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Аstronomical observatory of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2018
Authors: Efimenko V.
Published: January 2020

At the beginning of 2017, 53 workers worked in the State Astronomical Observatory, of which 28 were scientists, including 6 doctors of sciences and 17 candidates of sciences. The structure of the observatory includes the sector astrometry and the small bodies of the solar system (the head of the sector is Kleshchonok V.V., Ph.D), the department of astrophysics (the head of the department is professor Zhdanov V.I., doctor of Science) and 2 observation stations (Lisnyky, Pylypovychi). During the year budget topics were carried out: “Fundamental physics and models of high-energy astrophysical phenomena”, scientific leader professor Zhdanov V.I., doctor of Science; “Cosmic factors of terrestrial cataclysms: observation, analysis, informatization”, scientific leader Rosenbush V.K., doctor of Science. Young scientists of the Observatory won the competition for financing the youth theme “Multi-wave research of cosmic sources of gamma radiation in the framework of the STA project”, scientific leader Ponomarenko V.O., Ph.D. Main scientific results. The potential source of the triplet of cosmic rays with energies above 1020 eV – magnetar SGR 1900 + 14 is found. The possible manifestations of the acceleration of the cosmic rays by the remnant of the Nebula, in which the magnetar SGR 1900 + 14 was born, was investigated. In order to monitor potentially dangerous bodies of the solar system at the observatory station (Lisnyky) 3323 observations were received from 70 comets and 103 asteroids, 3 new asteroids (2017 ST39, 2017 SV39, 2017 TS7) were officially confirmed by the International Center for Small Planets. In 2017, the staff of the Observatory published 4 monographs, 81 scientific articles, 36 of them in foreign publications; 78 reports have been made at 12 conferences.
Retzius-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: initial experience and surgical technique
Authors: Ilin Dmitry M. , Guliev Bahman G.
Published: January 2020

To present own initial experience of Retzius-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RS-RARP) and surgical technique. In OctoberNovember 2019 on the basis of the Urological Department and the Center for Robotic Surgery of City Mariinsky Hospital (Saint Petersburg, Russia) five patients with localized prostate cancer were treated with RS-RARP. The operation time was from 140 to 205 min. The blood loss volume was from 50 to 250 ml. No conversions and intraoperative complications were recorded. Nervous-saving RS-RARP was performed in three patients. No blood transfusions were performed. Two patients faced Clavien Grade I postoperative complications. Immediate continence after removal of the urethral catheter was noted in 3 out of 5 patients. All the patients became continent for 2 weeks. One extraprostatic positive surgical margin was recorded. RS-RARPis an accessible technique for treating patients with localized prostate cancer, which allows achieving high early results. It is necessary to accumulate more experience of such surgeries to assess the distant outcomes and compare them with the data of the robot-assisted radical prostatectomies performed by other approaches.
Influence of operative treatment of variсocele on the development of arterial hypertension
Authors: Krupin Valentin N. , Uezdnyj Mihail N. , Petrova Polina I.
Published: January 2020

Purpose of the research. To assess the incidence of arterial hypertension in men with varicocele and to identify the relationship between increased blood pressure and surgical treatment of varicocele.

Material and methods. A survey of 412 men receiving treatment for arterial hypertension, 482 men previously operated on for varicocele and 68 patients with varicocele who had no surgical treatment was conducted.

Results. Varicose veins of the spermatic cord in patients with arterial hypertension were detected in 44.6% of cases, which exceeds the incidence of varicocele occurrence in men of a comparable age category by 1.52 times. Surgical treatment of the left spermatic cord varicocele is combined with the development of arterial hypertension in 51.2% of patients, which is three times higher than the incidence of hypertension in men who didnt undergo surgical treatment for varicocele and twice the frequency of hypertension in the general population of men of comparable age. The more frequent occurrence of renal arterial hypertension in patients who underwent surgical treatment for varicocele may indicate an adverse effect of occlusion of the internal spermatic vein on the state of renal venous hemodynamics.

Conclusion. Varicocele should be considered as a compensatory process for renal venous hypertension due to obstruction of blood flow through the renal vein, and elimination of compensatory blood flow can lead to renal venous hypertension, hypoxia and the development of arterial hypertension.
Renal echinococcosis mistaken for a cystic tumor of the kidney
Authors: Ghandour Richard , Nassar Georges , Hejase Mohamad Jose
Published: January 2020

Renal echinococcosis is a relatively rare disease. Making a preoperative clinical, biological and radiological diagnosis is quite challenging and hard. A clinical case of a 63-year-old patient operated on for renal echinococcosis is presented. The formation had the form of multiple grape-like cysts were mistaken for a cystic tumor of the kidney before surgery.
TAXONOMIC NOTES ON SOME LINYPHIID SPIDERS (ARANEAE: LINYPHIIDAE) FROM TURKEY
Authors: DANIŞMAN Tarık , COŞAR İlhan , KUNT Kadir Boğaç
Published: January 2020

This study is based on Linyphiidae species collected from different regions of Turkey between 2009–2013. In total, eight species of linyphiid spiders are recorded from Turkey. These species; Gonatium nemorivagum(O. P.-Cambridge, 1875), G. rubens (Blackwall, 1833), Mecopisthes silus(O. P.-Cambridge, 1873), Pelecopsis elongata (Wider, 1834), P. mengei (Simon, 1884), Sauron rayi (Simon, 1881), Walckenaeria corniculans (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875) and W. dysderoides (Wider, 1834).All these species are illustrated and redescribed in detail.
Editorial: Together We Are Strong
Authors: Adamek Margaret E.
Published: January 2020

Editorial
A Decade's Tale
Authors: Rhodes Dasha J. , Robinson David L. , Archibald Paul C. , Van Sluytman Laurens
Published: January 2020

According to the U.S. Department of Justice (US DOJ, 2016), African Americans have experienced disproportionate instances of police use of excessive force as a result of discriminatory practices and insufficient training. Officers are permitted to use appropriate force in specific situations; however, when force is excessive and deemed unnecessary, it then becomes an issue of concern. The U.S. Department of Justice was invited to investigate police departments that participated in the use of excessive force and a consent decree was developed with those departments to remedy the DOJ's findings. The researchers conducted a consent decree analysis examining government investigations of police practices throughout the U.S. between 2008 and 2018 comprising the following terms: police reform, consent decrees, settlement agreement, investigation reports, use-of-force, and policy to determine how prevalent excessive force was used towards African Americans. Findings indicated that within the decade, 14 cities were investigated, 12 were identified as using excessive force, with nine having their use-of-force policies available, and four municipalities using excessive force against African Americans. Social work values, advocacy, and cultural training were also identified to aid in the decrease of excessive force complaints.
Safety for American Indian Women
Authors: Maxwell December , Robinson Sarah
Published: January 2020

American Indian/Native American (AI/NA) women are disproportionately affected by intimate partner violence (IPV). The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) of 2013 included new provisions under the Title IX Safety for Indian Women. This act created funding for the implementation of modern criminal justice structures allowing tribal governments to prosecute non-Indian perpetrators. Although this piece of legislation is meant to address the high prevalence of gender-based violence perpetrated against AI/NA women, it has not been analyzed using indigenous or feminist perspectives. A policy analysis model was developed, incorporating indigenous values, feminist perspectives, tribal critical race theory, and social construction and historical contexts to examine Title IX's goals, social values, and outcomes from an indigenous perspective. The analysis reveals the intentions of Title IX to promote indigenous values of empowerment and interdependence but fails to account for the historical marginalization of AI/NA people and the tendency of AI/NA women to distrust law enforcement. Although Title IX did create cultural change and enhance acknowledgment of IPV improvements are needed to make a more indigenous-focused, feminist-based policy. These suggestions include providing access to culturally sensitive law enforcement approaches for AI/NA women, accounting for historical factors, and creating a standardized pathway for prosecution, which incorporates feedback from tribal members.
Sibling Violence
Authors: Perkins Nathan H. , Grossman Susan F.
Published: January 2020

Social work has played an integral role in the conceptualization and implementation of policy aimed at prevention and intervention of various forms of family violence. Seminal federal policies to address child abuse and neglect (Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act), elder abuse (Elder Justice and Older Americans Acts), and intimate partner violence (Violence Against Women and Family Violence Prevention and Services Acts) all focus on specific types of violence in the family. To date, however, there are no federal policies specifically addressing physical and/or emotional sibling violence (Perkins, Coles, & O’Connor, 2017; Perkins & O’Connor, 2016). This article examines the exclusion of policy addressing physical and emotional sibling violence considering other family violence policies. Along with prevalence, consequences, and associative factors connected to sibling violence, definitional issues that impede the creation of policy to address this form of family violence are highlighted. Children as a marginalized population, deserving the attention of social workers through policy advocacy will be discussed as well as psychoeducation and interprofessional collaboration that may facilitate the creation of policies aimed at addressing this form of family violence.
Creating a Culture of Voting in Direct and Generalist Practice
Authors: Lane Shannon , Hill Katharine , Ostrander Jason , Powers Jenna , Smith Tanya Rhodes , Hylton Mary E.
Published: January 2020

Social workers have an ethical responsibility to be engaged in policy change, regardless of their practice area or specialization. Voter engagement and the importance of political power through voting is often overlooked in the literature as a valid and important component of social work practice. Creating a culture of nonpartisan voter engagement in practice settings can help empower individuals who have been historically and intentionally disenfranchised from our electoral system. Training for field instructors, faculty, and field staff is a key aspect of voter engagement in social work education. Unfortunately, social work education is unlikely to include substantive content on voter engagement or its connection to social work practice and impact. This article presents one component of a model for integrating voter engagement into social work education: the provision of training for field instructors on nonpartisan voter engagement at two universities over two years. Evaluation findings suggest that pre-existing levels of political efficacy affect the reaction of field instructors to nonpartisan voter engagement training. Furthermore, findings indicate that field instructors who receive voter engagement training are more likely to serve as resources for their students and to consider voter engagement as part of their own practice. We offer evidence on the important role field educators can play in the success of the larger national effort to integrate voter engagement in social work education. Increasing awareness of what social workers, nonprofit, and public agencies are allowed--or even required--to do is a critical first step.
Revising McPhail’s Feminist Policy Analysis Framework
Authors: Kanenberg Heather , Leal Roberta , Erich Stephen "Arch"
Published: January 2020

In 2003, McPhail published a Feminist Policy Analysis Framework concluding that the many available methods of policy analysis across disciplines, including social work, treated policies as gender-neutral compositions. McPhail (2003) asserted that these methods denied the many ways that institutions and policies of society are organized by the concepts of gender, therefore presenting incomplete products of analysis. This guiding purpose for the development of McPhail’s (2003) Feminist Policy Analysis Framework endures a full fifteen years later. In the years since publication of McPhail’s Framework, advancements have been made in both feminist theory and in policy analysis methods. This conceptual article outlines a much-needed revision moving the framework into a contemporary position with the inclusion of a focus on privilege, oppression, and intersectionality. The revised framework presented herein is a more conceptually comprehensive and practical model for use by all, but particularly social work students and scholars. The revised model represents an update rendering it more effective in today’s polarized political climate as well as with the recently revised social work educational policy (Council on Social Work Education, 2015). A revised framework of Feminist Intersectional Policy Analysis is presented, including guiding questions and conceptual complexities to consider in the work of analysis.
Message from the Dean
Authors: Davis Tamara Sue
Published: January 2020

Message from the Dean
Pregnancy outcome among gestational diabetes mellitus patients in a tertiary care centre
Authors: M. Jesu Thangam , R. Jameela Ponmalar A. , S. Vishnupriya
Published: January 2020

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus poses numerous health problems for both mother and the fetus. Even though there are improved outcomes, complications of gestational diabetes still persists. Objectives of this study was to find out the maternal and perinatal outcomes in gestational diabetes mellitus.Methods: This study was done among pregnant women attending antenatal outpatient department at Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kulasekharam. oral glucose tolerance test was done at between 24 to 28 weeks and the values more than their cutoff was labelled as gestational diabetes and their outcome was measured as complications during antenatal period, mode of delivery and perinatal outcome in view of neonatal intensive care unit admissions due to hyperbilirubinemia and respiratory distress syndrome.Results: Out of 500 antenatal mothers 65 were found to have gestational diabetes which is approximately 13%. Obstetric outcomes were 10% of them developed pregnancy induced hypertension, 12% of them ended in preterm labour and polyhydramnios in 2%. Delivery by caesarean section and vaginal route is almost similar. Maximum number of neonatal intensive care admissions are due to hyperbilirubinemia followed by respiratory distress.Conclusions: Screening for gestational diabetes and adequate glycemic control is necessary in preventing short term and long-term complications.
Microbiological study of cervical flora in preterm labour
Authors: Ruhil Meenakshi , Hatkar Priti A.
Published: January 2020

Background: Preterm labour occurs due to various causative factors. Genital infections contribute significantly to the preterm labour. Ours is a prospective, observational study looking at the cervical microbiota involved in the preterm labour. The cervical flora contributing to the occurrence of preterm labour was studied. The results were analyzed based on the microbiological study of cervical swabs. The primary objectives of this study were to determine the association of cervical microbiota of pregnant women with spontaneous preterm delivery. To characterize the effect of cervical microbiota on birth gestation. The secondary objective of this study was to analyse the role of cervical microbiota and its relationship between social and behavioural factors.Methods: It is a prospective, observational study, which includes 193 patients, studied over a period of one and a half year. It was conducted at our tertiary care centre after the approval by ethics committee, and the results were analysed. As this is a purely observational study, management decisions of treating obstetrician were not interfered with. No additional cost, intervention or injury was caused to the study subject.Results: In our study, cervical swab culture shows growth in 2.07% which is statistically insignificant. Though, it was found that preterm labour is more common with leucocytosis, i.e. WBC > 11000 cmm, which is found to be statistically significant (p value = 0.023).Conclusions: In our study, we found that there was no significant association of cervical flora with preterm labour, though we found an association with leucocytosis.
The study of demographic profile of patients of senile mature cataract attending the eye OPD of GMC Jammu, India
Authors: Raina Bhavani , Sharma Pallavi
Published: January 2020

Background: Age related cataract also called as senile cataract is the commonest type of acquired cataract affecting people over the age of 50 years. In developing countries like India, many times patients with cataract report to the hospitals very late, when it has become mature. Keeping this in mind this study was undertaken to study the demographic profile of patients of senile mature cataract attending the OPD of GMC Jammu and to see if there is correlation between demographic factors and time of seeking medical attention.Methods: This study was conducted on 41 patients of senile mature cataract who attended OPD of GMC Jammu from August 2019 to November 2019. All patients were subjected to detailed history taking and ocular examination. Socio-economic status and education level of all patients was assessed. All patients were admitted and underwent cataract surgery with IOL implantation.Results: In study the mean age of patients was 62.46 years with 58.53% patients being females. Majority of patients were from rural background with low socio-economic status and low education levels.Conclusions: From this study we concluded that female sex, low socio-economic status, comorbidities and lower literacy levels are associated with patients seeking medical attention for cataract at an advanced stage.
Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers in a tertiary care academic health care organization
Authors: Goel Varun , Gupta Savita , Bisht Dakshina , Sharma Rashmi
Published: January 2020

Background: Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) are a major cause of high morbidity, disability, mortality and rising costs for health systems. Preventing the HAI risk by planning and implementing effective preventive strategies is important to safeguard patient health. Handwashing is one of the fundamental measures for preventing transmission of hospital-acquired infections.Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was conducted in the surgical ICU from January to February 2018 to evaluate the presence of adhesion to the different aspects of HH. Inclusion criteria included all nurses and allied healthcare workers of surgical ICU while all other HCWs were excluded. Two observers collected all HH data. During this analysis, 3000 HH opportunities were observed. HH compliance was tested for all 5 moments as per WHO guidelines. Data thus collected were entered into a computer-based spreadsheet for analysis using SPSS statistical software (version 20) (IBM Corp., NY, USA).Results: Overall hand hygiene compliance observed as per WHO Guidelines was 79.8%. Nurses had an adherence rate of 77.8%; allied staff adherence was 81.8%. Nurses’ compliance after touching patient surroundings was lowest at 60.7%. 96% staff was aware of the facts like diseases prevented by hand washing, ideal duration of HH, reduction of health care associated infections.Conclusions: Overall, the involved ICUs showed low levels of adherence to best hygiene practices with overall compliance of 79.2%. This suggests the need to implement immediate strategies for infection control in the ICUs. A multidisciplinary intervention could be effective in preventing and control the HAI risk.
Miocardiopatía dilatada por miocarditis aguda: ¿Bordetella pertussis como agente causal?
Authors: Clavero-Adell Marcos , Palanca-Arias Daniel , Ayerza Casas Ariadna , López-Ramón Marta , Jiménez- Montañés Lorenzo
Published: January 2020

ANTECEDENTES: La miocardiopatía dilatada es la causa principal de trasplante cardiaco en niños.CASO CLÍNICO: Paciente de 4 meses deedad que nació a las 29 semanas de gestación con miocardiopatía dilatada secundaria a infección por Bordetella pertussis. A  establecer el diagnóstico se encontraron factores pronóstico desfavorables (edad del paciente, cifra inicial elevada de proBNP y fracción de eyección del ventrículo izquierdo menor de 30%); sin embargo, después de seis meses de tratamiento inmunodulador, con ciclosporina y prednisona, tuvo evolución clínica adecuada.CONCLUSIONES: Si bien la miocardiopatía dilatada es una alteración que pone en riesgo la vida de los pacientes, la evolución y recuperación del paciente de este caso fue satisfactoria durante el primer año de seguimiento.
Acoustical investigation of the liposome-saccharide interaction.
Authors: Babincová M , Hianik T
Published: January 2020

High precision measurements of ultrasonic velocity in aqueous suspension of phosphatidylcholine liposomes in the presence of trehalose, sucrose and glucose have demonstrated its dependence on the concentration of the two disaccharides. This finding is interpreted in terms of replacement by the latter of water molecules bound to phosphate head groups on the liposome surface.
Effect of glucose and deoxyglucose on cytoplasmic concentration of free Ca2+ in Ehrlich ascites tumour: studies on single cells.
Authors: Czyz A , Teplova V V , Sabała P , Czarny M , Evtodienko Y V , Wojtczak L
Published: January 2020

Concentration of free cytoplasmic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) in Ehrlich ascites tumour cells loaded with fura-2 was measured in single cells applying a video imaging system. In resting cells [Ca2+]i amounted to 60-340 nM and was increased after addition of 10 mM D-glucose or D-2-deoxyglucose by 80-200 nM. This increase occurred within 30-60 s following addition of the sugars and lasted for several minutes. Pretreatment of the cells with thapsigargin resulted in a much smaller [Ca2+]i increase after addition of glucose or deoxyglucose and, vice versa, thapsigargin added after the sugars mobilized less Ca2+ than when added before. A possible relation of the [Ca2+]i rise evoked by glucose and deoxyglucose to the Crabtree effect is discussed.
Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity of rabbit kidney cortex membranes in ischemia and reperfusion.
Authors: Aydin S , Aricioglu A , Turkozkan N , Bingol F , Aydin C
Published: January 2020

The activity of Na+,K(+)-ATPase in the microsomal fraction of rabbit kidney cortex was strongly decreased by ischemia and increased slightly, but not significantly, after reperfusion. These changes were correlated with a dramatic increase in lipid peroxidation in microsomes isolated from both ischemic and reperfused kidneys. This correlation may point to irreversible impairment of the enzymatic function under the influence of either oxygen free radicals or lipid peroxidation.
Cis-DDP induced alteration of DNA structure studied by scanning tunneling microscopy.
Authors: Zastawny T H , Olejniczak W , Oliński R
Published: January 2020

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) was used to study the structural changes of DNA induced by the antitumor drug cis-diamminedichloroplatinum. The STM image showed a dramatic structural perturbation of the DNA by complexed Pt with the characteristic bend of the double helix.
DNA and proteins of the nuclear matrix are the main targets of benzo[a]pyrene's action in rat hepatocytes.
Authors: Widłak P , Rzeszowska-Wolny J
Published: January 2020

The binding of [14C]benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) to DNA and proteins in total nuclei and subnuclear fractions of cultured rat hepatocytes was compared. The main targets of B[a]P were non-histone high molecular weight proteins of the nuclear matrix and DNA sequences attached to this structure. Following 24 h exposure to B[a]P the amounts of adducts in the nuclear matrix DNA and proteins were twice as high as in total nuclei. After withdrawal of the carcinogen containing medium the level of B[a]P-induced adducts gradually decreased but always remained the highest in the nuclear matrix proteins. Removal of adducts from the nuclear matrix DNA was more efficient than from the other DNA fractions, and 72 h after exposure to the carcinogen the level of DNA adducts in this fraction was similar to that in total nuclei.
IMPORTÂNCIA DA TEMÁTICA TUBERCULOSE NA GRADUAÇÃO EM ENFERMAGEM: A DISCURSIVIDADE DOS DOCENTES
Authors: Assis Rosana Santos Brandão de , Oliveira Lara Bezerra de , Eufrasio Luana Cristina Fernandes , Portela Ana Paula Carvalho , Palha Pedro Fredemir , Sicsú Amélia Nunes
Published: January 2020

Objetivo: analisar a discursividade dos docentes sobre a importância da temática tuberculose nos cursos de graduação em Enfermagem. Método: estudo qualitativo do tipo exploratório, desenvolvido entre janeiro e março de 2015 em duas universidades públicas de Enfermagem do estado do Amazonas, Brasil. Participaram do estudo 15 docentes do curso de Enfermagem, sendo a maioria do sexo feminino, possuía mestrado, com mais de cinco anos na docência, experiência anterior à docência e apenas um vínculo profissional. Utilizou-se a Análise do Discurso de matriz francesa como princípio teórico-metodológico. Resultados: emergiram, como resultados, dois blocos discursivos: Importância da temática da tuberculose na estrutura curricular; e Papel do enfermeiro no controle da tuberculose. Conclusão: os sentidos produzidos pelo discurso dos docentes permitiram concluir que a tuberculose, por ser uma doença importante do ponto de vista epidemiológico e social, precisa ter maior abrangência na matriz curricular dos cursos de graduação em Enfermagem, tendo vista o protagonismo dessa profissão nas ações de controle da doença.

Descritores: Tuberculose. Enfermagem. Docentes de Enfermagem. Ensino Superior. Instituições de Ensino Superior.
Telecollaborative Language Learning
Authors: Sladovníková Šárka
Published: January 2020

In recent years, we can witness a still growing interest in the method, sometimes called Telecollaboration, sometimes Virtual Exchange, not only in foreign language education but also in many other disciplines. Basically, this is a long online communication between groups of students or pupils from different geographical locations and different cultural contexts. The aim of this method is to help students gain intercultural experience and learn more about people from other countries, to improve and deepen their language skills and make them more active in physical mobility, both in formal and informal educational processes. As part of their schooling or academic training, learners also have the opportunity to acquire media competences (the so-called digital literacy), which means key competences for their future career in the globalized world of work. This paper is going to provide an example of concrete collaboration between groups of students from the Czech Republic and France within the framework of the Evolve project.
Keywords: telecollaboration, virtual exchange, language skills, intercultural experience
On the Problems of Teaching Russian As a Foreign Language to the Speakers of a Cognate Language (Polish)
Authors: Aleksandrovna Arskaya Julia , Sergeevna Zarubina Elena
Published: January 2020

This paper is devoted to the problem of learning Russian by native speakers of the Polish language. The presented research is made in the context of the language-oriented approach and includes linguistic experiment, comparative analysis of Russian and Polish languages and identification of problem areas causing interference errors. A system of rules and exercises for Polish learners of Russian is being proposed as a recommended practice for excluding interference errors. The language-oriented approach used in this report is based, first, on provisions that take into account the already existing initial language system of learners, second, on a comparative analysis of languages, and third, on an analysis of learners’ mistakes. Mastering a foreign language takes place in close interaction with language systems in the minds of students. In the situation of interaction between two contacting languages, interference is likely to occur. Identification of interference errors in the analysis of speech of foreign languages allows us to identify problem areas in the studied language and correct the language skill in the course of learning. Typical mistakes are material for creating the necessary strategy of teaching the Russian language for native speakers of a certain language.
Keywords: interference, Polish language, Russian language, learning Russian as a foreign language, language-oriented approach
Multilingualism in the Upbringing and Education of Children in Multinational Families. Case Study from Poland
Authors: Markowska-Manista Urszula , Zakrzewska-Olędzka Dominika , Sawicki Krzysztof
Published: January 2020

In this article, through reference to the theories of multilingualism, we would like to outline issues pertaining to the bilingual upbringing of children in bicultural families and their education in Polish schools. Referring to research (interviews) with parents of bilingual children from Warsaw, we will point to strategies employed by parents who communicate with their children in two or three languages. We will also draw attention to difficulties connected with dominant and non-dominant languages (the case of grandparents). In the second section, we will discuss diverse school environments and language in schools where bilingual children function. We also explore the argumentation of both parents deciding to enrol their bilingual children in state schools with Polish as the language of instruction, and those opting for enrolment in private schools with English as the language of instruction or social schools. The research material was collected among parents of bicultural and bilingual children living in Poland, the Mazovian voivodship, including the capital city of Warsaw. The group presented consists of multinational families in which one parent (most frequently the father) comes from a country from the African continent.
Keywords: multilingualism, bilingualism, the upbringing process in multinational families, school education, communication
Implementation and Assessment of a Blended Learning Environment in Postgraduate Education
Authors: Vonog Vita , Prokhorova Olga
Published: January 2020

The article is devoted to the description of information technology (IT) tools in teaching foreign languages to PhD students in a digital environment. The authors describe the methodological basis for designing an assessment system that is relevant to the specific character of digital education, clarify the main functions of new assessment tools and determine the peculiarities of this activity in connection with information technology. The article deals with explaining the use of IT tools with an emphasis on the study of the educational content of the student and the development of personal soft skills. The results include monitoring the performance achieved in the learning process, authors’ observations and research based on post graduates’ outcomes and aimed at monitoring the development of their own perspective. The findings were confirmed by prognostic simulation and experimental learning. According to the authors, the use of information technology tools, as well as technology-based assessment, is based on principles which tend to challenge traditional learning and teaching practices and, thus, affect education policies and systems. On the other hand, piloting this technology has outlined a promising range of problems that need to be addressed in further research related to higher education.
Keywords: digital environment, technology-based assessment, blended learning, a postgraduate course, soft skills, professional development
Representation of Symbolic Capital of Territories by Actors of "Digital" and "Analogue" Generations in Multimodal Texts
Authors: Sumskaya Anna
Published: January 2020

On the basis of the socio-semiotic theory of representation, the concept of symbolic capital of territories, ideas about ”analogue” and ”digital” media generations, the study analyzes specific institutional and non-institutional audiovisual messages reflecting the symbolic capital of territories. The study material was 157 audiovisual texts of different artistic and journalistic genres, selected due to a large number of viewings. These multimodal representational texts mainly reflect the symbolic capital of the Ural Federal District. The author developed her research methodology, which allowed revealing the structures of multimodal texts and interpreting their meanings. The results of the study indicate various generational ”multimodal ensembles” of messages and, as a result, only partially coincident “world caught in the frame”. The messages of professional journalists focus distinctively on industrial and human capitals, while those of non-institutional actors describe economic, cultural and social advantages of the territories. Although analogue and digital generations apply diverse multimodal tools, their way of filming stories is different as well.
Keywords: social semiotics, media generation, multimodal texts, symbolic capital of the territories.
Carnivalization As a Way of Transmitting Socio-cultural Experience in the Era of Post-literacy
Authors: Vladimirova Natalya , Kolmakova Yevgeniya , Mezentsev Yevgeniy , Mosienko Liliya , Solomina Natalya
Published: January 2020

The aim of the research is to prove the possibility of transmitting socio-cultural experience between generations during the post-literacy period based on of carnivalization techniques, which are considered as a universal phenomenon that accumulates mythological beliefs and magical (mysterious) actions common to both art and Internet communication texts. This article examines such a feature of the transfer of experience between generations in modern society as pre-figurativeness, which shows the relationship of and relations between ”parents” and ”children” and the features of socialization in this culture (described as the so-called ”cyber-socialization”). The study, based on an analysis of classical literature texts (poetic texts by A. A. Akhmatova), as well as blogs on the livejournal.com and diary.ru platforms, shows that these different texts use speech masks that can identify both the poet and the Network user. The authors also conclude that Internet communication is a special space in which the problem of information security becomes relevant, which is understood through philosophical reflection and brought to the level of philosophical analysis.
Keywords: post-literacy era, carnivalization techniques, socio-cultural experience, pre-figurativeness, information security
University Press in the Context of Intercultural and Intergenerational Dialogue (Based on the Materials of the Newspaper "Pedagogical University" MPSU)
Authors: Kodola Natalia
Published: January 2020

The article examines the problems of the modern print media in the context of intercultural and intergenerational dialogue. The article analyzes the current scientific literature and the opinions of leading experts expressed in the media on this issue. Large periodicals, as well as student newspapers, are faced with a lack of funding, their materials are not creatively different, and so they are losing their audience. How can the print media survive the competition with the digital media? This publication explores the solutions to these problems. Special attention is paid to the transformation of the university (student) press on the example of the Moscow Pedagogical State University newspaper ”Pedagogical University”. The publication serves as a link between different generations, timely notifying students and staff of the most significant events at the University and beyond. The editorial staff strives to make each issue of the newspaper suitable for a wide audience. The necessary approaches to the study of the student media problems are identified, recommendations are given for improving the work of editors.
Keywords: journalism, press, print media, University press, newspaper, student newspaper, student media
Humor As a Means of Manipulating a Social Group’s Opinion in Modern Online Communities (A Case-Study on ‘the Houses of’ 2ch and Pikabu)
Authors: Mikhalkova Elena , Tretyakov Pavel , Pupysheva Irina , Ivanov Alexey , Ganzherli Nadezhda
Published: January 2020

The Internet is a communication space where newly formed communities are searching for ways to reflect on their social nature. We provide a theoretical framework to demonstrate how humor was used to manipulate social groups before and after the emergence of the media. We use Critical Discourse Analysis and pragmatics to study several cases of social manipulation through humor. The two Internet communities, 2ch and Pikabu, being among the largest Russian-speaking entertainment communities, often compete and use humor as a way to manipulate their representatives for social purposes: to consolidate, fight back, reflect on the norms and values of their community. Our research shows that these communities follow the old traditions of humor and laughter in order to organize a poorly regulated information space. Although 2chers tend to use trolling more often, there is no general difference between these communities in the way they use humor to manipulate their social group.
Keywords: humor, laughter, Internet, social cognition, Critical Discourse Analysis, pragmatics, speech act
Movements and Remediation: Lack of Site-Specificity in Modern ArtWorks
Authors: Okhvat Kristina
Published: January 2020

The article analyzes the works of contemporary art, taking into account the features of their functioning. The main goal is to determine what changes have taken place in the basis of a work of art, which allows us to designate this object as an object of contemporary art. The results obtained lead to the conclusion that one of the features of a work of art is the lack of site-specificity. The specificity of the site is the affiliation of the work to a specific place and time: when the affiliation changes, the relations of the object, context and viewer also change. The level of site-specificity of works of art relates to their cultural circulation. Works of modern art are the result of a strategy of figurative saturation defined by a series of constant movements and remediation. The works of contemporary artists are marked with the transition from individual or serial discrete objects to manipulating populations of images using various methods of selection and "reframing”.
Keywords: work of art, contemporary art, site-specificity, remediation, figurative saturation
ПОВЫШЕНИЕ ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ ПРОЕКТИРОВАНИЯ РАЗРАБОТКИ НОВОГО ГАЗОКОНДЕНСАТНОГО АКТИВА МЕТОДАМИ ИНТЕГРИРОВАННОГО МОДЕЛИРОВАНИЯ
Authors: Зипир Владислав Геннадьевич , Чернова Оксана Сергеевна
Published: January 2020

Актуальность исследования обусловлена необходимостью использования комплексного подхода по интегрированному моделированию при проектировании разработки новых газоконденсатных активов Крайнего севера. На сегодняшний день в России наблюдается устойчивая тенденция разработки месторождений в пределах Арктических регионов Западно-Сибирской нефтегазоносной провинции. Добывающие компании, работающие в пределах этой территории, рассматривают запасы углеводородного сырья Крайнего севера как перспективный вариант для компенсации падения добычи в ближайшем будущем. Стратегическое планирование процесса разработки является первостепенной задачей, которую трудно выполнить на высоком уровне без применения современных подходов по математическому моделированию. При разработке таких активов цена ошибки кратно возрастает в связи с высокими геологическими, технологическими и экономическими рисками. Поэтому в работе детально рассмотрен подход по интегрированному проектированию разработки газоконденсатных активов с применением интегрированной модели как ключевого элемента, позволяющего повысить точность стратегического планирования. Цель: доказать эффективность от применения интегрированного моделирования при проектировании разработки автономных газоконденсатных месторождений Крайнего севера. Объект: новые неразрабатываемые газоконденсатные активы Крайнего севера. Методы: индивидуальный подход при моделировании процесса добычи и подготовки углеводородного сырья, интегрированное моделирование процесса разработки газоконденсатных месторождений Крайнего севера. Результаты. Разработана этапность расчетов на интегрированной модели при проектировании разработки газоконденсатных активов Крайнего севера. Описан индивидуальный подход к применению моделей добычи и подготовки углеводородного сырья. Доказана эффективность от применения интегрированной модели.
ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕ И ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКА КОЭФФИЦИЕНТА СВЯЗНОСТИ КОЛЛЕКТОРА ГЕОЛОГО-ГИДРОДИНАМИЧЕСКИХ МОДЕЛЕЙ НЕФТЕГАЗОВЫХ ЗАЛЕЖЕЙ
Authors: Попов Виктор Львович , Поднебесных Александр Владимирович , Пыльник Сергей Валерьевич
Published: January 2020

Актуальность исследования обусловлена необходимостью количественной оценки связности коллектора геолого-гидродинамических моделей для классификации реализаций при многовариантной оценке неопределенностей и оптимизации выбора метода и параметров  моделирования куба песчанистости. Цель: ввести понятие коэффициента связности коллектора, оценить репрезентативность предложенного параметра для моделей залежей различной детальности и геометрии; оценка влияния параметров неоднородности геологических моделей на коэффициент связности. Объекты: геолого-гидродинамические модели залежей нефтегазовых месторождений. Методы: геологическое и гидродинамическое моделирование, статистический анализ результатов геологического и гидродинамического моделирования. Результаты. Кратко рассмотрены существующие методы оценки связности коллектора в геолого-гидродинамических моделях, используемые для оценки ресурсов углеводородного сырья и выбора наиболее эффективных методов их разработки. На основе проведенного авторами анализа был предложен новый подход к определению параметра связанности как отношения перетока жидкости в исследуемой модели к модели с единичной песчанистостью. Рассмотрено влияние геометрии и детальности геолого-гидродинамических моделей на величину коэффициент связности. На примере синтетических стохастических моделей рассмотрены зависимости коэффициента связности от таких параметров, как песчанистость, ранги вариограмм, их анизотропия и эффект самородка. Введено понятие  коэффициента гидродинамической связности коллектора, который характеризует способность модели фильтровать флюид, без учета влияния фильтрационно-емкостных характеристик. Этот параметр учитывает только распределение коллектора в объеме залежи и то, как ячейки коллектора расположены друг относительно друга. Предложенный способ расчёта позволяет оценить анизотропию перетоков флюида между ячейками по различным направлениям и оценить способность модели фильтровать этот флюид через себя. Коэффициент связанности, в отличие от перколяционных методов, позволяет получать непрерывную оценку гидродинамической связи между ячейками, не требует обязательного наличия истории работы залежи и не зависит от текущей системы разработки, реализуемой на месторождении.
THE EFFECT OF Mg-Al Wt% FOR PHASE FORMATION OF SPINEL MgAl2O4 PRODUCED BY METAL DISSOLVED METHOD
Authors: Umamah Chairatul , Pratapa Suminar , Andi Herman Jufri
Published: January 2020

Synthesis of magnesium aluminate spinel powder (MgAl2O4, abbreviated as MA) were prepared by the liquid mixing method. The synthesis of MA involved Mg powders with various weight compositions (4.8; 10; 20; 30; 40; and 60%) and Al powders (95.2; 90; 80; 70; 60 and 40%) as the raw materials, which were independently dissolved in 37% HCl to form MgCl2 and AlCl3 solutions. Both solutions were then mixed and stirred for 5 hours and dried to a temperature of about 100-105°C to produce powders with different weight compositions. Each powder resulted from drying was characterized using DTA-TGA, and then calcined at 650 °C; 750 °C and 850 °C for 1 hour. The calcined powder was characterized by XRD to qualitative and quantitative analyses using Rietica. It was found that MA samples contained only MgAl2O4 and MgO as the impurity phase. The relative weight fraction of MgAl2O4 increased up to 99% for 95.2 wt% Al. Using an extrapolative approach to determine the Mg-to-Al composition, nearly pure MA, as high as 99%, was achieved at 95.2% Al and 4.8% Mg.
CHITOSAN ISOLATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO REDUCE THE CONTENT OF METAL IONS IN WELLBORE WATER
Authors: Amri Yulida , Fajri Rahmatul , Batu Matius Stefanus
Published: January 2020

Potential water sources such as white shrimp shell waste (Penaeus merguiensis) can be used as a source of chitosan. Chitosan can be applied as an environmentally friendly adsorbent for water treatment because of its ability to adsorb metal ions. In this study, chitosan was isolated through several stages such as demineralization, deproteination, decolourization and deacetylation. The yield of chitosan obtained from this study was 17.73%. Characterization by infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) showed the absorption at 3355 cm-1 indicating the presence of amine (-NH2) and hydroxyl (-OH) groups. The absorption of the carbonyl group (-C=O) at 1642 cm-1 disappeared while the absorption of the free amine group (-NH2) at 1590 cm-1 increased indicating the successful deacetylation with a degree of deacetylation (DD) 78%. Application of chitosan in wellbore water did not affect on colour change and decreasing of iron (Fe) content due to low concentration of iron (Fe). However, chitosan can reduce the pH value of water and manganese (Mn) content. The results of ANOVA and DMRT test at 0.05 significance level showed that chitosan with various mass had different effects. The more the mass of chitosan added, the higher the content of manganese (Mn) will decrease.
CONMEMORACIÓN DEL 40 ANIVERSARIO DE LA BIOLOGÍA EN TABASCO: la División de Ciencias Biológicas de la UJAT en su origen
Authors: Hernández Martínez Raymundo
Published: January 2020

La DACBiol tiene sus orígenes a partir de la conformación del Instituto de Biología de la UJAT; oficialmente inaugurado el 01 de septiembre de 1979; constituido por nueve investigadores egresados de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
CONMEMORACIÓN DEL 40 ANIVERSARIO DE LA BIOLOGÍA EN TABASCO: iniciando el grupo de zoólogos de la DACBiol
Authors: Trejo Pérez Juana Lourdes
Published: January 2020

Otra actividad que realizaba con mucho gusto era colaborar con el doctor Juan José Beauregard Cruz, quien en ese entonces, llevaba a cabo investigaciones con plantas acuáticas, ayudándole a identificarlas y hasta colectarlas.