bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Painajaisen merkityksen muutos Suomessa
Authors: Koski Kaarina
Published: December 2023

Artikkelissa jäljitetään suomen kielen painajainen-sanan merkityksiä vanhan kirjasuomen lähteiden, arkistoidun kansanperinteen ja vanhojen sanomalehtitekstien pohjalta. Kuten monissa muissakin eurooppalaisissa kielissä, suomessa painajaisella tarkoitettiin alkujaan hengenahdistuksena ja painon tunteena ilmenevää tautitilaa sekä sen aiheuttavaa olentoa. Uskomusperinteessä painajainen tulkittiin yleensä pahantahtoisten ihmisten lähettämäksi. Kyseisiä oireita lähestytään nykyään unihalvauksena, mutta painajaisolennoksi on todennäköisesti tulkittu laajempi kirjo öisiä ongelmia. Aineisto osoittaa, ettei painajaisella ole tarkoitettu pahaa unta ennen 1800-luvun loppua. Artikkelissa esitellään painajainen-sanan uskomusmerkityksiä ja metaforista käyttöä sekä selvitetään, kuinka sen merkitys lopulta muuttunut tarkoittamaan pahaa unta.
Asiasanat: painajainen, semanttinen muutos, sanomalehdet, kansanusko
Taistelun ja tappion näyt
Authors: Kivimäki Ville
Published: December 2023

Artikkelini käsittelee sotapainajaisten ja sotaan viittaavien elokuvien sisältöä ja yhteyttä toisen maailmansodan jälkeisessä Suomessa. Ensimmäinen tutkimuskysymykseni on, miten kesän 1944 taistelut ja jatkosodan päättyminen näkyivät suomalaisveteraanien sodanjälkeisissä unissa. Toiseksi tutkin, miten sotapainajaisten aiheet ilmenivät suomalaisissa elokuvissa 1940- ja 1950-luvuilla. Tarkastelutapani on kokemushistoriallinen, millä tarkoitan sen tutkimista, kuinka kesän 1944 rintamatapahtumat muuttuivat sotilaiden eletyksi todellisuudeksi ja vaikuttivat heidän unimaailmaansa sekä kuinka tämä laaja kokemuspohja vuorostaan heijastui sodanjälkeiseen kulttuuriin Suomessa. Osoitan, että veteraanien sotaunet olivat voittopuolisesti päällekäyviä painajaisia, mutta että niiden joukosta löytyy myös niin sanottuja torjuntaunia, joissa sotilaan toimijuus säilyi. Näiden unien voi tulkita kertovan tappion kokemuksen suomalaisista erityispiirteistä: kaikesta huolimatta suomalaiset säästyivät täydellisen tappion kokemukselta. Samat aiheet nousevat viiveellä esiin 1950-luvun elokuvissa, joissa sotakokemukset alkoivat saada kiinteämmän muodon.
Asiasanat: elokuvat, kokemushistoria, painajaiset, sotaveteraanit, toinen maailmansota, unet
Arvon mekin ansaitsemme
Authors: Lahtinen Anu
Published: December 2023

Monien historiantutkijoiden ja historian ystävien syksyä on värittänyt keskustelu siitä, miten yleistajuisessa tietokirjassa voi käyttää historiantutkijoiden aineistoja. Aihe on noussut esiin, kun tutkijat ovat kiinnittäneet huomiota Suomen historian naisia käsittelevään yleistajuiseen teokseen. Teoksen julkaisuluettelossa näyttää olleen puutteita, ja kirjan tekstistä on vertailussa nostettu esiin osuuksia, jotka näyttävät olevan lähellä historiantutkijoiden aiemmin julkaisemia tekstejä.
Kohti monilajisen yhteiskunnan historiaa
Authors: Jalava Marja
Published: December 2023

Kirjoitus on Tampereen yliopistossa 27.10.2022 pidetty uuden professorin juhlaluento.
Lumbar Laminotomy: Variables Affecting 90-day Overall Reimbursement
Authors: Halperin Scott J. , Dhodapkar Meera M. , Gouzoulis Michael , Laurans Maxwell , Varthi Arya , Grauer Jonathan N.
Published: December 2023

Introduction:

Lumbar laminotomy/diskectomy is a common procedure performed to address radiculopathy that persists despite conservative treatment. Understanding cost/reimbursement variability and its drivers has the potential to help optimize related healthcare delivery. The goal of this study was to assess variability and factors associated with reimbursement through 90 days after single-level lumbar laminotomy/diskectomy.

Methods:

Lumbar laminotomies/diskectomies were isolated from the 2010 to 2021 PearlDiver M151 data set. Exclusion criteria included patients younger than 18 years; other concomitant spinal procedures; and indications of trauma, oncologic, or infectious diagnoses. Patient, surgical, and perioperative data were abstracted. These variables were examined using a multivariable linear regression model with Bonferroni correction to determine factors independently correlated with reimbursement.

Results:

A total of 28,621 laminotomies/diskectomies were identified. The average ± standard deviation 90-day postoperative reimbursement was $9,453.83 ± 19,343.99 and, with a non-normal distribution, the median (inner quartile range) was $3,314 ($5,460). By multivariable linear regression, variables associated with greatest increase in 90-day postoperative reimbursement were associated with admission (with the index procedure [+$11,757.31] or readmission [+$31,248.80]), followed by insurance type (relative to Medicare, commercial +$4,183.79), postoperative adverse events (+$2,006.60), and postoperative emergency department visits (+$1,686.89) (P < 0.0001 for each). Lesser associations were with Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (+$286.67 for each point increase) and age (−$24.65 with each year increase) (P < 0.001 and P = 0.003, respectively).

Discussion:

This study assessed a large cohort of lumbar laminotomies/diskectomies and found substantial variations in reimbursement/cost to the healthcare system. The largest increase in reimbursement was associated with admission (with the index procedure or readmission), followed by insurance type, postoperative adverse events, and postoperative emergency department visits. These results highlight the need to balance inpatient versus outpatient surgeries while limiting postoperative readmissions to minimize the costs associated with healthcare delivery.
ABSTRACTS OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE XLth ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA : 7-11 February, 2023, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Authors: Admin Admin
Published: December 2023

Proceedings of the 40th Scientific conference of the Physiological Society of Nigeria hosted by the Department of Physiology, College of medicine, Uiversity of Ibadan. Ibadan, Nigeria
Par-delà les mers de l'Ouest : de l'usage uchronique de Zheng He
Authors: Gaffric Gwennaël
Published: December 2023

Biographical sources and documents appear to be scarce on the life of Zheng He. The interest he sparked is mainly a 20th-century phenomenon, starting after 1905. From this time on, he was represented as a great seafarer of the Chinese motherland and became an acclaimed national hero. Building the hypothesis of a Chinese worldwide circumnavigation, Gavin Menzies explores the idea that Zheng He might have discovered America in 1421. Liu Cixin follows Menzies’s hypothesis and imagines what would have happened if Zheng He had discovered America and how China could have taken the lead in a new world order.
Et si les vaincus avaient leur mot à dire… Écritures alternatives des mythes indiens
Authors: Giri-Loussier Hemlata
Published: December 2023

As in other cultures, contemporary writers in India are retelling ancient myths from a new perspective. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Palace of Illusions (2008) and Pratibha Ray’s Yajnaseni: The Story of Draupadi (1995) thus relay one of the major works of Hindu culture, the Mahābhārata, through the eyes of Draupadi, wife to the five Pandava brothers, while in Asura: Tale of the Vanquished (2015), Anand Neelakantan reworks another major myth, the Rāmāyana, to give voice to an even more marginalized cast-out, the demon Rāvana, as does Arun Kukreja in his play Dashaanan (2004). The idealized male heroes of Indian mythology thus come under the scathing gaze of their wife or opponent, and the core values of ancient myth are radically questioned.
Mussolini dans les uchronies italiennes
Authors: Marra Emiliano
Published: December 2023

From the Second World War to the present day, a flourishing crop of uchronias allowed Italian authors to grapple with the country’s Fascist past. Marra frames these works within their political and historical context, firmly linking those published in the immediate aftermath of the war to far-right activism, while later works, in reaction to the first, were more critical of Fascism, and later still, adopted a more playful angle (thus Massimo Mongai recasts “Benny” Mussolini as a placid Italian-American author of science-fiction and uchronia). Political activism has not disappeared for all that, as the far-right CasaPound movement recently demonstrated by sponsoring Mussolini-centred uchronias. Marra concludes that such partisan works are narratively flawed, for in order to vindicate Mussolini and Fascism, they are forced to distort History in a more artificial way than other, more distanced uchronias.
ANALISIS PERLAKUAN AKUNTANSI AKTIVA TETAP DAN PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP LAPORAN KEUANGAN PADA PT.BPR PIJER PODI KEKELENGEN MEDAN
Authors: Elia Pinda Aprita Harefa  , Berupilihen br Ginting
Published: December 2023

Aktiva Tetap merupakan harta perusahaan yang dipakai untuk melakukan aktivitas operasional perusahaan. Maka diperlukan perencanaan yang jelas dalam perlakuan akuntansi aktiva tetap tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana perlakuan akuntansi aktiva tetap dan pengaruhnya terhadap laporan keuangan pada PT. BPR PIJER PODI KEKELENGEN MEDAN (Kantor Cabang Simpang Selayang). Sumber data yang digunakan penulis adalah data internal dan data eksternal dengan metode pengumpulan data dengan wawancara dan studi dokumentasi melalui metode analisis data deskriptif kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa PT.BPR PIJER PODI KEKELENGEN sudah mencatat perolehan aktiva tetap dengan baik, menyusutkannya dengan metode garis lurus, dan menyajikannya dalam laporan laba rugi dan terbukti aktiva tetap berpengaruh terhadap laporan keuangan.
PENGARUH ARUS KAS OPERASI, BEBAN OPERASIONAL, HARGA POKOK PENJUALAN, DAN SALES GROWTH TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN LABA
Authors: Dhea Prasetyaningrum  , Indri Safitri  , Nessa Melisa  , Victorius Halawa
Published: December 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh arus kas operasi, beban operasional, harga pokok penjualan, dan pertumbuhan penjualan terhadap pertumbuhan laba pada perusahaan. Metode analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah regresi linier berganda dengan menggunakan data keuangan perusahaan selama periode tertentu. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa arus kas operasi memiliki pengaruh positif yang signifikan terhadap pertumbuhan laba. Artinya, peningkatan arus kas operasi dapat berkontribusi pada peningkatan laba perusahaan. Selain itu, beban operasional dan harga pokok penjualan juga berpengaruh signifikan terhadap pertumbuhan laba, namun dengan arah yang berlawanan. Semakin tinggi beban operasional atau harga pokok penjualan, semakin rendah pertumbuhan laba perusahaan. Di sisi lain, pertumbuhan penjualan tidak secara signifikan mempengaruhi pertumbuhan laba. Meskipun peningkatan penjualan mungkin memberikan kontribusi positif terhadap laba, namun dampaknya tidak begitu kuat seperti halnya arus kas operasi, beban operasional, dan harga pokok penjualan. Penelitian ini dapat memberikan wawasan kepada manajer keuangan dan pemangku kepentingan lainnya tentang faktor-faktor yang dapat mempengaruhi pertumbuhan laba perusahaan. Oleh karena itu, manajemen perusahaan disarankan untuk lebih memperhatikan manajemen arus kas operasi, pengendalian beban operasional, dan strategi penetapan harga pokok penjualan guna meningkatkan kinerja keuangan dan pertumbuhan laba perusahaan.
Libération conditionnelle, réinsertion sociale et récidive criminelle
Authors: Arbour William , Lacroix Guy , Marchand Steeve
Published: December 2023

Cette étude se divise en deux parties distinctes. Dans la première, nous nous intéressons aux motifs pour lesquels plus de 50 % des détenus québécois choisissent de renoncer à leur droit de participer à une audience en vue d’une libération conditionnelle éventuelle. Cette décision est examinée à travers des régressions multivariées et des algorithmes d'apprentissage automatique, révélant que la renonciation est fortement influencée par les caractéristiques individuelles des détenus, leur profil criminogène et la nature du crime commis. L’analyse montre également que les détenus qui renoncent à une audience auraient probablement été soumis à des conditions plus strictes s'ils avaient été libérés sous condition, comparativement à ceux effectivement libérés. La seconde partie de l'étude se concentre sur la récidive criminelle des individus ayant bénéficié d'une libération conditionnelle « à la marge », c’est-à-dire pour lesquels l’octroi de la libération était surtout déterminé par l’historique des décisions des commissaires devant lesquels ils devaient se présenter. Pour ces individus, la libération conditionnelle diminue significativement le taux de récidive de plus de 8 points de pourcentage dans les cinq années suivant leur libération. La libération conditionnelle permet de réduire à la fois le temps d'incarcération actuel et futur de ces individus, tout en diminuant la probabilité de récidive.
Holidays in Quantlib
Authors: Ballabio Luigi
Published: December 2023

The season�s upon us.
Is Non-Quantum Finance too Much of a Stretch?
Authors: Orrell David
Published: December 2023

A considered response to people who believe quantum economics/finance is too much of a stretch.
Consistencies Between New Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices and Those Grounding Their Initial Teacher Education Program
Authors: Towers Jo
Published: December 2023

This paper discusses the experiences of beginning teachers as they navigated their first seven years in the profession. Drawing on data from a research study that charted these teachers’ experiences during and after their initial teacher education program, I reveal that although the participants’ teaching contexts varied considerably, patterns emerged in the ways in which they articulated their roles, practices, commitments, and identities as teachers, and these were consistent with the grounding philosophy and principles of the participants’ initial teacher education program. The findings suggest that some new teachers can and do resist the discursive pressures of the field (e.g., those promoting traditional, behaviourist approaches) and that connections can be made between these teachers’ resistance and their initial teacher education program. Dans cet article, je discute d’expériences d’enseignants débutants qui tentent de s’y retrouver dans leur profession pendant leurs sept premières années d’enseignement. Puisant dans des données d’une étude qui a suivi les expériences de ses enseignants pendant et après leur programme d’études en pédagogie, je démontre que, malgré des milieux d’enseignement sensiblement variés, il en découle des modèles similaires. Ces tendances touchent les façons dont les enseignants définissent leurs rôles, leurs pratiques, leurs engagements et leurs identités professionnelles, et elles sont cohérentes avec la philosophie et les principes de base du programme d’études en pédagogie qu’a suivi chaque participant. Les résultats laissent supposer que certains nouveaux enseignants sont non seulement en mesure de résister aux pressions découlant des discours du domaine (p. ex., ceux qui promeuvent les approches traditionnelles et comportementalistes) mais qu’ils le font en réalité. De plus, les résultats donnent à penser qu’il existe des liens entre la résistance de ces enseignants et leur programme d’études en pédagogie.
Pedagogia em contexto histórico e digital: interlocuções contemporâneas
Authors: Rodrigues Olira Saraiva , Araújo Cláudia Helena dos Santos , Araújo Mary Aurora dos Santos
Published: December 2023

O artigo aborda conceitos da Pedagogia em contextos escolares e não escolares, discutindo a temporalidade histórico-cultural e a reconstrução docente on-line. Os elementos constitutivos são apresentados a partir das relações de mediação entre os sujeitos, com suas intenções, cooperações e inter-relações com o objeto do conhecimento. O artigo também explora os processos educativos em dimensões formais, não-formais e informais na contemporaneidade, utilizando operadores conceituais da literatura pedagógica e tecnológica. A pesquisa, de abordagem qualitativa, foi realizada por meio de revisão bibliográfica e documental, na qual apresenta indicadores que questionam o ambiente de gestão de aprendizagem além da virtualidade, com artefatos históricos e digitais, na construção de novos caminhos para a Pedagogia.
Autismo, ODS e educação de qualidade numa perspectiva transdisciplinar
Authors: Oliveira Alan Martins de , Vitorino Catarina , Pellanda Nize Maria Campos
Published: December 2023

Em 2015, os 193 países membros da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU), assinaram um pacto global composto por 17 objetivos, desdobrados em 169 metas, para enfrentamento dos principais desafios para o desenvolvimento sustentável até o ano de 2030. Um destes objetivos, o de número 4, é ‘Educação de Qualidade’. Neste artigo, pretende-se, refletir sobre quais são os enfrentamentos deste ODS específico, na abordagem da complexidade, conceituar a educação inclusiva e a equidade, observar as conjunturas (políticas, sociais e outras) nas quais ocorrem as promoções de oportunidade de aprendizagem, proporcionar reflexão acerca da educação de qualidade proposta pelo ODS na perspectiva da transdisciplinaridade e propor práticas concretas voltadas para as pessoas com diagnóstico de TEA.
A importância da ludicidade no processo de aprendizagem na escola: um estudo téorico-metodológico
Authors: Moreira Pacheco de Souza Janaína , Molhano Gonçalves Daniele , Lima Ezer Wellington Gomes
Published: December 2023

O artigo apresenta um estudo teórico-bibliográfico sobre a importância da inserção do lúdico no processo de alfabetização de crianças, a fim de fomentar reflexões sobre os benefícios dessa prática no processo de construção da escrita.  Tal investigação é fruto de reflexões realizadas durante o Curso de Especialização em Psicopedagogia e se justifica pela necessidade de propiciar à educadores discussões que contribuam para implementação, no planejamento escolar, de espaços e momentos de aprendizagens significativas, as quais sejam capazes de estabelecer relações sociais, afetivas e cognitivas na escola. Dessa maneira, a partir das reflexões aqui realizadas,  pode-se concluir que atividades lúdicas, quando inseridas no planejamento escolar,  favorecem a aprendizagem e o desenvolvimento sociocultural da criança.
Transtorno do espectro autista e educação inclusiva: revisão integrativa de literatura
Authors: Dos Santos Filho José Antônio , Coelho Castelo Branco Paulo
Published: December 2023

Este artigo objetiva investigar o estado atual de discussões nacionais sobre a educação inclusiva de estudantes com Transtorno do Espectro Autista (TEA). Para isso, realizou-se uma revisão integrativa da literatura para adentrar o que artigos teóricos e empíricos, publicados em 2016-2021 e indexados nas bases SciELO, PePSIC e BVS-Psi, discutem sobre a inclusão educacional de estudantes com autismo. Foram encontrados 58 artigos; após aplicar os critérios de inclusão/exclusão, foram selecionados 10 estudos lidos na íntegra. Os resultados foram categorizados em três eixos que tratam assuntos relacionados à educação inclusiva com autistas, a saber: formação continuada do professor na inclusão escolar no TEA, que aponta a necessidade de os professores estarem em constante processo de desconstrução de ideias e práticas pautadas na despotencialização do estudante; ferramentas utilizadas na inclusão escolar no TEA, cujos aspectos relevantes estão vinculados ao ambiente da escola, a relação estabelecida entre professor, estudante e seus pares, a ludicidade e o estudo da matemática; desafios da inclusão escolar no TEA, que trata da dificuldade em relação ao ensino, da pouca proximidade dos educadores com a questão do diagnóstico e as barreiras atitudinais por parte deles. Conclui-se que os estudos integrados estão direcionados para práticas mais humanizadas, acolhedoras, compreensivas e inclusivas em quaisquer ambientes que garantam educação para todos.
Potato Leaf Disease Identification using Machine Learning
Authors: Journal IJSREM
Published: December 2023

Potato Leaf Disease Identification using Machine Learning is a state-of-the-art project designed to revolutionize the identification and classification of diseases affecting potato plants. Employing sophisticated machine learning techniques, the system integrates a ResNet50-based deep learning model trained on a comprehensive dataset encompassing early blight, late blight, and healthy potato leaves. The user-friendly interface facilitates seamless image uploads, triggering real-time predictions from the model. The application not only provides prompt and accurate disease classifications but also includes detailed descriptions of identified diseases, offering valuable insights for timely plant health management. Tailored to meet the needs of farmers and agriculture professionals, this project represents a significant step towards proactive disease detection and sustainable crop management. Keywords: Potato Leaf Disease, Machine Learning, ResNet50, Disease Classification, Agriculture, Plant Health, Early Blight, Late Blight, Potato Plants, User-friendly Interface, Real-time Predictions.
Rainfall Prediction using Machine Learning Algorithms
Authors: Journal IJSREM
Published: December 2023

Rainfall prediction is a beneficiary one, but it is a challenging task. Machine learning techniques can use computational methods and predict rainfall by retrieving and integrating the hidden knowledge from the linear and non-linear patterns of past weather data. This paper investigates the effectiveness of two machine learning algorithms - Logistic Regression (LR) and Random Forest (RF) - for rainfall prediction using historical datasets. This study would assist researchers in analysing the most recent work on rainfall prediction with an emphasis on machine learning techniques and providing a reference for possible guidance and comparisons. Anaconda framework is used, and the coding language used is Python, which is portable and dynamic. NumPy, matplotlib, seaborn, and pandas are the libraries used for the implementation. The main objective of this paper is to identify the relevant atmospheric features that cause rainfall and predict the intensity of daily rainfall using machine learning techniques. This project focuses on harnessing the power of basic machine learning algorithms to unravel insights from a historical rainfall dataset. Insights are interpreted through feature importance analysis and visualization of decision tree structures. In essence, this project showcases the efficiency of basic machine learning algorithms in uncovering hidden information within a rainfall dataset.
SYNTHESIS OF 2-FLUOROBENZOYL THIOUREA DERIVATIVES
Authors: EROL GÜNAL Şule
Published: December 2023

Fluorine-containing compounds play a significant role in drug development because fluorine atom has unique chemical properties due to its high electronegativity which significantly influences the properties important for drug design. In the present study, 2-fluorobenzoyl thiourea derivatives were synthesized by the reaction of 2-fluorobenzoyl isothiocyanate, which was obtained by the reaction of 2-fluorobenzoyl chloride with ammonium thiocyanate, with appropriate aniline derivatives. The structures of the benzoyl thioureas were confirmed by IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy.
Climate risk mispricing: why better assessments matter in financing for development
Authors: Ahairwe Pamella Eunice , Bilal San , Duranovic Anja , Monasterolo Irene
Published: December 2023

Is climate change a financial risk that financial institutions need to worry about? Despite the rapid increase in climate financing and the rise of the dominant discourse on the importance of climate change and environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) criteria, financial markets do not seem to show much sensitivity to the increasing climate risks. This paper considers why effective climate risk assessment should matter for financial institutions.
The value chain-based on competitiveness strategy for improvement strategy on prefab products
Authors: Elistioko Dwi Nugraha Anton , Anggraeni Elisa , Indrawan Dikky
Published: December 2023

Prefab building construction is chosen because the construction process is faster than conventional buildings, especially in emergency situations such as the COVID pandemic. The main problem at PT XYZ in selling prefabs is the price. The price components that affect the high price are COGS prefab, expedition cost, insurance cost and installation cost. This problem needs to be evaluated starting from production costs, supply chain to installation costs in order to provide a price quote that can be below the ceiling price of the buyer or owner, which is what the research attempted to discuss. Referring to these problems, in this research the authors used a descriptive method, a case study approach with data processing and analysis techniques consisting of descriptive analysis of the company and analysis of the company's internal and external environment. The analysis, which is used to formulate strategies and the process of using them, is Value Chain analysis, SAP-LAP Analysis, and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). This analysis is interrelated in determining the weight on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Hierarchy to determine Strategies to improve Competitiveness Based on Value Chain on Prefab Products. The highest weight value is Improving Product Quality with a weight value of 0.433. What is meant by improving product quality is meeting quality standards. This product quality improvement starts from the quality of the vendor's product materials, the production process in the factory, the handling process during the manufacturing process, and the quality of the product.
Compositional incursions into the didactic repertoire and music for children by the composer Alexandr Mulear
Authors: Trocinel Daniela
Published: December 2023

Composer A. Mulear is among the notable personalities who actively participated in the development, and completion of the local musical didactic fund with compositions of various genres and forms, from small and simple to extensive works. The instructive works for piano, violin, and voice are among the most well-known and performed by students. The author subtly feels the universe of children and knows in detail the possibilities of learning instruments at the primary stages of study. Thus, significantly contributing to the amplification and expansion of the children's musical-spiritual world, he managed to familiarize them with an entire diversity of local musical literature, by embodying the popular images and genres in his didactic compositions.
Alexei Stârcea's early vocal creation. Romances on poems of Fyodor Tyutchev
Authors: Bugor Elena , Berezovicova Tatiana
Published: December 2023

The article is dedicated to the vocal creation of Alexei Stârcea (1919-1974), a famous composer, singer and pedagogue. His early romances dating back to the years 1946-1955 are examples of love lyrics. Some of the vocal pieces signed during the reference period, such as „The Day Is Nearing Evening” („День вечереет”) on lyrics by F. Tiutchev, or „The Soul Bursts Out of the Chest” („Так и рвется душа”) on verses by A. Koltsov, entered the contemporary concert and pedagogical repertoire. The article studies two romances by A. Stârcea on poems by F. Tyutchev, which are analyzed from the point of view of form, poetic content, the interaction of music with the literary text, musical language, vocal interpretation.
Folkloric elements in creations for violin of Romanian filiation signed by composers from the Republic of Moldova in the 1950s-1960s
Authors: Talambuta Radu
Published: December 2023

Moldovan music composition abounds in names and creations that demonstrate a thorough attitude and an ever-increasing interest of the composers in Moldovan folklore. During the years 1950-1960, composers such as Stefan Neaga, Eugen Coca, Alexei Stârcea, Leonid Gurov, Gheorghe Neaga, David Ghershfeld, Solomon Lobel, Valerii Poleacov and others signed representative works, in the scores of which the violin occupies a leading place. This finding is to be argued in what follows by briefly presenting several samples from different genres of instrumental music that prove the connection of the violin to the folkloric field.
Who`s afraid of Macbeth?
Authors: Fantu-Sava Cezara
Published: December 2023

Are we reading „the great books” or about „the great books”? Can there be remorse if we don't read the classics? Do we choose Jo Nesboe’s Macbeth because we fear William Shakespeare's Macbeth? Pierre Dukan sold more than twenty million books in the world, which readers bought nonchalantly. What are the elites' tastes in books? The present article proposes a series of questions concerning the increasingly narrow reading of the „classics” in favour of some writers promoted by mass culture. The questions are also related to how the theatre can contribute to the valorization and promotion of some canonical texts. As a case study, the performance Macbeth, proposed by Botond Nagy in 2022, at the Radu Stanca National Theater from Sibiu, is presented.
The appearance and development of classical stage dance: premises and particularities
Authors: Apostol Snejana
Published: December 2023

The appearence and development of the classical dance and, in particular, ballet was influenced by several internal and external factors and, first of all, by the evolution of popular choreographic art, ballet becoming the superior genre of choreographic art. In the present article, the stages of creation of the classical dance are analyzed at length, starting with the 14th century and ending with the contemporary era. The particularities of the development of the classical dance and ballet in the European countries, including the Republic of Moldova, are characterized. The dominant role of the great performers and choreographers in the development of ballet is also appreciated. At the same time, emphasis is placed on approaching ballet as a kind of synthetic choreographic art, which includes dramaturgy, music, choreography, plastic art.
Materials specific to sculpture and methods of processing them
Authors: Dobrovolschi Oleg , Hubenco Teodora
Published: December 2023

The content of the article refers to the materials used in sculpture overtime. The material of the sculpture stimulates the artist's imagination, suggesting certain forms created by nature. That is why artistic determination in sculpture is linked to the choice of the material that rediscovers natural beauty. In many cases, the originality of expression of the sculpture depends on the correspondence of the idea and the material. Therefore, each material for sculpture has its own qualities and unique processing possibilities. Due to the specific characteristics of the materials used in sculpture, the creator intuitively chooses the one that best suits what he aims to achieve. In this article, are described the properties, qualities, plastic characteristics, preservation, and the patination of the sculptural materials.
Creative education – an area of increased interest for politics and the politicians of all time
Authors: Seican Valeria
Published: December 2023

In such a changing world today, when the vast majority of governing principles turn out to be VOLATILE, cultural archetypes are the ONLY ONES you can rely on, since other fundamental principles prove to be false, illusory. Culture, as the primary decision-making factor, determines the formation of most of the behavioral models in society. The CULTURAL factor and its role of major importance, is even crucial, in the period of revolutionary transformation of societies. At present, the most prestigious international strategic / political consultancy HOMES INSIST on the valorization of the CULTURAL MATRIX of the consulted companies (nations, states), when forming Country Projects. In order to confer additional authority, importance, notoriety to a candidate, to a political project, modern social and political Strategies use, in a compulsory way, in all types of political campaigns, content, forms, methods and the authority of people of culture. Thus, Culture becomes an area of increased interest for politics and the politicians of all times.
Cultura histórica, historia pública, profesión y compromiso de los historiadores
Authors: Villares Ramón , Ortega Teresa María , Morant Toni
Published: December 2023

En representación de tres generaciones de historiadores, Ramón Villares, Teresa María Ortega y Toni Morant, reconocidos especialistas en diferentes campos de la historia contemporánea, reflexionan sobre algunas cuestiones clave suscitadas por las transformaciones disciplinares de la ciencia histórica, los cambios en las prácticas comunitarias y en los compromisos profesionales. Los puntos de vista y propuestas de orientación de los autores se sitúan en el incierto futuro de la historia, tras el impacto de la pandemia del COVID-19. Este Debate ha sido coordinado por el profesor Ignacio Peiró (Universidad de Zaragoza).
Classification of administrative acts
Authors: Ulariu Constantin Claudiu
Published: December 2023

The administrative act, a legal institution of rare preeminence in any legal system of the democratic world, represents a symbol of the structured activity of administration. It involves the manner of transposing the imperative, unequivocal, and unidirectional will of superordinate state structures into objective reality. This will enters specialized legal relations and is characterized by the exercise of public power.

The administrative act represents, in this manner, a representative and well-defined means of imposing the will of organized state structures at every level of society by transposing informed but conceptualized will into a materialized and easily perceptible resort.

As conceptualized in Romanian doctrine, the specific act of administrative law represents the primary and revealing form of public administration activity. It is the only legal act issued/adopted by authorities, institutions, or other public bodies that produces concrete effects concerning its recipients and beyond.

However, this distinct type of legal act is characterized by a series of distinctive features that individualize it within the framework of internal legal relations and reveal its specific aspects, as well as the effects emanating from its content.

Not all administrative acts have the same form, structure, effects, characteristics, purposes, and certainly, not all have the same impact on the individualized legal order at the level of society.

Therefore, in specialized doctrine followed by the practice of national courts, a series of distinct criteria have been imposed for crystallizing distinct typologies of administrative acts.
Unveiling the Green Quotient: An in-Depth Exploration of Environmental Literacy and Pollution Awareness among Undergraduate Students in Telangana
Authors: Ramesh S.
Published: December 2023

In an era characterized by escalating environmental challenges, this study endeavors to illuminate the levels of environmental literacy and pollution awareness among undergraduate students in the state of Telangana, India. Employing a robust quantitative approach, the research delves into the intricacies of these students' environmental knowledge and their cognizance of pollution issues. Through rigorous statistical analysis, the study seeks to unravel the correlation between the depth of students' environmental understanding and their awareness of pressing pollution concerns. The primary objective of this investigation is to offer a nuanced understanding of the environmental consciousness within this pivotal demographic. By strategically combining elements of environmental literacy and pollution awareness, the study aims to paint a comprehensive picture of the ecological awareness prevalent among undergraduate students in Telangana. The use of rigorous statistical methods provides a scientific lens through which to scrutinize the potential interplay between knowledge acquisition and real-world environmental concerns. As part of the study's core methodology, the researchers employ a structured questionnaire that gauges students' comprehension of key environmental concepts, such as biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable practices. The subsequent statistical analysis seeks to discern patterns, correlations, and variations in responses, offering valuable insights into the current state of environmental awareness among this critical demographic. The findings generated by this study are not only informative but also hold the potential to guide future educational initiatives and policy formulations. By providing a glimpse into the environmental awareness landscape among undergraduate students in Telangana, the research serves as a foundation for informed decision-making in the realms of environmental education and awareness campaigns. This study, therefore, acts as a valuable snapshot, capturing the intricate relationship between environmental literacy and pollution awareness, which is pivotal for shaping the environmental stewardship of the future.
Assessing Environmental Capital Awareness among Industrialists in Telangana State: A Quantitative Study
Authors: Ramesh Dr. S.
Published: December 2023

This article conducts a quantitative assessment of environmental capital awareness among industrialists in Telangana State, India, utilizing hypothetical numbers. A diverse sample of 200 industrialists is strategically selected through stratified random sampling, and a structured questionnaire captures dimensions such as knowledge, awareness, and willingness. Statistical calculations, including means, standard deviations, and correlation analyses, reveal robust findings. Industrialists exhibit a strong understanding of sustainable practices (Mean: 75.2), signaling a positive foundation. However, there is room for improvement in awareness of environmental regulations (Mean: 63.5), emphasizing a targeted focus area. The high willingness to adopt eco-friendly technologies (Mean: 82.7) reflects a positive inclination. Strong correlations underscore the interconnected nature of knowledge, awareness, and willingness. These insights provide a nuanced understanding, guiding policymakers and industry leaders in formulating strategies for sustainable industrial practices in the region.
Microglial and astroglial cells in the rat paraclaustral reservoir during postnatal development: an immunohistochemical study
Authors: Ludkiewicz B , Domaradzka-Pytel B , Moryś J
Published: December 2023

A immunohistochemical study of postnatal development of the paraclaustral reservoir of migrating cells in the rat brain was performed using anti-GFAP (for astroglia), ED1 and OX-42 (for microglia) antibodies. From birth to the 4th day of postnatal life most GFAP-positive cells in the paraclaustral reservoir are similar to transitional astroglia. From the end of the first postnatal week they have the morphology of mature astrocytes, although during the next week, their density was a slightly higher than in neighboring structures. On the 21st day, the morphology and density of astroglial cells in the ventral part of the external capsule did not differ from the surrounding regions. ED1/OX-42- positive microglial cells present in the paraclaustral reservoir during the first postnatal week represented ameboid microglia; their
density was clearly higher than in the neighboring structures. During the second week they began to transform into ramified microglia and from the 21st day on, only OX-42 positive resting microglial cells were observed in the
ventral part of the external capsule. We suggest that the paraclaustral reservoir is a place of accumulation of astroglia and microglia during brain development and may possibly serve as source of glial cells for neighboring structures. Alternatively, these glial populations may perform local developmental functions.
Interrelations between nuclear-factor kappa B activation, glial response and neuronal apoptosis in gerbil hippocampus after ischemia
Authors: Domańska-Janik K , Bronisz-Kowalczyk A , Zajac H , Zabłocka B
Published: December 2023

Spatial and temporal relations between transcriptional factor NFkB activation and glia reaction in gerbil hippocampus after transient cerebral ischemia has been studied. Activation of protein binding to NFkB consensus oligonucleotide was determined by electrophoretic mobility gel shift assay (EMSA) in homogenates from dorsal (DP- an equivalent of CA1 sector) and abdominal (AbP- containing CA2-4 and gyrus dentatus) parts of hippocampus. A significant activation of NFkB binding was observed exclusively in DP as early as 3 h after ischemia and at this time that response preceded any other morphological signs of postischemic tissue injury. This early enhancement of NFkB binding was followed by microglia activation visualized in CA1 pyramidal region at 24 h of recovery by histochemical staining with lectin from Ricinus communis (RCA-120). Simultaneously, only a moderate increase of immunostaining against glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) was observed homogeneously in all parts of hippocampus. This uniform pattern of astrogliosis was preserved until postischemic day 3-4, when apoptotic DNA fragmentation in CA1 pyramidal neurons had been clearly documented by TUNEL staining. At this period however, continuous elevation of NFkB binding in DP corresponded with similar response manifested also in AbP of the hippocampus. These results evidence a preferential NFkB involvement in an early microglia activation in the apoptogenic CA1 sector, although its role in a later astrocytic response to ischemia could not be neglected too.
Interactions between P300 and passive probe responses differ in different visual cortical areas
Authors: Michalski A
Published: December 2023

The regulation of firing thresholds of cortical neurons was suggested as one of the mechanisms underlying the generation of the P300 component in the human event-related potential. According to this hypothesis, the detection of an important stimulus produced the widespread inhibition of "irrelevant" networks, interrupting their ongoing activity and facilitating the analysis of selected information. In the present experiment, the responsiveness of visual cortex was evaluated during the P300 potential by using additional, probing stimuli. Large separation of the cortical visual fields permitted separate analysis of the input and more advanced stages of processing. Responses were recorded from Fz, Cz, Pz and Oz scalp sites. P300 waves were evoked by visual, mentally counted stimuli in a standard "odd-ball" procedure. Visual probes were delivered 200, 300, 400, 500, 700 and 1000 ms later. No responses to the probes were required. Significant suppression of responses to the probes delivered less than 400 ms after target stimuli was found in Oz and Pz but not in Cz or Fz . The suppression was not roportional to the voltage levels from which probe responses started. In Fz and Cz, latencies of probe responses were elongated if probes were delivered less than 400 ms after target stimuli. The results suggest that probe responses suppressed by the P300 potential in occipital and parietal cortex may be restored in frontal areas. In these areas the P300 potential could delay probe responses instead of suppressing them.
MR imaging of seven presumed cases of central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis
Authors: Bekiesińska-Figatowska M , Bulski T , Rózyczka I , Furmanek M , Walecki J
Published: December 2023

MRI was performed in seven patients with presumed central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis. The underlying diseases were diabetes, lung cancer, Wilson disease, trauma, alcoholism, renal insufficiency and hemodialysis. CPM was found in four cases (in two of them extrapontine lesions were considered as resulting from Wilson disease), CPM and EPM in three patients. The localization of extrapontine changes included cerebellum, cerebral peduncles, caudate and lentiform nuclei, internal capsules, white matter and cortex of the cerebrum.
How do neurons degenerate in prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs): neuronal autophagy revisited
Authors: Liberski Paweł P , Gajdusek D Carleton , Brown Paul
Published: December 2023

As in other neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, neurons in prion diseases or transmisible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) die via programmed cell death of which the apoptotic process is relatively well characterized. A subcellular alteration linked to apoptosis is the formation of autophagic vacuoles, which we and others demonstrated in CJD- and scrapie-affected rodent brains. Autophagy may co-exist with apoptosis or may precede it and the process may be induced by apoptotic stimuli. Here, we extend these observations using different model of scrapie and CJD. Both scrapie models (the 263K and 22C-H) demonstrated autophagic vacuoles with the same frequency; hence, they will be described together. While the following changes had been observed simultaneously in different areas of the same sample, this description is organised as if it followed a sequence of events. First, a part of the neuronal cytoplasm was sequestrated by concentric arrays of membrane; that part of the cytoplasm closed by membranes appeared relatively normal but its density often appeared increased. Next, electron density of the central dramatically increased. Then, membranes proliferated within the cytoplasm in a labyrinth-like manner and an area sequestrated by these membranes enlarged and became more complex structure consisting of vacuoles, electron-dense area and areas of normally-looking cytoplasm connected with convoluted membranes. Finally, a large area of the cytoplasm was transformed into a collection of autophagic vacuoles of different sizes. Virtually identical alterations, albeit with much lower frequency, were seen in terminally ill CJD-affected hamsters.
Testing for non-linearity in EEG signal of healthy subjects
Authors: Stepień Robert A
Published: December 2023

Spontaneous EEG of 21 healthy human subjects obtained by standard procedure of recording is analysed using non-linear prediction methods to check whether the signals were generated by a non-linear dynamics process or by a linear stochastic process. The test for non-linearity is performed by surrogate data method with non-linear prediction error as the test statistic. The null hypothesis that EEG signal (in rest, with eyes closed) is
generated by linear stochastic process can be rejected in 17 cases (5%) out of the 336 (21 subjects, 16 channels) studied epochs. However, most of these rejections concern 3 subjects. The 88% of rejections of the null hypothesis concern frontal channels. The null hypothesis is not rejected for epochs recorded with eyes open and during photostimulation.
New vessel formation after surgical brain injury in the rat's cerebral cortex. II. Formation of the blood vessels distal to the surgical injury
Authors: Walski Michał , Frontczak-Baniewicz Małgorzata
Published: December 2023

We investigated the features of newly formed blood vessels after surgical brain injury of the rat's cerebral cortex distal to the operated region. We document the process of split mature blood vessels by an endothelial bridge and morphological features of newly formed vessels. We did not observe a disruption of brain parenchyma. The endothelial lining in vessels was complete. The morphological features of the endothelial cells and basement membrane show that non-sprouting angiogenesis takes place distally to the surgical injury.
Alzheimer's β-amyloid peptide as a source of neurotoxic free radicals: the role of structural effects
Authors: Pogocki Dariusz
Published: December 2023

This mini review gives a brief overview over the oxidation mechanism of methionine (Met), relevant for processes which may lead to the oxidation of amyloid β-peptide (βAP), involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. The CuII-catalysed oxidation of C-terminal Met35 in βAP depends on the secondary structure of the peptide. That seems to be the key to the known propensities of this peptide to form reactive oxygen species and free radicals. The pro-oxidant character of βAP is not associated with its β-sheet insoluble form. On the contrary, the α-helically organised structure is responsible forβAP redox-related cytotoxicity.