bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ŠIRINA PROSJEKE ZA PUT NA RAZLIČITIM NAGIBIMA TERENA
Authors: Sokolović Dževada , Pičman Dragutin , Potočnik Igor , Čabaravdić Azra , Bajrić Muhamed
Published: January 2022

UDK 630*38:625.725

Šumski kamionski putevi su saobraćajnice koje trajno otvaraju šumu i pri tome trajno oduzimaju jedan njen dio koji se zove širina prosjeke za put.

Odluka o potrebi gradnje šumskog kamionskog puta donosi se nakon ekonomske analize tzv. ukupnih troškova u koje se ubrajaju brojni faktori, a najznačaniji su troškovi gradnje i održavanja puta sa jedne strane te troškovi transporta drveta sa druge strane. Osim ekonomskog aspekta kod planiranja i gradnje mreže šumskih puteva jednako su važni i tehnički i biološki aspekt. Svaki od navedenih aspekata pojedinačno sa porastom nagiba terena je zahtjevniji i teže rješiv. Zato je naročito na strmijim nagibima terena, teško dati rješenje trase puta koje je u tehničkom smislu najbolje, ekonomski najisplativije i biološki najmanje štetno. Generalno, porastom nagiba terena rastu troškovi gradnje puta, jer je potrebno put zasjecati dublje u samonikli teren kako se ne bi gradili skupi potporni zidovi. Spuštanje nivelete puta u samonikli teren znači istovremeno i povećanje širine prosjeke koja je potrebna radi gradnje puta. U ovom radu analizirano je kako i na koji način se povećanje nagiba terena odražava na povećanje širine prosjeke za put.
NALAZ MIJEŠANE VIRUSNE INFEKCIJE NA CRNOJ ZOVI (SAMBUCUS NIGRA L.)
Authors: Jerković-Mujkić Anesa , Delić Osman , Bešta Renata
Published: January 2022

UDK 582.971.1:630*44(497.6 Sarajevo)

Na brojnim grmovima crne zove (Sambucus nigra L.), koji rastu na području Sarajeva, uočeni su simptomi virusne infekcije. Listovi bolesnih zova pokazivali su uglavnom simptom zelene mreže sa tamnozelenim nervima i svjetlijim interkostalnim područjima, dok je samo jedan grm na listovima imao žute nerve okružene tamnozelenim područjima. U kasnijoj infekciji na lisnoj plojci mogli su se zapaziti nekrotični prstenovi ili nekroze u vidu tačkica promjera 1 – 2 mm.

Iz listova prirodno zaraženih biljaka crne zove istovremeno su izolirana dva virusa: virus uvijenosti lista trešnje (Cherry leaf roll virus - CLRV) i virus šuštavosti duhana (Tobacco rattle virus – TRV). Virusi su identificirani na osnovu reakcije diferencijalnih test biljaka i serološki primjenom ELISA-testa. Simultani napad dvaju virusa je djelovao sinergistički i na biljkama Sambucus nigra L uzrokovao jače simptome nego u pojedinačnoj infekciji CLRV-om ili TRV-om.
DETERMINATION OF VITAMIN C IN SOME BOSNIAN CRATAEGUS L. SPECIES BY SPETROPHOTOMETRIC METHOD
Authors: Tahirović Azra , Čopra – Janićijević Amira , Bašić Neđad , Vidić Danijela , Klepo Lejla , Delić Delila
Published: January 2022

UDK 577.164.2:582.711.714

          535.234:577.164.2

Vitamin C or ascorbic acid content has been determined by spectrophotometric method in fruits of some Bosnian hawthorns (Crataegus L). species. Spectrophotometric method used in this study is based on the kinetic reaction between Vitamin C and methylene blue. Measurements were carried out at absorption maximum, λmax= 665 nm. Titrimetric method was used as the reference method for comparison of the obtained results. We found that the lowest content of vitamin C was

106.12 mg/100 g of a dry sample in fruits of the C. monogyna, and the highest level of Vitamin C was found in the C. microphylla (231.96 mg/100 g of a dry sample) fruits. Recoveries of the results obtained by the spectrophotometric method were 101.4% - 108.0% with relative standard deviation (RSD) values ranging between 0.40% - 3.37%.

Obtained results showed that fruits of studied Crataegus L. species are a good source of vitamin C with its potential to be used in food industry as the natural antioxidant.
THE MORFOMETRICS CHARACTERICS AND CONDITION INDEX OF AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES IN THE NERETVA RIVER BASIN
Authors: Trožić-Borovac Sadbera , Macanović Armin , Škrijelj Rifat
Published: January 2022

UDK 595.384.1:591.134(282.249 Neretva)

Specimens of white-clawed crayfish have been cought during from May to August 2011. The specimens were fished out from the tributaries of the river Neretva: Neretvica, Sistica and Kraljuscica. The study was done on 100 m of waterstream, where an unequal numbers of individuals was determined. 31 individuals was found in river Neretvica, 10 individuals in river Sistica and 4 in river Kraljuscica. Different hydromorphological characteristics of the waterstream have largely contributed to the different population abundance of this crayfish. Morphometric analysis included six parameters: (TL) total length [cm], (W) weight (gr), (ARL) carapace length [cm], (CPW) carapace width [cm], (ROL) rostrum length [cm], (ROW) rostrum width [cm], (CLL) claws length [cm] and (TEL) tail length [cm]. Total body length of the white- clawed crayfish varied from 4.3 to 8. 6cm, while the individual with maximum length was found in river Neretvica. Weight of the individuals varied from 5g to 26g. Weight is the parameter with the highest coefficient of variation where differences in weight were found in the individuals of equal length. According to the shape (length and width) of the rostrum, crayfish from river Neretvica and Kraljuscica had higher similarity than recripocally than with the individuals cought in river Sistica (isosceles triangle). The connection between body length and carapax width had been determined by linear regression, as well as the connection between body length and claws length. Condition index values are higher in males than in females and the male domination was express in all three watercourses, as well as in the overall sample (28males and 17 females).
ESTIMATION OF WOOD PRODUCTION SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION IN THE HIGH FOREST ON IGMAN MOUNTAIN
Authors: Čabaravdić Azra , Balić Besim , Osmanović Merisa , Avdagić Admir
Published: January 2022

UDK: 630*52/*56:528.8(234.422 Igman)

Information about quantitative and qualitative forest attributes are the base for successful forest planning and management. Forest inventories collect number of data used for different estimations from large (management unit level) to small (forest stand) scales. Then, control sampling has to be done in order to confirm regularity of terrestrial work. Such sample becomes data source too.  Recent approach for forest characterization includes all available information as sources for additional non-standard insight. Here were used available data about wood volume and increment from control sample for high forest on mountain Igman. Also, recent Landsat TM image from vegetation period was available and used in this research. Here is applied k nearest neighbor’s estimation method. Five nearest neighbors and Euclidian distance is chosen for estimation and mapping. Biases for all forest attributes were non-significant. Obtain results show non significant differences between means and observed and estimated distributions of wood volume and increment. It is estimated higher mean wood volume and increment of broadleaves while means for conifers and totals are lower. That higher wood volume and increment is estimated in all diameter classes for broadleaves while lower quantities are estimated for conifers. Spatial mapping presents distribution of wood volume and increment respecting variability of vegetation in high forest on Igman.
COMPARISON OF POLYPHENOL CONTENT AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF EXTRACTS FROM FRUITS OF TWO CRATAEGUS SPECIES
Authors: Tahirović Azra , Bašić Neđad , Hubijar Irma , Šito Sanela , Čabaravdić Azra
Published: January 2022

UDK: 547.56:582.711.714(234.422 Trebević)

Methanolic and acidified methanolic extracts of C. monogyna and C. rhipidophylla dried fruits were used in estimation of total phenolic contents and antioxidant activities. The extracts of fruit were examined for their antioxidant activity by DPPH method. Antioxidant activity of the extracts varied from 17.65 to 22.05 mg ascorbic acid equivalents per g-1 dry weight. Total phenols, flavonoids, monomeric anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins in fruits ranged from 21.53 to 34.72 mg gallic acid equivalents per g-1 dry weight, 0.75 to 1.92 mg rutin equivalents and 0.13-0.93 mg quercetin equivalents per g-1 dry weight, 0.51 to 0.82 mg cyanidin-3- glucoside equivalents per g-1 dry weight, 11.27-18.77 mg cyanidin chloride equivalents per g-1 dry weight respectively. The higher values of total flavonoids generally are obtained with 80% methanol extracts for both species.

The amounts of all investigated compounds and antioxidant activity were significantly higher in C. monogyna fruits which were confirmed by one-way ANOVA analysis.  Correlations between antioxidant activity and total phenols and proanthocyanidin contents were found as the main compounds influencing the antioxidant capacity of the samples. Obtained results suggest that both species represent valuable source of antioxidant compounds.
DIVERSITY AND AUTECOLOGY OF WOOD ANTS IN CENTRAL BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (FORMICIDAE: FORMICA S. STR.)
Authors: Vesnić Adi , Škrijelj Rifat , Trožić-Borovac Sadbera
Published: January 2022

UDK: 595.796(497.6)

In this paper new data on diversity of wood ants in Bosnia and Herzegovina arepresented. First record of Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804 from Duboštica isreported for Bosnia and Herzegovina. With this new finding total number of speciesfrom subgenus Formica s. str. known in Bosnia and Herzegovina is raised on five.Analysis of wood ants in central Bosnia indicated presence of Formica rufa Linnaeus,1761 on mountains Trebevic, Ozren, Perun while Formica polyctena Förster, 1850was collected only on Mt. Čemerska.Morphometrical and ethological intermediary indicate different Formica rufaphenotypes or hybrid Formica rufa x polyctena in investigated area. Polydomy wasobserved in Formica polyctena and F. rufa. On the mountain Perun 30 colonies ofFormica rufa in one kilometer transect were found, which represents the highestknown density in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY AND PHENOLIC CONTENT OF FRAXINUS ORNUS L. AND FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA MARSCH. LEAVES AND BARK EXTRACTS
Authors: Tahirović Azra , Bašić Neđad , Avdibegović Selma
Published: January 2022

UDK: 582.916.16:547.56

            547.56:543.42

Total contents of phenols, flavonoids, phenolic acids and proanthocyanidins have been determined in methanolic extracts of Fraxinus ornus L. and Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsch. leaves and branches bark.  DPPH and FRAP assay were used in the determination of antioxidant capacity. F. ornus leaves had higher contents of flavonoids (13.08 mg RE g-1 DW) and proanthocyanidins (7.29 mg LCE g-1 DW) while the bark had higher contents of phenols (56.47 mg GAE g-1 DW), phenolic acids (14.32 mg CAE g-1 DW) and coumarins (94.81 mg CE g-1 DW). F. pennsylvanica leaves were richer in contents of phenols (25.73 mg GQE g-1 DW), flavonoids (2.87 mg CE g-1 DW and 5.13 mg RE g-1 DW), phenolic acids (14.60 mg CAE g-1 DW) and coumarins (20.01 mg CE g-1 DW) while the bark had more proanthocyanidins (6.88 mg CE g-1 DW). F. ornus leaves had lower contents of phenolic acids (11.09 mg CAE g-1 DW) than F. pennsylvanica leaves. Also, F. pennsylvanica bark had higher contents of flavonoids (1.25 mg RE g-1 DW) and proanthocyanidins (6.88 mg CE g-1 DW) than F. ornus bark. Antioxidant capacity for both species was higher for the leaves than the bark. Generally, F. ornus had better antioxidant capacity than F. pennsylvanica. Very high correlations were found between antioxidant capacity and phenols (r2= 0.9361-0.9805), flavonoids (r2= 0.9358-0.9876) and coumarins (r2= 0.9661-0.9938) in leaves. In bark, correlations were found for phenols (r2= 0.9744-0.9796) and coumarins (r2= 0.9757-0.9911).
Agenda 2030 e Desenvolvimento Sustentável: avanços e desafios da Educação Superior no Brasil
Authors: Meneghel Stela Maria , Filisbino Fabrício , Argôllo Ana Cristina Adry Moura de
Published: January 2022

Este artigo analisa indicadores da Educação Superior (ES) do Brasil, um dos países mais desiguais do mundo, em sua possibilidade de contribuir com a Agenda 2030. A análise, de cunho bibliográfico e documental, considera a expansão de matrículas focando: o acesso da população baixa renda; a diversidade racial; e o acesso do estudante com deficiência. Os dados mostram que, apesar do crescimento do setor privado-mercantil, políticas de ação afirmativa (PAA) geraram avanços significativos, revelando a importância de diretrizes ODS para manutenção e aperfeiçoamento de políticas públicas de ES voltadas à inclusão e redução da desigualdade.
Güçlendirme ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Rolleri İkileminde Kadın Girişimciliği
Authors: KALFA TOPATEŞ Aslıcan , TOPATEŞ Hakan , KIDAK Erkan
Published: January 2022

1970’li yıllardan itibaren sosyal refah devleti uygulamalarının terk edilmesi ve işçi-işveren-devlet arasındaki konsensüsün ekonomi-politik olarak dönüşmesiyle birlikte yoksulluk ve işsizlik oranlarında ciddi artışlar yaşanmıştır. Akışkan küresel sermayeye ucuz işgücü sağlayan neoliberal politikalar, emeğin feminizasyonuna ve kadın yoksulluğunun derinleşmesine yol açmıştır. Bu kaotik çerçevede kadınların karşı karşıya kaldıkları ekonomik ve sosyal sorunlara yönelik farklı kalkınma yaklaşımları ortaya çıkmıştır. Kadınların girişimci statüsünde istihdama dâhil olmasına yönelik geliştirilen ulusal ve uluslararası düzeydeki programlarda güçlendirme yaklaşımı ön planda yer almaya başlamıştır. Bu noktada güçlendirme yaklaşımı ile girişimcilik olgusu arasında bir kesişimsellik oluşmuştur. Öte yandan ataerkil kapitalist sisteme içkin olan toplumsal cinsiyet rolleri çerçevesinde eril bir anlam atfedilen girişimcilik, kadın yoksulluğunun önlenmesinde bir sosyal politika aracı olarak görülmüştür. Ancak kadınların piyasalardan kaynaklanan risklere karşı sorumluluk alarak kendi hesabına çalışmaları veya işveren olabilmeleri, bütünsel ve kapsayıcı bir sosyal politika uygulamasından ziyade bireysel/geçici/tikel bir çözüm niteliğinde görülebilir. Güçlendirme olgusu bağlamında bu çözümler kadınları bireysel düzeyde özgürleştirebilse de ataerkil kapitalizmin yapısal koşullarının yeniden üretiminin engellenmesi mümkün görünmemektedir. Oysakikadınların toplumsal özgürleşmesi, sosyal refah devleti uygulamalarıyla toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği perspektifinin bütünleşeceği bir sosyal politika yaklaşımı üzerinden gerçekleştirilebilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı da, emek sürecinde toplumsal cinsiyet, güçlendirme ve girişimcilik ilişkiselliğini ilgili literatürden hareketle kesişimsel bir perspektifle analiz etmektir.
Does Learning Multidisciplinary Field of Biomedical Engineering Help Pandemic of COVID-19?
Authors: Hashimoto Shigehiro
Published: January 2022

The global community has accelerated the spread of the virus. Medicine alone cannot solve the pandemic. The change of the lifestyle by new technology helps to coexist with viruses. The academic field has been divided into each specialized field. The modern communication tools (internet, and database), on the other hand, promote multidisciplinary academic fields. The multidisciplinary field is not just a collection of fields, but a fusion among fields. Many problems in global society cannot be solved by a single disciplinarian. The global society is waiting for a multi-disciplinarian. For students, it is not easy to find the way to learn a multidisciplinary field: the curriculum, the textbook, the learning team, and the teacher (the adviser). "Biomedical Engineering" is one of the multidisciplinary fields. It has many related fields: biology, medicine, informatics, and engineering. The topic includes case studies related to COVID-19 (education for the undergraduate and the graduate courses) based on the author's experiences: from cross cultural to symbiosis.
Discovering Patterns across Disciplines: Cybernetics, Existentialism and Contemporary Arts
Authors: Dixon Steve
Published: January 2022

Gregory Bateson observed that cybernetics is not essentially about "exchanging information across lines of discipline, but in discovering patterns common to many disciplines". This paper adopts his line of thought to join the dots between cybernetics and the philosophy of Existentialism, and then interconnect both with contemporary art. It demonstrates that while terminologies may differ, many of the three fields' primary concerns closely cohere. The world's most ground-breaking artists are found to apply and fuse cybernetic paradigms and Existentialist themes, from Robert Rauschenberg and Marina Abramović to Damien Hirst, Stelarc and Anish Kapoor. The research offers the first detailed comparison between cybernetics and Existentialism, and reveals surprising commonalities. Feedback loops, circular causality and negative entropy are not only central tenets of cybernetics, but also of Existentialism. Autonomy, autopoiesis and interactivity equally unite both fields, and each is visionary and forward looking in seeking radical change and transformations. Both explored artistic endeavours, with Existentialists Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus equally renowned for their powerful novels and plays as their philosophical works, while cybernetic art became a major phenomenon in the 1960s following the landmark exhibition Cybernetic Serendipity: the Computer in the Arts (1968), and influenced artistic practices thereafter.
Improving Life' as a North Star for Research
Authors: Langness Teresa H.
Published: January 2022

This paper evaluates the impact of research centered on enhancing the quality of life. It presents examples of research in which the essential question, pivoting around altruistic possibilities, set in motion long-term outcomes that extended beyond the life of the project. The examples listed occur across the disciplines, in engineering, science, social science, social action research, education, and communications technologies. The human processes that redounded to human progress pointed to the concept that research may matter most when it sustains life, improves the quality of life or otherwise enhances the cohesion and destiny of humans and other species, and that continually holding this as an ideal has the potential to shape the researcher, the research field, and human progress itself. Findings include the long-term outcomes accrued during and beyond the lifetime of the researchers involved. Conclusions are reinforced by transdisciplinary trends inaugurated as the result of research.
Municipal Solid Waste Management in South Assam: Current trend, Scope and challenges for growing Mini City Silchar, Assam, India.
Authors: Moharana Choudhury  , Joystu Dutta  , Hari Shankar Prasad Tonde
Published: January 2022

Municipal solid waste management is a humongous problem for majority of developing countries across the world. Spontaneous commercial, residential and infrastructural development due to population explosion has caused negative impacts on the inhabiting environment. Unplanned townscapes and lack of proper scientific and technical expertise in MSW management has complicated the problems further. In the current paper, we tried to investigate the root cause of such common urban problems considering Silchar Mini City as one of the fastest growing population hubs in south Assam. The population of the city is nearly two lakhs according to the census of 2011, thus generating around 85 MT (metric ton) of Municipal waste every day which consists of house hold waste (50%), market waste (39%), street waste (6%), and other commercial wastes including the E-waste in total (5%). The per capita rate of waste generation is 240-250 gram per day on average. The current study assesses the present trends, scopes and the way forward in sustainable municipal solid waste management in coming times in Silchar City. Such studies should also be undertaken for rapidly developing cities across India to generate a database of city wise waste generation across the country. This would also provide a roadmap for the techniques adopted in sustainable management of the waste.
A CONTABILIDADE GERENCIAL NA GESTÃO DE EMPRESAS DURANTE A PANDEMIA DA COVID-19
Authors: Mysla Lígia Jácome Pessoa  , Sérgio Luiz Pedrosa Silva  , Silva Jandeson Dantas da Silva , Santos Andressa Ruth Sousa
Published: January 2022

A pesquisa teve como o objetivo analisar o papel da contabilidade gerencial como suporte para as empresas nas suas tomadas de decisões durante a pandemia da COVID-19, na visão dos contadores. O estudo desenvolveu-se através de uma pesquisa qualitativa, tendo como ferramenta de coleta de dados, entrevistas aplicadas em escritórios de contabilidade na cidade de Mossoró-RN. Como resultados, constatou-se que as medidas mais utilizadas pelas empresas foram o home office, as vendas on-line e o delivery, destacando-se como ferramentas também utilizadas em outros países. Evidenciou-se que durante a pandemia, os empresários aumentaram a busca por relatórios gerenciais (controle de gastos, custos, tributário), destacando-se o fluxo de caixa e o planejamento tributário, o primeiro para controlar o fluxo financeiro e o segundo para usufruir das legislações editadas pelo governo para amenizar a crise. Relatou-se ainda as dificuldades dos usuários em entender os demonstrativos contábeis, tendo os setores de serviços como o mais afetado pelas restrições do comércio, destacando-se bares, restaurantes e entretenimentos. Como contribuição obteve-se através desse estudo um olhar dos contadores, de como desenvolveram-se suas atividades e os serviços prestados as empresas durante a pandemia.
The Graves of Maeotian Horsemen with Dogs from the Prikubansky Burial Ground
Authors:   Kuban State University, Limberis Natalia , Marchenko Ivan ,   Kuban State University
Published: January 2022

31 horsemen burials were excavated at the Prikubansky burial ground in 1998—2001, among which 10 burials with dogs stand out. These burials date from different quarters of the 4 th century BC, as suggested by the amphorae and black-glazed vessels. The position of the horse in the burial is to the right or to the left of the person. Archaeozoological study of bone remains made it possible to establish that the Maeotian riders used mainly medium-sized horses, 137—147 cm high at the withers. Their age ranges from 2 to 20 years. The dogs were laid at the legs or at the belly of the horse. In most cases, cow bones were found next to the skeleton of the dog. The age of dogs is determined mainly by 2 years. Various grave goods, including rich sets of horse bridles and weapons, testifies to the belonging of the burials from the Prikubansky burial ground to the elite group of Maeotian horsemen. The burial rite of a horse and a dog, together with a person, originated in the Early Maeotian time and became widespread in the 4 th century BC, but practically disappears afterwards.
To the Study of the Pazyryk Culture Elements in the Kazakh Altay Based on the Data of Interdisciplinary Research
Authors:   Satbayev Institute of Geological Sciences, Nigmatova Saida , Jumabekova Gulnara ,   Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Margulan, Altynbekova Elina ,   Magister of Art. Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Khasenova Bakhyt ,   L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Bazarbayeva Galiya ,   Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Margulan,   Al Farabi Kazakh National University
Published: January 2022

The article presents the outcomes of the multidisciplinary research on the Berel kurgan no. 11 (4th—3rd centuries BC). Thanks to the permafrost lens, horse remains and organic objects were kept in the mound in perfect condition, which enabled the researchers to carry out a number of specific studies, including the palynological study of the contents of digestive tracts of 7 horses. General results of the implemented paleozoological studies of horse remains are described in the paper as well as decoration of the animals. The palynological analysis of the horse digestive tracts led to identification of 2 types of palynocomplexes: 1 — characterized by high pollen content of ligneous and early flowering herbaceous plants, sporadic fern and ground-pines; 2 — has a rich pollen composition made of herbaceous plants, common for steppe piedmonts of the Altay. These palynocomplex features might pertain to differences in the mountain pastures conditioned by the vertical zonality. Comparison of flowering dates of pollen-defined plants allowed suggesting the burial’s probable season. In the course of the burial, the horse bodies were covered with birch bark and branches of prairieweed, which could serve the purpose of sealing and embalming the objects and, hence, indicate the fact that ancient nomads were familiar with the aseptic and tanning properties of the plants. In general, horses were selected according to certain criteria for the accompanying burial, which is consistent with obtained results of the present palynological and palaeozoological studies.
Western Kazakhstan Population in the Early Iron Age Based on Human Skeletal Remains from the Kos-Oba Cemetery
Authors:   N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kitov Egor , Karapetian Marina ,   Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology named after D.N. Anuchin,   Lomonosov Moscow State University
Published: January 2022

The article examines anthropological materials from the Kos-Oba cemetery of the Savromat-Sarmatian period based on craniometric and paleopathological data from the region located between the Ural and Volga rivers in Western Kazakhstan. The results of craniometric analysis are indicative of the continuity of the population from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD, as well as the physical resemblance between the people from Kos-Oba and those inhabiting the UralRiver basin. Paleopathological data also indicate that this sample does not stand out in frequencies of traumas and pathologies from the early nomad groups of the Volga-Ural region and Western Kazakhstan. One of the skulls has a trephine opening, possibly performed with medical purposes or representing a result of ritual manipulation. This study shows that the Kos-Oba cemetery can be reviewed as a part of the large Savromat-Sarmatian site systems, which are present not only in the UralRiver basin and the Ustyurt, but also in the Southern Urals, Northern Aral and Northern Caspian region.
New Late-Scythian Necropolis Tanageldy in the Piedmont Crimea
Authors:   Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve “Scythian Neapolis”, Zaytsev Yuriy , Shkribliak Iryna ,   Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve “Scythian Neapolis”, Bezborodykh Vitaly ,   Belgorod Archaeological Expertise LLC
Published: January 2022

This is the first publication of the archaeological material obtained from the research of the necropolis Tanageldy of 2nd—1st centuries BC in the Piedmont Crimea. The expedition of the Scythian Neapolis Museum-Reserve in 2017 explored 3 collective ground crypts on the necropolis’s territory which belongs to a large settlement complex of ancient times in the city of Kara-Tau. Observations obtained in the course of a detailed anthropological analysis of the buried are curious. Mainly young women, adolescents and children were buried in the underground crypts, the bones of many of them reflect the consequences of routine hard physical labor. This phenomenon can be associated with the developed terraced farming, traces of which were found on the territory of the settlement complex. In one of the crypts, a skull of a man was discovered, with traces of three surgical interventions and separated from the body in ancient times.
Manor of the Early Scythian Time from the Western Bilsk Fortified Settlement
Authors:   Museum of Archeology of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Shramko Iryna , Snitko Iryna ,   Kharkiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Zadnikov Stanislav ,   V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Malyarevskaya Oleksandra ,   Kharkiv National University of Construction and Architecture
Published: January 2022

The article considers one of the aspects of adaptation of the population to the natural conditions and landscape of the developed territory of the left-bank forest-steppe, taking into account social and household needs and occupations. For the first time ever, a comprehensive study of the available materials from the excavation of ashhill 28 from the Western Bilsk fortified settlement and application of layout and spatial modeling method have offered various options for the scientific reconstruction of a dugout as a residential center of sedentary population. The volumetric-spatial construction of a residential building is based on planigraphic, stratigraphic observations, and the conclusions of researchers about the climatic, topographic features of the microregion. The manor existed in the first quarter of the 6 th century BC.
Non-standard Dead Body Positioning in the Middle Sarmatian Grave from Kovalevka Burial Ground: Is it by Accident or Ritual?
Authors:   Volgograd State University, Pererva Evgeniy , Moiseev Vladimir ,   Volgograd State University, Kharlamova Irina ,   Volgograd Institute of Management — Branch of Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Published: January 2022

Thе paper examines an individual burial of the Middle Sarmatian period discovered in mound 23, Kovalevka burial ground, Volgograd region, Russia. To study the materials the authors applied mathematical, archeological and anthropological methods, which allowed to attempt an interpretation of the specific burial posture of the individual. It was determined that there are no traces of intentional homicide of the individual and no signs of artificial devices ensuring that the body took a specific posture. So, it was concluded that at the time of the burial process, the person inside the grave chamber was alive and the sitting position was taken unconsciously in a “forced” manner, i. e. to facilitate breathing. Death was caused by asphyxiation in a confined space. The implementation of this burial or ritual had a religious and symbolic meaning and was dictated by the ethno-political situation and the traditions of the nomadic society.
On the History of the Reign of Rhadamsades
Authors:   N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Choref Michael
Published: January 2022

Rhadamsades is known for coins and two laconic inscriptions. It is still discussed whether he can be identified as Rausimodus, who by Zosimus’s account, led the barbarians, who were defeated by the Romans, in the battles on the Danube. We believe that Rhadamsades was Tiberius Julius, the son-in-law and heir of Theothorses, and, therefore, the legitimate king of Bosporus. Moreover, he ruled this state together with Rhescuporis V, apparently his younger relative, most likely his brother. The residence of these sovereigns was in the eastern part of Bosporus. They were loyal to the emperors. Rhadamsades could not be the leader of the barbarians who attacked the Romans on the Danube.
Barracks of the Roman Garrison in Olbia
Authors:   National historical-archaeological reserve “Olbia”, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kozlenko Roman
Published: January 2022

The author has identified some new locations of the Roman garrison within previously known architectural objects, based on the mappings of the finds associated with the Roman troops. These are seven barracks (contubernia) adjoining the defensive wall and tower in the Lower City of Olbia, which were studied in 1930s. In a lateral premise, which should belong to the Roman officer according to the Roman military planning, a few marble bases of the internal columns were found, with the name of the centurion M. Emilius Severinus of the legio I Italica. The layout of the architectural complex located to the south of the barracks resembles some administrative buildings of the Roman camps like a principia — the officers’ house, which consisted of a number of rooms located along the perimeter around the courtyard: with a separate kitchen, a dining room, a central sanctuary room (aedes principiorum), where legionary signs (signa militaria) were stored, altars, and statues of deities and emperors. This can be evidenced by the architectural details found during the excavations, terracotta in the form of eagles and Roman soldiers, Roman weapons and equipment. A similar arrangement of barracks in Olbia is known on the citadel, under the northern defensive wall. The problem of interpretation of the praetorium building in Olbia is also considered, some quarters of which could serve as Roman barracks. The construction of the barrack blocks and headquarters buildings can be attributed to the second half of the II century AD — the time when a regular Roman garrison appeared in Olbia.
Food Systems in Conflict and Peacebuilding Settings: Ways Forward
Authors: Tschunkert Kristina , Delgado Caroline
Published: January 2022

As of September 2021, 161 million people were estimated to be acutely food insecure. Most of these people live in countries where violent conflict is the main driver of hunger. Conflict has a direct negative impact on food systems and resultant levels of food security. This paper is the third and final paper of a series that aims to emphasize the urgency of addressing the relationship between conflict and food insecurity. This paper explores the opportunities for breaking the pathways between food insecurity and violent conflict, which were set out and contextualized in the preceding two papers. Equitable and sustainable food systems have the power to foster peace. The paper argues that for food system transformation and food security activities in conflict and peacebuilding settings to create conditions conducive to peace, it is important to apply a peacebuilding lens to food security interventions and a food security lens to peacebuilding efforts. An approach that integrates humanitarian, development and peacebuilding objectives is needed to break the pathways between food insecurity and conflict. The paper ends with four recommendations for humanitarian, development and peacebuilding actors that seek to provide guidance for measures that can be taken to advance such an integrated approach.
What matters for patients’ experiences with primary care? A study of variation in patient reported experience measures with regard to structural and organisational characteristics of primary care centres in a Swedish region.
Authors: Glenngård Anna Häger
Published: January 2022

Previous research on variation in patient reported experience measures (PREMs) suggest that it is important to be cautious when using comparative information about patients’ experiences, collected via patient surveys, to assess provider performance. Not all factors associated with variation in PREMs are related to factors that providers themselves can control. This study explores if structural characteristics of primary care practices (PCCs), that are difficult to control, and the way that providers manage and organise their work matter for patients’ experiences with care. The purpose was to analyse variation in PREMs at the PCC level in Swedish primary care, with regard to structural characteristics of PCCs, including patient mix, and variables representing how providers organise and manage their work. Since the choice reform in 2007-2010, there is a mix of public and private providers, all with public funding and operating under the same overall requirements. The analysis is based on data from a national patient survey in primary care and registry data from a large Swedish region. OLS regression analysis was used to study variation in seven PREM-dimensions in regards to variables representing structural and organisational characteristics and processes of work at PCCs, covering the years 2018-2019 (N=281 PCC year observations). The results imply that variables that can be changed by providers themselves matter more for patients’ experiences with care than factors that providers cannot control. The most significant associations were found between PREMs and proportion and continuity of GP visits and adherence to clinical guidelines regarding treatment of risk groups. However, it is a challenge for providers to offer a high proportion of visits with GPs and good continuity due to a persisting shortage of GPs in Sweden. Recent policy initiatives have been introduced in this area. From a policy perspective, variation in patients’ experiences with regard to socioeconomic conditions is also a concern.
Published: Online August 2021
An Immersive Approach based on Two Levels of Interaction for Exploring Multiple Coordinated 3D Views
Authors: Quijano-Chavez Carlos , Nedel Luciana , Freitas Carla M. D. S.
Published: January 2022

The interaction with multiple 3D visualizations in 2D conventional displays lacks usability and does not guarantee the usefulness the extra dimension provides. Immersive visualization techniques can potentially fulfill these gaps by providing 3D visualizations and novel 3D interactions simultaneously. In this paper, we propose a new approach for interacting with composite and multiple coordinated visualizations in immersive virtual environments. We use a 3D-WIMP-like concept, i.e., virtual cubes (Spaces), for encapsulating views, which the user can freely control in the virtual environment. We compared our approach with a desktop version to evaluate its performance when dealing with composed tasks.
"Ist nicht der Russe der menschlichste Mensch?"
Authors: Eschenburg Barbara
Published: January 2022

"Is not the Russian the most human of men?" is the question Thomas Mann asks in his controversial essay "Betrachtungen eines Unpolitischen". At this point, it serves to polarize against France in order to present "the Russian" as a model of humanity by contrast. But it also invokes an image of humanity that goes beyond its temporal context, accompanying Thomas Mann's work up to "Doktor Faustus" and informed in particular by his view of two Russian writers: Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Among other aspects, it is Dostoevsky's ideas of responsibility and Tolstoy's social revolutionary ideas that play a prominent role in shaping Mann's development from an individualistic concept of humanity towards a social humanism. In her book, Barbara Eschenburg finds points of contact between selected works by Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky and Thomas Mann's novels and essays – from "Der Zauberberg" to "Joseph und seine Brüder" and "Doktor Faustus".
COVID-19 and the Dynamic Role of Telemedicine
Authors: Koehler Grace , F. El-Amin III Saadiq , Gupta Ashim
Published: January 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic brought never before seen changes in the use of telemedicine in healthcare. With a contagious and unfamiliar virus spreading worldwide, patients and physicians began to utilize contactless options of communication like telephone calls and video visits out of necessity. Prior to March 2020, telemedicine was in use, but on a markedly smaller and limited scale. As 2020 progressed, the use of telemedicine rapidly expanded, especially in the United States, presenting both positive aspects like safety and convenience as well as negative aspects like loss of patient physical contact/exam and concern for new socioeconomic inequities. The adaptation of greater telehealth use in primary care specifically appears to hold potential for long term sustainability and use with patients experiencing new ways to interact with the healthcare system. Going forward, addressing such challenges as payment models and quantifying patient long term outcomes are important to the viability of telemedicine. The future of telemedicine will certainly cause dynamic changes in healthcare far outlasting the pandemic, both for patient and provider.
Alternative Denture Base Materials for Allergic Patients
Authors: Cosmina Ardelean Lavinia , Rusu Laura-Cristina , Victoria Tigmeanu Codruta
Published: January 2022

Traditionally, a denture base is manufactured using a heat-cured acrylic resin. This type of resin was first used in dental labs in 1936, being a great step forward. Because of the many disadvantages as increased porosity, high water sorption, polymerization shrinkage, allergenic potential and citotoxicity due to the residual monomer, awkward flasking and packaging, and difficult processing, alternatives were continuously searched. Monomer-free and high-impact acrylics were developed, and gold plating of the denture base was experienced, in order to provide an alternative to allergic patients. Once polymers developed, new types of resins, such as polyamides (nylon), acetal, epoxy resins, styrene, polycarbonate, vinyl, urethane, polyether ether ketone (PEEK), became available on the dental market, accompanied by modern technologies, such as injection. CAD/CAM milled and 3D printed denture bases represent the present state of the art in this domain. Our chapter aims to present these alternative materials, which are safe to use in cases of allergic patients and guarantee a healthy oral environment and a high degree of comfort.
A Note from Joseph Meaney on Fifty Years of the NCBC
Authors: Meaney Joseph ,   The National Catholic Bioethics Center
Published: January 2022

This article is taken from a letter written by Dr. Joseph Meaney, president of the National Catholic Bioethics Center regarding the fiftieth anniversary of the Center’s founding. It discusses several issues in medical and scientific advancement, as well as their moral implications.
Legal protection of users of financial services in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Authors: Vojinović Nikolina
Published: January 2022

In recent years, the financial market of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been characterized by the expansion of financial services, especially retail lending services, which are offered by various methods and channels of advertising, and in most cases do not comply with regulations governing this area. This paper analyzes the financial market of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with special reference to legal regulations that should be in the function of protecting users of financial services. The financial market is innovative, it has a significant range of financial services, which brings numerous advantages and benefits, but at the same time carries hidden risks for users who, in the long run, become dependent and unprotected from the influence of financial institutions. The aim of this paper is to point out the most common problems faced by users of financial services in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the instruments of legal protection, because there is a huge gap between the declared conditions of use of financial services and realistically achievable rights of users in practice. Today, there are legal solutions regulating relations in the financial sector, but they have been adopted with a delay, thus there is a violation of the basic rights of users of financial services, and monopolistic, we can even say legally unfounded behavior of financial institutions, based on their power and inconsistency in the implementation of legal norms in practice and by authorized state institutions.
Žene poduzetnice u turizmu Republike Hrvatske: izazovi i prilike
Authors: Alkier Romina
Published: January 2022

U radu se analizira pozicija žena poduzetnica u turizmu, identificiraju motivi ulaska žena u poduzetništvo, kao i izazovi i ograničenja s kojima se suočavaju pri pokretanju posla i tijekom samog poslovanja. Hrvatska ima dugu tradiciju turizma, a upravo kroz turistički sektor ženama se nude velike mogućnosti kreiranja i realizacije poduzetničkih ideja. Spajanjem znanja i vještina u turizmu sa sposobnostima realizacije poslovnih ideja i kreativnog promišljanja kroz poduzetničke aktivnosti, žensko poduzetništvo omogućava ženama kreiranje radnih mjesta i postizanje financijske neovisnosti. Turizam ima nesagledivu sposobnost djelovanja ka uspostavi društva jednakih mogućnosti. Analiza se temelji na dosadašnjim istraživanjima i pokazateljima poslovanja poduzeća u vlasništvu žena u turističkom sektoru u Republici Hrvatskoj. Rezultati istraživanja ukazuju na disproporciju udjela žena u poduzetništvu u turizmu u odnosu na ukupan broj zaposlenih žena u hrvatskom turizmu, te na manju rodnu neravnotežu u poduzetništvu u turističkom sektoru u odnosu na ukupno gospodarstvo.
Investigation of the relationship between creativity of preschool children and reflective thinking tendencies of teachers
Authors: Yildiz Cicekler , Aral Neriman
Published: January 2022

The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between preschool teachers' reflective thinking tendencies and children's creativity. The study is in general screening model and was conducted with preschool teachers, and normally developing children attending kindergarten, primary school and secondary school in Konya city center in the 2020-2021 academic year. Points of continuous and purposeful thinking, open-mindedness, inquisitive and effective teaching, teaching responsibility and scientificity, being inquisitory, prescient and sincere, profession overview, which are the sub-dimensions of the reflective thinking tendency of teachers scale, were found to differ significantly. Points of continuous and purposeful thinking, open-mindedness, inquisitive and effective teaching, teaching responsibility and scientificity, being inquisitory, prescient and sincere, profession overview, which are the sub-dimensions of the reflective thinking tendency of teachers scale, were found to differ significantly according to professional seniority. When the relationship between pre-school teachers' reflective thinking tendencies and children's creativity was examined in the study, a negative and significant relationship was found between open-mindedness, inquisitive and effective teaching, teaching responsibility and scientificity, being prescient and sincere, profession overview, which are the sub-dimensions of the reflective thinking tendency, and fluency and originality, which are the sub-dimensions of creativity.
The effects of creative writing activities on narrative text writing skills and advanced reading awareness
Authors: Eser Rabia , Ayaz Hayrettin
Published: January 2022

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of creative writing exercises on narrative text writing skills and advanced reading awareness. To do that one of the mixed research designs, "exploratory sequential design" was used. The quantitative part of the study, in which a pretest post-test research design was used, consisted of 66 7th grade students of a secondary school in the city center of Elazig. The participants were divided into two groups: The Experimental Group (N=35), and the Control Group (N=31). In addition, 15 participants in the Experimental Group took part in the qualitative part. The data were obtained through the Narrative Text Writing Skills Rubric, Advanced Reading Awareness Scale, and Semi-Structured Interview Guide for Creative Writing Studies. The descriptive statistics, Independent Groups t-test, dependent groups t-test, Two-Way Variance Analysis for Mixed Measurements and Wilcoxon Signed Sequences Test were used in the analysis of quantitative data. The qualitative data were analyzed with the Content Analysis. The results of the quantitative data showed that the narrative text writing skills of the Experimental Group were statistically and significantly higher the Control Group. Furthermore, it was found that the advanced reading awareness levels of the Experimental Group increased more than the Control Group; however, this increase was not statistically significant. In addition, participans stated in the interviews that their narrative text writing skills improved, they gained courage and positive attitude towards writing, they formed a reading habit, they preferred books with events, their imagination developed, they gained the power to share and express. In sum, it was concluded that creative writing activities significantly improved narrative writing skills and improved to some extent advanced reading awaraness though a statistical significane was not found.