bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cultural shift for pro-environmental behavioural change: Developing and measuring the Environmental Culture in Organisations (ECO) Framework
Authors: Sabherwal Anandita , Shreedhar Ganga , Reader Tom
Published: November 2023

Beyond motivational factors, societal forces such as organisations are key to shaping individual pro-environmental actions. Yet, at present, the literature lacks a framework and measurement of the extent to which an organisation facilitates pro-environmental behavioursamong its members. Drawing on organisational culture theory, and predictors of workplace pro-environmental behaviours, we develop the Environmental Culture in Organisations (ECO) framework and scale. The ECO framework identifies and measure the features that, when embedded in an organisations’ culture, promote pro-environmental actions, and deter environmentally harmful actions. Across four studies we: 1) theorised dimensions and developed and refined items through expert interviews; 2) determined that the ECO scale has a five-factor structure through factor analysis (n=1272 UK adults); 3) confirmed ECO’s factor structure in a new, pre-registered study (n=1224 UK adults) and found evidence for its convergent and discriminant validity, as well as predictive validity (for self-reported workplace pro-environmental actions); and 4) found that ECO mediates the relationship between organisational features and workplace pro-environmental behaviours (n=604 participants). Our findings suggest that five cultural norms pertaining to– leadership and management support, norms among co-workers, the prevalence of policies, organisational values, and feasibility of action in employees’ day-to-day job roles– determine an organisation’s capacity to foster pro-environmental actions. And this resultant environmental culture has important implications for employees’ pro-environmental behaviours at work. ECO can chart a clear path to organisational interventions by pointing to specific features of an organisation’s culture that can be leveraged to drive pro-environmental actions.
Modular Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Victims of Bullying: A Case Report
Authors: Cooley John L.
Published: November 2023

Surprisingly few intervention approaches have been evaluated for victims of bullying, and only one known study has directly addressed the traumatic nature of these experiences. Thus, there is currently little guidance for practitioners working individually with youth who have been negatively impacted by bullying. The Modular Approach to Therapy for Children with Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, or Conduct Problems (MATCH-ADTC) is an evidence-based intervention system designed to address comorbidity, which is likely to be present among this population. The current article presents a case report of an adolescent male with social anxiety and attention problems who had experienced chronic, severe bullying that resulted in significant posttraumatic stress symptoms. It illustrates the process of implementing an adapted version of MATCH-ADTC to meet his mental health needs. Results demonstrate the potential utility of this approach, as it effectively addressed the patient’s experiences of bullying, his symptoms of posttraumatic stress and social anxiety, and the family’s other identified top problems. High levels of treatment satisfaction were also reported. The current article highlights unique treatment considerations and challenges when providing mental health services for youth victims of bullying, emphasizing the need to help them develop coping skills and a plan for responding to aggressive peers and then the importance of trauma narration to reduce intrusion, hyperarousal, and avoidance symptoms and help process inaccurate and unhelpful (i.e., self-blaming) cognitions stemming from these experiences.
The tip of the iceberg: a call to embrace anti-localizationism in human neuroscience research
Authors: Noble Stephanie , Curtiss Joshua , Pessoa Luiz , Scheinost Dustin
Published: November 2023

Human neuroscience research remains largely preoccupied with mapping distinct brain areas to complex psychological processes and features of mental health disorders. While this reductionist and localizationist perspective has resulted in a number of substantive contributions to the field, it has long been viewed as only a piece of the puzzle. Emerging evidence now empirically demonstrates how a historical reliance on localizationist techniques may underlie recent challenges to reproducibility and translation in human neuroscience. To advance discovery, we must collectively think more seriously about complex systems and machine learning approaches that better capture the multidimensional, dynamic, and interacting nature of the brain. Moreover, we must begin to contend with how to best integrate complementary modalities beyond the brain to better understand complex mental processes.
One Year Later: Longer-Term Maintenance Effects of a Digital Intervention to Change Personality Traits
Authors: Stieger Mirjam , Flückiger Christoph , Allemand Mathias
Published: November 2023

Objective: Recent research suggests that personality traits can be changed by psychological interventions. However, it is unclear whether these intended personality changes can be maintained or merely reflect ephemeral shifts. Method: The present study reports 1-year follow-up effects of a 3-month digital intervention for personality trait change (Stieger et al., 2021). Personality traits were measured before the intervention (Pretest: N = 1523), directly after the intervention (Posttest: n = 554), and three months (Follow-up 1: n = 437) and one year (Follow-up 2: n = 157) after the end of the intervention. Results: Attrition analyses suggest that participants who completed the 1-year follow-up were significantly more open to experience (d = 0.19), less neurotic (d = 0.20), more agreeable (d = 0.35) and more conscientious (d = 0.27) than participants who did not complete the 1-year follow-up. Also, until the 1-year follow-up, personality trait changes achieved remained stable (for those who wanted to increase in extraversion and conscientiousness) or even changed further in the desired direction (for those who wanted to decrease in neuroticism).Conclusion: These results suggest that changes in personality traits due to a targeted intervention are not just ephemeral shifts and can even continue.
The factor of labor relations in the politics of modern societies: the experience of Mongolia and Kazakhstan
Authors: Arinova O.T. , Sambuu Ch.
Published: November 2023

The article attempts to summarize the socio-philosophical analysis of the factors influencing the development of labor relations (including labor emigration) in Mongolia and the Republic of Kazakhstan. The focus of the research is on the philosophical and political aspects of labor relations. In a comparative aspect, trends and approaches to the regulation of labor relations are considered in the focus of regional cooperation. Particular attention is paid in the article to the study of topical political and philosophical problems of labor activity (work and freedom, the objectives and uses of labor, the use of working time as the foundation of labor, etc.), trends and problems in the field of regulation of labor relations are shown. The article focuses on the special position of Mongolia in the system of international relations,  highlights the determinants of the foreign policy of this country. An analysis of the social consequences of the adoption and implementation of the concept of the “third neighbor” in the policy of the Mongolian and Kazakhstani societies at the present stage of development has been carried out. The conclusion is made about the specifics of the social situation of the Mongolian society in a state of demographic transition, which is characterized by a young age structure of the population, focused on the export of labor resources, labor migration. The article emphasizes the fundamental difference between the Kazakh society as a society in which there is no active migratory donation, in contrast to the Mongolian society. The authors showed the importance of labor migration in the socio-economic development of both countries in the context of this opposition. According to the authors, both countries have developed an approach to understanding labor relations as a factor in the sustainable development of society andthe state.
Сопылық тариқаттар философиясындағы әйел бейнесі
Authors: Балтабаева А.Ю. , Ахметова Г.К.
Published: November 2023

Мақалада Орта Азияда ислам діні аясында сопылық тариқаттардың ілімі мен негізгі қағидалары қарастырылып, оның ішінде салыстырмалы түрде мұсылман қоғамында әйел-аналардың рөлі менорны зерттелген. Тариқаттардың негізін қалаушы ұстаздары және олардың бағыттарына тән негізгіұстанымдар жайында түсініктеме берілген. Сопылық тариқаттар философиясындағы жария, құпия зікір амалдары, ерлер мен әйелдердің қатысу тәсілдері қарастырылды. Сопылықта әйел мен еркек рухани жолда әрқашан тең болғандығы туралы сөз қозғалды. Әркім құдайлықпен өз байланысын орнатуы керек екендігін және әйелдердің бұл қасиеті бойынша еркектерден еш айырмашылығы жоқ екендігі туралы пайымдалды. Сонымен қатар, сопылық ілімінің таралуына әйел сопыларының ықпалы мен рөлі сараланды. Кейбір сопылық тариқаттарда әйелдер жоғары лауазымдарға ие бола алады және басқа әйелдерге рухани тәлімгер бола алатындығы  зерделенді. Алайда, басқа тариқаттарда әйелдер өзмүмкіндіктерімен шектеліп, ерлер сияқты оқыту мен рухани басшылық дәрежесіне қол жеткізе алмауы мүмкіндігі тұжырымдалды. Ахмет Ясауи бабамыздың ілімімен қорытындыласақ, адам толерантты бола отырып, кемел болуына жыныс ерекшелігінің еш қатысы жоқ екендігін көруге болады. Қазіргі қазақ қоғамында әйелді кез келген саланың маманы ретінде елеулі жетістіктерге жеткенін көре аламыз.
Intertextual implications of E.А. Buketov’s philosophy of humanism and multiculturalism
Authors: Buketova N.I. , Aratayeva A.T. , Turkenova S.S. , Amrenova A.S. , Dzhusupov B.I.
Published: November 2023

Philosophy as a developing cognitive science had been significantly influenced by the scientific paradigm of Ferdinand de Saussure. In the Chapter on Langue and Parole Ferdinand de Saussure draws a distinction between Language and Speech, particularly on their interdependence. The language is a tool and the  manifestation of the speech, i.e. connecting the spoken activity and written language. The notion of Intertextuality was first used by Juliya Kristeva, and then increased under postmodernism up to “All texts are intertexts” since they refer to the pre-existing texts and current ones. This Article considers the linguistic personality of a bilingual author within the frames of Intertextuality. In this sense, the literary works and translations of Academician Evney Buketov arouse an intense interest to his linguistic  personality. The novelty of this approach refers to research gap of intertexts and their meanings. The texts of the Author are being analyzed across philosophical and linguistic sciences. Such approach empowers the  multidimensional and holistic analysis of the linguistic personality’s discourse. In this particular case the linguistic personality, the author of the texts is a bilingual person whose mother tongue is the Kazakh language and is proficient in Russian, powerfully writing literary texts. In the meantime, the author is a multicultural personality with overlapping cultural fields that give depth and breadth to the intertext from the standpoint of  postmodern discourse.
Қазақстанның өркениеттiк даму перспективаларын философиялық тұрғыдан ұғыну контекстiндегi жалпыадамзаттық және ұлттық құндылықтар
Authors: Караконисова С.Г. , Солощенко П.П.
Published: November 2023

Мақалада жалпыадамзаттық және ұлттық құндылықтар қоғамдық прогрестiң iргелi дүниетанымдық негiзi ретiнде қарастырылатын Қазақстанның өркениеттiк даму перспективаларына философиялық талдау ұсынылған. Өткеннiң рухани мұрасына көз жiберу арқылы және қазiргi қазақстандық философтардың философиялық iзденiстерiне тоқтала отырып, авторлар қазiргi қазақстандық қоғамның рухани жаңғыру векторын айқындайтын идеялардың терең гуманистiк мазмұнын ашуға тырысқан. Әлеуметтiк-гуманитарлық бiлiм өкiлдерiнiң негiзгi мiндетiне өркениеттiк дамудың басқа iргелi стратегиясын ұсына алатын, әлеуметтiк өзiн-өзi ұйымдастырудың жаңа әдiснамасын жасау, оныжүзеге асыруға мүмкiндiгiнше көп адамдардың белсендi саналы белсендiлiгiн ескеру жатады. Мемлекеттiң ұлттық саясатын ғылымның теориялық және әдiснамалық жетiстiктерiне сәйкестендiру қажеттiлiгi негiзделген. Жаһандық тұрақсыздық жағдайында дамудың идеологиялық және руханиадамгершiлiк бағдарларын iздеудiң  маңыздылығы атап өтiлдi. Авторлар осы iзденiстегi iргелi бағыттардың бiрiн, атап айтқанда, жаңа әлеуметтiк институттардың қалыптасуы үшiн, Қазақстанхалқы ретiнде жаңа этномәдени бiрегейлiкке ие болу үшiн өз негiздерiн айқындауды көрсеттi Сонымен қатар Әбу Насыр әл-Фарабидiң қазiргi заманғы жалпыадамзаттық өркениеттiк дамудыңсұраныстары тұрғысынан да, сондай-ақ қазақстандық қоғамның әлеуметтiк жаңғырту процестерiнiң рухани-адамгершiлiк құрамдас бөлiгiн жаңартудың әдiснамалық негiздерiн iздеуi тұрғысынан да зормаңызы бар мұрасы қарастырылған. Қазақстандық философ Б. Қасеновтің шығармашылығы зерттелген, оның негiзiнде Қазақстандағы әлеуметтiк өзгерiстердiң, жаңа қазақстандық бiрегейлiк пен жаңа қазақстандық патриотизмнiң қалыптасуының негiзi ретiнде «намыс» ұғымы жатыр.
Эзотерический смысл мира «непреходяще ценных сутей» Жусупа Баласагуни в «Кутту билим»
Authors: Рыскиева A.A. , Амребаева Ж.Т. , Абжалов С.У. , Куранбек А.А. , Базарбаев К.К.
Published: November 2023

В статье рассмотрена эзотерическая составляющая мира ценностей Жусупа Баласагуни в «Кутту билим». Цель — прояснить, не только и не столько внешний очевидный смысл текста, как управлять государством и обществом так, чтобы достичь «справедливого» и «разумного» «просвещённого» состояния не только правящей элиты, но и «счастливого»,  самодостаточного, мудрого» состояния общества. Кроме того, привлечь внимание к ещё становящейся в XI веке (время жизни и творчества поэта), возникшей в Х веке и развивавшейся по XV век средневековой классической мусульманской поэтической традиции, сердцем, которого был суфизм. Для достижения указанной выше цели были использованы историко-культурный, герменевтический, компаративистский методы, в том числе и метод контрастного понимания. Результатами статьи являются рекомендации к прочтению и актуальной интерпретации текста читателями, для адекватного раскрытия образов поэмы, артикуляции концептов, лакун и скрытых значений символов, намёков, которые невольно упускаешь из виду, если не учитываешь контекст эпохи, нацеленность автора, а также способность аудитории воспринимать знание. Текст Жусупа Баласагуна — это сложный синтез, чрезвычайно ценный, и как классический поэтический тюркоязычный шедевр, и как своеобразный тюркский (ни арабский, ни персидский) сводпрагматических «поучений владыкам», и как утонченный суфийский философский источник.
Постпандемия кезеңіндегі жаңа құндылықтар: «жаңа норма» ұғымының рөлі
Authors: Сариева A.T. , Жолдубаева A.K.
Published: November 2023

«Жаңа норма» әдетте дағдарыстан кейін орын алатын жағдай ретінде қарастырылып келсе, пандемия қоғамды жайлаған кезде денсаулық сақтау және емдеу жүйелері, экономикалық өмір, мәдениет, әлеуметтік-экономикалық таптық құрылымдар мен нәсілдік қатынастар, іргелі институционалдық тетіктер, қауымдастықтар мен күнделікті отбасылық өмір сияқты маңызды құрылымдардың қалыпты жағдайын бұзды. Оған жаһандық деңгейде енгізілген ереже нормаларға қарап баға беруге болады. СOVID-19 пандемиясы әлеуметтік жағдайлардың салдарынан ғана емес, күнделікті өмір салтымызда, мәдениетімізде де «жаңа норманың» қалыптасатынын көрсетті. Мұны 2020 жылдан бері қалыптасқан кейбір дағдыларға қарап анықтауға мүмкіндік туады. Мақалада «жаңа норма» анықтамасына зерттеу жасалынып, «жаңа норма» бойынша әртүрлі өзгеріске ұшыраған жағдайларға болжамдар көрсетілген. СOVID-19 пандемиясы жағдайында қалыптасқан қоғамдық нормаларға сипаттама шолу берілген, жалпылама талдау жасалған. Авторлар қашықтықтан жұмыс істеуге кәсіби дайындықтың мәселелерін, атап айтсақ, кеңседен тыс жұмыс істеудің техникалық дағдыларын, қызметкерлердің цифрлық сауаттылығы және өзін-өзі бақылау дағдыларын жетілдірудің маңыздылығын атап өткен. Пандемия кезінде цифрлық сауаттылықтың өсуіне назар аударылған. Көптеген компания қызметкерлерінің карантин кезеңінде бейнеконференцияны, топтық жұмыс чаттарын, жобаны басқару жүйелерін, бұлтты қызметтерді және тағы басқа цифрлық дағдыларды сәтті игергені туралы айтылған. Мұның бәрі қосымша жұмыспен қамтуды дамытудың маңызды алғышарты екендігіне мән беріледі (фрелансинг, қосымша жұмыс, қашықтан оқыту). Сондай-ақ, қызметкерлердің қашықтықтан жұмыспен қамтуды жалғастыруы нәтижесінде қандай оң және теріс салдар қалыптасқанына салыстырмалы талдау жүргізілген.
Маргиналдылық әлеуметтік-мәдени құбылыс ретінде
Authors: Темиргалиев K.A. , Джамалиева Ғ.Ж. , Атеш О.Ф. , Ахметова И.А.
Published: November 2023

Мақала маргиналдылықты әлеуметтік-мәдени құбылыс ретінде қарастыруға арналған. Қазіргі таңдажаңа әлеуметтік күштер мен қатынастардың қалыптасу кезеңінде көптеген қоғамдар, соның ішінде  қазақстандық қоғам да белгілі бір дәрежеде  құндылықтық-нормативтік вакуумды бастан кешіріп жатқандығына байланысты, дәл осы кезеңде  маргинализация процесі күрт күшейіп, өз ауқымында кеңейіп келеді. Жаңа бағдарлардың қалыптасуы жағдайында маргиналды адамдар тұрақты әлеуметтік бағдарлардан айырылады, оларға өздерін жеткілікті сенімділік пен айқындықпен анықтау өте қиын.Маргиналды күй адам бір мәдениеттен кетіп, оны өзінің болмысының сыртқы жазықтығында қалдырып, ол үшін жаңа мәдениетке сәйкес келмейтіндігімен сипатталады, бірақ ол оның сансыз көріністерінің қатысуымен өмір сүреді. Адам жаңа мәдени белгілерді игеру сатысында, бірақ оларды әлі игере алмайды. Бұл өтпелі, шекаралық әлеуметтік-мәдени жағдай ретінде маргиналдылықтың парадоксалды сипаты. Әдетте, маргинализация процесі күрт күшейіп, өз ауқымында кеңейеді. Адамдар сенімсіздік пен әлеуметтік тұрақсыздықты сезінеді. Осыған байланысты бұл мақаланың мақсаты маргиналдылық мәселесін тереңірек зерттеу қажеттілігі болды. Маргиналдылық мәселесін зерттеуге сүйене отырып, жеке адамда біртұтас және алуан түрлі, тұтас, атап айтқанда әмбебап және біртұтас болады деген қорытынды жасауға болады. Осыған байланысты маргинализация мәселесі жеке өзін-өзі анықтау арқылы шешілуі керек. Мақаланы жазуда маргиналдылық мәселелерін зерттеген философтар, әлеуметтанушылар және педагогтердің еңбектері қарастырылды. Авторлар маргиналдылық мәселесін шешуге арналған бірқатар ұсыныстар жасаған.
Social and cultural transformation of the information society and its impact on new individuality formation
Authors: Shormanbayeva D.G. , Sharipova R.M. , Sivodedova A.V. , Ivleva Ye.N. , Shebalina O.A.
Published: November 2023

The concept of the information society is explored in this article, with an analysis of the transformation of subsystems such as politics, economics, culture, technology, production, communication, and the human element. The communicative nature of the information society is determined from a social and cultural  perspective. The article highlights how communication and information have become a productive force, enabling the overcoming of national and state as well as cultural and civilizational borders. It also allows for the change of global management trends while leading to an exit beyond local social and cultural systems. Philosophical analysis within a social and cultural approach supports these provisions. The article shows that the information society is undergoing a decentralization of social space and virtualization, with its values being transformed along with their inconsistency and multidimensionality of  interpretation. The process of individual adaptation becomes increasingly complex. In the information society, there is an increase in maladaptive potential and identity crisis, leading to a movement towards individualization of human beings and a decrease in relations with the social world.
Export of Georgian Qvevri Wine to the United States - Sharing Culture, History, and Traditions
Authors: BAKHTADZE Irina
Published: November 2023

Viticulture and winemaking not only strengthen country’s economy, but also endorse socio-cultural and political relationships, create its image as the country of ancient culture,supports development of wine science and implementation of advanced winemaking technologies, promotes successful market strategy and wine tourism. Georgian wines havebeen exported to the US for the last decade and have deserved considerable attention from American consumers. Georgia offered to the market Qvevri wine which is producedaccording to ancient Georgian traditions – wine maturing in ceramic vessels deeply dug in the earth. Georgian winemaking is now focused on production of ecologically pure wine,bio-wine which can be achieved by applying natural treatment and Georgian authentic winemaking methods.Keywords: Bio-wine, ecologically pure wine, Georgian culture and wine, Georgian wineexport, Georgian wines in the U.S., Qvevri wine
The Main Reasons of U.S. and NATO’s Victory in the Cold War
Authors: CHITADZE Nika
Published: November 2023

The paper explores the main nature and characters of the cold war and basic geopolitical, economic, information, military, ideological, cultural and other reasons, which determinedthe US, NATO and in general victory of the International Democratic Community over communist block and USSR during the “cold war”, which played the decisive role for thestrengthening international security and further enlargement of democracy in the different regions of the World.Keywords: Globalization, International Banks, International Business, Trans National Corporations,trade
Teachers’ Competence, Classroom Organization and Climate as Predictors of Students’ Academic Achievement in Secondary School Biology
Authors: OLABINTAN Deborah F. , BADRU Ademola K.
Published: November 2023

This study investigated teachers’ competence, classroom organization and climate as predictors of students’ academic achievement in Secondary School Biology in Ogun state withfour hypotheses formulated for the study.The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The target population used for this study comprised of all Public Secondary School (SS) teachers and their students. Purposivesampling technique was used to select one qualified Biology teacher from each selected school and random sampling technique was used to select ten students from the SSIIclass in each of the selected schools. The four instruments were Teachers’ Competence Rating Scale, Classroom Organization Rating Scale, Classroom Climate Rating Scale andBiology Achievement Test used and their Coefficient reliability values were obtained 0.82, 0.79, 0.85 and 0.87 respectively. t-test and Analysis of Variance formula were used to analysedata collected at significant level of 0.05. Results revealed that teacher competence, classroom organization and climate did not significant contribute when taken together to students’ academic achievement in Biology (R2 = 0.013; p ˃ 0.05) and teacher competence, classroom organization and climate did not have significant relative contribution to students’ academic achievement in Biology (R2 = 0.006,0.005, and 0.001, P > 0,05), there was no significant difference between less qualified and qualified teachers on students’ academic achievement in Biology (t = 1.355; p ˃ 0.05), therewas significant difference between less qualified and qualified teachers on teachers’ competence in Biology (t = 4.024; p < 0.05), Among the recommendations is that qualified Biologyteachers should be employed to teach students in the classroom in order to enhance students’ achievement in Biology.Keywords: Academic Achievement, Classroom Organization, Classroom Climate Teachers’competence
American Studies – the Local and the Global
Authors: SHIOSHVILI Tamar
Published: November 2023

American Studies is one of the first unique interdisciplinary areas of inquiry, emerging in the 1930s, strengthening and getting more and more popular after 1960s and 1970s, wheninter-, multi-, cross-, and trans-disciplinary exertion spread everywhere. Scholars found it enlightening and enchanting to “smudge genres”, to trespass the boundaries betweendisciplines and borrow methods, sources, and subjects of other fields to open up their minds. Subsequently, not only in diverse of states in the U.S. universities, but according ourresearch, in different parts of the globe the universities (International Black Sea University – Republic of Georgia; Akaki Tsereteli State University – Republic of Georgia; The GeorgeWashington University, Washington D.C. US; Penn State University – Pennsylvania, US; University of Michigan – US; University of New Mexico, US; University of SZEGED, Hungary;have freedom and are encouraged to add, subtract, and rearrange curriculums of American Studies programs on all three levels (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.), depending on geography,history, time, the groups of professors, the mission. And the mission is one: to describe the social, political and economic “rules” that have caused and are causing inequality in the U.S.;to strengthen democratic institutions on the example of the history of the United States of America.Keywords: Culture, curriculum, exceptional, interdisciplinary, transnational
Contributions of Critical Thinking Skills and Self-Regulation to the Professional Competence of Business Studies Teachers in Ogun State, Nigeria
Authors: ABOSEDE Subuola Catherine , AKINTOLA Olugbenga Adeyanju , SOBANDE Tolulope Esther
Published: November 2023

The advancement in the world has made typical business schools to focus in shifting courses designed to impact a large dose of quantitative management skills and techniques to specific softer skills (behavioural and societal) involving the ability to work with others, to communicate effectively, to display multicultural awareness and to exhibit some entrepreneurial and leadership skills. In fact, there is growing emphasis in education, business, government, employer organizations, and alumni and even student for graduate to possess competencies for employability. Hence, the study examined critical thinking skills and self-regulation as determinants of professional competence of business teachers. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for this the study. Thirty-two (32) respondents that constituted the population of the Business Studies Teachers in Secondary Schools within Ijebu-North Local government Area of Ogun State were sampled to participate in study. Adopted and validated scales were used for data collection and statistically analysed using multiple regression at 0.05 alpha levels. The result revealed that there was a significant relationship between critical thinking, self-regulation and professional competency among business studies teachers. Based on the result of this study, the researchers recommend strategies for sustaining professional competence among the business studies teachers, using critical thinking and self-regulation.Keywords: Critical Thinking Skills, Professional Competence & Business Studies Teachers, Self-Regulation
Pivot States and Great Powers - the U.S. Foreign Policy Strategy towards Georgia as a “Pivot State“
Authors: BERAIA Eka
Published: November 2023

Great powers are believed to play a crucial role in global politics. Their keen interests in politics, military capabilities and economic strength mean that their actions have a great influence on the international security environment. The powers maintain dominant positions in alliances and in waging wars, and prove their diplomatic and political weight in international affairs. This difference in power distribution and reputation leads to so called “a set of rights and rules“, governing interactions among states. Pivot states generally possess military, economic or ideational strategic assets and are coveted by great powers. They are caught in the middle of overlapping spheres of influence of multiple great powers as measured by associations that consist of ties that bind military and economic agreements as well as cultural affinities.Keywords: Brinksmanship, cooperation, deployment, global politics, great actors, initiative, pivot states
The U.S.-China Relations and Their Possible Reflection on the World Economic Order
Authors: CHITADZE Nika
Published: November 2023

The paper explores the analysis of the economic potential of the two leading economic powers in the world – the United States of America and China. Particularly, what was and is the level of economic growth in both countries, what will happen if the volume of GDP of USA and China gets equal or China surpasses USA? More concretely, how will all those factors influence the world political and economic order, etc.?Furthermore, the research paper pays attention to the connection between USA-China trade relations and the volume of the world trade and further development of the world economy.Keywords: China, Economy, GDP, Trade, USA
An Image is Worth a Thousand Words! A Visual Discourse Analysis of Face Images on Front Book Covers
Authors: ALMOSAWI Songul , HALAWACHY Huda
Published: November 2023

Book cover is a complex collection of signs that can be decoded in a multidisciplinary approach. The current study comes as a perceptive account of signs which may help consumers to interpret messages in the chosen book covers images and meanings matching the book content. To our intuition, the most spectacular images are human face images which are sub- divided into real model face images and abstract character face images, animal face images, and compound images. Totally, we analyzed a blend of 10 images in various book covers adopting a visual discourse approach. Three assumptions are worth investigating: (1) the viewers could read basic fragments of the book body via the eyes in the images, (2) it is likely that book titles are in/directly related to the corresponding book covers images, and (3) animal face images in the compound image could connote more evilness about the content, and the sort of the book. Findings revealed that real model face images could decode more about the book than abstract characters images interpreting the publisher’s messages. In compound images, animal face features could connote evil messages more than humans. Eyes remain the most powerful feature reading the book cover.Keywords: Visual Discourse Analysis; Sign; Human Face Image; Animal Face Image; Front Book Covers
Middle meningeal artery pseudoaneurysm and pterygoid plexus fistula following percutaneous radiofrequency rhizotomy: illustrative case
Authors: Ismail Rahim , Schartz Derrek , Hoang Timothy , Kessler Alexander
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND

Percutaneous treatment for trigeminal neuralgia is a safe and effective therapeutic methodology and can be accomplished in the form of balloon compression, glycerol rhizotomy, and radiofrequency thermocoagulation. These procedures are generally well tolerated and demonstrate minimal associated morbidity. Moreover, vascular complications of these procedures are exceedingly rare.

OBSERVATIONS

We present the case of a 64-year-old female with prior microvascular decompression and balloon rhizotomy who presented after symptom recurrence and underwent a second balloon rhizotomy at our institution. Soon thereafter, she presented with pulsatile tinnitus and a right preauricular bruit on physical examination. Subsequent imaging revealed a middle meningeal artery (MMA) to pterygoid plexus fistula and an MMA pseudoaneurysm. Coil and Onxy embolization were used to manage the pseudoaneurysm and fistula.

LESSONS

This case illustrates the potential for MMA pseudoaneurysm formation as a complication of percutaneous trigeminal balloon rhizotomy, which has not been seen in the literature. Concurrent MMA-pterygoid plexus fistula is also a rarity demonstrated in this case.
TYPE OF WORK MOTIVATION AND LEVEL OF EMOTIONAL EFFICIENCY IN COMMUNICATION AS FACTORS OF ADAPTATION OF LABOR MIGRANTS IN UKRAINE
Authors:   KROK University, Skliarova Hаnna , Kozachuk Valeriy ,   KROK University
Published: November 2023

The article presents the concept of adaptation, considers the general types of adaptation (social, psychological, physiological) and the types distinguished by ethnicity researchers (ethnic, cultural, linguistic, intercultural). The concept of labor motivation, its objective and subjective indicators are outlined, and the socio-psychological characteristics of labor adaptation of migrants are provided. The article also considers some factors of adaptation of migrants – those related to the peculiarities of the receiving region (population density, availability of jobs, general attitude towards migrants), and those that are characteristics of the personality - the subject of adaptation. The article also describes an empirical study conducted using the following methods: Herchikov's questionnaire (Motype); method of diagnosing "obstacles" (barriers) in establishing emotional contacts by V. Boyko; method of diagnosis of socio-psychological adaptation by K. Rogers and R. Diamond. The purpose of the study is to clarify the influence of the type of labor motivation (instrumental, professional, patriotic, economic (household), lumpenized), and obstacles in establishing emotional contacts, on the adaptation of labor migrants in Ukraine. The results of the research presented in the article indicate that among the interviewed respondents, the prevailing type of work motivation is instrumental and professional types of work motivation, also most respondents have difficulties in establishing emotional contacts and certain barriers in communication. At the end of the article, it makes it possible to draw conclusions that the lowest adaptation indicators are those with an instrumental type of motivation, the average level of adaptation is shown by respondents with a professional work motivation, and a high level of adaptation is demonstrated by respondents with a predominant mastery (economic) type of motivation. It was also established that the presence of problems in establishing emotional contacts with others increases the level of a person's maladjustment.
DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTIONAL RESISTANCE OF FUTURE TEACHERS
Authors:   Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, Hryniova Nataliia , Danilevich Larisa ,   Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University
Published: November 2023

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of developing emotional stability, as an important personal and professional attribute of future teachers. The purpose of the article is a theoretical and empirical study of the psychological features of the emotional stability of the personality of future teachers - graduates of the Uman State Pedagogical University named after Pavel Tychyna. An analysis of approaches to defining the concepts of "emotional stability", "emotional intelligence", and their relationship was carried out. The essence of modern approaches to determining the essence of emotional stability is revealed and its components are analyzed. The essence of emotional stability is revealed as a complex dynamic integrative personal property that ensures high productivity and efficiency of activity and behavior in difficult emotionally stressful conditions and preservation of mental health. The essence and features of emotional intelligence as a unity of intellectual and emotional-volitional features and properties of the personality are defined. The results of an empirical study of emotional stability and emotional intelligence of students of higher education while studying at a higher education institution are presented, and a comparison of the development of emotional states and abilities of students of the 1st and 4th courses is made. It was established that the components of emotional stability (extraversion - introversion; attachment - detachment; self-control - impulsivity; emotional instability - emotional stability; expressiveness - practicality) are at a higher level among students of the 4th year, compared to students of the 1st year. levels of development. Diagnostics of self-assessment of mental states (anxiety, frustration, aggression, rigidity) proved that their level of states in the 4th year students is lower than in the 1st year students. It was determined that the development of the constituent components of emotional stability and emotional intelligence is important for maintaining the mental health of the teacher.
SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF MENTAL STATES IN PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE
Authors:   State University of Trade and Economics, Naumenko Natalia
Published: November 2023

Increased interest in the study of individual mental properties and the course of mental processes is associated with an increase in the frequency of negative mental states and even borderline neuropsychiatric disorders. According to many experts, the prevalence of such conditions in the world is from 20 to 40 percent of the population. Negative mental states significantly affect interpersonal relationships, increase conflict, are manifested in undesirable changes in behavior, including antisocial acts, and also cause deterioration or loss of work capacity. The obtained scientific results indicate that the common scientific views of various scientists regarding the problem of determining mental states is that their study and mechanisms are considered as a holistic phenomenon of the mental activity of an individual. Mental activity is carried out in connection with internal and external factors that determine it. On the one hand, these are individual psychological features of a person, and on the other hand, they are the result of a peculiar reflection and peculiarities of the conditions of professional activity. It is the subjective attitude to objective reality that determines the specificity of the course of mental processes and determines the mental states of a specialist in accordance with mental cognitive processes, properties and personality formations. The purpose of the article: to reveal scientific approaches to the study and interpretation of negative mental states, the peculiarities of its psychological characteristics and determinants in professional literature. Analysis of scientific sources shows that mental states depend on a certain unity and at the same time opposites. On the one hand, there is a significant influence of the external environment (activity in conditions of war, pandemic, social environment), and on the other, a subjective attitude to objective reality depending on individual psychological properties, mental cognitive processes, motivation, temperament, emotional volitional sphere, experience. Regarding the current special socio-psychological conditions and living conditions of entrepreneurs, most of them, according to surveys, experience negative mental states (fear of losing business, anxiety for relatives, depressive states and worries about the fate of the country). At the same time, about 30 percent in these harsh conditions have not lost their optimism, find ways for effective entrepreneurial activity, immerse themselves in work and enjoy it. The prospects of further research are that based on scientific approaches to the study of mental states in the scientific literature, the psychodiagnostic toolkit of their negative manifestations will be substantiated and a psychological program for the prevention and overcoming of negative mental states in entrepreneurs will be developed.
THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES IN REDUCING AND MANAGING CORRUPTION IN UKRAINE
Authors:   Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Shevchenko Nataliia , Kopytko Marta ,   Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Zakharov Oleksandr ,   KROK University
Published: November 2023

In the current conditions of development of market mechanisms for regulating the domestic economy, the issue of the impact of negative factors is more relevant than ever. In addition to Russia's military aggression, the introduction of martial law, and a significant number of forced restrictions on the activities of individuals and legal entities, the negative impact is also exerted by factors related to corruption, illegal enrichment, raiding, concealment of income or part thereof, money laundering, terrorist financing, etc. This situation necessitates the development of measures to reduce corruption, as well as the establishment of ongoing cooperation with international organizations to combat corruption. The purpose of the article is to determine the directions of international cooperation in the field of preventing manifestations of corruption in Ukraine, to study the effectiveness of such cooperation as one of the directions for reducing the level of corruption and the shadow economy, taking into account national and international anti-corruption programs, international experience in combating the legalization of income, money laundering or concealment of profits. The theoretical and practical basis of the study was the research of domestic scholars in the field of international cooperation in the field of combating corruption, legalization of the economy, analytical reports and data of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, indicators and benefits of cooperation between international organizations. Strategically important countries for Ukraine in recent years have become: Latvia, Germany, Poland, Montenegro, Moldova, and Lithuania. The most active organizations in terms of cooperation are: Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FAFT); Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units; Council of Europe (Council of Europe Committee on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Measures (MONEYVAL)); European Union; United Nations; World Bank; NATO; Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE); Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); other international organizations in the field of financial monitoring. The most important areas of cooperation between domestic and international organizations in the field of combating corruption are: the creation of joint projects to combat money laundering and terrorist financing in Ukraine, the development of programs to combat money laundering and concealment of income, joint operations to expose terrorist financing schemes, the war in Ukraine, etc.
RESEARCH OF THE ESSENCE OF THE INFORMATION AND ANALYTICAL SUBGROUND OF THE FORMATION OF AN ADAPTIVE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF THE ENTERPRISE
Authors:   KROK University, Halika Volodymyr
Published: November 2023

The purpose of the study is to study the information and analytical subground for the formation of an adaptive enterprise development strategy. The object of the study is the strategic development of such open socio-economic systems as enterprises operating in a very dynamic external environment. To achieve our goals, we used modern theoretical and scientific methods, in particular: analysis, synthesis, graphic, abstract logical and deduction. The proposed methods made possible the effectiveness of the research conducted regarding the essence of the information and analytical subground for the formation of an adaptive enterprise development strategy. It is substantiated that information in an enterprise is not only a tool for achieving goals, but also a resource for development. That is why the question of studying the essence of the information and analytical subground for the formation of an adaptive development strategy for an enterprise acquires significant relevance. A logical scheme of information and analytical support for the formation of an adaptive enterprise development strategy has been formed. It has been proven that the elements presented in the diagram must be in a clear relationship and in their totality form an internally integrated structure. An expert assessment of the place of information and analytical support in the formation of an adaptive enterprise development strategy was carried out. It has been proven that such open socio-economic systems as enterprises are not able to effectively adapt under the pressure of changes in the dynamics of the external environment without operational information and analytical support. It has been established that the information and analytical subground for the formation of an adaptive development strategy for an enterprise should be understood as the process of providing information resources to the management of this type of socio-economic system and satisfying all the information and data needs of the subjects of the implementation of this type of strategy. The main modern threats to the formation of appropriate information and analytical subground for the adaptive development strategy of enterprises are identified. Prospects for further research should be devoted not only to information and analytical support, but also to countering threats, which occupy a key place in the adaptation approach to the formation of an enterprise development strategy.
WAREHOUSING AND APPROACHES TO FINANCING STARTUPS IN THE LOGISTICS INDUSTRY
Authors:   KROK University, Romaniuk Olha
Published: November 2023

The relevance of the proposed study is due to the importance of the coordinated activity of the warehouse economy, as one of the most important elements of the logistics system, which takes place at any stage of the material flow from the sources of raw materials to production and, subsequently, to the final consumer. The method of research is the analysis of logistics problems in the activities of business companies, their leaders and the identification of optimal financing options. During the research, we used the bibliographic method, methods of analysis and synthesis, the method of descriptive statistics, the method of expert assessments, graphical and tabular methods, as well as the modeling method. By the method of expert assessments, the key problems of warehouse logistics enterprises are summarized, the causes of their occurrence and the possible consequences of ignoring them are determined. The author's vision of solving the specified warehouse problems in order to ensure the preservation of stocks, cost efficiency and the optimal level of logistics service is presented. Ways to solve warehouse problems include the implementation of specialized software, warehouse planning technology, in particular, the warehouse management system (WMS), establishing relationships with various links of the supply chain, and organizing external and internal marketing research to prepare the logistics enterprise for seasonal fluctuations in demand; the safety rules for warehouse personnel are summarized, as well as the issue of organizing regular control of logistics processes of the warehouse is substantiated. The main logistics functions and the structure of the logistics process of the consolidation warehouse are considered, the advantages and disadvantages of their use are classified. Examples are given of the priorities for the development of robotics and the introduction of startups in the innovative activities of the domestic warehouse infrastructure. Current trends of the Ukrainian robotics market are highlighted. Popular forms of financing the needs of warehouse management are outlined. The advantages and disadvantages of external sources of financing innovative activities are analyzed. Examples of attracting grants for the needs of warehouse logistics equipment are given.