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TEORINĖ PRIEIGA: EUROPEIZACIJA, ELITAI, VALSTYBĖS UŽGROBIMAS IR VYSTYMASIS
Authors: MANIOKAS KLAUDIJUS
Published: September 2023

The aim of the paper is to present conceptual framework used to assess Europeanization in Lithuania during the last 10 years across the classical to Europeanization literature dimensions of polity, politics and policy. In the article author reviews Europeanization literature, the main approaches as well as their critique and weak points. Author argues that because usually consequences of Europeanization are fragmented and hardly possible to generalize, therefore, it is wise to look at the new EU member states, where this impact was concentrated. The latest Europeanization literature, however,mostly critically views the very concept of Europeanization, especially because of its inability to include factors of domestic politics. Transitology approach also has certain drawbacks which cannot explain changes in the new EU members. Thus, it is argued by the author that Europeanization theory has to be complemented by additional approaches accounting for a domestic change. Therefore, Europeanization is put into a broader development studies. The theory of development produced by Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis and Barry R. Weingast serves as theoretical framework in the research. This theory is about a long-term change based on depatrimonialization of a given society and move from the so-called natural state characterized by the use of rents into an open access regime characterized by universal rights, competition, wide use of public goods and density of organizations. This developmental approach puts an emphasis on the role of elites, state capture and broader transformation of the society and thus focuses and complements the current theory of Europeanization. It also provides a framework to analyse the issue of corruption and state capture, which is no longer considered as a deviation, but rather as a norm.
Vapour phase Guerbet condensation of ethanol to 1-butanol on CsX zeolite
Authors:   V.P Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of NAS of Ukraine, Patrylak L.K. , Pertko O.P. , Valihura K.V. ,   3L.V. Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistryof National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Voloshyna Y.G. ,   V.P Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of NAS of Ukraine
Published: September 2023

Nowadays, the conversion of ethanol into valuable chemical products is getting wider application.One of such promising processes is Guerbet condensation of alcohols, which permits the obtaining of 1-butanol from renewable raw materials that are alternatives to petroleum ones.Oxide systems combining acid and basic sites in their composition are promising catalysts for such a transformation.In this study, the efficiency of the magnesium-aluminum oxide and zirconium-oxide catalysts was compared to the activity of the cesium form of X-type zeolite produced by hydrothermal ion exchange in the condensation of ethanol to 1-butanol. The integrity of the zeolite structure was confirmed by using the XRD and XRF analysis, as well as by the IR spectroscopy.The depth of exchange of native sodium for cesium was 82%. It was also found that cesium cations are localized only in ion-exchange positions of faujasite, in places SIII (supercages) and SI` (sodalite cages). CsX zeolite acid to basic sites ratio was found tobe close to optimal for this reaction. Cesium-containing zeolite at 300 °C showsethanol 35-55 % conversion and 20-25 % selectivity for 1-butanol, which is higher than the same characteristics for zirconium samples, but slightly inferior to magnesium-aluminum oxide catalysts. The obtained results indicate the promising use of zeolites of a similar nature in the process of condensation of ethanol to 1-butanol.
Influence of mechanochemical treatment of a mixture of two oxides based on TiO2 on the physico-chemical and photocatalytic properties of the obtained composites in the degradation of metronidazole
Authors:   Institute for Sorption and Problems of Endoecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiziun O.V. , Sachuk O.V. ,   State Research Expert Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Zazhigalov V.O. ,   Institute for Sorption and Problems of Endoecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kotynska L.Yo. ,   Institute for Sorption and Problems of Endoecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Published: September 2023

The effect of mechanochemical treatment of oxide composites based on TiO2 (TiO2/ZnO, TiO2/ZrO2, TiO2/MgO, TiO2/SnO2, TiO2/Nb2O5 with a molar ratio of 1:1) on their physical and chemical properties was investigated. It is shown that this treatment leads to a change in the crystal structure of the initial oxides without the formation of new phases, a significant grinding of particles, which is sometimes accompanied by amorphization of both or one of the oxides. As a result of mechanochemical treatment, the specific surface of the composites increases, except for the TiO2/Nb2O5 sample for which grinding is accompanied by agglomeration, which leads to a some decrease in the specific surface. It was established that as a result of the treatment, the morphology of the surface of the compositions changes, and in some cases the elements are redistributed in the near-surface layer. A significant decrease in the size of oxide particles leads to the formation of zones of dense contact between oxides in the composite. The photocatalytic properties of the original compositions and samples after their mechanochemical treatment in the reaction of degradation of metronidazole under ultraviolet radiation were established. It is shown that the photoreaction rate constant and the degree of metronidazole degradation do not depend on the band gap width, which is explained by the greater influence of local activation on the photoprocess than the collective properties of the solid body. It was established that a mixture of titanium oxide with another oxide leads to the formation of an effective catalyst for the photodegradation of metronidazole with a transformation degree of 95-98 % (after 5 hours of reaction), which is 4-7 % higher than that of the original titanium oxide.
The influence of mechanochemical and microwave modification on the properties of SnO2 as photocatalyst
Authors:   Institute for Sorption and Problems of Endoecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Samsonenko M.M. , Khalameida S.V. ,   Institute for Sorption and Problems of Endoecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Published: September 2023

Samples of precipitated SnO2 were modified by means of mechanochemical and microwave treatment. Physicochemical properties of all samples were investigated using DTA, XRD, FTIR spectroscopy, nitrogen adsorption-desorption and UV-Vis spectroscopy. Photocatalytic activity was evaluated using the degradation of rhodamine B and safranin T under Vis-irradiation. It was found that the initial precipitated and modified samples correspond to the composition of tin oxyhydroxide - SnO(OH)х. It has been established that as a result of mechanochemical and microwave treatment of tin oxyhydroxide in the wet gel stage, it is possible to obtain photocatalytically active materials with a uniform mesoporous structure and high specific surface values and a band gap of about 3.5-3.6 eV. A peculiarity of the mechanochemical treatment of xerogels in water is the formation of a meso-macroporous structure. Relationship between physicochemical and photocatalytic properties of prepared samples has been discussed. The dependence of the efficiency of photocatalytic degradation of dyes on changes in the porous structure, the presence of defects on the surface of the catalyst, and its electronic characteristics was established.
Pengetahuan Ekosistem dan Perilaku Petani Dalam Mengelola Lahan Pertanian: Pendekatan Psikologi Lingkungan
Authors: Baidun Akhmad
Published: September 2023

Behavior is an individual's response or reaction to an object which is manifested in action, behavior or movement. Behavior is a person's reaction to the surrounding environment, whether simple or complex. However, not all human behavior can be seen, this is because there are behaviors that can be seen directly, and also those that cannot be observed directly. In this case, managing agricultural land is an effort carried out consciously and continuously by farmers. The author wrote this research to see whether there is a positive relationship between farmers and the information they receive in managing agricultural land.
A Morbid Kíváncsiság Skála magyar nyelvű változatának adaptációja
Authors: Kiss Botond László , Bali Cintia , Basler Julia , Fehér Adrián , Zsidó András Norbert
Published: September 2023

Háttér és célkitűzések

Az erőszakos, kellemetlen vagy halálhoz köthető tartalmak iránti érdeklődés a morbid kíváncsiság mértékével jellemezhető. Az ilyen tartalmak általában félelmet, undort, illetve elkerülő viselkedést váltanak ki, ugyanakkor egyes embereket a kiváltott arousal emelkedés miatt mégis vonzanak. A jelenség részletesebb feltárásával pontosabb képet kaphatunk arról, milyen tényezők játszanak szerepet olyan specifikus fóbiák esetén, ahol mind az undor, mind pedig a félelem releváns érzelmi reakció. A jelen tanulmány célja a Morbid Kíváncsiság Skála pszichometriai elemzése egy megfelelően nagy és az életkor szempontjából diverz magyar anyanyelvű mintán.

Módszer

A kutatás során összesen 592 fő (442 nő, 150 férfi) töltötte ki a kérdőívcsomagot. A kitöltők átlagéletkora 34,2 év (SD: 10,64; terjedelem: 18–73 év). A Morbid Kíváncsiság Skála mellett a résztvevők a Szenzoros Élménykereséses Skálát és az Undorérzékenység Skálát töltötték ki. A Morbid Kíváncsiság Skála pszichometriai mutatóit klasszikus és modern tesztelméleti eljárásokkal is ellenőriztük.

Eredmények

A Morbid Kíváncsiság Skála megfelelő pszichometriai mutatókkal rendelkezik a vizsgált magyar mintán. A kérdőív tételei megfelelően diszkriminálnak a látens változó különböző szintjeivel rendelkező kitöltők között, és a kérdőív megbízhatóan mér az átlaghoz viszonyított kétszeres szórástartományban. A kérdőív összpontszáma és alskáláinak pontszámai pozitív irányú összefüggést mutattak a szenzoros élménykereséssel, míg az összpontszám, az Erőszak és a Test megsértése alksálák pedig az undorérzékenységgel mutattak negatív irányú kapcsolatot.

Következtetések

Mindent összevetve eredményeink alapján a Morbid Kíváncsiság Skála magyar mintán is megbízható és érvényes kérdőív. A kérdőív releváns eszköz lehet kellemetlen vagy undorító tartalmakhoz való viszonyulás mérésére, a megközelítő-elkerülő viselkedéses rendszer vizsgálatára; mind kutatások, mind pedig terápiák során utánkövetésre.
Design and optimization of an improved qPCR assay for the detection of Histoplasma capsulatum
Authors: da Silva Bianca Kelly Neves Izidro , Alves Cortez Ana Cláudia , Oliveira Luciana Aires , de Almeida Juan Diego Ribeiro , de Souza Érica Simplício , Cruz Katia Santana , Jackisch Matsuura Ani Beatriz , Ogusku Mauricio Morishi , Solórzano Chavarría Karolina Jeaneth , Baía-da-Silva Djane , Bassat Quique , Guimarães Lacerda Marcus Vinícius , Frickmann Hagen , de Souza João Vicente Braga
Published: September 2023

Background

This study aimed at improving a real-time polymerase-chain-reaction (qPCR) assay for the detection of Histoplasma capsulatum, a fungal pathogen that can cause severe respiratory infections in humans, in clinical and soil samples.

Methods

Primer and probes were in-silico designed, in-silico and in-vitro evaluated including clinical biopsy materials and finally subjected to a real-world application with collected soil samples.

Results

Applying the qPCR assay with liver and lung biopsies from 71 patients each, including 59 patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as with Sabouraud (SAB) agar culture as the diagnostic reference standard, diagnostic accuracy of the qPCR assay of 100% (5/5) sensitivity and 96% (63/66) specificity for liver samples and 100% (4/4) sensitivity and 94% (63/67) specificity for the lung samples was recorded. When applying the assay with soil samples from caves near of Presidente Figueiredo city, Amazonas, Brazil, one sample from the Maroaga cave was confirmed as positive.

Conclusions

The improved qPCR assessed in this study was successful in detecting H. capsulatum with high efficiency and accuracy in in-vitro evaluation, including the identification of the target pathogen in both clinical and environmental samples.
Psychedelics and critical theory
Authors: Tempone-Wiltshire Julien , Dowie Tra-ill
Published: September 2023

In the monograph Philosophy and Psychedelics: Frameworks for Exceptional Experience, Hauskeller raises the important subject of individualization and alienation in psychedelic psychotherapy. Under the prevailing conditions of neoliberalism, Hauskeller contends that psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy appropriates Indigenous knowledges in an oppressive fashion, may be instrumentalised to the ends of productivity gain and symptom suppression, and may be utilised to mask societal systems of alienation. Whilst offering a valuable socio-political critique of psychedelics' clinical uptake, we suggest that Hauskeller's view does not adequately acknowledge the ways in which psychedelics offer a challenge to the Western reductive bio-medical understanding of healing and wellbeing. It is contended herein that Indigenous knowledges, in alliance with a range of emerging sciences, offer both an engagement with ethnomedicines in a less harmfully appropriative fashion, and a renewed understanding of the means by which psychedelics achieve therapeutic change. With this understanding, what becomes apparent are the potential ways in which psychedelic medical usage may produce positive feedback upon the oppressive systems in which we are embedded. That is, transpersonal experience through encounters with the ineffable may offer a revisioning of Western psychology and cognitive science. Indeed, if psychedelics are approached with an understanding of the actual means by which they produce therapeutic outcomes—changing mental representations of the self, or self-insight derived through non-ordinary states of consciousness—then psychedelic psychotherapy offers a reimagining of psychiatric nosology, challenging conventional understandings of both pathology and wellbeing through an overturning of specified and discrete deficit models of psychopathology. This may provide both a critique of the prevailing categories used to describe madness and an expansion of our understanding of the mind-body relation, as well as an increased recognition of positive psychology grounded in cross-cultural contemplative traditions. This provides an implicit challenge to the pharmaceutical industrial-complex and its profit motives; and the corresponding neoliberalist, globalising tendencies which Hauskeller seeks to address.
Similarity for 2 × 2 Matrices Obtained by Clockwise “Rotation”
Authors: Călugăreanu Grigore
Published: September 2023

Over integral domains of characteristics different from 2, we determine all the matrices which are similar to .
Do we pay more attention to the label that is considered more expensive? Eye-tracking analysis of different wine varieties
Authors: Szakál Dorina , Fekete-Frojimovics Zsófia , Bin Zulkarnain Abdul Hannan , Rozgonyi Erik , Fehér Orsolya
Published: September 2023

In our study, using a combination of eye-tracking parameter analysis and the van Westendorp method, we investigate whether participants pay more attention to products that they perceive as more expensive or to those that they prefer in the ranking process. The experiment involved 50 participants, a questionnaire with ranking and pricing tasks, and an eye-tracking measurement. Three wine varieties (Irsai Olivér, Rosé and Merlot-Shiraz) and three different label alternatives were tested. When comparing the results of the ranking and the pricing tasks, the product that is considered more expensive is not always the one that is most appealing to the participants. If we compare the results from the analysis of the eye-tracking parameters and the pricing, we can say that in all cases the labels that received the most visual attention were those that were priced more expensively by the participants.
New records and updated list of species in Gobiidae in the Hoi estuary of Ma River, Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam
Authors: Thi Thu Trinh , Ngoc Thao Hoang
Published: September 2023

Fieldwork in the Hoi estuary area of the Ma River has recorded nine species of Gobiidae. Three of these species are recorded for the first time in the study area, including Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes, 1837), Glossogobius olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845), and Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes, 1837). We update the list of gobiid species in the Hoi estuary; it now includes 18 species.
Crossbar operation of BiFeO3/Ce–CaMnO3 ferroelectric tunnel junctions: From materials to integration
Authors: Halter Mattia , Morabito Elisabetta , Olziersky Antonis , Carrétéro Cécile , Chanthbouala André , Falcone Donato Francesco , Offrein Bert Jan , Bégon-Lours Laura
Published: September 2023

Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions (FTJs) are a candidate for the hardware realization of synapses in artificial neural networks. The fabrication process for a 784 × 100 crossbar array of 500 nm large FTJs, exhibiting effective On/Off currents ratio in the range 50–100, is presented. First, the epitaxial 4 nm-BiFeO3/Ca0.96Ce0.04MnO3//YAlO3 is combined with Ni electrodes. The oxidation of Ni during the processing affects the polarity of the FTJ and the On/Off ratio, which becomes comparable to that of CMOS-compatible HfZrO4 junctions. The latter have a wider coercive field distribution: consequently, in test crossbar arrays, BiFeO3 exhibits a smaller cross-talk than HfZrO4. Furthermore, the relatively larger threshold for ferroelectric switching in BiFeO3 allows the use application of half-programming schemes for supervised and unsupervised learning. Second, the heterostructure is combined with W and Pt electrodes. The design is optimized for the controlled collapse chip connection to neuromorphic circuits.

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COVID-19 as a potential trigger for refractory arrhythmias and electrical storm in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy: a case report
Authors: Osadchy A. M. , Makarov I. A. , Skoptsova A. V. , Mitrofanova L. B. , Kamenev A. V. , Shcherbak S. G. , Lebedev D. S.
Published: September 2023

Arrhythmias occur both in the acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and in the post-acute period, which may be associated with the long-term SARS-CoV-2 persistence. In a case report, patient with primary dilated cardiomyopathy, an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator, recurrent ventricular arrhythmias, and an electrical storm are presented. The patient was repeatedly hospitalized in a city hospital, where electrical cardioversion, antiarrhythmic therapy, radiofrequency ablation of recurrent ventricular tachycardia regions, including emergency ("lifesaving") combined catheter radiofrequency destruction of the electrical storm substrate, was performed. Subsequently, against the background of ongoing postoperative therapy, massive pulmonary embolism (PE) suddenly developed, which led to the death. Autopsy established that the cause of the patient’s death was massive pulmonary embolism; SARS-CoV-2 and enterovirus was detected in the myocardium. Based on an autopsy study, the patient was diagnosed with primary dilated cardiomyopathy with secondary active chronic lymphocytic myocarditis.
Current trends in the financial solvency of the population
Authors: Sattarova Irina , Lyashchuk Yuliya
Published: September 2023

The article reflects the results of the analysis of the current state of affairs in the sphere of financial viability of the population of our country. In recent years, the expansion of the practice of lending to individuals has led not only to the emergence of more financial opportunities for the population to carry out monetary transactions, but also to an increase in accounts payable to banks and an increase in the amount of overdue payments. The analysis made it possible to conclude that every year the amount of loans grows in proportion to the amount of debt, which creates fertile ground for an increase in the number of precedents for the bankruptcy of individuals. Over a ten-year period, the debt on loans granted to individuals has increased dramatically, moreover, the analysis of the dynamics allows us to conclude that debt has grown steadily over the past ten years. Thus, at present, a situation has developed in which the legal regulation of the sphere of bankruptcy of individuals in our country has been worked out in less detail than the legislative procedures governing the bankruptcy of legal entities. In this connection, the procedure for regulating processes for recognizing the financial insolvency of an individual needs a large-scale study and consideration both from a legal point of view and from the economic component of regulating the lending market for citizens.
Calculation of greenhouse gas emissions of urban rail transit systems in China
Authors: Guo Hao , Zhao Liyuan , Zang Shuo , Wei Yun
Published: September 2023

In China, the total energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will reach considerable levels based on the current speed of urban rail transit system development. Based on the life-cycle assessment theory, this research constructs an urban rail transit system GHG emission assessment method, calculates emission outputs based on resource inputs from actual investigated data and makes a quantitative analysis of GHG emissions. The results show that in recent years, the GHG emission of urban rail transit construction and operation in China is between 2000 × 104 and 4200 × 104 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) per year. The proportions of the construction and operational phases in this emission are 57 and 43%, respectively. In the construction phase, the GHG emission intensity per unit mileage of shield tunnels and per unit area of stations is about 1.3 × 104 tCO2e/km and 3.71 × 104 tCO2e/ha, respectively. In the operational phase, the GHG emission intensity per unit trip is 0.084 kg carbon dioxide equivalent/passenger-km. The entire life-cycle GHG emission per kilometre of urban rail transit systems is 11.69 × 104 tCO2e (with a service life of 50 years) in China. The construction phase and operation phase generated about 18.73 and 81.27% of this emission, respectively. The preliminary conclusions of this study may help shed light on the emission reduction potential of urban rail transit systems and the emission reduction targets in China.
Clitic climbing and restructuring in the history of French
Authors: Olivier Marc , Sevdali Christina , Folli Raffaella
Published: September 2023

This paper constitutes an empirical investigation into the diachrony of clitic climbing (and consequently restructuring) in French based on data from a novel corpus of legal texts, as well as a theoretical analysis of the loss of this phenomenon from the history of French. We show that clitic climbing was obligatory until the Middle French period, until its eventual loss before the start of the 19th century. Assuming that clitics are φ-heads that AGREE with v, we take restructuring to be monoclausal, despite apparent counterevidence where a subordinator or a Wh-item intervenes. We propose that restructuring is a necessary but not sufficient condition to clitic climbing, the latter depending on whether the upper v-head bears a set of unvalued φ-features. We associate the loss of clitic climbing to the loss of interpolation (i.e. the order [clitic-XP-V]), as we show that both constructions are available when cliticisation is a phonological mechanism only. In Modern French however, clitics are necessarily proclitic and verb-adjacent which indicates that cliticisation is syntactic. Lastly, we propose that French never lost restructuring, but instead it lost most transparency effects associated with it (such as clitic climbing), while retaining others (such as long passives and quantifier climbing).
YÜKSEK TEKNOLOJİLİ ÜRÜN İHRACATININ EKONOMİK BÜYÜMEYE ETKİSİ: SEÇİLMİŞ OECD ÜLKELERİNDE PANEL VERİ ANALİZİ
Authors: KUNDAK Sabriye , AKTOP Vildan Saba
Published: September 2023

Yüksek teknolojili ürünler üretmek ve bu ürünleri ihraç etmek ülkeler açısından stratejik öneme sahiptir. Ülkelerin ihraç ettikleri ürünlerin teknolojik içerikleri, teknoloji düzeylerinin bir göstergesi niteliğindedir. Bu nedenle ihracata yönelik büyüme stratejisine dayalı çalışmalar arasında yüksek teknoloji yoğunluğuna sahip ürün ihracatı ve ekonomik büyüme arasındaki ilişkinin ele alınması önem kazanmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı 2008-2020 dönemi için Ekonomik İşbirliği ve Kalkınma Örgütü (OECD) üyesi ülkelerde yüksek teknolojili ürün ihracatının ekonomik büyüme üzerindeki etkisini panel veri analiz yöntemi ile ortaya koymaktır. Bu amaçla Panel ARDL/PMG (Havuzlanmış Ortalama Grup) yöntemi uygulanarak ekonomik büyüme bağımlı değişken olarak belirlenmiş ve farklı bağımsız değişkenler analize dahil edilmiştir. Seçilmiş 26 OECD üyesi ülkede ekonomik büyüme, yüksek teknolojili ürün ihracatı, Araştırma-Geliştirme harcamaları ve doğrudan yabancı yatırımlar arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir. Çalışmanın sonuçlarına göre; yüksek teknolojili ürün ihracatı, kısa ve uzun dönemde ekonomik büyümeyi pozitif etkilemektedir.
Mass Murder in Educational Establishments: Opportunities for Using Criminal Law Means of Counteraction
Authors: Artamonova Elena , Tretyak Maria
Published: September 2023

As the cases of mass murders in educational establishments grow in number, it becomes necessary to determine the measures necessary for counteracting this crime in modern conditions. The conducted research allowed the authors to identify the concept and types of armed attacks on life in educational establishments. They prove the necessity of including mass murder in Part 3 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and increasing the minimum penalty to 15-year imprisonment. The authors also conclude that the most common punishment for the murder of more than two persons committed using a publicly dangerous method is imprisonment for 15-20 years. In most cases, such punishment was imposed for the murder of 2-3 persons and the presence of two aggravating circumstances. Imprisonment for 20 to 25 years inclusively and life imprisonment was imposed for murdering 6-8 persons and the presence of two qualifying features in combination with other crimes. In 16 mass murders committed in educational establishments in the last seven years, the above-mentioned measures can only be applied to two criminals, as in other cases the culprits either were underage, or committed suicide. It is possible that the measures developed and implemented in 2021, which increase punishment for illegal trade in civilian weapons, will be somewhat effective in preventing mass murders by persons under 21 years of age. However, there are considerable doubts regarding the effectiveness of such measures for preventing especially grave crimes committed by persons who have already reached this age. A detailed analysis of punishments for the extreme cases of especially grave crimes makes it possible to conclude that life imprisonment does not provide any opportunities for imposing a stricter punishment depending on the number of persons who were murdered or were in danger of sustaining such harm. Consequently, it is possible to believe that the right punishment for this category of criminals is capital punishment, and its main goal is prevention.
Mapping crisis intervention course into social work academic curricula in Lebanon
Authors: Rania Mansour
Published: September 2023

Social work is strongly presented to support and decrease the suffering of people living in a crisis. The call to intervene professionally in such cases is highly demanded by government institutions, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and United Nations agencies, the main umbrella that enfolded practitioner social workers in Lebanon. Although Lebanon has experienced successive crises for more than forty years, there is no national strategy for social work or for intervention during crises that must be developed by the Ministry of Social Affairs in collaboration with relevant institutions such as academia. However, considering that the Lebanese universities that graduate social workers are the most important source for developing that strategy based on evidence-based research, unfortunately, they did not do any action. The purpose of this article is to describe how these universities are preparing students and developing their capacities to deal with the crisis consequences. The focus of this article is the presence of the Crisis Intervention (CI) course in the curricula of universities. Data were collected from all Lebanese universities’ websites and catalogs with undergraduate-level social work majors (N = 6). The data were issued from reviewing the curricula of the six universities that covered the N = 290 course. Data shows that the CI course does not enclose three out of six published curricula as well and results indicate a modest appearance of the crisis and its relevant courses. Accordingly, at the end of the research, a syllabus of the crisis intervention course is proposed and will be shared with the six Lebanese concerned Universities.
Influence of using animated video media in online learning at junior high school
Authors: Haq Risma Rizqiana , Irawati Lies Diana Dwi
Published: September 2023

Learning is an activity that combines various things, namely humans, facilities, and procedures so that all parties are related to one another to achieve a goal. The facilities include learning media, including animated video media used in online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research aims to see the influence and effectiveness of animated video media in online learning. This research uses a quantitative approach with descriptive methods. The study results show that animated videos can improve the quality of the learning process; the material presented using animated media becomes more straightforward and more accurate, so students understand the material more easily. The obstacle is online access to watch or download animated videos. Therefore, it can be concluded that animated video media is effectively used as a learning medium for distance or online learning.
Use of Instagram as learning media in senior high school
Authors: Setia Muhammad Nur Iman Hadiyana , Fajriana Monica
Published: September 2023

This study examines using Instagram as an innovative learning tool for high school students. The indicators assessed are the easiness, frequency, and experience that Instagram provides as a learning tool. This study used a qualitative approach and collected data using a questionnaire completed by SMA/SMK/MA/MAK students. The study used a Likert scale by giving weight to each available answer. The weights in each category will be summed and converted into qualitative data. The data will be drawn by counting how many categories of answers from all respondents. The results showed that forty-four point four percent of students who were respondents agreed with Instagram as a learning tool. The results showed that respondents considered Instagram an easy-to-use learning tool. Instagram's position is ideal as a learning tool because students are comfortable using it. Teachers are expected to use Instagram social media more often as a learning tool so that the benefits of using Instagram can be more optimized in supporting student learning achievements.
English curriculum analysis and its relevance to Islamic boarding school goals
Authors: Lestari Rina , Emilia Emi
Published: September 2023

This case study reports on the analysis of the national curriculum known as curriculum 2013, and its relevance to a modern Islamic boarding school goals. This study involved one Islamic senior high school in West Java, Indonesia. The qualitative data were derived from curriculum 2013 and the curriculum complementary documents designed by the curriculum development department of the school. This document analysis relied on four fundamental elements of curriculum introduced by Tyler (1949), those are educational goals, learning experiences, learning organizations, and learning evaluations. The results showed that four fundamental aspects of the curriculum 2013 were in line with the Tyler curriculum principles. A minimum TOEFL score is one of the objectives, but the programs are inadequate to prepare the students to achieve it. Likewise, the final evaluation for the objective is still inconsistent due to the test cost issue. However, the curriculum 2013 supported by some complementary programs has demonstrated its relevance to the goals of the modern Islamic boarding school.
A tutela do direito à saúde na jurisprudência da Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos
Authors: Mudrovitsch Rodrigo de Bittencourt
Published: September 2023

Objective: to discuss the effects of the autonomy of the right to health resulting from the development of article 26 of the American Convention in the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Methods: we used the jurisprudential basis of decisions of the Court that present the indirect recognition of health as a fully justiciable right and those that recognize the direct justiciability of such right. Results: the first part of the investigation analyzed the nearly 20 years of historical evolution of the indirect justiciability of economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights in Inter-American Court case-law, whether through connection with the right to life or to personal integrity. The second part of the paper focuses on the decisions delivered by the Court from 2018 to 2022, beginning with the paradigmatic case Poblete Vilches y otros vs. Chile (2018), in which the right to health was established as a fully justiciable right before the Inter-American Court. Conclusion: a careful review of the jurisprudence leads to the conclusion that direct protection of the right to health is not inconsistent with any legitimate expectations of States because State obligations have been developed progressively by means of the connection principle. Furthermore, this research indicates two significant innovations resulting from the autonomy of the right to health: the persistence of intersectional vulnerabilities in such human rights violations, as well as State obligations concerning acts committed by private healthcare providers. This level of sophistication is required to outline the systematic reading of Inter-American Court case-law and for implementing the human right to health on the American continent.
Received: 02/08/23 | Accepted: 06/09/23
Information Accessibility for People with Mental Disabilities, Including Autism Spectrum Disorders
Authors: Vladimirova O.N. , Chistyakova N.P. , Miroshnichenkо O.A.
Published: September 2023

Identifying, assessing and overcoming informational barriers that arise among people with mental disabilities, in­cluding autism spectrum disorders (ASD), during communication, attract attention of all participants of the reha­bilitation process. Approaches to create a unified communication space, considering the use of easy language and alternative ways of communication for people with mental disabilities, are based on the principles of the Conven­tion on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the categories of the International Classification of Function­ing, Disability and Health (ICF). Statistical data on increased number of people recognized as disabled for the first time due to mental disorders and autism in the Russian Federation were systematized by the staff of the St. Petersburg Institute of Advanced Medical Experts. These data substantiate the need to revise accessibility of ICF based information at two levels — individual and social ones. Authors propose to develop a unified methodol­ogy of information accessibility, considering ICF provisions, including the legal ones. Given proposals are aimed at increasing informational accessibility for people with mental disabilities, including ASD. Authors emphasize that creating a unified national standard for the use of easy language for people with mental disabilities is one of the factors guaranteeing their civil rights.
The Problem of Psychological Readiness of Future Primary School Teachers for Professional Activity
Authors: Ozhogova E.G.
Published: September 2023

This article attempts to analyze the problem of psychological readiness of future teachers of primary general education. The concept of “psychological readiness” and its main characteristics are analyzed. An empirical study of psychological readiness for professional activity of a teacher from the position of factors of psychological readiness, emotional-value attitude and professional identity was conducted. The results obtained indicate that the main professional ideas have been formed: about yourself as a specialist, your role, and professional goals. Objective factors of psychological unpreparedness of the subjects were studied: low social status, professional overload, dissatisfaction with the climate in an educational institution. As personal factors, the subjects noted emotional difficulties — professional fears, emotional shock from professional problems they would have to face, low stress tolerance, diffuse identity. The obtained results allowed us to draw conclusions and formulate general directions for solving this problem in practical education.
Assessing the Competencies of the Educational Module for Future Teachers of Primary General Education: Design and Implementation
Authors: Murzina N.P. , Cherdyntseva E.V.
Published: September 2023

The article presents a solution to the problem of designing means for assessing professional competencies in future teachers of primary general education according to the module of educational activities of the Core of Higher Pedagogical Education. The authors substantiate the process of designing assessment tools by teachers on the basis of competency-based and modular approaches to the content of teacher education based on the conceptual approaches presented in the studies of A.A. Verbitsky, A.V. Khutorsky, N.N. Narbekov, M.A. Bezborodova, O.A. Kozyreva, A.V. Novikov. Information-analytical, planning-prognostic, organizational-executive, control-diagnostic, regulatory-corrective stages of designing evaluation tools are presented. The content and planned results of the teacher’s activity are revealed in the course of designing evaluation tools for the psychological and pedagogical training of bachelors students in the profile “Primary education”. The prospects of the study are to determine the levels of formation of the competencies of the module of educational activity in future primary school teachers based on the creation of competency-oriented professional tasks.
Effectiveness of Training in Master’s Degree through the Eyes of Undergraduates
Authors: Burlakova I.A. , Klopotova E.E.
Published: September 2023

The evaluation of the effectiveness and quality of teacher training, which exists today at the level of master’s education, including for preschool education, is aimed at determining the degree of achievement of the results planned in the program. In fact, the measure of the formation of competencies necessary, according to the authors of the program, is assessed for the implementation of independent pedagogical activity. However, this assessment of the quality of teacher training in the magistracy seems to be one-sided. Of unconditional interest is the effectiveness of the use of acquired competencies by masters in real pedagogical activity and / or the assessment by teachers of their new professional qualities in solving educational problems. But studies of these issues have not been identified in the psychological and pedagogical literature. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mastering the master’s program by identifying the opinion of master teachers on the impact of studying in a master’s program on their professional activities. The study was conducted using a survey. It was attended by masters who graduated from the university in the period from 2013 to 2022. The survey made it possible to obtain general information about the respondents, to determine the goals of entering the magistracy, to learn about met and unfulfilled expectations, about the impact of studying at the magistracy on their professional activities, and above all, on interaction with children. The obtained data on how undergraduates themselves feel their own progress in the profession are interesting. The results of the study allow us to speak about a positive assessment by undergraduates of training under the program both in terms of improving professional qualities and skills, and in terms of developing personal qualities. Problems were also identified, primarily related to the lack of conditions within the system of preschool education that motivate teachers to develop professionally.
Substantive Aspects of the Assessment (Self-Assessment) of the Competencies of Specialists Who Are Ready to Provide Emergency and Crisis Psychological Assistance to Participants of Educational Relations
Authors: Ulyanina O.A. , Polyakov A.S. , Faizullina K.A. , Borisenko E.V. , Nikiforova E.A. , Vikhristyuk O.V.
Published: September 2023

The article describes the procedure of assessment (self-assessment) of psychological service specialists in the education system (hereinafter referred to as the Assessment) proposed by the Federal Coordination Center for Psychological Service in the Education System of the Russian Federation of the Moscow State University of Psychology & Education. Based on the results of the Assessment, it is planned to form a Federal Register of teachers-psychologists who have the competence to provide emergency and crisis psychological assistance to participants in educational relations (hereinafter — the Federal Register). The assessment procedure is supposed to comply with the principles of phasing and competence approach and includes a psychodiagnostic examination of the candidate’s personality, determining the level of his professional knowledge, their effective application in simulated conditions within the framework of situational analysis, conducting a multimodal interview to obtain broader information from the candidate regarding his personal self-presentation, further professional prospects, self-assessment of the results of previous stages. Based on the results of the assessment procedure, the expert commission, based on a system of criteria, decides on the inclusion of a candidate in the Federal Register.
Parental Competence: the Impact of Parental Attitude towards the Child on the Course of the Crisis of Three Years
Authors: Chetvertukhina M.V.
Published: September 2023

The formation of the pedagogical competence of parents will be successful if the families of the pupils of the preschool educational institution are working to meet the needs of parents in obtaining pedagogical knowledge and skills related to the upbringing of children in the family. However, a differentiated approach will be used in the identification of needs. This article is aimed at confirming this hypothesis. The authors used theoretical (study of pedagogical, psychological and methodological literature) and empirical (selection of diagnostic tools, diagnostic examination, survey of parents and teachers of preschool educational institutions, quantitative and qualitative data processing) methods. As a result of the work carried out, the program “Parental Competence: the impact of parental attitude towards the child on the course of the crisis of three years” was drawn up, which includes: a plan of work with teachers on a differentiated approach in communicating with the parents of pupils; a plan of work with parents to improve the level of pedagogical competence of parents raising children of primary preschool age - based on a differentiated approach. The paper presents the results of an empirical study in which 24 people participated (parents of pupils from the second junior group of the preschool educational institution).
On the status of "I" in the cultural and activity discourse
Authors: Petrowskiy V.A.
Published: September 2023

The concept of the I that is present in the scholarly and mundane consciousness is inwardly paradoxical, as it contains the risk of regression to “bad infinity”. Thus, “I see an object” obviously creates in me the image of the object; by implication, “someone” inside me sees the image of the perceived object and, consequently, an image of the image, which has just arisen, emerges then; this new image further transforms into an object of internal perception, and so on and so forth, “to infinity”. The same logic of regression into bad infinity applies to the individual’s experiences and aspirations regressing into the far reaches of the Transcendental I. An alternative to such an understanding forms a viewpoint on the I as a dynamic whole in the unity of its four modes, “the Existential I”, “the Phenomenological I”, “the Presuming I”, and the “Self-valuable I”. The assumed fact that initially there is “someone” “in me”, as part of the Phenomenological I, that “feels”, “looks”, “acts” and “experiences”, is revised. It is surmised that the assumed (imaginary) I becomes real (acquires agency) through the mediation of the individual’s contacts with his or her environment. The four modes of the I are generated through the individual’s activity manifested in various ways (search, imitation, purposeful activity and supra-adaptive activity). The involvement of the I in the culture and activity discourse enables the unified interpretation of concepts that are present in philosophical and psychological systems that are significantly different in their premises.
Difficulty with Speech Perception in the Background of Noise in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Is Not Related to Their Level of Intelligence
Authors: Fadeev K.A. , Goyaeva D.E. , Obukhova T.S. , Ovsyannikova T.M. , Shvedovskiy E.F. , Nikolaeva A.Yu. , Davydova E.Y. , Stroganova T.A. , Orekhova E.V.
Published: September 2023

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have more difficulty than typically developing peers understanding speech in noisy environments. Underlying this difficulty may be their decreased noise tolerance and/or difficulty integrating fragments of speech over temporal gaps, which usually present in noise. We investigated the role of these factors in children with ASD with a wide range of cognitive abilities. The sample consisted of 42 children with ASD and 38 typically developing children aged 7–12 years. The participants were asked to repeat two-syllable words presented in the background of noise. Two types of masking were used: stationary noise and amplitude-modulated noise. Intelligence was assessed using the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (KABC-II). The results show that children with ASD are worse at recognizing words in stationary noise than typically developing children. Even after adjusting for performance in stationary noise, the presence of gaps in the amplitude-modulated noise improved their performance to a lesser degree than in typically developing children (F(1,75)=18.57, p<0.001). Neither performance in stationary noise nor the ability to benefit from gaps in amplitude-modulated noise correlated with IQ in children with ASD (Spearman's coefficients, all p>0.80). We concluded that difficulties with speech perception in noise in children with ASD do not depend on the level of their cognitive abilities and are associated with two separate factors: low noise tolerance and poor temporal integration of phonemes into the auditory word form.