bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Facteurs favorisant le processus de désistance chez les jeunes Tunisiens déviants : analyse diachronique et synchronique d’une intervention interdisciplinaire
Authors: Mathlouthi Sihem , Rullac Stéphane
Published: December 2020

Généralement, les facteurs de la désistance de la déviance sont étudiés chez des populations ayant une expérience carcérale. L’intérêt de cette recherche est de dépasser cette limite et d’explorer les déterminants psychosociaux favorisant la désistance de la déviance chez des jeunes tunisiens non traduits en justice. L’objectif de cette étude est d’explorer les facteurs perçus comme favorisant la désistance chez un groupe de jeunes déviants ayant participé à un programme d’intervention pluridisciplinaire. Aussi, les prestations interdisciplinaires fournies, aux jeunes et à leurs familles, sont analysées par des travailleurs sociaux, des éducateurs spécialisés et des psychologues. Selon les résultats, certains services interdisciplinaires contribuent à favoriser la désistance de la déviance des jeunes. Ces facteurs s’articulent autour de l’accès à un statut social reconnu, l’apprentissage d’un nouveau mode de vie, la redéfinition des rôles familiaux, la bienveillance institutionnelle et l’humour partagé entre les jeunes et les intervenants pluridisciplinaires.
Les non-conformistes, pères de l’écologie
Authors: Cassan Margaux
Published: December 2020

Alors que, dans les années 1930, un conservatisme vert se développe dans le courant de la droite pétainiste, d’autres mouvements de pensée proches de l’écologie émergent en s’opposant au fascisme. Parmi eux, le personnalisme bordelais, dit « personnalisme gascon ». Jacques Ellul et Bernard Charbonneau, ses deux représentants, écriront le premier manifeste radical d’écologie politique.
An Introduction to Media Literacy
Authors: Arslan-Cansever Belgin
Published: December 2020

In today's information society, the media have important functions in the formation of certain perceptions by regulating the social lives of individuals. This occurs through messages that come in different formats (verbally, audibly, visually etc.) from the media. It is through the media literacy that enables reading messages from the media and interpreting them critically. The aim of this chapter is to provide some theoretical perspectives on media literacy. In this context, media literacy has been explained in detail. For this, primarily the differences between reading-writing and literacy are revealed. Besides conceptual media literacy, its necessity and some examples of practices in the world related to its education are mentioned. The chapter also addresses the basic paradigms in media literacy.
Using Technology to Foster Creative and Critical Thinking in the Classroom
Authors: Bloom Lisa A. , Doss Kristy
Published: December 2020

Enhancing and nurturing creative and critical thinking skills are important goals for 21st century learning yet high stakes assessment and standardized curriculum leave little room for realizing these goals in 21st century classrooms. Used appropriately, technology help teachers create personalized learning environments and attend to the type of motivation and engagement that nurtures creative and critical thinking skills. This chapter explores conceptions of creativity, draws on theories of motivation to identify optimal conditions for nurturing creativity and suggests technology supported strategies for creating those conditions.
Cooperative Discussions for Critical Thinking
Authors: Hartsfield Danielle E. , Maxwell Nicole , Jones Jennie L. , Hilaski Danielle
Published: December 2020

Cooperative discussions are useful for several reasons, including engaging students in course content, building their communication and social skills, and adding variety to instruction. However, cooperative discussions are also an important means of developing students' critical thinking abilities because students must consider multiple perspectives, justify their points using evidence, and evaluate their own and their peers' thinking. This chapter offers a theoretical rationale for using cooperative discussion protocols in the pre-service university classroom, as well as tips for planning and assessing discussions. Additionally, multiple discussion protocols, including protocols for activating prior knowledge, text-based discussions, and deeper learning, are described using actual examples from the authors' experience as teacher educators.
Cultivating Critical Thinking Skills in Online Course Environments
Authors: Todd Curtis L , Ravi Kokila , McCray Kenja
Published: December 2020

The development and demonstration of students' critical thinking skills is one hallmark of effective teaching and learning. A promising scholarly literature has emerged in addition to webinars, conferences, and workshops to assist in this endeavor. Further, publishers offer cleverly marketed bundle packages with enhanced supplemental materials and instructors contribute instructional strategies and techniques. Nevertheless, gaps still exist in the scholarship related to effective student engagement. The development of higher order thinking skills in online educational settings is one such area requiring additional inquiry. This article transitions beyond mere theoretical constructs regarding best practices and standards for distance education. In doing so, it provides practical applications through the use of case studies in demonstrating a “how to” student engagement model and framework, which fosters the type of online course environment and useful strategies for developing critical thinking skills.
The Instructional Context of Critical Thinking Development in Early Childhood Education
Authors: Mechler Hannah Mills
Published: December 2020

This chapter will outline the roles of teachers within early childhood learning environments and how they may promote children's critical thinking skills. Further discussions about how children's cognitive development may be fostered is also addressed. Theoretical frameworks are integrated as well to further decipher and understand how children's critical thinking skills may be promoted within early childhood learning environments. In addition, several curriculum models in early childhood education that are focused on the Montessori, Reggio Emilia, Tools of the Mind, High Scope, and Waldorf approaches are presented and applied to how they may enhance children's critical thinking skills as well as their overall development.
Teaching Critical Thinking
Authors: Torff Bruce
Published: December 2020

This chapter outlines how to teach critical-thinking skills is a central issue at home, in school, on the job, and in life. Outcomes of critical-thinking pedagogies are optimized under three conditions: 1) when thinking skills are integrated with disciplinary content, not sequentially following a content presentation; 2) when thinking skills are taught as utilized in specific domains/disciplines, not decontextualized or treated as domain-general; and 3) when thinking skills are emphasized for all learners, not just advantaged ones with greater prior knowledge or academic ability. Accordingly, teaching critical thinking might well be structured to be integrative, domain-specific, and equitable.
Validation of Sherouk's Critical Thinking Test (SH-CTT)
Authors: Kadhm Sherouk J.
Published: December 2020

This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties (reliability and validity) of the Arabic version of Sherouk's Critical Thinking Test. This test has four parts, each of which provides a story that is divided into an introduction and a scene; each story is then followed by a list of sensitive questions featuring two response options (Agree/Disagree). A sample of 158 university students participated in this study. The results showed that the reliability of the entire scale was 0.885, and the reliability of each of its four parts was 0.885, 0.829, 0.772, and 0.721, respectively. Confirmatory factor analysis of the collected data revealed a good fit with the latent constructs (CMIN/DF: 1.446; CMIN/DF: 1.357; CMIN/DF: 1.417; and CMIN/DF: 1.151) for parts one to four, respectively. The test's adaptability was considered when designing this instrument, and examinees were invited to review it. This paper recommended using this instrument in the fields of performance, leadership, selection, training, and improvement, and it was also created as a tool to measure individuals' critical thinking skills and abilities in organizations, companies, and academic environments. The English and German versions of this test were also examined; these versions are now currently available for use.
Assessing the Teaching and Learning Process of an Introductory Programming Course With Bloom's Taxonomy and Assurance of Learning (AOL)
Authors: Malik Sohail Iqbal
Published: December 2020

Learning to program requires the development of multiple skills including critical thinking, problem-solving, as well as learning the syntax and semantics of the programming language. For novices, to acquire all these skills is considered a challenging and difficult task. They have to focus on both problem-solving strategies and the syntax and semantics of the programming language to acquire these skills. In this study, this article compares the current teaching and learning approach of an introductory programming (IP) course with the six categories of Bloom's taxonomy. The assurance of learning (AOL) process was incorporated in the IP course to assess students' learning outcomes on the basis of achiever (high, medium and low) and performance (very good, good enough and not good enough) categories. The results showed that the current teaching and learning approach of the IP course addressed all the six categories of Bloom's taxonomy. Most of the students (63%) fall under the medium achiever category. Moreover, 50% students learning outcomes come under ‘not good enough' performance category.
Emotional Intelligence, Work-Life Balance, and Work-Related Well-Being: A Proposed Mediation Model
Authors: Nanda Mahima , Randhawa Gurpreet
Published: December 2020

The present study aims to review the existing literature relating to Emotional Intelligence (EI), Work-Life Balance (WLB), and work-related well-being in order to build a model depicting relationships between these variables. For this, various theoretical and empirical studies, which specifically addressed these variables, were examined to build arguments and propositions. These arguments lead us to propose that EI is a vital construct that impacts WLB and various dimensions of work-related well-being, which are, job satisfaction, work engagement and job stress. Further, it suggests that WLB mediates the relationship between EI and work-related well-being. Thus, the paper presents a mediation model depicting linkages between these three variables. It builds an integrative model which will help theorists and researchers to extend literature on work-related well-being and will assist organisations in designing their human resource policies and practices.
Integrated Reporting and Integrated Thinking: A Commentary on the Integrated Reporting Framework (2013)
Authors: Abeysinghe Chandrasiri
Published: December 2020

The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) issued its Integrated Reporting () framework in 2013 intending to promote integrated thinking in organisational contexts for corporate sustainability. However, arguments are mounted against limitations in these guidelines and their potential to create integrated thinking. Mainly, the maintenance of the financial prominence, neglecting sustainability needs is among the criticisms.  Nevertheless, still, the framework contains some guidelines relevant to promote integrated thinking. An organisational change towards integrated thinking requires effective communication of the right message. This paper, benefitting from the Stakeholder Theory and the Stakeholder Agency Theory perspectives, sheds light on the potential of those guidelines to communicate the knowledge of integrated thinking to managers and concludes finding their failures. Utilising a content analysis of relevant guidelines contained in the  framework, this paper contributes to the discussion of integrated reporting and integrated thinking for corporate sustainability.
An analysis of transformational leadership, talent acquisition and talent retention of engineers at an energy provider in South Africa
Authors: Mangisa Chuma A. , Schultz Cecile M. , Van Hoek Lize
Published: December 2020

Orientation: Scholars long debated the importance of transformational leadership, talent acquisition and talent retention.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyse transformational leadership, talent acquisition and talent retention of engineers at Eskom by investigating the demographic differences, relationships and transformational leadership as the mediating variable.Motivation for the study: Eskom has improved the remuneration of engineers over the years but continued encountering challenges to attract and retain them. The researcher investigated whether the perceived lack of transformational leadership caused the challenges experienced by the organisation.Research approach/design and method: This was quantitative study, which used convenience-sampling method to obtain 585 completed questionnaires from the engineers.Main findings: The researcher performed a one-way Anova test to establish if engineers from a gender and educational qualification perspectives were different from each other on the eight sub-factors identified through exploratory factor analysis. The p-values were greater than 0.05, meant that there was no statistical difference between genders and between engineers with different educational qualifications. The researcher conducted a post-hoc pairwise test (p-values 0.05) on different age groups and results revealed that older respondents (31 – 40 years of age) had greater positive attitude on the perception of before-selection, during-selection and development than the younger group (18 – 30 years of age). In addition, the study revealed that transformational leadership mediated the relationship between talent acquisition and retention of engineers.Practical/managerial implications: The study emphasises that not only salaries are important to attract and retain engineers, but also effective leadership is essential, especially the transformational leadership philosophy.Contribution/value-add: South Africa has a dearth of engineers. The study results illustrates the importance of transformational leadership philosophy in addressing the challenge the organisation faces. Therefore, the organisation must consider designing programmes to help leaders embrace the transformational leadership philosophy.
Relationships between employee retention factors and attitudinal antecedents of voluntary turnover: An extended structural equation modelling approach
Authors: Schaap Pieter , Olckers Chantal
Published: December 2020

Orientation: Gaining a full understanding of employee retention (ER) management requires studying multiple retention factors in tandem. Many empirical studies that use conventional structural equation modelling (SEM) include only a single retention factor or a subset of factors, making it impossible to assess the relative embeddedness of these factors in ER practices.Research purpose: The purpose was to gain a better understanding of the relationships between multiple ER factors and attitudinal antecedents of voluntary turnover.Motivation for the study: This research aimed to address the need for more comprehensive latent multivariate approaches to studying ER by using extended SEM techniques.Research approach/design and method: The researchers used a cross-sectional survey design and obtained a convenience sample of 272 skilled employees from public and private organisations. The first stage of the study entailed using the exploratory structural equation model (ESEM) within the confirmatory factor analysis to test a model measuring ER factors. The second stage involved using plausible values for latent variables in an SEM analysis of the relationship between attitudinal antecedents of voluntary turnover (i.e. affective commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intention) and ER factors.Main findings: The findings indicated that affective commitment and job satisfaction differentially mediated the relationship between ER factors and turnover intention, partially supporting existing research and providing new insights into ER.Practical/managerial implications: This study suggested that in order for management to effectively manage ER, they must understand the relative embeddedness of a range of ER factors and prioritise motivational and empowerment-enhancing bundles of practice (e.g. compensation, job characteristics, work–life balance and career opportunities) to impact on attitudinal antecedents of voluntary turnover.Contribution/value-add: This study indicated that the use of extended SEM modelling techniques could provide valuable insights into the multivariate relationships between ER factors and attitudinal antecedents of voluntary turnover.
The year-on-year analysis of the relationship between chief executive officer remuneration and state-owned company performance in South Africa
Authors: Bezuidenhout Magdalena L. , Bussin Mark H.
Published: December 2020

Orientation: Executive remuneration remains very much at the centre of academic and policy debates. There seems to be a lack of consensus on the origins of the substantial increase in executive remuneration.Research purpose: This study aimed to further explore the relationship between chief executive officer (CEO) remuneration and state-owned company (SOC) performance by investigating the year-on-year behaviour of the relationship. The observed trends regarding the direction and strength of the relationship inform business and economic occurrences that provide an organisation with an in-depth understanding of the relationship.Motivation for the study: The rationale for this analysis was to broaden the understanding of the behaviour of the relationship over a period by studying the year-on-year correlation coefficients.Research approach/design and method: This quantitative, longitudinal study collected secondary data from the annual reports of 18 Schedule 2 SOCs over the period 2006 to 2014. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was the principal statistical technique utilised in the study.Main findings: Overall, the results revealed a fluctuation in the relationship between CEO remuneration and SOC performance with turnover having the most stable relationship with both fixed pay and total remuneration.Practical/managerial implications: The use of discretion in the determination of CEO remuneration within SOCs is likely to attract attention considering the fluctuating, sometimes volatile, relationship between the constructs. This will create the motivation for dynamic-policy frameworks to ensure consistency and fairness.Contribution/value add: The value of this research is that SOC remuneration committees now have empirical evidence of the importance that turnover plays as a performance measure.
Единственность решения задачи Дирихле для многомерного
дифференциального уравнения дробного порядка
Authors: Masaeva Olesya Khazhismelovna
Published: December 2020

Исследуется уравнение в частных производных дробного порядка
с произвольным числом независимых переменных. При целых значениях
порядков дробных производных исследуемое уравнение переходит
в линейное эллиптическое уравнение второго порядка с оператором
Лапласа в главной части. Рассмотрена задача Дирихле в многомерной
области. Доказан принцип экстремума для исследуемого уравнения
и единственность решения рассматриваемой задачи в области,
ограниченной или неограниченной.
Библиография: 16 названий.
Элементарный аналог операторного метода
в аддитивной комбинаторике
Authors: Olmezov Kostiantyn I
Published: December 2020

В статье дается элементарное доказательство неравенств,
ранее полученных операторным методом и имеющих приложения
в аддитивной комбинаторике. Способ доказательства позволяет
по-новому взглянуть на некоторый специальный случай
гипотезы Сидоренко.
Библиография: 12 названий.
Плотность производных наипростейших дробей
в пространствах Харди в полуплоскости
Authors: Dyuzhina Natalia Aleksandrovna
Published: December 2020

Доказывается, что суммы
$$
\sum_{k=1}^{n} \frac{1}{(z-a_{k})^{2}}, \qquad
\operatorname{Im}a_{k} < 0, \quad
n \in \mathbb{N},
$$
плотны во всех пространствах Харди $H_{p}$
в верхней полуплоскости при $1<p< \infty$,
а также в пространстве функций,
аналитических в верхней полуплоскости,
непрерывных в ее замыкании и стремящихся к нулю на бесконечности.
Библиография: 8 названий.
Об орбитах и биинвариантных подмножествах бинарных
$G$-пространств
Authors: Gevorgyan Pavel Samvelovich , Nazaryan A A
Published: December 2020

Изучаются орбиты и биинвариантные подмножества бинарного
$G$-пространства. Решается одна проблема из работы [1]
о дистрибутивности бинарного действия группы $G$ на
пространстве $X$.
Библиография: 5 названий.
Predgovor
Authors: Sukljan Nejc
Published: December 2020

Univerza v Ljubljani, najstarejša slovenska univerza, je v letu 2019 obeležila stoletnico ustanovitve. V njenem okviru je leta 1962 na Filozofski fakulteti z delom pričel Oddelek za muzikologijo, ki je v slovenskem prostoru ob univerzitetnem študiju muzikologije zagotovil tudi nujne pogoje za znanstveno preučevanje glasbe znotraj humanistične fakultete. Čeprav moremo dokumentiranim premislekom o glasbi, ki so v jedru prav vsakega muzikološkega dela, na Slovenskem slediti daleč v preteklost, segajo prvi tehtnejši poskusi znanstvene obravnave glasboslovnih tem v desetletja pred prvo svetovno vojno. Od takrat dalje, posebno pa z ustanovitvijo Oddelka za muzikologijo na Filozofski fakulteti in zatem Muzikološkega inštituta pri Znanstvenoraziskovalnem centru SAZU (pobude od leta 1972, formalno ustanovljen 1980), je slovenska muzikologija stopala po poti sodobne humanistične vede. Če so bile v ospredju zanimanja slovenskih muzikologov sprva pretežno zgodovinske teme, povezane z glasbeno preteklostjo slovenskega prostora, so se z institucionalizacijo enakovredno širila in poglabljala tudi sistematično-muzikološka področja. S širitvijo raziskovalnih interesov in z razvojem stroke se je vseskozi nujno spreminjala in dopolnjevala tudi njena metodologija.
Research on Slovenian Organs from the Beginning of the Twentieth Century to the Monograph Orgle Slovenije in 2018
Authors: Dobravec Jurij
Published: December 2020

The paper analyses the development of the structure and content of pipe organ catalogues that have appeared in Slovenian organology since the beginning of twentieth century. Of seventy catalogues describing multiple organs, particular attention is devoted to ten, especially the inventories of the Maribor (1911) and Ljubljana (1918) Dioceses, and the monograph Orgle Slovenije (2018).
Researching Music in Slovenia
Authors: Nagode Aleš
Published: December 2020

The article observes distortions of the historiographical narrative about the musical culture of Slovenia in the past, caused by specific circumstances of the formation of the Slovenian nation and the dominance of nationalism. It also outlines the strategies applied by Slovenian musicology since the second half of the twentieth century to escape the grip of nationalistic ideology.
Robust microsatellite markers for hybrid analysis between domesticated pigs and wild boar
Authors: Anderson Donovan , Negishi Yuki , Toma Rio , Nagata Junco , Tamate Hidetoshi , Kaneko Shingo
Published: December 2020

Hybridization between wild boar (Sus scrofa) and their domestic relative, pigs, is a global issue and gene flow between these populations has been known to negatively impact biodiversity with increased aggression, litter sizes, and growth. However, establishing a cost-effective analysis for long-term monitoring of possible gene flow of wild pigs into wild boar populations is challenging due to common alleles at multiple loci and often it is difficult to distinguish boar specific lineages. Therefore, there is a need to select loci with lineage specific alleles for hybrid detection. To determine these loci, we calculated allele frequencies and measurements from successfully amplified loci with DNA extracted from domestic pigs and wild boar populations from the period prior to, and after, the evacuations and disasters in Fukushima, Japan, in 2011, which resulted in an uncontrolled release of domestic pigs. Thirty-two loci showed pig putative alleles suggesting these selected loci can be useful genetic markers. Seventeen loci successfully distinguished pig and wild boar hybridization in Fukushima populations. Identified loci from this study provide a cost-efficient tool for genetic analysis and will provide a wealth of information on how an uncontrolled release of domestic livestock from natural or disasters may impact their wild relatives.
Growth performance and immune response to Newcastle disease in four gene pools of indigenous chicken in Rwanda
Authors: Habimana Richard , Ngeno Kiplangat , Shyaka Anselme , Ntawubizi Martin , Mahoro Janvier , Hirwa Claire d'andre , Ingabire Angelique , Kiptui Lucy , Gafarasi Isidore Mapendo , Otieno Tobias Okeno
Published: December 2020

In Rwanda, the most prevalent livestock farming activity carried out to improve livelihoods in rural areas is poultry farming. The most common bird species raised for egg and meat production is indigenous chicken (IC). Despite its economic signiﬁcance, the improvement programs in Rwanda have given IC little attention. There is, therefore, little documentation on their production and disease resistance performance. This study aimed at evaluating the growth performance and immunologic response of IC against Newcastle disease vaccine in four gene pools in Rwanda. One hundred eighty-nine (189) IC from four gene pools were kept on-station using a completely randomized design. Thereafter, the IC were vaccinated with a live commercial Newcastle disease virus. Data on body weight were collected weekly for 20 weeks whereas serum samples were collected after 35 days. Antibody responses were determined using indirect ELISA. Analysis of variance was performed using the SAS Generalised Linear Model procedure. Growth patterns were modelled using the logistic function. Results revealed a highly signiﬁcant difference (P<0.001) for growth performance and antibody response to Newcastle disease vaccine among the four gene pools. Gene pool A was the heaviest (1.6 kg) in the period of 20 weeks and gene pool C expressed the highest immune response (8,161antibody titres) for Newcastle disease vaccine (P<0.001). The results indicated that the selection of gene pool A in breeding could yield IC with good growth performance trait whilst gene pool C could be selected for its higher immunity against Newcastle disease virus.
Performance and Life-Time Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells
Authors: Ourahmoun O.
Published: December 2020

Perovskite-based solar cells have attracted a great deal of attention due to their rapid increase in power conversion, which has reached to 24.2%. The performance of perovskite solar cells depends on several parameters such as the absorber layer, the electron transport layer, the hole transport layer, and the electrodes, and the deposition technics. Moisture, oxygen, tem-perature and light intensity are environmental factors which can influence the stability of the photovoltaic devices and dete-riorate the performance. Also, the toxicity, caused by the presence of lead (Pb) content, is an obstacle for the commerciali-zation of the perovskite solar cells. The use of free-lead absorber layer is discussed, and solution to improve performances and stability of perovskite solar cells are proposed.
Morpho-anatomical adaptation of the leaves of certain Veronica species to arid conditions
Authors: Leshcheniuk Olena , Chipilyak Tetyana
Published: December 2020

This study’s objective was to evaluate the adaptive potential of the leaves of Veronica (V. austriaca, V. incana, and V. prostrata) in the arid conditions of the Kryvyi Rih Botanical Garden NAS of Ukraine (KBG) located in the Right-Bank Steppe Cisdnieper. Leaves have been obtained from the collection of ornamental plants of KBG, where these plants are introduced for ten years. The seasonal dynamics of leaf development have been studied during the growing season of 2018, when the most arid climatic conditions were observed.The leaves of the investigated species were found to be dorsoventral, amphistomatic, with an anomocytic stomatal apparatus and bifacial mesophyll. Changes in the anatomical structures of the leaf blade towards xeromorphism were determined. In particular, in all studied specimens thickening of the cuticle, adaxial and abaxial epidermises (except V. prostrata, where the upper epidermis decreased by 35 %) mesophyll occurred. The number of stomata on the abaxial epidermis in all species decreased (the most notably in V. prostrata). Such increase of xeromorphism in V. austriaca, V. incana, and V. prostrata is an adaptive reaction of plants to the effects of extreme arid weather and climatic conditions of the Kryvorizhzhya, which testifies to the plasticity of investigated species and their high adaptation potential to the climatic conditions of the Right-Bank Steppe Cisdnieper.
People, Planets and the Sun: Surya Puja in Tamil Nadu, South India
Authors: Malville J. McKim , Swaminathan R. N.
Published: December 2020

This paper analyzes architectural alignments and reports the results of interviews with priests and lay persons at those temples in the Tanjore district of Tamil Nadu in which sunlight of the rising or setting sun enters the sanctum, primarily near equinox. The event, known as Surya puja, occurs most frequently in Shaivite temples and is most often understood to be a case of the sun worshipping Lord Shiva. At some temples it is believed the sun suffers from leprosy, which may be associated with an outbreak of sunspots in the late 11th century. Many of today's Surya puja rituals have strong astrological dimensions, which have probably grown in intensity since the temples were built.
Biagio Pelacani’s Astrological History for the Year 1405
Authors: Vescovini Graziella Federici
Published: December 2020

The years between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance were troubled by political conflicts and plots generated by an unbridled ambition for power. In those dark ages the figure of the astrologer stands out as a firm reference point in the shrewd and often merciless political game. Biagio Pelacani of Parma perfectly embodies this character of learned adviser. The actions of the powerful men of the time depended on his predictions.
Heaven and the Sphaera Mundi in the Middle Ages
Authors: Laird Edgar
Published: December 2020

This paper examines the development of the idea of heaven in relation to the sphaera mundi - the sphere of the world - in medieval literature. The sphaera mundi is a model of the cosmos that at its most elementary is very simple indeed. At the centre of it is the earth, so small as to be virtually a dot in comparison to the whole or even to the smallest star. Earth is surrounded by the sea, which in turn is surrounded by air, as also air is surrounded by fire. Surrounding the fire is a sphere that 'bears' the moon, and around that sphere are others, like layers of an onion, bearing the other planets: Mercury, then Venus, the sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Then come the sphere bearing the fixed stars and, beyond it, one or more others. All these spheres together constitute the sphere of the world.
Astrological Medicine and the Popular Press in Early Modern England
Authors: Curth Louise
Published: December 2020

For many centuries the study of the stars was considered to be a science in western Europe. In the middle ages both astrology and astronomy, thought be the practical and theoretical parts of the scientific study of the celestial heavens, were taught as part of the university curriculum. The advent of printing in the late fifteenth century resulted in a huge variety of publications that provided the general public with access to this knowledge. This essay will examine the major role that almanacs, which were cheap, mass-produced astrological publications, played in disseminating information about astrological medical beliefs and practices to a national audience.
The History of Wretched Subjects
Authors: Neugebauer Otto
Published: December 2020

In the last issue of Isis (vol. 41, 125-126, p.374) there is a short review by Professor Sarton of a recent publication by E.S.Drower of the Mandean ‘Book of the Zodiac’ which is characterized by the reviewer as ‘a wretched collection of omens, debased astrology and miscellaneous nonsense’. Because this factually correct statement1 does not tell the whole story, I want to amplify it by a few remarks to explain to the reader why a serious scholar might spend years on the study of wretched subjects like ancient astrology.
The Bird, the Cross, and the Emperor: Investigations into the Antiquity of the Cross in Cygnus
Authors: Ross David J.
Published: December 2020

When was it that someone first gazed up at the Summer Milky Way and recognized the Cross among the stars of Cygnus? After the Big Dipper and the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades, the Northern Cross is among the most familiar of asterisms, for Westerners at least. Turn to almost any modern handbook on the constellations and we find under Cygnus that the Swan often goes by this well known alias. Little explanation is required; the Cross being simply a matter of common knowledge. But when did it become so? One such popular guide, by the late veteran interpreter of the stars, Julius Staal, ventures only that it was 'early Christians' who recognized the cruciform shape of Cygnus.1 It is certainly a reasonable guess; but, which early Christians recognized the Cross where others in their day would have imagined a great swan flying along the river of milk flowing from Hera's breast? Although it seems little more than an odd bit of trivia, attempting to answer the question of the asterism's antiquity touches on some interesting aspects of our cultural history. I hope to show how light from this admittedly peculiar angle may illuminate ways that astral imagery played upon the early Christian imagination, particularly as related to aspects of the history of Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of Rome.
Astrological Physiognomy from Ptolemy to the Present Day
Authors: Eccles Bernard
Published: December 2020

Physiognomy, the art of judging character or destiny through physical appearance, has had a long and varied history. Although not strictly astrological in all its forms, it is usually found combined with astrology, numerology, palmistry and other popular forms of fortune-telling; and, like all of these, it is unlikely to become extinct despite being ridiculed by modern science. Equally, attempts to legitimise and modernise it in recent times, usually for the purposes of identifying criminals or other social undesirables, are unlikely to render it wholly respectable either. For the greater part of its history, between the classical era and the eighteenth century, physiognomy was seen as an integral part of astrology: physical evidence and vindication of the theory of planetary influences. The aim of this paper is to trace the principal lines of transmission for the lore of planetary physiognomy within the Western astrological tradition, with particular emphasis on the descriptions given for Mars and Saturn. Astrological tradition is highly conservative, with data passed down through centuries of use almost unaltered; but in some cases, as will be shown, the material seems to have been modified and added to in significant ways at certain stages in its history, and to have been influenced or perhaps deliberately rewritten to reflect the prevailing religious or political views of the time.
Efektivitas Pelaksanaan Ibadah Daring Ditinjau dari Roma 12:1-2
Authors: DOMINGGUS DICKY
Published: December 2020

Pada tahun 2020, pelaksanaan ibadah mengalami perubahan cara dari ibadah pertemuan  fisik menjadi ibadah daring. Hal ini tentunya menjadi tantangan bagi gereja yang sudah terbiasa melakukan ibadah secara langsung dan harus membiasakan diri. Dari Alkitab, teks Roma 12:1-2 landasan alkitabiah tentang ibadah. Artikel ini bertujuan melihat efektifitas pelaksanaan ibadah daring berdasarkan Roma12:1-2. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan historikal gramatikal. Berdasarkan penelitian yang dilakukan, ibadah sesungguhnya berbicara tentang kehidupan sehari-hari. Terkait dengan ibadah daring, pelaksanaan ibadah daring merupakan salah satu cara untuk bersekutu dengan Tuhan. Karena ibadah daring memiliki esensi yang sama seperti ibadah pertemuan fisik maka perlu adanya keseriusan dalam melaksanakan ibadah daring.
Teologi Keselamatan Injil Lukas 19:1-10 dan Relevansinya Bagi Pendidikan Agama Kristen
Authors: Hutapea Rinto Hasiholan
Published: December 2020

Penelitian ini menggali konsep tentang keselamatan.Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menjawab permasalahan perbedaan konsep keselamatan yang dimiliki oleh peserta didik di sekolah. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan kepustakaan. Hasil penelitian adalah sebagai berikut: Pertama, keselamatan dari Perjanjian Lama hingga Perjanjian Baru adalah keselamatan dari Allah Sendiri. Kedua, manusia tidaklah selamat atas usahanya sendiri, tetapi lebih kepada karya Allah yang bertindak aktif dalam karya keselamatan. Ketiga, Injil Lukas memuat teologi keselamatan yang bersifat Universal. Keempat, keselamatan tidak memandang batasan, tetapi keselamatan dari Allah melalui Yesus Kristus menerobos batasan-batasan yang dibuat oleh manusia. Kelima, penilaian manusia bukanlah penentu terhadap keselamatan melainkan hanya Allah sendirilah yang patut menempatkan keselamatan itu. Keenam, konsep keselamatan dalam Injil Lukas 19:1-10 dapat dipertimbangkan dalam materi pembelajaran Pendidikan Agama Kristen di sekolah.
Strategi Pendidikan Kristen dalam Pembentukan Warga Gereja yang Unggul dan Berkarakter Berdasarkan Perspektif Kristiani
Authors: Stevanus Kalis , Sitepu Nathanail
Published: December 2020

Pendidikan karakter merupakan kebutuhan yang urgen bagi pembangunan manusia Indonesia yang berkualitas. Pendidikan karakter selain berlangsung di dalam konteks keluarga, dan sekolah, juga terjadi dalam lingkungan gereja. Tujuan penulisan ini adalah menjelaskan signifikansi peran strategis gereja sebagai agen pendidikan dan fasilitator dalam membentuk warga gereja berkarakter Kristus. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan kajian teologis dengan memanfaatkan Alkitab dan literatur yang sesuai pokok bahasan, kemudian dianalisis dan disajikan secara deskriptif. Dari penelitian tersebut disimpulkan ada dua strategi gereja dalam membentuk generasi muda yang berkarakter kristiani, yaitu (1) gereja harus melengkapi warganya khususnya keluarga-keluarga agar keluarga berfungsi menjadi tempat di mana watak, dan nilai-nilai kristiani hidup, bertumbuh dan berkembang dalam diri anak; (2) gereja mesti memperlengkapi warganya yang berprofesi guru agar mereka komitmen terhadap panggilan Kristus bagi pengembangan profesionalisme keguruan.
FEATURES OF COPING BEHAVIOR OF FIREFIGHTERS-RESCUERS WITH DIFFERENT WORK EXPERIENCE
Authors:   Tver State Technical University, Vlasenko N.Y.
Published: December 2020

The profile of preferred coping strategies in firefighters and rescuers was studied (depending on the length of professional experience). The survey involved 235 male fire and rescue workers aged 25 to 45 years, who were divided into three groups (1–6, 7–15 and 16–22 years of service). Using the personal questionnaire SACS (S. Hobfoll), preferences in choosing coping strategies were studied. It was found that the majority of firefighters and rescuers have prosocial and active strategies as priorities. Negative phenomena in overcoming stress and the proportion of people with passive behavior patterns were found to increase with increasing service life.
PROBLEMS OF REGIONAL LAND MANAGEMENT AFFECTING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF LAND USEDEVELOPMENT
Authors:   Tver State Technical University, Lazareva O.S. , Artemyev A.A. ,   Tver State Technical University
Published: December 2020

The article deals with organizational and economic problems of land management and land use in modern economic conditions. Qualitative and quantitative changes in the land Fund under the conditions of formation of a multi-layered economy are studied on the example of the Tver region. The most significant problems of land management at the state and regional level in the context of sustainable land use development are identified and specified, and directions for their solution are proposed.
Media Innovation Based on Simple Kit for Dynamic Electricity Learning
Authors: Subkan
Published: December 2020

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of simple KIT-based media in improving student learning achievement in dynamic electricity material. The sample used was the students of class grade 12 of IPA-3 Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 2 Mojokerto, totaling 35 students. The type of research used is research development (Research and Development). The research data were obtained from questionnaire responses during learning and the results of the pre-test and post-test. The questionnaire's responses were as many as 85.14% of students who thought that the development of KIT-based learning media was very effective in using dynamic electricity learning. Moreover, as many as 14.85% think that KIT-based learning media is creative and interactive learning and is an additional supplement in the teaching and learning process. From the test results given to students, there was a significant increase in students' achievements. This indicator can be seen from the t count value is smaller than the t table (t count <t table), then H1 (learning with media treatment) can be applied in learning. Another indicator is that the value of p-value is smaller than alpha 5% (0.05) Ho (learning without treatment) is rejected, so it is concluded that there is a significant increase between learning outcomes before using Simple KIT-based media after implementing learning media using simple KIT
Николай Иванович Петров и коллекция византийских икон Церковно-археологического музея при Киевской духовной академии
Authors: Etinhof O.E.
Published: December 2020

Nikolai Ivanovich Petrov (1840–1921) – Russian and Ukrainian scholar, professor of the Kiev Theological Academy, long-term curator in the Museum of Church Archaeology at the Kiev Theological Academy. A significant place in this collection belonged to the Byzantine icons bequeathed to the museum by A.N. Muravyov and Porfiry Uspensky. N.I. Petrov himself was engaged in the acquisition of these collections. The works of icon painting (unique in themselves), originating mainly from Sinai and Mount Athos gave impetus to the development of the science of Byzantine art in Russia. Unfortunately, most of them were lost during the World War II, but photographs from the archives make it possible to continue studying them. N.I. Petrov managed to appreciate the collection of ancient Sinai and Athonite icons at its true worth, lay the foundation for their systematic scientific study, make many correct dating and iconographic descriptions of the works acquired by the Museum, sometimes even more accurately than Academician N.P. Kondakov.

Николай Иванович Петров (1840–1921) — русский и украинский ученый, профессор Киевской духовной академии, многолетний хранитель Церковно-археологического музея Киевской духовной академии. Значительное место в этом собрании принадлежало коллекциям византийских икон, переданных музею наследниками А.Н. Муравьёва и Порфирия Успенского. Именно Н.И. Петров сам занимался приобретением этих собраний. Произведения иконописи, происходившие главным образом с Синая и Афона, уникальные и сами по себе, дали толчок развитию науки о византийском искусстве в России. К сожалению, большая часть из них утрачена во время Второй мировой войны, однако архивные фотографии позволяют продолжать их изучать. Н.И. Петрову удалось оценить по достоинству коллекцию древних синайских и афонских икон, положить начало их систематическому научному изучению, сделать много верных датировок и иконографических описаний произведений, приобретенных музеем, иногда даже точнее, чем это делал академик Н.П. Кондаков.
Farklı Mineral Katkılı Hafif Harçların Mekanik ve Fiziksel Özelliklerine Yüksek Sıcaklığın Etkisi
Authors: DÜNDAR Behcet , ÇINAR Emriye
Published: December 2020

Bu çalışmada, Kolemanit (K) ve Yüksek Fırın Cürufu (YFC) katkılı ponza agregası ile üretilen hafif harçların yüksek sıcaklık etkisi altında fiziksel ve mekanik özellikleri araştırılmıştır. Hafif harç numuneleri üretimin de bağlayıcı olarak CEM I 42.5 R Portland Çimentosu, agrega olarak 0-4 mm tane büyüklüğüne sahip ponza agregası kullanılmıştır. Hafif harç numuneleri 40x40x160 mm boyutlarında üretilmiştir. Hafif harçlara çimentoyla yer değiştirmek suretiyle ağırlıkça %1, %2 ve %3 oranlarında K, %10, %20 ve %30 oranların da YFC ikame edilmiştir. Üretilen harç numuneleri 28 gün boyunca standart kür havuzunda kür edilmiştir. 7 günlük erken yaştaki harç numunelerinin eğilme ve basınç dayanımları belirlenmiştir. 28 günü dolduran numunelerin su emme ve porozite gibi fiziksel özellikleri, eğilme ve basınç dayanımları gibi mekanik özellikleri belirlenmiştir. 28 günlük harç numuneleri, 200 °C, 400 °C, 600 °C ve 800 °C sıcaklıklara maruz bırakıldıktan sonra basınç ve eğilme dayanımları ve ağırlıkça yüzde kayıpları incelenmiştir. Mineral katkı kullanılması, harçların ağırlıklarında azalmaya neden olmaktadır. Mineral katkı kullanılarak harçların yüksek sıcaklık sonucunda meydana gelen ağırlık kayıplarında %55 oranlarına varan azalmalara neden olmuştur. Referans numuneye kıyasla mineral katkılı harçların yüksek sıcaklık altın meydana gelen mekanik kayıplar daha az olduğu görülmüştür.
Ursodeoksikolik Asit’in Farelerde Pentilentetrazol ile Oluşturulan Akut Epileptik Nöbetler Üzerine Etkisinin Araştırılması
Authors: KARABULUT Sebahattin , TAŞKIRAN Ahmet Şevki
Published: December 2020

Öz: Bu çalışmanın amacı, Ursodeksikolik asit (UDKA) ön tedavisinin PTZ ile indüklenen akut epilepsi fare modelinde nöbet davranışına ve hipokampal total oksidan status (TOS) ve kaspaz-3 ekpresyonlarına etkisini araştırmaktır. Çalışmada BALB-c türü 24 hayvan rastgele 4 gruba ayrıldı: Kontrol grubu, PTZ; PTZ ile nöbet indüklenen grup, UDKA-100; 5 gün boyunca UDKA 100 mg kg-1 verilen ve PTZ uygulanan grup, UDKA-200; 5 gün boyunca UDKA 200 mg kg-1 verilen ve PTZ uygulanan grup. UDKA ön tedavisinin nöbet davranışı üzerine istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir etkisi bulunmadı. UDKA-200 grubunda daha belirgin olmak üzere, UDKA ön tedavisi hipokampal TOS ekspresyonunu anlamlı olarak azalttı. Benzer şekilde, hipokampal kaspaz-3 ekspresyonu UDKA alan gruplarda daha düşük bulundu. Sonuç olarak, UDKA antioksidatif ve antiapoptotik özellikleriyle epilepsi tedavisi için faydalı bir terapotik ajan olabilir.