bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ecology, distribution and habitat suitability analysis of the North African sengi (Petrosaltator rozeti, Macroscelidea, Afrotheria) in Tunisia
Authors: El-Farhati Haithem , Pietersen Darren W. , Jaziri Brahim , Hizem Mohamed Wassim , Nouira Saïd
Published: November 2024

The North African sengi (Petrosaltator rozeti syn. Elephantulus rozeti) is a small mammal endemic to the Maghreb area, and is one of the least studied mammals in North Africa. Little is known about its status, habitat preference, and distribution across large areas of its range. This work provides a detailed geographical and ecological distribution of the species in Tunisia based on 200 surveyed sites throughout the country with 103 positive occurrence records. We also used species distribution modelling to assess the habitat suitability of the species. P. rozeti showed a heterogeneous bioclimatic niche, with a presence in the semi-arid, arid and Saharan bioclimatic zones. But the species’ distribution seems to be limited to the main mountain ranges of Tunisia. This was also confirmed by habitat suitability modeling where the elevation was the most informative predictor variable. Our work also show some first recorded ecological traits, confirms the rock-dwelling specialist nature of the species and debate its endemism to mountain ecosystems.
First record of the spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta in Egypt during the past 5,000 years
Authors: Nagy Abdullah , El-Kholy Said , Soultan Alaaeldin , Attum Omar
Published: November 2024

An individual of spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta was killed by local people in Elba Protected Area, South-East Egypt in winter of 2024. This record constitutes the first record of the species in contemporary Egypt since its extinction over 5,000 years ago. The possibility of increased rainfall and grazing practices creating a corridor for hyena dispersal from neighboring Sudan was investigated. The record is 500 km north of the known range of the spotted hyena.
What makes a super influencer? Testing the origin of fame theory in China
Authors: Shao Yihan , Willnat Lars
Published: November 2024

Study purpose

Social media influencers in China have significantly influenced public political and social attitudes and behaviors. Based on the origin of fame theory, this study explores which type of influencers – originals, celebrities, or journalists – are most effective in driving changes in their followers’ attitudes and behaviors.

Methodology

An online experiment used a 3 (type of influencer: original, celebrity, journalist) × 2 (message context: policy-based, social modeling) design. A total of 627 responses were collected to assess how participants evaluate social media influencers and to examine their attitudes and behaviors toward the issues supported by these influencers.

Main findings

The findings reveal that the effects of social media influencers depend on both their identity and the type of message they promote. Journalist influencers have the greatest effects on participants’ attitudes toward policy-based messages compared to original and celebrity influencers. By contrast, original influencers are more effective at shaping attitudes when sharing social modeling messages. Additionally, the study shows that journalist influencers are perceived to have greater expertise than other influencers, regardless of the message context.

Social implications

This study shows that identity and message context jointly determine the influence of social media influencers on promoting nonprofit campaigns.

Practical implications

Communicators can apply the findings of this study to select appropriate social media influencers by considering both the origin of influencers’ fame and the context of the message they are promoting.

Originality/value

This study emphasizes the power of social media influencers to promote nonprofit campaigns and identifies the conditions that can enhance their effectiveness.
Cross-sectional analysis of blood leukocyte responsiveness to interleukin-10 and interleukin-6 across age and physical activity level
Authors: Islam Hashim , Boultbee Jordan , Jackson Garett S. , Mui Alice L. , Little Jonathan P.
Published: November 2024

Objectives

To determine how the anti-inflammatory actions of interleukin-10 (IL-10) and IL-6 differ across age and physical activity levels.

Methods

Using a cross-sectional design, fasted blood samples were obtained from younger physically inactive (YI: n=10, age: 22.7 ± 3.7 years, BMI: 24.8 ± 4.8 kg/m2, <150 min of weekly moderate-to-vigorous physical activity [MVPA]), younger highly active (YA: n=11 varsity cross country running athletes, 20.7 ± 2.7 years, 21.1 ± 1.8 kg/m2, >300 min of weekly MVPA), and older highly active (OA: 12, 56.0 ± 10.3 years, 22.8 ± 3.2 kg/m2, >300 min of weekly MVPA) individuals and analyzed for leukocyte counts, IL-10 and IL-6-related signaling, and cytokine secretion ex vivo.

Results

Total white blood cells and monocytes were similar between groups (p=0.8) but YA and OA had lower lymphocyte counts than YI (p<0.01). The ability of IL-10 (1 ng/mL) to phosphorylate signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) in CD14 monocytes was greater in YA vs. YI (p<0.03) despite YA having lower IL-10 receptor expression (p<0.01). IL-6 (10 ng/mL) mediated STAT3 phosphorylation in CD4 lymphocytes was higher in OA compared YI (p<0.01), with a similar tendency observed for YA vs. YI (p=0.08). Despite enhanced responsiveness of STAT3 to IL-10/6 in active individuals, the ability of IL-10/6 to inhibit tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-⍺) secretion from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated whole-blood was similar between groups.

Conclusions

Highly active younger and older individuals demonstrate enhanced IL-10- and IL-6-mediated activation of immune cell STAT3. Although the ability of IL-10/6 to inhibit TNF-⍺ secretion appeared unimpacted by activity level, anti-inflammatory cytokine actions were preserved in older active individuals.
Proleptic objects as complex-NPs
Authors: Gluckman John
Published: November 2024

Proleptic (or prothetic) objects (Majaliwa remembered about Samson that he’s sick) present a particular puzzle because they appear to instantiate an unconstrained cross-clausal dependency between the proleptic object (Samson) and a correlate (he). The current analytical approach to prolepsis is relies on a syntactic mechanism of treating the embedded clause as a predicate, derived by merging a null operator which unselectively binds the correlate. This approach faces a number of known empirical challenges. Moreover, this work does not meaningfully engage with any of the recent semantic innovations in our understanding of embedded clauses (Kratzer 2006. Decomposing attitude verbs. Available at: http://semanticsarchive.net/Archive/DcwY2JkM/attitude-verbs2006.pdf). I offer an alternative to the CP-predicate approach, adopting three (semi-)independently motivated ideas concerning (i) the syntax of cross-clausal dependencies in Lohninger et al. (2022. From prolepsis to hyperraising. Philosophies 7(32)), (ii) the semantics of embedded clauses in Kratzer (2006. Decomposing attitude verbs. Available at: http://semanticsarchive.net/Archive/DcwY2JkM/attitude-verbs2006.pdf)/Moulton (2009. Not moving clauses: Connectivity in clausal arguments. Syntax 16(3). 250–291), and (iii) the semantics of about in Rawlins (2013. About about. Proceedings of SALT 23. 336–357)/Onea and Mardale (2020. From topic to object, grammaticalization differential object marking in Romanian. Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue Canadienne de Linguistique 65(3). 350–392). I argue that proleptic objects are complex-NPs, roughly, the thing about Samson. The somewhat particular properties of prolepsis are natural consequences of these combined ideas. I further present empirical evidence from Japanese that the complex-NP analysis is on the right track. This analysis deepens our understanding of prolepsis by including both semantic and syntactic factors.
Specifier-to-head reanalysis: evidence from mandarin and Cantonese
Authors: Wang Shuyan
Published: November 2024

Mandarin numeral phrases display two characteristics. First, the numeral yi ‘one’ differs from other numerals in many respects. Second, classifiers can appear without any overt numerals, resulting in Cl-N phrases (e.g., ben shu ‘one book’): Cl-N phrases, like numeral phrases with yi ‘one’ (e.g., yi-ben shu ‘one book’), always denote singularity, but also contrast with numeral phrases with yi ‘one’ in various respects like scope. Although some of these patterns have been discussed before (e.g., Cheng, Lisa Lai-Shen & Rint Sybesma. 1998. Yi-wan tang, yi-ge tang: Classifiers and massifiers. Tsing-Hua Journal of Chinese Studies 28(3). 385–412; Chen, Ping. 2003. Indefinite determiner introducing definite referent: A special use of ‘yi ‘one’ + classifier’ in Chinese. Lingua 113. 1169–1184; Huang, C.-T. James. 2015. On syntactic analyticity and parametric theory. In A. Li, A. Simpson & W.-T. Dylan Tsai (eds.), Chinese Syntax in a cross-linguistic perspective. Oxford University Press; Li, Y. H. Audrey & Shengli Feng. 2015. ‘yi’ zi shenglüe de yunlü tiaojian [The prosodic conditions on yi-deletion]. Yuyan Kexue [Linguistic Sciences] 14(1). 1–12; Zhang, Niina Ning. 2019. Complex indefinites and the projection of DP in Mandarin Chinese. Journal of East Asian Linguistics), previous analyses could cover some but not all these observations. This paper provides a unified account for these two puzzles and a number of related issues. It will be argued that due to an ongoing grammaticalization process, Mandarin yi is ambiguous between a numeral and an indefinite article. The grammaticalization of yi is an instantiation of a well-known phenomenon: specifier-to-head reanalysis (e.g., van Gelderen, Elly. 2004. Grammaticalization as economy. John Benjamins Publishing Company; van Gelderen, Elly. 2019. Cyclical changes and problems of projection. In Anne Breitbarth, Miriam Bouzouita, Lieven Danckaert & Elisabeth Witzenhausen (eds.), Cycles in language change. Oxford University Press; Roberts, Ian. 1993. Verbs and diachronic syntax. Dordrecht: Kluwer; Roberts, Ian & Anna Roussou. 2003. Syntactic change: A minimalist approach to grammaticalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). Furthermore, with cross-linguistic evidence from Cantonese, I argue for an intermediate stage of specifier-to-head reanalysis: a functional category starts as a specifier of a phrase; it then adjoins to another head before being reanalyzed as an independent head projecting a separate phrase.
The decapitated woman of Puisserguier (Hérault, France): a case study of mortuary treatment
Authors: Rouquet Jérôme , Hernandez Jérôme , Marsac Romain , Pruvost Mélanie , Gandelin Muriel
Published: November 2024

An exceptional Late Neolithic burial discovered at Puisserguier, southern France, contains a skeleton buried with its head deposited on its torso; the disposal of the rest of the body follows a standard pattern for individual burials of this period. The authors discuss the nature of this deposit in terms of its funerary status.
Dissociable Effects of Urgency and Evidence Accumulation during Reaching Revealed by Dynamic Multisensory Integration
Authors: Hoffmann Anne H. , Crevecoeur Frédéric
Published: November 2024

When making perceptual decisions, humans combine information across sensory modalities dependent on their respective uncertainties. However, it remains unknown how the brain integrates multisensory feedback during movement and which factors besides sensory uncertainty influence sensory contributions. We performed two reaching experiments on healthy adults to investigate whether movement corrections to combined visual and mechanical perturbations scale with visual uncertainty. To describe the dynamics of multimodal feedback responses, we further varied movement time and visual feedback duration during the movement. The results of our first experiment show that the contribution of visual feedback decreased with uncertainty. Additionally, we observed a transient phase during which visual feedback responses were stronger during faster movements. In a follow-up experiment, we found that the contribution of vision increased more quickly during slow movements when we presented the visual feedback for a longer time. Muscle activity corresponding to these visual responses exhibited modulations with sensory uncertainty and movement speed ca. 100 ms following the onset of the visual feedback. Using an optimal feedback control model, we show that the increased response to visual feedback during fast movements can be explained by an urgency-dependent increase in control gains. Further, the fact that a longer viewing duration increased the visual contributions suggests that the brain accumulates sensory information over time to estimate the state of the arm during reaching. Our results provide additional evidence concerning the link between reaching control and decision-making, both of which appear to be influenced by sensory evidence accumulation and response urgency.
Visual Processing by Hierarchical and Dynamic Multiplexing
Authors: Bonnefond Mathilde , Jensen Ole , Clausner Tommy
Published: November 2024

The complexity of natural environments requires highly flexible mechanisms for adaptive processing of single and multiple stimuli. Neuronal oscillations could be an ideal candidate for implementing such flexibility in neural systems. Here, we present a framework for structuring attention-guided processing of complex visual scenes in humans, based on multiplexing and phase coding schemes. Importantly, we suggest that the dynamic fluctuations of excitability vary rapidly in terms of magnitude, frequency and wave-form over time, i.e., they are not necessarily sinusoidal or sustained oscillations. Different elements of single objects would be processed within a single cycle (burst) of alpha activity (7–14 Hz), allowing for the formation of coherent object representations while separating multiple objects across multiple cycles. Each element of an object would be processed separately in time—expressed as different gamma band bursts (>30 Hz)—along the alpha phase. Since the processing capacity per alpha cycle is limited, an inverse relationship between object resolution and size of attentional spotlight ensures independence of the proposed mechanism from absolute object complexity. Frequency and wave-shape of those fluctuations would depend on the nature of the object that is processed and on cognitive demands. Multiple objects would further be organized along the phase of slower fluctuations (e.g., theta), potentially driven by saccades. Complex scene processing, involving covert attention and eye movements, would therefore be associated with multiple frequency changes in the alpha and lower frequency range. This framework embraces the idea of a hierarchical organization of visual processing, independent of environmental temporal dynamics.
State-Dependent Motor Cortex Stimulation Reveals Distinct Mechanisms for Corticospinal Excitability and Cortical Responses
Authors: Perera Nipun D. , Wischnewski Miles , Alekseichuk Ivan , Shirinpour Sina , Opitz Alexander
Published: November 2024

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive brain stimulation method that modulates brain activity by inducing electric fields in the brain. Real-time, state-dependent stimulation with TMS has shown that neural oscillation phase modulates corticospinal excitability. However, such motor evoked potentials (MEPs) only indirectly reflect motor cortex activation and are unavailable at other brain regions of interest. The direct and secondary cortical effects of phase-dependent brain stimulation remain an open question. In this study, we recorded the cortical responses during single-pulse TMS using electroencephalography (EEG) concurrently with the MEP measurements in 20 healthy human volunteers (11 female). TMS was delivered at peak, rising, trough, and falling phases of mu (8–13 Hz) and beta (14–30 Hz) oscillations in the motor cortex. The cortical responses were quantified through TMS evoked potential components N15, P50, and N100 as peak-to-peak amplitudes (P50-N15 and P50-N100). We further analyzed whether the prestimulus frequency band power was predictive of the cortical responses. We demonstrated that phase-specific targeting modulates cortical responses. The phase relationship between cortical responses was different for early and late responses. In addition, pre-TMS mu oscillatory power and phase significantly predicted both early and late cortical EEG responses in mu-specific targeting, indicating the independent causal effects of phase and power. However, only pre-TMS beta power significantly predicted the early and late TEP components during beta-specific targeting. Further analyses indicated distinct roles of mu and beta power on cortical responses. These findings provide insight to mechanistic understanding of neural oscillation states in cortical and corticospinal activation in humans.
A Comparative Investigation of Indirect Measures of Sexual Attraction
Authors: Keinan-Bar Sapir , Joel Daphna , Bar-Anan Yoav
Published: November 2024

Indirect measures of sexual attraction may be useful research tools, in addition to direct measures. In a large online sample (N = 50,535), we compared the validity and reliability of several indirect measures, including novel measures that we developed. Our main focus was single-gender indirect measures that assess sexual attraction to men and to women separately, as recommended by contemporary sexuality theories. The gender-comparative Men/Women Implicit Association Test (IAT) had the best psychometric qualities. The best single-gender measure was a novel measure: a sexual attraction Questionnaire-based IAT. For most indirect measures, we found suggestive evidence that they capture unintentional processes that reflect sexual attraction. There was also evidence that factors other than sexual attraction might also influence the indirect measures, potentially harming the validity of the measures. Our research contributes comparative knowledge that could guide further research on sexual attraction and on the use of indirect measures of psychological constructs.
Influence of the remote monitoring system on the lipid profile after myocardial infarction in urban and rural areas of the Perm region
Authors: Spasenkov Grigory N. , Khlynova Olga V. , Koriagina Natalia A. , Koryagin Vladimir S. , Zagumyonnov Aleksandr S. , Pesterev Egor A. , Bankovskaya Lyudmila A.
Published: November 2024

Objective: to evaluate the impact of a remote dynamic monitoring system on the lipid profile after myocardial infarction in urban and rural areas of the Perm Territory. Material and methods. The study, conducted between 2020 and 2022, included 253 patients diagnosed with myocardial infarction. The study compared two groups of patients: those who refused to participate (n=105) and those who took part in the "Remote health monitoring of patients with cardiovascular disease" (RM program) (n=148). Patients were monitored at least once a month via telephone calls using an approved list of questions. Results. The group of patients participating in the RM system showed a significant improvement in lipid profile compared to the groups without RM. A comparison between urban and rural patients showed statistically significant differences in the levels of cholesterol (p=0.002 for residents of the Perm region) and low-density lipoproteins (LDL) (p=0.049 for residents of Perm; p=0.025 for residents of the Perm region), indicating potential differences in the effect of RM in different areas. Patients in the RM group from the Perm region were 15.56 times more likely to achieve target LDL levels compared to a similar group without RM. Conclusion. The RM system had a positive effect on the reduction of LDL and cholesterol in groups of residents, both in urban and rural areas.
Evidence-Based Bibliometric and Scientometric Analysis of Research on Casein Phosphopeptide Amorphous Calcium Phosphate
Authors: Tokgöz Kaplan Taibe
Published: November 2024

Backgrounds: To review the research model on the use of CPP-ACP in preventive dentistry with the bibliometric analysis method.
Methods:A comprehensive search of the Web of Science database was conducted for literature on CPP-ACP.Bibliographic information such as citations, bibliographic data, and keywords was extracted using different keyword combinations (“casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate ” OR “CPP-ACP”).The analysis and visualization of the selected documents and related data were carried out using MS Excel and VOSviewer software.VOSviewer was used to create graphical representations of the data and network graphs were created to assess the various associations between research themes, countries, organizations,authors,journals, and citations.
Result: The initial search yielded 556 documents of which 356 were chosen for analysis. The results showed that the first most cited publication was published in 2003 and received 292 citations.Also,12 publications published in 2011 received the most citations among all publications.Among 30 countries,Australia contributed the most with 29 articles.The top 100 most cited articles in CPP-ACP were published in a total of 32 journals.
Conclusion:The bibliometric analysis provides information on the top 100 most cited papers with CPP-ACP and their citation details.It also identifies authors, leading countries, and organizations contributing to research on CPP-ACP and provides a comprehensive analysis of research trends on the topic.Highlights: It is thought that the results obtained as a result of the analysis will provide a source for future studies on CPP-ACP and will contribute to researchers about which focal points they should pay attention to.
Keywords: Bibliometric analysis, Casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate, CPP-ACP, Dental caries, Fluorid
Der Österreichische Rundfunk (ORF) - von der RAVAG bis zu einem multimedialen öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanbieter
Authors: Krone Jan
Published: November 2024

Der Österreichische Rundfunk (ORF) spielt seit seiner Gründung nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg eine zentrale Rolle in der österreichischen Medienlandschaft und Gesellschaft. Als öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunkanstalt ist der ORF stark in politische Diskussionen und gesellschaftlichen Diskurs eingebunden. Michael Tracey betonte vor gut 30 Jahren die Bedeutung des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks als „öffentliche Zivilisationskultur“, insbesondere hinsichtlich der demokratischen Willensbildung und Förderung kreativer Talente. In den 2020er Jahren sieht sich der ORF mit Herausforderungen wie Digitalisierung, politischem Druck und Desintegrationstendenzen in der Gesellschaft konfrontiert. Marie Luise Kiefers medienökonomische Modelle der Medieninstitutionalisierung dienen zur Analyse des ORF in diesem Kontext. Die dynamische Institution öffentlich-rechtlicher Rundfunk muss dabei einen Balanceakt zwischen Informationsvermittlung und Förderung kultureller, demokratischer und kreativer Aspekte bewältigen.
Kein Geld verdienen mit rechtswidrigen Inhalten!
Authors: Rößner Tabea , Erbrich Lukas
Published: November 2024

Interview mit Frau Tabea Rößner, MdB, zur Regulierung von großen Plattformkonzernen. In seinem Buch „Big Tech muss weg“ und dem gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Karl-Nikolaus Peifer verfassten Beitrag in der letzten Ausgabe der MedienWirtschaft zeigt Dr. Martin Andree, wie die großen digitalen Plattformen in den letzten Jahren das digitale Mediensystem in Deutschland dominiert haben. Andree plädiert für einen digitalen Neustart, um einen vielfältigen digitalen Markt zu ermöglichen, und schlägt verschiedene Maßnahmen vor. Ein Teil dieser Maßnahmen ist nun im Rahmen der europäischen Regulierungspakete Digital Services Act (DSA) und Digital Markets Act (DMA) für Plattformanbieter verpflichtend geworden. DSA und DMA sind Mitte Februar bzw. März 2024 in Kraft getreten. In Deutschland setzt die Bundesregierung den DSA derzeit im Rahmen des Digitale-Dienste-Gesetzes um. Im Interview mit Lukas Erbrich räumt Tabea Rößner, Vorsitzende des Digitalausschusses und Bundestagsabgeordnete von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ein, dass sie sich an einigen Stellen weitergehende Maßnahmen im DSA und DMA gewünscht hätte. Rößner zeigt sich einigen Vorschlägen von Andree und Peifer gegenüber aufgeschlossen, insbesondere hinsichtlich des Verbots der Monetarisierung strafbarer Inhalte. Sie sieht jedoch keine Notwendigkeit, Plattformen mit Medien gleichzusetzen, um Plattformen gezielt zu regulieren. Auch Regulierungsansätze wie die Entflechtung von Teilen großer Plattformkonzerne hält die Abgeordnete grundsätzlich für sinnvoll. Sie hinterfragt jedoch die praktische Umsetzbarkeit solcher Maßnahmen und deren mögliche Auswirkungen auf die Netzneutralität, insbesondere im Hinblick auf mögliche Netzentgelte für Inhalteanbieter.
Nachlese: Lokalrundfunktage 2024 in Nürnberg
Authors: Schwegler Petra
Published: November 2024

Klares Bekenntnis zum Wert des lokalen Journalismus: Diverse Sessions der 32. LOKALRUNDFUNKTAGE am 25. und 26. Juni 2024 in Nürnberg haben das Fernsehen und Radio vor Ort als Bastion gegen Deepfakes und Demokratie-Skepsis in den Mittelpunkt gestellt. Mehr als 80 Expertinnen und Experten aus dem In- und Ausland zeichneten bei der Konferenz das Bild von einem zukunftsfähigen lokalen Rundfunk.
Análisis del desarrollo de la cooperación internacional descentralizada en el departamento de Arauca, Colombia (1991-2021)
Authors: Marín-Aranguren Erli Margarita , Betancur-Mejía Mabel Constanza
Published: November 2024

In the year 2021, when this study began, the department of Arauca was positioned as one of the largest recipients of international cooperation resources in Colombia, due to the fact that the department presented problems that coincided with some of the issues prioritized by the country in the international cooperation agendas. This article analyzes the level of development achieved by decentralized international cooperation (CID) in the department of Arauca from 1991 to 2021, based on the inclusion of international cooperation issues in the Departmental Development Plan, the existence of legislation related to the formalization of CID and thecreation of coordination and management spaces at the departmental level.
Resurrection in C. Norwid’s Works
Authors: Woloszyn Beata
Published: November 2024

The article presents the analysis of Norwid’s views on resurrection in the context of eschatological notions of romanticism. The article maintains that Norwid’s concept of man’s final destination is based on theological ideas of Providence, free will, Incarnation, history of salvation and Communion of Saints. The resurrection of man is closely connected with the ultimate aims of history and human culture because the moral growth of man is continued after death in purgatory and is bound up with the idea of compensation and credit. Moral progress in history is achieved by people thanks to different kinds of incarnations, such as work, art, science, and martyrdom. According to Norwid, the term “incarnation” means turning one’s ideas into action on the pattern of incarnated and crucified Christ. The poet managed to incorporate the romantic notion of progress into the biblical history of salvation.
As for the notion of a resurrected body, Norwid ignored official post-scholastic theology, which promoted the idea of soul-body dualism. He referred to the biblical idea of the whole person being resurrected and Saint Paul’s notion of the “spiritual body”. A division between soul and body does not make sense to Norwid, who equated the resurrected body with the very essence of the human soul. According to the poet, the resurrected body is the final product of the moral development of a person.
The Image of New Europeans in Swedish Newspapers. Power and Solidarity in the Swedish Press Debates about ES Enlargement
Authors: Jonkutė Raimonda
Published: November 2024

In times of big social changes, members of a society are anxious about their insecure future and often tend to use the so-called „scapegoat” strategy (e. g.,Resigl&Wodak) and treat disabled people, immigrants and other minority groups negatively. Critical discourse analysis investigates these manifestations in the texts with the help of functional grammar and its ideational aspect (Halliday), where the analysis of the interaction of verb processes and participants allows the interpretationof the results by means of concepts „power” and „solidarity” (e. g. Hodge & Kress). This article focuses on the image of the new EU members as „social tourists” rushing to the country and abusing the social insurance systems in the Swedish press debate while anticipating the EU enlargement in May 2004.
The Co-Operative Principle and its Maxims as a Translation Tool
Authors: Mijas Hanna
Published: November 2024

The subject matter of the present article is an overview of H P. Grice’s theory of conversation, as formulated in his university publications, and its application in translation studies. The article focuses on implicature based on the Gricean Co-operative Principle and its maxims. The main objective is to show through various examples of translations from English into Polish that such a notion proves to be particularly useful in highlighting areas of difficulty in cross-cultural communication. What is more, it can successfully serve as a tool for the translator who is aware of the fact that any given text should not be considered as a static example of language but as a verbalised expression of the author’s intention, which in turn, needs to be understood and recreated by the translator for another reader in a different culture.
Canonical Literature and Paraliterature: impulses of allegorism and deconstructionism in writing detective stories
Authors: Naujokaitienė Elina
Published: November 2024

Minette Walters, the queen of British detective Stories, and Luca Di Fulvio, ltalian prose writer and the winner of European Detective, elegantly narrate mysteries of murders, find keys of intimate things and emphasise the genre of Folkner style. How can one effectively manage materials, maintain common sense, and get into the sphere of private offices? Using the characters of lawyers, judges and policemen, the European detective presents an obsessive idea of action for action, analyses social surroundings the space of prisons and establishes new neorealistic stylistics. Because of detective Intrigue, the Great European classical art gets a melancholic character and gives an effect of ensemble. Villainous portraits of ex-terrorists have a sense of metaphysical disappointment and are related to  the topic of the search for the Holy Grail. On the basis of confrontative and explicative literature theories (Certeau, Derrida), the article typologises a detective story and analyses its literary genesis from the Middle Ages to Postmodernism.
Semantics-cognitive Approach in Russian Linguistics
Authors: Sternin Losif A. , Popova Zinaida D.
Published: November 2024

The article focuses on on the semantics-cognitive approach in linguistic research, which analyses the relationship between language semantics and the conceptsphere of the nation. The principle position of the given methodology is that it is possible to describe the system of national concepts – the national conceptsphere  while studying the semantics of language signs.
On Psychoanalysis - Seriously and with Humour (Antoni Cwoidzinsky's "Freud's Dream Theory")
Authors: Wzorek Anna
Published: November 2024

The article analyses "Freud's Dream Theory" that is one of the most popular and best Antoni Cwoidzinsky's between-war period work and that is considered one of the best works of scientific comedy. One of the goals of this work is to explain and illustrate the most important statements of psychoanalysis as clear as possible. Therefore, the article focuses upon the facts that the author writes seriously but with humour. On the one hand, Cwoidzinsky's comedy having two characters (He and She) reminds of scientific popular article on Freudism (the complexity of psychic, the mechanism of displacement and hidden symbolic meaning of dreams are discussed here ). On the other hand, this is a satire of Freudism. The article concludes that although the ideas are presented quite originally, the work contains quite a number of plot cliches that are characteristic of traditional trivial comedy.
Wacław Sieroszewski and Problems of European Identity
Authors: Sadowska Ida
Published: November 2024

This article presents two novels: "At the Edge of the Forests" (1894) and "Overseas Devil" (1902) written by Wacław Sieroszewski. The writer was regarded as the most interesting representative of exotic literature during the Young Poland period. The issue which the author of the article has concentrated her attention on is not connected with representation of specificity of exoticness manifested in Sieroszewski's work. However, the main problem concerns dilemmas connected with a sense of European identity of Polish characters in Sieroszewski's prose. The texts from both novels are discussed as a literary testimony of Polish consciousness that is related with the Northern East Siberia and the Far East at the turn of the centuries. The phenomenon of the merge of the two perspectives has appeared in the novels, i.e. a Polish exile and a European explorer. Biographical and historical-political context of both novels has been taken into consideration. The author discusses the identity components of Polish characters which became evident at the moment of confrontation of the Asian culture and civilization; which way Sieroszewski judged them; why Sieroszewski's characters are not always identified with the European tradition.
Folk Etymology of Holy Cross Toponyms
Authors: Michov Elżbieta
Published: November 2024

The article presents some toponyms of Holy Cross, which are under influence of folk etymology. The first group consists of place names, which have undergone some graphic and phonetic changes under the influence of etymology processes. Although in most cases it happened with the names of Holy Cross villages, there are also some names of bigger towns. The main reason of toponymic changes in written and spoken language is the broken relation with the base of a toponym (in most cases they are old Polish names such as Czatosz, Pacon, Pasturz, Žęda, etc.). Finally, it has aroused many wrong sound associations and as a result, secondary combinations with generally accepted words have been formed ( e.g. with a noun, adjective, numeral and verb ). Sometimes processes of folk etymology are related with dialectal phenomena: impact of Mazur dialect, merger of consonant group, change of vowels, etc. The other group is comprised of toponyms, which have not undergone phonetic or graphic changes but because of etymological and phonetic unconventionality to local people, the changes were explained with the help of literature (regional legends, fables, folk narrations).
On the Role of Individual Learner Differences in the Teaching / Learning of Foreign Languages: The Dimension of Field Dependence / Field Independence. With Morals for EFL Teaching
Authors: Jantarska Anna
Published: November 2024

The aim of this article is to present and discuss the results of a correlational study, the subject matter of which is the relationship between the cognitive style of field dependence/field independence and reading comprehension. The paper attempts to stress the role of individual learner differences in the process of second language acquisition. Therefore, the emphasis is placed on applying psychological issues to the educational context. The reader is presented with empirical research results and an in-depth analysis of these findings, followed by implications for the EFL classroom.
Free and Open-Source Software in Higher Education/Slobodan softver otvorenoga izvornog koda u visokom obrazovanju
Authors: Oreški Predrag , Kermek Dragutin , Kirinić Valentina
Published: November 2024

AbstractThis paper explores the usage and awareness of free and open-source software(FOSS) among university students attending several study programs at the Facultyof Organization and Informatics (FOI) of the University of Zagreb and the Facultyof Teacher Education (FTE) of the University of Zagreb. Using the data collectedvia an online questionnaire on the sample of 777 students and the descriptiveand inferential statistics, an analysis was carried out to determine whether therespondents are familiar with the key features of FOSS, whether they use someFOSS, whether they are aware of the advantages of FOSS, which features of FOSSare the most important to them, and how they evaluate the quality of FOSS. Thedata were analysed using the statistics FOSS GNU PSPP and R. The research resultsshow that 92.66 % of the respondents use some kind of FOSS, 28.99 % are awarethat they are using FOSS with all its features, and the most important FOSS featurefor the respondents is that it is often cost-free. There are significant differencesin the respondents’ familiarity with FOSS and the number of FOSS operatingsystems users in terms of their faculty and gender. On a scale from 1 (insufficient)to 5 (excellent), the respondents’ rating of FOSS reliability was 3.74, completeness3.68, and overall quality 3.74. The research results indicate the need for additionaleducation of students about FOSS, and its advantages and disadvantages.Key words: FOSS adoption; FOSS awareness; FOSS quality.---SažetakU ovom radu istražuje se korištenje i svijest o slobodnom softveru otvorenoga izvornogkoda (Free and Open Source Software - FOSS) među studentima koji pohađajunekoliko studijskih programa na Sveučilištu u Zagrebu, Fakultetu organizacije iinformatike (FOI) i Sveučilištu u Zagrebu Učiteljskom fakultetu (UF). Koristećipodatke prikupljene online anketnim upitnikom na uzorku od 777 studenata tedeskriptivnu i inferencijalnu statistiku analizira se jesu li ispitanici upoznati sključnim značajkama FOSS-a, koriste li neki FOSS, jesu li upoznati s prednostimakoje FOSS donosi, koja su im obilježja FOSS-a najvažnija te kako ocjenjuju kvalitetuFOSS-a. Podatci se analiziraju pomoću statističkoga FOSS-a GNU PSPP i R. Rezultatiistraživanja pokazuju da 92,66 % ispitanika koristi neki FOSS, 28,99 % je svjesnoda koristi FOSS sa svim njegovim značajkama, a ispitanicima je najvažnije obilježjeFOSS-a da je često besplatan. Postoje statistički značajne razlike u upoznatostiispitanika s FOSS-om i broju korisnika operacijskih sustava iz svijeta FOSS-a sobzirom na fakultet i spol ispitanika. Na ljestvici od 1-nedovoljno do 5-izvrsno,ispitanici ocjenjuju pouzdanost FOSS-a ocjenom 3,74, kompletnost ocjenom 3,68, aopću kvalitetu ocjenom 3,74. Rezultati istraživanja ukazuju na potrebu za dodatnimobrazovanjem studenata o FOSS-u te njegovim prednostima i nedostatcima.Ključne riječi: kvaliteta FOSS-a; svijest o FOSS-u; usvajanje FOSS-a.
Kutyaharapás egy újszülöttben
Authors: Ott Virág , Boda Dániel , Langer Márk , Visy Beáta , Hajósi-Kalcakosz Szofia , Kele Alexandra , Ringwald Zoltán , Fadgyas Balázs
Published: November 2024

Egy 13 napos újszülött esetét mutatjuk be, akit a családja tulajdonában lévő
kutya harapott meg. A jobb parietalis régióban elszenvedett sérülés tisztázására
CT-vizsgálatot végeztünk, amely agyállományi eltérést és csontsérülést nem
igazolt, de a sutura coronalis mentén a dura mater szintjéig hatolt. A beteg
osztályos felvételét követően kombinált antibiotikumterápiát indítottunk, a
sebeket nyíltan kezeltük. Infektológiai konzílium alapján Clostridium
tetani profilaxisban részesítettük, veszettség elleni
posztexpozíciós oltást protokoll szerint nem igényelt. Megfigyelési ideje alatt
szisztémás infekciója nem alakult ki, a gyermek általános állapota és
laborvizsgálati értékei javultak. Kontroll képalkotó vizsgálatra nem volt
szükség. Esetismertetésünk célja, hogy megvilágítsa ennek a szokatlan esetnek a
komplexitását mind a sebészeti, mind az infektológiai ellátás terén, és
segítséget, vezérfonalat nyújtson a jövőbeli hasonló esetek ellátásában. Orv
Hetil. 2024; 165(45): 1788–1793.
A szuicid búcsúlevelek struktúrája
Authors: Mészáros Mátyás , Bíró Dorottya , Osváth Péter
Published: November 2024

Bevezetés: A jelen kutatás a szuicid búcsúlevelek (a
továbbiakban: búcsúlevél) strukturális felépítését kívánja elemezni.
Eredményeink alapján a búcsúlevelek hét fő, egymást követő alkotóelemből állnak.
Ezeket az elemeket funkcióknak neveztük el. A funkciók variációs sorrendje
változhat, egymásutániságuk azonban állandóságot mutat. A funkciók segítségével
minden búcsúlevél felírható egy egyszerű képlettel. Módszer: Az
elemzéshez a „grounded theory” kvalitatív elemzési módszerét, kódolástechnikáját
használtuk 160, a magyar sajtóban megjelent teljes búcsúlevélen.
Búcsúlevél-katalógusunkban az öngyilkos(ok) kora, neme, az öngyilkosság éve,
módszere, helye, valamint a búcsúlevél elemzéséhez általunk kialakított módszer
alapján felírt képletek találhatók. Eredmények: Módszerünkkel
minden búcsúlevelet sikerült felírni és elemezni. A búcsúlevelek funkciói
különbséget mutatnak a nem tekintetében: a férfiak legtöbbet használt funkciói
eltérnek a legtöbbet használt női funkcióktól. Következtetés:
Minden búcsúlevél felírható egy egyszerű képlettel. Eredményeink alapján a
fatális és a nem fatális kimenetelű öngyilkosságok búcsúleveleinek
struktúrájában egy potenciálisan jelentős különbséget fedeztünk fel. A nem
fatális kimenetelű öngyilkossághoz tartozó búcsúlevelek struktúrája nem
feltétlenül tartja a funkciók egymásutániságának szabályát: véleményünk szerint
kimutatható strukturális különbség van a paraszuicid és a befejezett
öngyilkosságok búcsúlevelei között. Orv Hetil. 2024; 165(45): 1763–1771.
De Winter-jel komplett atrioventricularis blokkal és jobb koszorúér-elzáródással ST-elevációval nem járó szívinfarktusban
Authors: Tomcsányi János , Sas Balázs , Kelemen-Hunor Gábor , Vasadi Valéria , Dániel Andrea , Frész Tamás
Published: November 2024

Egy olyan esetet mutatunk be, ahol egy 89 éves nőbetegnél az atípusos panaszok
hátterében az EKG-n komplett atrioventricularis blokkot és De Winter-jellel járó
junctionalis ritmust észleltünk heveny szívinfarktusban. Mivel a De Winter-jel
olyan EKG-eltérés, amelyet eddig a bal elülső leszálló coronaria elzáródásában
észleltek, azonnali koronarográfiát végeztünk, amely azonban a jobb coronaria
occlusióját mutatta. Tudomásunk szerint eddig két esetet közöltek, ahol a De
Winter-jel hátterében nem a bal coronaria elülső leszálló ágának occlusiója
okozta akut myocardialis infarktus állt. Fontosnak tartjuk ennek a nemrég leírt,
karakterisztikus EKG-jelnek a széles körben való elterjesztését, mert ez segít
azon akut coronariaocclusióknak a felismerésében, amelyekben az EKG-n nincs
ST-eleváció. Orv Hetil. 2024; 165(45): 1794–1797.
Experiencing Posthuman Technoculture in Virtual Reality: A Theatrical Exploration of Kuro Tanino’s Emergency Rework
Authors: Proietti Luca
Published: November 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted performing artists, compelling them to rethink how to create and present works. Many artists turned to digital technologies, maintaining a connection with audiences despite physical distancing. Virtual events emerged as a crucial platform, where performers engaged with audiences through video-sharing platforms and telecommunication services. However, this shift to digital performance lacked the human closeness that characterises in-person experiences. To bridge this gap and recreate the intimate connection between artists and audiences, virtual reality (VR) offers a promising solution to preserve the sense of intimacy and allows for reimagining the concept of “technoculture”, placing the audience in the performer’s perspective and fostering a deeper immersive engagement.
This perspective paper explores VR’s potential to transform theatrical experiences, focusing on the adaptation of the play The Dark Master by the Japanese psychiatrist-turned-director/playwright Kuro Tanino. The paper will argue how VR can create a symbiotic relationship between the audience and the artist, enabling a fluid shift in perspective through the lens of posthuman practices. By analysing this performance, the paper seeks to underscore how integrating technology into the performing arts can offer fresh insights into societal and individual conditions. In updating the 1960s-70s immersive performances of Terayama Shūji and Kara Jūrō interpreted as political statements about the people’s need to reconnect with their senses and disconsolate unresolved feelings, Kuro connects to them by creating a cultural geography where the disfiguration is a main concern with its sensibility leading to sense irruption that plays with the senses to generate a psychic disturbance.
Comparative Characteristics of Placer Gold Morphology and Chemical Composition (Middle Urals)
Authors:   Perm State University, Kalina K. N. , Ilaltdinov I. I. ,   Perm State University
Published: November 2024

Floodplain alluvial deposits of the site "European" (river Garevka, Gornozavodskiy district of the Perm region) belongs to the Upper Pleistocene-Holocene deposits with established gold-bearing capacity. Spot sampling of the river Garevka with the selection of lithological samples was conducted. It made it possible to determine the yield of the heavy fraction in accordance with the lithological characteristics of the deposits. The study of gold allowed identifying the nature of changes in the morphology and chemical composition of the metal at a distance from the mouth of the river downstream.
CAPABILITIES OF RADIO TRANSMITTERS FOR UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Authors:   Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Andrianov Vitaly S. , Kicha Maksim A. ,   Ufa State Petroleum Technological University
Published: November 2024

Relevance Wireless data transmission technologies are steadily developing and already allow data to be transmitted underwater at a distance of up to one meter. However, the complexity and scale of underwater projects is also increasing, so there is an urgent need to develop solutions that will ensure reliable underwater communication over long distances. At the same time, when conducting confidential work, data transmission over significantly long distances can serve as a masking factor. Consideration of these factors is important for the coordinated operation of stationary and wearable elements of underwater equipment, which must effectively interact with each other in conditions of limited visibility. The development of such solutions can significantly improve the efficiency, security and confidentiality of underwater communications, provide more accurate control and management of underwater operations, as well as expand opportunities for scientific research and monitoring of the underwater environment. Therefore, the task of ensuring reliable underwater communication on high-frequency radio channels is becoming more and more urgent in the current conditions. Aim of research The purpose of the work is to conduct a comparative analysis of the data transmission range using radio transmitters to develop effective methods of underwater radio communication. The object of research is 868 MHz and 2,4 GHz radio transmitters operating in underwater conditions. Research methods The research is based on conducting experiments to determine the maximum data transmission distance underwater using radio transmitters of various frequencies with measurements of signal strength and the number of packets lost during transmission. Results The authors examined the characteristics of various radio transmission modules. The modules were tested in two stages in an underwater environment. The results of determining the maximum data transmission range of the considered radio transmitters are analyzed. The data obtained can be used for underwater communication at a maximum distance of up to 1,5 m.