bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Radix Actinidiae chinensis induces the autophagy and apoptosis in renal cell carcinoma cells
Authors: Liu Biao , Yan Yuanliang , Zhang Liang
Published: May 2024

Background

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a malignant tumor. Radix Actinidiaechinensis (RAC) is the root of Actinidia arguta (Sieb. et Zucc) Planch. ex Miq. In clinical research, RAC was confirmed to have a certain anti-tumor effect, including liver cancer and cholangiocarcinoma. This study investigated the anticancer effect and mechanism of RAC in RCC cells.

Methods

The 786-O and A498 cells were intervened with varying concentrations of RAC (0–100 mg/mL) to detect the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of RAC. The cells were then co-cultured with 0–50 mg/mL RAC for 0–72 h to assess the effect of RAC on cell viability using the cell counting kit-8. The effects on cell proliferation, cell cycle or apoptosis, migration or invasion, and autophagy were detected using cloning, flow cytometry, Transwell, AOPI assay and Western blot. The number of autophagolysosomes was quantified using a transmission electron microscope. PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway-related proteins were detected by Western blot. Additionally, an autophagy inhibitor 3-MA was used to explore the underlying mechanism of RAC.

Results

IC50 values of RAC in 786-O and A498 were 14.76 mg/mL and 13.09 mg/mL, respectively. RAC demonstrated the ability to reduce the cell malignant phenotype of RCC cells, blocked the S phase of cells, promoted apoptosis and autophagy in cells. Furthermore, RAC was observed to increase autophagy-related proteins LC3II/I and Beclin-1, while decreasing the level of P62. The expression of apoptosis-related proteins was increased, while the ratios of p-PI3K/PI3K, p-AKT/AKT, p-mTOR/mTOR, p-P38/P38 and p-ERK/ERK were reduced by RAC. However, the addition of 3-MA reduced the apoptosis and autophagy- promotion effects of RAC on RCC cells.

Conclusion

RAC induced the apoptosis and autophagy, to inhibit the progression of RCC cells. This study may provide a theoretical and experimental basis for clinical anti-cancer application of RAC for RCC.
Pupils' inclusion as a process of narrative interactions: tackling ADHD typification through MADIT methodology
Authors: Bassi Davide , Moro Christian , Orrù Luisa , Turchi Gian Piero
Published: May 2024

Background

ADHD is the most common childhood neurodevelopmental disorder. The symptomatology makes the management of ADHD particularly demanding in school, so teachers’ training programs have been widely implemented. Nevertheless, these interventions could lead teachers to concentrate on the dysfunctional elements of these students, exposing them to the risk of stigmatisation. Conceptualising stigma and inclusion as narrative processes, the present study observed how teacher ADHD training texts, endorsed by the Italian government, impact on the inclusion process of students.

Methods

The research analysed a corpus of N = 31,261 text occurrences and focused on three areas: (1) ADHD as a clinical condition; (2) the impact of ADHD characteristics in the scholastic setting; (3) interventions to manage ADHD criticalities in school settings. To observe the interactive processes fostered by the narratives under scrutiny, we used Dialogic Science and MADIT methodology, since they allow us to measure the language use modalities through an index: the Dialogical Weight (dW). The value of dW ranges between 0.1 (min) and 0.9 (max) and is linked to the potential outcomes of inclusion for students with ADHD. A low dW accounts for narratives entrenched in personal beliefs presented as absolute truths, undermining inclusion of students with ADHD. In contrast, high dW signals language interaction relying on sharable elements, able to foster social unity and diminish stigma.

Results

The results yielded a critical discursive configuration, both in general and for the three distinct areas. We measured an overall Dialogical Weight of 0.4dW and, for the three areas (1) = 0.3dW; (2) = 0.3dW; (3) = 0.4dW. The analysed text does not maximise the triggering of inclusive interactions, as they rely on individual references and present one’s narrative as the sole plausible perspective: reinforcing already existing positions and exposing to the risk of stereotyping of the pupils.

Conclusions

The study highlighted how the ADHD training materials analysed, focusing on a purely informational and clinical approach, lose in effectiveness with respect to generating inclusive school settings. Finally, to promote the inclusion of these pupils, elements are offered for outlining an approach based on fostering active participation by all roles involved.
The bright side of sports: a systematic review on well-being, positive emotions and performance
Authors: Peris-Delcampo David , Núñez Antonio , Ortiz-Marholz Paula , Olmedilla Aurelio , Cantón Enrique , Ponseti Javier , Garcia-Mas Alejandro
Published: May 2024

Objective

The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review regarding the relationship between positive psychological factors, such as psychological well-being and pleasant emotions, and sports performance.

Method

This study, carried out through a systematic review using PRISMA guidelines considering the Web of Science, PsycINFO, PubMed and SPORT Discus databases, seeks to highlight the relationship between other more ‘positive’ factors, such as well-being, positive emotions and sports performance.

Settings

The keywords will be decided by a Delphi Method in two rounds with sport psychology experts.

Participants

There are no participants in the present research.

Assessment

The main exclusion criteria were: Non-sport thema, sample younger or older than 20–65 years old, qualitative or other methodology studies, COVID-related, journals not exclusively about Psychology.

Main outcomes measures

We obtained a first sample of 238 papers, and finally, this sample was reduced to the final sample of 11 papers.

Results

The results obtained are intended to be a representation of the ‘bright side’ of sports practice, and as a complement or mediator of the negative variables that have an impact on athletes’ and coaches’ performance.

Conclusions

Clear recognition that acting on intrinsic motivation continues to be the best and most effective way to motivate oneself to obtain the highest levels of performance, a good perception of competence and a source of personal satisfaction.
Parent-adolescent conflict and problematic internet use among Chinese adolescents: the mediating role of depression and the moderating role of school climate
Authors: Chen Jiarong , Li Shengnan , Nie Yangang
Published: May 2024

Background

Problematic Internet use (PIU) may lead adolescents to physical, emotional, social, or functional impairment due to the risky, excessive, or impulsive internet use manner. How do the experiences of adolescents influence them using the internet in a problematic manner? The answer to this question is the key to preventing and intervening PIU of adolescents. To address this question, we focus on the interactions among family (parent-adolescent conflict), school (school climate), and individual factors (PIU, depression), exploring the influence factors of PIU.

Methods

A moderated mediation model was constructed to explore the relationship between variables. Using a two-wave longitudinal design with a six-month interval between timepoints, this study collected data from 801 Chinese adolescents (411 boys, Mage = 14.68) by questionnaires. Path analysis was employed to test the model and participants’ age, sex and baseline were controlled.

Results

Parent-adolescent conflict at Time 1 (T1) was positively related to PIU at Time 2 (T2) in adolescents. Depression at T2 mediated the relationship between parent-adolescent conflict at T1 and PIU at T2. School climate at T2 significantly moderated the mediation effect of depression on the relationship between parent-adolescent conflict at T1 and PIU at T2. Specifically, positive school climate could significantly weaken the negative effect of depression on PIU for adolescents with low level of depression.

Conclusions

The present study reveals that parent-adolescent conflict leads to PIU in adolescents through depression whilst the school climate moderates the impacts of depression on PIU. This adds further evidence regarding the significance of systematically and consistently incorporating family and school in the alleviating of problem behaviors displayed by teens.
Printing and imprinting the Missale Nidrosiense: a multidisciplinary investigation of the first printed book of Norway
Authors: Palandri Chiara , Kasso Tuuli , Daly Aoife , Hesselberg-Wang Nina , Vnouček Jiří , Bill Jan , Wilkinson Heidi Debreczeny , Puskar Ljiljana , Kutzke Hartmut , Fiddyment Sarah , Collins Matthew J.
Published: May 2024

In our study, we employed an interdisciplinary approach to study the diverse parts of the Missale Nidrosiense, published in 1519. Our aim was a thorough investigation of the materials used and the manufacturing methods that may give indications on dating and provenance of the components of the book and where the book was bound. Initially, visual and multispectral methods were employed to investigate the books’ components, printing technology and bookbinding structure. Subsequently, other methods were applied: the composition of metallic components was determined by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF). Pigments, printing inks and binders were characterised by using a combination of XRF and synchrotron-based infrared microscopy. Non-invasive dendrochronology based on X-ray tomography was utilised, to indicate date and provenance of the wooden boards of the book. Additionally, we used a biocodicological approach to identify the species of animal used in the parchment. This resulted in a complete biography of the book. We were able to acquire new information about the materials used and their provenance. This provides new information about craft, economy, trade and commercial exchange in the beginning of the sixteenth century in North-west Scandinavia, despite the lack of written documentation from this period.
Measuring and explaining political tolerance among adolescents: insights from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2016
Authors: Ziemes Johanna F.
Published: May 2024

Background

Tolerance is a prerequisite for deliberative democracies. Therefore, fostering tolerance is an important task for educational systems in democracies. In the present study, the concepts of social and political tolerance were disentangled and applied to the measurement approaches of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2016 (ICCS 2016). A single scale of political tolerance was proposed by identifying items on equal rights of women and men, different racial and ethnic groups and immigrants that capture the support of equal political rights. Previous research indicates different approaches that might be used to foster tolerance in schools.

Methods

This study used the rarely applied alignment method to identify a political tolerance scale that was sufficiently invariant in the 15 participating European educational systems. The alignment method identifies solutions with minimal amounts of non-invariance. Multilevel regression analyses are used to identify which aspects of schooling are predictive of political tolerance at the student and at the school level.

Results

The alignment analyses revealed a sufficiently invariant solution for the 15 education systems that could be used in regression analyses. While cognitive learning showed only a weak relationship with political tolerance, teacher fairness was relevant at student and school level. An open classroom climate was a positive predictor with relevant strength only at school level. Further multigroup analyses indicated that the results at the student level were stable between countries, while school level indicators varied more strongly between countries.

Conclusions

Researchers need to acknowledge the conceptual differences between social and political tolerance in their measurement approaches. The alignment method can be useful to create scales that are comparable between many different educational systems. While educational systems differ strongly in their school level variance of political tolerance, teachers can play an important role in fostering political tolerance at the student level.
Single-year change in views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA: findings from a 2023 nationally representative survey
Authors: Wintemute Garen J. , Robinson Sonia L. , Crawford Andrew , Tomsich Elizabeth A. , Reeping Paul M. , Shev Aaron B. , Velasquez Bradley , Tancredi Daniel
Published: May 2024

Background

A 2022 survey in the USA found concerningly high prevalences of support for and personal willingness to engage in political violence, of beliefs associated with such violence, and of belief that civil war was likely in the near future. It is important to determine the durability of those findings.

Methods

Wave 2 of a nationally representative cohort survey was conducted May 18-June 8, 2023; the sample comprised all respondents to 2022’s Wave 1. Outcomes are expressed as weighted proportions; changes from 2022 to 2023 are for respondents who participated in both surveys, based on aggregated individual change scores.

Results

The completion rate was 84.2%; there were 9385 respondents. After weighting, 50.7% (95% confidence interval (CI) 49.4%, 52.1%) were female; weighted mean (SD) age was 48.5 (25.9) years. About 1 in 20 respondents (5.7%, 95% CI 5.1%, 6.4%) agreed strongly/very strongly that “in the next few years, there will be civil war in the United States,” a 7.7% decrease.

In 2023, fewer respondents considered violence to be usually/always justified to advance at least 1 of 17 specific political objectives [25.3% (95% CI 24.7%, 26.5%), a 6.8% decrease]. However, more respondents thought it very/extremely likely that within the next few years, in a situation where they consider political violence justified, “I will be armed with a gun” [9.0% (95% CI 8.3%, 9.8%), a 2.2% increase] and “I will shoot someone with a gun” [1.8% (95% CI 1.4%, 2.2%), a 0.6% increase]. Among respondents who considered violence usually/always justified to advance at least 1 political objective, about 1 in 20 also thought it very/extremely likely that they would threaten someone with a gun (5.4%, 95% CI 4.0%, 7.0%) or shoot someone (5.7%, 95% CI 4.3%, 7.1%) to advance such an objective.

Conclusions

In this cohort, support for political violence declined from 2022 to 2023, but predictions of firearm use in political violence increased. These findings can help guide prevention efforts, which are urgently needed.
Effect of Akkermansia muciniphila on pancreatic islet β-cell function in rats with prediabetes mellitus induced by a high-fat diet
Authors: Yan Shuai , Chen Lin , Li Na , Wei Xiaohui , Wang Jingjing , Dong Weiping , Wang Yufan , Shi Jianxia , Ding Xiaoying , Peng Yongde
Published: May 2024

Prediabetes is an important stage in the development of diabetes. It is necessary to find a safe, effective and sustainable way to delay and reverse the progression of prediabetes. Akkermansia muciniphila (A. muciniphila) is one of the key bacteria associated with glucose metabolism. Recent studies mainly focus on the effect of A. muciniphila on obesity and insulin resistance, but there is no research on the effect of A. muciniphila on pancreatic β-cell function and its mechanism in prediabetes. In this study, we investigated the effects of A. muciniphila on β-cell function, apoptosis and differentiation, as well as its effects on the gut microbiome, intestinal barrier, metaflammation and the expression of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in a high-fat diet (HFD)-induced prediabetic rat model. The effect of A. muciniphila was compared with dietary intervention. The results showed both A. muciniphila treatment and dietary intervention can reduce metaflammation by repairing the intestinal barrier in rats with prediabetes induced by an HFD and improve β-cell secretory function, apoptosis and differentiation through signaling pathways mediated by TLR2 and TLR4. Additionally, A. muciniphila can further elevate β-cell secretion, attenuate apoptosis and improve differentiation and the TLR signaling pathway on the basis of diet.
Investigating parameters affecting the real and virtual drapability of silk fabrics for traditional Hanbok
Authors: Kim Jeong Hwa , Lee Jung-Soon
Published: May 2024

This paper presents research into the parameters affecting the real and virtual drapability of silk fabrics for traditional Hanbok. The KES-FB (Kawabata evaluation system of fabric) and the CLO (3D fashion design software) fabric kit system were used to evaluate the physical properties. The relationships between physical properties and the drape coefficient of silk fabrics were statistically analyzed. It was determined whether the objectified real fabric data could be used and applied as a database when implementing virtual clothing using a 3D virtual clothing program. The KES-FB properties and CLO fabric kit results indicated that the bending property and weight were significantly correlated with the drape coefficient. The bending rigidity and weight per unit area were influential parameters of the drape coefficient. The regression analysis results of both the KES-FB and the CLO fabric kit revealed that bending rigidity and thickness were statistically significantly correlated with the drape coefficient. The bending property was the most determining parameter for the drape coefficient of silk fabrics. A statistically significant difference between the real and virtual drape coefficients of stiffer silk fabrics was found. In the CLO 7.1 program, the accuracy of drape implementation of virtual fabrics was found to be useful when the bending stiffness of the actual fabric was less than 0.089 gf·cm2/cm and the elasticity was more than 1.03%. The results revealed that more research on the program modeling method considering the mechanical and physical properties of the real fabric and its structure is needed.
Detection of PRRSV-1 in tongue fluids under experimental and field conditions and comparison of different sampling material for PRRSV sow herd monitoring
Authors: Dürlinger Sophie , Kreutzmann Heinrich , Unterweger Christine , Martin Vera , Hamar Flora , Knecht Christian , Auer Angelika , Dimmel Katharina , Rümenapf Till , Griessler Alfred , Voglmayr Thomas , Maurer Roland , Oppeneder Alexander , Ladinig Andrea
Published: May 2024

Background

Infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) leads to significant economic losses worldwide. One of the initial measures following an outbreak is to stabilise the herd and to prevent vertical transmission of PRRSV. The objective of this study was to detect PRRSV in different sampling material, both in an experimental model and on a commercial piglet producing farm, with a focus on evaluating the suitability of tongue fluid samples.

Results

In the experimental model, PRRSV negative pregnant gilts were infected with PRRSV-1 AUT15-33 on gestation day 85 and necropsy of gilts and foetuses was performed three weeks later. 38.3% of individual foetal serum and 39.4% of individual foetal thymus samples were considered PRRSV RT-qPCR positive. Tongue fluids from individual foetuses showed a 33.0% positivity rate. PRRSV RNA was detected in all but one sample of litter-wise pooled processing fluids and tongue fluids. In the field study, the investigated farm remained PRRSV positive and unstable for five consecutive farrowing groups after the start of the sampling process. Tongue fluid samples pooled by litter in the first investigated farrowing group had a 54.5% positivity rate, with the overall highest viral load obtained in the field study. In this farrowing group, 33.3% of investigated litter-wise pooled processing fluid samples and all investigated serum samples (pools of 4–6 individuals, two piglets per litter) were considered positive. Across all investigated farrowing groups, tongue fluid samples consistently showed the highest viral load. Moreover, tongue fluid samples contained the virus in moderate amounts for the longest time compared to the other investigated sampling material.

Conclusion

It can be concluded that the viral load in individual foetuses is higher in serum or thymus compared to tongue fluid samples. However, litter-wise pooled tongue fluid samples are well-suited for detecting vertical transmission within the herd, even when the suspected prevalence of vertical transmission events is low.
On the robust drivers of cryptocurrency liquidity: the case of Bitcoin
Authors: Ahmed Walid M. A.
Published: May 2024

This study aims to identify the factors that robustly contribute to Bitcoin liquidity, employing a rich range of potential determinants that represent unique characteristics of the cryptocurrency industry, investor attention, macroeconomic fundamentals, and global stress and uncertainty. To construct liquidity metrics, we compile 60-min high-frequency data on the low, high, opening, and closing exchange rates of Bitcoin against the US dollar. Our empirical investigation is based on the extreme bounds analysis (EBA), which can resolve model uncertainty issues. The results of Leamer’s version of the EBA suggest that the realized volatility of Bitcoin is the sole variable relevant to explaining liquidity. With the Sala-i-Martin’s variant of EBA, however, four more variables, (viz. Bitcoin’s negative returns, trading volume, hash rates, and Google search volume) are also labeled as robust determinants. Accordingly, our evidence confirms that Bitcoin-specific factors and developments, rather than global macroeconomic and financial variables, matter for explaining its liquidity. The findings are largely insensitive to our proxy of liquidity and to the estimation method used.
A multiresolution analysis of NeoFisher effects in industrialized economies: Have monetary policy dynamics being misconstrued in the west?
Authors: Phiri Andrew
Published: May 2024

Central Banks in major industrialized economies have struggled to keep inflation within their target ranges since the global financial crisis. The periods of missing inflation and deflation experienced in the post-crisis era have led to doubts about the traditional Fisher effect as a crucial component of the policy reaction function. We explore the NeoFisherian theory, which suggests an alternative causal relationship between the policy rate and inflation. We focus on the USA, UK, and EU and apply wavelet coherence analysis to examine the time–frequency lead–lag comovements on data spanning from January 2007 to March 2023. Our findings indicate increasing NeoFisherian dynamics, notably post-2013 taper tantrum, implying that Central Banks in industrialized economies have misunderstood monetary policy dynamics.
Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on SMEs Through Government Policy Intervention: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Sakib Md. Nazmus , Rahman Md. Mahbubur
Published: May 2024

This paper aims to investigate government policy intervention for mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This paper has utilized a methodology comprising of bibliometrics, network, and content analyses on 831 documents extracted from the Scopus database to explore the extant literature on this domain. A systematic literature review has also been performed to propose the government policy intervention during the crisis framework. The analysis and review discerned that government policy interventions yielding the greatest success display a pronounced industry focus, regardless of a country’s economic context. Notably efficacious interventions encompass government support for market access and promotion, regulatory flexibility, wage subsidies, supply chain bolstering, sustainable long-term support, training and development, digitization aid, and industry-specific access to credit and capital. Collaborative efforts between governments and financial institutions also proved instrumental in expediting SME recovery. Furthermore, initiatives like knowledge-sharing, capacity-building, digitalization of SMEs, and crisis management training played pivotal roles in ensuring SME survival during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper has also provided guidelines for future research direction.
Audiologists’ perspective on newborn hearing screening in a developing nation: a questionnaire-based survey
Authors: Vanaja C. S. , Dutta Kristi Kaveri
Published: May 2024

Introduction

Hearing is crucial for a child's development, influencing speech, cognition, and emotional well-being. Early detection of hearing disorders is vital, yet India faces challenges in implementing effective newborn hearing screening (NBHS) programs. This research explores the perspectives of audiologists, focusing on the major and minor challenges faced and current protocols followed across diverse setups in India.

Method

A two-phase study involved questionnaire development and data collection from 116 audiologists nationwide. The survey addressed demographics, current practices, challenges faced, and opinions on NBHS improvements.

Results

Findings revealed disparities in screening protocols, with 42 variations reported. Challenges included ambient noise control, communication gaps, and lack of interdisciplinary support. Audiologists emphasized the need for sensitizing healthcare professionals, free screening, and increased manpower to enhance NBHS efficacy.

Conclusion

The study aligns with global challenges in NBHS program implementation. Rural areas face a shortage of audiologists, emphasizing the necessity to train community health workers. The varied screening protocols and delays in screening timeframe underscore the need for standardized guidelines and increased funding.

Audiologists play a pivotal role in NBHS success. To overcome challenges, standardizing protocols, sensitizing healthcare professionals, and promoting community-based screening are crucial. The study emphasizes proactive measures among audiologists, continual research, and collaboration to enhance evidence-based practices and policy improvements in newborn hearing screening.
Babur, Akbar, and the Transformation of Gwalior's Rock-Hewn Tirthankaras
Authors: Bernhaut Ross Lee
Published: May 2024

During his 1528 sojourn in Gwalior, the first Mughal emperor, Babur (r. 1526–1530), encountered numerous colossal Digambara Jain Tirthankaras fashioned from outcrops in the Urvai valley. He recounts in his memoirs how he ordered the naked “idols” destroyed. While this famed episode of iconoclasm in the Bāburnāma is well known to scholars, three paintings portraying Babur's trip to Gwalior that survive from the multiple illustrated manuscripts commissioned by Babur's grandson Akbar (r. 1556–1605) have eluded close examination. This article probes the divergent representational strategies employed by the artists of those folios tasked with depicting the same scene. I demonstrate how one artist pictorially transformed Gwalior's rock-hewn Tirthankaras into animate idols, another alluded to yet elided their portrayal, and a third bypassed entirely the thorny issue of their representation. I argue that those illustrations constitute a visual emendation to Babur's memoirs that effectively exonerated Babur from any charge of desecrating inert Jain icons—an act by then incongruous with Akbar's policy of ṣulḥ-i kull and the strong Mughal-Jain relations at his court. This proposition is further supported by an original translation of an excerpt from Siddhicandra's (d. ca. 1666) Bhānucandragaṇicarita, a Sanskrit text composed by a Jain monk at the Mughal court. Ultimately, this study contributes to critical discourses on iconoclasm, artistic agency, Mughal-Jain relations, and historical memory by exploring the theoretical issues concerning the depiction of rock carvings and idols in the pictorial afterlife of Babur's encounter with Gwalior's rock-hewn Tirthankaras.
Αρχαιολογικές θέσεις στη Ρόδο από την νεολιθική εποχή μέχρι τους ελληνορωμαϊκούς χρόνους
Authors: Μπαρδάνης Ιωάννης
Published: May 2024

Δεδομένης της έλλειψης συγκεντρωτικών ταξινομημένων δεδομένων στη διεθνή και την ελληνική βιβλιογραφία, στην παρούσα έρευνα επιχειρείται η καταγραφή αρχαιολογικών θέσεων που έχουν εντοπιστεί στην Καμειρίδα Χώρα της νήσου Ρόδου, από την προϊστορία έως και τους ρωμαϊκούς χρόνους, μέσα από τις σχετικές αναφορές σε αρχαιολογικά περιοδικά, συνέδρια, μονογραφίες και συλλογικές μελέτες. Στον κατάλογο αναφέρονται οι θέσεις από ολόκληρο το νησί της Ρόδου. Με αυτόν τον τρόπο διαμορφώθηκε αναλυτικός κατάλογος με τις αρχαιολογικές θέσεις ανά περίοδο, για να υπάρξει μια κατά το δυνατόν πληρέστερη εικόνα του αρχαιολογικού χάρτη της Καμειρίδος. Για τη θεωρητική τεκμηρίωση χρησιμοποιήθηκαν βασικές βιβλιογραφικές πηγές, που αναφέρονται σε αρχαιολογικές ανασκαφές και καταγραφές. Επίσης, έγιναν επιτόπιες έρευνες στις υπό μελέτη αρχαιολογικές θέσεις, προκειμένου να εντοπιστούν και να ταυτιστούν τοποθεσίες με τις έρευνες σε ηλεκτρονικές βάσεις δεδομένων ή αρχεία. Η βιβλιογραφική έρευνα πραγματοποιήθηκε στις Βιβλιοθήκες του Δήμου Ρόδου και της Αρχαιολογικής Υπηρεσίας Δωδεκανήσου και σε βιβλιοθήκες ξένων αρχαιολογικών σχολών στην Αθήνα, όπου αναζητήθηκε και αποδελτιώθηκε υλικό από αρχαιολογικά περιοδικά, μονογραφίες, αποτελέσματα συνεδρίων και επιστημονικών συναντήσεων, καθώς και αρχειακό υλικό. Για τη γεωγραφική τεκμηρίωση των διαφόρων θέσεων που προέκυψαν από τη βιβλιογραφική έρευνα, χρησιμοποιήθηκαν δημοσιευμένοι χάρτες και γεωγραφικά δεδομένα διαθέσιμα στη βιβλιογραφία.
SOCIO-PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS OF FORMING COMMUNICATIVE TOLERANCE AMONG UNIVERSITY LECTURERS IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Sivtseva Aleksadra S. , Braslavskaya Elena A. , Ilyasova Aishe N.
Published: May 2024

By analyzing the impact of social psychological factors, the article delves into how university lecturers cultivate communicative tolerance throughout their professional development.
Purpose of the study. The study aims to identify the specific socio-psychological factors that have shaped the communicative tolerance of university lecturers.
Materials and methods of research. Utilizing theoretical approaches, the research involved an in-depth analysis of fundamental concepts within psychological and philosophical frameworks. Additionally, the study employed various mathematical statistical methods, such as correlation, factor, and cluster analyses, to explore the complex interplay of factors influencing communicative tolerance. In the study, various diagnostic tools were utilized as well, i.e. the Tolerance Index express questionnaire (by G.U. Soldatova, O.A. Kravtsova, O.E. Khukhlaev, L.A. Shaigerova), the Communicative Tolerance Questionnaire (by V.V. Boyko), Methodology for the evaluation of the level of empathic abilities (by V.V. Boyko), the Sixteen Personality-factor questionnaire (16 PF) (by R. Cattell), Methodology for the Diagnosis of interpersonal relationships (DME) (by T. Leary).
Research results. The findings of the research provide a theoretical analysis of communicative tolerance development, shedding light on its significance and role within the professional realm of lecturers. The insufficient development of critical thinking among university lecturers has been validated through empirical data analysis, highlighting the impact of various internal and external social psychological factors on their communicative tolerance. Factors such as empathy, emotional maturity, emotional-volitional qualities, communicative qualities, positive communicative attitude, social maturity, and professional maturity play a significant role in shaping the level of communicative tolerance exhibited by university lecturers. Additionally, a strong statistical correlation was identified in the study, emphasizing the need for further research in this area. The study found a strong statistical link (ρ<0.01) between positive communication attitude and communication tolerance, despite the absence of a statistically significant correlation between empathic abilities and communication tolerance. Research findings indicated that teachers who demonstrated moderate levels of empathy also displayed the greatest communication tolerance. Additionally, significant connections were uncovered between communication tolerance and various characteristics, such as emotional-volitional traits like “emotional stability” (ρ<0).
Practical implications. The obtained results of the study could be used in additional vocational training, job placement and job training schemes in order to improve the professional competence of teaching staff.
Kapitalizm, praca i podstawa dla historii planetarnych
Authors: Chakrabarty Dipesh
Published: May 2024

Translation of the opnening lecture during XXIII International Congress of Historical Sciences (CAPITALISM, WORK, AND THE GROUND FOR PLANETARY HISTORIES)
Hospitalidade e Ubuntu em experiências de volunturismo em solo africano
Authors: Ribeiro Santos Diego
Published: May 2024

O continente africano é um dos destinos mais buscados e visitados para a prática do volunturismo. Nos países da região subsaariana, compartilha-se uma filosofia e ética relacional conhecida como ubuntu, que enfatiza a interconexão entre os seres humanos, fundamentando a hospitalidade africana. O objetivo deste estudo é investigar como a hospitalidade e ubuntu se manifestam em experiências de volunturismo. Foi conduzida uma pesquisa qualitativa exploratória-descritiva, com coleta de dados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com dois volunturistas afro-brasileiros que estiveram na África do Sul e em Gana. Em relação à hospitalidade africana, os volunturistas destacaram a impactante expressão de alegria, felicidade, gratidão e simplicidade de seus anfitriões. Evidenciou-se que o volunturismo promove vínculos sociais baseados em valores intrínsecos a ubuntu como a cooperação, o respeito mútuo e a solidariedade.
Arquitetura do Ubuntu e suas subjetividades no alicerce da construção da humanidade
Authors: ARAÚJO TRINDADE NEGREIROS REGINA COELI , Soares Sampaio Dilaine
Published: May 2024

Partindo da cosmo percepção afrocentrada e métodos bibliográficos e filosóficos, estabelecendo um diálogo interdisciplinar entre a Ciência da Religião e a Filosofia, demonstra-se que a humanidade, mesmo diante do colonialismo vivido, pode se reinventar a partir da arquitetura do Ubuntu, no qual o coletivo, orientado pela ética da ancestralidade, possibilita partilhas e pertencimentos.
 
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Specifics of judges` discourse moves: in the past and in the present
Authors:   Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Zaitseva Margarita
Published: May 2024

The paper updates on the notion “stratagem”. The aim of this study is to identify the notion of discourse move or stratagem in judges` discourse, forms of its verbal expression in the narrative of the judge. To achieve the stated goal, it is necessary to perform several objectives: to clarify the concept of discourse move in the context of communicative influence; to determine its verbal expression; to trace the evolution of stratagems in judges` discourse. The results of our research. The stratagems in judges` discourse are: 1) stratagem of appealing to ethos/morals, 2) manifesting legitimate power/authority, and 3) manifesting equality of parties. In terms of linguistic representation, the stratagems are implemented through the discursive activation of certain thematic areas with a particular common seme: for the ethos appeal stratagem – “religious values”, “democratic values”, “rule of law”, “universal values”; for the stratagem of manifesting legitimate power/authority – “authoritative pressure, coercion”; for the stratagem of manifesting equality – question-and-answer form of holding a court hearing for all participants. Unlike the stratagems of the prosecution and defense discourses the stratagems of judges` discourse have remained virtually unchanged. Though, we may point out that sometimes modern judges allow themselves short personal digressions.
Theoretical foundations of formation of universal human values orientation in general secondary education students
Authors:   State Institution Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Barilova Halyna , Kravchenko Marharita ,   State Institution Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University
Published: May 2024

The article discusses the theoretical foundations of forming universal human values orientation in individuals acquiring general secondary education. Scientific developments dedicated to this issue are analyzed. It is noted that the prerequisites for the formation of value orientations are laid down in preschool age, but the actual formation occurs during adolescence, when interest in issues of morality, ethics, worldview grows, and students' interests shift from the concrete to the general. Modern scientists study the national self-awareness of young generations as a civic value, emphasizing the importance of forming value orientations in students of different age groups. Considering the crisis of values in modern society, it is crucial today to continue developing and testing personality-oriented technologies, to search for reserves to enhance the effectiveness of the educational process. Attention is focused on the fact that Ukrainian language lessons have long acquired the status of a universal human value. They serve as a means of personal growth, moral influence on individuals, and create necessary conditions for forming value orientations in students' personalities.
Lexico-semantic structure of the dialect text
Authors:   State Institution Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Hlukhovtseva Kateryna
Published: May 2024

The article substantiates the importance of the lexical-semantic structure of a dialect text as a basis for studying the real manifestations of the semantic spontaneous speech, the dynamics of the lexical structure, the lexical background and verbal content of various texts, and factage for spatial interpretations of contextual meanings. The author proves that dialect texts are characterized as a semantic phenomenon, and this thing actualizes the question of the lexical composition and semantic structure of lexemes of this phenomenon, which has central (obligatory) units and peripheral ones, as well as qualifiers that determine the tonality of speech. The article demonstrates that memoir texts about the country's political and social events contain colloquial names of the past (collectivization - driven into collective farms; decentralization – razkuǀlac'uvan'a, hunger strike – holoǀdovka, etc.), popular assessment of these phenomena. Tests in which the origin of toponyms or microtoponyms is explained have a clear structure (toponym or microtoponym – a motivator word and an interpretive part), they are considered as a text within a text. They have signs of language play.
Middle Polisia’s beliefs about rain
Authors:   Polissia National University, Plechko Antonina , Denysevych Olena ,   State University "Zhytomyr Polytechnic"
Published: May 2024

The article analyzes traditional beliefs about rain in the spiritual culture of the Middle Polissia’s dialects of Zhytomyr region, summarizes the materials of modern linguistic studies about precipitation in the form of rain, makes a systematic description of the names associated with rain in the Middle Polissia’s dialects based on the analysis of a complete cultural text. The source of the reseach is own field records made in 43 central Pollissia’s dialects of Zhytomyr region. The results of the study confirm the preservation of ideas about rain, predicting the duration or short duration of rain for the period of the day when rain begins (in the morning, before lunch, after lunch, in the evening); fixing children's spells to rain. The texts of Polissia’s spells to rain differ in their characters: in some texts it is rain, pot, borscht, in other texts sparrows are added to the previous characters, in the third text of the spells we observe the imposition of pre-Christian beliefs in the magical power of rain on Christian motives of faith in God. Respodents often provides detailed comments on individual explanations about rain, which indicates an extreme interest in the process of observing precipitation.
Slang phraseology in the mass media discourse of the 21st century
Authors:   Kyiv Metropolitan University named after Borys Grinchenko, Styshov Oleksandr
Published: May 2024

The article examines phraseology from various slangs that function in the mass media discourse of the beginning of the 21st century. These are mostly units that have not yet been recorded in Ukrainian sociolect dictionaries. It is noted that modern mass media began to more actively use non-codified stable phrases and expressions from various slangs. Cases of reinterpretation of such language units by journalists have also been recorded. Often this is done at the request of the day. The main factors contributing to the processes of intensive entry and use of the analyzed units in mass media discourse are presented: 1) significant democratization of Ukrainian society in the analyzed period, which contributed to linguistic democratization; 2) activation of the tendency to colloquialization in many radio and television programs, newspapers and magazines; 3) change in the language tastes of Ukrainians; 4) non-acceptance by modern readers, listeners and viewers of dry, vague language, clichés, clericalisms, stamps; 5) originality, novelty, and most importantly – expressiveness, emotionality, imagery, and often aptness and wit of slang phraseology; 6) the tendency to language economy, which is manifested in the desire to use short, but extremely comprehensive in terms of semantics units; 7) the tendency to erase the boundaries between functional styles, the significant influence of the conversational style on others. It was found that phraseological units from the sports, youth, automotive, military, economic, journalistic social dialects, less often – drug addiction, artistic, and sailors' slang are actively used in the texts of the mass media of the 21st century. It was found that the named sociolectisms mainly perform nominative, informative and evaluative functions in modern media discourse.
Coloronyms as representatives of ukrainian being in Mykhailo Stelmakh's Novel «Four Fords»
Authors:   State Institution Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Boytsun Iryna , Kharkovskyi Yevhen ,   State Institution Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University
Published: May 2024

This article delves into the idiostyle of Mykhailo Stelmakh's novel "Four Fords". In recent times, Stelmakh's work has been largely overlooked, often dismissed as belonging to the realm of Soviet literature. However, this overlooks the rich inner content and nation-building character of his literary heritage. Stelmakh's prose embodies the cultural values of the Ukrainian people, which are revealed in the work through the use of specific vocabulary. To this end, the semantic load of color names in the novel is examined as a representation of Ukrainian existence, comparing their interpretation in Ukrainian and Spanish languages. The study notes that in fiction, neutral vocabulary acquires semantic weight through the use of colors that evoke certain associations in the reader. Traditionally, in the works of Ukrainian writers, white, black, red, green, yellow, blue, and brown colors prevail, which were chosen for this research. The associative palette of black color names in Stelmakh's novel "Four Fords" has many variations, among which black color prevails as a marker of tragedy, loss, sorrow, and evil. There are also options for using black as part of the Universe, which exists in harmony with white according to the pagan beliefs of the Ukrainians. White color has a traditional semantic load: it personifies purity, peace, and wisdom. Red, yellow, blue, and green colors have a congratulatory semantic meaning in most episodes of the work. The occasional image of red wheat personifies the continuation of life, victory over death. It is emphasized that Stelmakh's novel "Four Fords" presents a model of Ukrainian society based on the principles of mythological perception of the world. The philosophy of the Ukrainians is represented by color names, which can be conditionally divided into two groups that personify life and death. Depending on the context, ambivalent coloristic images acquire expressive metaphorical meanings, which is a characteristic feature of the author's idiostyle.
Phraseological portrait of the narrator in O. Slonovska’s novel «Instinct of the locust»
Authors:   Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University, Hlukhovtseva Iryna
Published: May 2024

The article describes the system of phraseological units used by the narrator of O. Slonovska’s novel «Instinct of the Locust» (Kyiv: Ukrainian Priority Publishing House, 2019), who is a journalist. A set of these phraseological means is called a phraseological portrait. We understand it as a stable combinations of words inherent to a certain person, which are used in the personal speech to communicate, analyse the behaviour of interlocutors or characterize their character traits. In the analysed novel, the narrator uses phrasemes, which primarily perform a textual, stylistic, and plot-creating function. Book idioms play a leading role in the system of language means of the journalist’s artistic understanding of reality. They define this style as a person of high intelligence, an elite linguistic personality, capable of creating texts that are perfect in terms of content and form. The narrator achieves the localisation of the presentation, evidentiality, argumentativeness of the statement thanks to the skilful combination of book and colloquial phrases in the same context. The expressiveness of the statement is enhanced in connection with the use of imagery and emotionality natural for phraseological units, the creation of contextual conditions for synonymy, antonymy, oxymoron, synecdoche, as well as the use of stable combinations of words with figurative concretizers that have archaic symbolism. The most phraseologically loaded nouns in the text are the nouns leg, eye, hand, world, word, tongue, which perform the function of figurative concretizers of several phrasemes. Often, stable combinations of words in the narrator’s speech can play the role of standards, stereotypes of the cultural and national worldview or indicate their symbolic nature.
Interpretation and translation of the title from Polish into Ukrainian
Authors: Pavlinchuk Tetiana
Published: May 2024

The article researches the problem of interpretation and translation of the titles of scientific, popular science and artistic styles. The contemporary linguistic works about the role and place of the title, its relation to the text and its main functions have been analyzed. The ways and methods of translating poetry titles, titles of scientific monographs, their chapters and subchapters have been researched based on the examples of the texts, translated from the Polish into Ukrainian language. While working with the titles, in order to convey their hidden sense accurately and precisely, to make them available to the target culture, a translator does a lot of transformations and adaptations. Among such transformations grammatical and lexical changes have been identified, emphasizing the emergence of fixed phrases, neologisms and terms in the titles, as well as the impact of historical events and social moods on the creation of the title, and so on. Special attention deserves the translation of titles of artistic style, which are strongly tied with the main text and should become a part of the interpretative work with the text. An interesting phenomenon is also the translation of titles of a work ad hoc.