bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Are Cloth Tarpaulin Mounted Nets Effective for Discard Reduction in Trammel Nets?
Authors: Eryasar Ahmet Raif , Ceylan Yusuf , Özbilgin Hüseyin , Bozaoğlu Adem Sezai
Published: December 2020

Discarding is a significant problem due to net damage and labour loss in trammel net fisheries. In this study, the effects of 15, 25, and 35 cm high cloth tarpaulin rigged between the lead line and the net were investigated in reducing the discard amount of trammel nets for red mullet (Mullus barbatus) in the south-eastern Black Sea. During the study, twenty fishing trips were carried out on-board a commercial vessel between May 11 and June 20, 2018. Results showed that there were no significant differences in the amount of discards between the commercial and experimental nets (P>0.05) However, cloth tarpaulin mounted nets (CTMN) were found to be significantly successful to reduce the amount of shore crab (Liocarcinus depurator) and the veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) (P<0.05). Although it is insignificant, a decline of capture was also observed in the amount of target species in CTMN compared to the commercial net (CN). Finally, the advantages and concerns of this gear modification, and potential reasons for the reduction of target and discard species are discussed.
Temporal Dynamics of Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca Stranded on the Mediterranean Coast of Morocco
Authors: Mghili Bilal , Analla Mohamed , Aksissou Mustapha
Published: December 2020

Seasonal dynamics of the scyphomedusa Pelagia noctiluca were studied along with their relation to certain environmental factors between the study period that extends from January 2018 to December 2019. During 2018, stranded individuals of P. noctiluca appeared throughout this year, but their high frequency was reported in the summer. While in contrast, P. noctiluca in 2019 was reported in a very low number only during the winter season and had not been detected in the other seasons of this year. The overall results revealed that the inter-annual variations in the abundance of jellyfish were not significantly (P<0.05) correlated with water temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric pressure. Our results showed easterly winds as a significant predictor of P. noctiluca strandings. The bell diameters of examined jellyfish ranged from 30 to 130 mm, with mean of 72 mm. Stranded mature jellyfish individuals as well as young ones were recorded throughout the year 2018. The size distribution indicated that P. noctiluca can reproduce all around the year, with its more intense activityduring the spring. The continuing presence of P. noctiluca in the Moroccan Mediterranean makes it necessary to set effective strategies in order to prevent and minimize their impact on economic activities.
FENOLOGIA REPRODUTIVA DE RUBIACEAE JUSS. NA MATA ATLÂNTICA PARAIBANA
Authors:   Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Andrade Letícia Keyla França de , Silva Neto Edito Romão da , de Sá Túlio , Quirino Zelma Glebya Maciel ,   Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Published: December 2020

Phenological studies help determine the reproductive and vegetative patterns of plants, contributing to knowledge about dynamics in an environment. We studied the reproductive phenological patterns of five Rubiaceae species in an Atlantic Forest area, evaluating their seed dispersal syndromes and the effects of climatic variables on flowering and fruiting phenology. We monitored reproductive individuals of five species biweekly from February 2015 to February 2016 (one-year period). For each reproductive phenophase, we evaluated the Fournier index and intrapopulational synchronicity. Spearman’s rank correlation was used to determine possible correlations between phenological phenophases and rainfall, temperature and photoperiod. Seed dispersal syndromes were based on morphological analysis and Van der Pijl classification. The Rubiaceae community showed a continuous pattern of flowering and fruiting. However, when analysing phenological patterns by species, there was a higher concentration of phenophases and synchronicity of populations in the rainy season. Flowering and fruiting were positively correlated with temperature and historical average rainfall. Zoochory was the predominant seed dispersal syndrome, indicating the importance of the Rubiaceae family as a year-round resource for frugivorous communities. Temperature and rainfall regulate the reproductive phenophases similarly, resulting in a high level of synchrony between them.
Fish-killing diatom bloom in an urban recreational pond: An index case for a global warming scenario?
Authors:   Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Casa Valeria , Brancolini Florencia , Mielnicki Diana , Mataloni Gabriela ,   Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental
Published: December 2020

By the end of the exceptionally warm and stormy autumn of 2018, a fish kill occurred in a small hypertrophic pond located in a recreative green area in Buenos Aires (BA, Argentina). As there were no visible signs of an algal bloom, the causes for the die-off were investigated. On 1st June, the pond was sampled while fish, mostly Bryconamericus iheringii (Characidae) and Australoheros facetus (Cichlidae) were still dying. Despite low turbidity (18.9 NTU) and chlorophyll a concentration values (15.90 µg/L) as compared to similar BA waterbodies, a heavy bloom of planktonic araphid diatoms (161,600 ind/mL) was detected, mainly caused by Fragilaria saxoplanctonica (Fragilariaceae), Pseudostaurosira neoelliptica (Fragilariaceae) and Ulnaria cf. acus (Fragilariaceae). Previous records of high abundances of these or closely related planktonic diatoms around the world were associated with increased temperature and nutrient content, yet they did not cause other than nuisance blooms. Fish necropsy showed good body condition except for gill damage and mucus accumulation due to a large amount of frustules of these species, mainly P. neoelliptica, interspersed in the gill filaments. Although this is a common cause for die-offs in marine fish farms, it is unprecedented in freshwater systems, and particularly in urban waterbodies. Conversely to more common –and foreseeable- summer cyanobacterial blooms in these systems, this phenomenon was triggered by an autumnal weather anomaly. This fact is crucial, as non-summer heat waves and heavy storms are predicted to increase in frequency and intensity over the subtropical regions, yet their ecological consequences are less perceived, seldom studied, and far from understood. This could be the first documented case of many to occur in such heavily eutrophicated environments unless effective strategies for eutrophication control and management are taken.
COMPOSICIÓN DE LA DIETA DE Asplanchna girodi (PLOIMA, ASPLANCHNIDAE) EN UN EMBALSE ALTOANDINO ECUATORIAL EN COLOMBIA BASADO EN OBSERVACIONES DE CAMPO
Authors:   Universidad de Medellín, Jaramillo-Londoño Juan Carlos
Published: December 2020

Asplanchna girodi (de Guerne, 1888) is a predatory rotifer of wide distribution in temperate and tropical freshwater ecosystems. Of this species, little is known about its diet and its food preferences under natural conditions, since most of the work related to this aspect has been carried out under laboratory conditions. During a short monitoring program at La García Reservoir, a high Andean equatorial reservoir located in the central region of the department of Antioquia (Colombia), in which this species reached a total density of 2.296,2 ind.L-1, studied the composition of the A. girodi diet based only on the direct observation, under the microscope, of the organisms contained in the stomachs of all the individuals present in the simples. Between June and September 2014, integrated samples composed of five depths were taken monthly at three monitoring stations in the entire water column, with a sampling bottle of 10 L capacity. The collected material was filtered through a 30µm plankton net of mesh eye. It was found that A. girodi, presented a wide trophic preference that included the foraging of a dinoflagellate (Ceratium, Schrank), five species of rotifers and a cladoceran. These results lead to the conclusion that A. girodi is possibly an opportunistic species, since consumption is directed at the species with the highest availability (in this case Ceratium) and with the greatest energy savings, since no investment is made in the search for specific prey and in turn would become an important factor in controlling phytoplankton populations.
An Investigation of Concepts about “Gases” through Didactic Transposition in Higher Education
Authors: Karaduman Betul , Doganay Ahmet , Ucar Sedat
Published: December 2020

Didactic transposition theory examines the development from scientific / academic knowledge being produced by scientists to it becoming learned knowledge constructed by learners. According to the theory, four kinds of knowledge exist: scientific knowledge, knowledge to be taught, taught knowledge and learned knowledge. In this study, learning and teaching processes and the transition between different types of knowledge were investigated in detail for the concept of “Gases” in higher education General Chemistry-I courses. The study was designed as a qualitative case study. Data were collected by lesson observations, semi-structured interviews, the Diagnostic Form and Word Association Test. The results revealed that the didactic preferences of the instructors were highly effective in influencing taught knowledge. It was additionally observed that the “knowledge to be taught” of the instructors affected “the taught knowledge,” and that the learned knowledge of the pre-service teachers was closely connected to “taught knowledge” with individual characteristics. It can be concluded that the interaction between the instructor and pre-service teacher positively affected the learned knowledge of pre-service teachers. It was also found that pre-service teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge and hidden curricula are effective for taught and learned knowledge.
Investigation of the Relationship between the STEM Awareness and Questioning Skills of Pre-Service Teachers
Authors: Çetin Ali
Published: December 2020

This study aims to investigate the relationship between pre-service form, elementary mathematics and elementary science teacher’s STEM awareness and questioning skills. In addition to this aim, whether differences existed or not was also investigated in terms of the gender, class level and department variables. A total of 195 pre-service teachers participated in the study from the 3rd and 4thyears in the fall semester of the academic year of 2019-2020. The STEM Awareness and Questioning Skills Scales were used in this correlation study. Non-parametric tests were used in data analysis. For the STEM awareness positive opinion dimension, statistically significant differences were found in favour of the 4thyear participants. For the questioning skills knowledge control dimension, a statistically significant difference was found according to the gender in favour of the male participants. A medium-level positive relationship was found between the STEM awareness positive opinion dimension and the questioning skills dimensions, while a low-level relationship was found between the negative opinions and questioning skills dimensions.
Factors Underlie Selfie Addiction: Developing and Validating a Scale
Authors: Mustafa Khalid Ismail , Abdullah Zhwan Dalshad , Abdulrahman Renas Osman , Ismail Azad Ali
Published: December 2020

This study aimed at investigating the underlying factors of selfie addiction among university students. It further attempted to find out the role of gender difference in selfie addiction. A 19-item self-developed questionnaire used to measure selfie addiction. The questionnaire was validated using a sample of 269 randomly selected university students. Principle Component Analysis (PCA) was conducted to test the validity of the questionnaire. The results revealed three underlined factors which were: Intention, Self-Obsessed, and Self-Acceptance. The results also indicated that females are more addicted with respect to selfies on social media than their males.
Exploring Teachers’ Retention and Attrition in Middle and Secondary Schools in Eritrea: Perspectives of Currently Serving Teachers
Authors: Fessehatsion Petros Woldu , Peng Pai
Published: December 2020

This paper seeks to contribute a fresh perspective meant to enrich the current limited discourse on teacher retention and attrition in Sub Saharan Africa particularly in Eritrea. Factors leading to teachers’ retention and attrition in middle and secondary schools in Eritrea are discussed. Results of an in-depth semi-structured interview with thirteen teachers in five purposefully selected schools show that low remuneration, poor school leadership, school-home distance, and placement without preference & interest are factors for teacher attrition. Conversely, meagre alternative employment opportunities, love of the profession, and love of the school children play a crucial role in teachers’ persistence in their profession. Although the study was carried out among few teachers and few schools, the findings present valuable discoveries useful for policymakers, school leaders, and stakeholders in the struggle for retaining quality teachers in the schools.
Cartoons: A Profound Outlook within the Scope of Children and Media
Authors: Atabey Derya
Published: December 2020

The current study was carried out to evaluate cartoons from the perspective of preschool prospective teachers within the scope of Child and Media Lecture in Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool Education. The working group of the study consisted of 46 cartoon parts evaluated by 24 preschool prospective teachers attending to the lecture of “Child and Media” in the content of final assignments. As a data collection tool, cartoon evaluation form (an unstructured survey form) that was prepared by the researcher was used. The study was conducted following qualitative research method, and it was analyzed with the content analysis technique. At the end of the research, the positive and negative features of protagonist, the positive and negative features of other heroes, the positive and negative effects of cartoon on children, subliminal messages, the personal views and recommendations of the prospective teachers with regard to the cartoons they analyzed were determined. Depending on the results obtained, various recommendations were provided.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IN-SERVICE TEACHERS’ MINDSET TYPES AND THEIR EFFICACY BELIEFS IN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Authors: YILMAZ Aslıhan
Published: December 2020

Mindset is the belief of whether people's abilities can be improved or not. It has been an essential phenomenon in education, and the value of this concept cannot be ignored in teachers' educational career. Teachers' mindset plays a pivotal role in learner achievement and building up self-esteem. On the other hand, there has not been much research that examines teachers' mindset and teacher efficacy in instructional strategies. Thus, this study aims to investigate the relationship between in-service teachers' mindset types and their efficacy in instructional strategies. 130 EFL instructors teaching at the English Preparatory Programs from both state and foundation universities in Turkey participated in this research. Teachers' Self-Efficacy Scale (TSES) and Teachers' Mindset Instrument (TMI) were used as data collection tools. TSES and TMS were found to be the most trustable and valid tools to measure teachers' instructional strategies and their mindset. The reliability of the Teacher Mindset Instrument was measured as = .79. The reliability of Teachers' Self-Efficacy Scale was measured as = .86 for efficacy in instructional strategies. Pearson Correlation Analysis and Regression Analysis was conducted to reveal the relationship between teachers' mindset and teacher efficacy in instructional strategies. The results of the study indicate that there is a significant difference between teachers who have a growth mindset and a fixed mindset in terms of using instructional strategies. The teacher efficacy in the instructional strategies is more powerful when the teachers adopt growth mindsets. Researching these two concepts might contribute to teachers’ success in the future. Also, this study can shed light on the teacher development programs that universities will offer to their teachers.
Migración, racismo y humor. Estereotipos sobre el migrante andino en las historietas del Perú oligárquico
Authors: Rodríguez Luis
Published: December 2020

La tesis estudia cómo se reprodujeron y fortalecieron los estereotipos sobre el migrante andino en un contexto de masiva migración durante los años cincuenta en Lima. Para ello, proponemos a la historieta como un artefacto cultural que permite conocer los discursos racistas de la época. En ese sentido, hemos estudiado a la historieta durante sus primeros diez años de publicación que coincidieron con el Perú oligárquico, hemos resaltado —desde el concepto de la etnicidad— aquellas viñetas que manifiestan un estereotipo que tiene  como base la deformación intencional de la cultura. Así, la caricatura Serrucho transmitió la percepción racista limeña y los estereotipos que le imponían al migrante andino, estos deformaban sus características culturales como las costumbres, gustos, hábitos, conducta y moral, lo que generó la creación de una imagen inamovible e inalterable de lo que se supone era un migrante.
La construcción de la “figura” ministerial en el Perú. Una mirada multidimensional y relacional al estudio de las élites estatales
Authors: Morenas Arthur
Published: December 2020

El Estado y sus élites han sido objeto de varios estudios, mediante los cuales se renueva y profundiza el conocimiento sobre las formas de gobierno y de acceso a los puestos de la alta administración pública del Perú. Este análisis se centra en los ministros nombrados en las principales carteras, encargadas de los temas de desarrollo económico y social entre 2001 y 2020. En ese sentido, se propone profundizar en el conocimiento de una categoría específica de agente estatal, fuertemente construida a nivel social y simbólico. El trabajo prosopográfico y el Análisis de Correspondencias Múltiples, con el enfoque multidimensional y relacional subyacente, permiten objetivar un poco más el peso de las trayectorias y perfiles profesionales de los ministros peruanos en el acceso a estos cargos político-administrativos. El artículo también sugiere la hipótesis de un espacio fuertemente organizado en torno a dimensiones sociales y generacionales, que no son ajenas a las dinámicas de construcción socioprofesional que tienen lugar en otros espacios. Por último, el trabajo permite situar en el espacio de los ministros peruanos los diferentes ministerios estudiados, así como las presidencias (Toledo, García, Humala, Kuczynski y Vizcarra) para identificar las características propias de estos ministerios y presidencias.
Tokenization of Assets Using Blockchain
Technology
Authors: Rohit Dubey and Prof. Ajay Kaushik
Published: December 2020

In the ongoing occasions, Blockchain Technology (BCT) has additionally gotten impressive consideration
outside the monetary area. The idea of Blockchain is much past than Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies.
Investigating the odds inside the Blockchain universe, various uses of BCT in Tokenization of assets are
frequently actualized. During this paper, we will join these two viewpoints on BCT in Tokenization of assets
to sum up the present status of the transactions and the future scope of such transactions in the future. This
paper means to examine the part of Blockchain in maintainable transactions of actual money liquified into
tokens and distributed through a blockchain network.
Designing Smart Home (IOT) Using Cisco Packet
Tracer 7.2 Simulator
Authors: Tanishka and Prof. Shikha Gupta
Published: December 2020

The internet of things, or IoT, is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital
machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers (UIDs) and the ability to
transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. Internet
of Things (IoT) is rapidly gaining momentum in the scenario of telecommunications. Conventional networks
allow for interactivity and data exchange, but these networks have not been designed for the new features
and functions of IoT devices. In this paper, an algorithm is proposed to share common recourse among
Things, that is, between different types of smart appliances. . Purpose is to analyze deeper the cases
separating the network and IoT layout, giving a deeper explanation of the purpose of the simulations,
presenting all the information needed to utilize the exercises but also giving suggestion how to expand the
exercises further.
This implementation can be implemented effectively using package tracking software that includes IoT
functions to control and simulate a smart home. IoT technology can be applied to many real life issues, such
as: homework, treatment, campus, office, etc.
AI Health Care Chatbot
Authors: Sumit
Published: December 2020

Healthcare bot is a technology that makes interaction between man and machine possible by using Artificial
Intelligence with the support of dialog flow. Now a day people tend to seek knowledge or information from
internet that concern with health through online healthcare services.
To lead a good life healthcare is very much important. But it is very difficult to obtain the consultation with the
doctor in case of any health issues.
The basic aim of this system is to bridge the vocabulary gap between the doctors by giving self-diagnosis
from the comfort of one’s place. The proposed idea is to create a medical chatbot using Artificial Intelligence
that can diagnose the disease and provide basic details about the disease before consulting a doctor. To
reduce the healthcare costs and improve accessibility to medical knowledge the medical bot is built. Certain
bots act as a medical reference books, which helps the patient know more about their disease and helps to
improve their health. The user can achieve the real benefit of a bot only when it can diagnose all kind of
disease and provide necessary information. Hence, people will have an idea about their health and have the
right protection.
Employee Management System
Authors: Rishabh Bajpayi
Published: December 2020

Employee management system is an application based system, having two applications developed, one for
employers to manage employee details and another for employees to mark their attendance. Every
organisation whether government or private uses an information system[2.] to store data of their staff.
However, in India it is found that many small scale industries use pen and paper to keep a record. However,
there are many advanced technology systems available that can do this work but they all are costly for these
low level industries. This paper discusses making a system for solving problems for them at a cheaper cost.
This system will mark attendance of each employee and calculate the salary of them at the end of month. It
also calculates overtime and total working hours of each employee. As in small scale each company has their
own holidays preference and variable week off for employees, so all this power is given to the employer to
manage holidays and week days of each employee separately.
It saves lots of time and has no error in pay calculation hence preventing clashes between HR Team and
employees. So that both employer and employee can focus on their work to develop their company.
DMRC Location Tracker and Alert System
Authors: Ruchika Jain and Anu Rathee
Published: December 2020

It is a simple React-Native application used to get an alert before your destined metro station so that you can
plan your journey accordingly without the fear of missing the destination. The purpose of this project is to
design and construct a hand-held wireless tracking device so that the location of a person can be detected.
Other than providing alert the application can also be used for women safety purpose. It focuses on one of the
important problems of society that is eve-teasing. It makes the society to be aware of the misbehavior which
is happening and to come forward for help. It enables women to be self-dependent and can handle any kind
of unpredictable situation. It mainly shares the location based on GPS, (Global Positioning System). Pressing
the SOS button it sends the emergency message with time and location to the emergency contacts and metro
authorities. When the application triggers on the time of travelling it send the location to the emergency
contacts with few images taken by the camera on spot, and a siren rings which gives immediate help.
Design of Controller for Large Scale Uncertain
Systems via Reduces Order Model
Authors: Vudikala Lalitha and Dr. T Narasimhulu
Published: December 2020

In This paper, a method of designing the Controller for large scale uncertain systems. The Controller is
designed via a reduced order model for a given high order system. An optimized reduced order model is
derived with minimum ISE. The proposed method guarantees stability of the reduced model, if the original
high order system is stable system. A PID controller is designed for the high order original systems through
its low order model proposed. This paper presents an improvement to generalized least squares method of
model order reduction. The improvement enhances the flexibility of the method with very little computational
requirement. The reduction procedure is simple, efficient and always generates stable reduced models for the
stable high order systems. The proposed method is illustrated with typical numerical examples taken from
the literature and the results are compared with the other existing methods to show its superiority.
Android Image Classifier
Authors: Piyush Bansal and Saurabh Gautam
Published: December 2020

Image classification is the task of identifying an image. Android image classification model is trained to
recognize various classes of images. For example, we may train a model to recognize photos representing
three different types of animals: rabbits, hamsters, and dogs. Optimized pre-trained models are provided
byTensor Flow Lite that we can deploy in our mobile applications. Simple Machine Learning (ML) algorithms
in Python make relatively easy to start explore datasets and make some first predictions. We can make these
trained models useful in the real world by making them available to make predictions on either the Web or
Portable devices.
Heart Disease Prediction Using Machine Learning
Authors: Nidhi Sengar and Dr.Amita Goe Tarun Rahuja
Published: December 2020

This paper revolves around a classification use case of machine learning in which the intention is to predict
the possibility of a heart disease in an individual given certain parameters. Machine Learning is extensively
being used across the world. The healthcare industry has also commenced leveraging these data driven
techniques. Machine Learning can play a vital role in predicting the likelihood of locomotor disorders, Heart
ailments and more such diseases because machine learning is well known for its use cases in classifying,
categorizing and predicting. Such information, if predicted well, can provide key foresight to doctors who can
hence mould their diagnosis and course of treatment per patient basis. The main advantage of using machine
learning in healthcare is its ability to parse and process huge datasets which are beyond the scope of human
abilities, and then accurately convert the derived analysis of that data into clinical insights that can aid
medical practitioners round the globe in planning stratergies for providing care to patients, ultimately leading
to more promising results, reduced costs of care and last but not the least , increased patient satiation and
response/recovery. To simplify and solve this problem, solutions were provided using multiple supervised
learning algorithms like logistic regression, Naïve Bayes, random forests, decision trees, support vector
machines and K-nearest neighbours. The best accuracy was seen using random forests.
Feminismos y sexualidad: Placer y peligro, versus libertad y censura. De los debates feministas (inacabados) de fin de siglo, a los de hoy
Authors: Almirón Mengíbar Ana
Published: December 2020

El 11/09/2019 la Universidade da Coruña (UDC) suspende una jornada de debate sobre trabajo sexual al no poder garantizar su seguridad, dado el “fuerte rechazo, acoso y crueldad” recibidos, tras la polémica protagonizada por activistas abolicionistas bajo el hashtag #UniversidadSinProstitución, denunciando la iniciativa y afirmando que formaba parte de la estrategia del “lobby proxeneta”. Apenas un mes después, el 18/10/2019, 22 universidades de todo el estado hacen público un programa colectivo tratando de abrir un debate en libertad sobre trabajo sexual, bajo el hashtag #UniversidadSinCensura, que pudiera arrojar luz sobre ello, dando voz además, como algo fundamental, a las propias protagonistas. Debate en el que se inscribe este Monográfico.  Un debate por tanto no solo académico, sino social y político, pero ni novedoso ni con un único punto de vista feminista al respecto, a lo largo de los casi cincuenta años de debates feministas de este país, desde sus inicios como movimiento social (años 70) hasta la actualidad, transitando entre el placer y el peligro hacia el reconocimiento de la diversidad y libertad sexual, contra la estigmatización, censura y prohibición de derechos. Debates feministas que hemos querido trasladar aquí, de forma obligatoriamente resumida, mostrando la pluralidad de ideas y propuestas, desde entonces hasta hoy, planteándonos finalmente cuales podrían ser los retos actuales del movimiento feminista, en un contexto de creciente conservadurismo estatal y global.
Introducción: Cuerpos, mercados y sexualidades, continuidades, paradojas y disidencias.
Authors: Blanco López Juan
Published: December 2020

Introducción al número cuatro de la revista RELIES Cuerpos, mercados y sexualidades, continuidades, paradojas y disidencias.
Geopolitical Discourse
Authors: Rojnic Dobrinka
Published: December 2020

Contemporary geopolitical discourses are to a large extent shaped by networks of global actors with different sources of power. In such networkskey source of power is not just a territory, but also effective and vibrant economic policies that are shaped by countries, companies and other economic actors. The growing attention on geopolitical and geostrategic issues have placed the issue of economic integration high on the list of policy and governance priorities in last two decades. While every country, region, alliance shapes its own geopolitical and geostrategic positioning by formulating and implementing its own energy policy, such policies are to a large extent influenced with what takes place in the territory of Eurasia. In geopolitical discourses, Eurasia has been in the focus of scholarly and political discussions for quite some time now. Previous reviews of geopolitical discourses on Eurasia have showed, however, that while the concept of Eurasia is often employed in the context of its relations with western democracies, the boundaries or properties of concept itself still remain unclear. This paper aims to tackle this problem and define Eurasia in geographical as well as cultural, political and social terms. The literature review and document analysis are, thus, employed to offer the answer to the question: “What and who is Eurasia?” While answering to the question, this paper takes into account the important role Eurasia plays for European Union as a territory with significant energy resources and with a consequential attractivity for economic integration with European Union and its members states. In order to offer the answer to the question “What and who is Eurasia?”, in order to unfold the dimensions of its geopolitical domination, the paper focuses on cultural, economic, geopolitical and social dimensions.
YouTube regionalizacija Europe i položaj Hrvatske
Authors: Mak Karlo
Published: December 2020

Polazeći od pretpostavke da je kulturne regije moguće detektirati pomoću
online poslužitelja popularne kulture kakav je YouTube, cilj ove studije bio je definirati (virtualne) kulturne regije Europe. Budući da YouTube osigurava geolocirane podatke najpopularnijih videozapisa (trending), regionalizacija je izvršena na temelju zajedničkih videa koje su pojedine zemljeimale u trendingu. Pokazalo se da države koje su geografski bliskije te između kojih ne postoji značajnija jezična barijera tendiraju formirati zajednički kulturni prostor. Zato ne čudi da Hrvatska pripada južnoslavenskoj regiji u kojoj je posebno upućena na
Srbiju s obzirom na to da iz te zemlje derivira natpolovičnu većinu videosadržaja u trendingu.
Europska pravna regulativa suzbijanja terorizma i
biosigurnosnih ugroza
Authors: Pilić Marko
Published: December 2020

Borba protiv terorizma i svih njegovih pojavnih oblika globalni je izazov koji zahtijeva stalnu koordinaciju pravnog i praktičnog aspekta međunarodnih i nacionalnih tijela. Relevantan pravni okvir omogućava harmonizirano djelovanje niza aktera protiv tog teškog kaznenog djela. Zato i ne čude stalna nastojanja Europske unije za poboljšanjem pravnog sustava u cilju suzbijanja terorizma. Autor u prvom dijelu rada daje prikaz kaznenopravnog okvira u borbi protiv terorizma, osobito promjena koje su se dogodile u samoj definiciji terorizma te proširenju terorističkih aktivnosti. Drugi dio rada posvećen je aktivnostima Europske unije u suzbijanju jednog specifičnog modaliteta terorizma, bioterorizma, u smjeru smanjivanja pristupa rizičnim i opasnim materijalima, osiguravanja veće spremnosti kao odgovora mogućim biološkim sigurnosnim rizicima, ojačavanja unutarnjih i vanjskih veza s ključnim regionalnim i međunarodnim partnerima Europske unije te povećanja znanja o potencijalnim rizicima. Konačno, autor daje prikaz praktičnih implikacija terorizma na područje Europske unije iz statističkih pokazatelja Europola i CBRN incidenata.
ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PASS ROADS BETWEEN OSSETIA AND GEORGIA IN THE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PERIODS AND OSSETIAN-GEORGIAN RELATIONS
Authors: ДЗИДЗОЕВ В.Д.
Published: December 2020

В статье рассматриваются взаимоотношения между Грузией и
Осетией, которые складывались на протяжении многих веков, начиная с древ-
нейших времен. Особенно интенсивными были взаимоотношения в средневеко-
вый период. Основное внимание уделено стратегическому и геополитическому
значению перевальных дорог между Северным Кавказом и Закавказьем, которые
известны по древним письменным источникам.

The article deals with the relations between Georgia and Ossetia, which were formed over many centuries,
starting from the ancient period. The relationship in the medieval period was particularly intense. The focus is on the
strategic and geopolitical signifi cance of the pass roads between the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia, which are
known from ancient written sources.
SOME MONUMENTS OF MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE MEDIEVAL CITY OF UPPER DZHULAT / TATARTUP
Authors: Чшиев В.Т.
Published: December 2020

В статье рассматриваются средневековые памятники культурно-
го наследия городища Верхний Джулат / Татартуп, а также связанный с этим
древним мегаполисом «Эльхотовский каменный крест».

The article examines the medieval monuments of the cultural heritage of the Upper Dzhulat / Tatartup settlement, as
well as the «Elkhotovo stone cross» associated with this ancient metropolis.
DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION AND RECONFIGURATION: A MATERIALIST READING OF WALT WHITMAN’S 1855 LEAVES OF GRASS
Authors: Byer Tia
Published: December 2020

The following article discusses the material conditions of production surrounding Walt Whitman’s 1855 Leaves of Grass. As a self-published poetry collection, I argue that Whitman uses paratextual features to mirror the text’s thematic rubric. By employing a materialist framework, this article claims that Whitman’s interpretation of America’s retroactive relationship to its democratic founding drives his collection. In depicting the nation as a work in progress, Whitman forces the American reader to revisit, reform and evolve the limited state of democratic power evidenced in his present-day nation. As self-reflexive focalization of the national condition, Leaves of Grass, through its unpretentious material composition, reconstructs the image of the poet as the necessary mediator of America’s unique political conception. Drawing upon Derrida’s synchronic assessment of the Declaration of Independence’s constative and performative structure, as well as Raymond Williams’ championing of the significance of a text’s cultural material context, this article claims that Whitman’s Leaves of Grass is a political project that provides intervention for the democratic failures of America’s founding principles.
La nueva forma de atender pacientes
Authors: By PANLAR Global Rheumatology
Published: December 2020

Discutir cómo respondimos desde la clínica a la necesidad de evaluar pacientes en ambientes no presenciales. Así como identificar las principales limitaciones de estas estrategias y los casos de éxito disponibles.
Un café por la Reumatología
Authors: By PANLAR Global Rheumatology
Published: December 2020

Bienvenidos a un Café por la Reumatología, el podcast de Global Rheumatology by PANLAR (GRP) donde escucharás diversos protagonistas de la reumatología quienes comentarán hechos y noticias de carácter científico y formativo, así como publicaciones relevantes de interés para la especialidad. La sección es presentada y conducida por el Dr Diego Jaimes.
Módulo 1 / Curso: Principios básicos de publicaciones científicas.
Authors: by PANLAR Global Rheumatology
Published: December 2020

¿Cómo escribir artículos científicos, abstracts y pósters? La presentación tiene como objetivo revisar los conceptos básicos para desarrollar y publicar un artículo científico.
SOCIOLOGIA PÚBLICA E A INSERÇÃO DA SOCIOLOGIA NO CURRÍCULO DA EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA BRASILEIRA: uma reflexão sobre o papel e a relevância pública desta ciência na sociedade
Authors: Andrade Ana Olívia Costa de
Published: December 2020

Esse artigo discorre sobre como a ideia de sociologia pública do sociólogo norte-americano Michael Buroway junto à inserção obrigatória da sociologia no currículo do ensino médio brasileiro suscitaram diferentes percepções e disputas retóricas em relação ao papel da sociologia e de que forma esta ciência pode se tornar mais ou menos relevante para a sociedade não acadêmica. Este trabalho é fruto de uma monografia (AUTORA, 2014) que investigou os debates referentes ao tema a partir de entrevistas com professores e intelectuais que protagonizaram as discussões referentes ao processo de reinserção da sociologia no ensino médio brasileiro em 2008. Além das entrevistas foram realizadas pesquisas bibliográficas referente às discussões a respeito da reinserção da sociologia na educação básica e também sobre a ideia de sociologia pública. No centro desse debate, é posto sempre em oposição a defesa de um caráter neutro que visa caracterizar a sociologia como científica versus a defesa de uma sociologia capaz de intervir nos acontecimentos da sociedade para caracterizá-la como socialmente relevante. É uma reflexão que nos leva a pensar para que serve a sociologia, o seu papel na sociedade e como a sociologia pode ultrapassar os muros da universidade e adentrar nas trincheiras da política e da sociedade civil sem perder o seu rigor científico.
PARTICIPAÇÃO POLÍTICA E JUVENTUDE: um olhar sobre as experiências de jovens na rede de jovens no Nordeste-PB
Authors: Oliveira Adailson Regis de
Published: December 2020

O presente trabalho é resultante da pesquisa de dissertação em Sociologia no PPGS/UFPB em 2016. Teve por objetivo analisar a participação política de jovens que integram ou integraram a Rede de Jovens do Nordeste. Buscou discutir uma das formas de participação política da juventude que se expressa, sobretudo, pela articulação em redes e pela abertura para a atuação em organismos governamentais. A pesquisa, de natureza qualitativa, foi feita a partir de relatos de 11 colaboradores, sendo 6 (seis) homens e 5 (cinco) mulheres, no sentido de apreender como atribuem significado a suas experiências como atores políticos, sejam nas práticas organizativas e de mobilização sejam como representantes da Rede em organismos governamentais.  O período analisado é de 2005 a 2011, quando a Rede é mais atuante no Nordeste, e foram entrevistados jovens que participaram em diferentes momentos da história da Rede. As análises das falas dialogam com o conceito de juventude, entendido como uma categoria mutável que é significada também pelos próprios jovens a partir de suas experiências na família, no trabalho, na escola, na igreja e na política. A participação política é entendida num sentido ampliado envolvendo práticas organizativas de ação direta e de mediação, bem como a elaboração de representações sobre o significado da democracia, da participação e da cidadania.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CHUVASH CALENDAR AND THE RITUAL COMPLEX KALAM
Authors: Rodionov Vitaliy G.
Published: December 2020

The process of mass Christianization and the use of the official language and the Julian calendar in the administrative offices of local authorities influenced heavily the traditional calendar of the Chuvash people. First of all, the names that denoted the months of the transition period, as well as the name of the main Chuvash rite at the vernal equinox – Kalam, were subjected to semantic transformation. Prior to mass Christianization of the Chuvash people, their calendar year began with the month of norăs / nurăs. This term, along with the concept of a 5-day week, was borrowed from the neighboring Iranian language no later than the 4th–8th centuries AD. Before this period the ancestors of the Onoğurs-Bulgar could name the first month of the year as having the meaning «head month [of the year]» and have, like all Proto-Turkic, a 3-day week. The latter is well reflected in the rules for dividing individual parts of moon phases in the Onoğuro-Bulgar calendar, as well as in a 9-day division of moon phases in the calendars of the Chuvash, the Tuvinians and some other Turkic peoples. Number 9 expresses the main idea of the harmonious unity of the three forces of the universe: the Sky (the Sun), the Man from the middle world and the Earth, where the remnants of his ancestors are. The chronotope of Kalam ritual complex reflects the universal idea of «dying «and «resurrecting» nature. The complex was formed on the basis of the ancient cult of the Sun among the proto-Turks, who associated the year (in the meaning of a «warm season») only with the summer sun. With the development of cattle breeding and the emergence of the concept of a two-season (summer and winter) calendar year, the idea of its beginning also changed. The Chuvash, like other Turkic peoples, divided the months into two groups: summer months and winter ones. Later on, the ancient Turks began to mark transition periods from one season to another. The ancient Turks understood summer and winter as the time of heat and frost «birth and death». Sĕren rite, which originally symbolized treating and seeing off the ancestral spirits, gradually transformed into the agricultural festivals Akatui (sĕren) and Sabantui «plow wedding».
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF ATTRACTING AND REORIENTING NON-MILITARY ENTERPRISES AND ORGANIZATIONS OF THE USSR TO PRODUCE MILITARY PRODUCTS DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
Authors: Pokhilyuk Anatoly V. , Shuvalov Denis V. , Shuvalova Maria A.
Published: December 2020

From the first days of military actions in the Great Patriotic war, all the activities of the Soviet troops required providing and further use of a large number of material resources: equipment, weapons, ammunition, food, etc. In conditions of an acute shortage of property for the defense purposes, many enterprises began to adjust to produce military products, thereby providing comprehensively the defensive measures in the initial period of the war, and later – successful advance of the Soviet troops. The article carries out the historical analysis of attracting and reorienting non-military enterprises and organizations of the USSR to produce military products during the Great Patriotic war. It gives numerous examples of civilian enterprises reorientation to produce weapons, ammunition, equipment, products, and medicines. Special emphasis is placed on restructuring the heavy industry as the main supplier of military equipment. The article reviews and analyzes the conditions under which efficient mass production was organized, which consists of a sequential performing operations that do not require a high qualification from the workers, but at this reduce the time for the production of an article due to fragmentation of processes. It is emphasized that reorientation of Soviet non-military enterprises and organizations of the USSR to produce military products took place in a very short time, which in principle did not affect the increase in the number of manufactured products. It is concluded that organization of large-scale weapons production at non-military enterprises of the country was achieved by upgrading the equipment, applying new production methods, improving technological schedules, close interaction of enterprises, and other measures. It is emphasized that historical experience convincingly proves that the military situation in a state, as a rule, affects not only military enterprises and organizations of the state, but civil ones as well. The authors put emphasis upon the heroic labor feat performed by the civilian population in the most difficult years for the country. The need for further study of the issue under consideration is actualized, including for the purpose of patriotic education of the younger generation.
NATIONAL MEDIA-LANDSCAPE AS A FACTOR TO PRESERVE THE ETHNIC IDENTITY (on the example of Chuvash-speaking mass media in Bashkortostan)
Authors: Safin Fail G. , Mukhtasarova Elvira A. , Khaliulina Aigul I.
Published: December 2020

In this article, on the basis of materials of archive of the State book chamber of the Republic of Bashkortostan, administration of Ufa Federal postal communication service of the Republic of Bashkortostan – branch of FSPA «Mail of Russia», as well as data from the current archives of a number of areas with compact settlement of the Chuvash population the authors carried out the study of national-linguistic needs of the Chuvash in the field of printed products. In two regions – Aurgazinsky and Bizhbulyaksky – with a high proportion of the Chuvash, newspapers in the Chuvash language are published. In other regions, in order to meet their national-language needs, the Chuvash population subscribes to periodicals from the Republic of Chuvashia in the Chuvash language.

The range of such periodicals represented a wide range of genres according to the interests. If teachers and educators of Chuvash schools in Bashkortostan mostly subscribed to educational and methodical literature in the Chuvash language, a significant part of subscribers preferred newspapers and magazines about the life and everyday routine of their fellow-countrymen in the Republic of the same name.

During the period of perestroika of the Soviet society in October 1989, Bashkortostan started publishing a Republican newspaper in the Chuvash language «Ural Sassi» («Voice of the Urals») with a frequency of once a week, which received a massive demand among the Chuvash population of the Republic. The analysis of subscriptions to periodicals in the Chuvash language in the Republic of Bashkortostan at the present stage shows that the Chuvash population reads less in the language of the mother ethnic group in favor of reading newspapers and magazines in the Russian language.