bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
El constructo cultural del borde marítimo-portuario de Santurtzi (Bizkaia): Paisaje de sensaciones, efectos y creaciones relacionales
Authors: Rubio-Ardanaz Juan Antonio
Published: March 2021

El borde marítimo-portuario de Santurtzi (Bizkaia) se muestra como realidad viva y dinámica, escenario de sensaciones, efectos y creaciones relacionales. Estos dan lugar a un paisaje, observable etnográficamente, cuyos retazos permiten una visión de espacios y lugares cambiantes y en pleno desarrollo. Al respecto, comprobamos intervenciones públicas y privadas que comportan una nueva configuración de este punto de la costa vasca, radicalmente transformado. En este escenario va ocupando su lugar una fisionomía sociocultural donde destaca la simbiosis entre la pesca, nuevas actividades de carácter cultural y el turismo local. Por otra parte, aparecen llamativas intervenciones urbanísticas (bloques de viviendas, carril de bicicletas, paseo sobre el borde marítimo-portuario) que responden a un significativo aumento de la densidad poblacional y de la actividad industrial. Simbólicamente, la proximidad a la costa sirve de base para suavizar, disfrazar y amortiguar la intensa urbanización en curso, así como los efectos sobre el medio marítimo y costero, incisiva e intensamente industrializado.
La escala es un problema divertido: La polución de la escala de las obras como uno de los síntomas del complejo arte-arquitectura
Authors: Alemany Sánchez-Moscoso Vicente
Published: March 2021

Desde los primeros años del siglo XXI los principales centros internacionales de difusión artística competían por contar con las más amplias salas de exposición diseñadas por los arquitectónicos más audaces. Los artistas debieron concebir sus proyectos adaptándolos a formatos cada vez mayores, esta ampliación les exigió reflexionar sobre qué relaciones de escala se podían establecer entre los espectadores y las obras dentro de las salas. La expansión global de estos centros de arte contemporáneo ha sido un fenómeno imparable, en el que el diseño arquitectónico de los edificios, y de todos los elementos que componen la experiencia del museo, ha tenido un papel fundamental. Se requiere una reflexión sobre el tipo de experiencia que ofrecen las obras en estos espectaculares espacios en los que corren el peligro de convertirse en un elemento más del diseño, y se están buscando otros espacios especializados en obras de gran escala.
Teoría de la Fluviomaquia de Jorge Oteiza y una propuesta de estatuaria para la presa de Guadalén: El combate estético concebido como maquia fluvial para la realización de una ‘Avenida de los Monstruos’ en un proyecto de ingeniería hidráulica de José Torán (1954)
Authors: Pavo Cuadrado David
Published: March 2021

Jorge Oteiza ensaya una Teoría de la Fluviomaquia con motivo de su participación en un proyecto de ingeniería hidráulica de José Torán, quien diseña una presa de agua y embalse en el río Guadalén, en Jaén, que se inaugura en 1953. La desarrolla en un mecanoscrito, y a su ensayo práctico se vinculan dibujos, manuscritos, estatuas y fotografías: material de su archivo que permite ahondar en el planteamiento teórico y propuesta de estatuaria que idea como "Avenida de los Monstruos" para la presa. El combate estético que plantea a partir del agua y los rostros animales con el propósito de reinventar los mitos fluviales ibéricos le posibilita abordar, desde la práctica de la estatua, lo que en fechas paralelas formula en torno a la originalidad creadora en su libro Interpretación estética de la estatuaria megalítica americana (1952) y fundamenta en el paisaje. La localización geográfica de este proyecto le da pie a servirse de la figura totémica del toro en la península ibérica y a remitir al Minotauro cretense de la mitología clásica, sirviéndose de la maquia para enunciar un combate estético en clave fluvial.
Pase atrás y adelante y recepción
Authors: Macareno Ramos Jon
Published: March 2021

Esta investigación explora aquellos instantes en donde el parque y los equipamientos para el ocio y la práctica deportiva en la ciudad dan origen a expresiones y prácticas que superan la función previa que les determina. A lo largo del texto se estudia un caso particular acontecido en el frontón del barrio de Rekalde, Bilbao, que ilustra la complejidad de la territorialización urbana y sus repercusiones sociales, a menudo acometida desde una concepción del arte como legitimador.
Arte y arquitectura: Una perspectiva gnoseológica para nuestro tiempo
Authors: Rementeria Arnaiz Iskandar
Published: March 2021

La arquitectura supone el terreno desde el cual poder reflexionar y reconocer las complejidades que el arte encierra en su relación con el espacio público y la comunidad. Sin embargo, no es baladí que ciertas líneas del pensamiento moderno y tardomoderno, mediante sus categorizaciones, pusieran atención a las relaciones entre arte y arquitectura desde una perspectiva que convendremos en denominar como gnoseológica, que reconocería tanto las particularidades disciplinares como la condición específica del saber creador y su posición en relación con los demás saberes conformadores de una sociedad. Tras el fracaso político del proyecto moderno, y en un escenario cada vez más complejo en el que la cultura y el espacio público suponen significantes empleados en las estrategias de inserción en las nuevas economías, estas relaciones podrían suponer, de nuevo, tanto las bases de las redefiniciones a las que el arte y la arquitectura se ven sometidas debido a los cambios epocales, como al reconocimiento del espacio común al que aspiran.
Effects of oregano (Lippia origanoides) essential oil supplementation on the performance, egg quality, and intestinal morphometry of Isa Brown laying hens
Authors: Ramirez Swanny Y. , Peñuela-Sierra Lina M. , Ospina Maria A.
Published: March 2021

Background and Aim: The use of antibiotics as growth promoters in the feed of poultry, has contributed to an increase in the antimicrobial resistance of foodborne pathogens worldwide. Hence, the development of new effective alternatives to antibiotics that do not hinder productivity is imperative. For this, the aim of the present study was to determine whether oregano essential oil (OEO) extracted from Lippia origanoides is a suitable alternative to growth-promoting antibiotics (GPAs) for improving the performance, egg quality, and intestinal morphometry of ISA Brown laying hens.

Materials and Methods: A total of ninety-six 70-week-old ISA Brown laying hens were randomly assigned to four treatment groups with four replicates per treatment and six hens per replicate. The treatments consisted of four different diets that were formulated according to the nutritional requirements of the genetic line and the production phase with and without the addition of GPA and OEO: NC, which did not contain OEO or GPA; GPA, which included 50 ppm zinc bacitracin as a GPA; 80OEO, which included 80 ppm OEO and no GPA; and 150OEO, which included 150 ppm OEO and no GPA.

Results: All of the OEO and GPA treatment groups had a better feed conversion ratio than the NC group. However, the addition of 150 ppm OEO to the diet improved the percentage egg production and egg mass, as well as the external and internal quality of the egg compared with the other treatments. In addition, both the 80OEO and 150OEO treatments improved the yolk color, shell thickness, and shell color, as well as parameters related to the intestinal morphometry compared with the NC group.

Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate that 150 ppm OEO can be used as a substitute for GPA to improve the performance, egg quality, and parameters related to the intestinal morphometry of ISA Brown laying hens.
Versenyképesség és foglalkoztatás az autóiparban = Competitiveness and employment in the automotive industry
Authors: Cserháti Ilona , Keresztély Tibor , Takács Tibor
Published: March 2021

A járműgyártás adja a magyar ipari export egyharmadát, ezért fontos elemezni a COVID-19 terjedése miatt kialakuló keresleti-kínálati sokk szektorhatásait. Egyrészt kizsgáljuk, hogy a globális piacok összeomlása milyen termelési, foglakoztatási hatásokat indukált a szektorban, másrészt az új autók eladási statisztikái alapján nyomon követjük a belföldi kereslet rövid távú reagálását is. Elemezzük a vírussal kapcsolatban meghozott távolságtartási intézkedések hatására felvetődő kérdést: vajon lehetséges-e, hogy még ebben a helyhez kötöttnek tartott szektorban is van helye a rugalmas munkavégzésnek. Becslést készítünk a nemzetgazdasági szintű, valamint a járműgyártásra vonatkozó potenciális távmunka arányra. A modellszámítások alapján a járműgyártásban a munkahelyek 21,7%-a lenne elvégezhető távolról, rugalmas módon, ami elég magas, bár a becsült nemzetgazdasági átlag, a 28,7% alatt van. Since the one third of the Hungarian export comes from the automotive industry, it is important to analyze the impact of COVID-19 crisis on demand and supply in this industry. The paper gives a comprehensive picture of production and employment changes and tries to follow up the respond of domestic demand to the crisis relying on sales statistics. Furthermore, the study examines whether there are opportunities to work from home in this industry and finds that the 21,7% of the jobs could be done by working from home, which seems high, but is still below the national average 28,7%.
„A termelékenységet a jövőben a tudás fogja húzni” Interjú Dr. Jámbor Attilával, a Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem Agrobiznisz Tanszékének vezetőjével
Authors: Trautmann László
Published: March 2021

„4 millió euró összköltségvetésű H2020 projekt konzorciumvezetője lesz a Corvinus. 2020. december 15- e jelentős pillanat a Corvinus nemzetközi kutatásainak történetében: sikerült elnyerni az Egyetem első olyan Horizon 2020 projektjét, amelyben konzorciumvezetőként veszünk részt. A Corvinus által vezetett 14 tagú nemzetközi konzorcium 11 országból innovatív megközelítésben vizsgálja a nemzetközi kereskedelem és a fenntarthatóság közötti kapcsolatokat a 4 millió euró összköltségvetésű, 48 hónapos TRADE4SD projektben. A pályázat az értékelés során kiemelkedően magas pontszámot, a lehetséges 15 pontból 14,5 pontot kapott. A projekt alapvető újdonsága, hogy a kereskedelem és a fenntarthatóság közötti kapcsolatokat integrált szemléletben, újszerű kvantitatív és kvalitatív kutatási technikák segítségével, szakpolitikai ajánlásokat megfogalmazva kutatja a széles értelemben vett társadalom aktív bevonásával. A konzorcium vezetésén túl a Corvinus csapata az elméleti megalapozottságért, a kereskedelem és a fenntartható fejlesztési célok közötti kapcsolatok feltárásáért és számszerűsítéséért, valamint a társadalmi kérdések kereskedelem-alapú modellezéséért felel.” (Hírek, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem)
Az Egyesült Államok és a megváltozott világrend Zbigniew Brzezinski-Brent Scowcroft: Amerika és a világ (Antall József Tudásközpont, Budapest, 2019.)
Authors: Fülöp Lili
Published: March 2021

Az „Amerika és a világ” című könyv egy 2008-ban készült és kiadott interjúsorozat Zbigniew Brzezinskivel és Brent Scowcrofttal, az Egyesült Államok volt nemzetbiztonsági tanácsadóival, ami 2019-ben jelent meg magyar fordításban. A David Ignatius, a Washington Post szemleírója által vezetett szakmai beszélgetés keretei között a leendő elnök lehetséges – és az írók szerint szükséges – tetteit és stratégiáját alapul véve elemezték az Egyesült Államokat érintő aktuális problémákat és konfliktushelyzeteket, valamint az USA kapcsolatát a világ különböző országaival és területeivel. A könyv a közel-keleti problémákkal kezdődik, majd az USA-Kína kapcsolattal folytatódik, végül pedig taglalja az amerikaiak viszonyát és érdekeit Oroszországgal, valamint Európával. A kötet szélesíti az ismereteket a külpolitika akkori állásáról, valamint a neves szerzők szakmai véleményéről, illetve jó alapot ad az amerikai külpolitika megértéséhez.
„Istenben bízunk.” És még miben? – A bizalom pénzügyi letéteményei Nyugat-Európa elmúlt 250 éves történetében Gondolatok Youssef Cassis és Giuseppe Telesca (szerk.) Pénzügyi elitek és az európai bankrendszer című könyvéhez (Pallas Athéné Könyvkiadó, 2020)
Authors: Raciborski Eszter
Published: March 2021

A gazdasági és társadalmi folyamatok iránti bizalom megteremtésének szolgálata a pénzügyek egy kevéssé hangsúlyozott vonulata. Jelen írás a Youssef Cassis és Giuseppe Telesca szerkesztésében megjelent pénzügytörténeti áttekintésekhez fűzött kommentárokkal azonosítani igyekszik a pénz, a pénzügyi eszközök és a pénzügyi intézményrendszer azon elemeit, amelyek a francia forradalom óta bizalmi infrastruktúraként funkcionáltak a nyugati világban. Ez a perspektíva némi eligazításul is szolgálhat a digitális pénzügyi forradalom küszöbén. A hazai olvasóközönség a Pallas Athéné Könyvkiadó révén a tavalyi évtől magyar nyelven is megismerheti azt a mintegy tizenhárom szerző írását tartalmazó kötetet, amely Youssef Cassis és Giuseppe Telesca szerkesztésében áttekintést kíván nyújtani a pénzügyi vezetés elmúlt 250 éves nyugat-európai történetéről. E vállalkozás háttereként a szerkesztők „a globalizált világgazdaság elmúlt harminc évének ellentmondásait, különösen a növekvő jövedelmi és vagyoni egyenlőtlenségeket, illetve a 2008-as gazdasági válság kirobbanását” festik fel, amely szerintük újraéleszti az elit – mint a vezetés kiemelt szereplőinek – tudományos igényű elemzését.
“El futuro es lo que tengo atrás, lo que no puedo ver…”: conversación entre Santiago García y Sandro Romero Rey para el documental "El teatro La Candelaria 50 años: Recreación colectiva"
Authors: Romero Rey Sandro
Published: March 2021

El 6 de junio de 2006 el Teatro La Candelaria celebró sus 40 años de actividad ininterrumpida. En aquella ocasión realicé un documental de largometraje producido por Señal Colombia. 10 años después, el grupo me invitó a dirigir un trabajo similar para su cincuentenario. Como no quería repetir lo ya realizado, les propuse contar la historia desde el año 2007 hasta el 2016. Luego, reedité los dos materiales y los concentré en un solo documental que tiene por título El teatro La Candelaria 50 años: Recreación colectiva. Grabamos muchas horas de entrevistas para la materialización de dicha experiencia inolvidable. A raíz de la muerte de Santiago García a sus 91 años, en el silencio atroz de la pandemia del 2020 decidí buscar las transcripciones realizadas por la directora de teatro Carolina Mejía. En este documento están presentes todas las preguntas que le hice a Santiago para darle cuerpo y forma a nuestro trabajo. Todo, tarde o temprano, aparece. Comparto aquí esa entrevista registrada por las cámaras de Sergio García y Jimmy Bonilla.
Predicting mobile learning acceptance: An integrated model and empirical study based on higher education students' perceptions
Authors: Alowayr Ali , Al-Azawei Ahmed
Published: March 2021

This research extends the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model based on expectation-confirmation and self-determination theories. It aims at exploring students' perspectives regarding the acceptance of mobile learning (m-Learning) in higher education. Although UTAUT receives considerable attention in technology acceptance research, this study unlike previous work as it is among the first to integrate self-determination and expectation-confirmation theories with this model in understanding m-Learning adoption, particularly in a case of developing countries. A total of 246 undergraduate students responded voluntarily to an online questionnaire. The findings suggest that integrating the UTAUT model with variables represent learners' basic psychological needs can highly affect their acceptance of m-Learning technology. The findings are further being discussed for theoretical and practical implications.
(Un)seen difference, i.e. regarding the image of persons with physical disabilities in selected feature films
Authors: Mironiuk Alicja
Published: March 2021

The paper presents the results of a qualitative research on a topic of the film imagery of people with physical disabilities. Selected feature films were analysed on the basis of specific questions regarding femininity, masculinity and sexuality of persons with physical disabilities. Additionally, the research was also based on three imagery stages: the early-exploitation, the super-cripple and normality. The main result of the analysis is to settle two discourses: the main and the alternative. Despite the social changes, most popular representations are stereotypical, presenting disability as a total category and are shown from the masculine perspective. The most important presentation within the alternative discourse must include disability as a transparent, unseen difference.
NEGOTIATED MASCULINITIES. TRANS MEN’S ATTITUDES TOWARD DOMINANT NOTIONS OF MASCULINITY IN POLAND AND THE UNITED STATES
Authors: Kłonkowska Anna M.
Published: March 2021

The paper is based on a qualitative research project carried out in Poland and the United States. It intends to compare the attitudes of trans men toward dominant notions of masculinity in their respective countries. Focusing on people who had been recognized as female at birth but whose experienced gender is male, the paper addresses their definitions of masculinity, attitudes toward accomplishing socially acknowledged patterns of maleness and re-defining their gender identity. For this purpose, the study compares the ways in which dominant models of masculinity are conceptualized by the research participants, their childhood socialization to locally and globally defined gender roles, the cultural context they grew up in, and its influence on negotiating one’s own gender identity. As a result, conclusions from the study present a comparison of Polish and US trans men’s efforts to negotiate personal and social identity in light of dominant masculine ideals (e.g., their potential reworking, acceptance, and rejection of various elements of those ideals and explore how alternative notions of masculinity shape different experiences of female-to-male transition in both countries.
MEN AND SOCIAL TRAUMA OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE MALADAPTIVENESS OF TOXIC MASCULINITY
Authors: Frąckowiak-Sochańska Monika
Published: March 2021

The first purpose of this paper is to analyze the direct and indirect, short- and long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for men. The second purpose is to identify the mechanisms underlying the present and predicted pandemic’s impact on men’s life and health (both somatic and mental). The author interprets the higher men's mortality due to coronavirus rates and the males' suicide rates that heightened from the beginning of the pandemic due to life-style that reflects the toxic masculinity norms. This paper's theoretical framework is determined by the social (cultural) trauma theory and the Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities. The method used for the present study is desk research based on the integrated literature review including the results of empirical research directly or indirectly addressing males’ experience of the COVID-19 pandemic from the years 2019 and 2020, the previous pandemics (SARS in 2002-2004 and Ebola in 2014), other social crises caused by economic and political processes, and research explaining men’s stress-related behaviors.
A PATTERNS OF MASCULINITIES IN DISCOURSE OF REPORTS ASSESSING CONDITION OF POLISH STARTUPS ORGANISATIONS
Authors: Tobiasiewicz Edyta
Published: March 2021

The purpose of this article is discourse analysis of masculinity created in reports assessing the current condition of Polish startups. The analysis covered reports published by the Startup Poland foundation from 2015-2019. This text is an attempt to apply the heuristic framework of integrative gender theories to interpret the results of the research, and explain how the discursively masculinity was constructed. Startups as innovative professional structures belonging to the knowledge-based economy model are an example of organizations typical of the information society. Numerous studies report changes (crises) occurring among the practiced male patterns (especially those typical for the countries of the global North). The results of the analysis show that despite these reports, the largest startup organizations striving to produce innovative solutions and using modern solutions, on the discursive surface, are associated with cultural patterns of hegemonic masculinity. Polish startups, on a structural and symbolic dimensions, are a highly masculine spaces. However, due to the practice of achieving hegemony, they (startups) can be interpreted in terms of cooperative or hybrid masculinity.
MOTIVATIONAL BODYBUILDING VIDEOS AS A COMPONENT OF DISCOURSE INFLUENCING PERCEPTIONS OF MASCULINITIES
Authors: Madej Kacper
Published: March 2021

The cult of a slim and beautiful body is no longer characteristic only for women. The male body is becoming more frequently subjected to the pressure of modelling. The use of different regimes increasingly intends to fulfil the requirements of attractiveness and physical perfection, also among men and boys. The discourse of disciplining the male body and its expectations also influence socially acceptable ways of performing gender. Employing a qualitative analysis of bodybuilding motivational films’ content, the author points out the key elements of the body project image in such materials. The possibility of identifying bodybuilders with experts in body modification, resulting from the specificity of the discipline, allows one to believe that the regimes and training tools presented by them can influence the perception of the body modelling process by men. The author presents four elements used to develop an image of the male body project – (1) conditions necessary for the project, (2) tools used in the project, (3) ways of controlling and evaluating the project, (4) side effects of the project. Based on them demonstrates how motivational bodybuilding films can affect changing ways of performing masculinity.
MALE ALLIES OF POLISH WOMEN’S EMANCIPATION. ON THE EXAMPLE OF EDWARD PRĄDZYŃSKI’S AND EUGENIUSZ STARCZEWSKI’S PROJECTS
Authors: Duda Maciej
Published: March 2021

This article presents an extract from the research on the male support of the emancipation of Polish women at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. In my consideration of the papers penned by authors who posited common and equal civil rights for men and women, I pay particular attention to Edward Prądzyński’s book published in 1873, and to the journalistic writing by Eugeniusz Starczewski from the end of the first World War. Their two projects for the emancipation of Polish women are diverse: while Prądzyński’s proposition was revolutionary, Starczewski’s work was late and limited in its emancipatory outlook.
Long-Range GABAergic Inhibition Modulates Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Output Neurons in the Olfactory Bulb
Authors: Villar Pablo S. , Hu Ruilong , Araneda Ricardo C.
Published: March 2021

Local interneurons of the olfactory bulb (OB) are densely innervated by long-range GABAergic neurons from the basal forebrain (BF), suggesting that this top-down inhibition regulates early processing in the olfactory system. However, how GABAergic inputs modulate the OB output neurons, the mitral/tufted cells, is unknown. Here, in male and female mice acute brain slices, we show that optogenetic activation of BF GABAergic inputs produced distinct local circuit effects that can influence the activity of mitral/tufted cells in the spatiotemporal domains. Activation of the GABAergic axons produced a fast disinhibition of mitral/tufted cells consistent with a rapid and synchronous release of GABA onto local interneurons in the glomerular and inframitral circuits of the OB, which also reduced the spike precision of mitral/tufted cells in response to simulated stimuli. In addition, BF GABAergic inhibition modulated local oscillations in a layer-specific manner. The intensity of locally evoked θ oscillations was decreased on activation of top-down inhibition in the glomerular circuit, while evoked γ oscillations were reduced by inhibition of granule cells. Furthermore, BF GABAergic input reduced dendrodendritic inhibition in mitral/tufted cells. Together, these results suggest that long-range GABAergic neurons from the BF are well suited to influence temporal and spatial aspects of processing by OB circuits.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTDisruption of GABAergic inhibition from the basal forebrain (BF) to the olfactory bulb (OB) impairs the discrimination of similar odors, yet how this centrifugal inhibition influences neuronal circuits in the OB remains unclear. Here, we show that the BF GABAergic neurons exclusively target local inhibitory neurons in the OB, having a functional disinhibitory effect on the output neurons, the mitral cells. Phasic inhibition by BF GABAergic neurons reduces spike precision of mitral cells and lowers the intensity of oscillatory activity in the OB, while directly modulating the extent of dendrodendritic inhibition. These circuit-level effects of this centrifugal inhibition can influence the temporal and spatial dynamics of odor coding in the OB.
The Superfluous Congress
Authors: Gutiérrez Mónica Unda
Published: March 2021

This paper analyzes the roles played by the legislative, executive, and business sector in Mexico’s 2013 tax reform, drawing on original field-research findings. I examine each of these actors’ influence over the public period of congressional debate, as well as the typically invisible agenda-setting stage and the adoption of executive decrees following the legislative process. I find that Congress remains subordinated to the executive in budgetary matters and that business is more central in shaping the details of the tax bill. The tax reform achieved little, leaving the overall fiscal capacity of the Mexican State largely unchanged.
Experimental investigation of Silver / Water nanofluid heat transfer in car radiator
Authors: Jarrah H. T. , Mohtasebi S. S. , Ettefaghi E. , Jaliliantabar F.
Published: March 2021

Currently available fluids for heat transfer including refrigerants, water, ethylene glycol mixture, etc., have been widely exploited in various fields, especially in automobile cooling systems, for many years. However, these fluids possess poor heat transfer capability which means that to achieve acceptable heat transfer activity, high compactness and effectiveness of heat transfer systems are essential. This research work concentrates on preparation and use of water based Silver containing nanofluids in automobile cooling system. Nanoparticles volume fraction, fluid inlet temperature, coolant and air Reynolds numbers were optimized so that the heat transfer performance of the car radiator system was totally improved. It was found that increasing these parameters leads to enhancement of the heat transfer performance. In the best condition, the Ag/water nanofluids with low concentrations could amend heat transfer efficiency up to 30.2% in comparison to pure water.
Numerical simulation of peel test for ductile thin film along ceramic substrate: Elasto-plastic analysis
Authors: Adjeloua Abdelaziz , Boualem N. , Meddah H. , Belarbi A.
Published: March 2021

Due to extensive applications of the thin film/substrate systems in engineering, the research on strength, ductility and reliability of these systems have attracted great deal of interest in recent years. The peel angle of debonded film on the ceramic substrate has a very important effect in the mechanical resistance of film/substrate bi-material. Among critical debonding parameters, peeling angle and thermal residual stresses can be a potential risk of brutal propagation causing the film/substrate composite failure under tensile loading. This study is carried out to analyze the peeling angle and residual thermal stresses effects with crack growth in the specimen. A two dimensional elastic-plastic finite element model is used to compute the J-integral and estimate the plastic zone size at the interfacial crack tip of film/substrate composite. Results show that the peeling phenomena is a fracture mixed mode where the dominance of either mode I or mode II is influenced by the peeling angle while delamination of thin film is greatly dependent on thermal residual stresses.
Performance enhancement of a single slope solar still with single basin using Fresnel lens
Authors: Bhambare Parimal Sharad , Kaithari Dinesh Keloth , AI Hosni Said Abdullah Rashid
Published: March 2021

This paper presents an experimental study using Fresnel lens to increase the overall efficiency of the conventional Single Slope Solar Still (SSSS) with single basin. The work aims to increase the performance of single basin conventional SSSS while maintaining the simplicity and usability of the system. Especially in the rural parts of Oman, the device is very simple to use. For the present unit, the conventional single basin SSSS has been fitted with an adjustable Fresnel lens. The adjustment enables the carrying out the experiments with and without the Fresnel lens at our Institute. The equipment was constructed from simple available materials and was placed north-south during the experimentation. The Fresnel lens fitted frame once adjusted in the morning was kept at same position for the entire day without tracking. The depth of water in the basin was maintained constant at 0.02 m during the study. The distillate yield for single basin SSSS fitted with Fresnel lens is observed 3 to 3.5 times higher than the conventional. The overall efficiency of the system has also increased almost 32.19 percent over the conventional. The quality of the distillate was assessed, which was estimated to be within limits in compliance with international standards. In conclusion, Fresnel lens has significantly improved the distillate production output and overall efficiency of conventional single basin SSSS.
Futbol – sportowa rywalizacja czy komercyjna rozrywka? (Siergiej Samsonow Ноги)
Authors:   Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Filologiczny, Instytut Rusycystyki i Studiów Wschodnich, Kalita Liliana
Published: March 2021

The analysis concentrates on mediatisation and commercialization processes of sport in the contemporary world, and their update in Sergey Samsonov’s work Ноги. The bearer of the idea is a talented Russian football player, reduced to the advertised product and contemporary sport gadget. The situation poses questions relating to the identity and individuality of the hero, as well as possibilities of protection against mechanisms of commercialization; in the broader sense, it epitomizes the condition of the world we all live in.
Танец в художественной структуре пьес русских, белорусских и польских драматургов 1990-х – 2010-х годов
Authors:   Белорусский государственный университет, Филологический факультет, Кафедра русской литературы, Лепишева Елена , Pieczyński Maciej ,   Uniwersytet Szczeciński, Wydział Humanistyczny, Instytut Literatury i Nowych Mediów
Published: March 2021

In this paper, dance is considered as an element of the artistic structure of dramatic works of Russian, Belarusian and Polish authors of the 1990s–2010s. It was revealed that this element represents the level of the chronotope: it becomes one of its expressive modes (creating an atmosphere due to emotional «charge»), manifests itself as a «non-everyday form of behavior» of a character (J. Faryno), as a «spatial motive» (O. Bagdasaryan) as a sense-forming centre of the artistic universe. A comparative analysis of the plays written by Russian, Belarusian and Polish playwrights of the indicated period showed that in Russian drama the transition occured from the dance – a «spatial motive» to the dance – a semantic center representing author’s model of the world and a Nietzschean man in the terms of a spontaneous, unstable world order. That was caused by the strengthening of the performative and receptive potential of modern drama. At the same time, in the Belarusian drama, due to more strong genetic ties with folklore, the dance for a long time has been manifesting itself as a game form of non-everyday behavior, however, since the mid-1990s it is often introduced as a «spatial motive» representing the extremely deformed consciousness of characters. If it comes to Polish drama, despite the actualization of the dance in the significant for its development works, in the latest plays it rarely functions as a semantic center, because of political and social themes predomination. The authors of this paper made an attempt to clarify the reasons for differents of the dance in the Russian, Belarusian, Polish drama of the 1990s–2010s, based on sociocultural factors, as well as on the logic of the development of the literary proces.
Отель как место отдыха и развлечений (на материале современной русской прозы)
Authors:   Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Filologiczny, Instytut Rusycystyki i Studiów Wschodnich, Pavlenko Svetlana
Published: March 2021

In the fiction and documentary literature of the XX century, a significant place was taken by the image of the hotel, which was due, on the one hand, to history, and on the other – to the properties of this type of space. Wars, revolutions, migrations, as well as the natural tendency of man to travel and adventure made the hotel an important sociocultural phenomenon. This article discusses strategies for depicting temporary residences as a special recreational and entertainment space. The object of the study was the texts of different genres in the collection 33 Hotels, or Hello, Beautiful Life! Particular attention is paid to the organization of various points of view in the book, the nature of the interaction of heroes and hotel spaces, hotels and other spatial objects, as well as to the motives associated with the three functions of hotels – escapic, entertainment and wellness.
„Wieczna zabawa”? (Dmitrij Głuchowski, Futu.re)
Authors:   UAM Poznań, Wydział Neofilologii, Instytut Filologii Rosyjskiej i Ukraińskiej, Zywert Aleksandra
Published: March 2021

The paper aims at analyzing Dmitry Glukhovsky’s novel Future in the context of spending leisure time. The writer presents a society, which has overcome death. It gives rise to the question if “leisure time” still exists in such a situation; and if it does, what importance and functions it has in comparison with the life before “the era of everlasting life”. Glukhovsky indicates that overcoming death in an unnatural way freezes civilization in time, which leads to the dwindling of human creativity and, which is confirmed by the way human beings spend their free time in the novel, degeneration. Instead of making progress humankind focuses on maintain the status quo, In light of the abovementioned the only solution is restoring death perceived as the reconstruction of the natural order of things.
Nazwy barw w opisach przyrody nieożywionej (na materiale opowiadań Aleksandra Grina)
Authors:   Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Wydział Filologiczny, Kolegium Językoznawstwa, Chomko Jolanta
Published: March 2021

The analysis of color names provides valuable information about the models of perception, association and interpretation models of the world presented in a literary work. The main porpuose of his paper is to reconstruct a fragment of the color picture of the world of the outstanding Russian writer Aleksander Grin. The subject of analysis are the names of colors used by the novel’s author to describe inanimate nature objects, which can be divided into three classes: 1) surface water, 2) surface and rocky ground, 3) air and weather phenomena. Aleksander Grin uses in his novels numerous color names to create pictures of inanimate nature, which represent four fields of chromatic colours: blue, green, red and yellow, and three fields of achromatic colors: white, black and grey. The words, referring to colours, used in the analysed works are represented by different parts of speech – not only adjectives (15 lexems), but also nouns (6), adverbs (1), verbs (2) and participles (2).
Штрыхi да «ўрбананiмнага партрэта» аднаго беларускага горада
Authors:   Установа адукацыi «Вiцебскi дзяржаўны ўнiверсiтэт iмя П.М. Машэрава», Фiлалагiчны факультэт, Кафедра агульнага i рускага мовазнаўства, Мезенка Ганна
Published: March 2021

The article draws attention to the fact that relatively few summarising comparative studies appear in modern Slavic onomastics. Their absence particularly affects development of those zones of onomastics that became completely formed only in the last decades of the 20th century. One of such zones is urbanonymy and, particularly, the similarities and differences between “urbanonimic portraits” of different cities of Slavia. The article argues that in urbanonymy a portrait is a set of proper names of intracity objects, which has been formed in a certain way, that testifies to the ideological attitude to their nominators, users and visitors of the city. It is emphasized that each of the settlements has its own “portrait” made up of the names of its objects, due to which it differs from others. The article reveals distinctive features of the “urbanonymous portrait” of one of the historical centres of culture, the Belarusian city Slonim, which in 2019 became the venue for the XXVI Days of Belarusian writing.
Preparation and characterization of nanofibrillated cellulose from waste sugarcane bagasse by mechanical force
Authors: Zhang Kehong , Su Yuhang , Xiao Hui
Published: March 2021

The effect of different mechanical force application methods was investigated relative to the structure and properties of nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) from sugarcane bagasse. The NFC was prepared by grinding, high pressure homogenization, and ultrasonication with chemical pretreatment. Fiber morphology, crystalline, chemical structures, and tensile property were analyzed to reveal the mechanisms of NFC production behind different mechanical treatments. The results showed that compared with grinding treatment, high pressure homogenization and ultrasonic treatment can obviously increase the aspect ratio and size uniformity of NFC. Ultrasonic treatment gave the best results. The combination of grinding, high pressure homogenization, and ultrasonic treatment resulted in NFC with the average diameter of 23.18 nm. With the shearing action of grinding, high pressure homogenization, and ultrasonic treatment, the mechanical properties, crystallinity and thermal stability of NFC were gradually enhanced. This results demonstrated that a very low-value agricultural waste product can be easily converted to a high performance nanocomposite with tensile strength of 153.6 MPa and strain at break of 8.83%.
The Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System and Coronavirus Disease 2019
Authors: Coto Eliecer , Avanzas Pablo , Gómez Juan
Published: March 2021

The renin–aldosterone–angiotensin system (RAAS) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the cellular receptor for SARS-CoV-2 and the host’s expression of this membrane-bound protein could affect susceptibility to infection. The RAAS is an important regulator of cardiovascular physiology and ACE2 has an essential role. People with hypertension and other traits have shown to have an imbalance in ACE/ACE2 levels and reduced levels of ACE2 could enhance the risk of adverse outcome in patients with COVID-19. It has been hypothesised that the RAAS may mediate the interplay between cardiovascular disease and COVID-19 severity. Evidence shows that antihypertensive drugs that target the RAAS have no significant effect on the risk of infection and disease outcome. Variations in RAAS genes have been associated with the risk of developing hypertension and cardiovascular disease and could partly explain the heterogenous response to SARS-CoV-2 infection. This article explores the interplay between the RAAS and COVID-19, with emphasis on the possible relationship between genetic variations and disease severity.
Atrial Fibrillation in Congenital Heart Disease
Authors: Martín de Miguel Irene , Ávila Pablo
Published: March 2021

The increasing prevalence of AF in a growing population of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) poses new challenges to clinicians involved in the management of these patients. Distinctive underlying anatomies, unique physiological aspects, a high diversity of corrective surgeries and associated comorbidities can complicate clinical decision-making. In this review, the authors provide an overview of the current knowledge on epidemiology and pathophysiology, with a special focus on the differences to the non-CHD population and the clinical impact of AF in adults with CHD. Acute and long-term management strategies are summarised, including the use of antiarrhythmic drugs, catheter or surgical ablation and prophylaxis of thromboembolism. Finally, gaps of knowledge and potential areas of future research are highlighted.
Gestión y subjetividad en el trabajo en el mundo euroamericano: tres posturas principales
Authors: Chanlat Jean-François
Published: March 2021

El propósito de este artículo es mostrar el lugar que ha ocupado la subjetividad dentro del pensamiento empresarial occidental. A partir de las principales obras que han existido dentro de esta reflexión desde sus orígenes en Europa y América del Norte, presenta las principales pos-turas que se pueden extraer de este cuerpo de literatura. El artículo se estructura de la siguiente manera: después de definir brevemente qué se entiende por gestión y presentar la evolución del pensamiento empresarial en esa zona geográfica, muestra el lugar que la subjetividad ocupa en él y las tres principales posturas que pueden encontrarse acerca de ella: ninguna consideración, con-sideración con miras a un desempeño económico y consideración con miras a una emancipación. A modo de conclusión, subraya la importancia de enseñar un modelo antropológico ampliado de acción gerencial para restituirle su importancia a la subjetividad, tanto en el nivel de las prácticas como en el de la formación e investigación gerencial.
Subjetividad hipermoderna & capitalismo actual: mirada crítica
Authors: Cruz-Kronfly Fernando
Published: March 2021

Este artículo de reflexión es resultado de una investigación  documental,  de naturaleza exploratoria, que recurre a la narrativa  del ensayo. Se persigue el objetivo de poner en evidencia la relación entre la subjetividad hipermoderna y el capitalismo  actual, fundamento  de las organiza- ciones que deben ser administradas y que son objeto de estudio del campo disciplinal  de los estudios organizacionales. Se recurre a una exposición argumental de las maltrechas legitimidades del capitalismo y del socialismo, para develar la emergencia de la subjetividad  hipermoderna  como blindaje  que garantiza  su reproducción. Se concluye que esta goza de una vida convertida en fragmentos desconectados de la cadena del sentido que requiere toda utopía promisoria de un fu- turo mejor. En estas condiciones, los estudios organizacionales requieren repensar cuál es la nueva subjetividad  que alimenta y aceita la vida organizacional. Se puede presenciar una nueva subjetividad caracterizada por una ceguera mediada por el interés subjetivo  de consumir y agradecer al capitalismo contemporáneo permitirle no caer brutalmente en las precariedades que nacen del mercado libertario y moralmente desregulado. Así, se contribuye a los estudios organizacionales re- flexionando  sobre la necesidad de concebir un nuevo pensamiento administrativo  que se opongan  a la anulación del ejercicio de la libertad y la igualdad jurídica moderna, que legitimó la política y la utopía como valores de dignificación  del ser humano y de la vida.
Similarities between skin culturable bacterial species of pool frogs (Pelophylax lessonae) and their habitat
Authors: Nocera F. P. , De Filippis A. , Piscopo N. , Esposito L. , De Martino L.
Published: March 2021

The aim of the present study was to investigate the culturable microflora of pool frogs (Pelophylax lessonae) and their belonging aquatic environment. A total of 60 samples (56 frog cutaneous swabs, 4 water samples) were inoculated onto different selective and differential agar plates to isolate Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria or yeasts. Microbial investigation of the water hosting frogs was also performed. Isolates were identified by API system and their antibiotic resistance profiles were evaluated by disk diffusion method on Mueller Hinton agar plates. Aeromonas hydrophila and Enterococcus durans were detected in almost all collected samples. Many of the bacterial isolates showed multidrug-resistant profiles. Importantly, this study highlights that skin frog microbiota is correlated to the belonging environment, and, moreover, some isolated bacterial strains resulted to be of interest in animal and public health, since the park was frequented by visitors of all ages.
Assessing the impact of banking efficiency, operations, and regulation on banking performance: Fresh insight using dynamic correlated framework on the data set of Russia and Ukraine
Authors: Syed Aamir Aijaz
Published: March 2021

The purpose of this study is to investigate how banking industry-specific variables like regulation, efficiency, and operations affected nonperforming loans (NPLs) in Ukraine and Russia from 1995 to 2019. This study has employed the robust unit root test and cross-sectional dependencies technique along with a new DCCE approach. The dynamic correlated method is employed as it provides the best results when data suffers from cross-sectional dependencies. The study concludes that loose credit policy and lower profitability help in rising NPLs. However, in the context of macroeconomic variables, volatile interest rates, and exchange rate fluctuations are the main reason for NPLs in Russia and Ukraine. The research work also highlights the issue of cross-sectional dependencies and provide substantial methods to resolve the problem of cross-sectional dependencies and provide robust results. Findings will help policymakers to recognize the relevance of industry-specific variables in managing NPLs along with other macroeconomic variables.
Labor force and economic growth based on demographic pressures, happiness, and human development
Authors: Wijaya Adi , Kasuma Jati , Tasenţe Tănase , Caisar Darma Dio
Published: March 2021

This article examines the effects of DP, HI, and HDI on LF and EG in Romania for the period 2013-2019. By using path analysis, we need to divide into two models (direct effect and indirect effect. With a time series database, calculations can be presented through the data obtained in the annual report. The article documents six important findings, including the variables DP, HI, and HDI supports EG significantly. Moreover, HDI and LF also play an important role in EG significantly, but HDI is the single most striking variable from the hypothesis test, it is proven that the effect also has a significant effect on EG through LF. This evidence offers insights to stakeholders that there needs to be an emphasis from DP and HI so that they can play a real role for the success of the population's welfare.
The impact of Covid-19 on the quality of human capital for the economic development of Azerbaijan
Authors: Ismayilzade Ali Aga , Guliyeva Shafa , Teymurova Vusala , Azizova Reyhan , Alishova Chinara
Published: March 2021

The study's purpose was to develop an approach to the empirical assessment of the impact on the quality of HC to the developing economy during the economic crisis on the example of Azerbaijan. To obtain quantitative assessments of the qualitative characteristics of human capital development, the questionnaire method has been used. Based on a survey of 7232 people (which has been carrying out for July-September 2017-2020 in the context of the economic regions of Azerbaijan) and the main components' method, the factors of the qualitative characteristics of the development of the HC was determined. Using the method of linear regression modeling, the fact statistically more level significant influence on the level of economic development of the country of qualitative indicators of the development of the HC has been determined than quantitative indicators during the economic crisis. An integral model of an empirical assessment of HC's qualitative development has been developed