bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evidence of Delayed, Recursive Benefits of Self-Affirmation on Anxiety in Socially Anxious University Students
Authors: O'Brien Karen , Sukovieff Alyse , Johnson Edward A.
Published: December 2021

Introduction: Persons with social anxiety disorder (SAD) often experience social interactions as threatening and commonly avoid them or perform poorly in them (Asher et al., 2017). Self-affirmation is an intervention shown to help individuals engage effectively in situations they perceive as threatening (Sherman & Hartson, 2011). We hypothesized that self-affirmation would allow socially anxious individuals to participate in more social activities, do so more effectively, and with less stress and anxiety. Methods: Following completion of baseline measures, 75 socially anxious university students were randomly assigned to complete a self-affirming or control writing task. They subsequently completed the Trier Social Stress Test for Groups (TSST-G), and received SAD psychoeducation designed to promote social engagement over the coming month, after which they were reassessed on baseline measures of social anxiety. Results Self-affirmation demonstrated no benefit at the time of engagement in the TSST-G. However, at follow-up, self-affirmed students reported significantly less discomfort, anxiety, and distress related to a variety of social behaviors as well as more engagement in those behaviors, relative to baseline, compared with non-affirmed students. Moreover, significantly more affirmed than non-affirmed participants reported clinically significant reductions in symptoms of SAD at follow-up. Discussion These results help to broaden our conceptualization of self-affirmation and provide support for its potential utility in treatment for those with SAD.
Heat and mass transfer in non-coaxial rotation of radiative MHD Casson carbon nanofluid flow past a porous medium
Authors: W.N.N. Noranuar  , A.Q. Mohamad  , S. Shafie  , I. Khan  , L.Y. Jiann
Published: December 2021

The heat and mass transfer of a radiative Casson nanofluid with single-wall and multi-wall carbon nanotubes in a non-coaxial rotating frame is analyzed in this article. The effects of thermal radiation, magnetic field and porosity are considered. Casson human blood is used to suspend both types of carbon nanotubes. The governed dimensional momentum, energy and concentration equations associated with initial and moving boundary conditions are converted into dimensionless expression by applying appropriate dimensionless variables. The exact solutions are determined by solving the dimensionless governing partial differential equations using the Laplace transform method. The obtained solutions are verified by comparing the present results with the published results. The validity of the solutions is assured since a precise agreement between the results is accomplished. The variation of the skin friction, Nusselt number, and Sherwood number for various values of the embedded parameters are presented in tables. The impacts of embedded parameters on the velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are illustrated in graphs. The distribution of the velocity and temperature is enhanced by the nanoparticles volume fraction but a reverse effect is observed for concentration profile. The radiation parameter has amplified the velocity and temperature of the Casson nanofluid. The emergence of porosity effect has aided to the smoothness of fluid flow but the presence of magnetic field reports the opposite effect on the velocity.
Free convection flow with chemical reaction effect between oscillating parallel plates
Authors: F. Zulkiflee  , S. Shafie  , A. Ali  , A.Q. Mohamad
Published: December 2021

This research purpose is to investigate the exact solutions for unsteady free convection flow between oscillating parallel plates with mass diffusion and chemical reaction. The governing equations are modelled and reduced using non-dimensional variables. The method used is Laplace transform method. Solutions for velocity, temperature, and concentration fields as well as skin friction, Nusselt and Sherwood number are obtained. For physical understanding, analytical results for velocity, temperature and concentration profile are plotted graphically with respect to the Schmidt number, Prandtl number, oscillating parameter, Grashof number, mass Grashof number and chemical reaction parameter. Increasing Prandtl number and Schmidt number decreases the concentration, velocity, temperature, and skin friction but increases the Sherwood and Nusselt numbers.
Design and Analysis of a Lower Limb Exo-Skeleton Suit for Post Stroke Patient: Static and Ergonomic Analyses
Authors: Suhaimi S. A. F. , Suhaimi N. M. H. T. , Ramli M. H. M
Published: December 2021

This paper presents a study on the development of a lower limb exoskeleton suit (exo-suit) for post-stroke patients. The exo-suit is designed and developed for restoration of post-stroke patients' gait motion (ability to use their lower limb joints) and analysis on ergonomics and statics are also considered. The mechanical structure of the exo-suit is proposed according to the anatomy of Asian people with an average mass of eighty kilograms in order that it is fitted perfectly. The conceptual design is established and selected by a dedicated design matrix and compared using the matrix evaluation process, and then Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software CATIA is used to create the 3D model. The design has undergone an evaluation of static structural and ergonomic analysis via CATIA and ANSYS Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software. Two materials are used in the static structural analysis, one is aluminium alloy, the other is steel material. The result of equivalent stress for both materials is within the allowable range of 29.511MPa to 1168.4 MPa. For RULA (Rapid Upper Limb Assessment) Analysis, the results showed that all three postures (static, intermittent, and repeated) yield acceptable final score which is 1 for intermittent and 2 for static and repeated postures.
The Diagnosis of COVID-19 through X-ray Images via Transfer Learning and Fine-Tuned Dense Layer on Pipeline
Authors: Mohamed Ismail Amiir Haamzah , Mohd Razman Mohd Azraai , Mohd Khairuddin Ismail , Abdullah Muhammad Amirul , Muazu Musa Rabiu , P. P. Abdul Majeed Anwar
Published: December 2021

X-ray is used in medical treatment as a method to diagnose the human body internally from diseases. Nevertheless, the development in machine learning technologies for pattern recognition have allowed machine learning of diagnosing diseases from chest X-ray images. One such diseases that are able to be detected by using X-ray is the COVID-19 coronavirus. This research investigates the diagnosis of COVID-19 through X-ray images by using transfer learning and fine-tuning of the fully connected layer. Next, hyperparameters such as dropout, p, number of neurons, and activation functions are investigated on which combinations of these hyperparameters will yield the highest classification accuracy model. InceptionV3 which is one of the common neural network is used for feature extraction from chest X-ray images. Subsequently, the loss and accuracy graphs are used to find the pipeline which performs the best in classification task. The findings in this research will open new possibilities in screening method for COVID-19.
Implementation of a community-based nutrition program in the community feeding center: a case study from Bantul
Authors: Piliang Nelfi Putri , Sulistiyawati Sulistiyawati , Paramashanti Bunga Astria
Published: December 2021

Background: Malnutrition among children becomes one of public issues in the population. Community-based nutrition programs provide opportunities to improve current child nutrition and in later life.  Objective: To explore the implementation of a community-based nutrition program in Sedayu Subdistrict, Bantul District. Methods: A qualitative study with a single study case was conducted between March and May 2017 in the community feeding center in Argorejo Village, Sedayu Subdistrict, Bantul District. Data were collected from a focus group discussion among mothers of children under-fives, in-depth interviews to community health workers and a nutritionist, and observation during the program activities. Analysis was done by developing coding and themes on the implementation of the program. Results: Several activities were identified in the community-based nutrition program such as anthropometric measurement, nutrition counselling and education, providing healthy snacks during the program, and weekly food supplementation distribution to targeted children. Facilitators of this program included active participation from community health workers, acceptance and supports from the community, and self-subsistent food supplementation. Meanwhile, the barriers of this program were budget allocation, limited numbers and time of health workers, and lacked tools and facilities. Conclusions: Community-based nutrition program in the community feeding center is community-driven program which is from and to the community. The sustainability of this program needs a strong commitment from the government, multisectoral stakeholders, and the community.
Empirische Kausalanalyse durch natürliche Experimente
Authors: Gründler Klaus
Published: December 2021

Der Alfred-Nobel-Gedächtnispreis für Wirtschaftswissenschaften 2021 geht an den Arbeitsmarktökonomen David Card und an die empirischen Ökonomen Joshua Angrist und Guido Imbens. Unser Autor Klaus Gründler würdigt die Preisträger für ihre Forschungsleistungen.
IFRS 16 aus der Sicht der internen Steuerung beim Leasingnehmer
Authors: Hartmann-Wendels Thomas , Gruber Thomas , Weigelt Felix
Published: December 2021

Die Reform der Leasingbilanzierung nach IFRS wirkt sich auf bilanzielle Kennzahlen beim Leasingnehmer aus. Im Folgenden werden die Auswirkungen von IFRS 16 auf Ergebnis- und Renditekennzahlen zur internen Unternehmenssteuerung untersucht. Die konzeptionelle Analyse wird ergänzt durch eine empirische Erhebung zur Anwendung von IFRS 16 für die interne Unternehmenssteuerung in der Praxis.
El sublime objeto de los Incas: la colección de Susana Torres
Authors: Vich Víctor
Published: December 2021

Este ensayo estudia una colección de distintas mercancías que se encentran agrupadas por llevar consigo la palabra “Inca” (o “Inka”). A partir de la teoría del “inconsciente político” propuesta por Jameson, el argumento sostiene que nos encontramos ante la conversión de la historia en un simulacro, pero, también, ante el intento de restaurar una condición utópica de la historia que sigue entendiéndose como central. Desde el gesto iconoclasta que retoma la vieja herencia de la vanguardia, la colección muestra una tensión nunca resuelta dentro y fuera del sistema del arte. En última instancia, el “Museo Neo Inka” subraya la producción de una mirada capaz de re-auratizar falsos semblantes utópicos en la actual vida peruana.
Feminismos populares en el Norte de África: las movilizaciones de mujeres y la Primavera Árabe en Marruecos
Authors: Ramírez Fernández Ángeles , Mijares Laura
Published: December 2021

Este artículo analiza la emergencia de un modelo de activismo feminista en Marruecos que, tras el 20F - la versión marroquí de la Primavera Árabe – comienza a reactivarse y a hacerse más visible en las calles, durante las protestas. Se sitúa al margen del movimiento feminista histórico, por su carácter anti-neoliberal. Implicado en el movimiento 20F, proponemos analizarlo a la luz de los marcos desarrollados en América Latina, que lo nombran como feminismo popular. Se trata de un activismo protagonizado por mujeres marroquíes, básicamente rurales, que luchan por la defensa de lo común y por la reproducción de la vida.
El rol de Argelia en la cuestión del Sahara Occidental
Authors: Salem Abdi Mohamed
Published: December 2021

Argel considera que la cuestión del Sahara Occidental es un claro caso de descolonización mientras que las autoridades marroquíes defienden que la excolonia española es una parte inseparable del Reino. Marruecos niega la existencia del pueblo saharaui y cree que se trata de un conflicto artificial donde la contraparte es Argelia que arma al Polisario y acoge a cientos de miles de refugiados saharauis. Este artículo trata de analizar desde las perspectivas histórica y politológica la implicación de Argelia en el conflicto saharaui tratando de ver el grado de influencia en una controversia que condena el desarrollo del Magreb.
El mito de Sísifo: los límites de la política exterior libanesa
Authors: Sevilla Moreno Julio
Published: December 2021

Con el fin de la ocupación siria en 2005 al Líbano se le presenta el reto de definir su política exterior. Un sistema confesional que crea profundas divisiones a la hora de tomar decisiones a nivel diplomático, un poder regional que no cesa de polarizarse y la influencia de actores externos provoca sin embargo una parálisis crónica en un Estado que ve cómo todo conflicto externo lo afecta sin quererlo. Ante esta situación, el Líbano aplica una política exterior de supervivencia, llamada de “neutralidad positiva” y de “disociación” años más tarde, en un intento de evitar que los partidos políticos que representan al Estado lo vuelvan a sumergir en una nueva guerra civil.
The constructive methods of teaching mathematics
Authors: Jasutienė Eglė
Published: December 2021

The problem of teaching mathematics in Lithuanian schools envisaged in this article. The teachers often use the teaching methods of behaviourism. The widely used teachingmethods of constructivionism in the world are appearing in Lithuanian schools too. There is talked how mathematics teachers can easier start to use new progressivemethods by using IT in this article. There is reviewing how start to use constructive mathematics teaching methods by using Geometer’s Sketchpad in this article. There was appeared some problems for teachers by using Geometer’s Sketchpad in schools. So these problems help to find new step of investigating Geometer’s Sketchpad in teaching mathematics – to built the various sets of dynamic sketches for teaching and learning mathematics in basic schools. More than 800 dynamic sketches have been developed within 9th and 10th grades mathematics curriculum. Now is preparing set of sketches for 11th and 12th grades. Some constructive methods of teaching mathematic by using these sets of sketches are discussed in this article.The methods of comparative analyze and of synthesis of scientificworks are used in this article.
Factor analysis in education research
Authors: Kožemiakina Veronika , Sičiūnienė Viktorija
Published: December 2021

Using factor analysis was studied the variables structure of the 2005 national student’s achievements research questionnaire and reduced quantity of primal variables in questionnaire. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 13.0. During research there were extracted 4 indicators: class and school environment, social and economical situation, student attitude towards mathematic and his achievement in mathematic and mathematics teacher work style. Base oneself on factors obtained from indicator is presented recommendations.
Mathematics studies at the faculty of nature and mathematics of Vilnius university 1940–1944
Authors: Jasiūnas Henrikas , Verikaitė Vitolda
Published: December 2021

Reorganization of the Polish Vilnius University of Steponas Batoras into Lithuanian Vilnius University in 1940 and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in 1940–1944.
The honoured teacher and docent Petras Rumšas (1921 11 02–1987 02 23) merits to Lithuanian school
Authors: Jasiūnas Henrikas , Verikaitė Vitolda
Published: December 2021

It is represented the Petras Rumšas works which reveal the impact this man had on schools, education and culture in Lithuania.
Role of mathematics in the study plans of faculty of technology at VDU
Authors: Pekarskas Vidmantas , Pekarskienė Aldona
Published: December 2021

The object of the paper is to investigate what number of hours was dedicated for mathematics in 1922–1943. The program of mathematics lectured to students of the Faculty of Technology since 1930 is analyzed.
Normal form of formulas of pure hybrid logic
Authors: Aleknavičiūtė Daiva , Norgėla Stanislovas
Published: December 2021

In this paper,we study a transformationof pure hybrid logic formulae,which do not have binding operator, into an equivalent normal form, which does not have any satisfiability operators in the scope of another satisfiability operator.
Effect of anisotropy coeficient on error rates of linear discriminant functions
Authors: Dučinskas Kęstutis , Dreižienė Lina
Published: December 2021

Paper deals with statistical classification of spatial data as a part of widely applicable statistical approach to pattern recognition. Error rates in supervised classification of Gaussian random field observation into one of two populations specified by different constant means and common stationary geometric anisotropic covariance are considered. Formula for the exact Bayesian error rate is derived. The influence of the ratio of anisotropy to the error rates is evaluated numerically for the case of complete parametric certainty.
Pathway restoration and deformation sensing using acceleration data
Authors: Benevičius Vincas , Listopadskis Narimantas
Published: December 2021

This work is targeted towards pathway restoration and deformation sensing using acceleration data.  This problem is solved analyzing two point system movements in a plane.  Integration methods are compared, choice of Newton–Kotess formulas for integration is motivated. Data for analysis is provided by simulation, because real data acquisition requires financial investments. Error dependencies on integration parameters, accelerometer operation parameters are analyzed.  The dynamics of error developmentwhile observing different pathways is being tracked; a criterion for sensing deformation is defined.
Application of multiple regression models for inflation modelling
Authors: Čuvak Ana , Kalinauskas Žilvinas
Published: December 2021

This paper examines the Lithuanian consumer price inflation from 1996 January till 2006 December using a modern non-stationary time series and econometric theory.  The multiple regressionmodels are proposed for inflation modeling. The stationarity of Lithuanian inflation and the main explored exogenous variables are analyzed using the augmented Dickey–Fuller test.  All indicators are integrated of order one.  Vector error correction (VECM) model of Lithuanian inflation processes is investigated and proposed for inflation modeling.
Application of mathematical models in stock market analysis
Authors: Danilenko Svetlana
Published: December 2021

This paper describes several methods for modulating of the stocks volatility through use of variance,  EWMA and GARCH models. Results are presented using logarithmic return of the Lithuanian OMXV index.
The combinatorial optimization problems of the discrete processes
Authors: Janušauskaitė Nijolė
Published: December 2021

Nonclassic combinatorial optimization problems of the discrete processes are investigated. The methodology, permitting transform there problems into equivalent typical problems, which can be solved applying dynamic programming and principle of the maximum methods, is proposed.
A Beveridge–Nelson filters for the self normalization
Authors: Juodis Mindaugas
Published: December 2021

Let Xt =Σ∞i=0 ψi εt−i be a linear process, where εt , t ∈ Z, are i.i.d. r.v.’s in the domain of attraction of a normal law with zero mean and possibly infinite variance. Generalizing the class of Beveridge–Nelson filters this article proves a central limit theorem for the self-normalized sums U−1n Σnt=1 Xt , where U2n is a sum of squares of block-sums of size m, as m and the number of blocks N = n/m tend to infinity.
Some remarks on selfnormalization for a simple spatial autoregressive model
Authors: Zovė Romas
Published: December 2021

In the paper I continue investigations on the self-normalization of simple autoregressive field Xt,s = aXt−1,s + bXt,s−1 + εt,s started in [5]. And extend previous results when the variance of the innovations of the process above are not finite.
Біомеханічний аналіз рухових дій спортсменів, які займаються шорт-треком під час проходження фази повороту
Authors: Ашанін Володимир , Долгополова Наталія , Долгополова Марія , Філенко Людмила , Пасько Владлена
Published: December 2021

Мета: розробка моделі для теоретичного аналізу і оцінки оптимальних біомеханічних характеристик проходження фази повороту спортсменів шорт-треку з використанням існуючих біомеханічних ергогенних засобів та інформаційних технологій в тренувальному процесі.

Матеріал і методи: теоретичний аналіз науково-методичної літератури, аналіз Інтернет-ресурсів, педагогічне спостереження, відеозйомка, біомеханічний аналіз рухових характеристик. Тестову групу складали 10 юних спортсменів з шорт-треку 9-12 років та 5 спортсменів з шорт-треку віком 18-24 років, які займаються в МСДЮСШ олімпійського резерву м. Харкова з шорт-треку та мають не менше трьох тренувань на тиждень (від 1 року, для
юних спортсменів) та регулярні заняття п’ять разів на тиждень (протягом 6-10 років, для дорослих спортсменів).

Результати: в роботі теоретично проаналізовано характеристики техніки проходження фази повороту шорт-трековиків засобами біомеханічного аналізу. Розрахунковим шляхом визначено теоретичні залежності показників проходження фази повороту: швидкість, кут нахилу корпусу спортсмена в повороті, положення загального центру мас тіла та їх взаємозв’язок. Виділено основні помилки техніки виконання рухових дій спортсменів початківців у фазі повороту.

Висновки: дані теоретичні дослідження підтверджують доцільність використання спеціальних засобів для створення умов, які моделюють в просторі реальну ситуацію проходження спортсменом шорт-треку повороту на одному ковзані, а тренеру дозволять контролювати всі характеристики правильного виконання рухів юних спортсменів-початківців з точки зору біомеханіки. Обґрунтовано використання спеціальних пружних стрічок, як ергогенних засобів для вдосконалення рухових дій спортсменів з шорт-треку. Вказано напрямки покращення біомеханічних показників, які спортсмен здатний реалізувати на практиці.

Ключові слова: біомеханіка, шорт-трек, фаза повороту, технічна підготовка спортсменів, аналіз рухових дій.
Unintended consequences and the problem of ensuring sustainable development
Authors:   State Institution ", Lypov Volodymyr ,   Institute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine"
Published: December 2021

The sources, types, and mechanisms of formation and tools for minimizing "unintended consequences" of economic reforms in Ukraine are considered. "Unintended consequences" are understood as unpredictable, unintentional, indirect, and incredible consequences of actions of initiators, organizers and executors of Ukrainian reforms, which were not included in their plans but happened in reality and have have a decisive influence on the state of the national economy. The methodological basis of the study includes historical-genetic, comparative, statistical, and graphical analysis. The origins of the study of " unintended consequences" of human actions can be traced in the works of N. Machiavelli, J. B. Vico, B. Mandeville, A. Ferguson, W. Petty, A. Smith, J.-B. Sаy, K. Marx, С. Menger , W. Pareto, M. Weber, F. Hayek, and R. Merton. Prerequisites for the "unintended consequences" of economic reforms in Ukraine include insufficient competence of initiators and organizers, errors in analyzing problems due to ignoring the specifics of the current situation, focus on achieving immediate results without the possibility to calculate long-term consequences of implemented measures, underestimation of the role of basic values of national culture and the impact of disclosure of predictions on the behavior of economic entities. The types of “unintended consequences” that affected the course of economic reforms in Ukraine include those that, while remaining functional for the system, rely on latent, unconscious and unplanned factors arising from latent dysfunctions. Varieties of mechanisms for the formation of "unintended consequences" of economic reforms in Ukraine include the manifestation of the results of latent functions, self-realization of social beliefs and self-destructive beliefs. It is substantiated that the practice of mandatory preliminary testing at the local level on the basis of relevant information platforms makes it possible to eliminate shortcomings in advance, clarify and improve the implemented measures, determine their social effectiveness, and choose the best alternative. Conducting preliminary economic experiments avoids situations where, as a result of the reform, certain groups gain access to various types of rental income at the expense of society.
Socio-economic inequality: essence, cyclicality of the dynamics
Authors:   State Institution ", Podliesna Vasylyna ,   Institute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine"
Published: December 2021

The article considers socio-economic inequality as a social phenomenon inherent in all historical forms of society, which is characterized by the exploitation of wide circles of population by the elite. It is generated by the basic economic law of each historical form of antagonistic society and is expressed in the periodic aggravation of class contradictions. The most important component of social inequality in capitalist society is economic inequality. There is a relationship between the economic growth and inequality of income that S. Kuznets was one of the first to prove. P. Sorokin, justifying the hypothesis of the cyclicality of fluctuations in the average level of welfare and income within a certain society, appealed to the existence of "small business cycles", and explained by the existence of Kondratiev waves the tendency towards the increase in the average level of income and welfare, manifested in the second half of XIX century in some countries. The author analyzes the close relationship between the dynamics of inequality and social processes, whose driving force is violence – "four horsemen of the equalization": the war with mass mobilization, the transformational revolution, the decay of the state and the lethal pandemic, – as established by W. Scheidel; it is the "four horsemen of the equalization" that reduce the gap between rich and poor, that is, the social inequality is temporarily smoothed destructively. It has been established that during large-scale wars, revolutions, the destruction of states there is a permission of cyclically exacerbating contradictions of social development, which generate the deployment of long-term socio-economic cycles (cycles of changing the forms of society; hegemony establishment cycles in the world-system, long political cycles, Kondratiev waves, etc.). Therefore, the changes in the levels of socio-economic inequality generated by these "horsemen of the equalization" are also cyclic.
Institutional mechanisms for overcoming the contradictions between globalization and localization
Authors:   State Institution ", Yaremenko Oleh ,   Institute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine"
Published: December 2021

Information technology and the formation of the global market have led to such destructive a complication of the environment, which generates global imbalances, the negative effects of conflict, reducing the level of institutionalization of the world economy, narrowing the time horizon of rational choice. This stimulates the search for alternatives to excessive complexity and conflict of development. The way out of this situation is localization based on the reproduction of identities. The desired effect of localization is the institutional provision of a more balanced distribution of resources / benefits of globalization, on the one hand, and the distribution of its risks and uncertainties, on the other. Identity is seen as the extreme level of structure of society, which is responsible for the integrity of social behavior of subjects as elements of the system. The acceptable level of complexity of the global system is achieved in the ways of optimal localization. The basis of such localization is the recognition of the positive meaning of the identity factor, which generates different risk assessments, different time horizons of decision-making and different criteria for effective participation in globalization. The institutional mechanisms for the smart-localization of global development are economic sovereignty, institutional protection of the national producer, and social protection of the population. As a result, the global system has a choice of options to respond to challenges from uncertainty and threats. Globalization as unification and standardization is a more risky path because it limits variability and prevents the use of alternative cost estimation methods.
Serpientes y monos: metáforas sobre género producidas por estudiantes de pedagogía
Authors: Valenzuela Valenzuela Amanda Victoria , Alarcón Hernández Paola Lorena
Published: December 2021

El sistema educativo es responsable por la transmisión y expresión de la mayor parte de los patrones socioculturales que integran nuestra sociedad, entre los cuales se encuentra el género. Este es un tema de reciente abordaje en el contexto educativo, por lo cual son necesarios los estudios respecto a las percepciones docentes al respecto. Por otro lado, la metáfora es una herramienta utilizada en la vida cotidiana de las personas, para facilitar la producción y comprensión de conceptos abstractos, por lo cual es útil para el estudio de creencias, opiniones y conceptualizaciones por parte de distintos grupos humanos. Este artículo, basado en una investigación cualitativa realizada en contexto de posgrado, tiene como objetivo describir las metáforas de animales producidas por estudiantes de pedagogía de quinto año respecto a sus estudiantes de género femenino y/o masculino. Por medio de entrevistas semiestructuradas a diez estudiantes, se identificó un total de 10 metáforas en el campo semántico de los animales, donde se diferenció el comportamiento de estudiantes en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje en base a su género. Como resultados principales, se destaca que las metáforas asociadas al género masculino refieren a la inquietud, el desorden y lo físico; mientras que las metáforas asociadas al género femenino destacaban lo verbal y la tranquilidad. Por otro lado, algunas de las metáforas producidas relevaban la influencia de la edad en el comportamiento de los y las estudiantes. Futuras investigaciones podrán ampliar la muestra, y facilitar la elección de estrategias para disminuir las inequidades de género por parte de los y las profesionales de educación.
Formação profissional em Serviço Social e ENADE
Authors: Costa Tereza Raquel Negreiros do Nascimento , Andrade Roberta Ferreira Coelho de
Published: December 2021

A contrarreforma do estado que alcança constantemente as políticas sociais e tudo que as envolve, visivelmente afeta o ensino superior brasileiro, parte da política de educação, postulando formações cada vez mais pragmáticas e tecnicistas, por isto, é imprescindível analisar o meio de avaliação adotado pelo Estado e as intencionalidades permeadas nela. Neste artigo há o debate sobre a avaliação conduzida pelo Exame Nacional de Desempenho Estudantil (ENADE) para os cursos de Serviço Social, tendo como exemplo os cursos de Serviço Social do estado do Amazonas, considerando as 6 provas do ENADE para este curso e os 47 relatórios das instituições que oferecem este curso no estado do Amazonas e foram alvo deste exame. O artigo resulta de pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, de natureza explicativa, direcionada pelo método crítico-dialético, com abordagem de enfoque misto (qualitativa e quantitativa), com adoção das técnicas de análise documental e análise de conteúdo para o tratamento dos dados obtidos pelos documentos citados. Pode ser observado que a atual avaliação lançada ao ensino superior tem a capacidade de evidenciar as potencialidades e fragilidades da formação, porém somente do ponto de vista do discente, ignorando os demais sujeitos que estão envolvidos no processo formativo, além de incentivar, por meio do modo que tem sido executado, com cálculos distorcidos de notas e conceitos, um “ranqueamento” entre as instituições de ensino superior, fazendo-as buscarem o alcance das “melhores notas”, mas camuflando a disparidade entre o desempenho dos discentes, principalmente quando comparamos o desempenho entre discentes dos cursos de Serviço Social públicos e privados.
Neofascismo, ultraneoliberalismo e corrosão da essencialidade da previdência social no Brasil
Authors: Silva Maria Lucia Lopes da
Published: December 2021

Este artigo trata da corrosão da essencialidade da previdência social e do aprofundamento de seu desmonte no contexto de crise do capital e de fortalecimento da extrema direita no Brasil. Traz resultados parciais da pesquisa “o Estado brasileiro e os paradoxos da implementação da seguridade social no Brasil” que se realiza sob a perspectiva dialética materialista, referenciada na revisão de literatura especializada e análise de dados e documentos. Os resultados revelam o caráter neofascista e ultraneoliberal do governo Bolsonaro; o avanço do processo de corrosão da essencialidade e entrega da previdência social aos capitais; denunciam medidas de ajuste à EC 103/2019, durante a pandemia da covid-19, que limitam o acesso aos direitos, reorientam a finalidade e fragilizam o INSS, instituem a política securitária sob diretrizes mercadológicas, forjam a unificação de regimes de previdência e transferência da gestão dos benefícios não programados ao setor privado.
A manufatura aditiva no âmbito do vestuário: entraves e reflexões teóricas
Authors: Babinski Júnior Valdecir , Los Vivian Andreatta , Odorcik Eduarda França , Kappaun Helena , Bueno Sabrina Lopes , Ribeiro Vitória Baratto
Published: December 2021

O presente artigo tem como objetivo estabelecer um framework (quadro teórico) acerca dos entraves para a popularização da manufatura aditiva no âmbito do vestuário. Metodologicamente, a pesquisa desenvolvida pode ser enquadrada como pesquisa descritiva, básica, qualitativa e bibliográfica. Como instrumento de coleta de dados, empregou-se uma revisão narrativa e assistemática de literatura. A partir do exposto, os impedimentos encontrados foram classificados por meio de seis categorias: (I) características materiais; (II) pirataria; (III) capacitação técnica; (IV) acesso aos fab labs; (V) custos; e (VI) processos de impressão. Para cada categoria, foram estabelecidas recomendações com ênfase na superação de obstáculos e na minimização do risco à inovação.
Tabela de medidas para o desenvolvimento de vestuário para mulheres gestantes: uma proposição empírica
Authors: Murara Fabiane Fischer , Brilhante Mariana Luísa Schaeffer , Los Vivian Andreatta , Babinski Júnior Valdecir , Fontana Fernanda Cristina , Silva Isadora Rodolfo da , Schwitzki Izabela , Silva Maria Eduarda Alves da , Pereira Nicolly Colaço
Published: December 2021

O presente artigo teve como objetivo propor um modelo de tabela de medidas que possa servir para o desenvolvimento de peças do vestuário para gestantes. A abordagem utilizada foi pautada em um levantamento bibliográfico, a partir de uma perspectiva voltada ao modo como são construídas as tabelas de medidas em vigor, e pelo mercado de vestuário, de forma que represente o público gestante. Com base na pesquisa realizada, concluiu-se que: (I) as medidas aferidas de gestantes do 1º ao 6º mês variam de acordo com seu tipo corpóreo, por exemplo, podem aumentar de dois a dez centímetros na circunferência do busto; e (II) não existem muitos estudos científicos e tabelas medidas assertivas para todos os biótipos corporais nesse segmento do ramo de vestuário.
Guru Persona
Authors: Kapoor Himani
Published: December 2021

This article analyses the construction of the images of two contemporary Indian gurus—Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (SSRS) and Jaggi Vasudev (JV)—and their charismatic authority through a close study of their biographies. The genre, labelled “guruography” by Stephen Jacobs (2016, 61), serves as a useful tool to study the various elements that consolidate the guru’s public profile, enhancing his unique personal or charismatic authority. The Art of Living Foundation (AOLF) led by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and the Isha Foundation (IF) headed by Jaggi Vasudev, are both guru-led faith based organizations that have managed to consolidate a significant following worldwide. The gurus serve as thriving examples of living founder-leaders of transnational groups with a specific focus on yoga, meditation, and pranayama (specialized breathing rhythms commonly practiced in yoga). This work analyses guru biographies in order to ascertain their role in influencing a favourable reading of guru charisma, and also to demonstrate the role played by these narratives in generating a shared understanding of the guru. It also discusses the various factors that have a bearing on the overall charismatic appeal of the leaders of faith based groups.
Sufism Meets the New Age Discourse: Part 1
Authors: Piraino Francesco
Published: December 2021

This article, the first of a two-part discussion, focuses on the influence of the New Age on contemporary Sufism. It will consider the main definitions of the New Age and how they have been applied in relation to contemporary Sufism. After having shown the limits of these definitions and applications, it will propose an alternative reading, considering the New Age not as a movement or a cultural phenomenon, but as a discourse. This will allow us to better connect doctrines with practices and organizational structures, and to grasp the continuities and discontinuities between esoteric and New Age discourses.
Digital Jesus: The Making of a New Christian Fundamentalist Community on the Internet, by Robert Glenn Howard.
Authors: McConeghy David W.
Published: December 2021

Digital Jesus: The Making of a New Christian Fundamentalist Community on the Internet, by Robert Glenn Howard. New York University Press, 2011. 213pp., pb., $27.00. ISBN-13: 9780814773109.
Promises of Purity
Authors: Bailey Emily J
Published: December 2021

At the turn of the nineteenth century “purity” movements, like those practiced at the Seventh-day Adventist Battle Creek Sanitarium, were an outlet for individuals striving to reconcile their health with heterodox religious views about the Second Coming of Christ. This article examines the letters and writings of professed prophet Ellen G. White and Adventist promotional materials for the Battle Creek Sanitarium as they relate to broader health reforms at the time. In pamphlets, catalogues, and menus, the Sanitarium promised patients/patrons the latest medical advances to help restore their bodies, while White also hoped to save their souls. According to White, sanctification was possible through austerities in diet and health reform, making “the San” and its offshoots religiously significant players in the spiritual and health marketplaces of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Zapomniany kurier do Delegatury Rządu. Ppor. Napoleon Segieda „Wera” (1908–1991)
Authors:   Dr, Oddziałowe Biuro Badań Historycznych Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, Oddział w Rzeszowie, Polska, Tochman Krzysztof A.
Published: December 2021

The article presents Second Lieutenant Napoleon Segieda, alias Gustav Molin “Wera” or Jerzy Salski (after the war), born in the Zamość region, a resident of Pomerania, and a political courier to the government of the Polish Underground State (during the war), parachuted to the country on the night of 7th November 1941. The paper is the first attempt to show his biography and military achievements. He was a participant in the war of 1939 (the defense of Warsaw), and then, a prisoner of war in the German camps, whence, after many trials and tribulations, he arrived at the Polish Forces base in Great Britain. On completing his mission in the country (summer 1942), Segieda set off to London again with the first comprehensive report of the Polish Underground State to the Polish government-in-exile, London. As early as in 1942, being a witness to the extermination, he alerted the world to the Holocaust, to practically no effect, since the West was not particularly interested in the problem. From spring to summer 1942, Napoleon Segieda stayed in the city of Oświęcim where he collected information about the Concentration Camp Auschwitz. On 8th August 1942, he left Warsaw and, via Cracow and Vienna, reached Switzerland where, for unknown reasons, he got stuck on the way to London for a few months. His report was later distributed among many important and influential politicians of the allied community in Great Britain and the USA. It is worth mentioning that the messages on the Holocaust by Stefan Karboński (the head of the leadership of civil combat) also arrived in London during the summer 1942. After the war, Napoleon Segieda settled down in London, under the surname of Jerzy Salski, where he died completely forgotten.
Endeavours to intensity agricultural production in Austrian Galicia during World War II
Authors:   Prof. dr hab., University of Lodz, Department of the History of Economic Thought and Economic History, Poland, Kłusek Mirosław
Published: December 2021

The most negative factors having affected the effectiveness of agricultural production in Austrian Galicia were both the unprofitable agrarian structure and the structure of use of arable land, and also the lack of modernisation of the agricultural production process. This situation contributed to the emergence of the extensive nature of the agricultural production and its low efficiency. After the German Reich had captured Western Galicia in 1939, and Eastern Galicia in 1941, the maximum intensification of agricultural production of this region was set as a primary goal. This was planned to be achieved by the mechanisation of the production process and improvement of the agricultural industry, followed by the growth of fertilisation and chemical treatment of crops, land improvement and the restructuring of arable land. In addition to this, farmers’ education and the consolidation of agricultural holdings were schemed along with the dissemination of high yielding varieties of grains and root crops, horned cattle and pig husbandry. The aim of the German actions listed above was to supply the Wehrmacht with food, and in a broader perspective to prepare the land for German colonization following the ultimate German victory.
Kryzys konstytucyjny w Estonii w 2016 r.
Authors:   Dr hab., prof. UwB, Wydział Historii i Stosunków Międzynarodowych, Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Polska, Zackiewicz Grzegorz
Published: December 2021

By law, the president of modern Estonia is elected indirectly by parliament or, in the absence of a decision in three consecutive votes, by a specially appointed electoral college. In 2016, Estonia experienced an unprecedented political crisis resulting from the impossibility of appointing the head of state according to the procedure specified in the constitution. It was determined both by more general factors related to the electoral system itself, as well as the specificity of Estonia's political life in the second decade of the 21st century. The 2016 presidential election proved to be a complicated game involving major political parties, going well beyond simply appointing a new head of state. The purpose of this article is to discuss the origins, course and immediate effects of these events, culminating in the unexpected election of Kersti Kaljulaid to the office of President of the Republic.
Multi Comm_Plus: A Community Detection System for Identification of Community in Multi-Dimensional Networks
Authors: Sudhakaran Dhanya , Renjith Shini
Published: December 2021

Community detection is a common problem in graph and big data analytics. It consists of finding groups of densely connected nodes with few connections to nodes outside of the group. In particular, identifying communities in large-scale networks is an important task in many scientific domains. Community detection algorithms in literature proves to be less efficient, as it leads to generation of communities with noisy interactions. To address this limitation, there is a need to develop a system which identifies the best community among multi-dimensional networks based on relevant selection criteria and dimensionality of entities, thereby eliminating the noisy interactions in a real-time environment.
Spearheads of the Keliysky Stone Box Burial Ground (Ingushetia Highlands)
Authors: Gagloiti Robert , Kochkarov Umar , Mamaev Rashid , Narozhnyi Vitaliy , Narozhnyi Evgeniy
Published: December 2021

For the first time, the paper publishes all 20 spearheads and one spear counter-weight, discovered as a result of excavations in 1987–1988, in Keliysky stone boxes burial ground of Highland Ingushetia. A brief description of the burials containing these artifacts is published. The main feature of this burial ground is that the burial structural stone boxes, despite being intended primarily for individual burials, were used for multiple (up to five times) subburials. And only a small part of the spearheads were revealed in the burials in situ, while the rest were either re-laid (together with the bone remains of the buried), moved to the end of the stone box, placed onto the stone box overlap or buried in the ground above the stone box. The authors of the paper assume that the population who made the stone-bearing burial ground (at least its significant part) is of a foreign cultural origin. Accordingly, the artifacts accompanying the buried, including of defensive and offensive weapon parts, are largely imported. The published collection of spearheads, containing a small variety of types, allows us to consider the Keliysky burial ground to be a reference monument for the spearheads typology in the North Caucasus of the 13th–14th centuries AD.
Early Sarmatian Burials from the Chechen Republic Territory
Authors: Krivosheev Mikhail , Moiseev Vladimir
Published: December 2021

In 2018, Kurgan 2 of Gvardeyskiye 3 Kurgany (the 3rd Gvardeiskiy Kurgans) in the Nadterechny District of the Chechen Republic was studied. In the result, nine burials were found in the Kurgan which was created during the Early Bronze Age and continued to be used in the course of the Middle and Late Bronze Age. However, the three most recent burials date back to the Early Iron Age period. The burials were localized inside the existing embankment and formed a compact group. In two cases, the burial type was not identified; nevertheless in one case, the burial was constructed in a catacomb. The grave goods are mainly presented by ceramic vessels from the workshops of the sedentary population from the foothill area of Central and Eastern North Caucasus regions. The conclusion was made that the investigated Kurgans were left by the nomadic North Caucasian steppes population of the 3rd–1st centuries BC due to the feature analysis of the Early Iron Age burial complexes.