bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Interleukin-34 protects against sepsis in mice by regulating CXCL1/CCL2 immune response
Authors: Wang Jianjun , Yang Feng , Bu Yuanyuan , Jia Jinghong , Cheng Aibin , Zhao Jihua
Published: January 2022

Purpose: To study the protective effect of interleukin-34 (IL-34) against sepsis in mice, and the mechanism involved.

Methods: Ninety healthy male mice were selected and assigned to sham, model and recombinant IL-34 protein groups. The activities of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were assayed. Moreover, histopathological changes in lung, liver and kidney were recorded, and levels of C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 1 (CXCL1) and C-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 2 (CCL2) in each group of mice were measured.

Results: Peritoneal lavage fluid and serum concentrations of AST, ALT, LDH, CXCL1 and CCL2 were significantly elevated, relative to sham mice (p < 0.05). Mice survival in the drug group was markedly increased from day 1 to day 5; also, serum ALT, LDH and AST were significantly reduced, while CXCL1 and CCL2 concentrations in serum and peritoneal lavage fluid were increased, relative to model mice (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: IL-34 improves survival of septic mice by inducing CXCL1/CCL2 immune response, resulting in a protective effect on the airway. Thus, the CXCL1/CCL2 pathway mediated by IL-34 may be useful in the development of drugs for the treatment of sepsis.
6-Methyl-1-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- c]pyridin-4(5H)-one (FMPPP) exhibits anti-proliferative effect on prostate cancer via autophagy induction and mTOR/p70S6K inhibition
Authors: Yu Xiaozhu , Cui Qingbin
Published: January 2022

Purpose: To investigate 6-methyl-1-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridin-4(5H)-one (FMPPP) as anti-proliferative agent against prostate cancers.

Methods: The FMPPP-mediated changes in cell proliferation were measured using cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8). Flow cytometry and propidium iodide staining were used for cellular DNA content determination. Proteins expression in cells was probed by western blotting assay.

Results: A significant (p < 0.05) dose-dependent suppression of DU145 and PC 3 cell proliferation was observed following FMPPP treatment. FMPPP treatment at 20 μM raised DU145 cell fraction to 75.08 ± 4.87 % in G1 phase when compared to 48.32 ± 3.44 % for control. The population of PC 3 cells in G1- phase reached to 72.78 ± 5.21 % on treatment with 20 μM FMPPP compared to 49.65 ± 4.62 % in control. The FMPPP treatment of DU145 and PC-3 cells elevated LC3-II expression and suppressed SQSTM1/p62 expression. In FMPPP-treated DU145 and PC-3 cells, p-ERK1/2 level was promoted whereas mTOR and p70S6K phosphorylation significantly decreased. Exposure to U0126 (ERK pathway inhibitor) reduced FMPPP-induced increase of LC3-II expression and promotion of p-ERK1/2 level in DU145 and PC-3 cells.

Conclusion: FMPPP exhibits anti-proliferative effect by increasing autophagy in prostate cancer cells. The cytotoxicity of FMPPP involves elevation of ERK1/2 phosphorylation and targeting mTOR pathway in DU145 and PC-3 cells. Therefore, FMPPP may be beneficial for the treatment of prostate cancer in patients.
In vitro antidiabetic, aphrodisiac and antimicrobial properties of para-propoxybenzoic acid isolated from Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn Ex. Benth (Fabaceae) stem bark
Authors: Johnson Ekarika C. , Ukpe Richard A. , Etim Emmanuel I. , Umoh Uwemedimoh F. , Eseyin Olorunfemi A. , Udoh Anwanabasi E. , Mboho Tina , Anthony Paschal C.
Published: January 2022

Purpose: To investigate the in vitro antidiabetic, aphrodisiac and antimicrobial properties of para-propoxybenzoic acid isolated from Acacia auriculiformis stem bark.

Methods: Powdered dried stem bark of A. auriculiformis was extracted with 70 % ethanol in water and the dried extract obtained was suspended in water and partitioned with ethyl acetate and n-butanol to give their respective soluble fractions. The ethyl acetate fraction being more active, in terms of in-vitro aphrodisiac, antidiabetic and antimicrobial properties, was subjected to chromatographic separation to obtain C1 identified as parapropoxybenzoic acid, which was also evaluated for in-vitro properties using standard procedures.

Results: 4-Propoxybenzoic acid showed a weak aphrodisiac property which was not significantly different (p < 0.05) from that of control (normal saline) for all the sexual parameters tested. The compound exhibited antidiabetic activity by dose-dependently inhibiting the actions of α-amylase with half-maximal concentration (IC50) value of 50 ± 0.45 μg/mL. In this regard, it was comparable to that of the standard, acarbose (30 ± 0.18 μg/mL). In the antimicrobial study, a concentration of 200 μg/mL of the compound gave the highest zone of inhibition of 18 ± 0.23 mm against Vibo cholriae (NCTC 5438)

Conclusion: The results indicate that the isolated compound, 4-propoxybenzoic, exhibits good antidiabetic and anti-microbial but weak aphrodisiac properties.
Antidiabetic effects of ethanol extract of Uromastyx hardwickii Smith (Agamidae) skin on streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus in mice
Authors: Shams Waqas A. , Onoja Samuel O. , Rehman Gauher , Islam Saif U. , Khan Khurshaid , Ibrar Muhmmad , Sia Saima B. , Ayaz Saba G. , Ali Sajid , Israr Muhammad , Ullah Aziz , Safi Dawood
Published: January 2022

Purpose: To investigate the in vivo hypoglycemic potential of the ethanol extract of Uromastyx hardwickii skin (EEUHS).

Methods: Streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice received graded doses (100 and 200 mg/kg) of EEUHS for oral glucose tolerance and hypoglycemic test. The effects of EEUHS on body weight gain, urea, creatinine, cholesterol and hemoglobin concentration were also investigated.

Result: The blood glucose concentrations of the EEUHS-treated groups were diminished (p < 0.05) relative to the diabetic control group. The urea, creatinine and cholesterol levels of the EEUHS-treated groups were lower (p < 0.05), but their hemoglobin concentrations were higher (p < 0.05) relative to the diabetic control group.

Conclusion: The EEUHS elicits hypoglycemic effects and ameliorates complications of diabetes mellitus in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. This suggests that EEUHS can potentially be developed for the management of diabetic patients.
Determination of Cramer-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB) and Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimator of a DC Signal in AWGN Using Laplace Transform
Authors: Abdalla Abdi T
Published: January 2022

This paper presents an alternative approach for the determination of Cramer-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB) and Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimator (MVUE) using Laplace transformation. In this work, a DC signal in Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) was considered. During the investigation, a number of experiments were conducted to analyze different possible outputs under different conditions, and then the patterns of the outcomes were studied. Finally closed-form expressions for the CRLB and MVUE were deduced employing the Laplace transformation. The resulting expressions showed that the proposed method has almost the same number of steps as the existing method. However, the latter requires only the knowledge of algebra to arrive at the CRLB expressions contrary to the existing approach where a strong mathematical background is required and hence making it superior over the existing method, in that sense.

Keywords: Additive White Gaussian Noise, Cramer-Rao Lower Bound, DC-Value, Laplace transform, and Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimator (MVUE).
The Concept of “Capitalist Realism” in Literary Context: Reading Adrian Schiop’s Novels in Terms of the Sociology of Literature
Authors: Bartosiewicz-Nikolaev Olga
Published: January 2022

The first part of the article proposes a general overview of the notion of “capitalist realism,” introduced by Mihai Iovănel in his History of Romanian Contemporary Literature 1990‒2020 as one of the paradigms which help to read and classify post-Communist Romanian literature taking into consideration the political, social and economic conditioning of literary production.

The second part of the paper aims to investigate the individual trajectory of Adrian Schiop (b. 1973) ‒ one of the authors classified by Iovănel as representatives of “capitalist realism,” whose literary and artistic work is defined by a high degree of social relevance. By deconstructing collective narratives and cliches, Schiop proposes a polemical point of view on post-Communist society, occupying at the same time the position of a very self-conscious agent within the Romanian literary field.
Del error a la perfección. Tomasz Niestorowicz, El aprendizaje de la oposición imperfecto/indefinido en estudiantes polacos de ELE
Authors: Kaczyńska Katarzyna
Published: January 2022

From error to perfection. Tomasz Niestorowicz, El aprendizaje de la oposición imperfecto/indefinido en estudiantes polacos de ELE

In his monograph, Tomasz Niestorowicz attempts to describe the development of the verbal forms of the tenses pretérito imperfecto and pretérito indefinido. The author, based on the main models used in the study of second language acquisition and concepts related to the category of tense and aspect, conducts a research on the basis of grammar tests carried out among 86 students of Polish Iberian Studies. The conclusions resulting from the analysis indicate the deviations / errors in the morphological structure of the tenses pretérito imperfecto and pretérito indefinido at different stages of acquiring the verbal paradigm and confirm whether the aspectual information contained in the verbal lexeme influences the choice between pretérito imperfecto and pretérito indefinido.
The church and state redefined in the 21st century: The relevance of the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) in the democratization of Malawi
Authors: Zgambo Rev. Dr. Humphreys Frackson
Published: January 2022

The study reflects on how the church and state could be redefined in the 21st century with reference to the relevance of the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) in democratization of Malawi. In the recent past, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) and some socio-political analysts accused the Malawi Government of corruption, nepotism; rigging and stealing of elections, plunder of state resources known as “cash-gate” or maize gate by the ruling elite, theft of hospital drugs, closure of Colleges of the University of Malawi, failure to deliver other essential social services to the population leading to poverty and hopelessness. In retaliation, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) under President Professor Peter Mutharika, supported by a few religious leaders polemically demonized the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) challenging its constitutional and Scriptural mandate and declared it irrelevant in contemporary politics of Malawi. The aim of this study is to explore how the church and state could be redefined in the 21st century with reference to the relevance of the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) in democratization of Malawi, the socio-political factors for the formation of the Public Affairs Committee, relationship between Christian religion and state and lastly redefine an interdisciplinary political and public theology for the democratization of Malawi and elsewhere.
Universal Algebraic Methods for Constraint Satisfaction Problems
Authors: Bergman Clifford , DeMeo William
Published: January 2022

After substantial progress over the last 15 years, the "algebraic
CSP-dichotomy conjecture" reduces to the following: every local constraint
satisfaction problem (CSP) associated with a finite idempotent algebra is
tractable if and only if the algebra has a Taylor term operation. Despite the
tremendous achievements in this area (including recently announce proofs of the
general conjecture), there remain examples of small algebras with just a single
binary operation whose CSP resists direct classification as either tractable or
NP-complete using known methods. In this paper we present some new methods for
approaching such problems, with particular focus on those techniques that help
us attack the class of finite algebras known as "commutative idempotent binars"
(CIBs). We demonstrate the utility of these methods by using them to prove that
every CIB of cardinality at most 4 yields a tractable CSP.
Profile of Student Physical Fitness Level of Sports Science Study Program: Relationship between Nutrition Status and Learning Achievement during COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Gultom Syamsul , Baharuddin Baharuddin , Ampera Dina , Fibriasari Hesti , Sembiring Nurpelita
Published: January 2022

The level of physical fitness during the coronavirus pandemic has become a basic need because exercise can increase immunity and improve physical fitness. Lack of physical activity during a pandemic can increase the risk of disease and obesity. So that the nutritional status increases while it is not accompanied by physical activity in sports students. This study aims to determine the level of physical fitness in terms of its relationship with nutritional status and learning achievement of students of the Sports Science Study Program at the State University of Medan. This research is a correlational study to find the relationship between two or more variables. This study has two independent variables, namely physical fitness and nutritional status, and one dependent variable, namely learning achievement in practical courses. The participants in this study were students following the Physical Fitness training course, amounting to 42 students. The results in this study indicate that there is no significant relationship between nutritional status and student achievement. There is a significant relationship between physical fitness and student achievement. There is a significant relationship between nutritional status and physical fitness with student achievement. Physical fitness contributed to student learning achievement by providing an effective contribution of 39%, while nutritional status was 72.53%.
The Effect of Manipulative Games to Improve Fundamental Motor Skills in Elementary School Students
Authors: Dewi Rahma , Verawati Indah
Published: January 2022

This study aims to improve fundamental motor skill skills by using manipulative games. The method used in this study was experimental using a one-group pretest-posttest design. The research was conducted by applying manipulative games in physical education learning. To measure and find out the results of the data obtained by researchers using the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) software. The sample in this study was elementary school students with a total of 30 students. Random sampling with random sampling technique. The data collection technique in this study used a gross motor skill-second edition test which was analyzed using quantitative descriptions and different tests. The research results showed an increase in the fundamental motor skills of elementary school students through manipulative games; this was because manipulative games were able to stimulate students to be active in carrying out fundamental motor skills and fun activities for students. The conclusion in this study is that there is a significant effect of manipulative games on the fundamental motor skill of elementary school students.
Rethinking the Relationship between Technology and Health through Online Physical Education during the Pandemic
Authors: Paramitha Sandey Tantra , Komarudin Komarudin , Fitri Mustika , Anggraeni Leni , Ramadhan Muhammad Gilang
Published: January 2022

Technology and health are interrelated, along with the development of technology accompanied by increasing health demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study aims to rethink the use of technology in exercising to maintain health. The focus of the study in this research is the relationship between the use of technology and health through COVID-19 healthy gymnastics. The method used in this research is to use a cross-sectional survey online. This method is used because the survey can be done anytime and anywhere, which can be more practical. The data collection instrument used is an online survey using the Google form application. This application is suitable for use in a practical and effective data collection process. Then to measure and find out the results of the data collected, the researcher used the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software with a bivariate correlation coefficient test. The subjects of this study were UPI students who contracted physical education courses and sport. The results of this study indicate that there is a very high relationship between technology and health through COVID-19 healthy gymnastics. This study concluded that students who would be aware of their health by doing sports optimize the use of technology to support their sports activities.
Webbing the Wonders of Webinars: An Autoethnographic Inquiry on Online Professional Learning
Authors: Mabuan Romualdo Atibagos
Published: January 2022

As the educational front liners, teachers’ access to quality and sustainable professional development (PD) is imperative, as it is vital in delivering quality education and improving student learning outcomes. However, this may not always be a reality particularly in low-resource settings, where teachers’ PD may not be a priority or is just too costly to be implemented in a wide scale. Using analytic autoethnography, this study examined aspects of my experience, perspective, and memory in successfully completing 66 webinar sessions of the American English (AE) Live: Teacher Development Series, a PD program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State through the Online Professional English Network (OPEN). Acting as a reflective practitioner and teacher-as-researcher, I unraveled how I traversed the World Wide Web in search for free and quality PD, how I completed 11 sets of live webinar sessions from January 2018 to July 2021, how I became an agent for my own professional learning, why I believe about webinars’ potential for teachers’ PD, and what it could do to inform my pedagogical decisions. Data from my learning journal, webinar discussion posts, and interaction with my fellow participants revealed that the AE Live Webinar Series is an effective PD for teachers based on its content, active learning engagement, collaboration, models of effective practice, coaching and expert support, opportunities for feedback and reflection, and sustainability, making it a practical teachers’ PD platform particularly in low-budget countries such as the Philippines. Andragogical and heutagogical implications are provided in the light of these findings.
Preservice Science Teachers’ Views of a Web-Based Intelligent Tutoring System
Authors: Akyuz Halil Ibrahim , Erdemir Mustafa
Published: January 2022

Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, courses are carried out online in undergraduate programs and in this study, Web-Based Intelligent Tutoring System (WBITS) was used for online lessons. The aim of the study is to determine the opinions of 144 pre-service science teachers, who have used WBITS in three different undergraduate courses, about the system. Opinions about whether they are happy to use WBITS, whether the system serves the purpose of the courses (validity), whether the system is an alternative to face-to-face education (reliability) and whether the system is sufficient in pedagogical aspects (pedagogical qualification) were collected. The majority of the candidates stated that they are happy to use the system, that the system can be used to achieve the course objectives, and that the system is pedagogically sufficient and it can be used instead of the traditional classes. The most positive opinions were that the lesson could be used to achieve the course objectives. Negative opinions about the use of the system were mostly related to being unhappy with using the system. The system can be adapted for different courses and can be used in distance learning processes or to support in-class education. The system can be effective in overcoming the limitations of distance education.
The Relationship between the Leisure Boredom, Leisure Satisfaction, and Smartphone Addiction: A Study on University Students
Authors: Serdar Emrah , Demirel Mehmet , Harmandar Demirel Duygu
Published: January 2022

This study aimed to describe the relationships between leisure boredom, leisure satisfaction, and smartphone addictions among university students. The study sample consisted of 258 participants, 143 males and 115 females, studying at Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Sports Sciences. The participants were selected using the purposeful sampling method. Data collection tools involved a personal information form, the "Leisure Boredom Scale (LBS)", the "Leisure Satisfaction Scale (LSS)" and "Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV)". Independent t-Test results revealed a significant difference in SAS-SV by gender. The MANOVA results indicated a significant difference between the "Satisfaction" sub-dimension of LBS and the "Educational," "Social," "Physical," and "Relaxation" sub-dimensions of LSS by gender. A significant difference was found between LBS's "Satisfaction" sub-dimension and all sub-dimensions of LSS by income status. According to the ANOVA results, there was no significant relationship between the SAS-SV scores by income status of the participants. Besides, there was a negative and low-level correlation between age and the "Satisfaction" sub-dimension of LBS, the "Physical" and "Relaxation" sub-dimensions of LSS and SAS-SV. There was a negative and low correlation between "Boredom" of LBS and "Psychological," "Social," and "Relaxation" sub-dimensions of LSS, and there was a positive and low correlation between LBS and SAS-SV. Similarly, a positive and low-level relationship was determined between all sub-dimensions of LSS and SAS-SV. In this sense, it was concluded that the LBS, LSS, and SAS-SV scores differed according to the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants. As leisure boredom increased, leisure satisfaction decreased, and smartphone addiction increased. It was also found that as leisure satisfaction improved, smartphone addiction increased.
Lik zaručnice kod Ive Andrića i Antona Pavloviča Čehova / The Character of the Bride in I. Andrić and A. P. Chekhov
Authors: Handanović Merima
Published: January 2022

The comparative work The Character of the Bride by I. Andrić and A. P. Chekhov: Exceptional and Free compares two female characters of engaged / promised girls: Andrić’s Fata Avdagina from the novel The Bridge on the Drina and Chekhov’s Nadia from the novel The Fiancée. The paper examines the mode of heroines and their way of deciding when giving up a marriage that none of the heroines want. Referring to the text, the paper examines the exceptionality of Fata Avdagina in the context of the spatial and temporal specificity of the character, as it also examines the issue of freedom and decision to leave the space and the potential conventional marriage of Chekhov’s Nadia. Through the literary analysis of the character, the paper draws conclusions that determine the modal affiliation of the heroines and opens the question of the freedom of female characters with an emphasis on a specific situation where within the historical context a more modern female character emerged in an earlier time period, which in turn raises the question of different literary contexts in different literary communities and spaces of literary creation. With this clue, the most representative female character of the Chekhov’s bride and the most exceptional character of the only bride who does not agree to the marriage of Andrić were chosen for this work. The paper examines the extent to which Nadia’s individualization, ie Fata’s socialization, determines the further course of the action and their completion, as well as calls into question the relationship of individuals to society and the relationship of society to individuals. Also, the work raises the question of why an exceptional being in the world of the small town of Andrić’s novel must be destined for tragedy, while Chekhov’s female character is given the possibility of freedom the moment he becomes a character of activity.
Bosanski slog u komparativnom diskursu nacionalnih arhitektonskih stilova na području Balkana / Bosnian style in the comparative discourse of national architectural styles
Authors: Bušatlić Lejla
Published: January 2022

The article analyzes the Bosnian style in architecture by reflecting upon the phenomenon of the national architectural style, its role in the construction of national identity, political and ideological instrumentalization. The issue of the relationship betwee tradition and modernity and the position of architectural heritage in the contemporary context arises. Interpretative framework of the specificity of the national architectural idiom also includes a discursive view of the relationship between the periphery and the center. Through a comparative analysis of national styles in architecture of the Balkan countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Croatia and Serbia, their character, distinction and mutual connections are defined. The Bosnian-style in architecture is viewed in its development as an architectural idiom of the national origin, but also as an authentic stylistic determinant created in the process of a creative research of architectural heritage that will ultimately result in new spatial-design and aesthetic values consistent with modernist architectural concepts. In this sense, the position of the Bosnian style as a national style in the history of European modernism is questioned, its connection with the aesthetics of modernism based on the principles of reducing excessive decorativeness, formative purism and functionalism.
Identity Transformation of Migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina in post-1960s Germany
Authors: Duranović Amir
Published: January 2022

Results presented in this paper are part of an extensive research in BiH

emigration of the second half of the 20th century conducted during a field trip in Berlin,

Germany. This paper aims at presenting the foundations from which the emigration

originated after the Second World War and then changes which occurred during the

1960s when a large number of people from Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina left

for temporary employment in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and other Western European

countries, as well as to look into models and reasons for the transformation of identity of

BiH migrants in Germany after the 1960s. With the aim to identify the pattern according

to which the workers with temporary employment abroad created their identities, this

paper dedicates special attention to the transformation of identity, i.e. it indicates how

identity transformed under the changed circumstances and in an altered context. However,

research focuses on a part of BiH emigration in Germany, West Berlin in particular, since it

stands out as a special case, an enclave in East Germany. Therefore, the presented examples

of identity transformations of BiH workers in Berlin that were followed by changes in their

native country, Yugoslavia, i.e. Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also by the changes Germany

experienced the end of the 1980s. Finally, the paper aims to show the multi-layered identities

and their changes from the working, religious, social to the national identity
Antifašistička tradicija kao čuvar političkog jedinstva naroda u BiH / Antifascist tradition as a Guard to Political Unity of People in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Authors: Musabegović Senadin
Published: January 2022

This paper presents the key moments in the develpment of socialist Yugoslavia, including its disingegration, that is post-socialist transition or the period when the etno-nationalist elites took over ruling power and broke apart not only Yugoslavia but socialist system that created it. The politics of socialist Yugoslavia itself oscilated between: authoritative one-party politics and democratic tendencies expressed through self-management politics; state unitarism and national separatism; priciples of equality and liberty; international socialist cosmopolitanism and antiimperial national self-determination; bolshevik exlusiveness and restrictivity and socialdemocratic openess; politics of the West and the East... It was depending on historical context that one tendency was dominant over the other. But in any case, the politics of socialist Yugoslavia was directed towards finding its own path of development of the state and socialist society, which—regardless of its internal controversies— managed to create a new political community at the same time maintain the exhisting one. In the context of development of DFJ (Democratic Federal Yugoslavia),

but also FNRJ (Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia), and then SFRJ (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), Bosnia and Herzegovina had a very important role. Bosnia and Herzegovina was constituted through the decisions of ZAVNOBiH (the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) presented on its founding meeting on November 25, 1943 in Mrkonjić Grad and recognized as one of the Republics

within State Federation of Yugoslavia that same year on the Second Session of AVNOJ (Anti-Fascist Council for the People’s Liberation of Yugoslavia) which took place on November 29 in Jajce. The author focuses on the significance of anti-fascism, which recognized Bosnia and Herzegovina and was based on the notion that this republic acts as a bridge that connects South Slavic community in political and symbolic sense.
“Meka” i “tvrda” moć u islamskoj literaturi političkih saveta: Saveti vladarima Ibn al-Ṭiqṭaqe i Ibn al-Muqaffe u poređenju s onima koje je dao Machiavelli / “Soft” and “Hard” Power in Islamic Political Advice Literature: Counsels to Rulers by Ibn al-Ṭiqṭ
Authors: Syros Vasileios
Published: January 2022

This article explores how modern leadership theories revolving around the distinction between “soft” and “hard” power are prefigured in medieval Islamic political writing. In particular, it advances a new interpretation of Ibn al-Ṭiqṭaqā’s al-Fakhrī (On the Systems

of Government and Muslim Dynasties, 701/1302), focusing on the Arab historian’s narrative about the factors that resulted in the decline of the ‘Abbasid Empire and the rise of the Mongols as a world power. It also discusses Ibn al-Ṭiqṭaqā’s ideas on good government, drawing

links to other major Muslim political theorists and historians, notably Ibn al-Muqaffa‘ and Ibn Khaldūn. Finally, this study examines Ibn al-Ṭiqṭaqā’s views on successful and failed leadership in a cross-cultural context through comparison with Niccolò Machiavelli’s Prince.
M. Hakan Yavuz, Nostalgia for the Empire: The Politics of Neo-Ottomanism. Oxford University Press, 2020, 337 pages.
Authors: Filipović Emir O.
Published: January 2022

Book Review
Ibrahim Krzović, Stari ljetnikovci, kule i čardaci, El-Kalem-izdavački centar Rijaseta Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini / Institut za islamsku tradiciju Bošnjaka, 2019, 536 str.
Authors: Hatibović Lamija
Published: January 2022

Book Review
Some Observations on the Cultural Inventory of Izmir from the Tanzimat to the Constitutional Monarchy (1839-1876) / Neka zapažanja o kulturnom inventaru Izmira od Tanzimata do uspostavljanja Monarhije (1839-1876)
Authors: Bahar Arslan
Published: January 2022

During the period when the Ottoman Empire remained at the periphery of

the capitalist world system, İzmir assumed the identity of a colonial port city which the Levantines, who transferred the rich products of Western Anatolia to the West, and their local

collaborators made the center of the commercial diaspora. While İzmir, which lived through its brightest period from the 17th century to the beginning of the 20th century, had the appearance of an ordinary “slightly bigger than a village” town of the Aegean at the western end of the Anatolian plateau, it begins to be seen as the “Pearl of the Levant” with its port, quay, municipal organization, railways, trams, banks, factories, modern schools, casinos, clubs, theaters and coffee houses. In the aforementioned period, İzmir became one of the early modern

period cities of the Ottoman Empire with the changes and transformations it went through. This article tries to convey the episodes of the economic, social, and ideological structural transformations in the background of this positive leap that the city had experienced.
Elementi della competenza comunicativa interculturale / Elements of Intercultural Communicative Competence
Authors: Lalić Ana
Published: January 2022

In this paper, we examine the possibility of teaching intercultural competence in high schools in the Sarajevo Canton. We conducted an analysis of two coursebooks in use in high schools, prescribed by the curriculum. The research objective is to examine the organization of intercultural teaching. In that sense, we first present an overview of teaching culture, as well as political goals elaborated in Europe during the 1990s. We start from the concept of language teaching and proceed with the definition of intercultural competence and its value according to the White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue, the Treaty of Maastricht and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Furthermore, we compare the data obtained by the analysis of the manuals with the goals of language teaching in Europe. The goal of the research is to put focus on elements of intercultural communication competence represented in the manuals to verify if it is possible to reach the goals determined by the Council of Europe. With that goal in mind, we conducted a qualitative analysis of the coursebooks with the aid of two tables of analysis which enable us to execute a contrastive analysis of the manuals and to compare intercultural elements with the counsels of the documents issued by the Council of Europe. Our hypothesis is that the manuals prescribed by the Ministry for Education, Science and Youth of the Sarajevo Canton represent the Italian culture in a traditional manner, and that they do not fully implement the CEFR instructions. This research can further be used in determining which manuals will be in use in high schools as well as in the curricular reform processes.
Jezik likova u Vodolazkinovom Brisbaneu / The Language of Characters in Vodolazkin's Brisbane
Authors: Ljevo-Ovčina Amela
Published: January 2022

The paper analyzes the linguistic features of literary characters in the novel Bisbane by contemporary Russian author Yevgeny Vodolazkin. His way of underlining pronunciation, use of vocabulary with dialectal, social and individual linguistic features is considered. The language characteristics of individual characters are largely determined by their bilingualism of Russian and Ukrainian, so many examples of switching language codes have been noted. The extent to which the language of the characters reflects the sociolinguistic situation in the country where the action of this novel takes place is carefully researched.
U zrcalima sjećanja...
Authors: Kešo Safet
Published: January 2022

Book review: Gl. ur. Ljevo-Ovčina, Amela, 2020. U zrcalima sjećanja… Zbornik radova u spomen na profesora Ilijasa Tanovića. Sarajevo: Filozofski fakultet.
Tamo na nebu jedu svoj kupus
Authors: Becirovic Nihada
Published: January 2022

Book review: Đerić, Ivančica, 2021. Tamo na nebu jedu svoj kupus. Beograd: Rende.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF UNIVERSITY X STUDENTS DURING COVID-19
Authors: Heng Pamela Hendra , Lathiifah Septi , Hutabarat Franklin
Published: January 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many daily activities are carried out from home. Likewise, educational activities are carried out at home online. This reduces physical activity and can lead to decrease physical and spiritual health. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between spiritual well-being and quality of life in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants in this study consisted of 54 men and women with an age range of 19 years to 22 years. This research is non-experimental quantitative research with a sampling technique using purposive sampling. The measuring instrument used to measure spiritual well-being is the spiritual well-being questionnaire (SWQ) compiled by Gomez and Fisher and the measuring instrument for measuring the quality of life uses the Indonesian version of the WHOQOL-BREF measuring instrument, which was developed by Purba et al. The results showed that there was a positive relationship between spiritual well-being and quality of life in students during the COVID-19 pandemic (p= 0.000 < 0.05), the higher the spiritual well-being of students, the higher the quality of life of students. Additional data analysis was carried out to look for different tests, based on the results of the study there were differences in quality of life-based on gender.
Additional Evidence on the Applicability of the New Fertilizer-Yield Relation
Authors: Capó B. G.
Published: January 2022

A new fertilizer-yield equation recently discovered by the author was used to describe the relation between the applications of nitrogen-, phosphorus-, potassium-, calcium-, and magnesium-bearing materials and the yields of sugarcane and corn in 34 experiments carried out in various regions of Puerto Rico near Isabela, Gurabo, Patillas, Lajas, and Río Piedras. The equation under study satisfactorily fitted such fertilizer-yield data, even in cases where the fertilizer-yield equation suggested by other workers do not apply. The general applicability of the new fertilizer-yield equation even in cases of certain abnormal data has been noted. From the data studied, it seems that, as concerns the production of sugarcane in soils similar to those used in the above-mentioned experiments, there is more need to keep the available soil nitrogen and magnesium contents as near as possible to their optimum equilibrium values than is true of phosphorus, potassium, and calcium. In corn production the equilibrium of the available nitrogen, phosphorus, and magnesium seems to be more important than that of the available potassium and calcium.
Action Patterns of Sugarcane Acid Invertase
Authors: Alexander Alex G.
Published: January 2022

Chromatographic studies were made of the products of sugarcane acid invertase. The enzyme was precipitated from water extracts of lyophilized meristem tissues by ammonium sulfate. The 38- to 52-percent fraction was retained and dialyzed for 2 hours against distilled water. Substrates tested included sucrose, glucose, fructose, galactose, melezitose, raffinose, turanose, stachyose, and inulin. Samples from the digests were inactivated by boiling, spotted on Whatman No. 1 chromatography paper, and irrigated by the descending technique with butanol-pyridine-water (6:4:3 v/v). Sugars were revealed on chromatograms by the silver nitrate dip method. Two reducing sugars were produced when invertase acted upon sucrose, but neither corresponded to reference glucose. Both products revealed staining and mobility properties similar to reference fructose. Evidence was obtained showing that glucose is acted upon by a second enzyme to yield a sugar similar to galactose. The possibility of a nucleotide-derivative epimerase is discussed. Other sugars acted upon were raffinose and stachyose, thus confirming the invertase as a ß-fructosidase. Four products appeared when raffinose and stachyose were hydrolyzed. Melezitose yielded no detectable reducing sugars, throwing doubt on the presence of an α-glucosidase. Turanose and inulin were not attacked. Significance of the invertase data is briefly discussed.
ANALISIS KESALAHAN MORFOLOGI DALAM BERDISKUSI DI SEMESTER 1 PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN MATEMATIKA FPMIPA IKIP SARASWATI
Authors: Puspadi Ni Luh Nanik
Published: January 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kesalahan morfologi yang dilakukan mahasiswa semester I Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika FPMIPA IKIP Saraswati selama berdiskusi. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan penelitian deskriptif-kualitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa semester I Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika FPMIPA IKIP Saraswati tahun akademik 2019/2020 sedangkan objeknya adalah kesalahan morfologi yang dilakukan oleh mahasiswa ketika berdiskusi dalam mata kuliah umum Bahasa Indonesia. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan metode perekaman dan observasi. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan prosedur analisis data deskriptif-kualitatif yang meliputi tiga tahap, yaitu reduksi data, penyajian data, serta verifikasi dan penarikan simpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada beberapa ragam kesalahan morfologi yang dilakukan oleh mahasiswa pada saat berdiskusi. Wujud kesalahan morfologi yang peneliti temukan adalah penghilangan afiks sebanyak 7 buah (53,84%), peluluhan bunyi yang seharusnya tidak luluh 2 buah (15,39%) penyingkatan morf sebanyak 1 buah (7,69%), penggunaan afiks yang tidak tepat sebanyak 1 buah (7,69%), dan penentuan bentuk dasar yang tidak tepat sebanyak 2 buah (15,39%); sedangkan wujud kesalahan bunyi yang seharusnya luluh tidak diluluhkan, penggantian morf,  dan penempatan afiks yang tidak tepat pada gabungan kata tidak ditemukan dalam diskusi mahasiswa. Berdasarkan hal itu, dapat dikatakan bahwa kesalahan mahasiswa dari segi morfologi didominasi oleh penghilangan afiks.
Strategy and results of managing the formation of an enabling enterprise environment in the conditions of digital transformations
Authors:   V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Veretyokhin Andrey V.
Published: January 2022

Enterprises need an enabling environment to function and develop steadily. The macro level determines the comfort factors in the context of global transformations. In addition, domestic enterprises have limitations in their own funds to carry out transformations, in particular, digitalization. This was most acutely manifested in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In such a situation, state support for entrepreneurial structures is a driver for the formation of an enabling business environment. This is especially noticeable if it is carried out on the basis of strategic territorial management. This work is carried out in order to identify the actual results of strategic management at the regional level in the formation of an enabling environment for the enterprise functioning and development in the context of digitalization, as well as to present proposals for improving the quality of the achieved results. The research is based on the works of domestic and foreign scientists. The analysis showed the focus of the strategic management of the Republic of Crimea on the formation of an enabling enterprise environment. Currently, a system of enterprise support is being created in the region. Its various forms and types act favorably in Crimea. It is necessary to provide training of personnel with appropriate qualifications. In addition, the coordination and consistency of measures to implement the republican strategies of "Three Wins" and the digital transformation of the region, in terms of creating an enabling enterprise environment, will improve the quality of the achieved results.
Management in the post-Covid era
Authors:   Samara State University of Economics, Zhabin Alexander P. , Kandrashina Elena A. ,   Samara State University of Economics
Published: January 2022

The article discusses changes in the field of management observed during the current period of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and predicted for the future in the post-covid period. It is shown that the post-Covid time is not a time interval characterized by the processes of returning to the docovid practices of entrepreneurship and management. Post-Covid time is a fundamentally different and irreversible eventtime continuum according to the vector of flow.
Transformation of agriculture in the digital economy
Authors:   Perm Institute (branch) Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Oborin Matvey S. ,   Perm State National Research University,   Perm State Agrarian and Technological University named after Academician D.N. Pryanishnikov
Published: January 2022

The agricultural sector of the Russian economy is developing under the influence of digital technologies that contribute to the growth of competitiveness, which determines the relevance of this study. The Russian market of agricultural products is currently under economic sanctions that restrict trade and economic turnover and external relations. Despite the geo-political pressure, agriculture in the federal subjects of the country is successfully developing due to the purposeful course of the state on the systematic technological modernization of the industry. The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation has developed a project "Digital Agriculture", due to which it is possible to develop the industry on the basis of information technologies, and active work in this direction is carried out at the regional level. The dependence of agricultural producers on foreign technologies still persists. The introduction of digital solutions and equipment of domestic production will significantly increase the pace of the production intensification and the competitiveness of products, since the agricultural complex of the country has high potential. The article presents a study of the impact of innovative digital technologies on the development of agricultural production. The author applied general logical methods, systematization and scientific approaches to the analysis of the formation of the digital economy in the framework of increasing the production efficiency and improving the indicators of the agrarian economy as a whole. As a result, it was noted that the digital transformation of agriculture contributes to the modernization of production and high rates of its intensification, optimization of key business processes, and the improvement of financial and economic indicators of the industry enterprises. Digital solutions will have a positive impact on the quality of the production cycle stages, reducing the need for various types of resources and energy, and creating safe conditions for agricultural work. At the moment, there is an accumulation of successful experience in the implementation of digital solutions in the field of agricultural production, which is based on a project approach that unites various subjects of regional markets. Large agricultural holdings are implementing innovations at a faster pace, as they positively assess the planned effects. Positive dynamics in the management of business processes of industrial enterprises is provided by innovative technologies for monitoring the internal environment and conditions in which the preparation and organization of agricultural work is carried out.
A Review Paper on Study and Analysis of Transport Planning of Small Cities
Authors: Verma Rakesh , Verma Rakesh
Published: January 2022

As increase of urbanization in small cities population is increasing day by day. So the proper planning of transport is needed because small and medium sized cities face a variety of transport planning challenges. This paper deals with the review of study and analysis of transport planning of small cities, with the help of various methodology adopted by different research, review is done this can be done by respecting the town specific characteristics and regional growth trends because small cities lack a detailed database planning, so the proper master plan should be prepared to guide the transport planning of cities.