bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Risk Factors for the Incidence of Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) in Lecturers During the Online Learning Period
Authors: Rochmayani Dewi Sari , Cahyaningsih Oktaviani
Published: December 2021

Background: The online learning process during the Covid 19 pandemic has increased the incidence of Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS). The results of the study showed that there were 15% of lecturers at Widya Husada University Semarang experienced CVS. The purpose of the study was to analyze CVS risk factors among lecturers during the online learning period.Methods: The study was conducted using a case-control design. The research sample was lecturers at Widya Husada University as many as 60 people consisting of 30 people each in the case and control groups. A questionnaire with google forms was used for data collection. The data analysis used was univariate, chi-square for bivariate analysis and multiple logistic regression for multivariate analysis.Results: There are 5 variables that are significantly proven as risk factors for CVS, namely: 1) long working with computers (OR = 18.693; 95% CI = 1.487 – 234.955); 2) duration of computer use continuously (OR = 54,281; 95% CI = 2,523 – 1167,92); 3) length of rest after using the computer (OR = 31.060; 95% CI = 1.884 – 512.062); 4) distance from eyesight to monitor (OR = 34.640; 95% CI = 2.263 – 530.240); and 5) the position of the top of the monitor with respect to the horizontal eye level (OR = 17.555; 95% CI = 1.778 -173.296). Lecturers who have these 5 risk factors together will have a probability of experiencing CVS by 83%. Conclusion: Exposure to computer monitors experienced by lecturers during online learning will increase the risk of CVS events. There needs to be an effort to modify risk factors so that CVS events among lecturers during online learning can be prevented.
Der Range Value at Risk - Eine robuste Alternative zum Expected Shortfall
Authors: Shkel David
Published: December 2021

Die Geschäftstätigkeiten von Banken und Versicherungen sind mit Risiken verbunden, zu deren Messung der Value at Risk und der Expected Shortfall verwendet werden. Im Rahmen dieses Beitrags wird mit dem Range Value at Risk ein robustes Risikomaß als Verallgemeinerung der beiden anderen Maße präsentiert. Die Unterschiede zwischen diesen Maßen werden anhand historischer Daten verdeutlicht.
Messung und Bewertung von Impact - Neue Kennzahlen zur ganzheitlichen Erfassung von unternehmerischem Impact
Authors: Knauer Thorsten
Published: December 2021

Neue Kennzahlen zur ganzheitlichen Erfassung von unternehmerischem Impact.
Bewertung unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeitsleistung mittels Nachhaltigkeitsratings
Authors: Diebecker Jan , Rose Christian , Sommer Friedrich
Published: December 2021

Der Beitrag stellt am Beispiel der Refinitiv ESG Scores die Methodik von Nachhaltigkeitsratings vor, die Unternehmen in den Bereichen Environment, Social und Governance (ESG) bewerten. Diese Ratings basieren auf einer Fülle an zumeist sorgfältig gesammelten Informationen spezialisierter Anbieter, die trotz zahlreicher Kritikpunkte nützlich für Performance Measurement und Reporting sein können.
Aktuelle Erkenntnisse im Performance Management
Authors: Nikiforow Nicole
Published: December 2021

Die Ausgestaltung von Performance-Management-Systemen wird zunehmend integraler Bestandteil der Controllingaufgaben. Empirische Forschungsergebnisse zeigen, dass es in Abhängigkeit von der Ausgestaltung der jeweiligen Prozessschritte jedoch leicht zu ungewollten Fehlsteuerungen kommen kann, die unternehmensschädigendes Verhalten hervorrufen. Um dem entgegenzuwirken, werden in diesem Beitrag ausgewählte Studienergebnisse zu Wirkungen von Zielvereinbarungen, verhaltenswissenschaftlichen Effekten von Feedback sowie zum Einsatz von Informationssystemen im Controlling vorgestellt. Die Erkenntnisse beruhen auf Forschungsergebnissen der kumulativen Dissertation von Nicole Nikiforow.
LA ACADEMIA OLÍMPICA COLOMBIANA: GÉNESIS Y EVOLUCIÓN 1992 – 2018
Authors: Contecha Carrillo Luis Felipe
Published: December 2021

El escrito es la posibilidad de rendir un homenaje a sus fundadores y a la vez acopiar todas las acciones, procesos y programas en un documento que dé cuenta de la génesis y perpetúe la memoria de la Academia Olímpica Colombiana (AOC).

El documento, inicialmente da cuenta de la creación del Comité Olímpico Colombiano; posteriormente acomete una síntesis de la Academia Olímpica Internacional, posteriormente aborda los hechos y procesos que dieron vida a la Academia Olímpica Colombiana (AOC), desde sus dirigentes, sus acciones y programas. Posteriormente propende aunar todas las temáticas, lugares y fechas de realización de las sesiones, cátedras y tertulias olímpicas organizadas por la AOC.

Las fuentes para este trabajo fueron: periódicos nacionales, documentación de la biblioteca del Comité Olímpico Colombiano (COC), testimonios procedentes de entrevistas personales e información recogida en diálogos bajo entornos virtuales.
Las leyes contra la violencia de género en el Magreb: una comparación del contenido penal
Authors: Pérez Beltrán Carmelo
Published: December 2021

Este artículo hace una comparación entre las leyes de violencia contra las mujeres que han sido promulgadas en Argelia, Marruecos y Túnez tras la Primavera Árabe, incidiendo específicamente en el contenido penal que introducen dichas leyes. Entre otras cuestiones se comparan las sanciones impuestas por violencia física, psicológica, económica y política, así como otros aspectos más concretos como la violación, el acoso y los abusos sexuales, señalando semejanzas y diferencias entre los tres países. En general, las disposiciones tienen un doble objetivo: aumentar las penas ya existentes e incluir otras formas de violencia de género no consideradas hasta ahora como delito.
Los Emiratos Árabes Unidos e Israel: entre la hegemonía cooperativa y el soft balancing
Authors: Lion Bustillo Javier
Published: December 2021

El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en explicar las razones que han empujado a Israel y a los Emiratos Árabes Unidos a formalizar abiertamente una antigua cooperación discreta y si esta iniciativa constituye el comienzo de una futura hegemonía cooperativa bajo liderazgo norteamericano. Los resultados de la investigación indican que su principal propósito consiste en lograr una mayor autonomía con respecto a Estados Unidos, ya que ambos piensan que Washington presta poca atención a sus intereses respectivos. Por ello, la posibilidad de una hegemonía cooperativa resulta dudosa, mientras que las estrategias de soft balancing resultan más probables.
Digestive involvement in Long- COVID syndrome
Authors: Bogariu Alina M. , Dumitrascu Dan L.
Published: December 2021

Background and aim. The SARS-CoV-2 infection which caused a worldwide epidemic was considered first a lung disease. Later on, it was found that the disease caused by this virus, SARS-CoV-2, can affect most organs, including the digestive system. The long-term effects of this infection are now progressively detected and called Long-COVID. This review aims is to present the updated knowledge of the digestive sequelae after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Methods. A search was performed in the main medical literature databases. The following search terms were used: long-covid, gastrointestinal or gastric sequelae SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Data on gastrointestinal symptoms after 12 weeks were collected and presented. Observational studies were included. Studies that focus only on acute COVID-19 infection (<4 weeks) were excluded.

Results. The main symptoms that can occur in the long term are: diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, along with increased liver enzymes. Patients with chronic diseases have a higher risk of developing long-term sequelae, but it is not documented that digestive sequelae are influenced by the presence of chronic diseases.

Conclusions. The SARS-CoV-2 virus can affect any part of the digestive system not only in the acute infection phase but also for longer time, leaving long-term sequelae.
Student’s olympiad EUROPE 2007
Authors: Dzindzalieta Dainius
Published: December 2021

Problems of a students olympiad EUROPE 2007 are considered. The problems are given in English and Lithuanian. Two solutions of problems are proposed.
Jonas Mašiotas the mathematics teacher
Authors: Ažubalis Algirdas
Published: December 2021

Mathematics teacher Jonas Mašiotas (1897–1953) was the son of Pranas Mašiotas (1863–1940) – the famous Lithuania author of mathematical coursebooks and didactic articles as well as the a creator of books for children. JonasMašiotas studied mathematics in Germany and Switzerland. Prior to the studies, he was engaged as a teacher in Marijampol˙e, after completion of the studies – in Kaunas and during the World War II – in Vilkija. He published 2 articles in didactics of mathematics and 5 coursebooks (including one that consisted of 7 parts), edited and published the coursebook in trigonometry prepared by his father P. Mašiotas. He was one of the enthusiasts for introducing the concept of a function into the school curriculum in mathematics.
Analysis of time designated for mathematics studies in Lithuania between two world wars
Authors: Ragalytė Birutė , Paukštienė Alma
Published: December 2021

Analysis of time which is designated for mathematics studies in Lithuania between two world wars is presented in this article. The history of education is described. Comparisions between European countries (France, Austria, Germany) and Lithuania of this period are presented in this article.
Cut elimination for knowledge logic with interaction
Authors: Andrikonis Julius , Pliuškevičius Regimantas
Published: December 2021

In the article the multimodal logic Tn with central agent interaction axiom is analysed. The Hilbert type calculi is presented, then Gentzen type calculi with cut is derived and the proof of cutelimination theorem is outlined. The work shows that it is possible to construct a Gentzen type calculi without cut for this logic.
Discriminant analysis of the equicorrelated Gaussian observations
Authors: Dučinskas Kęstutis , Neverdauskaiė Jurgita
Published: December 2021

In this paper the problem of classification of an observation into one of two Gaussian populations with different means and common variance is considered in the case when equicorrelated training sample is given. Unknown means and common variance are estimated from training sample and these estimators are pluged in the Bayes discriminant function. The maximum likelihood estimators are used. The approximation of the expected error rate associated with Bayes plug-in discriminant function is derived. Numerical analysis of the accuracy of that approximation for various values of correlation is presented.
Linear model for coputation of equilibrium point in bimatrix game
Authors: Vakrinienė Sigutė , Sudžiūtė Daina
Published: December 2021

The methods for finding Nash equilibrium in bimatrix game are introduced in this paper.  Linear optimization model with binary variables for coputation of all equilibrium points in nongenerate bimatrix game is proposed.
Determination of number of clusters of ECG P-wave morphology estimates by testing hypothesis about uniformity of distribution
Authors: Šimoliūnienė Renata , Kriščiukaitis Algimantas , Šaferis Viktoras , Šimatonienė Violeta
Published: December 2021

Cardiac output is controlled by the autonomic nervous system by changing the heart rate and/or the contractions of the heart muscle in response to the hemodynamic needs of the whole body. This control is a result of permanent competition between the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous systems. Malfunction of these mechanisms causes the postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and/or the chronic fatigue syndrome. Evaluation of functionality and efficiency of the control mechanisms can give valuable diagnostic information in the early stages of dysfunction of the heart control systems and help to monitor the healing process or rehabilitation period after interventions. Quantitative evaluation of ECG P-wave changes evoked by an orthostatic test (which evokes a sudden misbalance in the interplay between the sympathetic and the parasympathetic heart control) by using a newly developed method based on the principal component analysis and clusterization by testing statistical hypothesis of uniformity provides a quantitative estimate for functionality and efficiency of the heart rate control mechanisms.
Asymptotical analysis of Cramer‘s transforms for extrema
Authors: Aksomaitis Algimantas
Published: December 2021

Asymptotic of normalized extrema of independent identically distributed random variables is analyzed. Normalization – Cramer‘s transforms [2].
Визначення впливу експериментальної програми базових елементів на формування факторної структури засвоєння спортивної акробатики юних спортсменів-початківців
Authors: Черних Тетяна , Окунь Дар’я , Тарасевич Олена , Крайник Ярослав
Published: December 2021

Мета: дослідити вплив експериментальної програми на формування факторної структури засвоєння базових елементів техніки юних акробатів 6-7 років.

Матеріал і методи: у дослідженні брали участь юні акробати-початківці 6-7 років ДЮСШ No4 у кількості 19 осіб (10 хлопців та 9 дівчаток). У якості тестів використовувалися загальні та спеціальні фізичні вправи та психофізіологічні показники. Використовувався факторний аналіз розрахунку, який здійснювався статистичним методом, розробленим і представленим у роботах С. Спірмана та Г. Томпсона.

Результати: проведений факторний аналіз дозволив визначити ряд факторів, що визначають якість засвоєння базових елементів техніки спортивної акробатики юними спортсменами 6-7 років.

Висновки: встановлено, що в процесі застосування експериментальної програми здійснився перерозподіл факторів та визначено 4 групи: психофізіологічний, загально-підготовчий, спеціально-підготовчий та інші в базових вправах («ластівка», «місток», «стійка на лопатках», «перекид вперед», «колесо») у напрямку виконання спеціально-підготовчих вправ.

Ключові слова: спортивна акробатика, базові вправи, юні акробати.
Вплив скандинавської ходьби на фізичний стан студентів НТУ «ХПІ»
Authors: Азаренкова Любов
Published: December 2021

Мета: визначити вплив скандинавської ходьби на фізичний стан студентів в процесі навчально-оздоровчої діяльності.

Матеріал і методи: аналіз науково-методичної літератури та положень про організацію фізичного виховання на кафедрі фізичного виховання в НТУ «ХПІ», методи математичної статистики, експрес оцінювання фізичного стану студентів за В.І. Бєловим [1], анкетування студентів. Обстежувана група складалася з 45 студенток НТУ «ХПІ» гуманітарних спеціальностей факультету соціально-гуманітарних технологій, які відносяться до основної медичної групи.

Результати: у статті проаналізовано основні форми організації навчально-оздоровчої діяльності дисципліни «Фізичне виховання», визначено рівень фізичного стану студенток до занять скандинавською ходьбою та після. Аналізуючи результати первинних показників фізичного стану, студенткам було запропоновано заняття скандинавською ходьбою для підвищення показників фізичного стану. Заняття проходили впродовж 10 тижнів по 3 рази на тиждень, де кожний тиждень мав свою спрямованість. За результатами дослідження було надано рекомендації
щодо введення скандинавської ходьби в навчальний процес дисципліни «Фізичне виховання» НТУ «ХПІ».

Висновки: у ході дослідження було визначено позитивний вплив занять скандинавською ходьбою на фізичний стан студенток, про що свідчать показники повторного тестування рівня фізичного стану. Тому доцільно запропонувати вводити скандинавську ходьбу в навчальний процес дисципліни «Фізичне виховання».

Ключові слова: студентки, скандинавська ходьба, фізичний стан, фізичне виховання, вплив.
NATURE OF COGNITIVE EXPERIENCE: UNITY OF PERCEPTION, THINKING, BODY AND LANGUAGE
Authors: Volkov Alexey
Published: December 2021

The article analyzes the nature of cognitive experience in the context of non-classical epistemology and critically interprets the dogmatic concept of cognitive process as a special form of reality reflection. Borrowing his arguments from neurobiology, cognitive science and cross-cultural studies, the author makes the following conclusions: the modular architecture of perceptual systems and embodied cognition impose certain restrictions on the way of presenting perceptual data, determining what stimulus diversity should be reduced to in order for it to be perceived and comprehended. At the same time, perception involves cooperation with other cognitive abilities – attention, memory, and thinking. In this regard, the perception of sensory stimuli depends on the subject’s set of categories, anticipatory schemes, and linguistic frameworks. All these means provide procedures for the selection and categorization of information. As a result, sensory data receive objective meanings, and perception turns out to be irreducible to the passive «copying» of reality.
Socialization and its success in the model of achieving the development of the social world
Authors:   State Institution ", Heyets Valeriy ,   Institute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine"
Published: December 2021

The article presents the results of the analysis of disproportion on the materials characterizing the economy and society of Ukraine, which allowed us to conclude about the formation of a trap of modernization, due to which transformational changes did not achieve the desired result. As a phenomenon, it is due to the relevant processes in society due to its lag in mastering the accumulation of exogenous in the absence of endogenous nature of the experience of the subject of modernization. To resolve contradictions and overcome the gap, it is necessary to implement a model of social life, which will reduce the disproportion. The author’s model of social world development is proposed, which is based on the interaction between the dialectical nature of such fundamental social processes as internalization, exteriorization, subjectivation, objectification, innovation, participating in the reformatting and development of the social world. Socialization is considered both as a process of the comprehension of objective reality by consciousness, and as a process of comprehension of dynamics and structure of development of the surrounding social world. The common and different processes of transformation of the Middle Ages and modernity according to the social criterion are presented and the role of socialization and social innovations in the long-term reformatting of the social world is shown. In the case of their success in social construction, there should really be a symmetry between objective and subjective reality. The socialization of the subject and the social innovation generated by it in understanding the development of the social world as a necessary condition for the success of its transformation in the long run are considered. The sufficient conditions are the necessary socialization of the object, objective reality, economic relations, capital, and the way of interaction between subject and object. This spectrum will be the subject of further research by the author.
Modification of the Redlich-Kwong-Aungier Equation of State to Determine the Degree of Dryness in the CO2 Two-phase Region
Authors:   National Aerospace University Kharkiv Aviation Institute, Vorobieva Hanna S.
Published: December 2021

The degree of dryness is the most important parameter that determines the state of a real gas and the thermodynamic properties of the working fluid in a two-phase region. This article presents a modified Redlich-Kwong-Aungier equation of state to determine the degree of dryness in the two-phase region of a real gas. Selected as the working fluid under study was CO2. The results were validated using the Span-Wanger equation presented in the mini-REFPROP program, the equation being closest to the experimental data in the CO2 two-phase region. For the proposed method, the initial data are temperature and density, critical properties of the working fluid, its eccentricity coefficient, and molar mass. In the process of its solution, determined are the pressure, which for a two-phase region becomes the pressure of saturated vapor, the volumes of the gas and liquid phases of a two-phase region, the densities of the gas and liquid phases, and the degree of dryness. The saturated vapor pressure was found using the Lee-Kesler and Pitzer method, the results being in good agreement with the experimental data. The volume of the gas phase of a two-phase region is determined by the modified Redlich-Kwong-Aungier equation of state. The paper proposes a correlation equation for the scale correction used in the Redlich-Kwongda-Aungier equation of state for the gas phase of a two-phase region. The volume of the liquid phase was found by the Yamada-Gann method. The volumes of both phases were validated against the basic data, and are in good agreement. The results obtained for the degree of dryness also showed good agreement with the basic values, which ensures the applicability of the proposed method in the entire two-phase region, limited by the temperature range from 220 to 300 K. The results also open up the possibility to develop the method in the triple point region (216.59K-220 K) and in the near-critical region (300 K-304.13 K), as well as to determine, with greater accuracy, the basic CO2 thermodynamic parameters in the two-phase region, such as enthalpy, entropy, viscosity, compressibility coefficient, specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity coefficient for the gas and liquid phases. Due to the simplicity of the form of the equation of state and a small number of empirical coefficients, the obtained technique can be used for practical problems of computational fluid dynamics without spending a lot of computation time.
Análisis contrastivo de estructuras léxicas y sintácticas de textos tenísticos en cinco idiomas
Authors: Quintero Ramírez Sara
Published: December 2021

El objetivo del presente estudio consiste en caracterizar estructuras léxicas y sintácticas utilizadas en una muestra de textos tenísticos del sitio Tennis World en cinco diferentes lenguas, a saber: español, inglés, francés, italiano y alemán. Nos proponemos identificar semejanzas y diferencias entre los términos y estructuras de cada idioma. Para lograr el objetivo planteado, hemos conformado un corpus de veinticinco textos de tenis en total, esto es cinco textos en cada lengua. Con base en estudios sobre tenis, así como en discurso deportivo, identificamos las estructuras más iterativas del corpus y determinamos su configuración a fin de establecer ciertos patrones sintácticos en el discurso de este deporte. Con este artículo nos proponemos contribuir en los estudios sobre discurso deportivo, en particular aquellos enfocados en la disciplina del tenis.
Contrarreformas neoliberais e suas inflexões para o trabalho profissional da(o) assistente social na previdência social brasileira
Authors: Gomes Vera Lúcia Batista , Paiva Sara Daltro Tavares
Published: December 2021

O presente artigo procurou problematizar e analisar as contrarreformas neoliberais, no Brasil e as suas inflexões para o trabalho profissional da(o) assistente social que atua na previdência social, em particular, na GEX/Belém-Pará. Teve por base os resultados parciais de uma pesquisa empírica sobre o trabalho e saúde dessa(e)s profissionais que atuam na seguridade social, a partir de uma abordagem qualitativa. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados foram questionários e entrevistas individuais com 9 das 16 assistentes sociais que atuam na referida gerencia. A luz da teoria marxista e do método materialista histórico dialético, os dados obtidos foram analisados, permitindo a constatação de que as contrarreformas neoliberais desde os anos 1970 têm se constituído estratégias para o enfretamento à crise do capitalismo na contemporaneidade, provocando profundas mudanças na política da previdência social, com inflexões para o trabalho profissional da(o) assistente social, em geral e, em particular na GEX-Belém/Pará. As inflexões dessas contrarreformas para o trabalho profissional trabalho desse(a)s profissionais na – GEX/Belém-Pará se manifestam tanto no que se refere à forma com a introdução de novas tecnologias (INSS Digital), acelerando a demanda por respostas imediatas etc., quanto ao conteúdo, na medida em que o Estado reduz o orçamento para a política de seguridade social e fomenta, na previdência social o seguro privado que favorece o lucro dos banqueiros internacionais, tendo por consequência, o aumento as demandas para o Serviço Social nesse espaço sócio-ocupacional, conduzindo à intensificação do trabalho provocada pela adoção de novas formas da gestão da força de trabalho, a exemplo da polivalência e do gerenciamento de metas.
Conhecimento de idosos sobre sexualidade no processo de envelhecimento
Authors: Ferreira Liana Ingrid Cândido , Pinto Antonio Germane Alves , Oliveira Célida Juliana de , Quirino Glauberto da Silva , Cruz Rachel de Sá Barreto Luna Callou , Bezerra Adriana de Moraes
Published: December 2021

Objetivo: descrever as concepções dos idosos sobre a sexualidade no processo de envelhecimento.Métodos: trata-se de um estudo exploratório com abordagem qualitativa, realizado no período de fevereiro a junho de 2019, no município de Iguatu, CE, com dois grupos de idosos.Resultados: os achados qualitativos foram divididos em três categorias: Conhecimento dos idosos sobre a sexualidade; Aspectos que interferem na sexualidade durante a velhice; e Métodos preventivos e Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis no envelhecimento. O conhecimento dos idosos se implica com suas experiências e as condições de vida e saúde. O processo saúde-doença e os comportamentos associados à vida social atravessam as concepções sobre sexualidade no processo de envelhecimento.Conclusão: o estudo evidenciou a concepção dos idosos, assim como suas crenças e valores no que se refere à saúde e à sexualidade. Desta forma, foi possível perceber que o público compreende a temática com complexidade envolvendo emoções e comportamentos, ampliados para além do ato sexual.
The multiple sclerosis patient’s journey model in Poland – future tasks
Authors:   Institute of Healthcare Management, Lazarski University, Warsaw, Poland, Gałązka-Sobotka Małgorzata , Gierczyński Jakub ,   Institute of Healthcare Management, Lazarski University, Warsaw, Poland, Gryglewicz Jerzy ,   Institute of Healthcare Management, Lazarski University, Warsaw, Poland, Rejdak Konrad ,   Department of Neurology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland, Sławek Jarosław ,   Department of Neurology and Stroke, St. Adalbert Hospital; Division of Neurological and Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland, Słowik Agnieszka ,   Department of Neurology, Jagiellonian University – Medical College, Kraków, Poland, Adamczyk-Sowa Monika ,   Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Zabrze, Poland, Kułakowska Alina ,   Department of Neurology, Medical University of Bialystok, Białystok, Poland, Wieczorek Malina ,   MS-Fight for yourself Foundation (Fundacja SM – walcz o siebie), Warsaw, Poland, Bartosik-Psujek Halina ,   Department of Neurology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical College of Rzeszow University, Poland
Published: December 2021

Improvement of the diagnostic and therapeutic processes and optimal use of resources in the context of health care system specificity accelerate the diagnosis and treatment onset, as well as improve the quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis. International experience and data from clinical practice in Poland gave rise to a number of guidelines for the needed measures, from increasing the awareness about multiple sclerosis among the society and doctors in general, through expanding outpatient medical care, to proposing a model network of healthcare centres dedicated to patients with multiple sclerosis. It was pointed out that there is a need for a network of clinics specialised in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS clinics) and centres for comprehensive diagnosis and treatment, with a higher reference level and all the competences of an MS clinic, and, at the same time, providing both consultations in difficult clinical cases and access to the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Attention was also drawn to the need to use modern e-health tools, which should improve the diagnostic and therapeutic process, as well as tighten the coordination of care by enabling an effective exchange of information between the patient and the entire interdisciplinary team involved in the therapeutic process.
Impact of post-stroke cognitive dysfunction on driving ability
Authors:   Oddział Psychiatrii, 7 Szpital Marynarki Wojennej z Przychodnią Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej imienia kontradmirała profesora Wiesława Łasińskiego w Gdańsku, Gdańsk, Polska, Rost Agata , J. Sitek Emilia ,   Zakład Pielęgniarstwa Neurologiczno-Psychiatrycznego, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu z Instytutem Medycyny Morskiej i Tropikalnej, Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny, Gdańsk, Polska,   Oddział Neurologii, Szpital św. Wojciecha, Copernicus Podmiot Leczniczy Sp. z o.o., Gdańsk, Polska, Tarnowski Adam ,   Katedra Psychologii Poznawczej i Porównawczej, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń, Polska
Published: December 2021

The paper aims to present the current views on the impact of post-stroke cognitive deficits on driving ability, and diagnostic assessment practices in this area. Firstly, the neuropsychological consequences of stroke are briefly presented. This part focuses specifically on visuospatial and executive dysfunctions. Among those dysfunctions, unilateral neglect, especially as it is frequently associated with anosognosia, may have the greatest impact on driving ability, leading to an increased accident risk. Then, different approaches to assessing fitness to drive after stroke are presented, including on-road testing, testing with the use of simulator, and clinical assessment focusing on cognition. The role of cognitive assessment in predicting fitness to drive is described in more detail. The Clock Drawing Test is the most appropriate screening measure in this context, as it engages both visuospatial and executive functions. The Trail Making Test is the most popular working memory test in the context of drivers’ assessment, as it requires visual search and psychomotor speed. The Rey Complex Figure Test is another commonly used test. It requires visuospatial and executive functions, and may also serve as a measure of visuospatial memory. Finally, the legal aspects of the assessments are discussed with reference to the practices used in Great Britain, Belgium, Sweden, and Germany. In Poland, there are no detailed standards for post-stroke fitness-to-drive assessment.
“This Is Our Bank”: Agricultural Associations and Their Role in Two Swabian Villages in Satu Mare From the Regime Change to the Present
Authors: Szilágyi Levente
Published: December 2021

The study examines the impact of the agricultural associations of two Swabian settlements – Mezőfény (Foieni) and Mezőpetri (Petrești) – on the local economy and society. Agricultural associations played an important role at the beginning of the process of agrarian transformation after the regime change in Romania. The successor organisations of the socialist agricultural associations, now established on a voluntary basis, were able to counteract the impoverishment caused by the reparcelling or forced reparcelling of land during the long transitional period, while at the same time exploiting their monopoly position to prevent the emergence of individual and family farmers. The risk-averse, self-reliant economic model of the associations is reminiscent of the peasant, self-sufficient farm organisation. The associations can thus be seen as a very specific form of post-socialist post-peasant production systems.
Revelatory Events: Three Case Studies of the Emergence of New Spiritual Paths, by Ann Taves.
Authors: McKendry-Smith Emily
Published: December 2021

Revelatory Events: Three Case Studies of the Emergence of New Spiritual Paths, by Ann Taves. 2017. Princeton University Press. Hb. £62.00/$ 75.00, ISBN 13: 9780691131016. Pb. £25.00/$29.95, ISBN-13: 9780691152899
Narrative and Belief: The Religious Affordance of Supernatural Fiction, edited by Markus Altena Davidsen.
Authors: Fredrickson Nathan
Published: December 2021

Narrative and Belief: The Religious Affordance of Supernatural Fiction, edited by Markus Altena Davidsen. 2018, Routledge. Hb. £125.00/$155.00, ISBN 13: 9781138559660.
Process Church of the Final Judgment
Authors: Cusack Carole M.
Published: December 2021

This article examines a new religious movement (NRM) founded by charismatic leaders in the mid-1960s from the viewpoint of its demise. The Process Church of the Final Judgment was founded in 1966 in London by Mary Ann MacLean and Robert de Grimston. The Process developed a theology melding esoteric Biblical motifs with psychoanalysis. The Process ceased to exist two decades later due to changes in belief and affiliation; members adopted other, mainstream, identities. De Grimston was expelled from The Process in 1974, after which it transformed into The Foundation Faith of God under MacLean’s leadership. The Foundation Faith of God later morphed into the Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah, abandoning a religious identity in favour of an animal rights-based identity. Until recently little attention was paid to how NRMs ended; the academic focus was overwhelmingly on the origins of such groups. This study builds on new research to argue that The Process ended via activities of transmutation and replacement. In 2020 The Process is a defunct religion with extensive online archives, curated by exmembers and enthusiasts. Processean ideas are kept “alive” and potentially able to be revived; the status of virtual communities and attempted revivals is also discussed with regard to identifying the precise date of the demise of NRMs.
Shift in language dominance in bilinguals
Authors: Hammer Kate
Published: December 2021

This paper investigates shift in language dominance in sequential bilinguals following migration. Participants include 149 Polish-English bilinguals who relocated to the United Kingdom in early adulthood and underwent processes of acculturation and sociocultural integration. The independent variables in this study are divided into (1) sociocultural aspects, including: migration, acculturation level, social network profile, predicted future domicile; and (2) biographical aspects, including: age of onset of L2 acquisition (AoA), age at migration, and length of residence. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The findings revealed strong links between language dominance and sociocultural variables including acculturation level, social network profile, and predicted future domicile. The results showed that sociocultural integration is a strong predictor of shift in language dominance. This study adds sociocultural and dominance perspectives to current research on language development over lifespan, by documenting a shift in language dominance in young adult sequential bilinguals following migration.
Language, Identity and Contemporary Society (2nd edition) Rajesh Kumar and Om Prakash (eds) (2019)
Authors: Nana Genevoix
Published: December 2021

Language, Identity and Contemporary Society (2nd edition) Rajesh Kumar and Om Prakash (eds) (2019) Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Pp. 239 ISBN: 9781527520332(hbk) ISBN: 1527520331 (hbk)
Tres opúsculos satíricos al servicio de los debates metodológicos para el aprendizaje del latín: Mallorca, 1802
Authors: Calafat-Vila Rosa-Maria
Published: December 2021

Este trabajo, que contribuye a la construcción científica del relato historiográfico catalán, analiza desde la Historia Social de la Lengua tres piezas jocoserias que satirizan al maestro de latín y su método en la Mallorca de principios del siglo XIX, además de reflejar las disputas literarias entre dos gramáticos y sus preferencias por el catalán o el castellano. En Carta de un maestro a su discípulo (1802), se arremete contra la ignorancia del profesor semperista, que acostumbraba a dictar en catalán las lecciones, para imponer el Nebrija y el Torrella en castellano. En las contrarréplicas, la Obreta petita y la Empatadera, se ataca mordazmente al autor de la Carta por pedante preceptor de latín, personaje específico del subgénero de la sátira gramatical. Se aboga, además, por el Sempere, la cultura local y la superación de tales debates para avanzar pedagógicamente en la enseñanza de la latinidad.
Los presagios de la Conquista de México: la tradición oral en la crónica X
Authors: Vargas-Montes Paloma
Published: December 2021

La crónica X proviene de una hipótesis enunciada por Robert Barlow en 1945 acerca de la posible existencia de una fuente primigenia, escrita en náhuatl, hoy perdida, que debió ser traducida y haber servido de base para la composición de un grupo de obras del siglo XVI que tienen como tema la historia del pueblo mexica del posclásico tardío. El grupo de obras asociadas a la crónica X son: Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme de fray Diego Durán, la Crónica mexicana de Hernando Alvarado Tezozómoc, el Códice Ramírez y el Manuscrito Tovar del jesuita Juan de Tovar, y la Historia natural y moral de las Indias del padre José de Acosta. A partir de una aproximación teóricometodológica que combina la crítica textual, el análisis hermenéutico y la estilometría, este artículo estudia el manejo del tema de los presagios de la conquista de México en las dos obras principales del corpus, de las cuales derivan las demás. A través del análisis de los presagios recogidos por Durán en la Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme y por Tezozómoc en la Crónica mexicana, este trabajo plantea la hipótesis de que las variantes que existen entre las obras tienen origen en el registro oral que caracterizó a los procesos de lectoescritura de códices en el mundo prehispánico. Es decir, el hecho de que el códice, el soporte material de una narración, tenía una función nemotécnica para acompañar al discurso oral memorizado y transmitido generacionalmente fue decisivo para que los cronistas documentaran versiones sumamente similares, pero con importantes variantes, cuyo origen, proponemos, radica en la tradición oral nahua.
Fiesta, juego y didactismo en el contexto navideño áureo: dos autos al nacimiento de Cristo en la «Nochebuena» de Cosme Gómez de Tejada y de los Reyes
Authors: Zúñiga-Lacruz Ana
Published: December 2021

Los autos al nacimiento de Cristo han recibido, en general, menor atención que los conocidos como sus “hermanos mayores”: los autos sacramentales. A modo de contribución para subsanar esta laguna, en este artículo se va a presentar brevemente la obra Nochebuena. Autos al nacimiento del Hijo de Dios con sus loas, villancicos, bailes y sainetes para cantar al propósito, compuesta por Cosme Gómez de Tejada y de los Reyes a principios del siglo XVII, y se van a analizar, asimismo, dos de los cuatro autos que la integran. Todo ello permitirá establecer que el autor, oriundo de Toledo, inserta sus creaciones en la secular tradición teatral navideña y pastoril, pero concede una especial y particular importancia a los personajes alegóricos y al desarrollo en escena de diversos juegos, adivinanzas y enigmas con los que se persigue la doble finalidad característica del teatro áureo: docere y delectare.
«Y de estas escogí catorce»: la versión española de las «Novelle» de Bandello
Authors: Bermúdez Luana
Published: December 2021

A lo largo del presente artículo intentaremos desgranar las razones por las que Vicente de Millis tradujo las Novelle (1554) de Matteo Bandello a partir de la traducción francesa de Pierre Boaistuau y François de Belleforest; de qué manera manipuló el texto de partida y qué cambios separan las Historias trágicas ejemplares (1589) de las Histoires tragiques (1559) y las Novelle. Para ello, nos centraremos en el cotejo de algunas escenas particularmente violentas y sus desenlaces, verdadero muestrario de las estrategias utilizadas por Boaistuau, Belleforest y, finalmente, Millis, para la adaptación truculenta de la materia italiana al nuevo contexto desde el que escriben y traducen.
Dyplomata. Żołnierz. Literat. Hrabia Franciszek Xawery Pusłowski w świetle dokumentów komunistycznego aparatu represji
Authors:   Dr, Instytut Nauk o Polityce, Kolegium Nauk Społecznych, Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Polska, Machniak Arkadiusz
Published: December 2021

Count Franciszek Xawery Pusłowski was born in France on June 16, 1875. He studied law, philosophy and art history. He was fluent in six languages. During World War I, he was arrested in Russia. As a result of efforts made by influential friends in 1918, he was released from captivity after the personal decision of Feliks Dzerzhinsky, the head of the Cheka. After the end of World War I, he participated in the Versailles peace conference. Until 1923, he served in the diplomatic corps. He was an opponent of Józef Piłsudski and his political camp. After being released from military and diplomatic service, he was active as a writer, publicist and social activist. He also led an intense social life. During World War II, he lived in Krakow. After the war, in 1945-1950, he was the vice-president of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts. He also worked as a sworn translator at the District Court in Krakow and as a lecturer at the AGH University of Science and Technology, the Jagiellonian University and the Krakow University of Technology. Despite the politically uncertain times, Pusłowski ran his salon in Kraków after 1945, where Kraków artists, journalists, sportsmen, soldiers and his students from Kraków universities used to visit. Count Pusłowski was famous for the fact that, thanks to his relatives living abroad, he had at his home excellent coffee and curiosities, rare for the post-war years, such as figs and pineapples. He remained under the interest of the communist security authorities, inter alia, due to international contacts and the art collection.
Przeciążenie kosztami mieszkaniowymi gospodarstw domowych seniorów w Polsce i liczebniejszych państwach UE (2007–2019)
Authors:   Prof. dr hab., Instytut Gospodarstwa Społecznego, Kolegium Ekonomiczno-Społeczne SGH, Warszawa, Polska, Cesarski Maciej
Published: December 2021

The aim of the article is to outline and evaluate the sequence of directions of changes, as well as trends and general proportions, of the level of the overburden rate with housing costs of households created by people aged 65 or more compared to the total number of households in Poland and selected more populous EU countries in 2007–2019 based on Eurostat data. Outside Poland, the analysis covers France, Spain, Germany and Italy. The general methodological assumption is to limit the analysis of Eurostat data on information on the quality and content of the statistics of overburdening households with housing costs without entering into international and national socio-economic conditions in this regard. The conducted analysis shows that the Eurostat data illustrating the rate of cost overload allow only careful analysis, expressed in general proportions and only then having objective values from the point of view of real relationships of the level of this rate between Poland and selected EU countries. On the other hand, these data allow for sufficiently reliable direct comparisons of the real sequences of the directions of changes and trends in the level of this rate. The relatively lengthy periods of the decline or tendency to decline in the rate of overload with total housing costs of households, including senior households, are noted in Poland, but no far-reaching conclusions can be drawn on this basis due to the limited cognitive value of the data.
Funeral Rite and Morphology of a Buried Man from Kurgan of Tau Cemetery (Western Kazakhstan)
Authors: Balabanova Mariya , Klepikov Valeriy , Pererva Evgeniy
Published: December 2021

Introduction. The paper presents results of the funeral rite and material culture study of the Sauromat time Tau cemetery located on the territory of Western Kazakhstan, and also provides anthropological analysis of the skull discovered there. Methods and materials. An interdisciplinary approach was applied in the course of the study with inclusion of typological, analog and cross-dating methods regarding the funeral rite and material culture examination, methods for studying craniometrical and cranioscopic signs, as well as methods of skull pathology evaluation. The source of the study material as well as the male skull discovery site is burial 1 of kurgan 1 of Tau cemetery. Discussion and results. The funeral rite and clothing inventory data confirms that the burial belongs to Sauromat archaeological culture and, within the chronological framework, could be dated back late 6th – early 5th centuries BC. Furthermore, the funeral rite and weaponry features, including a quiver set with a short sword, attribute this burial to this epoch. Historical and archaeological source analysis suggests that there must have been a cult of the Hand in the Sauromat-Sarmatian society; consequently, the separate interment of the right hand in the examined burial reveals its military trophy origin. The male skull possesses Caucasian features with a weakened horizontal facial profile. The morphological features of the skull from the Tau cemetery have analogies in the synchronous population of Western Kazakhstan, Southern Urals and Lower Volga regions. The skull pathology analysis showed the presence of periodontitis, intravital trauma to the frontal bone, as well as some acute sinusitis signs.
Typology and Chronology of Akanthian Amphorae
Authors: Monakhov Sergey
Published: December 2021

The amphora stamps of the Chalcidian city-state Akanthos were localized a little over 30 years ago due to discovering of ceramic workshops remains, where defective stamped fragments were found. The complete amphorae forms have come to be known quite recently, with a significant part of the findings being attributed to the Black Sea region. Taking into account materials from the Akanthos amphora workshops and numerous findings of vessels in the Akanthian necropolis, it became possible to develop a container typology used in this center and provide a detailed chronology of ceramic containers of this city-state. However, the findings from the Northern Black Sea region are of special significance. They were recovered in well-dated burial and settlement complexes: the Prikubanskiy necropolis, in Olbia, Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Chersonesos, Luzanovka, a kurgan cemetery near the village settlement Bogachevka, etc. While we only know one Akanthian amphora belonging to the 5th century BC, then, for the following 4th century BC within the first – third quarters, at least 4 types of containers are identified within several variants: I-A, I-B, II, III-A, III-B, IV. There are reasons for considering that some samples of amphorae on a “shot glass-shaped” toe (“Mendean”) dating back to the 5th and 4th centuries BC are qualified as Akanthian products. They were manufactured outside of Mende in a number of other centers of Chalkidiki: Scione, Aphytis and Thoron.