bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Patriotism as a Value Basis for Explication of the Matrix of Russian Identity
Authors:   Lipetsk State Pedagogical University named after P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, Frolova Natalia A.
Published: December 2023

The article examines the phenomenon of Russian patriotism from the point of view of its structure, content and ethno-uniqueness. In modern geopolitical realities, when the problem of forming and maintaining a sense of patriotism becomes one of the priorities of state policy, the theoretical understanding of this value is more rele-vant than ever. The work analyzes various approaches to understanding the content of the concept of “patriot-ism”, formed both in pre-revolutionary scientific literature and in the studies of modern scientists. The novelty of this work lies in the use of a comprehensive approach in the interpretation of the value content of patriotic feel-ing, which includes such elements as a sense of belonging to the ethnic community, love for native places, national pride in the achievements of their country, adherence to traditions and customs, respect for the past (history) and native language, readiness to defend the homeland, loyalty to the Fatherland. The study found that patriotism is one of the basic aspects of Russian national identity.
Topoi of the Narrative of Computer Games and Features of the Gender Images Representation
Authors:   Pyatigorsk State University, Shaev Yury M.
Published: December 2023

Computer games, which have become widespread in the modern cultural space, reflect many phenomena of the real world, the reality surrounding a person, and even aspects of an individual's self-representation. The most important characteristic, finding its representation in a computer-game narrative, is the gender of the characters. In addition, in modern games there is also reflection on the problem of gender. Many modern games try to capture the complexity of the gender image, the correlation between gender and the game world, the presence of stories of world culture in the gender image, mythology and even experiences of philosophical reflection. In modern computer games we can distinguish games with complex gender images within the framework of a complicated game narrative. These games represent the topoi of the internal game space as examples of a certain gaming space-time which shows the gender image in its complexity/simplicity. The au-thor analyzes gender images within the topoi of the game narrative through psychoanalytic and phenomeno-logical registers, as well as two ways of fixing gender characteristics: discursive and semiotic-narrative.
Morality and Law under Thomas of Aquin’s Philosophy
Authors:   Ural State Law University named after V.F. Yakovlev, Shestovskikh Natalia A.
Published: December 2023

The article is devoted to the analysis of the interaction of value – forms of human existence – morality and law in the teachings of Thomas Aquinas. The author demonstrates that in his philosophical and legal doctrine the medieval theologian recognized the naturalness and necessity for people of social life, the aim of which is the common good. Based on the review and analysis of the classification of laws in the teachings of Thomas Aqui-nas, the article concludes that the basis of law for Aquinas is reason, not will and coercion, because the funda-mental desire for virtue is embedded in human nature. Compliance with the laws established by the state is for Aquinas a moral rather than a physical imperative. It is shown that the morality or immorality of a person’s ac-tions is not determined by rewards and punishments. In conclusion, the author ascertains that the separation of law from justice and morality leads to tyranny – the worst possible form of government, from the philosopher’s point of view. According to Thomas Aquinas, just human laws are binding; unfair laws are not laws.
Cross-Cultural Approach: Theoretical and Survey Analysis
Authors:   Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building, Galmagova Gezal M.
Published: December 2023

The article is devoted to the consideration of a cross-cultural approach to the interpretation of different levels of identities from the standpoint of the theorization of the positions available in science. The aim of this study is to analyze the concept of cross-cultural methodology developed within the framework of relevant research, which becomes one of the significant aspects of the implementation of the mechanism of eternal reversion in the modern era. The novelty of the represented scientific research is the provisions that substantiate the identifica-tion of new forms of realization of the mechanism of “eternal return” inherent in modernity. It is emphasized that cross-cultural processes accompanied by the establishment of personal cultural identity can be interpreted as such. The latter is compared with the sociocultural context, expressing itself in the search for similarities and differences between the Being and the Other, which substantially determines the methodology of cross-cultural processes and research. Conclusion dwells upon the fact that the latter are conditioned by a unified ontological basis of personal cultural identity inscribed in a certain socio-cultural context.
Reflection of the Value Core of Culture in the Chronicles of the Khori Buryats
Authors:   Transbaikal State University, Namzhilova Elena S.
Published: December 2023

The article is devoted to identifying the value core of culture, reflected in the chronicles of the Khori Buryats. The necessity to address the value bases is conditioned by such current trends as the loss of traditional culture, substitution of universal values by utilitarian ones. The appeal to chronicle sources is explained not only by the interest in the history of the ethnos, but also by the relevance of reproducing cultural values reflected in chroni-cles in the modern world. The research material was the chronicles of the Khori Buryats, published in the Buryat and Russian languages. The axiological approach made it possible to consider the chronicle heritage in the aspect of humanism and universal values. The research methodology is presented by general scientific meth-ods of analysis and synthesis, special methods of value-ontological analysis at the level of value attitudes of the authors of the works. As a result, the value core of culture reflected in the chronicle heritage is revealed: the value of native land and connection with the people, community as the basis of patriotism, the value of religion as a source of knowledge and virtue.
Defense of the Passes of the Bzyb Range (August – September 1942)
Authors:   Sochi State University, Makarov Yuri N. , Taran Konstantin V. ,   Sochi State University, Plyakic Manushak N. ,   Sochi State University
Published: December 2023

The article is devoted to the confrontation between the Soviet and German troops on the passes of the Bzyb Range in August – September 1942. As is known, by this time the Wehrmacht forces had suffered serious de-feats from the Soviet armed forces near Moscow, Rostov, and Tikhvin. The confrontation took a protracted character, so, planning the summer campaign of 1942, the German command decided to seize the most im-portant economic areas in the south of the USSR. The battle for the Caucasus included both the capture of the region’s passes and access to the Black Sea. It was precisely such fights that became the catalyst for the emer-gence of special mountain rifle detachments of the Red Army and NKVD troops, which turned the situation in the highlands in our direction. When writing the article, the authors used archival documents from the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Podolsk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation), published on the “Memory of the People” portal (pamyat-naroda.ru), as well as the works of foreign, Soviet and Russian researchers.
Historical Stages and Models of Public Administration of Citizens at the Place of Residence in Russia (1914–1937)
Authors:   Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East  of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Fedirko Oksana P. , Matienko Natalia V. ,   Independent researcher
Published: December 2023

The article examines the historical types of public self-government of citizens at the place of residence, which developed in the first half of the XX century in our country. In the process of development of territorial self-government, two periods are distinguished: from 1914 to 1921 and from 1921 to 1937. The first of them is characterized by a model of self-organization of residents, which was implemented in house committees and new social movements of workers. The created structures did not deal with policy issues, they were responsible for the problems of regulating the relationship between the owner and the tenant, exploiting tenants’ joint prop-erty, assistance to city self-government in the implementation of municipal tasks and, in some periods, the dis-tribution of ration cards among members. The model of residents’ self-governance emphasized in the second phase was represented by housing associations and various public committees. They remained in charge of the maintenance and operation of houses with maximum involvement of citizens in the process of control and management of the housing.
The Kazakh Population of the Steppe Region in the Perception of Tax Supervision Officials in the Late XIX – Early XX Centuries
Authors:   Omsk State Pedagogical University, Plakhotnik Tamara Yu.
Published: December 2023

The tax supervision officials, who grew up and received higher education in the Russian environment, and, perhaps, had served in areas with Russian population, found themselves in this region, where colonization had not yet managed to overpower the traditional way of life of the Kazakhs. The Revenue Department was no stranger to the habit of regularly moving its subordinates from one district to another, as a result of which rarely any tax inspector stayed in one place. Due to this, inspectors were able to compare different counties, even different regions of the country, and to observe local peculiarities more clearly. Even greater opportunities for comparison were the tax auditors, who appeared in 1889. The peculiarities associated with the presence of the Kazakh population in the area of operation were perceived by the newcomers as something unusual, which was reflected in the reports.
Formation of the Institute of Household Use of Land Plots in the Kazakh Nomadic Farms of the Steppe Region in the Second Half of the XIX – Early XX Centuries
Authors:   Omsk State Pedagogical University, Soroka Nikolai N.
Published: December 2023

The modernization processes that began in Russia in the post-reform period pursued the goal of transforming not only all spheres of socio-political life, but also involving national suburbs with varying degrees of intensity in the format of the imperial space. Among such regions was the Steppe region, where in the chronological peri-od under consideration, the policy of the official authorities was aimed at the actual and legal consolidation of the right of the state to dispose of the lands of the indigenous population. This trend received its formal consoli-dation in the Steppe position, the norms of which proclaimed the entire land fund of the Kazakh steppe to be the property of the state. Along with this legal imperative, the state legislated a new land-legal institution in the form of household and hereditary use, which was a type of property rights to land. By introducing such a legal institution, the government authorities sought to fully regulate the “Kyrgyz” land use, to facilitate the transition of nomadic society to a sedentary way of life, to promote the involvement of community-autonomous groups in the economic development of vast steppe areas, as well as subordinate their resources to the tasks of resolving the agrarian issue as an integral part of the economic development of the state.
Atypical Communist Leonid Ivanchenko: Soviet Career Years
Authors:   State University of Management, Chuev Sergey V.
Published: December 2023

This article is devoted to the Soviet period of the biography of a prominent figure in the modern history of the Don, a well–known participant of the left flank of party life in Russia – Leonid Andreevich Ivanchenko (1942–2016). The hero of the publication in the 1980s–early 1990s became one of the leaders of the Rostov region: chairman of the Rostov City Executive Committee (1984–1986), secretary, second secretary of the Regional Committee (1986–1989), chairman of the Regional Executive Committee (1989–1990) and the Regional Council (1990–1991). Ivanchenko throughout his political path was forced to master new technologies of work in power in conditions of competitiveness, glasnost in the discussion of candidates, and publicity. He claimed the position of the First Secretary of the Rostov Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Un-ion (CPSU) in the alternative elections (1990). And after losing, he tried to make the regional council a key re-gional center for political decision-making. In August 1991, due to the support of the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP), he was illegally resigned, which determined his future political path.
Soviet Studies on the History and Culture of Afghanistan (1933–1978)
Authors:   Belgorod State National Research University, Maisam Mahdi
Published: December 2023

I.M. Reisner’s works on Afghanistan laid the foundation for historical scientific research of this country. The compilation of geographical maps of the North of Afghanistan and the study of its history and culture in the post-war period (ethnic groups and political development) were carried out by researchers of the USSR. V.G. Korgun was one of the most prolific historical scientists in the field of Afghanistan studies, a leading spe-cialist and analyst on the entire spectrum of its problems. It is also worth considering the work of Kh.N. Nazarov on traditional deconstruction in Afghanistan. Certainly, we should not ignore the role of these studies in influ-encing and expanding relations between the USSR and Afghanistan. The USSR's studies on the history and culture of Afghanistan served as a basis for scientific and historical research in this country. The author of the article tried to determine the place of the USSR in the historical and cultural study of Afghanistan and through it to stabilize the growth of the scientific research environment of this country.
Resource Potential of L.N. Tolstoy’s Personal Brand in the Internet Space
Authors:   Crimean University of Culture, Arts and Tourism, Gotsanyuk Natalia Yu.
Published: December 2023

This article deals with the research of the ambiguous category of the personal brand of the great Russian clas-sic Leo Tolstoy. It is noted that its resource potential can be used for the regional development of the Crimea; the most significant factors and directions of the influence of the potential of the writer’s brand on modern cul-ture are considered. The author pays great attention to the consideration of this figure in the Internet space, while the “Crimean pages” of the writer’s creativity and biography take on increasing importance as promising and relevant for the promotion of a personal brand. The author comes to the conclusion that in order to effec-tively use a personal brand, it is necessary to take into account the specifics of the region’s audience and mod-ern digital technologies that illuminate the “Crimean pages” of the classic’s creativity. Current cultural practices allow us to expand the idea of a particular figure, to use the visualization of this image to form the image of the Crimea in the direction of “L.N. Tolstoy and the Crimea”.
Estado de escape: una propuesta para estudiar "lo virtual en la vida real en mundos virtuales"
Authors: Zampieron José Francisco
Published: December 2023

Este trabajo pretende discutir una propuesta metodológica basada en la fenomenología y su capacidad de explicación etnográfica de lo que voy a describir como un “estado de escape”: un framework o marco analítico conceptual de la perspectiva epistemológica de lo liminoide como percepción y experiencia. La articulación bibliográfica sobre el estado actual de la etnografía digital y el uso de textos clásicos de la antropología tendrá gran peso al recorrer del artículo, dada su premisa teórico metodológica. En este sentido, voy a desarrollar una reflexión etnográfica de mis experiencias vividas en Roblox, SecondLife y, más especialmente, en VRChat y elaborar el concepto de un “estado de escape” como el traspaso fenomenológico “atrás y adelante” de la percepción posible de los materiales y la materialidad, para finalmente, en el fin del artículo, evaluarlo como marco analítico a partir de ejemplos de experiencias etnográficas que tuve en VRChat, intentando indicar un camino para comprender las realidades infraestructurales, contextuales y de contenido que circundan las relaciones personales y comunales en mundos virtuales/digitales. Siendo así, trabajaré la descripción cualitativa y densa de las experiencias etnografiadas durante el campo exploratorio desarrollado desde abril de 2021 hasta febrero de 2022 utilizando elementos de storytelling como la explicación y rememoración de eventos, contextos y diálogos que tuve con interlocutores basado en mis anotaciones de campo y diario de campo, además del material fotográfico registrado (printscreens).
La función de los héroes troyanos en la Elegía III, 1. 25-32 de Propercio
Authors: Zarza Mariano G.
Published: December 2023

Luego de hacer un comentario general de la Elegía 3, 1 de Propercio, nos detenemos en el pasaje casi final del texto (que, por cierto, presenta varias dificultades textuales que analizamos oportunamente) en el que el poeta enumera una serie de héroes troyanos. Nuestra hipótesis es que la elección de esos héroes, en particular los nombrados en los versos 29 y 30, Deífobo, Héleno, Polidamante y Paris, se fundamenta en que el poeta se identifica con ellos y de ese modo enfatiza su programa poético.
Algunas reflexiones sobre las metodologías usadas en la enseñanza universitaria en contextos de pandemia y post-pandemia COVID-19
Authors: Arnal Nathalie , Álvarez M. Fernanda , Mancini Veónica
Published: December 2023

La pandemia por COVID-19 impuso muchos cambios en la vida cotidiana, y las actividades docentes universitarias no se vieron exentas de esta situación.  Su tránsito y el de la post-pandemia fue un despertar abrupto y perturbador para muchos/as de los/as docentes de facultades ligadas fuertemente a la investigación y la ciencia. La falta de formación profesional, las tradiciones institucionales, la carencia de estrategias y metodologías precisas para la enseñanza, fue unarealidad en la que muchos/as nos vimos inmersos. Revertir esa situación fue motor para acercarnos hacia nuevos campos y disciplinas, buscando aprender nuevas estrategias didácticas para la enseñanza, sabiendo que el camino iniciado de repensar la práctica es constante, largo, difícil, con cambios y ajustes permanentes, de avances y retrocesos, pero continuos y coherentes con una práctica situada y en contexto.
Habitar las instituciones: experiencias en la formación de traductores jurídicos
Authors: Espósito Julia , Dicroce Giacobini Branko , Schroh María Alfonsina , Galettiere María Victoria , Bianchini Lara
Published: December 2023

El presente trabajo se propone dar a conocer dos experiencias realizadas durante 2022 y 2023 en el marco de la asignatura Derecho 2 (Aplicado a la traducción) de las carreras de Traductorado Público en Lengua Inglesa y Francesa de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata: las visitas pedagógicas a distintas reparticiones públicas ubicadas en la ciudad de La Plata. Las experiencias puestas en marcha permiten andamiar los contenidos teóricos con las actividades prácticas y se convierten en un nuevo espacio de enseñanza aprendizaje para el estudiantado. Por otra parte, permiten el acercamiento de los traductores y las traductoras en formación a espacios reales del ámbito profesional y de la vida cotidiana puesto que ponen en diálogo al estudiantado con las instituciones públicas, sus funcionarios y los instrumentos que expiden. Compartimos en este trabajo el diseño, la implementación y los resultados alcanzados en los dos últimos años de estas intervenciones educativas.
Estudiantes y la experiencia de recursar en la universidad. Aportes para la reflexión pedagógica en tiempos de post pandemia
Authors: Fava Maximiliano , Alcoba Julieta , Montenegro Jesica
Published: December 2023

Este artículo propone un diálogo entre resultados de una investigación en proceso de finalización y un conjunto de observaciones y reflexiones pedagógicas nacidas de lo vivenciado en el marco de la virtualización forzosa de la enseñanza producto de la pandemia de COVID-19. os resultados de investigación que compartimos refieren a la experiencia estudiantil de recursar en los primeros años de la universidad. Esta pesquisa se desplegó a partir de un diseño metodológico cualitativo, descriptivo y analítico, con un nivel de anclaje microsocial, y combinó una variedad de estrategias metodológicas con preeminencia de enfoques cualitativos. Lo experimentado en el marco de la pandemia en nuestro rol docente y de asesoramiento pedagógico, permite realizar una relectura de los resultados y delinear desde la reflexión pedagógica caminos diversos para la transformación de nuestras prácticas en la universidad.
Forecasting Final Cost and Time Rates of Highway Construction Projects in Iraq Using Regression Analysis
Authors: Dhuha M. Dawood  , Abd Abbas M. , Zehawi Raquim N.
Published: December 2023

The construction process is fraught with risks and uncertainties, which grow in proportion to the size and complexity of the project. The project is considered successful if it is completed within the specified time and cost and with the required quality standards. The time and cost overrun of building projects and highways is a critical issue because of the great risks that result from it, which affect the project completion process and sometimes put it to a halt. In this paper, an attempt was made to predict the final cost rate and final time rate of such projects before starting work, using the technique of reverse elimination regression analysis.  The study covers a group of highway projects in Diyala Governorate, where the records of (25) projects that were completed during (2012-2021) were used to develop and validate the regression model.  Based on the experts' convictions, there are nine factors that are considered the most influential on the final cost and final time.  Hence they are used as input parameters for the form.  These factors are; bid cost, bid duration, change order cost, change order duration, final cost, and final duration, no. of change order, start time and final time. It was found that the developed regression model has the ability to predict the final cost rate (FCR) and final duration rate (FDR) for highway projects as outputs with very high  goodness of fit and coefficient determination ( ) of (98%) and  (96%) for FCR and FDR respective.
La Inteligencia Artificial Generativa en el Proceso Creativo y en el Desarrollo de Conceptos de Diseño
Authors: Sattele Vanessa , Reyes Mauricio , Fonseca Andrés
Published: December 2023

La presencia de la Inteligencia Artificial se ha vuelto cada vez más común en el ámbito profesional de los diseñadores. Esta tecnología destaca por su eficiencia y capacidad, superando las expectativas de los especialistas durante su proceso creativo. En este artículo hacemos una revisión de los alcances obtenidos durante la generación de conceptos para proyectos académicos de diseño, utilizando distintas plataformas generativas, de texto e imagen, por inteligencia artificial. En el Centro de Investigaciones de Diseño Industrial (CIDI) de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, se utilizaron en dos asignaturas, sistemas generativos de imágenes, con los cuales se lograron resultados básicos favorables en la configuración formal y estética.  Dichos resultados sirvieron como base en el desarrollo de una metodología, los alcances y las directrices para lograr la generación de imágenes mediante el entrenamiento automático de una inteligencia artificial basada en modelos de lenguaje y de conversación.
“If I were young…”: Increased Dropout Risk of Older University Students
Authors: Casanova Joana R. , Assis Gomes Cristiano , S. Almeida Leandro , Tuero Ellián , Bernardo Ana B.
Published: December 2023

Dropout from higher education is a worldwide phenomenon with negative consequences for students, families, institutions, and society. As student numbers increase, students become more heterogeneous in terms of academic competencies, motivation, and trajectories, creating new challenges for promoting student persistence. Higher education can pose difficulties for students, increasing their vulnerability and risk of underachievement or dropout. This study involved 2843 first-year students of a Portuguese public university. The aim was to identify the variables that predict the decision to persist or drop out, using the regression tree method. The results show a good model that classifies students into four groups and reveals that the decision to drop out is different for traditional and non-traditional students, suggesting higher vulnerability of older students. Some reflections are offered about institutional practices.
Variations of yield, biochemical and antioxidative responses in sesame with silicon and cytokinin treatments under drought stress
Authors: Mohammadi Kharkeshi Ali , Rahimi Petroudi Elyas , Shirdel Shahmiri Fazl , Mobasser Hamidreza , Daneshmand Alireza
Published: December 2023

Drought is one of the major limiting factors for crops that severely reduce plant growth and productivity. The appli­cation of cytokinin (Ck) and silicon (Si) fertilizers can help increase tolerance to drought stress in sesame plants. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of Ck and Si fertilizers on seed yield, malondialdehyde (MDA) content, proline content, and antioxidant enzyme activities in sesame plants under drought-stress conditions. The experiment was conducted as a split plot-factorial in a randomized complete block design with three replications at Firuzkandeh Agricultural Research Station during two crop years of 2020 and 2021. The main plot was three drought stress levels: control, moderate drought stress (MDS), and severe drought stress (SDS), whereas the subplots were three Si appli­cation levels: control or non-use of Si, calcium silicate and nano-Si, and two Ck application levels: control or non-use of Ck, Ck application. The results indicated that the sesame seed yield was reduced by 9.3% under MDS and by 32.7% under SDS when compared with control conditions. The highest MDA content and proline accumulation were observed when the plants were subjected to SDS, whereas the higher activity of antioxidant enzymes occurred under MDS. Higher activity of antioxidant enzymes and reduction of MDA content was observed in the plants treated by combined application of Si and Ck under MDS. However, the higher seed yield, greater proline content, and higher antioxidant enzyme activities were obtained from plants treated by nano-Si than calcium silicate. Overall, the results of the present study revealed that the foliar application of nano-Si + Ck can be a promising option for mitigating the negative impacts of drought stress and improving sesame seed yield.
Short-term effects of brassica cover crops on soil quality indicators in organic production in high tunnels
Authors: Domagała-Świątkiewicz Iwona , Siwek Piotr , Lalewicz Paulina
Published: December 2023

The use of cover crops is aimed at sustaining soil health and productivity in the context of agricultural intensification and accompanying soil degradation. While cover crops have been extensively studied in field production systems, limited research has been conducted concerning their application in high-tunnel vegetable production. This study aimed to assess the effects of turnip (Brassica napus subsp. napobrassica (L.) Jafri) and swede Brassica rapa subsp. Rapifera Metzg) cover crops (CCs) on soil physicochemical and biological properties in an organic high tunnel system in southern Poland in 2017–2019. The planting sequence was as follows: winter cover crops/pumpkin/romaine lettuce/broad bean/chilli pepper. Soil analyses included measurements of bulk density, water capacity, soil aggregation, soil organic carbon (SOC), available soil nutrients, as well as microbial abundance and diversity. Rape crops produced a higher aboveground dry biomass (4.11 t ha−1) than swede (2.85 t ha−1), and the N content in their biomass was 101 kg N ha−1 and 75 kg N ha−1, respectively. The results presented that CC residue significantly contributed to soil organic carbon stock, retention of plant-available nitrogen, and improvement of soil physical properties, especially wet aggregate stability. Soils with the highest SOC concentrations were associated with the highest bacterial and fungal abundance. The most significant number of mesophilic bacteria was detected in the soil where turnip was grown as a cover crop (7.6 × 107 cfu g−1 DM soil). Moreover, a higher abundance of the tested nitrogen cycle bacteria was found in the soils after CC cultivation compared to the control soils, particularly bacteria reducing NH4 +-N and NO₃⁻-N. These findings highlight the importance of cover crop management practices in high tunnels, as they influence the composition of the total bacterial community and the abundance of N-cycling microbial guilds.
Error reporting in a large animal veterinary teaching hospital identifies medication errors occur most often in the prescribing phase of therapy
Authors: Hepworth-Warren Kate L. , Maynard-Swift Emily , Prange Timo , Colwell Curtis , Stallings Olivia , Derks Kobi G. , Love Kim , Hepworth David A. , Marks Steven L.
Published: December 2023

OBJECTIVE

To identify the rate at which medication errors occurred over a 2-year period in a large animal veterinary teaching hospital and describe the types of errors that occurred.

SAMPLE

226 medication errors over 6,155 large animal visits occurred during the study period. Multiple errors may have affected the same patient.

METHODS

Medication error reports from March 1, 2021, to March 31, 2023, were reviewed retrospectively and classified by species, type of drug, and month and day of the week the error occurred. Errors were categorized according to multiple previously developed systems to allow for comparison to other studies.

RESULTS

226 medication errors occurred over 6,155 patient visits in a 2-year period: 57.5% (130/226) were identified by a dedicated large animal pharmacist, and 64.2% (145/226) of errors were identified and corrected before reaching the patient. Prescription/medication order errors (58.4% [132/226]) occurred significantly more often than errors in medication preparation (21.7% [49/226]; P < .001) and administration (19.6%; P < .001). Antibiotics (48.7% [110/226]) and NSAIDs (17.7% [40/226]) were the drug classes most involved in errors.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE

Most medication errors in this study occurred in the ordering/prescribing phase. This is similar to reports in human medicine, where standardized medication error reporting strategies exist. Developing and applying similar strategies in veterinary medicine may improve patient safety and outcome.
Trust in managers in SME organizations undergoing digitization
Authors: Wziątek-Staśko Anna , Pobiedzińska Karolina
Published: December 2023

Purpose

This article aims to present the results of original empirical research on the diagnosis of factors predicting employee trust in managers in - Small and Medium Enterprises organizations undergoing the process of digitization. The concepts of digitization and trust are both defined and several determinants of trust in managers are established.

Design/methodology/approach

The research methods used were a study of existing literature, as well as empirical research using quantitative methods, conducted using a questionnaire developed by the authors.

Findings

The collected factual material indicates that the size of an organization is a variable affecting the level of trust between employees and managers in SME-sector organizations undergoing the process of digitization, and also affects which indicators of trust are professed by employees.

Practical implications

The conducted research identified leading determinants of trust in managers in SME-sector organizations undergoing digitization. This article contributes to reducing a theoretical knowledge gap in the discussed area, while also indicating tools for optimizing the effectiveness of the human capital management process in a world dominated by modern technologies.

Originality/value

Employees are a key element of modern organizations, and their success depends on the effectiveness of digital change management. Working in an environment based on trust has a positive effect on employees and thus determines the success of the entire organization. This article fills a research gap regarding the role of trust in relationship between employees and their superiors.
The COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin American and Caribbean countries: Gender Differentials in Labor Market Dynamics
Authors: Viollaz Mariana , Salazar-Saenz Mauricio , Flabbi Luca , Bustelo Monserrat , Bosch Mariano
Published: December 2023

We study gender differences in changes in labor market dynamics before the pandemic and during the COVID-19 pandemic in four Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries: Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, and Mexico. Specifically, we look at differences in labor market states and at differences in the transitions of workers across labor market states. To identify the pandemic's impact, we compare labor market stocks and labor market flows for a number of balanced panels of workers during the pandemic and before the pandemic. We find that the pandemic has negatively affected employment and labor market participation of both men and women, but that the effect is significantly stronger for women, magnifying the already large gender gaps observed in LAC countries. The main channel generating this stronger impact is the increase in child care work performed by women with school-age children.
An assessment of the quality of life in chronic heart failure patients
Authors: Bobčíková Katka , Bužgová Radka
Published: December 2023

Aim. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate quality of life (QoL) and selected aspects of patients with chronic heart failure.

Material and methods. The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire was used for an assessment of QoL. Data were obtained on depression, illness perception, social support, self-sufficiency, and severity of heart failure according to NYHA classifi cation. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, the Kruskal–Wallis and Mann-Whitney test, and the Spearman correlation coefficient. Linear regression analysis was also performed.

Results. Correlation analysis (p < 0.05) indicated that patients with reduced self-suffi ciency (r = -0.3529) and patients with more severe heart failure (r = 0.2642) reported a poorer QoL. Worse the illness perception (r = 0.4113), more frequent depression (r = 0.5470) and a worse subjective assessment of the state of health (r = 0.4394) indicated a worse QoL. The predictors of the total QoL score were depression (p = 0.000), illness perception (p = 0.001), self-sufficiency (p = 0.008), and subjective assessment of the state of health (p = 0.005).

Conclusions. A comprehensive approach with an emphasis on improving QoL is necessary in the care of patients with chronic heart failure.
Penal Policy on Combatting the Offense of Contacting a Minor Via ICT Systems and Telecommunications Networks in Poland
Authors: Rosicki Remigiusz
Published: December 2023

The material scope of the research problem in the text encompasses selected issues concerning the content and sense of the elements characterizing the offense of establishing contact with a minor via ICT systems and telecommunications networks (also referred to as “grooming”) under Polish criminal law. In the legislation currently in force the offense of grooming is criminalized under Art. 200a §1–2 of the Criminal Code. The main purpose of the analysis is to perform a substantive criminal examination of the offense of grooming under Polish law, taking into account a practical case study. The analysis contained in the text is chiefly an overview, and includes mainly an institutional and legal analysis performed with the aid of textual, functional and doctrinal interpretations, which have been supplemented with the author’s own conclusions and opinions concerning de lege lata and de lege ferenda solutions. The institutional and legal analysis has been supplemented with an abstract case study of grooming. The presented abstract case study is helpful in considering selected legal problems, and ultimately in presenting example legal classifications of the described acts referred to as grooming.
Stability and Sustainability of Enterpreneurship – Complementarity or Substitution?
Authors: Leitmanová Ivana Faltová , Alina Jiří , Šetek Jaroslav , Kohoutová Nikola
Published: December 2023

Companies in 2023 have to face many challenges and will have to face many challenges in the future, according to the current predictions of renowned agencies and institutions. The pursuit of financial stability for profit-seeking entities is undoubtedly one of the most critical. Achieving this is influenced by a number of factors, including sustainability factors. In addition to the generally applicable principles, respecting and implementing the sub-aspects of sustainability also has certain specificities. These may be determined, for example, by the sectoral affiliation of the company. The sector chosen in the following text will be the transport sector. The stability of the performance of this sector will be examined in relation to selected sustainability factors. As transport is one of the largest polluters of the environment, transport performance is examined in the context of air emissions. The examination is carried out at EU Member State level in the timeframe 2011 and 2021, in relation to the EU strategy for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
An Interdisciplinary Re-Perspectivation of the Study of Heuristics, Biases, and Nudges
Authors:   Lee John Curley, Neuhaus Till
Published: December 2023

The following text starts with an assumption that current psychological research is primarily quantitative in nature and – despite its great contributions – misses out on the potentials lying in an interdisciplinary and thereby multi-methodological approach. To highlight these potentials, this text does three things: Primarily, it looks at the study of heuristics and biases, a much debated and researched field, to illustrate the pitfalls awaiting in a one-sided approach as the study of heuristics and biases has been mostly motivated by the inadequacies of the prior paradigm. Secondly, this text presents scholars from outside of mainstream thinking that have also discussed decision-making and – although in a more abstract form – and arrived at similar results. This, in result, highlights the potential of a historically minded interdisciplinary approach towards decision-making. Lastly, these insights are brought forward as valuable future research objects by further contextualizing them with current problems in decision-making science, these problems stem from the field of legal decision-making. The text overall raises awareness for alternative and interdisciplinary approaches towards psychological research questions.
Designing Assessment Reports: How Proper Score Descriptions Can Improve Selection Decisions
Authors: Spinu Roxana , Iliescu Dragos
Published: December 2023

This paper explores, through a quasi-experimental design, different ways of building employee assessment reports to determine which elements would lead to more efficient selection decisions. Two types of reports were built: (a) reports containing descriptions of the minimum and maximum scores (i.e., 1 vs. 10), and (b) reports containing the description of the exact score recorded by the participant (i.e., any score on a scale of 1 to 10). The efficiency of these report was evaluated in two scenarios: a difficult-decision scenario and an easy-decision scenario. A total of 269 hiring managers participated in a simulated selection decision setting. They were asked to choose the best candidate for a specific position, based on a job description and two personality profiles for two fictitious candidates. They were also asked about their perceived levels of comprehension and satisfaction with the report. The model was statistically significant, χ2(3) = 110, p < .001, R2N = .461. In both the difficult and the easy scenarios, reports containing descriptions of the minimum and maximum scores were more efficient than reports containing descriptions of the exact scores recorded by the participants, and they also led to higher levels of perceived comprehension and satisfaction with the report. The results were influenced by the participants’ familiarity with the used personality questionnaire (the NEO PI-R). This study has both theoretical and practical implications, extending the existing organizational literature by drawing from cognitive psychology, and highlighting the critical role that assessment reports have in the process of organizational selection decisions.
Dynamics of Variation in Agricultural and Forest Areas in the Southwest Amazon (Sena Madureira, AC)
Authors: Leal Matheus Lucas Maciel , Maniesi Vanderlei , De Araújo Filho Daniel Alves , Araújo Jordeanes do Nascimento
Published: December 2023

Objective: To analyze the dynamics of variation in agricultural areas in the southwest of the Brazilian Amazon, specifically in the municipality of Sena Madureira, Acre.
 
Theoretical framework: The expansion of agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon is the result of new logistics associated with new flow modes that allow the insertion of their activities in areas with potential for use and occupation.
 
Method: Use of geotechnologies to analyze the dynamics of variation in areas and forms of use and occupation of agriculture, based on data generated by MapBiomas, with the aid of the ArcGis 10.8 software. Use of linear regression, including coefficient of determination and bivariate analysis.
 
Results and conclusion: Exponential growth of cattle ranching with grassland areas reaching 222,413 hectares in 2022, expanding preferentially both in the vicinity of the margins of the BR 364 and AC 339 highways and in the urban perimeter of Sena Madureira, while agriculture presented oscillatory amounts in hectares of area, suggesting its use for subsistence. The very strong relationship between forest and grassland variables with linear regression analysis, shows the growth of agricultural areas to the detriment of forest areas. The study made it possible to generate bases for understanding the lack of conciliation between economic growth and environmental preservation.
 
Implications of the research: Generation of bases for understanding the relationship between agricultural economic growth and environmental preservation in the southwest of the Brazilian Amazon.
 
Originality/value: The historical perspective concerning the comprehension of areas used for agricultural practices and the intersection with Amazonian environmental issues.
The long-term effects of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes on growth and development: systematic review
Authors: Alhobel Maream , Alhashim Muath , Almulhem Abdulrahman , Alnwaihel Hamad , Alhajji Ibrahim , Althonayan Faisal , Haya Mohammed , Almarri Norah , Almuibed Fahad
Published: December 2023

The increasing prevalence of childhood-onset type-1 diabetes (T1D) has brought to light its multifaceted implications on growth and development. This necessitates a holistic understanding of its long-term effects on physical, neurological, metabolic, and psychosocial aspects. Thus, this study systematically reviewed the long-term effects of childhood-onset T1D on growth and development in children and adolescents. Using the PRISMA guidelines, a comprehensive search was conducted mainly on PubMed for studies in English, resulting in the inclusion of nine studies with a collective participant count of 24,880. These studies spanned across various geographical locations, with a predominant focus on the younger demographic, averaging around 11 years of age. The findings indicated significant associations of T1D with altered physical growth patterns, neurological and cognitive implications, metabolic outcomes, and psychosocial challenges. Notably, growth complications and cognitive patterns seemed to intertwine with T1D onset and management. Studies showed that poor glycemic control and early T1D onset, negatively impact the projected adult height of the child. Additionally, poor glycemic control implications such as diabetic ketoacidosis have a negative impact on cognitive functions. Finally, psychosocial complications of T1D and obesity, particularly in adolescent girls, highlighted the importance of parental education and perceived stress on these vulnerable children. Childhood-onset T1D has profound implications on growth and development. While effective glycemic control is beneficial to reduce these complications, a multidisciplinary approach, encompassing endocrinology, neurology, and psychology, is essential for comprehensive care and improved life quality in these children.
Relationships between physical activity habits and quality of life in people with Type 2 diabetes
Authors: Alanazi Basil , Alaqaili Ali , Alanazy Bandar , Almajed Oday , Alsaqer Adeeb , Alamri Khalid , Alatiya Saleh , Alzaaliay Ahmad , Alaboabdullah Asma , Almahasinah Noor , Albaik Ameen
Published: December 2023

Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is most common in developed countries due to negative lifestyle changes, increasing economic growth, and urbanization. A recent research study conducted in Saudi Arabia revealed a higher prevalence of T2D there. The WHO states that a lack of physical exercise is a major risk factor for T2D. The study aims to ascertain the impact of an exercise regimen on the quality of life (QOL) of patients with T2D in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Method: A randomized controlled trial was used to examine 118 T2D patients chosen from King Saud Medical City\'s internal medicine clinic. Subjects were randomly assigned to the intervention group (routine care and physical exercise) and control group (routine care and only education). Each patient completed the WHO Questionnaire (WHOQOL - BREF) at the beginning and two months later. Additionally, every subject filled out the IPAQ physical activity questionnaire at baseline and at the one- and two-month follow-up.
Results: On average, participants in the intervention group were 48.52±5.91 years old, while those in the control group were 49.42±6.26 years old. Prior to the intervention, both groups\' QOL was identical in every dimension. Following the intervention, significant differences in the physical, psychological, and environmental scores between the two groups were observed (P values of 0.002, 0.001, and 0.02, respectively).
Conclusion: The physical exercise package significantly impacted all domains of QOL except for social relationships.
Un empleo público local para el siglo XXI: situación actual y estrategias para su plena profesionalización
Authors: Cuenca Cervera J. Javier
Published: December 2023

Partiendo de la dimensión cuantitativa y de los factores estructurales, así como del rastreo genealógico de su dimensión institucional, su legado, se explica la situación actual del empleo público local y se fundamentan las necesidades de intervención para fortalecer el sistema de mérito en los gobiernos locales, base de una democracia local de calidad.