bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The influence of world knowledge on projectivity
Authors: Lorson Alexandra
Published: June 2021

The change of state verb `stop' is known to trigger a pre-state presupposition of the form `X used to V'.However, confronted with a question such as `Did David stop dancing ballet?', listeners do not necessarily understand that David used to dance ballet. Several factors seem to converge in influencing listeners' understanding of presuppositions in these so-called embedding environments, of which questions are an example. One of these factors was found to be at-issueness, the extent to which content is judged to be under debate. Another factor that was claimed to influence the processing of presuppositions was world knowledge in form of prior probabilities of events. Following this argumentation, listeners who find that it is unlikely that David dances ballet when processing `Did David stop dancing ballet?', are claimed to less likely understand that David used to dance ballet and stopped doing so.This thesis investigated the influence of listeners' prior beliefs on their processing of presuppositions, and more specifically, in what way the understanding of presuppositions triggered by `stop' is influenced by gender stereotypes (i.e. the belief that a ballet dancer is more likely a woman than a man). Whereas the influence of at-issueness could be replicated, no evidence was found that listener's gender stereotypes affect their understanding of presuppositions. Instead, the results are in line with the hypothesis that listeners revise their prior beliefs when they are confronted with utterances that contradict their beliefs.
Analysis and Classification of Motor Imagery Using Deep Neural Network
Authors: Ahmad Isah Salim , Zhang Shuai , Saminu Sani , Abd El Kader Isselmou , Musa Jamil Maaruf , Javid Imran , Kamhi Souha , Kulsum Ummay
Published: June 2021

Motor imagery based on brain-computer interface (BCI) has attracted important research attention despite its difficulty. It plays a vital role in human cognition and helps in making the decision. Many researchers use electroencephalogram (EEG) signals to study brain activity with left and right-hand movement. Deep learning (DL) has been employed for motor imagery (MI). In this article, a deep neural network (DNN) is proposed for classification of left and right movement of EEG signal using Common Spatial Pattern (CSP) as feature extraction with standard gradient descent (GD) with momentum and adaptive learning rate LR. (GDMLR), the performance is compared using a confusion matrix, the average classification accuracy is   87%, which is improved as compared with state-of-the-art methods that used different datasets.
O sądach wartościujących w wykładni doktrynalnej sensu stricto w opisowym ujęciu pragmatycznym
Authors: Malinowski Andrzej
Published: June 2021

The subject of the article is a description of reasoning that occurs in the doctrinal interpretation process, in which value judgments are used. The value judgments in doctrinal interpretation have been grouped according to the subject of the evaluation. Distinctions were made regarding the semantic ambiguities of the legal text, syntactic ambiguities of the legal text, and validation problems, filling the gap by using analogia legis.
Persona: maska z ludzką twarzą. O archeologii prawnej prawa osobowego
Authors: Stagl Jakob Fortunat
Published: June 2021

The article analyses the archaeology of the concept of ‘person’, from the Etruscan Phersu to the Roman ius personarum. The ‘law of persons’ was at the beginning just a tool for the domination of all those who were not patres familias, due to its origin in the sinister and sadistic Etruscan Phersu, a man-hunter with a mask. But, little by little, Phersu’s face changed and became human. The driving force behind this development, apart from natural law, was the idea of formal equality which morphed into a material category. The modern concept of person, which was developed in the middle ages, has its archaeological foundations in the persona of the ancients.
Doktorat a sytuacja zawodowa kobiet i mężczyzn
Authors: Sztanderska Urszula , Grotkowska Gabriela
Published: June 2021

Obtaining a doctoral degree has recently gained popularity in Poland, especially in some areas of education (such as law or medicine). In this article we try to answer whether the doctorate provides economic benefits to its holders. In order to answer this question, the employment (structure and frequency) of individuals with a Ph.D. was analysed, and their wages and the rate of return to Ph.D. degree were assessed, i.e. the income of individuals with a Ph.D. was compared to the income they would get holding “only” a master’s degree and not having spent time on achieving the doctorate. Generally, in Poland the doctorate per se does not ensure an increase in income, but in certain occupations it is a necessary promotion tool. The wage growth of the individuals with Ph.D. depends of their place of employment and gender. Women gain less from having a doctoral degree, which - as it has been assumed - may also weaken their incentives to obtain it.
Do Better-Educated Couples Share Domestic Work More Equitably in Japan? It Depends on the Day of the Week
Authors: Hertog Ekaterina , Kan Man-Yee , Shirakawa Kiyomi , Chiba Ryota
Published: June 2021

This paper investigates the gendered division of labor in different types of domestic work within married couples in contemporary Japan. We analyze routine housework such as cleaning and cooking, non-routine housework such as home repairs, and care work by using the 2016 Survey of Time Use and Leisure Activities (Japan’s national time diary survey). Our core analysis is done using ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions on total domestic work time, routine housework time, non-routine housework time, and care time. We find that women’s domestic work time dwarfs men’s, and there is some variation by day of the week and education. On weekdays domestic work is almost exclusively the domain of women. On weekends we find evidence of compensatory behaviors for both men and women. Men, especially those with university education, catch up on all types of unpaid work while women, especially those with tertiary education, catch up on unpaid work mostly by spending more time caring for children. Looking at the family balance in sharing domestic labor we find that men increase their time on unpaid work on weekends proportionately more than women do. Consequently, within couples, wives’ share of all types of unpaid work is around 10% smaller on weekends compared to weekdays. In couples where wives have tertiary education, there is an additional reduction by several percentage points in their weekend share of domestic work time compared to weekdays. Our findings suggest that Japanese men’s long work hours contribute to gender inequality in domestic work participation. We also find that university education is associated with more equal sharing of domestic workload, indicating that socialization may play a role in bringing about greater egalitarianism in the domestic sphere in the future.
The Role of the Editor of an Academic Publication Blog
Authors: Brown Stuart A.
Published: June 2021

Academic blogging is now a widely used medium for scholarly communication. A substantial body of literature exists on the potential opportunities and challenges that blogging affords to scholars, yet the role of blog editors in facilitating research dissemination and public engagement remains largely overlooked. This paper draws on insights from the development of academic blogs by the London School of Economics between 2010 and 2020. It discusses the demands on blog editors and sets forth a framework for academic institutions and scholars to support editors in their efforts to realize the benefits of academic blogging.
Career Difficulties That Chinese Academic Journal Editors Face and Their Causes
Authors: Xu Zhiwu , Yang Dandan , Chen Bing
Published: June 2021

The purpose of this article is twofold: 1) to analyse common career difficulties experienced by academic journal editors in China and explain their causes; and 2) to identify how stakeholders in Chinese scholarly publishing can support editors. Thirty-two academic journal editors were surveyed, and fourteen of those were subsequently interviewed. We found that a deficit of high-quality manuscripts, a large number of laborious tasks at work, limited opportunities for professional advancement, and low job satisfaction were the main career difficulties, of which the two most common were a deficit of high-quality manuscripts and low job satisfaction. The key causes of these difficulties were an unbalanced academic evaluation system that rewarded indexed over non-indexed journals and the marginal status of journal offices at their affiliated institutions. The forms of support most desired by respondents were recognition for their work, salary increases, greater opportunities for continued learning, easier job title promotion, and more scholarly communication with their peers.
The Internationalization of Chinese English-Language Humanities and Social Science Journals
Authors: Huang Ying , Miao Weishan
Published: June 2021

This paper surveys the status of Chinese English-language journals in the humanities and social sciences (HSS-CELJs). HSS-CELJs are an important vehicle for disseminating Chinese scholarly voices and culture throughout the world. We used a mixed-methods approach to investigate the status of HSS-CELJs according to a number of attributes: growth rate over time, type of publisher, discipline, region of publication, publishing frequency, independence versus co-publication, and inclusion in citation indexes. We discuss some of the challenges facing HSS-CELJ publishing and highlight several contradictions of internationalization in the Chinese context. As of March 2020, eighty-seven HSS-CELJs covered nineteen disciplines, among which economics (17 per cent) and law (13 per cent) accounted for the highest proportions. The establishment of HSS-CELJs has increased significantly since 2004. Fifty-two per cent of HSS-CELJs were jointly operated with international publishers under two different models of cooperation, and twenty-eight (32 per cent) were indexed in international databases.
Experimental study of analgesic mechanisms of 4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2λ6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxylic acid derivative (compound NI-9) in rat
Authors: Malchenko О. V. , Voloshchuk N. І. , Hrymalovska O. V.
Published: June 2021

Annotation. The problem of effective and safe treatment of pain syndromes is a priority area of modern medicine, since pain syndrome is often accompanied by economic costs, a drop in labor productivity and an increase in the risk of other diseases. The derivative 4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2λ6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide (compound NI-9) has shown a significant analgesic effect in various models of pain syndromes. The aim of this work was to experimentally study the mechanisms of the analgesic activity of compound NI-9 using pharmacological analyzers in the tail-flick test. The study was performed on 210 male Wistar rats. Statistical processing of the obtained results was performed using the software package STATISTICA 10.0 with the calculation of the mean value, standard error of the mean, confidence interval (p). The experiments used: naloxone, prazosin, clonidine, yohimbine, isoproterenol, propranolol, nalbuphine, chlorpromazine, dopamine, nakom, memantine, phenylephrine. The results showed that the opioidergic system was not involved in the antinociceptive effect of compound NI-9. At the same time, the participation of alpha-1 and alpha-2 adrenergic receptors, dopamine receptors, and also partially NMDA receptors has been proven. The data obtained serve as the basis for further preclinical studies of N- (4-methoxybenzyl) -4-methyl-2,2-dixo-1H-2Λ6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxylic acid (compounds NI-9) as a non-narcotic analgesic, which can compete with already known drugs of this class in the treatment of diseases accompanied by inflammatory and pain syndrome.
Percutaneous minimally invasive methods as a step-up intervention in the complex treatment of fluid accumulations in patients with acute pancreatitis
Authors: Pokydko M. I. , Formanchuk T. V. , Vozniuk О. V. , Honcharenko O. V. , Formanchuk A. N. , Kirichenko O. O.
Published: June 2021

Annotation. Analysis of recent publications on the definition of fluid accumulation in patients with complicated forms of acute pancreatitis and the possibility of their correction by minimally invasive methods according to the clinic, analysis of a clinical case that demonstrates the possibility of staged percutaneous drainage of fluid accumulation in acute infected necrotic pancreatic. The results of treatment of 622 patients who were hospitalized in the surgical department of MNPE City Clinical Hospital of Ambulance and Emergency Care during 2020 were analyzed. The mean age of patients was 48.2±2.2 years. The patient examination plan included a comprehensive clinical, laboratory and instrumental examination. Puncture and drainage of fluid accumulations were performed under local anesthesia under ultrasound control using a linear sensor with a frequency of 7.5 MHz in gray-scale mode. Statistical data processing was performed by the method of mathematical statistics with StatSoft Statistica 6.0 software and Microsoft Office Excel. It is established that the cause of acute pancreatitis in 270 (43.4%) patients was a biliary factor, in 155 (24.9%) – alcohol, 135 (21.7%) – acute pancreatitis developed on the background of triglyceridemia, in 21 (3.4%) the patient had postoperative pancreatitis, medical – in 8 (1.3%) patients and without establishing a clear etiology – in 33 (5.3%) patients. In order to eliminate fluid accumulations in 12 (1.9% of the majority of patients with acute pancreatitis and 7.6% of 157 with fluid accumulations) patients were used percutaneous puncture-drainage method under ultrasound control, among them in 5 cases the method was used to eliminate fluid accumulations due to acute peripancreatic fluid accumulation, in 2 cases – acute necrotic effusion, limited necrosis – in 2 cases, and pancreatic pseudocyst – in 3 cases. A clinical case of acute necrotic pancreatitis complicated by the development of acute necrotic effusion is presented, for the treatment of which a combination of transcutaneous minimally invasive and open surgical methods of treatment was used at different stages of the disease. So, fluid accumulations around the pancreas belong to the local complications of acute pancreatitis and are recommended for correction by conservative or minimally invasive methods. The question of choosing the optimal minimally invasive method of treatment requires an individual approach. This clinical case demonstrated the possibility of using puncture-drainage method under the ultrasound control as a “step-up” intervention in early stage of treatment and allowed to postpone the open surgery.
Method of treatment of duodenal fistula
Authors: Usenko O. Yu. , Voitiv Ya. Yu. , Tereshkevich I. S.
Published: June 2021

Annotation. The aim of the study is to improve the treatment outcomes of patients with duodenal fistulas. The object of retro- and prospective study were 14 patients with external unformed high-flow duodenal fistulas, who were treated in the Shalimov National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology during 2016–2019. All patients were performed a complex examination, which included general clinical, laboratory, instrumental and statistical research methods. We have developed and patented a minimally invasive method of treatment of duodenal fistulas, which involves endoscopic placement of a nitinol-coated self-healing stent in the area of the defect and VAC therapy from the outer opening of the fistula. Statistical processing of research results was performed using spreadsheets Microsoft® Office Excel (2017) and statistical processing program Statgraphics Professional 16.0.03. Student's test and Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test were used. The use of the developed method of treatment allowed reducing the number of postoperative complications by 32%, to reduce the duration of treatment (from 41,16±5,14 to 27,2±4,7 days, p>0.05). The overall mortality in the experimental group decreased by 43% compared with the mortality of the comparison group. Our proposed minimally invasive method of treatment of duodenal fistulas helps to improve the results of treatment of patients, namely to reduce the duration of treatment and reduce the number of complications and mortality rate.
Hematological parameters of peripheral blood as prognostic factors in patients with COVID-19 (Literature review)
Authors: Lysenko D. A. , Andrushko I. I. , Gunko I. P.
Published: June 2021

Annotation. Changes in the complete blood count (CBC) that were recorded in patients against the background of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) attracted the attention of many researchers from the beginning of the pandemic, especially in terms of assessing the prognosis, the severity of the course of the disease in a particular patient. It should be noted that changes in the CBC can be both reactive and systemic response or even reflect the toxic effects of this infection on bone marrow hematopoiesis. The article analyzes the current data in the world literature on changes in CBC against the background of COVID-19 infection to assess their value in the future prognostic sign. To assess the prognosis of the course of the COVID-19 infectious process, a number of peripheral blood indicators were stuck: platelet count, platelet-leukocyte index or systemic inflammation index (ratio of neutrophils × platelets × monocytes to lymphocytes), traditional NLR indices (neutrophil / lymphocyte ratio), PLR (ratio thrombocytopenia / lymphocyte), which with different predictive values indicate the presence of SARS CoV-2 infection, the severity of the course, and the likelihood of a fatal leak or recovery. From the early stages of the disease, COVID-19 is associated with morphological and functional changes in blood cells that are easily detected by conventional haematology analysers, but generalization of the data requires further profiling and multicentre studies. To date, there are no generalized studies on changes in CBC in patients with COVID-19 in the Ukrainian population, which does not allow us to draw conclusions about the features of these changes in this group of patients. It is promising to further study the parameters of peripheral blood in patients with COVID-19 in the Ukrainian population in order to assess reference and prognostic signs and subsequent implementation into practical medical practice.
Physical activity of teachers
Authors: ŠUNDA Mırela , BABIC Vesna , ANDRİJAŠEVİĆ Mirna
Published: June 2021

The aim of this paper was to determine the level of physical activity of high school teachers and establish whether there were differences in physical activity of female and male teachers during their professional work, travel to and from work, and leisure time taking into consideration their age, gender, and work experience. The study included teachers at a high school in Osijek-Baranja County, Republic of Croatia. The sample included 41 high school teachers aged from 25 to 64. This study used the Croatian version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) as the measuring instrument. The variables of the study were the total physical activity of teachers, physical activity at the workplace, physical activity during travel to and from work, and physical activity during leisure time, sporting and recreational activities. The Man-Whitney U test with the significance level of p< 0.05 was used to determine the differences between the named arithmetic means. More than half of the total group (76 %) and both males and females were meeting physical activity recommendations of 600 MET (min/week). The results also show that 24 % of teachers engaged in low-intensity physical activities.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF MODERN LIVESTOCK FARMS
Authors:   Pogorilyy UkrNDIPVT, Smolyar V.
Published: June 2021

The purpose of the research – is to form a priority list of domestic and foreign machines and equipment for mechanization of dairy, fattening cattle and sheep farms. Research methods. Analytical studies were conducted to form a priority list of domestic and foreign machines and equipment for mechanization of dairy and fattening farms of cattle and sheep farms. A review of a large array of information materials on technical means, taking into account their novelty, basic technical characteristics, including performance, reliability, quality of technological process, safety, as well as compliance with regulatory requirements of Ukraine and the European Union was made. Research results. For the first time analytical researches on formation of the priority list of domestic and foreign cars and the equipment for mechanization of dairy, fattening farms of cattle and sheep farms are carried out. During the research, a significant array of information materials on technical means was reviewed, taking into account their novelty, basic technical characteristics, and actually productivity, reliability, quality of technological process, safety, as well as compliance with regulatory requirements of Ukraine and the EU. Conclusions. The priority list of domestic and foreign machines and equipment for mechanization of dairy, fattening cattle and sheep farms formed on the basis of analytical research will be used in practice during the creation, reconstruction, re-equipment of livestock facilities on a new technical and technological basis.
Efficiency of soil basic tillage and mineral fertilization at growing of soybean on irrigation
Authors:   Institute of the irrigated agriculture of NAAS, Maliarchuk N. , Мaliarchuk А. , Bulyhin D , Mishukova L.
Published: June 2021

In the article the brought results over of experimental researches of influence of different methods and depth of soil basic tillage and doses of mineral fertilization on agrophysical properties and productivity of soybean. A purpose of researches is establishment of the most effective methods of soil basic tillage and doses of application of mineral fertilizers at growing of soybean in row croprotation on the irrigation of south of Ukraine and their influence on a height and development of plants, forming of harvest and quality of seed. During an experiment used the field, in-gravimetric, visual, laboratory, calculation-comparative, mathematically-statistical methods with the use of confessedly methods and methodical recommendations. For determination of efficiency of action of soil basic tillage and doses of fertilizers on the productivity of soybean five variants of methods of basic tillage were stopped up and three variants of fertilizer systems: organic and two organo-mineral with doses bringing of mineral fertilizers - N30P60, N60P60 on a background of post harvesting bits and pieces of cultures of crop rotation and optimal mode of irrigation. Results. The changes of agrophysical properties happened under act of the systems of soil basic tillage, nourishing mode, that stipulated creation of different terms for a height and development of culture and forming of harvest. The productivity of seed of soybean at plowing on a 25-27 cm averaged for five years on a background the dose of fertilizers of N60P60 of 4,22 t/ha. At the combined tillage which united disk loosening on a 14-16 cm with slotting on a depth a 38-40 cm, 4,12 t/ha of seed of soybean is got in the system of differentiated-1 soil tillage. On the average on a factor B (system of fertilizer), the productivity of seed of soybean at organic system of fertilize made 2,38 t/ha. Bringing of dose N30P60 assisted the height of harvest on 0,84 t/ha, and N60P60 on 1,39 t/ha, or on 35,2 and 58,4% accordingly. Conclusion. In the short row crop rotation on the irrigated lands of south of Ukraine the most favorable terms for a height, development and forming of harvest of soybean on dark-chestnut soils are created in the systems of plowing basic soil tillage with the turn of layer or differentiated- 1 tillage with the deep loosening under soybean or shallow on a background slotting on a depth a 38-40 cm under a previous culture.
Research of technical and technological operations of irrigation and development of initial requirements to the technical means of their realization
Authors:   South-Ukrainian branch of  L. Pogorilyy UkrNDIPVT, Мaliarchuk V. M. , Migalev A. O. , Sidorenko V. V. , Fedorchuk E. M.
Published: June 2021

Authors as a result of researches got informative, statistical and experimental data which allowed to ground and form initial requirements on the machine technological operations of irrigation. Purpose of researches – to conduct the analysis of practice of application of multi-supporting sprinkling-machines which are used in technologies of the irrigated agriculture, define the high-quality indexes of implementation of technological process and construction features for forming of requirements on the technical and technological operations of irrigation. Methods of researches: empiric, measuring, theoretical, mathematical and statistical, analysis of existent normative base. Results of researches. In the process of researches prospects, problems and terms of application of multi-supporting sprinkling-machines, are analyzed, the modern state and tendencies of improvement of these machines are considered. The brought classification over and structural signs of sprinkling-machines, basic charts and methods of irrigation, the review of constructions of sprinkling machines and technological features of their application, certain high-quality and operating-technological indexes of work of machines, are given. An operating in Ukraine normative base is analyzed in relation to requirements to the broad-cut sprinkling-machines at their application in the technique and technology operations of irrigation. It is educed as a result of analysis, that an investigational normative base touches mainly requirements to the construction of sprinkling machines and their separate component parts, methods of tests and requirements of safety. General initial requirements on technical and technological operations of irrigation, which touch quality of implementation of technological process, operating-technological and ecological requirements, requirements to reliability of and other absent. On the basis of the conducted researches and tests, experimental and informative data, which were taken as base, certain and initial requirements are reasonable on the technique and technology operations of irrigation at the use of broad-cut multisupporting sprinkling-machines, were got. Conclusions: the necessity of application of sprinkling-machines is set taking into account ecological requirements and the basic rules of their use are certain with the purpose of warning of erosive processes of soils .initial requirements are Certain and reasonable on the technical and technological operations of irrigation at the use of broad-cut multi-supporting sprinkling machines.
REGULATORY AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF TYPE APPROVAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY VEHICLES
Authors:   L. Pogorilyy UkrNDIPVT, Kravchuk V. , Tsema T. , Afanasieva S.
Published: June 2021

Goal of the study – development and implementation of provisions for further updating and improvement of the components of the mechanism of application of Technical Regulations on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 28.12.2011 № 1367 (hereinafter – Technical Regulation 1367/2011), using the results of research carried out in L. Pogorilyy UkrNDIPVT in relation to the type approval system in the sector of agricultural and forestry vehicles, and an analysis of the main regulatory and methodological aspects of the type approval of the specified equipment. Research methods are to study, analyze, compare, summarize and evaluate data, including the comparative law method used in the analysis of domestic and European legislation in the field of assessment and verification of conformity (type approval) of agricultural and forestry vehicles. Results. The results of updating the mechanism of application of the current Technical Regulation 1367/2011 have been received and implemented. Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 04.12.2019, № 1168 was adopted and implemented, which amended the Technical Regulation 1367/2011 and the procedure for departmental registration of agricultural and forestry vehicles, proposals for which were prepared based on the research results of the L. Pogorilyy UkrNDIPVT. Developed, reviewed and approved by the order of the Ministry of Economy dated 30.12.2020 № 2810 updated List of national standards for the purposes of application of the Technical Regulation 1367/2011, which sets requirements for these vehicles, their systems, components and separate technical units . Proposals have been prepared for further development of national standards included in the List, based on new versions of international ISO standards. Further steps in the direction of improving the procedures for type approval and entry into service of agricultural and forestry vehicles are identified. Conclusion. Updated and implemented as a result of research requirements and provisions for improving the type approval and registration of agricultural and forestry vehicles are practically used during type approval in accordance with Technical Regulation 1367/2011 and create grounds for improving safety, reducing the negative impact of these vehicles on human, animal and environmental health, simplify procedures for verification of their conformity and registration, introduce gradual approximation to European standards, including on environmental indicators.
COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES OF COMPANIES IN THE FOREIGN MARKET
Authors: Ganna DUGINETS , Olena KOLESNYKOVA
Published: June 2021

The types and key features of competitive strategies, the process of forming a competitive strategy of enterprises and the main ways to increase the competitiveness of enterprises in foreign markets are substantiated. The competitive positions of Ukrainian companies were studied and the importance of competitive strategies for sustainable enterprise development, high profitability and competitiveness in modern markets of goods and services was analyzed. The mechanism of improving the competitive position of Ukrainian companies in foreign markets is determined.
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC ALLIANCES IN THE IT FIELD
Authors: Kostiantyn NIZHEIKO
Published: June 2021

Background. International strategic alliances are becoming one of the most appropriate forms of partnership between domestic IT firms and leading foreign IT companies. However, gaining membership in such an alliance without prior planning can result not only in benefits but also significant losses, which are often ignored and not calculated in advance by domestic representatives of the IT-industry. An analysis of recent research and publications has shown that, despite the existence of some scientific developments, the issues related to determining the advantages and disadvantages of international strategic alliances in the field of information technologies remain unresolved. The aim of the article is to identify the advantages and disadvantages of creating international strategic alliances in the field of information technologies. Materials and methods. Methods of theoretical generalization, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction are applied. Results. The advantages and disadvantages of international strategic alliances in the IT sphere are identified and characterized. The key advantages of creating international strategic alliances in the IT sphere include: maintaining a greater share of autonomy; achieving new goals; expanding the customer base; improving the quality of services, goods; financial infusions; avoidance of tariff and non-tariff restrictions; expanding the database of contacts. The key shortcomings of the creating international strategic alliances in the IT sphere include: loss of autonomy of management and control; «brain»drain; copyright disputes; uneven costs; differences in terminology; cultural and language barriers; unforeseen conflicts. Conclusion. The need for careful substantiation of decisions on the entry of domestic IT companies into the international strategic alliance has been established. It is argued that the advantages and disadvantages of international strategic alliances in the IT field in most cases depend on the position taken by partners in the creation of ISAs.
NEW EDUCATION POLICY, 2020: QUALITATIVE (CONTENTS) ANALYSIS AND TWITTER MINING (SENTIMENT) ANALYSIS
Authors: Kaurav Rahul Pratap Singh , Suresh K G , Narula Sumit
Published: June 2021

The year 2020 has been an exceptional year for countries across the globe. In India, apart from Covid19, one of the important changes that took place was the development of the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Time by time, various committees have recommended increasing the allocation of the budget for education to 6% of the GDP, this has lead to the interests of researchers. This paper aims to identify the concerns and focus of NEP 2020. The authors have utilized qualitative data analysis techniques to understand critical areas of focus of policy documents and computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software to address the issues. The research also uses data from Twitter. The data (policy documents) was downloaded from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) website. For a better understanding of the collected data, Word Cloud, TreeMap, Project Map, and The Mind Map, along with the graphical representation of sentiments of stakeholders, is presented in the paper. The paper identifies three crucial aspects of the policy – course, language, and students, for the higher education sector. This paper also discusses the sentiment analysis, related to NEP 2020. It was found that most people consider the policy as a positive and welcoming step.
#ME TOO MOVEMENT: INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT ON INTENTION TO CONTROL SEXUAL HARASSMENT AGAINST WOMEN
Authors: Shukla Seema , Singh Pavitar Parkash , Malik Garima
Published: June 2021

Social media provide a common platform to the public to speak about social injustice and put grievances about the policies. They also unite and act against crimes. Social Media has been instrumental in the propagation of gender inequality protests around the world. This purpose of study is to assess the influence of the “#Me Too movement” on intention to control sexual harassment against women and further to suggest a framework using mass communication as a tool to create awareness and control sexual harassment against women. Multivariate data analysis was conducted through Partial Least Squares Path Modeling (PLS-SEM) to analyze the data. The questionnaire was circulated through WhatsApp and emails to 800 Indian participants. The results suggested that social media movement like “#Me Too movement” has a positive influence on the intention to control sexual harassment against women. This research showed that awareness about sex-based crimes could be increased with participation in these kinds of social movements which in turn leads to the formation of an intention to control sexual harassment against women.
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ENGLISH WRITING SKILLS OF ARAB STUDENTS
Authors: Ahmed Awadeh Ohood Kamel
Published: June 2021

A striking feature of the 21st century is the technological innovations that interfere in linguistic study and in social practices based on contemporaneity, especially, writing and reading. These social practices are the target of major revolutions from technology and electronic supports, which provided the creation of a range of communicative networks in the virtual world, establishing an infinite communicative link between different cultures and generations. The use of such platforms and the way reading is used might be an improvement tool for teaching English in Arab schools, associating its use in social networks and methodologies to guide the appropriate use for this new knowledge, for example, the use of media texts, since there is a change in society‟s behaviour with technological developments in seeking texts that can be read quickly and that bring complete information. Thinking about the interactive patterns emerging in cyber-culture sends our attention to social networks on the internet, which attract an increasing number of users and that is undeniably reflected in the offline reality. This research encourages deepening the studies about the students‟ experience with learning academic English writing skills through social media. To achieve the aim of this study, an exploratory descriptive study was developed, with a qualitative approach. The secondary data was used in the formation of this research. The online databases were the first priority of the researcher for data extraction as due to COVID-19, going to libraries was not possible. This research opens the door for new questions, bringing a priori the perspective for new field of research. The results from the research show that with critical theoretical material from several writers and extensive observation in favour of the use of social media in improving writing skills, it was noticed that there is a change in the way English is being perceived among Arab students, especially in the use of hypertext, the uses of social networks become a differentiating element in improving written English academic skills, if well applied in the didactic actions of writing.
O Net-ativismo e as dimensões ecológicas da ação nas redes digitais
Authors: Di Felice Massimo
Published: June 2021

Nas últimas décadas, com o desenvolvimento de tecnologias digitais móveis, formas de conexão wi-fi, internet das coisas e sistemas informativos geográficos, assistimos no mundo inteiro a novas formas de participação e de interação que se estenderam para além dos dispositivos, dos dados, também dos objetos e das biodiversidades, expressando uma nova culturaecológica. Nesta última, a ideia de social abre-se a uma perspectiva hipercomplexa (E. Morin) que descreve as extensões de agregações pós--urbanas, as quais expandem o social para além das fronteiras da sociedade, assim como interpretada pelo pensamento das ciências sociais modernas. 

O movimento ecológico global dos adolescentes inspirados em Greta Thunberg, as revoltas no Chile, na Coreia, o movimento dos coletes amarelos na Franca, assim como a difusão de registros públicos validados colaborativamente, os Blockchain, são a expressão de uma nova ecologia da ação que conecta entidades diversas, dados, pessoas e dispositivos conectados.
Vilém Flusser.
Authors: Oliveira Menezes José Eugenio de , Souza Ventura Mauro de
Published: June 2021

O artigo busca caracterizar o ensaio a partir de uma abordagem epistemológica, observando os procedimentos e os movimentos do intelecto que direcionam tanto a escolha dos seus objetos como a própria invenção de linguagem, traços que o situam na fronteira entre a ciência e a arte. Assim, compreende o ensaio como alternativa estilística ao pensamento dogmático, num movimento textual cuja preocupação maior não está em mapear ou circunscrever o objeto, mas fazer emergir a autoria do intérprete no instante mesmo em que propõe uma resposta particular a problema de ordem geral. Do ponto de vista analítico, o trabalho relaciona os elementos presentes na forma ensaística com os pressupostos epistemológicos do signo da compreensão a partir do estudo tópico do gênero ensaio em Vilém Flusser, considerando que o filósofo checo-brasileiro compreende que no ensaio “Intersou e intersomos no assunto”.
Palavras-chave: Ensaio. Epistemologia. Conhecimento. Crítica. Vilém Flusser.
Vampyroteuthis infernalis e a cultura Nobrow contemporânea
Authors: Quintas Antunes Janaína
Published: June 2021

Vampyroteuthis Infernalis, a “lula vampira do inferno”, é o instrumento pelo qual Vilém Flusser e Louis Bec espelham a filogênese humana, mergulhando profundamente em um abismo (literal e figurativo) oceânico e filosófico que nos separa deste animal neste ensaio, nesta fábula paranaturalista; e ele também será o espelho utilizado para refletirmos e compreendermos a cultura Nobrow: um novo conceito, uma nova estética contemporânea, um novo momento na história cultural do século XXI; justamente através da leitura crítica deste livro tão particular. Esta obra foi escolhida para auxiliar na compreensão da comunicação, da cultura Nobrow, caracterizada exatamente como a cultura do inclassificável na era da cibercultura. Como Nobrow, compreendemos todo tipo de produção ou produto cultural contemporâneo que não se encaixa em nenhuma categoria, em nenhum padrão, em nenhuma regra. O século XXI começou com uma forte tendência a essa estética cultural; é possível observar que a cultura atual não segue um horizonte único, um estilo único constitutivo de uma época. O presente cultural escapa a categorizações, e o inclassificável hoje se chama Nobrow.

Palavras-chave: Flusser, Nobrow, Vampyroteuthis Infernalis
Vilém Flusser e Marshall McLuhan: a Bienal de Arte de São Paulo de 1973 como ponto de contato
Authors: Miranda Barbosa Rodrigo
Published: June 2021

O artigo propõe investigar de que maneira Vilém Flusser se engajou na discussão sobre o contexto artístico e sobre a configuração das Bienais no Brasil, e sua participação no comitê organizador da Bienal de Arte de São Paulo de 1973. Por intermédio de uma pesquisa bibliográfica, obteve-se a informação de que entre os convidados estava um grupo ligado a Marshall McLuhan para participar da Bienal. Foi analisado como se deu essa participação e apontou-se para possíveis contatos pessoais e intelectuais que fizeram com que um grupo de McLuhan fosse convidado. Concluímos que o artista Fred Forest pode ter sido um dos elos para essa ligação entre esses pesquisadores, mas que o encontro pessoal de fato não ocorreu.

Palavras-chave: Bienal de Arte de São Paulo. Fred Forest. Marshall McLuhan. Vilém Flusser.
Продовольча безпека держави: питання теорії, методології, практики
Authors: Румик Ігор
Published: June 2021

У монографії висвітлено теоретичні підходи до вирішення актуальних проблем сучасного розуміння продовольчої безпеки як складної багаторівневої системи. Здійснено дослідження еволюції термінологічного трактування продовольчої безпеки в економічних ученнях. Виходячи з особливостей її сучасного розвитку, запропоновано парадигму продовольчої безпеки національної економіки. Розкрито методологічні засади оцінки продовольчої безпеки. Велику увагу приділено системному методу досліджень продовольчої безпеки з використанням сценарного підходу на основі FCM-моделей. Проаналізовано сучасний стан виробництва та споживання агропродовольчої продукції. Здійснено оцінку рівня продовольчого самозабезпечення регіонів. Визначено вплив виробничого потенціалу на розвиток системи продовольчої безпеки. Розкрито механізм забезпечення продовольчої безпеки. Застосовано багатовимірне моделювання його соціально-економічних параметрів. Визначено загрози та ідентифіковано кризові модифікатори продовольчої безпеки. Розроблено продовольчу стратегію відтворювального типу на основі інвестиційноінтеграційної моделі розвитку національної економіки. Монографія розрахована на широке коло науковців, фахівців, керівників, підприємців, здобувачів наукових ступенів, усіх зацікавлених осіб, які займаються проблемами теорії і практики формування системи продовольчої безпеки на різних ієрархічних рівнях.
Assessing the admissibility and reliability of an expert’s conclusion by an investigator in the investigation of crimes in the field of financing targeted social programs
Authors: Viter Dmytro
Published: June 2021

It is emphasized that the general criteria for evaluating an expert’s opinion are its relevance, admissibility, reliability and interconnection with other evidence in criminal proceedings on crimes in the field of financing social target programs. The admissibility of an expert’s opinion implies compliance with all formal re-quirements stipulated by law when working with him, as well as with other evidence. It is indicated that admissibility should be attributed only to the form, not touching the content of the evidence, since when assessing an expert’s opinion it will be important to establish the correctness of its design and the availability of all the details required by law. It is proved that in order to confirm the admissibility of the expert’s opinion, the investigator needs to determine whether the requirements of the procedural law were met with respect to the subject of research, material sources of information, means, techniques and other conditions for obtaining an expert’s opinion. In addition, when evaluating the expert’s opinion, it must be taken into account that the admissibility of objects examined by the expert also affects its admissibility. It is emphasized that admissibility, as a property of proof, is closely related to its other property - reliability. A formal reliability assessment is described, which involves checking the sufficiency of the material provided for the study, the source data; correspondence of the number of conclusions to the number of questions posed. The author also focused on assessing the meaning of the expert’s opinion, which is aimed at establishing the comprehensiveness, scientific validity, logical sequence, correctness and persuasiveness of the information it contains. When assessing an expert’s opinion from the point of view of its reliability, the investigator also evaluates the validity, which includes the completeness, persuasiveness and objectivity of both the conclusion itself and the expert study conducted. It is separately indicated that the motivation of the expert’s conclusion is a component of its reliability and indicates the presence of a logical connection between individual sections or parts of the expert study, intermediate and final conclusions of the examination, which is why the conclusions should logically follow from the expert’s research. Also emphasized is the need to assess the expert’s competence and competence when assessing the admissibility of an expert’s opinion. The detailed characteristic of the mentioned criteria for assessing the expert opinion is given.
Organization of administrative supervision of local government bodies in European countries
Authors: Ibrahimzade Elshad
Published: June 2021

The article aims to theoretically substantiate and generalize the principles of supervision in European countries in order to understand the prospects for the development of administrative supervision of local self-government in Ukraine. The scientific novelty of the article lies in referring to the normative sources that regulate the relevant issues in European countries, and forming conclusions based on them about the optimal model of administrative supervision. The principle of autonomy of local government underlies the organization of administrative supervision over the activities of local self-government bodies in European countries. In this regard, there is the problem of the existence of such means of ensuring the rule of law, which would not violate the limits of autonomy of local governments. In many states, it is at the constitutional level that the basic principles of administrative supervision are defined. It is concluded that the consolidation of the basics of administrative supervision at the level of the basic law, which is amended by a complicated procedure, provides local governments with more guarantees and greater certainty about the application of this principle in local governments. The approach adopted by most European countries to distinguish between their own and delegated powers of local authorities and empowering supervisory authorities to verify the legality of the use of the former, and expediency only in relation to delegated powers, is appropriate. In the event of a violation of the law, officials supervising the administration must intervene. However, as a rule, they should not be empowered to overturn decisions taken by local governments: they can only be overturned by the courts. A posteriori supervision is more acceptable in terms of time of supervision. Instead, a priori supervision, for which the decision requires approval from a state body, should be exceptional.