bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Lexical units nominating women in the paremias about the gender inequality of the Russian language
Authors: Yang Xue
Published: December 2023

Russian linguistic and cultural community gender stereotypes reflecting the inequality between men and women in the Russian linguistic and cultural community, verbalized by the paremias of the Russian language; the subject of the study are such nominating components as "woman", "wife", "daughter", "mother—in-law". The material under study forms part of the national picture of the world, of which the paremic corpus is a part. Special attention is paid to the verbalization of gender stereotypes in the studied parodies. The aim of the study is to describe the lexical units that nominate women and are used as part of the Russian language related thematically to the linguistic markers of gender inequality. The relevance of this study is determined by both linguistic and extralinguistic parameters. The first group includes an interest in the linguistic and cultural analysis of the paremiological fund, including in a comparative aspect. The second group of factors includes a social demand to satisfy the need to understand the mentality of representatives of the Russian linguistic culture. The following methods were used in this article: systematization, generalization, description, semantic analysis, conceptual analysis, linguistic and cultural analysis. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time it presents in a generalized form gender stereotypes that take place in the Russian language community and which are verbalized in paremias with nominating components "woman", "wife", "daughter", "mother-in-law", indicating a social role of a woman (wife, mother, mother-in-law, daughter). The main conclusions of the study are the following : historically, the Russian linguistic and cultural community has developed a pejorative view of a woman as a member of society. Russian language parodies with such nominating components as "woman", "wife", "daughter", "mother-in-law" most often actualize negative connotations that are expressed at the explicit level. This is confirmed by currently existing Russian gender studies, which show that there are certain patterns of male and female verbal behavior in the Russian language, the differences in which are probabilistic in nature.
ON THE EXACT ESTIMATION FOR THE EXPONENT OF SOLUTIONS OF LINEAR AUTONOMOUS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF NEUTRAL TYPE
Authors: A. BALANDIN A. BALANDIN , T. SABATULINA T. SABATULINA
Published: December 2023

We consider linear autonomous differential equations of neutral type. We obtain the exact estimation for the exponent of solutions of these equations
Spectroscopy of yttrium scandate doped with ytterbium ion
Authors: Alimov Olimkhon , Doroshenko Maksim , Dobretsova Elena , Pierpoint Ksenia , Rusanov Sergey , Kashin Vitaly , Tsvetkov Vladimir
Published: December 2023

The spectral-kinetic properties of Yb3+ optical centers in YScO3 crystal fiber were studied using selective laser spectroscopy. Various spectral characteristics of the Yb3+ optical centers were determined, including homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening values, Stark level splitting, and the lifetime of Yb3+ ion optical centers. Three distinct types of Yb3+ optical centers were identified. The first optical center, with a lifetime of III77K = 4.05 ms, was formed due to the substitution of Y3+ for Yb3+ ions in the local site of С3i. The other two Yb3+ optical centers, with lifetimes of I77K = 1.0 ms (СII2(Y3+) center) and II77K = 0.620 ms (СII2(Sc3+)), respectively, were formed as a result of the substitution of Y3+ and Sc3+ for Yb3+ in the local site of C2.
Brønsted-Acid Catalyzed Diastereoselective Synthesis of Spiroisoindolinones from Enamides
Authors: Halaczkiewicz Miro , Maraj Arianit , Helm Harald , Manolikakes Georg
Published: December 2023

A highly diastereoselective synthesis of spiroisoindolinones from enamides and 3-hydroxy-isoindolinones is reported. The reaction proceeds rapidly in the presence of para-toluenesulfonic acid as Brønsted acid-catalyst and affords a variety of densely substituted spiroisoindolinoes with three contiguous stereogenic centers in high yields (up to 98%) and diastereoselectivities (up to dr >98:<2:0:0).
Forecasting Core Inflation and Its Goods, Housing, and Supercore Components
Authors: Clark Todd E. , Gordon Matthew V. , Zaman Saeed
Published: December 2023

This paper examines the forecasting efficacy and implications of the recently popular breakdown of core inflation into three components: goods excluding food and energy, services excluding energy and housing, and housing. A comprehensive historical evaluation of the accuracy of point and density forecasts from a range of models and approaches shows that a BVAR with stochastic volatility in aggregate core inflation, its three components, and wage growth is an effective tool for forecasting inflation's components as well as aggregate core inflation. Looking ahead, the model's baseline projection puts core inflation at 2.6 percent in 2026, well below its 2023 level but still elevated relative to the Federal Reserve's 2 percent objective. The probability that core inflation will return to 2 percent or less is much higher when conditioning on goods or non-housing services inflation slowing to pre-pandemic levels than when conditioning on these components remaining above the same thresholds. Scenario analysis indicates that slower wage growth will likely be associated with reduced inflation in all three components, especially goods and non-housing services, helping to return core inflation to near the 2 percent target by 2026.
Q+:
Authors: Amaya Ramírez Diana Marcela , Arias David Fernando , Calvo Caro Diana Paola , Montilla Trejos Daniel , Pulido Bernal María Alejandra
Published: December 2023

⁠ Las barreras actitudinales constituyen formas sistemáticas de exclusión del estudiantado con orientaciones sexuales e identidades de género diversas (OSIGD). Estas manifestaciones dan origen a comportamientos y acciones que afectan la participación, permanencia y promoción de los y las estudiantes lesbianas, gays, bisexuales, intersexuales y trans por considerar que estos individuos sobrepasan la norma social de la heteronormatividad como constructo. En este sentido, se analizaron las barreras actitudinales hacia la población con OSIGD presente en el contexto de la escolaridad de la IED Manuel Cepeda y su impacto en la convivencia. La investigación tuvo un enfoque fenomenológico que permitió conocer las concepciones acerca de las orientaciones sexuales e identidades de género de múltiples participantes de la comunidad educativa (estudiantes, docentes y directivos docentes). El análisis de los resultados reveló que no solo existen barreras, sino también agentes, discursos y prácticas que funcionan como facilitado[1]res. De este análisis emergieron algunas recomendaciones para el contexto de la IED Manuel Cepeda Vargas, las cuales pretenden ser un apoyo para alcanzar la inclusión de la población con OSIGD y contribuir a las transformaciones socia[1]les necesarias para garantizar la educación de todas las personas.
A meta-synthesis of research on in-service EFL teachers' needs for inset programs in Türkiye
Authors: Yasemin Cansel Iskender , Cihat Atar
Published: December 2023

The professionalization of teachers has become increasingly prevalent in recent years, leading to increased interest in the training, working conditions, and status of educators. This study addresses this interest by examining the in-service education and training (INSET) needs of English as a foreign language teachers in Türkiye. Despite recognizing the importance of in-service interventions for teacher development, educators often express concerns about the shortcomings of existing INSET programs. Key themes and patterns are identified through a meta-synthesis of ten relevant studies conducted between 2010-2021, including methodology, language skills, technology use, instructional practices, classroom environment, and material development. The analysis employs content and thematic analysis methods, enhancing the understanding of effective in-service training for English as a foreign language teachers and contributing to broader discussions on educators' training, working conditions, and status. The findings underscore the significance of designing INSET programs that address specific teacher needs, promote the practical application of new methods, and foster collaboration between the Ministry of National Education and teacher educators for successful implementation.
How Utilitarian Motivation and Trust Can Increase Intention to Use Based on Functional Attitude Theory
Authors: Marsasi Endy Gunanto , Albari Albari , Muthohar Muchsin
Published: December 2023

Purpose: This study aims to determine consumers' motivations for using banking and their characteristics as users of banking products and gender.
 
Theoretical Framework: The conceptual framework for this study was formulated through a comprehensive review of the existing literature. This research shows that trust and ideal self-concept have an impact on consumer motivation. Furthermore, gender and banking product category moderate this relationship.
 
Design/Methodology/Approach: This study used a quantitative approach. Purposive sampling was used and tested using structural equation modeling on 295 respondents.
 
Findings: This study shows that utilitarian motivation as a core variable influences ideal self-concept and trust. Thus, the intention to adopt banking products is influenced by the independent variables. In addition, this study found a correlation between multigroup analysis and consumer characteristics, including gender and savings type.
 
Research, Practical & Social implications: The results of this study indicate that subjective well-being negatively affects the intention to use banking products. Thus, further research is expected to use multigroup, single-double consumers for banking products. Companies should use the extensive data systems available and collaborate by interacting directly with consumers regarding what they need and complain about. These answers from consumers can be used by companies to improve their motivation and well-being.
 
Originality/Value: This study tested multiple groups to identify gender differences and the type of banking products consumers use as control variables.
In This Issue
Authors: Petrey Allen
Published: December 2023

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A university perspective on future food production
Authors: Ballard Russ
Published: December 2023

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President’s column
Authors: Renwick James
Published: December 2023

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Creating engines of growth
Authors: Rowarth Jacqueline
Published: December 2023

Changes in the New Zealand science system have been approved by the Minister of Research, Science and Technology. This paper discusses the main recommendations, including how implementation focused on excellence and leadership can allow the CRIs to become the desired engines of growth for the economy.
“As long as we stick together everything is going to be OK”: An Examination of Aotearoa's Far-Right Subculture on 4chan.
Authors:   , Bradley Laura
Published: December 2023

My thesis investigates the digital far-right subculture, concentrating on the most popular board on the image-board website 4chan, /pol/ ('politically incorrect'), using posts by New Zealand-based users. I conducted ethnographic fieldwork over three months, accessing /pol/ multiple times per week and collecting posts from New Zealand-based users. Using thematic analysis, I sought to answer the three research questions guiding this thesis, (1) How do the communications of 4chan /pol/ users give the extreme far-right movement new layers of meaning and renewed relevance by combining old ideas of white supremacy with the modern aesthetics of ironic internet culture? (2) What function do disinformation and conspiracy theories play in the far-right /pol/ subculture? And (3) How can examining the themes discussed by New Zealand-based 4chan /pol/ users contribute to our understanding of the implementation of their extremist ideologies in the offline world? This thesis provides an insight into the ideological themes discussed by New Zealand based /pol/ users, and the overall communication style of this subculture. I illustrate how Aotearoa’s far-right subculture revolves around memeified violence, disinformation and conspiracies and a strong sense of white victimhood, fueled by racism, white supremacy, male supremacy, anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, and misogyny. This thesis contributes to wider academic knowledge regarding what is driving the acceleration of far-right extremism online, with a specific focus on Aotearoa’s extremism landscape.
Senggiling Shipwreck: Underwater Archaeological Remains on the North Coast of Bintan Island | Kapal Karam Senggiling: Tinggalan Arkeologi Bawah Air di Pesisir Utara Pulau Bintan
Authors: Purnawibowo Stanov , Michael Ng Jian Cheng , Ramadhan Ahmad Surya , Hendrawan Mochammad Fauzi , Restiyadi Andri , Sandy Dwi Kurnia , Khoiru Dhony Muslim Dimas , Pharayogi Vicky Narendra , Prasetyo Wastu , Adhityatama Shinatria
Published: December 2023

The Senggiling Shipwreck has been researched since 2019, and the result of the research was published in 2020. In 2021, further research was conducted, and new data was obtained. The research in 2021 shows an update regarding the identity of the Senggiling Shipwreck, which includes the ship's cargo, structure, and historiography. This research aims to update information related to the Senggiling Shipwreck site, which was studied in 2020. The data sampling was carried out using underwater archaeological survey techniques, while the analysis was carried out on aspects of form, type, space and date to obtain information about the various types, forms and times of manufacture of the ship and its load. In addition, this research also uses archives and documents to trace shipping activities on the island of Bintan. The results of the latest identification show that the Senggiling Shipwreck is a wooden ship whose raw materials for its manufacture come from mainland Europe and Central to South Asia. The manufacturing technology originated after 1832 AD from Europe, which transported trade commodities from China and Europe.
Kapal Karam Senggiling telah diteliti sejak tahun 2019 dan dipublikasikan tahun 2020. Pada tahun 2021 dilakukan penelitian lanjutan yang menghasilkan data baru. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian tahun 2021 tersebut menunjukan adanya pembaharuan terkait identitas Kapal Karam Senggiling yang meliputi muatan kapal, struktur kapal, serta historiografinya. Tujuan penelitian untuk memperbaharui informasi terkait situs Kapal Karam Senggiling yang telah diteliti tahun 2020. Pengambilan sampel data menggunakan teknik survei arkeologi bawah air. Analisis dilakukan pada aspek bentuk, jenis, keruangan dan pertanggalan untuk mendapatkan informasi mengenai ragam jenis, bentuk dan masa pembuatan kapal tersebut dan muatannya. Selain itu penelitian ini juga menggunakan arsip dan dokumen untuk menelusuri kegiatan pelayaran di pulau Bintan. Hasil identifikasi terbaru Kapal Karam Senggiling merupakan kapal kayu yang bahan baku pembuatannya berasal dari daratan Eropa dan Asia Tengah hingga Selatan. Teknologi pembuatannya berasal dari Eropa setelah 1832 yang mengangkut komuditas perdangangan dari China dan Eropa.
Spiritual Landscape Characterization of Muara Takus Temple Compound and Surroundings Area | Karakterisasi Lanskap Spiritual Kompleks Candi Muara Takus dan Kawasan di Sekitarnya
Authors: Adi Ari , Mahanani Nugrahadi , Soedewo Ery , Faisal Gun
Published: December 2023

Muara Takus Temple Complex is one of the Buddhist monuments in the middle of Sumatra which is still mysterious. Until now, scholars have not been able to ascertain the span of its establishment because of very minimal historical sources. The landscape around the enshrinement has also changed drastically due to the construction of the hydropower dam in early 1990’s, making it difficult to trace the context of the surrounding area. This study seeks to reveal the spiritual landscape character of the Muara Takus Temple and surroundings using an ethnohistorical and geoarchaeological perspective. The people living around Muara Takus Temple are inhabitants who have lived in the area for generations, at least since the 19th century because of reports by European explorers. These people still remember how the landscape was before the hydropower dam was built. This ethnohistorical data is very important to be recorded before the memory gradually fades. The correlation between the temples and the meaning of the landscape by the people for generations is a key that can help explain the position of Muara Takus Temple is in the context of its landscape.
Kompleks Candi Muara Takus merupakan salah satu monumen berlatar Budha di tengah Pulau Sumatra yang masih misterius. Sampai saat ini, para ahli belum dapat memastikan rentang masa pendiriannya karena sumber sejarah yang sangat minim. Lanskap di sekitar percandian ini juga telah berubah drastis akibat pembangunan bendungan PLTA pada awal 1990-an, sehingga konteks dengan kawasan sekitarnya sulit untuk dilacak kembali. Penelitian ini berupaya untuk mengungkap karakter lanskap spiritual kompleks Candi Muara Takus menggunakan perspektif etnohistori dan geoarkeologi. Masyarakat di sekitar Candi Muara Takus merupakan penduduk yang telah turun temurun mendiami wilayah tersebut. Setidaknya tercatat sejak abad ke-19 dalam laporan para penjelajah Eropa. Masyarakat ini masih mengingat bagaimana kondisi lanskap sebelum bendungan PLTA dibangun. Data etnohistori yang cukup penting untuk segera direkam sebelum ingatan tersebut lambat laun memudar. Penjelasan mengenai korelasi antara percandian dengan pemaknaan lanskap oleh masyarakat secara turun temurun tentu merupakan kunci yang bisa membantu menjelaskan bagaimana kedudukan Candi Muara Takus dalam konteks lanskapnya.
Development of Virtual Laboratory as Multimedia Innovation for Interactive Learning on Reaction Rate Materials to Improve Students' Science Process Skills
Authors: Selviana Elfa
Published: December 2023

This research aim to produce a Multimedia Virtual Laboratory on the Reaction Rate Material to train Science Process Skills on the sub-materials of factors that affect reaction rates. The research method used is Research and Development (R&D). The results of the content validation was 91.67%, construct validation was 97.23%, validation related to presentation was 97.23%, validation related to language was 95.84% with very valid criteria. The results of the student response questionnaire stated that the average percentage of responses was 91.25% which could be categorized very practice. The results of the pre-test and post-test scores based on the t-test obtained the value of Sig. (2-tailed) 0.00 < 0.05, as well as the N-Gain analysis score of 0.93 > 0.7 with a high category so that it can be said that the Multimedia Virtual Laboratory developed is effectively used to train students' science process skills.
Effect of Using Chemdroid (Chemistry on Android) Media on Students' Self-Efficacy in Thermochemistry Material
Authors: Solikhin Febrian
Published: December 2023

This study aims to see the effect of using Chemdroid media on students’ self-efficacy in a thermochemistry topic. Chemdroid is Chemistry on Android. Self-efficacy is related to students’ beliefs in activities in the classroom. This type of research is quasi-experimental using post-test only control group design. In this study, two different classes were used which were declared to be normalyy distributed and homogeneous. The first class is the control class (CC-Class) which conducts conventional learning media as usual. The second class is the experimental class (EC-Class) which uses Chemdroid media for thermochemistry topic as a learning media in the classroom. Both classes have the same learning time, teacher and learning model. The instrument used in this study is a self-efficacy questionnaire that has been developed in previous studies but has been adapted to current research. The statement items used in this measuring instrument are 22 statements with 6 aspects. The test used is the Mann Whitney with the help os the SPSS program. The result of the analysis state that the significance is smaller than level of conficence. This proves that there is a significant difference with the use of Chemdroid media for a thermochemistry topic on the self-efficacy of the control class and experimental class students.
Development of Augmented Reality-Assisted Interactive Student’s Worksheet on The Topic of Molecular Shape
Authors: Harta Johnsen , Bili Filmonia Greslita
Published: December 2023

Chemistry learning at SMA Negeri 1 Kalasan still uses conventional teaching materials. Teachers have never developed and used interactive LKPD. Molecular shape is one of the topics that is considered difficult, abstract, and challenging, so teaching materials are needed that can visualize the concept well, one of them through using Augmented Reality technology. This research aims to: (1) create product that fulfill the development feasibility criteria; and (2) find put the response of students to the product during trial. This study is Research and Development (R&D) that refers to the 3D development model, namely Define, Design, and Develop. The instruments used in this study were interview sheet, survey questionnaire, validation sheets, questions item in the product, and questionnaire for students' response to the product. A number of 10 students of X MIPA class were selected through purposive sampling technique as research sample. The research data obtained were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that: (1) product has fulfilled the criteria of being very feasible and very valid with average percentage of 87%, very effective with average score of 99 that also supported by the acquisition of average percentage of completeness of working on questions of 97%, very practical with average percentage of 93%; and (2) students' response to the product is very good. The average percentage of student’s responses per aspect item in the questionnaire was 92.81%. About 70% students stated that product is interesting and easy to understand.
Some Lexical Collocational Patterns in Late Middle English Legal Texts
Authors: Iglesias-Rábade Luis
Published: December 2023

The purpose of this study is to attempt to scrutinize the weight of collocations in legal late Middle English, and to show how they either specialized in this technical area or slipped into common speech. My analysis of the collocational framework in late Middle English legal texts tries to follow a lexical description based on the analysis of ‘collocation’ and ‘set’ as counterparts of ‘structure’ and ‘system’ in grammatical analysis, emphasizing the collocational structure rather than the rules that operate within the set. Two corpora were designed: a non-Technical Corpus was drafted from a body of non-technical English texts of late Middle English which has been activated as a corpus of reference. In like manner, a minor body of the legal texts of the same period has been built to compare it with the reference corpus. Wordsmith Tools have been used to draft word lists and keyword lists of the two corpora. Collocations have been retrieved and filtered out applying Church and Hanks’s Mutual Information. The most important conclusion is that most of the collocational types detected in the legal corpus in the six categories covered by this study hardly occur in the common corpus.
“Too Visible: Race, Gender and Resistance in the Construction of a Canadian Identity in the Poetry of Himani Bannerji”
Authors: Arce ´´Álvarez María Laura
Published: December 2023

Canadian literature stands as an example of postcolonial writing. The literature of the Diaspora questions and reshapes basic concepts of multicultural societies like national identity, community and race. These establish a division between the white European identities accepted by the colonial governments and the others, those who in exile try to find a space to live in this new multicultural society. Canada, as a postcolonial society, is a space where different cultures and religions meet but which does not seem to fit in the definition of the Canadian individual imposed by white European cultural imperialism. Thus the others, that is, the exiled individuals, write literature to create a space suitable for their condition as immigrants and, in it, construct their own identities as ‘double-consciousness’ people. The intention of this paper is to analyze the poetry of the South-Asian Canadian writer and critic Himani Bannerji especially focusing on the use of metaphors related to race and gender in her attempt to use them as the elements that build the space and identity of the second type of individual referred to above. They are also weapons of resistance against the suffering, marginalization and subordination imposed by cultural imperialism.
“Civil War inside my Body”. Two Narratives of Dying in Contemporary Anglophone Film”
Authors: Fernández Morales Marta
Published: December 2023

After the sexual revolution of the 1970s, death is the ultimate taboo in contemporary Western societies. It is present, yet silenced in our everyday lives. As a theme in culture, “the end” has been a leitmotiv for centuries. However, the process of dying is something feared and under-represented even today. Over the last two decades, books and films have appeared opening new debates on death and dying, palliative care, and euthanasia. This article analyzes two examples of female narratives of dying in the light of the theories of illness and death specialists like David Morris, Ira Byock or Susan Sontag, with her classic Illness as Metaphor.Wit offers an ironic and profound insight on the dying process of Vivian Bearing, a professor of metaphysical poetry. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in a terminal stage, she re-defines her illness as an intellectual challenge, facing it as a battle for knowledge.The protagonist of My Life Without Me is totally different from Bearing: without a formal education, she lives in a trailer with her husband and daughters. Upon being diagnosed with metastasized ovarian cancer, she decides to make a list of “things to do” and she tries to prepare everything for “her life” to continue without her.
“Se habla español: A Certain Tendency in the Western Film”
Authors: Tarancón Juan A.
Published: December 2023

If, at any moment, the traditional Turnerian West thesis wavered in its assertion of the significance of the epic frontier narrative in U.S. history, the texts that followed, Hollywood’s films among them, helped solidify and perpetuate a set of values and certainties about gender, race, and land that became a synonym for United States national identity and purpose. Drawing upon these general widespread assumptions, this article examines the role and the impact of frontier narratives in the Hollywood western film. Hollywood films have not always endorsed the official version of history and they often retaliate by challenging in multiple ways the homogeneous mythical view of the frontier experience regarded as dominant and genuine. The writer argues that a number of 1950s films such as The Ride Back! (Allen H. Miner, 1957), The Bravados (Henry King, 1958) or Man from Del Rio (Harry Horner, 1956), focus on the alienation of the traditional hero and on the social tensions in the borderlands of South Texas and portray the West both as the site where the genuine U.S.-ness is to be found and, at the same time, as an empty signifier where the struggle for meaning is played out in the encounter with the other. In addition, this article explores a contemporary border narrative such as Lone Star (John Sayles, 1996) to illustrate how genre films find the mechanisms to call into question the channels that validate and sanction some discourses to the detriment of others.
How the Phoneme Inventory Changes its Shape: A Cognitive Approach to Phonological Evolution and Change
Authors: Díaz Vera Javier Enrique
Published: December 2023

In this paper I propose an interpretation of a series of phonological changes in the history of English (including Old English Breaking and the early Modern English Great Vowel Shift) from a cognitive phonology perspective. My analysis is based on Nathan (1886, 1995, 1996), who applies prototype theory to phonological description. In Nathan's analysis, the louder a sound is, the more prototypical effects it possesses. In processes of phonological change, phonemes change their number of prototypical effects. According to this view, we propose a classification that is based on two different prototypicality effects: degree of height and degree of peripherality. By treating both sound and meaning unit as mental categories, I try to show how the principles of categorization and generalization motivate similar diachronic patterns both in the phonological and in the semantic domain.
A Linguistic Approach to David Mitchell's Science-Fiction Stories in Cloud Atlas
Authors: Sorlin Sandrine
Published: December 2023

This paper focuses on the language of the two science-fiction stories among the six stories that comprise Mitchell's 2004 novel Cloud Atlas. "An Orison of Sonmi~451" and "Sloosha's Crossin'an' Ev'rythin' After", renamed 'Sonmi' and 'Sloosha' here for greater convenience. We aim at studying the extent to which the two craftily-carved languages, which are radically different both syntactically and semantically, give birth to completely opposed worlds. The highly-engineered language of the 22nd century in 'Sonmi' creates the image of a plentiful consumer society whereas the mutilated words in 'Sloosha' mirror a humanity which is only the shadow of its former self after the explosion of the atomic bomb. Yet, in keeping with the image of Deleuze's rhizome, the apparently diminished language of the middle story (Sloosha) seems to germinate again, finding its source in what is most natural and essential, while the other language actually produces an arborescent-like hierarchical society, leaving no space for imagination to grow. In Cloud Atlas Mitchell plays on intertextuality, his own distortion of the linguistic medium recalling other linguistic utopias such as George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four or Russell Hoban's Riddley Walker.
"Truth is Held in Disrepute": O. Henry and the Dismantling of Paradigms
Authors: Aguilera Linde Mauricio D.
Published: December 2023

Destabilization of principles and suspension of widely accepted beliefs pervade the conflicting ideological panorama of the Progressive Era. In a world dominated by the uprooting of long established traditions, O. Henry’s short fiction becomes the site wherein Darwin-dictated principles, gender roles and genre rules are either dislocated or subverted. Following Boris M. Ejxenbaum’s idea (1927) that the writer’s use of parody lays bare the construction of his stories, I propose to demonstrate that an intentional breaking of generic expectations lies behind thenarrator’s use of multifarious literary formulas. Evolutionist axioms are also overruled, for dysgenic and not eugenic prevails over in the American society presented by the Southerner writer. Finally, by applying Veblen’s sociological ideas (1899) to O. Henry’s characters, I also aim to show that any attempt to classify them into types whose response can be predicted in the social contest is destined to fail.
Beyond the Edge of the Century: The Postcolonial Imagination in the “New” Fictions of the Canadas
Authors: Carmona Rodríguez Pedro M.
Published: December 2023

Whereas the 1990s witnessed the establishment of the basic parameters within which Canada could be considered a postcolonial enclave, the new millennium, shortly after its opening, has seen the reworking of the Canadian postcolonial. The contemporary rethinking of the postcolonial condition of Canada has given place to new theoretical moves, partly uncovered when looking at the long-standing mutual nurture between theoretical and imaginative writing. This paper centres on this contemporary theoretical revision to eventually propose that this revisionary invigoration has mainly been launched from fictions by authors indirectly affected by the multicultural agenda of the 1980s and 1990s. As a corollary of the reconfiguration of the Canadian postcolonial, and its views on nation, culture and identity in the negative, the fictions published in the late 1990s and the early years of the new millennium show a penchant for writing the nation in multifarious forms that gradate the (post)colonial, while bringing to the fore regional and communal histories silenced for the welfare of the national/state mirage.
'Beowulfo', 'Geatas' and 'Heoroto': An Appraisal of the Earliest Renderings of Beowulf in Spain
Authors: Olivares Merino Eugenio M.
Published: December 2023

Back in 1934, Beowulf entered the Spanish editorial world. Manuel Vallvé published in Barcelona a retelling of this Old English poem not intending it for scholars or professors, but rather for children. Ever since then and up to 1975, the year of General Franco’s death, two translations of Beowulf, as well as a second version for kids were published in Spain. These texts are indirect indicators of the evolution of medieval English studies in this country and provide useful insights into the socio-historical background in which they were written. In the present paper I intend to contextualize these four texts in their ideological background. I will show how the Spanish versions of Beowulf were (un)consciously used by their authors mainly in two ways: either as a response to the dominant ideology, or as channels of transmission and reinforcement of the political establishment. Such a reappraisal has not been made up to now, and I consider it is badly needed given the level of maturity reached by Old English studies in English Departments at Spanish universities at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
“Sluts” and “Slaves”: The Internet and the Evolution of Fantasy in Dennis Cooper's Online Work
Authors: Garcia-Iglesias Jaime
Published: December 2023

This article explores a yet unresearched part of Dennis Cooper’s production: his blog posts and, in particular, his “Sluts” and “Slaves” monthly posts, where he compiles explicit and sometimes sordid texts and images of gay sex workers apparently found online. First, this paper will situate these blog posts in the fields of citational and online literature, arguing that they are an example of ‘flarf’. In sodoing, it also extends the notion of “flarf” from poetry to narrative. Then, this paper explores the continuities and differences between the blog posts and Cooper’s other work, most notably The Sluts (2005), to argue that —while similar in their focus on the internet and “the impossibility of truth”— the blog posts present a significant transformation that compels readers to confront their own desires.
Postępowanie w sprawie przyjęcia stanowiska, że aktualne są warunki realizacji przedsięwzięcia określone w decyzji o środowiskowych uwarunkowaniach lub postanowieniu, o którym mowa w art. 90 ust. 1 ustawy o ocenach oddziaływania na środowisko – analiza pr
Authors: Haładyj Anna
Published: December 2023

Celem artykułu jest określenie charakteru prawnego oraz analiza przedmiotowa postępowania w sprawie przyjęcia stanowiska, że aktualne są warunki realizacji przedsięwzięcia określone w decyzji o środowiskowych uwarunkowaniach lub postanowieniu, o którym mowa w art. 90 ust. 1 ustawy o ocenach oddziaływania na środowisko. Postanowienie to jest wydawane po pięciu latach od uzyskania przez decyzję o środowiskowych uwarunkowaniach waloru ostateczności i zmierza do ustalenia, czy nadal istnieje możliwość przedłożenia tej decyzji jako załącznika do wydania „decyzji wykonawczych” z art. 72 ust. 1–1b ustawy o ocenach oddziaływania na środowisko. W opracowaniu postawiono tezę, że przedmiotowe postanowienie zapada w postępowaniu odrębnym od postępowania w sprawie zmiany decyzji środowiskowych, nie zawiera komponentu postępowania w sprawie oceny oddziaływania na środowisko, a przesłanki, którymi kieruje się organ, bazują jedynie na weryfikacji kwestii formalnoprawnych, bez komponentu merytorycznego badania stanu środowiska.
Prawne aspekty zarządzania środowiskiem na przykładzie gospodarki odpadami komunalnymi
Authors: Barczak Anna
Published: December 2023

Celem opracowania jest charakterystyka zarządzania systemem gospodarki odpadami komunalnymi w Polsce. Z celem ściśle związany jest problem badawczy, który przyjmuje postać pytania: jak powinno kształtować się zarządzanie systemem gospodarki odpadami komunalnymi, dzięki któremu osiągnie się określone poziomy recyklingu i przygotowania do ponownego użycia określonych frakcji odpadów komunalnych oraz ograniczenia masy odpadów komunalnych ulegających biodegradacji. Osiągnięcie celu badawczego oraz rozwiązanie problemu naukowego posłużyło do postawienia hipotezy badawczej, wskazującej, że dokonywane próby uszczelniania systemu gospodarki odpadami komunalnymi coraz bardziej są wystarczające do tego, aby stworzyć optymalny model zarządzania gospodarką odpadami komunalnymi. W ramach procesu badawczego wykorzystano trzy metody badania prawa. Z uwagi na dążenie badawcze dominuje podstawowa dla prac prawniczych metoda dogmatycznoprawna. Zasadne będzie posłużenie się również metodą aksjologicznego badania prawa, pozwalającą ustalić wartości leżące u podstaw funkcjonowania prawa odpadowego. Ostatnia metoda będzie dotyczyła socjologicznego badania prawa, przede wszystkim analizy dokumentów prawnych (materiałów sądowych, administracyjnych) i statystycznych (roczników, sprawozdań).
Biology and ecology of Forestiera neo-mexicana A. Gray and prospects for use in the Lower Volga region
Authors: Kalmykova E. V. , Peredrienko A. I.
Published: December 2023

The issues of expanding the assortment of tree and shrub forest plantations in afforestation of arid regions are studied. Forestiera neo-mexicana A. Gray is an introduced and under-recognized exotic tropical plant in the agroforestry of the Volgograd region. The study site was the collection plots of the Volgograd breeding and seed production complex in the Kirovsky district forestry of Volgograd where Forestiera neo-mexicana grows. Bioecological assessment of the use of Forestiera neo-mexicana A. Gray shrub in landscaping and protective afforestation of the Lower Volga region was carried out. Using the methodology of phenological observations developed by the staff of the Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences (MBG RAS), the total seed weight, morphometric indices of fruits and the dynamics of the physiological state of the shrub were determined. The bio-ecological properties were evaluated according to five traits: drought resistance (six-point scale of Pyatnitsky S.S.), winter hardiness (seven-point scale of the MBG RAS), evaluation of flowering and fruiting intensity by the method of V.G. Kapper (five-point scale), vitality (three-point scale). According to phenological observations, Forestiera neo-mexicana A. Gray passes all phenological phases in climatic conditions of the Volgograd region. In bioecological evaluation of the Forrestiera properties for five traits, the plant has a high score for flowering and fruiting intensity (5 points), vitality (5 points). The plant is winter hardy (1 point) and drought tolerant (1 point). Forestiera neo-mexicana A. Gray can be cultivated on the areas unsuitable for general land use, on pasture lands and can be used in protective forestry.
Evaluation of the antenatal care service program at the Pucang Sewu health center in Surabaya
Authors: Setiawan Aris Rendy , Mustofa Amirul , Haryati Eny
Published: December 2023

Pregnant women receive ANC before birth. It builds trust with pregnant women, detects life-threatening issues, prepares for birth, and educates them about health. This study aims to describe and analyze the results of the successful implementation of the ANC program at the Pucang Sewu Health Center. This study uses a qualitative method. Data collection techniques were carried out using interview techniques and documentation. Then, after the data is collected, an interactive analysis is carried out. The results of this study indicate that the ANC program is successful. That is evidenced by the effectiveness of providing services to pregnant women so that the implementation of the program is realized comprehensively and in quality.Indicators of effectiveness in terms of output show that work plans have been prepared, activities implemented and evaluations carried out. In terms of outcomes, it can be seen from the success of the service program through reducing mortality, morbidity and improving nutritional status. The researcher's recommendation is to increase the efficacy by maximizing the quality of existing human resources, implementing training in handling mothers during the period, raising awareness of adequacy by maximizing existing facilities and infrastructure, holding socialization, and placing posters on the importance of the program in public places.
МЕТОД ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ СТРУКТУРИ ТА СКЛАДУ МУЛЬТИАГЕНТНОЇ СИСТЕМИ МОНІТОРИНГУ МАЛИХ МОДУЛЬНИХ РЕАКТОРІВ ПОБУДОВАНОЇ НА ОСНОВІ БЕЗПІЛОТНИХ ЛІТАЛЬНИХ АПАРАТІВ
Authors: Kliushnikov Ihor
Published: December 2023

Аварія на атомній електростанції (АЕС) в м. Фукусіма показала, що використання систем моніторингу на основі безпілотних літальних апаратів (БПЛА) дозволило здійснювати оцінку наслідків аварії та проводити післяаварійний моніторинг інфраструктури АЕС та навколишньої території. Однак, розгортання такої системи моніторингу здійснювалось вже після аварії, коли не було інших можливостей для отримання інформації. Крім того процес створення та розгортання таких систем, які є унікальними, та призначені для моніторингу конкретного об’єкту. Поширення застосування БПЛА на різноманітні сфери показує, що вони можуть використовуватись як гнучкі сервіси для виконання різних завдань в автономному режимі, що передбачає впровадження засобів їх інтелектуалізації. Однім з напрямів розвитку атомної енергетики є малі модульні реактори (ММР) і використання БПЛА у складі систем моніторингу інфраструктури ММР дозволить вирішувати широке коло завдань. Предметом статті є процес формування систем моніторингу на основі БПЛА. Мета статті – запропонувати підхід з вдосконалення процесу синтезу інтелектуальних систем моніторингу об’єктів атомної енергетики. Завдання статті: запропонувати метод визначення структури та складу мультиагентних систем моніторингу на основі БПЛА (МА-БПЛА-СМ) для виконання різноманітних завдань з урахуванням вимог та умов навколишнього середовища, для чого розробити концептуальну модель холонічної МА-БПЛА-СМ та базу знань у вигляді онтології, для виведення необхідних знань під час синтезу МА-СМ; надати приклад використання запропонованого методу для формування структури МА-БПЛА-СМ при виконанні завдань моніторингу ММР (МА-БПЛА-ММР-СМ), а саме здійснення моніторингу у складі системи фізичного захисту ММР. Отримані наступні результати роботи. Розроблена і описана концептуальна модель холонічної МА-БПЛА-ММР-СМ. Розроблено та описано метод визначення структури та складу МА-БПЛА-ММР-СМ При цьому враховано необхідність формування підсистеми виконання завдань у вигляді холонів БПЛА та холонів забезпечення тривалого функціонування МА-БПЛА-ММР-СМ. Розроблено варіант онтологічної бази знань та показано приклад її використання для отримання переліку БПЛА, обладнання, необхідного для виконання завдань у визначених умовах з заданими вимогами. Розглянуто можливі варіанти здійснення моніторингу фізичної безпеки інфраструктури ММР та запропонована модель функціонування МА-БПЛА-ММР-СМ з періодичним покриттям зони обмеженого доступу, яка дозволяє визначати необхідну чисельність БПЛА та станцій обслуговування. Напрямок подальших досліджень полягає у розробці методу вибору та імплементації моделей, необхідних для визначення потрібної чисельності БПЛА в МА-БПЛА-ММР-СМ для забезпечення заданих показників надійності виконання завдань.
INSTABILITY OF CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCES AND SERVICES
Authors: Andrusenko Yulia , Fesenko Tetiana
Published: December 2023

Increasing non-stationarity of cloud infrastructure resources and services leads to a significant decrease in its productivity. Therefore, the purpose of the article is to identify the reasons for non-stationarity of cloud infrastructure resources and services; finding ways to reduce the level of non-stationarity . As a result of the research, the following results were obtained . Sources leading to the specified non-stationarity are identified . Existing approaches to reducing non-stationarity are analyzed . An example of basic resource allocation using standard linear programming methods is given. Variants of application of these methods for dynamic redistribution of resources are shown. Conclusion. Allocation and dynamic redistribution of resources in the cloud infrastructure can be done using standard linear programming methods. But due to the significant non-stationarity of the cloud environment, the proposed approach will reduce the productivity of cloud resources. At the same time, with an increase in the number of variables and restrictions, the computational complexity of the proposed algorithm will grow exponentially . Therefore, it is necessary to look for other approaches for the distribution and redistribution of cloud resources in conditions of significant non-stationarity .
THE ROLE AND PLACE OF WRITING TASKS IN LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT UNIVERSITY
Authors: Durdas Alla
Published: December 2023

The article reveals the importance of developing foreign language writing skills among future specialists at foreign language classes at university. The concept of writing and the tools and opportunities for its development have been revealed. It has been noted that the components of success in mastering writing skills and building written communication are vocabulary, grammar and experience. The connection between the mastery of writing skills and the quality of teaching a foreign language has been established. The article highlights the issue of a text implementation in several language layers: orthography, grammar and discourse. It has been stated that the nature of the text is controlled by context, which includes social purpose, specific audience, modality, etc. It has been noted that writing is a recursive process that includes cognitive processes: planning, preparation, actual text writing, task performance monitoring and evaluation. The article states that before completing a written task, a teacher should familiarize students with the features of writing in the corresponding foreign language; the teacher should show students several writing styles or writing examples to familiarize them with writing patterns and forms. It has been emphasized that writing is one of the means of overcoming the psychological barrier in the process of mastering a foreign language, and written tasks in a foreign language are aimed at activating the working memory of students and providing space for thinking and generating content. The article offers examples of tasks for the development of writing skills at foreign language classes: tasks related to personal and real life experience, a task to complete a description, a task related to one word, a task to use the given words and their derivatives, etc. Emphasis has been placed on the role and importance of creative writing as an effective method of developing writing skills, encouraging students to this type of language activity, developing vocabulary, grammar, and imagination. The role and place of evaluation in the process of performance of written tasks has been noted.