bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
STABLECOINS AS A MEANS OF CROSS-BORDER TRANSFERS UNDER SANCTIONS PRESSURE
Authors:   Baikal State University, Irkutsk, Russia, Zhigas Margarita G. , Adamov Ivan A. ,   Baikal State University, Irkutsk, Russia
Published: February 2023

The issue of ensuring the sustainable functioning of the international money transfer system in Russia is relevant in today’s realities. Sanctions and the departure of foreign companies have negatively affected the possibility of cross-border transfers, confirming the need for modernization or creating of a new system to solve emerging problems. The purpose of the article: To analyze the current state of cross-border transfers in the Russian Federation, to determine whether it is possible today to use such financial instruments as stablecoins as a means of cross-border transfer, to highlight the main problems and advantages of using these financial instruments. The main problems concerning the use of digital financial assets in Russia are highlighted. The most striking of them are the absence of operators of the exchange of digital financial assets entered in the relevant register, multi-link chains of transfers, in the case of the use of “stable coins”, multi-level commissions, the lack of open reporting of companies developing stablecoins, the absence of many of them confirmed means of providing stable coins. Among the advantages of using these financial instruments, the authors highlighted an increase in the speed of cross-border payments and a reduction in their cost, as well as providing a wider level of financial accessibility to a large circle of users without bank accounts.
DYNAMICS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CBR OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR THE AUTHORIZED CAPITAL OF INSURERS FROM 2012 TO 2022
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, St. Petersburg, Russia, Makarenko E. A. ,   St. Petersburg Polytechnic University of Peter the Great, St. Petersburg, Russia
Published: February 2023

The article considers the dynamics of changes in the requirements of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to the size of the authorized capital in the period from 2012 to 2022. The situation with the reduction in the number of insurance companies in the market due to changes in the requirement of authorized capital in the context of types of insurance and periods of change in legal requirements is analyzed. The analysis of the situation associated with the minimum number of emergence of new insurance companies in the Russian market was carried out. Based on objective reasons, a forecast was made regarding the volume and structure of insurers that may leave the market by 2025 due to the inability to meet the requirements of the Russian regulator. In order to increase the transparency of the financial condition of insurers, a proposal was made to change the requirements for the publication of financial statements.
THE IMPACT OF THE 2022 SANCTIONS AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE DEPOSIT RISK OF BANKS AND CREDIT INSTITUTIONS
Authors:   Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, Korets Dmitriy M.
Published: February 2023

The paper considers the problems of deposit risk in the Russian banking sector; the main factors affecting the level of this risk, and mechanisms for minimizing risk in conditions of uncertainty. The Russian economy is under the sanctions of European countries and the United States due to a special military operation in Ukraine, and is also recovering from lockdown and restrictions caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. The combination of these factors complicates the work of enterprises and makes it necessary to study the impact of deposit risk on the Russian banking sector. Special attention is paid to the impact of systemically significant banks on the market of deposit products in Russia. One of the main tasks was to identify the impact of credit institutions on the resource base of the banking sector and deposit risk.
CRYPTOCURRENCY AS AN INNOVATIVE TOOL FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND SECURITY OF THE ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Authors:   Baikal State University, Department of Finance and Financial Institutions, Irkutsk, Russia, Zhigas Margarita G. , Kuzmina Svetlana N. ,   Baikal State University, Department of Finance and Financial Institutions, Irkutsk, Russia
Published: February 2023

The article is devoted to a study in which an assessment of the potential and possible further use of cryptocurrencies as an innovative tool of stability and security in the financial environment, which has a direct impact on the development of business and society, is carried out. The degree of readiness of representatives of the mass population of the Siberian Federal District of the Russian Federation to accept cryptocurrencies is considered. The main directions of the development of the cryptocurrency market are formulated, taking into account its impact on the system of monetary relations and acceptance by the mass population. The relevance of the study is due to changes in people’s everyday consciousness, their perception of what is happening, as well as the assessment of significant risks in the study period. The changes that allow analyzing the nature of innovation processes, external and internal factors and risks that are formed against the background of building a system of relations around the cryptocurrency are studied. The scientific works on the research topic are analyzed and summarized, the blockchain technology is studied, the features of the possible use of cryptocurrencies in the credit and financial system are revealed.
PROBLEMS OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION (BY THE EXAMPLE OF NORTH OSSETIA – ALANIA)
Authors:   North Ossetian State University named after K. L. Khetagurov), Vladikavkaz, Russia, Tokaeva Svetlana K. ,   North Caucasus Mining and Metallurgical Institute (State Technological University), Vladikavkaz, Russia, Tamaev Khetag O. ,   North Ossetian State University after K. L. Khetagurov, Vladikavkaz, Russia, Kabisova Arina R. ,   North Caucasus Mining and Metallurgical Institute (State Technological University), Vladikavkaz, Russia
Published: February 2023

The article discusses the tourism potential of the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania. Despite all the possibilities of modernizing the tourism sector, in practice they are just beginning to take steps towards the development of this industry. The main characteristics of recreational infrastructure, strengths and problems of tourism development in the republic are given.
INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE CORPORATE SECTOR IN MODERN CONDITIONS
Authors:   Luzin Institute for Economic Studies – Subdivision of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pochivalova Galina P.
Published: February 2023

The article analyzes the institutional transformations of the corporate sector in the context of reforming the system of legal entities, the essence of which was a change in the basic forms of doing business. Discussion of the results of reforming the system of corporate legal entities is acutely relevant due to the expiration in 2020 of the deadlines in which business entities had to decide on the choice of their organizational and legal form in the new conditions. The article studies the features of the legal regulation of the forms of doing business in modern conditions, identifies the reasons for choosing one or another business model. The article concludes that, despite the fact that public forms of doing business are attractive in terms of attracting investments, increasing credit rating, increasing resource mobilization, economic agents choose non-public forms, since the determining motive is not investing, but maintaining control over assets, moreover, for this, forms atypical for large businesses are used, which gives rise to the problem of a discrepancy between form and content, when limited liability companies, in fact, do not have an investment nature, are characterized by indicators amounting to hundreds of billions of rubles. To change the situation, it is necessary to improve the institutional environment for the activities of companies; improve the institutions of the financial market and its regulatory mechanisms; create such institutional conditions under which economic agents will show interest in open investment in the economy.
CURRENT PROBLEMS OF METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR CALCULATION AND PAYMENT OF VALUE ADDED TAX IN THE PART OF OFFSET AND REFUND
Authors:   North Ossetian State University after K. L. Khetagurov, Vladikavkaz, Russia, Morgoeva Alina K. , Kumalagova Elena A. ,   North Ossetian State University after K. L. Khetagurov, Vladikavkaz, Russia, Orenburova Ekaterina N. ,   Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Moscow, Russia
Published: February 2023

The issues of refund (refund) of value added tax (VAT) are relevant both for the state and for taxpayers. Taking into account the budget deficit, cases of illegal refusal to refund VAT have become more frequent, there is an increase in the tax burden, which causes more frequent cases of evasion from paying this tax. The article provides an analysis of schemes of evasion from paying one of the main indirect taxes, illegal reimbursement by taxpayers and tax authorities, as well as sanctions following such violations.
Política pública en intervención preventiva a partir de la Ley orgánica venezolana sobre el derecho de la mujer a una vida libre de violencia
Authors: Morales Carrero Jesús Alfredo
Published: February 2023

La integración efectiva y en igualdad de condiciones de la mujer en todas las esferas de la vida social, además de desafío complejo, constituye uno los propósitos de las agendas internacionales, en las que se deja ver la persiste necesidad de crear los mecanismos jurídicos y políticos a través de los cuales prevenir, erradicar y ofrecer alternativas para que ésta alcance tanto el estado de plenitud como la realización integral que le permita actuar de manera autónoma y en libertad. Esta investigación documental, propone una política pública en intervención preventiva a partir de Ley orgánica sobre el derecho de la mujer a una vida libre de violencia (venezolana), en la que se procura integrar acciones estratégicas que desde un enfoque holístico atiendan los requerimientos que impulsen a la mujer, como actor social, en la tarea de afrontar la defensa de los derechos que le asisten como ciudadana, en cooperación sinérgica con los órganos del Estado; en quienes reposa la responsabilidad de asesorar, acompañar y reforzar procesos que erradiquen la vulneración de su dignidad, conduciendo a la emergencia de factores de riesgo como la victimización, la discriminación y el maltrato sistemático en sus diversas manifestaciones. Se concluye, que lograr el abordaje efectivo de la violencia contra la mujer, supone la implementación de medidas socioeducativas que reiteren su reconocimiento como sujeto de derecho, así como la oportuna actividad preventiva que asegure su inclusión justa y paritaria en las diversas dimensiones de la vida social.
Análise da interferência da composição e compactação nas propriedades do concreto permeável
Authors: Schein Débora Maria , Wagner Rafaela , Perreira Rossato Fabio , Seidler Nelson
Published: February 2023

Devido ao crescimento populacional, as cidades estão passando por um intenso processo de urbanização, acarretando no aumento das áreas construídas. Estas áreas diﬁcultam a inﬁltração da água no solo, além de contribuírem para o aumento da vazão de escoamento das águas superﬁciais. Sendo assim, essa pesquisa tem por objetivo desenvolver um traço de concreto permeável, empregado como uma possível solução para tais inconvenientes. Para tanto foram desenvolvidas diferentes misturas com uma relação a/c 0,31 e traço 1:4,5 ﬁxos, com a utilização de CP V -ARI RS, analisando a interferência da dimensão dos agregados graúdos e da compactação na resistência mecânica e permeabilidade do material. Desta forma, realizaram-se ensaios laboratoriais através da moldagem de 8 corpos de prova cilíndricos de 10 x 20 cm e 4 corpos de prova prismáticos 15 x 15 x 50 cm para cada mistura, dos quais metade foram compactados com haste metálica e a outra metade com mesa vibratória. Observou-se que os melhores desempenhos foram atingidos pela mistura Brita0:Brita1 (70:30), em mesa vibratória, chegando a bons resultados de resistência mecânica e coeﬁciente de permeabilidade.
Analysis of body composition and autonomic function of the heart of schools from northern Mexico by gender
Authors: Hernández-Pérez Héctor Alan , Hernández-Cruz Germán , Rangel-Colmenero Blanca Rocío , Quezada-Chacón José Trinidad , Cruz-Castruita Rosa María
Published: February 2023

Normative values of body composition (CC) and autonomic profile of Mexican schoolchildren are presented. The design corresponds to a study with a quantitative, descriptive approach. The CC was determined using the Poortmans and Slaughter equation, the HRV was in records of short duration. Significant differences were found in muscle mass when comparing: 13.13 ± 3.57kg for women vs 15.79 ± 3.50kg for men with a significance of p = .01. The autonomic profile did not show significant differences, the mean of the mean R-R intervals (MRR) was 616.16 ± 81.52 ms in girls and 611 ± 72.27 ms in boys.
Experiencias de ocio en organizaciones socioeducativas de personas con discapacidad y su contribución a los ODS
Authors: Ruiz-Calzado Inmaculada
Published: February 2023

The objective of this study has been to evaluate the quality of leisure and free time activities specifically aimed at people with physical, mental and/or sensory disabilities through a socio-educational organization in the city of Córdoba (Spain).The methodology used was quantitative. It was a case study carried out in a socio-educational organization that cares for people with disabilities. The instrument used was the Scale for the assessment of leisure and free time activities (Hernández, 2001) completed by 67 participants.The most interesting results showed relationships with the age variable. However, no differences were found between groups for the rest of the study variables.
The Role of Serotoninergic Mediator System Genes in the Formation of Human Regulatory and Adaptive Capabilities
Authors:   Kuban State Medical University, Kashina Yuliya V. , Pokrovskiy Vladimir M. , Cherednik Irina L.
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this article was to establish the role of polymorphisms of genes regulating serotonin metabolism in the formation of human regulatory and adaptive capabilities. Materials and methods. The research involved 89 students of Kuban State Medical University. Their adaptation level was assessed at the end of the academic year according to the index of regulatory and adaptive status (IRAS) using the cardiorespiratory synchronism test (V.M. Pokrovskiy) on the VNS-Mikro device (Neurosoft, Russia). In addition, a molecular genetic analysis was performed (by DNA isolation from the peripheral blood using the standard phenol–chloroform extraction method) to identify polymorphisms of genes involved in serotonin biosynthesis (tryptophan hydroxylase genes TPH1 and TPH2) and genes encoding serotonin receptors (HTR2C and HTR2A). Results. The subjects were divided into three groups: with high (52.8 % of students), satisfactory (34.8 %) and low (12.4 %) regulatory and adaptive capabilities. In the group with high regulatory and adaptive capabilities, the most common alleles and genotypes were the following: *C allele for the ТРН1 gene; *G allele and *G/*T genotype for the ТРН2 gene, *G allele and *G/*G genotype for the HTR2С gene, and *A/*G genotype for the HTR2A gene. Statistically significant differences in the frequency of the *A/*G heterozygous genotype for the G1438A marker of the HTR2А gene were found between the groups with high and satisfactory regulatory and adaptive capabilities as well as in the groups with high and low regulatory and adaptive capabilities. In both cases, the *A/*G heterozygous genotype prevailed in individuals with high regulatory and adaptive capabilities, whereas the *G/*G heterozygous genotype was only identified in the group with low regulatory and adaptive capabilities. Thus, medical students with high regulatory and adaptive capabilities had alleles and genotypes that provide high sensitivity of serotonin receptors and sufficient activity of its biosynthesis enzymes. The obtained data revealed a dependence between the regulatory and adaptive capabilities and the polymorphisms of genes involved in both biosynthesis and reception of serotonin in humans.
Effect of Peroxiredoxin 6 on Nephrons in the Early Reperfusion Period After Renal Ischemia in Rats
Authors:   Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Gordeeva Alina E. , Kurganova Ezhena A. ,   Pushchino State Institute of Natural Sciences, Novoselov Vladimir I. ,   Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: February 2023

Renal reperfusion injury develops rapidly after ischemia relief. It is with the onset of reperfusion that a cascade of pathological processes is launched, which means that measures to protect the kidney have to be taken as early as in this period. The aim of the paper was to study the effect of exogenous peroxiredoxin 6 (Prx6) on the morphofunctional state of nephrons in the initial reperfusion period following ischemia. Materials and methods. The right kidney of rats was subjected to 45-minute ischemia with prior left-sided nephrectomy and examined after 2, 5 and 24 hours of reperfusion. Exogenous Prx6 was administered intravenously 15 minutes before ischemia. Results. The research showed that nephrectomy has no effect on the morphology of a single kidney, but leads to an increase in urea and creatinine in the blood within 24 hours. We noted signs of morphological and functional damage to nephrons after 2 hours of reperfusion, which tend to increase in the course of 24 hours. In addition, we observed a rise in blood creatinine and urea concentrations, an increase in the areas of renal corpuscles, glomeruli, and Bowman’s capsule, as well as dystrophic changes in nephrocytes and an increase in the immunosignal area of the kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1). When exogenous Prx6 was used, we observed normalization of the size of nephron components, a decrease in KIM-1 immunosignal and an improvement in the kidney’s excretory function both in the early reperfusion period and after 24 hours. Thus, exogenous Prx6 reduces damage to nephrons during the early reperfusion period, which improves their compensatory and adaptive properties in ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Higher Teacher Education in the Arkhangelsk North: Historical Milestones and the Present
Authors:   Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Goldin Vladislav I.
Published: February 2023

This article dwells on the history of and current situation in the higher teacher education in the Arkhangelsk North. It describes the key stages in the history of Arkhangelsk Teacher Training Institute and, later, Pomor University, development of their structure and training of specialists with higher teacher education, as well the work of Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov in this sphere.
Correlation Between Being and Time: The Ontological Role of the Phenomenon of Being-Guilty in M. Heidegger’s Concept of Dasein
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Oleynik Varvara A.
Published: February 2023

The article analyses the problem of correlation between being and time in the fundamental ontology of M. Heidegger. Within the framework of this problem, arguments are presented in favour of the thesis about the ontological role of the existentiale of being-guilty in terms of the correlation between the meaning of Dasein’s being and the meaning of being in general in the context of fundamental ontology. The methodology of this article consists in combining two approaches to the analysis of the relationship between being and time in Heidegger’s early philosophy, which he applies in his system: hermeneutic and phenomenological. The phenomenological methodology is presented here as the stages of the phenomenological reduction of the phenomenon of being-guilty. In this regard, the hermeneutic methodology is applied in the form of an intermediate interpretation of the meanings of this phenomenon, which are implicitly contained in this philosophical system. Based on the results obtained, a subsequent reduction of these existential meanings is made, which opens a way to discovering the ontological basis for the phenomenon of being-guilty. In accordance with Heidegger’s reasoning about Dasein’s being and the analysis carried out in this article, the author reveals the ontological basis for being-guilty, which is constituted through a fundamental for such an ontology relationship between Dasein’s temporality and Dasein’s being. The thesis about Dasein’s temporality goes back to the problem of the finitude of human existence, which in an ontological sense can be fixed in the understanding of the insignificance of one’s own being. This thesis takes the study to the level of the problems of Being and Time, where we find the initially stated by Heidegger and not thought out meaning of being in general and nothing, forming the basis for Dasein’s being. Thus, the question of the ground in philosophy, which is put forward to us by the results of Heidegger’s research in Being and Time remains relevant.
“Nosovich and Kovalevsky Are Politically Unreliable People”: S.S. Ioffe’s Memoir About the Work of the Supreme Military Inspectorate in the South of Russia in 1918
Authors:   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ganin Andrey V.
Published: February 2023

The material presents the first publication of the memoir of Bolshevik S.S. Ioffe (1895–1938) about the work of the Supreme Military Inspectorate during the Civil War in South Russia in 1918. Ioffe served as deputy chairman of the inspectorate’s political section and was well aware of the situation in Tsaritsyn, which at that time was being defended from the Whites. The memoirist pays special attention to the activities of a White underground organization headed by former General A.L. Nosovich at the headquarters of the North Caucasus Military District. Ioffe wrote his memoir in May 1922 due to the fact that the Special Department of the State Political Administration, in the course of the preparation of the trial of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, was at that time investigating the case of conspiracies in Tsaritsyn in the summer of 1918. Almost four years passed between the events of the Civil War described and the writing of the memoir. According to him, Ioffe did not have any documents at hand and wrote from memory. Because of this, some facts and their sequence were stated inaccurately. Nevertheless, the memoir seems to be an important and interesting historical source containing new data on the events in and around Tsaritsyn during the first defence of the city in 1918. Moreover, the reliability of Ioffe’s testimony in a number of cases is confirmed by the recently published memoir of General A.L. Nosovich, a White Guard agent in the Red Army. The document is kept in the Archives of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Volgograd Region and was declassified in 2022.
National Identity and Its Linguistic Representation in the Mexican Linguocultural Space
Authors:   Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Brazhnikova Irina E.
Published: February 2023

This article studies the linguistic representation of identity in the Mexican linguocultural space. The aim of the paper is to deduce the manifestations of national identity of Mexicans in their language and linguoculture. The relevance of this research stems from the need to study the national identity of Mexicans as representatives of the largest Spanish-speaking country. Of no less importance in the era of globalization is the analysis of the representation of identity, whose process of formation is used to control the consciousness of modern society and as a key element in state policy, contributing to a country’s stable growth and development. The article points out that Mexican Spanish has pan-Hispanic, pan-American, zonal, and nation-specific features. It has a tendency towards originality, represented by phonetic, grammatical, and lexicosemantic features. Mexican identity is most vividly manifested in vocabulary and phraseology. One of the main features of Mexican Spanish vocabulary is archaisms. Numerous borrowings from the languages of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, or indigenisms, testify to the importance of this component in the Mexican linguistic worldview and serve as markers of national identity. This identity is manifested in precedent names, which refer us to the images of indigenous cultures of ancient civilizations, as well as in the names of characters popular in the Mexican cultural space. One of the components of the representation of Mexican identity in the language is paroemia. The author concludes that archaisms, indigenisms, anthroponyms, precedent names, and proverbs of Mexican Spanish have “absorbed” the history of the Mexican people and reflect the specific linguistic worldview of Mexicans.
DEVELOPMENT OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION ON THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
Authors: Ирошников Денис Владимирович , Хабирова Диана Руслановна
Published: February 2023

В данной статье автор анализирует развитие федерального законодательства об экономических основах местного самоуправления Российской Федерации. В работе приводится заключение, что в настоящее время назрела острая потребность в регулировании межбюджетных отношений органов власти всех трех уровней.

In this article, the author analyzes the development of federal legislation on the economic foundations of local self-government of the Russian Federation. The paper concludes that there is now an urgent need to regulate the inter-budgetary relations of the authorities at all three levels.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE USE OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES - ANTHOCYANINS IN SPORTS NUTRITION
Authors: Трушина Элеонора Николаевна
Published: February 2023

В статье приводится краткий обзор литературы о применении антоцианинов в спортивном питании и механизмах их влияния на спортивную результативность. В работе использовали данные eLIBRARY.RU, электронных ресурсов платформы Global Health, научных публикаций ScienceDirect и Elsevier, библиографических баз статей MEDLINE и PubMed-NCBI.

The article provides a brief review of the literature on the use of anthocyanins in sports nutrition and mechanisms of their influence on sports performance. The data of eLIBRARY.RU, electronic resources of the Global Health platform, scientific publications of ScienceDirect and Elsevier, bibliographic databases of articles MEDLINE and PubMed-NCBI were used in the work.
ANALYSIS OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE PORTS OF THE AZOV-BLACK SEA BASIN
Authors: Прокопенко Анастасия Александровна , Хмелева Галина Анатольевна
Published: February 2023

В данной статье рассматривается динамика грузооборота морских российских портов азово-черноморского бассейна, тенденции их деятельности и перспективы развития морских портов России на Черном и Азовском морях.

This article examines the dynamics of cargo turnover of Russian seaports of the Azov-Black Sea basin, trends in their activities and prospects for the development of Russian seaports on the Black and Azov Seas.
MONITORING AND TRACKING SYSTEM STATUS OF COMPUTER NETWORK SERVICES
Authors: Fomenko Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich , Yaduta Anna Zaurovna
Published: February 2023

This work discusses some of the features of the Zabbix monitoring system, using the example of monitoring printers on the organization's local network, and provides a template for creating a report on printers.
MOBILIZING HASHTAGS IN THE LIGHT OF THE SPEECH ACT THEORY: A CASE STUDY OF TWITTER POSTS RELATED TO RESTRICTIVE MIGRATION POLICIES
Authors: Sosnin Alexey , Balakina Julia , JUCOVSCAIA Antonina
Published: February 2023

The article implements an integrated approach to examining the mobilization potential of Twitter, which incorporates an analysis of intentions stated by the authors of hashtags and messages. The study cited in the article proceeds from J. Austin and J. Searle’s approach who argued that any utterance is essentially preparedness to perform an action, and examines the Internet space and social networks from the standpoint of the Speech Act Theory. The article explores the illocutionary goals set by the authors of topical tweets containing an explicit evaluation of Donald Trump’s restrictive immigration policy, and establishes the combinatory power of mobilizing hashtags (which call or appeal for action) and of directive speech acts. Established in the article are the most common patterns for the formation of mobilizing hashtags, along with the regularities of how directive speech acts and mobilizing hashtags are interrelated. To classify hashtags, lexical, semantic and folksonomic analyses are employed. The interrelation of hashtags mobilizing for action is represented graphically in Gephi software. The article suggests that to realize an appeal for action, the users rely mostly on the mobilizing potential of hashtags or tend to employ a combination of a directive speech act and a mobilizing hashtag, whose meaningful explicit appeal coincides in its communicative potential with the imperative verb realizing the directive speech act. It is concluded that in modern online communication hashtags appear to be a powerful autonomous instrument as far as mobilization is concerned.
SUGGESTIONS AND MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS FOR THE DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF A CULTURAL CUSTOMER IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
Authors: Lagerova Viera , HARAJOVÁ Alica
Published: February 2023

The discussion of traditional regional studies in the subject of German as a foreign language has clearly shifted in recent years along several planes. On the one hand, the field has been much better represented at the institutional level for some years now than it was; professorships with appropriate titles have been established at some universities, and the topic is increasingly addressed by various professional journals and associations. On the other hand, the academic debate on the aims, content and tasks of regional studies in German as a foreign language has recently taken on a new quality, as there are now a number of viable concepts for the further development of regional studies from a mere 'applied subject' into an independent (cultural) science, which have been called for some time and which have already been implemented with some success. Here, however, further development will depend in particular on whether the scientific competitiveness and compatibility of the field can be ensured in synergy with neighboring and related research disciplines. The debate on German as a foreign language has for a long time been primarily concerned with different conceptions and approaches to teaching German as a foreign language in the context of culture or 'intercultural' teaching, which have been oriented towards goals such as 'intercultural communication skills', 'intercultural competence' or 'understanding foreigners'.
This article proposes both a theoretical and a methodological study in which the discipline of regional studies is analyzed as a motivating factor for DaF students at Primary school. The cultural approach is an area of teaching a foreign language that offers many new methodological and thematic possibilities to better understand how dealing with the culture can positively influence the acquisition of a foreign language.
“UNRELIABLE NARRATOR”, OR UNRELIABLE AUTHOR? THE QUESTION OF
NARRATIVE (UN)RELIABILITY IN HISTORICAL NARRATIVES
Authors: ČERVENÁ Ludmila
Published: February 2023

The narratological category of an unreliable narrator has the potential to serve as a functional conceptual tool that can aid in capturing certain otherwise hidden dimensions of specific historical narratives. What has to be emphasized when using the tools of narrative analysis for this purpose, however, is the different nature of factual stories. While unreliable narration in fiction is often defined as a conscious, purposeful and, most importantly, intentional distortion of the story that may serve the author’s problematization of documentary “truth”, factual texts are most often not unreliable in the same sense. They may be misleading, incomplete, distorting or insufficiently critical to the reality they strive to recon-struct, but these defects do not have to be intentional. Given the fact that the narratological category of an unreli¬able narrator has so far been theorized primarily in the context of fiction or, eventu¬ally, histori¬cal novels, the paper synthe-sizes the available knowledge in the field of narratology and looks at historical narratives of a factual nature in both lit-erature and film. It seeks to provide a com¬pact, yet comprehensive picture of the studied issue and point out the leading problems associated with the credibility of stories about the past, but also sets to exam¬ine the possibility of their critical evalua¬tion by the recipients. In this way, the paper empha¬sizes the very specific position of historical texts in literary studies and takes an inter¬est in the possibility of using narratological tools, such as the unreliable narrator or the im¬plied author, beyond fiction.
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT, OR FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE (THE COLLECTION EAST, WEST AND THE NOVEL FURY BY SALMAN RUSHDIE)
Authors: Kostova-Panayotova Magdalena
Published: February 2023

The notion of a new comparativism in literary studies shared by critics like Theo D’haen, Pascale Casanova, Michel Lobry, Walter Mignolo, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, and many others is associated with questioning the dominant Eurocentrism, suggesting that regarding the ideas, messages, and projections taking over literature today, the Euro-American system is changing and in future could even become peripheral to the new one (D’haen, 2012). Even if this does not happen, one should not ignore that the world of literature looks different when viewed from less dominant points of view.
We share the idea that the cultures that stay isolated wither away; on the other hand, the cultures that remain confined within themselves deform, and only those cultures that maintain the balance of borrowing and lending tend to be healthy and thriving, hence the insistence on the interaction between the different cultures based on equality and mutual respect, because the imitation of the Western model is dangerous when it is internationalized in the intellectual concept of the world in the culture and literature of the nations that are not part of the Euro center. The inherent vitality of the crossroads literature sounds strange against the background of late-twentieth-century literature.
CAPTAIN AHAB AND JACK TORRANCE IN THEIR DARKNESS AND MADNESS
Authors: Anastasova Maria
Published: February 2023

The study examines Captain Ahab – Herman Melville’s iconic figure from the novel Moby-Dick in comparison with Jack Torrance, who is the central male character in Stephen King’s The Shining. The analogy is motivated by the tragic nature and the madness of the two characters, which is related to their antagonism. The aim is to establish any references between the two characters with the idea to trace the characteristics of dark romanticism such as the progression of madness and human fallibility in the development of Jack Torrance. Several aspects of parallelization are proposed – the characters’ tragic features, the essence of their madness, and their function as fatherly figures. The analysis demonstrates some common features between Ahab and Torrance. Both of them can be associated with Shakespearean tragic heroes, even though the tragedy of Jack is not heroic, but domestic. Their stories take place in isolation from society, in a microworld, where they take a leading position, which can be interpreted as a representation of the negative father – the father that fails to protect his family. Although both of them are obsessive, the roots of their obsession are different. Captain Ahab’s monomania is driven by his thirst for revenge, while at the core of Jack’s madness is his alcohol addiction and his failure.
BERRY FLORA NOMINATIONS IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE COLOR SYSTEM. COWBERRY
Authors: Sivova Tatyana
Published: February 2023

As a result of this study, the purpose of which is to establish on the material of various discourses (lexicographic, artistic, associative, advertising, Internet discourse) the actual composition of color terms used in cowberry’s coloristic descriptions, a coloristic spectrum of plant descriptions has been identified, including more than 30 basic color terms, and also lexemes with the meaning ‘to be in bloom’, ‘not ripe’ / ‘ripe’, with a ‘light’ seme; a number of color composites testifying to the importance of subtle color differentiation of cowberry in the native speaker linguistic consciousness.
Other important results of the study are: 1) the identification of the cowberry’s descriptions color dominant (red), confirming the status of the plant as a standard sample of red and manifesting mass color stereotype of its perception; 2) the description of the periphery of cowberry’s color nominations, which made it possible to designate the range of individual author’s characteristics of the plant (more than 20 nominations, according to an associative experiment); 3) the identification of the functional potential of cowberry’s color descriptions, which is manifested in the ontological function, in the function of the aestheticization of reality, cultural-marking, ethnolinguocultural, advertising; 4) the establishment of new color terms, based on floristic nomination, production mechanisms, the lexicography and functionality study which will make some contribution to the Russian color conceptosphere description.
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE PUBLICATION PROCESS IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES REFEREED JOURNALS IN EASTERN EUROPE
Authors: Todorova Bilyana
Published: February 2023

The aim of the paper is to present the author’s observations on the publication process of the Eastern European journals on Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences indexed in international databases. As this kind of publication is a relatively new practice in this part of Europe and a lot of researchers are not well prepared for how long-lasting and time-consuming the publication process of the Scopus and Web of Science journals may be, the common steps are presented, starting with the specifics of the e-platforms used by most of the publishers. The importance of meeting the technical requirements of the particular journal is also discussed as well as the place and the role of the peer-review process in the whole procedure. The most frequent problems and challenges that editors and journals face when this step has to be completed are reported and the reasons for the current situation are presented. As peer reviewing is a crucial part of the publication process, it is analyzed in detail. Special attention is paid to the importance of the final editing and proofreading of the manuscript.
Apart from all these phases of the publishing process in the prestigious journals, some other questions concerning the use of specific languages, the accessibility of the published work, and the evaluation of the academic achievements are discussed. The paper also addresses the importance of free access to resources and of the freedom to disseminate intellectual work.
ON SIMILES WITH BEAUTIFUL / PRETTY TERTIUM COMPARATIONIS
(A STUDY OF THE BULGARIAN LANGUAGE)
Authors: KARTALOVA Mariyana
Published: February 2023

The current article’s object of study are similes containing the beautiful/pretty tertium comparationis in their structure. Comparisons known to linguistics as sustainable rather than figurative seem to be the easiest way to understand the contemporary environment and new cultural idioms. Such constructions reveal individuals’ associative thinking, which suggests that the comparisons can be viewed as both language facts and speech facts. The article introduces the lexico-grammatical characteristics of the components under scrutiny, framed by comparative constructions. The goal is to analyze their connotative quality, anthropocentric intentionality, and so on. Bulgarians have a rich associative thinking process that is evident from their use of similes or realia that take up the role of tertium comparationis. This type of thinking is subjected to the development of language, as well as society (introducing of new technologies, realia, appearance of new actors, popular among the contemporary generation, etc.). The research explores one of the main qualities of similes – their idiomatic nature, the possibility of reconsidering the elements that similes consist of. This quality becomes progressively unstable since it comprises the components to which the quality of beautiful/pretty is assigned – i.e. tears, Aphrodite, roses, princesses, the sun, paintings, etc. At the same time, there are many similes that use an illogical image in the role of a comparatum – i.e. worms, goblins, Quasimodo, etc. The current research will show that people focus both on the bad and imperfect qualities of those around them, and also on what is beautiful in their surroundings.
THE ROLE OF CLITIC DOUBLING IN THE INFORMATION STRUCTURE OF THE ALBANIAN LANGUAGE
Authors: JAKUPI Qëndresa
Published: February 2023

This paper attempts to argue whether the repetition of the object or clitic doubling as a syntactic mechanism affects the encoding of the information structure in the Albanian language. In three previous studies by Kallulli (2000, 2008); Kapia (2010), it is reported that direct object clitic doubling is not an optional phenomenon in the Albanian language, that direct object clitic doubling systematically produces and encodes the information structure, and that clitic doubled objects are interpreted as topics. Thus, the object and the clitic have the status of topic in the sentence, as doubling occurs when the clitic refers to the already present discourse referent. That is, the NP is previously introduced in the discourse, thus becoming a specific referent available to be later selected via the doubling mechanism. In addition, according to them, when the object bears the topic feature, the direct object doubling is obligatory. Unlike Kallulli (2000, 2008) and Kapia (2010, 2012), Buchholz & Fiedler (1987) draw different conclusions, according to which the direct object clitic doubling in the Albanian language may be optional if the word order is canonical (SVO). This paper, on the other hand, aims at proving whether the object clitic doubling in our corpus marks the information structure by giving the feature [+ topic] or [-focus].
RUSSIAN FORMALISM AND DEFAMILIARIZATION IN LANGUAGE
Authors: MALOKU Flamur , AVDYLI Merxhan
Published: February 2023

Formalists broke a category of previous studies that did not rely on the text, by moving the object of study from the outside of literature, to the inside of literature. As pioneers of this study method, they built concepts that would crystallize only later. They represented goals that were bigger than their possibilities and this happened because, in general, they applied linguistic studies in their literary studies, while it is known that language or linguistics in the ‘20s, XX century, was in its first phase of development. But language made them very connected to the text, perceiving the tool as the main protagonist of literature. This connection with the text would give them a stronger resilience in comparison to other methods that distance from the text, by going to abstractions, without a pure reference to the text. If N. Fraj’s opinion that when we analyze literature we speak of literature and when we assess it we speak of ourselves is to be considered reasonable, then we can say that Russian formalists, in general, spoke about literature, not about themselves. At all costs, they sought to distance themselves from outside of literature, regardless of the form of study it would manifest itself, as the study of the author, the reader, or the one studying. To them, text and its characteristics were everything.
A CORPUS-BASED ANALYSIS ON EXCLAMATIVES IN THE PHILIPPINE
Authors: Santos Myla , MUKMININ Amirul
Published: February 2023

Exclamatives constructions in the Philippine English form a variegated class which is often confused with other types of clauses. These structures are characterized by intonation contour, emphatic stress and propositional properties beyond their syntactic form. Using the AntCoc protocol, this corpus-based study presents a survey of the categories and syntactical characteristics as well as the functions of the exclamatives found in ICE-PHI with 199 hits out of 1,172 tokens from the word collection. Key words such as what, how so, such a/an and others were used to locate the target hits of the utterances. Analysis was made on the syntactic and formulaic forms, semantic categories and pragmatic impressions. Results show that 'so' exclamatives posted the highest frequency, followed by the prototypes, and 'the such a/an' exclamatives. Minimal occurrences were recorded for DP – 'the way' exclamatives and nominal exclamatives. A majority of the exclamatives followed the initial exclamative phrase syntactic formula except for the 'such a/an' exclamatives which follow the subject auxiliary inversion. The syntactic features and functions of the exclamatives illustrated the semantic nature of the structures which differentiated them from seeming to be similar structures as in expressive/emotional utterance.
PERFORMING COVID-19: TRUMP’S SHIFT OF RHETORIC
DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS IN THE USA
Authors: BILETSKA Tetiana , HAVRYLIUK Olha , Nikiforova Yevheniia , Galitska Elizaveta
Published: February 2023

The article studies American President Donald Trump’s discourse within the period between January and March, 2020, when he had to respond to the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in the USA. The material of the research was collected through continuous sampling and contains the president’s tweets, interviews and White House briefing conferences. The method applied to analyze the sample is three-dimensional Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) that ensures achieving the purpose of the study, namely to explore Trump’s discursive strategies employed to address the coronavirus crisis, to preserve the politician’s domination in the public discourse and to react to the criticisms of his opponents and oppositional mass media that pictured the virus as a dire threat and accused the president of inefficacy and negligence. The analysis has revealed a shift in Trump’s discursive strategies starting from the middle of March, 2020: while in January the president attempted to maintain the social order by presenting the coronavirus as ordinary, emphasizing US authorities’ success in curbing its spread and accusing opponents of alarmism, in late March, however, Trump admitted the sweeping scope of the pandemic and even claimed his prior knowledge of its danger. Thus, the research has uncovered the president’s strategies used to recontextualize his actions towards the ongoing events and to create new representations of social reality aimed at hegemonizing his opponents’ discourse that conquered the US public sphere.