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Mithraic Iconography in Hispania
Authors: Mayorga Claudina Romero
Published: September 2019

This proposal aims to provide an update of the catalogues of findings associated with the mysteries of Mithras in Hispania produced by García y Bellido (1967) and Alvar Ezquerra (1981). A new approach to the archaeological material is needed due to the multiplicity of findings in recent decades and the overcoming of traditional theories in this field of study. We have focused on the figurative monuments, as Mithraic iconography has been considered a mere vehicle for the transmission of the eschatology of the cult.

Although three representations of tauroctony were located in the province of Baetica, the findings of Tróia and Mérida, both in Lusitania, are the most important source of materials in the territory of Hispania. Recent discoveries in Lugo, Altafulla, Cabrera de Mar, Puente Genil, San Juan de la Isla, Barbate, Mérida, along with the revision of the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano collection, have been a great contribution to the study of Mithraism in the Iberian Peninsula.
The Mithraic praesepia as Dining Beds
Authors: Mastrocinque Attilio
Published: September 2019

A mithraeum always has long benches, which were called praesepiae, “places where cattle are fed in a stall” (CIMRM 233). The name is inappropriate for a dining room, which was usually called, instead, triclinium. Mithraeum is the current modern name, whereas the ancients called it spelaeum, antrum, templum. Another important name was Leonteum, which was not a separate cultic place for Leones only, because Porphyry states that the members of a Mithraic community were the Leones and the servants were called Korakes, the Ravens (Porphyr. de abst. 4. 16). The Mithraic menu apparently consisted of meat rather than of vegetables, even though one should take into account the fact that bones are better preserved than vegetables in an archaeological site, and therefore they are often published, whereas vegetal remains had never been investigated by means of chemical analyses. Lions are notoriously carnivorous and the praesepiae had to be filled with meat for the Leones.

The initiation of Leones was supposed to be dry and fiery (Tert. Adv. Marcionem I 13), and we are also told that the Mithraic Leones avoided water for their purifications and washed their hands with honey (Porph. De antro 15–16). Moreover, a lion and a snake are often depicted on Mithraic reliefs as going to drink from a crater. It is possible to get some information from those facts about what Leones were used to drinking during their symposia: they were thirsty but their drink could not be water, but eventually, wine was permitted. Iustin. Apol. I 66 speaks of a cup of water, but only to mention some ritual acts during initiations and not during symposia.
Starry Twins and Mystery Rites: From Samothrace to Mithras
Authors: Blakely Sandra
Published: September 2019

Iconographic analogies between the Mithraic torchbearers, Cautes and Cautopates, and the Greek Dioscuri encourage a comparative analysis of these figures in context. Previous studies have emphasized the potential for the divine twins to be the origins of the torchbearers: a closer examination of the Dioscuri as they functioned within another mystery cult, the rites of the Great Gods of Samothrace, offers light on both the phenomenology of initiation and the cultural context common to both the Greek and the Roman rituals. Among the numerous visual and conceptual parallels, the strongest commonality between the two sets of youths is a cultural appetite for astral mysticism, which connects the late Republican Roman voices on Samothrace and the later world of the Mithraic caves. The two mysteries served, however, profoundly different functions with respect to Roman identity – a dynamic which the parallel presence of twinned, framing shining lights reveals.
Anubis in the “Isiac Family” in the Hellenistic and Roman World
Authors: Gasparro Giulia Sfameni
Published: September 2019

The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of Anubis as a member of the “Isiac Family” (Isis–Osiris/Sarapis–Horus/Harpokrates–Anubis) during the Hellenistic and Roman age. A new religious-historical analysis allows us to detect more or less profound changes of Anubis' ancient religious meaning due to the transfer from Egypt to Greece and Rome. The spread of this cult from its motherland to the Hellenistic world and subsequently to the Roman Empire caused, as well, the creation of its new religious identity.
The mundus Attinis in the Lucanian Consilinum (Campania) as a Metaphor of Death and Re-Birth
Authors: Pedrucci Giulia
Published: September 2019

This chapter aims to reconsider an inscription from Consilinum (3rd century CE), in which we find the problematic mention of a mundus Attinis. This inscription has been almost neglected by scholars: it has been analyzed in a systematic way only in an article in Latin language back in 1978. It is not easy to explain what mundus exactly represented to the ancient Romans, but we can assert for sure that it was a holy place in connection with the worship of the gods of the underworld. The connection between Cybele, Attis, and the underworld is well known, but this is the only mention we have of a mundus Attinis i.e. Attidis. It might be connected to the (mystic?) rites in honor of the dead Attis, symbolized by a pine, who, during the Hilaria, was carried in an underground chamber for lamentations, before his new life. In my opinion, we might also think of the mundus as a sort of reversed womb, related to the figure of the Magna Mater, in which birth and death come together and overlap.
La proibizione dei bacchanalia tra la Magna Grecia e l'Etruria
Authors: Macchione Vincenzo Elio Junior , Mastroianni Davide
Published: September 2019

In the Greek world, the celebrations of Dionysus were different: the Rural Dionysia and the City Dionysia, the Lenee, the Antestèrie, the Oscofòrie, the Ascalia and the Bacchanalia. During the Bacchanalia, women ran, danced and screamed in the woods, and fell prey to Dionysian inebriation. In 186 BC, the Roman Senate issued a decree that limited the cult of Bacchus Dionysus in Rome and in Italy, because of sexual abuses (see Livy, Ab Urbe condita 39. 8 – 39. 18). The diffusion of Bacchanalia was a risk for people and for the dignitas of Rome. In 1640 in Tiriolo, Calabria, during the excavation for the foundations of the so-called Palazzo Cicala, a bronze inscription and fragments of columns were found; the inscription had the original text of Senatus Consultum de Bacchanalibus with which, in 186 BC, the Roman Senate forbade the Bacchanalia. In Latium, during the excavation of the so-called Domus delle Pitture in Bolsena, directed by the École Française de Rome, between 1964 and 1982, a fragment of a throne's base and a cherub's leg were found in a layer of ashes in an underground room. Another 150 pieces of the throne, including ribbons and fragments of a panther head, were recovered in a specific spot of the room. Fragments, carefully restored and reassembled, compose an object called Trono delle Pantere of Bolsena, datable between the end of the 3rd century BC and the early years of the 2nd century BC. The left and rear sides are better preserved. The first represents a panther sitting on a throne with a cherub on his knees while it grabs at the ears of beast; the rear side represents a pattern with wings blocked by ribbons. The front side is completely destroyed. The throne has different sets of problems on its religious meaning and its decoration, where the Dionysiac theme is clear. The panther, the cherubs and the ribbons recall the Dionysus sphere, during which he was hidden inside a cave. Indeed, the underground room of Bolsena was appropriated to Bacchanalia. This paper intends to link Tiriolo and Bolsena, through the specific cases of two cities; in the first we have a proof of the enforcement of the law in 186 BC, and in the second we have an evidence of its application, with the destruction of a throne and of a Bacchic shrine.
Secrecy in the Mithras Cult: Concealment, Cognition and Social Cohesion
Authors: Panagiotidou Olympia
Published: September 2019

Secrecy was one of the major features of the so-called mystery cults that met with significant diffusion and popularity throughout the Greco-Roman world. The Roman cult of Mithras was a particular example of mysteries that took place in secret, without any public aspect.

This paper examines the ways in which the major symbolic systems of the Mithras cult, the mithraea, the scene of the tauroctony and the hierarchy of the initiatory grades, would have operated as elaborated security systems that would have contributed to the secrecy of the cult, obstructing both the physical and cognitive access of the uninitiated to their symbolic meanings.

Further, the cognitive processes that mediate the attractiveness of secret communities and forge social cohesion among members of secret groups are explored. It is argued that secrecy was a crucial aspect which would have promoted the formation of close exclusive communities of Mithraists and the development of social cohesion between the cult members.
Χαῖρε Ὀρφεῦ! Perception of a Mystery: The Images of the Myth of Orpheus on Ancient Coins
Authors: Ceci Francesca , Krauze-Kołodziej Aleksandra
Published: September 2019

The myth of Orpheus experienced a great popularity in ancient world, covering the path from a mythical legend to a complex and sophisticated mystic cult. There were many various features of Orpheus that characterized the Thracian singer, being the result of his different adventures: from the quest of the Argonauts and the pathetic story of love of Eurydice, to his journey to the underworld.

The myth of Orpheus was highly represented in iconography. The most frequent representations are those showing Orpheus as a singer surrounded by the beasts and, in smaller amount, in the scene representing the story of descent to the underworld in search of Eurydice. Numerous images connected with the legend of Orpheus, dating from the Classical times to Christian era, are the proof of a wide influence of the mystery cult of Orpheus on ancient and late antique culture.

This paper aims to present an overview of ancient coinage iconography representing Orpheus. Various motives considering the story of Orpheus appear on one of the most powerful means of propaganda – the coins, particularly from the Roman provinces, that were easily able to reach a wide audience. In the limited space of coins, the engravers could highlight effectively the most important and popular events from the story of Orpheus.
Bas Verschuuren and Naoya Furuta (eds.), 'Asian Sacred Natural Sites: Philosophy and Practice in Protected Areas and Conservation'
Authors: Tuladhar-Douglas Will
Published: September 2019

Bas Verschuuren and Naoya Furuta (eds.), Asian Sacred Natural Sites: Philosophy and

Practice in Protected Areas and Conservation (London: Routledge, 2016), xxii + 318 pp.,

£43.99 (pbk), ISBN: 9781138936317.
Sarah M. Pike, 'For the Wild: Ritual and Commitment in Radical Eco-Activism'
Authors: Sponsel Leslie
Published: September 2019

Sarah M. Pike, For the Wild: Ritual and Commitment in Radical Eco-Activism (Oakland: University of California Press, 2017), ix-xi + 293 pp., $34.95 (pbk), ISBN: 9780520294967.
Joseph D. Witt, 'Religion and Resistance in Appalachia: Faith and the Fight against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining'
Authors: Ammon Laura
Published: September 2019

Joseph D. Witt, Religion and Resistance in Appalachia: Faith and the Fight against

Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2016), xi +

284 pp., $60 (hbk), ISBN: 978-0813168-12-8.
Measuring and Supporting Second Language Development Using Computerized Dynamic Assessment
Authors: Zhang Jie , Lu Xiaofei
Published: September 2019

This study developed an innovative framework for measuring and supporting second language development through integrating diagnostic language assessment and instruction by incorporating mediation. Nineteen students enrolled in an intermediate Chinese listening and speaking course at a large public university in the Midwest United States took a computerized dynamic assessment (C-DA) listening test in the Spring 2015 semester. The C-DA test differed from traditional standardized tests in that it diagnosed not only students’ fully developed abilities but also their emerging abilities. It offered students graduated mediational prompts for items they had difficulty with and tracked the amount of mediation they needed for those items. The test report also included a learner profile detailing each student’s independent and mediated performance on clusters of items designed to test different language constructs. Based on the results of the diagnostic C-DA test, students were categorized in three groups, and each group was offered instructional support tailored to their listening abilities and learning needs. Analysis of the diagnostic test reports, student interviews, and end-of-semester student evaluations of the course provided evidence that the integration of diagnostic language assessment and instruction that incorporates appropriate mediation helped creating a coherent and effective pedagogy for the students.
Evaluating instruction through classroom Dynamic Assessment
Authors: Davin Kristin , ​Gómez-Pereira Diana
Published: September 2019

This article examines how a teacher utilized a sandwich approach to DA in a sixth grade Spanish World Language classroom to form a dialectical relationship between instruction and assessment. While existing research has provided evidence that mediation provided during group DA can promote the language learning of multiple students, these investigations presented data for only a few individuals in the group, rather than all. The present study explored how DA was used in the classroom to gather more accurate data on all learners so that instruction could be tailored more appropriately to individual’s needs. In the present study, the teacher delivered a pretest, analyzed students’ performance to design instructional modules, and then carried out a series of posttests and transfer tasks to determine learners’ mediated performance. Our findings focus on how the teacher’s analysis of student performance shaped her subsequent instructional decisions and interventions.
Harry Potter e aquele-que- -não-deve-ser-votado: Imaginação cívica, Ativismo de fãs e Fascismo Eterno em redes digitais do jornalismo de cultura pop
Authors: Viero Kolinski Machado Felipe , Gonzatti Christian
Published: September 2019

Discutimos no artigo a articulação entre política e cultura pop através de um editorial, e dos sentidos acionados por ele em um contexto de redes digitais, publicado pelo fansite Potterish: Aquele-Que-Não-Deve-Ser-Votado. O editorial, traçando paralelos entre a candidatura de Jair Bolsonaro e o personagem Lord Voldemort, posiciona os fãs de Harry Potter contra o político, mobilizando-os discursivamente a participarem das manifestações que ocorreram contra o, na época, candidato. Percebemos, utilizando a análise de construção de sentidos em redes digitais, que a ação aciona, dentro de um contexto específico do que é entendido como jornalismo de cultura pop, disputas que remetem a imaginação cívica, ao ativismo de fãs e ao fascismo eterno que se corporifica na cultura digital.
Investigação do Sexo e Idade através de Mensurações em Ossos Occipitais de Crânios Secos de Adultos
Authors: Brenno Victor dos Santos Nascimento  , Marcus Vinícius Vieira de Matos Pereira Silva  , Gabriel Cunha Brito  , Erasmo de Almeida Júnior
Published: September 2019

A Medicina Legal tem grande importância no processo de identificação humana, principalmente quando os especialistas da área recebem para análise apenas a porção cefálica do corpo. O objetivo deste estudo é verificar o dimorfismo sexual e a predição da idade através de mensurações em ossos occipitais de crânios secos de adultos. Os autores estudaram uma amostra de 149 crânios secos, sendo 90 masculinos e 59 femininos, que pertenceram a indivíduos com idade acima de 20 anos, e com sexo e idade conhecidos com total segurança. Foram realizadas as seguintes mensurações: distância entre os forames condilares (ifc); distância entre o forame condilar direito e o básio (fcd-b); distância entre o forame condilar esquerdo e o básio (fce-b), além de uma área triangular formada por estas medidas lineares (atz). Todas as variáveis passaram por uma análise de variância a fim de se testar a existência de efeito do sexo, além de que sua normalidade residual foi avaliada pelos coeficientes de assimetria, de curtose e pelo teste de Shapiro-Wilk. De acordo com a análise estatística, houve índice de acerto de 69,6% por regressão logística. Foram também verificadas estatísticas básicas como a média e intervalo de confiança através do teste t e também utilizado o método da regressão linear múltipla para a predição da idade, constatando que o modelo apresentou resultados significantes em duas variáveis. (p=0,0105). Os resultados permitiram a elaboração de metodologia estatística para o diagnóstico do sexo e idade em observações futuras.
Itinerarios escolares y destinos sociales. El efecto de los juicios pedagógicos en trayectorias estudiantiles en Paraguay
Authors: Ortiz Sandoval Luis
Published: September 2019

En los medios sociales desfavorecidos de Paraguay, la implementación de clasificaciones por la institución escolar se basa en la fijación de jerarquías de excelencia, que transforman los juicios pedagógicos en veredictos sociales para los estudiantes e incluso para sus familias. El objetivo de este escrito es mostrar cómo estos juicios involucran a los alumnos, docentes y padres, a lo largo del proceso educativo en los itinerarios que van desde la etapa preescolar hasta el final de la secundaria. El método empleado moviliza un abordaje cualitativo, basado en entrevistas calificadas. Los principales hallazgos revelan que el carácter temporal de la selección escolar convierte a los jóvenes –a través de su socialización– en alumnos excelentes o bien en alumnos relegados, con lo cual se refuerzan las jerarquías institucionales. A lo largo de las trayectorias, la escuela implementa las jerarquías que configuran la segregación social y que cumplen la función de legitimar las desigualdades sociales por la aceptación, de parte de los diferentes agentes, del orden institucional cuya lógica se muestra desconocida.
Veeduría de los proyectos de infraestructura pública: una responsabilidad de todo ciudadano
Authors: Serrano Guzmán María Fernanda , Pérez Ruiz Diego Darío , Zambrano Díaz Nikolas Augusto , Jaramillo Gómez María Alejandra
Published: September 2019

La formulación de los planes de desarrollo de los municipios se debe realizar partiendo de un diagnóstico de necesidades. Si fuese posible establecer un proceso monitorio sobre todo lo que no se ha ejecutado adecuadamente, podría resarcirse el perjuicio económico causado a aquellos proyectos no culminados aun cuando se les proveyeron fondos. Actualmente, los ciudadanos tienen las herramientas tecnológicas para hacer seguimiento de los procesos licitatorios. Este estudio muestra los resultados preliminares de la investigación sobre los procedimientos de contratación pública en Colombia. Se evidencia que el uso del sistema electrónico de contratación pública (Secop) es una herramienta de control que sirve para la veeduría de las inversiones públicas.
La evaluación y su incidencia en la deserción escolar: ¿Falla de un sistema, de las instituciones educativas, del docente o del estudiante?
Authors: Silvera Fonseca Luz Marina
Published: September 2019

El problema de la evaluación asociada a la deserción en instituciones educativas merece una atenta reflexión como la produce este artículo que luego de una revisión bibliográfica fija el objetivo de realizar un análisis sobre el tema en el contexto particular de la educación básica. En general, se concluye que a pesar de muchos esfuerzos por minimizar los efectos de una forma de evaluación instrumental, esta todavía prevalece a sabiendas de las consecuencias negativas que trae para algunos estudiantes y para el mismo sistema educativo. Lo cierto es que aún no hemos superado la visión técnica que sobre la evaluación se tiene, por cuanto el examen y control como sinónimos de medición del desempeño están afectando la permanencia escolar.
Adaptive Observer Design for Sensor Fault Detection and Reconstruction
Authors: Bedioui N. , Houimli R. , Besbes M.
Published: September 2019

A new approach is presented for sensor fault detection reconstruction and state estimation. The system considered is linear polytopic parameter-vary ing (LPV) system. The main idea is the design of a novel robust adaptive observer based on and polyquadratic formulation with a new set of relaxation. Sufficient conditions are given by a set of Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMI) in order to guarantee the stability of the system and the asymptotic convergence of the fault error. A simulation example has been studied to illustrate the proposed methods by detecting constant and variable sensor fault.
The Solution of a Problem of Speed of Response on Output Coordinate for Linear Dynamic Systems
Authors: Lovchakov V. I. , Shibyakin O. A.
Published: September 2019

The solution of the so-called problem of speed of response in one coordinate, which has important theoretical and practical importance, is investigated. It is formulated with reference to linear one-dimensional high-order control objects described by a system of ordinary differential equations in a certain phase space. The transient time tnn of the system designed is understood in a sense of the classical control theory in reference to one (output) coordinate of the object and is determined by using the zone Δ = σ* = 4.321 %, which equals the given (desirable) value of the overshoot of the system synthesized. This overshoot corresponds with the speed of response oscillating second-order element with a damping coefficient ζ= = 2 2 0,7071 / . It is indispensable to mention here that the equation Δ = σ is one of the necessary conditions for the maximum speed of response of the system with the oscillating character of transient processes. In accordance to this the task of the speed of response by one coordinate can be described by the following generalized formulation: one must find the linear algorithm of the feedback signal, which provides a preset order of the astatism na for the closed-loop control system and converts the control object from a zero state into a final state, which is determined by the constant signal of the input, with a minimal time value of the transient processes of the system tnn and the preset value of the overshoot σ m σ* while fulfilling the constraint of the control signal |u(t)| m umax. Nowadays the task mentioned is approximately solved by the algebraic method of the synthesis of linear control systems with the determination of a desirable transfer function of the designed closed-loop system based on model normalized transfer functions (NTF). In the works by Kim D. P. there was carried out the analysis of four types of normalized transfer functions characterized by the increased speed of response. In this work two additional types of normalized transfer functions are suggested, in comparison with mentioned NTF they have the increased speed of response in case of the preset value of the overregulation σ* = 4.321 %. On their basis and using the methodology of the modal control the method of the synthesis of the controller is suggested; this method ensures the transient time of the designed system to be close to the minimum in case of the preset constraint of the overregulation and the value of the control signal. It needs to be emphasized that in contrast to the algebraic method of the synthesis, this method is applied to a wider range of control objects: as to minimal-phased objects as to non-minimum-phased ones; as to the objects containing zeros as to those without them. The method is illustrated by an example of synthesis of control system speed of response of the fourth order, containing the results of its modeling.
The Relationship between Educational Pathways and Occupational Outcomes at the Intersection of Gender and Social Origin
Authors: Zimmermann Barbara , Seiler Simon
Published: September 2019

In this article, we are interested in the differences in the educational pathways and subsequent labour market outcomes by social origin and gender. We apply sequence analyses to model the educational trajectories and conduct regression analyses to determine how the individual’s own social status and the salary at labour market entry differs. First, our results show that educational pathways vary by parental status and gender when controlling for reading and mathematics/science skills. Men and pupils with a lower socioeconomic background are overrepresented in vocational education, whereas women and pupils with a more privileged socioeconomic background more often pursue general and academic tracks. Second, these different trajectories lead to unequal occupational status and income. Besides these indirect effects, significant direct effects of parental status and gender on the individual’s own occupational status and salary can be found. Together, these findings provide a broad overview of the emergence of inequalities by gender and social origin over the early life course, ranging from differences in skills learned in school to labour market outcomes.
‘Virtuous’ and ‘Vicious’ Circles? Adults’ Participation in Different Types of Training in the UK and Its Association with Wages
Authors: Luchinskaya Daria , Dickinson Peter
Published: September 2019

The relationship between education, skills and labour market outcomes is becoming an increasingly pressing issue in many countries. In the UK, recent changes in education and skills funding structures and the ongoing consequences of the 2008 recession may have affected participation in training. ‘Virtuous’ and ‘vicious’ circles of learning may exist, whereby access to training is associated with social advantage, and training begets more training. We explore workers’ participation in different types of training and how this is associated with wages using the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Our exploratory findings suggest that those working in lower-level occupations may not only be less likely to undertake training in general, but also less likely to have done types of training associated with wage increases (e.g., to meet occupational standards), and more likely to have done training associated with no or negative changes in wages (e.g., health and safety) compared to those working in higher-level occupations. We suggest that further research is needed to unpack the ‘black box’ of training and its impacts upon different groups of people. We discuss the implications of our findings to help break the ‘vicious’ circles.
QUANTIFICATION OF ECTOPIC FAT DEPOTS IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE
Authors: Kokov A. N. , Brel N. K. , Masenko V. L. , Gruzdeva O. V. , Dyleva Yu. A. , Belik E. V. , Barbarash O. L.
Published: September 2019

Purpose of the study. A comprehensive quantification of ectopic fat depots using modern methods of radiation diagnosis in patients with ischemic heart disease. Patients and methods. The study included 76 patients with a verified diagnosis of ischemic heart disease (IHD). The control group consisted of 32 people without clinical manifestations of IHD. All patients to assess the area and volume of visceral adipose tissue, as well as measuring the volume of paraaortic adipose tissue at the level of the abdominal aorta were performed multispiral computed tomography (MSCT) at the level of L3–L5 vertebrae. In order to visualize and morphometry pericoronary and paraaortic adipose tissue at the level of the thoracic aorta, patients in both groups were performed MSCT angiography of the coronary arteries with ECG synchronization. To visualize the epicardial fat depot with an assessment of the thickness of the adipose tissue layer, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the heart was performed. Results. During the comparative analysis, significantly higher values of quantitative indicators of the main ectopic fat depots were noted in patients with coronary artery disease. Estimation of the prevalence of obesity according to BMI data in the compared groups showed no significant differences. Considering the standard values of the area and volume of visceral adipose tissue, the prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in the group of patients with IHD. Conducted correlation analysis showed the relationship of quantitative indicators of ectopic visceral, para-aortic and epicardial fat depots. Moreover, in the group of patients with IHD, stronger correlations were found between the fat depots of different localization (r = 0,71, p = 0,013 in group with IHD and r = 0,59, p = 0,039 in group without IND). Conclusion. Modern tomographic methods allow for a comprehensive quantification of ectopic fat depots. Significantly higher morphometry indices of the studied fat depots in patients with coronary artery disease demonstrate the need to develop a unified diagnostic algorithm for reliable stratification of cardiometabolic risk.
PLATELET-RICH PLASMA THERAPY FOR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION: A REVIEW OF PRECLINICAL AND CLINICAL STUDIES
Authors: Kaprin A. D. , Kostin A. A. , Epifanova M. V. , Chalyy M. E. , Gameeva E. V. , Artemenko S. A.
Published: September 2019

Erectile dysfunction is no longer a psychosocial problem. Nowadays, it is a marker specific for the initial stages of cardiovascular diseases. Рlatelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a new and promising method, which totally deserves to be noted by specialists. To review currently existing pre-clinical and clinical studies concerning application of PRP in erectile dysfunction published in international sources such as PubMed, Cochrane Library, Clinicaltrials.gov. The current data of preclinical and clinical studies determine the absence of PRP side effects and the effectiveness for ED treatment. PRP-therapy is a pathogenetically substantiated method of treating erectile dysfunction. The therapy is designed for repair and regeneration of endothelium, smooth muscle cells, and connective tissue. However, large, placebo-controlled, multicenter studies are needed to creation a systematic review and meta-analysis.
PHYTOTHERAPY FOR INFLAMMATORY DISEASES OF THE PROSTATE
Authors: Kulchenko N. G. , Yatsenko E. V.
Published: September 2019

The article discusses the effectiveness of herbal medicine in inflammatory diseases of the prostate. This literature review presents clinical studies of the successful use of herbal ingredients in the treatment of chronic prostatitis and relief of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Biological active substances of Urtica dioica, Cucurbita moschata, Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), and zinc are effective in the treatment of chronic prostatitis due to anti-inflammatory, antiproliferative, antiandrogenic and antioxidant action. Phytopreparations containing these substances can be recommended as the first line of correction of LUTS in chronic forgive categories III and IV; as a general tonic for men leading a sedentary lifestyle over the age of 35 years.
SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS AFTER MODULAR ENDOPROSTHETICS IN PATIENTS WITH ACETABULAR TUMOR
Authors: Iluridze G. D. , Karpenko V. Yu. , Derzhavin V. A. , Bukharov A. V.
Published: September 2019

There are various methods of restoring the integrity of the pelvic ring, after surgery in patients with tumor lesions of the pelvic bones, allowing to keep the limb with good oncological and functional results. A new stage in the development of organ conservation treatment in this group of patients is the use of modular endoprostheses based on the conical leg. The development of postoperative complications leads to an unsatisfactory result of treatment, despite the radical surgery and technically correct endoprosthesis. This, in turn, leads to repeated surgical interventions, namely to remove metal structures, or to perform a crippling operation. Purpose. To analyze postoperative complications and methods of their treatment in patients after modular endoprosthesis replacement of the acetabulum. Patients and methods. From 2011 to 2018, surgical treatment of endoprosthesis using modular metal structures based on a conical leg was performed in 30 patients. There were 13 men (43%) and 17 women (57%). The median age was 45 years (23–63 years). Primary malignant tumors of pelvic bones were in 19 (63%) patients, 5 (17%) had a giant cell tumor. Two (7%) patients had solitary metastases of kidney cancer and one (3%) with synovial sarcoma, and 3 (7%) had relapses after previous surgical treatment. Results. The average follow-up period was 36 months. Progression of the disease in terms of 6 to 40 months was revealed in 10 patients (33%), 8 (27%) of which died, the remaining 22 (67%) are alive with no signs of progression. In the postoperative period, 11 (37%) patients developed complications with predominance (up to 30%) of infectious. The average functional result on the MSTS scale was 59%. Conclusion. The use of modular prostheses on the basis of a conical leg in patients with tumors of the pelvic bones allow to perform safe operations with a satisfactory functional and oncological result. The result obtained in our study is comparable with the data of world literature.
FACTORS CONDUCIVE TO INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN POLISH PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE OPINION OF PARENTS
Authors: Chimicz Dorota , Lewicka-Zelent Agnieszka
Published: September 2019

The importance of inclusive education for the education system and more effective social inclusion of students with special educational needs (SEN) and care for its quality in schools is an issue raised both in Europe and more widely at international level. In 2017, a modification of legal provisions in the field of providing psychological and pedagogical assistance to pupils with special educational needs in Poland was introduced. A year later, the Children’s Ombudsman conducted a diagnostic survey, which aimed at getting to know parents’ opinions about the state of inclusive education and the support offered to pupils with SEN in mainstream schools. The obtained data suggest that in the opinion of parents76 schools participating in the study, situation of SEN students can be assessed as satisfactory. Nearly 80% of children attend schools in the vicinity of their place of residence. The teachers and specialists employed in schools are rather well prepared to work with pupils with SEN, they often implement recommendations contained in the opinions issued by psychological and pedagogical counseling centers.
CAREER GUIDANCE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY
Authors: Skabe Ilze
Published: September 2019

People with disabilities in any society are at risk of social exclusion and discrimination. Nowadays, in recent decades, the treatment of people with disabilities has shifted towards giving people with special needs the opportunity to manage their own lives. The emphasis is on building a society that incorporates and is capable of meeting the needs of all people, including people with disabilities. Career development is a continuous process in which an individual uses information about himself, collects it and uses it to master the vast of professions and apply it to himself. This report discusses people with disabilities and their opportunities to integrate into the Latvian labor market.
CAREER COUNSELLOR GUIDANCE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CAREER DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
Authors: Drozdovs Vitalijs
Published: September 2019

In globalization era career management has been changed. The individual is now responsible for the decisions he or she will make in terms of career. The problem is crucial for secondary school students, as when they graduate secondary school they should know what they going to do next. Some students leave a career decision to the latest moment; however it may lead to serious problems as career uncertainty may impact students’ future career. Career counsellor may guide students, although the final decision about future profession choice should be made by them. The paper provides theoretical framework of career guidance system in Latvia. 76 secondary school students were involved in the study from Rezekne Polish State Gymnasium. The results of the study showed that secondary school students think about their future profession. However, most of the secondary students do not plan to attend career counsellor. Various factors may affect students’ decisions about their future career, though most of them rely on their own opinion.
CAREER SUPPORT FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH DURING THE UNEMPLOYED-TO-EMPLOYED TRANSITION IN THE PROJECTS „YOUTH GUARANTEE” ACTIVITY „WORKSHOPS FOR YOUTH”
Authors: Lizdika Līga
Published: September 2019

Youth without profession and unclear vision for the future are exposed to unemployment risk. The State Employment Agency, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science, local governments, social services, youth organizations, employers, as well as educational institutions, implements the project „Youth Guarantee”. Activity „Workshops for Youth” is one of activity of project „Youth Guarantee”. The aim of „Workshops for Youth” is to involve youth in labor market by giving a chance to get to know three professions during six weeks.            The aim of the research – to establish the results of career support for entry into employment of unemployed youth within the project „Youth Guarantee” after the activity „Workshops for Youth”.            Methods:1. Theoretical – literature selection, study and analysis.2.  Data acquisition – interview, survey.3. Data analysis – descriptive statistics, the criterion of Kolmogorov-Smirnov.            The results of the youth survey show that after the participation in activity „Workshops for Youth” youth are motivated to continue their education, as well as to start working in one of the profession. Also after participating in activity „Workshops for Youth” youth can to continue training and work in hired labor or as a self-employed person.
TEHNOLOGY ACADEMIA OF REZEKNE ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE: CONTENT AND ELECTRONIC DATABASE
Authors: Ābelniece Astra , Čakša Valda
Published: September 2019

The study was conducted on Rezekne Technology Academy (RTA) Oral History Archives (MVA), the contents of the database, priorities and vision of development and a common archive creation objective - to promote the use of oral history in the regional trials. The article deals with the oral history archive electronic database structure, described it contains four funds, which include graduates, lecturers and repressed interviews, as well as well as a variety of professions or other interviews.
CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF DOCUMENTS AND ARCHIVES MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS
Authors: Stanka Indra , Malahovskis Vladislavs
Published: September 2019

In Latvia state and municipal institutions document and archive management is strictly regulated. Regularly are made additions and innovations. In recent years actually discussion about the digitization of documents and information into electronic form, but part of the law does not apply to organizations. Nowadays in Latvia is a situation in which private organizations (in witch are not strictly monitored documents and archives management) can’t save documents that provides any specific information. This information can bring legal consequences and it is probable that future researchers may have undisclosed information such a areas research, influential person biography, etc. Very important is analyze the country regulated laws, available literature and use possibilities provided by technologies to make easier your documents and archives organization.
THE USE OF DOCUMENTS OF 1083 STATE AS “VEF” (1985 – 1990)
Authors: Strapcāne Ilvija , Malahovskis Vladislavs
Published: September 2019

The documents of the Fonds of the JSC VEF are stored in NAL State Archive of Personnel Files (SAPF) at Šampētera Street 16 in Riga. Chronological framework of the documents in Fonds is from 1944 until 2000, but research of the Paper is on documents from 1985 until 1990. Archive documents are a specific source of information. This trail includes a distinctive range of information that is impossible to get nowhere else. That why to provide use of documents is an important archival function. JSC "VEF" Fond documents can be used for various purposes. Archive documents can be used for compose reference and for research purposes. The Aim of the research Paper: to study the opportunities of use of documents in Fonds of Joint Stock Company VEF.
ARHIVING OF ORAL HISTORY SOURCES IN LATVIA: EXAMPLE OF MUSEUM OF THE OCCUPATION OF LATVIA
Authors: Strods Kaspars , Malahovskis Vladislavs
Published: September 2019

Since second half of 1980s in Eastern Europe and Latvia importance of oral history sources is increasing in various study sectors. It has become relevant material for archiving, preservation, digitization and solving various problematic issues. The research is based on study of Museum of the Occupation of Latvia Audiovisual holdings source archiving experience
CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR PIRACY
Authors: Kaļva Aldis
Published: September 2019

The publication is dedicated to reflect of problems concerning criminal liability for piracy, their analysis and expression of proposals for their prevention. The author analyzes the judicial decisions of copyright infringement, giving rise to the conclusion, that currently there is problem translating the concept “essential damage”. There is raised thesis that paragraph 148 of the Criminal Law can’t accomplish their functions and can’t protect in constitution guaranteed copyrights, on the publication. Finally, there are provided conclusions.
THE DEVELOPMENT SPIRAL OF PATIENT’S WILL
Authors: Mazure Līga
Published: September 2019

This article is devoted to the research of the historical origin of the patient’s will institute from ancient times to nowadays, thus substantiating the necessity for the civil law’s protection of patient’s will. The expressions of the increasing or decreasing significance of patient’s will, their causes and legal consequences in the specific period of time reflect the nuances of patient’s will and their development when patient’s will as a complex institute is being formed. In general the development spiral of patient's will legal recognition was characterized in the historical development of patient's will institute.
THE CHILD’S AND ITS PARENTS LEGAL STATUS AFTER CHILD’S PLACEMENT IN BABY BOX
Authors: Pleša Ilze , Mazure Līga
Published: September 2019

This report includes information about Baby Box project and consequences that occur after parents have placed their baby in a hatch. After placement in the hatch baby gets the status of a foundling that provides faster reach of family environment and adoption. The given status of a foundling ensures protection of a child’s rights, but it still needs to be defined properly. Whereas it’s defined that parents of the baby that has been placed in a hatch have rights to get their child back while the adoption isn’t approved by a court. According to the existing rules, parents can’t actually know how the process of adoption is going, that’s why terms and time limits should be set for parents to get back their child.
LIABILITY OF UNLAWFUL USE OF AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Authors: Kairiša Karīna , Jermacāne Aija
Published: September 2019

The 21st century is called the technological era where information storage takes place on the website. Due to the diversity there is an interest about the acquisition and use of confidential information in malicious intent. Offences in cyberspace are new in modern society and their discovery and observation is independent research question. Illegal access to automated data processing systems is creation of financial loss and persons legitimate interests violation with the material injury. In article are analyzed signs Latvian Criminal law of the article 241st, 243rd and the criteria for the qualification of the criminal offence of composition
DETERMINATION OF PUNISHMENT IN THE LAW AND PRACTICE
Authors: Laizāns Pēteris , Mežulis Dainis
Published: September 2019

In 2016, 45639 criminal offenses were registered in Latvia, of which 2,595 were registered in Daugavpils and 491 were registered in Daugavpils district (Overview of crimes recorded in the country by administrative territory from 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2016). From ancient times, each nation, each country has to deal with quite complex issues related to fight against crime, to choice and application of criminal punishment. The article provides an insight into the practice of imposing penalties in the Daugavpils Court, emphasizing the dynamic link between criminal offenses and application of the penalty.
INCRIMINATION AND THE MODIFICATION OF INCRIMINATION IN HEARING
Authors: Upīte Arita , Bulgakova Ilona
Published: September 2019

The author of the research provides the explanation of the concept of criminal proceedings, its content, explores and analyzes the possibilities of amending the incrimination in court hearing process and its application in practice by studying and analyzing the legal literature, legal regulation and practice materials. Researching the Criminal Proceedings Law paragraphs 461 and 462 application in practice, the author has identified that public prosecutors, amending the incrimination in court hearing process, often indicate only the paragraph, without pointing the way the incrimination was amended, which does not allow to draw a conclusion if the way of incrimination amending has been understood correctly, as well as the incrimination amendment is used to clarify the incrimination and correct misspelling mistakes that have been made.The author of the research makes suggestions for improvement of mentioned regulations, because the incrimination must provide full understanding of its essence, without searching for additional explanations in criminal case materials.
ROLE OF PRINCIPLES OF LAW-MAKING IN DRAFTING LEGISLATION
Authors: Zarembina Jekaterina , Gaveika Artūrs
Published: September 2019

Currently, the legislation in the Republic of Latvia is not transparent due to its large amount, duplication and even contradictions. Principles of law-making are the guidelines of drafting legislation; consequently, they must guarantee the quality of law. Each state itself specifies the process and requirements for drafting legislation. The main tasks of the article are to study and describe the principles of law-making stipulated in legal science, to reveal problems of law-making process in the Republic of Latvia and review the place and role of law-making principles in legal systems of other states. After the foreign law-making practice will have been explored to offer improvements in law-making in the Republic of Latvia.
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: GOALS, LEGAL STATUS AND LEGAL BASIS
Authors: Katunina Margarita , Semenov Nikita
Published: September 2019

The authors of the article define a non-commercial organization according to the Russian legislation. They focus their attention on goals and legal status of non-profit organizations. Forms of non-profit organizations are given. Also Russian legislative acts regulating non-profit organizations are given. The authors of the article study the Russian legislation on non-commercial organizations, analyze and summarize it.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AS A FACTOR OF DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION (WITH THE EXAMPLE OF PSKOV REGION)
Authors: Andreyanova Inna , Kupriyanova Arina
Published: September 2019

authors in this article has provided an analysis of development of enterprise structures of small and medium size business at the territory of Pskov region, has identified main problems and has provided support measures and prospects of developing entrepreneurship.