bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Оптимизация ультразвуковой и цитологической диагностики узлов щитовидной железы
Authors: Барсегян А. А. , Варжапетян А. М. , Кургинян Р. М. , Восканян А. А. , Арутюнян А. В. , Петросян Д. И. , Багдасарян А. С.
Published: September 2022

A retrospective and prospective study from June 2019 to June 2020 was conducted. The data of 116 patients with thyroid nodules were analyzed using ARFI elastography and FNA techniques. All cases underwent conventional sonography and the final diagnosis was based on the histological investigation. In our study the preoperative diagnostic accuracy of single ARFI elastography was 57%, of single FNA77,8%, and combination of ARFI elastography and FNA-95%. We concluded that FNA combined and followed with ARFI elastography improves the diagnosis of thyroid nodules.
Изменение показателей крови при применении медьорганического комплекса С16H14CuN8O4 после ожога
Authors: Карапетян А. Г. , Сантини К. , Пеллеи M. , Григорян В. С. , Даллакян А. М. , Петросян Ж. Г.
Published: September 2022

Այրվածքային վնասվածքներն արյունաբանական ցուցանիշների խոր փոփոխություններ են առաջացնում: Նման փոփոխությունների ծանրությունը և խանգարումների զարգացման արագությունը կախված են վնասվածքների քանակական ցուցանիշներից (տարածք, աստիճան)։ Ժամանակակից բժշկության ամենահրատապ խնդիրներից են այրվածքային վնասվածքները բուժելու նոր արդյունավետ միջոցների որոնումն ու մշակումը։ Նման պատրաստուկները պետք է արդյունավետ լինեն, չառաջացնեն ընդգծված անբարենպաստ ռեակցիաներ, գործեն արագ և երկար ժամանակ և լինեն ոչ թունավոր: Այրվածքների ժամանակ հյուսվածքների բուժման համար օգտագործվում են հակաբորբոքային, ցավազրկող և վերականգնող հատկություններ ունեցող դեղամիջոցներ։ Այս ոլորտում առանձնահատուկ հետաքրքրություն են ներկայացնում պղնձի վրա հիմնված մետաղ-օրգանական համալիրները։ Պղնձի կենսագեն դերը արյունաստեղծման գործընթացներին մասնակցելն է։ Մետաղը չեզոքացնում է միկրոօրգանիզմների տոքսինները, երկարաձգում է հակաբակտերիալ դեղամիջոցների ազդեցությունը և նվազեցնում բորբոքային ռեակցիաները։ Պղնձի սուլֆատի օգտագործումը նպաստում է մաշկի ծածկույթների այրվածքային վերքերի արագ ապաքինմանը: Նման համալիրներն ունեն ցածր թունաբանական հատկանիշներ: Հետազոտության նպատակն է բացահայտել այրվածքների վրա С16H14CuN8O4 պղնձի համալիրի հնարավոր դրական ազդեցությունը: Արյունաբանական ուսումնասիրությունների և ապրելունակության մոնիթորինգի (մշտադիտարկման) արդյունքում պարզվել է, որ C16H14CuN8O4 միացությունն ունի կենդանիների մարմնի վրա խոր այրվածքների ազդեցությունը կանխելու կամ նվազեցնելու հատկություն։ Այդ եզրակացությունը հաստատվել է նաև ապրելունակության տվյալների միջոցով (100% «այրվածք + ներարկում» դեպքում):
Վիրահատական բուժման դերը մետաստատիկ կոլոռեկտալ քաղցկեղով հիվանդների շրջանում
Authors: Բարդախչյան Ս. Գ.
Published: September 2022

Կոլոռեկտալ քաղցկեղը (ԿՌՔ) աշխարհում ամենահաճախ հանդիպող ուռուցքներից մեկն է: Յուրաքանչյուր տարի գրանցվում է ԿՌՔ-ով հիվանդացության 1,5-2,0 միլիոն նոր դեպք [18]: Այդ դեպքերի մոտ 30%-ը ախտորոշվում է 4-րդ՝ մետաստատիկ փուլում, երբ առկա է ուռուցքի տարածում դեպի հեռակա օրգաններ [12,18]: Եթե 1-3-րդ փուլերում ԿՌՔ-ով հիվանդների բուժման հիմնական մեթոդը վիրահատությունն է, ապա 4-րդ փուլում վիրահատական բուժման դերը շատ ավելի փոքր է: Այս փուլում վիրահատությունը հաճախ կրում է պալիատիվ բնույթ և կիրառվում է աղիքային անանցանելիության, աղիքի թափածակման կամ արյունահոսության դեպքում: Սակայն երբեմն, երբ ուռուցքի մետաստատիկ տարածումը կրում է սահմանափակ բնույթ, վիրահատությունը կարող է կիրառվել նաև բուժական նպատակներով [4,5]: Վերջին տարիներին կուտակվում են տվյալներ մետաստատիկ ԿՌՔ-ով (ՄԿՌՔ) հիվանդների շրջանում վիրահատական բուժման առավել մեծ դերի վերաբերյալ[15]: Վիրահատական բուժումը հաճախ կիրառվում է այն դեպքերում, երբ առկա է ուռուցքի մետաստատիկ տարածում դեպի որևէ մեկ օրգան՝ առավել հաճախ լյարդ, երբեմն թոքեր: Ներկայումս հաճախակի վիրահատական բուժմանն օգնության են գալիս տեղային բուժման այլ մեթոդներ՝ ռադիոհաճախական աբլյացիա, քեմո, ռադիոէմբոլիզացիա և այլն [15-17]: Այս հոդվածում մենք ներկայացրել ենք ՀՀ երկու ուռուցքաբանական կենտրոններում ՄԿՌՔ-ով հիվանդների բուժման տվյալները՝ առավելապես կենտրոնանալով վիրահատական բուժման դերի վրա:
Վիլյամ Սարոյանը Դերենիկ Դեմիրճյանի հակասական գնահատումներում
Authors: Ռաֆայելյան Կարինե
Published: September 2022

With this study we refer to two articles by DerenikDemirchyan, written in 1946 և 1953. In them, Demirchyan expresses contradictory opinions on William Saroyan’s literature and civic description. The point is that Saroyan, being a great supporter of the Soviet Union, and of course, Soviet Armenia, for some reason did not sign the Peace Call adopted in 1950 on the initiative of a number of countries, including the Soviet Union, known as the Stockholm Call. We assume that Demirchyan wrote the 1953 article on the orders of the Soviet regime, in which he severely criticized Saroyan, considering him a faithful servant of the morals of the bourgeois world, to whom humanitarian, peaceful approaches are hostile. And this is in the case when in the article published in 1946 Demirchyan claimed the exact opposite and gave the highest assessment to Saroyan’s works and the human image. We have raised these contradictory views in our article and presented a number of sources and views that shed light on the reasons for DerenikDemirchyan’s contradictory approaches.
Գրող Րաֆֆին՝ աշխարհագետ, հայրենագետ և ճանապարհորդ
Authors: Ալեքսանյան Կամո Բ.
Published: September 2022

The purpose of the article is to show the contribution of the great Armenian novelist Raffi in the fieald of geography. With his travels and collected vluminous and high quality geographic materials he has the right to stand in the ranks of geographers, local historians and travellers.
Ժամանակը և մարդիկ Հովհաննես Երանյանի «Զինադադար» վիպակի գեղարվեստական համակարգում
Authors: Խաչիկյան Գագիկ , Նահապետյան Անահիտ
Published: September 2022

The article analyzes the novel “The Ceasefire” by modern prose writer Hovhannes Yeranyan. This work realistically depicts some aspects of the cultural life of Moscow, the capital of the Russian Federation during the first years of independence (the 1990s) from the point of view of an Armenian student, and especially the situation in the Republic of Armenia. In the first years of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reality of Armenia is revealed through the eyes of the main character Mher Yepremyan, who acts as a narrator, and through direct contact and sharing life experiences with people. With transparent artistic images are presented moral values in everyday morals, distorted human relations, and moral values in cultural life in Moscow, about which is told through recollection, and the real events take place in the newly independent Republic of Armenia and Artsakh. Through the main character, the author presented the artistic environment in the context, especially in a part of the liberated territory of Artsakh, which was known as the Kovsakan period of historical Armenia, some truth, typical aspects of the ceasefire period and the situation in the country.
Սբ. Ամենափրկիչ Վանքի դպրոցը և Կոստանդ Ջուղայեցու Դասագիրք Մատյանը
Authors: Բողոզյան Սոսե
Published: September 2022

Kostant (also Kostantin) Jughayetsi is one of the key figures of New Julfa of the 17th century, a merchant, a scientist-monk, a pedagogue anda teacher of the school of the Surb Amenaprkich monastery. He is the author of the first Armenian trade textbook “Compendium” and the founder of the trade literature genre in the Armenian literature. He has written “The Art of Arithmetic”, “The Introduction to Arithmetic” and “Compendium”, which summarize the knowledge and experience gained over the years of his trade activities. Our article is devoted to the chronicle heritage of Kostant Jughayetsi, in particular, to the works included in his textbook “Compendium”: “Instruction for Newly Learned and Young Merchants, “Question and Answer”, “Read, Baby, Learn with Love”, “Glory to You, the Heavenly Father” and “Ayb is an Example for All”.One of the ancient copies of the “Compendium”, being in the book depository of the Surb Amenaprkich Monastery of New Julfa, is the subject of our research. The “Commercial Commandment” by Kostant Jughayetsi is a whole encyclopedia of the materials necessary for the trade business, which summarizes advice and knowledge related to this area. The remaining works mainly represent the samples of the medieval instructions of the secular and spiritual content. Although these works do not represent great artistic value, they contain valuable information about the everyday lifeof that time andsupplement the picture of the literary heritage of New Julfa, being an important source of the history of the Armenian pedagogy and bibliography.
Եղիա Տեմիրճիպաշյանը 1890-ական թվականներին
Authors: Դեմիրճյան Պետրոս
Published: September 2022

1890 can be said to have been a borderline year for Yeghia Temirchipashyan. By 1888- 1889, the three journals he had edited had ceased, so he began to engage in more pedagogical activities.In 1888 he moved fromNersisyan College of Constantinople to the Kedronakan /Central/ College, where he taught for five years, until 1893. Here he had wider opportunities to transfer directly to the student his rich knowledge of the native world culture, science and education.He taught several subjects: philosophy and history of philosophy, history and philosophy of history, literacy andhistory of literature, pedagogy and aesthetics. In the late 1880s, Yeghiamoved with his mother from Scutari and settled in the village of Gat. Already well-known writers lived there G. Zohrap, T. Kamsarakan, Anais /Evpime Avetisyan /, Alpaslan /Alexander Panosyan /, K. Voskyan… Yeghia had already “taken his place” in that “constellation” as a literate, philosophical, contemplative thinker.Unfortunately, not long after, on the night of July 19/31 1890, his mother died, Yeghia was left alone in his two-story apartment on Jevis Street. In those conditions, he had no choice but to give more active correspondence in order to forget his personal grief and life’s difficulties.
Ջիդի Մաջիայի չափազանց հարազատ ձայնը
Authors: Ավանեսյան Արմեն
Published: September 2022

There is a kind of poetry that seems like a ritual, with the writer’s sacred reverence for the word. It is this faith that guides the Chinese poet Jidi Majia in his book ‘My Voice’ (Yerevan Armav, 2017). The translator of the book is the poet Gagik Davtyan. Jidi Majia’s poems have a deep development, based on sincere feelings, and vertical-spatial artistic inclusions appear with rich thoughtful substrata. In the series entitled ‘The Yi Nationality’, the poet depicts the love for the country, the inner relationship between the thinker about the life of his people and his self, and life becomes a cyclical continuity. What is happening, started yesterday and will continue tomorrow. To understand this wholeness, one must often look at oneself from the side. A person becomes gifted because he is not alone, he is the bearer of the heritage of the people descended from the eagle, a link in a complete chain, so often the temporal present-past-future chain system ceases to exist in the eternal white space. Jidi Majia is a devotee of his homeland, bound by an inseparable sacred bond with his native land. He has reached the highest point of the country-motherland consciousness: you do not need to demand anything from the motherland, moreover, you have to give, dedicate yourself, be, and serve the motherland and no reason is needed for that. This is the highest and most spiritual perception of dedication, which the poet also conveys to the Armenian reader.
Բանաստեղծական տողի կյանքը կամ թարգմանական պարզաբանումների հետագծով (Ժերար դը Ներվալի «Քրիստոսը Ձիթենյաց լեռան վրա»բանաստեղծության հայերեն թարգմանության մասին)
Authors: Թամրազյան Շուշանիկ
Published: September 2022

En 1933 dans le XV chapitre de son roman « La vie d’Arseniev » le poète russe Ivan Bounine s’interroge sur l’énigme du vers poétique, s’attardant sur l’irrésistible enchantement, exercé sur lui par les vers de « Rouslan et Ludmila » de Pouchkine. Se penchant en particulier sur le prologue du conte pouchkinien, Bounine propose sa formule du poétique, le définissant comme une sorcellerie, une singulière ivresse d’esprit déjouant le pouvoir de la pensée rationnelle : « /…/C’est là que réside toute la force de ces vers ; c’est que le poète même est sous l’emprise de la sorcellerie de quelqu’un d’irrationnel, d’ivre et de « docte » en matière d’ivresse ». Une double ivresse donc, selon Bounine, puisque l’auteur-sorcier est à son tour soumis au pouvoir suprême d’un ineffable sorcier. Bien sûr, l’interrogation bouninienne ne fait pas exception dans l’espace poétique des XIX et XX siècles. Parmi tant d’autres, Gérard de Nerval dans sa préface des « Filles du feu », Edgar Allan Poe dans sa « Philosophie de la création », Anna Akhmatova dans sa « Prose sur le poème » constituée de ses notes sur la naissance de son « Poème sans héros », se sont attardés sur l’énigme indéchiffrable, toujours et nécessairement fuyante du vers poétique, perçue souvent comme la condition même du poétique.
«Օտարված ու տանջվող որդիները․ Քրիստոս-Գիքոր-Գրեգոր»
Authors: Զարգարյան Արա
Published: September 2022

The theme of the seemingly eternal struggle between fathers and children has found its interesting embodiment in the parallels of world literature. Appeal to this topic in ancient works of art has its own unique feature. Over time, the theme continues to travel the paths of history. The Bible presents the parallels between the divine father and son in an interesting way. Direct and indirect dialogues between God the Father and Christ reveal interesting layers on this topic. Christ, endowed with human qualities, has an interesting dialogue with his father in the episodes before and after the crucifixion. This interesting parallel is considered in the article on the example of the two best works of world and Armenian literature. And it turned out that the myth of the Babylonian tower-building was preserved both in that city and in the present city. All have one goal in search, but each other’s voices are not heard.
Միֆը և իրականությունը Ավետիք Իսահակյանի «ռոտմիստր Վ. Պավլովիչի երազը» պատմվածքում
Authors:   Մ. Աբեղյանի անվան գրականության ինստիտուտ, Մանուկյան Արմեն Լևոնի
Published: September 2022

In the original and colorful gallery of heroes, created by the great Armenian poet and prose writer Avetik Isahakyan, a Russian emigrant officer, the main hero of the story “The Dream of Captain V. Pavlovich”, occupies s special place. The former captain of the tsarist, and then the Kolchak army, Vladimir Pavlovich visits the Paris restaurant of his old acquaintance, the former Moscow restaurateur Kuzma Matfeich, to pour out his longing. The action develops through dialogue, and Isahakyan skillfully reveals step by step the folds of the captain’s soul, illuminates the darkest corners of this “mysterious Russian soul”, thereby revealing the tragedy of Russian emigrants. In Vladimir Pavlovich’s long monologues intertwine the past, present and future, myth and reality, and this two play a significant role in all three periods of time, transform into each other or are compared to each other, thereby helping the author to complete what he said. With its cruel truthfulness, the depth of penetration into the soul of a Russian person, a Russian emigrant and artistic qualities, Isahakyan’s story “The Dream of Captain V. Pavlovich” is one of the best examples of Armenian prose and at the same time one of the best works written on this topic in general. It is high time to translate it into Russian and other languages and present it to a foreign reader so that it takes its rightful plase among the well-known works on the theme of Russian emigrants.
Կարուսելային շրջապտույտը որպես կոմպոզիցիոն սկզբունք (Վ. Տերյանի «Կարուսել» բանաստեղծությունը)
Authors: Էդոյան Հենրիկ
Published: September 2022

Starting from the 19th century, the Merry-go- round, which entered the European urban life, by the end of the same century became one of the favorite themes of the European poets (P. Verlaine, R.M. Rilke, F. Sologoob, V. Khodasevich, etc.), to which in 1912 the great Armenian poet Vahan Teryan addressed (it was included in the cycle «Golden Fairy Taleե). By some compositional lines, Teryan’s poem is close to Verlaine’s, however, at the poetic and philosophical level, it not only sharply differs, but also opposes it (Verlaine’s intonation is «carnival-festiveե, Teryan’s is «dramatic-tragicalե). In fact, the most significant features of Teryan’s poetry can be found in the «Merry-go-roundե, that is the desire to get closer to the «soul of the worldե (which was inherent to symbolism and, in particular, to Teryan’s poetics), the metaphysical perception of time, the internal semantic-sound musical vibrations of the verbal language, which act in the «internal formե of the language and are inaccessible to its «external formե, also the unrequited nature of personal feelings in the world (the dissatisfaction with life, abandonment, loneliness, death and decline, as well as the tragic perception of national and social states).
Field Performance and Economic Analysis of Different Adlai (Coixlacryma-Jobi L.) Cultivars Grown Under Lowland Conditions in Cebu City, Philippines
Authors: Tangpos Marciano D.
Published: September 2022

Adlai (Coixlacryma – jobi L.) had a higher potential alternative crop for rice and corn, but information about this crop is still limited. This study was conducted to; a) evaluate the agronomic component, yield, and yield characteristics; and b) determine the economic analysis of different Adlai cultivars under lowland conditions of Carcar City, Cebu. The area (360 m2) was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). Three Adlai cultivars were designated as treatments replicated thrice. All treatments were applied uniformly with inorganic fertilizer at the rate of 120-60-60 kg/ha N, P2O5, and K2O using complete fertilizer (14-14-14) and urea (46-0-0). Among cultivars, Tapol and Gulian markedly headed and matured earlier than Ginampay. Tapol cultivar grew taller and produced longer panicles with extended and broader leaves. Meanwhile, Gulian had a higher number of panicles than Tapol and Ginampay. In terms of yield, Tapol cultivar produced a higher grain yield comparable to Gulian and Ginampay. However, only the Tapol cultivar generated the highest gross margin and percent return on investment of PHP 59, 269.79 and 3.51 which indicated as high adaptability of Tapol cultivar under lowland conditions in Carcar City, Cebu.
Why Are Success Stories Not Copied? Emulating Advocacy Strategies Amongst Eastern Partnership Think-Tanks
Authors: Strelkov Alexander , Samokhvalov Vsevolod
Published: September 2022

The article investigates why Georgian and Moldovan think-tanks have not emulated effective forms of advocacy in relations with the EU that their Ukrainian counterparts have established, namely a liaison office in Brussels. The reason is not the cost but rather the presence of alternative communication channels, high-level personal contacts and think-tanks’ focus on organizational survival. Better connectivity and new means of communication make the presence of a Brussels hub less crucial for regional think-tanks. Our research shows that there is often limited collaboration amongst think-tanks at the national level, which negatively affects opportunities for transnational advocacy of Eastern Partnership (EaP) think-tanks in relations with EU institutions.

Eastern Partnership, European Union, think-tanks, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, transnational advocacy
The European Parliament and Civil Society in EU Trade Negotiations: The Untold Story of an Erratic Engagement
Authors: Mancini Isabella
Published: September 2022

The article calls into question the picture that is often uncritically depicted around the European Parliament (EP) and civil society as newly empowered actors and consistent advocates of citizens’ interests in EU trade negotiations. The contribution of the article is twofold. First, it provides a comparative and empirical account of the mobilization of the EP and civil society across the negotiations of the new generation EU trade agreements. It shows that a common thread has been an erratic engagement, along the lines of politicization: the EP has only been vocal in response to civil society mobilization; and civil society mobilization in turn has been inconsistent, even though some contested issues were common to all trade negotiations. Second, the article sheds light on improvements in democratic treaty-making practices that emerged as a result of the mobilization of the EP and civil society. While drawing some lessons on EU trade law-making going forward, the article calls for a more modest appraisal of the legacy of these newly emerged democratic practices.

EU trade negotiations, international treaty-making, European Parliament, civil society, mobilization, CETA, TTIP, EU-Singapore FTA, EU-Japan EPA
Fisim Methodology and Options of Its Estimation: the Case of the Czech Republic
Authors:   Prague University of Economics and Business, Prague, Czech Republic, Vincenc Jakub
Published: September 2022

Financial intermediation services indirectly measured, or simply FISIM, is an adjustment made in national accounts which constitutes significant element in output of the financial institutions. Therefore, the methodological aspects of this adjustment are still broadly discussed issue. In case of the Czech Republic, the institution responsible for the estimation is the Czech Statistical Office. The paper deeply analyses the approach of this institution and compare it with opinions of many authors. Based on this literature research, the aim of this paper is to propose improvements in the current estimation and find out other options how to estimate the most accurate value of FISIM.
Missing Data Imputation for Categorical Variables
Authors:   Prague University of Economics and Business, Prague, Czech Republic, Horníček Jaroslav , Řezanková Hana
Published: September 2022

Dealing with missing data is a crucial part of everyday data analysis. The IMIC algorithm is a missing data imputation method that can handle mixed numerical and categorical datasets. However, the categorical data are crucial for this work. This paper proposes the new improvement of the IMIC algorithm. The two proposed modifications consider the number of categories in each categorical variable. Based on this information, the factor, which modifies the original measure, is computed. The factor equation is inspired by the Eskin similarity measure that is known in the hierarchical clustering of categorical data. The results show that as the missing value ratio in the dataset grows, better results are achieved using the second modification. The paper also shortly analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of using the IMIC algorithm.
Methodological Aspects of Measuring Preferences Using the Rank and Thurstone Scale
Authors:   Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Wroclaw, Poland, Dębicka Joanna , Mazurek Edyta , Ostasiewicz Katarzyna
Published: September 2022

The fundamental problem with the measurement of preferences is that it not only attempts to measure something that is, by its nature, “unmeasurable”, but also hidden from a direct observation. In addition, a person’s current emotional, material and social situation influences the measurement of preferences resulting from the person’s system of values. The paper is a study on the methodology of preference measurement, a comparison and evaluation of two methods of scale construction. Among various techniques we investigate the two methods: Thurstone procedure for finding scale separations developed by Thurstone and the simplest rank method of scaling. This study examines the relative merits of Thurstone and rank techniques of scale construction.
A Study on Developing a Housing Transaction Price Polarization Index
Authors:   Korean Association of Aggregate Building Law, Maeng Cheol-Kyu
Published: September 2022

Since the recent COVID-19 outbreak, the so-called “housing price polarization phenomenon,” in which real estate inflation is aggravated and the regional housing price gap widens, is deepening. This study classifies and analyzes housing transaction polarization by housing and transaction types in 17 cities and provinces across the country through developing 'Housing Transaction Price Polarization Index'. Furthermore, this study suggests the HTPPI as an alternative way to review social and economic issues through analyzing them for more in-depth methodology with quantitative outcomes from the HTPPI.
PENTINGNYA HAK ASASI MANUSIA (HAM) DALAM BERNEGARA
Authors: Hutabarat Dany Try Hutama , Gumelar Agung , Al Madina  , Sari Dina Puspita , Azhar Khairul , Sinaga Muhammad Sakha , Padila Nurul , Azhari Ridho , Simbolon Santi Angriany , Khairani Siti Miftha , Pratama Yogi
Published: September 2022

Human rights are a combination of natural rights that are universal, belong to every human being, and have been affixed to a person from birth as a direct gift or gift from God Almighty. Human rights must be upheld by every person, state, government, and law, especially in the context of the rule of law, which has become a characteristic of the rule of law in order to ensure the protection of human rights that have been enshrined in the constitutions and national laws of all legal states. Because, in a state of law, it highlights the existence of equality and equality before the law, without exception. As a result, the writing of this article is intended to see and deepen the phenomenon of human rights protection in the notion that leads to a rule of law, particularly in Indonesia, which is one of the world's rules of law countries. In order to obtain results and conclusions from the formulation of the problem, this article was created utilizing descriptive methods and data collecting through literature study.
Test of Construct Equivalence of the Digital Literacy Scale and a Comparison of Latent Means between Different Age Groups
Authors:   Education Research Institute, Lee Ji Yoon , Park Il Jun , Lim Ji Young , Kim Myo Eun
Published: September 2022

This study tested the equivalence of a digital literacy measurement tool across different age groups and examined differences in latent means. It measured digital literacy using the same items among 994 elementary students, 348 middle school students, and 220 university students representing childhood, adolescent, and early-adulthood groups, respectively. The digital literacy scale originally developed for the adolescent group was modified to accommodate the vocabulary and contexts appropriate for childhood and early-adulthood groups. The results confirmed complete configural and metric invariance across the groups, though scalar invariance was partially achieved. After partial scalar invariance was established, partial strict invariance was secured for comparing latent means. The comparison revealed that the childhood group scored higher on data and content literacy than the adolescents, but lower on community literacy. The early-adulthood group scored significantly higher than the adolescent group on data and media literacy. This paper interprets of these results, discussing the implications and limitations of the study.
IDENTIFICATION OF VOLATILES IN GREEN COFFEA ARABICA AND DETERMINATION OF CHANGES CAUSED BY THE ROASTING PROCESS
Authors: Poláková Katarína , Bobková Alica , Demianová Alžbeta , Belej Ľubomír , Jurčaga Lukáš , Bobko Marek , Žiak Miroslav , Korčok Melina
Published: September 2022

This study was aimed to understand and analyze the variability of volatile compounds in green and roasted coffee. We observed the influence and change in the profile of volatiles in samples roasted on medium roasting level, originating from different growing areas. We analyzed 9 samples, which we differentiated into three groups: Africa (Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda), Central America (Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras), South America (Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia). Volatiles were analyzed using GC-MS. Approximately 350 volatile compounds have been identified in green coffee. The main compounds identified in coffee samples included furan derivatives, aldehydes, alcohols, organic acids and their esters, hydrocarbons (alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, and aromatic hydrocarbons), terpenoids, heterocyclic compounds, ketones, amines, alkynes, and nitriles. Content of volatiles was expressed as concentration (%).  The results show that the roasting process significantly affects the presence and concentration of volatiles, given the formation of new volatile compounds and degradation of several occurred. In our research, aldehydes, alcohols, organic acids and esters, alkanes, terpenoids, alkenes, nitriles, aromatic hydrocarbons decreased due to the roasting process. Nevertheless, only in Central America samples, aromatic hydrocarbons increase due to roasting. Furan derivates, heterocyclic compounds, ketones, amine, alkynes increased due to the roasting process. However, only in South America samples, alkynes decreased due to roasting. However, alkynes in Central America samples remained unchanged due to the roasting.
MEDIUM OPTIMIZATION FOR ISOFLAVONE AGLYCONES PRODUCTION FROM FERMENTED DEFATTED SOYBEAN FLOUR BY DISPLAY OF Β-GLUCOSIDASE FROM BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS NRC24 AND EVALUATION OF THEIR ANTIVIRAL AND ANTITUMOR ACTIVITIES
Authors: I. El-Shazly Asmaa , M. Noor El-Deen Azza , Abdelwahed Nayera A.M. , M. Shetaia Yousseria , A. Ibrahim Nevin , A. Farid Mohamed
Published: September 2022

The submerged fermentation parameters of defatted soybean ﬂour with Bacillus licheniformis NRC24 were optimized using the one-factor at-a-time method and Box-Behnken design to maximize the production of β-glucosidase and transformation of glucosidic isoﬂavones (daidzin and genistin) into their aglycones. One-factor-at-a-time optimization studies revealed that 80 g/L of defatted soybean flour , fermentation time of 16 h, temperature at 37°C, initial pH value of 7, inoculum volume of 5% (6x107 CFU/mL), and medium volume of 50 mL in 250 mL Erlenmeyer flask with shaking conditions at 100 rpm were the most suitable conditions for aglycones production. The addition of cellobiose (1 percent w/v) to the soy flour medium resulted in a significantly increase in total aglycone. Further optimization using the Box-Behnken design resulted in a 1.11-fold increase in daidzein and genistein. Antiviral activity was observed against the (H5N1) influenza, herpes simplex type 1, and rota virus. The MTT cytotoxicity assay of the extract using MDCK, Vero, and MA104 cell lines revealed that fermented soybean flour reduced cytotoxicity more than the unfermented one. However, it showed higher cytotoxicity against HCT-116 colon cancer cells, MCF-7 breast and PC3 prostate cancer cells than the unfermented soy extract.
APPLICATION OF MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS: TOWARD IMPROVEMENT OF ROOSTER SEMEN QUALITY ASSESSMENT
Authors: Svoradova Andrea , Kuželová Lenka , Vašíček Jaromír , Baláži Andrej , Langraf Vladimír , Chrenek Peter
Published: September 2022

Sperm cryopreservation is an important tool for storage of genetic material of animal species. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the association between extender and cryoprotective agents (CPAs) used in the term of sperm quality parameters. In our study, the comparison of two extenders (Kobidil+ (K+) and saline (S)) and their combinations with CPAs such as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or glycerol (GL) on the sperm motility and viability was analyzed. For detailed assessment of association between extenders with CPAs and sperm quality parameters of frozen/thawed semen, multivariate analysis was used. The obtained data showed that the both extenders with specific CPAs significantly affect the motility as well as the viability parameters. GL/K+ (p-value=0.0168) had effect on the progressive motility, whereas GL/S (p-value=0.0174) influenced the total motility and velocity curved line parameters. Moreover, DMSO/K+ (p-value=0.0346) had higher effect on the proportion of dead and apoptotic sperm compared to DMSO/S (p-value=0.036), which had higher impact on the proportion of acrosome damaged sperm. Future studies might benefit from these findings to establish the associations of these subpopulations with other rooster sperm quality parameters and thus improve the sperm quality. Association between the values can help us to better understand the effect of extenders and CPAs on the semen quality parameters.
The Effects of Workplace Discrimination on Job Stress and Depression Among Nurses: A Test of Mediation
Authors: Mosahab Rahim , Mosahab Arya
Published: September 2022

The present study was intended to examine the effect of discrimination on the development of job stress and depression, and the mediating role of job stress between workplace discrimination and depression among nurses in hospitals in Iran. The sample comprised 166 nurses holding a bachelor’s degree or higher and working in hospitals located in the districts of 5 and 17 of Tehran, the capital city of Iran, which are usually inhabited by economically middle- and low-income people respectively. A random sampling technique was employed based on a cross-sectional design. This study revealed that workplace discrimination was positively correlated with job stress (β = .178, p = .000) and depression (β = .142, p = .002). Job stress was positively correlated with depression (β = .253 and p = .000). The study analysis revealed that job stress partially mediated the relationship between workplace discrimination and depression among nursing professionals. The study suggests that workplace discrimination can be considered a predictor of negative health outcomes and nurses may be vulnerable to job stress, resulting in depression.
Obras completas de Pereda. Una edición modélica
Authors: Rubio Cremades Enrique
Published: September 2022

Este artículo realiza una reseña sobre las Obras Completas de José María de Pereda, publicada por la editorial Tantín. La recopilación de obras sigue el orden cronológico en el que se escribieron y está dividido en nueve volúmenes: el primer volumen de las Obras Completas –Escenas montañesas. Tipos y paisajes- se ciñe a la producción costumbrista perediana; el segundo volumen se titula Tipos trashumantes. Esbozos y rasguños. El tercer volumen está configurado por las obras Bocetos al temple y El buey suelto; el cuarto, por Don Gonzalo González de la Gonzalera y De tal palo, tal astilla. El siguiente volumen comprende las novelas El sabor de la tierruca y Pedro Sánchez; y La Montálvez complementa y cierra el sexto volumen. A esta le sigue la edición de La Puchera y Nubes de estío; el siguiente reúne las novelas Al primer vuelo y Peñas arriba. Por último, Pachín González y una Miscelánea cierran la obra.
F. Bret Harte y J. Mª de Pereda en cotejo: un experimento crítico
Authors: Bonet Laureano
Published: September 2022

Este artículo estudia la hipótesis de la posible influencia de Mliss, la novela del norteamericano Francis Bret Harte, en la creación de Sotileza de Pereda. En primer lugar, se destacan las afinidades estilísticas a partir de la lectura de Bocetos californianos. Además, sendos personajes, Melissa y Silda, poseen rasgos en común y son las protagonistas de la historia. Finalmente, se resumen posibles coincidencias y discrepancias entre los dos personajes: por un lado, Mliss, la extraña rapazuela que merodea por las barriadas más desesperadas de un poblachón de California. Por otro lado, Sotileza, no menos singular en su personalidad psíquica, donde la aspereza, el helor, el hermetismo tienen también su asiento.
Actas del I Simposio Emilia Pardo Bazán: estado de la cuestión, edición de José Manuel González Herrán, Cristina Patiño Eirín, Ermitas Penas Varela
Authors: Charques Gámez Rocío
Published: September 2022

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Actas del III Coloquio de la SLES-XIX, Lectora, heroína, autora (la mujer en la literatura española del siglo XIX). V. Trueba
Authors: Carrasco Noemí
Published: September 2022

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Joaquín Álvarez Barrientos. Los hombres de letras en la España del Siglo XVIII. Apóstoles y arribistas
Authors: Rodríguez Gutiérrez Borja
Published: September 2022

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Anderson, Andrew A., El veintisiete en tela de juicio
Authors: Martín Ezpeleta Antonio
Published: September 2022

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Cuentos fantásticos en la España del Realismo. Edición de Juan Molina Porras
Authors: Rodríguez Gutiérrez Borja
Published: September 2022

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García Castañeda, Salvador. Del periodismo al costumbrismo. La obra juvenil de Pereda (1854-1878)
Authors: Gutiérrez Sebastián Raquel
Published: September 2022

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Nación y Constitución. De la ilustración al liberalismo. Cinta Caterla (ed.)
Authors: Rodríguez Gutiérrez Borja
Published: September 2022

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La razón polémica. Estudios sobre Bartolomé José Gallardo. Coordinados por Beatriz Sánchez Hita y Daniel Muñoz Sempere
Authors: García Castañeda Salvador
Published: September 2022

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EL PROCESO DE RETROALIMENTACIÓN DE TAREAS DE MATEMÁTICAS EN LA EVALUACIÓN FORMATIVA DE PREGRADO
Authors: Torres Corrales Diana del Carmen
Published: September 2022

Se reportan los resultados de una investigación didáctica-empírica en Matemática Educativa que realiza una propuesta hacia la evaluación formativa en pregrado, cuyo objetivo fue: definir cuál es el proceso de retroalimentación de tareas en asignaturas de matemáticas y qué beneficios brinda a los estudiantes. La producción de datos se realizó desde un paradigma interpretativo con alcance descriptivo en una universidad mexicana; participaron 107 estudiantes y una profesora, y se emplearon las técnicas de observación participante y encuesta. El proceso de retroalimentación identificado es efectivo al cumplirse tres momentos: 1) el estudiante realiza la tarea, 2) el profesor evalúa y 3) el estudiante atiende la retroalimentación; así, las tareas son un producto de aprendizaje que brindan al estudiante la oportunidad de poner en práctica su conocimiento matemático con la posibilidad de “equivocarse” sin consecuencias sobre su calificación. Además, se identificaron ocho beneficios de la retroalimentación, agrupados en tres categorías: afectivo, conocimiento meta y rol activo como productor de su aprendizaje. Finalmente, se plantea que dichos beneficios pueden extender de manera transversal a lo largo de la formación universitaria de los estudiantes y se señalan algunos retos sobre la complejidad de realizar la retroalimentación cualitativa individual por parte del profesor.
The Knowledge in Automotive Field Representation with Modern Technologies
Authors: Bogdanova Galina , Stefanov Svilen , Todorov Todor , Shterev Jordan , Noev Nikolay
Published: September 2022

Modern technologies have changed the way of presenting information in archives. This makes it possible to introduce new services, which was unimaginable a few years ago. Digitalization, security and virtual presentation of objects in the sphere of motoring by application of technologies, based on knowledge about how to create digital resources is the theme of this project.
The aim of AutoKnow project is to carry out a research and create a multimedia digital archive AutoKnow and Experimental Virtual Motor Laboratory
(EVML) with Motor Library (ML) from digital multi-media patterns from a selected group of objects in the sphere of automobile technology, presented by
NMU. This makes it possible to widely apply multi-media collections in automobile engineering, teaching, research work in that sphere and serve the interests of a large number of auto-amateurs as well in Bulgaria.
The research and development of АutoKnow is in the following mutually
related fields:
- Creation and annotation of collections of objects in the sphere of automobiles;
- Creation, analysis and security of a digital archive AutoKnow;
- Design and creation of Digital Motor Library;
- Socially-oriented applications in education, scientific studies and
Experimental Virtual Motor Laboratory;
- Informational System for teaching and testing of knowledge in the sphere of automobiles MindCheck.
Digital Libraries and Portals Saving National Cultural Heritage (IMI – BAS Experience)
Authors: Pavlov Radoslav , Paneva-Marinova Desislava
Published: September 2022

The current research activities of the Institute of Mathematics and
Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IMI — BAS) include the study and application of knowledge-based methods for the creation, integration and development of multimedia digital libraries with applications in cultural heritage. This report presents IMI- BAS’s developments at the digital library
management systems and portals, i.e. the Bulgarian Iconographical Digital
Library, the Bulgarian Folklore Digital Library and the Bulgarian Folklore
Artery, etc. developed during the several national and international projects:
- ―Digital Libraries with Multimedia Content and its Application in Bulgarian
Cultural Heritage‖ (contract 8/21.07.2005 between the IMI– BAS, and the
State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications;
- FP6/IST/P-027451 PROJECT LOGOS "Knowledge-on-Demand for
Ubiquitous Learning", EU FP6, IST, Priority 2.4.13 "Strengthening the
Integration of the ICT research effort in an Enlarged Europe"
- NSF project D-002- 189 SINUS ―S emantic Technologies for Web Services
and Technology Enhanced Learning‖.
- NSF project IO-03- 03/2006 ―Development of Digital Libraries and
Information Portal with Virtual Exposition ―Bulgarian Folklore
Heritage‖‖.
The presented prototypes aims to provide flexible and effective access to the multimedia presentation of the cultural heritage artefacts and collections, maintaining different forms and format of the digitized information content and rich functionality for interaction. The developments are a result of longstanding interests and work in the technological developments in information systems, knowledge processing and content management systems. The current research activities aims at creating innovative solutions for assembling multimedia digital libraries for collaborative use in specific cultural heritage context, maintaining their semantic interoperability and creating new services for dynamic aggregation of their resources, access improvement, personification, intelligent curation of content, and content protection. The investigations are directed towards the development of distributed tools for aggregating heterogeneous content and ensuring semantic compatibility with the European digital library EUROPEANA, thus providing possibilities for pan-
European access to rich digitalised collections of Bulgarian cultural heritage.
Acoustic Riddles of Cultural Heritage
Authors: Sapozhnikova Kseniia , Taymanov Roald
Published: September 2022

It is shown, that in the process of evolution, a relationship between some hidden parameters of acoustic signals and expected emotional response to them has been formed. This relationship is a necessary condition for a living creature to survive. The efficiency of the concept represented is illustrated using examples from the field of classical music, ethnic African music, as well as biolinguistic signals of animals. Reasons of a particular impact of bell rings are analyzed using acoustic signals of some Bulgarian and Russian bell rings and chimes.
Students’ Digital Archive at the State University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Sofia
Authors: Nazarska Georgeta
Published: September 2022

The paper describes the creation and content of the digital archive of photographs, films and materials from fieldwork (interviews, surveys, and observations) of students from the Information Funds of the Cultural and Historical Heritage program at the State University of Library Studies and Information
Technologies, Sofia, Bulgaria. The text discusses the educational opportunities of the archive, and the plans for publishing it as CD and for conversion into an electronic archive on the Internet.
Modelling the Functionality of the Multimedia Digital Library for Fashion Objects
Authors: Pavlova-Draganova Lilia , Luchev Detelin , Goynov Maxim
Published: September 2022

This paper describes a project of a multimedia digital library for fashion objects. The presented work aims to provide an environment for the National Art Academy students works, showing in front a professional and nonprofessional public the significant values of the fashion domain.
Partner Projects of “Ivan Vazov” Public Library – Plovdiv on Digitization of Cultural and Historical Heritage
Authors: Minev Dimitar
Published: September 2022

Digitization offers excellent opportunities for the preservation and safe-keeping of valuable library collections. The article recounts the first coordinated attempts of “Ivan Vazov” Public Library – Plovdiv at digitizing some of its treasured collections such as manuscripts, early printed books and archives through partner projects and revealing them to the world community.
3D Reconstruction of Cultural Values at the Regional History Museum — Veliko Tarnovo
Authors: Sabev Plamen
Published: September 2022

The project paper presents the work done by the Regional History
Museum – Veliko Tarnovo (RHM) on 3D reconstruction of cultural values and objects from the Veliko Tarnovo region – the St Peter and St Paul church in
Veliko Tarnovo, the chorus of the metropolitan Nativity church in Arbanassi and the St. Dimitar church in Arbanassi.
Moving Boundary: A Virtual Museum of the Ethnic Groups
Authors: Karadecheva Maria
Published: September 2022

The virtual museum of ethnic groups “Moving boundary” is a prop osition for dialogue on an important topic in today's world – ethnic coexistence.
The project's goal is to make various resources (photos, documents, etc.) available for use by teachers, professors and students, thus forming and strengthening connections between educational institutions.
Online Catalogue – Relics from the Bulgarian Museums and the Unification of Bulgaria in 1885
Authors: Karadecheva Maria
Published: September 2022

The goal of the online catalo gue “Relics from the Bulgarian mus eums and the Unification of Bulgaria in 1885” (http://muzeini-relikvi.net) is simple – to connect museums from across the country and inspire them to collect and upload different cultural relics (in this case – relics from the Unification of Bulgaria). The idea behind this is to engage them in a culture of sharing and participating in common initiatives, where, for example, a curator from
Varna will be able to see that some of the artifacts he or she needs for an exhibition are in Karlovo or Plovdiv.
Development of New Solutions in the Field of Digitization and Digital Presentation of the National Folklore Heritage
Authors: Bogdanova Galina , Pavlov Radoslav
Published: September 2022

This article briefly reviews the software developments for digital presentation and preservation of Bulgarian folklore treasure created within the
project “Knowledge Technologies for Creation of Digital Presentation and Significant Repositories of Folklore Heritage” by teams of the Institute of Math ematics and Informatics.
Establishing Correspondences between Attribute Spaces and Complex Concept Spaces Using Meta-PGN Classifier
Authors: Ivanova Krassimira , Mitov Iliya , Stanchev Peter
Published: September 2022

In this paper, we present one approach for extending the learning set of a classification algorithm with additional metadata. It is used as a base for giving appropriate names to found regularities. The analysis of correspondence between connections established in the attribute space and existing links between concepts can be used as a test for creation of an adequate model of the observed world. Meta-PGN classifier is suggested as a possible tool for establishing these connections. Applying this approach in the field of content-based image retrieval of art paintings provides a tool for extracting specific feature combinations, which represent different sides of artists' styles, periods and movements.