bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Learning to Live with Sampling Variability: Expected Replicability in Partial Correlation Networks
Authors: Williams Donald Ray
Published: January 2020

The topic of replicability has recently captivated the emerging field of networkpsychometrics. Although methodological practice (e.g., p-hacking) has been identified as aroot cause of unreliable research findings in psychological science, the statistical modelitself has come under attack in the partial correlation network literature. In a motivatingexample, I first describe how sampling variability inherent to partial correlations can merelygive the appearance of unreliability. For example, when going from zero-order to partialcorrelations there is necessarily more sampling variability that translates into reducedstatistical power. I then introduce novel methodology for deriving expected networkreplicability (ENR), wherein replication is modeled with the Poisson-binomial distribution.This analytic solution can be used with the Pearson, Spearman, Kendall, and polychoricpartial correlation coefficient. I first employed the method to estimate ENR for a variety ofdatasets from the network literature. Here it was determined that partial correlationnetworks do not have inherent limitations, given current estimates of replicability wereconsistent with ENR. I then highlighted sources that can reduce replicability, that is, whengoing from continuous to ordinal data with few categories and employing a multiplecomparisons correction. To address these challenges, I described a strategy for using theproposed method to plan for network replication. I end with recommendations that includethe importance of the network literature repositioning itself with gold-standard approachesfor assessing replication, including explicit consideration of type I and type II error rates.The method for computing ENR is implemented in the R package GGMnonreg.
Involuntary Mental Time Travel into the Episodic Future, Episodic Past, and Episodic Counterfactual Past in Everyday Life
Authors: Branch Jared
Published: January 2020

To date, studies exploring episodic counterfactual thoughts have employed laboratory studies to discern the subjective qualities of voluntary mental time travel (Branch & Anderson, 2018; De Brigard & Giovanello, 2012; Özbek, Bohn, & Berntsen, 2017). Here, we offer the first diary study of episodic counterfactual thinking, and therefore we report the subjective qualities of involuntary mental time travel into the counterfactual past. We find that such thoughts do occur, although to a much lesser extent than mental time travel into the future or past (i.e. episodic future thinking or episodic memory). The major purpose that episodic counterfactual thinking serves is mood regulation: to daydream and to feel better. We observed that the majority of episodic counterfactual thoughts are experienced in the recent past and decrease as a function of time. We also report on the phenomenological aspects of episodic counterfactual thoughts as they relate to future thinking and memories.
Embedded in Whiteness: How the New Economic Sociology Came to Ignore Race & Racism
Authors: Garbes Laura , Hirschman Daniel
Published: January 2020

Race is central to economic life, but race is not central to economic sociology. We explore how this inattention to race and racism developed. First, we outline a history of the new economic sociology as it emerged in the 1980s and defined itself against dominant trends in economics and sociology through its emphasis on the role of meso-level social orders in shaping economic action. Second, we offer a partial explanation for how economic sociology came to ignore race, highlighting both programmatic and contextual factors. Economic sociology's intellectual agenda emphasized identifying the local social factors that made possible the seemingly rational behavior of elite economic actors. As such, economic sociologists studied primarily white men and white- dominated institutions, but, in line with understandings of race and racism at the time and in keeping with the field's emphasis on networks over category memberships, did not recognize the role of race in these settings. Economic sociologists did not study poverty or racial inequality, and so economic sociology was understood as not being about race. This strategy was capable of succeeding in an academic context where studies of race and racism centered racial attitudes, failed to theorize whiteness, and typically treated race as an individual-level variable. Third, we elaborate on two consistent foci of the subfield – ethnic enclaves and corporate interlocks. The canonical literature on ethnic enclaves conceptualized these spaces as sites for researching social capital, but not as sites for studying processes of racialization, leading this literature to largely ignore the role of racism in differences between ethnic enclaves. In contrast, the literature on interlocks ignored race and gender, despite the overwhelming dominance of white men on corporate boards.
Exploring public engagement with missing person appeals on Twitter
Authors: Solymosi Reka , Petcu Oana , Wilkinson Jack
Published: January 2020

Police agencies globally are seeing an increase in reports of people going missing. These people are often vulnerable, and their safe and early return is a key factor in preventing them from coming to serious harm. One approach to quickly find missing people is to disseminate appeals for information using social media. Yet despite the popularity of twitter-based missing person appeals, presently little is known about how to best construct these messages to ensure they are shared far and wide. This paper aims to build an evidence-base for understanding how police accounts tweet appeals for information about missing persons, and how the public engage with these tweets by sharing them. We analyse 1,008 Tweets made by Greater Manchester Police between the period of 2011 and 2018 in order to investigate what features of the tweet, the twitter account, and the missing person are associated with levels of retweeting. We find that tweets with different choice of image, wording, sentiment, and hashtags vary in how much they are retweeted. Tweets that use custody images have lower retweets than Tweets with regular photos, while tweets asking the question “have you seen...?” and asking explicitly to be retweeted have more engagement in the form of retweets. These results highlight the need for conscientious, evidence-based crafting of missing appeals, and pave the way for further research into the causal mechanisms behind what affects engagement, to develop guidance for police forces worldwide.
Concept Modern Woman as Cognitive and Semantic Universal in Related Languages
Authors: Balaban O. O.
Published: January 2020

This typological study presents the description of the concept Modern Woman as cognitive and semantic universal in related languages. This is carried out due to the description of the macrostructure of the concept that predetermines the distribution of selected characteristics according to structural macrocomponent of the concept – imaginative, informational component and interpretation field; categorical structure of the concept, which presents the cognitive hierarchy of the classification criteria, conceptualize the consequent subject or phenomenon; the field organization of the concept. There were analyzed the approaches to the definition of the term “concept” at first, including semantic, cognitive and cultural ones.Basing onto the typology of concepts suggested by Sternin, who identifies three main types of concepts: concepts-representations, concepts and gestalts, we decided to make an attempt to analyze the categorical structure of the concept-prototype, concept-frame, concept-scenario / script and concept-scheme in related languages, but we have done it on the example of fiction by the contemporary British writer Cecilia Ahern “The Time of my Life” and its translations into Russian and Ukrainian.Identification of cognitive classification features of the concept-prototype “Modern Woman” allowed us to note the following features in related languages: physiological features mark the conceptual features of biological sex, age, appearance; status-role features indicate social status, status and role in society; functional features indicate the type of activity or occupation; relational features position of a person in relation to other persons or groups of persons; mental and functional features that indicate emotional state, mental abilities, health status, etc.; axiological features that characterize the internal properties of a person, character traits, demeanor; affective and emotive signs indicate an emotional attitude to the subject: approval-condemnation / displeasure, acceptance-rejection, irritation, irony, etc. The main slots of the concept frame “Modern Woman” are beauty, fashion, love and sex, work and life, lifestyle, news and politics, career, psychology and relationships. Concepts-scenarios and concepts-schemes are also represented by the corresponding episodes and images. So, the concept is perceived as the basic unit of human memory, which structures the mental space of a person, it is cognitive and semantic universal onto the cognitive level in the formation of lexical meaning in such related languages as English, Ukrainian, Russian.
Methodological Corpora Toolkit and its Possibilities for Modelling Cognitive and Semantic Matrices
Authors: Bober N. M.
Published: January 2020

The article substantiates the necessity and effectiveness of involvement of corpus tools for studying the semantics of a word from the standpoint of interpretation of its cognitive nature, whose representatives have defended the encyclopaedic nature of meaning in general, unlike the views of scholars of classical structural semantics. In this connection, the correctness of Plungyan’s hypothesis that linguistics “outlines the contours of a new model of language, which is significantly and fundamentally different from the former models postulated in the last quarter of the XX century,” is commented on. Given this understanding of linguistic meaning and its role in presenting a new model of language, it has been suggested that it is important to study it in a broad and narrow context, in particular in terms of the combinatorial potencies of words – their lexical and grammatical compatibility, closely linked in corpus linguistics with such concepts such as collocations and colligations. The definitions of both terms have been clarified, and convincing arguments have been made in favour of the fact that collocations are conditionally free combinations of words used to characterize stereotypical situations and are displayed in the language of the native speakers in the form of ready phrases with inherent semantics, while colligations are limited by the morphological-syntactic frame of a certain structure. The methodological experience of corpus studies of colligations and collocations is analysed and proposed to be used to construct cognitive-semantic matrices of phrasal verbs in English. The main focus is on the capabilities of the Sketch Engine corpus system, in particular the availability of tools (Collocations, Word sketch, Thesaurus, Clustering, Sketch diff, etc.) that allow to integrate the classical (structural) method of distribution-statistical analysis of phrase-verbal collocations and colligations, and the method of lexico-semantic clustering, and the method of combinatorial syntagmatics. A hypothetical conclusion has been formulated that these and other procedural methods together will facilitate the disclosure of cognitive-semantic connections between the units under study with quantitative and statistical calculations of their performance. It is proved that the corpus-oriented principle of combinatorial syntagmatics becomes the leading methodological principle of modern cognitive-interpretative semantics.
Predicate and Objective Syntaxeme in the Semantic and Syntactic Structure of a Sentence in Modern Greek
Authors: Liubchenko T. V.
Published: January 2020

The relevance of the proposed study arose from the necessity to define the correlation between the morphologic and syntactic categories of the verb; disclose the functional characteristics of this part of speech that defines the structure of the sentence, the implementation of word formation intentions of the word and construction of the text as an integral unit of the communicative syntax. The article observes the major types of predicates, existing in Modern Greek. The author has coined the lexical content, morphological arrangement as well as the syntactic behavior of objective syntaxemes. At the semantic and syntactic level, the objective syntaxemes hold the position of right-sided strongly controlled member of the sentence. Prototype objective syntaxeme is the causative with a categorical seme expressing motivation of occurrence of the signs of substances. In Modern Greek, causative verbs are represented by the verbs of one lexeme; the verbs of different lexemes; the verbs created using word-formation instruments. Causatives represented by the verbs of one lexeme are interpreted by author as verbs with the variable valence. Verbs with the variable valence include those in which the morphological form itself creates the transitive and intransitive constructions without changing its voice affiliation Word-formation transformative of verbs with the variable valence is represented by the adjective-based and noun-derived verbs. This description enables the preparation of the functional grammar of Modern Greek, which is an urgent task of Modern hellinistic. In common language sense, the interpretation of the study results is important to identify the correlation between the semantic and syntactic structure of the sentence, to determine the semantic types of predicates and to classify the objective syntaxemes.
THE INFLUENCE OF EMPLOYER BRAND ON EMPLOYEES LOYALTY – THE MODERATOR EFFECT OF EMPLOYEES SATISFACTION
Authors: Pavlovic Goran , Zdravkovic Stefan
Published: January 2020

The successful operation of the organization is not based exclusively on customer sat­isfaction, but it is necessary to ensure the satisfaction of all relevant stakeholders. For an organ­ization, it is first of all important to provide value for its employees, as it will result in a greater degree of their satisfaction, loyalty and productivity, which further leads to value creation for consumers. Companies are making significant efforts to build a unique image in order to present it as a unique and desirable place to work, which can also be defined as an employer brand. The main goal of the paper is to determine whether the employer brand has a positive impact on employee satisfaction and loyalty. The results showed that the employer brand has a significant impact on employee satisfaction and loyalty, and that satisfaction has a positive moderator role.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA
Authors: Shapkova Kocevska Katerina
Published: January 2020

This paper examines the entrepreneurship education programs present at the univer­sities in Republic of North Macedonia. The analysis covers the overall higher education system, including both state and private universities. The authors use qualitative content analysis in order to explore and compare different aspects of the programs, including: objectives and expected outputs of the entrepreneurial program, its content, learning and grading methods, quality as­surance and literature list. The findings of this work are expected to raise awareness about the importance of entrepreneurship education in the country and to serve as evidence for the relevant stakeholders to deliver more competitive, innovative and business supporting educational system.
Analisis Kompetensi Pedagogi Ke-PLB-An Guru Berdasarkan Intensitas Keikutsertaan Pelatihan Pendidikan Anak Berkebutuhan Khusus di Sekolah Inklusi
Authors: Martika Tias , Salim Abdul , Yusuf Munawir
Published: January 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memetakan kompetensi guru di sekolah inklusi berdasarkan keikutsertaan guru dalam mengikuti pelatihan tentang pendidikan inklusi.  Subjek penelitian ini yaitu guru kelas di sekolah inklusi. Teknik pengambilan sampel yaitu purposive random sampling dengan jumlah sampel 38 guru. Teknik pengumpulan data dengan menggunakan instrumen pengukuran kompetensi dengan nilai reliabilitas 0.91. Hasil yang diperoleh kemudian dianalisis menggunakan anova one way. Hasil statistik deskriptif  menunjukkan bahwa dari jumlah subjek 38 responden nilai rata (mean) 61,50  nilai terendah (minimum) 40 dan nilai tertinggi (maximum) 88. Sedangkan hasil analisis Anova One Way kompetensi guru menunjukkan P (P-value) = 0,000. P-Value 0,000 < 0,05 dan F-Value > F Tabel 24,993 >3,27  disimpulkan ada perbedaan yang signifikan kompetensi pedagogik guru berdasarkan keikutsertaan pelatihan inklusi yang telah diikuti.  Kebutuhan  guru dalam pelatihan tentang pendidikan inklusi pada sejumlah 38 responden yaitu, 61% sangat perlu, 37% perlu, dan 3% tidak perlu. identifikasi kebutuhan materi pelatihan pendidikan  inklusi sebagai berikut 1) pengertian anak berkebutuhan khusus, 2) Jenis anak berkebutuhan khusus, 3) karakteristik anak berkebutuhan khusus, 4) Identifikasi ABK, 5) adaptasi kurikulum bagi ABK, 6) Program Pembelajaran Individual (PPI), 7) Strategi pembelajaran bagi ABK, 8) Evaluasi pembelajaran ABK, 9)Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan Nasional Nomor 70 tahun 2009, 10) Pengertian full inklusi dan segregasi, dan 11) tugas guru pembimbing khusus di sekolah inklusi.
Implementasi Brain Gym Dalam Upaya Meningkatkan Konsentrasi Anak Asperger Syndrome di Sekolah Berkebutuhan Khusus Bangun Bangsa Surabaya
Authors: Adi Partiwi Ngayuningtyas
Published: January 2020

Latar belakang dari penelitian ini adalah kesulitan konsentrasi yang sering dijumpai pada siswa asperger syndrome. Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah bagaimana implementasi brain gym dalam upaya meningkatkan konsentrasi anak asperger syndrome di Sekolah Berkebutuhan Khusus Bangun Bangsa Surabaya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah meningkatkan konsentrasi anak asperger syndrome melalui metode brain gym. Penelitian ini termasuk dalam kategori penelitian SSR (subyek single research) atau dalam bahasa indonesianya adalah penelitian subyek tunggal. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Sekolah Berkebutuhan Khusus Bangun Bangsa Surabaya. Sasaran dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa asperger syndrome kelas 3 SD. Hasil penelitian menunjukan terjadi peningkatan konsentrasi anak. Konsentrasi anak mengalami perubahan kecenderungan arah positif, perubahan kecenderungan dari tidak stabil menjadi stabil, leverl perubahan meningkat menjadi 20-40 point dan overlap data 12,5 %. Berdasarkan penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa metode brain gym dapat meningkatkan konsentrasi anak asperger syndrome.
Pengaruh Multimedia Interaktif Terhadap Pembelajaran Huruf Hijaiyah Pada Siswa Tunarungu Ringan Kelas IX di SLB-B Dan Autis TPA Jember
Authors: Rachman Anis Yulia , Megaswarie Rosika Novia , Zusfindhana Inna Hamida
Published: January 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk untuk mengetahui pengaruh multimedia interaktif terhadap pembelajaran huruf hijaiyah pada siswa tunarungu ringan kelas IX di SLB-B dan Autis TPA Jember. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode Single Subject Research (SSR) desain A-B. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa yang berinisial BG. Penelitian dilakukan dalam 10 sesi yang dilakukan pada dua fase yaitu fase baseline (A) adalah 60%, 66%, 66%, 70%, dan 60%. Sedangkan pada fase intervensi (B) antara lain 77%, 73%, 80%, 83%, 83%. Dari data yang diperoleh kemudian dianalisis menggunakan analisis dalam kondisi dan analisis antar kondisi. Selisih perubahan level dari fase baseline (A) sampai awal fase intervensi (B) meningkat (+17).Maka diketahui bahwa ada pengaruh multimedia interaktif terhadap pembelajaran huruf hijaiyah pada siswa tunarungu ringan kelas IX di SLB-B dan Autis TPA Jember.
Style d’attachement et ajustement psychosocial au cancer du sein : quelles implications pour la communication patient–personnel soignant ?
Authors: Sakr R. , Sawma T.
Published: January 2020

Objectif : Notre recherche étudie l’influence du style d’attachement sur le processus d’ajustement psychosocial au cancer du sein, dans différents domaines : contexte médical, relation à la médecine et aux soins, vie professionnelle, vie domestique, relations familiales élargies et amicales, vie sociale et récréative ainsi que détresse psychologique actuelle. L’étude porte sur un groupe de patientes libanaises âgées entre 35 et 55 ans. L’objectif est de mieux connaître quelles patientes sont les plus à risque de montrer des difficultés d’ajustement et d’envisager un accompagnement psychologique qui leur soit adéquat ainsi que de souligner les compétences de communication patientes–personnel soignant.

Matériel et méthode : Nous avons adopté la méthode comparative. Notre échantillon est constitué de 60 patientes atteintes de cancer du sein, divisées en deux groupes (patientes sécurisées et patientes insécurisées) selon l’échelle « Revised Adult Attachment Scale (RAAS) (Collins, 1996) — Close Relationships Version ». L’ajustement psychosocial au cancer a été déterminé par le « Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS) ».

Résultats : L’étude a montré que les femmes atteintes de cancer du sein dont l’attachement est sécurisant présentent un meilleur ajustement à la maladie que celles dont l’attachement est insécurisant, et ce dans les différents domaines déjà cités.

Conclusion : La compréhension des styles et des besoins d’attachement des patientes atteintes de cancer du sein aide les professionnels de santé à être plus efficaces dans leur réponse et dans leur manière de se comporter avec les patientes, favorisant ainsi leur ajustement à la maladie, surtout pour celles dont l’attachement est insécurisant.
Cancer du sein et sexualité
Authors: Masmoudi S. , Ellouze F. , Abidi S. , Boussen H. , M’rad F.
Published: January 2020

L’influence du cancer du sein et de ses traitements sur la sexualité reste encore très peu explorée en Tunisie. Dans ce travail, on se propose de rapporter les difficultés et le vécu sexuels de deux femmes tunisiennes présentant un cancer du sein. À travers ces deux vignettes, il s’avère que les causes sont multiples et intriquées, on pourrait schématiquement les classer en cinq catégories : difficultés dans la communication avec le médecin traitant, croyances erronées, réaction dépressive, iatrogénie et modification de l’image du corps, troubles de la communication au sein du couple. Maintenir une image de soi positive, se sentir encore féminine et rester sexuellement attirante contribuent au bien-être des femmes confrontées au cancer du sein.
La prise en charge psychologique des patients en prothèse maxillofaciale : rôle de l’approche spirituelle
Authors: Hamzaoui S. , Merzouk N. , Bentahar O.
Published: January 2020

Le visage constitue une charnière de l’individu et de la société, il est la partie visible du corps, et c’est à travers le visage que s’expriment les sentiments et que s’instaure la communication entre les humains. C’est pour cela que toute perte de substance accidentelle ou chirurgicale cause des atteintes, certes physiques, mais aussi psychiques, puisque l’apparence du visage cesse d’être le miroir rassurant de l’individu, au contraire elle devient embarrassante et implique plusieurs perturbations psychologiques au patient. La prise en charge psychologique du patient qui reçoit une prothèse maxillofaciale (PMF) se fait à tous les moments de la réhabilitation maxillofaciale, dès l’annonce de la maladie, pendant l’hospitalisation, après l’hospitalisation, à la consultation de PMF jusqu’à la pose de la prothèse d’usage restauratrice. Cette prise en charge implique plusieurs intervenants, elle inclut l’équipe médicale pluridisciplinaire, la famille du patient qui doit être omniprésente à toutes les étapes du traitement. Les ressources personnelles et spirituelles, familiales et sociales dont dispose le patient doivent être évaluées afin de prévoir un éventuel soutien psychologique.
Stress, Inflammation and Cancer Prognosis: New Evidence-Based Effective Treatments
Authors: Gidron Y. , Caton L. , Reich M.
Published: January 2020

This article introduces the general model of stress, coping and adaptation applied to cancer, and biological mechanisms mediating psychological factors and cancer prognosis. The role of the vagus nerve as a possible bridge and therapeutic target in psycho-oncology is reviewed. Finally, the effects of brief psychological interventions (e.g., stress management) on cancer prognosis are presented. Psycho-oncology education and practice need to shift to a more evidence-based proactive approach, to help cancer patients adapt and possibly improve their quality and quantity of life.
Stress et cancer : mythes et réalités
Authors: Reich M. , Lemogne C. , Dauchy S.
Published: January 2020

Les théories profanes émises par les patients et certains ouvrages destinés au grand public alimentent l’idée que le stress psychologique peut influencer le risque de survenue de cancer. Les études consultées sur cette question semblent donner des résultats contradictoires. D’un côté, ces théories peuvent sembler étayées par les résultats d’études expérimentales portant sur les corrélats physiologiques du stress sur des voies neuro-immunoendocrinologiques (perturbations immunitaires, altération de l’axe hypothalamohypophyso- surrénalien), métaboliques et cellulaires (stress oxydatif, dégénérescence cellulaire) pouvant être impliquées dans la tumorigenèse. De l’autre, les études épidémiologiques prospectives fondées sur une méthodologie robuste ne trouvent généralement pas d’association entre exposition au stress et développement ultérieur d’un cancer. Par ailleurs, les méta-analyses suggèrent l’existence de biais de publication pouvant surestimer le poids des études « positives ». Quand bien même une association est retrouvée, le caractère observationnel des études épidémiologiques et donc la possibilité de facteurs de confusion empêchent d’établir un lien de causalité entre l’exposition au stress et un risque majoré de cancer. En ce qui concerne les mécanismes d’une éventuelle relation causale directe, il faut souligner la difficulté d’extrapoler à l’être humain des résultats obtenus chez d’autres animaux, et s’assurer de bien prendre en compte la présence de facteurs comportementaux confondants ou médiateurs comme une mauvaise hygiène de vie alimentaire, la consommation de tabac et d’alcool, les expositions professionnelles, etc. Selon les recommandations du National Cancer Institute (NCI, 2012), les connaissances actuellement disponibles ne permettent pas d’établir un lien de causalité entre stress et augmentation du risque de cancer. Si le professionnel de soin psychique ne doit donc pas cautionner ce lien hypothétique au risque de culpabiliser le patient, il gardera à l’esprit, d’une part, que le cancer peut en revanche générer un stress bien réel au quotidien chez les patients atteints par cette maladie et, d’autre part, que ces théories « profanes » peuvent parfois témoigner d’un mécanisme de défense contre ce stress.
Spirituality and Cancer: a Qualitative Study
Authors: Estienne L. , Dany L. , Dudoit E. , Duffaud F. , Salas S.
Published: January 2020

Aims: Patients suffering from cancer are often confronted with an awareness of their own finiteness and with the fact that their life is now ruled by the cancer. This existential upheaval can be accompanied by spiritual “work” which contributes to the adjustment to the disease and to the conditions of the end of life. Spirituality can be defined as a process through which individuals seek for and give meaning to their life, feel connected to the self, to others, at the present moment and in what is sacred. Few studies in France have studied spirituality in the context of cancer. So, the aim of our research was to identify and to study the role of spiritual components in the experience of cancer.

Procedure: We carried out 15 semi-directed interviews with patients at the medical oncology and palliative care department at the CHU in Timone (Marseille). A double analysis was performed: 1) a lexicographical analysis and 2) a thematic content analysis of the most typical interviews from the lexicographical analysis.

Results: The lexicographical analysis highlighted three lexical classes. Class 1 represented the illness of cancer as a personal transformation (40.5%), Class 2 concerned the biographical disruption experience (13.4%) and Class 3 corresponded to daily life with the illness (46.1%). Moreover, the thematic content analysis revealed different themes testifying to spirituality in the lived experience of cancer, in particular the experience of and the relationship with the sacred, the relationship with transcendence and the role of spirituality in the lived experience of patients who are suffering from cancer.

Conclusion: The two analyses of the interviews allowed us to identify the expression of spirituality. Spirituality was expressed as a resource, an “invisible spring,” allowing people to adjust to the extreme experience of the disease of cancer. Both “secular” and “central” dimensions of spirituality: the transcendence and the relationship with the sacred open perspectives for the integration of spirituality into the care of patients suffering from cancer, without threatening the principle of secularism in French hospitals.
Première étape dans l’utilisation de la thérapie par videoconference auprès de survivants du cancer vivant en contexte linguistique minoritaire : une étude pilote
Authors: Lamarche J. , Grenier J. , Lafontaine M.-F. , Greenman P.S. , Gosselin J. , Joanisse M. , Chomienne M.-H. , Maheu C. , Lebel S.
Published: January 2020

Objectifs : Offrir une thérapie par videoconference pour soulager la peur de la récidive du cancer (PRC) par l’entremise de la vidéoconférence. Déterminer la faisabilité et l’efficacité de ce traitement dans un contexte clinique.

Matériel et méthodes : Thérapie par vidéoconférence cognitivoexistentielle une fois par semaine pour six semaines.

Résultats : Diminution progressive de la PRC et de la détresse psychologique reliée au cancer. Satisfaction adequate de la vidéoconférence.

Conclusion : L’utilisation de la vidéoconférence permettrait à un plus grand nombre de survivants de cancer d’être traités pour leur PRC.
Cancer du sein non métastasé et dessin de l’arbre
Authors: Lantheaume S. , Fernandez L. , Moták L. , Blois Da Conceição S.
Published: January 2020

Cette recherche porte sur l’évolution des tracés du dessin de l’arbre (DA) au cours du temps chez 30 patientes atteintes de cancer du sein, de l’annonce diagnostique à la fin des traitements. Les patientes ont été réparties en deux groupes : le premier est composé de femmes ayant reçu de la chimiothérapie, le second de femmes n’ayant pas reçu de chimiothérapie. Les résultats mettent en évidence que les constellations de tracés au test de l’arbre n’évoluent pas au cours du temps, mais en fonction de la présence/absence de chimiothérapie. Les profils psychologiques des patientes restent stables entre l’annonce diagnostique et un délai de six mois après la fin des traitements. L’arbre dessiné semble en revanche porter les stigmates des traitements subis.
Design, Implementation and Preliminary Testing of a Novel Orthosis for Reducing Erector Spinae Muscle Activity, and Improving Balance Control for Hyperkyphotic Elderly Subjects
Authors: Veiskarami M
Published: January 2020

Abstract

Background: Aging often results in thoracic kyphosis and adverse postural changes. This may interfere with physiologic activity of paraspinal muscles. Few styles of spinal orthosis have been already used to reduce thoracic kyphosis. This paper describes the development of a novel orthosis, which is designed based on the anatomy of the back muscles. This novel orthosis may potentiate muscle activity and balance control among older hyper kyphotic subjects.
Objectives: The object of this study was to design and preliminary testing of a new orthosis to potentiate muscle activity and balance control among older hyper kyphotic subjects.
Material and Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, a new postural control orthosis with a textile band structure was designed to provide an additional support for spine and muscles of the back. The functional impact of this orthosis was evaluated in six older hyper-kyphotic subjects. According to the results, the paraspinal muscles activity and balance control were significantly improved.
Results: The RMS sEMG of the lumbar and thoracic erector spinae muscles reduced significantly (p<0.05), and a significant improvement (p<0.05) was observed in the balance test when patients put on the novel orthosis (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The new orthosis can considerably improve the paraspinal muscles activity at both the upper and lower lumbar levels. It can also recover balance control among elderly subjects.
A Case Study: Policy Communication at Postgraduate Program Academic Service of Public Service
Authors: Ismandianto
Published: January 2020

This research aims at describing the factors influence the policy communication at Postgraduate Program Academic Service of Public Service unit of Politic and Social Science Faculty of Riau University. The method of this research is qualitative with purposive sampling technique used. The sample of the research is the persons who know and involved in the academic service of Politic and Social Science Faculty of Riau University. The data were collected by documentation, interview, and observation. The data were analysed by using descriptive qualitative technique which focus on the particular object intensively. The finding of the research shows that policy communication implementation in Academic Service Unit was poor. It caused by the unbalance ratio of lecturer and students, lack of facilities maintenance, and there is no Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) in administration implementation, and the lack of monitoring and evaluation quality applied by the Faculty management. The factors influenced this policy communication were facilities and infrastructures, qualified human resources availability, Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) availability, students’ capacity management, students’ study road map service availability, course service and course monitoring implementation availability
The Effect of Discipline on Employees’ Work Performance on the E-warong KUBE PKH Program at Social Empowerment and Poor Management of the Sosial Service of Pekanbaru
Authors: Surya dailiati  , Sri roserdevi nasution
Published: January 2020

This research aims to find out the effect of work discipline on the performance of employees on E-warong KUBE PKH at social empowerment and Poor People’s Management of Pekanbaru’s Sosial Department. This research is a quantitative research with an associative approach. Operational definition includes indicators and Discipline Variable (X) namely attendance, obedience to work standards, high alertness, and athical work. Then the performance variable (Y) is productivity, service quality, responsiveness, responsibility, and accountability. This research has a population of 39 people from the Office of Social Services in Pekanbaru, the sampling teachnique using the census method is the overall retrieval of the existing population. Data collection techniques used was Observation, Questionnaire and Documentation. Measurement data used is the Likert Scale. The data analysis technique used is Simple regression.Conclusions based on data analysis and testing of the resulting hypothesis, namely the influence of Discipline on the Performance of Supervisors on the E-warong KUBE PKH in the field of social empowerment and poor handling of the Social Service of Pekanbaru City obtained the results of Y = 14,576 + 0,722x and Significant t results of 72%. Then based on the test results of the Guerdian of the E-warong KUBE PKH in the field of social empowerment and the managent of the poor, Pekanbaru social services were 55,4%.
LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF RAT SCIATIC NERVE INJURY AND ITS GRAFTING WITH SILICON WIRES-BASED CONDUIT: DISTAL NERVE STUMP HISTOLOGY AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHY RESULTS
Authors: Likhodiievskyi V. , Korsak A. , Skopets D. , Olefir S. , Chukhrai S. , Shamalo S. , Chaikovsky Yu.
Published: January 2020

Relevance. The investigations on trauma epidemiology have shown that both combat- and noncombat-related extremity injuries are often accompanied by nerve injuries. These injuries disproportionately affect young healthy civilians and military officers and has a devastating impact on a patients’ quality of life.

Severe nerve injuries, such as nerve trunk injury in continuity (Sunderland 5), that cannot be treated by neurorraphy without tension, require use of nerve gap bridging strategies with different materials and techniques.

Objective. This study was aimed to evaluate any positive or negative impact of implanted silicon wires on the quality of nerve fibers at distal nerve stump.

Materials and Methods. An experiment was performed on 40 male Whistar rats 2-4 month that were divided to the next groups:

I, (n=10) sham-operated, only surgical access to sciatic nerve was performed.

II (n=10) with 10 mm sciatic nerve gap that was bridged with autoneurografting.

III (n=10) with 10 mm nerve gap that was bridged with allogenic decell aorta filled with 4% carboxymethylcellulose hydrogel.

IV (n=10) with 10 mm nerve gap that was bridged with allogenic decell aorta filled with 4% carboxymethylcellulose hydrogel and aligned p-type silicon microvires.

Decellularization of allogenic aortas was performed by freeze-thaw cycles.

Silicon whiskers were fabricated by Vapor-Liquid-Solid (VLS) method in a cold wall Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition (Cat-CVD) chamber, pre-cleaned with hydrofluoric acid and sterilized via 180*C dry heat.

12 weeks after surgery under general anesthesia all rats underwent invasive needle electroneurpmyography with proximal nerve stump stimulation and registration from gastrocnemius muscle. Myograms were recorded and compared by the shape of M-reflex and its amplitude.

After myography rats were euthanized under thiopentone overdosage and distal stumps of injured sciatic nerves were harvested for light microscopy.

Sciatic nerve transverse slices were stained with nitric silver by modified Bielschowsky method Nerve fiber diameter, axon diameter, myelin sheath thickness and axon-to-nerve fiber diameter ratio (g-ratio) were measured.

Results. Performed analysis showed that rats from ІІ and IV groups demonstrated the best quality of nerve fibers in distal nerve stump. That was evidenced by bigger nerve fibers diameter in rats from autologous nerve grafting group and aorta with gel and wires grafting group in comparison with aorta with gel grafting group. Rats from IV demonstrated higher voltage and lower latency of M-reflexes during electromyography.

Conclusions. It can be concluded about the possible pro-regenerative impact of implanted silicon wires that was evidenced by better nerve fibers quality at distal nerve stump.
THE PATHOGENETIC RATIONALE THE WAYS OF EXPERIMENTAL TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS MODELING
Authors: Natrus L.V. , Osadchuk Yu.S. , Labudzinskyi D.O. , Chaikovsky Yu.B. , Smirnov A.S.
Published: January 2020

Relevance. When modeling experimental type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), various schools and research groups receive significant variability in tissue changes, which is difficult to compare and extrapolate as a specific pathogenic or pharmacological effect. The lack of standard operating procedures agreed upon in the scientific community greatly complicates the interpretation of the result. Therefore, the creation of a uniquely pathogenetic animal model of CD2 in animals is an urgent task.
Objective. Determination of the complex of exogenous effects for the most efficient reproduction of the experimental model of T2DM in rats and the pathogenetic justification of the changes in the body to study the central mechanisms of homeostasis regulation and their pharmacological correction.
Materials and methods. T2DM was model in rats by feeding a high-fat diet (HFD) with additional streptozotocin induction. The model was evaluated by anthropometric measurements, studies of biochemical parameters, an insulin tolerance test, analysis of the spectrum of fatty acids in the composition of tissues. Statistical data processing was performed with using the IBM SPSS Statistics 23.
Results. The obtained data were compared with our studies of the lipid metabolism of patients with varying degrees of diabetic retinopathy on the background of T2DM and analysis of the information content of biochemical markers to assess lipid metabolic disturbances on the background of hyperglycemia in patients. It was found that the simulation in rats of experimental T2DM by a food load of HFD (45%) + fructose 20% for 3 months followed by a single induction of streptozotocin (25 mg/kg) causes changes in lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in animals similar changes which are in the human with a diagnosed long-term diabetes and the development of microvascular complications.
Conclusion. We determined the optimal combination of effects and developed a consistent experimental load scheme that allows us to obtain a symptom model of type 2 diabetes in an animal experiment. Using the diagnostic algorithm, which includes physiological and laboratory methods, the degree of damage to organs and systems was determined, a comparison was made with the level of metabolic disorders in patients with T2DM and people without diabetes. The given model is a pathogenetically grounded approach for further study of the central mechanisms of homeostasis regulation and their pharmacological correction
HYGIENIC ASSESSMENT OF CHANGES IN THE ASSORTMENT AND RANGES OF APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES IN THE AGRICULTURE OF UKRAINE FROM 2015 TO 2019
Authors: Tkachenko I.V. , Antonenko A.M. , Bardov V.G.
Published: January 2020

Relevance. Ukraine actively exports its agricultural products to the markets of Europe and the world. The growth rate of agricultural exports from Ukraine to the EU in May 2019 was 49.9%.

Objective was to analyze and hygienically evaluate changes in the assortment and ranges of pesticide application in Ukrainian agriculture over the last 5 years (from 2015 to 2019).

Materials and methods. The object of our research was changes in the assortment and ranges of pesticide application in Ukrainian agriculture from 2015 to 2019. Growth and growth rates were calculated.

Results. Herbicides are leaders among the pesticides authorized for use in Ukraine: in 2019 their fraction was 56 % of the total (321 formulations). The following in number are fungicides: in 2019 – 25 % (147 formulations); and in third place are insecticides and acaricides: 19 % (107 formulations).

Most of all classes’ pesticides are monoformulations. Their growth rate from 2015 to 2019 was 93 %, increasing rate - 52%. In second place - combined formulations with two active substances: their number during 2015-2019 increased by 42%. For pesticides with three active substances, the growth rate from 2015 to 2019 was 145%. Also in 2017 there were herbicide formulations with four active substances, but their number is insignificant: in 2017 – 2, in 2019 – 3 formulations.

Conclusion. It was found that in the period from 2015 to 2019, the increase of all chemical plant protection products was 47%. The tendency towards an increase in different classes of pesticides does not change significantly every year and the leaders among them are herbicides, second place is occupied by fungicides and third – by insecticides and acaricides. Pesticides with one active substance (monoformulations) predominate.
HYGIENIC EVALUATION OF INSECTICIDES CONTENT DYNAMICS IN PLANTS AFTER APPLICATION ON SOYA CROPS
Authors: Omelchuk S.T. , Blagaya A.V. , Kondratyuk M.V. , Hyrenko T.V.
Published: January 2020

Relevance. Taking into account the widespread application of plant protection products in soybean cultivation, there is a need for research aimed at hygienic evaluation of the potential danger of soybean crop contamination after pesticide and in particular insecticides application.

Objective of the study is a hygienic evaluation of insecticides content dynamics in plants after application on soya crops.

Materials and methods. Materials – active ingredients of the studied insecticidal preparations, soya plants (verdurous mass, beans and seeds). Full-scale in-field hygienic experiment, high-performance liquid chromatography, gas-liquid chromatography, statistical methods were used in the study.

Results. The highest concentration of active substances was determined in green plants, if processing had been performed at an early stage of plant formation (acetamipride – 0.63 mg/kg, fenproximate – 0.41 mg/kg, thiamethoxam – 0.21 mg/kg).

In the case of twice repeated applications, the largest amount of pesticides was determined in beans and seeds (alpha-cypermethrin – 0.51 mg/kg, chlorpyrifos, tebufenpyrad – 0.35 mg/kg).

As the culture ripened and the formation of beans and seeds took place, the content of active substances gradually decreased and after 20-25 days residues were found at or below the limit of determination for the corresponding methods.

Conclusions. The redidues of alpha-cypermethrin, bifenthrin, chlorpyrifos cypermethrin, tebufenpyrad, phenpyroximate, acetamiprid, thiamethoxam in plants, beans and soybean seeds gradually decreased and did not exceed established hygienic standards by the harvesting period in field studies. It is proved that if to follow the established hygienic and agrotechnical regulations for its application, the studied insecticides dissipate or decompose in crop plants during one vegetative season and do not pose a potential risk to the health of consumers.
OPTIMIZATION OF PESTICIDES RESIDUES ANALYTICAL CONTROL IN CEREAL CROPS PROTECTION SYSTEM
Authors: Korshun M.M. , Korshun O.M. , Lipavska A.O. , Zinchenko T.I. , Bilous S.V. , Аvramchuk A.O.
Published: January 2020

Relevance. The scientific substantiation of the method selection, the development of conditions for qualitative identification and quantitative determination of Axial 050 EC, Peak 75 WG, Tilt 250 EC, Magnello 350 EC, Enzhio 247 SS, Karate Zeon 050 CC pesticides (by its simultaneous presence) used in cereal crops protection system was given in the article, as well as preparation conditions for the analysis of water and air samples were described, which will allow to control the established hygienic standards and minimize pesticide negative impact on population health and the environment.

Objective of the research is to develop methods for the analytical determination of 9 active substances of 7 pesticide preparations applied in the wheat and barley protection system with its simultaneous presence in water and air.

Materials and methods. Chromatographic analysis was performed by Shimazu (Japan) liquid chromatograph. Chromatograph control, recording, analysis and storage of chromatographic data were performed using S/w LC solution software. The package of IBM SPSS StatisticsBase v.22 and MS Exel statistical programs was used for statistical processing of results.

Results. The developed optimal conditions of sample preparation and chromatographic determination in the combined presence of 9 different chemical classes pesticides used in the cereal crops protection system will allow to control their content with the limit of quantitative determination of each compound 0,001 mg/dm3 in the water sample, and 0,05 mg/m3 in the air, thus allowing control the established hygienic standards of these compounds in the water and in the working zone air.

Conclusions. The conditions for simultaneous determination of prosulfuron and pinoxaden herbicides, thiamethoxam and lambda-cyhalothrin insecticides, fludioxonil, sedaxane, tebuconazole, propiconazole, diphenoconazole fungicides in its combined presence in the water or air samples by high-efficiency liquid chromatography method were elaborated allowing the efficiency of analysis to be increased and its total price to be reduced.