bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Theory of a superluminous vacuum quanta as the fabric of Space
Authors: Iyer Rajan , Markoulakis Emmanouil
Published: July 2021

Our observations of magneton with Ferrolens shows evidence pointing to such magneton entity, and more evidently in recent results with the synthetic vacuum unipole experiments. Physics formalism ansatz novel model analyses demonstrate how vacuum quanta may have sufficient energy for vacuum genesis, by constructing eigen spinors of zero_point microblackhole Hamiltonian quantum mechanics with Helmholtz decomposition matrix of gradient and rotational tensors, that are characteristic of translational vortex fields. With these mathematical physics processes, we obtain resulting energy fields spatial property partial differential equations characterizing eigen state energetics of zero point vacuum quagmire, as well as eigen state vortex fields of micro black hole, both together making up plasmodial zones within quagmire. Specific eigen spinors Hamiltonian partial differential equations quantifying energy and fields eigen functions. Vacuum that is dipole vacuum may have superposition of complex input of quagmire vortex fields acting to create non–hermitian quantum relativistic physics.
Sleep and Behavior 24 Months After Early Tonsillectomy for Mild OSA: An RCT
Authors: Waters Karen A. , Chawla Jasneek , Harris Margaret-Anne , Heussler Helen , Cheng Alan T. , Black Robert J.
Published: July 2021

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

The Preschool Obstructive Sleep Apnea Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy study is a prospective randomized controlled study of children aged 3 to 5 years. This follow-up evaluated postoperative outcomes 24 months after randomization.

METHODS

Baseline, 12-month, and 24-month assessments included intellectual ability, polysomnography, audiology, a pediatric sleep questionnaire, the parent rating scale of the Behavior Assessment System for Children, and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning.

RESULTS

In total, 117 (55% male) of 190 children, 61.6% of those initially randomly assigned, attended 24-month follow-up; 62 of 99 were assigned T/A within 2 months (eT/A); and 55 of 91 were assigned to T/A after the 12-month follow-up (T/A12). Intellectual ability, our primary outcome, did not differ according to the timing of T/A. Exploratory analyses revealed changes in both groups after T/A, including fewer children having day sleeps (eT/A from baseline 97% to 11%, T/A12 from 36% at 12 months to 9%), improved symptom scores (eT/A 0.62 to 0.25, T/A12 0.61 to 0.26; P < .001), improved behavior T-scores (eT/A 71.0 to 59.9, T/A12 63.6 to 50.5; P < .001), and improved polysomnography (obstructive apnea-hypopnea index eT/A 1.9 to 0.3 per hour, T/A12 1.3 to 0.3; P < .001). The eT/A group revealed temporary postoperative improvement of Woodcock-Johnson III subscales (sound blending and incomplete word scores) and behavioral withdrawal.

CONCLUSIONS

T/A for mild obstructive sleep apnea led to large improvements in sleep and behavior in preschool-aged children, regardless of the timing of surgery.
Monumentalne kompozycje z łysogórskich płyt ceramicznych w wystroju budowli sakralnych
Authors:   Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Polska, Kostuch Bożena
Published: July 2021

Ceramic panels produced since 1960 in the “Kamionka” cooperative in Łysa Góra are one of the most versatile materials used for architectural decorations. They made it possible to create small “ceramic accents” as well as large-scale and monumental works. Compositions made of Łysa Góra panels, at first found mainly in secular buildings, started to appear in church architecture from the mid-1960s. The earliest was the cladding on the facade of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Piaseczno by Krzysztof Henisz in 1965. The article presents realisations found in Polish and foreign churches. Most of the discussed compositions were created in the period when new rules of organisation resulting from the recommendations of the Second Vatican Council were introduced into church interiors. This important theme is also highlighted in the article. The last mentioned work – the altar wall in Harmęże by Anna Praxmayer – was created in the 21st century, just before the definitive demise of the factory in Łysa Góra.
Back, Lower Limb, and Upper Limb Pain Among U.S. Adults, 2019
Authors: Lucas Jacqueline , Connor Eric , Bose Jonaki
Published: July 2021

This report provides national estimates of any pain regardless of body region as well as estimates of back, upper limb (hips, knees, or feet) pain in the past 3 months among U.S. adults aged 18 and over by selected sociodemographic characteristics.
Aspergillosis of the Maxillary Sinus Associated With Dental Implant
Authors: Jang Seong-Baek , Lee Sung-Tak , Choi So-Young , Kwon Tae-Geon , Kim Jin-Wook
Published: July 2021

Aspergillosis is a fungal disease caused by the fungus Aspergillus; this disease frequently involves the lungs and occasionally the maxillary sinus. Aspergillosis in the maxillary sinus usually has the characteristics of a noninvasive form. It has been suggested that spores of aspergillus can be inhaled into the maxillary sinus via the osteomeatal complex or via an oroantral fistula after dental procedures, such as an extraction. However, maxillary aspergillosis related to implant installation has rarely been reported. This report regards unusual cases of maxillary aspergillosis associated with dental implant therapies in healthy patients. The cases were successfully treated with the surgical removal of the infected or necrotic tissues.
Вдосконалення енергетичних характеристик генераторів абсорбційних холодильних агрегатів
Authors: Адамбаєв Д.Х. , Тітлов О.С.
Published: July 2021

На основі оригінальної методики розрахунку термодинамічних параметрів генератора абсорбційного холодильного агрегату (АХА) виконаний аналіз його робочих параметрів з урахуванням результатів експериментальних досліджень типових виробничих аналогів. Отримані результати теоретичного дослідження дозволили зробити наступні висновки. По-перше, на відміну від чистих речовин, при роботі генератора на бінарних сумішах, зокрема, на водоаміачному розчині (ВАР), коефіцієнти подавання генератора залежать від величини підведеного теплового навантаження. Так, при збільшенні теплового навантаження від 40 до 80 Вт чисельні значення коефіцієнтів подавання знижуються приблизно в 3 рази. По-друге, залежність питомої кількості підведеного тепла має оптимум (мінімум) в діапазоні величин теплового навантаження від 40 до 80 Вт і температур кінця кипіння від 145 до 170 °С. Основним значимим результатом розрахункових досліджень можна вважати знайдену критичність енергетичної ефективності і температури кінця пароутворення (кипіння) ВАР в генераторі. Показано, що робота типового АХА з повітряним охолодженням теплорозсіювальних елементів при температурі навколишнього середовища 25 °С найбільш ефективна в діапазоні температур кінця кипіння від 147 до 155 °С. Зниження і зростання цієї температури за межами оптимального діапазону призводить до збільшення питомих енерговитрат при роботі АХА, відповідно до 9%, причому в першому випадку це пов'язано з невиправдано високим підігрівом рідкої фази, а в другому – зі збільшенням частки абсорбенту (води) в паровій суміші. Показано також, що наявність мінімуму енерговитрат при роботі генератора АХА пояснюється тим, що в досліджуваному діапазоні режимних параметрів термосифона (температура на вході в генератор від 87 до 112 °С, на виході – від 145 до 170 °С, тиск в системі 9 бар, масова частка аміаку в ВАР 0,34) досягається оптимальне співвідношення складу рідкої і парової фази на виході генератора. Детальне вивчення фізичної природи даного ефекту повинно проводитися на основі спільного моделювання теплових і гідравлічних характеристик генераторів
Дослідження ефективності мікрохвильового нагріву нафтопродуктів
Authors: Бошкова І.Л. , Волгушева Н.В. , Тітлов О.С. , Альтман Е.І. , Мукмінов І.І.
Published: July 2021

Розглядається задача оптимізації нагріву нафтопродуктів при зливі з залізничних цистерн при використанні мікрохвильового нагрівання. Встановлено, що мікрохвильовий нагрів дозволяє значно спростити технологічну схему, виключивши всі процеси і апарати, пов'язані з підготовкою теплоносія. Визначено, що в даний час існуючі патенти і технічні рішення, запропоновані до застосування мікрохвильового нагріву для розігріву нафтопродуктів, припускають, що мікрохвильова енергія падає на вільну поверхню рідини. Стверджується, що недоліком подібних схем є істотна нерівномірність нагріву внаслідок того, що мікрохвильова енергія швидко згасає при просуванні вглиб цистерни. Відзначається, що при нагріванні поверхні рідини в цистерні відстань від джерела до зливного отвору досить велика, внаслідок чого неможливе ефективне використання мікро­хвильового нагріву. Запропоновано спосіб вирішення цієї проблеми, що полягає в установці мікро­хвильового пристрою всередині порожнистої труби, яка безпосередньо приєднується до верхнього люка при підготовці до відкачування і занурюється в нафтопродукт на глибину, що корелюється з глибиною проникнення мікрохвильового поля в конкретному продукті. Проведено оцінку глибини проникнення мікрохвильової енергії в досліджуваний нафтопродукт – мазут, на підставі якої рекомендовано встановлювати відстань від випромінювача до зливного отвору. Стверджується, що моделювання мікрохвильового нагрівання доцільно проводити на основі диференціального рівняння теплопровідності з урахуванням внутрішніх джерел теплоти. Представлено математичну модель, що описує нагрівання об’єму високов'язких нафтопродуктів як процес теплопровідності в необмеженому масиві при дії мікрохвильового випромінювання. На прикладі мазуту проведені розрахунки з використанням методу кінцевих різниць, які показали розподіл температур в масиві в різні моменти часу
Розділення неоногелієвої суміші в комбінованій установці
Authors: Бондаренко В.Л. , Медушевський Є.В. , Симоненко Ю.М.
Published: July 2021

Розглянуто технологічну послідовність переробки неоногелієвої суміші, що включає утилізацію віддувочної фракції на основі гелію. Україна позбавлена газових родовищ, які містять гелій в концентраціях, достатніх для промислового виробництва. Тому переробка гелієвих побічних сумішей для вітчизняної промисловості є вкрай актуальною. Розділення Ne-He-сумішей зазвичай проводять шляхом низькотемпературної адсорбції. Окрім чистого гелію в адсорберах утворюються концентровані суміші неону, які можуть бути сировиною в кріогенному виробництві неону. Такий крок дозволяє створити фактично безвідходний ресурсозберігаючий процес отримання легких рідкісних газів. Реалізація згаданого технічного рішення пов’язана з рядом технологічних обмежень. Зокрема, переробка зворотного потоку неону (після вилучення з віддувки основної частки гелію) можлива у разі достатньої концентрації Ne. В ідеалі, вміст неону в такому потоці має бути не нижчим, ніж у початковій сирій суміші перед ректифікаційним блоком. Для підтримання оптимальної концентрації неону у зворотному потоці запропоновано проводити утилізацію віддувки в два етапи. На першій стадії суміш розділяється у мембранному модулі і з неї формується перший потік неонового концентрату. За рахунок часткового вилучення неону залишкова суміш збагачується гелієм і її переробка методом кріогенної адсорбції спрощується. Запропонована схема поділу побічного гелієвого концентрату дозволяє автоматично підтримувати задану концентрацію за рахунок балансу потоків на виході з мембранного модуля. Попередній поділ суміші в мембрані сприяє економії холодоагенту (рідкого азоту) за рахунок зниження навантаження на адсорбційний блок отримання гелію. Комбінована система розділення суміші легких рідкісних газів дозволяє отримувати гелій з концентрацією 99,999…99,9999%
Світовий ринок СПГ. Вимоги до якості поставляємого газу в різних регіонах світу
Authors: Дьяченко Т.В.
Published: July 2021

Скраплений природний газ (СПГ) – компактна форма транспортування природного газу (ПГ). Основною задачею впровадження технології виробництва та поставок скрапленого природного газу є забезпечення стабільного розвитку енергетики. Найбільш актуально це для європейських країн. По мірі розширення ринку скрапленого природного газу розвивається інфраструктура його поставок. Будуються нові термінали по зрідженню та регазифікації СПГ. Однак на Чорному морі немає терміналів СПГ. Поставки ПГ здійснюються з Росії. Для диверсифікації поставок Румунія в Констанці та Україна в Одесі планували будівництво СПГ-терміналів. На практиці прогрес в цьому напрямку практично відсутній. В даний час на планеті в 42 країнах є біля 120 терміналів по прийому СПГ (не враховуючи декількох десятків запланованих або тих, що будуються). Сумарна потужність діючих терміналів перевищує 850 мільйонів тон, що в два с гаком рази більше глобальних потужностей по скрапленню газу. Скраплений природний газ, що поставляється, як правило, використовується в якості палива. У Європі якість споживаного газу регулюється на федеральному рівні, в той час як в США вона визначається на місцевому рівні. Виникає необхідність стандартизувати вимоги до якості СПГ, що виробляється на заводах та поступає до споживача. Ця задача не менш актуальна для України. Основною характеристикою якості газу є його теплотворна здатність. В континентальній Європі прийнята інша класифікація природних газів: низькокалорійний газ (L-газ), висококалорійний (H-газ) та E (проміжний сорт), встановлені європейським стандартом EN437. Достатньо розповсюдженою характеристикою якості СПГ є число Воббе. Фізичний зміст цього індексу полягає в тому, що при однаковому тиску гази з однаковим числом Воббе дадуть однаковий приплив енергії. Для того, щоб продавцеві можливо було вигідно продати свій товар, вироблений з урахування всіх умов та існуючих норм, а споживачу – одержати товар відповідної якості або довести його якість до необхідних характеристик, необхідно розробити загальні вимоги до СПГ, що будуть визнаватися у всьому світі
Tracce veneziane in un manoscritto appartenuto a Maria Casimira Sobieska. Tra Cabala e magia naturale
Authors:   Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. KEN w Krakowie, Polonia, Boni Fabio
Published: July 2021

The article presents some texts from manuscript 2284 stored at the Jagiellonian University Library in Krakow, titled Księga Kabał Królowej Sobieskiej (The Kabbalah Book of Queen Sobieska). It is a collection of unpublished texts about magic, Kabbalah, and astrology, collected by Maria Casimira Sobieska herself during her long sojourn in Italy (1699-1714). Some of the manuscript’s texts were written in Italian, most likely in Venice at the end of the 17th century, and signed by a certain Andrea Valetta, a citizen of the Most Serene Republic. Some of these texts concern natural magic, and others, Kabbalah: Acqua simpatica per scivere [sic] da lontano, Per fare l’acqua ardente, A’ far la scrittura simpatica, and Altra Acqua simpatica (104r-105v); Modo di scrivere in Zifra senza dar sospetto di Zifra and Tabella della prima scienza numerica (100r); Seconda scienza numerica (100v-101v); Trattato Per estrarre il nome del Genio (106r-113r); Regole di Cabala di Salomone Imparatale divinam[ente] da Dio (216r-222v). The work shows how, in the texts on natural magic, Valetta follows Giovanni Battista Della Porta’s theory and approach to natural magic. In the texts on Kabbalah, although he considers Kabbalah from a Christian point of view, like Pico della Mirandola, he ignores mystical and spiritual aspects—which, in Pico, are most important—focusing on practical and prophetic aspects.
Padova nei periodici polacchi tra la fine del XIX sec. e il 1939
Authors:   Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Polonia, Miszalska Jadwiga
Published: July 2021

Italy, seen as the cradle of European culture and the destination of the wanderings of Polish intellectuals and artists, often appears in the Polish press of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Among the cities described, Padua is present, although it appears less frequently than Venice or Rome. Articles dedicated to this city, however, have a particular character, because not only is “Padova la dotta” famous for the cult of Saint Anthony, but it is most often presented in the contexts of centuriesold Italian-Polish relations linked mostly to the University and of the Paduan polonica. There are in fact two moments that find a particular resonance in the Polish press: the first, in 1922, for the seventh centenary of the University, and the second, in 1931, for the celebrations of the seventh centenary of Saint Anthony’s death. This article offers a review of the texts that have appeared in various periodicals and includes a brief presentation of the authors—scholars, artists, or journalists active in the promotion of Italian culture. From the texts published both in newspapers and in cultural magazines or even scientific periodicals, the image of the city emerges as strongly marked by the presence of Poles, who were students, university professors, or pilgrims.
Venezia nella poesia di Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
Authors:   Uniwersytet Warszawski, Polonia, Prola Dario
Published: July 2021

The article explores the problem of the representation of Venice in Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz’s poetry, starting from the short series “Tram Tickets,” from the mid-1920s, to the masterful “Ode on the Destruction of Venice,” a true farewell and poetic testament of the writer. This study seeks to define the characteristics of the city’s genius loci, tracing the relationships between romantic historicism, perceptual poetics, and the decadent aestheticism of Iwaszkiewicz. For the poet, Venice constituted a complex palimpsest where every added word necessarily had to be negotiated with a complex and cumbersome tradition of texts and images; every attempt to define the nature of the city implied a Sisyphean effort to find a pure and non-conditioned look. For this reason, he was convinced that Venice could be described only indirectly, through the rhetorical tools—similes, synaesthesia, metaphors —offered by poetic language. Iwaszkiewicz’s representation of Venice appears to be rooted in particular in the modernist tradition and in its complex network of cultural and symbolic references. The essay highlights the influence of John Keats and Aleksandr Blok, as well as the specific interpretation of the figures of Endymion and Salome, symbols of eternal youth and beauty, the myths on which the poetics of the Polish writer was based. Among all the cities that are reflected in Iwaszkiewicz’s works, Venice is the one that best expresses his conception of the crisis of European civilisation, awareness of the end of a historical period, and hope of a future palingenesis.
Bartolomeo Colleoni: un condottiero a cavallo di due lagune
Authors:   Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa we Wrocławiu, Polonia, Mazzini Maurizio
Published: July 2021

This article begins by broadly examining the history of the emergence and subsequent evolution of equestrian monuments, in both their commemorative and celebratory functions. Then, the article seeks to reconstruct the events leading to the construction of the mounted monument of Bartolomeo Colleoni, designed by Andrea del Verrocchio, and of the creation of its replica, still present in Szczecin, ordered in the early years of the 20th century for the inauguration of the City Museum. The aim of the article is to present certain parallels in the destinies of the two artworks, both of which have fallen victim to politically motivated manipulations that result from efforts to “domesticate” the monument and erase traces of foreign influence upon the city. The origins of the very concept of equestrian monuments reach as far back as ancient times, while their sculptural typology encompasses art from geographically distant cultures, ranging from Europe to the Far East. In the Medieval period, the function of such monuments began to gradually shift, evolving from a commemorative and mnemonic one—related to funeral ceremonies and located in the burial places of the person immortalised in the sculpture itself—towards a more celebratory one, thus concluding a cycle that had begun in Antiquity. Throughout the Modern period, the monuments represented personas of the past characterised by particularly outstanding charisma and surrounded by an aura of virtue—personas that would embody the values propagated by the mercantile-focused bourgeoisie, as was the case with Szczecin’s statue of Colleoni.
Media Memory in the Fanfiction Culture: the Image of Peter the Great in Online Literature
Authors:   Saratov State University, Artamonov D. S.
Published: July 2021

The article is devoted to the consideration of the image of Peter I in the online literature. The author uses the concept of media memory to describe the phenomenon of the existence of collective ideas about the past in the media environment. He considers the culture of fanfiction as one of the practices of constructing media memory. Analysis of amateur art texts on the crowdsourcing platform "Book of Fan Fiction" (ficbook.net) revealed the ways in which Internet users build their attitude to history. The review of historical texts about the Peter the Great era showed that the user's ideas about Peter the Great are extremely mythologized, based on stereotypes that are overcome by the free interpretation and actualization of the facts of the past, with the help of images of modern mass culture.
Focal epilepsy due to de novo SCN1A mutation
Authors: Laur Domitille , Dozières‐Puyravel Blandine , Iléa Adina , Nava Caroline , Delanoë Catherine , Nasser Hala , Le Guern Eric , Auvin Stéphane
Published: July 2021

Objective. Our aim was to identify patients with SCN1A‐related epilepsy with a phenotype of pure focal epilepsy.

Methods. We conducted a retrospective study and a systematic review in Pubmed to identify patients with focal epilepsy associated with SCN1A pathogenic variants.

Results. We found three patients among 1,191 in our rare epilepsy database in 2017. The literature search from January 2000 to September 2019 led to identification of four patients with limited data. Our three patients had a common phenotype with focal‐onset seizures as the only seizure type. All patients showed normal psychomotor development in the first years of life, and no intellectual disability although they displayed some cognitive or behavioural problems. Fever or hyperthermia were triggers in all three patients. In addition, all had a history of brief recurrent febrile seizures in their first year, followed by a phenotype of pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy with normal brain imaging. Two of them were initially investigated for epilepsy surgery. Seizure precipitation by fever has also been reported in previously published patients.

Significance. Focal epilepsy associated with SCN1A gene mutation should be recognized in patients with suggestive features, in particular among surgical candidates.
Sotos syndrome: a pitfall in the presurgical workup of temporal lobe epilepsy
Authors: Bättig Linda , Rosch Richard , Steindl Katharina , Bürki Sarah Elisabeth , Ramantani Georgia
Published: July 2021

Tumour‐associated epilepsy accounts for a quarter of paediatric patients undergoing epilepsy surgery with the vast majority achieving long‐term seizure and drug freedom. We report the case of an eight‐year‐old patient who presented with developmental delay and overgrowth, followed by temporal lobe seizures that were attributed to a mesio‐temporal brain tumour, and who was eventually treated with epilepsy surgery. Histopathology revealed a diffuse astrocytoma but its gross total resection surprisingly failed to control the temporal lobe seizures. Genetic testing identified a de novo pathogenic variant in the NSD1 gene, thus establishing the diagnosis of Sotos syndrome. Sotos syndrome is a rare overgrowth syndrome with an increased incidence of malignancy, including the very rare occurrence of brain tumours. Seizures are frequent in patients with Sotos syndrome, often occurring with temporal lobe semiology and ictal EEG patterns in the absence of a brain lesion, and usually responding to anti‐seizure medication. Our case highlights Sotos syndrome as a rare but important pitfall in the presurgical workup of temporal lobe epilepsy that should be considered particularly in MRI‐negative cases but also in the presence of a focal lesion that does not fully explain the clinical picture. Most importantly, our observations underline the value of thorough presurgical diagnostics including genetic testing, even in apparently straightforward cases of lesional epilepsy, to rule out an underlying genetic aetiology that may not be treated by surgery. Finally, our findings emphasize the need to re‐evaluate our less successful epilepsy surgery cases and offer informed counselling and prognostication.
Effects of fish oil supplementation on spatial memory in rats with pilocarpine‐induced epilepsy assessed using the Morris Water Maze test
Authors: Nejm Mariana Bocca , Victorino Daniella Balduino , Guimarães‐Marques Marcia Jonathas , Scorza Carla Alessandra , Finsterer Josef , Scorza Fulvio Alexandre , Cysneiros Roberta Monterazzo
Published: July 2021

Objective. Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) are at high risk of experiencing cognitive impairment. Such dysfunction is also observed in an animal model of TLE, the rat model of pilocarpine‐induced epilepsy.

Methods. We investigated the effects of fish oil supplementation on spatial memory in rats with pilocarpine‐induced epilepsy using the Morris Water Maze (MWM) test.

Results. Although rats with pilocarpine‐induced epilepsy treated with fish oil learned the platform location significantly faster by Day 7 of the acquisition phase, spatial memory performance of these rats was unaffected by fish oil supplementation during probe trials.

Significance. Our study provides insights into the importance of considering nutraceutical strategies for enhancing cognitive abilities in patients with TLE.
Łzami pisane. Strzęp całunu Andrzeja Mandaliana wobec czarnoleskiej poezji funeralnej.
Authors: Pliszka Marcin
Published: July 2021

W artykule zestawiono i zinterpretowano dwa odległe czasowo tomy poetyckie: renesansowe Treny Jana Kochanowskiego i tomik Strzęp całunu współczesnego poety An-drzeja Mandaliana. Oba zbiory są poetycką relacją z traumatycznego doświadczenia we-wnętrznego, którym jest strata bliskiej osoby. W perspektywie porównawczej rozważono przede wszystkim topikę żałoby, wykorzystane motywy, sposób artykulacji tematu, jak rów-nież zagadnienia genologiczne. I Kochanowski, i Mandalian w poetyckiej frazie pokazują samą istotę cierpienia, a także definiują rzeczywistość poprzez cierpienie. W centrum rozważań znajduje się również tożsamość obu dyskursów, ich wspólna dykcja oraz wynikająca z tego uniwersalność i ponadczasowość ekspresji przeżycia „metafizyki straty”.
Deliberative Democracy in Multicultural Societies: The Challenges of Effectiveness, Legitimacy, and Equality
Authors: Soares Leonardo Barros , Costa Catarina Chaves , Araújo Andréa Braga de
Published: July 2021

Multicultural societies are marked by the coexistence of ethnic, sexual, religious, racial, and cultural minorities and mainstream groups. This coexistence can either be tense or collaborative. How to bridge the gap between the political demands of majority and minority groups? What are the obstacles to meaningful participation? What are the main challenges faced by such societies? And finally, how do we encourage large-scale debates around issues of minorities? In order to provide answers to these questions, this review examines Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights by R. E. Lowe-Walker (2018), Deliberative Democracy Now: LGBT Equality and the Emergence of Large-Scale Deliberative Systems by Edwina Barvosa (2018), and Deliberative Democracy, Political Legitimacy, and Self-determination in Multicultural Societies by Jorge M. Valadez (2018).  
Társasjáték-pedagógia
Authors: Horváth Anna Viktória
Published: July 2021

Jesztl József és Lencse Máté könyvét a Demokratikus Ifjúságért Alapítvány jelentette meg 2018-ban. Jesztl József szociálpedagógus, aki 2003-tól részt vesz a Tudor Alapítvány tehetséggondozói munkájában. Az életében rendkívül fontos szerepe van a játéknak. Ehhez kapcsolódóan tevékenykedett különböző tehetséggondozó műhelyekben. Pedagógiai céllal számos képzési programot dolgozott ki intézmények számára.
A nőkről alkotott kép hazánkban a 20. század első felében sajtótermékek tükrében
Authors: Stummer Krisztina
Published: July 2021

The aim of the present study is to examine how Hungarian society thought about the roles, responsibilities and educational opportunities of women in the first half of the 20th century. In presenting the opinions, we used two press products: Vasárnapi Újság and Magyar Pedagógia. The selected articles, arranged around major nodes, outline well the expectations of women in this period. The two perceptions of women and the quotations from the newspapers point out how society was divided into two parts on issues concerned women.
A havas sportokat fogyasztó magyar lakosság sí és snowboard tudásszintje, képzettsége saját megítélésük tükrében
Authors: Szerb György , Bánkuti Gyöngyi , Szerb András Bence
Published: July 2021

One of the most dynamically developing branches of active tourism in Europe in recent decades has been sports tourism, which includes snow sports. Although due to the geographical conditions of Hungary, the availability of domestic winter centres satisfying the needs of those who like snow sports is limited, the number of consumers exceeds half a million. A significant number of Hungarian skiers and snowboarders regularly visit the winter centres of the surrounding countries. The vast majority of snow sports consumers do this as a leisure activity. There are significant differences in their level of education and knowledge. In our study, based on a non-representative survey conducted in the winter of 2020, we want to examine the prequalification, sports education habits, satisfaction and level of knowledge of Hungarian consumers engaged in snow sports, based on their own judgment.
Hitéletre nevelés a pedagógiában - egy új specializáció elé
Authors: Frang Gizella
Published: July 2021

In Hungary, since the change of regime in 1990 the church institutes, involving kindergartens, have been allowed to work again. It is gratifying that their numbers are growing. However, the increasing number of children and kindergarten teachers raises new questions regarding methodology and educational issues. The training of religion teachers in the field of theology is focusing on the scholars’ age groups, while the training of early childhood and kindergarten teachers concentrates on the secular nurseries and kindergartens. A particular challenge of our age is how to train educational and theological specialists for the religious institutions while picking up the thread of methodology disrupted and overshadowed in 1945.This essay is looking for the answers for these questions while presenting Religious Education (RE) specialisation and the pedagogical professional examination training, which have been implemented recently at Benedek Elek Faculty of Pedagogy at the University of Sopron.
Las palabras que nos hacen. Relato de vida de una maestra de infantil
Authors: Díez Navarro Mari Carmen
Published: July 2021

Me han pedido que me lea y que me escriba. Que explique, que presente, que hable de un recorrido escritor que ya tiene su sabor, que ya camina solo.Esto de “Las palabras que nos hacen” es una idea muy sugerente, que recoge algo sentido por mí, aunque no lo bastante explicitado hasta el momento. Y es que creo que a medida que he ido escribiendo, he visto que las palabras me devolvían más de lo que yo creía haberles dado. Al leerme, noto que ellas han capturado e incluido la parte más intuitiva y creativa de mi pensamiento, lo que me caracteriza, lo más mío.
Foresight and Roadmapping Methodology: Trends and Outlook
Authors:   University of Tokyo, Kishita Yusuke
Published: July 2021

This guest editorial article introduces contextual and theoretical frameworks of foresight and futures studies’ methodology. Outstanding questions relating to methodological development are then addressed. This is followed by an introduction to five papers that make important methodological contributions. The article ends by a call for further research on the questions that have been identified, but remain unanswered.
Agile Roadmapping: An Adaptive Approach to Technology Foresight
Authors:   University of Cambridge, O’Sullivan Eoin , Phaal Rob ,   University of Cambridge, Featherston Charles ,   UK Government Office of Science
Published: July 2021

Technology roadmapping has become an important foresight tool for science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy and technology strategy development. There are, however, challenges in translating evidence from foresight into the strategies of STI agencies and the planning of research & technology development (RTD) organizations. While the foresight evaluation literature identifies methodological issues related to evidence granularity, scope, and stakeholder confidence, there is limited guidance on how to ensure roadmapping outputs are strategically relevant, appropriately detailed, and credible. This paper highlights the potential of using structured visual roadmapping frameworks to anticipate potential strategic foresight evidence failures and using the adaptive and iterative nature of roadmapping processes to address them. In this paper, we distinguish between: the roadmapping framework ‘canvas’; the foresight evidence captured on the canvas; the process of generating the evidence; and any final strategic plan developed using that evidence (with goals, milestones, actions, etc). We investigate efforts to use the roadmapping canvas as a research tool and diagnostic to explore emerging technology trajectories and innovation ‘pathways’. We demonstrate that key patterns of evidence distribution on the roadmapping canvas have the potential to reveal where further evidence may need to be gathered, or where further triangulation of stakeholder perspectives may be required. We argue that by adaptively addressing these patterns at key stages within the roadmapping process (and appropriately re-scoping, re-prioritizing, and re-focusing foresight effort and resources), the granularity, coverage, and consensus of the roadmapping evidence can be greatly enhanced. We conclude the paper by summarizing a set of novel principles for adaptive agile roadmapping, reflecting on the implications for foresight more generally, and outlining a future research agenda to test and refine this approach to agile foresight.
Fixation of Eyes at UAB v1
Authors: Anderson David , Messinger Jeffrey , Kruse Angela , Allen Jamie , Romer Carrie , Schey Kevin , Spraggins Jeff , Curcio Christine
Published: July 2021

The accession and fixation of whole human eye specimens at University of Alabama Birmingham.
Antibiotic Prescriptions for Respiratory Tract Viral Infections in the Colombian Population v1
Authors: Machado Alba Jorge
Published: July 2021

Abstract: Antimicrobials are frequently inappropriately prescribed for the management of upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs); therefore, the frequency of antibiotic prescriptions for patients with viral URTIs was assessed in this study. A cross-sectional study, including ambulatory patients diagnosed with viral URTI, was conducted, and records of antimicrobial prescriptions were obtained. Sociodemographic, clinical (diagnostic), and pharmacological (antimicrobial) variables were assessed. Through multivariate analysis, variables associated with the use of antibiotics for viral infections were identified. A total of 341,182 patients with viral URTIs were identified. The patients, who were from 26 different departments of Colombia, had a mean age of 29.7 ± 23.5 years and a female predominance of 58.7% (n = 200,195). The most frequent viral infections were as follows: acute rhinopharyngitis (common cold) (n = 206,211; 60.4%); unspecified acute tonsillitis (n = 27,432; 8.0%); and acute pharyngitis (n = 26,411; 7.7%). A total of 24.8% of the patients (n = 84,453) received a prescription for antibiotics, predominantly penicillins (n = 61,871; 18.1%) and cephalosporins (n = 10,926; 3.2%). Patients treated in Atlántico, Valle, and Risaralda departments, along with those older than 5 years, were more likely to receive antibiotics for the treatment of viral infections. Antibiotics are frequently prescribed for the management of URTIs, which is considered an inappropriate practice due to a lack of clinical benefits, increased generation of antimicrobial resistance, and a risk of adverse reactions due to the use of medications that patients do not require. Drug utilization studies are a great tool for monitoring how antibiotics are being used and planning interventions to improve their use.
SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION OF PROFESSOR V. B. BURBELO TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROMANCE PHILOLOGY AND FRANCOPHONIE IN UKRAINE
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Kriuchkov Heorhii , Brytvin Dmytro ,   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv
Published: July 2021

The article is dedicated to the 70th birthday of V. B. Burbelo, professor of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. As a renowned philologist, she has gone a long way from teacher to professor at her alma mater having raised several generations of romance philologists. V. B. Burbelo is remarkable as a professional for serving the ideals of democratic society, culture, education, development of independent Ukraine as a worthy partner of France, Europe and international organisations. Nowadays, she is one of the leading specialists in Romance languages in Ukraine who succeeded in making a valuable contribution to Ukrainian humanitaristics. Her work has received numerous rewards including "Order of Academic Palms" (Knight grade). The article deals with the milestones of her professional journey.
PRAGMATIC VALUES OF THE INVESTIGATOR’S LANGUAGE REPERTORY IN THE INTERROGATION DISCOURSE
Authors: Pavlichenko Larysa
Published: July 2021

The article considers the act-speech specifics of the investigator’s speech in conflict and competitive interactions “investigator – suspect/accused” in interrogations at the stage of pre-trial investigation. The study was based on transcripts of interrogations at police stations in the United Kingdom. The speech of the investigator as the initiator of communication and the representative of the institute is characterized by the use of both direct and indirect speech acts, devoid of personal connotations and perceived by the interviewee as typical models of communicative behaviour: indirect directives to avoid acts of direct impression, imperatives and hedge markers to mitigate directive allocation, objective with the infinitive constructions, conditional sentences, modal verbs with the function of logical inference, interrogative and negative questions. Direct acts of directives are not perceived as acts threatening the “face” of their addressee (“face-threatening acts”), but implement a direct strategy of politeness “on-record”, as it is perceived as part of the institutional requirements in the interaction of an investigator- an interrogated person. Manipulative techniques of an investigator in case of sabotage and pseudo-cooperation from an interrogated person are realized by speech acts of a directive illocutionary force with structural indicators of representatives, invective acts in the form of representatives that provoke an interlocutor to state the circumstances of the crime.
FRENCH ORAL SPEECH CORPORA: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS
Authors: Strashko Iryna
Published: July 2021

The paper describes the issues of the origin, development, distribution and use of French oral speech corpora. The specifics of collecting, constituting and treatment of oral data were also analyzed. The choice of the French investigation tradition was caused by the fact that it is not well-known in Ukrainian corpus research. It was noted that the development of oral speech corpora by French researchers occurred with a delay, mainly due to technical reasons. The compilers of early collections of sound texts followed their own rules of recording, transcribing and saving, so today it is almost impossible to use them. Based on the analysis of the available speech corpora, it was found that they are characterized by heterogeneity, a variety of purposes for their creating, including scientific ones, and blurred chronological boundaries. Dissimilarity in researchers’ epistemological orientations, differences in knowledge and tools, corpora’s heterogeneousness involve a diversity of methodological approaches to their constitution and usage. It is worth mentioning that the insufficiency of big and multi-level oral speech corpora in terms of their quantity, quality and scientific reliability, is directly related to the conditions of their implementation and depends on a combination of scientific, technological and institutional factors. Oral data treatment involves transcription, which includes technological, theoretical and interpretation issues. In conclusion, it should be emphasized that the constitution and the use of French speech corpora are not limited to voice recordings and purely technical aspects as they acquire importance in the openness and availability of their data.
THE CONCEPT REFUGEE IN THE DISCOURSE OF NEW MEDIA (Case Study of Government Media and Social Networks of Germany)
Authors: Milo Andrianna
Published: July 2021

The article deals with the study of the concept REFUGEE/FLÜCHTLING in the discourse of the new media of Germany in 2015 – the year which was characterized by the highest level of asylum seekers in the country. Based on the results of the content analysis, the positional narratives and thematic groups of lexical markers representing the official position and the position of the civil society (in the social media content) have been defined. The discourse-analysis proved that in the German infosphere there is a “battle of narratives” between the official media which put into action a systemic government policy of friendly treatment of refugees – «Willkommenskultur», and social networks which also manifest an unfavourable attitude towards asylum seekers – from critical to totally negative. It has been established that the concept REFUGEE/FLÜCHTLING has a discourse-forming function in both official and unofficial media in Germany where it has negative connotations, thereby revealing the «battle of narratives» and the «battle of discourses».
It has been concluded that there is a single government communication strategy in the issue of refugees and a corresponding system of organization of official new media communications which broadcast the government’s position with a focus on conceptual worldviews of different target audiences of the country.
The study was carried out using the Big Data technology, which contributed to obtaining of valid results.
AİLE HUZURU ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI
Authors: Özdemir Pınar , Bakiler Esra
Published: July 2021

Bu araştırmanın amacı evli bireylerin aile huzurunu ölçmek için psikometrik özellikleri incelenmiş bir Aile Huzuru Ölçeği geliştirmektir. Araştırmanın örneklemini 526’sı kadın (%62,2) 320’si erkek (%37,8) olmak üzere toplam 846 katılımcı oluşturmaktadır. Ölçeğin yapı geçerliğini ortaya çıkarmak için açımlayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizleri güvenirliğini belirlemek için ise Cronbach alfa iç tutarlık katsayısı incelenmiştir. Madde analizlerinin değerlendirilmesi madde-toplam puan korelasyon katsayıları ve bağımsız gruplar t testi ile alt %27 ve üst %27‘lik grupların madde ortalama puan karşılaştırılması ile yapılmıştır. Geliştirilen ölçeğin, Aile Uyumu Ölçeği, Evlilik Yaşam Doyumu Ölçeği ve İlişkilerde Mutluluk Ölçeği ile arasındaki ilişkilere ait Pearson momentler çarpımı korelasyon katsayısı hesaplanarak ölçüt bağlantılı geçerlik test edilmiştir. Açımlayıcı faktör analizi sonuçlarına göre Aile Huzuru Ölçeği’nin 15 maddeden oluşan iki boyutlu bir yapısı olduğu görülmüştür. Ölçeğin iç tutarlık katsayısı .95, alt-üst grupların madde toplam puan ortalamalarına ilişkin t değerleri-14.98 ile -42.94 arasında, ölçek maddelerinden elde edilen toplam puanlar arasındaki ilişkilere ait Pearson Momentler Çarpımı korelasyon katsayıları .69 ile .82 arasında hesaplanmıştır. Aile Huzuru Ölçeğinin ölçüt bağlantılı geçerliliğine dair korelasyon değerlerinin .65 ile .82 arasında olduğu görülmüştür. Araştırmanın sonuçları Aile Huzuru Ölçeği’nin bilimsel çalışmalarda kullanılabileceğini göstermiştir.
SINIF ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN UZAKTAN EĞİTİM SÜRECİNE YÖNELİK GÖRÜŞLERİ
Authors: Kızıltaş Yusuf , Çetinkaya Özdemir Ezgi
Published: July 2021

Uzaktan eğitim internet teknolojisi ile beraber yaygınlaşan bir kavramdır. Yüz yüze eğitimin zorlaştığı ya da kısıtlı olduğu zamanlarda uzaktan eğitim uygulamaları tercih edilmektedir. Covid-19 salgınının Türkiye’de yayılmasıyla birlikte uzaktan eğitim süreci sistemli bir şekilde başlamıştır. Özellikle Eğitim Bilişim Ağı (EBA) platformunun kullanımı uzaktan eğitim sürecinde oldukça önemli bir yer edinmiştir. Bu çerçevede gerçekleştirilen araştırmada, sınıf öğretmenlerinin uzaktan eğitim sürecine ilişkin görüşlerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu görüşler bağlamında ilkokul öğrencilerinin yaşadıkları sorunları ortaya çıkarmak çalışmayı oldukça önemli kılmaktadır. Nitel araştırma yönteminin esas alındığı bu araştırmada durum çalışması deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırma grubu 38 sınıf öğretmeninden oluşmaktadır. Veriler yapılandırılmış sorulardan oluşan anket formu aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. 2019-2020 öğretim yılı bahar yarıyılında toplanan verilerin analizinde içerik analizi kullanılmıştır. Sınıf öğretmenlerinin uzaktan eğitim sürecine ilişkin görüşleri; ‘uzaktan eğitim sürecinin zorlukları’, ‘uzaktan eğitim sürecinin yararları’ ve ‘uzaktan eğitim sürecine ilişkin öneriler’ olmak üzere üç başlık altında toplanmıştır. Öğrencilerin internete erişim sorunu yaşadıkları, velilerin deneyimsiz oldukları ve bu yüzden destek alamadıkları, katılımın istenen düzeyde olmadığı sonucuna varılmıştır. Buna karşın öğrencilere düzenli tekrar olanağı sunduğu da araştırma sonucunda ortaya çıkmıştır.
Simulation of Strong Ground Motion in the National Capital Region, India, from a Future 8.5 Magnitude Earthquake Using Two-Step Empirical Green’s Function Method
Authors: Sivaram Krishnavajjhala
Published: July 2021

In this study, I simulate high-frequency ground motions at five stations in the National Capital Region (NCR) of India for a large hypothetical Mw 8.5 earthquake in the Himalayan central seismic gap, at fault-distances of about 200–300 km. A smaller magnitude earthquake (22 July 2007 Mw 4.9 Kharsali) is used as the first-step empirical Green’s function (EGF) for the synthesis of an intermediate-sized earthquake of magnitude Mw 6.8 (1991 Uttarkashi earthquake). In the second step, the records of Mw 6.8 synthetics are further used as the EGF in the simulation of the postulated Mw 8.5 earthquake. Because the target region for the postulated earthquake is devoid of the necessary information on the geophysical constraints, I perform a suite of simulations for plausible scenarios of fault dimensions, stress-drop ratios, C, and scaling factor, N (between the EGF and target earthquake). This article uses heterogeneous slip distributions and variable stress drops on the rupture plane to simulate the target earthquake, based on the power spectral density of the von Karman correlation function. The estimated values of the ground-motion intensity measure (GMIM) such as peak ground acceleration, along with the engineering parameters such as the 5% damped, pseudospectral acceleration (Sa), Arias intensity (IA), and significant duration (TD), are compared for both the recorded and the simulated time histories. The estimated GMIMs of the Mw 6.8 synthetics are examined with those of the 1991 Mw 6.8 Uttarkashi earthquake, whereas the Mw 8.5 simulations are compared with those predicted by prevalent ground-motion prediction equations for rock sites. The Mw 8.5 earthquake scenarios indicate higher GMIMs and seismic hazard in the NCR, principally due to the area being underlain by sediment layers and fluvial deposits.