bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Do lazer canônico ao desviante: tipologia e níveis de tolerância
Authors: Loro Alexandre Paulo , Pimentel Giuliano Gomes Assis de , Gomes Rui Machado
Published: November 2020

O objetivo desse estudo é identificar o grau de tolerância em relação a determinadas práticas potencialmente desviantes na cidade fronteiriça de Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brasil. A região de fronteira despertou questionamentos em relação aos níveis de tolerância, que serviram como referenciais para a reflexão sobre o lazer canônico e o lazer desviante. O procedimento metodológico consistiu na aplicação de um questionário virtual composto por perguntas fechadas e abertas, respondidas por estudantes do ensino superior. Os resultados trazem à superfície parte de uma realidade que apresentam elementos para a análise da existência de diferentes fluxos de tolerância, que oscila entre o lazer canônico e o lazer desviante. Os significados do lazer vislumbram uma base preliminar para colocar o tema sob tensão na sociedade atual.
挖掘《红楼梦》文化资源，增进扬州旅游新内涵
Authors: 鲍 晨
Published: November 2020

中国江苏省扬州市一直以来就具备丰富的旅游资源，自古至今都以优美的风景、精致的饮食、深厚的人文吸引着大批游客。《红楼梦》不仅在创作上与中国江苏省扬州市有着密切关系，而且其所表现的物质文化、非物质文化、风俗习惯等方面，都与扬州这块土地血脉相承。随着中国江苏省扬州市旅游业的蓬勃发展，相关部门可以试着开发更多的旅游项目，在旅游中增进消费者感官体验和精神体验。《红楼梦》作为与扬州市有密切关系的名著，挖掘其更多与扬州市有关的旅游资源，促进中国江苏省扬州市旅游经济增长成为一个崭新而有意义的课题。
投身主战场 传递正能量 全力推进文化自信建设
Authors: 达林 其其格
Published: November 2020

中国共产党的十九大报告提出，“强化文化自信，推动社会主义文化繁荣兴盛”，强调“文化是一国家、一个民族的灵魂。文化兴国运兴，文化强民族强，没有高度的文化自信，没有的繁荣兴盛，就没有中华民族的伟大复兴。要坚持中国特色社会主义文化发展道路，激发全民族文化创新创造力，建设社会主义文化强国。”这段重要论述，为新时期中国文化工作指明了方面，对文化工作者提出了新的目标要求。本人是一名民族地区文化工作者，在基层文化馆工作 20 余年，结合民族地区文化工作，浅谈一些粗浅的认识。
蒙古族舞蹈的创作和创新
Authors: 苏龙 高娃
Published: November 2020

作为蒙古族文化的集中表达，创作者要想使蒙古族舞蹈在新时代保持艺术生命力，就必须转变创作思路，并采取合理的策略推动蒙古族舞蹈实现发展与创新。因此，论文主要在分析蒙古族舞蹈艺术特征的基础之上，探讨蒙古族舞蹈的创作策略以及创新策略，力求为蒙古族舞蹈创作编导提供有价值的参考。
探析文化生态保护区的建设必要性
Authors: 党 韫
Published: November 2020

文化是一个国家或地区最重要的财富，从不同的文化中可以看出这个国家或地区深厚的社会发展底蕴，因此建设文化生态保护区是极其重要的。中国新疆塔城是多民族集中的地方，在这个地方有着深厚的文化底蕴，也有着多彩的文化内涵，在新疆塔城建设文化生态保护区可以保护、传承、创新这多彩的塔城文化。文化具有独特的价值，将非物质文化遗产保护起来，有利于保护深厚的历史文化；建设文化生态保护区，有助于保护非物质文化遗产的人文环境和自然环境。
细微摩擦流露生活点滴——从美学三论品《烟》之魅力
Authors: 刘 肖君
Published: November 2020

“烟”，虚无飘渺、淡然无色、随风散去又仿佛触手可及，它存在于你我之间，化身在空气之中；是留不住的过往，停不下的时间，却又充斥在生活的周边，它究竟是什么？也许《烟》会告诉你答案。
音声如画 繁姿入乐——琵琶重奏曲《梦入江南》简析与排演
Authors: 周 迎
Published: November 2020

琵琶重奏曲《梦入江南》是一首具有代表性的当代琵琶重奏作品，作者王丹红以江南民歌、丝竹乐及说唱旋律为主线，借鉴西方作曲技法编配和声织体，使其呈现出多声部、多层次、极具主题个性和音乐张力的当代民族器乐重奏美感。浩如烟海的民歌音调及器乐曲牌是中国音乐创作的源泉，中国当代民族器乐发展应鼓励以民族民间音调为基础的作品创作，只有曾给国人留下深刻印象的音乐主题才是作品的灵魂 [1] 。
浅谈板胡演奏中的音色把握
Authors: 赵 媛媛 , 郝 琛
Published: November 2020

板胡这一乐器是胡琴体系中独具特色的一部分。因其明亮清脆的音色而被人们所熟知。音色之于板胡重要性毋庸置疑 , 是板胡区别于其他胡琴的最显著特征。音色的训练是板胡训练体系的最重要部分，也是一个复杂且复合的训练体系，需要依靠多方面演奏因素的相互配合，包括右手运弓时的力度、速度、角度，按弦指尖触弦面、幅度、力度等影响，做到统筹兼顾才能发挥出较好的音色。
浅谈城步历代“将军”文化的核心价值
Authors: 杨 凯焱 , 吴 扬勋 , 杨 玉华
Published: November 2020

一步之城何所傲，历代英烈育后人。探寻城步英雄源头，叱咤疆场的风云人物将城步衬托为一块育人的宝地，清道光《宝庆府志》记：城步山峭多石，气象雄伟，历代名将辈出，宋有精忠报国将军杨再兴，元有爱国将领杨完者杨氏九将，明有蓝玉、沐英、杨洪父子，清朝有孟光爵、龚继昌都尉、总兵等丰功伟绩照耀宇合。
现代陶瓷造型设计的趣味性思考
Authors: 杜 卫利
Published: November 2020

陶瓷既是一种优秀艺术文化，也是日常生活中不可缺少的器具，陶瓷与人们的日常生活息息相关。因而，于陶瓷造型设计中适当融入一些趣味性元素，也可让使用者心情更为愉悦。论文联系实际，就现代陶瓷造型设计中的趣味性问题展开思考探究，以供参考。
陶瓷设计中传统纹饰的作用刍议
Authors: 薛 星辰
Published: November 2020

陶瓷在中国有十分悠久的历史，是人们在生产生活中的产物，伴随着中华传统文化的发展而呈现新的特点。现代陶瓷设计在发展中遇到了较大的瓶颈，往往出现千篇一律的现象，导致其艺术观赏性未能得到充分体现，限制了中国陶瓷制造业的繁荣发展。而传统纹饰在陶瓷设计当中的应用，则能在继承优秀传统文化的基础上，创新陶瓷设计理念与方法，增强其艺术生命力。论文将通过分析传统纹饰的特点与内涵，探索陶瓷设计中传统纹饰的作用，提出陶瓷设计中传统纹饰的应用方法，为设计工作提供参考。
中国煤雕工艺品发展研究
Authors: 郝 倩云
Published: November 2020

煤雕作为中国的传统手工艺，历史悠久、技艺独特，有极高的文化价值。虽然中国政府大力扶植传统工艺，煤雕也被收录入中国非物质文化遗产。但由于原料稀缺、手工艺人缺乏传承等客观限制因素，煤雕的发展仍然困难重重。煤雕文化亟待传承与保护。
探讨新媒体研究的发展现状与未来趋势
Authors: 昱 王
Published: November 2020

随着中国经济和社会的不断发展，出现了很多媒体资源，不仅丰富了人们的生活世界，还增加了人们的知识面。在如今新媒体技术不断发展的时代，给人们的生活带来极大便捷，新媒体带给人们的优势是传统媒体无法做到的。新媒体技术在各行各业的应用也非常广泛，且具有比较独特的特点，改变了人们接受信息的方式，还进一步满足了人们对信息的获取需求，传播的速度也有了很大提升。论文针对新媒体的发展特点以及现状做出了详细的论述，并且还提出了促进新媒体发展的措施，供相关部门参考和借鉴。
水性材料技法在当今油画中的运用
Authors: 建华 何
Published: November 2020

在今后的油画创作中不能局限于油画本身，应该从其他艺术形式中吸收新的养分，只有这样才能使油画更加富有时代气息和生命力。
探讨报社编辑策划意识之重要性及其如何提高
Authors: 洪靓 王
Published: November 2020

在报社中，编辑人员是进行新闻报道的关键。要想最大程度提高新闻报道的质量和效率，增强报社影响力，那么就需要从编辑人员入手，切实增强其策划意识，提高其策划能力。基于此，论文先介绍了策划意识的重要性，并提出几点增强策划意识的方法和措施。
高校艺术设计专业对地方旅游文创产品设计开发研究
Authors: 雪莲 赵
Published: November 2020

文创产品的开发与设计是提升当地旅游文化发展水平，推动当地旅游经济发展的有效途径。在当前的旅游经济发展环境下，文创产品在设计与开发过程中还存在着一定的问题，对地方旅游的推动与促进作用还没有得到最大限度地发挥，这显然不符合当前发展要求。因此，在高校艺术设计专业教学实践中，应该将地方旅游文创产品的开发与设计作为主要内容，不断优化教育形式，培养更多的文创产品专业设计人才，最大限度地提升地方旅游文化的知名度，推动当地旅游经济不断朝着更好的方向发展。
试论大学美术教育在提升学生审美观上的应用
Authors: 大明 刘
Published: November 2020

近些年来，国家大力倡导素质教育，更加重视人才的核心素养教育，美术、音乐等艺术教育类学科也逐渐受到了更多的关注。大学阶段的美术教育不仅是对学生绘画技巧进行相关的指导，更是对专业美术学方面的知识加以学习，还能有效提升学生的审美观念。因此，大学阶段应当更加重视美术教育对于提高学生素质的重要作用，论文主要对大学美术教育如何提升大学生审美观进行探究。
探讨水平井测井解释评价技术
Authors: 赵 嘉丰
Published: November 2020

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特殊应力路径下土体变形的数值模拟
Authors: 杜 姜开林 , 田 晨
Published: November 2020

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测绘资料档案系统的若干关键技术研究
Authors: 张 劲舟 , 陈 瑜
Published: November 2020

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遥感信息提取技术应用于地表浅覆盖区活断层判断研究
Authors: 张 雷 , 赵 民
Published: November 2020

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西延高铁混凝土拌和站管理提升初探
Authors: 李 喜锋
Published: November 2020

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Densidad de recurso humano y desigualdad en gastos en salud en países de las Américas
Authors: Guerrero Núñez Juan
Published: November 2020

Objetivo. Determinar existencia de desigualdad y gradiente en gastos de bolsillo, gasto público y gasto privado, entre países americanos estratificados según su densidad de recurso humano en salud (RHS).

Métodos. Estudio analítico y transversal de desigualdades en salud para el gasto de bolsillo (porcentaje del gasto total en salud), el gasto público y el gasto privado (porcentaje del PIB), aplicando la densidad de recurso humano (medicina más enfermería) como estratificador. A partir de datos de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud y el Banco Mundial se categorizaron 32 países americanos según su densidad, se calcularon tasas ponderadas, descriptivos, diferencias, correlaciones, indicadores simples y complejos de desigualdad.

Resultados. Hay alta variabilidad de densidad de RHS (3,8 a 171,3; media de 43,97, DS 37,08) con diferencias significativas entre las categorías de alta y baja densidad. El primer cuartil concentra el 9% de la población y 4,45% del RHS; los 3 primeros cuartiles concentran el 48,4% de la población y el 17% del RHS. Mediante estratificación, se evidenció un gradiente y desigualdades en indicadores de gastos, mayor en el gasto de bolsillo, con el cual también la densidad de RHS presentó una correlación negativa.

Conclusiones. La densidad de RHS presenta alta variabilidad entre países y grupos categorizados; se concentra en forma desigual en la población, y es mayor en los países con mayor gasto público. Como estratificador de la muestra permitió evidenciar desigualdades y gradientes de gastos en salud; los estratos de menor densidad presentan mayor gasto de bolsillo, menor gasto público y mayor gasto privado.
Muslim religiosity and purchase intention of different categories of Islamic financial products
Authors: Newaz FT , Fam Kim , Raman Revti
Published: November 2020

© 2016 Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Considering the rapid growth of Islamic Financial Products (IFPs) worldwide and the limited research on Muslims' buying behaviour of such products, this research examines the relationship between religiosity, consumer buying attitude and purchase intention towards different categories of IFPs. The findings suggest that buying attitude has full mediation for deposit, credit and capital market products and partial mediation for insurance products on the association between Muslim religiosity and their purchase intention. Interestingly, religiosity influenced positively even for insurance and capital market products. This is in contrast with our hypothesised relationships for capital and insurance products. The study contributes to the literature by enhancing our understanding of the complex mediating religiosity - buying attitude - purchase intention relationships for different categories of IFPs.
How likely am I to return home? A study of New Zealand self-initiated expatriates
Authors: Lindsay V , Raman Revti , Rashad H
Published: November 2020

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Public Debt Composition, Debt Policy Rules and Growth in Selected SADC Countries
Authors: Makoto Richard , Mumvuma Takawira , Kadenge Phineas  G.
Published: November 2020

Purpose: This study examined the relative effect of debt composition and debt reduction policy rule on economic growth in selected SADC countries which are Mauritius, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Design/Methodology/Approach The Markov-switching method was used to estimate the debt growth model for the period 1990Q1-2016Q4

Findings:. The effects of debt proved to be regime dependent which supports the time effects of debt in all countries. High external debt relative to domestic debt had positive effect on growth in Tanzania which is a good reforming country and had negative effects in the case of Zimbabwe which is a debt distressed country. In comparison to Mauritius, a domestic debt dependent country, high domestic debt relative to external debt had negative impact on growth.  The effects tend to rise with market pressure and government consumption behaviour. A negative real effect of debt reduction policy rule was confirmed for Zimbabwe and irrelevance in countries with less threat of debt distress.

Implications/Originality/Value Therefore the study found support to the quantity-effect rather than type-effect of debt on growth. We recommended that countries should consider both time and quantity effects of debt in debt management; adopt explicit debt reduction rules which constrain fiscal behaviour and force policy commitment towards debt stabilization.
A Framework for Assessing Impact of Brand Personality on Customer Satisfaction: The Moderating Role of Gender and Age
Authors: Zara Hayat  , Sahar Hayat  , Saba Hayat  , Hayat Muhammad Awan
Published: November 2020

This study develops an empirical examination of brand personalities in cellular phone sector of Pakistan as a predictor of customer satisfaction. The purpose of this research is to develop a framework that how brand personality of cell phone can increase the level of customer satisfaction. This study also aims to test the moderating role of demographic characteristics (Gender and Age) in the relationship between brand personalities and customer satisfaction. A sample of 300 cell phone users from 5 cities of Pakistan is selected .Based on the survey of consumers of cell phones; the authors checked the effect of brand personality on customer satisfaction. Moderation Analysis was used to check the moderation effect of demographic characteristics (Gender and Age) on the relationship between brand personality and customer satisfaction. Results indicated that due to different dimensions of brand personality of cell phones, customer observed massive satisfaction level. So, since customer faced more satisfaction, they signified more intention towards brand. Further, our research also confirmed the moderating role of Customer Age.  This study reveals that when cell phone manufacturing companies invest the human characteristics into their brand so that personality of their brand can develop, their customers can be more loyal towards organization and their level of satisfaction increased. Marketers and Brand Managers must develop marketing and advertisement activities in line with the personality of their cell phone brands.
Role of Advertising and Sales-Promotions to Create Brand-Satisfaction in the FMCG; Evidence from Pakistan
Authors: Waheed Asghar  , Rabia Rasheed  , Aziz Khan Niazi
Published: November 2020

The role of brand satisfaction as a predecessor of brand loyalty has been acknowledged by researchers, academicians, and practitioners for long. Various concepts, theories, and models have been presented in the literature to understand the antecedents and predictors of brand satisfaction. It has been propounded that advertising supports to incite brand satisfaction. At the same time, many studies go against this point of view indicating its detrimental role in this regard. Although the research on sales promotions and brand satisfaction in the context of quality, performance, and value perceptions is meagre, it tends to depict it, for the most time, damaging and therefore unsuitable. This empirical research is an attempt to explore the comparative effectiveness of sales promotions and advertising to induce brand satisfaction taking into account all important constructs. The research has been conducted on the FMCG sector involving two most frequently purchased products consuming minimal household budget i.e. bath soap and toothpaste. The study findings, although determine advertising relatively more efficacious to produce feelings of satisfaction towards a brand, the role of sales promotions cannot be downplayed as they are equally important in respect of brand quality and utilitarian value.
Satisfied Customers are the Best Ads: Investigating some of the Antecedents and Consequences of Customer Satisfaction
Authors: Hafiz Muhammad Usman Khizar  , Tasawar Javed  , Shanayyara Mahmood  , Hafiz Muhammad Wasif Rasheed
Published: November 2020

Customer satisfaction is a major concern for the marketing personnel; particularly, in services in sector. In this regard, this study aims to explore the relationship between antecedents and outcomes of customer satisfaction in the context of personal computer market segment. For the purpose of data collection, we used a convenience sampling technique and 150 regular customers of Dell were included in the sample size.  Regression analysis techniques were used for the evaluation of the relationship between the antecedents (i.e., services quality, price, and customer loyalty) and the consequences (i.e., customer perception, customer retention, customer complaining) of customer satisfaction. Research findings of the study suggest that there is a significant positive association between service quality and customer satisfaction. However, our results invalidate the relationship among price and customer satisfaction. The results for all other variables are the same. The findings of our study can be beneficial for organizations of the both sectors, i.e., production and services sector to take a stock of the factors affecting customer satisfaction. The findings of this study can be used for increasing the performance of organizations with respect to quality and quantity according to the perceptions of customers.
An Empirical Study on the Impact of Micro-Credit Financing on the Socio-Economic Status of Small Agriculturists in Pakistan
Authors: Owais Shafique  , Rana M. Naeem Khan
Published: November 2020

This study empirically studies the impacts of micro-credit finance on the socio-economic status of small agriculturists in Pakistan. Little research has been conducted in this area in Pakistan. The data was gathered from 693 micro-credit finance participants and non-participants, at a 2 to 3 ratio, through an adapted questionnaire from the 8-clusters out of 12 clusters of 36 districts of Punjab using the cluster sampling technique. A survey was organized to perform the investigation in which two close-ended structured questionnaires were developed to collect data from the small agriculturists who owned less than twelve and a half acres of land. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the results of the study. Various statistical tests, such as EFA, SEM, KMO, ANOVA tests, etc., were used to test the expected hypothesis of the study and to confirm the affinity among variables. This research revealed that micro-credit finance has performed a positive role in developing the socio-economic status of small agriculturists after obtaining the micro-credit finance. The study indicated that micro-credit finance has played a significant role in changing and developing the socio-economic status of the respondents. Participation of small agriculturists enables the poor masses of rural areas to eradicate poverty in rural areas to enhance their living standards and to strengthen their financial conditions. The end results of the study revealed that most small agriculturists were taking benefits from micro-credit lending schemes. They also improved their socio-economic status and mitigated poverty. The findings of the study provide profound insight and should be helpful to regulators, policy makers, managers, microfinance institutions, government authorities, and all other stakeholders.
Belonging to Nowhere: A Phenomenological Study of the Identity Crisis of the Second Generation of Afghan Refugees in Balochistan
Authors: Abdul Wadood  , Ahmed Khan  , Hidayatullah Khan
Published: November 2020

This study investigates how the second generation of Afghan refugees who are born and raised in Balochistan feel about and express their sense of belonging and identity in the hosting community.  The main purpose of this study is to analyze and understand how the second generation of Afghan refugees feel about their identity in terms of who they think they were, how they perceived themselves, whether they felt comfortable or uncomfortable identifying themselves Afghans in local community, and that how their identity affected their sense of belonging and their day to day life in Balochistan. This phenomenological study intended to explore the sense of identity of the young Afghan refugees by drawing on their individual and collective narratives of self and others as they struggle to be part of the social fabric and feel safe and accepted in Pakistani community. It also aimed to highlight how the identity crisis and the feeling of being other affected the needs, attitudes and perceptions of second generation Afghan refugees in the hosting community , and that how the second-generation Afghan refugees experience their sense of belonging and identification in two different national contexts (Afghanistan and Pakistan).This study uses qualitative phenomenological approach. It uses analysis of relevant secondary data, focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal that the identity crisis is still a challenging and major issue for Afghan refugee children.
Perceived Social Support: A Key to Enhance Job Satisfaction at a Crucial Time of Structural Change
Authors: Noreen Hassan Syed  , Nizamuddin Channa  , Imamdin Khoso
Published: November 2020

Purpose: It is evident employee react negatively and have experienced psychosomatic effects like depression, anxiety, insecurity and fear as a reaction of merger and acquisition, which reflect negative effect on employee performance, high turnover intention or absenteeism as employee reaction to change. The present study intent to understand the impact valuable perceived social support in enhancing employee job satisfaction and to persuade them not to switch the organization specifically due to structural change i.e. M&A.

Design / methodology: The study is cross sectional, data collected convenience non-random sampling technique from MCB Bank employee experiencing structural change (MCB-NIB) merger. Total of 350 responses using Smart PLS were analyzed.

Findings: It was found that perceived social support positively associated to job satisfaction. Job satisfaction negatively related to turnover intention and mediated the link between perceived social support and turnover intention.

Research limitations:

This study finding carries certain limitations like the data acquired gathered from one region which may indicate unfairness. It is cross sectional study so causal links cannot be established future research particular to longitudinal studies. This study only involved employees of banking sector from one province of Pakistan, still issue of generalizability cannot be ruled out.

 Practical implications: The study possess a number of practical implications as an outcome of present study stresses that executive need to provide in order to implement change. As Merger practice modifies the current organizational culture, working environments, and operations, employee feel negative and show fear of downsizing or restructuring. Thus managers and policy makers need to establish mechanism where employee may get enough support.

Originality / value:  The present study is distinctive in a way it has covered that employee developing their confidence, morale, acceptance and perception level, regarding change experience such as satisfaction with the job as an important mediating mechanism, which deal and overcome emotional response of an individual who intent from company at the time of change.
Strengthening Research-Education-Extension (R-E-E) Linkage in New Context of Federal Structured Nepal
Authors: Jaishi Mahesh
Published: November 2020

Objective: The objective of this paper to examine the major limitations of past efforts in Nepal regarding the link between agriculture research, education, and extension and to highlight the government’s strategy and policy measures to overcome these limitations in the new federal structure in Nepal.   Methodology: The paper is based on the government policy paper, articles, books, reports, and website. Policymakers, faculties, and researchers from three major stakeholders of REE blended through key informant interviews.  Result:  Paper concluded that linkages between the research, education, and service delivery are the weakest. Lack of extension policy, lack of joint ventures or common programs, no functional link between universities, agricultural ministry, research institute, and private sector in policy forums are weakening REE linkages. Rural extension and community development can be developed as a three-way partnership. i) land-grant university/college in each state including municipalities, ii) state government through ministry and department iii) local government through municipalities, and Community Agriculture Extension Service Centers (CAESC).   Implication: A typological model is suggested to explain organizational and operational linkage strategies. Taking these together, the scattered efforts and services being provided by the existing structure, Agriculture Academic Institution (AAI) should able to fulfill these gaps with the close collaboration of community initiative as suggested by Agriculture Development Strategy (ADS). While doing so, the existing institutional structure can also be restructured and revitalized.
Touching and Touch Deprivation During a COVID-19 Lockdown
Authors:   1University of Miami/Miller School of Medicine 2Fielding Graduate University
Published: November 2020

Touching your kids and your partner, self-touching, and touch deprivation have had different effects on individuals during a COVID-19 lockdown. In this Survey Monkey study conducted during a COVID-19 lockdown (N= 260 respondents), 26% said they were touch deprived a lot, 21% said they were touching their kids a lot, 33 % touching their partner a lot, and 32% self-touching a lot (e.g. yoga and stretching). Correlation analyses suggested that touch deprivation was related to scores on the Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Fatigue, Sleep Disturbances and PTSD scales. The three types of touching were positively related to scores on the Health Scale, at home projects, and outdoor exercising with others. Touching partner was also related to lower scores on the Stress, Depression, and PTSD Scales and Self-touching was related to lower scores on the Fatigue and Sleep Disturbance Subscales. The results of these data analyses are limited by the self-reported data from a non-representative, cross-sectional sample. Nonetheless, they highlight the negative effects of touch deprivation and the positive effects of touching your kids and partners and self-touch during a COVID-19 lockdown.
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE OF POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME AMONG FEMALE QASSIM REGION, SAUDI ARABIA
Authors:   Department of Medical Laboratories College of Applied Medical Sciences Qassim University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Published: November 2020

Introduction: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most endocrine disorders in young women during their reproductive years. PCOS is associated with the incidence of type 2 DM and infertility, which in turn increases the financial burden to healthcare system. The aim of this study is to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of polycystic ovary syndrome among female Qassim region. Methods: An observational, cross-section study recruited young women age between 18 and 50 years from September 2019 to November 2019 in Al Qassim region. The data is obtained through an online survey that is posted in commonly used social media applications: namely, Instagram, Snapchat, Telegram, WhatsApp, and twitter. EPI INFO 7 is used to determine the association among demographical factors and knowledge, attitude, and practice of polycystic ovary syndrome. Results: Over 400 participated women there is 84% have knowledge about PCOS, 73% know the correlation between PCOS and obesity, 46% know that PCOS is heredity. At the same time, 63% did not realize that PCOS can cause type 2 DM. Moreover, knowledge has a significant association with age, social status, and education level with P-value 0.003, 0.02, 0.018, respectively. In terms of prevalence, 22% of participants have PCOS, while 17% of their mother or sister has PCOS. Conclusion: Knowledge of PCOS is a significant association with age, social status, and education level. To increase awareness of women related PCOS, these factors should keep in mind to produce an effective education program/campaign.
COMBINING FACTS, SEMANTIC ROLES AND SENTIMENT LEXICON IN A GENERATIVE MODEL FOR OPINION MINING
Authors:   Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia, Feldman D. G. , Sadekova T. R. ,   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, Vorontsov K. V. ,   Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
Published: November 2020

Opinion mining is a popular task, that is applied, for example, to determine news polarisation and identify product review classes. Our task is unsupervised clusterization of opinionated texts, in particular news on political events. Many papers that tackle this issue use generative models based on lexical features. Our goal is to determine the entities defying an opinion amongst lexical, syntactic and semantic features as well as their compositions. More specifically, we test the hypothesis that an opinion is determined by the composition of the mentioned facts (SPO triples), the semantic roles of the words and the sentiment lexicon used in it. In this paper we formalise this task and prove that using a composition of the above features provides the best quality when clusterising opinionated texts. To test this hypothesis we have gathered and labelled two corpuses of news on political events and proposed a set of unsupervised algorithms for extracting the features.
DIALOGUE MANAGEMENT USING EXTENDED DISCOURSE TREES
Authors:   Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia, Ilvovsky D. A. ,   National Research University Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia, Galitsky B. A. ,   Oracle Inc, USA
Published: November 2020

In this paper we learn how to manage a dialogue relying on discourse of its utterances. We consider two complementary approaches of dialogue management based on the discourse text analysis to extend the abilities of the interactive information retrieval-based chat bot.
VALENCY STRUCTURE OF CERTAIN PREDICATES OF SPEECH: NEW FINDINGS
Authors:   V. V. Vinogradov Institute of Russian Language, RAS, Iomdin B. L. ,   A. A. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, RAS, Iomdin L. L. ,   V. V. Vinogradov Institute of Russian Language, RAS,   A. A. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, RAS
Published: November 2020

The paper discusses valency frames of a number of Russian verbal predicates whose semantics includes speech acts and, at a cetrain step of semantic decomposition, the negation, like vozražat’ ‘object, retort’, vozmuščat’sja ‘resent, be indignant’ or izvinjat’sja ‘apologize’. It is hypothesized that the frames of such predicates include a pair of propositional valencies distinctly opposed to each other: (1) the valency of stimulus that expresses the state of events and (2) the valency of response that introduces a speech act performed by the subject as a reaction to this state of event and offering an explanation. For example, in the sentence Ivan izvinilsja, čto ne prišel na moj den’ rożdenija ‘Ivan apologized that he did not come to my birthday party’ the clause starting with čto ‘that’ represents the state of events, whilst in the sentence Ivan izvinilsja, čto ploxo sebja čuvstvoval ‘Ivan apologized that he was not feeling well’ the čto-clause introduces Ivan’s response to the stimulus (e.g. of not coming to the birthday party). It is shown that these valencies cannot be adequately described with a single semantic role of content. The authors also give a generalization of this phenomenon, comparing it to other instances of valency pairs, and suggest the existence of predicates having two valency centers.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RHETORICAL AND ARGUMENTATIVE STRUCTURES IN THE STUDY OF POPULAR SCIENCE DISCOURSE
Authors:   A. P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia, Kononenko I. S. , Sidorova E. A. ,   A. P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia, Akhmadeeva I. R. ,   A. P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
Published: November 2020

The proposed work is performed as a part of an on-going research project aimed at creation of discourse annotated corpus of popular science texts written in Russian. Annotation is carried out within the framework of a multi-level model of discourse, which considers the text from the perspective of genre, rhetorical and argumentative organization. We conduct a comparative study of the rhetorical and argument annotations, discuss their similarities and differences on the segment and structural levels and show them on the examples of standard schemes of reasoning described in D. Walton’s theory of structured argumentation: “Argument from Expert Opinion”, “Argument from Example”, and “Argument from Cause to Effect”. Special attention is paid to discourse markers registered during annotation as key indicators of discourse structure. We report the results of the experiment with argument indicator patterns, based on the list of rhetorical markers, and aimed at the extraction of “from Expert Opinion” arguments.
Effects of Strength Based Supportive Therapy on Family Functioning and Coping among Persons with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome
Authors: Pawar Shrikant , Abhivant Niteen , Kapse Praful , Kiran Manisha , Singh Amol Ranjan
Published: November 2020

Background: Alcohol dependence is a complex behaviour with far-reaching harmful effects on the family, work, society, as well as on the physical and mental health of the individual. Epidemiological studies conducted in India showed that 20-30% of our population is using alcohol at a harmful level. Mental health professionals provide support and understanding of the illness for the affected individual and family members. They work together on planning treatment; provide mutual support and understanding of the disorder. Aim: To study the effects of strength based supportive therapy on family functioning and coping of persons with alcohol dependence syndrome. Methodology: This was a hospital based intervention study. It had adopted the quasi-experimental before and after with control group research design. Participants were randomly allocated to the experimental and control groups. 10 persons with alcohol dependence syndrome were selected for the study Â five each person with alcohol dependence syndrome and their family members were assigned in the control group (treatment as usual group; TAU) and five persons with alcohol dependence syndrome and their family members were assigned in the experimental group (treatment as usual positive family intervention group). Family functioning was assessed through McMaster family assessment device Patients were assessed through brief cope. Result: The study results indicated a significant improvement in various domains of family functioning in experimental group participants compared to the treatment as usual group. It has also noted improvement in coping among patients. Conclusion: strength based supportive intervention useful for the caregivers as well as it also helps in improving coping among person with alcohol dependence syndrome.
Half-Widows in Kashmir: A Psychosocial Study
Authors: Manzoor Shazia , Beigh Sumeera Nazir
Published: November 2020

Introduction: Disappearance or enforced disappearance happens when a person comes in contact with an armed group (state and non-state), he is taken into custody against his/her will and his whereabouts become unknown. This phenomenon is very common in conflict situations. It has been experienced in all countries facing the conflict between security forces of the state and anti-state militants. Likewise, in Kashmir, the Armed Conflict situation from the year 1989 has resulted in many enforced disappearances. Methodology: Mixed methodology was adopted wherein both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection was used. The data for the study was collected from half-widows (N=109) hailing from District Baramulla of Kashmir valley using purposive sampling method. The psychological issues were studied using Trauma Symptom Check-List-40 and in-depth interviews were carried out with half-widows to understand their issues in depth. Results: The study revealed that all the respondents developed the psychological distress. Majority of the half-widows report anxiety, palpitations, sleep disorders, and lack of interest in everyday activities along with various psychosocial problems. Conclusion: Majority of the respondents have moderate to severe symptoms of dissociation, anxiety, depression and sleep disturbances along with other psychosocial issues or problems. They face the double burden of living with the uncertainty about the fate of their husbands and the challenges which are posed to her for ensuring not only the survival of her dependents but also a life of dignity for herself.
Psychosocial Intervention Needs and Psychiatric Social Work Practice
Authors: Sahu Kamlesh Kumar
Published: November 2020

From the very beginning of the Social Work, human needs have long been part of the social work theory, practice and research as an implicit conceptual foundation but practically it has long been a neglected and contested concept in the published literature of social work though social work has been instrumental in meeting the various needs of individuals. Social Work Practice in the field of mental health is also not an exception for the same. The need of an hour is to explicitly discuss the role of social work in meeting the human needs on the research and literature; the practice of which has already begun. It will have a significant influence on the contemporary practice of Psychiatric Social Work as well in India.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

Keywords: Psychiatric social work, psychosocial intervention, needs
CHAMBA RUMAL: THE PAINTING BY NEEDLE
Authors: Kaur Jasminder
Published: November 2020

India is a nursery of art and numerous mesmerizing arts and crafts forms have taken shape in this land. Its hill state of Himanchal Pradesh has a legacy of many art techniques and the townships of Guler, Basohli, Kangra, Chamba, and Mandi are the main art schools here. Other than rich pictorial art of murals and miniatures, it has many other art forms to its credit, but the picturesque Chamba Rumal stands unparalleled. The vivacity, vividness and precision of this needle art make it so close to the Pahadi miniatures and murals that it appears to be their transcript on the fabric. Because of this resemblance, it is also known as “Needle Painting”. This household origin art was normally done on the domestic articles, i.e. Rumal (Coverlet), Cap (joji), Hand Fan, Choli (blouse) etc. Among these, Rumal got a special place in the world and became popular by the name of ‘Chamba Rumal’. The folk nature of this art got new dimension as a classical form with the royal patronage. Here the technique was drawn from the folk style, but the motifs were of the Pahadi paintings. Because of its pictorial beauty, Chamba Rumal is also known as ‘Painting by the Needle’.
FINDING THE TRAFFIC LOCATION NAME IN GOOGLE MAP
Authors: C Deepa Shree , Kasyap Nishchitha R , Manjunathc
Published: November 2020

Aim of the project is to reduce the traffic congestion at a particular location in peak hours with the help of Google maps. Google maps, one of the widely used user-friendly app which helps an individual to give an alert of traffic congestion in that particular location in which she is actually going. As a result of this, Google maps will suggest an individual to take an alternative route, as the major route is highly affected by traffic jam. This alternative route suggested by Google maps is a faster route without traffic and help to reach an individual to her destination on time without much delay. For an individual, from different places doesn’t have any clue about the city and at which   locations do traffic exists and continue to persist over a long period of time.
REVAMPING PRE-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION UNDER NEW NCTE NORMS 2014: PERCEPTION OF B.ED. STUDENTS TOWARDS INCREASED DURATION OF COURSE
Authors: Ahmed Shabir , Sharma Ahakesh
Published: November 2020

Today India is having one of the largest networks of schools in the world. School education is most important stage in the whole educational ladder and underwent transformation since independence. For say after independence government of our country stressed on quantitative expansion of school education so as to provide access of education to the students in their door steps but in 21st century focus is shifted from quantity to quality of school education. This shift of paradigm and ICT revolution made the job of teacher more demanding. Quality of school education is depending on quality and professional commitment of teachers and quality of teachers depend upon nature and type of pre-service teacher training to prospectus teachers. Keeping pace with the needs of present time, in 2012 Verma committee recommended number of changes in the pre-service teacher education programme and enhancing duration was one of them. Hence, National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) came up with new regulation in 2014 under which duration of B.Ed. and M.Ed. was increased from initial one year to two years. The new NCTE regulations are implemented all over the nation from academic session 2015-2016. However, the implementation of new NCTE norms has given a way to the debate on the credibility of increased duration of both the courses. The present paper will appraise the probable benefits and issues related with the increased duration of the pre-service teacher training programmes as per the NCTE Regulations 2014.
A STUDY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE IN RELATING TO LEARNING STYLE AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS
Authors: S Jeevitha , J Vanitha
Published: November 2020

Students’ reveal different learning styles and multiple intelligences, and only by accommodating these several abilities can teachers appropriately plan and conduct tasks and evaluate what students have learned. The present study describes the types of learning styles and multiple intelligences of students, as well as instructional methods that work best with students’ relevant learning traits. The main motive is to study on multiple intelligence in relating to learning style among higher secondary students in Coimbatore district. This research is under taken with a view to examining the relationship with multiple intelligence and learning style of different high school students with a sample size 300. The investigation is analyzed by the descriptive analysis and differential analysis. The result concluded from the study that there is no substantial change with respect to gender, locality, groups and board of institution in their mean score of multiple intelligence and learning style. The correlation is not significant with the multiple intelligence and learning style.
USING BLOOM’S REVISED TAXONOMY TO ANALYZE READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS IN TEAM UP IN ENGLISH 1-3 AND GRADE 9 ENGLISH O-NET TESTS
Authors: Tangsakul Pornpimon , Kijpoonphol Wachiraporn , Duy Linh Nguyen , Kimura Lugsamee Nuamthanom
Published: November 2020

The aim of the study was to use Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy 2001 or Anderson & Krathwohl’s Taxonomy 2001 to analyze and compare the levels of reading comprehension questions found in reading parts of Team Up in English 1-3 and Grade 9 English O-NET Tests academic years 2013-2016. This study examined 416 reading comprehension questions from Team Up in English 1-3 and 65 reading comprehension questions from O-NET Tests academic years 2013-2016. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy 2001 was used as a framework for analyzing levels of reading comprehension questions. The findings showed that the levels of reading comprehension questions found in Team Up in English 1-3 and Grade 9 English O-NET tests academic years 2013-2016 were similar and were in low levels of reading comprehension questions.
FACTORS THAT AFFECT OUR SPIRITUAL WORLD IN MODERN TIMES AND THEIR SOCIAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS
Authors: Abdullayeva N.A.
Published: November 2020

Today, there is a great need for the revision of the system of spiritual values that constitute the cultural basis of every society from the public practice and high intellect to which humanity has acquired, and re-evaluating their role in human life. Thus, the globalization process in the world raises the problem of spiritual values and creates the need for scientific-philosophical analysis of social-spiritual aspects of free society building.

It should be noted that the spiritual world of the Azerbaijani people, which has repeatedly encountered the trials of the history with an interesting and rich history in the crossroads of different religions and cultures, has emerged, formed and developed on a rich foundation, grown into its national-psychological trajectory. It is very important to study the universality inherent in the national-cultural and spiritual systems, cultures for the philosophical view of Azerbaijan in modern times.
A STUDY ON LOCUS OF CONTROL AND SELF CONFIDENCE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Authors: Vanaja Y. , Geetha
Published: November 2020

Locus of control refers to an individual’s perception of main causes of events in life. More simply, do you believe that your destiny is controlled by yourself that your destiny is controlled. Self - confidence is an essential part of humanity.  Self - confidence is the internal sense, or belief that we can accomplish a variety of tasks or goals throughout life. Self - confidence is similar, but more related to believing we are generally competent in what we do, and that we deserve to be happy in life. A person with self-confidence generally likes herself, is willing to take risks to achieve her personal and professional goals, and thinks positively about the future. Self - confidence is something that you can build on your own! One of the major objectives of this study is to investigate self-confidence and locus of control in a cross-cultural context. Selected high school students from Government School, Private School and Government Aided School in Coimbatore District will be compared on  self-confidence and locus of control. In addition, relationships of these psychological variables with academic achievement and with each other will also be examined. An examination of sex differences, as an independent variable, will also be investigated. The sample 300 high school students. Locus of control is another important and popular concept. Its construct has been the subject of psychological research since the late 1950s. Interest in the study started with Rotter’s (1966) monograph, which presented the concept of locus of control from social    learning theory point of view.
A STUDY ON ADVERTISING STRATEGY OF FAST MOVING CONSUMER GOODS (FMCG) SECTOR IN INDIA - WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TRICHY DISTRICT
Authors: Alex K. , Malar M. Mary Suthanthira
Published: November 2020

Advertising developed mainly in twentieth century. The development of technology and research brought sophistication in advertising in recent decades. It has developed significantly after Second World War. After 1950, television became the important medium of advertising. Advertising business changed with the business environment. It is rarely a stable business. Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) are more in demand and frequently purchased by customers. These goods include all Consumable goods (other than pulses and grains) and consumers buy at regular intervals in small quantities. SWOT Analysis applied to measures the Advertising Strategy of FMCG Sector. Both Primary and Secondary sources of data were utilized for the study. Primary data was collected by means of administering a questionnaire to the customers and advertising manager. Secondary data had been collected from various publications, periodicals, journals, etc. Convenience sampling technique was used for the survey. Questionnaire filled by the selected respondents. The sample size selected is 200. The study concluded that the companies are used the media as a mode of promotion for the FMCG products and tough competition is being faced by the company in market, media planners should be more careful in giving message to the customers.
DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON SOME TYPES OF MICRO ALGAE AND MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS (LAMARCK, 1819)
Authors: Yüce Arzu Morkoyunlu
Published: November 2020

This study was conducted to determine the effects of aquatic pollutants on aquatic organisms. Izmit Bay, which is polluted both domestically and industrially, was chosen as the study area. Densely populated areas and industry are located around the Izmıt Bay. For this purpose, mussel and micro algae samples were taken from selected stations. In the study, salinity value was measured in the range of 22% - 28%.  Water temperature, pH and conductivity varied from 9.20 – 25.01 ℃, 6.81 - 8.3, 30.42 - 45.11 µS/cm, dissolved oxygen values as minimum and maximum 4.62 – 12.61 mg l−1 were determined respectively. In heavy metal analyses Al, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, Cr, Ni, Cd and Fe) of seawater were determined in the study. As a result of the study, the highest heavy metal ratio in Mytilus galloprovincialis was determined to be iron.  In the study, Oscilatoria sp., Ulnaria sp. and Nitzschia sp. taxa were determined as dominant. These species have high tolerance to aquatic pollution parameters.
Aprendizagem baseada em problemas
Authors: Castaman Ana Sara , Tommasini Angélica
Published: November 2020

O presente estudo tem como objetivo conhecer acerca dos conceitos de metodologias ativas na Educação Profissional e Tecnológica, de modo a relatar a experiência do uso da Aprendizagem Baseada em Problemas (ABP) no contexto do Programa Nacional de Integração da Educação Profissional com a Educação Básica, na Modalidade de Jovens e Adultos (PROEJA), em uma instituição de ensino federal. Assim, pauta-se em uma pesquisa qualitativa, por meio da técnica bibliográfica e do relato de experiência. Está dividido em 02 (duas) seções: a) discute sobre as metodologias ativas como uma estratégia de ensino que pode viabilizar a formação integral na EPT; b) relata a experiência da ABP no contexto do PROEJA. Conclui-se que a ABP possui um viés dinâmico e estratégico, que pode promover o trabalho colaborativo, a criatividade, a autonomia, a flexibilidade, o comprometimento e a comunicação oral dos estudantes, o que está em consonância aos objetivos institucionais.