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Communicative Sexualities
Authors: Martinez Jacqueline M.
Published: February 2025

Communicative Sexualities: Queer and Feminist Theories in Practice, by Jacqueline M. Martinez, provides an argument for and illustration of how to pursue the direct study of students' lived-experiences of sexuality in a classroom or academic setting. It illustrates how communicology, and its methodological practice of semiotic phenomenology, allows for a sustained and rigorous study of the meaningfulness of sexual experience as it becomes manifest in the immediate, concrete, and embodied realities in the lives of those taking up such a study. The generous use of extended examples from actual classroom experience allows for a detailed consideration of the applied research methodology, as well as the ethical issues involved in making students' lived-experience of sexuality the main subject matter of the course. A major concern of Communicative Sexualities is to make explicit the many presuppositions about sex, gender, and sexuality that students and professors bring into the classroom. Martinez's text features detailed discussions of how to study lived-experience sexuality as the subject matter of research. It considers the steps necessary in suspending presuppositions regarding sexuality and gender, and focuses particular attention on the many presuppositions associated with the heterosexual-homosexual binary. Sexuality is understood as inherently good, yet also capable of becoming a means of perpetuating human isolation and degradation as much as an experience of tremendously shared human intimacy and mutual recognition. Discussions of historical context, the fact of temporality, and the intersection of person and culture provide a basis for explicit discussions of semiotics and phenomenology in communicology. As an introductory text, Communicative Sexualities: Queer and Feminist Theories in Practice, by Jacqueline M. Martinez, is an excellent primer for the advanced study of communicology and semiotic phenomenology. It one of very few texts that provides both a theoretical or philosophical discussion of phenomenology with the study of sexuality and gender as an explicit subject matter.
Tribal Warfare
Authors: Wright Christopher J.
Published: February 2025

Tribal Warfare thoroughly investigates a central element of the hit reality television show Survivor that the existing literature on reality television has overlooked: class politics. Christopher J. Wright combines textual analysis and survey research to demonstrate that Survivor operates and resonates as a political allegory. Using the work of Fredric Jameson, this book reveals how Survivor frames its 'characters' as 'haves' and 'have-nots.' For those new to Jameson, Wright breaks down the theorist's complex notion of the political unconscious into easily understandable language. Furthermore, using the results of a survey of Survivor viewers, Tribal Warfare demonstrates that viewers divide along gender, racial, age, and—most significantly—class-related lines in their consumption of, and reaction to, the program. The first book to explore the premise of 'Survivor as society,' this unique work serves as both an engaging analysis of a popular television program and a highly readable primer for those new to critical theory.
Sociological Trespasses
Authors: Aho James
Published: February 2025

Racism, collective violence, sickness, environmental catastrophe, body obsession, greed, and accelerated life concern everyone. They are also the subject matter of this book. Here, however, they are not viewed as social problems to be solved by technical experts. Instead, they are viewed as products of the joint transference of aspects of ourselves onto objects independent of ourselves. More specifically, they emerge from conviction there is something 'out there'-say, a nation, an enemy, time, money, the environment, a medical cure, a bodily orifice (the mouth or genitals), a significant individual, or an anonymous public, etc.-the advancement of, accumulation of, defeat of, management of, or obeisance to can complete us, secure us, fill us, stabilize us, or in some other way enable us to escape from or deny our 'lack': our existential precariousness or death. Sociological Trespasses attempts to disillusion readers of this conviction. This is not done for itself, but to create space for imagining new horizons of lived-possibility, such as tolerance of human difference, simplicity, slowness, care, and wakefulness.
Organization Theory and Transnational Social Movements
Authors: Ghimire Kleber Bertrand
Published: February 2025

Placing it within the theoretical perspectives and debates in Organizational Theory (OT), this book explores the organizational design and internal functioning of a rather emblematic and widely acclaimed transnational social organization: the alternative globalization movement (previously anti-globalization movement). The issue of power in particular remains the central feature of the book. Based on a detailed study of two of the movement's essential constituents (transnational campaigns and the World Social Forum), the book examines the complexity in which certain forms of internal relations or mechanisms of power emerge. In other words, how is the organizational hierarchy conceived and how are important responsibilities executed? What are the principal modes of authority and control? What are the priorities and motives of the leading individuals and groups within the movement? Furthermore, what makes certain echelons, groups, or individuals wield more influence and authority than others, and also justify their legitimacy through diverse means? These questions are especially valid owing to the movement's proper interpretation of power which considers the concentration of power as totally unacceptable. The movement draws lessons from the history of social changes to suggest that political parties and labour movements tended to give rise to the seizure of power by a few, a heavy bureaucracy, and the lack of transparency. Logically, then, a new organizational vision should emerge, avoiding hierarchies and encouraging a more diffused process of power sharing. However, an informal manner of functioning has instead created many ambiguities, with new sets of interests and power relations gradually becoming manifest within the movement. All carefully considered, the book draws three principal conclusions: first, an informal organization structure does not mean that there is an absence of power; second, the exercise of power takes place while denying it; and third, there is seemingly a lack of internal resistance to power concentration.
Racial Ambivalence in Diverse Communities
Authors: Burke Meghan A.
Published: February 2025

This book makes use of in-depth interviews with the residents most active in shaping the racially diverse urban communities in which they live. As most of them are white and progressive, it provides a unique view into the particular ways that color-blind ideologies work among liberals, particularly those who encounter racial diversity regularly. It reveals not just the pervasiveness of color-blind ideology and coded race talk among these residents, but also the difficulty they encounter when they try to speak or work outside of the rubric of color-blindness. This is especially vivid in their concrete discussions of the neighborhoods’ diversity and the choices they and their families make to live in and contribute to these communities. This close examination of how they wrestle with diversity in everyday life reveals the process whereby they unintentionally re-create a white habitus inside of these racially diverse communities, where despite their pro-diversity stance they still act upon and preserve comfort and privileges for whites. The book also provides a close examination of white racial identity, as the context of a diverse community provides both the catalyst and, significantly, the space for an examination of an unarticulated racial consciousness, which has implications for our study of whiteness more generally. The layers of ambivalence and pride surrounding the fact of diversity in these neighborhoods and residents’ lives reveal both limitations and hope as the nation itself becomes more diverse. This critical and yet compassionate book extends our understanding of contemporary racial ideology and racial discourse, as well as our understanding of the complexities of whiteness.
Brazilian Telenovelas and the Myth of Racial Democracy
Authors: Joyce Samantha Nogueira
Published: February 2025

Brazilian Telenovelas and the Myth of Racial Democracy, by Samantha Nogueira Joyce, examines what happens when a telenovela directly addresses matters of race and racism in contemporary Brazil. This investigation provides a traditional textual analysis of Duas Caras (2007-2008), a watershed telenovela for two main reasons: It was the first of its kind to present audiences with an Afro-Brazilian as the main hero, openly addressing race matters through plot and dialogue. Additionally, for the first time in the history of Brazilian television, the author of Duas Caras kept a web blog where he discussed the public's reactions to the storylines, media discussions pertaining to the characters and plot, and directly engaged with fans and critics of the program.

Joyce combines her investigation of Duas Caras with a study of related media in order to demonstrate how the program introduced novel ideas about race and also offered a forum where varying perspectives on race, class, and racial relations in Brazil could be discussed. Brazilian Telenovelas is not a reception study in the traditional sense, it is not a story of entertainment-education in the strict sense, and it is not solely a textual analysis. Instead, Joyce's text is a study of the social milieu that the telenovela (and especially Duas Caras) navigates, one that is a component of a contemporary progressive social movement in Brazil, and one that views the text as being located in social interactions. As such, this book reveals how telenovelas contribute to social change in a way that has not been fully explored in previous scholarship.
The Transformative Power of Faith
Authors: Dufault-Hunter Erin
Published: February 2025

The Transformative Power of Faith examines how and why some people, particularly those coming out of highly self-destructive, violent, and antisocial backgrounds who appear beyond repair, experience profound personal transformation through conversion to strong faith. Illustrated by stories of converts who came out of serious drug addiction, gangs, and poverty through adherence to a demanding faith, Erin Dufault-Hunter argues for a narrative approach to conversion. This holistic theoretical perspective offers an alternative epistemological stance to reductionistic models sometimes perpetuated among social scientists and religious ethicists alike. In this study, the narrative lens gives vision of the religious “Other” a depth and complexity too often lacking. Such an approach allows a deeper understanding of the dynamics of personal transformation in ways that make sense of psychological and social factors without ignoring so-called “spiritual” ones.
The Gallup Poll Cumulative Index
Authors:   Gallup, Alec
Published: February 2025

The Gallup Poll is the most comprehensive single source of American public opinion. For well over 60 years, the Gallup Organization has recorded the attitudes, beliefs, and values of Americans. The Gallup Poll is the only single work that captures the constantly shifting opinions and perceptions of Americans. Now available, in this one volume, is an invaluable reference tool to the 1998-2007 volumes of the Gallup Poll. The Cumulative Index allows researchers easy access to the results of the polls conducted between 1998 and 2007. All libraries, particularly those who own all or a portion of the annual editions will want to add this important resource to their collection.
Rites of Passage
Authors: Butler-Derge Shirley R.
Published: February 2025

In this book, Dr. Shirley R. Butler-Derge examines Rites of Passage programs and whether they are an effective and necessary educational tool to improve academic performance and self-confidence among male African American high school students—a demographic group that has statistically struggled in both standardized testing results and grade point averages. Dr. Shirley R. Butler-Derge provides commentary on the effectiveness of these programs as well as some necessary components that must be incorporated when developing and implementing Rites of Passage programs.
State Service in Sixteenth Century Novgorod
Authors: Hammond Vincent E.
Published: February 2025

State Service in Sixteenth Century Novgorod is about the first century of the legal development of the pomestie established by Ivan III after the conquest of Novgorod. The cadasters from the two provinces (Shelonskaia and Vodskaia) with the highest concentration of pomesties showed most remained in the original landlord's family. The acquisition of additional land from deceased family members and the exchanges for land near other relatives without the state's prior permission is evidence of its recognition of the family's interest in the land. Although the turnover was higher after the 1550s, most estates no longer in the original families' possession were abandoned or confiscated by Ivan IV's oprichniks. Since patrimonial votchinas were confiscated too, the higher turnover is evidence of the tsar's fear of treason rather than the pomestie's conditionality. The continuing possession of most Vodskaia tax units held in pomestie tenure in 1582 by the original landlords' families enfeoffed a century earlier supports this thesis. These findings negate the traditional distinction between the conditional pomestie and allodial votchina. The loyal pomeshchiks of sixteenth century Russia could expect to pass their lands to other family members as long as they served the state.
Inter-Actions
Authors: Vos Nelvin
Published: February 2025

This book is an exploration of the linguistic, structural, historical, and thematic relationships of religion and drama. It is not an attempt to sacralize drama so that it becomes a substitute for religion, nor will it reduce religion to its aesthetic dimension. What does religion tell us about drama, and what does drama tell us about religion? What have been their inter-actions in our tradition? The conversation between religion and culture, drama and Christianity, needs to be ongoing. This book is a contribution to the dialogue, asking questions, pointing towards possible answers, and encouraging others to join in the conversation.
Passage to the Real Self
Authors: Lee Inn Sook
Published: February 2025

Asian women, both in Asia and the United States, are in search of the courage to find and integrate their authentic real selves in a multicultural milieu. This book makes the argument that since Asian American women live in the periphery of the multicultural West, they need to strengthen the psychological process of self integration, assimilating neither to traditional cultural demands or those of the larger society. They desire self reliance, search for meaning in practicing love and justice for others, while living in a permanent pilgrimage between worlds. The passages identified in the self-integration process are conscientization, introspection, and integration. After much suffering under patriarchy, hierarchy, and rejection, Asian American women launch into conscientization and incorporate their evolving selves in introspection. They engage in self analysis, sociocultural analysis, and healing their codependent selves. The women finally achieve autonomous/synergetic selves and realign psychological aspects, develop inner strength and a deep spirituality at their core selves, thus embodying peace in their hearts.
When Trauma Survivors Return to Work
Authors: Barski-Carrow Barbara
Published: February 2025

When Trauma Survivors Return To Work explains how managers and co-workers can help foster the process of emotional recovery for employees who have been traumatized and are returning to work. No other source clearly and positively teaches managers and co-workers how to treat fellow workers returning to the workplace after experiencing a rape, a burglary, an armed assault, a violent accident, or witnessing a brutal crime. No one explains what to say to those who have just been told they have a terminal illness, or how to treat an employee whose close family member has committed suicide. It is not helpful for co-workers to deny such traumatic events or remain silent, which is what often happens, or for managers to avoid directly communicating with the traumatized employee. Is there something that managers and co-workers can do to be truly helpful to such sensitively wounded people? The answer is yes. In this illuminating educational approach, Dr. Barski-Carrow shows how managers and co-workers can learn simple ways to make the workplace a better environment for emotional healing.
Primary Love
Authors: Klein Randall S.
Published: February 2025

In Primary Love, Dr. Klein describes love and intimacy as they evolve in the context of family relations from birth to maturity in adulthood. Once the original attachment and the loving, intimate bond between a mother and her infant-child are established, primary love is founded and secured. Every relationship of love and intimacy formed thereafter has - as its foundation, nature, and design - the original, pristine, loving relationship encountered in the very earliest period of life. When two adults form a mature, intimate relationship, it is the unconscious wish of both partners to recapture and claim the bliss and the ecstasy of primary love, nestled securely in a mother's loving and ministering arms. Dr. Klein's view of love and intimacy is that which is found in the ideal marriage and family, fully acknowledging that the pure and 'perfect' marriage and family does not exist. Yet, the 'perfectly' described nature of marriage and the family serves as an ideal toward which to strive, for the ideal provides the ultimate of pleasure and reward in the human encounter of love.
The Alabama Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia
Authors: Peebles Marilyn T.
Published: February 2025

The Knights of Pythias fraternal organization was founded in 1865 by an Act of Congress. When African American men were denied membership, they created their own organization in Vicksburg, MS, in 1880. Its founder, Thomas Stringer, believed that fraternal organizations could provide the black community with business networks, economic safety nets, and political experience at a time when Jim Crow laws were being constructed all around them. In Birmingham, Alabama, these Pythians became the cornerstone of an African American business community that included the first black-owned and operated bank in the state. They provided burial, life, and disability insurance for members and became a source of civic pride and racial solidarity. When their right to exist was challenged, they took the case to the Supreme Court in 1912 and won. This strategy would be used decades later in Brown v. Board of Education.
African Son
Authors: Hemminger William J.
Published: February 2025

African Son is a record of the author’s many trips to Africa—as a Peace Corps volunteer, Fulbright scholar, teacher, and traveler—over the course of thirty years. These personal essays range from sympathetic descriptions of village life in Senegal and Cameroon to detailed accounts of the rich physical and natural worlds in Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Madagascar to a mock-curriculum vitae for a Cameroonian man whose skill-set is surprisingly extensive. A work of creative non-fiction, African Son describes individual and, later, family experiences in a number of African locations, from villages to major urban centers and from desert to thick, tropical forest.
The a to Z from the Great War to the Great Depression
Authors: Wynn Neil A.
Published: February 2025

This volume examines significant individuals and developments in American political, economic, social, and cultural history between the years 1913 and 1933. It was a time of momentous change including involvement in World War I, the Red Scare, the Jazz Age, the Crash of 1929, and the onset of the Great Depression. It covers the presidencies of Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover and the shift from reformism to conservatism. Prohibition and gangsterism symbolized the apparent failure of politics. The A to Z from the Great War to the Great Depression covers this important period in American history with a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on everything from automobiles, chemicals, and electrical goods, to mass entertainment and the rise of Hollywood, radio, and sport.
The a to Z of Journalism
Authors: Eaman Ross
Published: February 2025

Journalism is the discipline of gathering, writing, and reporting news, and it includes the process of editing and presenting news articles. Journalism applies to various media, including but not limited to newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the internet. The word 'journalist' started to become common in the early 18th century to designate a new kind of writer, about a century before 'journalism' made its appearance to describe what those writers produced. Though varying in form from one age and society to another, it gradually distinguished itself from other forms of writing through its focus on the present, its eye-witness perspective, and its reliance on everyday language. The A to Z of Journalism relates how journalism has evolved over the centuries. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the different styles of journalism, the different types of media, and important writers and editors.
Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers)
Authors: Abbott Margery Post
Published: February 2025

The modern reputation of Friends in the United States and Europe is grounded in the relief work they have conducted in the presence and aftermath of war. Friends (also known as Quakers) have coordinated the feeding and evacuation of children from war zones around the world. They have helped displaced persons without regard to politics. They have engaged in the relief of suffering in places as far-flung as Ireland, France, Germany, Ethiopia, Egypt, China, and India. Their work was acknowledged with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947 to the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Friends Service Council of Great Britain. More often, however, Quakers live, worship, and work quietly, without seeking public attention for themselves. Now, the Friends are a truly worldwide body and are recognized by their Christ-centered message of integrity and simplicity, as well as their nonviolent stance and affirmation of the belief that all people—women as well as men—may be called to the ministry.

The expanded second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers) relates the history of the Friends through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries on concepts, significant figures, places, activities, and periods. This book is an excellent access point for scholars and students, who will find the overviews and sources for further research provided by this book to be enormously helpful.
Der Erinnerungsort Stasi im Spiegel der aktuellen Gegenwartsliteratur
Authors: Steffen Pia Luisa
Published: February 2025

Although the Ministry for State Security (MfS) was disbanded over 30 years ago, the Stasi is still present in the media and therefore in people's minds. This is due to the ongoing process of negotiating how the GDR should be remembered. In the course of this process, the MfS has become a nationally and internationally significant site of remembrance. In an interdisciplinary study based on selected works of contemporary German literature, Pia Luisa Steffen examines what exactly this place of remembrance looks like and what the stories we tell about the MfS tell us about ourselves and the memory and identity collectives currently at work in Germany.
Kontroll- und Verifikationsmöglichkeiten der Finanzverwaltung im Zeichen der Digitalisierung
Authors: Kälberer Daniel R.
Published: February 2025

Platform business models in the sharing economy are replacing traditional forms of intermediation, such as those found in the retail or service sectors. However, they not only lead to distortions of competition in the consumer business, but also jeopardize the enforcement of the state's tax claims, which is why tax enforcement is increasingly being ensured through cooperation obligations under tax law. However, the principle of equality requires that taxpayers are subject to the same tax laws, both in law and in practice. What tax-related cooperation obligations exist in the context of a digitalized economy and to what extent do they restrict fundamental freedoms?
Qualitative Study of Gender Identity and Self-Esteem in Adolescent Delinquent Girls: Role of the Family
Authors: Pour Seyyed Aghaei Zahra Sadat , Fatemi Seyyedeh Zahra
Published: February 2025

Background: The present phenomenological research aimed to investigate the role of the family in the gender identity and self-esteem of adolescent delinquent girls. It employed a phenomenological approach. Methods: The research population consisted of 17 - 18-year-old delinquent girls in Tehran during the years 2021 - 2022, and purposive sampling was employed. After conducting 30 semi-structured in-depth interviews, the researcher reached data saturation. The data were analyzed using Smith's phenomenological method. Results: This study obtained six main themes, 14 sub-themes, and 73 meaningful units. The main themes were as follows: (1) Inadequate access to parents; (2) parental conflicts; (3) ineffective interaction styles; (4) ineffective modeling; (5) ineffective rules; and (6) gender discrimination. The findings of this study indicated that delinquent girls had experienced numerous family-related harms and dysfunction within the family, along with weakened gender identity and self-esteem, resulting in disturbances in their social behavior. Conclusions: This research demonstrated that beyond the act of delinquency, there always exists an underlying motivation, and parents and educators should strive to identify which needs of adolescents are being met through such behaviors.
Les construccions amb verb de suport i els seus correlats sintètics verbals : un estudi de corpus del català actual
Authors: Alvarez-Morera Georgina
Published: February 2025

Aquest article presenta un estudi empíric de les construccions amb verb de suport (CVS) en català basat en dades del Corpus textual informatitzat de la llengua catalana (CTILC). L'objectiu principal és analitzar la relació entre les CVS i el verb sintètic corresponent (p. ex. donar una resposta – respondre). Les dades de corpus confirmen que el pes del nom és una variable essencial per a les possibilitats d'intercanvi entre les expressions analítiques i sintètiques, és a dir, les CVS amb un nom escarit sense modificació tenen més probabilitat de ser intercanviable per un verb sintètic. Quant al grau de freqüència de les CVS, les més freqüents no presenten mostres de lexicalització, sinó que són altament intercanviables pel verb sintètic. Aquests resultats contradiuen la hipòtesi que les CVS coexisteixen amb el verb sintètic perquè no hi ha una correlació semàntica exacta o que les CVS desenvolupen un significat més específic a través de la lexicalització.
Lógicas capitalistas en el discurso de la alimentación saludable : pensamiento positivo y productividad
Authors: Rodríguez Barcia Susana , Varela Suárez Ana
Published: February 2025

El capitalismo centra su mirada en la producción y el libre mercado, por lo que optimizar el tiempo se ha convertido en uno de los pilares de la tiranía de la productividad. Las redes sociales y el mundo hiperconectado han motivado que las prácticas de optimización de tiempo y el seguimiento de una dieta pretendidamente saludable se exhiban públicamente de forma abierta en lo que Janira Planes (@janiraplanes) ha dado en llamar "porno de la productividad". Las lógicas que subyacen a estas prácticas tienen una fundamentación neoliberal en la que el ser humano se cosifica y se mercantiliza, con una profunda incidencia en el cuidado de la imagen, que se vincula con un ideal sin sobrepeso, de apariencia eternamente joven y funcionalmente al máximo de su capacidad de trabajo. En este artículo se presentan los resultados obtenidos a través del análisis del Corpus DAME* (Discurso de la Alimentación en los Medios, Universidade de Vigo) y de un cuestionario propio realizado a 208 participantes en 2022. Nuestros objetivos son: (i) Observar si la prensa generalista española transmite en sus textos sobre alimentación lógicas capitalistas a través de las ideas cruzadas de productividad, salud y positividad; (ii) Determinar los patrones discursivos que se emplean en la prensa para la manifestación de esta ideología; y (iii) Verificar si estas ideas sobre productividad y alimentación se trasladan al discurso alimentario de la sociedad española. Desde el punto de vista metodológico, recurriremos al análisis crítico del discurso y, en el caso del último de los objetivos, tendremos en cuenta también el resultado de la encuesta realizada en 2022. Los resultados identifican los recursos discursivos que se emplean en la prensa escrita para vincular estos conceptos con el discurso alimentario. Además, se reflexiona sobre el peligro que representan tanto para la salud física como para la mental las ideas que traslada este discurso. Igualmente, se observará su función como agente perpetuador de la ideología capitalista. * Inicialmente, este corpus se denominó CORALME (v. Varela Suárez, Rodríguez Barcia y Rifón Sánchez 2020).
L'ancien français attraverso la variazione manoscritta : la proposta della nuova base testuale EXOMARE
Authors: Materni Marta
Published: February 2025

Il contributo intende illustrare i criteri che hanno presieduto alla costituzione di una nuova base testuale consacrata all'ancien francais: la base EXOMARE. Il progetto si focalizza su un segmento limitato di uso della lingua: opere appartenenti alla dimensione letteraria dello scritto, in particolar modo al genere roman. Come primo caso di studio la base dedicherà una specifica attenzione al sotto-genere dei romans antiques, fra il 1150 e il 1250, dal momento che è nei loro testi che si afferma l'espressione mettre en romanz nella sua doppia valenza di traduzione linguistica, dal latino al volgare, e formale, dalle fonti all'ottosillabo. L'elemento che dovrebbe caratterizzare la base EXOMARE in confronto alle altre già esistenti è in primo luogo la scelta di costruire il corpus testuale in modo omogeneo rispetto alla tipologia testuale, distinguendo fra testualità letteraria e testualità documentaria (esclusa); e in secondo luogo la proposta di creare dei "corpora d'Opera", di utilizzare cioè, per ciascuna opera, la trascrizione di tutti i manoscritti della sua tradizione, al fine di seguire la variazione linguistica di uno stesso bacino lessicale, quello del testo dell'opera, attraverso i suoi vari testimoni.
A supressão de preposições argumentais antes de orações interrogativas indiretas no português europeu padrão contemporâneo
Authors: Móia Telmo
Published: February 2025

Este artigo discute a utilização de preposições argumentais, principalmente de e sobre, antes de orações interrogativas subordinadas com a função de complemento, examinando a tendência, discutida na literatura, para a sua supressão. São considerados três tipos de orações: interrogativas polares, interrogativas-Q com constituintes interrogativos não preposicionados e interrogativas-Q com constituintes interrogativos preposicionados. Trata-se de uma área crítica no registo escrito – neutro ou formal – do português europeu contemporâneo, sem consenso universal entre os falantes quanto à plena aceitação de algumas combinações. Partindo das discussões na literatura, a questão será reavaliada com a consideração de dados (principalmente) de texto jornalístico português. A análise envolve na essência questões que podem ser consideradas do plano estilístico, já que não parece haver estrita agramaticalidade em nenhuma das grandes combinações em apreço, sendo algumas das menos usadas (e porventura evitadas no registo em causa) extremamente comuns em registos orais mais informais.
Understanding antibiotic use and resistance: knowledge, attitudes, practices, and training needs of paramedical students
Authors: Ullah Mati , Ullah Hanif , Sami Ullah Mian , Ahmad Waqar , Mahmood Azhar , Rehman Umar , Ali Ihsan
Published: February 2025

The inappropriate and overuse of antibiotics is considered the main source of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of antibiotic use and resistance among paramedical students. In addition, the study also assessed the perceptions, knowledge gaps, and educational needs of paramedical students regarding antibiotic use, resistance and related training. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Khyber Medical University by recruiting 500 students from twelve different paramedic disciplines. The self-administered questionnaire was distributed online through email and WhatsApp, resulting in 364 completed responses and a response rate of 72.8%. The study revealed that 41.21% of paramedic students were using antibiotics without a prescription, 23.63% admitted that they discontinued their prescribed antibiotic course once they felt better, 95.88% recognized the term ‘antibiotics’, and 79.67% acknowledged that inappropriate use contributed to resistance. A sex comparison revealed that male students (81.32%) were significantly more likely to complete their prescribed antibiotic courses than their female counterparts were (67.29%) (p = 0.002). This study identifies gaps in paramedical students' knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to antibiotic use and resistance. Despite a general awareness of key concepts, misconceptions and improper practices were also common. Therefore, there is a dire need to upgrade the curriculum and implement integrated modules on antibiotic stewardship, infection control, and responsible antibiotic use, which could enhance students' knowledge, enable them to make informed decisions, and contribute significantly to combating antibiotic resistance.
Creative approach in modern education concept
Authors: Alizade Sabina
Published: February 2025

Creative approaches to education stem from the needs and demands of society. Thus, the content and technologies that are stable for a certain period evolve and are replaced with those characteristic of the modern era. The problem of creative approaches to education necessitates new perspectives and the use of new norms for methods and tools, aiming to foster the creative thinking and active engagement of learners. State documents related to education emphasize the unceasing improvement of the efficiency and quality of educational and upbringing processes. Pupils' interest in learning and their acquisition of independent knowledge-seeking skills highlight the relevance of a creative approach to education. Lessons, which form the foundation of a school’s work, must meet contemporary quality standards. The effective organization and conduct of lessons require a creative approach to teaching, which, in turn, depends on the teacher’s professional and methodological preparedness. Every teacher working in educational institutions should consider building their work on creative thinking as a duty. Each lesson demands pedagogical competence and professional mastery from the teacher. It is no coincidence that the pedagogical community views teachers capable of inspiring love for their subject, encouraging their pupils to think and explore, as creative masters. Those who aim to shape the worldview of the younger generation, equip their minds with knowledge and strive to organize their work effectively and creatively are recognized as master educators. Among the aspects that make this topic relevant is the ability to use teaching technologies effectively and creatively. The pedagogical process, through the creative application of teaching technologies, significantly influences the development of individual responsibility and creative productivity. Regardless of how many supplementary tools are available, the quality of educational and upbringing processes in lessons primarily requires a creative approach. There is always a guiding principle behind achieving high success in educational activities. If a teacher aims to develop pupils' independence and creative thinking, they prioritize fostering mutual assistance among pupils and establish a bridge between cognitive engagement and creative thought. A high-quality, creative lesson always stands out for its educational value. Such lessons equip pupils with knowledge and skills, preparing them to participate actively in social activities, implement various initiatives, comprehend events occurring around them accurately and approach learning creatively. Every subject taught becomes more creative when it is structured based on pupils' interests and thoughts.
Value concepts and their role in the socialization of Ukrainian students in Polish schools
Authors: Dubinina Oksana
Published: February 2025

The article discusses value concepts in the modern European space and defines their role in the socialization of Ukrainian youth in Polish educational institutions. It examines the main challenges faced by Ukrainian students when adapting to a new educational environment in Polish schools, including language barriers, cultural differences, and psychological adaptation. The study analyzes the impact of Poland's educational system on shaping students’ value orientations and their integration into the European sociocultural space. Mechanisms for forming students' value orientations in the context of integration into Polish society are also explored. Special attention is given to the role of Poland’s educational system in the socialization process, particularly its influence on fostering tolerance, developing civic awareness, and shaping intercultural competence. The article investigates the possibilities of pedagogical support for Ukrainian students, which facilitates the harmonious assimilation of new values without losing national identity. Emphasis is placed on the importance of intercultural dialogue, support from teachers and the community, and the development of adapted educational programs. Practical recommendations are proposed to ease the integration of Ukrainian students into Polish schools, including the development of tailored curricula, engagement of intercultural assistants, organization of joint cultural events, and the creation of a supportive psychological environment. The study outlines prospects for further research, particularly in the fields of intercultural interaction, emotional adaptation, and the development of inclusive education.
Management of distributed (remote) teams is an important direction in education for modern managers
Authors: Piddubna Larysa
Published: February 2025

The article is devoted to the issues of defining the essence of distributed (remote) teams, the features of organizing their work and forming coordinated work teams, and outlining the role of the leader (manager) in the specified process. A significant place in the work is devoted to defining the latest competencies of the leader, which should be inherent in a modern manager in the era of digitalization of the country's economy and the growth of the number of virtual enterprises, virtual (remote) teams, and the scope of application of remote work of personnel. The author concludes that the above processes require the manager to apply new knowledge in the field of application of existing ones and search for and master innovative platforms and tools necessary for organizing remote work, the ability to use them when forming a team that works remotely, acquiring skills in distributing a large amount of work into components and assigning them to team members, monitoring the timely and high-quality completion of tasks, monitoring staff employment during the working day and week, training staff in the process of remote work in compliance with safety precautions, work and rest schedules, etc. All this, in the author's opinion, forms a set of competencies that a manager needs to work in the conditions of digitalization of the economy. Of course, such a complex task should be assigned to higher education institutions, which, when involved in this process, must formulate a list and content of the necessary competencies of a manager, determine a set of disciplines, individual topics, mastering which will allow the applicant to acquire the necessary educational level and the ability to manage such structures
Lobbying and GR-management in promoting technological change: is a new balance of interests between the state and business possible in Ukraine based on game theory?
Authors: Dunayev Igor
Published: February 2025

The article focuses on substantiating the heuristic and applied potential of game theory as an analytical tool for conceptualizing and transforming lobbying practices in Ukraine. The key idea is that the application of basic game-theoretical models (prisoner’s dilemma, non-zero-sum game, signaling games, etc.) allows not only to diagnose deep institutional deformations of the domestic system of interest representation but also to model optimal directions for its modernization. This idea involves not just stating the status quo in state-business relations, but forming a new post-war paradigm of their interaction based on the game-theoretical approach. The author proves that the transition from the currently dominant «zero-sum game,» oriented towards resource redistribution, to a «positive-sum game,» aimed at creating value through stakeholder cooperation efforts, requires purposeful transformation of the «rules of the game» in lobbying. Game theory offers specific mechanisms for such transformation: normative establishment of transparency and integrity principles, public communication platforms, distribution of risks and benefits through self-regulatory organizations, etc. Using the example of lobbying for a conditional agro-industrial project in the Kharkiv region, the author clearly demonstrates how changing the structure of payoffs can minimize opportunism and stimulate cooperation of key players – investors, authorities, and community. The obtained results have educational-theoretical value for students and teachers and practical value for civil servants and public figures in the context of Ukraine’s post-war recovery. The analysis of lobbying for the conditional agro-industrial project in the Kharkiv region presented in the article: First, it demonstrates the complex nature of relationships between business, government, and community, revealing the hidden conflict of their interests and motives. This encourages practitioners to move away from simplified interpretations of lobbying as «good» or «bad» and focus on creating rules that would align players’ selfish goals with the public good. Second, the considered models (prisoner’s dilemma, non-zero-sum game) provide valuable hints regarding the transformation of incentives towards cooperation. Specific mechanisms such as normative establishment of integrity principles, communication platforms, risk distribution through targeted funds can become a starting point for modernizing domestic GR-management practices.
Formation and implementation of mechanisms for preventing corruption in state authority bodies
Authors: Kaida Natalia , Moroz Volodymyr
Published: February 2025

The article examines the problem of forming and implementing mechanisms for preventing corruption in state authorities of Ukraine. Corruption is one of the biggest challenges for democratic processes, economic development and national security of the country. The work focuses on the need to improve anti-corruption mechanisms, increase the efficiency of existing institutions and adapt best international practices to Ukrainian realities. The article also analyzes current legislative initiatives, in particular the Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2021–2025, the problems of implementing strict sanctions against corrupt officials and the importance of forming a culture of non-tolerance of corruption in society. The article emphasizes the need to adopt a single legislative act on law enforcement agencies National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), specialized anti-corruption prosecutor's office (SAP), State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC), which could regulate the activities of these bodies within the framework of a unified approach to issues of responsibility, independence, effectiveness, etc. It is proposed to improve the legal status of whistleblowers of corruption by defining and legislatively enshrining specific means that will provide guarantees for the rights of whistleblowers in the event of violation of such guarantees, as well as to develop an expanded, systematized in one regulatory legal act NPA procedure for receiving, registering, considering and accounting for reports of corruption, and to develop detailed instructions for actions of authorized officials in the field of preserving the anonymity of whistleblowers. Ukraine lacks real convictions, as well as effective sanctions, such as confiscation of property and a ban on holding public office for persons convicted of corruption crimes. The conclusions contain recommendations for further steps in the fight against corruption, increasing the independence of anti-corruption bodies and strengthening public trust in anti-corruption measures.
High-intensity Functional Training (HIFT) and the Oxford System: Their Effect on the Physical and Skill Factors of Football Players During Weight Training
Authors: Abdulla Hassan Hashim , Mohammed Salih Tareq Hussein , Rahim Hiwa Ahmed , Saifaddin Dara Latif
Published: February 2025

Background: Improving the functional fitness of elite football players requires specialized training techniques that align with structured sport-specific programs. High-Intensity Functional Training (HIFT) and the Oxford System are emerging methods incorporated into weightlifting programs to enhance physical and skill-related attributes in football athletes. This study explores their effectiveness compared to traditional weightlifting methods.Aims: The study aims to assess the impact of HIFT and Oxford System exercises on football players' physical and skill development, focusing on explosive force, speed power, maximum speed, dribbling, passing, and scoring.Methods: Twenty-four football players from the Darbandikhan Sports Club (2021–2022 seasons) were purposively allocated into an experimental group (HIFT and Oxford System) and a control group (conventional weightlifting). Physical and skill-related characteristics were measured through pre-tests and post-tests to evaluate improvements.Results: The experimental group significantly improved physical and skill-related attributes between the pre-test and post-test. Post-test results revealed that explosive force, speed power, and maximum speed were significantly higher than in the control group (t = −4.257, p = 0.002). Skill-related dribbling, passing, and scoring improvements were also statistically significant (t = 1.147, p = 0.001; 1.264, p = 0.002; 4.287, p = 0.004). The experimental group outperformed the control group across all measured criteria.Conclusion: The findings indicate that HIFT and Oxford System exercises effectively enhance football players' crucial physical and skill components. Incorporating these training methods into structured programs can significantly improve players' athletic performance.