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THE EFFECTS OF SRSD WITH MNEMONIC TRAP ON EFL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION SKILL
Authors: Utami Yuni Putri , Fadhilah Nurul
Published: December 2023

This paper examines the impact of a Self-Regulated Strategy Development using the mnemonic TRAP on the teaching of English reading comprehension skills. The primary goal of the research is to figure out whether: 1) SRSD with mnemonic TRAP is insightful in enhancing students' reading comprehension skills, and 2) the effects size of SRSD with mnemonic TRAP on students' reading comprehension skills. The research utilizes a quasi-experimental design using a pretest and posttest control group design. As of now, the research has been conducted on fifth semester college students in Sumenep, East Java, Indonesia. This research involves 70 students, with 35 assigned to the experimental group obtaining SRSD with the mnemonic TRAP and 35 assigned to the control group obtaining the RAP method - common strategy. There are significance differences in reading comprehension between students taught using SRSD with the mnemonic TRAP and those taught using the RAP strategy, confirming the results of a paired sample t-test. Students' reading comprehension improves significantly after utilizing the SRSD with the mnemonic TRAP, with an 80% contribution.
PROMOTING ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS IN METAL GEAR SOLID V: SOCIAL SEMIOTIC APPROACH
Authors: Kurniawan Muhammad Hafiz , Gunawan Wawan , Sudana Dadang
Published: December 2023

Video game is a new media of telling stories to young people and adults and it is no longer seen as gameplay only but gameplay with story. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain took Cold War as the main story background tells the story differently. The game system of this video game offers freedom to players to interact with anything during the gameplay, but this freedom has consequences. Applying social semiotic approach, this paper aims to identify how appraisal theory and narrative representation can be used to promote ecological awareness. After observing, collecting and viewing, transcribing and analyzing multimodal data, the researchers find that killing non-playable characters in form of human and animals and even enemy will reduce the score which is important in developing the playable characters’ weapons and equipment. Adopting the theory from Martin White in appraisal theory and Kress and van Leewuen, Caple in narrative representation, this paper also finds that appraisal theory is used to guide the players to play in ethical way such as using non-lethal weaponry, capturing wild animals to protect them from war, and collecting medical plants as needed only, besides, the enemy soldiers can be hired and give beneficial results to the players when they are used to play. In narrative representation, the freedom of choices is designed to make ethical play more plausible.
UNCOVERING USA PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE GENRE
Authors: Surtikanti Monika Widyastuti , Purnomo Kristian Anggi
Published: December 2023

Presidential debate (PD) draws the most attention compared to other political discourses as the candidates present their profile and proposals using rhetorical communicative strategy to convince voter candidates and defeat their adversaries. However, the generic structure of PD is seldomly being the perspective of linguistics studies. The paper aims at scrutinizing the genre of USA Presidential debate using the genre analysis framework proposed by Swales and Bhatia. Thus, the study employs two parts of genre analysis: move, and strategies analysis. The present study finds that there are six moves of USA PD namely greetings-informing the debate format, introducing the topic, thesis, argumentation, and closure. The communicative purpose of the moves is persuading the American voters in the election day. The finding implies pivotal stages of PD to construct political discourse. This study is expected to contribute to EFL teaching and learning especially in teaching genre exposition integrated in four English skills.
FORMATION OF VECTORS OF MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS
Authors: Danko Yuriy
Published: December 2023

The article presents the results of research on the main indicators of business development management in rural areas. Accordingly, the theoretical and methodological principles of modeling rural business development management are formed and substantiated, in particular, the main problems of rural business structures development are identified, vectors in managing the development of existing rural potential are identified, approaches, methods, modeling tools are determined, which facilitates their selection and application. As a result of the study, a system of indicators for assessing the processes of differentiation of business development management, which comprehensively reflects its main characteristics, and is based on the calculation of an integrated indicator to assess the level of diversification of rural business, identify its parameters get options for combining results with the selection of alternative activities. The necessity of creating centers of economic growth by stimulating the development of innovative entrepreneurship in rural areas is substantiated and proved, first of all, due to the processes of diversification of business development management taking into account the specifics of a particular rural area. as well as their continuous improvement for the full use of the potential of each rural enterprise individually and the comprehensive development of local communities, increase new jobs, increase the competitiveness of rural areas and more.
ІНТЕРНЕТ-МАРКЕТИНГ В УКРАЇНІ: СУЧАСНІ ТРЕНДИ ТА ІНСТРУМЕНТИ
Authors: Родіонов Сергій О.
Published: December 2023

У цій науковій публікації розглянуто найбільш актуальні тренди використання інструментарію Інтернет-маркетингу в Україні станом на 2022 рік. Визначено зокрема такі загальноприйняті інструменти Інтернет-маркетингу: наявність та розвиток власного веб-сайту; запровадження інтернет-реклами та маркетингових дій у соціальних мережах; застосування мобільного та email маркетингу. Крім того, наведено статистичні дані щодо розвитку мережі Інтернет та Інтернет-технологій, а також Інтернет-маркетингу як у світі загалом, так і в Україні. На підставі проведеного аналізу представлено сучасні тренди у цій галузі та деталізовано їх сутність, зокрема, досліджено досвід впровадження та активного використання чат-ботів, що на думку автора, є універсальним рішенням для будь-якої компанії, яке за певних налаштувань може стати незамінним помічником маркетолога; підкреслено актуальність використання відео- та персоналізованого маркетингу, котрий за допомогою просування якісного контенту та через імплементацію сучасних систем взаємодії зі споживачами, дозволить покращити відносини між брендом та клієнтом; здійснено моніторинг новітніх інструментів пошукової оптимізації в магазинах мобільних додатків, використання геофенсінгу та гейміфікації, застосування голосового пошуку, а також використання доповненої та віртуальної реальності. Доведено, що практика використання сучасного інструментарію Інтернет-технологій у маркетинговій діяльності може охопити та залучити більш широку аудиторію, сприятиме зростанню прибутків бізнесу та підвищенню зручності комунікації зі своїми клієнтами.
The Effect of the Socio-Emotional Learning for Professional Development (SEL-PD) Program on Turkish Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge and Practices
Authors: ÜLKER Ayça , İLHAN İYİ Tülay , ESEN ÇOBAN Aysel
Published: December 2023

The use of socio-emotional learning skills in the classroom is one of the most important teacher competencies. Therefore this study aimed to examine the change in early childhood pre-service teachers’ professional perceptions, knowledge and skills throughout the Socio-Emotional Learning for Professional Development Program which was developed to provide support for pre-service teachers. The sample of this qualitative study consisted from 25 early childhood pre-service teachers whom selected through criterion based purposeful sampling. They met the criterion of completing the School Experience Course and having ongoing teaching practice at a kindergarten with 3-6 year old children. Data collected through Demographic Information Form and Structured Interview Form. Structured interview form include questions regarding participants’ perceptions on teachers’ professional development, emotion socialization responses, their interaction with children and the program outputs on their professional development. The findings showed that pre-service teachers’ perceptions and practices towards professional development and socio-emotional learning have been changed positively after the program implementation. Besides, their emotional awareness and emotion socialization skills have been improved. It is revealed that this changes also improved their classroom practices that they displayed more social emotional learning skills and less negative emotion socialization behaviors during their classroom practices. Findings were asserted concerning the importance of pre-service teacher training in terms of acquiring socio-emotional learning.
An Investigation of TPACK-Practical for Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Authors: YAPICI Eda , MİRİCİ Ismail
Published: December 2023

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) has been a common subject for different educational purposes from the planning of teaching process to testing and assessment practices. The term "TPACK-Practical" refers to a framework based on teachers' knowledge and experience that takes into account the theoretically described TPACK model's structure and the process of teaching practice. The present study aims to describe the nature of technology integration among Turkish EFL in-service instructors by exploring their skill levels to implement their TPACK-Practical in their classroom practices, and by explaining the relationships between these skill levels and some demographic variables. The research was conducted in the contexts of the Schools of Foreign Languages at various universities in Turkey at the end of the second term of 2022/2023 academic year. All EFL instructors teaching at the university level are the study's target population; however, the convenience sample chosen for the study on a voluntary basis only included 155 EFL instructors from these schools who responded to the questions on the data collection instrument (TPACK-Practical scale developed by Yeh et al., 2014). To comprehensively understand the participant profile and collect data to analyze the relations between the variables, the participants' demographic characteristics were also considered. The study has a quantitative research design that employs descriptive statistics to describe the demographic information and scale results; and correlation analysis, independent sample t-test, and ANOVA test to explain the relationships between the variables. Results of the study have revealed that EFL instructors generally use their TPACK-Practical skills in classroom applications at a "sufficient" level (at the lowest level in the Assessments area and at the highest level in the Subject Content area), and that demographic variables have no significant effect on their technology integration skills.
“God Is One” or “the One Is God” in Hellenistic Jewish and Greco-Roman Theology
Authors: Grossberg David Michael
Published: December 2023

“God is one” is the theological foundation of many of the world’s religions. The Greek version of this expression, heis theos, was especially significant to ancient religious development. Past scholarship has tended to place its emergence early, among the sixth century BCE Presocratic philosophers. In this article, I argue that the expression “God is one” in Greek likely develops later, in Jewish writings of the Hellenistic period. My work supports a minority opinion in the scholarship that attributions in second century Christian apologetics of this expression to Presocratics such as Xenophanes should not be relied upon. Rather, I suggest that the expression heis theos emerged in the context of second to first century BCE Alexandrian Jewish theology in conversation with ideas from Greek philosophy.
Narrar el Holocausto desde un museo: los casos de Guatemala y de Argentina
Authors: Wechsler Wanda
Published: December 2023

El cambio de siglo presentó la proliferación de museos dedicados a la memoria e historia del Holocausto en Latinoamérica. Estos museos se construyeron como espacios dedicados a reflexionar y transmitir la historia del Holocausto judío en países en los cuales no se llevó a cabo la materialidad de los hechos. En cada país, los museos han elaborado relaciones diversas con el pasado reciente. De esta manera una memoria considerada global, interactuó de diferentes formas con las memorias locales. Este artículo indaga sobre la creación, historia y muestras de origen del Museo del Holocausto situado en la Ciudad de Guatemala y el museo de Buenos Aires. Cada museo se construyó en relación con sus pasados recientes y es interés de este trabajo describir y reflexionar sobre los usos de las memorias y las particularidades de cada país a través de las muestras museales. Este caso de Guatemala tiene la particularidad de ser el único país latinoamericano que contiene en su historia reciente un genocidio reconocido por la ONU. Es la interacción entre la memoria del genocidio guatemalteco y el genocidio judío la que se busca iluminar. En el caso argentino, es un país con un enorme recorrido vinculado a los derechos humanos y la memoria del terrorismo de estado. ¿De qué formas interactúan las memorias?, ¿pueden iluminar u obturarse mutuamente?
Minorías sufís en Argentina: Expansión, diversificación y presencia desde finales del siglo XX a la actualidad
Authors: Capovilla Cecilia
Published: December 2023

Este artículo muestra hallazgos etnográficos de la inserción de órdenes sufís en el campo islámico argentino en el último cuarto del siglo XX, a partir de dos procesos transnacionales diferentes. Por un lado, se analizará la conformación de grupos de argentinos conversos pertenecientes a la orden Naqshbandi con origen en Asia Central, la cual estaba expandiéndose cuando entró en contacto con buscadores espirituales locales; por otro lado, se describirá la relocalización de las órdenes Mouridiyya y Tijaniyya llevada a cabo por la migración africano-senegalesa. Ambos procesos configuraron padrones inversos en la conformación de sus comunidades: los senegaleses se asentaron en entornos citadinos mediante las redes de la diáspora; en cambio, los conversos se expandieron territorialmente llegando incluso a formar comunidades rurales. La hipótesis al respecto es que estos grupos están determinados por la posibilidad laboral de sus miembros y los principios rectores de cada orden: los migrantes se concentraron en ciudades para desarrollar la venta ambulante y poder reunirse semanalmente para reinterpretar su identidad étnico-religiosa; en tanto los conversos diversificaron sus actividades económicas -oficios, profesiones, terapias alternativas vinculadas a la nueva era religiosa- y enfatizaron un modelo de comunidad que habilita la expansión a espacios rurales.
Configuraciones etnoreligiosas del islam: los alauitas y la recreación diaspórica de un particularismo de origen
Authors: Montenegro Silvia
Published: December 2023

En el marco del estudio de la diversidad interna del islam en la Argentina, este artículo explora los significados de la etnoreligiosidad entre los musulmanes alauitas y la articulación de los distintos aspectos que posibilitan la recreación en la diáspora de un particularismo de origen. Basado en trabajo de campo en distintos espacios con presencia alauita, el enfoque considera la singularidad de una etnoreligiosidad en diáspora, en la tensión entre los pares diseminación /conectividad, la centralidad de dos paisajes de memoria representados por la aldea y el santuario y la recreación local de las formas de autoridad religiosa. Estas dimensiones constituyen arenas donde la diáspora crea genealogías uniendo el presente con un pasado imaginado.
Museo, patrimonio y sacralidad. Reflexiones a partir del Museo Brocheriano
Authors: Puglisi Rodolfo
Published: December 2023

La historia del Museo Brocheriano se remonta al último cuarto del siglo XIX cuando el cura Brochero (1840-1914) impulsó la construcción en el pueblo cordobés que hoy lleva su nombre una “Casa de Ejercicios Espirituales”. Inaugurada en 1877, este edificio fue reconvertido en 1957 en el “Museo Brocheriano”, siendo declarado Monumento Histórico Nacional en 1974. Organizado en diferentes salas y patios, el museo atesora los restos corporales de Brochero, distintos objetos personales y de época, así como diversas imágenes y maquetas que recuerdan la vida y obra de este sacerdote declarado santo por la Iglesia Católica en 2016. Los visitantes de este museo suelen tener profundas experiencias numinosas, especialmente por el hecho de encontrarse habitando el mismo espacio que el santo habitó en vida, por encontrarse cerca de la tumba con sus restos, así como con objetos con los que tuvo contacto directo. Dialogando con estudios sobre el patrimonio, los museos y lo sagrado, en este trabajo analizaremos desde una perspectiva centrada en la antropología social el Museo Brocheriano, proponiendo en las conclusiones algunas líneas conceptuales posibles de confluencia entre estos campos de estudio.
Influence of GDP and Interest Rate on the Return on Assets of Sharia Life Insurance Companies in Indonesia During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Widyani Donafeby
Published: December 2023

This paper examines the relationship between the effect of GDP and Interest Rate on the Return on Assets of Islamic insurance companies in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic, using the period 2020 to 2022. Multiple linear regression is used to test the degree of relationship between macroeconomic factors and company performance. The results of the study show that GDP and Interest Rate have no significant effect on the ROA of Islamic life insurance companies in Indonesia. There are three reasons provided, the sharia insurance industry has different characteristics from other industries, the social behavior factor during the COVID-19 pandemic, and there are also other factors that affect the ROA of sharia insurance companies. The findings contribute to the operation of Islamic insurance in Indonesia for regulators, investors, and policyholders.
On Leviathan’s Tail: Anthropological Studies of Bureaucracy and Bureaucrats
Authors:   European University at St Petersburg, Zakharova Aleksandra , Martynenko Alexandra ,   Institute for Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2023

This article precedes a selection of papers written as a result of the seminar on the anthropology of bureaucracy in modern Russia. The text offers a brief overview of the development of research into bureaucracy, where studies are mainly made in a polemic with Max Weber’s model of the “ideal” bureaucracy. It considers the most significant works that preceded the emergence of an interest in bureaucracy on the part of social scientists, written in the fields of political science and sociology and united by the method of participant observation. The authors pay attention to the difficulties in distinguishing the anthropology of bureaucracy as an independent field, which, on the one hand, is integrated into political anthropology and on the other hand, tends towards the social studies of professions. The article suggests understanding the anthropology of bureaucracy primarily as a certain viewpoint focusing on how management is implemented and how the “state” is reproduced and felt within bureaucratic institutions. The authors distinguish several popular areas in the field of social research into bureaucracy: critical works analyzing primarily the structural violence of bureaucrats against citizens through client classifications, bureaucratic arbitrariness, etc.; works that focus on the moral and affective aspect of bureaucracy, including the moral dilemmas of employees and their feelings; works devoted to the material world of bureaucracy, where documents become important participants in social interaction; research on the experience of interaction with bureaucracy as a client. In addition, the article provides an overview of existing studies (mainly) of the street-level Russian bureaucracy, performed using anthropological methods within the boundaries of different disciplines.
From Call to Emergency Card: Looking for Discretion of “112” Operators
Authors:   Institute for the Rule of Law, European University at St Petersburg, Serebrennikov Dmitrii
Published: December 2023

One of the classic research questions of street-level bureaucracy studies is the question of the discretion of the officials when making a decision. In recent decades, the discussion about such bureaucrats has changed. Research has focused on new forms of bureaucracy, e.g., screen-level bureaucrats — various dispatchers and operators who receive calls and messages from citizens. Traditionally, such employees are considered to be almost completely deprived of the ability to act independently, and their work is reduced to following a strict algorithm as much as possible. This article employs data from 20 semi-structured interviews and three participant observation sessions in two cases of municipal emergency call centers of the unified “112” hotline. It attempts to elucidate the daily operations of dispatchers and the mechanisms through which they manage to operate within formal constraints while gaining a broader degree of discretion. The discretion exercised by dispatchers has a dual nature. Their core task involves constant communication with representatives from other emergency services, governed by procedural discretion (regulations and instructions). However, in certain circumstances when dealing with incidents, they can shift a situation from “routine” to “emergency”, thereby expanding their operational possibilities. Moreover, the existing frameworks can undergo transformation when there is a higher level of trust between dispatchers from different services. In such cases, when interacting with other authorities, the dispatcher’s actions are constrained less by rules and more by unspoken conventions, which can vary in different interactions depending on the level of trust between the conversing parties.
Universal Rules and Discretionary Situations: How Do Street-Level Bureaucrats Calculate Suffering
Authors:   European University at St Petersburg, Mishakov Nikita
Published: December 2023

Needs assessment (oсenka nuzhdaemosti) is a legal procedure in the Russian welfare system to determine whether citizens qualify for social benefits and, if so, to what extent. The article examines one of the Russian state agencies conducting this procedure. Public officials of the agency examined are typical “street-level bureaucrats” according to Michael Lipsky’s definition. They interact with citizens face to face and determine in what form certain services will be provided by the state and whether they will be provided at all. The creation of the agency has meant a redistribution of power in the social sphere in the region, a fragmentation of the process of prescribing and delivering social care and, at least formally, a stricter separation between the decision-making process and the work carried out according to it. The article analyses how, in the face of this fragmentation, as well as the introduction of new tools for automating decision-making, the space of discretion — the ability at a local level to influence and, in some cases, determine the way work is carried out — is preserved. The research was carried out using qualitative methods, predominantly through interviews. In addition, documents were analyzed and observation was conducted. The author demonstrates how the emerging “gaps” in the social sphere are overcome and the professional and ethical categories of the bureaucrats determine the implementation of the needs assessment process, in particular the evaluation procedures.
Results of laparoscopic Heller-Toupet operation for achalasia
Authors:   Hanoi Medical University Hospital, 1 Ton That Tung Street, Trung Tu Ward, Dong Da District, Hanoi, Vietnam, Nguyen Dang Hung ,   Hanoi Medical University, 1 Ton That Tung Street, Trung Tu Ward, Dong Da District, Hanoi, Vietnam, Pham Duc Huan ,   Vinmec Times City International Hospital, 458 Minh Khai Street, Vinh Tuy Ward, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi, Vietnam, Nguyen Hoang ,   Hanoi Medical University Hospital, 1 Ton That Tung Street, Trung Tu Ward, Dong Da District, Hanoi, Vietnam,   Hanoi Medical University, 1 Ton That Tung Street, Trung Tu Ward, Dong Da District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Published: December 2023

Objectives: This study was carried out to evaluate surgical outcomes of laparoscopic Heller-Toupet surgery for achalasia. Methodology: This is a retrospective case series implemented at the Gastrointestinal Department, Hanoi Medical University Hospital between January 2015 and August 2022, including 71 patients with achalasia who underwent laparoscopic Heller-Toupet. Results: 52.1% of patients in the study are male (more than female 47.9%). The average age of the cohort was 44.9±13.9 years. The incidence of dysphagia was 100%. Most patients report esophageal dilatation grade II (76.1%) and disease severity stage I (57.7%). The mean muscle opening length was 7.4±1.3 cm, the operative time was 135±25 minutes. There was no conversion, no intra-and postoperative adverse events. Long-term outcomes: good (no or very mild dysphagia) was 90.1%, moderate (moderate dysphagia) was 9.9% and clinical incidence of reflux syndrome was 17%. There was no case requiring intervention or re-operation. Conclusions: Laparoscopic Heller-Toupet is a safe, low rate of intra- and postoperative complication, and brings good long-term outcomes in the treatment of achalasia.
Determination of the composition of hookworm species (Ancylostoma duodenale, Ancylostoma ceylanicum)and Necator americanus in humans at community in Tay Ninh province by biomolecular technique
Authors:   Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, 2 Duong Quang Trung Street, Ward 12, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Le Duc Vinh , Tran Trinh Vuong ,   Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, 2 Duong Quang Trung Street, Ward 12, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Nguyen Kim Thach ,   Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, 2 Duong Quang Trung Street, Ward 12, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Published: December 2023

Hookworm infections are common in Vietnam and are caused by two known pathogens: Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale. Recent studies have identified a new hookworm species - Ancylostoma ceylanicum, which typically parasitises in dogs. To determine the prevalence of these three hookworm species: A. duodenale, A. ceylanicum, and N. americanus, nested PCR and gene sequencing were employed in fecal samples from suspected individuals residing in Thanh Binh commune, Tan Bien district, Tay Ninh province. Larvae were collected and identified by morphology before 65 DNA samples were extracted and analysed using molecular biology techniques. Results showed that 67.7% (44/65) of the samples were infected with N. americanus, while 16.9% (11/65) and 1.6% (1/65) were infected with A. ceylanicumand A. duodenale, respectively. Co-infection was present in 13.8% of cases, with A. ceylanicum and N. americanus being the most common combination. The origin of the N. americanus species identified was found to be closely related to that reported in Malaysia, while A. ceylanicum was more closely related to the species reported in Thailand. In conclusion, the study found that the new hookworm species A. ceylanicum was more prevalent than the traditional species A. duodenale in Thanh Binh commune (95.2 vs 4.8% of hookworm infections).
Local Tourist Systems in Spain
Authors: Mariconda Clara
Published: December 2023

The enormous potential of tourism as the economic sector in this millennium and, on the otherhand, the onset of the international competition that accompanies the globalization of tourismand its forms of product segmentation, mean that the EU grants tourism an important role in therealization of that all-European economic and social model drawn to Lisbon. This clearly showsthat global competition is increasingly playing on the ability to offer a single service in itscomplexity. In the panorama of the different forms of state, Spain is today a singular case.
The technology of ensuring the availability of information in the Data Center on the basis of achieving a balance of the performance of system elements
Authors:   State University of Information and Communication Technologies, Kyiv, Zakharzhevskyi A. H.
Published: December 2023

The article examines the important aspects of ensuring the availability of information in the Data Center (DC). In particular, the authors consider the issue of assessment and synthesis of the performance of distributed information systems (DIS) in order to achieve optimal parameters of bandwidth and response time. Methods of constructing time profiles for evaluating and analyzing the performance of DIS in DC are proposed. The use of these profiles makes it possible to quantitatively evaluate the characteristics of distributed information systems and to synthesize systems with given performance parameters. The authors point out the importance of matching bandwidth and response time parameters between system elements to ensure the continuity of DC operation and information availability. The study shows that the application of the considered methods makes it possible to a priori form the structure of the IS DC, taking into account the previously determined parameters of information availability. The obtained results are an important step in the direction of ensuring uninterrupted operation of the distributed system of the Data Center and increasing the availability of information in the data center. Such an approach can be of great importance for the progress and development of modern information technologies, in particular, in terms of increasing the efficiency of the DC and ensuring the reliability of data management systems.
DEVELOPMENT OF A NEURAL NETWORK STRUCTURE FOR INTRUSION DETECTION ANALYSIS
Authors:   State University of Information and Communication Technologies, Kyiv, Sosnovyy V. O.
Published: December 2023

The right security solutions in the information and communication world are critical to network security by providing real-time network protection against network vulnerabilities and data usage. An effective intrusion detection strategy is able to use a holistic approach to protect critical systems from unauthorized access or attacks. The paper examines the latest scientific achievements and research related to the analysis of detection of network intrusions using machine learning (ML) methods. The article describes a complex security solution based on machine learning (ML) for network intrusion detection using a complex controlled ML structure and ensemble feature selection methods. In addition, a comparative analysis of several MH models and function selection methods is provided. The article develops a general mechanism for detecting and achieving higher accuracy with a minimum frequency of false positive results (FPR). The paper uses datasets and the results show that the detection model can successfully identify 99.3% of intrusions with the lowest error rate of 0.5%, which shows better performance compared to existing solutions. The article combines the selection of ensemble functions and ensemble machine learning approaches as a detection mechanism in SBB to detect network anomalies. An experimental study was conducted with feature sets obtained from nine feature selection methods, and then these feature sets were combined to obtain the minimum number of features using majority voting. A comparative analysis of sets of functions was carried out. Controlled methods are used, which are more efficient with a balanced data set. To make the training dataset balanced, the data type (benign or attacking) with the minimum number of data instances in that training dataset was first selected. An ensemble feature selection and ensemble classification algorithm is implemented to improve the overall performance of the proposed machine learning model. Prospects for the development of further research are proposed.
DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE AND WEB APPLICATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF UKRAINE'S DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF DIIA
Authors:   State University of Information and Communication Technologies, Kyiv, Aronov A. O.
Published: December 2023

The article highlights the role of mobile and web applications in the process of digital transformation and their contribution to improving the comfort of citizens’ lives. It has been established that the availability of a convenient and accessible application can help improve the quality and speed of public and commercial services. In addition, the article provides recommendations for further digitalisation of the Diia app and the necessary measures for its further development. The market for mobile and web applications is highly competitive and rapidly changing, which results in some projects not reaching successful completion due to the large number of competitors and rapid technological development. There are also problems with data security standards in Ukraine and the lack of national legislation regulating the industry. One of the biggest challenges to the country's digital development is the level of digital literacy among the population, which limits access to digital technologies and services. In addition, there are problems with creating an infrastructure that supports the development of mobile and web applications. Also, there are often problems with creating competitive digital products that meet international standards and user requirements. The impact of the mobile application Diia on the digital transformation of Ukraine has been analysed in the article. It has been provided an overview of the application's functionality, its impact on various aspects of citizens’ lives, and considered the prospects for its development. Also there are some data on the development of mobile and web applications in Ukraine. It is noted that the mobile application Diia plays an important role in providing citizens with access to various public services in electronic form, which helps to improve the efficiency and convenience of service provision, reduce corruption and the cost of providing them. The features of the mobile and web application market have been identified. The importance of ensuring the quality and security of mobile applications has been considered. They give examples of shortcomings and problems that may arise when using such applications and consider possible ways to solve them. During the study it was identified what kind of specialists were needed for further digitalisation of the country. The development of mobile and web applications is an important factor in Ukraine’s digital transformation. In particular, the development of new applications and improvement of existing ones can help improve the efficiency of public services, provide citizens with convenient and quick access to various services, reduce the cost of providing them, and reduce corruption.
Healthcare Financing: Possible Answers to Modern Challenges
Authors: Chubarova Tatiana
Published: December 2023

The article examines modern problems of healthcare financing, their importance increasing in the context of new challenges associated with the current socio-economic and political situation, which makes doubtful the possibility of a significant increase in public funding. At the same time, healthcare costs should be considered as a health determinant, since their size has a positive effect on population life expectancy at birth. The article analyzes possible additional mechanisms that can be used to increase healthcare financing, examining their positive and negative aspects, including voluntary health insurance, sin taxes, co-payments for medical services. The author concludes that it is necessary to take into account both purely fiscal and social and ethical considerations when choosing health care financing mechanisms, as well as their influence on behavior of citizens.
Afghan Demarcation 1884–1885 and the Government Official Position of the Russian Empire
Authors: Rabush Taisiya V.
Published: December 2023

The author examines the process of establishing the northwestern border of Afghanistan with the possessions of the Russian Empire in Central Asia in 1884–1885, known as the second Afghan demarcation. The main goal set by the author is to study the government official position of the Russian Empire on this issue and to consider its evolution over a period of almost two years. The novelty of the study seems to be that the question of the position of the Russian government during the second Afghan demarcation of 1884–1885 has not yet been considered in a separate work. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that the border established by the results of this demarcation is still preserved, being the state border of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, therefore it is important to study the history of its creation. The author presents the results of the analysis of documents on the second Afghan demarcation published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire – this collection served as the basis for writing the work. The article is divided into three parts according to the chronological principle. The author's main conclusion is as follows: the position of the Russian Empire during the second Afghan demarcation remained almost unchanged, especially in terms of preserving the territories of compact residence of Turkmen tribes for Russia, who expressed a desire to become subjects to the Russian emperor, although the government had to make concessions on the status of the Zulfagar Passage.
Pension System for the Rural Areas in Actual Social and Economic Conditions in China
Authors: Lebedintseva Liubov
Published: December 2023

The article first describes and analyzes China's social support measures for rural population from 1950s to nowadays. It depicts the indistinct stages of pension system institutionalization from the time it appeared and up to the present. The major Chinese society peculiarity lies in a huge gap between standards of living in the city and in the country. It has its present characteristics due to the historical environment of official employment in Chinese villages and the previous absence of social and pension governmental support as its circumstances. In the study latent periods of switching from one pension form to the others are revealed. The fact is that China's social support measures for rural population has only history of one hundred years. However different pension forms replace each other dramatically during this time while special aspects of moral issues, family relations and social structures of Chinese society complicate the situation. Various aspects of rural pension policy in China are underexplored for that moment. The paper fills this important gap and gives much attention to its social, cultural and economical aspects. Evolution of Chinese rural pension policy starts from the "Five Guarantees" system, continues with the "Baoji model" and concludes with the "New Pension System" development. This system is to equalize rural and urban pension rights in China. In conclusion due to the National Social Policy only from 2014 every Chinese rural citizen aged 60 and older has pension entitlements. This fact can indicate that the primary maturity of China’s state pension system for old-age rural population has been reached.
Ideology of the Mongol World Domination in “The Collection of Chronicles” by Rashid al-Din
Authors: Drobyshev Yuliy
Published: December 2023

The article presents the results obtained in the course of work on identifying plots in medieval written sources that demonstrate manifestations of the Mongol imperial ideology and allow not only to clearly identify its contours and content, but also to establish with the greatest possible accuracy the moment of transition of the Mongols from predatory and punitive expeditions to systematic subordination of the whole known world space. To achieve this goal, materials contained in the collective work “Collection of Chronicles” (“Jami al-tawarikh”) were analyzed, the compiler and, apparently, the main author of which was a Persian doctor and a major administrator of Jewish origin, Fazlallah Rashid al-Din Hamadani (1247–1318), who served at the court of Ilkhans Gazan (1295–1304) and Oldjeitu (1304–1316). This work is rightfully considered one of the most important sources on the Mongol Empire. In terms of amount of information about its prehistory and early history, it has no equal. The “Collection of Chronicles” contains unique information about spiritual climate of the steppes in XII – early XIII centuries and the personality of Temujin/Genghis Khan (1162?–1227), shedding light on his ideas about the world space and possible plans regarding its subjugation, about conquering plans of his descendants and their implementations. It is difficult to name an aspect of the Mongol imperial ideology that would not be reflected on its pages. Rashid al-Din, as a person who held high positions in the Ilkhanate, had wide access to information, which is why his words, in general, deserve trust and in many cases are confirmed by other sources. Despite the fact that by the time his work was compiled, the Mongol Empire as a whole had not existed for a long time, the “Collection of Chronicles” is permeated with the idea of unity of the Mongol world.
Review: PANICHI S. La Cappadocia ellenistica sotto gli Ariaratidi ca. 250–100 a.C. Firenze: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 2018. XIV; 132 p. ISBN 978 88 222 6580 7
Authors: Gabelko Oleg
Published: December 2023

Review on the monograph on the history of the Cappadocian kingdom written by the Italian scholar
Use of the Lexeme Ṣalāt in the Quran: Rhetorical and Emotive Components in the Context of Religious Identity
Authors: Rozov Vladimir A.
Published: December 2023

Ritual prayer (ṣalāt) plays an important role in Islamic ritual practice, as well as in the construction of Islamic identity. The article discusses various narrative contexts in which the lexeme ṣalāt occurs in the Quranic text. Special attention is paid to the emotive and rhetorical component. The most typical contexts are: (1) the relation of this term to stories about the prophets of the past; (2) the obligatory of its performance for the ‘People of the Book’; (3) prayer as a basis for considering someone a believer; (4) condemnation of ostentatious prayer; (5) its apotropaic properties. Thus, ritual prayer is one of the most important criteria that distinguishes a believer from an unbeliever: the obligation to pray is assigned to every person who believes in God. At the same time, Jews and Christians are criticized for neglecting this duty. The Quranic fragments, calling for the prayer, contain formulas, regardless of whether they are put into the mouth of any of the prophets of the past or Muhammad himself. Prayer, despite being a difficult duty, is able to protect a believer from the intrigues of supernatural beings. Thus, ritual prayer, already in the earliest Muslim community, was an important tool for establishing religious identity and evidence of faith in God. The very concept of ritual prayer in the Quranic text, regardless of its chronology and the evolution of this lexeme as a religious term, is one of the most important criteria of faith, a distinctive sign of belonging to a community of believers.
History of the Central Volta region (Ghana) 1870-1914: european merchants, christian missions and features of colonial German government
Authors: Lapushkina Alina O.
Published: December 2023

The article is dedicated to the history of the central part of the Volta (Ghana) of the second half of the 19th-early 20th centuries: the trading operations of European entrepreneurs, Christian missions, and the peculiarities of colonial rule. The trade in slaves, cotton, ivory, palm oil and other goods made a significant contribution to the economy of the Volta basin. On the one hand, Europeans perceived it as a territory with valuable resources, and saw the potential in it for economic development and transformation into an economically self-sufficient and profitable zone under colonial rule; on the other hand, it is possible that Europeans used the routes through the central part of the Volta region only to get to the most important slave markets in the Slave Trade Era. From the middle of the XIX century the territory of modern Eastern Ghana was under the influence of various European countries (Denmark, Great Britain, France) and then the colonial governments (Germany, Great Britain). However, it was the German colonial rule (although relatively short) and most importantly the activities of the Bremen Mission largely determined the historical trajectory of the central part of the Volta region in the pre-colonial and colonial periods. The author's own results of research also point to a more "utilitarian" attitude to Avatime under the British regime (in the perception of the Avatime themselves) compared to the attitude of the Bremen missionaries acting "for a good cause" and laying the foundations of the school system and professional education.
'Non-Near' East': the hierarchy of integration potential of eastern migrants as perceived by the receiving societies. A review of the researches in Europe and Russia
Authors: Savin Igor
Published: December 2023

The article presents a review of European and Russian studies on the perceptions of the host society towards the integration of migrants. The review demonstrates the diversity of works in this field, including both qualitative and quantitative research, as well as studies focusing on theoretical and applied developments. The article describes research that pays attention to both the general understanding of integration by local residents and its specific aspects. In the conclusions, the authors argue that hierarchies of migrants exist both in Europe and in Russia, corresponding to perceptions of their "readiness for integration." The least prepared to live "together with us" are seen as carriers of norms prevalent in the Islamic East, but these barriers are permeable. The review study shows that the strategy of adapting migrants to the standards of the majority remains popular among the local population. Nonetheless, both in Europe (to the greater extent) and in Russia there are the part of population that is ready for the integration as a process of mutual acceptance and gradual change. “Unpreparedness of integration” of the Eastern-born immigrants is explained not by their religious identity, but rather the existing social norms, which are able to gradually transform. The factors that affect this transformation are not just contacts (deliberate or not), but also the inclusion both locals and immigrants in the collective search for solution to the problems relevant to both groups. Otherwise, the participants of the integration activities do not consider them as necessary or important, meaning that the integration does not occur despite the contacts existence.