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Sulphur Mine “Piaseczno” – vol. 1. Historical Query of 1958–2012, Geology and Hydrology of the Mine Region, Reclamation
Authors: Gawałkiewicz Rafał
Published: January 2021

Two post-mining excavations (relics of sulphur mining), nowadays filled with water are characteristic elements of the landscape in the Tarnobrzeg Region. They became historic and permanent trace of open-cast mining in Piaseczno (left bank of the Vistula River) in 1958–1971 and Machów (right bank of the Vistula River) in 1970–1992. The process of the reclamation of the excavation in Machów ended successfully and the water body became a popular place of leisure and recreation for the residents of the town and the vicinity. Unfortunately, in case of the excavation in Piaseczno, despite many years of liquidation and reclamation works, regaining utility values and ecological values in these areas has not been accomplished yet. There is still real risk of mass land movements of watered ground in the area above the water table, which limits the possibility of adapting the water body for any other purposes than retention and ecological reclamation. Despite short 13-years’ history of mining sulphur and nearly 10 years of mining the Baranów sands, the Sulphur Mine “Piaseczno” has interesting history, due to the mining activities (stages: exploitation, liquidation and reclamation) and the forces of nature, which make a serious problem in the process of completing the works to bring back the utilitarian values of the areas of already non-existing mining area. Based on the analysis and post-processing of the available archival cartographic materials while using information tool (Surfer, AutoCAD), it was possible to make detail parameters of the water body Piaseczno and prove the impact of reclamation works and natural phenomena (mass movements) on the shape of the lake bowl and water scarps of the excavation.
Advanced Solar Street Lighting System
Authors: Chatterjee Abhinav , Maji Arnab , Roy Bhaskar , Mandal Bikas , Billaha Md. A.
Published: January 2021

This paper aims at designing and executing advanced development in embedded systems for energy saving as well as for energy restoration of the street light. All over the world where streetlights are most commonly used are creating a huge wastage of electricity as well as need a lot of power to restore their energy. So to solve this problem, the present system is like the streetlight will automatically switched on where there is no light and turns off where there is sufficient light on roads and also charges itself from by the use of automatic intensity controller with a solar tracker. It keeps a track of sunlight and adjusts the solar tracker concerning the direction of the sun to get the maximum intensity of solar energy to charge itself.
Cuerpos, signos y espacios: sobre la arquitectura panóptica de la segregación urinaria
Authors: Díaz Hernández José Andrés
Published: January 2021

Iniciamos con la pregunta ¿Cómo es posible pensar las intercepciones dinámicas entre cuerpos, signos y espacios? En la introducción se pone en dialogo a Foucault con Halperin y Witting para precisar que el dispositivo de sexualidad es heteronormativo. En la segunda parte del artículo se describe una muy breve genealogía de la elaboración del concepto de tecnogénero en el marco del transfeminismo. Lo anterior permite construir un atril para pensar el dispositivo de sexualidad heteronormativo, configurado por ficciones somatopolíticas sostenidas en categorías segregativas, cuyas bases son dispositivos de verificación, técnicas corporales, regímenes de gobierno, y diseños arquitectónicos de los espacios, donde el binarismo de género (Hombres/Mujeres) es el efecto de tecnologías productoras de sujetos contextualmente situados. La tercera parte tiene como eje el estudio del panóptico que hace Foucault en Vigilar y Castigar, junto con algunas ideas de Lacan, Allouch y Preciado, para argumentar por qué consideramos que la vigilancia panóptica de los géneros es la segregación urinaria. Concluimos con algunas ideas sobre el problema de la segregación cuya base es el pensamiento binario, con la invitación de acercarnos al devenir minoritario de los cuerpos y al estudio crítico de los discursos científico-técnicos de la modernidad.
Hacer la calle en dictadura. Memorias trans del terrorismo de estado en Uruguay (1973-1985)
Authors: Gutiérrez Nicola Gonzalo
Published: January 2021

De 1973 a 1985 tuvo lugar en Uruguay una dictadura cívico-militar. Durante ese período muchas personas sufrieron las consecuencias de la violencia del régimen, como la persecución, el encarcelamiento, la tortura y el asesinato. Durante ese período las mujeres trans (travestis) fueron sujeto de persecución por parte de los agentes del régimen, que las consideraban una degradación moral y social, vidas no calificadas que había que contener y marginar dado que no encontraban lugar en su proyecto político y en gran medida constituían una amenaza para este. El presente artículo se propone dar cuenta de la violencia que sufrieron las mujeres trans en ese período. Se basa en testimonios de personas que realizaron trabajo sexual en calle durante la última dictadura uruguaya. El estudio sitúa esa violencia contra las mujeres trans como parte del terrorismo de Estado.
Reshaping Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Locally Led Adaptation
Authors: Coger Tamara , Corry Sarah , Gregorowski Robbie
Published: January 2021

Locally led adaptation recognizes that people closest to the effects of climate change, especially those facing structural marginalization, require the financing and decision-making power to ensure that adaptation investments reflect their priorities. Supporters of locally led adaptation can leverage monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) processes to balance power, promote mutual accountability, elevate local knowledge and priorities, and create value for local actors. This paper recommends a systemic shift toward MEL that is locally led, context-aware, and itself adaptive. It provides steps throughout the MEL cycle and specific approaches, methods and tools that promote local agency in the interest of more effective and equitable locally led adaptation interventions. It builds on the recommendations of the Global Commission on Adaptation to increase decentralization of adaptation finance to the local level, and aims to support implementation of the eight Principles for Locally Led Adaptation that were developed for the Commission.
Persepsi Mahasiswa terhadap Perkuliahan Daring Matakuliah Metode Numerik
Authors: Ardiansyah M.
Published: January 2021

This study was to explore informatics students' perceptions about the implementation of online lectures using the google form application. This was a descriptive case study involving 150 students of the 3rd-semester of the informatics program Universitas Indraprasta PGRI Jakarta Academic Year 2019/2020. The results were obtained through a questionnaire, interviews, and observations. The data analysis focused on student interpretation and reaction. The results of the questionnaire showed that 88% of students have positive statements, while another 12% were negative. The data also revealed that average students give a positive response to online lectures and they can use supporting applications of google form, they agreed that online lectures were very fun and effective during a stable internet connection. However, students needed to have face to face lectures to ensure their understanding.
Manajemen Pendidikan, Tenaga Kependidikan, Standar Pendidik, dan Mutu Pendidikan
Authors: Susanti Heri
Published: January 2021

Globalization is a necessity, and its movement continues to grow and almost touches various aspects of human life, including education. However, the function of education as a part of the national character building must be maintained. Likewise, education management at the strategic, managerial, and operational levels determine the quality of education. Three aspects of educational management that are important are the issues of educational leadership, teacher standards, and education personnel which directly influence the quality of education. Predictably, effective educational leadership will support and realize the teacher standards and education personnel, which in turn will also improve the quality of education. This research focused on teachers' management, education personnel, teacher standards, and education quality. A qualitative descriptive approach was chosen as a design for this study.
Kemampuan Mengenal Huruf Hijaiyah Melalui Media Kartu Bergambar
Authors: Hasan Syahrizal  , Sukarno  , Abdul Muntholib
Published: January 2021

Improper use of media in introducing arabic alphabets becomes one of the  triggers for chldren’s difficulties in recognizing Arabic alphabets which have similarities in form but they are different in pronunciation. They will impact much to children recitation of holy Qur’an. This study aims at supporting media of picture card for introduction of Arabic alphabets to children. The study provided description of the process of introducing Arabic alphabets from several studies related to media of picture card for introducing Arabic alphabets. It also provided activities of introducing Arabic alphabets from the first step to the last of the study. The descriptions provided are about aspects to introducing Arabic alphabets such as pronunciation, pointing out, and distinguishing.
Men and Monsters: Hunting for Love Online in Japan
Authors:   Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Alpert Erika
Published: January 2021

This paper presents the results of initial fieldwork on Online dating (netto-jô konkatsu, koikatsu) and other types of internet-based partner matching options in Japan, focusing on the possibilities for textual and interactional self-representation on different sites and apps available to single Japanese. This includes widespread international apps like Tinder and Grindr, along with local apps like 9 Monsters, a popular gay app that also incorporates light gaming functions, or Zexy En-Musubi, a revolutionarily egalitarian site aimed at heterosexual singles specifically seeking marriage. I approach this question by looking at the different technological affordances for profile creation using these services, and the ways users engage with those affordances to create profiles and to search for partners, based on examinations of websites, apps, and public profiles; interviews with website producers; and ethnographic interviews with past and current users of Online dating services. I primarily argue that self-presentation in Japanese Online dating hinges on the use of polite speech forms towards unknown readers, which have the power to flatten out gendered speech differences that are characteristic of language ideologies in Japan (Nakamura 2007). However, dominant cultural ideas about gender, sexuality, and marriage—such as patriarchal marriage structures—may still be “baked into” the structure of apps (Dalton and Dales 2016). Studying Online dating in Japan is critical because of its growing social acceptance. While in 2008 the only “respectable” site was a Japanese version of Match.com, in 2018 there are numerous sites and apps created by local companies for local sensibilities. Where Online dating was already established, in the West, there was little sociological study of it while it was becoming popular, in part because research on the internet also lacked respectability. By looking at Japan, where acceptance is growing but Online dating has not yet been normalized, we can gain a deeper understanding of its gender, sexuality, romance, and marriage practices. Japan’s experiences can also potentially provide a model for understanding how Online dating practices might develop elsewhere. In the US, Online dating faced many of the stigmas that it continues to face in Japan—such as that it was “sleazy,” “sketchy,” or desperate. In spite of these stigmas, however, Online dating grew slowly until it suddenly exploded (Orr 2004). Will it explode in Japan? By looking at how people use these sites, this paper also hopes to shed light on the uptake of Online partner matching practices.
Linguistic and Cultural Shifts of the Aranadan Tribe in Kerala
Authors:   University of Kerala, India, Robert Sam
Published: January 2021

Language and cultural shifts are the major causes of endangerment of any community, which begins from minor switching of practices and verbal repertoires and ends with a whole change of community, and finally culminates in the community losing its own identity.  Language shift usually takes place in a bilingual or multilingual speech community. It is a social phenomenon, whereby one language replaces another in a given society due to underlying changes in the composition and aspirations of the society. This process transitions from speaking the old to the new language. This is not fully a structural change caused by the dynamics of the old language as a system. The new language is adopted as a result of contact with another language community. The term language shift excludes language change which can be seen as an evolution, and hence the transition from older to newer forms of the same language. Contact between two or more cultures often leads to different sociological processes such as acculturation, cultural change, cultural genocide, and cultural shift. Cultural shift occurs when a community gives up its own socio-cultural practices like customs, rituals and traditional beliefs, and is characterized by changes in cultural symbols, rules of behavior, social organizations, or value systems. It differs from the process of cultural change in which a community’s culture can evolve independently. Shifts may take place at the level of an individual speaker who gradually forgets or shifts to another language and consequently this language spreads to an entire community. This phenomenon can be seen among the Aranadans, a primitive tribal community found mainly in the Malappuram district and in other Northern districts such as Kasargode and Kannur of Kerala, owing to their irreverence towards the preservation of their own language and culture. The socio-ecological, psychological and educational factors impact their language and cultural shifts. This paper illustrates and clarifies the reasons for the language and cultural shifts of the Aranadan tribal community.
Polysemy of Words Expressing Human Body Parts of The Four Limb Area in Thai Language in Vietnam
Authors:   Tay Bac University, Vietnam, Ha Thi Mai Thanh
Published: January 2021

The nomenclature and polysemiosis of body parts has constituted a central part of linguistics, and of Linguistic Anthropology. The ramifications of such work make inroads into our understandings of many fields, including language contact, semiotics, and so forth, This current paper identifies the structures and emerging denotations of expressions of human body parts (HBPs) in Thai language, and ways in which these dimensions reflect polysemy. The study thus applies the following methods: Field research methods of linguistics, description, comparison, and collation. As sources of data, this study surveys Thai rhymes, fairy tales, riddles and riddle songs, rhyming  stories, children’s songs and linguistic data of daily speeches in the  northwest of Vietnam. The paper uses theories on word meaning and the transformation of word meaning. To aid analysis, this paper applies methods of  analyzing meaning components so to construct significative meaning structures of words expressing HBPs in Thai language, thus identifying the semantemes chosen to be the basis for the transformation. In the polysemy of  words expressing HBPs of the four limbs, the polysemy of words expressing  the following parts were studied: khèn - tay, cánh tay (arm); mễ – tay, bàn  tay (hand); khà - đùi (thigh); tìn - chân, bàn chân (leg, foot). Directions of semantic transformation of words expressing HBPs in Thai language are as  diversified and as multi-leveled as Vietnamese. Furthermore, in Thai language, there occur differences in the four scopes of semantic transformation, as compared with Vietnamese, including “people’s characteristics,” “human activities,” “nomination of things with activities like HBPs’ activities,” and “unit of measurement.” This study contributes to Linguistic Anthropology by suggesting that the polysemy of words expressing HBPs of the four limb area in Thai language will outline a list of linguistic phenomena which serve as the basis to understand cultural and national features, in the light of perception and categorization of the reality of the Thai minority with reference to Vietnamese.
Reproducing Meaning: A Dialogic Approach to Sports and Semiotics
Authors:   BPS Women’s University, India, Attri Shalini , Chander Yogesh ,   BPS Women’s University, India
Published: January 2021

The wide variety of the components of signs stems from verbal communication to visual gestures, ciphers, images, music, and Morse code. Barthes’ Semiotic Theory restructured the theory of analyzing signs and allowed for a new understanding and interpretation of signs through seeing diverse cultures and societies. Saussure’s definition of the sign as a combination of signifier and signified led Barthes to further elucidate sign as connotative (cultural) and denotative (literal) processes. Semiotics can be applied to all aspects of life, as meaning is produced not in isolation but in totality, establishing multiple connotations and denotations. In the article “The World of Wrestling” published in Mythologies (1957), Barthes focused on images portrayed by the wrestler resulting in understanding of the wrestler’s image and the image of spectator. In Morse code, gestures can make any sport a spectacle of suffering, defeat and justice, representation of morality, symbols, anger, smile, passion etc., from which derive denotative and connotative meanings. Similarly, Thomas Sebeok identifies sign as one of six factors in communication, and which makes up the rich domain of semiotic research. These are message, source, destination, channel, code, and context. The present paper will focus on a dialogic relation between semiotics and sports, thus making it a text that reproduces meaning and represents certain groups. It focuses on various aspects of semiotics and their relation to sports. The paper also contemplates the versions and meanings of signs in sports that establish sport as an act of representation.
The Three-Tiered World (Tam Phu) of the Tay People in Vietnam through the Performance of Then Rituals
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Yen
Published: January 2021

The Tay people represent an ethnic minority in the mountainous north of Vietnam. As do Shaman rituals in all regions, the Shaman of the Tay people in Vietnam exhibit uniqueness in their languages and accommodation of their society’s world view through their ‘Then’ rituals. The Then rituals require an integration of many artistically positioned and framed elements, including language (poetry, vows, chanting, the dialogue in the ritual), music (singing, accompaniment), and dance. This paper investigates The Art of Speaking of the Tay Shaman, through their Then rituals, which include use of language to describe the imaginary journey of the Shaman into the three-tiered world (Muong fa - Heaven region (Thien phu); Muong Din - Mountain region (Nhac phu); Muong Nam - Water region (combination of Thuy phu and Dia phu) to describe dealings with deities and demons, and to describe the phenomenon of possession. The methodic framework of the paper thus includes discussions of in the comparison between the concept of the three-storey world in the Then ritual of the Tay people with the concept of Tam Tu phu in the Len dong ceremony of the Kinh in Vietnam. Thereby, it clearly shows the concept of Tay people of the universe, the world of gods, demons, the existence of the soul and the body, and the existence of human soul after death. The study contributes to Linguistics and Anthropology in that it observes and describes the world views of a Northern Vietnamese ethnicity, and their negotiation with spirituality, through languages of both a spiritualistic medium and society.
The Malay Language in Mainland Southeast Asia
Authors:   University of Malaya, Malaysia, Omar Asmah Haji
Published: January 2021

Today the Malay language is known to have communities of speakers outside the Malay archipelago, such as in Australia inclusive of the Christmas Islands and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean (Asmah, 2008), the Holy Land of Mecca and Medina (Asmah et al. 2015), England, the Netherlands, France, and Germany. The Malay language is also known to have its presence on the Asian mainland, i.e. Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. As Malays in these three countries belong to a minority, in fact among the smallest of the minorities, questions that arise are those that pertain to: (i) their history of settlement in the localities where they are now; (ii) the position of Malay in the context of the language policy of their country; and (iii) maintenance and shift of the ancestral and adopted languages.
Devising an Orthography for the Cak Language by Using the Cak Script
Authors:   Kyoto University, Japan, Keisuke Huziwara
Published: January 2021

Cak (ISO 639-3 ckh) represents a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. The language is known as Sak in Rakhaing State, Burma. The total number of native speakers of the language is estimated at approximately 3,000 in Bangladesh and 1,000 in Burma (Simons and Fennig eds. 2017). Although Cak and Sak are mutually understandable where native words are concerned, comprehensibility becomes arduous with Bangla loan words in Cak, and with Arakanese/Burmese loan words in Sak. Until recently, Cak/Sak did not have a script of its own. However, by the beginning of the 21st century, the Cak script was developed and finally published as Ong Khyaing Cak (2013), in which its fundamental system is described. Although well designed overall, the current Cak writing system found in Ong Khyaing Cak (2013) has several shortcomings. Huziwara (2015) discusses the following five instances: (a) No independent letter for /v/, (b) unnecessary letters for the non-phonemic elements such as the voiced aspirated stops and the retroflexes, (c) the arbitrary use of short and long vowel signs, (d) a frequent omission of high tone marks in checked syllables, and (e) multiple ways to denote coda consonants. In this paper, Huziwara (2015) will first be reviewed. Then, the basic phonetic correspondences between Cak in Bangladesh and Sak in Burma will be examined. Finally, based on these two discussions, an orthography to be employed in the forthcoming Cak-English-Bangla-Burmese dictionary, a revised version of Huziwara (2016), will be demonstrated.
Linguistic Variety in Local Commercial Discourse
Authors:   Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, Mansor Nor Shahila
Published: January 2021

This study aimed to reveal the linguistic variety incorporated into local commercial discourse in Malaysia. The focus of this study is to determined how the linguistic variety is used in local fashion articles as a marketing strategy to attract the target consumers. This was a qualitative descriptive study. A total of 60 titles of the commercial articles published in 3 famous local fashion magazines namely Remaja (Youth), Keluarga (Family) and Nona (Woman) were gathered to examine the use of the linguistic variety. The findings show a high usage of English in Malay advertisements, the use of syllabic shortening or ‘clipping,’ and the existence of semantic innovation or new word influences from other languages.
Foreigners, Brahmins, Poets, or What? The Sociolinguistics of the Sanskrit “Renaissance”
Authors:   University of Illinois, U.S.A., Hock Hans Henrich
Published: January 2021

A puzzle in the sociolinguistic history of Sanskrit is that texts with authenticated dates first appear in the 2nd century CE, after five centuries of exclusively Prakrit inscriptions. Various hypotheses have tried to account for this fact. Senart (1886) proposed that Sanskrit gained wider currency through Buddhists and Jains. Franke (1902) claimed that Sanskrit died out in India and was artificially reintroduced. Lévi (1902) argued for usurpation of Sanskrit by the Kshatrapas, foreign rulers who employed brahmins in administrative positions. Pisani (1955) instead viewed the “Sanskrit Renaissance” as the brahmins’ attempt to combat these foreign invaders. Ostler (2005) attributed the victory of Sanskrit to its ‘cultivated, self-conscious charm’; his acknowledgment of prior Sanskrit use by brahmins and kshatriyas suggests that he did not consider the victory a sudden event. The hypothesis that the early-CE public appearance of Sanskrit was a sudden event is revived by Pollock (1996, 2006). He argues that Sanskrit was originally confined to ‘sacerdotal’ contexts; that it never was a natural spoken language, as shown by its inability to communicate childhood experiences; and that ‘the epigraphic record (thin though admittedly it is) suggests … that [tribal chiefs] help[ed] create’ a new political civilization, the “Sanskrit Cosmopolis”, ‘by employing Sanskrit in a hitherto unprecedented way’. Crucial in his argument is the claim that kāvya literature was a foundational characteristic of this new civilization and that kāvya has no significant antecedents. I show that Pollock’s arguments are problematic. He ignores evidence for a continuous non-sacerdotal use of Sanskrit, as in the epics and fables. The employment of nursery words like tāta ‘daddy’/tata ‘sonny’ (also used as general terms of endearment), or ambā/ambikā ‘mommy; mother’ attest to Sanskrit’s ability to communicate childhood experiences. Kāvya, the foundation of Pollock’s “Sanskrit Cosmopolis”, has antecedents in earlier Sanskrit (and Pali). Most important, Pollock fails to show how his powerful political-poetic kāvya tradition could have arisen ex nihilo. To produce their poetry, the poets would have had to draw on a living, spoken language with all its different uses, and that language must have been current in a larger linguistic community beyond the poets, whether that community was restricted to brahmins (as commonly assumed) or also included kshatriyas (as suggested by Ostler). I conclude by considering implications for the “Sanskritization” of Southeast Asia and the possible parallel of modern “Indian English” literature.
Modern Folk poetry (Ca Dao): A Form of Folklore Linguistic Composition on the Internet
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam, Dang Thi Dieu Trang
Published: January 2021

The context of globalization along with the development of electronic media has opened a new era for folklore in general as well as forms of linguistic composition of folk literature in particular. In addition to the form of composing and keeping media documents in the traditional way, the Internet explosion has dominated the main spaces of communal life and has gradually changed the mode of human interaction. Cyber space is considered as a tool to convey traditional values, to create many new cultural activities, and to be a place to circulate folk cultural works in contemporary society, in which folk poetry (Ca dao) is one. Modern folk poetry studies are still a controversial issue in academic circles in Vietnam, but with the dominance of today's Internet communication technology, the emergence of lyrics rhymes circulated on the Internet is a remarkable and inevitable phenomenon in the context of development of various forms of "reformed", "processing", "parody" lyrics, songs, poems according to the direction of humor and entertainment rather than focusing on aesthetics and art. From a linguistic cultural approach, this article aims to discuss modern folk poetry on such issues as: Why did such folk poetry come about? How would we circulate or share this poetry on the Internet and to approach folk culture in an era of dominance of visual culture (TV, video, film, photography) and Online culture; how does socio-economic change on modern folk poetry impact on the Internet in terms of thinking innovatively, and how does it tend to break traditional cognitive structures due to the diverse forms of reflection and reality in modern society?
Moribund Language Documentation and Preservation: A Preliminary Study on the Punan Language
Authors:   Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia, Melai Zeckqualine , Rigar Alvy ,   Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
Published: January 2021

This study focuses on the Punan language in Punan Bah, Belaga, Sarawak. The Punan language is a language spoken by the Punan people, one of the minority ethnic groups in Sarawak. This study is a preliminary study of the language and acts as an early step in the effort to document and preserve the language. This preliminary study is pivotal in preventing teh language from falling into an endangered phase or becoming moribund. This study also aims to resolve confusion over some terms used to refer to the Punan ethnicity and Punan language. This study was conducted as field-oriented research. The respondents were selected based on several criteria and were native speakers of the Punan language, aged forty and above, and living in the Punan Bah area. Data were collected through interviews and voice recordings. The data include the history and the background of the Punan ethnicity. The outcome of the study shows that the Punan language and ethnicity are different from the Penan language and ethnicity, and these ethnicities belong to two different categories with their own respective identities. From historical and background aspects, the Punan language is spoken in eight long houses, namely Punan Pandan, Punan Jelalong, Punan Mina, Punan Meluyou, Punan Bah, Punan Biau, Punan Sama and Punan Kakus. From a linguistics aspect, it is found that the Punan language has four main variations; daily spoken language, ukiet (folklore), u'a and setuo. Hence, this study will explore the diversity of indigenous languages in Sarawak.
Contrastive Analysis in Phonetic Characteristics of Thai and Vietnamese Tones
Authors:   University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University, Vietnam, Bunchavalit Patthida
Published: January 2021

This paper is a contrastive analysis of phonetic characteristics of Thai and Vietnamese tones using phonetic characteristics based on methodologies from the analyses of Arthur (1962), Hoàng Thị Châu (2009), Đoàn Thiện Thuật (2016) and Nguyễn Thị Hai (2017). This analysis finds that, aside from the difference of quantity of toneme, there are additional differences including fundamental frequency, length, tone shape, pitch, and voice quality. Tho in the Thai tonal system does not occur in the Vietnamese tonal system. Conversely, hỏi, ngã and nặng in the Vietnamese tonal system do not occur in the Thai tonal system.
State of the dentoalveolar system in children from mothers with gestational hypertension
Authors: L. A. Saidova  , N. N. Khabibova
Published: January 2021

Development of diagnostic and practical criteria for arterial hypertension and complications in children from mothers with gestational hypertension against the background of the use of calcium channel inhibitors.

In 2018, new European recommendations on cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy and European recommendations on arterial hypertension were published, which have special sections on hypertension in pregnant women. The recommendations draw attention to the fact that hypertensive disorders during pregnancy are the most common medical complications affecting 5-10% of pregnancies worldwide, and remain the main cause of maternal, fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. The fetus is at high risk of intrauterine growth retardation (25% of cases in preeclampsia (PE), prematurity (27% of cases in PE), and intrauterine death (4% of cases in PE). Women with a high or moderate risk of developing PE are recommended to take 100-150 mg of acetylsalicylic acid daily between 12 and 36-37 weeks of pregnancy (recommendation class 1, evidence level A). In addition, to prevent PE in women with low calcium intake (<600 mg/day), it is recommended to introduce calcium into the diet (1.5-2 g/day, orally), which should begin after the first visit to the women's consultation. The recommendations specifically draw attention to the fact that vitamins C and E do not reduce the risk of PE.
Morphological features of tumor in different treatment options for patients With Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
Authors: Narzieyva D.F  , Jonibekov J.J  , Erkinova Sh.N
Published: January 2021

Despite significant advances in the early diagnosis and treatment of locally advanced breast cancer, 60–65% of the Republic of Uzbekistan is accounted for by locally advanced breast cancer and its mortality rate is high. The morphological structure of breast cancer is important for the prognosis of the disease. On cell membranes there are special cytoplasmic proteins - receptors, which, when combined with hormones, can affect the rate of division of tumor cells. In terms of the choice of treatment options and the assessment of the forecast, some molecular genetic parameters of the tumor are important, among which, first of all, the hormonal status of the tumor (ER / PR), HER-2 / neu, p53, Bcl-2, Ki-67
Influence of environmental factors on binding of hybrid grains of interspecific wheat hybrods
Authors: I.Sh. Jabbarov  , T.R. Madjidova
Published: January 2021

According to the results of the study, it was found that the percentage of hybrid grain setting in inter specific wheat hybrids depends both on the genotypic characteristics of the crossing forms and on environmental factors.  Therefore, the study of the influence of environmental factors on the setting of hybrid grains should be carried out in various climatic conditions that provide the maximum possible modification variability.
Uzbek mythology and shamanism
Authors: Kayumov Olim Sadiridinovich
Published: January 2021

There is a lot of debate about the myth, its specificity, and essence of the meaning of this term. The article contains information about various doctrines. And under the influence of these teachings we can see that the classification of myths has taken place. The well-known Uzbek folklorist M. Juraev emphasized that the myth was the first conscious notion of the occurrence of natural phenomena of our ancient ancestors [10.p.12.].
MORPHOTACTIC RULES IN THE MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYZER OF THE UZBEK LANGUAGE
Authors: Khamroeva Shahlo
Published: January 2021

The article analyzes some issues of morphotactic rules of the Uzbek language morphoanalyzer. The article provides information about morphotactics, grammatical valence, its internal and external factors, describes the specifics of morphotactic rules between morphemes. The features of word-selective and non-word-selective morphemes are also analyzed in the develop ment of morphotactic rules.
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PRIMARY AGE CHIILDREN AND THE SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Authors: Po’latova Shahzoda Haydarovna
Published: January 2021

The article discusses the importance of developing English speaking skills in teaching foreign languages ​​to different ages. Careful study and application of such types of speech as monologue, dialogue, public communication. It also discusses how to teach using a variety of methods and techniques in teaching young, middle-aged, and older adults, and how to use effective teaching tools in shaping the speaking skills of these three categories.
INTERPRETATION OF MYTH AND MYTHOLOGICAL IMAGES IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LITERATURE
Authors: Shukurova Nigina Oripovna  , Avezova Nigora Safarovna
Published: January 2021

It is well known from the past that during their centuries-long history, the Turkic peoples have managed to create a multi-layered cultural heritage. One of them is the mythology of the Uzbek and English peoples, which is the product of primitive thinking. Mythology is one of the first examples of artistic thinking of our ancestors. It is the immortal memory of nations, the encyclopedia of knowledge, and the inexhaustible spiritual wealth.
Anvar obidjon is a children’s poet
Authors: Nigora Adizova Bakhtiyorovna  , Nodira Adizova Bakhtiyorovna
Published: January 2021

This article focuses on A. Obidjon, who played a special role in the development of children's poetry and prose. At the same time, the artist, who thinks about the development of Uzbek children's drama, has created a dramatic epic, a play. Anvar Obidjan is an artist who has enriched not only children's prose and poetry, but also dramaturgy, as a children’s poet, known as a prose writer, he won the admiration of his fans with his dramatic works
Formación del profesorado en la era digital. Nivel de innovación y uso de las TIC según el marco común de referencia de la competencia digital docente
Authors: Palacios-Rodríguez Antonio , Martín-Párraga Lorena
Published: January 2021

La tecnología, como elemento necesario para el avance de la sociedad del Siglo XXI, ha asumido un papel fundamental en el entorno educativo. Diferentes estudios respaldan la importancia de las competencias docentes en TIC para su correcta y eficaz incorporación en el aula. El presente trabajo estudia, en base al Marco Común de Referencia de la Competencia Digital Docente, el nivel de competencia en resolución de problemas que presenta el profesorado de Educación Infantil, Primaria y Secundaria dentro del área competencial innovación y uso de la tecnología digital: conocimiento y uso de los recursos digitales, formación online docente y proyectos de innovación. Con este propósito, se realiza un estudio descriptivo a 233 docentes que han contestado un cuestionario de autoevaluación. Los resultados muestran que la mayoría del profesorado se sitúa en un nivel básico-intermedio; conocen y usan los recursos y espacios tecnológicos clásicos, pero presentan dificultades en tareas más complejas como colaborar, compartir y generar conocimiento en la práctica educativa a través de la tecnología. Por ello, se propone abrir diferentes líneas de investigación relacionadas con las necesidades formativas en TIC del profesorado. Además, se reclama una mayor oferta formativa docente avalada por herramientas fiables y válidas de evaluación competencial.
STEM y género: un asunto no resuelto
Authors: Cabero Almenara Julio , Valencia Ortiz Rubicelia
Published: January 2021

La tecnologización de la sociedad, con la inteligencia artificial, la robótica y el “big data”, es un hecho complejo que tiene luces y sombras. Se ha reconocido que el desarrollo de las tecnologías, en sus diferentes vertientes, tendrá importantes repercusiones, entre ellas, la desaparición de sectores laborales tradicionales y el surgimiento de unos nuevos, asociados a las tecnologías. Pueden emerger nuevos sectores laborales que aún no han sido descubiertos y muchos de los cuales estarán relacionados con el dominio de competencias tecnológicas, las cuales están estrechamente vinculadas con las llamadas áreas STEM. Este artículo reflexiona sobre esta temática en un contexto de creciente digitalización en el mundo, que ha marcado un antes y un después en varios aspectos, especialmente en los tipos de empleos. Al respecto, subrayamos la relevancia de potenciar las carreras y los estudios STEM por la brecha de género que prevalece en este ámbito. La marginalidad de lo femenino en los estudios STEM requiere de una serie de medidas: 1) impulsar la formación de los profesores en concepciones tipo STEM y transformar las creencias sesgadas que pudieran tener respecto a ellas; 2) aplicar estrategias didácticas motivadoras en las materias STEM, que las hagan atractivas para los estudiantes, a fin de que modifiquen concepciones y creencias tradicionales hacia estas disciplinas. Todas las actuaciones deben también centrarse en las familias de donde se deriva una influencia significativa en términos de la elección de carreras STEM.
Performance Analysis of the Linear Launcher Motor via Modelling and Simulation for Light Electric Vehicles
Authors: Noor Norramlee Mohamed , Aris Ishak , Misron Norhisam , Shafie Suhaidi , Iqbal Parvez
Published: January 2021

This research aimed to analyse the linear launcher motor (LM) for the light electric vehicle (EV) application that generated a linear movement. LM will replace the piston engine and eliminate the internal combustion engine (ICE) issues namely engine weight and friction at piston wall. The finite element magnetic softwares (FEMs) for a magnetic field was described in this study by predicting the magnetic flux relationship using a 2D J-Mag software. In addition the finite element (FE) analysis was used to simulate the linear launcher motor by using MATLAB/Simulink software. The results show that the linear launcher motor can generate the axial force, speed, and displacement of with and without load. The maximum force without load was ~1.6kN while force with load was ~1.4kN at 100A supplied. The comparison between the force without load and load force was different by12.5%.
Surface Treatment of Cement based Composites: Nano Coating Technique
Authors: Ali Isam Mohamad , Hussain Tholfekar Habeeb , Naje Ahmed Samir
Published: January 2021

Geometry, size, and shape of the surface pores, as well as, capillarity, and exposure environment are directly influence strength and durability of cementitious composites. The current research aimed to improve the resistance to abrasion and decrease the surface porosity of cement-based composites by nano surface coating technique. All samples were coated with a mixture of methanol alcohol, ordinary Portland cement and nano powder of (TiO2, MgO, ZnO and ZrO2) separately in percentages of (1, 1.5, and 2 %) by weight of cement. The hardness, abrasion, water absorption, density, porosity, and microstructural analysis: Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Diffraction (SEM & XRD) were studied for all coated and control specimens. Results showed an improvement in mechanical properties for all coated specimens as compared to control. The highest Vickers micro hardness value had reached 29%, while the largest value of abrasion resistance had increased by 39% for coated samples with 2% ZrO2. Also, the results showed a reduction in the porosity and water absorption of all coated samples, having highest scores obtained from the coated samples with 2% MgO. While the total water absorption rate decreased by 45% and the density had increased by 1% and the porosity had decreased by 46%. Additionally, the results of microstructural tests revealed pattern and images for each of SEM and XRD. Also, results indicated that the nano coating leads to significant consumption of Portlandite (CH) associated with production of a stable structure of CSH and reduction of voids, and this is evident from the enhancement in the physical properties.
Chemical and mineralogical properties of post-mining sites in two gold mining concessions in Ghana
Authors: NEINA Dora , Ranst Eric Van , Verdoodt Ann
Published: January 2021

Mining companies adopt different post-mining management practices to rehabilitate mined sites to enhance environmental management and sustainability. The study assessed the chemical and mineralogical properties of some post-mining land management options from two gold mines in the Western Region of Ghana. Samples of waste rock (WR), mine tailings (MTs), mine soils and un-mined soils were analysed for soil pH, cation exchange capacity (CEC), exchangeable cations, soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (Ntotal), concentrations of some heavy metals (HMs) and mineralogy by ICP-AES and X-ray diffraction techniques. The results revealed pH values of 4.2-4.6 in un-mined soils and 4.6-5.4 in mine soils. The MTs and WR were alkaline due to CaCO3 (4.8-5.8 g kg-1). Virtually all the samples contained kaolinite, muscovite and quartz. The MTs contained ankerite, bobierrite, clinoclase and greenalite, which were not present in the WR. These minerals were most probably neo-formed out of the chemical constituents of the tailings and contamination during the disposal. Mine soils from three-year-old reclaimed mine site planted with oil palm had substantial SOC and Ntotal contents among all the post-mining sites which also reflected slightly on the CEC status. This showed the influence of soil management practices such as mulching, cover cropping with Pueraria phaseoloides, erosion control and fertiliser application. The HMs contents in the mine tailings occurred in the order of Pb > As > Cd and revealed relatively higher contents in the abandoned MTs compared to reclaimed ones but they were all in the range of those in uncontaminated soils elsewhere.
Farmers’ willingness-to-pay for weather information through mobile phones in northern Ghana
Authors: DONKOH Samuel A.
Published: January 2021

Access to climate information is one of the ways by which farmers can reduce the adverse effects of climate variability and change. However, in Ghana, and in particular, Northern Ghana there is a gap between meteorological information and farming activities. This paper examined farmers’ willingness-to-pay for weather forecasts provided through mobile phone messaging. A total of 391 respondents, selected through a multi-stage sampling procedure was used. Based on the contingent valuation framework, a double-hurdle model was estimated. On average, a farmer was willing to pay GH₵ 122.15 annually for weather forecasts in the form of a text message. The results of the selection equation of the double-hurdle model show that sex, education, production aim, adaptive capacity and climate information source were significant and positively influenced willingness to pay for weather forecast while age and credit access negatively influenced same. Similarly, while dependency, extension service and adaptive capacity were significant and positively influenced the amounts farmers were willing to pay, sex and climate information access, negatively influenced the same. It is concluded that although the willingness-to-pay for weather forecast is low, especially, among male farmers, there exists a market for weather forecast that can be harnessed by the meteorological agencies. Some of the categories of farmers that may be targeted for demand and policy formulation are the following: farmers with formal education; farmers with access to extension services; market-oriented farmers; and farmers with adaptive capacity to climate change.
Rainfall Distribution in the Upper East Region of Ghana, 1976 – 2016
Authors: AMPADU Boateng , SACKEY Isaac , CUDJOE Eugene
Published: January 2021

The knowledge and understanding of rainfall distribution of a region are very essential and useful in determining the overall impacts of climate change, especially to the agricultural sector. Monthly rainfall data from 1976-2016 for five selected stations were acquired and subjected to various statistical techniques namely coefficient of variation, 5-year moving average and departure from the mean to obtain the variability and trends in the data. The results showed that the selected stations have uni-modal rainfall distribution and that the rain mostly starts in May and ends in September. High precipitation occurs in July, August and September, with August recording the highest amount with a low variability, indicating the reliable occurrence of precipitation within this period of the year. This is of high importance to farmers and the recharging of aquifers. The wettest station was Zuarungu, with a mean total monthly rainfall of 89.55 mm followed by Navrongo, Bolgatanga, Garu and Manga-Bawku with their respective mean total monthly rainfall as 81.08 mm, 80.59 mm, 79.64 mm and 78.86 mm. High annual variability was found in all the stations and long dry spells were observed from November to March. The rainfall season wet period is between July and September at all the stations and it is recommended that farmers should cultivate early-maturing crops and adopt irrigation farming practices as well as practices which utilize water efficiently.