bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Diachronic and achronic characteristics of a dull sibilant ս (s) of Old Armenian language
Authors:   Yerevan State University, Petrosyan Vardan Z.
Published: February 2023

The vast majority of the Armenian words of Indo-European origin with ս (s) have the nasalized *ḱ as their prototype. By combining back-lingual prototypes (comp. *ḱ, *k, *g՛, *gh) from one side and all the sibilant prototypes (comp. *s, *(s)s, *z, *z / s, *(p)s, *s(p), *s(t), *s(kh)) from the other side, a 2 : 1 quantitative proportion can be established in favor of the posterior ones. The number of the words restored with nasalized voiceless back-lingual *ḱ is about 1.7 times higher than those restored with fricative voiceless sibilant *s. However, quantitative prevalence is not yet sufficient to consider Indo-European *ḱ the original prototype of the Armenian ս (s), thus the initial phoneme from which the Old Armenian sibilant ս (s) could have derived after the separation of Armenian from the common Indo-European language. There are two reasons preventing such a conclusion: 1) the prototype with *s is restored for numerous Armenian words in comparative Armenian studies; 2) the first and second nasalization of the Indo-European back-lingual, which also resulted in sibilant phonemes in Indo-European languages, all dating back to a later period. The twofold quantitative prevalence of the cases of transition of Indo-European *ḱ to Armenian ս (s) compared to the transition of *s > ս (s), is likely to have originated similarly to the transition from the nasalized back-lingual occlusives to fricatives and occlusive-fricatives. It was a common phenomenon not only in Armenian but also in almost all of the eastern (satəm) group languages.
Dynamics of the attribute connections of the noun klyatva ‘an oath’ to the National Corpus of the Russian Language
Authors:   Lanzhou University, Speranskaya Alevtina N. , Baranchikova Anastasia D. ,   Flo Health
Published: February 2023

The paper investigates the dynamics of the attributive relationships of the word klyatva ‘an oath’ in the Russian texts of the 18th - 21st centuries collected in the National Corpus of the Russian Language. The authors performed statistical and semantic analyses of adjective lexemes with the word klyatva. The results include the description of the dominating adjective distributors of the word under study as substantive and the semantic fields associated with it. The number of adjective combinations in the texts of the 19th century is threefold higher compared to the texts of the 18th century. In the 20th century, the combinability concerning klyatva tended to increase, with contexts containing 57 different lexemes. The contexts of this word under study at the beginning of the 21st century contain about 40 lexemes, with more than a half being new. However, it is too early to sum up the final results on the quantitative compatibility of the 21st century texts. Every period of Russian language development is characterized by the introduction of new adjectives combined with klyatva as substantive. In the texts of the 19th - 21st centuries, the semantics of klyatva expanded as new options for compatibility appeared. Attributive compatibility shows that in the semantic scenario of klyatva, the adjectives used, first of all, emphasize the speech genre itself. Adjectives enhance the following elements of the scenario: the pronunciation of klyatva, its addressee and content, the place, the term, and the number of participants.
New Russian synonymy in the aspect of language attraction
Authors:   Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, Olkhovskaya Aleksandra I.
Published: February 2023

The turn of the 21st century showed the substantial change in the synonymic composition of the Russian language due to the intensive borrowing of Anglicisms. This study focuses on the Russian synonymy novelties caused by lexical borrowings of recent years. 1162 synonymous paradigms, including at least one borrowing introduced into the Russian language from the late 1980s to the present day, were analyzed. The synonym fund update indicates the transformation of semantic language space and, more broadly, of its concept sphere. Thus, the material is interpreted from the position of conceptualization of the linguistic worldview based on the law of synonymic attraction. Ideographic distribution of new synonyms and assessment of the synonym series update were applied. Two assumptions underlie the study: 1) thematic groups greatly enriched with synonyms correspond to the relevant spheres; 2) synonymic series augmented with numerous new components match the important concepts. The analysis revealed the semantic areas with a high synonymic increase. Synonymy of the ideographic sphere of “Society”, in particular, Internet communication, employment, equipment and IT technologies, sports and culture underwent the greatest changes, accounting for about 80 % of the synonymic rows. In the ideographic sphere of “Human”, the thematic groups of “Gender, sexuality”, “Hygiene, beauty procedures”, “Food”, “Thinking, cognition”, and “Human activity” demonstrated the greatest synonymic dynamics. The sphere of “Abstract categories” revealed the “equilibrium” synonymy. Ecological safety, media fame, Internet, emoticon, and shopping center prove to be the significant concepts of modern Russian society. Also, some conclusions were made concerning the worldview, values and ideological attitudes of contemporary Russian society.
Results of the all-Russian scientific and practical conference “Children’s book in the digital age” with international participation
Authors:   Tomsk State Pedagogical University, Safonova Ekaterina A. , Saynakova Natalia V. ,   Tomsk State Pedagogical University, Kurysheva Margarita V. ,   Tomsk State Pedagogical University
Published: February 2023

Tomsk State Pedagogical University hosted on December 2-3, 2021 a conference “Children’s book in the digital age” dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the graduate of Tomsk Teacher’s Institute, children’s writer A. M. Volkov. This paper summarizes the results of this conference. The uniqueness of this conference dedicated to children’s literature is that the phenomena of children’s books and reading were discussed under a variety of research perspectives by scientists and practitioners from different fields of knowledge. The scientific event was a part of the series of events organized by TSPU dedicated to children’s and youth literature, reading, the image of childhood in fiction. The conference provided a platform for understanding the global challenges associated with changing formats of children’s books and the emergence of a new generation of digital readers. During the conference, the participants discussed the influence of A. M. Volkov on modern literature, the role of illustration in a children’s book, considered the possibilities of using fiction in inclusive work, and identified effective technologies for reading books, including for “special” children. Of importance were the aspects of considering museum pedagogy and library work in the development of reading culture of a child, teenager, and family.
Pushkin as a monument in the poetic worldview of Bulat Okudzhava
Authors:   Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod, Aleksandrova Maria A.
Published: February 2023

The poems of Bulat Okudzhava, “Aleksandr Sergeich” and “Tourist family is photographed at the Pushkin Monument,” are analyzed through the system of contexts. These are traditional poems in the “ekphrasis” genre, reflecting the cult status of the monument by Opekushin, various debates with the tradition of poems “to the monument” by Mayakovsky and Brodsky, and Pushkin’s works united in the reception of the modern poet by the ideas of benevolence and gratitude. Okudzhava’s interpretation of the “bronze Pushkin” was inspired by the idea of a poetry monument. The theme of mercy from Pushkin’s poem “Exegi monumentum” is realized in “Aleksandr Sergeich” by the connection between the title, the dedication, and the content. The dedication of the poem “Tourist family is photographed at the Pushkin Monument” to a friend of his youth is considered through the author’s creative task: the poet and photoartist Tsybulevskiy becomes a judge in a dispute with Samoylov (“Amateur photographer”). Finally, the disagreements between the distant interlocutors become imaginary, as is the conflict between the “little man” and eternity “in front of Pushkin.” After substantiating the meaning of the allusion to Pushkin’s “Birdie” in the poem’s refrain, a conclusion is made: the metaphor of the soaring souls of “little people” develops the idea of “Aleksandr Sergeich”, with a monument symbolizing a hierarchy of values. Okudzhava’s interpretation of Pushkin’s monument was not influenced by prejudice against the “deadening” (Mayakovsky) or “ice-cold” (Brodsky) bronze form. For Okudzhava, the spirituality of the “bronze Pushkin” signifies his harmonizing role in modern life.
Seriality as a principle of narration in contemporary prose (Nosov, Sal’nikov, Pelevin)
Authors:   Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Zhilicheva Galina A. ,   Russian State University for the Humanities
Published: February 2023

This paper examines the narrative aspects of the category of seriality based on the novels of contemporary Russian writers. It is stated that, in contemporary literary criticism, the concept of seriality is used to characterize two different trends. The first is a designation of the desire for a repetition of intrigue and characters in works of popular literature. The second is a fundamental feature of the poetics of the avant-garde and postmodernist texts manifested in several ways (fragmentation, stringing of the same type of episodes, or deconstruction of a linear sequence of events). The analysis has proved that this serial structure of narration actualizes the neocumulative intrigue, aiming not to depict a static “imaginary” world or a catastrophic resolution of the initial situation (which is typical for the traditional cumulative plot model) but to multiply a paradigmatic event. This type of repetition indicates a provocation strategy that activates the consciousness of the addressee. Nosov’s novel “The Curly Brackets” uses the potential of the cumulative stringing of episodes corresponding to the occasionalistic artistic worldview and the occupation of the characters (who are magicians). Salnikov’s novels feature the interaction of series of diegetic events with events conditioned by the imagination of the focalizers (“Petrovs’ Flu”) or by the poetic intention of inserted texts (“Indirectly”). In Pelevin’s serial universe, the “self-closure” of the narrated events is never complete: their depiction involves a polyphonic system of interpretations with which to discover the semantic lacunae.
From the history of words III
Authors:   Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Anikin Alexander E.
Published: February 2023

The present work is devoted to the history of several Russian words predominantly used in the literary language and to some dialectisms. The lexicological etudes proposed appeared in the process of preparing the 17th issue of the Russian Etymological Dictionary. The paper contributes to a thorough study of the lexical material concerned and reveals the specificity of the vocabulary discussed on several examples. The following words are considered: zabélka (dial.) “the best person”; zazhór and zazhóra (dial.) “accumulation of ice in during the ice drift”; zakadychnyy “close, sincere (of a friend)”; zamáshka, zamáshki “hemp yarn and canvas”; zasedat’ “to discuss, decide”; záspa (dial.) “barley or oat groats”; zatín 1 “a place hidden behind a fence”; zatín 2 (dial.) “an iron crowbar stuck into an ice-floe”; zatín 3 (dial.) “a weakness of a horse.”
Secondary meanings of directed motion verbs in Khakass
Authors:   Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Shagdurova Olga Yu.
Published: February 2023

The paper analyzes the secondary meanings of the verbs of directed motion in the Khakass language, developed due to the original semantics reinterpretation. The semantic analysis has shown that secondary meanings expressing different movements were formed out of the primary meanings. The semantics development of these verbs greatly reflects the spatiotemporal representations of the Khakass people, which are the most important fragment of their world picture. It is in the cases of metaphorical displacement that this semantics is traceable. The analysis of the meanings relating to movement in space and time shows some tendency for secondary meanings relating to movement in space (including metaphorical) and time to develop. Some specificity is observed in the semantics of secondary meanings closely related to primary meanings that convey various movements in the physical sphere. However, the semantics of movement is transferred into the abstract sphere, where the associative transfer associated with spatial metaphor takes place. The primary meanings of all verbs analyzed generally contain the idea of approaching (moving away) something by moving a given object or subject from one place to another. The secondary values are closely related to the primary meanings conveying various kinds of movements in the physical sphere. The verbs of directed motion have proven to be productive in generating mental meanings and meanings related to the mental and emotional state, social relations, and behavior of a person.
Folk terminology of mythologized characters of the group “craftsmen-professionals” in the dialects of the Bashkir language
Authors:   Institute of History, Language and Literature of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Khisamitdinova Firdaus G.
Published: February 2023

This paper describes the folk terminology of a group of “knowledgeable people” called “craftsmen-professionals.” The main, widespread, and dialect terms referring to the mythologized characters “craftsmen-professionals” are identified using dictionaries, folklore and art works, and the field materials of the author. In the Bashkir language, the generalizing term for “craftsmen-professionals” is the word оҫта (craftsman). In addition, the words һөнәрсе / һөнәрмән (artisan, master), кәсепсе (a person engaged in some kind of craft) are used. Much attention is paid to the characteristics of the terms related to specific characters of the group “craftsmen-professionals” and their names. It has been established that such specialists as кендек инәһе, кендекәй, кендек-ҡарсыҡ, абызәней (a midwife); бабаҡарт, сөннәтсе, бабасы (a baba, a specialist in circumcision of boys); тимерсе (a blacksmith); һунарсы, аусы, аңсы, жәннекше, балыҡсы (a hunter); көтөүсе, йылҡысы, ҡуйсы (a shepherd); ҡурайсы, думбырасы, ҡобайырсы, һармаҡсы, толғаусы, йырсы (musicians) belong to this group of “knowledgeable people.” The author provides the literary and dialect names of the characters concerned, the verbs, the epithets related to the characters of “craftsmen-professionals,” the parallels with other Turkic and non-Turkic languages, folklore and mythologies. The description of terms is complemented by ethnographic data. The analysis of the vocabulary has shown that the terminology associated with the оҫталар group (masters, craftsmen) is mostly of common Turkic origin, with a significant layer of terms of a common Kypchak origin and later terminology having a borrowed character.
On the question of terminological definition of the concept of author's theatre
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dementsova Emiliia V.
Published: February 2023

By the logic of the language, any object of art has an author - albeit a collective one, as in folklore - and therefore, should be called an “author”. However, this does not really help in determining the exact place of a work of art in the system of art concepts and terms; but not every director manages to create an individual author's style. In Western theatre studies, at a linguistic level, the borrowing from cinema of such terms as “auteur theatre” and “the theatre of the director-auteur” is rather reflected. The concept of “auteur” turns out to be the most acceptable in describing a new type of director who actively adapts dramatic plays, intervenes in them and thus creates their own script based upon the other whilst developing their own unique style. Today new terms have appeared in theatre studies such as post-auteur and neo-auteur, which have not yet been investigated and are riddled with contradiction. The post-auteur theatre considers the work of the director-auteur, not as an expression of an individual genius, but rather as a meeting place, a point of assembly of his biography, intertext, context and specific historical situation. The post-auteur theatre puts the personality of the director-auteur in the background, putting in the first place the collective nature of the work to create a film or performance. The director exists today in another socio-cultural formation. That is why the concept of “neo-auteur theatre” (or cinema) that may become appropriate to describe a new approach to directing that is characteristic of the contemporary cultural situation. The neo-auteurism approach suggests that the director, in addition to the film or performance, creates a certain “added value”. Directors are fully involved in the advertising process to promote their performances on social networks, the media, participation in festivals, lecturing and other forms of public presentation and promotion. “Auteur” has become a marketing category, a label that is actively and not always deservedly assigned or distributed to directors. Anglo-American critics pay attention to such a sign of auteurship in the credits or on posters such as “film by” or “performance by”. This is a kind of trophy. In such a situation, auteurship turns out to be nothing more than a category of status in the hierarchy of social values, a purely external attribute of the “packaging” of a film or performance. However, it is important to consider the rise of a new type of director and to allow the rational identification of his or her conceptual activity; more often than not displayed in the work of such avant-garde directors as Edward Gordon Craig, Vsevolod Meyer-hold, Bertolt Brecht etc.
Vladimir Solovyev: memory in the context of culture
Authors:   National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Loyko Olga T.
Published: February 2023

The father from us through the ages is the only truly original Russian philosopher Vladimir Sergeevich Solovyev (1853-1900) the greater his personality in all forms of his scientific works, publishing activity, citizen activism. A confusing picture of modern philosophy animated with multiple theories of Modernism and Postmodernism reflects diverse philosophical reception of the global world of sustainable development. A variety of philosophical discourses fosters latent aspiration for coherence, methodological discipline and authenticity which were clearly developed by Vladimir Sergeevich Solovyev. Therefore, Solovyev's works considering memory as a phenomenon in all diversity of its modes can become a kind of Plato's “second navigation” in countless philosophical wanderings. The aim of the article is to study the issue of memory in the works of the Russian philosopher Vladimir Sergeevich Solovyev. On the way to achieve the goal we must solve the next tasks: 1) review scientific publications presenting the major research trends of Vladimir Solovyev's work in Russia and abroad; 2) define the main scientific trends of philosophical understanding of memory on the basis of analysis of V.S. Solovyev's works (“Theoretical philosophy”, “Enigma of progress”, speeches dedicated to the memory of outstanding figures of Russian and world philosophy and culture, articles in an encyclopedia and obituaries); 3) prove the importance of the philosopher's ideas for analysis of memory in the times of “memorial boom”. The analysis showed that the issue of memory as socio-cultural, not only psychological phenomenon, was one of the main Vladimir Solovyev's philosophical receptions. He studied memory issues by reference to the main principles of philosophy of holistic knowledge: truth, the good, and beauty. Consequently, the main modes of memory research in V.S. Solovyev's works are presented in the article. We understand a mode as a property of an object, in our case memory, as something momentary, ever-changing, manifesting itself under some conditions and changing or disappearing under others. The modes of memory are considered in the article as: 1) a supertemporal, essential phenomenon, the basis for consciousness, conscientious, real union of Man and God; 2) eternal remembrance and, thereby, extension of Man's existence in memory; 3) communion with spiritual foundations of one's historical existence.
Theoretical study of the environmental design context
Authors:   Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Chang Xiaogeng ,   Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design
Published: February 2023

This article examines the influence of various socio-economic and cultural realities on the practice of environmental design through the prism of the “context” concept. In other words, the work is aimed to study the process of forming the “practical context” of environmental design. The paper studies the place of environmental design as an academic discipline in the bachelor system of leading universities in various countries of the world. The author comes to the conclusion that only in Russia and China this major is referred to the field of art and is considered as an “artistic” discipline, which is due to the close methodological interconnection. Attention is paid on the question of components that make up the “practical context” of environmental design. The paper dwells on the classification of “context” idea. The author considers the possibilities of using linguistic concepts “linguistic context”, “socio-communicative context” and “cognitive context” in environmental design. “Linguistic context” includes aims, methods and content of environmental design and forms its internal factor. The “socio-communicative context” as an external factor can be divided into two types: a “situational context” (functions of main phenomena in concrete time), and “cultural context”, which is reflected in cultural needs of society. The “cognitive context” of environmental design is responsible for the designer's understanding of the processes occurring in the surrounding space. It is indicated that the Internet as part of the “situational context”, is one of the most important phenomena of the modern era, a key channel for transmitting information, and has the following properties: “accessibility”, “interactivity”, “openness”, “universality”. On the issue of “cultural context”, it is noted that environmental design pays special attention to the “spiritual” component of human culture and at the same time can not be considered in isolation from the cultural needs of society, which in the modern world can be characterized by the concepts of “complexity”, “diversity”, “practical nature” and “territoriality”. Within the “cognitive context” of environmental design, it is introduced the category of “aesthetic trends in design”, which symbolizes designer's perception of aesthetic issues. By establishing a balance between internal and external factors, the environment designer sets a “cognitive context” based on the relationship between “characteristics of cultural consumption”, “aesthetic trends in design” and “functionality of phenomena of time periods”. All the described types of context constitute the “practical context” of environmental design. The text and graphic materials of this work can be useful in the research, systematization, and creation of practical projects of environment design, as well as in teaching.
F.M. Dostoevsky in Italy: influence on the italian literature of the 19th and 20th centuries
Authors:   St Petersburg State University, Uccello Iris
Published: February 2023

The article analyzes the influence of F.M. Dostoevsky on Italian literature. In particular, the reception of his oeuvre in the 19th and 20th centuries. The first time the name of the Russian writer appears in Biographic Dictionary of the Contemporary Writers by Angelo De Gubernatis, an Italian indologist, interested in Russian literature. According to De Gubernatis, Dostoevsky was seen more as a moralist, a philosopher rather than a writer. Thanks to Gabriele D'annunzio, Dosotevsky will be recognised as a great writer a few years later. Influences by the Russian author are evident in his novel Giovanni Episcopo, where the monologues of the main character are very similar to the monologues of the protagonist of The meek one. Dostoevsky had a big influence on Luigi Pirandello and Italo Svevo, too. In Pirandello we can find the same use of irony. For Pirandello irony is a way to analyze reality in a very complete way, to search and find in tragedy a reason to smile. Italo Svevo was inspired by Dostoevsky for the construction of his characters, his “inetti”. Inetto is a man who is not able to live in society. Nevertheless, the condition of this man is a sort of reaction to the terribile, false world that surrounds him. Probably, Svevo was strongly influenced by the ideas of Schopenhauer and the common aspects in both authors' works are related to the effect of the German philosopher. Dostoevsky was also one of the most important sources of inspiration for Pier Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini wrote not only critical works on Dostoevsky but was also strongly influenced by him while he was writing his last, fragmentary and incomplete novel Petrolio. © И. Уччелло, 2022 Petrolio is a huge work full of philosophical, political and social lucubrations. It is a novel in which it is possible to read ideas on the function of a writer, but especially it is a novel that wants to show how power can destroy people. The last work of Pasolini wasn't studied enough especially because it was an “inconvient” book for the Italian elite, but also because the scenes of incest and pedophily weren't totally approved by the critics. In Petrolio, Pasolini wants to show a society in which the Demons have won and this is the reason why he takes intere scenes from the Dostoevskian novel Demons and just translates them. The Italian author wants to show that the “terrible” reality in Italy during the “Years of Lead” (Anni di Piombo) is not much different from the nihilist reality shown by Dostoevsky in his book. This article shows that Dostoevsky had an incredible influence on some cornerstones of Italian literature that are still active today. Moreover, it shows that topics, personages and atmospheres expressed by the Russian writer can be translated and transformed in another language and in another culture since they are universal.
The metamorphoses of musical theater in the culture of pre-revolutionary Russian province
Authors:   Orel State Institute of Culture, Udina Vera I.
Published: February 2023

Article is devoted to system characteristic of the musical theater in the context of the culture of the pre-revolutionary Russian province. On the example of the opera genre top trends of historical development of provincial theater of Russia throughout XVIII - the beginnings of the 20th centuries are analyzed: the periodization of musical and theatrical process in the province, the social, cultural and historical conditionality of this process. According to the selected stages change of genre musical and scenic dominants (the early comic opera, the vaudeville, the operetta, the Russian and European classical opera) is traced. Transformation of different institutional forms of existing of opera art on the provincial stage (farmstead, city stationary theater, an enterprise, an opera partnership) in the context of socially historical development of domestic culture of the pre-revolutionary period is revealed. Important typological characteristic of a provincial opera scene is its character, “reflective” in relation to capital theater. It was shown in tour practice as the most mobile form of distribution of opera art across all Russia. In the article considerable attention is paid to such problems, methodologically important for characteristic of pre-revolutionary provincial musical theater, as territorial and geographical correlation of different Russian regions to capital cities, historically changing conditions of cultural interaction between the center and peripheries. On this basis some art features of opera culture of the prerevolutionary Russian province are analysed: the essence of the opera repertoire (national and foreign), performing forces, level and quality of opera settings, public relation to musical theater, etc. The conclusion is drawn that opera theater - an important component of musical culture of the Russian province. The opera studied the history of development which analysis significantly supplements an overall picture of evolution of domestic musical theater on the provincial stage.
Participation of women in the formation and development of the museum science of Tomsk university (1880s - early 1920s)
Authors:   Tomsk State University, Dmitrienko Nadezhda M. , Karachencev Ivan S. ,   Tomsk State University
Published: February 2023

The authors of this article highlight the contribution of women to the creation and functioning of museums of Tomsk University. The using of authentic sources suggests that in the early years of the university's creation, the participation of women in the museum science was limited to charity. Women donated collections of their deceased relatives to Tomsk University or donated their own collections of museum objects. It is known about the generous gift of F.E. Tsibulskaya, Siberian gold-miner' widow. She donated a collection of Siberian minerals to the university. Anna Nordenschild (Smit), the widow of the Norwegian collector Gustav Nordenschild, presented a large collection of butterflies. It was highly appreciated by the head of the University Zoological Museum, professor Kashchenko. It mentioned that among the women-donors were ordinary townswomen, and high-society ladies. For example, the collection of coins and tokens, sent to Tomsk by E.V. von Geyser, the Minister of Public Education I.D. Delyanov had accompanied. The situation was changed by the law of July 3, 1914. This law allowed women to work in university museums on equal terms with men. The implementation of the law began in 1915. The Ministry of Public Education sent additional assignation for the maintenance of educational and auxiliary institutions (offices, laboratories, museums) of the Imperial Tomsk University. In 1915-1916, the first female employees were admitted to the museums of Tomsk University. Graduates of the Siberian Women's Courses Taisiya Tripolitova, Enafa Nikitina and Lidia Sergiyevskaya worked at the Botanical Museum (Herbarium)) on a permanent basis. They participated in scientific expeditions conducted under the leadership of professor of Botany Department V.V. Sapozhnikov, as well as the curator of the Botanical Museum P.N. Krylov. They processed their herbariums, published the first scientific articles. Elizaveta Kiseleva, a graduate of the Siberian Women's Courses, worked at the Zoological Museum. Under the guidance of Professor M.D. Ruzsky, she collected a collection of ants and was engaged in the processing and description of this collection. In 1919, E.F. Kiseleva collaborated at the Institute of Siberian Studies. She studied the fauna of the Ob River and brought a collection of Ob fish to the Zoological Museum. So the study of the causes of the “fish kill” in Ob River was began. In addition to full-time employees in Tomsk University museums female students who specialized in the study of Siberian vegetation worked as well. Their collections replenished the Herbarium of Tomsk University and were used for scientific and educational purposes. In conclusion, the authors emphasize that at the turn of the 1910-20s, Tomsk University formed a core of women researchers, around whom professional museum employees were concentrated.
Photography as part of the media culture
Authors:   Tomsk State University, Krasikova Ksenia V.
Published: February 2023

The relevance of the study is associated with the active spread of photography in modern culture. Photography becomes a tool for social construction of reality and a form of communication. Any user of the social network has a set of tools that allow you to create author profiles with photos, each has the opportunity to share impressions with others. There is a blurring of the boundaries between traditional photography, the hallmarks of which have developed throughout the century, and that which is now forming and becoming part of the everyday culture available to everyone. The purpose of this study is to analyze the forms of modern photography on the example of the social network Instagram and propose the principles of their systematization. The study was carried out in line with the constructivist methodology using the principles of comparative and aesthetic analysis, as well as the theory of mediality. The study highlighted three main forms of modern digital photography. 1) Art photography. It is characterized by the paramount artistic image, the position of the author can be considered as creative, creating art. 2) Commercial photography. This form is common in the field of blogging. Here it is important to trace the connection with art photography, since many rules and principles of shooting are adopted from it. The main difference is the desire for profit and the broadcast of copyright interests. 3) Everyday photography broadcasting people's daily lives. The authors do not pursue a specific goal when creating posts on social networks. This form contributes to the creation of a database of modern culture based on photographs of modern life. Photography contributes to the formation of a worldview in accordance with the interests and needs of people. Photography is part of the media culture, it broadcasts and transmits information thanks to modern methods of communication.
Study of Safavid buildings Decorations (With sample survey of the Cheshme Emarat and Behshahr Baghshah)
Authors:   Islamic Azad University, Ebrahim Amir Kolaee , Karim Hajizadeh ,   University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Reza Rezalou ,   University of Mohaghegh Ardabili
Published: February 2023

Throughout history, man has wanted to create his own living space for various reasons. This aspect can be seen even in early humans who lived in caves such as Lascaux in France and Valtamira in Spain. It should be noted that the attempt to do so is visible among ancient human civilizations around the world and is not specific to specific regions or ethnic groups, because the decorations of geometric and abstract patterns are seen among the people of Europe. Safavid era in Iran is one of the busiest architectural periods. The buildings are located in the most attractive and glamorous buildings throughout the architecture of Iran. In the Safavid era, the ancient style of Iranian architecture was renewed and the design of buildings and space materials was opened for itself. Remains of the Safavid period, both in Behshahr and in other cities of Iran, contain a wide range of architectural decorations. The subject of the present discussion is the study of the architectural decorations of this period, which is due to the study of some examples (Cheshmeh Emarat and Baghshah in Behshahr). Safavids will help in Mazandaran region.
High Throughput Ligand Interaction Profiler v1
Authors: Uttarkar Akshay
Published: February 2023

High Throughput Ligand Interaction Profiler (HT-LIP) is a web-based tool that runs on Google Colab, which allows users to predict ligand-protein interactions. HT-LIP can be used to screen large chemical libraries for potential drug candidates and can also provide insights into potential ligand-protein interactions and identifies the interacting residues. HT-LIP can be useful in identifying potential binding sites and key residues for ligand-protein interactions, which can aid in drug discovery and protein-ligand interaction studies.
Green Lab Nanoparticle For 6 Well Cardiomyocyte Transfection v1
Authors: Yoo Edwin
Published: February 2023

nanoparticle transfection
High School Students’ and Their Teacher’s Experiences with Visual Proofs
Authors: POLAT Kübra , AKGÜN Levent
Published: February 2023

Proof is one of the main components of both mathematics and mathematics education. However, students and teachers at every level have difficulties in proof and proof teaching. Presenting alternative proof methods to students will not only provide a rich learning environment but also allow the students to have different perspectives by providing alternative ways they can apply for constructing a proof. The visual proofs are one of the alternative proof methods. The visual proofs are seen as valuable tools for mathematics education; it is planned to investigate the views of high school students and their teacher about visual proof. Case study method is used in the study. Participants of the study consisted of four high school students who were nineth-graders and their teacher. The teacher said that after the visual proof activities, the students started to wonder where the formulas came from, in other words, they started questioning, their interest levels increased, and the formulas were kept in their minds more. The high school students stated that they found the visual proof activities enjoyable, and they were happy when they understood the visual proofs and unhappy when they could not understand them.
Modeling the Reaction and Transport Mechanism for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Using Selected Linear and Nonlinear Error Functions
Authors:   Department of Geomatics, University of Benin, PMB 1154, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Okonofua Ehizonomhen Solomon , Lasisi Kayode Hassan ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, PMB 704, Ondo State, Nigeria, Egbiki Sunday ,   Department of civil Engineering, Nigerian Maritime University, Okerekoko, Delta State
Published: February 2023

In this article, field pilot study was undertaken to examine the transport mechanism for total petroleum hydrocarbon remediation in varying concentration using pseudo first order, pseudo second order and intra particle diffusion kinetic models in land farming treatment. Soil samples were artificially contaminated in varying concentration of 1,000 mg/kg (low), 3,000 mg/kg (medium) and 5,000 mg/kg (high) and treated using organic and inorganic fertilizers for a period of 150days which is the duration for effective remediation treatment. The results from the treated samples were subjected to kinetics studies while coefficient of determination (R2) was applied on the residual total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) after 150 days of treatment, pseudo first order had R2 values of 0.7898 (low), 0.6776 (medium) and 0.6131 (high). Pseudo second order had R2 values of 0.9737 (low), 0.9467 (medium), 0.7863 (high) while intra particle diffusion had R2 values of 0.9940 (low), 0.9821 (medium) and 0.9489 (high) respectively. The results indicate that intra particle diffusion model best described the kinetics mechanism of TPH remediation using land farming treatment; but when the alteration in the error structure associated with transforming a nonlinear kinetic equation into linear equation is minimized using nonlinear regression optimization procedure, pseudo first order emerged as the best kinetic model having the least sum of errors as 0.000270 (low), 0.000185 (medium) and 0.000278 (high).
Performance Evaluation of Tubular Ceramic Membrane for Palm Oil Mill Effluent Treatment
Authors:   Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Centre for Sustainable Process Technology (CESPRO), Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, Lun Ang Wei , Balakrishnan Thivyah ,   Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Centre for Sustainable Process Technology (CESPRO), Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, Veeraiya Thivagaran ,   Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Centre for Sustainable Process Technology (CESPRO), Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, Mohammad Elham Mohammad Haiqal ,   Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Centre for Sustainable Process Technology (CESPRO), Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, Adlee Muhammad Sharafii Faidzal ,   Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Centre for Sustainable Process Technology (CESPRO), Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, Fujioka Takahiro ,   Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
Published: February 2023

Palm oil industry is one of the most important agriculture sectors in Malaysia. However, this industry produces a huge amount of palm oil mill effluent (POME) which contains impurities that will pollute the environment. Hence, POME has to be treated before it can be safely discharged to the environment. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of tubular ceramic membranes with different pore sizes (0.2 μm, 450 Da, and 200 Da) for the removal of turbidity and chemical oxygen demand (COD) in POME. It was found that all of the ceramic membranes were capable to achieve more than 99% of turbidity removal through size exclusion mechanism since the particles were larger in size as compared to membrane pores. On the other hand, the reduction of COD was ineffective since the dissolved organic substances in POME could penetrate the membrane and thus resulted in low removal efficiency. Flux decline was recognisable only when treated with the 0.2 μm membrane. It was attributed to its higher initial flux (16 Lm-2h-1) that imposed larger permeation drag and brought more impurities to quickly cover the membrane surface and clog the membrane pores during the initial filtration process. Chemical cleaning was able to recover 77-83% of the flux and this shows that some of the impurities were still persisting in the membrane. The tested membranes were capable to fully remove the suspended solids and could serve as a good pre-treatment process for subsequent COD reduction treatment process.
Pedestrian Behavioural Intention to Use Crossing Facilities Based on Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour
Authors:   Smart Driving Research Center (SDRC),  Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussien Onn Malaysia, Malaysia, Sundararajan Komala Devi , Ambak Kamarudin ,   Smart Driving Research Center (SDRC),  Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussien Onn Malaysia, Malaysia, David Daniel Basil ,   Smart Driving Research Center (SDRC),  Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussien Onn Malaysia, Malaysia, Ishak Siti Zaharah ,   Road Safety Engineering & Environment Research Centre (REER),  Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS), Ministry of Transport, Malaysia, Suryo Putranto Leksmono ,   Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tarumanagara, Jakarta, Indonesia
Published: February 2023

In Malaysia, pedestrian has become a regular transportation mode with major importance in human society. For pedestrians to cross the busy main road, crossing facilities is perhaps the most crucial. It is most important to establish a way of preventing a tragedy and to make the pedestrian aware of the need to perform a safety crossing in order to prevent an accident. The objectives of study are to investigate the contributing factors that affect pedestrians to use a crossing facility and to analyse the relationship between the contributing factors and a safe crossing behaviour. In this analysis, Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) was used to explain this outcome and decide whether characteristics and attitude influence the pedestrian’s behaviour involved in the accident. For the purpose of gathering information from the respondents, a questionnaire was used as a research tool which consists a series of questions and other prompts. The collected data were analysed using descriptive statistics, correlation, factor analysis and Structural Equation Model (SEM). Results show all variables are significantly contributed to safe crossing behavior. There are two most dominant variables namely perceived consequence and expectation of pedestrian toward safe crossing behavior. TPB model is therefore capable of explaining the significant factors influencing the pedestrian’s intention to safe crossing behaviour. The most dominant variable of the extended model of TPB is expectation. Pedestrian’s expectation is high toward proper crossing facility, authorities should intervene with the design infrastructure to attract more pedestrians to use the crossing and there is a need to provide sufficient signal time for pedestrians to cross the street safely.
Establishing a Data Science for Good Ecosystem: The Case of ATLytiCS
Authors:   Berry College, Monroe-White Thema , Wright Beverly , Hulsey William , Kushins Eric , Hord Amy ,   Burtch Works,   Kennesaw State University
Published: February 2023

Data science for social good (DSSG) initiatives have been championed as worthy mechanisms for transformative change and social impact. However, researchers have not fully explored the systems by which actors coordinate, access data, determine goals and communicate opportunities for change. We contribute to the information systems ecosystems and the nonprofit volunteering literatures by exploring the ways in which data science volunteers leverage their talents to address social impact goals. We use Atlanta Analytics for Community Service (ATLytiCS), an organization that aids nonprofits and government agencies, as a case study. ATLytiCS represents a rare example of a nonprofit organization (NPO) managed and run by highly-skilled volunteer data scientists within a regionally networked system of actors and institutions. Based on findings from this case, we build a DSSG ecosystem framework to describe and distinguish DSSG ecosystems from related data and entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Endobronchial surfactant administration in full-term newborn with respiratory distress syndrome
Authors: Ivanov Dmitriy O. , Kiriakov Kirill S. , Pshenisnov Konstantin V. , Tesaeva Imani A. , Nasipova Milana U. , Sizaeva Elena A. , Gabisov Azamat T.
Published: February 2023

Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome is the leading cause of neonatal acute respiratory failure. Despite the successes achieved and the existing international recommendations, in some cases there is a severe course of this disease, which requires a personalized approach to the patient and intensive care measures.

The article presents a case of successful treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome in a full-term newborn complicated by pulmonary barotrauma using monobronchial administration of exogenous surfactant under X-ray control. In order to assess the course of the disease and the effectiveness of treatment, a retrospective analysis of medical documentation was carried out. From the first minutes of life, the child had respiratory disorders, which was the basis for non-invasive mechanical lung ventilation nCPAP (nasal continuous positive airway pressure). Progression of hypercapnia and hypoxemia was revealed over time, and therefore tracheal intubation was performed and convective mechanical ventilation was started with FiO2 = 1,0. Monobronchial administration of exogenous surfactant was a key element of the therapy that allowed to achieve stabilization of the condition and regression of gas exchange disorders with complete recovery of the patient.

Monobronchial administration of surfactant in acute respiratory distress syndrome with heterogeneous lung involvement is an effective treatment option and can be used in clinical practice for refractory hypoxemia.