bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Non-Destructive Prediction Method for Wood Density Variations of Silver Birch Trees Growing in the Middle Volga Region, Russia
Authors: Fedyukov Vladimir Ilyich , Anatolyevna Musikhina Lydmila , Chernova Maria Sergeyevna , Tsoy Olga Viktorovna , Magalyas Nikita Andreyevich
Published: June 2020

The density of wood inside the stick varies greatly according to the diameter and height of the tree. The development of a non-destructive method of predicting an average density of wood in all specific breed stem-base density in parts of the tree is of great practical importance. For this purpose, the research was conducted to identify the patterns of wood density dynamics against the height and the diameter of birch trees growing in the conditions of the Middle Volga Region in Russia. Fourteen model birch trees (Betula pendula) were selected as research material on two plots in the plantations of the Scientific-Experimental Forest District of the Volga State University of Technology (VSUT) in the Republic of Mari El of Russia. From each felled model tree 50.0 mm cross-section discs were carved at a distance of 1.3 m from the root collar and at relative heights of 0.25H, 0.5H, and 0.75H. Prototypes in the form of 20x20x30 mm rectangular prisms (long side along the wood grain) were made from their north and south sides at a distance of 0.25R, 0.5R and 0.75R from the stem core along the NS diagonal. Density studies were conducted by measuring the density of the wood sample immersed in liquid against the buoyant force. It has been revealed that there are both differences and patterns of change in density in the longitudinal and cross-section directions of the trunk of a birch tree growing in the conditions of the Middle Volga Region in Russia. Based on the results obtained, a mathematical model of these laws has been formulated. Сlose relationship between the average density of the stick and its diameter at breast height (DBH) cross-section average density, i.e. ρtree=178.52+0.641ρdbh (r=0.922) has been revealed. By applying a well-known method of determining the density of cross-section radial core extracted from the wood by an age borer at this height, wood density of the birch trees growing in the Middle Volga Region can be calculated according to this equation.
First Record of Cacopsylla pulchella (Hemiptera, Psyllidae) in Croatia
Authors: Pernek Milan , Matek Marta , Maretić Tamara , Lacković Nikola , Matošević Dinka
Published: June 2020

The aim of this study is to identify plant lice Cacopsylla pulchella a new alien insect in the fauna of Croatia. We propose a new method of infestation level assessment in order to assess the potential of this insect as a pest. In May 2020 samples were collected from eleven locations in Croatia, where Cercis siliquastrum is grown in parks. Adults and nymphs of C. pulchella were collected together with a plant material and brought to entomological laboratory for further analysis. Field research was performed in order to assess the distribution and infestation intensity across various localities in Croatia. The intensity of infestation was assessed heuristically by visual examination and was categorized in four categories: 0) no infestation, 1) low, 2) moderate and 3) high infestation. C. pulchella was confirmed on C. siliquastrum in eleven localities in Croatia. Most of the infested trees had a low or moderate intensity of infestation. Damages caused by this insect are due to the emission of honey dew, a small spherical drop covered with waxy secretion causing necrotic areas which could lead to the premature fall of the leaves. It is not known what kind of progress in infestation intensity could be expected so infested trees found in this study should be checked closely in the coming years. It is strongly suggested to continue the monitoring of this alien insect on C. siliquastrum in Croatia and to estimate its potential of become an invasive pest which could endanger ornamental and other values of its hosts.
Entrevista a Alfonso Chase. Apuntes sobre María Isabel Carvajal, “Carmen Lyra”
Authors: Chase Alfonso
Published: June 2020

Alfonso Chase Brenes nació en Cartago, el 19 de octubre de 1944. Cursó sus estudios primarios en una escuela de su ciudad natal y los secundarios en San José, en el Liceo del Sur. Realizó algunos estudios informales en México y Estados Unidos. Toda su formación intelectual y literaria es autodidáctica. Académico de la Universidad Nacional (UNA), Costa Rica, de la Vicerrectoría de Extensión, investigador en la Escuela de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje, se le concedió el título de Catedrático en 1989. Ha ganado casi todos los premios que Costa Rica ha otorgado en diversas ramas del acontecer literario: Premio Magón, Aquileo Echeverría de cuento, poesía y novela, entre otros. Su obra literaria es muy basta: tres novelas, seis cuentos y unos quince poemarios.
Gestão do conhecimento científico: análise do capital intelectual do programa de especialização do IRD
Authors: Razuck Fernando Barcellos , Cavalcante Gisele Valente
Published: June 2020

Introdução : o curso de pós-graduação Lato Sensu em Proteção Radiológica e Segurança de Fontes Radioativas do Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria (IRD) é oferecido anualmente e ministrado em parceria com Agência Internacional de Energia Atômica (AIEA), aos profissionais de países de língua portuguesa [1]. Este curso foi idealizado para atender às necessidades de profissionais para trabalhar no campo da proteção radiológica e segurança de fontes de radiação, proporcionando as ferramentas básicas necessárias para quem vai se tornar instrutor na respectiva área. Dividido em módulos, engloba parte teórica e treinamentos práticos. Ao final do programa, os alunos devem apresentar um trabalho de conclusão do curso (TCC).Metodologia : recentemente, algumas pesquisas vêm analisando a questão da Gestão do Conhecimento em instituiçoes de ensino e pesquisa, implicando na Gestão do Conhecimento Científico, visando, principalmente, a preservação e a transferência do conhecimento [2]. Porém, é uma característica dos servidores do públicos federais, inclusive daqueles pertencentes à carreira de Ciência e Tecnologia, o que é o caso do IRD, vinculado à Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN), de estar em processo de aposentaradoria, sobretudo os funcionários de perfil técnico-científico. Assim, este trabalho tem como objetivo avalisar o perfil dos docentes do programa para fazer uma análise do seu Capital Intelectual, tendo por objetivo a retenção do conhecimento científico na Instituição.Resultados : para  isso foi feito um mapeamento dos módulos do curso, analisando o perfil dos docentes junto ao setor de recursos humanos do IRD, cruzando informações como titulação, módulo em que leciona, se é coordenador do módulo, divisão aonde trabalha, se ocupa chefia, se pertence ao quadro de funcionários do IRD e quanto tempo ainda falta para a aposentadoria. Após isto, estas informações foram plotadas no modelo utilizado pela AIEA [3], que leva em consideração basicamente o tempo previsto para a aposentadoria e a especificidade e disponibilidade do conhecimento, para avaliar o Capital Intelectual do programa.Conclusões: com este trabalho, foi feito um levantamento das áreas críticas do programa do IRD, de forma que servirá de auxílio na programação do curso nos próximos anos. Foi possível identificar que todos módulos do curso possuem docentes que detém o conhecimento critico, considerado entre àqueles que estão em processo de aposentadoria nos próximos 3 anos. Além disso, este trabalho visa colaborar na retenção e transferência do conhecimento científico específico, etapa essencial na gestão do conhecimento científico de uma instituição de ensino e pesquisa, como o IRD.
Conversion of Colleges into Centre of Excellence: Undergraduate English Honours Course in Kerala
Authors:   College of Education, Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India, Tripathi Himanshu
Published: June 2020

Various measures have been recommended by different committees to improve the access, equity and quality status of higher education in Kerala. One of the major recommendations was initiated in the form of a pilot study with the commencement of honours course in English, Economics, Maths and Commerce subject at undergraduate level. This comparative study is an attempt to study the effectiveness of undergraduate English honours course, which commenced at Women’s College, Thiruvananthapuram in 2012. Comparison has been made between the learning outcomes of final year students from BA English (general) and BA English (honours) courses. The sample was tested on similar topics/sub-subjects taught in their course through an achievement test, oral test, extempore, tutorial observation and script play. An open discussion was also conducted with students and teachers to know their insight about the course. Findings of the study show positive impact of the honours course on the achievement of the learner. But, both the groups were found to be at the same platform in communication skill. Lastly, recommendations are made to bring improvement in the newly introduced English honours course to improve its quality in terms of learning outcomes.
Flualprazolam: Report of an Outbreak of a New Psychoactive Substance in Adolescents
Authors: Blumenberg Adam , Hughes Adrienne , Reckers Andrew , Ellison Ross , Gerona Roy
Published: June 2020

Flualprazolam is a nonregistered drug in the benzodiazepine family and constitutes a new psychoactive substance (NPS). Since 2014, a growing number of designer benzodiazepines have become available over the Internet and on the counterfeit drug market. In June 2019, a cluster of patients intoxicated with flualprazolam was identified by the Oregon Poison Center. As an emerging drug of abuse, the clinical characteristics of flualprazolam have been poorly characterized thus far. Over a one-week period, 6 teenagers presented to local emergency departments after ingesting illegally obtained counterfeit alprazolam, which led to sedation. Other symptoms included slurred speech, confusion, and mild respiratory depression. All 6 patients had resolution of their symptoms within 6 hours of ingestion. Blood and urine samples, as well as a tablet fragment, were obtained from 3 patients. The tablet and biological samples were analyzed by using liquid chromatography–quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry and were found to contain the NPS flualprazolam without other drugs or intoxicants. With this case series, we add to the medical literature a clinical description of an emerging drug of abuse. Flualprazolam appears to share the clinical properties of other benzodiazepines. As flualprazolam and other NPSs become more common, physicians must be aware of their availability and characteristics. Sedation lasting <6 hours was observed in 6 of 6 patients exposed to flualprazolam. No effects that would be unexpected from benzodiazepine intoxication were seen among the patients. Specifically, none developed prolonged symptoms or required intubation and mechanical ventilation, ICU admission, or antidotal therapy.
From Spark to Flame -- Radical Innovations from Cataclysmic Events in Medical Education
Authors: Foulds Jessica , Burkle Martha , Sonnenberg Lyn K.
Published: June 2020

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. We all knew it was coming. We just didn't realize it would all come at once. No, we are not talking about the zombie apocalypse, but rather the emergence of virtual teaching and virtual healthcare delivery pervading every aspect of life as we now know it. In the context of COVID-19 and marked shifts in how and where we teach medical learners, the staggering number of new ideas, adaptations, and innovations has been inspiring. This game-changing pandemic is a spark, a lightning bolt if you will, that has created solutions, where previous barriers may have been in virtual teaching and healthcare provision. It is impossible to even consider going "back to normal", as they say. We believe the torrent of ideas and possibilities for medical education, brought by COVID-19, cannot and should not be stopped. We explore the nuances of virtual teaching and virtual care and seek readers to consider what their actionable frameshift can mean for medical education in their teaching realm moving forward. We believe that this is the time to innovate: the time to radically change our traditional medical education practices. To sustain these innovations, institutional support, participant buy-in, and assessment and outcome data will be invaluable to harness these new opportunities.
Another New Family of Gold-Like Sequences
Authors: Roy Sankhadip , Ganguly Arnab
Published: June 2020

In this correspondence, for a positive odd integer n, a new family U of binary sequences with 2n + 1 sequences of length 2n — 1 taking three valued nontrivial correlations — 1 and — 1 ± 2 -1±2n+12
is presented. This family U is consturcted using the families introduced by Boztas and Kumar[4], Kim and No [7]. This family has the same correlation distribution as that of the well-known Gold sequences. So this family can be considered as another new class of Gold-like sequences.
Supramolecular assemblies for drug delivery
Authors: Ghosh Narayani
Published: June 2020

Supramolecular chemistry is the branch of chemistry which emphases on the self-aggregation of a discrete number of molecules in a controlled and desired fashion.Supramolecular chemistry has gain much more attention in medicine for their enhance drug delivery to the target cells and
therefore minimizing the off-target taken by the cell which causes side-effects. In this review, three major macrocyclic host molecules: block co-polymeric self-assembles, niosome, and cucurbit[n]urils (CBs) as for the application in biomedical applications has been discussed.
Qualidade de Vida e Graduação em Medicina
Authors: Miranda Isabela Maria Melo , Tavares Helen Hana Fernandes , Silva Heloísa Rodrigues Soares da , Braga Monise Santana , Santos Raquel de Oliveira , Guerra Heloísa Silva
Published: June 2020

Abstract: Introduction: In recent years, the quality of life of medical students has been questioned, given the context in which they are inserted. Stress as a result of the number of long hours, difficulty in reconciling academic and personal life, exposure to situations of pain and suffering, have been shown to be the main factors for the decrease in quality of life of these students. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of medical students and its associated factors. Method: Cross-sectional study with 419 medical students from a public institution in Goiás. The study was carried out with students over 18 years old and enrolled in the second to the eighth semester of medical school, between 2017 and 2018. Sociodemographic and lifestyle questionnaires and the World Health Organization Questionnaire for Quality of Life - Brief Form (WHOQOL-BREF) were used. Results: The factors related to low quality of life were: female gender, the use of stimulants, thinking about giving up medical school and having comorbidities. Those related to a better quality of life were consuming fruits and vegetables, practicing physical activity, more sleeping time and stress management. Conclusion: This study found a set of factors capable of interfering with the quality of life of these students, suggesting the need for interventions aimed at pedagogical and psychological support.
HOSPITAL MORBIDITY AND COLORECTAL CANCER MORTALITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH IN BRAZIL
Authors: DOMINGUEZ Ramona Garcia Souza , BIERRENBACH Ana Luiza
Published: June 2020

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer is a serious public health problem and one of the most common cancer worldwide. Countries around the world have shown different trends. While incidence and mortality rates for colorectal cancer are on an upward trend in developing countries, these rates have been on a downward trend in most developed countries. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the temporal trend of morbimortality by colorectal cancer in Brazil between 2002 and 2016. METHODS: Descriptive, time series research. Data were extracted from the national information systems for hospitalizations and deaths of the respective years. RESULTS: There were increasing trends in hospital morbidity and mortality from colorectal cancer in all regions of the country, with the very elderly individuals dying at a higher rate. Women (52.1%) were more affected than men, but death rates were higher for males aged 60 years or more. Regional disparities were evident, with almost 80% of deaths occurring in the South and Southeast, with the largest annual increase in the South and the lowest in the North. Regarding hospitalization, South and Southeast presented higher annual growths. CONCLUSION: These data add knowledge about the profile of public hospitalizations and deaths, reaffirming that colorectal cancer contributes to an important burden of disease and mortality in Brazil. These elements have implications for the review of colorectal cancer prevention and control strategies, as well as for public health investments.
Stiffness of granular soils under long-term multiaxial cyclic loading
Authors: Mandolini Alessandro , Diambra Andrea , Ibraim Erdin
Published: June 2020

Geotechnical infrastructures may be subjected over their lifetime to long-term loading cycles of varying amplitude, frequencies and direction as a result of the combination of environmental and operational processes. Soil elements surrounding the foundations of these geotechnical systems are in turn subjected to complex six-dimensional stress paths, invariably involving rotation of principal stress axes. Changes of the soil's mechanical properties can lead to changes of the overall structure dynamics, as well as to an accumulation of irreversible deformations. However, the evolution of the soil's response and stiffness under complex long-term cyclic loading scenarios is neither well known nor adequately understood. In contrast to the conditions imposed by standard laboratory tests, this research used a hollow-cylinder torsional apparatus (HCTA) to explore the evolution of the small-strain stiffness of a granular soil under long-term multiaxial drained stress cycles (up to about 6 × 105). Granular soil samples were subjected to stages of regular low-amplitude stress cycles at different anisotropic stress levels interspersed by periodic large-amplitude cyclic loops. A high-resolution local strain measurement system was employed to determine the vertical Young's modulus and shear modulus, both attained in a HCTA at different stages of the testing. It was found that low-amplitude multiaxial stress cycles, involving continuous rotation of principal stress axes, caused a degradation up to about 20% of these elastic soil properties. Within 104to 2 × 104cycles, the degraded stiffnesses reached a stable value, which was maintained up to at least 8 × 104cycles. The stiffness degradation was more pronounced for the shear modulus than the vertical Young's modulus of the soil.
Experimental study of a novel open-web sandwich slab and modified design procedure
Authors: Chen Zhi-Peng , Feng De-Cheng , Wu Gang , Ma Ke-Jian
Published: June 2020

A modified design method of a novel large-span floor system called an open-web sandwich slab (OWSS) is discussed. By considering some crucial parameters ignored in current design procedures, a new design procedure based on experiments and simulations is proposed. Considering the dimensions of the shear keys, the linear stiffness of the chords and the linear stiffness ratio between the chords and the shear keys, four specimens were tested and the failure modes and plastic behaviour of the specimens were studied. Based on the experimental results, a series of finite-element simulations was conducted and a crucial integrality coefficient was proposed. Based on the tests and simulations, a modified design procedure was then developed, with recommended values of some crucial coefficients. Finally, a case study was examined to show the efficiency of the new design procedure and the advantage of the OWSS; the results showed that the newly designed OWSS had advantages compared with a traditional solid beam.
Implications of COVID-19 for resumption of sport in South Africa: A South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) position statement
Authors: Ramagole Dimakatso , Janse van Rensburg Dina Christa , Pillay Lervason , Viviers Pierre , Zondi Phathokuhle , Patricios Jon
Published: June 2020

The significant impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) pandemic has extended to sport with the cessation of nearly all professional and non-professional events globally. Recreational parks and fitness centres have also closed. A challenge remains to get athletes back to participation in the safest way, balancing the protection of their health while curbing the societal transmission of the virus.

 

With this Position Statement, the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) aims to guide return-to-sport as safely as possible, in an evidence-based manner, given that COVID-19 is a new illness and new information from experts in various fields continues to emerge. Clinical considerations are briefly described, focusing on a return-to-sport strategy, including education, preparation of the environment, risk stratification of sports and participants, and the practical implementation of these guidelines. The management of the potentially exposed or infected athlete is further highlighted.

 

It is important that persons charged with managing athletes’ return-to-sport in any environment must be up-to-date with local and international trends, transmission rates, regulations and sport-specific rule changes that might develop as sport resumes. Additionally, such information should be applied in a sports-specific manner, considering individual athlete’s and team needs and be consistent with national legislation.
Turkey is a Paradise for Foreign Academics Who Have No Better Place to Go’: The structure of transnational academic mobility towards Turkey
Authors: DENİZ Ayla
Published: June 2020

Transnational academic mobilities are on the rise globally. While most of these mobilities are directed towards developed countries, it is seen in the recent years that the number of academics who have moved to developing countries increased also. One of these countries is Turkey. This study discusses the socio-spatial outlook of transnational academic mobility in Turkey. This discussion is divided into these four themes which were put forward by Terri Kim (2009) in order to understand the pattern of transnational academic mobility: Who moves (1), what kind of information they act on (2), where they move (3) and what influences these mobilities (4). Information obtained from CoHE (the Council of Higher Education in Turkey), curriculum vitae of academics and in-depth interviews with academics were used within the scope of the study. The findings of the study showed that in most universities, nationality, religion and gender are taken into consideration before the qualification processes of foreign academics. In general, those who come from developed countries are employed by private universities whereas those who come from countries that are less developed than Turkey are employed by public universities. Most of the academics are employed in temporary positions and the academic expectation from them are limited to the lectures which they give frequently. This situation decreases the transnationalization of higher education by employing foreign academics (macro level); increases the attractiveness of Turkey for the academics who are under the stress of academic performance (meso level) and causes it to become ethnic clustering in many cities (micro level).
Origen y función de la argumentación: Pasos hacia una explicación evolutiva y cognitiva, de Cristián Santibáñez (2018). Palestra, 370 p.
Authors: Olave Giohanny
Published: June 2020

Dentro de la abundante bibliografía disponible en el campo de los estudios argumentativos, el libro del sociólogo y lingüista Cristián Santibáñez ofrece una perspectiva poco transitada en los estudios en español sobre el tema. Por medio de un enfoque evolutivo-cognitivo, Santibáñez responde en extenso a una pregunta esencial: “¿Por qué argumentamos?”. Pese a que el autor augura que responder este interrogante puede llegar a impacientar a los teóricos clásicos de la argumentación, la contribución que realiza en esa área es invaluable, pues abre el campo explicativo hacia investigaciones interdisciplinares que va sugiriendo a lo largo del libro, a propósito de problemáticas difíciles, como las relaciones entre razonamiento y argumentación; las bases filogenéticas y la ontogénesis de la conducta argumentativa; la explicación acerca de las acciones e interacciones no cooperativas en los intercambios sociales; o el desarrollo de una base evaluativa que introduzca los estudios de la metáfora en las teorías de la argumentación, entre otras cuestiones estimulantes.
Deliberación e identidad colectiva. Usos compromisorios, directivos y expresivos de la argumentación
Authors: Marraud Hubert
Published: June 2020

La concepción predominante de la argumentación sigue privilegiando la dimensión representacional del lenguaje y, en consecuencia, ignora o infravalora las funciones compromisorias, directivas o expresivas de la argumentación. En este artículo examino los usos de la argumentación en la esfera pública -con especial atención a la deliberación y a la negociación- para poner de manifiesto y reivindicar la importancia de las funciones no persuasivas de la argumentación, entre las que se destaca la construcción y moldeado de identidades sociales.
An Argumentative Approach to “Framing”. Framing, Deliberation and Action in an Environmental Conflict
Authors: Fairclough Isabela , Mădroane Irina Diana
Published: June 2020

This paper proposes a new theorization of the concept of “framing”, in which argumentation has a central role. When decision-making is involved, to frame an issue is to offer the audience a salient and thus potentially overriding premise in a deliberative process that can ground decision and action. The analysis focuses on the Roşia Montană case, a conflict over policy that developed over the years into an environmental social movement and, in September 2013, culminated in the most significant public protests in Romania since the 1989 Revolution. Starting from Entman’s understanding of framing as “selection and salience”, several framing strategies are identified and discussed, illustrating three main mechanisms. The way in which “selection and salience” operates via a range of argument schemes in a deliberative, decision-making process, in order to produce framing effects (including, possibly, collective mobilization) is illustrated with examples from the 2013 campaign and protests (slogans, websites, blogs and newspaper articles).
Self-deliberation and the Strategy of the Pseudo-dialogue
Authors: Tindale Christopher
Published: June 2020

The New Rhetoric identifies the self-deliberator as one of three main types of audience. But such a turn toward the self is at odds with studies of contemporary argumentation, particularly social argumentation. Argumentation takes place “out there”, modifying the environments in which audiences operate. Equally interesting is the use of self-deliberation as a rhetorical strategy. Arguing with oneself, especially when that self is distanced in some way from the individual involved, employs self-deliberation beyond the ends that Perelman assigned to it. In this paper, my goal is to explore the nature of the self-deliberator as an audience and self-deliberation as a rhetorical strategy employed in argumentation.
Monitoring and Analyzing of the Attacks of the Football Team
Authors: Kostiukevych Viktor , Shchepotina Natalia , Vozniuk Tetiana
Published: June 2020

The article describes a methodological approach to monitoring and analyzing attacks of a highly qualified football team.
The aim of the research is to develop a methodology for monitoring and analyzing attacks of highly qualified football teams, taking into account various models of the game tactics.
Material and methodology. The competitive activity of the national football teams at the 2018 World Cup was studied. Research methodology: analysis and generalization of the literature sources, lesson observation, video analysis of competitive activities, methods of mathematical statistics.
Results. A protocol for registration attacks of the football team has been developed. The estimated scale of penetrating attacks and playing off of standard positions of the football team is identified. A different correlation of positional and fast attacks of national football teams, which used different tactical models of the game, has been established. In one half: for the tactical model "A", positional attacks were 32.3±4.35 (61.8%), fast attacks – 20.0±1.78 (38.2%); for the tactical model "B" – positional attacks – 25.2±4.32 (52.7%), fast attacks – 22.6±4.32 (47.3%); for the tactical model "C" – positional attacks – 32.5±3.49 (67.7%), fast attacks – 15.5±3.96 (32.3%); for the tactical model "D" – positional attacks – 19.2±2.87 (41.9%), fast attacks – 26.6±2.87 (58.1%). At the 2018 world Cup, out of 169 goals, 111 (65.4%) were scored as a result of completing positional attacks, 35 (20.7%) – after playing off of the standard positions, and 23 (13.9%) – after implementing penalty kicks.
Conclusions. Monitoring and analyzing the attacks of a football team allows managing persistently the competitive activities of football players both at the operational level during a single game and at the current level during a competitive tournament.
Social Integration of Hearing-Impaired Students by Means of Health-Enhancing and Recreational Activities
Authors: Orikhovska Anna , Andrieieva Olena , Kashuba Vitaliy , Lazarieva Olena , Lytvynenko Yurii , Kirichenko Viktoria , Arefyiev Valerii , Khrypko Inna
Published: June 2020

Purpose: To substantiate and develop a program of health-enhancing and recreational physical activity for the social integration of students with hearing impairments in a higher education institution environment.
Materials and Methods. The study involved 65 students with hearing impairments 17–18 years of age (30 males and 35 females). Theoretical analysis and generalization of special scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical experiment, anthropometric measurements of the hearing-impaired, Apanasenko’s method, methods of mathematical statistics were used.
Results. The structure and content of the program of health-enhancing and recreational physical activity for students with hearing impairments were scientifically substantiated and developed. The program takes into account the factors, principles, objectives, tasks, methods, organizational and socio-pedagogical conditions for its effective implementation in higher education institutions. The program includes a system for monitoring the results of its implementation and performance criteria. The effectiveness criteria for the health-enhancing and recreational physical activity program were identified as follows: social integration of hearing-impaired students, restoring their psycho-emotional state, and involvement of the young people in regular physical activity.
Conclusions. The results of the study confirmed the effectiveness of the developed program of health-enhancing and recreational physical activity in a higher education institution for the social integration of hearing-impaired students.
Trans-Season Reliability of Physical Fitness Testing in Students of “Tourism” Speciality
Authors: Zanevskyy Ihor , Labartkava Kostiantyn
Published: June 2020

The study purpose was to prepare a model of the trans-season reliability of physical fitness testing on the example of “Tourism” speciality students.
Material and Methods. A total of 50 university first year bachelor’s students studying “Tourism” as a business service were involved in the physical fitness testing: 20 males with body mass 67.3±9.5 kg (M±SD) and body length 174.6±5.6 cm; and 30 females (body mass 59.6±7.3 kg, body length 163.9±5.2 cm). Monthly testing was conducted seven times from September to March using a complex test KONTREKS–2. Trans-season mean score reliability was evaluated within the intraclass correlation model.
Results. Approximately 86% of the students were found to be on the average and higher levels and only nearly 5% − on the low level. Males showed significantly better state of the physical fitness than females (16.6%, p < 0.002) with 96.3% similarity of trends in scores between males and females during the trans-season study. A great variation within these samples was noticed, too; a corresponding part in the total variation was derived as 93.6%. A strong and high level significant correlation (r > 0.80, p < 0.001) was determined between all the seven monthly test-retest trans-season trials. Significant trans-season reliability on the excellent level was found for each of two gender samples (ICC > 0.95, p < 0.001). Deviations from mean values for seven monthly tests undertaken during the study period were not significant (chi-squared = 13.939, p = 0.834).
Conclusions. A model of the trans-season reliability of physical fitness testing created on the example of the first year bachelor’s students of “Tourism” speciality showed its effectiveness and could be recommended for physical education of high school students.
Strength Abilities: Immediate and Delayed Training Effects of Orthogonal Modes of Strength Training in Boys Aged 8 Years
Authors: Ivashchenko Olha , Khudolii Oleg , Prusik Krzysztof , Giovanis Vasilios
Published: June 2020

The study purpose was to determine the dynamics of training effects of orthogonal modes of strength training in boys aged 8 years.
Materials and methods. The study participants were 48 boys aged 8 years. The experiment was performed using a 22 factorial design. The study materials were processed using the IBM SPSS 22 statistical analysis program.Discriminant analysis was performed. The study examined the impact of four variants of strength training loads on the immediate (ITE) and delayed (DTE) training effects of orthogonal modes of strength exercises and rest intervals in 8-year-old boys.
Results. In the first variant of strength training, the largest contribution to the dynamics of training effects is made by the work performed at the first place “exercises to strengthen arm and shoulder muscles”; in the second variant, the largest contribution to the dynamics of training effects is made by the work performed at the third place “exercises to strengthen back muscles”; in the third variant, the largest contribution to the dynamics of training effects is made by the work performed at the first “exercises to strengthen arm and shoulder muscles” and the third “exercises to strengthen back muscles” places; in the fourth variant, the largest contribution to the dynamics of ITE is made by thework performed at the first “exercises to strengthen arm and shoulder muscles” and the third “exercises to strengthen back muscles” places. The most significant changes in the DTE are associated with the fourth place’s work “exercises to strengthen leg muscles”.
Conclusions. The response to strength training load includes immediate and delayed training effects. Thus it can be argued that training effects can be classified using the given battery of tests based on discriminant analysis. The efficiency of discriminant analysis increases when using 2k FFE active experiments.
Impact of Updated Curriculum Content on 6th-7th Graders’ Motivation in Physical Education
Authors: Prystynskyi Volodymyr , Babych Vjacheslav , Zaytsev Volodymyr , Boychuk Yurij , Taymasov Yurij
Published: June 2020

The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of updated curriculum content on 6th-7th graders’ motivation in physical education.
Materials and Methods. The study participants were 457 6th-7th graders from different regions of Ukraine (n = 230 girls and n = 227 boys). To determine the impact of curriculum content on school students’ motivation in physical education, the study used methods of theoretical analysis, systematization, comparison, generalization, pedagogical observations, questionnaire, mathematical statistics.
Results. The study found that the content of 2012-2017 curricula has significant advantages in terms of developing school students’ motivation for regular exercise. The impact results in a statistically significant increase in indicators of the school students’ choice of learning motive (8.5% more; t = 2.24; p ≤ 0.05-0.01), evaluation motive (5.0% more; t = 2,01; p ≤ 0.05), play motive (6.3% more; t = 2.07; p ≤ 0.05). The study determined an increase in the high level of learning motivation from 14 to 33 cases and in the above average level – from 21 to 48, as well as a decrease in the average level – from 59 to 56, the reduced level – from 21 to 17, and the low one – from 12 to 11 cases.
Conclusions. It was found that the result of the impact on school students’ motivation in physical education is the inclusion of new components into curricula. It was defined that an increase in motivation is associated, first, with the inclusion of content lines “Environmental Safety and Sustainable Development”, “Civil Responsibility”, “Health and Safety”; secondly, sections “Theoretical and Methodological Knowledge” and “Expected Results of Educational and Cognitive Activity”; thirdly, a modular system of organizing the educational process; fourth, sections “Evaluation of Learning Achievements” and “Homework”. The result of the impact of updated curriculum content is the enhancement of school students’ motivation in physical education, first of all through educational (cognitive) and social motives.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) real-time RT-PCR N gene 2020 v1
Authors: A Northill Judy , M Mackay Ian
Published: June 2020

A real-time RT-PCR to designed to detect SARS-CoV-2 and other related sarbecoviruses. Based on sequence MN908947 made available by Professor Yong-Zhen Zhang, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. The target region encodes the nucleocapsid (N). Tested on wild-type SARS-CoV-2 virus , it is expected to be capable of detecting SARS-CoV-2, bat-like SARS and SARS virus (members of the subgenus Sarbecovirus). Limit of detection not yet determined. The performance of the assay has not been tested with low viral load samples or samples from patients who are clinically well. The sensitivity of this assay was improved with the use of the SensiFast™Probe Lo-ROX One-step kit. A single 1 mismatch at probe-binding site identified with the BetaCoV/USA/CA1/2020|EPI_ISL_406034 (GenBank MN994467.1) variant of SARS-CoV-2 (as of 23JUNE2020). Probe is in the 3'-5' (reverse complement) direction. Reverse primers were replaced in March 2020. We also recommend the ORF1ab assay (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) real-time RT-PCR ORF1ab 2020), US-CDC-N1 assay or the E gene assay by Corman et al. (Protocol v2-1) Notes: Assay is optimised. This test has identified clinical positive cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Perfectionism and Academic Self-Handicapped among Gifted Students: An Explanatory Model
Authors: Alodat Ali M. , Abu Ghazal Moawyah M. , Al-Hamouri Firas A.
Published: June 2020

This study aimed to examine the relationship between perfectionism and academic self-handicapping strategies among gifted students in Jordan. This study used a mixed-method approach to explore the relationship as well as exploring any other factors associated with using such strategies. The Revised Almost Perfect Scale (APS-R) and the Academic Self-Handicapping Strategies Scale were used to measure perfectionism and academic self-handicapping among 242 gifted students on a high school for gifted learners. Subsequently, the researchers conducted four focus group discussions with 23 gifted students to identify the factors that may lead those students to use self-handicapping strategies. The results showed that Self-handicapped students were 4.58 times more likely to be maladaptive perfectionists than non-self-handicapped students. The results also revealed a combination of environmental, personal, and cultural factors that contributed to the use of these strategies by gifted students. This study has proposed an explanatory model to illustrate the relationship between perfectionism, academic self-handicapping, and factors that might be related. Finally, this study provided a range of educational implications that can be used in the field of gifted education.
On the origins and specificity of one motive. To the 110TH anniversary of the publication of V.V. Rozanov’s «When the boss are gone...»
Authors: Yedoshina I.A.
Published: June 2020

For the first time, the book by V. V. Rozanov «When the Bosses Are Gone ...» (1910) is the subject to analyze. The article notes the specificity of the book (a collection of articles), which received a genre status in the Russian culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the book contains both previously published articles and the ones, which were rejected by editors. In addition to the genre affiliation, other features of this book are revealed; the article summarizes and defines the development of the author’s political views on contemporary events in the country, which he welcomed and encouraged in his literary word; Rozanov’s historiosophy is analyzed. The author of the article commented on the compositional structure of the collection, revealed the semantic links between the articles, as well as the basis that unites them – the essence of «authorities» as a specific phenomenon of Russian life. The synonymous series of «bosses» is suggested: «bureaucracy», «government», «power». The article identifies the sources of the problems of the «bosses»: these are the works of N.A. Lyubimov and Vl.S. Soloviev, with which V.V. Rozanov conducts internal dialogue, representing the «bosses» as a part of the political life in the country of 1901 1906 and noting the weakening of the authoritarian position. The book’s artistic layout is analyzed, the sources of replica drawings on the cover and at the end of the collection are established, and the relationship between these drawings and the book’s content is revealed. It is particularly noted that already in 1914 V.V. Rozanov felt remorse about the publication of this book, and in 1917 he came to realize the catastrophic consequences of the events that he had once been so happy about.
Philosophy of death oF N.F. Fedorov: tanatology, immortology or moral challenge?
Authors: Varava V.V.
Published: June 2020

The question of the most adequate naming of the «philosophy of the common cause» of N.F. Fedorov in modern philosophical concepts is considered. The object of the analysis includes areas common today directly related to the problem of death / immortality, such as immortology and thanatology. A comparative analysis of Fedorov’s attitude towards death and those «death discourses» taking place in modern immortology and thanatology is carried out. The moral core of the relationship of N.F. Fedorov to death, which is significantly different from his teachings and the above areas, is revealed. N.F. Fedorov’s doctrine with his philosophy of death as a «moral challenge» is characterized as one of the most striking incarnations and manifestations of the ethical-centric essence of Russian philosophy.
Reign and ritual: crowning of the tsaraesthetics in the interpretation of N.F. Fyodorov
Authors: Titarenko E.M.
Published: June 2020

The article is dedicated to the semiosis of the tsar’s crowning ritual in Nikolay Fyodorovich Fyodorov’s «Philosophy of the Common Task». This problem has never been an object of a special research but it helps to get closer to the understanding of ontology of Fyodorov’s aesthetic supramoralism project. His philosophical works «Monarchy», «Aesthetic Supramoralism», «Easter in the Kremlin with Coronation», «About the Kremlin Walls Paintings», «About the Monument to Alexander III…», «For the Forthcoming Coronation» are analyzed in the article. The interpretation particularities of the coronation ritual semiotic system in the context of supramoralism aesthetics are defined. The projective connection of the coronation with governmental social ideal is shown in the article, this ideal was formed in Fyodorov’s Christian universalism. The comparison is made between Fyodorov’s project of the tsar’s crowning ritual and coronation in the Russian Empire ceremonial culture. Fyodorov’s understanding ofthe emperor’s regalia symbolism and meaning of the ancient Byzantianacacius ritual inclusion are disclosed in the article. The analysis of time and space images in Fyodorov’s interpretation allowed seeing liturgic basis of his project aesthetics. The importance of the explanatory and projective ecphrasis is demonstrated in the process of Fyodorov’s interpretation of the monumental visual art that express aesthetic and didactic meaning of the crowning ritual.
Evaluation of motorcycle accidents admitted to the emergency service and the relationship of alcohol with other demographic properties in motorcycle accidents
Authors: DİKİCİ ERSAN Ayşen , KARAKAYA Zeynep , TOPAL Fatih , PAYZA Umut , AKYOL Pınar Yeşim
Published: June 2020

Objective: Motorcycle accidents progress with higher mortality than
other accidents. There can be many different factors in the emergence of
accidents. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of alcohol and
other demographic characteristics on motorcycle accidents. Materials and
Methods: Patients who were admitted to the emergency department after
motorcycle accidents between 01.10.2013-01.10.2014 were evaluated
retrospectively. Features such as blood ethanol levels, age, sex, time of admission
to the emergency department (hour, day, month and season), weather conditions,
mortality, hospitalization and operation necessity and the loss of labor were
discussed. Findings: 241 patients were included in the study where 99.2% of the
patients were male and the mean age was 27,04 ± 10,86. Most of the accidents
are found to have occurred in the evening (49.8%), in autumn (31%) and sunny/outdoor
conditions (51%) with good visibility. It was determined that 3 patients died
due to head trauma, 142 patients were evaluated and discharged from the
emergency department and 41 patients were determined to have labor loss longer
than 1 month. Conclusion: In motorcycle accidents, mostly young males have been
affected. Most of the alcoholic patients (50%) consist of young patients aged
between 18-40 years. It has been revealed that head trauma is an important
cause of mortality and morbidity in such accidents.
Gamow-teller strength and electron capture cross-section calculation by pn-QRPA for selected fp-shell nuclei
Authors: NABI Jameel-un , RİAZ Muhammad , ULLAH Asim
Published: June 2020

The allowed Gamow-Teller (GT) strengths and associated weak interaction rates on fp-shell nuclides are the most familiar processes of spin-isospin (στ) type. These rates play a crucial role in several astrophysical processes, particularly in nuclear synthesis and supernova-explosions. As per simulation consequences, the electron capture cross-section on medium-heavy nuclei has a key impact on decreasing the ratio of electron-to-baryon of the stellar matter during the late stages of stars formation. Stellar model based on the theoretical approaches should be tested against the available measured data. In the current work we present calculated Gamow-Teller strength distributions by pn-QRPA model for selected fp-shell nuclei (42Ti, 46Cr, 50Fe and 54Ni) and compare our results with available measured data. The Gamow-Teller strength distributions are well fragmented over the energy range 0-12 MeV and have a good comparison with experimental data. We calculate the electron capture cross-section for selected nuclei at temperature 0.5 MeV, 1.0 MeV and 1.5 MeV that shows the temperature dependence of calculated electron capture cross-section for astrophysical applications.