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Motivation for the development of patents in universities in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil
Authors: Oliveira Jabson Herber Profiro de , Lima João Policarpo Rodrigues , Sena Junior Manoel Raimundo , Fernandes Ana Cristina de Almeida
Published: July 2020

Abstract: This paper presents the main factors associated with the motivation of researchers from two universities in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, to develop patents. To do so, the researchers responded to a Likert-scale survey. Through a principal components analysis, it was verified that the factors that serve as barriers to the development of patents in the universities are associated with limitations in the support given by the TTO (Technology Transfer Office) and the amount of benefits offered to researchers. Likewise, the main motivating factors were associated with improvements in the TTO infrastructure and with the expansion of benefits.
Multiple dynamics of financialization in the automotive sector: Ford and Hyundai cases
Authors: Carmo Marcelo José do , Sacomano Neto Mário , Donadone Julio Cesar
Published: July 2020

Abstract: The financialization process in the automotive sector is growing and has affected the automakers in different ways. In this paper, we propose to study the different dynamics that involve financialization in the automotive sector by comparing Ford and Hyundai cases worldwide. To do this, we used indicators that aim to concretize the economic concept of financialization. They are the following: a comparison between sources of profitability; composition and shareholder acquisitions; business leaders; compensation payments to executives; dividend payments to shareholders; salaries and level of employment. These indicators showed a tendency of financialization in both automakers, but with different incidences in each one of these indicators. They have shown, for example, that while Ford's financial sector is more profitable than its productive sector, Hyundai's two sources of profitability are much more balanced showing significantly smaller differences than Ford's. The employment level indicator showed that while there has been a huge drop in the number of jobs at Ford in recent decades, at Hyundai there has been a reverse movement of expansion and hiring. The aim of this article is to discuss the financialization indicators in these two automakers, contributing to better knowledge about the automotive sector and collaborating with the research agenda of economic sociology and finance.
Development of a conceptual framework for the management of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Mexican Caribbean
Authors: Sánchez-Quinto Andrés , Costa Julliet Correa da , Zamboni Nadia S. , Sanches Fábio H. C. , Principe Silas C. , Viotto Evangelina V. , Casagranda Elvira , Veiga-Lima Francisco A. da , Possamai Bianca , Faroni-Perez Larisse
Published: July 2020

Abstract: Coral reefs and mangroves support rich biodiversity and provide ecosystem services that range from food, recreational benefits and coastal protection services, among others. They are one of the most threatened ecosystems by urbanization processes. In this context, we developed a conceptual framework for the management of biodiversity and ecosystem services for these coastal environments. We based our workflow on two sections: “Information base” and “Governance” and use the Puerto Morelos Coastal region as a case study for coastal protection. Puerto Morelos is between two of the most touristic destinations of Mexico (Playa del Carmen and Cancun) that has experienced an increase of population in the past four decades resulting in an intensification of multiple threats to its ecosystems. We characterized the two ecosystems with a “Management Units” strategy. An expert-based ecosystem services matrix was also described in order to connect mangroves and coral reef ecosystems with the multiple beneficiaries. Then an ecosystem model (conceptual model and Global Biodiversity model) was developed. The conceptual model was useful in understanding the interplay processes between systems regarding the ecosystem service of “Coastal Protection”. The Global Biodiversity model evidenced the human-induced shifts in the biodiversity for mangrove and coral reefs ecosystems. Also, a projection for 2035 of “best” and “worst” scenarios was applied using GLOBIO3. A DPSIR conceptual framework was used to analyze environmental problems regarding ecosystem services maintenance. Finally, we evaluated a set of policies associated with these ecosystems that favor coastal protection integrity. This framework facilitates the identification of the most relevant processes and controls about the provision of coastal protection service. It can also be useful to better target management actions and as a tool to identify future management needs to tackle the challenges preventing more effective conservation of coastal environments.
Categorization via movement: the syntax and semantics of ambos
Authors: Medeiros Alessandro Boechat de , Martins Adriana Leitão , Damulakis Gean Nunes
Published: July 2020

ABSTRACT In order to explain the syntactic behavior and describe the meaning of the item ambos in Brazilian Portuguese, we propose, assuming the Distributed Morphology framework, (1) that the acategorial root amb- merges, in the syntactic derivation, to a D that moves from inside a full definite DP, and this D categorizes the root; (2) that amb-+D merges back to the DP which D was the head of; (3) that the lower copy of D is erased (or becomes invisible) when the derivation reaches LF; (4) that the meaning of the combination of D and amb- is defined only if the context provides a unique set of two individuals with the properties defined by the plural NP taken by ambos, and introduces a universal quantification over this set.
Desambiguação das preposições do português no livro terceiro da Clavis Prophetarum
Authors: Assunção Carlos , Tavares José Paulo , Fernandes Gonçalo
Published: July 2020

RESUMO O livro terceiro da Clavis Prophetarum (Clavis III PT), da autoria do padre António Vieira, na sua tradução portuguesa do ano 2000, constitui o corpus deste trabalho. Para se poder trabalhar este corpus, precisamos de recursos linguísticos eletrónicos formalizados de forma a obter a maior cobertura possível e passíveis de serem utilizados em sistemas adequados. Para o Português dispomos já de recursos dignos de confiança, desenvolvidos desde a década de 90 pelo LabEL5 - Laboratório de Engenharia da Linguagem. Este artigo tem como objetivo principal a elaboração de regras de desambiguação automática das preposições e respetivos sintagmas bem como a avaliação da eficácia da sua aplicação, de forma a permitir posteriores abordagens fiáveis no estudo desta categoria no corpus usando técnicas automáticas. A metodologia utilizada descreve pari passu as anotações, as ocorrências e a criação dos recursos eletrónicos considerados essenciais ao processo de desambiguação.
Água mole em pedra dura tanto bate até que fura: uma comparação entre a compreensão de provérbios por crianças e adultos
Authors: Ferrari Caroline Girardi , Siqueira Maity
Published: July 2020

RESUMO Sob a perspectiva da Linguística Cognitiva, analisamos a compreensão de provérbios por crianças e adultos, através de uma tarefa de compreensão. Foram entrevistados três grupos de participantes: 30 adultos; 33 crianças mais novas (m=7,85 anos, dp=7,3 meses); e 25 crianças mais velhas (m=10,59 anos, dp=7,92 meses). Uma análise de variância (ANOVA) de medidas repetidas foi operada e complementada por um teste de Tukey. Foram analisados os itens, os grupos de idade, os tipos de pergunta e as interações entre essas categorias. As análises apresentaram efeito principal de idade, tipo de pergunta e item na compreensão de provérbios dos grupos entrevistados (p<0.05). Quanto mais novo o participante, menores foram seus índices de compreensão dos itens.
O Corpus de Português Escrito em Periódicos - CoPEP
Authors: Kuhn Tanara Zingano , Ferreira José Pedro
Published: July 2020

RESUMO O presente estudo tem como objetivo descrever os desafios e soluções encontrados na compilação do Corpus de Português Escrito em Periódicos - CoPEP, que contém aproximadamente 40 milhões de palavras, é equilibrado entre as variedades português brasileiro e português europeu em número de palavras e cobre seis grandes áreas de conhecimento. Primeiramente, apresentaremos o contexto de criação do CoPEP, qual seja, a elaboração de um dicionário on-line de português para universitários, para o qual serviu como fonte primária de obtenção de evidências linguísticas. Assim, foram as características desse projeto lexicográfico que informaram os critérios de criação do desenho do CoPEP e as consequentes tomadas de decisão. A seguir, descreveremos a metodologia de aquisição de dados, com foco especial nos desafios enfrentados e nas soluções encontradas. Terminaremos com a descrição da fase final de compilação, na qual aplicamos uma série de procedimentos para obtenção de equilíbrio.
Teoria do texto e teoria do ensino: notas para um concerto interdisciplinar
Authors: Nonato Sandoval
Published: July 2020

RESUMO Este texto propõe articular dois conjuntos de aportes teóricos para a compreensão de um episódio de interação em uma turma de 1o. Ano do Ensino Fundamental de uma escola pública de São Paulo (Brasil): por um lado, uma teoria linguística - especialmente aquela desenvolvida no campo dos estudos do texto - e, por outro lado, uma teoria didática - especialmente aquela desenvolvida no campo das didáticas disciplinares. O exercício de confronto proposto permite, por hipótese, recolocar o problema das relações fronteiriças entre o linguístico e o didático no empreendimento de descrição e análise da interação em sala de aula.
Velocidade do som em metais pelo método do tempo de voo
Authors: Souza Jr. Denilson B. de , Araújo John W. B. de , Kakuno Edson M.
Published: July 2020

Resumo Este trabalho propõe uma instrumentação, simples de manipular, destinado a aulas experimentais de ensino médio ou de graduação, capaz determinar a velocidade do som em barras metálicas através do tempo de voo, i.e., do tempo de propagação de um pulso longitudinal. O pulso é produzido a partir de uma perturbação (choque mecânico) em uma das extremidades de uma barra, sua velocidade é obtida através da razão do espaço percorrido pelo pulso e do tempo de propagação. Encontrou-se para o aço o valor de 4,7 km/s, com 5,3% de incerteza total em relação ao valor teórico.
Importance of the sugarcane industry in the formal employment in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul during the period of 2008 to 2014
Authors: Defante Lilliane Renata , Vilpoux Olivier François , Sauer Leandro
Published: July 2020

Abstract: In the early 2000s, sugarcane experienced high growth in Brazil and Mato Grosso do Sul experienced the highest growth, with a 398%% increase. We analysed the impact of the sugarcane industry on formal employment and wages in Mato Grosso do Sul between 2008 and 2014. We used a Normalized Concentration Index (nCI) decomposed into Location Quotient (LQ), modified Hirschman Herfindahl Index (HHm), and Relative Participation (RP). Data were collected in the Annual Report on Social Information (RAIS). The nCI allows a general perception of concentration since LQ and HHm give greater weight to small municipalities with few activities, and the RP underestimates the importance of industry for these same municipalities. Thus, the municipality of Dourados, the second largest in the state, had an RP of 9%, but low LQ and HHm. The sugarcane industry plays an essential role in the economy of small towns, where it generates most of the formal jobs, with higher salaries. However, the impact is concentrated in a few small cities. Another effect is the fast disappearance of the benefits of the sugarcane industry in areas where processing units were closed. The dependence of the sugarcane industry in small municipalities is a concern whose solution should be further studied.
A relação entre a responsabilidade social e ambiental e a performance financeira na produção agropecuária: o caso da política de crédito de uma instituição financeira
Authors: Bini Dienice Ana , Miranda Sílvia Helena Galvão de , Pinto Luís Fernando Guedes , Vian Carlos Eduardo de Freitas , Amaral Luiz Fernando do
Published: July 2020

Resumo: Este artigo examina a relação entre responsabilidade social e ambiental e performance financeira de propriedades rurais brasileiras, no período de 2009 a 2013, por meio da análise de regressão logística ordenada. O estudo considera quatro medidas representativas da RSA: índice social, índice de destinação de resíduos, índice de cumprimento ambiental e índice de manejo sustentável. A performance financeira foi medida pela capacidade de pagamento, solvência e liquidez das propriedades. A amostra é composta de 1.056 observações que compõem um banco de dados primários. Todas as medidas de performance social e ambiental foram significativas, ou seja, estão associadas positivamente a pelo menos uma medida de performance financeira. Contudo, após o controle de autosseleção, o indicador social mostrou uma certa instabilidade, passando a apresentar uma relação negativa com a performance financeira – pior desempenho social associado a melhor solvência. Os resultados gerais da pesquisa demonstram que RSA não compromete a PF para a amostra de propriedades rurais estudada. A verificação inversa, quando a variável socioambiental é a dependente, mostrou uma relação positiva entre performance financeira e status socioambiental das propriedades. Os resultados gerais da pesquisa demonstram que RSA não compromete a PF para a amostra de propriedades rurais estudada.
Densidade de estabelecimentos que comercializam bebidas alcoólicas na área residencial está associada ao consumo de álcool em adolescentes?
Authors: Carvalho Bruno Guimarães Coelho de , Andrade Amanda Cristina de Souza , Andrade Roseli Gomes de , Mendes Larissa Loures , Velasquez-Melendez Gustavo , Xavier César Coelho , Proietti Fernando Augusto , Caiaffa Waleska Teixeira
Published: July 2020

RESUMO: Objetivos: Investigar a associação entre a densidade de estabelecimentos de venda de bebidas alcoólicas no entorno da residência dos adolescentes e a prevalência de consumo de álcool na vida e atual, ajustado por fatores individuais e familiares. Métodos: As informações provêm da pesquisa domiciliar por amostragem probabilística estratificada e por conglomerados em três estágios (setor censitário, domicílio, adulto e adolescente), realizada em Belo Horizonte, Brasil (Saúde em Beagá, 2008-9) e de fontes oficiais de estabelecimentos que comercializam bebidas alcoólicas, devidamente georreferenciados. O desfecho foi o autorrelato de consumo de álcool na vida e atual pelos adolescentes. A variável de exposição foi a densidade de estabelecimentos definida como número de locais de venda de bebida dentro do buffer de 200 metros da residência dos adolescentes. A associação foi estimada pela regressão de Poisson ajustada por fatores individuais e familiares. Resultados: Participaram 601 adolescentes de 14-17 anos; 53,3% eram homens e 71% tinham renda familiar até cinco salários mínimos. A prevalência de consumo de álcool na vida foi de 57,0% (intervalo de confiança de 95% - IC95% 51,5 - 62,6) e o atual de 11,9% (IC95% 8,7 - 15,0). Na análise multivariada, verificou-se associação significativa entre o consumo atual de bebidas alcoólicas e a densidade de lanchonetes (razão de prevalência - RP = 1,13; IC95% 1,03 - 1,24), bares (RP = 1,21; IC95% 1,05 - 1,38) e restaurantes (RP = 1,11; IC95% 1,02 - 1,21). Interações significativas entre densidade de estabelecimentos com sexo e idade foram encontradas. Conclusão: O consumo atual de álcool pode ser potencializado pela presença de alguns tipos de estabelecimentos localizados no buffer de 200 metros da residência dos adolescentes.
ENSINO DE HISTÓRIA DA MEDICINA NO CURSO MÉDICO: UMA PROPOSTA PROGRAMÁTICA
Authors: Ferreira Marcelo Urbano
Published: July 2020

Resumo: Propõe-se um programa de curso sobre história da Medicina para alunos de graduação de escolas médicas, centrado no estudo da evolução epistemológica da Medicina do final do século XVIII aos nossos dias.
Experimental investigation of packed-bed solar thermal storage
Authors: Tiwari Saurabh , Saini Rajeshwer Prasad
Published: July 2020

Packed beds are the most commonly used storage systems in solar thermal power plant. Most of the experimental studies carried out in this field use air as heat-transfer fluid (HTF). Therefore, an experimental study on packed-bed storage system using water and oil as HTFs is conducted in this paper to observe the behaviour of storage tanks with different HTFs. Concrete spheres of 6 cm diameter were used as storage materials arranged in rhombohedral arrangement (ε = 0.28). The variation in the surface temperature of storage materials was observed for both water and oil as HTF and at three different volume flow rates. It has been observed that the increment in temperature was faster when water was used as HTF as compared to oil as HTF. It was also found that the increment at lower volume flow rate was higher due to more contact time of HTF with the storage materials. The temperature was found to decrease first along the axis but at the bottom it again starts increasing due to storage of HTF in the lower plenum of the storage tank.
Scale effects during cone penetration in spatially variable clays
Authors: Zhang Wangcheng , Pan Yutao , Bransby Fraser
Published: July 2020

Cone penetration testing (CPT) has become one of the most commonly adopted in situ tests for site investigations, due to its reliability and repeatability of the measurements and the potential for direct use in design. For CPTs in clays, previous studies have paid considerable attention to the selection of penetration resistance factor Nkt considering the effects of soil stiffness, stress and strength anisotropy, soil layering and soil sensitivity, and so on. In contrast, this paper focuses on the effects of spatially variable soil properties on the interpretation and use of CPT data. This has been achieved using large-deformation finite-element modelling with random fields. It is shown that when using CPT data to obtain the true point-to-point statistics of the ground, scale effects could lead to the (unconservative) overestimation of the low estimate and underestimate of the high estimate for variable ground with small scales of fluctuation. Suggestions are made for correcting CPT-measured data to allow for this effect. In contrast, if using CPT data to provide design inputs for (larger) foundations, the same scale effects may be considered to increase beneficially the characteristic values of soil strength for sizing and reduce characteristic soil strengths for installation assessment.
Performance augmentation of asphalt binder with multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Authors: Anwar Waqas , Ahmad Naveed , Khitab Anwar , Faizan Muhammad , Tayyab Seemab , Saeed Maria , Imran Muhammad
Published: July 2020

This aim of this research was to enhance the performance of asphalt binder using multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and wet mixing. Five asphaltic binder compositions were prepared with varying amounts of MWCNT additions in the range 0–1.50 %w/w. The binder performance was evaluated through an investigation of the basic viscoelastic properties, rheological characteristics and moisture susceptibility. Viscoelastic properties were assessed by penetration, softening point, ductility and dynamic shear rheometer tests. The rolling bottle test was used for moisture sensitivity analysis. Fourier transmission infrared spectroscopy was used to check the chemical reactivity of various solvents with the asphalt binder and scanning electron microscopy was used to observe the level of MWCNT dispersion in the mixtures. Samples were also assessed for storage stability and a safety analysis was carried out to determine selection of an appropriate carrier solvent. The results showed improvements in the permanent deformation and stripping resistance of the binders. The addition of MWCNTs at 1.5 %w/w of asphalt binder reduced the penetration by 14.4%, increased the softening point by and 10.2% and increased the ductility by 40%. Furthermore, considerable improvements in the phase angle and dynamic shear modulus were observed, accompanied by a 50% reduction in stripping after 24 h.
Environmental Education, Knowledge and Awareness in China: A Case of Xiamen University Students
Authors: Chen Jing
Published: July 2020

This study documents China’s efforts to build its formal environmental education system and explores university students’ environmental knowledge and awareness using a survey carried out at Xiamen University, which is located on the southeastern coast of China. We find that the Chinese state made rapid progress in setting up environmental studies programs in its institutions of higher education, but it took the state over two decades to build a nationwide curriculum integrated with environmental studies for primary and secondary schools. The survey data revealed that these efforts have borne fruit. Students have improved in their environmental knowledge over time. Nevertheless, students remain disconnected from most environmental organizations. This may hinder China’s efforts to harness their environmental knowledge for the sake of effective action toward safeguarding the environment. The state should help encourage further cooperation among different social groups so China has a chance to fulfill its potential to become a global leader on environmental issues.
The Future Is Also a Different Country and We Should Do Things Differently There
Authors: Fruhstuck Sabine
Published: July 2020

This essay is an attempt to think about how concerns regarding disciplinary boundaries and distinctions intersect with the most current critique of Asian studies in the wake of the multi-disciplinary call for “transnational” or “global” approaches to scholarship and pedagogy. This constitutes no manifesto—simply an encouragement of what I call “globally sensitive Asian Studies.”
In Search of Community in Rural China
Authors: Hill Ann Maxwell , Wei Jinji , Rose Susan
Published: July 2020

Change in China’s urban areas is dramatic, as cityscapes emerge from rice paddies. China’s rural areas reflect the impact of globalization, especially as villagers leave home for work in towns and cities. Much of the current research on migration out of China’s countryside has noted its negative consequences for village life, a phenomenon often dubbed “hollowing out.” Our qualitative research on “hollowing out,” undertaken by a student-faculty team from Dickinson College, focused on village sustainability in an area that has experienced substantial out-migration. Given the time constraints of our funding, we concentrated on village activities that were by and large public and observable – farm ecology and local culture. The village “stay-behinds” did most of the community’s agricultural labor and cultural work, the latter especially manifest in religious activities. Based on a combination of fieldwork and available published materials, we found evidence for optimism about the sustainability of the village community in the age of migration.
Creating Global Citizens through Encounters with Asia—The Making of the Modern World Program at Eleanor Roosevelt College, UCSD
Authors: Madsen Richard
Published: July 2020

This article describes the “Making of the Modern World” program, a liberal arts curriculum in a public university. Thirty years ago Eleanor Roosevelt College at the University of California, San Diego, developed a multi-disciplinary liberal arts core curriculum called the Making of the Modern World. The history and cultures of Asia were a major part of that curriculum. As one of the developers of the curriculum, I now reflect on the program both as a success story and cautionary tale. I will recount why we developed this kind of liberal arts curriculum, how we did it, how well it did or did not work, how it has changed over the years, and what lessons this experience might have for us today. I argue that liberal arts colleges can learn from our efforts at creating such a curriculum in a large research university, but all should beware of taking on our educational deficiencies.
Research and the Integration of Asian and Environmental Studies
Authors: Miller Char
Published: July 2020

This is the second of three special issues of ANE devoted to a series of explorations of the generative impact of the Luce Foundation’s LIASE initiative. Designed to increase the integration of Asian and Environmental Studies in our classrooms, research, and practice, the LIASE program has had a profound effect in each domain. This issue nicely demonstrates how the grant has enabled colleagues at four institutions to develop innovative research questions that led to new lines of scholarship.
Match loads of university rugby union players between the 2016 and 2018 Varsity Cup competitions
Authors: Gordon Greg , Morris-Eyton Heather , Kubayi Alliance
Published: July 2020

Background: Rugby union is a popular and continuously growing sport globally. With the advance of technology, practices have been implemented to quantify the match running demands of rugby union players. The aim of this study was to analyse the match loads of rugby union players between the 2016 and 2018 Varsity Cup competitions.

Methods: The sample consisted of 562 match observations of male university rugby union players competing in the Varsity Cup tournaments.

Results: The backline players ran significantly longer total distances (5105 m; p = 0.001; ES = 0.49); have greater high- speed running (496 m; p = 0.001; ES = 1.03), very high-speed running (260 m; p = 0.001; ES = 1.50) and sprint distances (117 m; p = 0.001; ES = 1.32) than forward players. Backline players also accumulated a high number of metres per minute (238 ± 94; p = 0.001; ES = 0.46), total Player Load (488 ± 203; p = 0.001; ES = 0.31), RHIE (9 ± 8; p = 0.001; ES = 0.75) and number of accelerations (4 ± 5; p = 0.001; ES = 0.49).

Conclusion: These findings may assist coaches to develop player position specific training programmes to meet the physical demands of rugby.

Keywords: rugby union, match loads, physical demands, position
Direct wastewater RNA capture and purification via the "Sewage, Salt, Silica and SARS-CoV-2 (4S)" method v1
Authors: N Whitney Oscar , Al-Shayeb Basem , Crits-Cristoph Alex , Chaplin Mira , Fan Vinson , Greenwald Hannah , Hinkle Adrian , Kantor Rose , Kennedy Lauren , Maurer Anna , Tjian Robert , L. Nelson Kara , Berkeley Wastewater-based epidemiology consortium UC
Published: July 2020

This protocol describes the procedure of the "4S" (Sewage, Salt, Silica and SARS-CoV-2) method for SARS-CoV-2 RNA extraction from wastewater. Offering a highly efficient, modular and economical alternative to existing wastewater RNA purification methods, this procedure lowers the barrier to entry for SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based epidemiology. This procedure is intended to be carried out in a BSL2+ laboratory space, with precautions when handling raw wastewater samples.
Drones, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Journalism: Mapping Their Role in Immersive News Content
Authors: Pavlik John V.
Published: July 2020

Drones are shaping journalism in a variety of ways including in the production of immersive news content. This article identifies, describes and analyzes, or maps out, four areas in which drones are impacting immersive news content. These include: 1) enabling the possibility of providing aerial perspective for first-person perspective flight-based immersive journalism experiences; 2) providing geo-tagged audio and video for flight-based immersive news content; 3) providing the capacity for both volumetric and 360 video capture; and 4) generating novel content types or content based on data acquired from a broad range of sensors beyond the standard visible light captured via video cameras; these may be a central generator of unique experiential media content beyond visual flight-based news content.
The Scientific School of Americanists of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: Borys Honchar
Authors: Mashevskyi Oleg , Taran Makar , Shevchenko Nataliya
Published: July 2020

The article is devoted to the main milestones of the formation of the scientific and teaching career of a famous ukrainian historian in the field of international affairs, specialist in the variety problems of modern USA, doctor of history, long-time head of the Department of Modern and Contemporary History of Foreign Countries of the Faculty of History of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv – Borys Mykhailovych Honchar (1945–2015). He continued the tradition of the scientific school of historians of international relations, which was formed at the Department of New and Modern history of the developed capitalist countries in the second half of the twentieth century. In its origins stood P. Udovychenko, V. Tarasenko, V. Biletskyi and others. The main place in his scientific work was occupied by works on the history of the US foreign policy in last third of XXth – beginning of XXIth century. His first publications and theoretical thesis (1974) were devoted to the analysis of US Mediterranean policy under the administration of R. Nixon. Borys Honchar was one of the first in national historical science, who systematically examined the impact of regional conflicts on the Soviet-American confrontation during the Cold War. His doctoral thesis (1994), a monograph and more than 20 scientific articles were devoted to this topic. However, his scientific interests were much broader. His research work has been extensive in the history of international relations before and during the First World War, including in the context of the American attitude to the «conflict in Europe». In particular, the course of his lectures was devoted to this topic, which he delivered to students of History faculty for 40 years. The students’ positive feedback was also about his course in lectures on the history of American-Russian relations. Notable place in B. Gonchar’s scholarly work has taken various aspects of the UN’s activities, including its peacekeeping and humanitarian missions, and the US influence on its work. The scholar has paid great attention to the work on numerous articles on international and American topics for the «Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia» and «Ukrainian Diplomatic Encyclopedia». In general, most publications on American studies or international relations, published in Ukraine in the 1990s and 2000s, were in his co-authorship or review.
Perception of the Metropolia by the Canadian Political Elite in 1914–1915 (According to the Materials of the Protocols of the Debates of the Canadian Parliament)
Authors: Zapototskyi Mykhailo
Published: July 2020

In modern historical science, an integral component of scientific research is the component of the source base, which also applies to studies in world history. This article is devoted to the analysis of the protocols of the Canadian Parliament’s debates at the initial stage of World War I (1914–1915). The pages of the protocols of the Canadian Parliament’s describe the personal attitude of politicians to Metropolia, the public speeches of Canadian politicians in 1914–1915, the vision of representatives of political elites regarding the entry of the Canadian Confederation into the First World War. Notwithstanding the ideological diversity of Canadian politicians in the early twentieth century, who included both proponents of unity with Metropolia and opponents of the process, it is interesting that the entire political elite at the beginning of the Great War was consolidated in the matter of supporting the British Crown. Even former political opponents – R. Borden and W. Laurier – became ideological partners, who emphasized that Canada should support the British Empire at a difficult time. Importantly, French Canadian politicians, who were in part critical of British imperialism, also took a positive view of Britain. The main ideologue of the French Canadians at this time was considered A. Burassa, who supported Canada’s entry into the First World War. The main issues discussed at this time by parliamentarians were Canada’s military and material support for the armed conflict. Senators J. Bolduk, E. Smith, A. Lougheed, and P. Murphy actively called for the side of the Metropolia. In the article the author draws attention to the fact that politicians were negative about the military conflict itself. Canadian politicians consider German Empire to be the main culprit in the war, which violated Belgium’s sovereignty and started the war. As a result, the UK was forced to go to war, defending the neutrality of the Belgian state. According to most Canadian politicians, Canada’s main task was to support the British Empire.
US-Germany Relations Development Trends Under the Presidency of Donald Trump
Authors: Martynov Andriy
Published: July 2020

The influence of internal political processes in the USA and Germany on the evolution of US-German relations is analyzed in the article. The crisis of the mono-polar system of international relations was synchronized with changes in the global order. It affected relations between the US and Germany. The scientific literature has been dominated by the view that President Trump’s conservative-moderate foreign policy strategy is contrary to the traditions of liberal-democratic multilateral diplomacy. D. Trump’s views on the international positioning of the United States can be considered as a variant of foreign policy realism, in contrast to classical republican neo-conservatism or democratic liberal interventionism. The German foreign policy course in the time of the Bundes Chancellor A. Merkel is a manifestation of liberal-democratic globalism. Under President Obama and Chancellor A. Merkel, German-American relations remained at a high allied level. President Trump abolishes talks on Transatlantic Free Trade Area. German elites see the populist and nationalist policies of D. Trump as a challenge to European integration. They consider US European policy an attempt to split the European Union. In the domestic political dimension, German liberals consider the Alternative to Germany party as Trump’s ideological counterparts. The American liberal political elite accused A. Merkel of failing to prevent the spread of anti-American sentiment in Germany. Political sentiment in the US and Germany after the pandemic is unpredictable. A noticeable trend was the aggravation of the crisis of liberal globalization. This outlines the tendency for further political polarization of American and German societies.
Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan in the Documents of J. Carter Administration
Authors: Koval ́kov Olexandr
Published: July 2020

The article examines the documents of Jimmy Carter Administration (1977-1981) published in «Foreign Relations of the United States» series that represent the U.S. position on the Soviet intervention in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in December 1979. The author argues that the growing Soviet presence and finally a military intervention in Afghanistan was taken seriously in the United States and made Washington watch the developments in this country closely. The Soviet intervention in Afghanistan became one of the major themes in the U.S. foreign policy. It was presented in a large array of documents of various origins, such as the Department of State correspondence with the U.S. Embassies in Afghanistan and the Soviet Union; analytical reports of the Department of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency, and Bureau of Intelligence and Research; exchanges of memorandums between National Security Council officers and other officials; memos from National Security Adviser Z. Brzezinski to J. Carter, and others. They represented the preconditions, preparations and implementation of Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. The authors of the documents discussed in details the possible motives of the Soviet leaders, and predicted the short-term consequences of the USSR’s intervention for the region and the whole world. Due to the clear understanding of the developments in Afghanistan in December 1979 by the J. Carter administration, it completely rejected the Soviet official version of them that adversely affected the bilateral Soviet-U.S. relations and international relations in general. Due to the lack of accessible Soviet sources on the USSR’s intervention in Afghanistan, the documents of Jimmy Carter’s administration fill this gap and constitute a valuable source for a researcher.
Envisioning mother and a child in fine arts. Part I. Iconography
Authors: Makatsariya Тю A.
Published: July 2020

Here, issues related to envisioning mother holding a child in fine arts are discussed.
Lisansüstü Eğitimde Yapı ve Süreç: Araştırma Üniversitelerinde Örgüt İklimi ve Lisansüstü Deneyimler
Authors: ERTEM Hasan Yücel
Published: July 2020

Lisansüstü eğitim akademik, ekonomik, politik ve sosyolojik katkılar sunan önemli bir yükseköğretim düzeyidir. Bu çalışma lisansüstü eğitim alan öğrencilerin örgüt iklimi algıları ile ilişkili faktörleri ve onların lisansüstü deneyimlerini inceleyerek lisansüstü eğitimin yapı ve süreçlerini ortaya çıkarmayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada karma yöntem deseni kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın nicel boyutu nedensel karşılaştırma, nitel boyutu ise olgu-bilim deseni üzerine kuruludur. Nicel kısımda örgüt iklimi ile ilişkili faktörler test edilmişken nitel kısımda ise lisansüstü öğrencilerin deneyimleri irdelenmiştir. Nicel kısımda bağımlı değişken örgüt iklimi algısı, bağımsız değişkenler ise cinsiyet, medeni durum, yaş, akademik alan, program düzeyi ve dönemdir. Nitel kısımda ise temalar akademik, sosyal, kültürel ve yönetimsel alanlardaki deneyimlerle ilgilidir. Çalışmanın evreni araştırma üniversitelerindeki lisansüstü öğrenciler olup örneklem ise bu evrenden seçilen lisansüstü öğrencidir. Nicel veri 442 öğrenciden toplanırken nitel veri ise aynı örneklem içinde yer alan sekiz öğrenciden toplanmıştır. Çalışmada lisansüstü eğitimde örgüt iklimi ölçeği, yarı-yapılandırılmış görüşme formu ve dokümanlar veri toplama araçları olarak kullanılmıştır. Nicel veriler tek ve çift yönlü varyans analizi ile incelenirken nitel veri ise içerik analizine tabi tutulmuştur. Akademik alan, medeni durum, yaş ve program düzeyinin örgüt iklimi algılarında anlamlı farklılık oluşturduğu tespit edilmiştir. Akademik deneyimler ile sosyoekonomik deneyimlerin kültürel deneyimler ile yönetimsel deneyimlere göre nispeten daha olumlu olduğu görülmüştür. Lisansüstü eğitimde yapı ve süreç değişkenlerinin girdi, süreç, çıktı ve geribildirim öğeleri ile açıklanabildiği ortaya çıkmıştır. Lisansüstü eğitimin bütüncül bir bakış açısıyla değerlendirilmesi önerilmektedir.
Association between Hospital Visits for Superficial Fungal Infections and Climatological Factor
Authors: Seo Hyun-Min , Park Se Kwang , Oh Se Uk , Jang Ju Wang , Kim Joung Soo
Published: July 2020

Background: No cohort studies exist on the effect of temperature and humidity on the number of visits to hospitals by patients with superficial fungal infections.
Objective: The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between climatological factors and superficial fungal infection-related hospital visits.
Methods: This study was a retrospective cohort study based on the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC) database of patients with superficial fungal infection, from 2003 to 2012. We analyzed epidemiological characteristics and types of superficial fungal infection using descriptive statistics. We extracted climatological variables including temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, wind speed, possible duration of sunshine, and duration of sunshine from the Korea Meteorological Administration.
Results: 116,903 patients presented with superficial fungal infections in the NHIS-NSC database. The most common type of superficial fungal infection-related hospital visits was tinea unguium (46.72%), followed by tinea pedis (28.38%), tinea corporis (9.19%), and tinea cruris (7.52%). Significant positive linear associations were found between mean daily superficial fungal infection-related hospital visits and daily average temperature (p < 0.001) and relative humidity (p < 0.001).
Conclusion: The data from this study indicated that high temperature and high relative humidity may exacerbate superficial fungal infections.
Ambassador of Cajun Music: Jimmy C. Newman, 1927‐2014
Authors: Green Michael
Published: July 2020

Jimmy C. Newman was a longtime country and Cajun singer, a member of the Grand Ole Opry for nearly 58 years, a music publisher, and an influential figure in Nashville and in his native Louisiana. His career was multi‐faceted and included not only country music success, but also contributing greatly to the spread of Cajun music and Cajun culture late in the twentieth century.
Innovative orientation of the university lecturer activity
Authors: Rudneva T. I.
Published: July 2020

The article deals with significant changes in the educational process of a modern university, focuses on the change in motivation and value orientations of teachers of an innovative university in connection with globalization. Attention is drawn to the characteristics of modern education as a new social industry, due to the digital economy and the new generation of students. The article notes that digital learning (such a concept was introduced in the thesaurus of professional pedagogy) sets new lines in pedagogical activity, meeting resistance of some teachers who are not ready to use electronic tools and perform new professional functions, for example, monitoring learning outcomes. An increase in the teaching load causes teachers to distrust the reforms carried out in education, and sometimes professional deformation.It is proved that the quality of education is determined not only by digital technologies, but also by the quality of educational conditions, professional and pedagogical competence of the teacher. At the same time, methodological support of experienced teachers is required to adapt to innovations and beginners in order to compensate for the lack of knowledge, skills and abilities when performing innovative tasks. The article provides a link to the experience of organizing advanced training for teachers at Samara University, the essence of which is that the results of research on relevant pedagogical problems by its teachers become the basis for determining the content of programs in the system of further education.
The concept «Germany» in German language textbooks for the elementary level: linguocultural markers
Authors: Shukman V. E.
Published: July 2020

The article is devoted to the analysis of linguocultural markers of the concept Germany in German language textbooks for the elementary level (A 1). Central to this study is the question of using what language means authors of textbooks offer learners and structure information about Germany in the framework of educational discourse. The aim of the study is to determine which representatives form the concept Germany in German language textbooks for the elementary level, into which semantic groups they can be categorically divided and what is their quantitative ratio and combinatorics in different textbooks of this type. This aim defined such tasks as the selection of the lexical representatives of the concept Germany in all parts of the textbooks, the distribution of the selected representatives according to the categories developed during the study, the comparative analysis of the methods of verbalization (lexical filling) of the categories in relation to each textbook, and in comparison with each other and the subsequent infographic presentation of the results. The main research methods are discursive-conceptual and comparative analysis. The empirical materials as sources of factual materials were the German language textbooks Berliner Platz 1 NEU, Netzwerk A1.1, Netzwerk A1.2, and the theoretical basis of the study were the fundamental works on cognitive linguistics by S.A. Askoldov (Alekseev) , V.Z. Demyankov, E.S. Kubryakova, V.I. Karasik, Yu.S. Stepanov and other scientists who researched the definitions of concept and conceptosphere, whose definitions and particular methods also served as the basis for the conceptual and linguistic analysis of this study. The results of conceptual and comparative analysis presented in this article were obtained on the basis of the research conducted in collaboration with scientists from the University Wrzburg and specialists from the universitys language center, and are significant and unique. The relevance and novelty of this study is that as a result of the active migration and the influx of foreigners from different countries and cultures into modern Germany, the concept Germany in German language textbooks must be linguistically correctly represented so that it will be relevant and useful for foreigners from any culture, and also will positively reflect Germany as a place for life, work, investment, study and tourism. Therefore, it is very important to understand with what language means the concept Germany is represented in the modern German language textbooks for foreigners, which are used in most language centers in Germany, as well as in Russia, how relevant are the resulting conceptospheres to life, business and tourism in modern Germany.
Anti-peasant activities of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution, Speculation, and Sabotage organs in the Volga Region and in the Ural Region during the Civil War
Authors: Mistryugov P. A.
Published: July 2020

The article focuses on the anti-peasant activities of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution, Speculation, and Sabotage organs in the Volga Region and in the Ural Region during the Civil War. The peasantry of the South-East of the European Russia that suffered a humanitarian catastrophe due to the ruinous politics of the higher party authorities was involved in every form of civil confrontation; however, the peasant opposition towards the authorities became large-scale and stood out because of its huge destructive potential. The analysis of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution, Speculation, and Sabotage activities lets us not only reveal the repressive motivation of Bolsheviks, who monopolized the power in the Soviets and blocked the initiatives of peasants, but also examine the degree of the involvement and the functional role which belonged to the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution, Speculation, and Sabotage organs during the suppression of peasant protests. The control, supervisory, investigative , judicial, extrajudicial and military methods that were used by the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution, Speculation, and Sabotage organs are demonstrated in the article. That is based on the example of the study of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution, Speculation, and Sabotage organs participation in the suppression of the Chapan uprising, Black Eagle uprising and Sapozhkov uprising. Moreover, the actions of extraordinary structures towards the partisan peasant units have been studied. In order to research the given problem the published as well as unpublished documents of ordinary and extraordinary soviet government and authority bodies were used. These documents are kept in the Central Archive of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, the National Archive of the Republic of Bashkortostan, the State Archive of the Saratov Region, the Saratov Region State Archive of Contemporary History, the Central State Archive of the Samara Region. In the course of the research it was proved that the operation of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution, Speculation, and Sabotage organs reflected the interests of the higher party authorities of the RSFSR, whose aim was the provision of the continuous execution of the military mobilization and economic activities. The peasantry of the Samara, Saratov, Orenburg and Ufa regions turned out to be a hostage of the plans of the centre and their interests were abandoned.