bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Current and future predicting habitat suitability map of Cunninghamia konishii Hayata using MaxEnt model under climate change in Northern Vietnam
Authors: Nguyen Thanh Tuan , Gliottone Ilaria , Pham Mai Phuong
Published: September 2021

Cunninghamia konishii Hayata is a rare and endangered plant species that plays a relevant role in ecological andcommercial systems of natural forests in Vietnam. In this research, we evaluated the potential geographic distribution ofC. konishii under current and future climatic conditions in Northern Vietnam using the ecological niche modelling approachbased on the largest available database of occurrence records for this species. C. konishii is mainly distributed inthe northern part of Vietnam at altitudes above 1000 m where the slopes range between 12 and 25 degrees, particularlyin special-use and protected forest. The optimal distribution area of C. konishii requires specific climatic conditions: anannual precipitation around 1200 mm, precipitation of the warmest quarter ranging from 600 to 800 mm, a precipitationseasonality of 90 to100 mm, an annual mean temperature ranging from 12°C to 19°C, and a temperature seasonalityranging from 300 to 350. Additionally, the species requires specific soil groups: humic acrisols, ferralic acrisols, andyellow-red humic soils. Considering these requirements, the results of our research show that the suitable regions for thegrowth of C. konishii are found in the provinces of Ha Giang, Son La, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An, covering a total area of1509.56 km2. However, analyzing the results under the Community Climate System Model version 4 (CCSM4) model, itis possible to observe that the area will decline to 504.39 km2 by 2090 according to RCP 2.6 scenario, to 406.25 km2 inthe RCP 4.5 scenario, and to 47.62 km2 in the RCP 8.5 scenario. The findings of this present research may be applied toseveral additional studies such as identifying current and future locations to establish conservation areas for C. konishii.
The Goldfinch at Eastern Europe’s Crossroads: Russian Subtexts of Donna Tartt’s Novel
Authors:   Sibirian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation), Gevel Olga E.
Published: September 2021

Attention to the western reception of Eastern Europe has been relevant for several centuries, but it is especially characteristic of the turn of the 21st century. The inertia of the Cold War is still felt in popular culture: evil is essentialized in the images of Russia/Eastern Europe and Russians/Eastern Europeans every time. Another tradition prefers to create the image of a Russian relying on the harmless, inactive characters of Russian fairy tales and novels, such as Emelya and Oblomov. Russia itself is often not named or portrayed in films and texts; it is replaced by Eastern Europe, Siberia, and fictional cities. The article highlights the main characteristics of the Eastern European text according to Larry Wolff: remoteness, coldness, savagery, passionateness, ambivalence, theatricality, frightening suspense. Eastern European images by the contemporary American writer Donna Tartt (Boris Pavlikovsky and other Slavs in her novel The Goldfinch) are compared with the interpretation of such images in the popular culture and by the writers of the 20th century (in William Somerset Maugham’s novel The Razor’s Edge). In Tartt’s novel, we encounter heroes who are not just interested in Russia and Russians/Eastern Europeans, but are literally fascinated by them, trying to learn the language, study Russian literature. It has been suggested that Fyodor Dolokhov from Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, one of the key novels in the world literary tradition, could be the prototype for a significant number of Eastern European images. This ambivalent image combines all the main characteristics of the Eastern European text and allows both negative (most often) and positive (with careful consideration of the plots and characteristics) interpretations. For example, coldness, winter, blizzard can be considered as negative characteristics (especially considering some connotations), but, in the classic novel, which is also oriented towards Dickens, they are naturally connected with the Christmas theme of the miraculous elimination of contradictions, the fabulous resolution of all problems, and transformation. Therefore, it is not surprising that the “code” of the character is repeated, from name to separate themes and motifs. The characteristics Wolff lists – robbery, philosophizing, masquerading, duality – generate both repulsion and attraction. It is possible that the positive perception of Eastern Europe is rooted in the approach to the theme through the prism of literature and literary criticism. Tartt as a philologist is expectedly more influenced by modern literary theory inspired by the formalists, Propp, Bakhtin, Jakobson, and Lotman, than by political clichés.
Intercultural Philosophy: An Experience of Thematization. (Book Review: Stepanyants, M.T. (2020) Mezhkul’turnaya Filosofiya: Istoki, Metodologiya, Problematika, Perspektivy [Intercultural Philosophy: Sources, Methodology, Problems, Prospects]. Moscow: Nauka – Vostochnaya Literatura. 183 p.)
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation), Malinov Alexey V. ,   Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences – Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Published: September 2021

In the reviewed book, intercultural philosophy is considered as a development of comparative studies. Marietta Stepanyants shows that, in the framework of comparative studies, stable stereotypes of perceiving the cultures of the West and the East have developed. Intercultural philosophy as an alternative to Westcentrism proceeds from the recognition of the equality of cultural and philosophical traditions and of the possibility to convert categories into another conceptual language. Intercultural philosophy embodies the protest potential of modern culture and the origins of a new civilization project.
Postcolonial Trauma in the 21st-Century English Female Fiction
Authors:   Kazan Federal University (Kazan, Russian Federation), Khabibullina Lilia F.
Published: September 2021

The postcolonial fiction of the 21st century has developed a new version of family chronicle depicting the life of several generations of migrants to demonstrate the complexity of their experience, different for each generation. This article aims at investigating this tradition from the perspective of three urgent problems: trauma, postcolonial experience, and the “female” theme. The author uses the most illustrative modern women’s postcolonial writings (Z. Smith, Ju. Chang) to show the types of trauma featured in postcolonial literature as well as the change in the character of traumatic experience, including the migrant’s automythologization from generation to generation. There are several types of trauma, or stages experienced by migrants: historical, migration and selfidentification, more or less correlated with three generations of migrants. Historical trauma is the most severe and most often insurmountable for the first generation. It generates a myth about the past, terrible or beautiful, depending on the writer’s intention realized at the level of the writer or the characters. A most expanded form of this trauma can be found in the novel Wild Swans by Jung Chang, where the “female” experience underlines the severity of the historical situation in the homeland of migrants. The trauma of migration manifests itself as a situation of deterritorialization, lack of place, when the experience of the past dominates and prevents the migrants from adapting to a new life. This situation is clearly illustrated in the novel White Teeth by Z. Smith, where the first generation of migrants cannot cope with the effects of trauma. The trauma of selfidentification promotes a fictitious identity in the younger generation of migrants. Unable to join real life communities, they create automyths, joining fictional communities based on cultural myths (Muslim organizations, rap culture, environmental organizations). Such examples can be found in Z. Smith’s White Teeth and On Beauty. Thus, the problem of trauma undergoes erosion, because, strictly speaking, with each new generation, the event experienced as traumatic is less worth designating as such. Compared to historical trauma or the trauma of migration, trauma of self-identification is rather a psychological problem that affects the emotional sphere and is quite survivable for most of the characters.
Mikhail Bakhtin’s Legacy and the Challenges of Modern Education: A 2010s’ Perspective Review of the book: Brandist C. et al. (eds) (2020) Bakhtin in the Fullness of Time
Authors: Dubrovskaya Svetlana , Osovsky Oleg
Published: September 2021

A detailed analysis of the collective monograph Bakhtin in the Fullness of Time: Bakhtinian Theory and the Process of Social Education is performed in this article, involving reflections on the place and meaning of the ideas of Mikhail Bakhtin (1895–1975) for theory and practice of Western education in the recent decades. Three major topics are covered in the book. The first one has to do with identifying the philosophical and sociocultural sources that preceded the formation of Bakhtin’s early views and largely predetermined his response to challenges of the time in his early philosophical texts and in his books about Dostoevsky and the genre of Bildungsroman. Another topic is Bakhtin’s dialogue with his contemporaries. Sometimes, this dialogue was open and active, sharply polemical, as in the situation with the latest aesthetic and literary trends of the early 1920s in Russia; at other times, however, it was “inaudible”, so researchers can only attempt to reconstruct it based on the consonance between the ideas of Bakhtin and those of Lev Vygotsky or Paulo Freire. The third topic is the transformation of Bakhtinian theory into teaching practice, whether it is about using dialogue and its potential in teaching foreign students, providing educational opportunities for the most economically vulnerable social groups in South Africa, or communicating with preschoolers in a kindergarten. The authors of the book managed to create a convincing picture of how Bakhtinian theory is becoming a key element of today’s educational research and practice. Importantly, it is not only Bakhtin’s ideas as such — the concepts of dialogue, polyphony, carnival and chronotope in the first place — that matter: there is also the unrestrained polyvocality which is indispensable for any creative practice.
Personality Traits of Students in Resilient and Struggling Schools: Different Children or Different Schools
Authors: Zvyagintsev Roman
Published: September 2021

One of the most important facets of educational inequality is the globally observed wide socioeconomic gap in academic outcomes across schools and individual students. However, there are resilient schools that manage to be effective in adverse circumstances. In order to find out what may stand behind resilience of disadvantaged schools, personality traits of their students are compared to those of students attending schools that perform low in equally challenging contexts. Empirical data for this study was collected in Leningrad Oblast in 2019 and includes information about schools’ academic outcomes and socioeconomic status (SES) as well as students’ personality traits that have been traditionally associated with psychological resilience. Personality traits are assessed using the Academic Resilience Scale (ARS‑30), the academic motivation subscale, and the grit and self-regulation scales. Factor structure of the questionnaires is verified using confirmatory factor analysis. No differences are revealed in personality traits of students between resilient and non-resilient low-SES schools, which confirms the previous findings that academic resilience is built through managerial strategies of school principals, school and state educational policies, and practices to improve school effectiveness.
Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Monotowns: Production of Mobility
Authors: Veselkova Natalya , Vandyshev Mikhail , Pryamikova Elena
Published: September 2021

This article looks into the relationship between education, industry and youth mobility in monotown settings. Information collected during a sociological survey in four Ural monotowns — Krasnoturyinsk, Pervouralsk, Revda (Sverdlovsk Oblast) and Dalmatovo (Kurgan Oblast) — was used as empirical data for the study. Education can sometimes work “against” the community, as cultural and symbolic capital that young people acquire at secondary or sometimes vocational schools allows them to migrate from their hometowns to larger cities for education purposes. Therefore, better-educated youths are more likely to leave monotowns. At the same time, availability of educational institutions in a monotown provides its citizens with opportunities for personal growth as well as improvement of urban environment. A way out of this seemingly insoluble dilemma could be the policy of civic engagement, which can be implemented provided there are diverse labor market opportunities and a conducive social infrastructure. Planning the cooperation among businesses, education and municipal authorities should be part of the town development strategy, not only the result of decisions handed down by some ministries. The article also offers an example of a cultural life script: a life story of a respondent whose desire to stay in a small town was only increased by the education she obtained.
The Trade Service Agreement Between Vietnam and the EAEU and the Formation of Negotiation Strategies on New Agreements in the Service Sector: The First Results
Authors:   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Zuev Vladimir , Ostrovskaya Elena ,   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Vasilyeva Ekaterina ,   National Research University Higher School of Economics,   Eurasian Economic Commission
Published: September 2021

n the last decades, the importance of trade in services in global trade flows has grown from strength to strength. This trend has stimulated the proliferation of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements aimed at ensuring equal and fair access for service providers to foreign markets. The states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) are no exceptions to this global trend and strive to ensure free trade in services with foreign partners as a part of trade policies. This article analyzes theoretical and practical aspects of implementing the provisions on trade in services of the free trade agreement (FTA) between the EAEU and Vietnam, specifically applied to Russia and Vietnam. The results of the agreement’s implementation are instrumental in formulating the main contributions of the strategy that will increase the efficiency of future agreements on trade in services between the EAEU and foreign partners. The following strategy has already been applied to the example of service sector cooperation between Russia and Singapore. The emphasis of the study is quite universal, and the contributions of the strategy are applicable to other regional associations.
EDEBİYAT İNCELEMELERİNDE “TİP” OKUMALARININ GELENEKSELLEŞMESİ SORUNU VE “FATİH-HARBİYE” KİŞİLERİ
Authors: ONTAÇ GÜNER Ayda
Published: September 2021

Edebiyat araştırmalarında özellikle Fatih-Harbiye gibi içinde bir tezin savunulduğu iddia edilen romanları inceleme noktasında roman kahramanları genellikle tip düzleminde ele alınmış, bu durum adeta gelenek haline getirilmiştir. Fakat tip, karakter sorunu hususunda meydana gelen gelişmelerin sağladığı imkânlar göz önünde bulundurulduğunda tip anlayışının, hem romancının hem de roman kişilerinin değerini tayin etme konusunda zayıf bir noktada durduğu söylenebilir. Edebiyatımızdaki bu sorun çerçevesinde bu çalışmada roman kişileri bağlamında tip ve karakterin ne anlama geldiği ele alınmış, tip okumalarının gelenekselleşmesi sorununun muhtemel nedenleri irdelenmiş, roman kişilerinin hem oluşturulma hem de okunma bağlamında “canlı, değişken, özgür ve açık olma” gibi özellikler taşıması gerekliliğinin önemi vurgulanmıştır. Bunlarla birlikte tip ve karakter anlayışlarının tarihsel dönüşümleri incelenmiş, “verilmiş” ve “yaşanmış” tip düşüncesinden karaktere uzanan yolculuğun izleri sürülmüştür. Yazının son bölümlerinde ise edebiyatımızda tipe yüklenen olumlu anlamlar sorgulanmış, tip anlayışıyla gerçekçilik ve sosyoloji arasındaki ilişki tartışılmıştır. Yazının genel maksadı, hem karakter hem de tip olarak düşünülebilecek roman kişilerinin genellikle tip üzerinden okunmalarının romanın anlam katmanlarının genişlemesi açısından engel teşkil ettiğini iddia etmektir. Fakat buradan yazının amacının tip okumalarını tamamen reddetmek olduğu sonucu çıkarılmamalıdır. Tip de roman türünün bir gerçeğidir. Bu, kabul edilebilir. Asıl sorun, hem tip hem karakter özellikleri gösterdiği düşünülen bazı roman kişilerinin sadece tip üzerinden okunmasıyla onu karakter kılan özelliklerin göz ardı edilmesidir. Buna istinaden bu çalışmada genel olarak savunulan teze ilişkin uygulamalı bir örnek olmak üzere hem tip hem karakter özelliği gösteren Fatih-Harbiye roman kişileri karakter olarak yeni bir perspektiften değerlendirilmiştir.
SEYAHATNAMELERDE DOĞUBAYAZIT
Authors: ÇAKMAK Adem
Published: September 2021

Anadolu coğrafyası, tarih boyunca farklı milletlere ve devletlere ev sahipliği yapmıştır. Anadolu’da köklü tarihsel geçmişe sahip yerleşim yerleri de çeşitli nedenlerden dolayı özellikle Batılıların ilgisini çekmiştir. İstanbul, Bursa, Trabzon, Diyarbakır ve İzmir gibi eskiden beri ekonomik, siyasi ve idari bakımdan önemli merkezler bunların başında gelmektedir. Anadolu’da tarihsel ve kültürel kaynaklar bakımından zengin bu yerleşim yerlerinin dışında Türkiye’nin doğusunda bulunan Doğubayazıt da Batılıların sıklıkla ziyaret ettiği önemli yerleşim alanlarından birisidir. Çok eskiye dayanan geçmişe sahip olan Doğubayazıt, özellikle 18.yüzyıldan itibaren Batılı seyyahların, misyonerlerin, ajanların ve devlet adamların Anadolu’da ziyaret ettikleri Osmanlı şehirlerinden birisi haline gelmiştir. Bunda farklı milletlerce kutsal olarak kabul edilen Ağrı Dağı’na olan coğrafi yakınlığı kadar 18.yüzyılın sonlarında doğru bölgenin en önemli kültürel kaynaklarından biri olan İshak Paşa Sarayı’nın inşa edilmesi ve İstanbul, Trabzon, Erzurum ve Tebriz’e uzanan ticari ve stratejik yollar üzerinde bulunmasının önemli bir rolü bulunmaktadır. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun doğusunda birçok bakımdan stratejik bir konumda bulunan Doğubayazıt’ı ziyaret eden Batılılar, seyahatnamelerde, araştırma gezilerine dayanan kitaplarda ve seyyahların biyografileri gibi farklı kaynaklarda Doğubayazıt’a dair çeşitli ayrıntılara yer vermişlerdir. Bu kaynaklarda farklı dönemlerin mimari izlerini taşıyan kültürel kaynaklardan biri olan İshak Paşa Sarayı’nın çeşitli özelliklerinin yanı sıra dönemin siyasi-askeri iklimin yarattığı nüfus hareketlerini ve bölgenin kültürel yaşam biçimine dair bilgilere ulaşmak da mümkündür.
The New Distribution: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Large Distribution Warehouse Premises in England and Wales
Authors: Greenhalgh Paul , King Helen M. , Muldoon-Smith Kevin , Ellis Josephine
Published: September 2021

This research addresses the deficit of empirical investigation of changes in industrial and warehouse property markets in the UK. It uses business rates (rating list) data for England and Wales to reveal changes in the quantum and distribution of premises over the last decade. Spatio-temporal analysis using geographical information systems identifies where new industrial and warehouse premises have been developed and examines spatial changes in the distribution of premises between the two sectors. The research focuses on the development of new large distribution warehouses (LDWs) to investigate whether there is a new pattern of warehouse premises located in close proximity to junctions on the national highway network. Findings confirm the emergence of a dynamic distribution warehouse property market where “super sheds” have been developed in areas with high levels of multi-modal connectivity. The comprehensive spatio-temporal analysis of all industrial and warehouse premises in England and Wales reconfigures the previously recognised Midlands “Golden Triangle” of distribution warehouses to a “Golden Pointer” and reveals the emergence of a rival “Northern Dumbbell” of distribution warehouse premises in the North of England. Further analysis using isochrones confirms that 85% of the population of Great Britain is situated within four hours average heavy goods vehicle drive time of these two concentrations of super sheds and over 60% of all LDWs floorspace is within 30 minutes’ drive of intermodal rail freight interchanges.
Berlin’s Manifold Strategies Towards Commercial and Industrial Spaces: The Different Cases of Zukunftsorte
Authors: Suwala Lech , Kitzmann Robert , Kulke Elmar
Published: September 2021

Despite being the third largest industrial agglomeration in the world before World War II, Berlin was faced with an economic void after the partition and reunification of the city with many abandoned and alienated commercial and industrial spaces in a compact urban fabric. What has happened with this commercial and industrial heritage over the last 30 years? The main rationale behind this article is to show how Berlin planned and developed some of these spaces through the Zukunftsorte strategy by preserving its historical sites and modernizing its commercial and industrial base. As part of this undertaking, the article combines insights from urban planning and regional innovation studies. Methodologically, a two-step approach is applied: First, the article conducts an analysis of fundamental planning frameworks and technology/innovation policy trajectories with regard to commercial and industrial spaces; second, a multiple-case study analysis of selected Zukunftsorte (Adlershof, Marzahn, Schöneberg, Siemensstadt) is carried out to test whether and to what extent those spaces are supported by planning frameworks and exhibit components of what we coined territorial ecosystem models. The data compiled stems from 15 years of work engaging in various planning and policy steering committees, individual or joint research projects, personal interviews with relevant stakeholders, and regular field observations. The findings suggest that Berlin’s strategies towards commercial and industrial spaces need to integrate highly contextual approaches since size, progress, operation, means, and timelines of Zukunftsorte vary substantially. Whereas Adlershof is a well-functioning network of business, academia, planners, and policymakers with preliminary attempts to embed those stakeholders in residential neighborhoods and the European Energy Forum in Schöneberg—which can be described as a miniature living lab of Adlershof—the other investigated Zukunftsorte do not yet deserve to carry this name.
The Role of School Management Towards Staff Motivation for Effective Performance in Nepal: During the Covid-19
Authors: Rajesh Kumar Chaudhary Manoj Kumar Chaudhary,
Published: September 2021

This study attempts to investigates the role of motivation on academic staffs of private school in Nepal. To analyze the staff motivation, a descriptive cum exploratory research design along with structured questionnaire has been administered for data collection. Out of total 291 private school in Lalitpur metropolitan city 20 schools were selected for this study, purposive sampling method is used as per the convenient of the researchers. The result of the study clearly depict that the role of school management towards staff motivation for effective performance is found to be inferior in practice. Therefore, the study concludes that, to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 during and after the crisis, the ground reality of staff’s motivation must be taken into consideration. The present research recommended that there is a substantial room for motivation in private school, Nepal because role on motivation in school is far from satisfactory. Thus to improve the situation congenial climate should be provided and encouragement should be taken.
Therapeutic and rehabilitation complex for the treatment of patients with chronic generalized periodontitis and bruxism
Authors: Khaybullina Rasima R. , Gerasimova Larisa P. , Gilmutdinova Lira T. , Gerasimenko Marina Yu.
Published: September 2021

Background. The article discusses modern concepts of the relationship of periodontal disease and bruxism.
Aim: to study the efficiency of the proposed therapeutic and rehabilitation complex for patients with chronic generalized periodontitis and bruxism.
Methods. 73 patients aged 3045 years with a diagnosis of chronic generalized periodontitis of moderate severity and bruxism were examined. The control group consisted of 15 apparently healthy individuals of the same age to clarify the functional parameters of the norm. To assess the effectiveness of the proposed therapeutic and rehabilitation complex, clinical, Doppler flowmetric and electromyographic research methods were used.
Results. High efficiency of the therapeutic and rehabilitation complex in the treatment of chronic generalized moderate periodontitis and bruxism has been revealed. An analysis of changes in time of clinical symptoms revealed that when using this program, which includes basic therapy, laser phoresis, ozone irrigation of the gums, the intake of phyto-complex and local-mineral complexes, the use of dental pins with propolis and phytocomplex, physiotherapy exercises and fluctuorization, positive changes were pronounced. Under the influence of the course effect of therapeutic procedures, patients showed an increase in blood perfusion volume by 37.7% (p 0.05), blood flow perfusion rate by 58.2% (p 0.05) from the initial values. At the same time, a decrease by 51.82% (p 0.05) from the initial indices of bioelectric activity of the temporal muscle at rest was registered, as well as by 40.4% (p 0.05) with voluntary constriction, and a decrease in the bioelectric activity of the mastication muscle at rest by 47.4% (p 0.05), and with voluntary constriction by 35.12% (p 0.05).
Conclusion. The data obtained based on electromyography and laser Doppler flowmetry indicate that the developed treatment and rehabilitation complex is an effective method for correcting the microcirculation of periodontal vessels, the functional activity of the maxillofacial muscles.
My local anesthesia technique for abdominal surgery.
Authors: Vishnevsky Alexander V.
Published: September 2021

Individual operations, sometimes quite complex, are done in various areas of it, but they do not have the character of an integral, consistent system resting on a certain principle, but rather look like accidentally successful surgical attempts, usually associated with various combinations of anesthesia methods.
Quantitative changes in blood enzymes (catalase, amylase, lipase) under the influence of artificial sun
Authors: Diveeva N. A.
Published: September 2021

Modern medicine in its most important fields is under the sign of the study of enzymes. Ziber-Shumova, noting the all-encompassing role of enzymes in biology, says: We are not able to imagine, generally speaking, life without enzymatic processes. The concept of life is associated with the concept of a number of the most diverse enzymatic processes.
III All-Union plumbing and sanitary-technical congress
Authors: Dykhno Mikhail A.
Published: September 2021

The issues of the improvement of cities and villages are currently acquiring important economic and political importance in connection with the large-scale construction that is now being carried out in the Union. The importance of the All-Union plumbing and sanitary-technical congresses is growing every year.
Treatment of tuberculosis patients with diet
Authors: Zaitsev М.
Published: September 2021

The question of the nutrition of patients has recently occupied a prominent place in the German medical literature, as well as in Berlin clinics. Nutrition for infants, nutrition for patients obsessed with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, nutrition for those suffering from metabolic disorders, nutrition for surgical patients, pre- and postoperative - cause a lot of controversy in medical circles and more and more attracts the attention of practitioners.
Professor M. F. Rudnev. Diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract in childhood. Publishing House of the Dnepropetrovsk Society of Pediatric Doctors, 1929
Authors: Menshikov V. К.
Published: September 2021

The question of the pathogenesis of kidney disease in recent years has undergone a great revision and in connection with a change in views in this area, new data have appeared in the field of prevention and therapeutic measures.
Causal absorption: Its effect on synthetic seismograms computed by the reflectivity method
Authors: O'Neill M. E. , Hill David P.
Published: September 2021

abstract

Lomnitz's causal formulation of anelasticity is incorporated into the Fuchs-MüKennett reflectivity program. For waves passing through a highly attenuating upper-mantle low-velocity zone (Q = 35), the synthetic seismograms computed with Lomnitz's weakly frequency-dependent phase velocity, c, and specific attenuation, Q, differ noticeably from those computed with frequency-independent parameters. For these waves, the first pulse is larger and more abrupt and the peaks and troughs are somewhat later for causal absorption than for noncausal absorption.
Pandemic Capital or “The New Gravity”
Authors: Cera Agostino
Published: September 2021

This paper aims to highlight a latent evidence emerging from the pandemic phenomenon: Pandemic Capital. By this formula I mean a process of naturalization in regards to the equivalence between the right of a commercial enterprise to profit from its activity and the right of people to protect their own health, or, better, the right to maximize profit as new aspirant fundamental right. This naturalization becomes particularly clear in relation to the question of vaccine patents. The distinction between just (legitimate) profit and maximum profit equates to an updated version of the classic dilemma between nomos (law) and dike (justice), which in Sophocle’s Antigone takes the form of a clash between Kreon and Antigone. Faced with the risk of a legal nihilism, we need to (re)establish a hierarchy of rights that is up to par with our times, namely we must re-contractualize the social contract. To overcome the challenges of a globalized world/pandemic society, we need the neo-contractualism of a social contract that includes a “natural contract” as well. The latter is strictly related to the question of an Open Access Knowledge as new common good. Knowledge also means power, and as such demands responsibility, particularly from scientists and intellectuals. The idea of a human responsibility – or better, “fraternal responsibility” – could therefore represent the basis for a new alliance between nomos and dike for the sake of the polis.
Filosofia, politica e società ai tempi della pandemia. Agamben e la «paranoia della ragione»
Authors: Di Chiro Antonio
Published: September 2021

In this essay we will try to analyze the thought of the philosopher Giorgio Agamben on the pandemic. The aim of the work is twofold. On the one hand, we will try to demonstrate that Agamben’s positions on the pandemic are not to be understood as mere extemporaneous statements, but as integral parts of his philosophy. On the other hand, we will try to show how these positions are based on a deeply paranoid and anti-scientific vision, since Agamben believes that the effects of the epidemic have been exaggerated by the centers of power in order to create a “state of exception” that allows to crumble social life and to use the fear of poverty as a tool to dominate society. We will try to demonstrate that it is precisely starting from the critique of Agamben’s positions that it is possible to rethink a philosophy and a politic to come and a new reorganization of social and intimate relations between human beings.
The Ethics of Social Distance and Proximity in the City
Authors: Lobo Tea
Published: September 2021

The genealogy of ethics starts in the polis. Plato and Aristotle had an optimistic view of polis life, even though Plato was born shortly after the plague of Athens, an experience that left a deep imprint in his society, and interestingly not a very good opinion of democracy. The idea of the polis as the ideal locus for human flourishing can be contested because we do not share the same face-to-face form of life with the ancient polis-dwellers. Contemporary megacities do not harbor an agora in which citizens debate current affairs. Such debates have shifted to social media. It is worth investigating the value of face-to-face interaction even today. Despite the risk of spreading airborne lung diseases like the Corona virus, the possibility of face-to-face interactions allows the cultivation of attention necessary for ethics. Knowing your neighbor by acquaintance, seeing her face every day can make pedestrians better attuned to the need to protect her in times of the pandemic, by maintaining distance and wearing a mask. If this is indeed the case, then it has implications for urban design: urban density can be designed in a way that affords functional proximity (the likelihood of encounters) and more humane neighborhoods.
A Critical Review of Statement of Government Accounting Standard (SGAS) Regarding Accounting for Investment
Authors: Ritonga Irwan Taufiq
Published: September 2021

Research aims: This article aims to provide a critical review of the Statement of Government Accounting Standard (SGAS) of Indonesia regarding Accounting for Investment (2016 Revision)Design/Methodology/Approach: This article is a critical review, which criticism seen from a philosophical and theoretical point of view.Research findings: There are five issues that need improvement so that SGAS Accounting for Investment becomes better. The five issues are the definition of government investment that is not in line with the vision of government organizations, inconsistency between investment definition and accounting treatment of investment proceeds, lack of comprehensive accounting treatment for negative investment value, inconsistency between investment definition and disclosure terms, inaccuracy of diction or grammar choice, and incomplete glossary.Theoretical contribution/Originality: the arguments presented in this article can be used by scholars who focus on government accounting to develop a theory of government accounting.Practitioner/Policy implication: Findings of this study can be inputs for the Government Accounting Standard Committee (GASC) to improve government accounting standards in Indonesia, especially SGAS of Accounting for Investment.
Comparison of personality factors among alcoholics and non-alcoholics attending a tertiary care center in Puducherry
Authors: R. Praveen Kumar , G. Umesh , U. Karthikeyan V.
Published: September 2021

Background: Alcohol consumption is a addictive behavior, which eventually leads to personality disorder, stress. However, in recent times it was noted that duration of alcohol consumption is an important factor for the changes in personality profile. Hence this study was conducted to assess the personality disorders among the person who started consuming alcohol in the past 1-5 years with those of non-alcoholics.Methods: This prospective cross sectional study was conducted to assess the personality profile among alcoholics and non-alcoholic individuals in the department of psychiatry in Sri Venkateshwara medical college hospital and research institute, Puducherry during the January 2019 to June 2019. A total of 80 participants with 40 alcohol consuming cases and 40 controls were included in this study. For assessing the personality disorder, 16 personality factor (PF) questionnaires were used.Results: Personality profile like factor F which represents liveliness and Q4 which represents primary factor regarding tension were found to be greatly affected among cases who consume alcohol compared to non-alcoholic controls.Conclusions: Significant changes noted in personality profile among cases who consume alcohol occurred within 1-5 years of starting alcohol consumption.
Knowledge, attitude and behaviour towards the role of diet in acne vulgaris among students
Authors: Manoharan D. , Udhayini K. V. , Manoharan K. , Kumar N. Ashok
Published: September 2021

Background: Acne is one of the most common chronic inflammatory conditions reported on daily basis in a skin clinic. It’s pathology lies at the level of pilosebaceous apparatus and is influenced by various factors like hormones, certain foods, drug intake and so on. There are several discrepancies surrounding the role of diet in acne. The aim of the study was to explore the knowledge, attitude and behaviour towards the role of diet in acne vulgaris among students.Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted in Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai during January 2021 to May 2021. 107 random medical students with acne were enrolled in the study. Students with acne vulgaris not willing to participate in the study and students with acneiform eruptions were excluded. Data was collected using a standard, semi-structured questionnaire. Questionnaire was presented in English through a google form. The questionnaire comprised of socio-demographic data like age and gender. Data was entered in Microsoft word and represented in frequency and percentage.Results: Among the 107 students enrolled in the study, 37 were males and 70 were females. 56 students were in 17-20 age group and remaining 51 were in 21-24 years age group. Our study showed that 64.5% (69) agreed that there was an association between diet and acne vulgaris, while 9.3% (10) denied it and 26.2% (28) were unsure about the association between the two. Majority of them encountered acne localized to face mainly involving cheeks, only 2 people reported acne over trunk. Out of 97 students who opined of the association of diet with acne, only 13 students consulted a dermatologist and opted for medication. Out of 13, only 7 reported to have a positive outcome with combination of advised medication and stoppage of triggered foods. Out of 97 students who opined of the association of diet with acne, only 13 students consulted a dermatologist and opted for medication.Conclusions: The understanding of the disease and the ways adopted by these students look decent enough but mandate few changes in their attitude and behaviour.
Serum calcium levels in newly detected essential hypertensive patients
Authors: Aashish Arumugam , Kannaiyan Jayasingh
Published: September 2021

Background: Systemic hypertension is global disease responsible for significant mortality and morbidity. Essential or primary hypertension accounts for the majority of people with hypertension. Although our understanding of the pathophysiology of essential hypertension has grown a lot, its aetiology still remains hypothetical. Few studies in literature have found some correlation with serum calcium levels and blood pressure of the individuals.Methods: A total 200 patients, 100 newly diagnosed essential hypertensive and 100 normotensive patients were included in the study. A detailed history and clinical profile was taken. Blood sample was collected and serum calcium, serum albumin were determined and corrected calcium was calculated and the results were tabulated and appropriate statistical analysis was done.Results: The mean total serum calcium and corrected calcium levels were significantly lowered in essential hypertensive compared to the normotensive individuals. There was no correlation between total serum and corrected calcium levels against systolic and diastolic blood pressure. There was also no difference in serum total and corrected calcium levels among different subsets in essential hypertensive group.Conclusion: Essential hypertension still remains the most common form of hypertension present worldwide causing significant mortality and morbidity. Despite increased advances in medicine and large number of studies done in context with the cause of essential hypertension, its aetiology still remains hypothetical. Even though studies have shown some correlation of calcium fractions with hypertension, the aetiology is still unclear.
Study on knowledge, attitude and behaviour of patient towards dermatophytosis and importance of maintaining personal hygiene
Authors: S. Sivaramakrishnan Sangaiah , S. Arun Karthikeyan , N. Ashok Kumar , G. Sukanya
Published: September 2021

Background: Dermatophytosis is considered as a silent epidemic with a global prevalence of 25%. In India, it has been reported in various studies with high prevalence of 27% and it is important to find the modifiable contributing factors for dermatophytosis, so as to prevent the high morbidity affecting the social and occupational health.Methods: A total of 100 patients participated in this cross-sectional study conducted in dermatology outpatient department (OPD) at tertiary care hospital. After obtaining informed written consent, all patients above 18 years of age diagnosed with superficial fungal Skin infections were subjected to pretested, semi-structured questionnaire to collect data regarding the knowledge, attitude and practices towards the dermatophytosis.Results: Out of 100 patients in this study, 45% of patients has knowledge about the spread of fungal infection from person to person and 55% patients not agreeing with it. The study also revealed that 84% of patients reported correctly about the association of sweating with sweat feeling index (SFI) and 76% of patients know about the possible sites of dermatophyte infection. 91% and 96% of patients had no knowledge about the spread of infection through sharing clothes and collective washing clothes of other family members.Conclusions: Despite the patients demonstrating good knowledge about mode of spread of dermatophytosis, still most of the patients are failed to implement the knowledge in maintaining personal hygiene practices. There is a need to improve the gap between the knowledge about the dermatophytosis and their personal hygiene practices towards the infection. It is important to communicate with the patient about the treatment of other family members and changing their attitude towards the infection. This approach will help to improve the adherence of treatment and also prevents the recurrence of dermatophytosis.
Study of aetiology and clinical spectrum of patients with acute undifferentiated fever, in a tertiary care setting: a descriptive cross-sectional study
Authors: Jishtu Vinay , Jaret Pramod K. , Machhan Prem Chand , Chauhan Nidhi
Published: September 2021

Background: Acute undifferentiated fever illness (AUFI) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries, owing to its non-specific features. The aim of the study was to delineate the causes and clinical parameters associated with AUFI.Methods: A cross-sectional study was done among 156 patients of AUFI, admitted in the Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, from November 2018 to October 2019.Results: The mean age of the study participants was 37.37±14.2 years. The study participants admitted for acute undifferentiated febrile illness had fever with mean duration of 8.38±3.7 days before hospitalization. The most common aetiology of AUFI was found to be enteric fever (44%), followed by scrub typhus (35%). The majority of the cases presented from the month of September to December.Conclusions: The aetiology and clinical spectrum of AUFI is wide and variable. To outline a proper algorithm to contain it, meticulous analysis of the hospital data at each level is necessary.
Electrophysiological study of peripheral neuropathies in chronic kidney disease patients and relation of severity of peripheral neuropathy with degree of renal failure
Authors: Fatima Razeen , Kumar Prakhar , Beg Mujahid
Published: September 2021

Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are frequently afflicted with neurological complications. Peripheral neuropathy occurs in 60-100% patients of CKD. Nerve conduction study is the gold standard method to diagnose uremic neuropathy. In this study we have examined the correlation of nerve conduction latency, amplitude and nerve conduction velocity with serum creatinine, blood urea, serum uric acid levels and compared these parameters among dialysis and non-dialysis dependent CKD patients.Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 adult patients diagnosed to have and treated for CKD. All cases were subjected to nerve conduction study (NCS) which was performed on median nerve, ulnar nerve, common peroneal nerve, tibial nerve and sural nerve.Results: The prevalence of neuropathy was 68% in both dialysis and non-dialysis dependent groups. The most involved nerve was sural nerve. On NCS, there was prolongation of nerve latency, decrease in nerve amplitude and nerve conduction velocity with rising blood urea and serum creatinine levels. All these abnormalities were more evident in dialysis dependent patients as compared to non-dialysis dependent patients. Depressed amplitude was the most common abnormality in all the tested nerves.Conclusions: The nerve latency, amplitude and nerve conduction velocity worsened with rise in blood urea, serum creatinine and decrease in eGFR suggesting that neuropathy progress with increased severity of renal failure. Nerve conduction abnormalities were more prominent in dialysis dependent patients and therefore was associated with more advanced stage of CKD.
Study of the impact of gas flaring on communities’ health: methods and participants’ demographics
Authors: Obi Nkemdilim , Bwititi Phillip , Nwose Ezekiel
Published: September 2021

The exploration and production of oil and gas in Nigeria have resulted in gas flaring. This has led to the release of excessive amounts of harmful pollutants possibly leading to ill-health, loss of lives and damage to properties in communities where gas is flared. This has resulted in various studies on the impact of gas flaring on the health of communities. This article described the methodology and demographics of respondents of research in Delta State Nigeria. This research was designed to be a cross-sectional mixed method study. About 500 self-administered questionnaires were distributed to individuals of 18 years and above and the response rate 97.4%. The questionnaire comprised six sections with closed and open-ended questions to ensure objectivity and accuracy of data. Demographic analysis showed that participants comprised 40.1% women, 99.1% reside in 12 oil-producing local government areas (LGA) across Delta State and 69.4% have lived in region for 3-20 years. On occupation, 97.7% work in communities distributed across oil-producing 11 LGAs and 68.2% have worked in the region for 3-20 years. Other participants lived and/or worked in neighbouring communities and states. Participants were well distributed in age groups with 89% consisting of 20-70 years old. Further, respondents comprised 96% who completed secondary or higher and 61.7% classified themselves as middle or upper-class socioeconomic status. The proposal has provision to generate nuanced perspectives of stakeholders. The distribution of respondents indicates satisfactory selection criteria for valid responses to survey questions.
PAISAGENS MÍTICAS: NOS PASSOS DE UMA ANTROPOLOGIA DA SEGREGAÇÃO ESPACIAL EM GOIÂNIA
Authors: Ferreira Marcos Henrique Barbosa
Published: September 2021

O tema desse trabalho é o imaginário em torno do projeto de construção de Goiânia, a capital do estado de Goiás, no centro-oeste brasileiro. Interessa entender, na maneira como o projeto foi concebido e realizado, por atores e instituições vinculados ao Estado, a expressão de alguns dos problemas sociais presentes no cotidiano da cidade hoje. Em especial, tratarei a questão da segregação espacial, como reprodutora de desigualdades sociais que se situam tanto geograficamente no espaço quanto simbolicamente nas paisagens da cidade. A gravidade desse tema foi revelada por um estudo da ONU que aponta Goiânia como possuindo o maior índice de desigualdade social da América Latina e Caribe.