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Teaching in East Germany in the 1980s
Authors: Signe Morrison Susan
Published: June 2020

This essay reflects on Morrison’s experience teaching in East Germany in the 1980s through an exchange programme between Brown University and the (former) Wilhelm-Pieck-Universität Rostock. Of particular note is Morrison’s Stasi – or secret police – file. While some sections are typewritten, the pages from the IMs or “unofficial collaborators” are hand-written. Focusing on an incident from September 1985, when Morrison was in charge of the programme’s “wall newspaper,” this essay reflects on a student’s controversial article about “Good Women in the Soviet Union.” This was not received well by university authorities and threatened to undermine the delicately negotiated exchange programme. Research on the nature of secret police files from the former East Germany and other eastern European countries as literary narratives suggests that those drafting such files can be understood as fiction writers, including making totally innocent material sound shady. While one “unofficial collaborator” suggests that Morrison would be a good partner with Rostock in the future, some have suggested that he might have been intending to “turn” Morrison as a spy for East Germany.
Borges as Translator
Authors: Simpson Sarah
Published: June 2020

Jorge Luis Borges, primarily known for his original short fiction, also published many translations of other authors’ works over the course of his life, as well as essays on translation theory. Borges proclaimed his own ‘periphrastic’ approach to translation, taking the opportunity to effect changes in his versions of other writers’ works rather than simply attempting to render the source texts into Spanish. In order to examine the strategies employed by Borges in his translations of English-language prose fiction, this paper will consider three texts translated by Borges alongside the original versions: “The Red-Headed League” by Arthur Conan Doyle, and Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” and “The Purloined Letter.” Analysis of these texts will demonstrate the extent to which Borges is prepared to put into practice the theory of radical innovation that he outlines in his essays on literary and translation theory.
Co-instituting the Constituency
Authors: Duggan Calvin
Published: June 2020

Traversing cultural studies and political theory, this paper asks how any representative is to represent a diverse constituency, given that any constituency is necessarily co-instituted—that is, made up of—multiple and conflicting bodies and interests. Arguing that the term has suffered from a deficit of enquiry within the theoretical and critical humanities, this article thus aims to re-figure the concept of constituency. The specific understanding of constituency formation within the context of British political system, something especially visible in the wake of the EU referendum and its aftermath, highlights that constituencies are understood within this context through an atomic logic—that is, that each constituency is made up of individual constituents. Thinking with the notion of constituent power allows for a better understanding of the co-instituted nature of constituencies: how and by whom they are co-created. This, in turn, undermines any understanding of political representation as a merely bi-directional practice between representative and constituency. Finally, a close reading of Ghislaine Leung’s CONSTITUTION helps probe further both a bi-directional account of constituency formation and the notion that constituencies are themselves atomically structured, upsetting set theory in the process and allowing us to better apprehend the co-constitutive relationship between constituency and constituent.
Like Putting Mayo on a Bialy
Authors: Greene Jacqueline Hirsh
Published: June 2020

In a discourse analysis with regards to stance and social indexicality, representational language or “TV language” from the series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel illuminates several functions of Yiddish loanwords as variables: stancetakers’ disproportionate stance acts, inter-generational usage of person/type terms to evoke prejudice, and younger speakers’ appropriation of conventional usages. It is suggested that because Yiddish terms often contain conventional associations with usages or users, situated meanings arise from a basis of conventionality. The following situated meanings of Yiddish loanwords and their functionality add to existing third wave variation theory, as variables construct speakers’ desired personae.
Theory from the hills
Authors: Karlsson Bengt G
Published: June 2020

Highlander suggests that geography, and especially, altitude matters. And indeed things look different depending on where you stand. Climb a mountain and the perspective changes as does the landscape itself; the flora, fauna, smells, the air and much more change. High altitude gives a sense of clarity, you can see further out in the distance, things otherwise hidden reveal itself and patterns, traces, paths emerge. It is perhaps no surprise that mountains are places of introspection and spiritual quests. Yet again how altitude matters in a more precise manner in the workings of society is harder to tell. James C. Scott famously argues that hills are difficult to govern and therefore allow for more egalitarian, democratic and non-state types of polities to flourish (2009). His take on “Zomia”, originally proposed by Willem van Schendel, has encouraged scholars to think regions, and geography more generally, outside the dominant framework of nation-states. For Scott, the hills carry a political vision of an anarchist or acephalous society. Indeed, we need to be reminded that another world is possible. Zomia is a powerful image for this.
On methodology
Authors: Kikon Dolly
Published: June 2020

The anxieties to produce good research work is inherent in academia. Particularly, in the social sciences, research work that requires fieldwork and demands an encounter with the larger society that is outside one’s respective departments and the university produces various kinds of experiences and feelings. Among anthropologists, one can be lost in the field, fall in love, get frustrated, or go native. Yet, the tension between capturing what one witnesses during fieldwork and the producing a piece of work that contains a sharp theoretical analysis and an introspective narrative is often challenging. This essay is not a prescriptive note about methodology, but it is rather my attempt to reflect about doing fieldwork and the circumstances under which we carry out research work in Northeast India.
Percepción de los microempresarios del sector calzado ubicados en la comuna nueve de San José de Cúcuta, sobre la aplicación del Marco Técnico Normativo de Información Financiera
Authors: Durán Caicedo Luz Estela
Published: June 2020

El trabajo tuvo como objetivo determinar las percepciones que tienen los propietarios de las microempresas del sectorCalzado, ubicadas en la Comuna 9 de la ciudad de San José de Cúcuta, sobre la Aplicación del Marco Técnico Normativode Información Financiera (MTNIF). Metodológicamente, el estudio se desarrolló bajo el enfoque cualitativo,presentando un carácter descriptivo, pues se seleccionó una muestra de 45 microempresas ubicadas en el escenario objeto de la investigación. La recopilación de la información, se realizó a través de la aplicación de una entrevista semiestructurada, cuyos resultados se utilizaron para la construcción de categorías y subcategorías procesadas através de matrices reconstructivas. Los resultados demuestran, que los microempresarios seleccionados desconocen elMTNIF, dado que hasta el momento no han aplicado las exigencias del Decreto 2706. En consecuencia, se evidenciala importancia de capacitar a los microempresarios de este sector sobre las exigencias del MTNIF para la presentación de los estados financieros.
Las prácticas tutoriales y la formación integral del aprendiz del SENA
Authors: Ospina Ospina Luis Alberto , Obando Obando Mirian Fanny , Restrepo Echeverri Blanca Inés
Published: June 2020

Esta investigación describe y analiza las prácticas tutoriales que son parte de la formación integral del ServicioNacional de Aprendizaje-SENA en los componentes social, cognitivo y emocional, la cual le permite a esta entidadgubernamental atender las demandas que hoy hacen los empleadores dentro de los parámetros de la responsabilidadsocial que le fue asignada en la formación del talento humano requerido por el sector productivo en Colombia. Losresultados obtenidos permiten deducir que para mejorar las habilidades de los aprendices en lo social, cognitivo yemocional, se deben reforzar las prácticas tutoriales que hoy desarrollan los instructores de modalidad presencial,para que puedan abordar de manera significativa su rol como Instructor Tutor en la formación integral del aprendizSENA. Los instructores encuestados reconocen esa dificultad y los aprendices reclaman con vehemencia esa figura queles facilite, no solo la adquisición de conocimientos técnicos, sino también la internalización de valores, actitudes yformas de comportamiento que contribuyan al mejoramiento de sus condiciones sociales y laborales.Palabras clave: aprendiz, cognitiva, emocional, formación integral, instructor, prácticas tutoriales, social.
Computing data for Levin-Wen with defects
Authors: Bridgeman Jacob C. , Barter Daniel
Published: June 2020

We demonstrate how to do many computations for doubled topological phases with defects. These defects may be 1-dimensional domain walls or 0-dimensional point defects.Using Vec⁡(S3) as a guiding example, we demonstrate how domain wall fusion and associators can be computed using generalized tube algebra techniques. These domain walls can be both between distinct or identical phases. Additionally, we show how to compute all possible point defects, and the fusion and associator data of these. Worked examples, tabulated data and Mathematica code are provided.
Political and Non-political Forms of Citizen Participation in Public Life in Russia
Authors: Beksheneva Alexandra A. , Yagodka Nikolay N.
Published: June 2020

The article is devoted to the consideration of political and non-political component of public opinions expression in contemporary Russia. The authors highlight the most popular channels for expressing public opinion on pressing issues through existing public institutions. The participation of population in the existing civic and social practices is analyzed, and the potential for increasing civic and political involvement is revealed. The paper focuses on the reasons for the low level of citizen political participation in Russia, formulates potential ways to solve this problem, including usage of modern communication tools. The classification of the most popular sectors of civic participation is also presented. Based on the analysis of sociological data, the authors highlight the relationship between the complexity of public participation and the number of citizens involved in various forms of civic initiatives. The article presents the socio-political agenda of the protests of 2017-2018 in Russia as well as its reasons. A forecast for the development of the protest agenda in future is also given in the article. In conclusion there is a forecast for the further development of political and non-political citizen participation in public life of the country and solution of pressing problems such as socio-political, economic, environmental and other spheres of public life.
Human Resource Management Practices and Organizational Performance: An Empirical Study of Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria
Authors: Adagbabiri Moses M. , Okolie Ugo Chuks
Published: June 2020

The impact of human resource management (HRM) practices on organizational performance has been subject of discourse among social scientists from a wide range of disciplines in the last two decades. But unfortunately, very insufficient number of studies in this area has been conducted in Nigeria and other developing countries. This study was undertaken to fill this obvious research gap. The author applied descriptive method and collected the data via a survey of 164 respondents in Nigerias Oil and Gas Industry. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson product moment correlation and t-test analysis. The study found that there is a significant relationship between HRM practices and organizational performance. As predicted, the study revealed that human resource management practices exert positive and statistically significant impact on organizational performance. Requisite conclusion and recommendations were provided in the light of theoretical and empirical findings. With this study, we hope to contribute to a better understanding of the role of HRM practices in creating and sustaining organizational performance, specifically in the Nigerian context.
Current Sources and Metamorphoses of Political Power: A Critical Analysis
Authors: Kalamanov Vladimir A.
Published: June 2020

The article analyzes the processes of transformation and modification of political power caused by the processes of globalization. Based on a wide range of socio-political theories and concepts, the author examines the problems of state governance, disintegration, and political stability of state power in the face of contemporary challenges and threats. The author critically analyzes modern theories, such as the end of power, retrotopia and liquid society. The author shows both the significant heuristic potential of these conceptual models and their limited capabilities for interpreting current socio-political reality. The article concludes that difficulties of implementation of public administration in current conditions should not detract from importance of quality public administration, the requirements for which are also increasing.
Book review: : Fukuyama F. Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014. 672 p.
Authors: Kumie Getahun Antigegn
Published: June 2020

The review of Francis Fukuyama’s book “Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy” examines the processes of political development and modernization. “Political Order and Political Decay” is the second volume of a large-scale study. Both books adhere to the paradigm that a successful liberal democracy combines three main elements: the state, the rule of law, and accountability - and the balance between them is crucial. Fukuyama recognizes that there is a link between economic prosperity and democracy but does not claim that one automatically leads to the other. Fukuyama believes that Chinese phenomenal economic growth combined with an authoritarian government will not be able to persist, but does not conclude that a democratic revolution in China is inevitable. Fukuyama also became disillusioned with the possibilities of exporting democracy. The author warns that political decline is more pronounced in the United States than in other democracies, because the latter have demonstrated a greater ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
The Ethnic Aspect in Red Army Recruitment During the Great Patriotic War: A Historical and Statistical Review
Authors: Bezugolny Alexey Yu.
Published: June 2020

Due to the multi-ethnic nature of our state, the ethnic factor has always been important in the recruitment, organization and combat use of the Russian armed forces. The deeper the ethnocultural, especially linguistic differences of the personnel, the more urgent was the need for a special organization of military service of the non-Russian contingent. The article is devoted to the analysis of ethnic processes in the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Much attention is given to the dynamics of the quantitative and specific representation of Soviet ethnic groups during the war, the reasons for the reduction or, on the contrary, the expansion of this representation. The research is based on normative and policy documents that regulated mobilization and conscription work, as well as office documents that reflect the execution of state decisions. Among the latter, the author has identified a set of accounting and statistical materials of the central organizational and mobilization institutions of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR. The scientific novelty of the presented research is that for the first time the ethnonational aspect of the history of the red army during the Great Patriotic War was analyzed using quantitative research methods. This made it possible to significantly deepen the understanding of the ethnic processes taking place in the Soviet armed forces.
The Food Supply of Besieged Leningrad and the Evacuation of the Population by Using Aviation in the Autumn of 1941
Authors: Prigodich Nikita D.
Published: June 2020

The author examined how besieged Leningrad was provided with various cargoes in the period from September to December 1941. During this period, the Moscow and Northern special forces organized the transportation of food, equipment, weapons, and devices by air. The investigation centered on the establishment of the Khvoinaya-Leningrad line with aircraft of the Civil Air Fleet of the USSR, and on the locations of bases on the mainland and in the blocked city. Equally considered is the composition of the aviation groups, the total number of aircraft on the line by month, as well as statistics concerning repair and irrevocable losses. Based on materials from Moscow and St. Petersburg archives, statistical data are presented that characterize the entire process of the air bridge. Reports of the Civil Air Fleet, the Special Northern aviation group, and Leningrad airport, provide generalized data on the results of transport aviation activities in the autumn of 1941, including the number and composition of evacuated skilled workers and members of the civilian population from Leningrad. The analysis revealed the daily volume of goods delivered to the city, including the total amount of food, equipment, weapons, and devices received. Finally, the article reviews the reasons and consequences of the unexpected closure of the established airline and the relocation of the Douglas-type aircraft to Moscow.
The Military Routine of Polish Partisan Detachments Operating on the Territory of the Byelorussian SSR in 1943-1944: Morale and Political Propaganda
Authors: Blagov Sergey V.
Published: June 2020

There were five Polish national detachments within the Soviet partisan movement that officially operated on the territory of the Belorussian SSR during the Great Patriotic War. Their formation took place in 1943-1944. Each of them had their own special features, their own specific tasks; but they also had common characteristics. First of all, the partisans were associated with proSoviet political propaganda. In their actions, they were used as guides to the local population of Western Belarus, spreading ideas that had been elaborated by the Polish Communists. The author studies the impact of Soviet agitation on Polish partisan detachments, and investigates how much the Polish partisans were subjected to these ideas in their everyday life. Back in 1939-1941, a significant part of the Polish population of the western regions of the USSR had been subjected to repressions. Therefore, in the first months of the Great Patriotic war these people often supported the German occupiers. Why then would parts of the Polish population join the Soviet partisans? The Soviet command changed their attitude towards them, creating the opportunity for Polish partisans to keep their national traditions and to wear their military uniforms, in order to win the sympathy of the local Poles. They even accepted former anti-Soviet elements who had been put in prison in 1939-1941 but joined the red underground. Some of the formations were not totally covered by the left ideology and did not associate themselves with the Communists when agitating among the local population.
The “Facing the Village” Policy as a Manifestation of NEP Contradictions in 1924-1926 (Based on Don and Kuban Materials)
Authors: Yakhutl’a Yuri A. , Kasyanova Valery V.
Published: June 2020

The authors analyze one of the aspects of the New Economic Policy (NEP), which meant finding a compromise between the Bolshevik party-state power and the Russian peasantry. This policy course is studied with the example of the large agricultural regions of the Don and Kuban. Using new archival documents and published sources, the authors reveal causal relationships between trans formations and changes in the status of local Soviets on national level and in the southern region, and show the impact of reforms on the economic situation and political behavior of the peasantry in the South of Russia. The authors highlight the features of the implementation of the Face to the Village policy in the Don and Kuban, which combined class and estate tasks of civil reconciliation, a slower pace of land management while maintaining Cossack allotments, and an active attracting of Cossacks and middle peasants to cooperations and Soviets, among other things. The refusal to use administrative pressure and the provision of the voting right to deprived people (lishentsy) during the election campaign led to the victory of the Cossack opposition in a number of local Soviets and land societies in 1925-1926. The result was a dual power situation in which village councils (sel'skie sovety) stood opposite to party committees. The reforms of the NEP period in southern Russia brought well-to-do strata of the population the right to participate in cooperations and local authorities (Soviets); they also led to the introduction of long-term leasing of land, separated farmers from the peasant community, and started the elimination of the traditional land use order. Reforms consolidated the division of the rural population into Cossacks and nonresidents, which contradicted the goals of socialist construction in the countryside; the Bolsheviks saw themselves threatened by a loss of control over local authorities, and by a loss of support from the poor and nonresidents. As a result, in the south of Russia the Bolsheviks rejected the Face to the Village policy course much earlier and with more decisiveness than in the country as a whole.
The Idea of a “Greater Europe” in Russian Foreign Policy: Past and Present
Authors: Tsvyk Anatoly V. , Kurylev Konstantin P.
Published: June 2020

This article examines the notion of a Greater Europe in Russian foreign policy from the 1990s to the present. The idea developed as the Russian government sought to establish its national and civilizational identy in the wake of the USSRs dissolution. At the turn of the 21st century, Moscow embraced the idea of a rapprochement with the rest of Europe. Pursuing the notion of Greater Europe, to create a single continental economic, political and cultural space, became a major diplomatic objective as it developed a strategic partnership with the European Union. However, in more recent years its outlook on the world has changed. Furthermore, after relations with Brussels deteriorated in the wake of the Ukrainian crisis and the latters imposition of sanctions has also affected Russian foreign policy. This article considers the emergence and evolution of the idea of a Greater Europe, and examines possible ways to realize this ambition. It argues that a EAEU-EU combination could become a basis for implementing this concept. However, any potential rapprochement can only be possible when the political barriers the EU established in its relations with Russia and the EAEU are removed.
The Discussion about the Book “The People’s Will Party’s Journalism” by E.E. Kolosov in 1930-1932
Authors: Shemyakina Olga V.
Published: June 2020

The article considers the discussion of the book The Peoples Will Partys Journalism by D. Kuzmin (E.E. Kolosov). Its key question was the role of N.K. Mikhailovskii and L.A. Tikhomirov in the journalism and ideology of the Peoples Will. The discussion is of interest because it involved Marxist historians, old populists, and former Socialist Revolutionaries (Kolosov himself). The first part of the article focuses on the biography of Kolosov and analyses his book in the context of the historiography of populism of the 1920s. The article then scrutinizes the origins and content of the critical Afterword by V.N. Figner and the reasons of her negative reaction to The Peoples Will Partys Journalism. The author pays a special attention to the attitude of V.N. Figner and other old revolutionaries to Tikhomirov and his memoirs which were published in an abridged version in the 1920s. On the basis of published and archival sources the author analyses the opinions of old revolutionaries (A.P. Pribyleva-Korba, M.F. Frolenko, A.V. Yakimova, P.S. Ivanovskaia, N.S. Rusanov) and Marxist historians (I.A. Teodorovich, B.P. Kozmin, B.I. Gorev, P.I. Anatolev). Finally, the article reviews the final stage of the discussion, when Kolosov strove to prove his point, using the language of political accusations, characteristic to the Bolsheviks journalism of the early 1930s. On the basis of the materials of the discussion, the author attempts to discern different approaches to the study of the past of all abovementioned parties. Marxist historians paid a special attention to ideology and genealogy of the revolutionary movement. Figner and other old populists sought to preserve the memory of the revolutionary generation of the 1870s with their distinctive practical experience, psychology and ethics. Kolosov was eager to combine his political views and research interests, putting them in a highly volatile historiographical context of the 1930s. Unlike Figner, Kolosov could not be indifferent to the Marxist literature, so he was trying to find a place for his politics in contemporary context.
Effects and clinical outcomes of early initiation of sacubitril/valsartan in patients with chronic heart failure with a low ejection fraction
Authors: Kobalava Z. D. , Galochkin S. A. , Tolkacheva V. V. , Bagmanova N. Kh.
Published: June 2020

Aim : to evaluate effects and clinical outcomes of early initiation of sacubitril/valsartan in patients with chronic heart failure with a low ejection fraction. Methods : 30 patients admitted to the clinic for an episode of acute heart failure (AHF) II-IV class NYHA and decreased ejection fraction 40% (83.3% of men, mean age 66.0 [58.0-76.0] years) were included into the open study. Patients received the first dose of the study drug no later than 6 hours before discharge from the hospital. The period of active treatment was 26 weeks. At week 12 and 26, the number of patients receiving the target dose of 400 mg/day, as well as the dynamics of symptoms and severity of heart failure (HF) were evaluated. During the entire period of the study, safety parameters were investigated in all patients. Results . 70% of patients (n=21) received the target dose by week 2 77,8% (n=21) received the target dose of 200 mg 2 times a day at week 26. The positive effect in the dynamics of symptoms, as well as the severity of HF in the vast majority of patients were observed, a significant reduction in the severity of the main symptoms of HF was achieved, patients moved to a lower class of HF. 3 patients dropped out due to adverse events (1) and serious adverse events (2). 27 (90%) patients completed the program in accordance with the Protocol. Conclusion . Sacubitril/valsartanis is well tolerated, effective and safety drug in patients with CHF and a low ejection fraction.
Polypathy: searching for etiopathogenetic risks factors
Authors: Fus A. V. , Podolinny G. I.
Published: June 2020

The article provides an overview of the literature on the actual problem of diseases - polypathy. The review focuses problematic aspects of comorbid states, the scatter of their definitions, the incidence in different countries according to the international scientific community, the frequency of use of comorbid indices, the influence of racial and ethnicity in polypathies, risk factors for the development of combined diseases both at the level of an individuals genes and aspects of a persons lifestyle and the environment, options for their pathogenetic development with examples of nodal chains and their effects (nodules), examples of countries with modified risk factors to reduce mortality according to the approved action plan World Health Organization for the Prevention of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases. The review focuses on factors contributing to the development of polypathy, in particular connective tissue dysplasia. The problems of diagnosing the external signs of connective tissue dysplasia in comorbid patients according to accepted diagnostic criteria and the frequency of their occurrence abroad and in Russia. An analogy is drawn between the concept of cardiovascular continuum and the development of polypathy in the patients body with connective tissue dysplasia of varying severity. There is analyzed the experience of treating patients with comorbid pathology of both the international scientific society of comorbidity (2010) and the Russian recommendations on comorbidity (2016). There is raised the development of COVID-19 in different patients with polypathy in China and other countries.
Low molecular weight bioregulator of bacterial origin in condylomatosis therapy optimization
Authors: Abramashvili Yu. G. , Kolesnikova N. V. , Borisova O. Yu. , Guryanova S. V.
Published: June 2020

Condylomatosis is a disease characterized by the formation on the surface epithelium of the skin and mucous outgrowths, which can reach significant sizes. The cause of the disease is DNA-containing human papillomavirus (HPV), which have a high affinity for epithelial tissues of the genital organs, esophagus, anal canal and respiratory tract. Clinicians have described various patterns of use of the drug Liсopid in the treatment of condylomatosis. Of interest is the development and further implementation of condylomatosis therapy using a drug based on glucosaminyl muramyl dipeptide in order to correct immunodeficiency states and treat papillomavirus infection. Clinical condylomatosis of the external genitalia is presented. In the study of PCR on HPV, 33 types with a high viral load were detected. Diagnosis: Papillomavirus infection. Condylomas of the external genitalia. The goals of therapy and the treatment regimen: prescribing the drug Liсopid (AO Peptek, Moscow) to activate innate immunity, which allows to get an adequately high immune response at the level of both cellular and humoral local immunity. After the therapy, condylomas of the external genital organs were not found at the examination. The patient notes an improvement, the disappearance of itching. Thus, condylomatosis therapy according to the standard 10 mg Liсopid regimen for 10 days was effective, it contributed to the disappearance of genital warts, the clinical effect persisted for the entire observation period - 3 months. The clinical effectiveness of the drug can be explained by its systemic effect on the correction of immunity through NOD2 receptors.
THE EFFECTS OF TAWHIDIC PARADIGM ON PUBLIC POLICY MAKING IN MALAYSIA
Authors: Sarif Suhaimi Bin  Mhd , Ismail Yusof Bin
Published: June 2020

This study examines the conceptualized effects of Tawhidic paradigm on economic policies to promote the growth of halal industry for sustainable wealth creation in Malaysia. Tawhidic paradigm provides guidance to economic policy thinking by relying upon the principles of Qurâ€™an and Sunnah in formulating and implementing policy blueprint and instruments. The current policy thoughts are guided by market forces and sentiments which contributed to unbridled uncertainties and speculation. A Tawhidic paradigm policy thinking and process is developed to help ascertain the level of Tawhidic based policy thinking and practices at policy making, implementation and evaluation. Using personal interview with economic policy makers as method of collecting input, this study reveals that the informants do consider some levels of Tawhidic paradigm but the thoughts appear to be inadequate to help sustain wealth creation.

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Efek Paradigma Tauhid dalam Pengambilan Kebijakan Publik di Malaysia________________________________________________

Studi ini ingin menguji dampak konsep paradigma Tauhid terhadap kebijakan ekonomi dalam mendorong pertumbuhan industri halal, demi terciptanya kekayaan berkelanjutan di Malaysia. Paradigma tauhid memberikan panduan pemikiran kebijakan ekonomi dengan mengandalkan prinsip-prinsip Alquran dan Sunnah dalam merumuskan dan menerapkan cetak biru instrumen kebijakan. Pemikiran kebijakan saat ini dipandu oleh kekuatan dan sentimen pasar yang berkontribusi terhadap ketidakpastian dan spekulasi yang tak terkendali. Pemikiran dan proses pemikiran tauhid dikembangkan untuk membantu memastikan tingkat pemikiran dan praktik kebijakan Tauhid berdasarkan pada pembuatan kebijakan, pelaksanaan dan evaluasi. Dengan menggunakan wawancara pribadi dengan pembuat kebijakan ekonomi sebagai metode untuk mengumpulkan masukan. Penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa informan mempertimbangkan beberapa tingkat paradigma Tauhid namun pemikiran tersebut tampaknya tidak memadai untuk membantu mempertahankan penciptaan kekayaan.
Short note on the first record of fossil shark teeth in the Chehel-Kaman formation, Iran
Authors: Trif Nicolae , Ghaemi Farrokh , Taheri Jafar , Taherpour-Khalil-Abad Morteza
Published: June 2020

Shark teeth discovered in the late Paleocene-early Eocene Chehel-Kaman Formation in NE Iran bring new data on the fossil fish record from this country. Two genera from the location are described and figured. The present record is one of the very few reports of fossil shark teeth from the Cenozoic of Iran and the first one from this formation and region. The marine vertebrates known from this region of the Tethys Sea are very scarce.
Three-dimensional simulation of controlled cooling of electronic component by natural and mixed convection
Authors: Belarche Lahoucine , Abourida Btissam , Doghmi Hicham , Sannad Mohamed , Ouzaouit Meryem
Published: June 2020

The present study is the 3-D simulation of cooling control of electronic component, by natural convection and mixed convection in a cubical enclosure, filled with air. The heating square portion similar to the integrated electronic device and releasing a constant flux is placed on the right vertical wall of the enclosure. The same wall has, in its upper part, an extractor, while the rest of the considered wall is adiabatic. Its opposite wall has an opening maintained at a cold temperature. For low temperatures, the cooling of the component is provided by natural convection, however, in the case of strong temperature gradients, the extractor, operating at variable velocity, allows the evacuation of the dissipated heat. The cooling control of the component, the temperature distribution as well as the flow of fluid in the cavity is studied according to the governing parameters, namely the Rayleigh and Reynolds numbers. The obtained results show that the control cooling of the electronic components has a great industrial interest compared to the continuous cooling (ventilation), by an optimal choice of the governing parameters and the material constituting the components.
A numerical approach for 2-D Sutterby fluid-flow bounded at a stagnation point with an inclined magnetic field and thermal radiation impacts
Authors: Sabir Zulqurnain , Imran Ali , Umar Muhammad , Zeb Muhammad , Shoaib Muhammad , Raja Muhammad
Published: June 2020

The present study investigates the impacts of thermal radiation and inclined magnetic field on the Sutterby fluid by capitalizing Cattaneo-Christov heat flux system. The suitable transformations from PDE into ODE are achieved by capitalizing the strength of similarity conversion system. Well known numerical shooting technique is used along with integrated strength Runge-Kutta method of fourth order. The proposed results are compared with Lobatto 111A method which strengthen the convergence and accuracy of present fluidic system. The skin friction coefficients and Nusselt number are numerically exhibited in tabular form, while the parameter of interests in terms of velocity ratio parameter, power law index, the thermal radiation parameter, Prandtl number, Deborah number, and magnetic parameter. Here in this contemporary investigation, the phenomenon of thermal radiation on an inclined magnetic field using Sutterby capitalizing Cattaneo-Christov heat flux model has been discussed. The resulting complex non-linear ODE are tackled nu?merically by utilizing a famous shooting technique with the integrated strength of the Runge-Kutta method of fourth order. The obtained numerical results are compared with the MATLAB built-in solver bvp4c. The numerical values of the skin friction coefficient and reduced Nusselt number are narrated in tabular form, while some proficient parameters like velocity ratio parameter, power-law index, Deborah number, magnetic parameter, inclined magnetic angle, the thermal radiation parameter, Reynolds number, and Prandtl number on the velocity and temperature profiles have been discussed numerically as well as graphically. Outcomes of the proposed research show that by increasing the inclined angle, enhancement is seen in the skin-friction coefficient and reduces the Nusselt number. Moreover, by increasing the Reynolds number, the temperature profile declines initially and then moves upward in the channel. The stability and convergence of the proposed methodolgy in validated through residual errors based different tolerances.
Dispersion stability and rheological characteristics of water and ethylene glycol based ZnO nanofluids
Authors: Qamar Adnan , Arshad Attique , Anwar Zahid , Shaukat Rabia , Amjad Muhammad , Imran Shahid , Razzaq Luqman , Ali Muhammad , Korakianitis Theodosios
Published: June 2020

With advancement of nanoscience, "nanofluids" are becoming quite popular among thermal engineers. High thermal conductivity, relatively less settling speed, and higher surface area of nanoparticles are a few key promoting properties. The last two decades have seen dramatic progress towards using nanoparticles in industrial applications. However, the stability and rheological characteristics of prepared nanofluids have serious effects on their transport characteristics, but unfortunately, this has not found proper attention from researchers. In this study, stability and rheological characteristics of ZnO nanoparticles within deionized water, ethylene glycol, and their blends have been extensively tested. Stability was observed using UV-vis spectroscopy, while the viscosity was measured with the help of a rheometer. The data was collected with 0.011-0.044 wt.% loading of nanoparticles, while experiments were conducted within 15-55?C temperature range. Better stability was recorded when nanofluids were prepared with pure ethylene glycol. Experiments showed that the viscosity increased with particle loading, whereas the effect of surfactants appeared to be insignificant. Research results were used to assess predictions of different viscosity models. Experimental data was overpredicted by Einstein, Brinkman, and Batchelor?s models.
Investigation of decarbonization potential in green building design to accelerate the utilization of renewable energy sources
Authors: Harmathy Norbert
Published: June 2020

The construction sector as one of the highest carbon emitters in the World has an international initiative for GHG reduction. Green building certifications demonstrate performance, efficiency and economy in the construction sector. The motivation of the research was to investigate whether Green certified buildings which fulfill the minimum energy standards do demonstrate high energy performance compared to energy efficient buildings and renewable systems. The hypothesis was to investigate that RES application could contribute to higher performance, against a typical efficient HVAC system (usually applied in commercial buildings) and a building aiming for Green certification, concerning mandatory energy efficiency requirement. The research scope was to investigate and evaluate various HVAC solutions using triple-criteria evaluation method for decarbonization: energy performance, carbon footprint, and operation cost to formulate systematic solutions in the design phase of projects for wide audience with preferable and applicable results.
EFL Teachers’ Perception and Strategies for Integrating Character Education into the Lesson
Authors: Putri Ni Putu Julia Eka , Artini Luh Putu , Wahyuni Luh Gede Eka
Published: June 2020

The recent phenomena of moral degradation of Indonesian youth are responded by policy in moral and character education. Character education in schools is included in the curriculum and it must be integrated into the subjects matter. This study aims at investigating how English teachers perceive character education in the context of teaching English as well as the strategies in inserting character education into the lesson by conducting explanatory sequential mixed method design. The participants of this study were seventh and eighth grade English teachers in SMPN 6 Singaraja. The data were collected by means of questionnaire, observation sheet, and interview guide. As the result, this study revealed that English teachers had sufficient knowledge of Character Education concept. The way they implemented the character education did not really represent how character education should be inserted. Furthermore, they also were not sure of its impact to the students’ character development. It indicates that they had lack understanding of character education and the implementation of character education. The way English teachers integrate character education into further learning is discussed in a research discussion. Furthermore, enriching their knowledge of the character education should be the first step done.
The roles of EFL Teachers in Promoting Learner Autonomy
Authors: Wiraningsih Putu , Dewi N.L.P.E.S.
Published: June 2020

This study is a descriptive-qualitative study which aimed to describe the roles of EFL teachers in promoting learner autonomy. Four EFL teachers in seventh grade junior high schools were selected as the subject of this study. The data were collected through questionnaire and observation techniques. In collecting the data, two kinds of instruments were used, namely, questionnaire and observation sheet. The result of this study revealed that in promoting learner autonomy, the teachers perform the roles as facilitator, counsellor, resource and manager/organizer. Considering the result of the study, the teacher should involve their students in the decision making process of learning activity, not only in selecting the technique or approach, but also in all aspects of learning process such as selecting objectives of the course, managing classroom and selecting the materials. Schools also need to support their teachers in developing innovative strategy especially in promoting learner autonomy. The schools should offer teachers with professional development programs on learner autonomy such as following workshops. For further researchers, considering the challenges met by the EFL faced by the EFL teachers in promoting learner autonomy is needed.
The Influence of Diary on the Students' Narrative Writing Skills Quasi-Experimental Study at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta
Authors: Dewi Ratna Sari
Published: June 2020

This study aims to determine the effect of the diary media on the ability to write narratives for Semester III students. The sample in this study was the 60th semester students of the Department of English Language Education at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University in Jakarta totalling 60 students. Sampling using a multistage random sampling technique. The method used is an experimental method, with non-equivalent experimental design. Data collection was performed using a narrative writing test and analysed using the t test. The results showed that the diary media had a significant effect on the ability to write student narratives with a coefficient of t count > table = 6.41> 1.70 at a significant level α = 0.05. These results indicate that the diary media can be used as an alternative media in learning to write student narratives. Therefore, teachers need to know the importance of using appropriate learning media to develop students' narrative writing skills.
Agricultural Crisis in India: Causes, Consequences and Remedies
Authors: Das Dr. Lipishree
Published: June 2020

Abstract
More than twenty years of economic liberalisation had adversely affected the Indian agriculture. The most prominent sign of this is in the drastic decline in the growth rate of food grains. Again, if one observes Indian agriculture is currently passing through a period of severe crisis. Although some features of the crisis started manifesting themselves in certain parts of India during the late 1980s, the crisis has assumed a serious dimension since the middle of the 1990s. There is a general perception that unbearable burden of debt and augmented competitions from imports are indicative of a crisis in Indian agriculture. In this paper an attempt has been made to find out the trends in agriculture, causes of the crisis, problems faced by the agriculture sector and at the end some remedial measures are suggested for the betterment of this sector. To overcome the hurdles in this sector especially the farmers in the rural areas should be empowered with credit facilities. For this, policy and programs involving timely and adequate investment in agriculture would facilitate farmers? access to technologies and other relevant help in farming process.
A Complete Replica of Contemporary Indian Society in the Fictional Works of Chetan Bhagat: A Detailed Literary Analysis of his Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center and The Three Mistake of My
Authors: Patel Vikram
Published: June 2020

hetan Bhagat is one of the most influential fiction writers of contemporary Indian English literature. Postmodern subjects like youth aspirations, love, sex, marriage, urban middle class sensibilities, and issues related to corruption, politics, education and their impact on the contemporary Indian society are recurrently reflected thematic concerns in his fictions. In all his fictions, he has mostly depicted the contemporary urban social milieu of Indian society. Though the fictions of Chetan Bhagat are romantic in nature, contemporary Indian society and its major issues are the chief of the concerns of all his fictions. He has focused on the contemporary issues of middle class family in his fictional works. All of the chief protagonists of his works are sensitive youth and they do not compromise with the prevalent situations of society. Most of the characters are like caricatures that represent one or the other vice or virtue of the contemporary Indian society. The author has a mastery to convince the reader about the prevalent condition of society so that one can easily reproduce in mind, a clear cut image of contemporary Indian society. The present article is a sincere endeavor to present the detailed literary analysis of the select fictions of Chetan Bhagat keeping in mind how the contemporary Indian society has been replicated in the fictions.