bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Role of Social Media Applications During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Improving Administrative Communication among the University of Tabuk Employees from the Academics and Employees Point of View (WhatsApp as a Model)
Authors: Albalawi Khalifah Hammad
Published: March 2023

Objectives: The study aimed to reveal the role of using social media applications (WhatsApp) during the COVID-19 pandemic in improving administrative communication among workers at the UT, and to reveal the differences between the sample responses according to variables: type, nature of work, years of service at the university.

Methods: the descriptive survey method and the questionnaire were used to collect data. The study population consisted of all academics and administrators working at the UT amounting (to 2654) individuals, and the sample included (336) individuals.

Results: The results showed that the level of the role of social media applications (WhatsApp) during the pandemic in improving administrative communication among university employees was generally high and in the four dimensions. The results also showed that there were significant differences at the level (α ≥ 0.05) between the average responses of the study sample to the study tool due to the nature of the work variable, while there were no significant differences due to the gender variable and the years of service at the university variable.

Conclusions: The study recommended the need to provide the necessary data to solve problems in the work environment to facilitate the decision-making process.
The Degree of Math Teachers’ Practice of Lateral Thinking Skills in the Upper Intermediate Stage in Jordan
Authors: Hamadneh Munes Adeeb
Published: March 2023

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the degree of Math teachers' practice of lateral thinking skills in the upper intermediate stage in Jordan, And the differences in it according to the variables of sex, educational qualification and teaching experience.

Methods: The study used the descriptive survey method, by applying the questionnaire tool consisting of (20) items to a sample of (123) male and female teachers who were randomly selected from the Northeastern Badia Educational Directorate schools for the Academic Year (2021-2022).

Results: The study results revealed that the degree of Math teachers’ practice of lateral thinking skills in the upper intermediate stage in Northeastern Badia Educational Directorate was moderate. It was also showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the degree of Math teachers’ practice of lateral thinking skills in the upper intermediate stage attributed to the variables of sex, educational qualification, and teaching experience.

Conclusions:  In the light of the current results, the study recommends that Math teachers be trained on the most important strategies and methods to improve their lateral thinking skills for better use in teaching, and conducting similar studies on different samples and other educational stages such as the secondary and primary stages, and comparing their results with the results of the current study.
Growth dynamics of selective-area-grown rutile-type SnO2 on TiO2 (110) substrate
Authors: Takane Hitoshi , Oshima Takayoshi , Tanaka Katsuhisa , Kaneko Kentaro
Published: March 2023

We demonstrated selective-area growth of r-SnO2 on a SiO2-masked r-TiO2 (110) substrate. The heteroepitaxy on a window started with a Volmer–Weber mode to grow islands with {100}-, {11̄0}-, and {011}-faceted sidewalls, whose growth shapes were consistent with the rutile structure’s equilibrium shape. The islands coalesced each other to make a flat (110) top surface on a striped window, and lateral overgrowth started after the complete coverage of the window. Cross-sectional transmission-electron-microscopy observation of the stripe revealed that misfit dislocations propagated perpendicularly to the facet planes by the image force effect and that the dislocation density reduced substantially in the wing regions.
“Back to Ostrovsky”: Deconstruction of Staging Classics in a Directorial Theatre of the 1920s
Authors:   Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, Pesochinsky Nikolai V.
Published: March 2023

Ostrovsky’s centenary in 1923 gave impetus for a major leap in the history of directing. Ostrovsky turned out to be the first author whose plays were staged almost simultaneously (within 3 years) in all styles of Russian directing. Alexander Tairov staged “The Storm” at the Moscow Kamerny Theatre, in 1924, by mythologizing Ostrovsky’s tragedy. The myth of the Russian soul outside the boundaries of time turned out to be in the center of his performance. The psychological portrayal of the 19th-century drama’s character was mastered by the mythological approach. Such components as mythological thinking, constructivism, and the concept of Ostrovsky’s secret mysticism of the Russian soul were combined for the first time. Actress Alisa Koonen delved into the archetype of the heroine. The avant-garde production of Sergey Eisenstein’s “Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man” at the First Workers’ Theatre of Proletkult (1923) was connected with the ancient tradition of the fairground booth show. For the first time in the history of the Russian theatre, a director used the principles of open actualization of the classic play, the connections between drama and the circus, cinematic methods in the theatre, and a “montage of attractions”. “A Profitable Position” staged by Vsevolod Meyerhold (Theatre of the Revolution, 1923) was associated with Russian romanticism. The production revealed the two worlds — the spiritual reality in the opposition to the material everyday life. The metaphorical performance was built according to the principle of a thematic development similar to music. In “The Forest” at the Meyerhold Theatre (1924), the director contrasted three genres and semantic layers: a farcical level, a love line, as in Russian romanticism of the 19th century, and a layer that united the structure — acting and theatricality (the leitmotif of actors and acting). The visual dynamic of the dialogue with hyperbolic expression became the director’s principle approach. In his work on the production “An Ardent Heart” (Moscow Art Theatre, 1926), Stanislavsky created the phenomenon of the psychological grotesque. The performance was perceived by most critics as satirical and accusatory. Stanislavsky did not lose interest in the motives of human behavior, especially of a theatrical nature, and revealed a certain way of human thinking. The progress in the new discoveries in Ostrovsky’s dramaturgy in the first half of the 1920s shaped the main courses in which the Russian theatre was developing in the 20th century.
Cinematographic techniques in 1920s Russian opera theatre
Authors:   Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS), Bikkulova Diana R.
Published: March 2023

The article examines cinematography’s influence on the Soviet opera theatre of the 1920s. By the beginning of this decade, cinema rapidly gained popularity and began being perceived as a serious competitor to theatre. Awareness and comprehension of the new “threat” reasonably led to appeals for upgrading theatrical language with the help of new technical means. There were several innovations in the operas on stage: the use of intense straight lighting with the help of floodlights, montage as a director’s technique, the use of film screen in opera productions. It all confirmed that the process of cinemafication of the theatre had also affected the opera stage. The new trends expressed themselves in the productions of Sergey Radlov (“Vozzek” by Alban Berg), Nikolay Smolich (“The Golden Cockerel” by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, “Johnny Plays” by Ernst Krenek), Iosif Lapitsky (“Salome” by Richard Strauss, “The Queen of Spades” by Petr Tchaikovsky). Thus, in his version of “The Golden Cockerel” (1923), the opera director N. Smolich used a film projection, and then, staging E. Kshenek’s opera “Johnny Plays” (1928), he used animation. In the “The Queen of Spades” (Experimental Theatre), I. Lapitsky while trying to make the action cinematically dynamic, divided it into forty small episodes. The influence of cinema can also be traced in opera performances of the 1920s. The most vivid example is Dmitry Shostakovich’s opera “The Nose” with his special montage style of action. Opera cinemafication didn’t reach such heights as in dramatic theatre and faced a different, not always approving, reaction from the musical press. The time of ambitious experiments ended in the 1930s with a change in the country’s cultural policy.
La ricerca di un marchio normativo della cognizione
Authors: Cerasa Matteo
Published: March 2023

Nei recenti anni, in filosofia della mente si è molto dibattuto su quale sia il modo più appropriato di intendere l’oggetto di studio e la pratica delle scienze cognitive, e, a tal proposito, una notevole eterogeneità di cornici teoriche si sono delineate in letteratura. Da molti questa situazione di disaccordo viene percepita come problematica, e una soluzione spesso proposta è quella di far riferimento, per dirimere le dispute, a un marchio normativo della cognizione, da intendersi come un insieme di condizioni necessarie che un processo deve rispettare per poter essere considerato “cognitivo”.  Nel presente saggio, argomenterò contro questa idea, mostrando come la proposta di un marchio siffatto sia inevitabilmente fallimentare. Inoltre, in alternativa, proporrò un quadro teoretico in cui la situazione di eterogeneità possa venire pacificamente accettata.

 

In recent years, within philosophy of mind it has been debated the best way to understand the subject and the practice of cognitive science, and, in this regard, a remarkable heterogeneity of theoretical frameworks have appeared in the literature. According to many authors, this situation of disagreement represents a problem, and a popular solution for resolving the disputes is to require a normative mark of the cognitive, i.e., a set of necessary conditions that a process must satisfy to be considered “cognitive”. In the present essay, I will argue against this idea, showing how any normative mark can’t be successful. Besides, I will propose a theoretical picture where the heterogeneity of the literature can be peacefully accepted.
“ISKANDAR PODSHO” QISSASI — ISKANDAR HAQIDAGI XALQONA ASAR
Authors: XUDAYBERDIEVA Shahnoza
Published: March 2023

Maqola shu kungacha maxsus o‘rganilmagan “Iskandar podsho” qissasi tadqiqiga bag‘ishlangan. An’anaviy muqaddimadan keyin kelgan “Dorob haqida”gi bir hikoya bilan boshlangan ushbu asardagi barcha hikoyalarning voqealari mavzulashtirilgan, ya’ni Iskandar sarguzashtiga oid masalani yoritishga bag‘ishlangan. Har bir turkum hikoya doston deb nomlangan. Asarda bitta nomlanmagan hikoyadan (dostondan) tashqari, to‘qson yettita doston keltirilgan. Mumtoz adabiyotida Iskandar nomi bilan bog‘liq ko‘plab asarlar mavjud va ularda Iskandarning olamshumul jasorati, oqil-u donoligi madh etilgan. Ushbu asar ham Iskandarning fazilatlarini madh etuvchi asarlardan biridir. Muallif maqolada ushbu “Iskandar podsho” deb nomlangan qissasning syujet yo‘nalishi, obrazlari va ifoda usuli haqida ma’lumotlarni taqdim etadi, zarur o‘rinlada ularni umumiy planda talqin va tahlil qiladi.
Il socialismo europeo, Delors e il Trattato di Maastricht
Authors: Guasconi Maria Eleonora
Published: March 2023

The essay highlights the role played by Trentin in the dialogue with the social partners, which was promoted by the President of the European Commission Jacques Delors with the Val Duchesse talks. It analyzes, in particular, the editing of the social protocol in Maastricht Treaty in 1992, and reflects on the consequences of this collaboration at the national level: his commitment to the Europeanization of CGIL and to the Italian adherence to the parameters set by the Maastricht Treaty. In particular, the agreement reached on the 23rd July 1993, still testifies to the fundamental contribution made by the three unions and, in the case of CGIL by Bruno Trentin, to the anchoring of Italy to the process of European integration and to Euro, and which were the outcomes of Trentin and Delors’ collaboration.
Marco Polo returns to China: Giuliano Montaldo’s TV series (1982)
Authors: Lepri Chiara
Published: March 2023

In 1982, the Italian television network RAI produced a TV series by Giuliano Montaldo on the travels of the Venetian merchant Marco Polo. Broadcast in forty-six countries, the Emmy Award-winning cinematic project, which involved partners from the United States, Japan, Germany, and France, stood as the first film co-production between Italy and China and represented a relevant step in the consolidation of the Sino-Italian friendship after the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1970. This paper aims to research the transnational dynamics enacted by Marco Polo during the Sino-Italian co-production and presents the making of the TV series in China from ideation to distribution. The study includes an original interview with the director Montaldo (2022).
Writing for the wor(l)ds: the reflection on language in Yiyun Li’s literary production
Authors: Prosperi Martina Renata
Published: March 2023

Yiyun Li, b. 1972, moved from Beijing to the US in 1996, where she soon realized to be a talented writer. Although her early works, including the collections of short stories A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2005) and Gold Boy, Emerald Girl (2010), and the novels The Vagrants (2009) and Kinder Than Solitude (2014), still privileged Chinese settings and characters, after the publication of her memoir Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life (2017) the literary landscape depicted by Li was amplified with autobiographical anecdotes and reflections on literature, human relations and language. Building upon psychoanalytical hints, this article offers a close reading of Where Reasons End (2019) and Must I Go (2020), reflecting on Li’s literature from a global perspective, and arguing that her contribution to world literature lies in her bold dissociation from any conventional, crystallized and thus imprisoning use of language.
دلالات أفانين خطاب إبليس لآدم () في القرآن الكريم
Authors: السنجري علاء , ليث ليث
Published: March 2023

ينطلق هذا البحث من تحليل الخطابات التي أطلقها إبليس في سياق حديثه مع النبي آدم (B) وأخرجه مما فيه ويهدف إلى تفكيك تراكيب الخطابات إلى العناصر المكوّنة لها لكشف أسرار هذه التعابير؛ فعلى الرغم من قلتها لكنها أجدت نفعا؛ فقد تميز هذا الخطاب بأنه كان من جنٍّ لبشر، لا كما الأنبياء الباقين؛ فإنه خطاب بشر لبشر، فهذه خصوصية أخرى.
توظيف القضايا النحوية في دراسة حروف المعاني عند السيد الصدر في منة المنان - حروف الجرِّ أنموذجًا
Authors: آل أزيرج ضياء , شهري أحمد , ناصر مها
Published: March 2023

وضِعت حروف المعاني في الأصل لمعانٍ وكان لتلك الحروف حقُ في أن يُعبر عنها بالأفعال كالاستفهام والنفي والنهي والأمر والتوكيد والتشبيه وغيرها من الحروف، وسُميت بذلك: لأن وظيفتها توصل معاني الأفعال إلى الأسماء، وهذه الحروف اختصت بصفة مهمة وهي حروف وظيفتها لا تظهر ومعانيها لا تتضح إلا من خلال التركيب فتكون الحروف هذه حاملةً لوظيفة الأسلوب والجملة المنظمة فيها، وهذه الدراسة تتمثل في إبراز القضايا النحويّة ومنها مسألة حروف المعاني، عند السيد الصدر في تفسيره من خلال أجزاءه الخمسة، وتهدف الدراسة إلى بيان كيفية طرقه لهذه القضايا النحويّة مفسرًا للقرآن الكريم، وأقتضت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، الغرض منها هو جمع بعض القضايا النحويّة التي يّذكرها الصدر ويناقشها وبيان كيفيّة ردِّها إلى أصولها، والوقوف على موضوعاتها، وتحليل بعض النماذج والتعليق عليها، دون الميل لجهةٍ ما، إلا ما يتسق مع ما يقتضيه المعنى المطلوب، وتحاول الدراسة بيان كيفية التوظيف النحوي لحروف الجر في منة المنان، وبيان تأثيرها في توجيه المعنى.
Translation of Quranic Euphemism into English: A Critical Review of Four Translations
Authors: Albanon Raed , Abdul-Wahid Murtadha
Published: March 2023

The present paper is a qualitative translation assessment of euphemism in the Holy Quran. The assessment included four world-famous translators; A. J. Arberry, M. Abdelhaleem, Mohammed Pickthal, Mohammad Khan and Taqi Al- Hilali. The study aims to explore the techniques used by translators to deal with translating euphemisms in the Holy Quran. In consistence with the problem and questions of research, the researchers adopt a descriptive qualitative method with exegetic text-based analysis. The study reveals that there are several factors that complicate translating euphemisms of the Quran, including the sensitivity of Quranic text, and temporal distance and structural differences between the classical Arabic and modern English.  In light of Olimat (2018)’s model adopted in the current study, the translators use different strategies to render the meanings of euphemisms such as literal translation, non-euphemistic translation, and sense-for-sense translation. The translations in some cases failed to achieve a dynamic equivalence to the source text.
Covid –PCD: A Case Report
Authors: Parveen Dr. Nisha Salim , Jadhao Dr. Viplove
Published: March 2023

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a public health emergency of international concern. The global population lacks immunity to COVID-19 and is generally susceptible. It is reported that at least 2% of patients with COVID-19 have underlying lung disease, which is related to severe clinical manifestations and higher mortality compared with those without chronic lung diseases [1]. The existence of underlying conditions, especially chronic respiratory diseases, with long-term drug treatment, may affect the progress, treatment and prognosis of COVID-19. Here, we report the case of a 50 year old female who is a known case of Kartagener’s syndrome and developed infective exacerbation of bronchiectasis complicating severe COVID-19 pneumonia with hypercapneoic respiratory failure which responded to anti-pseudomonal antibiotic coverage and non-invasive positive pressure ventilation therapy. The case in the current study indicated that SARS-CoV-2 infection precipitated bronchiectasis exacerbation in a patient of primary ciliary dyskinesia as limited data is available regarding this association and there is concern about its poor outcome.
Lesser Than Equal?
Authors: Uma Saumya
Published: March 2023

In India, Hindu family law is often touted as a progressive and gender-just law that ought to be emulated and extended to minority religious communities through a common civil code. Against this backdrop, the present article examines the question of whether Hindu family law in India adequately protects women’s rights and, if law reform is required, what should be the  factors guiding it. The article further analyses the status of women within Hindu family law in India from the time of the country’s independence and the law reform measures that have led to advancement in women’s equality rights in recent decades as well as discriminatory provisions that continue to persist through a historical, legal and feminist lens. It argues that further reforms to Hindu family law must be undertaken to realize women’s equality rights, albeit within the larger framework of constitutional norms and international human rights standards, rather than an interpretation/re-interpretation of Hindu religious texts based on dubious claims of a “glorious past.” This includes recognition of trans* and queer relationships within the folds of Hindu law. Moreover, the article argues in favor of applying feminist discourses on formal and substantive equality to the Uniform Civil Code debate to ensure plural family laws are gender-just.
Sacred Queer Stories
Authors: Brian Sebyala Raymond , Hudson Frederick
Published: March 2023

This roundtable was first convened as part of the 6th Es’kia Colloquium hosted by the Department of African Literature at Wits University, South Africa on the 15th and 16th September 2022. The discussion engages questions regarding knowledge production, method and (inter)textualities in relation to the book, Sacred Queer Stories: Ugandan LGBTQ+ Refugee Lives and the Bible (2021), co-authored by Adriaan van Klinken and Johanna Stiebert with Brian Sebyala aand Fredrick Hudson.
FUNCTIONAL INDEXES OF SUCCESS IN CSS/PMS ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY WRITING
Authors: Muhammad Asif Iqbal  , Muhammad Zeeshan Khan  , Faiza Maryam
Published: March 2023

This study aims to explore different linguistics patterns of Argumentative essays written for Central Superior Services/ Provincial Management Service (CSS/PMS) in Pakistan by using Biber’s Multidimensional approach (MDA). This is a corpus based study which is experimental in nature. The function of this approach is to explain the functional association of linguistic patterns systematically. This study has been performed by using second level of MD (New MD).  The researchers have collected the corpus of 30 essays which are argumentative in nature. These essays are downloaded from the popular online forums which are used for the preparation of competitive exams/ current affairs issues in Pakistan. The researchers claim that Pakistan CSS/PMS aspirants focus more on sharing information rather than building arguments in their essay writing papers at CSS/PMS level. Doing so, they do not fulfill the linguistic requirement of the said papers. The ideas presented by them are without logical reasoning or research based facts. The results of these essays show that these aspirants share information in these essays rather than building arguments through cohesion and coherence. Most of the Pakistani leaners of English Language do not have the basic knowledge of grammar. So, they don’t know how to develop personal viewpoints while attempting essay paper. The researchers have analyzed these linguistic gaps through multidimensional analysis of selected essays that may help the CSS/PMS aspirants to fix these linguistic gaps.
AWARENESS OF CREATIVE TASKS AS A CONDITION FOR THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF A FUTURE TEACHER-MUSICIAN
Authors:   Saint Petersburg Conservatory named after N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, Saint Petersburg, 190068, Russian Federation, Saigushkina O. P.
Published: March 2023

The article discusses the new approaches to the process of improving the professional training of future teachers-musicians. The author of the article, who has been leading the pedagogical practice course and lecture-seminar courses in music pedagogy and performance for many years, pays special attention to the awareness of future teachers of their own artistic intentions and the ways of their pianistic embodiment. Unconsciousness of all the components of the process of mastering a piece of music leads to the inability of the future teacher to transfer his creative experience to the student. Some reasons for ineffective pedagogical activity of music students are analyzed, one of which is the inability to understand that while giving recommendations to their students they are guided by their own inner holistic musical-auditory perception, but do not explain what exactly they are proceeding from. In the literature on the psychology of musical and performing arts, the problem of awareness of methods of work on a piece does not always receive the coverage and scientific justification that it deserves. Meanwhile, this is one of the most important problems both for pedagogy and performing ― without a deep awareness of all the components of the performing process, it is impossible to achieve a real artistic maturity or to develop pedagogical skill.
MANIFESTATIONS OF THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF FINE ART IN CHILDREN'S ARTWORK
Authors:   Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation, Yang Lin
Published: March 2023

The article analyzes the main functions of art in relation to children's artistic creativity. Children's visual activity is not a conscious creative act, but a result of a naive worldview. Therefore, it is important to study the characteristics of perception from a psychological point of view in order to understand the mechanism of its influence on the emergence of a creative message in preschool children. The psychological basis of artistic creativity and its motivation is the aesthetic attitude to the world, which is a dominant personal characteristic of the individual and manifests itself in his or her work. The article touches upon the problems of visual perception associated with life experience and notes the spontaneity of children's creativity. Particular attention is paid to the functions of art, how they appear in children's art and what role they play in their formation and development. The article deals with cognitive educational, value-oriented, aesthetic, hedonistic functions in the light of children's artwork. The author comes to the conclusion that artistic inclinations exist in everyone, but most brightly and spontaneously they are manifested in children. The images created in the unconscious are an important part of understanding social processes in society. The process of cognition of reality plays an important role in the development of creativity. Children's art vividly displays the aesthetic sense, the sense of rhythm, colour and shape. Children are able to transfer their visual observations to the realm of visual arts.
J. S. BACH'S CELLO SUITES FOR GUITAR, ARRANGED BY KOJIRO KOBUNE: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Authors:   Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts, Moscow, 121165, Russian Federation, Tatarkin D. Yu.
Published: March 2023

This article is devoted to the textual analysis of the arrangement of J. S. Bach cello suites for guitar. Japanese composer and conductor Kojiro Kobune was the first to transcribe the entire cycle. The purpose of the article is to reveal the extent of Kobune's "interference" in the original text of the suites, to emphasize the author's successful arrangements, as well as to identify discrepancies with the original. The paper analyzes the reasons why Kobune made certain decisions, modifying the text of the original. Kojiro Kobune's immediate predecessors, the guitarists who made significant contributions to the history of the arrangements of Bach's music for guitar, are noted. The research focuses on the problems faced by the author of the transcription, in particular, the appropriateness of adding tempo notation and deviations, dynamic indications, strokes, the character of performance, bass and chord notes to the original musical text. Finally, the conclusions are drawn about the need for a guitar transcription of the cello suites, which would be as close to the original as possible, relying on currently available handwritten sources, transcriptions, and based on the principles of a historically informed approach which would preserve all elements of Bach's musical fabric — the unique musical graphics, the voice science, the register of the original and the chords' arrangement.
MODELING THE CONTENT AND CONCEPTUAL APPARATUS FOR THE SUBJECT AREA "ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN" AS AN OBJECT OF STUDY IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS
Authors:   Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation, Petrashen' E. P.
Published: March 2023

The development of theoretical foundations and quality education in architecture and environmental design is hampered by insufficient development of the specifics of professional qualifications and training in various specialized areas. Drawing clear boundaries between them is not possible due to the interpenetration of many adjacent sections. The purpose of the study is to clarify and systematize the ideas about environmental design as a subject area in the transdisciplinary space of architecture and design, as well as art and science, in the form of conceptual models system, reflecting key values, content and basis of the categorical and conceptual apparatus of environmental design in a holistic and easily accessible form, necessary for identifying environmental design as an interdisciplinary art form and training direction. The article makes a contribution to the development of the theoretical base and concept of environmental design as a type of design and research activity. The use of conceptual models makes it possible to generalize and accelerate the process of assimilation and systematization of knowledge in the field of interdisciplinary aspects of environmental design, to increase the awareness of the need for self-education of environmental designers throughout their lives.
RADIO THEATRE IN THE 1920S: THE FIRST STEPS ON THE INVISIBLE STAGE
Authors:   Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School (Institute) of the State Academic Maly Theatre of Russia, Moscow, 109012, Russian Federation, Vdovina E. A.
Published: March 2023

The article is devoted to the early years of the development of the Soviet radio theatre, when artistic broadcasting as a new and unexplored area of creative mastering of reality was at the forefront of the cultural process. The first attempts to broadcast dramatic performances are considered as a stage in the formation of the radio theatre genre. The materials illustrating the creative searches in the field of radio performance directing, its musical and sound design are given. An attempt has been made to identify the place of the Moscow and Leningrad Radio Theatres in the system of contemporary performing arts. The range of creative tasks that the actors of the first radio performances had to cope with by trial and error is outlined. The socio-cultural conflict between supporters and opponents of the original radio art is highlighted, which is important for the understanding of the issue. Some mutual influences of radio theatre with theatrical processes of the aforementioned period are followed. Several typical examples of early Soviet radio drama are briefly analyzed, in particular, radio plays "The Tale about Sphagnum" and "Glass" by A. A. Tarkovsky, the radio play "Ural-Kuzbass" based on the play by V. Gusev, "Dneprostroy" based on the script by A. N. Afinogenov are considered. Some tendencies in the development of radio drama genre in Soviet artistic broadcasting are traced. The mutual influences of radio theatre and radio journalism of the indicated period are also pointed out.
ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF THE TIMBRE OF THE SINGING VOICE ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE CONTENT OF A VOCAL WORK (on the example of the performances of S. V. Rakhmaninov's romance "It's Good Here")
Authors:   Kaluga State University named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky, Kaluga, 248023, Russian Federation, Limitovskaya A. V.
Published: March 2023

The article presents the results of the research on the influence of the timbre of the singing voice on the listeners' perception and interpretation of musical content of a vocal work. The author considers timbre as one of the main instruments to transmit semantic and aesthetic information, fixed in detail in the musical text. The peculiarities of this process are revealed by means of interdisciplinary methodology combining the approaches of psychoacoustics, as well as the methods of performing and timbre analyses. The musical samples were the soprano singers' interpretations of S. V. Rachmaninov's romance "It's Good Here", irreproachable from the musical-aesthetic and vocal-technical points of view. Our research revealed that the acoustic characteristics of soprano perfectly complies with the sound images of the musical contents of the romance. Through different versions of the performers' interpretation of this vocal work, it is demonstrated that the semantic accents are mainly in accordance with the acoustic characteristics of a particular singer's voice. Among these are the primary zone of the singer's voice and the concentration of high and low singing formants, which determine the prevailing timbre colours. Besides, certain vocal techniques not only enrich the natural timbre with new overtones, but also result in a number of subtle metamorphoses in the listener's perception of the musical contents of the romance. The view on the musical contents of a vocal composition through the prism of the timbre component determines the novelty of the present article. The study of the special role of timbre in transmitting aesthetic and semantic musical information forms a promising direction course for further researches.
COMPOSITIONAL PRINCIPLES OF THE OPERA "LORD OF THE FLIES" BY E. PODGAITS
Authors:   State Music and Pedagogical Institute named after M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov, Moscow, 109147, Russian Federation, Pererva E. I. , Safonova E. V. ,   State Music and Pedagogical Institute named after M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov, Moscow, 109147, Russian Federation
Published: March 2023

Efrem Podgaits is currently one of the most sought-after composers; his work is acclaimed not only in our country, but also abroad; he collaborates with the leading musicians of our time. His musical heritage is represented by a wide variety of genres. These include works for musical theatre, works for symphony and chamber orchestras, instrumental and ensemble music, vocal and choral opuses, music for radio, film and television. The genre of opera occupies a significant place in this list. The article is devoted to a very original opus by E. Podgaits — rock classic opera "Lord of the Flies", created in 1995 (libretto by L. Yakovlev). It is based on the eponymous masterpiece of classical British literature of the XXth century, a dystopian novel by Nobel Prize winner W. Golding. The premiere of the opera took place in 2007 at the Children's Musical Theater named after N. I. Sats (directed by V. Merkulov). The purpose and objectives of the article are to determine the genre and style specificity of the composition; to reveal the principles of the musical dramaturgy of the opera; to reveal the features of the musical characteristics of the characters, as well as the composer's individual approach to the chosen opera model. To achieve the set goals and objectives, an integrated method combining historical and musical-theoretical approaches was used.
THE HISTORICAL AND STYLISTIC APPROACH TO TEACHING MUSICAL-THEORETICAL DISCIPLINES (from the experience of the Music Theory Department at the Ural State Conservatory)
Authors:   Ural State Conservatory named after M. P. Mussorgsky, Ekaterinburg, 620014, Russian Federation, Vyalukhina V. I. , Gorodilova M. V. ,   Ural State Conservatory named after M. P. Mussorgsky, Ekaterinburg, 620014, Russian Federation, Ermakov A. A. ,   Ural State Conservatory named after M. P. Mussorgsky, Ekaterinburg, 620014, Russian Federation, Korobova A. G. ,   Ural State Conservatory named after M. P. Mussorgsky, Ekaterinburg, 620014, Russian Federation, Meshkova A. S. ,   Ural State Conservatory named after M. P. Mussorgsky, Ekaterinburg, 620014, Russian Federation
Published: March 2023

The idea of historicizing music-theoretical education has a long tradition in Russian pedagogy, but it began to be implemented in practice during the last decades of the twentieth century. At that time, the Ural Conservatory developed and introduced into the educational process new curricula with a historical and stylistic orientation in a comprehensive course in Music Theory and Solfeggio. This article highlights the principles of constructing these courses, the logic of deploying their content, the main approaches and methods, and also summarizes the long-term experience of teaching them. Each of the programs is presented in several versions, focused on different specialties. Of the two versions of the Music Theory course (for musicologists and for performers), the emphasis is on the latter as the most vividly realizing the key idea — the integration of musical-theoretical disciplines under the auspices of the historical style. The considered samples of Solfeggio programs (among musicologists and among vocalists) differ in the number of academic hours (1 year – 3 years), which allows the course to be organized differently based on the historical and stylistic approach — either synchronously or diachronically. At the end of the article, attention is drawn to the main difficulties encountered in the process of mastering these programs, and the most important results.
MARCO FRANK'S COMPOSITIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL HERITAGE ON VIOLA PLAYING
Authors:   Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts, Moscow, 121165, Russian Federation, Zhaoyin Wang
Published: March 2023

Modern viola performing is at its peak, as evidenced by the serious array of solo and chamber ensemble works for this instrument, as well as a developed performing school represented by such outstanding musicians as Lionel Tertis, William Primrose, Vadim Borisovsky, Yuri Bashmet and many others. However, less than a century ago, the situation was not so rosy: the viola (along with the double bass), as an independent musical instrument, was struggling to make its way, being in the shadow of its mighty relatives — the violin and the cello. It was only after the Second World War that the viola began to gain ground on the world music stage, which was facilitated by both the creation of an independent artistic repertoire and the formation of a specially created educational and methodological base. Marco Frank, an Austrian composer and viola player, contributed greatly to this process. The purpose of the article is to attempt to reconstruct his compositional heritage, including repertoire collections of viola playing. The novelty of the research lies in the introduction of information about the now almost forgotten musician into musicology. Objectives of the study: reconstruction of Frank's biography; review of his musical-stage, symphonic, chamber-instrumental and vocal compositions; research of educational and methodological works on teaching viola playing.
TIMBRE SOLUTIONS IN CHAMBER MUSIC BY ZUO ZHEN-GUAN IN THE 1980S (Sonata for cello solo and Triptych for three flutes)
Authors:   Gnesins Russian Academy of Music, Moscow, 121069, Russian Federation, Wenhang Yu
Published: March 2023

Zuo Zhen-Guan is a modern Moscow composer of Chinese origin, whose life and creative work are largely associated with Russian culture. In his versatile oeuvre, which includes different genres, Zuo Zhen-Guan combines elements of Russian and Chinese musical cultures in an organic way. Chinese traditions are found in almost all of the composer's works. These can be seen in his references to traditional philosophy, religion and poetry, as well as in his devotion to particular themes and subjects. The images of his works are specific, they are expressed in the distinctive features of the composer's musical style, in the sonorous and rhythmic components of the musical language, in the timbre solutions and genre combinations. The purpose of this study is to identify the timbre solutions through which Zuo Zhen- Guan embodies the flavor of Chinese traditional instruments in his chamber compositions. The range of tasks included highlighting the features of Zuo Zhen-Guan's oeuvre; presenting a panorama of Chinese traditional instruments; and analyzing the timbre solutions in his chamber works — the Cello Sonata and the Triptych for three flutes.
THE SPECIFICS OF THE ARTISTIC METHOD IN THE ANIMALISTIC GENRE OF FINE ARTS
Authors:   Independent Researcher, Parukava K. V.
Published: March 2023

The article studies the artistic method within the framework of animalistic genre of fine arts and reveals its specificity. The main objective of the work is to actualize the key philosophical principles of the aesthetic attitude to the reality, as well as defining artistic techniques underlying the practical work of animaliers, whose works help to understand the important role of the animal image as a symbol of the exceptional value and uniqueness of the wildlife. The article highlights the basic stages of the creative work, inherent in the animalistic artistic method, such as depicting a moving model from life, knowledge of the anatomical structure and skin of the animal. It considers the possibility of using the original photographic material in the modern creative practice of the animal painters with its advantages and disadvantages. The author focuses on the interaction of all stages of creative work, as a necessary condition for creating the most expressive artistic image, which would find an emotional response from the viewer and, consequently, would increase the socio-cultural importance of the animalistic genre as a whole. On the example of the works of the brightest modern representatives of animalistic genre, the analysis of the artistic method of animaliers was made, allowing to identify the key philosophical and ethical principles that define the image of animalistic fine art at the present time.
BRATSK HPS AS A SYMBOL OF THE SOVIET ERA IN THE PAINTINGS OF LANDSCAPE ARTISTS
Authors:   Novosibirsk State University of Architecture, Design and Arts named after A. D. Kryachkov, Novosibirsk, 630099, Russian Federation, Gorbonos O. K.
Published: March 2023

In the middle of the last century, the construction of the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station on the Angara River became a symbol of the conquest of Eastern Siberia. The article is devoted to the description of the Bratsk HPS as an industrial and artistic symbol of the Soviet era, presented in the paintings of landscape artists of the Baikal region. Numerous paintings depicting the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station belong to landscape painting and represent an industrial symbol of the Soviet era. All the paintings related to this period are made in the style of socialist realism — the dominant artistic trend in the visual arts of the Soviet Union up to the 1960s. In the context of the research topic, the concept of the symbol in the visual arts is introduced. From the viewpoint of the historical and cultural approach, adopted in art criticism, the article examines the paintings "Bratsk HPS, 1963" by V. I. Bochantsev and "Bratsk HPS, 1958" by V. I. Ovchinnikov, which reveal the characteristics and properties of the considered methodology of studying works of fine art. The similarities in the plots and compositions of the works, allowed a comparative analysis of the two paintings to be applied. The author concludes that the Bratsk HPS, as a monument of the distant past, is a symbol of the Soviet era, of Newly Conquered Siberia and at the same time an industrial symbol, presented in the paintings of landscape artists of the Baikal region.
МЕТОДОЛОГІЯ ПРОВЕДЕННЯ SWOT-АНАЛІЗУ ЦИФРОВОЇ ОСВІТНЬОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ЛНТУ
Authors: Вавдіюк Наталія  , Корецька Наталія  , Констанкевич Ігор  , Третяк Олена
Published: March 2023

У статті обґрунтовано застосування методу SWOT-аналізу в цифровій освітній діяльності ЗВО, наведено основні етапи його проведення. Проведено стратегічний аналіз цифрової освітньої діяльності ЛНТУ на ринку освітніх послуг. Сформовано стратегію та тактики ЛНТУ. У методології дослідженні використовувався змішаний метод SWOT-аналізу, була використана методика стратифікованої випадкової вибірки. Вибірка дослідження складалась з викладачів, здобувачів освіти, які навчаються за освітніми рівнями бакалавра, магістра, доктора філософії. Для збору даних використовувалася методика опитування та інтерв’ю. Дані анкети були в цифрах і дані інтервʼю були описовими. Дослідження вимагало використання змішаного методу, тобто як кількісних, так і якісних методів. Здійснено перевірку гіпотез про нормальний вид розподілу вибірки опитуваних. На рівні значущості £=0,95 перевірено нульову гіпотезу Н0 – про те, що генеральна сукупність вибірки розподілена за нормальним законом проти конкуруючої гіпотези Н1 про те, що вона по ньому не розподілена. Перевірка гіпотези за критеріями χ2, As і Ex, Пірсона засвідчила доведення гіпотези, розподіл вибірки за нормальним законом.
Orally Administered Aqueous Extract of Pleurotus ostreatus Ameliorates Hyperglycemia in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
Authors: Vishwakarma Pratima , Tripathi Nijendra Nath , Kushwaha Veena B. , Mishra Siddhartha Kumar
Published: March 2023

Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm. (Family: Pleurotaceae), commonly known as oyster mushroom, has been widely used to treat various ailments from simple headache to serious ones like diabetes. The mushroom has been shown to exert anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. In the present study, aqueous extract of P. ostreatus (AEPO) was examined for its antidiabetic activity in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. STZ was administered to rats at 50 mg/kg body weight (i.p.), AEPO was orally administered at 100 and 200 mg/kg body weight, and metformin (500 mg/kg) was administered as positive control. The hypoglycemic effects of the AEPO were analyzed by assessing the blood glucose levels (oral glucose tolerance test, acute and postprandial antihyperglycemic activity), lipid parameters, and other hematological studies in comparison to standard drug (metformin). Results showed that AEPO caused a 26% reduction in blood glucose during fasting while 45% reduction in blood glucose during postprandial antihyperglycemic test in STZ-diabetic rats. It also helped in the normalizations of various complications associated with diabetes mellitus in rats. Observations from the current experiments indicate that P. ostreatus help in reduction of blood glucose level, thus confirming its antidiabetic activity in STZ-induced diabetes in rats. This study further advocates that supplementation of edible mushroom P. ostreatus could be a preventive approach in diabetes as well as in obesity management.
Effect Of Geopolitical Risk On Bitcoin’s Price From 2016-2021: Comparative Analysis Pre-During Covid-19 Pandemic Period
Authors: Bangun Mey Frida Yosefa , Warganegara Dezie Leonarda
Published: March 2023

Purpose of the study: The study aims to the effects of the geopolitical risks (GPR) and its components indexes on Bitcoin's price from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2021, and how covid-19 affect the GPR risk and its components on bitcoin's price.

Methodology: We performed quantitative data analysis techniques such as OLS (Ordinary Least Square) and QQ Regression. The study data covers January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2021.

Main Findings: OLS estimations show that Bitcoin's prices are positively and negatively related and statistically insignificant to the GPR and its components before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, respectively. However, the findings of the Quantile estimations state that the effects are positive and statistically significant at the higher quantiles of bitcoin's prices of both the GPR and its component, i.e., GPRA before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research limitations/implications: Our paper has limitations related to the adopted methodology. We use bitcoin as the dependent variable and only use two estimation models: the OLS model and Quantile Regression.

Novelty/Originality of this study: This research is expected to be used as a source of information and input for investors in deciding to invest in the face of another economic recession ahead. Our findings align with Bouri et al. (2017b) and Aysan et al. (2019), which illustrate that the effects of geopolitical risk and uncertainty indicators on Bitcoin's price are negative in the baseline findings. We enhance the previous findings to observe the positive impact of geopolitical risks and their components, the Bitcoin's price at the higher quantiles, then compare analysis pre-during Covid-19.
Environmental Assessment of Coastal Sand Mining Using Proposed DPSIR Criteria: A Case of Hai Phong
Authors: Huong Do Thi Thu , Khanh Do Gia , Thao Nguyen Van , Tran Lan Dinh
Published: March 2023

The environmental impact of coastal sand mining activities in Hai Phong city was assessed using ten proposed sustainable criteria for socioeconomic development, and ecological and environmental protection. These ten criteria were developed by the analysis of the DynamicsPressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework, including one driver and pressure criterion (D and P), seven status and impact criteria (S and I), and two response criteria (R). Each criterion is quantified according to five specific evaluation criteria corresponding to the evaluation score from 1 to 5. The results of the ten criterion application for environmental impact assessment of coastal mining Hai Phong by weighting show that the areas with economic activities, benthic biodiversity, and coastal ecosystems are most negatively impacted (score 4/5 and 3.5/5). Other subjects suffer low to moderate impacts (score 1/5 to 3/5). The environmental impact of sand mining (2015-2020) is generally moderate (score ranging from 2/5 to 3/5). The set of adjusted criteria can be applied to similar activities in coastal provinces and cities in Vietnam