bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Use of UNO Card Game in Learning Arabic and Its Influence on Students' Ability in fahm al-Maqru'
Authors: Nurhalimah Siti , Ahmad Hishomudin
Published: June 2023

This research is based on the problems of students learning Arabic. Some students do not pay much attention to the subject matter delivered by the teacher, and they do not understand the Arabic text they read. This leads to their low Arabic language skills. Looking at student learning outcomes, only 30% get scores above the Minimum Completeness Criteria (KKM), and 70% do not reach the predetermined KKM limit. Based on the results of observations made by researchers in the field, namely Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Az Zahra Bandung, Arabic learning media used by teachers is still not adequate, especially in improving the ability of fahm al-maqru' students. This study aimed to determine the effect of using UNO card game learning media on the ability of fahm al-maqru’ students. The method used in this study is quasi-experimental. The approach used is quantitative. Observation, interviews, and tests were carried out as the data collection method in this study. As for processing research data, researchers used SPSS V. 22. The result of this study was that the student fahm al-maqru's ability score before using UNO card game media reached an average score of 65.5, and after using the media, the average value of students' fahm al-maqru’ ability reached 83.5. Thus, it can be concluded that using UNO card game media affects the ability of fahm al-maqru' students.
Institutional, Nurses’ and Patients’ Spiritual Imaginaries Compared
Authors: Di Placido Matteo , Palmisano Stefania , Timmins Fiona
Published: June 2023

In this article we seek to compare institutional, professional (largely nurses’) and patients’ perspectives on spirituality with the aim of contributing to two different, albeit potentially overlapping, strands of research, namely, the study of the governance of religious diversity and the inclusion of spiritual interventions in hospital settings, using data collected in the research project RESPIRO (breath) (2019–2022). Importantly, in this article we rely on the toolkit of the sociological trade to explore what we can learn about religion and spirituality by studying hospitals, building on the working hypothesis that the practical and discursive universe of ‘health’ and ‘salvation’, the two most valued symbolic resources of the medical and the religious/spiritual fields respectively, are inherently interrelated. In so doing, we reconstruct the “spiritual imaginaries” surrounding institutional, nurses’ and patients’ perspectives on spirituality in hospital, a previously unexplored subject. These three spiritual imaginaries are the expression of hospital management’s, nurses’ and patients’ respective positioning in the broader field of religion and spirituality in healthcare; that is, they voice different instances of what is considered the legitimate representation of religion and spirituality within healthcare institutions and care practices.
Zasady odpowiedzialności za szkodę wyrządzoną przez obiekt kosmiczny wyniesiony przez Rzeczpospolitą Polską w przestrzeń kosmiczną
Authors:   Uniwersytet Opolski, Szewczyk Paweł
Published: June 2023

According to the Convention on International Liability for Space Damage, drawn up in Moscow, London and Washington on 29 March 1972 in the event of damage being caused elsewhere than on the surface of the Earth to a space object by a space object of another launching State, the latter shall be liable only if the damage is due to its fault or the fault of persons for whom it is responsible. Therefore, every state is liable on the basis of the fault for damages which were caused by a space object dispatched from its territory. For this reason, the draft Act on space activities and the National Register of Space Objects of 10 July 2017 allows the State Treasury to raise a recourse claims for damages which were caused by a space object, from the owner of that space object, and if the operator is found to be guilty of causing damages, also from this operator to its full value. Moreover, this draft obliges the owners of space object to have compulsory third part liability insurance. Unfortunately, the last mentioned provision remains extremely laconic, and the compulsory third party liability insurance applicable to space objects will not be subject – per analogiam – to the provisions of the Act on Compulsory Insurance, the Insurance Guarantee Fund and the Polish Motor Insurers’ Bureau of 22 May 2003 as it is the case of motor vehicles.
Konserwatyści Wschodniogalicyjscy wobec zmian prawa wyborczego do Austriackiej Rady Państwa (1893–1906)
Authors:   Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Szymański Łukasz
Published: June 2023

The turn of the 19th and 20th centuries in Austria-Hungary involved numerous political and social conflicts. Growing democratic tendencies resulted in draft bills being drawn up aimed at making voting rights universal. Since 1893 the conservatives from Galicia criticised the institution of universal suffrage on the grounds of anti-democratism and elitism. Of importance were also ethnic issues, in particular the fear of an increase in the number of deputies of Ukrainian nationality. Also in 1906, during the next parliamentary debate, conservatives expressed views against the reform of the electoral law. The article presents the position of Podolian conservatives through the speeches by their delegates in the Vienna parliament as well as the statements made in the press and in book publications.
Contractual interpretation in Brazil under the light of the 2019 Economic Freedom Act
Authors:   PHD (Federal University of Paraná). Attorney at Law (Brazil). Assistant Law Professor at Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (Brazil), Arnt Ramos André Luiz , Catalan Marcos ,   PHD (University of São Paulo). Attorney at Law (Brazil). Full Professor at UniLasalle (Brazil)
Published: June 2023

The following article scrutinizes innovations brought by the Brazilian Economic Freedom Act to Art. 113 of the Brazilian Civil Code. Departing from a literature review, it outlines several aspects of these innovations, while underlining the principles of contract law – more particularly, private autonomy and the social function of contract. In its concluding remarks, the survey sets forth a call for debate on some pressing issues concerning Brazilian Private Law under the light of the Economic Freedom Act.
Czy weryfikowanie obrazków na formularzu strony internetowej (metoda reCAPTCHA) może być uznane za (dorozumiany) stosunek pracy? Analiza na podstawie prawa polskiego
Authors:   Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Wyszyński Filip
Published: June 2023

The subject of the study is the problem of demarcating the employment relationship from non-employment relationships, irrelevant from the point of view of labour law. This issue was analysed using the example of verifying images on a website in the context of the characteristics of an employment relationship. In many cases, the search engine requires the user to verify the images on the form in order to check whether human activities on the web are not posed by algorithms. The verification process is supposed to enhance the security of online activities, but it brings significant benefits to technology conglomerates. The research question is therefore whether remuneration should be awarded in this case and, looking more broadly, whether such user activities should not be qualified as an employment relationship.
Ubezpieczenie społeczne osób duchownych w III Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej – wybrane aspekty
Authors:   WSPIA – Rzeszowska Szkoła Wyższa Wydział Prawa i Administracji, Żurek Konrad
Published: June 2023

Social security is the basic form of social security provided by the Constitution and is an important instrument in the conduct of social policy by the state. The reformed social security system in Poland has been in operation for over 20 years, when it entered into force on 1 January 1999. It also extended to clergy. The aim of this article is to present and discuss the legal issues related to social insurance for clergy in the period of the Third Polish Republic. The thesis uses the dogmatic and legal method necessary to discuss the issue in question.
Pozycja prawna parafii jako osoby prawnej
Authors:   Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Czop Katarzyna
Published: June 2023

This article is intended to present the regulations on the existence of parishes in the Polish legal system, in terms of their legal personality. It indicates regulations on the basis and manner of acquiring legal personality by parishes. Also presented were the consequences and dangers associated with the model “secondary” to the concordat law of granting legal personality by the Polish legislator to parishes.
Analiza wpływu reformy dewolucyjnej na kształt Zjednoczonego Królestwa Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii Północnej
Authors:   Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Kimla Adrianna
Published: June 2023

The heterogeneous devolution process carried out in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, further aggravated by decentralized domestic politics, had a huge impact not only on the system of power, but also on the present and future shape of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. There is no doubt that numerous cultural and political transformations in the United Kingdom caused by the devolution allowed for the achievement of far-reaching independence by Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and strengthened the prevailing independence tendencies and moods. The aim of the study is to analyze the essence of the devolution reform and its impact on the initiation of the process of state disintegration. The basic research method was a comparative analysis by comparing the political and social situation in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and public opinion polls in the field of independence aspirations were presented. The study presents three models of British devolution: Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish.
Wykorzystanie techniki SOCMInt. w zwalczaniu cyberprzestępczości
Authors:   Wyższa Szkoła Policji w Szczytnie, Konieczny Marcin
Published: June 2023

Social media plays an important role in almost everyone’s life. Users by publishing specific materials from their private lives provide valuable knowledge to online criminals. As a result, they are exposed to various forms of cybercrime, including identity theft, cyberbullying, and internet fraud. Therefore, social media must be monitored by the police and security services. Using SOCMInt. techniques. in the Internet space, it has a decisive influence on the overall national security. This article presents the dangers waiting for social media users and modern methods of obtaining information. The most important issues related to SOCMInt. techniques were also discussed.
Anthocyanin content prediction in frozen strawberry puree
Authors: García-Curiel Laura , Pérez-Flores Jesús Guadalupe , Contreras-López Elizabeth , Pérez-Escalante Emmanuel , Hernández-Hernández Aldahir Alberto
Published: June 2023

Rapid color degradation during processing and storage is a limitation when using strawberry puree (SP). This work aimed to use image analysis coupled with two machine learning algorithms: ordinary least squares (OLS) and artificial neural networks (ANNs), to predict anthocyanin content (AC) in frozen SP during its storage at –18°C for 120 days. When applying the OLS regression model, unsatisfactory AC prediction values were obtained due to multicollinearity. In contrast, a good prediction of AC using ANNs model was observed by comparing AC in SP predicted by the model versus the experimentally obtained values (coefficient of determination, R2 = 0.977).
Utilization of electromyographic biofeedback in speech therapy to attenuate the signs of facial aging: a case report
Authors: Frazão Yasmin Salles , Manzi Silvia Bertacci , Krakauer Lilian , Berretin-Felix Giédre
Published: June 2023

ABSTRACT Myotherapy intervention in facial aesthetics aims to attenuate wrinkles and signs of facial aging. The relationship between accentuated muscle contraction during chewing, swallowing and speaking and the appearance of facial wrinkles has been suggested by speech-language pathology literature. This study aimed to report the effect of electromyographic biofeedback associated with training of chewing, swallowing, and smiling patterns, during speech therapy intervention aimed at reducing the signs of facial wrinkles and furrows, in a 55-year-old woman. The therapy also included isotonic and isometric exercises and clinical procedures to decrease the contraction of facial mimicry muscles, which were not associated with training using electromyographic biofeedback. Signal collection and training were performed using the Biotrainer software on the New Miotool Face by Miotec, over nine weekly sessions. Two assessments were performed (before and after the nine sessions), using the MBGR Protocol (assessment of chewing, swallowing, and smiling) and validated scales described in the literature (assessment of signs of facial aging). In the reported case, the usefulness of electromyographic biofeedback was verified for learning trained orofacial myofunctional patterns, as well as to improve chewing and swallowing functions and decrease signs of facial aging. However, further research is needed to demonstrate the positive effects of electromyographic biofeedback associated with myofunctional therapy aimed at attenuating the signs of facial aging.
Influence of transparency and opacity on the spelling of fricative phonemes
Authors: Paschoal Larissa , Chacon Lourenço
Published: June 2023

Abstract Purpose (1) to verify to what extent the occurrence of possible errors is influenced by the relationship (opaque/transparent) between fricative phonemes and the graphemes with which they can be spelled; (2) verify the differences (if present or not) of relationship types among the phonemes that present common graphemic relationships. Methods We analyzed 750 textual productions from children in the first year of Elementary School (ES), and conducted a survey of the frequency of correct answers and errors in all fricative phonemes of Brazilian Portuguese (BP). Results The errors occurred in greater numbers in the group of phonemes with opaque spelling when compared with the number of errors in the group of phonemes with transparent spelling. In the first group, the errors showed a non-symmetrical behavior, since they varied according to the possibilities of graphemes for each phoneme. In the second group, the errors showed a symmetrical behavior. Conclusion Given the symmetry in the errors of the phonemes of the first group and the non-symmetry of those of the second group, our results point to a gradation in the occurrence of errors, which varies as a function of the transparency and degree of opacity in the relations between phonemes and graphemes of a same class.
Mechanical evaluation and hydration kinetics of cement pastes with dolomitic filler
Authors: Jordani Bárbara , Nunes David Brandão , Ribeiro Francisco Roger Carneiro , Mancio Mauricio , Kulakowski Marlova Piva
Published: June 2023

Abstract The scarcity of high-purity limestone subjects the cement industry to consider alternative supplementary cementitious materials for cement production. This research aimed to investigate the mechanical properties and the hydration kinetics of cement pastes in the presence of high levels and different fineness of dolomite, especially the formation of thaumasite. A dolomite filler with 20% magnesium oxide, with average diameters of 10 µm, 6 µm and 4 µm was used as a partial replacement for Portland cement at 0%, 15% and 35% in cement pastes cured at 5 ºC and 20 ºC. The results of compressive strength showed similarities in all pastes analyzed, but the fineness of the dolomite showed a significant difference between the strengths obtained. The isothermal calorimetry indicated that the presence of dolomite had a nucleation and dilution effect. The thermogravimetry revealed that dependent of the substitution levels, the pastes with dolomite presented significant differences in the amount of ettringite and carbonate phases. The mineralogical analysis detected the presence of thaumasite only at the temperature of 20 ºC, which this mineral can also form at higher temperatures than those reported in the literature. Finally, we conclude positively about the possibility of using dolomite in cementitious matrices at levels up to 35%, regardless of fineness and curing temperature.
Tennis | House: Medical Imaging as Videographic Criticism
Authors: Ferguson Kevin L
Published: June 2023

“Tennis | House” extends my earlier work using medical imaging software to explore narrative film. As with digital humanities work, medical imaging “datafies” the body, reading the physical change of discrete organs, cells, molecules, and so on. Furthermore, medical imaging frequently does so by reading this evidence indirectly, as a proxy for other knowledge: in the absence of direct access to the body’s secrets, medical science finds other indicative information to measure.                                                                                               This work considers how this might also be true for videographic criticism, comparing recent medical research using fMRI to “read” the thoughts of vegetative patients with the concept of videographic criticism itself.  As with coma patient research, which bypasses the articulation of speech, in videographic criticism audiovisual material is our proxy for thought. We think other thoughts through shared images.Organized in five parts, my piece juxtaposes popular cinema focused on tennis and homes with discussions of medical imaging research. I argue that medical imaging is mostly videographic, given its indirect representation of an otherwise unknowable internal state that is mediated according to particular technical affordances and cultural assumptions. Likewise, videographic criticism requires us to think indirectly, by proxy, when we generate new knowledge by “graphing” with “video.”
Research in the area of obtaining of activated alumina. Part 5. Various technological approaches to the process of fine grinding of high-alumina raw materials
Authors: Trubitsyn M. A. , Volovicheva N. A. , Furda L. V. , Lisnyak V. V. , Kurbatov A. P. , Bondareva I. A.
Published: June 2023

The results of studying the process of fine grinding of α-Al2O3 in the presence of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and an antistatic composition are presented. It is shown that the main reason for the agglomeration of fine particles is the effect of the appearance of an electrostatic surface charge. The introduction of PEG prevents the appearance of a «pseudo-viscous grinding medium», removing the excess electrostatic charge on the surface of newly formed ultrafine particles, and also intensifies the process of abrasion of primary alpha-alumina crystals. The antistatic composition successfully neutralizes the surface electrical charge, but does not have the effect of a grinding aid.
Heat-resistant ceramic concrete based on diatomite. 1. Synthesis and study of artificial ceramic binders based on diatomite
Authors: Peretokina N. A. , Doroganov V. A. , Doroganov E. A. , Pilenko A. V. , Bosykh R. V.
Published: June 2023

The main aspects of obtaining an artificial ceramic binder (ACB) based on the original (quarry) and heat-treated diatomite are considered. The process of obtaining SCR was studied, its main rheological properties and physico-mechanical characteristics of the samples were analyzed. It has been established that ACB based on quarry diatomite is characterized by a thixotropic rheological behavior, and ACB based on pre-heat-treated diatomite belongs to the thixotropic-dilatant type. The use of this technology for obtaining a binder will reduce the molding moisture in the manufacture of various diatomite products and improve their quality while reducing production costs compared to similar products obtained by traditional technology.
The type carbonaceous component influence on the properties of carbonaceous castable
Authors: Khafizova A. R. , Kashcheev I. D. , Zemlyanoy K. G.
Published: June 2023

The possibility of obtaining low-cement low-carbon periclase concretes with various ultrafine carbonaceous components has been studied. It is shown that it is possible to obtain periclase-carbon castable containing up to 1 wt. % ground waste from the production of high-molecular graphite fiber. According to the results of the data study, it was found that with an increase in the carbon content from 1 to 5 %, the water demand of the mixture increases (from 6,25 to 10 %), which leads to a decrease in strength, density and an increase in the castable porosity. Also, the developed periclase-carbon castables high slag resistance is shown in comparison with ordinary periclase-carbon products.
China's refractory industry. Reforms, problems and prospects
Authors: Kononov V. A.
Published: June 2023

The stages of development of the refractory industry in China are considered. Currently, China is a world leader in the production of refractories. As a result of the reforms carried out in the country, the domestic market was completely saturated with refractories and penetration into the market of Europe and other countries began. In recent years, there has been a tendency to deepen partnership relations with Russia.
Modern мaterials and тheir аpplication in the design of high-temperature products of special engineering
Authors: Belyakov A. N. , Markov M. A. , Kravchenko I. N. , Kashtanov A. D. , Dyuskina D. A. , Bykova A. D. , Chekuryaev A. G.
Published: June 2023

In conditions of growing loads and temperatures on engineering products, the problem of choosing efficient materials is relevant, especially in the realities of import substitution. One of such tasks for modern materials science is the production of high-temperature products of special engineering, including complex shapes. Metal and ceramic materials have a number of unique properties, which, on the one hand, determine the prospects for their use in the construction of special engineering products, and on the other hand, cause a number of technological problems, without which the operation of such products is extremely difficult. An analysis of advanced materials used for products of special high-temperature engineering, including the production of various components of gas turbine engines, is presented, as well as the results of research on the development of materials with improved characteristics.
Fine-scale genetic structure of Magnolia iltisiana in forest regeneration sites with a history of selective logging
Authors: Miguel-Peñaloza Ara , Pérez-Alquicira Jessica , Rico Yessica
Published: June 2023

Background: Selective logging is a frequent practice in the Tropical Montane Cloud Forest which can impact forest regeneration and the genetic makeup of successive generations of trees. The spatial clustering of genetically related individuals, fine-scale genetic structure (FSGS), can develop from the reduction of gene dispersal and the decrease in the number of reproductive individuals at the local scale due to selective logging.
Questions: In regeneration sites with a history of selective logging, does FSGS differ from a site without such a history? Is FSGS stronger in seedlings and saplings relative to juveniles and adults? Is genetic diversity similar among life stages and sites?
Studied species: Magnolia iltisiana an endemic tree.
Study site and dates: Sierra de Manantlan Biosphere Reserve, Jalisco, Mexico.
2020.
Methods: We evaluated genetic diversity, genetic structure, and FSGS across four life stages (seedlings, saplings, juveniles, and adults) by genotyping 211 individuals with seven nuclear microsatellite loci in two regeneration and one conserved site.
Results: We found statistically significant FSGS in the two regeneration sites only for seedlings and saplings, while no evidence of FSGS was detected in the conserved site. No differences in genetic diversity estimates and structure were found among life stages.
Conclusions: Our study does not suggest an effect of selective logging on genetic diversity on the contrasted conditions and an FSGS pattern only in the earlier stages of the regeneration sites in M. iltisiana.
Enfoques convencionales sobre la implementación de políticas públicas: potencialidades, limitaciones y silencios
Authors: Pinzón Segura María Camila
Published: June 2023

En el presente artículo se exponen las particularidades de los enfoques convencionales de implementación “de arriba hacia abajo” o top-down y “de abajo hacia arriba” o bottom-up. Se compara dichos enfoques con base en tres subcategorías analíticas propuestas por Jenny Elisa López (2020): diseño institucional y organizacional, identificación de variables de éxito y análisis en función de las características propias de las políticas públicas. Se recogen así las discusiones en el interior y entre las dos perspectivas, al tiempo que se contrastan las potencialidades, las limitaciones y los silencios que sobre cada una se han abordado en los diversos debates académicos.
Les compétences émotionnelles au cœur de l’ajustement face au cancer
Authors: BAUDRY Anne-Sophie , CHRISTOPHE Véronique
Published: June 2023

Les compétences émotionnelles (CE) (i.e., identifier, comprendre, exprimer et écouter de manière adaptée, réguler et utiliser ses propres émotions et celles des autres) utilisées au quotidien ont des effets importants dans le domaine de la santé, en particulier sur la détresse émotionnelle et l’ajustement face à la maladie somatique comme le cancer. Ainsi, nous avons proposé un modèle, stipulant un effet indirect des CE sur des issues d’ajustement via les symptômes anxieux et dépressifs dans différents contextes oncologiques : les besoins en soins de support des patients (Étude 1), la qualité de vie post-chirurgicale face au cancer œsogastrique (Étude 2) et post-chimiothérapie des femmes jeunes atteintes d’un cancer du sein (Étude 3) et le vécu subjectif post-chimiothérapie et post-radiothérapie des conjoints face au cancer du sein (Étude 4). Les résultats confirment l’importance des processus émotionnels dans l’ajustement des patients et des proches-aidants face au cancer selon les parcours de soins, et des interventions individuelles ou de groupes visant la mobilisation des CE et la gestion des symptômes anxieux et dépressifs.
« Est-ce qu’il pourra guérir un jour ? »
Authors: DELANNOY Pauline , GAUGUE Justine
Published: June 2023

L’annonce d’un diabète de type 1 (DT1) chez un enfant bouleverse durablement l’ensemble du système familial, où chaque membre de la famille peut être confronté à des difficultés émotionnelles. Parmi l’entourage proche, les frères et sœurs sont également concernés par cette réorganisation soudaine à laquelle ils doivent s’ajuster. Dès lors, ce chapitre a pour objectif d’évaluer l’anxiété et la dépression chez ces fratries à travers un double regard : en autoévaluation et en hétéro-évaluation par l’un des deux parents. De plus, nous avons tenté de comprendre leurs difficultés liées à la maladie de leur frère ou sœur DT1. Les résultats montrent que les frères et sœurs présentent globalement un état anxieux et dépressif dans la normale. En revanche, les parents tendent à percevoir davantage de signes anxieux et dépressifs chez les frères et sœurs d’enfants ayant un DT1 que les frères et sœurs eux-mêmes. Bien que, d’un point de vue psychopathologique, les frères et sœurs aillent bien, ils témoignent de préoccupations majeures au sujet du DT1 de leur frère ou sœur et semblent impliqués dans la gestion de la maladie de celui-ci. Cela nous amène donc à réfléchir à la prise en charge des frères et sœurs d’enfants DT1.
The distribution of attributes in poems by Alexander Pushkin and Skinner’s hypothesis
Authors:   Smolensk State University, Andreev Sergey N.
Published: June 2023

The article aims to test Skinner’s hypothesis regarding the distribution of linguistic units in the text. In accordance with this hypothesis, the distances between similar linguistic units should be less than between different units. In a more general form, one can raise the question of whether there is any regularity in the length of distances between identical units in the text. The units taken for this study are distinguished at a rather abstract level – different types of attributes. The scheme of attribute types is based on the part-of-speech characteristics of words that replace the syntactic position of the attribute. Attributes, constituting an extremely important component of the description of the artistic world, at the same time are an optional syntactic element in the sentence structure and are not determined by the valency of verbs in the predicative position. This allows the author to use attributes based on one’s preferences and the characteristics of the author’s style, which makes attributes an extremely successful means of describing an individual style. Distances between attribute types are determined by the number of steps from one attribute to another identical attribute in the chain formed by all attributes in the order in which they appear in the text. The article also considers the possibility of identifying patterns in the alternation of distances between attributes of the same type. The research material is six poems by Alexander Pushkin, written in iambic tetrameter. These poems are especially significant in connection with the place of the brilliant poet in the development of Russian literature and the Russian language. The poems are: “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, “The Prisoner of the Caucasus”, “The Fountain of Bakhchisaray”, “Count Nulin”, “Poltava” and “The Bronze Horseman”. The study was carried out by quantitative analysis of large volumes of text using a number of statistical measures (Busemann’s coefficient, chi-square, etc.). As a result of the analysis, data were obtained on the degree of attraction of the same type of attributes to each other, and the degree of structural ordering of the description was determined. The use of the exponential function was very successful in fitting the distribution of distances between identical attributes. It was found that within each poem there is not only a predominance of short distances over large distances for identical attributes, but also a certain trend in the distribution of these distances, which is well caught by the exponential function. As a result of the analysis, Skinner’s hypothesis was confirmed. This is expressed in the fact that in judging by the distances between attributes of the same type there is a hidden tendency towards order in preserving formal repetition until the fading of the stimulus.
"Hoffmann’s complex" in Edgar Allan Poe’s story "Loss of Breath"
Authors:   Vladimir State University named after Alexander and Nikolay Stoletovs, Koroleva Vera V.
Published: June 2023

In the article, based on the theory of intertextuality (Roland Barth, Julia Kristeva), the question of the influence of E. T. A. Hoffmann on the formation of the satirical style of Edgar Allan Poe in the cycle of stories Grotesques and Arabesques (Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1839)). The author argues that Hoffmann’s recognizable plots (“The Sandman”, “Princess Brambilla”, “Elixirs of Satan”, etc.), which were popular during this period in Europe, as well as the relevance of the problems of his works and the original style, could become a source of not only satire (the story “Loss of Breath” is written as a parody of works from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, where Hoffmann was also published during this period), but also samples for the early works of Poe. The hypothesis of the article is the statement about the possibility of applying in American literature, on the example of Poe’s story “Loss of Breath”, the previously developed methodology of “Hoffmann’s complex” (characterized by the integrity of the reproduced content, the unity of issues, images and stylistic techniques), which allows highlighting the traditions of the German romantic in Poe’s works, where they are not obvious. The features of Hoffmann’s poetics are considered in Poe’s “Loss of Breath” (1832) in the form of “Hoffmann’s complex”, which includes the following components. Firstly, it is the transformation of the romantic plot (Hoffmann’s “Adventure on New Year’s Eve”), which Poe reinterprets ironically, depriving it of an infernal context. He rethinks the idea of a two-world and mixes the real-life and theatrical narrative planes by combining the puppet element with the human one, by characters’ behaving theatrically, by acting out the roles that are imposed by society (a corpse, a criminal), by replacing household details with theatrical attributes (a false jaw, two buslles, a false eye). Secondly, it is the actualization of the problem of mechanization of life and man, which is realized in the opposition of the living – the inanimate (“The Sandman”, “Princess Brambilla’) and is aimed at criticizing society, which devalues a person and turns him into a “living” corpse, a doll. In contrast, objects come to life, and abstract concepts (breath) become materialized. Another manifestation of the problem of mechanization of life and man is the comparison of a man with an animal, and an animal with a man. Thirdly, it is the use of stylistic techniques characteristic of Hoffmann (“The Golden Pot”, “Little Zaches Called Cinnabar”, “Princess Brambilla”, etc.): hyperbole, self-explanatory names, romantic irony and grotesque, which are characterized by a sharp change of the serious and the frivolous, a combination of the objective and the subjective, a continuous parody, as well as the use of alogism – reasoning that violates the laws of logic, when something terrible (execution, autopsy of the body) is described as funny, etc.
The image of the sea in Iris Murdoch’s The Sea, the Sea: On the problem of author’s and translator’s interpretation
Authors:   Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Basalaeva Elena G. , Nosenko Natalia V. ,   Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University
Published: June 2023

The article examines the central sea image of Iris Murdoch’s novel The Sea, the Sea. The image of sea, as one of the key ones in the world literature, is considered on the material of the original novel and in its translation into Russian by Maria Lorie. The aim of the study is to analyze the linguistic means of embodying the image of sea and their text-forming potential in the above-mentioned novel and its translation into Russian. The study is based on the method of modeling the author’s image by analyzing various ways of its linguistic representation and metaphorization. The translation analysis is based on the study of shifts as the consequences of interlingual asymmetry. The authors note that the modeling of the author’s image of sea is carried out in the novel in different ways: the description of sea through the prism of different channels of perception (visual, auditory, olfactory); organization of the text on the basis of such key metaphors as “sea – life”, “sea – death”, “sea – creator”, etc. The analysis of various ways of linguistic representation of perceptual images of sea, which are closely related to thinking and the subconscious, associative memory and imagination, has shown the special importance and semantic loading in the text of lexical groups of the sphere of perception. The authors stress that visual perception is in first place in terms of the importance and volume of information received by a person; followed by hearing, touch, smell and taste. The dominant feature of sea from the point of view of perception is visual (color, light, size, shape, etc.). Thanks to visual features, a unique image of sea is created – frosted glass, a mirror that emits light, reflects human experiences and is reflected in a person. Before the reader there is the image of sea as a living being, habitat, a protector, a refuge, medicine, a source of danger and death, a creator. Sea is often alive; it smiles, jumps, splashes; sea can be a threat. Sometimes it serves as a background against which the characters experience a wide range of feelings and emotions (jealousy, hatred, struggle). It makes the reader think about eternity. However, sea does not accompany a person, but lives its own life. On the one hand, in sea, as in a mirror, emotions and experiences of a person are reflected. On the other hand, a person adapts to sea, which can be good or evil, can caress or kill. The analysis of the Russian translation of the text indicates a fairly high degree of equivalence in the translation of metaphors and reflection of all shades of the image of the sea. All translation shifts are justified in terms of conveying the emotional background of the work.
The structure of the lexical-semantic field "Benefit" in the dialects of the Russian language
Authors:   Dalian University of Foreign Languages, Liu Yanchun
Published: June 2023

This article discusses the lexical-semantic field “Benefit” from the point of view of structure in the dialects of the Russian language. Based on lexicographic sources (Dictionary of Russian Dialects, 52 issues), the composition of the lexico-semantic field was determined. The analysis revealed the core of the field – the lexemes benefit/behoof and suitability/pleasure/fit, the near-nuclear zone – gain and the ability to distinguish two subfields in terms of the expressed evaluation: “Benefit/ contributing to benefit, positive result” and “Benefit/gain”. The result of the study showed the following. Firstly, the segmentation of the first subfield (“Useful as something suitable for the subject”, “Useful as something contributing, helping”, “Useful as something healing, curing’) reflects the interaction of the lexico-semantic field “Benefit” with the lexical fields “(something) Suitable”, “Assistance/help”, “Treatment”. The lexico-semantic field “Assistance/help” also intersects with the field “Profit”. The subfield “Benefit/gain” is difficult to divide into segments, it closely interacts with the lexico-semantic field “Profit”. Secondly, the dialects retain a trace of the general development of the idea of the useful, associated in the early and valueundeveloped consciousness with the satisfaction of vital needs and with a general (public) interest, with the idea of the useful as essential, necessary for the physical existence of a person (compare the derivatives god(n)-, dob(n)-, gain in the center of the field; possessions, feeding, etc. in the near periphery). Thirdly, the structure of the dialect field “Benefit” reflected the complication of the concept of benefit, useful under the influence of the Church Slavonic vision: the actualization of benefit as useful for the soul and body, for health, its maintenance, “correction”. This affected the composition of the lexemes of the center of the field, which included derivatives of polg/polz- with the meaning “to heal”, and the establishment of close interaction of the lexico-semantic field “Benefit” with the lexico-semantic field “Treatment/healing” (treat in a quack way, correct, cure, etc.). Fourthly, the analysis of the lexicosemantic field “Benefit” in dialects shows the complication of the concept of the benefit of the new time from the point of view of evaluation, associated with the increasing discrepancy between personal and general (public) interests (the basis for the allocation of subfields of the lexico-semantic field). But among dialect speakers, this restructuring of values associated with changes in social, industrial relations is still poorly expressed, retains echoes of community consciousness, which is evident when comparing the semantic structure of the word greed, its derivatives and, in general, in the semantics of most of the vocabulary of the second subfield, associated with the designation of material benefits, avail, profits, and bearing a positive evaluation
Chikungunya antes e durante a pandemia de Covid-19, em Uberlândia, Minas Gerais.
Authors: Rodrigues Elisângela de Azevedo Silva
Published: June 2023

A Chikungunya é uma doença transmitida pelos mosquitos Aedes aegypti e Aedes albopictus. A ocorrência de Chikungunya (CHIKV) no município de Uberlândia (MG) foi registrada inicialmente em 2015. O objetivo da pesquisa foi estudar a situação epidemiológica da Chikungunya, no período de 2017-2021, antes e durante o período de pandemia da Covid-19, dando a conhecer a distribuição espacial, a epidemiologia dos pacientes (faixa etária e sexo) e o saneamento ambiental dos bairros com maior número de casos da doença no município de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. A pesquisa foi feita por meio do levantamento de casos da doença no banco de dados na Vigilância Epidemiológica da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde (SMS) de Uberlândia (MG). No período de 2017 a 2021, foram confirmados 328 casos de Chikungunya, o setor Oeste foi o que teve mais casos, com 25,3%, nos cinco anos do estudo, sendo as maiores incidências no primeiro semestre de cada ano. Considerando o perfil epidemiológico o sexo masculino foi o mais afetado e a faixa etária predominante dos casos foi na fase adulta. A partir de 2021 o cenário nacional foi de recrudescimento dos casos de Chikungunya, porém o município apresentou dados contrários a essa tendência nacional.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Covid. Chikungunya 19. Ecologia.
Levantamento de estudos e iniciativas acerca da educação ambiental no campus da USP de Ribeirão Preto: abordagens e considerações
Authors: Berk Amanda , Gonçalves Vitor , Di Stephano Rebecca , Nunes Nina Lys de Abreu , Fernandez Fernanda da Rocha Brando
Published: June 2023

A educação ambiental apresenta-se em diversos contextos e é, por definição, interdisciplinar. Dessa forma, podem existir práticas de educação ambiental em diferentes vertentes e o presente estudo traça a ocorrência de educação ambiental na pesquisa e na movimentação estudantil no Campus da USP Ribeirão Preto. O mapeamento de iniciativas que partem dos estudantes foi feito em contato com o corpo discente, com as mídias sociais como ferramenta de contato. Para a análise da produção de conhecimento científico empregou-se a busca na plataforma Teses USP com filtros para produções de mestrado e doutorado, no período de 2018 a 2022, especificamente nas unidades USP do campus de Ribeirão Preto. Utilizaram-se descritores pertinentes à temática ambiental para a seleção dos trabalhos a serem analisados. Os resultados mostraram que o tópico educação ambiental está interligado e é transversal a diversas áreas do conhecimento, relevante dentro das ciências humanas, exatas e biológicas. Dito isso, a importância de se incentivar a presença desse tema nos diferentes níveis de aprendizagem, desde a educação infantil culminando na produção de conhecimento científico das pós-graduações, é evidenciada, uma vez que gera retorno direto para a sociedade com o desenvolvimento de uma ciência preocupada com o desenvolvimento sustentável e o pensamento crítico para as práticas que envolvam o meio ambiente. Sugere-se também a relevância da valorização do movimento estudantil.

Palavras chave: Sustentabilidade, Movimento estudantil, Educação Ambiental.
Beginnings: Slaying the Father
Authors: Kameche Wiam , Taleb Hala Abu
Published: June 2023

This article reads Edward Said’s Beginnings as a theoretical attempt and a pragmatic ideology that reestablishes revolutionary notions of fundamental intellectual devotees of individualism. A theorist himself, Said emphasizes the urge for deconstructions in facing canonized values and methodologies that continue to shape our ways of thinking. Beginnings: Intention and Method (1975) inaugurates a writing style that liberates individuals from the shackles of outdated institutions , political systems, and cultural norms. The researcher attempts to prove that such intellectuality parallels Ralph Emerson’s conception of “self-reliance” despite Said’s conscious or unconscious abjuration of this influence, which is clear in Beginnings. For both to meet over their belief in the individual as self-sufficient and a source of truth, the researcher utilizes Harold Bloom’s The Anxiety of Influence (1973) as the main theory. Bloom’s logic will be applied to expose Emerson’s influence on Said as the former’s call for nonconformity speaks directly to the soundness of the latter’s reasoning in Beginnings.
Students’ Perception of Explicit and Implicit Methods in Learning Tenses in SMP DDI Mangkoso
Authors: Kuswanty Winda Hartiwi , Arafah Burhanuddin , Budiman Andi Nurul Annisa , Ali Tria , Fatsah Hasanuddin , Room Fahmi
Published: June 2023

This study investigated students' perceptions of explicit and implicit methods of learning English tenses. It also sought to identify the learning method that is more effective in improving students' understanding of English tenses. The mixed method approach was applied to students of Junior High School (SMP) DDI Mangkoso in South Sulawesi of Indonesia. The samples comprised 18 students from class VIII/a learning English tenses through the implicit method and eight from VIII/b using the direct method. The results showed that the implicit way significantly increased understanding of English tenses. Students using this method were more actively engaged in the learning process. The observation result and students’ responses indicated that implicit and explicit methods are equally enjoyable. However, learning with an explicit method made students unable to understand the materials delivered.
Is Transcreation Another Way of Translating? Subtitling Estrella Damm’s Advertising Campaigns into English
Authors: Corrius Montse , Espasa Eva
Published: June 2023

The current international advertising scenario has led to a new professional profile within advertising translation called transcreator. Transcreation has an explicit call for creativity and semiotic and cultural adaptation. Beer advertising has tried to respond to this call by undergoing significant changes when this product has been internationally marketed in English in global advertising campaigns. For example, Estrella Damm, advertised as “the beer of Barcelona”, has improved its international positioning with its Mediterráneamente campaign, which started in 2009 and has centred on the association of beer with the Mediterranean culture and enjoyment. Since 2019, the campaign has promoted sustainability as “another way of living”. In this article, we examine the English translation strategies used by Estrella Damm’s campaigns between 2009–2021, which are available on the company’s British website and YouTube channel. Specifically, we focus on the following prominent elements: slogans, cultural references, and songs. To do this, we use a descriptive case study methodology, with textual analysis and semi-structured interviews to the creative director and the translators of Estrella Damm commercials. The analysis shows that this campaign uses strategies that are common in advertising translation: internationalisation, envisaged from the start of campaign; dialogue between translators and art directors; some adaptation to the conventions of the target language and culture, and creativity and co-creation. This emphasizes the added value of transcreation in the translation industry.