bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
WOUND HEALING ACTIVITY OF THE WHOLE PLANT OF MOMORDICA CHARANTIA LINN. IN RATS
Authors: Singh M.P , Sarangdevot Y.S. , Sisodia S.S. ,   Department of Pharmacology, Rajiv Academy for Pharmacy, Mathura, 281 001, UP, India
Published: November 2021

The aim of the present study was to explore the effect of wound healing activity of the whole plant of Momordica charantia Linn. in rats. The effect of aqueous ethanolic extract of Momordica charantia Linn. (Family; Cucurbetaceae) was evaluated on resutured incision, granuloma pouch and excision wound models in rats. The wound healing activity was measured by the rate of wound contraction, skin breaking strength, weight of the granulation tissue, and collagen content. The concentrated ethyl alcohol extract was subject to fractionation by using petroleum ether (40-60o V/V), solvent ether, ethyl acetate, butanol, butanone, ethanol and methanol in succession. All the fractions were screened for wound healing property. The results of pharmacological activity led to the conclusion that the petroleum ether fraction exhibited more significant wound healing promotion property followed by solvent ether and butanone, from all the parameters studied. Ethyl acetate, ethanol and methanol fractions were least effective.
CHALLENGES FOR GENERIC DRUG PRODUCERS
Authors:   Associate Editor Indian Drugs, Rao Nagaraj N.
Published: November 2021

In the fiercely competitive global market for generic drugs, the complexities and interconnectivities come to the fore when a drug is recalled. In recent months, as you may be aware, the sartans (also known as AT1 receptor antagonists, angiotensin II receptor blockers/antagonists) have come into the limelight due to the recall of some of them from the regulated markets of USA and Europe.
Tres colores
Authors: Muñoz Muñoz Diego Fernando
Published: November 2021

El presente artículo aborda una experiencia de co-creación junto a la Banda Tricolor y la práctica del barrismo social en un barrio de Pasto, Nariño. El objetivo del acompañamiento desde el diseño es impulsar una nueva forma de barrismo que permite trabajar de la mano con las personas para lograr evidenciar el compromiso social que las diferentes barras populares del país efectúan en pro de la comunidad. Esto se hizo a partir del desarrollo de actividades de integración e inclusión barrial en contexto de pandemia a partir de la etnografía y el diseño co-creativo. El resultado de las actividades fueron regulares, ya que hubo una baja participación de la comunidad aledaña. Al respecto se identifican las posibles causales y se analizan a detalle.
Diseño de un sistema-producto como alternativa para el cuidado del suelo y disminución de altas temperaturas, mediante la implementación de granjas urbanas y rurales
Authors: López Preciado Marta Liliana , Caicedo Flórez Carol Dayanna , Ossa Jiménez Carlos Andrés
Published: November 2021

Este proyecto hace una revisión del entorno del sector agrícola desde la Gestión del Diseño e Innovación, para la formulación y diseño de un sistema-producto que atienda necesidades de este renglón de la economía. Factor de gran importancia ya que esta se enfrenta hoy a diferentes problemáticas, como el cambio climático, situaciones demográficas y fenómenos asociados a migraciones del campo a la ciudad, además de temas de sostenibilidad e impacto ambiental generado en su ejercicio; el cultivo de alimentos y la agricultura como actividad han afectado negativamente la biodiversidad, los recursos naturales y especialmente el suelo. Para la definición estratégica del proyecto, se llevaron a cabo estudios de mercado usando métodos del marketing como Benchmarking, teorías como las cinco fuerzas de Michael Porter y las siete fuentes de innovación de Peter Druker, para el desarrollo de temas de innovación se utilizó el esquema general del Manual Oslo y herramientas de Design Thinking para la generación e ideación de nuevos productos o servicios. Las principales oportunidades para innovar permitieron identificar y plantear una propuesta de valor para la mejora en el diseño de huertas en contextos urbanos y rurales. Para ello, se aplicaron conceptos de sostenibilidad (ODS), como lo son vida de ecosistemas terrestres, acción por el clima y hambre cero.
DancE
Authors: Rodríguez Timarán Christian , Victoria Rengifo Ana Isabel , Gómez Marín Daniel
Published: November 2021

Este texto presenta un sistema que apoya el diseño y la ejecución de piezas de danza, sugiere a los coreógrafos elementos para estructurar sus escenas y busca maximizar la atención del público. La danza es un arte que transmite emociones a través de los movimientos corporales en sincronía con la música. Muchas veces, al construir piezas de danza es difícil controlar los factores que guían la atención y dirigen las emociones de sus espectadores a lo largo de la presentación de la pieza. Buscando soluciones para este problema, se creó un corpus de 10 piezas de danza, el cual contiene diversas variables estructurales que impactan la atención del público, esto es: Número de escenas, duración de la escena, cantidad de bailarines por escena, ubicación de los bailarines en el escenario, pulsos por minuto (BPM) de la música en la escena. Para entender cómo funciona la atención, se estudiaron las respuestas emocionales que diversas puestas en escena de baile generan en los espectadores, así como diversas técnicas de danza y sus mecanismos para proyectar y estimular la excitación del espectador. Uniendo los elementos que afectan la emoción con las respuestas emocionales, se creó un modelo generativo que sugiere a un coreógrafo cuáles y cuántos deben ser los elementos de una obra de danza estructurando las variables específicas estudiadas en el corpus. Este modelo se ha dispuesto en línea a través de una interfaz para ser usado libremente en línea por coreógrafos.
Experiencia digital en la enseñanza del Ch’ol en Chiapas, México
Authors: Montejo Cruz Oscar , Bastiani Gómez José , Orantes Alborez Segundo Jordán
Published: November 2021

El trabajo aborda la construcción de un objeto digital para la enseñanza de la lengua Ch’ol con estudiantes de la Universidad Intercultural de Chiapas, en San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas. La investigación tiene fundamento cualitativo porque considera el objeto de estudio de forma interpretativa y holística en los procesos educativos digitales. La aplicación de entrevista semiestructurada, el diario de campo y la observación participante permitieron recabar información que evidencia el desarrollo de un recurso digital en el aprendizaje de la lengua originaria con pertinencia y eficacia en la educación superior. Además, se obtuvo que la tecnología permite la interacción autónoma y fortalece la comunicación entre estudiantes y profesores en el aula. Por último, se sugiere construir una política de educación intercultural digital que se articule con las demandas de la sociedad del conocimiento para el fortalecimiento de la identidad lingüística y cultural de los estudiantes universitarios, en Chiapas.
La Lectura y la Escritura en los Procesos de Aprendizaje de los Estudiantes de Educación Superior
Authors: Ramírez Otálvaro Patricia
Published: November 2021

Los integrantes del semillero de investigación Enseñanza Aprendizaje en Educación Superior, como parte del ejercicio investigativo, han realizado un rastreo documental sobre las prácticas de lectura y escritura, y su incidencia en el aprendizaje y la construcción de conocimiento disciplinar; encontrando tendencias conceptuales y, procedimientos problemáticos o situaciones heredadas desde la escuela y a las cuales la educación superior, no les está dando solución; material compilado con el propósito de motivar la búsqueda de prácticas sistemáticas y responsabilidades compartidas entre los encargados de la enseñanza en educación superior, referidas con la promoción y la sostenibilidad de una cultura académica, que promueva la lectura y la escritura, como uno de los ejes transversales a la apropiación y reconstrucción de saberes.Palabras clave: Palabras clave: Educación superior, Enseñanza, Lectura, Escritura, Aprendizaje, Conocimiento
Formación permanente de maestros en el Parque Explora: una aproximación a la comunidad Astromae
Authors: Casas Fernández Luisa Fernanda , Suárez Juan Pablo
Published: November 2021

El presente artículo está enmarcado en una investigación cualitativa Formación permanente de maestros en el Parque Explora: una aproximación a la comunidad Astromae,4 en el que se retomaron los discursos de los maestros con respecto a las percepciones que tienen de la comunidad Astromae referido al aporte a su práctica de enseñanza. Se recogieron los discursos de los maestros participantes, no participantes, y coordinadores de la comunidad mediante entrevistas semiestructuradas, las cuales permitieron reunir categorías que dan cuenta de unas características propias de conceptos teóricos como: formación permanente, comunidade de aprendizaje, trabajo colaborativo y práctica de enseñanza que aportan a los hallazgos y que sirven de soporte en la voz de los maestros en la discusión.
Didáctica de la Educación Infantil. Reflexiones y Propuestas
Authors: Violante Rosa
Published: November 2021

En esta conferencia propongo presentar cinco reflexiones alrededor de la Didáctica de la Educación Infantil vinculadas con su estatus en tanto disciplina, con la caracterización de su objeto de estudio, con la tarea del docente, con las instituciones en las que se enseña y por último con el lugar que ha de ocupar en la formación docente. A partir de cada una de estas reflexiones planteo algunas propuestas a modo de líneas, para continuar pensando juntos la transformación de las prácticas docentes puestas en acción en el día a día del trabajo desarrollado con los niños y niñas menores de 6 años. Me siento parte de esta comunidad de aprendizaje y de una experiencia de construcción de conocimiento compartido, de la que hacemos parte todos los interesados en la educación inicial/infantil.
Urban Riverfront Management
Authors: Gole Dr. Swati
Published: November 2021

The plight of the rivers in India is pathetic, especially in the cities. Rivers flowing through the cities arepolluted and filthy. They have become dumping grounds for waste. Therefore the health of the citizens is atrisk.Rivers are modified to a great extent by constructing dams, channelization, changes in the flow etc. Thisresults in loss of their ecosystem functioning and natural services to man. The services given by the riverinclude fresh water source, fishing, washing, swimming, sand as a raw material for construction, and manymore. The esthetic use and relaxation on the river banks is an intangible service but important to thecommon man. All these services given by river are free of cost.Present situation demands immediate attention to improve conditions of rivers. The solution is restoringthe natural river system and re-developing river fronts sites based on ecological considerations. Thisinvolves stream channels, stream buffers and banks restoration. The restored river system contributes to ahealthier environment and improves conditions for stream related human activities.Typical plans for redevelopment of a river front are integrated and mixed-use, including public amenitiessuch as parks, trails, cultural attractions like open theatre, wildlife watch-towers, preservation of historicstructures like ghats and temples, and commercial establishments. However, the health of the river itself willnot be restored if the following factors are ignored: alternative solutions for sewage, improvement in waterquality, restoration of vegetation and habitats within the river and along its banks. In the redevelopment,access to river bank for common man is also an important element.Such successful examples are so far seen in American and European cities. It is now high time to haveholistic environmental planning in India.
Diagnostic and Predictive Utility of Serum Interleukin-37 in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case-Control Study
Authors: Gorial Faiq , Ezat Samaa , Raheem Mahmood Mahmood
Published: November 2021

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common cause of inflammatory polyarthritis. Interleukin‐37 (IL-37) has been found to play an important regulatory role in the development of inflammatory diseases. Objectives: To assess serum IL-37 level in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients compared to controls, to evaluate its diagnostic and predictive utility in RA patients and to investigate IL-37 level correlation with demographic and clinical characteristics of RA. Methods: Eighty subjects, 40 RA patients aged between 23-63 years and 40 healthy controls aged between 28-67 years were evaluated. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to analyze the serum IL-37 levels. Results: Serum IL-37 was significantly higher in RA patients compared to healthy controls. At optimum cut off value of >58.275 pg/ml, serum IL-37 had 100% accuracy, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, sensitivity, and specificity. Serum IL‐37 level was not significantly related to Disease Activity Score of 28 joints‐erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28‐ESR), also not correlated with C-reactive protein(CRP), rheumatoid factor(RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (Anti-CCP). Also there was no correlation between the level of IL-37 and treatment. Conclusions: IL-37 was significantly higher in RA patients compared to healthy controls with a high diagnostic and predictive ability, and may be a potential biomarker for diagnosis and prediction of RA.
Upaya Peningkatan Pengetahuan tentang Efek Samping Obat pada Warga Dasa Wisma dalam Upaya Penerapan Farmakovigilans
Authors: Sholihah Inayatush , Joko Santoso
Published: November 2021

The lack of public understanding and awareness about safe drug information and misleading social media news related to drug use is a new challenge that cannot be underestimated. The purpose of this community service was to overcome the problem of the lack of public knowledge about side effects, especially as an effort to implement pharmacovigilance in the community. The method started from intervention to the community included providing education (socialization) on the dangers of drug side effects and workshops on the use of the method of measuring drug side effects using the Naranjo algorithm. The target of this activity was the residents of the Mertoudan, Mojosongo, Surakarta would get additional knowledge about drug side effects and know how to monitor it, also creating people who are aware of drug side effects. This activity increased the knowledge of residents about drug side effects and the ability to measure the probability of the occurrence of drug side effects. The implementation of this activity received a good response from the Chairperson of Dasa Wisma and the participants, who were very enthusiastic to increase their knowledge about drug side effects and the measurement method with the Naranjo algorithm.
Pelatihan Penggunaan Kompor Biomassa Guna Meningkatkan Produktifitas Pedanggang Gorengan
Authors: Nugroho Arif Setyo , Didik Achadi W  , Y Yulianto Kristianto
Published: November 2021

The implementation of community service is carried out by providing solutions for fried food traders who sometimes experience problems, especially regarding the process of making merchandise for sale. The problem that arises is how to utilize solid waste from biomass in the form of wood as fuel when the process of making fried food, the hope is to reduce production operational costs and reduce waste around. The solution given is to use a biomass waste fuel stove, namely wood or charcoal, a stove with a gasification system. The utilization of wood waste and biomass as fuel can be a solution when LPG is scarce or the availability of wood waste is abundant. By calculation, using wood waste for cooking requires approximately 6 kg, economically it is cheaper because it utilizes biomass waste that is around. The disadvantage of using wood waste fuel is regarding the combustion residue, namely ash.
Pelatihan Penerapan PP No 23 Tahun 2018 dan Aspek Perpajakannya di Lingkungan SMKN 44 Jakarta Pusat
Authors: Agustina Indriani  , Ahmad Basid Hasibuan  , Jombrik TPR  , Sri Ari Wahyuningsih
Published: November 2021

The purpose of implementing the service is to provide a broader understanding to the community, especially to students in the SMKN 44 Central Jakarta environment. With this activity, students/trainees have skills that can be used if they want to work after graduating from SMKN. This training on taxation is indeed very important and needed at this time by teachers and students at SMKN 44 Central Jakarta where the material provided is up to date taxation in accordance with current government regulations including incentives provided by the government in conditions the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of this training also obtained an illustration that socialization of taxation for MSMEs must continue to be carried out by related parties so that all levels of society can understand and understand their tax obligations. The implementation of this learning shows that the enthusiasm of students and teachers for the material presented is quite high and it is very much needed for students and teachers, it is proven that many participants ask questions about the material presented and taxation in general, but due to time constraints so not all of the participants' questions can be answered one by one. This can be interpreted that the participants listened carefully to all the material presented.
Pelatihan Trik Pemasaran Dengan Meningkatkan Pendapatan Melalui Media Sosial
Authors: Suleman Dede , Imelda Sari  , Taat Kuspriyono  , Dedi Suharyadi
Published: November 2021

This journal contains the results of research related to training in marketing tricks to increase income with the help of social media. In the current marketing program, efforts to increase income need to be carried out apart from offline sales, it also needs to be done with online activities. One of the obstacles could be the lack of knowledge from the company team in using online marketing methods, especially through social media. Currently the company's marketing activities were previously carried out offline through advertising marketing and other print media in the form of distributing brochures or pamphlets and then continuing with marketing through print media and electronic media. Currently, both types of marketing activities are considered ineffective, especially in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has not yet ended. The main problems experienced by companies today include low income due to the impact of the pandemic where offline marketing activities are experiencing a pandemic so there needs to be a solution for marketing methods with new methods. One solution that is trying to be delivered in this community service activity is training on the use of social media. could be Instagram. So, it can be said that this could be one of the solutions in digital marketing with more emphasis on the use of social media in marketing products to increase company income.
Igla kao forma specifične materijalne kulture s kraja bronzanog i početka željeznog doba sjeverne Bosne / Pins as a form of specific material culture from the end of the Late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Iron Age in the northern Bosnia
Authors: Jašarević Aleksandar
Published: November 2021

During the final stages of the Late Bronze Age the territory of northern Bosnia was characterised by remarkable cultural dynamics, visible primarily in the distribution of metal finds: weapons, tools, jewelry, and functional costume objects. The new type of funeral practice – inhumation – emerged here and was perhaps an important factor in the formation and social stratification of communities living here at the end of the Late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Early Iron Age. The area of northern Bosnia is situated between the Pannonian Basin to the north and the mountainous region of the western Balkans to the south commonly referred to as Dinarides. Thanks to its geographical location, the upper course of the Sava River facilitates direct connections with the Alps, while its lower course leads to the Danube that creates a link with the Black Sea region. To the north, the area is open to the wide peripanon regions of Slavonia and Syrmia. Up the Danube valley, the communication corridor reaches Transdanubia and, along the Tisza River, the central part of the Carpathian Basin. This paper presents a specific form of material culture, a bronze pins with disk-shaped head and short thickening on the neck. A total of six pins are known; two of which have been discovered in hoards (Osredak and Gajina pećina), one in a grave (Ostrožac near Cazin), while the remaining pins are chance finds (Donja Dolina, Prud, and Soukbunar). They all come from a very limited region south of the Sava River and chronologically cover the period from the 10th to the end of the 9 century BC or with Ha B2/3 horizon of Central European periodization.

The pins with a disk-shaped head and short thickening on the neck most likely became part of women’s headgear or complex hairstyles, suggesting the development of special local habits and dress codes intended to promote status and rank. The choice of jewelry and local costume of the females yields information on their origins, affiliations, status, and social and economic role within the community. This paper posits that female costume in nothern Bosnia played the role of an important medium of social communication and interaction, and that it was important for the self-identification of its wearer in identifying their status. Furthermore, women’s mobility played an important role in spreading cultural habits at the end of the Late Bronze Age and in the Early Iron Age in the Western Balkans, with such mobility being evidenced through the distribution of personal items, especially jewellery and ornaments. Reasons for this mobility are related to economic, artisanal, military-political, ritual, and other various practices of the time. A special place in these exchanges was afforded to women, who, through exogamous marriages, became visible in the processes of cultural and social interaction.
ARAB VIEWS ON BALKANS’ MOSLEMS: AN ATTEMPT AT SHEDDING MORE LIGHT OF THE ROLE OF ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS
Authors: Abdulmahdi Saheeb Jaafar
Published: November 2021

Hundreds of books were written in the Arab world during the Bosnia and Kosovo wars, overwhelmed with rhetoric aimed at arousing a sense of Islamic solidarity. However, they have no scientifi c basis and are, therefore, of no scientifi c value. They were either along the lines of the West’s Balkan political campaign or were intended to elicit voluntary donations that were, more often than not, followed by large-scale fi nancial scandals. For this reason, it is also necessary to shed light on the insincerity of some fundamentalist structures in the Arab world that have raised their voice in support of Kosovo Albanian Muslims, irrespective of the fact that their claims are illegitimate. At the same time, these structures turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the claims of other Muslims, despite the fact that their claims are legitimate. In order to answer these questions, one should realistically and honestly say that NATO was only keen, exclusively and solely, to remove the obstacle to its further conquests, obstacle called Yugoslavia, particularly Serbia. That country was such obstacle to Western world–lords that they attributed to her, through their powerful political and media machinery, every single evil and villainy. West spared no money and means to dismantle and destroy Yugoslavia and particularly Serbia. So we faced such paradox that separatist movements were described as ‘revolutionary’ and ‘liberation armies’. Yet, if these things are natural for America and Europe, what is then natural for fundamentalists in Arab and Islamic world? There is no convincing answer but to describe our fundamentalists loyal to West as unionists loyal to their Vatican. Fundamentalists in Arab and Moslem world use our faith in a very bad manner, abusing it in the interest of politics. They mortify their faith in accordance to the needs of those forces in the world that are interested only for egoistic increase of their own power.
PENTECOSTAL POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN THE USA AND THE UK: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Authors: J. Hunt Stephen
Published: November 2021

In historical terms, the Pentecostal movement, for almost a century, was known for its political quietism. Identifi ed by ecstatic and esoteric experiences, Pentecostalism was in essence world-rejecting by nature. The movement’s millenarian disposition meant that it had no or few political inclinations. The return of Christ seemed imminent, ushering in the Kingdom of God that would replace all human authorities. With new waves of Pentecostalism spreading across the world, the movement appeared to become increasingly politicised in certain global context. This paper take a comparative analysis of the political undertakings of Pentecostalism in two western contexts, namely, the USA and the UK that provide examples of a seemingly highly religious society and a ‘mid-range’ secular society of Europe respectively. The paper overviews the activities of Pentecostals in both nations and identifi es the key factors behind the politicalization of the movement and explores the principal variables by which to understand diff erent levels of success achieved by the movement. This emphasis is supplemented by recognition of the contrasting political cultures in which the activities of the Pentecostals have operated.
“IN-LINE RELIGION”: INNOVATIVE PASTORAL APPLICATIONS OF THE NEW INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (NICTS) BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NIGERIA
Authors: C. Ihejirika Walter
Published: November 2021

In my researches in the field of media religion and culture, I have made extensive comparative analyses of the Catholic and Pentecostal churches in Nigeria and their different communication strategies. This paper highlights the appropriation of the new information and communication technologies by these two Christian denominations in Nigeria. Special attention is paid to the Catholic Church, because, unlike the Pentecostal denominations which see media technologies as an extension of the church pulpit, the Catholic Church has generally exhibited a somewhat cold attitude towards these instruments of mass communication. This attitude goes back to the advent of cinema which the Church’s hierarchy then saw as having the potential of corrupting faith and moral. The Catholic Church has remained largely a print-based Church, investing most of her communication energy in the print media and in oral catechism. But in recent years, this negative attitude of the Church has started to change. Of all the technologies of mass communication, none has been so instantly accepted and embraced by the Catholic Church as the new information and communication technologies. Using the Mater Cyberworld, (a cyber-café founded by the Ahiara Mbaise Catholic Diocese in Eastern Nigeria), as a case, this paper highlights some distinctive characteristics of the Catholic Church’s involvement in the new information and communication technologies. The analysis shows that this media appropriation is one of the means through which the Catholic Church establishes a strong presence in the Nigerian socio-political sphere.
RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY AND TOLERANCE
AN ANALYSIS OF CONFESSIONAL INTOLERANCE AND ITS DOCTRINAL SOURCES, POSSIBILITIES OF REGULATING RELATIONS BETWEEN RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES
Authors: Jakovljević Dragan
Published: November 2021

This article offers a draft of the term ‘bilateral tolerance’, which is assumptive in the course of our further practice. After that, the conditions of potential motivation for confessional intolerance are being investigated, in addition to the different forms through which the mentioned conditions influence others. It is followed by a comparative investigation of doctrinal sources concerning compatible attitudes toward heterodox persons in Christian and Moslem Holy Scriptures. Multiple meanings with potentially serious consequences are being presented.
TALIBAN OR TERRORIST? SOME REFLECTIONS ON TALIBAN’S IDEOLOGY
Authors: Sultana Aneela
Published: November 2021

This article reflects religious, political and cultural foundations of Taliban’s creed which makes them different in the Islamic world as well as gives them special place in today’s international power politics. The main objective of this article is to review Taliban’s policies which are manifested frequently in their public statements and general practices. It further explains the influence of tribal customs and traditional Pushtun code of conduct over the establishment of Taliban’s movement. An attempt is made to appraise gender policy of Taliban’s which dictates strict moral code for both men and women and its repercussions for gender relations. This paper also discusses all those factors which contributed in the rise of talibanization in Afghanistan as well as in other parts of the Muslim world. Madrassa education is strongly believed to be responsible for designing terrorist minds. This article reveals views of talibs (madrassa students) regarding the nature of their studies and the way this knowledge is actually applied in the course of their life.
Control of segetal vegetation under adaptive tillage systems in the Forest-Steppe zone of Ukraine
Authors: Ptashnik M.M. , Dudnyk S.V. , Brukhal F.I. , Boris N.Ye.
Published: November 2021

In the results of research are presented the regularities of the formation of cenoses of segetal vegetation in field crops, in particular, corn for grain and soybeans, with adaptive tillage systems in the Forest-Steppe zone of Ukraine in order to develop effective, environmentally safe, resource-and energy-saving agrotechnological measures to control the level of contamination of agricultural land. The research was carried out during 2016-2020 in a stationary two – factor field experiment, which includes 5 alternative tillage systems (plowing, flat – cutting processing, differentiated – chiseling, shallow and surface – disking) and 3 fertilizer systems (without fertilizers; earning in the soil by – products of the predecessor; by-products + mineral fertilizers) in a short-term grain crop rotation (winter wheat-corn for grain-spring barley-soy) on gray large-sawn-light loamy forest soils.It was found that in agrocenoses of corn for grain and soybeans during the growing season, a small-year type of contamination is formed with a predominance of representatives of the Poaceae family, the monocotyledonous class, in particular Echinochloa crus-galli L. and Setaria glauca L.The best results in controlling of the development of segetal vegetation on experimental variants were provided by varieties of deep tillage (plow, flat-cut or chisel) against the background of an organic-mineral fertilizer system with the introduction of by-products of the predecessor into the soil and the introduction of mineral fertilizers. Such fertilizer systems decreased the contamination of crops by 38.9%.When cultivating the soil without turning the soil chunk – flat-cut and disking, against the background without fertilizers, the development of segetal vegetation was poorly controlled.Systems of minimized–shallow and surface disk treatments significantly (up to 88%) increased the abundance and (up to 91%) weight indicators of crop weed contamination in the pre-harvest period compared to multi-depth plowing and differentiated system of basic soil tilling.
IN MEMORIAM: SULEJMAN REDŽIĆ
Authors: Matevski Vlado , Čarni Andraž
Published: November 2021

UDK: 57:929 Redžić S.
On the universal and the nationally-specific traits in Russian, Bulgarian and Romanian proverbs containing the components ‘good–evil’, ‘better–worse’, ‘good–bad’ and their synonyms
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko Transnistria State University and Grigoriy Tsamblak Taraclia State University, Raceeva Elena
Published: November 2021

The author uses the study of the axiological systems of the Russian, Bulgarian and Romanian paremiological pictures of the world based on proverbs with ‘good–evil’ components and their synonyms as a framework for researching proverbs and sayings of Bessarabian immigrants who have lived in a foreign Russian-Romanian ethnical context for over 200 years. This article describes and presents in a comparative way some Russian, Bulgarian and Romanian proverbs with the components ‘good–evil’ and their synonyms, obtained as a result of continuous sampling of the most complete representative sources. The author brings forward statistical characteristics of arrays paired with observations upon the universal and nationally specific traits at the conceptual, structural and discursive levels. Some entry-level comparative interpretation is carried out, building upon the Russian, Bulgarian and Romanian paremiological ideas about the essence of such categories as ‘good’ and ‘evil’, as well as the balance between these categories and the expected reactions to good and evil.
Varia: Renaissance. National. Non-canonical. (The 19th century Bulgarian Ierosolymitika with the images of St. Cyril and St. Methodius)
Authors:   Cyrillo-Methodian Research Center at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Rasheva Iveta
Published: November 2021

The Ierosolymitika are paintings with Biblical content, produced between the 17th and the 19th centuries in Jerusalem. The wealthy Bulgarian pilgrims usually bought several Ierosalymitika each. Jesus Christ’s tomb was painted in the center of each Ierosolymitikon. Invariably, there was an icon of the Theotokos to the left of the central image and another one of Jesus Christ to the right. The rest of the space was filled with scenes from the Old and the New Testaments and with icons of Saints. The author of this article discusses an icon of St. Cyril and St. Methodius she was able to find in one such Ierosolymitikon brought to Bulgaria in the 19th century.
"Up to now" and Forward Through the Personal Memory or the Anthological Portrait of Marin Georgiev
Authors:   Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Krasteva Gergina
Published: November 2021

The present paper – “‘Up to now’ and forward through the personal memory, or the anthological portrait of Marin Georgiev” (in this version it is a part of a larger study of the 2010-2017 period), puts an emphasis on some personal details linked to two specific autoanthological publications of the contemporary Bulgarian poet Marin Georgiev. These books of poetry, published in 2011, constitute opportunities for both research perspectives on the actual tendencies of the last decade and constructing the author’s figure – as a person involved in building his own creative biography through the gesture of preparing a personal anthological project.
‘Mythology’ and ‘Religion’ in Latin Christian Literature of IV–V CC
Authors:   St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, Milanov Rossen
Published: November 2021

Christianity illuminated the world in the age of Antiquity but it differed significantly from the life of the ancient world. The Christian writers of IV–V cc. treat the ancient mythology in a negative way. The present article discusses the characteristics of ancient mythology which were unacceptable from a Christian point of view. Why are the concepts of ‘mythology’ and ‘religion’ opposed in the minds of the Christian writers? Christian literature depicts a different world. What are the characteristics of this world? What demonstrates its reality and veracity? The answers to these questions are given in the article “Mythology and Religion in Latin Christian Literature of IV–V cc.”
Basketball training of students from the University of Veliko Tarnovo and the National sports academy in the conditions of emergency
Authors:   ", Aleksieva Milena ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo, Borukova Mariana
Published: November 2021

After the declared state of emergency in Bulgaria and in the world due to the Covid19 pandemic, the last two months of the summer semester of the 2019/2020 academic year, the students from NSA “Vassil Levski” and VTU “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” continued their education in remote form in the learning platforms of the two universities, where adapted teaching materials were provided. The aim of the study is to study and compare the opinion of students from NSA and VTU regarding distance learning in basketball at both universities. Research methodology: in the platforms for distance learning the students from NSA and VTU were provided with a questionnaire of 12 questions. The questionnaire is anonymous and was filled in at will by 197 students (106 students from NSA, studying for a bachelor‘s degree and 91 students from VTU, studying for a master‘s degree). To achieve the set goal and tasks of the research, the following methods have been applied: a review study of the specialized literature and a survey. Statistical methods: the results were processed with SPSS 23, using frequency analysis by one-dimensional and two-dimensional frequency distribution, and comparison of the distribution of signs with Pearson‘s χ 2 criterion. Results: The answers of the students in the survey show that everyone regularly enters the platforms, as this is 80.2% of VTU and 78.3% of NSA. Students from both universities find their way easily with the materials in the platforms, 90.1% of VTU and 70.8% of NSA approve the way the teaching materials are presented. 72.6% of NSA and 67% of VTU share that they prefer basketball classes to be held in the hall. With regard to the university factor, statistically significant differences were observed in the answers to nine questions. With regard to the gender factor, statistically significant differences were observed in only two responses. Conclusion: students from both universities prefer basketball classes to be held in a gym, but they want the training to continue in the distance learning platform. The asynchronous form of distance learning is unacceptable for students (60.4% of NSA and 70.1% of VTU).
The film Memory (1985) and Konstantin Pavlov’s poetry of the 1960s, or on the quests “on the upwind side of the weather-vane”
Authors:   Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Panova Mariya
Published: November 2021

The present paper provides an opportunity to interpret the peculiar projections of Konstantin Pavlov’s poetry of the 1960s in the film Memory, based on the poet’s screenplay from 1985. The study focuses on the problems depicted in the motion picture and the peculiarities of the unconventional style which define both the specific place of the film in the developing trends of Bulgarian feature films of the 1980s, and its complex biography related to the institutional pressure for self-censorship and minimal public response. The observations made in the paper focus on understanding the film as an artistic experiment, achieved through the poetic codes it encrypts.
Motivation for Reading of Students from initial stage of primary education (1st to 4th Grade)
Authors:   ", Vatsova Diana ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The article discusses one of the areas of the literary education of students in the initial stage of primary education: developing interest in reading. The timeliness and relevance of the problem treated determine the purpose of the study: based on international pedagogical experience, to define a model that increases the interest in reading within the competency-based approach, and highlight the role of motivation as a building element of this model. Analyses of the structure of motivation for reading, and the means of integration of cognitive processes and creativity when working with artistic text are done, being the aim to increase the motivation for reading of first to fourth grade students.
The Passages in the Caucasus and the Location of the Bulgarians
Authors: Voynikov Zhivko
Published: November 2021

The Bulgarians appeared in the Caucasus in the 1st century AD or under the first rulers of the Arsacid dynasty in Armenia. Armenian chroniclers report that the “country of the Bulgarians” was situated in the gorges of the Caucasus. Some Syrian chroniclers note that the Bulgarians lived behind the Caspian Gates (e.g. Pseudo-Zacharias Rhetor), while others (e.g. Michael the Syrian) claim that the Bulgarians/Puguri lived behind the Torah Gates, which got its name from the city of Caspia, nowadays the town of Kaspi in Georgia. Thus, it becomes clear that the Torah Gates of Michael the Syrian and the Caspian Gates of Pseudo-Zacharias are one and the same thing – the Darial Gorge. Due to superficial knowledge of the Caucasus’s historical geography, the Torah Gates are identified with the Chor/Tsor or Derbent Pass in historiography. The Chor Pass cannot be identified with Derbent, but with the Alazani Valley or Ptolemy’s Albanian Gates. The Ashkharatsuits (or “Ancient Armenian geography”) also reports that the Bulgarians lived in the Western Caucasus, or in the territories of modern Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia.
Communication disorders of people with autism spectrum disorder
Authors:   ", Popova Desislava ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

Current research outlines a brief overview of up-to-date autism spectrum interpretations as a complex social, behavioral and communicative development. Current trends in the problem analysis worldwide are presented. Autism spectrum disorders are classified as Neurodevelopmantal disorders which gives a new look to the issue of etiology, prevention and therapy. At the same time, the article identifies new classification criteria set out in ICD-11, which specify intellectual and communicative development. Communication characteristics as well as the and the use of both speech and alternative forms for the development of functional communication are emphasized. The presentation is structured by describing the specifics of the basic forms of communication, understanding and producing language and the communicative behavior
History, Irony, Ethos (Part II)
Authors:   Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Ruskov Ivan
Published: November 2021

The text reviews the ethos of the Bulgarian revolutionaries Zahary Stoyanov and Stoyan Zaimov, displayed in the contradiction between words and action in 1876. It outlines the ambiguous appraisals in the works of the two authors, especially with regard to the question of whether it is appropriate to use irony in writings about persons and events playing a key role in the struggle for Bulgarian liberation from Ottoman rule.
Projections of heresy in Emilian Stanev’s The legend of Sibin
Authors:   ", Grudkov Venelin ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The article aims to establish the importance of a number of heretical and orthodox texts for Emilian Stanev’s novel The Legend of Sibin, Prince of Preslav. The observations lead to the conclusion that the sources and facts are not used verbatim but are subjected to the author’s idea of seeking the answer to the question “What kind of people are we?”
Varia: Attribution, predication, apposition (Part one)
Authors:   ", Getsov Anton ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The paper is part of a series of publications that aim to examine various aspects in the analysis of appositive constructions. The purpose of this particular study is to reveal the multidimensional, diverse, and complex interaction between three types of syntactic relations – attributive, predicative, and appositive. The study offers a critical review of various theories on the status of the grammatical relation between the components of non-detached (close) appositive constructions. The main argument of this paper is that determining this status, on the one hand, is a function of the morphological and semantic characteristics of the components of the construction; and on the other hand, it determines their syntactic status.
Lexical archaisation and lеxical competence (Оbservations on the semantic perception of some archaisms and historisms)
Authors:   Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Zidarova Vanya
Published: November 2021

The paper discusses the changes in the Bulgarian lexical system after 1990, and more precisely the relationship between оutdated lexical units and contemporary lexical competence. The research includes a questionnaire given to 300 students (born between 2001 and 2003). The respondents had to explain the meanings of 10 words which are not used anymore or have more than one meaning. The results show that the students are not well acquainted with the semantics of most of the historisms and аrchaisms, which implies low lexical competence with regard to the outdated lexical units.
Entertaining mathematics presented by steam educational approach in teaching preschool and primary school age children
Authors:   ", Ivanova Vanya ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The subject of this article is to clarify the connection between entertainment in Math lessons and educational STEAM technologies, which have the potential to motivate and stimulate the interest of preschool and primary school age in Math and their cognitive logical - mathematical activity. The article discusses the STEAM approach in its essence and teaching Maths using this method. The article also presents some educational technologies in fun Math, which allow children to discover for themselves through the methods of experimentation, exploration and experience, and this acquired independence leads children to an increased interest and motivation to learn.
History of formation of programs for musical education of the Republic of Moldova and integration of the bulgarian component in the system of general education – background and development
Authors:   Taraclia State University, Moldova, Todorov Vitaliy
Published: November 2021

This article attempts to reflect, from the point of view of national minorities, the history of the development of music education programs in the general education system of the Republic of Moldova. Emphasis is placed on the efforts of the Bulgarian diaspora of Moldova and the participation of the Republic of Bulgaria in preserving the culture, traditions and identity of the minority. The work reflects the thirty-year period of the program’s development; all its versions are briefly described in chronological order.
Theories of the Grammatical Relation within Appositional Consruction (2. part)
Authors:   ", Getsov Anton ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

This article critically reviews the ways in which the grammatical relation between the units of appositional constructions have been interpreted and conceptualized in Russian linguistics. The paper considers four distinct perspectives, each of which represents a principal claim: 1) Theories based on the traditional view of the grammatical relation; i.e., the appositive and the head are in a hypotactic relationship. 2) Theories proposing that the grammatical relation is coordination. 3) Theories stating that the grammatical relation is neither coordination nor subordination. 4) Theories advancing the view that the grammatical relation has a hybrid nature; i.e., it is a symbiosis of distinctive features both of coordination and subordination. The second part of the paper explores the third and the fourth group of theories.