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Recadrage critique du récit managérial des mutations organisationnelles : l’introduction du lean et la crise du travail dans les hôpitaux et les CHSLD du Québec
Authors: Lapointe Paul-André
Published: December 2022

Sur la base d’un recadrage critique du récit managérial des mutations organisationnelles, la situation actuelle du personnel soignant dans les hôpitaux et les CHSLD est interprétée comme une crise du travail dont la gravité s’est révélée durant la pandémie de COVID-19. Cette crise du travail qui sévit au Québec depuis plus de 10 ans dans la santé et les services sociaux trouve son origine dans l’introduction du lean management. Qualifié de « flux tendu à main-d’œuvre réduite », ce dernier s’inscrit dans la poursuite de la rationalisation industrielle, amorcée par le taylorisme. À trop intensifier le travail, il engendre, au début des années 1990, au Japon même et dans les usines d’assemblage de Toyota, qui l’ont vu naître, une importante crise du travail, complètement passée sous silence par les gourous et les consultants qui se sont employés à le diffuser largement. Introduit dans les hôpitaux et les CHSLD québécois au début des années 2010, le lean entraîne ici aussi une crise du travail, qui s’est d’abord manifestée chez les infirmières avant de s’étendre aux préposées aux bénéficiaires. Surcharge de travail, temps supplémentaire obligatoire, détresse psychologique, épuisement professionnel, démissions, absentéisme et difficultés de recrutement, telles sont les dimensions d’une dynamique négative autoentretenue. Appuyé sur des recherches menées auprès des infirmières dans les centres hospitaliers et complétées par un suivi attentif des journaux et des médias électroniques, l’article abordera enfin quelques avenues de solution sous le prisme des disparités salariales, de la reconnaissance et de la participation à la réorganisation du travail.
İMAM HATİP LİSESİ ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN İMAM HATİP LİSESİ TERCİH NEDENLERİ
Authors: ÖZTÜRK Kurtuluş
Published: December 2022

Kökleri II. Meşrutiyet dönemine kadar uzanan İmam Hatip Okulları, ilk olarak Tevhid-i Tedrisat Kanunu ile kapatılan medreselerin yerine din hizmetlerini yürütecek meslek memurlarını yetiştirmek üzere açılmış eğitim kurumlarıdır. Okullar öğrenci yetersizliği gerekçesiyle 1930’da kapatılmıştır. İmam Hatip Okulları 1951’de yeniden açılmış ve günümüze kadar kesintisiz bir şekilde eğitim vermeye devam etmektedir. Ancak açıldıkları tarihten itibaren İHL’lerin ortaöğretim sistemi içindeki oranı, İHL ders programları, bu okulların mesleki eğitim içinde mi yoksa genel eğitim içinde mi kabul edileceği gibi konular Türkiye’de eğitim politikalarının en canlı tartışmaları arasında yer almaktadır. Bu araştırmanın amacı İmam Hatip Lisesi öğrencilerinin okulu seçme gerekçelerini öğrenci görüşlerine dayalı olarak ortaya koymaktır. Nicel kesitsel tarama modelinde tasarlanan araştırma, 7 bölgenin tamamında 27 ildeki 103 İmam Hatip Lisesinden 6779 öğrenci ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmada veri toplamak için “İHL Tercih Nedenleri Ölçeği” geliştirilmiştir. Geçerlilik ve güvenilirlik analizleri neticesinde 'Eğitsel manevi gelişime katkı' ve 'Alanda kariyere katkı' isimli iki boyutu olan 13 maddeden oluşan iç tutarlılık katsayısı Cronbach α=,91 olarak hesaplanan ölçek oluşturulmuştur. Araştırma bulguları İHL’lerin bir mesleki ortaöğretim kurumu olmaktan ziyade genel akademik ortaöğretim kurumu olarak algılandığını teyit etmektedir.
Educational technologies a bibliometric approach
Authors: GUNES Umit , TONBULOĞLU Betül , TONBULOĞLU İsmail , YILDIRIM Kevser , KARATAŞ İbrahim Hakan
Published: December 2022

Educational technology (EdTech) possesses comprehensive content and an accumulation of topics requiring extensive analyses for monitoring its development over time. Conducting comprehensive analyses facilitates acquiring a plural perspective instead of subjective experiences, and facilitates focusing on the places where deficiencies occur in the field. This research aims to determine general EdTech research trends and to monitor its developments over time and investigates EdTech research from aspects such as year, publication type, country, journal, institution, author, scientific field, keywords, inter-country relationships, citations, and interactions using the bibliometric method. The study analyzes 135,835 EdTech publications published between 1950-2021 in 156 journals located in the EdTech Journals 2021 list and Scopus database and presents the findings under four headings: numerical development of EdTech research by year, content changes, relationships among the research, and research impact. The number of publications on EdTech research increased post-2000, with most being performed in the fields of social sciences and computer sciences, a large portion are composed of articles, and USA is prominent in the country rankings and coauthor analyses. When examining the common word analyses, the topics of interactive learning environments, learning-teaching strategies, pedagogical issues, virtual reality, and distance learning are prominent. The most-cited journals in EdTech research are Computers and Human Behavior, Computers and Education, and Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. This study evaluates EdTech research’s numerical, contextual, and impact trends and is thought to contribute to the framework formed for future EdTech research.
Genetic Variability Studies in F2 Generations of Determinate High Yield Dry Bean Lines for Seed Yield and Yield Components
Authors: Tekin Nur Banu , Ceyhan Ercan
Published: December 2022

Dry bean is the third most important pulse crop which is widely adapted and can improve soil fertility in Türkiye. The genetic variability and association studies help in selection which would increase the yield potential of dry bean. The F2 generation and parents (Kınalı, Alberto, Great, Göynük, Özmen) obtained by diallel hybrid method (5 x 5 and 20 combinations were obtained) were sown in the experimental field of Selçuk University Faculty of Agriculture in 2021.In the research, measurement, counting, weighing and analysis of plant height, pod height, number of seeds per plant, number of seeds per pod, seed yield per plant, hundred-seed weight, protein ratio, protein yield in the plant were made. In the F2 generation, the seed yield values in plant of the hybrids are between 23.63 g/plant (Kınalı x Özmen) and 97.45 g/plant (Alberto x Kinalı). Heterosis values of seed yield in plant range from -50.72% (Kınalı x Özmen) to 93.01% (Kınalı x Göynük), heterobeltiosis values varies from -58.92% (Kınalı x Özmen) to 77.26% (Göynuk x Özmen). The protein ratio of the crosses in the F2 generation ranged from 23.05% (Alberto x G Northern 59) to 29.12% (Özmen x Alberto). Heterosis values of protein ratio are between -18.33% (Alberto x G Northern 59) and 7.23% (Özmen x Alberto), heterobeltiosis values are between -22.27% (Alberto x G Northern 59) and 5.82% (Özmen x Alberto). As a result of this research, a sufficient level of genetic variation was determined in the population, considering the agronomic characteristics examined. Determination of suitable parents and hybrids for green bean breeding in terms of sustainability of calcareous soils, agronomic characteristics and inheritance of these parents and hybrids were determined.
Genetic Variability Studies in F2 Generations of Determinate High Yield Fresh Bean Lines for Seed Yield and Yield Components
Authors: TAMÜKSEK Şemsi , Ceyhan Ercan
Published: December 2022

Fresh bean is the most important pulse crop which are sold fresh, canned, and frozen. The genetic variability and association studies help in selection which would increase the yield potential of fresh bean. The experiment was conducted using randomized block design in 2021 at Konya with 25 genotypes (5 parents and 20 F2 Population). General and special combination abilities, heterosis and heterobeltiosis values, broad and narrow sense heritability, as well as the relationships between the investigated traits, were determined in the parent and F2 hybrids suitable for the diallel analysis method. It was found that there is an additive gene effect in the inheritance of the seed yield trait, and non-additive gene effect in the inheritance of the protein ratio trait. It was determined that the heritability in the narrow sense was low for the seed yield and protein ratio traits. It was also determined that non-additive gene effects were effective in the inheritance of seed yield and protein ratio traits. In F2 generation, the mean heterosis value determined in terms of seed yield was positive and the mean heterobeltiosis value was negative. As a result of this research, a sufficient level of genetic variation was determined in the population, considering the agronomic characteristics examined. Determination of suitable parents and hybrids for green bean breeding in terms of sustainability of calcareous soils, agronomic characteristics and inheritance of these parents and hybrids were determined.
Importance of Priming Application Times on Growth, Relative Water Content and Photosynthetic Pigments of Rapeseed (Brassica napus ssp. oleifera L.) Cultivars Under Salinity Stress
Authors: Gürsoy Mehtap
Published: December 2022

Environmental stress factors affect plant production more and more every day. One of these stress factors is salinity. The use of biostimulants is increasing day by day and gaining importance in order to reduce the effects of stress factors and increase the yield and quality in plant production. Chitosan (Ch) is one of the biostimulants whose use in agriculture is increasing day by day. Seeds of rapeseed cultivars were used in this study, and it is an important oil plant. In this study, the times of priming applications with Ch (3 times) [0 (control) (Ch1), 12 hour (Ch2), 24 hour (Ch3)] and different doses of salt stress (S) [0 (control) (S1), 50 mM L-1 (S2), 100mM L-1 (S3)] in rapeseed cultivars (NK Caravel (C1), Elvis (C2), Champlain (C3) under laboratory conditions were investigated. Germination percentage (GP), seedling length (SL), root length (RL), seedling fresh weight (SFW), root fresh weight (RFW), relative water content (RWC), total chlorophyll (Total Chl), carotenoid (Crt) parameters were examined. As a result of the research, with Ch applications, GP (84.67% to 86.67), SL (7.83 cm to 8.12), RL (6.42 cm to 6.50), SFW (0.10 g to 0.53), RFW ( 0.02 g to 0.06), RWC (62.84% to 63.30), Total Chl (1.60 mg g-1 to 1.90), and Crt (1.60 mg g-1 to 1.89) has increased. It has been determined that Ch application times play an important role in reducing salt stress in the investigated parameters.
Food Expenditure Pattern of Household in Delta State, Nigeria: Economic Rationality Essentials
Authors: Ojogho Osaihiiomwan , Imade Osagie Stephen
Published: December 2022

Parametric utility model that predicts preferences of heterogeneous food consumers is flawed with issues of economic rationality. Using axiomatic preference indexes on food data from 459 household selected from a three-stage sampling procedure, the aim of the study was to check whether a finite set of price and demand observations made on household consumers in Delta state is rationalizable by some form of utility maximization that is common across all households. The study found heterogeneity in food consumption behaviour with evidence against rationality in utility maximization for food expenditure choices at Afriat Efficiency Index (AEI) of unity, violating the GARP, SARP, SGARP, HARP and CM outside the optimum AEI of between 0.536 and 0.982 inclusive. In three of the four food choice categories, households had below the Varian AEI threshold of 0.95. Particularly, household expenditure behavior in the State violated the GARP axiom of revealed preference at 0.018, 0.07, 0.104, 0.05, and 0.081 severity of violations for food in general, protein, carbohydrate, fats and oil, and fruits and vegetables sub-food categories respectively with 5-45% of inconsistent household behaviour. At AEI of unity, 14.30%, 4.79%, 11.43% and 45.04% of the households failed the zero tolerance in the carbohydrate, protein, fats and oil, and fruits and vegetables categories respectively. Only about three to six revealed preferences were found necessary to fully rationalise observed food expenditure choices in the State. Thus, not only are households irrational in utility maximization, there is unstable preference in food demand. Therefore, there is, in the aggregate, no exact one continuous, strictly increasing, piecewise strictly concave, skew-symmetric, and/or homothetic preference function that would completely rationalize households food consumption behaviour in Delta state.
The Effects of Some Post-Harvest Organic Acid Treatments on the Storage Quality of Brussels Sprouts
Authors: Bilgin Jale , Aslantaş Rafet
Published: December 2022

In this study, the effects of ascorbic, folic, and salicylic acid treatments on post-harvest quality losses in 'Franklin F1' Brussels sprouts stored at 4°C for 28 days were investigated. Weight loss (%), color values (L*, a*, b*), total soluble solids (TSS, %), pH, titrable acidity (TA, %), total chlorophyll (mg/g), and CO2 concentration (ppm) were all measured at 7-day intervals. When the findings were compared to the control group, it was observed that all of the treatments were effective in reducing losses in the examined properties. At the end of the storage period, it was found that ascorbic acid was the most effective in terms of weight loss, pH, and TA features, salicylic acid in terms of L* value, and folic acid in terms of preventing pH, total chlorophyll, and CO2 concentration changes. There has been no research on the effects of ascorbic, folic, and salicylic acid treatments in Brussels sprouts during the post-harvest period, and the goal of this study is to fill in the gaps in the literature and give light on future research. It is thought that determining the appropriate doses of the treatments performed in future studies, as well as examining the efficiency of the treatments in more detail, will be beneficial.
Evaluation of Agro-Industries According To Management Functions: Case of Konya Province
Authors: Özaydın Gürhan , Direk Mithat
Published: December 2022

The study is to investigate the current situation in agricultural industry enterprises according to business functions. The data used in the research were made voluntarily through face-to-face interviews. The sample volume of the study was determined as 199 according to the quota (stratified purposive sampling) sampling method in the agro-industries of Konya, using TOBB data. According to the research results, it has been determined that the management functions in agro-industries are mostly carried out by business owners, business managers are generally male individuals, and their education level is generally at the undergraduate level. In agro-industries, raw materials are mostly (43.22%) brought from the province of Istanbul. It has been determined that the majority of agro-industries operate in national and international (71 enterprises) markets. The majority of the exports (15.08%) in the analyzed agro-industries are allocated to Iraq. It is stated that the average annual turnover of agro-industries is approximately 61 million TL. In agro-industries, income is one of the important factors used in determining the level of enterprises. When we look at the sector, it can be said that the existing industry consists of workshop-type family businesses rather than institutionalized companies and they have just started to institutionalize.
The effects of Ortho Silicon (Optysil) and Ascophyllum nodosum Based Sea-weed Extract (KelpGreen) Applications on the Quality of Table Grape cvs. Gök Üzüm and Müşküle
Authors: Kara Zeki , Uğur Burcu Nur , Doğan Osman
Published: December 2022

Table grapes are one of the most consumed non-climacteric fruits globally, and practices for their quality are socioeconomically important. In this study, the effects of the combined and separate applications of two plant activators Ortho Silicon (Si, Optysil, 0.5 mL L-1) and Ascophyllum nodosum-based seaweed extract (ANE, KelpGreen 2.5 ml L-1) were tested by two applications after fruit set 15 days intervals to table grapes cvs. Gök Üzüm and Müşküle in a producer vineyard at Hadim town of Konya province in middle Anatolia37°2'15"N 32°34'53" E, 1060 m above sea level. The effects of the applications on ripening, cluster and berry characteristics and post harvest shelf life during 10 days of storage at room conditions were analyzed. Both plant activators provided an increase in cluster size and an improvement in ripening. Si+ANE was more effective on the maturation and quality retention during the post-harvest shelf-life period. All applications provided reduction in weight loss (WL), decay rate and berry dullness, and it reduced berry separation force due to the drying of the peduncle and decreased the maturity index (MI) increase in the post harvest period. Thus, it contributed to the formation and retention of fruit quality. According to the data obtained from this study, improvements in the sustainable preservation of table grape quality can be achieved by applying Ortho Silicon and A. nodosum based seaweed extract separately and together between after fruit set and before veraison.
Drying of Melons in a Solar Tunnel Dryer: The Effect of Ascorbic Acid Solution on Drying Kinetics and Color Parameters
Authors: Karaaslan Sevil , Kumbul Barbaros Salih , Ekinci Kamil
Published: December 2022

This study aims to present the performance of the solar tunnel dryer, which is required for the drying of two different types of melon with and without pretreatment. The solar tunnel dryer used in the study was built at Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Department of Agricultural Machinery and Technologies Engineering. The dryer consists of a flat plate solar collector, drying tunnel, solar cell module and a small axial fan. During the drying process, solar radiation, drying air temperature, relative humidity and air velocity were measured continuously in different parts of the dryer. At the same time, the mass loss of the melon slices was measured every two hours during the drying period. On the other hand, colour measurements were made on untreated and pre-treated melon slices, fresh and after drying, before and after the trials. Fresh melon samples were washed with tap water, and cut in half with a knife, the core in the middle was removed and sliced by hand in a half-moon shape without peeling before pre-treatment. 1% ascorbic acid was applied to the fruits as a pretreatment. After the preparations, the solar tunnel drying behaviour of untreated and pretreated sliced melon samples was investigated. Drying characteristic curves were evaluated according to five different mathematical models. In this study, it was determined that the L*, a* and b* values of melon varieties were preserved without pretreatment. The lowest total color change was observed in the bleached samples in both types of melon samples.
A Research on Food Safety in Turkey after the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Mikailsoy Günel
Published: December 2022

The aim of the study is to investigate the food safety perception of consumers during and after the covid 19 pandemic. Surveys were administered to a total of 1000 people from all regions of Turkey via the internet. The survey data were defined as frequency and percentage, and analyzed by nonparametric test methods for dependent and independent groups. As a result of the analysis, it has been determined that the knowledge and awareness levels of consumers about food safety are generally high, and that there are significant differences according to education, age and region. It was observed that the participants did not differ much between their food preferences before and during COVID-19, but they were more careful about health and packaging safety. In other words, the anxiety level of the participants increased during COVID-19. In addition, it was found that with the increasing of education level and age, the awareness and knowledge of the food preferences of the participants also increased. As another factor affecting consumer behavior, the result of the anxiety level measurement that can be evaluated within the scope of perceived risk, it was determined that 76.4% of the participants would prefer more packaged food products during and during the pandemic period. The results of the study support that consumers' preferences in situations of uncertainty are shaped according to their risk perceptions and there is an increase in their anxiety levels.
YouTube y Aprendizaje: Una Revisión Bibliográfica Sistemática
Authors: Colás-Bravo Pilar , Quintero-Rodríguez Iván
Published: December 2022

El objetivo de este estudio es realizar una revisión sistemática de la producción científica sobre YouTube y aprendizaje durante la década iniciada en 2010, con objeto de identificar las principales líneas de investigación y estado actual de la temática. Los datos se recaban de dos de las bases de datos más relevantes del panorama internacional: Web of Science y Scopus. Se analizaron un total de 264 documentos. A nivel metodológico se siguieron las directrices y protocolos indicados en PRISMA. El estudio presenta un análisis cuantitativo para revelar los datos de la producción científica publicada en los años de estudio y un análisis de co-ocurrencia entre palabras clave, quedando representados los datos obtenidos en mapas bibliométricos bidimensionales. Los resultados permiten obtener una panorámica de la producción científica sobre esta temática destacando el aumento de las publicaciones desde 2018. El artículo revela las principales líneas de investigación que estudian el aprendizaje a través de YouTube, así como los contextos intelectuales donde se genera mayor producción científica sobre esta temática. Las conclusiones se sintetizan en la evolución de YouTube hacia un uso para el aprendizaje informal, el valor de la socialización en el aprendizaje y el carácter multidisciplinar de YouTube como medio educativo.
Patrones y Predictores de Colaboración Docente: Un Estudio Mixto en Escuelas Chilenas
Authors: Ortega Lorena , Manaut Cristóbal , Palacios Diego , Martínez Mª Victoria
Published: December 2022

La colaboración docente puede promover el mejoramiento escolar, al generar intercambio de recursos y capacidades para la mejora de las prácticas de aula y, así, impactar en el desarrollo de los estudiantes. El presente estudio investiga los patrones de búsqueda de apoyo en 10 escuelas públicas chilenas, y sus predictores, mediante un diseño mixto que combina análisis de redes sociales y de entrevistas. Se encontró que los patrones difieren entre escuelas y que los niveles de colaboración se asocian a condiciones estructurales percibidas por los educadores (colegialidad, apoyo directivo y tiempo). Además, se busca apoyo de pocos colegas, y estos vínculos tienden a no ser recíprocos, a percibirse como altamente influyentes, y a organizarse en subgrupos jerárquicos. Los docentes sin cargos directivos son más activos en la búsqueda de apoyo, no así aquellos con más necesidades de desarrollo profesional. Aquellos con cargos directivos y mayor experiencia en la escuela, son más buscados por sus colegas. Los educadores del mismo género, de similar edad y en los mismos cargos, presentan más vínculos entre sí. Implicancias para la política incluyen mejorar la valoración y condiciones estructurales para la colaboración, y promover la retención docente, para mantener el capital social de las escuelas.
Segregación Escolar por Nivel Socioeconómico en Educación Primaria en América Latina y el Caribe
Authors: Murillo F. Javier , Martínez-Garrido Cynthia , Graña Raquel
Published: December 2022

Esta investigación tiene un doble objetivo: por un lado, estimar la magnitud de la segregación escolar por nivel socioeconómico en educación primaria en los países de América Latina y el Caribe y, por otro, contextualizar dichos resultados en el ámbito internacional. Para ello, se realiza una explotación de los microdatos del ERCE 2019, impulsado por la UNESCO/OREALC. La muestra final la componen 157.115 estudiantes de 7.214 escuelas escolarizados en 16 países de América Latina y el Caribe. Para estimar la segregación escolar se han utilizado los cinco índices más habituales. También se han comparado los resultados con los obtenidos por PISA 2019 para poder contextualizarlos. Los resultados muestran una gran variabilidad en los niveles de segregación escolar entre los países, pero con unos niveles de segregación escolar muy altos, así como grandes diferencias entre los estudiantes desfavorecidos y más favorecidos. La yuxtaposición con los resultados de PISA 2019 encuentra que América Latina y el Caribe es la Región del mundo con una mayor segregación escolar por nivel socioeconómico. Estos resultados urgen a priorizar la lucha contra segregación escolar en las políticas educativas públicas de la Región, así como fomentar la investigación sobre esta temática.
Educación para la Justicia Ambiental: ¿Qué Propuestas se están Realizando?
Authors: Roldán-Arcos Sara , Pérez Martín José Manuel , Esquivel-Martín Tamara
Published: December 2022

Actualmente, nos enfrentamos a serios problemas ambientales, como la escasez de recursos o el cambio climático, que se agravarán con el tiempo. Para valorar si las propuestas didácticas existentes contribuyen a transformar ecosocialmente al estudiantado, se han catalogado las actividades sobre Educación Ambiental ofertadas en la Comunidad de Madrid por el Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico de España (período 2018-2021), considerando: el nivel educativo de destino, qué enseñan, para qué lo enseñan, cuál será su alcance y si son democráticas. Los resultados evidencian una desatención de las etapas educativas tempranas y un predominio de lecciones/exposiciones magistrales sobre contenidos conceptuales (biodiversidad, reciclaje), obviando cuestiones relevantes, como los problemas de salud ambiental de origen antrópico y el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico. Las actividades son difícilmente replicables y presentan requisitos segregadores, características que son incoherentes con la Educación para la Justicia Ambiental. Por tanto, desde la investigación educativa, se deberían atender estas deficiencias, diseñando propuestas que doten a formadores y aprendices de una visión holística de la complejidad de los problemas ambientales.
Casandra Ecologista: Presupuestos Teóricos Problemáticos de la Alfabetización Ecosocial
Authors: Santiago Muíño Emilio
Published: December 2022

Una parte significativa del ecologismo se percibe afectado por una especie de Síndrome de Casandra que frustra sus intentos de anticipar soluciones a la crisis ecológica. De fondo, subyace un modo de entender las transformaciones sociales en el que la enunciación de la verdad científica debería tener efectos políticos en sí misma. En este artículo se analizan los supuestos teóricos fallidos que refuerzan esta impotencia práctica del ecologismo, que son esencialmente dos: un materialismo vulgar de corte determinista, con importantes paralelismos con las viejas doctrinas del economicismo marxista, y un idealismo proclive a esperar cambios sociales explosivos a partir de acciones puramente comunicativas. Y se cuestiona la primacía de enfoques ecologistas deudores de este esquema, como aquellos que priorizan la “alfabetización ecosocial” como centro de gravedad del cambio hacia la sostenibilidad. Para esta tarea reflexiva se recurre a diversas fuentes, desde la antropología climática hasta la sociología crítica. Pero su hilo conductor son las herramientas teóricas que ofrece la propia complejización política de la tradición marxista, especialmente la obra de Antonio Gramsci. Y se proponen tres líneas de acción concretas que sirvan para replantear los esfuerzos del ecologismo desde un enfoque orientado a la construcción de una nueva hegemonía política.
“God in the tundra”, “God in the chum” and “God in the soul”. How soviet secularization influenced the religiosity of the nenets (NAO)
Authors: Egorova Dariya
Published: December 2022

The modern processes of national revival of the minor indigenous people of Russia include not only a return to the origins of national culture, they also have a religious component. Attempts are being made everywhere to reproduce ancient religious traditions and cult practices. However, the transformation of the religious state that took place during the XX century has not been studied enough, in particular, we have little reliable data on how the active introduction of Soviet ideology influenced this. This article examines the secularization processes that took place during the Soviet period on the territory of the Nenets Autonomous District, reveals the peculiarities of their influence on the life of the minor indigenous people of Russia – the Nenets. The Nenets are heterogeneous due to their wide area of settlement; therefore, various factors influenced the formation of their religious worldview. The Nenets of the NAO differ from the Nenets living in the Yamalo-Nenets and Taimyr Autonomous Districts not only in their linguistic dialect, but also in their cultural traditions. When considering the Nenets of the NAO, it was revealed that the Soviet secularization influenced them to a greater extent than the Nenets of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District and the Taimyr Autonomous District. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to find out how the Soviet secularization influenced the worldview of the Nenets of the NAO. The methodology of this study is based on the K. Dobbelere’s concept of the three-level model of secularization. The materials of the State Archive of the Nenets Autonomous District, the local newspaper “Naryana Vynder” and the results of the field research on the territory of the Nenets Autonomous District from 2014 to 2019 were used as sources.
Theology of Isaac Newton: a problem of typology
Authors: Regulskiy Ivan
Published: December 2022

Disputes about Newton's religious beliefs have already began during Sir Isaac’s life. Over the past two hundred years his beliefs been classified as Anglican, Puritan, Arian, Socinian, Deistic, and even Judaic. Now researchers have come to an unambiguous agreement about Newton's hetero-doxy - the first two versions are refuted, as well as the statement about Sir Isaac's deism. Howev-er, later divergences arose, emphasizing different traditions, whose influence, as different scholars suggest, had the greatest influence on Newton's theology. These discrepancies are related to two problems. First, they require a critical analysis of existing hypotheses, as well as their correlation with each other, in order to establish the validity of each one of them. Some scholars have empha-sized the originality of Newton's theology and rejected attempts to "squeeze" him into any particu-lar tradition. True in itself, this thesis suffers from vagueness, since the real uniqueness of New-ton's theology can be regarded as the specific combination of two theological traditions: Arianism with Socinianism. The author of the article, recognizing the fundamental importance of both for the thought of Sir Isaac, aims to show that the uniqueness of his theology is constituted by the combination of Socinian premises with Arian results in triadology. The version about the influ-ence of Judaism on Newton's antitrinitarianism is denied: though it has some grounds, after closer examination in turn out to be untenable. All the parallels and connections of Newton with Juda-ism, which the researchers has pointed out, are either false, or have analogues in the Christian tra-dition.
The Bible and the spade as E. Brenton’s way to save the poor
Authors: Yablonskaya Olga
Published: December 2022

The article, through the activities of the English philanthropist E. Brenton, examines the problem of pauperization of the population of Great Britain in the 19th century, the causes of pauperization, the consequences and solutions are clarified. The results of the analysis of narrative sources and scientific literature are presented, reflecting the difficult socio-economic situation in the country and the activities of E. Brenton aimed at improving the lives of the poor and their children. The philanthropist notes the relationship between industrialization and the growth of unemployment, linking this with the displacement of man from the productive sphere by mechanisms. He rightly condemns the deep property differentiation of society, the unfair wages of workers, the system of enclosures that deprived the peasants of their land. Brenton saw the devastating consequences of pauperization in the spiritual degradation of people, the criminalization of the lower classes, the growth of crimes among minors. His articles criticize the existing system of helping the poor, workhouses, noting that they temporarily alleviated the situation of the poor and encouraged parasitism. E. Brenton developed ways to solve problems based on Christian spiritual values and the Christian principle of tireless work as "God's work". The author of the article comes to the conclusion that the eradication of poverty was utopia, with the help of the de-urbanization of the poor population of cities, the allocation of land in rural areas, the refusal to use mechanisms in the production of products. The program to save children from the city's slums was more realistic. E. Brenton rightly establishes the relationship between ignorance and the growth of deviations among minors. Its goal is to create a system of crime prevention through education, where the habits of hard work, order and Christian virtues were instilled in children. The paper considers the implementation of tasks through the "Society of Children's Friends" and schools. The author believes that the institutions of E. Brenton, where students received knowledge, religious, labor education, mastered professions, were effective in preventing delinquency and shaping the moral lifestyle of poor children, despite the failures in the implementation of the plan for labor emigration of minors to South Africa.
Rebound in Fertility in Ukraine: Expectations, Factors, Obstacles
Authors: AKSYONOVA S. Yu.
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this study was to find out whether post-war rebound in fertility will be able to achieve at least the pre-war level in Ukraine and whether the “baby boom” phenomenon will be possible in our country. For the first time, the factors that will contribute to fertility growth or slow down this process were considered in the context of the Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. The research was carried out using such methods as analysis and synthesis, comparison, generalization, analogy, graphic method. Fertility accumulates the effect of a huge number of various factors that ultimately manifests itself in certain trend in the development of this process. It is relevant to analyse the factors that will change the birth rate during the war and post-war periods. The long period of military conflict in the east of our country, political tension, decrease in the welfare level of the population, and the protracted nature of the pandemic led to the accumulation of significant number of postponed births. The cohorts born in the 1990s are in active childbearing age now, but they are not large in number. This can reduce rebound in fertility after the end of the war. At the same time, certain expectations of increase in fertility are associated with women aged 30–34, who are more numerous than the younger cohorts, have accumulated significant number of postponed births and further postponement will increase the risk of impossibility to implement childbearing plans due to biological factor. Large number of dead, destroyed housing and infrastructure, social and economic problems, uncertainty about the future, significant share of refugees who decide not to return to Ukraine can significantly restrict rebound in fertility. Responsibility towards the unborn child forms the intention to further postpone their birth, but raising the responsibility of parenthood to the level of family or society will not allow the rejection of plans to give birth to a child. Under the condition of comprehensive family policy, in particular a pronatalist policy, one can hope for increase in the birth rate in the post-war period. However, it is unlikely that the number of births will exceed the number hit during the wave of increased fertility (that is, the possibility of a baby boom).
Gender Inequality in the System of Social and Labor Relations: Problems and Prospects for Overcoming
Authors: PETCHENKO M. V. , HLAZUNOVA O. O. , HYRENKO V. O. , LYTOVCHENKO T. A.
Published: December 2022

The purpose of the article is to study the problem of gender inequality in the system of social and labor relations, to determine the prospects for ensuring equal rights and opportunities in the labor market. A statistical analysis of the main indicators of gender inequality in the labor markets of Ukraine and other countries of the world has been carried out, it has been established that until now there is a stereotyped perception of the social role of a woman by society, which causes her high load of unpaid work and creates additional barriers in the system of social and labor relations. An algorithm for calculating the index of gender equality in the labor market using the method of taxonomic analysis has been proposed. The given approach involves the generalization of partial indicators of gender equality and provides the possibility for a consolidated assessment of the level of overcoming gender stereotypes in the system of social and labor relations. The results of the integrated assessment according to the proposed methodology can serve as a basis for operational monitoring and determination of priority directions for further work to prevent and overcome the consequences of gender discrimination. A generalized cause-and-effect model of gender inequality in the domestic system of social and labor relations has been built. A brief overview of state measures aimed at overcoming the gender gap and ensuring equal rights of all citizens on the way to personal and professional realization has been carried out. Methods of statistical analysis, comparison, methods of analysis and synthesis, graphic method were used to achieve the goal of the research. It has been established that Ukraine implements measures to overcome gender stereotypes in all spheres and at all levels of social relations, in particular, work is underway to strengthen the legal foundation of equal rights and opportunities for all citizens, regardless of their gender identity. Ensuring gender equality in all areas of social life, in particular, in social and labor relations, requires further development and implementation of measures to destroy stereotyped perceptions of the social roles of men and women, to overcome all manifestations of gender discrimination and stereotyping.
Efficacy of hepatoprotectors in prophylaxis of hepatosis of laying hens
Authors: Slivinska L. G. , Yaremchuk V. Y. , Shcherbatyy A. R. , Gutyj B. V. , Zinko H. O.
Published: December 2022

Hepatoses of laying hens are quite common in poultry farms as a result of improper practices of poultry maintenance consisting in excessive number of protein feeds for provision of high productivity. The objective of the study was preventive efficacy of Gep-A-Stress hepatoprotectors (carnitine hydrochloride, D L methionine, sorbitol, choline chloride, magnesium sulfate heptahydrate) and Hepasan VS (L-carnitine hydrochloride, sorbitol, choline chloride, magnesium sulfate hepahydrate, betaine hydrochloride, L-arginin) against hepatosis of laying hens. To determine the efficacy of Hep-A-Stres and Hepasan-VS hepatoprotectors during production tests (n = 4,500), we monitored the parameters of survival rate (the final number of individuals as percentage of the initial number) and egg productivity of laying hens. We determined that after 30 days of using the hepatoprotectors, the content of overall protein in blood serum of laying hens of the first and the second experimental groups decreased by 21.4% and 18.9% compared with the parameters prior to providing the hepatoprotectors and by 26.3% and 23.3% compared with the control group after receiving the drug. The urea contents in blood serum increased by 19.0% and 10.5%. Compared with the control, the activity of alanine aminotransferase decreased by 43.7% and 24.1% in the first experimental group and by 23.4% and 14.9% in the second. The activity of aspartate aminotransferase in blood serum of the experimental groups decreased by 10.7%. The cholesterol concentration decreased by 50% and 58.3%. The content of triaglycerols decreased by 24.1% and 8.9% respectively. The concentrations of high-density lipoproteins after 30 days of the experiment decreased by 33.3% and 77.8% respectively, the content of low-density lipoproteins decreased by 61.3% and 40.4% and 42.3%. Population maintenance equaled respectively 97.1%, 98.3% and 98.1%. At the end of the experiment, the egg productivity of laying hens of the first and second groups increased by 4% and 3.6% compared with the control. Therefore, intake of the hepaprotectors by laying hens stimulated their metabolism, positively influenced the blood parameters, survival and egg productivity. The conducted studies confirm the benefits of using hepatoprotectors for the prohylaxis of hepatosis of hens.
Effects of transplanted mesenchymal stem cells on repair of the lung tissue of rats with experimental pulmonary fibrosis
Authors: Surtaieva Y. V. , Mazurkevich A. Y. , Bokotko R. R.
Published: December 2022

Pulmonary fibrosis is one of the commonest forms of interstitial lung diseases with poorly studied methods of its treatment in both human and veterinary medicines. Therefore, this paper focused on seeking alternative methods of its diagnostics and treatment. The article provides the results of the study of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of rats with experimental lung fibrosis and influence of transplanted allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells of the bone marrow on stimulation of regenerative processes in damaged lung tissues. The studies were conducted on female Wistar rats with pulmonary fibrosis modeled using single transthoracic injection of solution of bleomycin hydrochloride. For the purpose of treatment, we used allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells introduced by various methods and the traditional treatment. We determined that best normalization of the parameters of the studied brochoalveolar lavage occurred in animals that received mesenchymal stem cells. The most active repair processes were in the experimental group that received the mesenchymal stem cells directly to the lung tissue. The animals that received intravenous injection of mesenchymal stemm cells were observed to have lower clinical parameters of the brochoalveolar lavage, but still better than such in the group treated traditionally. The lowest parameters were in animals that received the traditional treatment; they were greater than the phisological parameters, but significantly exceeded them in animals of the control group, indicating presence of inflammatory process in the lung tissue. The conducted cytological assays of the samples of the brochoalveolar lavage revealed that experimental animals with experimental pulmonary fibrosis had development of macrophage and lymphocytic reactions under the influence of transplanted mesenchymal stemm cells. We observed no atypical cells in all the experimental groups. This allows us to draw a conclusion that using stem cells by various methods of transplantation does not stimulate the onset of negative reactons (formation of atypical cells, metastatic processes, etc). Thus, the results of the study of the influence of transplanted mesenchymal stem cells demonstrate that in the conditions of experimental pulmonary fibrosis, the activity of regenerative processes in pathologically altered lung tissue may be an effective method of treatment of animals with this kind of pathology.
Influence of Robinia pseudoacacia L. and Quercus robur L. artificial forest plantations on the particle-size distribution of calcic chernozem
Authors: Gorban V. A.
Published: December 2022

The particle-size distribution is one of the most important characteristics of soils, which determines most of their properties and features of the main regimes. Artificial forest plantations in the steppe act as a powerful environment-transforming factor, which over time is capable of changing even quite conservative properties of soils, including their particle-size distribution. The study of the influence of forest plantations on the particle-size distribution was carried out using soil samples taken from calcic chernozem, chernozem under the plantation of R. pseudoacacia L. and under the plantation of Q. robur L. The determination of the particle-size distribution was carried out by the pipette method, with the preparation of the sample by trituration with a solution of sodium pyrophosphate. The classification of granulometric fractions is given according to N. A. Kaczynskii. The analysis of the characteristics of the ratio of particle-size distribution of the studied chernozems revealed that the zonal chernozem is characterized by an increased content of the sand fraction and a reduced content of the silt fraction in the H1 and H2 horizons compared to the lower horizons. The calcic chernozem under the plantation of R. pseudoacacia L. is characterized by a relatively uniform distribution of the content of sand, dust and silt fractions along the soil profile. In calcic chernozem under the plantation of Q. robur L., the maximum content of the sand fraction was found in the surface horizon, with a gradual decrease in the content of this fraction with depth, while the content of dust and silt fractions increased with depth. The growth of R. pseudoacacia L. and Q. robur L. plantations on calcic chernozems leads to an increase in the content of sand fractions and a decrease in dust and physical clay fractions. There is also a certain change in the profile distribution of fractions, especially sand, under the influence of the growth of forest plantations. Each of the investigated calcic chernozems is characterized by a specific ratio of «sand : dust : silt» fractions, which indicates a different genesis of granulometric fractions.
The backward glance
Authors: Quaranta Brian
Published: December 2022

This is a short poem reflecting on the physician's commitment to abstain from killing.
Progressivity and distributive impacts of personal income tax: the case of China and Brazil
Authors: ROSSI PEDRO , GONÇALVES RICARDO , PING ZHANG
Published: December 2022

ABSTRACT This paper aims to evaluate and compare the distributive impact of the personal income tax (PIT) on individual’s income in Brazil and China by measuring the Gini Index before and after this tax incidence. The paper also proposes a methodology for transposing the PIT backets from one country to another. The results show that a more progressive scheme implemented by China, with more brackets and higher rates, does not guarantee reduction of inequality, due to the level of income exemption and to the incomes on which the marginal rates affect. Thus, it can be perceived that the PIT brackets of these two countries deserves revisions if they seek to fulfill the distributive function.