bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Catalytic effect of ferric sulfate and zinc sulfate on lignin pyrolysis
Authors: Arrieta Alberto Albis , Muñoz Ever Ortiz , Ariza Ismael Piñeres , Cardozo Juan Osorio , Morales Jennifer Monsalvo
Published: May 2022

The effect of zinc sulfate and ferric sulfate on the pyrolysis process of lignin was studied at three different heating rates by using the thermogravimetric analysis technique. It was found that the pyrolysis of pure lignin is barely affected with the change of heating rates between 10 to 100 °C/min, which is unexpected because of the kinetic nature of pyrolysis. The pyrolysis kinetics of this major component of biomass was studied by using three fitting methods: the differential method with reaction order model n, the isoconversional method, and the distribution of activation energies model, DAEM. The best fit, which allowed calculating acceptable kinetic parameters, was obtained using the last method. The results show the influence of the catalysts and the heating rate on the lignin pyrolysis processes in the presence of the sulfates under study, which is confirmed by obtaining different kinetic parameters. The results suggest that zinc sulfate and ferric sulfate change the kinetic mechanism of lignin pyrolysis.
Effect of vulcanization and reaction temperature of the carbide supported on activated carbon on glycerol trioleate deoxygenation
Authors: Puello-Polo Esneyder , Santiago Wendy Martinez , Hernández Brando Martínez , Ramos Vanessa Sarmiento , Arrieta Alberto Albis
Published: May 2022

Cobalt molybdenum carbide supported on activated carbon was synthesized and the effect of sulfiding on the catalytic activity of the glycerol trioleate deoxygenation process (DOX) was evaluated. Prior to the glycerol trioleate deoxygenation reactions, the catalyst was reduced and sulfided with CS2/H2. The CoMo/CA carbide was characterized by specific area (B.E.T), X-ray diffraction (XRD), elemental analysis (CHON-S), potentiometric titration with n-butylamine and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The specific area of the CoMo/CA carbide and the support were 246 m2/g and 881 m2/g, respectively. XRD analysis proved the presence of Co6Mo6C2 and metallic cobalt. XPS showed the presence on the surface of signals assignable to Moδ+, Mo4+, Mo6+, Co2+, S2– and SO42–. Sulfided CoMo/CA carbide showed higher activad to glycerol trioleate esoxygenation than unsulfided CoMo/CA carbide. The highest yield was obtained at 310 °C, 900 psi H2 and 2 h of reaction (100% conversion) and a higher selectivity towards heptadecane (55%) and octadecane (45%) favoring decarboxylation (HDCX) and decarbonylation (HDCn) than hydrodeoxygenation (HDO).
Ombudsman-type services – A citizen perspective
Authors: Harvey Brian
Published: May 2022

The ombudsman idea in Ireland is now almost fifty years old. This article provides a citizen perspective on several ombudsman-type institutions and services across a broad variety of fields and issues. The underlying assump -tions of ombudsman-type services are outlined, with a citizen perspective of how they work in practice. Ten illustrative case studies are provided, each followed by a short commentary. The article analyses the cross-cutting issues arising: the uneven resource field in skills, knowledge and time; the need for ‘blue sea’ between the ombudsman-type institution and state agencies; the evidence bar for complaints; and the individualisation of complaints when there are systemic issues important for public administration. Because of the asymmetry of resources between the two parties, there is a strong case for ombudsman-type institutions to provide more assistance to complainants to advance and progress their complaints, so that a more level playing field can be achieved.
Medical Devices Management System Based on Blockchain Technology
Authors: Vicoveanu Dragoş Ionuţ , Geman Oana , Balcos Carina , Prelipceanu Marius
Published: May 2022

The recent use of digital Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in the healthcare domain can surpass the existing limitations in the centralized IT systems, such as the lack of security, access control or immutability of the electronic health information. If we discuss about clinical information, this innovative informatics advance gives back the control to the data owner. In decentralized environments, smart contracts allow trustable agreements grounded by irreversible transactions, which permit transparency and traceability. Moreover, smart contracts are the living heart of the decentralized applications that run on DTL. In this work, our attention is focused on medical equipments that helps health staff to diagnose and treat patients keeping much of their clinical data taken in dynamics. Hence, we propose a smart contract-based decentralized application framework for the management of devices, targeting also medical services, meant to facilitate the interaction of the involved entities. Our testing environment is the Ethereum platform, extensively used recently in the healthcare domain, being itself a smart operating system that allows decentralized applications to run on it.
Mach’s Principle in the Acoustic World
Authors: Simaciu Ion , Dumitrescu Gheorghe , Borsos Zoltan , Baciu Anca
Published: May 2022

The aim of this paper is to investigate the coupled oscillations of multiple bubbles within a cluster. The interaction between a bubble and the other bubbles in a cluster produces an additional mass. For a fixed number of bubbles and uniformly distributed (N ---gt------gt--- 1), in case of a certain value of the bubbles number density, we deduce the relations analogous to the Eddington relation (between the cluster radius and the bubble radius) and the Sciama relation (between the cluster radius and the gravitoacoustic radius) according to Mach’s Principle.
Acoustic Black Hole Generated by a Cluster of Oscillating Bubbles
Authors: Borsos Zoltan , Simaciu Ion , Dumitrescu Gheorghe , Drafta Viorel
Published: May 2022

The paper demonstrates that a liquid becomes inhomogeneous in interaction with an oscillating bubbles cluster. Because the refractive index of the liquid around the cluster has a radial variation, a spherical acoustic lens is generated. Under certain restrictive conditions, the acoustic lens behaves like an acoustic black hole.
Digital Platforms and Competition Policy: A Business-Ethical Assessment
Authors: Wörsdörfer Manuel
Published: May 2022

The debate around ‘big tech’ and competition law and policy has gained traction over the past few years – not least because of the various ongoing antitrust investigations in China, Europe, and the U.S. This paper builds on the renewed interest in the topic and discusses the key characteristics of digital markets, the business models and strategies of major tech platforms such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, and the corresponding antitrust issues. It does so by utilizing a distinct business ethics perspective, i.e., ordoliberalism. By doing so, the paper not only aims to enrich the current debate on big tech and antitrust; it also intends to illustrate the continuing relevance and importance of ‘German neoliberalism’ in the 21st century.
Socially Responsible Consumers – A Trojan Horse of Neoliberalism?
Authors: Thompson Craig , Kumar Ankita
Published: May 2022

Political consumerism is often presented as a viable means against the environmental degradation and socio-economic inequality posed by shareholder capitalism and carbon-intensive consumer lifestyles. The idea is that privatized and voluntary solutions to societal problems by individuals in the role of consumers are preferable to legal, political, and regulatory remedies. However, not all agree that political consumerism will be able to solve our planet’s problems. Critics question whether consumers can be sufficiently mobilized by market-based mechanisms to act as risk managers towards socially beneficial ends and to shape the behavior of large corporations. The in-depth study of the Slow Food Movement suggests that market-mediated approaches need not be condemned in the context of political consumerism. Political consumerism won’t be the savior of our world, but it is one of the many pieces in the puzzle of a more sustainable society.
Good Intentions – Thoughtless Buying Decisions: Understanding and Breaking Barriers to Ethical Consumption
Authors: Reczek Rebecca Walker , Irwin Julie , Zane Danny
Published: May 2022

When shopping for fun products, it is often easy to avoid troublesome information. Consumers use coping strategies to maintain a good mood and avoid the emotional difficulty of thinking about ideas such as labor mistreatment or environmental problems. In addition to not seeking ethical information or misremembering it, consumers also negatively judge others who do not remain willfully ignorant. Companies can act against undesirable short- and long-term effects of consumers’ coping strategies. They can provide information about ethical product aspects right when consumers make their purchase decisions and they can reduce consumers’ effort to collect such information. Also, companies should refrain from comparing more and less ethical consumers. The timing and availability of ethical information are crucial to prevent a vicious cycle. Consumers who make ethical decisions themselves should feel less compelled to think negatively of other ethical consumers, which should encourage them to continue being ethical consumers in the future.
Vegans and Vaccines: A Tale of Competing Identity Goals
Authors: Beverland Michael B.
Published: May 2022

Many vegans feel torn between their personal beliefs about animal exploitation and their desire to protect themselves and loved ones from COVID-19, as well as to act as responsible members of society. The dilemma between being true to vegan values and protection gets even more critical as accessing many of the services that make life worth living may require a vaccine certificate. To be at ease with themselves, consumers with competing identity goals use several strategies. They create their own echo chambers to justify their decision for themselves or they compensate for inconsistent behavior. Organizations can apply certain strategies to help consumers overcome such conflicts and act in desired ways, like taking vaccinations. These strategies include building partnerships with other organizations and further segmenting relevant groups to identify and concentrate on more open sub-groups and convince them with specific and targeted information and materials.
No More Plastic Bags: Overcoming Consumer Resistance to Sustainability Regulation
Authors: Joubert Alison M. , Gonzalez-Arcos Claudia , Scaraboto Daiane , Sandberg Jorgen , Guesalaga Rodrigo
Published: May 2022

Facilitating more sustainable consumer behavior through regulation is often more complex than expected. One way to significantly reduce consumer resistance to sustainability interventions is shifting the focus from changing individual behavior to changing the required social practices. While some consumers find new sense more easily and change their habits without much effort, others get distracted, discouraged and delay acceptance and the reconfiguration of the practice. If, like in our case, plastic bags are removed, consumers expect that retailers provide alternative materials for carrying the purchased goods. At the point of sale, advice for accommodating the change can reduce anger and frustration directed at the new situation and help consumers feel a sense of pride and satisfaction. If the bags are also used for garbage disposal, alternative solutions should be pointed out, and consumers should be informed which concrete contribution the measure can achieve.
Better Product Labels for Better Consumer Choices
Authors: Stoltenberg Birgit , Unfried Matthias , Manewitsch Vladimir
Published: May 2022

One way to support consumers in their decision-making is by using product labels or quality seals. The labels help consumers decide whether products meet their own needs and preferences. As the main function of labels is to highlight product characteristics in a simple and transparent way, designing a label is a big challenge: On the one hand, they have to be concise and allow for easy orientation; on the other hand, they often have to explain complex criteria and information. The study shows that the design of a label has a direct impact on the assessment of a product and on purchasing behavior. To ensure that a label works as intended and produces the desired effects, it should be tested in advance. Both consumer perception and the resulting choices can be tested in practice. If decision biases are observed, the label can still be modified. To fully use the potential of product labels, it is important to know and optimize their effect.
1. Neuro-Psychological Benefits of Music Education
Authors: Iușcă Dorina Geta
Published: May 2022

The importance of music for the development of society and the individual has been proved over time in a variety of educational and cultural situations. The cortical representations of musical functions (such as melody, harmony, absolute pitch, timbre, rhythm, music memory, and music emotions) offer new perspectives on the implications that musical training has on the development of the brain. Multiple studies have showed that musicians exhibit hyper-development of certain areas of their brains and obtain better results when motor skills, visual tasks and music related processing abilities were tested.
3. Genuistico - Evolving Aspects of Sonata II for Violin and Piano, OP. 19, No. 3, by Constantin Silvestri
Authors: Melnic Victoria , Florea Augustina
Published: May 2022

The article addresses the problem of investigating the evolutionary paradigm of the sonata for violin and piano in the Romanian compositional creation of the first half of the twentieth century, analyzing the work of the famous representative of the pleiad of Romanian composers of the Postenescu generation, European personality - Constantin Silvestri. His creation - Sonata II for violin and piano (1939), composed at the end of the interwar period, at the confluence of the ‘30s and’ 40s, revealing a complex emotional and imagistic spectrum, contrasting, generated by the striking antagonism between aspirations to the ideal and ruin of illusions, allegorically transfigures the incandescent atmosphere around World War II. The language of the work presents a stylistic symbiosis distinct from heterogeneous elements: romantic, expressionist, as well as folk resonance.
4. Project “Easter Triptych”
Authors: Naie Lăcrămioara
Published: May 2022

The “Easter Triptych” project was conducted in six annual editions (except for 2020 and 2021 – the years of the Coronavirus Pandemic). It was conceived and achieved in the name and in the spirit of the three important moments in the history of our humanity: Birth, Passion and Joy of the Resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ. This great religious cultural project was attended by important personalities of Iaşi and not only, such as lyrical artists from the Romanian National Opera Iaşi, church persons from the Metropolitan Church of Moldavia and Bukovina, university professors, ethnographers, craftsmen and students. We were joined by Radio Romania Cultural Bucharest, Radio Iasi, TV Iasi, Radio “Trinitas” and “Moldova” National Museum Complex Iasi. With this important project, I also went to Austria, Vienna, to the Romanian Cultural Center and to the Republic of Moldova, to “Alecu Russo” State University Balti. Each edition presented under its generous scope, equally traditions, customs and beliefs firmly established in our soul and conscience as Romanians. The events included moments of musical art: classical musical works (lyrical, instrumental, choral), Christmas carols, Easter songs, religious poems, book launches, exhibitions of decorated eggs from the Bukovina area, exhibitions of icons, crosses, carpets woven in monasteries, ceramic objects from Horezu, wooden sculpture objects and traditional folk costumes. In addition to these, there was a CD: “Easter Triptych”.
5. Methodological Aspects Regarding the Integrity of the Musical-Didactic Activities During the Musical Education Lesson
Authors: Caliga Marina
Published: May 2022

The purpose of the musical art is to give complete knowledge about the world and about oneself. Musical education aims to form the artistic culture of the student, as a component of the spiritual culture. Due to the following fields of activity such as reception of works of art, vocal/choral/instrumental interpretation, creation, and artistic reflection, this type of education is treated as a continuous individual process of personality formation through multiple musical-didactic communication activities with musical art.
6. From Musical Psychology to Husserlian Phenomenology to Schenkerian Analysis
Authors: Rusu Iulian
Published: May 2022

This study is written at the suggestion of Master Octav Calleya, a disciple of Celibidache and Franco Ferrara, who addresses those passionate about Musical Phenomenology and Acoustics. It is not very technical, it is more an introduction to the “roots” of this scientific approach to music imposed by Celibidache, which can be an open gate for those who want to enter this vast universe of knowledge.
7. Franz Joseph Strauss, a Joachim of the Horn
Authors: Gîscă Petrea
Published: May 2022

Franz Joseph Strauss was one of the brightest horns of the 19th century. He was born in Germany and worked all his life in Munich, being a first - horn player, composer, conductor and teacher. As a composer he wrote two concerts for horn and orchestra and several pieces for horn and piano, most of them, the author singing them in the first absolute audition. As a teacher, he participated in the creation of a German horn school, and his studies for natural horn are still valid today. Difficult and sometimes misunderstood by musicians of the time, Franz Strauss remains a landmark in the history of the horn and a legend in the art of horn performance.
9. Conceptual and Praxiological Premises of Musical Education Throughout Life in the Educational Area of the Republic of Moldova
Authors: Cosumov Marina
Published: May 2022

Lifelong learning is characterized by continuity and globalism, involving all levels and types of education. The modern vision of education treats artistic and music education as a continuous individual process of spiritual self-fulfillment of the educated through multiple forms of contact with the arts, these being also ways of reflecting the intimate and external universes of the educated.
10. Summary of Some Aspects of Piano Interpretation in Schubert Sonatas, According to Musical Notation
Authors: Tudor Brîndușa
Published: May 2022

In order to be able to reveal the constructive value and expressive force of Schubert’s piano sonatas, one needs first of all a good edition that rends as precisely as possible the author’s original text, as well the pianist’s skill to bring score to life, therefore managing to transpose in his interpretation the composer’s creative intentions, that are set by using the musical notation. We wish to highlight below some aspects of Schubert’s musical notation regarding dynamics and sonority, sound emitting manners (legato and staccato) and pedalling.
11. Motivation and Creativity in Working with Pop/Rock/Jazz Bands of Secondary and High School Level
Authors: Cojocaru-Spînu Ramona Mariana
Published: May 2022

The national offer of extra-curricular activities started including in the past few years the pop/rock/jazz bands as part of non-formal education, either in institutions like Children’s Palace or in private music schools, as a direct consequence of the manifested interest of the students in this direction. The teachers coordinating secondary and highschool level bands are challenged to find ways to keep the students engaged and motivated for longer periods of time. Student’s motivation is related to their need of being listened to and to be consulted in regards of the decisions that concern the ensemble they belong to and to their image that this activity is a project-based one and requires time, and in this project they can contribute with abilities from other domains. This article suggests some of the key points that can help a band teacher to maintain a high level of motivation in students for a longer time.
12. A Historical View on the Relevance of Music for Society in an Entrepreneurial Approach
Authors: Budoiu Oana Bălan
Published: May 2022

The majority of authors who have studied the phenomenon of cultural entrepreneurship have attempted to demonstrate how market conditions and society in general have the power to shape the performances of artistic products, in terms of economical and community relevance. The entrepreneurial concept is linked to the desire for innovation, for transcending conventional traditional practices and knowledge, by focussing creative interests on the real needs expressed by cultural consumers and audiences of concert halls. This research wishes to provide a synoptic view on the existence of this socio-economic phenomenon throughout music history, and thus to show that professional music has almost always been sensitive towards the needs of society, and has succeeded in remaining useful and productive for long periods of time.
14. Interdisciplinary Approach to Assessing the Acoustic Quality of Violins
Authors: Nauncef Alina Maria , Mihălcică Mircea , Roșca Ioan Călin , Gliga Vasile Ghiorghe , Marc Rodica , Mureșan Cristian
Published: May 2022

The paper presents the interdisciplinary approach to assessing the acoustic quality of violins through a survey addressed to specialists in the field of music - instrumentalists, teachers, artists. Violins with modified geometric parameters in intermediate stages from a technological point of view were investigated, respectively unfinished violins (in white). The aim of the study was to classify the musical instruments heard according to five acoustic criteria considered relevant for violinists. Criteria such as: bright tone, clarity of sounds, warm/silky sound, amplitude of sounds and equal sound on all 4 strings were also established through a survey of artistic impressions among specialists, in a stage prior to the study presented in this article.
1. A Shakespeare Module’s Pedagogical Process in the Vocational Hight Education: Perspectives, Solutions and New Dillemas
Authors: Pădurean Ioana Petcu
Published: May 2022

If in England William Shakespeare’s dramatic work is perceived on the one hand as a tradition and, on the other hand, as a suitable platform for experimentation, in Romania vocational higher education programs in the field of Theater and Performing Arts provide space for practice on Elizabethan dramaturgy. Whether we understand Will’s texts as a compulsory subject, or whether it challenges both the teacher and the student to discover new valences of interpretation, the Shakespeare module is an important milestone in the young artist’s stage training process. A test subject for the performing arts professor, but also a wide range of characteristics that unfolds in front of the student, the Shakespearean universe is viewed by the artist from the inside in order to be successful on stage. Thus felt and rediscovered, the author transforms into a living material, it is a starting point towards a horizon that is discovered by everyone and is, equally, a return to self and recognition, an inexhaustible effect that classical literature has on many generations in a row.
2. Performance in Sports and Art. The Beginnings
Authors: Leșe Ana-Cristina , Minea Raluca
Published: May 2022

The topic we are referring to has been debated on various occasions, but our approach aims on one hand the importance of physical exercises and their impact on a category of students, namely those in higher art education system, and on the other hand brings to attention some age-related changes, namely the succession of forms corresponding to the functional changes in time of our body. The period of evolution within this context corresponds to the growth stage up to 20 years. The growth and development of the musculoskeletal system in length, width and depth alternate according to a specific rhythm that allows periods of division. Thus, there are periods of growth in human life, mainly in terms of width and periods of growth in height, which alternate once at 3 or 4 years.

Seeveral chronicles and statistics prove that young people’s body with good physical condition has withstood the hardships of life in a much higher ratio than those who are not in fit. We know very well that a harmonious body is a preventative medicine against diseases and a body accustomed to physical exercises gives teenagers an extra dose of protection. According to the American Heart Association, physical inactivity increases the risk of stroke and amplifies other risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as: obesity, high blood pressure, LDL cholesterol (“bad”) and diabetes.

This topic is all the more important as it’s about student artists who face certain problems related to the development of the human body under the conditions imposed by a profession, many of them being forced to adopt certain body positions for a long time either in front of the easel or with the violin in their hand, or on scaffolding, on mural or restoration sites. In fact, we have raised these issues in other articles and also at some symposium communications. We want to contribute to the training of young artists through the recommendations and programs provided in anatomy and sports culture so that this information is understandable and, at the same time, becomes a decision-maker in psycho-physical and, implicitly, in professional development.
3. Contemporary Challenges in Arts Education the Challenges of Here and Now
Authors: Bilic Laura
Published: May 2022

In our time, the theater has greatly expanded in scope to include education, personal development, and sometimes therapy. With its novel stage installations, it has penetrated into the realm of the visual arts and, since the covid-19 pandemic, into the virtual environment. As such, the Actor’s Art has inherently been subject to change. Drama schools no longer seek to train masters but to guide and to facilitate the discovery or the definition of each artist’s unique individuality, creativity, and personality.
5. Artistic Expressiveness - Exhaustive Component in the Teaching-Learning Process for “Dance” Specialty Students
Authors: Talpă Svetlana , Vacarciuc Mariana
Published: May 2022

The given paper elucidates one of the main professional skills of a dancer / performer - artistic expressiveness. Following the analysis of several studies in the field of choreographic art dedicated to expressiveness and methods of its development in choreographic creation, the concept of expressiveness is revealed by defining it in different types of art, cultural studies, philosophy, etc. The most complex description of the component of artistic expressiveness is present in classical, folk and modern dance, where the conditions of its formation and development are exposed in the practical classes of classical, folk and modern dance. The stated issue was researched in a study was conducted over three years of university studies at cycle I (Bachelor).
3. Interactivity as Artistic Mediation System. Installation and Participative Projects
Authors: Nae Oana Maria
Published: May 2022

The first official step toward active participation and interaction was made by John Cage, Allan Kaprow, George Brecht, and other artists connected to the happening and Fluxus movements from 1950-1960. Since than the conceptual art maximizes the importance given to the shape and interaction as an artistic product. Essentially, the installations named environmental art bring before the visitor of the exhibition, the viewer, the entire sensory experience, more than the canvas centered on a “neutral” wall or on isolated objects on a pedestal. Analyzing some of this art works we discover that the installations leave the space and time in their usual size with a desire to highlight and understand the experience in a critical manner. This involves dissolving the border between art and life. These interactive installations have been succeeded in the next decade of participatory projects which supported the idea of reflection on the relationship of the individual with technology and the others, but also explored it with other resources, even more direct.
4. Object and Objecthood in Post-Minimal Sculpture
Authors: Vereștiuc Mihai
Published: May 2022

In this material, we analyse the way in which a paradigmatic period for the evolution of art and sculpture as we see it today, the years 1960-1970, shaped the contemporary perception of the visual arts, in terms of reconnecting a spiritual approach and the art manifestation and perceptibility. The theme allows a radiographic introspection into the visual expressions, the diversity of materials, techniques, artistic and aesthetic solutions. The main goal is to facilitate the understanding of the mechanisms that led to nowadays perceptions of art (and of sculpture, as the main vehicle of operating with objectual and space). As most of the minimalist and post-minimalist sculpture orientations can be analysed though the perspective of various prominent artists or researchers such as Donald Judd and Hal Foster, we also assist to major shifts in institutionalizing anti-aesthetic or less-traditional art movements.
5. From an Exhibition Gallery to a Space for Contemporary Art Projects. Aparte Gallery of Unage Iași
Authors: Soreanu Cătălin , German Lavinia
Published: May 2022

This research aims to analyze the exhibitions activity of the Aparte Gallery of “George Enescu” National University of the Arts in Iași, from 2005 to 2020, respectively artistic projects created by students, teachers or guest artists of the Faculty of Visual Arts and Design. The multitude of artistic events formats includes exhibitions, workshops, conferences, book launches, residencies, bachelor and dissertation exams, and highlights the versatility of the gallery that has evolved, over time, into a real space of contemporary artistic projects, which encourages the artistic research and experiment in all FAVD’s specializations. The aim of the research is to relate the diversity of the artistic event formats, their thematics and mediatic variety, within the institutional context of university art education.
6. Design – Synthesis Phenomenon: Art, Science and Technology
Authors: Florea Eleonora
Published: May 2022

In the nineteenth century, the century of electricity and railways, radio and cinema, in the process of vertiginous technical progress, within the industrial civilization, appears a new phenomenon of creative, artistic and scientific activity – design. It gave birth to a “way of industrial thinking”, oriented towards creating useful and functional objects, but at the same time able to delight the eye with their beauty without recurring to ornament and decoration effects.
7. The Relevance of Art Criticism in Aesthetic Reception of Artworks
Authors: Ștefănescu Mirela
Published: May 2022

One of the most important tests through which the cultural vitality of an artistic community can be examined is art criticism. Art criticism has the role of analysis, interpretation and evaluation of artworks, having important responsibilities to the public interested in the visual artistic phenomenon and also to the evolution of artistic taste. The comments of art critics have managed to provoke public debates on art-related issues or have effectively contributed to the reception and promotion of artworks. The art critic creates a connection between the artworks exhibited in galleries or museums and the public who appreciate the aesthetic value of the works, in terms of explaining the context and the artistic phenomenon, so as to outline the communication between artists, critics and viewers, from the perspective of dynamics of new structures and forms of visual expression. In this context, the public formed through the visual education can be prepared and opened in receiving the aesthetic message of artworks.
1. Cultural Dimensions of Learning - Teachers’ Cultural Skills
Authors: Rusu Marinela
Published: May 2022

Current demographic changes are increasingly raising the issue of appropriate changes in the educational process as well. This paper brings into question a new imperative in current education: the teaching curriculum and educators must find ways to meet the needs of students with a wide range of experiences, skills and interests. Understanding the ways in which cultural specificity influences the educational context, opens the way for better communication between teachers and students. Teachers need to understand not only how culture influences student behavior, but also how it influences their own perceptions and behaviors. Like students, teachers reflect in their classroom attitudes preferences, perceptions, abilities, and expectations that specifically shape their communication. Teachers often question culture, viewing it as a limitation of the student. Students who overcome their culture succeed. Students who do not want to make this adjustment fail. Teachers rarely reflect on their own prejudices or the limitations of their pedagogical practices. Instead of placing full responsibility on students, we propose that teachers, regardless of their cultural heritage, increase their cultural competence so that they can be better prepared to facilitate students’ learning. This perspective may seem difficult and threatening, but an honest and careful examination can also be rewarding.
2. Applied Teaching Strategies during the Covid 19 Pandemic
Authors: Jitaru Oana , Anghel Ona Ionica , Axinte Roxana
Published: May 2022

The crisis generated by the Covid 19 pandemic strongly influenced personal experiences, but also professional ones. For pre-university and university education in Romania, the transfer to the virtual environment of teaching activities has been a challenge for the design and efficient development of education. This paper presents the results of a qualitative study based on the method of the semi-structured interview, on the teaching strategies and methods that teachers applied in the online school, conducted between November 2020 and June 2021. The aim of the research is to identify teacher adaptation strategies to the requirements of the online school environment and the teaching methods used by them in working with pupils and students. The objectives were: to gather the difficulties encountered by teachers in working with pupils / students, to identify ways to adapt teaching methods to the new educational context, to highlight the benefits that teachers found in the new way of organizing. We set out to find out the extent to which teachers practiced emergency remote teaching or online teaching based on interactivity. The research group consists of teachers from primary, secondary, high school and university in Iasi. The paper militates for the valorisation of a new pedagogy built on the strengths of digital educational platforms and having as central dimension interactivity.
4. The Ways of Artistically Gifted Children’s Identification in Primary Education
Authors: Bularga Tatiana , Avram Alina Ionela
Published: May 2022

The article is dedicated to the problem of giftedness’ identification in the educational process. The principal motivation for this thesis is the lack of pedagogical technologies which ensure the effective identification of gifted children and the unsounding of education practice in the development of musical talent where the first step must be treated its effective and objective identification. Has been proved the pedagogical prospect for practice implication, which combines a sequence of giftedness’ abilities.
5. Implicit Theories of Intelligence and School Performance. A Systematic Review
Authors: Vechiu Adina-Petronela , Popa Nicoleta Laura
Published: May 2022

The aim of this paper was to shed a light upon the relationships between implicit theories of intelligence and school performance through a systematic review approach, which mainly used empirical studies on the connections between these constructs. In the first section of this review, we synthesized the necessary theoretical marks for understanding the concepts mentioned above, we analysed definitions, as well as models of implicit theories of intelligence, referring to the relevance for the educational field. Then, there is also an analysis on empirical studies in the international literature that addresses the central concepts of the paper in an educational context and a systematic review of the relationships between implicit theories of intelligence and school performance. The last section contains the final conclusions, the limits of this systematic review and future research directions.
6. Challenges of Covid-19 Pandemics, on-line Teaching within Vocational Higher Education for Hearing-Impaired Students
Authors: Gavrilean Bogdan Teodor
Published: May 2022

Given the occurrence of the Covid-19 pandemics, the art teaching process within the higher education system had to incorporate the on-line experienc, with the help of dedicated software platforms. This paper proposes a solution for making remote teaching more effective for hearing-impaired students, so that they may have access to the oral explanations of the teaching staff, given the circumstances of the lack of linguistic IT support for the Romanian language in the dedicated software for PCs.
7. Use of Art and Expression Through Art as a Way to Educate and Prepare Young People for the Professions of the Future
Authors: Brustureanu Cornelia
Published: May 2022

Decision-makers in the field of education have always faced questions about the purpose of school and education. Is education meant to develop intellectual capacity, or does it have the role of developing skills and competences, of preparing the workforce for a constantly changing economy? The current discourse in education focuses on the adoption of standards, but they will matter less in a cyber world, in which, much more important will be the way of using the information. This study includes the role of art in education, focusing on how arts education could provide a way to adapt to this ever-changing environment, more energy, flexibility and confidence. Education for tomorrow does not mean limiting learning only to the assimilation of basic knowledge, through art or any other form of learning, but to how we can invest more closely and more carefully in the role that creativity can and should play in the training and preparation of young people.
8. Methods of Formation of Personal Qualities and Skills of Social Pedagogues’ Communicative Interaction by Means of Information System of Piece of Art
Authors: Lokareva Galina , Vasylchenko Olena
Published: May 2022

The issue of communicative interaction of future social pedagogues is one of the crucial problems of higher education as it is the basic condition for effective realization of their professional activity in the social sphere.The aim of the article is to describe the methods of using a piece of art with its information content in order to form future social pedagogues’ personal qualities and skills of their communication. Thissubject was on the focus in the second half of the last century and then the scientific interest in the problem almost disappeared. But it has been proposed in the article that information system of art can be usedas a means of forming communication skills by developing students’ abilities to solve psychological problems of the client and their own ones through the analysis and forecasting of complex social and psychological situations depicted in the works. Artistic and aesthetic information is presented in the pocess of future specialists’ training as didactic material to develop the skillsof active listeningand abilities to penetrate into client’s inner world, stimulate his/her emotional state through certain types of information in the piece of art.This methodology was implemented in the educational process of Zaporizhzhya National University and its content and results have been presented in the article.
9. Teacher Training in Arts Education in France (Contemporary Challenges in Arts Education)
Authors: Apostu Liliana Isabela , Apalaghie Dan
Published: May 2022

Music education or education through music, a means of emancipation of new generations. To what extent can the education of future teachers be directly responsible for the ideals of tomorrow’s multicultural society ? This article aims to open up a vision of education, a solution among solutions, based on the development of a curriculum centered around the values of equality and equity, around the principles of freedom and secularism. The intellectual preparation and training of future education professionals is a process of continuous transformation, adaptation and multidisciplinary transversal training, in which the Common Core is the common stem of knowledge and skills needed to educate teachers and students at the same time.
11. Music and Engineering - A New Paradigm of Arts and Engineering Education
Authors: Stanciu Mariana Domnica , Nauncef Alina Maria , Crețu Constantin Nicolae , Câmpean Mihaela , Roșca Ioan Călin , Dinulică Florin , Cerbu Camelia , Mihălcică Mircea , Gliga Vasile Ghiorghe , Savin Adriana , Nastac Silviu Marian
Published: May 2022

The paper presents the interdisciplinary approach of two fields - the artistic (musical) and technical (forestry engineering, wood processing engineering, mechanical and physical engineering) apparently opposite but which can be happily exploited for both parties. Thus, we can speak of a new paradigm of education through which art can combine with the technical sciences for the benefit of all. The aim of the paper is to present experimental methods in mechanical and acoustic evaluation of violins from engineering and artistic perspectives. The presented results are part of a larger study carried out within an experimental demonstration research project.
Palynological Analysis of Surface Sediments in a High Arctic Pond, Revealing Desmids as Indicators of Wetlands and Climate Change
Authors: Singh Vartika , Barinova Sophia
Published: May 2022

This is a first attempt to study the palynological remains from the surface sediments of a pond near the Kongsfjorden coast in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway. The palynomorphs display a high relative abundance of desmids, Cladocera, thecamoebians, chironomids, and fungal remains inherent to the inland aquatic ecosystem. The Cosmarium indicators characterize water as neutral pH, fresh, mesotrophic, without organic pollution, Class 2 of Water Quality as in wetlands with coastal vegetation. The single procedure of palynological analysis excluding the acetolysis step, and bioindicators allows us to perceive the basic framework of the ecosystem, consisting of in-situ and transported remains. This approach could be effectively used for paleoenvironmental reconstructions in High Arctic Regions.
Diversity and Ecology of Non-Diatom Algae in a Swampy Mountain Lake of the Suntar-Khayat Ridge (Republic Sakha, Yakutia, Russia)
Authors: Kopyrina Liubov , Pshennikova Elena , Barinova Sophia
Published: May 2022

The first studied flora of a mountain lake on the Suntar-Khayat ridge was represented by 170 species of non-diatoms in addition to 112 previously studied diatoms. The calculated similarity indices, correlation analysis and bioindication showed the uniqueness of the non-diatom flora, dominated by charophytes in general and species of the genera Cosmarium and Closterium. The results of the study of flora suggest that the altitude and the lake location in the zone of the Arctic deserts were major factors that affected the process of formation of the unique species composition.
A Review of Current Knowledge on Parasites of Non-Indigenous Fish Species in the Inland Waters of Turkey
Authors: Innal Deniz , Stavrescu-Bedivan Mala-Maria
Published: May 2022

The parasite fauna of alien fish species living in the new habitats has rarely been investigated and there is still poor information about this topic.

This research not only provides a thorough list of parasite taxa found in non-indigenous fish species in Turkey, but it highlights the risk of infection for both native and alien ichthyofauna.

With respect of native range, exotic fishes imported into Turkey have been found to be hosts for parasities from Eurasian, Asian, and North American origins, respectively.
Research of an Influence of a Traffic Flow Movement Intensity Change on the Possibility of Nonstop Passage of the Traffic Lights Objects
Authors: Mazyliuk Pavlo , Sitovskyi Oleg , Prentkovskis Olegas , Dembitskyi Valerii , Murovanyi Igor , Bulik Yurii
Published: May 2022

There were examined the problems of passage of the regulated parts of a road. There were investigated the changes of a traffic movement intensity in Lutsk (Ukraine) during the spread of Covid-19 pandemic. The graphic dependences of the drivers’ actions estimation while passing the traffic lights objects on a chosen movement route at the beginning of quarantine measures, during the least movement intensity and at the increasing of movement intensity, were obtained. A method of increasing of a possibility of the traffic lights objects nonstop passage was offered.
Predicting Australia’s Domestic Airline Passenger Demand using an Anfis Approach
Authors: Srisaeng Panarat , Baxter Glenn
Published: May 2022

The forecasting of future airline passenger demand is critical task for airline management. The objective of the present study was to develop an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) for predicting Australia’s domestic airline passenger demand. The ANFIS model was trained, tested, and validated in the study. Sugeno fuzzy rules were used in the ANFIS structure and Gaussian membership function, and linear membership functions were also developed. The hybrid learning algorithm and the subtractive clustering partition method were used to generate the optimum ANFIS models. The results found that the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) for the overall data set of the ANFIS model was 3.25% demonstrating that the ANFIS model has high predictive capabilities. The ANFIS model could be used in other domestic air travel markets.
Social Distance Evaluation in Transportation Systems and Other Public Spaces using Deep Learning
Authors: Guerrieri Marco , Parla Giuseppe
Published: May 2022

This research put forward an efficacious real-time deep learning-based technique to automate the process of monitoring the social distancing in transportation systems (e.g., bus stops, railway stations, airport terminals, etc.) and other public spaces with the purpose to mitigate the impact of coronavirus pandemic. The proposed technique makes use of the YOLOv3 model to segregate humans from the background of each image of a surveillance video and the linear Kalman filter for tracking the humans’ motion even in case in which another object or person overlaps the trajectory of the person under analysis. The performance of the model in human detection is extremely high as demonstrated by the accuracy of the model that reaches values higher than 95%. The detection algorithm can be applied for alerting people to keep a safe distance from each other when they are in crowded places or in groups.