bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Sentido y significación del habla en la actuación
Authors: Fragoso Susunaga Claudia
Published: December 2023

El objetivo de este texto es identificar los elementos de los actos de habla y la pragmática lingüística, que tienen que ver con procesos de significación e intención en la enunciación de un texto dramático-escénico o de algún personaje, pensando en las actividades de doblaje, radio-drama, videojuegos, audiolibros y la escena misma. Desarrollando, desde una visión transdisciplinaria la interacción de diferentes campos del conocimiento, como lo son el teatro, la semiótica y la lingüística e incluso todas aquellas disciplinas humanas que comprenden el habla y su interés en los procesos de comunicación. Las repercusiones de este análisis pueden recaer directamente en la formación y desempeño actoral, favoreciendo procesos de análisis de texto, en función a un enriquecimiento de la expresión comunicativa de actores y actrices.
El cuerpo en escena y sus significaciones
Authors: Jiménez Draguicevic Pamela Soledad , Cabral Pablo Alejandro
Published: December 2023

El cuerpo escénico es un medio de comunicación latente que manifiesta, de manera ficticia, diferentes sucesos entre los seres humanos, donde se construye una correspondencia viva entre quien emite el artista y quien recibe el espectador. Para que la comunicación entre público y ficción escénica se lleve a cabo de la forma en que se visualiza la propuesta artística, se toman como referentes algunos elementos esenciales como la paralingüística, la kinésica y la proxémica, así como la conciencia del cuerpo como hecho escénico, como producción de significado y como conciencia de la expresión.
Caracterización geobotánica de las asociaciones dominadas por Carex otrubae o Cyperus longus de la península ibérica y de la Europa occidental
Authors: Mercadal i Corominas Gabriel
Published: December 2023

Caracterizamos geobotánicamente los herbazales mesohigrófilos dominados por Carex otrubae o Cyperus longus de la península ibérica y, en menor medida, del resto de Europa occidental. Hemos comparado 26 inventarios propios, levantados en Cataluña (NE de la península ibérica) según la metodología fitosociológica de Braun-Blanquet, con 239 inventarios bibliográficos de Europa occidental (56 de la península ibérica e islas baleares) mediante el algoritmo K-means y la comparación de inventarios sintéticos. Los resultados muestran la separación clara de 11 asociaciones distintas, entre ellas tres de nuevas, adscribibles en dos clases fitosociológicas diferentes: Molinio-Arrhenatheretea (Mentho-Cyperetum longi ass. nov., Ranunculo-Cyperetum longi ass. nov., Lythro-Caricetum otrubae ass. nov., comunidad de Cyperus longus con Mentha pulegium, Cypero-Caricetum otrubae, Holco-Cyperetum longi stat. nov., comunidad de Carex otrubae con Atriplex prostrata, y Caricetum otrubae-camposii), y Phragmito-Magnocaricetea (Cyperetum longi, comunidad de Carex otrubae con Juncus effusus, y Sparganio-Cyperetum longi).
Nuevas gramíneas (Poaceae) para la flora de Marruecos
Authors: Romero-Zarco Carlos Manuel , Chambouleyron Mathieu , Léger Jean-Francois
Published: December 2023

La flora herbácea de Marruecos se enriquece con una especie: Helictochloa cincinnata (Ten.) Romero Zarco. Se citan por primera vez dos nothospecies, × Agropogon lutosus (Poir.) P. Fourn. y × Agropogon robinsonii (Druce) Melderis & D.C. McClint.; en el caso de × A. robinsonii, esta es la primera cita para el continente africano. Además, se amplia con nuevos datos el conocimiento de la distribución en Marruecos de un cuarto taxón, Helictochloa gervaisii subsp. arundana (Romero Zarco) Romero Zarco.
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No Man's Land
Authors: Montalbán Blanco Jorge
Published: December 2023

Del 5 de octubre al 17 de noviembre de 2017 Sala de Exposiciones de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de Málaga
Human and non-human political animals: Aristotle’s “metaphysical biology” as the basis of political animality
Authors: Oraldi Antonio
Published: December 2023

In one of the most famous passages of the Politics, Aristotle claims that “man is a political animal” (zoon politikòn) (Pol. I.2 1253a4). Having led to countless interpretations, this formula is still a matter of contention. In this paper, some of the main interpretive strategies will be presented and evaluated. The first section will outline three major ones: the exclusive, the inclusive, and a wider, zoological one (or what might be termed as the “common ergon” interpretation). The rest of the paper will support a biological interpretation of zoon politikòn, which places a central emphasis on Aristotle’s literal treatment (as opposed to metaphoric) of some non-human animals as political in some of his biological works as well as in the Politics. The categorisations of human and non-human political animals in History of Animals suggest a complex non-dualistic picture, which entails the possibility of some humans becoming non-political and some animals being fully political. While providing a literal biological interpretation of political animality, it will also be necessary to specify that Aristotle’s biology is a “metaphysical biology”, as MacIntyre put it (2007). It is not a modern, evolutionary kind of biology, and it is grounded in a broader metaphysical concept of nature.
El modelo educativo del Conafe desde la perspectiva de los líderes educativos comunitarios
Authors: Zavala Berbena María Alicia , Rivera Sepúlveda Álvaro Andrés
Published: December 2023

El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar la problemática de la educación rural en contexto a través de la mirada de Líderes para la Educación Comunitaria que pertenecen al programa del Consejo Nacional de Fomento Educativo (Conafe) y prestan servicios docentes en comunidades rurales marginadas, en el estado de Guanajuato, México. La aproximación metodológica se realizó con un enfoque cualitativo empleando el grupo de discusión como técnica para el diálogo con los participantes. Los resultados se presentan en dos ejes de análisis: la inserción a la práctica docente en clave de subjetividad y formación, y la vivencia de los principios del programa como un ideal pedagógico cuya apropiación no ha logrado consolidarse. Transversalmente se proponen algunas pautas de acción que podrían favorecer el perfeccionamiento del programa en su propósito de ofrecer una educación de calidad para la población rural y urbano-marginal mexicana.
CNC Machine Control Using DeepReinforcement Learning
Authors: Kalandyk Dawid , Kwiatkowski Bogdan , Mazur Damian
Published: December 2023

Optimization of industrial processes such as manufacturing or processing of specific materials is a point of interest for many researchers, and its application can lead not only to speeding up the processes in question, but also to reducing the energy cost incurred during them. This article presents a novel approach to optimizing the spindle motion of a computer numeric control (CNC) machine. The proposed solution is to use deep learning with reinforcement to map the performance of the Reference Points Realization Optimization (RPRO) algorithm used in industry. A detailed study was conducted to see how well the proposed method performs the targeted task. In addition, the influence of a number of different factors and hyperparameters of the learning process on the performance of the trained agent was investigated. The proposed solution achieved very good results, not only satisfactorily replicating the performance of the benchmark algorithm, but also, speeding up the machining process and providing significantly higher accuracy.
FedAssess: Analysis for Efficient Communication and Security Algorithms over Various Federated Learning Frameworks and Mitigation of Label Flipping Attack
Authors: Anusuya R , Karthika Renuka D
Published: December 2023

Federated Learning is an upcoming concept used widely in distributed machine learning. Federated learning (FL) allows a large number of users to learn a single machine learning model together while the training data is stored on individual user devices. Nonetheless, federated learning lessens threats to data privacy. Based on iterative model averaging, our study suggests a feasible technique for the federated learning of deep networks with improved security and privacy. We also undertake a thorough empirical evaluation while taking various FL frameworks and averaging algorithms into consideration. Secure Multi Party Computation, Secure Aggregation, and Differential Privacy are implemented to improve the security and privacy in a federated learning environment. In spite of advancements, concerns over privacy remain in FL, as the weights or parameters of a trained model may reveal private information about the data used for training. Our work demonstrates that FL can be prone to label-flipping attack and a novel method to prevent label-flipping attack has been proposed. We compare standard federated model aggregation and optimization methods, FedAvg and FedProx using benchmark data sets. Experiments are implemented in two different FL frameworks - Flower and PySyft and the results are analysed. Our experiments confirm that classification accuracy increases in FL framework over a centralized model and the model performance is better after adding all the security and privacy algorithms. Our work has proved that deep learning models perform well in FL and also is secure.
Preservation Scenarios for Post-War Concrete Architecture: The Case of Lithuania
Authors: Černauskienė Aušra
Published: December 2023

Post-war concrete architecture is a valuable part of the 20th-century heritage spread worldwide with specific preservation challenges. This paper analyses three possible preservation scenarios: conservation, comprehensive upgrade, and adaptive reuse based on a broad legacy of post-war concrete architecture in Lithuania and the sustainability aspect. Even though several significant concrete objects are listed, they are protected very formally, and no comprehensive preservation is applied.
Lived Experience in the “Naturalistic” Paradigm: Implementing Empirical Phenomenology with Expert Participants for Neurocinematics
Authors: Rosic Jelena
Published: December 2023

When studying subjective reports in neuroscience, data that are more easily quantifiable understandably hold more appeal due to the methodological complexities involved with in-depth approaches (second-person interview techniques and analyses) that require extended training of a researcher but also epistemological regard for the problem. A methodological direction for neurocinematics that could better capture the complexities inherent in the experience of film-viewing is to treat distinct domains of the neurocinematic phenomenon, the film stimuli, related subjective accounts, and their neural correlates as co-constitutive in the data analysis. The present proposal outlines an empirical phenomenology approach in the naturalistic paradigm with film stimuli building on the neurophenomenological ideas of pragmatically approaching the relationship between neurocognitive processes and phenomenological accounts. Using the micro-phenomenological method as a guide, i.e. non-naïve introspection (“becoming aware”) with a trained interviewer, the objective is to emphasize the process of accessing lived experiences for systematic second-person investigations. Such in-depth subjective reports have the potential to yield fine-grained descriptions of the participants’ experience related to (free) viewing of films as opposed to relying on naïve introspections (“just ask”) or easily quantifiable assessments that lack complexity (“just look”) and are prone to bias due to the simplification of experience. Building up a case for empirical phenomenology through the methodological demands of its framework, the illustration of the micro-phenomenological method serves to underscore the non-trivial nature of accessing and reporting experience and its role in the neurocognitive domain.
Embodied Figuration and Character Emotion in Cinema: The Role of Embodied Affective Cues
Authors: Jackson Brad
Published: December 2023

This paper engages with research on embodiment, cognition, and figurative meaning in cinema to develop a system for categorizing the cinematic cues that viewers use to gauge character affective experience. Many film theorists whose work is primarily focused on affective experience consider the relationship between the spectator and the character’s facial and bodily expressions. However, films often convey the affective states of characters by integrating bodily expressions with cinematic techniques, such as lighting, framing, and editing. These cinematic techniques can provide insight into a character’s affective states through their figurative associations with represented moods, feelings, and emotions. By exploring the metonymic, metaphoric, and similative properties of cinematic representations of affect, we can better understand how cinematic representations are understood by a community of viewers. Throughout this paper, I put forth the framework of “embodied affective cues” and identify behavioral, physical, and environmental cues to address how a character’s affective experience is represented by cinematic cues external to their body.
Shaping Films from the Inside Out: Embodied Mental Schemas in Filmmaking and Viewing
Authors: Coëgnarts Maarten
Published: December 2023

This article aims to highlight the role of embodied mental representations or embodied schemas in both perception and filmmaking/viewing by foregrounding three premises: (1) perception is inferential and relies on prior embodied schemas; (2) filmmakers (authors) do not merely reproduce reality but equally impose body-based schemas onto the parts of a film in order to convey meanings; and (3) these schemas, as presented by the formal design of the work, may enrich the viewers’ experience by allowing them a privileged look into the embodied creative-thinking processes of filmmakers. It will be argued that viewers are prompted to peek into these processes because the representational embodied concepts, as cued by the films, are grounded in shared sensory-motor capacities that scaffold all abstract thinking and reasoning.
Virtual Representations and Their Ethical Implications
Authors: Mcnamara Robert
Published: December 2023

This paper will address ethical concerns surrounding the representation of vulnerable groups as well as the methodological challenges inherent in using artificial intelligence and human-like computer-generated characters in human studies that involve representing such groups. Such concerns focus on consequences arising from the technological affordances of new systems for creating narratives, as well as graphical and audio representations that are capable of portraying beings with close resemblance to humans. Enacting such virtual representations of humans inevitably gives rise to important ethical questions: (1) Who has the right to tell certain stories? (2) Is it ethical to change the medium of a narrative and the identity of a protagonist? (3) Do such changes, or technological mediations, affect whether a vulnerable group will be fairly and accurately portrayed? (4) And what are the implications, either way? While the backdrop of the paper involves discussing the potential of virtual representation as a meditative tool for moral and social change, the ethical implications inherent in the use of new cutting-edge technologies, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Unreal Engine’s MetaHuman, to create human-like virtual character narratives call for theoretical scrutiny from a methodological perspective.
Nicotinamide prevention in diabetes-induced alterations in the rat liver
Authors: Kuchmerovska Tamara , Yanitska Lesya , Horkunenko Oksana , Guzyk Mykhailo , Tykhonenko Tetiana , Pryvrotska Irina
Published: December 2023

Objective. The study was performed to elucidate whether nicotinamide (NAm) can attenuate the diabetes-induced liver damage by correction of ammonia detoxifying function and disbalance of NAD-dependent processes in diabetic rats.

Methods. After four weeks of streptozotocin-induced diabetes, Wistar male rats were treated for two weeks with or without NAm. Urea concentration, arginase, and glutamine synthetase activities, NAD+ levels, and NAD+/NADH ratio were measured in cytosolic liver extracts. Expression of parp-1 gene in the liver was estimated by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and PARP-1 cleavage evaluated by Western blotting.

Results. Despite the blood plasma lipid peroxidation products in diabetic rats were increased by 60%, the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) was reduced. NAm attenuated the oxidative stress, but did not affect the enzyme activity in diabetic rats. In liver of the diabetic rats, urea concentration and arginase activity were significantly higher than in the controls. The glutamine synthetase activity was decreased. Decline in NAD+ level and cytosolic NAD+/NADH ratio in the liver of diabetic rats was observed. Western blot analysis demonstrated a significant up-regulation of PARP-1 expression accompanied by the enzyme cleavage in the diabetic rat liver. However, no correlation was seen between mRNA expression of parp-1 gene and PARP-1 protein in the liver of diabetic rats. NAm markedly attenuated PARP-1 cleavage induced by diabetes, but did not affect the parp-1 gene expression.

Conclusions. NAm counteracts diabetes-induced impairments in the rat liver through improvement of its detoxifying function, partial restoration of oxidative stress, NAD+ level, normalization of redox state of free cytosolic NAD+/NADH-couples, and prevention of PARP-1 cleavage.
How Domestic Violence Associates with Work and Family Conflicts by Religiosity Among Married Persons
Authors: Olasupo Matthew O.
Published: December 2023

Previous studies have investigated different psychological factors predicting domestic violence. However, there has been limited research on the roles of work and family conflicts i.e., work-to-family (WFC) and family-to-work (FWC) conflicts and religiosity. This study, therefore, probed the predictive role that work, and family conflicts enforce on domestic violence among selected persons who are married in Osun state, Nigeria and also investigated the indirect effect of religiosity in the association. A cross-sectional research design consisting of 220 married persons (Mean age = 35.40, SD = 5.87, Females = 58.6%) responded to the domestic violence scale (DVS), work and family conflict scale (WFCS), and religiosity scale (RS). Results of the hierarchical regression analysis revealed a significant predictive effect of family-to-work conflict (FWC) on domestic violence among married persons. The study also found that religiosity plays a significant predictive role in domestic violence among married persons. The mediation analysis using Hayes PROCESS Macro indicated that the link between FWC and domestic violence was partially mediated by religiosity as the direct effect, total effect and indirect effect of this association are all significant. The study, therefore, concluded that FWC has a direct significant impact on domestic violence and that religiosity plays a significant part in the link between FWC and domestic violence among married persons. The study recommended that religious leaders should further provide guidance on managing family-related conflicts among married persons.
Impact of Urban Slum Violence on Work in Slum Areas of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Authors: Badom Porbari Monbari , Ndeeue Kuapie
Published: December 2023

Regular violence pervades the slums in Port Harcourt, a metropolitan city where people inhabit for the purpose of work, among other reasons. The curiosity to understand the relationship of work with this violence is felt by the researchers who, from the review of relevant literature, observed that intellectual response to the issue dealt with political violence and effects on social development. The researchers therefore observed an existing gap in knowledge of the relationship between urban slum violence and work in the slum areas of Port Harcourt. Four research hypotheses were posed to guide the study. The study adopted the social disorganization theory in the explanation of the variables of the study. Simple random sampling method was adopted in the selection of the respondents of the instruments of the study, and some slums in the city were selected randomly. The study adopted cross-sectional research design and generated data through survey. The data for the study was generated through the administration of structured questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion. Sample size of 400 was determined by the Taro Yamane statistics. We analyzed data of the study using descriptive statistics. Thus, chi-square statistics was utilized in testing the hypotheses of the study. The qualitative data were organized into conceptual themes and categories. The study concluded that urban slum violence hinders school activities, business activities, fishing activities and employment opportunities for people in the slum areas of Port Harcourt. Thus, the study established that urban slum violence has a negative impact on work in the slum areas of Port Harcourt. Hence, policy recommendations were made.
Traveling salesman problem parallelization by solving clustered subproblems
Authors: Romanuke Vadim
Published: December 2023

A method of parallelizing the process of solving the traveling salesman problem is suggested, where the solver is a heuristic algorithm. The traveling salesman problem parallelization is fulfilled by clustering the nodes into a given number of groups. Every group (cluster) is an open-loop subproblem that can be solved independently of other subproblems. Then the solutions of the respective subproblems are aggregated into a closed loop route being an approximate solution to the initial traveling salesman problem. The clusters should be enumerated such that then the connection of two “neighboring” subproblems (with successive numbers) be as short as possible. For this, the destination nodes of the open-loop subproblems are selected farthest from the depot and closest to the starting node for the subsequent subproblem. The initial set of nodes can be clustered manually by covering them with a finite regular-polygon mesh having the required number of cells. The efficiency of the parallelization is increased by solving all the subproblems in parallel, but the problem should be at least of 1000 nodes or so. Then, having no more than a few hundred nodes in a cluster, the genetic algorithm is especially efficient by executing all the routine calculations during every iteration whose duration becomes shorter.
The Textual Tradition of the Life of Saint Irene the Empress*
Authors: Grigoraş Isabela
Published: December 2023

Despite the obvious significance of Empress Irene of Athens for the history of Orthodoxy, her vita has a very poor textual tradition: a single extant manuscript and a single printed edition of the entire text. Moreover, this hagiographic writing is mostly drawn from a historical one, that is, Theophanes’ Chronographia; only the last part of the vita, which presents the exile and the dying words of Irene, seems to be the original contribution of the hagiographer. The purpose of this paper is to offer a philological and hagiological perspective on the Life of Saint Irene the Empress and to show that the shortcomings of this vita might be the main reasons for its lack of popularity.
An Exploratory Study of the Ethnophysics Concept in the Spiritual Dance of Mpa’a Toja-Kalero Donggo to Identify Physics Learning Content as a Learning Resource
Authors: Agustinasari Agustinasari , Fiqry* Rizalul
Published: December 2023

Ethnophysics discusses the interaction between culture and physics concepts utilized as learning resources. The use of resources close to the environment fosters contextual learning and can help students develop critical thinking skills. This research assesses physics concepts in the traditional dance of Mpa'a Toja-Kalero Donggo. The research goal is to identify physics content that can be used as a learning resource. The research is descriptive-qualitative, using the content analysis method. The object of research is the Mpa'a Toja-Kalero video, documentation of Majelis Kebudayaan Mbojo (Makembo), which was determined through purposive sampling. Methods of data collection include observation and literature review. The observation method is used to examine the various elements of mpa'a Toja-Kalero, such as the music and dance moves. Meanwhile, the literature review focused on analyzing the physics concepts in the spiritual dance Mpa'a Toja-Kalero. According to the findings of the analysis, Mpa'a Toja-Kalero contains physics concepts such as sound waves, regular straight motion, centripetal force, air resistance, center of mass, moment of inertia, and downward vertical motion
Low Carbon e-Book on Climate Change with Education for Sustainable Development Framework for Sustainability Literacy of 7th Grader
Authors: Warliyah Heli , Permanasari* Anna , Rachman Indriyani , Matsumoto Toru
Published: December 2023

Climate change and its impact on the environment is a topic that is aligned with low-carbon education principle to support the education for sustainable development  framework. A low carbon e-book was developed to improve sustainability literacy. The e-book was then used in science learning and its effectiveness in improving sustainability literacy was investigated using a pre-experimental method with a pre-post-test design, with 40 grade 7 students of Junior High School in West Java-Indonesia as research subjects. The results showed that the developed e-book met the feasibility of the book in terms of content, presentation technique, grammar, graphics, and ease of use content validity ratio with qualified category, content validity index index with appropriate category. In addition, the book, which is presented with different examples of low-carbon education, is interesting for students because the illustrations are fun for students and the functions displayed are updated according to the character of students who are familiar with the IT world. The results show that learning with other e-books can improve students' sustainability literacy in the medium category
Typological passport of Basque as a minority language
Authors: Lavrova N. A.
Published: December 2023

The aim of the research is to make an inventory of the most salient typological traits of Basque as one of the extant minority languages, whose origin and typological status have been debated ever since the 16th century. Despite the well-meaning attempts to compile a unified standard of Basque, the majority of its speakers communicate using one of its numerous dialects. Apart from that, most of the contemporary coursebooks of Basque convey contradictory messages about its main grammatical features. This lack of uniformity acts as an impediment on the way to learning Basque or forming a well-defined concept of its typology. To enhance and spread knowledge about Basque typology, the present research adopts the methodology of contrastive-typological studies, namely, the method of typological passport developed by Professor V.D. Arakin. The empirical data for the research were drawn from the courseand textbooks recommended by The Royal Academy of the Basque Language. Research results revealed a number of universal typological traits shared by Basque with well-studied languages of the world, such as the presence of articles, cases, assimilation, post-modifying adjectives, etc. However, from the perspective of contrastive typology, it is the unique typological features that are most typologically and conceptually salient, such as voiced and devoiced aspiration, variations in the pronunciation of diaphonic sounds, non-systematic (non-pleonastic) marking of number, conceptual salience of specific numerals (2, 4, and 11), neutral and emphatic world-building patterns as well the absence of some models altogether (blending, shortening, back-formation). Research results show that the typological passport of Basque can be defined as an agglutinative language with suffixes, syntactic agreement and fusions at morphemic junctures. One of the avenues for further research is a multifactorial analysis with a view to obtaining statistical data about typologically significant categories of Basque.
Concept of THO in Korean Grammatical Tradition
Authors: Sukhinin V. E.
Published: December 2023

In the article the author examines the specific concept of tho in Korean grammatical tradition basing on the analysis of the Korean scholars’ publications since the early 20th century up to now. According to Russian bilingual dictionaries, this Korean linguistic term means formal morphemes and syntactic words though various authors define its specific meaning differently. This concept can be traced back to the term of ‘empty words’ of medieval Chinese linguistics and was originally used to name Korean grammatical elements inserted into hanmun (Koreanized literary Chinese wenyan) texts for better understanding by speakers of the Korean language, which is typologically different from Chinese. This approach was partly inherited at the end of the 19th century after the transition of the literary language in Korea from hanmun to native Korean. The grammatical categories covered by tho have changed over time. Today in the DPRK, it includes any grammatical postfix formants (which in Russian Koreanology are form-building endings and suffixes) and even word-formative markers of voice. This approach follows the tradition of the last work of 1914 by Chu Sigyeong, the founder of modern Korean linguistics. The majority of the South Korean linguists, influenced to a certain extent by the Japanese language grammar, refer to postfixes of predicatives as endings, and to postfixes of nouns as particles, i.e. a syntactic part of speech. But at the same time, they do not reject completely the term tho. This interpretation follows the ideas of Choi Hyeonbae, dating back to the 20-30s of the last century. The author is inclined to support the opinion that tho is a Korean term for naming specific Korean agglutinative postfixes and considers it quite a logical approach to be viable. In conclusion, the approaches to the description of the Korean language grammar may be different, i.e. several variations are possible. However, the most important thing is that the systematic character of the description is observed, and the features of the object of the study – the Korean language of the agglutinative type – are taken into consideration. Besides, for the teaching purpose logicality and rational simplicity of grammar structure are also important if they do not contradict the language material.
Criteria for assessing interpretation from the textual and speech aspects perspectives
Authors: Pavlikova S. K. , Yershov V. I.
Published: December 2023

The comparative analysis of a range of interpretation assessment scales and criteria that focus on textual, speech and behavioural aspects has helped identify the core area of interpretation assessment criteria, which includes the parameters concerned with the faithfulness of meaning transfer and the quality of target language production, as well as phonologic aspects of interpreter speech, including prosody, the latter two subsumed under the rubric “Delivery” in the aforementioned scales and sets of criteria. Two professional interpreter performance assessment scales have been analyzed from the point of view of the criteria of assessment presented therein. Various other interpretation assessment instruments were further studied to identify the core area of interpretation assessment criteria − the criteria found across the selection of the assessment instruments − and the variable area − those that are found in some of the assessment instruments included in this study. As shown by our comparative analysis, apart from the criteria relating to meaning transfer, target language quality, and phonology that form the core area of interpretation assessment criteria, this area also includes the parameters concerned with such phenomena as vocalized pauses, backtracking, self-corrections, repetitions, and false starts, the status of which within the area of interpretation assessment has not been fully defined. We propose that these core criteria be understood as breakdowns in the implementation of the speech programme. Aspects of an interpreter’s behaviour (kinesthetics, proxemics) that also come under the rubric “Delivery” in interpretation assessment criteria, however, form the variable zone alongside the parameters related to an interpreter’s unconscious mechanical behaviour.
Punctuation as a tool of the communicative and semantic organization of the text: norm and usus (on the material of the Spanish language)
Authors: Vereshchinskaya Yu. V. , Syschikova E. S.
Published: December 2023

The article is devoted to the study of Spanish punctuation from the point of view of its role in the communicative and semantic organization of the text. The setting of certain punctuation marks or their absence always raises questions among students of the Spanish language, and therefore requires in-depth scientific research and clarification. The article studies the punctuation rules established by the Royal Spanish Academy, and deviations from them, which may be associated with the prosodic tradition of the language, the presence of secondary members, genre originality, the influence of the English language, the individual characteristics of the author’s style, the communicative task of the utterance, etc. The source material was contemporary Spanish-language fiction, periodical texts, scientific articles, blog fragments, and comments on social networks. Thus, the work reflects the compositional and semantic features of all genres. In Spanish sentences, the role of the prosodic tradition is strong, so often the punctuation marks are dictated by the presence of the pause in oral speech or the intonation of the utterance. At the same time, punctuation marks show semantic-syntactic links between text units that contribute to the understanding of the text. In the article, the authors consider in detail the features of the use of periods, commas, semicolons, colons, round and square brackets, dashes, quotation marks, question and exclamation marks, and ellipsis. The most difficult is the setting of a comma, which, in addition to its main functions of enumeration, treatment, application, isolation of introductory information, is used in elliptical constructions, in the presence of syntactic inversion, to separate definitive clauses, in order to avoid ambiguity. The clarifying function in Spanish is performed by commas, brackets and dashes. The choice of this or that sign is dictated by the degree of proximity of the explanatory information to the main sentence and the nature of the perception of this utterance by the reader. A distinctive feature of Spanish punctuation is the designation of interrogative and exclamatory intonation in writing using the double use of question and exclamation marks: at the beginning of a sentence, inverted, and at the end of a sentence, in the usual form. Despite the prescriptive nature of punctuation rules, modern Spanish texts contain many examples of unregulated use of punctuation marks, and in some cases ignoring them leads to misunderstanding of the text. The article may be of interest to philologists, teachers of Spanish as a foreign language and all those who study Spanish.
The concept “KIMONO” in figurative units of the Japanese language
Authors: Likholetova O. R.
Published: December 2023

The purpose of this article is to describe Japanese phraseological units and lexemes with figurative meanings as a fragment of the lexical-phraseological system of the Japanese language, to identify the images underlying their formation, and to study their linguistic and cultural characteristics. The material for the work is the data from the dictionaries of the Japanese language, in which figurative units connected with the nominations of the types and details of kimono are recorded. The research is based on the linguacultural approach, which identifies linguistic units with national-cultural semantics, reflecting national and specific vision of the world on the lexical-phraseological level. Semanticthematic analysis allowed us to identify four groups of the most frequent lexemes, representing the concept “kimono”, on the basis of which phraseological units were formed. The group of figurative units, which do not include the names of kimono or its details, but which implicitly refer to this concept, was also examined. The etymological analysis revealed the cognitive basis for the formation of phraseological units and the mechanism of metaphorization of these lexical units. From the whole considered corpus of language units, the most representative are gesture phraseological units formed on the basis of idiomaticization of gesture units. The second largest group consisted of phraseological units derived from the clearly regulated ritual and rules of putting on and wearing kimono. They reflect the aesthetic views of the Japanese about the ideal image of kimono. The method of quantitative analysis allowed us to confirm the significance of the concept “kimono” as a symbol of Japanese culture and to reveal its phraseological productivity. A large number of figurative language units, related to kimono, indicates that this concept has pronounced culturally marked characteristics, reflects special models of worldview and stereotypes of behavior. The considered language units require special attention to the cultural context in which they function. The study of figurative meanings of words nominating kimono parts, as well as stable combinations, created on their basis, allows expressing the cultural information they contain. The concept “kimono” is one of the most important constants of Japanese culture, so its study from the position of cultural linguistics is extremely relevant.
Optimizing Industrial Data Analysis: The Convergence of Business Intelligence and Dynamic Simulations in Chemical Process Management
Authors: Costa Hiego Cândido Silva , Carneiro Francisco Lucas de Lima , Pereira Juliana Rosa Leite Araújo , Pereira Micael Araújo , Pereria Neto Antonio Tavernard , Da Silva Júnior Heleno Bispo
Published: December 2023

Purpose: The project aims to leverage Business Intelligence integrated with dynamic simulations in the context of Industry 4.0, focusing on the implementation of a system for the dynamic analysis of a chemical reaction process. The system is designed to optimize data analysis and decision-making processes in large-scale industrial settings.
 
Theoretical Framework: In the evolving landscape of Industry 4.0, the effective management of industrial data and processes is paramount. Traditional methodologies often overlook the potential of integrating Business Intelligence with dynamic simulations. This project proposes a novel approach, combining these elements to enhance process oversight and decision-making efficacy.
 
Method: Utilizing PI System AVEVA/OSIsoft for structured data organization, the project implements a Business Intelligence framework applied to the dynamic simulation of a chemical reaction process. This method focuses on creating a harmonious integration of data analysis tools with real-time process simulations, aiming to improve operational efficiency and adaptability.
 
Results and Conclusion: The implementation of this integrated system in a simulated industrial environment demonstrated a notable improvement in process analysis and decision-making efficiency. This indicates a significant advancement in the application of Business Intelligence in industrial operations, particularly in dynamic process simulations.
 
Research Implications: This study underscores the importance of advanced data analysis techniques in modern industrial operations. The results suggest a substantial shift towards more data-driven, efficient, and adaptable process management strategies in Industry 4.0.
 
Originality/Value: This research highlights the innovative application of Business Intelligence in conjunction with dynamic simulations for industrial processes. It showcases a pioneering approach in enhancing data analysis and decision-making capabilities in the context of Industry 4.0.
Gloss Analysis of Agglomerated Stones Subjected to Natural Cycling
Authors: Souza Tânia Cleiciane Barbosa , Castilho Evanizis Dias Frizzera , Sant'Ana Maria Angelica Kramer , De Aguiar Mariane Costalonga , Gadioli Mônica Castoldi Borlini
Published: December 2023

Theoretical reference: Agglomerated stones are defined as composites formed by a mixture of resin, mineral aggregates and additives. Among the desired qualities of a stone is its gloss, which may change over time, exposure to the elements, use, among others. This problem can occur in both ornamental stones and agglomerated stones.
 
Method/project/approach: 3 types of agglomerated stones measuring 7cm x 7cm were used to carry out the test. First, the samples were cleaned with running water without the use of cleaning products, and with the help of a soft bristle brush, then they were left to drain the excess water. After 10 minutes, they were placed in an oven at 75°C for 2 hours to dry. After drying, the first gloss measurement was carried out. After measuring the initial gloss, the samples were exposed in a natural environment exposed to the elements (wind, heat, sun and rain) for 285 days, and then the final gloss was measured.
 
Results and conclusion: This work sought to compare the loss of gloss and chromatic observation in agglomerated stones subjected to natural cycling. The importance of the mineralogical composition of the samples can be seen, all of them have a percentage of quartz in their composition greater than 74%. The greatest loss of gloss, color change, occurs in the sample (A3).
 
Research implications: Compare the loss of gloss between samples of three types of agglomerated stones and compare with the chromatic loss, evaluating these changes when the sample is subjected to weathering over time.
 
Originality/value: perform gloss analysis on agglomerated stones, after natural cycling simulating weathering.
Presence of crack due the constant exploitation of
turbine shaft
Authors: Bulatović Srđan , Aleksić Vujadin , Zečević Bojana , Prohaska Biljana
Published: December 2023

Designing, constructing and putting into operation a hydroelectric power plant includes complex tasks. Stresses of turbine and hydromechanical equipment of hydro power plants arise during the production of parts and assembly of equipment (residual stresses), in the process of performing functional requirements in exploitation and in the disturbed process of exploitation.
After several decades of constant exploitation of the horizontal bulb turbine, which is an integral part of the hydroelectric power unit, empirically, the formation of a crack occurs in the turbine shaft due to the influence of corrosion, erosion and cavitation.
Through experimental tests and calculations it has been determined that values of bending stresses of the turbine, which occur due to the action of fatigue and corrosion, as well as stress concentration, are bigger than 25 MPa for flanges exposed to water, and in other case bigger than 40 MPa for flanges exposed to `corrosive water` and can cause the occurrence of surface cracks on the transition radius between the cylindrical part of the shaft and the flange. It has been determined that stress values in the zone under the influence of bending stresses were bigger than allowable values, which led to the occurrence of many cracks due to fatigue corrosion. One of those cracks caused the failure of the shaft and of the whole turbine.
Key words: crack, turbine shaft, fatigue, stress concentration
Numerical Determination of the Life of Steel Exposed To Low Cycle Fatigue
Authors: Aleksić Vujadin , Bulatović Srđan , Zečević Bojana , Maksimović Ana , Milović Ljubica
Published: December 2023

In the paper, based on the results of the experimental research of high-strength low-alloy steel (HSLA), Nionicral 70 (NN-70), under conditions of low-cycle fatigue (LCF), a numerical analysis of stress and determination of the life of steel samples was performed. Experimental testing of the behavior of the samples were performed with controlled and fully reversible strain (/2 = const,
R = min/max = -1), according to the standard ISO 12106:2003 (E). For computational analyses, the following were used: the method of least squares and the method of finite elements (FEM). On the basis of the analysis of the results of the stress-deformation state and the determination of the life span through the isolines of the life span and comparison with the results of experimental tests, a graphic representation is given. The analysis justified the effort to numerically solve the estimation of the lifespan of steel under low cycle fatigue (LCF).
Hate Has No Home Here
Authors: Werth Hill
Published: December 2023

By: Hill Werth
Rozwój edukacji włączającej (inkluzyjnej) w Ukrainie: perspektywy i wyzwania w czasie wojny
Authors: Mykytiuk Iryna
Published: December 2023

PPełnoskalowa inwazja Rosji doprowadziła do ostrego kryzysu humanitarnego w Ukrainie. Zniszczyła infrastrukturę społeczną, ograniczyła edukację na dużych obszarach oraz doprowadziła do zakrojonych na szeroką skalę procesów wymuszonej migracji zarówno wewnątrz kraju, jak i za granicę. Rodziny dzieci niepełnosprawnych są częścią tego procesu, a problem niepełnosprawności nakłada się na problem wymuszonego przesiedlenia, jak również potrzebę adaptacji do nowego środowiska. Artykuł przedstawia wyniki autorskiego badania socjologicznego „Postawy wspólnot eksperckich i rodzicielskich w kwestii wdrażania edukacji inkluzyjnej w Ukrainie w kontekście wojny”. Zostało ono zrealizowane między kwietniem a lipcem 2023 r. z użyciem techniki ankiety internetowej.
POLITICAL CULTURE LEGACY HINDERING EUROPEANIZATION EFFORTS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Authors: LULI Elira
Published: December 2023

In recent years, the democratization efforts required for EU integration have been challenged by authoritarian regimes' persistence across some Southeast European countries. This study focuses on Albania as a case study, examining the endurance of political and administrative cultural legacies within its public institutions. Despite numerous reforms aimed at EU integration and democratization processes, institutional transformation remains impeded by outdated behavioural attitudes, concepts, and mindsets. The efficacy of democracy is intrinsically linked to the adherence to fundamental principles within the realm of Public Administration, encompassing key values such as meritocracy, impartiality, professionalism, and a steadfast commitment to public service. Moreover, a resilient judiciary is pivotal in upholding integrity by acting as a bulwark against malfeasance and procedural impropriety. Additionally, the autonomy of the media and the empowerment of civil society are indispensable requisites for sustaining a robust democratic framework. Collectively, these elements serve as the bedrock for establishing and perpetuating a well-functioning democratic system. Various scholars highlight that political culture can impact the implementation of good governance practices, values, and behavioural methods. This research delves into the challenges Albania, an early-stage EU aspirant, encounters over three decades as it endeavours to adopt EU norms during the transformation of public institutions. The study considers the influence of internal hindrances, including political memory and past legacies, on the reform process and the Europeanization of Public Administration. By analysing these factors, the research aims to gain insights into the negative internal dynamics and provide recommendations for fostering a democratic political culture that strengthens institutions through effective reforms.