bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
THE VERBAL WORLD PICTURE AND ITS REPRESENTATION IN ENGLISH PHRASEOLOGY
Authors: Kushnierova Anna ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: January 2020

The article deals with the verbal world picture analysis through the prism of English phraseology and the peculiarities of phraseologization of phrases in view of the culturally motivated vision of the world by particular linguistic communities. The objective of this paper is a study of phraseological (set) expressions in order to identify ontological and cultural components in language. The certain tendency of illustrating verbal world picture in phraseological (set) expressions was revealed. The study has demonstrated that phraseological (set) expressions, which most vividly illustrate the British cultural identity, are genetically linked to the most common and widespread areas of human activity, namely food, the natural world that surrounds us, and certain "endemic" phenomena of British life. The phraseological picture of the world acts as a set of knowledge about the world and can give a complete description of a particular nation or people. The examples of phraseological set expressions given allow us to see the phraseological composition of language reflects cultural identity not only as a fragment of reality, given to the ethnic community in immediate perception, but also the lifestyle, beliefs, worldviews, national character, temperament, value system - the mentality of the people, their social consciousness in general. Thus, the phraseology becomes a certain extra-linguistic reality that not only realizes the linguistic consciousness and perception of the speaker, but also forms a vision through the prism of phraseology, which is based on the cultural territorial perception of a nation.
PECULIARITIES OF AUDITORY PERCEPTION OF INTONATION OF INTEROGATIVES IN THEATRICAL PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AS A KIND OF DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE
Authors: Lyssenko Catherine ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: January 2020

The article deals with specific features of perception of public speaking prosody. Speech intonation is an important component of oral text, a carrier of semantic meanings, and at the same time a means of demonstrating the emotionally expressive nature of expression. The nature and influence of public speaking depends not only on the adequately disclosed facts, but also on the very speech form of their presentation. The leading role in this process belongs to prosodic means, in which the peculiarities of public broadcasting are clearly revealed. The article examines the interrogatives of quasi-spontaneous public speakingmonologues from Shakespeare's plays, gathered from audio recordings of different periods of time, dating back to 30 years of the last century. This approach made it possible to compare the main features of interrogative rhetorical questions in the chronological plan. In the analysis of prosodic features of question structures, the inventory of their universal characteristics was distinguished, since there are certain normative, invariant prosodic models for the main types of questions. On the other hand, the melody should be attributed to the most variable parameters of interoactive constructions, so the most typical variants of intonational deviations were also analyzed.
Çoklu Girişim Sonrası Altı Aylık Bebekte Gelişen İatrojenik Femoral Ven Trombozu
Authors: Günday Murat , Kayacık Günday Özlem
Published: January 2020

Hastanede yatan bebek ve çocuklarda bazen uzun süreli parenteral tedavi ihtiyacı olur. Bu nedenle hastalarda santral venlerden kateter takılması gerekir. Katetere bağlı çeşitli komplikasyonlar meydana gelebilir. Bu olgu sunumunda, 6 aylık kız bebek, koroid pleksus papillomuna bağlı hidrosefali tanısı nedeniyle operasyona alındı. Anestezi tarafından sağ kasıktan venöz kateter takılmaya çalışıldı. Birden fazla yapılan ponksiyon sonrası bebeğin bacağında morarma, bacakta tümden şişlik gelişmesi nedeniyle yoğun bakıma alındı. Yapılan tetkiklerde femoral ven trombozu saptandı. Tedavide düşük molekül ağırlıklı heparin tedavisi subkutan olarak başlandı. Takiplerinde bacaktaki morarma düzeldi. Sonuç olarak, çoklu uygulama endotel hasarı ve sonrasında trombüs oluşumunu hızlandırır. Bu nedenle, infantlarda mutlaka ultrason altında ve çoklu girişimden kaçınarak ponksiyon yapılmalıdır.
Eritrosit dağılım genişliği iki yaşından büyük hastalarda sepsis ile ilişkili olabilir
Authors: Aygün Fatih
Published: January 2020

AMAÇ: Sepsis, yoğun bakım hastalarında önemli mortalite ve morbidite nedenidir. Sepsisin erken tanısı, tedavi ve prognoz için önemlidir. Sepsis için en yaygın kullanılan biyobelirteçler C-reaktif protein (CRP) ve prokalsitonindir (PKT). Bununla birlikte, rutin olarak istendiğinde özellikle PKT belirgin hastane maliyeti oluşturmaktadır ve her merkezde bakılamamaktadır. Bu düşünce ile rutin hemogram parametrelerinden olan eritrosit dağılım genişliği (RDW) ve ortalama trombosit volümünün (OTH) sepsis tanısındaki değerliliğini incelemeyi amaçladık.GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: Ekim 2016 ile Mart 2018 tarihleri arasında Okmeydanı Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesine yatırılan 2 yaş üstü 173 hastanın tıbbi kayıtları geriye dönük olarak incelendi. Çalışmaya alınan tüm hastaların demografik bilgileri ve yatışı sonrası ilk laboratuvar değerleri kaydedildi. Hastalar başvuru tanısına göre sepsisi olanlar ve olmayanlar olarak iki gruba ayrıldı. Gruplar arasındaki prognostik ve laboratuvar farklılıklar karşılaştırıldı. Sepsis biyobelirteçleri için receiver operating characteristic (ROC) eğrileri kullanıldı.BULGULAR: Hastaların 38’i (% 16.8) sepsis ve septik şok ile başvurdu. Sepsis ile CRP (p<0.001), PKT (p<0.001), trombosit sayısı (p <0.001) ve RDW (p = 0.005) arasında istatistiksel anlamlı ilişki saptandı. OTH ile sepsis (p = 0.592) arasında anlamlı ilişki yoktu. ROC eğrisi analizinde sepsis ile en duyarlı ilişki PKT’de saptandı (AUC: 0.828). Kesme değeri 2.95 ng/dl iken PKT %72.7 duyarlılık ve %68.8 özgüllük gösterdi. Daha sonra sepsis tanısı için anlamlı ilişki sırasıyla trombosit (AUC:0.808), CRP (AUC:0.695) ve RDW (AUC:0.619) olarak saptandı. RDW>%16 ile mekanik ventilatör (p=0.014)ve eritrosit transfüzyonu (p=0.009) gereksiniminin arttığı, yoğun bakım yatış süresinin uzadığı gösterilmiştir (p=0.044).SONUÇ: Bu çalışma ile RDW ve OTH’nin sadece anemi ve trombositopeni ayrımında kullanılmayacağını, aslında bir akut faz reaktanı gibi, sepsis ve inflamasyon ile ilişkili birer belirteç olduğu gösterilmiştir. Ayrıca RDW>%16 olması mekanik ventilatör ve eritrosit transfüzyonu gereksinimini artıran, yoğun bakım yatış süresini uzatan bir belirteç olarak gösterilmiştir.
YENİDOĞAN YOĞUN BAKIM ÜNİTESİNDE TAKİP EDİLEN HASTALARIN RETROSPEKTİF DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
Authors: Tarakçı Nuriye , Yilmaz Fatma Hilal , Gültekin Nazlı Dilay , Altunhan Hüseyin
Published: January 2020

Amaç: Preterm
doğum yenidoğan ölümlerinin önde gelen nedeni ve yenidoğan morbiditelerinin
önemli bir kısmını oluşturur. Gelişmekte olan ülkelerde preterm bebeklerin
perinatal mortalite ve morbidite istatistikleri yetersizdir. Bu çalışmada
üçüncü düzey yoğun bakım ünitesinde prematüreliğe bağlı morbidite ve mortalite
nedenlerini değerlendirmek amaçlandı.

Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışmaya 3.düzey bir yenidoğan yoğun bakım servisi’ne
Ocak 2015 ile Aralık 2017 arasında yatan prematüre bebekler dahil edildi.

Bulgular: Bebeklerin 156’sında (%43.9) respiratuar distres sendromu (RDS),
42’sinde (%11.89) intrakranial kanama (İKK), 78’inde (%21.9) patent duktus
arteriosus (PDA), 20’sinde (%5,6) nekrotizan enterokolit (NEK), 89’ında (%25)
prematüre retinopatisi (PR),  74’ünde
(%21) bronkopulmoner displazi (BPD), tespit edildi.

Sonuç: Mortalite
ve morbidite oranlarımızın ülkemizden yayınlanan verilerle benzerlik
göstermesine karşın, gelişmiş ülkelerin oranlarının üzerinde olduğu görüldü.
Antenatal bakımın iyileştirilmesi, gebelik takiplerinin düzenli yapılması,
sepsis ve respiratuvar distres gibi sık görülen mortalite nedenleri için
risklerin belirlenmesi ve bunlara karşı önlem alınması durumunda morbidite ve
mortalite oranlarımızın azalacağını düşünmekteyiz.
ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TERMS “DYSPHEMISM”, «SLANG», «VULGARISM» AND «INVECTIVE»
Authors: Cheporukhina M. G.
Published: January 2020

Linguists showed their interest in studying lexemes with negative meaning not so long ago, so there is no developed and unanimously accepted theory on means of negative assessment. Topicality of this study is also connected to the fact that communication over the last decades is marked with the growth of negative information.
The article provides an overview of theoretical literature on the stated problem terms. Applying definitional and etymological analysis, we distinguish the terms dysphemism, slang, vulgarism and invective which are considered to be synonymous or are not fully defined in some studies. The article also highlights the problem of distinction between dysphemism and euphemism, which are traditionally contrasted in terms of utterance. We underline that the context plays the crucial role in their distinction since the same lexical unit can carry both positive and negative connotations in different communication situations.
The theoretical statements of the article are illustrated with examples from the corpus of comments on political news in the Internet newspapers of France and Russia. The pragmatic approach is applied to the analysis of examples (the macro context is taken into account), since it proves to be effective in determining the communicative purpose of utterance and analyzing the evaluative elements.
Our study has shown that dysphemism is a means of negative evaluation in general. Slang and vulgarism can have dysphemistic meaning, while invective is a type of dysphemism with the main idea of expressing aggression.
IMAGE OF SOCIAL WORLD IN THE STORY «THE AMAZON» BY N.S. LESKOV
Authors: Temnikova N. Yu.
Published: January 2020

The article is about the language of The Amazon by N.S. Leskov (1866), which belongs to a series of essays about typical Russian female characters according to its genre, to a series of tales according to its stylistic manner. Besides it is included in the St. Petersburg text2 of Russian literature according to its motivational repertoire.
The basic unit of the analysis is a verbal artistic image as a semiotic and cognitive phenomenon. The image of the human world (in certain interpretations - social, material) was discussed in the text. It has been found that this image acquires the properties of an abstract language expressing diverse contents: subjective and objective, emotional and rational, subject-specific and symbolic-mythological etc. It is shown that the focus of the investigated image is crossed by semantic attributes belonging to different subject areas, which creates a multidimensional semantic space in which the reality reflected in the image undergoes an artistic transformation.
Our analysis revealed not only the communicative role of the image in the interconnection of author, text and reader, but also its poetic and aesthetic functions: through the crowded canvas created in the story, the ominous outlines of the world of Brueghel and Bosch Lotman are clearly visible, and ambivalence characters, creating a sense of the tragicomical absurdity of the universe, allows you to put Leskov on a par with such great Russian absurdists of the XIX century, as Gogol and Dostoevsky.
GEO-BRANDING POTENTIAL OF SAMARA EVENT NAMES
Authors: Romanova T. P.
Published: January 2020

The article is devoted to the study of Samara eventonyms proper names of special events organized in the Samara Region: festivals, marathons, exhibitions, competitions and other cultural and sports events. Our research is built in the general vein of a sociological approach to linguistic reality, as well as taking into account the semiotic properties of event names when meaning special events. The purpose of our study is to identify verbal markers brand identifiers of the territory (BIT components) based on the structural and semiotic analysis of the lexical composition of Samara event names, the presence of which allows us to consider the events proper names as a new information and communication resource that is significant for the formation and promotion of geo-location image. Verbal markers found in the proper names of special events establish a close mental connection with the conceptual core of a regional brand and its characteristics, transmitting stable associative meanings. The most common types of BIT components are the toponyms of the Samara Territory, memorial anthroponyms, names of value markers and symbolic symbols of the addressee, as well as nominations of well-known cultural events that are closely connected with the region. The analysis of proper names of special events in the aspect of geo-branding potential showed that over 50 % of Samara event names are BIT-labeled, and thus, entering into communication with the target audience, they make a certain contribution to the formation of the geo-location image.
The communicative capabilities of BIT-labeled proper names for special events can and should be purposefully used in the process of geo-branding communications. When designing new nominations, it is advisable to focus on the inclusion of the signs of the dominant region in them, so that BIT-labeled eventonyms become their permanent representatives and actively contribute to the formation of a holistic image concept of the Samara Region.
«MEDICALISATION» OF MODERN INTERNET ADVERTISING (BASED ON ENGLISH YOUTUBE COMMERCIALS)
Authors: Golubykh A. A.
Published: January 2020

Specific features of medicalisation within modern English internet advertising space are considered in this paper. Medicine adverts and commercials hosted on one of the most popular English public websites are of particular interest in this research project. Both innovations in medicine leading to the medical knowledge upgrade and the increasing role of medical product advertising activities motivated the present study. Medicalisation in mass-media discourse is characterized by popularization of various medical commercials enduing general public with the medical language and medical mindset. The specific objective of this study is to reveal and systematize factors providing aforenamed tendency to medicalisation of modern English internet advertising. The empirical study is based upon the modern medicine commercials from YouTube.com and includes such methods as data collection and analysis, description and classification of material accompanied by discourse analysis. The most remarkable result to emerge from the data is that pharmaceutical and healthcare service commercials are very popular today due to social needs and requirements and consequently supported by the British authorities aiming to emphasize the importance of health and indicate possible ways and means of health maintenance. Another important finding is that celebrities and politicians participation in medicine advertising is contributing a lot to the success and commercialization of the medical items. Further analysis showed that the authors of commercial video clips are trying to highlight human values applying various verbal and non-verbal means to increase the perlocutionary effect. Positive and negative comments on commercial videos aimed at focusing upon the effect of medical products contribute to expanding pragmatic potential of the internet advertising. The growing trend to popularization of health product is also supported by the findings of the research project intended to describe English medical linguistic markers registered in mass-media discourse under analysis.
SYSTEMIC AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GERUND AS A POLYFUNCTIONAL UNIT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Authors: Dobroradnykh T. A.
Published: January 2020

The article deals with the specific characteristics of gerundial forms as polyfunctional units used in online mass media texts. Both the linguistic aspect of gerundial forms, including semantic, syntactical and stylistic features, and a cognitive discursive aspect of polyfunctional units use in mass media are studied.
The purpose of the study is a complex analysis for discovering systemic and functional characteristics of gerundial forms use in English mass media.
The material chosen for the research process is based on the mass media discourse presented in the format of online media texts of the British social and political newspapers and magazines (the Guardian, the Times, the Independent, the Economist, the Week, the Telegraph).
Following methods have been used as the methodological basis of the research due to its main purpose that deals with the linguistic and linguo-cognitive analysis of gerundial forms: sampling method, descriptive method, functional-stylistic analysis and contextual analysis.
Academic novelty of the paper is that polyfunctional units are studied from the point of view of discourse analysis and relations between linguistic units and cognitive-discursive factors.
As a result of the research it has been stated that functional features of gerundial forms contribute to discovering the systemic character of polyfunctionality.
In conclusion, it should be mentioned that mental propositional structures are objectively associated with the conceptual content of the gerund as a polyfunctional unit. The dynamic character of the above propositional structures is able to provide polyfunctional units verbalization in the format of either nominative or verbal structures.
RUSSIAN SOCIETY IN 1917 THROUGH THE EYES OF THE HISTORIAN. BY THE MATERIALS OF M.M. BOGOSLOVSKY’S DIARY
Authors: Serykh A. A.
Published: January 2020

This article is devoted to the opening of the main socialcultural types which were formulated in the diaries notes of professor M. M. Bogoslovsky from Moscow Imperial University. The specific characters of each of the social group which were marked out by the historian are defined in this item. In Bogoslovsky opinion, the base of the Russian society in 1917 is Russian nation, which is divided into three social categories: peasants, workers and soldiers. The link between the generalized notion Russian nation and Bogoslovskys professional views is revealed.
The next important social cultural image for the historian is intelligentsia and Bogoslovskys attitude to it is controversial because of its disunity. In the situation of the social cultural crisis in 1917 a new social group revolutionaries takes a special place. In this article Bogoslovskys attitude to this social group is revealed as well as his professional view on the concept revolution. The wreath of the social structure of the society in Bogoslovskys opinion is monarchy. At the beginning of the 20th century Russian monarchy has remained very specific, the historian remarked regretfully the incompleteness of social cultural conversions, which, to his mind, must have taken place in the society under the rule of the monarch.
Through the analysis of the diaries notes there was made an attempt to identify and analyze the unified social cultural model of Russian society, formulated by Bogoslovsky.
TRAINING OF SCIENTISTS WITH HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS IN HISTORICAL SCIENCES AT SAMARA UNIVERSITY
Authors: Kabytov P. S. , Leontieva O. B.
Published: January 2020

The authors aimed to reveal the role of historians of Samara (Kuibyshev) University in the training of highly qualified scientists in the field of historical sciences (candidates and doctors of historical sciences) for higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation and the Samara Region. The formation of a system of training highly qualified scientists at Samara university is traced in the context of large-scale changes in Russian historical science, which affected the choice of subjects and methodology of theses, as well as the establishing of international scientific relations. The study is based on the materials from reports on the activities of Samara State University, reference and anniversary editions, as well as on ego-sources, i.e., on memoirs and interviews with university professors. The authors examine the formation of the teaching staff of historical departments, highlight the key stages in the development of postgraduate school and doctorate at the university, the creation and reprofiling of the dissertation council on history. The article contains the data on the dynamics of defenses of the candidate and doctoral theses in history at the Dissertation Council of Samara (Kuibyshev) University. The authors identify the main areas of training of scientists, characterize the scientific schools that were formed at the historical faculty of Samara University and have received recognition from the Russian scientific community. Based on the study, the authors identify the most important stages in the training of highly qualified scientists and the main generations of historians at Samara (Kuibyshev) University from the 1970-ies to the present.
Zatopiony w umieraniu. O „Topielcu” Leśmiana raz jeszcze
Authors: Dembińska-Pawelec Joanna
Published: January 2020

Szkic prezentuje interpretację wiersza Bolesława Leśmiana Topielec, który wielokrotnie był przedmiotem zainteresowania badaczy. Autorka szkicu zwraca uwagę na różnicę edytorską, która pojawiła się w drugim wydaniu tomu Łąka z 1937 roku. W pierwszym wydaniu książki z roku 1920 wydrukowane jest słowo „bezświat” („bezświat zarośli”) i ta wersja przyjęta została powszechnie w kolejnych wznowieniach i opracowaniach poezji Leśmiana. Autorka szkicu ukazuje, że to raczej wersja drugiego wydania – „bezświt” („bezświt zarośli”) – zgodna jest z poetyką Leśmianowskich wierszy i zamysłem utworu. W interpretacji zgodnej z edycją z 1937 roku Topielec to wiersz o pogrążaniu w śmierci i stopniowym zatracaniu duszy.
Człowiek Kosmiczny – moriturialny – miłosny w późnej poezji Leśmiana. Studium z antropologii wyobraźni
Authors: Zwierzyński Leszek
Published: January 2020

Próba opisania transgresyjnego modelu antropologicznego późnych wierszy Leśmiana. W badaniu inspiracją stały się poetyckie działania samego poety, który w liryku Zwiewność stworzył nowy „mistyczny” obraz poetycki, a następnie wysnuł z niego niezwykłą, materialno-metafizyczną formę ludzkiego bytu. Z tego dzieła poetyckiej kreacji uczyniono w artykule wyobraźniową soczewkę, umożliwiającą adekwatny ogląd nowych radykalnych form ludzkiego bytu i wydarzających się w ich powstawaniu zjawisk – destrukcji, metamorfoz i transgresyjnego scalania z Kosmosem, a także materii owego bytu (rytmu i ruchu).
W archiwum Jerzego – przestrzenie pamięci, przestrzenie rozproszenia, zakamarki interpretacji. Recenzja książki Jerzego Kandziory, „Poeta w labiryncie historii. Studia o pisarskich rolach Jerzego Ficowskiego”, Fundacja Terytoria Książki, Gdańsk 2017
Authors: Nowicka Daria
Published: January 2020

Jerzy Kandziora w swojej książce Poeta w labiryncie historii. Studia o pisarskich rolach Jerzego Ficowskiego podjął próbę całościowego spojrzenia na twórczość autora Ptaka poza ptakiem. Głównymi kategoriami interpretacyjnymi zaproponowanymi przez badacza stały się czas, labirynt i historia. Pozwoliły one autorowi na typ lektury przekrojowej – począwszy od opisania życia przedpoetyckiego Ficowskiego, przez jego literackie i artystyczne fascynacje Schulzem, Wojtkiewiczem, Tuwimem, światem codziennym, aż po doświadczenie pogranicza, tego dosłownego i poetyckiego. Tą eseistyczną, fragmentami również syntetyczną forma opisu, Kandziora zaznacza nowy nurt odczytań twórczości poety, zwraca uwagę zwłaszcza na wpływ społecznego imaginarium w funkcjonowaniu poety we współczesnym literaturoznawstwie.
Problems and Prospects of the Selection of Bean (Vicia faba l.) in Azerbaijan
Authors: Asadova Almas
Published: January 2020

Newly created “Garaja” variety and the forms with lower lever of tanin introduced from ICARDA will allow widening of the field of Vicia Faba culture. Until present, culture of Vicia Faba in Azerbaijan was limited to household. In Azerbaijan, the sowing of vegetable beans does not have much production value. The culture is mainly used for research purposes and is cultivated in small areas, like garden. Therefore, the study of the morphobiological features of plants of the prospective variety in each region and the comprehensive study of the genetic resources of culture is relevant. The article is devoted to the results of a study of the local gene pool of horse or fodder beans and materials from ICARDA. Yield and analysis of crop structure, disease resistance were analyzed. Since samples with a low level of harmful substances are new for our republic. These studies are an important initial study for the subsequent production of new varieties. We hope that this will lead to an increase in the acreage of legumes in our republic.
Effect of Foliar Application of Methanol on Changes of Antioxidant Enzymes of Vigna unguiculata L. in Water-Deficit Stress
Authors: Saneienejad Aliakbar , Tohidi Mahmood , Khaniani Behnam Habibi , Sadeghi Mehdi
Published: January 2020

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of foliar application of methanol on the activity of antioxidant enzymes of Vigna unguiculata L. in water-deficit stress conditions. The trials were performed in a split plot design arranged in completely randomized block design with three replications in two years cultivation (2017 and 2018). Water-deficit stress treatments were considered in the main plots in four levels (25, 50, 75 and 100% of plant water requirement) and combined foliar application of methanol treatment in three levels (control, 10 and 20% vol.), and genotype treatment in two cultivars of Omidbakhsh 1057 and Mashhad in sub plots. The results showed that the effect of water-deficit stress and foliar application of methanol on the activity of antioxidant enzymes were significant (P £ 0.01). The effect of genotype on the activity of ascorbate peroxidase was just significant (P £ 0.01).
A Study on Immunohistochemical Expression of Progesterone Receptor and Cell Proliferation by AgNOR in Canine Mammary Tumors (CMT)
Authors: Rajathy P.L Leena , Varshney K C , Nair M G , Lakkawar A W , Kumar B Ramesh
Published: January 2020

Mammary gland tumors are the most commonly diagnosed tumors in domestic dogs. Although immunohistochemical methods provide valuable information such as the location and semi-quantitative data of the interested antigens in particular tumors, conventional methods like histopathological diagnosis remain useful and necessary for identification and classification of tumors. In the present study, we combined histopathology with immunohistochemical staining for progesterone receptor (PR) and special staining argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions (AgNOR) for cell proliferation in canine mammary gland tumors. Twenty-nine dogs with primary mammary gland neoplasms (11 benign and 18 malignant) were included in this study. All 29 tumors were stained with AgNOR but only 15 cases expressed positive PR signals in the nuclei of neoplastic alveolar and ductal epithelial cells. A weak positive correlation (r = 0.2) was observed between PR and AgNOR index of benign tumors and a very weak negative correlation (r = -0.1833) between PR and AgNOR index of malignant tumors suggesting that higher cellular proliferation is associated with low expression of progesterone receptors.
Growth, Nutrient Use Efficiency and Quality of Spring Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) under Different Planting Method and Nitrogen Level
Authors: Singh Kuldeep , Rinwa Ran Singh , Kumar Parveen , Rani Sarita
Published: January 2020

A field experiment was conducted at Regional Research Station, Karnal, CCS Haryana Agricultural University during spring 2017 to study on different planting method and nitrogen level on growth parameter and nitrogen use efficiency of sugarcane. The experiment was conducted in split plot design with three replications. The treatments comprises of four methods of planting viz. conventional planting at 75 cm (M1), half ridge open furrow irrigation planting at 75 cm (M2), wide bed and furrow paired row planting (M3) and wider planting (M4) at 120 cm and six different nitrogen levels viz. control (N1), 75 (N2), 100 (N3), 125 (N4), 150 (N5), 175 kg N ha-1 (N6). Germination count was significantly affected by planting methods at 30 and 45 DAP, however, it was found to be non significant among nitrogen levels. Neither the planting methods nor the nitrogen levels had any significant effect on nutrient use efficiency, brix, pol, juice purity and commercial cane sugar. Significantly higher sugar yield (11.9 t/ha) was recorded in wide bed and furrow paired row planting which was 22.7, 8.2, and 6.3 per cent higher than conventional, wider planting and half ridge open furrow method, respectively. Lower sugar yield (9.7 t/ha) was recorded in conventional method. Among nitrogen levels, sugar yield increases with successive increase in nitrogen application upto recommended dose of 150 kg N/ha.
Root-Knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) Infecting Pomegranate: A Review
Authors: Singh Tulika , Prajapati Anjana , Maru A K , Chaudhary Ramesh , Patel D J
Published: January 2020

Phytonematodes are one of the major constraints in arid zone pomegranate cultivation under light to medium soil which cause severe yield loss to the tune of 17.3 %. Besides several plant parasitic nematodes, root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, is predominant species threatening the pomegranate crop area by severe incidence of root-knot disease. It is known that Meloidogyne spp. are most active at moderate temperatures (22.0 to 35oC) and optimum field capacity (about 50-60%) by which the congenial moisture conditions during entire crop period favours the rapid multiplication of nematodes which finally results in wilting of plants. The nematode population is influenced by both biotic and abiotic stresses. Since, the systemic studies on seasonal incidence of root-knot nematodes under nematode sick microplot condition, assessment of avoidable loss due to root-knot nematode and use of potent bioagents with desire strength of cfu persistence in soil after application in pomegranate were yet not reported around the world.
Phytochemical Screening, In-vitro and In-vivo Anti-diabetic Activity of Nelumbo nucifera Leaves against Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rabbits
Authors: Maqbool Shahid , Ullah Najeeb , Zaman Aqal , Akbar Atif , Saeed Saima , Nawaz Haq , Samad Noreen , Ullah Riaz , Parthiban Ahmed Bari , Ali Syed Saeed
Published: January 2020

A recent survey has demonstrated that traditional healers and herbalists frequently use Nelumbo nucifera plant to treat diabetes. The plant investigated here has been previously reported as natural folk medicine, but until now no scientific investigation of potential anti-diabetic effects have been reported. Plant leaves of Nelumbo nucifera were screened out for quantitative analysis of phytochemicals, in-vitro anti-diabetic activity (Alpha-amylase inhibitory assay) and In-vivo anti-diabetic assay of animals (rabbits). Quantitative analysis indicates that different phytochemicals were present in plant leaves extract/fractions. In-vitro antidiabetic analysis results poses that butanol fraction is significantly more active than other fractions or extract in antihyperglycemic activity with minimum IC50 value of 8.56µg/ml. For In-vivo anti-diabetic assay, animals (rabbits) were examined and animals were divided into 10 groups and except blank group all were treated with standard and plant extracts/fractions doses (25mg and 50mg per Kg body weight) as an aqueous suspension. Their blood sugar level was thoroughly recorded with a glucometer before the administration of sample and standard drug. Alloxan Monohydrate was administrated orally (as an ice-cold water solution) at dose rate 150mg/kg body weight for one week to make animals hyperglycemic. In-vivo analysis indicates that butanol fraction is the most active fraction in antihyperglycemic activity. So Leaves of N. nucifera can be used as antidiabetic remedy. So, it is strongly recommended that N. nucifera leaves should be elucidated further for isolation of active phytochemicals.
Estimation of Population Parameters and Stock Assessment of Mastacembelus armatus in the Taojiang River, Xinfeng County, Jiangxi Province, China
Authors: Bin Wu , Haihua Wang , Benhe Ma , Xiandong Xu , Qingxiang Zeng
Published: January 2020

A study was conducted to investigate the growth parameters, mortality and recruitment pattern of Mastacembelus armatus collected in the Taojiang River fish landing site, Xinfeng County. M. armatus were collected from March, 2018 to February, 2019. Growth parameters, asymptotic length (L¥) = 58.8cm and growth coefficient (k) = 0.13 year-1. Growth performance index(Ø2 ) =2.65, total mortality (Z) = 0.75 year-1, natural mortality (M) = 0.32 year-1, fishing mortality (F) = 0.43 year-1 and exploitation rate (E) = 0.57year-1.The estimated exploitation rate (E) has slightly exceeded the optimum value of E indicating this species was over exploited mainly due to fishing in the study area. The exploitation ratios were computed as Emax= 0.59, E10= 0.45, E50= 0.31. The length at first capture at 50%, (Lc) was 19.51 cm. The Steady biomass also increased with length class until 36.0-36.9 cm and the total steady state biomass was found to be 19.12 tons.
Cross transferability of Chickpea genic SSR markers developed from Fusarium wilt resistance loci to orphan legumes
Authors: Raghu R , Ravikumar R L , Subramanya A.E Sunil
Published: January 2020

The availability of genomic resources in orphan legumes is limited for molecular research because of the high cost involved in development of SSR marker pool. In this study, 162 genic SSR markers derived from Fusarium wilt resistant genomic loci of chickpea were tested for cross-genera transferability across nine other legumes viz., cowpea, horse gram, black gram, pigeon pea, dolichos, rice bean, winged bean, soya bean and moth bean. Nineteen markers of chickpea amplified the genomic DNA of all other legumes indicating the sequence conserved across the genera. However, the markers exhibiting the cross-genera transferability is ranging from 24.40 to 32.14 %. The observed cross-genera transferability was highest in the cowpea (32.14 %), reflected in the closer relationship with chickpea followed by rice bean (31.55 %). The least transferability was reported in moth bean (24.40 %). These transferable genic SSR markers will serve as a valuable tool in genomic research of orphan legumes.
Genotypic and Phenotypic Variability for Yield and its Components in Normal and Late Sown Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Authors: Yücel D
Published: January 2020

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the important legumes widely grown for dietary proteins in semi-arid Mediterranean climatic conditions. The main goal of any breeding programs in the world is to produce high yield and better quality genotypes for farmers and commercial growers to be released as cultivars. Present research has been conducted to select more desirable characteristics that may contribute to the improvement of drought tolerant chickpea. Thirty-two chickpea genotypes along with two control varieties were evaluated in winter and late sowing conditions in 2015 and 2016, in randomized complete block design with three replications. Phenotypic coefficients of variation were found to be higher than genotypic coefficients of variation for all the traits. The highest heritability along with high genetic advance was found for hundred seed weight followed by podding day, plant height, flowering day and first pod height in normal and stress conditions. These traits can be improved by giving special attention during selection.
Increasing the efficiency of motor learning with the help of video analysis
Authors: Ruzicka Ivan , Milova Jana
Published: January 2020

This article deals with the problem of increasing the efficiency in motor learning with the help of video analysis. The text approaches the system providing a feedback in the process of downhill skiing skills acquisition. The platform influencing the movement notion introduces innovative means of the acquisition of essential downhill skiing skills in ski courses organised by the University of Hradec Kralove, the Department of Physical Education (PE) and Sport. This article is focused on the selected results of the survey realised by an enquiring method, which was aimed to find out opinions on a monitored platform among 131 students specialising in PE and sport in 2010â€“2015. The research results indicate that the use of video analysis in providing feedback has a positive effect on the process of downhill skiing skills acquisition. Positive opinions of the majority of respondents showed that the use of video analysis combined with verbal correction is an effective support within the downhill skiing practice. It is an efficient platform accelerating results in learning downhill skiing technique. However, conclusions also point to some negative aspects that can accompany the use of video analysis in the field of psychology of learning, e.g., feeling of demotivation after the video analysis.

Keywords: Downhill skiing, video analysis, motor learning.
Technology-based instructional intervention into an EFL writing classroom
Authors: Ezza El-Sadig Yahya , Alhuqail Eman Abdulrahman , Elhussain Summaya Wahab
Published: January 2020

The aim of this study is to highlight the role of technology-based instructional intervention in enhancing the composing competence of struggling student writers at Majmaâ€™ah University (MU) in Saudi Arabia. Such instructional choice issues from the belief that the students have experiences and stories to share through writing. In the current intervention, a total of 26 participants enrolled in a short essay course offered by the Community College and the College of Education optionally participated in the study. They were equally divided into experimental and control groups, respectively. While the experimental group received both traditional and online instruction, using the MU Learning Management System, the control group received traditional instruction only. The experimental group outperformed the control group in the post-intervention test. Evidence from the quantitative and qualitative data attests to the assumption that instructional technology could significantly enhance learnersâ€™ composing skills. Thus, the English programme administrators are strongly recommended to post and conduct most writing classes online.

Keywords: Intervention, SRSD, rubrics, revision, drafting, self-revision.
A Study Of Employee Perceptions About Performance Appraisal At Transnet Engineering, South Africa
Authors: Worku Zeleke
Published: January 2020

Transnet Engineering is a division of Transnet, which is a key South African state owned enterprise that is responsible for providing railroad, freight and logistics services to South African and international business enterprises. Transnet Engineering is located at Koedoespoort, just outside Pretoria, South Africa. This manuscript is a result of data gathered from 198 employees of Transnet Engineering as part of an attempt made by the company to describe and quantify the perception held by employees of Transnet Engineering on the degree to which the performance of appraisal system used by the company for performance appraisal was suitable enough for its intended purpose. The perception of employees was measured by using a benchmark defined by Pichler (2012) in which similar measurements were made under near-identical circumstances. All measurements were taken based on a standardised, validated and pre-tested instrument. Pearson’s two-by-two chi-squared tests of associations, discriminant analysis and logit regression were used for analyses. The study found that about 63% of participants were happy with the performance appraisal system used by the company, whereas about 37% of participants held a negative perception. The results confirmed that the perception of employees about the performance appraisal system used at Transnet Engineering was affected by the perception of employees on fairness, and the assessment of performance of employees based on key performance indicators. Findings obtained from the study are quite relevant and valuable to all other South African state owned enterprises.
Kritički građani ili nezadovoljni autokrati?
Authors: Čular Goran , Šalaj Berto
Published: January 2020

Mijenjaju li se stavovi građana o demokraciji u uvjetima povećane institucionalne nestabilnosti i promjena u stranačkom sustavu u Hrvatskoj u posljednjih nekoliko godina? Nastojeći odgovoriti na to pitanje, autori polaze od koncepta političke potpore demokraciji kakav je izvorno zamislio David Easton, a nadogradili su ga i operacionalizirali Russel Dalton i Pippa Norris. U članku se analiziraju odnos difuzne i specifične potpore demokraciji u Hrvatskoj od 1999. do 2018. i utjecaj na ponašanje birača u oblicima glasovanja za etablirane stranke (lojalnost), nove i marginalne stranke (glas) te apstinencije (izlazak). Analiza obuhvaća sedam vremenskih točaka anketnih istraživanja izbora od 1999. do 2018. i nadovezuje se na druga istraživanja potpore demokraciji u Hrvatskoj. Rezultati potvrđuju da se s vremenom produbio jaz između normativne potpore i zadovoljstva funkcioniranjem demokracije, što se ogleda u povećanju broja kritičkih demokrata i nezadovoljnih autokrata. Premda su obje skupine još razmjerno ravnomjerno raspoređene među etabliranima i novim strankama, ima naznaka da nezadovoljni autokrati sve češće biraju "glas" umjesto "izlaska". Pritom, ukupna slika unutarnje strukture potpore demokraciji nakon 2015. sve više nalikuje na stanje prije velikih institucionalnih promjena 2000, što pridaje posebnu dimenziju političkim promjenama 2015. i 2016. i otvara pitanje o utjecaju uspjeha novih političkih aktera na potporu demokraciji u Hrvatskoj.
Определение размеров блоков мозаики и анизометрии чешуек искусственного графита по магнетосопротивлению
Authors: Дмитриев Антон Владимирович , Dmitriev Anton Vladimirovich , Ершов Александр Анатольевич , Ershov Aleksandr Anatol'evich
Published: January 2020

В статье приведены результаты математического моделирования протекания электрического тока в пластинчатом поликристалле графита в магнитном поле. В отличие от простой модели с учетом только контактного сопротивления между чешуйками, в настоящей модели также учтено омическое сопротивление вдоль и поперек
слоeв графита на основе цепочечной модели протекания электрического тока в поликристалле графита. В результате получена формула с уточненными поправочными коэффициентами, которая позволяет подобрать параметры поликристалла
для расчета температурной зависимости УЭС и магнетосопротивления. Проведено
сравнение с простой моделью, учитывающей только контактное сопротивление, различие составляет до 50 % от прежней оценки. Отличие отнесено к особенностям
подключения отдельных кристаллов в поликристалле. Это позволяет анализировать размеры кристаллов и их подключения в искусственном графите исходя из
электрофизических свойств.
Моделирование эволюции выборочных распределений случайных величин с помощью уравнения Лиувилля
Authors: Кислицын Алексей Алексеевич , Kislitsyn Aleksei Alekseevich , Орлов Юрий Николаевич , Orlov Yurii Nikolayevich
Published: January 2020

Рассматривается разностная аппроксимация одномерного уравнения Лиувилля для
моделирования эволюции выборочной плотности распределения нестационарного
временного ряда, оцениваемой по гистограмме. Показано, что изменение выборочной плотности распределения на некотором промежутке времени может быть численно описано как решение уравнения Лиувилля, если начальная плотность распределения строго положительна во внутренних классовых интервалах. Построен
алгоритм определения соответствующей скорости и показан ее механико-статистический смысл как полугруппы, эквивалентной по Чернову средней полугруппе,
генерирующей эволюцию функции распределения.
ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTIRADICAL PROPERTIES OF HAMMADA SCOPARIA (POMEL) ILJIN
Authors: Drioiche Aziz , Benhlima Nadia , Kharchouf Samira , EL MAKHOUKHI Fadoua , MEHANNED Smahane , ADADI Imad , AAZIZ Hicham , Kouoh Elombo Ferdinand , Gressier Bernard , ETO Bruno , Zair Touriya
Published: January 2020

Background: Hammada scoparia (Pomel) Iljin (HS), is commonly used by traditional healers in Morocco against microbial and fungal infections. We studied antimicrobial, antifungal and antiradical effects of organic extracts in vitro in order to confirm traditional utilization after phytochemical screening.

Materials and methods: Aerial parts of HS have been extracted by hydro-distillation using Clevenger-type apparatus, and the chemical composition was realized by Gas Chromatography coupled with Mass Spectroscopy (GC/MS). The antioxidant activity has been evaluated using DPPH test, while the antimicrobial tests of HS extract were conducted on twenty-eight bacterial strains and antifungal on twelve fungal strains.

Results: Chemical characterization of HS essential oils (EO) confirmed the presence of carvacrol (82,28%), p-cymene (2,52%), γ-terpinene (2,18%) and Z-caryophyllene (2,04%). Antimicrobial tests of HS extract showed a moderate antibacterial activity without antifungal effect. In addition, HS exhibited a very powerful antiradical activity with IC50 = 1,2 mg/ml compared to that of ascorbic acid (IC50 = 0,5 mg/mL) and butylated hydroxyanisole (0,8 mg/mL).

Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration that HS directly inhibits the growth of microorganisms in vitro, and further validates its traditional use as an antiseptic by traditional Moroccan healers.
“De una encina embebido en lo cóncavo”. Las Soledades y la iconografía eremítica
Authors: Huergo Cardoso Humberto
Published: January 2020

Tanto Díaz de Ribas como Fernández de Córdoba opinaban que el título de las Soledades se refería al yermo de los Padres del desierto: “Los desiertos de Egipto, donde vivían aquellos monjes antiguos, se decían ‘soledades’ por ‘yermo’, que es lo mismo”. ¿Es así? Alternando la filología y la historia del arte con la estética, este trabajo intenta demostrar: 1) Que el paisaje de las Soledades no se inspira en cualquier “lienzo de Flandes”, sino específicamente en los paisajes con ermitaños al estilo de las Tentaciones de san Antonio Abad del Bosco o de la Solitudo, sive vitae patrum eremicolarum (Soledad o la vida de los padres ermitaños) de Johan y Raphael Sadeler y Adriaen Collaert; 2) Que lo propio del paisaje con ermitaños flamenco no es el beatus ille horaciano, sino el “mudo horror divino” de las soledades del yermo, horror divino asociado desde siempre con la estética de lo sublime; 3) El último epígrafe intenta ir un poco más lejos y desentrañar la sublimidad de las Soledades más allá de la deuda con respecto al paisaje flamenco con ermitaños. Mi tesis es que lo sublime no debe entenderse como una simple elevación retórica, sino como una anti-retórica destinada a provocar, como dice pseudo-Longino, “el completo colapso del discurso”.
La impronta de la crítica de Azorín en la prosa de la Edad de Plata: el ejemplo de Francisco Valdés
Authors: Nieto Caballero Guadalupe
Published: January 2020

Este artículo ofrece una relectura de la obra crítica de Azorín a través de su proyección en autores de la Edad de Plata de la cultura española. De manera más precisa, se aborda su labor en este género y la asimilación de su modelo por Francisco Valdés. Para ello se parte de las reflexiones de Azorín sobre el género, el análisis de su singular método y de sus lecturas, para después plantear el estudio de la crítica literaria desarrollada por Valdés y la puesta en común de sus fuentes e intereses. Este análisis pondrá de manifiesto la vigencia del modelo impresionista de Azorín en la prosa de la Edad de Plata a partir del ejemplo de Francisco Valdés.