bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Directions for applying profiling in the activity of a lawyer
Authors: Psareva Bella , Gamayunova Alexandra
Published: November 2018

In the article, various models (directions) of profiling are considered with the purpose of creating a psychological profile in the sphere of application of its technics in activity of a lawyer. The authors come to the conclusion that despite the fact that profiling has its own specifics in each of the directions, but since lie is a ubiquitous phenomenon and occurs in all spheres of human activity, non-instrumental diagnosis of lies finds application in any of them, which allows us to state about the universal character of profiling.
The principle of objective truth in law
Authors: Embulaeva Natalia , Ilnickaya Lyubov
Published: November 2018

The relevance of the study of the problems of truth in law is conditioned by the essential nature of man and his purposeful activity, including the sphere of legal regulation of social relations. At the present stage, the issue of securing the principle of truth in the norms of Russian law is not unambiguously resolved. In this regard, it seems relevant to investigate the issues of the legalization of truth and the mechanisms for its achievement in the conditions of application of measures of legal responsibility. The paper is devoted to the study of philosophical foundations of truth in law, the analysis of practical significance of obtaining truth in the procedural branches of law on the basis of analysis of the norms of the procedural legislation of the Russian Federation. Formal-legal and comparative-legal methods are used for a comprehensive analysis of procedural legislation and the implementation of the principle of objective truth in the legislation. With the use of the dialectical method, epistemological grounds and their significance for the implementation of law enforcement activities are revealed. The article reflects the views of researchers on the content of truth and the realization of the principle of objective truth in law. The conclusion is made that it is necessary to interpret the principle of objective truth as universal one, which must permeate not only the sphere of law enforcement, but also the formation of laws. A proposal is formulated on the need to separate and normatively fix the principle of objective truth in the procedural branches of law as an independent principle. Law enforcement agencies should strive achieving objective truth in the cases in question.
Digital PR technologies: establishing an interactive dialogue between public-political institutions and society
Authors: Lektorova Yulia , Prudnikov Andrei , Radosteva Vera
Published: November 2018

The study presents the results of a sociological survey of Russian citizens’ attitudes toward various forms of filing appeals to state (municipal) authorities. Based on the web content analysis of existing services for processing calls from the public on the Internet, the models of electronic monitoring of citizens’ appeals are systematized: a special service for receiving and initial processing of citizens’ appeals, created as a subdomain of the main site, a web portal as an independent Internet reception site and an auxiliary electronic resource reception of citizens’ appeals, implemented on community sites in social networks.
The concept of the formation of socio-personal viability in adolescents with deviant behavior
Authors: Paatova Maria , Chermit Kazbek , Naumenko Yuri
Published: November 2018

The paper critically reviews the concept that focuses on the formation of social and persona; viability in adolescents with deviant behavior. Rely on extensive scholarly literature published in Russia and abroad, the authors describe the concept and its essential features. Additionally, statistical analysis of the distribution of pedagogues of pupils of four special closed educational institutions for students with deviant (socially dangerous) behavior according to the levels of social and personal viability is used to illustrate the concept.
The communicative preferences of technical university students in social networks
Authors: Semenova Natalia , Lebedeva Natalia , Polyakova Elena
Published: November 2018

The paper focuses on social networking activities of university students from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) and Saint Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation. The authors make an attempt to determine the network communicative preferences of students that train for technical professions. The choice of the universities is motivated by the strategic importance of the professions obtained by their graduates. Respondents’ preferences in using various social networks for the instructions were detected by the questionnaire described in the paper. The results show strong preference of VK, Instagram, Facebook, but in practice, reflecting the access rate, only VK could be used for education purposes. It is noted that the network preferences of the students from both technical universities are in line with the general Russian trends. And though online social networks are used by them mostly for the sake of rest and recreation, for communicating with friends, the students show that they are greatly interested in accumulating their social and professional capital by means of online social networks. This fact runs counter to their evaluation of the content offered by the contemporary professionally oriented network communities, with which they are not satisfied.
Youth personal identity as a factor in the formation of a time perspective
Authors: Ralnikova Irina , Smirnova Yana
Published: November 2018

The article presents the results of a study of the personal identity of modern youth as a predictor of the formation of a time perspective. It is shown that in accordance with the nature of the structural organization of personal identity, the time perspective has its own characteristics. Young people with a consistent structural organization of personal identity are focused on a positive past, planning for the future, getting pleasure and enjoyment from life. In the case of a mismatched structural organization of personal identity, young people tend to negatively and pessimistly assess the events of their own past, as well as life in general, as not sufficiently pleasurable, a fatalistic attitude to life prevails, which is expressed in helplessness, hopelessness, lack of purposefulness, leading to a low satisfaction with life in the present and a desire to avoid planning for the future.
The use of the psycho-pedagogical approach in regulatory diagnostics of physical readiness of the students’ youth
Authors: Boldov Aleksandr , Gusev Aleksei , Sharagin Viktor , Afonina Galina
Published: November 2018

Based on the executed experiment, guidelines on introduction of the psycho-pedagogical approach in regulatory diagnostics of physical fitness of students are provided in the paper that, in our opinion, demonstrates the novelty of the approach to teaching disciplines “Physical culture” and “Applied physical culture”, and a departure from strictly regulated dogmatics, the impact of the classical system of physical and sports training of the students’ youth based on the diagnostic procedures in the attestation of students.
Massive open online courses in professional development of Engineering students
Authors: Zubkov Artyom
Published: November 2018

The article considers the possibilities of using massive open online courses (MOOCs) to build professional competencies of engineering students. Engineering online courses delivered on international educational platforms are studied. The criteria for inclusion of MOOCs in the list of courses recommended for integration into the training of future engineers at university are given. The integration models of these courses are generalised. The positive aspects and difficulties of MOOCs integration are given. It is concluded that MOOCs are efficient for usage in teaching foreign language for specific purposes.
Event-based approach in a teacher’s work: an open educational technology “Event-resource mapping”
Authors: Dovbysh Svetlana
Published: November 2018

The article deals with the problem of socialization and design of personal and professional development of students in their first year at university. As a solution, an open educational technology “Event-resource mapping” will be proposed. The scientific direction on which the technology is based are described, namely in narratology; Postmodern and poststructuralist approach to the socio-cultural sphere; technological approach to education; as well as the stages of the technology, which are indicated and described.
Didactic-technological paradigms in informatization of education
Authors: Robert Irena
Published: November 2018

The article substantiates and describes the factors affecting the formation of mass network communication in connection with scientific and technological achievements, calls and risks of the information society. It is based on and defines didactic-technological paradigms of the modern period of informatization of education and various techniques based on the implementation of described paradigms are proposed. The correlation of the paradigms and factors, which affect modern education development are also described.
The main trends in the development of public-private partnership in the field of education in historical retrospective
Authors: Simachkova Natalia , Trotsenko Oksana , Slukin Sergey
Published: November 2018

The growing interest to public-private partnership (hereinafter PPP) projects in the field of education in the conditions that lead to more intensive social and economic development of Russia is the basis for studying domestic and global historical experience in this issue. The article examines the main trends of the PPP development in education through the prism of historical retrospective. On the basis of the analysis of the historiography and modern scientific opinions in the study of the formation and development of PPP in the field of education, researchers formed their understanding regarding this issue in the historical past and in modern socio-economic space of Russia. The historical analysis allows determining the main milestones in the emergence and further development of various forms of interaction between the state, business and education. The conclusions, to which the authors came, allow identifying the main trends and characteristic features of public-private partnership in the sphere of education. The purpose is to define basic directions of the PPP development through the prism of historical retrospective and analysis of contemporary scientific opinions. Methodology of the work: retrospective, systemic and comparative methods were used in the paper. Results: the research of historical experience in the development of PPP in education in Russia was carried out. The latest scientific opinions regarding this issue were analyzed that allowed identifying current trends in the development of PPP in education.
The use of a simulator as a systematic scenario for students to learn the skill of tooth preparation
Authors: Vaits Sergei , Vaits Tatyana , Daurova Fatima , Kodzaeva Zarina
Published: November 2018

The purpose of the study is to improve the efficiency of the dental specialists training, as well as to identify their relationship to learning with the use of acrylic teeth and virtual simulators. The study included 55 students of the 5th year of the Dental Faculty of RUDN. The time spent for the preparation of I and II classes by Black was estimated. At the end of the cycle, it was revealed that when working on the virtual simulator the results were better. In addition, students were surveyed. Thus, the virtual simulator provides an innovative approach that allows creating with very high accuracy real tactile sensations and the sense of presence.
The problem of developing the experience of self-determination of adolescents in the process of socialization
Authors: Wagner Irina
Published: November 2018

The article continues a series of author’s publications on the formation of personal socio-cultural experience of children and adolescents in the process of education and socialization, which determines the formation of the teenager’s personal position. We consider one of the types of personal socio-cultural experience of adolescents, namely the experience of behavior in situations of choice, making independent decisions, which is crucial in preparing students for life self-determination in all its aspects. The conditions created in the educational organizations for realization by teenagers of independent choice, an opportunity of acceptance by teenagers of independent decisions are studied. The results of the analysis of school documentation and teachers’ views on the significance of the experience of self-determination of adolescents, typical situations of uncertainty, are based on the results of the survey. A conclusion is drawn on the need to design a space for self-determination of adolescents in an educational organization and to implement technologies for the pedagogical support of adolescents in situations of choice.
Methodological approaches of mathematics intersubject training with the use of computer mathematical packages in the training system of future bachelors and masters of non-mathematical disciplines under the conditions of informatization
Authors: Gorlov Sergey I. , Kaziakhmedov Toufic B.
Published: November 2018

Quality of mathematical knowledge in the training system of bachelor’s and master’s of non-mathematical disciplines is a problem of current education. Unfortunately, the newly appeared opportunities of improving the mathematical training quality of the above-mentioned bachelors are not used due to origin of the wealthiest tools of computational and symbolic mathematics. We will think as before: if we have a mathematical thinking, we will get the knowledge. But formation of mathematical thinking of the whole professional community representatives is not only feasible, but also economically profitable, and there is no need for this as well. The use of mathematical methods in various areas of professional activity under the conditions of implementation of information technologies into all spheres of human activity requires revision of teaching methods, content of mathematical training, study of computational methods and mathematical simulation tools.

This article focuses on innovative approaches to mathematical training of bachelors and masters of non-mathematical areas associated with the use of mathematics as a tool for solving professional problems.
The problems of determining the canon in the plastic folklore of the Sakha (Yakuts)
Authors: Nikiforova Sargylana , Popova Galina , Dyachkovskaya Ekaterina
Published: November 2018

In the conditions of erosion of specificity and weakening of ethnic cultures identity, massive imitation of authenticity undertaken by the cultural bearers themselves with the aim of commercializing becomes an additional threat to its preservation. The authors believe that these threats can be minimized if “structuring elements” of this culture are determined. In particular, the popularization of canonical national forms of culture can contribute to this. The undividedness of oral folk art and decorative applied art is the basic characteristics of folklore. In addition to it, the structural and content components of the artistic canon in the folk art of Sakha (Yakuts) are named in the paper. In traditional culture, the thing made according to the canon, determines the behavior of its owner and makes him correspond to the expected visions of the ethnic community; moreover, it models the scenario of his fate. The problems of interaction between the evolution of style and the author’s deviations from the canon are partially touched upon in the article. With regard to the plastic folklore, these are the best, typical, and familiar features that are not presented as a sum of skills and techniques of craft, but as a creative interpretation of the national master. In the outstanding works of folk art, these ornamental forms are deliberately chosen, taking into account the chromatic code of culture, the composition of which refers to the national picture of the world. The pictorial canon in the plastic folklore captures and transmits the rules for visualizing the spiritual experience of the people from generation to generation. In fact, it forms the framework of culture, and it is the canon that provides for “not a common expression of faces” of each culture.
Autostereotypes and heterostereotypes in the visual propaganda of wartime: the dynamic aspect
Authors: Shlyakhova Svetlana , Bolshakova Natalya , Belova Larisa
Published: November 2018

The article considers autostereotypes (representations about oneself) and heterostereotypes (representations about the enemy) of the conflicting parties in the wartime propaganda in the dynamic aspect. The material of the study is the propaganda materials of Great Britain, the USA, Germany and the USSR during the Second World War, as well as Ukraine, including the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Syria of the modern period. It is established that autoand heterostereotypes of perception of the belligerent countries in wartime materials are presented in general cognitive models with the opposite sign for the belligerents. It was revealed that these stereotypes are independent on time, since the image of the enemy under different time and socio-political conditions is translated by the common mental schemes: standard behaviors, zoo symbols and ornitosymbols, political doctrine, political and ethnic symbols, nationality, etc., built on archetypes and basic cultural models Analysis of gender stereotypes has shown that masculine gender image of Germany, Britain and the US demonstrates the archetypal “gender order”. Ukraine and the Donetsk People’s Republic are represented in feminine images. The USSR (Russia) is represented in a female image endowed with masculine features. The cognitive gender map shows Russia’s special position in gender space. Stereotypes based on archetypes are most easily assimilated and effectively act on mass consciousness. It is promising to conduct an experimental study of the nature and extent of the impact of propaganda materials on the representatives of the conflicting parties, as well as to consider stereotypes in a more distant historical retrospective.
Orthoepical potential of speaking in the Yakut language
Authors: Alexeyev Ivan , Sorova Irina
Published: November 2018

The article deals with the study of the general Yakut speaking base – articulation as a model. It forms the orthoepical potential of the Yakut language. Patterns of interaction of language and intonational structures of a separate word, word-combination and communicational types of phrases are defined. Criteria of speaking behavior are also defined, on the basis of which indicators of correctness of perceived acoustic parameters of articulated speech signals are revealed. This whole complex of articulatory-acoustic speech indicators allows to consider speech signal as not only physiological formation, but also as indispensable designer of cogitative sides of speaking act. Therefore, in standard peculiarities of Yakut speaking, specific parameters are formed, due to which judgmental potential of speech model is typologically formed. Logically-grammar peculiarity of speaking act as semantically important object forms standard feature of idea. Consequently, discussed acoustic parameters of existing Yakut speaking establish defining their communicational formula of types of utterances.
Neologisms formation using borrowed affixes in the Russian Internet segment
Authors: Belkova Anna
Published: November 2018

The aim of this article is to define the specific features of the neologisms used on the Russian websites. Online media texts contain a lexical set that makes it possible to demonstrate the features of the neologisms. The most numerous group of the neologisms with borrowed affixes comprises 56% of neologisms that are formed by the means of prefixes or prefixoids, and 44% of neologisms that are formed by the means of suffixes or suffixoids. Online media discourse is an effective space for a language-game, for that reason this subject provides a vast field for research. The modern concept of a new word consists of the broad understanding of neologisms as the new words, definitions and set expressions, that are based on the perception of relativity of the term «new» as well as on the understanding of neologisms as a sociohistorical category. The formation and substitution of the old words by the new ones is one of the most dynamic processes in the modern Russian language that provokes an academic interest in the modern linguistics. With regard to the above mentioned, the specific reasons for the relevance of neologisms research in the grammatical agent terms are represented in two main principles: the extralinguistic principle and the intralinguistic principle. The idea of the extralinguistic principle is in the nature of a fast-changing community that is in a permanent need for creating new definitions for themselves in the new social roles and professional features. The idea of the intralinguistic principle is in the permanent need for systematization of productive means of the new words formations, establishing synchronic segments of major activity of certain word-forming patterns and marking the contrary tendencies of productivity decline [1-2].
The union integration of the Eurasian ethnic communities: political projects in the history of Russia
Authors: Dolzhikov Vyacheslav
Published: November 2018

The purpose of this research is to analyze the objective prerequisites and authorial constitutional projects of the union integration of the ethnic communities of Eurasia on the basis of extensive documentary material. The author considers and compares the projects developed by V. I. Lenin, A. D. Sakharov, O. O. Suleimenov, and N. A. Nazarbayev. In the author’s opinion, the convergent evolutionary model of the renewal of the union statehood, developed in 1989 by Academician A. D. Sakharov in cooperation with leading legal experts, was the most realistic. This project took into account the real advantages of the two conflicting world political systems: capitalist and socialist. The author concludes that the integration process on the territory of Eurasia is due to a number of historical circumstances and factors and is of an organic nature. Consequently, the modern process of reintegration of the ethnic communities of the subcontinent in one way or another has a perspective.
Political ethics about the phenomenon of politics in its interaction with morality
Authors: Shirokova Marina
Published: November 2018

The article considers the reasons for the formation of political ethics as a science and a discipline. Its appearance was caused by the crisis of the state domestic and foreign policies in the 1960s and 1970s, the collapse of value orientations in the public consciousness, as well as the loss of the authority of politics in the eyes of society. All this led to a steadily high interest in ethical issues and criticism of politics from a moral standpoint. The author traces the evolution of the interpretation of the concept of politics from antiquity to our days. Like all human activities, politics needs values and the axiological system. But in the modern world, the dehumanization of politics is taking place. Thus, the issue of restoring ties between politics and morality is largely a matter of continuing existence and prospects for human development.
Early Slavophilism and European philosophy: the problem of correlation
Authors: Shirokova Marina
Published: November 2018

The article examines the question of the degree of influence the Western philosophy has on the philosophical concept of the founders of Slavophilism and the related question of the degree of independence of the philosophy of the Slavophils. The view is expressed that the problem of national identity, which became key to the Slavophile authors, was actively discussed at the beginning of the nineteenth century in the countries of Europe and from there penetrated into the Russian thought. It is said that the Slavophiles used the categorical apparatus and methodology of German classical philosophy, primarily the ideas of Hegel and Schelling. A comparison of the views of representatives of Slavophilism and Western European romanticism is conducted. The author concludes that the influence of Western philosophy on the concept of Slavophiles is undeniable, but the complex of Slavophilism ideas cannot be considered secondary to European ideas. The Slavophiles saw their task in creating an independent Russian philosophy, in which the synthesis of the cultures of Russia and the West on the basis of common moral values could be achieved.
The cultural eclecticism of globalism: perspectives from Russia
Authors: Ivanova Oksana , Bilalova Larisa , Knyazeva Ksenia
Published: November 2018

The paper deals with the reflection of the processes of globalization and multiculturalism in the guise of modern cities. According to the authors of the article, graffiti is a purely urban phenomenon. Modern graffiti is a palette of emotions, feelings, expressive existence, peculiar to the young people, and the modern city is the focus of mad speeds. In this focus of speed collides the seething thirst for life of the youth and the phenomenon of alienation. The dialectic of this contradiction determines the emergence and development of graffiti as a form of self-expression shaped as street art, or as it is sometimes called, the underground art.

Graffiti as a component of street culture expresses the trends of globalization and its subjects, methods, and formats of performance: they are universal and do not have national peculiarities. In this case, the subject line of graffiti is a reflection of the specific features of culture, ideology, history, and traditions, that is, the mentality of a particular society. The authors of the paper present the lack of a single methodological, artistic and ideological orientation as cultural eclecticism. The article represents graffiti as a deviation, however, not as illegal acts but as an orientation of an individual to creative activity, as an act of self-actualization. In the study of graffiti as a socio-cultural phenomenon, parallels are drawn with the art of graffiti in various countries of the world, considering it as a form of multicultural integration. In modern interpretation, graffiti should be viewed as a kind of art, since it is artistic and aesthetic personal reflection of the personality, and creative form of its expression.

Graffiti as an extra-national and meta-social phenomenon is simultaneously a manifestation of universalism of the global socio-cultural tendencies, and an expression of eclecticism of the new forms of the modern city. The main cultural values are outside of time. Traditional values, modified and mutated, are updated in accordance with trends.
Rizaitdin Fakhretdin’s spiritual experience in the development of the ideas of enlightening the peoples of the Volga and the Urals at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries: a historical and philosophical analysis
Authors: Lukyanova Rushalina
Published: November 2018

This article attempts to analyze the educational views of an outstanding scholar-theologian of 19th-20th century, Rizaitdin Fakhretdin, whose fate and activities reflected the vicissitudes of the complex historical era of the changes in pre-revolutionary Russia and the hard years of the establishment of Soviet power in the regions of the Volga and the Urals.

The spiritual dominant, as a factor of Enlightenment, forms the basis of the evolutionary development of the society. In the conditions of the development of modern Russia and the urgent need to develop the principles of peaceful coexistence of peoples and concessions, the philosophical study of the national and cultural heritage, spiritual experience, the values and traditions of generations, the place and role of ethnonational communities, the destinies of its ideological enlighteners in the spiritual life of modern Russia is of the highest importance. The article also focuses on the development of the spirituality of human being and the degree of enlightenment of the society, which are the foundation of the unity, stability, strength, and greatness of society and the state.

The choice of the topic is dictated by both theoretical interest and practical needs. The contemporaru image of multinational Russia requires a serious historical and philosophical analysis of its social development. The heterogeneous immune nature of the Russian civilization facilitates the assimilation of spiritual and practical experience in the conditions of the coexistence of different peoples. The use of unique socio-historical knowledge stimulates the widening of the capacity of every social, confessional, national community to be involved in the strengthening of Russian unity.
The history of the Revolution and Civil War in Kamchatka in the archival funds of the Kamchatka Krai State Archive: a source-study review
Authors: Kamardina Natalya , Ilina Valentina
Published: November 2018

This article is devoted to the problems of collection and classification of the historical sources regarding the history of the Great Russian Revolution of 1917. The authors concentrated on the opportunities of using different sources kept at the archives of the Far East (Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy) in order to comprehensively review the events which took place in Kamchatka in 1917-1922. The idea of considering a written historical source as a subjectified reflection of the past, which is the only bearer of the historical truth, lays the foundation for analyzing the source-study basis of the problem. The given research helps to outline general directions of work aimed at studying the history of the Kamchatka krai shortly before the Revolution and in the years of the Revolution and Civil War and also to determine further development of the designated issues.
Resources of civil culture in the Republic of Tatarstan in the last quarter of the 20th century
Authors: Kalimullin Dilovar , Kalimullina Gul’zirak
Published: November 2018

Process of formation of the civil sector has significantly accelerated in recent years. It became the instrument of social policy, school of political culture and a form of civil participation. In the activity, they are guided by modern concepts of civil society, which has been developed in a subsoil of the liberal culture. Directly or indirectly, their ideological platforms include values of the free personality, the principles of the constitutional state and private property, security of all subjects from any decisions, independence of mass media, compliance of the domestic legislation to the universally recognized norms and the principles of international law. The paper is also devoted to studying the questions of formation of public associations in the Republic of Tatarstan.
A study on Parenting Styles and Parental Attachment in Overcoming Internet Addiction among Children
Authors: Kanan Nissia , Arokiasamy Lawrence , Ismail Mohd Roslan bin
Published: November 2018

Many studies have revealed about Internet use and Internet addiction. Most research focuses on the jeopardy and opportunities about active Internet usage however very limited empirical research emphasis on the role of parents in this context. Hence, this research paper explored the parenting styles and parental attachment in overcoming Internet addiction among children in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The parenting styles model and attachment theory have been used in this research. The Internet has created a new platform for the development of children, which offers various possibilities and also difficulties. Malaysian children are actually very in need to be safe during online thus, parents are encouraged to play their parental role in preparing their children to become better digital citizens.
A Conceptual Review on the Effect of Attitudes towards Retirement on Saving Intentions and Retirement Planning Behavior
Authors: Shabor Rameli Rozilah , Marimuthu Maran
Published: November 2018

Retirement planning has been the major concern for many years and is becoming an increasingly prominent issue faced by people nowadays. Retirement planning behavior is defined as people’s behavior towards their retirement planning. Therefore, attitudes toward retirement might lead to the formation of saving intentions to perform the retirement planning behavior. Past studies have indicated that planning has impacted on the saving behavior as well as to the portfolio choice. It is further emphasized that those planners who have retirement planning arrive close to retirement have a high level of wealth and show higher financial literacy than non-planners. The necessity of individuals to increase retirement savings had over a wide promoted, however, the understanding on individual motivation towards savings at higher rates still remains sparse. For those employees who are willing to retire from work, they should have enough savings to cover their needs during retirement. Unfortunately, findings from previous study showed that many people do not start to prepare and save for their retirement till very late in life-cycle, and do not manage to have adequate savings for their retirement. As a contribution to the literature, the present paper theoretically conceptualizes specifically only on the role of savings intention as a mediator between attitudes toward retirement and retirement planning behavior. Drawing on the theory of planned behavior, it is suggested that the behavioral intention is the closest predictor of behavior. Hence, the stronger the intention to perform a behavior, the greater the probability that the behavior should occur. The recommendations for future studies are proposed.
Emotion in Consumption Experience of Social Support; a Phenomenological Perspectives
Authors: Derahman Rosmanizah , Sharift Md Akhir
Published: November 2018

The purpose of this paper is to explore the emotion of consumption experiences of social support. This phenomenological study employs a scientific research method with 17 informants using thematic analysis and three main themes become the central feeling and is the first interpretation of emotion in consumption experience. Three main themes were found (the feeling of uselessness, determination to self-control, and positive behavior) thru a study using purposive judgmental sampling.
An Integrative Approach to Study Drivers Perceived Stress on Aberrant Driving Behaviour: The Mediation Role of Driver Fatigue
Authors: Sabir Asrar Ahmed , Shahru Ahmad , Isha Nizam Bin , Langove Naseebullah , Javaid Muhammad Umair
Published: November 2018

Robust scientific evidence exists for occupational group of heavy vehicle drivers in oil and gas transport who are infected with acute fatigue. Numerous recent studies relate driver’s perceived stress and fatigue with dangerous driving behaviours during performance of delivery duties. This study investigates the association between driver’s perceived stress on aberrant driving behaviour and determines fatigue to be the mediation factor. Sample size of 378 male drivers from 10 oil and gas transport companies was selected that operate in peninsular west and east Malaysia, who answered adapted version of Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ) in the conducted survey. Structural Equation Model (SEM) was applied that proved aberrant driving behaviours of heavy vehicle drivers can be predicted through driver’s perceived stress and fatigue. Fatigue is a mechanism that mediates the association amongst driver perceived stress and aberrant driving behaviours. In conclusion, the parameter of fatigue mediates between the perceived stress which is an appropriate prediction tool and consequent aberrant driving behaviour of heavy vehicle drivers. This study suggests abatement in individual stress and recommends fatigue management to alter risky and aberrant driving behaviours in order to encourage and give impetus to safe driving culture in oil and gas transportation sector in Malaysia.
Creating better humans towards sustainable competitive advantage for small and medium-sized accounting firms in Malaysia
Authors: Han Louis Lim Vui , Arumugam Vijayesvaran , Arokiasamy Lawrence
Published: November 2018

This study will be a bit different than others in the sense that it pierces directly into the human hearts. The world current economy is full of mysterious and uncertainty. There are plenty of different perspectives, but who can guarantee that they are right? The root of the problems of all issues generally come from the human heart or action. If we able to deal with human issues, it sorts out almost all the problems. The purpose of this study is to determine the contributing factors towards the sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) of small and medium-sized accounting firms (SMPs) in Malaysia. It aims to have a long-term impact on the prospects for the practitioners and the accounting professions. It becomes an attention to the world when numerous accounting scandals being published, and they jeopardized the accounting professions’ reputations. There are a few undisclosed cases especially it dealt with compliance, corporate tax, GST, money laundering and other issues, not only in Malaysia but in other countries as well. As such, the study focuses on creating better humans. Key findings from the literature highlighted the deficiencies in the core competencies of the firms. They are related to human capital and most of the researchers pinpointed the importance of knowledge, skills, capabilities in which it links to competencies in the corporate environment. The resource-based view of the firm is a common theory used by researchers as a mean of explaining competitive advantage and superior performance amongst the firms. And most of them stress the necessity to meet customer needs and expectation to create a sustainable competitive advantage.
A Study on Ethical Customer Management and Organizational Sustainability in Pharmaceutical Industry in Malaysia
Authors: Lee Yu Han , Arokiasamy Lawrence , Marn Joel Tham Kah
Published: November 2018

Pharmaceutical industry is not just a commercial business, their products are about life and death, and improving our life quality. This paper aims to study the ethical issues in customer management and how it contributes to organizational sustainability in Malaysia pharmaceutical industry. A quantitative research designed to collect primary data from questionnaire and secondary data from journal and articles focused on ethical customer management and pharmaceutical sustainability. The paper recognized 5 pillars; Direction, Posture, Organization, Behavior and Environment in DPOBE sustainability model and aligned them into ethical customer management in pharmaceutical which contribute positive impact towards organization sustainability in Malaysia. The findings of this paper serves as a guideline to pharmaceutical customer service agents in Malaysia SSC. It emphasizes the importance of ethical customer management and its impact to organization sustainability.
Revisiting Privatization and Economic Growth in Malaysia: An Empirical Examination
Authors: Lai Fong-Woon , Shad Muhammad Kashif , Chow Yeong Yoon , Wei Chin Yi
Published: November 2018

The rapid expansion of the public sector’s investment in the early 1970s and 1980s in Malaysia had resulted in a bloated bureaucracy, inefficiency, high costs and low productivity. The emergence of privatization policy in Malaysia aimed to reduce the financial burden of government, increase the level of efficiency and productivity, increase firm’s revenue, improve the country’s fiscal position and encourage foreign direct investment. Nevertheless, some privatization initiatives are controversial. This paper reexamines the relationship between privatization and economic growth in Malaysia. Two sets of annual macroeconomic data from 1984 to 1990 and 2009 to 2015 were used. Descriptive and frequency analysis was used to test the hypothesized relationship between privatization program and its impact on the nation’s macroeconomic benefits namely GDP growth, job creation as well as FDI inflows. By looking at the economic data sets, this paper found that the influence of privatization in Malaysia on economic growth, job creation and foreign direct investment inflow varies.
Artificial intelligence unfolding for space radiation monitor data
Authors: Aminalragia-Giamini S. , Papadimitriou C. , Sandberg I. , Tsigkanos A. , Jiggens P. , Evans H. , Rodgers D. , Daglis I. A.
Published: November 2018

The reliable and accurate calculation of incident particle radiation fluxes from space radiation monitor measurements, i.e. count-rates, is of great interest and importance. Radiation monitors are relatively simple and easy to implement instruments found on board multiple spacecrafts and can thus provide information about the radiation environment in various regions of space ranging from Low Earth orbit to missions in Lagrangian points and even interplanetary missions. However, the unfolding of fluxes from monitor count-rates, being an ill-posed inverse problem, is not trivial and prone to serious errors due to the inherent difficulties present in such problems. In this work we present a novel unfolding method which uses tools from the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to achieve good unfolding of monitor measurements. The unfolding method combines a Case Based Reasoning approach with a Genetic Algorithm, which are both widely used. We benchmark the method on data from European Space Agency’s (ESA) Standard Radiation Environment Monitor (SREM) on board the INTEGRAL mission by calculating proton fluxes during Solar Energetic Particle Events and electron fluxes from measurements within the outer Radiation Belt. Extensive evaluation studies are made by comparing the unfolded proton fluxes with data from the SEPEM Reference Dataset v2.0 and the unfolded electron fluxes with data from the Van Allen Probes mission instruments Magnetic Electron Ion Spectrometer (MagEIS) and Relativistic Electron Proton Telescope (REPT).
Wirksamkeit von Disease-Management-Programmen für Asthma und COPD? Ergebnisse einer Querschnittstudie
Authors: Kanniess Frank , Krockenberger Katja , Oepen Petra , Hedrich Rahel , Olbrich Denise , Hessler Nicole , Ziegler Andreas , Langer-Brauburger Birgit
Published: November 2018

Einleitung Die Wirksamkeit der deutschen Disease-Management-Programme (DMP) Asthma und chronisch obstruktive Lungenerkrankung (COPD) kann mit den gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Dokumentationen nicht gezeigt werden. Studien mit Vergleichsgruppen sind selten. Ziel war es, in einer Querschnittstudie zu untersuchen, ob sich die Krankheitskontrolle bei Teilnehmern (DMP+) und Nicht-Teilnehmern (DMP–) der DMP Asthma und COPD voneinander unterscheidet.

Methoden Die Studie ist eine prospektive, multizentrische Querschnittstudie, die untersucht, inwieweit DMP+-Patienten sich von entsprechenden DMP–-Patienten im Hinblick auf ihre Krankheitskontrolle voneinander unterscheiden. Primärer Endpunkt war die Krankheitskontrolle, gemessen mit dem Asthma-Control-Test™ (ACT) im Studienteil Asthma sowie dem COPD-Assessment-Test™ (CAT) im Studienteil COPD.

Ergebnisse Insgesamt wurden 1038 Asthma-Patienten und 846 COPD-Patienten eingeschlossen, je mit etwa 70 % DMP-Teilnehmern. Der ACT-Score war bei den Asthma-DMP+-Patienten höher als bei den DMP–-Patienten (Mittelwertdifferenz 0,86; 95 %KI: 0,29 – 1,43; p = 0,003), allerdings klinisch nicht relevant. Bei COPD-Patienten fand sich ebenfalls kein klinisch relevanter Unterschied in der Krankheitskontrolle (0,52; 95 %KI: -0,71 – 1,75; p = 0,405). Nur etwa 60 % der Patienten, die seit mindestens einem Jahr in das entsprechende DMP eingeschrieben waren, hatten an einer strukturierten Schulung teilgenommen. Zwischen geschulten und nicht geschulten Patienten fand sich kein Unterschied in der Krankheitskontrolle.

Diskussion Es fand sich kein klinisch relevanter Unterschied in der Krankheitskontrolle zwischen DMP+- und DMP–-Patienten für die DMP Asthma und COPD. International wurde die Wirksamkeit von DMP bei Asthma und COPD in randomisierten Studien nachgewiesen. Auch in Deutschland sollten randomisierte Studien durchgeführt werden, um die Wirksamkeit der DMP Asthma und COPD zu belegen.

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Hepatoprotective Activities of Ethanolic Roots Extract of Ageratum Conyzoides on Alloxan-Induced Hepatic Damage in Diabetic Wistar Rats
Authors: Ojewale A.O. , Akpan H.B. , Faduyile F.A. , Shallie P.D. , Akande A.A. , Adefule A.K.
Published: November 2018

Introduction The aim of the present study was to evaluate the hepatoprotective activities of the ethanolic roots extract of Ageratum conyzoides (AC) in alloxan-induced hepatic damage in diabetic rats.

Materials and Methods Diabetes was induced in Wistar rats by the administration of alloxan (150 mg/kg, intraperitoneal). The ethanolic roots extract of AC, at doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg of body weight, was administered to diabetes-induced rats at a single dose per day for a period of 28 days.

Results The effect of the ethanolic roots extract of AC on blood glucose, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and hepatic oxidative stress markers was measured in the diabetic rats. The ethanolic roots extract of AC exhibited significant reduction of blood glucose (p < 0.05) at the dose of 500 mg/kg when compared with the standard drug glibenclamide (600 µg/kg). The alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels increased significantly (p < 0.05) in the diabetic group without treatment when compared with the control group. In addition, the levels of oxidative stress markers, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and glutathione (GSH), were significantly decreased in the diabetic rats compared with the normal rats, while the lipid peroxidation significantly increased in the diabetic group without treatment compared with the control (normal) group. The results demonstrated that the morphological, functional and oxidative stress changes in the liver caused by the ingestion of alloxan were attenuated in diabetic rats treated with the ethanolic roots extract of AC.

Conclusion We concluded that the ethanolic roots extract of AC possesses significant antidiabetic, antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects on alloxan-induced diabetic rats.
Biomechanics Potential of the Masseter and Temporal Muscles in the Mandibles of Mesofacial Subjects
Authors: Pradebon Ana , Pradebon Marieli , Goulart Guilherme , Jotz Geraldo , Malysz Tais , Páfaro Júlia , Reis Magda , de Campos Deivis
Published: November 2018

Introduction The knowledge of the organization of the masseter muscle (MM) and the temporal muscle (TM) is extremely important when related to the study of the stomatognathic system. Moreover, some authors have shown that mastication is of great importance, not only for the intake of food but also for the systemic, mental and physical functions of the body.

Materials and Methods We have decided to analyze the biomechanical potential (length of the force arm, muscular work and mechanical advantage) of the MM and TM in the mandibles of mesofacial subjects (n = 34).

Results Our results show that the MM exhibits a better biomechanical potential than the TM (p = 0.0001).

Conclusion With these data, orthodontists may develop a specific treatment plan and get better results, especially in cases of patients in whom the biomechanical pattern of the temporomandibular joint is unfavorable.