bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Czech Pirate Party
Authors: Pink Michal , Folvarčný Adam
Published: January 2021

In 2017, in addition to the traditional, old, and more recently established political parties, a new formation – the Czech Pirate Party – espousing more participative principles, including the use of online platforms for discussions – arrived on the political scene in the Czech Republic. This newcomer to the parliamentary ecosystem, shortly after achieving success at the national level, also managed to attract significant support in local elections. For this reason, there is currently a Pirate Party parliamentary group present in the Chamber of Deputies (the lower chamber of the Czech parliament), while simultaneously the mayor of Prague and members of the ruling coalition in Brno – the second biggest city in the Czech Republic – also represent the Pirate Party. Furthermore, recent opinion polls show support for the Pirates running at about 14%. This is coupled with another new feature: the young age of the party’s elected parliamentarians and local councilors, which brings new challenges to politics. After the elections, a number of commentators immediately dubbed the Pirate Party a ‘youth party.’ But is this really the case? What forms of participation do the party and/or its members use and encourage? This article offers answers to these questions. In particular, it presents the electoral base of this new political party through interpretative analysis. The data are based on election results triangulated with other sources – specifically, a Czech election study is juxtaposed against a quantitative survey carried out by three academic institutions in the Czech Republic (the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University, Brno; Palacký University, Olomouc; and the Institute of Sociology at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague). These statistical tools enable us to identify in great detail the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of Pirate Party voters (for instance: age, education, their views about contemporary democracy, and the timing of their decision to vote) and map their attitudes towards other parties and their leaders. The article reveals how popular the Czech Pirate Party is among the younger generation of voters, where the latter come from, and what political preferences they had previously.
Digitalization and Gender Differences in Political Participation among Hungarian University Students
Authors: Oross Dániel , Szabó Andrea
Published: January 2021

Similarly to with the debate in western societies, concern about the disengagement of young people in political life is present in Hungarian politics. Traditional party-based politics is less and less appealing to younger cohorts of Hungarian society. However, empirical evidence supports the claim that university students are the most politically active strata of society, and online political participation has been identified as a potential avenue for connecting young people to politics. The present paper aims to reveal whether the characteristics of those students who are active online differ significantly from the background characteristics of students who take part in offline activities. In order to describe university students’ activity in online forms of participation and assess the chronological trends thereof, the paper uses data that covers the period between 2015 and 2019 – i.e. research rounds three and four of the dataset collected by Active Youth in Hungary Research. We use latent class analysis (LCA) to assess whether individuals who participate most actively in traditional offline activities are also those who are most active in terms of online participation. The results of the research reveal that distinct groups of university students are drawn to specialize in online versus offline repertoires of political participation, indicating that online political activities are not exclusively the purview of those who are most active in traditional offline activities.
Active Youth?
Authors: Spöri Tobias , Oross Dániel , Susánszky Pál
Published: January 2021

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Study of knowledge, perception, and practice of patients regarding fasting requirements for blood glucose testing
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Government Medical College, Pali, Rajasthan, India, Hazra Dr. Asmita , Mandal Dr. Saptarshi ,   Associate Professor, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Blood Bank. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Jawalekar Dr. Seema L. ,   Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, Government Medical College, Pali, Rajasthan, India, Rawtani Dr. Jairam ,   Senior Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Sampurnanand Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Marlecha Ms. Minal ,   MBBS Student, Government Medical College, Pali, Rajasthan, India
Published: January 2021

Background: Patient preparation is one of the least standardized parts of the preanalytic phase oftesting. Fasting blood glucose requires fasting for 8-12 hours as per various guidelines and also hasseveral other requirements. Lack of communication, understanding, or compliance regarding hours-of-fasting, water-intake, avoidance of caloric snack/beverage, the sudden change in smoking,exercise, alcohol, medication, etc. introduces preanalytic errors. Method: To evaluate awareness,understanding, and compliance with fasting requirements, a face-to-face survey was done onoutpatients in a Government Hospital in Pali, Rajasthan, India. Relatively more educated internetusers were surveyed as controls through an online SurveyMonkey tool. Results: 98 patients and187 controls participated in the study. Perception about fasting requirements ranged from 0-17hours. 71% of patients and 35% of controls perceived that nobody explained to them the durationor nature of fasting. The different sources of information had been used in different proportions bypatients and controls. For imparting understanding and compliance about duration, and otherrequirements of fasting, the instruction was usually incomplete but still much more effective (p-value=0.000002) than formal education level (p-value=0.024). Conclusion: 71% of patients and35% of controls did not receive instructions for fasting. 40% of those instructed showed bettercompliance, but awareness was incomplete. The instruction was more effective than formaleducation in improving awareness and compliance. Improved awareness was strongly associatedwith receiving instruction and weakly associated with formal education but financial status showedonly a weak negative association.
Commentary on the article of O. O. Kordonskaya, A. G. Vinokurov, I.V. Grigoriev, S.A. Melchenko, A.A. Kalinkin, I.V. Senko, V.V. Belousov “Surgical treatment of patients with neurosurgical pathology combined with COVID-19”
Authors: Prirodov A. V.
Published: January 2021

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Value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography in staging of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer after thyroidectomy during the first course of radioiodine therapy
Authors: Geliashvili T. M. , Vazhenin A. V. , Berezovskaya T. P. , Vasilieva E. B. , Afanasieva N. G. , Krylov V. V. , Garbuzov P. I.
Published: January 2021

The study objective is to evaluate value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET-CT) and whole-body scintigraphy (131I-WBS) performed during the first course of radioiodine therapy for its ability to detect persistence metastatic foci and for its role in the management of differentiated thyroid cancer patients.

Materials and methods. Forty patients with DTC underwent both post-therapeutic 131I-WBS and PET-CT. PET-CT performed on a positron emission tomograph combined with a 16-slice computer tomograph. Post-therapeutic 131I-WBS performed during radioiodine therapy on the single-detector gamma camera.

Results. Sensitivity in detecting of the tumor persistence for PET-CT was 84 %, for post-therapeutic 131I-WBS 66 % (р >0.05). In 17 (42.5 %) patients additional PET-CT foci were found that negative on 131I-WBS, including 11 (27.5 %) cases of distant metastases. Fifteen percent of patients had metastatic foci visualized only on 131I-WBS, including 4 (10 %) cases of distant metastases. In 17 (44 %) patients tumor foci were identified by both methods. A high pre-ablative level of stimulated thyroglobulin was the only independent predictor of the presence of PET-CTpositive metastatic foci (p = 0.001).

Conclusion. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT can be recommended during the first radioiodine therapy in differentiated thyroid cancer patients with a high risk progression group, as well as with suspected the tumor persistence in case of a high pre-ablation thyroglobulin level, to complete staging, improve the quality of management and ongoing risk stratification.
Results of implementation of a program of individual support of chemoradiation therapy in patients with head and neck tumors
Authors: Gevorkov A. R. , Boyko A. V. , Bolotina L. V. , Shashkov S. V. , Abuzarova G. R. , Sarmanaeva R. R.
Published: January 2021

The study objective is to improve quality of life in patients with oropharyngeal squamous-cell carcinoma during chemo/bioradiation therapy and at early stages after its completion which allows to perform the full extent of radiation within optimal treatment period.

Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of data on 196 patients who underwent chemoradiation therapy between 2005 and 2016 was performed. The results were used to develop and implement a program of support for chemo/bioradiotherapy. The program was characterized by: 1. use of Russian hydrogel materials for local delivery of antibiotics and wound-healing, anesthetizing, anti-inflammatory medications; 2. new regimens of pain relief with differentiated pathogenetic approach and use of modern transdermal long-acting forms; 3. nutritional support at every treatment stage; 4. assurance of compliancy. To evaluate the program, prospective randomized controlled study was performed between January of 2017 and March of 2019 including 60 patients.

Results. Mucositis and dermatitis severity and changes in physical state associated with them, progression and duration of radiation did not significantly differ in the two groups. Use of the support program allowed to control adverse effects and to perform chemoradiotherapy to the full extent, at optimal time and with satisfactory quality of life.

Conclusion. The program of support of chemo/bioradiotherapy in combination with psychological support is effective both form the point of view of optimization of treatment and rehabilitation times and from the point of view of maintenance of high quality of life in patients.
On The Fifth Anniversary Since The Founding Of The Department Of Art History
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Kotliarov Petro
Published: January 2021

In 2020, we celebrate the fifth anniversary since the founding of the Department of Art History of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In this essay, I highlight the Department’s most important features and achievements. Interdisciplinary and cultural-historical approaches are without doubts the basis for the Department’s teaching and research activities. Interdisciplinarity means involvement of theory and methods of semiotics, structural anthropology, psychology, iconology etc. I shortly describe the curriculum of our Bachelor and Master’s programmes. The former is built around the main stages of Ukrainian and Western art history while the latter is almost entirely dedicated to contemporary art and curatorial practice. Apart from these programmes, we offer a unique possibility to meet specialists from different fields through the series of lectures titled ‘Work in art’. Curators, art managers, museum professionals are invited to share their experience and answer the questions of all lectures’ attendees. Students, too, have the possibility to work in the museums and galleries of Kyiv and to visit annually the most important collections in Italy and Austria. Research and teaching activities have definitely resulted in the creation of a dynamic and stimulating academic milieu at the Department. Moreover, the fact that our alumni fruitfully work in the arts is the best recommendation for the Department’s strategy of development.
Original graphics of Robert Lisovsky: Genre range and features of the author's artistic language
Authors:   Lviv Polytechnic National University, Melnyk Oksana , Shtets Viktor ,   Lviv Polytechnic National University
Published: January 2021

The article highlights the work of the Ukrainian emigrant artist Robert Lisovsky (1893-1982), a representative of the Narbut school, a master of book, magazine and applied graphics. While the graphic works by Robert Lisovsky published in books, magazines, calendars and publishing stamps are relatively well-studied, his drawings and watercolors are remain lesser known. The analysis of these works could contribute in clarifying the features of the artist's creative method and author's language. Also, it will determine the stylistic and figurative as well as plot-content preferences of the artist. The article outlines the genre range of graphic works created by Robert Lisovsky, which included portraits, landscapes, urban motifs, floristics and still lifes. The authors consider Robert Lisovsky's graphics and make attempt to determine his plastic language are determined. They find out that Robert Lisovsky most often dealt with the landscapes, including the urban ones, as well as the motives of sacral architecture. A peculiar feature of the artistic language of Robert Lisovsky is a free realistic interpretation of nature with the use of rhythmic and generalization techniques. The sweeping expressive bar line and contrasting fillings used by Robert Lisovsky in the Lviv and Prague periods of his work are replaced by a light modeling line and fine hatching in Italian drawings. In the final London period of his work, the artist resorted to several approaches to the interpretation of nature and demonstrated the author's method of transforming a realistic fixation of nature into an artistic image. The article identifies the specifics of the artist's creative method, emphasizes the semantic and stylistic characteristics of his works.
The Role Of Modern Narrative Museums In The Urban Space
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Zubar Mykhailo , Panto Dmitry ,   Museum of Second World War
Published: January 2021

The article has examined the revision of the social functions of museums associated with changes in social structures, which began in the second half of the last century. This process caused a wide-ranging discussion about changes in the place and role of museums in society, which led to the emergence of museum institutions whose scope went beyond the gathering, study, conservation, and exhibition of collections. The authors pay attention to the role of museum institutions within the physical spaces and local communities in which the museum exists, considering it in the context of the impact on urban space. The article analyzes the process of tourism development in the second half of the twentieth century and its impact on the beginning of the "museum boom". In this context considered the process of museums transformation into tourist attractions, their formation of cultural space, and the infrastructure of settlements. Particular attention paid to the role of the modern museum in the formation of an attractive image of cities and regions. The authors presented the role of the modern museum in the revitalization of urban physical space. Also, they analyzed the experience of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and its role in transforming the post-industrial depressed city into one of the centers of European and world tourism and culture. Based on the experience of Polish narrative museums, the authors examined the process of revitalization and changes in the urban space, after the emergence of a modern museum. Particular attention paid to the analysis of sociological studies that exploring the impact of modern narrative museum on tourist attractiveness, security, investment attractiveness and infrastructure development processes of modern urban space. Also, the authors paid attention to the role of the modern museum in the development of social capital, which leads to the process of transforming museums into places of leisure, building around themselves a space of values, local and global communication.
Book Review: Marín Ceballos, M. C. & Jiménez Flores, A. M., Eds., 2014, Imagen Y Culto En La Iberia Prerromana II: Nuevas Lecturas Sobre Los Pebeteros En Forma De Cabeza Femenina. Spal Monografías, XVIII. Sevilla.
Authors:   National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture, Rusiaieva Maryna
Published: January 2021

The collective monograph “Image and cult in pre-Roman Iberia II: new readings about incense burners shaped like a woman head” edited by M. C. Marín Ceballos and A. M. Jiménez Flores is a research of original terracotta artifacts which were popular in certain regions of Iberia in from the 4th to the 1st centuries BC. The scholars focus on attribution and iconography, determination of prototypes of feminine figures, ways of using incense burners in religious and funerary rituals, search for locally-made items, their typology and gradual spread on the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands.
EVOLUTION OF US POLICY TOWARD IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM IN XXI CENTURY: FROM PRESIDENT BUSH TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
Authors: Sinovets P. , Gergiieva V.
Published: January 2021

Since 2002 until now, the Iranian nuclear program remains one of the hottest international problems despite the efforts of three US presidential administrations, which ruled during this time to solve the Iranian issue. This article analyses and compares the policy toward Iran of three US presidents George Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, discusses the positive and negative consequences of their attempts to solve the Iranian nuclear issue, and outlines the future prospects of US-Iran communication over the nuclear deal. President Trump's policy on Iran was somewhat similar to that of President Bush, both presidents rejected the policy of any concessions to Iran and focused on the policy of pressure. The US withdrawal from the JCPOA influenced not only the relations between the US and Iran, but also the relations of European countries, as since its release in 2018, Europe has tried to save the JCPOA and deter Iran from resuming its nuclear program. In general, Trump's policies not only canceled the nuclear deal, which was the result of long negotiations by the Obama administration, but also complicated further negotiations with Iran. Despite the victory of Democrat Joe Biden, who is a follower of Obama's policies, signing a new agreement with Iran may be even more difficult than it was in 2013-2015, because Iran's missile program has become even more developed, as well as distrust of international treaties as well. The article analyzes the possible consequences of Trump's policies and options for returning to dialogue and agreement. The next crucial stage in Iran-US relations is
the upcoming elections in Iran in 2021, the results of which will affect the readiness of any concessions to ease sanctions and establish a dialogue.
Key words: Iranian nuclear program, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), economic sanctions.
Hospitalized Patients with a Therapeutic Profile: The Relationship Between the Type of Attitude Towards Illness and the Quality of Life
Authors: Zarishnyak N.V. , Kulbaisov A.M. , Gavrilova E.V.
Published: January 2021

The article presents the results of a study of attitudes towards illness, quality of life and their relationship in hospitalized patients. An empirical study of three groups of hospitalized patients aged 40 to 80 years was carried out: with ischemic heart disease (group I, n = 22; 55,3(13,8) years), with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (group II, n=22; 53,7(12,0) years) and with osteochondrosis (group III, n=22; 59,6(14,8) years). Distribution by sex in all groups – 50% of men and 50% of women. To determine the type of attitude towards the disease, the Bekhterev Institute's questionnaire "Type of attitude towards the disease" (TOBOL) was used, the quality of life – the questionnaire of the Assessment of the quality of life (SF-36). The results of the study showed that in patients of all groups maladaptive types of attitudes towards the disease prevailed: Group I – hypochondriacal; apathetic; Group II – neurasthenic, dysphoric, paranoid; Group III – anxious, apathetic types. The quality of life of patients of all groups did not differ from each other: the physical component of health was assessed as low; the psychological component of health was average. A high rate of pain syndrome and social functioning was found in patients in group I, and in general health in patients in group II. Factor analysis revealed the relationship between the general state of health of patients (the patient's subjective assessment of his health) and the type of attitude towards the disease. Most of the patients needed psychological help to correct the type of attitude towards the disease and improve the quality of life. The revealed relationship between the internal picture of the disease and the quality of life requires additional research.
Normalization of Aggressiveness and Anxiety of Foster Children of Adolescent Age Through the Method of Fairy-Tale Therapy
Authors: Stsishano I.V.
Published: January 2021

The article presents the results of an empirical study of reducing the level of aggressiveness and anxiety in foster adolescents by fairy-tale therapy. The relevance is due to the increase in the number of foster families and the lack of knowledge of methods of psychological correction of negative manifestations in the emotional and behavioral spheres in foster children. The study involved 62 adolescents aged 12–16 years (M=13,4; SD=1,2), among which 23 boys and 39 girls) living in foster homes in Gomel. The experimental group included 31 teenagers from foster families, with each of whom correctional work was carried out by the method of fairy-tale therapy. The control group consisted of 31 teenagers from foster families. The study used the questionnaire “Diagnosis of the State of Aggression” by A. Bass, A. Darki (adapted by A.K. Osnitsky, 1998), the
B. Phillips School Anxiety Test (adapted by N.P. Kondratieva, 1995). Based on the results obtained, it is concluded that the average values for such scales as physical aggression and hostility index significantly decreased. In the experimental group, compared with the control group, the average values for such scales of aggression as suspicion and hostility index significantly decreased at the III diagnostic cross-section. Adolescents of the experimental group feel confident in communicating with teachers, and the excitement of answering the teacher in adolescents of this group is within the normal range. At the same time, the number of adolescents of the experimental group after corrective action, who adequately and calmly respond to relationships with adults at school, increased.
Alexander Meshcheryakov on the Formation of the Human Psyche. Alexander Meshcheryakov on the Formation of the Human Psyche
Authors: Maidansky A.D.
Published: January 2021

The transcript of the report by Alexander Ivanovich Meshcheryakov “The formation of the psyche in the deaf-blind” is published. Report was made at the meeting of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in July 27, 1969. The report summarizes the theoretical results of the Zagorsk experiment, which continued Professor I.A. Sokolyansky’s long-term work on education of deaf-blind children. This work is interpreted from the point of view of the cultural-historical theory of forming human psyche and speech on the basis of “divided objective activities” of the educator and the child. A.I. Meshcheryakov experimentally demonstrates the technology of child’s interiorization of human activity forms through cultural objects, which, in his expression, are concentrated “wisdom of mankind” – social and historical experience of man’s transforming the world and his own self. The report pays particular attention to the development of cultural means of communication: from signal touching and gesture language to oral and written speech.
A case of postoperative mental illness
Authors: Orlov K. X.
Published: January 2021

In the current academic year at the Eye Clinic of Kazan University, we had to observe a case of mental disorder that developed under conditions that were of a known kind of interest for the years. members of the Society of Neuropathologists and Psychiatrists from the point of view of the ethology of suffering, all the while I decided to send my message to the Society.
About the so-called “recurrent paralysis of the oculomotor nerve”. Paralysis n. oculomotorii recidiva
Authors: Mering M. M.
Published: January 2021

Despite the fact that 40 years have passed since the first description of recurrent oculomotor nerve palsy, this disease can not be considered as yet studied.
W. Einthoven. Ueber Nervenreizung (lurch frequente Wechselstrome. — Pflüger’s Archiv Bd. 82 p. 101, 1900. On irritation of nerves by frequent alternating currents
Authors: Polumordvinov D.
Published: January 2021

It is known that electric current with increasing frequency of interruptions is more and more strong irritant for motor nerves; but this phenomenon is observed only until the attainment of a known, definite number of interruptions; with further increase, the effect does not increase, it reaches its maximum value; if the increase in frequency goes even further, then the effect of irritation begins to weaken, from which it follows that the excitability of the nerves for such currents begins to decrease.
G.I. Rossolimo. Art, sore nerves and upbringing (about "Decadence")
Authors: Obraztsov B.
Published: January 2021

The author asks the question of finding out what the relationship is between modern artistic creativity and the phenomenon of progressive increase in our nerves and mental illnesses. shed light on the state of health of the artist, being, so to speak, artistic symptoms of his illness.
Annals of the Society of Neuropathologists and Psychiatrovs at the Imperial Kazan University
Authors: Popov N. M.
Published: January 2021

It was chaired by prof. N.M. Popov, under the secretary of V.V. Nikolaev. Attended by: honorary member of the Islands I. M. Dogel and Mr. acting members: B. I. Vorotynskiy, G. A. Klyachkin, R. A. Luriya, V. P. Maleev, N. A. Mislavsniy, I. 1. Naumov, V. N. Obraztsov, L. A . Sergev. PS Skuridin, GV Sorokovikov, AE Yanishevskiy and a man about 40 outsiders, the public.
Hysteria in science and life
Authors: Vorotynsky B. I.
Published: January 2021

Medicine, as a science that studies a healthy and sick human organism, together with the rapidly advancing development of our knowledge in the field of natural sciences, begins to gradually expand the circle of its observations and studies. Along with this, the connection between medicine and such important branches of knowledge as criminal anthropology, sociology and psychology is becoming closer and closer and closer; Many provisions of these sciences are still based on data borrowed from the field of medical observation or obtained with the help of natural scientific methods of research.
X CONGRESO SOBRE USO Y MANEJO DEL SUELO
Authors: A. Paz González A.
Published: January 2021

Nos complace daros la bienvenida a la Universidad de A Coruña (UDC) y a esta ciudad, con motivo de la décima edición del Congreso sobre Uso y Manejo del Suelo (UMS 2020), que se celebra entre el 16 y el 18 de noviembre. Este congreso se desarrolla simultáneamente en la modalidad presencial y no presencial. Está organizado por el grupo de investigación “Gestión Sostenible de los Recursos Hídricos y del Suelo” (AQUATERRA), que forma parte del Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) de dicha institución.
Risk-Based Screening Level Analysis and Landfill "Cap" Design of Crude Oil Contaminated Soil Stockpile in Riau Province, Indonesia
Authors:   Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia, Widyarsana I Made Wahyu , Sukandar  , Dewi Windy Chyntia
Published: January 2021

In this study, a crude-oil contaminated stockpile is analyzed to understand the health risks and technical approach in its remediation. The stockpile has an approximate area of 13 hectares, with an approximate volume of 1.300.000 m3. Relaxed government regulations regarding environmental protection up in 2014 have made stockpiling crude-oil contaminated soils commonplace in Indonesia's oil and gas fields. The stockpile has a flat-shaped landscape, sloping at approximately 10 to 15 degrees, with a varied elevation ranging from 29 meters to 31 meters, peaking at 31.5 meters. This study's objective was to correctly identify the best curative approach to remediate the location to adhere to the Indonesian Government standards and best practices. A landfill "cap" aims to treat the hazardous waste stockpile similar to a typical landfill, though with the absence of the base layer below the stockpile.
Protection of Children and Adolescents from Sexual Violence in Brazil: Legislation and Experiences in a Specialized Police Department
Authors:   Universidade do Estado do Amazonas/UEA, Brazil, Rodrigues Nascimento Izaura , Pacheco Santana Joyce , João Carlos Marques Dorli
Published: January 2021

The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 represents a milestone due to the provision for comprehensive protection of children and adolescents. It was by this document with which the Police Department for the Protection of Children and Adolescents was created. This department is responsible for investigating sexual crimes. This research reflects the problems faced at the Police Department for the Protection of Children and Adolescents, in the city of Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil. The study was based on bibliographic and documentary research, which prioritized the relevant legislation, records and institutional reports. It also employed direct observation at the police department and held interviews with 11 police sargeants and 3 psychologists, who were responsible for handling the complaints. The results reveal the high workload of these professionals in attending the public and solving the cases that come to their knowledge.
Impact of Different Importation Policies Scenarios on Beef Industry in Peninsular Malaysia
Authors: Buda Mark , Mohamed Zainalabidin
Published: January 2021

The supply side of beef industry has not responded well to the rising demand for beef. This industry is still highly dependent on imported beef and feeder cattle for beef production to meet the local demand. The objective of this study is to analyse the impacts of different importation policy scenarios on beef industry in Peninsular Malaysia. A simulation model that based on estimated market model is used to analyse the policy. The findings imply that the number of import cattle for breeding (ICTB) should be maintained, while import of cattle for slaughter or feeder cattle should be increased by 20%. This will improve beef self-sufficiency level while stabilizing beef retail price.
Development Strategy of Sago Local Food Agroindustry Using Analytical Hierarchy Process Method
Authors: Timisela Natelda Rosaldiah , Masyhuri Masyhuri , Darwanto Dwidjono Hadi
Published: January 2021

This study aims to formulate the development strategy for sago local food agroindustry in Maluku Province. The sample was taken deliberately (purposive sampling) because respondents realize the sago development in the province. The respondents, totaling 15 people, consisted of farmers, traders, and experts from several agencies, namely the Food Security Agency, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Industry and Commerce, the Department of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Micro Enterprises, Universities, and Non-Governmental Organizations. Data analysis utilized the Analytic Hierarchy Process method. The priority analysis results of sago agroindustry development strategy revealed technology as a top priority in the agroindustry development for being associated with very low and limited assistance and access to processing technology. The sago local food agroindustry development focuses on linkages between factors, sub-factors, actors, objectives, and policy scenarios. The recommended policy scenarios are preserving local food, improving technology, arranging marketing strategies, improving production facilities and infrastructure, and improving institutional systems.
Bullwhip Effect Study in Leaf Organic Supply Chain
Authors: Apriyani Dwi , Nurmalina Rita , Burhanuddin Burhanuddin
Published: January 2021

The mismatch between the availability of vegetables and consumer demand is one of the causes of inefficient supply chains. This study aims to analyze the bullwhip effect on the organic leaf vegetable supply chain at PT Simply Fresh Organic (SFO). The analysis method used is a comparison between the coefficient of variation of orders created with the coefficient of variation in requests received by each supply chain institution. The data used are secondary data obtained from PT SFO. The measurement results show that the supply chain flow of organic leaf vegetables had a bullwhip effect at the PT SFO level and no bullwhip effect occurs at the retail level. The value of the BE supply chain value calculation at PT SFO shows a higher figure than at the retail level. The bullwhip effect at PT SFO occurred because of a rationing and shortage gaming policy. Therefore, each member of the supply chain must maintain transparency of data information and utilize digital technology to improve the accuracy of data forecasting requests and reservations quickly.
Causes, management and complications of severe adult dehydration in the emergency room
Authors: Ghafouri Abdulrahman Mohammad , Arkoubi Shurouq Hamzah , Al-Amri Talal Maqboul , Alshamari Afaf Matar , Alqahtani Mohammed Ali , Alyami Zainalaabdeen Sayyar , Alnemer Eiman Mohammad , Almujayrishi Ahmed Musallam , Najdi Najdi Ibrahem , Althobaiti Nawwaf Jamaan , Lamfon Hanan Yahia , Alyahya Rayyan Abdullah , Agbawi Sally Ahmed
Published: January 2021

This literature review aims to highlight the possible causes, complications, and management of this event from previously published studies discussing dehydration in critically-ill patients admitted to the emergency room (ER). In general, the administration of fluids has been used in the ER for critically-ill patients for many purposes. These include the optimization and adjustment of body fluids and electrolytes, increase renal protection against contrast, enhance uric acid, globins, caloric intake, and as an adjuvant to ameliorate the potentiality of certain medications or to dilute them. Many etiologies have been accused to cause dehydration in critically-ill patients. These include the fasting strategy that patients are obliged to whenever undergoing a surgical operation. Kidney, heart, and liver injuries have also been associated with patients’ dehydration. Old age and the presence of other co-morbidities diabetes insipidus and uncontrolled diabetes can also aggravate the condition. Mental affection is the main complication that patients with severe dehydration might complain about. Other complications might include aggravation of heart failure, and skin diseases, and deterioration of the kidney functions and other cellular processes that require adequate nourishment for their daily normal functions. Mortality is also a serious common complication, especially within elderly patients. Although the management of dehydration can be easily achieved by fluid administration, fluid overload can aggravate the underlying complications and develop others. Therefore, the main challenge here would be to frequently monitor patients during fluid administration and resuscitation to prevent this side effect.
Comparison between efficacy of Epley’s maneuver with medical therapy versus medical therapy alone in treating BPPV patients
Authors: Kavathia Krima , Bathla Meeta , Doshi Hiren , Patel Hemangi , Bhagat Priyanka
Published: January 2021

Dizziness and disequilibrium are common complaints in both general adult and the geriatric population. Dizziness is often used to describe the sensations of vertigo, lightheadedness, imbalance, presyncope, disorientation, and/or gait instability. The cause may be otologic, neurologic, cardiovascular, psychiatric, orthopedic or ophthalmologic. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo(BPPV) is, by far, the most common cause of episodic vertigo.

This study was done in a tertiary care center of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in patients above age of 20 and with BPPV. The purpose of the study was to compare the efficacy of Epley’s maneuver with medical therapy versus medical therapy alone in patients of BPPV.

A total of 50 patients were divided into two groups: 25 to the group A which received Epley’s maneuver with drug therapy and 25 to the group B which received only drug therapy. In our study, Epley’s maneuver with medical therapy was found to be more effective than medicine given alone.

This study shows that the Epley maneuver with medical therapy provides effective and long-term control of symptoms in patients with BPPV. It benefits over medical therapy alone in terms of avoiding the delay in vestibular compensation and recurrence.
Popular techniques in tonsillectomy: A randomised, controlled study
Authors: Santhraya Mahesh , Pavithran Pallavi
Published: January 2021

Tonsillectomy is one of the commonest operations performed by Otolaryngologists. Various methods of tonsillectomy have been practiced over the century aimed at reducing or eliminating intra-operative and postoperative morbidity.

To compare the mean operative time, mean blood loss, post operative pain and complications in tonsillectomy using bipolar cautery and diode laser, versus conventional cold steel dissection tonsillectomy.

A prospective, randomised controlled study of 90 patients to compare three tonsillectomy techniques: diode laser, bipolar cautery and classical cold dissection, from May 2016 to October 2019.

The operative time, blood loss and pain were significantly lower with tonsillectomy using bipolar cautery and diode laser tonsillectomy than with cold dissection tonsillectomy. Bipolar dissection took the shortest time on an average, whereas blood loss was the least with Diode Laser tonsillectomy. Post operative pain increased in the Laser group by the 5 day.

Both bipolar and diode laser tonsillectomy are associated with significantly reduced blood loss, shorter operative times and less post operative pain compared with cold dissection tonsillectomy. But there was no significant difference seen regarding the postoperative pain when comparing both the surgical methods, by the end of one week.
The research of interaction of zinc solders with aluminum alloys during friction application
Authors:   Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), Shargaev E. O. , Pashkov I. N. ,   Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)
Published: January 2021

Nowadays, due to the search for more efficient and steady processes of aluminum combination and the products that cannot be manufactured using flux, the issue of application of flux-free soldering methods for aluminum-based alloys is highly relevant. The lack of the description of the processes and mechanisms of flux-free soldering by the technique of friction of the solder on the aluminum surface makes it urgent to study and describe them in detail. To carry out the study, the authors produced zinc-based alloys and prepared solder rods using the hot pressing method. Using the technique of friction of a rod against the surface of the heated aluminum substrate, the authors identified minimum temperatures of the setting of zinc solders of different compositions with aluminum surfaces. The experiment proves that these temperatures correlate with the liquidus temperatures of these alloys and have similar values. The dependence of minimum setting temperatures on the Al and Cu content in the solder was obtained. The authors studied the influence of the state of the base metal surface on the spreading area of the Zn-4%Al zinc solder during friction application. The experiments determined the zones of solder spreading over the surface of the AD31 aluminum alloy substrate, depending on the roughness of the base metal surface. The study identified that minimum setting temperatures of solders have similar values against the liquidus temperatures of these alloys, and the adding of copper to a solder reduces these temperatures, on average, by 20° С per each percent of added copper. The flowing of Zn–4%Al solder over the AD31 aluminum alloy surface reaches the largest values when treating the surface with rough-grain abrasive cloths, and the flowing effect decreases with the decrease in roughness.
LEGAL RISKS OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE PANDEMIC PERIOD
Authors:   Samara National Research University, Razveykina N. A. , Paulova E. O. ,   Samara National Research University
Published: January 2021

One of the global challenges of 2020 was the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), which turned out to be the most severe stressful factor for all spheres of public relations. The pandemic contributed to an increase in the number of risks, some of which caused evident harm to many social institutions and systems, and some risks were an incentive for their forced rapid development. The paper studies the risks in the field of criminal justice to recognize typical legal risks and identify new ones caused by the pandemic period. The study identified the existing legal risks in the sphere of criminal proceedings, found out the factors causing additional legal risks during a pandemic, and the legal consequences of such risks. In the study, the authors adhere to the general theoretical concept of risk as a legal phenomenon capable of generating favorable and unfavorable legal consequences. The authors agree with the recognition of the risky nature of the criminal procedure and the right to risk as a resource necessary for the implementation of criminal procedural functions. In the aggregate, it is possible to refer risks in criminal procedure to the procedural risks and to distinguish typical ones among them: the risk of making procedural decisions, risk of performing the defender’s function, professional risk in the investigator’s activity, and the corruption risk. The authors propose to classify specific risks of the pandemic period depending on the resulting consequences, into negative and positive ones. The paper lists some of the most obvious risks of criminal proceedings that have arisen in the context of the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
ORIENTATION OF CHILDREN TOWARDS A FAMILY IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING FAMILIAR WITH PARENTS’ CHILDHOOD
Authors:   Togliatti State University, Dybina O. V.
Published: January 2021

The practice of preschool education insufficiently shows the system of work on getting preschool-age children familiar with parents’ childhood, undervalues the effectiveness of this process, its influence on the formation of family values, the desire to follow suit parents as the examples in the behavior and actions. The paper reveals the problem of the orientation of preschool-age children towards the family in the process of getting children familiar with parents’ childhood. The relevance of the study is justified by the process of updating the approaches to the organization of interaction of kindergarten teachers with the family, the formation of a valued attitude to the family. The study shows that adult family members and preschool-age children do not have sufficient information about each other. Children find it difficult to name their parents’ professions, not always tend to speak about the family. All this gives evidence of the loss of generational connection, and, as a result, insufficiently formed ideas about the family in children; the loss of perception of the family as a value; the weak emotional bonds between parents and children. According to the results of the study, the author identified that the orientation of preschoolers towards the family is possible when getting children familiar with parents, their childhood. The research pays special attention to the disclosure of bright events from parents’ childhood, their relations with their family members, and important moments from their lives. In the process of getting preschool-age children familiar with their parents’ childhood, children begin to take pride in their family, fill interest in their family as the bearer of family traditions.
PROFESSION-ORIENTED INTERACTION OF FUTURE MILITARY PILOTS: UNDERSTANDING OF CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES
Authors:   The branch of Military Educational and Scientific Center of Air Force “Zhukovsky and Gagarin Air Force Academy” in Syzran, Kirina E. A.
Published: January 2021

One of the principal skills for military pilots during their professional activity is profession-oriented interaction. That is because they need to be able to interact in a foreign language during radio exchange, as well as to interact with foreign representatives within the professional field. Along with the concept of interaction, the paper considers similar concepts of conversation, cooperation, and communication; however, interaction reveals military pilots’ communicative activity in the most accurate way. The author determines the idea of profession-oriented interaction through the prism of approaches and gives its characteristics. General scientific approaches are used while training military aviation students for profession-oriented interaction: competency-based, systemic, person-centered, as well as the culture-based approach used for teaching a foreign language. The paper shows the significance of each approach for training future military pilots. The competency-based approach makes it possible to determine competencies necessary for future military pilots and contributing to the implementation of profession-oriented interaction in a foreign language. The person-centered approach indicates the importance of taking into account the individual characteristics of future military pilots while forming the style of their professional activity. The systemic approach covers all training components which are necessary for profession-oriented interaction of military pilots. The culture-based approach actualizes the formation of intercultural communication skills between future military specialists.