bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Domains of Kanuri Loanwords in Margi
Authors: Modu Ali , Jawur James Jarafu
Published: June 2023

The socio-cultural contact between Kanuri and Margi led to an inevitable borrowing of words from Kanuri to Margi. As such, this research paper deals with the investigation of the different domains of incidence in that the borrowing took place. In collecting data for the research, an unstructured interview was used (along with a tape recorder) to record the articulation of the informants for transcription purposes. Brann’s (2006) 16 Domains of Incidence was adopted as the model of approach in this research. The data collected showed that there are eight domains where loanwords from Kanuri to Margi took place. The domains include school, office, market, temple, club, home, color, time and direction, weather and climate. The work identified 78 Kanuri loanwords in Margi. The numbers of loanwords identified in each of the domains are: school 7, office 6, market 10, temple 8, club 2, home 29, colour time and direction 13, weather and climate 3. The findings of the research established that the domain of home has the highest number of Kanuri loanwords in Margi. Finally, this paper claims that the early contact that led to borrowing between Kanuri and Margi was in their place of residence, customary or official location. Therefore, the knowledge acquired can serve as a valuable reference material for linguists who might be interested in the study of loanwords and comparative linguistics between Kanuri, Margi and other African languages.
Examining English as a Medium of Instruction in Vietnam:
Authors: Anh Tran Nguyen Quyen
Published: June 2023

This paper is a literature-based review that critically examines the implementation of English as a medium of instruction (EMI) in Vietnam’s higher education (HE). Drawing on policy documents and previous studies in the EMI domain, this paper provides a review of the EMI policies and sheds light on the challenges that could negatively impact the success of the project. The findings indicate a misalignment between the policies and actual implementation, as teachers and students face various challenges in the EMI classrooms. Such challenges include the insufficient supply of qualified teachers, low English proficiency, educational inequality, and irrelevant materials dominated by westernized perspectives. It can be argued that perceptions of teachers, students, and non-educational bodies, such as employers and recruiters, should be considered to ensure the sustainability of EMI implementation. In addition, this article also questions the validity of the monolingual ideology embedded in the EMI policy and discusses implications based on recent development in language education to present an alternative scholarship that transcends the English-only ideology and embraces the multilingual practices in the EMI classrooms.
Front matter
Authors: Front matter
Published: June 2023

Crossings: ULAB Journal of English StudiesDepartment of English and HumanitiesUniversity of Liberal Arts BangladeshVolume 1, Number 1, Fall2008
Editorial note
Authors: Editorial Note
Published: June 2023

Crossings: UIAB Journal of English StadiesDepartment of English and HumanitiesUniversity of Liberal Arts BangladeshVolume 2, Number 1, Fall2009
Growing up as an individual:
Authors: Shameem Musarrat
Published: June 2023

This article analyses the character of Ashima Ganguli of the novel The Namesake in two different ways. First it shows how she. as a woman, designs her life combining her traditional beliefs and individual improvisations needed for surviving in a foreign land. Second it also shows how she, as a diaspora mother, adjusts herself to the new way of life in America without effacing her former self completely. The analysis leads to the conclusion that Ashima changes herself in more than one way to mature as an individual with a new personality.
How much reliable are our language tests?
Authors: Kabir Mohammed Humayun
Published: June 2023

In this paper we will first attempt to familiarize the paradigm shifting in language teaching in Bangladesh. Then, the umbrella term reliability is discussed with references to the literature. Subsequently, four different data instruments have been analysed in order to investigate how far reliability is maintained in testing Reading and Writing by taking HSC (Higher Secondary Certificate) English testing as sample. The study found that reliability at HSC English Testing is not maintained, as item setting. marking, test administration etc. are problematic. Finally, this study recommends some pragmatic measures like providing rater’s training, introducing rating scale, establishing fair and impartial test administration, etc. to achieve the desired goal.
Existentialism in Tree Without Roots
Authors: Chowdhury Md. Shafiul Alam Khan
Published: June 2023

Syed Waliullah is a modern Bangladeshi writer who wrote both in Bangla and English languages with equal efficiency. Lal Shalu (Red Cloth) and Tree Without Roots are two excellent examples of his excellence in this regard. The novel has also been translated in French by Ann-Marie Thibaud. An important note about this translation is that the source of the translation was not Lal Shalu but Tree Without Roots. The novel has also been translated in Urdu, German and Czech. The aim of this paper is to find out existentialist and modernistic elements from Tree Without Roots as little work has been done in this regard. In the novel, both Majeed as an individual and the people of Mahabbatpur collectively make their choice to survive or strengthen their existence in this world. Instead of having an existentialist approach, our author portrays an ever-conscious conscience of Majeed to establish him as a modern hero in Tree Without Roots.
The effect of regional Bengali dialect on English pronunciation of Bangladeshi second language learners :
Authors: Minhaj Ul Abedin Md.
Published: June 2023

The paper discusses the inter-relationship between dialectic accents of Bangladeshi ESL learners and Standard English pronunciation. English pronunciation has always been an area of confusion for our English language learners and even sometimes for the teachers. This study is also an endeavor to find out whether we should encourage the standard pronunciation or we should go for only comprehensibility. This paper also deals with the argument of the impact of Bangladeshi learners’ accent on English Received Pronunciation (RP). It is also an endeavor to find out whether the regional dialects leave any impact on the learning of correct English pronunciation or not. Specific suggestions have been given to overcome the accent problem on the basis of questionnaire survey and speech analysis of sample groups.
Anglophone Interventions:
Authors: Iqbal Asif
Published: June 2023

I intend to study three translations, which includes Rabindranath Tagore’s prose-translation in Gitanjali: Song Offerings (1912), Brother James Talarovic’s Christianized translation in Show Yourself to My Soul (1983) and William Radice’s contemporary initiative in Gitanjali: Rabindranath Tagore (2011), of Tagore’s poem “Aji Jharer Rate Tomar Abhisar” to analyze the relation of the translations with the original. Identifying them as Anglophone translations, I have tried to analyze the rationale behind these translations. By incorporating Naomi Seidman’s viewpoints in Faithful Renderings: Jewish Christian Difference and the Politics of Translation, I have traced the colonized, Christian missionary, and capitalist motives of the translations. Seidman’s analysis of the strategic ambivalence Jewish translators adopted to confront the hegemony Christian discourse uses postcolonial theory to understand the unequal relation between the source language and target language. In my analysis of the translations of “Aji Jharer Rate Tomar Abhisar,”I have identified an unequal transaction between the original Bengali poems and the translations, which also illustrate the translators’ colonialist strategy to make an unfamiliar culture resonate with the sensibilities of English-speaking poetry-lovers.
To Look Back Is to Suffer:
Authors: Muktadir Abdullah Al
Published: June 2023

This paper is an attempt at understanding the formation of “masculinity” apropos conflicting childhood memory with reference, first, to Esthappen in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and, second, to the young men in Bangladesh. The paper is divided into three sections. The first section focuses on the “unusual” present as well as the split/shared memory of Esthappen to explore how he gradually develops a marginalized self and eventually stops claiming “masculinity.” The formation and evolution of a person’s childhood memories go through a culturally predetermined gendering process. It is not rare that a person, like Estha, fails to survive the gendering of memory and is, thus, led to cling to an always-traumatic childhood to look back upon. The second section, referencing differing versions of “masculinity” and Jan Assmann’s idea of “Cultural Memory,” concentrates on the young men in Bangladesh who, like Estha, have experienced stunted development of subjectivity. Acknowledging the fact that these young men live in a different spatio-temporal and socio-cultural scenario, the section shows, based on a number of interviewbased case studies, how culturally pre-determined gendering works on the development of male subjectivity. The third section places Roy’s Estha and the young men in Bangladesh, the fiction and the fact, face to face to show how unconventional dealing with childhood memory may lead a male individual to resist or fail in conforming to the mainstream ideas of masculinity.
Front Matter
Authors: Front Matter
Published: June 2023

Crossings: A JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIESVOL. 6

2015

ISSN 2071-1107
Magic for Medical Healing in Igbo Society:
Authors: Mamun Hossain Al
Published: June 2023

In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo’s daughter Ezinma falls sick and is treated according to the local religious belief of the Igbo that relies on magical power. Ezinma’s treatment presents dual magical acts performed by a regular medicine man and the medicine man or agadi-muayi or Chielo, the high priestess of the Cave of Oracles that houses Agbala, the unseen deity. This magical power provided by the gods and goddesses supposedly brought into light by the priests and priestesses and the medicine men puts the Igbo men and women in awe and makes them respect their deities. The presumed magical power of the deities not only heals the illness but it can also cause good or bad harvest. The way the high priestess of Agbala and a local medicine man treat Ezinma who has been a sickly child since birth shows that it is the fear of magic that works as the main factor of healing, not the magic’s actual manifestation, as there is no concrete indication of any magical event in the text other than some remote references to magical occurrences, which cannot be substantiated. Therefore, the magical power of gods and goddesses is mainly a presumed or anticipated power. It is, in fact, the Igbo people’s faith in magical power that has founded the basic religious constructs in Igbo society while the practitioners of magic or the presumed magical power attributed on them treat the sickly and explain the bodily-hitch behind illnesses or the reason for premature death. This paper focuses on the performance of this alleged magical healing and the very faith in it that has been a part of the Igbo tradition to project that the fear of magical power is the main facilitator, not its actual manifestation. This paper examines Okonkwo’s daughter Ezinma’s birth and sickness and demonstrates the treatment she gets by the different medicine men in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. This paper also explores the underlying issues of Ezinma’s treatment as to whether it is a “magical practice” or the “fear of magic” that actually works.
Improving Writing Skills in English at the Tertiary Level:
Authors: Patwary Md. Nurullah , Sajib Md. Nasim Fardose
Published: June 2023

Writing in English, especially writing creatively or independently, is usually a challenging endeavor for learners in the tertiary level classrooms in Bangladesh. The study aims at discovering the present scenario and the reasons for these challenges. This paper also prescribes to the learners some ways for developing writing skills so that they can apply them in their academic life. Data was collected using a questionnaire which was formulated on the basis of different processes of writing and classroom practice by the learners. The survey was conducted among the students who were studying or had taken language skills courses at the Department of English in a private university of Bangladesh. Based on the findings, some practical recommendations have been made for all three stakeholders: learners, teachers, and institutions.
Zusicherung im Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz in Südkorea
Authors:   Korean Administrative Law Association, Lee Jae-Hoon
Published: June 2023

Die Zusicherung im koreanischen Verwaltungsrecht hatte keine gesetzliche Grundlage. Von daher war der normative Konzept “Zusicherung” im koreansichen Verwaltungsrecht schillernd. Am 11. Januar 2022 wurde das koreansiche Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz geändert und trat am 12. Juli 2022 in Kraft. Durch diese Gesetzesänderung im Jahre 2022 wurde verschiedene Vorschriften in das koreanische Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz neu eingeführt. Darunter ist im Hinblick auf das Vertraunsschutz im Bereich des Verwaltungsrechts bemerkenswert, dass die Zusicherung in § 40-2 des koreanischen Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetzes vorgeschrieben wurde. Bei diesem Beitrag handelt es sich um die Normgehalte der Zusicherung in § 40-2 des koreanischen Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetzes.
Klageänderung im Verwaltungsprozess
Authors:   Korean Administrative Law Association, LEE SEUNGHOON
Published: June 2023

Das Verwaltungsgerichtsordnung sieht verschiedene Klageänderungen vor. Sie bestehen aus einer Klageänderung der Klageart, einschließlich eines Wechsels des Beklagten (§21 VwGO), und einer Klageänderung aufgrund einer Änderung der Verfügung, die Streitgegenstand der Klage ist(§22 VwGO). Darüber hinaus sind Klageänderungen auf der Grundlage des § 262 Zivilprozessordnung, der nach § 8 Abs. 2 VwGo sinngemäß anzuwenden ist, zulässig.
Die Klageänderung dient der Prozessökonomie. Es besteht jedoch die Gefahr eines Konflikts zwischen den Interessen des Klägers, der einen effektiven und lückenlosen Rechtsschutz wünscht, und dem Interesse an einer zeitnahen Stabilisierung öffentlich-rechtlicher Rechtsverhältnisse. Unter diesem Gesichtspunkt zielt diese Arbeit darauf ab, das Klageänderungssystem in Verwaltungsstreitigkeiten zu untersuchen.
Zunächst klassifizieren die in Verwaltungsstreitigkeiten anerkannten Klageänderungen nach ihrer Art und untersuchen verschiedene Probleme, die im praktischen Betriebsablauf aufgetreten sind. Darüber hinaus steigt das Begehren nach dem effektiven Rechtsschutz durch Verwendung des Verwaltungsgerichtssystems, und da Versuche unternommen werden, verschiedene Streitigkeiten in einem Gerichtsverfahren zu lösen, entstehen neue Probleme im Zusammenhang mit der Klageänderung. Insbesondere gibt es die folgenden Probleme.
① Ob eine zusätzliche Änderung in Bezug auf §21 VwGO möglich ist, und wenn möglich, ob eine subjektive und eventuelle Klagenhäufung möglich ist, ② in Bezug auf die Klageänderung nach der Anwendung des ZPO, i) ob es möglich ist, die Klage zwischen Verwaltungs- und Zivilklagen zu wechseln, ii) ob der Zeitpunkt der Einreichung der Klage rückwirkend sein kann, ③ wenn eine Verfügung besteht während der Klage auf Bestätigung der Rechtswidrigkeit der Unterlassung ist anhängig, ob eine Klageänderung möglich ist. In dieser Arbeit wird gesucht, um geeigneten Gegenmaßnahmen und praktischen Betriebsplan zu den oben genannten Problemen zu finden.
Art world of Yunus Emre
Authors: Habibbeyli Isa
Published: June 2023

In the article is provided detailed information on Yunus Emre’s life and creativity, who had a special role in the history of Turkish-Anatolian literature, as well as in the development of Azerbaijani poetry. It is noted that the poet, who was born in 1320, has graves in 14 places in Turkey and in Onjaly village of the Gakh region in Azerbaijan.In the versatile poetry of Yunus Emre, who travelled at different times, impressions and traces of those journeys are reflected. Yunus Emre left a mark not only as a master of a lyric poetry, but also as a mature thinker. An extensive research about the life and creativity of Yunus Emre has been carried out in Turkey. Yunus Emre studies is an important direction of Turkish literary criticism. For the first time in Azerbaijan, Amin Abid in his article “The history of syllabic metre” that published in the magazine “Maarif Ishchisi” (“Worker of enlightenment”) in 1927 wrote about Yunus Emre’s services in the transition of aruz to syllabic metre in Turkish poetry. Yunus Emre’s art ideals is still relevant today as the call of truth and humanity of all times and eras.
 
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La colección de arte de Dimitri Tiomkin: relaciones entre arte y música
Authors: Pérez García Lucía
Published: June 2023

Dimitri Tiomkin (1894-1979) has been one of the most influential film composers of all times. Both, the man and his work have been the recipients of numerous honors and awards, including forus Academy Awards. Along his work as a musician, he cultivated other artistic facets as theater and film producer. Since he was a young man, he moved in cultural and artistic circles that allow him to know some of the greatest figures of the first half of the 20th century. This led him to understand art as a much broader concept than the established categories themselves, establishing a dialogue between disciplines that would influence his training as a person and as a professional. Through the use of documentary and photographic sources, as well as testimonials and original correspondence, we analyze his art collection and his artistic relationships, as well as their influence on his career as a film composer.

Dimitri Tiomkin (1894-1979) ha sido uno de los compositores de cine más influyentes de la historia. Tanto su figura como su trabajo han sido merecedores de múltiples honores y galardones, entre los que se encuentran cuatro premios de la Academia. Junto a su labor como músico, cultivó otras facetas artísticas como la de productor teatral y cinematográfico. El ambiente en el que se movió desde joven le hizo coincidir con muchas de las más grandes figuras del arte y la cultura de la primera mitad del siglo XX. Ello le llevó a entender el arte como un concepto mucho más amplio que las propias categorías establecidas, entablando un diálogo entre disciplinas que influiría en su formación como persona y como profesional. Mediante el uso de fuentes documentales y fotográficas, así como de testimonios y correspondencia original, se analizan su colección de arte y sus relaciones artísticas, así como la influencia de las mismas en su carrera como compositor de cine.
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804-1892): el viaje a oriente de un pionero del daguerrotipo
Authors: Martínez Muñiz Pablo
Published: June 2023

This article analyzes the figure of Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey: traveler, orientalist scholar and daguerreotypist of the 19th century. His contribution to the History of Photography is fundamental since he was a pioneer in the use of the daguerreotype from 1842 on his trip to the East, traveling through the current countries of Italy, Malta, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Israel, and Lebanon. In addition, he was a great artist –watercolorist, draftsman–, he was interested in botany and gardening and stood out for his studies on Islamic architecture and archeology in the Middle East and in Andalusia, a region, the latter, which he visited in 1832. This research uses primary sources –his writings, writings of the time and his daguerreotypes– to build a biographical account in which the first moments of photography are interrelated –released in 1839, just three years before Girault de Prangey’s departure to the Near East– with the interest in Orientalism that existed in Europe in the 19th century.

El presente artículo analiza la figura de Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey: viajero, erudito orientalista y daguerrotipista del siglo XIX. Su aportación a la historia de la fotografía es fundamental ya que fue un pionero en el uso del daguerrotipo a partir de 1842 en su viaje a Oriente, viajando por los actuales países de Italia, Malta, Grecia, Egipto, Turquía, Siria, Palestina, Israel y Líbano. Además, fue un gran artista –acuarelista, dibujante–, se interesó por la botánica y la jardinería y destacó por sus estudios acerca de la arquitectura islámica y la arqueología en Oriente Próximo y en Andalucía, región, esta última, que visitó en 1832. La presente investigación utiliza fuentes primarias –escritos suyos, escritos de la época y sus daguerrotipos– para construir un relato biográfico en el que se interrelacionan los primeros momentos de la fotografía –dada a conocer en 1839, apenas tres años antes de la partida de Girault de Prangey a Oriente Próximo– con el interés por el orientalismo que existía en la Europa del siglo XIX.
De la visualización al (con)tacto devoto. Aproximación a la interpretación física con las hermas griegas
Authors: Huerta Segovia Pelayo
Published: June 2023

In this paper, I underline the importance to focus not only on the visual but also the physical interaction with the Greek divine image called ‘herm’. On the basis of its bifunctionality, and based on the iconographic and literary evidence, I intend to give a brief interpretation of the meaning of the direct physical contact with this statue, probably linked to a ritual primary functionality and to his ubiquitous presence. Finally, I suggest the adoption of the term "toucher-worshipper" as useful to refer to the ancient comprehension, assimilation, and perception of the semi-iconic visual language and the embodied divine identity.

En el presente estudio, se subraya la importancia de adoptar como instrumento de análisis la interacción no sólo visual, sino física con la imagen divina griega denominada “herma”. Partiendo de su bifuncionalidad, se pretende esbozar una interpretación del significado del contacto físico directo del devoto griego con esta estatua a partir de la evidencia iconográfica y literaria antigua, vinculado a una funcionalidad primaria ritual de esta imagen y a su omnipresencia en el paisaje urbano y rural ateniense. En último lugar, se sugiere la adopción del término “devoto-tocador” para referir a la comprensión y percepción antigua del lenguaje visual semi-antropomorfo de estas imágenes, y de la identidad divina que cobijan.
2022 NIST summary of U.S. legal metrology activities
Authors: Warfield Lisa , Butcher Tina G , Harshman Richard A , Konijnenburg Jan , Lee G Diane , Sefcik David A , Williams Juana S , Lippa Katrice A
Published: June 2023

The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) presents its first report 2022 NIST Annual Summary of U.S. Legal Metrology Activities report. This report includes a summary of changes made to NIST Handbook 44 (2021) Specifications, Tolerances and Other Technical requirements for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices, NIST Handbook 130 (2021), Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology an Engine Fuel Quality, and NIST Handbook 133 (2020), Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods. The summary will provide an archival record of proposals and associated actions with the goal of assisting the weights and measures community in consistently interpreting and implementing NIST Handbooks 44, 130, and133. Included within each item in this report is an NIST OWM technical analysis, background information, and a summary of any actions taken on proposed changes to these NIST Handbooks considered in 2022
Association Between Body Fat and Body Mass Index from Incomplete Longitudinal Proportion Data: Findings from the Fels Study
Authors: Tong Xin , Kim Seohyun , Bandyopadhyay Dipankar , Sun Shumei
Published: June 2023

Obesity rates continue to exhibit an upward trajectory, particularly in the US, and is the underlying cause of several comorbidities, including but not limited to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancers. To monitor obesity, body mass index (BMI) and proportion body fat (PBF) are two commonly used measurements. Although BMI and PBF changes over time in an individual’s lifespan and their relationship may also change dynamically, existing work has mostly remained cross-sectional, or separately modeling BMI and PBF. A combined longitudinal assessment is expected to be more effective in unravelling their complex interplay. To mitigate this, we consider Bayesian cross-domain latent growth curve models within a structural equation modeling framework, which simultaneously handles issues such as individually varying time metrics, proportion data, and potential missing not at random data for joint assessment of the longitudinal changes of BMI and PBF. Through simulation studies, we observe that our proposed models and estimation method yielded parameter estimates with small bias and mean squared error in general, however, a mis-specified missing data mechanism may cause inaccurate and inefficient parameter estimates. Furthermore, we demonstrate application of our method to a motivating longitudinal obesity study, controlling for both time-invariant (such as, sex), and time-varying (such as diastolic and systolic blood pressure, biceps skinfold, bioelectrical impedance, and waist circumference) covariates in separate models. Under time-invariance, we observe that the initial BMI level and the rate of change in BMI influenced PBF. However, in presence of time-varying covariates, only the initial BMI level influenced the initial PBF. The added-on selection model estimation indicated that observations with higher PBF values were less likely to be missing.
Gaisa kuģa pilna mēroga komponentu izmēģinājumu kompleksa dinamiskās īpašības un uz vibrāciju balstītā strukturālā stāvokļa novērtēšanas sistēma
Authors:   , Ņevskis Aleksandrs
Published: June 2023

Promocijas darbā risinātas gaisakuģu pilna mēroga komponenta izturības un resursa eksperimentālās izpētes problēmas: datorizētā projektēšana, testa iestatīšana statiskā un dinamiskā spriegumu stāvokļa simulācijā, testēšanas iekārtas un strukturālās veselības uzraudzības (SVU) komponents. Kā SVU pamatlīdzeklis tiek pieņemta vibrācijā balstītu bojājumu noteikšana, galveno uzmanību pievēršot zemu izmaksu risinājumam, kas būtu pievilcīgs praksei. Pazīmju ieguvei faktiskā strukturālā bojājuma vai mākslīgā bojājuma dēļ izmantots korelācijas koeficienta novirzes indekss. Pierādīts, ka problēmu, kas saistīta ar neliela bojājuma noteikšanu vibrācijā liela mēroga struktūrā pie zemas frekvences ierosmes, var veiksmīgi atrisināt.
СПЕЦИФИЧНОСТИ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЈЕ РАДА У КОМБИНОВАНОМ ОДЈЕЉЕЊУ У ШКОЛАМА РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРПСКЕ ИЗ УГЛА НАСТАВНИКА
Authors: Пердан Илић Маја , Ђерманов Јелена , Милић Сања
Published: June 2023

Код нас и у свијету заступљен је велики број школа са комбинованим одјељењима, гдје један наставник ради са ученицима из два, три и више разреда. Ова одјељења деценијама егзистирају махом у сеоским срединама и сусрећу се са различитим изазовима у организацији васпитно-образовног рада. Проблематика комбинованог одјељења се посљедњих година у свијету све више афирмише, али у нашој земљи и у региону стагнира, и из тог разлога одлучили смо да кроз теоријску анализу релевантне литературе и емпиријско истраживање, првенствено, освијетлимо непосредна искустава и очекивања наставника о раду у комбинованом одјељењу у Републици Српској. Емпиријско истраживање реализовано је примјеном квали- тативне методологије, те су вођеним интервјуом испитане перцепције, иску- ства и очекивања 15 наставника на подручју општине Бијељина који су радили у комбинованом одјељењу. Из анализе резултата истраживања добијено је да су основне специфичности рада у комбинованом одјељењу: адаптација наставних садржаја, израда распореда часова, смјена директног и индиректног рада, рас- поред сједења ученика у учионици, интеракција и комуникација, праћење и вођење ученичког досијеа, избор метода провјеравања и оцјењивања и начин добијања повратне информације. У завршном дијелу рада су, уз интерпретацију резултата истраживања, дате препоруке наставницима, засноване на сличним искуствима наставника из других земаља, које могу бити путоказ за успјешну наставну прак- су у комбинованом одјељењу и поуздан ослонац за њихове професионалне напоре да унаприједе властити рад и учење својих ученика.
ПРЕВЕНЦИЈА НАСИЉА У ШКОЛИ – ПРИОРИТЕТАН ЗАДАТАК ПЕДАГОГА
Authors: Бранковић Драго
Published: June 2023

Четрнаеста школа педагога и директора предшколских установа, основних и средњих школа одржана је у Теслићу (ЗТЦ Бања Врући- ца – хотел Кардиал) у два циклуса, од 9. до 12. априла 2023. године. Организатори овогодишње школе били су Друштво педагога Републи- ке Српске и Републички педагошки завод Републике Српске. Школа преtставља континуирани и најорганизованији облик професионалноg усавршавања педагога и директора васпитно - образовних установа у Републици Српској. У протеклих тринаест година концепција овог об- лика усавршавања мијењала се и развијала. Њена микро организација имала је, по правилу, једну тематску цјелину која је конкретизована са више тема. Поред предавања еминентних научних радника из Репу- блике Српске и земаља из окружења (Србија, Хрватска) организовани су округли столови, тематске расправе и радионице. Учесници су на завршетку рада школе попуњавала анкетне упитник на којима су про- цјењивали допринос школе њиховом професионалном усавршавању и предлагали теме и предаваче за наредну школу. Изузетак је чинила дванаеста школа која је, ради пандемије, одржана помоћу савремених информационих технологија (онлајн).
Maria Vinogradova's creative range in the context of voicing Soviet cartoons. To the 100th anniversary of the "Queen of the Episode"
Authors: Shumov Maksim Vladimirovich , Pavlov Andrey YUrievich
Published: June 2023

The authors designated speech culture as the object of this article. The subject of the study is the creative potential of the Honored Artist of the RSFSR Maria Vinogradova in the context of voicing Soviet cartoons. The authors set a goal to identify the range of the potential of speech capabilities in voicing cartoon characters. The methodological basis of the article is content analysis, comparative, statistical, historical and cultural analysis of Soviet animated works, as well as their characters voiced by Maria Vinogradova. The authors, when considering the problem, achieve the following results: from 1954 to 1995, Maria Sergeevna took part in the dubbing of 213 Soviet cartoons. The most fruitful years for the actress in terms of voice acting were 1976 – 15 works; 1975, 1984 - 12 works; 1973 – 11 works; 1974 – 10 works. For 40 years, the actress has voiced 109 animals, 87 boys, 22 girls, 14 indeterminate characters and 9 inanimate objects. In the process of developing the problem, the authors identify categories of voiced characters (boy characters, girl characters, animal characters, object characters, indeterminate characters) and analyze the actress' creativity for the characters she voices belonging to these categorical elements. The novelty of the research lies in the unconventionality of the indicated approach, as well as in the complex analysis of the palette of Maria Vinogradova's speech capabilities. As a result of the study , the authors come to the following conclusions: 1) The high creative rise of the actress was formed in the 1970s - 91 Soviet cartoons were voiced in this decade, which is 42% of the total number of voiced cartoons. 2) The acting role of Maria Sergeevna's travesty confirms the first place in the number of voiced male characters - children and animals. 3) In 15 cartoons, Maria voiced several characters, and in 2 – all the characters, which indicates a wide speech range of the actress.
Analysis of the First Positivists’ (A. Comte, H. Spencer) Views of Mankind’s Moral Development
Authors: Semukhina Elena Aleksandrovna
Published: June 2023

The research subject in the present article is A. Comte’s and H. Spencer’s beliefs, who are considered the representatives of early positivism. The particular emphasis is made on the ethnicity issues. A. Comte distinguished three stages of the human consciousness elevating: theological or fictitious, metaphysic or abstract, positive or real. The scientist claimed the quality of a society as a whole is directly related to the level of the individual development. Moreover, moral ideas, which have to be free from theology and metaphysics and based on the new philosophy of positive thinking, have a powerful influence on the society development. As a result, moral principles have to be guided by social solidarity and be a society’s logical controller. However, the societal progress rejected the scientist’s notion. According to H. Spencer, social morality arises from natural one whereby altruism and social equity are built on the concern of the kind preservation. The higher the society is organized, the greater the level of the equity is. The researcher provides the example illustrating an ideal society in which a well-functioning organ evolves better than others which in turn means “social equity” principle is implemented. The scientific novelty of the article is determined by the first comparative analysis of A. Comte’s and H. Spencer’s moral-ethnical concepts as well as defining the most controversial theses in their theories. There has been found out that the key difference in the philosophers’ ideas is their seeing into the real nature of morality, having its ground either in the human mind (Comte) or natural environment (Spencer). The definition of the society as an entity with its characteristics resembling a biological organism is considered to be significantly similar in their views. Secondly discovered similarity is the definition of the human history as a progressive process in which individual human mind, morality and a society as an entity are evolving simultaneously. The present paper also puts forward the conclusion that the ideas about the history as a progressive process resulted at a “positive” stage turned out to be the most debatable issues.
Intermedialità e sinmedialità nella videoarte contemporanea: Robert Cahen e Pierre Boulez
Authors: Pozzi Raffaele
Published: June 2023

Intermediality and Sinmediality in Contemporary Video Art: Robert Cahen and Pierre Boulez The French video artist Robert Cahen (Valence, 1945), member of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) founded in Paris in 1958 by André Schaeffer, begun to apply to images the experimental techniques of the so-called «musique concrète» in the early Seventies. Since his first video («L’invitation au voyage», 1972) Cahen manipulates images like sounds and explores the dimension of time perception. Inspired by the complex, fluid motions of sounds in space and by the Schaeffer’s theory and practice of the «écoute réduite», he develops a visual style deeply influenced by a musical conception of time. The concept of time is central in both the Cahen’s works devoted to Pierre Boulez’s music and conducting: the film «Boulez-Répons» (1985) and the video installation «Le Maître du temps. Pierre Boulez dirige Mémoriale» (2011). The article presents and analyzes the original audiovisual language and aesthetic meaning of both works according to the concept of «intermediality» and «sinmediality» in contemporary video art.
Weighted multiple testing procedures in genome-wide association studies
Authors: Obry Ludivine , Dalmasso Cyril
Published: June 2023

Multiple testing procedures controlling the false discovery rate (FDR) are increasingly used in the context of genome wide association studies (GWAS), and weighted multiple testing procedures that incorporate covariate information are efficient to improve the power to detect associations. In this work, we evaluate some recent weighted multiple testing procedures in the specific context of GWAS through a simulation study. We also present a new efficient procedure called wBHa that prioritizes the detection of genetic variants with low minor allele frequencies while maximizing the overall detection power. The results indicate good performance of our procedure compared to other weighted multiple testing procedures. In particular, in all simulated settings, wBHa tends to outperform other procedures in detecting rare variants while maintaining good overall power. The use of the different procedures is illustrated with a real dataset.
Comparison of Bupivacaine with Two Different Doses of Clonidine under Spinal Anaesthesia in Infraumbilical SurgeriesA Randomised Clinical Study
Authors: Kalia Priya , Maurya Ram Gopal , Rai Sudhir Kumar , Rastogi Harshit , Moorthy Meenakshi K
Published: June 2023

Introduction: Spinal anaesthesia is known as a safe and effective way to give anaesthesia during infraumbilical and lower limb surgeries. Intrathecal clonidine is a safe non opioid adjuvant used with local anaesthetics to prolong sensory and motor block, promotes sedation and analgesia. Aim: To compare the effects of bupivacaine with two different doses of clonidine under spinal anaesthesia in infraumbilical surgeries. Materials and Methods: This randomised double-blinded study was conducted in the Department of Anaesthesiology at Hind Institute Of Medical Science, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, India. The duration of the study was 19 months, from January 2021 to August 2022. A total of 60 patients (36 males and 24 females) were enrolled in the study and were randomly assigned to one of two groups (group A and group B) of 30 patients each. Group A bupivacaine heavy 12.5 mg with 15 mcg of clonidine, total volume 3 mL and group B bupivacaine heavy 12.5 mg with 30 mcg of clonidine, total volume 3 mL. The study parameters were: onset of sensory and motor block, duration of postoperative analgesia and any side effects (hypotension, bradycardia, sedation or any other). The statistical analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 21.0. Results: The mean age of the study participants group A (44.51±12.84) years and group B (42.28±13.12) years. The demographical data showed comparable findings. The mean of onset of sensory (160.37±33.64) seconds and motor block (197.2±12.36) seconds in group B was statistically lower than group A. The mean duration of analgesia in group A (302.58±18.62) minutes was lower than group B (318.73±29.46) minutes. The mean Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score was higher at every follow-up in group A as compared to in group B. The mean Ramsay sedation score was significantly higher in Group B at every follow-up than in group A. Conclusion: Spinal anaesthesia performed with 0.5% bupivacaine heavy with 30 mcg clonidine was proven to be a more effective adjuvant in providing early onset of the sensory and motor blockade intraoperatively and prolongation of the duration of effective postoperative analgesia when compare to 15 mcg clonidine.
Impact of Atorvastatin on C-reactive Protein, Glycaemic Status and Liver Enzymes among Non Diabetic Patients: A Prospective Study
Authors: Maiti Ramnarayan , Mahapatra Umakanta , Das Subhayan , Mandal Nabarun
Published: June 2023

Introduction: Atorvastatin is one of the common drugs used for primary and secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Various studies have suggested variation in C-reactive Protein (CRP) value, glycaemic status and liver enzymes of patients following statin therapy. However, the adequate and exact data regarding the impact of atorvastatin on the above parameters in the population of Eastern India is still limited. Aim: To estimate the effect of atorvastatin on CRP, glycaemic status and haepatic enzymes of non diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: A prospective longitudinal observational study was conducted in the Outpatient Department (OPD) of Internal Medicine at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India. The duration of the study was one year six months, from June 2020- December 2021. A total of 150 non diabetic patients aged between 30- 75 years receiving atorvastatin were enrolled in the present study. Patients with known Diabetes Mellitus (DM), impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, pregnancy and lactation were excluded. CRP, Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS), Postprandial Blood Sugar (PPBS), haepatic enzymes and lipid profile of participants were monitored at baseline, at the end of one month, six months and 12 months. The data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.0, Microsoft Excel and GraphPad Prism. Results: The study population were predominantly males (69.6%), with mean age of 54±8.88 years and mean weight of 60±5.86 kg. Majority of the patients were on atorvastatin 40 mg (60.86%) followed by atorvastatin 20 mg (26.8%) and atorvastatin 10 mg (12.3%). There were statistical significant changes of mean CRP (1.502 mg/L), mean FBS (86.52 mg/dL), mean PPBS (113.57 mg/dL), mean Serum Glutamic-oxaloacetic Transaminase (SGOT) (22.84 IU/L), mean Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase (SGPT) (25.24 IU/L) and lipid profile levels at the end of one year. None of the patients developed new onset DM at the end of one year. A 5% of patients developed prediabetes at the end of 3rd follow-up. Conclusion: Atorvastatin usage showed that, there was a significant increase in blood glucose and haepatic enzymes level in non diabetic population. Hence, strict monitoring of blood glucose levels along with periodic monitoring of haepatic enzyme levels should be done in regular intervals.
The Influence of Community Health Workers on Uptake of Maternal Health Services: Case Study of Musanze District, Rwanda
Authors: Eric Niyongabo Livingstone , Owino Odongo Alfred , Mogere Dominic
Published: June 2023

Background: Community-based initiatives are a worldwide policy that guarantees that key health services are available and accessible closer to the community. CHWs are an important element of healthcare services in Rwanda. Community health workers integrate individuals of their communities to provide preventive, habitual, and emergency maternity healthcare requirements. Maternal health is still a challenge to the achievement of SDGs by 2030 in the health-care sector compared with the effort provided by CHWs.  The aim of study was to assess the influence of community health workers' role on uptake of maternal health services in Musanze District.
Methods: The study design used was an analytical cross-sectional study design utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods. Simple random sample approach was employed to choose 208 CHWs and 16 CHWs’ supervisors were interviewed for qualitative data (KII). The statistical tool for social sciences (SPSS) Version 26, was used to examine the data. Categorical variables were summarized with descriptive statistics for frequencies and percentages. Bivariate analysis with the Chi-square test of independence was used to check the association between both dependent and independent variables. Ordinal logistic regression was used as the most suitable inferential statistic. Qualitative data were analyzed by NVIVO version 10.
Results: This study found that the uptake of maternal health services was regarded as very high. 85.1% of CHWs were knowledgeable on the warning signs of an emergency among pregnant mothers, and 89.4% reported that they would act based on these warning signs. CHWs had necessary training to provide care to pregnant mothers with p* =. 001. Skills that CHWs have on the administration of misoprostol to prevent post-partum hemorrhage was significant with p* <.001. Factors that influenced uptake of maternal health services were CHW’s regular supervision with p*=.001, provision of transportation p*=.001, regular refresher training p* =.002, and motivation/incentives p*=.001, as they were associated with the performance of CHWs towards the uptake of Maternal Health care services. The research recommends improvement of maternal health services through access to contraception, antenatal care, and postnatal care, with particularly scale-up key motherly health services, regular supervision should be done at least every month and training for CHWs quarterly, governmental support in terms of motivations of CHWs.
Forecasting of Productivity of Pulse Crops in India: A Nonlinear Approach
Authors: Sanju  , Rawat Pooja , Sharma Ajay , Godara Mohit
Published: June 2023

India is the world's top producer and consumer of pulse crops. Pulse crops are an essential source of protein, providing amino acids, vitamins, and minerals to supplement diets. These contain 22-24 percent protein, about twice as much as wheat. This research uses a non-linear growth approach to conduct an analytical evaluation of total pulse productivity in India from 1949-2020. For total pulse productivity in India, four different non-linear growth models were fitted: Logistic, Gompertz, Monomolecular, and Von Bertalanffy. Goodness of fit statistics such as Coefficient of determination, Root Mean Square Error, Mean Absolute Error, and Mean Absolute Percentage Error were used to choose the best model. The Logistic model was determined to be the best fit for productivity of total pulse crops grown in India, followed by the Gompertz model. Finally, the Logistic and Gompertz models were used to forecast India's total pulse productivity from 2020-21 to 2025-26.
Genetic Diversity for Yield and Yield Contributing Characters in Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)
Authors: Swapna B. , Thippani Srikanth , Padmaja D. , Nayak S. Srinivas
Published: June 2023

In the present investigation, At RARS, Jagtial, 68 genotypes, including three checks were evaluated for genetic diversity for selection of diverse parents. Divergence studies through D2 statistic indicated the presence of substantial diversity by forming large number of clusters with wide range of inter-cluster distance.The 68 genotypes were distributed into eight clusters based on the D2 values. Among the eight clusters, cluster I was the largest comprising of 30 genotypes followed by cluster II with 22 genotypes and Cluster III and V with six genotypes in each cluster remaining clusters IV, VI, VII, VIII were solitary. The data on character means for eight clusters indicated that, cluster III was having highest mean value for number of capsules per plant, capsule length, capsule width, number of seeds per capsule, seed yield per plant and 1000 seed weight. Cluster VIII for days to 50% flowering, plant height, days to maturity and number of branches per plant. The genotypes JCS 2611, JCS 2454, and JCS 3599 have a high cluster distance and might be employed directly used for adaptation or may be used as parents in future hybridization programme.