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ПОРТРЕТ И ЕГО ФУНКЦИЯ В РАССКАЗАХ Н.М. КОНОНОВА
Authors: Unguryanova Elena Aleksandrovna
Published: December 2020

Цель. Настоящая статья посвящена рассмотрению стилистических особенностей портретного описания в рассказах Н.М. Кононова «Гений Евгении» (1998), «ЕГЭ в два этапа» (2012), «Светотомия» (2002). Цель исследования – выявить основные функции портретных описаний в заявленных произведениях. В соответствии с поставленной целью в работе решаются следующие задачи:1. дать определение литературного портрета; 2. описать наиболее распространенные типы и виды портретных характеристик; 3. выявить главные черты художественного портрета в произведениях Н.М. Кононова.Метод или методология проведения работы. Исследование опирается на методы и приемы сравнительно-сопоставительного описания, структурно-семантического анализа лексических единиц, на анализ словарных дефиниций, а также привлекаются интертекстуальный анализ, метод контекстуального анализа.Результаты. Исследование выявило, что Н.М. Кононов отдает предпочтение динамическому минимизированному, реже развернутому портрету-описанию, содержащему авторскую оценку внешности и поведения персонажа. Установлено, что характер и поведение человека в рассказах не соответствуют его внешнему облику. Автор приходит к выводу, что в произведениях Кононова художественное описание внешности и поведения человека подчинено одной цели – раскрытию личности персонажа, подчеркивая кризис нравственности и морали современного общества.Область применения результатов. Результаты данного исследования могут быть полезны при изучении когнитивных особенностей художественных текстов, в интерпретационной лингвистике, при чтении спецкурсов, посвященных современному российскому постмодернизму, а также при разработке лекционных и практических курсов по лингвистике текста.
ELECTRONIC SYSTEM OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONSULTATION AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EXPERT SYSTEM
Authors: Ulyanychev Nikolay , Ul'yanycheva Vera , Prikhodko Anna
Published: December 2020

The purpose of the study was to develop a subsystem for bibliographic consultation when creating expert information and analytical systems for scientific research on biomedical orientation.
RELATIONSHIP OF IMMUNO-DOPPLEROMETRIC INDICATORS IN WOMEN WITH EXACERBATION OF CYTOMEGALOVIRAL INFECTION IN THE SECOND TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY
Authors: Gorikov Igor , Andrievskaya Irina
Published: December 2020

In order to assess the participation of immunoglobulin G (IgG) in changes in the regulation of blood flow in the uterine arteries, an analysis of the relationship between the serum IgG content and the systolic-diastolic ratio in the right and left uterine arteries was carried out in women with the physiological course of pregnancy and with exacerbation of cytomegalovirus infection in the second trimester of gestation, leading to the development of chronic compensated placental insufficiency.
METHODOLOGY FOR STUDYING FLIGHT STAFF FATIGUE IN THE PROCESS OF SIMULATOR TRAINING
Authors: Alekseenko Mariya , Gander Dmitriy , Filatov Vladimir
Published: December 2020

The article describes a methodology for studying fatigue of civil aviation flight personnel when performing labor operations on integrated Airbus-320 simulators using a graphical test carried out before and after simulator training. a decrease in stability indicators and switching attention of pilots after simulator training, which indicates the development of pronounced fatigue, is shown.
THE STUDY OF DIELECTRIC HOMOGENEITY OF FIBROTIC-ALTERED “SWIMMING SEPTUM” OF THE HAND AT DUPUITREN DISEASE
Authors: Martusevich A. , Novikov A , Galka A , Petrov S , Krasnova S
Published: December 2020

The dielectric properties of fibrotic-altered tissues in patients with Dupuytren's contracture were studied using near-field microwave sensing. It was found that fibrotic-altered Palmar aponeurosis has a fairly uniform microwave structure, which allows us to count on the possibility of accurate visualization of its boundaries.
THE COMPLEX STUDY OF NON-PSYCHOTIC DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS IN TEENAGERS OF RUSSIA AND CHINA
Authors: Loginov I. , Savin Sergey , Solodkaya E.
Published: December 2020

The work is devoted to a systematic study of nonpsychotic depressive disorders in adolescents in Russia and China. The approaches to determining the psychological, clinical, medical, social, ethnocultural and socio-psychological patterns of the formation of risk factors for depressive disorders among the younger generation have been developed
FORMATION OF A METEOROLOGICAL REACTION IN A HEALTHY POPULATION AND PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES LIVING IN THE FAR EAST REGION
Authors: Veremchuk Lyudmila , Vitkina Tatyana , Mineeva Elena
Published: December 2020

The meteorological response of the healthy population of the Far Eastern region has a stable adaptive-compensatory response, which is more than twice as high as this response in patients with respiratory diseases (COPD and BA). Moreover, the most vulnerable are the cardiovascular and immune systems.
Efficiency of botanical extracts against Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphididae) nymphs in Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp
Authors: Dutra Jefferson Auteliano Carvalho , Gomes Victor Emmanuel de Vasconcelos , Bleicher Ervino , Macedo Deivielison Ximenes Siqueira , Almeida Mirla Maria Mesquita
Published: December 2020

The present study aimed to evaluate the insecticidal activity of hydroalcoholic plant extracts on Aphis craccivora Koch nymphs in cowpea. The experiments were carried out under greenhouse conditions in a randomized block design with five repetitions. Hydrated ethanol was used as a solvent in the botanical extract preparation. Cowpea plants were infested with five female adult aphids, eleven days after planting. After 48 hours, the adults were removed from the plants, leaving the recently bred nymphs. The evaluation of the nymphs’ survival was carried out forty-eight 48 hours after the application of the plant extracts. The botanical extracts with more than 50% efficiency were: Allium tuberosum leaf, Caesalpinia ferrea leaf, Piper aduncum leaf, Carica papaya seed, Dieffenbachia picta leaf, Cucurbita moschata seed and the control treatment, Annona squamosa seed. The botanical extracts with less than 50% efficiency were: Allium sativum bulb, Anacardium occidentale leaf, Borreria verticillata leaf plus flower, Coffea arabica leaf and seed, Delonix regia leaf and flower, Euphorbia tirucalli leaf, Leucaena leucocephala leaf, Mimosa caesalpiniaefolia leaf, Nerium oleander leaf, Syzygium cumini leaf, endocarp and pericarp, Syzygium malaccense leaf, Zingiber officinale rizome and Ziziphus joazeiro leaf. The highest efficiency levels were obtained by D. picta and C. moschata, rendering these extracts suitable for field trials to further evaluate their efficieny against the cowpea black aphid.
Criteria Apparatus for Studying the Effectiveness of the Process of Training Value-Based Attitude to the Nature of Future Biology Teachers
Authors:   MI ", Molchaniuk Olha ,   Kharkiv Humanitarian and Pedagogical Academy",   of Kharkiv Regional Council, Palchуk Oksana ,   MI "Kharkiv Humanitarian and Pedagogical Academy" of Kharkiv Regional Council
Published: December 2020

The article analyzes the essence of the concept "criterion". It is noted that the criterion expresses the most common feature of importance, on the basis of which evaluation, comparison of real pedagogical phenomena, at the same time the degree of detection, qualitative formation, certainty of the criterion is reflected in specific indicators, which also have a number of features. It is emphasized that when developing criteria of the value-based attitude to the nature of future biology teachers, it should be taken into account that the main requirements should be objectivity, reliability, simplicity and ease of measurement, compliance with the components of the nature, adequacy, additivity, interdependence of the criterion with its indicators. The following main criteria are identified: cognitive, emotional-value, activity and their indicators are characterized. The algorithm of the process of training value-based attitude to the nature of future biology teachers is singled out. It is concluded that the components, criteria and indicators are in unity and interconnection, confirming the systemicity and integrity of the phenomenon under study, as well as their correlations.
Organization and Content of Group Work
Authors:   State Higher Educational Institution Donbass State Teachers' Training University, Tsybulko Liudmyla , Biletsky Oleksii ,   State Higher Educational Institution Donbass State Teachers' Training University, Bondarenko Yelizaveta ,   State Higher Educational Institution Donbass State Teachers' Training University
Published: December 2020

The article considers the main points of organization and content of club activity group work as one of the most important components of extracurricular education. The necessity of further development of circle work is emphasized, both within the General education school (club activity work) and within the framework of extracurricular educational institutions. It described the main features inherent in any circle, highlighted the main differences between circle classes and school lessons, including differences in the forms and methods of teaching. Emphasis is placed on the mandatory publication of the results of the activities of the clubs members (holding exhibitions, fairs, reporting concerts and evenings) and its importance for the members of the club themselves. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, a classification of different types of circles is given, which is based on the main directions of socially useful activities of schoolchildren. It is proved that in order to achieve high results, group work should be based on the principles of voluntariness, humanism, democracy and self-government. The article also emphasizes that group work is a separate form of education and upbringing, which should be called a collective form of self – education. In favor of this statement, the facts are given, where the form of training of the club’s activity is collective, and the method of obtaining new knowledge and forming skills is individual. And it has the advantages of both collective and individual training.
Modern Methodological Approaches to the Formation of Readiness of Future Heads of Educational Institutions to Apply the Technologies of Pedagogical Management
Authors:   Mukachevo State University, Shvardak Marianna
Published: December 2020

The article establishes that it is expedient to develop professionalism and form a high level of readiness of future heads of educational institutions to apply pedagogical management technologies through a system of methodological approaches. The essential characteristics of technological, competence, student-centered, praxeological, situational, digitalized and reflexive approaches are revealed. It is proved that the implementation of the system of forming the readiness of the future head of the educational institution to apply pedagogical management technologies in the master's program of higher education is in accordance with these approaches, the main provisions of which allow to optimally build a strategy to achieve scientific goals. Integration of approaches is an important methodological category, trend and principle of development of modern theory and practice of education. At the same time, the synthesis of methodological approaches should ensure their compatibility, interpenetration, consistency of positions and contribute to the professional training of future managers.
Genesis of the Concepts of “Competence” and “Competency” in Ukrainian and Foreign Psychological and Pedagogical Research
Authors:   State Institution Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Morozova Marharyta
Published: December 2020

The article considers the specifics of the concepts “competence” and “competency” which are the defining categories of the competence approach. The relationship between the concepts of “competence” and “competence” is characterized and different approaches are used to determine their essence. It is determined that the formation of professional competence is the key to qualitative development of society, personal professional success and effective work in many spheres of life. In fact, the issue of application of the competence approach as the basis of the new educational paradigm becomes especially relevant in the modern conditions of modernization of the system of education and upbringing and European integration processes of education in Ukraine. It is noted that modern Ukraine is on its path of updating the education system, which is focused on entering world educational and information space, which is accompanied by significant qualitative changes in the theory and practice of the educational process. Moreover, ensuring the quality of higher education is an important condition for the innovative development of the state and society. Competence-oriented approach to the formation of the content of education has become a new conceptual key point in Ukraine.
Competence in the System of Professional Training of Future Physical Education Teachers
Authors:   State Institution Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Shekhavtsov Mykhailo , Ahtyrskaya Nadiia ,   Poltava University of Economics and Trade, Simonenko Nataliia ,   Poltava University of Economics and Trade
Published: December 2020

This article reveals the state of development of the pedagogical phenomenon, carried out a theoretical analysis of the provisions of national and international educational documents, which allowed determining the purpose, objectives, content and structure of professional training of future teachers of physical education. As a result of the logical-semantic analysis of the conceptual-categorical apparatus the basic categories of research are revealed: "professional activity", "professional activity of the future teacher of physical culture", "interaction". The content analysis is carried out and the basic definitions are offered: "competence", "interactive competence".The concept of interactive competence is revealed in the research. It is interpreted as a professional integral quality of personality, which is manifested in its ability to interpersonal communication, presupposes its ability to intensify activities within intersubjective interaction and determines its readiness for continuous individual development a set of knowledge, skills, experience of tactful and equal communication under the created comfortable creative conditions of interaction. The professional training of a future physical education teacher is a complex multifaceted system, which is aimed at obtaining and developing a sufficient level of competence for productive professional activity in the process of higher education and practical activities.
Bilingual Culture of a Future Translator – a Requirement of Modern European Education
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Dоmina Viktoriia , Kovalenko Anna ,   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Published: December 2020

The processes of globalization, modern educational trends, changing values, rapid development of science, increasing business and personal contacts with speakers of other cultures necessitate the education of bilingual culture of communication in future translators and other educators. The proposed article reveals the concepts of bilingualism, bilingual personality, bilingual culture of communication and its features, establishes the content characteristics and relationships. The peculiarities of the bilingual personality of the translator are substantiated, which promotes the assimilation of norms and values of another culture as important landmarks of intercultural communication and is the basis of successful adaptation to world educational and information processes. One of the possible ways of educating bilingual culture of communication in the process of preparing future translators for professional activity, which is to use the model of formation of communicative-linguistic bilingual skills, is presented. It is this system of bilingual training that allows to determine the specifics of bilingual communication by knowing the general laws of communication culture and specifying their basic provisions.
Relevance of Knowledge in Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene in the Professional Activity of the Future Teacher
Authors:   MI ", Dekhtiarova Olena ,   Kharkiv Humanitarian and Pedagogical Academy",   of Kharkiv Regional Council, Prokopenko Liudmyla ,   MI "Kharkiv Humanitarian and Pedagogical Academy" of Kharkiv Regional Council
Published: December 2020

One of the leading directions in modern public policy is to preserve and strengthen the health of the younger generation. In this regard, the urgency of the problem of physical, social and psychophysiological health of children, adolescents and young people in Ukraine is growing. It is necessary to increase the number of teachers, defectology teachers, educators who possess general knowledge of anatomy, physiology and hygiene of children and adolescents in health and disease. One of the promising and necessary areas for improving and optimizing the training of students is a well-thought-out teaching of the discipline. The article considers the role of the teacher in the formation of subject competences in the study of anatomy, physiology and hygiene as a basis for studying the educational components of the biological cycle. The analysis of the last researches, publications of modern methodical approaches to teaching of anatomy, physiology, hygiene for future teachers, teachers-defectologists, educators is carried out. The article highlights the peculiarity of teaching the educational component as a component of ecological and valeological preparation of students for health activities in educational organizations. The competencies of first-year students in the study of the educational component are analyzed. Knowledge of the anatomical and physiological features of children and adolescents is necessary for any teacher and educator for the proper, systematic organization of educational and upbringing work in school and kindergarten.
Feature issue introduction: applications of adaptive optics
Authors: Christou Julian C. , Girkin John , Kulcsár Caroline , Young Laura K.
Published: December 2020

This feature issue of Optics Express follows the 2020 Imaging and Applied Optics Congress and comprises of articles on the development and use of adaptive optics across the broad range of domains in which the technique has been applied - including atmospheric correction, ophthalmology, vision science, microscopy, optical communications and beam control. This review provides a basic introduction to adaptive optics and a summary of the multidisciplinary articles included in this issue.
Telomeric TART elements target the piRNA machinery in Drosophila
Authors: Ellison Christopher E. , Kagda Meenakshi S. , Cao Weihuan
Published: December 2020

Coevolution between transposable elements (TEs) and their hosts can be antagonistic, where TEs evolve to avoid silencing and the host responds by reestablishing TE suppression, or mutualistic, where TEs are co-opted to benefit their host. TheTART-ATE functions as an important component ofDrosophilatelomeres but has also reportedly inserted into theDrosophila melanogasternuclear export factor genenxf2. We find that, rather than inserting intonxf2,TART-Ahas actually captured a portion ofnxf2sequence. We show thatTART-Aproduces abundant Piwi-interacting small RNAs (piRNAs), some of which are antisense to thenxf2transcript, and that theTART-like region ofnxf2is evolving rapidly. Furthermore, inD.melanogaster,TART-Ais present at higher copy numbers, andnxf2shows reduced expression, compared to the closely related speciesDrosophila simulans. We propose that capturingnxf2sequence allowedTART-Ato target thenxf2gene for piRNA-mediated repression and that these 2 elements are engaged in antagonistic coevolution despite the fact thatTART-Ais serving a critical role for its host genome.
Co-infection of Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya in a group of pregnant women from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas: Preliminary data. 2019
Authors: Eligio-García Leticia , Crisóstomo-Vázquez María del Pilar , Caballero-García María de Lourdes , Soria-Guerrero Mariana , Méndez–Galván Jorge Fernando , López-Cancino Sury Antonio , Jiménez-Cardoso Enedina
Published: December 2020

Introduction

Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya are RNA Arboviruses present in some areas of Mexico, mainly in the endemic state of Chiapas that is characterized by presence of the vector that transmit them and an ecology that favors high transmission. According to the national epidemiological surveillance system, Dengue has intensified since 2018 and outbreaks continue in various states while for Zika and Chikungunya a decrease in cases has been reported in recent years. The main objective of this study was to determine the incidence of Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya infections during pregnancy in the state of Chiapas.

Principal findings

The presence of previous and current infections and coinfections diagnosed by molecular (RT-PCR) and immunological (ELISA for IgG determination) techniques indicates a wide circulation of viruses in asymptomatic people, specifically in pregnant women showing that silent infections in dry season contributes to the preservation of viruses.

Conclusions

From 136 studied samples, 27.7% tested positive for DENV, 8% for ZIKV and 24.1% for CHIKV by RTPCR and the values of IgG in sera show that 83.9% were positive for IgG antibodies against DENV, 65% against ZIKV and 59.1% against CHIKV. Results demonstrated presence of ZIKV and CHIKV, not detected by the epidemiological surveillance system, so the importance of establishing proactive epidemiological systems more strict, especially because these infections in pregnant women can cause severe health problems for newborn children.
Effects of voluntary event cancellation and school closure as countermeasures against COVID-19 outbreak in Japan
Authors: Sugishita Yoshiyuki , Kurita Junko , Sugawara Tamie , Ohkusa Yasushi
Published: December 2020

Background

To control the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan, sports and entertainment events were canceled and schools were closed throughout Japan from February 26 through March 19. That policy has been designated as voluntary event cancellation and school closure (VECSC).

Object

This study assesses VECSC effectiveness based on predicted outcomes.

Methods

A simple susceptible–infected–recovered model was applied to data of patients with symptoms in Japan during January 14 through March 26. The respective reproduction numbers for periods before VECSC (R0), during VECSC (Re), and after VECSC (Ra) were estimated.

Results

Results suggest R0before VECSC as 2.534 [2.449, 2.598], Reduring VECSC as 1.077 [0.948, 1.228], and Raafter VECSC as 4.455 [3.615, 5.255].

Discussion and conclusion

Results demonstrated that VECSC can reduce COVID-19 infectiousness considerably, but after VECSC, the value of the reproduction number rose to exceed 4.0.
Fracture incidence in adults in relation to age and gender: A study of 27,169 fractures in the Swedish Fracture Register in a well-defined catchment area
Authors: Bergh Camilla , Wennergren David , Möller Michael , Brisby Helena
Published: December 2020

Studies on fracture incidence have mostly been based on retrospectively registered data from local hospital databases. The Swedish Fracture Register (SFR) is a national quality register collecting data prospectively on fractures, at the time of care-seeking. In the present study the incidence of all different fractures, regardless of location, in adults’ ≥ 16 years treated at the only care provider for patients with fractures within a catchment area of approximately 550,000 inhabitants, during 2015‒2018 are described. Age, gender, and fracture location (according to AO/OTA classification) was used for the analyses and presentation of fracture incidences. During the 4-year study period, 23,917 individuals sustained 27,169 fractures. The mean age at fracture was 57.9 years (range 16‒105 years) and 64.5% of the fractures occurred in women. The five most common fractures accounted for more than 50% of all fractures: distal radius, proximal femur, ankle, proximal humerus, and metacarpal fractures. Seven fracture incidence distribution groups were created based on age- and gender-specific incidence curves, providing visual and easily accessible information on fracture distribution. This paper reports on incidence of all fracture locations based on prospectively collected data in a quality register. The knowledge on fracture incidence related to age and gender may be of importance for the planning of orthopaedic care, involving both in- and out-patients as well as allocating surgical resources. Further, this might be useful for organizing preventive measures, especially in countries with similar socioeconomic structure and fracture burden.
Risk factors of HIV infection among female entertainment workers in Cambodia: Findings of a national survey
Authors: Tuot Sovannary , Teo Alvin Kuo Jing , Chhoun Pheak , Mun Phalkun , Prem Kiesha , Yi Siyan
Published: December 2020

Background

Cambodia has been well recognized for its success in the fight against the HIV epidemic. However, challenges remain in eliminating HIV infections in key populations, including women working in entertainment establishments, such as massage parlors, karaoke bars, or beer gardens. This study explored the prevalence of HIV and identified factors associated with HIV infection among female entertainment workers (FEWs) in Cambodia.

Methods

This national biological and behavioral survey was conducted in 2016 in Phnom Penh and 17 provinces. We used a two-stage cluster sampling method to recruit FEWs for HIV testing performed on-site and face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. We investigated factors associated with HIV infection using multiple logistic regression.

Results

This study included 3149 FEWs with a mean age of 26.2 years (SD 5.7). The adjusted prevalence of HIV was 3.2% (95% CI 1.76–5.75). In the multiple logistic regression model, the odds of HIV infection were significantly higher among FEWs in the age group of 31 to 35 (AOR 2.72, 95% CI 1.36–8.25) and 36 or older (AOR 3.62, 95% CI 1.89–10.55); FEWs who were not married but living with a sexual partner (AOR 3.00, 95% CI 1.16–7.79); FEWs who had at least ten years of formal education (AOR 0.32, 95% CI 0.17–0.83); FEWs who reported having abnormal vaginal discharge (AOR 3.51, 95% CI 1.12–9.01), genital ulcers or sores (AOR 2.06, 95% CI 1.09–3.17), and genital warts (AOR 2.89, 95% CI 1.44–6.33) in the past three months; and FEWs who reported using illicit drugs (AOR 3.28, 95% CI 1.20–4.27) than their respective reference group. The odds of HIV infection were significantly lower among FEWs working in karaoke bars (AOR 0.26, 95% CI 0.14–0.50) and beer gardens (AOR 0.17, 95% CI 0.09–0.54) than among freelance FEWs.

Conclusions

The prevalence of HIV among FEWs in Cambodia remains much higher than that in the general population. These findings indicate that differentiated strategies to address HIV and other sexually transmitted infections should be geared towards FEWs working as freelancers or in veiled entertainment venues such as massage parlors and freelance sex workers. Prevention efforts among venue-based FEWs should be sustained.
Unforeseen uses of oral contraceptive pills: Exploratory study in Jordanian community pharmacies
Authors: Barakat Muna , Al-Qudah Raja’a , Akour Amal , Al-Qudah Najem , Dallal Bashi Yahya H.
Published: December 2020

Background

The use of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) as a birth control method is very common worldwide. OCPs have many other labeled non-contraceptive indications, and as a result there is an associated risk of improper use, as with any other medications. This study was designed to assess the unforeseen improper uses of OCPs observed by community pharmacists in Jordan.

Method

A cross-sectional study design was conducted using a self-administered survey. A convenience sample (n = 380) of Jordanian community pharmacists, were recruited through social media resources. The survey included multiple-choice and open-ended questions. Descriptive statistics and correlation analyses were completed using SPSS.

Results

More than half of the recruited pharmacists (55.3%) were female, and the mean age of the participants was 32.58 ± 9.94. The majority of the pharmacists (85%) had good knowledge about the non-contraceptive indications of OCPs. About 53% of them confirmed their exposure to cases of the improper use of OCPs. About 67.5% of the pharmacists who confirmed exposure to such cases, reported the topical use of OCPs for the enhancement of hair growth. Around 15% of those pharmacists stated that OCPs were used to give negative results for addictive drug screening tests. In the event that the pharmacists suspected improper use, more than 90% suggested they would refrain from dispensing the pills.

Conclusion

This study has spotlighted many unforeseen uses of OCPs in Jordan and highlighted the need for restricted national regulations on the monitoring of OCP prescription/selling patterns in Jordan by policymakers. Moreover, there is a need for the establishment of national educational programs for the Jordanian community regarding the safe proper use of OCPs.
Architectural paradox in the smart home
Authors: Ćetković Alexander
Published: December 2020

Bernard Tschumi pointed out that architecture redefines itself continuously out of the conflict between it being a product of abstract design and the condition that architecture is experienced sensually – conditions that are interdependent and, at the same time, mutually exclusive. How does this relationship change when a further layer is introduced, the user roles determined by the digitized home? For the users, the conceived roles (design and digital) stand in competition and sometimes even in conflict with the habitual roles experienced by their bodies in the physical environment. The awareness of the juxtaposition of the different roles can lead to interesting new possibilities in the user-architecture relationship. On the other hand, disguising or even hiding the differences can not only frustrate users but also further undermine their trust in a technology that tries to impose such roles or, in the users’ eyes, even tries to abuse them.
Eco art: Art is life and life is embedded in nature
Authors: Czegledy Nina
Published: December 2020

Nature may be considered as the world of living organisms and their environment; in a larger sense, the shape of nature can also be understood to include particular extents of space and time. The visual perspectives of nature form a particular course that begins with the earliest historical depictions and might be currently expressed by a variety of cross-disciplinary contributions. The diverse perspectives form eclectic threads that today are frequently manifested within the eco-activist art movement. Several of the contemporary ecological art projects are grounded in explicit experiences and connections to specific spaces relevant to where the work is created. The local or international ecological labs, experimental urban gardens, projects on the migration of plants and the creation of new species included here are all new models contributing to a speculative future culture.
Delivering the First Internationally Accessible Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on Suicide Prevention: A Case Study and Insights into Best Practice
Authors: Sharp Laura , Karadzhov Dimitar , Langan-Martin Julie
Published: December 2020

To date, little guidance exists on how to design safe and effective online programming on sensitive and/or controversial topics. Massive online open courses (MOOCs) represent a unique opportunity for delivering inclusive and accessible teaching to international learner audiences. This paper provides an insight into designing and delivering the first internationally accessible MOOC on suicide prevention in the global context in 2019-highlighting insights into best practice as well as pertinent challenges. The results from two runs of this MOOC indicate that there appears to be a global demand for education on suicide prevention. Our practice suggests that new knowledge on extremely sensitive topics such as suicide can be safely and effectively delivered through a MOOC to an international community of learners. Learner safety needs to be carefully considered when developing and delivering online learning. Thorough and careful moderation is essential to ensure that learners engage safely and sensitively with the content and with one another. The involvement of diverse stakeholders, including people with lived experience, in the MOOC design is recommended to enhance the authenticity, inclusiveness and rigour of the curriculum.
Graft-vs-Host Disease After Liver Transplantation: A Diagnostic and Management Challenge
Authors: Chin Jerry Yung-Lun , Gong Jiayi , Gane Edward
Published: December 2020

A 65-year-old White man underwent deceased donor liver transplant for decompensated liver cirrhosis secondary to alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency. He developed diarrhea and diffuse maculopapular rash 2 months post-transplant. Skin biopsy revealed necroinflammatory changes related to the superficial dermis. Pancytopenia ensued, complicated by neutropenic sepsis. Chimerism studies confirmed the presence of donor T-lymphocyte macrochimerism (63%). The patient was diagnosed with graft-vs-host disease. After extensive multidisciplinary collaboration, basiliximab was initiated. This resulted in complete symptom resolution and a gradual reduction in T-lymphocyte macrochimerism (12%). The patient was later transitioned to oral ruxolitinib and currently remains in stable condition 16 months after being diagnosed with graft-vs-host disease.
ANALISIS MAKNA PUISI ‘AKU MELIHATMU’ KARYA K. H. MUSTOFA BISRI KAJIAN SEMIOTIK MICHAEL RIFFATERRE
Authors: Shiddiq Muhammad Hasan , Thohir Mudjahirin
Published: December 2020

This research examines the meaning of the poem "Aku Melihatmu” by K. H. Ahmad Mustofa Bisri that semiotically by Michael Riffaterre. Semiotic studies can reveal the meaning of poetry objectively, through the signs that appear in the poetry with heuristic and hermeneutic readings, then determine the matrix, model, and variant of the poem. The poem "Aku Melihatmu" writes the sentence I see you repeatedly which is divided into four stanzas. The descriptive method is used to describe poetry so that it can be understood by general readers as a literary work that has beauty and a good message to the reader. The data source of this research is divided into primary and secondary data. The primary data is the poetry "Aku Melihatmu". All the main data were obtained from the object of the research study, where the object of study and the meaning that was raised from the poetry irrelated to anything outside the poetry. The second data is secondary data to support the study. This data is taken from books, scientific journals, print and electronic media related to the primary data of this research, including the literature review. The result of the research is the meaning of the poem "Aku Melihatmu" about the existence of God in everything the servant does.
YOUTUBE AS A MEDIUM FOR INDONESIAN TODDLERS’ SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION (AN ANALYSIS THROUGH CHILDREN SONGS)
Authors: Farahsani Yashinta , Rini Ika Puspita , Jaya Patria Handung
Published: December 2020

Language acquisition for children is started when they produce words on their own. Children’s language normally develop in line with their age. Usually they can produce sentence and speak their mother tongue language fluently at the age of three. In the same time, children are able to acquire other language which is called second language acquisition (SLA). In Indonesia, English has become second language that has become the main subject at school, from the elementary level to the university level. Toddlers are children at the range of age between 2-3 years. This is the peak time to acquire language, and at this age, children are able to create phrase or simple sentence. Since the technology has developed very rapidly, children also can get more facilities to learn language. One of the media to learn language is YouTube. Using interview method, the writers did interview to 21 respondents as the parents of pre-school students. There were four questions to answer and the answers were described based on the respondents’ opinion. The research results that children can start to learn English through YouTube by watching English songs. Their attraction in watching is followed by imitating the word, the way the characters sing, and also the manner. Parents become guide to improve the children’s process of English learning after they watched YouTube.
CONTEXT LEARNING TRANSFORMATION IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO
Authors: Paramita Kristanti Dewi , Yatmo Yandi Andri
Published: December 2020

This paper reflects the shifting understanding of context in a data-based architectural studio. With the school closure in the beginning of the COVID pandemic, the overall learning process is largely conducted online. Big Data becomes an important discourse that provides some benefits and opportunities which transform the design and learning process in an architectural studio, particularly on how students may explore and understand their context. Exploring the works of third-year architectural students in Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering Universitas Indonesia, this paper highlights the ways students capture and organise urban information and construct their intervention contexts. The study points out that time, flow and narrative are key in transforming understanding of context. Based on such three aspects, the data reveals the unseen urban patterns, emerging in the imbalance relationship between user and the environment, the disconnection of urban services, and the hidden variety of urban experience. The study reflects how these urban patterns informs the ways students define and situate themselves in the context, shifting existing ideas of context and its corresponding methodologies in the architectural education.
Role of Eicosanoids in Regulating the Ubiquitin Proteasome System and Proteostasis
Authors: Kaur Amanpreet
Published: December 2020

The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is a protein degradation mechanism in eukaryotes crucial to maintaining protein homeostasis, or proteostasis. There are tissue-specific differences in UPS activity and proteostasis, but the intercellular signaling mechanisms that mediate these differences are not well understood. This work examines eicosanoid signaling molecules—which are derived from polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)—and their role in proteostasis regulation, particularly the UPS. A reporter transgene that expresses the UbG76V-GFP chimeric protein, a metastable substrate for the UPS, is used in Caenorhabditis elegans epithelial cells to monitor the level of UPS activity. In wild-type nematodes, UbG76V-GFP levels remain high through 24 hours post L4 stage (L4+24). Then, levels decrease significantly due to increased UPS activity as the animals age and develop 48 hours past L4 (L4+48). Mutants for fat-1, a desaturase enzyme that converts ω-6 PUFAs to ω-3 PUFAs, exhibited elevated UbG76V-GFP turnover in the hypodermis even at the L4+24 stage, suggesting that either ω-6 PUFAs (or their eicosanoid derivatives) promote UPS activity or ω-3 PUFAs (or their eicosanoid derivatives) inhibit UPS activity. In the intestine, mutants for fat-1 showed reduced UbG76V-GFP turnover at the L4+24 and L4+48 life stages. Additionally, mutants for emb-8—an NADPH reductase needed to convert PUFAs into eicosanoids—also showed reduced UbG76V-GFP turnover in the hypodermis even at the L4+48 stage. These results suggest that elements of the eicosanoid signaling pathway, including ω-6 PUFAs and their derivatives, significantly contribute to regulation of the UPS and proteostasis.
Agency in the Writing Center: Examining the Importance of Student Autonomy in Higher Education
Authors: Rodriguez Ryan
Published: December 2020

In college-level English courses, students often struggle to achieve satisfactory results in their writing. To remedy this, they seek help at campus writing centers, where a tutor helps them improve their writing skills and their academic performance. Yet, students experience tension between the classroom and the writing center that universities should seek to minimize. In my research, I discovered how different learning methods may either foster or suppress student autonomy. Further, I found that current methods—such as the course-embedded model for mitigating the tension between the writing center and the classroom—fail to empower the student. Using Rutgers University and its style of minimalist tutoring as a benchmark, I discuss the topics of autonomy and agency, student-led negotiation with authority, lack of academic motivation, and how we can bridge the pedagogical gap between the writing center and the classroom.
Review of Engaging language learners in contemporary classrooms; Authors: Sarah Mercer, Zoltán Dörnyei; Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2020; ISBN: 9781108445924; Pages: 208
Authors: Almukhaild Haydab
Published: December 2020

Learner engagement is key to successful learning experiences in general education and language learning is no exception. When students are engaged, they are focusing on the task at hand, paying attention and enjoying their language learning (Aubrey et al., 2020; Ellis, 2018; Mercer, 2019; Oga-Baldwin, 2019). Yet, as Mercer and Dörnyei affirm in their introduction to the book, “discussions of engagement . . . have been largely absent from the literature of L2 [second language] learning and teaching” (p. 4). Engaging Language Learners in Contemporary Classrooms addresses this gap directly and in great depth, thus making it a ground-breaking contribution to the growing body of second language (L2) literature on learner engagement.
Perturbation of the one-dimensional time-independent Schrödinger equation with a rectangular potential barrier
Authors: Jung Soon-Mo , Choi Ginkyu
Published: December 2020

In Applied Mathematics Letters
74 (2017), 147–153, the Hyers-Ulam stability of the one-dimensional time-independent Schrödinger equation was investigated when the relevant system has a potential well of finite depth. As a continuous work, we prove in this paper a type of Hyers-Ulam stability of the one-dimensional time-independent Schrödinger equation with a rectangular potential barrier of

V

0

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in height and

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in width, where

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is assumed to be greater than the energy E of the particle under consideration.
RÉGI-ÚJ STRATÉGIAI VÍZIÓ AZ AMERIKAI VILÁGREND FENNTARTÁSÁRÓL
Authors: Zoltán Lechner
Published: December 2020

KÖNYVISMERTETÉS:

Jakub J. Grygiel – A. Wess Mitchell (2017): Nyugtalan határvidék: Felemelkedő riválisok, sebezhető szövetségesek és az amerikai hatalom válsága. Antall József Tudásközpont, Budapest. 303 p.
SPATIAL SYNCHRONIZATION OF CELLULAR AUTOMATA IN EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES SIMULATION TASKS
Authors: Franzheva Olena D.
Published: December 2020

Manyappliedtasksaresimulatedbydifferenceequationsthatdescribethevectorofsystemstatesevolutionintime. Howeveritisrequiredtotakeintoaccount the spatial structure of simulated processes or systems in some tasks. Inpaperthepossibilityofaspatio-temporalprocessessimulation by cellular automata is considered. The brief review of two-dimensional cellular automataproperties is provided.Theprincipleofthemostfamoustwo-dimensionalcellularautomata“Game of Life”is described.Alsothegeneralwaytosettheseautomatainananalyticalformby Reaction-Diffusion equation is considered. Concrete forms of the Reaction equation and Diffusion equation are constructed and invariant sets for this system are defined. Thegeneralizationofanalyticalcellularautomata representation in total is provided.Asanexample,themodelofpopulationdevelopmentisconsidered. ItutilizestheclassicFerhulstequation, inwhichthespatialstructureistakenintoaccounthavingformofthecumulativeneighbors’impactonpopulationchangesrate.As per using of analytical form of cellular automata, differentschemasofsystemspatio-temporalcharacteristicscontrol aresuggested. Theseschemasarebasedonfeedback: delayedfeedback(thatis one that uses previous system states)and predictive feedback (that is one that uses predicted system states). As aresultthereismanaged to synchronize spatial configuration of cellular automataand it can be interpreted as stable population development. Particularly, cellular automata could work in cycle with cycle length set earlier. For cellular automata evolution visualization the algorithms and their computer implementation aredeveloped.Discrepancy functionis suggested, due to which it is possible to evaluate the synchronization accuracy. Research results and examples of received configurations are presented.
FORMING THE STACK OF TEXTURE FEATURES FOR LIVER ULTRASOUND IMAGES CLASSIFICATION
Authors: Nastenko Ievgen A. , Pavlov Volodymyr A. , Honcharuk Maksym O. , Hrishko Dmitro Y.
Published: December 2020

This article discusses the use of texture analysis methods to obtain informative features that describe the texture of liver ultrasound images. In total, 317 liver ultrasound images were analyzed, which wereprovided by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Diagnostics of NAMS of Ukraine.The images weretaken by three different sensors (convex, linear, and linear sensor in increased signal level mode). Both images of patients with a normal liver condition and patients with specific liver disease (there were diseases such as: autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson's disease, hepatitis B and C, steatosis,and cirrhosis) were present in the database.Texture analysis was used for“Feature Construction”, which resulted in more than a hundred different informative features that made up a common stack. Among them, there are such features as:three authors’ patentedfeaturesderived from thegrey level co-occurrence matrix; features, obtained with the help ofspatial sweep method (working by the principle of group method of data handling), which was applied to ultrasound images; statistical features, calculated on the images, brought to one scale with the help of differential horizontal and vertical matrices,which are proposedby the authors; greyscale pairsensembles(found using the genetic algorithm), which identify liver pathology on images, transformed with the help of horizontal and vertical differentiations, in the best possible way.The resulting trait stack was used to solve the problem of binary classification (“norma-pathology”) of ultrasound liver images. A Machine Learning method, namely “Random Forest”, was used for this purpose. Before the classification, in order to obtain objective results, the total samples were divided intotraining (70%), testing(20%),and examining (10%). The result was the best three Random Forest models separately for each sensor, which gave the following recognition rates: 93.4% for the convex sensor, 92.9% for the linear sensor,and 92%for the reinforced linear sensor.