bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Excise policy of the tsarist government in the Transcaucasian region in the second half of the XIX – early XX century
Authors:   Dagestan State University, Almaz M. Ismailovа
Published: March 2023

The article is devoted to the study of the excise policy of Russia in the Transcaucasian region, the degree of its impact on the economic development of the region under study. The purpose of the study is to consider the amount of excise revenues contributed to the Russian treasury from vari-ous industries of the Transcaucasian Region and to determine the degree of its impact on the eco-nomic development of the region under study. Based on the study, generalization and review of archival materials and pre–revolutionary sources, an attempt is made to identify the features of the excise policy of the tsarist government in the second half of the XIX – early XX century in the studied region. The tasks related to introducing excise duty in the oil, tobacco, drinking and other industries are disclosed, analyzed and summarized. It is concluded that the excise policy was of great importance not only for replenishing the Russian treasury, it also had a significant impact on the development of various industries in the region under study.
Review of the collection «100 years of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Archival chronicle. – Nalchik: Publishing house M. and V. Kotlyarovs, 2022. 384 pp. + 80 pp. on»
Authors:   Kabardian-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexey Kh. Abazov
Published: March 2023

The overview of the collection “100 years of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Archival Chroni-cle“, published by the KBR Archival Service in 2022 as part of the Documents Testify project and dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the statehood of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. The paper includes 329 archival documents and 169 photographs on the history of the republic from 1922 to 2022. A description of the documents placed in the collection is given: regulatory legal acts and records of state authorities of the KBR (KBAO, KBASSR) in the field of national-state construc-tion, the creation and activities of educational and scientific institutions, the organization of health care and the cultural and leisure sphere, the main trends in the development of enterprises of the agricultural and industrial complex, documents with elements of statistical generalization, correspondence about the most significant events in the region’s history, etc. The documents of the appendix of the collection are described, which contains photographic illustrative material, information about the heroes of the Soviet Union, the heroes of Socialist Labor, full holders of the Order of Glory, and holders of the Order of Labor Glory. Attention is drawn to the fact that the publication is addressed to a wide range of researchers: historians, local historians, journalists, writers, students and schoolchildren, as well as everyone who is interested in the history of the peoples of Kabardino-Balkaria.
The political elite of the North Caucasus during the revolution and civil war: plans and implemen-tation of political concepts
Authors:   Northwest Branch of the Russian State University of Justice, Vladimir B. Lobanov
Published: March 2023

The article handles the problems associated with modern Russian historiography devoted to the Revolution and the Civil War on the territory of the Terek and Dagestan regions in 1917-1921. Some argue the post-Soviet period provided Russian historians with a unique opportunity to ex-plore previously little-studied topics related to administrative-territorial and national-state chang-es in the Terek-Dagestan region, with the history of the Cossacks and their participation in the an-ti-Bolshevik movement on the Terek. Historians also pay close attention to the study of issues re-lated to the activities of the mountain liberal social movement, the influence of Islamists on revo-lutionary events in the region. It is concluded that the Russian historiography of the revolutionary period in the North Caucasus is experiencing a flourishing period; this topic attracts the attention of not only North Caucasian historians but also researchers from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Yekate-rinburg.
Pelatihan Penulisan Modul Bagi Dosen FKM Undana
Authors: Marni
Published: March 2023

Dalam rangka meningkatkan mutu pelayanan dosen khususnya Tridarma perguruan tinggi diperlukan pengakuan kinerja sehingga dosen yang bersangkutan dapat meningkatkan kinerjanya.
Presentan Poster Pada Konferensi Nasional Promosi Kesehatan ke 7
Authors: Marni
Published: March 2023

Dalam rangka meningkatkan mutu pelayanan dosen khususnya Tridarma perguruan tinggi diperlukan pengakuan kinerja sehingga dosen yang bersangkutan dapat meningkatkan kinerjanya.
SK Dekan No. 02 Tahun 2019
Authors: Marni
Published: March 2023

Dalam rangka meningkatkan mutu pelayanan dosen khususnya Tridarma perguruan tinggi diperlukan pengakuan kinerja sehingga dosen yang bersangkutan dapat meningkatkan kinerjanya.
SK Dekan FST No.02 Tahun 2011
Authors: SIANTURI HERY LEO
Published: March 2023

Dalam rangka meningkatkan mutu pelayanan dosen khususnya Tridarma perguruan tinggi diperlukan pengakuan kinerja sehingga dosen yang bersangkutan dapat meningkatkan kinerjanya.
PPM No. 386
Authors: Marni
Published: March 2023

Dalam rangka meningkatkan mutu pelayanan dosen khususnya Tridarma perguruan tinggi diperlukan pengakuan kinerja sehingga dosen yang bersangkutan dapat meningkatkan kinerjanya.
Pelatihan Auditor Untuk Audit Mutu Internal PT
Authors: Marni
Published: March 2023

Dalam rangka meningkatkan mutu pelayanan dosen khususnya Tridarma perguruan tinggi diperlukan pengakuan kinerja sehingga dosen yang bersangkutan dapat meningkatkan kinerjanya.
Peserta Webinar Academic Writing Series II
Authors: Marni
Published: March 2023

Dalam rangka meningkatkan mutu pelayanan dosen khususnya Tridarma perguruan tinggi diperlukan pengakuan kinerja sehingga dosen yang bersangkutan dapat meningkatkan kinerjanya.
The Economic Burden of Air Pollution’s Health Impact. Evaluating Single Businesses Value Chains on a Global Scale
Authors: Singh Rahul , Ravi Anupam , Gastaldi Chiara , Sukhdev Pavan
Published: March 2023

Air pollution is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Since air pollution tends to concentrate around theemission point, its precise geographical assessment is particularly important. With the present work, we proposea new method to assess the impacts of any company’s emissions on human health and the economy. We addressthe challenge of discovering, measuring, and managing the risks associated with externalities from air emissions.The methodology is accessible via the online tool for companies (Impact Valuation Engine). Our method allowsspatially explicit analysis of the local impacts for each individual asset of the company; the outputs are specificat a resolution of 0.5° × 0.5°. For financial institutions, we provide the aggregated impacts embedded in theirinvestment portfolios. Our analysis can help financial institutions reduce the overall footprint of their portfolios,meet sustainable investment targets, and comply with current regulations such as Sustainable Finance DisclosureRegulation and European Union Taxonomy.
Widespread Wood Placement and Regrading Drive Lateral Connectivity and Reworking of the Channel and Floodplain in a Valley Bottom Reset to Stage 0
Authors: Scott Daniel
Published: March 2023

Valley bottom process reset, or the excavation of high surfaces and fill of incised channels combined with large wood addition, is a new method for creating multi-channel river-wetland corridors (also referred to as Stage 0 valley bottoms). Valley bottom process reset seeks to increase lateral flow and sediment connectivity to retain flow and sediment and kickstart geomorphic processes that may sustain aquatic and riparian habitat. This anthropogenic intervention provides an opportunity to examine relationships among wood-induced hydraulic roughness, valley bottom topography, and geomorphic processes such as overbank flow and sediment transport, avulsion, sediment retention, and pool scour. Here, I present a 6-year case study of a two-phase valley bottom process reset along Deer Creek, OR indicates that kickstarting processes that reshape the floodplain requires a substantial increase in roughness and hydrologic connectivity. A first phase of construction enhanced hydrologic but not sediment connectivity, largely failing to kickstart avulsion and floodplain reworking even during a likely 2- to 5-year recurrence interval flood. A second, more intensive phase of construction substantially reduced the threshold flow necessary for overbank flow and incision of floodplain reworking, as evidenced by the occurrence of these processes after only a < 2-year recurrence interval flood. During this flood, a spatially distributed wood lattice rearranged into discrete jams that scoured pools, retained sediment, and drove geomorphically effective overbank flows. While valley bottom regrading likely contributed to these geomorphic effects, the spatial correlation between newly incised floodplain channels and areas of wood aggregation indicates a substantial role of wood-induced hydraulic roughness and channel blockage. Wood drove floodplain reworking via two mechanisms: in-channel wood jams backwatered and constructed flow into the floodplain, and small wood jams formed in the floodplain forest further constricted flow through nascent channels to facilitate channel incision.
Reconciling fast and slow cooling during planetary formation as recorded in the main group pallasites
Authors: Murphy Quinlan Maeve , Walker Andrew , Davies Chris
Published: March 2023

Pallasite meteorites contain evidence for vastly different cooling timescales: rapid cooling at high temperatures (K/yrs) and slow cooling at lower temperatures (K/Myrs). Pallasite olivine also shows contrasting textures ranging from well-rounded to angular and fragmental, and some samples record chemical zoning. Previous pallasite formation models have required fortuitous changes to the parent body in order to explain these contrasting timescales and textures, including late addition of a megaregolith layer, impact excavation, or parent body break-up and recombination. We investigate the timescales recorded in Main Group Pallasite meteorites with a coupled multiscale thermal diffusion modelling approach, using a 1D model of the parent body and a 3D model of the metal-olivine intrusion region, to see if these large-scale changes to the parent body are necessary. We test a range of intrusion volumes and aspect ratios, metal-to-olivine ratios, and initial temperatures for both the background mantle and the intruded metal. We find that the contrasting timescales, textural heterogeneity, and preservation of chemical zoning can all occur within one simple ellipsoidal segment of an intrusion complex. These conditions are satisfied in 13% of our randomly generated models (2200 model runs), with small intrusion volumes (with a mean radius ≲100 m) and colder background mantle temperatures (≲1200 K) favourable. Large rounded olivine can be explained by a previous intrusion of metal into a hotter mantle, suggesting possible repeated bombardment of the parent body. We speculate that the formation of pallasitic zones within planetesimals may have been a common occurrence in the early Solar System, as our model shows that favourable pallasite conditions can be accommodated in a wide range of intrusion morphologies, across a wide range of planetesimal mantle temperatures, without the need for large-scale changes to the parent body. We suggest that pallasites represent a late stage of repeated injection of metal into a cooling planetesimal mantle, and that heterogeneity observed in micro-scale rounding or chemical zoning preservation in pallasite olivine can be explained by diverse cooling rates in different regions of a small intrusion.
Has Tropical Cyclone Disaster Risk Increased in Bangladesh: Retrospective Analysis of Storm Information, Disaster Statistics, and Mitigation Measures
Authors: Islam Md.
Published: March 2023

Tropical cyclone (TC) disaster risk has likely increased in Bangladesh since the beginning of the 21st century. It is primarily due to the cumulative impact of rising coastal exposures such as population, insufficient funding to address disaster risks, and ineffective utilization of century-old early warning signals for TC. From 2000 to 2020, the average number of people affected by a Category 1–2 TC (according to Saffir Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) was 3.18 million, representing a 28.91% increase from the average reported during 1979–1999. Moreover, the past two decades have witnessed a staggering 69.83% of all TC-induced disasters, and with the exception of Chattogram, all coastal districts have seen a rise in the number of TC disasters. Notably, the frequency of TCs and meteorological trends, which remain relatively constant over time, cannot account for either the size of the affected population or the number of TC-related disasters reported at the sub-national level. During 2000–2013, roughly 67% of the disaster management budget was provided by foreign and humanitarian aid, and a significant funding gap was observed during major TC disasters, such as TC Sidr in 2007. Our findings also suggest that the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) tends to issue higher levels of warnings irrespective of the intensity and potential hazard of a TC, which may have contributed to a reduction in the fatality rate in recent years. However, there is a growing concern that this approach may lead to an emerging type of TC disaster risk, where people may start to disregard the warnings due to their perceived lack of credibility.
Relations Between Achievement Goals and Academic Dishonesty in Undergraduate Students: A Two-Wave Prospective Survey Study and Moderator Analyses
Authors: Fritz Tanja Marie , Cruz Hernán González , Rudert Selma Carolin , Janke Stefan , Daumiller Martin
Published: March 2023

Although students’ achievement goals have been linked to academic dishonesty, more re-search is needed to clarify mixed findings and identify contextual factors that may influ-ence these linkages. We therefore conducted a longitudinal study to investigate prospective associations between students’ achievement goals and academic dishonesty (exam cheating and plagiarism) while examining the explanatory power of situational and personal moder-ators (academic and cheating self-efficacy, injunctive and descriptive norms, justifying at-titudes). We surveyed 856 German undergraduate students twice within two consecutive semesters. Performance (appearance) approach and work-avoidance goals were positively linked to plagiarism, while only performance (appearance) approach goals mattered for ex-am cheating. Cheating self-efficacy, descriptive norms and justifying attitudes had main ef-fects on both exam cheating and plagiarism above and beyond the effects of the achieve-ment goals, but they did not moderate the goals’ effects. Taken together, our findings add to the achievement goal – academic dishonesty literature with a fine-grained perspective on goals and corroborate and extent existing knowledge on situational and personal influences on academic dishonesty.
Momentary self-views as composed of self-esteem, self-concept clarity, and self-efficacy: Development of a 6-item scale
Authors: Majeed Nadyanna M. , Chua Yi Jing , Lua Verity , Hartanto Andree
Published: March 2023

An individual’s view of themselves is multifaceted; they may have affective views (e.g., “I like who I am”), views about their behavioural competencies (e.g., “I am able to complete tasks given to me”), and cognitive views or self-knowledge (e.g., “I have a clear sense of who I am”). In psychological literature, these three facets of self-views have traditionally been separately studied as self-esteem, self-efficacy, and self-concept clarity. Existing empirical work has suggested that these three constructs are intercorrelated, while still having distinct associations with other constructs such as life satisfaction, motivation, and social outcomes (e.g., DeMarree & Bobrowski, 2017; Lamont et al., 2019). Thus, the current work proposes that the three constructs form related but distinct facets of overarching self-views, or the beliefs that an individual holds about themselves. This framework would be beneficial to both theory and practice; researchers benefit from distilling and untangling the relationships between the three self-view facets and other outcomes in order to reveal more accurate and nuanced patterns, while practitioners benefit from knowing which facet(s) would be the best targets for training and intervention in clinical and organisational settings. The aim of the current work was thus to develop a short self-views measure that captures the three constituent facets, building upon existing established measures of self- esteem, self-concept clarity, and self-efficacy. Invariance of the proposed measure across sexes was also tested to confirm that the measure would hold consistent across both male and female respondents. As an exploratory extension, males and females were compared in terms of the three facets themselves to examine if mean levels of the three facets or patterns of associations between the three facets would vary by sex.
No evidence of association between autism spectrum quotient and spontaneous mental time travel in a general adult sample performing an online vigilance task
Authors: Shevchenko Jennifer , Arnold Megan , Clayton McClure J. Helgi
Published: March 2023

Evidence supports the dissociation of voluntary and spontaneous routes to past and future thinking, collectively referred to as mental time travel (MTT). If the diminished voluntary MTT ability found in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is attributable to a deficit in constructive/generative processes not necessary for spontaneous MTT, ASD traits (Autism Quotient score) in a general adult sample should not be related to total spontaneous thoughts, probability of past or future thoughts, or probability of spatiotemporally specific thoughts during an undemanding vigilance task. Results supported this hypothesis: AQ was not associated with total spontaneous thoughts and did not significantly predict the other measures. This is the first study to explore spontaneous MTT in relation to ASD traits, further supporting the argument that voluntary MTT may be compromised in ASD due to reliance on constructive/generative processes and reinforcing the notion of dissociable cognitive routes to MTT.
Evaluation of Nail Psoriasis: Delving into Some Useful Scores
Authors: Agrawal Sudha , Khare Shikha
Published: March 2023

Introduction: Several scoring systems have been established for nail psoriasis severity assessment. However, there is a lack of consensus on these tools.
Objectives: To evaluate the nail changes in psoriasis patients and to correlate the severity of nail findings by Nail Psoriasis Severity Index (NAPSI) and modified NAPSI (m-NAPSI) scores.
Material and Methods: Three hundred and seventy consecutive adult psoriatic patients were studied to describe the pattern of nail changes with its frequency and the findings were compared with data collected on age-and gender-matched 150 control subjects to determine which of the observed features are psoriasis disease-specific nail changes. The nail severity was assessed by NAPSI and m-NAPSI scores and correlated. 
Results: Nail signs included in NAPSI were more commonly seen in psoriatic patients as compared to healthy controls and it was statistically significant. Beau’s line was also found more in patients as compared to controls. None of the cases and controls had red spots in the lunula, and leukonychia was comparatively common in the controls. There was a strong and significant correlation found between NAPSI and m-NAPSI (r=0.916). Fingernails had a stronger correlation as compared to toenails between NAPSI and m-NAPSI (r=0.920 vs. r=0.877; p<0.001).
Conclusions: m-NAPSI may be considered to measure the degree of nail changes however leukonychia and a red spot in the lunula could be removed and Beau’s line could be added as further modification of m-NAPSI.
A Consolidated Effort for Marketing in Commercial Banks
Authors: Koirala Parashar
Published: March 2023

Commercial banks in Nepal still appear to be biased towards the traditional practices for the attraction of potential customers. Meeting the needs of potential customers in the 21st century with the knowledge and training of 20th century is a difficult task. Changes in the marketing strategy within a traditional working structure and system have led the banks towards increasing the non-performing loan (NPL). As every sub-system is a part of a system, a small mistake on the loan disbursement process reflects its implication on the loan recovery process. Hence, a new system in loan disbursement and a loan recovery process makes the bank more effective in its operations. In the new system, all the parties involved in decision-making process should be made responsible to their functions and they need to be penalized accordingly if they fail to promote healthy growth of the banking system.
Verification of Causality through VAR and Intervention Analysis: Econometric Modeling on Budget Deficit and Trade Deficit in Nepal
Authors: Acharya Shankar Prasad
Published: March 2023

Direction of causality between budget deficit and trade deficit, which is popularly known as Twin Deficit Hypothesis (TDH), has been tested in this paper covering the period 1964-2004. Stationarity, co-integration, and error correction tests have been performed as fundamental groundwork on real-term datasets. Datasets are found to be stationary at first difference. Long-run relationship (cointegration) among model variables is found at first difference. Long-run stability has been supported since short-run dynamics indicated converging pattern. Residual tests and conventional Granger Causality tests suggested trade deficit has been Granger Caused by the budget deficit. This initial gesticulation has further been reinforced by the vector autoregressive (VAR) modeling and intervention analysis (impulse response function and variance decomposition) also as it has reconfirmed unidirectional causality from budget deficit to trade deficit indicating need of a policy revisit regarding efficient public expenditure management, export-led growth and strategic capital formation with the help of revised fiscal, monetary and financial policies in the present globalization context.
Modelling and Forecasting Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth in Nepal
Authors: Kharel Ram Sharan
Published: March 2023

This paper develops a macroeconomic forecasting model focusing on fiscal policy and economic growth in Nepal. The structure of the model, which comprises a total of 14 equations, allows alternative policy options for maintaining fiscal stability and promoting economic growth as well as switching deficit financing between domestic and foreign loans. We use annual data from 1992/93 to 2009/10 to estimate the model and provide out-sample forecasts for 2010/11 to 2012/13, consistent with the current Three Year Plan period, in order to evaluate the plan performance. The empirical evidence suggests that fiscal policy, particularly governments' capital expenditure affects economic growth positively and also crowds-in private investment. However, there exists a trade-off between fiscal stability and high level of economic growth as the policy goal of achieving both objectives seems to be unattainable. Finally, the out-sample forecast suggests that it is unlikely to attain the targeted economic growth in the Three Year Plan period from the planned fiscal outlay even if it is realized.
Relevance of Keynesianism in Nepal: An Empirical Analysis
Authors: Gaire Hom Nath
Published: March 2023

In this paper, the relevance of Keynesian postulates has been examined in the Nepalese context for the period 1975-2012 using annual time series data. The empirical results from the Johansen co-integration tests clearly show that there is long run equilibrium relationship between government expenditure and real GDP, private consumption and gross fixed capital formation. Likewise, Granger Causality test confirms that there is bilateral causal relationship between government expenditure and gross fixed capital formation in Nepal. However, no causal relationship is observed between government expenditure and real GDP and private consumption. Thus, it is confirmed by this study that the Keynesian postulates are relevant for capital formation rather than for increasing real GDP growth and private consumption in Nepal.
Effect of Credit Risk on the Performance of Nepalese Commercial Banks
Authors: Bhattarai Yuga Raj
Published: March 2023

This study has examined the effect of credit risk on performance of Nepalese commercial banks. The descriptive and causal comparative research designs have been adopted for the study. The pooled data of 14 commercial banks for the period 2010 to 2015 have been analyzed using regression model. The regression results revealed that 'non-performing loan ratio' has negative effect on bank performance whereas 'cost per loan assets' has positive effect on bank performance. In addition to credit risk indicators, bank size has positive effect on bank performance. Capital adequacy ratio and cash reserve are not considered as the influencing variables on bank performance. This study concludes that there is significant relationship between bank performance and credit risk indicators.
Estimation of Aggregate Consumption Function for Nepal: ARDL Bound Testing Approach
Authors: Chaudhary Arbind
Published: March 2023

The relationship between aggregate consumption and its determinants is one of the oldest statistical regularities of macroeconomics. It is important for macroeconomists, policy makers and for others as well. This study aims to estimate aggregate consumption function for Nepal employing Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL) for the period of 1975 to 2015 using real income, real exchange rate, real interest rate and inflation rate as determinants. ARDL based co-integration analysis finds the existence of long run association among the variables. Furthermore, elasticity coefficient of real income is found significantly positive but the coefficients of other variables are negative. There exists inverse relationship between real depreciation of domestic currency and real consumption in the long run, but short run shows positive relation between them. The long run as well as short run dynamics of the model are significantly stable. Hence, income is a robust determinant of aggregate consumption. Real interest rate seems to generate substitution effects on consumption, and inflation rate evokes real balance effect on the aggregate consumption of Nepal further.
IDENTIFIKASI DAN KEANEKARAGAMAN MAKROFAUNA TANAH DI PERKEBUNAN JERUK SIAM (Citrus nobilis) DI KECAMATAN BAYONGBONG, GARUT
Authors: Swardana Ardli , Mansyur Arifin , Nafi’ah Hanny Hidayati
Published: March 2023

Keanekaragaman organisme tanah, seperti makrofauna tanah di suatu tempat dipengaruhi oleh kondisi di lingkungan sekitarnya. Kegiatan budidaya yang tidak ramah lingkungan dapat mempengaruhi keseimbangan ekosistem, khususnya dapat menurunkan keberadaan dari makrofauna tanah di tempat tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengindentifikasi dan menghitung indeks keanekaragaman makrofauna tanah di perkebunan jeruk siam. Penelitian dilakukan Desa Mekarsari, Kecamatan Bayongbong, Kabupaten Garut. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kuantitatif deskriptif dengan metode hand sorting. Analisis yang digunakan menggunakan indeks keanekaragaman Shannon Wiener. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat 7 jenis makrofauna tanah yang terbagi ke dalam 6 ordo, yaitu Ordo Hymenoptera, Haplotaxida, Orthoptera, Araneae, Coleoptera, dan Sytromotophora. Hasil analisis indeks keanekaragaman, diperoleh bahwa nilai indeks keanekaragaman makrofauna tanah di lokasi penelitian adalah 1,196. Angka tersebut menunjukkan bahwa keanekaragaman di lokasi penelitian termasuk kategori sedang dan dapat dikatakan kondisi ekosistem cukup stabil.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROVOCATIVE PEDAGOGY TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY
Authors: Kulemina Kseniia Vladimirovna , Fedorova Olesia Viktorovna
Published: March 2023

The chapter deals with the organization of the educational process in a technical university for master’s students in the discipline «Foreign language in the professional field» with the introduction of technologies of provocative pedagogy; the advantages of using these technologies in order to increase the interest of master’s students in the material being studied, the degree of assimilation of educational material, motivation and their effective interaction and compensation for the lack of a language environment have been revealed. The paper substantiates the need to use these technologies, techniques and teaching aids, depending on the level of foreign language proficiency of students; examples of tasks for the proposed technologies were given and an analysis of the effectiveness of the developed tasks was carried out.
Mistakes in the oral speech of foreign-speaking children and methods of overcoming them when teaching Russian as a non-native language
Authors: Koreneva Anastasiia Viacheslavovna
Published: March 2023

The chapter describes the peculiarities of the oral speech of non-native speaking children. The difficulties that schoolchildren experience in the process of mastering the Russian language as non-native are described. Based on the results of experimental work, typical speech and grammatical errors of schoolchildren were identified and techniques for the development of coherent speech of bilingual children were determined, taking into account the nature of the identified violations. A detailed plan of classes and a set of exercises aimed at the development of all aspects of speech are proposed.
Formation of Team Characteristics of the Personality of Childing Sports Women
Authors: Bashkireva Tatiana Valentinovna , Bashkireva Anastasiia Viktorovna
Published: March 2023

In team sports, a significant role belongs to the team characteristics of the personality of athletes. In recent years, cheerleading has grown as one of the most popular extreme sports. The purpose of the study was to study the psychological characteristics of the personality of cheerleading athletes, aimed at team building and reducing injuries. To achieve this goal, V.K. Gerbachevsky’s “Level of claims”, C.D. Spielberger and Y.L. Khanin’s “Personal and situational anxiety”. V.V. Boyko’s “Communicative tolerance” methods were chosen. Based on the results of the analysis, a psychological model of a correctional program developed and implemented, aimed at team building and reducing the anxiety of athletes. Athletes of 15–16 years of cheerleading of the first (n = 15), including the introduction of the model of the program and the second composition (n = 15), who were engaged in the usual program, examined. It conducted the studies in natural conditions during cheerleading training. The program included psychological training and teamwork on complex acrobatic elements for 60 days. The received data processed using the methods of mathematical statistics with the calculation of M±m ±(. The significance of differences was determined by Student’s t-test for parametric data. It performed the correlation analysis using the Pearson correlation coefficient (r) and the coefficient of determination (R2). The study results showed that, in order to form a team and reduce injuries in it, team sports should consider age patterns and developmental features. When developing models of correctional programs, one should focus in the training process not only on developing the skills of joint movements of athletes, but pay special attention to the formation of such team characteristics as trust, responsibility, mutual understanding, mutual respect, tolerance. Particular attention should pay to the relationship between the team and the coach, who responsibility for team ethics and a comfortable environment in the team of athletes.
A domesticação e sua influência na criação e bem-estar de hamsters: Revisão
Authors: Furini Sulzbach Simone , Tanaka Giovanna Akemi , Rumpel Aires Santana
Published: March 2023

Um animal é considerado saudável quando se encontra em um estado de bem-estar biopsicossocial. A domesticação e a forma de criação influenciam de maneira significativa na vida dos animais, determinando aspectos comportamentais e fisiológicos. Hamsters costumam ser criados em gaiolas, que são ambientes muito reduzidos em relação ao que esses roedores costumam viver quando livres na natureza. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar as mudanças que ocorreram em hamsters devido a domesticação e, conforme isso, determinar qual é a melhor condição de criação para que esses animais vivam em bem-estar.
Doświadczenie religijne jako subiektywne przeżywanie sacrum w teoretycznych i empirycznych odsłonach
Authors: Zaręba Sławomir , Gawlak Maciej
Published: March 2023

W społeczeństwach nowoczesnych, w odróżnieniu od tradycyjnych, religijna interpretacja życia codziennego nie jest już tak oczywista i powszechna, jak to było kiedyś. Socjologowie religii zgodnie zdają się twierdzić, iż tożsamość duchowa jednostek i grup przestaje być budowana na gruncie wartości religijnych, a coraz częściej w oparciu o treści, które lansują nowoczesne media. To nowe technologie, świat cyfrowy przeobrażają społeczeństwa i zmieniają optykę postrzegania oraz ocenę zarówno rzeczywistości materialnej, jak i niematerialnej, by niekiedy wprost zakwestionować transcendentny Autorytet. W kontekście tychże zmian zasadne wydaje się dziś pytanie o istotę i miejsce doświadczenia religijnego w życiu jednostki i o jej stosunek do sacrum. Stąd też kluczowym przedmiotem niniejszego opracowania jest owa dymensja religijności – zaproponowana przed laty przez Glocka i Starka – która najbardziej wymyka się prostym, statystycznym analizom i opisom, a będąc silnie spersonalizowana, jednocześnie wskazuje na głębokie przeżycia wewnętrzne. Jednak mimo tego, iż doświadczenie religijne – pozostając jednym z najintensywniejszych doznań, a te, jak wiadomo, są trudne badawczo do uchwycenia – najczęściej lokuje się w obszarze eksploracji psychologii, to przecież posiada również uwarunkowania społeczne, stając się także przedmiotem zainteresowania socjologii. Potwierdzają to przywołane orientacje teoretyczne i empiryczne, które dodatkowo dowodzą złożoności oraz wielowymiarowości tegoż zjawiska.
Optimizing fertilizer schedules for irrigated chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under scarce rainfall zone of Andhra Pradesh
Authors: BHANUSRI K. , REDDY M. SRINIVASA , REDDY U. VIJAYA BHASKAR , KAVITHA P.
Published: March 2023

Conventionally chickpea is cultivated as rainfed crop but under irrigated conditions the optimum dose of fertilizers was not known and the research was also limited. The purpose of this study was to study the optimum dose of fertilizers for chickpea under irrigated conditions. A field experiment was conducted to study the growth and yield of chickpea under varied levels of fertilizer application on sandy loam soils at Agricultural College, Mahanandi during rabi 2021-22. The experimental field was laid out in a randomized block design with 10 treatments and replicated thrice. Nitrogen and phosphorus were applied through urea and single super phosphate, respectively, to all the plots. The results revealed that significantly higher and comparable values of plant height (44.0 cm), number of branches/plant (28.7), number of pods/plant (63.4), 100-seed weight (32.4 g), seed yield (1346.1 kg/ha), gross returns (71344.7 Rs./ha), net returns (43187.7 Rs./ha) and B : C ratio (2.5) were registered with treatment 20 kg N basal+20 kg N split+60 kg P2O5 basal (T9) and higher dry matter accumulation (7168.5 kg/ha) and haulm yield (1352.0 kg/ha) with 20 kg N basal+20 kg N split+70 kg P2O5 basal (T10). Number of seeds/pod and harvest index were not significantly affected by levels of fertilizer application.
Characterization and management of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, causing basal kernel blight of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Authors: SHARMA SURAJ , AGRAWAL KAILASH , KHORWAL SOURABH , SANKHLA INDU SINGH
Published: March 2023

Globally, basal kernel blight caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (PSS) has been recognized as the most serious diseaseo of barley. Recently, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based gene sequencing is a more powerful tool to identify bacterial pathogens from seeds as well as other plant materials. The disease can be controlled by chemical treatment in the field which has harmful consequences on the environment and biodiversity. The application of plant extracts for the eco-friendly management of seed-borne pathogens is a popular new biocontrol method. Therefore, this study aimed at isolating and identifying PSS from seeds of barley and assessing the antimicrobial potential of the extracts of some plants viz., Citrus limon, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Ricinus communis, Psidium guajava, Murraya koenigii, Withania somnifera, Eucalyptus globulus and Tecomella undulata to promote effective biocontrol strategy. A total of 28 bacterial pathogens were isolated and tested for various biochemical tests. Results of the LOPAT test (+---+) and GATTa test (++--) primarily indicated the presence of PSS. The 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed on PCR-amplified products with 8F and 1492R primers. The two isolates HV 03 and KASS showed 99.8 and 99.6% homology with strain PSS strain KFB 86 which was isolated from Ficus carica in Serbia. The highest antibacterial activity in vitro was obtained with methanol extract of W. somnifera, P. guajava, E. globulus and M. koenigii. The results specified that the plant extracts which showed promising antibacterial activity may be considered an effective tool for the management of disease caused by PSS in barley.
Genetic variability of rice genotypes under screening of normal and flash flood condition
Authors: SATHYARAJ D. , SABESAN T. , SOWMIA K. , SARAVANAN K. , KUMAR P. SATHISH
Published: March 2023

The present study was undertaken to expose the flash flood tolerance of rice germplasm for some important quantitative traits with genetic variability existing in the 30 rice genotypes. The coefficients of variation at phenotypic and genotypic levels were marginally high for number of grains per panicle, grain yield per plant, grain breadth, 100-grain weight and number of productive tillers per plant and moderate for the traits viz., days to 50% flowering, plant height, panicle length and grain length for both normal and flash flood condition. From the results, high heritability coupled with high genetic advance of per cent of mean was observed for grain yield per plant, panicle length, number of productive tillers per plant, number of grains per panicle and 100-grain weight in both normal and flash flood condition, which indicated the predominance of additive gene action, in controlling these traits, early and simple selection could be exercised due to fixable additive gene effects.
Effect of nano nitrogen, nano zinc and nano copper on certain growth and yield characters of ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula L.) cv. COH 1
Authors: JAYSAWAL NOOPUR , SURESHKUMAR R.
Published: March 2023

The nutrient release rate in nano fertilizers can be controlled as per environmental conditions like soil moisture percentage, temperature fluctuations and soil acidity level to effectively increase the efficiency of nutrients for plant growth. An experiment was conducted during the year 2021 to find out the best combination in nano nitrogen, nano Zn and nano Cu on certain growth and yield characters of ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula L.) cv. COH 1 at Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu, India. The data collected for the growth and yield parameters were put through to analysis of variance for randomized block design (RBD). The treatments were scheduled as follows: T1–100% RDF, T2- 50% RD-N+100% RD-P+100% RD-K+nano N, T3–25% RD-N+100% RD-P+100% RD-K+nano N,T4–T2+nano Zn (a)+nano Cu (a), T5–T2+nano Zn (b)+nano Cu (a), T6–T2+nano Zn (a)+nano Cu (b), T7–T2+nano Zn (b)+nano Cu (b), T8–T3+nano Zn (a)+nano Cu (a), T9–T3+nano Zn (a)+nano Cu (a), T10–T3+ nano Zn (a)+nano Cu (b) and T11–T3+nano Zn (b)+nano Cu (b). The results generated from the experiment were statistically significant (P≥0.05) for all the growth and yield characters recorded. The combination of 50% RDF with nano nitrogen @ 2.5 ml, nano zinc @ 4 ml and nano copper @ 4 ml was observed to be significantly superior over other treatments. It recorded profuse growth and yield in respect of maximum vine length (9.69 m), number of primary branches (7.87/vine), number of leaves (251.65/vine), number of fruits (26.60/plant), fruit length (52.36 cm) and fruit weight (472.74 g) were found significantly superior over all the other treatments. This study identified that the combined application of 50% RDF along with nano nitrogen, nano zinc and nano copper had significant influence on certain growth and yield characters on ridge gourd.
Effect of organic compost on the vegetative growth of ladies’ finger (Abelmoschus esculentus) in sub-tropical Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh, India
Authors: KUMARI INDU , SALARIA NEHA , . BHAWNA , . ANJALI
Published: March 2023

In the current situation, food waste is a major issue on a global scale. This food waste may decompose into compost, which may then be used in the agricultural sector to increase the output of vegetable crops. In this perspective, a field study on compost was made from food waste and its impact on ladyfinger production in the sub-tropical Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh was checked. The main objective of the present study was to make people aware about organic manure prepared by using food waste so that they can adopt these agricultural practices and apply them for good crop production. The field work was carried out in the agricultural land of Arni University, Distt. Kangra of Himachal Pradesh during the month of May-August 2021. The experiment consisted of 10 treatments and 10 control plants. Soil of both control and treatment plot was examined with the standard methods. Morphological parameters i. e. plant height, number of leaves per plant, length of leaves, width of leaves, fruit production of the plants of control and treatment plot were measured and recorded weekly. After the execution of statistics on the data matrix results indicated that compost from food waste increased soil fertility. The application of manure was significantly (P less than 0.01) superior over the morphological parameters of the control group plants. Findings of the present investigation indicated that plant height (54.83±1.20 cm), leaf length (18.53±0.63 cm), leaf number (12.70±0.26 cm), leaf breadth (15.8±0.95 cm) and fruit size were significantly increased and it ensured that the organic manure of cow dung and food waste had a favourable impact on vegetable crop production. Future research in this area may assist farmers in reducing crop failure risk and improving production stability.
Water Birds Diversity Variations in Tidal and Non-tidal Wetland Habitats in East Al_Hammar Marsh South of Iraq
Authors: Al-Emarah Aqeel Laftah , Abou-Turab Mufid Kassim
Published: March 2023

Waterbird diversity and its distribution are deemed as one of the essential issues in the ecological conservation of wetlands areas. However, the differences in the diversity of waterbirds in tidal and non-tidal wetlands have been underestimated. This study aimed to identify the variations in bird diversity between tidal and non-tidal areas in East Al-Hammar marsh to guide the efforts of bird and habitat conservation. The bird survey was extended from August 2020 to March 2021, in three selected sites; Slien (non-tidal area), Al-Sallal and Al-Burqa (tidal areas). Twenty-nine species were observed. These species were classified into three categories: migrant 68.96, resident 6.90% and migrants and residents 24.14%. Species richness indices included; number of species, Margalef and Menhienk indices indicated that the highest values were in the Slien site, there were 19, 3.191 and 1.254, respectively. Similarly, Shannon Weiner and Berlion’s indices showed the highest values in Slien. However, the Berker-Berker dominance index revealed the highest value in the Slien site 0.193. Interestingly, the Jaccard similarity index showed the highest measure of 0.791 between Al-Sallal and Al-Burqa, while the highest dissimilarity index of Whittaker was between Slien and Al-Sallal. In sum, the current data analysis demonstrated that non-tidal areas supported higher diversity of waterbirds than tidal marshes.
Compact Models for the Precedence-Constrained Minimum-Cost Arborescence Problem
Authors: Dell’Amico Mauro , Jamal Jafar , Montemanni Roberto
Published: March 2023

The Precedence-Constrained Minimum-Cost Arborescence problem, has been recently proposed. The purpose of the precedence constraints, that are enforced between pairs of vertices, is to prevent certain directed paths to appear in the tree that violate a precedence relationship. In this work we introduce a new mixed integer linear programming model that uses a smaller number of variables and constraints to model the precedence relationships compared to those previously appeared in the literature. Furthermore, two models with a polynomial number of variables and constraints are introduced. It is based on a network-flow formulation to model the connectivity of the arborescence. Extensive computational experiments have been run to validate the new models.
A comparative study of robot-assisted and traditional surgeries in the treatment of thoracolumbar fractures based on 1-year follow-up observation
Authors: Hu Xu-Qi , Lu Hui-Gen , Zhou Xiao , Hu Min-Jie , Pan Xue-Kang , Chen Bao , Yu Ye-Feng
Published: March 2023

BACKGROUND: There are conflicting results for robot-assisted (RA) pedicle screw fixation compared with freehand (FH) pedicle screw fixation. OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to retrospectively compare the accuracy and efficacy of RA percutaneous pedicle screw fixation and traditional freehand FH pedicle screw fixation in the treatment of thoracolumbar fractures. METHODS: A total of 26 cases were assigned to the RA group, and 24 cases were assigned to the FH group. The operation time, bleeding volume, and visual analog scale (VAS) score 1 day after the operation, and the anterior/posterior (A/P) vertebral height ratio of the injured vertebrae at 3 days and at internal fixation removal 1 year after the operation were compared between the two groups. Pedicle screw position accuracy was assessed according to Gertzbein criteria. RESULTS: The operation times of the RA group and FH group were 138.69 ± 32.67 minutes and 103.67 ± 14.53 minutes, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant. The intraoperative blood loss was 49.23 ± 22.56 ml in the RA group and 78.33 ± 23.90 ml in the FH group, and the difference was statistically significant. There was a significant difference in the A/P vertebral height ratio of the injured vertebrae 3 days after the operation compared with before the operation in both groups (P < 0.05). There was a significant difference in the A/P vertebral height ratio of the injured vertebrae 3 days after the operation compared with that at fixation removal in both groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The application of RA orthopedic treatment for thoracolumbar fractures can achieve good fracture reduction.
The Dutch Open Government Act: Bridging old and new open government?
Authors: Wolswinkel C. Johan
Published: March 2023

Across the globe, ‘old’ open government is gradually transforming into ‘new’ open government. While freedom of information (FOI) legislation is usually associated with old open government, this legislation itself is also on the move. This country report discusses to what extent the Dutch Open Government Act, that has been enacted very recently, reflects this shift from old to new open government. While certainly incorporating features of modern open government, such as the emphasis on machine-readable formats of government documents, traditional elements of FOI legislation, such as the right to request for information without stating an interest, are preserved to ensure adequate access to government information.