bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Russian Minority in Ukraine – Current Challenges
Authors: Orlowska Beata A.
Published: July 2022

The aim of this paper is to attempt to present challenges faced by the Russian minority residing in Ukraine from the Polish perspective. The presence of national minorities in various countries throughout the world is not an isolated phenomenon. However, looking at problems that they must face shows that national minorities do not have it easy anywhere. Union laws and other national and international regulations on the one hand emphasize care for minorities and their rights. On the other hand, a lot of challenges can be observed that minorities need to address depending on many different factors. This is an important element of cultural security of representatives of individual minorities but also of the cultural security of the majority. The basic issue discussed in the paper is current challenges faced by the largest national minority in Poland’s neighbour. It tries to present both the historical context and the identity determinants associated with language or religion. The Crimea context has also become an important aspect, which is crucial to perceiving the Russian minority in Ukraine. The presented contexts are modern challenges that the Russians in Ukraine need to tackle in the face of cultural security of the state in which they are currently located and their own cultural security. The scholarly novelty of the paper involves looking at the issue of the Russian minority in Ukraine from the Polish perspective. The specific feature of this article consists in a presentation of i.a. an analysis of statistical data and opinions on the Russians residing in Ukraine but seen from the perspective of Poland as their neighbour. Conclusions. The specific situation occurring in Ukraine has shown that Ukraine’s national identity cannot be based on solely ethnic contexts. Ukraine’s identity needs to be looked at from a broader perspective, going deeper into territorial and civil criteria. It is them that determine and will continue to determine Ukraine’s self. The numbers of the Russian minority in Ukraine still impact the latter’s identity. Therefore, it needs to be observed and explored to understand and better shape relations between the majority and the minority. The context of cultural security, the aim of which is to examine the country’s future in the context of its coherent functioning, is also not unimportant.
Concepts of Poland’s Foreign Policy Towards Ukraine in the Columns of the Parisian “Culture”
Authors: Yelova Tetiana
Published: July 2022

The presented articles analyze the foreign policy concepts of Polish political emigration after the Second World War, which were published and discussed in the columns of the literary and political magazine “Culture”. The founder and editor-in-chief of the magazine was a Polish emigrant figure: journalist and publicist, public intellectual Jerzy Giedroyc, and the literary and political magazine “Culture” was published in Paris between 1947 and 2000. Playing an important role in Polish literary life, the magazine also became a lively discussion platform on the future of Europe, in particular, the future of Polish-Ukrainian interstate and interethnic relations. In fact, J. Giedroyc, together with his friend and colleague J. Myroszewski, created, substantiated and developed the idea of recognizing Poland’s post-war eastern borders and reconciling Poles with Ukrainians, Belarusians and Lithuanians. Another important component of the Polish foreign policy concept was the thesis that a free Poland could not exist without a free Ukraine. This concept of Poland’s foreign policy was not perceived in the 50s and 70s of the twentieth century by either Polish political emigrants or the politicians of the Polish People's Republic. However, after the victory of Solidarity in the 1989 Polish elections and the formation of a new post-communist government, the independent Republic of Poland took the ideas of J. Giedroyc and J. Myroszewski as the basis of its foreign policy towards Ukraine. The process of shaping Polish foreign policy since 1989 has been quite complex and controversial, as from the very beginning it was necessary to develop a clear position on the changes taking place in the West and, more importantly, in the East. The crisis, and later the collapse of the USSR, put on the agenda of the Polish political elite the need to approach the formation of a new foreign policy of the Third Commonwealth with special attention. Therefore, the main goal of the new Eastern policy was to respond to the changes taking place abroad.
The Clergy of Ukrainian Dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church in Spiritual and National Revival (1907-1914)
Authors: Koshel Oleksii
Published: July 2022

After the defeat of the First Russian Revolution of 1905-1907, the church-reform movement continued to develop and strengthen in the regions of sub-Russian Ukraine. Patriotic clergy sought to return national traditions, customs and rites to society and the laity, advocated further Ukrainization of religious and secular education, weakening or elimination of the Synod and the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church. The period under study is characterized by the emergence of Ukrainian church periodicals, further work of the clergy on translations and editions of the Holy Scriptures, collections of sermons and prayer books in Ukrainian, the creation of Ukrainian libraries in religious schools, the activity of clergy in celebrating the anniversaries of Taras Shevchenko and their activity in "Prosvita". An important role was also played by the youth of religious educational institutions: during their protests the main demands were the issue of Ukrainianization of the educational process. An important achievement of the patriotic clergy was the decision of the Podilsky Diocesan Congress on the appeal to the Holy Synod and obtaining permission from him to introduce subjects on the Ukrainian language, literature and history of Ukraine as extracurricular in the Podilsky orthodox theological seminaries. Protests were important for the spiritual and national revival actions of religious youth in Podillia, Volyn, Poltava, Ekaterynoslav, Odessa theological seminaries and Kyiv orthodox theological academy. Among the main demands of the protesters there were the issues of holding church reforms, democratization of the educational process and implementation of the subjects for the study of Ukrainian history and literature. The struggle of the Orthodox clergy for the democratization and Ukrainization of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine in the period 1907-1914 became the main basis for strengthening the movement for the autocephaly of the church and formed its future personnel reserve.
Delacourt S. Shopping for Votes: How Politicians Choose Us and We Choose Them
Authors: Lupul Taras
Published: July 2022

Sceintific review of Delacourt S. Shopping for Votes: How Politicians Choose Us and We Choose Them
The Intellectual Elite of Ukraine in the First Czechoslovak Republic
Authors: Fisanov Volodymyr , Makar Vitaliy
Published: July 2022

Sceintific review of Zavorotna N. Scholars in Exile: The Ukrainian Intellectual World in Interwar Czechoslovakia
The Problem of Memory Policy in Polish-German Relations
Authors: Boichuk Orest
Published: July 2022

The main idea of upon article is the pragmatic vision to an understanding of the “historical problems” role led to solving some challenges, which took place in the early stages of Polish-German understanding. But is needed to mark, the history had one of the leading roles in this process. Of course, the negotiation on the signing of the German-Polish Border Treaty was hard. The legacy of the World War II influenced the process. The legacy was rooted in a few unsolved questions: the question of demands of expelled people to the Polish Government and the question of indemnity for Polish victims of Nazism. For the new democratic Polish Government, the question of indemnity was “highly ranked”. For many years, Polish society tried to take financial compensation for the crime of Nazism. But, due to ideological reasons, it can’t reach it. On the other hand, the economy of Poland was in deep degradation, which had caused by transformation to the new market economy. And the Polish Government planned to take some advantages in the process of the negotiation. Germans Chancellor H. Kohl had a strong linkage with the expelled environment. Due to this reason, the Head of the Western German Government had fear about the future of the Polish-German Border Treaty. He feared the worth – a voting failure for ratification of the Treaty. In this case, H. Kohl tried to avoid this question in the negotiation process. During the negotiation, German understand clearly, it needs to avoid treatment compensation for Polish people as reparations for Poland. The roots of this reason located in the Moscow Treaty by 1953. According to the Moscow Treaty, Polish People Republic has abandoned from reparations demands on behalf of the German Democratic Republic. Moreover, Polish People Republic proclaimed on behalf of the whole German, including the Federal Republic of German. H. Kohl understands the significance of this decision and tried to support avoiding historical questions from the negotiation process. But, the problems of indemnity for victims of Nazism were discovered with new power at the end of the 90th. During the international negotiation, Germany commonly with German business created Special Fund “Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft” for payment of compensation for a wide range of victims, including for Polish victims.
Modern Processes of Digitalization in Diplomatic Service of Ukraine and Kuwait
Authors: Seheda Olha , Smolianiuk Volodymyr
Published: July 2022

The paper provides an overview of the current digital diplomacy (DD) practices being implemented by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Ukraine and Kuwait. Given the fact that digital diplomacy is becoming an integral part of the foreign policy in numerous countries, it appears reasonable to analyze the latest experience of Ukraine and Kuwait which represent a fast implementation of digital instruments in their diplomatic practices. Both states are considered as long-time partners which enjoy a fruitful experience of mutual cooperation and have certain peculiarities in the use of digital diplomacy. At the same time, high technologies transform the traditional diplomacy, dramatically increasing the digital impact on the practice and priorities of international relations. Such challenges as digital diplomatic management, targeting of widening key audiences and increasing transparency of diplomatic actions have already become a new reality for modern diplomats. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to clarify the goals, tool-kit and challenges of digital diplomacy of Ukraine and Kuwait. The paper also presents a comparative analysis of existing positive practices of Ukraine and Kuwait in digital diplomacy. This research made it possible to trace the key areas of the digitalization processes in the diplomatic services of Ukraine and Kuwait including consular online services, digitalization of diplomats’ training, the use of digital instruments in the routine diplomatic procedures etc. The author elaborated a comparative table outlining the similarities and differences of digital diplomacy of the mentioned countries. The study confirms that digital diplomacy can be helpful in a range of issues, from internal communication between government bodies to security challenges (e.g. countering information threats and disinformation in the online network). Thus, the coordinated and comprehensive digitalization of diplomatic practice is no longer a subject of discussions on feasibility but a priority on the diplomatic agendas.
Neo-Ottomanism as the Basis of Turkey’s Middle East Policy
Authors: Khoma Nataliya
Published: July 2022

In the article the author emphasizes that Turkey’s current course of foreign policy is a reflection of its fear to remain a secondary, buffer state against the background of the past greatness of the Ottoman Empire. The author elucidates it as a reason that Turkey regards the traditional basis of its foreign policy (Ottomanism, Pan-Turkism) that is radically different to the pro-Western Kemalism. Direction of Turkish foreign policy towards neo-Ottomanism is explained by the peculiarities of geopolitics of the post-bipolar period, existence of the conflict identities, aspiration to take responsibility for the negative (from Turkey’s perspective) processes in the countries of the “Ottoman legacy” (European, Asian, African areas) and other. It is highlighted that Turkey aims to reach a new (supraregional) level through the revival of political Islam, Ottoman traditions and ideology, however, officially it distancing itself from neo-Ottomanism in order to avoid accusations of its commitment to expansionism.
Протистояння між США й Китаєм у сфері кібербезпеки
Authors: Федонюк Сергій , Магдисюк Сергій
Published: July 2022

Досліджено глобальну конкуренцію США і Китаю в сфері кібербезпеки. Встановлено характер і тенденції протистояння між країнами в сфері кібербезпеки, досліджено цілі, засоби кібернетичних впливів у протистоянні США й Китаю в цій сфері, встановлено напрями їх розвитку. Проаналізовано характер і напрями розвитку негативних кібернетичних впливів з точки зору кожної зі сторін. Розглянуто основні приклади кібернетичних впливів і позиції США й Китаю щодо взаємних кібернетичних загроз. Установлено стратегічні цілі кібер-впливів у різні періоди та їх зв’язок із стратегічними пріоритетами країн в аспекті їх міжнародної діяльності, зокрема з позиції китайської стратегії «багатополярного» світу й діяльності адміністрації президента США, спрямованої на консолідацію країн Заходу перед кіберзагрозами з боку Китаю. Визначено особливості актуальних тенденцій у протистоянні між США й Китаєм у сфері кібербезпеки з урахуванням стратегічних цілей обох держав.
International Migration as an Instrument of Hybrid Aggression
Authors: Frotveit Maryna
Published: July 2022

Migration element of the hybrid strategy is becoming one of the dominant methods in the geopolitical confrontation and struggle for influence within the framework of the system of international relations. Artificially supported migration processes are becoming powerful weapons that are used by both asymmetric actors and revanchist states. Migration can cause an outflow of labor and intellectual resources from the state, undermining its potential. Also, temporary labor migrants could become an agents on influence of the foreign forces in their home state. However, the practice of destabilization of countries-recipients of migrants due to specially created migration flows directed to its territory is becoming even more dangerous. Artificially strengthened movement of migrants to EU states from the Middle East, which was seen in 2015-2016 and which is being implemented by Belarus’s authorities in 2021, undermines the unity of Europe and challenges the values of the Western world.
Оновлення методологічних принципів дослідження політичної участі громадян в умовах діджиталізації демократичного політичного процесу
Authors: Карпо Катерина
Published: July 2022

В статті здійснено дослідження основних тенденцій оновлення методологічних принципів дослідження політичної участі громадян в умовах діджиталізації демократичного політичного процесу. Встановлено, що в сучасній політичні науці е-демократія є терміном, за допомогою якого науковці описують широкий спектр практик он-лайн залучення громадян до прийняття політичних рішень. Встановлений нами зв’язок між концептом е-демократії та класичними моделями демократії, в яких означено особливий зміст політичної участі, вказує на те, що е-демократія ґрунтується на моделях демократії участі та деліберативної демократії. Обґрунтовано, що зважаючи на потенціал е-демократії у формуванні в політичному просторі нових способів комунікації між громадянами та акторами, її інструменти політичної участі починають інтегруватися в предметний простір ліберальної моделі демократії, в яких політична участь громадян розгортається в просторі соціальних мережах, відтак має децентралізований характер та статус інструментальної цінності. Здійснений аналіз змісту наукових дискусій щодо співвідношення категорій е-демократія та цифрова демократія в контексті проблеми політичної участі довів, що термін цифрова демократія краще відображає сутність процесів діджиталізації в політичному просторі, однак подекуди він вживаються як синонімічні ототожнюється з терміном е-демократія. Однак, політична участь засобами цифрової демократії передбачає поєднання віртуальних та традиційних інструментів впливу на політичну систему, тоді як в класичних підходах е-демократії е-участь визначається як результат еволюції форм участі громадян в політиці. Доведено, що процес діджиталізації демократії визначив необхідність оновлення методологічних принципів дослідження впливу мобілізаційних практик на характер політичної участі. Концептуалізація цієї проблеми найбільш повно здійснена ван Дейком, який цифрові мобілізаційні практики означає як механізм оновлення зв’язку між функціями, формами та інструментами політичної участі, який унаочнює, що цифрова демократія є способом покращення якості та легітимності прийняття політичних рішень.
Синтетичні виміри потенціалу Західно-Української Народної Республіки
Authors: Монолатій Іван
Published: July 2022

У статті проаналізовано специфіку синтетичних вимірів потенціалу держави на прикладі Західно-Української Народної Республіки (ЗУНР). Автор дослідження припускає, що моделювання потенціалу ЗУНР дасть можливість сучасній історіографії Української революції 1914–1923 рр. з’ясувати морфологію сили держави через з’ясування природи політичної влади, можливостей функціонування державного організму, реалізації його стратегічних цілей тощо у її західноукраїнському сегменті. З’ясовані основні дослідницькі моделі західних вчених другої половини ХХ – початку ХХІ ст. щодо визначення сильних і слабких сторін потенціалу держави, зокрема у царині міжнародних відносин: Кліффорда Ґермана, Вільгельма Фукса, Рея Клайна і Ахмета Давутоґлу. Потенціал ЗУНР розглядається також на підставі вивчення моделей ґравітації, стратифікації й ескалації/деескалації, що дало змогу з’ясувати місце ЗУНР у системі міжнародних відносин і колективної безпеки початку ХХ ст., охарактеризувати баланс сил західноукраїнської державності. Встановлено, що модель ґравітації у випадку дипломатії ЗУНР, зокрема у період її еміграційної доби, може лише почасти свідчити про певний культурний і/або ідеологічний вплив на баланс міжнародних відносин, а «ґравітаційне поле» ЗУНР знаходилося саме у повоєнній Європі. Важливою ознакою стратифікаційної моделі визначений престиж ЗУНР на міжнародній арені, який став єдиним і спільним інтересом об’єднаної Української Народної Республіки. Модель ескалації/деескалації у реаліях ЗУНР свідчить, що ця українська держава і зовнішньополітична активність у системі координат тогочасних міжнародних відносинах містилася між двома точками – між абсолютним миром і абсолютною війною – у контексті польсько-української війни 1918–1919 рр. за Східну Галичину. На думку автора, найлогічнішою щодо уявленої моделі потенціалу ЗУНР, була ескалація з точки зору сильнішої сторони (поляки), зокрема з огляду на ескалацію озброєння. Вона виступала за умов несиметричної нерівноваги: слабша сторона (українці) переносили «важкість» ескалації на ідеологічні та морально-світоглядні проблеми.
Вплив США на політику країн Латинської Америки
Authors: Куделько Богдан
Published: July 2022

В даній статті досліджується історія відносин Сполучених Штатів Америки та країн Латинської Америки. Окреслено основні етапи їхнього розвитку та характерні особливості кожного з них. Досліджено як дані актори співіснували після отримання незалежності більшості латиноамериканських держав. Описано зміст доктрини Монро, політики «Великого кийка» та «політики добросусідства». Окреслено відносини у період перед Другою світовою війною та у часи Холодної війни. Проаналізовано дії США щодо впливу на внутрішню політику країн даного регіону в період загострення Холодної війни. Обґрунтовано думку про те, що США стали гегемоном спочатку у Південній Америці, а згодом розширювали свій вплив і на глобальний рівень. Встановлено, що після розпаду СРСР присутність Сполучених Штатів у регіоні зменшилась, проте вони і надалі активно втручаються у внутрішню політику латиноамериканських країн, хоч і в меншій мірі.
Методологічні засади дослідження євроінтеграційних процесів (на прикладі інтеграції Румунії до ЄС)
Authors: Мельничук Любов
Published: July 2022

Статтю присвячено розкриттю методологічних засад дослідження євроінтеграційних процесів. Сусідня Україні держава Румунія пройшла складний процес інтеграції до Європейського Союзу, тим самим отримала цінний досвід, вивчення якого є винятково актуальним для України. У статті здійснено дослідження та аналіз базових підходів і концептуальних засад різних наукових теорій європейської інтеграції, методів дослідження та їх використання при вивченні вступу Румунії до ЄС. Здійснено аналіз основних теоретичних підходів до вивчення європейської інтеграції, з’ясовано специфіку використання різних підходів та методів під час вивчення цього явища, на прикладі Румунії. Проаналізовано теоретичні підходи й концепції щодо визначення поняття «інтеграція», особливості розвитку головних наукових теорій і методів дослідження інтеграції в межах європейських інтеграційних об’єднань другої половини ХХ – початку ХХІ ст. Акцентовано увагу на застосуванні різних підходів та методів під час дослідження євроінтеграційних процесів.
Modelling and Analysis of A 6-DOF Robotic Arm for Oil and Gas Pipeline Welding Operations
Authors: Nyong-Bassey B.E. , Epemu A.M.
Published: July 2022

Abstract: Recent advances in robotics and automation technology have spurred the widespread use of robotic arms for industrial operations. Consequently, practising engineers, key players and particularly engineering students must be encouraged to stay abreast with these recent trends by developing hands-on and simulation experience. Therefore, this paper concisely presents the modelling, kinematic analysis as well as simulation results of an educational 6-DoF (Degrees of Freedom) robotic arm designed for welding oil and gas pipelines and other generalised tasks in a MATLAB/Simulink-Simscape environment. The joint movements of the robotic arm were simulated with a sinusoidal reference signal consisting of unit magnitude and frequency of 1 rad/s using the MATLAB Robotics Toolbox. Consequently, the results indicated satisfactory performance as the design allows the robot joints to effectively move the end-effector welding tool-piece in an elliptical path as would be required in the case of welding a cylindrical pipeline for oil and gas operations.
El uso de estrategias y técnicas propagandísticas evocadoras de miedo en las distopías audiovisuales. El caso de Gilead en El cuento de la criada
Authors: Rebollo-Bueno Sara
Published: July 2022

Este  estudio  aborda  el  uso  de  estrategias  y  técnicas  generadoras  de  miedo  de  la  teoría  de  la  propaganda  en  el  audiovisual,  enfocándose  en  el  análisis  de  la  serie  distópica  de  El  cuento  de  la  criada.  El  miedo  es  utilizado  en  propaganda  como  una  herramienta  de  control  social  y  dominación  política.  Esta  investigación  plantea  si  este  instrumento  propagandístico se utiliza en los sistemas políticos representados en el audiovisual, pues estos son reflejos de los miedos actuales en un futuro catastrófico. Para esto, utiliza un análisis de contenido que se aplica a las  tres  primeras  temporadas  de  la  serie  mencionada  a  través  de  las  escenas  en  las  que  aparecen  Fred  Waterford,  Serena  Joy  y  Tía  Lydia,  como representantes de Gilead en la narrativa.
Petunjuk Kenabian dalam Berinteraksi dalam Kehidupan Sehari-hari
Authors: Bawadi Ahmad Jihad , Kurniawan Jefri , Jhony Rahma
Published: July 2022

After Allah swt created the prophet Adam AS, then he also created his life partner in the form of a woman who has given birth to this day, and will never break up until the angel Israfil blows his trumpet (doomsday) or the end of life. Replace with the real life, namely the afterlife. Before reaching eternal life, of course, humans must go through the life of the world and the twists and turns of life, hard, happy, happy, sad, and so on. In Islam, it has been regulated how to get along or socialize well with fellow living beings, both fellow Muslims and non-Muslims in order to create a harmonious life and there are no quarrels, let alone bloodshed. and this article will explain how good and right social procedures are, even though it is not a religion, considering that in this era there are so many who ignore it.
Manajemen Fundraising Zakat Profesi di Kalangan Aparatur Sipil Negara untuk Meningkatkan Perolehan Zakat Profesi pada UPZ Unit Koordinator Wilayah Kecamatan Panggul
Authors: Rahayu Kustia , Supriyadi Ahmad
Published: July 2022

Management was defined as the process of organizing, managing, seeking, leading and utilizing resources effectively to achieve goals. This research was focused on the implementation of profession zakat fundraising management among State Civil Servants at UPZ Regional Coordinator Unit for Education in Panggul district. The management functions studied were in the form of planning, implementating and supervising profession zakat fundraising. The implementation of profession zakat fundraising management at UPZ Regional Coordinator Unit Panggul district has been good. The research method used is a qualitative descriptive approach with the type of field research.
Persepsi Siswa SLTA di Kabupaten Tanah Datar tentang Jurusan Manajemen Zakat dan Wakaf Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Islam IAIN Batusangkar
Authors: Nopiardo Widi
Published: July 2022

Perception is an integral part in influencing interest. Students' perceptions of new majors such as the Department of Zakat and Waqf Management need to be investigated as consideration for related parties. This research is a field research with a quantitative approach. The results showed that in relation to the percentage index of the perception variable items, the average percentage index obtained was 78.10. Thus, it can be interpreted that the percentage score interval is good, because it is in the 60-79.99% interval. This shows that respondents have a good perception of the Department of Zakat and Waqf Management. Meanwhile, from open questions given to respondents, data obtained that 95 people or 95.96% have a good perception, 3 people or 3.03% are quite good, with various comments about the Department of Zakat and Waqf Management Department FEBI IAIN Batusangkar, while 1 people or 1.01% do not know.
Loneliness, Cognitive Functioning and Quality of Life in Older Adults
Authors: Malik Nudra
Published: July 2022

Loneliness and cognitive impairment is a serious concern among the older adults and is a significant factor influencing elderly quality of life. The current study aimed to examine the associations among loneliness, cognitive functioning and quality of life in Pakistani older adults. The study is cross sectional study with a non-probability purposive sample comprising of 149 Pakistani older adults of ages 60 years and above. Internationally standardized scales have been used to collect online data. Multiple linear regression results indicate that loneliness (β= -0.23, p<.001) and cognitive functioning (β= 0.32, p<.001) are significant predictors of the quality of life in older adults. Furthermore, older men scored higher on loneliness and cognitive impairment than older women and the overall quality of life was better in women participants as compared to men. There is need for social and health interventions to promote the quality of life of elderly population, especially in times of pandemic, with specific focus on reducing loneliness and cognitive impairment, Keywords: Loneliness, cognitive functioning, quality of life, older adults, gender difference
Jan Smuts’ Theory of Holism as an Uplifting Philosophy for Philosophical Counseling
Authors: Du Plessis Guy
Published: July 2022

This article explores the utility of the philosopher and Commonwealth statesman General Jan Smuts’ theory of Holism within the context of philosophical practice. It is common practice that philosophical counsellors or practitioners apply the work of philosophers to inspire, educate and guide their counselees in the philosophical counseling process. In this essay we will briefly explore Smuts’ theory of Holism as a potentially uplifting philosophy which can be of use for philosophical practitioners to guide their counselees “for confronting problems of living." We highlight that Smuts’ contribution to philosophy and psychology is often not adequately credited, and it is therefore not surprising that, to the best of our knowledge, Smuts’ theory of Holism has not yet been discussed in the context of philosophical counseling. We begin the essay by providing a brief historical view and outline of Smuts’ theory of Holism, and his influence on Anglo-Saxon psychology. We then discuss several foundational concepts that underlie Smuts’ theory of Holism as articulated and developed in his book Holism and Evolution.
Halting severe chemotherapy toxicity and improving patient outcomes in cancer treatment
Authors: Tatlow Dean
Published: July 2022

In cancer treatment, there is a narrow therapeutic window with chemotherapy agents. The most common reason for chemotherapy dose reduction is neutropenia resulting in impaired survival. Chemotherapy dosage is calculated based on body surface area, with no adjustment recommendation for a patient's albumin level even though chemotherapy medications are highly protein-bound. The insight gained by mathematical modeling suggests an altered free/bound drug ratio in patients with low albumin results in severe side effects. Furthermore, mathematical modeling also reveals impaired survival in dose-reduced chemotherapy patients may be from decreased bound drug levels while free drug levels remain unchanged. Restoring the free/bound drug ratio by correcting a patient's albumin deficit will reduce chemotherapy side effects and improve patient outcomes. Finally, enhanced chemotherapy treatment is possible by capping the free drug level and maximizing the bound drug level. The mathematical model predicts the following chemotherapy medications will have altered free/bound drug ratio in patients with low albumin: cisplatin, oxaliplatin, doxorubicin, epirubicin, idarubicin, paclitaxel, eribulin, etoposide, vinorelbine, bendamustine, chlorambucil, and pemetrexed.
Theoretical and Methodical Principles of Diagnostics of Cognitive and Personal Factors of Self-determination Concerning the Future Profession of Gifted Lyceum Students
Authors:   Institute of Gifted Children NAPS of Ukraine, Melnyk Maryna , Bielska Nataliia ,   Institute of Gifted Children NAPS of Ukraine, Kovalchuk Yur ,   Institute of Gifted Children NAPS of Ukraine, Novohorodska Maryna ,   Institute of Gifted Children NAPS of Ukraine, Sadova Myroslava ,   Institute of Gifted Children NAPS of Ukraine
Published: July 2022

The methodical manual presents the results of theoretical and empirical study of the problem of self-determination in relation to the future profession of gifted lyceum students. The specifics of professional orientation and career counseling of gifted lyceum students in modern conditions are described. The results of the experimental study of self-determination of the future profession of students with different types of talents are highlighted. The vocational guidance-diagnostic test system "Interests and Abilities" is presented, which is aimed at the bilateral study of personality: motivational structure (professional interests, aptitudes) and the structure of inclinations and abilities. The manual is addressed to teachers, psychologists, employees of educational institutions working with gifted children and students, as well as researchers, graduate students, teachers of psychological and pedagogical disciplines
The Heterogeneous Labor Market Effects of the Venezuelan Exodus on Female Workers: Evidence from Colombia
Authors: Otero-Cortés Andrea , Tribín-Uribe Ana María , Mojica-Urueña Tatiana
Published: July 2022

We study the labor market effects of the Venezuelan migration shock on female labor market outcomes in Colombia using a Bartik-instrument approach.For our identification strategy we leverage regional variation from pull factors and time variation from push factors. Our findings show that in the labor market, female immigrants can act as substitutes or complements for native-born women depending on native women’s education level; immigrant workers are substitutes in the labor market for native-born low-educated women as they compete for similar jobs. Hence, the low-educated native women’s labor force participation decreases. At the same time, time spent doing unpaid care increases for low-educated native women, possibly further preventing the job search for this group. On the other hand, we find an increase in labor force participation of 1.6 p.p. for highly educated women with minors at home and a 1 p.p. higher likelihood of becoming entrepreneurs due to the migratory shock, which supports the complementary-skill hypothesis. Finally, we don’t find evidence that the migratory shock induced households to outsource more home-production as a means for high-educated women to spend more time at paid work.
Using Soils to Guide Fertilizer Recommendations for Southern Pines
Authors: Jokela Eric J. , Long Alan J.
Published: July 2022

Soils supporting southern pine stands in the South tend to be infertile and nutrient additions are often required to achieve optimum rates of production. This revised 12-page publication describes and classifies soils of the southeastern Coastal Plain region and specifically addresses issues of fertility, growth-limiting nutrients, and fertilizer recommendations for southern pines. Written by Eric J. Jokela and Alan J. Long, and published by the UF Department of School of Forest Resources and Conservation, June 2012.
Circular 1230/FR053: Using Soils to Guide Fertilizer Recommendations for Southern Pines (ufl.edu)
Pertanggungjawaban Pejabat Negara Atas Penyalahgunaan Kewenangan
Authors: Rusydi Yudistira
Published: July 2022

The Indonesian state has an organizational structure with various functions and a detailed work environment in the overall relationship which is commonly referred to as a position. Besides the enforcement of justice, of course, it cannot be separated from the abuse of authority for state officials. This article is a concept study to analyze the accountability of state officials who commit acts of abuse of authority over their positions from the perspective of state administrative law in Law Number 30 of 2014 concerning Government Administration. The research method used in writing this article is normative juridical with a statutory approach, namely Law Number 34 of 2014 concerning Government Administration. The results of this article reveal that the efforts of state officials to abuse their authority are not in line with their functions based on Law Number 30 of 2014 concerning Government Administration.Keywords: State Officials; Abuse of authority; Accountability
Pendidikan Siaga Bencana melalui Pembelajaran Integratif bagi Siswa SD
Authors: Pranajati Nindya Rachman
Published: July 2022

This research aimed to analyze implement disaster preparedness education through integrative learning on elementary schools and the obstacles in implementing it. This research was a qualitative research. Data was collected using the methods of observation, interviews, and documentation. Analysis of the data using the theory of Miles and Huberman, namely by reducing data, displaying data, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the two schools linked disaster preparedness materials in the main subjects, so they did not stand as separate subjects. There were differences in the mapping of material aspects, even though the two schools present material on disasters, but they were adjusted to see the potential for natural disasters that occur in their respective regions. The material aspects presented in both schools were disaster knowledge, threats from disasters, disasters viewed from several aspects, and anticipatory actions to reduce the risks caused. Implementation refered to the parameters of disaster preparedness, namely school policies, building knowledge and attitudes through integrative learning, making emergency response plans and early warnings that had been mutually agreed upon, and maximizing the mobilization of existing resources in schools to achieve disaster preparedness goals
Phyllanthus Emblica Extract Protects the Rat Liver Cells Against the Toxicity of Monosodium Glutamate: Experimental Evidence
Authors:   Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India., Thangachi Surendra Babu , Mokhasi Varsha Sriram ,   Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India., Sathyamoorthy Yogesh Kanna ,   Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India., Kumar Pinnelli Venkata Bharat ,   Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India., Chiruthanur Sreekanth ,   Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Published: July 2022

Background: Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), used widely in the food industry, is a threat to the public health. We investigated whether the MSG administration depletes non-enzymatic antioxidants, i.e., vitamins C and E in the liver of Wistar albino rats. We also examined the restorative effect of the ethanolic extract of Phyllanthus emblica (P. emblica). Methods: Wistar albino rats (n=42) were adapted and then randomly divided into seven groups of: 1) control, 2, 3, 4) MSG treatment, and 5, 6, 7) combined MSG and P. emblica extract treatment. All rat groups were treated daily for 120 days. They were orally administered either MSG alone or MSG plus the extract combined. The rats were then sacrificed and the liver was harvested from each group, and homogenized to examine the levels of vitamins C and E in the liver, using RP-HPLC method. Results: The vitamins C and E levels significantly declined (P<0.05) in the liver of MSG treated groups compared to those of the control rats. The combined treatment (extract + MSG) at low and moderate doses restored the vitamin C levels but it restored vitamin E only at the low dose (P<0.05). Conclusion: This study clearly demonstrated the deterioration of non-enzymatic antioxidants, i.e., vitamins C and E in the rats’ liver after chronic exposure to MSG. The findings support the toxic effect and oxidative stress due to MSG exposure to the liver and the beneficial effect of the extract of P. emblica that inhibits the MSG’s harmful effect on the liver.
Hepatic Oxidative Damages and Glucose Tolerance in Diabetic Rats Exposed to Repeated Oral Doses of Diazinon
Authors:   Pharmaceutical Research Center, Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran., Sinaei Niloufar , Jafari Elham ,   Pathology and Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Pathology, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran., Najafi Amir ,   Pharmaceutical Research Center, Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran., Karami-Mohajeri Somayyeh ,   Pharmaceutical Research Center, Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Published: July 2022

Background: Environmental pollutants including organophosphate insecticides impair glucose metabolism by altering hepatic oxidation and play an important role in the development of diabetes and its complications. The aim of this study was to assess the impacts of repeated oral doses of Diazinon, an organophosphate insecticide, which is known to impair the glucose metabolism and its tolerance through oxidative stress in the rat liver. Methods: Diabetes was induced in rats by a single dose of freshly prepared Streptozotocin at 60 mg/kg. Both normal and diabetic rats were exposed to daily oral Diazinon at 20 mg/kg for 21 days. Subsequently, the effects on the rats’ liver were assessed by glucose tolerance test, histopathology examinations and antioxidant capacity measurement. Results: The glucose tolerance tests showed impairment in the non-diabetic rats exposed to Diazinon, while the difference in glucose tolerance between the diabetic rats treated with or without Diazinon was not significant. Diazinon in diabetic rats caused greater histopathological changes along with significant elevations in the lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes, including superoxide dismutase and catalase in the liver tissue. Conclusion: Subacute exposure to Diazinon exacerbated hepatotoxicity by inducing oxidative stress in diabetic rats. The superoxide dismutase and catalase activities increased due to the oxidative damages in rats’ liver caused by Diazinon.
Micro Python Powered Smart Street Light using IOT
Authors: B Swathi  , K Reshma  , Reem Fatima Azeez  , Ria Carol Mohan
Published: July 2022

The proposal for a smart street lighting system is being considered. In this project, the street light system, in which lights are turned on when needed and turned off when not needed. Street lighting which is turned on when it gets dark and turned off when it gets bright, currently consume large amounts of electric energy around the world. This is the world's largest energy waste and should be changed. The smart street light system consists of an LED light, an ultrasonic sensor, a motion sensor and a short-distance communication network. The lights turn on when pedestrians and vehicles come and turn off or reduce power when there is no one. It will be convenient for pedestrians and drivers of vehicles to travel, since our smart street lamps will turn on when they come. The present status and the future prospects of our smart start light project will be reviewed. This system will aid in conservation of energy through automation.
Covid-19 Detection using X-ray
Authors: Ramesh Dhebe  , Veelisha Jagtap  , Priti Munde  , Prof. Saumya Salian
Published: July 2022

COVID-19 is considered to be the most dangerous and deadly disease for the human body caused by the novel coronavirus. To compact this disease, it is necessary to screen the affected patients in a fast and inexpensive way. With limited testing kits, it is impossible for every patient with respiratory illness to be tested using conventional techniques (RT-PCR). So, Chest X-ray being the most inexpensive and easily available option.
Chest X-ray images are primarily used for the diagnosis of this disease. This research has proposed a machine vision approach to detect COVID-19 from the chest X-ray images. The features extracted by the convolutional neural network (CNN) from X-ray images to develop the classification model through training by CNN.
Chest X-Ray being the most easily available and least expensive option. In this project, we have proposed a Deep Convolutional Neural Network-based solution which can detect the COVID-19 +ve patients using chest X-Ray images. Multiple state-of-the-art CNN models, have been adopted in the proposed work.
Thermal and Economic analysis of Solar Organic Rankine Cycle
Authors: Bhavsar Akash Anilkumar , Namjoshi Sadanand
Published: July 2022

The use of solar thermal energy for electricity generation is a clean and sustainable way to cover the increasing energy needs of our society. The most mature technology for capturing solar energy in high temperature levels is the Parabolic Trough Collector. In this study, an Organic Rankine Cycle coupled with Parabolic Trough Collector is analysed for two approaches. First is to develop a hybrid cycle in which the Parabolic Trough Collector field is combined with Traditional Steam Rankine Cycle without storage tank having boiler as a heat exchanger for 25MW power generation at GNFC, Bharuch. And the second approach is to develop an Organic Rankine cycle coupled with Concentrated Solar collector field (Parabolic Trough Collector Field) without storage tank and water is used as a working fluid in both the systems. Economic analysis is also reported to assess the performance and commercial viability of the system.
Smart Irrigation System Deploying PSoC and Wireless Sensor Network
Authors: Komal Pilani  , Ms. N. Gupta  , Dr. Prashant Mane-Deshmukh
Published: July 2022

Traditional agricultural systems require huge amount of power for field watering. This paper deals with designing of a smart irrigation system, that helps farmers water their agricultural fields using innovative technology. There is no need to frequently apply water across entire fields. Instead, they can use the minimum quantities required and target very specific areas. To increase the productivity, the newer technology is more helpful. The important factors of agricultural sectors are temperature, water and fertilizer management. On survey it is found that water management is an important issue, hence the research work is focused on the water and moisture management of soil.
In last decades advancements in technology is tremendous. Programmable System-on-chip (PSoC) integrate configurable analog and digital blocks which makes it different from traditional microcontrollers and is a miniaturized device. It combines the architectures of FPGA and ASIC. Deploying the advanced features of PSoC it is proposed to design and develop the smart irrigation system based on PSoC and Wireless Communication Technology. To achieve the desired goal, the data from the soil moisture sensor is processed and the data is calibrated in real units. After that it is displayed on LCD and using wireless technology same is transmitted towards the base station. The smart NRF24L01 transceiver operates on IEEE 802.15.4 Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) Band. Moreover, the base station of Wireless Sensor Network is designed to demonstrate collected information in user friendly format.
An Analysis of GRU-LSTM Hybrid Deep Learning Models for Stock Price Prediction
Authors: Dhvanil Vikram Trivedi  , Prof. Sagar Patel
Published: July 2022

Investment and national policy researchers are studying stock price forecasting, which has proven to be a challenging problem given the multi-noise, nonlinearity, high-frequency, and chaotic nature of stocks. Most forecasting models will not be successful in mining actual data from stocks if these characteristics are present. Stock pricing data has the characteristics of time series. It is evident from different studies that deep learning models perform better than machine learning models on time series data in particular. So, in this paper, we will focus on Long Short Term Memory (LSTM), Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), and a hybrid model of them to predict the price of HDFCBANK stock. The first hidden layer is GRU and the other three hidden layers of LSTM. A hybrid model is validated using MSE, RMSE, and MAE and it outperforms all other models.