bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Envisioning Robotic Exoscope: Concept and Preliminary Results
Authors:   Department  of  Electronics,  Information  and  Bioengineering,  Politecnico  di  Milano,  Milan,  Italy, Iordache Alice Valeria , Casella Alessandro , Iovene Elisa , Fu Junling , Pessina Federico , Riva Marco , Ferrigno Giancarlo , Mattos Leonardo  S , Momi Elena  De ,   Department  of  Advanced  Robotics,  Istituto  Italiano  di  Tecnologia,  Genoa,  Italy,   Humanitas  Research  Hospital,  Milan,  Italy
Published: June 2022

The introduction of a surgical microscope in neurosurgery increased the spectrum and safety of interventions. The surgeon operates with both hands on the patient while also controlling the visualization system to provide the proper view. Despite the benefits of the microscope, low ergonomics may lead to long-term effects on the muscu- loskeletal system. The bulky binocular system may limit the setup’s flexibility, hindering robotics integration into the operating theatre. Recently, the introduction of the exoscopes overcame those limitations by enabling a flexible and ergonomic working environment, combined with improved image quality. The exoscope is fixed on the surgical field through pneumatic arm holders that the surgeon can move manually or through foot control. Although providing the surgeon with enhanced vision, the complexity of its use has emerged as a limiting factor [1]. The continuous switching from operation theatre and visualization system reduces the smoothness of the surgical procedure, and the steep learn- ing curve of the foot pedal [2] leads to switching to the conventional microscope in most cases. Visual servoing techniques [3] have been primarily studied in the context of camera automation in minimally invasive laparoscopy [4]. Its potential has become even more significant in the context of neurosurgery, as the only solution for tracking instruments is to employ vision sensors. However, visual servoing techniques for exoscope automation are currently limited due to open challenges in neurosurgical practices. This work proposes a framework for an autonomous vision-guided camera holder that tracks and follows a selected surgical instrument based on a visual servoing technique. We envision this solution to automate the exoscope in neurosurgery, providing intuitive control of the system and reducing surgeon workload and operating time.
Modeling Telescoping Tendon-actuated Continuum Robots
Authors:   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Chitalia Yash , Donder Abdulhamit , Dupont Pierre E
Published: June 2022

Tendon actuation is the most common method for producing flexure in continuum medical devices. Examples include catheters, ureteroscopes, bronchoscopes and colonoscopes. These devices are comprised of an elongated tube with a short steerable tip portion and a long passively flexible proximal portion. The shape of the proximal portion conforms to the shape of the body lumen as it is advanced into the body while the tendon-actuated tip portion provides for tip positioning and steering. While many of these devices are comprised of a single elongated tube, there are important clinical examples for which a single steerable tip section is insufficient and the increased steerability provided by additional telescoping steerable sections is needed (Fig. 1). For example, the delivery systems used for heart valve repair and replacement employ 2-3 tendon-actuated telescoping sections [1]. Additional examples include Hansen Medical’s robotic electrophysiology catheter [2] and Auris Health’s robotic endoscope for peripheral lung biopsies [3] each of which possess two telescoping steerable sections. While a variety of models mapping tendon actuation to robot shape have been developed, they are all limited to consideration of a single tube [4-6]. They cannot accurately predict the shape of multi-tube robots because they do not model the twisting that occurs between the tubes. The contribution of this paper is to produce a model that includes tube twisting and to illustrate it experimentally using the system of Fig. 1.
Augmented Reality for Seamless Human-Robot Interaction in Surgery
Authors:   Mechatronics in Medicine, Imperial College London, Iqbal H , Rodriguez  y  Baena F
Published: June 2022

In the field of computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery (CAOS), new display technologies such as augmented reality (AR), defined as the superposition of computer- generated imagery onto the unoccluded, real environ- ment [1], have the potential to transform the way clinicians manage patient-specific data during surgery. Modern CAOS systems require surgeons to visualise and interact with 3D medical data (e.g. MRI/CT scans, surgical cutting plans etc.) in the 2D environment of touchscreen monitors. Such user interfaces can divert the surgeon’s attention from the operating site and require a mental coordinate mapping process to determine the spa- tial transformation between a surgeon’s real viewpoint and the monitor’s virtual view. In contrast, specialised AR user interfaces capable of directly projecting 3D in- formation onto anatomy can allow a surgeon to maintain their line-of-sight to the operating site, and also improve the quality of human-robot interaction of CAOS systems through reductions in visual clutter and sight diversion, and improvements in situational awareness, as investi- gated in literature [2]. A novel, AR-centric workflow was designed to exploit the reported benefits of AR in the context of a simulated computer-assisted patellofemoral arthroplasty (PFA), using the Navio® (Smith & Nephew, UK), a commercially available CAOS platform. The constructed system co-registered the Navio® platform’s optical tracker with the fixed virtual world frame of a HoloLens 2 (Microsoft, USA) headset, and provided in-situ holographic guidance during two surgical tasks carried out during a PFA, patient-registration and robot- assisted cutting (cutting accuracy previously reported at [3]). A pre-clinical study was carried out to investigate the impact of the new AR workflow on mental-workload and usability measures when compared to the standard workflow delivered by the platform.
Signature Robot: A Miniature Robot for Orthopaedic Surgery
Authors:   Mechatronics in Medicine Laboratory, Imperial College London, UK, Souipas Spyridon , Laws Stephen G , Rodriguez y Baena Ferdinando , Davies Brian L
Published: June 2022

Imperial College London’s ﬁrst venture into orthopaedic robotic surgery was with a spinoff company called Acrobot Ltd. This was developed over many years, culminating in a series of uni-condylar knee replacement (UKR) surgery operations with excellent results [1]. Much was learned from this experience with many hardware iterations culminating in a trolley based cooperative system with 3 powered axes carrying a cutter that required large arm motions. To exploit the resulting know-how, a new company, Sig- nature Robot Ltd, was founded. This also uses a cooperative robot, but instead of being a “hands on” device, the cutter motor is held between the ﬁngers while the wrist is supported comfortably on a robot platform. This gives excellent synergy, combining the sensitive ﬁnger control of the surgeon with the precision and safety constraints (‘active constraints’ [2]) of the robot. The small, light robot is clamped on a simple passive arm, as seen in Figure 1, which can be readily repositioned to access regions of the knee, e.g., the tibia and femur. This paper presents the design for Signature Robot and how it addresses the limitations of the Acrobot, the accuracy of the positioning of the end effector is then quantiﬁed using a kinematic calibration routine.
Optimizing Continuum Robot Tendon Routing for Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery
Authors:   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Rox Margaret , Copinga Aidan , Naftel Robert  P , Webster  III Robert  J , Kuntz Alan ,   School of Computing and Robotics Center, University of Utah,   Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Published: June 2022

Tendon-driven continuum robots are compliant and capable of assuming complex curves, making them ideal for minimally invasive surgery in confined spaces with obstacles. These robots can achieve an infinite family of curves, determined by both actuation and design considerations, such as the tendon routing paths of tendons along the robot. Design optimization of surgical continuum robots has been studied (see [1] for review), but the idea of variable and complex tendon routing is newer, and although it has been modeled [2], it has yet to be used to design a practical surgical device. For tendon-driven continuum robots in general, design optimization has thus far focused on multi-segment robots that use straight (i.e. parallel to the backbone) segments of different lengths, where tendons terminate at various arclengths along the robot [3], [4]. The ad- vantage of designing with nonlinearly routed tendons is the potential to enable a much more expressive family of shapes during actuation [2]. However, it has thus far been challenging to design nonlinear tendons because one is working in an infinite design space with mechanics- based models that require solving differential equations to compute robot kinematics. Toward solving this problem, this paper presents a new tendon routing parameterization for tendon-driven robots and leverages it to optimize the routings for a de- sign objective drawn from a practical neurosurgical ap- plication: choroid plexus cauterization for hydrocephalus [5]. This application was an early motivating example in the development of concentric tube robots, extended in [6], although physical size, achievable curvatures, and stiffness constraints have thus far limited practical fabrication of the robots designed in simulation. The endoscopic approach to choroid plexus cauterization requires maneuvering through tight spaces in the ven- tricles, which is challenging with traditional constant curvature endoscopes (see Fig.1). Further, even in “suc- cessful” procedures, surgeons often want to cauterize more of the choroid plexus than they can currently reach and simply settle for what they can reach. Thus, a robot with nonlinear tendon routing that can access more of the choroid plexus would be a valuable tool.
A Haptic Feedback Glove for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Authors:   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Gerald Arincheyan , Batliwala Rukaiya , Ye Jonathan , Hsu Patra ,   Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Aihara Hiroyuki ,   Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Russo Sheila ,   Materials Science & Engineering Division, Boston University
Published: June 2022

Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has countless benefits over open surgery, from shorter re- covery times and lower risk procedures for the patient to higher accuracy and broader capabilities for the surgeon [1]. However, a significant detriment to these procedures is that current systems lack haptic feedback. The lack of haptic feedback in MIS forces the surgeon to depend merely on visual cues, such as the deformation of tissue under load, to estimate the forces [1]. The likely outcome of misreading these cues is torn tissue, patient discomfort or broken sutures [2]. Moreover, haptic feed- back is specifically vital for robot-assisted endoscopy procedures. A recent study evaluating an Endoscopic Operation Robot (EOR) concluded that haptic feedback is beneficial in remote manipulation of flexible endo- scopes. When haptic feedback was absent there were more incidences of overstretching of sigmoid colon in a colonoscopy training model [3]. This work presents a soft robotic glove that provides haptic feedback for endoscopic procedures (Fig. 1, A). In our previous work, we introduced a soft robotic sleeve [4] that can detect forces between a colonoscope and colon walls during navigation. The glove receives force input from the soft robotic sleeve wrapped around the colonoscope (Fig. 1, B). Any incident force on the sleeve, during endoscopic navigation, is relayed to the surgeon as haptic feedback through proportional inflation of the glove’s pneumatic actuators.
The Role of Natural Heritage for the Promotion of Tourism in Ilam
Authors: Dulal Lok Nath
Published: June 2022

Heritage refers to those commodities which can be observed in their tangible and intangible forms. It is said that heritage is a raw material that authenticates and fabricates the past and the present for touristic consumption. It is a socially constructed and negotiated concept which evolves through time and across space. Mainly, heritages are classified into two categories: local and world heritage. Nepal is enriched in its different types of heritages. They are found in different parts of the country. Among them, the Ilam district is an important tourism destination of Nepal, located in Mechi Zone, Province no 1. It possesses archaeological, historical, cultural, religious, natural, and agricultural importance within its small territories. It has been safeguarding plenty of natural and cultural heritages from the beginning until this 21 st century. However, the proper study regarding exploring and analyzing its natural tourism products is still seemed behind, which is considered a considerable research gap in academia. Realizing strong need for a study, this article entitled " Role of Natural heritage for the promotion of tourism in Ilam” has been prepared for fulfilling two specific objectives such as to explore the important natural tourism heritages of the Ilam district and to examine the role of natural heritage for the promotion of tourism in the site. It has been prepared by using questionnaires as a tools and field survey method. It is based on a descriptive research design.
People for Peace and Republic: A Fantasy Theme Reading of the Representation of ‘Nepalis’ in Movement-Time Editorials
Authors: Kafle Hem Raj
Published: June 2022

Newspapers’ editorializing exigencies as a mere publication of spot news would not be enough. Editorials clarify, explain, interpret, or integrate the news based on events, incidents, situations, or trends. Events of and during political movements are the main subjects of newspaper editorials. Editorial coverage of everyday exigencies builds up and helps represent narratives of various actors directly or indirectly involved in the events. In the public texts in Nepal, including newspapers, ‘Nepali people’ feature as principal actors and participants in socio-political transformations. Through Fantasy Theme Analysis of editorials on political subjects, this article explores how The Kathmandu Post and The Himalayan Times covered ‘Nepali people’ as the participants, actors, and agents of political transformation during the people’s movement in 2005-2006. The article inductively concludes that with a principal rhetorical vision for establishing peace and republic, ‘Nepali people’ performed the agency of transformation in the country.
Participatory Research: Working with Vulnerable Groups in Research and Practice Book: A Book Review
Authors: Dahal Sanjeev
Published: June 2022

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Cardiovascular reactivity to stress shows proneness to future blood pressure status in students of a teaching hospital in Nepal
Authors: Singh Smriti , Pandit Rajan , Katwal Barsika
Published: June 2022

Stress is a condition that disrupts or threatens to disrupt homeostasis. Stress may be physical or mental. Physical stress includes exercise (isometric or isotonic), pain, temperature (too hot or cold) etc. The development of hypertension is usually preceded by a prehypertensive state that may be manifested by abnormal cardiovascular reactivity to different types of stress viz., mental stress, cold water immersion, isotonic exercise, isometric handgrip, and valsalva maneuver. In present study, we have used isometric handgrip (IHG) exercise, as a stressor, aiming to identify individuals at increased risk for developing hypertension at early life. Normotensive, non-smoker sedentary two hundred male subjects, one hundred each from normotensive and hypertensive families, of age group 18-25 years participated in the study as volunteers. The causal blood pressure and heart rate of the participants were recorded in the sitting position by using mercury sphygmomanometer and stethoscope. Then, the isometric handgrip (IHG) exercise demonstrated to each of them using handgrip dynamometer. Maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) was noted as maximum pressure (in Kg) sustained during three seconds of handgrip using a handgrip dynamometer. The participants were asked to sustain isometric handgrip at one third of MVC for one minute with the same instrument (handgrip dynamometer). Both blood pressure and heart rate were recorded immediately after 1 and 3 minutes following isometric handgrip (IHG) exercise. The data analyzed using t-test showed that diastolic blood pressure didn’t return and stabilized to pre-exercise level even after 3 minutes following exercise in volunteers who were mostly from hypertensive family. More number of volunteers with family history of hypertensive (24%) showed elevated diastolic blood pressure even after 3 minutes whereas a few of the volunteers (8%) with no family history of hypertension showed rise in DBP even after 3 minutes following isometric handgrip (IHG) exercise. This present study indicated that the individuals having family history of hypertension are prone to develop hypertension in their early life, therefore, must adopt the healthier life style like avoidance of alcohol, smoking, and practice yogic exercise.
Medication adherence among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: an interventional study in a tertiary care hospital of Nepal
Authors: Yadav Anita , Khatun Najma , Chhetri Pradip
Published: June 2022

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a significant health problem, associated with mortality and morbidities. Low medication adherence is common in patients with COPD. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate medication adherence after educational intervention was provided to COPD patients. In this interventional study, conducted at a tertiary care center of Nepal from July 2019 to December 2019, a total of 114 patients were divided randomly into two groups: intervention group (patients who received an educational intervention) and control group (patients who received no educational intervention) by using simple randomization technique. The outcomes of educational intervention are then compared between the intervention group and the control group with the aid of the leaflet. A structured questionnaire and the pre-validated Self-Administered Medication Adherence Questionnaire were used to collect information like demographic details and medication adherence. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS-20 program. Out of 114 patients, only 93 patients came for follow-up after one month. There was a significant improvement in the medication adherence scale score in the intervention group compared to the control group (p <0.05) and the level of adherence was found to be high in the intervention group after one-month follow-up. The major reasons for medication non-adherence were financial problems and symptomatic relief in both groups. This study showed that educational intervention among COPD patients plays an essential role in improving medication adherence through proper counseling about their disease and its maintenance.
Prevalence of malnutrition among under-five children residing in Kamal Gaupalika, Jhapa
Authors: Kayastha Babita , Rai Soniya , Lakhe Dibyashwori , Pradhan Rubi , Sainju Sapana
Published: June 2022

Malnutrition among under-five is a major global health problem in developing countries like Nepal. It directly or indirectly affects many aspects of the child’s health, adversely affecting growth and development. Also, malnutrition affects the child’s ability to learn and process information and growth. This study assesses the prevalence of malnutrition among under-five children in Kamal Gaupalika, Jhapa, Nepal. First, a descriptive cross-sectional method was conducted among 60 under-five children and their mothers. The interview included semi-structured and structured questionnaires regarding socio-demographic and contributing factors of malnutrition and anthropometric measurement (analog weighing machine, measuring tape, mid-upper arm circumference) used for data collection. Then, the collected data were analyzed using SPSS-16, employing descriptive statistics (i.e. percentage, frequency, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (i.e. chi-square). This study shows that 41.67% were malnourished. Among them, stunting was 20.0%, wasting was 25.0%, and underweight was 31.7%. Anthropometric measurement showed 83.3% were well-nourished, 11.7% were at risk for acute malnutrition, and 5% were moderate acute malnutrition. Family income was found to be significantly associated with malnutrition (stunting p = 0.001, wasting p = 0.007 and underweight p = 0.000). In contrast, there was no association in age, gender, ethnicity, mother’s education, father’s education, and mother’s age at childbirth. Our results showed that malnutrition is prevalent in the selected study area. Therefore, community-based nutrition awareness and education programs are necessary to improve the nutritional status of children.
Work Life Factors and Job Satisfaction in Banking Sector of Nepal
Authors: Chalise Dhan Raj
Published: June 2022

Background: Quality of work-life is a progressive indicator relating to the sustainability of business where positively addressed job satisfaction and quality of work-life motivates employees to contribute to the organizational effectiveness and growth. The present study aims to extract the relationship between job satisfactions on the quality of work-life among the employees in Nepalese commercial banks. More specifically the study explores the extent of work environment and facilities, job security and safety, learning and development, leadership and employee's empowerment on job satisfaction.
Methods: Adopting descriptive cum analytical research design this study was carried out from the Nepalese banking industry and targeted sample employees were drawn from the report of Nepal Rastra Bank 2019. Likert type structured questionnaire was designed to collect information from 150 commercial bank employees using simple random sampling techniques. Correlations and regression analysis were carried out to examine the relationship between and among the study variables with the help of SPSS.
Results: The result of the study shows that there is a positive impact of job satisfaction on the quality of work-life of employees in Nepalese commercial banks. Moreover, the study reveals that working environment, learning and development, leadership and employee empowerment has relatively more impact on the quality of work-life than pay and job security aspects of the quality of work life.
Conclusion: Job satisfaction and quality of work-life motivates employees to contribute to the organizational effectiveness and growth.
Water Quality of Bagmati River in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Authors: Acharya Dhruba , Pant Bhoj Raj
Published: June 2022

Abstract Background: Water quality degradation is one of the major challenges especially in under developed and developing countries and Nepal is no exception from it. Adequate water quality and quantity is one of the greatest factors affecting human and ecosystem health, and is essential for socio-economic growth and the improvement in the quality of life. This study aims to assess the water quality of Bagmati River in Kathmandu, the capital city of federal Nepal.Methods: Water quality of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu Valley was analyzed to assess the river water pollution. A total ten sites from Sundarijal to Sundarighat along the Bagmati river corroder was selected for sample collection. The samples were analyzed for physical (pH, Temperature, Conductivity), and chemical (dissolved oxygen, oxygen saturation percentage, biological oxygen demand, chloride, nitrate-N, phosphate-P and ammonia-N) parameters in pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons using standard methods. Results: The result reveals that water quality of the Bagmati River has degraded due to physical, chemical and biological contaminants. Discharge of untreated sewers, industrial effluents, unmanaged location of solid waste transfer station, dumping and burning of plastic waste and garbage near to the river bank. In both the season pollution was found to be increasing from upstream to downstream as indicated by Bach water quality index. The paired sample t-test of physicochemical parameters in two different seasons showed that all tested parameter were significantly different except dissolved oxygen and phosphate concentration. parameters pH, range between 7.55 to 6.33, temperature 30 °C to 26.23 °C, electrical conductivity 43.73 µS/cm to 810.5 µS/cm, dissolved oxygen 0 mg/L to 9.52 mg/L, oxygen saturation percentage 0 to 119.75 %, biological oxygen demand 2 mg/L to 400 mg/L, chloride 4.97mg/L to 132.54mg/L, nitrate-N 9 mg/L to 110 mg/L, phosphate-P 0.26 mg/L to 2.95 mg/L and ammonia-N range between 0.41 mg/L to 42 mg/L. Conclusion: Untreated sewerage, industrial effluents, dumping and burning of waste, unmanaged location of solid waste transfer stations, poor management of cremation ash has resulted in the excessive water pollution in Bagmati river. Treatment of waste water before discharge to the river and proper management of cremation ash and garbage, and prevention of illegal dumping of solid waste and burning of garbage and plastic materials along the river can alleviate the water pollution in Bagmati river.
HUBUNGAN AKTIFITAS FISIK DENGAN INDEKS MASSA TUBUH PADA ANAK USIA SEKOLAH 7-12 DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 (SDN GROGOL 2)
Authors: Bintang Furtuna Intan Syah
Published: June 2022

Aktifitas fisik merupakan faktor lingkungan dimana Aktifitas tersebut merupakan Aktifitas yang dapat  mengeluarkan energi, minimnya Aktifitas fisik dan perilaku menetap menyebabkan anak mengalamai obesitas, dari delapan penelitian enam diantaranya menunjukan adanya hubungan positif antara kegiatan fisik dan obesitas (Surudarma, 2017). Akibat aktfitas fsisk yang tergolong rendah menyebabkan meningkatnya factor peningkatan indeks massa tubuh (IMT).  Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan aktivitas fisik dengan indeks massa tubuh anak usia sekolah 7-12 di SDN Gorogol 2 Kabupaten Jombang. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitain kuantitatif dengan jenis  pendekatan cross sectional. Pupolasi dalam penelitian ini adalah anak usia sekolah 7-12 tahun di SDN Grogol 2 Jombang. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan mengguakan timbagan injak, microtoie, dan kuesioner PAQ-C. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan metode probality sampel dimana dalam populasi siswa 130 di dapatkan sampel sebesar 99 sampel. Teknik analisa data menggunakan teknik Fisher. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dari 99 siswa mayoritas mempunyai kegiatan aktifitas fisik yang cukup ringan sebanyak 64 orang (64.6%). Berdasarkan hasil uji Fisher Excat Test yang dilakukan dengan metode crosstab didapatkan nilai signifikan sebesar 0,010 (p-value<0,05). Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa adanya keterikatan yang relavan antara Indeks Masa Tubuh (IMT) dengan aktifitas fisik pada murid kelas 1—6.
Various aspects of using bibliotherapy in the field of education and rehabilitation
Authors: Martinec Renata , Šimunović Dubravka , Kos Jerković Vanda
Published: June 2022

Bibliotherapy represents the planned use of literary texts and devices to encourage awareness and processing of emotional, cognitive, and interpersonal problems in individuals with different types of psychosocial distress. As a part of expressive arts-therapies, it includes precisely formulated goals, basic stages, and methodology that are described in this paper. In addition, an overview of recent scientific research on this topic is provided in order to gain insights on the most commonly used approaches, methodologies, and outcomes obtained, as well as the effectiveness of bibliotherapy. Based on our evaluation, we concluded that the use of bibliotherapy is an appropriate complementary approach in educational settings, for children with special needs, as well as for maintaining mental health. Considering the limitations of bibliotherapy, we emphasise the need for further research with the aim of improving practical models and assessment tools. Bibliotherapy can be a promising part of a multimodal educational and rehabilitation approach that recognises the power of language arts, which simultaneously supports both realistic and transcendental aspects of human existence.
Learning in the Practicum: Shaping Professional Identity in Initial Teacher Education
Authors: Hagan Martin
Published: June 2022

This study considers the role of the practicum in supporting professional identity development in the initial stage of teacher education. Employing an interpretative paradigm and a qualitative methodological approach (Lincoln & Guba, 2000), data were collected from a purposive sample of student teachers (n = 6) in the first year of study, using individual semi-structured interviews and episodic documents. The findings show that emerging teacher identity was informed but also challenged by the participants’ engagement with pupils, other teachers and visiting tutors. Collectively, these influences effected shifts in the participants’ constructs on teaching and prompted change in their perception of themselves and others as teachers. The study provides for an improved understanding of teacher growth in the first stage of career development. By so doing, it makes a valid contribution to the discourse on initial teacher education to better inform teacher educators and policy makers in relation to teacher professional learning.
Take a Chance on CPD! How One School Put its Faith in the EntreCompEdu CPD Programme and Developed Whole-School Collective Entrepreneurial Education
Authors: Oksanen Lea , Healey-Benson Felicity , McCallum Elin
Published: June 2022

The case study in Dafen school represents a successful whole school experience of adult education through the EntreCompEdu continuing professional development programme (CPD). It represents how teacher collaboration enhances collective engagement to develop creative, innovative, and risk-taking abilities through teaching practices. It portrays how teachers’ collective engagement has an amplifying impact upon implementation, energy, and confidence; especially influencing the entrepreneurial practice on student learning and the culture of a whole school. It validates how the headteacher and teachers collaborative action enhanced the adult learning in adoption of the new Welsh curricula. In this study we propose that the success of the teachers’ professional development in learning to apply entrepreneurship education stems from a double loop of collaborative adult online learning and collective engagement under a pressure from the new entrants; a new curricula reform set by the Welsh government and the Covid-19 lockdown.
Brzmienie uczuć. Esej o emocjach muzycznych zawierający pełną wersję tekstu "Struny muszli"
Authors: Kivy Peter
Published: June 2022

The first Polish translation of Peter Kivy’s The Sound Sentiment (1989), a classic of the 20th century musical aesthetics, which contains the original version of The Corded Shell (1980) and additional chapters written in response to the debate concerning emotionalism. The author explores music expression and the problems related to its understanding, with reference to philosophy, history of music and musicology. Kivy advocates music cognitivism, which involves recognizing emotions in music without arousing emotions in the audience and without attributing emotions to the composer.
BIODIVERSITY OF FRESHWATER INVERTEBRATES OF THE BASTAK STATE NATURE RESERVE
Authors: Vshivkova T.S.
Published: June 2022

The author presents the data on the fauna of aquatic invertebrates of the Bastak State Nature Reserve (BSNR) and adjacent territories located in the Middle Amur River basin, as well as the results of comparing the species composition and faunal structure of four studied areas: (1) the mountainous region of cluster Central in the BSNR and (2) the plain section of the Glinyanka River (the cluster Central); (3) the BSNR cluster Zabelovsky , and the adjacent section of the Amur River near the village of Nizhnespasskoye ; (4) lowland lakes in the vicinity of Birobidzhan. The faunas high specificity of these geomorphologically and hydrologically different areas and significant structural differences of taxonomic composition.
On colour variability of the common green grasshopper Omocestus viridulus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in northwestern Russia
Authors: Ozerski P.V.
Published: June 2022

The diversity of colour forms in the common green grasshopper Omocestus viridulus (Linnaeus, 1758) in 19 localities of the Leningrad, Novgorod and Pskov provinces and adjacent districts of the Vologda and Tver provinces is studied. It has been established that the common green grasshopper is represented by three colour forms: rubiginosa (top and sides of brownish or greyish tones), hyalosuperficies (green top, greyish or brownish sides) and viridis (green top and sides). The most characteristic form for males is rubiginosa, for females is hyalosuperficies, while females of the form rubiginosa and (especially) males of the hyalosuperficies form are extremely rare. The proportion of specimens of the form viridis does not depend on sex, does not depend on the natural zone in which the locality is situated, and nowhere exceeds a quarter of the total number of recorded specimens. To the east of the conventional line passing through the town of Chudovo and the settlement of Kresttsy, Novgorod Province, individuals of the form viridis are practically not found, there is only a single record of such a male. At the same time, the representation of the form viridis on different sides of the above-mentioned line is statistically significantly different. The data obtained are consistent with the results of our previous study carried out at 10 localities in the Novgorod and Pskov provinces. In addition, in terms of the representation of the form viridis, our data for northwestern Russia differ statistically significantly from the literature data published in the 1940s for the Scandinavian and British populations of the same species.
A new species of Linothele (Araneae: Dipluridae) from Peru
Authors: Nicoletta M. , Ochoa J.A. , Chaparro J.C. , Ferretti N.
Published: June 2022

A new species of Linothele Karsch, 1879 from southern Peru is described and illustrated, L. mubii sp. nov. The new species can be distinguished from other species of the genus by scopulation in combination with the morphology of copulatory organs.
Działania dyplomatyczne podczas drugiej wojny bałkańskiej w publikacjach bulwarowego dziennika „Ilustrowany Kuryer Codzienny”
Authors: Rubacha Jarosław
Published: June 2022

The effect of rapid socio-economic development in Europe in the 19th century was, among others, the creation of newspapers targeted at specific groups of recipients, including the boulevard press, addressed to the less affluent parts of society. One of them was the “Ilustrowany Kuryer Codzienny” founded in 1910 in Kraków. Although these types of magazines were not highly valued on the press market, their volume, and especially their big edition, incline to a closer look at the content presented in them. Even a cursory reading of individual issues of the newspaper leads to the conclusion that the “Ilustrowany Kuryer Codzienny” is an interesting source of information about the reality in those times. This is particularly evident during the Balkan wars, when materials on diplomatic activities were published very often and occupied a leading position prior to scandals, rumors and criminal reports.
Zagrożenie bezpieczeństwa militarnego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej przez Związek Radziecki w okresie międzywojennym
Authors: Włodarkiewicz Wojciech
Published: June 2022

The article elucidates the endangerment to Poland's military security by the USSR in the interwar period of three sub-periods: 1921-1926, 1926-1935, and 1935-1939. The fragmentary sources of the undertaken research complexity are dispersed, secured in the Polish and foreign archives. In Poland, the reconnoiter of this topic began after the turn of 1989. Almost throughout the entire period under investigation, the Polish supreme State and military authorities assessed that the USSR (until December 30th, 1922, Russia) is the biggest threat to Poland's military security. In March 1939, they reconsidered this assessment focusing on Germany as the main threat to Poland's independence, mistakenly assuming that in the early period of the war, the USSR would remain neutral. The article analyzes, therefore, the Polish assessments of the USSR's sinister actions aimed at undermining the security of the Republic of Poland, and Polish counteractive decisions and safeguarding activities
Postkolonialismus in den Regionalwissenschaften. Prußen-Motive in der Literatur
Authors: Kuzborska Alina
Published: June 2022

The focus of the literary post-colonial discourse in this article is Claudius Crönert’s novel on Herkus Monte “Die Herren der Schwerter”, published in 2011, which distances itself from the old Prussian topoi and, instead, creates a new post-colonial reality. The article deals with the problem of postcolonialism and its absence in the context of Prussian research. As a theory, postcolonialism is still shaped by Eurocentric notions of a foreign discourse that mostly focuses on former colonies in far-flung parts of the world, which is illustrated here by a text by Walter Benjamin. The multi-coded past of Prussia is discussed in my contribution on the basis of the change from colonial discourse to post-colonial discourse. The reception of the pre-colonial times of the Baltic tribes is presented in the journal Adrastea on the basis of Herder’s latest work, specifically his reflections on the ‘ancestors’ of Prussia.
Superkonektory barw w świadomości językowej Polaków i Rosjan
Authors: Rodziewicz Barbara
Published: June 2022

The article presents a comparative analysis of selected linguistic material from associative dictionaries of the modern Polish and Russian languages. The object of the analysis are the units of an inverted dictionary, forming the so-called nucleus of linguistic awareness, i.e. words that act as a reaction to at least a few headwords. The so-called colour superconnectors, i.e. words-reactions showing the maximum number of connections with various words-stimuli, colours with maximum associative power. The analysis of the structures of lexical connections of coloratives in the nucleus of the linguistic awareness of Poles and Russians proves their similarity both in terms of frequency and the scope of the lexical span.
Hydrogeochemical conditions of the Mesozoic hydrogeological basin within the Ravninnoe oil field
Authors: Salnikova Yu. I. , Beshentsev V. A.
Published: June 2022

Studies of the hydrogeochemical features of groundwater in deep horizons of the West Siberian megabasin are important. They are closely related to applied and fundamental issues of oil and gas hydrogeology and allow studying the processes of formation, accumulation and migration of hydrocarbons.

The article deals with our analysis of the hydrogeochemical conditions of the Mesozoic hydrogeological basin within the Ravninnoe oil field. The ion-salt composition of groundwater in deep horizons in the territory is variable. Basically groundwater are of the calcium chloride type (according to V. A. Sulin's classification), but magnesium chloride and sodium bicarbonate types of water are locally distributed. The hydrogeological conditions of the field are manifested in the change in the chemical composition of groundwater and in the vertical hydrochemical zonality. The article describes the features of the regional distribution of reservoir temperatures and reservoir pressures of the Aptian-Albian-Cenomanian, Neocomian and Jurassic hydrogeological complexes. The study of the formation factors of the hydrogeochemical field of these deposits was carried out taking into account paleotectonic, paleogeomorphological and paleohydrogeological reconstructions of the conditions that influenced the accumulation of fluids. Faults are widespread in the deposits of the pre-Jurassic complex, as well as angular unconformities between rocks of different ages, which predetermined the migration of hydrocarbons and the formation of their deposits.
About possible gas field discovery in Petukhovo district of Kurgan region
Authors: Leontiev D. S. , Arsenyev A. A. , Stepanchuk K. O. , Spasibov V. M.
Published: June 2022

The article presents the facts of possible gas field discovery in Petukhovo district of Kurgan region. In 1962, a structural prospecting well 4-G was drilled to a depth of 928 m in the area of Petukhovo state farm in Kurgan region. When drilling the well in the process of trial pumping from a depth of 900.85-923.4 m, a gas release occurred with a rapid release of combustible methane gas. The first signs of weak carbonation were observed from a depth of 227 m, gas indicators didn't exceed 7%.

Subsequent seismic surveys established a calm occurrence of sediments of Mesocainozoic age and revealed a weak dislocation of rocks of the Paleozoic complex. The study of the surface of the lower reference reflecting horizon, which is linked to the bottoms of Mesozoic sediments or the roof of the Paleozoic foundation, made it possible to identify three local positive structures: Medvedevskoe, in the area of Lake Medvezhye, measuring 4×13 km, contoured with an isohypse of -700 m, with an amplitude of 50 m; the west of the village of Kazantsevskoye, measuring 1×2.5 km, contoured with an isohypse of -650 m; the north of the village of Kazantsevskoye, measuring 2×3.5 km, contoured with an isohypse of -700 m, with an amplitude of 50 m. The selected structures at that time were recommended for testing oil and gas prospects by drilling. In case of positive results, it was recommended to continue areal seismic studies in order to delineate the selected uplifts the north of the village of Pashkovo and the northwest of the village of Grenadiers, followed by their verification by drilling.

The authors of the article carried out an expedition to Petukhovo district. As a result, they found liquidated wells in the north of Lake Domozhirovo (presumably, wells 4-G and 2-PR), the conditions of mouths of these wells were established. The authors give recommendations for conducting geological exploration in the territory of Petukhovo district.
Granger causality of Carbon allowances and Carbon offsets in the Korean carbon market.
Authors: Shin Dong-Hoon
Published: June 2022

In the Korean carbon market system, KAU is the most representative Carbon allowance, and KOC is an external project allowance that can be exchanged for offset allowance. In the carbon market, these two are traded at 1KAU = 1KOC, but the values of the two products do not match due to various factors. In this study, the stability of the two prices was tested and the cointegration relationship was investigated. While measuring the Granger causality of the two variables, it was found that there was a change in the causality of the two variables in the first and second transition periods of the Korean carbon market. This appears to be due to the difference between the first and second operating periods for the upper limit of the use of offsetting allowances for proof of compliance.
Музична семіотика: міждисциплінарний аспект
Authors: Лященко Ірина Сергіївна
Published: June 2022

Проблема оновлення освітнього простору, зокрема музичного, є на сьогоднішній день досить актуальною. У статті досліджуються особливості засад семіотики та музичної семіотики для вивчення можливості введення теоретичних і практичних можливостей останньої в процес підготовки висококваліфікованого викладача музики. Метою дослідження є вивчення сутності поняття «семіотика» з філософської, культурологічної, філологічної та мистецтвознавчої позицій для узагальнення та співвіднесення його основних методологічних рис із поняттям «музичної семіотики». Внаслідок проведеного аналізу з’ясовані їх спільні та відмінні риси. Перспективними для подальшого дослідження проблематики музичної семіотики видаються такі її специфічні риси, як: оригінальна система знаків-символів, особливе місце у концепції понять «художня дійсність», «інтерпретація», «творча інтуїція», а також принципове розрізнення у семіотичному аналізі музичного тексту понять «мови» («музичної мови») та «мовлення» («музичного мовлення»).
Характеристика підходів до вивчення проблеми розвитку художніх здібностей у шкільному віці
Authors: Базаджієва Д.М.
Published: June 2022

Проблема вивчення природи та розвитку здібностей є досить актуальною [3]. Теорія здібностей представлена в дослідженнях вітчизняних та зарубіжних психологів ( Б.Г. Ананьєв, Л.С. Виготський, Н.С. Лейтес, Г.С. Костюк, В.А. Крутецький, В.А. Моляко, Б.М. Теплов, С.Л. Рубінштейн, В.Д. Шадриков, Дж. Гілфорд, К. Роджерс, С. Торренс та інші ). Вони визначали здібності як психічні властивості індивіда, що регулюють досягнення людини у діяльності, реалізують окремі психічні функції та мають індивідуальну міру прояву і виявляються в успішності та якісній своєрідності засвоєння і реалізації досвіду [1], [6], [7].
Особливості самооцінки та її вплив на прояви агресивної поведінки у підлітковому віці
Authors: Єрмоленко Марина Вікторівна
Published: June 2022

У підлітковому віці одним із центральних новоутворень постає самооцінка, як основний компонент самосвідомості, а в поведінці досить часто спостерігаються прояви агресивності. Тому актуальним є дослідити взаємозв`язок між самооцінкою і агресивною поведінкою підлітків.
Особливості емоційного інтелекту у студентів різних спеціальностей
Authors: Єрух Вікторія Віталіївна
Published: June 2022

Словосполучення «емоційний інтелект», яке з`явилось у психологічному тезаурусі з проблем психології особистості після виходу у світ робіт американських психологів Г.Гарднера [5,6], Д. Големан [7], Дж. Майєра, П.Саловея [9], ще років десять тому викликало б здивування через незвичність поєднання понять «емоція» та «інтелект», які здавалися протилежними за змістом. Не менше дивувало твердження авторів, які ввели у науковий обіг поняття «емоційний інтелект», щодо ролі цієї інтегральної властивості особистості у визначенні успіху будь-якої діяльності людини за будь-яких умов[8]. І нині, хоча проблематика, пов`язана з вивченням емоційного інтелекту, знаходить вельми широке відображення в тематиці наукових конгресів та спеціальних конференцій з проблем психології особистості. Слід зауважити, що після виходу у світ 1995 р. монографії Д.Големана «Емоційний інтелект»[7] вона миттєво стала бестселером. Доречним епіграфом до книги стало висловлювання Арістотеля: «Будь-хто може розгніватися – це легко. Однак виявити гнів стосовно саме тієї людини, яка на це заслуговує, потрібною мірою, у відповідній формі – це не легко» [2]. Твердження ж про те, що емоційний інтелект, на відміну від загального (вимірюваного за допомогою IQ і значною мірою зумовленого генетично), можна розвинути в будь-якому віці, віддає перевагу тому, хто ним володіє, перед носіями високого IQ у досягненні успіху в житті.
Формування в учнів позитивної мотивації до навчання
Authors: Третяченко Оксана Вікторівна
Published: June 2022

Основне завдання школи – навчати і виховувати дітей, забезпечити їх протягом навчального періоду якісними знаннями, які вони могли б успішно реалізувати в майбутньому. Особистісні досягнення учнів у набутті знань тісно пов'язані безпосередньо з розвитком мотиваційної сфери. Дослідження мотиваційної сфери учнів, його якісний аналіз, дають змогу більш ретельно і цілісно організувати і спланувати всю навчальну роботу педагогічного колективу гімназії на формування і розвиток позитивної мотивації до навчання, розвиток зацікавленості власними досягненнями, виховання гордості за власний інтелект і ерудицію.