bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Peripheral Blood Inflammation Indicators as Predictive Factors for Treatment Response Assessed by MRI in Cervical Cancer Patients Referred for Radiotherapy
Authors: Liang Chunyu , Xu Zhiyuan , Yang Guohui , Lv Jianxun , Shen Xinping , Wu Kusheng
Published: March 2023

Backgroud: Radiotherapy (RT) with or without concurrent chemotherapy is regarded as the standard therapy for locally advanced cervical cancer (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics [FIGO] stage IB2 and above). However, markedly different responses to RT are seen among patients with similar FIGO stages.The study aimed to evaluate the peripheral blood inflammation indicators that may have predictive value for treatment response in cervical cancer patients referred for RT. Methods: This was a retrospective study that enrolled 75 patients who had stages IB2 to IVA cervical cancer, and who underwent RT alone or concurrent chemoradiation therapy (CCRT). All patients were treated at the department of Clinical Oncology of the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen hospital between November 2015 and April 2020. The endpoint was treatment response assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) according to the Response EvaluationCriteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST). Multivariate logistic regression models were used to identify predicting values of peripheral blood inflammation indicators, including the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), tumor-related leukocytosis (TRL), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and monocyte/lymphocyte ratio (MLR). Results: The percentage of complete response (CR) was significantly different between different groups of peripheral blood inflammation indicators. The percentage of CR was 64.3%, 57.9%, 81.8% and 48.3% respectively in low SII, NLR, PLR and MLR groups, which was significantly higher than in the high SII group (34.0%), high NLR group (32.4%), high PLR group (30.2%) and high MLR group (35.3%). Multivariate logistic regression revealed that the TRL and PLR were significant prognostic factors for treatment response with an odds ratio of 0.18 (95% confidence interval [95% CI] 0.04–0.77) for TRL and 16.36 (95% CI 3.67–73.04) for PLR. Conclusions: The result revealed that a TRL-negative or lower PLR tumor was associated with radiosensitivity, which may provide important information for the prediction of treatment response in cervical cancer patients referred for RT.
Low Serum Level of Vitamin D is Associated with Uterine Leiomyoma in the Chinese Population
Authors: Chen Xinping , Yang Fen , Shen Zhiqiang , Tang Xuxiu , Yu Jiali , Liu Fujun
Published: March 2023

Background: The goal of this work was to compare the serum vitamin D level in women with uterine leiomyoma to that of controls, and to examine its association with the etiopathogenesis of this disease. Methods: This case-control study included 110 premenopausal women referred to a university hospital from January 2020 to December 2020. The study group consisted of 55 cases who underwent surgery for uterine fibroids, while the control group was comprised of 55 subjects without uterine fibroids. The number and volume of existing fibroids in each subject was assessed by transvaginal ultrasonography. Serum vitamin D status was determined by radioimmunoassay for 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Results: Average serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in patients with uterine fibroids (20.52 ± 6.17 ng/mL) were significantly lower than in controls (24.18 ± 6.88 ng/mL; p = 0.004). Deficiency in 25-hydroxyvitamin D (i.e., <20 ng/mL) was more frequent in women with uterine fibroids (28/55, 50.91%) compared to controls (13/55, 23.64%; p = 0.001). A trend for negative correlation was found between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and total uterine fibroid volume (r = –0.18) in the study group (p = 0.20). No significant associations were found between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and the number of fibroids (p = 0.38) or their location (p = 0.89). Conclusions: The serum vitamin D concentration is lower in Chinese women with uterine leiomyomas compared to controls. Vitamin D deficiency could therefore be a risk factor for uterine leiomyoma in the Chinese population.
Post-Concussion Symptoms, Cognition and Brain Connectivity in an Australian Undergraduate Population: A Quantitative Electroencephalography Study
Authors: Buhagiar Francesca , Fitzgerald Melinda , Bell Jason , Hellewell Sarah , Moore Samantha , Pestell Carmela F.
Published: March 2023

Background: An estimated 99 in 100,000 people experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI), with 85% being mild (mTBI) in nature. The Post-Concussion Symptom Scale (PCSS), is a reliable and valid measure of post-mTBI symptoms; however, diagnostic specificity is challenging due to high symptom rates in the general population. Understanding the neurobiological characteristics that distinguish high and low PCSS raters may provide further clarification on this phenomenon. Aim: To explore the neurobiological characteristics of post-concussion symptoms through the association between PCSS scores, brain network connectivity (using quantitative electroencephalography; qEEG) and cognition in undergraduates. Hypotheses: high PCSS scorers will have (1) more network dysregulation and (2) more cognitive dysfunction compared to the low PCSS scorers. Methods: A sample of 40 undergraduates were divided into high and low PCSS scorers. Brain connectivity was measured using qEEG, and cognition was measured via neuropsychological measures of sustained attention, inhibition, immediate attention, working memory, processing speed and inhibition/switching. Results: Contrary to expectations, greater frontoparietal network dysregulation was seen in the low PCSS score group (p = 0.003). No significant difference in cognitive dysfunction was detected between high and low PCSS scorers. Post-hoc analysis in participants who had experienced mTBI revealed greater network dysregulation in those reporting a more recent mTBI. Conclusions: Measuring post-concussion symptoms alone is not necessarily informative about changes in underlying neural mechanisms. In an exploratory subset analysis, brain network dysregulation appears to be greater in the early post-injury phase compared to later. Further analysis of underlying PCSS constructs and how to measure these in a non-athlete population and clinical samples is warranted.
Differential expression of LGALS2 in colorectal cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: March 2023

Cancer is a leading cause of death and colorectal cancer is among the most lethal cancers (1, 2). We mined public microarray datasets (3, 4) to determine in an unbiased fashion and at the level of the transcriptome genes most differentially expressed in the primary tumors of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). We found significant differential expression of the gene encoding galectin 2, LGALS2, when comparing colorectal tumors to the tissue of origin, the colon. LGALS2 mRNA was present at significantly higher quantities in tumors of the colon as compared to normal colorectal tissue. Analysis of human survival data revealed that expression of LGALS2 in rectal tumors was correlated with overall survival in patients with rectal cancer. LGALS2 expression changes may be important for the initiation or progression of human CRC.
Influences of Creativity and Resource Availability in the Intelligent Career Framework: Empirical Investigation of Nigerian Entrepreneurs
Authors: Salisu Isyaku , Alam Md. Mahmudul
Published: March 2023

Purpose: This research investigates the influence of creativity and resource availability on career competencies and career success of entrepreneurs in Nigeria using the Intelligent Career Framework.Design/methodology/approach: Data was obtained using answers to questionnaires given to 348 successful entrepreneurs. The data was analysed using non-parametric software (Smart-PLS).Finding: The results indicate that entrepreneurs who understand “know-why”, “know-how”, and “know-whom” can access the required resources and are doing well in their careers. It is suggested that these competencies were significantly related to entrepreneurial career success. Resource availability moderates the relationship of knowing-how, knowing-why competencies and career success, while creativity moderates only the link between knowing-whom and entrepreneurs having successful careers.Research limitations/implications: The results help us to comprehend better the nature of successful entrepreneurial careers and the prominent role of tripartite competencies in achieving a successful career. Also emphasised here is the prominence of a more holistic perspective of these components based on a mix of social, motivational, and human capital.Practical implications: These findings hinted that entrepreneur should pay uniform consideration in fostering each career competency. There are implications for career advisers, practitioners, and entrepreneurship programs.Originality/value: This is a first-of-its-kind research that used primary source data in understanding career competencies - “knowing-how, knowing-whom, and knowing-why” - with entrepreneurs' career success in Nigeria.
Customers’ Perceptions of FinTech Adaptability in the Islamic Banking Sector: Comparative study on Malaysia and Saudi Arabia
Authors: Oladapo Ibrahim Abiodun , Hamoudah Manal Mohammed , Alam Md. Mahmudul , Muda Ruhaini , Olaopa Olawale Rafiu
Published: March 2023

Purpose – This paper aims to compare the perceptions of Islamic bank customers concerning FinTech services in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. It also investigates the level to which customers are willing to adapt FinTech services.Design/methodology/approach – Primary data were collected from May to September 2019 using a questionnaire to survey 102 Islamic bank customers in Malaysia, and 147 in Saudi Arabia.The data are analysed based on Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) using the partial least squares (PLS) approach.Findings – The findings show that knowledge, attitude, and subjective norms are the highly significant determining factors that influence customers’ opinions on adapting to new technology, but awareness demonstrates only a moderately positive effect. Moreover, the impact of these factors on the intention to adopt FinTech services significantly differs between Malaysian and Saudi Arabian customers.Originality/value – This is an original study based on primary data on customers of Islamic banking in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. It provides some novel insights into how the Islamic banking industry can boost customers’ confidence and enhance their patronage by adopting FinTech in their business operation model. These findings should be of value to managers, policymakers, and regulators in the Islamic banking industry in both Muslim and non-Muslim countries.
On some clarifications to the Uralic languages classification
Authors: Kosheliuk Natalia
Published: March 2023

In this article, using the example of the analysis of the common phonetic isoglosses of the Ob-Ugric languages according to the dictionary of V. M. Illich-Svitych and V. A. Dybo and the analysis of new language data posted on the LingvoDoc board, an attempt was made to check whether the existing classification of the Uralic languag-es needs clarification, due to the appearance of a significant array of new language data over the past few decades, and whether modern theories can be confirmed on the basis of our analysis.
Tropical or extratropical cyclones: what drives the compound flood hazard, impact, and risk for the United States Southeast Atlantic coast?
Authors: Nederhoff Kees , Leijnse Tim , Parker Kai , Thomas Jennifer , O'Neill Andy , van Ormondt Maarten , McCall Robert , Erikson Li , Barnard Patrick , Foxgrover Amy , Klessens Wouter , Nadal-Caraballo, Norberto , Massey Chris
Published: March 2023

Subtropical coastlines are impacted by both tropical and extratropical cyclones. While both may lead to substantial damage to coastal communities, it is difficult to determine the contribution of tropical cyclones in coastal flooding relative to that of extratropical cyclones. We conduct a large-scale flood hazard and impact assessment across the subtropical Southeast Atlantic Coast of the United States, from Virginia to Florida, including different flood hazards. The physics-based hydrodynamic modeling skillfully reproduces coastal water levels based on a comprehensive validation of tides, almost two hundred historical storms, and an in-depth hindcast of Hurricane Florence. We show that yearly flood impacts are two times as likely to be driven by extratropical than tropical cyclones. On the other hand, tropical cyclones are thirty times more likely to affect people during rarer 100-year events than extratropical cyclones and contribute to more than half of the regional flood risk. With increasing sea levels, more area will be flooded, regardless if that flooding is driven by tropical or extratropical cyclones. Most of the absolute flood risk is contained in the greater Miami metropolitan area. However, several less populous counties have the highest relative risks. The results of this study provide critical information for understanding the source and frequency of compound flooding across the Southeast Atlantic Coast of the United States.
Aquifer depletion exacerbates agricultural drought losses in the US High Plains
Authors: Mieno Taro , Foster Timothy , Kakimoto Shunkei , Brozovic Nicholas
Published: March 2023

Aquifer depletion poses a major threat to the ability of farmers, food supply chains, and rural economies globally to use groundwater as a means of adapting to climate variability and change. Empirical research has demonstrated the large differences in drought risk exposure that exist between rainfed and irrigated croplands, but previous work commonly assumes water supply for the latter is unconstrained. In this paper, we evaluate how aquifer depletion affects the resilience of irrigated crop production to drought risk using over 30 years of data on historical corn and soybean yields, production areas, and aquifer conditions for the High Plains region in the United States. We show that aquifer depletion reduces the ability of farmers to sustain irrigated crop yields and production areas in drought years. Our findings demonstrate that drought-related production losses on irrigated croplands increase non-linearly with aquifer depletion, highlighting the need for proactive aquifer conservation interventions to support adaptation and resilience to future increases in rainfall variability under climate change.
Attention to inattention: Effect of the other's attentional state on visual search performance in chimpanzees
Authors: Tomonaga Masaki , Imura Tomoko
Published: March 2023

In the present study, we examined the effects of the other's triadic attention to objects on visual search performances in chimpanzees. We found the search-asymmetry-like effect of the other's attentional state; the chimpanzees searched a target object not attended by the other individual more efficiently than that attended (Experiment 1). Additional experiments explored the possibility that the other individual "holding an object but not looking at it" led to expectancy violation (Experiment 2) or the role of nonsocial cues such as the proximity relation between the head and the object (Experiment 3). Still, these accounts alone did not explain this effect. It was also shown that the other's attentional state affected the chimpanzees' performances more readily as the interference effect than the facilitation effect (Experiment 4). Furthermore, the same effect was observed in the visual search for the gaze (head direction) of others (Experiment 5). We obtained the same results using photographs of chimpanzees (Experiment 6). Contrary to the chimpanzees, humans detected the object to which attention was directed more efficiently than vice versa (Experiment 7). The present results may reflect species differences between chimpanzees and humans in processing triadic social attention.
Social media, marketing, and five-factor personality: A review and synthesis of the literature
Authors: Bowden-Green Thomas , Hinds Joanne , Joinson Adam
Published: March 2023

Purpose Whilst psychological literature has sought to understand the role of personality traits in determining social media behaviour, there is limited discussion on its importance to social media marketers. We signpost marketers to studies of five-factor personality and social media that could support more effective marketing efforts. Design/methodology/approach In accordance with the established PRISMA process, our systematic literature search identified 190 published studies into the effect of five-factor personality traits on various aspects of social media behaviour. Inter-rater reliability between two reviewers was high (k = 0.823, p < .001). The results were coded and are discussed here in relation to consumer behaviour within the marketing funnel, as well as in comparison to offline consumer behaviour. Findings Among nuanced findings, we find that extraverts are more likely to be receptive to the efforts of marketers than neurotics. For example, extraverts are more likely respond to online advertising. Reflecting links between extraversion and ‘market mavenism’ offline, extraverts are also likely to post updates and interact with others. Originality To our knowledge, this is the first such review to present marketers with systematically-identified research into five-factor personality and social media.Practical implications By reviewing the literature available to date, this paper will help marketers to understand ways of engaging consumers more effectively on social media according to their personality traits. Research implications We identify many opportunities for further development within this relatively new context for marketing and psychological research. This research will lead to more efficient marketing on social media.
''Report on Study to Assess the Impact on Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being of Students Across Schools in Delhi due to Closure of Schools on Account of COVID-19 and Shift to Online Education System''
Authors: ISST
Published: March 2023

This study, initiated by the Planning Department in collaboration with the Directorate of Education, Government of NCT of Delhi (GNCTD) aimed to assess the impact of school closure and shift to online classes on the mental and emotional well-being of students across schools in Delhi. A total of 9087 Students, 1753 parents and 1772 teachers were surveyed from Schools across 28 zones in Delhi. Further, school(s) were identified from the areas like JJ clusters/resettlement colonies/unauthorized colonies/Government colonies/rural-urban etc. from both shifts i.e., Girls and Boys schools, so that selected students for the survey were representative of different social & economical background. 73.5 percent of the respondents came from government schools while the remaining 26.5 percent were associated with government aided schools, and unaided private schools. The sample of students was subdivided into three class groups –classes I-V, classes VI – VIII and classes IX-XII. The data was collected digitally using a professional software. The data for students and teachers were collected within school premises. Parent’s data were collected from their homes. The data collection was done duringthe month of April 2022.
''Emerging from the Lockdown: Insights from Women Street Vendors' Lives in Delhi''
Authors: ISST  , Chakraborty Shiney , Ahuja Gayatri
Published: March 2023

By using a mixed-method approach, the study aims to understand the socio-economic impact of the lockdown and post-lockdown on the lives of women street vendors in Delhi. The results indicated that although restrictions have been eased in the post-lockdown phase, many women street vendors have lost the means to work and witnessed a significant fall in income/ earnings. Despite the loss in employment opportunities, many of them were not able to shift to alternative employment opportunities and continued with the same street-vending activities. The closure of market or vending areas and fear over the spread of COVID-19 have kept many customers away and thereby their income decreased significantly over the past six months. They also suffered an increase in inside household domestic work like cooking, cleaning and child care, in which they were helped mainly by female members of the house, particularly daughters or daughters-in-law. Among the other challenges were procuring essential food items in times of shortages, increased prices and rent payments. Many of them resorted to negative coping strategies such as taking out loans from moneylenders at a high-interest rate, which led them into a debt trap. Almost all the street vendors replied that the credit facility announced both by the central and state governments to achieve self-reliance is hardly beneficial because they are not in a position to repay the loan unless and until they can restart the business. So, it is highly recommended that the government should convert the credit facility into a direct income benefit as livelihood support. The government should also acknowledge the role played by street vending in alleviating urban poverty and malnutrition and ensure their right to vending with dignity and prevent them from falling prey to large-scale retail capitalism and penetration of the online market.
New Turkey's Other Turks Abroad: A Brief Critical Reading of the Erdoğan Regime's Kin-State Policy toward Turks of North Macedonia
Authors: Gözübenli Abdullah Sencer
Published: March 2023

In post-imperial kin-states, the combination of authoritarian rule and selective historical memory in home-states of their kin-minorities have led to a dangerous brand of ethnic politics. Turkey has trouble defining both its kin societies in the Balkans and the policies directed at them. Nonetheless, Erdoğan's kin-state actions since his ruling party came into power in 2002 divide and polarize Balkan Turks and Muslims. In this respect, this article builds on how the religious-oriented and political polarization exported from the kin-state affects the national identity of its kin-minority in ethnically divided society, in the context of Rogers Brubaker's well-known triadic nexus. This article aims to take a brief look at the division and polarization of Balkan Turks and Muslims, especially in North Macedonia, which emerged as a result of Turkey’s transnational identity policies.
Data Centres in the University: From Tools to Symbols of Power and Transformation
Authors: Rivera-Vargas Pablo , Romaní Cristóbal Cobo , Jacovkis Judith , Passeron Ezequiel
Published: March 2023

The almost compulsory and compulsive use of digital platforms through which the university community connects to knowledge, research, teaching andmanagement activities has intensified in the pandemic. Faced with this challenge, higher education institutions must address fundamental questions about learning ina postdigital landscape. This chapter explores how universities have created or adapted research centres to deal with data generation in their day-to-day activities.Although the centres analysed in this chapter have different profiles and expertise, they all seek to better prepare higher education institutions to cope with the datafication of society manifested in different ways (e.g. digital inclusion, artificial intelligence, privacy, ethical use of data, etc.). Based on a co-design and virtual ethnography, this work is structured in two phases: (1) identification and analysis of31 websites affiliated to university datafication centres and (2) selection and deepening on four core dimensions of work of these centres. These comparative results highlight global trends, research agendas and priorities, but also illustrate the need to move towards a more multidisciplinary approach, understanding data notonly as “tools” but also as “subjects” with an increasingly economical and symbolic power.
How polarized is Europe? Public opinion disagreement, issue alignment, and sorting across European countries
Authors: Pless Anna , Khoudja Yassine , Grunow Daniela
Published: March 2023

Whereas attitudinal polarization has become a hot topic for academic debates in the USA over recent decades, the question of whether, and over which issues, European countries are polarized has so far received limited scholarly attention. Existing studies focus on single countries and different types of attitudinal polarization, not allowing for cross-national comparisons. This article provides such a comparison of the state of attitudinal polarization across 21 EU member states. Using the EVS-2017 data, we study three types of attitudinal polarization (disagreement, issue alignment, and sorting) over five key attitudinal dimensions: social inequality, immigration, EU-integration, gender, and environment. Contrary to prominent claims of a polarized Europe, our findings indicate medium levels of opinion disagreement, low levels of alignment and low but slightly higher levels of sorting. We further find that different types of attitudinal polarization do not coincide with each other on a country level but do produce geographical clusters. Polarization as disagreement is higher in the East and South of Europe, while issue alignment and sorting are higher in the North and West. Looking at the three types of polarization together, immigration is slightly more divisive than other dimensions. However, contrary to the new cultural cleavage expectations, disagreement over social inequality is still remarkably high, especially in the South and East of Europe.
The problems and solution of deep learning based rice disease detection in natural scene images
Authors: Ahmed Tashin , Abid Faysal Mahmud , Sultana Laila , Noman Abdullah Al , Ali Ummea Sarah
Published: March 2023

Rice is the most widely grown crop on the planet. However, the increasing severity of rice diseases has resulted in significant economic losses for farmers. With the rapid development of mobile devices and mobile services, computing is playing an increasingly significant role in our daily lives. How to develop an intelligent diagnosis system for rice diseases based on mobile computing services and to bridge the gap between rice growers and plant diagnostic specialists is worthy of study. With the assistance of experts, we construct an image dataset of eleven types of rice diseases, as well as some healthy plants for handling false-positive results, and realize an intelligent diagnosis system for rice diseases by constructing state-of-the-art object detection algorithm Faster Regional Convolutional Neural Network (Faster RCNN) by fine tuning different base networks, namely Visual Geometry Group (VGG) 16, 19, Densely Connected Neural Networks (DenseNet), and Recurrent Neural Networks. The system is implemented through the WeChat applet on mobile devices, allowing users to upload images and receive diagnostic results and comments. The experimental results demonstrate that the recognition accuracy of rice diseases exceeds 61%, and that the prediction time consumption has been reduced by simplifying the structure of the base networks.
Reshaping the Future of Nepal’s Economy
Authors: Pradhan Anjeela
Published: March 2023

Nepal’s economy has not been of any great success and satisfactory. Nepal has encountered inherent development constraint, which includes poverty; widening income inequality; unemployment and underemployment; rise in leisure class; decrease in production and productivity, capital flight; extensive corruption; absence of rule of law and order; institutionalized crime, BOP deficit, environmental degradation etc. The failures in economy have been more than the achievements and the problems created have been more than the problems solved, so ordinary people are unable to get the fruit of development. In these years every one use to feel development works do not seem satisfactory related to rapid increase in the economic problem normally day by day plus especially after the pandemic. However, it does not mean Nepal’s economy is heading towards wrong direction and we should abandon the path of economy. But the pace of heading is slow. So, for the reshaping the economy the Government need to be more liberal as well as strict where production, income and employment can be increased and be more watchful in disciplining both private and public sector and use of PPPs model for improving its efficiency especially in agriculture sector.
Small and Medium Scale Enterprises: Their Role in Economic Growth of Nepal
Authors: KC Mukti
Published: March 2023

Small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) have historically played an important role in contributing to economic growth and development. Naturally, all businesses start as small businesses or even start out of small businesses initiated by individuals. It is imperative to give high priority to Nepalese labor, skill and raw material based domestic investments to promote national level industries for achieving economic growth in the course of SMEs. This study has used Johansen Cointegration, Vector Error Estimates (VAR) and Granger Causality test to investigate relative changes in the position of the Nepalese SMEs and investment to the real GDP since 1989 and 2018 based on secondary data regarding regression analysis. It has examined the dynamic relationship among the total SMEs and investment with real GDP of Nepal and found to be significant and positive relationship in between investment and real GDP of Nepal while insignificant and inverse relationship in between total SMEs and real GDP of Nepal. It implies that real GDP was seemed to be mostly influenced by investment rather than number of SMEs. However, it was and still is contributing significant role in economic growth in Nepal.
Odabir prilagodljivog modela gospodarenja na temelju dugoročne projekcije razvoja dinarskih jelovo-bukovih sastojina
Authors: Teslak Krunoslav , Vedriš Mislav , Beljan Karlo , Mertini Andrea , Andabaka Marijana
Published: March 2023

Raznodobne jelovo-bukove šume u Republici Hrvatskoj zauzimaju oko 157 000 ha. Tijekom povijesti njima se upravljalo različitim načinima gospodarenja, od jednodobnog do prebornog gospodarenja. Kao rezultat povijesne integracije hrvatskog šumarstva u njemačku šumarsku školu i uz jedinstvene ekološke značajke dinarskog područja, primarno se primjenjuje preborni način gospodarenja. U današnje vrijeme zbog različitih biotskih i abiotskih utjecaja, većina bukovo-jelovih šuma u Hrvatskoj ima prijelaznu strukturu između jednodobne i one preborne. Strukturu karakterizira velika drvna zaliha, mali prirast, loša vitalnost, slaba obnova jele i sve veći udio obične bukve. Takav ogledni primjer je i stalna pokusna ploha koja se nalazi u sjevernom dinarskom području Hrvatske i kojom gospodare “Hrvatske šume” d.o.o. Zagreb, a ujedno je i predmet ovog istraživanja. Cilj članka jest istražiti različite modele određivanja sječa koji će usmjeriti šumu u stabilniju prebornu strukturu s optimalanim prirastom i s odgovarajućim volumnim udjelom jele. Ulazni podaci dobiveni su sukcesivnim mjerenjima na stalnoj pokusnoj plohi u bukovo-jelovoj sastojini. Simulator šumskih stabala i sastojina, MOSES version 3.0, testiran je na primjenjivost u lokalnim uvjetima i korišten je za projekciju budućeg gospodarenja. Četiri scenarija temeljena na različitim modelima izračuna sječe korištena su za simulaciju mogućih smjerova budućeg gospodarenja s naglaskom na ciljani volumni udio jele, prirodnu obnovu jele, uspostavu i održavanje preborne strukture. Svi scenariji predviđaju smanjenje volumena jele praćeno agresivnom regeneracijom obične bukve te djelomično postizanje preborne strukture. Krajnje strukture šumskih sastojina (nakon 110 godina) uspoređene su i rangirane na temelju sastojinskih i ekonomskih pokazatelja. S gledišta ekološke, šumsko-gospodarske i ekonomske održivosti, model izračuna sječe koji je temeljen na trenutnoj drvnoj zalihi i desetogodišnjem prirastu pokazao se kao najbolji među istraženim scenarijima.
Viola Sonata by Dmitri Shostakovich in the Art Space of Performance Interpretation
Authors: Han Zhang
Published: March 2023

The paper discusses the Sonata for Viola and Piano op. 147 (1975) by Dmitri Shostakovich in order to generalize the aspects of its instrumental chamber stylistics. The performance version by Fyodor Druzhynin (viola) and Mikhail Muntyan (piano), who were the first performers of this musical piece, was analyzed. Their interpretation may be considered the golden standard, as precise as possible to the author’s idea. Shostakovich dedicated his opus to F. Druzhinin, who often participated in the premieres of the composer’s works and was familiar with the performing style of his music. The factors that form the musical stage image of Shostakovich’s chamber style include the conceptual intention to demonstrate the conflict, the scale of the concept, and conceptuality in interpreting its components during the implementation of the idea of symphonizing the genre. The importance of the Sonata for Viola in the history of this genre and in the history of 20th-century music can hardly be overestimated. The composer expanded the imagery and emotional sphere of the viola performance and used the sound range of the viola to the extreme: all registers of the instrument were involved. The viola part is rich in original effects: cantilena on flageolets, a large number of double notes, and a complex polyphonic fabric with double counterpoints (especially in the Cadences), it requires considerable effort from the performer. The analyzed performance version of the work is quite complete in terms of the performance of the specified characteristics of the author’sidea. It can be considered a benchmark in instrumental chamber performance of the 20th century.
The performance that was based on texts by Jakub Gavatovych in Kamyanka-Ctrumylova in 1619 as a site-specific theatre
Authors: Veselovska Hanna
Published: March 2023

For the first time in academic literature the theatrical presentation of texts by Yakub Gavatovych in the town of Kamyanka-Strumylova in the year 1619 is viewed as the case of a site-specific theatre from the early-modern epoch. Using available historical accounts and information, the author describes the main parameters of the place and surroundings where the play was performed, specifically those of the fair itself. It is proposed to consider this action not so much in the categories of aesthetics but of its societal dimension, taking into account the national and social composition of the attending public. With reference to a typical court case of the times, the study establishes a direct connection between the realities of the fair and the plot of Yakub Gavatovych’s interludes.
Analysis of creative motivations of artists during the period of Soviet ideological pressure
Authors: Golub Olena
Published: March 2023

The approach to the study of the Ukrainian artistic culture of the period of stagnation (1960s– 1980s) was recognized as unsatisfactory, both in the one-dimensionality of the nonconformism-conformism dualism, and in the attempt to unite artists of opposite views under such an angle of view that eliminates opposition. For the sake of abandoning binary oppositions, they resort to consideration of such common human spheres as daily life and everyday life, and this reduction of culture cannot be considered promising, because it leads to primitivism and physiologism. The research was carried out with the involvement of complex scientific interdisciplinary methods, at the intersection of the philosophy of existentialism, cultural studies, psychology and art history, with a focus on the analysis of the structure of the individual creative process. The proposed methodological approach opens wide prospects for further research by scientists from other disciplines (informatics, sociology, history, etc.). This intelligence deepens the optics of seeing the essential features of the era, without rejecting or masking its main contradictions, in practical application it can be useful for the selection of museum expositions.
Reflections on the war theme in Ukrainian scenographic content of the XX — early XXI century
Authors: Kovalchuk Olena
Published: March 2023

The article deals with the main projects of Ukrainian theater artists, which are related to a wide range of war/military issues and topics. The author presents the material in historical contexts of the XX — early XXI century. The author analyzes the appearance of iconic works of art, their figurative components as response of art to the aggravation of political situations, excessive society ideologization, and the cultivation of morally aggressive doctrines. The discussed issues include the analyzes of theatrical issues related to the questions of dehumanization of society, unity and opposition of power and nation, moral and ethical aspects of military genius in his interactions/disputes with the state and the ‘people factor’ in critical moments of history and conflicts.
Kharkiv School of Graphics: Letters of Mikhail Steyerman to Vasyl Kasiyan (1945–1946)
Authors: Storchai Oksana
Published: March 2023

The archival materials published letters of Mikhail Steyerman to Vasily Kasiyan (1945–1946). The preface and commentary to them would be a good basis for further research of the master’s work and for preparing a monograph and establishing a catalog of his works.
The Image of Taras Shevchenko in modern artistic practices
Authors: Chuyko Tetyana
Published: March 2023

The interpretation of the image of T. Shevchenko in modern artistic practices is analyzed. Its characteristic features are noted and its correspondence to the main trends outlined in the early 10s of the 21st century is traced: the desire to articulate and understand the basis of the pain points of modern society through the image of Shevchenko and to present him as a certain image-thoughtform (spirit, energy). It is noted that, turning to the interpretation of the image of the poet in modern artistic practices, artists adhere to the transmission of his physiognomic features. Accordingly, the authors of posters, digital collages, illustrations for Shevchenko's poems most often rely on the most common types of images, in particular, Self-portraits of T. Shevchenko (1840; 1843), photographs of the artist during his lifetime (works by I. Doss and A. Denier). However, these traditional, matrix, types of the poet's image are subject to certain modifications. Among them: conceptual «rejuvenation» of both specified types; image of T. Shevchenko as a warrior, defender. When interpreting his image, the image of a monument to the poet becomes in demand, including as a manifestation of a new way of sacralizing Shevchenko's image — a guarantor of identity preservation. Groups of works are considered separately: those where the reception of his personality, as a constant value of the Ukrainian cultural space, is revealed through symbols of creativity; interpretations of T. Shevchenko's poems. The interpretation of the poet's image is considered in the socio-cultural context of modern history; it is shown that the main inspiring factor of cultural creation in Shevchenko's theme is the disclosure of the nation-building meaning of Taras Shevchenko's poetry.
Two legends and one life
Authors: Shkepu Mariia
Published: March 2023

The two legends of architecture — the legend of the construction of the Cathedral of the Dormition at the Kyiv Lavra by twelve brothers and the legend of the Master Builder Manole — are interlinked by common semantics. Despite both temporal and socio-cultural distance of their origin, as well as the differences in their semantic tonality, these legends are marked by mutual development, which in the mythological sounding includes essential principles not only of architectural character, but also of symbolic expression of the «architecture» of human life. According to the legend, the Cathedral of the Dormition was shrinking during its construction and only after it had been built it rose in all its glory. The laws of physics have nothing to do with that legend, as another thing is symbolically hidden in it — the phenomenon of the dense transition of formational frames of life in the historical emergence of Kievan Rus'. Formally, the Old Russian state in a single year (the year of Duke Vladimir's adoption of Christianity) passed through three modes of production: patrimonial, which happened; slave-holding, which almost was not there; feudal, in the sense that Christianity appeared in the feudal Middle Ages. Such a unique ontological situation is rooted in the subconscious as a being-not-being objective basis of society and is reflected in this legend. The legend of the Master Builder Manole is not about the foundations of a church cathedral, but about the walls, which were being demolished without a living person being built into them. This person had to be a pure, beautiful soul. Built into the wall of a religious temple, such a soul made it impervious to physical decay. Again, the laws of physics were of no use — «of use» were only the laws of the power of the unity of the Man and something in which he is «concretised», giving his creation the power of indestructibility. In the history of the blind determination of the classics such a phenomenon was reached through self-sacrifice. In these legends, we shall hear echoes of an intolerably intensive yet triumphant journey of becoming, echoes that demand contemporary reflection.
Competition and festival movement in Ukraine during the Russian-Ukrainian war
Authors: Bezuhla Ruslana
Published: March 2023

The article analyzes the peculiarities of conducting contests and festivals in Ukraine in the conditions of a full-scale invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine. Significant security risks, which are still present in many regions of the country, led to the search for new formats of events. It was found that the key tasks of artistic events were: support of the moral spirit of society, accumulation of aid for the Armed Forces, promotion of Ukrainian culture both in Ukraine and abroad. The change in the format of the event itself is due to the specified tasks: the theme of war has become an important part of the theme of the festivals, and the charitable focus of the events has acquired key importance. Territorial changes are associated both with a threatening situation in some regions and with cooperation and support from other events located in safer places.
The purpose of the article is to create a comprehensive archive of materials that will allow analyzing the functioning of the competition-festival movement of Ukraine during the time of Russian military aggression, understanding the cultural strategies determined by the tasks of the military today.
Methodology of work. The article uses the following general scientific approaches, principles and methods that made it possible to consider the peculiarities of the functioning of the competition and festival movement of Ukraine during the war from different vector positions, thus, with the help of the comparative method, the formats for the task of events are compared, the phenomenological method is applied at the stage of revealing the essence of the phenomenon of competition festival movement of Ukraine and its transformation during the military invasion of Russia.
Gender theme in new media art
Authors: Chibalashvili Asmati , Kharchenko Polina
Published: March 2023

The article presents artistic projects in which the issue of gender is actualized. The above was carried out from the position of post-humanist ideas through the study of the impact of the development of technologies on modern socio-cultural processes. Thus, the projects created in different genres were analyzed, including post-cinema (“Night Walk for Edinburgh”, “A Total Jizzfest”) aimed at changing gender perceptions in society, Ellen Pearlman’s opera “Emotionally intelligent” Artificially Intelligent Brainwave Opera” (AIBO), in which, thanks to the involvement of artificial intelligence as an actor, gender opposition is reinforced. The Female Laptop Orchestra (FLO) project is dedicated to the support of female creativity, which, thanks to the involvement of information and communication tools, combines music creation with research in its activity. An important aspect of the considered projects is defined as interactivity, which is implemented by involving the viewer in the process of their creation.
It was found that, on the one hand, the digital virtual space made it possible to reduce the importance of social roles or gender affiliation, thereby leveling the stereotype of the opposition between the author’s masculinity and femininity. On the other hand, with the development of machine learning technologies, a new opposition between the human author and the artificial intelligence in the same capacity is gradually emerging.
Body as a medium in the works of Maria Kylikovska
Authors: Khomenko Iryna
Published: March 2023

The article considers the topic of the body in art, its methods of use and the problem of its theoretical elaboration.
The aim of the article is to study the body as a medium in the works of Maria Kulikovska. The choice of Maria Kulikowska’s work is not accidental, because she used the body both as a medium and as a pictorial object in one work, where we can observe exactly how these methods are combined. Also, Maria Kulikovska uses different visual categories of body, gender and context, sometimes combining them.
The article marked the beginning of a certain systematization: the body is divided by visual categories, by sex / gender and by the context in which this body is used. The body-medium, which is the material in the work and participates in the creation of the works of art, and the body-pictorial, that is, what is reflected on the canvas, in sculpture, architecture, and so on. The article proves that the theme of the body in art is important and needs further study, systematization and establishment of new terms.
«Scenarity» as the Basis for the Formation of the Drama Genre in K. Tsepkolenko First Piano Concerto
Authors: Ming Xia
Published: March 2023

The article reveals the peculiarities of creating the dramatic form of the Concerto-Drama for Piano and Orchestra. The paper substantiates the principles of dramatization of the composer’s piano concerto from the position of her creative method — her own genre concept, namely “scenario development” of musical material and general stylistic foundations of her creative work. The internal dramatic effect of the concerto is achieved thanks to the through development of musical images in the concerto-drama thanks to thematic bridges that unite all three parts into a single performance, in which the relief and convex script-fabula layers of the work are literally perceptible, revealing to the listener a world of emotions and vivid feelings. The article shows that the composer, developing the concerto genre in a dramatic turn, uses playful methods of form-making to enhance the dramatization of his works. In the orchestra part she widely uses the competitiveness of the individual instruments and orchestra groups, in the climactic moments the texture is saturated by poly-linear multi-layered semantic structures. The composer makes innovative use of piano cadenzas that appear on the crest of the hero’s emotions, appearing in various structural sections of the concerto and serving as unifying material that binds together the dramatic plot of the concerto. The individual project of the work based on the script featured development of the drama is decisive in the composer’s concerto-symphonic works. Here the composer acts as another function that emerged in connection with the application of the script development method, namely that of the director of the musical process, who shapes the musical material taking into account its texture, temporal and spatial forms.