bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of knowledge and Satisfaction among service recipient of (Integrated Management of Neonatal and Child Health Program) in Primary Health Care Centers in Baquba City
Authors: Khalid Abdullah, Mazin , Hussein Bahir, Basim , Kahtan Oday
Published: April 2023

Background: Integrated Management of Neonatal and Child Health Program (IMNCH) is an approach to offering solid evidence. It is used as a strategy to draw national and international investment into many initiatives to improve child health because it is diagnostically superior to conventional routine practice.

Objective: To assess the knowledge and satisfaction rate among Integrated Management of Neonatal and Child Health Program care takers.

Patients and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in two sectors (The health care sector in baqubah first and second) that offers health services in Baquba city from 15th December 2015 to 1st of June 2016. A convenient sample of 150 cases were included in the study from the age of two month to five years. Data collected by special designed questionnaire that adopted from world health organization.

Results: The result showed that 87.3 % of health providers prescribed oral medicine for child out of them 86.3% of service recipient know how many times day that should be given while 25.2% of them know how many days that should be given. oral rehydration solution was prescribed 31.3% of children majority of health takers 87.2% known quantity of water to maxed with one sachet of ORS Showed that 24.7% of service recipients bring back the child immediately to primary health care center when the child unable to drink or breast feed and 23% of service recipients bring back the child immediately when the child becomes sicker or develop fever or difficult breathing and 30%when the child breathing is fast or difficult breathing and 18% of service recipient were satisfied about care that provided for children while 82% of service recipients were not satisfied.

Conclusion: The satisfaction rate of service recipients about the service that provided in primary heath care center in Baquba city were poor.
Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Combined Therapy of Melasma by using Azelic, Glycolic and Kojic Acid (Unitone and Neotone)
Authors: Ahmed Hasan, Intisar , Kh Ibrahim Al-Kayally Khudhair
Published: April 2023

Background: Melasma is one of the most common disorders of brown hyperpigmentation, which affect primarily the face and later on some other sites of the body , seen most commonly in women during the reproductive period and may seen in men . Many options are used in the treatment of melasma, most commonly: hydroquinone, tretenoin, corticosteroid, azelic acid, glycolic acid, kojic acid, triaximinic acid, ascorbic acid, intralesional glutathione, and lastly medical procedures, like: microdermabrasion, chemical peel, laser and light therapy.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of combined therapy (azelic, glycolic and kojic acids) in the treatment of melasma (UNITONE and NEOTONE) .

Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional study in which (585) patients complaining of melasma (577 females and 8 males), their age ranged from (17-50) years, with a mean age of 46.15± years. Treated by application of azelic acid (20% cream) for two hours at night, then washed and followed by topical application of combined cream consisted of (5%) glycolic acid and (1%) kojic acid throughout the night and washed in the morning, with application of sun block of ≥50 SPF, and oral ascorbic acid (500mg) tablet twice in the morning and evening .

Results: Out of 585, 98% was females with a mean age of (46.15±8) years. Eight percent of the patients of MAIS score-1, (22.05%) of score-2, (51.28%) of score-3 and (18.8%) of score-4. Regarding the response to therapy: (44.78%) of patients showed complete clearance of the disease, (48.85%) with good response, (1.7%) of poor response and (5.47%) showed relapse of the melasma after discontinuation of the therapy, and they were retreated by the same combined formula, (93.75%) of them cleared completely and (6.25%) showed good response. Ninety percent of patients developed a variable degree of irritation, erythema and burning sensation, at the beginning of the treatment and after (10-15) days, most of them tolerated the therapy.

Conclusion: Combined therapy of azelic, glycolic and kojic acids was effective and safe in the treatment of melasma and this combination was superior and alternative to the ordinary and corner therapy of hydroquinone and corticosteroid.
Study of artificial intelligence tools in the management of the behavior of economic agents in the digital space at enterprises
Authors: Logvinenko Bohdan
Published: April 2023

The relevance of the study of artificial intelligence tools in managing the behavior of economic agents in the digital space at enterprises is substantiated, which made it possible to form a clearer understanding of modern artificial intelligence tools and to investigate the connections between subjects and objects of economic relations in the digital space. The subject of research in the article is the existing tools of artificial intelligence tools in managing the behavior of economic agents in the digital space at enterprises. The purpose of the article is to research the tools of artificial intelligence in managing the behavior of economic agents in the digital space at enterprises of Ukraine. The task: the study of personnel management tools that use artificial intelligence in their work algorithms, the construction of a scheme of relations between the object and the subject of management in the information space. General scientific methods are used: system analysis - to determine the features of artificial intelligence tools in managing the behavior of economic agents in the digital space at enterprises, structural (functional) analysis - to identify the main functions of artificial intelligence tools, information modeling methodology - to develop an information scheme of subjects and objects of economic relations in the digital space. The results were obtained: a study of artificial intelligence tools in managing the behavior of economic agents in the digital space at enterprises was conducted, an information scheme of subjects and objects of economic relations in the digital space was built. Conclusions: The study of existing artificial intelligence tools for personnel management proves that today researchers and developers have done a lot of work to implement artificial intelligence tools in the management of economic agents in enterprises, but all existing systems have many shortcomings in their work, which makes these tools inaccessible to the majority enterprises, so a promising direction will be the analysis and development of the own system for managing the behavior of economic agents in the digital space with the help of artificial intelligence tools, which will allow combining all the needs of Ukrainian enterprises in the direction of personnel management in one system.
Аrtificial intelligence tools for managing the behavior of economic agents in marketing activities
Authors: Shumilo Yana
Published: April 2023

The relevance of the use of artificial intelligence tools for managing the behavior of economic agents in marketing activities is substantiated. The subject of research in the article is artificial intelligence tools for managing the behavior of economic agents in marketing activities. The goal of the article is to study the possibilities of artificial intelligence tools for managing the behavior of economic agents in marketing activities. Objective: to identify the object and subject of management when using marketing tools of artificial intelligence, schematically display their relationships and group similar tools, for further description of their capabilities, advantages and disadvantages with the aim of using them in the marketing activities of enterprises. General scientific methods are used: system analysis - to determine the features of artificial intelligence tools for managing the behavior of economic agents in marketing activities, structural (functional) analysis - to identify the main functions of artificial intelligence tools for managing the behavior of economic agents in marketing activities. The results were obtained: the grouped artificial intelligence tools for managing the behavior of economic agents in marketing activities are presented, and the interaction schemes of objects and management subjects of each group of tools are presented. Conclusions: the use of artificial intelligence tools to manage the behavior of economic agents in marketing activities will allow enterprises to get more profit due to an increase in the number of goods sold, and customers to spend money on meeting relevant needs.
Сreative industries as a factor of tourism development in Рoltava region
Authors: Panova Iryna , Stepanenko Victoria
Published: April 2023

In today's world, tourism is an extremely multifaceted industry that combines history, geography, culture, moreover, shows the level of development of modern society. The creative sector is an important part of the tourism industry, and it is to visit various locations that millions of people travel to other countries each year to see artwork or touch landmarks. Creative economy contributes to the creation of creative hubs, which are becoming more popular every year. Various festivals, fairs, exhibitions, museums, theaters and amusement parks operate successfully around the world and, of course, in Ukraine. Further development and popularization of Ukrainian national holidays, traditions and history can be the main driver in the development of international tourism in the country. In particular, Poltava region has a huge potential for the development of cultural centers and locations with the prospect of developing domestic tourism and increasing tourist flows to future creative clusters. The subject of the study was chosen creative industries as a factor in the development of tourism in the Poltava region. The purpose of the work is to study the creative industry as a factor in the development of tourism in the Poltava region. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were set and solved, namely: the destinations of the country's creative industries were analyzed; the prospects of development of creative industries in Poltava region are determined. The study was conducted using methods of evaluation, analysis, comparison, statistics, graphics, descriptive, cartographic. The following results were obtained: each region of Ukraine needs action by the authorities to expand and improve the existing objects of the creative economy, including Poltava region. The National Development Strategy declares the transfer of cultural development powers to communities, and it is the local government that must regulate and anticipate the development of the industry on the ground. A program for the development of Poltava culture for 2020-2024 has been created, which provides for the search for ways of non-state funding, ie the search for investors or sponsors. «Poltava Tourist» for 2020-2026 is a program that should find a way to increase the number of tourists, analyzing existing problems and solving them.
Historical re-enactments and formation of event tourist product of the country
Authors: Posokhov Ivan
Published: April 2023

The aim of the study is to analyze the theoretical aspects of historical re-enactments, to identify trends and prospects for the development of historical re-enactments, as well as provide recommendations for the development of event tourism in Ukraine. The article considers the main forms of historical re-enactments. Usually such events take place in the form of festivals or in the form of "living" museums ("eco-museums"), which operate temporarily or on a permanent basis. The paper shows the role of historical re-enactments as a basis for the formation of an event tourism product. The number of events based on historical re-enactments is growing rapidly. In the field of historical re-enactments, a whole industry was formed; professional historians, ethnographers, tailors, gunsmiths and representatives of many other specialties are involved in their organization. In order to determine the tourist potential of festivals of historical re-enactments, the experience of holding such events in Spain is analyzed. It was found that the theme of the events is mainly related to the events that took place in this region, local people were involved in the organization of events. In most cases, the organizers are representatives of regional structures (both local authorities and public organizations) in cooperation with tourist offices. In conclusion, it is noted that historical re-enactments today can contribute to the development of local tourism, as well as economic development, and the activities of reconstructors can be an effective factor in preserving cultural heritage. In this area, the work of reconstructors can be an effective factor in "reviving" historical memory, as well as drawing attention to the problem of preservation and use of cultural heritage by the authorities. According to the author, event tourism is one of the most promising areas of tourism revival in our country. It is important that such activities are consistent and designed for the long term, which will form a certain tradition, which will also be the key to success.
Voices of Non-English Students and Teachers in English as a Medium of Instruction
Authors: Pramerta I Gde Putu Agus , Ratminingsih Ni Made , Putra I Nyoman Adi Jaya , Santosa Made Hery , Artini Luh Putu , Sri Adnyani Ni Luh Putu
Published: April 2023

English as a medium of instruction (EMI) is currently a trend for non-English courses. It is also implemented in various universities in Indonesia. However, Indonesian as the first language (L1) still exists in EMI implementation. It is used to make students understand. On one hand, teachers are ready to use EMI, but, on the other, students ask for the use of L1 because they have limited English competency, which impacts their understanding the English instruction. This research aims to investigate students' and teachers' perceptions and the implementation of EMI in the Biology study programme at a private university in Bali, Indonesia. EMI is used in delivering course content by the content teachers. A case study design was utilised for the current research. Forty students experienced EMI in the plant physiology course and two content teachers were considered as the subjects of the study. Data were collected by document study, observation, employing questionnaires, and interviews. The result showed that teachers and students agreed on the importance of using EMI with the use of L1 even though it impacts feelings of difficulty and anxiety. As such, Biology students have to be provided with intensive English courses, English for Biology terms, and Biology materials are written in English to enhance their English language skills both in written and oral communication.
Отзыв статьи: Crystal structures and anti-gastric cancer activities of two Cd(II)-based coordination polymers constructed from different donor ligands
Authors: Zheng X.-Y. , Yang P.
Published: April 2023

Редколлегия журнала отзывает данную статью. После публикации были высказаны опасения по поводу использования явно нерелевантных ссылок и очень похожих изображений в ряде статей из разных групп, которые находились на рассмотрении в аналогичные сроки. В частности, изображения, представленные на рис. 3, очень похожи на рис. 3 Ma et al. 2020 [1], рис. 4c Cui et al. 2020 [2] и рис. S5 Jiang et al. 2020 [3] среди прочих. Кроме того, авторы использовали клетки MGC-803, которые, как известно, частично контаминированы клетками HeLa и поэтому являются непригодной моделью рака желудка.
Отзыв статьи Crystal structure and anticancer activity of retinoblastoma of an In(III)—Na(I) coordination polymer based on flexible 4,4'-dithiodibenzoic acid
Authors: Guo H. , Zhan W.-Z. , Tang S. , Wang Y. , Peng Y. , Wang L. , Chen W.-H. , Ye L.
Published: April 2023

и рис. 5c в [2] соответственно. Таким образом, главный редактор больше не доверяет представленным данным. Ни один из авторов не ответил на запросы редактора или издателя по поводу этого опровержения.
СИНТЕЗ И СТРОЕНИЕ КОМПЛЕКСОВ Cu(II) И Co(II) С N-{2-[(E)-(4-ЦИКЛОГЕКСИЛФЕНИЛ)ИМИНОМЕТИЛ]ФЕНИЛ}-4-МЕТИЛБЕНЗЕН-1-СУЛЬФОНАМИДОМ
Authors: Власенко В.Г. , Бурлов А.С. , Кискин М.А. , Николаевский С.А. , Кощиенко Ю.В. , Ширяева А.А.
Published: April 2023

Новые комплексы Cu(II) и Co(II) с основанием Шиффа N-{2-[(E)-(4-циклогексилфенил)иминометил]фенил}-4-метилбензен-1-сульфонамидом получены и охарактеризованы методами 1Н ЯМР, ИК-спектроскопии и элементного анализа. Кристаллическая структура азометина и его комплексов изучена методом рентгеновской дифракции. По данным РСА установлено, что в обоих комплексах к ионам Cu(II) и Co(II) координированы хелатно два N,N-бидентатных лиганда, образуя вокруг них искажённое тетраэдрическое окружение из четырех атомов азота.
МЕТОД ПОБУДОВИ ТІНЬОВИХ ЗОБРАЖЕНЬ ОБ’ЄКТІВ КОНТРОЛЮ РЕНГЕНІВСЬКИХ СИСТЕМ АВІАЦІЙНОЇ БЕЗПЕКИ
Authors: Zaliskyi M. , Shcherbyna O. , Tereshchenko L. , Osipchuk A. , Zharova O. , Stanko P.
Published: April 2023

Стаття присвячена розробці метода побудови тіньових зображень об’єктів контролю рентгенівських інтроскопів та аналізу його застосування для розпізнавання небезпечних та заборонених предметів на зображеннях багажу. Відомо, що безпека авіації значним чином визначається заходами з забезпечення авіаційної безпеки. Для цього використовуються радіоелектронні системи та комп’ютеризовані комплекси доглядової техніки. Це обладнання включає рентгенівські інтроскопи, металодетектори та металошукачі, сканери тіла, газоаналізатори тощо. Обладнання доглядової техніки використовується для виявлення небезпечних та заборонених предметів у пасажирів та в їхньому багажу. Однією із основних проблем при цьому слід ввважати високу ймовірність хибної тривоги під час виявлення небезпечних предметів рентгенівськими системами. У деяких випадках ця ймовірність може складати 0,3, що негативно впливає на пропускну здатність пасажиропотоку аеропортів. З метою усунення вказаного недоліку в цій статті наводиться детальний опис нових технологій виявлення небезпечних предметів на основі використання проєкційних тіньових зображень об’єктів контролю. Запропонований метод побудови тіньових зображень грунтується на використанні правила подібності трикутників, теореми Піфагора, теореми синусів і косинусів та формул для визначення тригонометричних функцій кутів прямокутного трикутника. Пояснення методу отримання тіньових зображень виконується на прикладі об’єкту контролю у вигляді циліндра. При цьому спочатку наводиться стандартна методика визначення математичної моделі тіні у одній площині сканування. Далі використовуються розроблений метод сканування, який передбачає прямий та обернений перехід до циліндричної та декартової систем координат. Отримані математичні моделі тіньових зображень простої форми використовуються для побудови моделей складної форми, які можуть вважатися моделями заборонених та небезпечних об’єктів доглядового контролю.Метод отримання тіньових зображень є складовою методичного базису для синтезу спектрального виявлювача. Алгоритм виявлення передбачає знаходження просторового перетворення Фур’є від тіньового зображення з подальшою згорткою зі спектром маски шуканого забороненого чи небезпечного предмету. Запропонований виявлювач використовує правило прийняття рішення на основі критерію НейманаПірсона. У статті виконано аналіз результатів моделювання виявлювача для розпізнання пістолету на зображеннях багажу. Для аналізу ефективності виявлення розраховановідповідну характеристуку виявлення. Аналіз довів ефективність спектрального виявлювача з точки зору статистичних характеристик. При цьому під час розпізнавання пістолету ймовірність правильного виявлення складає 0,99997, а ймовірність хибної тривоги – 0,01. Результати дослідження можуть бути використані для автоматизація процесів догляду пасажирів та багажу.
DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS BASED ON THE USE OF GRID TECHNOLOGIES
Authors: Kovalenko A. , Miroshnychenko R. , Martyntsov A.
Published: April 2023

The article describes the use of Grid technology in telecommunication systems and the creation of Grid telecommunication systems. Network service providers are focusing on huge consolidated data centers. Particular attention began to be paid to improving the methods of scheduling data processing tasks. The shortcomings of modern approaches to planning are considered. These include the inability to provide the maximum total priority of tasks performed at individual planning stages in distributed computing systems. The developed planning procedure is described. It overcomes this shortcoming. But at the same time, to reduce the total processing time of tasks in the system in comparison with the planning procedure based on solving the problem of the least coverage. The desire for the maximum sum of priorities of the selected tasks is the main criterion for selecting tasks from the queue, which we will characterize by the importance coefficient. The coefficient of preservation of importance and the coefficient of acceleration of the operation of the Grid system segment are described. The article also proposes a solution to improve the efficiency and quality of task servicing. It is proposed to expand the functionality of distributed telecommunication systems based on the use of computer clusters using Grid technologies.
МОДЕЛЮВАННЯ ПРОЦЕСУ ОБРОБКИ ТРАНЗАКЦІЙ У СЕРЕДОВИЩІ ТАКТИЛЬНОГО ІНТЕРНЕТУ
Authors: Kovalenko Andriy , Yaroshevych Roman
Published: April 2023

Актуальність. Тактильний Інтернет – це одна з основних технологій, що визначає чергову еволюцію мережі Інтернет, яка дозволяє передавати тактильні відчуття в режимі реального часу. Транзакція є основною процесу комунікації та обслуговування в Тактильному Інтернеті та використовується для передачі даних між різними вузлами в мережі. Моделюючи процес обробки транзакцій у Тактильному Інтернет-середовищі, можна спрогнозувати продуктивність роботи за різних сценаріїв і визначити області для подальшого вдосконалення. Це надасть змогу забезпечити надійність та доступність, а також низьку затримку у вузлах мережі Тактильного Інтернету. Метою даної роботи є моделювання процесу обробки транзакцій для забезпечення надійності, доступності та низької затримки при передачі даних у середовищі Тактильного Інтернету. Об’єктом дослідження є процес обробки транзакцій у середовищі Тактильного Інтернету. Предметом дослідження є методи оптимізації архітектури Тактильного Інтернету. Результати. В даній статті описані кроки процесу обробки транзакцій у Тактильному Інтернет-середовищі, включаючи збір даних, аналіз і генерацію команд керування. Розглянуто основні складові архітектури Тактильного Інтернету, а саме ведучий, ведений та мережний домени, і пропонується використання програмно-конфігурованих мереж для керування мережним трафіком та підвищення продуктивності мережі Тактильного Інтернету. Крім того, розглядаються питання масштабування ресурсів, на основі трирівневої архітектури Тактильного Інтернету та зменшення кількості керованих інтелектуальних контролерів з використанням протоколу Open Flow. Висновок. Розглянута модель процесу обробки транзакцій в середовищі Тактильного Інтернету здатна забезпечити тактильний зворотний зв’язок з низькою затримкою та покращити ефективність мережі, що буде мати позитивний вплив на взаємодію з користувачем і дозволить створювати нові програми та сценарії в таких сферах, як медицина, робототехніка, віртуальна та доповнена реальність.
МОДЕЛЬ РОЗПОДІЛУ ПУЛУ ЗАВДАНЬ ЗА ОБЧИСЛЮВАЛЬНИМИ РЕСУРСАМИ
Authors: Filimonchuk Tetiana , Koltun Yurij , Klymova Iryna , Kornienko Denis
Published: April 2023

Актуальність. На даний час існує проблема, яка пов’язана з відсутністю алгоритмів оптимального управління розподілом пулу завдань, який надходить на обчислювальні ресурси кластеру. Планувальники, які здійснюють розподіл завдань, не враховують вартість використання обчислювальних ресурсів, які можуть зменшити час виконання пулу завдань. Завдання, які надходять на вхід планувальника, є різнорідними, що також створює додаткові складнощі під час їх розподілу. Метою даної роботи є модифікація моделі розподілу пулу завдань з урахуванням критеріїв розподілу, розробка методу пошуку оптимального плану розподілу та впровадження його в імітаційне середовище GRASS. Об’єктом дослідження є процес розподілу пулу завдань на обчислювальні ресурси кластеру. Предметом дослідження є методи та алгоритми моделювання розподілу пулу завдань. Результати. Запропонована модифікація моделі розподілу завдань на обчислювальні ресурси кластеру, за рахунок використання критеріїв розподілу. Критерії реалізовано в якості модуля, який додано до середовища імітаційного моделювання GRASS. На основі математичної моделі запропонован метод пошуку оптимального плану розподілу завдань по обчислювальним ресурсам кластеру. Висновок. Критерії розподілу, які додано до моделі розподілу пулу завдань, є складоваю методу пошуку оптимального розподілу. Завдяки використанню їх комбінацій здійснюється пошук розподілу, який задовольняє вимогам постачальників завдань та ресурсів.
ПРИНЦИП ПОБУДОВИ БАЛЬНО-МОДИФІКОВАНОЇ ДІАГРАМИ ІСІКАВИ ЯК СУЧАСНОГО ІНСТРУМЕНТАРІЮ АНАЛІЗУ РИЗИКІВ ВИДОБУВНИХ ТА МЕХАНООБРОБНИХ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ
Authors: Chencheva Olga , Sukach Serhii , Petrenko Ivan , Karaieva Nataliia
Published: April 2023

Мета. Запропоновано принцип побудови бально-модифікованої діаграми Ісікави, як сучасного інструментарію аналізу ризиків видобувних та механобробних підприємств з обробки карбонових композитів. Предмет. Обґрунтування застосування управлінських рішень з організації заходів охорони праці щодо зниження впливу небезпечних та шкідливих чинників шляхом використання систематизованих даних у запропонованої Scoremodified Cause-effect Diagram (бально-модифікованої діаграми Ісікави), а також дослідження проблеми адаптивної оцінки ризиків та небезпек, яка наявної в діючих стандартах. Запропоновано використання способу вирішення поставленої проблеми, шляхом застосування бально-модифікованої причинно-наслідкової діаграми, як сучасного інструментарію аналізу ризиків при плануванні та раціоналізації заходів з охорони праці на підприємствах.
PRACTICES OF PEACEKEEPING EDUCATION IN LATVIA AND ESTONIA
Authors: Akilina Olena , Panchenko Alla
Published: April 2023

The article summarizes and critically analyses the experience of the Baltic countries in the field of peace education and outlines the best peace-making practices and peace-making trends in the light of modern Ukrainian realities. When implementing peace education, Ukraine should take into account the need to solve the following problems: recognition and respect for multiculturalism, involvement of local communities in education policy; reconciliation, struggle against injustice and the consequences of conflict. The research uses a systematic approach that allows considering the education of peace in the education system. In addition, a set of methods of scientific knowledge used in the humanities and social sciences is used, in particular, methods of analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, analogy, and generalization. A significant part of the information base of the research was formed during the internship at the universities of Latvia and Estonia. Summarizing the results of our research, we can say that the following main events took place in the education of the Baltic countries, aimed at the implementation of effective practices in the field of peacemaking: development of training in peacekeeping skills at various educational levels; emphasis on transformational competences, social-emotional skills and paying attention to the metacognitive capabilities of education seekers; development of more effective interactive forms of training for education seekers; development of informal peace education
Biblical motives in the modern Ukrainian literature
Authors: Pavlov Volodymyr
Published: April 2023

The subject of the study is the representation of Christian vision in the Ukrainian literature of independence. The problem is considered in the dichotomy of conservative Christian views against multicultural and atheistic education. The purpose of this study is to discuss theses in T. Trokhymenko’s 2022 article ‘The modern Ukrainian Literature and Christianity’, published in the journal ‘Patriarchy: the Uniate analytical periodical’. The structural elements of the work repeat the confutable source. The author uses the methods of slow reading, componential analysis, as well as typological and comparative. The novelty of the study is determined by the transformation of receptions of religious motifs in Ukrainian literature and the change of the religious space of Ukraine, which prompts us to understand the mechanisms of such transformations in the modern historical context. As a result of the study, it was established that the worldview paradigm of Christianity has undergone significant distortion due to Soviet policy and the influence of other religions - both Ukrainian and foreign. At the same time, it is ascertained that author's expressions of ideas and images promote Christian ideas, but do not portray canonical ecclesiastical texts. As a result of it the vision of Christian ideas becomes broader, but the distinctions between primary sources and author's interpretations become obliterated. Based on the analysis of modern Ukrainian literature, two trends have been traced: 1) the reception of biblical motifs in the context of the postmodern ironic tradition, which is characterized by skeptical-ironic interpretation of religious motifs and images, outrageousness and carnivalesqueness (inherent in the early works of V. Neborak and the early lyrics of S. Zhadan); 2) the reception of biblical motifs in the context of the existential-philosophical and cultural tradition, the central idea of ​​such a reception is the idea of ​​the importance of faith, humanity in the apocalyptic world of modern reality (in works by S. Zhadan, Yu. Vynnychuk, H. Marchuk). The perspective of the research can be seen in the study of the work of other Ukrainian writers (in particular, O. Zabuzhko, H. Pahutyak, M. Matios, K. Kalytko, etc.). The research is not exhausted but will be continued within the framework of other publications, which will highlight the peculiarities of Christian imagery in the creative practices of Ukrainian writers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Zombies in the story of the Holodomor: Brynykh’s outrage and the nation’s trauma
Authors: Korol Lidiia
Published: April 2023

The gradual de-Sovietization of Eastern Europe caused the emergence of a “new historical wave” in literature, which combines various ways of covering historical material: from the traditional aesthetics of realism to playing with genres and stylistics on the border of socially acceptable techniques. The new Russian-Ukrainian war has actualized the issue of covering trauma in fiction. The question is whether a playful way of dealing with topics, sacralized by society, has the right to exist. The subject of the study is the poetics of Mykhailo Brynykh’s scandal and how it manifests itself in the author's text and personal branding. The purpose of the study is to outline the scandalous approach to highlighting the nation's trauma in Mykhailo Brynykh’s novel “Bread with cartilage” and to establish the correlation between the poetics of the scandal and the personality of the writer. The poetological and biographical methods were used to solve the tasks. As a result of the study, the following conclusions were made. The reaction of readers to new texts, where the topic of war appears, shows that they are more careful with authors who did not witness historical events but seek to use them for commercialization. An acceptable way, which will not cause public outrage, to use real stories to non-witness authors is a “bracketed representation” based on post-memory, which can be embodied by means of scandalous techniques that manifest themselves at various levels of the text. The main task of outrage is to expose the commonplace by rude means. The most obvious outrage in “Bread with cartilage” stands out precisely at the plot level, because the author combines the pop image of zombies with the topic of the Holodomor, which is sacralized in Ukrainian society. The trauma of the Holodomor is also manifested on different levels. According to the plot, the cannibalism gene is activated by alcohol, the abuse of which is a sign of social depression. The loss of identity is realized due to the stylistic play with the speech of one of the characters, which reveals the split of his personality. The correlation between the author's brand and his works with elements of outrage is important. Readers expect a prank from the writer, and therefore intuitively do not reject atypical representations. In his zombie novel, Mykhailo Brynykh used provocative means not only for the sake of playing with the reader, but also covered in a provocative way an event sacred to Ukrainians and achieved one of the main goals of the outrage — he exposed the problems of alcoholism or ignoring one's own history by rude means.
Wartime’s “Undeniable Linkages”: Feminist Studies of Everyday Militarisms across Time and Space
Authors: Kirk Gabi
Published: April 2023

Feminist scholars and social movements have long been important voices against war and empire. Yet the era of global “endless wars” stretches behind and before us, challenging both our longstanding intellectual theories of violence and our political strategies for combating entrenched imperialism. This essay reviews three monographs in the emergent field of “everyday militarisms,” a new direction forward for understanding and criticizing global war in the past, present, and future. Threading connections between feminist science studies, cultural studies, and women of color and transnational feminisms, these texts ask us to more closely consider how elements of war show up in ordinary formations. I highlight how these books and the field of everyday militarisms more broadly makes us question what is understood as feminist work in both theory and method, through their shared and novel feminist theories of temporality. Together they open new understandings of ongoing systemic and state violence in the world today and different political paths forward in the face of seemingly intractable conflict.
Washing and White Goods
Authors: Grealy Liam , Lea Tess
Published: April 2023

On the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in northwest South Australia, an environmental health worker salvages discarded washing machines to reinstall in remote community homes. Tracking the fate of washing machines and householder well-being, this essay traces the militarized genealogies running contemporary settler colonial occupation in Australia. We are particularly interested in how the colonizing project decants militarized operations into the intimacies of domestic inhabitation. Where once this project facilitated a gendered labor reserve, today it enables the continued pathologization of Indigenous residents, such that renewed interferences and dispossessions may be authorized at policy convenience.
This essay is a part of the Roundtable called “The Housewife’s Secret Arsenal” (henceforth HSA); a collection of eight object-oriented engagements focusing on particular material instantiations of domesticated war. The title of this roundtable is deliberately tongue-in-cheek reminding readers of the many ways that militarisms can be invisible to their users yet persistent in the form of mundane household items that aid in the labor of homemaking. Juxtaposing the deliberately stereotyped “housewife” with the theater of war raises questions about the quiet migration of these objects and technologies from battlefield to kitchen, or bathroom, or garden. Gathered together as an “arsenal,” their uncanny proximity to one another becomes a key critical tool in asking how war comes to find itself at home in our lives.
Cover Art | Outdoor Seating Area at the Visitor's Center
Authors: Kim Chacko Joshua
Published: April 2023

The cover image for this issue of Catalyst titled, “Outdoor Seating at the Visitor's Center,” showcases the banality of everyday life, which both produces and is produced by militarized extractivism in the name of energy security. The image juxtaposes outdoor lounge furniture with an open pit mine. Dust clouds rise from a seemingly infinite stepped desert that carries anthropogenic traces. The severity of the lines of earth that are being excavated by a machine contrast with the distant horizon that suggests the impossibility of escape from the pit.
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Derivas del poder político y su dispersión: Rebeldía y contrapoder
Authors: Laurrabaquio Alvarado César Miguel Sandoval
Published: April 2023

Este trabajo realiza un análisis crítico del término contrapoder, de la filosofía política de Luis Villoro. La concreción de dicho término instrumenta una perspectiva teórica para la interpretación de fenómenos sociales cuyos sujetos son los pueblos originarios y su praxis ético-política. Desde este horizonte, es posible proponer una mirada a la realidad sociocultural y política de los pueblos originarios. Primero, se reconstruye el sentido de contrapoder en la filosofía de Luis Villoro; posteriormente, se comparan las derivas del contrapoder con las del término antipoder de John Holloway, ensayando los alcances de ambas concepciones. Para el final, se recupera el examen del contrapoder en contraste con las concepciones ético-políticas de las comunidades mayas de México, donde se articula la propuesta de un análisis político de los pueblos originarios. El método utilizado es el análisis del discurso, desde la filosofía política como marco de comprensión.
Salivary gland tumor: atypical presentation of breast cancer
Authors: Nunes Mirella Laranjeira , Dassie Thamyse Fernanda de Sá , Campanerutti Geisiela Araceli , Andrade Felipe Eduardo Martins de
Published: April 2023

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease with various histological and molecular subtypes. Among them, salivary gland tumors are rare and can be divided into three groups: pure myoepithelial differentiation, pure epithelial differentiation and myoepithelial with mixed epithelial differentiation. In the last group, adenoid cystic carcinoma stands out, a rare entity with low malignant potential. It represents less than 0.1–3% of breast cancer cases and has the most frequent clinical presentation as a palpable mass. The diagnosis is confirmed by histology and immunohistochemistry. Classically, they are low-aggressive triple-negative tumors, with overall survival and specific cancer survival at five and ten years greater than 95%. However, there are rare reports of aggressive variants with a risk of distant metastasis and death. Treatment is based on surgical resection with margins. Lymphatic dissemination is rare, and there is no consensus regarding the indication of an axillary approach. Adjuvant radiotherapy is indicated in cases of conservative surgery and should be discussed in other cases. The benefit of chemotherapy remains uncertain, as most tumors are indolent. We report a case that required individualized decisions based on its peculiarities of presentation, diagnosed in an asymptomatic elderly patient during screening, in which mammography showed heterogeneous gross calcifications clustered covering 1.6 cm. Stereotacticguided vacuum-assisted biopsy was performed, and the area was marked with a clip. The anatomopathological examination led to a diagnosis of salivary gland-type carcinoma, triple-negative. The patient underwent segmental resection of the right breast and sentinel lymph node biopsy. The final anatomopathological result was similar to that of the biopsy, with an immunohistochemical profile of the adenoid cystic type and two sentinel lymph nodes free of neoplasia. Considering age and histological subtype, adjuvant therapy was not indicated. Follow-up for three years showed no evidence of disease.
Determination of Social-Emotional Disorders Regarding The Use of Gadgets in Children Aged 5-6 Years Old at Lenterahati Islamic Boarding School Kindergarten, Indonesia
Authors: Habibi MA Muazar
Published: April 2023

This study aims to determine the forms of gadget use and their social-emotional disorders in the children at Lenterahati Islamic Boarding School Kindergarten, West Sakra District, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The subjects involved in this descriptive qualitative analysis were 2 Kindergarten children aged 5-6 yrs old. The methods of data collection also involved interviews with children's parents, sample observation, and documentation. The results showed that both FH and AL subjects used gadgets almost on all occasions, with smartphones mostly utilized by the Kindergarten children in West Nusa Tenggara. Furthermore, the alternative used in the absence of phones was television. Based on these results, the impacts of these gadgets on children showed that their social-emotional developments were still very undeveloped. These undeveloped attributes included condition unadaptability, behavioural irresponsibility, tolerance, and appropriate emotion control. This indicated that both subjects often forgot to perform other activities and did not want to be disturbed when using these gadgets. Even when instructed by their parents to perform specific activities, they commonly displayed angry expressions. In addition, FH and AL were undisciplined, difficult to work with, and environmentally careless.
Prospective secondary school teachers’ knowledge of sampling distribution properties
Authors: Begué Nuria , Batanero Carmen , Gea María Magdalena , Valenzuela-Ruiz Silvia María
Published: April 2023

The aim of the work was to assess prospective Spanish secondary school mathematics teachers’ knowledge of sampling representativeness and variability. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire with four items taken from our previous research with secondary education and high school students was proposed to 66 prospective teachers. In each item, participants were asked to provide four values of a binomial distribution, varying the parameters of the distribution in each item. The analysis of the mean and range of the sample of four values provided by the participants, and its comparison with the theoretically normative and acceptable values of the sampling distribution suggests a good knowledge of the sample representativeness, except for one item and an overestimation of the variability for large values of the number of trials in the binomial distribution. The study of the participants’ arguments serves to identify some reasoning biases related to sampling distribution. The results are better than those obtained with students in our previous studies.
Mediation and moderation effects of motivation and teaching quality on the relationship between peer tutoring and mathematics achievement
Authors: Boadu Samuel Kwaku , Arthur Yarhands Dissou , Bonyah Ebenezer
Published: April 2023

Purpose: This study explored the mediation and moderation effects of motivation (M) and teaching quality (TQ) on the relationship between peer tutoring (PT) and mathematics achievement (MA).

Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a descriptive survey, which comprised of 350 samples of students in Kumasi Senior High Technical School and Kumasi Academy Senior High School. Preliminary analyses, including confirmatory factor analysis, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) were estimated before the main model estimation. To test the various hypotheses, Amos (v.23) was used to do structural equation modelling.

Findings: The study concluded that PT partially mediate MA through M. TQ showed moderating effect on relationship between PT and MA. PT however, had significant positive effects on M.

Research limitations/implications: The researcher only looked at the mediation and moderation effects of M and TQ of the relationship between PT and MA in senior high schools. The study also relied on descriptive survey data, which may not be suitable for causal analysis. Future research should, however, consider longitudinal data.

Practical implication: The study informed teachers teaching mathematics and in other different programs to be equipped with knowledge of how students perceive mathematics so as to select the appropriate teaching approach to influence their interest and belief in the study of mathematics.

 Originality/value: There are studies by some researchers combining these variables under study with other factors to influence students’ achievement however, little attention was on the effect on PT on M.
Evidence of animal offerings in Iron Age Scandinavia
Authors:   Västergötlands Museum, Vretemark Maria
Published: April 2023

Written contemporary sources of animal sacrificial rituals in Iron Age Scandinavia are almost non-existent. However, we have some rare descriptions about the people of northern Europe from Roman historians. Most famous of these is of course Tacitus who gives us valuable information about life in Scandinavia during the first century AD. Among other things we learn about fertility rituals carried out in sacrificial bogs and we understand the close connection between the goddess and water. Tacitus’ descriptions, as well as younger sources such as the Old Norse religious texts of Scandinavia, also clearly tell us about the magic role of different animals such as birds, wild boar, wolf and horse. In the archaeological material we try to recognize traces of religious acts that once took place. But how can we tell the difference and distinguish between the remains of ritual animal offerings on one hand and the normal kitchen waste on the other? This paper deals with some examples of horse offerings in bogs and ponds and with ritual deposits of animal bones in dry settlement contexts in Sweden. Zooarchaeological analysis gives us valuable data and a key to interpret the animal bone assemblages as evidence of animal offerings.
Dans l’ombre du rite : vestiges d’animaux et pratiques sacrificielles en Grèce antique. Note sur la diversité des contextes et les difficultés de recherche rencontrées
Authors:   Ephorate of Paleoanthropology-Speleology of Southern Greece, Trantalidou Katerina
Published: April 2023

In all ancient civilisations, as well as in numerous contemporary societies, animals were implicated in many aspects of religion. Sacrifice and alimentary rituals regulated social life and animals underwent diverse treatments in accordance with particular cults. Zooarchaeological material constitutes direct evidence for animals that were slaughtered and often eaten in a sacred context. Also, the status of a departed person in life could be indicated by the faunal and vegetal funerary offerings that accompanied him or her to the grave. Still, it is not possible to ascribe every zooarchaeological deposit showing unusual characteristics a religious significance, nor does all animal bone assemblages found in a sanctuary constitute the remains of a sacrifice. The interpretation must rest on the interaction between the archaeological context, the taphonomy and the iconographical and literary sources relevant for the particular society. The present article aims at exploring existing hypotheses concerning the zooarchaeological evidence by posing questions and confronting the Greek prehistoric and historical material, as ritual practices were neither static nor linear. This discussion brings to bear on the most recent discoveries, partly still unpublished. Examination of the zooarchaeological evidence from 63 sites allows us to conclude that focus on a particular criterion can result in misinterpretations, as what was common practice in one community was not necessarily so in another. The definition of the actual length of every event is also paramount. Only a careful stratigraphic and zooarchaeological methodology, combined with a multitude of questions posed, will yield information precise enough to determine the species, reconstruct the practices and reformulate our questions.