the earth is expressed in biochemical, sentient, and affective terms. The recognized complementarity of Critical Zone science and new animist studies in this article is meant to articulate a planetary environmental consciousness that is a hybrid of scientific and humanist endeavors for environmental sustainability.
Editors’ Introduction
Authors: Witt Joseph D , Taylor Bron , Johnston Lucas F.
Published: October 2020

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The voice of Polan[t]
Authors: Daleszynska-Slater Agata , Meyerhoff Miriam
Published: October 2020

We use the methods of variationist sociolinguistics to explore the acquisition of variable deletion of the final stop in /-Cd/ and /-Ct/ clusters in English. Our speakers are Polish teenagers who migrated to Edinburgh (UK). We compare the frequency of (t,d) deletion in Edinburgh- and Polish-born teens, and compare the constraints on variable (t,d) deletion. We find evidence that the Poles’ acquisition of (t,d) deletion is shaped by phonetic universals. We also consider the impact of L1 transfer – specifically final stop devoicing in Polish – on the acquisition of English (t,d) deletion and find that largely (t,d) deletion is acquired independently of Polish devoicing. The exception may be learners who have been learning English for a very short time, or who are less confident in their target language skills.
Quotatives in English and Spanish among bilinguals
Authors: Kern Joseph
Published: October 2020

This study analyzes the use of quotatives in recorded conversations in English and Spanish between nine pairs of young Spanish-English bilingual friends from Southern Arizona. A total of 1,304 tokens of quotatives from eighteen hours of recorded conversations (nine hours in each language) were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively according to content of the quote, tense, grammatical person, sex, and language dominance. The English quotative system of these young bilinguals was saturated with be like (78.68%, 620/788) while the preferred quotative in Spanish was decir (to say) (50%, 259/518), mirroring results of previous studies in both languages (Cameron, 1998; Holguín-Mendoza, 2015; Tagliamonte and D'Arcy, 2007). The remaining forms of quotatives in both languages were unpacked into eight distinct categories in English and ten different categories in Spanish. While both be like in English and decir 'to say' in Spanish favored introducing reported speech, the more innovative strategies of direct quotation in both languages appear to favor introducing internal monologue. Language contact in the speech of the bilingual participants does not radically influence the use of quotatives in both languages since only a few tokens of decir in English (0.38% 3/788) and be like in Spanish (5.21%, 27/518) were documented.
Coming out and normative shifts
Authors: Motschenbacher Heiko
Published: October 2020

This study seeks to shed light on discursive shifts in sexuality-related normativity that are associated with coming out. Subscribing to a queer linguistically informed type of critical discourse studies, it investigates the usage patterns of two labels that are commonly used to denote same-sex sexualities: gay and homosexual. The meanings and usages of these forms are first discussed more generally, based on evidence from an earlier study on a major English reference corpus. The analytical part studies the usage patterns of the two terms in a corpus of news reports on Ricky Martin more specifically, through a systematic inspection of concordance lines. For this purpose, the usages of the two forms are analysed in and compared across two sub-corpora, one with texts dating from before and one with texts dating from after the artist’s public coming out as a gay man. Besides a quantification of the terms in the two corpora, the main focus is on the qualitative analysis of the usage patterns that the terms exhibit in the data. The patterns thus identified are discussed in relation to the discursive construction of coming out as a central experience of nonheterosexual people and as discursive evidence for normative shifts associated with coming out.
¿La reversión de un cambio lingüístico? Pasado y presente de la variación en las relativas oblicuas de lugar en español
Authors: Blas Arroyo José Luis
Published: October 2020

The panchronic perspective adopted in this study shows an apparently contradictory outcome in a phenomenon of variation and change that has a long tradition in Spanish. The variationist analysis of several oral corpora representative of current Peninsular Spanish displays an apparent regression of the pronominal forms of the relative in locative sentences (‘la casa en la que vivo’ [the house in which I live]), in favour of the adverbial ones (‘la casa donde vivo’ [the house where I live]). This result contrasts with a movement in the opposite direction, previously found in the analysis of a historical corpus composed of texts of immediacy, between the sixteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries. However, this apparent reversal of the change contrasts with the constraints attested in the internal grammar and the extralinguistic context, which reveal a robust persistence over time, and, in addition, with the same direction of effect. To sum up, mainly due to some irregularities between the corpora analyzed, rather than the reversion of a linguistic change, what the panchronic analysis reveals is a remarkable stability of the variation over more than five centuries of history. This result sheds light on variation not leading to language change, and confirms the need to transcend the most superficial aspects in the study of change.
A linguistic ethnography of geomapped small stories
Authors: Kelleher William
Published: October 2020

This paper explores a conjoint analysis of narrative interactional data and of artefacts of the semiotic landscape (SL). The data form part of a linguistic ethnography of Sandton, a site in the Gauteng, South Africa. Sandton is a district of business and conspicuous consumption, with a wealth gap between it and neighbouring urban areas. The discussion of the paper focuses on two youth participants ‘born free’ in the 90s, after the end of Apartheid. Analysis is conducted from the perspective of discourse. A geosemiotic approach to the SL involves the discourse cycles of social actor, interaction order, place semiotics and visual semiotics. Narrative positioning analysis is a means of accessing participant orientation to macro discourses and processes and, here, is concerned with the interactional co-construction of a small story. The bringing into dialogue of these two frameworks is made possible by plotting participant interactions against the space of the site using global positioning system (GPS) technology. The paper aims to investigate geomapping as one way in which interactional data and SL data can complement each other, and to do so in relation to participants whose cohort is so pivotal to understanding the present societal conjuncture and the deep socio-economic rifts in South Africa.
The Tyranny of Writing: Ideologies of the Written Word Constanze Weth and Kasper Juffermans (eds) (2018)
Authors: Bartens Angela
Published: October 2020

The Tyranny of Writing: Ideologies of the Written Word Constanze Weth and Kasper Juffermans (eds) (2018)
Bilingualism in the Community. Codeswitching and Grammars in Contact Rena Torres Cacoullos and Catherine E. Travis (2018)
Authors: Carvalho Ana M.
Published: October 2020

Bilingualism in the Community. Codeswitching and Grammars in Contact Rena Torres Cacoullos and Catherine E. Travis (2018)
Identity and Dialect Performance: A Study of Communities and Dialects Reem Bassiouney (eds) (2017)
Authors: de Pompeis Silvia
Published: October 2020

Identity and Dialect Performance: A Study of Communities and Dialects Reem Bassiouney (eds) (2017)
Структурные особенности озелененных территорий поселений
Authors: Соколова Оксана Евгеньевна , Потапова Елена Владимировна
Published: October 2020

В статье представлена актуализированная классификация озелененных территорий населенных пунктов. Создан перечень основных профильных характеристик, которые информируют о структуре и других особенностях объектов озеленения. Все это имеет важное значение при планировании устойчивого развития населенных пунктов.
Климатическая неоднородность температуры воздуха на территории Восточной Европы в весенний период
Authors: Акимов Леонид Мусамудинович , Задорожная Тамара Николаевна , Закусилов Вадим Павлович
Published: October 2020

В статье детально рассмотрен климатический режим средней месячной температуры воздуха в весенний период (на примере апреля месяца) на различных 2,5° участках Восточной Европы. Показана его изменчивость и границы, в которых находятся их экстремальные значения. Подтвержден вывод о наблюдающемся потеплении по данным как средних, так и экстремальных значений температуры, с тенденцией в широтном и меридиональном направлениях. Полученные результаты могут быть использованы в качестве практических рекомендаций при перспективном зонировании с учетом биоклиматического потенциала.
Роль экономического фактора в оттоке населения Акмолинской области
Authors: Плачинта Иван Георгиевич
Published: October 2020

В статье рассмотрено влияния экономического фактора на миграционную активность населения в условиях экономического кризиса посредством разработанной гравитационной модели. В качестве временного промежутка был взят период 2009-2013 годов, когда мировой кризис начал негативно отражаться на развитии экономики региона. Анализ влияния экономической эффективности на развитие миграции был осуществлен с помощью авторского метода гравитационного моделирования. В ходе анализа материалов за указанный период были выявлены центры миграции районного, регионального и республиканского уровней. Для изучения гравитационного влияния сопредельных населенных пунктов и экономических центров модели были составлены на территорию Северного Казахстана. По итогам исследования гравитационная модель отразила все основные центры оттока населения в области.
Факторы, проблемы и основные направления устойчивого развития Центрально-Черноземного района
Authors: Крупко Анатолий Эммануилович , Михно Владимир Борисович
Published: October 2020

Рассматриваются факторы, проблемы и основные направления устойчивого развития Центрального Черноземного района. Акцентируется внимание на необходимости достижения сбалансированного состояния между природной средой, социальной и экономическими сферами.
Гидрохимический состав и стратификация воды в пойменном озере Тахтарка
Authors: Горбунов Михаил Юрьевич
Published: October 2020

Озеро Тахтарка, пойменное озеро в бассейне Дона, было исследовано в летние месяцы 2005, 2007, 2008 и 2016 г., и зимой 2018. В летний период в озере наблюдались значительные разности минерализации воды, достигающие 0,5 г/л, а также вторичные градиенты окислительно-восстановительного потенциала, концентраций сульфидов (более 2 мМ в придонном слое) и биогенных элементов, более характерные для эвксинных меромиктических водоемов. Несмотря на это, расчеты показали, что меромиктическая стабильность в озере недостаточна для надежного подавле¬ния его полного перемешивания в осенний период, а зимние наблюдения 2018 г. подтвердили этот вывод. Таким образом, озеро представляет собой очень динамичную в гидрохимическом плане систему, в которой ежегодно или почти ежегодно формируются и разрушаются значительные градиенты условий среды. В целом, озеро, видимо, можно отнести к редкой и недостаточно изученной группе озер с «весенним меромиксисом» и «нерегулярным перемешиванием».
Оценка экологического состояния и рекреационного природопользования городского природного комплекса лесопарка «Олимпик» г. Воронеж
Authors: Спесивый Олег Викторович , Щербинина Светлана Васильевна , Севрюков Сергей Тихонович
Published: October 2020

В статье рассмотрена структура и особенности использования зеленого фонда городского округа город Воронеж, дана характеристика лесопарка спортивного комплекса « Олимпик», приведена методика оценки экологического состояния и рекреационного природопользования городских природных комплексов, проанализированы результаты оценки рекреационной нагрузки, анкетирования посетителей и рекреационной дигрессии лесопарка «Олимпик».
Дифференциация уровня жизни населения муниципальных образований Воронежской области
Authors: Сафонова Ирина Вячеславовна , Яковенко Наталия Владимировна , Деревягина Мария Владимировна
Published: October 2020

В статье на основе трех методов: суммы мест, индексной оценки и группировки с использованием многомерной средней показана дифференциация уровня жизни населения муниципальных образований Воронежской области.
Территориальные различия в уровне продовольственной безопасности областей Центрального Черноземья
Authors: Попкова Людмила Ивановна , Овсянников Артем Сергеевич
Published: October 2020

Произведена количественная оценка общего уровня продовольственной безопасности областей Центрального Черноземья. Выполнен анализ обеспеченности населения 119 муниципальных районов продовольствием за счет личных подсобных хозяйств.
Содержание подвижных форм микроэлементов в аллювиальных почвах поймы среднего течения р. Амур и влияние на них паводка 2013 года
Authors: Мартынов Александр Викторович
Published: October 2020

Приведены данные о содержании подвижных форм микроэлементов в аллювиальных почвах поймы среднего течения реки Амур. Определены последствия длительного затопления паводковыми водами в результате крупного наводнения в 2013 году на содержание подвижных микроэлементов. Установлено, что в аллювиальных почвах поймы активно накапливаются подвижные формы Sr, Ba Cd, Y, U и наблюдается дефицит таких элементов как – Sc, V, Cr, Cu, Ga, Zr, Mo, Cs, Hf, W. Распределение по профилю подвижных микроэлементов обусловлено их аккумуляцией глинистыми минералами и органическим веществом. После паводка содержание микроэлементов, аккумулирующихся на глинистых минералах, преимущественно увеличилось, а связанных с органическим веществом снизилось.
Оценка погрешности данных наблюдений за состоянием загрязнения атмосферного воздуха
Authors: Захарова Марина Владимировна
Published: October 2020

Для оценки погрешности данных наблюдений за состоянием загрязнения атмосферного воздуха города Калуги в статье выполнен статистический анализ временных рядов концентраций примесей. Результаты статистической обработки исходной информации позволили установить средние квадратические ошибки наблюдений, их относительные и средние абсолютные ошибки, сделать вывод о достоверности исходных данных.
Омела белая Viscum album L. (Loranthaceae) и «ведьмина метла» (пролиферация) в Воронежской области
Authors: Якименко Ольга Владимировна , Григорьевская Анна Яковлевна , Терновец Маргарита Андреевна
Published: October 2020

Приводятся сведения об ареале редкого кустарника полупаразита омелы белой Viscum album ( Loranthaceae) на территории Воронежской области. Рассматриваются причины поражения древесных растений «ведьминой метлой», ее распространении и опасности для дендрофлоры.
Распространение редких и охраняемых видов растений на территории Природного архитектурно-археологического музея-заповедника «Дивногорье»
Authors: Крутова Ольга Владимировна , Казьмина Елена Сергеевна , Чернышова Татьяна Николаевна
Published: October 2020

Приведены данные о распространении редких видов растений в Природном архитектурно-археологическом музее-заповеднике «Дивногорье». На данной территории в разные годы регистрировалось 64 вида сосудистых растений из 25 семейств, 5 классов и 4 отделов, охраняемых на региональном и федеральном уровнях. Нами составлена карта распространения редких растений на территории музея-заповедника с указанием новых местонахождений для Воронежской области видов: Aconitum anthora L., Delphinium duhmbergii Huth, Cephalanthera rubra (L.) Rich., Veratrum nigrum L., Koeleria sclerophylla P.A. Smirn. и другие.
Владимир Константинович Ковылов (23. 02.1937 – 14.04.2018)
Authors: Рогозина Римма Евгеньевна
Published: October 2020

Статья посвящена памяти ученого, исследователя, руководителя студенческой науки, организатора учебных практик и туристических походов, педагога Владимира Константиновича Ковылова, прошедшего на факультете географии, геоэкологии и туризма ВГУ путь от преподавателя до ведущего доцента кафедры социально-экономической географии и регионоведения.
Исследование особенностей ландшафта шельфа Черного моря гидроакустическими средствами
Authors: Волощенко Александр Петрович , Пивнев Петр Петрович , Солдатов Геннадий Валерьевич
Published: October 2020

В статье рассмотрена возможность применения гидроакустической техники для решения задач палеогеографии, геоморфологии и картографии. Рассмотрены результаты совместных экспедиций под эгидой Южного федерального университета и Русского географического общества в район мыса Панагия Таманского полуострова в 2015-2016 годах. Кратко описаны методика проведения работ и географические особенности района исследования. Представлены основные технические характеристики используемой гидроакустической аппаратуры – параметрического профилографа ПГЛ-101 и гидролокатора бокового обзора «Неман». Приведены данные сонарного профилирования и панорамного обзора морского дна прибрежной зоны мыса Панагия. Проведен краткий анализ полученных геологических и географических данных. Показана актуальность изучения тонкой структуры морского дна при помощи параметрического профилографа при ландшафтно-геоморфологических реконструкциях участков Азово-Черноморского побережья.
Агроклиматические ресурсы Республики Башкортостан
Authors: Галимова Рита Галимьяновна , Переведенцев Юрий Петрович , Яманаев Григорий Абрекович
Published: October 2020

В статье рассматриваются наиболее распространенные показатели агроклиматических ресурсов на территории Башкортостана: суммы температур воздуха выше 0 и 10°С, коэффициент увлажнения Г. Н. Высоцкого и Н. Н. Иванова, гидротермический коэффициент Г. Т. Селянинова, индекс засушливости Д. А. Педя. Проведен анализ многолетней динамики указанных показателей, выявлены основные пространственно-временные закономерности в их распределении. В качестве исходных материалов использовались среднесуточные данные по температуре воздуха и атмосферным осадкам за период 1966-2015 гг., содержащиеся в фондах ВНИИГМИ-МДЦ и БашУГМС.
Влияние высотной дифференциации ландшафтов на речной сток (на примере северо-восточного склона Большого Кавказа)
Authors: Абдурахманова Гюнель Джамиловна
Published: October 2020

Река является важным компонентом ландшафта. По мере изменения физико-географических факторов меняются и морфометрические показатели, и режим стока речной сети. Дифференциация ландшафтов также оказывает влияние на этот процесс, так как ландшафт является совокупностью взаимодействия всех географических элементов. В ходе исследования были использованы ландшафтные карты и данные современных географических информационных систем. На основании соотношения Q= f(H) была рассчитана величина стока на различных типах ландшафтов и сравнена с фактическими величинами. В ходе оценки влияния ландшафта на территориальные реки, были исследованы рельеф, климат и почвенно-растительный покров бассейнов рек Гусарчай и Гудиалчай, а также проанализировано влияние этих показателей на режим речного стока.
Оценка экологической устойчивости поверхностных вод Западной Сибири
Authors: Тусупбеков Жанболат Ашикович , Ряполова Наталья Леонидовна
Published: October 2020

Рассмотрены актуальные вопросы сопоставления природно-ресурсного и техногенного потенциалов речных бассейнов Западной Сибири на основе данных о местном и транзитном речном стоке, выполнена оценка водных ресурсов и водообеспеченности территорий с целью выявления экологического потенциала поверхностных вод. Проанализированы методики определения эколого-географических характеристик, на основе которых сделан вывод об их значении в системе нормирования антропогенной нагрузки. Приведены результаты расчетов удельной экологической техноемкости ресурсов поверхностных вод (tпв), усл.т/км2 в средний год на территории Западной Сибири и зависимость их от широты местности.
Водорастворимые элементы в почвах кострищ в местах рекреационной деятельности Чемальского района Республики Алтай
Authors: Карташова Ольга Владимировна , Мердешев Елена Владимировна
Published: October 2020

В данной статье показаны результаты проведенного исследования на наличие водорастворимых элементов в почвах кострищ в местах неорганизованного отдыха рекреантов Чемальского района Республики Алтай. В ходе работы выявлена биологическая активность токсикантов и определено их значение для различных факторов окружающей среды.
Территориальная структура туристско - рекреационного потенциала Воронежской области
Authors: Худякова Тамара Михайловна , Рязанцев Александр Сергеевич
Published: October 2020

В статье рассматривается территориальная структура туристско-рекреационного потенциала, дается анализ компонентов туристско-рекреационного потенциала и определяются математические подходы для выявления туристско-рекреационного потенциала муниципальных районов.
Инновационные подходы в обучении геоэкологии
Authors: Крутова Ольга Владимировна , Нестеров Юрий Анатольевич
Published: October 2020

Отмечается перспективность применения геоинформационных технологий для теоретических и прикладных геоэкологических исследований, создания моделей оптимизации природопользования. В рамках курса «Геоэкология» проводятся практические занятия по дешифрированию данных дистанционного зондирования Земли, материалы которых ложатся в основу курсовой работы по геоэкологической оценке территории муниципальных образований Воронежской области с использованием технологий пространственного анализа средствами геоинформационных систем.
Мой учитель, наставник – Федор Николаевич Мильков
Authors: Булатов Валерий Иванович
Published: October 2020

Развитие ландшафтоведения в России началось уже более века назад – с трудов В.В. Докучаева и Л.С. Берга. Накопленный к 1955 году мощный интеграционный потенциал естественных наук привел к появлению современной науки о ландшафтах, теоретические основы которой активно прорабатывались на 6-ти Всесоюзных совещаниях по вопросам ландшафтоведения (1955-1963 гг.). В это время формируются ландшафтно-географические школы, существующие и поныне (московская, ленинградская (питерская), воронежская, иркутская и др.). Географическое образование и практические исследования становятся невозможными без овладения теорией и методами ландшафтного анализа и синтеза, картографирования и районирования. Именно это заставило руководство Томского университета (ТГУ) с подачи кафедры географии сделать запрос в Министерство высшего образования о предоставлении места в аспирантуре на кафедре физической географии МГУ выпускнику факультета, т.е. мне, имеющему год стажа работы в должности ассистента, для целевой подготовки в области ландшафтоведения. Такое направление было получено, оставалось только появиться в столице и приступить к учебе.
Профессор Ф.Н. Мильков. школьные годы. исход в Москву
Authors: Федотов Владимир Иванович , Федотов Сергей Владимирович
Published: October 2020

Статья посвящена малоизвестному периоду в биографии профессора Ф.Н. Милькова. Авторы использовали ранее не публиковавшиеся эпистолярные материалы.
М.П. Колпачева – выпускница первой волны инженеров-гидрологов Воронежского государственного университета
Authors: Дмитриева Вера Александровна
Published: October 2020

В статье доктор географических наук В. А. Дмитриева в 5 День памяти вспоминает о выпускнице географического факультета ВГУ, доценте, кандидате географических наук, коллеге Марии Павловне Колпачевой.