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Acquiring significance. Constructing warrior's identity at the Lower Mureș Valley
Authors: Sava Victor , Ignat Ana
Published: March 2022

Acquiring significance. Constructing warrior''s identity at the Lower Mureș Valley. The main purpose of the present discussion is the identification of the evidences that bring into light the theme of war in the chronological context of the disappearance of Bronze Age tells and the emergence of large fortified settlements on the Lower Mureș Valley. Recent researches carried out in this area (for instance the settlement from Șagu “ Sit A1_ 1” and the Bronze Age cemetery from Pecica “ Sit 14” allowed us to find out more things about the social identity of the warrior, than the usual norms established by researchers. Moreover, the identity of the individual as a warrior during lifetime could be demonstrated by a series of enthesopathies, identified at the level of the upper limbs muscles. The individual activity of the deceased as a warrior could be also suggested by a closer analysis of the combinations in which the object parts of its funerary inventory appear. In most of the cases the funerary inventory could give us proofs related with the transformations that took place in the field of warfare. A closer look given at the weapons discovered on the Lower Mureș Valley, allows some observations to be made. For instance, we observed that a very small number of weapons are dating from Early Bronze Age, the majority of them are random discoveries and only one weapon is part of a funerary inventory. The situation radically changed together with the emergence of tellsettlements. In this particular timeframe, most of the weapons discovered belong to funerary inventories. In the Middle Bronze Age the number of the discovered weapons is increasing towards the end of the period. The deposits from Satu Mare and Păuliș are an example for this chronological sequence. The end of the Bronze Age brings within a significant number and variety of the discovered weapons. Specific for the chronological sequence discussed in the present article, Bz. B2-C is a continuity of the Middle Bronze Age traditions. Moreover, most of the weapons belong to a funerary context. In the same time, one could observe that a certain type of weapon (generally daggers and axes, commonly used in close range combat) provides the perfect accompaniment for the deceased.
Preliminary data on the child’s tomb discovered in the Paleolithic site of Cosăuţi (Republic of Moldova)
Authors: Văleanu Mădălin-Cornel , Bejenaru Luminiţa , Covalenco Serghei , Tentiuc Ion , Burlacu Vitalie , Lacătuşu Codrin
Published: March 2022

The study presents an exceptional anthropological discovery made in 1987 in the upper paleolithic site from Cosăuţi by Ilie Borziac. Due to unfavorable circumstances, the child's tomb remained properly unexploited scientific until present. Are given the preliminary results obtained by interdisciplinary research team formed especially for conservation and investigation the child's tomb from Cosăuţi.
Caractéristiques de l'environnement des Sous-Carpates de la Moldavie durant de lʼévolution de la culture Cucuteni
Authors: Preoteasa Constantin
Published: March 2022

The present study attempts a general reconstruction of the natural environment (with all of its components – relief, climate, hydrography, soils, flora, fauna and natural resources) from the Moldavian Sub-Carpathians during the Cucuteni culture evolution (4600-3500 BC), corresponding to the Atlantic geoclimate period. Our approach stands on credible results of pluridisciplinary archaeological researches supplemented by other informations such as geological, geographical and biological. The study also presents informations concerning the general characteristics of the human communities from the mentioned area and period, acoording to the latest scientific researches. The conditions from the Moldavian Sub-Carpathians (which differ from the rest of the areas inhabited by the Cucuteni populations) allowed the human communities of this civilization to live and accomplish various economic activities ; but then the capacity of these populations to adapt to the natural environment and a good use of the natural resources influenced the large period of evolution and the high degree of development, characteristic to the Cucuteni culture.
An uncommon archaeological discovery: an incised blueprint of a church on a brick from Prince Brâncoveanu’s architectural complex of Potlogi
Authors: Petrică Florin Gabriel , Năstase Mihai Claudiu
Published: March 2022

The archaeological discovery that makes the subject of our paper regards the identification of an incised rectangular blueprint of a church on a brick found in the courtyard of Potlogi Palace. Churches such as this, dating from the times of Prince Constantin Brancoveanu, all similar in plan can be found in Potlogi, Mogoşoaia and Doiceşti. It is a distinct possibility that even one of those mentioned above could be represented on the brick in question. We consider, however, based on a short historical context described in this material, that could be the case of St. Nicholas church from Făgăraş, a corollary of Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu’s political ideology, which core was the figure of Prince Mihai Viteazul.
The occurrence of flint in north-eastern Romania in the context of local prehistoric habitations
Authors: Văleanu Mădălin-Cornel
Published: March 2022

In the north-eastern part of Romania, along the Prut river valley, are known geological deposits which containing flint. Although there are many scientific books and studies about the geology of the region in which are presented aspects relateding to flint and its occurrence in the area, they do not provide the information required for a correct interpretation in relation with the use of these important natural resources by the prehistoric communities. Based on researches, the present study highlights a large morphological variety of flint occuring on the Prut Valley, in terms of its color and physical properties. It is also pointed that flint presence in the area is both in relation with the primary geological deposit, where it was formed from Cretaceous time, and with the layers in which it was later redeposed in respectively Badenian levels, in Quaternary-Pleistocene terraces and recent alluvial deposits.
Germania Romana: the political evolution on the periphery of the expanding Roman world
Authors: Domsky Maxim
Published: March 2022

The paper examines how the Roman Empire shaped political life in Germania in the first century A. D. It focuses primarily on the time span between Rome's subjugation of Germanic tribes on the both sides of the Rhine and the creation of provinces Germania Inferior and Germania Superior. Most attention is put on the likeliest scenarios leading to the growth of Roman or Roman-style institutions in Germania. Therefore, a creation of provincial administration, magistracies and military prefecture in the region are considered. An analysis of literary, epigraphic and archaeological sources shows that the process of political change in Germania implied neither uniformity nor synchronism and the ways to transform political life on the barbarian periphery were numerous. They varied from a complete assimilation of Germanic communities to no more than superficial political subjugation of neighboring client states.
A l’ombre du Saint Empire. Quelques aspects de la politique de Michel le Brave pendant ses derniers mois de vie
Authors: Cârciumaru Radu
Published: March 2022

In the shadow of Holy Empire. On some polithic issues of Michael the Brave in the last months of his life.

The reasons why Michael the Brave crossed the Carpathians into the Empire ruled by the Habsbourg dinasty, at the end of the year 1600, received several interpretations on the historiographic level. From our perspective, the clearest opinion, partially supported by the documents of those times, shows that the former ruler of the three Romanian Countries only had this solution. The policy of the last months in the ruler’s life oscillated between the desire to return to the forefront of the Romanian politics and the attempts to regain the Austrians’ trust. Deprived of financial power, Michael the Brave was brought to Transylvania on the order of the Emperor Rudolph II to help the principality reenter the orbit of the imperial power. Victorious at Gurăslău, in front of the noblemen of Ardeal, Michael the Brave gave the impression that he can regain Wallachia, where favorable forces had overturned the ruler imposed by Poland, Simion Movilă. The twisted relations with the general of the imperial armies, Georgio Basta, stopped this plan. It may have been a political error of the ruler who maintained the conflictual relation built even since his moments of sudden ascension. The writings of the time catch the attitude of superiority manifested by Michael the Brave to the Albanian-origin general. Acting on the secret orders of the emperor or simply out of fanaticism, the general Basta decided to kill the former ruler. This killing occurred on the camp of Turzii Plain, in a Transylvania that had declared its hostility and for which he did not have, according to the memoires sent from his wonderings of refugee, any trace of sympathy. Consequently, in this study we shall try to highlight that the Wallachian voivode no longer had, at the time of his wonderings, any intention to reinstate his rule over the three Romanian Countries but was hoping, by a play upon interests, to win back the power over the Wallachian state. The idea of the realization of the Romanian unity at the turn of the 17th century should also be permanently removed from the specialized literature.
Contributions to understanding the Neanderthals symbolism. Examples from the Middle Paleolithic in Romania
Authors: Cârciumaru Marin , Niţu Elena-Cristina , Nicolae Adrian , Ionuț Lupu Florin , Dincă Remus
Published: March 2022

Contributions to understanding the Neanderthals symbolism. In order to explain the behavior and cognitive capacity of the Neanderthal man researchers reported, through time, to several discoveries categories, mainly related to the technical evolution in the Mousterian. A distinct category is represented by the discoveries interpreted as proofs of symbolism, from among which the most frequently mentioned, are : ocher, fossils, mineralrocks and the cave bear cult. There were numerous debates regarding these aspects, especially since the presence of ocher or of fossil remains in Mousterian sites does not necessarily prove their symbolistic aspect, as they could have had various utilitarian functions. In this study we will present a few discoveries regarding symbolism in the Mousterian in Romania which have already entered the international scientific circuit. The focus will be on the modern analysis performed, which included optical fiber digital microscopy (20X/200X magnification) and computerized tomography which allows 3D reconstructions. The new discoveries brought significant contributions and direct evidence especially to the use of ocher with symbolic purposes by the Neanderthal man.
Historiography of the Upper Paleolithic research on Bistrița Valley (north-eastern Romania)
Authors: Dincă Remus
Published: March 2022

The purpose of this work is the presentation, in as much detail as possible, of the Superior Palaeolithic research in the Bistrita Valley. In this article I will expose the factors that led to the intensive research of the area and I will interpolate the Austrian military map in 1910, to be able to obtain the exact coordinates of the sites, both GPS and Stereo70. This demarche is necessary for an exact location and for the creation of the spatial distribution of the sites.
Some Observations on the Corporeality Reflected in Prehistoric Visual Culture
Authors: Rădoescu Livian
Published: March 2022

Without wishing to set out an exhaustive discussion of the subject, we mention that our approach envisages a brief analysis of some of the stances of body "lived" in prehistory, reflected through the visual culture and symbolic communication. The variety of human representations, expression of prehistoric mental forms in which divine feminine archetypes coexist with the male ones, illustrates the role played by the corporeal environment in asserting body-subject as a bridge between the physical and the metaphysical reality. Corporeality of anthropomorphic figurines contributed to the integration of the human body into a whole (common corporeality) and was the most effective means of communication of self, artistic representations becoming its substitutes or of a particular archetype that led to a symbolic thinking, specific to those times.
Technological Features of Decorated Ivory Artifacts in the “Classic” Collection from the Mal’ta Site (Siberia, Upper Paleolithic)
Authors: Lbova Lyudmila
Published: March 2022

Mal’ta is one of the most important archeological complexes of the Siberian Upper Paleolithic. M. M. Gerasimov discovered the site in 1928 and excavated there until 1958 collections widely considered "classic" for the middle Upper Paleolithic with cultural layers dating to the Last Glacial Maximum (19 to 23 kyr). New data, based on the modern methods of the archaeological expertize, found the problem to identification of "classical" collection as the compound of the micro stratigraphy levels and propose the opportunity coexisting of different chronological or cultural complexes. The article aims to prove the coexistence in Mal'ta's collection of various techniques of manufacturing stable forms of ornament, as a consequence of different technological or cultural processes, and chronology. Microscopic examination of the site’s ivory artifact collection revealed several methods to produce variously functioning ornamental objects. These include portable sculptures, items of personal adornment, and a few other artifacts. Microscopic analysis revealed a variety of the manufacturing techniques and functions of the mobile art. From technological position, we categorized artifacts based on the fragments of the artifacts, blanks, and finished products with and without decoration. In general, there were distinct technological approaches to produce anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures with specific sets of tools and technological standards. In addition, we identified four categories of ivory ornaments and six different technology-processing methods. We argue that there are temporal or cultural differences in artifact’s style and manufacturing techniques based on technological analysis, that may be useful in general reconstruction of the cultural process in the Upper Paleolithic (LGM-period) in the Nord-Eastern Eurasia.
Evolution of Human Habitat in the Carpathian-Dniester Area during Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic
Authors: Văleanu Mădălin-Cornel
Published: March 2022

The paper aims at analyzing the evolution of the human habitat in the Carpathian-Dniester area, the manner adopted by the human communities for occupying the natural space, starting from the data existing in the specialized literature and from the new data regarding the evolutions of the natural environment in the Upper Pleistocene-Early Holocene. The paper raises the problem of the modification of the geographic landscape of the region, and implicitly of the human habitat, under the impact of the level fluctuations of the Black Sea. Certain results of statistic models of analysis of the human habitat in the region especially at the level of the Neolithic are also considered.
Amber Deposits in Romania, with Particular Emphasis on Those Located on the Eastern Side of the Carpathians (Bibliographical Considerations and a few Field Investigations)
Authors: Cârciumaru Marin , Niţu Elena-Cristina , Miclăuș Crina , Ion Rodica-Mariana , Cîrstina Ovidiu , Ionuț Lupu Florin , Leu Marian , Văleanu Mădălin-Cornel , Nicolae Adrian , Grigore Stelian
Published: March 2022

During the archaeological excavations of 2002, in the Palaeolithic site of Poiana Cireșului (north-eastern Romania) was discovered a fragment of amber in the first Gravettian layer. Recent investigations in this settlement have revealed four archaeological layers : one Epigravettian layer and three Gravettian ones. The first Gravettian layer, which is contemporary with the Last Glacial Maximum, has provided the richest habitation of the site, being dated around 20,000 B. P. In order to identify the provenance of this raw material, the research included several phases. The first stage of our research involved a re-evaluation of the amber deposits described in Romanian geological literature, beginning with the oldest mentions that had been sometimes overlooked or completely forgotten. The second stage involved carrying out field investigations with a view to verifying the deposits located in the vicinity of the Poiana Cireșului site. The results of these two stages are to be described in this article, while the physico-chemical analyses will be published in a future study.
Production and Use Specifics of Carved Decorations in the Architecture of Medieval Khwarezm (XIII-XIV Centuries AD)
Authors: Utaliev Saken A.
Published: March 2022

This work is an attempt to study and describe some varieties of non-glazed ceramic facing bricks (the carved clay) because the goods made of this material, as well as their peculiarities, and the role they played in the socioeconomical history, the aesthetics, and the architecture on Medieval Khwarezm have not been studied until the present day. The carved clay is a fragile, unfired, unglazed architectural millwork. This is why it is quite rarely found unbroken in the excavated building debris. The carved decorations on the clay support were omnipresent in the historical site ornamentation of the XII-XIV centuries AD. However, as we can judge by the surviving building details and by their fragments, in Khwarezm unglazed carved pottery, or pottery cast in the q a l ı p moulds and clay slipware had been in use since the VIII century AD (the Afrighids period, V-IX centuries AD). This is testified by the surviving medieval mausoleums, mosques, houses of the rich townspeople, and by the findings at the sites discovered by archaeological expeditions. The architectural decoration parts usually had an epigraphical or botanical ornament. The carved ornament could include semiabstract botanical motives (any petals, leaves, branches), or geometrical ones, looking like entangled bands, curls, and inscriptions made in N a s k h Arabian calligraphic style. Initially, the ornament was carved in raw clay and then fired in pottery kilns. Closing the interdisciplinary gap in the studying of the cultural heritage of Central Asia – explicitly its architectural and aesthetic aspects – is deemed utterly important. The use of certain technologies in the production of the architectural decorations specifically from the carved clay indirectly allows to reveal and describe the social and economic practices pertaining to the medieval society and state. The results and conclusions have an applied significance for recreating the complete decorations of the historical Khwarezmian architectural sites. Besides, the materials accumulated in this work may be of interest for art experts, orientalists, and architectural historians.
Mercenaries of German Origin in the Armies of Moldavia and Wallachia in the 17th-18th Centuries: Dragons Called Drăgani or Nemţi
Authors: Neagoe Claudiu
Published: March 2022

With the establishment of Ottoman rule over Wallachia and Moldavia in the middle of the 16th century, the Romanian princes were not allowed to maintain numerous armies. During the 16th-17th centuries, the military forces of the two Romanian Principalities were reduced considerably. For this reason, the Wallachian princes were forced to resort to the services of foreign mercenaries, including those of German origin (better known as Saxons), called dragons, and drăgani or nemţi in the folk language. They are referred to in the middle of the 17th century, first in Moldavia, at the end of Vasile Lupu’s reign (1634-1653), then in Wallachia during Constantin Serban’s reign (1654-1658). The number of these mercenaries recruited from the Transylvanian Saxons was relatively small : from a few dozen to a maximum of 200 soldiers. They were organized in military units (steaguri) led by captains (iuzbaşi) and were required to guard the two Princes' Courts in Iasi and Bucharest. Dragons or drăganii were indispensable from the ceremonies that took place, on various occasions, at the Royal Court. The Romanian Princes granted them a monthly pay, as well as apparel every year, on Easter and Christmas. After 1821, these mercenaries of German origin were no longer present in the armies of the two Romanian Principalities.
I. D. Petrescu and the Romantic Historiographical Perspective on the Romanian Middle Ages
Authors: Ţuţuianu-Cârciumaru Minodora , Cârciumaru Radu
Published: March 2022

I. D. Petrescu is an outstanding historian of the 19th century. As a participant in the great revolution of 1848, he was strongly influenced by Romantic historiography. After several decades of working as a teacher, he came to Târgoviște in 1868 and embarked on an extensive publishing activity in which his studies on the mediaeval period held the most important place. His preoccupations open up certain paths in the Romanian research work and, in this sense, we should mention the first writing dedicated to the reign of Radu the Great or the first monograph of the city of Târgoviște. In his books, the author complies with the scientific rigors of the time, using the most significant resources and studies. That is why many of I. D. Petrescu’s conclusions deserve a special analysis and great emphasis in the scientific field.
Târgoviște and the metamorphoses brought by its decline at the end of the Mediaeval Age and the beginning of Modern Times
Authors: Ţuţuianu-Cârciumaru Minodora , Cârciumaru Radu
Published: March 2022

Târgovişte, the capital of Wallachia for many centuries, would undergo, towards the end of the Middle Ages, a vast process of economic and political transformations. Bucharest having taken over its role as capital hastened the decline of the city, which had been abandoned by the important noblemen of the country ; the administrative authority also fell and with it its autonomy ; its fairs, emblems of the foreign trade, were dissolved or moved and the population was decimated by the numerous military conflicts of the 17th-18th centuries. All this was fragmentarily recorded by documents, which is why another original source to identify the realities mentioned above is represented by the testimonials left by foreign travellers whose accounts became ampler and more accurate as we were approaching the modern times.
Merchants and craftsmen in Târgovişte (16th-17th centuries)
Authors: Neagoe Claudiu
Published: March 2022

Enjoying a special attention from Wallachian princes, Târgovişte became a prosperous trade fair during the first decades of the 15th century. A century later, during 1532-1534, an Italian traveller, Francesco della Valle of Padua, noted that Târgovişte had really raised a town profile. A few years later, another traveller, Anton Veranciscs would point out that, at that time, Târgovişte was the most important town in Wallachia, the more so as the princes of the country had their main residence there. If around 1581 the town counted 1022 homes and about 5000 inhabitants, by the mid of the 17th century it reached about 4000 houses and 20000 inhabitants. In the first half of the 16th century, the town of Târgovişte gained a growing economic and commercial importance, which will be highlighted in the present study.
Wind Instruments in the Mid Upper Palaeolithic of the Eastern Carpathians
Authors: Cârciumaru Marin , Niţu Elena-Cristina , Obadă Theodor , Cîrstina Ovidiu , Ionuț Lupu Florin , Leu Marian
Published: March 2022

Three perforated reindeer phalanxes, hitherto unknown, found in the Brînzeni and Duruitoarea Veche caves in the Republic of Moldova, are discussed in comparison with the perforated reindeer phalanx from Poiana Cireșului-Piatra Neamț in Romania, which has anthropic working marks to be considered a genuine wind instrument in the Late Gravettian. Furthermore, a mammalian diaphysis from the Duruitoarea Veche Cave, unfortunately split in two, with four perforations aligned along the length of the bone, is presented in this paper.
A brief note on the malacological paleofauna of Piatra-Neamț 1 Paleolithic site (Neamț County, Romania)
Authors: Grigore Stelian
Published: March 2022

In this paper, we present the first results of the malacological study of the land snails discovered in a Late Upper Paleolithic occupation, dated to 17.000 uncal. BP, from a new discovered site located in north-eastern Romania, Piatra-Neamț 1 (Neamț County). There are analyzed from the paleoecological point of view one hundred land snails pieces from a representative sample. Some conclusions are drawn regarding the climatic reconstruction of the archeological cultural level as well as about the paleoecosystems existing near the site.
Ithyphallic figurines from Geangoești Hulă, a north to Danube Kodjadermen-Gumelnița Karanovo VI culture site
Authors: Ilie Ana
Published: March 2022

Forty years after the first excavation on Geangoești-Hulă, a new archaeological research project on site, a Kodjadermen-Gumelnița-Karanovo VI culture settlement, allow a better understanding of the stratigraphic sequences and gives new insight over constructive solutions and dimensions of a KGK VI settlement, sketching regional patterns. In the last five years, an impressive quantity of archaeological artefacts, mostly ceramic sherds, but over 200 whole vessels, a big lot of clay figurines and chipped flint and obsidian industry, some clay miniature objects, zoomorphic clay figurines, whirls and loom weight, but also copper and polished stone objects, was collected from different archaeological features and structures, as contemporaneous pits, foundation ditches, constructive pits, waste areas, houses etc. The present study brings to light the only three male figurines from the anthropomorphic collection from Geangoești, occasion to analyse them in a larger context, by comparing them with other male figurines from K G K VI culture and by reviewing some other forms used in Neolithic and Copper Age Eastern Europe to express masculine element.
Archaeological Finds at the “St. Vineri” Church from the Princely Court of Târgoviște. The Repertory of Personal Ornaments
Authors: Ţuţuianu-Cârciumaru Minodora , Olteanu Gheorghe
Published: March 2022

Since the dawn of its existence, the “ St. Vineri” Church, located on the premises of the Princely Court of Târgoviște, has been overshadowed by the better-known church of the Court, the Princely Chapel. In the absence of epigraphic or documentary evidence that should attest its age, founder or purpose, the archaeological investigations carried out in 2018 are a first step in solving the issues regarding the beginnings of this place of worship. The extremely rich and varied funerary inventory presented, by categories of items, in this study partly clarifies the role this church played in a historical period of the utmost importance for the city of Târgoviște, namely the consolidation of the capital status of Wallachia. The adornment items, attributed to the 15th-17th centuries, are represented by earrings, veil pins, clothing accessories (buttons, hooks), rings (seal or stone, with floral/ vegetal/ geometric/ cruciform representations or wedding band type of rings), made particularly of gold-plated silver and silver.
Aspects of religious life in Teleorman County (Romania) from the sixteenth to nineteenth century
Authors: Costina Nică-Dide Amalia Larisa
Published: March 2022

Religious life in Teleorman County has only begun to be documented since the sixteenth century, although we have so far few documents, but since the seventeenth century, the number of documented priests has increased considerably. Numerous medieval documents confirm that in the village community, the priest did not only act as a supporter of the Orthodox faith, to alleviate the sufferings of the people, but to own lands he had bought or inherited from his parents. In terms of their social status, priests were considered free people, but there were also situations where the priest’s dependence on the boyar was a real fact. Most of the priests were scholars, as evidenced by the numerous documents written by them. The book teaching was done, firstly in the village churches by its parishioners, but not lastly in the monasteries and hermitages erected on the county territory.
Le site antique de Djemila (Algérie). Entre découverte et approche de valorisation
Authors: Abderrahim Zirout Nabila
Published: March 2022

Cette démarche met en évidence deux aspects, en premier lieu celui d’un retour chronologique sur les découvertes et travaux effectués sur le site de Djemila, antique ‘‘ Cuicul’’, depuis sa découverte, afin de cerner et comprendre la «réhabilitation » de la ville et la réappropriation du lieu mais c’est aussi le moyen de révéler à travers ce processus de découverte, le formidable potentiel qu’il nous est donné d’exploiter et de réadapter aux besoins et exigences actuelles. La ville de Djemila n’a pas connu de réévaluation conséquente depuis des décennies, la mise à niveau et l’interprétation des données scientifiques répertoriées ainsi que les approches relatives à la découverte progressive du site, sont autant d’arguments à réinterpréter, pour une réflexion appropriée de valorisation. Ce voyage initiatique d’une découverte qui aura révélé une entité urbaine décrite dans ses moindres recoins, se veut comme amorce à une réintégration de la ville dans tous ses aspects, face aux impératifs actuels de mise en valeur et de revitalisation du patrimoine archéologique du Maghreb. La mise à niveau du mode de la conservation et de sauvegarde du patrimoine archéologique a ouvert le champ du débat. En ce sens Djemila patrimoine mondial de l’humanité depuis 1982, est appelée à s’actualiser, les données de son passé encore inexploitées, pourraient alors redéfinir son avenir en matière de revitalisation et ouvrir le champ d’une réévaluation.
Analysis of The Effect of Community’s Role in CSR Activities on The Image of The Company of Minarak Brantas Gas, Inc.
Authors: Rahmad John Basuki , Suwandi Suwandi , Soedaryono Chaidir Kurnia  Thoullah , Aryanti Luthfia Fauzia Dewi , Aprialiasari Dwi
Published: March 2022

This study aims to determine the effect of Community Perception and Community Participation on the Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activities and their impact on Company Image. The independent variables in this study are Community Perception of CSR Activities (X1) and Community Participation in CSR Activities (X2), mediating or intervening variables in this study is the Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility / CSR (Z) activities, while the dependent variable is Company Image (Y). This type of research is quantitative descriptive research. This research is located in Kalidawir Village and Kedung Banteng Village, Tanggulangin Subdistrict, Sidoarjo Regency. The population in this study is the residents who received CSR program. The sampling technique in this study uses probability sampling techniques with simple random sampling methods. This study uses descriptive analysis and path analysis to determine the results of hypothesis analysis.
This study shows the results that there is a significant direct effect of people's perceptions on CSR activities (X1) on the implementation of CSR activities (Z) with the significance of variable X1 of 0.004 (<0.05). The analysis also shows that there is a significant direct effect of community participation in CSR activities (X2) on the implementation of CSR activities (Z) with a significance of variable X2 of 0,000 (<0.05). Other results show that there is a significant direct effect of people's perceptions on CSR activities (X1) on the company's image (Y) with the significance of variable X1 of 0,000 (<0.05); there is a significant direct effect of community participation in CSR activities (X2) on the company's image (Y) with the significance of variable X2 of 0,000 (<0.05); and there is a significant direct effect on the implementation of CSR activities (Z) on the company's image (Y) with the significance of t variable Y of 0,000 (<0.05). The results of testing the indirect effect shows that there is a significant indirect effect of public perception on CSR activities (X1) on corporate image (Y) through the implementation of CSR activities (Z) with the significance of variables X1 on Y through Z of 0.013 (<0.05); and there is a significant indirect effect of community participation in CSR activities (X2) on the company's image (Y) through the implementation of CSR activities (Z) with the significance of the variables X2 on Y through Z of 0,000 (<0.05).
Digital Technologies for Elderly People with Dementia: Problems and Prospects for Implementation
Authors: Мишеничев К.С. , Бородкина О.И.
Published: March 2022

Социальная реабилитация и поддержка пожилых людей с деменцией являются одной из актуальных проблем современной науки и практики. Развитие цифровых технологий позволяет значительно улучшить качество жизни людей, страдающих деменцией. Цель работы состояла в выявлении возможных барьеров и перспектив внедрения цифровых технологий в повседневную жизнь пожилых людей. Результаты исследования, в том числе анализ экспертных интервью, позволяют предположить, что основные проблемы связаны не только и не столько с ограниченным государственным финансированием, сколько с недостаточно эффективным межведомственным взаимодействием, отсутствием благоприятной среды для развития социального предпринимательства и частного бизнеса, связанного с социальными цифровыми проектами, а также с неготовностью значительной части населения к активному принятию пожилых людей, страдающих деменцией.

Social rehabilitation and social support for elderly people with dementia are ones of urgent problems of contemporary science and practice. The advancement of digital technology is making it possible to significantly improve the quality of life for people with dementia. The purpose of the work was to identify possible barriers and prospects for introducing digital technologies into the everyday life of older people. The results of the study, including the analysis of expert interviews, suggest that the key problems are associated not only and not so much with limited public funding, but with insufficiently effective intersectoral interaction, the lack of an enabling environment for the development of social entrepreneurship and private business associated with social digital projects, as well as the reluctance of a significant part of the population to actively accept older people with dementia.
Ikazkintza Sakanan
Authors: Erdozia Mauleon José Luis
Published: March 2022

Artikulu honetan XX. mendearen lehen erdian gutxienik bizi-bizirik zegoen lanbidea, ikazkintza, hobeki ezagutzeko zenbait datu ematen dira. Sakanan aipatu garai horietan izan ziren ikazkinen informazioa islatzen da bertan: txondorra non eta nola egiten zen, haren osagaiak, ikazkinek baliatzen zituzten tresnak eta haien bizimodua ere bai.
Features of labor regulation of transport workers
Authors: Lazarenko E. M. , Chernykh A. B.
Published: March 2022

The current legislation has gaps and contradictions in the legal regulation of labor relations of workers of sea and river transport, in particular when regulating the labor of workers in the dredging fleet. The article discusses the problems of establishing the qualification characteristics of some of them, as well as the peculiarities of the working conditions of workers in the dredging fleet. The gaps in the norms of the current legislation of the legal regulation of labor of certain categories of workers, in particular, those associated with the performance of dredging fleet workers directly dredging, as a type of hydrotechnical construction work.
Gengeşeyek li ser Statuya Cureyî ya Berhema Li Mala Mîr ya Fırat Cewerî
Authors: ALTINKILIÇ Ümran
Published: March 2022

Firat Cewerî nivîskarekî kurd e ku di gelek cureyên wek helbest, çîrok, roman, nivîsar, gername û antolojiyê de berhem dane. Li Mala Mîr yek ji berhemên wî ye ku bi îbareya “roman”ê hatiye weşandin. Cewerî di vê berhemê de ji nivîsên cuda yên Celadet Alî Bedirxan pasaj wergirtine û li gor wan pirsên xeyalî nivîsîne ku berhem bûye wek hevpeyîneke nîvxeyalî. Ev xebat li statuya engaştkirî ya berhemê îtiraz dike û engaşt dike ku ev berhem ne roman e; ji ber ku aliyê wê yê fîktîf pir lawaz e û cîhaneke xweserî romanê tê de nîne. Herwiha pirsgirêkên ji ber vê îbareyê qewimî gengeşe dike. Ji bo vê yekê ji teoriya giştî ya romanê û ji çemkên Gérard Genette pêvekdeqî û bingehdeqiyê sûd werdigire.
COMPARISON ON VALUES OF MMP-2 AND PRO-BNP TO IDENTIFY THE RISK OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS
Authors: Mahipal Singh Puri , Yogesh Bansal , Sawhney Ajit Kumar
Published: March 2022

Introduction: The present study has been planned to assess the levels of MMP-2 and Pro-BNP in patients suffering with
Diabetes mellitus. the study showed that levels of above said inammatory biomarkers at different time intervals and it
was rst to report the levels of biomarkers in AMI patients with DM.
Material And Methods: 86 patients were selected and divided into two groups, Group A included 43 healthy volunteers, Group B included
patients with DM and suffering from AMI. Blood concentration of biochemical parameters related to AMI was assessed at the baseline and levels
of MMP-2 and Pro-BNP were assessed via ELISA kits at 0th , 30th ,60th and 90th day of the enrolment of DM patients with AMI.
Results: Assessment of biochemical parameters were done and found signicantly increased levels was found in group B as compared to group
A. Among the DM patients with AMI (conrmed as per guidelines) in group B, MMP-2 and Pro-BNP levels were found signicantly decreased
on 0th day to 30th day (P=5.28E-16 and P=1.5E-22), 30th day to 60th day (P=1.04E-07and P=1.2E-30)and 60th day to 90th day (P=5.37E-05 and
P=1.66E-12) respectively. Plasma levels of Pro-BNP and MMP-2 were correlated and Pro-BNP levels were still found signicantly increased on
the 90th day of enrolment of DM patients.
Discussion Time dependent relationships were found in Pro-BNP and MMP-2 serum levels, therefore these biomarkers were directly correlated
with AMI. At 90th day, Pro-BNP levels were found signicantly increased as compared to healthy volunteers of group A.
IMPACT OF SOVA HEALTH PRECISION NUTRITION PROGRAM ON METABOLIC PARAMETERS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES AND DYSLIPIDEMIA - A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Authors: Chandrasekaran Swaramya , Kothari Radhika , Paroolkar Madhura , Sachdeva Garima , Vishwakarma Palak , Bhat Arjun , Kushnir Max
Published: March 2022

Purpose: This retrospective study is aimed at evaluating the impact of the Sova Health Precision Nutrition Program
(digital remote outpatient care program) on HbA1C, fasting blood sugar and lipid parameters over a period of 90 days.
Additionally, the concurrent changes in anthropometric measurements, subjective improvements in quality of life were also assessed.
Methods: A cohort of 75 participants with type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia was included in the Sova Health Precision Nutrition Program over a
period of 90 days. 70 participants participated fully in the program with all the relevant criteria being fullled. This study assessed changes in
primary outcomes for Blood Glucose Parameters- HbA1C (%) and Fasting glucose (mg/dL), as well as Lipid parameters- Triglycerides (mg/dL),
Total cholesterol (mg/dL), High density lipoprotein (HDL) (mg/dL), Low density lipoprotein (LDL) (mg/dL). Secondary outcome measures
included anthropometric measures weight (in kg) and waist circumference (in inches) and subjective parameters including energy levels (1-10
scale) and sleep quality (1-10 scale). Paired samples t-test was used to measure whether the change in all the above parameters was signicant
from baseline to 90 days.
Results: Signicant improvements were observed in participants' HbA1C (6.9 ± 1.6% to 6.4 ± 1%) and Fasting glucose levels (118.9 ± 50 mg/dl
to 107.7 ± 38.1 mg/dl), Total Cholesterol (237.7 ± 27.4 mg/dL to 209.5 ± 32.5 mg/dL), LDL cholesterol (142.94 ± 28.9 mg/dl to 129.9 ± 29.1
mg/dl) and Triglycerides (235.4 ± 143.1 mg/dL to 178.3 ± 81.3 mg/dL) on average. Anthropometric measures like Weight (78.9 ± 16.3 kg to 76.2
± 16.1 kg) and Waist circumference (39.9 ± 4.6 inches to 37.9 ± 4.7 inches) saw a signicant reduction. Energy Levels and sleep quality also
improved signicantly.
Conclusion: The Sova Health Precision Nutrition Program has demonstrated a signicant role in the improvement and management of
metabolic parameters in participants with Type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia. Further, improvement in anthropometric measures and quality of
life was also noted.
HISTOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS PLANT EXTRACT TREATED FISH OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS PETER
Authors: Divya S. , Kannan R.
Published: March 2022

Cissus quadrangularis L.belongs to the family vitaceae and is an indigenous medicinal plant of India. The present study
was aimed to investigate the effect of Cissus quadrangularis on histological changes of normal and cissus
quadrangularis plant extract treated fresh water fish, Oreochromis mossambicus tissues samples (gill, liver and muscle ) of Oreochromis
mossambicus, at 7 , 14 and 21days.The sh exposed with Cissus quadrangularis when compared with control sh. The present study concludes
that Cissus quadrangularis is an benecial to the growth and development of shes
A CASE REPORT OF TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS PUBLICATION
Authors: Kucha Hiral , Mevada Brinda , Gadani Zalak
Published: March 2022

Takayasu's arteritis is a rare, idiopathic, chronic inammatory disease with cell-mediated inammation, involving
mainly the aorta and its major branches. It leads to stenosis, occlusion or aneurysmal degeneration of large arteries. The
clinical presentation is characterised by an acute phase with constitutional symptoms, followed, months or years later, by a chronic phase in which
symptoms relate to brosis or occlusion of vessels. Angiography is the gold standard for diagnosis and for topographical classication and it
correlates with symptoms and prognosis.
¾he píevalence is 2.6-6.4 peísons peí million population(1). Any discíepancy in teíms of pinpointing the píevalence is attíibuted to genetic factoís
and difculty in diagnosis.
AN APPROACH TOWARDS THE ZERO WASTE
Authors: Rathore Neha , Yadav Shubham
Published: March 2022

Zero Waste Administration refers to the general idea of waste administration which considers waste as an asset distributed
during the interval period during the use of the asset. Zero waste methods can be applied to organizations, networks,
modern areas, schools and homes because they involve many climate partners, yet also have specic angles. Suitable for adjustment insurance,
reduction in assurance, additional power for ecological and outdoor climate and cyclic control. Asset boards and command at work are
fundamental to task-by-task. As a result, the administration of zero waste is a practical abomination and a pervasive way of dealing with waste and
property ofcials. Not withstanding the way that there are many invalid practice approaches and zero waste systems in the state of the art world,
zero waste is a limit
A STUDY OF PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE OF THYROID DISORDER DURING PREGNANCY AT MUZAFFARPUR, BIHAR
Authors: Sushma Saroj Kumari , Yadawa Vijay Kumar
Published: March 2022

To study prevalence and incidence of thyroid disorders in pregnancy at Sri Krishna Medical College Hospital,
Muzaffarpur, Bihar. This was a prospective cross sectional study done on 535 pregnant women at department of obstetrics
and gynaecology at Sri Krishna Medical College Hospital, Muzaffarpur, Bihar for duration of six months. The prevalence of thyroid disorders
during pregnancy was 35.2 % and incidence was 23.98 % in our study. Signicant number of overt hypothyroid cases were detected among rural
people (P – 0.003). There was signicant difference of incidence of euthyroid (P – 0.173) and SCHTh (P - 0.195) cases at different age groups.
There were also signicant number of cases with goitre (P - ฀0.001) and TPOAb (P – ฀0.001) in different patient groups.
A CADAVERIC DISSECTION STUDY OF ACCESSORY PHRENIC NERVE
Authors: Sivadasan Neethu , P. R Ashalatha
Published: March 2022

Accessory Phrenic Nerve (APN) provides additional nerve bres to the Phrenic nerve (PN) once the latter crosses the
lateral border of Scalenus Anterior muscle. The literature on APN describes many variations in origin, course and
termination of this rare nerve. An adequate knowledge of APN can signicantly reduce lesions to the nerve supply of diaphragm and prevent
dysfunction that may follow. This study focuses on the frequency of Accessory phrenic nerve in 60 dissected heminecks of 30 adult cadavers at the
Department of Anatomy, Government Medical College, Kozhikode. An incidence of 30% was recorded. The signicant contribution from APN to
PN has been of major interest to surgeons and in developing various novel procedures on PN.
ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS.
Authors: Saha Satabdi , Vijayadas Vijayadas , BL Preethi , Kalra Pramila
Published: March 2022

Type 2 DM is a complex metabolic disorder which can have detrimental affect on all the system of the body. This is often
associated with accelerated risk of dementia.Objective of the study is to assess the cognitive function in individuals with
type 2 diabetes. Twenty ve type 2 diabetics attending the endocrinology outpatient department of MS Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital
were recruited for the study. Twenty ve age, sex and education matched normal subjects were enrolled for the study. Detailed history was taken. A
thorough general physical examination and systemic examination was done. The subjects were divided into the two groups based on their serum
HbA1C level. Cognitive function was assessed using Critical Flicker Frequency (CFF) and a validated questionnaire Adenbrooke's Cognitive
Examination-III (ACE-III). Statistically signicant reduction was found in CFF values between controls and type 2 diabetics. ACE III scores were
also signicantly lower in type 2 diabetics compared to controls. Decrease in CFF value and ACE-III score indicates reduction in cognitive
function in type 2 diabetics. Our study shows an early onset of cognitive decline in type 2 diabetics compared to normal subjects.
TIP APEX DISTANCE AS A PREDICTOR OF FAILURE IN PERITROCHANTERIC FRACTURES TREATED WITH PFN-A.
Authors: Singh Manjeet , Kaur Harsimarjit , Gautam Rakesh , Jena Sabyasachi , Thivari Praveen
Published: March 2022

Intertrochanteric fractures constitute around 50% of the hip fractures and half of which are unstable. In this study, we aim
to determine the tip apex distance as a predictor of failure in patients with peri-trochanteric fractures treated with PFN-A.
A total of 50 patients with peri-trochanteric fractures were enrolled in the study, who underwent surgical xation with PFNA and were followed up
at 6 weeks, 3months and 6 months. Position of helical blade and TAD were calculated on the post operative radiographs. The mean TAD in our
study was 22.5+6.7 mm, with 66% patients having a TAD <25mm. The most common placement of the helical blade in the femoral head was in
Centre-Centre position observed in 22 patients (44%) of the study population with 5 cases of cut-out failure observed in the study. The relationship
between TAD and cut-out failure in PFNA was found to be statistically insignicant (p = 0.09).