bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of Alternative Telecommunication Technologies for the Karoo Central Astronomy Advantage Area
Authors: Francesco Petruccione, , Michael Gastrow, , Senka Hadzic, , Justine Limpitlaw, , Sena Paul, Babu , Riaan Wolhuter, , Carl Kies,
Published: August 2021

The National Research Foundation (NRF) requested the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), on behalf of South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), to undertake an independent and objective evaluation of potential alternative telecommunication technologies for the areas of the Karoo Central Astronomy Advantage Areas (KCAAA). The study encompasses regulatory, public sphere, and technical dimensions to explore options for maintaining the functionality of the telescope while, at the same time, delivering appropriate connectivity solutions for local communities.The objectives of this study are as follows: 1) Assess the technologies currently being, or planning to be, deployed through existing alternative communications programs managed by SARAO, including whether these technologies are comparable with market available technologies that could feasibly be deployed in the KCAAA; and 2) Assessment of current and future telecommunication technologies that may act as suitable replacement and/or improvement (functional and feasible) for existing detrimental technologies, utilised in the KCAAA. This report provides a critical background into the relationship between the SKA and local communities as it relates to ICTs in the area. Based on this understanding, potential technology solutions are proposed to ensure residents of the KCAAA are still afforded valuable access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) within the parameters of affordability, desirability and feasibility.
EVALUATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS' AND RESEARCH ASISSTANTS’ ATTITUDES OF DEFENSIVE DENTISTRY
Authors: VAROL Cihan , FINDIK Yavuz
Published: August 2021

Objective

The concept of defensive medicine practices can

be described as the physicians primarily aiming to

protect themselves from possible legal actions in

clinical decision processes. At the point reached

today, the increase in legal processes dealing with

health practices causes physicians to use defensive

medical practices more frequently in their clinical

practice. The aim of this study is to investigate the

defensive dentistry attitudes of oral and maxillofacial

surgeons (OMFS) and research assistants and the

factors affecting these attitudes.

Materials and Methods

146 OMFS specialists/research assistants working

in various institutions were contacted between

January-February 2021, and 63 dentists (43.1%),

who responded by filling out the survey and met

the inclusion criteria, were included in the study.

The participants' age, gender, institution or private

establishment where they operate, time spent

in the physician-patient relationship, history of

malpractice lawsuits, thoughts on whether they

will face malpractice lawsuits in the next 10 years,

and their level of knowledge on defensive dentistry

were recorded. Inclusion criteria for the study were

determined as having served at least 1 year in the

field of OMFS and still being in a patient-physician

relationship in this field.

Results

It was concluded that 47.6% of the physicians

participating in the study applied defensive dentistry

at a very high level, 41.3% at a high level, and

11.1% at a moderate level, while the mean defensive

dentistry score was found as 46.25 ±7.42. It has been

determined that the mean defensive dentistry scores

vary depending on the institution, litigation history and

the anticipation of litigation in the next 10 years.

Conclusion

OMFS specialists and research assistants commonly

practice defensive dentistry. On the other hand, it has

been determined that OMFS specialists and research

assistants do not have sufficient knowledge about

the concept of defensive dentistry, therefore we think

that including training on the concept of defensive

dentistry in graduate or post-graduate programs

would be beneficial.
Access to land in sub-Saharan Africa: the church as an unnoticed accomplice
Authors: Kabongo Kasebwe Timothee Luc
Published: August 2021

Access to land is still ideal for the majority of sub-Saharan Africans. The colonisers of Africa created the problem of access to land that indigenous Africans are still at pains with. The post-colonial African elite is still perpetuating this problem. The church benefited from the creation of this problem and sit at the table of privileged owners of vast pieces of land. This article is written from the perspective of someone who lives and serves in a sub-Saharan community of poverty. He is been observing local churches with vast pieces of land, limiting access to members only. In the meantime, the population around the church is confined in small spaces of land as family units. This article uses a biblical interpretive framework of Jerimiah 29:7 to stress about the role of the church as a peace agent that creates a shalom community around it. Such as community will be a hybrid between a Eurocentric view on land which value ownership with a title deed, and an Afrocentric view which values access of land to all without the need for individual ownership.
Alexandru Philippide – Sextil Pușcariu: polemică
Authors: Bezea Cristina
Published: August 2021

Supunînd analizei viața publică și culturală a epocii, Philippide identifică urme ale specialismului românesc la tot pasul. Determinat a demonta impostura și superficialitatea oamenilor de cultură, Philippide găsește de cuviință a lupta împotriva acestora prin intermediul polemicii științifice. Acest articol urmărește animozitatea creată între profesorul ieșean și lingvistul clujean Sextil Pușcariu, animozitate care a dat naștere unui dialog polemic savuros stilistic.
SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS OF WOMEN’S LONELINESS
Authors: Leonova І. M.
Published: August 2021

Factors of loneliness experienced by women from different social groups, identified with factor analysis, are considered. Six structural factors were identified: neuroticism, an individual’s position in relation to herself and others, sociability, interpersonal relationships, personal potential, behavioural types. Each of these factors has a direction, so determines a woman’s sociality or, vice versa, deepness of her loneliness.
We have determined that personal qualities developed due to experienced negative emotions, including low self-esteem, too high demands toward themselves and others, depression, fear and anxiety, insecurity, or emotional instability, contribute to antisocial behaviour (social indifference) and loneliness. A woman’s aggressive-negative position is one of the factors influencing her maladaptation to society and making her feels lonely. We can also argue that destructive communications also contribute to the feeling of loneliness.
We have found that harmony and comfort at interpersonal relationships and loneliness depends on a woman’s position in interpersonal relationships, their distance and valence. Women with a high personal potential are less likely to experience feelings of loneliness than women with low personal potential. Moreover, fear and aggression directly affect the development of women’s depressed-aggressive behaviour, which leads to social maladaptation; this fact allowed us to understand the causes for the fear of being alone and the mechanism forming women’s feeling of loneliness.
Pandemic of Fear or What Statistics Hide: Patients with Cardiovascular Disease are at Increased Risk During COVID-19
Authors: Gaisenok Oleg
Published: August 2021

Insufficient statistical information on the structure of mortality in the era of the pandemic is disclosed in this article. It analyzes the statistics and the causes of death during the COVID-19 pandemic from a new coronavirus infection and cardiovascular disease. Actual international data on a decrease in the hospitalization rate of patients with acute coronary syndrome are presented. A comparative analysis of statistics from European countries and Russia shows that cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in populations, and patients with cardiovascular diseases are at increased risk for morbidity and mortality during the COVID pandemic.
Uso de los agregados PET en la elaboración del concreto: Revisión de la literatura
Authors: Saucedo Rodriguez Jhon Alexander , Atoche Zamora Jorge Junior , Muñoz Pérez Sócrates Pedro
Published: August 2021

Currently, the socio-environmental impact caused by the impulsive generation of organic and inorganic waste with no proper final destination is alarming today. Therefore, the use of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers in construction proposes to be more technical, this article aimed to review the literature of 50 scientific articles from various journals, and analyze the different effects on the properties of concrete due to the incorporation of PET aggregates. The methodology corresponds to the search, selection and analysis of different studies. The literary review allowed to observe better results with respect to the flexural performance after cracking and its ductility that are improved due to the use of PET fiber. On the other hand, the values of resistance to axial compression and to diametral compression traction of the compound are decreased when a higher percentage of PET fibers is incorporated. PET fibers become a great ally in reducing cracks, deflection of structural elements, resistance to abrasion of concrete; it increased with the increase of PET waste as a replacement, of coarse aggregate; in the abrasive wear resistance test it decreased by 0.42 mm to 0.23 mm. It is shown that PET fibers are a sustainable alternative as an aggregate, giving benefits in the different properties of concrete, but should not incorporate an amount greater than 5 % of the total volume since there would be no benefit to the hardened mixture.
Perspectivas de la justicia de paz y reconsideración: escenarios de investigación para el fortalecimiento de los saberes prácticos
Authors: Guzmán Rincón Andrés Mauricio , Velásquez Marín Victoria Eugenia
Published: August 2021

The article identifies the prevailing directions for research on the practice of the justice of peace and reconsideration in Colombia. The purpose is to identify some scenarios whose permanent development would contribute to strengthening the practical work carried out by judges, which must include the knowl-edge and skills of specific competencies. The analytical work departs from a characterization of the legal aspects of peace justice, its recurrent problems in the practice, and the formulation of outlooks based on bibliographic research and the triangulation of information. The authors also use this reflection to highlight the democratic potential of informal justice. As the main finding, we highlight that the justice of the peace in Colombia integrates three dimensions: the regional, the one that concerns specialized legal aspects, and other related to the management of the conflicts. The three dimensions converge on an integral perspective constructed from main issues like the sense of equity justice, the solution of tensions with formal justice, or the question about adequate institutional capacity.
El patrimonio autónomo y la fiducia: entre las discusiones teóricas y la práctica judicial para la construcción de una dogmática fina en Colombia
Authors: González León Carlos Andrés , Bohórquez Orduz Antonio
Published: August 2021

The process of incorporation of the trust agreement in Latin America has had a dynamic that re-quires a historical-dogmatic review for the formation of theory around the understanding, application, and resolution of the problems that its instrumentation represents in relation to the patrimonial content of the business. The article presents the research results from the dogmatic paradigm, following the analytical-explanatory method, based on the review of documentary sources. The findings account for the discussions about the patrimonial elements that determine the content of the commercial trust agree-ment which, for the Colombian case, involve the formation of an autonomous patrimony. Therefore it was decided to execute a route that allows locating the business formation contexts, the debates regard-ing the application of the patrimonial contents, and the different interpretation formulas to explain the autonomous fiduciary patrimony, its scope, and its effects.
Sobre democracia, metodología y dinero. Comentario a la Sentencia del Tribunal Constitucional Federal Alemán, de 5 de mayo de 2020, sobre el PSPP
Authors: Rodríguez De Santiago José María
Published: August 2021

Por primera vez en su historia, el Tribunal Constitucional Federal Alemán ha declarado ultra vires una sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (y previas decisiones del Banco Central Europeo) y la considera sin efectos ni carácter vinculante en Alemania. Desde el punto de vista sustantivo, lo más relevante de la sentencia se refiere a la singular construcción alemana del principio democrático y a los reparos frente a la sustitución en la Unión Europea de la política democrática por el activismo de sus órganos independientes. Desde una perspectiva metodológica, el principio de proporcionalidad se utiliza como instrumento determinante para llevar a cabo el control del ultra vires
Synergistic effects of Vitamin D and magnesium in non-specific low back ache (nLBA) – A prospective comparative study
Authors: Gobbur Ashwin , Saravanakumar T P , GS Prajwal
Published: August 2021

Low back ache constitute a group of symptoms with no clear etiopathogenesis and pose a major difficulty for a health care professional to diagnose and treat the disease per se. Low back ache has become permanent disability for certain individuals and interferes with normal functioning of day-to-day life activities.

This study was undertaken to establish the correlation and functional outcome between combination of Vitamin D & magnesium supplementation and Vitamin D supplementation for patients with non-specific low back ache.

An observational comparative study was performed with 117 patients of non-specific low back ache from June 2019 to May 2020. Out of 117 patients, a total of 60 patients (Group A) were treated with a combination of Vitamin D supplementation along with magnesium tablets for 3 consecutive months and remaining 57 patients (Group B) were treated with Vitamin D supplementation for 3 consecutive months. Both the groups were followed up for 6 months for pain relief assessed by VAS score and functional improvement in quality of life assessed by Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire.

A significant difference was noted in the Group A compared to Group B which demonstrates an additive effect on the combination used in them. When analysing the change in parameters compared to the pre-interventions state both the groups showed significant improvements. However, upon analysis of the correlation between the parameters with regard to the change among the groups, we noted that Group A showed significant correlation with respect to the Calcium and Vit-D level improvement out of the intervention upon the observed results.

Treatment of non-specific low back ache with vitamin-D and magnesium shows synergistic effects with significant improvement in the functional outcomes and the pre-intervention metabolic parameters.
Оценка нарушений субпопуляций лимфоцитов у детей с железодефицитной анемией
Authors: Наджафова В.А.к.
Published: August 2021

Статья посвящена проблеме нарушения иммунитета у детей с железодефицитной анемией (ЖДА), проживающих в Азербайджане. Были выявлены более низкие показатели клеточного иммунитета (CD3, CD4, CD8). Относительное количество клеток CD3 в общей группе детей с ЖДА составило 52,7±4,35%, в контрольной группе - 62,6±5,49%, р<0,05. Проведенные исследования выявили положительную корреляцию клеток CD3, CD4, CD8 с гемоглобином и сывороточным железом. Результаты высокой силы связи коэффициента корреляции сывороточного железа с относительным количеством клеток CD3 и CD4 в общих группах детей с ЖДА (r = 0,8) показали, что дефицит железа играет большую роль для активности клеточного иммунитета. Таким образом, в статье показано ослабление как врожденного (NK-CD56), так и приобретенного (CD3, CD4, CD8) компонентов клеточного иммунитета. Полученные результаты могут быть оценены как нарушение иммунного баланса, связанное с недостаточностью клеточного иммунитета у детей с ЖДА.
Сочетание гернио- и абдоминопластики: основные аспекты и современный взгляд на симультанные операции
Authors: Тимербулатов М.В. , Шорнина А.С. , Ибрагимов Д.Р.
Published: August 2021

Темп современной жизни акцентирует выбор на решении нескольких задач в максимально короткие сроки. Проведение симультанных оперативных вмешательств на передней брюшной стенки позволяет достичь решения комплекса проблем за одну операцию. Выполнение герниопластики с одномоментной коррекцией деформации передней брюшной стенки открывает возможность решить вопросы не только функционального, но и эстетического характера. Индивидуальный подход и знание ведущих хирургических методик, использовавшихся передовыми специалистами, позволяет применять наиболее высокоэффективные и безопасные методы, получить ряд технических преимуществ, снизить процент неудовлетворенности результатами хирургического лечения и минимизировать осложнения. В статье представлен анализ мировой научной литературы, освещающий актуальные аспекты гернио - и абдоминопластики, преимущества и недостатки изолированных и симультанных операций в области передней брюшной стенки, основные хирургические моменты выполняемых оперативных вмешательств. Данная работа направлена на улучшение результатов хирургического лечения пациентов с анатомо-функциональными проблемами передней брюшной стенкой.
Evaluation of in vitro activity of ceftaroline on methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus blood isolates from Iran
Authors: Abdizadeh Negin , Haeili Mehri , Samadi Kafil Hossein , Ahmadi Amin , Feizabadi Mohammad Mehdi
Published: August 2021

Background and Objectives: Ceftaroline (CPT) is a novel cephalosporin with potent activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Despite its recent introduction, CPT resistance in MRSA has been described worldwide. We aimed in the current study to evaluate the in vitro activity of CPT against 91 clinical MRSA and 3 MSSA isolates.
Materials and Methods: Susceptibility of isolates to CPT was tested using E-test and disk diffusion (DD) method. The nu- cleotide sequence of the mecA gene and molecular types of isolates with reduced susceptibility to CPT were further studied to identify resistance conferring mutations in PBP2a and the genetic relatedness of the isolates respectively.
Results: Overall, 92.5% of isolates were found to be CPT susceptible (MICs≤1mg/l) and 7 MRSA isolates were character- ized with MIC=2mg/l and categorized as susceptible dose dependent. Compared to E-test, DD revealed a categorical agree- ment rate of 93.6% and the obtained rates for minor, major /very major error were found to be 6.3% and 0% respectively. The MRSA isolates with increased CPT MICs (n=7), belonged to spa types t030 (n=6) and t13927 (n=1) and all carried N146K substitution in PBP2a allosteric domain, except for one isolate which harbored a wild-type PBP2a.
Conclusion: While resistance to CPT was not detected we found increased CPT MICs in 7.69% of MRSA isolates. Reduced susceptibility to CPT in the absence of mecA mutations is indicative of contribution of secondary chromosomal mutations in resistance development.
Role of biofilms in the survival of Legionella pneumophila to sodium chloride treatment
Authors: Assaidi Abdelwahid , Ellouali Mostafa , Latrache Hassan , Zahir Hafida , Mliji El Mostafa
Published: August 2021

Background and Objectives: Legionnaires’ disease continues to be a public health concern. Colonized water distribution systems are often implicated in Legionella transmission, despite the use of various disinfection strategies, the bacterium is capable to persist and survive in water systems. The aim of this study was to investigate the persistence of Legionella pneumophila to sodium chloride over time at different temperatures and analysing the role of biofilms in the survival of this bacteria.
Materials and Methods: L. pneumophila serogroup 1 and L. pneumophila serogroup 2-15 were used to study the effect of sodium chloride on planktonic and sessile cells. The tested concentrations were: 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 6% and 8% (W/V) NaCl. Biofilms were grown on 24-well microplates.
Results: At 20°C, L. pneumophila planktonic cells were able to survive in sodium chloride concentrations up to 2%. How- ever, at 37°C, a sodium chloride concentration over 1.5%, reduced systematically the numbers of bacterial cells. Biofilms were grown for 20 days in the absence and presence of sodium chloride. The results show that bacterial strains were able to survive and regrow after the sodium chloride shock (2-3%). Moreover, it seems that this effect is less expressed with the age of the biofilm; old biofilms were more persistent than the young ones.
Conclusion: Results from this study demonstrate that the sodium chloride disinfection strategy was effective on Legionella pneumophila planktonic cells but not on biofilms, which demonstrate the role of biofilms in the persistence and recoloniza- tion of L. pneumophila in water distribution systems.
First seroepidemiological investigation of human enterovirus 71 in Iran
Authors: Javadi Mahsa , Nejati Ahmad , Yousefi Maryam , Mahmoodi Mahmood , Shoja Zabihollah , Shahmahmoodi Shohreh
Published: August 2021

Background and Objectives: Human Enterovirus 71 (EV-A71) is the causative agent for many dermal to neurological diseases especially polio-like paralysis outbreaks around the world. This study, the first of this kind in Iran, aimed to find neu- tralizing antibodies against EV-A71 in serum of healthy individuals in different age groups based on neutralization test (NT).
Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 547 serum samples were collected from healthy individuals who were referring for routine checkup tests (aged from under 6 months to over 31 years old) to Imam-Khomeini Hospital in Tehran during January-December 2015. Serum samples were examined by NT in cell culture to detect neutralizing antibodies against EV-A71. In the next step, some of the positive samples were subjected to complete titration to determine the exact titer of anti-EV-A71 antibodies.
Results: Of 547 samples, 310 (56.7%) were positive for EV-A71 neutralizing antibody. The presence of the antibody in- creased with age (p<0.001), and there was a significant statistical relationship between sex and the presence of antibody (p=0.009).
Conclusion: Our results demonstrated an apparent but limited circulation of EV-A71 in our society. After the worldwide eradication of poliovirus, EV-A71 which can cause polio-likes syndrome, might be the new challenge for our health care system as regard more in depth research is however needed.
CSU52, a novel regulator functions as a repressor of L-sorbose utilization in Candida albicans
Authors: Pullepu Dileep , Uddin Wasim , Narayanan Aswathy , Kabir M. Anaul
Published: August 2021

Background and Objectives: Monosomy of chromosome 5 associated with utilization of non-canonical sugar L-sorbose is one of the well-studied aneuploidies in Candida albicans. Stress-induced ploidy changes are crucial determinants for patho- genicity and genetic diversity in C. albicans. The five scattered regulatory regions (A, B, C, 135, and 139) comprising of two functionally redundant pathways (SUR1 and SUR2) were found to be responsible for the growth on L-sorbose. So far, three genes such as CSU51, CSU53 and CSU57 have been identified in region A, region 135 and region C, respectively. In this study we have verified the role of region B in this regulatory pathway.
Materials and Methods: We employed a combinatorial gene deletion approach to verify the role of region B followed by co-over expression studies and qRT-PCR to identify the regulatory role of this region.
Results: We confirmed the role of region B in the regulation of SOU1 gene expression. The qRT-PCR results showed that regulation occurs at transcriptional level along with other two regions in SUR1 pathway. A previously uncharacterized open reading frame in region B has been implicated in this regulation and designated as CSU52. Integrating multiple copies of CSU52 in the genome at tandem, suppresses the growth of recipient strain on L-sorbose, establishing it as a repressor of SOU1 gene.
Conclusion: This finding completes the identification of regulators in SUR1 pathway. This result paves the way to study the underlying molecular mechanisms of SOU1 gene regulation that in-turn helps to understand stress induced aneuploidy.
Partilhando informações durante catástrofes: experiências internacionais e o caso português fogos.pt
Authors: Ribeiro Fábio
Published: August 2021

Durante situações de emergência (inundações, sismos, incêndios etc.), o acesso a informação rigorosa pode ser decisivo para a segurança das pessoas. Atualmente, existem recursos digitais (sites, redes sociais e aplicações móveis) orientados para este sentido. Este artigo procura avaliar experiências dessa natureza, em países como o Japão, México, Espanha etc., através de uma amostra não probabilística, de uma análise de conteúdo manifesta e latente, e de uma entrevista semiestruturada com o responsável pelo projeto Fogos.pt, em Portugal. Os resultados sugerem que a troca de informações durante estes períodos varia entre o voluntariado e a contratualização de um serviço. Os contributos positivos dos cidadãos convivem frequentemente com campanhas de desinformação, destinadas a ludibriar a opinião pública e criar falsas campanhas de solidariedade.
Resolving Interpersonal Conflicts through Collaboration - an Alternative Way to Facilitate the Social Integration of Students in Primary School
Authors: Moldovan Denisa , Bocoș Mușata-Dacia
Published: August 2021

From the first years of school, as teachers, we notice that the students’ well-being in class depends not only on the educational progress, the school success or the high scores they get sometimes. We are becoming increasingly aware that a student's motivation to continue to attend school and to participate with high interest is strongly influenced by the interpersonal relationships he or she builds with co-elder colleagues. The harmonization of the interpersonal relationships between students is, perhaps, from the perspective of the child, an undeclared wish. But, from the teachers’ perspective, it is a major purpose and a fundamental condition, which should be fulfilled in order to create a safe, supportive and inclusive educational environment. In the present paper we address the issue of including students in the class-groups and highlight the importance of empowering students to solve their own interpersonal conflicts through a collaborative approach. Open dialogue and the construction of win-win solutions are the main components included in such student preparation. We consider that the students, even from primary school cycle, can be taught how to resolve their own interpersonal conflicts in a constructive way, through activities adapted to their age level, to the psychic, emotional, individual and group specificities. The theoretical and practical research we have done during the last three years confirms that the constant management of interpersonal conflicts through collaboration represents an alternative way through which teachers can facilitate the social inclusion of students in the group of co-elders and can ensure a high degree of cohesion of the class-group. The positive effects of resolving interpersonal conflicts through collaboration could be observed and monitored over time also in students with a special social situation. Students belonging to minorities, coming from single-parent families or even from orphanages have registered an increase in the index of sociometric status and a better social inclusion, as a result of participating in the activities of solving interpersonal conflicts through collaboration. Our practical research is still ongoing, but with this paper we bring to the teacher’s attention certain directions of action that we have followed and some partial results that we have recorded so far.
Study of the Experience of the Formation of Professional Competence in Future Managers of Physical Education and Sports
Authors: Kryshtanovych Svitlana , Bilyk Oksana , Shayner Hanna , Barabash Olena , Bondarenko Viktoriia
Published: August 2021

The article analyses the foreign experience of training specialists in the field of physical education and sports in foreign countries. The general trends in the development of the education system, which directly affects the level of training of sports managers and their professional competence, are clarified. The process of preparing students for professional activities in the field of physical culture and sports in countries such as Spain and Italy, which have extensive experience, traditions and achievements in this area, is analysed. The progressive ideas and features of training managers of physical education and sports in Italy and Spain, which can be introduced for the education system in the field of physical education and sports in other countries, are established. The object of the study was the professional competencies of managers in the field of physical education and sports in higher education institutions in Italy and Spain. The trends in the development of the education system in countries such as Italy and Spain are established, and factors affecting the level of training of managers in the field of physical education and sports and their professional competence are identified. In the process of studying foreign experience, the latest educational methods were analyzed that were introduced in the process of training managers in the field of physical education and sports. These educational methods not only improved the professional competence of managers in the field of physical education and sports, but also aimed at revealing the students' personal potential.
Practicum in Early Childhood Education: Student Teachers’ Perspective
Authors: Cretu Daniela Maria
Published: August 2021

Practicum is a central component of initial teacher education programs. Most teacher education studies focus on practicum in primary and secondary school, while the practicum in kindergartens has received less attention in international literature. The goal of this study is to explore student teachers’ perceptions of practicum experience in kindergarten, within the context of an initial teacher education program. A total of 42 final year student teachers enrolled in the Pedagogy of Primary and Preschool Education program at a Romanian university participated in the study. They completed a questionnaire about their final practicum experience in kindergarten, concerning the benefits of the practicum, the difficulties encountered, and the ways of coping with them. The main benefits reported by the participants were: professional relationships, planning and practicing teaching, professional and personal skill development, and insights into the preschool education system. Difficulties included: implementing instruction, class management and self-concerns issues. The student teachers relied on internal resources, but also on external resources (the preschool mentor teachers, the student teacher supervisor and the colleagues) for overcoming the difficulties encountered during practicum. Based on their testimonies, we suggest possible improvements to the teacher education program.
Test Anxiety and Student Resilience in the Context of School Assessment
Authors: Clipa Otilia , Duca Diana Sinziana , Padurariu Georgiana
Published: August 2021

Countless studies have shown that there is a connection between anxiety felt during exams and school performance. We as individuals are exposed to failure in the moment of an exam and for those who are not familiar with the context, the opportunity to fail is more probable to happen. The goals of this study are: to identify the relation between exam anxiety and scholar resilience based on gender of the subject and the class he is a part of. The sample of the study was formed of 96 students from IV grade. There are 57 boys and 38 girls with ages between 9 and 11. The students are from primary school number 8 and primary school number 4 from Suceava, Romania. With the mention that for all the students, we have the parents acceptance that stands for their children's to be a part of the research with the mention of their children's information to remain confidential. Research tools used for the study are: the scale to test exams anxiety- scale made by Douglas & Benson and the questionnaire of resilience-(Oshio et al., 2003/2015). The research showed that there is a connection between exams anxiety and resilience based on gender of subject and that the level of resilience is different for all of the 4 classes that took part in the study, the biggest value belonging to the first class. The future directions for the study could be about the influence of the teachers on the level of anxiety during exams and their influence on developing resilience in students.
Professional Motivation - a Teacher-Manager Side by Side Perspective
Authors: Schipor Maria-Doina
Published: August 2021

Autonomous motivation is known as being positively related to individuals' resilience and well-being. This article investigates the self-perceived teacher motivation in relation with manager-perceived teacher motivation. A comparative study was conducted using the Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale (Gagné et al., 2015). The scale was filled in for five main tasks that teachers were asked to evaluate: class preparation, teaching, evaluation of students, administrative tasks, and complementary tasks (Fernet et al., 2008). The participants were 40 elementary and secondary teachers and 25 school managers from Romanian schools. Teachers evaluated their own motivation while managers filled in the scale with their perception on the teachers they coordinate. Specifically, we found that teacher and school managers have different ways to experience or perceive teacher motivation on the five investigated dimensions. The research results are analyzed to suggest two levels of intervention for enhancing teacher motivation: 1. Teacher motivational development aiming at determining teachers’ motivational self-knowledge and transforming motivation; 2. Developing managerial strategies for enhancing teacher motivation.
School Dropout and Early School Leaving in Romania: Tendencies and Risk
Factors
Authors: Alexa Simona , Baciu Elena-Loreni
Published: August 2021

Improving participation rates in education and reducing the number of persons who
leave the educational system prematurely has increasingly become a concern for national
governments and international organizations all over the world. The current paper is the
result of the documentation process for a doctoral research project on school dropout
(SD) and early school leaving (ESL) in Romania and the appropriate measures that could
effectively tackle these negative phenomena. Based on information compiled from periodic
reports issued by the relevant authorities, we present the evolution of the two
phenomena in Romania, within the last decade. The most extended section of the article
is dedicated to a review of the risk factors that have been associated with SD and ESL,
based on the theoretical works, research findings and relevant policies consulted during
the documentation stage. In the final section of the article, we systematize the
relevant aspects resulted from the documentation process and outline the improvements
that would benefit future studies aimed at identifying effective solutions to reduce SD
and ESL. The current paper may be of use to other researchers, when setting up the
design of a study concerned with SD and ESL.
Preparing Future Officers for Performing Assigned Tasks through Special Physical
Training
Authors: Khatsaiuk Oleksandr , Medvid Mykhailo , Maksymchuk Borys , Kurok Oleksandr , Dziuba Petro , Tyurina Valentyna , Chervonyi Pavlo , Yevdokimova Olena , Levko Mariana , Demchenko Iryna , Maliar Nelia , Maliar Eduard , Maksymchuk Iryna
Published: August 2021

The use of the newest pedagogical technologies (techniques) with the accentuated
influence of the modern technical means of training during practical classes with the
SPT and other forms of physical training with the cadets of the National Academy of
National Guard of Ukraine during their professional development ensures that they
acquire the necessary level of readiness to perform assigned tasks and is the priority
of the scientific research. The article aims to formulate a model for forming future
officers' readiness to perform assigned tasks using special physical training in higher
military educational institutions and to analyze the results of the pedagogical
experiment on its implementation. While conducting the pedagogical experiment, the
modern technical means of training and functional complexes were used, which increases
the level of special physical readiness among the representatives of the experimental
group. Also, pedagogical conditions for forming future officers’ readiness to perform
assigned tasks using special physical training at the Command faculty of the National
Academy of the National Guard of Ukraine were experimentally verified. To improve the
“shock” technique of HHC (the technique of applying physical activity measures) and the
explosive force, we used the hardware-software system of the martial arts technique
“Katsumoto” impact registration (HSS “Katsumoto”), video monitoring of technical
handicap operations, Human Reactions Complex (AECS – LAB). Experimental work was
implemented in two groups: the control group (CG, n=62) and the experimental group (EG,
n=61). It is experimentally confirmed that the high qualification level of special
physical readiness ensures the high-quality performance of assigned tasks.
Pedagogical Conditions for Digital Citizenship Formation among Primary School Pupils
Authors: Fediy Olga , Protsai Liudmyla , Gibalova Nataliia
Published: August 2021

The digitalization of the world community implies the need for preparing the citizens for active activities in the virtual environment, critical evaluation of information content, and safe behavior on the internet. Additional importance, in this context, is to be attributed to the need for the formation of digital intelligence (DQ). The initial stage of DQ development is specifically important, as involves the development of digital citizenship. The article presents the results of scientific theoretical and experimental research on the problem of primary school pupils’ digital citizenship formation. The scientific novelty is that for the first time the concepts of “primary school pupils’ digital citizenship” and “a digital citizen”, as well as the criteria, indicators, and levels of its development, have been specified. In addition, the pedagogical conditions of digital citizenship formation have been defined as the project method implementation, based on digital citizenship content; the use of parental control applications; the use of didactic infographics in the informational and educational environment. The article presents the pedagogical model of school pupils’ digital citizenship formation in the educational process. The study was conducted on the basics of the Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University (2018-2020).
Fostering a Values-Based Attitude towards a Person in Secondary Schools in the Post-Soviet Space
Authors: Stoliarenko Olena , Stoliarenko Oksana , Prokopchuk Viktoriia , Zhuravlova Larysa , Demchenko Iryna , Martynets Liliia , Yakovliv Volodimir
Published: August 2021

The article justifies the idea that a child is at the heart of educational activity. Subsequently, an educational activity aims to increase the creative potential and social activity of humane personality and recognize the priority of the free development of personality, the value of human beings and preserve their environment. Accordingly, the article aims to develop and verify the conceptual and methodological principles of the scientific and methodical system for cultivating a values-based attitude towards personality in students and introduce the technologies that will enhance their social decency. The article analyzes theoretical foundations, defines the principles and pedagogical conditions for developing the system of values-based orientations in students from the post-Soviet space on the example of Ukraine and verifies the effectiveness of these conditions experimentally. The experimental stage of the research employs the following methods to obtain the initial data: brainstorming, questionnaires, the methodology of unfinished sentences, “Q-sorting”, diagnosing the socio-psychological adaptation, diagnosing indicators and forms of aggression, empathic abilities, revealing the ability of effective cooperation and constructive communication, assertive behaviour (Diagnosis of accepting others, Goodwill scale, Express trust diagnostics, Express diagnostics of the level of person’s social isolation); a methodology for identifying the attitude “altruism-egoism” of the personality, value orientations, the integral person’s self-esteem, the assessment of moral development. Through all the parts of the experiment, the positive moves in learning the basic humanistic values were done in the value structure of the personality. The analysis of the data gathered during the investigation gives reasons to state, that during the experiment systematic changes of the educational process were made, the level of fostering a values-based attitude to a person among students has increased.
Forming Speech and Communicative Competency of Future Philologists
Authors: Chala Anna , Demchenko Natalia , Panchenko Violetta , Bakhmat Liudmyla , Krekhno Tetiana
Published: August 2021

The article deals with theoretical grounding and experimental verification of the formation of future philologists’ speech and communicative competency, which is considered an integral part of future professionals’ vocational training. The basic requirements to effective formation of future philologists’ speech and communicative competency have been identified. In the course of the research the structure of the system for the effective formation of future philologists’ speech and communicative competency has been determined. It is represented as the combination of the methodological, content, technological and diagnostic components. Each of them has its definite aim and content. The study was conducted from 2017 to 2020 and included four successive stages: exploratory and analytical, theoretical and experimental, formative, analytical. The experiment was conducted in the Municipal Establishment “Kharkiv Humanitarian Pedagogical Academy” of Kharkiv Regional Council and involved 16 teachers and 83 students divided into experimental and control groups. took part in the experimental work. Out of 83 students, 43 were in an experimental group, and 40 in a control one. In total, 59 people participated in the experiment. All the participants gave their written content on taking part in the experiment.
Actualization of Distance Learning in Comparison with Traditional Forms of Education in Conditions of Quarantine Security Measures
Authors: Filonenko Oksana , Maslova Natalia , Mirza-Sidenko Valentina , Voloshina Olha , Demchenko Vitaliy
Published: August 2021

Currently, in the context of severe quarantine restrictions, one of the promising areas of the formation and development of the higher education system is the problem of its comprehensive informatization, which is based, first of all, on improving the information and educational environment for learning and the development of distance learning. Therefore, serious attention is paid to the development and implementation of modern information technologies in teaching practice. All this fully applies to the development of distance learning, which allows each person to improve their educational level with a minimum interruption from production, in their free time and according to an individual training program. Taking this into account, at the present stage of reforming the higher education system in the world, it is becoming more and more difficult to look for effective directions for training highly qualified specialists using traditional teaching aids, to respond promptly and promptly to the emerging needs of the labor market without understanding a large amount of relevant and accurate information. The article carried out a theoretical and methodological study of the very essence of distance education, and also investigated the main methods for assessing this type of education in a pandemic situation. The novelty of the article lies in the acquisition of the development of theoretical and methodological aspects of methods for assessing distance education in COVID-19 conditions.
Research Paradigm as a Value Guideline for Professional Training of Future Social Workers
Authors: POVIDAICHYK Oksana , PEDORENKO Valentyna , POPOVA Anastasiia , TURGENIEVA Anastasiia , RYBINSKA Yuliia , DEMCHENKO Iryna
Published: August 2021

The need for R&D of social workers was due to the development of theoretical and methodological approaches and concepts of social work, the application of which involved the use of specific research tools. It is substantiated that the research subsystem of social work can be represented in the form of a model of the research environment, which reflects the relationship of three components: the social problem, methods of its research and tools for solving. The dialectical nature of social work, as well as the dynamic conditions in which it is carried out, determine a set of socio-economic, managerial and pedagogical factors that actualize the need for research in the social field. It is substantiated that R&D today is an integral element of professional social practice and is implemented both in the process of working with different categories of clients and in administrative and managerial activities. R&D provides adequate social order development of targeted comprehensive programs, projects and technologies of social protection, design and implementation of models of social institutions and services. As a result of a comprehensive study of the problem, the essential characteristics of R&D were clarified, which means the activity of obtaining new scientifically based knowledge aimed at purposeful change of social reality, which is realized in a logical sequence through the use of appropriate forms and methods of scientific knowledge. It is proved that R&D in the system of social work is realized at three levels (reflexive-theoretical, experimental-theoretical and research), each of which involves step-by-step actions (problem definition; hypothesis formulation, choice of research methods and tools; implementation of research plan; evaluation of results) and the use of appropriate research methods.
Testing the Technology of Pulsed Laser Welding of Thin-Walled Shell Structures of Steel 12Х18Н10Т on the BULAT LRS 300 Installation
Authors: Bakhmatov P.V. , Pletnev N.O.
Published: August 2021

The work was carried out by combining the efforts of the staff of the Department of Welding and metallurgical technologies and Technopark of the Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education Komsomolsk-on-Amur State University. The article considers the results of laser welding introduction into the technological process of the critical structure production on the example of parts (housing and fastening element) of the PeA12 piezoelectric accelerometer. The laser welding modes for circular seams of thin-walled shell structures have been developed. Welding equipment has been designed and manufactured. Mechanical and tightness tests were carried out, which showed positive results that meet the technical requirements for the accelerometer welded joints.