bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Biochar as an Alternative Soil Amendment for Establishment of Northern Highbush Blueberry
Authors: Sales Bryan K. , Bryla David R. , Trippe Kristin M. , Scagel Carolyn F. , Strik Bernadine C. , Sullivan Dan M.
Published: January 2022

Biochar, as a soil amendment, has been reported to improve plant growth by increasing soil moisture and retaining nutrients. In a previous 12-week greenhouse study with highbush blueberry (Vaccinium hybrid), we found that amending soil with biochar alone or in combination with bokashi (fermented wheat bran) increased plant growth relative to unamended soil. The biochar was produced from mixed conifer species during conversion of wood to energy. In the current study, we aimed to validate the greenhouse findings under field conditions in western Oregon. The specific objectives of this 2-year study were to determine the effect of amending soil with biochar or a combination of biochar and bokashi on growth and early fruit production during establishment of northern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.). To achieve these objectives, we transplanted ‘Duke’ blueberry plants into soil that was either unamended or amended with biochar or 4:1 (v/v) mixtures of biochar and bokashi or biochar and douglas fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco] sawdust. Each amendment was either applied in the planting hole or incorporated into the row. A treatment with douglas fir sawdust incorporated into the row was also included and represented the industry standard for the region. Plants grown in soil amended with biochar (in the planting hole or row) had 40% to 74% greater total dry weight at the end of the first growing season and 70% to 82% greater fruit yield in the second season than those grown with no amendments or in soil amended with sawdust. However, leaf Mg concentrations were lower with biochar, suggesting it could limit Mg uptake in blueberry. Soil amended with sawdust, on the other hand, was higher in organic matter, microbial activity, and wet stable aggregates than the other soil treatments but resulted in lower leaf N concentrations during the second year after planting. Unlike in the greenhouse study, biochar had no effect on root colonization by mycorrhizal fungi, and there was no benefit to using biochar with bokashi. Adding 4 L of biochar to the planting hole was considerably more economical than applying it to the row and cost $1320/ha less than the industry standard of incorporating sawdust in the row. These findings indicate that biochar is a promising soil amendment for commercial production of highbush blueberry.
Root System Radius of Three Cycas Species
Authors: Marler Thomas E. , Cruz Gil N.
Published: January 2022

Knowledge about the position of tree roots is needed to understand tree biology and inform management decisions. Cycad species produce pachycaul stems and are not represented in the published studies on the relationships between aboveground tree traits and root system spread. We measured the radius of root egress from 6-year-old Cycas edentata de Laub., Cycas micronesica K.D. Hill, and Cycas nitida K.D. Hill & A. Lindstrom plants in an ex situ cycad germplasm collection into an 8-m-wide buffer zone in which no trees were growing. We then determined the relationships of root system radius to aboveground plant traits. The root system radius extended 5.2 to 7.5 m from the base of the stems, and was 3.5 times the plant height, 32 to 36 times the stem diameter, and 3.6 to 4.2 times the radius of the canopy dripline. Values for root radius in relation to plant height and canopy radius exceeded published data for leptocaul tree species, but values for stem diameter were less than these data. These findings on the location of cycad roots provide adaptive management cycad knowledge to inform horticulture decisions such as avoidance of roots during soil disturbance and placement of fertilizers and systemic pesticides.
Kertomus postmodernismin jälkeen
Authors: Björninen Samuli
Published: January 2022

Narrative After Postmodernism takes a critical and practical look at the cultural theories of what comes after postmodernism or the postmodern. Alongside contemporary literary authors, the anthology studies diverse contemporary textual phenomena from TV shows to online fan theories and survivalist blogs. The essays compiled in this anthology tentatively apply the theories of the post-postmodern to contemporary texts to see how they might open up for analysis within their new theoretical frameworks or challenge them. The introduction, co-written by all the authors of this volume, introduces the most influential theories of post-postmodernism and contextualizes them within broader intellectual trends of the early 21st Century. The three essays comprising the first part of the volume discuss some of the theories of the postmodern in relation to contemporary works that seem to challenge them. Yet they also strive to clarify and sharpen some of the ideas proposed in the theories of the post-postmodern. The second part of the volume aims to show that it is not only the contemporary texts that move beyond the postmodern – the ways of reading literature and interpreting artworks in different media are also changing. The essays in the second part of the volume inquire about the effects of the contemporary literary culture on the methods of interpretation and ways of reading.
Squashing and supersymmetry enhancement in three dimensions
Authors: Minahan Joseph , Naseer Usman , Thull Charles
Published: January 2022

We consider mass-deformed theories with
\mathcal{N}\geq2𝒩≥2
supersymmetry on round and squashed three-spheres. By embedding the
supersymmetric backgrounds in extended supergravity we show that at
special values of mass deformations the supersymmetry is enhanced on the
squashed spheres. When the 3d
partition function can be obtained by a limit of a
4d index we also show that for these special mass deformations only the
states annihilated by extra supercharges contribute to the index. By
using an equivalence between partition functions on squashed spheres and
ellipsoids, we explain the recently observed squashing independence of
the partition function of mass-deformed ABJ(M) theory on the ellipsoid.
We provide further examples of such simplification for various
3d
supersymmetric theories.
Evaluación de la capacidad auditiva en estudiantes de una facultad de Odontología en Colombia
Authors: Cárdenas-Suárez Karol Yurley , Perales-Contreras Leomaris , Galeano-Ortíz Andrés David , Almario-Barrera Andrea Johanna , Ruiz-Orejarena Yuli Alexandra , Soler-Guarin Angie Melissa , Valderrama Adriana María , Franco-Hernández Sahira Gimena , Castellanos-Domínguez Yeny Zulay
Published: January 2022

Introducción. La pérdida de capacidad auditiva por exposición a ruido en ambiente laboral es un problema de salud pública que se constituye en la tercera causa de incapacidad mundial por exposición laboral. En el área de odontología, personal en proceso de formación se ve expuesto al ruido del instrumental usado en los procedimientos clínicos lo que puede conducir a pérdida auditiva inducida por ruido. Objetivo. evaluar la capacidad auditiva de estudiantes de una facultad de odontología en Colombia. Materiales y métodos. Se realizó un estudio observacional analítico de corte transversal, en estudiantes de odontología de sexto a décimo semestre; mediante encuesta autodiligenciada y valoración clínica audiológica se obtuvo la información de los participantes. La base de datos se consolidó en Microsoft ExcelÒ y se exportó al programa STATA 14.0 donde se procesó la información. El plan de análisis incluyó descripción de los datos usando media y desviación estándar (datos cuantitativos) y frecuencias absoluta y relativa (datos cualitativos) los cuales se acompañan de intervalos de confianza del 95%. El análisis bivariado se realizó con test exacto de Fisher y prueba de Chi cuadrado así como prueba de t de Student y ANOVA. Resultados. Se evidenció una pérdida auditiva de 77,8% para el oido derecho y el 76,2% para el oído izquierdo. Conclusión. Los estudiantes de odontología presentaron alteración en su capacidad auditiva. La edad y el semestre académico se asocian con la pérdida de la capacidad auditiva.
Percepciones sobre el uso de bases de datos en investigación formativa en odontología
Authors: Bernal Cepeda Lilia Jadith , Tobar Sánchez Jesús Armando , Misas Avella Margarita María
Published: January 2022

Actualmente existen varias estrategias para consultar información en la red en tiempo real sobre infinidad de temas, tanto asuntos de la cotidianidad de las personas como de campos del saber que son de interés para la comunidad académica. Las bases de datos se constituyen como herramientas eficientes para la trasmisión de información y su acceso, en general, resulta sencillo y rápido; sin embargo, en ocasiones estudiantes y docentes no las emplean con la frecuencia que se desearía, fenómeno del que se desconocen en gran medida las causas. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue indagar las percepciones de docentes y estudiantes de una Facultad de Odontología en Bogotá, en cuanto al uso de las bases de datos en investigación formativa, empleando la técnica de Clasificación Múltiple de Ítems –CMI-.  Se pudo identificar que para la mayoría de los participantes se hace necesario implementar estrategias pedagógicas que promuevan el uso de estas; adicionalmente los participantes reconocen la importancia de los diferentes actores en el proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje y de la inclusión de las bases de datos en las diferentes actividades académicas e investigativas.
Uso de técnicas de impresión 3D en la reconstrucción mandibular. Una revisión breve
Authors: Escalona-Contreras Nicole , Merino-Kutscher Paula , Cartes-Velásquez Ricardo
Published: January 2022

En los últimos años, la tecnología y la medicina han podido complementarse para la optimización de tiempo, conocimientos y recursos, aumentando la posibilidad de tratamientos personalizados en más pacientes. A nivel maxilofacial, la reconstrucción de defectos mandibulares se ha visto en la necesidad de progresar sus técnicas debido a la serie de orígenes que afectan el hueso mandibular de manera drástica, como lesiones traumáticas, cáncer, infecciones, enfermedad congénita u otros, y las innumerables consecuencias tanto estéticas como funcionales, restringiendo significativamente la calidad de vida. El objetivo de este artículo es revisar conceptos básicos del uso de tecnologías de impresión 3D en la reconstrucción mandibular. La impresión 3D ha aparecido en diversos ámbitos, siendo en el área de la medicina, un aporte fundamental para la creación de formas anatómicas de alta precisión con el que se pueden diseñar objetos con reproducción de detalles de manera rápida, luego de una serie de pasos que incluyen la obtención de una imagen radiográfica, uso de software y reparación de archivos, y la obtención de un modelo tridimensional. Los últimos estudios han validado el uso de impresiones 3D para una reconstrucción mandibular, con claros beneficios de costos y calidad de detalles. Es necesario crear un enfoque en las técnicas quirúrgicas utilizadas con un objeto impreso tridimensionalmente y un análisis post operatorio de los pacientes sometidos a estos procedimientos más allá de los detalles técnicos.
Beyond inclusion: practical lessons on striving for gender and disability transformational changes in WASH systems in Cambodia and Timor-Leste
Authors: Huggett Chelsea , Da Costa Cruz Livia , Goff Fraser , Pheng Pharozin , Ton Doeurn
Published: January 2022

Women and girls, and people with disabilities are often excluded from governance systems and decision-making on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) at all levels – from household to the national level. This paper analyses inclusion and empowerment outcomes for these two groups in three WASH system-strengthening programmes in Cambodia and Timor-Leste. The analysis used WaterAid's ‘Equality and Inclusion Framework’ to assess the quality of inclusion and empowerment outcomes at different levels of WASH systems. The review found that household gender equality changes in Timor-Leste were empowering because they shifted women's and men's roles, relationships and attitudes. It found that women's leadership and disability-inclusive approaches in Cambodia achieved inclusive outcomes because they enhanced women's critical consciousness and increased WASH leaders' awareness of the importance of disability inclusion. There was evidence of either individual/self-empowerment changes or changes to the enabling environment; however, no intervention achieved a comprehensive combination of both. The authors conclude that both individual and environmental outcomes contribute to empowerment outcomes in WASH systems at different levels that can shift gender norms, redistribute power and benefit women and people with disabilities. These findings will enable WASH practitioners to better understand empowerment outcomes and how to integrate them with system-strengthening approaches.
Community engagement in water, sanitation and hygiene in sub-Saharan Africa: does it WASH?
Authors: Tsekleves Emmanuel , Fonseca Braga Mariana , Abonge Christiana , Santana Marli , Pickup Roger , Yongabi Anchang Kenneth , de Pippo Tommaso , Semple Kirk , Roy Manoj
Published: January 2022

This transdisciplinary literature review paper aims at addressing the literature lacuna in community engagement and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in sub-Saharan countries. By responding to a set of identified WASH-related questions to community engagement, it explores through different disciplinary lenses the challenges and opportunities in this significant area that impacts human health. This transdisciplinary review brought together the disciplines of water engineering, environmental microbiology, public health and infectious disease, design research, women and gender studies, and developmental studies. It examined over 430 papers with 29 papers included in the final review. The main findings suggest integrating women into leadership roles in community water management and water and sanitation programmes can lead to more sustainability and can make water projects more effective. Second, cultural preferences should be a key factor when planning and implementing WASH technologies and interventions. Third, for community engagement to be effective, it should be done with intentionality and over a longer period; and employ existing culturally embedded leadership structures, such as schoolteachers, religious leaders and train change agents.
Prioritization of maintenance work in wastewater networks using decision support methods
Authors: Mezhoud Cherifa , Berreksi Ali , Bedjou Abdelhamid , Bosseler Bert
Published: January 2022

Sanitation networks are extremely important infrastructures because of their function and capital-intensive nature. Indeed, network knowledge is essential for a reliable prioritization of maintenance work. In this context, this research work is interested in the evaluation and the prioritization of the defects of an Urban Sanitation Network (USN), taking into account the criteria of the FMECA method (failure mode and effects and criticality analysis), namely the probability of defect occurrence (P), the defect's detectability (D) and the defect impact (I). The methodology adopted is based on the combination of three methods: the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) used to assign weights to FMECA criteria, the weighted product model (WPM) method to determine the defect impact and the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution method (TOPSIS) to classify sanitation defects in descending order in order to prioritize maintenance interventions. A case study of a real sewerage project in the city of Bejaia (Algeria) essentially composed of eight non-visitable sections evaluated from television inspections was used to illustrate and validate the proposed model. The results show that the following defects: collapse, chemical attack, pipe surface degradation, and abrasion are considered as critical defects requiring immediate intervention due to their significant influence on the section performance rate, which is between 0%≤P<50%, contrary to the other studied parameters which present a performance rate of P>50%. These results prove that the combination of AHP–WPM–TOPSIS methods can be used to design an effective management and maintenance system.
THE TERM AS A COGNITEMA: AN EVOLUTIONARY-PRAGMATIC ASPECT
Authors:   Kuban State University, BUYANOVA L.YU. , NOVOSELETSKAYA D.I. ,   Krasnodar Higher Military School named after General of the Army S.M. Shtemenko
Published: January 2022

The article deals with the theoretical issues of determining the status of a term as a cogniteme; reveals the specificity of a technical term as an actualizer of a technical and technological complex of knowledge; investigates the laws operating in the terminological space. It is noted that the term as a cognitively determined sign, as a sign of the language of science, is an indissoluble unity of cogniteme and its verbal representation. The author defines such types of derivation as terminological derivation and cognitive-semiotic derivation, which is the basic mechanism of formation and evolution of any terminological system and terminological semiosis in general. Technical terminology is characterized as the verbal-semiotic basis of the modern terminological cluster "Technique and Technology", which is an evolving specialized fragment of the Russian holistic scientific and technical picture of the world.
LINGUISTIC IMAGES AS UNITS OF ETHNO-CULTURAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Authors:   Belgorod State University, ALEFIRENKO N.F.
Published: January 2022

A linguistic image, unlike its substratum, a mental image, is, in the author's understanding, a visual perception of the realities of a communicatively significant event verbalized in a person's consciousness, fixing the results of visual perception and the isolation of culturally marked elements in it. The linguocreativity of the ethno-cultural spirituality of a person contained in them is manifested not only in the creation of primary linguistic images, but also in their creative adaptation to new discursive situations of speech generation. The mechanism of this kind of adaptation is the linguocreative type of thinking. The linguistic image is considered in the status of a semiotic unit of ethno-cultural memory.
TAXIS AND INTERCATEGORICAL CROSSING
Authors:   Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, ARKHIPOVA I.V.
Published: January 2022

This article examines the issue of intercategorical interaction of the functional-semantic category of taxis and its «close» functional-semantic categories of temporality, aspectuality, iteration, quantitative and temporal localization/temporal non-localization, which have a field structure. All of the above categories are considered as functional-semantic fields with a predicative core. Intercategorical interaction is characterized by the interdependence and interdependence of the considered functional-semantic fields of taxis, aspectuality, temporality, iteration, quantitativeness, temporal localization / non-localization. The basis of the intercategorical interaction of the taxis with the above-mentioned functional-semantic fields is its semantic dominant: the expression of the chronological meaning of simultaneity and non-simultaneity (primary / secondary nature). Taxis and «close» functional-semantic categories of aspectuality, iteration, temporality, quantitativeness and temporal localization/non-localization are in relation to intercategorical crossing. Intercategorical connections of the taxis category with "close" functional-semantic categories in the context of intercategorical crossing make it possible to distinguish various integrative taxis semantic syncret-subcomplexes of simultaneity and non-simultaneity: aspectual-temporal-taxis, quan-titative-taxis and iterative-taxis. Intercategorical crossing of the considered functional-semantic fields of taxis, aspectuality, temporality, quantitativeness, temporal localization/non-localization determines the actualization of various taxis categorical situations of simultaneity and non-simultaneity (quantitative-taxis, iterative-taxis, temporal-taxis) in statements with prepositional deverbatives in German, Russian, English and Dutch.
LINGUO-PRAGMATIC AND SEMANTIC MEANS OF IMPLEMENTING THE PERSUASION STRATEGY IN ENGLISH POLITICAL DISCOURSE
Authors:   Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, DUBSKIKH A.I. , BUTOVA A.V. ,   Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, KISEL O.V. ,   Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University
Published: January 2022

In modern society, linguistic sciences pay close attention to political discourse, since there exists a strong relationship between language and politics, which makes their separate existence impossible. That is why professional teams of philologists, imagemakers and PR specialists work on politicians’ speeches. The relevance of the study is explained by the fact that a multifaceted analysis of politicians’ verbal behavior, communicative strategies, tactics and techniques they use to implement intentions in public affairs contributes to a clearer understanding of political discourse and efficiency determination in the impact of politicians’ speeches on the mass addressee. The article deals with the consideration of political discourse and politicians’ verbal behavior peculiarities (based on a case study of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speeches). The authors give a brief overview of Russian and foreign scientists’ works on communicative strategies and tactics. Most of the focus is on the ways to persuade the audience. The persuasion strategy is viewed as a macro strategy implemented with the help of an argumentation sub-strategy. The paper provides a classification of tactics that explicate an argumentation strategy, as well as the pragmalinguistic means used by politicians to manipulate public opinion and audience behavior are examined. The purpose of the study is to describe the macro strategy of persuasion in British political discourse, as well as the tactics for its implementation. The results obtained can be used for lectures on the theory of linguistic manipulation, semantics and pragmatics of conversation, imageology.
THE LANGUAGE OF S. A. YESENIN IN THE FOCUS OF RUSSIAN LINGUISTICS
Authors:   Volgograd State Institute of Arts and Culture, KALENOVA N.A.
Published: January 2022

The article presents the main directions of the linguistic study of the language of S. A. Yesenin. The interest of linguists in onomastics, comparisons, colorative in the work of the artist of the word is revealed. The summary material contains an analysis of trends.
COLORISTIC NEOLOGISMS IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
Authors:   Astrakhan State Medical University, KONNOVA O.V. , MINAEVA YU.V. ,   Astrakhan State Medical University
Published: January 2022

The article examines the use of coloristic neologisms borrowed from French and English in the Russian language. The history of the emergence of coloronyms in Russian linguistics is studied, as well as their lexical meaning and semantic features. The continuous development of various areas of human life contributes to the emergence of new words, including neologisms. One of the most striking examples of the emergence of new lexical units in the Russian language is the process of borrowing. Among a number of borrowings, there are coloristic neologisms, there is an increased interest in the study of these lexemes. The rapid development of the modern world, cultural ties, socio-political relations with foreign states lead to a constant modification of the lexical composition of the modern Russian language.
LINGUISTIC PERSONALITY IN THE DIGITAL DISCURSIVE SPACE: AN EMOTIVE COMPONENT
Authors:   Moscow City University, KRUTOVA I.N.
Published: January 2022

In connection with the acceleration of the communication process, the issue of studying a virtual linguistic personality is currently more relevant than ever. The article examines the effectiveness of the use of blogs on the Instagram network of different types in terms of emotional accompaniment and influence of the author on the recipient, as well as the effectiveness of organizing digital discourse space. The emotive component of the pragmatic meaning of "fasting" is the subject of research, the emotive plan is the reason that prompts the author to create a text.
TO THE QUESTION OF COLLOCATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL AND CORPUS LINGUISTICS
Authors:   Astrakhan State University, LOSHCHAKOVA N.P.
Published: January 2022

This article attempts to describe collocations, their classification and structure in modern linguistics, in which the concept of collocation has received a new, more expanded understanding. In this regard, the main goal is to delimit collocations from related concepts: free phraseology, phraseological unit.
TYPOLOGY OF MEANINGS OF FULL-MEANING WORDS
Authors:   Kuban State University, MALEVINSKY S.O. , TKACHENKO M.S. ,   Kuban State University
Published: January 2022

The aim of the paper is to identify and describe the main structural types of the lexical meanings of the autonomous words. These types are distinguished according to the modes of their inner organization, but not in dependence upon the character of signified objects. It has been established that there exist as a minimum six semantic types of the autonomous words: descriptive, comparative, deictic, anaphoric, criterial-evaluative and relational.
REALIZATION OF COMMUNICATIVE TACTICS AND STRATEGIES IN ADVERTIZING DISCOURSE (BASED ON MEDICAL ADVERTISING)
Authors:   Astrakhan State University, FOKINA J.M.
Published: January 2022

The article deals with the main communicative features of medical advertising texts. The analysis of these texts allows us to identify three main strategies. These strategies being realized in different tactics are a set of linguistic means aimed at implementing the basic communicative purpose of medical advertising texts, namely, attracting the attention of buyers and encouraging them to purchase the advertised product.
PREPOSITIONS "НА", "ДЛЯ", "К", "РАДИ" AS CORRELATE TO THE PREPOSITION “FOR”
Authors:   University of Gonbad Kavous, ESTIRI MAJID , TORKASHVAND KHOSRO ,   University of Gonbad Kavous
Published: January 2022

In this article, the meanings expressed with the prepositions «на», «для», «к», «ради», which correspond to the preposition “for” in Persian, are examined. One of the problems of Iranian students in learning Russian in the classroom of Iranian audiences is the proper use of Russian prepositions. The reason for this problem is that a preposition in Persian corresponds to different prepositions in Russian. The authors of the paper think that the multiple meanings of Russian prepositions cause many problems; It means that, a preposition in Russian expresses different states and therefore different forms. The purpose of this study is to determine and describe the meanings of the prepositions «на», «для», «к», «ради» as the equivalents of the Persian preposition “for”. Russian Dictionary "Russian Language Dictionary in Four Volumes" edited by A.P. Yevgenova, "Dictionary of Modern Russian literary language" edited V.I. Chernysheva and "Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language" S.I. Ozhegov have been selected as linguistic sources in this study. The results of this research can be used in teaching Russian to Iranian audiences, as well as in order to minimize the mistakes of Iranian students when translating the preposition “for” into Russian.
EXPLICATION OF THE "RELIGIOUS" EMOTIVE "JOY" IN THE ASPECT OF EMOTIONAL LITERACY
Authors:   Astrakhan State Technical University, BYCHKOV D.M. , GAYNANOVA D.R. ,   Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Published: January 2022

Modern artistic arrangements of patericon stories are characterized by emotiveness, which is transformed in the author's statement in the form of manifestations of various aspects of human emotionality. The relevance of the study of the emotional literacy of an author retelling patericus stories is due to the fact that emotives play an important role in the implementation of the processes of verbal thinking and communication, as well as the impact on the reader, which requires further analysis, since they are characterized by a high frequency of use in the latest literary and artistic discourse. The universality of emotions provides the subjects of literary communication with the foundation from which the creation and formation of emotional literacy of the «churched» reader can begin. This article aims to identify the pragmalinguistic means of expressing the emotion of joy as one of the most specific in the series of «religious» emotional phenomena in modern Russian religious literature.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE VOCABULARY IN PROFESSIONAL TELEVISION SPEECH
Authors:   Astrakhan State University, ZVEREVA S.B.
Published: January 2022

The article is devoted to the analysis of new foreign language vocabulary in the discourse field of Russian television. Professional television speech is considered through the prism of content-thematic groups of borrowed neonominations associated with the pragmatic and axiological attitudes of Russian TV channels. Highlighted the content-semantic groups of neonominations inherent in modern television broadcasting and largely influencing the state of the modern Russian language. The functioning of neonominations in television discourse is considered on the basis of the television speech of federal and regional TV channels of the latest period.
THE AUTHOR'S WORD IN TATIANA TOLSTAYA’S SMALL PROSE
Authors:   Astrakhan State University, ROMANOVSKAYA O.E.
Published: January 2022

The article is devoted to author's speech issue in T. Tolstaya's small prose herein represented with “With folks” (“S narodom”) and “There may be light” (“Mozhet byt' svet”), based on Tolstaya's blogs in social networks. The author of the article discovers traditions of M. Zoshchenko prose, particularly, elements of such a paradoxical narrative form as writer’s tale. The article demonstrates the use of common place syntaxes, diffusion of academic and casual lexis, violation of word usage taboo, the narrator minimized the distance, separating it from a reader, creates an atmosphere of intimate conversation, carnival freedom, where status of writers changes: now they are not the “lord of thoughts” and mentor, but a reader's plenipotentiary interlocutor.
KARACHAY-BALKAR STORY ABOUT THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR: CONTENT ANALYSIS OF ARTISTIC TEXTS
Authors:   Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, TEPPEEVA H.M.
Published: January 2022

The article attempts to conduct a content analysis of literary texts about the Great Patriotic War in Karachai-Balkarian literature. The relevance of the study is based on the demand for works on a military theme in modern society. The article uses hermeneutic, cultural research methods, undoubtedly contributing to the statement of the moral and psy- chological aspect of the studied texts. The main conclusions drawn in the work include the statement that the literary texts of the Karachai-Balkarian authors about the Second World War are characterized by an anti-war humanistic orientation, representation of valor and courage, psychologism and drama.
SUBSTANTIATION OF CREATION IN WESTERN SIBERIA OF A SYSTEM OF GEOECOLOGICAL MONITORING OF NATURAL TRANSFORMATIONS DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING
Authors:   Multidisciplinary Scientific Enterprise GEODATA LLC, BREKHUNTSOV ANATOLIY M. , PETROV YURIY V. ,   Multidisciplinary Scientific Enterprise GEODATA LLC
Published: January 2022

Relevance of the work Global warming on the planet is one of the most demanded topics of scientific research, however, in domestic conditions, a full-scale information database does not exist. At the same time, on the territory of Western Siberia, natural and anthropogenic prerequisites have been formed for the operational implementation of a geoecological monitoring system at the level of a particular region. Purpose of the work: conceptual representation, substantiation of the organization of geoecological monitoring in Western Siberia over natural transformations due to global warming. To achieve this goal, the following tasks have been set: 1 to present a model of a stationary installation for carrying out geoecological monitoring; 2 to form the spatial positioning of the geoecological monitoring network in Western Siberia. Method of work: comparative, geoinformation. The information base was corporate databases, research and development work. Results of the work and the scope of their application The authors proposed a conceptual scheme for organizing the system of geoecological monitoring, worked out the issues of its technological and organizational arrangement. The scheme of creation of a perma-frost-regime station, its functional purpose, arrangement in existing production conditions, principles of use are considered in detail. The formulated proposals may be of interest to managers in the field of subsoil use and environmental protection. Western Siberia is a region that, at the planetary level, makes it possible to assess the geoecological consequences of global warming. The existing base of the existing anthropogenic impact on the natural environment makes it possible to organize, on a modern technological basis, a system of geoecological monitoring over natural transformations due to global warming. This solution allows the Russian Federation to obtain an empirical base of observations in the strategic economic region of the country.
GEOECOLOGICAL FEATURES OF HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF ESTUARIES OF THE TAMAN PENINSULA
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, GLEBOVA LYUBOV V. , NIKORA DANIIL I. ,   Lomonosov Moscow State University, KOZLOV MIKHAIL V. ,   Lomonosov Moscow State University
Published: January 2022

Hydrological systems of errans are an integral part of the ecology of water resources of the Taman Peninsula. The Taman system of estuaries is an ecological system of lagoon and floodmlain reservoirs of the Krasnodar Territory, located on the peninsula of the same name and unites more than a hundred reservoirs. The total area of ecological systems is about 390 km², the depth of the hydrological system is from 0.5 to 2.5 m. Taman estuary, over the years, gradually sile up and shallow, which is due to the vegetation dying in them and the solid flow of the Kuban. Among the Azov-Kuban estuaries there are fresh, brackish and salty reservoirs. Ecological classifications of estuaries are considered: by bottom sediments and by type of nutrition of the Kuban River. The formation of ecological systems of the lymanas of the Kuban was carried out in natural geological conditions and with the help of anthropogenic influence, through the construction of canals. Estuaries are strategic facilities whose waters are used for drinking water supply, irrigation of fields, orchards and vineyards. Water resources are fed by fresh waters of the Kuban River, as well as salt waters of the Azov and Black Seas, coming through the sea basins. Taman estuary are ecologically favorable for fish breeding and growth of the eastern lotus.
GEOECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF ENGINEERING AND GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS OF THE СASPIAN SEA ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Authors:   Astrakhan State University, KARABAEVA ALTYNGANYM Z. , MOROZOVA LARISA A. ,   Astrakhan State University
Published: January 2022

The coastal part of the Caspian Sea is a very promising region of hydrocarbon production, where the richest deposits have been explored and exploited. However, oil production at sea is much more difficult, more expensive than on land and involves significant environmental risk. The most important tool of environmental protection activities used almost all over the world is a geoecological assessment based on a comprehensive analysis of the most likely impact of the proposed activity on the environment. This procedure is carried out in order to establish compliance of the planned economic activity with environmental requirements and to determine the feasibility of the object and to prevent possible negative impacts of this activity on the environment and the associated social, economic, environmental and other consequences. The constant increase in demand for hydrocarbon resources, their use as a priority energy source in the main branches of economic activity, as well as the consequences of the environmental impact of the development and operation of deposits have determined the relevance of this article. The purpose of the work was to disclose the procedure for assessing the planned activities during the development and operation of the hydrocarbon deposit of the Zhenis block of the Caspian Sea shelf zone on the natural components of the adjacent water area.
Controles internos para o gerenciamento de riscos: percepção de auditores e gestores
Authors: Marques dos Santos Isadora , Queiroz Souza Valdevino Rosângela , Silva de Queiroz Rosilania , Martins de Oliveira Adriana , Jéssica Freitas de Oliveira Letícia , Gislainy Marques da Silva Meskla
Published: January 2022

Objetivo: O presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar a percepção dos auditores e gestores em relação aos controles internos no gerenciamento de riscos nas empresas.

Metodologia: A pesquisa é descritiva e qualitativa. Foram realizados dois roteiros de entrevistas divididos em duas partes: a primeira contendo 05 perguntas fechadas sobre a caracterização dos profissionais e a segunda os questionamentos direcionados a área da pesquisa. O primeiro roteiro foi dirigido aos auditores independentes e conteve 08 questionamentos abertos. O segundo foi apontado para as gestoras e conteve 10 perguntas abertas, sendo 07 questões elaboradas com base no referencial teórico da pesquisa e as demais foram retiradas do estudo de Peleias et al. (2017). O tratamento dos dados ocorreu por meio de análise de conteúdo com utilização do software Atlas/TI.

Resultados: Mediante os achados da pesquisa as gestoras afirmam terem um controle interno que colabora com o gerenciamento de riscos, nesse sentido investem sempre em programas, pois afirmam que ajudam na prevenção de erros. Na ótica dos auditores independentes as organizações de Mossoró têm controle interno e programas que colaboram para o gerenciamento de riscos, no entanto, os funcionários não são habilitados para operacionalizar as ações nos sistemas. O que compromete o desempenho dos resultados. Diante das análises realizadas é possível compreender as diferentes concepções em relação ao controle interno das empresas.

Contribuições do Estudo: A contribuição da pesquisa no aspecto teórico é confrontar as diferentes percepções de auditores e gestores, quanto a utilização do controle interno no gerenciamento de riscos em uma realidade prática. No que se refere ao aspecto prático, o estudo tem o intuito de observar o que é visto pelos auditores e o que não é percebido dentro das organizações, nesse sentido a operacionalização do controle interno é avaliado como eficaz, mas em diferentes anglos que apresentam uma realidade especifica da cidade de Mossoró, assim a pesquisa mostra que é possível sanar problemas de execução do controle interno, proporcionando um melhor desempenho e eficácia do gerenciamento de riscos.
Socio environmental responsibility practices and organizational performance in public companies
Authors: Tres Naline , Porta Claudia Dalla , Mazzioni Sady , Magro Cristian Baú Dal , Domenico Daniela Di
Published: January 2022

Purpose: Analyze the relationship between socio-environmental responsibility practices in the economic and financial performance of companies listed in [B3].

Methodology: Social and environmental information found in the annual sustainability reports published in accordance with the GRI 4 (Global Reporting Initiative) standard were used. For economic performance, the metrics EBITDA and ROA were considered, while for financial performance, market-to-book and Tobin's Q were used, collected on the Economática® platform. Binomial logistic regression was used to evaluate 220 observations corresponding to the period from 2014 to 2018.

Results: It was not possible to verify the relationship between the disclosure of socio-environmental practices on economic performance, measured by the companies' accounting result variables. However, it suggests that there is a negative influence of the disclosure of information on socio-environmental practices on the financial performance measured by market variables.

Study Contributions: Despite the demands made by the set of stakeholders on companies for the practice of socioenvironmental actions, the market does not favorably recognize the organizational effort. The results point to indications that investors may consider organizational investments in socioenvironmental practices as undesirable.
Tax aggressiveness in publicly traded companies operating in a regulated market
Authors: França Thaís Salvatori , Bezerra Francisco Antonio
Published: January 2022

Purpose: The research aims to identify whether the regulated market through its agencies is a determining factor for a posture of less tax aggressiveness in companies.

Methodology: BTD (Book-Tax Differences), ETRc (Current Effective Tax Rate) and CashETR (Cash Effective Tax Rate) were the indicators used in this study to measure the level of tax aggressiveness. The sample corresponded to all companies that traded their shares in B3, from 2010 to 2018.

Results: The results of this study show that companies that operate in a regulated market are less tax aggressive than companies that operate in the free market. It was thus noted that market regulation acts as a factor that discourages the implementation of more aggressive tax strategies.

Contributions of the Study: The practical contribution of this study was to evaluate the sectorial regulation model in force in the country, from the perspective of tax benefits and the control of tax aggressiveness. This study brings from theoretical contribution the need for a more effective participation of taxpayers for a regulatory model more guided by the mutual contribution between public administration and companies. Still under the theoretical aspect, the work contributes to the evaluation of sectorial regulation as a mechanism to control tax avoidance and reduce tax aggressiveness, in addition to providing initial study material for future research on the behavior of the regulated market in the face of tax aggressiveness.
Corporate transparency and performance: what is the role of women in this relationship?
Authors: Freitas Verivaldo Alves de , Oliveira Messias Elmiro Gomes Loiola de , Medeiros Jislene Trindade , De Luca Márcia Martins Mendes
Published: January 2022

Purpose: In this study, we investigated the influence of female board membership on the relationship between corporate transparency and performance in Brazilian public firms.
Methodology: The sample of this empirical-analytical study included 297 non-financial firms traded on B3 in the period 2015-2019. The data were analyzed with Student’s t test, the Mann-Whitney test and regressions on panel data.
Results: Female board representation was small (6.9%). Student’s t test and the Mann-Whitney test showed that firms with female board members and transparency awards did not differ from other firms with regard to economic performance, but market performance was better. In the regression analysis, corporate transparency had no significant impact on performance and, despite the growing acknowledgment in society of the role of women in key corporate positions, the presence of women on the board did not change this association. Thus, our results indicate that the sampled firms did not derive measurable economic benefits from the presence of women on the board of directors.
Contribution of the study: The study enriches the debate on female representation in key corporate positions in Brazilian public firms and helps understand the influence of female board membership on the relationship between corporate transparency and economic/market performance.
Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (GEP NENs): The
Role of Checkpoint Inhibitors
Authors: Fazio Nicola , Arrivi Giulia
Published: January 2022

Background:

The treatment options for GEP-NENs include various drugs and are based
on grading, morphology, and location of the primary.

Objective:

The aim of our work is to investigate the clinical impact of new immune checkpoint inhibitors
in order to define a new possible strategy of use within GEP-NENs.

Method:

A scientific literature search from 2015 to January 2020 was performed using PubMed
and Embase: reviews and prospective or retrospective studies with a minimum of twenty patients
were selected; conference proceedings were included.

Results:

Several studies have been conducted to assess the role of immune checkpoint inhibitors in
NENs, but nowadays, the current knowledge in this field is mainly based on phase I-II studies. Immunotherapy
showed limited antitumor activity, but a higher response rate was reported in poor-differentiated
neuroendocrine tumors. No specific biomarkers were identified for patient selection and
response assessment.

Conclusion:

Immunotherapy appears as a powerful possibility to help our patients, but nowadays,
we see many gaps in this field. We must balance therapeutic possibilities offered by precision oncology
with an understanding of the limitations of the application of testing and treatment in clinical
practice. Future efforts should focus on research of the best patients to a candidate for immunotherapy
in terms of disease characteristics and previous treatments and how to select them
with accurate biomarkers.
A Comprehensive Review on Therapeutic Potentials of Natural Cyclic
Peptides
Authors: Kumar Suresh , Saharan Renu , Khokra Sukhbir Lal , Singh Sunil , Tiwari Abhishek , Tiwari Varsha , Sahoo Biswa Mohan , Kumar Manish
Published: January 2022

Cyclic peptides have emerged as a promising class of organic compounds that possess
polypeptide chains with a cyclic ring structure. There is a circular sequence of bonds in which
the ring structure is formed via linkage between one end of the peptide bond and the other end
with an amide bond or any other chemically stable bonds like ether, thioether, lactone, and disulfide.
Generally, the cyclic peptides are isolated from natural resources like invertebrate animals,
micro-organisms of marine habitats, and higher plants. These cyclic peptides possess unique
structures with diverse pharmacological activities. Nowadays, cyclic peptides possess superior
therapeutic value due to several reasons such as greater resistance to enzymatic degradation (in
vivo) and higher bio-availability. Some of these cyclic peptides are rich in leucine, proline, while
some have other amino acids as their major constituents. Numerous novel cyclic peptides isolated
from natural sources are successfully developed as bioactive products. Recently, cyclic peptides
derived from natural resources have attracted attention for exploring their numerous beneficial
effects. Moreover, it is reported that natural cyclic peptides exhibit various therapeutic activities
like an anthelmintic, ACE inhibitor, anti-tumor, microtubule inhibitor, anti-fungal, antimalarial,
and platelet aggregation inhibiting activity. In this review, various cyclic peptides are
reported with structures and biological activities that are isolated from various natural sources.
The natural cyclic peptides possess a wide spectrum of biological activities and can become a
drug of the future for replacing the existing drugs which develop resistance.