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Time-Frequency Complexity Maps for EEG-Based Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Using a Lightweight Deep Neural Network
Authors: Polat Hasan
Published: January 2023

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with an unknown etiology and a significant prevalence. Rapid and accurate detection of AD is crucial to assist in a more effective and tailored treatment plan to delay the progression of the disease. This paper introduces a novel approach based on a time-frequency complexity map (complextrogram) for the automated AD diagnosis. The complextrogram is the topographic complexity level of an EEG signal, plotted as a function of time and frequency. The complextrogram representations were fed into a well-known lightweight deep neural network called MobileNet for robust performance on resource and accuracy tradeoffs. The experiments were performed using a five-fold cross-validation technique on a publicly available database containing clinical EEG recordings from 24 patients with AD and 24 healthy, age-matched controls. The proposed pipeline provided competitive performance with just 2.2 M parameters and achieved the best overall accuracy for some locations in the frontal lobes (Fp2 and F8 channels). For both channels, the classification accuracy was 100%. Also, the violin plot was used to get further details of the distribution of complexity values for specific frequency rhythms. After statistical evaluation, it was observed that neurodegenerative conditions caused changes in chaotic behaviors, including increased delta complexity and decreased alpha complexity. Results demonstrated that the complextrogram representation proved its potency for the input quality required by the deep learning architectures. Furthermore, the complextrogram method is a promising pathway to discriminate and reflect the fundamental characteristics of AD abnormalities.
An Effective Kalman Based Hybrid Beamforming for Millimeter Wave Massive MIMO System by Using 2D Overlapped Partially Connected Sub-Array Structure
Authors: Londhe Gayatri D. , Hendre Vaibhav S.
Published: January 2023

In 5G mobile communication networks, millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology plays a key role. To deal with the problem of path loss that happens in the mmWave band, competent beamforming employing a large antenna array is required. Fully digital beamforming approaches currently require separate radio frequency chains (RF chains) for each antenna, which adds to the computational complexity and hardware expense. In a multi-user environment, fully digital beamforming suffers from a larger antenna array layout, whereas analog beamforming solutions are prone to numerous performance concerns. Hybrid beamforming, on the other hand, offers a promising solution for multi-user mmWave communication. This work proposes a two-dimensional overlapping partially connected (2D-OPC) sub-array structure to reduce the antenna structure's hardware complexity and cost. The suggested technique comprises several sub-arrays that are overlapped in 2D space in the form of a Uniform Planar Array (UPA). The suggested scheme's performance is assessed using Kalman-based hybrid beamforming, which exhibits a considerable increase in spectral efficiency when compared to existing hybrid beamforming techniques. The suggested technique, which uses Kalman based hybrid beamforming and 2D-OPC provides 3.14% and 4.96% improvement over the MMSE hybrid beamforming and ZF pre-coding technique respectively.
Development of Medical Image Analytics by Deep Learning Model for Prediction and Classification of CT Image Diseases
Authors: Pachala Praveen Kumar , Bojja Polaiah
Published: January 2023

The CT images of Lung illnesses or diseases that damage the lungs and weaken the respiratory system. Lung cancer is one of the topmost causes of death in humans around the world. Humans have a better chance of surviving if they are detected early. The average survival rate of persons with lung cancer increases from 14 to 49 percent if the disease is detected early. While computed tomography (CT) is significantly more effective than X-ray, a complete diagnosis requires a combination of imaging techniques that complement each other. But, because there are multiple phases of cancer that develop into different types of tumors with varying sizes and risks, finding lung cancer does not predict the risk of cancer. A deep neural network is constructed and tested for detecting lung cancer CT images. This research work analyses different types of tumor sizes such as large cell carcinoma, normal, squamous cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma. Also, the lung tumors are detected and predicted with the help of computer vision methods such as Residual neural network (ResNet), Convolutional neural network (CNN). Finally, the results of all the methods are compared and various parameters were calculated. Thus, the proposed method (ResNet) gives an optimal solution on comparison with respect to all the parameters.
Morphology of the epithelium of the fallopian tubes of rats under the influence of chronic low-intensity γ-radiation
Authors: Pavlov A. V. , Ermakova O. V. , Korableva T. V. , Fokanova O. A.
Published: January 2023

The purpose of the study was to investigate the functional morphology of the ciliary transport system of the fallopian tubes of sexually mature rats under the influence of chronic low-intensity γ-radiation.

Material and methods. Using a complex technique of intravital microscopic observation, the motor activity of the ciliary apparatus was studied. The frequency of the main types of epithelial cells in the layer was determined on histological sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin. There was also determined morphometry of digitized images of cell structures (cell height, length of cilia) of the epithelial lining of the fallopian tubes of 16 female Wistar rats subjected to experimental chronic γ-irradiation for 55–70 days (total absorbed doses – 5 cGy and 50 cGy) and 8 control animals that were under natural background radiation.

Results. The epithelium of the fallopian tubes in the control and experiment in rats contains three types of cells: ciliated, secretory and intercalary (cambial). Compared to the control of the irradiated rats the average height of ciliated cells and the length of cilia were decreased by 30% and 23%, respectively, at a total absorbed dose of 5 cGy and by 16% and 13% at 50 cGy (p 18% (p recorded, while the dimensional characteristics of secretory cells did not significantly differ from the control (p>0,05).

Conclusions. The effects of chronic low-intensity γ-radiation on the epithelial lining of the fallopian tubes can be clearly manifested at the level of physiological reactions of cells; irradiation at a minimum dose of 5 cGy is already capable of causing atrophic rearrangements and dysfunction of the ciliated epithelium. The results obtained indicate a high radiosensitivity of the studied tissue elements and make it possible to consider chronic ionizing radiation as a potential risk factor disrupting the structure and function of the epithelial lining of the organ.
Morphofunctional changes in human skin with acneiform dermatoses
Authors: Pustovaya K. N. , Pyavchenko G. A. , Alexeeva N. T. , Kozlov I. O. , Shamitko Z. V. , Kovrigin V. A. , Nozdrin V. I. , Kuznetsov S. L.
Published: January 2023

The aim of this study was to study the morphofunctional changes in human skin with acneiform dermatoses.

Material and methods. We studied the material obtained from 6 volunteers of both sexes aged 26 to 64 years. All subjects had signs of acneiform dermatoses. Pathologically changed areas were studied in comparison with normal skin in the same patient. The subjects were anesthetized and a piece of skin 3×3 mm2 in size was taken with the punch biopsy. After standard histological sample preparation, sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin. The counting and morphometry of skin cell structures was carried out, the presence of lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, erythrocytes, vacuolized keratinocytes and their remnants in 6 fields of view in 3 histological slides from each patient was determined from each patient under an Axioskop 2 microscope with a ToupCam TP108500A camera and ToupView software (ToupTek , China). The criterion for the degree of destructive changes in the collagen fibers of the dermis was the determination of their thickness.

Results. The morphological structure of the skin in acneiform dermatosis is characterized by a significant increase in the thickness of the spinous (93,7 [82,30; 96,35] microns), granular (28,4 [22,48; 34,44] microns) and corneum (37,8 [25,32; 46,24] microns) layers of the epidermis compared to the norm (66,1 [58,30; 69,42] microns; 6,2 [5,96; 6,63] microns; 10,6 [9,81; 11,26] microns, respectively). Near the sebaceous-follicular complex, inflammatory lymphohistiocytic infiltrates were found in the dermis, represented by lymphocytes (9,5±2,2 units p.f.v.), neutrophils (2,2±0,8 units p.f.v.), eosinophils (17,2±4,0 units p.f.v.), erythrocytes outside the vessels (6,8±1,1 units p.f.v.), vacuolated keratinocytes (22,1±5,7 units p.f.v.) and keratinocyte remnants (15,1±2,4 units p.f.v.) . The number of cells in the infiltrate significantly differed from the norm. On histological preparations of patients with acneiform dermatosis, thinning of the collagen fibers of the dermis (6,0 [4,79; 8,13] microns) was observed compared to unaffected skin (10,4 [10,01; 10,67] microns).

Conclusions. Morphological changes in the skin with acneiform dermatosis are manifested by hypertrophic processes of the epidermis, thinning of the collagen fibers of the papillary dermis, the presence of leukocyte infiltrate and a violation of the integrity of the basement membrane of the sebaceous glands. These changes can lead to disruption of the integrity and functioning of the histo-hematic barrier of the skin and an increase in the area of spread of the inflammatory process.
Evaluation of indicators of physical development and quality of life of students of M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Authors: Vinokurova S. P. , Garmaeva D. K. , Arzhakova L. I. , Makarova V. A. , Lytkina A. A. , Garmaev Ts. K.
Published: January 2023

The aim was to evaluate the indicators of physical development and quality of life in students of M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU).

Material and methods. The study involved 755 students of NEFU. at the age of 17–20, Mongoloid and Europeoid races, among which there were 273 (36.16%) girls and 482 (63.84%) boys. The studies were conducted on the basis of voluntary informed written consent. The survey included the determination of anthropometric parameters, assessment of the quality of life and questionnaires. Identification of the main characteristics of students' health was carried out through a medical examination.

Results. An analysis of morphological indicators revealed differences in the physical development of students of the Mongoloid and Europeoid races of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). In the analyzed groups, there were significant differences in body length depending on race. The highest indicators of body length are determined in persons of the Europeoid race, the smallest values - in students of the Mongoloid race. The study of quality of life indicators found a decrease in the psychological component of health among the respondents, due to the lack of readiness of the components of the professional and personal perspective and the inability to carry out psychological regulation of their behavior, which serves as an obstacle to their adaptation to independent living. At the same time, the indicators of the physical component of the health of the examined students remain, in most cases, within the normal range.

Conclusion. Analysis of the results of the study of the physical development of NEFU students indicates that representatives of the Mongoloid race living in the territory of Yakutia are characterized by growth below average, low density, and a small body surface area compared to representatives of the Europeoid race. The level of physical development in most of the examined persons is assessed as average, and in 37.2% of students the functional state of the circulatory system is characterized by tension in the mechanisms of adaptation, which may be due to the adaptation of the body to new living conditions.
Morphological and immunohistochemical validation personalized patient-derived xenograft model of non-small cellular lung cancer
Authors: Epishkina A. A. , Deryabina O. N. , Tumutolova O. N. , Blinov D. S. , Makhrova A. A. , Brykin G. V. , Shimanovskii D. N. , Blinova E. V.
Published: January 2023

The aim of the study was to carry out a comparative morphological and immunohistochemical analysis of peripheral non-small cell lung cancer, which served as a source of a xenograft tumor, and tissues of the third generation of a tumor that developed in animals.

Material and methods. We used 19 athymic BALB/c nu/nu mice, which were intraperitoneally injected with 1×106 CD8+ after sublethal irradiation in accordance with the humanization protocol. The transplantation of a tumor obtained from a 64-year-old patient was carried out three times consecutively. Samples of the original and xenograft tumors were automatically stained with hematoxylin and eosin, rabbit anti-CK7, anti-TTF, and anti-Ki67 antibodies. The evaluation of histological samples was carried out in accordance with the WHO recommendations (2015).

Results. It has been established that a third-generation tumor developing in the body of athymic humanized mice retains the morphological and immunohistochemical features of the patient's original tumor. The described approach may be used in preclinical and personalized studies in fundamental pharmacology and molecular oncology.
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Positive Education in the United Arab Emirates: Navigating Through and Beyond the Global Pandemic
Authors: D. Jules Tavis , M. Mayworm Ashley , C. Nelson Christensenv Amy
Published: January 2023

Drawing on data from the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) in the UAE, this study looks at using Positive Education (PE) to build strengths, competencies, well-being, and toughness in educational communities, to combat learning loss before and during the pandemic. We were interested in understanding how educational leaders, teachers, and students perceive PE and its impact on student well-being, as well as how well-equipped they were to handle the effects of the pandemic after participating in PE. Using qualitative data from semi-structured in-person interviews, focus groups, classroom observations, and document analysis, this study argues that PE supported students in coping with stressors associated with the pandemic. We show three significant findings. First, we found that the pandemic impacted student well-being in numerous academic and nonacademic ways. Second, our results demonstrate that PE was helpful in supporting student resilience and well-being during the pandemic. Third, data show that because PE was rolled out just before the pandemic began, the pandemic curtailed its full implementation. We conclude by recommending a whole school approach to PE that includes family members since the pandemic revealed that when students are engaged in remote learning or otherwise not face-to-face at school, it is critical that parents/families can support youth who may be struggling. Finally, we note the need for school-based support, like PE, to engender student resiliency.
CHAMPIONS OF UKRAINIAN TRANSLATION STUDIES IN PREŠOV REGION
Authors: LITVINYAK Oleksandra V.
Published: January 2023

The article aims to present some generalizations on Ukrainian Translation Studies in the Prešov region of Slovakia and introduce the readers with the most prominent figures representing it. The subject of research is the contribution of translation studies scholars of Prešov region to the development of Ukrainian translation studies and popularization of literature translated from and into Ukrainian among Ukrainians in Slovakia. The study of works by the most active translation studies researchers from Prešov writing in Ukrainian resulted in a general description of the main problems raised by them, as well as short personalized characteristics of the ”research style” of each of these figures. The findings have been achieved by applying such methods as analysis, synthesis, contrasting and comparison. Conclusions: The Ukrainian community of Prešov region is represented by a number of talented translation studies scholars who have actively conducted and continue to conduct research on the basis of translations from Ukrainian and into Ukrainian. Unfortunately, their works is little known among the Ukrainian academic and research community, as many of them have been published in regional publications that do not reach Ukraine or reach libraries only in very limited numbers. Nevertheless, these authors analyze many issues relevant to translation studies, such as the impact of one's own creativity on translation, the role of translators in the development of the literary process, translation strategies, methods and approaches, etc. The works by Mykhailo Roman, Mykhailo Molnar, Lyubytsya Babota, Yosyf Shelepets, Mykola Mushynka, Ivan Matsynskyi, Juriy Kundrat, Ivan Yatskanyn, and others deserve close attention and active use by the Ukrainian scholarly community.
ANTONYMY AS A MEANS OF PORTRAITING SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN THE DRAMATIC POEM "IN THE CATACOMBS" BY LESYA UKRAINKA
Authors: STEPANOVA Svitlana Ie.
Published: January 2023

The purpose of the scientific research, the results of which are described in this article, is to identify and analyze the facts of antonymy, by using which Lesya Ukrainka creates a contractive image of social inequality between persons who are characters in the dramatic poem "In the Catacombs", and to determine the specificity of this language and artistic medium in the author's picture of the world. The object of study are lexemes and replicas that illuminate the social background of relations between representatives of the ancient Roman society during the era of persecution of Christians. The subject of this study is the functioning mechanisms of the revealed antonymic language mediums in the dramatic poem "In the Catacombs" and their role in creating the social space of this work. The methods of sociolinguistic, semantic and contrastive analysis, as well as the descriptive method, are applied. The result of the analysis is the identification of facts of artistic antonymy in the replicas of the characters, primarily the Christian bishop and the neophyte slave, in the dispute about social justice. Some conclusions were made, in particular: antonymy is the leading artistic device of the dramatic poem "In the Catacombs", by using which Lesya Ukrainka highlights the God-loving positions of people who disagree with social inequality in society and are ready to fight for social fairness; antonym pairs in the work are distinguished at the lexical, phraseological and textual levels; the main conflicting antonym pair in this poem is SLAVE ≠ FREE. Socially conditioned antonymous pairs MAN ≠ WOMAN; CHRISTIAN ≠ PAGAN; GOD / KING ≠ HUMAN also intensify the conflict.
NAMES OF AGRICULTURAL TOOLS IN THE DICTIONARY OF RUSSIAN DIALECTS OF ODESSA REGION
Authors: STEPANOV Ievgenii N.
Published: January 2023

The purpose of this research is to identify and analyze the names of agricultural tools recorded in the Dictionary of Russian dialects of Odessa region (Odessa, 2000–2001, vol. 1–2). The object of study is the dialectal appellatives for agricultural tools. This material was collected during dialectological expeditions of specialists and students of the Faculty of Philology, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University for several decades (1960s – 2020s). The subject of the study is the typology of the identified units according to functional and pragmatic features, as well as their etymological and word-formation analysis. The methods of functional, linguopragmatic, sociolinguistic, semantic, etymological, word-forming and quantitative analysis, as well as the descriptive method, are applied. The result of this research is the identification of five lexical-semantic subgroups of the LSG "Names of Agricultural Tools". Conclusions. A total of 278 names of this LSG are recorded in the Dictionary of Russian dialects of Odessa region, which are not found in the multi-volume Dictionary of Russian folk dialects. The largest is the subgroup of names of manual agricultural equipment, tools, and accessories for them (121 units, i.e. 43.5 %). This data indicates a very significant share of manual labor in agricultural production in the northwestern Black Sea region, and, at the same time, a variety of types activities aimed at growing, harvesting and processing crops. The second subgroup is the names of tools used with a horse or traction device (61 units, i.e. 22 %); the third – names of places for storing agricultural equipment, tools, devices and grown crops (42 units, i.e. 15.1 %), the fourth – names of agricultural machines and devices (40 units, i.e. 14.4 %); the smallest is the fifth subgroup – names of means of moving agricultural products (14 units, i.e. 5 %). The studied material testifies to the multi-vector development of polysemy in the group of words called tools of agricultural labor in the Russian dialects of Odessa region. Borrowings from the languages of the peoples who live or lived compactly together with Russians in the adjacent territory in the Odessa region (Ukrainians, Bulgarians, Moldovans, Gagauz, Germans [before 1944]) are also represented among the analyzed lexemes.
NON-VERBAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AND REFLECTION OF THE SOCIAL STATUS OF OFFICIALS IN F. M. DOSTOYEVSKY'S NOVEL "IDIOT"
Authors: TRẦNTHỊ Хuyến
Published: January 2023

The main purpose of this study is to analyze the skill of Fedor M. Dostoevsky in depicting non-verbal means of communication that can reflect the social status of officials in the novel “The Idiot” by using language units. The object of study is language units that indicate the behavior of officials of different levels: high level (General Ivan Fedorovich Yepanchin), middle level (Gavrila Ardalionovich Ivolgin) and low level (Lukyan Timofeevich Lebedev). The subject of the analysis is the common and different features of non-verbal communication of these officials, which characterize the commonality and differences in their social status. An analysis of the system for describing the non-verbal means of communication of characters with the status of a government official was the result of this study. Gestures and facial expressions characterizing General Ivan Yepanchin and members of his family (primness, observance of status norms of decency, the ability to think critically, curiosity); official Gavrila Ivolgin (ambition, insincerity, impoliteness, distrust, irony, anger); official Lukyan Lebedev (subservience, flattery, intemperance, dishonesty) are established in this work. The article concludes that the description of the non-verbal behavior of the characters in a work of art is important in the explication of their social status, hiding part of the subtext information. With the help of gestures and facial expressions, the character becomes recognizable. Fedor M. Dostoevsky adapts the paraverbal means available in the communicative behavior of people to the typical and characteristic features, life position of each of his characters, his role in the work.
SOME GRAPHIC AND ORTHOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF THE ODESSA COPY OF THE NEW BULGARIAN TRANSLATION OF THE “SMALL CATECHISMOS” BY THEODOR THE STUDITE
Authors: Stoianova Daryna
Published: January 2023

Summary. The aim of the article is to consider the graphic and orthographical features of the New Bulgarian translation of “Catechismos” written by Theodore the Studite, the outstanding Byzantine religious and public figure and the author of the monastery charter. The object of the research is copy of the "Small Catechismos" of the 18th century by anonymous scribe which is part of a convolute and kept in the collection of manuscripts and early printed editions (Odessa National Scientific Library, no.1/154), the subject – features of the graphic-spelling system of the copy, whose description is an important criterion and prerequisite for identifying the written layers. The article describes the history of the study of this translation among the Slavs; the great contribution of professor D. S. Ishchenko to the development of this issue is determined; the complex of graphemes used in the copy and the orthographic principles of their use are considered; the typical phonetic phenomena and changes that received written fixation in the copy are analyzed; the local markers are outlined. The results of the study allow us to draw the following conclusions: the Odessa copy of "Small Catechismos" by Theodore the Studite has several written layers (medieval Bulgarian or Tarnovo-Resavian, Serbian and East Slavic) with a partial inclusion of Bulgarian dialect features. This fact determines important aspects of the further research. To clarify the ethnolinguistic attribution of the copy, it is necessary to carry out an in-depth study of its paleographic, accentological, grammatical, syntactic, lexical features, as well as a thorough textual analysis of copies similar in composition. Textual research should be preceded, first of all, by the identification of copies containing this translation.
Quality of Work Life and Work Environment on Organizational Citizenship Behavior with Job Satisfaction as Mediation
Authors: MH Thamrin Rosiyati , Rahmawati Rini , Rusmin Nuryadin Muhammad , Juniar Asrid
Published: January 2023

This study aims to analyze the influence of the quality of work life and work environment on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) with job satisfaction as mediation in the state civil apparatus in Hulu Sungai Selatan district. The population in this study was 15,017 people with a sample of 220 people in government agencies. The sampling technique used purposive sampling with the criteria of employees having a structural position of more than 3 years. This type of research is quantitative and data collection uses a questionnaire. The data analysis technique used in this study is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The novelty of this research is that the object of research is government employees, so it is different from previous research conducted on non-government employees. The results of this study indicate that the quality of work life and work environment have a significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) with job satisfaction as mediation. Employees who are satisfied with what they have done are supported by a good work environment and quality of work life will be able to create organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), namely doing work outside their job description according to the job description without having to be forced or coerced. do it voluntarily.
O papel da Evolução biológica no ensino de Biologia a partir da visão de professores
Authors: Colli Pedro Leonardo Guarilha , Colussi Bastos Vinícius , Bologna Soares de Andrade Mariana Aparecida
Published: January 2023

Este trabalho teve como objetivo analisar as concepções de docentes de Biologia quanto à Evolução Biológica e seu ensino. Este objetivo foi traçado, considerando que estudos recentes apontam que a Biologia é ensinada de modo fragmentado e memorístico. Diversos autores defendem que a Evolução Biológica é o único elemento capaz de integrar e dar sentido às Ciências Biológicas. Entretanto, estudos da área indicam que uma parcela significativa dos professores não compreende a ideia e não trabalha a Evolução de modo a unificar os conhecimentos biológicos. A fim de compreender as visões de docentes no que tange à Evolução Biológica e seu ensino na Educação Básica, o presente artigo adotou uma perspectiva qualitativa de análise de um questionário aberto, respondido por 11 docentes atuantes em diferentes contextos escolares. Os resultados e as interpretações produzidas a partir deles corroboram outros estudos com relação à não compreensão por parte dos docentes da ideia de Evolução Biológica como o eixo integrador da Biologia e sugerem que mesmo aqueles que compreendem, não colocam esta perspectiva em prática. Ademais, foi possível perceber que muitos professores têm uma visão distorcida a respeito da maneira como abordam o tema, o que talvez os impeça de refletir, devidamente, acerca da questão
As gerações presentes nos estudos relacionados à avaliação da aprendizagem: questões teóricas e práticas
Authors: Miguel Kassiana Da Silva , Della Justina Lourdes Aparecida , Ferraz Daniela Frigo
Published: January 2023

O conhecimento produzido acerca da temática ‘avaliação da aprendizagem’, presente na literatura especializada, é marcado pela sua complexidade histórica, social, política e ética. Os estudos relacionados ao tema são resultado de um processo de construção e reconstrução de conhecimentos e perpassam por diversas influências. Como exemplo dessas influências, destacamos as ideias desenvolvidas por Guba e Lincoln (1989), relacionadas a quatro gerações de avaliação, e por Bouchard e Fontan (2008), no que concerne à quinta geração de avaliação. Para tanto, esse trabalho tem por objetivo discutir aspectos teóricos e práticos acerca das cinco gerações de avaliação que subsidiam os processos avaliativos e refletir acerca de uma nova geração de avaliação que emerge a partir do atual contexto pandêmico e pós pandêmico. Observamos, ao longo do tempo, que as gerações de avaliação foram marcadas por desafios, limites e inserção de novos sentidos no campo educacional mundial. Sendo assim, é possível identificar um fato marcante nesse processo: as tendências e demandas do campo da avaliação, entre elas as de ordem técnica, formativa, de construção social e socioemocional, impactam e influenciam as práticas avaliativas, promovendo novos olhares e abordagens, especialmente no que concerne à quarta e quinta gerações, discutidas no texto que se apresenta.
Potencialidades da metodologia ativa revisão por pares na formação inicial docente
Authors: Camillo Cíntia Moralles , Sepel Lenira Nunes
Published: January 2023

Um ensino baseado em atividades didáticas que proporcione uma aprendizagem ativa, motivadora e coloque o aluno na construção de seus saberes é o que busca as metodologias ativas. Neste ponto de vista, este estudo objetivou analisar as potencialidades da metodologia ativa Revisão por Pares (MARP) na formação inicial de professores de Ciências da Natureza e áreas afins, aplicada em um curso de extensão promovendo o planejamento de atividades didáticas interdisciplinares e contextualizadas. A pesquisa é de cunho qualitativa e quantitativa, em que foram analisados dois questionários; um sobre conhecimentos prévios e o perfil dos participantes e, o segundo as potencialidades da MARP. A metodologia proporcionou mudança de atitude oportunizando o pensamento crítico, colaboração, interação, debate, interesse, criatividade, motivação e outras potencialidades positivas. Desta forma, a MARP mostrou ser uma metodologia que agrega na formação inicial docente, principalmente no que tange a avaliação e a crítica construtiva.
La gramaticalización del mundo y las instituciones sociales y políticas
Authors: Jiménez Ardila Carlos
Published: January 2023

El propósito de este artículo es argumentar que es posible describir las estructuras de las socie- dades humanas y sus instituciones -y, entre estas, las políticas- desde la concepción inaugurada por Wittgenstein que considera el lenguaje y la acción como constitutivos del significado. Con el lenguaje y la acción, como se mostrará, los seres humanos gramaticalizan el mundo y les adscriben características ontológicas a sus componentes, creando instituciones sociales y políticas. El artículo permite concluir que la perspectiva de análisis desde el lenguaje y la acción amplía la comprensión de los fundamentos de las instituciones sociales. El método consistió en un análisis interpretativo de algunos conceptos wittgnestinianos centrales.
El Perfil Ético Humano (PEH) y la ética del cuidado: requisitos democráticos para el regreso a clases en México ante la nueva normalidad
Authors: Guadarrama Chaparro Adriana , Ordóñez Joaquín
Published: January 2023

La pandemia ha obligado a los gobiernos a implementar acciones emergentes para ayudar a la población a retornar a sus actividades “normales”, como el regreso a las actividades escolares presenciales. En este trabajo se buscó determinar la necesidad o no de una sinergia entre autoridades educativas y población estudiantil que permita a los educandos su retorno a clases presenciales en los niveles básico y medio. Se realizó una revisión contextual de la pandemia causada por COVID-19 con relación a las posibilidades de retorno seguro a clases en México y se analizaron los rasgos configuradores de un “Perfil Ético Humano” (PEH), derivados de la “ética del cuidado”, para contrastarlos con las acciones gubernamentales. Lo anterior por medio de una revisión documental en los medios oficiales de la Secretaría de Salud para conocer el comportamiento del semáforo epidemiológico respecto a las acciones institucionales empleadas por el gobierno mexicano y la respuesta poblacional en cuanto a medidas de prevención. Como resultado se obtuvo que tanto el PEH como la ética mínima son requisitos esenciales para lograr el cuidado mutuo derivado de las acciones entre las esferas gubernamental y ciudadana para un retorno seguro a clases presenciales.
Pensamiento estratégico gerencial y su incidencia en la sostenibilidad de las PYME de Chiclayo, Perú 2020-2022
Authors: Obiol Erik
Published: January 2023

El pensamiento estratégico gerencial, es la herramienta del management por excelencia, gracias a él, podemos establecer criterios óptimos de toma de decisiones, los cuales pueden asegurar una mayor fiabilidad de los resultados posibles al momento de tomar una decisión de negocio. Este tipo de pensamiento es muy habitual en los gerentes de las grandes empresas, debido a sus conocimientos y preparación para la utilización de las herramientas del management, sin embargo, este tipo de conocimientos suelen ser muy escasos e incluso inexistentes en las pequeñas empresas debido a que, por lo general, estas se encuentran gerenciadas por sus propietarios, quienes no necesariamente cuentan con conocimientos de gestión. Debido a ello, el presente ensayo científico, busca hacer una medición real del nivel de conocimientos técnicos de los pequeños empresarios de Chiclayo, Perú, con la finalidad de establecer si la carencia de este tipo de habilidades incide directamente en la quiebra continua de los emprendimientos de la región, ya que, al lograr detectar la deficiencia real se podrán establecer los canales comunicativos necesarios para otorgar un respaldo técnico que permita a los pequeños empresarios lograr metas que permitan desarrollar sus negocios eliminando así el riesgo de quiebra.
La sociedad conyugal como ficción legal y el riesgo de una apuesta aleatoria
Authors: Lopera Bonilla Olga Cecilia
Published: January 2023

La sociedad conyugal es un elemento de la naturaleza del contrato matrimonial que queda latente y suspendido en el tiempo, para conformarse solo en el momento de su propia disolución y/o del matrimonio. En este último caso, quienes estuvieron casados dejan de ser cónyuges, recuperan su estado civil de solteros y aunque pudieron nunca o pocas veces compartir la administración de los bienes y deudas que adquirieron durante el matrimonio, la Ley consagra la ficción de una “sociedad” entre ellos, llamada conyugal. Cuando se entra en el proceso de liquidación, partición y adjudicación del patrimonio de esta, los acreedores de uno u otro puede cobrar en forma solidaria a uno cualquiera de los socios de esta forma escogen libremente cuál de ellos debe pagar la obligación o deuda, aunque no haya sido quien la adquirió. Lo anterior implica una serie de “apuesta aleatoria” en que el resultado del comportamiento financiero, ético y económico de los cónyuges en conjunto o por separado, determinará el balance de ganancias y pérdidas que impactará al final sus patrimonios personales, dejándolos en iguales, mejores o peores condiciones económicas de las que se encontraban al suscribir el contrato matrimonial.
Terminación de contrato para trabajadores en condición de discapacidad: criterios para tener en cuenta
Authors: Molina Rivero Blanca Mary
Published: January 2023

Según el ordenamiento jurídico colombiano, los trabajadores en situación de vulnerabilidad por razones de salud, están amparados por fuero constitucional de estabilidad laboral reforzada, por ende, para dar por terminado el contrato, el empleador requiere de una autorización previa del Ministerio del Trabajo, argumentando la existencia de una justa causa, una causal legal o demostrando que su condición de discapacidad hace imposible el reintegro, por ello, este organismo expidió la circular interna N. 049 de 2019, en la que fija los lineamientos que debe seguir el inspector del trabajo para expedir dicha autorización; razón por la cual, aplicando el método analítico con enfoque teórico – práctico, este escrito, está encaminado a establecer si los lineamientos del Ministerio de Trabajo fijados en la mencionada circular se ajustan o se contraponen a los criterios establecidos sobre el tema en la constitución, la ley y la jurisprudencia proferida entre los años 2008 y 2020, y como conclusión se plantea una propuesta de procedimiento para la terminación eficaz de la relación laboral.
Comparing the closure of hepatocaval ligament using stapler or suturing in liver surgery
Authors: BATI Imam Bakır , TÜYSÜZ Umut
Published: January 2023

Objectives: Hepatocaval ligament is localized on the posterior and lateral side of the retrohepatic Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) , above the right adrenal vein. Bleeding due to retro-hepatic cava injury could sometimes occur during the dissection and closure of hepatocaval ligament (HCL). We aim to determine closing meth- ods of HCL in terms of cost, ease of application and safety.
Methods: The study population included 90 recipient hepatectomy patients who had cadaveric and live-donor liver transplantation at Organ Transplant Center of Acıbadem Hospital between 2017 and 2019. The patients were divided into two groups. The first group contained 40 patients who were closed with 25 mm EndoTA 30 stapler. The second group contained 50 patients who were closed by continuous double- layer suturing with 5/0 propylene.
Results: In the group closed by endovascular stapler, reinforcement suturing was performed in eight patients (20%) using 5/0 propylene suture due to mild blood leakage in the closing line. In two patients (5%), on the other hand, the staple device could not be used due to the fact that HCL was very close to the right hepatic vein and the distance between the liver and the vena cava was short. There were no perioperative and postoperative HCL-associated liver and vena cava bleeding complications in both groups. However, the cost was significantly higher in the stapler group than in the suturing group.
Conclusions: The present study is the first to compare the stapler or suturing techniques for closing HCL in the receiver hepatectomy of liver transplantation. The results indicated that the closure with suturing was at least as useful and convenient in terms of cost, ease of application and safety.
Ovarian malignant melanoma metastasized from skin mimicking a benign cyst: a rare case report and mini-review of the literature
Authors: KETENCİ GENCER Fatma , BABAOĞLU Bülent , USTA KURT Zeynep Kübra , YAŞAT NACAR Hatice , BEKTAŞ Sibel
Published: January 2023

Malignant melanomas, often appearing on the skin, rarely metastasize to internal organs and the ovaries are the least affected site. A 45-year-old female patient presenting with a skin lesion on the right side of the neck and diagnosed with malignant melanoma through excision biopsy also appeared to have lung metastasis and a nonspecific ovarian cystic mass of 6 cm after PET-CT scan was performed. Examination revealed a mass with the widest diameter of 9 cm and a surgical decision was made due to the rapid growth pattern. Tumor markers appeared to be within the normal range. Laparoscopic right salpingoopherectomy was performed and frozen section biopsy was obtained. The result was found to be malignant and complementary surgery was performed. Pathological examination of the cystic mass, which was detected to have only nonspecific findings on radiological exam, revealed tiny solid areas in its capsule. The patient was started on postoperative Dabrafenib + Trametinib treatment by oncology and was followed up without recurrence until the 24th postoperative month. At month 24, the brain metastasis with no response to radiotherapy occurred and the patient was lost on the 15th day after decompression surgery. It is important to send adnexal masses to the frozen even if they appear to have a benign character. In patients with a known history of primary cancer, the possibility of the metastasis from the primary tumor site to the ovary should be considered in those whose peroperative frozen section result is in favor of malignancy. Our case is the first case of ovarian malignant melanoma metastasis with a completely cystic and septa-free character in the literature.
Differences in lifestyle between students of medical and biological fields of study in Poland
Authors: Nieczuja-Dwojacka Joanna , Borowska Beata , Marchewka-Długońska Justyna , Budnik Alicja , Dąbrowski Paweł , Kurc-Darak Bożena , Grzelak Joanna
Published: January 2023

Students are a specific social group characterized by different lifestyle behaviours. The aim of the study was to determine whether there are lifestyle differences between students of medical and biological fields from three different universities in Poland. The research material consisted of answers from 1163 students (781 women and 382 men), aged 17.5– 26.0 from the medical faculty of the Wroclaw Medical University, biological faculties of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw and the University of Lodz. The survey included questions regarding gender, socio-demographic situation, lifestyle and eating habits. Students also provided height and weight data, which was used for BMI calculation. Chi-square test and one-way ANOVA were used to indicate differences in BMI between students and to estimate differences in lifestyle between students from three different university centres. Medical students exhibited significantly lower BMI values compared to students from other academic centres. They also more often reported doing additional sports and assessed their overall level of physical activity significantly higher compared to students from other academic centres. Biology students reported to sleep longer and being more exhausted compared to medical students. Biology students tended to drink sugar-sweetened beverages and eat fast-food significantly more often than medical students. Students from the medical faculty in Wroclaw reported to smoke cigarettes less often compared to students from non-medical study. There were no significant differences in other studied factors, such as the use of alcohol, snacking between the meals and consumption of energy drinks. Overall, students of medical fields reported a healthier lifestyle compared to their peers from biological faculties, although this was not consistent for all examined factors.
Retelling Orpheus: Orpheus in the Renaissance
Authors: Beattie Laura I. H.
Published: January 2023

This paper examines the importance of the Orpheus myth during the English Renaissance. The Orpheus myth was one of the most common mythic intertexts of the period due to the fact that we could see the very story of Orpheus as being imbedded within the idea of the Renaissance itself. The main ambition of the Renaissance humanist was to bring the literature of the ancients back to life via the means of education. In other words, they attempted to bring the dead back to life and Orpheus serves as an embodiment of this ambition due to his ability to bring inanimate objects to life and in his journey to the underworld to rescue Eurydice. We find many different aspects of the Orpheus myth dealt with in Renaissance writing, for example Orpheus as poet, Orpheus as lover and the death of Orpheus being some of the key focal points. This paper, however, will focus specifically on the role of Orpheus as Poet as, due to the Renaissance love for art, rhetoric and eloquence, this seems to be the most popular dimension of the Orpheus myth at that time. We will see how Renaissance writers reinterpret the story of Orpheus, as originally told by Ovid and Virgil, in the “Metamorphoses” and the “Georgics” respectively, to show Orpheus as not only as being an archetypal poet but in fact the very first poet whose art is not only responsible for the civilisation of man, but also for the creation of a “Golden Age” in Renaissance England.
Women and Intertextuality: On the Example of Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad
Authors: Lisowska Katarzyna
Published: January 2023

The aim of the study is to consider feminist retellings of myths and legends. As an example, Margaret Atwood’s book The Penelopiad is analyzed. The interpretation is situated in a broader context of intertextual practices characteristic of the feminist vision of literature. I present the ideas which Atwood shares with authors engaged in women’s movement. Among these there is Atwood’s understanding of intertextuality (noticeable especially in The Penelopiad). Bibliographical basis of the study comprises books which are fundamental to feminist and gender criticism (e.g. Poetics of Gender, ed. by N. Miller, New York 1986; S. M. Gilbert, S. Gubar The Madwoman in the Attic. The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth- Century Literary Imagination, New Haven and London 1984). What is more, the study refers to the books which allow considering the notion of intertextuality (G. Allen, Intertextuality, London and New York 2010, J. Clayton. E. Rothstein (eds.), Influence and Intertextuality in Literary History, Wisconsin 1991) and connecting the interpretation with the problems crucial to contemporary literary studies (L. Hutcheon L. A Poetics of Postmodernism. History, Theory, Fiction, New York and London 1988, B. Johnson, A World of Difference, Baltimore and London 1989).
Whodunit to Irene Adler? From “the Woman” to “the Dominatrix” – on the Transformation of the Heroine in the Adapting Process and Her Representation in the Sherlock Miniseries
Authors: Popłońska Magdalena
Published: January 2023

One of the peculiar characteristics of the Sherlock Holmes fandom is that it has always had a tendency to blow innuendos in Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories out of proportion. One might argue that such is the case of Irene Adler, the most recognisable female character from the Sherlock Holmes canon. Although we are not given much information on her in the original story and she hardly speaks in her own voice, for the community of readers she has become the most significant woman that Sherlock Holmes had ever encountered. Thus, the creators who adapted her for the screen also treated the heroine of “A Scandal in Bohemia” symbolically, allowing themselves to freely portray her presence in their versions of the story. For certain reasons, Irene Adler has been interpreted in pop-culture differently at various times: as the woman who beat Holmes with her wit, the detective’s romantic interest, his nemesis or a femme fatale figure. This tendency seems to be pushed to the extreme recently and the adaptations of the heroine in question gravitate towards a sexually confident, overtly self-aware, as well as dominant (both sexually and mentally) rival to Holmes. The idea behind this paper is to investigate the transformation of Irene Adler’s character from the originally debatably scandalous adventuress to her modern portrayal as a dominatrix in the BBC miniseries, Sherlock. Hence, I will concentrate on this most recent take on the woman in the episode “A Scandal in Belgravia,” attempting to analyse in what ways the creators of the show go back to the roots and succeed in capturing the essence of Irene Adler’s figure, and conversely – in what measure does this adaptation epitomize the changes done to the character over the years of reinterpreting and diverting from its literary counterpart.