bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Zellweger syndrome
Authors: Perera M. N. P. , Rathnayaka P. D. , Jasinge E. A. , Arulmoli S. K.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Answers to picture quiz
Authors: Arasalingam A. , Gunatilake Saman B.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
MRI findings in a patient with upper motor neuron dominant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Authors: Pallewatte A. S. , Gooneratne I. K. , Weeratunga P. , Gamage R.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies
Authors: Dharmakeerthi D. M. W. , Sirisena D.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Growth of an acoustic neuroma
Authors: Gunatilake S. B. , Abeyaratne D. D. K. , Kannangara L. S. , Mudiyanse G.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Picture quiz
Authors: Gunatilake Saman B.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Clinical trials from the past to the present
Authors: Gunatilake Saman B.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
A treatable cause of fasciculations with upper motor signs
Authors: Gooneratne Inuka Kishara , Naido Leena S. , Wimalaratna Sunil
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Answers to neurology quiz
Authors: Caldera Manjula
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Rehabilitation of Neuro-mobility
Authors: Jayatunga Uditha
Published: October 2022

No abstract available
Is testosterone a potential agent for patients with delayed recovery from Guillain-Barre Syndrome?
Authors: Vidanagamage A. S. , Weeratunga L. , Asfir E. L. , Gooneratne K. , Fernando A.
Published: October 2022

Background: Management of some of the patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome is challenging, requiring weeks to months of intensive care and prolonged institutional care. Case report: We report a 32-year-old male with acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) with markedly delayed recovery. He was ventilator dependent and multiple therapeutic interventions were attempted. Other possible contributing factors for delayed recovery were looked into. Co-existing critical illness myopathy and polyneuropathy with low level of serum testosterone were detected. Following replacement of testosterone, he was weaned off from the ventilator within a short period of time after eleven weeks of ventilator dependency and slow recovery of neurological weakness had been achieved resulting in total independency and normal working capacity. Conclusion: Delayed recovery in GBS could be multifactorial. The effects of neuroendocrine changes in a critical illness could alter the expected recovery process. Thus, the role of testosterone in recovery from peripheral nerve injury, as well as in critical illness myopathy needs to be looked into.
The relevance of complete imaging investigations in lymphomatoid papulosis
Authors: Chersi Filippo , Sola Simona , Piccardo Arnoldo , Massone Cesare
Published: October 2022

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Die Beheerfunksie van die Bestuurder
Authors: Nel H. F.B.
Published: October 2022

Effective management control is not a system to ensure that an institution achieves at least its minimum target - it is simply a link in the continuous management cycle of planning, organising, motivating and controlling which renders the institution ever sensitive to an OPTIMAL target and directs it at THAT target. And it is inseparably dependent upon an effective management information system.
Doelstellings in die Suid-Afrikaanse Klerebedryf
Authors: Oosthuizen H.
Published: October 2022

Determining the objective of the enterprise is the most important single aspect that management has to consider. The objective indicates the direction in which the enterprise will operate during its entire life. As such it is of great importance because it means that all activities in the enterprise must aim at achieving this objective.Traditionally, the objective has been depicted as a single aim to maximise profits - what exactly this meant if practice was not always clear. This article is an attempt to describe in more practical terms, with reference to the S.A. Clothing Industry, what the objective of the enterprise really means.
Surveying the Problems Confronting Commerce
Authors: Jacobson W.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available.
Simposium oor Aktuele Onderwerp: Bestuur en die rekenoutomaat
Authors: Nel Herman
Published: October 2022

No abstract available.
Die aard van die persoon wat aan die spits van sake moet staan
Authors: Rupert A. E.
Published: October 2022

No abstract available.
The place of the computer in the organization
Authors: Botha André
Published: October 2022

No abstract available.
Operasionele navorsing in 'n lewensversekerings maatskappy
Authors: Du Plessis H. I.D.
Published: October 2022

The practical application of Operatlons Research in Assurance and Investment is discussed. “What will happen if ......."
Computerized Jobshop Layout Planning
Authors: Zoller K. , Adendorff K.
Published: October 2022

The multitude of feasible arrangements of work centres in a jobshop can be viewed as a finite statistical population. The model presented here uses computer simulation to generate and evaluate samples from this population, with the objective of obtaining some observations from the vicinity of the over-all optimum. The practical importance of layout planning follows from two conditions, viz. the omnipresence of jobshops in industrialized countries 'such as S.A., and the high portion of manufacturing costs which may in these instances be ascribed to materials handling, i.e. directly to the quality of the plant layout. Accordingly, this model was designed to satisfy a very real practical need.
A New Development in Training by Correspondence - Management Training by Teletuition
Authors: Marais Georg
Published: October 2022

No abstract available.
Natuurbewaringsbestuur
Authors: Rupert Anton
Published: October 2022

Modern man has a serious duty to ensure by means of suitable management techniques that the soil and water of our planet with all the forms of life living there, be conserved for future generations. Dr. Anton Rupert here gives a review of the measures taken on national as well as international levels to carry out this obligation.
The Need for and Possibilities of Economic Decentralisation
Authors: Marais Georg
Published: October 2022

Prof. Marais behandel hier die behoefte aan en moontlikhede van ekonomiese desentralisasie.Daar is heelwat weersprekende standpunte oor die vraagstuk gedurende die afgelope tien jaar gestel en die hele aangeleentheid word hier in hersiening geneem.
Olokun en África y en Cuba. Cosmología afrocubana y tradición oral
Authors: Marrero Roberto Garcés
Published: October 2022

En este texto se intenta comprender elementos de la cosmología afrocubana, en particular, la de origen yoruba, a través del análisis de algunos patakí (historias/leyendas) que cuentan la historia de Olokun, la deidad de las profundidades marinas. Para esto se lleva a cabo, en primer lugar, una comparación entre cómo se manifiesta su culto en África y en Cuba, para luego analizar desde un punto de vista fenomenológico los patakí que se conservan en la Isla. Estos patakí fueron recogidos a partir de un trabajo de campo realizado durante varios años en algunas provincias de la región centro-occidental de Cuba. Olokun se revela como una representación de la profundidad, no solo marina, sino psicológica y símbolo de lo que está más allá de lo humano, lo racional y lo comprensible.

[Olokun in Africa and Cuba. Afro-Cuban cosmology and oral tradition

This text tries to understand some elements of the Afro-Cuban ontology that of Yoruba origin, through the analysis of patakí (tales/legends) that tell the story of Olokun, the deity of the deep sea. For this, a comparison is carried out, first, between how their cult is manifested in Africa and in Cuba, to then analyze from a phenomenological point of view the patakí that are preserved on the Island. These patakí were collected from fieldwork carried out over several years in some provinces of the central-western region of Cuba. Olokun, in Cuba, is revealed as a representation of deepness, not only marine, but also psychological and a symbol of what is beyond the human, the rational and the understandable.]
Binary Role Theory and Levels of Role Change in World Politics: When Do Leaders Make a Difference?
Authors: Walker Stephen G.
Published: October 2022

The problem of understanding when and how change happens in world politics is under-conceptualized. One potential source of change for further examination is the relationship between change and the leadership of states and international institutions. The decisions and actions of leaders are an immediate source of both peaceful and violent change. A change of leaders may simply be an endogenous marker for a shift in historical forces that explain change in world politics, or leaders may be indispensable in explaining change at state and systemic levels of analysis. Are leaders the pilots or simply passengers on states caught in the tides of history? Binary role theory offers a coherent account of “role change”specified by the interactions and outcomes between leaders and historical situations, which is a more nuanced “both/and”account than a simple “either/or”answer to this question. The interactions and outcomes that model role change are first presented in the abstract terms of role theory and then illustrated with two case studies of UK-Iran and US-Iran relations.
Power and Narcists – Ideal Types of States Based on Their Sources of National Power, Extraction Capability and Foreign Policy Behaviour
Authors: Filary-Szczepanik Mateusz Z.
Published: October 2022

This paper aims at problematizing this distinction between status quo and revisionist/imperialist states by creating a typology of four kind of states: imperialist, status quo, young and old narcist state. The text will proceed in three sections that: 1) problematises the contemporary realist theorising; 2) reconstructs Morgenthau’s notions of sources of national and political power, ideal types of foreign policy and the character of political community and its interest; 3) presents the four ideal types of states. This typology, based on analyticist metatheory and deeply inspired by Hans Morgenthau’s thought, aims at solving problems with neorealist, and neoclassical realist theorising. Based on such non-positivist metatheory, and thus closer to the classical realist roots, it omits the offensive/defensive neorealist assumption about states motivation. By explicitly combining the three historically bound qualities of states –their sources of national power, extraction capability and foreign policy behaviour it transcends the problems with weak causal linkages between state level variables present in neoclassical realism. Hence, it exemplifies the approach to general theory-building that is practically viable for explicitly exerting normative judgement, also from the perspective non great power state actors – the consistent weakness of mainstream, contemporary realist theorising.
Renewing Realist Constructivism: Does It Have Potential as a Theory of Foreign Policy?
Authors: Michaels Eva
Published: October 2022

This article raises the possibility of de- and reconstructing realist constructivism for the purpose of studying foreign policy, with an emphasis on explaining and forecasting change and continuity. I discuss why Samuel Barkin’s explication of realist constructivism has in my view struggled to take off as an IR perspective and which tenets appear problematic, especially when applying them to foreign policy. I suggest a way of revitalising realist constructivism across three layers of theorising: political ontology, explanatory theory, and praxis. Constructivism’s “open ontology”offers a meeting point with classical realism, together with its (less deterministic and more interpretivist) explanatory approach. Classical realism adds to the third layer with its focus on practice sensibility, including the choices actors make in highly uncertain contexts. Its strong interest in discovering the truth of politics is important here. I argue that such a synthesis, which is informed by Ned Lebow’s conceptualisation of causation as “inefficient”, could be well-suited to unpack the complex reality of foreign policy. I seek to make the case for realist constructivism as a dynamic thinking tool, among others when investigating the effects of material, intersubjective and subjective factors on foreign policy decisions and outcomes. While my propositions can only be sketched here, the goal is to encourage further debate about the value of realist constructivism, which has ebbed since the mid-2000s.
The Foreign Policy of Poland and the Problem of Political Rationale
Authors: Pawłuszko Tomasz
Published: October 2022

The aim of the paper is to use international relations theories to explain the views of Polish elites in the field of foreign policy. The concept of political rationale in foreign policy, introduced by Fred Chernoff, is utilized to achieve this goal. The structure of the text is threefold. The first part introduces the theoretical approach. It is believed that it is possible to derive foreign policy mental maps from leading international relations theories such as realism, liberalism, and constructivism. The second part describes how foreign policy is understood by three groups of Polish elites. The third part compares decision-makers views identified in the second part with the theoretical models developed in the first part. In conclusion, the theory’s usefulness in explaining Poland’s foreign policy concepts is evaluated. The text presents an attempt to connect the issues of theory with observable political practice on the example of Poland’s foreign policy after the end of the Cold War. As a result, the paper shows the linkages between chosen International Relations (IR) theories and the state’s foreign policy. In this way, it incorporates the mainstream IR theories into the reflection conducted primarily in the Foreign Policy Analysis field.
The Issue of the Subjectivity of Artificial Intelligence Acting for an Employer
Authors: Stefański Krzysztof
Published: October 2022

The rapid development of artificial intelligence and large-scale application of algorithmic management has led to significant changes in the work environment. These primarily concern the ways in which work is provided and the conditions under which it is carried out, but they should be viewed much more broadly. Already today, most of the employer’s tasks in relation to individual employment relationships can be performed by artificial intelligence. In the near future, this trend will become even more noticeable. Since AI manages employees and de facto exercises control over them in the work process, it seems worthwhile to start a discussion on the subjectivity of AI as an employer. This is all the more important because other branches of law already discuss the subjectivity of AI, while the doctrine of labour law does not address this topic, although it is in the work environment that the impact of AI is most visible.
Dyskryminacja algorytmiczna w zatrudnieniu. Zarys problemu
Authors: Otto Marta
Published: October 2022

Algorithmic discrimination in employment. An overview

Debates about the future of work in light of developments in artificial intelligence are held predominantly in the context of job losses and technological unemployment. Far less attention is paid to the challenges posed by the increasingly widespread phenomenon of algorithmisation of management functions in the modern world of work. Meanwhile, the shift to algorithmic management represents a significant qualitative change that, in addition to promising broadly understood modernisation and optimisation of decision-making processes, carries specific repercussions in the context of human rights protection, including in particular the prohibition of discrimination in employment. The article attempts to assess the adequacy of the EU antidiscrimination instrumentarium to the specifics of algorithmic discrimination mechanisms, and aims to encourage an in-depth scientific discussion on the need to develop effective regulatory responses at the national level.
Podnoszenie kwalifikacji zawodowych jako środek zwiększania poziomu kompetencji zawodowych członków korpusu służby cywilnej
Authors: Dral Antoni
Published: October 2022

Improvement of professional qualifications as means of increasing the level of professional competences of members of the civil service corps

The author of the present article broadly analyzes the principles of improving professional qualifications by members of the civil service corps, including both the obligation to develop professional knowledge as well as other factors affecting the level of professional competence of corps members, such as the requirement to be qualified to hold a specific position and to serve a preparatory service. In particular, the study indicates requirements for establishing obligation to develop professional knowledge as one of the main duties of members of the civil service corps, introduces its legal nature and, separate from the principles provided for under the Labor Code, rules for its implementation through the absolute obligation of a corps member to participate in the civil service training system. The author also emphasizes the non-exhaustive nature of the regulation provided for by the Civil Service Act and points to the possibility of improving professional qualifications by members of the civil service corps, on the basis of the provisions of the Labor Code, at the initiative of the employer or with his consent.
The Legal Status of the Savings and Loan Associations in the System of Polish Legislation
Authors: Baran Krzysztof Wojciech
Published: October 2022

Aid and loan funds are a self-help institution in the work environment. The Act of 11 August 2021 on aid and loan funds regulates their status for the first time in a comprehensive manner. The article presents issues related to their organization and functioning in the Polish legal system.
Novel nanocomposite thin films for efficient degradation of Rhodamine B and Rhodamine 6G under visible light irradiation: Reaction Mechanism and Pathway studies
Authors: Vanlalhmingmawia Chhakchhuak , Sreenivasa Swamy , Tiwari Diwakar , Lee Seung Mok
Published: October 2022

The present investigation aims to synthesize the novel nanocomposite thin film and utilize the material to remove emerging dyes efficiently (i.e., Rhodamine B (R-B) and Rhodamine 6G (R-6G)), in an aqueous solution using LED visible light and UV-A light. A facile synthetic route was adopted to obtain the TiO2-supported bentonite and in situ decorated with Au nanoparticles (NPs) thin film. The advanced analytical techniques characterizes the materials. The laboratory scale reactor was utilized for efficient degradation of R-B and R-6G using thin film catalysts. The percentage removal of R-B was 54.13% (visible light) and 76.26% (UV-A light) and the R-6G, was removed 60.37% (visible light) and 84.68% (UV-A light) at the initial pollutant concentration of 0.5 mg/L and at pH 6.0 using the thin film photocatalyst. The parametric studies demonstrated the insights of degradation mechanisms in photocatalytic operations. A significant mineralization of these dyes is achieved, and the repeated use in reactor operations indicated the catalysts
Anti-Revolutionary Epistemology: Philippus Jacobus Hoedemaker’s Philosophy of Revelation
Authors: Schlebusch J. A
Published: October 2022

The prominent Anti-Revolutionary philosopher and theologian, Philippus Jacobus Hoedemaker (1839–1910) operated in the Dutch politico-ecclesiastical scene. He achieved renown primarily because of his dispute with Abraham Kuyper over the role of common grace and the political implications of Kuyper’s doctrine. In contradistinction to Neo-Calvinists such as Kuyper and Herman Bavinck, Hoedemaker proposed a distinct philosophy of revelation, emphasising the inescapabilty and holistic nature thereof as foundational to all human knowledge. Hoedemaker’s epistemology, consciously theorized and articulated in reaction to the empiricism and rationalism of the Enlightenment, emphasises that all realities and facts are inescapably revealed realities, which are mediated by divine revelation in Scripture as well as history which he understands to be essentially the manifestation of divine providence, given
that he holds God to be the ultimate First Cause behind everything in existence. For Hoedemaker, every fact in the universe is therefore completely dependent upon God and his revelation for its very existence. Hoedemaker’s distinct epistemology also has significant socio-political implications, most notably the utter impossibility of neutrality in the public domain. Since for Hoedemaker, there exists no natural, unmediated or unrevealed knowledge in all of the universe, it is only Christianity that can bring about true socio-cultural and sociopolitical progress, while all other worldviews only maintain themselves inasmuch as they borrow capital from the Christian worldview ultimately rooted in Christian epistemology.
Nehemiah as a Biblical Model of Volunteer Workers for effective Church Administration
Authors: Olabamiji Elisha Oyedele
Published: October 2022

Coordination is an essential tool for an organisation's surviving and smooth running. Christian ministry needs proper administrative functions for the effectiveness of church business and human and financial resources. To achieve this noble goal, the chief administrator and a pastor need to acquaint himself or herself with the knowledge of administration. This paper attempts to provide a study of Nehemiah as the biblical model of volunteer workers for effective church administration. The name Nehemiah in the Hebrew language "nechemyah" or "NehemYah" means the comfort of Jehovah or Jehovah's comforts, and the paper argues that Nehemiah’s models and the pattern used by him are an archetype or perfect examples for the volunteer workers to embrace in the realisation of effective church administration. The authorial intention and motive for this study is to affirm the value and contributory efforts of the local Church's volunteer workers and the necessity for effective administration in managing
human resources by the church administration. The efficiency of volunteer workers in church administration connotes the proper concept within the Church that volunteer workers and leaders exist and are needed in the Church. It is stated in this paper that in the Church, the word volunteer is considered in the light of Christian stewardship. The required significant parameters for efficient volunteer services as inferred in this study are organisation and management, recruitment, screening, and training and re-training of volunteer workers, which is the church pastor's primary task. To this end, the paper submits that volunteer workers are needed in church business, yet, the functionality of viable volunteer workers hinges on effective church administration; the pastor is supposed to be a coach-player and not the sole player in the field of Christian ministry. The paper recommends that Christian leaders should do their best to avoid distractions and make themselves available for the godly task by incorporating Nehemiah's models of leadership into their system of administration.
Roots and Dynamics of Octonion Polynomials
Authors: Chapman Adam , Vishkautsan Solomon
Published: October 2022

This paper is devoted to several new results concerning (standard) octonion
polynomials. The first is the determination of the roots of all right scalar
multiples of octonion polynomials. The roots of left multiples are also
discussed, especially over fields of characteristic not 2. We then turn to
study the dynamics of monic quadratic real octonion polynomials, classifying
the fixed points into attracting, repelling and ambivalent, and concluding with
a discussion on the behavior of pseudo-periodic points.
Çanakkale Kıyılarında İp ve Misina Ağların Av Verimliliklerinin Karşılaştırılması
Authors: İBİN Talip , AYAZ Adnan
Published: October 2022

Bu çalışmada Kuzey Ege Denizi Çanakkale ili kıyılarında barbun (Mullus surmuletus, Mullus barbatus) türleri avcılığında kullanılan misina ve ip materyale sahip galsama ağlarının av verimlerinin karşılaştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Denemeler Ekim 2019 – Ağustos 2021 tarihleri arasında 2 – 30 m derinlik konturları arasında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Denemelerde 18 - 20 - 22 mm göz genişliğinde, ip (210d/2) ve misina (0,18 mm ᴓ) ağ materyalinden yapılmış sade ağlar kullanılmıştır. Ağlara yakalanan barbun türleri (Mullus sp.) hedef av, diğer yakalanan tüm türler ise hedef dışı av olarak kabul edilmiştir. Çalışmada, her bir posta ağın birim av verimi (CPUE), bu ağ ile yakalanan toplam birey sayısının ve ağırlığının operasyon sayısına bölünmesiyle elde edilmiştir. Toplam avda, misina ağlar ip ağlara göre adet olarak 2,21 kat, ağırlık olarak ise 2,02 kat fazla av yapmıştır. Misina ağlar hedef avda adet olarak 1,2 kat, ağırlık olarak 1,22 kat ip ağlardan daha fazla hedef av yapmıştır. Hedef dışı avda ise adet olarak misina ağlar 2,48 kat, ağırlıkta ise bu değer 2,31 kat olarak hesaplanmıştır. Hedef avda ip ve misina materyale sahip ağların yakaladığı adet ve ağırlık olarak av miktarları arasında istatistiksel olarak fark bulunamamıştır (P>0,05). Hedef dışı avda ise misina ağlar ip ağlardan hem adet hem de ağırlık olarak daha fazla av yapmıştır (P<0,05). Çalışma sonuçları, Ege Denizi ve Akdeniz gibi tür çeşitliliğin fazla olduğu denizlerde misina materyale sahip ağların barbun türleri avcılığında kullanılmaması gerektiğini göstermiştir.
Emission Estimation of Ship Traffic in the Dardanelles
Authors: SAVAŞ Arif , BİLGİLİ Levent
Published: October 2022

Ships, which form the backbone of world trade, are also a major source of pollutants. These pollutants can cause very important health problems, especially in areas with a high human population and in tourism areas. Therefore, detection and prevention of ship emissions must be considered, carefully. Dardanelles and Bosporus, known as the Turkish Straits, are one of the locations where the impact of ship emissions is felt the most as narrow and densely populated waterways. In this study, the data of the ships passing through the Dardanelles in 2020 were processed and the emissions generated by these ships were calculated as 545,373.3 t. Based on these data, the damages caused by these emissions to the environment and solutions were discussed. In addition, the potential effects of ship traffic on marine life are also discussed.
İlkokul Matematik Öğretiminde Bireysel ve Sınıf Tabanlı Dijital Teknoloji Kullanımının Etkililiği: Bir Meta-Analiz Çalışması
Authors: ÖZTOP Feyyaz
Published: October 2022

İlkokul matematik öğretiminde dijital teknolojinin bireysel ve sınıf tabanlı olarak kullanımıyla sıklıkla karşılaşılmaktadır. Dijital teknolojinin bu iki farklı kullanımının etkililiği hakkında belirli bir kanıya varılamamıştır. Bu bağlamda araştırmada, ilkokul matematik öğretiminde bireysel ve sınıf tabanlı dijital teknoloji kullanımının akademik başarı üzerindeki etkilerini karşılaştırmak amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada meta-analiz yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada seçilen veri tabanlarından ulaşılan ve dâhil edilme ölçütlerini sağlayan 18 çalışma incelenmiştir. Bu çalışmalardan 23 etki büyüklüğü hesaplanmıştır. Araştırmaya sadece Türkiye’de gerçekleştirilen çalışmalar dâhil edilmiştir. Belirlenen araştırmalara ait veriler, oluşturulan bir kodlama formu yardımıyla kodlanmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri rastgele etkiler modeline göre ve Hedges’ g katsayısı temelinde hesaplanmıştır. Araştırmanın verilerinin analizi Comprehensive Meta-Analysis programı ile yapılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre ilkokul matematik öğretiminde akademik başarı üzerinde bireysel dijital teknoloji kullanımının etki büyüklüğü g=1.725, sınıf tabanlı dijital teknoloji kullanımının etki büyüklüğü ise g=1.613’tür. Bulgulara göre ilkokul matematik öğretiminde akademik başarının artırılmasında hem bireysel hem de sınıf tabanlı dijital teknoloji kullanımının çok yüksek düzeyde etkiye sahip olduğu söylenebilir. Etki büyüklükleri arasındaki fark çok az olsa da akademik başarının artırılmasında bireysel dijital teknoloji kullanımının sınıf tabanlı dijital teknoloji kullanımdan daha etkili olduğu görülmektedir. Elde edilen bulgular ışığında ilkokul matematik öğretiminde akademik başarının artırılmasında bireysel ya da sınıf tabanlı dijital araç kullanımı önerilebilir.
IZGLED I KARAKTER ČOVEKA U FRAZEOLOGIZMIMA SA ZOONIMSKOM KOMPONENTOM ZMIJA I/ILI GUJA
Authors:   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Education in Užice, Stakić Mirjana
Published: October 2022

The paper examines the meaning of phraseological units (idioms) with a zoonemic com- ponent zmija (snake) and/or guja (adder) which refer to individuals, i.e. their appearance and character. We will approach the study from a linguo-cultural aspect, examining the extent to which the chthonic elements of the snake/adder’s nature participate in the shaping of phraseo- logical meaning. Results show that chthonic components complement the actual facts arising from human knowledge and experience of this animal, and induce a transfer of meaning to the individual, thus making this animal a target of negative collective expression. The domi- nant meanings are those with a negative connotation which communicates human weakness, helplessness, cunning, fury, malice, wickedness, surliness, slyness, dishonesty and insensitiv- ity. The conducted research indicates that folk beliefs about the chthonic nature of the snake/ adder are expressed in a phraseological context, and points to the need to expand the research to other phraseo-semantic fields and other animals that, according to Serbian folk beliefs, belong to the underworld.
SEMANTIKA SRPSKIH PRIDEVA ZA JEDANAEST NEOSNOVNIH BOJA („BORDO“, „TIRKIZNA“, „ZLATNA“, „BEŽ“, „SREBRNA“, „TEGET“, „OKER“, „LILA“, „CIKLAMA“, „KREM I „PINK“)
Authors:   University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Civil Engineering Subotica, Krimer Gaborović Sanja
Published: October 2022

The paper elaborates on the semantics of the 11 Serbian non-basic colour terms – namely, the adjectival lexemes bordo; burgundy, tirkizna; turquoise, zlatna; gold/golden, bež; beige, srebrna; silver, teget; navy (blue), oker; ochre, lila; lilac, ciklama; fuchsia, krem; cream, and pink; vivid pink. The given terms represent a counterpart of the 11 basic colour terms, or BCTs, first named so by Berlin and Kay in 1969. Based on the free word-associations, collected from 142 examinees, all of whom are native Serbian speakers, the following conclusions were drawn: (1) primary associations for (a) lila, and (b) tirkizna are the natural colours of (a) ‘flowering plants’, and (b) ‘the sea’ (a dominant association) as well as ‘the sky’ (a secondary association), respectively. Moreover, these are descriptive definitions of the Serbian BCTs (a) ljubičasta; purple, and (b) plava; blue, respectively (lila and tirkizna are shades of ljubičasta and plava, respectively); (2) bordo, krem, and oker evoke mental images of various artificial entities from the extralinguistic context. Thus, for example, available associations for bordo are cosmet- ics, clothing items, home textiles, cars, etc. Nevertheless, the natural referents ‘a sour cherry’ (Serb. višnja), ‘a cherry’, and ‘blood’ are also mentioned. As for the non-basic term oker, it is percieved to be the colour of ‘walls’, ‘clothing items’, ‘footwear’, as well as ‘human/animal excrement’, ‘a dog’, and ‘autumn’. Finally, krem brings to mind certain ‘food’ associations, mostly ‘Eurocrem’, that is, a two-coloured (brown and white) hazelnut- and cocoa-flavoured sweet milk chocolate spread. Still, the associations here are also those of ‘skin’, ‘nails’, and ‘cof- fee’; (3) the primary associations of pink are ‘TV Pink and its owner Mr. Željko Mitrović’; (4) teget and ciklama are percieved to be predominatly the colours of ‘male and female clothing’, respectively. As a matter of fact, ciklama is a shade of pink and it is commonly associated with ‘feminine’ and ‘femininity’ as well as ‘flowers’, ‘a beetroot’, and ‘sweets’; (5) srebrna and zlatna basically evoke mental images of ‘silver and gold/golden jewelry’, respectively. Another fre- quent association here is that of ‘silver and gold(en) medals, trophies, plaques, and awards’, all of which are administered to the first and second place winners, respectively; (6) finally, beige is a neutral colour which is typically associated with ‘human/animal skin’, ‘wood’ and ‘wood products’, as well as ‘white coffee’, ‘edible or cosmetic cream’, etc.
MIŠLjENjE STUDENATA PRAVNOG FAKULTETA UNIVERZITETA U NIŠU O POTREBI UVOĐENjA PREDMETA SRPSKI JEZIK U AKREDITOVANE STUDIJSKE PROGRAME
Authors:   University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy, Novaković Aleksandar
Published: October 2022

It is a well-established fact that the faculties of law in Serbia have not incorporated con- tents in the field of the Serbian language in their studies, which is every lawyer’s main tool. Unfortunately, the non-existence of this course as part of law studies has resulted in the emergence of the language of legal writings, which, along with the language of newspapers, is rated as the worst by prominent Serbian linguists. That is why the relevant Serbian institutions and faculties of philology/philosophy in the country have raised the issue of introducing the Serbian language course at law (and all other) faculties. With the aim of providing our con- tribution to this battle of national importance, we analyzed the attitudes of students of the Faculty of Law, University of Niš, on the implementation of the Serbian language course in the accredited study programs of professional, undergraduate, and graduate academic studies. We used the theoretical analysis method with the content analysis technique, i.e. the descriptive method with the surveying and scaling techniques. A total of 111 respondents participated in the research, and the analysis of the obtained results showed that students had a positive attitude towards the introduction of the course in the first year of undergraduate and pro- fessional studies, understanding the importance of this course for the development of every lawyer’s professional career and establishing a good reputation among clients and colleagues. By undertaking the t-test, we did not determine the existence of a statistically significant dif- ference between students’ attitudes and the year of study (p>0.05), which shows their unity in the opinion that the Serbian language should be studied in law studies. Future lawyers believe that the much-needed “linguistic mastery” can be achieved only by studying contents in the field of orthoepy, orthography, stylistics, rhetoric, and pragmatics, which is why creating a syllabus tailored to law students’ needs, i.e. publishing a textbook/manual which could be used in teaching is an important task.
UTICAJ MATERNjEG JEZIKA NA REALIZACIJU GOVORNOG ČINA KOMPLIMENTIRANjA KOD NEIZVORNIH GOVORNIKA ENGLESKOG JEZIKA
Authors:   University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Business Economics, Marković Suzana
Published: October 2022

The paper deals with the impact of L1 on non-native English speakers in the realization of the speech act of complimenting. The Discourse Completion Test (DCT) which was used for this research included eight everyday situations and the participants were asked to respond in the most natural manner. The DCT was completed in Serbian and English by students of the English Department of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo and University of East Sarajevo. The focus of the paper is on both giving and receiving compliments. Due to the fact that there is scarce research of this pragmatic phenomenon in the Serbian language, this paper is based on the main theoretical postulates of English and comparative studies. A detailed pragmalinguistic and comparative analysis showed that the participants used almost the same strategies when giving compliments with explicit compliments as the most frequent ones. The participants most frequently used the accept strategy when responding to compli- ments. Furthermore, the participants are quite reserved when it comes to complimenting older speakers of a higher social rank, as presented in the DCT situations.
PREPOSITIONAL POLYSEMY – RADICAL OR MODERATE?
Authors:   University of Novi Sad, Technical faculty ", Ivanović Katarina ,   Mihajlo Pupin",   Zrenjanin
Published: October 2022

This paper examines the linguistic phenomenon of prepositional polysemy, illustrated by two analyses of the English preposition over. Due to its complex meaning, over has been frequently studied within the framework of cognitive linguistics. Two approaches to prepo- sitional polysemy – a radical polysemy of prepositional meaning authored by Lakoff (1987) and a more moderate approach by Tyler and Evans (2003) are reviewed and compared in the paper. Given that both fall within cognitive linguistics studies, their fundamental assumptions are identical. Still, they significantly depart in the treat- ment of the proliferation of meaning. My paper aims at identifying and, subsequently, analyzing these differences. Following my review and comparison of these approaches, I reach the conclusion in support of a more moderate approach – the one which not only acknowledges contextual uses but also significantly reduces the number of distinct prepositional senses, stored in the semantic memory.
DIFERENCIJACIJA PREVODNIH EKVIVALENATA U BILINGVALNIM REČNICIMA NA PRIMERU LEKSEME STRANAC
Authors:   University of Torino, Perišić Arsić Olja
Published: October 2022

The subject of this paper is the analysis of the lexeme stranac and its equivalents in Italian. Traditional bilingual dictionaries have limited space for the disambiguation of equivalents that are sporadically present in the illustrative examples, insufficient for a semantic and func- tional generalization that would guide the user (Marello 1989). We will start off from the bilin- gual dictionaries and the three equivalents of the Serbian word stranac: straniero, estraneo and forestiero in order to try to define, by using parallel and monolingual corpora, the field of their use as an indispensable indication for the correct consultation of the dictionaries. The aim is to examine the effectiveness of the corpus-based methodology in lexicography in the disam- biguation of different equivalents and at the same time confirm the importance of the context for the definition of polysemous words.
ОБРАЗНЫЕ СРЕДСТВА ВЫРАЖЕНИЯ АВТОРСКОГО ПРИСУТСТВИЯ В ДРЕВНЕРУССКОМ ТЕКСТЕ (НА МАТЕРИАЛЕ „СЛОВА О ЗАКОНЕ И БЛАГОДАТИ” МИТРОПОЛИТА ИЛАРИОНА, „СЛОВА НА АНТИПАСХУ” И „СЛОВА НА ПАСХУ” КИРИЛЛА ТУРОВСКОГО)
Authors: Трапезникова Ольга А.
Published: October 2022

The article is devoted to the analysis of traditional figurative symbols and ways of their creative rethinking in the works of Metropolitan Hilarion and Cyril of Turov. The study is of a comparative nature and is aimed at identifying the original and traditional in the works of these writers, as well as the way they transformed the literary canon. The author of the article proceeds from the fact that traditional images-symbols, by falling into the context of the original work as a special coordinate system with interaction and correlation of elements inherent in them, actualize in them additional values, necessary to the literator in order to solve his artistic problems. The works in question belong to the older period of Old East Slavic literature, they are written in the same genre, and created on the basis of a single opposition of the Old and New Testament. Both literators describe this opposition in the form of the images of biblical characters: the Hagar and Sarah from the Old Testament in the works of Metropol- itan Hilarion, and the Evangelical Peter and John in the works of Cyril of Turov. The focus of both literators is on the spiritual path of mankind, on the opposition of the man of the „old” („ветхааго”) and the man of the „new” („новааго”). The characteristics of representation of key images in these works are determined by creative precepts of literators: Metropolitan Hilarion strives towards division and analyticism, and Cyril of Turov strives towards interpre- tation and clarification of biblical symbols, towards the synthesis of „conceivable” and „tan- gible”. The figurative system of Metropolitan Hilarion is more canonical and traditional than that of Cyril of Turov. In the works of Hilarion the biblical symbolism is enriched through the construction of associative series, through the disclosure of semantic nuances of each word-image; on the other side, Cyril of Turov enriches the biblical symbolism by opposing different meanings of polysemantic words and creation of atypical phrases.
FILM „ZATOIČI“ (2003) TAKEŠIJA KITANA U KONTEKSTU JAPANSKIH I SRPSKIH OBREDA I OBIČAJA
Authors:   University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, Marićević Balać Jelena
Published: October 2022

The aim of this paper is a semiotic illumination of the Japanese film Zatoichi (2003) by Takeshi Kitano in a comparative context. Firstly, it is important to point it out as the most artistic regarding the previous 26 film and television achievements. Representative Japanese symbols and customs, whose function is important for the film’s understanding, also stand out. We have found and interpreted common features with Serbian ritual and customary prac- tice. In that context, the most important are the songs of Jeremiah and the rite of expelling the serpents which correspond to Zatoichi’s fight against the Ginzo clan whose members have snake-tattooed bodies. Hence, we compare the Japanese hero (or God) to Saint Jeremiah. The motif of blinding the snake is also significant, since it corresponds to Zatoichi’s punishment of the head of the criminal clan. In order to understand the film, this paper does not emphasize the intercultural dialogue between Japanese and Serbian culture as much as the need for uni- versal archaic awareness.
SINTAGMATSKA I PARADIGMATSKA OSA DANTEOVOG „PAKLA“ I FILMA „KUĆA KOJU JE DžEK SAGRADIO“
Authors:   University of Arts in Belgrade, Gavrić Goran
Published: October 2022

Due to the parallel analysis of Dante’s Inferno and the film The House That Jack Built, and therefore of poetry and film, it was necessary to include a methodological approach that would allow interpretation in both linguistic and visual plan in this paper. Therefore, the relationship of linguistic and visual units of varying scope was analyzed using the syntagmatic and para- digmatic axis. The specificity of the analysis comes from the fact that this Dante’s epic poem is a combination of metonymy and metaphor (but also allegory), that is, they represent poetic excerpts of combination and selection. In the analysis, we start from the points of view of De Saussure (“horizontal”, syntagmatic axis and sequences), Jakobson (selection of units and their combinations), Lotman (series of shots that alternate with each other), Mitry and Hutch- eon (adaptation of a literary work). Then we will interpret Dante’s Inferno and Von Trier’s film in parallel, starting with Frisardi and Keen (Divine Comedy, narrative), Mez (alternating editing, images from the “A” and “B” series), Camilletti (linguistic and narrative structures), Hui (meaning of ombre [shadow] in Dante), etc. The aim of this paper is to use the mentioned methods to investigate the intertextual connections between Dante’s work and Lars von Trier’s film, through parallel interpretation and direct connection of the verses and dialogues from Hell (through them and descriptions of places and events) with the film frames and scenes. Several works have been published so far about the film The House That Jack Built, but only one partially deals with the relationship between Dante’s Hell and this Von Trier’s film. How- ever, even in this work, entitled The play of iconicity in Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built, Danish author Bodil Thomsen does not make intertextual connections through concrete verses and dialogues from Hell, and film frames and scenes.
ŽIVOT I MOĆ: LIK ARNOLDA KRAUSHARA U ROMANU TUCANjE KAMENA KLEMENSA MAJERA
Authors:   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Philology and Arts, Petrović Jilih Marina
Published: October 2022

The research conducted in this paper presents a possible understanding of Clemens Mey- er’s novel Bricks and Mortar. The analysis of existential, psychological, symbolic, and narrative aspects in which one of the main characters of the novel manifests himself, indicates the exist- ence of two opposing meaningful planes of the novelistic world and human nature in general: man’s alienation in modern society and his constant search for emotional closeness. The mul- titude of characters from the world of prostitution, those tragic heroes and heroines of our world, whose life stories are connected in the misfortune they bear and who are at the same time independent of each other, have a common need for individualism, authenticity, and hap- piness. Determined and imprisoned by the social and sociocultural frameworks in which they find themselves in a never-ending struggle for welfare, the characters in the novel Bricks and Mortar get an (almost hidden) chance to try to find themselves again in human values, such as faith in life, love, and human beings. The aim of the paper is to show the fateful search for the values of essential self-realization through the figure of Arnold Kraushaar, who opens himself to the unusual power of love but also to the power of destroying love. It seems, therefore, that Meyer’s novel represents an apocalyptic vision of the modern world, which examines both what a person wants and what a person does in relation to what the person can do.
AKTERI FRANCUSKOG KULTURNOG UTICAJA U SVETU
Authors:   University of Belgrade, Teacher Education Faculty, Vujović Ana
Published: October 2022

In an attempt to find the answer to the question if politics and culture are connected, we firstly analyze the relation between culture and politics and the ways in which cultural exchange can be used in international relations. After that we provide a brief diachronic review of the most important ways of approaching international cultural relations, particularly focus- ing on the actors of French cultural influence in the world (both public and private) as basic instruments of global external cultural politics (and this is called cultural action towards the world). Using descriptive and analytical methods, we are pointing at the ways of studying and expanding the field of culture and we are comparing humanistic and anthropological approaches to culture. We are pointing to the positive experience of many centuries’ cultural actions in France and its advocating for the world in which lingual and cultural versatility would be worshiped and developed. Analyzing experience, achieved results and benefits of the cultural action of France, we are trying to answer the question if there is the possibility of posing any kind of parallel between our and French cultural action. The question is also if some of these positive French experiences can be used for improvement of our cultural diplo- macy, particularly bearing in mind the differences between the two countries when their size, political position in the world and economic strength are not the same.