bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
AWS Automation using Boto3 and OpenCV
Authors: Mr. Gaurav Uttam Pune  , Prof. Pandit R. B.  , Prof. Gade S. A.
Published: December 2024

This study addresses the challenge of automating the management and processing of visual data in cloud environments using AWS and OpenCV. Traditional methods for large-scale image and video processing are manual and inefficient, leading to increased operational costs and inconsistencies. The proposed framework leverages Boto3 to integrate AWS services, including Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, and Amazon Recognition, for seamless automation of data handling and processing. By streamlining workflows and optimizing resource utilization, the framework enhances scalability and efficiency in diverse applications, such as real-time surveillance, medical imaging, autonomous navigation, and multimedia content management. This automated solution aims to reduce manual intervention and deliver a robust, scalable, and flexible approach to visual data processing in the cloud
Modelos pedagógicos para optimizar el proceso de enseñanza en un contexto educativo globalizado
Authors: Elena Barrueto Perez Monica , Justo Mendoza Marín Reynaldo , Angel Capuñay Reátegui Miguel , Percy Rojas Hurtado Daniel
Published: December 2024

La globalización ha impuesto retos significativos a los modelos pedagógicos tradicionales, los cuales requieren una adaptación constante para optimizar el
proceso de enseñanza. Este estudio busca explorar cómo se están desarrollando los
modelos pedagógicos para mejorar la enseñanza en un contexto educativo globalizado. Para ello, se realizó una revisión sistemática utilizando la metodología Prisma,
considerando como criterios de inclusión artículos publicados entre 2019 y 2024, de
acceso abierto y con modelos pedagógicos evaluados en entornos educativos formales. Las bases de datos usadas fueron Scopus y Web of Science. En los resultados, se
incluyeron 14 estudios que demostraron efectos positivos en el aprendizaje cognitivo
y socioemocional. La mayor parte de los artículos se centró en la implementación de
modelos en entornos educativos diversos, destacando el uso de tecnología, y aunque
en algunos casos se detectaron obstáculos relacionados con la gestión institucional,
predisposición docente y falta de experiencia, la mayoría de los modelos pedagógicos aplicados en las diferentes investigaciones generó efectos positivos en el aprendizaje tanto a nivel cognitivo como socioemocional. Se concluyó que los modelos pedagógicos muestran avances en su conocimiento y aplicación para asignaturas
particulares, lo cual denota desarrollo en los procesos de enseñanza en un contexto
educativo globalizado.
E-gobierno para promover las innovaciones en la Administración pública: una mirada latinoamericana
Authors: Perez Excelmes Amparo , Vega Otazu Edison , Lazo Chucos Gilmer , Melissa Aguirre López Herlinda
Published: December 2024

A medida que aumenta el número de ciudadanos que utilizan Internet y
los aplicativos móviles, el sector público ha empezado a innovar constantemente
para seguir el ritmo de las tecnologías cambiantes y cubrir las expectativas de los
ciudadanos. El objetivo general de este estudio ha sido analizar la manera en que
el e-gobierno promueve innovaciones en la Administración pública en América
Latina. La metodología se desarrolló bajo la estructura de una revisión sistemática
(RS), fundamentada en los lineamientos del método Prisma. La búsqueda sistematizada se llevó a cabo considerando las bases de datos Google Académico, Scielo
y Dialnet, utilizando palabras claves y operadores booleanos “AND” y “OR”.
Los criterios de elegibilidad se basaron en la inclusión y exclusión con una delimitación temporal para el período 2014-2024. Inicialmente, se identificaron 852
artículos. En la fase de cribado se excluyeron 145 por no pertenecer directamente
a América Latina y 58 por tratarse de monografías. Luego, en la fase de elegibilidad, se evaluaron 69 textos completos, de los cuales se excluyeron 26 por no enfocarse directamente en la innovación y 28 por no relacionarse directamente con la Administración pública. Finalmente, en la fase de inclusión, se seleccionaron
15 estudios que cumplieron con todos los criterios establecidos para formar parte
del análisis final. En conclusión, el e-gobierno fomenta el uso de plataformas digitales para la participación ciudadana, tales como consultas en línea, votaciones
electrónicas, foros de debate sobre políticas públicas entre otros. Esto motiva el
desarrollo de herramientas digitales que conectan a los ciudadanos con las instituciones y permiten la gestión de grandes volúmenes de datos.
De lo biomédico a lo biopsicosocial: una necesidad para formar profesionales de la salud
Authors: Jessica Astete Medrano Delia , Abigail Castelo Collado Rosario , Natividad Prado Espinoza Azucena , Flor Camposano Cordova Yda
Published: December 2024

El modelo biopsicosocial propone una perspectiva holística de la salud y
la enfermedad, ya que integra factores biológicos, psicológicos y sociales, a la vez
que resalta la importancia de reconocer al paciente como el eje de la práctica clínica.
La implementación de esta visión entra en conflicto con el modelo tradicional biomédico; para ello, el clínico debe desarrollar habilidades que no se incluyen en su
formación tradicional. Esta investigación busca explorar y sintetizar la evidencia sobre las competencias que los profesionales deben integrar en su práctica clínica para
la adopción del modelo biopsicosocial. Para este fin, se desarrolló una revisión de
literatura bajo la metodología Prisma; además, se seleccionaron estudios publicados
en el periodo 2020 al 2024, en español e inglés, usando como fuentes de información
las bases de datos PubMed, BVS y SciELO. La búsqueda inicial presentó un total de
676 resultados, de los cuales, luego de un filtrado por título, resumen y texto completo se obtuvo un total de 18 estudios, incluidos en la presente revisión. Los resultados
indicaron que la integración de un modelo biopsicosocial en la práctica clínica trae
beneficios en el proceso de diagnóstico, permite la implementación de medidas no
farmacológicas al tratamiento usual, y además mejora las competencias del clínico.
Se concluye que la integración del enfoque biopsicosocial en la formación clínica es
tratada como una habilidad adicional del profesional, mientras aún son escasas las
experiencias de este enfoque durante el pregrado, por lo que es necesario un esfuerzo
mayor para integrarse en la formación de profesionales de salud.
Administración sostenible en los sistemas de gestión de los servicios de salud: una revisión sistemática
Authors: Ruth Montero Jara Elsa , Marleni Hinostroza Robles Nelly , Carolina Barra Tello Tamara , Emma Arteaga Villanueva Alicia , Flor Camposano Cordova Yda
Published: December 2024

La administración sostenible es fundamental en los sistemas de gestión
de los servicios de salud para enfrentar los desafíos contemporáneos y garantizar un
equilibrio entre eficiencia operativa y sostenibilidad a largo plazo. El presente estudio tiene como objetivo examinar el contexto de la administración sostenible en los
sistemas de gestión en los servicios de salud. Para ello, se realizó una revisión sistemática conforme al modelo Prisma, mediante la evaluación de artículos publicados
entre 2019 y 2024, obtenidos de bases de datos como Scopus, Web of Science (WoS)
y PubMed. Respecto a los criterios de inclusión, se consideraron estudios indexados
que aborden específicamente la administración sostenible en los servicios de salud.
De los artículos analizados, se seleccionaron 14 que destacaron la importancia de
integrar la sostenibilidad en sus dimensiones ambiental, económica y social dentro
de la gestión sanitaria. Los resultados revelaron que la gobernanza y el uso eficiente
de los datos son esenciales para alcanzar la sostenibilidad. Además, se evidenció la
necesidad de fortalecer la formación en liderazgo y gobernanza, así como de adoptar
tecnologías que respalden la sostenibilidad a largo plazo. Se concluyó que existen
debilidades tanto en la planeación como en la ejecución de estrategias orientadas a
la sostenibilidad en la gestión de los sistemas de salud, por lo que se requiere de una
planificación estratégica robusta que integre prácticas colaborativas entre diversas
instituciones, así como mejorar la formación y adoptar tecnologías adecuadas para
asegurar la sostenibilidad de los servicios de salud a largo plazo.
La generación Z en la educación superior: un desafío para formar profesionales destacados
Authors: Jheninfer Zambrano Curitima Jhosiveth , Perea de Arévalo Delia , Alarcon Ramirez Ketty , Rios Perez Cecilia
Published: December 2024

Los estudiantes universitarios, pertenecientes a la generación Z, han adquirido diferentes nociones de aprendizaje debido a la incorporación de la tecnología
en su rutina diaria. Esto supone la adopción de enfoques temáticos y procedimentales
diferentes de las generaciones pasadas. Es por ello que, en la presente investigación,
se tiene como objetivo analizar cuáles son los desafíos que deben afrontar las instituciones de educación superior en torno a los cambios de paradigma en el aprendizaje
contemporáneo que trae consigo la generación Z. De la misma forma, se propone
identificar los métodos de enseñanza más efectivos para ellos y también cuáles son
las características que impactan más en la enseñanza universitaria. Para tal fin, se ha
elaborado una revisión sistemática basada en el método Prisma, mediante el cual se
han elaborado etapas en la selección de datos utilizando un diagrama de flujo. Esto
generó un total de 1475 resultados que pasaron por un proceso de filtro, que produjo
15 artículos para analizar y contrastar aportes relevantes ligados a la adopción de
tecnologías innovadoras en la enseñanza y el perfil del estudiante de la generación
Z. Finalmente, el presente estudio destaca que la generación Z posee herramientas
digitales que optimizan su aprendizaje autónomo; sin embargo, la institución univer-
sitaria tiene como desafío incorporar un currículo adaptable a los temas sobre inclusión social y respeto por la diversidad, así como la capacitación de docentes para que
sirvan de guías en la formación estudiantil.
Impacto de la interacción entre la gestión administrativa y el desarrollo de proyectos de innovación a nivel universitArio
Authors: Lazo Chucos Gilmer , Teodoro Vila Hinojo Bernabe , Jessica Astete Medrano Delia , Demetrio Mendo Chávez Nelson , Melissa Aguirre López Herlinda
Published: December 2024

En la actualidad, la interacción entre la gestión administrativa y el
desarrollo de la innovación en las universidades es un tema crucial, debido a lo fundamental que resulta para enfrentar los desafíos de la educación superior. En tal
sentido, el objetivo del presente estudio es analizar el impacto de dicha interacción
en el contexto universitario. Para ello, se realizó una revisión sistemática utilizando
el método Prisma, en la cual se incluyeron estudios que abordaban tanto la gestión
como la innovación en universidades. Para ello, como criterios de inclusión se consideraron publicaciones realizadas entre 2019 y 2024 en revistas científicas revisadas
por pares; por otro lado, se excluyeron aquellos estudios que no integraban ambas
variables de forma conjunta o que se enfocan en niveles educativos distintos al universitario. De igual forma, las bases de datos consultadas fueron Scielo, WOS y
Scopus, de donde fueron seleccionados 14 estudios que cumplieron con los criterios
de selección. Los resultados destacaron que una gestión administrativa efectiva, que
integre liderazgo transformacional y estructuras organizativas adecuadas, favorece la
innovación continua en las instituciones, donde factores como la gestión de calidad
total y la disponibilidad de recursos fueron identificados como elementos claves para
la mejora del rendimiento organizacional. Se concluyó que la gestión administrativa
adecuada es el resultado de elementos cuya efectividad real se logra cuando hay alineación de diferentes factores y que, a su vez, pueden fortalecer la innovación y viceversa, haciendo que las universidades logren un mejor desarrollo en sus entornos.
A Comparative Study of Cooperative and Non-cooperative Wideband Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks for 5g Applications
Authors: C. Dike Blessing , M. Akujuobi Cajetan , Alam Shumon
Published: December 2024

The rapid advancements in 5G technologies have created an unprecedented need for efficient spectrum utilization to support increasing data traffic and diverse communication services. In this context, accurate and reliable spectrum sensing is essential. This study explores wideband spectrum sensing strategies, comparing non-cooperative cognitive radio (CR) techniques with cooperative methods across multiple subbands. A novel cooperative wideband spectrum sensing framework was developed, incorporating a K-outof-N fusion rule at the fusion center to make optimal decisions by selecting an appropriate K for a given number of cooperating CRs. This approach addresses noise uncertainty, a common challenge in traditional non-cooperative energy detection methods, particularly in 5G environments under Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) conditions, assumed to be identically and independently distributed (i.i.d.). However, while cooperative sensing significantly improves detection in low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) scenarios with higher false alarm rates (between 0.5 and 1), our findings reveal that it does not consistently outperform non-cooperative methods at very low false alarm rates (0.01 and 0.1) under poor SNR conditions. These findings highlight the need for further research to enhance cooperative sensing strategies for various operational environments.
Modeling Low-cost Inertial Navigation Systems and their Errors
Authors: AFTATAH Mohammed , ZEBBARA Khalid , ASRI Soufiane EL
Published: December 2024

Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) are critical for a wide range of applications due to their ability to provide reliable navigation information, even without external references. This paper presents a comprehensive study of the modeling of low-cost INS sensors and their inherent errors, focusing on how these errors impact the accuracy of the system's localization outputs. A MATLAB-based simulation platform was developed to analyze the effects of common sensor errors on position, velocity, and attitude over time. The experimental results show that these errors accumulate, leading to significant deviations from the true trajectory. Notably, the maximum positional error in the upward direction reached 65 meters by the end of the simulated trajectory, while the velocity error in the same direction deviated by 0.8 m/s. Initially, the estimated trajectory closely followed the reference path, but as the simulation progressed, a substantial divergence occurred, highlighting the cumulative impact of sensor errors. These findings underscore the necessity of advanced error mitigation techniques to enhance the long-term accuracy and reliability of INS in practical applications.
Personality Types and Conduct Disorder among Secondary School Students in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria: Implication for Counseling
Authors: Chukwukaodinaka Anyadi Eugene
Published: December 2024

The purpose of this research study was to investigate the influence of personality types and conduct disorder among secondary school students in Calabar education zone, Nigeria. To achieve the aim of this study, two (2) research questions and two research hypotheses were formulated. Extant literature review was done according to the variables under study. Ex-post facto design was deemed appropriate for the study, this is because, the researcher has no control over the independent variables since their manifestations had already occurred in the population. 539 respondents were selected using the multi-stage sampling technique. To test the hypotheses under study, independent t-test analysis was employed. The result of the analysis revealed that, persuasive personality type and aesthetic personality type significantly influence conduct disorder among secondary school students in the study area. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended, amongst others, that, administrators of the school system should devise effective means of supervising the teachers and students, as a means of controlling deviant behaviour.
Implementation of Market Day in Developing Social Emotional of 4-5 Years Old Children at Pagaruyung Kindergarten
Authors: Saumi Wulan Nisfu , Utama Ferdian , Dea Leli Fertiliana , Yusuf Muhammad , Jannah Siti Roudhatul
Published: December 2024

This research is motivated by its benefits Market Day to develop soft skill For example, children are brave, creative, have entrepreneurial skills, are responsible, don't give up easily, are independent, conscientious, capable and have social skills. Implementation Market Day This is very educational, namely that children will directly interact with the surrounding environment such as peers and educators. This research aims to determine implementation Market Day in developing the social and emotional development of children aged 4-5 years at Pagaruyung Kindergarten. This research is qualitative research using descriptive methods with the aim of maximizing implementation Market Day to develop the social and emotional development of children aged 4-5 years at Pagaruyung Kindergarten. Research methods include observations and interviews. This research aims to determine implementation Market Day in developing the social and emotional development of children aged 4-5 years at Pagaruyung Kindergarten. The results of this research show that in implementation Market Day social emotional children aged 4-5 years have met the indicators of achieving social emotional abilities in accordance with the social emotional development achievements of children aged 4-5 years. Research contributions as additional materials, guidelines, references and information as well as the results of this research can provide insight regarding implementation Market Day in developing social emotional children aged 4-5 years.
Impact of seed and fertilizer treatment on sunflower yield
Authors:   Don State Agrarian University, Sorokina Irina
Published: December 2024

The article presents the results of studies of the effect of mineral fertilizers of microbiological preparations on the yield and amount of accumulated energy of sunflower oilseeds. It was found that the best indicators were obtained on the variant of seed treatment with a multifunctional preparation of plant origin Albit (0.35 l/t) - 2.5 t/ha and 14.45 GJ/ha.

Keywords: HYBRID, SUNFLOWER, SEED TREATMENT, YIELD, ENERGY INCOME
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Contents of Sediment and Water in Drainages and Receiving Elechi Creek in Port Harcourt Rivers State Nigeria
Authors: C.C. Okafor , J. L. Konne , L. D. Ntaah , S. N. Awolo , T. J. K. Ideriah
Published: December 2024

The levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were assessed in sediment and water from drainages and its receiving Elechi creek Rivers State, Nigeria. The levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined by using standard methods recommended by the American Society for Testing and Materials with Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS). The results from the study showed PAHs levels in water and sediments to be above USEPA limits with naphthalene (34.72ppm), Dibenzo [a, h] anthracene (113.63ppm) and Benzo [g,h,i] peylene (34.51ppm) being prominent.
Beyond Compliance: Factors Influencing Halal Certification Success for Small- Medium Food Enterprises in Penang, Malaysia
Authors: Ahmad Fauzi Firdaus , Karia Noorliza , Wan Bujang Wan Hayati , Mohd Ali Tan Zubaidah , Shahidan Shaiful
Published: December 2024

Championed by both Multi-National Companies (MNCs) and Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Malaysia’s Halal industry is thriving and have contributed billions (RM) to Malaysia’s economy, justifying its worth to be further developed. Alas, unlike MNCs, most of the Small-Medium Food Enterprises (SMFEs) faced various quandaries in the pursuit for Halal certification. Consequently, this research attempted to explore the predicaments encountered by SMFEs who successfully attained their Halal certification. Adopting qualitative approach, in-depth, face-to-face interview was conducted, using semi-structured questionnaire and audio recorders as primary instruments. Focusing on Penang state, the population of Halal-accredited SMFEs was obtained from, and screened by Jabatan Agama Islam Pulau Pinang (JAIPP), producing a vetted list of 25 potential respondents. Only 12 respondents were interviewed before the responses reached the point of saturation. The recorded audio data were transcribed, and the transcripts were entered into ATLAS.ti software for qualitative analysis. Frequency analyses were conducted for the demographics, and thematic analysis was conducted for transcribed data. A collection of 5 codes emerged, and together with the supporting quotations, they were represented by a theme and a network of the same name, “Factors Encouraging Halal Certification”. In the end, this research proved to be a worthy vantage point in effort to; (i) comprehend domestic issues hindering the progress of Malaysia’s Halal industry, and (ii) understand the success factors of Halal accredited firms, for the lesson and inspiration by other aspiring SMFEs.
The Phenomenon of the Group Mask: Origins, Options, Meanings
Authors:   A.N. Kosygin Russian State University (Technologies. Design. Art), Gubanova G.I.
Published: December 2024

The article raises the issue of the functioning of a stable group of characters and examines the manifestation of archetypal themes and images in the form of a structure which the author of the article defines as a group mask. The research reveals the phenomenon of group mask formation based on a mythologem. The mythologem chosen for the study is ‘the Guardians of Earth’. It is concluded that through various eras and types of art, a group mask is transformed from primary characteristics of characters’ special abilities and functions to specification of psychological traits. A numerical marker loses its connection with the sacred meaning of numbers and becomes a marker of a mythologem and the psychological structure of a group. A mythologem is presented as a tool for identifying and interpreting various images and characters. In light of the mask-face dichotomy, the article touches upon the problem of perception of a face. Many characters without faces are proposed to be considered in line with the psychological data on special perception of faces. The image of the absence of a face in works of art is explored from the perspective of prosopagnosia. The connotations of depicting characters without faces are determined in the context of group mask research. The origins and transformation of a group mask in various eras and types of art are considered against the background of the existence of mythologems in modern audience perception. The article traces the intrusion of universal models in the language of popular culture and the emergence of novelty in the context of repeating universals.
Commedia dell’Arte Masks in Giorgio Strehler’s Performances
Authors:   State Institute for Art Studies, Baldina Yu.A. ,   Sergei Obraztsov State Academic Central Puppet Theatre
Published: December 2024

The article aims to retrace the theatrical interpretation of Carlo Goldoni’s (1707–1793) works carried out by the founder of the Piccolo Theatre in Milan, the outstanding Italian theatre director Giorgio Strehler (1921–1997). The phenomenon of commedia dell’arte is analysed not in the historical and theatrical context of its origin and existence but as a dramatic basis for the reform undertaken by the 18th century Venetian playwright, which was comprehended and presented from various perspectives in the 20th century director’s theatre. The article analyses Strehler’s production of Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters. The performance in its ten director’s editions reflected the key stages in the evolution of the master’s staging method and his creative search in the field of mask theatre, the art of pantomime, the realistic, the epic and, finally, metatheatre.
Julia Zhukova’s Porcelain Art: The Philosophy and Aesthetics of Minimalism
Authors:   Russian State University for the Humanities, Shik I.A.
Published: December 2024

In the article, the researcher examines the conceptual and artistic features of the contemporary St. Petersburg porcelain artist Julia Zhukova’s works. The author pays special attention to their relation to the experience of the Russian and European avant-garde, as well as to the traditions of modernism in the 20th-century porcelain. The topic is relevant due to the popularity of the aesthetic and philosophical ideas of minimalism, which find expression in Julia Zhukova’s works, in contemporary art and culture. The researcher concludes that the shapes designed by the sculptor are distinguished by ideological richness despite their external simplicity, soft plasticity of sculpting, and texture. As part of the dialogue with the avant-garde, the artist turns to the works of Paul Gauguin, Joan Miró, Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich, Nikolai Suetin, and Nikolai Lapshin, offering an original interpretation of their motives and concepts. In compositions made using silk-screen decals, Julia Zhukova develops the traditions of abstract collages of the early 20th century, experimenting with the interaction of shapes, colours and light. Her abstract landscapes perfectly convey the atmosphere of the season, day or natural phenomenon, expanding the ideas of the ‘Thaw’ porcelain. The author’s floral compositions with their impeccable execution, laconic colour and the emphasis on the beauty of porcelain as a material also correspond to the decorative minimalism aesthetics of the 1950s — 1960s. Julia Zhukova’s still lifes have special meditativeness, a sense of serenity and peace. The artist presents a deeply personal interpretation of Christian themes. In the context of minimalist aesthetics, her non-figurative compositions, where she speaks about the sacred in abstract language, are of particular interest. Julia Zhukova’s art porcelain is distinguished by internal orderliness, laconic expressiveness and philosophical meaningfulness.
Sergei Chekhonin’s Dish The Horror (1922): An Allegory of the Revolution Destroying Orthodoxy
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Levshenkov V.V.
Published: December 2024

The article continues the author’s series of publications about the works of the early Soviet porcelain. As it is known, after the October Revolution of 1917, the themes of the porcelain works produced were gradually reduced to agitation and propaganda for the new government. The dish The Horror, created by the master of propaganda porcelain, ‘miriskusnik’ Sergey V. Chekhonin, already carries the opposite statement of ‘anti-agitation’. The plot of the dish is a great field for imagination and reflection. The unique dish created in a single copy fell out of the cultural context for 95 years and was unknown to the general public. In the article, the author aims to systematize the information of the anti-religious time and study the artist’s interpretation of the plot, as well as the interpretation of the image hiding behind the mask of the red monster. The dish has not been adequately described and studied to date. The published essay by E.F. Gollerbach (1922) gives only a superficial description of the image on the dish. The author of this article for the first time attempts to analyse the painting of the dish in a brief essay on the exhibit in the catalogue of the Hermitage exhibition The Voice of Time (2017).
The purpose of this article is to complement the existing ideas about the works of the early Soviet porcelain. The relevance of the research is seen in the growing interest in the art of the 1920s and their reinterpretation in the 21st century, as well as in the fact that the chosen research object was included in the fundamental exhibition of the State Hermitage Museum entitled The Voice of Time, which directly corresponds to the dish by Chekhonin.
Boris Zingerman. Letters to the Teachers (Publication, Introductory Article and Comments)
Authors:   State Institute for Art Studies, Ivanov V.V.
Published: December 2024

The letters of Boris Zingerman (1928–2000) to the older generation of theatre critics, Grigory Boyadzhiev (1909–1974) and Boris Alpers (1894–1974), were written at different times and on different occasions. What unites the two letters is that they were addressed to Zingerman’s teachers at the State Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS), where he studied at the theatre studies department (1945–1950) and then did a postgraduate course (1950–1954). However, he had not only happy memories of those times. The end of the ‘luxurious hothouse’, as Zingerman saw GITIS, came after the editorial article in the Pravda newspaper of January 28, 1949 entitled “On One Anti-patriotic Group of Theatre Critics”. In February 1949, a two-day meeting of the GITIS Academic Council was held, where Vs.N. Vsevolodsky-Gerngross, B.V. Alpers, N.M. Tarabukin, S.S. Mokulsky, G.N. Boyadzhiev, and S.S. Danilov were exposed as ‘enemies of the Soviet culture’.
Students and postgraduates were then forced to attend the civil execution of the teachers. Some were frightened by it, others used it to advance in their careers. Yet others formed the generation of the sixties: B.I. Zingerman, V.M. Gaevsky, I.N. Solovieva, N.A. Krymova, Yu.S. Rybakov, M.I. Turovskaya, N.M. Zorkaya, T.I. Bachelis, and K.L. Rudnitsky. The memory of 1949 remained with them forever, having become a ‘family trauma’. The plots of professional theatre studies are combined with existential plots, personal biographies merge in a common historical destiny. The latter testifies to the survival of thought and talent, capable of straightening out with the slightest weakening of external oppression.
To Hear Out the Young: The Past and the Future in Two Plays about Komsomol Building Sites
Authors:   Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Mashukova A.V.
Published: December 2024

This article focuses on two plays about socialist construction: The City at Dawn (1941), a collective composition by the students of the Moscow State Theatre Studio under the direction of Alexei Arbuzov and Valentin Pluchek, and The Three of Us Went to the Virgin Land by Nikolai Pogodin (1955). Written in different eras, these two texts are inextricably linked: the young creators of The City at Dawn could not help but look back to Pogodin’s ‘industrial plays’ of the 1930s, while in the 1950s Pogodin was openly inspired by the new dramaturgy, the foundations of which had been laid in The City at Dawn before the war. Both plays reflected the times in which they were created, but ended up very differently: The City at Dawn was supported by the state during the Stalin era, while the performance of The Three of Us Went to the Virgin Land at the Central Children’s Theatre was scandalously withdrawn during the Thaw.
The article examines the theme of past and future on several levels: from the seeds of new theatre hidden in both dramaturgical texts to the ways in which the authors of the plays interpreted the categories of time. The article makes use of numerous archival materials: audience reviews of both plays, censors’ conclusions, transcripts of discussions around the plays, and other documents.
‘Russia Lifting Up Its Grateful Gaze’: On One Motive of the Feminine Representations of Russia in the Allegorical Images of the 18th Century
Authors:   Institute of Slavic Studies Russian Academy of Sсiences, Leskinen M.V.
Published: December 2024

The article examines the visual feminine personifications of Russia in the 18th century and their symbolic meaning, which is revealed in the analysis of the correlation of the figures of Russia and Russian empresses in the allegorical images of the post-Petrine era (in firework display scenes, medals, engravings, book and calendar frontispieces, illustrations, etc.). The characteristic features and attributes of the allegory of Russia, whose canons started in the 1730s, are important for interpreting the role of imperial power and the ruler’s personality in the post-Petrine culture. The personification of the state in the same visual sources manifested the ideas about the image of the Empire and Fatherland, significant for the Enlightenment. The author focuses her attention on the possible interpretations of the pair ‘Russia — Monarch’ and the motives for its implementation (the motive of Russia kneeling before the Empress, blessing her reign in front of the altar and glorifying her at the foot of the pyramid/obelisk). The distinctive features of the feminine allegory of Russia in the image of a ‘majestic wife’ with a complex of attributes are also shown. It is suggested that the symbolic relationship between the ruler / Empress and Russia embodied in visual texts should not be interpreted either as corresponding to the established metaphor of the Mother Empress (Catherine the Great), which became formulaic for the second half of the 18th century, or as the image of Mother Russia, characteristic of the 19th century.
Radiant Painting, Radiant Matter and Radiant Energy: Science and Paranoscience
Authors:   State Institute for Art Studies, Bobrinskaya E.A.
Published: December 2024

The article examines Mikhail Larionov’s Rayonism in the context of a wide range of scientific and pseudoscientific ideas about radiant matter, radiation and invisible fluids. Rayonism is one of the first pictorial movements within the framework of which the task was set to visualize scientific knowledge about the invisible: radiation, X-rays, radioactive, ultraviolet, and infrared rays, and the rays of thought. Numerous interactions or direct intersections of Larionov’s texts with the ideas of radiant matter that were widespread in the culture of his time give reason to consider the invention of Rayonism not as an extravagant gesture provoking and shocking the public but as a conscious attempt to synthesize ideas scattered in the atmosphere of those years, as an attempt to clothe the current problems of his time in a new ‘stylistic’ unity. At the beginning of the 20th century, the spread of scientific, occult, theosophical, and simply fantastic ideas related to invisible radiation, radiant matter and the rays of thought was indeed so widespread that it could lead to thoughts about the creation of a ‘ray style’, about the emergence of a new formative ‘artistic will’.
Images of Catherine the Great in the Sheremetev Collection: On Two Sculptures from the Ostankino Palace
Authors:   A.P. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater Museum, Gavrilova E.A.
Published: December 2024

At the end of the 18th — the beginning of the 19th centuries, the statue and the sculptural group by F.I. Shubin and P. Triscornia depicting Catherine the Great added an important semantic and ideological accent to the decor of the Ostankino Theatre-Palace, the residence of Count N.P. Sheremetev near Moscow. Created during the lifetime of the Empress, those statues expressed one of the characteristic features of the era, which was the glorification of the head of state. The history of the existence of the statue and the sculptural group is remarkable and is associated with changes and relocation: between estates and houses at the will of the Sheremetev counts, as well as due to the tragic events of Russian history. Made by outstanding sculptors, Russian and Italian, they were carefully preserved by their owners. In this article, the statue and the sculptural group depicting Catherine the Great are for the first time considered together. The author’s long-term study of the Sheremetev sculpture collection, including inventory materials and archival documents, made it possible to highlight issues related to the artistic features, attribution and provenance of the sculptures under consideration.
On the Genetic and Typological Relationship of the Russian Folk Singing Tradition and Church Singing Art
Authors:   State Institute for Art Studies, Pashina O.A.
Published: December 2024

The article examines the similarities and differences between the Russian folk singing tradition and church singing art. The author discusses the common principles of melodic organization of tunes based on typical melodic turns, the possibility of performing different verbal texts on the same tune (model melodies (automela) in the church tradition and polytext chants in the folk tradition), and the similarity of the principles of melismatic chanting of poetic texts in church hymns and folk long lyrical songs.
Sounding Memory in the Tradition of the Caucasian Jews. Part II. The Rhetoric of Lamentation
Authors:   State Institute for Art Studies, Shamilli G.B.
Published: December 2024

The article explores the musical heritage of the Caucasian (Mountain) Jews in relation to the waves of their historical migration to the Caucasus. The author substantiates the genetic code (‘the rhetoric of lamentation’) of the traditional oral-professional music of the Near East region, rooted the 2500-year history of Mesopotamian laments with a complex of musical expression means. The most ancient type of responsive female singing of unmeasured melodies eme-sal was formed on the basis of the genre of laments in the syncretic rituals of the temple cities of the Mesopotamian civilization. It influenced the biblical laments and acquired new contexts after the ArabMuslim expansion in the art of maqām and the mystery of ta‘żīaẗ. The article presents the variants of expression of the rhetoric of lamentation in the traditional music in the juhūrī language. The author analyses the key concepts and describes the mechanism of retaining past events in memory through the giryo concept, which endlessly reproduces the idea of gathering the scattered people in the land of Israel. The assumption is made about the uniform character of the intonation of liturgical texts in the Caucasian and Yemenite Jewish communities.
Piano Pieces by M.P. Mussorgsky. Article I. Dancing, Opera Scenes, Scherzo
Authors:   State Institute for Art Studies, Shatsky P.A.
Published: December 2024

The article is devoted to the little–studied part of the piano heritage of M.P. Musorgsky — dance genres (Polka and Hopak), a Fair scene from the opera Sorochinskaya Fair and several plays written in the genre of Scherzo and Schercino. An attempt has been made to comprehensively present and analyze Musorgsky’s piano opuses, which are not part of large cyclic forms. The issues of genre specificity, piano stylistics and performance interpretation are discussed. The formal structure of the plays is considered by referring to the theoretical systems of A.B. Marx, I.V. Sposobin and L.A. Mazel. Textual issues are an important component of the article, since referring to the composer’s autographs makes it possible to identify features lost in publications of the XIX–XX centuries. It is concluded that the specific symphonic pianism was one of the characteristic essential properties of Mussorgsky’s piano style, expressed in various compositions (or versions of one composition) with varying degrees of strength. The study and publication were initiated by the ongoing work at the State Institute of Art Studies on the publication of the Complete Academic Collection of Works by M.P. Musorgsky.
The Historicity, Affect, and Depth of ‘Slow’ Cinema
Authors:   S.A. Gerasimov All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), Zimenkov N.A. ,   A.N. Kosygin Russian State University (Technologies. Design. Art)
Published: December 2024

This paper explores the phenomenon of ‘slow’ cinema, its aesthetic and stylistic features, which allows highlighting a number of important aspects characteristic of this kind of films. First of all, the slow pace of narration helps to build a certain ‘contemplative’ relationship with the viewer. Supported by a complex of cinematographic techniques, it presupposes emotional and intellectual involvement of the viewer and enhances deep and conscious perception of the work. Secondly, the directors’ attention to the problems of time and history, the crisis of interpersonal communication and the difficulties of human adaptation in the conditions of the changing reality form the thematic focus of ‘slow’ films. Emerging at the turn of the 2000s — 2010s and reflecting the crisis mood of the period, ‘slow’ cinema ideologically coincided with the movement of metamodernism, the main provisions of which were formulated by T. Vermeulen and R. van den Akker. In their opinion, such patterns as ‘Historicity’, ‘Affect’, and ‘Depth’ reappeared in contemporary art. This idea is confirmed by the films The Syndromes and a Century (2006) by A. Weerasethakul, The Mourning Forest (2006) by N. Kawase, and Silent Light (2007) by C. Reygadas, which constitute the research subject in this article. The asynchronous present facing the past and the future, the affective ‘discovery’ of the nature of reality and the depth of the worldview — such are the aspects addressed in the ‘slow’ films under consideration.
Thus, the relevance of the study lies both in consideration (and comparing) the two trends that have manifested themselves in the first third of the 21st century, and in the interdisciplinary analysis of the films which shows that society is experiencing a breakdown and revision of cultural formations. Post-postmodern movements such as metamodernism, which attempted to find a new way of describing the world, and ‘slow’ cinema designed to renew the film language are among the first exponents of the sociocultural changes taking place.
The Image of the Road in the Yakut New Wave Films
Authors:   S.A. Gerasimov All-Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK), Grishina A.V. ,   A.N. Kosygin Russian State University (Technologies. Design. Art)
Published: December 2024

The article examines the liminal image of the road in the films of the Yakut new wave as a space in which deep personal transformations of the character take place. The relevance of the study is explained by the fact that the road is an important plot-forming, semantic, and figurative element in the films of the Yakut new wave — a unique phenomenon of national cinematography which has become part of the modern culture of the Sakha people. The novelty of the work lies in the fact that for the first time it examines the road as an important semantic space in the films by M. Lukachevsky (The White Day, SUOL), A. Ambrosiev (Mummuttar / Lost), S. Burnashev (Black Snow), P. Burtsev (Ferrum), and L. Borisova (Don’t Bury Me Without Ivan).
Based on the analysis of these films, the author comes to conclusions that can be used in comprehension of the figurative system of the Yakut new wave films and in the study of the semantics of cultural constructs in the screen space. The results obtained may be useful in the Humanities research of ethno-cultural orientation, as well as in projects aimed at preserving ethnic cultural traditions and supporting national creativity.
Existentialist Ideas in Luchino Visconti’s Films: Intertextual and Contextual Perspectives
Authors:   S.A. Gerasimov All-Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK), Ivanchenko I.I.
Published: December 2024

The article presents an analysis of the embodiment of existentialist ideas in the cinematic work of the 1940s — 1960s of the Italian director Luchino Visconti. The main attention is paid to the screen adaptation of the novel The Stranger (1942) by the French existentialist philosopher Albert Camus in the 1967 Visconti’s film of the same name. The text of the novel The Stranger reflects the main existentialist ideas of Camus during the period of the ‘philosophy of the absurd’, including the concepts that became philosophical categories of the non-classical aesthetics of the 20th century: ‘boredom’, ‘fatigue’, ‘care’, ‘abandonment’, ‘alienation’, ‘hostility of the world’, and ‘alienation of the world’. In this series, perhaps, in the first place is the problem of the meaning of human existence in the face of inevitable death, which is sometimes sudden, violent and unfair. In modern theoretical discourse, as a rule, this problem is considered at the intersection of a number of areas in the humanities — philosophical anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, art criticism, etc. Given the great role of visuality in the media space of the 21st century, screen forms of understanding the ‘eternal questions’ of human existence are of great importance. In this perspective, the appeal to film adaptations of outstanding philosophical and literary works is relevant, suggesting the use of interdisciplinary approaches in the process of their theoretical analysis. At the same time, the intertextual and contextual approaches to Visconti’s work allow us to identify new important details in the evolution of the artistic style, the visual, sound and editing techniques of the director in the aspect of existentialist issues.
Andrzej Wajda’s Sweet Rush as an Extended Film Adaptation
Authors:   State Institute for Art Studies, Viren D.G.
Published: December 2024

The film adaptation of Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz’s novel Sweet Rush (Tatarak) was the last in a series of films by Andrzej Wajda based on the prose of the outstanding Polish writer. The film was released in 2009 and was awarded the Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlinale for ‘opening new perspectives on cinematic art’: indeed, not only did Wajda make a film that was uncharacteristic of his poetics, but he also expanded the potential of the cinematic language. Nevertheless, it received mixed reviews from critics and viewers. After Wajda’s death, it became obvious that this was one of the best, artistically bold works of the director’s later period, which, however, remained in the shadow of his more high-profile, journalistic works.
Sweet Rush is a semi-documentary work about death and the experience of losing a loved one. Wajda constructs a three-level narrative, filming the original plot, showing the filming process and, finally, giving the floor to the leading actress Krystyna Janda: in monologues filmed in an empty room that gives a reference to the paintings of Edward Hopper, the actress talks about the death of her husband Edward Kłosiński, the famous cameraman and long-time collaborator of Wajda. Thus, fiction and reality, art and life are intertwined on the screen, and the literary source appears to be a catalyst for philosophical reflections on the fragility of existence.
Fruquintinib (Fruzaqla)
Authors: CDA-AMC
Published: December 2024

Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA-AMC) recommends that Fruzaqla should be reimbursed by public drug plans for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who have been previously treated with or are not considered candidates for available standard therapies, including fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin-, and irinotecan-based chemotherapy; an anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agent; an anti–epidermal growth factor receptor (anti-EGFR) agent (if RAS wild-type); and either trifluridine-tipiracil or regorafenib if certain conditions are met.
Fruzaqla should be covered for use in adult patients with a confirmed diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma that has spread to other parts of the body and who have been previously treated with, or are not candidates for, currently available standard treatments. Patients should have good overall health (performance status) and no unstable neurologic issues related to the central nervous system or need for increasing doses of steroids to control central nervous system disease.
Fruzaqla should be prescribed by clinicians who specialize in diagnosing and treating patients with mCRC. Fruzaqla should be stopped if the disease worsens or the patient has severe side effects. The cost of Fruzaqla should be reduced.