bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Konzeption und Entwicklung eines datengetriebenen Unterstützungssystems für Etatplanung und Mittelallokation einer hybriden Spezialbibliothek
Authors:   , Breternitz Peter
Published: June 2021

Due to economic developments, libraries must use their budgets efficiently and in line with demand. In addition, budget negotiations in libraries are becoming more and more important. The goal of this master thesis was to develop a proof-of-concept of a data-driven support system for budget planning and resource allocation for the library of the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics. For this purpose, data from different library areas were analyzed and evaluated. The data-driven support system displays key performance indicators such as budget, expenditures, circulation, collection development, and reading room usage in a dashboard. This allows the library to plan its budget and allocate funds more efficiently and in line with its needs as well as conduct budget negotiations with confidence.
Inscribing Difference: Code-Switching and the Metonymic Gap in Post-Colonial Literatures
Authors: Egri Ku-Mesu Katalin
Published: June 2021

In their seminal work The Empire Writes Back Ashcroft et al. (1989) identify code-switching between two or more codes in post-colonial literary texts as ‘the most common method of inscribing alterity’ (p.72). Ashcroft (2001) further develops the idea of installing cultural distinctiveness in the text and posits that, together with a wide range of other linguistic devices (e.g. neologisms, ethno-rhythmic prose), the use of code-switching – whether between the variants of the same language or between languages – has a metonymic function to inscribe cultural difference. In this chapter, I will examine the hybrid nature of post-colonial literary texts through the concepts of nativisation (Kachru, 1982a, 1982b, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1995) and indigenisation (Zabus, 1991, 2007). I will then focus on code-switching, adopting Myers-Scotton’s (1993) approach of matrix language vs. embedded language and considering that ‘EL [embedded language] material of any size, from a single morpheme or lexeme to several constituents, may be regarded as CS [code-switching] material’ (p.5). I will analyse examples of code-switching taken from modern Ghanaian English-language novels and short stories, and I will argue that a synecdochic relationship exists between the code-switched embedded language and the culture it originates from. I will contend that it is along the metonymic gap thus created by language variance that readers can be expected to be divided. I will briefly examine the types of authorial assistance that can be provided in order to make the text accessible to the reader, and I will illustrate, in Sperber and Wilson’s (1995) relevance theoretical framework, how different groups of readers cope with code-switched language left in the texts untranslated and/or unexplained. I will argue that by withdrawing assistance from the reader, the author makes it manifest that he concedes ‘the importance of meanibility’ (Ashcroft, 2001, p.76) and opts for the inscription of difference. I will conclude that the metonymic gap is not a simple bi-polar concept between coloniser and colonised culture but a multi-layered entity where the readers’ position in relation to the gap is indicative of their ability to interpret code-switched language unaided. Full appreciation of the writer’s meanings is shown by those readers who share both the writer’s cultural and linguistic experience. Other readers may be able to cross the metonymic gap to various degrees, but for them code-switched language will be the symbol of the writer’s difference of experience.
SHOOT ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE JUNIPERUS POLYCARPOS C. KOCH IN FOOTHILL DAGESTAN
Authors:   Mountain botanical garden DFRC RAS, Asadulaev Z. M. , Sadykova G. A. ,   Mountain botanical garden DFRC RAS, Ramazanova Z. R. ,   Mountain botanical garden DFRC RAS
Published: June 2021

Identification of the species J. excelsa L. and J. polycarpos C. Koch is problematic and requires addition-al research. This article is devoted to the description and quantification of the anatomical features of the shoots of J. polycarpos, which grows in the conditions of Piedmont Dagestan to solve taxonomic issues. Methods Model shoots (1-3 year old) J. polycarpos was collected from the north side of the crowns at a level of 1.5 m from the ground to study the anatomical structure, fixing, preparing temporary microprepa-rations and describing the main structural elements of shoot tissues was carried out in accordance with generally accepted methods. Results. The anatomical structure of young shoots of J. polycarpos is de-scribed for the first time in order to identify taxon-specific and adaptive characters when studying the ana-tomical structure of the stem of J. excelsa and other populations of J. polycarpos. Their quantitative as-sessment is given, characteristic anatomical features are identified depending on the age and shape of the shoot. Conclusion The specific features of their morphology can be considered the presence of two types of shoots (two-bladed and three-bladed); anatomy - the presence in the parenchyma of leaf pillows in two-bladed shoots of a large number of stony cells, as well as structural features of the central cylinder; the presence and quantity of oil cells. Identified characters can be used for comparative anatomical identifica-tion of species of the genus Juniperus.
GENETIC DIVERSITY OF SNP LOCI IN POPULATIONS OF OAK IN THE SOUTHERN FOREST-STEPPE ZONE OF RUSSIA
Authors:   Institute of forest genetics, Degen B. , Yanbaev Y. A. ,   Bashkir State Agrarian University, Ianbaev R. Y. ,   Bashkir State Agrarian University, Bakhtina S. Y. ,   Bashkir State Agrarian University, Tagirova A. A. ,   Bashkir State University
Published: June 2021

The level of genetic diversity of populations of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) of the southern part of the forest-steppe zone of Russia was studied using 79 SNP loci, developed on the base of the new genera-tion DNA sequencing technology ddRAD. Despite the significant decrease of the area of oak forests in the agricultural period, populations from the Lipetsk, Orel and Penza regions maintain a comparatively high and relatively similar levels of genetic diversity (observed heterozygosity HO = 0.319–0.344, ex-pected heterozygosity HE = 0.317–0.342, allelic diversity υа = 1.537–1.561). The observed distribution of genotypes corresponds to the frequencies expected by the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, the inbreeding coefficient varies from F = ‒ 0.019 to = F = + 0.011. The genetic distance of Gregorius between the sam-ples Orel and Penza (d0 = 0.138), which are geographically the most distant from each other, were statisti-cally significant. The results obtained are discussed in regard to the dynamics of oak forests in the histori-cal past and to problems of conservation and rational use of the gene pool of local populations.
FEATURES OF THE ENDOCRINE AND BIOCHEMICAL STATUS OF THE POPULATION OF THE GEOCHEMICAL PROVINCE WITH AN INCREASED CONTENT OF ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATER
Authors:   Perm State University, Lanin D. V. ,   Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies,   Perm State Medical University named after E.A. Wagner, Dolgikh O. V. ,   Perm State University,   Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies, Likhachev K. N. ,   Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies, Zyuleva M. V. ,   Perm State University, Obraztsova A. D. ,   Perm State University
Published: June 2021

The aim of research is assessing the effect of arsenic contained in water from centralized water supply sources on the parameters of the endocrine system and the biochemical profile of children and adults (ob-jects of study) living in a region with high arsenic content in drinking water. The quality of drinking water was assessed, the arsenic content in the blood, the concentration of hormones and biochemical parameters of the blood were studied. It has been established that the arsenic content in a number of water samples (4.3 mg/dm3) is 86 times higher than the MPC, while in 8% of adults and 19% of children from the ob-servation group an increased arsenic content in the blood was found. The main changes in the metabolic and biochemical contours in children who use water with a high content of arsenic are associated with a change in hepatic and renal markers, and in adults they are more changes (decreased albumin, increased bilirubin, increased not only creatinine, but also urinary acid), also in adults of the observation group, changes in a number of hormonal markers were found. Thus, the use of drinking water increased content of arsenic causes age-dependent changes in biochemical parameters and hormonal regulation, which is confirmed by the presence of causal relationships detected by adequate logistic regression models.
NEW RECORDS OF RARE AND PROTECTED LICHENS IN THE RYAZAN REGION (RUSSIA)
Authors:   Institute of Forest Science of RAS, Muchnik E. E. , Kazakova M. V. ,   Ryazan State University named for S. A. Esenin
Published: June 2021

Monitoring studies of the last 10 years devoted to identifying the condition of rare and vulnerable lichen species in Ryazan Region allowed clarifying their distribution in the region and their status in the Red Data Book. This article provides information on 53 new locations of 26 rare lichen species, 14 of which were first recommended for inclusion in the main list of protected species for the 3rd edition of the Red Data Book of Ryazan Oblast.
PHILOGENETIC DIVERSITY OF BACTERIA OF THE FAMILY MICROCOCCACEAE ISOLATED FROM BIOTOPES WITH DIFFERENT ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT
Authors:   Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms of the Ural Branch RAS, Yastrebova O. V. , Plotnikova E. G. ,   Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms of the Ural Branch RAS,   Perm State University
Published: June 2021

The data on the taxonomy and distribution of bacteria of the family Micrococcaceae isolated from ecosys-tems with different degrees of anthropogenic impact (Perm Territory: Perm, Berezniki, Solikamsk, Osa) are analyzed. The phylogenetic diversity and wide distribution of the family Micrococcaceae representa-tives in various biotopes of the Verkhnekamskoe salt deposit mining area are shown. A variety of species of the Micrococcaceae family bacteria was revealed in the soil and rhizosphere of plants growing near salt dumps. Based on the analysis of the 16S rRNA gene, the studied strains of the family Micrococca-ceae were assigned to seven genera: Arthrobacter, Pseudoarthrobacter, Glutamicibacter, Micrococcus, Kocuria, Nesterenkonia, Rothia. The studied cultivated bacteria of the family Micrococcaceae, isolated from ecotopes with extreme environmental conditions, are promising for their further use for biotechno-logical purposes.
CHANGES IN THE ADAPTIVE CAPACITY OF DOGS OF DIFFERENT AGES TO WORKLOADS IN A MODERATE MONSOON CLIMATE
Authors:   Perm State Agro-Technological University named after Academician D.N. Pryanishnikov, Semenov A. S. , Poptsova O. S. ,   Perm Institute of the Federal Penal Service
Published: June 2021

The article presents the results of changes in the adaptive ability of dogs of different ages before and after exposure to physical activity in different seasons of the year in the conditions of Sakhalin island (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk). The main clinical and physiological parameters of the body of service dogs of the German shepherd breed were studied. The authors established a certain relationship between the degree of training and the response of the body of service dogs to physical activity in different seasons of the year. The most stressful periods for the life of service animals are summer and spring, and autumn and winter are consid-ered more comfortable. In General, the authors believe that service dogs are quite well adapted to use them in a moderate monsoon climate in the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk region, regardless of age. Regular train-ing conducted with service dogs increases their resistance to physical exertion and endurance, so older dogs have adaptive abilities.
MORPHOLOGY, REPRODUCTION, SEASONAL ACTIVITY AND HABITAT USE OF A NORTHERN POPULATION OF THE SMOOTH GREENSNAKE (OPHEODRYS VERNALIS)
Authors: Rutherford Pamela L. , Cairns Nicholas A.
Published: June 2021

The Smooth Greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis) is a small, slender, oviparous, colubrid snake that is widely distributed in North America. Nonetheless, there have been few studies on this species, and little is known about Canadian populations. The objective of this study was to examine morphology, reproduction, seasonal activity and habitat use of a northern population of the Smooth Greensnake. Individuals were captured during the summers of 2007-2010 in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. Females were larger and relatively heavier than males, but clutch size did not consistently increase with body size. In addition, 59% (on average) of available adult females were gravid in any given year, suggesting that females may not reproduce each year. Males had relatively longer heads and longer tails than females. Males were more common in early August; otherwise, females were more common. The peak of male activity in August suggests that fall mating might occur in this species, but this was not confirmed. Finally, Smooth Greensnakes were most commonly found in grassland, and there were no differences in habitat use between the sexes. Further research on northern populations of Smooth Greensnakes would provide valuable information on this little-studied species.
THE EFFECT OF PLASMODIUM FLORIDENSE ON RELATIVE LEUKOCYTE COUNTS OF ANOLIS SAGREI AND A. CAROLINENSIS IN FLORIDA, USA
Authors: Bessa Lara B. , Ely Nicole M. , Calle Erika K. , Lafond Benjamin J. , Counsman Ryan P. , Loges Luiza N. , Doan Tiffany M.
Published: June 2021

Native Green Anoles, Anolis carolinensis, and invasive Brown Anoles, Anolis sagrei, are commonly found in Florida and may be infected with the malarial parasite, Plasmodium floridense. Because no studies have directly addressed health effects of the parasite on Florida anoles, we collected blood smears of infected and uninfected anoles from Central and Southwest Florida and compared the overall leukocyte (WBC) counts, eosinophil counts, and heterophil/lymphocyte ratios. Eosinophils are generally elevated in response to protozoal infection and heterophil/lymphocyte ratios are often altered due to stress. A generalized linear model that tested contributions to erythrocyte/leukocyte ratios included infection status and locality as significant factors. We found significant differences in WBC counts between infected and uninfected lizards in Central Florida but not in Southwest Florida. Central Florida anoles also had higher mean WBC counts than Southwest Florida anoles. We did not detect significant differences in eosinophil counts or H/L ratios related to infection status. Our project is the first to examine leukocyte effects of Plasmodium infection in anoles and to provide leukocyte profiles of Anolis lizards. It appears that infected anoles sustain some negative immunological effects, at least in Central Florida. The differences in regions may be caused by the fact that Central Florida anoles still are under continuous interspecific competition whereas the Southwest Florida Brown Anoles are not because of low populations of Green Anoles. Additional studies that address leukocyte levels related to Plasmodium infection are needed to tease out the health and fitness effects on the lizards of Florida.
The Challenges of Implementing the EAEU’s Digital Agenda
Authors:   Center for International Institutions Research, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Popova Irina
Published: June 2021

Digitalization is one of the dominant processes in contemporary economic development, both on the national level and globally. The process of articulating and implementing digital economy policies is underway in the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), and in 2017 the EAEU Strategic Directions for the Development of the Digital Agenda Until 2025 were adopted. Identifying the specificities and challenges of the digital agenda’s implementation in the context of integration processes in the region is the aim of this article. The study focuses on the interaction at the supranational level of decision-making within EAEU institutions, as well as the interaction of the national and supranational levels. The author concludes that the projects and initiatives are being implemented as a part of the agenda, albeit slowly. The other envisaged mechanisms require a much higher level of harmonization, for which EAEU leaders are not yet ready. The main features of the digital agenda’s implementation in the EAEU are the primacy of sovereignty, diverging levels of digitalization of members in both access to infrastructure and regulatory frameworks, project-based approaches to implementation, absence of a digital agenda in the EAEU Treaty and involvement of expert communities. Based on analysis of the legal and regulatory framework, the following recommendations can be made: an institutional and legal framework for the digital agenda should be established, coordination between the national and supranational levels should be improved, digital strategies should be adopted and synchronized in all member states, the selection and implementation of initiatives should be improved, best practices should be adopted, and cooperation with international organizations and theEuropean Union (EU) should be developed. For Russia, the development of a digital agenda within the EAEU and deepened integration (or development of cooperation) are necessary to ensure the realization of national interests in a priority region—the post-Soviet space—especially given the increasingly active developing regulatory influence of other actors, primarily the EU. Given the growing importance of digitalization as a driver of economic growth and the increasing competition for influence on the regulation of the digital economy, a priority for the Russian Federation should be to resolve the contradiction between the principle of primacy of sovereignty and the development of integration. A possible way out could be an approach based on ‘multi-speed integration,’ as tested in the EU. Another option could be a complete revision of the model of interaction with neighbours in the region.
The Current State of, and Perspectives on, Foreign Trade Between the EU and Central Asia in a Period of Geoeconomic Change
Authors:   University of Economics in Bratislava, Kašťáková Elena , Žatko Matúš ,   University of Economics in Bratislava, Barinková Natália ,   University of Economics in Bratislava
Published: June 2021

The article examines the current foreign trade relations between the EU and Central Asia. Based on econometric analysis, it sets out possible perspectives for the further development of mutual trade relations in the time of geoeconomic changes. As one of the most important integration groupings in the world, the EU has a significant influence in promoting its foreign trade interests. Central Asia is a part of Asia consisting of several states that are members of different regional integration groupings with different priorities. The result of the research is an analysis of mutual foreign trade relations. Character and perspective of mutual trade relations is assessed by using of selected one-factor indicators (trade complementarity index and trade intensity index). With the help of time-series forecast model, the article also tries to estimate the future development of EU exports as well as EU imports in relation to Central Asian countries. While the EU imports from Central Asian countries are dominated by minerals and fuels in the long term, EU exports consist of more sophisticated and diversified production. This represents the potential for further development of the business relationships and growth of mutual trade. In the case of favourable circumstances, a continuing growth trend in trade can be expected, especially on the side on EU exports.
The Major non-NATO Ally Status: Characteristics, Chronology, Geographical Distribution
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bazhenova Olga
Published: June 2021

In recent years, the "Major non-NATO ally" (MNNA) status has become more prominent in American foreign policy. Media representatives are interested in following: who will be the next MNNA, what privileges will the country receive, and can the status be granted as an alternative of joining NATO? The purpose of the article is to illuminate the prerequisites for status appearance and its legal foundations, to study the MNNA’s role as the American foreign policy instrument.
Hegemony and World Order: an overview of the concept “Hegemony as Complexity”
Authors:   MGIMO University, Safranchuk Ivan ,   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Zhornist Vera ,   MGIMO University, Nesmashnyy Alexander ,   MGIMO University
Published: June 2021

This article reviews the key topics and debates in Hegemony and World Order: Reimagining Power in Global Politics(Routledge, 2020), edited by P. Dutkiewicz, T. Casier, J. A. Scholte. The volume covers several issues related to hegemony in contemporary politics from neo-liberal, realist, constructivist, neo-Gramscian, world-systems and postcolonial theoretical perspectives. The concept of “complex hegemony,” briefly evaluated in this review, and the analysis of the recent stage of globalization presented in the volume offer meaningful contributions to the theoretical debates. From a more practical perspective, Hegemony and World Order dwells on the future of world order and the prospects for alternative hegemonic projects, including those sponsored by China and Russia. Additionally, the hegemony of non-state actors in global governance is studied in detail. The review considers the ability of the leading states to execute complex hegemony and discuss the demand for hegemony in the context of the transformation of world order.
WHEN CULTURE IS HARMFUL
Authors:   University of Bergen,  Norway, Maskhulia Maskhulia
Published: June 2021

This article is based on mixed-method research conducted into the Georgian public administration system. The author of the article studied Georgian public administration from the perspective of sociocultural theories. The study proposed and confirmed the hypothesis that the persisting issues in Georgian public administration have deep cultural implications which originated from unchangeable centuries-old traditions of local society. With that, the study disproves the common opinion that corruption arose in local managerial traditions primarily during the soviet period. Besides, the results of the study revealed that a new generation of Georgian public servants in some matters demonstrate more traditionalism than their senior colleagues. At the same time, data analysis exposed a subgroup of Georgian bureaucrats which might be considered as potential modernizers among homogeneous groups of cultural traditionalists. Overall, the author makes the conclusion that models of behaviour which are assessed in Western societies as corrupt, are legalized and approved in Georgian society, as well as in local public office.
Depression on a Screen. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” in the Light of Cognitive Theories of Depression
Authors: Leonardi Angela
Published: June 2021

This article analyses “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” in the light of the American psychiatrist A. T. Beck’s diagnostic criteria and cognitive theories for interpreting and evaluating symptoms and levels of depression. This study aims to show that many symptoms listed in Beck’s Inventory for Measuring Depression (sixteen out of twenty-one) are recognizable – at different levels of signifier and signified – in both the poetical structure and the imagery of the poem, whereas specific aspects included in Cognitive Therapy of Depression (for instance, the cognitive process defined by Beck as “Faulty Information Processing” and two crucial points of this process, “Selective abstraction” and “Arbitrary inference”) are identifiable in some of the most relevant figurative isotopies of the poem.
Ney's Spring Media Preparation v1
Authors: Rowe Annette , Trutschel Leah
Published: June 2021

This is for protocol for making Ney's Spring high pH media and plates. These consist of a basal minimal media with differing electron donors and acceptors depending on what organism is targeted. This includes instructions for: sulfur/acetate plates & media Methanol plates & media Sulfate/acetate plates & media
Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity assessment for zebrafish brain tissue v1
Authors: Sachett Adrieli , Gallas-Lopes Matheus , M M Conterato Greicy , P Herrmann Ana , Piato Angelo
Published: June 2021

Zebrafish are being increasingly used as a model animal in neuroscience research. Here we describe a protocol to assess brain tissue activity of glutathione peroxidase (GPx), an enzyme glutathione family, and act how the main remover of hydrogen peroxide in zebrafish brain and whose main biological role is to protect the organism from oxidative damage.
Compliance of the Baltic States with the Principle of Tolerance as Condition for the Development of the United Europe
Authors: Khoma Nataliya , Oleksii Kokoriev Oleksii
Published: June 2021

The article studies the compliance of democracy of the Baltic States with the principle of tolerance. The study demonstrated specific social phobias (xenophobia, migrant phobia, homophobia, islamophobia, romaphobia, etc.), hate speech and other destructive trends in the Baltic countries that contradict values of liberal democracy. The authors argue that Baltic States face similar challenges of strengthening the principle of tolerance as well as how they differ in intolerance manifestations and mechanisms of their prevention and counteraction. In the Baltic States, issues related to promotion of tolerance are claimed to be common at two levels: at the institutional level (countries do not fulfil some of the EU guidelines aimed at enhancing the principle of tolerance); at the value level (population does not accept completely liberal-democratic values that the EU advocates).
EU migration policy and migrant human rights: the protection and negation of life at EU borders
Authors: Lo Coco Daniela
Published: June 2021

This article addresses the contradiction between the generalised use of human rights’ protection within EU migration policy and the production of deaths at borders. Through an analysis of the EU’s migration policy, this article suggests using Esposito’s concept of immunitas to bridge inherentcontradictions. Protection of life and the production of death are constitutive mechanisms of Western modern politics. This argument implies thathuman rights and the protection of life metaphorically legitimise the EU’s control of migration from third countries, while blurring the underpinning logics of government, coloniality and racism. The article concludes that protection and the negation of (certain) lives are intrinsic to the EU’s migration policy.
The predicted effect of utilizing modern technologies in companies’ development
Authors: Odeibat Ayat Sami , Matkó Andrea
Published: June 2021

This study aim is to creates a preliminary investigations of the impact of implementing modern technologies on companies’ overall development and on productivity. In order to attain the goals a qualitative methodology have been conducted by using a case study method. The case study took up a Jordanian company and applied some modern technology in their strategy development. Toward obtaining an in-depth comprehension of their impacts on real. Along with discovering new opportunities can be used for other researches in the future. The study provides a clear understanding and incorporation of the managers and employees who participated in this investigation directly as key stakeholders. As well as it played an important role in developing a Jordanian company by applying new methods in marketing, improve communication, leadership skills used and improve overall productivity.
Improving Food Consciousness - Opportunities of Smartphone Apps to Access Food Information
Authors: Botos Szilvia , Tóth Mihály , Szilágyi Róbert
Published: June 2021

Factors of food choice have an increasingly important role in the life of consumers. Information and codes on food packages are the most widespread standard to support the decision among the many types of food products. There should be mandatory information on packages that are governed by regulations. However, there can be other labels too that help consumers in choosing food products that match personal needs and concepts, including not only nutritional information but ethical factors as well. In our literature review, we overview the current trend of food labels and the results of research on the role of food information among consumers. The focus of this study is on smartphone applications and Augmented Reality (AR) as an advanced technology to display personalized food information. In this paper, we surveyed and analyzed the attitude of young food consumers due to their personal needs, the extent of attention to package information, and the most important factors when purchasing goods. We also surveyed the interest in smartphone applications that may support the decision. Our results suggest that there is a willingness to use an interactive application to gain personalized food information immediately. The majority of respondents would use an application that provides complex information service. Within the framework of the studied criteria for implementing a smartphone application using a database behind, we outline a theoretical infrastructural model too, for collecting and handling the necessary data. Our work has led us to conclude that there are opportunities of using smartphone applications to access food information and we suggest some solutions that may increase the Quality of Experience, such as AR.
Role of gamification at the University of Debrecen, with special regard to the Faculty of Economics
Authors: Kovács Tamás
Published: June 2021

With the spread of technology and Internet, the way of teaching has changed in recent decades, as opposed to traditional personal practice, with the current pandemic situation bringing to the fore various forms of distance learning that have posed increasing challenges for both educators and students at all levels of education. In many places, lecturers may experience a negative shift in the motivation and attention of university students, so that distractions in class or appearances in classes become more frequent than technical problems. At the same time, there is a huge increase in the amount of time spent on individual video games among young people. Gamification seeks to promote the connection between the fun experience of games and learning in education. Research has highlighted that some elements of games effectively contribute to learning, and the method can also have a number of positive benefits for higher education too. Nevertheless, many higher education institutions have not introduced gamification into their programs, nor are they included in the individual recommendations. The aim of the study is to explore the assessment of the method of gamification among the students and lecturers at the University of Debrecen, on the spot of the Faculty of Economics and Business. As results of the research, it can be stated that the students of the Faculty are on average less familiar with the method compared to the lecturers, however in general perception of gamification among the two groups can be said to be positive.
Сontemporary Approaches to the Exploration of Fear of Cancer Recurrence: a Review of Foreign Studies
Authors: Lysnyk Kateryna
Published: June 2021

Every year the number of cancer survivals who have successfully overcome cancer increases. However, with remission often comes concern about a possible recurrence of the disease, which can significantly impair quality of life. The article considers the latest definition of fear of cancer recurrence, the factors of its clinical level and existing measurement methods. Also an attempt is made to generalize information about personal factors, that increase the fear of cancer recurrence in cancer survivals (such as age, gender, level of education, life history, etc.) and the affiliation of them to certain categories of the population. The influence of the peculiarities of the disease and the type of the received treatment, including personalized (genetic, immune and molecular therapy), on the change in the level of fear of cancer recurrence is also considered. According to the review of foreign sources, it is concluded that currently there are no convenient and reliable screening methods for determining the clinical level of fear of cancer recurrence, and existing questionnaires have different validity on certain scales and need linguistic and cultural adaptation. Fear of cancer recurrence is likely to be a serious problem among those who receiving personalized therapy. Age, gender and level of social adaptation also significantly affect to the level of fear of cancer recurrence, as well as belonging to certain categories of the population and the uniqueness of the life experience. Further research should identify the features of the fear of cancer recurrence in cancer survivors in Ukraine, and take into consider the identified factors in forming a support program by psycho-oncologists, since the fear of cancer recurrence significantly affects of cancer survivals the quality of life.
Phenomenon of Procrastination in Modern Psychology: Theoretical Fundamentals of the Research
Authors: Onipko Zoriana
Published: June 2021

The article is devoted to the analysis of the phenomenon of procrastination in the historical context. The peculiarities of defining this concept in the works of Ukrainian and foreign researchers are considered. Different definitions of the phenomenon of procrastination are analyzed and it is established that there is no single approach to its definition.
However, it was found that procrastination has always been characterized by two aspects: voluntary postponement of intention and the presence of psychological discomfort associated with postponement of such intention. The analysis of the reasons of its occurrence is carried out; it was found that there is no consensus on the factors that cause and / or exacerbate procrastination. The characteristic features of this phenomenon and features of manifestation are investigated. The main approaches to the study of procrastination are analyzed: psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, subjective, motivational, psychophysiological. Possible negative consequences for the personality are revealed, among which are anxiety, stress, loss of productivity, psychosomatic disorders. The main types of procrastination are considered. It was found that some of the most common reasons for procrastination are: the difficulty of the task, fear of failure and success, perfectionism, insecurity, inability to plan and organize their activities, improper motivation, impulsiveness and others.
It has been established that procrastination is a complex, heterogeneous phenomenon that includes a number of components and extends to various spheres of human life. The relationship between the concepts of procrastination and laziness is analyzed. It is established that they are based on various psychological mechanisms. Prospects for further research are identified.
La Sala Suchet de Can Papiol. El estilo Luis XVI en los dormitorios catalanes acomodados desde finales del XVIII hasta su musealización.
Authors: Palacios Gonzalo Laura
Published: June 2021

El actual dormitorio Suchet de an Papiol, es fruto de la tradicional creencia que el general francés Louis Gabriel Suchet se hospedó en el gran casal de la familia Papiol de Vilanova i la Geltrú durante la Guerra de la Independencia. Aun así no hay documentación que nos permita afirmar si se alojó en Can Papiol. La supuesta cámara del general nos permite analizar y entender cómo y por qué en Vilanova se utilizó el estilo Luis XVI para aplicarse, precisamente, en el dormitorio destinado a la supuesta estancia del general. Por otro lado la documentación del archivo Papiol nos ha aportado información muy relevante sobre la distribución original de la casa con unos planos inéditos de medianos del siglo XIX, un inventario de 1817, las cuentas familiares y los recibos de los artesanos que trabajaron en el casal durante la construcción de este y el mantenimiento posterior.
The Royal Cabinetmaking Workshops. Furniture Production Systems in the Royal House of Spain
Authors: Sánchez Casado Antonio
Published: June 2021

It is necessary to have a frame of reference to understand the work of each cabinetmaker in the Royal House of Spain. This research on the Royal Cabinetmaking Workshops try to systematize its structure within the conglomerate of court artists and the relationship of each cabinetmaker with the royal administration. It is essential to know how these workshops were created, their purpose, who directed them, what their day-to-day life was like and how they disappeared. In this way, workshops, cabinetmakers and furniture have appeared that have not been given the importance they deserve. Dates and attributions are also corrected. On the other hand, the authorship of important furniture sets is justified and the ability of cabinetmakers to design their own furniture is once again demonstrated. In short, it is an approach to royal furniture delving into the crown production systems.
Early Forecast of Maximum Amplitude due to Aftershocks by Applying Extreme Value Statistics to a Single Continuous Seismogram
Authors: Sawazaki Kaoru
Published: June 2021

To evaluate the exceedance probability of maximum amplitude (EPMA) due to aftershocks, I developed a forecasting scheme based on the extreme value statistics applied to a single continuous seismogram of early aftershocks. By combining the general laws of aftershock activity (Gutenberg–Richter and Omori–Utsu laws) and a ground-motion prediction equation (including source, path, and site factors), I verified that the interval maximum amplitude of a continuous seismogram of aftershocks follows the non-stationary Frechet distribution (NFD), which is one of the extreme value distributions. The parameters of NFD are written explicitly from the parameters commonly used in seismology. By optimizing the NFD parameters through the maximum-likelihood method and using the maximum-likelihood estimates and their covariance values, I derived the EPMA due to aftershocks based on the Bayesian approach. The performance of the EPMA was examined by Monte Carlo simulations and real seismograms. The numerically generated maximum amplitude was predicted well from the EPMA, which was evident even in the period of intense seismicity in which many waveforms overlap in a seismogram. This performance was also robust for real seismograms of aftershocks for the 2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku, Japan, earthquake. The maximum amplitudes observed for four days were mostly within the 10% and 90% EPMA curves issued within 3 hr of the mainshock. The proposed method does not need to evaluate source, path, and site factors because these factors are included in the estimated NFD parameters. Given that the proposed method allows single-station processing, a seismic “network” is not required. Therefore, the proposed algorithm will be easily implementable in a seismic observation system installed at important facilities. Also, the NFD parameters estimated robustly in the early lapse times may provide important knowledge regarding early aftershocks.
Uluslararasılaşma Stratejilerinde Küresel Doğan Modeli Ve Spotify “Music, Meet Podcasts” Örnek Olay İncelemesi
Authors: Aktuğlu Işıl , İnceismail Elif
Published: June 2021

Teknoloji şirketleri diğer şirketlere oranla daha kolay bir şekilde doğdukları ülkelerin sınırlarını aşarak uluslararası pazarda faaliyetlerini sürdürebilmektedir. Uluslararasılaşma stratejileri içerisinde kuruluşundan kısa bir süre sonra uluslararasılaşan şirketleri tanımlamak için küresel doğan tanımı yapılmaktadır. Bu tanıma göre küresel doğan olarak adlandırılan şirketlerin sundukları hizmeti doğru bir şekilde farklılaştırması ve girdikleri pazarların dinamiklerini iyi okumaları gerekmektedir. Spotify İsveç kökenli bir teknoloji şirketi olarak uluslararasılaşmış şirketlere iyi bir örnek teşkil etmekte ve alanına liderlik etmektedir. İlk olarak 2003 yılında ortaya çıkan podcast kavramı, istenildiği zaman istenildiği yerde dinlenebilen dijital radyo programı ya da ses kaydı olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Üretiminin nispeten kolay ve ucuz olması, neredeyse herkesin yapabilecek donanıma sahip olması ve hikâye anlatıcılığını desteklemesi sebebi ile podcast yayıncıları popülerlik kazanmakta ve dinleyicileri her geçen gün artmaktadır. 2020 yılında pandemi sebebi ile dijital kullanımların artması podcaste duyulan ilginin de artmasına sebep olmuştur. Tüketicideki bu eğilimi fark eden Spotify ise ilk defa küresel reklam kampanyasında podcast yayınlarına vurgu yaparak kavramın bilinirliğine katkı sağlamıştır.Bu bilgiler ışığında küresel doğan modeli örneği Spotify’ın ilk defa içeriğinde müzik dışında bir öğeyi ön plana çıkardığı ve 2020 Eylül ayında yayınlanan “Music, Meet Podcasts” küresel reklam kampanyası uluslararasılaşma stratejileri ve stratejilerin küresel-kültürel etkileri bağlamında örnek olay incelemesi ile değerlendirilmektedir.
Policing in the Age of the Asylum: Early Legislative Interventions in the Lives of Persons with Disabilities
Authors: McNamara Donna
Published: June 2021

This article will trace the key legislative interventions in the lives of persons with disabilities in Ireland. It will explore the growth of a vast network of institutions and the subsequent legislative powers which were introduced to allow for the removal of persons deemed "dangerous" or "mad" from society. In particular, it will consider the powers afforded to police officers during both the age of institutionalisation and the age of deinstitutionalisation in the late twentieth century. It will be argued that the police have played a historically important role in the control and confinement of deviant persons, yet little is known about the extent to which they were involved in the removal of individuals to institutions such as asylums and workhouses. The police continue to play an integral role in the contemporary mental health system and this article will question whether this is appropriate especially in light of Ireland's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
The Paratextual Labeling of Autistic-Authored YA Fiction as #OwnVoices: How YA Literary Culture Creates Space for Neurodivergent Authorship
Authors: Abad Jason Michael
Published: June 2021

This essay considers the effect of #OwnVoices on autistic literary representation by analyzing how autistic authors use paratexts to prescribe for some readers ways of understanding autistic-authored texts while temporarily refraining from prescribing a particular method for others, allowing readers with opposing ideologies to first read the narrative before they encounter the more didactic elements of the text. Building on Gerrard Genette's theorization of the paratext, this essay compares the use of text and paratext in two works of autistic-authored fiction, Corinne Duyvis's On the Edge of Gone and Jen Wilde's Queens of Geek, to that of Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a work of allistic-authored YA fiction. The contrast between these two kinds of texts reveals how #ownvoices texts foreground the positionality of the author in ways that enable rather than foreclose discussions about the ethical representation of autistic people.
"They're changing the network just by being there": Reconsidering infrastructures through the frame of disability studies
Authors: Velho Raquel
Published: June 2021

Through the case study of wheelchair user accessibility in public transportation in London, United Kingdom, this article aims to show how the field of disability studies can enrich other disciplines––in this particular case, the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). Firstly, this paper describes the manners in which wheelchair users struggle with various access barriers in transport, from broken technologies to tense social interactions. This is partnered with a discussion on the nature of infrastructures as highly paradoxical things that struggle with temporality and scale. Secondly, this article describes the inclusion mechanisms developed by wheelchair-using passengers to combat this neoliberal-able infrastructure, showing how they are extremely active users of this network. This is used to illustrate how disability studies throws into question long-standing definitions in the field of STS, namely that of infrastructures being "invisible". This article argues that "invisibility" is a category of privilege for infrastructures, and shows how other disciplines can be enriched through dialogue with the field of disability studies.
Disability Studies, in Time
Authors: Brewer Elizabeth , Brueggemann Brenda , Gallagher Jessica , Henry Kelsey
Published: June 2021

No abstract available.
PUNCH: FIVE POEMS
Authors: Goodman Francis
Published: June 2021

No abstract available.
Desertification and Degradation Risks vs Poverty: A Key Topic in Mediterranean Europe
Authors: Rodrigo-Comino Jesús , Salvia Rosanna , Egidi Gianluca , Salvati Luca , Giménez-Morera Antonio , Quaranta Giovanni
Published: June 2021

Land degradation and, subsequently, desertification processes are conditioned by biophysical factors and human impacts. Nowadays, there is an increasing interest by social scientists to assess its implications. Especially, it is relevant to the potential changes and landscape deterioration on population, economic systems and feedbacks of local societies to such adjustments. Assessing social facets should also be related to desertification risks, integrated socio-economic inputs and environmentally sustainable development perspectives. However, investigations about the effects of land degradation conditioned by global socioeconomic-factors from a holistic point of view are scarce. In this review, we pretend to discuss past and recent findings on land degradation risks related to poverty, especially based on Mediterranean Europe. To achieve this goal, we focused on key socioeconomic forces such as developmental policy, production and market structure, social change and population mobility. Our review showed that regional disparities based on complex dynamics of demographic forces (e.g. migration, fertility and ageing) and economic drivers of change (e.g. industrial concentration, urbanization, crop intensification, tourism pressure, coastalization) are keys to understand Mediterranean regions such as Southern Italy, a region exposed to high desertification risk in Europe. We concluded that the overexploitation of territories, soil and water degradation urban expansion, tourism and unplanned industrialization are some sectors and activities which can be highly affected by political and socioeconomic forces leading to unsustainable forms of land management and types of development. Special attention should be paid to social policies, education and training schemes to reduce rural migration and potentiate territorial knowledge to avoid land degradation, considering other social issues such as poverty or centralization. The potential role of win-win policies abating poverty and reducing desertification risk is evident in Mediterranean Europe and achieving land degradation neutrality necessary.