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THE WAYS OF FORMING OF SOCIAL COMPETENCE ON UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS IN MODERN EDUCATIONAL AREA
Authors:   Сумський державний педагогічний університет ім. А.С. Макаренка, GROMOVA N.
Published: November 2020

The article shows the place of social competence in the system of key competencies in the application of the competence approach in the process of learning the Ukrainian language, as well as identifies the means, conditions and methods of forming social competence on the lessons. The author notes that the strategy of modern pedagogical education which is based on the need to develop various competencies and subjective development and self-development of the student and teacher, able to go beyond regulatory activities and carry out innovative, creative processes, involve changes in the educational process. Understanding the problems of modern school allows the author to conclude that it is necessary to build a system of educational space that would optimally take into account not only the peculiarities of professional development, but also the patterns of personal development, the formation of socially significant competencies of students. The formation of social competence should be a key task in the modern competence approach because a high level of its formation is the key to successful self-realization of a person in all spheres of society and a condition for achieving a level of self-transcendence in personality development. The very achievement of the level of self-transcendence requires the objective need of a person in the transformation of the world around him, with its changes and development. The author emphasizes that the organization of the educational process today creates the conditions for the formation of students' experience of independent solution of cognitive, communicative, organizational, social, creative, moral and other problems that make up the content of education. In this case, the actual content of education is to form a didactically adapted social experience of solving such problems. It is determined that one of the lines of implementation of the competency approach is to strengthen the applied, practical nature of all education, including the process of learning the Ukrainian language. According to the author’s view, the process of learning the Ukrainian language is filled with such tasks and activities, which implementation without the actualization of the pedagogical position of the student as a holistic vocational education, is impossible. Key words: competence approach, key competencies, social competence, communicative competence, forms of learning.
MODEL OF THE METHOD OF FORMATION THE SUBJECT COMPETENCE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BLENDED PHYSICS TEACHING
Authors:   Сумський державний педагогічний університет імені А. С. Макаренка, ZAVRAZHNA O. , SALTYKOVА A. ,   Сумський державний педагогічний університет імені А. С. Макаренка, BALABAN Y. ,   Сумський державний педагогічний університет імені А. С. Макаренка
Published: November 2020

It is emphasized that at the present stage, during the teaching of physics in general secondary education, simple formal knowledge and the ability to reproduce what has been studied at the reproductive level become unnecessary. The competence approach becomes fundamental. It is manifested in the acquisition by the pupil in the process of learning an integrated ability, consisting of knowledge, skills, experience, values and attitudes that can be fully implemented in practice. In the process of teaching physics, students should form appropriate competencies based on systematic fundamental knowledge and acquired skills, which are based on an understanding of physical laws, phenomena, processes, and so on. It is shown that by the middle of the twentieth century, the learning process was traditionally carried out according to the classroom-lesson system. The advent of ICT has led to the separation of online learning. The advantages and disadvantages of each in these systems are taken into account in a blended learning system that combines traditional forms with elements of e-learning, which uses special information technologies such as computer graphics, audio and video, interactive elements and more. We think that the optimal model of learning in modern conditions is blended learning, as it allows to sufficiently carry out the formation of high school students subject competence in physics. Attention is focused on the fact that the formation of subject competence in physics lessons is necessary for the preparation of responsible, well-developed applicants for education. It is noted that the development and improvement of criteria for assessing the level of formation of subject competence in blended learning is an important issue that requires additional research. We have proposed the author's model for the formation of subject competence of high school students in mixed teaching of physics, which is presented in the form of blocks, including interrelated general-pedagogical, target, organizational-content and diagnostic-corrective elements. When working on the model, its structure and content were substantiated, its features were singled out and taken into account. In the future it is planned to test and analyze the results of this model. Key words: blended learning, physics, high school, model, subject competence, formation.
CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY OF M. O. KORF IN THE LIGHT OF DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING OF QUALITY OF EDUCATION
Authors:   Східноєвропейський національний університет імені Лесі Українки, VASEIKO Y. , YAROSHCHUK L. ,   Бердянський державний педагогічний університет
Published: November 2020

The aim of the research is to discover the pedagogical and cultural ideas of baron М. О. Korf and their impact on the modern monitoring of quality of education. The pedagogical ideas of baron М. О. Korf refering to the problem of monitoring of quality of education are exposed in the article. In fact he was the first person in Ukraine and Russia who started verification of knowledge of peasants and students. The research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, system-formation, scientific character, verification, the author’s objectivity, moderated narrative constructivism, and the use of general scientific (analysis, synthesis, generalization) and specially pedagogical (empiric, historical comparative) methods. The scientific novelty of the article consists in the fact that for the first time in history of pedagogics it was found out on the basis of works of Mykola Korf and publications of researchers of his inheritance that a teacher tested the knowledge of peasants and students of elementary school and then made a report. A question for conversation was divided into two categories: those which analytically name an object and offer child to define the sign and the ones that enumerate signs synthetically, not naming an object, and offer to thinking of child to recreate an object according to its signs. Nowadays there is the idea that the founder of the world monitoring of quality of education is the American association of Progressive Education Association in the of United States. However, we prove that Mykola Korf measured the quality of knowledge of students, conducted monitoring of quality of knowledge, considerably before associations. Conclusions the results of research allow to assert that the pedagogical ideas of baron M. O. Korf can be considered as basic developments of modern theory and practices of monitoring of quality of education because he organized the research before American association of Progressive Education Association in the of United States. Key words: monitoring, knowledge, methodology, conversation, pedagogical ideas.
FORMATION OF SUBJECT COMPETENCE OF PHYSICS STUDENTS IN CONDITIONS OF INTERACTIVE LEARNING
Authors:   Бердянський державний педагогічний університет, SHKOLA O. , ASHIFINA E. ,   Андріївська СРШ І-ІІІ ступенів Бердянської районної ради Запорізької області
Published: November 2020

The article is devoted to solving a complex and multifaceted problem of involving students in active learning activities in physics lessons as a basis for improving the quality of the educational process in modern educational conditions. The author highlights the essence and basic principles of interactive technologies in physics teaching in secondary school, basing on the study of literature sources and clarifying the content of basic research concepts (personality-oriented, activity and competence approaches, subject competence and competence, teaching method and technology, educational innovations).We consider these principles as a systematic way of organizing the educational process, in which the guaranteed achievement of projected educational results is achieved by a coordinated combination of organizational forms, methods and means of learning based on active interaction, equality and mutual respect of all participants. Based on the generalization of literary sources and advanced pedagogical experience, the author provides a variety of tools, techniques and ways to enhance the cognitive activity of students in the learning physics. The author gives examples of organizational forms, methods and techniques of work in the conditions of interactive teaching of physics in secondary school as elements of own pedagogical experience. He convinces that the active dialogue and joint activities of all students in the process of learning and applying new knowledge means that each of the participants in the educational process makes its own contribution and a certain conclusion; between them there is an exchange of information, knowledge, ideas, emotions, ways and experiences. Such interaction helps to increase the cognitive interest of students, the development of their intellectual and creative abilities and the overall quality of the educational process in physics. Key words: motivation, cognitive interest, activity approach, teaching method, teaching technology, interactive technology of teaching physics, subject competence of students in physics.
PREPARATION OF THE FUTURE TEACHERS TO THE FORMATION OF FAMILY VALUES OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
Authors:   Бердянський державний педагогічний університет, GOLUB O. , LESYK A. ,   Бердянський державний педагогічний університет
Published: November 2020

The problem of preparation of future teachers is forming of the family values for the students of the elementary school is exposed in the article. Concepts of family values that concern a structure, function, role, looks and ideals of family are values that come forward as orientation basis and simultaneously by the criterion of evaluation of reality and choice of corresponding act, action of human), "professional readiness to pedagogical activity", "readiness to the pedagogical process", "forming of domestic values for the students of elementary school" (integral education that presents system property of all personality of child characteristics, the ability to keep and optimally recreate, to develop themselves not only, the life, operate successfully in different vital situations, settle vital issues but also help all family members), component in the structure of concept "readiness future teacher of elementary school to forming family values for student": cognitive, emotionally valueable, the students of initial school have components of the attitude, criteria and indexes of readiness of future teachers to forming of the family values, levels of readiness of future teachers of elementary school to the marked activity (high, middle, subzero). The optimal pedagogical terms of preparation of future teachers of elementary school are certain to forming of domestic values for the students of midchildhood: organizational methodical preparation of students on education issues is the studying of pedagogical disciplines, passing of pedagogical during studies and certain preparation of students to forming of domestic values of the students of elementary school, educational course after the choice of students of "forming of family values for junior schoolchildren" that represents a student with psychological pedagogical problem that arise up in the process of forming junior schoolchildren family values. Key words: establishment of higher pedagogical education, domestic values, forming of family values for the students of elementary school, preparation of future teachers to forming of family values for the students of elementary school.
THE USE OF DISTANCE TECHNOLOGIES IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORTS
Authors:   Запорізький національний університет, KONOKH A. , BAHORKA A. ,   Економіко-правничий коледж  Запорізького національного університету, NAPALKOVA T. ,   Національний університет «Запорізька політехніка»
Published: November 2020

The expansion of information technologies took place in recent decades. Such technologies have accelerated the development of distance education (mainly in higher education). Technologies helped to transform a set of teachers’ suggestions and students’ expectations about knowledge they can acquire in a convenient place and time. Lifelong education became the usual thing. The relevance of the study is dictated by social realities. The future specialist should be able to receive a full education, even in circumstances that exclude the possibility of traditional classroom training (training meetings, participation in sports, temporary disability, self-isolation, quarantine, etc.). The format of distance learning satisfies many needs of both: teachers and students. However, despite the high level of information technology development, distance education does not have ready-made solutions in the teaching of specialized disciplines in the training of future specialists in physical culture and sports in colleges, universities of professional higher and higher education. The article considers the issues of pedagogical interaction in distance format, identifies and substantiates the features of organizing classes in specialized disciplines with the use of synchronous and asynchronous distance technologies in the training of future specialists in physical culture and sports, analyzes forms of control in distance learning. The study of each discipline includes theoretical material, which is mainly studied independently under the supervision of the teacher, video-lectures and lectures in the format of multimedia PowerPoint presentations, video conferencing on the Zoom platform in the format of lectures, surveys, problem-solving, testing and tasks in Moodle, video-tutorials. Distance education provides a comprehensive use of modern technologies – educational, management, communication, information, it is accessible and open. But there is a necessity to diversify forms of communication, the time of their holding The results of our research shows, that the further development of distance technologies is actual, their intensive implementation will help to expand the opportunities of continuing education in the specialty of physical culture and sports. Key words: lifelong education, information technologies, future specialists in physical culture and sports, distance learning.
ACCOMPANYING TRIANGLE OF MATHEMATICAL COMPETENCE
Authors:   Державний університет “Житомирська політехніка”, SEMENETS S.
Published: November 2020

Considering the modern concept of development of the educational system in Ukraine most relevant studies is those that are studying the dual nature of competence, being rethought the duality of its manifestations from a scientific perspective. The problem field of research consists of structure and qualities of personality, which reflect both external and internal manifestations of mathematical competence. In the presented paper the dual nature of mathematical competence is represented as socially accepted and individual-psychological dimensions of personality. Its purpose is to determine the structure and substantive characteristics of the internal manifestation of mathematical competence justify fractality of the structures of its external and internal manifestations and build a Cartesian interpretation of the phenomenon under the study. For this, methods of structural-systemic and fractal analysis, abstraction and theoretical modeling, ranking and generalization are applied. It is proved that the external and internal manifestations of mathematical competence have three basic dimensions. The three-dimensional structure of the external manifestation of mathematical competence seems to be substantive-theoretical, process-active, and referential communicative measurements. The same structure of its internal manifestation is represented by value-motivational, reflective-evaluative, and personal-psychological measurements with an appropriate number of ranked indicators. This allowed us to interpret mathematical competence as one of the varieties of a fractal, it is a structure that consists of a similar substructure. It was found that the accompanying trihedral of mathematical competence dynamically determines the three-dimensional structure of its internal manifestation and, at the same time, establishes a connection with the three-dimensional structure of the external manifestation. The ranking of indicators on each dimension made it possible to state that the internal manifestation of mathematical competence most reveals the values of mathematical activity, its self-esteem, and mathematical abilities. But the fundamental indicators of the internal manifestations of mathematical competence are the needs of mathematical activity, its introspection and memory for mathematical material. It is proved that the ratio of the number of substantial characteristics of both external and internal dimensions of mathematical competence reflects the feature of the Egyptian triangle, the sides of which form the simplest Pythagorean triple – 3, 4, 5. Keywords: mathematical competence, duality of manifestations, fractality, accompanying trihedral.
A Rare Case of CML with Abnormally High TLC Count
Authors: Waleed Madeeha
Published: November 2020

CML is a neoplastic transformation of the primitive hemopoietic stem cells.CML presents with increased TLC count and low lap score.Diagnosis is made using peripheral smear,flow cytometry or bone marrrow biopsy.The incidence of this disease has remained stable for the last decade.We present to you a young male with CML and abnormally high WBC count of 175 000/uL ,low LAP score and anemia.Philadelphiahia chromosome (9:22 translocation) is positive.
Aspidisca beringiana sp. nov. and Simbiodisca subgen. nov. (Ciliophora, Euplotida), a symbiont of terebellid polychaetes in the Bering Sea
Authors: Jankowski A.W.
Published: November 2020

Terebellids in tidal zone of the Bering Island bear three new symbionts - rhabdophryid suctorians, peritrichs with small rosette-like colonies and aspidiscid hypotrich with a long peristome parallel to left body margin. This is the main feature of a new subgenus of the genus Aspidisca, named Simbiodisca. It may deserve the full generic rank if the use of protargol silvering method will not reveal any upper left rudiment of the peristomal membranelles.
MODIFICATION OF EXOTHERMIC COMPOSITIONS IN ORDER TO INCREASE THEIR HEAT POWER
Authors:   National university ", Lebediev B ,   Odessa maritime academy",   / Национальный университет ",   Одесская морская академия"
Published: November 2020

An opportunity is proposed to increase the competitiveness of Ukrainian shipbuilding due to the introduction of new welding technology with non-volatile means. An example of calculating the power and geometric parameters of a welding rod is given.
МОДЕЛЮВАННЯ ГІДРОДИНАМІКИ КОРПУСА СУДНА З УРАХУВАННЯМ БІОЛОГІЧНОГО ЗАБРУДНЕННЯ
Authors:   National university ", Афтанюк В.В. ,   Odessa maritime academy",   / Национальный университет ",   Одесская морская академия"
Published: November 2020

The article presents a study of the effect of roughness and waviness (including taking into account bioburden) on the hydrodynamic characteristics of the vessel. To carry out the experiments, a model of the hull of the vessel was developed, which includes the submerged underwater part of the vessel and a special channel in which the flow is modeled. Biological contamination (bio-fouling of the underwater hull) of seaships and river-ships is a problem for all fleets. To maintain the speed of a ship with biological contamination, the hull requires an increase in diesel power by increasing the fuel supply. To maintain the speed of a ship with biological contamination, the requires an increase in diesel power by increasing the fuel supply. It affects the economy and environmental friendliness of maritime transport. The model investigated the change in fluid velocity during flow around a "clean surface" with a roughness of 75, 100, 125 microns. Numerical modeling showed a slight effect of changes in coating roughness for a “clean surface”. Numerical modeling for a surface contaminated with biological contaminants (roughness of 750 micron) revealed a significant effect on the change in fluid velocity along the hull. The developed model can be used when conducting research for a comparative assessment of the energy efficiency of ships.
10.31653/smf39.2019.14-21
Authors:   National university ", Богач В.М. ,   Odessa maritime academy",   / Национальный университет ",   Одесская морская академия"
Published: November 2020

The publication is devoted the decision of an actual problem increase efficiency operation of ship diesel engines by perfection processes greasing of cylinders. The analysis a condition of a question on an investigated problem is made and lacks systems greasing of diesel engines RTA are defined. Experimental researches on studying processes greasing of cylinders of ship engines that has allowed to receive representation about an overall performance these systems are spent. Modern methods researches, such as oscillograms and high-speed filming are thus used. By these researches it is defined, that greasing process is accompanied by "pushing out" a part oil in the cylinder, gases extending in the channel that causes a real loss of cylinder oils and occurrence an additional source deposits. Characteristics process greasing, and their interrelation with a design of greasing devices are defined. Influence geometrical parametres of channels system greasing on characteristics process the expiration of oil in the cylinder and finally on efficiency its use in the engine is experimentally confirmed.
МЕТОД ПОШУКУ РОЗВ’ЯЗАННЯ СКЛАДНОЇ ЗАДАЧІ ІНТЕРПРЕТАЦІЇ ДЛЯ РОЗВ'ЯЗАННЯ ЗВОРОТНОЇ ЗАДАЧІ З ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ СКЛАДУ ПАЛЬНОГО
Authors:   National university ", Бутенко О.В. ,   Odessa maritime academy",   / Национальный университет ",   Одесская морская академия"
Published: November 2020

The topic of the article is to develop a method of finding a solution to a complex interpretation problem to solve the inverse problem of determining the composition of the fuel. The determination of the qualitative and quantitative composition of gas is distinguished by chemical, physico-chemical and physical methods. Known advantages of physical-chemical and physical methods over chemical, namely, speed of execution, the possibility of automation of analysis, made possible their widespread dissemination. Currently, the most widely used methods are gas chromatography. The main drawbacks of these instruments are the consistent measurement of the gas components, the long analysis time. The purpose of the research is to develop a method of finding a solution to a complex interpretation problem to solve the inverse problem of determining the composition of the fuel. The scientific and practical significance of the work lies in the definition of the general type of problem, as inversely incorrectly assigned and distinguished its narrower class - a difficult task of interpretation. Methods for solving the problem of controlled combustion of gaseous fuels of variable composition and finding a solution to the inverse problem of interpretation based on the use of library data have been developed. Modeling of technological measurements with accepted errors is carried out. The research methodology is based on the solution method - NewtonRafson method, square matrix conditionality, and library method for solving the inverse problem. The modeling of the proposed methods in determining the composition of the fuel allowed for the considered substances (methane, propane, ethyl alcohol) with the measurement errors made it possible to get decisions within the model. The practical value of the study is that it is shown as the introduced errors increase the range of possible solutions. The influence of 2019 – № 39 Суднові енергетичні установки 31 measurement accuracy of technological parameters on the uncertainty of the fuel composition determination is determined.
ПІДВИЩЕННЯ ЦЕТАНОВОГО ЧИСЛА ДИЗЕЛЬНОГО ПАЛИВА ПРИ ДОМІШКАХ НАНОПОРОШКА ОКСИДА АЛЮМІНІЯ (AL2O3)
Authors:   National university ", Кулік В.І. В.І. ,   Odessa maritime academy",   / Национальный университет ",   Одесская морская академия"
Published: November 2020

The main trends in modern diesel engines are the increase in fuel efficiency and operational reliability of engines, as well as their environmental safety, mainly related to stringent emission requirements for exhaust gases. The necessity of the world navy fleet in the non-existent amount of fuel is clarified, the forecast is made, which implies further increase of its consumption. The total capacity of marine engines in the world, and in the longterm perspective, until 2050, is determined. The number of emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere by the ships of the world fleet is shown, international norms are regulated, which strictly regulate the number of these emissions, as well as the dynamics of the strengthening of norms for the present and for the future. Certain types of technological emissions and the composition of harmful substances in the exhaust gases of marine engines have been identified. They make up 0.1 - 1.0% of total emissions, are in gaseous state and include carbon monoxide oxides, NOx nitrogen, SOx sulfur, and hydrocarbon CrNy. Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) with off-gas from marine diesel engines account for about 14% of global NOx emissions from the combustion of all types of fossil hydrocarbon fuels The analysis of methods of their purification is carried out. An analysis of recent publications has been carried out It is known that the quality of diesel fuel, its physical and chemical properties, affect the fuel economy and the content of harmful substances in the exhaust gases of the engine. The most common way to ensure the required properties of diesel fuel is the introduction of multifunctional impurities. The groups of impurities to diesel fuel are given. The influence of nano-metal impurity on Al2O3 fuel is analyzed. The analysis of diesel fuel with an admixture of aluminum oxide nanopowders (Al2O3) gamma-modification. It has been established that the additive to diesel fuel based on AL2O3 nanopowders is promising. It is expedient to carry out a complex of motor tests for introduction of an additive on the sea and river fleet
ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНИХ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ У СУДНОВИХ ТЕХНОЛОГІЧНИХ ПРОЦЕСАХ
Authors:   National university ", Савельева О.С. ,   Odessa maritime academy",   / Национальный университет ",   Одесская морская академия"
Published: November 2020

У більшості технологічних процесів, що використовують інформаційні технології для візуалізації поточних параметрів, мається на увазі представлення остаточного результату в найбільш зручному для користувача вигляді. У застосуванні до різних тепло- і масообмінних або гідродинамічних процесів, які зустрічаються на суднах можна констатувати, що поля температури, швидкості, тиску, завихореності, концентрації і т. п., які отримуються в кінцевому підсумку дуже часто характеризуються багатовимірними і великими за обсягами масивами чисельних даних. Всі методи, що використовуються для їх обробки вимагають наявність у користувача певних знань і дуже часто характеризуються слабкою інформативністю або завищеними вимогами до обчислювальної техніки.
Debating the “Jewish Question” in Tunisia
Authors: Rominger Chris
Published: November 2020

In Tunisia, the end of World War I and the return of Muslims and European settlers from the front brought attacks against local Jews who had been exempt from conscription under French colonial rule. French commentators spoke of a “Jewish question” fueled by Muslim fanaticism and Jewish profiteering, obscuring their own divisive attitudes and policies. Colonial archives and the popular press, however, reveal that this was far from a monolithic sectarian concern. Jews responded to violence with a variety of transnational political visions. I explore how some Jews reaffirmed their loyalty to France, while others highlighted colonial hypocrisies. Others turned to solutions such as US protection or the Zionist movement. This Tunisian story, with its unique colonial arrangement and legal ambiguities, foregrounds an oft-overlooked North African perspective on the global questions of identity, nationalisms, and minority politics at the end of World War I.
Creating a reflective space in higher education
Authors: Thelin Katina
Published: November 2020

This article considers the conditions, possibilities, and challenges of creating what is referred to here as a ‘reflective space’ within a higher education course for principals. It is informed by the findings of a qualitative research inquiry conducted in the interests of enhancing the principals’ learning and professional praxis and the university educators’ pedagogical praxis, within a Swedish course for school and preschool principals. Analysis of the findings highlighted two significant patterns. The first relates to the transformative benefits of creating a ‘reflective space’ for the principals attending the course. The second is more ambiguous and reflects their relation to and engagement with scientifically constructed knowledge. Based on these findings, the article offers considerations relevant for creating ‘reflective spaces’ as a means to enhance the quality of learning in higher education. Additionally, some guiding pedagogical implications are included in the final remarks.
POTTERY OF THE TUNISIAN NABEUL: ANCIENT TRADITIONS AND MODERNITY
Authors:   Institute of oriental studies, Russian academy of science (MOSCOW), Malykh S. E.
Published: November 2020

The article examines the pottery production of the Tunisian city of Nabeul, the administrative center of the province of Cap Bon, located in the north-eastern part of the country, on the Mediterranean coast. Modern Nabeul is situated on the site of the ancient city of Neapolis. A common occupation of local residents — pottery — is due to the large deposits of marl clays available in the district. The origins of this craft originate in the first centuries of our era, when the Romans founded their city on the site of a small Greek trading settlement and brought here their traditions of pottery. Archaeological surveys in Nabeul and its environs have revealed the existence of several pottery workshops engaged in the manufacture of both large ceramic containers — amphorae, and fine tableware imitating the Roman Terra sigillata. From here, Nabeul ceramics spread throughout the Mediterranean and was discovered in archaeological sites in Libya, Egypt, Spain, Britain and other regions. This phenomenon illustrates trade relations between various provinces of the Roman Empire. Nabeul’s modern pottery production, oriented both to the domestic market and tourists, also focuses on the production of large forms and richly ornamented tableware, the decor of which generally reflects the style of Islamic glazed ceramic products, but is more closely related to the style of modern Arabic ceramics of the Maghreb countries, especially Morocco. Also, Tunisian modern ceramics shows similarities in form, ornament and color palette with modern provincial ceramics in Spain, especially Andalusia, and probably has common roots.
Svetlana A. Serova on Life, Science and Chinese Traditional Theater
Authors:   Institute of oriental studies, Russian academy of science (MOSCOW), Budaeva T. B.
Published: November 2020

The names of specialists in Russian Sinology associated with independent research area are rare. This short list includes Svetlana A. Serova, a sinologist, theater historian, and theater expert, who devoted her academic endeavor to Chinese traditional theater. Deep historical roots of the Chinese theater, specifics in the simultaneous coexistence of dozens of its regional varieties, completely different from Western aesthetic views, stage embodiment and perceptions of this theatrical art — these are just some of the common features inherent in the genre of traditional theater. In Svetlana A. Serova’s seven monographs Chinese theater consistently appeared in its most diverse forms. Among them are genres of Beijing musical drama Jingju and Kunshan drama Kunqu (both became popular nationwide), acting skills and stage art, creative views of playwrights who influenced the development of Chinese theater as a whole, historical retrospectives up to the ancient ritual origins of the theater, parallels with Western theater, etc. It is obvious, that even the most objective and impartial scientific work is the result of not only professionalism, but also the personality of the scientist, his worldview. But when we deal with such a subtle and ephemeral matter as art, the author involuntarily steps at the avant scène, being forced to pass all the material through himself. Therefore, our interest in a researcher of such magnitude as Svetlana A. Serova is dictated not by a common interest, but rather by a need to understand her life values, providing additional opportunity to obtain more holistic view of her heritage.
Balbir Madhopuri. Hamārā, camārõ kā bargad (A Chapter from Chāngiā rukh / Against the Night)
Authors:   Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bochkovskaya A. V.
Published: November 2020

This commented translation from Hindi of a chapter from the Chāṅgiā rukh (Against the Night) autobiography (2002) by Balbir Madhopuri, a renowned Indian writer, poet, translator, journalist and social activist, brings forward episodes from the life of low-caste inhabitants of a Punjab village in the 1960s — early 1970s. After two decades after independence, destinies of those stuck in the lowest part of the social ladder remained unenviable — despite the fact that according to India’s constitution, untouchability was abolished and its practice in any form was forbidden. The main social conflict in Punjab’s villages between high-caste landowners, Jats, and low-caste chamars, chuhras and other village servants is still underway — with only minor modifications. Following the school of hard knocks of his childhood in the chamar quarter of Madhopur, a village in Jalandhar district, Balbir Madhopuri managed to receive a good education and take to literature. Narrating his story, Balbir Madhopuri shares childhood memories and emotions that determined his motivations to struggle against poverty, deprivation and injustice. The metaphor of a hardy bargad — a strong and powerful tree that used to be heart and soul of chamars’ area in Madhopur, but was slashed and distorted at a whim of the high and mighty villagers — holds a special place in the book.
ANTIQUITY: ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE AND SPECIFIC NATURE OF HISTORICAL SOURCES
Authors:   Institute of oriental studies, Russian academy of science (MOSCOW), Kolganova G. Yu. , Shelestin V. Yu. ,   Institute of oriental studies, Russian academy of science (MOSCOW)
Published: November 2020

The article gives highlights of the All-Russian Conference with international participation “Antiquity: Ancient Knowledge and Specific Nature of Historical Sources”, organized by the Department of History and Culture of the Ancient Orient in the memory of famous Iranian scholars Edwin A. Grantovsky and Dmitry S. Raevsky and took place November, 26–27, 2019 in Moscow. Among its participants (both presenting their talks and publishing their papers in the conference volume) were scholars from Geneva, Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Udine. The talks covered topics of the full range of Ancient Orient and Iranian studies, both archaeological research, and dealing with its written monuments. The conference has shown that the research methods, invented by Edwin Grantovsky and Dmitry Raevsky as early as in 1970s, are still relevant. It is only the interdisciplinary approach, with regard to the whole scope of available sources that can allow us to solve new tasks, faced by historians, philologists, archaeologists, ethnographers and art historians of Ancient Near East and Iranian world.
29th Interdisciplinary Academic Conference “Man and Nature: Problems of Socio-Natural History”
Authors:   Institute of oriental studies, Russian academy of science (MOSCOW), Borisova E. A. , Kogan A. I. ,   Institute of oriental studies, Russian academy of science (MOSCOW), Kovaleva N. O. ,   Moscow State University
Published: November 2020

The review covers the proceedings of the interdisciplinary academic conference “Man and Nature: Problems of Socio-Natural History” held in September 2019. This scholarly event has been organized annually since 1990, and since 1992 it traditionally takes place in Crimea. The 29th Conference held in 2019 was timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of its founding father, Eduard S. Kulpin-Gubaidullin (1939–2015). E. S. Kulpin-Gubaidullin was the founder of Socio-Natural History, a new discipline at the intersection of humanities and natural science, studying interactions and interconnections of natural and social processes. The total number of conference participants exceeded 30 academics, representing research centers and higher educational institutions of different cities and regions of Russia. Talks presented at the Conference addressed a wide range of issues pertaining to social as well as natural sciences. Special emphasis was placed on global forecasting and philosophical aspects of man-nature interaction.
Recurrent brainstem cavernous malformations following primary resection: blind spots, fine lines, and the right-angle method
Authors: Garcia Roxanna M. , Oh Taemin , Cole Tyler S. , Hendricks Benjamin K. , Lawton Michael T.
Published: November 2020

OBJECTIVE

Proximity of brainstem cavernous malformations (BSCMs) to tracts and cranial nerve nuclei make it costly to transgress normal tissue in accessing the lesion or disrupting normal tissue adjacent to the lesion in the separation plane. This interplay between tissue sensitivity and extreme eloquence makes it difficult to avoid leaving a remnant on occasion. Recurrences require operative intervention, which may increase morbidity, lengthen recovery, and add to overall costs. An approximately 20-year experience with patients with recurrent BSCM lesions following primary microsurgical resection was reviewed.

METHODS

A prospectively maintained database of 802 patients who underwent microsurgical resection of cerebral cavernous malformations during 1997–2018 was queried to identify 213 patients with BSCMs. A retrospective chart review was conducted for patients with recurrent BSCM after primary resection who required a second surgery.

RESULTS

Fourteen of 213 patients (6.6%) underwent repeat resection for recurrent BSCM. Thirty-four hemorrhagic events were observed among these 14 patients over 576 patient-years (recurrent hemorrhage rate, 5.9% per year; median discrete hemorrhagic events, 2; median time to rehemorrhage, 897 days). BSCM occurred in the pons in 10 cases, midbrain in 2 cases, and medulla in 2 cases. A blind spot in the operative corridor was the most common cause of residual BSCM (9 patients). All recurrent BSCMs were removed completely, although 2 patients each required 2 operations to treat recurrence. Twelve patients had unchanged or improved modified Rankin Scale scores at last clinical evaluation compared with admission, and 2 patients had worse scores. Recurrence was more common among patients who were operated on in the first versus the second half of the series (8.5% vs 4.7%).

CONCLUSIONS

The 6.6% rate of BSCM recurrence requiring reoperation reflects the fine lines between complete resection and recurrence and between safe and harmful surgery. The detection of remnants is difficult postoperatively and remains so even at 6 months when the resection bed has healed. The 5.9% annual hemorrhage risk associated with recurrent BSCM in this experience is consistent with that reported for unoperated BSCMs. The right-angle method helps to anticipate blind spots and meticulously inspect the resection cavity for residual BSCM during surgery. A low percentage of recurrent BSCM (5%–10%) ensures ongoing effort toward an acceptable balance of safety and completeness.
Mild traumatic brain injury in children with ventricular shunts: a PREDICT study
Authors: Babl Franz E. , Lyttle Mark D. , Phillips Natalie , Kochar Amit , Dalton Sarah , Cheek John A. , Furyk Jeremy , Neutze Jocelyn , Bressan Silvia , Williams Amanda , Hearps Stephen J. C. , MBiostat  , Oakley Ed , Davis Gavin A. , Dalziel Stuart R. , Borland Meredith L.
Published: November 2020

OBJECTIVE

Current clinical decision rules (CDRs) guiding the use of CT scanning in pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) assessment generally exclude children with ventricular shunts (VSs). There is limited evidence as to the risk of abnormalities found on CT scans or clinically important TBI (ciTBI) in this population. The authors sought to determine the frequency of these outcomes and the presence of CDR predictor variables in children with VSs.

METHODS

The authors undertook a planned secondary analysis on children with VSs included in a prospective external validation of 3 CDRs for TBI in children presenting to 10 emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand. They analyzed differences in presenting features, management and acute outcomes (TBI on CT and ciTBI) between groups with and without VSs, and assessed the presence of CDR predictors in children with a VS.

RESULTS

A total of 35 of 20,137 children (0.2%) with TBI had a VS; only 2 had a Glasgow Coma Scale score < 15. Overall, 49% of patients with a VS underwent CT scanning compared with 10% of those without a VS. One patient had a finding of TBI on CT scanning, with positive predictor variables on CDRs. This patient had a ciTBI. No patient required neurosurgery. For children with and without a VS, the frequency of ciTBI was 2.9% (95% CI 0.1%–14.9%) compared with 1.4% (95% CI 1.2%–1.6%) (difference 1.5% [95% CI −4.0% to 7.0%]), and TBI on CT 2.9% (95% CI 0.1%–14.9%) compared with 2.0% (95% CI 1.8%–2.2%) (difference 0.9%, 95% CI −4.6% to 6.4%).

CONCLUSIONS

The authors’ data provide further support that the risk of TBI is similar for children with and without a VS.
Morphological analyses of mice blood under the influence of detergent and disinfectant «Argomol»
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Zasyekin D. A. , Pushkova A. H. ,   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Dymko R. O. ,   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: November 2020

The article presents the results of research of the influence of a new detergent and disinfectant «Argomol», created on the basis of lactic acid, «Katamine AB», polyhexamethyleneguanidine hydrochloride and colloidal silver solution on the morphological parameters of white mice blood. For the research a control and experimental group of white mice 10 heads each were formed. For animals of the experimental group the agent orally at 0.5 % concentration in an amount of 1 cm3 was applied. Subsequently, blood was collected for testing in 3 hours, 7 days, and 14 days after drinking the means and research were performed according to conventional methods. Initial hematologic parameters in the animals of the experimental and control groups were within normal limits. The total erythrocyte counts of both groups also remained within the physiological norm until the end of the research period. The white blood cell count of the experimental group 3 hours after introduction of detergent and disinfectant «Argomol» was significantly increased against the initial and control animals. Also, the mice in the experimental group responded to the disinfectant's allergic reaction, as evidenced by a significant increase in the number of eosinophils compared with controls and the original indicators. Hematological changes in the peripheral blood of white mice after introduction of 0.5 % detergent and disinfectant «Argomol» solution were temporary, as similar studies of peripheral blood 7 days after the application showed that all indicators, except for common leukocytes were within the physiological norm and remained the same until the end of the experiment. It has been experimentally demonstrated that detergent and disinfectant «Argomol», introducted intragastrically in a volume of 1 cm3 at 0.5 % concentration is safe for mice and has low toxicity. It was established that in animals of the experimental group 14 days after intragastrically introduction of 0.5 % of the concentrations of detergent and disinfectant «Argomol» which we developed all indicators of the functional state of peripheral blood were within the normal range.
Integrated system of approach for the control of ixodid ticks in the western region of Ukraine
Authors:   State Agrarian and Engineering University in Podilia, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine, Levytska V. A.
Published: November 2020

For the control of ixodid ticks it is necessary to develop an integrated system of approach that provide a scientific and practical component. The integrated method is the most effective way to control arthropods. The research was conducted during 2018-2020 in the western region of Ukraine (Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia regions). Based on data obtained in previous studies, as well as on the study of factors such as ticks species (Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus), environmental conditions and the possibility of certain measures in this region, an integrated system of measures to regulate the number of ixodid ticks in Western Ukraine were developed. In each region, two experimental private farms and one control farm were selected; the territory of the farms was about 20,000 m2. During the entire study period, 379 D. reticulatus ticks and 165 I. ricinus ticks were collected in all areas. In 2019, farms that were located at a distance of 1-1.5 km from swamps, lowlands and shrubs in open, dry, sunny areas showed the lowest frequency of ticks on animals. So, in May 2019, on average, in experimental farms on dogs, 9, 7 and 11 ticks were found on one animal in the Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi and Vinnitsa regions, respectively. During acarological examination of farms in the Khmelnytsky region, the average density of ticks was 8, in Chernivtsi - 5, in Vinnitsa - 7 ticks / 1000 m2 in the spring peak of tick activity. In addition, taking into account the seasonal dynamics of ticks activity during 2018, mechanical cleaning of the territory and acaricidal treatments of vegetation were carried out from autumn 2019 to autumn 2020 - in spring (March, May) and autumn (September). According to the results of our research, the use of acaricidal treatments provided a decrease in the number of ticks populations by 50-90 % within 6-8 weeks. When collecting ticks for the flag in experimental plots of the Khmelnytsky region in 2020, the average density of ticks was 4, Chernivtsi - 2, Vinnitsa - 1 tick / 1000 m2 in the spring peak of tick activity. We also found that during the complex acaricidal treatment of the territory and the use of drops or sprays based on fipronil in 2020, half as many ticks were found on dogs than in 2019, which averaged 4 ticks in the Khmelnytsky region, in Chernivtsi - 3 and 5 ticks in the Vinnytsia region. In addition, it was found that mechanical cleaning of the area also helped to reduce the attractiveness of the area for small mammals.