bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Teleological generics
Authors: Korman Joanna , Khemlani Sangeet
Published: November 2018

Certain “generic” generalizations concern functions and purposes, e.g., cars are for driving. Some functional properties yield unacceptable teleological generics: for instance, cars are for parking seems false even though people park cars as often as they drive them. No theory of teleology in philosophy or psychology can explain what makes teleological generics acceptable. However, a recent theory (Prasada, 2017; Prasada & Dillingham, 2006; Prasada et al., 2013) argues that a certain type of mental representation – a “principled” connection between a kind and a property – licenses generic generalizations. The account predicts that people should accept teleological generics that describe kinds and properties linked by a principled connection. Under the analysis, car bears a principled connection to driving (a car’s primary purpose) and a non-principled connection to parking (an incidental consequence of driving). We report four experiments that tested and corroborated the theory’s predictions, and we describe a regression analysis that rules out alternative accounts. We conclude by showing how the theory we developed can serve as the foundation for a general theory of teleological thinking.
Bereit für Bologna? Test- und notenbasierte Erfolgsprognose im Masterstudium (preprint)
Authors: Schult Johannes
Published: November 2018

Fachspezifische Studierfähigkeitstests haben sich auch im deutschsprachigen Raum als valide Prädiktoren des Bachelorstudienerfolgs und somit als hilfreiche Auswahlinstrumente erwiesen. Anhand der Daten des Nationalen Bildungspanels (NEPS) wurde untersucht, ob sich ein vergleichbares Muster auch für das konsekutive Masterstudium zeigt. Die Analysestichprobe umfasste 95 Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften, die zum Ende ihres Bachelorstudiums einen fachspezifischen Kompetenztest bearbeiteten und ein Masterstudium aufnahmen. Der Test zeigte eine mittelhohe Validität (unkorrigiertes r = –.30) bezüglich der Masternoten zwei Jahre später. Eine inkrementelle Validität über Hochschulzugangsberechtigungsnoten und Bachelornoten hinaus zeigte sich ebenso wenig wie eine geschlechtsspezifische differenzielle Prognose. Die Ergebnisse sprechen dafür, dass fachliche Fähigkeitstests aufgrund ihrer prädiktiven Validität für die Auswahl im Masterstudium geeignet sind, die durch die Bologna-Reform zur Herausforderung für Studieninteressierte wie auch Hochschulen geworden ist.
Attempted suicide: Mode and its distribution characteristics among soldiers and their family
Authors: Rawal Namrata , Shrestha D B , Katuwal N , Pathak N
Published: November 2018

Background: Suicide and Parasuicide are the serious public health problem, which is higher in females, younger people and among unemployed males. Parasuicide being common include mental disorders such as mood disorder, personality disorders, and substance abuse. Para-suicides among military personnels and their families have not been studied yet in Nepal. This study is carried out to understand the demography of parasuicide and its mode.Methodology: This is a hospital record based study including data of last fi ve years (2011-2016 AD) where individuals with history of parasucide were assessed after they were referred to the neuropsychiatry department of military hospital. Their personal detail records and mode of parasuicide were retrieved using simple data retrieval sheet and entered and analysed after approval from local institutional review committee.Results: Among 65 cases attempting suicide, 52.3% were males and 47.7% were females. Median age of individuals attempting suicide was 29 years. Most of the cases (32, 49.2%) attempted suicide were family member of the soldiers then followed by serving and retired soldiers. Among the suicide attempters, organo-phosphorous (OP) poisoning was the commonest mode of suicide attempt (25, 43.1%), followed by drug overdose/ hanging each 11 (16.9%) cases.Conclusion: The study showed that among the soldiers and their family, the commonest mode of parasuicide is OPpoisoning and seen in young males.Journal of Kathmandu Medical CollegeVol. 7, No. 2, Issue 24, Apr.-Jun., 2018, page: 47-49
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: Optimal bowel preparation with enema versus polyethylene glycol
Authors: Ghimire Roshan , Limbu Y , Chakradhar R
Published: November 2018

Background: Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy requires adequate bowel preparation. However there is no unanimous recommendation on choice of agent of bowel preparation for the purpose of screening flexible sigmoidoscopy.Objective: To compare the quality of bowel preparation and patient’s tolerance between Enema (Solution of Glycerin 15% w/v and Sodium Chloride 15% w/v)and Polyethylene glycol for screening flexible sigmoidoscopy.Methodology: All consecutive patients undergoing screening flexible sigmoidoscopy were included in the study. We prospectively divided the patients into two groups. Group A received per rectal enema and group B received oral bowel preparation with polyethylene glycol. Adequacy of bowel preparation and patient’s tolerance between two groups was graded. Data were analysed using Microsoft Excel 2010.Results: Results were comparable regarding quality of bowel preparation between two groups (A and B), excellent in 20% and 33.33% and good in 60% and 50% respectively. Almost all patients could tolerate the preparation agent in Group A (n=28). In-group B, eight patients (26.66%) considered the oral preparation agent difficult to tolerate and two patients (6%) were unable to complete the preparation.Conclusion: Enema (Solution of Glycerin 15% w/v and Sodium Chloride 15% w/v) and Polyethylene glycol have similar quality of bowel preparation and for screening sigmoidos copy. Enema is adequate and much easily tolerable compared to polyethylene glycol. Journal of Kathmandu Medical College,Vol. 7, No. 2, Issue 24, Apr.-Jun., 2018, page: 50-54
Effects of permeability and electric field on nonlinear Oberbeck Electro-convection in a vertical poorly conducting fluid saturated porous channel
Authors: Rudraiah N. , Shashikala B. S.
Published: November 2018

The effects of permeability on nonlinear Oberbeck Electro-convection in a poorly conducting fluid saturated porous medium in a vertical channel, when the walls are held at different temperatures with temperature difference perpendicular to gravity, is studied using the modified Navier stokes equation in the presence of both induced and an applied electric field. Both analytical and numerical solutions for the non-linear coupled equations governing the motion are obtained and found that analytical solutions agree well with numerical solutions for values of the buoyancy parameter N <1. It is shown that OBEC can be controlled by maintaining the temperature difference either in the same direction or opposing the potential difference with a suitable value of electric number W. The effect of W on velocity, temperature, rate of heat transfer, skin friction and mass flow rate are computed and the results are depicted graphically. We found that the analytical solutions for velocity and temperature distributions are in close agreement with those obtained from the numerical method for small values of N. We also found that an increase in W accelerates the flow and hence increases linearly the skin friction and mass flow rate. Further, the velocity and temperature have the same behavior for different values of porous parameter when the temperature difference and the potential difference are in the same or in the opposite directions.Kathmandu University Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology Vol. 12, No. I, June, 2016
Formulation and evaluation of orodispersible tablets of dimenhydrinate by using co-processed superdisintegrants
Authors: Ankit A. , Kumar G.B. Kiran , Madhu B.K.
Published: November 2018

The main objective of this study was to formulate orodispersible tablets of Dimenhydrinate for quick relief of emesis. Orodispersible tablets were prepared by direct compression method using co-processed super-disintegrants. Co-processed super-disintegrants are the mixture of crospovidone and guar gum in different ratios. The powder mixtures and tablets were subjected to various pre-compression and post-compression evaluations. IR spectroscopy showed no interaction between drug and other excipients. Angle of repose and Carr’s index was found in the range of 23.89°-28.27° and 23.29-15.48 respectively. These results indicated that powder mixtures showed good to acceptable flow properties. All formulations containing co-processed super-disintegrant showed short disintegration time (38.23-17.67 s) and maximum water absorption ratio 73.39%-91.35% compared to control formulation (3.54 min wetting time). Among all formulation F7 containing crospovidone: guar gum in 1:3 ratio showed highest percentage of drug release (98.89%) in 30 min, which is due to high degree of swelling caused by guar gum along with rapid hydration of tablets by crospovidone. Formulation F7 was subjected for 3 months of stability studies; results reviled that the tablet formulation was stable throughout the study period. In conclusion the obtained results suggested that orodispersible tablets of Dimenhydrinate with rapid disintegration and fast drug release can be successfully formulated by employing co-processed super-disintegrants. Kathmandu University Journal of Science, Engineering and TechnologyVol. 12, No. I, June, 2016 Page: 23-33
Physical properties of coconut shell nanoparticles
Authors: Bellow S. A. , Agunsoye J. O. , Adebisi J. A. , Kolawole F. O. , Hassan S. B.
Published: November 2018

Physical properties such as apparent density, bulk density, compressibility index and particle sizes of carbonized and uncarbonized coconut shell nanoparticles produced through top down approach have been studied. Percentage composition of the coconut fruit was determined using five different coconut fruit samples. Results revealed that coir occupies the highest percentage; coconut shells account for 15 % while the flesh and liquid occupy 30 % of the whole coconut fruit. The apparent densities of the uncarbonized and carbonized coconut shell nanoparticles obtained at 70 hours of milling are 0.65 g/cm3 and 0.61 g/cm3 respectively. Their respective compressibility indices and average particle sizes are 46.4 % and 69.7 %; 50.01 nm and 14.29 nm. The difference in the particle sizes of the carbonized and uncarbonized coconut shell nanoparticles can be linked with reduction in the moisture content and volatiles of the carbonized coconut shell nanoparticles due to carbonization process. The reduction in the moisture and volatiles results in the enhanced hardness and brittleness of the carbonized coconut shells which facilitate their breakage during the course of milling than that of the uncarbonized coconut shells. Kathmandu University Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology Vol. 12, No. I, June, 2016, Page: 63-79
Pioneers and champions for the little hearts: A history of pediatric cardiology in Nepal
Authors: Sharma Poonam
Published: November 2018

Heart disease in a child requires complex set of expertise as physiology and challenges presented in pediatric cardiology are much different from adult cardiology. In preclinical era of renaissance, children and adults were examined by the same physician. At the outset of 20th century, the need for a special center for children with heart disease was identified as several authors began to add specific sections devoted to congenital heart disease in books of anatomy and pediatrics. A major milestone was reached when Helen Taussig, in charge of cardiac clinic in Harriet Lane Hospital, Baltimore, USA, established pediatric cardiology center for the first time. Pediatric cardiology gained further prominence in 1938 when Robert Gross successfully ligated the patent ductus arteriosus in a seven year old girl. The first successful creation of systemic to pulmonary shunt by Blalock and Taussig in 1944 boldly introduced surgical interventions. The field of pediatric cardiology has been making remarkable developments, with dramatic improvements in diagnostic tools, and with cardiac surgeons constantly pushing the envelope, culminating in being first subspecialty board of pediatrics in USA in 1961. These developments have changed the outlook of cardiac diseases in children and instilled hope for cure in previously untreatable disorders. Interestingly, advances made in pediatric cardiology have provided
Evaluating QT dispersion in children with syncope attacks
Authors: Movahedian Amir Hossein , Shakiba Ali Mohammad , Sehat Mojtaba , Razavi Maryam Sadat , Arani Marzieh Heydarzadeh
Published: November 2018

Background and Aims: Syncope is due to brain dysfunction and is a common compliant among children. It accounts for almost 3% of all emergency departments (ED) visits. The aim of this study was to evaluate the QT dispersion in children with syncope in Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Kashan in 2014.Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study performed among 50 children with syncope attacks (case group) referred to the Clinic of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Kashan during 2014 and 50 healthy children (control group) referred to the center for causes such as a cold or developmental examination. ECG was taken and QT, QTd (QT dispersion), QTc (Corrected QT interval) and QTcd (QTmin-QTmax =QT dispersion) intervals were studied. After proper explanation to the parents, data was obtained from the case and control group and was analyzed using Chisquare, Mann-Whitney, Kolmogorov–Smirnov, Levene›s, Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests.Results: Total, there were 100 children in the study, the participants were divided into two groups of case (n=50) and control (n=50). Among the studied children, a total of 46 of them (46%) were boys. The mean age range of children in the case and control groups were 7.73± 2.33 and 8.09± 2.31 years, respectively (P-value 0.440). The mean QTmax, QTcmax, QTd and QTcd in the case group were 348.80 ± 46.93, 464.94±48.71, 47.80±19.72, 68.36±24.59 ms (millisecond) respectively and 305.28 ±35.52, 395.70 ±50.05, 29.68±13.45, and 45.16±24.46 ms respectively in the control group. There was a significant difference in terms of each of the 4 parameters (P <0.001), and the value of indices in the control group was significantly less than that of the patient group.Conclusion: According to the results of the study, the QTd and QTcd values in the children with syncope attacks were higher than those in the control group. Therefore, precise ECG examination in children suspected of syncope attacks can be helpful in confirming the incidence of syncope. Additionally, the recurrence of attacks can also be predicted in children with higher QTd and QTcd values.
Hepatitis B infection among indigenous people in Nepal: looking through an equity lens
Authors: Shedain Purusotam Raj , Baral Gehanath , Maharjan Basant
Published: November 2018

Background: Disparity in health care service and disease prevalence are global issues. Hepatitis B infection is a global public health problem; its prevalence is ubiquitous and heterogeneous.This article reviews the situation and an impact of hepatitis B infection in the indigenous people in Nepal through the lens of equity perspective.Methods: Literature search and collection of information from different sources.Results: Hepatitis B prevalence is low (0.9%) at the country level in Nepal but higher, up to 38%, among the indigenous population compared to the national prevalence. Those who live in the high endemic areas are at risk of getting the infection from both vertical and horizontal mode of transmission. The unvaccinated cohort of infant (0-11 months) between 2003 and 2016 has swollen, 2764362 in number or 29 % of the total cohort. The National Immunization Program (NIP) administered hepatitis B vaccination at 6 weeks of birth, considering the low prevalence at the national level. The NIP does not prevent perinatal transmission of the infection. The mother to child transmission of the infection often leads to chronic liver diseases and about 20–30% of adults who are chronically infected will develop cirrhosis and/or liver cancer. The indigenous populations are thus disproportionately affected by the infection.Conclusions: The policy update is required to implement the hepatitis B vaccination at birth or within 24 hours in high endemic setting along with a comprehensive package to reduce the disparity, prevent the transmission, risk of chronic infection and its sequelae to achieve the national goal and international commitment on the sustainable development goal by 2030.
Youth Gambling in Croatia - Frequency of Gambling and the Occurrence of Problem Gambling
Authors: Ricijaš Neven , Dodig Hundrić Dora , Huić Aleksandra , Kranželić Valentina
Published: November 2018

The main aim of this study was to explore the frequency of gambling and gambling-related problems among Croatian high school students. The specific objectives have been to explore gender differences, and differences in the frequency and severity of gambling problems regarding grade/age and type of school program. The study included n=2.702 high school students from all for grades and all three types of high school programs (3- and 4-year vocational/professional schools, and grammar schools) from 7 cities (Zagreb, Osijek, Rijeka, Split, Vinkovci, Slavonski Brod and Koprivnica) with equal representation of boys (n=1.330, 49.2%) and girls (n=1.372, 50.8%). The respondents’ mean age was Mage = 16.51 (SDage=1.17).
The following instruments were used: Questionnaire on general socio-demographic data, Gambling activities questionnaire (Ricijaš, Dodig, Huić, & Kranželić, 2011) and the Canadian Adolescent Gambling Inventory - CAGI (Tremblay, Stinchfield, Wiebe, & Wynne, 2010).
Results show that the lifetime prevalence of gambling among Croatian high-school students is 72.9%. The most prevalent games of chance are sports betting and lottery games, with sports betting being the most frequent of these activities. As much as 12.9% adolescents have already developed serious adverse gambling related consequences. Boys have significantly higher problem gambling rates than girls, while the effects of differences regarding the type of school and grade/age are relatively low.
The results provide important baseline data for future research, interventions design, and for the improvement of social policy and legislation.
Dominantna načela i modeli tretmanskog rada s punoljetnim počiniteljima kaznenih djela u zajednici
Authors: Maloić Snježana
Published: November 2018

Rad uvodno donosi prikaz probacijskih poslova u Hrvatskoj, od kojih velik broj podrazumijeva i tretmanski rad s počiniteljima kaznenih djela. U okviru rehabilitacijskog pristupa hrvatska probacijska služba slijedi načela Modela rizik-potreba-responzivnost (RPR model), a u određenoj mjeri i načela Modela kvalitetnih života (MKŽ-a). U ovom se radu RPR model analizira sa stajališta postojećih prednosti i kritika, pri čemu se posebno razmatra načelo responzivnosti, koje se u stranoj literaturi ističe naročito izazovnim. Nakon kratkog prikaza MKŽ-a, slijedi usporedba ova dva modela, čija načela aktualno dovode do velikih rasprava zbog potencijalnih razlika u pristupima počinitelju kaznenog djela. Modeli i pripadajuća načela se potom analiziraju sa stajališta izazova njihove primjene u obavljanju probacijskih poslova. Provedene analize mogu pridonijeti učinkovitosti rada hrvatske probacijske službe, a mogu biti od koristi i znanstvenicima, pri validaciji probacijskog aktuarskog instrumenta i istraživanju domaće probacijske prakse.
Dominant Principles and Models of Treatment Work with Adult Offenders in the Community
Authors: Maloić Snježana
Published: November 2018

In its introduction the paper provides a presentation of probation activities in Croatia, many of which also imply treatment work with offenders. As part of the rehabilitation approach, the Croatian probation service follows the principles of the Risk-Need-Responsivity Model (RNR Model) and the principles of the Good Lives Model (GLM) to a certain extent. This paper analyses the RNR Model from the perspective of existing benefits and criticisms, with particular consideration of the responsivity principle, which is pointed out as especially challenging in foreign literature. The short presentation of the GLM is followed by a comparison of these two models, whose principles currently lead to great debates, due to potential differences in approaches to the offender. Models and associated principles are then analysed from the perspective of the challenge of their implementation in the performance of probation activities. The conducted analyses can contribute to the efficiency of the Croatian probation service and also be useful to scientists in the validation of the probation actuarial instrument and research of the local probation practice.
RPJMDES sebagai Acuan Pemerintah Desa dalam Menanggulangi Anak Putus Sekolah
Authors: Rahmawati Ana , Budi Eka Setya
Published: November 2018

Meskipun pemerintah telah mencanangkan berbagai program yang meringankan biaya sekolah baik berupa dana BOS, BSM, KIP dan masih banyak lagi bantuan pemerintah lainnya dibidang pendidikan, namun hal tersebut tidak mengurangi jumlah anak putus sekolah di Desa Bandung Kecamatan Mayong Kabupaten Jepara. Dalam UU No.6 tahun 2014 pemerintah desa diberikan tugas untuk menyelenggarakan pemerintahan, melaksanakan pembangunan serta berperan penuh dalam pembinaan dan pemberdayaan masyarakat. RPJMDes hendaknya disusun untuk menjadi kerangka berpikir dalam menghadapi seluruh permasalahan di desa. Sehingga pemerintahan desa diharapkan dapat menyelesaikan segala permasalahan warga, meningkatkan kesejahteraan, serta dapat membangun tata pemerintahan desa yang demokratis, adil dan transparan. Penyusunan RPJMDes harus berdasarkan data yang real dan valid sehingga seluruh program dapat terlaksana dan tepat sasaran. Analisis dan interpretasi sangat penting dilakukan untuk memperoleh data yang real dan valid tersebut. Fokus penelitian ini untuk mengetahui bagaimana penyusunan, dan fungsi RPJMDes sebagai Dokumen Kebijakan Pembangunan di Desa Bandung Kecamatan Mayong Kabupaten Jepara dalam mengatasi masalah anak putus sekolah di desa tersebut. Adapun metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Dari penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa proses penyusunan RPJMDes-Bandung kecamatan Mayong kabupaten Jepara sesuai prosedur yaitu terbuka dan melibatkan unsur masyarakat dalam penyusunannya meskipun masih ada kekurangan dalam sisi kecermatan dan keaktifan masyarakat dalam menyampaikan kritik. Namun  masyarakat desa Bandung masih ragu-ragu dalam menilai RPJMDes-Bandung dapat mengentaskan masalah anak putus yang terjadi didesa tersebut. dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa pada dasarnya RPJMDes-Bandung yang dibuat sebagai acuan atau pedoman dalam rangka meningkatkan kesejahteraan dan dalam menyelesaikan masalah masyarakat khususnya dalam mengentaskan masalah anak putus sekolah belum berjalan secara optimal.

Kata kunci: RPJMDes, dan anak putus sekolah.
Keefektifan Media Mewarnai 3 Dimensi melalui Pembelajaran Proyek bagi Anak Usia Dini
Authors: Rohmah Naili , Shofiyuddin Muh
Published: November 2018

Mewarnai merupakan salah satu aktivitas seni anak usia dini. Anak usia dini tidak akan terlepas dari kegiatan seni, baik seni rupa, seni musik, seni drama, maupun seni tari. Mewarnai menjadi aktivitas andalan bagi anak-anak, dengan mewarnai akan menumbuhkan kemampuan anak mengenal dan mengaplikasikan warna ke dalam gambar. Mewarnai yang dilakukan menggunakan media 3 dimensi (3D) berasal dari bahan dasar semen putih, selanjutnya akan di warnai menggunakan kuas dengan nuansa pembelajaran proyek. Terdapat dua tujuan dalam penelitian ini: 1) untuk menganalisis hasil belajar kemampuan mewarnai antara kelompok eksperimen; dan 2) kelompok kontrol serta menganalisis keefektifan media mewarnai 3 dimensi melalui pembelajaran proyek bagi anak usia dini. Desain penelitian eksperimen yang digunakan adalah tipe non-equivalent control group design. Terdapat 36 anak yang dijadikan populasi, populasi dan sampel dipilih berdasarkan letak geografis lembaga PAUD. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan observasi dan tes lisan. Teknik analisis yaitu independent sample t test dan paired sample t test. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: 1) hasil belajar kelompok eksperimen lebih tinggi dibanding kelompok kontrol; dan 2) media mewarnai 3 dimensi melalui pembelajaran proyek lebih efektif daripada media mewarnai kertas pada pembelajaran konvensional.
Twitter in the Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging Classroom: Examination Outcomes and Student Views
Authors: Ober Christopher P.
Published: November 2018

Radiographic lesion identification and differential diagnosis list generation can be difficult for veterinary students; thus, a novel means of distributing cases for study could improve students’ engagement and learning. The goal of this study was to determine whether using Twitter as an adjunct means of studying diagnostic imaging would improve student outcomes on the final exam for a radiology course. A secondary goal was to determine students’ preferred means of accessing additional cases for study. Twitter was used in a third-year veterinary radiology course to provide additional optional radiographic cases that were relevant to the topics covered in the course. At the end of the semester, students completed a survey to report their prior and current use of Twitter and to give preferences as to further distribution of optional cases. Mean final examination scores were compared between students who used Twitter in their studies and those who did not. No significant difference was found between the mean final examination score for each group (22.2; p = .98). Only 3% of respondents ( n = 2/79) preferred Twitter as a means of receiving additional radiographic cases; Moodle (the Web platform for classwork used at this institution) and Facebook were the most preferred platforms for further cases, receiving 41% ( n = 32/79) and 23% ( n = 18/79) of votes, respectively. Educational use of Twitter did not improve student examination performance in diagnostic imaging, and other media platforms may be more beneficial than Twitter for encouraging student use of additional resources.
THE TEMPLE OF ACMEISM. FRAGMENTS OF A DIALOGUE BETWEEN NIKOLAY GUMILEV AND OSIP MANDELSTAM
Authors: Desyatov V. V.
Published: November 2018

In the article numerous allusions and direct citations that reciprocally reveal an intensive dialogue between the two Acmeist poets are pointed out and examined. The data are extracted from O. Mandestam’s and N. Gumilev’s poems and articles, as well as the latter’s narrative poems and plays: mostly texts with references to temples, with which Acmeists strongly identified their creative work on poetic as well as thematic levels. Since the erection of a temple is a recurrent image in Gumilev’s works throughout his lifetime, it is easy to assume that Mandelstam’s poems like Notre Dame, Hagia Sophia [Aya-Sofiya], and others can be seen as responses to the leader of Acmeists from his loyal disciple. Mandelstam tends to follow Gumilev’s lead in this dialogue, developing and detailing his ‘architectural philologism’. However, he also sympathizes with the idea of rebuilding a temple, the topic becoming even more pronounced after Gumilev’s untimely death.
CHEKHOV AS BAZAROV THE WORLDVIEW AND AESTHETIC ASPECTS OF TURGENEV’S TRADITION
Authors: Rebel G.
Published: November 2018

The article undertakes to reveal the aesthetic and philosophical succession from Turgenev to Chekhov, despite the long-standing tendency to contrast the latter with the tradition of his predecessors.

The article suggests a polemic rethinking of the literary, philosophical and culturological concepts that present the thinker and artist Turgenev as a keen advocate of classical philosophy. In particular, the paper examines the worldviews and personality of Evgeny Bazarov, one of Turgenev’s principal characters, also in comparison with Chekhov’s heroes like the professor from A Dreary Story [Skuchnaya istoriya] and Doctor Astrov. This leads to a considerable change in interpretation of Bazarov’s nihilism to discover not only an ideology, but rather a methodology of non-dogmatic thinking and a critical approach to reality. In this sense, Bazarov’s (and, essentially, Turgenev’s) nihilism is considered as the philosophical basis of what later became Chekhov’s ‘creation ex nihilo’ (L. Shestov).

The analysis presented in this paper brings to light Chekhov’s and Turgenev’s principal philosophical affinity and semblance of their cultural and aesthetic perspectives.
ON AESTHETIC WORLDS OF SERGEY G. BOCHAROV
Authors: Glushakov P. , Egorov B. , Mann Yu. , Urnov D. , Szilard L. , Dmitrieva E. , Kotelnikov V.
Published: November 2018

Selected materials of a virtual round-table session devoted to reminiscences about Sergey G. Bocharov (1929-2017) and discussion of his academic interests and achievements. B. Egorov remembers meeting and keeping in touch with Bocharov, as well as new friends he made through him. Y. Mann elaborates on the ideological challenges to Soviet philology and on the role played by Bakhtin, Gogol, and Platonov in forming Bocharov’s own personality. D. Urnov reflects on the nature of Bocharov’s philological talent and the time when they both worked at the Department of Literary Theory in IMLI (Institute of the World Literature). L. Szilard reminisces about her student days at the Moscow State University and her friendship with Sergey and Irina Bocharov, which had lasted a lifetime from the 1950s. E. Dmitrieva considers the subject of Gogol as developed in Bocharov’s articles, and on the latter’s work to produce a complete collection of Gogol’s writings. V. Kotelnikov brings up the topic of K. Leontiev as perceived by Bocharov. P. Glushakov chooses to revisit Bocharov’s main ideas – for example, his concept of genetic memory of literature – and illustrates it with an extensive discussion of the duel, gunshot, and revenge in works by Pushkin, Lermontov, Chekhov, and Shukshin.
M. L. Andreev. Farce, tragedy, tragicomedy. Essays on historical poetics of dramatic genres
Authors: Lutsenko E.
Published: November 2018

M. L. Andreev. Farce, tragedy, tragicomedy. Essays on historical poetics of dramatic genres.
S. Zenkin. Theory of literature: Problems and findings
Authors: Kholikov A.
Published: November 2018

S. Zenkin. Theory of literature: Problems and findings.
A. Galushkin, O. Korostelev, eds. Literary heritage. Vol. 105. Andrey Bely: Autobiographical summaries: The material for the biography. Perspective to the diary. Records and registrations. Diaries of the 1930s
Authors: Ivanova E.
Published: November 2018

A. Galushkin, O. Korostelev, eds. Literary heritage. Vol. 105. Andrey Bely: Autobiographical summaries: The material for the biography. Perspective to the diary. Records and registrations. Diaries of the 1930s
Evgeny Bukhin. The train arrives in Boston
Authors: Essipov V.
Published: November 2018

Evgeny Bukhin. The train arrives in Boston.
‘UNIQUE STYLISTICS’ OF THE BIOGRAPHER, OR THE UNSOLVABLE TSVETAEVA
Authors: Gevorkyan T.
Published: November 2018

This critical review extensively discusses Ilya Falikov’s book Marina Tsvetaeva. Harsh and gentle [Marina Tsvetaeva. Tvoya nelaskovaya lastochka], published in The Lives of Remarkable People series in 2017. Unlike other Tsvetaeva biographers, Falikov had access to a wealth of materials introduced in the past twenty years. Yet his attempt to produce the poet’s new biography is far from successful. The article points out numerous factual errors, including incorrect numbers of poems in the poetic cycles, mixed up dates and events, as well as careless and inaccurate citations, which, being the book’s systemic issue, works to distort Tsvetaeva’s image. Particularly disturbing are the biographer’s very arbitrary treatment of documentary sources, their biased selection and presentation, as well as unsubstantiated interpretations and ambitious claims.
THE UNDOING OF ROMANTIC ILLUSIONS IN B. OKUDZHAVA’S STORY LOTS OF LUCK, KID [BUD’ ZDOROV, SHKOLYAR]
Authors: Pozina M.
Published: November 2018

The article is devoted to B. Okudzhava’s story Lots of Luck, Kid [Bud’ zdorov, shkolyar]. An unconventional depiction of war, it defies the conventional canon of Soviet prose about the Great Patriotic War. With its episodes about impending peril, starvation on the front lines, muddled up orders, feelings of loneliness and hopelessness, it debunks the traditional image of a soldier as a brave romantic who fights fascism with an ideological determination. Okudzhava shows the dark side of war with all of its irrational havoc.
ON TRANSLATION OF THE EPIC NOVEL THE PATH OF ABAY [PUT’ ABAYA] INTO RUSSIAN. FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN M. AUEZOV AND L. SOBOLEV
Authors: Kunaev D.
Published: November 2018

The article reveals little-known facts from the lives of M. Auezov and L. Sobolev, two important writers of Kazakhstan and Russia, respectively, and cites their reflections on life, literature, and time. A large share of the archived material from the manuscripts department of the Almaty-based Research and Cultural Centre ‘Auezov House’ is examined and published for the first time.

L. Sobolev’s letters speak of an artist’s fate: we become witnesses of his very personal anxieties as well as events on a national scale. The letters also provide a valuable insight into the Russo-Kazakh literary connections from the early 1930s. M. Auezov epistles focus on the problems of interconnectedness and interaction of national literatures, particularly in terms of the artistic appropriation of Russian literary experiences by Kazakh writers. Another point of interest is the two writers’ exchanges about the artistic translation of M. Auezov’s major opus, the epic novel The Path of Abay [Put’ Abaya], into Russian.
‘STEPPENWOLF’. TOWARDS THE BIOGRAPHY OF BORIS VILDЕ
Authors: Kaganovich B.
Published: November 2018

Numerous works have been written about the young Russian еmigrе writer Boris Vildе (1908–1942), a late hero of the French Resistance, who was executed by Nazi occupants. Descriptions of his personality are often contradictory, and each account is very precious. The article introduces and examines new, hitherto unpublished material about Vildе: it includes the letters of his wife’s mother Myrra Lot-Borodina, a famous French scholar of religions and philologist of Russian origins, to her sister, the Leningrad-based historian Inna Lyubimenko, from the Petersburg archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The letters provide a number of unique and valuable facts and observations about Vildе and his personality. Another discovery for the studies of Vildе, the correspondence between the famous French author Andrе Gide and his friend, the translator Dorothy Bussy, is quoted to enrich our knowledge about Vildе. It follows that A. Gide took Vildе under his wing and actively supported his relocation from Germany to France. As a result, far from resembling his stereotypical and slick image, Vildе is revealed as an extraordinary and heroic person.
Language and text studies in 14th–16th-century Europe
Authors: Ilyushechkina E.
Published: November 2018

Language and text studies in 14th–16th-century Europe.
EARLY RECEPTION OF MAXIM GORKY’S BIOGRAPHICAL MYTH IN ITALY
Authors: Golubtsova A.
Published: November 2018

The article examines the reception of M. Gorky in Italy in the late 19th – early 20th centuries, and the process of his becoming mythologized. Right from the beginning, Italians’ idea of Gorky gets woven into the European myth about Russia, with him epitomizing the Russian soul and blending with the stereotypical Russian landscape. Early Italian reception of Gorky’s autobiography never distinguishes between his life story and creative work: both critics and common readers draw their idea of the Russian author from biographical sketches as well as his own writings, seen as a proof compelling enough to influence critical reviews and biographies devoted to Gorky. On Gorky’s arrival in Italy, his image becomes more nuanced, more details about his life and work come to light, and the press starts printing personal accounts of meetings with him. But the key elements of the Gorky myth survive and keep shaping Italian perceptions of him. It wasn’t until much later that Italians stopped interpreting Gorky through the myth about Russia and the Russian soul.
ANOS DE VIDA PENALMENTE PERDIDOS E O CUSTO ECONÔMICO-SOCIAL EFETIVO DOS PRESOS NO SUDOESTE DO ESTADO DO PARANÁ
Authors: Marques Elmer Da Silva , Arruda Wilkinson Fabiano De Oliveira , Almeida Lirane Elize Defante Ferreto de
Published: November 2018

O presente estudo tem por objetivo calcular os Anos de Vida Penalmente Perdidos e o Custo Econômico-social Efetivo de presos do sistema penitenciário paranaense. Para tanto, o Custo Econômico-social Efetivo foi considerado como a soma do custo de manutenção (econômico-financeiro) e do custo dos Anos de Vida Penalmente Perdidos (econômico-social), cujo valor foi obtido a partir de uma adaptação do estudo americano dos Anos de Vida Potencialmente Perdidos. Os dados foram obtidos junto ao Departamento Penitenciário do Estado do Paraná e, para permitir o cálculo, foi necessário acessar o prontuário individual de cada um dos 1.161 presos do Sistema Penitenciário do Sudoeste paranaense. O estudo, portanto, é quantitativo e permitiu chegar ao resultado do Custo Econômico-social Efetivo de R$ 304.467.003,25 (trezentos e quatro milhões, quatrocentos e sessenta e sete mil e três reais e vinte e cinco centavos), quando considerado como base de cálculo o salário-mínimo regional, e de R$ 252.139.504,81 (duzentos e cinquenta e dois milhões, cento e trinta e nove mil, quinhentos e quatro reais e oitenta e um centavos), quando considerado como base de cálculo a renda média per capita paranaense.
Conversive Relationality in Bahá’í Scholarship
Authors: Brill de Ramirez Susan
Published: November 2018

This article explores ways in which the work of Bahá’í scholars might follow the process of consecration by centering the sacred within and decentering the self out of academic work. Academic discourse will be contrasted with a conversive model based conjointly on the Bahá’í writings, American Indian literary models (written and oral), Wittgensteinian philosophy, and contemporary feminist and postmodern theory. A conversive model of communication and scholarship is firmly rooted within the sacred, emphasizing relationality, intersubjectivity, and collaboration while rejecting the questionable benefits of an assumed “objectivity.” Such a model is presented as more in line with the Bahá’í teachings than are traditional models of academic discourse. The article ends with several specific suggestions that are developed to provide concrete examples of ways by which a conversive approach could reinform and transform academic and nonacademic writing and scholarship.
RAILWAY AUTOMATION AND TELEMECHANICS
Authors:   PhD student Kazakh University Ways of Communications Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan. E-mail: dima87_i@mail.ru, Isaykin Dmitry Viktorovich , Mailybaev Yersaiyn Kurmanbayuly ,   PhD student Kazakh University Ways of Communications Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan. E-mail: ersind@mail.ru
Published: November 2018

This article describes the main ways to solve the problems of ensuring and regulating the safe movement of transport and a certain capacity of roads through the means and methods of telemechanical and automatic impact.
IMPLEMENTATION OF HRM SYSTEMS FOR INCREASE IN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF PERSONNEL
Authors:   Master’s Degree student Voronezh Institute of High Technologies. E-mail: malika_92.art@mail.ru, Akhmetkul Malika
Published: November 2018

New realities demand expeditious system approach, the use of technology of the integrated corporate communications and professional development of employees, namely HRM systems.Automation of the main business process allows to lower costs for each transaction, to increase the speed and quality of their performance, and, above all to increase the profit of the company. The use of HRM systems allows the companies to be on the advanced line of competitiveness and influences efficiency of employees and productivity of the company.
THE STUDY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF OBTAINING CHROMITE CONTAINING CONCENTRATE FROM TAILINGS
Authors:   PhD student, Lead engineer. E-mail: dusenova_s@mail.ru, Dyussenova Symbat , Abdulvaliyev Rinat ,   candidate tech.sci, Head of laboratory. E-mail: rin-abd@mail.ru, Abdykirova Gulnar ,   candidate tech.sci, Lead researcher. E-mail: abdgul@mail.ru Kazakh National Research Technical University after K.I.Satpayev Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan
Published: November 2018

The article presents the possibility of additional extraction of chromite concentrate from enrichment tails of chromite containing ores by the gravitational method. The enrichment of chromitecontaining sludges by gravity methods - on a concentration table and a KNELSON centrifugal separator have been conducted. Concentration on the table for the class size sludge -0.2 + 0.071 mm obtained chromite concentrate with Cr2O3 48.8%, a centrifugal separator KNELSON slurry on the class size -0.071 0mm obtained in open loop chromite concentrate with Cr2O3 42.8 %;
THE OBTAINING CARBON NANOFIBERS FROM A TEXTILE CОRD BY ELECTROSPINNING METHOD
Authors:   Doctor of Chemistry, Professor, Director E-mail: coaltech@bk.ru, Yermagambet Bolat Toleukhanuly , Kazankapova Maira Kuttybayevna ,   PhD, Leading Researcher E-mail: maira_1986@mail.ru, Nauryzbaeva Asemay Turlankyzy ,   Master’s Degree student Kazakh University of Technology and Business Junior Researcher of LLP "Institute of Coal Chemistry and Technology" E-mail: asemai_2296@mail.ru  Astana, the Republic of Kazakhstan
Published: November 2018

The article work is devoted to obtaining carbon nanofibers from the textile cord by electrospinning method and studying the physicochemical properties of the obtained product.
MINERALOGICAL ZONALITY OF THE KOKTASZHAL DEPOSIT
Authors:   doctoral student Karaganda State Technical University Karaganda, the Republic of Kazakhstan. E-mail: dizarika1@mail.ru, Duzhnikova Yekaterina
Published: November 2018

The article considers the mineralogical zonality of the Koktaszhal deposit. The oxidation zone and the zone of primary sulfide ores are clearly distinguished. The zone of secondary sulfide enrichment is developed poorly and not everywhere. There is practically no leaching zone.
Citizens and Citizenship
Authors: Rem Dana , Gasper Des
Published: November 2018

The past generation has seen a switch to restrictive policies and language in the governance of migrants living in the Netherlands. Beginning in 2010, a new government with right-wing populist backing went further, declaring the centrality of proposed characteristic historic Dutch values. In this article, we investigate a key policy document to characterize and understand this policy change. Discourse analysis as an exploration of language choices, including use of ideas from rhetoric, helps us apply and test ideas from governmentality studies of migration and from discourse studies as social theorizing. We trace the chosen problem formulation; the delineation, naming, and predication of population categories; the understanding of citizenship, community, and integration; and the overall rhetoric, including chosen metaphors and nuancing of emphases, that links the elements into a meaning-rich world picture. A “neoliberal communitarian” conception of citizenship has emerged that could unfortunately subject many immigrants to marginalization and exclusion.
Odnos ciljeva postignuća, strategija učenja i ocjena u srednjoškolskoj nastavi fizike
Authors: Vrdoljak Gabrijela , Vlahović-Štetić Vesna
Published: November 2018

Cilj istraživanja bio je provjeriti odnos ciljeva postignuća, strategija učenja i ocjena u srednjoškolskoj nastavi fizike. Ciljevi postignuća predstavljaju važan motivacijski konstrukt koji je razvijen u
okviru teorija samoreguliranog učenja te se dovode u vezu s različitim obrazovnim ishodima kao što su strategije učenja i ocjene. Istraživanje je provedeno na 208 učenika drugog i trećeg razreda općega gimnazijskog usmjerenja. U svrhu ispitivanja ciljeva postignuća i strategija učenja korišteni su Upitnik ciljeva postignuća (Elliot i McGregor, 2001), koji se sastoji od 12 čestica i mjeri četiri cilja postignuća: ovladavanje uključivanjem, ovladavanje izbjegavanjem, izvedbu uključivanjem i izvedbu izbjegavanjem, te Skala strategija učenja (Lončarić, 2014), koja
se sastoji od 39 čestica i mjeri tri supskale strategija učenja: ciklus
(meta)kognitivne kontrole, dubinsko kognitivno procesiranje i površinsko kognitivno procesiranje. Mjera uspjeha u fizici bila je ocjena na kraju prethodnog razreda. Pretpostavljeni su odnosi među varijablama testirani metodom analize traga unutar strukturalnog modeliranja. Istraživanje je pokazalo da ciljevi postignuća značajno predviđaju obrazovne ishode u nastavi fizike (strategije učenja i ocjene) te da su se pretpostavljeni odnosi, koji se temelje na ranije provedenim istraživanjima, u velikoj mjeri potvrdili. Ciljevi postignuća
s tendencijom uključivanja imaju značajan pozitivan efekt na poželjne obrazovne ishode. Ciljevi postignuća s tendencijom izbjegavanja pozitivno su povezane s površinskim procesiranjem. Rezultati su potvrdili i posredujući učinak strategija učenja u odnosu ciljeva postignuća na ovladavanje uključivanjem i ocjena iz fizike. Ovo istraživanje naglašava potrebu za usmjeravanjem učenika na učenje radi stjecanja znanja i kompetencija te potrebu za poticanjem korištenja metakognitivnih strategija. Istraživanje, također, upućuje na moguće nedostatke obrazovnog sustava, kao što je nepostojanje značajnog efekta dubinskoga kognitivnog procesiranja na ocjene iz fizike, što pretpostavlja potrebu i važnost daljnjeg istraživanja u ovom području.