bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Sex and Social Change in Middletown
Authors: Bahr Howard M. , Chadwick Bruce
Published: January 2022

For several years we have been engaged in a restudy of the midwestern city that Robert and Helen Lynd described in Middletown and Middletown in Transition. We have replicated their questionnaire surveys of high school students and their interview surveys of business and working class housewives, continued the charting of statistical trends which they began, and participated as they did in the economic and social life of the city. The published reports of the restudy of Middletown have described how the city has changed in the half-century since the Lynds produced their sociological classic.
Informed Bewilderment : French Economic Strategy and the Crisis
Authors: Cohen Stephen S.
Published: January 2022

Crisis is a bumptious word, and political-economists, psychologists and French journalists - the three professional groups who seem to use it so often - have not done much to help it achieve acceptance in more dignified circles. Still, crises do happen.
Analysis of the Thematic Plan of the Course “History of Theatrical and Decorative Art” for Directing and Acting Directions of Study in Theater Universities
Authors: Portnova Tatiana Vasilevna
Published: January 2022

This chapter is devoted to the thematic content of the author's course «History of theatrical and decorative art», studied at theater universities in acting and directing directions. The analytical review of the program is systematized and considered in the context of historical epochs in chronological order. Attention is drawn to the key phenomena of scenographic culture in the context of the director's concept of a particular master. Stylistic tendencies turn out to be important for the interpretation of the creative method of both the artist and the director as the basic criteria for creating a single artistic whole. It is noted that the development of the material is not only lecture, but also problematic, aimed at search and research tasks that form universal cognitive abilities and competencies of students of a theater university as a condition for the implementation of an individual educational route.
PELATIHAN ANALISIS KELAYAKAN USAHA KULINER MAKANAN RINGAN DI DESA TATAH PEMANGKIH LAUT KABUPATEN BANJAR
Authors: Basuki Basuki , Widyanti Rahmi , Susiladewi Susiladewi
Published: January 2022

The business opportunity of culinary business is very large because currently there arestill promised who do second food while the demand for cookies along with awarenessof people who are increasing in choosing healthy and second food products. The peoplewho work as farmer will to expand its business by increasing their well being in businesssector. Before running the plan, this community conducted a business feasibility study tobe able to decide whether the culinary business plan is feasible or not to be implemented.Based on the results of activity on non-financial aspects of market aspects, marketingaspects, technical aspects and technology, aspects of management and human resourcesand environmental aspects this business feasible to be implemented.
MENINGKATKAN KETRAMPILAN MENULIS KARYA ILMIAH DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 DI MTs SALAFIYAH 2 GRESIK
Authors: Saidah Zahrotus , Rahmah Azizah Giani
Published: January 2022

Mts Salafiyah 2 adalah salah satu dari sekian banyak Madrasah Tsanawiyah yang terletak di kabupaten Gresik Jawa timur. Selama pandemi covid-19 Mts Salafiyah 2 Gresik melaksanakan kegiatan belajar melalui sistem daring sesuai dengan anjuran dari dinas pendidikan Jawa Timur. Untuk itu, demi mengoptimalkan kegiatan belajar, maka Mts Salafiyah 2 Gresik memanfaatkan aplikasi pendukung seperti classroom, hangoutmeet dan zoom. Dan untuk jadwal kegiatan daring disesuaikan dengan jadwal semestinya. Namun di satu sisi, kegiatan ekstrakulikuler dianulir seperti kegiatan ekstrakulikuler KTI (Karya Tulis Ilmiah). Hal ini menimbulkan dilematis sebab di masa pandemi saat ini siswa dapat memanfaatkan belajar di rumah untuk lebih kritis dan cermat memahami konflik sosial dikerana pandemi. Berlandasan pada kondisi tersebut, penulis beserta mitra, yakni Mts Salafiyah 2 Gresik mengadakan pelatihan KTI dengan harapan siswa memiliki pengalaman, pengetahuan serta teknik menulis KTI yang baik dan menarik. Berdasarkan studi kasus tersebut maka kegiatan pengabdian ini mengambil tema pelatihan penulisan KTI dengan memanfaatkan kondisi pro kontra masyarakat terhadap penanganan pandemi di Indonesia sebagai tema pelatihan. Dengan demikian diharapkan dengan adanya kegiatan pelatihan penulisan KTI ini, siswa MTs Salafiyah 2 dapat memiliki kemampuan dalam menulis karya ilmiah.
OPTIMALISASI PERAN KADER PKK DESA RANDUREJO DALAM PENGGUNAAN OBAT DENGAN BAIK MELALUI GERAKAN “DAGUSIBU”
Authors: Ariastuti Reni , Pambudi Risma Sakti
Published: January 2022

Obat merupakan sarana utama dalam upaya kesehatan, baik dengan tujuan pencegahan, penyembuhan maupun promotif. Obat dapat memberikan efek terapi yang optimal dengan efek samping yang minimal, jika digunakan dan dikelola dengan baik dan benar, mulai dari cara mendapatkan, menggunakan, menyimpan, dan membuang obat begitu pula sebaliknya. Kegiatan pengabdian ini ditujukan kepada ibu-ibu PKK desa Randurejo, Kragilan, Mojosongo Boyolali dengan tujuan untuk memperkenalkan “DAGUSIBU”, suatu Gerakan dapatkan, gunakan, simpan dan buang obat dengan benar, dengan tujuan agar masyarakat Randurejo dapat menggunakan dan mengelola obat dengan baik dan benar sehingga efek terapi dapat tercapai maksimal dan efek samping yang minimal. Metode pendekatan yang diberikan adalah dengan memberikan sosialisasi/penyuluhan tentang DAGUSIBU dan diskusi langsung kepada para peserta. Sebagian besar pengetahuan ibu-ibu PKK yang hadir terkait cara mendapatkan obat, menyimpan dan membuang obat masih sangat rendah dilihat dari saat diskusi. Namun demikian sebagian dari mereka cukup mengerti bagaimana cara penggunaan obat, baik jenis sediaan, dosis, dan rute pemberian. Setelah melalui kegiatan pengenalan DAGUSIBU ini memberikan dampak positif bagi peningkatan pengetahuan ibu-ibu PKK desa randurejo terkait cara mendapatkan, menggunakan dan menyimpan serta membuang obat dengan baik dan benar, dengan demikian akan mengurangi efek samping yang tidak dikehendaki serta menjaga keamanan dalam penggunaan obat dan kestabilan obat saat proses penyimpanan.
First record of Aphis helianthemi Ferrari, 1872 from Byelorussia (Homoptera: Aphididae)
Authors: Buga S.V.
Published: January 2022

Aphis helianthemi Ferr. is recorded from Minsk Prov. of Byelorussia. The geographical distribution of this species is discussed.
SERIAL RESISTANCE OF PHOTOCONVERTERS SNO2/PCDTE, ITO/PCDTE И IN2O3/PCDTE BASED ON CADMIUM TELLURIDE
Authors: Utamuradova Sh. , Muzafarova S.
Published: January 2022

The operational parameters and efficiency of the SnO2 / pCdTe, ITO / pCdTe and In2O3 / pCdTe photoconverters have been investigated. The real values of the series resistance of the structures under study have been determined. In film photoconverters, a significant contribution to the series resistance is made by the resistance of the transition dielectric layer of tellurium oxide TeO2 between the semiconductor and the resistance between the rear ohmic contact of the structures.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF ADVERSARIAL PARTIES IN THE APPOINTMENT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AT THE PRETRIAL STAGES
Authors: Popova I. , Ivanova A.
Published: January 2022

This article discusses the principle of adversarial parties in the aspect of its implementation by the subjects of criminal proceedings in the implementation of goals and objectives set by the legislator priority for criminal proceedings. The discussion on goal–setting in criminal proceedings, its significance for individual elements of competition and, in general, for criminal procedural activity is also analyzed.
THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY.
Authors: Sobchik L.
Published: January 2022

Due to the pace of development and increasing complexity of production technologies, as well as with the increasing stress on the human psyche, the identification of personal characteristics plays an increasingly important role in the daily life of the country.

As a result of long-term study of personality, the author created the theory of leading tеndencies as a theoretical approach in the psychology of individuality. Within the framework of this theory, the individual style of personality is manifested in the properties of temperament, continues in the character traits and creates a certain emotional and behavioral background of the formed socialized personality, that is, at the top level of its development.

At different levels of development (temperament, character, personality), the structure of the personality is represented as a manifestation of polar correlated opposite emotional characteristics, interrelated with motivational orientation, style of interpersonal behavior and type of thinking. Complex structure opposed to polar properties of at all levels contains the primary style coloring, that is a leading individual trend, which remains the defining and control of which personal identity leads to harmony or abnormal personality .

In practice, personal characteristics are reflected in the quantitative indicators of the psychodiagnostic multidimensional model, which is built on survey data several mutually reinforcing and complementary techniques as verbal and projective (nonverbal).

In practice, the use of methods of psychological diagnostics allows you to identify a holistic portrait of the individual and allows you to use the methods of mathematical analysis, which greatly increases the reliability and validity of the methods used. Digital indicators of the psychological automated expert system, consisting of a set of specially selected computerized programms, reflect a multidimensional psychodiagnostic model of personality based on the theory of leading tendencies.
USING SMART TECHNOLOGIES POSSIBILITIES AT THE STAGE OF FOREIGN STUDENT’S PRE-UNIVERSITY TRAINING
Authors: Mamonova Iy.
Published: January 2022

The article discusses the possibilities of using interactive digital technologies in the pre-university training of foreign students in the Russian language. In the light of the theory of speech activity, the author substantiates the need to automate language skills using interactive smart technologies to achieve a sufficient level of language competence of foreigners.
ZŁOTO UKRYTE W CIEMNOŚCI: JUNGOWSKA KONCEPCJA CIENIA
Authors: Szyszka Kamila
Published: January 2022

Artykuł stanowi krótkie wprowadzenie do koncepcji cienia będącej ważnym elementem jungowskiej psychologii analitycznej. Mimo że cień jest niechętnie dostrzegany przez ludzi, stanowi element każdej psychiki. Relacja jednostki z jej cieniem w znaczący sposób wpływa na jej życie, co zostało zaprezentowane w artykule. Stan tej relacji zależy od jednostki i może zostać poprawiony poprzez podjęcie opisywanej w artykule pracy z cieniem.
The Dynamics and Drivers of the Creation of New Federating Units: A Global Perspective
Authors: Abbasi Azhar Mahmood , Abbasi Abid Hussain , Rahim Salma
Published: January 2022

Cultural diversity has been the moving spirit behind identity politics which characterizes the multi-ethnic states. The socio-economic and political marginalization engenders sub-nationalism underpinned by the ethnolinguistic plurality of that society. Many countries, notably India, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Switzerland, the Philippines and South Africa, have had to face subnationalist movements. To eliminate the sense of alienation and deprivation, a number of the countries took a corrective measure based on the reconfiguration of federating units along ethnic lines. Ethnic multiplicity has to be managed by the promotion of unity through diversity. This academic endeavour seeks to analyze the dynamics and drivers of the creation of new federating units by different countries across the globe.
An Assessment of Judicial Activism to Empower the People: A Case of Pakistan (2007-2013)
Authors: Khan Muhammad Ikramullah , Shafiq Muhammad
Published: January 2022

The year 2007 was proved as an eventful for the judiciary of Pakistan because Iftikhar Chaudhry, Chief Justice of Pakistan, started to assert the power of the judiciary. He vehemently tried to make the judiciary only and the real institution of enforcing the law for the liberty of the people. However, under tremendous pubic pressure and lawyers' movement, Musharraf had to reinstate the Chief Justice. Now Iftikhar Chaudhry resumed the halted task of taking suo motu actions to provide relief to the public. Against this backdrop, the study traces the causes behind judicial activism in Pakistan and its impact on the liberty of people. The performance of the judiciary in the form of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to empower the masses is discussed. The study also focuses on the important cases handled by the apex court in the manners that gave the impression of judicial martial law. It is an analytical study where important cases are analyzed to show the power and strength of the judiciary in Pakistan. The research concludes that there is a need for judicial restraint so that the democratic principle of separation of power should be maintained.
Management of failed Chiari decompression and intrasyringeal hemorrhage in Noonan syndrome: illustrative cases
Authors: Falls Cody J. , Page Paul S. , Greeneway Garret P. , Resnick Daniel K. , Stadler James A.
Published: January 2022

BACKGROUND

Noonan syndrome (NS) is a rare genetic RASopathy with multisystem implications. The disorder is typically characterized by short stature, distinctive facial features, intellectual disability, developmental delay, chest deformity, and congenital heart disease. NS may be inherited or arise secondary to spontaneous mutations of genes in the Ras/mitogen activated protein kinase signaling pathways.

OBSERVATIONS

Numerous case reports exist detailing the association between NS and Chiari I malformation (CM-I), although this relationship has not been fully established. Patients with NS who present with CM-I requiring operation have shown high rates reoperation for failed decompression. The authors reported two patients with NS, CM-I, and syringomyelia who had prior posterior fossa decompressions without syrinx improvement. Both patients received reoperation with successful outcomes.

LESSONS

The authors highlighted the association between NS and CM-I and raised awareness that patients with these disorders may be at higher risk for failed posterior fossa decompression, necessitating reoperation.
ОСОБЛИВОСТІ КОНСТРУКЦІЇ СИСТЕМИ КРАПЕЛЬНОГО ПОЛИВУ МАЛИНИ СОРТУ «GLEN AMPLE» НА ЗЕМЛЯХ ТзОВ «ХАРЕСс»
Authors: Romanіuk І. V. , Pinchuk O. L. , Herasimov I. H. , Demianchuk V. V.
Published: January 2022

В роботі вивчений досвід використання крапельного поливу привирощуванні малини сорту «GLEN AMPLE». Застосування стрічки«Rо-Drip» в системах поливу сільськогосподарських культур дозволяє знизити експлуатаційні витрати, а також підвищити якість продукції і урожайність, що виключно важливо в умовах високої конкуренції на українському ринку. Стрічка «Rо-Drip» дає можливість, крім поливу, вносити необхідні добавки і хімічні речовини з меншими втратами і великою довготерміновою економією. Ніяка інша крапельна стрічка не є такою дослідженою і випробуваною в реальних умовах експлуатації. Вона задовольняється усім вимогам щодо по стійкості до засмічення і довговічності, що пред’являються високоефективним системам крапельного зрошення.
ГІДРАВЛІЧНИЙ РОЗРАХУНОК РЕЖИМІВ РОБОТИ ОБОРОННИХ ГІДРОТЕХНІЧНИХ СПОРУД
Authors: Filipovych Yu. Yu. , Filipovych Ye. O.
Published: January 2022

Розглянуто конструкції та режими роботи гідротехнічних споруд та обладнання водяних ровів замків, які являють собою унікальніпам’ятки фортифікаційної архітектури і належать до об’єктів, щопотребують детального наукового вивчення для розробки стратегії їх реконструкції, збереження та охорони. Досліджуються гідравлічні характеристики водозаборів, обладнаних щитами (затворами) та шандорними загородженнями.
Peripheral Vascular Trauma among Vascular Surgery Cases Operated in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Dahal Sushil , Karmacharya Robin Man , Singh Amit Kumar , Vaidya Satish , Dhakal Prasesh , Thapa Pratima , Shrestha Prabha , Bhandari Niroj , Bade Sohail , Bade Sahil
Published: January 2022

Introduction: Peripheral vascular trauma can result in limb or life-threatening injuries. Early surgical intervention leads to a better outcome. Diagnosis is made clinically, by non-invasive and invasive imaging modalities. Our aim in this study is to find out the prevalence of peripheral vascular trauma among vascular surgery cases operated in a tertiary care centre of Nepal.
Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study of peripheral vascular injuries that underwent operative management in a tertiary care hospital of Nepal from January 2018 to May 2020. Ethical approval was taken from the Institutional Review Committee of Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences (Registration Number 79/20). Convenience sampling technique was used. Data for the study was retrieved from operation records of the patients along with their treatment summaries and entered and analyzed in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20.0. All cases with complete records were included. Conservatively managed cases and cases that underwent primary amputation were not included in the study. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data.
Results: Among 624 vascular surgery patients, 40 (6.41%) (4.48-8.33 at 95% Confidence Interval) patients had presented with peripheral vascular trauma during the study period. There were 26 (65%) cases where the upper limb was involved.
Conclusions: The prevalence of vascular surgery for peripheral vascular trauma among vascular surgeries operated in our study was similar to other studies done in similar settings. Vascular injury needs urgent intervention and appropriate management will result in a high chance of limb salvage and survival.
PERJUANGAN HJ. RANGKAYO RASUNA SAID SEBAGAI PEJUANG POLITIK DAN PEMIKIR PERGERAKAN PADA MASA PRA KEMERDEKAAN
Authors: Agnesti Narani , Sanjaya Ageng
Published: January 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bentuk perjuangan politik yang dilakukan Hj. Rangkayo Rasuna Said, Mengetahui peran Hj. Rangkayo Rasuna Said dalam pergerakan dan perjuangan yang dilakukan serta untuk mengetahui nilai-nilai yang terkandung dalam pemikirannya. Penelitian dan penulisan mengenai perjuangan Hj. Rangkayo Rasuna Said sebagai pejuang politik dan pemikir pergerakan pra kemerdekaan menggunakan metode penelitian Historis. Dari hasil penelitian ini maka dapat ditarik satu kesimpulan bahwa Hj. Rangkayo Rasuna Said merupakan pejuang wanita yang bergerak di bidang politik dan tertarik pada dunia politik di usianya yang masih remaja yaitu 16 tahun, Rasuna Said yang aktif di dunia politik hingga akhirnya ia ditangkap sebab kritik yang dilontarkan kepada penjajah pada saat itu. Peranan yang dimainkan oleh Rasuna Said dimulai dari sekretaris organisasi, orator, pimpinan majalah, dan pemimpin pergerakan pemuda di masa penjajahan Belanda dan Jepang. Serta ada nilai-nilai yang dapat diambil pula pada perjuangan Hj. Rangkayo Rasuna Said di antaranya Feminisme, Nasionalisme dan Patriotisme, dan Persatuan serta perjuangan.
Modern higher education through the prism of conceptual priorities
Authors: Levkulich Vasil
Published: January 2022

All the characteristic features of a particular historical development of society objectively and naturally apply to almost both the social institution and higher education, which is an integral part of the social environment. However, higher education is expected not only to follow in the fairway of certain trends specific to a particular era and a particular society but higher education is also associated with hopes for qualified awareness of risks and threats, as well as providing professional proposals for crisis management and overcoming negative trends. Although this aspect is quite obvious, the research community usually does not pay due attention to it, and therefore the detailing and systematization of this aspect have all the hallmarks of scientific novelty. In the context of the outlined research needs, the aspects of the quality and efficiency of education, as well as the types of intelligence that modern higher education is designed to cultivate and generate, are understood. The humanistic ideal of the university and its correspondence to the marketing model of modern higher education, as well as controversial ideas about equality and justice in education, are studied. The ideological and conceptual priorities that underlie leadership-type education are analyzed. The notion of critical thinking, creativity and heuristics as the target priorities of modern higher education is systematized, the key obstacles in this way and means of overcoming them are revealed. Factors and conceptual priorities that can significantly increase the capacity of modern higher education as a generator of human capital, a model of intensive and innovative development of society, are outlined.
Praxeology of sustainable development in educational ontology (evidence from Khmelnytskyi Humanitarian Pedagogical Academy)
Authors: Polishchuk Oleksandr , Zdanevych Larysa , Мyskova Nataliia
Published: January 2022

The article focuses on the relevance of education for sustainable development in the process of future educators training for professional life. The methods of historical, comparative, dialectical and prognostic are applied. It was possible to consider practical features of sustainable development in the educational environment. These methods contributed to a deeper study of the problem; clarifying and outlining key positions and priorities; specifying the main problems of implementing the concept of sustainable development in national education by comparing the national legal framework with the international one; finding out the essence of the outlined problem and the ways of its implementation in national education, which leads to a change in the philosophy of education; identifying the main priorities for the formation of an individual mindset, as well as life position in a society of sustainable development. Based on the analysis of particular documents and scientific publications on sustainable development and education for sustainable development, the tasks of education for sustainable development are highlighted. The results list of the educational community work in the International Project «Education for Sustainable Development in Action» are presented. The results of the experimental research carried out in Khmelnytskyi Humanitarian Pedagogical Academy aimed at future educators’ training technology of preschoolers’ skills for sustainable development are also presented. A short description of the option course «Future educators training technology of preschoolers’ skills for sustainable development» which has been delivered to the students is presented. As well as the structure of the course «Pedagogical foundations of developing soft skills» is described. The content of the course reveals the social component of sustainable development, but environmental and economic components are implemented at the expense of teaching aids (artistic and popular scientific texts). A brief description of teachers training for implementing interactive technologies with students is presented.
Development of design thinking - a modern view on the training of masters of technical specialties on the experience Dnipro University of Technology
Authors: Pismenkova Tatyana , Ziborov Kirill
Published: January 2022

The article investigates the use of design thinking techniques with the help of modern technical means to improve the quality of training of masters of technical specialities. The relevance of the study is based on the changes in society, which require a system of training of technical specialities in higher education institutions to respond quickly and flexibly to the changes in the ideology of the consumer "products" of this system, of the developer and manufacturer of the final product.

Based on WEF's analytical conclusions on the labour market, the authors of the article propose to develop skills in the training of Masters in technical specialities that will allow them to restructure their way of thinking and more effectively integrate into modern production. On the example of consideration of the structure of the educational program of masters "Industrial aesthetics and certification of production equipment" initiated in NTU "Dnipro University of Technology" and comparison with the requirements of the approved Standard of higher education in 132 Materials for Master level, the authors advise to apply and actively develop creativity, originality of thinking, ability to persuade and negotiate, using the method of design thinking of the students. It is this approach that forms for Masters a paradigm of perception and change to the surrounding harmonious subject environment, which allows considering the relationships and interactions within such an environment.

The approved Standard of higher education in the speciality 132 Materials Science allows forming the content of the educational program, which provides the formation of stages of design thinking. Construction of training considering the methodology of design thinking is associated with the creation of conditions of immersion in the subject area, continuous interaction with the "conditional customer", organization of teamwork, development of students' competencies in presenting solutions in the form of visual images based on information technologies with the use of active teaching methods in all their diversity and complexity.

This contributes to the formation of students' valuable communication skills, entrepreneurship, public speaking skills, obtained in the process of solving real problems that came from the external environment. As a result, students acquire practical skills, abilities and experience that will be in demand in their further educational and professional activities.
Two strategies for the higher education development: which from its does for Ukraine lack?
Authors: Lugovyi Volodymyr , Slyusarenko Olena , Talanova Zhanneta
Published: January 2022

In the article, the tendency to the formation of two strategies for higher education development in view of its quality was justified based on the authors’ fundamental research, new empirical data, modern world experience. The first strategy is to ensure the minimum sufficient quality of higher education, the second – to achieve the maximum perfect quality. Both strategies naturally anticipate and organically complement each other and are a powerful source of development in its synergy (dichotomous unity and struggle of opposites). Strategy-1 is based on mass standardized practice and accreditation mechanisms for ensuring threshold quality, strategy-2 is based on breakthrough innovations and ranking mechanisms for monitoring and motivating continuous quality improvement to its top levels. Progressive countries de facto make full use of both University development strategies. First, weak / backward higher education institutions (HEIs) are being tightened or cut off, in particular through the implementation of standards and recommendations, accreditation procedures within the framework of the Bologna Process. Second, in the intensifying competition, the best institutions are promoted to the level of the sub-world, world-class, including the extra class, using ranking mechanisms for assessing achievements as well as special initiatives of significant concentration and strong support of leading institutions in national policies and practices. The experience of the establishment and operation of the Ukrainian National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education shows that so far, it focused de jure and de facto only on the first strategy, which is insufficient.

At the same time, Ukraine lacks the implementation of strategy-2, primarily due to the lack of appropriate legislation, in particular, legislation on the implementation of the national HEIs ranking on the methodological basis of the Shanghai ranking (objectivity, transparency, validity, reliability, etc.). Direct use of leading international University rankings (Shanghai, Times, QS) is impossible due to the lack of world-class Universities (in the top 500 group) and sub-world-class ones (group 501-1000) according to the Shanghai ranking, the so-called candidates in world-class Universities, in Ukraine. According to the latest versions of the Times and QS rankings, Ukrainian HEIs positions have generally deteriorated. Regarding the Shanghai ranking 2021, Ukraine is not represented at all among 63 countries / territories in the general version as well as among 93 countries / territories in the sectoral version in 54 academic subject areas. As a result, the gap between Ukrainian Universities and the world's leading HEIs continues to widen. Recommendations for the immediate formation and implementation of strategy-2 for the higher education development in Ukraine are provided.
Durch die Krise aus der Krise? Die neue Stärke des Staates
Authors: Hassel Anke , Lütz Susanne
Published: January 2022

In der Finanzkrise ergriffen die westlichen Staaten eine Reihe von Politikinstrumenten, die ein fester Bestandteil der gemischten Ökonomien der unmittelbaren Nachkriegsphase waren, jedoch mit dem liberalen Staatsverständnis der letzten Jahrzehnte kaum zu vereinbaren sind. Was bedeuten diese Entwicklungen für die aktuelle Staatsdiskussion? Erleben wir eine Wiederkehr des Interventionsstaates oder ist dies nur eine kurzfristige Maßnahme zur Rettung globalisierter und liberalisierter Marktwirtschaften? In dem Beitrag analysieren wir die drei wichtigsten Politikinstrumente Verstaatlichung, Konjunkturpolitik und Regulierung der Finanzmärkte. Wir beobachten eine neue Handlungsfähigkeit des Staates, die über die reine Rettung der Marktwirtschaft hinausgeht, jedoch im Vergleich zum Interventionsstaat wichtige Unterschiede aufweist. Unter den Bedingungen globaler Märkte folgen staatliche Eingriffe den Interessen des nationalen Standorts und sind durch die Notwendigkeit der Kooperation mit anderen Staaten beschränkt. Für die Zukunft erwarten wir, dass der Staat in diesem Sinne die neu gewonnen Eingriffsmöglichkeiten weiter erhalten wird, um den nationalen Standort im globalen Kapitalismus zu schützen.
Öffentliche Finanzen im Stresstest – Policy-Reaktionen auf die Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise
Authors: Wagschal Uwe , Jäkel Tim
Published: January 2022

Der Beitrag untersucht Umfang, Zusammensetzung und zeitliche Streuung der Konjunkturstützungsmaßnahmen in 28 OECD-Ländern im Zuge der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise 2008 bis 2010. Im deskriptiven Abschnitt wird gezeigt, dass die große Variation der Nachfrageprogramme nur bedingt mit den verschiedenen Typologisierungsansätzen von Marktwirtschaften und Wohlfahrtsstaaten zusammenpasst. Auf Basis eines neuartigen Konsolidierungsindikators wird im dritten Abschnitt gezeigt, dass die Wirtschaftskrise so stark wie nie zuvor auf die Konsolidierungsbemühungen von Regierungen eingewirkt hat. Der historisch größte Verschuldungsanstieg in Friedenszeiten seit 2007 unterstreicht die Herausforderung der Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise für die öffentlichen Finanzen. Schließlich werden im Hauptteil der Untersuchung die Determinanten der Policy-Reaktionen der Nationalstaaten auf die Krise identifiziert. Sozio-ökonomische Faktoren, wie die Bevölkerungsgröße eines Landes, die Höhe der Staatsschulden und die Einbindung in den Weltmarkt verringern die Möglichkeiten für Deficit-Spending. Es zeigt sich daneben, dass der Problemdruck nicht stimulierend auf Höhe der Programme einwirkt. Bezogen auf die parteipolitische Färbung der Regierung haben Mitteparteien (Liberale, nicht-christliche Mitte, Christdemokraten) den stärksten Effekt auf den Umfang der Konjunkturpakete; sie sind deutlich aktiver als Linksparteien an der Regierung. Zudem kann für die steuerlichen Maßnahmen ein Interaktionseffekt für rechte (v.a. konservative) Regierungsparteien beobachtet werden. Im Zusammenspiel mit Wahlen in der Krise haben auch rechte bürgerliche Regierungen große Konjunkturprogramme aufgelegt. Ein kompetitiver Vetospielerindex hat ebenfalls eine signifikante Erklärungskraft für den Umfang der steuerlichen Maßnahmen. Die empirischen Ergebnisse widersprechen damit zumindest z.T. den „traditionellen“ Befunden der Staatstätigkeitsforschung, wonach bürgerliche (und vor allem liberale) Parteien eine geringe Präferenz für Markteingriffe haben. Auch der klare Effekt von Wahlen ist angesichts der sonst schwachen Evidenz für einen politischen Konjunkturzyklus bemerkenswert. Schließlich wird in der Krise nun auch deutlich, dass die Verschuldungspolitik der Vergangenheit den Handlungsspielraum von Regierungen massiv einengt.
Absent alternatives and insider interests in postcrisis financial reform
Authors: Mügge Daniel , Stellinga Bart
Published: January 2022

The credit crisis that began in the summer of 2007 has fundamentally challenged much financial regulation and the political institutions that produced it. Measured against the criticisms that have been brought forth against previous financial governance, the extent of governments’ overall reform ambitions has been disappointing, generating little hope that the threat of future crises is being tackled seriously. Starting from this observation, this article asks: what explains governments’ reform choices, and thus also their limited ambitions? To explore this question, this article focuses on the positions that four governments central to global financial regulation (the USA, the UK, Germany and France) have taken in advance of the G20 meetings in 2009 across four key issue areas in financial regulation: accounting standards, derivatives trading, credit ratings agencies and banking rules. It evaluates both the overlap between positions across domains and governments as well as the differences between them. Such variation, we argue, provides key clues to the overall drivers behind reforms – as well as their limits. The overall picture that emerges can be summarized as follows: governments have been staunch defenders of their national firms’ competitive interests in regulatory reforms. That has not necessarily meant that they followed industry preferences across the board – new rules that might dent profits were imposed in several cases. It has been the relative impact, compared to foreign competitors, that counted in reform positions, not the absolute impact. As this article also shows, these differences of opinion have played out within the context and the limits of the overall debates about thinkable policy alternatives. In spite of fundamental criticisms of pre-crisis regulatory orthodoxy, convincing and coherent alternatives have been forthcoming slowly at best. This has made reform proposals less radical than criticisms, seen on their own, might suggest.
Talk as action: Exploring discursive dimensions of welfare state reform
Authors: Hupe Peter , van Dooren Wouter
Published: January 2022

In many New Public Management reforms a direct and causal one-to-one relationship is assumed between reform and better performance. This article challenges this assumption by specifying reform as independent variable. Looking at reform in two comparable welfare states, Belgium and The Netherlands, the discursive aspects of such reform are explored. Reform can be differentiated into reform action and reform talk. Next to measures (action) discourse (talk) seems to be an innate characteristic of reform that may fundamentally help shaping reform results.
Crossroad-Puzzle. Intersektionelle Gesellschaftstheorie zwischen Strukturen, Kategorien und Ideologien
Authors: Forstenhäusler Robin
Published: January 2022

In der makrosoziologisch ausgerichteten Intersektionalitätsforschung werden Rassismus, Klassen- und Geschlechterverhältnisse als ‚Strukturkategorien‘ konzeptualisiert. Diese theoretische Rahmung verdinglicht ineinandergreifende und widersprüchliche gesellschaftliche Prozesse und nivelliert zugleich ihre Besonderheiten. Dagegen wird im vorliegenden Text für einen Perspektivwechsel argumentiert: Gesellschaft wird mit Rekurs auf die Kritische Theorie als Totalität begriffen, innerhalb derer die heterogenen Antagonismen in einem dynamischen Verhältnis stehen. Anhand des Verhältnisses von Rassismus und Antisemitismus wird gezeigt, wo Leerstellen des konzeptionellen Rahmens von ‚Rasse‘, Klasse und Geschlecht liegen und warum dagegen eine ideologiekritische Konzeptualisierung von Intersektionalität sinnvoll ist.
Combahee River Collective revisited. Zum aktuellen Verständnis von Intersektionalität im identitätspolitischen Diskurs
Authors: Hoffmann Arthur
Published: January 2022

Im Zuge des weltweiten Anwachsens antirassistischer Bewegungen erfahren Konzepte wie das der Intersektionalität und der Identitätspolitik Konjunktur. Die ursprünglich von Aktivistinnen entwickelten Theorien haben Einzug in wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzungen gefunden und werden gleichzeitig im populärwissenschaftlichen Diskurs breit rezipiert. An dieser Stelle möchte der vorliegende Artikel ansetzen und der Frage nachgehen, inwiefern die populärwissenschaftliche Rezeption des Konzeptes der Intersektionalität gesellschaftlicher Machtbeziehungen den ursprünglichen Ansprüchen dessen gerecht wird. Dies ist vor allem deshalb von Relevanz, weil der populärwissenschaftliche Diskurs als Schnittstelle zwischen Wissenschaft und Aktivismus gesehen werden kann und damit eine nicht zu unterschätzende politische Schlagkraft besitzt. Im beispielhaften Abgleich des aktivistischen Sammelbandes „Eure Heimat ist unser Alptraum“ mit „A Black Feminist Statement“ des Combahee River Collectives, kann festgestellt werden, dass die dort entwickelte Theorie weitestgehend unterkomplex rezipiert wird. Damit läuft diese zeitgenössische Adaption des Intersektionalitätskonzeptes Gefahr, ihrem selbstgesetzten Anspruch komplexe gesellschaftliche Machtverhältnisse zu dechiffrieren, nicht gerecht zu werden bzw. diese sogar zu reproduzieren.
Testing the Causal Relationship between Economic Growth and Renewable Energy Consumption: Evidence from a Panel of EAGLE Countries
Authors: Salehin Meshkatus , Kiss Judit T.
Published: January 2022

Economic growth and energy consumption are two main factors that play a vital role in any country's overall development. The researchers built and described different econometric models to evaluate the relationship between the two variables. In this research, we chose 15 emerging economy countries to examine the relationship between renewable energy consumption and economic growth. We applied the panel ARDL approach with PMG estimator which one of the best approaches to model long-term and short-term dynamics. Gross domestic product per capita and renewable energy consumption as a percent of total final energy consumption has a positive and significant coefficient when used as an independent variable in the long run. We also checked causality between the variables to test how the causal relationship occurs. We also found a causal relation from economic growth to renewable energy consumption, thus proving the conservation hypothesis. However, our outcome showed that the relationship is not statistically significant between renewable energy and economic growth in the short run. Finally, we pointed out few policy recommendations and future work directions based on our works at the end of this article.
Competition and Merit Order Effect in the Colombian Electricity Market
Authors: Perez Alex , Carabali Jaime , Benavides-Franco Julian
Published: January 2022

In this paper, we study the relationship between the merit order effect and the ownership structure of renewable resources in electricity markets. We use daily frequency data from the Colombian electricity market in 2012-2019 and designed a strategy to estimate the spot price's dependence on renewable energy. We study how the participation of multi-technology firms in renewable energy alters the spot price. Our main results show a merit order effect for the Colombian electricity market, but this weakens in the presence of greater participation of multi-technology firms in the total availability of renewable energy for the day.
Techno-Economic Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Gasification for Electricity Generation
Authors: Eliasu Ali , Derkyi Nana Sarfo Agyemang , Gyamfi Samuel
Published: January 2022

Due to an overburdened national grid, chronic energy challenges, and the growing municipal solid waste menace, a unique opportunity to deploy waste-to-energy technology in Ghana is apparent. A techno-economic analysis was performed for meeting the primary electrical load of selected blocks at the University of Energy and Natural Resources through Municipal Solid Waste gasification. Three scenarios were simulated and assessed based on their Net Present Costs (NPC) and Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE): a gasifier-standalone system, a grid-tied gasifier system and a grid-alone system. The grid-tied gasifier system was found to meet the 230.1kWh/day electrical load at the least NPC ($2, 049790.00) and COE ($0.09426/kWh). The sensitivity analysis showed that the load factor,   sell-back price of electricity and cost/ton of MSW had the most impact on the NPC of the gasification system. MSW gasification is, therefore, an economically viable alternative if grid-integrated. Finally, the study showed that Feed-in Tariffs, plant siting and demand response strategies are crucial to ensuring the cost-effectiveness of gasification systems.
Testing the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: An Empirical Study for Peru
Authors: Mougenot Benoit , Durand Santa MarÃ­a Rosa Pamela , Koc Olcese Claudia Lucia
Published: January 2022

This research analyzes the Peruvian engagement against climate change through the impact of the per capita income on the environmental pollution in the national scenario during the annual period of 1980-2019. For this, the logic of the Environmental Kuznets Curve will be used, in which an "inverted U" curve shape affirms that the economic growth is favorable for the environment in the long term because an optimal income point is reached and pollution begins to decline. For this analysis, the national exports are included as a third variable, and also is considered a cubic regression equation to the original Kuznets model. Through the estimation by Dickey-Fuller and Phillips-Perron unit root tests, Granger Causality Test, the Vector Autoregression Model (VAR) method and the Forecast Graphics, it is shown that, similar to other countries of the region, Peru is actually on the initial part of the curve, where income and pollution have a growing direct relation. Finally, the models that fitted the relationship of these variables were the original model and the model with exports included.
Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Energy consumption: Does Institutional Quality matter? Evidence from Cote d'Ivoire
Authors: Gakpa Lewis-Landry , Kouadio Hugues Kouassi
Published: January 2022

This paper examines the role played by institutional quality in the relationship between foreign direct investment and energy consumption in CÃ´te d'Ivoire. Using data from the World Bank and International Country Risk Guid over the period 1984-2014 and the Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) and Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) methods, we account for the joint effects of institutional quality and foreign direct investment on energy consumption. The results reveal that a high level of democracy attenuates the negative effects of FDI flows on energy consumption. This result shows that improving and strengthening democratic institutions has a positive influence on energy efficiency incentive policies by changing the composition of FDI towards clean technology sectors, such as the service sector.
Some Methodological Considerations for the relationship between Environmental Degradation, Economic Growth and Energy Consumption for South Asian Countries
Authors: Jadoon Atif Khan , Sarwar Ambreen , Qasim Hafiz Muhammad , Javaid Maria Faiq , Liaqat Saima , Ahmed Munazza
Published: January 2022

The present study is designed to investigate that how Economic Growth (EG) of the South Asian region has affected the Environmental Degradation (ED) from 1980 to 2018. This study has used Newey and West (1987) robust standard errors approach to overcome the problem of autocorrelation and heteroskedasticity in panel data. The results of the statistical model confirmed the existence of the Inverted U-shaped Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Furthermore, the results also confirmed that the use of energy is also deteriorating the environment significantly. One significant contribution of the study is to check the causality between EG and CO2 by applying a relatively new approach namely Granger non-causality test presented by Dumitrescu and Hurlin (2012). The results confirmed that economic growth is contributing towards more CO2 emissions. The study concluded that South Asian countries should use environment-friendly renewable energy sources to achieve a higher growth rate.
Effect of a Combined Strengthening and Proprioceptive Training Program on Balance and Gait of Female Children With Intellectual Disability
Authors:   Department of Sport Injuries and Corrective Exercises, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Guilan, Iran., Azimizadeh Mohammad Javad , Hoseini Seyyed Hosein ,   Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Guilan, Iran., Norasteh Ali Asghar ,   Department of Sport Injuries and Corrective Exercises, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Guilan, Iran.
Published: January 2022

Objective: This study aims to assess the effect of combined strengthening and proprioceptive exercises on balance and gait of female children with intellectual disability Methods: Participants were 24 elementary school girls aged 9-13 years in Mashhad, Iran who were selected using a convenience sampling method and divided to two groups of exercise and control. The exercise group performed selective exercises for 8 weeks, while the control group performed their daily activities. In the pre-test stage, the static balance, dynamic balance, lower limb strength, and gait were measured. After eight weeks, all variables were measured again. Results: Eight weeks of strengthening and proprioceptive exercises had a significant effect on improvement of static balance, dynamic balance, lower limb strength, and gait of girls with intellectual disability (P=0.001). Conclusion: Eight weeks of strengthening and proprioceptive exercises can be used to improve the physical fitness factors of girls with intellectual disability.