bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Extra-Pulmonary Manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Multi System Disease
Authors:   Department of Emergency Medicine, Star Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India, Biruduraju Vijayasree , Chawla Ankita R. ,   Department of Emergency Medicine, Star Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India
Published: October 2021

Introduction The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV- 2), has been recently declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Apart from acute respiratory manifestations, SARS-CoV-2 may also adversely affect other organ systems. To date, however, there is a very limited understanding of the manifestations and management of COVID-19 related conditions outside of the pulmonary system. This study provides an overview of the current literature about the extra pulmonary manifestations of COVID-19 that may affect the renal, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hematological, hematopoietic, neurological, or reproductive systems. This study also describes the current understanding of the extra pulmonary manifestations caused by COVID-19 to improve the management and prognosis of patients with COVID-19. Materials and Methods A total number of 200 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 disease were retrospectively evaluated for extra-pulmonary manifestations findings or complications. These patients had undergone various imaging studies, blood examinations during the course of hospital stay. The data reviewed using the institutional PACS, database system over a period of four months (August to November 2020). Results Among the 200 patients (males and females), 175 of them had extra-pulmonary complications. Various extra-pulmonary findings such as acute kidney injury, renal failure, cytokinase strome, acute myocardial injury, congestive cardiac failure, pulmonary thromboembolism, gastrointestinal, neurological complications were observed. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria All retrospective clinical studies, case series, and case reports with data on extra-pulmonary manifestations in COVID-19 that were published from the end of December 2019 till the end of February 2021 were included. Studies that did not mention extrapulmonary manifestations were excluded. Literature Search The review was based on publications available on PubMed and data collected by the World Health Organization (WHO). Search terms used were ‘novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV)’, ‘SARS- CoV-2’, or ‘COVID-19’ combined with ‘asymptomatic’, ‘gastrointestinal’, ‘cardiac’, ‘neurological’, ‘hepatic’, ‘hematological’, ‘renal’, ‘psychiatric’, ‘hematological’, and ‘atypical’.
Chine : Enseignement des langues étrangères confiné en ligne
Authors: WANG Kun
Published: October 2021

In January 2020, an unprecedented pandemic hit the world. Although it was the middle of a holiday period, Chinese teachers mobilised. In a very short time, the school year started online and distance learning was introduced. Everyone had to deal with the advantages and disadvantages of this new form of teaching. One month after the start of the school year, we conducted a survey to better understand the requirements of distance work, to find out the strong and weak points in order to start thinking about solutions to better conduct this new form of teaching.
Tannin and chemical-based agents for coagulation and flocculation of landfill leachate
Authors: Santos Bruno Rodrigues dos , Schneider Roselene Maria , Amaral Adriana Garcia do , Bongiovani Milene Carvalho , Andrade Ednaldo Antonio de
Published: October 2021

Effluents generated in landfills are difficult to treat and require different forms of treatment to reach the necessary polishing for disposal. Leachate is usually treated in stabilization ponds where pollutants are significantly removed, but it might not be enough for disposal. Thus, we aimed at evaluating the applicability of the natural coagulant Tanfloc SG and the chemical coagulant PAC, with the addition of the anionic flocculation auxiliary polymer (PA), in the coagulation / flocculation processes as a post-treatment of landfill effluents. The tests were carried out by means of a jar test, with coagulant dosage ranging from 0 - 1,250 mg.L-1 and pH values ranging from 5 - 9, in three decantation times. The results showed that both Tanfloc SG and PAC are efficient in clarifying the effluents, even though they act well in different dosage values of coagulants and pH. The polymer dosage did not generate significant improvements in the variations of the variables studied, however, in some experiments it was shown to expand removal range in regards to some variables. The PAC coagulant showed to be efficient in the removal of suspended solids, dissolved materials, colloidals and humic substances, and Tanfloc SG acted mainly in the removal of solids.
Forest fragmentation in the landscape in the Atlantic Forest Biome: A systematic review of the literature
Authors: Cunha Stephany Diolino , Crivilin Bruna Sampaio , Araújo Matheus da Silva , Borges Luís Antônio Coimbra
Published: October 2021

Forest fragmentation is defined as the process by which a continuous area of habitat is reduced in size and divided between spaces. Therefore, due to the increase in these areas, this study aimed to conduct a systematic review of the literature on forest fragments in the Atlantic Forest biome in order to verify their main characteristics and landscape ecology. Publications in search platforms referring to the period from 2000 to 2020 were analyzed such as: SciELO, Google academic and CAPES journals portal. The search terms entered were: “Studies of forest fragments in the Atlantic Forest biome” and “Landscape ecology in forest fragments”. A total of 15 articles were selected from among the works found, and 5 of these were chosen to be evaluated in the present study. Four of the five works were carried out in the state of Espírito Santo, close to basins and sub-basins, and only one work was carried out in a state park. Thus, the evaluated works with the theme, study of fragmentation and ecology of the landscape showed a high degree of fragmentation, meaning that they have fragments smaller than 5 hectares; in addition, all fragments have an irregular edge effect. Therefore, measures aimed at the conservation of biodiversity are needed in all places so that there is ecological restoration of the landscape and conservation of fauna and flora in the Atlantic Forest biome.
Pandemic, Economic Crisis and public revenue: the impacts of Complementary Law 173/2020 on personnel costs in the municipalities of the northeastern region of Santa Catarina
Authors: Heinig Daniel Wagner , Myszczuk Ana Paula
Published: October 2021

In addition to being a sanitary crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has also led to an economic crisis in Brazilian society. An obvious consequence of this economic crisis resulting from the pandemic is the fall in public revenue. The reduced consumption of goods and services by families in times of crisis has a negative fiscal impact, which in turn affects government expenditure and investments, leading to even less economic activity. In an attempt to mitigate the effects of the crisis, the Federal Program to Confront the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (Covid-19) was created through Complementary Law 173/2020 to bring relief to municipalities and other subnational entities, but under the imposition of a number of controls on personnel costs. The present study sought to analyze the impact of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic on municipal tax revenues in the northeastern region of Santa Catarina State. The study also evaluated the extent to which Complementary Law 173/2020 helped to sustain the personnel costs of the executive branch of these municipalities. The results of the study showed that there was an average reduction of 4.21% in municipal Current Net Revenues, especially in Joinville, with a reduction of 6.86%, and Campo Alegre (10.51%). The study also showed that Complementary Law 173/2020 helped to sustain personnel costs in the executive branch of the municipalities in question. Personnel costs remained within the maximum and prudential limits set by the Fiscal Responsibility Law. Nevertheless, five municipalities registered an increase in terms of percentages, notably related to the fall in Current Net Revenues during the period under study.
Effects of Pandemic COVID - 19 on Basic Education: Challenges and Perspectives for the 21st Century
Authors: Aguiar Denise Regina da Costa , Camargo-Cruz Paulo Eduardo Alves , Resende Flávia Grecco
Published: October 2021

The aim of this research was to analyze studies published in 2020, related to the COVID-19 pandemic, its implications and to highlight the challenges and perspectives for rethinking Basic Education in Brazil, in the post-pandemic period. For this, the qualitative methodological approach was used, with a literature review based on scientific papers and essays published in journals indexed in the SciELO database. The analysis of the selected content was based on Bardin (2011), in order to identify in the selected papers the presence of characteristics that corroborated in the construction of this study. It was concluded that the resumption of classroom teaching in the post-pandemic period needs to be planned, evaluated, monitored and redirected continuously, carried out with great seriousness and commitment to the teaching-learning processes and the right to quality education for all children and young people, until the situation of school failure and the educational and social exclusion that exist in contemporary schools is effectively overcome, a great challenge for the 21st century.
Technopolitics in a Twilight Civilization
Authors: Bennett Michael
Published: October 2021

In the 2020 Prague Virtual Conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Langdon Winner was awarded the society’s John D. Bernal Prize jointly with Sharon Traweek. The Bernal Prize is awarded annually to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the field of STS. Prize recipients include founders of the field of STS, along with outstanding scholars who have devoted their careers to the understanding of the social dimensions of science and technology. The following paper describes the significance of several recurrent figures in Winner’s writings about autonomous technologies, and their importance in generating better readings of his corpus, including his Bernal Prize lecture.
Public Trust, Deliberative Engagement and Health Data Projects: Beyond Legal Provisions
Authors: Bharti Nishtha , O'Donovan Cian , Smallman Melanie , Wilson James
Published: October 2021

In England, a new scheme for collating and sharing General Practitioners’ data has faced resistance from various quarters and has been deferred twice. While insufficient communication and ambiguous safeguards explain the widespread dissatisfaction expressed by the public and experts, we argue how dwindling public trust can be the most damaging variable in this picture - with implications not only for this scheme, but for any future project that aims to mobilise health data for medical research and innovation. We also highlight the indispensability of deliberative public engagement on the values being prioritised in health data initiatives, the significance of securing social license in addition to legal assurances, and the lessons in it of global pertinence.
Infrastructuring ESTS
Authors: ESTS Editorial Collective  , Khandekar Aalok , Invernizzi Noela , Kaşdoğan Duygu , Kenner Ali , Okune Angela , Otsuki Grant , Raman Sujatha , Windle Amanda , York Emily
Published: October 2021

In our inaugural editorial, we, the incoming Editorial Collective (EC) of Engaging Science, Technology, and Society (ESTS), describe the digital and social infrastructural work that we have undertaken since assuming editorship of the journal. We also note some of the changes we have introduced in terms of the journal’s content and policies. A key argument is that even though publishing infrastructures shape the form and movement of scholarly content in crucial ways, they often remain black-boxed, rendering invisible the time, labor, and skill in developing and sustaining them.
Hormonal Health: Period Tracking Apps, Wellness, and Self-Management in the Era of Surveillance Capitalism
Authors: Ford Andrea , De Togni Giulia , Miller Livia
Published: October 2021

Period tracking is an increasingly widespread practice, and its emphasis is changing from monitoring fertility to encompassing a more broad-based picture of users’ health. Delving into the data of one’s menstrual cycle, and the hormones that are presumed to be intimately linked with it, is a practice that is reshaping ideas about health and wellness, while also shaping subjects and subjectivities that succeed under conditions of surveillance capitalism. Through close examination of six extended interviews, this article elaborates a version of period tracking that sidesteps fertility and, in doing so, participates in the “queering” of menstrual technologies. Apps can facilitate the integration of institutional medical expertise and quotidian embodied experience within a broader approach to the self as a management project. We introduce the concept of “hormonal health” to describe a way of caring for, and knowing about, bodies, one that weaves together mental and physical health, correlates subjective and objective information, and calls into question the boundary between illness and wellness. For those we spoke with, menstrual cycles are understood to affect selfhood across any simplistic body-mind division or reproductive imperative, engendering complex techniques of self-management, including monitoring, hypothesizing, intervening in medical appointments, adjusting schedules, and interpreting social interactions. Such techniques empower their proponents, but not within conditions of their choosing. In addition to problems with data privacy and profit, these techniques perpetuate individualized solutions and the internalization of pressures in a gender-stratified, neoliberal context, facilitating success within flawed structures.
Langdon Winner’s Theory of Technological Politics: Rethinking Science and Technology for Future Society
Authors: Schraube Ernst
Published: October 2021

In the 2020 Prague Virtual Conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Langdon Winner was awarded the society’s John D. Bernal Prize jointly with Sharon Traweek. The Bernal Prize is awarded annually to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the field of STS. Prize recipients include founders of the field of STS, along with outstanding scholars who have devoted their careers to the understanding of the social dimensions of science and technology. This response to Winner’s Bernal lecture reflects on his theory of technological politics, its implications for the psychology of technology as well as its relevance for rethinking science and technology for future society.
Alcohol and Handwritings
Authors: Ayushi Rana , Mahendra Verma , Munish Mishra
Published: October 2021

Handwriting requires coordination of motor skills and cognitive skills which reflects the pictorial effect of the writer and their social and cultural patterns. It creates a unique combination of graphics and motor control of hands which is accepted by the society. Personality traits and characteristics are defined and have the unique handwriting, which gives the writer its individuality. Every writer is individual in their own way based on the handwriting features which can undergo variation when the writer shows commotion and disruptions in its normal neurological and muscular control. This paper reviews and focuses on the natural variation of the writing and also if these variations are caused under the influence of any externally induced elements, such as alcohol.
Crosslinking assay to study a specific cargo-coat interaction through a transmembrane receptor in the secretory pathway v1
Authors: Manzano-Lopez † Javier , Rodriguez-Gallardo † Sofia , Sabido-Bozo Susana , Maria Perez-Linero Ana , Lucena Rafael , Cordones-Romero Antonio , Lopez Sergio , Aguilera-Romero Auxiliadora , Muñiz Manuel
Published: October 2021

Intracellular trafficking through the secretory organelles depends on transient interactions between cargo proteins and transport machinery. Cytosolic coat protein complexes capture specific luminal cargo proteins for incorporation into transport vesicles by interacting with them indirectly through a transmembrane adaptor or cargo receptor. Due to their transient nature, it is difficult to study these specific ternary protein interactions just using conventional native co-immunoprecipitation. To overcome this technical challenge, we have applied a crosslinking assay to immobilize the transient and/or weak protein interactions. Here, we describe a protocol of protein cross-linking and co-immunoprecipitation, which was employed to prove the indirect interaction in the endoplasmic reticulum of a luminal secretory protein with a selective subunit of the cytosolic COPII coat through a specific transmembrane cargo receptor. This method can be extended to address other transient ternary interactions between cytosolic proteins and luminal or extracellular proteins through a transmembrane receptor within the endomembrane system.
Creating hippocampal PPI connectivity maps with SPM12 batch files v1
Authors: D. Burman Douglas
Published: October 2021

Protocol for task-specific, effective connectivity analysis of hippocampus using SPM12 batch files and PPI analysis. This protocol requires input from an SPM analysis on smoothed, normalized, slice-time corrected data (files with swa prefix) using 4mm isovoxels, with the first contrast specifying effects of interest (an F-contrast, excluding any movement covariates but specifying every experimental and control condition). The batch files in this protocol generate connectivity maps from each voxel in both the left and right hippocampus, then generates averaged connectivity maps from specified regions of the hippocampus, eliminating the necessity to identify seed regions a priori from methods (such as activation) not directly related to connectivity analysis. This procedure can be repeated for as many as 30 subjects. The final step creates a random effects group analysis for each of 9 bilateral structural seeds, as described elsewhere (e.g., Burman, 2021 "Topography of hippocampal connectivity with sensorimotor cortex revealed by optimizing smoothing kernel and voxel size", doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.14.096339); however, connectivity maps created by the protocol allow an investigator to run group analysis on any region of interest.
Preparation of electrocompetent cells v3
Authors: Guo Shuning
Published: October 2021

This protocol is used to prepare electrocompetent cells with high transformation efficiency.
Madlipz dalam Pembelajaran Daring Mahārah Istimā’: Implementasi dan Analisis Persepsi Siswa
Authors: Audina Noor Amalina , Mubarak Mahfuz Rizqi
Published: October 2021

This researcher aims to explore the listening skill’ online learning process using the Madlipz application and analyze the students’ perceptions of the learning process. This study used a descriptive qualitative approach with three data collection techniques, namely observation, interviews, and documentation. From this study, the researchers concluded three steps used by the teacher, namely (1) preparing and sharing online class links using Zoom Cloud Meeting media, (2) several core activities such as greeting, motivation, and explanation of listening skill ‘learning objectives’. In this step, it is also explained how the videos provided by the Madlipz application are presented as teaching materials for listening skill ‘learning, (3) evaluating learning outcomes. Researchers also found various kinds of students’ perceptions which were categorized as positive and negative perceptions.
Analisis Faktor Kebetahan Pengunjung Coffee Shop Melalui Penilaian Kinerja Elemen Interior. Studi Kasus: Kafe dan Coffee Shop di Kawasan L.R.E Martadinata, Bandung.
Authors: Haristianti Vika
Published: October 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menilai kinerja dari elemen desain interior yang diterapkan pada kafe dan coffee shop studi kasus. Kinerja yang dimaksud berkaitan dengan faktor desain apa saja yang berpengaruh pada kemungkinan motivasi kunjungan frekuen yang dapat mengakibatkan perkembangan café society terus meningkat. Penelitian ini bersifat penelitian pragmatis atau gabungan yang disebut mixed methods. Jenis penelitian ini dipilih karena memungkinkan untuk dilakukan pengumpulan serta analisis data secara kualitatif dan kuantitatif dalam sebuah studi secara sekaligus. Metode pengumpulan data yang dilakukan pada penelitian ini dibagi menjadi dua yaitu penelitian kepustakaan (secondary sources / pengumpulan data sekunder) dan penelitian lapangan (primary sources/ pengumpulan data primer). Adapun data tersebut diambil dari studi kasus berupa kafe dan coffee shop di kawasan L.R.E Martadinata Bandung, yaitu Dakken Restaurant dan Jardin Café. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa elemen interior berpengaruh pada faktor kebetahan pengunjung kafe. Kata Kunci: kebetahan, coffee shop, café society, transformasi ruang kota.
Character Strength Analysis based on Student Courage in Aquatic Activities in Elementary School
Authors: Nur Lutfi , Suryana Dodi , Agustian Eka , Solihati Elis
Published: October 2021

Courage should be stimulated since childhood, so it is necessary to introduce aquatic activities from an early age. The initial ability of a child courage in doing aquatic activities in the swimming pool needs to be examined to describe a child initial condition before doing activities in water games. The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze the character strength based on the courage of elementary school students in aquatic activities. Descriptive research method was used to describe the research results. The population of this study included 21 Grade 3 students of the Laboratory Elementary School of UPI Tasikmalaya. All 21 students aged 9-10 years (11 males and 10 females) became samples of this study, selected through a total sampling technique, to fill out a google form questionnaire. The results, obtained from the character strength analysis based on the student courage in aquatic activities, showed that all of 21 children had a high level of courage. It implies that the result of this study can be used as a material for the preparation of intervention program through aquatic activities to further develop character strengths in elementary schools.
Description of Motor Skill Development and Parent Socio-Economic Status of West Java Little League Baseball Athletes
Authors: Sumarno Gano , Situmorang Andi Suntoda , Stephani Mesa Rahmi , Wibowo Ricky
Published: October 2021

Elite sport achievement in early childhood is inseparable from parent financial supports. In Little League Baseball sport, parents invest money to help their children grow and develop optimally. Parents put their hopes and aspirations for their children to become a great Indonesian Baseball player. This study aimed at determining the socioeconomic status characteristics of the Little League Baseball athlete parents in West Java. This study used a cross-sectional study method. Sixteen parents volunteered to fill out the Social Economic Status questionnaire via Google Form. Data were analysed using percentage techniques and Spearman correlation test. The results showed that the Socio-Economic Status (SES) of the Little League Baseball athlete parents was in the middle to upper category. The athlete motor development was at a good level. The socio-economic status condition of the Little League Baseball athlete parents, who were included in the middle to upper category, had a beneficial effect on the optimal training process because the training demand fulfilment requires a financial support.
Sport Values in Traditional Games as Playing Activities for Children
Authors: Iwandana Dody Tri , Falaahudin Ardhika , Nugroho Wildan Alfia
Published: October 2021

The purpose of this study was to determine the sport values in traditional games as playing activities for children. The natural activity of children is playing. The games that children play include team games and individual games. This research is a qualitative research employing a phenomenological approach method. The technique of selecting informants in this study used the Snowball Sampling technique. The subjects of this research were children, parents, and community leaders in Banjarnegara Regency understanding and knowing information about traditional games. Data collection techniques of this study consisted of observation, interview, and document analysis techniques. The data validity test used triangulation technique. Data analysis involved 4 stages, namely data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The research results identified the sport valuescontained in traditional games, including cooperation, sportsmanship, honesty, struggling power, how to achieve victory, accept a defeat, self-esteem, trust, and self-confidence. Besides having positive impacts for health, traditional games can also train children to socialize with the surrounding community, know how to tolerate, help each other, and work together. Traditional games that can be found in Banjarnegara included mandahan, ular naga, marbles, engklekan, congklak, jumping rope, cublak-cublak suweng, stilts, jamuran, bentengan, and gobak sodor.
A Comparative Study on flap necrosis following Karydakis Flap Reconstruction and Z-Plasty in Patients with Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Disease – Our experience
Authors:   MBBS., Postgraduate (General surgery), Institute of General Surgery, MMC, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, Prabu Dr. MJ , Kumar Dr. R Niranjan ,   M.S Gen surgery.,D.Ortho, Institute of General Surgery, MMC, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, Gayathre Dr. SP ,   D.G.O., M.S, Professor, Institute of General Surgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, M.S. Dr. R Kannan ,   Professor and Head of the department, Institute of General Surgery, Madras medical college, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Published: October 2021

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate patients with sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease(SPSD) who underwent the Karydakis procedure and Z plasty at our centre concerning theperioperative findings, late postoperative results and recurrence. Patients and Methods: A total of30 patients presenting with SPSD at our centre underwent Karydakis flap repair and Z plasty fromMay 2019 to June 2021. These patients were then followed up and evaluated concerning operativetime, drain use, hospital stay, suture removal, complications, and recurrence. The adipocutaneousflap of Karydakis was devised to shift the natal cleft, while Z-plasty involves a fasciocutaneous flap.Results: The mean operative time was 60 min with a median hospital stay of 4 days. Drains wereremoved at a median of 5 days and sutures at a median of 15 days. The duration of hospitalisationfor the Karydakis procedure was found significantly lesser than that for Z-plasty Patients who werefollowed up for a median of 12 months. The overall complications were more in Z-plasty. Flapnecrosis developed in 30 % of the cases in the Z-plasty group, comparable to no recurrence seen inthe Karydakis procedure. Conclusion: Karydakis flap was found superior to Z-plasty, having lessseroma formation, no flap necrosis and no local hematoma Karydakis flap procedure is a relativelysimple procedure for SPSD and has advantages over Z-plasty technique like keeping scar away fromthe midline and flattening of the natal cleft, thus reducing local recurrence rates.
Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Regulation to Tourism in the Czech Republic
Authors: Novotný Lukáš , Pellešová Pavlína
Published: October 2021

The article deals with issues concerning the regulation of tourism during the Covid-19 crisis in the Czech Republic. Tourism is among the most affected economic sectors by the current pandemic. During the pandemic, the State compensated the financial losses of tourist guides, but such compensations were – according to the guides themselves – insufficient. The aim of the research was to find out how tourist guides see the Czech crisis legislation with regard to tourism and the legislative measures taken by the Czech Government and Ministry of Regional Development to support tourism. For such purpose, questionnaires were distributed to employees in tourism – guides, particularly. We examined their attitudes to the tourism legislation in the Czech Republic in connection with the pandemic situation as well as public administration.
Next, in-depth interviews were conducted. On the one hand, the research revealed great interest of tourist guides in the legislation and the current situation in the Czech Republic. On the other hand, it showed a negative evaluation of the adopted legislative measures and crisis legislation. On the basis of the research, the most important aid factors were identified: financial aid, greater support from the State and municipalities, exemption of social security and health insurance payments, promotion of tourism and guide services, support in the form of upgrading skills and retraining. The empirical part of the research, which used the Chi-Square Test of Independence, pointed to a dependence between gender and the attitude related to the legislation knowledge, between gender and monitoring of the current situation in European legislation concerning tourism and tourist guides, and between gender and attitudes when evaluating the legislative measures adopted by the Czech Government and Ministry of Regional Development in relation to tourism support. At the end of the study, some recommendations are provided on how to improve the present situation.
Urban Immunity Against the Pandemic within the Framework of Public Administration, City and Citizens
Authors: Negiz Nilüfer , Savaş-Yavuzçehre Pınar
Published: October 2021

The circumstances arising in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic indicate that outbreaks are inevitable and that new pandemics are quite likely. Cities, just like people, need to protect themselves from pandemics. Therefore, the existing urban and spatial practices should be reconsidered. The aim of the study is to explore, by observation and literature review, the cities’ readiness for possible pandemics or emergencies within the framework of the concept of urban immunity. Based on the elements necessary for the provision of immunity in humans, the requirements for urban immunity, the health of the infrastructure and superstructure of the soil, the resources and sustainability of a city, its resilience and growth control are discussed within the framework of urban management. In addition, the study identifies three indispensable actors for urban immunity: i) central governments, ii) local governments, and iii) citizens. Immunized cities can be defined as cities with healthy infrastructure and superstructure factors of urban soil aiming at economic and ecological sustainability that have achieved a planned and controlled growth momentum, governed by public policies created with the understanding of local welfare and democracy in cooperation with local governments, citizens, and the central government. The study is purely theoretical and focuses on universal urban immunity rather than on any country example, which constitutes the strength of the study.
Centralization and Reduced Financial Resources: A Worrying Picture for Hungarian Municipalities
Authors: Siket Judit
Published: October 2021

The article provides an overview of governmental regulations affecting the operation and economic situation of local self-governments in Hungary during the pandemic crisis. The research covers the period from the declaration of the state of emergency in March 2020 until the end of the year. The study aims to explore the implementation of the European Charter of Local Self-Government’s special provisions related to local democracy concerns in times of crisis. The article analyses the relationship between the pandemic and governmental measures that affected the economic position of local self-governments. It does not provide an objective assessment, but rather presents and analyses the relevant resources. The article is primarily based on the review of the legal framework and the relevant Constitutional Court’s decisions. The analysis demonstrates that the Constitutional Court did not or only partially defended the legal interests of local self-governments. The governmental measures ‘stood the test of constitutionality’. The study confirms the initial assumption that the excessive centralization process was significantly reinforced, while the position of local self-governments in the  state organs system weakened. However, some measures cause concern as they highlight deeper problems in the Hungarian legal system, irrespective of the pandemic.
Christianity and the “Social Question” in N.А. Berdyaev’s and S.L. Frank’s Philosophical Works
Authors: Demin I.V.
Published: October 2021

The article analyzes and compares two interpretations of the “social question” and the ways of solving it as they are offered in the works of N.A. Berdyaev and S.L. Frank. A particular attention is paid to the connection between the “social question” and the problem of “Christian socialism”. While acknowledging the general importance of the social issues for the Christian mindset, both philosophers traced the origin of social injustice to the human nature rather than to the social structure. In both interpretations, in fact, the value of social justice is inferior in its hierarchal status to the value of Christian love. However, while they both rejected the socialist utopia of a “paradise on Earth” and the idea of a “Christian socialism”, Berdyaev and Frank radically diverged in their interpretation and assessment of socialism as a social system. This article highlights the fact that Berdyaev combines a criticism of the ideological claims concerning atheistic and materialist socialism with an uncritical acceptance of a number of socialist ideologies (e.g. “class struggle” and “exploitation”) and assumptions. Unlike Berdyaev, in interpreting the “social issue” Frank tended to distance himself from both classical liberalism (with its notions of private property, freedom, and state) and from socialism, which he considered as another ideological extremity. Frank’s social philosophy treats the thesis that the socialist system is more consistent and successful than others in tackling the “social issue” as an empirically dubious assumption. On the contrary, Berdyaev took this thesis for granted and used it as the starting point of his reasoning. This divergence, along with the fact that the same key terms were often used by the two philosophers in different (ideological) meanings, partly accounts for their differences in the interpretation of the “social question” and in the assessment of socialism.
PSYCHOLOGICAL PREREQUISITES FOR THE STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS IN SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF ACTIVITY
Authors: Safin O. , Soroka O.
Published: October 2021

The article is devoted to the consideration of psychological preconditions for the study of professional stress in special conditions of activity. It is noted that modern psychology presents a wide range of concepts and corresponding models of occupational stress. This diversity reflects the difference in research positions in understanding what stress is and how this concept can be operationalized. In addition to the classic dilemma in the initial interpretation of the term "stress" as a set of causes and factors that cause increased tension and complicate the solution of behavioral problems, or the actual state of the subject, which arises from various complications, in recent years a number of new theories and their empirical applications. The development of most concepts of occupational stress is associated with the awareness of the need to analyze indirect factors and / or individual characteristics that play a fundamental role in the development of stress reactions and their fixation in the form of persistent negative manifestations. Research in the field of occupational stress in general has an empirical focus and is a description of various factors that determine the development of stress, methods and mechanisms of human adaptation to working conditions, a set of diagnostic techniques and optimization procedures. The development of stress is due to a large number of reasons, an important place among which are factors of psychological and social nature. The severity and phenomenology of stress in a particular person depend on the characteristics of the emotional and personal sphere,
individual experience and the context of group and organizational interactions within which professional activities are carried out.
INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENT IN THE MECHANISM OF DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARY-ECONOMIC COOPERATION OF UKRAINE WITH FOREIGN STATES
Authors: Shcherbyna I. , Pakholchuk V.
Published: October 2021

The article outlines the general principles of structuring the innovative environment for the development of military-economic cooperation between Ukraine and foreign countries as a prerequisite for the formation of a national military-innovation system in the future. It is noted that Ukraine's military-economic cooperation with foreign countries is a dynamic process characterized by progressive development. It is determined that the innovation environment is an integral part of the military-economic space, which is formed as a result of joint activities of two or more countries.
The mission of the innovation environment has been established, which is expressed in the ability to meet the country's needs in high-tech weapons, to meet the demand of the international military market and to occupy its own niche in the global arms market. The system features of the innovation environment are revealed and revealed, as well as its structural components – principles, functions, forms of activity and methods of regulation. The institutionalization and deepening of the structuring of the innovation environment in order to increase the efficiency of its activities due to the synergetic effect of the system and the further formation of the national military innovation system are substantiated. Emphasis is placed on the expediency of organizational design of the subjects of the innovative environment for the development of military-economic cooperation of Ukraine with foreign countries in the form of defense technology parks, technopolises, incubators, associations and strategic alliances. It is proposed as a direction of further research to focus on improving the institutional support of the innovation environment by creating a structural unit in the Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, detailed elaboration of its functions, giving sufficient powers to perform the tasks.
Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia: definition, risks with different vaccines, and regulatory responses
Authors: Akinshina S. V. , Bitsadze V. O. , Khizroeva J. Kh. , Grigorieva K. N. , Slukhanchuk E. V. , Tretyakova M. V. , Tsibizova V. I. , Elalamy I. , Gris J.-C. , Brenner B. , Grandone E. , Ay C. , Makatsariya A. D.
Published: October 2021

After the vaccination campaign initiation in Europe and the UK, reports of rare cases of atypical thrombosis, including sinus vein thrombosis and splanchnic venous thrombosis, began to appear in association with the use of vector vaccines AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1) and Johnson & Johnson/Janssen. The syndrome called VITT (vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia) manifested as thrombosis simultaneously with a decrease in platelet count, a significant increase in D-dimer levels and a detection of factor 4 platelet (PF4) antibodies. We present a detailed review of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnostics and treatment of VITT, which is by its nature an immune complication, similar to the processes occurring in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). All international and national organizations and regulatory authorities, including experts in the field of thrombosis and hemostasis and the VITT expert council recommend continuing the prompt mass vaccination against COVID-19 as the only method that can reduce the incidence of severe cases, stop the spread of COVID-19 infection and the emergence of new dangerous mutations in the viral genome. Failure to vaccinate poses an incomparably greater risk of fatal thrombotic and inflammatory complications associated with infections, compared with the risks of extremely rare adverse events that can occur after vaccination. It should be noted that information on VITT, described as a sporadic phenomenon of an abnormal immune response to some variants of vaccines against COVID-19, cannot be translated to other vaccines (including registered in the Russian Federation) and even more cannot be a reason for refusal to use them.
System Justification, Group Identification and Political Behavior: Protests in Khabarovsk Krai
Authors: Gulevich O.A. , Guseva V.V.
Published: October 2021

Objective. The aim of the present research is to investigate the relationship between justification of the social system and group identification, on the one hand, and the readiness for non-institutionalized political behavior, on the other.
Background. There are two psychological approaches to the study of the factors of non-institutionalized political behavior: the first one is based on social identity theory, and the second one — on system justification theory. In most cases, research uses either one or the other approach. In this study, we will examine how these approaches are related to each other.
Study design. We hypothesized that group identification and system justification are linked to the readiness for non-institutionalized political action, but this relationship is mediated by perceived injustice and collective political efficacy. These hypotheses were tested in a study conducted during the protests in Khabarovsk Krai in the summer and autumn of 2020. The study was conducted with a survey method. To test the hypotheses mediation analysis was used.
Participants. 432 people living in Khabarovsk Krai: 53% of men and 47% of women; the age ranged from 18 to 63 years (MToloka=28.89, SDnetworks=9.48; MToloka=36.71, SDnetworks=11.47).
Measurements. The respondents filled out questionnaires measuring justification of the system existing in contemporary Russia, identification with the residents of Khabarovsk Krai, perceived injustice of the arrest of Governor Sergei Furgal, collective efficacy of the residents of this region, and the readiness to take actions aimed at changing the current situation.
Results. The results showed that system justification was negatively, and Khabarovsk identification was positively associated with the perceived injustice of the governor’s arrest and the collective efficacy of Khabarovsk residents. Perceived injustice and collective efficacy, in turn, were positively associated with the readiness to engage in all forms of non-institutionalized political behavior aimed at changing the current situation. At the same time, perceived injustice and collective efficacy mediated the links between system justification and Khabarovsk identification with the readiness to act.
Conclusions. The social identity approach and the system justification approach independently explain people’s readiness to engage in non-institutionalized political behavior aimed at changing the status quo. In particular, group identification and system justification act in the opposite ways: the former strengthens political activity, while the latter weakens it.
The Image of Peter I in the Structure of the Political Consciousness of his Contemporaries (on the Example of the Analysis of Messages in Social Networks)
Authors: Zhuravlev A.L. , Kitova D.A.
Published: October 2021

Objective. Analysis of the psychological characteristics of the image of Peter I in the structure of the political consciousness of users of the social network Twitter.
Background. The leading basis of the study is the provision on the subjective determination of political consciousness, which manifests itself in the multiple attitudes of people to the same facts of history. Secondly, the phenomenon of historical memory is one of the important foundations of the national self-identification of an individual, and manipulation of political consciousness becomes a means of influencing the self-consciousness of a person and society. Thirdly, it is important to turn to “digital” research technologies, which is associated with the promising development of scientific technologies and the acquisition of socially significant knowledge relevant to society as a whole.
Methodology. Concepts of image psychology, structural and content analysis of messages, methods of grounded theory, neural network model, analysis of the emotional background of short non-formalized texts.
Conclusions. It was revealed that the image of Peter I is highly appreciated in the field of international, military, economic, educational, legislative and administrative activities and is due to his outstanding achievements at the international and domestic political levels. At the same time, the development of political institutions under the emperor is not assessed so highly and unequivocally, the social essence of state administration and the rejection of the cultural traditions of the people are subjected to the greatest criticism. In particular, analysis of the emotional background of messages showed that the bulk of user messages differ in a moderately negative or neutral background.
System Justification and Coronavirus Restrictions Support: the Role of Government Trust and Conspiracy Belief
Authors: Sarieva I.R. , Bogatyreva N.I.
Published: October 2021

Objective. Analysis of the relationship between system justification, trust in the government, conspiracy beliefs and coronavirus restrictions.
Background. The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has shown that people react differently to the restrictions associated with the coronavirus. In Russia, society is not willing to support restrictions and believes in conspiracy theories in the context of the coronavirus.
Study design. The relationship between system justification and supporting coronavirus restrictions was examined. System justification was an independent variable, support for coronavirus restrictions was dependent, trust in the government and conspiracy belief consistently mediated this connection. The presence and nature of the relationship was checked using linear regression. Gender, age, and religiosity were counted as covariates.
Participants. The sample consisted of 1677 residents of Russia (66.9% of women, aged 18 to 76, M=31.96, SD=10.96).
Measurements. The Russian-language version of the J. Jost system justification scale, questions about trust in the government, attitudes towards coronavirus as a means of limiting freedoms and towards restrictions: closing the country’s borders and banning movement in the city.
Results. It was found that there was a direct negative effect of system justification on supporting border closures and travel bans in the city with an indirect positive effect in the models with mediators.
Conclusions. System justification can have different effects on supporting coronavirus restrictions.