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Merleau-Ponty’s “Cautious Anthropomorphism”
Authors: Morin Marie-Eve ,   Chiasmi International
Published: March 2021

In this paper, I develop what I call, following Steven Shaviro, Merleau-Ponty’s “cautious anthropomorphism.” Rather than defending Merleau-Ponty against the accusation of anthropomorphism, I show the role this anthropomorphism plays in Merleau-Ponty’s critique of the Cartesian-Sartrian ontology of the object. If the thing is always “clothed with human characteristics,” as Merleau-Ponty says in the Causeries, it is not so that it can be reduced to a powerless object that can easily be assimilated but rather to ensure its own resistance or adversity – and even, paradoxically, its inhumanity. After developing Sartre’s and Merleau-Ponty’s views of things, focusing on their respective reading of Ponge in “Man and Things” and the Causeries, I put Merleau-Ponty in conversation with Jeffrey Cohen’s book Stone to push for a non-humanistic reading of Merleau-Ponty’s anthropomorphism.
Sense and Normativity
Authors: Lajoie Corinne ,   Chiasmi International
Published: March 2021

The notion of sense is central to Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s entire phenomenological project but it remains conspicuously absent from contemporary discussions of perceptual normativity. My intervention in this paper addresses this gap and contributes an account of perceptual norms as embodied orientations towards sense. To begin, I distinguish between two conceptions of norms: in contradistinction with Sean D. Kelly’s and Hubert Dreyfus’s accounts, I argue with Merleau-Ponty that perceptual norms emerge at the intersection of inherently labile, fallible, and temporally thick body-world entwinements with existential significance. Because it makes clear that our body’s orientation in the world is labile and dynamic, Merleau-Ponty’s notion of ‘levels’ helps me formulate this view. I introduce Merleau-Ponty’s description of spatial levels as a theoretical exemplar for perceptual normativity in the Phenomenology of Perception (1945) and his analysis of love as a level in the later Passivity lectures (1954-1955). By shedding light on the ecstatic temporality of levels of embodiment that allow us to orientate ourselves in the intersubjective lifeworld, Merleau-Ponty’s account of sense also forcefully reminds us of the disorientations that singularly transform the world of our experience.
Review of Mauro Carbone, Philosophy-Screens: From Cinema to the Digital Revolution
Authors: Whitmoyer Keith ,   Chiasmi International
Published: March 2021

In this text, my aim is to provide a reading of Mauro Carbone’s Philosophy Screens: From Cinema to the Digital Revolution in the context of his other writings. My claim is that in this most recent work, Carbone makes a decisive step from being an original interpreter of the work of Merleau-Ponty and Proust to making an original contribution to what I describe, following Merleau-Ponty and Carbone, the history of “a-philosophy”: an historical attempt to reverse the “official philosophy” that has been with us since at least Plato. This reversal is staged through a series of concepts, created by Carbone, that I take up here viz à viz Plato’s allegory of the cave: the archescreen, the sensible idea, the screen, and philosophy-cinema (a concept borrowed from Deleuze). Together, these concepts illustrate what I call, borrowing a phrase from Jean-Luc Nancy, a philosophical partance: for Carbone, the work of “philosophizing” should no longer be conceptualized in accordance with Platonic imagery of ascent, illumination, conversion, and importantly, grasping and seizing upon the είδη but as “departure”: allowing the objects of thought their transcendence, a liquidity by which they slip through our grasp.
A Tissue Counterpart to Monoclonal B-Cell Lymphocytosis
Authors: Habermehl Gabriel K. , Durkin Lisa , Hsi Eric D.
Published: March 2021

Context.—

B-cell clones discovered in tissue biopsies, without overt lymphoma, may represent a tissue counterpart to peripheral blood monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL), herein termed tMBL.

Objective.—

To characterize the clinicopathologic features of tMBL.

Design.—

During a 10-year period, we retrospectively identified non–bone marrow/peripheral blood cases with monotypic B cells detected by tissue-based flow cytometry but without an identifiable lymphomatous infiltrate on routine histopathology. We excluded cases with prior diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma or MBL.

Results.—

Fifty-four cases were identified (35 lymph node, 3 splenic, and 16 soft tissue/viscera). Forty-six cases were CLL-type, 2 were atypical CLL, and 6 were non-CLL. tMBL was detectable by immunohistochemistry in 14 cases (26%, all CLL-type). Concurrent blood flow cytometry, available in 10 cases, showed 4 with low-count MBL (3 CLL-type, 1 with non-CLL–type), 5 with high-count MBL (all CLL-type), and 1 case negative for clonal population. With median follow-up of 51 months, 2 patients had progression of disease (CLL, 68.7 months; and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, 5.9 months). Patients with immunohistochemistry-detectable tMBL had increased monoclonal B cells per total lymphocyte events (P = .01), morphologic evidence of bone marrow involvement (P = .04), higher white blood cell count (P = .02), and increased absolute lymphocyte count (P = .02).

Conclusions.—

tMBL spans an immunophenotypic spectrum similar to MBL, is detectable by immunohistochemistry in a minority of cases (often CLL immunophenotype), and is likely systemic in most cases. Development of overt lymphoma is uncommon but may occur, warranting clinical follow-up.
For the Record
Authors: Reynolds Stephanie
Published: March 2021

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From the Bench
Authors: Reynolds Stephanie
Published: March 2021

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Investigation of fractures mechanisms of railway axles
Authors: Stojanović Željko , Matijević Božidar , Stanisavljev Sanja , Erić Spasoje
Published: March 2021

The paper gives a systematic overview of literature sources who consider impacts critical damage of mechanical, corrosive and thermal nature which may occur on railway axles during operation and which may be the causes of their fracture. The results of the research of the mechanisms that cause cracks, crack propagation and final fracture of the railway vehicle axle, such as material fatigue and the appearance of localized notches caused by paint (coating) separation, damage from ballast impact and pitting corrosion are presented. The influence of high temperatures and overheating on the axles was analyzed and an excerpt from the research published in one research report was given. Some significant suggestions for optimizing the design of the axles are highlighted which would take into account the analysis of time-varying axle stresses, stress spectrum in operation, axle tolerance to damage and the existence of residual surface stresses. The reliefs of the fracture surfaces of the axle after the railway incidents and the derailment of the rail vehicle from the rails are presented and explained.
Apprendre à lire aux élèves présentant une déficience intellectuelle, quel défi !
Authors: Linder Anne-Laure , Martini-Willemin Britt-Marie , Sermier Dessemontet Rachel , Chatenoud Céline , Martinet Catherine
Published: March 2021

Enseigner la lecture aux élèves présentant une déficience intellectuelle (DI) dite moyenne à sévère est un défi de taille. Le présent article vise à identifier les facteurs qui constituent, aux yeux des enseignants spécialisés, des facilitateurs ou des obstacles dans ce domaine. Des entretiens de groupe semi-structurés ont été menés avec 35 enseignants spécialisés travaillant en écoles spécialisées. Une analyse de contenu a permis d’identifier plusieurs facilitateurs et obstacles qui peuvent être répertoriés dans trois catégories d’attribution : l’enseignant lui-même, le contexte et l’élève. Les résultats rendent compte de la prégnance de certains facteurs et permettent d’émettre des recommandations afin de soutenir les enseignants spécialisés pour enseigner plus efficacement la lecture aux élèves présentant une DI.
PROMOTION DE LA SANTÉ GLOBALE ET APPROCHE SOCIO-ÉCOLOGIQUE DE L’AUTODÉTERMINATION CHEZ LES PERSONNES PRÉSENTANT UNE DÉFICIENCE INTELLECTUELLE : UNE REVUE SYSTÉMATIQUE DES INTERVENTIONS
Authors: Malou Valentine , Batselé Élise , Rinaldi Romina , Haelewyck Marie-Claire
Published: March 2021

Les personnes qui présentent une déficience intellectuelle (DI) sont confrontées à de nombreuses inégalités dans le domaine de la santé. Partant de ce constat, de nombreuses interventions visant à promouvoir la santé des personnes présentant une DI ont vu le jour. Cette revue de littérature systématique a pour but de répertorier ces interventions afin d’analyser les contextes qui favorisent la santé globale et la place de l’autodétermination dans ces dispositifs. Sur la base de 21 articles répertoriés, il a été mis en évidence que les interventions gagnent en efficacité lorsque les personnes présentant une DI sont pleinement incluses dans celles-ci, mais aussi lorsque l’environnement humain est impliqué dans la démarche d’amélioration de la santé via les principes de l’autodétermination.
EFFET DE L’HÉTÉRORÉGULATION SUR L’AUTONOMIE DES ÉLÈVES PRÉSENTANT UNE DÉFICIENCE INTELLECTUELLE LÉGÈRE EN SITUATION D’APPRENTISSAGE ET D’EXAMEN
Authors: Gouzien-Desbiens Agnès , Mengue-Topio Hursula
Published: March 2021

L’étude concerne 636 élèves français (6-18 ans) présentant une déficience intellectuelle (DI) légère et scolarisés en milieu scolaire ordinaire ou en établissement spécialisé. Elle vise à cerner la proportion et la nature des besoins éducatifs particuliers non compensés en classe de même que les conséquences sur les évaluations internes à la classe, mais aussi diplômantes, externes à la classe. Pour ce faire, une grille d’observation a été complétée par les enseignants spécialisés. Nous postulons d’abord qu’il existe une relation entre le niveau d’hétérorégulation (par les enseignants des besoins d’autonomie des jeunes présentant une DI) et le niveau de réussite aux évaluations. De plus, nous anticipons qu’il y a un soutien non équivalent dans les différents champs de l’autonomie. Les besoins non compensés se retrouveraient davantage dans le champ de l’autonomie intellectuelle et les évaluations dans ce domaine seraient d’ailleurs les plus impactées.
Un virage américain? : l’acculturation disciplinaire des premiers diplômés de la Faculté des sciences sociales de l’Université Laval
Authors: Racine St-Jacques Jules
Published: March 2021

Entre 1941 et 1944, les frontières européennes étant fermées par la guerre, quatre des diplômés les plus prometteurs de l’École des sciences sociales, politiques et économiques de l’Université Laval sont envoyés aux États-Unis pour parfaire leur formation. Dans l’histoire de l’institutionnalisation des sciences sociales québécoises, ce moment américain est souvent perçu comme un point d’incurvation de la trajectoire disciplinaire qui conduit de la normativité religieuse à la rationalité scientifique. Dans sa forme la plus radicale, ce schéma interprétatif a pu conduire l’historiographie à croire que la dimension catholique de l’enseignement des sciences sociales lavalloises n’avait été qu’une stratégie d’intégration de la discipline dans le champ universitaire, stratégie progressivement abandonnée à partir du retour des premiers diplômés de leur voyage aux États-Unis. En mettant au jour l’effort d’acculturation disciplinaire de ces étudiants pendant leurs séjours, l’analyse de leur correspondance avec le père Georges-Henri Lévesque, directeur de l’École, illustre bien l’esprit ambivalent, à la fois scientifique et chrétien, dans lequel le père Lévesque a fondé son école et érigé sa faculté. Renforçant les constats déjà posés par Jean-Philippe Warren, elle montre ainsi que, si les sciences sociales lavalloises ont pu représenter une menace pour les autorités religieuses par leur potentiel critique inhérent, elles se sont néanmoins développées avec la religion, et non contre elle.
L’un et le multiple. Le nom d’auteur dans les écritures collectives publiées de Général Instin et de L’AJAR
Authors: Pluvinet Charline
Published: March 2021

Climax de Général Instin (2015) et Vivre près des tilleuls de L’AJAR (2016) sont deux récits situés à la croisée, d’une part, de la fiction d’auteur et de l’hétéronymie (lorsque l’auteur fictif semble prendre vie hors de l’oeuvre littéraire) et d’autre part des écritures collectives, fruits tous deux d’une création littéraire à plusieurs mains. La signature sur la couverture de ces livres renvoie à un être fictif ou à un nom d’auteur réinventé, derrière lequel se place, en retrait, avec discrétion mais sans aucune volonté de mystification, les noms des écrivains réels. Le travail collectif pluriel se fond dans une signature unique tandis que les récits eux-mêmes semblent en porter l’écho en mettant en abyme le processus de constitution d’une identité auctoriale à travers une fiction autobiographique. Ces deux oeuvres témoignent d’une manière de rejouer et de déjouer l’autorité de l’auteur, telle qu’elle s’est instituée dans le champ littéraire, en mimant le mouvement d’attribution de l’oeuvre à un auteur tout en affichant la fictionnalité de celui-ci. Le nom-signature unique d’auteurs pluriels pensé comme une fiction d’auteur se lit comme un outil de recherche littéraire collective et une réflexion sur le commun dans un temps contemporain marqué notamment par le « brouhaha » et la « multitude », « l’indistinction, l’inséparation » (Lionel Ruffel) qu’explorent plusieurs oeuvres récentes également construites autour d’un nom-signature collectif.
Plans rapprochés et fondus enchaînés dans Envoyée spéciale de Jean Echenoz
Authors: Alarie Julien
Published: March 2021

L’expérience contemporaine de l’espace est marquée par la virtualisation et la mondialisation qui provoquent un « nivellement du lieu et [un] effacement de ses marques distinctives » (Élisabeth Nardout-Lafarge). À l’ère du post-exotisme, le lieu rejoint la ville-monde, « noeud de commutation des réseaux mondiaux » (François Moriconi-Ebrard). Il n’est plus instable ni incertain : il est en crise. Dans Envoyée spéciale de Jean Echenoz (2016), les constituants d’un triptyque spatial improbable – Paris, le département de la Creuse, Pyongyang –, sont parodiquement mis sur un même plan, celui du simulacre : la ville et le village échangent leurs signes, une capitale secrète s’ouvre au monde. L’analyse de ces lieux permet d’observer un voile d’uniformité qui estompe les particularités nationales et locales. Notre article s’intéresse à l’une des actualisations échenoziennes de cet arasement spatial : le recours aux techniques cinématographiques. Sorte de grand imagier, le narrateur multiplie les effets déréalisants de zoom, il ménage des raccords entre les plans et entre les lieux rapprochés par le montage, il varie les angles de caméra en jouant avec la focalisation et traverse l’espace à coup de travelling.
ETHICS EDUCATION IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. ANALYSIS OF THE MAJOR ORIENTATIONS FOUND IN ENGLAND’S NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Authors: Bouchard Nancy
Published: March 2021

This paper presents an innovative analytical model of Ethics Education, and uses it to analyze the major learning components found in England’s National framework for religious education (NFRE). The model includes seven components: three simple ones – Education for Society (ES), Personal Identity (PI), Education for Otherness (EO) – and four interwoven ones (PI/EO, PI/ES, EO/ES and PI/EO/ES). Our results from the analysis of the NFRE show a strong concentration of PI and EO components in its learning goals, and validates the model of Ethics Education developed in French-speaking context.
EDUCATIONAL CHANGE AND RETHINKING DISCIPLINARITY: A CONCEPT ANALYSIS
Authors: Rosenberg Aron , Starr Lisa
Published: March 2021

This article analyzes the potential for reshaping disciplinary divides by engaging with theories and movements that relate to educational change. Generating educational structures that diverge from conventional discipline-based models are a common way of attempting contemporary educational reforms. Interdisciplinary approaches are analyzed in this paper relative to theories of change in the context of secondary level education, with a focus on Québec, Canada. The purpose of this article is to understand and give meaning to the concept of interdisciplinarity within educational change and reform. This exploration proposes a conceptual map for understanding educational change efforts that aim towards rethinking disciplinarity. A model case, NEXTschool, is included to illustrate the applied relevance of the theories and ideas explored in this paper.
Un año de seminarios de investigación en los Estudios
Authors: San Cornelio Gemma , López-Borrull Alexandre , Ollé Candela , Aranda Dani
Published: March 2021

Hace unos meses publicábamos en COMeIN un artículo con motivo de la primera Jornada de Investigación de los Estudios de Ciencias de la Información y de la Comunicación de la UOC, que tenía como objetivo poner en común todas las líneas de investigación desarrolladas por el profesorado que formamos parte de este departamento. Este fue el inicio de una serie de actividades en forma de seminarios que tratasen temas de carácter transversal y de interés para el progreso de nuestra actividad de investigación. En las siguientes líneas nos gustaría compartir estas experiencias.
Comunidades de aprendizaje y activismo social
Authors: Sanz Martos Sandra
Published: March 2021

Por aquellas cosas que tiene la vida, este verano tuve que acompañar a un familiar a una reunión de la Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH) de Almería. Una situación de partida dramática pero que se convirtió en una experiencia profundamente interesante a muchos niveles. Aún se me pone el vello de punta cuando pienso en aquella calurosa tarde de agosto.
Acceso a contenidos abiertos, compartidos y reutilizables
Authors: Vàzquez Garcia Mercè
Published: March 2021

El acceso abierto a contenidos educativos para que puedan ser compartidos, copiados, reutilizados y redistribuidos, así como la disponibilidad que deben tener estos contenidos en repositorios institucionales y el tipo de derechos de autor a los que están vinculados, son cuestiones que se han tratado en el marco de la Semana Internacional del Acceso Abierto, celebrada recientemente con la participación de la UOC.
Rebobine, por favor
Authors: Sánchez-Navarro Jordi
Published: March 2021

Los cambios tecnológicos en los dispositivos de consumo audiovisual han tenido un gran impacto en la manera de ver, conservar y realizar cine, televisión y otras formas de la comunicación audiovisual. La actual revolución digital del cine se vio en cierto modo prefigurada por el impacto que produjo en los primeros ochenta la consolidación del vídeo doméstico.
Fundido a negro en RTVV: ¿y ahora qué?
Authors: San Cornelio Gemma
Published: March 2021

El cierre de RTVV sintetizado con la imagen fundiendo a negro de Canal 9 del pasado 29 de noviembre ha provocado ‒especialmente en la sociedad valenciana‒ una serie de reacciones y debates: desde el momento en que se anuncia la ilegalidad del ERE en la empresa pública hasta el momento en que se corta la señal, primero de la radio y después de la televisión.
Investigando sobre la colaboración científica
Authors: Ortoll Eva
Published: March 2021

Los conceptos de colaboración, cooperación y trabajo en equipo invaden cualquier esfera de nuestra vida. Somos seres sociales y esto implica compartir, cooperar y, en definitiva, colaborar. La ciencia no se escapa de este precepto y la actividad profesional de cualquier investigador se ve determinada, en mayor o menor medida, por esta dimensión colectiva y colaborativa.
e-City Branding, metapublicidad y sus antípodas
Authors: Sivera Sílvia
Published: March 2021

El pasado 26 de septiembre comenzaba en Barcelona un curso específico sobre e-City Branding con una advertencia inicial sobre el mismo título: podía haberse llamado City Branding 2.0 (incluso 3.0), o City Branding Digital, o… Y se acotaba a “city”, pero el mismo programa delataba una intención de abarcar ámbitos mayores, por lo que podía haberse llamado también e-Place Branding. La cuestión era enfatizar cómo el entorno “e”, electrónico, digital, obliga a replantear la manera en que se construyen y gestionan las marcas ciudad, las marcas territorio, para mejorar las percepciones y los posicionamientos a diferentes niveles (cultural, económico, turístico, etc.) y ante diferentes públicos (interno o externo).
Información pública en época electoral: propuesta de pequeños grandes cambios
Authors: Cobarsí-Morales Josep
Published: March 2021

La información disponible para los ciudadanos en tiempos de elecciones es un elemento clave para un ejercicio consciente de sus decisiones soberanas. Algunos cambios, viables a día de hoy tanto desde el punto de vista técnico como presupuestario, podrían mejorar la calidad de nuestra democracia.
Poras saturoša kordierīta keramika no minerālo un sintētisko izejvielu maisījumiem
Authors:   , Rundāns Māris
Published: March 2021

Darbs veltīts poras saturošas kordierīta keramikas izstrādes pētījumam, kā poru veidotājus izmantojot viegli kūstošus divu veidu illītu mālus. Darbā ir klasiskās zinātniskā darba daļas – ievads, literatūras apskats, materiālu un metožu apraksts, rezultātu izklāsts, kā arī secinājumi. Darba teorētiskajā daļa aprakstīts kordierīts kā svarīga minerālā fāze, tās polimorfisms, kā arī no šīs fāzes veidotas keramikas iegūšana, īpašības un lietojums. Materiālu un metožu daļā detalizēti aprakstīti darbā izmantotie materiāli un metodes. Darba praktiskajā daļā aprakstīta kordierīta keramikas iegūšana un tās fizikāli mehāniskās un termiskās īpašības, kā arī veikta iegūto materiālu struktūras analīze. Parādīts, ka, variējot sintēzes tehnoloģiskos parametrus, iegūstama dažādas morfoloģijas poraina kordierīta keramika. Iegūtie materiāli vērtējami kā ekonomiski izdevīgāka alternatīva jau esošajiem sintētiskajiem materiāliem, turklāt – ar uzlabotām materiāla īpašībām: lieces un spiedes stiprību, termiskās izplešanās koeficientu un termisko vadītspēju.
Timbre-orchestra aspect of symphonic works by Boris Tchaikovsky
Authors: Zagidullina Dilbar Renatovna , Nikiforova Ekaterina Evgenyevna
Published: March 2021

Boris Tchaikovsky is the author of bright and original symphonic compositions. A timbre-orchestra palette is, undoubtedly, one of the key components of the music language of his works. The authors of this research analyze Tchaikovsky’s  Violin concerto and Piano concerto, the symphonic poems “The Juvenile” and “The Winds of Siberia”, the Symphony No 3 “Sevastopol”, and the Symphony with Harp, in order to consider particular aspects connected with the timbre-orchestra language of his symphonic compositions, such as: the timbre-texture embodiment of thematic invention (the peculiarities of orchestra compositions); the ensemble combinations of instruments and their meaning. The authors also analyze the composer’s favorite timbre-texture techniques. The authors define and consider the phenomenon of “timbre pointillism” typical for the timbre writing of the composer. The original symphonic works by Tchaikovsky have been studied many times. In 2019 a research by Yu. Abdokov was published in which the author considers the peculiarities of an orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s theatrical music. The orchestra in his symphonic compositions also has theatrical features, however with some peculiarities. The features of Tchaikovsky’s timbre-orchestra writing haven’t been analyzed yet, and this fact determines the scientific novelty of the research. The authors attempt to generalize the peculiarities of the timbre writing of the composer. Tchaikovsky himself always emphasized the necessity of a single and final variant of orchestration.   
In the direction of Schubert: the structure and the symbolism of the vocal cycle of L. Berger “The Beautiful Miller Maid”
Authors: Krasnova Ol'ga Borisovna
Published: March 2021

The author considers L. Berger’s vocal cycle “The Beautiful Miller Maid” in the connection with the latest composition by Schubert, determined by the usage of poetic texts of W. Müller. The research subject is the system of internal linkages both in poetic texts and the music of songs of the vocal cycle: the tone logic and thematic and genre design. The author takes into account the new features of the genre Lied in Berlin singing style, which is the point of contact between a folklore song and an author’s work. The intensification of the author’s element leads to the emergence of a dialogue tensity in a text simulating a “Lied im Volkston”. In the cycle, symphonic and structure linkages become apparent  bringing it closer to the type of a vocal cycle as a diary that would be typical for the works of F. Schubert and R. Schumann. Such a design is based on the organization of the cycle around the figure of a Miller as a central character and a defining role in the cycle of images of Müller’s poetry. The analysis of the cycle allows concluding that the vocal cycle by L. Berger develops this genre in the direction of Schubert’s masterpieces far more so than Beethoven’s cycle “To the distant beloved”. The key idea of the research is as follows: the initial linkage to the play (Liederspiel) is overcome in the design of Müller and Berger, and the decisive role in this concept  is the one of the composer.   
Requiem for Akhmatova
Authors: Serov Iurii Eduardovich
Published: March 2021

The research subject is a monumental semi-orchestral composition created by an outstanding Russian composer of the late 20th century Boris Tischenko “Requiem” with lyrics by A. Akhmatova. A funeral service over Akhmatova was read at the church of St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral in Leningrad on March 10, 1966. The score of the “Requiem” was finished on August 16, 1966. Thus, the composition with the lyrics by Akhmatova has become a tribute to her, a musical offering, and even the first monument not built with hands. The author gives special attention to the symphonic form of the “Requiem”, differences in the interpretations of the poetic theme in the works of Tischenko and Akhmatova, the role of the symphonic orchestra and the leading singers; the author also considers an important issue of a high-quality performance of the hardest scores created by Tischenko. The main conclusion of the research is the fact that Tischenko’s “Requiem” has become an important element in the process of renovation of Russian symphonic style of the 1960s - the 1970s. As a composition, written in a modern language, it has become one of the drivers of this renovation. As such, the composition is a vocal symphony, and the composer develops the symphonic form step-by-step. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the fact that it is the first work in Russian musicology to consider Tischenko’s “Requiem” in detail, to reveal the contensive aspect of the composition, and to analyze the difficulties of performing the composition. The author reasonably reckons the symphonic composition by Tischenko among the most significant pieces in the history of Russian music.   
The usage of a system-activity approach during district police officers training at Barnaul Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, and its role in the formation of universal expertise
Authors: Osintseva Lyudmila Mikhailovna , Kiryushin Ivan Ivanovich , Timofeev Viktor Vladimirovich
Published: March 2021

The article studies the problems of formation and development of universal expertise of would-be district police officers. The authors consider the modern interpretation of the term “expertise approach” and the ways of its implementation. The authors describe the stages of using a system-activity approach in the organization of the educational process at Barnaul Law Institute. The methods of formation of the professional education of high quality include its structural and institutional reformation, the development of integration models of all levels of education in accordance with the modern requirements. The research contains the analysis of the diagnostics of psychological peculiarities of students and the universal expertise of graduates of educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The authors define organizational and technical requirements to the information and educational environment appropriate for using the system-activity approach. The authors focus on the analysis of the structure and the contents of universal expertise in the field of law-enforcement activity during district police officers training. Universal expertise formed in the process of education helps the graduates to solve difficult tasks and settle conflicts in their professional activity. Instruments defining the level of the universal expertise of students will help to evaluate the results of education at each stage and form the comprehensive understanding of the results by the participants of the educational process. The authors arrive at the conclusion that the formed universal expertise shows the preparedness of district police officers to effective service which is defined by the developed skills, personal traits, theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the field of law-enforcement activity.   
New psychoactive substances as a modern threat agent to public health
Authors: Kukharuk Vladimir Vasilevich
Published: March 2021

Based on the international legal documents, this article presents an extensive description of the concept of new psychoactive substances (NPS), their quantitative and qualitative composition, and relevant classification. The data is provided on the level of illicit drug trafficking, as well as circulation and consequences of their use trough injection in the Russian Federation in relation to other countries. The author discloses the content of measures applied to control illegal trafficking of NPS and criminal liability in accordance with the legislation of foreign countries (peculiarities, differences, classification). Comparative legal method allows reviewing the provisions of the Russian legislation on prevention of illegal trafficking of the new potentially dangerous psychoactive substances. Attention is turned to the problem of the ineffective norms in the Russian criminal law; the approaches towards of its resolution and prevention are proposed. Analysis is conducted on the legislative policy of the use of generally recognized international legal concepts under an alias and with different content, as well as its impact upon the quality and development of criminal legislation.
Introduction to dominated edge chromatic number of a graph
Authors: Piri Mohammad R. , Alikhani Saeid
Published: March 2021

We introduce and study the dominated edge coloring of a graph. A dominated edge coloring of a graph \(G\), is a proper edge coloring of \(G\) such that each color class is dominated by at least one edge of \(G\). The minimum number of colors among all dominated edge coloring is called the dominated edge chromatic number, denoted by \(\chi_{dom}^{\prime}(G)\). We obtain some properties of \(\chi_{dom}^{\prime}(G)\) and compute it for specific graphs. Also examine the effects on \(\chi_{dom}^{\prime}(G)\), when \(G\) is modified by operations on vertex and edge of \(G\). Finally, we consider the \(k\)-subdivision of \(G\) and study the dominated edge chromatic number of these kind of graphs.
Rhythmic Composition and literary features in Abi_ Ya,qub Al- Khuraymi’s poem in lamenting Baghdad
Authors: Al-Badayneh Khaled
Published: March 2021

This research paper examines the rhythmic composition of a long poem written by the Abbasids poet (Abi_ Ya,qub Al- Khuraymi) in which he laments over the city of Baghdad after the destruction and devastation that have befallen it, as a result of the conflict between al-Ameen and al- Mamoun, the sons of the Abbasid Caliph Haroun al-Rashid. The poet was keen to exploit the components of the rhythm internally and externally to construct the poem to build psychological reactions. To attain this goal, the poem has its own internal and external rhythm, parallelism, poetic inlay rhyme, and narrative style.
O. Henry’s A Madison Square Arabian Night: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue
Authors: Jasim Mohammed Azeez
Published: March 2021

In this paper, the assertion of cross-culture in the American literature is studied and put for discussion. Aside from the inspiration of the American writers of the Arabian Nights, the inspiration of the Arabian Culture is inspired as well. O. Henry is given as an example in his short story “A Madison square Arabian Night”. The first part of this research is going to highlight the importance of the Arabian Nights in the American literature. It tries to give a brief idea about the Arabian nights and according to this it is divided into five parts to give enough information as possible about these nights. The first part includes the understanding of the Arabian nights from different perspectives those found in some encyclopaedias, like the Encyclopaedia Americana, the Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Encyclopaedia of Islam. For the necessity of historical background about the contents of the Arabian Nights, the paper deals with the authorship of the stories of the Arabian nights and the contents which includes a short summary of the story of the Arabian nights. A general idea about the origins of the thousand nights and a night is widely explained. The last part is dedicated to stereotype something about the influence of the Arabian nights on the other literatures. O. Henry wrote most of his major works in short story. Thus the short story is the most outstanding literary genre in this age and its explanation has a space in this paper in the sense that it gives a comparison between Baghdad and New York from O. Henry’s point of view. This paper deals with his major work A Madison Square Arabian Night since it is the work in which a very clear example of comparison between Baghdad and New York is composed. His thesis in this story reveals the cross-cultural dialogue and his tendency towards the orientalism.
Predicting maximal oxygen uptake from a 3-minute progressive knee-ups and step test
Authors: Chung Yu-Chun , Huang Ching-Yu , Wu Huey-June , Kan Nai-Wen , Ho Chin-Shan , Huang Chi-Chang , Chen Hung-Ting
Published: March 2021

Background

Cardiorespiratory fitness assessment is crucial for diagnosing health risks and assessing interventions. Direct measurement of maximum oxygen uptake (V̇O2 max) yields more objective and accurate results, but it is practical only in a laboratory setting. We therefore investigated whether a 3-min progressive knee-up and step (3MPKS) test can be used to estimate peak oxygen uptake in these settings.

Method

The data of 166 healthy adult participants were analyzed. We conducted a V̇O2 max test and a subsequent 3MPKS exercise test, in a balanced order, a week later. In a multivariate regression model, sex; age; relative V̇O2 max; body mass index (BMI); body fat percentage (BF); resting heart rate (HR0); and heart rates at the beginning as well as at the first, second, third, and fourth minutes (denoted by HR0, HR1, HR2, HR3, and HR4, respectively) during a step test were used as predictors. Moreover, R2 and standard error of estimate (SEE) were used to evaluate the accuracy of various body composition models in predicting V̇O2max.

Results

The predicted and actual V̇O2 max values were significantly correlated (BF% model: R2 = 0.624, SEE = 4.982; BMI model: R2 = 0.567, SEE = 5.153). The BF% model yielded more accurate predictions, and the model predictors were sex, age, BF%, HR0, ΔHR3−HR0, and ΔHR3−HR4.

Conclusion

In our study, involving Taiwanese adults, we constructed and verified a model to predict V̇O2 max, which indicates cardiorespiratory fitness. This model had the predictors sex, age, body composition, and heart rate changes during a step test. Our 3MPKS test has the potential to be widely used in epidemiological research to measure V̇O2 max and other health-related parameters.
Divergent morphological responses to millennia of climate change in two species of bats from Hall’s Cave, Texas, USA
Authors: Moroz Molly , Jackson Illiam S.C. , Ramirez Daniel , Kemp Melissa E.
Published: March 2021

How species will respond to ongoing and future climate change is one of the most important questions facing biodiversity scientists today. The fossil record provides unparalleled insight into past ecological and evolutionary responses to climate change, but the resource remains virtually untapped for many organisms. We use geometric morphometrics and a 25,000 year fossil record to quantify changes in body size and mandible shape through time and across climate regimes for two bat species present in Quaternary paleontological deposits of central Texas: Myotis velifer, a bat distributed throughout the Southwestern US and Mexico that is still found in central Texas today, and Eptesicus fuscus, a bat widely distributed throughout North America that has been extirpated in central Texas. Because of ecogeographic rules like Bergmann’s rule, which posits that endotherms are larger in colder environments, we hypothesized that both species were larger during cooler time intervals. Additionally, we hypothesized that both species would show variation in dental morphology across the studied sequence as a response to climate change. While we found a decrease in centroid size–a proxy for ­­body size–through time for both species, we could not establish a clear relationship between centroid size and temperature alone. However, we did find that specimens from drier environments were significantly larger than those from wetter ones. Furthermore, we found significant dental shape variation between environments reflecting different temperature levels for both species. Yet only M. velifer exhibited significant variation between environments of varying precipitation levels. This result was surprising because present-day populations of E. fuscus are highly variable across both temperature and precipitation gradients. We determined that the morphological change experienced by M. velifer through time, and between warmer and cooler temperatures, was associated with the coronoid process, condylar process, and the mandibular symphysis. These parts play a pivotal role in bite force, so changes in these features might relate to changes in diet. We show that long-term datasets derived from fossil material provide invaluable insight not only into the validity of ecogeographic rules, but also into the adaptive capacities of extant taxa when faced with environmental changes. Our results highlight diverging responses to a variety of climate factors that are relevant to consider in biodiversity research given ongoing global change.
Validity of Bench Test Method for Infrared Flame Detector
Authors: Jung Jong-Jin
Published: March 2021

In this study, the validity of an indoor bench test to replace and overcome the limitations of the real-range test, an infrared flame detector sensitivity test, was analyzed. A micro burner (diameter 6 mm) was used to substitute for the infrared flame detector. In order to measure the amount of light by distance, the voltage at the output end of the IR sensor was acquired. In addition, normal heptane (n-heptane) was used as a fuel for the actual distance experiment, and the amount of light at each distance was measured using an IR sensor. A bench tester was developed to measure the light output characteristics of infrared flame detectors by distance inside, and the actual distance optical characteristics from outside were measured and compared. As a result, both methods were able to confirm the same optical characteristics by distance. This study confirmed the validity of the bench test method conducted inside, which can replace the experiment at the actual distance conducted to confirm the performance of the infrared flame detector. If this test method is used in the future, it is believed the flame detector will improve product quality and development.
Improvement of Exit Light Pictogram
Authors: Jung Jong-Jin
Published: March 2021

In the event of danger (e.g., a building fire), the effectiveness of the Exit light pictogram that serves as an evacuation guide was studied and an improvement suggested. The types and installation cases of Exit light pictograms used in Korea were examined, and the types and cases of International Standards Organization (ISO) 16069 (Safety way guidance system (SWGS)) pictograms were compared and analyzed. Based on the analysis results, various pictograms were selected for further study. An understanding of firefighters and college students was surveyed, and a pictogram selection survey was conducted to identify a clear evacuation meaning. Looking at the results of the survey, 96% of the respondents understood the meaning of the “Running Man” on the Exit light installed at the top of the evacuation exit, and 4% answered “I don’t know.” When the “Running Man” and an “Arrow” were marked together, 18% gave an accurate response indicating the direction of evacuation, and the response “Do not know” decreased to 3 %p. In addition, regarding the pictogram selection survey with the clearest meaning of evacuation, both groups selected Type (text+pictogram) most frequently, and gave the lowest ranking to the “Running Man” pictogram currently used. the Exit light pictogram “Running Man” currently used at evacuation exits received a lower understanding than that of the pictogram including “Arrows.” and a meaningful result was derived that it was necessary to improve it.
Fire Detection Factor of Polyurethane Foam Fire Experiment in UL 268
Authors: Choi Yoo-Jeong , Choi Su-Gil , Nam Yeong-Jae , Kim Si-Kuk
Published: March 2021

This study focused on fire detection factors by confirming the adaptation level of fire detection due to black smoke generated in the case of polyurethane foam fire, and it compared and analyzed the change in combustion products. An experiment was conducted to derive fire detection factors using the UL 268 polyurethane foam real fire test standard. Combustion products were measured using a particulate matter sensor (PMS), combustion gas analyzer (CGA), and gas analyzer (GA). As a result of the experiment, it was confirmed that the adaptability of the existing fire detector deteriorated when black smoke was generated. The fire detection factor was derived using the measured values of combustion products. In particular, among the measured factors, the most adaptable combustion products were found to be PM 2.5, PM 10, NO, and CO. They were considered to improve reliability when used as fire detection factors, as compared to existing fire detectors.
Examination on Effects of Spray Characteristics of Water Mist on Thermal Radiation Attenuation Using Fire Dynamics Simulator
Authors: Jo Jae Geun , Lee Chi Young
Published: March 2021

In this study, numerical simulations to investigate the effects of the spray characteristics of water mist on thermal radiation attenuation were performed using fire dynamics simulator (FDS). The droplet size, flow rate, and spray angle of the water mist were 100-300 µm, 1-3 L/min, and 60-180°, respectively. As the droplet size decreased and flow rate increased, the thermal radiation attenuation increased. When the spray angles decreased and increased behind the near nozzle center and behind a certain remote distance from the nozzle center, respectively, the thermal radiation attenuation increased. The peak thermal radiation attenuation increased with decreases in droplet size and spray angle and an increase in flow rate, whereas the average thermal radiation attenuation increased with a decrease in droplet size and increases in flow rate and spray angle. Under the numerical simulation conditions of this study, the peak and average thermal radiation attenuations were significantly altered by the ratios of droplet size and flow rate and by that of flow rate, respectively. However, their variations with the ratio of spray angle were the smallest.
Port Site Metastasis following Laparoscopic Excision of Ovarian Carcinosarcoma
Authors: Singh Anju , Sarkar Avir , Singla Rimpi , Gupta Nalini , Rai Bhavana
Published: March 2021

Port site metastasis is a rare complication and carcinosarcoma is itself a rare malignant tumour of the ovary. Hereby, Authors report a case of an ovarian carcinosarcoma which was retrospectively diagnosed from the metastasis which developed at the specimen retrieval port site of primary laparoscopic surgery. A 48-year-old nulliparous lady underwent laparoscopic cystectomy previously for endometrioma. Six months postlaparoscopy, she developed pain and palpable mass at the trochar site. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) showed metastatic adenocarcinoma of ovarian origin confirmed by immunohistochemistry. Six cycles of chemotherapy followed by total hysterectomy, resection of the mass and attached tubal segment, opposite salpingo-oophorectomy and omentectomy was done. Post-surgery, patient was followed-up with three chemotherapy sessions. Final histopathological report showed carcinosarcoma of ovary at port site with omental deposit.
Readiness to Send Children Back to School in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Maternal Perception and Preferences
Authors: Aronu Ann , Awoer Chinawa , Obinna Nduagubam , Ndudi Ossai Edmund , Josephat Chinawa
Published: March 2021

Introduction: Whether children should go back to school amidst the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) menace, is currently a burning issue. The perception of parents on their children returning to school varies. This may be due to discrepancies in the learning methods available to the children at home, as well as the child’s exposure to the vices and abuse of the internet. Aim: To determine the maternal perception and preferences with regard to their readiness to send their children back to school in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study undertaken in a tertiary health institution in South East Nigeria. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select mothers who presented in the three units of children out-patient department in the hospital. A pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect information from the respondents. Chi-square test and multivariate analysis using binary logistic regression were used in the analysis. Thelevel of statistical significance was determined by a p-value of <0.05. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 40.1±12.3 years and the highest proportion (33.2%) were in the age group 30-39 years. Majority of them (78.5%) were married. Majority of the respondents (56.7%) were willing to allow children return to school. The major reason for not allowing children return to school was their distrust in the schools’ preventive measures (80.6%). Predictors of willingness of mothers to allow children return to school included being <30 years, {Adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR)=0.3, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.2-0.7}, being married, (AOR=0.4, 95% CI: 0.2-0.7) and having poor knowledge of preventive practices against COVID-19, (AOR=2.8, 95% CI: 1.7-4.8). Conclusion: Majority of mothers preferred that children should return to school. The younger age group and the married women were more likely to allow children go back to school. The respondents who had poor knowledge of preventive practices were also more eager that children should return to school.