bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An explorative study of tourism time series: Evidence from Slovenia and Croatia
Authors: Gričar Sergej , Baldigara Tea
Published: December 2019

This paper investigates the long-term cointegration between tourism prices and domestic inflation in Croatia and Slovenia. Those two countries share a common economic history and statistical crispness in the 20th century, the time when Econometrics was not a blossoming topic. The two countries split the common economic path in the 1990s and since then, econometricians have been tackling different development issues and researches. The purpose of the paper is to stress the importance of using a well-designed time-series methodology when dealing with multiple variables estimation and evaluation as well in designing adequate and efficient quantitative models, capable to provide valuable forecasts and predict external shocks. It is assumed that, at the basis of an efficient quantitative model, there is a need of unit root and errors normal distribution testing. To test the covariance of cointegration between tourism prices and domestic inflation, the vector autoregressive model (VAR) model is used on 260 valid monthly time-series observations (~ 22 years). The results have shown that prices of short-stay accommodation in Slovenia are cointegrated with domestic inflation, whereas in Croatia there is no stable cointegration vector on prices of accommodation services if / when analysed using the intervention dummy variables and a constant. Although the results indicate that the research hypothesis is generally confirmed, better and more robust results could be obtained including mean-shift dummy variables in a VAR model.
Effect of aluminum on the growth of the in vitro culture tissues of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cv. Um-Aldehin
Authors: Al-Mayahi Ahmed Madi Waheed
Published: December 2019

This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of different concentrations of aluminum: (25, 50 and 100 mg l−1 of aluminum chloride AlCl3. 6H2O) on the enhancement of shoot multiplication, phytochemicals, as well as, antioxidant enzyme activity of in vitro cultures of the date palm cv. Um-Aldehin. The addition of aluminum in a concentration of 50 mg l−1 to the medium exhibited most effects on shoots regeneration and this substance also increased the number of shoots per a jar (73.34% and 8.2 shoots/jar, respectively), compared to the other concentrations, including the control treatment. A biochemical analysis of date palm shoots revealed that the high concentration of aluminum chloride (100 mg l−1) led to a significant accumulation of the total proline content, and to a high activity of ascorbate peroxidase, as well as a significant reduction in nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium and chlorophyll, compared to the concentration of 50 mg l−1 for which there were recorded the highest contents of the mentioned elements, together with the highest content of chlorophyll in leaves.
Histological Scoring Systems in the Cartilage Repair of Sheep
Authors: Gullberg S. , Simaiová V. , Holovská K. , Luptaková L. , Koľvek F. , Varga M. , Petrovová E.
Published: December 2019

Researchers around the world use histological analysis to provide the most detailed morphological information of articular cartilage repair and it predominantly relies on the use of histological scoring systems which are important tools for valid evaluations. Due to hyaline cartilage complex structure and avascular nature, damaged cartilage does not heal spontaneously and it is still a challenge to regenerate and restore its tissue function. The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of regenerated cartilage by using three different histological scoring systems; O’Driscoll, Pineda and Wakitani which are all classic scores described for such animal studies. We used an in vivo ovine model in which a full thickness chondral defect was created and then implanted with the biomaterial (polyhydroxybutyrate/chitosan; PHB/ CHIT). The results of this histological analysis demonstrated that the cartilage repaired tissues received scores indicating that the majority of the regenerated tissue resembled hyaline-like cartilage. After six months of repair the regenerated cartilage showed characteristics like good surface continuity, uniformed stained extracellular matrix, clearly visible zones and cellular proliferation. In conclusion, this study may be used to investigate and improve the regenerative capacity of hyaline cartilage in preclinical models and it also sheds further light on both the evaluation and methods used for the regeneration of damaged cartilage.
The Prevalence and Assemblages of Giardia Duodenalis in Dogs: A Systematic Review in Europe
Authors: Mravcová K. , Štrkolcová G. , Goldová M.
Published: December 2019

Giardiasis is one of the most frequent causes of diarrhoeic diseases in the world. Giardia cysts are most commonly transferred via ingestion of contaminated water or food. On the basis of genetic characteristics Giardia duodenalis is classified in eight assemblages A—H. Zoonotic assemblages A and B are increasingly found in isolates from dogs which may constitute the reservoir of human giardiasis. This article presents a brief review of G. duodenalis assemblages detected in dogs that were documented in European countries.
Combination of Beta Glucan, Honey and Chlorhexidine in the Wound Management in a Cat a Case Report
Authors: Micháľová A. , Micháľ M. , Fialkovičová M.
Published: December 2019

Wound management is one of the oldest and one of the most frequent therapeutic activities in medicine. Over the centuries there has been described and tested many therapeutic substances for the treatment of wounds with various effects. Due to the discovery of antibiotics, a wound management regime used to be limited only to a local application. Over years, it has been shown, that comprehensive therapy which uses only antibacterial preparations, also may contain some negative points (resistance of aggressive pathogens, toxicity, allergic reactions, etc.). According to studies, the best solution to this problem is a local application, using preparations that ensure the sterility of the affected parts of the skin, and the utilization of agents that are able to accelerate the granulation and lead to the healing process of the wound. Products that contain beta glucan combined with a gentle but effective antiseptics (chlorhexidine digluconate), or natural substance with antiseptic and also nourishment effect (honey), are very beneficial in wound management. A good penetration of active agents, the ability to moisturize defective tissues, and to make a protective film that hinder the intersection of impurities and decrease secondary contamination, are the benefits of a gel formulation, that is the most appropriate external form of application in veterinary practice that can improve and accelerate a successful healing process of wounds in animals.
Titanite composition and SHRIMP U–Pb dating as indicators of post-magmatic tectono-thermal activity: Variscan I-type tonalites to granodiorites, the Western Carpathians
Authors: Uher Pavel , Broska Igor , Krzemińska Ewa , Ondrejka Martin , Mikuš Tomáš , Vaculovič Tomáš
Published: December 2019

Titanite belongs to the common accessory minerals in Variscan (~360–350 Ma) metaluminous to slightly peraluminous tonalites to granodiorites of I-type affinity in the Tatric and Veporic Units, the Western Carpathians, Slovakia. It forms brown tabular prismatic-dipyramidal crystals (~0.5 to 10 mm in size) in association with quartz, plagioclase, and biotite. Titanite crystals commonly shows oscillatory, sector and convolute irregular zonal textures, reflecting mainly variations in Ca and Ti versus Al (1–2 wt. % Al2O3, 0.04–0.08 Al apfu), Fe (0.6–1.6 wt. % Fe2O3, 0.02–0.04 Fe apfu), REE (La to Lu + Y; ≤4.8 wt. % REE2O3, ≤ 0.06 REE apfu), and Nb (up to 0.5 wt. % Nb2O5, ≤0.01 Nb apfu). Fluorine content is up to 0.5 wt. % (0.06 F apfu). The compositional variations indicate the following principal substitutions in titanite: REE3+ + Fe3+ = Ca2+ + Ti4+, 2REE3+ + Fe2+ = 2Ca2+ + Ti4+, and (Al, Fe)3+ + (OH, F)− = Ti4+ + O2−. The U–Pb SHRIMP dating of titanite reveal their Variscan ages in an interval of 351.0 ± 6.5 to 337.9 ± 6.1 Ma (Tournaisian to Visean); titanite U–Pb ages are thus ~5 to 19 Ma younger than the primary magmatic zircon of the host rocks. The Zr-in-titanite thermometry indicates a relatively high temperature range of titanite precipitation (~650–750 °C), calculated for assumed pressures of 0.2 to 0.4 GPa and a(TiO2) = 0.6–1.0. Consequently, the textural, geochronological and compositional data indicate relatively high-temperature, most probably early post-magmatic (subsolidus) precipitation of titanite. Such titanite origin could be connected with a subsequent Variscan tectono-thermal event (~340 ± 10 Ma), probably related with younger small granite intrusions and/or increased fluid activity. Moreover, some titanite crystals show partial alteration and formation of secondary titanite (depleted in Fe and REE) + allanite-(Ce) veinlets (Sihla tonalite, Veporic Unit), which probably reflects younger Alpine (Cretaceous) tectono-thermal overprint of the Variscan basement of the Western Carpathians.
A spatially explicit assessment of middle and low voltage grid requirements in Bavaria until 2050
Authors: Camargo Luis Ramirez , Wuth Jane , Biberacher Markus , Dorner Wolfgang
Published: December 2019

The energy transition towards high shares of renewables and the continued urbanization process have a direct and strong impact on the shape and characteristics of the electricity transmission and distribution systems. At the continental and national scale, improved high voltage grids should allow the transmission and balance of electricity from hot-spots of variable renewable energy generation installations to demand centres. At the regional and municipal scale, the medium and low voltage grids should be capable of bringing sufficient electricity to users and allow the integration of distributed renewable generation installations. While data on the transmission systems is widely available, spatial and attribute data of the medium and mainly the low voltage grids are scarce. Additionally, while there are plenty of studies on the requirements of the grid to allow the energy transition, there is very little information on the necessary transformation of the grid due to changes generated by the expected urbanization process. This study relies on a data set that estimates the topology of the medium and low voltage grids of Bavaria (Germany) as well as data from the LUISA territorial modelling platform of the European Commission to calculate key figures of grid requirements depending on population and land use for the current case and the decades to come. Typologies of grid requirements are proposed based on a statistical analysis of population and land use data of each square kilometre of the federal state. These typologies are extrapolated to changes in the structure of settlements that are expected in the years 2030 and 2050. Results are presented using maps with expected absolute values of grid requirements and their temporal changes for each square kilometre of the project area. Grid requirements are expected to increase in cities and to be reduced in most of the rural areas. The largest changes are expected to take place in the suburbs of the major cities.

Highlights for public administration, management and planning:

• Medium and low voltage grid shapes and lengths are estimated for the entire federal state of Bavaria, Germany.

• On average, distribution grid length requirements per person are between 13 and 16 times larger in rural regions than in city centres.

• While city centres and suburbs expect an increase in grid requirements, the total grid length of Bavaria is expected to decrease in the near future.

• Suburbs of large cities are not only expected to change steadily but also to show the largest changes in grid length requirements until 2050.
Arens simultaneously factorization
Authors: Aleandro María José
Published: December 2019

Let X be a Banach bimodule over a Banach algebra 𝒜. We shall seek conditions under which (1) X and its dual factorize on the same side or (2) X factors on the left (or right) if and only if its second conjugate space has a left (or right) unit.
Consensus of classical and fractional inequalities having congruity on time scale calculus
Authors: Sahir Muhammad Jibril Shahab
Published: December 2019

In this paper, we find accordance of some classical inequalities and fractional dynamic inequalities. We find inequalities such as Radon’s inequality, Bergström’s inequality, Rogers-Hölder’s inequality, Cauchy-Schwarz’s inequality, the weighted power mean inequality and Schlömilch’s inequality in generalized and extended form by using the Riemann-Liouville fractional integrals on time scales.
Design an Improved Structure for 10-Bit Pipeline Analog to Digital Converter Based on 0.18µm CMOS Technology
Authors: Rezapour Arash , Setoudeh Farbod , Tavakoli Mohammad Bagher
Published: December 2019

This paper proposed a novel structure of a 10-bit, 400MS/s pipelined analog to digital convertor using 0.18 µm TSMC technology. In this paper, two stages are used to converter design and a new method is proposed to increase the speed of the pipeline analog to digital convertor. For this purpose, the amplifier is not used at the first stage and the buffer is used for data transfer to the second stage, in the second stage an amplifier circuit with accurate gain of 8 that is open loop with a new structure was used to speed up, also the design is such that the first 4 bits are extracted simultaneously with sampling. On the other hand, in this structure, since in the first stage the information is not amplified and transferred to the second stage, the accuracy of the comparator circuit should be high, therefore a new structure is proposed to design a comparator circuit that can detect unwanted offsets and eliminate them without delay, and thus can detect the smallest differences in input voltage. The proposed analog to digital convertor was designed with a resolution of 10 bits and a speed of 400MS/s, with the total power consumption 74.3mW using power supply of 1.8v.
Transport of Solid Particles with Fluid Flow in Rotating Pipes
Authors: Zabirov F.Sh. , Latypov B.M. , Sharafiev R.G. , Gilmanshin R.A.
Published: December 2019

The article addresses the recent problem of borehole lifting of oil containing sand solids. The presence of sand in oil produced results in a reduced operating life of downhole equipment. The problem of preventing sanding up and sand formation in pumping equipment may be solved and stable sand production may be ensured by producing oil using borehole screw pumps with a surface-type drive, in which the screw is rotated by rotating hollow rods. Rotating hollow rods improve carry-over of sand particles to the surface with rotational oil flow by imparting additional momentum to these particles. Rotational variables of the pipe (cylinder) that enables transport of solids are set only for the air flow moving in a horizontal pipe (cylinder). The purpose of the study is to establish pipe rotational variables in directional wells that enable stable sand transport with fluid flow. Work results have been obtained from numerical studies using the differential equation system and rules of theoretical solid movement, computer simulation and experimental results processing at a laboratory facility. Theoretical study results have been acknowledged by experimental studies. The work establishes the criteria that allow defining the speed range of directional hollow rods that enables carry-over of solids to the surface with fluid flow. Study results may be used to produce oil with submersible screw pumps with a surface-type drive that use hollow sucker rods for pump down.
Best predictors in logarithmic distance between positive random variables
Authors: Gzyl H.
Published: December 2019

The metric properties of the set in which random variables take their values lead to relevant probabilistic concepts. For example, the mean of a random variable is a best predictor in that it minimizes the L
2 distance between a point and a random variable. Similarly, the median is the same concept but when the distance is measured by the L
1 norm.

Also, a geodesic distance can be defined on the cone of strictly positive vectors in ℝ
n
in such a way that, the minimizer of the distance between a point and a collection of points is their geometric mean.

That geodesic distance induces a distance on the class of strictly positive random variables, which in turn leads to an interesting notions of conditional expectation (or best predictors) and their estimators. It also leads to different versions of the Law of Large Numbers and the Central Limit Theorem. For example, the lognormal variables appear as the analogue of the Gaussian variables for version of the Central Limit Theorem in the logarithmic distance.
Fractional calculus pertaining to multivariable I-function defined by Prathima
Authors: Kumar D. , Ayant F. Y.
Published: December 2019

In this paper, we study a pair of unified and extended fractional integral operator involving the multivariable I-functions and general class of multivariable polynomials. Here, we use Mellin transforms to obtain our main results. Certain properties of these operators concerning to their Mellin-transforms have been investigated. On account of the general nature of the functions involved herein, a large number of known (may be new also) fractional integral operators involved simpler functions can be obtained. We will also quote the particular case of the multivariable H-function.
Temporal ‘Since’ in Slovak: Conjunction(s) and Aspect Choice – A Corpus Study
Authors: Kyselica Paula , Genis René M.
Published: December 2019

It has recently been shown by especially [1] through [4] and [12] for Russian and by [8] and [9] for Polish that conjunctions corresponding to Dutch sinds (cf. also [1], [2], [3]) and English since (cf. also [7], [10]) have temporal functions, which are subject to restrictions on the choice of tense and aspect. Ultimately these restrictions can be related to the semantic input of tense and aspect into complex sentences with these connective items. For Polish extensive data provided by corpus research enabled us to shed light on the usage and restrictions in this area and also to establish which constellations with particular conjunctions are more or less likely or not possible (cf. [8], [9]). In the present contribution we present freshly sourced quantitative Slovak SNK-corpus data. We consider the sixteen logically possible tense-aspect constellations, and the Slovak connective items: odkedy; odvtedy, čo / ako; od chvíle, keď / čo / ako; od tých čias, čo / ako; od tej doby, čo / ako. This quantitative data study is intended to pinpoint the areas of future research; for this purpose at certain instances comparisons are made with Polish, the only other language we have such data for to date.
Corpus-Supported Semantic Studies: Part/Whole Expressions in Russian
Authors: Boguslavsky Igor , Iomdin Leonid
Published: December 2019

We investigate valency properties of partials – words and constructions that express the Part/Whole relation, primarily in Russian, offering new observations largely based on the Russian National Corpus. Special attention is given to such lexical units as bol’šinstvo ‘majority’, men’šinstvo ‘minority’, čast’ ‘part’, protsent ‘percentages’, v bol’šinstve svoem ‘in its majority’, ‘po bol’šej časti ‘for the most part’, etc.
Kinship Terminology in Western Slavic Languages Based on Corpora Analysis
Authors: Kobzová Jana
Published: December 2019

This paper is discussing kinship arrangements and more generally families of Western Slavs based on linguistic and corpora data. It is argued here that we can find correlation between lexicon and society, and that studying of lexicon can provide supportive data for society examination. In this paper we used corpora data that provides us with reliable information about lexicon that is truly used by speakers of Western Slavic languages and provided possible explanations for changes occurring in this part of vocabulary. Paper is divided into three main parts, one discussing relations between social reality and kinship terminology, while the second is discussing data from corpora. Third part is devoted to drawing conclusions.
The Dialekt Corpus and Its Possibilities
Authors: Goláňová Hana , Waclawičová Martina
Published: December 2019

DIALEKT, a corpus of Czech dialects, has been continuously curated and expanded by the Spoken Corpora section of the Institute of the Czech National Corpus. The following paper aims first to give a concise characteristic of the corpus, addressing its sociolinguistic parameters and possible subcorpora derivable thereof, its two-layer approach to the transcription of dialect recordings, and lemmatization & morphological tagging of the corpus. Subsequently, we move on to examples of how linguists can use the corpus and discuss two related projects which expand upon currently available possibilities: an archive of dialect-specific differential phones of the Czech language (completed) and an interactive web environment for spatial map-based visualization of data from all kinds of spoken corpora (in preparation). Thanks in part also to these additional tools, the DIALEKT corpus should serve both experts in the field as well as the general public.
Parts of Speech in NovaMorf, A New Morphological Annotation of Czech
Authors: Petkevič Vladimír , Hlaváčová Jaroslava , Osolsobě Klára , Svášek Martin , Šimandl Josef
Published: December 2019

A detailed morphological description of word forms in any language is a necessary condition for a successful automatic processing of linguistic data. The paper focuses on a new description of morphological categories, mainly on the subcategorization of parts of speech in Czech within the NovaMorf project. NovaMorf focuses on the description of morphological properties of Czech word forms in a more compact and consistent way and with a higher explicative power than approaches used so far. It also aims at the unification of diverse approaches to morphological annotation of Czech. NovaMorf approach will be reflected in a new morphological dictionary to be exploited for a new automatic morphological analysis (and disambiguation) of corpora of contemporary Czech.
Improving Nominalized Adjectives Tagging
Authors: Osolsobě Klára , Žižková Hana
Published: December 2019

Part of speech transitions represent an interesting issue in terms of Automatic Morphological Analysis (AMA). In these cases, two parts of speech have to be considered: initial and final. However, their automatic recognition is complicated by the same form. This article presents the results of a corpus study aimed at mapping nominalized adjectives tagging with a focus on detecting candidates for nominalization among frequent adjectives. Analysis of the data obtained from the ČNK SYN v5 corpus shows different reasons for incorrect tagging. Taking into account these reasons, we propose three solutions for the improvement nominalized adjectives tagging.
Non-Systemic Valency Behavior of Czech Deverbal Nouns Based on the NomVallex Lexicon
Authors: Kolářová Veronika , Vernerová Anna , Verner Jonathan
Published: December 2019

In order to describe non-systemic valency behavior of Czech deverbal nouns, we present results of an automatic comparison of valency frames of interlinked noun and verbal lexical units included in valency lexicons NomVallex and VALLEX. We show that the non-systemic valency behavior of the nouns is mostly manifested by non-systemic forms of their actants, while changes in the number or type of adnominal actants are negligible as for their frequency. Non-systemic forms considerably contribute to a general increase in the number of forms in valency frames of nouns compared to the number of forms in valency frames of their base verbs. The non-systemic forms are more frequent in valency frames of non-productively derived nouns than in valency frames of productively derived ones.
Towards Reciprocal Deverbal Nouns in Czech: From Reciprocal Verbs to Reciprocal Nouns
Authors: Kettnerová Václava , Lopatková Markéta
Published: December 2019

Reciprocal verbs are widely debated in the current linguistics. However, other parts of speech can be characterized by reciprocity as well – in contrast to verbs, their analysis is underdeveloped so far. In this paper, we make an attempt to fill this gap, applying results of the description of Czech reciprocal verbs to nouns derived from these verbs. We show that many aspects characteristic of reciprocal verbs hold for reciprocal nouns as well.
Static corrosion tests of iron-based biomaterials in the environment of simulated body fluids
Authors: Gorejová R. , Oriňaková R. , Oriňak A. , Kupková M. , Hrubovčáková M. , Baláž M.
Published: December 2019

Biodegradable metallic implants are materials that serve as a temporary implants and scaffolds. They degrade directly in vivo and therefore eliminate need for secondary surgical intervention. They are often made of metals such as magnesium, iron, zinc and can be modified by coating with the inorganic or polymeric layer. In this work iron-based biomaterial was prepared and modified with polymeric (polyethyleneimine, PEI) layer. Its degradation behavior was studied under conditions of simulated body fluids at 37 ± 0.2 °C in the form of static immersion tests. It has been shown that the surface modification caused an acceleration of degradation of the material and also had an influence on the corrosion mechanism.
Multidisciplinary Project of Historical Aircraft Virtual Reconstructions as a Way of Popularizing Science
Authors: Szafran Krzysztof , Kramarski Ireneusz
Published: December 2019

Research and development institutions have a wide range of competences in their fields of scientific and technical activity. They also often have some unique capabilities to do research and development (R&D). However, these possibilities are often known only to a small group of industry specialists and few parliamentary representatives. There is also a lack of information about research capabilities of R&D institutes in industry, especially among small and medium enterprises.

The aim of the article is to present the concept of a multidisciplinary research project aimed at testing by a scientific research institution the possibility of using social media and modern techniques of visualization and computer simulation in aircraft reconstruction engineering. The authors propose to try the approach of marketing campaign capabilities of research and development institutions in a way similar to the action of raising funds for some purpose, but unlike this type of action, the campaign should be aimed at increasing technical awareness of the society. As part of the pilot program, the authors propose a virtual reconstruction of the construction of the Polish PZL P-50 Jastrząb fighter plane whose two prototypes were created before the outbreak of World War II. On the basis of analyses, calculations and computer simulations, in the second phase it is proposed to make a preliminary design of the aircraft with performance similar to the PZL P-50 on the basis of modern knowledge and the latest technologies available in aviation technology. One of the ways to encourage people to undertake creative work, including the restoration of historical objects, will allow them to gain valuable employment possibilities in R&D institute [19].

The combination of marketing techniques, using the power of social media, with the strictly engineering challenges of recreating a historic aircraft and designing its modern equivalent, gives the possibility to confirm the technical and organizational capabilities of the research and development institutions. On the basis of the above activities, a database of people interested in research and development activities of scientific institutions and their contribution to the reconstruction of historically important products of Polish technical thought will be built.
The halo effect of foreign brands on the misclassification of local brands
Authors: Sulhaini Sulhaini , Rinuastuti Baiq Handayani , Sakti Dwi Putra Buana
Published: December 2019

Consumers generally lack the ability to identify brands’ true origins, with their attribution of the wrong origins to well-known brands showing their underlying attitudes. This study suggests that the misclassification of local brands in Indonesia is driven by the halo effect of foreign brands (i.e., brands from Japan, South Korea and China) and the inferior image of locally made products. These constructs, however, differently affect Indonesian consumers’ attitudes towards local brands. This study strongly suggests that, when consumers misperceive local brands as being from more developed countries, they tend to show negative attitudes towards local brands. This study provides useful recommendations for both local and foreign brand owners seeking strategies to enhance competitiveness in the Indonesian market.
The Impact of Dynamic Capabilities on Organizational Effectiveness
Authors: Kareem Mohanad Ali , Alameer Alaa Abdulameer Ahmed
Published: December 2019

This paper aims to investigate the impact of dynamic capabilities constructs i.e. sensing capability, learning capability, and reconfiguration capability on organizational effectiveness in the selected Iraqi public universities context. This study adopted the survey method to collect primary data. An online questionnaire was distributed to around 342 employees, out of which 215 completed questionnaires were obtained. The data were collected during the period from 02-08-2018 to 03-10-2018. The reliability and validity of the dimensions are assessed through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the hypotheses are tested by using structural equation modeling SEM. The analytical results indicate that sensing capability does not have a positive impact on organizational effectiveness while learning capability and reconfiguration capability have a positive impact on organizational effectiveness. Thus, this study provides a better understanding of the effects of dynamic capabilities. The results of this study have the potential to help the decision-makers of universities to develop learning capability and reconfiguration capability, in turn, universities will be able to achieve superior organizational effectiveness.
Basic Psychological Factors Affecting Athletes’ Training
Authors: Vysochina Nadiia , Vorobiova Anastasiia
Published: December 2019

Introduction.
The paper aims to identify and systematise basic psychological factors which can influence athletes’ training and competitive activity.

Material and methods.
In order to achieve the aim of the study, we carried out an expert survey and analysed its results statistically. The survey, whose concordance coefficient was 0.78, was completed by 12 experts in the field (sports scientists and highly qualified athletes).

Results.
The study of the scientific and methodological literature about psychological correction taking into account the practice of athletes’ training made it possible to formulate and systematise a number of key psychological factors (volitional, strategic, perceptive-aimed, anticipatory, managerial, psychophysiological, intellectual, introspective, and motivational) that affect the mental state and training process of athletes. The content and forms of the manifestation of psychological factors during competitive activity are examined, and their interrelations are studied. Integral indicators of psychological factors which influence competitive activity in Olympic sports are determined, and their priority of importance is examined.

Conclusions.
According to the experts’ opinions, among the integral indicators of the psychological factors influencing athletes’ activity, the leading ones are motivational, volitional, and psychophysiological factors. The results of the expert survey concerning the psychological factors influencing Olympic sports (game, cyclic, and complex coordination sports as well as martial arts) are analysed.
Testing the Psychomotor Training in the Military Pentathlon at the 50 m Race with Obstacle
Authors: Sopa Ioan Sabin , Pomohaci Marcel
Published: December 2019

Psychomotor development has become more and more important in obtaining performance in sports. Our experiment focused on analyzing the differences in training of two groups of military students with age between 18 and 22. The methods used in our investigation were the observation method, the experiment method – that consisted in psychomotor test both on land and in water and statistical method. The results of our research showed statistical significant differences between the experiment and the control group proving that the program performed with the students from the experiment group is valid. The conclusions of our research showed that the experiment group registered better performance with statistical significant differences compared with the control group.
Organizational Commitment and Characteristics of the Workplace
Authors: Rusu Raluca
Published: December 2019

In this paper we will analyze the extent to which the organizational commitment of the teaching staff is influenced by a number of factors in the category of job characteristics, namely: professional satisfaction, trust in the higher education system, global evaluation of the quality of the faculty and perception on the availability of resources learning. Following the regression model realized, the hypothesis was confirmed, according to which job satisfaction fuels attachment to the organization more than other factors.
Capability and Maturity. Characteristics Used in Software Reliability Engineering Modeling
Authors: Cristescu Marian Pompiliu , Vasilev Julian Andreev , Stoyanova Miglena Velichkova , Stancu Ana-Maria Ramona
Published: December 2019

This paper presents how to use the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) in software engineering modeling processes. Any variation of CMMI, depending on the scope of application, can also be used to assess the process maturity of an organization. Regarding the Software Reliability Engineering (SRE) process, the activities in the SRE process have been briefly described, noting that the application of SRE in all software-based products leads to good control over the development process.
The Oral History Interview – A Relationship and Space of Trust
Authors: Vrzgulová Monika
Published: December 2019

The oral history interview is a “multi-layered communicative event”. It is a unique, active event, reflective of a specific culture and of a particular time and space. Interviews, more precisely biographical interviews, are the tool I have been using for decades. The relationship between the interviewer and interviewee is, therefore, an essential question for me. I interview people to find out what happened to them, how they felt about it, how they recall it and what wider public memory they draw upon. Focused on the biographical narratives, as well as in-depth and repeated interviews, I have constantly faced ethical and moral questions in accordance with my role as a listener, and as a partner in the interview, but also as a scholar with the goal of using the interview in my scientific work. In my text, I would like to develop Hourig Attarian’s inspiring ideas on self-reflexivity, which brings to light the grey zones that we encounter in our work. This is often a difficult and fragile process. It is central to the connections that I create with the interviewees in my projects. These people always affect the course of my work, but also me personally. This balancing act is an exercise. I try to understand my own limits, I try to push my own boundaries, and assess how each of these circumstances impacts my research.
Preface: Philosophical Basis for Making Decisions (on the 140th Anniversary of the Birth of Jan Łukasiewicz)
Authors: Woleński Jan , Schumann Andrew
Published: December 2019

It is a Preface to Volume 8:2 (2019) consisting of articles presented at the International Interdisciplinary Conference anniversary of the birth of Jan Łukasiewicz, Rzeszów, Poland.
Moral Considerability and Decision-Making
Authors: Hoły-Łuczaj Magdalena
Published: December 2019

The paper revisits metaphysical and deontological stances on moral considerability and offers a new criterion for it – “affectability”, that is a capacity of an agent to affect a considered entity. Such an approach results in significant changes in the scope of moral considerability and is relevant for discussing the human position in the Anthropocene. This concept, given especially the assumption of the directness of moral considerability, is also substantial for the decision making process on the ethical, as well as the political plane.
Significance and role of athletes in ethical education of youth
Authors: Markov-Čikić Ivana , Ivanovski Aleksandar
Published: December 2019

One cannot write about the relationship of young people and current sports stars in modern society without having previously studied the processes of mediation and globalisation of sport, and the transformation of traditional social values. The goal of the science and practice engaged in sports and education of young people is a constant quest for preserving universal ethical values and reconciling them with the modern-day social processes. This paper will present the result of a survey conducted with adolescents in five different Serbian cities in order to find the answer to the question if sportspersons were their favourite television role-models. According to the results of our survey, 45% of adolescents do not have a favourite TV personality and do not know for sure who that could be. Novak Đoković, who would be the choice of adults for a role model of the young, with 63.2% according to the survey conducted by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, scored 3.81% in our survey with adolescents who would chose Novak Đoković as their favourite TV personality. The necessity of raising media literacy of young people with the aim of clear identification of sports role models who are going to improve their quality of life still remains an open issue for further research on this course.
Reactive (pre-planned) and non-reactive (non-planned) agility in diagnosis of athletes
Authors: Čoh Milan
Published: December 2019

The aim of the study is to examine the differences between four pre-planned and non-planned agility tests. The movement structure of the tests combined frontal, universal, semi-circular, and lateral agility components. The sample of participants comprised 45 male athletes and 31 female athletes. The time-based parameters for pre-planned and non-planned agility tests were determined using the FitLight Trainer, a wireless training system which is comprised of seven LEDpowered lights and controlled via an Android application. The results obtained were then statistically processed using the SPSS software package. Basic descriptive parameters were calculated for all the testing protocols. The differences between the pre-planned and non-planned test versions were evidenced by an independent T-test. A correlation analysis was performed to analyse the relationships between pre-planned and non-planned agility performances in the selected tests, as well as to determine the correlation between the agility performance and the space of linear sprint speed and reactive strength. The results of the study showed statistically significant differences in selected tests of pre-planned (non-reactive) and non-planned (reactive) agility between both sub-samples. Significant differences were also observed in the reactive and nonreactive agility tests for men as well as women. The difference between male and female athletes was the highest in the non-planned frontal agility test (FRA), followed by the pre-planned frontal agility test (FRA), and pre-planned semicircular agility test (SCA), whereas the global agility test (GLA) showed the lowest difference. In the sub-sample of male athletes, the difference between the known and unknown movement routines was highest in the global agility test (22.3%), while the lowest gap was reported in the relationship between the reactive and non-reactive lateral agility tests (13.5%). The differences between the pre-planned and non-planned agility tests in females were also statistically significant.
Aspectual coding asymmetries: Predicting aspectual verb lengths by the effects frequency and information content
Authors: Richter Michael , Celano Giuseppe G. A.
Published: December 2019

The topic of this paper is the interaction of aspectual verb coding, information content and lengths of verbs, as generally stated in Shannon’s source coding theorem on the interaction between the coding and length of a message. We hypothesize that, based on this interaction, lengths of aspectual verb forms can be predicted from both their aspectual coding and their information. The point of departure is the assumption that each verb has a default aspectual value and that this value can be estimated based on frequency – which has, according to Zipf’s law, a negative correlation with length. Employing a linear mixed-effects model fitted with a random effect for LEMMA, effects of the predictors’ DEFAULT – i.e. the default aspect value of verbs, the Zipfian predictor FREQUENCY and the entropy-based predictor AVERAGE INFORMATION CONTENT – are compared withaverageaspectual verb form lengths. Data resources are 18 UD treebanks. Significantly differing impacts of the predictors on verb lengths across our test set of languages have come to light and, in addition, the hypothesis of coding asymmetry does not turn out to be true for all languages in focus.
“The authors have wasted their time...”: Genre features and language of anonymous peer reviews
Authors: Yakhontova Tatyana
Published: December 2019

The anonymous peer review is an unpublished pre-publication review which evaluates research articles submitted to journals. This type of a review plays a special role in the genre landscape of Anglophone research by ensuring its appropriate quality and ethical standards. By performing this role, the peer review also realizes a didactic potential, as it motivates researchers to improve their investigations. This paper extends the existing research on the anonymous peer review and aims to deepen our understanding of this genre by analysing the overall functional organization of peer review texts and their prominent linguistic features shaped by three communicative functions ‒ “gatekeeping”, evaluative, and didactic. It also attempts to compare the characteristics of peer reviews in two research fields ideologically and epistemologically distant from each other ‒ applied linguistics and applied mathematics. The methodological framework of the study combines Swales’s move analysis and a functional stylistic perspective developed within the East European linguistic context. The analysis has revealed a three-move structure of review texts and disclosed the roles of interpersonal markers, evaluative lexis and four types of directives in the realization of the communicative functions of the genre. The typologies of reviewers’ comments and evaluative acts in reviews have also been suggested. Furthermore, the study has brought to light some quantitative and qualitative differences between the texts in two disciplines. It is anticipated that awareness of the linguistic conventions of anonymous peer reviews analysed in the paper will help researchers to perceive this genre as a valuable source of professional assistance and enlightenment.
Türkiye‘de Biyolojik Çeşitliliği Tehdit Eden Biyo-Kaçakçılık
Authors: Kurt Orhan , Çelik Nurya , Göre Merve , Kurt Haydar
Published: December 2019

Türkiye; coğrafik, topoğrafik ve ekolojik farklılığının sonucu olarak oldukça zengin bir biyolojik çeşitliliğe sahiptir. Türkiye biyolojik zenginliği nedeni ile bir biyolojik çekim merkezi ve zengin bir biyolojik materyal deposu olma özelliği arz etmektedir. Biyolojik çeşitliliğin yetkili kurumların izni olmadan toplanması ve yurt dışına çıkarılması, biyo-kaçakçılık olarak adlandırılmaktadır. Maalesef, alınan bütün tedbirlere rağmen, birçok sektör tarafından kullanım alanı olan biyolojik çeşitliliğimiz, biyolojik kaçakçılığa maruz kalmış ve kalmaya devam etmektedirler. Biyolojik çeşitliliğimizi gelecek nesillere, güvenli bir biçimde teslim etme konusunda içimizin rahat ve gönlümüzün ferah olması gerekir. Bu amaçla; i) toplumsal duyarlılığın oluşturulması, ii) uzman personellerin yetiştirilmesi, iii) yasal düzenlemelerin en üst düzeyde yapılması, iv) ulusal ve uluslararası koordinasyon ve işbirliğinin sağlanması ve canlı tutulması, v) biyolojik çeşitliliğin korunması ve sürdürülebilir kullanılmasına hizmet etme potansiyeli olan çalışmalara yeteri kadar destek verilmelidir. Bu makalenin amacı Türkiye‘nin biyolojik çeşitliliğinin önemini ortaya koymak, biyolojik çeşitliliğin azalmasına neden olan biyo-kaçakçılığa Türkiye odaklı dikkat çekerek, Türkiye‘de biyo-kaçakçılığın önlenmesine katkıda bulunmaktır. Dolayısıyla bu makalede biyo-kaçakçılık konusu Türkiye ölçeğinde değerlendirmiş, son yıllarda Türkiye‘de kayıtlara geçen biyo-kaçakçılık olaylarını güncel örnekleri ile sunulmuş ve biyo-kaçakçılığı daha etkin bir biçimde önlemek için alınması gereken önlemler değerlendirilmiştir.
Bazı Patates (Solanum tuberosum L.) Çeşitlerinin Depolama Davranışları ile Depoda Kalite Değişimlerinin Belirlenmesi
Authors: Şanlı Arif , Özcan Sena , Ok Fatma Zehra
Published: December 2019

Bu çalışma, farklı olgunlaşma sürelerine sahip bazı patates çeşitlerinin Isparta koşullarında verim performansları ile hasat sonrası depo davranışları ve depoda kalite değişimlerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla 2018 yılında yürütülmüştür. Çalışmada ülkemizde yaygın olarak tarımı yapılan Agria, Agata, Alegria, Desiree, Granola, Hermes, LadyAnna, Marabel, Morfona ve Russet Burbank patates çeşitleri kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada çeşitlerin arazi koşullarında verim performansları belirlendikten sonra her çeşitten alınan yumru örnekleri 6-8Â°C sıcaklıkta 6 ay süreyle depolanmıştır. Çeşitlerin yumru verimleri 2.860-5.331 kg/da, vejetasyon süreleri ise 97,7-146,6 gün arasında değişmiştir. Depolama sürecinde yumruların %50‘sinde dormansinin kırılması için geçen süreler 23,3-111,6 gün arasında değişmiş, erkenci çeşitlerde dormansi daha erken kırılmıştır. Çalışmada 6 aylık depolama devresi sonunda çeşitlerin %4,13 ile %6,48 oranında ağırlık kaybettikleri saptanmıştır. Çeşitlerin depolama süresine bağlı olarak nişasta oranları, indirgen şeker içerikleri ve parmak patates verimleri değişkenlik göstermekle birlikte depolama süresi boyunca genellikle azalma göstermiştir. Araştırmada kullanılan patates çeşitlerinin depolama sürecinde parmak patates ve sofralık kalitelerinde önemli değişimlerin olduğu, cips sanayisine uygun olmayan, düşük kuru madde oranına sahip çeşitler ile erkenci özellikteki çeşitlerin depoda ağırlık ve kalite kayıplarının daha fazla olduğu belirlenmiştir. Çalışmada patates çeşitlerinin dormansi süreleri ile olgunlaşma özelliklerinin depo kalitesine önemli derecede etki gösterdiği ve bu nedenle patates depolamasında çeşit özelliklerinin dikkate alınarak depo süresinin belirlenmesi gerektiği sonucuna varılmıştır.