bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Experiences in growing a skin radiation therapy practice
Authors: Fogarty Gerald B , Christie David RH , Wong Brad , Sim Esther , Ng Evan , Porter Ian , Ha Tuna , Potter Andrew E
Published: August 2021

The successful treatment of skin disease decreases morbidity and mortality. Radiation therapy (RT) can cure skin disease and conserves tissue, possibly delivering better quality of life post treatment and so a superior survivorship. Modern RT delivers better dose conformality and homogeneity, and more is known about the radiobiology of skin and its diseases, enabling treatment personalisation. Skin, however, can be viewed in RT departments as not a serious subspecialty, even in Australia where the incidence of skin cancer is highest. Radiation oncology leaders are needed to carve out a niche for RT amongst a crowded field of skin carers. This article based on the cumulative experience of a group of Australian skin radiation oncologists (ROs), details how this may be achieved. First, focus is placed on growing a high-quality service. The RO needs to understand how patient, tumour and treatment factors impact the skin RT prescription. The particular nuances around skin RT planning, including immobilisation, simulation, contouring and the advantages and disadvantages of each RT modality in skin, are important to know. How skin reacts to RT when the skin is the target and the importance of fractionation is essential knowledge. Second, the RO needs to understand the needs of the skin stakeholders. These include those in the department who look to them for leadership. It includes those outside the department, that is, patients and other skin carers who could be future colleagues and even referrers. Third, the RO needs to use much needed research as a way to bring the disparate skin caring community together through completing high-quality research to guide therapy and post-treatment care.
Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for extensive skin field cancerisation (ESFC) – exploring the limits of treatment volumes with a case series of backs
Authors: Wong Bradley , Christie David , Hellyer James , Henningsen Corinne , Brogmus Tania , Fogarty Gerald B
Published: August 2021

Skin field cancerisation arises from prolonged sun exposure and increases with age. Multiple areas of the skin can be involved resulting in poor quality of life and cosmesis and even death. The long-term efficacy of traditional treatments such as topical creams is disappointing. Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a relatively new radiation technique that allows the definitive treatment of large convex fields. Extra dose can also be delivered simultaneously using a boost technique to proven areas of macroscopic invasive disease. In what we believe is the first publication of its kind, we present a retrospective case series of 15 patients with 21 areas treated with VMAT to the back. Treatment is feasible but areas of skin cancerisation over 800 cm2 should not be treated in one course but broken into smaller fields separated by adequate breaks. Care should be taken when treating large areas of the spine as pancytopenia may result and routine blood counts between treatment courses should be considered. More research is warranted to confirm the dose and efficacy outcomes, but this technique may represent a new therapeutic option for patients with extensive skin field cancerisation of the back.
Vulval aggressive angiomyxoma – a rare entity
Authors: Thomas Jayakar
Published: August 2021

Aggressive Angiomyxoma is a very rare, distinctive, locally invasive soft tissue tumour, that occurs most commonly in the perineum, pelvis, vulva and vagina. It is seen mostly in women of reproductive age group. It has a tendency for recurrence locally, treatment being surgical excision. We hereby describe a case of 38-year-old patient with a pedunculated growth on the right labium majora.
Effects of merapi eruption on environmental and social conditions: case study in Pabelan River, Indonesia
Authors: Ikhsan Jazaul , NK Indrasweri
Published: August 2021

Debris flows triggered by Merapi eruption in 2010 have impacts on the environment and social condition along the rivers on the volcano, especially in Pabelan River. Material resulted from debris flows could change on morphology and porosity of riverbed surface material, as well as the capacity of sediment. Therefore, it is important to study the influence of Merapi eruption in 2010 on environmental and social conditions in Pabelan River. To determine the river morphology was used Ronsgen method. To calculate porosity of riverbed surface material was used the equation was proposed by Sulaiman. Einstein equation was used to calculate sediment transport. To investigate the social conditions, damage land and sand mining activity were used as parameters. The result has shown that morphology types at confluence Progo-Pabelan Rivers, Srowol Bridge, and Pabelan Bridge 1 were D5b, D5b and E5, respectively. Sedimentation has occurred in the segment between the confluence of Progo-Pabelan Rivers and Srowol Bridge. Erosion has taken place in the segment between Srowol Bridge and Pabelan Bridge 1. The riverbank collapses took place along the river and it gave a negative impact on social conditions. The sand mining activity was intensive, and the activity has a positive impact on the economical inhabitants.
Giant myoma associated with uterine prolapse during the second trimester of twin pregnancy: case report
Authors: Ribeiro Camila Poccetti , Nakamura AkemiDafne Dasha Koiti , França Tamires de Menezes , Focchi Gustavo Rubino de Azevedo , Limone Gabriel Augusto , Kuster Maria Gabriela Baumgarten , Filho Roney Cesar Signorini , Mattar Rosiane , Sun Sue Yazaki
Published: August 2021

A 38-years-old primigravida with twin dichorionic diamniotic pregnancy at 18 weeks of gestational age, had a giant myoma attached to the uterine fundus, resulting in uterine prolapse and restrictive gastric capacity. The patient went through a myomectomy at 18 weeks of gestational age. After the surgery, the patient was able to eat without vomiting and had a complete regression of uterine prolapse. One of the fetuses died two weeks after surgery, and the other was delivered by a C-section on the 36 3/7 weeks. The postoperative period was uneventful, and the mother and newborn were discharged four days later.
Anthropology of the Ukrainian Cossacks’ Military Potential (XVIIth–XVIIIth Centuries)
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Serhiychuk Volodymyr
Published: August 2021

The publication deals with the widespread use by the Russian Empire of the Ukrainian people’s armed forces in its wars of conquest after the 1654 Pereyaslav Council. In particular, given are the facts of the Ukrainian Cossacks’ decisive participation in the assaults of Azov in 1696 and Izmail in 1790. How individual regiments of Cossack troops were involved in this process is reported on the example of combat of each Cossack of the Chernihiv Regiment’s Sosnytsia Company.
Language Models Application in Sentiment Attitude Extraction Task
Authors: Rusnachenko Nicolay Leonidovich
Published: August 2021

Large text can convey various forms of sentiment information including the author’s position, positive or negative effects of some events, attitudes of mentioned entities towards to each other. In this paper, we experiment with BERT based language models for extracting sentiment attitudes between named entities. Given a mass media article and list of mentioned named entities, the task is to ex tract positive or negative attitudes between them. Efficiency of language model methods depends on the amount of training data. To enrich training data, we adopt distant supervision method, which provide automatic annotation of unlabeled texts using an additional lexical resource. The proposed approach is subdivided into two stages FRAME-BASED: (1) sentiment pairs list completion (PAIR-BASED), (2) document annotations using PAIR-BASED and FRAME-BASED factors. Being applied towards a large news collection, the method generates RuAttitudes2017 automatically annotated collection. We evaluate the approach on RuSentRel-1.0, consisted of mass media articles written in Russian. Adopting RuAttitudes2017 in the training process results in 10-13% quality improvement by F1-measure over supervised learning and by 25% over the top neural network based model results.
Review of Static Analyzer Service Models
Authors: Menshikov Maxim Aleksandrovich
Published: August 2021

The static program analysis is gradually adopting advanced use cases, and integration with programming tools becomes more necessary than ever. However, each integration requires a different kind of functionality implemented within an analyzer. For example, continuous integration tools typically analyze projects from scratch, while doing the same for code querying is not efficient performance-wise. The code behind such use cases makes «service models», and it tends to differ significantly between them. In this paper, we analyze the models which might be used by the static analyzer to provide its services based on aspects of security, performance, long-term storage. All models are assigned to one of the groups: logical presence (where the actual computation is performed), resource acquisition, input/output, change accounting and historic data tracking. The usage recommendations, advantages and disadvantages are listed for each reviewed model. Input/output models are tested for actual network throughput. We also describe the model which might aggregate all these use cases. The model is partially evaluated within the work-in-progress static analyzer Equid, and the observations are presented.
An Automated Framework for Testing Source Code Static Analysis Tools
Authors: Gimatdinov Damir Maratovich , Gerasimov Alexander Yurievich , Privalov Petr Alekseevich , Butkevich Veronika Nikolaevna , Chernova Natalya Andreevna , Gorelova Anna Antonovna
Published: August 2021

Automated testing frameworks are widely used for assuring quality of modern software in secure software development lifecycle. Sometimes it is needed to assure quality of specific software and, hence specific approach should be applied. In this paper, we present an approach and implementation details of automated testing framework suitable for acceptance testing of static source code analysis tools. The presented framework is used for continuous testing of static source code analyzers for C, C++ and Python programs.
High Performance Distributed Web-Scraper
Authors: Eyzenakh Denis , Rameykov Anton , Nikiforov Igor
Published: August 2021

Over the past decade, the Internet has become the gigantic and richest source of data. The data is used for the extraction of knowledge by performing machine leaning analysis. In order to perform data mining of the web-information, the data should be extracted from the source and placed on analytical storage. This is the ETL-process. Different web-sources have different ways to access their data: either API over HTTP protocol or HTML source code parsing. The article is devoted to the approach of high-performance data extraction from sources that do not provide an API to access the data. Distinctive features of the proposed approach are: load balancing, two levels of data storage, and separating the process of downloading files from the process of scraping. The approach is implemented in the solution with the following technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, Scrapy, Python, MongoDB, Redis Cluster, and СephFS. The results of solution testing are described in this article as well.
Method of Performance Analysis of Time-Critical Applications Using DB-Nets
Authors: Rigin Anton Mikhailovich , Shershakov Sergey Andreevich
Published: August 2021

These days, most of time-critical business processes are performed using computer technologies. As an example, one can consider financial processes including trading on stock exchanges powered by electronic communication protocols such as the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol. One of the main challenges emerging with such processes concerns maintaining the best possible performance since any unspecified delay may cause a large financial loss or other damage. Therefore, performance analysis of time-critical systems and applications is required. In the current work, we develop a novel method for a performance analysis of time-critical applications based on the db-net formalism, which combines the ability of colored Petri nets to model a system control flow with the ability to model relational database states. This method allows to conduct a performance analysis for time-critical applications that work as transactional systems and have log messages which can be represented in the form of table records in a relational database. One of such applications is a FIX protocol-based trading communication system. This system is used in the work to demonstrate applicability of the proposed method for time-critical systems performance analysis. However, there are plenty of similar systems existing for different domains, and the method can also be applied for a performance analysis of these systems. The software prototype is developed for testing and demonstrating abilities of the method. This software prototype is based on an extension of Renew software tool, which is a reference net simulator. The testing input for the software prototype includes a test log with FIX messages, provided by a software developer of testing solutions for one of the global stock exchanges. An application of the method for quantitative analysis of maximum acceptable delay violations is presented. The developed method allows to conduct a performance analysis as a part of conformance checking of a considered system. The method can be used in further research in this domain as well as in testing the performance of real time-critical software systems.
ÚLTIMA ETAPA FIGURATIVA DE MANUEL DE LA CRUZ GONZÁLEZ: “DESNUDO ROJO” (1978)
Authors: Montero Rodríguez Daniel Adolfo
Published: August 2021

Recibido: 08-03-2020

Aprobado: 29-05-2020

 

RESUMEN

 

Este artículo consiste en un estudio semiótico, sobre el proceso de inicialización de la neofiguración en la pintura costarricense de la década de los años setenta (siglo XX), específicamente la nueva figuración del artista Manuel de la Cruz González, determinada por su obra Desnudo rojo (1978). Metodológicamente, se recurre a un análisis semiótico, por medio de un proceso de interpretación del signo en tres niveles (sintáctico, semántico y pragmático). Asimismo, como acercamiento teórico, se conceptualiza la noción de "arte neofigurativo”. También, se hace referencia al contexto socio-histórico costarricense de los Salones Nacionales de Artes Plásticas (1972). De esta manera, se consigue percibir cómo el impulso al arte costarricense, fomentó la producción artística que aunado al contexto costarricense y latinoamericano que presenta un cambio de paradigma social -crisis de valores-, a través de la aparición de la globalización y el neoliberalismo, tuvo una influencia patente en el proceso de inicialización de la neofiguración costarricense, sobre todo en Desnudo rojo (1978) de este pintor costarricense.
RENDIDOS ANTE LA GUARIA MORADA
Authors: Orozco Abarca Sergio
Published: August 2021

Recibido: 14-10-2019

Aprobado: 29-11-2019

RESUMEN

 El presente artículo comprende un estudio sobre la guaria morada, símbolo nacional de Costa Rica. Para ello se realiza un acercamiento histórico a las orquídeas, desde el momento de su bautizo hacia el siglo IV A.C., hasta que surge la fiebre por ellas en Europa en el siglo XVIII, seguida por el hallazgo de la guaria morada en las selvas de Guatemala, y culminando con la presencia de la planta en Costa Rica. También se hace un recorrido sobre su nombre, y se rescatan unas fascinantes crónicas de guarias. Ello con el fin de horrar este ícono que resguarda en la memoria como parte constitutivadel ser costarricense.
A CINCUENTA AÑOS DE LA CREACIÓN DEL MINISTERIO DE CULTURA EN COSTA RICA. LA INVERSIÓN E INTERVENCIÓN ESTATAL EN EL ÁMBITO CULTURAL
Authors: Siles Yanina Ruiz
Published: August 2021

Recibido: 21-05-2020

Aprobado: 24-07-2020

El desarrollo de la institucionalidad cultural costarricense data del siglo XIX, pero a partir de la creación del MCJD se dio una centralización en la inversión e intervención estatal en este ámbito. Permitiendo así, que el sector cultural se expandiera durante la década de 1970 y 1980. Sin embargo, la adopción del modelo neoliberal tuvo un impacto negativo en este crecimiento, el cual se ve plasmado entre los años 1990 y 2020. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar estos procesos en Costa Rica, para ello se revisaron las memorias institucionales y las leyes de presupuesto del Ministerio de 1971 al 2020. En el artículo se observan las continuidades y transformaciones de esta entidad.
REENCUENTRO CON EL TRUEQUE Y LOS SABORES FAMILIARES EN EL ÁMBITO COMUNITARIO DE COSTA RICA, EN MEDIO DE LA PANDEMIA COVID-19
Authors: Sedó Masís Patricia
Published: August 2021

Recibido: 30-07-2020

Aprobado: 05-08-2020

Se describen aspectos socioculturales, de producción, sociales familiares y comunitarios asociados con la alimentación en el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19, a partir de una revisión documental y 20 entrevistas semiestructuradas realizadas entre abril y julio del 2020 a líderes comunitarios y productores de diversas partes de Costa Rica (11 mujeres y 9 varones con un promedio de edad de 47,5 años). El distanciamiento físico,  mayor permanencia en casa, pérdida del poder adquisitivo familiar, cambios en las dinámicas laborales, asociación colaborativa de productores locales, ayuda humanitaria e incremento de iniciativas productivas y emprendimientos familiares para generar entradas económicas, y sobrevivir en medio de la pandemia, son altamente relevantes en el contexto actual de inseguridad alimentaria y nutricional. Se evidencia la necesidad de retomar la cocina como un espacio de encuentro familiar,  y el seguimiento de  recetas familiares.  Se presenta la revalorización de los alimentos producidos nacionalmente e interés por su trazabilidad, así como prácticas de recolección de alimentos subutilizados y la producción para autoconsumo.  Resalta también la toma de medidas para evitar la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos en un contexto de crisis económica y ahorro familiar.
LA ICONOLOGÍA DE LA PINTURA DE LA JERUSALÉN CELESTE AGUSTINA EN EL SANTUARIO DE CHALMA, MÉXICO
Authors: Ledezma Ibarra Carlos Alfonso
Published: August 2021

En el Santuario del Santo Señor de Chalma se venera una escultura de un Crucifijo proveniente desde el siglo XVI, y que de acuerdo con las crónicas agustinas fue uno de los elementos más importantes para lograr la evangelización de dicha región. La devoción alrededor del Cristo Crucificado de Chalma creció durante el siglo XVII lo que impulsó la construcción de un convento y un santuario.

El 6 de septiembre 1783, el rey Carlos III expidió una cédula que le confirió al recinto el título de “Real Convento y Santuario de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo y San Miguel de las cuevas de Chalma”. Unos años más tarde durante la primera década del siglo XIX fue decorada su sacristía con cinco extraordinarios lienzos que, afortunadamente, se han conservado en su sitio original. Este escrito procura una interpretación iconográfica de estas imágenes, entre las que destaca la representación de una Jerusalén Celeste con San Agustín al centro de su composición.
LA EXTRACCIÓN DE CAUCHO EN COSTA RICA
Authors: Sell Biasetti Luis Alberto
Published: August 2021

El presente artículo fue publicado en el Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten für Gärtnerei und Pflanzenkunde (Semanario de la Asociación para la Promoción de la Horticultura en los Estados Reales de Prusia para la Jardinería y la Botánica), Berlín, Alemania, el 9 de agosto de 1862, bajo el título “Die Kautschukgewinnung in Costa-Rica”. El autor fue el botánico Eduard Sell, alemán radicado entonces en San Ramón de Alajuela, Costa Rica.
LA NUEVA FIGURACIÓN EN LA OBRA DE RAFAEL ÁNGEL FELO GARCÍA CON “TUGURIOS” (1970)
Authors: Montero Rodríguez Daniel
Published: August 2021

Recibido: 18-01-2021.

Aprobado: 01-05-2021.

Este artículo es un estudio semiótico sobre el comienzo de la nueva figuración en la pintura costarricense para la década de los años setenta; concretamente, en el trabajo del artista Rafael Ángel Felo García Picado con su obra Tugurios (1970). También, se hace referencia al contexto socio-histórico costarricense de los Salones Nacionales de Artes Plásticas (1972). Metodológicamente, se emplea un análisis semiótico, a través del proceso de interpretación del signo en tres niveles (sintáctico, semántico y pragmático). Asimismo, como acercamiento teórico, se conceptualiza la noción de "arte neofigurativo”. Finalmente, se logra percibir cómo el fomento de la producción artística costarricense, que aunado a su contexto, presenta un cambio de paradigma social -crisis de valores-, debido a la aparición de la globalización y el neoliberalismo. Esto fue una influencia patente en el impulso al arte costarricense y el proceso de inicialización de la neofiguración costarricense, sobre todo en Tugurios (1970) de este pintor costarricense.
Implementasi Metode Permainan Bahasa Grammatical Hunting dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab di Kelas 3/1 Mutawasith Khoiriyah Wittaya Mulnithi Betong, Yala, Thailand Tahun Ajaran 2019/2020
Authors: Zakiyah Zaimatuz , Huda Nurul
Published: August 2021

Abstract: As one component of language learning, the learning method becomes a determinant of the course of an effective and efficient learning process. This requires the professionalism of teachers to be able to implement certain methods in the learning process. The purpose of this paper is to determine the application of the Grammatical Hunting language game method, to find out students' responses to the learning methods applied, and their advantages and disadvantages in learning Arabic in class 3/1 Mutawasith Khoiriyah Wittaya Mulnithi Betong, Yala, Thailand. This research is a descriptive quantitative research. The sample of this research is students of class 3/1 Mutawasith Khoiriyah Wittaya Mulnithi Betong, Yala, Thailand was 25 students. The research technique applied was a non-test technique with data collection instruments in the form of observation, interviews, questionnaires, and documentation. The results showed that (1) The application of the Grammatical Hunting language game method consisted of 3 stages, namely: introduction, core activities, and closing. (2) Students show the best responses to the methods applied in the form of increased interest and activeness in learning Arabic, that is 89,77 %. (3) The advantages of this method are eliminating boredom, creating cooperation, and supportive between students, while the disadvantages of applying this method, namely the number of groups and the crowded class.
‘Amaliyyah al-Andragogiya li Mu’allim al-Lughah al_juhûd li Tarqiyyah al-Kafâ’ah al-Tarbawiyyah
Authors: Isbah Faliqul , Rosyid M. Fairuz
Published: August 2021

Abstract: Teachers have an obligation to provide quality teaching. Therefore, teachers always try to develop pedagogical competencies. One of the paths taken by the teacher to achieve that goal is by practicing a lifelong learning culture or andragogy. Starting from this problem, this study aims to examine the learning culture of Arabic teachers in improving pedagogical competence. The principles and characteristics of andragogy theory are used to develop research. The study uses qualitative methods with interview data collection techniques. While the research subjects were Arabic language teachers at the High School level and equivalent in Pekalongan. Data analyzed with Miles and Hubermen stages include, data collection, data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The practice of andragogy of Arabic teachers in Pekalogan can be said to be good and centered on developing pedagogical and professional competencies while social and moral competencies are the driving force of teachers to do lifelong learning.

 

Keywords: andragogy, Arabic language teacher and pedagogical competence.

 

Abstrak: Guru memiliki kewajiban untuk memberikan pengajaran yang berkualitas. Oleh karena itu, guru senantiasa berusaha untuk mengembangkan kompetensi pedagogik. Salah satu jalan yang ditempuh oleh guru untuk mencapai tujuan itu ialah dengan mempraktikkan budaya belajar sepanjang hayat atau andragogi. Bertolak dari permasalahan tersebut, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji budaya belajar guru bahasa Arab dalam meningkatkan kompetensi pedagogik. Prinsip dan ciri teori andragogi digunakan untuk mengembangkan penelitian. Penelitian menggunaan metode kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data wawancara. Sementara subyek penelitian adalah guru bahasa Arab tingkat Sekolah Menengah Atas dan sederajat di Pekalongan. Data dianalasis dengan tahapan Miles dan Hubermen meliputi, pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data dan penarikan simpulan. Praktik andragogi guru bahasa Arab di Pekalogan dapat dikatakan baik dan berpusat pada pengembangan kompetensi pedagogik dan kompetensi profesional sementara kompetensi sosial dan moral merupakan daya dorong guru untuk melakukan belajar sepanjang hayat.

 

Kata kunci: andragogi, guru bahasa Arab dan kompetensi pedagogik.
Implementasi “Random Pairs Group” dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Arab Daring
Authors: Huda Hisbullah , Ahmala Majidatun
Published: August 2021

The covid-19 pandemic forces students learning using digital media or called online learning. Lack of interaction between students when learning online makes lectures have to be creative and innovate in making learning more active and effective. Therefore, “Random Pairs Group” becomes a learning model that an increase interaction between students though they have not meet face to face at all member of class for one semester. Sp, the purpose of this study was to determine the implementation of the “random pairs group” in Arabic online learning. This research is a naturalstic qualitative research. Respondents of this study were intensive Arabic students of Tarbiyah faculty class N from group A and B, totaling 40 students. Data collection techniques were by observations, interviews, and documentation. The results of this study indicate that the Arabic learning process using “random pairs group” learning model is able to create positive interactions between students until the communication is created that builds students’ Arabic language skills
Improving governance will not be sufficient to avoid dam failures
Authors: Jefferies Michael
Published: August 2021

The last two decades have seen five large tailings dam failures, which developed suddenly and statically with damages of US$ billions and many deaths. These are company-threatening events, far outside societal tolerance, with investors questioning the situation. While media attribute these failures to mining companies, the underlying cause is a failure in engineering education: engineers of record, and their reviewers, lacked an adequate understanding of soil behaviour. The initiative to improve tailings stewardship by the International Council on Mining & Metals, with its focus on process and governance, will not achieve its aims unless this shortfall in understanding of soil behaviour is addressed. Critical state theory quantifies how and why void ratio controls soil behaviour, and was necessary to understand the Fundoa, Cadia and Brumadinho liquefactions (the rapid drained to undrained transition in particular); this critical state framework must become a ‘core competence’ for tailings dam engineers of record. Little additional cost will arise from doing this, with the largest change in practice being adoption of finite-element analysis for stability assessment. The biggest challenge is education, with engineers needing to familiarise themselves with the largely untaught critical state theory (there are public-domain resources for this, as given in the Appendix to this paper).
Donkey pronouns in child Mandarin: Insights into the ∃/∀ dichotomy
Authors: Li Yurong , Zhou Peng , Liu Mingming
Published: August 2021

Donkey pronouns and plural definites show similarities in their semantic interpretation. The parallels between the two elements seem to suggest a unified analysis. Studies of children’s understanding of plural definites show that children initially interpret plural definites existentially rather than universally. The findings invite us to ask whether children also exhibit a preference for interpreting donkey pronouns existentially. Two experiments were conducted to compare children’ and adults’ interpretation of donkey pronouns in conditional and relative- clause donkey sentences. The results of Experiment 1 show that children preferred the ∃-reading, whereas adults entertained the ∀-reading for both types of donkey sentences in upward- entailing contexts. Experiment 2 examined whether monotonicity influences the interpretation of donkey pronouns by creating a downward-entailing context. The findings were that in a downward-entailing context both children and adults preferred the ∃-reading. The findings led us to propose that the ∃-reading is perhaps the basic semantics of donkey pronouns while the ∀-reading is derived, and we suggest that the derivational path is bridged by free choice strengthening. The findings were then discussed in relation to the analysis of homogeneity and plural predication by Bar-Lev (2020).
WAYS OF FORMATION OF VALUES AND VALUE PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATIONS OF STUDENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF UKRAINE
Authors: Bakhtiyarova Halidahon , Postoiuk Nataliia
Published: August 2021

Aspects of formation of values and value professional orientations of student youth in higher institutions of Ukraine have been
revealed. Approaches to the interpretation of the essence of "values", "professional values", "moral values", "value professional
orientations" in the scientific program have been described; the current state of formation of professional values of student youth in
professional training of higher educational institution has been researched; the pedagogical conditions of formation of professional values
of future specialists in professional training have been theoretically substantiated
Cultural exchange between Canada and Ukrainian SSR as an tool of Soviet propaganda
Authors: Siromskyi Ruslan
Published: August 2021

The aim of the research is to analyze peculiarities of cultural exchange between Canada and the Ukrainian SSR in the 1960s and 1980s, which took place during the Cold War.

The research methodology is defined by an interdisciplinary approach (history, culture, foreign relations) and is based on general scientific and special scientific methods, first of all, retrospection and historical comparison.

The scientific novelty of the research is that on the basis of archival materials determined the forms and content of cultural exchange between the Ukrainian SSR and Canada, in particular its propaganda content.

The Conclusions. During the Cold War the cultural sphere became an arena of confrontation, and art (or what was meant by it) became part of ideological propaganda campaigns. Cultural exchange was seen by the Soviets as a way of representing «achievements of socialist culture» to Canadian Ukrainians and as an effective propaganda tool. Formally, on the Soviet side, cultural exchanges were carried out by specially created organizations, which, however, were managed and financed through the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the International Department of the Committee of State Security (KGB).

The request to maintain cultural ties with the Ukrainian SSR in Canada was largely due to the desire of the Ukrainian community overseas to maintain spiritual ties with the Motherland. Different approaches to the interpretation of cult exchange – from approval to complete denial – have provoked a lively discussion in the diaspora. Adherents of cultural programs from the Ukrainian SSR were Canadian left-wing organizations, such as the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians. The League of Liberation of Ukraine was a categorical opponent of the cultural exchange, whose representatives saw in the artists from the USSR Soviet emissaries called to «destroy» the Ukrainian community in Canada. Organizations within the Ukrainian Canadian Committee (UCC) condemned cultural exchange as a one-sided tool of Soviet propaganda, but viewed cultural ties as a way to influence Soviet artists.

Because of one-sided Soviet cultural infiltration, on several occasions the UCC voiced its protest against Canada’s cultural exchanges with this country. Ukrainian Canadian artists, choirs and dance ensembles are not permitted to perform in Ukraine unless they were politically acceptable to the Soviet authorities.
Öğretim Süreçlerinde Eğitsel Veri Kullanımıyla İlgili Bir Kavramsallaştırma Çalışması: Veri Destekli Öğretim
Authors: BAŞARICI Recep , SEFEROĞLU Süleyman Sadi
Published: August 2021

Bu araştırmanın amacı eğitsel verinin öğretimsel amaçlarla kullanılması olgusunun Türkçe olarak kavramsallaştırılmasıdır. Araştırmada nitel araştırma paradigması ve temel nitel araştırma yaklaşımı benimsenmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu 18 katılımcı akademisyenden oluşmaktadır. Veri toplama aracı olarak, araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen ve alan uzmanı görüşleri doğrultusunda şekillendirilen yapılandırılmış veri toplama formu kullanılmıştır. Veriler e-posta aracılığıyla dört haftalık süreçte toplanmıştır. Verilerin çözümlenmesinde tematik analiz kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın bulguları, 21 kavram alternatifinin oluştuğunu göstermektedir. Araştırma sonucunda eğitsel verinin öğretimsel amaçlarla kullanılması olgusunun “veri destekli öğretim” olarak kavramsallaştırılabileceği belirlenmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına dayalı olarak, gelecekteki araştırmalar için öneriler sunulmuştur.
Alternate rapid maxillary expansion and constriction (Alt-Ramec) — A review
Authors: Shetty Sanjana , Pharande Shilpa , Shaikh Naazia
Published: August 2021

Treating Class III malocclusion is a challenge for orthodontists. It is best to treat it at growing stage with Dentofacial Orthopedics. Alt-RAMEC protocol was introduced by Liou in the year 2005. It allows for sutural mobilisation by opening and closing the RME screw for 7-9 weeks. Maxillary protraction after the use of Alt-Ramec protocol is an efficient method for early treatment skeletal Class III malocclusion. The objective of this review is to explain to the clinicians a modified and efficient method for treatment of skeletal Class III malocclusion in growing patients.
Discussions on hypospadius repair
Authors: Singh Mehta Chanjiv , Mehta Gursehaj Singh , Bajaj Satinderjit Singh , Kumar Amit
Published: August 2021

Surgery for Hypospadius is fraught with complications. The very fact that there are more than a hundred techniques described for this problem is evidence enough to confirm that no single technique is the perfect answer to our efforts.

The presenting author is a student of Dr.H.S.Asopa and an advocate of the perpucial island flap technique, though not dogmatic in its propagation. He has also had the opportunity to train with Mr. Aviar Bracka and uses different techniques judiciously. This presentation is about the details no author stresses upon for Hypospadius and surgery. Pre and post operative pictures are not the only teaching aids.

Ten Commandments for Hypospadius surgeons. These are in themselves self explanatory for the students of Hypospadius as well as the senior specialist.

We have been achieving consistant results even though we have not struck to any one technique. We have been using the modified Asopa-I technique (for almost half the cases) and Bracka technique as the two main methods for surgery. This step by step on pitfalls in hypospadius surgery is not to highlight surgical techniques but to discuss about steps which have their own importance to produce acceptable results.

In spite of so many methods to perform surgery for patients of hypospadius, some general principles on tissue handling, suture management, prevention of edema, general method of dissection, dressing techniques etc go a long way in giving consistant results whatever the method used for the repair.
Serial estimation of serum myeloperoxidase in patients of acute pancreatitis: A pilot study
Authors: Ahmed Faraz , Sahota Gursagar Singh , Singh Vijay Kumar , Parihaar Anit , Ali Wahid , Kumar Surender , Singh (Late) Devendra
Published: August 2021

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory condition having varied presentation ranging from a mild self-limiting illness to a severe disease with multi organ failure. Excessive recruitment of leukocytosis is an important pathophysiological feature and Myelo-peroxidase (MPO) forms an important part of neutrophil induced inflammation. The current prognostic criteria are complex and cumbersome.

: The present cross sectional pilot study serial estimation of plasma MPO levels were done at the time of admission and on 3, 7 and 14 days in patient of Acute Pancreatitis (n=64) patient with acute abdominal symptoms (n=15) otherthan acute pancreatitidand healthy volunteers (n=15). The values of serum MPO levels were correlated with Ransons`s score, Apache score, CT severity index and patient developing local and systemic complications due to acute pancreatitis. Serum MPO levels in (mU/ml) were measured by colorimetric Assay kit (bio Vision, USA). Statistical Analysis on SPSS (Windows version 21.0)

: The mean serum MPO levels were significantly high in patients of AP as compared to controls comprising of patients with acute abdominal conditions and healthy individuals (mean 12.73 vs 1.67 mU/ml. p< 0.001). The highest levels of serum MPO were observed on the first day of mild and severe AP. The mean MPO levels in mild diseases (n=21 patients) were 3-10 mU/ml and 10-20 mU/ml in severe AP (n=43 patients) who also experienced higher local complications and worse outcome in terms of mortality. MPO returned to normal levels within 7-10days in mild but were persistently raised in patients with severe diseases.

The higher serum MPO levels correlated with more severe diseases, worse outcome and can be a simple and effective prognostic indicator in AP.
Toxoplasmosis presenting as isolated cervical lymphadenopathy-A rare case
Authors: Benny P B , Thomas P K , Nair Rishikesan , Gowri M.
Published: August 2021

Lymphadenopathy is not uncommon in toxoplasmosis. Its rare in an immunocompetent patient. We present a case of toxoplasmosis in an asymptomatic lady with isolated cervical lymph node. The diagnosis was confirmed by excision biopsy of lymph node and serology
Barriers to the Use of Serious Computer Games in the Practical Work with Children with Educational Difficulties
Authors: Stankova Margarita , Tuparova Daniela , Tuparov Georgi , Mihova Polina
Published: August 2021

This study looks into the barriers and factors that influence the use of educational computer games (ECGs) that speech and language therapists face in the treatment of children with special educational needs (SEN). 111 respondents were administered a 12- question questionnaire in 2018/2019. The results showed that 87% of all the respondents used games. The highest percentage of users was from the 20-30 years old age group. The professionals with extensive working experience of 16-20 years and 21+ indicated the lack of time for games as a significant barrier. The study showed positive attitudes towards the use of ECGs in working with children with SEN and the need for developing high-quality games that match current practice of professionals.
2020 Notes on Contributors
Authors: Contributors Boller Review
Published: August 2021

2020 Notes on Contributors
​Study of Morpho-physiological and Biochemical Traits for Resistance to Yellow Mosaic Virus (YMV) in Blackgram [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper] Varieties
Authors: Ramarao G. , Satishbabu J. , Harisatyanarayana N. , Adinarayana M.
Published: August 2021

Background: Blackgram is one of the most important pulse crop in India and it is being affected by a number of insect pests from seedling stage to maturity. Among them whitefly is an important insect pest that transmit the viral disease, yellow mosaic virus (YMV), which is a major disease resulting in severe yield losses accounting for about 70% and infection at early stages may result in complete failure of the crop causing huge loss to the farmers economically. To overcome the losses due to this important disease in blackgram, study of host plant resistance to whiteflies, thereby minimizing the losses due to YMV disease is of great importance. The trichome density plays an important role as a morphological anti-feedant which reduces the pest attack and subsequently lowers the disease incidence and the plants with high trichome density showed less YMV symptom. The morpho-physiological and biochemical traits play an important role in host plant resistance against YMV disease through insect vector resistance and hence, the study was undertaken. Mathods: A field experiment was conducted during rabi 2017-18 and 2018-19 at RARS, Lam, Guntur in a randomized block design with eight blackgram varieties and replicated thrice under receding soil moisture condition. The experiment was conducted using eight blackgram varieties (LBG 787, GBG 1, TBG 104, LBG 884, LBG 806, LBG 808, LBG 623 and LBG 752) obtained from RARS Lam, Guntur and the variety LBG 623 was considered as a susceptible check. The estimation of sugars, phenols, tannins, trichome density and SCMR was done at vegetative and reproductive stages of crop growth. Result: A significant variation was observed among the varieties for all the traits observed at vegetative and reproductive growth stages during both rabi 2017-18 and 2018-19. The total sugar content of the blackgram varieties varied from 25.16 to 49.82 mgg-1 FW; the leaf phenolic content values ranged from 10.26 to 23.55 mg g-1 FW and the tannins content of the dried leaf samples ranged from 0.014 to 0.052 mgg-1 DW. The trichome density of the blackgram varieties varied from 12.91 to 74.59/cm2 of leaf area and the SCMR values ranged from 24.21 to 55.17. Higher seed yield was recorded in the variety LBG 884 followed by GBG1 and the lower seed yield was recorded in the variety LBG 623 during rabi 2017-18 and 2018-19. The YMV resistant varieties showed relatively higher phenolic, tannins content and trichome density and lower total sugar content in the leaf. The total sugar content showed a significant negative correlation with the seed yield. The SCMR value was significantly lower in the susceptible varieties of blackgram with higher disease scores.
​Effect of Carrier and Liquid based Biofertilisers on Summer Green Gram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] Grown in Red Laterite Soil
Authors: Paul Sujay Kumar , Malik Ganesh Chandra , Banerjee Mahua , Chowdhury Animesh
Published: August 2021

Background: Biofertiliser formulations are available as carrier based and liquid based. Liquid formulations are known to have better shelf life, viability and higher cell count. Little is known about the comparison between the two formulations in field condition. The present experiment was conducted to study the effect of seed treatment of carrier or liquid-based formulations of biofertilisers (Rhizobium and PSB) when integrated with different doses of inorganic fertilisers. Methods: A field experiment was conducted in randomised block design during the summer seasons of 2018 and 2019 on green gram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] in the red laterite soil of West Bengal. Ten treatment combinations were replicated thrice. Growth attributes, yield components, yield, soil characteristics, nutrient uptake and economics were studied. Result: The results revealed that application of recommended doses of fertilisers (RDF) + liquid based Rhizobium + PSB registered significantly highest growth, yield, nutrient uptake in plants, economic return as well as improved soil characteristics. Economic return in plants treated with 75% RDF + Liquid based Rhizobium + PSB was found at par with plants applied with RDF + Carrier based Rhizobium + PSB, RDF + Liquid based PSB and RDF + Liquid based Rhizobium.
Meeting business students’ English language needs in the Algerian tertiary education
Authors: Benzerdjeb Soraya
Published: August 2021

Graduate Algerian economic sciences students, who will be future university teachers or workplace managers, are urged to use the English language. However, most of them reveal that they are unable to use the English language appropriately. The main aim in this paper is to depict students’ difficulties and help them improve their academic language performance. This paper describes the teaching and learning situations of English for Business and Economics (EBE) in the Department of Economic Sciences at the University of Tlemcen. The investigator used a questionnaire and two structured interviews. The sampling included EBE learners and English for specific purposes teachers as well as workplace managers (former EBE students). The main findings in this investigation confirmed that students had poor target language proficiency. Results revealed that the content of the actual EBE course was inappropriate to learners’ needs. The investigator wants to integrate new technologies as the government supplies digital platforms to the Algerian universities.
 
Keywords: Algerian, tertiary education, English, Economics, business students.
Gaziantep İli Meteorolojik Kuraklık Analizi ve KAS İlişkisi
Authors: Taylan Dilek , Bahşi Asena Merve
Published: August 2021

Bir bölgeye düşen yağış miktarının, bölgedeki buharlaşma miktarından az olma durumunda kuraklık ortaya çıkar. Nem azlığının boyutu ve uzunluğu meteorolojik kuraklığın şiddetini belirler. Yağışların seyrekleşmesi ile başlayan meteorolojik kuraklığı tarımsal kuraklık ve hidrolojik kuraklık takip eder. Tarımsal kuraklıkla birlikte ürün miktarında azalma olur ve bu durum canlılar için tehlike oluşturmaktadır. Farklı zaman ölçeklerinde meteorolojik kuraklığı incelemek için çeşitli yöntemler geliştirilmiştir. Bu yöntemler arasında bulunan Standartlaştırılmış Yağış İndisi (SYİ) yöntemi en basit ve etkili sonuca ulaştıran yöntemlerden biridir. Bu çalışmada Gaziantep İli meteorolojik kuraklık analizi SYİ yöntemi kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. SYİ serileri ile Kuzey Atlantik Salınımları (KAS) indisi değerleri arasındaki ilişki Kolmogorov Simirnov testi uygulanarak araştırılmıştır. Aynı zamanda iki ayrı zaman diliminde bu ilişkinin nasıl değiştiği regresyon katsayılarına göre irdelenmiştir. KAS indisi ile SYİ serilerinin tüm periyotlarında negatif korelasyon katsayıları elde edilmiştir.
Yeni Piridin Halkası Taşıyan SNS Pincer Tipi Ligand ile Cu, Ni ve Pd Komplekslerinin Sentezi, Karakterizasyonu ve Termal Çalışmaları
Authors: Deger Güler , Soğukömeroğulları Hatice Gamze , Sönmez Mehmet
Published: August 2021

2,6-biskloropiridin ve 2-triflorometilbenzentiyol'ün 1:2 oranında reaksiyonundan yeni SNS pincer tip ligand olan 2,6-bis(((triflorometil)fenil)tiyo)metil)piridin (SNS) sentezlenmiştir. Ligand ve sırasıyla Cu(II), Ni(II) ve Pd(II) klorür tuzlarının 1:1 oranında reaksiyonundan bakır (SNS-Cu(II)), nikel (SNS-Ni(II)) ve palladyum (SNS-Pd(II)) kompleksleri sentezlenmiştir. Komplekslerin merkezinde bulunan metalin (M), hem azot (N) atomuna hem de iki taraftan kükürt (S) atomlarına meridyonel olarak bağlanması ile SNS kompleksleri elde edilmiştir. Sentezlenen bileşikler NMR (sadece ligand), UV-Vis, FT-IR spektroskopik teknikleri, elementel analiz, TGA-DTA, erime noktası tayini yöntemi ile karakterize edilmiştir. Kompleksler beş koordinasyonlu üçgen bipiramidal geometrik yapıya sahiptir. Ayrıca komplekslerin molar iletkenlik değerlerinin 1.07-1.62 μS/cm arasında olduğu görülmüştür. Kompleksler iletkenlik özelliğine sahip değildir. Komplekslerin TGA eğrileri incelendiğinde, termal kararlılıklarının Pd>Cu>Ni olduğu gözlemlenmiştir.