bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Response of potato biomass and tuber yield under future climate change scenarios in Egypt
Authors: Dewedar Osama , Plauborg Finn , El-Shafie Ahmed , Marwa Abdelbaset
Published: November 2023

FAO AquaCrop model ver. 6.1 was calibrated and validated by means of an independent data sets during the harvesting seasons of 2016/2017 and 2017/2018, at El Noubaria site in western north of Egypt. To assess the impact of the increase in temperature and CO2 concentration on potato biomass and tuber yield simulations, experiments were carried out with four downscaled and bias-corrected of General Circulation Models (GCMs) data sets based on the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) scenarios under demonstrative Concentration Trails (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5, selected for 2021–2040 and 2041–2060. The study showed that the model could satisfactorily simulate potato canopy cover, biomass, harvest and soil water content under various irrigation treatments. The biomass and yield decreased for all GCMs in both future series 2030s and 2050s. Biomass reduction varied between 5.60 and 9.95%, while the reduction of the simulated yield varied between 3.53 and 7.96% for 2030. The lowest values of biomass and yield were achieved by HadGEM2-ES under RCP 8.5 with 27.213 and 20.409 Mg∙ha–1, respectively corresponding to –9.95 and –7.96% reduction. The lowest reductions were 5.60 and 3.53% for biomass and yield, respectively, obtained with MIROC5 under RCP 8.5 for 2030. Reductions in biomass and yield in 2050 were higher than in 2030. The results are showing that higher temperatures shortened the growing period based on calculated growing degree days (GDD). Therefore, it is very important to study changing sowing dates to alleviate the impact of climate change by using field trials, simulation and deep learning models.
Geospatial potential and environmental changes: Case study of complex nature of the Altai Geopark
Authors: Kocheeva Nina A. , Iurkova Natalia A. , Sukhova Mariia G. , Redkin Aleksndr Germanovich , Zhuravleva Olga Valerevna
Published: November 2023

The geopark Altai has a set of unique geological, geographical, and archaeological objects. Its basis is made by geological space with a specific relief that plays an important role, and on certain sites, it takes the first place in comparison with other types of objects. The peculiar feature of the geopark Altai is that in its territory there is a landscape connection among archaeological, geological, and geographical objects, which at certain sites is penetrated by mental and cultural fluids causing a deep interest of tourists in this territory. In this regard, the authors consider the relief as an object of cognitive, educational, and practical activities of the geopark Altai. Therefore, the following tasks were set up: to find a site for the realization of several types of activities by the geopark and to develop a theoretical scientific and a popular science base for their imple-mentation. As a result of the work done, the authors allocated the site within the boundaries of the geopark Altai where modern dynamics of the relief are characterized by the maximum speed. On this site, it is possible to recreate the processes that created the relief in the geological past and to study these processes now. The specifics of weather and climatic conditions in this region made its relief very important for economic activity of the population inhabiting this territory. Therefore, as of today, the study of the condition of certain surface sites and forecasting the development of relief-forming processes is an important part of any activity on the described territory. The long-term geological, ecological, geographical, and archaeolog-ical research conducted by the authors on the territory of the Altai Republic served as materials for this study. The geological materials were collected by the methods adopted in this field of research (field survey of structures and rocks, cartographic methods, analysis of general geological data, and others). The ecological and geographical results were obtained using geo-chemical, hydrochemical, analytical, and others.
Evaluating annual and seasonal patterns of suspended sediment loads in a semi-arid watershed, central Algeria
Authors: Rabah Mosbah , Bouchelkia Hamad , Belarbi Fadila , Millares Agustin
Published: November 2023

Soil loss is a major problem for watersheds management in semi-arid environments. The objective of the present study is to analyze the annual and seasonal patterns of suspended loads and quantify the specific sediment yields in a semi-arid environment of the Mazafran Watershed in central Algeria. The obtained information of water discharge and suspended sediment load, recorded during 19 years, was confronted with precipitation data in order to establish the relationships between theforcing agents and erosive processes. The specific sediment yield was estimated by assessing rating curve data under two types of identified responses. The obtained results allowedconfirming the seasonality on suspended sediment transport in the studied basin, which accounts for 56% of the total suspended sediment load estimated in winter. The mean annual suspended sediment is estimated at 17.52 Mg·ha–1·y–1. The results highlighted that the type 2 event dominates the production of sediment in the study area in comparison with type 1 event. The analysis of the variability of rainfall erosivity index showed that there is a strong correlation between the annual precipitation and modified Fournier index ( MFI), and a weak correlation with the monthly precipitation concentration index ( PCI). Moreover, the spatial distribution of the modified Fournier index at the basin scale showed the highest precipitation aggressiveness in the Southern part of the study region for both type of events, whereas the precipitation aggressiveness low to moderate in the remaining part of the study region.
Interbasin water transfer in the Central Highlands of Vietnam: Impacts and lessons learned
Authors: Nhung Dang Thi Kim , Manh Nguyen Van , Kim Nguyen Quang
Published: November 2023

In Vietnam, drought has been occurring persistently and in very complicated patterns, with a great impact on the water, energy, and food security nexus and regional development sustainability. The uncertainty surrounding annual water resources in combination with the low reliability of interbasin water transfer (IBWT) operations is the key driver of water deficits in several affected regions. This study aims to assess the impacts of four big IBWT projects in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, based on a proposed matrix of five evaluation criteria to quantify related impacts and to draw out lessons learned for future development of IBWT. The proposed criteria matrix was formulated on the basis of intensive reviews of IBWT assessments worldwide and relevant Vietnamese laws in force. The impacts were analysed and quantified mainly based on assessment of their operational database and water balance simulations for donor and recipient river basins in current and future states. The results show that the studied IBWT projects did not fully satisfy the proposed criteria set, all project did not meet the criteria of benefit sharing and information transparency; noticeably the Don Duong project fulfilled only one from five. Four lessons were determined for proper planning in river basins, flexibility in system design for unknown future, inadequate environmental impact assessment and delay in enactment of policies for IBWT project management. The results provide sound knowledge to revise the existing projects in the Central Highlands and procedures for impact assessment and approval of new IBWT systems.
The Poetics of Collection in Jinasena’s Ādipurāṇa
Authors: Matyszkiewicz Ariadna
Published: November 2023

The pattern of collection, which characterizes the classical Indian though in general, may serve as a strongly persuasive literary device. In that role it is often employed in Sanskrit grand narratives, specifically, in Hindu epics, purāṇas, and ornate epic poems (mahākāvya). The study seeks to examine the conceptual grounds, figurative realisations and persuasive ends of this pattern in Jinasena’s (9th century CE) Ādipurāṇa, an important text of the Digambara Jain tradition. Jinasena’s work represents the genre of Jainpurāṇas, which combines and modifies the generic properties of the afore mentioned Sanskrit grand narratives.
Rethinking the Arab-Islamic Tradition. On the New Translation of Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū Zayd’s "Critique of Religious Discourse" (Naqd al-Ḫiṭāb ad-Dīnī)
Authors: Moch Michał
Published: November 2023

The article highlights the significance of the first full English translation of Naqd al-Hitāb ad-Dīnī (Critique of Religious Discourse), one of the most characteristic and important works of the acclaimed Egyptian intellectual Nāsr Hāmid Abū Zayd (1943–2010). The work was firstly published in 1992 by Sīnā li-an-Našr in Cairo, coinciding with the beginning of the so-called Case of Abū Zayd (1992–1995), the campaign of Egyptian fundamentalists against the scholar. Abū Zayd’s critique of the dominant discourses and worldviews in the Arab world, created both by the Islamic fundamentalists and so-called Islamic left, has gained huge acclaim in the international academia but so far there has not been a full translation of the work into English (also taking into account the important role of the full German edition published by Chérifa Magdi and Navid Kermani in 1996). In 2018 Jonathan Wright’s translation was published by Yale University Press in the series “World Thought in Translation”. The edition was enriched by Carool Kersten’s scholarly introduction. The following article discusses the translation dilemma regarding Naqd… (e.g. problems with finding equivalents for Arabic semiotic and hermeneutical terminology utilised by the Egyptian scholar), giving examples of the choices made by the translator. Adding to it, the more general issues of the impact of Abū Zayd’s work on the contemporary rereading of Arab-Islamic turāt are analysed.
Diagnosen stellen und dabei personzentriert sein
Authors: Luderer Hans-Jürgen
Published: November 2023

Carl Rogers stand Fragen der Diagnostik in Beratung und Psychotherapie äußerst skeptisch gegenüber. Seine Argumente, die er 1951 ausführlich darlegte, bezogen sich dabei auf die Irrelevanz der Diagnostik für Beratung und Psychotherapie, auf die Intransparenz des diagnostischen Prozesses, auf die Gefahr der Manipulation Betroffener und auf die mit diagnostischen Feststellungen verbundene negative Bewertung der Betroffenen. Fragen der Klassifikation psychischer Störungen sprach er dabei nur in einer Fußnote an. In dieser schloss er die Anwendung psychiatrischer Diagnosen für die Zukunft nicht aus, wenn das Problem der niedrigen Reliabilität psychiatrischer Diagnosen gelöst sein sollte.Die Kritik an jeglicher Form der Klassifikation psychischer Störungen begann später, hält aber bis heute an. Das zentrale Argument lautet: die wichtigen psychologischen Charakteristika einer Person sind individuell und können nicht angemessen durch diagnostische Kategorien erfasst werden.In diesem Beitrag werden wir zeigen, wie es möglich ist, Diagnosen zu stellen bzw. nachzuvollziehen und dabei die gesamte Person im Blick zu behalten. Wir werden ein erweitertes Modell der Inkongruenz zwischen Selbst und Erfahrung sowie ein personzentriertes Modell der situations- und störungsspezifischen Empathie, Akzeptanz und Kongruenz darstellen. Dabei werden wir aufzeigen, dass es hilfreich ist, nicht nur die betroffene Person, sondern auch ihre psychosoziale Situation und ihre psychischen Störungen zu verstehen. Dieses Verständnis erweitert unsere Möglichkeiten, empathisch, akzeptierend und kongruent zu sein.
Die Aktivität der Therapeut*in in der Personzentrierten Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie – Wann ist diese sinnvoll, nötig und „erlaubt“?
Authors: Fröhlich-Gildhoff Klaus , Maiworm Manuela , Riedel Klaus , Steinhauser Hildegard
Published: November 2023

Seit der Publikation der non-direktiven Spieltherapie nach Axline (1947) hat sich die Personzentrierte Kinder und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie im deutschsprachigen Raum deutlich weiter entwickelt: Auf der Grundlage eines Beziehungsangebots, das von bedingungsloser Akzeptanz und Wertschätzung, von Empathie und Kongruenz geprägt ist, bereichern zunehmend weitere Interventionen den therapeutischen Prozess, die passgenau am Kind/Jugendlichen und seinen spezifischen Entwicklungsbedürfnissen orientiert sind. Der vorliegende Beitrag gibt dem aktiveren Handeln der Therapeut*in ein Konzept. Fallvignetten verdeutlichen dies.
Optimize and Purification of Keratinase Produced from Local Aspergillus Terreus A13 Isolate Using A Feather as Substrate
Authors: Al-Sa'ady Ali J. R.
Published: November 2023

Keratin is a fibrous, insoluble structural protein that is highly cross-linked with hydrophobic, hydrogen, and disulfide bonds. Keratinases are enzymes that belong to the category of serine hydrolases that are capable of breaking down keratin. The results of the determination of the better fermentation system showed that the production of keratinase from local A.terreus A13 isolate by submerged fermentation (SmF) system was the best system to give the highest specific activity (113.4 U/mg) of keratinase compared with solid-state fermentation (SSF). The optimum conditions for keratinase production by SmF, were determined via cultivation conditions, including carbon source, nitrogen source, temperature, pH of the medium, and time of incubation were optimized to enhance the production of total keratinase production in a culture of A.terreus A13 with incubator shaker. The highest product of total keratinase was achieved in feather broth with 2 % sucrose, and 0.5 % soya bean, with a pH of 5.5 at 28 °C for 8 days. Separation and purification of keratinase from a local isolate of A.terreus A13 was done by precipitating with 0-75 % saturated ammonium sulfate, then by ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Cellulose column and sephadex G-150 gel. Partially purified keratinase gave an activity of 5.1 U/ml, protein concentration of 0.004 mg/ml, and specific activity of 1275 U/mg with purification fold of 4.96 and 49 % as yield. The aim of the present study was to optimize the production of keratinase from A. terreus A13, cultivated using optimum conditions, and its use for the biodegradation of feathers.
Follower and Takeoff Points in Proximity Spaces
Authors: Almohammed Raghad , Jabar L .A. A.
Published: November 2023

In the present study, the cluster concept was adopted to find points parallel to the cumulative points of any subset in topology cluster proximity spaces. The takeoff set term was given by the researcher to the set of all points. Also, an opposite definition was found for it, which is the follower set. The relation between them was found and their most important properties were highlighted. Through these two sets, new sets were built that are called, f_σ-set ,f_tσ-set ,t_fσ-set ,bushy set, scant set  .
SMS Spam Detection Using Multiple Linear Regression and Extreme Learning Machines
Authors: Ali Zuhair Hussein , Salman Hayder Mahmood , Harif Alaa Hassan
Published: November 2023

With the growth of the use mobile phones, people have become increasingly interested in using Short Message Services (SMS) as the most suitable communications service. The popularity of SMS has also given rise to SMS spam, which refers to any unwanted message sent to a mobile phone as a text. Spam may cause many problems, such as traffic bottlenecks or stealing important users' information. This paper,  presents a new model that extracts seven features from each message before applying a Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) to assign a weight to each of the extracted features. The message features are fed into the Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) to determine whether they are spam or ham. To evaluate the proposed model, the UCI benchmark dataset was used. The proposed model produced recall, precision, F-measure, and accuracy values of 98.7%, 93.3%, 95.9%, and 98.2%, respectively.
Alcohols as substrates in transition metal-catalyzed arylation, alkylation and related reactions
Authors: Cook Adam , Newman Stephen
Published: November 2023

Alcohols are abundant and attractive feedstock molecules for organic synthesis. Many methods for their functionalization require them to first be converted into a more activated derivative, while recent years have seen a vast increase in the number of complexity-building transformations that directly harness unprotected alcohols. This review discusses how transition metal catalysis can be used towards this goal. These transformations are broadly classified into three categories. Etherifications, characterized by derivatization of the O–H bond, represent classical reactivity that has been modernized to include mild reactions conditions, diverse reaction partners, and high selectivities. Deoxygenative functionalizations, representing derivatization of the C–O bond, enable the alcohol to act as a leaving group towards the formation of new C–C bonds. Lastly, chain functionalization reactions are described, wherein the alcohol group acts as a mediator in formal C–H functionalization reactions of the alkyl backbone. Each of these three classes of transformation will be discussed in context of intermolecular alkylation, arylation, and related reactions, illustrating how catalysis can enable alcohols to be directly harnessed for organic synthesis.
Highly Oxygenated Cephalotane-Type Diterpenoids from Cephalotaxus fortunei var. alpina and C. sinensis
Authors: Ge Zhan-Peng , Xu Jin-Biao , Zhao Peng , Zhou Yu , Zuo Jian-Ping , Zhao Jin-Xin , Yue Jian-Min
Published: November 2023

Six new highly oxygenated cephalotane-type diterpenoids and/or norditerpenoids, ceforloids A–F (1–6), were isolated and characterized by comprehensive analysis of spectroscopic data. Compound 1 possesses a new norditerpenoid skeleton featuring an unusual acetophenone moiety, and originated putatively via an entirely disparate biogenetic pathway. Compounds 4 and 5 incorporate a unique 12,13-p-hydroxybenzylidene acetal motif. Compound 6 represents the second cephalotane-type diterpenoid glycoside, showing moderate immunosuppressive activity against T lymphocyte cells with an IC50 value of 1.93 μM and good selectivity (SI = 22.8).
A critical review of challenges and advances to produce 2G biodiesel with oleaginous microorganisms and lignocellulose.
Authors: Espinoza Gil Mijael , Loera-Corral Octavio , Cañizares-Villanueva Rosa Olivia , Aguilar-López Ricardo , Montes-Horcasitas Maria del Carmen
Published: November 2023

Lignocellulose as carbon source and oleaginous microorganisms including yeast, bacterium, and fungi, have been studied extensively for oil and biodiesel production, however, several bottlenecks and challenges remain unresolved. Today commercial biodiesel production is stuck at the first generation using oleaginous seeds as palm, soybean, and others, but commercial oil production from oleaginous microorganisms is not cost-effective and sustainable. Before fermentation is necessary to get rich-sugars liquor from lignocellulose, but this is very difficult because lignin affects both enzyme activity and oleaginous microorganism growth, then hydrolysis is a process that easily could be stopped by several changes in adequate conditions that sometimes is almost impossible has the control as the strain ability to produce enzymes or cellulose polymerization degree by origin of lignocellulose. The oil production in the bioprocess is a challenge too because fermentations of oleaginous microorganisms are aerobic which means the need to supply oxygen constant during fermentation, this consumes energy, besides lipid production is low, and the lipid yield decreases in the extraction process. In this small review discuss those troubles related to sustainable lipid production with oleaginous microorganisms and lignocellulose as carbon source.
News Recommendation Systems: Impediments and Future Prospects
Authors:   IT Department, Faculty of Computing and Information, Al-Baha University, Al Baha, KSA, M Mahmoud , . AbouGhaly ,   Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, AinShams University, Cairo, Egypt
Published: November 2023

News publishers have reduced their usage of traditional newspapers in favour of digital various options such as webpages and specially constructed cell phone applications. In the present world, the internet has recreated information borders and, in addition to smartphone internet access, makes it the most vital medium content for everyone on earth. Users want personalized news recommendations in order to locate relevant news content and avoid information overload. With the growing number of media reports available on social media, tailored news suggestions have become more vital in assisting end users inside discovering relevant and engaging news stories. Traditional recommender systems, on the other hand, frequently fail to account for the constantly changing nature the users' preferences in addition to shifting patterns in news items. To solve this issue, this study offers a context-aware customized data system of recommendations that utilizes contextual information to improve news suggestion individualism. The method entails gathering, extracting, investigating, scrubbing, and arranging a big dataset from 22,657 English publications from 19 individual news outlets online. Four separate recommender frameworks were thought up using different methodologies, including content-based strategies like the TF-IDF Bag-of-Words, and Word2Vec, as well as a related not entirely set in stone by click demeanours. Since it’s been thoroughly explored over decades with noteworthy progress in enhancing user interaction, there encore many concerns and obstacles waiting to be researched further.
Defining the family as a legal category and a special phenomenon of social relations
Authors: Padun Roman
Published: November 2023

Introduction. The article compares different definitions of "family", as the category of family is complex not only in terms of family law, but also in many sciences, such as philosophy, psychology, pedagogy, ethnography, demography, economics and sociology. Each branch of knowledge is of interest to the family in the "context" of their subject and methodology.

Summary of the main research results. In legal science, primarily in family law, this category is considered from the standpoint of its legal protection, primarily in connection with the protection of the rights and interests of individual family members. To properly understand the category of the family, it is necessary to define the functions of the family, which will ultimately determine the legal category of the family.

It was found that no consensus was reached on the characteristics of the family. Among the features of the family - cohabitation, coexistence and residence, in addition to them - the existence of mutual rights and responsibilities, joint management, mutual moral and material support, etc., so the following legal definition of the family was proposed: "Seven is a legal relationship between persons based on marriage, kinship, adoption and other legal grounds, which is expressed in the fact that they are equally endowed with mutual personal non-property and property family, rights and responsibilities, common life, common interests and mutual legal responsibility ".

Taking into account the specifics of family rights guaranteed by Art. 8 of the Convention, the settlement of legal facts in the family law must take into account the limits of state influence on family relationships, as well as to maintain a balance in the regulation of general legal relations and private family relations of a personal nature, which in general should not be regulated by law or should be subject to minimal regulatory influence.

Conclusions. Having a legal record of the term "family" will determine which social relations in the family should be protected by law, and which - to leave to regulate morals, customs, traditions, as family law should not regulate. all the relationships between people in the family, but only the most important among them.
Representation of female relationships in domestic discourse: pragmastilistic aspect
Authors: Pichtownikowa Lydia , Rudenko Victoria
Published: November 2023

This article analyzes the peculiarities of the reflection of female relations in Chinese-language domestic discourse on the material of stories and novels of the 20th-21st centuries. The concepts of «contact» and «discourse» were analyzed, the characteristic features of female contact in domestic discourse were revealed, a number of strategies and tactics used during female domestic discourse were investigated. It was found out that the discourse as a fundamental category of modern linguistics combines linguistic and social features of speech. The least structured type of discourse is the discourse of everyday speech communication that occurs in the form of oral conversation. The main feature of domestic discourse is its communicative orientation and proximity to everyday language. Family communication, in which each person is immersed, forms the so-called «family language», which forms a certain linguistic behavior of the person, features of speech, intonation and emotional coloring. In constructing the female character Chinese authors often turn to metaphorization, comparisons, contextual periphrases, metonymy and paremy (chenyu, yanyu, suyu, guanyunyu), among which the picture of the external attractiveness of women prevails, comparing her to the moon, the flower, the jade, the goddess, the unclean force. In depicting female discourse the authors turn to the means of gradation (climax and anticlimax), anaphora, use all kinds of exclamations, appeals, particles, resort to the expressive possibilities of root morphemes. Having studied the tactics and strategies used by women during everyday communication, we found that the dominant strategies are assertion, persuasion, proof and argumentation. When deploying conflict communication, women pay special attention to the strategies of accommodation, avoidance, cooperation, competition. It was revealed that women's language differs from men's in its greater expressiveness, the extensive use of exclamations and particles to increase emotional coloring, and a large concentration of emotionally evaluative vocabulary. We consider the studies of the composition of women’s domestic discourse and its synergy, based on the interaction of the objectives of the discourse and its constitutional limitations are the continuation of these studies.
Transformation of Research and Innovations in the Sphere of Teacher Education: Reviewing the Results of the 9th International Forum on Teacher Education (IFTE-2023)
Authors:   Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Bermous Alexander , Valeeva Roza ,   Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia, Baklashova Tatiana ,   Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
Published: November 2023

The aim of the study was to organize a reflexive understanding of the issues and trends in the development of the research in teacher education in Russia through the analysis of some aspects of the International Forum on Teacher Education on the basis of Kazan Federal University (https://ifte.kpfu.ru/). In this context, three tasks were solved: the development of the concepts of the "field description" of conference activities; formation of a preliminary "field image" of the IFTE-2023, identification of leading trends and urgent tasks in the organization of conference events in the near future. The research methodology included three components: conducting a survey of the Forum participants, aimed at identifying existing priorities, attitudes in the field of teacher education; analysis of the topics of "key reports"; analysis of the statements of experts participating in the panel discussion on the problems of teacher education, held on May 25, 2023 as part of IFTE-2023. The results obtained allow us to draw conclusions in the following aspects: on the use of key ideas for the study of research and innovation activities in the field of education; generalized requirements for the design of conference-oriented events on teacher education; preliminary assessment of the relevance and significance of events; conditions for improving the quality and efficiency of conference discussions; priority areas of research on practical pedagogy; activation of public participation in interdisciplinary and inter institutional projects; priorities for the transformation of teacher education.
Being, Becoming, and Belonging: Professional Identity of Teacher Educators
Authors:   Partap College of Education, Ludhiana, India, Kaur Bagga Manpreet
Published: November 2023

Teacher education plays an essential role in shaping the quality of education, and teacher educators are central to this process. The paper explores the personal and professional aspects that constitute the professional identity of teacher educators, shedding light on their journey from classroom teachers to facilitators of fellow educators' growth. This article delves into the intricate model of professional identity of teacher educators, examining the dimensions of being, becoming, and belonging within this dynamic role. The concept of ‘being’ a teacher educator encompasses the multifaceted roles and functions these educators undertake. The aspect of ‘becoming’ a teacher educator focuses on the transition from classroom teaching to teacher education. The paper examines the two prominent pathways into this role: the academic pathway, driven by advanced academic pursuits, and the practitioner's pathway, chosen by experienced educators seeking a shift from schools to training institutions. The concept of ‘identity shock’ during this transition is explored, along with the heightened intellectual engagement that emerges as teacher educator’s grapple with new challenges and opportunities. The theme of ‘belonging’ uncovers teacher educators’ affiliations with various communities, each shaping their professional identity. The paper highlights the role of collective affinities in shaping teacher educators' teaching methods, research endeavours, and leadership approaches.
Competence of the Modern Educator: In Search of Finding Values (Brazilian case)
Authors:   University of Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil, Pimenta Maria Alzira de Almeida
Published: November 2023

The idea of competence is widely discussed in education, accompanied by fierce controversy, when it is strictly associated with work training and, therefore, is criticized. This process of seeking solutions to problems reveals someone's competence. In light of this, the competence of modern educators should deserve to be treated with more attention than a research topic. It is crucial because teacher competence is fundamental to developing student competence which should be the school’s priority function. Having as a premise the controversies that involve the concept of competence, the relevance of developing competence in a humanistic perception, and also the centrality of the Attitude dimension (values) in education, we set out to reflect on how teacher competence influences the development of the student's competence. The methodology involved was bibliographic research. The results indicate that the association of the competence concept with the corporate world and the lack of a clear and shared definition of competence need to be overcome to favor that it could be developed.
Bilingual Education in Tatarstan
Authors:   Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia, Gabdulkhakov Valeryan
Published: November 2023

The relevance of the problem of bilingual education in Tatarstan is explained by the lack of anthropological methods, techniques, means of mastering a second language in the practice of teaching, the lack of analysis of anthropological reasons for the negative development of bilingualism towards a mixed type. The paper sets out to substantiate the anthropological conditions for the development of bilingual education aimed at fluency in two state languages. The methods of anthropological analysis and anthropological teaching of a second language became main research methods. These methods included personal, empathic, reflexive, unconscious, the method of the communicative core, synergistic, nature-like, attractive, text-centric, etc. With the help of these methods, the main types of linguistic personality were established - coordinative, subordinative, mixed; the reasons for the dominance of the mixed and subordinative ones were determined; anthropological attitudes are substantiated, the implementation of which makes it possible to ensure the development of a linguistic personality from a mixed type to a subordinate one and from a subordinate one to a coordinative one. As a result of the study, it was proved that the formation of a linguistic personality of a coordinative type should be associated with transposition (that is, with reliance on the patterns of the native language), with the prevention and overcoming of linguistic interference, with the implementation of anthropological attitudes in the trajectory of movement from mixed bilingualism to subordinative and from subordinative to coordinative. The novelty of the study lies in the implementation of anthropological attitudes in the process of developing the language personality of students, in obtaining data on the dominant types of language personality and the dynamics of their development in Tatarstan. The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that the material accumulated in the process of pedagogical experiments can be transformed into didactic and widely used in the practice of bilingual education.
The Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on Medium-sized Enterprises in Serbia
Authors: Beraha Isidora , Đuričin Sonja
Published: November 2023

The research objective is to empirically assess the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the operation of medium-sized enterprises in Serbia. The main research question is how the COVID-19 crisis has affected the operation of medium-sized enterprises in Serbia with focus on major problems faced by these enterprises in times of the state of emergency over the epidemic. Also, considerable research attention is on policy measures to alleviate the negative impact of the COVID-19 outbreak with comparison of measures between Serbia and selected countries. To empirically assess the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on medium-sized enterprises in Serbia, an online survey research was conducted during the period of March and April 2020. The survey results show that the COVID-19 crisis has affected the daily business of medium-sized enterprises in different ways and with varying intensity. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, 20% of the surveyed enterprises have moved their employees to work from home, while a decline in liquidity and in business capacity utilization, as well as supply chain disruptions have occurred in 16% of enterprises each. Less than 10% of enterprises expressed other problems such as payment of wages, insufficient workforce utilization, reduction in business hours, production disruptions, limited access to resources etc.
Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Tertiary Education on the Economic Growth of the European Union Countries
Authors: Nedić Vladimir , Turanjanin Dragan , Cvetanović Slobodan
Published: November 2023

The relationship between tertiary education and economic growth of the EU countries in the period 2000-2012 was examined in this paper, by using a developed econometric model in which the multiple regression method was applied and based on relevant data. The empirical research conducted did not confirm the starting hypothesis that the share of the highly educated in the structure of employees between 30 and 34 years in the EU countries in the period 2006-2012 had a positive impact on GDP per capita growth rate over this time interval. The search for the cause of the results obtained in this way should start from the selected observation period, which is characterized by the years before and immediately after the economic crisis of 2008 and 2009. Also, there is an assumption that the education systems of EU countries do not sufficiently follow real development in the labor market, that is, they do not sufficiently educate people who are able to commercialize university-acquired knowledge for innovation and economic growth. In this light, the reorganization of the system of functioning of higher education as an increasingly important segment of state support for modernizing the higher education system and increasing its degree of efficiency in the modern conditions of adherence becomes a very popular topic.
The Necessity of Using Social Networks in Contemporary Tourism Industry and the Tourist Organization of Serbia
Authors: Munitlak Ivanović Olja , Đeri Lukrecija , Stamenković Predrag , Ilić Aleksandra
Published: November 2023

Modern business and everyday life is unthinkable without the use of social networks and e-marketing. There is an unbroken link between the products of the information sector, social networks and everyday business and private communications. Tourism as a service activity is particularly dependent on social networks. Potential buyers of tourism products with just “one click” can book, pay for the service, view the pictures and read comments about the desired destination. Using concrete data and business on National Tourism Organisation of Serbia, the authors point to a growing trend of using social networks in presenting Serbia as a desirable destination. Tourist Organization of Serbia (TOS). TOS uses integrated on-line marketing for promotive activities and targeting marketing campaigns.
Serbia-China bilateral trade relations: major challenges and opportunities
Authors: Jovičić Elena , Stevanović Slavica , Beraha Isidora
Published: November 2023

Considering the growing presence of China in Serbia and deepening the overall bilateral relations, the main objective of the paper is to analyze the major trends and changes in the bilateral merchandise trade between both countries. The paper also focuses on exploring the main challenges as well as determinants for enhancement of trade relationships in the upcoming period.

The total trade between Serbia and China has been steadily growing over the last decade. The value of total trade in 2019 compared to 2010 is increased by twice, the value of imported and exported goods grew twice and almost 45 times, respectively. Despite the rapid growth, the Trade Intensity Index shows that trade between Serbia and China is under-represented, implying there is a space for improvement.

Some obstacles hinder trade relations between Serbia and China. One of the main challenges stems from the fact that China shares its influence in Serbia using investments rather than trade. On the other side, Serbia does not have enough capacity to meet Chines market demand, which is among other things is a result of the domination of low value-added products in the total Serbian exports.

In order to overcome the obstacles, Serbia should focus on its comparative advantage as well as attracting the Chinese investment in the strategically important sectors. Furthermore, it is essential for Serbia to develop a strategic approach to trade policy towards China, which implies better promoting of export growth, relevant support of Serbian exporters as well as more active engagement around trade matters during official negotiations with China.
Housing Quality and Human Capital Formation in Developing Countries
Authors: Shirazawa Guilherme , Simões Marta
Published: November 2023

The main objective of this work is to analyse the relationship between the quality of housing and human capital formation in the context of developing countries. The analysis attempts to fill a gap in the current literature regarding the lack of empirical studies that address the impact that living conditions can have on human capital. The study was performed using cross-sectional data, mostly taken from the UNESCO database, for 52 low and middle-income countries. The estimated empirical models consider average years of schooling as the dependent variable and as the explanatory variable of interest the proportion of the population living in houses with below minimum quality standards . The OLS results obtained suggest a negative association between housing quality and average years of schooling, but with little or no statistical significance, making the empirical analysis inconclusive. We pose that this result might relate to the comparability of the housing quality data provided by UNESCO, highlighting the need to gather more data and produce new, more reliable indicators on the topic.
Does the Increase in the Number of Registered Patents Affect Economic Growth? - Evidence from Romania and Bulgaria
Authors: Domazet Ivana , Marjanović Darko , Ahmetagić Deniz , Antonijević Marija
Published: November 2023

The goal of this paper is to determine whether the increase in the number of registered patents per million inhabitants, as a measure of market verification of the results of R&D activities, affects economic growth and the increase in the country's innovation index. The empirical research covered two countries - Romania and Bulgaria. Given that the main task in the research was to accurately measure the investigated phenomena and discover the connection between them, the analysis was based on a quantitative research design. The analysis used secondary data from the international databases of the World Bank and World Intellectual Property Organization, covering the period from 2008 to 2018. The results of the empirical research showed that no correlations were found, which means that in the cases of Romania and Bulgaria, there is no dependence between the increase in the number of registered patents per million inhabitants and the growth of the innovation index and GDP per capita.
The Dark Triad in Helping Professions – Comparison of Teachers and Pedagogy Students
Authors: Čopková Radka
Published: November 2023

The presented research is the part of a broader pilot study within exploration of the dark side of helping professionals; in this case we are focusing on current teachers and future teachers (pedagogy students). The aim of the current research was the exploration and comparison of the aversive personality traits that are inappropriate for performing helping professions. It is the concept called Dark Triad that includes machiavellism, narcissism and psychopathy at their subclinical level. The Dark Triad has been explored in the sample of 172 participants (Mage=34,3 years; SD=10,7) including 72 teachers (42,9%) and 100 pedagogy students (57,1%). We have used Slovak version of the Short Dark Triad Questionnaire (SD3; Jones & Paulhus, 2014) which includes machiavellism, narcissism and psychopathy subscales. The data were processed in SPSS 21 via analysis of variance (ANOVA). Significant differences in machiavellism were found among current teachers and future teachers, students were scoring higher. Machiavellism was identified as the most significant dark trait compared to narcissism and psychopathy in both samples. The results are not so surprising as teaching profession seems to provide opportunities to satisfy people´s needs for power, dominant status, authority and obtaining benefits from the others. For further intervention it is necessary to find a way how to deal with machiavellian people in the educational system who could influence their student´s personal and professional development.
The Competitiveness Overview of Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia in 2019
Authors: Miković Nina
Published: November 2023

Competitiveness has always been significant in achieving sustainable economic growth in the medium term. This article presents a comparative analysis of the competitiveness of the Western Balkan countries - Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia based on the values of the Global Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum, the World Bank Doing Business Index and the Heritage Foundation's Economic Freedom Index for 2019. There are some areas where some improvement is needed to increase the level of competitiveness. Based on results of the survey, Serbia is more competitive than Montenegro and Croatia in 2019, mainly due to the highest values of the Doing Business Index and the Heritage Foundation's Economic Freedom Index. Croatia is in second place, followed by Montenegro. Regardless of their competitiveness ranking, significant progress will be needed in terms of development of innovation capacity, fight against corruption, efficiency of the judiciary and reduction of general government expenditure.
Gender Discrimination in Higher Education Institutions of Northeast India
Authors: Basantia Tapan Kumar , Devi Yengkhom Rameshwari
Published: November 2023

Gender discrimination is a common phenomenon in the higher education institutions in many parts of India as well as the world. North-east India is a less developed area of India. For promoting higher education in north-east India, good numbers of higher education institutions are established in north-east India from time to time. But, how far the north-east India higher education institutions are maintaining the gender equality is a serious question before the researchers. Therefore, this study was designed to study gender discrimination in higher education institutions of north-east India. The objectives of the study were to study the status of women employees in comparison to men employees and to study the status of girls in comparison to boys in the higher education institutions. Six higher education institutions were taken as sample institutions of the study. The study included public relation officers/representatives of the head of the institutions, and head of the departments of the institutions as participants. The study was a descriptive survey type research. Two information schedules were used as tools for collection of data from participants. Both quantitative and qualitative methods of data analysis were used for the study. The study revealed that women possessed inferior status in comparison to men in all the administrative and the related positions, and in the entire academic and the related positions in higher education institutions. Further, the study indicated that, girls possessed inferior status in comparison to boys in enrolement to the different courses whereas girls possessed superior status in comparison to boys in retention in different courses and in completion of the courses (achievement) in higher education institutions.
Influence of Models Discovery Learning to Critical Thinking Ability and Scientific Attitude of Students
Authors: Nursakinah Sri , Suyanta Suyanta
Published: November 2023

This study aims to determine critical thinking skills and scientific attitudes, determine students critical thinking skills, determine attitudes scientific, know the effectiveness of the discovery learning model to students' critical thinking skills and scientific attitudes and know the comparison of scientific attitudes. This research is included in the type of quasi-experimental research. The research design used was a posttest only design. The population in this study were all students in class XI IPA in Senior High School. The sample in this study were students of class XI IPA at SMAN 1 Selong. The research sample was taken by random sampling to class. The research instruments used were critical thinking ability questions, scientific attitude used questionnaires and observation sheets. The results of the research show that there are differences in the ability to think critically and the scientific attitude, there is a differen in the ability to think critically, there is a difference in scientific attitudes, the percentage contribution of model to student' critical thinking ability and scientific attitude 31.9%, critical thinking ability 26.1% and scientific attitude 6.7%, scientific attitude profile of discovery learning model is better than 5M scientific approach