bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Assessment of Post-operative Pain and its Management among Patients undergoing Craniotomy
Authors: PP Saramma , Mathew Rikku
Published: December 2022

Pain assessment and its management in patients undergoing craniotomy, especially those with communication barriers, continue to present challenges to nurses. The present study was undertaken to assess the level of post-operative pain suffered by patients after craniotomy, to identify the activities that increase/relieve pain and to find out association between pain score of patients and selected variables. A self-prepared validated questionnaire and Wong Bakers Faces pain scale were used as the tools. The post-operative pain was mild to moderate and decreased from first to third postoperative day. Pain relief was adequate with the combination therapy of non-narcotic analgesics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The study revealed that there was no significant difference between the pain perception and age or gender of the patient. The activities that increased pain were surgical dressing removal and position changing. Nursing staff should focus on assessing and managing post-operative pain to improve quality of nursing care in order to improve the comfort of craniotomy patients.
Life Style Modification for Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease
Authors: V Mahalingam
Published: December 2022

With a view to assess the effectiveness of lifestyle modification in patients with ischemic heart disease, a quasi-experimental study with quantitative approach was undertaken on 60 patients of ischemic heart disease. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting the patients. The results showed that educating the patients about cessation of smoking, taking proper diet, anxiety reduction and counselling helped in preventing the progression of ischaemic heart disease.
Nurses Perception about a DVD Module on 'Mental Status Examination Demonstration'
Authors: Gandhi Sailaxmi , Lalitha K  , Thennarasu K  , Nagarajaiah  , Ramachandra
Published: December 2022

Computer-based multimedia can improve learning and retention of learnt material. A video recorded DVD module on role play of mental status examination was visualised by 226 nursing students and 133 nursing teachers. Their opinion of the DVD on various parameters such as audibility, visibility, clarity, methodical, organisation of content, following the principles of psychiatric interview, symptom elicitation, therapist behaviour, therapist communication skill and ease in understanding revealed that the DVD module was of high quality and could be used as a teaching tool.
Assessing the Effectiveness of Yoga Therapy on Low Back Pain among Women
Authors: Shivaj Kale Kalpana
Published: December 2022

Due to the present day lifestyle and scant knowledge about proper body posture, the incidence of low back pain shows an upward trend, more so with women. Yoga has been traditionally practised to restore the health in India. The authors therefore undertook assessment of level of low back pain as also the disability among women before and after Yoga therapy to determine the effectiveness of Yoga and find its association with select demographic variables. In this quasi-experimental study on 30 samples in 30-50 years age group in Loni, Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Yoga therapy was found to be quite effective in ameliorating the level of low back pain and disability that also enhances the quality of life.
Take the Challenge - Life is for Once
Authors: Das Madhuchhanda
Published: December 2022

Despite numerous programmes aimed at improving the health of woman and child, the neonatal mortality remains low. In this longitudinal study spanning about 3 years from May 2006 to April 2009, conducted in a Kolkata hospital, the neonates admitted in three years were studied in context of care provided to them. It is concluded that survival of neonates with normal and low birth weight was higher than others due to the skilled care and help of advanced medical equipment.
Entre o dizer e o pensar
Authors: Werlang Carolina Taís , Forneck Kári Lúcia
Published: December 2022

Este trabalho objetiva analisar a fala de crianças de 3 e 5 anos dentro do ambiente escolar a fim de verificar o emprego das implicaturas conversacionais na infância. Para isso, o estudo se fundamenta nos conceitos de Teoria das Implicaturas (GRICE, 1975), Teoria da Mente (SOUZA, 2006) e de significado natural e não-natural (GRICE, 1957). Com a finalidade de dar conta do objetivo proposto, foi realizado um estudo de caso em que se observaram 18 horas de interações de crianças, entre 3 e 5 anos, de três turmas da Educação Infantil de uma escola no município de Venâncio Aires/RS. As observações foram registradas em um diário de campo e suas análises realizadas com base nos conceitos teóricos que alicerçam o trabalho. Os resultados indicam que os sujeitos pesquisados usam, de forma consciente, os implícitos em suas construções linguísticas e que reconhecem a si e aos outros em suas falas.
Corpos que se dizem
Authors: Hirata Francielly Thais , Schröder Luciane Thomé
Published: December 2022

Este artigo analisa dois recortes discursivos referentes a uma entrevista com duas moradoras de rua a respeito da autopercepção de seus corpos em meio à situação de miserabilidade que vivem. Buscamos, por meio da análise, problematizar os efeitos de sentido que se estabelecem no discurso em razão de uma memória que, ignorante à posição-sujeito ocupada pelas duas mulheres, faz com que elas anunciem, num dos casos, um discurso investido de uma vaidade que performatiza o seu pertencimento a uma formação discursiva da feminilidade. O discurso em cena permite vislumbrar o trabalho de uma memória que mobiliza os dizeres para além de um aspecto econômico-social ocupado pelos sujeitos moradoras de rua. O segundo recorte em cena problematiza como o discurso sobre si ressignifica o lugar de exclusão, no sentido de que a rua é um espaço de excluídos, mas é o lar de quem o habita. Considerando os dois recortes enunciativos é possível avaliar os estereótipos e imaginários sociais presentes nos discursos tomados para reflexão. O artigo tem como referencial teórico e metodológico a Análise de Discurso de linha francesa fundada por Michel Pêcheux e desenvolvida no Brasil a partir dos estudos de Orlandi e demais pesquisadores que se alinham à teoria; a pesquisa é de caráter qualitativo-interpretativista.
THE DOORS OPENING FROM HUMAN TO UNIVERSE IN OLD UYGHUR
Authors: TOKYÜREK Hacer
Published: December 2022

Tantric Buddhism, which is one of the important fields of study of the Old Uyghur, has an esoteric structure such as magic, sexuality, and yoga and includes various rituals. While these rituals prevent the rebirth of the person, the main goal of the rituals is to purify the person and to allow him/her to reach the divine body. For this, it is necessary to clean the nine doors/orifices called orifices that exist in the body. This tradition of nine orifices is continued in the Bhagavadgītā, and the nine cavities are listed as two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, the mouth, and the two excretory organs in the male (urinary system and anus). Besides, in Kaṭha Upaniṣad texts, in addition to these nine orifices, the opening at the navel and top of the skull and the city with eleven gates are referred to. If a person is to be reborn, s/he has to be born in one of the life forms such as hell, animal, human, or god, according to the orifices s/he as chosen. This indicates the transition from one realm to another, which brings to mind black holes, wormholes, and parallel universes discussed today in the field of astrophysics. In addition to all these, due to the acceptance of humans as micro cosmologists, his/her orifices are identified with macro cosmology.

This study will investigate the orifices in the human body and their connections with the planets, as well as analyze these spaces in relation with the idea of black holes, wormholes, and parallel universes.
COVID-19 PANDEMİ SÜRECİNDE ESNEK ÇALIŞMA UYGULAMALARININ MUTLULUK VE PERFORMANSA ETKİSİ
Authors: ÇİFTÇİ Gamze Ebru , CİNDİLOĞLU DEMİRER Mihriban
Published: December 2022

Pandeminin dünya gündemine ani girişi ile birlikte tüm dünya ülkeleri sancılı ve bir o kadar belirsiz bir süreçle baş etme durumunda kalmıştır. Bu süreç özel hayatımızı etkilediği gibi iş hayatımızı da etkilemiş, özellikle de çalışma tarzımızı beklenmedik bir şekilde değiştirmiştir. Bu değişikliklerden en önemlilerinden biri de esnek çalışma uygulamalarıdır. Pandeminin getirdiği zorunluluk nedeni ile tüm kamu çalışanlarına yönelik uygulanan bu esnek çalışma uygulamalarının yine çalışanların tutum ve davranışlarında nasıl bir etkisi olduğu da önemli bir araştırma konusu olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu önemden yola çıkarak, bu çalışma, Covid-19 pandemi sürecinde gerçekleştirilen esnek çalışma uygulamasının çalışanın mutluluğu ve performansına etkisini belirlemek üzere tasarlanmıştır. Araştırmanın evren ve örneklemini, Hitit Üniversitesi’nde görev yapan idari personel oluşturmaktadır. Elde edilen bulgular neticesinde, esnek çalışma uygulamasının çalışanların mutluluk ve performansına olumlu yöndeki etkisinin istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olduğu görülmüştür. Pandemi ile birlikte gündeme gelen esnek çalışma uygulamalarından çalışanların büyük çoğunluğunun memnun olması ve esnek çalışma uygulamalarının pandemi sonrasında da devam edilmesine dair genel bir görüşün bulunması çalışmada ulaşılan diğer sonuçlar arasında yer almaktadır.
An Assessment of Image Quality of Radiographs in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital by Film Densitometry
Authors: Edom A. O. , Inah G. B. , Egbe N. O.
Published: December 2022

3000 radiographs covering chest, upper limb, lower limb,lumbar spine (AP) and skull (PA) from the University ofCalabar teaching hospital (UCTH) were retrospectivelystudied by densitometry to assess the degree of variationin radiographic contrast over a ten year period (1999 â€“2008). The results show that variation in meanradiographic contrast from year to year was statisticallyinsignificant (p < 0.05) for the respective projectionsstudied. This result implies a relatively basicstandardisation in image quality arising from consistencyin technique acquired over time. The results would serveas a baseline for developing a more robust qualityassurance programme in the hospital.
An Assessment of the Lead rubber aprons in Radiodiagnostic centres in South-South Nigeria
Authors: Ukpong E. V. , Eduwem D. U. , Efanga I. , Esien-Umo E. , James N. A.
Published: December 2022

Background of Study: Radiation protection is of core importance in radiodiagnostic centres, to keep both patients care givers and staff of the centres from stochastic and non- stochastic effects of radiation. The effectiveness and protectiveness of aprons are of valuable importance, it is therefore necessary to assess these aprons to ensure efficacy. Such quality checks have not been reported in the South â€“ South region of Nigeria. Aim: To assess in terms of their quality and therefore protective features, the lead aprons in used radiology clinics in the South-South region of Nigeria. Method: Twenty two protective lead aprons from 18 radiological clinics in South-South Nigeria were directly exposed to X-rays with average factors of 70 Â± 5kVp, 16 mAs and 100 cm Source to apron distance, with 43 x 35 cm cassettes places underneath to cover the upper (thoracic half) and the lower (abdominal half) respectively. Exposed films were processed in each centre following regular processing protocols to obtain radiographs with images of the state of the aprons. The images were analyzed on the basis of each apronâ€™s lead equivalence (content), age, brand and the type of defects observed. Defects were characterized into cracks, tears, splits and rips. Physical examination for cleanliness, wear and tear was also carried out. Results: Results showed that 68% of all the aprons under study were defective, having cracks (44%), tears (33%), splits (15%) and/or rips (8%). About 73 % of the defective aprons had more than one (1) type of defect. Up to 87% of the defective aprons had no inherent lead equivalence and manufacturer identification indicated on them. It was observed that about 73% of these defects occurred in aprons of aged between 1-10 years with the area affected in the range of 1.00 â€“ 1000.00 mm2 . Conclusion: Over two-thirds (â…”) of lead aprons found in diagnostic radiology centres in South â€“ South Nigeria, have shown sufficient evidence of defects to suggest that they may not be useful for radiation protection of the users.
A Review of Medical Imaging Innovations that Impacted Patient Care in Recent Decades as Link to Future Trends
Authors: Njoku Jerome Njoku , Abonyi Chibuzor
Published: December 2022

Background: Medical Imaging has witnessed a revolution in technological advancement, being in the forefront among other disciplines in the health sector. Most of the earlier modalities that were largely analogue and mechanical have been replaced by automated and digitized technology.

Objective: To track the developments and innovations in certain aspects of medical imaging that have impacted positively on patient care.

Methods: Relevant literature were searched physically and online for both old and modern technological innovations in medical imaging and patient care.

Results: There have been new technologies such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and the various ramifications of ultrasonography. Innovations in imaging modalities have brought increased diagnostic accuracy, much as examination time has been drastically shortened and radiation dose levels minimized or completely dispensed with. Manufacturing of portable equipment means that technology can now be taken to the patient and more time is dedicated to patient care. Introduction of digital radiography and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems have further impacted positively on efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery. Graduate degree programmes have invigorated radiographersâ€™ drive for the discovery of new and better ways of diagnosis and treatment through research.

Conclusion: Innovations in technology have led to miniaturization of equipment making it possible to take services to the critically ill patients, thereby improving patientsâ€™ accessibility to medical care. Also patientsâ€™ exposure to ionizing radiation has reduced due to improvement in research and development of new modalities using radiant energies other than ionizing radiation.
How Knowledgeable are Non-Radiology Doctors on Ionizing Radiation
Authors: Faragai Aisha R. , Ugwu Anthony C. , Hassan Mohammed , Sidi Mohammed
Published: December 2022

Background: Due to the risk of hazard from ionizing radiation, non-radiology doctors who refer patients to the radiology departments ought to be knowledgeable enough about what their patients are subjected to. The high throughput of radiology requests in our centre in Nigeria justifies this study.

Aim: To evaluate the level of knowledge of non-radiology doctors on ionizing radiation with a view to reviewing local protocols on justification of investigations involving ionizing radiation.

Material and method: Eighty (80) structured questionnaires were administered to non-radiology doctors practising in different hospitals n Kano city, Nigeria. Answers were elicited on radiation protection principles, concept of ionizing radiation, radiation effects, imaging modalities that emit ionizing radiation, radiation measurements and attitude towards ionizing radiation.

Results: Seventy questionnaires were returned out of the eighty sent out with sixty-four (80 %) being properly filled. Knowledge of non-radiology doctors was variable on different indices; 15.6 %, n = 10 (fundamental principles of radiation protection); 45.3 %, n = 29 (effects of ionizing radiation); 34.4 %,  n = 22 (knowledge on ionizing property of radiation); 73 %, n = 47 (emission of ionizing radiation by computed tomography); and 85.9 %, n = 55 (interest in specific modality).

Conclusion:  Non-radiology doctors in Kano metropolis have fairly good knowledge of potential hazards of radiation.
Reflexões sobre a acessibilidade linguística dos surdos no curso de Letras Libras do Centro de Formação de Professores da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia
Authors: Bispo Janiny Pires
Published: December 2022

Neste artigo, nosso objetivo é analisar a acessibilidade linguística no percurso escolar dos surdos para a compreensão dos desafios da educação deles no ensino superior. Foi utilizada uma abordagem metodológica qualitativa, analisada por meio de entrevista semiestruturada com dois alunos surdos do curso de licenciatura em Letras, com habilitação em Libras, do Centro de Formação de Professores da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia – CFP/UFRB. Dialogamos com autores como Laraia (2001), Gadotti (1998), Perlin (1998), Quadros (1997), Freire (1979), Strobel (2008) e outros. As discussões realizadas neste trabalho possibilitarão problematizar e ressignificar a educação superior para os surdos dessa comunidade acadêmica.
STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN USAHATANI VANILI DI DESA LOHA, KECAMATAN PACAR, KABUPATEN MANGGARAI BARAT
Authors: Puspita Victoria Ayu , Taus Igniosa , Djawapatty David J.
Published: December 2022

Abstrak
Sektor pertanian vanili dijadikan sumber akselerasi pertumbuhan sektor pertanian dan sekaligus memecahkan masalah mendasar di Desa Loha, Kecamatan Pacar, Kabupaten Manggarai Barat yang dihadapi dewasa ini yaitu masalah pengangguran dan kemiskinan. Adapun jumlah petani vanili di Desa Loha mendorong produktivitas dan memanfaatkan potensi lahan yang tersedia untuk membudidayakan usahatani vanili. Salah satu lembaga yang memberikan perhatian lebih terhadap petani vanili di Desa Loha adalah Yayasan Dharma Bhakti Astra (YDBA) yang merupakan salah satu yayasan yang didirikanoleh pendiri Astra. Dalam penelitian ini menggunakan 3 (tiga) metode analisis data, yaitu analisis SWOT meliputi pembentukan matrik IFAS, EFAS, dan matrik SWOT serta analisis prioritas strategi yang merupakan pilihan dari strategi alternative yang dapat diterapkan dalam mengembangan usahatani tanaman vanili. Hasil yang diperoleh dalam penelitian ini berupa strategi yang dapat dilakukan untuk mengembangkan kawasan budidaya vanili berkelanjutan, menerapkan sistem jaminan mutu produk dan meningkatkan kapasitas sumber daya manusia dan kelembagaan dengan pendidikan dan pelatihan. Kendala yang dihadapi cukup besar khususnya petani yang menyangkut aspek permodalan, aspek budidaya, sistem manajemen dan aspek pemasaran
 
Abstract
The vanilla farming sector is used as a source of accelerating the growth of the agricultural sector and at the same time solving the basic problems in Loha Village, Boyfriend District, West Manggarai Regency, which are currently faced with unemployment and poverty. The number of vanilla farmers in Loha Village encourages productivity and utilizes the potential of the available land to cultivate vanilla farming. One of the institutions that pays more attention to vanilla farmers in Loha Village is the Dharma Bhakti Astra Foundation (YDBA), which is one of the foundations established by the founder of Astra. In this study using 3 (three) methods of data analysis, namely SWOT analysis including the formation of IFAS, EFAS, and SWOT matrices as well as strategy priority analysis which is a choice of alternative strategies that can be applied in developing vanilla farming. The results obtained in this study are strategies that can be carried out to develop sustainable vanilla cultivation areas, implement a product quality assurance system and increase the capacity of human and institutional resources with education and training. The obstacles faced are quite large, especially farmers regarding aspects of capital, cultivation aspects, management systems and marketing aspects.
Indian Ocean Trade through Buddhist Iconographies
Authors: Bopearachchi Osmund
Published: December 2022

The maritime trade is not limited to exchange of goods alone. In the
ancient world deprived of passenger ships, cargoes were the only mode
of transportation in the Indian Ocean. Not only traders, but also Buddhist
monks, nuns, philosophers, artists and diplomats as well travelled
together; and as a result, not only goods, but also philosophical thoughts
and iconographies were exchanged. As a result, Buddhist iconographies
developed in a cross-fertilized context, ingenuously incorporating the
sentiments and aesthetics of their respective populations. Instead of
reproducing stereotypical prototypes, they created new forms of art
leaving some traces of the aspirations of the donor-traders, enabling us
to understand the growth of the maritime networks.
INITIAL ASSESSMENT ON STUDENTS PERCEPTION TOWARDS CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY
Authors: Datu Eranza Datu Razali , Chen Hiung Andy Lee , Mokhtar Tini Maizura
Published: December 2022

This paper is an opinion piece on the initial assessment of the comprehension of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) studentsâ€™ knowledge about UMS EcoCampus programs in the context of campus sustainability, and their suggestions for green initiatives. A total number of more than 350 students were sampled. The students were divided into a working group and worked on abstracts related to campus sustainability. A total number of 35 groups were formed as units of analysis for this study. The assessment process was conducted in four meetings over a one-month period after lecture. For data collection, the 35 working groups were required to come up with an abstract for each group, and the abstracts were being reviewed by several experts in campus sustainability or personnel familiar with the activities organized by UMS EcoCampus Management Centre. The result suggested that some of the students understood the general concepts of sustainability and some were uncertain about it. The uncertainty is mainly due to the context of â€˜campusâ€™ sustainability. The sustainability knowledge of students was mostly on recycle and reuse, electronic technology usage in substituting conventional management practices, and â€œgo greenâ€ campaigns. Based on the findings, the result indicates that students of UMS would have to be given more exposure on campus sustainability, and it is best to include sustainability element into course syllabus. By then in the near future, the graduates will be â€œgreenerâ€ and susceptive to the concept of sustainability.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF E-TENDERING: THE CLIENTS’ PERSPECTIVE
Authors: M. Ashaari Norul Izzati , S.K Suhaida , Kai Chang Kam
Published: December 2022

In construction industry, the most critical phases throughout the project life cycle is tendering phase. The traditional tendering method is often costly which involved paper intensive, expensive and tedious process that eventually cause possibility of errors in the documentation. This leads to the emergence of using the e-tendering system in the construction industry. E-tendering is a system that shift manual paper to fully electronic system to enable means of communication. In line with the Sixth Strategic Thrust of the Construction Industry Master Plan (CIMP) 2006 – 2015’s, Ministry of Works launched the electronic tender management system, called e-tendering. The Public Work Department (PWD) highlighted that the system is launched to develop communication between parties in a project, to increase government and tenderers productivity and to provide a save, trusted and efficient works. The focal point of this paper are the factors and strategies of e-tendering implementation based on the client’s perspectives in Malaysian Construction Industry. A quantitative method was applied and the data were analysed using the average index analysis. The reduction in time of printing, compiling, sorting tender price and received the tender document on time are among the factors influence the client’s decision to apply e-tendering system. The respondents agreed that the top management had played the most significant roles by providing the opportunity for the employee to attend the training related to implementation of e-tendering system. The financial support by the government and guideline notes are also important to ensure the system can be fully applied in the construction industry.
ON LOWERING THE AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY: PERSPECTIVES FROM PHILIPPINE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Authors: Maria Virginia G. Aguilar  , Allen Cassey S. Gumiran
Published: December 2022

The proposal to amend the minimum age of criminal responsibility has elicited polarized reactions in the Philippines. On one side are the politicians led by President Duterte, who are behind a bill lowering the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 9 for two reasons: school-age thieves and drug-runners must be “taught responsibility” and that the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Law is “soft” in dealing with children in conflict with the law (CICL). On the other side are human rights advocates vehemently opposing the bill on the ground that studies in the social sciences link emotional and mental immaturity to youth offending, not to mention the Philippines’ binding commitment to protect children’s rights when it signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child. At the forefront, are the barangay officials, the first authorities encountered by the CICL upon apprehension, where the crucial decision is made: amicable settlement or State involvement. A survey among 30 barangay officials reveals that punishment is favored to deter re-offense. The lack of parental supervision is perceived as the root cause, but it is this same negligence that convinces them that handling the CICL should be a national affair, hence, their approval for lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility, and the children’s subsequent detention in government facilities. This study recommends that barangay officials be re-oriented regarding the aptness of rehabilitation for the CICL, particularly the framings of discourses from the social sciences, while also advancing a critique of the justice system itself critically through a Gramscian lens.
La tutela laboral del derecho a la libertad sexual: ¿una protección integral?
Authors: Espejo Megías Patricia
Published: December 2022

El objetivo de este trabajo científico es analizar los aspectos laborales de la Ley orgánica 10/2022, de 6 de septiembre, de garantía integral de la libertad sexual de todas las personas, en particular, mujeres, niñas y niños, en tanto principales víctimas de todas las formas de violencia sexual. Garantizar de forma integral el derecho a la libertad sexual supone necesariamente acometer una serie de reformas legales que indudablemente han de traspasar los muros del ámbito de las relaciones laborales. El lugar de trabajo es un escenario complejo donde a menudo tienen lugar violaciones del derecho a la libertad sexual y a la integridad moral de las personas trabajadoras, y es por ello que deviene necesario modificar el acervo normativo laboral para hacer efectivos en este ámbito la protección y el derecho a la asistencia social integral de todas las personas trabajadoras que tengan la consideración de víctimas de violencia sexual; una violencia no contemplada en la anterior Ley orgánica de medidas de protección integral contra la violencia de género aprobada en 2004. Así, en las páginas que siguen, analizaremos las modificaciones operadas en virtud de esta ley orgánica en el Estatuto de los Trabajadores, en el Estatuto Básico del Empleado Público y en la Ley general de la Seguridad Social. De semejante manera, pero a contrario sensu, se analizarán las consecuencias de la falta de modificación de la Ley de prevención de riesgos laborales.
Thanatology in the Russian and Spanish Traditions (To the Problem Statement)
Authors:   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Girin Yu.N.
Published: December 2022

The article presents the experience of analysing two typologically isomorphic cultures on the basis of thanatological constants that determine them. The author proceeds from the idea that the Spanish and Russian cultures are typologically similar in the following basis: both of these cultures are deeply telluric; from the point of view of civilizationology, both belong to the border type of cultures; the formation of both cultures took place under the influence of the long-term domination of foreign conquerors (Arab and Horde, respectively), which led to the actualization of the thanatological code. The author believes that in the context of typological comparison, the identification specificity of one or another subject of culture is revealed. The result of the comparative study allowed identifying the structural features and substantive differences of these determinants, which are the most important components of the national culture code. The main difference between the Spanish thanatological complex and the Russian one is that the former is essentially telluric, while the latter is immanently eschatological.
The Emergence of the Union of Artists in Sverdlovsk in 1932 (to the 90th Anniversary of the Founding of the Creative Organization)
Authors:   Sverdlovsk Branch of the Union of Artists of Russia, Ainutdinov A.S.
Published: December 2022

2022 marks the 90th anniversary of the founding of the professional Creative Union of Soviet Artists (currently its successor, the Union of Artists of Russia). The study object of this article is the formation of the creative organization of artists in Sverdlovsk. The research task is to examine a set of ideological, social, cultural, and organizational events that accompanied the formation of the union at an early stage, before and after its establishment. Currently there are no historical and art works on the designated topic. The source and information basis for the article is new sources related to the object of research. In 1983, the Sverdlovsk Region State Archive conducted expert evaluation of the document fund of the Sverdlovsk branch of the Union of Soviet Artists in which some of the materials of the fund were destroyed for reasons that are not entirely clear. The inventory was thoroughly revised: the available meeting minutes, accounting reports, and work plans of the creative organization for 1932–1934 were liquidated. Thus, to date, the direct factual sources containing information about the first years of the creative organization of artists in Sverdlovsk are almost completely lost, with the exception of a few documents of 1934. This narrows our current understanding based on authentic historical data and not on assumptions about what was happening in the union and around it in the first year of its existence. Nevertheless, due to the presence of other, additional sources of the 1930s, there is some direct and indirect evidence of the historical course of events around the formation of the Ural artists’ creative organization. The information gleaned from the totality of these materials has formed the basis of the substantive part of this article. The purpose of the article is to reconstruct the course of historical events around the foundation and the first activities of the branch of the Union of Soviet Artists in Sverdlovsk.
Architectural Environment as a Contemporary
Authors:   Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Dutsev M.V. ,   Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Development
Published: December 2022

The article attempts to comprehend the meaning of the contemporaneity in the perspective of the current architectural environment. The spatial environment of a person is both the context and the object of the architect’s creativity, a source of interpretations, doubts and bold assumptions. The times when “modern” was perceived exclusively from the position of challenge and revolutionary innovation are over. It seems much more essential to interpret the stated definition in the totality of the leading trends, conceptual and aesthetic shifts in the approaches and language of architects, consonant with the time. The author of the article proposes a model of a new artistic dimension of architecture, representing the integration of key plastic motifs conditioned by the updated reality of architectural creativity: historical and cultural, social, environmental, media, performative. Special emphasis is placed on the philosophy of the oncoming movement of the architect and the artist, which today allows us to talk about the architectural environment as an actual art — sharp, frank, ambitious, revealing personal experiences and stories to its addressee. Such a confidential dialogue between the architect-artist and the user encourages a holistic understanding of the architectural-art environment as our “contemporary” and as an eternal “interlocutor” overcoming time.
The Issue of the Formation of the Classical Tradition of Iranian Music from the Language and Thinking Perspective
Authors:   State Institute for Art Studies, Shamilli G.B.
Published: December 2022

The article examines the historical prerequisites for the formation of the classical tradition of Iranian music of the Achaemenid and Sassanid dynasties period (6th century BCE — the first third of the 7th century CE) in a linguistic environment with the dominant function of the Aramaic language (Old Aramaic, Imperial Koine, Syriac/ New Aramaic dialects) at the sites of the “royal way”, where the local musical heritage of Indo-Iranian tribes melted in the phonosphere of the cosmopolitan palace vocal and instrumental music-making of ancient civilizations. The author of the article formulates the hypothesis that (1) when working with the concepts “Indo-European language family” or “Semitic language family”, we describe the contrasting mechanisms of speech information processing and transmission that (2) appear universal for different spheres of intellectual activity, including music, where they (3) are expressed in two formulae of the musical process I -- m -- t (B. Asafyev) and I -- t = m—temporalityy (G. Shamilli) (3) that is sensitive to certain patterns of thinking and (4) is fixed in the gestalt. Therefore, to think of derivation mechanisms of verbal and musical speech as unified means to provide a gestalt morphosyntactic description of structures from an interdisciplinary perspective, relying on (1) the fact of the linguistic community of cultures over a long historical period and (2) the assumption about the ability of the oral musical tradition to retain one gestalt or another with a change of the language domain.
Melancholy and Nostalgia in British Progressive Rock
Authors:   State Institute for Art Studies, Savitskaya E.A.
Published: December 2022

The article studies the role of such cultural phenomena as melancholy and nostalgia in artistic and “ontological” aspects of rock music. The relevance of this study is due to a high frequency of occurrence of these phenomena in numerous types of modern art (there have been several research dedicated to this issue), as well as the growing popularity of “melancholic rock” in a wide audience. Of particular significance for the author in scientific understanding of the proposed topic were the works by S. Boym, V. Medushevsky, J. Starobinski, V. Syrov, T. Tsaregradskaya, W. Everett, K. Johannison and other researchers. The study of melancholy in rock music was based on British psychedelic and progressive rock, with a detailed review of several vivid examples of compositions by Pink Floyd, Barclay James Harvest, King Crimson, Genesis, Marillion and Steven Wilson. The main purpose of this work is to reveal the characteristic musical and stylistic features, means of expression, and thematic patterns of “melancholic rock”. Among them the most important (in the author’s opinion) are the following: the prevalence of slow tempo (non-typical of rock in general), ostinato, “lack of aspiration” (according to V. Medushevsky), distinctive modal and intonational features (minority, polymodality, lamento intonation complex), folklore and early music influences, special appeal to the “nostalgic” timbres of bowed strings, organ, and wind instruments (both in live performance and electro-mechanical playback or electronic samples), and “flickering” acoustic guitar sounds. A wide range of emotions and moods are presented, from light sadness to deep sorrow, the themes of loss, loneliness, “lost childhood”, etc. The article stresses the role of melancholy, its “emotional modus” and specific sound that overcomes the intellectuality of progressive rock (sometimes excessive), its “calculated” character. At the same time, the “lack of aspiration” can be counter-balanced by the intense dramatic development, typical of progressive rock.
Traditional Cultural Values and New Femininity in Modern Bashkir Cinema
Authors:   GITR Film and Television School, Baiturina D.U.
Published: December 2022

The subject of research is a cinematic piece filmed in the Republic of Bashkortostan — Etegen by the Bashkir director A. Yumagulov. The author of the article performs a semiotic and hermeneutic analysis of the cinema text and highlights the cultural values and symbols similar to universal ones and those different and specific. The semiotic analysis reveals the structure of the film, the meaning of its structural units, and the archetypal constructions within the media text. The hermeneutical analysis shows the socio-political conditions in which the film was created, the peculiarities of the interpretation of the media text, and its relations with other cultural texts. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the systematic, comprehensive study of the Bashkir cinema in comparison with the samples of the world artistic culture and in the identification of the key features of an individual film, which has not been a subject to detailed scientific study before. The cinematic media text created by the Bashkortostan-born director refers to Bashkir mythology, which is in line with global cultural motifs. The author of the article discovers the presence of Jungian archetypes in the film, as well as the elements of the archaic views of the Bashkirs and the characters of the ancient Turkic folklore. Particularly pronounced are the details important for the life of the Bashkirs or their folklore. The analysis performed reveals in the media text the features of a new femininity, characteristic of today.
Pictorial Sources of the Images of Mythological Creatures in the Video Game Nioh
Authors: Shedko I.I.
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this article is to review the characters in the two-part Japanese video game series Nioh so as to identify their origins and artistic relationships with the visual arts. Based on the names and appearance of the characters created in the game, the author attempts to perform a comparative analysis of the images in the game and those known in Japanese art. The subject of the research is identifying and studying the connection between the art of the past and modern video game character design on the example of the Nioh video game series, using the methods of art analysis. Modern researchers consider video games to be one of the forms of interaction between modern culture and cultural heritage. Therefore, this study is relevant as it reveals the cultural significance of video games and demonstrates the method of working with the artistic heritage in building game worlds. The article provides a comparative analysis of the characters yoki and one-eyed oni, kappa and kamaitachi and the pictorial sources of the 8th–12th and 17th–19th centuries. The author comes to the conclusion that the video game Nioh is a modern catalogue of Japanese demonology, based on well-known pictorial and written sources.
Modification of Artistic Language in the Modern Era: Factors of Influence
Authors:   State Institute for Art Studies, Tabunova N.A.
Published: December 2022

Referring to the aesthetic and philosophical treatises of the Modern Era and its artistic heritage, the author examines the driving force and key factors that determine manifestation and consolidation of changes in the expressiveness of the language of art. The dialectics of form and content occupy one of the central places in aesthetic theory. Studying the impact that the mechanisms of “artistic form wear” have on the evolution of artistic expressiveness from specific to general allows tracing how the content is formalized and concentrated in particular structures of the artistic language, thereby subsequently influencing the content of contemporary art. The author reveals the incentives that forced the artists of the Modern Era to look for new ways of expressiveness in their work, referring to both the “aesthetics from within”, i.e. the factor of self-movement of art, and the “aesthetics from the outside”, i.e. stereotypes of the era laid down by mentality, which determine the expressive form of art, the methods and techniques of expressiveness used by artists. The focus of attention in the article is shifted to the art of classicism, since it is in the strict academic framework that the elements of transformation and change in established forms become especially evident.
Empirical assessment of tourism-generated employment
Authors: Kožić Ivan , Ivandić Neven , Sever Ivan
Published: December 2022

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the important concepts and challenges emerging from an assessment of the employment generated by tourism activity. Methodology: Standard methodology for the compilation of the tourism satellite account is used. The case study is Croatia, a small European country whose economy is immensely driven by tourism, thereby representing a particularly suitable research example. Results: The paper reports and discusses all practical issues related to the process of assessment and measurement of tourism-generated employment in a small tourism-driven economy. Conclusion: The assessment of tourism-generated employment is far from being analyzed and documented as thoroughly as the assessment of tourism-generated GDP. A common impression is that researchers have hitherto been too busy measuring tourism-generated GDP, thereby paying insufficient attention to the most important manifestation of GDP creation - employment. Therefore, this paper aims to fill, at least partially, this huge gap in the current literature.
The role of the University of Prishtina in knowledge creation and transfer
Authors: Dedaj Zef
Published: December 2022

Purpose: This case study aims to analyse the role of the university in knowledge creation and transfer to the industry. Methodology: Knowledge creation is analysed in terms of research activities, while knowledge transfer focuses on the abilities and motivation of university staff in transferring the science outcome to the industry. The general problems of the lack of data on innovation activities in Kosovo are evident; therefore, this research uses a qualitative research technique. Data were collected based on a qualitative guide interview, combining and analysing 15 semi-structured interviews. Results: The findings show that part of the achievements is evident, but part of them is questionable in many aspects, e.g., there is a visible asymmetry between knowledge creation and knowledge transfer. By comparison, teaching has improved significantly over the last decade, while critical thinking is not yet at a satisfactory level. Conclusion: Indeed, much progress and many challenges could be identified over the half-century. The university’s efforts are debatable in terms of knowledge creation, and no sign motivates university staff to publish in high-ranking international journals and contribute to research activities. However, the university is continuously improving its collaboration with international donors, e.g., the European Union remains the main partner.
Increase supply chain resilience by applying early warning signals within big-data analysis
Authors: Nagy Judit , Foltin Pavel
Published: December 2022

Purpose: The current environment of globally interconnected supply chains and the dynamics of changes and potential threats significantly reduce the time for a possible response. At the same time, there is a growing demand for information necessary to mitigate the consequences. To minimise the damage and increase the resilience of supply chains, it is necessary to identify sources of threats promptly, the extent of possible damage and the possibility of preventing or minimising their impact. The aim of the paper is to structure supply chain threats and search for appropriate datasets. Methodology: The paper analyses the state-of-the-art through a comprehensive literature review and demonstrates secondary data about how free-access business data can be used as Early Warning Signals to forecast supply chain disruptive events, with a particular focus on international maritime transportation. Results: It was confirmed that companies can access many open datasets, and collecting and aggregating these data can improve their preparedness for future disruptive events. As the most important issue, the authors defined the selection of proper datasets and interpreting results with foresight. Conclusions: Identifying and analysing the relevant Early Warning Signals by companies to prevent supply chain disruptions are essential for keeping their supply chains sustainable and their resilience on a sufficient level. It was proved that general business indicators (PMI delivery time, container capacity, inflation rate, etc.) can help to signal the increasing possibility of maritime traffic problems in ports and container unavailability as usual supply chain disruption types in recent years. Therefore, the companies in the supply chains need to find, collect and analyse the appropriate data, which are, in some cases, free and available. However, it is a substantial task for data analysts to identify the most relevant data and work out the analytical methodology which can be applied as Early Warning Systems (EWS).
The role of supplier satisfaction survey in building partnerships
Authors: Knežević Blaženka , Mandić Miroslav , Lipovac Tolić Antonija
Published: December 2022

Purpose: The main goal of this paper’s research was to determine the role and justification of surveying supplier satisfaction in building partnerships. Methodology: To collect primary data, qualitative research was used, which was conducted in several phases. The study tested nine key criteria modelled on the work of Vos et al. (2016). The sample of key suppliers was determined from a non-probability sample of experts from eight strategic suppliers who agreed to participate in the research. A qualitative approach was used due to the small sample and the desire to apply a different approach since the authors used a quantitative approach in most of the analysed papers. Results: Research has shown that the key criteria for supplier satisfaction are reliability, communication, and operative excellence of the customer they work with. Conclusion: Any long-term and successful business relationship implies the satisfaction of all parties in the relationship. The concept of supplier satisfaction research is a business practice of a modest number of companies. Despite this, the research participants confirmed that there are solid arguments and interest in introducing this type of research and its continuous implementation. The recommendation is the systematic introduction of supplier relationship management and, as part of that, the introduction of the practice of conducting supplier satisfaction surveys.
Opposing trends of cloud coverage over land and ocean under global warming
Authors: Liu Huan , Koren Ilan , Altaratz Orit , Chekroun Mickael D.
Published: December 2022

Abstract. Clouds play a key role in Earth's energy budget and water cycle. Their response to global warming contributes the largest uncertainty to climate prediction. Here, by performing an empirical orthogonal function analysis on 42 years of reanalysis data of global cloud coverage, we extract clear trend and ENSO-associated modes. The trend mode translates spatially to a decreasing trend in cloud coverage over most continents and an increasing trend over the tropical and subtropical oceans. A reduction in near-surface relative humidity can explain the decreasing trend in cloud coverage over land. Our results suggest potential stress on the terrestrial water cycle and changes in the energy partition between land and ocean, all associated with global warming.