bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Oxymoron in language consciousness and communicative practice
Authors: Karasik Vladimir I.
Published: March 2022

The paper deals with a stylistic figure «oxymoron» which expresses a polar contradiction of concepts. Sematic and pragmatic properties of this stylistic device have been described. Semantically, simple and complicated (metaphoric) types of oxymoron may be singled out. Simple oxymorons include occasional units made by combinations of affixes or roots with contradictory meanings in compound words. Standard attributive nominal collocations make the majority of oxymorons. The simplest type of such collocations is a single-root word combination with a negative prefix for a part of the dyadic unit. Elaborated oxymorons are formed with constructions formed on the basis of the formula «Though A, but B» (e. g. They have never lost a chance to lose a chance). A special subgroup of oxymorons is made of words including a negative component which is not directly expressed in the affix. Oxymorons are often used as headlines because of their high energetic potential. Another subgroup of the figures in question may be defined as metaphoric oxymorons, both parts of their dyadic unit is semantically transformed. A pragmatic approach to a description of oxymorons makes it possible to characterize the main text types attracting such stylistic figures. Pragmatically, ironical, emblematic and symbolic varieties of this stylistic figure are described. I argue that in habitual and publicist communication oxymoron is used for a comical effect, whereas in aphorisms and poetry it aims to paradoxically express a new meaning.
Impact of Mission Profile on Reliability of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Inverter
Authors: Gatla Ranjith Kumar , Kshatri Sainadh Singh , Sridhar Patthi , Malleswararao Dokku Sivanaga , Kumar Devineni Gireesh , Kumar Alladi Sathish , Lu Jianghua
Published: March 2022

In recent decades intense demand for energy increases the utilization of Photovoltaic (PV) energy as an alternative to fossil fuels. Today’s PV energy shares a significant electricity demand with the advancements in power electronic technologies. Nevertheless, reliability performance of PV system is a major concern. Environmental conditions like mission profile (Solar Irradiance; Ambient Temperature), installation location impacts the performance of PV system. Researchers reported PV inverter as the critical component of PV system. Furthermore, reliability assessment of PV inverter considering environmental conditions is needed for the reliable operation. Therefore, the aim of this paper is evaluating the impact of mission profile on reliability (lifetime) of PV. To accomplish this, a 3-kW single phase grid connected PV system with full bridge PV inverter is considered as test case and modelled in PLECS. A 600V/30A IGBT from leading manufacturer is considered as power electronic switch in PV inverter. Top ten countries of PV market are identified and selected as installation locations, real time mission profile for one year at each installation location is considered. With this mission profile reliability assessment of PV inverter is carried out on test case. The results reveal that mission profile have considerable impact on reliability performance of PV inverter.
Partial Update Simplified Fast Transversal Filter Algorithms for Acoustic Echo Cancellation
Authors: Ramdane Mohamed Amine , Benallal Ahmed , Maamoun Mountassar , Hassani Islam
Published: March 2022

Robust algorithms applied in Acoustic Echo Cancellation systems present an excessive calculation load that has to be minimized. In the present paper, we propose two different low complexity fast least squares algorithms, called Partial Update Simplified Fast Transversal Filter (PU-SMFTF) algorithm and Reduced Partial Update Simplified Fast Transversal Filter (RPU-SMFTF) algorithm. The first algorithm reduces the computational complexity in both filtering and prediction parts using the M-Max method for coefficients selection. Moreover, the second algorithm applies the partial update technique on the filtering part, joined to the P-size forward predictor, to get more complexity reduction. The obtained results show a computational complexity reduction from (7L+8) to (L+6M+8) and from (7L+8) to (L+M+4P+17) for the PU-SMFTF algorithm and RPU-SMFTF algorithm, respectively compared to the original Simplified Fast Transversal Filter (SMFTF). Furthermore, experiments picked out in the context of acoustic echo cancellation, have demonstrated that the proposed algorithms provide better convergence speed, good tracking capability and steady-state performances than the NLMS and SMFTF algorithms.
Comparative Analysis of OpenPose, PoseNet, and MoveNet Models for Pose Estimation in Mobile Devices
Authors: Jo BeomJun , Kim SeongKi
Published: March 2022

Pose estimation is a significant strategy that has been actively researched in various fields. For example, the strategy has been adopted for motion capture in moviemaking, and character control in video games. It can also be applied to implement the user interfaces of mobile devices through human poses. Therefore, this paper compares and analyzes four popular pose estimation models, namely, OpenPose, PoseNet, MoveNet Lightning, and MoveNet Thunder, using pre-classified images. The results show that MoveNet Lightning was the fastest, and OpenPose was the slowest among the four models. But OpenPose was the only model capable of estimating the poses of multiple persons. The accuracies of OpenPose, PoseNet, MoveNet Lightning, and MoveNet Thunder were 86.2%, 97.6%, 75.1%, and 80.6%, respectively.
Authentication of NIfTI Neuroimages Using Lifting Wavelet Transform, Arnold Cat Map, Z-Transform, and Hessenberg Decomposition
Authors: Singh Kamred Udham , Hsieh Sun-Yuan , Swarup Chetan , Singh Teekam
Published: March 2022

The technological progress in digital medical imaging has enabled the diagnosis of various ailments, and thus upgraded the global healthcare system. In the era of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), telemedicine plays the crucial role of supporting remote medical consultation in rural locations. During the remote consultation, numerous medical images are sent to each radiologist via the Internet. There has been a surge in the number of attacks on digital medical images worldwide, which severely threatens authenticity and ownership. To mitigate the threat, this paper proposes a robust and secure watermarking approach for NIfTI images. Our approach painstakingly incorporates a watermark into the chosen NIfTI image slice, aiming to accurately fit the watermark, while preserving the medical information contained in the slice. Specifically, the original image was converted through the lifting wavelet transform (LWT), realizing excellent modification during insertion. Next, Z-transform was applied over the low-low (LL) band, and the Hessenberg decomposition (HD) was performed on the transformed band, which contains the maximum energy of the image. Afterwards, Arnold Cat map was employed to scramble the watermark, before inserting it into the slice. Simulation results show that our approach strikes a perfect balance between security, imperceptibility, and robustness against various attacks, as suggested by metrics like peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), normalized correlation (NC), structural similarity index measure (SSIM), and universal image quality index Q.
PLANT PHOSPHORUS USE EFFICIENCY IN ACID TROPICAL SOIL
Authors: VILAÇA DE VASCONCELOS MARIA JOSÉ , FONTES FIGUEIREDO JOSÉ EDSON , DE OLIVEIRA MAURÍLIO FERNANDES , SCHAFFERT ROBERT EUGENE , RAGHOTHAMA KACHANDRA G.
Published: March 2022

Phosphorus is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. However, phosphorus availability is low in many soils, and the plant's ability to acquire phosphorus from the rhizosphere is critical in the acid soils of the Brazilian Cerrado. In addition, high levels of fixed phosphate (Pi) in many soils reduce phosphorus availability to plants. Thus, Pi deficiency is a significant concern for crop growth and high yields in tropical soils. The intra- and interspecific variations in plant growth under Pi-limiting conditions are complex traits controlled by many induced or suppressed genes, comprising an intricate epistatic regulatory network interacting within cells and the external environment. The microRNA genes (miRNAs), a class of regulators that induce, degrade or repress mRNA transcription and translation, are another critical aspect of this network. As a result, changes in morphology (growth and root architecture) and physiological (enzymes, organic acids, and anthocyanin) can be observed in plants under Pi stress. Furthermore, symbiotic associations with phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi increase phosphorus availability to plants. Therefore, understanding mechanisms involved in plant adaptation to phosphorus deficiency is critical for developing cultivars adapted to low phosphorus levels in the Brazilian acid soils. This review addresses P acquisition and use by plants and discusses its implications in genetic breeding programs.
The Claim Subject and the Determination of the Type of Proceedings in Cases on Challenging of Non-Regulatory Acts, Decisions, Actions and Inactivity of Public Administration
Authors:   Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Procedure of the Ural State Law University PhD (Law), Nechaev Aleksandr I.
Published: March 2022

The article discusses the issue of the subject of an administrative claim in cases of challenging non-normative legal acts, decisions, actions and inaction of public entities in administrative proceedings, examines the concept of non-normative legal acts, decisions, actions, inaction, discusses the issue of requirements that cannot be the subject of consideration within the framework of this type of proceedings, a broad approach to understanding a non-normative legal act as an attribute of a substantive legal requirement for administrative claims is substantiated, and the rules for determining the type of legal proceedings depending on the subject of the claim are discussed.
Protection of a Defendant against a Class Action in Civil and Arbitral Procedures
Authors:   Lawyer, Pakharukova Irina A.
Published: March 2022

The article analyzes the issues of the defendant’s defense against a class action including the period before and after the procedural reform. The author explores the question of the possibility of filing a counterclaim in group proceedings, and also analyses the objection as the main means of defense of the responding party against the class-action suit. The present study proposes a categorization of objections according to the legal result to which they are directed, and depending on the conditions of group proceedings against which objections can be filed. It is concluded that the most promising type of objections are objections to the condition of similarity of the actual circumstances underlying the rights of the group members and the obligations of the respondent. Based on the procedural doctrine and judicial practice, the options for objections to certain disputes are studied, and also a possible strategy for defending the defendant in group proceedings is modelled on the example of a specific case.
Some Problems of the Evaluation of Electronic Evidence in the Electronic Justice System
Authors:   Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Procedure of the Ural State Law University PhD (Law), Emaltynov Andrey R.
Published: March 2022

The article covers some aspects of evaluation of e-еvidences in arbitration and civil proceedings. These problems are particularly actual during application of restrictive measures against Covid-19. New technologies have caused transformation organizational and substantive aspects of evidences institution in legal proceedings. Author points specialtys evaluation of relevance, admissibility, reliability of e-еvidences, significance e-document and electronic image form, correlation between e-еvidences and others forms of evidence in arbitration and civil proceedings.
Limits of Court Ruling Appeal Proceedings in the Civil Procedure
Authors:   Lawyer, Ivanov Evgeniy I.
Published: March 2022

The article, based on the study of pre-revolutionary, Soviet and modern Russian legislation, examines the limits of appeal, cassation and supervisory appeal in civil, arbitration and judicial administrative proceedings: the limits of the conditions of appeal, including the limits of the subject and object of the appeal, the limits of the grounds for appeal, formed by the limits of the appeal of legality and validity, the limits of consideration of the object of the appeal, consisting of the limits of consideration of the object of appeal in terms of volume and content, as well as the limits of the procedural actions of the court and other participants in the process. The law-making and law-implementing significance of the limits of proceedings on appeal against court acts is highlighted. It is pointed out that the study of civil, arbitration and judicial administrative processes through the prism of these limits will make it possible to better comprehend legal proceedings in civil and administrative cases.
Forms of Exercising of Distant Justice in Russia
Authors:   Associate Professor of the Department of Law Theory and Inter-Branch Legal Disciplines of the Law Faculty of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE), PhD (Law), Chebotarev Aleksandr V. , Panarina Maria M. ,   Senior Lecturer of the Department of Law Theory and Inter-Branch Legal Disciplines of the Law Faculty of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE), PhD (Law)
Published: March 2022

There is a growing tendency of distribution of online arbitration and the active use of digital technologies in exercising of justice in the modern law and economy digitization conditions. Online arbitration under the Arbitration Association has been operating in Russia since 2015. Thus, informatization of the Russian judicial system starting from the My Arbitrator information system, the use of video conferencing and audio recording positively affects the assurance of access to justice, lowering of the burden on the court administration and acceleration of judicial proceedings in general. Legal experts coming across extraordinary circumstances in the modern conditions, complicated epidemiological situation in the world study the opportunities for proceedings held completely online from the standpoint of law and the existing technologies. Online arbitration is becoming more and more popular as a dispute resolution form, the digital technology application sphere is broadening. At the same time, parties to a distant procedure encounter some problems caused by the absence of technical skills of the court administration, violation of terms for review of motions for online proceedings and some others. This article is dedicated to the study of forms of exercising of distant justice in Russia and the analysis of the indicated problems. The authors of the article conclude that Internet conferencing resources should be used to a greater extent in the course of review of cases in courts and arbitral authorities. The authors provide and analyze the judicial practice of online proceedings and conclude on the reasons hindering extended application of the Internet justice.
Issues of Involvement of an Attorney (Representative) in Writ Proceedings of a Civil Procedure
Authors:   Professor of the Department of Civil and Administrative Proceedings of the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Honored Worker of the Higher School of the Russian Federation LL.D., Professor, Gromoshina Natalya A.
Published: March 2022

The article deals with certain problematic issues of cases in warrant. In particular, some difficult moments were noted when applying to the court with a claim against several debtors, with a claim to recover the principal amount of the debt and forfeit. Attention is paid to the competition between cases in warrant and simplified (contentious) proceedings. The accent is made on the comparison of controversial and indisputable claims in court. The analysis used judicial practice, as well as decisions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The purpose of the analysis is to show that in the cases in warrant situations often arise that require a thorough legal qualification of the person concerned. This means that interested parties may need the help of a lawyer (representative). However, the procedural law did not provide for the possibility of collecting from the debtor the costs of paying the representative in cases in warrant. It is proposed to eliminate this lack of legal regulation.
The Use of the Visualization Technique by the Defense in Presentation of Evidence and Statement of the Position in Criminal Case Proceedings
Authors:   Attorney at the Law Office of the Prioksky District of Nizhny Novgorod of the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Bar Association, Lecturer of the Department of Criminal and Legal Disciplines of the Volga State Academy of Water Transport, Lizunov Anton S.
Published: March 2022

The article analyzes the possibility of using visualization by the defense side when presenting evidence and stating a position in a criminal proceeding. The cross-sectoral nature of this area of research is noted, which is of interest for scientific visualization, forensic science, cognitive psychology, and criminal procedural law. The content of visualization in court proceedings, the relationship between external visualization (the process of reproducing information using various demonstration means and methods) and internal visualization (the process of cognition, i.e., comprehending, reproducing, evaluating, and storing information in consciousness) are disclosed. The means of external visualization are given, with the help of which persuasion and suggestion to the court and the jury of the position of the defense are achieved. The problematic aspects of the introduction of this tactical technique into the practice of defense in a criminal case at the stage of trial are considered. Among which there are both technical problems associated with the lack of the necessary equipment in the Russian courts, and the problems caused by the accusatory bias of the court, and the lack of proper legal regulation of the possibility of a defense attorney playing presentations when providing evidence and substantiating his position. A judgment is made about the prospects for the use by the defense side of the reception of visualization in criminal proceedings at the present time.
Culture and mental health: a Turkish perspective
Authors: AŞKIN Rüstem
Published: March 2022

Culture and mental health are intertwined concepts. Culture should be regarded as the set of distinctive, spiritual, material, intellectual, and emotional properties of a society or a social group, encompassing lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions, and beliefs, in addition to art and literature (UNESCO, 2002). Culture consists of different components, including ethnicity, race, religion, age, sex, family values, and the location of the country. It should also be noted that culture is not a static phenomenon. Defining a culture specific to a certain ethnicity, country or region is often not a realistic approach. Many factors, such as the location of a certain city of a country or a certain region of the said city, as well as the inhabitants’ occupational, economic and family positions, have an impact on lifestyles. Globalization, migration, acculturation, assimilation and transition cultures create significant heterogeneity in the very same society. Mental health can be defined as a state of balance that individuals experience both intra- personally and also with other people within their environment. In modern times, we have come to witness that the world we live in transforms at a speed that is challenging to human nature, rapid changes destroy the usual patterns, social ties evolve into ties established in the virtual world, perception replaces reality, and artificial intelligence-like elements turn into new management tools. The spirit of the new century, while flattering human instincts, compresses authenticity, solidarity and peace into ceremonial sentences.
Splitting Linguistic Consciousness of Ukrainians: Neuropsychological and Legal Aspects
Authors: Andriyanova Olga , Sheliukh Olga , Vovchasta Nataliia , Khlypavka Halyna , Posokhova Anzhela , Kozlovskij Vinalij
Published: March 2022

The article deals with the problem of splitting linguistic consciousness of Ukrainians as a result of Russia’s destructive historical influence on their self-identity. In this regard, it offers some ways of solving this particular problem at the legislative level, as well as in the context of neuropedagogical and neuropsychological approaches. The article aims to prove that the Ukrainian language is the key factor in national self-identity, and appropriate neuropedagogical influence on linguistic personality can correct negative attitudes, stereotypes and weak self-identification. Research methods include historical and systemic analysis of relevant legal provisions; extrapolation of historical facts to the ethnopsychological and neuroscientific levels; generalization and modelling (formulating effective recommendations based on a preliminary analysis). Besides, the article discusses and characterizes the causes of differences in linguistic space, mainly in the south-eastern and western regions of Ukraine. They led to bilingualism, which is one of the factors threatening national security and territorial integrity. Furthermore, there are differences and linguistic conflicts in the current language policy in terms of relations between Ukraine and neighbouring countries. In this regard, the article attempts to outline the role of neuropedagogical tools in correcting splitting linguistic consciousness as the most destructive personal phenomenon of artificial bilingualism. Finally, the article proves that legal support can only provide a framework for solving the problem of artificial bilingualism. At the same time, the way out of destructive language policy lies in applying the latest neuropedagogical and neuropsychological methods, described in the conclusions below.
Wirtualne escape roomy jako nowy sposób promocji czytelnictwa na przykładzie działań Książnicy Pedagogicznej w Kaliszu
Authors: Pomiecińska Róża
Published: March 2022

Wybuch pandemii COVID-19 spowodował konieczność szukania nowych sposobów promocji czytelnictwa wśród różnych grup społecznych. Biblioteki i bibliotekarze z powodu wprowadzonego lockdownu wzmocnili zatem swoje działania, aby zaistnieć w sieci i w świadomości osób należących do pokolenia netgeneracji.

W artykule przedstawiono wykorzystanie wirtualnych pokoi zagadek w promocji czytelnictwa na przykładzie działań Książnicy Pedagogicznej w Kaliszu. Wykorzystanie tej formy pracy przyniosło wiele korzyści zarówno dla samej placówki, jak i osób z nią współpracujących. Dzięki powstaniu wirtualnych escape roomów biblioteka zyskała jeszcze jedno ważne pole promocji swoich działań wśród młodzieży.
Is Atheism a Religion? On Socio-Anthropologic Cognitive Imperialism and Problems That Follow
Authors: Tyrała Radosław
Published: March 2022

The aim of the article is to show problems of a conceptual nature with defining non-religious people, as well as some ethical consequences of these problems. In the beginning I point to the frequent phenomenon of treating atheism as a kind of religion. I identify the sources of this phenomenon in a tendency among sociologists of religion to use inclusive and functional definitions of religion. From the point of view of the researcher of non-religion and non-religiousness it is a problem. Therefore, I call for using in this context definitions of religion suggested by researched actors themselves, which often have substantive character. In research practice it usually means using self-declaration as a definitional criterion of non-religion.
Wojenne losy Wacława Policzkiewicza (1896–1920)
Authors: Surmacz Małgorzata
Published: March 2022

Wacław Policzkiewicz (1896–1920), syn lubelskiego przemysłowca, uczeń prywatnego gimnazjum męskiego zwanego Szkołą Lubelską, student Politechniki Warszawskiej, harcerz i członek POW oraz Narodowej Organizacji Młodzieży, żołnierz Wojska Polskiego. Podczas służby w 1. Pułku Piechoty Legionów brał udział we wszystkich walkach oddziału. Zginął podczas ofensywy kijowskiej 13 czerwca 1920 r. w Borodiance koło Żytomierza. Mimo starań najbliższej rodziny jego prochy nie zostały sprowadzone do Lublina. Został pośmiertnie awansowany do stopnia porucznika i odznaczony Orderem Wojennym Virtuti Militari V klasy. Rodzina przechowywała pamiątki po młodym żołnierzu, uczestniku walk o niepodległość i granice odrodzonego państwa polskiego.
Advances in biopesticides for insect control in horticulture
Authors:   Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, New Zealand, Glare Travis R. , McKinnon Aimee C. ,   La Trobe University, Australia
Published: March 2022

Horticulture covers the production and sale of many of the staple foods of the world; fruit, nuts and vegetables. As pressures on food production increase through a reduction in available land and the increasing population, more intensive production also leads to more issues with pest insects. Biopesticides, based on a range of actives from microbes to plant extracts, have the potential to fill the gap in the pest control arsenal left as more synthetic pesticides are withdrawn from use. In this review we consider mainly biopesticide approaches which use microbial entomopathogens, and discuss what is new in their development and use.
Advances in insect pest and disease monitoring and forecasting in horticulture
Authors:   Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Finland, Vänninen Irene
Published: March 2022

Pest monitoring in horticulture is developing technologically to reduce time and labor needed for sampling and to produce more accurate pest predictions. New ways of detecting pests based on selective e-traps, e-noses, cameras and acoustic signatures are already in use or emerging. Remote sensing of pests requires the development of new economic injury levels and economic thresholds (ET). The relative importance of mechanistic and statistical models is changing due to AI-technologies and Big Data. The use of Big Data will force researchers to collect, use and value data differently than before. The incorporation of natural enemies in ETs will take place gradually and require researchers to acquire modeling skills. Research for advancing monitoring and forecasting also must include the socioeconomic factors that determine whether new technologies will be implemented by farmers. Developing trustworthy sampling plans and forecasting models,, and validating and implementing them in collaboration with stakeholders, remains important.
Advances in decision support systems (DSSs) for integrated pest management in horticultural crops
Authors:   ADAS, UK, Ramsden Mark W. , O’Driscoll Aoife ,   NIAB, UK
Published: March 2022

Decision support systems (DSS) are an vital tool in advancing the integrated management of horticultural pests. Whether the DSS support strategic, tactical or operational decisions, they can enable growers and their advisors to make difficult choices based on the best information on potential risks to a crop. This chapter looks at the availability of DSS in horticulture, they typical inputs required and outputs provided to the user, and discuss their role in crop management. It provides case studies on the use of specific systems, and how online platforms are helping to standardise outputs to improve user experience.
Assessing the economics of integrated pest management for horticultural crops
Authors:   Corteva Agriscience, USA, Crain Philip R. , Onstad David W. ,   Corteva Agriscience, USA
Published: March 2022

Integrated pest management (IPM) is the combination of cropping systems, practices, and pest control tactics to manage pest populations so that they do not cause economic harm to growers nor negative impacts on the environment. The strategies implemented by growers to achieve their goals (for example, the use of some crop protection products) can result in more or less desirable end products, based on the perception of consumers or other stakeholders. The strategies of growers and the demand for their products contribute to benefits and costs culminating in revenue and profits. In this chapter, we introduce the concepts of economic thinking, discuss the challenges associated with different stakeholder goals, and use case studies to illustrate key principles of economic thinking. We emphasize the importance of considering agricultural system design and utilizing novel control tactics. Understanding IPM within an economic framework can help growers and society create sustainable value over the long term.
Practical applications of integrated pest management in horticultural cultivation: the cases of protected tomato and outdoor Brassica production
Authors:   FreshTec Agricultural Consultancy Limited, UK, Binks Richard H.
Published: March 2022

This chapter discusses two case studies where integrated pest management strategies and techniques have been implemented to control pest insects in indoor and outdoor horticultural cropping situations. In particular the case studies will highlight the impact that biological control has had on protected tomato production as well as the benefits that biological systems can have on outdoor vegetable crops, for example in Brassica production.
Practical application of integrated pest management to control cabbage root fly in vegetables
Authors:   PCG vzw – Vegetable Research Centre Kruishoutem, Belgium, Lippens Louis , Fleerakkers Sander ,   PSKW vzw – Research Station for Vegetable Production Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium, Temmerman Femke ,   Inagro vzw, Belgium, De Roissart Annelies ,   HOGENT University of Applied Sciences & Arts, Belgium
Published: March 2022

In north-western Europe cabbage root fly is considered to be an important pest of Brassica crops. Root fly larvae mainly feed on roots of Brassica vegetable crops causing damage and eventually crop loss. Pest damage consequently results in considerable economic losses for these crops. Due to the recent reduction in chemical pest control options, the control of cabbage root fly has become a challenging task for growers. Integrated pest management (IPM) techniques offer an approach to achieve pest control by the use of a combination of alternative pest management techniques as a substitute for chemical control in order to minimize the amount of pesticides needed. In Flanders, the implementation of a monitoring system, netting, entomopathogenic nematodes and selective insecticides are commonly studied components of an IPM strategy for cabbage root fly. Practical efficacy of these techniques for vegetable production is studied in numerous field trials in Flemish Research Centres.
A Parent-Focused Survey to Assess the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Authors: TUNÇ Azize Reda , ÇELİK Halil İbrahim , SARI Mustafa , ÖZTÜRK Demet , KARADUMAN Aynur Ayşe
Published: March 2022

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on the use of health and rehabilitation services, physical and general health conditions of individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) from the perspective of parents. A questionnaire consisting of 35 questions was created by the research team. The data were obtained from the parents/primary caregivers of individuals whose diagnoses were confirmed by genetic testing and accessed online via the DMD Families Association. It was reported that 5.5% of the 272 individuals with DMD (age: 10.43±6.42 years) included in the study were infected with COVID-19. It was observed that the major problems encountered during the pandemic were obtaining health services (81%) and stress management (42%). More than half of the individuals were found to be adversely affected in general health (52%), mobility (56%), range of motion (54%), mood (66%), and social dialogs (62%). Furthermore, it was determined that 71% of the individuals took a break from the center where they received outpatient physiotherapy for 3 months or more, and only 6% could receive telerehabilitation service and the level of satisfaction was relatively moderate (10-point visual analog scale: 6.3±2.6). The parents reported that the health care utilization and physical-general health status of individuals with DMD were significantly adversely affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study has an exploratory feature regarding the problems faced by individuals with DMD during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, we think that it will guide future studies in preventing the negative effects of situations such as pandemics or natural disasters.
Ecology of language: Linguistic and linguocultural aspects
Authors:   Moscow State Linguistic University, Danilova Nadezhda N. , Kholina Irina M.
Published: March 2022

The article deals with the ecology of language in the context of the worldview, issues related to language and thinking, language and culture. It is noted that language as a living system, constantly interacts with other systems. However, such interrection can be agressive and lead to a change in the national outlook. The article discusses the basic issues of language conservation, analyzes external threats to the language and internal issues of Russian speech, discusses the prospects of language conservation and the practice of improving speech.
The language of fortune-telling books of the 18th century — the language of mass literature
Authors:   Saint Petersburg State University, Sadova Tatiana S. , Luk’yanova Lyudmila V. ,   Kirov Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University
Published: March 2022

The article examines the linguistic features of 18th century fortune-telling books published in Moscow and St. Petersburg and representing “mass literature” at the time of the emergence of the book market and the rapid development of secular (civil) book printing in Russia. The vocabulary of dream books, as a rule, does not fall into the field of study of linguists and is not recorded in the academic dictionaries of the 18th century, although it reflects the main processes taking place in the Russian literary language of this time, and often more vividly and more clearly: for example, active word creation, caused by tracing foreign words and mastering borrowings, and the pragmatic setting of these publications to a specific addressee. In the traditions of the enlightened 18th century, the language of dream books claims to be “intellectually”: they actively use scientific terminology, book words and expressions, new words are created, including neo-Slavicisms. At the same time, there are also numerous colloquial, folklore units. The article notes that in the texts of enigmatic books, these multi-style elements do not enter into a “stylistic conflict”, that the pragmatic status of such publications (commercial product in the book market) justifies their coexistence.
The philosophical basis of the aesthetics of A.S. Pushkin and I.S. Turgenev
Authors:   Moscow Polytechnic University, Kurbakova Marina A.
Published: March 2022

This article discusses the issue of the philosophical and creative aesthetic basis of Pushkin and Turgenev. The study pays special attention to the features of artistic and aesthetic similarities and differences between both writers. The results of a comparative analysis are presented, based on the history of aesthetics of the corresponding periods. The novelty of the work lies in the revision of previous studies on this topic and the introduction of important touches to the topic under study. The relevance of the research is due to the tasks of examining classical works using modern tools through the prism of new research. In the course of the research, a review of the work of writers and works of researchers in the context of this topic was carried out, which allows us to draw the following conclusions: the philosophical and aesthetic basis of the work of both writers most reflects the ideas of Kant, Schiller and Hegel; the beautiful and the good in their worldview are inseparable; both writers are united by nationality and the whole spectrum of socio-political issues; the creativity of the writers is excellent to the same extent that the Slavophil is different from the Westernizer; Turgenev’s aesthetics is less mobile and rosy, but represents a greater synthesis of philosophical and aesthetic attitudes of different types of art.
“Art manifestos” by M. Gorky from the beginning of the 1920s (“A story about one novel”, “Rehearsal”)
Authors:   Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Primochkina Natalia N.
Published: March 2022

The article analyzes the philosophical and artistic problems and experimental poetics of two works by M. Gorky from his book “Stories of 1922–1924” — “A story about one novel” and “Rehearsal”. Both works are devoted to the theme of the complex relations of modern art with reality, the assertion of the high, almost divine role of the writer-the creator of imaginary worlds. It is shown that the similar problems of the stories are expressed using different methods of narration and different artistic techniques. If “Rehearsal” is a psychologically complicated “neutral” author’s narrative with numerous dialogues and internal monologues of the characters, then “The Story of one Novel” is the most “radical” creative experience of Gorky in creating a purely fantastic, conventional, modernist work. Although the main characters of these stories — the writer Fomin and the playwright Creatorov — are shown by Gorky as if from the outside, with a sufficient degree of irony, it is impossible not to notice that many of their thoughts about art, about the great role of the artist in the modern world were very close to what the author himself professed at that time.
Sergei Esenin and Rainer Maria Rilke: An experience of comparative and typological study of the artistic systems
Authors:   Yesenin Ryazan State University, Voronova Olga Ye.
Published: March 2022

The article presents the comparative-typological analysis of the artistic systems of Sergei Yesenin and Rainer Maria Rilke. The author considers the motif and image parallels, states and proves the hypothesis that the creative search of the poets is typologically correlated in a number of artistic parameters, including the nature of the lyrical character, the specificity of the metaphorical imagery, pantheistic sense of nature, confessionalism, the specific character of lyrical reflection. The poetic world view in the lyrics of Yesenin and Rilke is largely based on the model of the world as a temple. The similarity between the lyrists can be also seen in the principles of their artistic thinking. The assertion of universal connection of natural phenomena is based on the “philosophy of omniscience”, on the idea of the interreversibility of the world-tree and man-tree, macrocosm and microcosm. The spiritual and aesthetic closeness of the two poets at certain stages of their creative development is motivated by the conceptual significance of the “Russian experience” in Rilke’s artistic world perception and work. The poets were close to each other in their artistic search as they met the objective aesthetic needs of the verbal world art in the formation of a new poetic language, in strengthening the role of expressive metaphor, in the return to myth on the basis of its individual-author rethinking, in finding the lost unity of man with the natural space and its divine originality.
Shifts and transformations in Russian scientific prose: The genre of an article (Part 1)
Authors:   Saint Petersburg State University, Rokhlina Elena K.
Published: March 2022

The paper reviews transformations in the genre of a scholarly article. The study analyzes articles in different fields of science, which were published between 2000 and 2020. A comprehensive analysis of journal architectonics and article composition revealed that some of their parameters displayed constancy while others manifested change, a combination of progressive and regressive trends. External and internal factors were identified that affect the changeability / stability of the genre system. These factors include conventionalism; the cognitive abilities of a certain academic community; the growth of interdisciplinary studies; and synchronic and diachronic changes in literary form of Russian affect the language of scientific prose as one of its functional varieties. The inconsistency in the scope and interpretation of terms “scientific article” and some terms related to structural elements were found. The direction for further analysis was proposed.
A new textbook for Russian students in Slovakia “The realities of Russia (Part 1)”
Authors:   University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Cintula Igor
Published: March 2022

The review presents a description of the new textbook by O. Iermachkova “Realities of Russia. Part I” (Brno: Tribune, 2021), which is intended for Slovak students of Russian studies in order to acquaint them with the basic realities of Russia and expand their knowledge of modern Russian society. The author emphasizes the features of the textbook in question in the context of teaching Russian as a foreign language in the Slovak educational environment.
International scientific conference “Writer versus critic: Social roles, genre preferences, language”
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House)  of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexandrova Elmira K.
Published: March 2022

A chronicle of the scientific conference IRLI (Pushkiskin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (October 6–7, 2021), dedicated to the relationship between writers and their critics, is presented. The conference reports raised a wide range of issues: the structure of the readership in the era of modernization; social roles of critic and author, genre preferences, language. The participants of the scientific discussion considered the problem of interaction between the writer and criticism, the problem of “criticism of criticism”, as well as its significance and role in the literary process of the early 20 century. The topic of competition between periodicals was discussed; repertoire of artistic means and media techniques of critics-feuilletonists. The role of the press in the formation of the reputations of contemporary writers, verbal and non-verbal ways of representation (interviews, photographs), various polemics, disputes in liberal, party, conservative publications, the creation of biographical myths are analyzed. A number of reports were devoted to the problem of interaction between modernist writers and newspapers. Separately, the question of the fate of the critics-feuilletonists during the period of the revolutionary redistribution and the end of the free press was brought up for discussion. A separate session was devoted to the figure of the critic A.A. Izmailov and his relationship with fellow critics and the authors themselves.
Urban Society, Nomadic Rule and Islamic Iran : Tabriz from the late sixth/twelfth through the early tenth/sixteenth centuries
Authors:   , Zakrzewski Daniel
Published: March 2022

Die Dissertation untersucht die spätmittelalterliche Geschichte von Tabriz, einer Stadt im Nordwesten Irans. Sie zeichnet den Prozess nach, in dem Tabriz zwischen dem späten 6./12. und dem frühen 10./16. Jahrhundert eine besondere Bedeutung für persisch geprägte politische Kultur erlangte und bewahrte. Die Dissertation zeigt, dass die Modalitäten nomadischer Herrschaft ein entscheidender Faktor für diesen Prozess waren und dass die lokalen Eliten von Tabriz ihn in unterschiedlichen Rollen aktiv mitgestalteten. The dissertation examines the late medieval history of Tabriz, a city in north-western Iran. It traces the process in which Tabriz acquired and preserved a special significance for Persianate political culture between the late sixth/twelfth and the early tenth/sixteenth centuries. The dissertation shows that the modalities of nomadic rule were a decisive factor for that process and that the local elites of Tabriz actively participated in shaping it.
Bakü nün Destinasyon Marka İmajı ve Destinasyon Aidiyeti: Yerli Turistler Üzerine Bir Araştırma (Baku s Destination Brand and Destination Ownership: A Research on Local Tourists)
Authors: Rasulzade Sezgin , Yılmaz Erdal
Published: March 2022

Amaç –Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, yerli turistler tarafından Bakü şehrine yönelik geliştirilen destinasyon marka imajını ve destinasyon aidiyetini tespit etmektir. Bununla birlikte destinasyon marka imajı ile destinasyon aidiyeti arasındaki ilişkiler de incelenmiştir. Yöntem –Araştırmada anket formu kullanılmıştır. Anket formu kolayda örneklem metodu ile Bakü şehrini ziyaret eden 429 yerli turiste uygulanmış ve toplam 408 kullanılabilir veriye ulaşılmıştır. Önce ölçeğin basıklık (Skewness) ve çarpıklık (Kurtosis) değerleri hesaplanmış, verilerin normal dağılım göstermediği göz önünde bulundurularak parametrik olmayan “Mann-Whitney U Testi” ile “Kruskal-Wallis H Testi”, korelasyon testi ve faktör analizi uygulanmıştır. Bulgular –Faktör analizi sonucunda, Bakü’yüziyaret eden yerli turistlerin destinasyon marka imajınının dört boyuttan; destinasyon aidiyetinin ise tek boyuttan oluştuğu tespit edilmiştir. Destinasyon marka imajıyla destinasyon aidiyeti arasındaki ilişki düzeyini ve derecesinin tespit edilmesine yönelik gerçekleştirilen korelasyon analizi sonucunda, Bakü’yü ziyaret eden yerli turistlerin destinasyon marka imajı algısıyla destinasyon aidiyeti arasında istatistiksel olarak pozitif yönlü ve anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu tespit edilmiştir.Tartışma–Destinasyonların istek ve ihtiyaçları karşılaması, kendine özgü imaj oluşturması turistler tarafından daha çok tercih edilmesine ve kendilerini o destinasyonla bütünleştirip aidiyet duygusunu ortaya çıkarmasına yol açabilmektedir. Bu araştırmada, Bakü şehrinin destinasyon marka imajı ve destinasyon aidiyeti konusu ele alınarak Bakü’yü ziyaret eden yerli turistler nezdinde araştırma yapılmıştır. Bakü’nün destinasyon marka imajının gelişmesi, ziyaretçilerin destinasyona duydukları aidiyet duygusunu artırdığıtespit edilmiş ve destinasyon marka imajının artırılmasına yönelik çeşitli öneriler sunulmuştur.
Banka Çağrı Merkezi Hizmet Kalitesinin Tüketici Temelli Banka Marka Değerine Etkisi: Ampirik Bir Araştırma(The Effect of Bank Call Center Service Quality on Consumer Based Bank Brand Equity: An Empirical Research)
Authors: Işık Fikret
Published: March 2022

Amaç –Çağrı merkezleri, işletme ile tüketiciler arasındaki iletişimin çok önemli ve bazı durumlarda tek aracıdır. Banka çağrı merkezi hizmet kalitesi, tüketicilerin işletmeyle ilgili algılarını önemli derecede etkilemektedir. Bankacılık sektörü, çağrı merkezi hizmet kanallarını en etkin kullanan sektörlerden biridir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, banka çağrı merkezi hizmet kalitesinin tüketici temelli banka marka değerine etkisini incelemektir. Yöntem –Tanımlayıcı araştırma yönteminin kullanıldığı bu çalışmada veriler anket tekniği ile toplanmıştır. Araştırmada Banka Çağrı Merkezi Hizmet Kalitesi Ölçeği ile Tüketici Temelli Banka Marka Değeri Ölçekleri kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analiz edilmesinde IBM SPSS ve AMOS, kaynak yönetiminde ise Zotero programlarından yararlanılmıştır. Bulgular –Yapısal eşitlik modeli analiz sonuçlarına göre banka çağrı merkezi hizmet kalitesi ve alt boyutlarının, tüketici temelli banka marka değeri üzerinde pozitif yönde etkisi olduğu bulunmuştur. Tartışma –Çağrı merkezi hizmet kalitesinin tüketici temelli marka değeri üzerindeki pozitif yönlü etkisi, literatürdeki çalışmalarla örtüşmektedir. Ancak çağrı merkezi hizmet kalitesinin ölçümünde beşerî faktörler ile teknik faktörleri birlikte ve daha dengeli biçimde ölçmeye dönük çalışmalara ihtiyaç bulunmaktadır.