bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Behaviour Analysis of a Cross-Girder to Tie-Girder Connection at a Road Bridge Structure
Authors: Suciu Mircea , Nerișanu Raluca , Drăgan Delia
Published: April 2021

This paper presents several theoretical issues regarding the behaviour and calculus of the connections made with end plates and bolts, including the cover plate for the tensile stress flange. An example for calculating the hybrid connection solution is also provided, when end plates are joined together with bolts and an additional cover plate over the joint area, at the elongated flange of the girder, a solution applied for a bridge for which the feasibility study was performed.
Role of the Government for Development of Sustainable Construction
Authors: Marichova Aneta
Published: April 2021

In the last years questions related to sustainable development are particularly relevant. The construction market is usually identified as the first sector to face serious problems and requires special attention in implementing the idea. The main reasons for this assessment lie in the specifics of construction as an economic activity, the specifics of the construction product, the construction process, the specifics of organization and management of the construction company and the strong economic, social and environmental effect. The purpose of the proposed study is: 1) analysis of the problem of sustainability of the construction market, 2) the role and influence of the government for the development of sustainable construction.
Researches on the Welding Behaviour of Two Brands of High-Alloy and High-Efficiency Electrodes Used to Charge High Wear Parts
Authors: Novac Mariana Neli , Novac Bogdan
Published: April 2021

The research performed and presented in this paper, aims to verify the welding behavior of electrodes developed experimentally, as well as the possibility of their use in production. A group of two electrodes produced by Bohler Company, Gridur 24 and B.M.N were taken as reference, in order to compare them in terms of the mechanical properties of the deposited metal, with the experimentally developed electrodes EICr12Fe and EIMn13SiFe. They were made determinations of the chemical composition of the deposited metal with the two types of electrodes, measurements regarding the hardness of the metal deposited, comparative determinations of the structure of the weld deposit, and of the welding penetration, determinations of the deposition yield and verification of the welding behavior.
Bioethics in Physiotherapy and Nursing Schools’ Programs
Authors: Marinčić Mile , Bobić Tatjana Trošt
Published: April 2021

The interest in ethical and bioethical topics in society is always present. However, the question arises as to how are ethical and bioethical problems of broad spectrum presented to the public, starting from issues related to health, medicine, technology, genetics, to issues about economy and politics. If ethical-bioethical issues will be addressed in different fields of social life without systematic methodological preparation, we could easily be trapped in ethics and bioethics speeches, which would be presented in a way that suits somebody at a certain point. When talking about educational institutions like College or Polytechnic with medical and health-related study programs, it would certainly be useful to make an analysis about the ethical-bioethical topics and subjects they are offering to students. Recently, there is a high interest of high school graduates in enrolling to professional study programs like Physiotherapy and Nursing. Bioethics is an obligatory subject within the framework of those study programs. However, lecturers of different profiles are chair professors of Bioethics at the aforementioned institutions, starting from physicians, through philosophers, theologians, sociologists, and lawyers. Of course, that is possible because a scientist can deal with various scientific challenges through his career, but it would certainly be important to at least equate syllabi, as well as plans and programs of Bioethics in Physiotherapy and Nursing study program. It is important to note that in Physiotherapy programs, besides subjects from the field of biomedicine, a significant part of the program is based on the science of movement and especially therapeutic exercises, which point out the need to include the field of kinesiology into the Bioethics plan and program.
Study of the Effect of Chemical Pollution with Coal-Fired Power Plant on the Fish of Lake Kenon (Trans-Baikal Territory, Russia)
Authors: Tsybekmitova Gazhit Ts. , Gorlacheva Evgeniya P. , Tashlykova Nataliya A.
Published: April 2021

In this study, contamination of potentially toxic elements (Cr, Mn, Cu, Zn, Hg and Pb) and species dominant in the fish community of Lake Kenon – Carassius auratus gibelio (Bloch 1782) and Perca fluviatilis (Linnaeus 1758) – were investigated. Chemical elements in samples were determined by atomic emission spectrometry (iCAP-6500, Thermo Scientific, USA) and mass spectrometry (X-7, Thermo Elemental, USA). It was reported that water in Lake Kenon contained low concentrations of the studied metals. The bottom sediments are enriched with Mn, Zn, Hg and Pb. Bioaccumulation factors of chemical elements accumulated from the surrounding water for P. fluviatus and C. auratus gibelio in descending order are as follows: Zn > Pb > Hg > Cu. P. fluviatus accumulates Hg in equal measure from both water and bottom sediments. Manganese and mercury are accumulated in the muscles of C. auratus gibelio from bottom sediments. The high accumulation ratio of Zn and Hg in C. auratus gibelio was obtained from Chara sp. (24 times) and Chironomus spp. (38 times), respectively. High accumulation ratio of Zn (26 times) and Hg (29 times) in P. fluviatus was obtained from amphipods. At the same time, Hg in P. fluviatus muscles was accumulated at high level from Chironomus spp. (67 times). In this way, management decisions for mitigation practices in Lake Kenon should be focussed on for the disposal of wastewater from the ash dump contaminated with chemical elements.
Comparison of three film analysis softwares using EBT2 and EBT3 films in radiotherapy
Authors: Pócza Tamás , Zongor Zsuzsánna , Melles-Bencsik Barbara , Tatai-Szabó Dóra Zita , Major Tibor , Pesznyák Csilla
Published: April 2021

Introduction

The purpose of the study was to compare the results of gamma value based film analysis according to the used type of self-developer film and software product.

Material and methods

The films were irradiated with different treatment techniques such as 3D conformal and intensity modulated radiotherapy with static and rotational delivery. Stereotactic plans with conformal and intensity modulated arc techniques, using coplanar and non-coplanar beam setup were also evaluated. The data of irradiated film were compared with the planned planar dose distribution exported from the treatment planning system. Three film analysis software programs were evaluated: PTW Mephysto (PTW), FilmQA Pro (FQP) and radiohromic.com(RC). Both EBT2 and EBT3 types of films were examined. The comparisons of dose distributions were performed with gamma analysis using 10% cut-off level.

Results

The results of the gamma analysis for larger fields were between 78.3% and 98.3%, 75.7% and 100%, 80.2% and 98.8% with PTW, FQP and RC, respectively. The results of evaluation in case of stereotactic measurements were 76.8%–99.2% for PTW, 95.7%–100% for FQP and 91.2%–99.9% for RC.

Conclusions

All the three software programs are suitable for calibrating and evaluating films, performing gamma analysis, and can be used for patient specific quality assurance measurements. There is no direct connection between gamma passing rate and absolute accuracy or software quality, it is just a feature of the software. The interpretation of own results has to be defined on an institutional level according to given workflow and preliminary results.
The role of polymorphisms in glutathione-related genes in asbestos-related diseases
Authors: Franko Alenka , Goricar Katja , Dodic Fikfak Metoda , Kovac Viljem , Dolzan Vita
Published: April 2021

Background

The study investigated the influence of GCLC, GCLM, GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1 polymorphisms, as well as the influence of interactions between polymorphism and interactions between polymorphisms and asbestos exposure, on the risk of developing pleural plaques, asbestosis and malignant mesothelioma (MM).

Subjects and methods

The cross sectional study included 940 asbestos-exposed subjects, among them 390 subjects with pleural plaques, 147 subjects with asbestosis, 225 subjects with MM and 178 subjects with no asbestos-related disease. GCLC rs17883901, GCLM rs41303970, GSTM1 null, GSTT1 null, GSTP1 rs1695 and GSTP1 rs1138272 genotypes were determined using PCR based methods. In statistical analysis, logistic regression was used.

Results

GSTT1 null genotype was associated with the decreased risk for pleural plaques (OR = 0.63; 95% CI = 0.40–0.98; p = 0.026) and asbestosis (OR = 0.51; 95% CI = 0.28–0.93; p = 0.028), but not for MM. A positive association was found between GSTP1 rs1695 AG + GG vs. AA genotypes for MM when compared to pleural plaques (OR = 1.39; 95% CI = 1.00–1.94; p = 0.049). The interactions between different polymorphisms showed no significant influence on the risk of investigated asbestos-related diseases. The interaction between GSTT1 null polymorphism and asbestos exposure decreased the MM risk (OR = 0.17; 95% CI = 0.03–0.85; p = 0.031).

Conclusions

Our findings suggest that GSTT1 null genotype may be associated with a decreased risk for pleural plaques and asbestosis, may modify the association between asbestos exposure and MM and may consequently act protectively on MM risk. This study also revealed a protective effect of the interaction between GSTP1 rs1695 polymorphism and asbestos exposure on MM risk.
The impact of technology as a communication tool within the class: the teachers’ perceptions
Authors: Soriani Alessandro
Published: April 2021

The introduction of ICTs in the school system has been a powerful catalyst for educational and pedagogical practices. But there is more than meets the eyes: in fact, an increasing influence of technologies in the school is evident especially if one considers the social-relational side. This is mostly due to the pervasiveness of mobile devices and the proliferation – in terms of time and space – of communication channels that mediate the exchanges between the school’s actors – via email, through classroom information management systems, through chat or IM exchanges. By describing a research run in four secondary schools aimed to understand the ICTs’ influences on classroom climate, the purpose of this paper is to shed light on how teachers perceive the new aspects of technologies and their use in their daily work, highlighting how these technologies influence the way in which they build relationships with students, parents and colleagues.
Use of Nesting Workstations in Assembly
Authors: Václav Štefan , Zaborowski Tadeusz Eugeniusz , Delgado Sobrino Daynier Rolando , Kamenszká Adriana
Published: April 2021

Over the years there has been a fixed idea that components just enter the assembly floor and that assembled products leave it subsequently after certain operations have been executed on such products. Besides, there is a common notion that only small and simple products can be assembled on the so called “assembly nests”; however, the dimensions of objects assembled inside these keep increasing. Nowadays, even an aircraft, a boat, etc. can also be assembled on a moving trolley. This is possible given to the fact that the trolley with the product and with the operators themselves may come to the same storage of parts, while the system does not need to be balanced in time. On the other hand, in assembly nested layouts, the productivity of one operator is usually higher than the productivity on the line station and this because such lines are not often time balanced. Besides, this is also enhanced by the fact that more than one operator can work on a single nest. In this regard, the present paper seeks to identify the ways of combining or assembling components into products, and to analyse quality of the abovementioned assembly approaches.
Optimal Scheduling of Residential Electricity Demand Based on the Power Management of Hybrid Energy Resources
Authors: Hashemi Abozar , Derakshan Ghasem , Alizadeh Pahlavani M. R. , Abdi Babak
Published: April 2021

The present study sought to address the scheduling of the grid-connected hybrid energy resources under uncertainty of renewable sources, and load in the residential sector. After introducing hybrid resources, scheduling model was implemented through a power management algorithm in an attempt to optimize resource cost, emissions, and energy not supplied (ENS). The stated problem consists of two decision-making layers with different weight coefficients based on the prioritization of each objective function. The proposed algorithm is selected for energy optimal management based on technical constraints of the dispatchable and non-dispatchable resources, uncertainty parameters and day ahead real time pricing (RTP). Furthermore, the impact of demand response programs (DRP) on the given algorithm was investigated using load shedding and load shifting techniques. Finally, the results obtained led to the optimization of the functions in all decision-making layers with different modes of operation.
Electronic Waste Generation Prediction in Bandung City, Indonesia
Authors: Widyarsana I Made Wahyu , Supramono Dewi Suryanindah , Fadel Nabil
Published: April 2021

Nowadays waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) generation is increasing due to the increase in the number of users and the development of electronic products. In Indonesia, there are no specific regulations about WEEE even though it is identified as hazardous and toxic waste. This study aims to predict the WEEE generation from the most used and replaced electronic products by citizens of Bandung City. The data is collected by surveying 400 families in Bandung City. Based on the survey results, there are three types of electronic products that are most used and replaced by citizens of Bandung City, which are mobile phones, laptops and televisions. The Delay Model is modified by replacing the lifespan variable with end-of-life to project the mobile phones, laptops and televisions waste generation in Bandung City. The purpose of this modification is to adjust the pattern of electronic products used in developing countries. The projection results state that Bandung City will generate 0.61 tons/day of mobile phones, 8.66 tons/day of laptops and 3.16 tons/day of televisions at the end of 2020. Based on the results of the projection, WEEE management and recycling is important which can reduce WEEE disposal and increase the economic value of WEEE.
Recruitment infrastructure within the agricultural and agrifood sector: Post-Soviet and neocolonial entanglements between “Eastern” and “Western” Europe
Authors: Bolokan Dina
Published: April 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic brought into focus how nationstates manage to shut down borders while maintaining flexible labor recruitment. This challenging situation provoked more public discussion around inequalities within the agricultural and agrifood sector. However, reflections around labor conditions have remained limited. I argue that instead of merely pointing to certain aspects of the current labor conditions and demanding more regulations, a different point of departure is urgently needed. Through a genealogical approach to recruitment and rotation, this article aims to further politicize the discussion around the current recruitment infrastructure in the agricultural and agrifood sectors in Europe. I do this with my research on labor migration from Moldova to the European Union and Switzerland, where I consider the hypermobile life trajectories of workers within the agricultural sector. I am interested in the structures, goals and biopolitical implications as well as the involved ideologies that accompany the laws and regulations of the legal framework of such hypermobility between “Eastern” and “Western” Europe. I show how the involved citizenship laws and circular migration policies reveal entanglements through time and space that lead to neocolonial and post-Soviet regimes of labor control within Europe.
Inhibitory Potential of Murraya Koenigii (L.) and Ficus Carica L. Extracts Against Aldose Reductase (ALR), Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) Formation and Sorbitol Accumulation
Authors: Farooq Shah Asma , Singh Randhir
Published: April 2021

Introduction: Murraya koenigii (L.) and Ficus carica L. are traditionally used plants with significant medicinal and nutritional values. Aim and Objective: The present study was focused on the evaluation of hydro-alcoholic and aqueous extracts of M. koenigii (L.) leaves [MKHA (M. koenigii (L.) hydro-alcoholic extract) and MKAQ (M. koenigii (L.) aqueous extract)] and dried fruits of F. carica L. [FCHA (F. carica L. hydro-alcoholic extract) and FCAQ (F. carica L. aqueous extract)] in the attenuation of markers of microvascular complications associated with diabetes mellitus which can be further used to investigate the pharmacological activity of these plants in treatment of diabetes and its complications. Material and Method: The attenuating effect of the extracts was evaluated by calculating the ALR1 enzyme inhibition in a kidney of Wistar rat, anti-glycation activity in bovine serum albumin (BSA) and erythrocyte sorbitol accumulation inhibition in heparinized human blood. Results: A significant inhibitory effect (IC50 6.47μg/ml,7.26μg/ml,8.93 μg/ml and 9.66μg/ml) was observed with different concentrations of extracts (MKHA, MKAQ, FCHA and FCAQ) respectively, against ALR enzyme. After the 4th week of incubation, the inhibition of AGEs formation by MKHA, MKAQ, FCHA and FCAQ (500μg/ml) was found to be 82.58%, 78.58%, 74.39% and 69.56% respectively. MKHA, MKAQ, FCHA and FCAQ were found to exhibit significant inhibition against the accumulation of sorbitol in RBCs with IC50 188.88 μg/ml, 247.74μg/ml, 291.94μg/ml and 345.34μg/ml, respectively. Conclusion: The administration of different concentrations of MKHA, MKAQ, FCHA and FCAQ significantly attenuated ALR, AGEs and sorbitol accumulation; hence, it can provide a basis for identification and development of new inhibitors of these biomarkers.
(Un)Conditional Welfare? Tensions Between Welfare Rights and Migration Control in Swiss Case Law
Authors: Borrelli Lisa Marie , Kurt Stefanie , Achermann Christin , Pfirter Luca
Published: April 2021

This analysis of Swiss Federal Supreme Court judgements shows the coupling of welfare and migration control. Foreign nationals depending on social assistance might face the withdrawal of their residence permits. We show how the conveyed legal logics create conditionality of rights and a differentiation of (non-)citizens. The judgements individualise social assistance dependence and follow a neoliberal logic of economic participation. They establish rationalities which reinforce politics of belonging and welfare chauvinism.
Quo Vadis Polish-Canadian Writing? Reflections on Home, Language, Writing, and Memory in Recent Texts By Canadian Writers of Polish Origins
Authors: Drewniak Dagmara
Published: April 2021

The aim of this paper is to look at the recent publications by writers of Polish extraction living in Canada and writing in English in order to examine these texts in the context of their treatment of the concept of home, attitude to mother tongue and the usage of English, as well as the authors’ involvement in shaping the Canadian literary scene. The analysis will concentrate on selected texts published after 2014 to delineate the latest tendencies in Polish-Canadian writing. The discussion will include life writing genres such as memoirs, short stories, and novels. Since these writers have undertaken themes of (up)rootedness, identity, and memory and they have touched upon the creative redefinition of the figure of home, these aspects will also be examined from a theoretical perspective in the introductory part of the article. Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek through his concept of “in-between peripherality” (2010: 87) proposes to view Central and Eastern European literature as both peripheral and in-between its “own national cultural self-referentiality and the cultural influence and primacy of the major Western cultures” (2010: 87). Moreover, as diasporic studies are inspired by the search for transcultural, dynamic exchanges and hybridity (Agnew 2005), the analysis will also include discussions on hybridity understood as a transgression of borders, both literary and genealogical as well as thematic. That is why, the classic notion of hybridity known widely in postcolonial studies, is here understood, according to Moslund (2010), as having horizontal and vertical orientations, where the former designates transgression of borders and space and the latter is connected to the movement across time. This approach is particularly interesting in the context of Polish-Canadian migrant and diasporic literature as, according to Pieterse (2001), hybridity understood as movement and translocation can offer new perspectives on migrant literatures in multi-and transcultural worlds.
Evaluating Good and Bad News During Pre and Post Financial Meltdown: Nigerian Stock Market Evidence
Authors: Nageri Kamaldeen Ibraheem
Published: April 2021

The Nigerian stock market, prior to the 2007-09 global financial crisis witnessed growth but the market encountered sharp reversal from 2007 due to the global financial crisis. This study evaluates good and bad news on the Nigerian stock market with regards to the policy responses as a result of the meltdown. The study used the TGARCH, EGARCH and PGARCH models under three error distributional assumptions for data covering January 2010 to December 2016 using the All Share Index to generate the return series. Findings shows that good news impact return more than negative news of the same magnitude before the meltdown while bad news insignificantly impact return more than positive news after the meltdown. The study concludes that there is information asymmetry in the Nigerian stock market. Thus, it is recommended that on-line real time access to share price movement for investors should be introduced to improve liquidity level and enhance free flow of relevant securities information.
Uneven Eufication, The Spatial Fix and the Dominance of Economic Over Social Policies
Authors: Vincze Enikő
Published: April 2021

I am proposing to use the term EUfication to define the process of creating the EU as territory out of the geographical disparities (re)produced across the core and periphery of Europe. The article contends that EUfication is a manifestation of the phenomenon of spatial fix. In a first step, it describes the dynamics of territorial unevenness within the EU: on the one hand, by some relevant socio-economic cohesion data compiled from Eurostat indicators, and – on the other hand – through the diagnosis on spatial injustice in different Member States, as it was revealed by a comparative research conducted between 2017-2019. Furthermore, my analysis explains territorial unevenness by reconstructing the well-known historical formation of the union through a less acknowledged perspective, i.e., in the context of the changing regimes of capital accumulation. The article concludes that the theory of spatial fix allows us recognizing: the position and timing, from which and when different countries took part in the process of EUfication is a factor leading to the persistence of uneven territorial development among the European core and periphery. My contribution to theorizing on this process consists in bringing together the perspective of the spatial fix with the critical analysis of how is the social dimension paradigm overshadowed by the economic concern of capital accumulation in the socio-economic governance of the European Single Market, including the politics of territorial cohesion.
Healthy and Somewhat Wealthy: The Lived Experience of Successful Aging
Authors: Tobias Andrada
Published: April 2021

The idea of being active, healthy, happy and independent as long as is possible is strongly promoted in public discourse and in aging policies. Starting from the idea of investigating the serious leisure practices of the elderly, I sought to develop a qualitative research that captures perceptions and normative attitudes regarding the perceived and lived experience of aging. The study offers insights into the socially constructed nature of successful aging, by critically exploring the relation between the practice of Tai-Chi, considered a serious leisure activity among older adults, and the neoliberal ideology. During my fieldwork I conducted 14 in-depth semi-structured interviews and I have analyzed a specific typology of subjects - ‘healthy and somewhat wealthy’ as one of the respondents described himself - motivated by the fact that this category of the elderly is much more likely to internalize and promote neoliberal ideology. The goal of my fieldwork research was to determine how seniors operationalize the concept of successful aging and what strategies they use in order to ensure their experience matches their expectations. I also chose to focus on the way elders embrace a serious leisure perspective, which promises to give them a sense of purpose and progress. As shown by the accounts of the participants in the study, the need to be active, independent, healthy, and cheerful determine individuals to work with their own self and seek to engage in serious leisure activities.
Land Reform and Social Structure. A Sociohistorical Survey of the Impact of 1950’s Italian Land Reform on Property Relations and Class Formation in the Mezzogiorno
Authors: Domşodi Dana
Published: April 2021

This paper retraces the historical, structural, socioeconomic and political conditions of the Italian land reform, from the 1950’s, with a particular interest in the dynamic of class formation and property relations reconfiguration before and in the aftermath of the agrarian reform. We particularly discuss the class reconfiguration processes that ensued after the reform, displaying a particular interest in analysing the transformation of the class of absentee lords (latifundists) into a capitalist proprietary or entrepreneurial class, while rural landless or poor laborers - the new small owners - suffered further deterioration of their socioeconomic condition under the generalization of capitalist property forms, dissemination of market constraints and imperatives into Southern agriculture and the reconfiguration of social relations within the capitalist mode of production.
Stratigraphy of organic-rich deposits in floodplain environments: examples from the upper Odra river basin
Authors: Wójcicki Krzysztof J.
Published: April 2021

. Macrofossil analysis and radiocarbon dating were used to determine the age, composition and succession pattern of organic-rich deposits infilling oxbows and flood basins in the Rivers Kłodnica, Odra and Osobłoga valleys (southern Poland). Both detrital sediments representing the aquatic or terrestrial environments as well as five types of peat accumulated in amphibious or peatland conditions have been identified in cores analyzed. Studies have shown that an accumulation of organic-rich deposits was commonly initiated by terrestrialisation and was typically occurred under eutrophic conditions. In such circumstances, deposit sequences usually begin with aquatic detrital sediment (gyttja), or possibly brown-moss or reed peat. These deposits normally pass into sedge-reed peat and then alder peat. If the accumulation of organic-rich deposits was initiated by paludification, alder peat appears in the lowest sections of the fens. In the upper parts of the sequences, apart from wood peat, organic deposits dominated by sedge remains are also present. The latter were accumulated, probably, as an indirect effect of human activities in the floodplains.
Heavy thunderstorms on the Polish-German lowlands in the period 1951–2008 and their circulation conditions
Authors: Kolendowicz Leszek
Published: April 2021

The aim of the study was an analysis of the impact of atmospheric circulation over the territory of Europe on the frequency of occurrence of heavy thunderstorms on German Lowlands and on Polish Lowlands in the period 1951-2008. The atmospheric circulation in days with investigated phenomena was illustrated as the averaged image of the atmospheric pressure field over Europe (sea level pressure and 500 hPa geopotential heights). Heavy thunderstorm phenomena occur as a result of low pressure systems or low pressure troughs moving above investigated area and bringing cold air masses. Usually, the distribution of isobars at sea level indicates the occurrence of atmospheric fronts accompanying a low pressure system.
COVID-19’un BIST İmalat Sektörü Firmalarına Olan Finansal Etkilerinin Finansal Oranlar ve İstatistiksel Tekniklerle İncelenmesi
Authors: YÜCEL Serkan , DURAK İsmail
Published: April 2021

Bu çalışmanın amacı COVID-19’un BİST İmalat Sektörü Firmaları üzerindeki finansal etkilerini tespit etmektir. Bu amaçla Borsa İstanbul’da işlem gören imalat sektörü firmalarının 2019 ve 2020 yılları ilk 6 aylık finansal tabloları incelenerek dört başlık altında on sekiz finansal oran hesaplanmıştır. Ardından COVID-19 öncesi dönemi olan 2019 yılının ilk altı aylık finansal oranları ile COVID-19 sonrası dönemi olan 2020 yılının ilk altı aylık finansal oranları kullanılarak imalat sektörünün bir bütün olarak ve sektörel bazda ortalama değişimleri firma aktif büyüklükleri dikkate alınarak tartılı aritmetik ortalamayla hesaplanmıştır. Daha sonra, iki dönem arasında finansal oranlar açısından fark olup olmadığını belirlemek için ayrıca “Wilcoxon İşaretli Sıralar Testi” yapılmıştır. İki dönemin finansal oran ortalamalarının ve firmaların hasılatlarının değişimleri de incelendiğinde imalat sektöründe genel olarak likidite oranları açısından anlamlı bir değişim gözlenirken, karlılık oranları açısından olumsuz bir değişim olduğu gözlemlenmiştir. Araştırma sonuçları, “Ana Metal Sanayii” ile “Tekstil, Giyim Eşyası ve Deri Sektörü” nün salgından olumsuz yönde etkilendiğini gösterirken, diğer sektörlerdeki firmaların salgın döneminin özelliklerine göre birbirinden farklı yönde etkilendiğini göstermektedir. Firmalardan ilaç, dezenfektan, temel gıda, ambalaj gibi salgın döneminde talebi artan ürünleri üreten firmaların olumlu yönde etkilendiği görülürken diğer ürünleri üreten firmaların genel sonuçlar ile uyumlu olarak olumsuz yönde etkilendiği görülmektedir.
Kurumsal Sosyal Performansa Piyasa Tepkisi: BIST Örneği
Authors: ATEŞ Sinem
Published: April 2021

Bu çalışma ile şirketlerin kurumsal sosyal performanslarının hisse senedi fiyatları ile ölçülen finansal performanslarına yansıyıp yansımadığını tespit etmek hedeflenmiştir. Bu hedef doğrultusunda Borsa İstanbul’da işlem gören firmaların 2009-2017 yıllarına ait verileri, panel veri yöntemleri ile analiz edilmiştir. Ampirik analizler, şirket büyüklüğü, riski, karlılığı, sektörü gibi faktörler sabit tutulduğunda dahi kurumsal sosyal performans ile hisse senedi fiyatları arasında pozitif ve anlamlı bir ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir. Kurumsal sosyal performansın alt boyutları için yapılan analizler, şirketlerin çevresel performansları haricinde sosyal ve yönetişim performansları ile piyasa değerleri arasında pozitif ve anlamlı bir ilişkiye işaret etmektedir. Öte yandan çevresel performans ile hisse senedi fiyatları arasında anlamlı bir ilişki bulunamamıştır.
Konkordato Sürecinde Borca Batıklığın Tespiti ve Sonuçları Üzerine Bir Vaka Çalışması
Authors: BİTLİSLİ Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ferhat , KIYMIK Hakki
Published: April 2021

Yürürlükten kaldırılan iflas ertelemenin yerini alan konkordato, borçlarını ödeyemeyecek durumda olan borçluların, borçlarının yeniden yapılandırılması anlamına gelmektedir. İflas ertelemeden farklı olarak konkordatoda alacaklılar da söz sahibidir. Farklı sebeplerle konkordato başvurusu reddedilmiş olan borçlular için konkordato sürecinin iflasla sonuçlanması da muhtemeldir. Konkordatonun iflasla sonuçlanması için borçlunun borca batık olması gerekmektedir. Borca batıklığın tespiti de konkordato komiser heyeti ya da muhasebe meslek mensubu bilirkişiler tarafından hazırlanan rayici değer bilanço üzerinden yapılmaktadır. Çalışmada, konkordato komiser heyetinde bulunan mali üyeler veya muhasebe meslek mensubu bilirkişiler tarafından borca batıklık bilançosunun oluşturulmasında dikkat edilmesi gereken hususlar tespit edilerek, konkordato sürecinde olan bir işletmenin borca batıklık bilançosunun oluşturulması ile ilgili bir vaka çalışması gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmada, borca batıklık bilançosunun konkordato geçici mühleti içinde oluşturulması; işletme varlıklarının rayici değerlerinin kıymet takdiri yapılarak yeniden hesaplanması ve borca batıklık bilançosu oluşturulurken özellikle dönem ayırıcı hesaplar ve avans hesapları kullanılarak aktifin olduğundan fazla gösterilmesine yönelik muhasebe manipülasyonlarına dikkat edilmesi gerektiği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
Bölgelere ve İllere Göre Türkiye Finansal Kapsayıcılık Endeksi
Authors: SARIGÜL Haşmet
Published: April 2021

Çalışmanın amacı finansal kapsayıcılığın Türkiye’de 2011–2018 dönemindeki gelişiminin araştırılmasıdır. Bu kapsamda öncelikle dört finansal erişim ve üç finansal kullanım boyutu verileri kullanılarak Türkiye Finansal Kapsayıcılık Endeksi geliştirilmiştir. Uygulanan yöntem ile finansal kapsayıcılık boyutları değerleri sıfır ile bir arasında olacak şekilde standart hale getirilmiş, daha sonra ters Öklid uzaklık bağıntıları ile bölge ve il bazında nihai endeks oluşturulmuştur. Araştırmanın finansal kapsayıcılık bulguları bölgelere göre çok yüksek, yüksek, orta, düşük ve çok düşük olarak değerlendiğinde incelen yılların tamamında İstanbul’un çok yüksek; Batı Marmara, Ege ve Batı Anadolu’nun yüksek; Doğu Marmara, Akdeniz ve Doğu Karadeniz’in orta; Batı Karadeniz’in düşük; Kuzeydoğu Anadolu, Ortadoğu Anadolu ve Güneydoğu Anadolu’nun çok düşük finansal kapsayıcılık endeks değerlerine sahip oldukları görülmüştür. Orta Anadolu Bölgesinde 2011–2013 yılları arasında düşük, sonrasında orta düzey finansal kapsayıcılık söz konusudur. İllerin finansal kapsayıcılık endeks değerleri ise genel olarak içerisinde yer aldıkları bölgeler ile uyumludur.
INTEGRATION IN SCHOOL NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION: PROS AND CONS
Authors: ZASIEKINA TETYANA ZASIEKINA
Published: April 2021

The article considers the problem of pedagogical integration as a phenomenon that is ambiguously perceived in the educational circle. The processes of formation of the phenomenon of integration in the historical review, its manifestations and evaluation in the educational process, transformation in modern conditions has been studied in the article. The reasons for the negative attitude to integration in Natural Science and ways to eliminate them have been clarified. The advantages of applying integration to the processes of constructing the content of Natural Science Education and teaching Natural Science Subjects in institutions of general secondary education have been revealed. There are three levels of application of integration in teaching Natural Subjects: integrated Natural Science Course, intersubject integration of Natural Science Subjects, and intersectoral integration of Natural Science Subjects in the school education system.

Models of integrated teaching of Natural Science Subjects in institutions of general secondary education have been substantiated. In the model of training in integrated Natural Science Courses, training has been carried out according to one program, which lays down mechanisms for organizing the content and process of mastering ordered Natural Science knowledge. In the integrative Natural Science model, training has been carried out according to a set of educational programs in individual Natural Science subjects, in which the content and methods of teaching are based on the general apparatus of Natural Sciences, the expected learning results are aimed at forming a key competence in the field of Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology. The integrating cross-industry model lays the foundations for the formation of cross-cutting skills and flexible skills. All three models complement each other and ensure the continuity and integrity of Natural Science Education.

The pros and cons of integrating school Natural Science Education that we have reviewed allow us to draw the following conclusions.

At present stage the problem of pedagogical integration is being updated, which requires a detailed study of the existing experience in implementing an integrated approach to teaching Natural Science Subjects.

The phenomenon of pedagogical integration is not well-established and unambiguous. The taxonomy of pedagogical integration is determined by conditions, factors, objects and processes, which determines the various levels and degrees of manifestation and application of integration, its forms, types and functions.

The application of an integrated approach in the study of both integrated Natural Science courses and in the case of studying individual Natural Science Subjects is a mandatory and crucial condition for building a natural education system.
EVALUATION OF TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN GREECE AND UKRAINE: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Authors: SERNIAK OKSANA , GRIGORIOU GIANNIS
Published: April 2021

Professionalism of the teacher in educating modern generations of the society is considered as a number of the teacher’s competences providing the efficiency of his professional performance. Being an integrated phenomenon consisting of a numerous aspects to be taken into consideration, the teacher’s readiness to the professional activity must be objectively evaluated by school authorities, education executives, local councils, and finally the government. The article focuses on the peculiarities of evaluation of teachers’ professional performance in Greece and Ukraine. A key condition for the successful implementation of an evaluation system is the establishment of a relationship of trust between the state and teachers because without it any attempt is doomed to inactivity and in the end to be rejected. The evaluation system must clarify and prove that the purpose of the evaluation will be to improve the education provided to Greek citizens and will suggest the proposals for the successful implementation of the educational policy. It has been proved that the purpose of the evaluation is to improve the education provided to citizens and suggests the proposals for the successful implementation of the educational policy in both countries under consideration. There have been analyzed the teacher’s professional portfolio as one of the effective ways of confirming the pedagogical professional qualification in Ukraine. It has been grounded that a key condition for the successful implementation of an evaluation system is the establishment of a relationship of trust between the state and teachers.
APPLICATION OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN PRACTICAL WORK WITH FUTURE CHOREOGRAPHY SPECIALISTS
Authors: TKACHENKO IRYNA , YENSKAYA ELENA , MAKSIMENKO ANATOLY
Published: April 2021

The expediency of innovative technologies application in practical work with future choreography specialists in higher education institutions has been substantiated. It has been established that the value of innovative technologies implies the unleashing of the future choreographers’ creative potential, formation of a stable motivation to learn, ensuring a high creative result in the educational process. On the basis of general scientific (analysis, systematization, generalization) and specific scientific (comparative analysis) methods of scientific research, the differences of the innovative technologies has been found out. As a result, pedagogical, organizational and managerial innovations are used in the practical work with future choreography specialists.

It has been proved that the creation and realization of various types of programs (author’s, block, integrated), additional developing disciplines (gymnastics, bases of acting skill), game technologies, technologies of “project training” (report concert, master class, academic show), information technologies (digital, video and audio technologies, computer multimedia technologies, artificial intelligence technologies, Internet and communication technologies, virtual reality modeling technologies), non-traditional methods of pedagogical process organization (binary approach, trainings) are fundamental in pedagogical innovations.

Non-traditional forms of the educational process organization, technology of “collaborative learning”, innovative methods of space and time organization, technology of health-saving learning, information technologies are components of organizational innovations that provide future choreographers with a sense of tolerance, collectivism and also have a psychological influence on emotional state, behavior, attitude to classes, the level of mastering general and professional competences. The professional activity of future choreography specialists, in particular leadership of the choreographic team, requires mastering managerial innovations (marketing and advertising, basics of entrepreneurship, management principles, information provision of management, cultural and artistic projects, basics of business planning, fundraising techniques) that form image and reputation of the latter. The study does not include all the aspects of the issue of using innovative technologies in practical work with future choreographers and shows the need for its further development in such promising areas as optimizing the content of higher choreographic education by means of information technology, especially teaching choreographic disciplines in conditions of distance learning.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY AND ERGOTHERAPY AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF UKRAINE
Authors: CHEPURNA NATALYA
Published: April 2021

Reformation of Ukrainian rehabilitation system is changing approaches gradually to providing aid for the patients of different age at all stages (in-patient, sanatorium, dispensery). Rehabilitation examination of a patient, establishment of rehabilitation goals, conduction of rehabilitation manipulations, further correction of rehabilitation individual program require different multidisciplinary collaboration of different professions in many branches of life to achieve physical, psychological, emotional and social wellness. The article presents the analysis of the current curricula for professional training of students in specialty 227 «Physical and Occupational Therapy» at bachelor and master's levels in Ukrainian universities. The approaches of branches in professional training analysis were analyzed using the data from the Unitary State Electronic Database on Education and universities’ websites. Here, the main focus is on the professional components of the universities’ curricula at bachelor and master's levels. Formation of multidisciplinary approach in professional training of specialists in physical rehabilitation in Ukraine requires from universities maximum autonomy in mentioned specialty according to the standards and recommendations for providing quality in European higher education environment. The possibility of combining the acquired theoretical knowledge of the cycle of rofessional training disciplines in the field of "Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy" in universities of Ukraine with practice directly on clinical bases provides a comprehensive and step-by-step approach to each patient in future specialists.
THE FORMATION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCIES IN THE PROCESS OF HEURISTIC LEARNING OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Authors: USENKO NATALIA
Published: April 2021

The article substantiated the feasibility of using heuristic technologies of studying at the foreign language lessons. The characteristics and peculiarities of heuristic development of material in a foreign language are investigated: the ability independently to define the purpose, tasks, methods of independent educational work, creatively rethink and transform the acquired knowledge and methods of cognitive activity, the ability to create their own educational products (original new knowledge and methods of activity) and to evaluate adequately the process and results of independent cognitive activity. It is noted that heuristic study of a foreign language has a positive effect on the formation of students’ communicative competencies, as it increases their motivation and cognitive activity, relieves tension at the lesson, promotes equal dialogue interaction between subjects of study, facilitates the perception of material, etc. To measure how successfully the formation of students’ communicative competencies was, diagnostic and evaluation complex had been developed through the identification of the quality of their main educational products (reports, dialogues, presentations, etc.)

Their quantity and quality become an indicator of the forming of these competencies and creative self-realization in general. Such products are a more motivated goal for them than simply mastering knowledge and skills with their little (if any) further application. The product reflects both mastered knowledge, skills and characteristics of communicative activity. In heuristic learning, the product is the purpose of activity, and motives, knowledge and skills are means to achieve such a goal. It is fundamentally important that without the presence of personal significance of the material being studied, one cannot hope for its development (rethinking, transformation, etc.) at the level of personality. This is essence and complexity of the heuristic approach to learning, because modern society, market relations are not satisfied with the knowledge which is simply remembered. Therefore, there is a need to consider the formation of communicative competencies of medical students from the positions of personally oriented heuristic education. It is proved that heuristic organization of studying a foreign language and its leading component – cognitive and creative independent work – becomes a significant factor in the successful formation and improvement of students’ communication competencies, if they implement a didactically grounded complex of specially selected heuristic methods and prepared tasks necessary for performing independent creative activities oriented to successful professional activity and future doctors’ personal professional development.