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Spatial analysis of traffic accidents using geographic information systems: case study of the wilaya of Sétif (Algeria)
Authors: Khallef Boubaker , Daoudi Belkis , Kerkour Amira
Published: January 2025

The road network of the wilaya of Sétif is facing problems with congestion and intense traffic, which calls for special attention to traffic detection. The aim of this study is to highlight the capabilities of GIS to identify areas where road accidents are frequent, to analyze their causes, and to guide the efforts of the authorities of the wilaya of Sétif to resolve this situation. Thus, we propose solutions and measures to improve road planning and effective traffic management. The spatial analysis of the phenomenon, which is based on a quantitative and descriptive analysis method using GIS, reveals that the national roads are the most exposed to road accidents, with an incidence of 56.69%, or 257 injuries and 35 total deaths for the year of 2022. This type of road network is heavily utilized, and the current statistical analysis of 515 accidents, compared to the years 2021 and 2020, shows an improving trend, which is worrying. The results highlight the urgent need for targeted interventions and strategic planning to improve road safety in the region. By using GIS technology, authorities can not only identify high-risk areas, but also develop data-driven policies that focus on infrastructure improvements and effective traffic management strategies to reduce the increase in accidents.
NOTAS SOBRE A PSICANÁLISE NA EDUCAÇÃO
Authors: SANTOS DOUGLAS MANOEL ANTONIO DE ABREU PESTANA DOS
Published: January 2025

Este artigo aborda a interseção entre a psicanálise e a educação, com um foco particular nas tensões surgidas a partir do discurso do mestre, que molda as relações educacionais. Explora-se a dinâmica transferencial que emerge nesse contexto e sua influência na eficácia do processo educacional. A compreensão das complexidades da transferência na educação pode informar práticas pedagógicas mais eficazes e promover um ambiente educacional mais enriquecedor e colaborativo.
Danilo Scholz, Patrick Bahners, Shiru Lim: Pocock Moment
Authors: Scholz Danilo , Lim Patrick Bahners. Shiru
Published: January 2025

Europa oder die Einsamkeit der Antipoden In manchen historischen Lagen scheint die Geographie für das Politische eine bestenfalls relative Größe zu sein. Als sich im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1943 das Blatt gegen Nazideutschland gewendet hatte, trat Carl Schmitt als Landvermesser in Erscheinung. Es galt, die stetig wachsenden Raumansprüche des Feindes abzuzirkeln. Die USA, so Schmitt, streben nach einer «universalen, planetarischen Weltkontrolle und Weltherrschaft». Dieser Wille zur erdumspannenden Hegemonie erschien Schmitt perfide, weil Entgrenzung sich hier unter dem Mantel einer räumlichen Begrenzung tarnte. Wo die «westliche Hemisphäre» noch im 19. Jahrhundert ein hegemoniales «Regime der Freiheit» unter US-Fahne bezeichnete, das sich als Gegenpol zu den Monarchien Europas inszenierte, sei diese Propagandaformel längst zum Alibi für einen «grenzenlosen, globalen Interventionismus» geworden, der willkürlich eine Linie zwischen Freund und Feind zieht.
Sofie Valk: Denkachsen. Von Gehirnkarten zum Verhalten
Authors: Valk Sofie
Published: January 2025

Auch wenn viele seit Descartes die Vorstellung einer dualistischen Natur von Geist und Gehirn überwunden haben, bleibt der Zusammenhang zwischen der äußeren Struktur des Gehirns und den inneren Prozessen der Gedanken und Gefühle weiter rätselhaft. Früher dachte man, dass bestimmte Hirnregionen nur für bestimmte Aufgaben zuständig sind, heute haben neurowissenschaftliche Studien diese Sichtweise erweitert. Sie betonen die kognitive Relevanz interregionaler Verbindungen und Dynamiken innerhalb dieser komplexen biologischen Systeme. Eine wichtige offene Frage besteht darin, zu verstehen, wie und warum diese Bereiche topologisch organisiert sind und was dies für die Natur menschlichen Denkens bedeutet. Um diese Frage zu beantworten, könnte man als Ausgangspunkt eine Karte des Gehirns erstellen. Innerhalb dieser Gehirnkarte entsteht dann ein Koordinatenraum, den man anhand der Variation entlang dessen zentralen Achsen verstehen kann.
Asesinados en otro municipio: vectores del homicidio doloso en México
Authors: San-Román-Tajonar Guillermo
Published: January 2025

Introducción: este trabajo examina los patrones de contagio del homicidio doloso en México entre 2016 y 2022, en el contexto de los enfrentamientos entre grupos rivales del crimen organizado. Objetivo: determinar cuál de las dos hipótesis opuestas sobre la propagación de los homicidios en México cuenta con mayor soporte empírico. Consideramos: a) la hipótesis centrífuga, que postula que los grupos del crimen organizado pueden trasladar sus actividades a nuevas regiones, propagando el conflicto, y b) la hipótesis centrípeta, que sugiere que cuando una organización criminal ataca a otra en una región diferente, la violencia generada retroalimenta el conflicto en su región de origen. Metodología: utilizando técnicas de regresión espacial y matrices espaciales modificadas, examinamos estas hipótesis, con las relaciones de vecindad definidas por la diferencia entre los lugares de residencia y defunción de personas asesinadas con armas de fuego y explosivos. Conclusiones: nuestros resultados respaldan sólidamente la hipótesis centrífuga, aunque no se descarta por completo la hipótesis centrípeta.
Exploring the sensitive interplay between labour law and competition jurisprudence: Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (PTY) Ltd v Competition Commission of South Africa & Another [2024] ZACC 3
Authors: Tavuyanago Simbarashe
Published: January 2025

On 17 April 2024, the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down a landmark judgment in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (Pty) Ltd v Competition Commission & Food and Allied Workers Union [2024] ZACC 3. The case highlighted the intersection of labour and competition, two areas of the law that are cardinal to the protection, promotion, and realisation of socio-economic rights. Labour law is paramount to the realisation of socio-economic rights because it regulates, among other things, the right to fair wages, employment equity, safe working conditions, social security benefits, and job security, which all ensure that individuals can earn a living to support their families and afford access to goods and services essential for their socio-economic well-being. Competition law, on the other hand, advances the realisation of socio-economic rights through the promotion of fair markets and the combating of anti-competitive conduct, ensuring that consumers have access to the best quality goods and services at fair prices, which is essential for consumers' economic well-being.
Stories Worth Telling
Authors: Kriel Lize
Published: January 2025

It is seldom a good thing to blow one's own horn, but since this accomplishment is mine only by association with my creative colleagues in the School of the Arts at the University of Pretoria, I think I am, so to speak, duty-bound to report on this: There is a vibrant new exhibition space in Pretoria. And the humble name of UP Student Gallery should not lower the expectations. In 2023 alone, UP Student Gallery not only hosted excellent exhibitions by the Fine Art students at the University of Pretoria, but also several others by professional artists which were truly world-class.
XVIII Trobada del Grup d’Estudis Etnopoètics
Authors: Duran Bordoy Bàrbara
Published: January 2025

xviii Trobada del Grup d’Estudis Etnopoètics «Les formes breus en l’etnopoesia». Castelló, 3 i 4 de novembre de 2023
Les dones del Grup de Folkloristes de Ripoll
Authors: Nolla Bertran Rut
Published: January 2025

És força coneguda la tasca dels homes del Grup de Folkloristes de Ripoll. Tanmateix, la contribució de les dones del grup no s’ha investigat, malgrat l’extensa recollida de material folklòric que dugueren a terme durant el primer terç del segle xx. A partir de l’inventari d’Oriol Beltran (2005), s’han identificat tretze dones del Grup de Folkloristes de Ripoll, de les quals s’han quantificat i classificat les publicacions de mostres de folklore en la premsa local. S’ha elaborat un esbós biogràfic de les cinc folkloristes que van recollir rondalles i llegendes: Carme Canal, Florentina Casas, Genoveva Dachs, Núria Roquer i Joaquima Santamaria. A manera d’exemple, s’ha comentat una rondalla de Genoveva Dachs. Aquest estudi posa en valor el paper de les dones dins del Grup de Folkloristes de Ripoll, fonamentals en la preservació del llegat de la literatura popular ripollesa. No obstant això, calen noves investigacions per  aprofundir en la magnitud i la qualitat de la seva tasca.
Preparing Biolog Growth Plates v2
Authors: Carlos Goller Carlos , Sjogren Carly
Published: January 2025

Overview and Goals Your bacterial isolate has been grown on agar plates. You practiced pipetting. Now, let’s learn about how your organism grows! What nutrients help your bacterium grow? We will use plates with ninety-six wells with different conditions to examine the growth and metabolic capacity of your isolate. For this, we will use special Biolog plates and your Blood Universal Growth (BUG) media containing plates with your organism. Biolog plates allow researchers to test and visually (colorimetrically!) analyze the growth of bacteria in numerous conditions… up to 30 conditions in one plate! Biolog plates work by having powder chemicals in the wells along with an inoculating fluid and a dye that changes color when an organism is growing (“metabolic dye”). After completing this lab you will gain the following lab skills: Lab safety and proper personal protective equipment (PPE) Proper use of Biolog plates and multichannel pipettors Proper use of a turbidimeter to adjust bacterial densities Analysis of growth data of bacteria in 96-well plates
Flow of non-Newtonian fluids in self-similar networks across different scales
Authors:   Complex Flow Systems Lab, University of Evora, Portugal, Miguel Antonio F. ,   Institute of Earth Sciences, the branch of Evora, Portugal
Published: January 2025

Several natural and manufactured flow systems exhibit scale-invariance or self-similarity, despite appearing to be disordered. This study focuses on the laminar flow of non-Newtonian fluids through self-similar systems of tubes with porous walls (intrinsic permeability much less than 10-4 m2). Two arrangements of tubes are discussed: a dendritic flow structure and a bundle of tubes. The size of these arrangements is described as a function of structural parameters for both straight and tortuous tubes, and the flow resistance is obtained as a function of structural parameters and fluid properties. Among other findings, it is shown that the prefractal dimension of dendritic networks for maximum flow access is dependent on the size constraint chosen to design the network. Results also show that as the prefractal dimensions of diameters and lengths rise, so does the overall size of the dendritic network and tube bundle system. In contrast, it is observed that the flow resistance diminishes as the prefractal dimension for diameters increases, whereas for tortuous tubes the flow resistance increases as the prefractal dimension for lengths increases. The approaches presented in this paper have numerous potential applications, including fluxes in biological systems, microfluidic media, and hydrology.
Political Participation of Young Immigrants: Do National Identification and Discrimination Moderate the Relationship?
Authors: Hoffmann Philipp , Benoit Verena
Published: January 2025

With nearly a third of the German population having a migration background, immigrant political participation is crucial for democracy and immigrants’ integration. Adults with a migration background tend to participate less than the majority population. The findings become less conclusive when focusing specifically on young adults. The socialization phase during youth and young adulthood lays the foundation for future political participation and thus holds significant importance. At the same time, established factors that explain political participation, such as socio-economic status, political interest, or political efficacy, may not yet be fully developed in young adults. The present study starts here and focuses on the conventional and unconventional political participation of young adults (ages 18–30) with and without a migration background in Germany. Specifically, we investigate the moderating effects of perceived discrimination and national identification, which play a key role in shaping immigrants’ political integration. We use the civic voluntarism model as our baseline and explanatory framework. It provides a foundation for understanding differences in political participation more broadly. For our analyses, we rely on data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries (CILS4EU-DE, wave 5; linear regressions). First, we find contrary effects of perceived discrimination on recruitment networks and unconventional participation: Positive for individuals with a migration background and negative for individuals without a migration background. Second, national identification weakens the positive impact of political interest among the majority population and of recruitment networks among immigrants. Lastly, we observe no moderating effects for resources and conventional political participation for either group.
FORMATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN CADETS OF HIGHER MILITARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS NON-LINGUISTIC SPECIALITIES
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, MARUSHKEVYCH Alla
Published: January 2025

Background. The necessity of mastering foreign language competencies by cadets of higher military education institutions is substantiated (HMEI). The laws on which the organisation of the educational process in HMEI, as well as documents on its provision, are named. The purpose of the Roadmap for Improving Language Training in the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 2021–2025 is indicated. The attention is focused on the educational and methodological work of HMEI teachers, which should be aimed at mastering all types of speech activities, culture of oral and written speech, and skills of using the language in different situations.
Results. The structure of communicative competence is revealed, which includes the following components: linguistic, speech, sociocultural, compensatory and educational and cognitive. The views of individual scholars are considered, which prove that the target orientation of
foreign language training in HMEI is the formation of a multicultural personality of a serviceman capable of foreign language independence.
Attention is drawn to the fact that the knowledge acquired independently makes a graduate of a HMEI productive thinker, able to solve professional problems, and confidently defend his or her position. It is proved that the organisation of independent work in the process of mastering a foreign language occupies an important place in the system of higher education. The role of a well-thought-out educational and developmental information environment in improving the quality of cadets' independent work is indicated. The importance of a well-thought-out selection of tasks for independent work in a foreign language, taking into account the individual approach to each student, is noted. Some technologies of foreign
language teaching are analysed, especially the following: pedagogical technologies of teaching and learning, technologies of partnership, instrumental technologies, technologies of modernisation. The article reveals the essence of the interactive method of teaching foreign languages, which makes it possible to discuss various problems, prove and argue one's own point of view, etc.
Conclus і ons. The results of the study of the problem of teaching foreign languages to cadets of non-linguistic specialities of higher military education institutions are highlighted and it is proved that it will be more effective if the professional component of the content of training is introduced into practice. The views on the expediency of adjusting approaches to the organisation of independent work of cadets of non-linguistic specialities in order to form tolerant intercultural relations and prepare them for foreign language interpersonal and intercultural communication are generalised
Is a Theory of Cyberspace Dominance Possible? An Assessment from the Perspective of China’s Cyber Sovereignty Approach
Authors: Lale Kahraman Aybala
Published: January 2025

In today’s rapidly digitalizing world, cybersecurity requires the protection of information and communication technologies as well as the infrastructure of countries. In this framework, some countries consider cyber sovereignty to be connected with cybersecurity as an approach that discloses the control and authority of states over their digital infrastructures. This study analyzes the cybersecurity policies and understanding of cyber sovereignty in China. In doing so, the possibility of theorizing dominance in cyberspace is discussed. In this context, the main purpose of this study is to examine the theoretical dimensions of cybersecurity and cyber sovereignty concepts and to analyze China’s cybersecurity policies and cyber sovereignty approach. Cyberspace represents a new field of dominance in international relations. Rather than providing a definitive answer to whether cyber sovereignty is possible under international law, the focus should be on how cyber sovereignty can play a role in international power struggles and shape cybersecurity policies. In this context, the study’s methodology consists of a brief introduction to cybersecurity, followed by an analysis of the research question of whether cyberspace dominance is possible and the concept of cyber sovereignty. Within the scope of the theoretical framework, a literature review of the relevant concepts was conducted, and China’s cybersecurity policies and cyber sovereignty approach were analyzed as a case study. The documents, sources, and data discussed throughout the study demonstrate China’s understanding of cyber sovereignty and how it is shaped on international platforms. The study concludes that if China sees cyberspace sovereignty as the key to becoming a global power in the international system, it must integrate all factors, including military, political, and economic factors, besides cybersecurity.
The Threat of Tomorrow: Impacts of Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Cyber-attacks on International Relations
Authors: Çalışkan Esra Merve
Published: January 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many sectors with its development, but it is also likely to pose new threats when used maliciously. This study examines the implications of state and nonstate actors using AI to conduct more sophisticated cyber-attacks and their potential consequences for international relations and global security. Cyber-attack detection has become more automated, targeted, and challenging due to rapid advances in AI. Thanks to AI, adversaries can now impersonate humans, manipulate data, eavesdrop on conversations, and exploit system weaknesses on an unprecedented scale. Unchecked, AI-enabled cyber-attacks can undermine diplomatic relations, increase the likelihood of military conflict between governments, and destabilize the economy. The international community will need new legal frameworks and technological measures to mitigate these risks. International cooperation is necessary to limit the development of AI cyber weapons, develop robust systems, and establish guidelines for responsible state activity in cyberspace. Through cooperation and foresight, the potential of AI is more likely to be achieved while reducing the likelihood of intensified cyber warfare. This paper provides a broad literature perspective and offers recommendations for both legal and technological solutions to reduce the likelihood of the effects of AI-based cyber-attacks.
“Why Nations Fight?”: An Analysis of the Causes of the Russian Federation-Ukraine War from Russian Perspective within the Framework of Richard Ned Lebow’s Approach
Authors: Jane Murat , Jane Assist. Prof. Dr. Hazar
Published: January 2025

The annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation (RF) on March 18, 2014, and the declaration of the People’s Republics in Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine are considered by many international relations experts as one of the most important developments of the post-Cold War era. In this respect, the ongoing RF-Ukraine War, which started on February 20, 2022, after the developments in 2014, can be interpreted as a reflection of the power struggle between the RF-West (Euro-Atlantic Alliance) rather than RF-Ukraine relations in the period from the Post-Cold War Period to 2022. There are many reasons for the RF-Ukraine War, especially the tension in RF-West relations. Richard Ned Lebow’s perspectives on the nature and causes of the war make it possible to address the causes of this war holistically. Therefore, the study aims to understand why the RF wants to go to war with Ukraine within the framework of Lebow’s approach. The study will utilize the process analysis method in this framework through primary and secondary sources.
Technology, Organization, and the Militarization of Intelligence: The Turkish Experience
Authors: Ökten Tolga
Published: January 2025

Advances in targeting technology have increasingly militarized intelligence agencies, positioning them at the forefront of unconventional conflicts such as counterterrorism. The National Intelligence Agency (MİT)’s role in counterterrorism can be studied within this context. Accordingly, this article aims to examine the underlying factors that have contributed to the militarization of intelligence activities, focusing on MİT. This transformation has been elucidated through the variables of technology and organization. The transformation was initiated by the advent of drone technology and reinforced by the introduction of novel organizational structures and mission statements. During this period, a new conceptualization of intelligence emerged, whereby intelligence and operations were unified under a single mission definition and tactical intelligence priorities assumed a greater significance. The technological and organizational transformation also impacted the MİT, which underwent a process of increasing militarization after 2019 and became a pivotal actor in Türkiye’s counterterrorism operations against PKK/KCK.
Adapting Military Doctrines to Shifting Power Dynamics in the International System: Looking Beyond Unipolarity through the Analyses of Charles Kupchan
Authors: Büyükakıncı Erhan
Published: January 2025

With the end of the bipolar system at the end of the Cold War, the world order shifted to a unipolar era led by the United States (US). However, with the increase in asymmetric threats and diversity of actors in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks, this stabilization process has given way to uncertainties and multi-vector debates. Charles Kupchan’s work analyses different system transformations from a more structuralist perspective. This article aims to analyze how states determine their military doctrines and strategies in the face of constantly transforming system balances. Within the analytical framework discussed by Kupchan, it is possible to discuss how military doctrines are adapted to the variables of the international system. Many factors are at play here, from regionalism to alliance formations and threat perceptions to actors’ diversity. Kupchan’s “No One’s World” argument leads us to the problem of the opportunities and contradictions that states face in determining their strategic priorities within the framework of the complex structure of the multipolar order, which is this article’s main starting point.
Personal Meaning of a Child for an Adult as a Factor of Psychological Well-Being
Authors: Karpinskii K.V.
Published: January 2025

The article presents an analytical review of modern foreign studies devoted to the psychological effects, mechanisms and patterns of influence of children and parenthood on the psychological well-being of adults. Based on the generalization of the results of individual theoretical and empirical studies, systematic and meta-analytical reviews, the history of formation, current state and prospects for the development of this scientific direction are considered. The most general and stably reproducible patterns of the impact of children and parenthood on various components (cognitive, affective, motivational), levels (global, domain, subdomain) and types (hedonic, eudaimonic, existential) of psychological well-being of adults are formulated. Additional and intermediate variables acting as mediators and moderators of the dependence of psychological well-being of adults on children and the parental role are identified. It is shown that the key integrative factor mediating this dependence is the personal meaning of the child for an adult, which determines the strength, direction and form of the influence of children and parental status on psychological well-being. Based on the results of the analytical revision and critical assessment of the current state of the problem, it is argued that a promising line of its development is the construction of a psychological concept of the personal meaning of a child for an adult.
The Impact of Video Games on the Emotional State of Gamers: Review of Modern Research
Authors: Lapteva N.M.
Published: January 2025

The article presents a theoretical review of modern research dedicated to the problem of the influence of video games on the emotional state of players. Despite the large number of works in this area, their results are quite contradictory, therefore, an analysis of meta-analytical data is necessary, as well as a detailed consideration of various factors influencing the effect. It has been shown that there is evidence for negative effects of video games on various indicators of emotional state, evidence for positive effects and evidence for the absence of effects. The effect depends on various additional factors — individual personality traits of the player, the genre of the game, the amount of time spent playing video games, and many others. It is revealed that in some cases, contradictions in the results of empirical studies are explained by the influence of these factors, in particular, the genre of the game has a significant impact, as well as the presence of video game addiction. We also reviewed meta-analytical works that confirmed the positive effect of educational video games on the development of emotional self-regulation skills, therapy for symptoms of autism and depression. Formulating reliable clear conclusions about the presence and magnitude of the effect of entertainment genres of games is still difficult due to the lack of modern meta-analyses.
Psychological Factors of Cybersecurity and Trust in Fake News in Internet Communication: Review of Contemporary Foreign Studies
Authors: Fabrykant M.S.
Published: January 2025

The paper presents a systematic review of contemporary foreign research on psychological factors of cybersecurity and trust in fake news. It contains an analysis of theoretical developments and empirical studies of the psychological aspects of cybersecurity within the framework of the concepts of personality psychology, behavioral psychology and social psychology. Despite the fact that general psychological patterns and theoretical models of these branches of psychology are used in the study of cybersecurity, the available results of research in this area still do not form a holistic picture of the psychological factors of cybersecurity behavior. At the same time, the factors of personal characteristics and behavior of cybercriminals seem to be better studied and more understandable than the factors of compliance and violation of the rules of cybersecurity behavior by “ordinary” users. The article then presents a review of empirical studies on the reasons why Internet users trust fake news and how to overcome it. General awareness of the problem of the spread of fake news is shown to offer little help in reducing trust in fake news, and the use of ineffective strategies for recognizing fake news often has the opposite effect. A more sophisticated strategy based on knowledge of the specific techniques by which fake news is created, on the contrary, can more effectively reduce the risk of trust in fake news. The author comes to the conclusion that measures promoting cybersecurity behavior of Internet users are advisable if aimed not at stimulating vigilance, but at increasing confidence in the picture of the world, in which the phenomena of cybersecurity threats and fake news are built in as a familiar and understandable component.
Neuropsychological Mechanisms of Social Aggression
Authors: Shipkova K.M. , Bulygina V.G.
Published: January 2025

The following article presents an overview of contemporary foreign studies on the neuropsychological status of individuals who have committed socially aggressive actions. It describes the factors that influence the formation of aggressive behaviour and thoroughly analyzes the main theoretical views on the nature of social aggression. Moreover, the article highlights the main research directions on this issue in modern neuropsychology. The analysis of various neuropsychological aspects of aggression is presented, including the features of cognitive and regulatory processes in perpetrators of violence. The article also describes the neuropsychological methods used to study executive functions and their orientation. Furthermore, it critically analyzes empirical neuropsychological studies of perpetrators of violence, including meta-analytical studies, and also challenges the traditional understanding of the dysfunctionality of regulatory processes in aggressive individuals and patients with frontal lobe brain lesions. The article also highlights the difference between the manifestations of regulatory process disorders in persons with frontal lobe injuries in childhood and adulthood. Finally, it conducts a critical analysis of hypotheses on the biological basis of social aggression. The paper addresses controversial issues regarding the causal relationship between brain pathology and social aggression, as well as the hierarchy of relations between regulatory and cognitive deficits. The article describes possible directions for further promising studies of social aggression in neuropsychology.
Review and Assessment of the Significance of Scientific Works by I.V. Zmitrovich, Devoted to the Processes of Biological Development and Eukaryote Megataxonomy
Authors: Perelygin Vladimir V. , Zharikov Mikhail V.
Published: January 2025

The present review provides a detailed bibliographic analysis of scientific works, including little-known ones, by I.V. Zmitrovich, devoted to the processes of biological development and taxonomy of eukaryotes. As the study of the bibliographic heritage of I.V. Zmitrovich has shown, important issues of theoretical biology raised in his works were morphogenesis, adaptogenesis, and eukaryote megataxonomy. First of all, by the type of affiliation, I.V. Zmitrovich was interested in fungi – osmoheterotrophic organisms with a chitinous cell wall, an open growth system, resembling plants and long attributed to this kingdom. However, consideration of the tendencies of the development of multicellularity and modular theory expanded the realm of interests of this researcher, being extended to the evolution of the vegetative body of plant organism, including higher plants with different types of cells and tissue differentiation. The purpose of this review was to study and acquaint our readers with the numerous scientific works by I.V. Zmitrovich devoted to the morphogenesis and taxonomy of eukaryotes of the last thirty years, many of which, in our opinion, were undeservedly lost in the intensifying flow of scientific and technical information of recent years.
An Updated and Unified Complete Earthquake Catalog of the Shillong Plateau and Adjoining Region
Authors: Shahabuddin Mohd , Kumar Mohanty William
Published: January 2025

The Shillong Plateau (SP) and adjoining regions are one of the world’s most seismically active regions and to conduct a thorough seismological investigation and improved seismic hazard assessment, an updated and unified earthquake catalog is a prerequisite. In the present study, we compiled a homogeneous declustered earthquake catalog for the SP and adjoining regions by utilizing updated earthquake data from various international and national databases and pertinent literature for the period 825–2024, which consists of 6877 earthquakes. Employing the generalized orthogonal regression, orthogonal distance regression, standard least square regression, and inverted standard least square regression methods, 30 empirical relations have been derived to achieve magnitude homogeneity. All the reported magnitudes are converted into moment magnitude (Mw) using the derived regression relations. Subsequently, the declustering of the compiled homogenous earthquake catalog has been carried out using three techniques to distinguish dependent and independent earthquakes. Three approaches are used to assess the completeness of the nondeclustered and declustered earthquakes in terms of time and magnitude. The compiled updated and unified catalog in the present study contains 6877 earthquakes of Mw≥3.5 for the period 825–2024 obtained out of a total of 19,499 earthquakes reported from all sources. The completeness periods of the GK74 declustered earthquake catalog obtained by the cumulative visual inspection method for different magnitudes range from 14 to 218 yr and by Stepp’s method, it ranges from 15 to 215 yr. The spatial distribution of the magnitude of completeness (Mc), cumulative a-value, and b-value of the GK74 declustered earthquake catalog varies from 4.71 to 4.99, 5.64 to 10.17, and 0.68 to 1.63, respectively. The compiled updated and unified earthquake catalog is expected to be an essential input for regional seismicity, earthquake hazard, seismotectonic, and seismic hazard analysis of the SP and adjoining region.
Anatomic repair of a chronic distal biceps tendon rupture: a case report
Authors: Tuteja Sanesh , Rodricks Timothy
Published: January 2025

Chronic distal biceps tendon ruptures, common in weightlifting, pose significant challenges for surgical repair due to the high demands placed on the biceps muscle. Traditional repair techniques, such as direct suture fixation, may be inadequate for athletic patients. This case report presents a novel approach using the modified Boyd-Anderson two-incision technique, incorporating an endobutton and fiberloop to enhance tendon stability and functional recovery. A 40-year-old male weightlifter with a chronic distal biceps rupture underwent surgical repair after physical examination and imaging confirmed the injury. The modified Boyd-Anderson technique, involving two incisions, allowed optimal tendon exposure. An endobutton was used to secure the tendon to the radial tuberosity, while a fiberloop reinforced the repair. The procedure, performed under general anesthesia, minimized soft tissue damage. Postoperative rehabilitation focused on strength training and follow-up at 2 months showed significant improvement in range of motion, strength and overall function, enabling the patient to return to daily activities. This technique, with its use of the endobutton and fiberloop, provides a promising option for anatomical repair of chronic distal biceps ruptures in athletic individuals, offering effective restoration of function and strength. It underscores the importance of customized surgical approaches for tendon repair in active patients.
Merespon Krisis Iklim secara Inklusif dan Partisipatoris: Studi Kasus Program Keadilan Iklim Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta
Authors: Rahmatullah Faiz , Agus Stianto Heri
Published: January 2025

Krisis Iklim disebabkan oleh dan berdampak pada manusia. Aktivitas produksi dan konsumsi yang dilakukan mengeluarkan emisi karbon yang berdampak pada meningkatnya suhu permukaan bumi. Meskipun dirasakan oleh semua manusia, krisis iklim seringkali lebih berdampak pada kelompok rentan, seperti perempuan dan disabilitas. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan pendekatan dan metode kegiatan yang dapat merespon kondisi khusus tersebut. Melalui pendekatan kualitatif melalui wawancara, observasi, dan literature review, penelitian ini menemukan bahwa program keadilan iklim yang dilakukan oleh Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI) di 4 kabupaten dan 1 kota di Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta bertujuan untuk mengintervensi dampak krisis iklim dan menciptakan resiliensi masyarakat melalui perspektif inklusif dan pendekatan program yang partisipatoris. Dengan dukungan dana dari Ford Foundation, PKBI DIY bersama mitra masyarakat dan pemerintah telah melakukan beberapa kegiatan pemberdayaan masyarakat dan advokasi, seperti diskusi publik, pendampingan permasalahan krisis iklim, peningkatan kapasitas masyarakat, dan melakukan drafting kebijakan desa secara partisipatoris.
Agriculture Go and Act Now (AGAN): To be an Economic Empowerment & Transformation in the Future Agriculture, Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan
Authors: Qomariyah Nor , Zaelani M. Asep
Published: January 2025

AbstrakPertanian dan perubahan iklim saling berkaitan, terutama dalam hal produktivitas dan sistem pertanian. 'Agriculture Go and Act Now' (AGAN), akan tercipta sistem yang seimbang dan menjadi model strategis baru yang 'adaptif' untuk mendorong pertanian berkelanjutan dan ketahanan terhadap perubahan iklim yang kita hadapi saat ini; 1) curah hujan tidak menentu, 2) panas ekstrem, 3) banjir dan kekeringan, 4) kalender sulit diprediksi, dan 5) gagal panen.Penelitian ini menggunakan metode mix method (kualitatif dan kuantitatif), agar data yang dihasilkan lebih akurat dan lengkap baik secara kondisi social maupun secara kuantifikasi data.Berdasarkan hasil pemetaan sosial (2022) di 8 desa; Bawah Selan, Pematang Danau, Pasiraman Simpang Empat, Surian Hanyar, Mataraman, Lok Tamu, Simpang Tiga) Kabupaten Banjar menunjukkan, dimana aset manusia berada pada level rendah (2,26), aset alam rendah (2,31) dan aset finansial juga berada pada level rendah (2,26). sangat rendah (1,66), maka strategi yang digunakan adalah 1) pemberdayaan perempuan, 2) pendampingan dan pendampingan, 3) pengelolaan keuangan, 4) membuka lapangan kerja baru, 5) pangan gizi keluarga, 6) meningkatkan kapasitas sumber daya, 7) mengurangi biaya rumah tangga , dan 8) perubahan perilaku sosial.AGAN sebagai inovasi pertanian berkelanjutan dapat diterapkan dan diadaptasi di berbagai daerah dengan beberapa pendekatan; a) kurikulum, b) jangka panjang, c) pendekatan praktis, d) kemitraan, e) berbasis pasar, f) varietas tanaman baru menuju ketahanan pangan menjadi 'sistem nilai' yang berkelanjutan bagi masyarakat.
Kata KunciPertanian; Perubahan Iklim; Strategi; Inovasi; Sustainability
A crítica de Georges Politzer à hipótese freudiana do inconsciente desde a Perspectiva de Segunda Pessoa
Authors: Pereira Felipe Eleutério
Published: January 2025

Analisamos a crítica de Georges Politzer (1998) à hipótese freudiana do inconsciente (Freud, 1996, 2018), com base na abordagem que adotamos, a Perspectiva de Segunda Pessoa, desenvolvida mais recentemente por Diana Pérez e Antoni Gomila (2018, 2021). Em específico, buscamos entender melhor o reconhecimento de estados psicológicos através do relato pessoal, buscando superar a dicotomia epistemológica entre primeira e terceira pessoa, na qual se concentra Politzer. Nossa contribuição para os estudos em Filosofia da Psicologia consiste em delimitar e extrair consequências específicas do âmbito próprio de casos de segunda pessoa, como na prática clínica aqui focalizada, a fim de robustecer abordagens cuja tentativa de compreensão dos fenômenos psicológicos parecia até então limitada.
Features of the Legal Regulation of Cryptocurrencies: Japan, Australia and Switzerland
Authors:   Assistant to Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Kuzmichev Maksim G.
Published: January 2025

The emergence of cryptocurrencies uncontrolled by government authorities as the newest form of money requires new
approaches to their regulation and control, which must be enshrined at the legislative level. The article examines the experience of crypto regulation in such leading countries as Japan, Australia and Switzerland. Thus, in Japan, cryptopolitics was formed under the influence of major cyber attacks, but at the same time remains extremely liberal; Australia and Switzerland also have a flexible approach. It is also noted that due to the cross-border nature of cryptocurrencies, the creation of local crypto regulation in one of the countries will not give significant results — it is necessary to create a supranational regulatory system for regulating the crypto market.
The Influence of Russian-Chinese Trade Relations on the Formation and Organization of the Customs Service in Transbaikalia
Authors:   Associate Professor of the Transbaikal State University, PhD (Political Science), Associate Professor, Taskaeva Svetlana V.
Published: January 2025

The article examines the issues of establishing and developing Sino-Russian trade after the signing of the Nerchinsk Treaty. It is shown that the processes of creating and reforming the customs service in the Transbaikal region for centuries were directly dependent on the state of Sino-Russian trade relations. The reforms of the customs institution system in Transbaikalia during the period of state monopoly on foreign trade and liberalization of foreign economic activity in Russia are considered. It is concluded that when reforming customs authorities in Transbaikalia, it is necessary to take into account the Sino-Russian geographical proximity as a constant.
Upbringing of a modern human and prevention of offenses
Authors:   Professor of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics  of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University)   of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation  Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, LL.D., Professor, Doroshkov Vladimir V.
Published: January 2025

The article is dedicated to the views of Russian scientists on the procedure for upbringing of a modern human and prevention of offenses in the contemporary period, especially on the part of courts.
Crimes committed by employees of debt collection agencies against debtors and their relatives
Authors:   Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law of the Baikal State University, PhD (Law), Kornakova Svetlana V. , Kochetkova Irena V. ,   Senior Lecturer of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law of the Baikal State University, Osipova Marina A. ,   Senior Lecturer of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law of the Baikal State University
Published: January 2025

The article presents a legal analysis of the nature of crimes committed by employees of debt collection agencies
against debtors and their relatives in the process of collecting overdue debts. A number of criminalistically significant
aspects and regularities associated with crimes falling within the specified category are revealed. Based on these
findings, the authors deem it possible to put forth criminalistic recommendations for the investigation of these crimes.
A comprehensive grasp of the nature and circumstances surrounding the illegal activities addressed in this article can
assist in their identification, prevention, and effective investigation.
Specific features of prevention of crimes committed with the use of modern information and telecommunication technologies
Authors:   Professor of the Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of the Saint Petersburg Military Institute of National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, Ivanov Ivan I. , Kondrat Ivan N. ,   Professor of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Published: January 2025

The particular specific features of the prevention of crimes committed with the use of contemporary information
and telecommunication technologies are examined at the interdisciplinary level. In light of the findings of the study
of interdisciplinary issues of cybercrime prevention, recommendations for the enhancement of public authority
activities are presented.
Achievements and current trends in tomato breeding at the Primorskaya Vegetable Experimental Station – branch of the Federal Scientific Vegetable Center
Authors: Sinichenko N. A. , Kozar E. G. , Pishnaya O. N. , Vanyushkina I. A.
Published: January 2025

Relevance. The climatic conditions of the Primorsky Territory, the determining factors of which are its geographical location at the junction of the continent of Eurasia and the Pacific Ocean, are unique, which determines the main directions of breeding vegetable crops at the Primorskaya Vegetable Experimental Station – branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution «Federal Scientific Vegetable Center» (PVES – branch of the FSBSI FSVC). The article provides an overview of the main achievements of the station's scientists' long-term work on tomato breeding for open ground and identifies the main tasks for further development of this area in the conditions of the south of the Russian Far East.

Results. Based on the results of many years of research, the model of tomato variety of universal type for open ground was specified taking into account the requirements of the modern market of Primorsky Krai: ripeness group – medium-early or medium-ripening, short sprouting-flowering period; determinant plant, compact with medium or high foliage and medium-sized leaves (important for mechanized cultivation); brush – simple or intermediate; stalk – without articulation or with thickening (easy fruit detachment); fruit – of different shape, weight 60-100 g dry matter content not less than 5%, with uniform coloring without a spot at the stalk in milk ripeness and different coloring in biological ripeness, resistant to cracking, vertex rot, with high storability and transportability; resistance – to sudden temperature changes, soil overwatering, high temperatures and air humidity during the fruiting period, to diseases of various etiologies, primarily to Alternaria and Phytophthora. Since a significant factor in reducing the productivity of varieties are diseases (as a result of increasing aggressiveness and expansion of the species composition of pathogens), the priority at present is breeding for immunity. Within this framework, intensive search for valuable sources and creation of new source material based on hybridization, individual and family selection from the best varietal and hybrid populations is carried out. Among the achievements of breeding of PVES promising are varieties Fitilek and Echo (tolerant to Alternaria), varieties Odyssey, Patrokl and Summit (tolerant to Phytophthora), on the basis of which parental lines are created. The breeding process also involves the most adaptive open field varieties of FSVC selection and the source of group resistance to Alternaria and Phytophthora - variety Ottava 30.

Conclusion. Creation of targeted breeding achievements will allow to expand the variety range and saturate the vegetable market of this economically important region of the south of the Far East Primorye with domestic varieties within the framework of the import substitution program.