bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ ВЛИЯНИЯ ИГРОВОЙ КОМПЬЮТЕРНОЙ ЗАВИСИМОСТИ НА ЛИЧНОСТНЫЕ ОСОБЕННОСТЕЙ СТУДЕНТОВ
Authors: Akopova Milena Avanesovna
Published: August 2019

Цель. Статья посвящена такой актуальной для современного информационного общества проблеме как компьютерная игровая зависимость. Помимо теоретического анализа проблемы, автор ставит целью изучение личностных особенностей студентов с наличием данной формы аддикции.Метод или методология проведения работы. При проведении исследования, автор опирается на принцип психологического детерминизма. В качестве методов экспериментального исследования были выбраны психодиагностический (тест на Интернет-аддикцию, методика «Самочувствие. Активность. Настроение» (САН), шкала тревожности Тейлора; тест акцентуации характера К. Леонгарда – Н. Шмишека; методика диагностики состояния агрессивности Баса-Дарки), методы качественно-количественной обработки данных.Результаты. По результатам исследования удалось выявить личностные и эмоциональные особенности студентов, проявляющиеся в более высоком уровне тревожности и агрессивности, более низких значениях составляющих психоэмоциональное состояние, более выраженных по эмоциональной расцветке типах личностных акцентуаций, чем у студентов, не имеющих игровой компьютерной зависимости.Область применения результатов. Результаты исследования могут быть применены в процессе психолого-педагогического сопровождения студентов, а также в целях профилактики и коррекции эмоциональной сферы лиц с компьютерной игровой зависимостью.
Alcance das intervenções em atividade física na saúde pública de Santa Catarina
Authors: Fank Felipe , Petreça Daniel Rogério , Almeida Fabio Araujo , Mazo Giovana Zarpellon
Published: August 2019

Para verificar o alcance das intervenções em atividade física (IAF) na saúde pública de Santa Catarina (SC), quanto ao porte dos municípios, ao vínculo com as estratégias de promoção de atividade física, aos grupos populacionais atendidos e as características de participação, foram questionados 146 coordenadores de IAF das Secretarias Municipais de Saúde de SC. O alcance foi calculado dividindo o número de participantes nas IAF pela população total e estratificada, e pelos grupos etários (crianças, adolescentes, adultos e idosos). O alcance absoluto das IAF foi de 3,8% e o relativo de 4,9%. Os maiores valores de alcance absoluto e relativo foram da população idosa (8,4% e 8,8%, respectivamente) e os vinculados ao programa Academia da Saúde, em todos os grupos populacionais atendidos (5% e 7%, respectivamente). Das IAF, 56,3% atendem menos de 100 usuários, com maior participação do público adulto e idoso. Destaca-se o agente comunitário de saúde como a estratégia de recrutamento dos participantes para as IAF (95,3%) e “ter indicação ou autorização do médico” como critério para participação (79,2%). Conclui-se que há um baixo alcance da população nas IAF das Secretarias Municipais de Saúde de SC, tornando-se necessário repensar os seus programas.
What value does peer-assisted learning have in the training of student paramedics?
Authors: Jadzinski Megan , Jack Eleanor , Darby Iain
Published: August 2019

Peer-assisted learning is now being recognised as an effective learning strategy to support the development of health professionals. Furthermore, adopting coaching style dialogue and conversation enhances learning and development for both the coach and coachee and, in this instance, for year 1 and year 3 student paramedics. This article describes how the implementation of peer-assisted learning into the classroom setting can help to support student paramedics in the development of their own clinical skills and knowledge. It describes broadly the evaluation findings of a session whereby year 3 student paramedics coached year 1 student paramedics to further develop a range of clinical skills through demonstration and discussion. A summary overview of the findings reflects the multiple benefits of this innovative approach to facilitate learning, including a notable increase in professional knowledge and skills for both groups of students.
Look at the patient and follow your gut
Authors: Elsey Abbygail
Published: August 2019

In this month's issue, Abbygail Elsey shares the best advice she received as a student paramedic, and how it is only now making its impact in her role as a new clinician
Parents' Participation Types in School Education
Authors: Sahin Umran
Published: August 2019

The aim of this study is to identify parental involvement types and determine what type of parental involvement the parents of middle school children prefer. Moreover, it is aimed to examine the parental involvement types with regard to the parents' gender, their educational background and the socio-economic status of the school. The population of the study comprises the parents of the six grade students study in  29 middle schools during 2018-2019 academic year in Denizli province in Turkey. The sample of the study consists of 243 volunteer parents in three different schools with low, medium and high socio-economic level based on their residential area according to the information obtained from the National Education Directorate. According to the data obtained from the scale, it was seen that parents were more likely to use parenting, learning at home and decision-making as parent involvement types; on the other hand they used 'collaborating with community' the least. Parental involvement types did not differ significantly according to gender. Whether parents are female or male did not affect the types of participation. This may be related to parents' trust in school. It may be stated that the school, which had a higher social status, met the expectations of parents and did not require active participation. Parental involvement types varied significantly depending on the parents' educational background.
The Effect of Teachers’ Savoring on Creative Behaviors: Mediating Effects of Creative Self-Efficacy and Aesthetic Experience
Authors: Kong LingKe , Chang Yuan-Cheng
Published: August 2019

This study aims to explore the effect of savoring of teachers at universities in Shandong, China, on their creative behaviors, using creative self-efficacy and aesthetic experience as mediators. This study adopted the use of questionnaires to investigate teachers at 32 universities in Shandong, China. 822 valid questionnaires were retrieved and were analyzed using structural equation model (SEM). Findings from this study include: 1. teachers’ savoring has a negative effect on creative behaviors; 2. teachers’ creative self-efficacy has a positive effect on creative behaviors; 3. teachers’ aesthetic experience has a positive effect on creative behaviors; 4. teachers’ savoring, mediated by creative self-efficacy, has a positive effect on creative behaviors; 5. teachers’ savoring, mediated by aesthetic experience, has a positive effect on creative behaviors.
Collaboration: A Collective Bargain for Achieving Quality Mathematics Classroom Practice
Authors: Bature Iliya Joseph , Atweh Bill
Published: August 2019

This paper sought to look at collaboration as an effective tool for mathematics classroom instruction. Four preservice teachers in a qualitative case study taught mathematics to three senior secondary school classes in two secondary schools in Northern Nigeria for a period of 15 weeks spread over three years. During this period 12 students volunteered to participate in four focus group discussions on the effectiveness of the pedagogy in their classrooms. Observations, research journals and focus groups were used to collect data for the study. A Narrative approach to data analysis was used to analyses the data collected. The findings of the study suggested that, the preservice teachers had initial challenges introducing the framework into their classrooms, they, however, gradually adopted the pedagogy into their classroom teaching. The study suggested that the preservice teachers used collaborative groupings and higher ordered questions to foster collaboration among their students. Some benefits of this strategy were also highlighted from the study. Prominent among them was the effective teacher-student and student-student relationship, help students see mathematics problems as common problems and reduced the domineering attitude of mathematics teachers who see themselves as possessing the monopoly of knowledge. Other findings observed in the study include the replacement of the teacher-centered approach to teaching with a student-centered approach. Therefore, it is suggested that, if collaboration is introduced into Nigerian mathematics classrooms, the traditional teacher-controlled mathematics classroom instruction that has bedeviled our classrooms will be reduced, and a new student-centered learning approach will be put in place.
Greek Pre-Service Primary Teachers’ Efficacy Beliefs in Science and Mathematics Teaching: Initial Adaptation of the STEBI-B and MTEBI Instruments
Authors: Koutsianou Athina , Emvalotis Anastassios
Published: August 2019

Contemporary educational reforms, both in the fields of science and mathematics, highlight the importance of pre-service teachers’ preparation with regard to several meaningful standards. However, teachers’ own self-confidence in science and mathematics teaching are likely to influence their efforts. Framed within a growing body of research focusing on pre-service teachers’ efficacy beliefs in science and mathematics teaching, the present study attempts to investigate Greek pre-service primary teachers’ efficacy beliefs in science and mathematics teaching; and further examine whether there is a relationship between the two. Participants comprised 171 pre-service primary teachers, who were in their second (n = 55), third (n = 64) or fourth year (n = 52) of study and the majority were female (n = 148). Pre-service teachers were asked to complete a questionnaire consisting of the Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument - Form B (STEBI-B) and the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument (MTEBI). Principal component analyses and reliability analyses were performed for both instruments to examine their adaptation into Greek. According to the results, preservice teachers had medium to high scores in the personal efficacy and outcome expectancy scales, for both science and mathematics teaching. Minor differences in pre-service teachers’ scores were detected according to their year of study. Furthermore, pre-service teachers’ efficacy beliefs in science were strongly correlated with their efficacy beliefs in mathematics. In general, although pre-service teachers appeared to be confident and well-prepared to teach science and mathematics in classrooms, more effort is required to put the international education reform standards into practice.
Examination of the Relationship between Prospective Teachers’ Occupational Anxiety and Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge by Canonical Correlation
Authors: Kaya-Uyanik Gulden , Gur-Erdogan Duygu , Canan-Gungoren Ozlem
Published: August 2019

In this study, it is aimed to examine the relationship between prospective teachers' occupational anxiety and technological pedagogical content knowledge. Correlational model was used in this study. The participants consisted of 481 prospective teachers studying at Sakarya University Faculty of Education in the spring term of 2018-2019 academic year. Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Scale (TPACKS) and Occupational Anxiety Scale (OAS) were used as data collection instruments. As a result of canonical correlation analysis, it was determined that technological pedagogical content knowledge affects occupational anxiety by 62%.
Development of Computational Thinking Scale: Validity and Reliability Study
Authors: Ertugrul-Akyol Buket
Published: August 2019

Computational thinking is a way of thinking that covers 21st century skills and includes new generation concepts such as robotics, coding, informatics and information construction. Computational thinking has reached an important point especially in the field of science in line with the rapid developments in technology. Robotics applications, software-based activities, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education and problem-based studies are some of the areas where this thinking is used. In this study, which is based on this point, it is aimed to develop a scale for computational thinking. Exploratory sequential design, one of the mixed research methods, was used in the study. First of all, a detailed literature review was conducted and needs analysis was carried out. This study consists of two stages. In the first stage, exploratory factor analysis was performed and analyzed with SPSS 23 program. In the second stage, confirmatory factor analysis was performed and analyzed with LISREL 9.2 program. As a result of the study, the goodness of fit indexes of the scale was found. According to this; X2/df value 1.81; NNFI value 0.97; NFI value 0.93; CFI value 0.98; RMR value 0.05; SRMR value 0.04; AGFI value 0.91 and GFI value was found to be 0.93. When the reliability values of the study were examined, Cronbach’s Alpha value was found to be 0.86. As a result of the research, a computational thinking scale consisting of 3 factors and 30 items was developed. This scale was developed for prospective teachers and can be used at all levels of prospective teachers.
Vibrational study and thermal behavior of dihydrogenotriphosphate trihydrate of 4-aminobenzoic acid and its anhydrous new form fertilizer type NP
Authors: Belhabra Mustapha , Fahim Ismail , Atibi Azzedine , El Kababi Khadija , Ouasri Ali , Zerraf Soufiane , Tridane Malika , Radid Mohammed , Belaaouad Said
Published: August 2019

Chemical synthesis methods and IR spectrometry studies are reported for an organic triphosphate (NH3C6H4COOH)3H2P3O10.3H2O and its anhydrous new form NH3C6H4COOH)3H2P3O10. The hydrate compound (NH3C6H4COOH)3H2P3O10.3H2O was synthetized by the ion-exchange resin method. The dehydration of (NH3C6H4COOH)3H2P3O10.3H2O leads at 130°C to (NH3C6H4COOH)3H2P3O10 crystallizing in the triclinic system with space group P 1 (Z = 2) [a = 14.566(6) Å, b = 6.866 (1) Å, c = 6.445 (6) Å, α = 112.36 (3) °, β = 94.51 (1) °, γ = 95.94(7) °, and V = 587.98 (1) Å3 ]. Merit’s figures are M (10) = 91.9 and F (10) = 55.6 (0.0032, 56). Its thermal behavior and kinetic study were studied by using thermal analyses TGA and DTA techniques between 25 and 600°C.
Inhibition of scaling water of Tiznit region by "LEVALLÂ®10".
Authors: Ben-aazza Said , Hadfi Abdallah , Belattar M'bark , Mohareb Said , Hafid Naima , Driouiche Ali
Published: August 2019

Combating the formation of calcium carbonate deposits in potable water pipes presents a challenge for water treatment systems, The use of inhibitors is one of the best techniques to prevent or delay the formation of these deposits. It is therefore essential to find a new generation of scale inhibitors, which is distinguished, on the one hand, by a better inhibiting effectiveness of calcium carbonate, and, on the other hand, by their ecological effect due to the respect of health and environment norms.
Model study on dilute acid pretreatment of argan pulp for bioethanol production using response surface methodology
Authors: Zouhair Fatima Zahra , En-Nahli Younes , Rachid Kabbour Mohammed , Ebich Fatima , Benali Aouatif , Cheikhi Nabil , El Maadoud El haj , Bouksaim Mohammed , Essamri Azzouz
Published: August 2019

The present work describes comparative dilute acid pretreatment of the argan pulp (residue produced during the argan oil extraction) used as an economical source for bioethanol production. Response surface methodology was used to optimize the pretreatment process and to explore the effect of operational parameters (acid concentration, temperature, time and biomass loading), depending on the acid type (HCl, H2SO4) and pretreatment approach, on total and reducing sugars recovery, in addition to phenolic compounds rate as inhibitors produced during pretreatment process. Experimental results predict an optimal yield of total and reducing sugars of 171.46 mg/ml and 54.83 mg/ml, respectively, were achieved at an optimized time of 30 min with 7% of sulfuric acid at 160°C using 40 % for biomass loading.
Application of the solid-phase micro-extraction technique coupled to GC-MS in the control of the impact of the pest treatment products in the industrial unit on the industrialized food products Quality
Authors: Lakhili Ahmed , Bellaouchou Abdelkbir , El Abidi Abdallah , El Idrissi Mohammed , Fekhaoui Mohammed
Published: August 2019

In this investigation, solid phase extraction (SPME) is applied in order to determine the concentrations of insecticides and rat poisons detected in the samples taken on the industrial finished product. Gas chromatography, coupled with mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) is used as an analytical instrument for this purpose. In order to obtain an optimal extraction, different process parameters are examined and optimized. Relevant results are obtained using 30 minutes non-specific binding property time, with 30 minutes stirring mode with magnetic stirring and a temperature of 30 Â°C. The efficiency of insecticides, poisons for rats, has been demonstrated and pesticides are likely to be at a high concentration in finished industrial products.
Adsorption thermodynamics and isosteric heat of adsorption of Thymol onto sodic, pillared and organic bentonite
Authors: Elmiz Mohamed , Essifi Kamal , Berraaouan Doha , Salhi Samira , Tahani Abdesselam
Published: August 2019

We studied the temperature effects on thymol adsorption on sodium and modified clays from Nador, Morocco. The clay samples used for these analyses were purified and modified by sodium, Al13 and Cetyl Pyridinium chloride before they were used as an adsorbent for the adsorption of thymol from aqueous solution in batch adsorption procedure. The adsorption experiments were carried out as a function of temperature. The adsorption was found to be strongly dependent on the temperature. The Freundlich isotherm model showed an excellent fit to the equilibrium adsorption data. This equation indicates that the logarithm of KF is a linear function of temperature, and it decreases with temperature. The mean free energy (E) estimated from the Rankine (Calendar) modified model indicated that there is a significant relationship between adsorbed quantity and temperature and the primary mechanism governing the sorption process was a physisorption mechanism. The Arrhenius and Eyring equations were used to obtain the activation parameters such as activation energy (Ea), and enthalpy (ΔH°), entropy (ΔS°) and free energy (ΔG°) of activation for the adsorption system. Thermodynamic studies suggested the spontaneous and endothermic nature of adsorption of thymol green by sodium and purified bentonite. The isosteric heat of adsorption (ΔHX) was also determined from the equilibrium information using the Clausius–Clapeyron equation. ΔHX increased with increase in surface loading, indicating some lateral interactions between the adsorbed molecules.
MODELAGEM DA RECARGA HÍDRICA DE ÁGUAS SUBTERRÂNEAS DA BACIA DO RIO UBERABINHA – UBERLÂNDIA – MG
Authors: Henriques Amorim de Jesus Eleonora , Da Silva Michele Paula , Do Valle Marques Karina
Published: August 2019

Nos últimos anos, principalmente no Brasil, os recursos hídricos passaram a ter uma maior visibilidade e utilização devido ao período de desenvolvimento econômico acelerado no país. Para minimizar os impactos sofridos por essas extrações dos recursos hídricos aceleradas, vários instrumentos de gestão vêm sendo desenvolvidos com o intuito de apoiar o planejamento em nível de bacias hidrográficas. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo realizar um estudo de gestão de águas através da plataforma AQUATOOL com base no modelo EVALHID para modelar a recarga hídrica de água subterrânea na Bacia do Rio Uberabinha durante um período de avaliação de 10 anos (janeiro 2005 a dezembro de 2014). Em relação aos resultados obtidos foi possível perceber que a infiltração e/ou recarga hídrica é influenciada diretamente pelos valores de precipitação, evapotranspiração e escoamento superficial, os meses em que a chuva é intensa a taxa de infiltração também é maior, e o mesmo acontece ao contrário, ou seja, é necessário garantir a preservação/ conversação de todo sistema hidrológico para garantir o abastecimento do subsolo na bacia em questão. Enfim, a aplicação do modelo juntamente com a calibração apresentou resultados satisfatórios nos estudos realizados na Bacia do Rio Uberabinha, podendo vir auxiliar os órgãos gestores.
ANÁLISE DOS SISTEMAS NATURAIS DO MUNICÍPIO DE ALCOBAÇA (BA)
Authors: Spanghero Pedro , Charles Ralph , Souza Denivaldo Ferreira , Oliveira Regina Célia de
Published: August 2019

As regiões litorâneas apresentam diversas fisionomias paisagísticas, compostas por feições morfológicas que variam de acordo com a latitude, geologia, clima, descarga fluvial, diversidades pedológicas e de fauna e flora. Consequentemente, constituem-se em áreas de grande fragilidade e vulnerabilidade devido aos processos naturais e a relação secular de ocupação destas zonas. As ações antrópicas podem resultar em danos irreversíveis que impulsiona os conflitos de ordem ambiental e social. De acordo com os princípios sistêmicos, o sistema naturais do município de Alcobaça é composta pelos elementos naturais conectados e integrados que formam uma unidade com constante circulação de energia e matéria dos sistemas naturais e antrópicos. Em virtude deste cenário, este trabalho tem como objetivo colaborar com o processo de ordenamento do uso e ocupação da terra do município de Alcobaça a partir da execução de uma análise dos sistemas naturais na escala 1:50.000. Para tanto, foi utilizado a metodologia proposta por Rodriguez, Silva e Cavalcanti (2013), da Geoecologia da Paisagem, que a partir da articulação dos componentes naturais da paisagem foi gerado o Mapa de Sistemas Naturais a partir da definição de zonas que apresentassem dinâmicas de funcionamento e processos semelhantes.
Constrained shortest path query in a large time-dependent graph
Authors: Yuan Ye , Lian Xiang , Wang Guoren , Ma Yuliang , Wang Yishu
Published: August 2019

The constrained shortest path (CSP) query over static graphs has been extensively studied, since it has wide applications in transportation networks, telecommunication networks and etc. Such networks are dynamic and evolve over time, being modeled as
time-dependent graphs.
Therefore, in this paper, we study the CSP query over a large time-dependent graph. Specifically, we study the point CSP (PCSP) query and interval CSP (ICSP) query. We formally prove that it is NP-complete to process a PCSP query and at least EXPSPACE to answer an ICSP query. We propose approximate sequential algorithms to answer the PCSP and ICSP queries efficiently. We also develop parallel algorithms for the queries that guarantee to scale with big time-dependent graphs. Using real-life graphs, we experimentally verify the efficiency and scalability of our algorithms.
Shear Behavior of Crushed Mudstone and Claystone under Macrostructural and Microstructural Approaches
Authors: Nahazanan Haslinda , Rosley Ili Syazwani , Yusoff Zainuddin Md.
Published: August 2019

This article discussed the shear behavior of crushed mudstone and claystone in Malaysia when subjected to short- and long-term immersion while staged compression-immersion-direct shear tests were performed. The crushed mudrocks were subjected to 5 stages of loading (50 kPa, 100 kPa, 150 kPa, 300 kPa, and 600 kPa) with and without immersion, whereby immersions were done at 100 kPa and 600 kPa vertical loads were referred to as long- and short-term immersion tests, respectively. A variable pressure scanning electron microscope (VPSEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were employed for microstructural investigation so as to give a microstructural description of crushed mudrock failure upon shearing. It is found that short-term immersion had caused the crushed mudrocks to be less brittle while long-term immersion resulted in fully plastic straining behavior for both crushed mudrocks. XRD results revealed that claystone contained higher swelling minerals compared to mudstone, which explains the clod-form of claystone seen in VPSEM images. Based on both macrostructural and microstructural investigation, it is found that the crushed mudrocks are more susceptible to failure under short-term immersion, while long-term immersion caused the crushed mudrocks to achieve a stable state and be less sensitive to further moisture changes.
The Relationship Between Mean Platelet Volume and In-Hospital Mortality in Geriatric Patients with ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Who Underwent Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Authors: Şatıroğlu Ömer , Durakoğlugil Murtaza Emre , Uydu Hüseyin Avni , Duman Hakan , Çetin Mustafa , Çiçek Yüksel , Erdoğan Turan
Published: August 2019

Objective: We planned to investigate the effect of mean platelet volume (MPV) on in-hospital mortality and coronary risk factors in geriatric patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Methods: We enrolled 194 consecutive STEMI patients. The study population was divided into two groups on the basis of admission MPVs. The high-MPV group (n=49) included patients in the highest tertile (>8.9 fL), and the low-MPV group (n=145) included patients with a value in the lower two tertiles (≤8.9 fL). Clinical characteristics, in-hospital mortality, cardiovascular risk factors, and outcomes of primary PCI were analyzed.

Results: The patients in the high-MPV group were older, more of them had three-vessel disease, and they had higher in-hospital mortality. Patients with in-hospital death were older, had higher Gensini score, creatinine concentration, and MPV, and had lower HDL cholesterol concentration. MPV, age, HDL cholesterol concentration, creatinine concentration, and Gensini score were found to be independent predictors of in-hospital death.

Conclusion: These results suggest that high admission MPV levels are associated with increased in-hospital mortality in geriatric patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI.
Metformin improves vascular and metabolic insulin action in insulin-resistant muscle
Authors: Bradley Eloise A , Premilovac Dino , Betik Andrew C , Hu Donghua , Attrill Emily , Richards Stephen M , Rattigan Stephen , Keske Michelle A
Published: August 2019

Insulin stimulates glucose disposal in skeletal muscle in part by increasing microvascular blood flow, and this effect is blunted during insulin resistance. We aimed to determine whether metformin treatment improves insulin-mediated glucose disposal and vascular insulin responsiveness in skeletal muscle of insulin-resistant rats. Sprague–Dawley rats were fed a normal (ND) or high-fat (HFD) diet for 4 weeks. A separate HFD group was given metformin in drinking water (HFD + MF, 150 mg/kg/day) during the final 2 weeks. After the intervention, overnight-fasted (food and metformin removed) anaesthetised rats underwent a 2-h euglycaemic–hyperinsulinaemic clamp (10 mU/min/kg) or saline infusion. Femoral artery blood flow, hindleg muscle microvascular blood flow, muscle glucose disposal and muscle signalling (Ser473-AKT and Thr172-AMPK phosphorylation) were measured. HFD rats had elevated body weight, epididymal fat pad weight, fasting plasma insulin and free fatty acid levels when compared to ND. HFD-fed animals displayed whole-body and skeletal muscle insulin resistance and blunting of insulin-stimulated femoral artery blood flow, muscle microvascular blood flow and skeletal muscle insulin-stimulated Ser473-AKT phosphorylation. Metformin treatment of HFD rats reduced fasting insulin and free fatty acid concentrations and lowered body weight and adiposity. During euglycaemic-hyperinsulinaemic clamp, metformin-treated animals showed improved vascular responsiveness to insulin, improved insulin-stimulated muscle Ser473-AKT phosphorylation but only partially restored (60%) muscle glucose uptake. This occurred without any detectable levels of metformin in plasma or change in muscle Thr172-AMPK phosphorylation. We conclude that 2-week metformin treatment is effective at improving vascular and metabolic insulin responsiveness in muscle of HFD-induced insulin-resistant rats.
To Act or not to Act: How Coleridge Changed the Way We See Hamlet
Authors: Poštić Svetozar
Published: August 2019

Exactly 200 years ago, from 1811 to 1819, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of the most famous English Romantic poets, held a series of influential lectures about William Shakespeareand his plays. His presentation of “Hamlet”, a play hitherto not only negatively appraised, but even viewed quite negatively by the leading critics, most notably Samuel Johnson, was especially significant. His insightful analysis helped to change the general opinion about the play, and pointed to the qualities of “Hamlet” that made it into perhaps the best known and most frequently played drama in the next 200 years. In this paper, I examine the way Coleridge was able to recognise the neglected features of Shakespeare’s profound tragedy up to that point. First of all, he identified with the main protagonist of the play, the Prince of Denmark, and described the unbridgeable gap between ambitions and power of imagination on the one hand, and inability to act on the other. Like Hamlet, Coleridge had "great, enormous, intellectual activity, and a consequent proportionate aversion to real action" (Coleridge 2014: 345). Aware of this shortcoming, but unable to correct it, the extremely talented and educated Coleridge presented it in fascinating detail. Secondly, he used his knowledge of the most influential contemporary philosophers, especially Kant, Locke and Hobbes, and the increasingly popular psychological approach to character analysis in order to paint an internal portrait of leading characters of the play. Due to the increasingly popular trend in recent literary theory and analysis focusing on the political and material context of an art work, the universal qualities of Coleridge's intepretation of “Hamlet” that contributed to the lasting influence of his critique have been largely neglected. This article intends, therefore, to re-establish the significance of Coleridge's “Hamlet” lectures
Polish and Bulgarian Somatic Phrases Justified with the Names of the Parts of the Body Designed for Thinking
Authors: Michow Elżbieta
Published: August 2019

The article includes the analysis of Polish and Bulgarian somatic phrases with the meaning justified with substantial components – the names of the parts of the body having a semantic feature ‘designed for thinking’ in the semantic structure. This semantic feature belongs to mental functions in the categories of semantic features and it justified the meaning of the number of collected phrases in Bulgarian (about 60) twice as big as in Polish (about 30). The most productive components of analysed phrases are NA (nomen anatomicum) Polish głowa (łeb), Bulgarian глава and мозък. NA Polish mózg and exceptionally NA Polish ciemię i mózgownica are rarely used in the function of the component. Furthermore, the observations of productivity of NA lead to the conclusion that metonymic alternations of NA: глава – мозък are used in Bulgarian more often. They are based on the same function of both exchanged parts of the body: designed for thinking. However, in Polish exceptional and rare metonymies are possible: głowa – ciemię and głowa – mózgownica. The semantics of Polish and Bulgarian phrases concerns two categories: 1) the process of thinking (as a way of learning and memorizing as well as upsetting oneself); 2) the characteristics and the evaluation of human’s intellectual abilities. A detailed analysis was conducted within the confines of collections that realize the relations of initial phase, continuation and finalization. Furthermore, it was proved that very productive metaphors that organize the imagery in Polish and Bulgarian somatic phrases are the ontological metaphor of a container and the structural metaphor of a machine.
Vernacular Translation as Enarratio Poetarum: Cædmon's “Hymn of Creation”
Authors: Kaušikaitė Greta , Solomonik-Pankrašova Tatyana
Published: August 2019

In the Middle Ages, interpreter was thought to be a poet, skilled in the art of composition; and an exegete, able to turn the enigmatic mode of the Scriptures into the human language. Medieval translation appertained to a hermeneutical performance, with the ‘modus inveniendi’ as its constituent part. This article aims at revealing the enigmatic mode of medieval translation in Cædmon’s ‘Hymn of Creation’. Cædmon, an unenlightened cowherd, miraculously acquired the gift to recite a Christian Song, which rendered the world ‘as a Dive work of Art’. Cædmon is re–creating the original texts by imposing his ‘enarratio poetarum’ upon the Story of Creation as manifest in the ‘Book of Genesis’, the Latin ‘Vulgate’. The novelty of the research lies in deciphering the ‘enarratio poetarum’ in Cædmon’s ‘Hymn of Creation’ as a transformation from rhetorical poetics to hermeneutics, from the ‘modus inveniendi’ to the ‘modus interpretandi’, so that the Cædmonian ‘artes poetriae’ becomes inseparable from exegesis. Most previous research1 focused on the poetic vocabulary, viz., the fusion of heroic Germanic idiom and Christian lore in the context of Anglo–Latin literature. Cædmon rendered the thirty one line of Genesis, the Act of Creation, into the nine–line ‘Hymn of Creation’, which embraces not only the Act of Creation, but adores the Creator by giving Him a variety of poetic names. By re–creating the text of the Scriptures Cædmon is becoming the ‘fidus interpres’ in the sense of faithful exegete.
The Peculiarities of Nickname Structure in the Vicinity of Veliuona: Secondary Nicknames
Authors: Mickienė Ilona , Baranauskienė Rita
Published: August 2019

The paper analyses 782 nicknames that were recorded at Veliuona vicinity during the project of the Institute of the Lithuanian Language “Modern Research of Geolinguistics in Lithuania: Optimisation of Network of Points and Interactive Spread of Dialectal Information”. The paper aims to identify the characteristic attributes of nickname structure. The analysis of the relations in derivation, i. e., tentatively distinguishing the derivation base and formant is the only way to talk about common word derivation. While researching the nicknames it is difficult to find such a universal criterion in derivation which would enable the distribution of nicknames into the primary and the secondary ones due to the fact that when a nickname and its appellative derivation motivation coincides the confusion arises. Thus, the paper invokes the structural analysis of nicknames to find universal criteria that would enable the distinction of nicknames into the primary and the secondary. The article eliminates the primary nicknames that do not differ from the motivational word, 241 secondary nickname is being researched ant structurally analysed. The structural analysis discloses a proper structure and common words being selected for nickname creation. Structurally analysing the secondary nicknames, the nicknames with suffix, inflection, mixed structure, compound, composite and phrasal nicknames were distinguished. It was determined that in vacinity of Veliuona the nicknames with suffix and inflection are mostly used.
John R. Taylor. Language in the Mind. Part II. / Kalba mąstyme. II dalis. Translated by Živilė Nemickienė
Authors: Nemickienė Živilė
Published: August 2019

Original article: John R. Taylor. Language in the mind
Mačiulis-Maironis, Jonas. Pavasario balsai. 1920 metų leidimo maketo fotografinė kopija
Authors: Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė Gabija
Published: August 2019

MAČIULIS-MAIRONIS, Jonas. Pavasario balsai. 1920 metų leidimo maketo fotografinė kopija. Rengėja ir įvadinio teksto autorė Virginija Babonaitė. Kaunas: Naujasis lankas, 2014, 246 p.
John Webster’s Drama “The Duchess Of Malfi”: The Contexts and Contests of Wit
Authors: Astrauskienė Jurgita , Krūminienė Jadvyga
Published: August 2019

The paper examines wit as a major, informing and thematically important literary element that enables the readers to penetrate into the deeper realms of imagination and interpretation. The meaning of the term ‘wit’ has changed a lot during the years both in critical and dictionary usage. Therefore, various conceptions of wit from the diachronic perspective are presented and its types in the theatrical discourse are examined. In the discourse of drama wit is generally divided into two main forms: ‘repartee’ and ‘quip’. As repartee it is used to display ones agility or mental superiority over another character in the dialogue taking a form of a verbal contest. As quip it can act as a sharp stroke of wit to announce the speaker’s original opinion or observation. However, both types of wit invoke cleverness as the most important component of a witty utterance. The interest of the authors is particularly directed towards the role of social wit in John Webster’s drama ‘The Duchess of Malfi‘ (1613). This Jacobean drama is often considered the dramatic masterpiece of the early seventeenth-century English stage. The paper aims to reveal the complexity of a witty dramatic discourse by analyzing its technique, contexts and contest characteristics through the examination of witty instances formed in the drama. It gives an exploration of the social context and mechanism of the formation of a witty utterance that has a high social value as it is in Webster’s play where wit serves to convey the language of contest, often resulting in aggression, open mockery, exposing moral corruption and social injustice.
Man in the “Points of Intensity”: Garden as a Space of Self- Identification
Authors: Brazgovskaya Elena
Published: August 2019

The article deals with the issue of semiotic and cognitive potential of a garden as a compositional form (“Ogrody” by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz). Silva rerum, florilegia, hortus act as its genre presupposition in European artistic tradition. We define the semiotic potential of a “garden” through the system of symbolic meanings: garden as a collection, locus amoenus, sphere of potentiality or ordering, garden as a memory space, intellectual space, etc. The garden via a compositional form of this text and the space of thought functions as an iconic sign of memory. Each object of the past, being replaced by a sign, receives localization in our memory and becomes a “text”. This allows us “to read” the past in the absence of an immediate reception. Garden acquires the properties of textuality and a semiotic object. Hence Iwaszkiewicz considers six gardens in “Ogrody” as a model of his life. Memory is a nonlinear space. Therefore, transitions between gardens are only arbitrary, associative. At the same time garden as a compositional form becomes the cognitive tool of identity. Topology of this memory space (configuration of people, books, music, which become signs) is the cognitive map of the “self (selfhood, selfness). The self-referent structures create the illusion: I (the one who writes) is combined with that person from the past (also I), which he recalls. Nonetheless, all narratives about selfhood are only “the map, but not a territory” (A. Korzybski).
Language of Love in Marcelijus Martinaitis „Atmintys“
Authors: Bačiulienė Kristina
Published: August 2019

The notion of transcendental love in the context of “the eternal return”, the motif of Eros, and the image of a woman are discussed in Marcelijus Martinaitis’s book “Atmintys: meilės lyrikos albumas” (Eng. Reminiscences: the album of love lyrics”) (2008). The methods of mythopoetic thought, comparativistics, and interpretative mind have been applied. On the basis of the Bible, mythology, the notion of and relation between Eros and Love, also combining notions developed by philosophers as Nikolai Berdyaev, Erich Fromm, Vladimir Solovyev, phenomenologists as Algis Mickūnas, Mircea Eliade, Plato, and insights by popes Paul VI and Benedict XVI, a concept which might be useful in deciphering the language of love in Marcelijus Martinaitis’s book is introduced. The primary code of the album of love is the concept of memory and the notion of love as seen by Oskaras Milašius, while the secondary code relates to Dante, chivalric romance of Provence troubadours, legends of King Arthur, Celtic mythology. The genre of M. Martinaitis’s reminiscences was born when the poet was studying in Gervinės, and the first collection of Reminiscences appeared in 1986. The text of Reminiscences was seen as hermetic, intertextual, reflecting the act of cosmogony and antropogony in permanent space-time. The process of word re-creation is associated with archetypal consciousness, and the cycle of “the eternal return” prevails. Love is perceived as transcendental and existential basis, a purpose to merge with God, God’s gift to humanity, and the vision of love object. Eros (passion) is ambivalent: it is earthly / heavenly, sinful / divine, creating / destructive, and driving power of creation. A woman is seen as earthly / sensual, divine / unreachable. An issue which motif (Christian or courtesan literature) dominates in the album of love lyrics is discussed. Album is of great interest as an immanent text.
Dalitz Decays of Unflavored Mesons in the Poincaré Covariant Quark Model
Authors: Haurysh V. Yu. , Andreev V. V.
Published: August 2019

The procedure for obtaining the radiative decay constants of pseudoscalar and vector unflavored mesons in the point-form of PiQM is presented. Based on the obtained earlier parameters of the model for light (u, d, s) quarks, we obtain the remaining parameters from the experiments on the V → Py and P → Vy decays. As a result, the mixing angles for pseudoscalar and vector mesons and the behavior of the V → Pℓ+ℓ− decay constant are obtained in agreement with modern experimental data.
Third-Order Correlation Functions for a Coulomb Pair
Authors: Vaskivskyi V. I.
Published: August 2019

Third-order correlation functions for two particles with the electrostatic interaction have been obtained for the first time using the direct algebraic method. The main relations for the correlation functions that do not depend on the explicit form of the interaction potential between particles, as well as the relations that appear for four specific forms of the interaction operator, are considered.
Hematoma espinal epidural espontáneo asociado a tratamiento anticoagulante con acenocumarol: a propósito de un caso. [Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma in patients treated with acenocumarol: A case study]
Authors: Chuliá Carrasco Verónica , Gómez Barbero Patricia
Published: August 2019

El hematoma epidural espontáneo es una entidad muy poco frecuente que supone una urgencia neurológica. Su presentación es muy variable, desde un dolor de espalda hasta una tetraplejia, según la gravedad y el nivel de compresión. Se comunica el caso de un paciente cardiópata de 71 años, tratado con acenocumarol, que presentó un hematoma epidural de modo espontáneo. Al inclinarse hacia el suelo, el paciente, que no tenía síntomas, sufrió un dolor brusco cervical seguido de debilidad en los miembros superiores e inferiores. Ante la sospecha clínica de una compresión medular, se decide realizar una resonancia magnética de urgencia, que mostró un hematoma de localización epidural con extensión desde C4 hasta T8. El diagnóstico urgente y el tratamiento de descompresión precoz son fundamentales para reducir al mínimo los daños neurológicos posteriores permanentes.  AbstractSpontaneous spinal epidural hematoma is an uncommon condition and a neurological emergency. The clinical presentation of this type of hematoma is very variable, ranging from a backache up to a quadriplegia, according to the severity and the site of compression. Here, we discuss the clinical case of a 71-year-old patient with heart problems, under previous treatment with acenocumarol, that suffered a spontaneous epidural hematoma. The patient, previously asymptomatic, presented, sudden cervical pain when he bent over, followed by weakness in the lower and the upper limbs. Due to the clinical suspicion, an emergency MRI was performed, showing an epidural hematoma extending from C4 to T8. Early diagnosis and decompressive treatment are mandatory to minimize permanent neurological damage.
Hidrogeles de polimerización in situ para la regeneración de cartílago articular. [In-situ-forming hydrogels for articular cartilage repair]
Authors: Rodríguez-Fontán Francisco , Pascual-Garrido Cecilia
Published: August 2019

Una significativa cantidad de adultos jóvenes activos sufre lesiones condrales focales. Estas lesiones, si no se tratan, pueden progresar hacia la artrosis, que es una de las principales enfermedades musculoesqueléticas debilitantes y de gran carga económica que afectan a toda sociedad. Pese a los tratamientos quirúrgicos disponibles para la reparación de defectos condrales focales sintomáticos que mejoran la calidad de vida a mediano plazo, hay un mayor riesgo de progresión hacia la artrosis prematura. Los tratamientos biológicos (células madre, bioingeniería tisular) han avanzado a grandes pasos en los últimos años. La bioingeniería es un área que ha progresado en la regeneración de cartílago articular y que potencialmente podría progresar en el terreno de tratamientos articulares, promoviendo la regeneración y evitando la degeneración. Las células madre y los hidrogeles pueden proveer un tejido símil biológico de comportamiento dinámico-funcional equivalente que induce la regeneración tisular al ser degradado y reemplazado gradualmente. El abordaje consiste en colocar un hidrogel precursor o un biomaterial tridimensional impreso dentro del defecto condral por ocupar para inducir la regeneración. Esta revisión se focaliza en el uso actual y futuro de hidrogeles y bioimpresión tridimensional para la regeneración de cartílago articular en el tratamiento de lesiones condrales focales y proporciona datos preliminares de dos estudios piloto en animales. AbstractA significant number of young active adults are affected by focal chondral lesions. These lesions, if left untreated, will progress to osteoarthritis (OA). OA is one of the main debilitating musculoskeletal diseases and leads to a high economic and social burden. Despite surgical cartilage repair for focal chondral lesions, which improve patient-reported outcomes at short- and mid-term, there is a risk of early OA progression. Biological treatments (i.e., stem-cell therapy, bioengineering) have made great progress in the last years. Tissue engineering is an evolving field for articular cartilage repair which could potentially be used for the treatment of focal chondral lesions, promoting regeneration and preventing joint surface degeneration. Stem cells and hydrogels may provide a functional, dynamic and biologically equivalent tissue that promotes tissue regeneration while being gradually degraded and replaced. The standard approach to tissue engineering consists in delivering cells within a hydrogel or a three-dimensional printed biomaterial scaffold into the chondral lesion to induce regeneration. This review focuses on the current and future use of hydrogels and tissue scaffold bioprinting for the treatment of focal chondral lesions, and provides preliminary data from two pilot animal studies.
Functional analysis of laboratory biogas plant
Authors: Georgieva Nely , Ivanov Krasimir , Jordanov Krasimir
Published: August 2019

The need to provide new sources of energy intensifies research into the use of renewable sources. A good solution is to optimize fermentation methods for bio-waste, which will have a double effect - obtaining green energy and recycling bio-waste that pollutes the environment. This is one of the priorities of the European Union - the new initiative for the circular economy, where recycling of the biomass and receiving pure organic fertilizer is one of the main aims.
The report presents a study to determine the working capacity of an available laboratory facility for the production of biogas from biomass through methanogenesis. Experiments carried out have identified some of the design bugs that have been removed. Multiple factors influence this process, and laboratory experiments need to be conducted to determine their impact on the process and on the amount of biogas released to obtain the best result.
As a result of four series of experiments, proposals for optimization of the structure and elements of the laboratory establishment and for future research directions were formulated.