bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
HISTORY OF THE SOVIET-CHINESE COOPERATION IN PERIODICAL PRESS AND MASS MEDIA (MIDDLE OF XX – BEGINNING OF XXI CENTURY)
Authors:   Far Eastern State Transportation University (Khabarovsk)., Ezhelya U.V.
Published: January 2022

The article discusses the main milestones of cooperation between the two states – the USSR / Russia and China from the middle of the 20th century to the present. The author cites a number of printed periodicals as sources of information on the development of bilateral relations at different time periods. The dynamics of relations is traced against the backdrop of changing internal and external conditions for the development and interaction of countries: first in the format of socialist ideology (the 50s – the first half of the 60s and in the 80s of the 20th century), then against the background of new realities life of the Russian state and China (90s of the XX century and in the present). The magazines Zheleznodorozhny Transport, Zheleznodorozhnye dorogi mira (printed materials of the Ministry of Railways), departmental regional newspapers Pogranichny transportnik, Dzerzhinets are an interesting source of information about the events and problems of Soviet-Chinese relations, their prospects and successes. The author refers to the latest sources of socio-political and socio-economic information on international cooperation - electronic resources. The author introduces museum sources into circulation as examples of the policy of "popular diplomacy".
CORRECTING ERRORS IN PRACTICE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AT FAR EASTERN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Authors:   Far Eastern State Transport University (Khabarovsk)., Pomchenko M.A. , Rezanova N.V. ,   Far Eastern State Transport University (Khabarovsk)., Gladkaya E.F. ,   Far Eastern State Transport University (Khabarovsk)., Kharina I.V. ,   Far Eastern State Transport University (Khabarovsk).
Published: January 2022

The article is devoted to the problem of correcting mistakes in a foreign language teaching at a nonlinguistic university. The article examines various points of view on the problem of error correction, and also on the basis of the analysis of the methodological experience of teachers of the Far Eastern State Transport University, the most effective correction methods are identified, which are based on the student's incentive to acknowledge the error and correct it independently.
SELF-LEADERSHIP AS A PERSONAL RESOURCE OF THE SUBJECT OF COPING
Authors:   Pacific National University (Khabarovsk)., Vorobyovа K.I. , AE-sun Kim ,   Pacific National University (Khabarovsk).
Published: January 2022

The article is devoted to the analysis of self-leadership as a personal resource of the subject of coping. Self-leadership, being a systemic quality of personality, includes constructive thinking, responsibility, self-confidence, autonomy and authenticity, selfcontrol, self-motivation, realistic optimism, tolerance to uncertainty, which allows the subject of coping to solve emerging life problems independently, show creative activity in situations of uncertainty, increase productivity and self-effectiveness through a conscious choice of behaviors in accordance with personal characteristics and requirements of a difficult situation.
SELF-ACTUALIZATION AND VALUE CHARACTERISTICS IN THE STRUCTURE OF CAREER ORIENTATIONS OF STUDENTS-PSYCHOLOGISTS AND CADETS OF THE MILITARY ACADEMY
Authors:   Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University (St. Petersburg)., Ermakova E.S. , Yashchenko E.F. ,   Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University (St. Petersburg).
Published: January 2022

The results of an empirical research showed the differences between the indicators of career orientations, self-actualization and the life values of students-psychologists and cadets of the military academy. Features of self-actualization and value characteristics related to career orientation are revealed. The results suggest that self-actualization and value characteristics may be part of the structural orientation of students and cadets.
RESPONSIBILITY AS A PROFESSIONAL’S PERSONAL RESOURCE
Authors:   Far Eastern State Transport University (Khabarovsk)., Lezhenina A.A.
Published: January 2022

The article contains the result of an analysis of the literature, revealing a view of the responsibility of the individual in law, ethics, philosophy and psychology. The results of empirical research are described, proving that responsibility is a resource of the personality of a professional when it includes the possibility of independent choice of action, independent choice of decisions
СТИХИЙНОЕ И ЦЕЛЕНАПРАВЛЕННОЕ РАЗВИТИЕ СПОСОБНОСТЕЙ И УСПЕШНОСТЬ В НЕСТАНДАРТНЫХ УСЛОВИЯХ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ
Authors:   Far Eastern State Transport University (Khabarovsk)., Soboleva T.N.
Published: January 2022

This article is devoted to the problem of professional abilities from the position of structural-functional approach. The following questions are considered: how professional abilities provide the productivity of activity; how the development of professional skills is carried out; what is the dependence of the specific structure of abilities and spontaneous and purposeful development in non-standard activity conditions. The study was conducted on a sample of 36 qualified railway drivers using a specialized simulator. The psychological analysis of the activity revealed seven abilities ensuring the implementation of the activity. Based on empirical data, it is shown that groups with spontaneous and purposeful development of abilities have statistically significant differences in the productivity of activity that were carried out in non-standard conditions and requirements. And these differences are in favor of the group with spontaneous development of abilities. It was proved that various structures of abilities are formed depending on their spontaneous and purposeful development, and that these structures of abilities provide the development of a new way of action by the subject in individual measure of integration.
Koja Banana Plantlet Acclimatization at Various Concentrations of Foliar Fertilizer and Length of Containment
Authors: Srilestari Rina , Suwardi Suwardi
Published: January 2022

Koja is a widely known variety of bananas but the availability of high-quality seeds has not been able to meet the market demand. This problem is overcome by using tissue culture, meanwhile, the success of the culture is largely determined by the acclimatization stage or adaptation of plants from heterotrophs to autotrophs. Therefore, this study aims to determine the interaction between the concentration of foliar fertilizer and the length of containment as well as the appropriate concentration for the growth of Koja banana plantlets. This is a field experiment carried out with a 2-factors split-plot design. The main plot was the foliar fertilizer concentration namely M1 = 2 ml/L; M2 = 4 ml/L; M3 = 6 ml/L, while the subplots were the length of containment namely E1 = 10 days; E2 = 20 days; E3 = 30 days. Based on the results, there was an interaction between the concentration of foliar fertilizer 4 mL/L and the length of containment of 20 days on the height, root volume, as well as fresh and plant dry weight.
The Implementation Of Mfcc Feature Extraction And Selection of Cepstral Coefficient for Qur’an Recitation in TPA (Qur’an Learning Center) Nurul Huda Plus Purbayan
Authors: Heriyanto Heriyanto , Jayadianti Herlina , Juwairiah Juwairiah
Published: January 2022

There are two approaches to Qur’an recitation, namely talaqqi and qira'ati. Both approaches use the science of recitation containing knowledge of the rules and procedures for reading the Qur'an properly. Talaqqi requires the teacher and students to sit facing each other while qira'ati is the recitation of the Qur'an with rhythms and tones. Many studies have developed an automatic speech recognition system for Qur’an recitation to help the learning process. Feature extraction model using Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) and Linear Predictive Code (LPC). The MFCC method has an accuracy of 50% to 60% while the accuracy of Linear Predictive Code (LPC) is only 45% to 50%, so the non-linear MFCC method has higher accuracy than the linear approach method. The cepstral coefficient feature that is used starts from 0 to 23 or 24 cepstral coefficients. Meanwhile, the frame taken consists of 0 to 10 frames or eleven frames. Voting for 300 recorded voice samples was tested against 200 voice recordings, both male and female voices. The frequency used was 44.100 kHz stereo 16 bit. This study aims to obtain good accuracy by selecting the right feature on the cepstral coefficient using MFCC feature extraction and matching accuracy through the selection of the cepstral coefficient feature with Dominant Weight Normalization (NBD) at TPA Nurul Huda Plus Purbayan. Accuracy results showed that the MFCC method with the selection of the 23rd cepstral coefficient has a higher accuracy rate of 90.2% compared to the others. It can be concluded that the selection of the right features on the 23rd cepstral coefficient affects the accuracy of the voice of Qur’an recitation.
Application of Very Low Frequency (VLF) Method for Estimating Karst Underground River in Tanjungsari District
Authors: Zakaria Muhammad Faizal , Kusumayudha Sari Bahagiarti , Pratistho Bambang , Rahatmawati Isbandi , Setyaningrum Tuti
Published: January 2022

Drought is the main problem for clean water needs in Tanjungsari district. This research aims to provide information on the existence of underground river for deep well drilling. The methods used are geologic-structural analysis and application of Very Low Frequency (VLF) methods. Strike and dip measurements of 150 joints were conducted in the research area. Analysis using rosette diagram shows that the main geologic-structure orientation has a direction of Northwest - Southeast and Northeast – Southwest. Very Low Frequency (VLF) acquisition was measured across the possible occurrence of subsurface water flow directions predicted from geologic-structural analysis. The length of the VLF acquisition line is 2500 meters with 30 m spacing and 108 points acquisitions. The direction of VLF line is N 2700 E. The result shows that there are 2 locations that have high conductivity values, appearing at 1800 meters and 2200 meters. The results of this structural and VLF analyses indicate the existence of underground river at the location of 454326 N, 9105870 E.
Potential of Paitan (Tithonia diversifolia) and Cow Manure For Available Nutrients Supply On Sandy Beach Soil
Authors: Peniwiratri Lelanti , Afany Miseri Ruslan
Published: January 2022

The primary macronutrients are required in large amounts for optimum plant growth. Sandy beach soil that is widely distributed, has a granular structure and is poor in primary macronutrients. Cow manure can improve the struktur of soil and Paitan (Tithonia diversifolia) can increase the availability of primary macro nutrients. This study aims to determine the effect of cow manure and Paitan (Tithonia diversifolia) on the nutrient availability of sand beach soil. The study used a completely randomized design (CRD) with 2 factors, the first factor was the dose of cow manure consisting of 3 levels 0; 2.5 and 5% of the weight of the soil. The second factor is the dose of Paitan (Thitonia diversifolia) which consists of 4 levels of 0; 2.5; 5 and 7.5%. of soil weight To determine the effect of treatment, variance analysis (ANOVA) was used and followed by a follow-up test using Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT) at a test level of 5%. The results showed that the application of cow manure and Paitan (Thitonia diversifolia) had a significant effect on increasing N available , P available and K available nutrients. The application of 5% cow manure and Paitan (Thitonia diversifolia) 5% has the potential to increase N available , P available and K available. sand beach soil is the highest
The Utilization of Signal Analysis by Using Short Time Fourier Transform
Authors: Palupi Indiati Retno , Raharjo Wiji
Published: January 2022

Signal Analysis is a part of geophysics work. It is important in analyse the character of signal or waveform in geophysics. In this paper the earthquake waveform is used as the example. One method to do this is used Short Time Fourier Transform. It adopts the basic concept of Fast Fourier Transform in the short period of time in waveform and at the same moment there is a convolutional process between the waveform and the mother wavelet and then resulting the spectrogram. Finally, the spectrogram will show the power spectrum or the magnitude of the amplitude in each time in the waveform. It relates with the energy of the earthquake. The result including three parameters, they are time, frequency and the spectrogram. It makes easier for the geophysicist to analyse the frequency changing in each time based on the spectrogram colour. Besides that, it can be used to identify the arrival time of P and S wave as the important information in calculate the hypocentre location of the earthquake.
“‘It ain’t have no sort of family life for us here’”: Community and its Discontents in Sam Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners
Authors: Greenwood Kirk Andrew
Published: January 2022

Sam Seldon's The Lonely Londoners depicts an emergent collectivity of black immigrants who lead literally and metaphorically subterranean lives in 1950s Britain. Against the backdrop of a city undergoing an ambivalent transition from colonial metropole to postmodern cosmopolis, Seldon's "boys" remain largely inscrutable to and estranged from not only white Londoners but also one another. Critics have associate a depoliticized preoccupation with the everyday and eschewal of critical consciousness in Seldon’s work with widely critiqued features of Anglophone modernism. The present analysis suggests several reasons why political collectivity remains elusive to Seldon's black male immigrant characters. Specifically, they face discriminatory access to the labor market and social services, loci of possible solidarity with working-class white Londoners where formal political resistance might be coordinated. These systemic pressures combined with an atmospheric racism cause many of the boys to internalize the racialist, individualist, consumerist, and heterosexist attitudes and behaviors of the dominant white culture, which they adopt as survival strategies, in effect undermining black group identity and cohesion. If a note of optimism is to be sounded amid the many challenges to inter- and intraracial community the novel presents, it is in the potential undoing of black cultural nationalism that cultural theorist Paul Gilroy sees as a crucial step in the making of an egalitarian, convivial postcolonial world. The novel contests the homogenizing impulses of essentialist identity politics by portraying the heterodox, sometimes paradoxical, affinities that emerge between characters and communities.
Самуил Борисович Бернщейн и неговият «Учебник болгарского языка»
Authors:   Институт болгарского языка Болгарской академии наук, Симеонова К.
Published: January 2022

This report examines Bernstein’s work, The Bulgarian Language Textbook. There are many merits of this textbook, relevant to this day, especially the accurate structuring of the material and a clear presentation of Bulgarian grammar, as well as giving a lot of additional knowledge about the history of the Bulgarian language, Bulgarian literature and more.
Из полонистического наследия Самуила Борисовича Бернштейна на страницах ежегодника «Вопросы полонистики»
Authors:   МГУ имени М. В. Ломоносова, Кульпина В. Г.
Published: January 2022

The paper concerns the person and the works of Samuil Borisovich Bernstein in the context of his education in the area of Polish studies and pedagogical work. There is presented his article devoted to dialectic background of Polish literary language and achievement of Polish and other scientists in this area. S.Bernstein proposes the sociological view to the problems of generation of Polish literary language.
Дивергенция словацкого и чешского литературных языков в XX в. на грамматическом уровне (на примере числительных)
Authors:   МГУ имени М. В. Ломоносова, Лифанов К. В.
Published: January 2022

According to traditional contact linguistics, the result of close linguistic contact is interference, which initially occurs at the level of speech, but can also be re flected at the level of language. At the same time, as the Slovak and Czech literary languages show, the consequence of close linguistic contact can also be pronounced divergent processes. This article focuses on morphological and word-formation changes that have significantly changed the grammatical properties of numerals in Slovak literary language, while in Czech they remained unchanged.
Адаптация испанских глаголов в речи славян-переселенцев в Аргентине
Authors:   Институт славяноведения РАН, Пилипенко Г. П.
Published: January 2022

In the north-east of Argentina, in the province of Misiones, there are speakers of Ukrainian, Polish, Belarusian dialects, descendants of labor migrants who began to settle there since the end of the XIX century. During the field researches carried out from 2015 to 2019, narratives in dialect were collected in these languages. The paper discusses models of verb adaptation borrowed from the Spanish language in the speech of the descendants of Slavic immigrants. Both oral speech recordings and written sources of the dialect are involved (the diary of a migrant from Volhynia, Kirill Wozniuk, written in the South Volhynian dialect of the Ukrainian language). The models of verb adaptation in all three languages are identical.
Современные полевые исследования литургического языка словаков византийско-славянской традиции
Authors:   Университет имени Коменского в Братиславе, Женюх П.
Published: January 2022

The paper focuses on the issue of the existence of the Slovak variant of the Church Slavonic language. The cultural-historical and linguistic specifics of the liturgical language forms are pointed out. The author obtained the research findings on the liturgical Church Slavonic of Slovak believers of the Byzantine rite during several years of field research.
Супин в чешских библейских переводах эпохи национального возрождения (вторая половина XIX в.)
Authors:   Институт славяноведения РАН, Вернер И. В.
Published: January 2022

The paper deals with the use of supine in the catholic biblical translations of the Czech National Revival as a means to archaize the high biblical style, inspired by old Czech translations and stylistic preferences of the catholic translators and editors in the second half of the 19th century.
Називите за ‘кукла’ во македонските дијалекти во поширок словенски контекст (според материјалите на ОЛА)
Authors:   Истражувачки центар за ареална лингвистика Македонска академија на науките и уметностите, Панчевска А.
Published: January 2022

The text discusses the names for ‘doll, puppet’ in the Macedonian dialects and their etymology, as well as the motivations for their derivation. This analysis provides an insight into the place of the Macedonian dialects in relation to this issue in the wider Slavic context. The name kukla, which is most widespread on the Macedonian dialect territory, connects the Macedonian dialects with the other East Slavic languages. Many of the names used in dialects, such as kukla, are borrowings from other languages. Those of Slavic origin, as well as borrowings, are basically derived from lexemes denoting a young girl. For this analysis, the dialect material from the Slavic Linguistic Atlas (OLA) is used, in which the Macedonian dialect territory is represented with 24 villages.
Лемковский журнал «Ватра» как источник изучения социолингвистической ситуации и диалектных особенностей современных лемковских говоров
Authors:   Институт славяноведения РАН, Алексеева М. М.
Published: January 2022

“Watra” magazine is published by the Union of Lemkos in Poland. It represents the views of those Lemkos who consider themselves part of the Ukrainian nation and believe their language is a Ukrainian dialect as opposed to those Lemkos who claim to constitute a separate nation with a separate Lemko language. According to the editorial policy the magazine publishes texts in both standard Ukrainian and different versions of the Lemko dialect which allows to study the ongoing processes in the Lemko vernacular.
Българската етнолингвистична лексикография през новото хилядолетие
Authors:   Институтът за български език „Професор Любомир Андрейчин“, Българската академия на науките, Китанова М.
Published: January 2022

The report examines in detail the features of ethnolinguistic dictionaries, which are developed in the Section of Ethnolinguistics of the Institute of Bulgarian Language “Prof. L. Andreychin”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, — the new in their concepts and realization. A comparison is made between them and the ethnolinguistic lexicographic products made by collaborators of the Moscow and Lublin schools.
Карпатские параллели к балканским мотивам воздушной битвы
Authors:   Институт славяноведения РАН, Плотникова А. А.
Published: January 2022

The report will focus on the Carpathian analogies to the ideas known among the Slavs in the Balkans that a storm, thunderstorm, hail, strong wind is caused by a dragon snakeflying in the clouds. Carpathian parallels to this plot are found both among Slavs (Slovaks, Ukrainians) and their neighbors (Romanians, Hungarians). The specifics of the Carpathian cultural area are linked with a number of features that, if found in the Balkans, then only in the northern parts of Slavic regions bordering Hungary and Romania and these are mostly beliefs about the leader who saddles the blind snake-dragon, carrying hail to people. On the contrary, in the Carpathian traditions, there is practically no theme of heroism of the positive defender of fields and lands that is so characteristic for the Eastern Serbian, Macedonian, Montenegrin and Eastern Hercegovinian beliefs. The vocabulary denoting snake-like characters (participants of the air battle) is also consistently considered when studying the topic.
Цветообозначения в устойчивых сочетаниях со значением благопожелания и проклятия в некоторых балканских языках
Authors:   Институт славяноведения РАН, Чиварзина А. И.
Published: January 2022

In the course of convergent development, the peoples living on the Balkan Peninsula signi ficantly influenced each other, borrowing numerous cultural and linguistic phenomena. Thus determined the formation of the Balkan cultural and linguistic landscape. It is interesting to analyse the idioms with the meaning of blessing and curse in the Balkan Slavic languages, in particular in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian, in comparison with the non-Slavic Albanian language. The found correspondences demonstrate a high degree of interlingual and intercultural interaction of these neighboring peoples.
«Возродительный процесс» в судьбе и творчестве Свилена Капсызова
Authors:   Институт славяноведения РАН, Лунькова Н. А.
Published: January 2022

In the course of research of the “Revival Process” in Bulgaria in the 1970–80s, special attention is paid to forcible exclusion of representatives of the Muslim community from the socio-cultural and literary context of Bulgaria due to political reasons. Study of the life and works of Svilen Kapsazov, who suffered from the “Revival process”, helps to underline speci fics of the anti-totalitarian literature of Bulgaria.
Литература в контексте социально-политических трансформаций конца ХХ в.: словенский опыт
Authors:   Институт славяноведения РАН, Старикова Н. Н.
Published: January 2022

The problem of changing the role of literature in the modern world is especially acute in the former socialist European countries, survived at the end of the twentieth century fundamental social and political changes. Slovenia, which gained sovereignty during the disintegration of the SFRY, is one of the typical examples. For a long time, Slovenian literature developed under the sign of the struggle for national independence, going through many severe trials along the way. The first decades of independence created the preconditions for qualitative changes within literature and led to the transformation of its role in public life.
Cognitive agency in sociocultural evolution
Authors: GUÉNIN--CARLUT Avel
Published: January 2022

Models of sociocultural evolution generally study the population dynamics of cultural traits given known biases in social learning. Cognitive agency, understood as the dynamics underlying a specific agent’s adoption of a given trait, is essentially irrelevant in this framework. This article argues that although implementing and instrumenting agency in computational models is fundamentally challenging, it is ultimately possible and would help us overcome major limitations in our understanding of sociocultural dynamics.Indeed, the behaviour of humans is not causally generated by a set of predefined behavioural laws, but by the situated activity of their cognitive architecture. Idealised models of biased transmission certainly help us understand specific features of population dynamics. However, they distract us from the deep intrication of the cognitive and ecological processes underlying sociocultural evolution, and erase their embodied, subjective nature.In line with the earlier “Thinking Through Other Minds” account of sociocultural evolution, this article highlights how the Active Inference framework can help us implement and instrument computational models that address these limitations. Such models would not only help ground our understanding of sociocultural evolution in the underlying cognitive dynamics, but also help solve (or frame) open questions in the study of ritual, relation between cultural transmission and innovation, as well as scales of cultural evolution.
Resolving the location of small intracontinental earthquakes using Open Access seismic and geodetic data: lessons from the 18 January 2017 mb 4.3 Tenere, Niger, earthquake
Authors: Craig Timothy , Gibbons Steven
Published: January 2022

A low-magnitude earthquake was recorded on January 18, 2017, in the T\'{e}n\'{e}r\'{e} desert in Niger. This intraplate region is exceptionally sparsely covered with seismic stations and the closest open seismic station, G.TAM in Algeria at a distance of approximately 600 km, was unusually and unfortunately not operational at the time of the event. Body-wave magnitude estimates range from $m_b 4.2$ to $m_b 4.6$ and both seismic location and magnitude constraints are dominated by stations at teleseismic distances. The seismic constraints are strengthened considerably by array stations of the International Monitoring System for verifying compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban-Treaty. This event, with magnitude relevant to low-yield nuclear tests, provides a valuable validation of the detection and location procedure for small land-based seismic disturbances at significant distances. For seismologists not in the CTBT system, the event is problematic as data from many of the key stations are not openly available. We examine the uncertainty in published routinely-determined epicenters by performing multiple Bayesloc location estimates with published arrival times considering both all published arrival times and those from open stations only. This location exercise confirms lateral uncertainties in seismologically-derived location no smaller than 10 km. Coherence for InSAR in this region is exceptionally high, and allows us to confidently detect a displacement of the order 6 mm in the time-frame containing the earthquake, consistent with the seismic location estimates, and with a lateral length scale consistent with an earthquake of this size, allowing location constraint to within one rupture length ($\leq 5$ km) -- significantly reducing the lateral uncertainty compared with relying on seismological data only. Combining Open Access-only seismological and geodetic data, we precisely constrain the source location, and conclude that this earthquake likely had a shallow source. We then discuss potential ways to continue the integration of geodetic data in the calibration of seismological earthquake location.
No Evidence Against the Greater Male Variability Hypothesis: A Commentary on Harrison et al.’s (2022) Meta-Analysis of Animal Personality
Authors: Del Giudice Marco , Gangestad Steven
Published: January 2022

In a recent meta-analysis, Harrison, Noble and Jennions (2022; Biological Reviews, 97, 679-707) set out to test the greater male variability hypothesis with respect to personality in non-human animals. Based on their non-significant results, they concluded that there is no evidence to support the hypothesis, and that biological explanations for greater male variability in human psychological traits should be called into question. Here, we show that these conclusions are unwarranted. Specifically: (a) in mammals, birds, and reptiles/amphibians, the magnitude of the sex differences in variability found in the meta-analysis is entirely in line with previous findings from both humans and non-human animals; (b) the generalized lack of statistical significance does not imply that effect sizes were too small to be considered meaningful, as the study was severely underpowered to detect effect sizes in the plausible range; (c) the results of the meta-analysis can be expected to underestimate the true magnitude of sex differences in the variability of personality, because the behavioral measures employed in most of the original studies contain large amounts of measurement error; and (d) variability effect sizes based on personality scores, latencies, and proportions suffer from lack of statistical validity, adding even more noise to the meta-analysis. In total, Harrison et al.’s study does nothing to disprove the greater male variability hypothesis in mammals, let alone in humans. To the extent that they are valid, the data remain compatible with a wide range of plausible scenarios.
An investigation of the dependency of subject-verb agreement on inhibitory control processes in sentence production
Authors: Nozari Nazbanou , Omaki Akira
Published: January 2022

Agreement attraction, i.e., the production or acceptance of a verb that agrees with a noun other than the subject of the sentence, can be viewed as a process in which conflicting cues activate competing representations. The aftermath of such competition, in terms of cognitive processes, remains unclear. Using a novel referential communication task for eliciting agreement errors and both group-level manipulation of control demands and a detailed analysis of individual differences, we provide converging evidence for the role of monitoring and inhibitory control processes in agreement attraction for singular-subject sentences. We further demonstrate the dependence of producing plural verbs on such processes, suggesting the singular form is the prepotent default form. Collectively, these findings provide a clear demonstration for the role of monitoring and control processes in agreement computations, and more generally syntactic operations in sentence production.
Anti-Colonial Strategies in Cross-cultural Music Science Research
Authors: Sauvé Sarah Anne , Phillips Elizabeth Marie , Schiefelbein Wyatt , Daikoku Hideo , Hegde Shantala , Loui Psyche , Moore Sylvia
Published: January 2022

This paper presents a critical analysis of ethical and methodological issues within cross-cultural music science research, including issues around community based research, participation, and data sovereignty. Although such issues have long been discussed in social science fields including anthropology and ethnomusicology, psychology and music cognition are only beginning to take them into serious consideration. This paper aims to fill that gap in the literature, and draw attention to the necessity of critically considering how implicit cultural biases and pure positivist approaches can mar scientific investigations of music, especially in a cross-cultural context. We focus initially on two previous papers (Jacoby et al., 2020; Savage et al., 2021) before broadening our discussion to critique and provide alternatives to scientific approaches that support assimilation, extractvism, and universalism. We then discuss methodological considerations around cross-cultural research ethics, data ownership, and open science and reproducibility. Throughout our critique, we offer many personal recommendations to cross-cultural music researchers, and suggest a few larger systemic changes.
Dilemmas of resistance: How concerns for cultural aspects of identity shape and constrain resistance among minority groups
Authors: Livingstone Andrew G , Spears Russell , Manstead Antony , Makanju Damilola , Sweetman Joseph
Published: January 2022

A major theme in social psychological models of collective action is that shared social identity is a critical foundation for resistance and collective action. In this review, we suggest that this foundational role of social identity can be double edged for many minority groups because material disadvantage is often coupled with the historical erosion of key aspects of ingroup culture and identity. Focusing on the role of ingroup language in Welsh national identity and history in relation to African identity, we present an integrative review of our research on five different dilemmas of resistance that can arise when perceived threats to socio-cultural aspects identity sit alongside threats to the material position (in terms of status and power) of the group. We conclude that the central role of social identity in collective action and resistance can itself present challenges for groups whose core sense of who they are has been eroded.
Evaluating Validity Properties of 25 Race-Related Scales
Authors: Hester Neil , Axt Jordan , Hehman Eric
Published: January 2022

Racial attitudes, beliefs, and motivations lie at the center of many of the most influential theories of prejudice and discrimination. The extent to which such theories can meaningfully explain behavior hinges on accurate measurement of these latent constructs. We evaluated the validity properties of 25 race-related scales in a sample of 1,031,207 respondents using modern approaches such as dynamic fit indices, Item Response Theory, and nomological nets. Despite showing adequate internal reliability, many scales demonstrated poor model fit and had latent score distributions showing clear floor or ceiling effects, results that illustrate deficiencies in measures’ ability to capture their intended construct. Nomological nets further suggested that the theoretical space of “racial prejudice” is crowded with scales that may not actually capture meaningfully distinct latent constructs. We provide concrete recommendations for scale selection and renovation and outline implications for overlooking measurement issues in the study of prejudice and discrimination.
Applications of Robot Staff in Hotels
Authors: Ho Cheuk Ying
Published: January 2022

Service robots are being increasingly employed as hotel staff in the hotel industry. This study explored how hotels can better use and implement service robots for their operation. Four hotels using robots as their staff are chosen as examples for investigating what positions the robot staff do and the comments from customers. It was found that the acceptance of robots in delivering transfer services (eg. Carrying luggage, delivering room service, etc.) are higher than when they provide services at the front desk. These results demonstrated that customers have expectations in engaging with heartwarming interaction with staff when they stay in the hotel, which the robot staff are not providing such interaction in current technology. Therefore, it is suggested that the hotels can arrange the robot staff with the position that do not interact with customers in the current stage. The robot staff can assist the human staff in providing service until they can develop a sophisticated system in two-way interaction.
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: PROJECT IN AN ERA OF CHANGE AND ITS REFLECTION IN WESTERN LITERATURE
Authors:   INION RAN, Fadeeva Tatiana
Published: January 2022

The article is devoted to the project of European integration in the context of the problems of globalization of the 21 st century, widely covered in Western literature. The process of globalization in a multipolar world, the decline in the role of the United States, the rise of China, the strengthening of Russia, and the stagnation of the economy are aptly characterized in Western literature as «global disorder» and «global turbulence». In the European Union itself, the unifying tendencies (the expansion of the number of member states) were replaced by a slowdown in the process of deepening («Europe at different speeds»), the strengthening of centrifugal forces, the positions of Eurosceptics, nationalist and populist movements. The democratic deficit and immigration problems are sharply criticized. In the context of «global turbulence» or «global disorder», the need to preserve the EU's «autonomy», its own leadership strategy, so-called «soft power», again comes to the fore.
TRADE OF VELIKIY NOVGOROD WITH THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE IN THE XIV-XVI CENTURIES
Authors:   INION RAN, Dunaeva Yulia
Published: January 2022

The review examines the trade of Veliky Novgorod and the Hanseatic League, trade and customs policy of the Hansa, including in relation to Veliky Novgorod. Along with analytical materials, cites sources: originals and translations of letters from Hanseatic merchants. An analysis of the Novgorodskaya Skra, its originals and translations of the texts.
CATEGORIES OF MODERN STATE, CHRISTIANITY AND REFORMATION, INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE CONCEPTS OF GLOBAL HISTORY: ITALIAN VISION
Authors:   INION RAN, Eman Irina
Published: January 2022

The paper deals with the analysis of the conceptual positions of global history on the controversial issues of modern historiography, introduced on the pages of the journal Rivista Storica Italiana. The focus is on the problems of emergence and development of modern state, Christianity and Reformation, industrial revolution. The author considers possible pro- and contra- of the globalist historians’ concepts in comparison with the attitudes of «traditional» (ref. to regional history) historiography.
Problems of Standard Model, Review
Authors: Paudel Eak Raj
Published: January 2022

It is assumed that standard model is the most successful theory of particle physics but it is not perfect. In this paper, I am interested to flash the published results of various proposals of theoretical physicists in various modes of Standard Model and beyond. There are no specifications theory to declare new model to till date, although some ideas that would modify the standard model in many ways helps to understand the existing results.
Role of macroeconomic factors predicting financial performance of commercial banks in Nepal
Authors: Gautam Prakash Kumar , Gautam Tenish
Published: January 2022

Purpose: This study analyzes the effect of macroeconomic indicators such as domestic products, interest rate, inflation rate, and unemployment rate on the financial performance of commercial banks in Nepal.
Design/Methodology: Five top commercial banks based on the financial performance were selected with stratified sampling, with secondary data of ten years. Hausman test was used to examine the endogeneity issue in the predictor variables and the effect of predicators on financial performance were estimated using OLS estimation (random effect model).
Findings: The study result revealed significant influence of macroeconomic factors except the unemployment rate for estimating ROE of commercial banks in Nepal while no significant impact was revealed for ROA. Among the significant variables, GDP contributes more in predicting the financial performance of commercial banks in Nepal.
Implication: As the study found significant role of macroeconomic variables to estimate ROE, bank administrators, government officials, and investors can focus in such variables, especially in GDP for competitive financial performance. They need to develop products based on macroeconomic variables. Besides, this study finds and tries to mitigate the gap in findings of previous empirical studies.
Originality/value: This study contributes to the literature on macroeconomic determinants predicting financial performance of banks, more specifically in finding the gap in determining ROA and ROE within the country specific issue.
Custom made ocular prosthesis: A case report
Authors: Devkota D , Mathema SRB
Published: January 2022

Physical defects that compromise appearance or function, which prevent an individual from leading a normal life, usually prompt the individual to seek treatment that will reinstate acceptable normalcy. The loss of an eye impairs the patient’s visual function, yet also results in a noticeable deformity. Prosthesis should be provided as soon as possible to raise the spirits and ease the mind of the afflicted. An ocular prosthesis is a maxillofacial prosthesis that artificially replaces an eye missing as a result of trauma, surgery, or congenital absence. A custom ocular prosthesis has advantage of close adaptation to the tissue bed, provides maximum comfort and restores full physiological function to the accessory organs of the eye.
Relationship between body mass index and simple visual reaction time in students of a medical college of Nepal
Authors: Bhat Neeti , Mahotra Narayan Bahadur , Shrestha Lava , Aryal Vibina , Rayamajhi Nirmala , Gurung Sanyukta
Published: January 2022

Introduction: Obesity is a chronic condition with an increase in adipose tissues. It is known to affect various systems of body including the central nervous system. Reaction time is a measure of the integrity of the central nervous system which is an integrated voluntary response to a stimulus that includes receiving and processing of stimulus, drawing inference, and generating a motor response. This study was conducted with the objective of finding a relationship between body mass index, a measure of obesity and simple visual reaction time.

Materials and methods: This cross-sectional analytical study was conducted on 60 participants aged 18-25 years. The body mass index of participants was calculated using Quetelet’s index, calculated by weight in kilograms divided by square of height in meter. Deary-Liewald reaction time task software version 3.10 was used to analyze their simple visual reaction time. Correlation of reaction time and body mass index was assessed using Pearson’s correlation test.

Results: A weak positive correlation (r= 0.17) was observed between body mass index and simple visual reaction time but the correlation coefficient was not statistically significant (p=0.19).

Conclusions: Slower visual reaction time with an increase in body mass index was noted. But the findings of current study were inadequate to deduce if any linear relationship exists between simple visual reaction time and body mass index.
Tomasz Gałkowski CP, Ogólne zasady prawa w prawie kanonicznym [General Principles of Law in the Canon Law] Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego, 2020, 221 pp.
Authors: Pastwa Andrzej
Published: January 2022

Tomasz Gałkowski CP, Ogólne zasady prawa w prawie kanonicznym [General Principles of Law in the Canon Law] Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego, 2020, 221 pp.
O udręce młodości, resentymencie i wstręcie, a także o tym, czy Thomas Bernhard czytał Witolda Gombrowicza
Authors: Bielecki Marian
Published: January 2022

Artykuł jest interpretacją wybranych utworów Thomasa Bernharda w kontekście twórczości Witolda Gombrowicza. W moim przekonaniu zagadkowa aluzja do polskiego pisarza w powieści Zaburzenie jest nie tylko efektem lektury, ale i artystycznej inspiracji. Bernharda i Gombrowicza łączyłoby uwrażliwienie na międzyludzki aspekt egzystencji i jego kulturowe uwarunkowania. Rodzinę, szkołę postrzegali jako opresywne instytucje uwikłane w symboliczną i realną przemoc. Podstawową strategią obronną bohaterów jest afekt wstrętu.
PKW Budidaya Sayuran Hidroponik di Desa Pekalongan Kecamatan Batealit Kabupaten Jepara
Authors: Syakhroni Akhmad , M. Sagaf  , Novi Marlyana
Published: January 2022

Salah satu pembudidaya sayuran hidroponik di kabupaten Jepara Bapak Ryan Arfian dengan usahanya yang bernama Bagus Hydrofarm (Mitra) memiliki permasalahan di bidang kapasitas produksi yang rendah. Hal ini dikarenakan mitra hanya mempunyai 800 titik tanam dewasa. Proses produksi sayuran hidroponik juga masih rendah karena belum adanya kontrol kualitas pada hasil produksinya. Permasalahan tersebut muncul karena belum adanya pengetahuan mitra mengenai proses produksi dan kontrol kualitas yang cukup dan baik. Selain itu juga disebabkan oleh belum adanya alat untuk mengetahui kandungan nutrisi pada air dan belum adanya alat ukur kelembaban dan suhu. Managemen usaha pada mitra juga masih dikelola secara sederhana dan kekeluargaan.untuk mengatasi permasalahan tersebut, metode yang digunakan antara lain sosialisasi, pendampingan, monitoring dan evaluasi. Hasil peningkatan manfaat dari program kemitraan wilayah ini adalah peningkatan kapasitas produksi sebesar 17,5%, peningkatan pengetahuan cara budidaya sayuran hidroponik sebesar 100%, peningkatan aset berupa alat ukur PH dan TDS sebesar 100%, peningkatan aset berupa alat pengukur suhu dan kelembaban sebesar 100%, peningkatan pengetahuan tentang manajemen usaha yang baik sebesar 100%.
Selected benefits and threats arising from internet use by households and enterprises in Poland with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Kisiel Roman , Woźnialis Greta
Published: January 2022

The internet has revolutionised the world over the past half of a century, and the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to an increase in its importance. Although the global network brings with it more advantages than disadvantages, its existence also causes certain threats which have an impact on the life of Polish households and operations of Polish enterprises. This paper is theoretical and empirical in nature. Its aim is to explore the relationship between the internet and the COVID-19 pandemic, i.e. the time household members spend online. The impact of the two factors on survival in the market was examined in the case of enterprises. Moreover, the subjectively most important benefits and threats arising from the global network consumption in the opinion of the business entities mentioned above were illustrated. According to the respondents, facilitating communication is the main advantage of the internet (33.33%), whereas the spreading of hate on the internet is the major threat associated with its use (24.17%). The main benefit derived from the global network resources by enterprises is the possibility of obtaining raw materials from the most profitable sources (28.40%), whereas the major threat identified by them is that a negative opinion published on the internet can weaken the financial standing of a company or even make it disappear from the market (55.56%). Nearly 60% of household members found themselves spending more time online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 94% of the entrepreneurs who use the internet in running their businesses admitted that it helped them to keep their business in the market during the pandemic.