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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Care
Authors: RANA USHA , Singh R
Published: September 2023

Mental health care is an essential aspect of healthcare globally. Mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders, and schizophrenia affect millions of people globally, with many patients not receiving adequate care due to various reasons. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize mental health care by offering personalized, efficient, and accessible care to patients. AI tools can provide accurate diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and offer a platform for psychotherapeutic interventions. This article explores the current use of AI in mental health care, its benefits, limitations, and future research directions.
Effect of Early Coronary Collateral Circulation in Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Authors: Koirala Parash , Gajurel Ratna Mani , Poudel Chandra Mani , Shrestha Hemant , Thapa Sanjeev , Khanal Rajaram , Shakya Smriti , Thapa Shovit , Pathak Surya Raj
Published: September 2023

Background and Aims: Coronary collateral circulation can develop early after STEMI and patients having these coronary collaterals have favorable outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of coronary collateral circulation in STEMI.

Methods: This is an observational prospective study of 106 consecutive STEMI patients undergoing Primary PCI admitted and treated at a tertiary cardiac centre from May 2019 to April 2020. Clinical profile, complications at index admission and atone month follow up were analyzed.

Results: Out of 106 consecutive patients, 50(47%) had early coronary collateral supplying the infarct related artery. The baseline characteristics of the patients in the two groups, with collateral and without collateral, were similar. Among patients with collateral circulation, only 5% had very well developed (Rentrop3) collaterals. The presence of collateral was strongly associated with presence of preexisting angina (p=0.007) and delayed presentation to hospital (p= 0.04). Coronary collateral was more common in non-diabetics, non-anterior wall STEMI and those with mutivessel disease. Compared with the patients without collateral supply, those who had collateral had fewer incidence of in-hospital heart failure (p=0.03) and post MI pericarditis (p=0.04).

Conclusion: In STEMI, development or recruitment of early collateral supply to the infarct related artery was associated with lower rates of heart failure, post MI pericarditis, cardiogenic shock, hospital stay and in-hospital deaths. At 1 month, patients with collateral supply had fewer angina recurrence, reinfarcton and stent thrombosis.
Patient’s Satisfaction with Healthcare Services in Out Patient Department of a Tertiary Cardiac Centre in Nepal
Authors: Dhungana Suraksha , Prajapati Dipanker , Khadka Sunita , Dangol Prati Badan , Dhungana Murari , Dangol Nita Devi , Saru Deoki , Shakya Roji , Luitel Kopila , Thakuri Shanta Singh , Adhikari Chandra Mani
Published: September 2023

Background and Aims: Patient’s satisfaction with the healthcare services is important because evidence suggests that satisfied patients are more adherent to treatment guidelines and have better clinical outcomes. We aim to assess the patients’ satisfaction with healthcare services in a tertiary cardiac centre of Nepal.

Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross sectional study to collect the data by convenience sampling method from 365 patients who attended the out-patient Department of Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre from December 2021 to March 2022. In this study a validated tool was used after translation into Nepali language. A semi structured face to face interview schedule was used to collect data from the patients, which was then filled in Kobo Toolbox; the web based questionnaires and were analyzed.

Results: Overall satisfaction rate of the patients with the health care services provided by a tertiary cardiac center was 91.25%. In this study, 89.86% were satisfied with physical facilities, 91.24% with registration and pharmacy services, 93.36% with physicians and nurses’ services and 90.56% with other services.

Conclusion: In this study, most of the participants were highly satisfied with the services provided by the hospital. However, the feedback from this study can be used for the improvement of the health care services which could be beneficial for the hospital as well as cardiac patients with overall benefit in cardiovascular outcome.
Cardiovascular Health Practice among Adults in a Municipality in Kathmandu District, Nepal
Authors: Subedee Samiksha , Sharma Muna
Published: September 2023

Background and Aims: Worldwide, cardiovascular diseases lead to the death of around 17.9 million annually in which 85% of those deaths is due to heart attack and stroke. However, most cardiovascular diseases are preventable with modification of behavioural risk factors. Hence, this study was conducted to find out cardiovascular health practice among adults in urban city of Kathmandu.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used where data was collected through an in-person interview technique among randomly selected 236 adults residing in Budhanilkantha Municipality of Kathmandu District.  Semi-structured interview schedule based on WHO Stepwise approach and literature review was used to collect data. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, median, Interquartile Range) and inferences were drawn with an application of the chi-square test.

Results: Among 236 samples, the majority (81.8%) of the adults had good practice of cardiovascular health.  However, few adults (22%) consumed WHO recommended fruits and vegetables and only a quarter of them (36.4%) monitored blood cholesterol. Among them (24.1%) were current alcohol users and (25.4%) were current smokers. More than half (52.1%) were physically active. The practice of cardiovascular health was significantly associated with marital status (p<0.001) of the adults.

Conclusion: Although, most of the adults adopted the practice to maintain cardiovascular health, their adherence to monitoring blood cholesterol, adequate intake of the recommended number of fruits and vegetables, and physical activity is low. Hence, awareness programs focusing these facets would be helpful.
Congenital Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia in a 6-month-old boy treated with Ivabradine: A Case Report
Authors: Upreti Dinesh , Shakya Samir , Gajurel Ratna Mani , Shrestha Hemant , Thapa Sanjeev , Sharma Manju
Published: September 2023

Congenital junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) is a rare tachyarrhythmia found in young infants and is often difficult to treat. JET is characterized by incessant tachycardia which causes ventricular dysfunction, heart failure and high mortality. Ivabradine is one of the newer antiarrhythmic drugs with special indications in decreasing heart rate in adults with chronic heart failure. It has shown promising role in congenital JET. However, there are no guidelines recommending ivabradine as a first-line agent for congenital JET. We report an infant with congenital JET who was successfully treated with ivabradine.
Verapamil for treatment of Fetal Supraventricular Tachycardia
Authors: Singh Amit Kumar , Thakur Murari , Singh Ruby , Mandal Jitendra
Published: September 2023

Fetal arrythmia is reported to affect 1-2% of pregnancies. Besides digoxin not many drugs have been tried in treating such cases. After confirming 1:1 conduction between atrium and ventricle, no structural heart disease of fetus and normal echocardiography and ECG of mother, verapamil was given in the treatment of fetal supraventricular tachycardia. The drug crossed placenta to revert fetus SVT to sinus rhythm without harming mother. The treatment helped fetus against possible complications.
Bi-atrial Thrombi in a Structurally and Functionally Normal Heart; Ticking Time Bomb
Authors: Rajbhandari Rajib , Shah Jageshwar Prasad , Manandhar Sarbagya , Pradhan Arya , Dangol Rebika
Published: September 2023

We report a case of bi-atrial thrombi traversing the atrioventricular valves in a 72-year-old female with multiple thromboembolic phenomena. Right atrial thrombus can be seen in patients who are immobilized for long period of time and those with deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. And the left atrial thrombus may present in a case of atrial fibrillation but not common in patients with sinus rhythm. This patient is unique having thrombus in both the atria. She initially presented with ischemic stroke. Echocardiography revealed bi-atrial clots. Later, she developed pulmonary embolism followed by acute right upper limb ischemia. The patient refused all invasive treatments and was managed with anticoagulants only. The patient responded well to therapy with complete thrombus resolution without any significant complications.
Papel da telerreabilitação na assistência a pacientes com DPOC
Authors: Gonçalves Gomes Ferraz Beatriz , Samantha Rocha Mota Rafhaela , Rossi de Almeida Vitor , Rocha Leite Marceli , Machado Rodrigues Fernanda , Ternes Simone , Rossi de Almeida Flavio
Published: September 2023

Introdução: A doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica (DPOC) é uma doença sistêmica, caracterizada por limitação crônica do fluxo aéreo pulmonar, ocasionada pela destruição de seu parênquima pulmonar e álveos, com consequente diminuição da função pulmonar e limitação funcional. A telerreabilitação é uma ferramenta atual que proporciona a realização de atendimentos de forma remota, sendo por meio de videoconferências ou vídeos gravados. Objetivo: Sumarizar por meio da revisão da literatura as evidências disponíveis quanto aos benefícios, aplicações clínicas e limitações da reabilitação pulmonar por telerreabilitação. Metodologia: O presente estudo trata-se de uma revisão narrativa.  As buscas de artigos científicos foram realizadas nas bases de dados PEDro, PubMed, ScienceDirect e SciELO. Os descritores empregados foram: DPOC, fisioterapia, telerreabilitação, reabilitação e suas correspondências em inglês. Foram incluídos artigos publicados entre os anos de 2007 e 2022 e excluídos aqueles com desenho de revisão. Resultados: Foram incluídos 22 artigos que continham análises comparativas entre a telerreabilitação e a reabilitação presencial, com a utilização do Teste de Caminhada de Seis Minutos e avaliação do esforço físico por meio da escala de Borg. Tendo como resultado a não inferioridade entre os dois tipos reabilitação. Conclusão: A telerreabilitação apresentou-se como uma técnica inovadora de atendimento pois fornece oportunidade para a realização do tratamento de forma virtual, com resultados positivos na melhora do desempenho funcional a curto e longo prazo.
Using video for fact-checking on Facebook. Analysis of the trend and reach of Ibero-American production (2016-2021)
Authors: Dafonte-Gómez Alberto , García-Crespo Oswaldo , Ramahí-García Diana
Published: September 2023

Social networks –and Facebook in particular– have become an important element of the information diet for millions of people around the world. By using them, the traditional media lose control of the distribution channel for their content, whose reach now depends, firstly, on the relevance criteria established by the networks themselves and, secondly, on the interactions generated by the audience with each publication. Very often research on journalism has tackled the issue of reach and how efficient fact-checkers are. To find answer to the sociodemographic features of their audiences or the characteristics of their posts are explored. However, factors such as the influence of the algorithms which choose the content users are shown on the social networks is not often dealt with. This article aims to contribute in both areas. Firstly, it offers a broad perspective on the publications of Ibero-American fact-checkers on Facebook between 2016 and 2021, focuses on the evolution of video production (n=9075) and on the views and engagement achieved by this format with respect to the rest, and relates them to changes in the News Feed algorithm. Secondly, it proposes a content analysis to identify formal and thematic elements in the most popular videos in the same period (n=414) and relates them to previous research. Our results show significant similarities in popular videos, but also changes in video production, a generalized decrease in the ratio of views and a drop in the interaction rate more accentuated than in all the publications of the period. Although the focus of this research does not allow us to make direct causal inferences, the trends identified coincide with the changes in the Facebook News Feed algorithm that were made public in those years.
Chronic kidney disease in children: Vaccination – strategy, current recommendations and potentialities
Authors: Fomina S. P. , Reshetylo N. V.
Published: September 2023

The Immunization Schedule with additional vaccinations against certain infections is recognized as an effective strategy for preventing complications in children with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). The aim of this study is to highlight international experience regarding the immunization status of such patients in order to optimize the vaccinations process in Ukraine.

The current Immunization Schedule for pediatric CKD, approved in international practice, is presented and has been compared to the national one. The approaches to the use of live and inactivated vaccines, to the immunization of persons on immunosuppressive therapy and the additional protective measures are clearly outlined. The international experience in the major vaccine-controlled disease prevention in children with CKD includes routine immunization (tuberculosis, hepatitis B, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella, hemophilic infection), additional vaccination of immunocompromised hosts (influenza, pneumococcal infection, chicken pox) and in groups with risk factors (meningococcal, papillomavirus, rotavirus infections, hepatitis A, etc.) are summarized. It is emphasized that the optimal window of opportunity for vaccinations is the early stages of CKD or at least the pre-transplant time. The key principles of vaccine control prior and after kidney transplantation have been given.

Increasing knowledge on protection from vaccine-controlled infections involved in children with CKD, including at the immunosuppressive therapy stage and kidney replacement therapy, makes implementation of current recommendations easier and advances the prevention strategy for this sensitive cohort. The process of harmonization of national recommendations on the vaccine status formation in this group of patients based on international experience and Ukrainian capabilities is proposed to initiate.
Confronting Colonialism in Canadian Dietetics Curricula
Authors: Stein Sharon , Robin Tabitha , Wesley Michael , Valley Will , Clegg Daniel J. , Ahenakew Cash , Cohen Tamara R.
Published: September 2023

Many Canadian universities have committed to becoming more accountable to Indigenous Peoples by confronting the systemic, historical, and ongoing colonialism and anti-Indigenous racism that shape their campuses. In this Perspective in Practice piece, we invite the field of dietetics to consider how colonialism has shaped dietetics research, teaching, and practice. We also consider how we might transform the field of dietetics in ways that accept settler responsibility for interrupting racism and colonial harm; support the resurgence of Indigenous food and health practices; and recognise the connections between struggles to ensure that Indigenous Peoples can access culturally appropriate food and health care, and struggles for Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination. We do this by reviewing the history of the dietetics field, examining critical responses to existing Indigenisation and decolonisation efforts, and reflecting on recent changes to required dietetics competencies. We argue that curricula in dietetics programmes must teach the history of the colonial food system and equip students to identify and interrupt the individual and institutional colonial dynamics that contribute to the ongoing dispossession of Indigenous Peoples’ lands and food sources and negatively impact Indigenous patients.
Practical Aspects of the Implementation of Screening for the Detection of Malignant Neoplasms of the Cervix during the Medical Examination
Authors: Kuleshova O. B. , Domonova E. A. , Romanuk T. N. , Gerasimov A. N. , Voronin E. M. , Akimkin V. G.
Published: September 2023

Relevance. The global strategy for cervical cancer elimination includes the active implementation of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention programs. In the Russian Federation, screening for the detection of malignant neoplasms of the cervix is carried out while women contact specialists, as well as an organized procedure during preventive medical examinations of the certain groups of adults. The study of the population structure of circulating human papillоmavirus (HPV) types, and evaluation of the effectiveness of the recommended diagnostic models will improve the direction of the fight against cervical cancer and introduce optimal preventive solutions.

Aim. Retrospective analysis of screening effectiveness for the detection of malignant neoplasms of the cervix, carried out during the medical examination in one institution of Moscow.

Materials and methods. The study examined 1068 women aged 20 to 81 years (M = 37.82, Me = 35, IQR 27–47 years) from one institution in Moscow over a 5-year follow-up period (2017–2021). The screening was based on the co-testing model: liquid-based cytology with Papanicolaou staining and classification according to the Bethesda system and quantitative Real Time HPV-test with determination of the 14 HPV DNA types (16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, and 68).

Results. The prevalence of the 14 HPV oncogenic types was 14.87% (95% CI: 12.86–17.13%), the most common were 16 (16.98%), 31 (14.47%), 52 (13.21%). The study determined HPV types with the highest relative risk of persistence: 33, 58, 45, and 52 (p < 0.005). The frequency of HPV detection depended on the age of the examined women and was the highest in the age group of 20–29 years (25.58%). The baseline prevalence was 11.82% (95% CI: 9.98–13.94%). 6 HSIL cases associated with HPV types 16 and 31 were identified. 4/6 were in women under 30 years. The probability of intraepithelial lesions of the cervix increased with an increase of HPV DNA concentration: 23.65% and 66.67% with a viral load of 4.0–6.0 lg copies per 105 human cells and > 6.0 lg copies per 105 human cells, respectively.

Conclusions. The study confirmed the great value of HPV- test in screening for the detection of malignant neoplasms of the cervix during the medical examination of the certain groups of adult population, taking into account the advantages of typing and quantitative determination of HPV DNA, as well as the need to consider lowering of the recommended age for the start of HPV-testing.
Kaplan-Meyer Survival Curves: Simulation Technique
Authors: HOLUBOVA H.
Published: September 2023

The right censoring of survival data, being the most conventional method of research, is analyzed. The patient survival is explored in a time span that is shorter in fact than the actual survival time. However, when the actual survival time is unknown, the proxy of the observable survival time will be used for estimating the actual survival time.   

The algorithm for estimation of survival probabilities is demonstrated by data on 20 patients during six months, with visualizing the technique of simulating Kaplan – Meyer curves by categorical variables (method of treatment and gender) using GraphPad Prism software for statistical data processing.  It is argued that Kaplan – Meyer curves could provide an effective tool in simulating the patient survival in case of COVID-19 by various criteria of grouping: gender (male and female); treatment method; associated diseases (diabetes and others); age group; vaccinated or not vaccinated patients etc.

The significance of differences between survival curves of patienst in various groups can be found using Log-Rank test, Gehan – Wilcoxon test, Mantel – Cox test and others. The results of tests produced on the basis of data on 42 patients ill with leukemia show significant differences in the survival between two groups of patients. This confirms the assumption that the new method of treatment is more effective than the conventional one. The main deficiency of the nonparametric method of Kaplan – Meyer is that it is incapable to build curves by several categorical variables. The main advantages of Cox regression based on the Cox proportional hazards model are demonstrated.
Consolidating Management Accounting and Economic Security System in a Business Enterprise: A Conceptual Framework
Authors: PYLYPENKO О.
Published: September 2023

The effectiveness of business management in precarious economic conditions can decrease due to the lack of a well-established economic security system and relevant accounting information that is also an object of special protection. Accounting and security functions in a business enterprise have organic links that need to be shown in organizational measures aimed at elaborating the accounting support for the economic security system in way to achieve its integrity and efficiency.  

The article presents the author’s framework for integrating the components of management accounting and economic security in a business enterprise, to enhance the effectiveness of management decisions procedures and protect business operation from potential economic crimes. The proposed approach to organization of the management accounting in a business enterprise, to enhance its economic security, includes a series of phases: identifying problems specific to the economic security, substantiating the economic security objectives, building up an economic security system, constructing algorithms for assessment of the economic security performance, setting up the measures for implementation of the economic security requirements, assessing the economic security performance and control of the measures involved in it.         

It is stressed that an economic security system needs to take into consideration tax-specific risks and incorporate schemes for avoidance of these risks through formulating tax clauses and including them in business contracts. This will help reduce potential losses caused by claims work and provide a tool for protecting rights and interests of a business enterprise through restoring or recognizing the rights for the amounts of money declared in tax reports, thus assuring the proper security of business enterprises in the conditions of uncertainties and volatile tax laws.

It is demonstrated that this framework is capable to enhance the effectiveness of management accounting functions in a business enterprise, including compilations of management reports for control, presentation of analytical information for management decision-making, forecasting and choice of effective decisions for future development, avoidance of losses, assurance of financial viability.
Electoral Systems in the Digital Age: Underlying Challenges and New Opportunities. Part III. Methods of Multi-Criteria Approaches to Electoral Technologies
Authors: SINYTSKYI M.
Published: September 2023

The article is devoted to the problem of democratic development of Ukraine.

The reasons for the need for a radical transformation of the electoral process in Ukraine have been considered from a theoretical standpoint. The main goal and sub-goals of the research have been formulated. The classical mathematical models of electoral technologies, selected for comparison with modern approaches have been described.

The basic principles of selection of methods for measuring the results of approval voting have been analyzed. The issues of constructing a verbal-numerical scale, assessing the consistency of voter decisions and applying statistical criteria to obtain a consolidated result have been considered.

The models selected for calculating the final election rating are analyzed. Mathematical algorithms of multicriteria selection based on the qualimetric approach and pairwise comparison on four variants of scales are given. Protocols for determining consensus alternatives using the Topsis method, the Kemeni – Young median, the Schulze heuristic procedure, and the fuzzy set approach are described.

The results of approbation of the selected protocols of approval of the voting system for the election model of 4 candidates on 7 questions of the ballot paper are given. The algorithm and the results of generating by the Monte Carlo method arrays of initial data with a size of 10,000 records, having a uniform and normal distribution with three variants of the bias parameter, are presented. To identify the sensitivity of the studied protocols to violations of the transitivity of individual preference profiles, the primary data arrays were transformed by replacing the nontransitive profiles with an equivalent number of transitive ones without presenting a preference to any alternative. Based on the assessment of the correlation of the final ratings, their sensitivity to the type of distribution and to violations of the transitivity of individual judgments, it was concluded that it is advisable to use the Kemeny median to determine the voting results. The use of the proposed method for transforming primary data also makes it possible to use the Condorcet, Dodgson, Saati and Schulze protocols. The results of this study indicate that there is a fundamental possibility of transition to a new digital paradigm of the electoral process based on the approving principle of voting.
COMPARATIVE FACTOR ANALYSIS OF E-LEARNING AND GOOGLE SITES ADOPTION AS FINAL PROJECT INFORMATION PORTALS USING TAM
Authors: Catharina Adinda Mega Cahyani  , Pramono Terrence , Aldi Satria Mahotma I Putu , Hidajat Calvin Chandra , Lim Alex Sander , Soekamto Yosua Setyawan
Published: September 2023

Final Project is a scientific project that is structured based on the application of science and technology. For now, information about the final project can be accessed on the e-learning website. However, several problems were found in the use of e-learning as a source of information regarding the final project. For example, information regarding the final project must be re-uploaded every year even though there is a course that is similar to the final project course in the previous semester. Departing from the problems above, lecturers at the Faculty of Information Technology, Ciputra University finally made new innovations. The innovation is to build a static website to access information about the final project. The website uses Google Sites. This study uses the TAM (Technology Acceptance Model) analysis method. The author conducted a survey about the website usage to the students in the Program from the class of 2016 to 2019. The sampling method used was purposive sampling. Purposive sampling was used in this study because the researchers needed specific respondents, namely SIFT students who had taken the final assignment course. This study uses the regression model to analyze the relationship between intention to use and other constructs in the adoption of e-learning as an information portal for the Final Project. Researchers use the regression model on the adoption of e-learning and google sites. The model gets a value of 0.852 and 0.905 respectively.
AFM Signals Coding When Transmitting a Fractional Number of Bits per Symbol
Authors: Mendelson М. , Egorov V. , Kopylov D.
Published: September 2023

The article proposes a simple method from the point of view of computational costs for encoding a fractional number of bits per symbol with amplitude-phase modulation (APM). The presentation is performed in relation to the case when it is necessary to form the value of the specific transmission rate with an accuracy of up to a quarter of a bit per symbol. Algorithms for the operation of the encoder and decoder, the formation of a synchro signal and the amount of energy gain achieved by using this method are given. The proposed coding method was used in the development and modernization of high-speed modems, the tests of which confirmed the reliability of the results obtained.
The influence of internal and external factors on statehood in Latin America
Authors: Goliney Vladimir
Published: September 2023

The current article examines the concept of “state” taking into accounts internal and external factors influencing statehood’s formation in Latin America. Internal factors are caudilism, heterogeneity of development, internal political struggle and external are interstate wars, integration processes, the policy of regionalism and supranational institutions. The author identifies several models of regionalism and vectors of development of states in Latin America, by analyzing the influence of intertwined internal and external factors.
Riots in the governorate of the Río de la Plata in 1750-1754. Transmigration of the seven missions according to the Jesuit sources
Authors: Starzhynskaya Olga
Published: September 2023

The article examines in detail the events associated with the transfer of territories of 7 Jesuit missions to Portugal, that took place in the governorate of Rio de la Plata between the signing of the Treaty of Madrid in 1750 and the beginning of the Guarani War with the troops of the metropolitan countries, which clearly show that during their life in the missions, the indigenous peoples not only did not lose their identity, but also strengthened so much, that they could resist, morally and physically, both to the Jesuits, as well as to the colonists and the troops of the metropolitan countries, which is clearly confirmed by the considered primary sources. In its light the image of the Jesuits, mythologized by political and anti-religious opponents of the Society of Jesus, the distortion of which influenced the fate of the order and the Guarani, is cleared of many accusations.
1973 — the dramatic collapse of the Chilean revolution. Viewed by the materials of the archive of the Central Committee of the CPSU
Authors: Schelchkov Andrey
Published: September 2023

The Chilean Revolution is one of the most important events in the Latin American history of the XXth century. Its defeat, its dramatic circumstances, and the brutality of the military regime's repression turned it into a symbolic event that marked the collapse of the illusions of a peaceful, democratic transition to socialism. The course of the revolution itself, the "Chilean path to socialism", the actions of various actors have been studied in numerous historical studies. In addition to Chilean actors, parties, politicians, and representatives of society, external political forces took part in this drama, indirectly and directly. One of these was the Soviet Union, which closely observed and analyzed the Chilean events. With the opening of the Soviet archives, documents became available that reveal many little-known or hidden subjects of the short but intense history of Unidad Popular in Chile. In this text, the author relies on the documents of the Central Committee of the CPSU, reflecting the vision of the Soviet authorities of the events of the Chilean revolution in the most dramatic period of its development, in the last year of the government of Salvador Allende, in 1973.
Lise öğrencilerinin Türkiye’nin komşu ülkelerine yönelik bilgilerinin ve mekânsal imajlarının incelenmesi
Authors: AKGÜN Metin , YILDIRIM Salih
Published: September 2023

Coğrafya dersi öğretim programının temel amaçlarından birisi öğrencilerin coğrafi birikim ve sentez ülkesi olan Türkiye’nin komşu ülkelerine (yakın çevre) ait mekânsal değerleri kavraması ve bu anlamda ülkesinin sahip olduğu potansiyel avantajların bilincine varmasıdır. Mekânsal değerleri kavramanın bir adım öncesinde öğrencilerin Türkiye’nin komşu ülkelerine yönelik bilgilerinin ve imajlarının belirlenmesi önem arz etmektedir. Zira doğru bilgi, doğru imajı; doğru imaj da doğru mekânsal değerleri beraberinde getirir. Bu bakış açısından hareketle çalışmada lise son sınıf öğrencilerinin Türkiye’ye kara sınırıyla komşu ülkelere yönelik bilgilerinin ve imajlarının tahlil edilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırmaya farklı okul türlerinde öğrenim gören 426 lise öğrencisi katılmıştır. Yazarlar tarafından hazırlanan anket aracılığıyla toplanan veriler, Excel ve SPSS aracılığıyla analiz edilmiş ve betimsel tarama desenine tabi tutulmuştur. Elde edilen sonuçlar, cinsiyet ve komşu ülkelerin isimlerini yazabilme arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark bulunmadığını; ancak okul türleri ile komşu ülkelerin adlarını yazmaları ve harita üzerinden toplam kaç ülkeyi gösterebildikleri arasında anlamlı bir farklılık bulunduğunu ortaya çıkarmaktadır. Sonuçlar, lise öğrencilerinin harita bilgilerinde eksiklikler/yanlışlıklar olduğunu, öğrencilerin hatalı ve doğru olmayan mekânsal imajlara sahip olduklarını ve kalıp bilgi ya da ön yargılarla tanımlamalar yaptıklarını göstermektedir. Buradan hareketle, coğrafya öğretim sürecinin, hedeflenen öğrenme çıktılarını sağlamak yerine, gündelik yaşamın ya da popüler kültürün etkisi altında kaldığı söylenebilir. Ülkemizi ve geleceğimizi nice cihetiyle (ekonomik, sosyal, siyasi) çok yakından ilgilendiren bu konuya ait araştırmaların daha geniş pencereden bir düşünce kuruluşu tarafından periyodik olarak raporlanması ve eğitim ve öğretim faaliyetlerinin özellikle coğrafya öğretiminin yeniden planlanması önerilmektedir.
Warum es immer wieder zu Banken- und Finanzkrisen kommt
Authors: Grunert Günther
Published: September 2023

Warum es immer wieder zu Banken- und Finanzkrisen kommt Mainstream-Ökonomen haben sich mit Banken- und Finanzkrisen immer schwergetan. Von der letzten großen Finanzkrise 2008 wurden sie komplett überrascht: Niemand hatte die Krise auf Basis des dominierenden neoklassischen Modells vorausgesagt. Das verwundert nicht: Banken galten in der traditionellen Ökonomik lange als irrelevant und werden auch heute noch auf Grundlage einer überholten Intermediations-Theorie abgehandelt. Zur Erklärung von Finanzkrisen ist aber ein korrektes Verständnis der Funktionsweise von Banken und der Geldentstehung in modernen Volkswirtschaften essenziell.
The influence of the protective screen on stress -strain state of surrounding buildings in zone of new constuction
Authors: Ruchkivskyi Vitalii
Published: September 2023

In this article, a study of the effectiveness of the use of a protective screen in densely built-up conditions was carried out. Based on numerical modeling, the impact of new construction on the stress-strain state of a three-story brick building was calculated. The problem was modeled in 2D and 3D settings with the input of the system "excavation structures of the pit - soil massif - protective screen - foundations of the existing building" At a distance of 4 m from the building, a pit with a depth of 6 m was excavated, as a fence of the pit, bored piles were used. The protective screen is made of piles of a metal pipe with a diameter of 159 mm, which was filled with concrete, the pitch of the piles was 0.2 m.
Two tasks were solved: the installation of a pit with a protective screen between the retaining wall and the existing building and without a protective screen. The behavior of the soil mass was modeled using the Hardening Soil Model. The calculation was carried out in stages. At the first stage, the initial natural stress-deformed state of the soil massif was created. At the next stage, the operating load was transferred to the foundation structures of the building, after which the resulting deformations were zeroed. Next, piles were installed and the pit was developed step by step (in parts with a depth of 2 m).
Regulatory documents declaring the limit values of additional deformations of bases and foundations in the area of compacted buildings and their dependence on the technical condition of the building were analyzed.
The main causes of the deformation of the surrounding buildings in zone of influence of the new construction and measures to minimize the negative impact on the existing buildings have been established.
It was found that the technology of piling the pit has a significant effect on the stress-strain state of the surrounding buildings. At the stage of drilling pile wells, additional subsidence of the foundations of the house is observed. The positive role of the protective screen in increasing the strength of the pit fence piles was also revealed.
It was established that the protective screen allows to avoid an increase in the stresses of the foundations of the existing building and to limit the zone of deformation that occurs as a result of construction works.
Métodos utilizados para avaliação da eficácia analgésica de opioides e anti-inflamatórios não-esteroidais em gatos
Authors:   Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Marques Gabriela Godoi , Taffarel Marilda Onghero ,   Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Published: September 2023

Ineffective pain treatment causes complicated situations, such as poor recovery and chronic pain in the patient. The recognition of feline pain is a great challenge, requiring training and scoring systems to assess pain in cats. Pain classification methods were created with the aim of helping professionals. The aim of this review was to verify which pain assessment and antinociception methods were used to assess the analgesic efficacy of opioids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in cats with acute pain. The most used pain assessment method was thermal stimulation. Most studies found showed the analgesic efficacy of drugs.
Visual Perception of Sound Images in Piano and Orchestral Music of "Vii" by Ukrainian Composers
Authors: Afonina Olena
Published: September 2023

The purpose of the article is to analyse the visual perception of sound images in the piano and orchestral music “Vii” by Ukrainian composers (I. Aleksiychuk, M. Verykovskyi, V. Hubarenko, A. Rodin, S. Yarunskyi). The research methodology is based on the use of the following methods: analytical – to analyse the piano music using logical abstractions in the study of R. Arnheim’s works; historical – to draw parallels with different incarnations of “Vii's” sound images; generalising – to update and specify the basic information about piano and orchestral music “Vii”. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that the analysis of piano and orchestral music “Vii” by Ukrainian composers from the point of view of visual perception of sound images is conducted for the first time. Conclusions. Based on R. Arnheim's definitions of visual perception from the point of view of psychology of creativity, piano suite based on the novel “Viy” by Iryna Aleksiichuk is analysed in comparison with other works of the same name: M. Verykivskyi, V. Hubarenko, O. Rodin, S. Yarunskyi. The use of fragmentary musicological and comparative analysis allowed us to state that composers' decisions in embodying the images of Gogol's novel "Viy" depend on time (M. Verykivskyi, V. Hubarenko) and creative comprehension, previous experience, and means of musical expression. The idea of Gogol's story is embodied in all works under this title in a similar way. Therefore, the visual perception of the audience is guided by the title of the source and the motifs, and the interpretation of the images depends on the experience of the recipients. The plot of the story in the musical and theatrical genres (M. Verykivskyi, V.Hubarenko) fits quite clearly into the libretto. In the ballet by O. Rodin – R. Poklitaru, the events are transferred to a timeless space. S. Yarunskyi's mystery-buff recounts the events of the story and synthesises the music and video sequences of the film of the same name (1967). The means of musical expression used to present images based on Gogol's story in different genres are quite similar. I. Aleksiychuk's suite is dominated by dissonant melodic and harmonic complexes. The titles of the pieces suggest that Gogol's story is reproduced in the sequence of the original source. Musical works by Rodin and S. Yarunskyi show similarity in the use of dissonant means of expression. Since M. Verykivskyi’s work is represented exclusively by the aria of Pannochka, the melodic and harmonic constructions here are classical-romantic. V. Hubarenko's opera-ballet is a unique combination of genres and embodiment of images: realistic ones in the opera numbers, mystical and fantastic ones in the ballet.
Key words: piano music, orchestral music, academic musical art, psychology of visual perception in the works of R.  Arnheim, programme music, ensemble performance, Vii, sound image, Ukrainian composers.
Bratislava School of Musicology as a Centre of Slavic Way of Thinking in Scientific and Artistic Work
Authors: Hysa Oksana
Published: September 2023

The purpose of the work is to highlight the history of the formation and development of the Department of Musicology at Comenius University in Bratislava from its foundation in 1921 to the present day. The research methodology consists in the application of the historical method to study musicology as an academic discipline in relation to the historical context and to present a holistic picture of its development; biographical studies to outline the figures of the Slovak general cultural and special musicological school. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the characterisation of the Bratislava School of Musicology, which in the nineteenth century became the centre of musicology in Slovakia, developing traditional musicological problems and the methodology and practice of modern musical research. Conclusions. The article highlights the development of musicology as an academic discipline at Comenius University in Bratislava, its national and European musical traditions, which led to the emergence of the Slovak school of musicology, founded by Dobroslav Orel. The activities of the Czech D. Orel led to the emergence of a galaxy of Slovak musicologists and music historians who were brought up on the principles of the educational and scientific methodology of European academic education. This was the first generation of musicologists to receive a thorough professional education of the European model in their homeland. As a result of the active interaction of scholars of several generations, the traditions of a powerful scientific centre, Bratislava, strong in its combination of Europeanist breadth of education and pro-Slavic patriotic focus of its professional activities, were formed.
Key words: Department of Musicology at Comenius University in Bratislava, student, lecturer, musicology education, European academic education.
Genre-Stylistic and Performance Features of O. Shchetynskyi’s Works for Wind Instruments
Authors: Paliichuk Iryna
Published: September 2023

The purpose of the proposed article is to determine the genre-stylistic and performance features of the works for wind instruments by Oleksandr Shchetynskyi. The research methodology is based on the use of the following methods: textual, source and hermeneutical – in the study of musicological and sheet music sources on the chosen topic; analytical – to determine the genre-stylistic and performance features of the analysed compositions; the method of personalisation (scientific biography) – to outline the composer’s contribution to the works for wind instruments; interviews – during direct communication with the author. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the generalisation of significant factual material concerning the work of O. Shchetynskyi and the updating of notographic material analysed for the first time. Conclusions. The compositions for wind instruments and O. Shchetynskyi’s work in general reflect the leading trends in the development of Ukrainian music of the late 20th and early 21st centuries in the context of postmodernism and post-avant-garde as the two most traditionally established concepts for understanding modern artistic processes. On the basis of the analytical characteristics of individual works with the participation of wind instrument by O. Shchetynskyi, their immanent features were determined, such as the use of modern composition techniques (free atonality, dodecaphony, quarter-tones, seriality, and multiseries), which expand the range of performance and expressive possibilities of these instruments (use of heterogeneous glissando and vibrato, raised and lowered quarter tones, multiphonic sounds, specific articulation techniques), a special attitude to sound as a self-sufficient value, which is manifested in a thourough sound elaboration of any idea and the most delicate attitude to rhythm, timbre, dynamics, and articulation.
Key words: works for wind instruments, O. Shchetynskyi, Ukrainian music.
Correspondence of Linguistic Content and Creative Narratives of Composer Yuriy Shevchenko
Authors: Stepurko Viktor
Published: September 2023

The purpose of the article is to determine the correspondence between the linguistic content and creative narratives of the contemporary Ukrainian composer Yuriy Shevchenko, taking into account the general intentions in music as an emotional mood. It also aims to investigate the linguistic content of the composer expressed in interviews in close connection with the reading of the artistic intent of the composer's work. The research methodology is related to the study of human thinking, the consideration of narrative as a certain discursive structure that is formed on the basis of a person's own experience, and is presented by systematic and comparative approaches that help to determine the specifics of certain compositional structures in music in comparison with the author's approach to his own creativity in the linguistic content of the interview. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the disclosure of narratives in the author’s music, taking into account the composer's thinking, his feelings and socio-cultural influences on his work, for example, in the author's appeal to fairy-tale "worlds" as a sign-sound space. Conclusions. The existence of social contradictions leads to the emergence of the idea of "pure classics" among composers and is expressed in the appeal to symbolic attitudes through the synthetic genres of theatre, opera, ballet, and musical. The narratives of new thinking are also expressed in the composer's frank interviews, as opposed to the music itself, in which these directions are expressed in a veiled playful form.
Key words: linguistic content, creative narratives, intentions in music, symbolic settings, synthetic genres.