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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCE POTENTIAL AS A MEASURE TO INCREASE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE ENTERPRISE IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
Authors: Ulyanchenko О. , Vasyurenko L. , Litvinov A. , Utenkova K. , Filimonov Yu. , Kuksa I.
Published: October 2021

Abstract. The systemic development of the agrarian sector of the regional economy is balanced (i.e., corresponding to the ideas about the optimal structure and proportionality of the agrarian subsystem of the regional socio-economic system) development of the subjects. The systemic development of the agrarian sector of the regional economy needs strategic management, which must meet the requirements of the following basic principles: complexity; parity of group, intragroup and regional interests; consistency; purposefulness; efficiency; optimality. Strategic guidelines for systemic development and management of the agricultural sector of the region's economy must be justified taking into account the impact of the level of resource potential usage, namely fixed capital by agricultural enterprises. It is proposed to evaluate and present in the form of a model the impact of changes in the multitude of selected factors in the set of indicators of efficiency and competitiveness of enterprises with the help of correlation-regression analysis. It is noted that the cost accumulation of fixed capital is inappropriate without assessing and reviewing the quality, quantity and need for available capital in the agricultural sector. The need to attract additional funds for the formation of fixed capital and the impact of the value of available fixed capital on performance indicators in terms of major agricultural sectors have been justified, namely: separately in crop production, mixed specialization and livestock. Sustainable balanced development of the region is a development aimed at achieving the goals of the subjects of the regional economy on parity basis and ensuring their stable functioning in the long term on the basis of continuous innovation improvement, while maintaining and improving the economic, social and environmental situation
Keywords: management; strategy; resource potential; agricultural sector; market; competitiveness; livestock; crop growing.
JEL Classification M21, Q13Formulas: 0; fig.: 0; tabl.: 4; bibl.: 10.
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ASSESSING THE MANAGEMENT MODEL OF PROMOTING GREEN ENERGY SERVICES IN THE CONTEXT OF DEVELOPMENT SMART ENERGY GRIDS
Authors: Borysiak O. , Brych V.
Published: October 2021

Abstract. The transformation of the energy sector towards the development of the green energy sector provides a transition to climate-neutral economic development. In the presence of reserves of natural energy sources, a tendency towards a decrease in their use is monitored as a result of an increase in the share of consumption of green energy obtained from renewable energy sources (e.g. solar, wind). Taking this into account, the role of building an effective management model for the provision of green energy services is growing.
The article proposes a methodological approach to assessing the effectiveness of the management model for promoting green energy services in the context of smart energy network development, based on the use of optimization methods and models. The promoting chain of green energy services is based on the rating assessment of energy service companies, the level of digitalization of business processes of enterprises and the formation of digital skills among consumers of various segments of the energy market, as well as a cybernetic approach to determining the ability to provide innovative energy services.
For this, the peculiarities of artificial intelligence integration into socio-economic processes and the smart energy network constructions have been identified. The analysis of digital technology use level in the promotion of green energy services in the energy market of Ukraine is carried out. The determination of optimization criteria for assessing the effectiveness of the management model for promoting green energy services has been established. The determination of the optimization criteria for assessing the management model is based on obtaining an ecological effect, which made it possible to single out such criteria as maximizing the decarbonization rate of the environment and minimizing energy consumption costs.
The using of such a methodological approach to assessing the effectiveness of the management model for promoting green energy services at energy enterprises will help to ensure a balance between production, distribution, supply of green energy and rational consumption of energy by different segments of consumers.
Keywords: energy efficiency, energy saving, alternative energy, renewable energy sources, green electric power industry, energy enterprises, decarbonization.
JEL Classification D29, L19, M31, Q21, Q40
Formulas: 10; fig.: 1; tabl.: 1; bibl.: 19.
PECULIARITIES OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY CENTERS OF CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF EUROPE AND CHINA
Authors: Rudenko S. , Komakha L. , Nelipa D.
Published: October 2021

Abstract. University centers of creative entrepreneurship are becoming the drivers of the modern economy of the world’s leading countries and form a global academic entrepreneurial movement nowadays. Each of the leading countries or groups of countries has certain peculiarities and its own experience of financial management of such centers. Therefore, there is an actual task of comparative analysis of the peculiarities of these centers of those countries that are most successful in implementing innovations, identifying common features, patterns and differences. Such an analysis is especially important for Ukraine, where the movement of academic creative entrepreneurship is at an early stage of development. The systematic analysis found out that the EU countries are characterized by a predominantly distributed or so-called network structure of financial management of university centers of creative entrepreneurship, and China is characterized by a predominantly hierarchical structure. A characteristic difference between the academic business movement of the EU and China lies also in the fact that the basis of management of these centers in the EU, including financial management, is self-government, which is a consequence of the tradition of self-government of European universities. For China, this factor is inferior to the tradition of centralized administration. The main function of financial management of creative entrepreneurship centers is established. This includes facilitating access to credit for researchers, research and project teams of universities, forming an ecosystem to support innovation, providing intermediary services for financial support of innovation, creating an environment for cooperation, reducing the financial risks of investors and increasing the effectiveness of innovation. The tools of financial management of creative academic entrepreneurship are systematized. The comparative analysis identified and detailed the peculiarities of financial management of university centers of creative entrepreneurship for the European Union and the People’s Republic of China, in particular, the peculiarities of the management structure and the tools characteristic of the EU or PRC for funding research and development of the mentioned centers. The results of the study can be useful in creating a national system of financial management of university centers of creative entrepreneurship.
Keywords: system analysis, university centers, creative entrepreneurship, innovation, financial management.
JEL Classification O3, Q43, P5
Formulas: 2; fig.: 2; tabl.: 0; bibl.: 21.
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMPOSITE PARTS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN RAILWAY INDUSTRY (OVERVIEW)
Authors: Vlasov Danila D. , Zhavyrkin Vadim V. , Kirill V. Klementiev , Kirill V. Kolesnikov , Stepan V. Ogonkov , Yulia V. Ronzhina , Nikolay A. Tatus
Published: October 2021

The article provides an analysis of modern composite technologies, as well as the possibility of their application in the railway industry. Advantages and disadvantages of technologies are shown, main types of products manufactured with these technologies are given. An approximate cost comparison of products manufactured using various technologies is made.
Solid Lipid Nanoparticles: An Approach to Improve Oral Drug Delivery
Authors: Mendoza-Muñoz Nestor , Urbán-Morlán Zaida , Leyva-Gómez Gerardo , Zambrano-Zaragoza María de la Luz , ¨Piñón-Segundo Elizabeth , Quintanar-Guerrero David
Published: October 2021

Nanoparticles have shown overall beneficial effects in drug administration. Specifically, solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) have emerged as an alternative to polymer-based systems. However, the oral administration of SLN, the first choice for conventional medications, has not been addressed due to the taboo surrounding the complicated transit that this delivery route entails. This review focuses on the encapsulation of drugs into SLN as a strategy for improving oral administration. Examples of applications of SLN to enhance the absorption and bioavailability of poorly-soluble drugs and protect acid-labile active molecules are discussed. This work also emphasizes the importance of developing SLN-based systems to treat health issues such as neurological diseases and cancer, and combat antibiotic resistance, three significant and increasingly common current public health problems. The review sections clarify how SLN can improve bioavailability, target therapeutic agents, and reduce side effects.
Changes of changes: Sociality and the lack of protection
Authors:   Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov, Filimonova Olga F.
Published: October 2021

Despite the fact that social changes are often proclaimed as a combination of positive development prospects, in practice they will not necessarily lead to positive results for everyone and in general. The sociological, ontological and cultural essence of modern changes in the mode of unreliability and redundancy of security systems is revealed. The horizon of understanding the problem in the mode of transition to a new technological order, which requires individual adaptation of people to a risk-generating environment, to a society without guarantees, is proposed. The concepts of “the lack of protection” and “the culture of control” are the basic part of the content. It has been established that digitalization is not substantial, but epiphenomenal, and that the culture of control is an imperative of digitalized sociality and dehumanization. The lack of protection is a sign of transition to the metric rationality of the culture of control, which increases the inanity of the forms and meanings of human existence simplifying it to an adaptation formula. The nature of the lack of protection is not metric, but an internal process that leads away from the adaptive logic of protection to the depth of understanding the limits of its probability in practice. The quality of this level of reflection is not determined by the pressure of changes, but is formed in the creation of thought and the upbringing of will within the social whole.
Severity of self-regulation processes in teachers with different types of professional self-attitude
Authors:   Ugra State University, Dukhnovsky Sergey V.
Published: October 2021

The article, based on the presented empirical material, reveals the problem of professional self-attitude and its types among teachers with different levels of expression of conscious self-regulation. The study covered 157 teachers of comprehensive schools of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra. The age of the examined is from 31 to 45 years. We used the technique “Attitude to yourself as a professional” and the questionnaire “Style of self-regulation of behavior”. On the basis of the obtained results, it was proved that the processes of conscious self-regulation are interconnected with the magnitude of activity and positivity of professional self-attitude of teachers, as well as that subjects with different levels of self-regulation (high, medium and low) differ in the dominant types of attitudes to themselves as a professional. It has been shown that the more developed regulatory processes are, the more active and positive the professional self-presentation of teachers is – a higher level of claims, combined with a positive representation and acceptance of a professional, expressed by the installation on professional self-development. It was revealed that teachers with a low level of self-regulation are distinguished by a passive-negative attitude towards themselves as a professional, while teachers with a high level are characterized by an active-positive attitude towards themselves, with the dominance of positivity, and teachers with an average level of self-regulation have a pronounced balanced professional self-attitude. It has been established that for the regulatory process of “programming”, the installation on professional self-development is of leading importance, while for the regulatory process, “flexibility” is a significant indicator - the idea of oneself as a professional.
Mass Media Missions in people’s psychological education and mediatization of University's Scientific and Educational Activities (on the example of Saratov State University's Regional Center of practical psychology)
Authors:   Saratov State University, Zhizhina Maria V.
Published: October 2021

This article is looking into mass media’s missions in people’s psychological education on the example of media projects of the Center of Practical Psychology of the Saratov State University. It outlines two leading directions in arranging the center’s practical activities: the first one is directly related to psychological assistance and support rendered to people; the second one is focused on personal and professional development and self-improvement of university students, on shaping a developing educational environment that contributes to the disclosure of students’ potential personality resources and students’ increased involvement in university life, in communication with fellow students, teachers, and university staff. At the same time, the second direction is directly related to implementing the goals of university education aiming at mediatization of the scientific and educational activities of the university. The author actualizes the practical significance of mass media in psychological education and supporting people in conditions of increasing stress. Highlighted here are the theoretical prerequisites for the controversial nature of the issue of mass media’s positive missions and in particular, the use of the media’s psychotherapeutic potential in order to reduce and minimize the negative effects of not only the mass media themselves, but also the consequences of crises.
On the motivation for using the project-based learning method
Authors:   Belgorod University of Cooperation, Economics and Law, Trishchenko Dmitry A.
Published: October 2021

The article deals with the problems of implementing the project-based learning method in professional education. The aim of the study is to identify the key factors hindering the full use of the method in educational practice. The research methodology is based on a systematic approach and includes methods of description, comparison, comparative analysis, and generalization. The project-based learning method fully meets the objectives of the competence-based approach in professional education. For a number of areas of training, the project-based training method is also significant in that it allows you to demonstrate the formation of graduate competencies to a potential employer. This is mainly reflected in the results of project activities. The positions of subjects interested in the results of the educational process are formulated. The adoption of the project-based learning method by participants in the educational process – students, teachers, and University administration – is hindered by negative motivation, which clearly prevails in the short term. It is concluded that for the actual, real, and not formal transition to the use of the project-based learning method, measures are needed not to be imposed by the state, but to stimulate participants of the educational process.
Immunomodulatory Effects of Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Epithelial Cells Function in Response to Vibrio cholera in a Co-culture Model
Authors: Moulazadeh Alireza , Soudi Sara , Bakhshi Bita
Published: October 2021

Inflammation-induced by the interaction of the Vibrio cholerae with the epithelial cells is considered as a main cause of bacteria spreading through the gastrointestinal tract and its consequences. Because of the immunomodulatory and antibacterial properties of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AD-MSCs), this study aimed to investigate the effect of AD-MSCs on the interaction of the bacterial-epithelial cell.
Caco-2 differentiated to intestinal epithelial cells co-cultured with AD-MSCs in a 1:1 ratio of the surface area of six-well plates, for 48 hours. After exposure to Vibrio cholerae, bacterial attachment and internalization were evaluated. Secretions of interleukin (IL-6), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), and nitric oxide (NO) were also measured using ELISA, and Griess assay, respectively. In addition, the expression of chloratoxin (Ctx-β) and inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-8 were evaluated by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The rate of apoptosis was also evaluated by Annexin V-PI flow cytometry.
Bacterial attachment and Ctx-β expression were significantly reduced in the co-culture group compared to the Vibrio cholerae-exposed Caco-2. IL-6 and PGE2 secretion increased in the co-culture group. NO, was also slightly reduced in exposure to Vibrio cholerae. An elevated level of bacterial internalization was observed in the co-culture group compared to the Caco-2 cells leading to an increase in the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. The rate of apoptosis was also increased significantly.
Cell-to-cell contact of AD-MSCs and Caco-2 promoted inflammatory responses and disruption of the epithelium barrier by enhancing bacterial invasion. This may be due to the high expression of surface matrix metalloproteinases on MSCs.
Análise das Curvas Características de Células Solares em LTSPICE
Authors: Silva Thiago Franchi Pereira da , Alves Mathaus Henrique da Silva
Published: October 2021

A simulação computacional de células solares tornou-se fundamental para determinar seus parâmetros e condições de funcionamento. A simulação possibilita analisar o comportamento dos dispositivos inerentes ao sistema, estimando sua eficiência fotovoltaica, além de outras características fundamentais como a tensão de circuito aberto, a corrente de curto circuito, o fator de preenchimento, a resistência série e a resistência em paralelo do dispositivo. A simulação solar pode ser usada para vários fins, como por exemplo, analisar e estudar o comportamento dos conversores de energia anexados ao sistema, e simular o comportamento para o rastreamento do ponto de máxima potência do sistema fotovoltaico como um todo. Além disso, a simulação também pode ser usada para várias condições operacionais, como o sombreamento parcial, mudança de irradiação e condições de falha. O presente trabalho apresenta dois modelos de circuitos equivalentes, utilizados para avaliar os efeitos dos parâmetros elétricos nas curvas características do painel fotovoltaico usado por Gnoatto et al. (2005), que as determinou experimentalmente em condições de campo. A simulação foi plenamente satisfatória, uma vez que o erro relativo foi baixo em comparação com os dados experimentais obtidos em campo, em torno de 3,45% para primeira simulação e desprezível para a segunda simulação.  Por fim, foram obtidos os parâmetros das células fotovoltaicas convencionais feitas de silício, através da simulação dos circuitos equivalentes das células solares, utilizando-se o software Ltspice.
‘Traditional Authorities’ and Community Rights in Contemporary Mozambique: between Activism and Incorporation
Authors: Martino Giovanni Battista
Published: October 2021

Mozambique’s donor-inspired ongoing programme of ‘traditional authorities’ ‘(re-)integration’ carries considerable emancipatory potential for local communities in their relations with central political institutions and the globalized economy. By analysing ‘traditional authorities’’ specifically elaborated discourse and highlighting their agency within the dynamics emerging from state institutions’ attempts at ‘incorporating’ them in the sense indicated by Zenker and Hoehne, that is, to deny them all political auton-omy, this article aims to clarify ‘traditional’ leaders’ role in defending their own com-munities’ interests and rights vis-à-vis the state, private enterprises, and development actors/donors. Close examination of empirical data collected during field research in Inhambane province provides convincing evidence of traditional authorities’ general inability to develop effective discursive strategies for the representation and defence of their communities’ interests and rights. By choosing to retreat within the domain of spirituality and to cede much of their statutory prerogatives to more dynamic and bet-ter resourced actors, ‘traditional authorities’ end up accepting their ‘incorporation’ into the institutional structure of the state as merely symbolic objects and sources of inter-nal as well as international legitimacy, thus obliterating their role as natural repre-sentatives of their communities.
INFLUENCE OF THE TYPE OF WATER ACTIVATION ON THE CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN THE FILLER AND THE CEMENT STONE
Authors: Shyshkina Alexandra , Shyshkin Alexandеr
Published: October 2021

Among the many ways to improve the preparation of concrete mix is to modify the properties of cement systems by mechanical, physical, chemical and combined effects. One of the directions of activation of the concrete mixture is the activation of its components, namely: electromagnetic, electrochemical and physics-chemical activation of mixing water. The most accessible and technological of them is the physics-chemical activation of water and aqueous solutions by certain organic substances used in ultra-low concentrations, followed by their use as a mixing fluid for building mixtures. The purpose of the study was to perform a comparative assessment of the effect of electromagnetic, electrochemical and physicochemical activation of water on the properties of cement paste and fine-grained concrete. To achieve this goal, the degree of influence ofelectromagnetic, electrochemical and physicochemical activation of water on the contraction and hardening time of cement paste, as well as the degree of influence of electromagnetic, electrochemical and physicochemical activation of water on compressive strength of fine concrete. It is established that the type of activation of kneading water affects the hardening time of the cement paste and the normal density. The shortest hardening times are set for cement paste, which is obtained on electrochemically activated alkaline water, and the longest with the use of physics-chemical activation. At the same time, the highest strength at the lowest contraction has concrete, which is obtained on physics-chemical activated water. This concrete has the highest rate of strength. Concretes obtained on «alkaline» water, after its electro-chemical activation, have a high rate of strength formation and its value, but high contraction, which leads to cracking of concrete.
INJECTION MODEL OF CEMENT MORTAR PENETRATION INTO CRACKED ROCKS BEHIND WALLING
Authors: Plugin Andrii , Kalinin Oleh , Miroshnichenko Sergii , Zvierieva Alina , Holinei Vasyl , Liakhov Maksym
Published: October 2021

The natural and technological factors influencing on the depth of injection cement mortars penetration into the cracked rocks and emptiness under the lining of mountain tunnels have been studied. There are the width of cracks in rocks and groundwater pressure in them, the dynamic viscosity of the solution, which is determined by the content of additives-superplasticizer and watercement ratio W/C, the magnitude and duration of pressure during the projection (crimping). Thesefacts were established after the analytical of literature sources and the analysis of features, design and a technical condition of real tunnel, geological structure of processing rocks under their lining. Based on the fundamental rheological equation - Newton's law in viscous flow models of dependences of depth of penetration on factors mentioned above are developed. Because of research of these models the sizes of technological factors, including dynamic viscosity of the mortar, providing the required penetration of cement mortars were received. To ensure the penetration of the solution to a depth of 10 m in cracks with a width of 10 mm, the dynamic viscosity should not exceed over 0.05 Pa·s, and in cracks of 1 mm – 0.01 Pa·s. To ensure the penetration of the solution to a depth of 2 m in cracks with a width of 1 mm, the dynamic viscosity should be in the range of 0.03–0.1 Pa·s, and in cracks of 0.1 mm – 0.0025–0, 01 Pa·s. Superplasticizers allows reducing the dynamic viscosity ofsolutions to such values and effectively increasing the depth of their penetration into cracks and, as a result increasing the water resistance and load-bearing capacity of the fractured rock. The technology of injecting cement mortars with superplasticizer additives has been improved and developed for: the reconstruction of underground structures and massive artificial structures; the designing of a spherical bearing between galvanized concrete without a bald spot and the exposedmetal beams. The technology is recommended to be used for waterproofing and increasing the bearing capacity of tunnel, piers, bridges, and for the device of a laying layer between а withoutballast reinforced concrete bridge plate and longitudinal beams of metal bridges.
VERIFICATION OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FLUID FLOW CALCULATION IN CIRCULAR PIPES
Authors: Chernetskaya-Beletskaya Nataliia , Rogovyi Andrii , Miroshnykova Mariia , Shtykov Anton
Published: October 2021

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) treats the phenomena that arise in fluid dynamicsfrom the interaction of an electrically conducting fluid with the electromagnetic field. Thedevelopment of computational hydrodynamics has significantly improved the accuracy ofcalculations on mathematical models, but it is still difficult to choose the optimal turbulence models,mesh quality, model parameters to solve a particular problem. The aim of the work is to verify thecalculation of the conducting fluid flow in circular pipes and to determine the optimal error of theturbulence model calculation and the parameters of its use. The study was conducted on the basis ofa comparison of experimental studies by the PIV-method of velocimetry with the results of numericalcalculations. The liquid is considered viscous, incompressible, and electrically conducting. Controlnonlinear momentum equations are solved numerically using the method of control volumes.Comparison of velocity profiles showed that almost all models show a fairly good match with theresults of the experiment. Analysis of the sum of squares residuals of calculation points fromexperimental shows that the BSL Reynolds Stress turbulence model is the best for the flow withoutthe influence of the magnetic field, and the k-ɛ model is the best in the presence of a magnetic field.The SST k-ω model has quite enough results regardless of the Hartmann number. The number ofmesh elements has little effect on the ac-curacy of the pressure drop calculation. For simplegeometries it is enough to use meshes with the number of elements that does not exceed the 500000elements. According to all criteria, it is rational to choose the k-ɛ turbulence model for furthercalculations. This model has some shortcomings in the calculation of wall layers, but allows to obtainhigh-quality and adequate results for the flow of conducting fluid with a limit on the mesh elementsnumber.
DETERMINATION OF THE CONDITIONS FOR APPLYING THE TECHNOLOGY OF TARGET GRAVITY BRAKING OF UNCOUPLED CARS
Authors: Ohar Oleksandr , Berestov Igor , Kutsenko Maksym , Berestova Tatiana , Rabin Victoria
Published: October 2021

Improving the efficiency of the process of train uncoupling remains one of the mosturgent problems in railway transport. The priority areas for solving this problem today include thedevelopment and implementation of integrated automation systems for hump technologies, the use ofartificial intelligence in decision support systems and procedures for calculating the controlparameters of car retarders. These systems provide high accuracy in designing and implementingcontrol actions, taking into account indeterminacy and multiple random parameters.However, a number of factors that are quite difficult to take into account, predict, or formalize.Such factors include the technical condition of rail car retarders, their random brakingcharacteristics, constant changes in wind speed and direction, the condition of wheel pairs, theresponse rate of hump operators, and others. These factors can have significant impact on the qualityof the marshalling process, even on automated marshalling humps.To increase the efficiency of the train uncoupling technology, researchers have developed anumber of scientific approaches and technical solutions: approaches to control using the equipmentfor controlling the speed of rolling uncoupled cars in automated mode have been formed, new designsof car retarders have been developed and the existing ones were improved, optimizing methods forbraking modes of uncoupled cars, the longitudinal profile of marshalling humps and the design ofhump necks have been proposed.

The introduction of target gravity braking technology for uncouples cars is one of the ways toimprove the efficiency of the marshalling process. This technology can be implemented provided thata special profile design of the marshalling device is used.To determine the conditions for applying the target gravity braking technology for uncoupledcars, simulation modeling of rolling of model cars in favorable and unfavorable meteorologicalconditions was carried out.The results of simulation modeling showed that the proposed technology can be definitely used,if the number of tracks in the marshalling yard is up to 32 and estimated wind speeds up to 6 m/s,when it provides an uncoupling rate of up to 1,8 m/s. If the marshalling yard has a larger number oftracks and/or in case of powerful winds, the technology can be applied if the uncoupling rate isreduced. In this case, the feasibility of using the technology should be verified with technical andeconomic calculations.
Rhetoric for Tourism Business: Worksheets
Authors: Potočnik Topler Jasna
Published: October 2021

Rhetoric is the skill of persuasion. It has accompanied people for millennia, and the foundations of rhetorical theory were laid by the Ancient Greek thinker Aristotle. Through historical periods it has undergone development, rises and also falls. Today we are increasingly aware of the importance of familiarity with this skill in very broad fields of public and private life, for ultimately it contributes to better reading literacy of individuals and society. One of the aims of teaching rhetoric at the Faculty of Tourism of the University of Maribor is to prepare students to analyse and more accurately and precisely formulate arguments and persuasive techniques in everyday life, ranging from personal conversations to the media, study situations and the composition of expert texts. Equally it aims to familiarise students with various discourses, to teach them independent, more self-confident, clear, structured and critical expression of views and to formulate structured short and long texts. The booklet contains work sheets that will serve as support points in aiding rhetoric in business communication, when the focus is on topics such as history, rhetorical genres, canons, persuasion and language. We will also focus attention on the legal aspects of communication. The publication is a translated and supplemented edition of worksheets published in 2018.
Synergistic Effect of Plant Defense Elicitors and Biocontrol Agents on Induction of Defense Enzymes in Pea against Downy Mildew
Authors: Pandey Puja , Kushwaha K.P.S. , Upadhyay Vinod , Purohit Jyotika
Published: October 2021

Background: Plant defense against the pathogens can be induced by using different defense inducers. Plants can be treated with elicitors for fast and more intense mobilization of defense responses which can enhance the resistance against biotic or abiotic stresses. Methods: The present study has been undertaken to evaluate the synergistic effect of different plant defense inducing chemical (Salicylic acid, Isonicotinic acid, Oxalic acid and Chitosan) and biological (Trichoderma harzianum and Pseudomonas fluorescens) elicitors. Enzyme activity was expressed as the increase in absorbance using spectrophotometer. Result: Among all the treatments the maximum PAL activity (35.58 mg/g of fresh weight) was found in case of oxalic acid but after 48 hrs its activity reduced drastically. Next to oxalic acid Pseudomonas fluorescens (31.38 mg/g of fresh weight), chitosan + Trichoderma harzianum (29.38 mg/g of fresh weight) and chitosan + Pseudomonas fluorescens (27.89 mg/g of fresh weight) showed the maximum enzyme activity. The PPO activity reached the highest at 96 hr after challenge inoculation in case of chitosan + Trichoderma harzianum (9.74 µmol/min/mg/protein) treated plants followed by Trichoderma harzianum (3.53 µmol/min/mg/protein) alone. the maximum PO activity (49.12 µmol/min/mg/protein) was found in case of chitosan + Pseudomonas fluorescens treated plants followed by chitosan (42.48 µmol/min/mg/protein) after 72 hrs. the maximum phenolics (27.53 mg/gm of fresh weight) was found in case of chitosan + Pseudomonas fluorescens after 48 hrs of treatment.
Feminist Foreign Policy: Contributions and Lessons
Authors: Hicks Jacqueline
Published: October 2021

A relatively small number of countries have an explicit “Feminist Foreign Policy” (FFP). Those most often cited are Sweden, Canada, France, Mexico, and Spain. In theory, an FFP moves beyond gender mainstreaming in foreign development assistance to include: (1) a wider range of external actions, including defence, trade and diplomacy (2) a wider range of marginalised people, not just women. Within foreign development assistance, it implies a more coherent and systematically institutionalised approach to gender mainstreaming. In practice, those countries with an explicit FFP implement it in different ways. Canada currently focuses on development assistance, France on development assistance and formal diplomacy, Sweden more comprehensively covers the trade and defence policy arenas. Mexico and Spain are yet to produce detailed implementation plans. There is increasing academic interest in FFP, but most analyses found during the course of this rapid review focus on narrative content of policies rather than impact. Policy advocacy and advice is provided by several high-profile advocacy organisations. National government agencies in Sweden, France and Canada have produced some evaluations of their FFP, but the evidence is weak. There are many international institution evaluations of gender mainstreaming for many different sectors that are context-specific.
Complex reconstruction of the life path and psychological characteristics of a historical person as a method of historical psychology
Authors:   Institute of psychology of the Russian academy of sciences, Kholondovich Elena N.
Published: October 2021

The article analyzes the works on the study of historical figures in various socio-humanitarian sciences: history, philosophy, literary studies, psychology. Various approaches to biographical research in psychology are considered: psychoanalysis, psychiatry, historical psychology. There is a growing interest in biographical research in both science and mass consciousness. In historical psychology, personality is studied from different perspectives: from the point of view of its genius, its orientation, legal consciousness as a representative of the moral elite, etc. It is concluded that there is no single method of studying the historical personality in psychology. The author offers a comprehensive reconstruction of the life path and psychological characteristics of a historical person as a method of historical psychology, which is based on the structural and dynamic model of a person by B. G. Ananyev, the subject-activity approach by S. L. Rubinstein, and the ideas of B. F. Lomov on the system determination of the psyche, a procedure of psychological and historical reconstruction that allows combining various methods in the study (modeling, biographical method, praximetric method, quantitative methods, etc.). The proposed method will allow us to study the historical personality comprehensively, in the dynamics included in the integral system of social relations, as well as to reveal the features of its development in the context of historical time. Various hierarchically organized structures (individuum, personality, subject of activity, individuality) cover all levels of relations and interactions of a person and the functions and roles performed by him in the process of living life at each stage of his development. Such a study reaches the level of a systematic reconstruction of the life path of a historical person as an integral phenomenon without losing the complex methodological basis.
Toponymy of Alsace as an object of linguistic limology
Authors:   Kostroma state university, Kaplina Margarita M. , Zhezlova Svetlana A. ,   Kostroma state university
Published: October 2021

The article is devoted to studying the toponymic picture of the Alsace historical region from the point of view of linguistic limology. An attempt is made to define the limological approach in linguistic research and describe the peculiarities of coexistence and development of the Alsatian dialect, German and French languages in a cross-border region. The authors of the article attempt to trace the interdependence of changes in national borders and geographical names in a linguo-historical context. The article presents an analysis of the views of Russian and foreign researchers on the meaning of the term limology and investigates the process of «francisation» of toponyms which coexist on the same territory (in a cross-border region) of the Romance and Germanic languages. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time an attempt is made to answer the following questions: how does the movement of national borders affect the toponymy of the region, what linguistic transformations can be traced in geographical names, and how great is the interplay of languages and cultures in cross-border regions (for example, the historical region of Alsace). The analysis of the practical material made it possible to identify the following types of transformations of Alsace toponymic picture in the French-speaking environment: literal transcription, phonetic adaptation, alternation of suffix forms, translation. The identified types of transforming the toponymic picture of Alsace demonstrate the complexity and diversity of the cross-border region linguistic picture. In the conclusion the authors underline the change in the function of language: from a means of communication it turns into a sign of the preservation of ethnic identity.
The influence of commentary on literary text
Authors:   Neva Publishing House, Akulova Arina A.
Published: October 2021

This article analyzes the impact of the commentary on the commented literary text. Despite the fact that society is losing interest in the traditional genre of commentary – book or academic – due to the availability of any clarifying information on the Internet on request, the need for its functioning and, as a consequence, for its improvement, remains. New commentary technologies are emerging, and commentary is attracting increasing attention as a cultural phenomenon in its own right. This is probably due to the development of the anthropocentric paradigm in philology, interest in literary and cultural reflections, and the expansion of information opportunities, which determines the relevance of the study. The study of the commentary and its creation were carried out at different times by the most famous philologists, and the author of the article relies on the works of theorists and practitioners of the commentary, their opinions on this issue, which were generalized and systematized, as well as on examples of commenting on fiction in various publications. The commentary is considered in a totality of features, its definitions are analyzed from the linguistic viewpoint, the main function is described as providing and optimizing the understanding of the text, as well as aspects of its influence on the text. The goal is to analyze the impact of commentary on the text being commented on. The author identified eight aspects of the influence of commentary on the text; these aspects were presented, nominated and described, which indicates the range of tasks solved. The main and related aspects of the influence of commentary, including a destructive one, are highlighted. The novelty and theoretical significance of the study is demonstrated by the description of the change in text perception with the development of the commentary as a general cultural phenomenon. This paper uses a methodologically important new perspective for analyzing the interaction of text and commentary to it. As a result, the study shows how the text and its perception by the addressee change , if it is commented on.
Floronyms in S. A. Yesenin's lyrics
Authors:   Ryazan state university named after S.A. Yesenin, Yuzhakova Yuliya A.
Published: October 2021

The lexemes of the thematic group «Nominations of the plant world» are very common in the poetry of S. A. Yesenin, which determines the significance of this thematic component for the author. The article attempts to classify and analyze the floronyms selected from the lyrical poems of the poet in volume 1 of the complete works. The purpose of this article is to analyze the frequency and features of using floronyms in lyrics, as well as to trace the patterns of development of S. A. Yesenin's idiostyle. The paper shows the use of lexemes from the following subgroups: names of trees, shrubs, flowers, herbs, grains and vegetables. Their main functions in the poetic text are to create a landscape, with floronyms most often evoking memories of one's native land, as well as to portray the lyrical hero's inner suffering. The central image of nature – the birch tree – had a direct true connection with the poet's homeland, and the whole of Russia was «birch-like» for S.A. Yesenin. Yesenin's birch tree becomes the "heroine" of most of his poems as a symbol of love for his country, his homeland, his father's home. The peculiarities of word usage, such as metaphorical transfer of meanings, artistic personification, violation of lexical compatibility, create the individual style of the poet Sergey Yesenin. In addition, the use of lexemes of this thematic group shows the poet's closeness to nature and people, the mythological ideas of herbs and trees from his childhood, folklore traditions representing the Russian nature and soul, which expands our understanding of the linguistic and poetic picture of S. Yesenin's world.
Ai Weiwei e o testemunho da catástrofe
Authors: Siqueira Daniel Vladimir Tapia Lira de , Leite Edson
Published: October 2021

Este trabalho relaciona a obra de Ai Weiwei com o conceito de testemunho, discute a questão da violência e aponta o valor artístico de sua obra, inserida na sua postura de ativista. Recorre-se a Walter Benjamin para apontar a ambiguidade da ação policial e como através dela o Estado mantém a ordem e controla as ações dos cidadãos. Para ilustrar isto, escolheu-se o que aconteceu ao artista no episódio relacionado ao terremoto da China em 2008, no qual cerca de 5.000 crianças morreram. Houve denúncias de que o material usado para construção era de má qualidade e acusou-se as autoridades e as construtoras de desvio de verbas. O governo se recusou a publicar o nome das crianças mortas e o artista se mobilizou para descobrir o nome delas e as publicou em seu blog. Posteriormente, o artista realizou várias obras para que a morte dessas crianças não fosse esquecida.
Thoughts on the "global turn" as a disciplinary future
Authors: Farago Claire
Published: October 2021

With a special emphasis on regional studies, this chapter takes up the challenge to theorize about the complexities of cultural interaction without imposing ethnocentric categories such as those that historically defined the discipline of art history on Euro-American terms. One of the primary obstacles to rethinking the discipline of art history has been the segmentation of our archives by period style and national culture. How can we access this past (and present) without also passing on values that may no longer be tenable but are inherent in our classifying terms and structures? I review issues of shared concern across a wide expanse of methods and subjects under four categories: (1) the problem of universals and universalism; (2) working within a national culture model in a transcultural setting; (3) the epistemic and ontological ground of research; and (4) the ethics of scholarship. I advocate for a material-based, non-transcendental ontology capacious enough to appeal to many different interpretative aims at the center of transcultural approaches, such as what happens when values, beliefs, and information are not held in common. In such cases, interpretation focuses on the heterogeneity of the artwork itself.
Galactorrea euprolactinémica en una adolescente con depresión: Reporte de caso
Authors: Gibaja-Reyes Diasania , Ramirez-Del Carpio Gladys , Pacheco-Zuel Edson , Caso-Rodríguez Milward , Cruz-Sotomayor Alexander
Published: October 2021

La depresión infantojuvenil es una entidad clínica reconocida que produce alteraciones estructurales y funcionales a nivel neuroendocrino. Los factores de riesgo incluyen antecedentes de síntomas depresivos en los padres, desestructuración familiar, acontecimientos estresantes crónicos, abuso físico, emocional o sexual. Estas alteraciones se asocian a problemas de memoria, lenguaje, regulación emocional y hormonal. Durante la niñez los síntomas depresivos tienden a coexistir con síntomas somáticos debido a que, frecuentemente, los pacientes tienen dificultad para expresar sus emociones, por lo que estos síntomas son  motivo de consulta médica. En el presente reporte, se presenta el caso de una adolescente con depresión asociada a galactorrea, pero con prolactina en rangos normales. La galactorrea podría presentarse con hiperprolactinemia, pero también puede ser euprolactinémica aun cuando asociada a eventos estresantes crónicos.
Суспільно-політичні орієнтації вищого римо-католицького духовенства в Галичині на початку ХХ ст.
Authors: Зуляк І. , Кліш А.
Published: October 2021

У статті досліджено суспільно-політичні орієнтації вищого римо-католицького духовенства в Галичині на початку ХХ ст. З’ясовано, що в окреслений час відбулися значні соціальні потрясіння: придушення робітничих демонстрацій у Львові, селянські страйки 1902 р. тощо. Церква не могла залишитися осторонь зазначених подій. Проаналізовано ідею утворення представниками духовенства і світської інтелігенції католицької організації, яка б посилила роль Римо-Католицької Церкви в суспільстві.

Ключові слова: Галичина, Римо-Католицька Церква, вище духовенство християнська демократія, суспільно-християнський рух.
ДИСКУСІЯ ЩОДО ПРОФЕСІЙНОЇ ІДЕНТИЧНОСТІ АРХЕОЛОГА
Authors: Палієнко С. В.
Published: October 2021

У статті йдеться про те, як археологи на пострадянському просторі сприймають власну професійну ідентичність, порівнюються результати, які отримав автор унаслідок опитування співробітників центральних археологічних установ колишнього СРСР, з даними Ю. С. Буйських, що ґрунтуються на відповідях археологів з України.

Ключові слова: антропологія науки, археологічне співтовариство, професійна ідентичність, радянська археологія, субкультура професії.