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SOME ISSUES ON ORGANIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS DURING PANDEMIC
Authors: Yelinska A. M.
Published: November 2020

The endemic coronavirus (COVID-19) is growing exponentially around the world. The prevalence of the new coronavirus COVID-19 around the world has led to global changes in society, various organizations, and educational institutions. Primary school and university populations appear to be at a lower mortality risk than older adults, but precautions are still needed in a pandemic called "social distance" to reduce interpersonal contact and thereby minimize transmission of the virus. Approximately 264 million children and adolescents are out of school (UNESCO, 2017), and the pandemic has further exacerbated the situation. The more the pandemic grows, the more schools, colleges and universities are closed, contributing to the transition to online learning. The time has come to rethink and rebuild our education system based on the current situation. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, online education has been a pedagogical breakthrough from a traditional method to a more modern approach to teaching and learning, from class to Zoom, from personal to virtual, from seminars to webinars. Around the world, the entire education system, from primary to tertiary, was destroyed during the isolation of the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The pandemic has prompted a re-examination of the main points of online learning in education, as well as how existing educational resources can help transform formal education online through virtual classrooms and other online resources. The process of online teaching-learning modes is perceived by teachers and students in different ways, sometimes causing difficulties and controversy in the effectiveness of their use.
ADAPTATION OF MODERN INFORMATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES TO TEACHING OF PHYSCOLLOID CHEMISTRY
Authors: Zozulinets D.N. , Chernega G.V. , Samelyuk Yu.G. , Pryakhin O.R. , Kaplausheno A.G.
Published: November 2020

Adaptation of modern informational and educational technologies to the educational process in universities is a characteristic feature of a pedagogical science and its important component. Interactive computer models and innovative technologies are now widely used to promote cognitive learning activity of students at almost all departments of the university. Currently, the role of the media and informational environment, especially the Internet is steadily increasing. Among the undeniable advantages of the latest information technologies is providing the constant access to complete, up-to-date information in electronic format, the options to save data, to use them repeatedly. However, there is also a dark side of this issue. It may be difficult for students to navigate though a flux of multifaceted information, especially for the first and the second-year students when preparing to practical classes as they have not been taught to prioritize and to define the scope of the information they really need within the scope of the curriculum. This article is to analyze the ways of students’ adaptation to media and information technologies in the course of their university disciplines. This analysis was based on investigating the relevant reports of the conferences, reference literature, methodological guidelines as well as the experience of our department in delivering the course for the last period.
IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTANCE TRAINING IN QUARANTINE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY OF IVANO FRANKIVSK NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Authors: Lisetskaya I.S. , Kovalishin A.Yu.
Published: November 2020

Mankind has encountered a previously unknown disease, COVID-19, which has changed and caused a major disruption in nearly all spheres of human life. The COVID pandemic has had a tremendous impact on education, and medical education in particular. In quarantine conditions, distance learning was the only possible option to continue the professional medical training. The educators and education authorities faced a number of issues to be solved immediately including the organization of the course content and delivery for online synchronous and asynchronous format, the improvement of computer operating skills, the stimulation of students’ independent cognitive activity, creativity, nurtures self-awareness, independence and responsibility, etc. Ever-increasing amount of information, rapid progression of communication technologies and online tool applications in recent decades has created a strong ground for overcoming challenges caused by the pandemic. Practical classes on paediatric therapeutic dentistry were conducted in the format of an online conference via the Microsoft Teams program (groups, course schedule were created in advance). Microsoft Teams is a team centre of Office 365 that is a simplified version of learning management systems, but allows the learning team to communicate and share files. The program is convenient as it enables to create conventional work environment, including chat for discussion, file sharing and corporate programs. Students are supplied with instructional materials, guidelines; there has been elaborated the system of the tests for the themes of the discipline to check up students’ knowledge; educators give prompt feedback and grade student’s work. During the online lesson, educators discuss the main issues of a theme, explain the unclear or disputable points, using pre-loaded materials as presentations, videos, photos, radiographs and orthopantomograms that helps to facilitate the material comprehension. Practical training, which includes dealing with patients, improving manual and communication skills, is among the top priorities for dental students. To solve this problem associated with the remote learning, the department staff elaborated situational tasks and algorithms for performing practical skills. Distance learning can be and must be organized as a purposeful process of interaction between educators and students based on applying the latest information and technologies, adequate control and guidance that allows medical educational settings not to stop fostering future healthcare professionals in the pandemic period.
CLINICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NEUROSONOGRAPHIC CHANGES DETECTED IN DYNAMICS IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL CHLAMIDIA INFECTION
Authors: Fesenko M. Yе. , Shaposhnikiva N. V. , Fastovets M. M. , Zhuk L. A. , Kalyuzhka O.O.
Published: November 2020

Introduction. The problem of congenital chlamydial infection is still remaining relevant due to the difficulties in its diagnosis and peculiarities of the course. The aim of this study was to clarify the dynamics of the severity and nature of the affection of the central nervous system in the case of congenital chlamydial infection. Materials and methods. 103 newborns were examined. Catamnestic observations were performed during a year. Specific diagnosis was made by polymerase chain reaction with the detection of chlamydia DNA in the blood serum of newborns. The main group included 80 children; the second control group consisted of 23 healthy children. The group III involved 36 children assessed as having satisfactory health status at birth, whose mothers had Chlamydia infection. Results and discussion. Analysis of the results showed that visceral forms with congenital chlamydial pneumonia were diagnosed in almost 50% of newborns; localized forms (congenital conjunctivitis) were diagnosed in 7.5% of children. 45% of newborns of the main group had no clinical signs of the disease. Neurosonography was performed in dynamics. It demonstrated that lenticular vasculopathy, areas of increased echogenicity, thickening of the ventricular walls, both alone and in combination were found only in the children of the main group and could be regarded as markers of intrauterine infection. Neurosonographic examination during the 1 year of life of the children in the main group indicated the presence of pathological changes. In the children of the control group markers of intrauterine infection were not detected. Thus, the obtained neurosonographic data confirm the long-term and damaging effects of chlamidia infection in the children of the main group. Conclusion. Pathological changes detected by neurosonography persisted during the first year of life and correlated with the formation of stato-kinetic developmental delay, muscular dystonia syndrome, and cerebral palsy in children.
DYNAMICS OF SOUND PRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD OF ADAPTION TO FULL REMOVABLE DENTURES
Authors: Nidzelsky M.Ya. , Tsvetkova N.V.
Published: November 2020

Introduction. One of the most important social tasks is the protection and strengthening of people's health. In the modern world, there is a tendency towards an aging population that leads to an overall increase in disease and mortality. This situation is also directly associated with the deterioration of the oral health status of the population that leads to an increase in the number of patients with dentition defects. Especially marked morphological, functional and aesthetic changes in the maxillofacial region are due to anodontia. In dental practice, anodontia is usually corrected with complete removable dentures, and production of correct speech sounds is one of the main tasks when manufacturing and placing complete removable dentures. The purpose of this study was to investigate the peculiarities of the speech adaptation in patients wearing full removable dentures. Materials and methods. 2 groups of patients were created: the group A included patients having no dentition defects, and the group B, which involved patients with complete secondary adentia. The studies were carried out using the method of sound computer spectrography before prosthetic correction, immediately after the fixation of a complete removable denture, after in 3, 7, 30 days. Results and discussion. The method of sound computer spectrography enabled us to record the sound speech production in Ukrainian language by patients before prosthetic correction and during adaptation to the complete removable denture. The obtained graphs demonstrate qualitative differences between the sound production by the individuals having no dentition defects (control) and by the patients with complete secondary adentia. The graphs also demonstrate certain dynamic patterns of acoustic processes during the first 30 days of wearing the complete removable denture. Conclusion. Thus, the complete anodontia significantly reduces the force and clearness of most vowels. At the beginning of wearing the complete removable denture, usually in 3 days, the force of sounds [o], [u] and the sound frequency of [a], [o] are restored. Following the temporary deviation from the norm, the frequency and force of vowels are usually restored in 30 days.
Wolność wypowiedzi i wolność wyznania w kolizji ze skutkiem śmiertelnym. Uwagi wybrane na kanwie wyroku ETPC z dnia 5 grudnia 2019 r. w sprawie Tagiyev i Huseynov v. Azerbejdżan
Authors: Jaskuła Lidia Katarzyna
Published: November 2020

Sprawa Tagiyev i Huseynov v. Azerbejdżan jest punktem wyjścia, by po raz kolejny przyjrzeć się kolizyjności wolności wypowiedzi i wolności wyznania. Zagadnienie nie jest czysto teoretyczne, a jego skutki mogą być tragiczne i nie dotyczą wyłącznie Azerbejdżanu. ETPC od kilkudziesięciu lat tworzy standardy orzekania w podobnych sprawach. Artykuł jest próbą ich zaprezentowania i zwrócenia uwagi na punkty kluczowe w procesie ważenia obu wolności oraz decydowania przez Trybunał,której z wolności dać pierwszeństwo. To prowadzi do decyzji, czy ingerencja państwa była uzasadniona i czy Konwencja została naruszona. Autorka stoi na stanowisku, że wraz z rozwojem nowoczesnych mediów o zasięgu globalnym i radykalizacji rozpowszechnianych w przestrzeni publicznej poglądów i przekonań przedstawicieli różnych grup społecznych do kolizji wolności wypowiedzi i wolności wyznania będzie dochodzić coraz częściej. ETPC proponuje w orzeczeniach konkretne wskazówki, jak w takich sprawach orzekać.
Impact? Outcome? Output? Ein Beitrag zur Entwirrung der Wirkungskonfusion
Authors: Müller Urs , Wilhelm Sandra
Published: November 2020

Impact? Outcome? Output? Ein Beitrag zur Entwirrung der Wirkungskonfusion

Die Frage nach der Wirkung von Projekten ist allgegenwärtig, Wirkungsevaluationen boomen. Meist beschränken sich die Evaluationen jedoch auf vergleichsweise einfach quantifizierbare Leistungen wie die Anzahl von Besuchenden, Nutzerkennzahlen eines Angebots oder die «Markenbekanntheit» von Kampagnenslogans. Eigentliche Wirkungsevaluationen im Sinne der Erhebung erreichter Veränderungen sind ausserhalb von Forschungsprojekten selten. Grund dafür sind hauptsächlich Konfusionen rund um die Terminologien und Bedenken gegenüber dem Nutzen der Wirkungsevaluationen. Im Dialog mit Vertreterinnen und Vertretern von Förderinstitutionen und Akteuren der Projektpraxis haben wir ausgehend vom etablierten Input-Output-Outcome-Impact-Wirkungsmodell einen pragmatischen Ansatz entwickelt, der die Wirkungskonfusion entwirrt und Wirkungsevaluationen konstruktiv gestalten lässt. Der Ansatz ist seit 2017 in 10 Workshops der Stiftung Mercator Schweiz mit insgesamt 64 Projektbeteiligten und in diversen weiteren Coachings, Workshops und Weiterbildungen getestet und evaluiert worden. Kerngedanke des Ansatzes ist, dass bei der Verwendung von Wirkungsmodellen ein «Turnaround» von der Wirkungsevaluation hin zur Wirkungsorientierung vollzogen werden muss. Um dies leisten zu können, wurden die Begriffe dahingehend geschärft, dass Outcomes konsequent die direkten Wirkungen eines Projekts bezeichnen, während Impacts die indirekten, ausserhalb des Einflussbereichs eines Projekts stehenden Wirkungen umfassen. Wirkungsevaluationen können in der Folge pragmatisch, aussagekräftig und formativ durchgeführt werden. Denn für den Nachweis der direkten Wirkung eines Projekts kann primär auf den Grad der Erreichung der Outcome-Zielsetzungen fokussiert werden. Aufgrund unserer Erfahrungen sind wir überzeugt, dass die entwickelte Interpretation des Wirkungsmodells eine wirkungsorientierte Haltung fördert und dadurch einen Mehrwert sowohl für Projektleitende wie auch für die Förderinstitutionen darstellt.
Factores asociados a la malnutrición de niños y niñas menores de cinco años
Authors: Natalia Yannina Narváez Tarupi
Published: November 2020

El presente trabajo se apoyó en distintas investigaciones, paracomprender la problemática del tema de malnutrición, cuyos rangosson altos en todo el mundo y los riesgos fatales que conlleva esteproblema en menores de cinco años de edad. Es evidente la falta deatención a la nutrición escolar, por inobservancia e incumplimientode las políticas públicas que atienden los temas de salud, para estesector de la población ecuatoriana particularmente. La salud y laeducación de los niños y niñas del Centro Educativo ‘Shiny Kids’ sonresponsabilidad de padres, docentes y Ministerio de Salud, razón por lacual es fundamental alertar sobre las consecuencias de su desatención.
Inclusión de estudiantes con déficit cognitivo: casos en el grado segundo de la Institución Educativa Municipal Ciudad de Pasto
Authors: Ana Ituyan Ruano  , Luz Rodríguez Erazo  , María Tabla Hernández  , Alexis Uscátegui Narváez
Published: November 2020

El trabajo analiza las estrategias utilizadas por los docentes del gradosegundo de la Institución Educativa Municipal Ciudad de Pasto yreflexiona en cuanto a cómo dichas alternativas inciden en los procesosde aprendizaje de los estudiantes que presentan algún déficit cognitivo.Para ello se hizo una identificación de los tipos de déficit de losestudiantes para luego buscar los recursos y estrategias necesarias quecontribuyan a mejorar el aprendizaje. Igualmente, se observó cómo esasestrategias permitían la integración de esta población dentro de lainstitución y, finalmente, se implementó una propuesta didáctica quefortalezca dichos procesos y permita crear vínculos socio afectivos entrelos compañeros, para optimizar la integración.
Uscátegui, Alexis. Oblación a la pureza. La poesía de Mario Eraso Belalcázar. Bogotá: Destiempo, 2019, 131 pp.
Authors: Yesid Niño Arteaga
Published: November 2020

Como el mismo autor lo convoca, Oblación a la pureza es un libro sobre unescritor nariñense que busca visibilizar la literatura y la crítica literariaque se conjura en esta región de Colombia. Centrándose en dar aperturaa un minucioso análisis literario sobre la obra del poeta Mario ErasoBelalcázar y tras develar que se trata de un escritor con amplia trayectorialiteraria, el autor intenta responder a la pregunta: ¿Por qué no se hareconocido con amplitud el trabajo literario de Eraso Belalcázar? En esesentido, quizás parte de la intencionalidad del libro gira en trazarposibles respuestas a lo siguiente: ¿es posible que la creación poéticapueda transitar un camino extraño, a veces retrato de fantasma o espectroen el desierto, para volverse verdadera poesía?
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Authors: Edith Consuelo López Imbacuán  , Adriana Paola Vera Hernández  , Luz Elida Vera Hernández  , Ramiro Ruales Jurado
Published: November 2020

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La representación del habla en Misales, de Marosa di Giorgio
Authors: Edison Duván Avalos Florez
Published: November 2020

La crítica ha concebido la voz narrativa de Misales como un agente potenciador del caos que deconstruye el discurso literario. Este trabajo proponer entender esa voz como una manifestación del habla, una liberación de toda normativa lingüística, un ejercicio representativo que crea la apariencia de espontaneidad e improvisación. Para ello, se analizan cuatro características del habla que se evidencian con regularidad en la prosa de Marosa di Giorgio: el lapsus, lo no mencionado, la intervención de los enunciados y el titubeo o la vacilación.
La práctica pedagógica: una reflexión propia de crecimiento vocacional
Authors: Daniela Alejandra Tenganan
Published: November 2020

El presente trabajo destaca la práctica pedagógica como una reflexión propia para cada docente en su labor como formador, crítico, analítico, reflexivo, responsable, investigador, capaz de generar una transformación de la realidad, buscando vincular la teoría y la práctica desde su aplicación, enfrentando las diferentes realidades que manifiestan los estudiantes dentro y fuera del aula, reconociendo el entorno con gran vitalidad, para llevar a cabo variadas estrategias que permitan mejorar su convivencia escolar, fortalecer los valores, enriquecer sus saberes y demostrar la importancia que tiene la educación para sus vidas en el presente y en el futuro.
Pensamiento crítico: el docente revela cábalas submarinas
Authors: Alexis Uscátegui Narváez
Published: November 2020

Entre los siglos XVI y XX, Montaigne, Molière, Voltaire y Rilke se confinaron en sus castillos por largos periodos para estar aislados de la sociedad; fue una suerte de retiro a manera de ritual que les permitió escribir potentes pensamientos filosóficos y poéticos
Entretejiendo heurísticas alrededor de la resolución de problemas mediante el método de Polya
Authors: Judy Arley Duarte Melo  , María Victoria Villacrez Oliva
Published: November 2020

La resolución de problemas, como metodología, competencias,enfoque, es una situación presente en la vida escolar y cotidiana detodo ser humano. Es una dimensión que implica el desarrollo dehabilidades y conocimientos para dar cuenta del cálculo, la resolución ytodo un conjunto de procesos matemáticos. Este proceso investigativobuscó caracterizar las habilidades y procedimientos matemáticos enresolución; a partir de ello, diseñar una propuesta pedagógica quefortalezca el pensamiento matemático y determinar su incidenciaal implementar algunas estrategias heurísticas en la resolución deproblemas.
EDUCATION, MIGRATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - PERSPECTIVES OF AGENDA 2030
Authors: Buzov Ivanka
Published: November 2020

Global development programs from Agenda 21 (1992) to Agenda 2030 (2015) inevitably promote the importance of education for all, ie they call for equality in access to educational resources. Recognizing the reality of the emergence of a growing category of “mobile population” in the world and the challenges of regular and new migration, for the first time the current Agenda emphasizes the commitment to migration. In this context, it is challenging to monitor the links between migration issues and the highlighted objectives of the Agenda, with a particular focus on sustainable development goal 4 (SDG 4) relating to quality education. Its targets as well as the objectives of the Agenda relating to poverty reduction, the right to employment and decent work (SDG 8), access to justice for all (SDG 16), and the strengthening of the global partnership (SDG 17) primarily imply access to educational resources for all. By promoting the thesis of education as an “enabling right” which, in addition to supporting opportunities for personal development and integration, can also be a driving force for global sustainable development, education is seen as a generator of sustainable development and knowledge society. In the context of the situation of migrants it supports the protection and security of acquired knowledge, prevents the risk of exclusion, ie contributes to their empowerment for sustainable life in the community.
GO THE DISTANCE OR KEEP YOUR DISTANCE? CHALLENGES FOR THE EMERGENCY REMOTE EDUCATION IN A BRAZILIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Authors: Avelar Maira , Watarai Felipe
Published: November 2020

In this paper, we discuss the impacts of the pandemic generated by COVID-19 on Brazilian Higher Education, specifically at a State University of Bahia, Brazil. To do so, we present a brief contextualization of the progress of the pandemic in Brazil, in the state of Bahia and in the region where the University is located. We also present the laws and regulations elaborated by different governmental bodies, especially the Ministry of Education, for the continuation of classes, in face-to-face undergraduate courses, by remote means. Despite the initial emphasis of these regulations on the use of Digital Information and Communication Technologies, later there was a flexibility regarding the means for offering the remote classes. As for the case of the University discussed here, the continuation of undergraduate courses’ classes interrupted by the pandemic, via the Emergency Remote Education, was approved on July 9th. We focus specifically on the outline of the student digital inclusion program, which provides scholarships for the acquisition of equipment, internet services and transportation. The results show that the resources allocated to this plan are insufficient, given the socioeconomic low-profile of the students. In addition, many of them live in locations with insufficient or no internet available, as well as are working and/or taking care of people full-time during the pandemic. Thus, the guarantee of access of students to the Emergency Remote Education, as well as the quality of this Education, may not be ensured through this plan.
POSITIVE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING CREATIVITY AND CRITICAL THINKING
Authors: Jonášková Gabriela , Predanocyová Ľubica
Published: November 2020

The formation of a person's personality in his intellectual and moral improvement, the expansion of his independence, creativity and critical thinking is possible within his participation in the educational process. In the conditions of the Slovak Republic, the subject of civics plays an important role in this process. The aim of the paper is to point out the topicality of the researched problem and to present the given issue as a means of increasing the professional competencies of teachers in the field of development of critical and creative thinking of students. In this article, we pay attention to one of the innovative forms of learning, dialogue. As part of the APVV project Practice in the centre of the subject field didactics, subject field didactics in the centre of preparation for practice we used pedagogical diaries and video recordings from the pedagogical practice of teacher education students in the 1st - 2nd year of master's degree in civics at primary and secondary schools.
THE PERCEPTIONS OF ISRAELI TEACHERS TOWARDS PISA- INTERNATIONAL TEST
Authors: Zamir Sara , Cohen-Azaria Yael
Published: November 2020

PISA test is a comparative international large-scale test which was founded and edited by OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). This test measures the achievements of pupils aged 15 in approximately 80 countries worldwide. This study examined the perceptions of teachers in Israel towards PISA. The study have found that many teachers are ignorant of the nature and objectives of PISA. It is evident that the teachers are outside the circle of action associated with PISA. Hence, the main conclusion of the study is that all interested parties, academics, teachers and administrators alike, must operate in reciprocity in order to shape the future character of the education system's graduate. This will not only change the Israeli education system's achievements but also may improve the face of future society.
WORK-BASED LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION: EXPERIENCE AND CHALLENGES OF LEARNERS, WORKPLACES AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Authors: Roosipõld Anne , Loogma Krista , Kurvits Mare , Murtazin Kristina
Published: November 2020

In recent years, providing higher education in the form of work-based learning has become more important in the higher education (HE) policy and practice almost in all EU countries. Work-based learning (WBL) in HE should support the development of competences of self-guided learners and adjust the university education better to the needs of the workplace. The study is based on two pilot projects of WBL in HE in Estonia: Tourism and Restaurant Management professional HE programme and the master’s programme in Business Information Technology. The model of integrative pedagogy, based on the social-constructivist learning theory, is taken as a theoretical foundation for the study. A qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews with the target groups. The data analysis used a horizontal analysis to find cross-cutting themes and identify patterns of actions and connections. It appears, that the challenge for HE is to create better cooperation among stakeholders; the challenge for workplaces is connected with better involvement of students; the challenge for students is to take more initiative and responsibility in communication with workplaces.
THE USE OF LOCATIVE DEIXIS FROM A COGNITVE-LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE: A CROSS-CULTURAL MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS
Authors: Avelar Maira
Published: November 2020

For structuring spatial relations, Brazilian Portuguese has four basic deictic forms: “aqui” (nearer to the speaker), “aí” (nearer to the addressee), “ali” (near to both speaker and addressee), and “lá” (distal from both speaker and addressee), whereas American English has a two-way distinction, linguistically expressed by “here” (near to the speaker) and “there” (distal from both the speaker and the hearer). Considering these differences, we aim at investigating how manual gestures operate along with speech, to point out to referents both located in the immediate interactional scene, the Ground [1], and projected in a non-immediate scene, narrated by the speaker. To do so, we collected 60 videos [2], 10 for each deictic, from late-night talk shows broadcasted in Brazilian, as well as in American TV broadcasts. As we carried out a gestural form and function analysis, the Linguistic Annotation System for Gestures [3], was adopted, which provided categorization tools to describe and analyze the verbo-gestural compounds encompassing locative deictic expressions both in American English and in Brazilian Portuguese. Results from both languages data samples support the hypothesis that the most frequent gestures that go along with the verbally uttered deictic expression is the pointing gesture. However, Brazilian Portuguese speakers predominantly use Pointing with Index Finger, associated to more prototypical deictic uses [4]. On the other hand, American English speakers mostly use Pointing with Open Hand, which is more associated to abstract ideas related to the conversational topic [4]. Considering gesture functions, it was also supported the hypothesis that referential function was predominant in both data samples. However, when the referential function was divided into concrete and abstract, Brazilian Portuguese shows a predominance of abstract deictic [5] uses, locating objects or entities in the imagined narrative scene. American English shows a predominance of concrete referential uses, locating objects or entities on the immediate scene. Finally, when the use of the verbo-gestural compounds is related to the ICM of Deixis [6], the comparison between Brazilian Portuguese and American English datasets indicates a cognitive resemblance between both languages, even though the deictic spatial relations are linguistically established in different ways on the same discursive genre.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMPLEX STUDY ON ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY OF USNEA BARBATA (L.) F.H.WIGG.
Authors: Popovici Violeta , Bucur Laura , Vochita Gabriela , Badea Victoria , Badea Florin-Ciprian
Published: November 2020

Usnea barbata (L.)F.H.Wigg. - known as “old man’s beard”, “tree moss”, “songluo” is a lichen in the family Parmeliaceae, genus Usnea. Usnea species have recorded history of therapeutic use dating back over three thousand years in Chinese medicine. The lichen secondary metabolites have shown an impressive range of biological proprieties, including antibiotic, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, or anticancer activities. In this study, the antitumor activity of Usnea barbata extract was evaluated by observing the morphological changes on squamous cells carcinoma cell-line CAL 27 (ATCC® CRL-2095 ™) in contact with different concentrations of extract, ranged between 12.5–400 μg/mL. The results obtained were quantified by the intensity of morphological changes of the tumor cells after 24 hours of contact. The most significant activity were recorded for 400 μg/mL extract. This study shows that Usnea barbata (L.)F.H.Wigg. extract has antitumor activity. The analysis of the obtained results showed that the cytotoxicity of lichen extract on CAL 27 tumor cells is directly related to the concentration of the applied solution.
I, THE WIFE’S CARER. MEN FROM THE TRADITIONALISTS/SILENT GENERATION ON THEIR (NEW) IDENTITY
Authors: Rosochacka-Gmitrzak Magdalena
Published: November 2020

Despite transformations of culture of ageing taking place and pinpointing lesser trivialization of ageing, in many CEE countries and globally, further-reaching approach to ageing experiences and meanings attributed by individuals of either gender have not come of age. Neither has it gained enough attention to cause a significant change towards truly inclusive perspectives or practices. This problem applies to men remaining to a certain extent imperceptible as prime caregivers to their chronically ill wives or partners.. By desk research, own research interpretation and literature review, the paper addressed men caregivers identity. Findings suggest the identity to be shaped by a relationship, and its story, with caregiven wife, identity spoiling as a result of stigma associated with caregiving experience and low social recognition of it. The study recognizes matters to be further assessed and may lay foundations for new directions. It also translates onto gerontological practice by recognizing factors which may assist caregiving professionals and possibly policy makers in better addressing the needs of caregiving individuals.
TURNING FARMERS INTO SOCIAL FARMER ENTREPRENEURS FOR DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE
Authors: Runcan Remus
Published: November 2020

According to Romania’s National Rural Development Programme, the socio-economic situation of the rural environment has a large number of weaknesses – among which low access to financial resources for small entrepreneurs and new business initiatives in rural areas and poorly developed entrepreneurial culture, characterized by a lack of basic managerial knowledge – but also a large number of opportunities – among which access of the rural population to lifelong learning and entrepreneurial skills development programmes and entrepreneurs’ access to financial instruments. The population in rural areas depends mainly on agricultural activities which give them subsistence living conditions. The gap between rural and urban areas is due to low income levels and employment rates, hence the need to obtain additional income for the population employed in subsistence and semi-subsistence farming, especially in the context of the depopulation trend. At the same time, the need to stimulate entrepreneurship in rural areas is high and is at a resonance with the need to increase the potential of rural communities from the perspective of landscape, culture, traditional activities and local resources. A solution could be to turn vegetal and / or animal farms into social farms – farms on which people with disabilities (but also adolescents and young people with anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicide, and alexithymia issues) might find a “foster” family, bed and meals in a natural, healthy environment, and share the farm’s activities with the farmer and the farmer’s family: “committing to a regular day / days and times for a mutually agreed period involves complying with any required health and safety practices (including use of protective clothing and equipment), engaging socially with the farm family members and other people working on and around the farm, and taking on tasks which would include working on the land, taking care of animals, or helping out with maintenance and other physical work”
EXTENDED OF THE AUDIT: AUDIT OF SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS
Authors: Reizinger-Ducsai Anita
Published: November 2020

A concomitant of the corporate integration of sustainable development is that companies even make public reports about their relevant activity via communication channels, as they expect to see some short or long-term competitive advantages. This thesis focuses on the content and the audit of sustainability reports. Assessing the information content of these reports and trying to figure out if the producers of these reports can actually be considered socially responsible. The thesis gets a nearer view of the quality of the audit, based on the stakeholders’ preferences. The basis of the dissertation was the sustainability and corporate governance reports of the companies listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange. The research has led to prove that the audit of sustainability reports has an increasing relevance among the stakeholders, even though its audit cannot lead to reasonable certainty on the account of the complexity of the used data and the subjectivity of the opinions. Having analysed the sustainability reports published in Hungary, as a conclusion the audit of sustainability reports create value. It creates value, since reliable and authentic data are more likely to be integrated in corporate decisions. No sustainability results can be achieved without a reliable reporting system, which also has a multiplier effect. The external stakeholders, including primarily investors and analysis experts can rise to a higher level of trust and make better decisions in line with the company, in so far as they can have access to an audited sustainability report, along with the audited financial statement.
ADEQUACY OF DISABILITY PENSION SYSTEM IN LATVIA
Authors: Rajevska Olga
Published: November 2020

The author analyzes the performance of the disability pension system in Latvia in order to assess the ability of the system to perform its main function: to prevent poverty among people with disabilities. It has been found that the system does not meet the criteria of adequacy and the causes of problem have been addressed. In the analysis, the author uses statistical data from Eurostat and the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia, Mutual Information System on Social Protection (MISSOC) database, as well as considers statutory regulations. Particular attention is paid to such an element of the pension system as statutory minimum pension amount as a key tool aimed at ensuring the adequacy of the social protection of people with disabilities. Additionally, the author provides a comparative analysis of minimum disability pension provisions in the EU member states. Since the systems of old-age pensions and disability pensions in Latvia are closely connected, the author emphases the importance of the improvement of the adequacy of disability pensions in achieving more adequate old-age pensions.
COMPETITION FOR EAST ASIA – BALANCING STRATEGIES OF THE USA AGAINST CHINA
Authors: Mezei Attila
Published: November 2020

China has been a rising power in East Asia for decades. The end of the Cold War and the increasing effects of globalization brought the country in the forefront of attention on the international scene. The economic importance of the East Asian giant cannot be denied. Its economic power has been translating into a powerful tool to upset the balance of power tremendously. China has been expanding its influence around the globe and challenging the status quo more than ever before. The United States, the strongest state in the current international system has to pay attention to the increasingly assertive China. The USA uses several strategies to mitigate the threat China poses to the world order that the USA built. The structural forces of the international system, the Covid-19 pandemic, and American domestic politics make the threat of rising China more challenging. In my paper, I try to identify the balancing strategies of the United States in the 21st century against China. In my opinion, the application of neoclassical realist school of international relations can foreshadow the possible paths of the conflict. The United States of America has to use a wide variety of balancing strategies in order to counter the threat. A heavier reliance on allies is inevitable for the United States if it wants to contain the increasing influence of China around the globe. The USA should increase its hard-, soft-, and asymmetrical balancing methods mixed with smart power strategies to remain on the top of the international system. In my opinion, the showdown between China and the United States of America will be inevitable in the medium term. If the USA uses its position right, the peaceful containment of Chinese ambitions is possible. The successes of the above-mentioned strategies will decide how the competition of these two countries shape the international relations in the coming decades.
THE RISE OF NEW POLITICAL PARTIES. A NICE STORY OR A STRONG FUTURE?
Authors: Zanoschi Emanuel-Ionuț
Published: November 2020

The current political scene is undergoing visible and often incomprehensible changes for the average person. The rise of new political forces is a topical issue, especially in the context of an ideological reconfiguration. Even if it is possible to play in a vast history, where ideological directions can be given, a specialist can observe that in several ocasions the political parties go beyond their own ideological boundaries to attract more voters and retain power. There are a number of new political forces, built on the fight against corruption and the anti-system in several states of the European Union. They often do not have a clear ideology, consisting of a wide range of members who do not share the principles of a common ideology. Some emerged in response to the populist danger that seemed to grip the European Union ahead of the European Parliament elections on May 26, 2019. Is it a closed path or are we preparing for a new paradigm in shaping political ideologies? I will try to give an answer in this article by going on a case study in Romania, regarding the last configurations of political parties. Is there a need to have a clear ideology, doctrine or the voters need to have a simple set of principles to support?
Rising Staple Prices and Food Insecurity: The Case of the Mexican Tortilla
Authors: Bohorquez-Penuela Camilo , Urbina-Ramirez Mariana
Published: November 2020

We study the relationship between rising prices of tortillas---the Mexican staple par excellence---and household food insecurity between 2008 and 2014, a period in which global food prices experienced dramatic increases. The use of a unique combination of household-level data and official state-level information on prices allows us exploit signi cant variation in prices across the Mexican states. Since households cannot be tracked across time, we follow Deaton (1985) by constructing a series of pseudo-panels to control for time- invariant unobserved heterogeneity and measurement error. The regression estimates suggest that increasing tortilla prices affected food insecurity rates in Mexico. More speci cally, households with children or those in the second or third income quintile are more likely to be affected.
Giving Combination of Alkaline Water and Organic Calcium Sources Towards Liver Health Indicators in Broiler Chicken
Authors: Pasaribu Mawan , Yunianto Vitus Dwi , Wahyono Fajar , Sukamto Bambang , Krismiyanto Lilik
Published: November 2020

The purpose of this study was to determine the liver health in broiler chickens which were fed with additional organic calcium sources combined with alkaline water. The material used was 240 broilers with an average body weight of 195.25 ± 6.85 g. The study used a completely randomized design with a 2x3 factorial pattern, the first factor was 3 levels of alkaline water, namely 0% (A1), 10 mL (A2) and 20 mL. (A3), and the second factor is 2 levels of organic calcium sources, namely eggshell flour (B1) and shellfish (B2). Each treatment was repeated 4 times, each filled with 7 heads. Parameters measured were serum glutamate okasaloacetate transminase (SGOT), serum glutamate pyruvate transminase (SGPT) and relative liver weight. The results showed that the combination of alkaline water and organic calcium sources showed an interaction with SGOT, while the relative weight of the liver and SGPT had no interaction. The conclusion is that the combination of alkaline water levels up to 20 mL and organic calcium sources (eggshell and shellfish flour) is not harmful to broiler liver.Keywords: alkaline water, broiler chickens, liver indicators and sources of calcium
At the Intersection of Gogol and Sovetskaya. Problems of Historical Policy in the Republic of Belarus, 2000-2020
Authors: KRUTIKOV Anton
Published: November 2020

For decades, the historical policy in the Republic of Belarus was widely used by the power elites to create new objects of historical memory, new national myths and cultural symbols consolidating the society. Frequent change of historical paradigms, situativity of the Belarusian leadership’s historical policy greatly contributed to the accumulation of crisis potential. After the presidential elections in 2020, the political and cultural schism that had been developing within the society of post-Soviet Belarus for years changed its localization and spread to streets and squares instead of round tables and scientific conferences.
Integration within the European Union: is Iberolux Possible?
Authors: YAKOVLEVA Nailya
Published: November 2020

Recently, an idea of creating a smaller integration group within the main integration union of the planet - the European Union - has been crystallizing. This is about integrating two countries of the Iberian Peninsula – Spain and Portugal. Their relations have gained "cruising speed" and have improved so much that the eventual association has even been named Iberolux, by analogy with Benelux. While this is only an idea, there is evidence that a new Iberian integration community within the EU may emerge in the future. Despite numerous challenges and risks that can hinder the realization of this prospect and complicate the Spanish-Portuguese dialogue, the emerging phenomenon of intra-Iberian integration is of obvious interest, especially against the backdrop of the crisis trends in the European Union.
Covid-19 and the World Economy
Authors: KONDRATEV Vladimir
Published: November 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact on the global economy. All the world's largest countries and all major industries and services have been affected by the crisis. The article discusses the specific facts of the crisis and the problems arising from quarantines, production stoppages, disruptions in the supply of goods and services, as well as the prospects for restoring economic ties between industries and economies.
Аналіз основних методологічних засад, закладених у проєкт доктрини зі скритого управління військами (силами)
Authors: Кримець Л. В. , Бойченко О. С. , Кримець Б. В.
Published: November 2020

Метою статті є аналізу основних методологічних засад, закладених у проєкт Доктрини зі скритого управління військами (силами), розроблений робочою групою офіцерів Житомирського військового інституту імені С. П. Корольова спільно із Центральним управлінням охорони державної таємниці та захисту інформації Генерального штабу Збройних Сил України. Ця Доктрина є системою поглядів на порядок організації, забезпечення та контролю стану скритого управління військами (силами) під час застосування сил оборони та їх підготовки до застосування. Документ ґрунтується на досвіді управління військами (силами) під час навчань і мобілізаційних заходів, під час застосування підрозділів охорони державної таємниці та захисту інформації в процесі проведення антитерористичної операції (операції Об’єднаних сил) на сході України, а також ураховує світовий досвід ведення воєнних дій у воєнних конфліктах та досвід країн – членів і партнерів НАТО.
PENGARUH TINGKAT STRES TERHADAP MEKANISME KOPING PASIEN KANKER BERBASIS MANAJEMEN TERAPI KANKER
Authors: Werdani Yesiana Dwi Wahyu
Published: November 2020

The management of cancer therapy is useful to improve the survival of cancer patients, but it has a physical impact on various functions of the body's organs. It can lead to stress and affect individual coping mechanisms. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of stress levels on coping mechanisms of cancer patients based on cancer therapeutic management. This study used a mix method design and sequential explanatory approach. The population was cancer patients at the Indonesian Cancer Foundation, East Java Branch, Surabaya. The number of sample were 32 patients taken by total sampling method. The instrument used perceived stress scale and coping strategies inventory short form. The result of ordinal regression test and nagelkerle's pseudo R-Square in chemotherapy group 0.013 and R 0.621, in radiation group 0.016 and R 0.597, in chemoradiotherapy group 0.010 and R 0.737. It means that stress levels has a significant effect on individual coping mechanisms in all cancer therapeutic management groups. On the qualitative results showed that stress and maladaptive coping mechanisms caused by side effects of therapy, financial, relationships with caregiver was less harmonious, less able to think positively. The complexity of therapeutic stressors and the presence of poorly managed of external factors made respondents more likely to have maladaptive coping mechanisms.
NEUROMUSCULAR TAPING TEKNIK KOMPRESI MENINGKATKAN EXPLOSIVE POWER DAN MAXIMUM SPEED LARI 100 METER
Authors: Utami Tri Setyo , Purwanto Bambang , Mintarto Edy
Published: November 2020

Sprint 100 meter that has sprint phase such as acceleration, maximum speed, and deceleration which can improvement performance in sprinting ability. The aim of this study to showing effect of neuromuscular taping compression technique on explosive power and sprint 100 meter to provide increased muscle functional ability, tendon efficiency, and joint stability by stimulating the nerves. This study is an experimental research field with a pre-test and post-test control group design. Twenty-two samples were selected from the population of East Java sprint athletes based on the consecutive sampling technique which was divided into two groups randomly. Neuromuscular compression technique are given Intervention in the gastrocnemius area on treatment group after pre-test. The explosive power are using tandem vertical jump test measurenment and infared electrics time respectively.The paired sample T-test are showing increases in expolsive power in the gastrocnemius and sprint 100 meter maximum phases (p