bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
La competencia deportiva en pueblos amerindios: casos heterodoxos para entender otras lógicas de actuación (Sports competition in Amerindian villages: heterodox cases to understand other actuation logic)
Authors: Acuna Delgado Angel
Published: September 2021

El propósito general de este trabajo es ofrecer hechos significativos que permitan entender otras formas de interpretar la competencia en la actividad deportiva. En tal sentido se presentan aquí dos casos concretos de deportes de competición en pueblos amerindios, uno arraigado en la tradición: la carrera rarámuri, y otro importado del exterior: el fútbol yanomami. A partir de los datos producidos como fruto de la metodología etnográfica empleada en ambos pueblos (2001-2005 con rarámuris; 2004-2007 con yanomamis), se responde a seis objetivos básicos: describir las peculiaridades de ambas manifestaciones deportivas; resaltar el papel que juega el contexto en la interpretación y reinterpretación de la competencia; analizar las implicaciones y consecuencias que se derivan de ella; observar cuál es el espíritu e intencionalidad de las normas aplicadas; destacar patrones comunes y reflexionar sobre los valores que se desprenden en ambos casos. Los resultados ofrecen un claro contraste con lo que en materia de competencia deportiva es habitual en las sociedades modernas, y constituyen un testimonio de lo que otros pueblos apartados de los medios de comunicación pueden aportar. 
Abstract. The general purpose of this work is to offer significant facts that allow understand other ways of interpreting competition in sports activity. In this sense, two specific cases of competition sports in Amerindian villages are presented here, one born from the tradition: the Rarámuri race, and another imported from abroad: Yanomami football. From the data produced, as a result of the ethnographic methodology used in both towns (2001-2005 with Rarámuris; 2004-2007 with Yanomamis), six basic objectives are threatened: to describe the peculiarities of both sporting events; highlight the role of context in the interpretation and reinterpretation of competition; analyze the implications and consequences of competition; observe the spirit and intentionality of the rules applied; highlight common patterns and reflect on the values that emerge in both cases. The results stand in stark contrast to what is common in sport competition in modern societies, and are a testament to what other peoples separated from the media can bring.
Componentes del desempeño en la práctica profesional de estudiantes de educación física: perspectivas y significados desde la triada formativa (Performance components in the professional practice of physical education students: perspectives and meanings
Authors: Hinojosa Torres Claudio , Araya Hernández Anthony , Vargas Díaz Hugo , Hurtado Guerrero Macarena
Published: September 2021

La formación docente es un asunto que ha cobrado importancia en Chile producto de cambios derivados de nuevas políticas emanadas desde el Mineduc, específicamente las contenidas en la ley 20.903, la cual puso como intención mejorar la formación de los futuros profesores generando una serie de cambios que, entre otros, revalorizaron las prácticas en la formación docente, buscando posibilitar la articulación entre lo aprendido en la universidad y lo requerido en el contexto escolar. El presente estudio tiene por objetivo develar los componentes que se precisan para el desempeño de la práctica profesional desde la perspectiva y significado que le otorgan los integrantes de la triada formativa. Se orientó metodológicamente como investigación cualitativa con un diseño fenomenológico, considerando para la recogida de información la entrevista semiestructurada, la que se aplicó a una muestra de participantes que cumplían con los criterios de inclusión. Los resultados muestran que los significados se orientan en tres grandes focos: formación docente, práctica pedagógica y triada formativa, los cuales integran una serie de competencias, responsabilidades y acciones que deben ser consideradas para el óptimo desempeño de la práctica profesional en un estudiante de pedagogía en educación física. 
Abstract. Teacher training is an issue that has become important in Chile as a result of changes arising from new policies emanating from Mineduc, specifically those contained in Law 20.903, which intended to improve the training of future teachers generating a series of changes that, among others, revalued the practices in teacher training, seeking to enable the articulation between what was learned in the university and what was required in the school context. The purpose of this study is to reveal the components required for the performance of professional practice from the meanings given by tutor teachers, mentoring teachers and pedagogy students in physical education. It was methodologically oriented as qualitative research with a phenomenological design, considering for the collection of information the semi-structured interview, which was applied to a sample of subjects who met the criteria of inclusion. The results show that the meanings are oriented in three main focuses: teacher training, pedagogical practice and training triad, which integrate a series of competencies, responsibilities and actions that must be considered for the optimal performance of professional practice in a student of pedagogy in physical education.
Cambios en hábitos saludables relacionados con actividad física y sedentarismo durante un confinamiento nacional por covid-19 (Changes in healthy habits regarding physical activity and sedentary lifestyle during a national lockdown due to covid-19)
Authors: Santos-Miranda Eva , Rico-Díaz Javier , Carballo-Fazanes Aida , Abelairas-Gómez Cristian
Published: September 2021

El presente estudio analizó el efecto del confinamiento en España derivado de la COVID-19 en niveles de actividad física diaria, ejercicio físico y comportamientos sedentarios. Tras la declaración del estado de alarma, se difundió un cuestionario por redes sociales con preguntas sociodemográficas, actividad física y comportamientos sedentarios. Posteriormente, se envió por correo electrónico otro cuestionario en relación con la nueva situación de confinamiento. Respondieron a ambos cuestionarios 474 participantes. Se registró un aumento del peso e índice de masa corporal durante el confinamiento (p < .001). Aumentó el número de días en los que se realizaba ejercicio físico en tiempo de ocio (p < .001), pero no el tiempo de práctica semanal total. Se redujo el tiempo de actividad física durante actividades académicas y/o profesionales y el tiempo destinado a desplazamientos (p < .001). Se registró un mayor tiempo de sueño, siestas y sedestación (p < .01). El presente estudio evidencia la necesidad de crear estrategias eficaces encaminadas a aumentar la práctica actividad física y promover los hábitos de vida saludables, especialmente durante la actual crisis humanitaria y posibles futuras. 
Abstract. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of a lockdown in Spain due to COVID-19 on the levels of physical activity, exercise and sedentary lifestyle. After declaring state of alarm in Spain, a questionnaire was distributed via social networks with demographic questions, academic and/or employment status, physical activity and sedentary lifestyle. Subsequently, another questionnaire was sent by email in relation to the new lockdown measures. 474 participants replied to both questionnaires. An increase in weight and body mass index was recorded during lockdown (p <0.001). The number of days in which physical activity was practiced during leisure time increased (p <0.001), but the total time of weekly practice stayed the same. The time of physical activity during academic and the time spent walking was reduced, as well as was the time spent walking (p <0.001). Longer sleep, naps and sitting time was also recorded (p <0.01). The present study shows the need to create effective strategies aimed to increase the practice of physical activity and promote a healthy lifestyle during the current humanitarian crisis and possible future ones.
Calcification of coronary arteries in patients with calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease and knee osteoarthritis
Authors: Eliseev M. S. , Novikova D. S. , Novikova A. M. , Blank L. M. , Zhelyabina O. V. , Cherkasova M. V. , Nasonov E. L.
Published: September 2021

The frequency of vascular calcification in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease (CPPD) has not yet been studied, and the role of calcium crystals (basic and pyrophosphates) in the development of calcification is also unknown.

Objective. Determine the presence and degree of calcification of the coronary vessels in patients with calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease and osteoarthritis of the knee joints with no clinical signs of cardiovascular diseases.

Materials and methods. One-stage, single-center study, performed by the “case – control” method. The main group – 20 patients with CPPD, the comparison group – 20 patients with OA of the knee joints. Inclusion criteria: age from 18 to 65 years; absence of clinical signs of cardiovascular disease at the time of examination and indications of a history of cardiovascular accidents. Exclusion criteria: unsigned informed consent; pregnancy; breastfeeding; other rheumatic disease; cancer; high and very high cardiovascular risk on the SCORE scale. The survey included an assessment of anthropometric data, blood pressure (BP), lipid profile, serum levels of glucose, creatinine, uric acid, C-reactive protein, vitamin D, osteoprotegerin, parathyroid hormone, and the levels of magnesium, phosphorus, and total calcium were studied. All patients underwent multispiral computed tomography with determination of calcium count and the number of affected arteries. To calculate the coronary score, the A.S. Agatston et al.

Results and discussion. Most of the parameters in the compared groups did not differ. When assessing the calcification of the coronary arteries according to the A.S. Agatston et al. 9 (45%) patients with CPPD and 8 (40%) patients with OA had a coronary calcium score >1. Quantitative indicators of calcium score can correspond to coronary artery stenosis ≥20% in 8 (40%) patients with CPPD and in 5 (25%) patients with OA according to J.A. Rumberger et al. The serum level of osteoprotegerin was significantly higher in patients with a calcium score ≥27 according to J.A. Rumberger et al. (p=0.04). Calcification was detected in 9 (56%) of 16 patients with serum vitamin D levels <30 ng/ml and in 8 (33%) of 24 patients with serum vitamin D levels >30 ng/ml.

Conclusions. In patients with an initially low cardiovascular risk, the probability of a combination of chondrocalcinosis and cardiovascular calcification is 45%, in OA it is 40%. The risk factors for coronary calcification in patients with CPPD and OA should be studied further.
Comparison of standard radiography and magnetic resonance imaging in hand osteoarthritis
Authors: Kudinskii D. M. , Smirnov A. V. , Alekseeva L. I. , Taskina E. A. , Lila A. M. , Potapova A. S. , Volkov A. V.
Published: September 2021

Standard radiography in direct projection is the “gold standard” in the diagnosis of hand osteoarthritis (HOA). However, the currently clinically most severe “erosive” or “inflammatory” phenotype of HOA is characterized by the presence of inflammatory symptoms such as bone marrow lession (BML), synovitis and tenosinovitis, which are not visible on the radiograph by the nature of the study due to the low optical density. In addition, X-ray examination is planar and has no possibility of multiplanar visualization. This dictated the need to search for a more informative visualization technique in HOA.

Aim – to compare the sensitivity and specificity of standard radiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques in determining the symptoms of osteoarthritis (OA) of the distal interphalangeal (DIP), proximal interphalangeal (PIP) and metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints of the right hand; to determine the indications for the appointment of MRI in patients with HOA.

Materials and methods. The study included 64 women with clinically verified diagnosis of HOA according to ask criteria. For the first time, X-rays of the joints of the right hand in the anterior-posterior projection and MRI were performed for each of them. Each patient completed the AUSCAN questionnaire. X-rays were described according to the Kellgren and Lawrence systems, magnetic resonance imaging was analyzed according to the modified OHOA system. The sensitivity and specificity of the methods were compared based on the detection of 4 symptoms detected by radiography and MRI: joint space narrowing (JSN), osteophytes (OP), erosions and subluxations. The average age of the patients was 65.28±6.82 years, the age of onset was 48.81±7.73 years, the duration of the disease was 15.0 (10.0–19.5) years.

Results. Both methods showed approximately equal identification JSN symptom in DIP and PIP, 95% definition JSN in MCP. OP were detected in 88% of patients in DIP according to radiography and in 95% – using MRI (p>0.05). In PIP OP were observed in 70% of patients on radiographs and in 86% on magnetic resonance imaging, in MCP – in 45% and 66% of cases, respectively. Erosion in DIP were found in 41% of patients according to MRI and 34% as a result of X-ray examination, in PIP – in 27% and 13% of cases, in MCP – in 60% and 8% of cases, respectively. Subluxations were determined in DIP 23% on radiographs in 31% of cases by MRI, in PIP – in 8% and 6% (p>0.05), in MCP subluxations almost never met – in 3% of cases by conventional radiography.

Conclusions. MRI in HOA can be used in the detection of erosive process, differential diagnosis with other diseases of the joints, determination of inflammatory changes in the hands and assessment of their severity, but has no significant advantages over standard radiography in determining the symptoms of degenerative-dystrophic nature (JSN and OP). Subluxations of the MCP joints are not typical for the HOA.
Practice of the Appeals Board of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (scientific review of the most significant cases considered in the 2nd quarter of 2020)
Authors: Matyashevskaya M. I. , Saydashev R. Z.
Published: September 2021

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The Main Barriers to Increasing the Effectiveness of Competitive Public Procurement of Research Research (Results of a Sample Survey of Government Customers)
Authors: Osipova E. V. , Smirnova T. G.
Published: September 2021

The article authors emphasizes objective and subjective factors of public procurements efficiency reduction. This review are based on state customers for research and development survey results. The authors states the proposals for involving larger number of participants for competitive procurements including temporary creative teams and individual scientists.According to authors, expanding the circle of tenders participants at scientific individuals and their teams expense can improve efficience of research and development public procurements by qualitative shift of competitiveness nature with priority for influence of scientific experience and potential of individual scientists (research teams) tender specification conformity assessment.Efficience improvement for research and development tenders is impossible without creation of united aggregator for such tenders. According to authors, such united aggregator creation function can be assigned to Russian Academy of Sciences or The Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
Procedural Issues of State Regulation of Prices (Tariffs) at the Level of the Subjects of the Russian Federation
Authors: Volov I. P. , Yudina Yu. V.
Published: September 2021

The topic of modernization of the system of state regulation of prices (tariffs) for services of natural monopoly entities in the Russian Federation has been at the peak of relevance in recent years. Effective tariff regulation is largely hindered by the imperfect procedure for setting regulated prices (tariffs), and the lack of requirements for proper motivation of decisions in this area. This article attempts to highlight these problems and suggest ways to solve them.
Antitrust Immunities for intellectual rights through the lens of the constitutional norms
Authors: Saydashev R. Z.
Published: September 2021

Article discusses the need or no need of antimonopoly immunities for intellectual rights in the antimonopoly legislation of the Russian Federation. This issue is investigated in the article from the point of view of the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, based on the analysis of the validity of the existence of antimonopoly immunities by the fundamental principles of the legislation of the Russian Federation. In particular, the author touches upon the issue of the relationship between 8, 32 and 44 articles of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which establish the foundations of antimonopoly legislation and legislation on intellectual rights. The author also examines the issue of the essential nature of antitrust immunities in relation to intellectual rights.
Inadmissibility of imitation of compliance with the law when concluding a state contract with a sole supplier (on the example of the penal system)
Authors: Khomyakov A. N. , Aliev V. A. , Moskvitin O. A. , Bochinin I. P.
Published: September 2021

The legislation on the contract system allows in certain cases to make purchases from a sole supplier without using competitive procedures. One of the cases is the production of goods, performance of works, rendering of services performed by an institution or enterprise of the penal enforcement system in accordance with the list of goods, works, and services approved by the Government of the Russian Federation. The practice shows that in some cases, customers and (or) suppliers may unreasonably use the opportunity provided by the legislation, formally concluding a state (municipal) contract with an institution or enterprise of the penal system, bypassing competitive procedures, when actually a third-party business entity is engaged in the execution of the contract. The authors note that such situations actually constitute a circumvention of the competitive procedures for selecting a supplier provided for by law, and contradicts the principles and ideas of regulation laid down in the Law “On the contract system”.
Open Science: a Critique of a New UNESCO Project
Authors: Kieeva L. P. , Maksimov S. V.
Published: September 2021

The subject of the authors’ research is a preliminary draft of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Recommendation on Open Science, which was presented to the world community at the end of September 2020. According to the draft Recommendation, “open science” is understood as a framework concept of various institutions and forms of activity aimed at “making scientific knowledge, methods, data and facts open and accessible to all”. According to the authors, making the fruits of science available to all mankind and making them the property of all mankind is not the same thing.

The declaration of free access to “scientific raw materials” does not mean that all countries receive equal opportunities for its “extraction”, processing, creation of new goods on its basis and receiving income from their sale. These opportunities today are focused on the “global North”, or rather in that part of it, which essentially monopolized the world markets for collecting, storing, processing, examining and publishing the primary results of scientific research.

According to the authors, the concept of “Open Science” proposed to the world community in relation to modern economic and legal realities is the concept of devaluation of “scientific raw materials” in order to obtain the maximum profit from the turnover of goods created with its use by a narrow circle of beneficiaries.

The interests of Russia, most of the world’s states and scientists are not to consist in supplying the collective world dominant with “scientific raw materials” at a negative cost, i.e. paying extra for it, and then buying everything new, science-intensive and useful from it.

An alternative to the instrument of “soft” dictate against national governments and the majority of scientists, proposed on behalf of UNESCO, could be the initiation of a general Convention on Science, which would solve real economic and legal problems of the circulation of scientific results, including issues of their receipt, global monitoring, storage, processing, expertise, assessment, remuneration of scientists’ labor.

The article’s authors propose at the political level to openly abandon the previously chosen model of organization and legal regulation of Russian science, focused on the interests of the global North.
Public Control as a Tool of Combating Unfair Competition in the Sphere of Public Procurement
Authors: Kirillova O. Yu. , Khalfin R. M. , Malyshev G. K.
Published: September 2021

In this article discussed basic concept of Russian public procurement. Also stated the problem of monopsony byer power during tendering procedures or unfair competition in the sphere of public procurement. This happenes when byer sets restricting parameters on technical requirement documents for tendering objects. Accordingly, in the authors’ view the most effective way of counteracting this problem is public control. This article contains results of the survey that was made during the research that suggest an almost direct correlation between nominal saving and number of complaints filed against the organizer of public procurement procedures. Moreover, this article contains overview on the Russian public control institution. The article ends with a authors idea of efficient in combating monopsony byer power in public procurement by creating a special internet service for filling complaints and suggestions of public procurement stakeholders. This data hub will increase efficiency of interaction between stakeholders, organizers and government.
Influence of the Principle of Exhaustion of Exclusive Rights on the State of Competition in Commodity Markets
Authors: Saydashev R. Z.
Published: September 2021

The article about the discussion on the legal meaning of the principle of exhaustion of the exclusive right to a trademark, including from the point of view of its impact on the state of competition in the commodity markets. The analysis of the legal nature of the principle of exhaustion of the exclusive right to a trademark is carried out, its essential and functional significance is determined. The actual application of this principle has been investigated, including practice of the Russian antimonopoly body in cases of unfair competition on the part of rightholders who prohibit the parallel import of their products. Studied judicial practice on the legality of parallel imports. The problem of the balance of interests of copyright holders, “parallel” importers and consumers is considered, the “pluses” and “minuses” of consolidation in the legislation of the national and regional principles of the exhaustion of the exclusive right to a trademark are assessed.
The Main Priorities of the FAS Russia are “Promoting the Creation of New Jobs, Attracting Investments, Developing Competition”
Authors: Editorial Board
Published: September 2021

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Antitrust compliance: system standardization issues
Authors: Soloviev, V. V. , Yushkin S. V. , Maksimov* S. V.
Published: September 2021

The article examines the etymology and prehistory of the introduction of the institution of antimonopoly compliance in Russian business practice, the relationship of this institution with the institution of general compliance. The article considers the definition of the concept of antimonopoly compliance, enshrined in the new article 91 of the Federal Law "On Protection of Competition".

The authors propose their own definition of the concept of antimonopoly compliance as an activity of an economic entity aimed at ensuring compliance with antimonopoly legislation by employees of an economic entity and an economic entity as a whole by preventing and suppressing violations of the requirements of such legislation and regulatory legal and law enforcement acts based on it.

The authors also substantiate the advisability of developing a special national standard GOST R "System of internal compliance with the requirements of antimonopoly legislation (antimonopoly compliance system) of an economic entity".

It is noted that the effectiveness of the antimonopoly compliance system will depend not only on the ability of an economic entity to form an antimonopoly compliance system on the basis of an appropriate national standard, but also on the state's ability to determine and guarantee effective incentives to comply with antimonopoly legislation.

The authors substantiate the advisability of supplementing the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation with provisions that provide for the obligation and limits to reduce the amount of punishment or replace the punishment with a softer one in the event of an anticompetitive administrative offense by a person who has implemented an effective system of antimonopoly compliance.
The Covid-19 Effects on the Cardiovascular System; A Focus on Myocarditis
Authors:   All Saints University School of Medicine, Dominica, Chovwen Praise , Oshobu Ibukunoluwa ,   All Saints University School of Medicine, Dominica
Published: September 2021

The WHO declared COVID 19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. The effect the virus has created in various aspects of our lives has made it of primary importance that we understand its pathophysiology, complication, preventive care, and treatment. A significant number of COVID patients develop some form of cardiac injury, whether while infected or after recovery. In this article, we aim to discuss these aspects and expand further on the cardiovascular effects seen in COVID 19 infected patients, emphasizing myocarditis. We discuss the case of a patient who developed cardiac injuries while infected with COVID 19, which she contacted 18 days after receiving the first dose of the COVID mRNA vaccine. This article provides more understanding of the relationship between COVID-19 and the heart.
Pengaruh Keharmonisan Keluarga Terhadap Kenakalan Remaja Di SMK Al-Hidayah Kota Cirebon
Authors: Budiana Budiana , Riyani Ade , Muzhirul Akhmad , Abidin M. , Saputra Wandi
Published: September 2021

Kenakalan remaja merupakan salah satu penyakit sosial yang muncul di kalangan masyarakat setempat. Sehingga masalah seperti ini perlu sekali diperhatikan oleh para orang tua sehingga tidak akan mengakibatkan atau menyebar luas terhadap yang lainnya. Begitu besar dan pentingnya peranan keluarga yang harus dimainkan oleh orang tua dalam mendidik anak, maka dengan adanya peranan masing-masing anggota keluarga hendaknya orang tua saling melengkapi sehingga dapat membentuk keluarga yang harmonis. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif. Penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh keharmonisan keluarga terhadap kenakalan remaja di SMK Al-Hidayah Cirebon. Penelitian ini menelaah pengaruh satu variabel dengan variabel atau dengan nama lain  disebut dengan korelasional. Adapun pertanyaan yang diajukan berkaitan dengan keharmonisan keluarga sebanyak lima pertanyaan dan berkaitan dengan kenakalan remaja sebanyak lima pertanyaan. Jumlah korenponden yang di beri  pertanyaan sebanyak 30 orang. Hasil yang di dapat adalah terdapat hubungan linear secara signfikan antara variable keharmonisan keluarga dengan variable kenakalan remaja, dengan uji linearitas sinifikasi yang didapakan ialah 0,236 lebih dari 0,05. Dan terdapat pula pengaruh antara keharmonisan keluarga terhadap kenakalan remaja, korelasi atau hubungan (R) yaitu sebesar 0.482 dan besaran koefisien determinasi (R2) sebesar 0.232. Maka dari itu dapat dipahami bahwa pengaruh variable keharmonisan keluarga terhadap variable kenakalan remaja adalah sebesar 48,2% sedangkan sisanya dipengaruhi oleh variable lain. Sedangkan nilai t hitung 2.910 dengan nilai signifikansi 0.007 < 0.05 maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa H0 ditolak.
Identifikasi Kekerasan Verbal Dan Nonverbal Pada Remaja
Authors: Mahaly Sawal , Abd Rahman Siti Ningsih
Published: September 2021

Masa remaja (adolesence) merupakan masa transisi dimana remaja memiliki rasa keraguan akan peran yang harus dilakukannya. Dengan kata lain status remaja merupakan status yang dapat memberikan manfaat untuk mereka agar dapat hidup mandiri tanpa bantuan orang lain dengan melakukan hal-hal yang baru yang berguna untuk mengembangkan kemampuan dirinya. Hal ini membuat karakteristik remaja sedang dalam masa pencarian identitas atau pencarian jati diri menjadi rentan untuk menimbulkan permasalahan. Salah satu perilaku remaja yang kerap menjadi permasalahan adalah tindakan perilaku menyimpang seperti memukul, menendang, menampar dan memanggil teman dengan sebutan hewan. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui gambaran kekerasan verbal dan non verbal perilaku remaja. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian kuantitatif deskriptif dengan populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah remaja yang berumur 13–16 tahun berjumlah 314 remaja dan sampel penelitian berjumlah 31 orang dengan menggunakan teknik pengambilan sampel probability sampling Hasil penelitian memberikan gambaran bahwa kekerasan verbal-nonverbal yang dialami oleh remaja negeri Wakal usia 13-16 tahun adalah kekerasan verbal dengan skor rata-rata 87.9%.
EFEKTIVITAS KEPEMIMPINAN KEPALA MADRASAH SEBAGAI PENGAMBIL KEPUTUSAN
Authors: Irwan Saifan
Published: September 2021

Decision-making is one of the many problems a leader faces, especially when running an educational institution in Madrasah. The effectiveness of the madrasa director's leadership largely determines the future progress of the madrasa with various considerations that must be taken into account in order to find solutions to complex problems that arise in an institution he leads. Decision making is the most important part of planning activities. A decision made can have an impact on the solution of problems or, on the contrary, add new problems. This paper will analyze the effectiveness of the madrasa director's leadership as a manager in making good decisions that will affect the progress of the madrasa in the future.
Оptіmіzаtіоn оf оrdеr аccеptаncе wіth thе аbіlіty tо іdеntіfy publіc cаtеrіng еstаblіshmеnts bаsеd оn GPS dаtа
Authors:   al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Shаіzа S. M. , Dаrіbаyеv B. S. ,   Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan
Published: September 2021

Thе аrtіclе prеsеnts а mоbіlе аpplіcаtіоn (оrdеrіng systеm іn еstаblіshmеnts), whіch dеtеrmіnеs thе usеr’s lоcаtіоn usіng GPS tеchnоlоgy аnd, аccоrdіngly, dіsplаys thе mеnu оf thе nеаrеst іnstіtutіоn. Thіs nеw mеthоd іs bеcоmіng mоrе cоnvеnіеnt fоr guеsts аnd nоw prоvіdеs а rеductіоn іn dіrеct cоntаct bеtwееn pеоplе durіng а pаndеmіc. Thе аpprоаchеs оutlіnеd іn thіs dоcumеnt cаn bе usеd оn mоbіlе dеvіcеs: іmplеmеnt аn оnlіnе fооd оrdеrіng mоdе by sеlеctіng thе nеаrеst rеstаurаnt, usіng vеry еffеctіvе mеthоds аnd wаys tо аccurаtеly dеtеrmіnе thе lоcаtіоn оf thе rеstаurаnt usіng GPS tеchnоlоgy. Аt thе sаmе tіmе, іn оrdеr tо іmplеmеnt thе еlеctrоnіc mеnu systеm, wе wіll іmplеmеnt а mоbіlе аpplіcаtіоn cаllеd «Mаzіr.kz».
Laboratory studies to assess the effect of modified additives on the quality of aerated concrete
Authors:   Scientific and industrial center ENU-Lab, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Dusembinov D. S. , Lukpanov R. E. ,   Scientific and industrial center ENU-Lab, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Bazarbayev D. O. ,   Scientific and industrial center ENU-Lab, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Yenkebayev S. B. ,   Scientific and industrial center ENU-Lab, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Published: September 2021

The proposed method of production of composite aerated concrete using industrial wastes: ash from hydrotreatment, post-alcoholic bard. The evaluation of physical and mechanical properties of gas concrete produced by the proposed technology is made in comparison with other technologies, including the classical production technology. The basic estimated parameters, were: terms of setting and strength of a binder; durability, water absorption and thermal conductivity of a material. The obtained test results of the binder showed a decrease in the setting time and an increase in the strength of the proposed aerated concrete compared with other, compared samples. The obtained results of water absorption of the proposed aerated concrete showed minimum values, and the strength maximum (compared with other technologies), which indicates a positive synergy effect, i.e. strengthening the qualities of the material as a result of mutual work of the post-alcoholic bard and polymer component in the composition of the material. However, the results of the thermal conductivity of the proposed aerated concrete showed values lower than the classical one, indicating that the use of modifier additives cannot be a good solution for improving the physical and mechanical properties of gas concrete structurally related to thermal insulation. In general, the results of water absorption, strength and thermal conductivity showed more consistent results (compared to other technologies), with minimal variation in the data, which indirectly confirms the better homogeneity of the proposed gas concrete.
Safflower is a valuable forage crop
Authors:   JSC “ Almaty Technological University», Аlmаty, Kаzаkhstаn, Amantaeva A. A. , Batyrbaeva N. B. ,   JSC “ Almaty Technological University», Аlmаty, Kаzаkhstаn
Published: September 2021

This article examines the use of by-products of oilseeds in the production of compound feeds. The review of the market of oilseeds of the Republic of Kazakhstan is studied. Safflower is selected for the feed additive. The chemical composition of field waste of oilseeds was determined. The development of modern technologies for the use of waste from the production and processing of oilseeds is on the way to intensify the process, reduce energy costs and obtain new products with a higher feed value.
Method for cutting semi-carried beef for export
Authors:   Kazakh National Agrarian University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Oraz G. T. , Ospanov A. B. ,   Kazakh National Agrarian University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Chomanov U. ,   Kazakh National Agrarian University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Tursunov A. A. ,   Kazakh National Agrarian University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Published: September 2021

The experiment relates to the meat industry and can be used for cutting beef half-carcasses in slaughterhouses for wholesale trade, mainly for export. The technical result of the claimed experiment is the cutting of beef half-carcass in accordance with international standards, which allows to export beef meat to foreign companies, since it fully meets all the stated requirements for these companies.
Gender Relationship Analysis in Coastal Resources Management in Fishermen's Households: Functional Structural Theory Perspective
Authors: Suhri Kasim Syaifudin , Sarmadan  , Masrul  , Supiyah Ratna , Tanzil
Published: September 2021

The results showed that gender relations in the management of coastal resources in fishing households took place in the following activities: fishing; making fishing lines; netting; net embroidery; fish transportation; fish preservation; and sale of fish. Of the seven activities, the wife plays a role in almost all coastal resource management activities, except for fishing activities. In addition, the wife does all domestic roles while the husband only focuses on the public role and does not involve himself in the domestic role. In view of the structural-functional theory, the results of this study illustrate that gender relations in coastal resource management in fishing households indicate a power relationship and status differences between men and women. The involvement of the wife (woman) in almost all activities is a form of integration (integration) carried out by the wife (woman) to maintain the continuity of the household and maintain the balance of the family integrity system, although this role is not balanced but complementary. The results of this study also show that gender relations in the management of coastal resources in fishermen's households have ideologically “perpetuated” male domination and gender stratification in fishermen's family institutions and society in general.
Hybrid motion illusions as examples of perceptual conflict
Authors: Shapiro Arthur
Published: September 2021

Shapiro and Hedjar (2019) proposed a shift in the definition of illusion, from ‘differences between perception and reality’ to ‘conflicts between possible constructions of reality’. This paper builds on this idea by presenting a series of motion hybrid images that juxtapose fine scale contrast (high spatial frequency content) with coarse scale contrast-generated motion (low spatial frequency content). As is the case for static hybrid images, under normal viewing conditions the fine scale contrast determines the perception of motion hybrid images; however, if the motion hybrid image is blurred or viewed from a distance, the perception is determined by the coarse scale contrast. The fine scale contrast therefore masks the perception of motion (and sometimes depth) produced by the coarser scale contrast. Since the unblurred movies contain both fine and coarse scale contrast information, but the blurred movies contain only coarse scale contrast information, cells in the brain that respond to low spatial frequencies should respond equally to both blurred and unblurred movies. Since people undoubtedly differ in the optics of their eyes and most likely in the neural processes that resolve conflict across scales, the paper suggests that motion hybrid images illustrate trade-offs between spatial scales that are important for understanding individual differences in perceptions of the natural world.
Colonial Policy, Chieftaincy and Land Politics in Ghana: The Case Study of Gyaman
Authors: ADUM–KYEREMEH Kwame , AGYEMAN Joseph Kwadwo
Published: September 2021

The partition of Africa in the late nineteenth century destabilized some societies in Africa. In West Africa, the imaginary territorial boundaries divided the Nzema between Ivory Coast and Ghana, the Dagaaba between Burkina Faso and Ghana, and the Ewe between Togo and Ghana. The partition exercise also caused protracted disputes and neglect of existing ethnic groupings. Using information from oral, archival and secondary sources, this article examines the impact of the partition of Africa on Gyaman, a traditional ethnic setting in modern Ghana in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The paper blames current Gyaman problems on the Partition exercise.
Hospitality management competency requirements of the hospitality industry in Ghana
Authors: Anthony Grace , Mensah Ishmael , Amenumey Edem Kwesi
Published: September 2021

This paper assessed industry practitioners’ and educators’ views on the competencies required by the hospitality industry in Ghana. Data was collected through a survey of 111 respondents. Means were used to rank the competencies, whilst T- test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to explore the differences in competencies perceived to be required by the industry practitioners and educators. It was found out in terms of importance that practitioners preferred leadership, administrative, conceptual and technical competencies whilst educators favoured conceptual, leadership, administrative and technical competencies. Except for ability to maintain hygiene standards and ability to develop contingency plans, there were generally no statistically significant differences between the views of practitioners and educators with regards to competencies required by the industry. It is recommended that there should be more collaboration between hospitality practitioners and educators in Ghana.
Employees' perceptions of the effects of green training and practices on hotel sustainability in Ilorin, Nigeria
Authors: Babagbale Elizabeth
Published: September 2021

The current ozone layer degradation and constant environmental pollution occasioned by the activities of tourists and hotel operators among others have continuously endangered human survival in recent times. Despite various attempts by the governments and other stakeholders to mitigate the situation through policies and green practices orientation, the results have not been significantly felt in Nigeria. This paper explores the effects of employees’ perceptions of green training and practices on hotel sustainability. Data were collected from a selected sample of 100 employees of four leading hotels in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State of Nigeria. Hypotheses were tested using Regression analysis. Data were presented through, frequencies means and standard deviation. The results show significant relationships between green practice and sustainability on one hand, and between green training and sustainability on the other hand. The study also found that hotel employees are willing to implement the training acquired. The study among others recommends green staff training as it could bring about employees’ commitment and promote customer retention and increased productivity.
Strategic HRM and competitiveness of Hotels in the Central Region of Ghana: the Mediating role of employee competencies
Authors: Opoku Felix Kwame
Published: September 2021

The main purpose of this study was to examine the effect of strategic HR practices on the competitiveness of hotels in the Central Region of Ghana. A secondary objective was to assess the mediating role of employee competencies on the link between strategic HR practices and competitive advantage. The study adopted an explanatory research design, using a purely quantitative approach. The target population comprised of all managers of registered hotels in the Central Region of Ghana. Data were collected through a self-administered survey questionnaire. The available data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling. It was established that strategic HRM practices have a positive influence on employee competencies, which in turn has a significant positive effect on competitive advantage. As a consequence, it was concluded that internal capabilities and competencies are the major sources of sustainable competitive advantage in the hospitality industry in Ghana. The effect of strategic HR practices on competitive advantage was, however, found to be insignificant. These findings require managers in the hospitality industry to continuously employ strategic HR practices such as training and development activities, linking incentive pay to performance, providing staff with a flexible compensation structure and promoting skill-based pay elements in employees’ pay package.
Segments of cognitive responses towards local food safety concerns amongst international students in Ghana
Authors: Kofi Bansah Abednego , Adam Issahaku , Edem Hiamey Stephen
Published: September 2021

Despite the attention paid to food safety research, few empirical works have used a non-reductionist perspective to understand how  international consumers cognitively respond to local food safety conditions. Using the tri-component theorisation and the two-step clustering approach with the Kruskal Wallis test on a sample of 109 international students in Ghana, this study provides a non-reductionist cognitive segment of international students towards local food safety conditions in Ghana. The findings revealed that there are three cognitive segments of international consumers towards local food safety conditions, namely self-regards, pessimists, and epicureans. Self-assureds respond to their own self-cognition towards local food safety concerns but deny the cognition of others, moderately respond affectively and sometimes avoid local foods. Pessimists have a highly sensitive cognitive response towards local food safety conditions, high affective responses and avoid the consumption of local foods as a result, while epicureans do not cognitively respond to local food safety conditions, have low affective reactions and consume local foods regardless of the food safety conditions. The implications of these findings in the context of local food preparation, packaging, and handling as well as food safety regulations and marketing are discussed
The Failed Masculinist State in Africa: A Rejection of Phallic Man
Authors: Addai-Munumkum Theresa
Published: September 2021

African literature is famous for the depiction of a type of politics that tends to reflect the reality on the ground, spanning a panorama of incompetent leadership to gross political corruption.  As a result, writing about politics in Africa tends to be a risky undertaking as many creative writers who criticize political leadership and corrupt practices in their works end up being jailed. Using contemporary African literature to discuss the postcolonial African Political State, this paper explores the nature of the state in West Africa in three novels, Chinua Achebe’s A Man of the People, Anthills of the Savannah and Sembene Ousmane’s Xala.  Using the metaphor of an impotent masculinity, this paper argues that the political State in Africa is a failed one. From the dawn of independence to the era of democracy, the political state in Africa has had to grapple with failed leadership, corruption, injustice, the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor etc., and it appears that these problems are becoming more.
Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born in the History of African Literature: A Critical Analysis of a Landmark Novel
Authors: Klohinlwélé Kone
Published: September 2021

This study shows the central position held by Ayi Kwei Aramh’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born in the African literary world. It tries to prove that the publishing of this work was a landmark in the early post-colonial context of African literature. Through a series of breaks from still prevailing colonial and neocolonial literary discourses, it has initiated an innovative aesthetics which has left a tremendous legacy which is being continued by subsequent generations.
Weaponisation of the war on terror and the sidestepping of human rights norms: Seeking a balance between the terrorism (prevention) (amendment) act 2013 and Nigeria’s obligation under international human rights law
Authors: Babatunde Adegbite Olusola
Published: September 2021

In an era of escalation in terrorism and terrorist related criminalities, the international system continues to innovate on how best to contain its scourge, particularly within the confines of established democratic norms. As a response to Security Council resolution 1373 adopted on 28 September 2001, United Nations (UN) member states began to craft domestic counterterrorism legislations to criminalise terrorist activities on their home-soil, as well as extraterritorially. Responding as other nations, Nigeria enacted the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act 2013. However, the Act and others like it, have thrown up troubling questions about weaponization of the war on terror, and the need to balance the war with the protection of human rights. This article examines the continued sidestepping of human rights norms in the war against terror. It presents this conflict within the context of Nigeria’s domestic counterterrorism law, highlighting some dangerous provisions in the Act which directly impugns on its obligation under International Human Rights Law (IHRL). It advocates an urgent review in the Act that will reflect the current mood of the UN human rights system, as well as the country’s obligation under IHRL