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Evaluación del programa “La aventura de la vida” desde la perspectiva de sus actores en una escuela de educación básica primaria, Medellín, 2002-2004: estudio de caso
Authors: Gaviria M. Alba E , Castrillón L. Alexandra , Trujillo M. Ligia , Uribe S. Julián , Peñaranda C. Fernando
Published: July 2024

Esta investigación tiene como base la evaluación del programa “La aventura de la vida”, trabajo conjunto entre la Universidad de Antioquia y Surgir, organización no gubernamental encargada de dicho programa en Medellín. Se escuchó a sus participantes para comprender los conocimientos, percepciones y relaciones en las comunidades educativas donde se aplicó y en esa medida se pudo establecer cómo los componentes del programa pueden dar cuenta de prácticas e interacciones de sus actores, que producen efectos e impactos. Este estudio indagó sobre dichos efectos e impactos en términos de proceso social y como vehículos transformadores de la cultura ciudadana frente al problema de la farmacodependencia. Para ello, se exploraron las concepciones y significados de la comunidad educativa sobre prevención de problemáticas socialmente relevantes asociadas a las drogas y promoción de estilos de vida saludables. La evaluación fue de tipo cualitativa (estudio de caso), lo que permitió comprender el desarrollo real del programa utilizando diferentes técnicas, tales como entrevistas en profundidad, observaciones participantes y grupos focales de niños y niñas y de sus personas significantes.
Contribución de las condiciones locativas y ambientales al riesgo de contaminación con mercurio en las entidades odontológicas de Antioquia
Authors: Ruíz Jairo A. , Gómez Gabriel J. , Durán Carlos J. , Villa Victor M. , Zapata Luis A. , Parra Carlos M. , Pérez R. Jorge I. , Carmona Rosaura
Published: July 2024

Este artículo presenta uno de los productos de la investigación aplicada “Gestión ambiental de la amalgama dental en el depar­tamento de Antioquia”, realizado entre febrero del 2005 y febrero del 2007 por los siguientes grupos de investigación de la Univer­sidad de Antioquia:Ciencia y Tecnología Biomédica (CTB), Mate­riales Preciosos (MAPRE) y Grupo de Investigaciones Pirometalúr­gicas y de Materiales (GIPIMME), así como de la empresa privada New Stetic S. A.Objetivo:describir las condiciones locativas y ambientales en 30 grandes entidades odontológicas del departa­mento de Antioquia, definidas en el proyecto como aquellas con cinco o más sillas o unidades odontológicas en un mismo sitio de trabajo y que corresponden aproximadamente a 85% de la pobla­ción de referencia. Por ello, los resultados pueden considerarse como derivados de un censo.La descripción se realiza desde una perspectiva asociada al riesgo de contaminación con mercurio del personal laboralmente expuesto.Materiales y método:se diseño y aplicó un instrumento de observación en cada entidad sobre características del piso y paredes, ventilación, temperatura, lugar de almacenaje de mercurio, elementos para el manejo de residuos de la amalgama (escupidera y colector) y actividades diferentes a la prestación de servicios odontológicos.Cada en­tidad fue visitada por un ingeniero investigador y un estudiante avanzado de ingeniería en una fecha acordada, previamente ca­pacitados para la recolección de la información.Resultados:no todas las entidades grandes prestan los servicios en instalaciones adecuadas ni hacen un buen manejo de las variables ambientales, de tal manera que se hace imperativo emprender acciones inte­grales inmediatas que disminuyan el peligro de contaminación con mercurio.
Tratamiento de las enfermedades infecciosas
Authors: Organización Panamericana de la Salud
Published: July 2024

La cuarta edición del libro Tratamiento de las enfermedades infecciosas 2009-2010, cuyo contenido está basado en consultas de reconocidos expertos en el campo de la infectología, pediatría y microbiología clínica, quienes revisaron y actualizaron ediciones anteriores de la publicación, incorporando la evidencia más sólida disponible en el momento actual.
Enfermedades de alto costo en afiliados a un sistema institucional de aseguramiento y prestación de servicios de salud
Authors: David D Inés Milena , Medina P Ana María , Martínez L Elkin
Published: July 2024

Introducción: las enfermedades de alto costo (EAC) represen­tan un gran riesgo para el equilibrio financiero de las empresas de salud y pueden ser un factor determinante para su super­vivencia en el mercado. Conocerlas mejor es esencial para prever su impacto en el sistema de prestación de servicios de salud. Metodología: se estudia toda la facturación relaciona­da con las eac en los 8.347 afiliados a un sistema institucional de aseguramiento y prestación de servicios en salud durante un período de cinco años (1999-2003). Resultados: se regis­tran 245 casos que generaron un costo de 3.520 millones de pesos durante el periodo estudiado. En el último año las eac consumen 36% de los costos totales por servicios de salud. Tres enfermedades, las cardiovasculares, las neoplasias y la insuficiencia renal, consumen 65% de estos costos. El 30% de los dineros por EAC se aplicaron a personas que fallecieron en el proceso de tratamiento. La edad y la cronicidad del pa­decimiento están asociadas a estas complicaciones. Conclu­siones: las EAC representan una severa carga para el sistema de prestación del servicio de salud. La situación parece ser el resultado de acceder a los avances médicos con altas especifi­caciones técnicas, pero a un costo muy alto, y en una interven­ción muy tardía, cuando ya no puede obtenerse un beneficio significativo para la salud del paciente. Parece evidente que el camino de la prevención y la promoción de la salud se impo­ne como alternativa inteligente, si no por razones humanas y sociales, al menos por razones económicas.
Participatory Climate Action: Reflections on Community Diversity and the Role of External Experts
Authors: Smith Connor , Bain-Kerr Finlay , Van der Horst Dan
Published: July 2024

Academics have often contributed to designing, running, and evaluating participatory events with publics on climate action. Whilst climate assemblies are perhaps the most well-known of such events, there is also a proliferation of smaller and more local projects suggesting scope for reflection on the role of academic researchers in this evolving space. We deploy an experimental methodology that blends personal reflections with group discussion amongst the authors to help unpack the lessons learned from a project led by the local council, where we facilitated the involvement of local people in decision-making around climate action. Reflecting on our individual and academic positionalities, we question the extent to which we are well placed to build, maintain, and sustain trust, which requires spending time in place, continuity, and ceding power. As “outsiders” with “elite connotations,” our role as actors in this space is open for discussion. Indeed, our involvement could be perceived as a missed opportunity to retain more money and knowledge locally by ceding more responsibility to grassroots organisations. Our experience also suggests that framing public participation in terms of design and facilitation deficit is somewhat misleading. It is not just a process that needs to be attuned to diverse communities, but an ongoing relationship that needs certain enabling conditions to flourish, including conducive funding frameworks and a willingness to address incumbent power differentials between state and non-state actors.
Information features of management decisions in the system of public authority
Authors: Rossinskiy B. V.
Published: July 2024

The article considers the formation of two management systems after the adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Federation — the system of public administration and the system of local government. The conceptual peculiarities of managerial decision-making in both systems are investigated, and the conclusion is made about the differences in the configurations of the channels of their information links. The advantages and disadvantages of the public administration system as a centralized system based on cybernetic principles, as well as the positive and negative aspects of the synergetic nature of the local government system are analyzed. As public administration systems need a certain decentralization of management, so local government systems cannot do without orientation on a number of issues on centralized commands. It is concluded that in Russia for a long period of time there was no proper information interaction between the system of public administration and the system of local government. It is noted that the appearance in the Constitution of the Russian Federation of part 3 of Article 122 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation determined not only the existence of a unified system of public power, but also the existence of an integral system of governance, the capacity of which to make effective management decisions is higher than the total capacity of the previously existing self-sufficient systems.
Management decisions in emergency situations
Authors: Starostin S. A.
Published: July 2024

The article considers management decisions made by officials in conditions preceding emergency situations, as well as when they have already occurred and to eliminate the consequences of which require the creation of temporary forms of management and the use of special forces and means. On the basis of the analysis of examples it is concluded that the effectiveness of management decisions taken in emergency situation conditions depends on the quality of their preparation. Such management decisions should be prepared in advance and formalized as much as possible, which will avoid negative consequences. It has been proved that in extreme cases in conditions of time and resource shortage, lack of necessary legal norms, in order to save people it is possible to go out of the legal field and make management decisions that violate the law. Immediately after the liquidation of the consequences of an emergency situation, it is necessary to analyze the causes and conditions of such decisions and to adopt appropriate legal acts as soon as possible.
Features of management decisions in enforcement agencies
Authors: Bakurova N. N.
Published: July 2024

The article examines the features of managerial decision-making in such public authorities as enforcement agencies. The author considers management decisions in enforcement agencies from the point of view of the phonomena of their legal status, in particular, as a tool for ensuring the enforcement of an authoritative decision of a judge, judicial authority, other public authority, official in relation to a single legal entity: a citizen, an organization, a public authority. This proves the importance of the role of management decisions in ensuring human and civil rights as the highest value, authoritative publicly significant decisions on the scale of the entire state. Adhering to a broad interpretation of the definitions of the concepts of “public administration”, “act”, the author comes to the conclusion that the management decision — this is a process that requires formalization, and which permeates the entire activity of the enforcement authority, in particular and mainly, illustrating the process of enforcement proceedings, asserts that a management decision accompanies it from the moment of receipt of the enforcement document to its completion, says that as long as the state exists, it will need tools for the enforcement of authority decisions, and therefore in a management decision. According to the author, a legally significant managerial decision of the enforcement body, its official, is based on a triad of conditions on the basis of which it is made: legislative, jurisdictional, competent; it takes the form of a legal act of management, the main of which is a resolution. In addition to resolutions, the author names such forms of management decisions as a request, a bilateral act and others, arguing his position from the point of view of a broad understanding of the term “act”. The author comes to the conclusion that the adoption of a managerial decision in enforcement proceedings is a vivid example of a combination of administrative procedure and specific administrative and jurisdictional proceedings, characteristic only of a bailiff conducting enforcement proceedings, in the unity of conditionally allocated types of administrative procedural activities.
Decisions of public authorities in the field of land relations
Authors: Belousova V. V.
Published: July 2024

The article focuses on the grounds for decision-making by public authorities on refusal to grant ownership of land plots. The issues related to the concept of unauthorized construction under the civil legislation of the Russian Federation, the basis for the acquisition of property rights arising as a result of bona fide, open and continuous ownership and use, referred to as the acquisition prescription, are disclosed. The author reveals the specifics of the application of the “garage amnesty” when considering an application for preliminary approval of the provision of a land plot for the placement of a capital garage. Depending on this, an assessment is given of the need to apply to judicial authorities for recognition of ownership of previously issued land plots by public authorities. The article provides judicial practice related to the appeal of decisions of the executive authorities of the subject of the Russian Federation. In this connection, the author concludes that it is necessary to carry out regular monitoring of the development and decision-making of public authorities, as well as professional development of officials. This will help to avoid misinterpretation of the law when making decisions on granting land plots to citizens.
The role and significance of administrative custom in the mechanism for making management decisions
Authors: Martynov A. V.
Published: July 2024

The article examines theoretical and practical issues of the influence of administrative customs on the process of making management decisions. Various points of view of Soviet and Russian scientists regarding the concept and characteristics of a management decision, as well as its relationship with an administrative act, are analyzed. The issues of establishing administrative procedures and their impact on management decision-making are explored. The opinions of famous scientists regarding the concept and characteristics of administrative custom are studied. The most interesting and illustrative examples of administrative customs in modern Russia are given. The concept is given and the distinctive features of administrative practice are defined. At the end of the article, arguments are given indicating the role and significance of administrative customs in the mechanism for making management decisions.
Management Decisions of Subjects of Administrative and Legal Counter Corruption at the Federal Level
Authors: Polyakov M. M.
Published: July 2024

The article reveals the main content of the administrative and legal fight against corruption carried out by specially authorized state bodies at the federal level. The author emphasizes the high degree of public danger of corruption and corruption manifestations in public administration, as well as the high degree of attention from the scientific community to this issue over the years. The paper examines the anti-corruption powers of the President of the Russian Federation, the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation, and individual federal executive authorities. The powers of the subjects of administrative and legal anti-corruption are analyzed taking into account the peculiarities of public administration and the adoption of appropriate management decisions. In this context, the example described in the paper of the denunciation of the Council of Europe Convention on Criminal Liability for Corruption, due to the extremely unfriendly and discriminatory policy of sanctions by Western countries against the Russian Federation, is particularly indicative. In addition, the work analyzes certain provisions of legislation and subordinate regulatory legal acts establishing the relevant anti-corruption powers of state bodies and officials. The article also presents and reveals the categories of the administrative and legal mechanism for combating corruption, as well as specialized managerial anti-corruption forms and methods.
Legal forms of administrative decisions of the President of the Russian Federation on ensuring state sovereignty
Authors: Troshev D. B.
Published: July 2024

The publication notes the transformation in recent years of approaches to the sovereignty of the Russian state and the volume of the range of subjects authorized to prepare, adopt, implement and control management decisions to ensure state sovereignty.  The author focuses on the key role of the President of the Russian Federation in ensuring state sovereignty and examines the legal forms of his managerial decisions in this area. According to the results of the study, the conclusion is formulated that currently regulatory legal acts (with a number of exceptions) do not define in what legal forms the administrative decisions of the President of the Russian Federation should be made to ensure state sovereignty in certain specific cases. Also, the grounds and specifics of making such decisions are mostly not established. A thorough legal settlement of these issues would enhance the effectiveness of appropriate measures, reduce duplication of legal regulations and minimize administrative discretion in making managerial decisions to ensure State sovereignty.
Anthology of Administrative Discretion
Authors: Zaitsev D. I.
Published: July 2024

The article analyzes scientific works that had a significant influence on the genesis and evolution of the theory of administrative discretion: “The Spirit of Law” by Charles Montesquieu (1748), “Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution” by Albert Dicey (1885) and “Public Administration and the Public Interest” by E. Pendleton Herring (1936). It is shown that initially administrative discretion was understood as reasonable (rational) activity of executive authorities and their officials, then administrative discretion began to be opposed to law as such, and recently it is increasingly interpreted as creative activity of the government in the framework of anticipatory discretionary regulation. Special attention is paid to the continuity and expansion of the above ideas, their development in the concepts of other researchers, including modern ones, as well as their criticism. The conclusion is made that these ideas should be taken into account in the formationof the Russian theory of administrative discretion.
The Concept of an Administrative Act in the CIS countries: Comparative Legal Analysis
Authors: Davydov К. V.
Published: July 2024

The article is devoted to the concept of an administrative act, which is developing in the friendly legal systems of the CIS countries, considered in three aspects: doctrine, legislation and judicial practice. It is stated that the Russian theory of administrative act, on the one hand, is a creative development of the French and German doctrine, and on the other hand, it continues to have a certain influence on the post-Soviet space. On the contrary, in terms of legislation on administrative acts, Russian reality is lagging behind, since the rest of the CIS countries have already adopted westernized laws that, along with the rules on administrative procedures, also establish the material legal basis for the institution of administrative acts. Finally, it is substantiated that in terms of judicial practice on issues of control over the legality of administrative acts, the Russian legal system, despite a certain lag in the regulatory framework, is among the progressive among other CIS countries. The conclusion about the advisability of integrating the achievements of the CIS legal systems for the purposes of their further development is substantiated.
The nature of the administrative barrier as management decisions
Authors: Umanskaya V. P. , Tumanova E. M.
Published: July 2024

In modern economic conditions, due to restrictions on foreign economic activity and sanctions pressure, it is strategically important to improve the quality and efficiency of management decisions in the field of business activities. Excessive legal regulation, unreasonable requirements, bureaucratization of the processes of interaction between the state and business lead to the emergence of administrative barriers to the implementation of entrepreneurial activities. Despite the fact that the category of administrative barriers is actively used in legislation, a large number of studies have been devoted to the scientific literature, however, the legal nature and content of this concept remains unstudied. The work provides the author’s definition of an administrative barrier, distinguishes this concept from “barriers of economic policy”, “state-political barriers”, “legal barriers” represented by defects in legal regulation, “organizational and institutional barriers”. The complex nature of the institution of administrative barriers is shown, which includes economic, legal and social components.
Discretionary Administrative Acts in Judicial Practice: Comparative Legal Analysis
Authors: Sherstoboev О. N.
Published: July 2024

When administrative authorities exercise discretion, they have a kind of freedom to choose one decision. Such freedom however has never been complete due to the fact that laws have limited it. Thus, courts are often faced with the problem of assessing the legality of such decisions. The article has presented the criteria for such the assessment. However, this article demonstrates decisions from different countries. Since their judicial reasoning is largely similar, such judgments can be compared with each other. Similar reasoning also allows to formulate the foundation of a “general theory of administrative discretion”. This foundation is the same for many legal systems, but each contains distinctive features of this theory. Among the evaluation criteria, compliance with legal rules, (legality), achievement of governance goals, compliance with procedural requirements, as well as material grounds are highlighted. To evaluate discretionary acts, courts must use legal techniques. Authorities sometimes published “reference solutions” that can serve as guidelines for administrative authorities who are forced to exercise their discretion.
The influence of management decisions on the process of procurement for public needs
Authors: Pirogov К. A.
Published: July 2024

The author considers the issues of defining procurement in the Russian Federation and analyzes certain scientific legal positions devoted to the genesis of the institute of procurement for public needs. The author analyzes the opinions of scientists on the issue of division into stages and classification of these stages of procurement for public needs at which management decisions are made. Based on the analysis, the author attempts to formulate a definition of procurement for public needs. The author analyzes the fact of the influence of a managerial decision on the procurement process for public needs, proposes a classification of the stages of managerial decision-making in procurement, analyzes the relationship between managerial decisions and the results of procurement. According to the results of the study, the author justified the opinion that the adoption of each of the management decisions directly affects both the implementation of the subsequent stages and the result of the procurement for public needs as a whole.
Measles and rubella are two controlled airborne infections: etiopathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical picture, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Part 2. Rubella
Authors: Neverov Vladimir A. , Kirpichnikova Galina I. , Antonov Vsevolod M. , Startseva Galina Yu. , Klur Margarita V.
Published: July 2024

The lecture is devoted to two infections controlled by specific means of prevention — measles and rubella, which still pose a danger both to the sphere of child and maternal health, and to healthcare in general.
The second part of the lecture is devoted to rubella, which, despite its benign course in most cases, currently poses a serious problem for global health due to its ubiquity and high incidence of severe intrauterine lesions of the fetus. Despite significant advances in the field of diagnosis and immunoprophylaxis of rubella, it is still found in economically developed countries with confirmed elimination of the disease. Therefore, to prevent the return of this infection to our country, where its elimination was achieved by 2018, maximum coverage of the population with vaccinations against rubella is still necessary in all its regions.
The lecture covers modern aspects of the etiopathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical picture, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of rubella. This information, given the increasing incidence of rubella, even in countries with confirmed elimination of the disease, may be useful for general practitioners, primarily family doctors.
Smoking and rheumatoid arthritis
Authors: Khokhlova Yuliya V. , Lesnyak Olga M. , Inamova Oksana V. , Petrova Marianna S.
Published: July 2024

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by genetic and environmental factors. Smoking is the one of the most important external risk factors for development rheumatoid arthritis, severity, rapid disease progression and an unsatisfactory response to treatment. This findings determines the importance of studying smoking among patients with rheumatoid arthritis to identify barriers to smoking cessation and factors contributing to tobacco cessation, as well as to develop specific smoking cessation programs.
About the textbook “Outpatient Therapy” edited by professors O.Yu. Kuznetsova and E.V. Frolova
Authors: Khovaeva Yaroslava B.
Published: July 2024

The textbook “Outpatient Therapy,” prepared by a team of authors under the guidance of professors O.Yu. Kuznetsova and E.V. Frolova, allows you to implement a competent approach to training the future primary health care doctors. The textbook complies with the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education. The book is written at a high scientific and methodological level, it is distinguished by a holistic approach to the coverage of the training material and the focus on the formation of both universal and general professional, and specialized professional competencies in the future doctor. The textbook is intended for students of medical faculties and can be used as the main educational literature in the discipline “Outpatient Therapy”.
Identity of the Family Business Company. How Do the Most Valuable Polish Family-Owned Companies Use Family Identity in Building the Image of a Family-Owned Company?
Authors: Barcińska Katarzyna ,   Family Business Institute Poland, Więcek-Janka Ewa ,   Poznań University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering Management
Published: July 2024

Theoretical background: In Poland, family-owned companies have been actively developing since the democratic transformation. Some of them have used market conditions, being mature and large entities, consciously building their corporate brand identities, and communicating their messages on their websites. A lot of them are faced with a strategic decision whether to build a brand based on the family-owned type of brand, as encouraged by associations, foundations as well, and the media, whose goal is to support and integrate family-owned companies. Purpose of the article: This article aims to explore the way in which the most valuable Polish family-owned companies that decided to be presented in the Forbes ranking in September 2023 communicate the identity of the family firm on their website and to fid out if there is any pattern or model of communication. Research methods: Fifty websites from 100 family businesses classifid in the Forbes magazine ranking of the most valuable Polish family-owned companies with revenues exceeding PLN 100 million, published in September 2023, were examined, diagnosing elements indicating the adoption of the brand identity of a family business. The criteria for building the family business brand for Polish companies were developed with the participation of 12 experts in the field of family business. Main findings: A model was constructed to identify the family identity of the brand of the family-owned company using family-owned websites. The results of the research indicate that the percentage of family-owned companies among the most precious family owned companies which are defied as family owned companies is higher than that indicated in the reports as of 2009 and 2017 for small and medium companies in Poland.
LEARNING ENGLISH FOR INDONESIAN ADULT LEARNERS: WHAT THEY THINK AND WHAT THEY EXPERIENCE
Authors: Agustina Sheila , Fediyanto Niko
Published: July 2024

Learning English as a foreign language has always been a challenge for many learners in Indonesia. In the past, learning English in classrooms might not be as interesting and varied as it is now. Thus, this research aimed at describing adult learners’ perception on learning English and their experience when learning it during school. The participants of this research were 15 school staff, aged 20 to 50 years old, who were taking English course for employees at the time. Under qualitative research, the researcher used close-ended questionnaire, field-note, and documentation as the research instruments to collect the data from the participants. Some simple statistics was used only to find out the salient patterns from the data which would later be explained descriptively. The findings indicated that despite the participants being interested in learning English, they really had a hard time learning it and went through such monotonous English teaching and learning in the past. This research also managed to expose the participants’ difficulties in composing simple sentences orally and in writing. Although the generalization could not be simply made from this research, the result of the research demonstrated some problems in English language learning at school which made learners could not perform the language on an ongoing basis.
INTER-SENTENTIAL SWITCHING IN ALEXANDER THIAN’S TWITTER ACCOUNT @aMrazing
Authors: Yanti Putu Anita Kusuma , Winarta Ida Bagus Gde Nova , Marantika I Made Yogi
Published: July 2024

This is a qualitative study that focused on inter-sentential switching found in selected tweets of Alexander Thian’s Twitter account @aMrazing. The data being collected by documentation process. The objectives of the study are to observed the reasons of inter-sentential switching and find which reason is the dominant one. A theory proposed by Hoffman (1991) was used as a guidance to achieve the objectives. The final findings concluded that the seven reasons from the theory are completely found in the data. Also, Alexander Thian’s intention of clarifying the speech content for his followers on Twitter as interlocutors is the most prominent reason with 38% occurrences of total data. The particular reason found in 19 out of 50 data. Among the reasons, the least of all is the reason for quoting somebody else which only has 4% occurrences.
PROMOTING AUTONOMOUS LEARNING SKILLS THROUGH PROJECT-BASED ACTIVITIES IN ONLINE SETTINGS
Authors: Tustiawati Ida Ayu Mela
Published: July 2024

Adult learners are conscientious learners. They are aware of their education in many ways: what they want to learn, goals they want to achieve, and how they will achieve their goals. What makes adult learners different is that they are expected to have autonomy in their own learning. However, not everyone can show their autonomous learning skills due to various factors, one of which is their experience in the teaching and learning process in the classroom. This research describes the application of project-based learning activities to foster autonomous learning skills among university students in the online classroom setting. The study is designed as qualitative research in which data is collected from online classroom observations and semi-structured interviews conducted with selective participants. There are 60 participants who are divided into two groups. The results of the data collection were analysed using a framework developed by Miles, Huberman, and Saldana (2014) which is divided into three stages: data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. The result shows that project-based learning activity develops student skills to be autonomous learners.
LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES IN E-LEARNING USED BY INTERNATIONAL CLASS STUDENTS MAJORING IN ENGLISH LITERATURE UNIVERSITAS BRAWIJAYA
Authors: Syahputra Reza Kurnia , Hamamah Hamamah
Published: July 2024

This article reports the findings of a study conducted in English Literature at the Faculty of Cultural Studies in Universitas Brawijaya in 2020. The research focused on the most frequent language learning strategies used by 20 international program students’ batch of 2017 that have been conducted the Overseas Academic Program (OAP). For the data collection, data were gained from Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) questionnaire version 7.0 in the form of online. The results of the study showed that the most frequent strategy used by batch of 2017 international class students is compensation strategy with an average 3.82. When the class of 2017 as EFL learner conducted the Overseas Academic Program (OAP), they were required to communicate with English speakers using English and when they forgot a vocabulary, they changed it using gestures to keep the conversation going and then tried to guess what the interlocutor would say after.
Availability and Characteristics of Hemp-Derived Psychoactive Cannabis Products: A Pilot Study in Cleveland, Ohio
Authors: Suratkal Jessica , Trapl Erika , Osborn Catherine , Vasu Pranav , Pike Moore Stephanie
Published: July 2024

Background: Hemp-derived psychoactive cannabis products (HDPCPs), such as delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), emerged onto the market as an alternative to cannabis following the 2018 US Farm Bill which legalized hemp. Research on HDPCPs remains limited. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the availability, placement, and consumption modality of HDPCPs as well as to identify potential defining characteristics of consumers.
Methods: Between October 2022 and January 2023, researchers visited a random sample of 82 tobacco retailers in Cleveland, Ohio, to evaluate the availability of HDPCPs marketed as delta THC (eg, delta-8 or delta-10). Information was captured on where the HDPCPs were placed (eg, behind the counter, on the counter, by candy, or elsewhere) as well as the consumption modality (eg, edible or inhaled). Among retailers who stocked these products, clerks were asked who typically buys these products and how often they are purchased.
Results: Over two-fifths (41.5%) of retailers carried HDPCPs. Most retailers (97.1%) carried delta THC products behind the counter and carried products as inhaled (82.4%), edible (70.6%). More than half of retailers (55.9%) carried both inhaled and edible forms of HDPCP. Retail clerks reported on a range of ages of consumers from younger to older or “everyone.”
Conclusion: Hemp-derived psychoactive cannabis products are prevalent in this pilot study sample. These findings necessitate additional research to better quantify the population health impact of these products to determine if regulatory action may be necessary to protect public health.
A Nationwide Assessment of Kuwaitis’ Compliance with Preventative Measures During the COVID-19 Epidemic
Authors: Ghaith Abrar , Alghreiz Islam , Afifi Tayseer
Published: July 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching consequences for world health, economics, and society. To prevent the virus's spread, non-pharmacological therapies such as social distancing, mask-wearing, and cleanliness practices have been employed. The purpose of this study was to analyze the Kuwaiti population's adherence to precautionary measures during the epidemic. A cross-sectional study was carried out with the use of a self-administered online questionnaire issued to Kuwaitis aged 18 and up. The questionnaire included demographic questions as well as questions on preventative behaviors. Descriptive statistics, chi-square analysis, and multivariate regression analysis were used to examine the data. The findings revealed that 54.8% of individuals had good behaviors, with hand cleanliness being the most prevalent and eating a healthy diet being the least common. Chronic illnesses, a history of COVID-19 infection, and the COVID-19 vaccine were all linked to practice levels. Regression analysis demonstrated that COVID-19 infection enhanced the likelihood of adherence to preventative measures considerably. The data indicate that, while a sizable majority of the Kuwaiti population engaged in beneficial activities, there is still space for improvement, particularly in terms of adopting a better diet. Future efforts should concentrate on marketing and educating the public about the relevance of COVID-19 prevention measures.
Unlocking a Circular Economy with Blockchain: Recommendations for Policymakers and Researchers
Authors: Bereczk Ádám , Hódiné Hernádi Bettina , Mélypataki Gábor
Published: July 2024

Blockchain technology can help to build a circular economy in many areas, promoting sustainability and more efficient use of resources. In this paper, we examine the areas where we can expect significant breakthroughs from this technological innovation in the circular economy and the state of the domestic regulatory environment. We then recommend improvements to legislators that can help blockchain and its ecosystems support sustainable development in Hungary.
The State of Content Marketing in Hungary and Its Possible Effects on a Specific Brand : Hungarian Experts’ Opinions
Authors: Hajdu Gergő
Published: July 2024

The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the state of content marketing (CM) in Hungary, its application and whether it is worth examining the effect of CM on the Brand Asset Valuator (BAV) and brand experience (BX). To investigate these issues, the author conducted individual interviews with twelve online marketing and content marketing experts in 2022. Based on the research results, it can be stated that the Hungarian practice of content marketing is typically at an initial stage, the attitude of the management of the companies is inappropriate and there are often resource limitations. According to the experts, examining the effect of CM on BAV and BX is generally relevant and reasonable. The results confirm the connection between content marketing and branding and its controlling is an important academic research area and a business issue that requires further study.
Comparison of municipalities within whose borders specially protected natural areas are located
Authors: Melnikova T. B. , Nagoeva T. A. , Kireeva M. M. , Lukasheva O. L. , Mishchuk O. N.
Published: July 2024

Purpose: is to present and to substantiate methodological approaches to comparing the municipalities by income, taking into account the specially protected natural areas (SPNA) located on them.Methods: the clustering method (k-means) is used to differentiate municipalities within groups built according to the SPNAs network scale. The method of full-time formalized interviews is used to compare the tourists` expenses at the SPNA of urban districts. The comparative analysis method is used to compare the economic parameters of municipalities involved in the overall ecotourism project.Results: the authors proposed three methodological approaches to comparing municipalities based on the income of local residents and the municipality as a whole. Within the first approach, characteristics of groups of municipalities formed according to the share of SPNA`s area in the area of the municipality were obtained. The group with the weakest position in terms of budget self-sufficiency is «10.1%– 15.0%», in terms of population changes – «15.1%–20.0%», in terms of residents` income level – «20.1%–30.0%». The second approach made it possible to estimate the income of urban districts from SPNA visits. Under the level of SPNA attendance and the number of tourists, the annual volume of tourist spending on SPNA ranges from 0.1 billion up to 0.5 billion rubles. The comparison of municipalities connected by a single project on SPNA revealed the data on the small businesses development and territory`s tax revenues, as well as the features in the local residents` income level changes.Conclusions and Relevance: the obtained characteristics of groups of municipalities indicate insufficient use of the potential of SPNA to generate income for the local residents (group «20.1%–30.0%») and income for the territory (group «10.1%–15.0%»). Urban districts` SPNA tourist visits can provide a significant revenue base for the municipality, but its volume is not always determined by the SPNA network scale. The development of eco-tourism in rural municipalities makes it possible to reduce the crisis periods` impact on the local budget filling and residents` income.
ALONE, LOST, AND UNPREPARED BY THE SYSTEM: INDIGENOUS CARE LEAVERS’ EXPERIENCES OF AGING OUT OF CHILD WELFARE CARE IN MANITOBA
Authors: Woodgate Roberta L. , Bennett Marlyn , Martin Donna , Tennent Pauline , Sandy Clayton , Plaut Shayna , Legras Nicole , Bell Ashley , Lys Justin
Published: July 2024

Limited research has been carried out on Indigenous young people transitioning out of care in Canada. This article provides a coherent and meaningful account of the journey of aging out of care in the province of Manitoba, as presented by 17 Indigenous care leavers. Using a qualitative multilevel approach grounded in first-person narratives, this study focused on incorporating and elevating the voices of Indigenous care leavers. Participants detailed their experiences of planning for the transition and aging out of care, and described their life post-care. The care leavers expressed that the Child and Family Services-led process of planning for and transitioning out of care was unclear and failed to engage them as partners, and as a result left them ill-prepared for life post-care. Additionally, participants’ experiences serve as evidence of enduring gaps in transition supports, namely in mental health and interpersonal supports. These supports were often unavailable or inaccessible, challenges that were amplified during participants’ transition out of care and in the post-care period. The experiential knowledge from this study contributes valuable information to inform responsive child welfare transition policies and practices that are reflective of the experiences and needs of the population it intends to serve.
Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Liver Disguised as Hepatocellular Cancer
Authors: Ruzavin Vladimir Semenovich , Gorlenko Cyrill Leonidovich , Shirokov Vadim Sergeevich , Kalinin Dmitry Valerievich , Goncharov Anton Borisovich , Kovalenko Yuri Alekseevich , Stepanova Yulia Alexandrovna , Gurmikov Beslan Nuralievich
Published: July 2024

Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare neoplasm of mesenchymal origin characterised by NAB2 and STAT6 genes fusion. SFT occurs in one of 300.000 patients who seek medical attention. Incidence rate of liver SFT is unavailable due to a minor number of existing observations. In most cases, diagnosis of SFT is incidental. Yet, in 5% of cases, it manifests as paraneoplastic syndromes. Differential diagnosis using CT and MRI is complicated due to unspecific pattern of the neoplasm. This paper presents a clinical case of a 58-year-old patient who applied for a consultation at A.V. Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center of Surgery. Due to non-specificity, the laboratory and instrumental examination findings did not allow making a correct diagnosis at the preoperative stage. Histological examination findings helped to finally diagnose solitary fibrous tumor. Based on the data obtained, we can draw a conclusion about the imperfection of existing diagnostic options and the need to identify specific criteria for solitary fibrous tumor diagnosis.
Evaluation of PHR160 Spray Effect on Improvement of Lung Function, Asthma Severity and Exacerbation in Severe Asthmatic Patients
Authors: Dargahi-Malamir Mehrdad , Borsi Seyed Hamid , Mehraban Zahra , Kianizadeh Fatemeh , Mohsenikia Hoda
Published: July 2024

Pinen Hydronoplacton Ribonucleic acid (PHR160) medicine contains compounds that can be useful in the recovery of respiratory patients. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of PHR spray on improving lung function, severity and asthma attacks in patients with severe asthma. This study is a pioneering interventional study (pilot study) conducted during the years 2021-2022 on patients with severe asthma resistant to treatment who referred to the lung clinic of Imam Khomeini, Golestan Hospitals and the private practice of lung specialists of this academic center. The study includes two groups of patients with asthma, both groups were given the usual treatment according to the stage of the disease, in addition, the intervention group was given two puffs of PHR spray every eight hours, and the control group was given a placebo spray with the same dose. Before and after the intervention, GSK 2002 questionnaire, six-minute walk distance (6MWD) and spirometry tests were completed. Among of 60 patients, 27 (45%) were male. The mean age of the patients was 44.33±6.94 years. Based on findings, the forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% (FEF 25-75%) were significantly better in the intervention group than the control group (P<0.001 and P=0.019, respectively), but there was a statistically remarkable difference between the two groups in terms of forced expiratory volume (FEV1) and FEV1/FVC (P=0.505, P=0.575, respectively). In addition, the GSK questionnaire score in the intervention group was higher than the control group (P<0.001), however there is no significant difference between the two intervention groups in terms of the 6MWD test and the number of exacerbation (P=0.114 and P=0.09, respectively). It is generally concluded that PHR160 spray can lead to improvement of spirometry parameters and severity of disease in severe asthma patients by affecting small airways.
Transcatheter Closure of a Huge Congenital Coronary-Cameral Fistula With Amplatzer Occluder
Authors: Behjati-Ardakani Mostafa , Behjati-Ardakani Mohammad Amin , Mirjalili Seyed Reza , Sarebanhassanabadi Mohammadtaghi
Published: July 2024

Congenital coronary-cameral fistula is an abnormal connection between coronary arteries and a cardiac chamber. Although trans-catheter closure appears to be a safe alternative to surgical treatment but there is an imprecision about modality of choice. We describe a huge left coronary artery fistula to the right ventricle, found in an 8-year-old girl with dyspnea on exertion and chest pain. She was treated with an Amplatzer duct occluder. After procedure, echocardiography revealed, complete closure of fistula orifice and the girl remained completely asymptomatic during 48 months follow-up period. This study demonstrated that Amplatzer duct occluder might be a useful and safe armamentarium for coronary-cameral fistula treatment. Nevertheless, further experience and long-term follow-up studies are required to guarantee our results.