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China’s Economic Growth - 21st Century Puzzle
Authors: Awan Abdul Ghafoor
Published: March 2020

China’s fast economic growth since 1960s was the result of gradual shift in its economic system, open door policy and its accession to the world trade organization. The institutional reforms and access to foreign markets has been followed by investment strategies expanded 45% of Chinese GDP during last 40 years. The consistent vertical economic growth has no precedent in the economic history of the world. China has increased its share in world trade from 0.5% in 1960 to 10% in 2010 and accumulated foreign exchange reserves of US$3.19 trillion by March 2013. It is not less than a miracle. The objective of this study is to investigate into the Chinese labour productivity and output in the short and long-run perspective to detect the real source of Chinese economic growth. Our study is spread over a period starting from 1962 to 2010 because of political and economic stability with minor crisis. The data was taken from China Bureau of National Statistics, IMF, World Bank and relevant research Journals and books. The variables included in this study are: labour productivity, investment, exports, R&D expenses, capital stock, open door policy, real exchange rate and US GDP. The VAR model proposed by Johansen (1988), Johansen and Juselius (1990,1994) and Hendry and Mizon (1993) was used to measure the nature of relations among the above variables. Different tests including unit root test were applied to test the stability of the model. The Econometric results show that international trade and investment in capital stock and R&D expenses by Chinese Government are the major determinants, which are responsible for enhancing labour productivity and output in the long-run, Similarly, real exchange rate appears as an important determinant to explain change in output in the long-run. US GDP has played no role in explaining Chinese output growth. JEL Classification Code: F43; O47
Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: Issues for Developing Countries
Authors: Islam Md. Atiqul
Published: March 2020

One of the burning issues of the world is climate change. The objective of this paper is to review the issues of agricultural adaptation to climate change in the context of developing countries. Literature review type methodology is used here. Total 54 numbers of secondary materials comprising journal articles, books, working papers and documents are used for this research. It is found that Climate Change is real but highly uncertain. It poses threat to agricultural sector of developing countries and adaptation would be a possible solution. Apart from the perception of farmers other factors like the farm family characteristics (e.g. farmers’ education level, farm size, and farm’s financial health) and government support (e.g. access to extension, credit and climate information) could be the potential factors to influence adaptation. There could also be several barriers to adaptation from farmers’ perspective in the face of climate change. Lack of awareness, access to credit, information, knowledge and education to evaluate and implement new methods are the major constraint on adaptation. The appropriate science, actions and policy is required to improve the capacity and to facilitate adaptation in developing countries. JEL Classification Code: Q02; Q18
Micro Credit and Women Empowerment: A Study on Grameen Bank’s Strategy of Poverty Alleviation
Authors: Chowdhury Mohammed Thanvir Ahmed , Begum Musa. Halima , Reza Md. Ridwan , Jannath Tahrima Chowdhury
Published: March 2020

Generally, it is held that, Women economic participation is positively related to their status. It is assumed that participation changes woman’s power relationship and hence her status in the family, and thus a woman having no such access will have relatively low power and status. Relatively argued, women experience hunger and poverty in much more intensive ways than men. If one of the family members has to starve, it is an unwritten law that it has to be the mother. That is why women were targeted in the center point of micro credit program. However, the stagnation in the impact of micro credit on income may have serious implication for the success of micro finance institution and their long term sustainability and therefore the question deserves serious attention from researchers. The above concerns are related mostly to the long term impact of micro credit. Thereby we were intended to see the structures which dictate dependence press on these women. And if the gains they have made in income and assets are to be sustained, the control they have negotiated over their lives is to be maintained. In this regard, we want to see how women can build their empowerment and what Grameen Bank can do to strengthen them for poverty alleviation. JEL Classification Code: I32; E51
Dividend Policy and Its Impact on Stock Price – A Study on Commercial Banks Listed in Dhaka Stock Exchange
Authors: Al Masum Abdullah
Published: March 2020

How do dividend policy decisions affect a firm’s stock price, is a widely researched topic in the field of investments and finance but still it remains a mystery that whether dividend policy affects the stock prices or not. There are those who suggest that dividend policy is irrelevant because they argue a firm’s value should be determine by the basic earning power and business risk of the firm, in which case value depends only on the income (cash) produced, not on how the income is split between dividends and retained earnings and opponents of this statement called dividend is irrelevance, that investors care only about the total returns they receive, not whether they receive those returns in the form of dividends, capital gains or both.The results of researches conducted in various stock markets are different. There are many internal and external factors, which simultaneously affect stock prices and it is almost impossible to segregate the effect of each so the variations remain. This paper empirically estimates excess stock market returns for all the thirty banks listed in Dhaka Stock Exchange for the period of 2007 to 2011. Attempts are made to examine, what kind of relationship exists between dividend policy and stock market returns of private commercial banks in Bangladesh, and to what degree the returns on stocks can be explained by their respective dividend policy for the same period of time. Various theories related to dividend policy are tested in various parts of the world with different results and findings. Various other articles are reviewed, written in Bangladesh and abroad to see the significance of dividend policy on the stock prices and to compare the results of this research with those conducted earlier. Sample size is large i.e. all the listed commercial banks of Dhaka Stock Exchange so the results are reliable and valid. Panel data approach is used to explain the relationship between dividends and stock prices after controlling the variables like Earnings per Share, Return on Equity, Retention Ratio have positive relation with Stock Prices and significantly explain the variations in the market prices of shares, while the Dividend Yield and Profit after Tax has negative, insignificant relation with stock prices. Overall results of this study indicate that Dividend Policy has significant positive effect on Stock Prices.

JEL Classification Code: D78; E64; H54; R53; G21
Green Marketing for Creating Awareness for Green Consumerism
Authors: Yunus Mohammad , Rahman Mohammad Toufiqur
Published: March 2020

Green businesses are enterprises which consider environmental protection as an essential component for their long-term business objectives, both by promoting eco-efficient production activities and by marketing sustainable products and services (Barnes, n.d.). Green products may be defined as products or services that have a lesser or reduced bad effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose (Website). The purposed of green business are (i) to promote more socially inclusive development (ii) to reduce environmental degradation (iii) to mitigate the effects of climate change (iv) to deal with pressures of population growth (v) to manage, issues of increased scarcity and volatile prices of raw materials effectively. Examples of green product are compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), which use 75% less energy than ordinary incandescent ones, organic foods, which are grown and processed without antibiotics, pesticides, or synthetic fertilizers, hybrid electric vehicles such as the Toyota Prius, which achieves a fuel economy of 48 city-mpg and 45 highway-mpg (Website)., and green hotels, which are trying to conserve water, energy, and materials usage (Sharkey, 2008). Green business in practically existent everywhere around us. Company such as Wal-mart and General Electric transforming their business practices into green ones (Yeganeh & Glavas, 2008). In a study conducted by MeKinsey of 4,238 business executives in 116 countries, 84% believed that business should contribute to the public good; however, only 3% believe that their companies are currently doing a good job (McKinsey, 2006). Thus, green business is an enterprise that has no negative impact on the (i) environment (ii) economy (iii) society (iv) community. Further, it meets the requirement of the triple bottom line such as financial benefits of the company, natural world betterment and social advantages for employees and members of the local community. The triple bottom line gives importance on initial value instead of the after effects. JEL Classification Code: M31; Q13; P46
Enhancing Food Security Through Innovation Platforms: Experiences from Research into Use Project in Rwanda
Authors: Dusengemungu L. , Kibwika P. , Kiazze FB
Published: March 2020

Maize is an important food security crop in Rwanda and the East African region, however the maize value chain is not well developed and the productivity is still low partly because of low technology uptake by the smallholder farmers. Since 2006, the Department for International Development (DFID) supported the “Research Into Use” (RIU) programme in Rwanda to  enhance the uptake of agricultural technologies using innovation platforms (IPs). Maize was one of the target crops for intensification particularly in Nyagatare District for which an IP was established. The purpose of the innovation platforms was to faciliate interaction of the key actors in the value chain including farmers, cooperatives, inputs suppliers, processors, traders, credits providers, local leaders, research and extension to establish mutual relationships for value chain development. This study assessed processes of establishing IPs and requirements for their effective operations and sustainability. Data were collected using focus group discussions, observations and interviews. SPSS and SNA softwares were used to analyze data. Through actor interactions in IPs, farmers` problems were prioritized by research; relationships were established between research institutions, NGOs, processors and finance institutions for value addition of maize thereby creating a pull effect for increased production and income.  Increased production, productivity and incomes are core to food security. The IP was a mechanism for developing value chains that provided incentives and means for access to and adoption of technologies for increasing productivity of maize. Hower, functional IPs requires facilitation and capacity building of the actors to interact in a mutually beneficial manner.

JEL Classification Code: 031
Evaluation of Efficiency of Accounting Information Systems: A Study on Mobile Telecommunication Companies in Bangladesh
Authors: Neogy Taposh Kumar
Published: March 2020

The study evaluates the efficiency of Accounting Information Systems of the selected mobile telecommunication companies. The existing Accounting Information Systems which provide important sources of accounting information is viewed in the selected mobile telecommunication companies, more as the system for recording and reporting the business operations than as an information system for management decision making. Accounting Information Systems as a set of capital and human resources within an organization is responsible for the preparation of financial information and also of the information obtained from the collection and process of transaction data. The adequate accounting information is essential for taking every effective decision making process and adequate information is possible if the Accounting Information Systems run with efficiently. The efficient Accounting Information Systems is essential because it ensures that all levels of management get sufficient, adequate, relevant and true information for planning and controlling activities of the business organization. Accounting Information Systems cover a broad area in corporate world and produce quality information for the internal and external users to the business organization. The users of the Accounting Information Systems are satisfied about their systems. The study shows that the Accounting Information Systems of the selected mobile telecommunication companies are efficient since the examination of various indicators of efficiency showed favorable results and the responses of the surveyed respondents showed positive comments. 

JEL Classification Code: M41, D61
On-line Shopping Trends, Patterns and Preferences of University Undergraduate Students: A Survey Study on Sylhet Region
Authors: Rahaman Md. Mahbubur
Published: March 2020

With the explosion of the e-commerce in the past decade, different buying patterns and preferences have emerged for customer groups and other demographics. These patterns have been measured and collected by numerous independent marketing, business and even academic studies to understand how consumers connect with the new adventure of e-commerce. As the internet and online shopping is growing at a very fast pace worldwide, investigating this trend within Bangladeshi context is crucial considering that it is a relatively new trend in the country, the result is a lack of literature. This paper consists of the groundwork with a brief introduction of recent trends in e-commerce on people of Bangladesh; particularly its impact on university undergraduate students in Sylhet region. This has been followed by their general perceptions and preferences of the online shopping including products and website selection. Each of these e-commerce “characteristic” is compared to information combined from survey questions and open-ended discussions with a small sample group of university students at undergraduate level in Sylhet region. It also investigates into positive as well as negative website characteristics and sum up the favorable elements into a description of an e-commerce website that would suitable to the group being studied. Findings have been presented by means of the formation identified during the data analysis, indicated that an increasing number of the students at undergraduate level are now using the internet for purchase. It also observed that between male and female students, male students are purchasing products online more than female students. Although student’s participation is increasing, there are some limitations for what the potential numbers of students are not able to purchase via online.

JEL Classification Code: A22; Z13
USO DE ANTICONCEPTIVOS ORALES ASOCIADO A ARTRITIS REUMATOIDE EN MUJERES ADULTAS
Authors: Anculle Ochochoque Valery , Chian García Ana María , Arana Amaya Luis Alberto , Anculle Arenas Lázaro Alberto
Published: March 2020

El presente trabajo de investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar si el uso de anticonceptivos orales se asocia con la artritis reumatoide en mujeres adultas. Se realizó un estudio de caso-control, con 282 mujeres entre 20 a 59 años, siendo 94 casos y 188 controles. Se encontró que el 18,1% de mujeres adultas que usaron anticonceptivos orales (AO) presentaron artritis reumatoide (AR); mientras que un 42,0 % de ellas no presentaron AR. Además se encontró que el 81,9% de las mujeres con AR no usaron AO y el 58,0% de mujeres sin AR no consumieron AO. Encontrando un p< 0,01, OR= 0,30; IC95% de 0,17 a 0,55. En el grupo de mujeres con AR el 15,96% tenían entre 50 a 59 años; en el caso de féminas sin AR predominó entre 20 a 29 años con 35,46%. Para el tiempo de uso de AO, el porcentaje de mujeres con AR que usaron AO por menos de 7 años es 27,46% (p=0,92). El uso de anticonceptivos orales se asocia a la artritis reumatoide como factor protector; a mayor edad presentaron más artritis reumatoide utilizando anticonceptivos orales por un periodo menor a siete años.
EFECTO DE MORINGA OLEÍFERA SOBRE LA HIPERGLICEMIA INDUCIDA EN RATTUS RATTUS VAR. ALBINUS: ESTUDIO PERUANO
Authors: Torres Salvador Emily , Díaz Ortega Jorge Luis
Published: March 2020

El presente trabajo de investigación de tipo experimental con tres grupos; grupo experimental, grupo control positivo y grupo control negativo, con pre y pos prueba, se realizó con el propósito de determinar el efecto de Moringa oleifera sobre la hiperglicemia inducida en Rattus rattus var. albinus. La muestra estuvo constituida por 18 especímenes de Rattus rattus var. Albinus, distribuidos aleatoriamente en 3 grupos: Grupo experimental (G1): con hiperglucemia inducida con dosis única de aloxano 100 mg/Kg de peso vía intraperitoneal y tratado con extracto hidroetanólico de hojas de Moringa oleifera a 400 mg/kg de peso por vía oral; Grupo control positivo (G2): con inducción a hiperglicemia con dosis única de aloxano; y Grupo control negativo (G3) sin inducción a hiperglicemia y tratado con solución salina. El Grupo experimental G1 y G2 después del tratamiento con aloxano presentaron glicemias promedio de 317,0±140,0 mg/dl y 267,7±171,2 mg/dl respectivamente, en tanto que las 8h el grupo G1 alcanzó una glicemia de 243,5±109,0 mg/dl post tratamiento con Moringa oleífera, mientras que el grupo G2 sin tratamiento la glicemia fue de 277.7±149.1 mg/dl. El G3 tuvo una glicemia basal promedio de 76,0±1,8 mg/dl, culminando a las 8 h en 60,3±3,3 mg/dl. Las variaciones de las glicemias entre los grupos G1 y G2 en las 8 h fue de -74,2± 39,9 mg/dl y 10±29,3; y difieren significativamente (p<0,009) a través de la prueba U de Mann – Whitney. Se concluye que el extracto hidroetanólico de Moringa oleífera reduce significativamente la hiperglicemia inducida en Rattus rattus var. albinus.
EFECTO DE UN PROGRAMA EDUCATIVO EN LAS ACTITUDES Y PRÁCTICAS MATERNAS PREVENTIVAS DE ANEMIA EN NIÑOS MENORES DE 1 AÑO DEL PUESTO DE SALUD PUEBLO LIBRE- LA ESPERANZA-TRUJILLO, 2018
Authors: Núñez Cercado Sandra
Published: March 2020

El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo determinar el efecto de la aplicación de un programa educativo en las actitudes y prácticas maternas preventivas de anemia en niños menores de 1 año del Puesto de Salud Pueblo Libre-La Esperanza-Trujillo, 2018. Fue de tipo cuantitativo pre experimental, la muestra estuvo constituida por 61 madres, a quienes se le aplicó un cuestionario antes y después del programa educativo para medir el nivel de actitudes y prácticas maternas. Los resultados de esta investigación mostraron que después de la aplicación del programa educativo el 60.7% delas madres presentaron una actitud favorable, asimismo el 57.4% de las madres presentaron buenas prácticas. Concluyendo así que la aplicación de un programa educativo tiene un efecto significativo en las actitudes y prácticas maternas preventivas de anemia en niños de 1 año del Puesto de Salud Pueblo Libre- La Esperanza-Trujillo, 2018.
SOLUCIÓN DEL PROBLEMA DE LOCALIZACIÓN DE PLANTAS CAPACITADAS DE FUENTE ÚNICA EN DOS ETAPAS MEDIANTE PLANOS DE CORTE FENCHEL.
Authors: Rojas Jerónimo Jenny Margarita , Toribio Aranda Billy Santos
Published: March 2020

En el presente trabajo, aplicamos la metodología de los planos de corte Fenchel para resolver el problema de Localización de Plantas Capacitadas de fuente única en dos etapas (TSCFL). Las desigualdades Fenchel describen la envolvente convexa de un conjunto X⊂R^n sin conocer explícitamente la estructura. La relajación Fenchel es una relajación lineal, se obtiene al agregar las desigualdades Fenchel más violadas obtenidas como solución del problema de separación asociado al problema primal. El valor de la relajación Fenchel constituye una cota inferior fuerte para el problema de localización. Simultáneamente se aplica una heurística basada en la relajación Fenchel para obtener una solución factible la cual constituye una cota superior. Ambas cotas se integran al algoritmo de Ramificación y Acotación basado en programación lineal para obtener el óptimo global. Asimismo, los cortes Fenchel presentan eficientes propiedades computacionales.
Editorial
Authors: Moreno Zahirá
Published: March 2020

Comenzaré este escrito con unas reflexiones sobre lo social como un objetivo susceptible de ser analizado y explicado desde la diversa contribución de varias disciplinas y la pluralidad teórica, en el sentido de la variedad de estudios que se presentan en esta edición de la revista UCV-SCIENTIA, que dejan en evidencia que lo social se ocupa de múltiples aspectos de la acción humana, donde intervienen distintas ciencias en búsqueda de conocimiento para el bien humano. Muestra de ello son los temas aquí tratados como: El rendimiento académico en estudiantes, Impacto de la educación emprendedora y Gestión educativa en instituciones públicas. Considerando también otras disciplina para estudiar el Manejo de residuos sólidos hospitalarios, el Cultivo de Arthrospira jenneri en fotobiorreactor multitubular para captura de CO2 de gases de combustión, el Efecto del extracto etanólico de las hojas de Piper aduncum y el Pastoreo de vacas estacadas y su efecto sobre el consumo y la condición del pasto. Estas investigaciones permiten comprender los grandes desafíos para la sociedad moderna. Incluso, son evidencia del compromiso de la Universidad César Vallejo (UCV) con la producción y divulgación del conocimiento científico; por lo cual UCV-SCIENTIA, se convierte en un espacio académico donde los científicos exponen los resultados de sus trabajos; constituyéndose en un importante medio, con reconocimiento internacional, para trasmitir conocimiento científico. En esta edición, se muestran una serie de investigaciones con alta pertinencia social aproximando al lector con las interrelaciones que se encuentran entre el conocimiento y sociedad, como base del progreso y la sostenibilidad. Se espera que el lector encuentre interesante pasar por la complejidad interconectada de los temas aquí abordados, pues no hay motivación mayor para un investigador, junior o novel, que pasearse por el mundo de las conjeturas y encontrar nuevas visiones y nuevas interrogantes. Por consiguiente, se hace imperativo promover entre la comunidad académica internacional un mayor diálogo entre éste saber científico y los problemas sociales, en pro de una sociedad con mayor bienestar y desarrollo humano. De modo que, espacios académicos como UCV-SCIENTIA brindan la oportunidad a las distintas disciplinas de intervenir como un proceso que propicia la transformación del mundo, volviéndose aún más borrosos los límites de la ciencia, para un complejo comprender de la realidad actual. Desde esta perspectiva, el conocimiento que se produce no está alejado de contexto social donde se detecta una necesidad, se genera una idea, se evalúa y valida un conocimiento científico. De esta forma, podemos observar en UCV-SCIENTIA la construcción de nuevas ideas científicas como resultado de la publicación de diversidad de temas, diversidad de investigadores y de instituciones.
Asertividad y rendimiento académico en estudiantes de la facultad de ciencias administrativas de la Universidad Nacional de Piura
Authors: Luján Vera Priscila Estelita , Trelles Pozo Luis Ramón , Mogollón Taboada Marlon Martin
Published: March 2020

La presente investigación tuvo por objetivo determinar la relación existente entre asertividad y rendimiento académico de los estudiantes de la Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas de la Universidad nacional de Piura, según la edad y sexo. Se examinó la asociación o ligación entre la capacidad de comunicación asertiva del alumno y su rendimiento académico. Tiene un enfoque cuantitativo, diseño no experimental, de alcance descriptivo-correlacional, con recojo de información transversal. Para medir la asertividad se usó el inventario de asertividad adaptado de Rathus (1973), que analiza el problema de la medición de la asertividad, a través de 30 ítems. La variable rendimiento académico está representada por el promedio ponderado acumulado (PPA). Para el análisis estadístico principal, se usó el método del Producto Momento de Pearson. Para el análisis específico, se utilizó la estadística descriptiva, presentando comparaciones cuantitativas y cualitativas. Intervienen 69 alumnos promocionales al 2017 - I (Noveno, ingresantes en 2013-I). El estudio concluye que el rendimiento académico no se asocia significativamente con la asertividad de los estudiantes. Según el sexo, tampoco hay relación significativa entre asertividad y rendimiento académico. El estudio encuentra relación significativa en los estudiantes que tienen de 22 a 23 años.
Cultivo de Arthrospira jenneri en fotobiorreactor multitubular para captura de CO de gases de combustion
Authors: Seijas Velásquez Segundo , Seijas Bernabé Nadia Stefanía , Seijas Bernabé Priscilla Alexandra
Published: March 2020

Se evaluó el cultivo de microalgas Arthrospira jenneri empleando un fotobiorreactor multitubular horizontal con sistema de captura de CO proveniente de los gases de combustión de una caldera de 2 biomasa de tara, para ello se recolectó de A. jenneri “espirulina”, de los humedales de Chou- Chou del distrito de Salaverry –La Libertad empleando como medio de cultivo 2% de vinaza y 2,6 g de NaHCO /L a 3 pH de 8,5 aforado con agua a 250 mL esterilizado a 121 oC durante 20 minutos con agitación constante y aireado de manera permanente, a temperatura promedio de 25oC. El cultivo se ubicó en el fotobiorreactor (Cultivo inmovilizado en biofilm) expuesto totalmente a la radiación solar (fotoperiodo 12:12) ; el líquido de cultivo fue bombeado a una velocidad del flujo menor a 0,5m/s . Las cosechas se efectuaron cada semana obteniéndose 0,11 g /L/dia.
SAMI: Serious videogame of bovine cattle farms in Unity supported in System Dynamics
Authors: Gómez-Prada Urbano , Gómez-Sandoval Oscar
Published: March 2020

SAMI is a video game for learning about bovine cattle production systems. The game is developed with Unity Engineandhas rules based on a model implemented with System Dynamics. On each game, the player must take decisions and do actions that allow him to properly run afarm. Those actions are stored in a website which provides feedbackby comparing the executed actions with those which are ideal in order to ease the learning process. The article presents the main aspects of the proposal;that is, part of the model in which it is supported and a summary of the main aspects of implementation in Unity.
Failure detection in a pressure vessel using acoustic emissions technology
Authors: Peñaloza-Peña Sergio A. , Galvis G. Carlos , Quiroga M. Jabid
Published: March 2020

En este artículo se implementó la técnica de emisiones acústicas (EA) para monitorear diferentes escenariosde falla en cilindros de acero usados para almacenar gas licuado del petróleo (GLP). Los experimentos se llevaron a cabo en dos recipientes con defectos externos e internos sometidos a una prueba hidrostática. La severidad de las fallas fue aumentando progresivamente a través de los distintos escenarios con el fin de estudiar la actividad microsísmica. Las pruebas experimentales permitieron comprobar los efectos Káiser -Felicity y se observó que un aumento en la severidad de la falla representaba un incremento en la cantidad de hits detectados, cuentas y valores de energía. La evolución de la actividad acústica para los diferentes escenarios de falla determinó la integridad estructural de los contenedores, demostrándose que las EA permiten evaluar la condición global de los cilindros.
With (violent) love: Seeing mental images getting lost and resurface
Authors: Langsdorf Heike , Maréchal Ernst
Published: March 2020

Concepts fundamental to our (personal) systems of belief and behaviour are crumbling and falling to dust — just because we truly exit our comfort zone. These lost ideas then do transform and, after being newly informed, become as such unfamiliar but promisingly altered concepts. In our correspondence we want to acknowledge the following: that what is getting overwritten through communal and multi-perspective experience is always more promising (not yet better!) than what vanished the moment when it mismatched (our individual) ideas and lost its capacity of sense-making. Our conversation is a plea for considering mental images as going through a process of “getting born,” consolidating, dominating, corrupting and eventually losing any (convincing) agency altogether. Such a consideration is never free of devastating frustration, deep disappointment and the possible darkness of depression darkness of depression but has the power of freeing us up — moreover — freeing us from previously functioning ways of doing and thinking. Those ways might have held something in our place that freakishly doesn’t make sense in other places. We end with a call for not only rethinking and redefining authorship in discussions and on paper but finally act accordingly.
A review of Karel Verhoeven’s “Scenes (cour jardin)”: An open invitation to play
Authors: Van den Broucke Jakob
Published: March 2020

This is a review of “Scenes (cour jardin),” an ongoing project series by Belgian visual artist and designer Karel Verhoeven. The series consists of different architectural sculptures that are placed in (semi)public spaces. This review evaluates the project in terms of its relevancy for socially engaged artistic practice, and the more fundamental questions it raises: What can be learned from situations created by art in public space? How does an observation guide artistic practice? Is it hypothetically possible to assume that the essence of the work of art is not in its appearance, but in how the work is used? What are interesting opportunities for collaborations between artists and social scholars?
Review of Art as Social Action: An introduction to the principles and practices of teaching social practice art
Authors: Sanders-Bustle Lynn
Published: March 2020

In this contribution, the author reviews the book, Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art. Acknowledging the timely nature of this anthology of essays, interviews, and lesson plans, the reviewer strongly recommends the book for teachers of contemporary art. In the review, the author opens with personal context for the review, a brief overview of contents and a description of the editors’ professional backgrounds. Interested in the usefulness of lesson plans for teachers, the reviewer analyzes the over 43 lesson plans and identifies three themes around which to provide a summary. Salient information is also extracted from essays and interviews. The author concludes by commenting more broadly on contributions and challenges associated with this anthology, troubling the use of the term “lesson plan” to describe social practice and calling for widening the conversation to include art educators and qualitative/post-qualitative researchers whose work focuses on social justice pedagogies.
Beuverie express, biture express ou alcool défonce : parler de binge drinking et de consommation d’alcool en français
Authors: Kovács Máté
Published: March 2020

Le binge drinking est un phénomène de consommation excessive d’alcool, de plus en plus répandu dans le monde entier, principalement chez les jeunes. Le binge drinking, déjà connu officiellement sous le nom de beuverie express en français, a pour objectif d’arriver à l’état d’ivresse et de ressentir les effets de l’alcool en très peu de temps. Sur la base d’un corpus composé de blogs, d’articles de presse en ligne et de forums de discussion, notre article analyse la manière dont les internautes dénomment ce phénomène en français et parlent de différents aspects du champ sémantique en question (consommation excessive d’alcool, types de boissons, ivresse, etc.). Notre étude a démontré que ce champ sémantique, connu pour son caractère argotogène, est particulièrement favorable à l’utilisation du français non standard : les internautes utilisent un grand nombre d’expressions pour parler du phénomène du binge drinking et, en général, de la consommation d’alcool en français.
La boisson dans la langue des jeunes – analyse du lexique des jeunes Polonais
Authors: Napieralski Andrzej
Published: March 2020

La langue des jeunes est une variante de la langue « standard » qui est utilisée par des pairs et qui fait partie de la variation diastratique de la langue. L’utilisation d’un sociolecte propre aux jeunes locuteurs de la langue est un signe d’appartenance à un groupe dont l’âge est le facteur déterminant. Il est vrai que l’utilisation de certains lexèmes est conditionnée par la situation linguistique dans laquelle les gens se retrouvent (variation diaphasique), mais il n’est pas moins vrai que certaines formes lexicales sont plus utilisées par des jeunes, surtout dans des échanges au sein d’un groupe de pairs. Notre recherche aura comme objectif de présenter le vocabulaire dit « jeune » qui touche le domaine de la boisson (les noms des boissons, les types d’alcools, les verbes utilisés pour parler de l’action de boire). Notre corpus sera constitué à la base du lexique que nous retrouverons sur le site du parler jeune (www.miejski.pl ; langue universelle des jeunes). Les résultats obtenus seront classés selon les procédés lexicogéniques responsables de la création de nouvelles formes lexicales (de forme, de sens, emprunts). Dans notre analyse nous nous occuperons des formes lexicales néologiques contemporaines comme les mots wudżistu ‘vodka’ (mot-valise de wódka ‘vodka’ et jujutsu ‘ju-jitsu’), zibol ‘personne qui est en train de boire’ (onomatopée de zib ‘bruit produit pendant l’ingestion d’un liquide’), tankować ‘faire le plein d’essence’ (métaphore) ou sztela ‘gnôle’ (emprunt au parler de Silésie).
Notre première boisson – le lait. Étude du mot en français et en polonais
Authors: Bochnakowa Anna
Published: March 2020

Le mot désignant la première boisson de notre vie paraît peu original comme objet d’intérêt. Mais puisqu’il est des plus courants et connu de tous, nous présentons son fonctionnement dans le sens premier et dans d’autres acceptions dans le registre standard, dans la langue technique, dans le sens figuré ; nous observons les formations dérivées et composées et les expressions phraséologiques françaises et polonaises avec lait / mleko. Nous évoquons le lien entre le lait et le vin, présent uniquement en français et visible à travers quelques expressions. Nous essayons d’en tirer une image sémantique du mot et son emploi dans les expressions à partir des dictionnaires anciens et modernes français et polonais. Ce substantif concret, pouvant être compté parmi les universaux de la langue, ne présente pas de champ synonymique développé mais seulement quelques emplois métonymiques et métaphoriques qui nous paraissent néanmoins mériter une réflexion relative aux deux langues.
Une larme de cognac et un soupçon de lait – à propos de quelques quantifieurs nominaux marquant une petite quantité
Authors: Izert Małgorzata
Published: March 2020

Dans cet article nous analysons des collocations qui constituent la suite DET N1 de N2 et servent  à exprimer habituellement une (très) petite quantité ou une quantité minime de liquide. Les paraphrases de ce type de collocations données par les dictionnaires de langue comme ‘petite quantité de N’, ‘un peu de N’ ne renvoient qu’à une partie du sens apporté par ces quantifieurs nominaux dont le sens exact est beaucoup plus complexe et nuancé. Par exemple, une pointe de whisky indique non seulement une petite quantité d’alcool mais désigne aussi une intensité faible de son goût. De même, la combinatoire de ces collocatifs attestée par les dictionnaires de langue n’est pas aussi large que celle confirmée par l’usage écrit récent dans les textes provenant des données numérisées. Ces données permettent de distinguer quelques types de N2 d’après la nature des objets de référence qu’ils désignent (cf. toutes sortes de boissons (y compris les alcools) ou toutes sortes de produits liquides mais aussi les produits massifs alimentaires ou non alimentaires et les idées abstraites – sentiments, émotions, etc. et même, ce qui peut paraître surprenant, les styles musicaux).
Clerk apparatus of the Grand Duchy of Ryazan
Authors: Kirpichnikov Ivan A.
Published: March 2020

The study is devoted to the clergy of the Grand Duchy of Ryazan - a social group that has not been the subject of special study until now. The thesis is proved that the Ryazan administrative apparatus is characterized by the trajectory of evolution, which was previously revealed by historians on the materials of the Moscow chancellery. We show the growing importance of clerks in paperwork that was reflected in the development of the documents certification practice during the second half of the 15th - early of 16th century. Observations were made regarding the participation of clerks in the report procedure, which needs further comparative study. It is noted that there were also clerks in the Ryazan counties. We analyze the personal and social composition of the Ryazan clergy and make assumption that clerks were personally free people who could be tied to their occupations on a hereditary basis. The small number of the administrative apparatus of the duchy was ascertained, under the conditions of which no more than three or four clerks could act simultaneously. It is demonstrated that the change of Ryazan Grand Dukes did not reflect on the personal composition of the grand chancellery. The question is raised on whether such evolution of the clerks’ apparatus was the result of Moscow’s influence, and comparative contexts from the history of other Russian duchies are proposed.
Considering pragmatic competence as a structural component of foreign language communicative competence
Authors: Zolotov Pitirim Y.
Published: March 2020

Studying the role and place of pragmatic competence in the framework of the formation of communicative competence is important in foreign language teaching. Successful communication in a foreign language requires not only knowledge of vocabulary and grammatical structures, but also the ability to use them in various contexts. We explain the concepts of “pragmatics” and “competence” as basic terms in understanding the pragmatic competence. We define pragmatic competence as the ability to choose appropriate language means in a certain context. We analyze three types of models of foreign language communicative competence. They are functional (or discourse-oriented models), component models and meaning-oriented models. Functional models consider pragmatics as the implementation of functional discourse functions. Component models involve the division into smaller structural units, which, though, are closely related to the time of language use. Meaning-oriented models for the first time consider pragmatic competencies as a discrete element in communicative competence. Basing on the analysis and comparison of the examined models, we form a more complete and broader understanding of pragmatic competencies, including bilateral communication competencies, including coding and using, as well as the basis on three principles - contextual use of the language, interaction of the interlocutors in the conversation and the transmitted meaning.
Pedagogical activity student’s preparation in the context of didactic systems informatization
Authors: Kitaevskaya Tatyana Y. , Perunovskaya Irina N. , Beskrovnaya Olga V.
Published: March 2020

We prove the necessity of “Information technologies in professional activity” discipline inclusion in the content of block reflecting the concept of didactic systems informatization as the actual content directed to formation of the competences necessary for graduates pedagogical activity. Taking into account the current stage of education informatization, along with traditional sections, there is a need to include an internal module associated with the design of differentiated courses that meet the modern principle of building the content of education using formalized methods and involving automated systems. We present the technology of teaching students to design differentiated content based on the basic principles of integrated technology. We give the characteristic of integral technology of training in relation to university practice. The content of the block is presented in the context of the main forms and methods of developing learning within this technology. Emphasis is placed on active and interactive teaching methods that allow the most effective individual and group work on the final project. Universality of the offered training technology and the developed automated complex make possible their use in higher education institution student’s system preparation in various directions.
Formation of higher physical education in Penza Region
Authors: Volkov Valery G. , Lutkov Aleksandr N. , Rogov Andrey A.
Published: March 2020

In modern student sports of the Russian Federation, a prominent place is occupied by a team of students and specialists in physical education and sports of Penza State University. The main efforts in the sport development in the higher education system of the Penza Region were carried out by a team of a specialized faculty of physical education, and later the Institute of Physical Culture and Sports of Penza State University. We analyze the prerequisites developed in the Penza Region and other regions for the opening of a higher educational institution for the physical education specialists training. In the period of 1940-1950, mid-level personnel for schools and physical education groups were trained by technical schools of physical education, which were secondary special educational institutions. Since the faculty opening, sports work at the institute has significantly revived. As throughout the country, in Penza Pedagogical University, the foundation of a sports society, its primary organization was a sports club, which was created at the university, most commonly, by student and local labour union committees. The core of the sports club was students of physical education faculty, although the leadership of the club was based on the first decades at the department of physical education. The core of the sports club was students of physical education, although the leadership of the club in the first decades was based at the physical education department. Sports achievements of students and graduates of the Faculty of Physical Education are presented. We note multiple victories at the championships of the voluntary sports society “Burevestnik”, the championships of the RSFSR, the USSR, the Russian Federation, the Universiades, the World and Europe Championships, Olympic Games in swimming, athletics, volleyball, basketball, rhythmic gymnastics, sambo, speed skating, gymnastics, hockey throughout the entire period of the faculty.
Paisaje de interior: estrategias proyectuales para habitar el bancal
Authors: Coca Leicher José de , García Carbonero Marta
Published: March 2020

ResumenLa acusada orografía española ha llevado a escalonar en bancales numerosas explotaciones agrícolas, configurando paisajes en los que los muros de contención imponen su geometría a la tierra, pero también condicionan la forma en la que estas terrazas han sido habitadas. La construcción vernácula ha proporcionado respuestas diversas a estos condicionantes pero también estos banqueos surgidos de las necesidades del cultivo han inspirado soluciones más recientes, que buscan adaptarse a la pendiente sin necesidad de grandes explanaciones. Este fue el caso de diversas arquitecturas que tras la Guerra Civil plantearon una modernidad que, mirando a la escena internacional, no olvidaba la tradición vernácula en un intento de sentar bases propias. El recinto ferial de la Casa de Campo –erigido en tiempos de escasez en la accidentada periferia madrileña- propició en varios de sus solares el banqueo del terreno para hacer posible el tránsito expositivo, trasladando a un ámbito periurbano elementos más propios de un entorno agrario. Este artículo se propone explorar las soluciones aportadas por el pabellón de los Hexágonos (1958-1959), el pabellón del Ministerio de la Vivienda (1959) y el pabellón de las Bancadas (1962-1965) para acoger un uso expositivo y abordar a la vez el problema de la adaptación a la pendiente mediante construcciones pétreas y estereotómicas ligadas al terreno y entramados ligeros y tectónicos ligados a la cubierta.AbstractSpain’s abrupt topography has fostered the stepped arrangement of many agrarian estates, articulating landscapes where retaining walls shape the ground while they determine the way the site is inhabited. Vernacular construction has provided different solutions to these problems, but terraced slopes have also inspired more recent designs that adapt to the contours of the site avoiding large excavations. That was the case of some of the architecture that emerged after the Spanish Civil War, which looked up at the tenets of international modernism, while resorting to vernacular traditions in order to find its own profile. The Casa de Campo fair grounds, raised on the verge of Madrid in a time of scarcity, provided several sites where terraces were needed to allocate an exhibition program, transferring a characteristic feature of the rural landscape onto the urban periphery. This paper explores the different ways in which the Hexagon pavilion (1958-1959), the Ministerio de la Vivienda pavilion (1959) and the Bancadas pavilion (1962-1965) hosted an exhibition program and adapted to the sloping terrain by means of petrous, stereotomic structures linked to the ground and light, tectonic frames linked to their roofs.
Reseñas de libros
Authors: Barbeito José Manuel , Flores Soto José Antonio , Montoro María , Enia Marco , Prokopljević Jelena , Rodríguez de la Rosa Isabel , O Rodrigo de la
Published: March 2020

Reseñas de libros
Hard bodies and sidelong looks: Spectacle and fetish in 1980s action cinema
Authors: Falkof Nicky
Published: March 2020

From Stallone and Schwarzenegger to Gibson and Willis, the Hollywood action star of the 1980s was a hard-bodied hero with an attitude to match. But more than this, the action hero was an ideological construct; referenced by the president, ubiquitous in popular cultural production and reception of the time, his excessive muscularity forms a complex and problematic textual canvas for reading the hegemonic desires of Reaganite America. I this paper I consider cinematic relations to the heroic body through the dual prism of Freud’s conception of fetishism and De Bord’s formulation of the spectacle. Using the work of film theorists like Metz and Mulvey, cultural historians Susan Jeffords and Yvonne Tasker and psychoanalyst Kaja Silverman, I illustrate that the hero’s spectacular body operates as a fetish for the viewer, and thus that spectacle is fetish. Films to be considered include Rambo, Terminator and the Lethal Weapon and Die Hard series.