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Protecting the Management Channel of Robotic Systems
Authors: Baranov Vladimir , Aliyev Elnur
Published: October 2019

Automated and robotic systems have an indissoluble connection between computing and physical elements included in them. Today, the representatives of such systems can be found in a wide variety of areas – space, automotive, chemical technology, civil infrastructure, energy, health, manufacturing, transportation, and consumer devices. This class of systems is often considered as cyberphysical systems.

The article presents an example of creating a robotic complex, as an element of the CBS, with a secure control system based on the AES encryption algorithm, which is currently the most crypto-resistant.

In addition, to protect against a brute-force attack on a cryptographic key, the management system must implement a key distribution algorithm to generate a new key each time before executing the command.

The article developed a robotic complex and a system that allows you to manage this complex for a reliable cryptographically stable connection. The main element of this system is the STM32F415 cryptographic chip. It allows you to reduce the load on the CPU to perform control algorithms, freeing it from cryptographic operations, thereby ensuring a gain in time.
Basics of Adaptive Information Security Systems
Authors: Kalita Anastasia , Ozhiganova Marina , Tishchenko Evgeny
Published: October 2019

Over the past few decades, there has been a tendency to minimize the participation of the human factor in various production and other processes. This process is implemented through the mass introduction of automated systems. Man-machine complexes are currently the most common and productive model of activity.

At the current stage of technology development, the process of human activity automation is only an intermediate link on the way to excluding human intervention. This direction is the most relevant for systems that have a potential and real threat to human health and life (for example, manufacturing plants) or systems that are threatened by a person (for example, transport systems). The second group includes the sphere of information security. There is a need to move to the next level of excluding the human factor – introducing adaptive systems that will transfer the process of information protection in a completely different plane.

The organization of adaptive information security systems is based on applying existing methods of adaptation from other areas of scientific knowledge in relation to information security issues. Features of such application of the generalized principles of adaptation reflect the specifics of the subject area without violating generally accepted norms.

This article discusses the general principles of adaptive systems. It investigates the existing approaches to the organization of adaptive information security systems as well.
The Analysis of the Properties and Characteristics of Passwords for a Hardware Manager Based on Arduino Microcontroller
Authors: Lebedenko Alexey , Vasilyev Evgeny
Published: October 2019

The use of passwords is one of the most popular ways to authenticate users on the Internet. Because of the specificity of storing passwords, developers are forced to impose restrictions on which passwords are safer to use. For example, most often a password must contain at least 8 characters, have letters of different registers, contain special characters, etc. It can be stated that over time, these restrictions only increase, and this in turn complicates the choice of a secure and at the same time easy-to-remember password. For example, the most secure password will contain 128 characters with maximum entropy.

The article is devoted to user authentication, password entropy and valid passwords for websites, methods for improving authentication by developing a hardware password manager based on Arduino microcontroller.

Thus, a password generated randomly has more entropy than a password generated by the user. The algorithm of the device includes functions of generating a password from the permissible characteristics and maximum entropy, storing the password on the device, improving security by confirming actions, reading the password from the device to the input line, and using the pin-code protection.
The Features of the Technique of Practical Training on “Fundamentals of Simulation of Automated Systems» Discipline
Authors: Rodionov Alexander , Zhuchkov Alexander , Pekut Victoria
Published: October 2019

The paper deals with the content and methods of practical training in “Fundamentals of Simulation of Automated Systems”discipline. The relevance of the work is due to ever-growing requirements for the design of protected information systems, which are a class (subsystem) of automated systems. The level of mathematical training of students, and especially undergraduates, is significantly different. This leads to the need for the careful study of methods of lectures and especially practical training in the discipline.

With multiple simulations of the network system, it is possible to accumulate statistics on the output scalars and thus compare the parameters of the system at different times. This is necessary because the network model is stochastic and depending on the initial values of the input data set by the random number generator, different simulation results can be obtained.
The Analysis of Modern Data Storage Systems
Authors: Shevtsov Vadim , Abramov Evgeny
Published: October 2019

Today, Storage Area Network and Cloud Storage are the common Storage System. Storage Area Network includes NAS, SAN, DAS systems. Cloud Storage includes object storage, file storage, block storage.

Storage Area Network is an important technology because it may give a lot of data volume with a high recovery chance and secure access, work and central management with data.

Cloud Storage has many advantages: data mobility, teamwork, stability, scalability, quick start. The main threats include destruction, theft, corruption, unauthentication, replacement, blocking. Storage Area Network components (architecture elements, protocols, interfaces, hardware, system software, exploitation) have a lot of vulnerabilities. Cloud Storage may be attacked by software, functional elements, clients, hypervisor, management systems.

A lot of companies design storage solutions: DropBox, QNAP, WD, DELL, SEAGATE.
Crimea geomagnetic field: changes in particular components over the period 1900 -2014
Authors: Kurbasova Galina S , Volvach Alexandr E
Published: October 2019

The paper discusses the results of the analysis of average characteristics of the geomagnetic field in the Crimea. Data for the analysis were calculated for the period from 1900 to 2014 through the International geomagnetic model IGRF-12. It is concluded that an increase in the total intensity of the geomagnetic field in Crimea with time in a northeasterly direction.
Detection of the kilomaser of water vapor in the Galaxy
Authors: Volvach Larisa N , Volvach Alexandr E , Larionov Michail G
Published: October 2019

The results of long-term monitoring of the Galactic maser source IRAS 18316-0602 (G25.65+1.05) in the water-vapor line at frequency f = 22.235 GHz (616- 523 transitioin) carried out on the 22-m Simeiz radio telescopes are reported. The accurate distance estimate for IRAS 18316-0602 (12.5 kpc) and the flux density at the flare maximum ( ≈ 1.3 × 105 Jy) makes this the most powerful Galactic kilomaser known.
Stochastic modulation and demodulation of signals based on autoregression with varying parameters during information exchange over communication channels
Authors: Andriyanov Nikita A , Gavrilina Yuliya N
Published: October 2019

The presence of a multitude of communication devices that simultaneously operate in the various communication systems creates a complex situation, both in terms of the correct reception of information, and in terms of the electromagnetic environment. In this regard, a solution is required that ensures reliable reception of signals in a different way than the existing ones. To modulate a digital signal, an algorithm for generating random processes with varying parameters was proposed. The ranges of distinguishing parameters for which effective demodulation is performed are established. In addition, the algorithm of modulation and demodulation of digital signals was proposed, the effectiveness of its work with different parameters variability was investigated, the filtration efficiency of such signals was investigated with known parameters.
Organization of a local navigation system with the use of adaptive low-element antenna array
Authors: Shirokov Igor , Serdyuk Igor V , Shirokova Elena I , Mordvinova Anna Yu
Published: October 2019

The operation principles of local navigation system with the use of adaptive low-element antenna array are considered in this paper. The system will allow determining the coordinates of the vessel with high accuracy. For the eliminating the ambiguity of phase measurements of distances, the necessity of the formation of microwave signals with a small frequency shift was justified. The method of microwave signal forming is discussed. It is shown that the use of adaptive low-element antenna arrays improves system performance without a significant increase in the cost of the system. Adaptive antenna arrays minimize the effect of multipath propagation, which inevitably occurs while microwave propagation over the water surface.
Terahertz generator - spherotron
Authors: Kurayev Alexander A , Matveyenka Vladimir V
Published: October 2019

A simulation of terahertz generator - spherotron was performed. It was shown such a generator has a very simple design and efficiency of 30 %, when beam current in a pulse of 1-10 kA and a voltage about 45 kV.
Relaxation processes in the irradiated bipolar and MOS devices
Authors: Bogatyrev Yuri V , Lastovski Stanislav B , Ogorodnikov Dmitriy A , Ket’ko Alexander V , Kozlovski Victor A
Published: October 2019

The relaxation processes appeared in condenser and transistor MOS structures, СМОS integrated circuits on their basis, and also bipolar transistor structures, irradiated by fast electrons with energy of 4 MeV or gamma-quantum’s Co60 are observed. The relaxation (annealing) of the radiation-induced charge in SiO2 can occur at the expense of electrons tunneling in oxide from silicon (at n-channel MOS structures) or from metal (at p-channel MOS structures). It is recommended, considering relaxation processes, for reception of adequate results at tests of bipolar and MOS-devices for radiation hardness to observe the equal time last after the termination of irradiation and before conducting of control measurements (within each party of the same samples).
Radiation-Hardening-By-Design of the HighPerformance CMOS Nanometer System-on-chip
Authors: Gerasimov Yuriy M , Grigoryev Nikolay G , Kobylyatskiy Andrey V , Petrichkovich Yaroslav Ya , Solokhina Tatiana V
Published: October 2019

The influence of the dominant radiation effects in bulk CMOS IC and VLSI on their electrical parameters and characteristics is analyzed. The effects of scaling and electrical modes on device and parasitic n-MOS transistors on the radiation hardness parameters are considered. The methodology of radiation-hardening-by-design of system-on-chip (SoC) and SRAM was developed for the 250-90 nm bulk CMOS processes. Technical solutions are proposed that provide an increased level of total ionizing dose tolerance, failure tolerance, and the absence of the latch-up effect. The framework for high-performance radiation-hardened SoC and SRAM design, containing standard cell libraries and IP-blocks, has been created. Basic technical solutions are certified on special test chips and as part of developed VLSI.
Reflectivity of carbon-fiber metallized antennas
Authors: Nikolenko Andrei S , Koposova Elena V , Parshin Vladimir V , Serov Eugene A
Published: October 2019

The results of reflectivity study of metalized carbon-fiber panels for antennas of satellite radiometers in the MM and SubMM ranges are presented. The panels reflection losses with metalized polyimide film strips pasted on them and the effect of overlap between the film strips on the reflection losses were investigated. A numerical calculation based on consideration of the problem of plane wave scattering at the real overlap structure showed that for the electric field polarization along and across the overlap, the reflection loss at frequency 200 GHz differs by ~ 13 %.
Estimation of multipath propagation of chaotic radio-pulses in a wireless channel
Authors: Kuzmin Lev V , Grinevich Alexander V
Published: October 2019

Experiments on multipath indoor propagation of ultrawideband (UWB) chaotic radio pulses of microwave band are described. The goal is to experimentally obtain propagation results for UWB chaotic signals of different power. Propagation of different-power chaotic radio pulses gives different multipath patterns detected by the receiver due to its finite sensitivity. A comparison of the chaotic pulse envelope waveforms at the receiver revealed the role of the reflected paths with different delays.
Dental emergency: scoping review protocol v1
Authors: Frichembruder Karla , Mello dos Santos Camila , Neves Hugo Fernando
Published: October 2019

Introduction: considering the high prevalence of dental caries, understand the factors that may influence the use of network health services in dental emergency cases is important to improve the access and qualify the emergency net care (ENC). To provide an overview about this field in Brazil we consider performing a scoping review. The aim of this publication is to present the protocol of a scoping review about dental emergency in public health services in Brazil. Methods and analysis: the review will follow the Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methods protocol. We will search for relevant studies in MEDLINE, EMBASE, SCIELO and perform a gray literature search using Google Scholar. Two independent reviewers will select the articles. Discrepancies will be solved through discussion and, in case of disagreement, with a third reviewer. Descriptive statistical analysis will be performed. Ethics and dissemination: a paper summarizing the findings from this review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal. Ethical approval is not required.
Planetary Dominoes - How microbes drive biogeochemical cycles v1
Authors: Szeinbaum Nadia , Johnson Abbigail , Swofford Thomas
Published: October 2019

This protocol describes the step to assemble your own Planetary Domino. We designed this at Georgia Tech for an Astrobiology outreach event called "An Evening of Wonder", which we organized as part of AbGradCon2018. The goal of this activity was to introduce how microorganisms drive many geochemical cycles and how they are interconnected. Each domino piece corresponds to a bacerial functional role/"trophic" role (i.e., aerobic heterotrophs, anaerobic metal reducers, etc.) contains substrates on one side and products on the other. The idea is to find how they can be connected, like pieces of a domino.
Adoption of Electronic Techniques in Teaching English-Yoruba Bilingual Youths the Semantic Expansion and Etymology of Yoruba Words and Statements
Authors: Opoola B T , Opoola A F,
Published: October 2019

Yoruba is one of the Nigeria’s four hundred languages linguistically threatened with extinction considering the language attitude of its native speakers especially the youths. The youths’ flair for English is making them lose interest in the use of Yoruba. This study was designed to introduce and teach the Yoruba youths the origin of some Yoruba words and statements using electronic devices like video tape recorder, phones, and power points presentation. Twenty Yoruba words, phrases, clauses, and statements were dramatized, recorded in CDrom and practically demonstrated in the classroom setting. We elicited our data through various Yoruba discourses with their historical origin traced to past happenings. The major sources of data collection for this study include records of discourses in Yoruba, waxed musical records and conversations among Yoruba natives especially in Urban areas in Nigeria. Twenty of the collated words, phrases, clauses and statement were also linguistically analyzed. The study encourages the use of electronic gadgets in teaching Yoruba. It is also a valuable attempt among others in saving Yoruba language from going to extinction as a result of its native youth speakers’ lack of interest and knowledge of the origin of many of its words, clauses, phrases, statements and usage.
A Spatial Analysis of Isabel Archer in The Portrait of a Lady
Authors: Bai Chenying
Published: October 2019

This paper attempts to develop a comprehensive analysis of Isabel Archer in The Portrait of a Lady from the perspective of spatial theory. It analyses the houses Archer settles down to expound that the physical surrounding constitutes not only the background setting but also the influential part of narration and character-shaping, explains how Archer deals with the conflicts between American and European culture through her marriage choice, revealing James’ aspiration for cultural integration, excavates Archer’s mental space to indicate her cognitive development of self-identification and growth from an innocent girl to a mature lady, so as to develop a profound understanding of the novel.
Is the Spreading of Internet Neologisms Netizen-Driven or Meme-driven? Diachronic and Synchronic Study of Chinese Internet Neologism Tuyang Tusen Po
Authors: Song Zongwei
Published: October 2019

With the development of internet corpus and sophisticated searching engines, it is possible and convenient to apply the linguistic big data to quantitatively conduct research to Chinese internet neologism tuyang tusen po. Based on linguistic big data from the Web Corp Live and Baidu Index, the author has conducted the diachronic and synchronic research to the Chinese internet neologism tuyang tusen po. It is found that: (1) tuyang tusen po is used as noun, adjective and exclamation by Chinese netizens; (2) during using tuyang tusen po, there exist several spreading centres in the macro, middle and micro scope; (3) the spreading of Chinese internet neologism tuyang tusen po is netizen-driven, not the so called meme-driven. The primary conclusion is that there are several spreading centers during the spreading of the Chinese internet neologisms, which is caused by netizen-driven. The findings can not be quantitatively revealed without linguistic big data from the internet.
The Complexation of Silver (I) ion with 18-Crown-6 Ether in Water and Some Polar Aprotic Solvents
Authors: Feofanov Denis A. , Penin Maxim Yu. , Epov Oleg A. , Fabinskii Pavel V.
Published: October 2019

The process of complexation of silver (I) ions with 18-crown-6 ether in some polar water-aproton solvents at a constant temperature of 308К was studied by direct potentiometric titration. The stability constants of the resulting complex are determined depending on the molar fraction from 0.2 to 0.8 dimethylsulfoxide and dimethylformamide in the composition of the mixed solvent. It is shown that, despite the same nature of the co-solvents, they have the opposite effect on the stability constant of the complex due to the instability of DMF in an acidic medium and when heated. It is noted that the studied reaction is exothermic and the temperature increase reduces the stability of the studied complexes
Determination of the Mineral Composition of the Lake Bottom Sediments by X-Ray Diffraction Method and Physico-Chemical Modelling
Authors: Smelyy Roman V. , Kaneva Ekaterina V. , Oshchepkova Anastasiya V. , Bychinskii Valerii A. , Aisueva Tat’yana S. , Shchetnikov Aleksandr А. , Pashkova Galina V. , Yakimov Igor’ S. , Finkelshtein Aleksandr L.
Published: October 2019

The paper reports comparison of three approaches to define the contents of minerals and mineral groups in the carbonate-silicate lake bottom sediments. The two approaches are based on the method of X-ray powder diffraction. The first one treats with the Rietveld Method in the software DIFFRAC Plus diffractometer D8 Advance (PDF-2 database). The second one uses the method of reference intensities (corundum ratios) and optimization of the model powder patterns from the X-ray phase standards of PDF-2 database and equations of the element balance with regularization of the least square functional. The third approach of physic-chemical modeling selects probable single mineral and multi-component phases through modelling the sold solutions, and it uses the data on the element composition obtained by XRF technique, as well as the data of X-ray diffraction on the qualitative mineral composition. Thirty samples of bottom sediment cores taken in the Zun-Torey Lake in East Siberia were analyzed by the three approaches described herein. The contents of mineral groups (feldspars, quartz, clay minerals and carbonates) varied within the range 10-40 mass %. The discrepancies between obtained results show the standard deviation ranging from 2 to 9 mass %. A relative standard deviation commonly provides the value below 30 %, so such determinations could be considered quantitative ones. With regard to the acquired data, it is hard to prefer this or that approach. Available data was employed to assess the error of X-ray phase powder analysis in measuring the abundance of mineral groups in the carbonate-silicate sedimentary rocks in the absence of reference materials to compare with certified mineral composition
Modelando las políticas públicas. Estrategias de las organizaciones de base para la incidencia en políticas públicas. Un estudio de casos del Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Authors: Moreno Itatí Del Rosario
Published: October 2019

Existen múltiples actores que inciden en las políticas públicas, entre estos se encuentran las organizaciones de base. Muchas de estas organizaciones, a pesar de no contar con grandes recursos, logran con éxito su objetivo e inciden en las políticas públicas, dejando su marca en la configuración de prioridades y políticas estatales. Ante esto, es pertinente preguntarse no solo a qué estrategias de acción recurren las organizaciones de base para incidir en las políticas públicas, sino también de qué manera estas estrategias pueden favorecer dicha incidencia. A partir del estudio de casos y la comparación como principales métodos de trabajo, el argumento de este artículo es que la combinación sostenida en el tiempo de estrategias de mediación, de confrontación y de expansión de la arena de decisión favorece a la incidencia en las políticas públicas de las organizaciones de base, ya que permiten diferentes formas de acceso a las esferas de decisión.
Secularismo político en Chile a partir de los enfoques de Robert Audi y de Cecile Laborde
Authors: Bellolio Cristóbal
Published: October 2019

Este artículo explora si Chile puede considerarse secular bajo dos enfoques alternativos: el enfoque de «separación institucional» de Robert Audi y el reciente «enfoque de desagregación» de Cecile Laborde. Respecto del marco de Audi, se sostiene que el Estado chileno respeta el principio libertario, cumple solo parcialmente los requisitos del principio igualitario y está en deuda respecto al principio de neutralidad. Para el poder político chileno, la religiosidad y la ausencia de religiosidad no son valoradas de la misma manera. Con respecto al marco propuesto por Laborde, el Estado chileno cumple, en general, los requisitos de su secularismo mínimo. Subsisten, sin embargo, áreas problemáticas, especialmente cuando los funcionarios estatales emplean razones religiosas no accesibles en el foro legislativo, violando lo que Laborde llama el Estado justificable, y cuando el Gobierno utiliza formas de establecimiento simbólico que pueden afectar un estatus cívico igualitario, violando lo que Laborde llama el Estado inclusivo.
Teoría democrática deliberativa y ciencia política empírica
Authors: Thompson Dennis F. , García Jaramillo Leonardo , Fuentes Vélez Laura
Published: October 2019

Si bien en la década pasada [década de 1990] proliferaron los estudios empíricos sobre democracia deliberativa, pocos de ellos se ocuparon de las cuestiones más importantes de las teorías normativas. Al mismo tiempo, muchos teóricos de la democracia deliberativa desecharon rápidamente los hallazgos empíricos. Solo recientemente, algunos teóricos y empíricos han comenzado a prestar más atención al trabajo realizado por unos y otros. Sin embargo, no parece que esta atención baste para producir la comprensión que necesitamos de la democracia deliberativa; para ello hace falta que los teóricos y los investigadores empíricos desarrollen una mejor concepción de los elementos de la deliberación, los conflictos entre estos elementos y las relaciones estructurales de los sistemas deliberativos.
Mit nicht-invasiven Prüfungen Anlagenstillstände vermeiden
Authors: Unglaube Tobias , Däubler Lorenz , Becker Uwe
Published: October 2019

Die Wiederholprüfung der PLT-Sicherheitseinrichtungen dient dem Aufdecken von passiven Fehlern. Diese Wiederholprüfung senkt die Anlagenverfügbarkeit und ist zeit- und kostenintensiv. Die terminliche Frist lässt sich unter Berücksichtigung der Gesetzeslage selten verlängern, was zu einem wirtschaftlichen Verlust für Unternehmen führt. Im Rahmen einer Zuverlässigkeitsanalyse mit der Technischen Universität Braunschweig und der Hochschule Hannover wurde die Verfügbarkeit von PLT-Sicherheitseinrichtungen mit Petri-Netzen beschrieben, wobei nicht-invasive Wiederholprüfungen berücksichtigt wurden.
Erste MTP-Anwendung in einer kommerziellen Indstrieanlage
Authors: Da Silva-Santos Polyana , Stutz Andreas , Henrichs Tim , Rogg Martin
Published: October 2019

MTP bietet eine standard- und herstellerunabhängige Beschreibung von Modulen zur effizienten Integration in ein Process Orchestration Layer (POL). Das Modul Type Package (MTP) wurde erstmals entwickelt, um Kommunikations- und Konnektivitätsproblem ein hochadaptiven modularen Anlagen zu lösen. Doch auch in nicht-modularen Industrieanlagen ist die Integration von Package Units ähnlich komplex. Daher sind die MTP-Strukturen für modulare Produktionen ebenso hilfreich wie für die schnelle und sichere Integration von Package Units in konventionelle Fertigungsanlagen – und zwar in Brownfield- wie auch in Grenfield-Umgebungen. In diesem Beitrag stellen wir die erste realisierte Anwendnung der MTP-Standards in einerkommerziellen Industrieanlage vor.
The Effect of A Flipped Classroom on Students’ Achievements, Academic Engagement and Satisfaction Levels
Authors: TALAN Tarik , GULSECEN Sevinc
Published: October 2019

In this study, a flipped classroom was compared with blended learning and face-to-face learning environments and the aim was to identify the effect of these learning environments on students’ achievements, academic engagement and satisfaction levels. Based on this aim, one control and two experimental groups were formed. The students in Experiment-I learned the theoretical aspect of the course through the materials in the online learning environment which were prepared prior to the class study time in context with the “flipped classroom”. The students in Experiment-II learned the theoretical aspect of the course in the classroom in accordance with the blended learning model and fulfilled active learning activities out of class study time. The students in the control group learned the theoretical aspect of the course in the classroom according to the current curriculum and conducted active learning activities at their homes. It was found that the scores for the students in the experimental groups with regard to academic achievement and engagement were higher than the scores for those in the control group and the differences between the groups were statistically significant. It was revealed that the students were also generally satisfied with the flipped classroom.
The Co-Authorship and Subject Areas Network in MOOCS’ Scientific Production in Web of Science
Authors: ASADZANDI Shadi , MOJTAHEDZADEH Rita , MOHAMMADI Aeen , MALGARD Shiva , RASHIDI Hamed
Published: October 2019

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is a new phenomenon in online learning which are held by higher education institutions and universities. MOOCs is larger than normal classes and it is free as well. The present study aims to specify the authors’ structure of co-authorship and the required indicators in analyzing co-authorship, co-authorship network of countries, organizations and subject areas in MOOCs. All productions regarding scientific areas of MOOCs were extracted from the Web of Science from the beginning till 2016. There are 2195 extracted documents that were saved as txt and isi formats. Co-authorship drawing networks were prepared by website software CiteSpace version 5.1.R8 SE and Gephi version 0.9.2. MOOCs co-authorship network is regarded as spare that means the number of ties is less than nodes. This indicates that authors in this area have fewer tendencies for scientific relations. European countries play the main role in this area and their co-authorship is considerable. Harvard University has considerable co-authorship in this domain. According to the results of this study, MOOCs’ network suffers from the lack of collaboration.
Promoting Academic Writing Proficiency of Iranian EFL Learners through Blended Learning
Authors: HOSSEINPOUR Nafiseh , BIRIA Reza , REZVANI Ehsan
Published: October 2019

Blended learning is a combination of traditional and technology-enhanced learning. Social networks services can be used in blended learning settings as they support collaboration, resource sharing, and socialization. Edmodo is an educational social network which can facilitate the development of second or foreign language skills. This study intended to investigate the effects of blended learning through implementing Edmodo mobile application on the academic writing proficiency and perceptions of Iranian intermediate EFL learners in higher education. This quasi-experimental research followed a mixed method design. The results indicated that it was possible to integrate Edmodo mobile application into essay writing class successfully since the experimental group who practiced collaborative essay writing through Edmodo mobile application outperformed the control group regarding writing proficiency in general as well as such aspects as organization, vocabulary, and mechanics of writing. The qualitative analysis of follow-up interviews revealed that majority of students had positive opinions and perceived it as an innovative, engaging and helpful activity. Blended Language Learning is a promising area in the field of TEFL, and as such it is crucial for teachers to keep their teaching methodologies and techniques compliant with the technology developments of 21st century.
Evaluation of an Associate Degree Distance Program Based on Students’ Perceptions of the Program Components
Authors: DONMEZ H. Mustafa , HAKAN Ayhan
Published: October 2019

This study aimed to evaluate the Public Relations and Publicity associate degree distance program available to students through Open Education Faculty at Anadolu University, Turkey. The study used Erden’s (1998) component-oriented model and a convergent mixed methods design employing an online questionnaire form. The study population included students who had “active student” status in the program during the spring semester 2017. The study sample consisted of 412 students, who submitted complete questionnaire forms. The responses to the closed-ended questions were analyzed using descriptive statistical tools and responses to the open-ended questions were analyzed using descriptive coding. The results showed that the participants had a high level of overall satisfaction with the program, and they particularly had more positive attitudes towards the e-learning platform among all the components. However, they had less positive attitudes towards the textbooks and the measurement and evaluation processes. In addition, the participants who stated that they used the e-learning platform had more positive attitudes towards all the components than the other groups in general. In the light of the results, some suggestions were made to improve the program like reviewing some of the program components such as the textbooks and measurement and evaluation practices.
Nowe ruchy społeczne w Niemczech w kontekście kryzysu migracyjnego
Authors: Kałabunowska Agata
Published: October 2019

Celem artykułu jest przybliżenie profilu trzech ruchów społecznych funkcjonujących we współczesnych Niemczech, których działalność jest bezpośrednio związana z problemem kryzysu migracyjnego, a które wykazują pod względem programowo-ideologicznym profil skrajnie prawicowy, a także próba ich umieszczenia w teorii nowych ruchów społecznych. Działalność wybranych ruchów, zgodnie z przyjętą hipotezą, nastręcza licznych wątpliwości w związku z zastosowaniem do nich wspomnianej teorii. Przy zastosowaniu analizy jakościowej materiałów publikowanych przez wybrane ruchy społeczne, analizy ich działalności w przestrzeni publicznej oraz dyskursu naukowego im poświęconego wykazano, że zjawisko skrajnie prawicowych ruchów społecznych nie jest zbieżne z kategorią nowych ruchów społecznych. W pierwszej części tekstu przedstawiono profil trzech skrajnie prawicowych ruchów społecznych działających w Niemczech (PEGIDA, Pro-Bewegung oraz HoGeSa). Następnie przybliżono dostępne wyniki badań socjologicznych i politologicznych, przeprowadzonych do tej pory przez niemieckich badaczy, podkreślając problematyczność w zdobyciu wystarczających danych niezbędnych do wnioskowania o faktycznym zapleczu społecznym i charakterze tych grup. W kolejnej części zestawiono elementy teorii nowych ruchów społecznych z obecnym wizerunkiem skrajnie prawicowych ruchów antyimigracyjnych, wskazując zarówno na podobieństwa, jak i różnice. W podsumowaniu stwierdzono, że wykazane rozbieżności stanowią lukę w analizie nowych ruchów skrajnie prawicowych i potencjał do przyszłych badań.
Chrześcijański ruch narodowy na ziemiach polskich w latach 1885‒1945
Authors: Kurzawa Piotr
Published: October 2019

Artykuł ma na celu zaprezentowanie ewolucji polskiego chrześcijańskiego ruchu narodowego. Ukazanie pełnego obrazu tytułowej tematyki wymagało wykorzystania metod historycznych, behawioralnej oraz decyzyjnej. W prezentowanych latach możemy wyróżnić cztery okresy funkcjonowania ruchu, zgodnie z którymi został podzielony artykuł. Każdy z nich charakteryzuje się odmiennymi warunkami wewnętrznymi oraz zewnętrznymi wpływającymi na działania organizacji narodowych. Pierwszy to okres funkcjonowania narodowców w czasach zaborów (lata 1885‒1918). Następnie zaprezentowano działania w warunkach niepodległej demokratycznej II Rzeczypospolitej (lata 1918‒1926). Kolejny etap to działalność w warunkach autorytaryzmu (lata 1926‒1939) oraz okres działalności konspiracyjnej (lata 1939‒1945). Działając wielowymiarowo, zarówno społecznie, politycznie, jak i militarnie, polski chrześcijański ruch narodowy wielokrotnie ewoluował organizacyjnie oraz ideologicznie w wyniku różnorodnych wydarzeń historycznych.
Fundamentalizm muzułmański w ujęciu papieża Franciszka
Authors: Górzna Sylwia
Published: October 2019

Fundamentalizmy religijne są zjawiskami szeroko rozpowszechnionymi w religiach monoteistycznych. Zjawiska te odzwierciedlają współczesną przemoc w sferze religii i stanowią zagrożenie dla pokoju. Papież Franciszek nie przestaje podkreślać, że przemoc nie jest dobrą ani dalekowzroczną metodą rozwiązywania problemów na świecie, zaś najlepszym sposobem uniknięcia konfliktów między wyznawcami różnych religii jest dialog międzyreligijny. Celem artykułu jest prezentacja nauczania papieża Franciszka w zakresie fundamentalizmu muzułmańskiego w kontekście politologii religii. Autorka dokonała analizy różnych dokumentów papieskich, przemówień i wypowiedzi. W strukturze niniejszego artykułu można wyróżnić pięć głównych części (Zjawisko fundamentalizmu religijnego, Dokumenty papieskie, Przemówienia i homilie, Podróże apostolskie, Rozważania papieskie i inne teksty). Przeprowadzone badania pozwoliły sformułować następujące wnioski końcowe: fundamentalizm religijny występuje w obrębie każdej religii, traktuje religię instrumentalnie; fundamentalizm muzułmański mieści się w kontekście politologii religii; dialog i polityka non-violence to jedyne możliwe odpowiedzi na przemoc; dialog międzykulturowy oraz międzyreligijny mogą wyeliminować wszelkie formy fundamentalizmu, a ich znaczenie wzrasta we współczesnym świecie; oba rodzaje dialogu mogą być alternatywą, aby znaleźć drogę do pokoju i współpracy dla dobra wspólnego.
Racjomorfizm i racjonalność w tak zwanym komunikowaniu politycznym
Authors: Pleszczyński Jan
Published: October 2019

Jednym z podstawowych problemów tak zwanego komunikowania politycznego jest kwestia następująca: jak zaprojektować mającą cele i funkcje polityczne komunikację, aby przyniosła oczekiwane efekty?
Wprawdzie tego typu problemy są już dobrze rozpoznane i uteoretyzowane przez badaczy reprezentujących różne dyscypliny (głównie, choć nie tylko, przez politologów), a rezultaty ich badań z powodzeniem są wykorzystywane w praktycznych działaniach o charakterze politycznym, to wciąż pozostaje miejsce dla innych ujęć, traktowanych dotychczas marginalnie lub w ogóle nieobecnych w naukach społecznych i humanistycznych.

Artykuł podzielono na cztery główne części: onto-epistemologiczny status komunikacji, racjo- i technoracjomorfizm: mechanizm i efekty, cele doraźne i perspektywiczne, racjomorficzność w projektowaniu komunikacji politycznej.

Problem, o którym mowa, sprowadza się do problemu wyboru: co ludzie myślą, wybierając i dlaczego tak myślą? A może nie myślą, a wybierają? W artykule rozpatruję tę kwestię, odwołując się do ewolucyjnej teorii poznania; „racjomorfizm” – kluczowy termin, który się w nim pojawia, pochodzi ze słownika ewolucyjnych epistemologów. Argumentuję, że współczesne technologie medialne sprzyjają racjomorficzności, a nie racjonalności, to zaś stwarza nowe możliwości preparowania komunikacji, także w obszarze komunikowania politycznego. Współczesny człowiek nie jest w stanie śledzić wydarzeń politycznych, dlatego racjomorficzność staje się kryterium wyborów politycznych, a media przestrzenią sofistyki i populizmu. Racjonalność zostaje zarezerwowana wyłącznie dla elit.
Calque linguistique et transfert sémantique
Authors: Chekir Abdellatif
Published: October 2019

Many idiomatic expressions specific to the French language have been translated into Arabic in favour of the contact between these two languages. However, these expressions cannot be easily located in Arabic since they receive a new texture, while taking advantage of this idiom’s linguistic material. However, in order to stay faithful to the target language, these expressions should respect a few particular settings that are not fully respected, which makes recognizing them even harder. The semantic aspect added to the contextual reference allows us to identify this kind of calque.
Les emplois de l’adjectif „clair”, et son potentiel informationnel
Authors: Perz Magdalena
Published: October 2019

This study seeks to approach the problem of correspondences between adjectives in the context of translation. On the basis of the French adjective clair, e analyzed as a case of study, the author demonstrates that these items could have a few interpretations in French and in Polish. Such multiple interpretations raised by polysemy can be a problem for the description of these items in lexicographical publications, as well as for translation. Correspondences between adjectives are rarely bi-univocal in two languages and this study gives some insights into the possibilities of using these terms in both languages. Differences between the senses are often highly subtle and contextually determined, so the author makes use of the theory of classes of objects. This kind of complex description allows to find the correct equivalent in another language and to make explicit the relations of equivalence between the two languages.
Le sens contextuel des actes de langage stéréotypés
Authors: Kauffer Maurice
Published: October 2019

This contribution focuses on the contextual meaning of pragmatic phraseologisms, and especially what we call “stereotypical speech acts” in French, e.g. la belle affaire (big deal) or tu parles (you must be joking). We will first present the theoretical and methodological issues related to the notion of (linguistic or situational) context, and then analyze the relations between co(n)text and the meaning of “stereotypical speech acts”.
L’engagement politique des pièces « bourgeoises » de Marcel Dubé
Authors: Jakubczuk Renata
Published: October 2019

Considered to be one of the founders of Quebec theater, Marcel Dubé began to make his mark on Quebec’s literary scene in the 1950s. In his works, he focused on the underprivileged parts of society to expose a variety of injustices, then attacked the bourgeois in order to charge them with their responsibility for the fate of the Quebec people. After revisiting the historical context that determined the political situation at the dawn of the Quiet Revolution, this article aims to show the playwright’s involvement in the Quebec liberation movement.
Chanter au singulier : esthétiques et politiques de la voix romantique
Authors: Wojda Aleksandra
Published: October 2019

The article proposes a reflection concerning the connections between the voice representations or vocal practices, worked out towards the end of the Enlightenment period and in the first decades of the 19th century in the French cultural area, and the birth of the socio-economic system characteristic of the bourgeois society. The paper focuses, in particular, on political presuppositions – in the Aristotelian sense of the word « political » – on which all the uses of voice, both spoken and sung, are based. The objective of the study is to understand the status of voice and singing in the process of creation of a modern anthropology.
De l’effondrement de l’étalon-or au crépuscule des idoles dans « Les Faux-monnayeurs » d’André Gide
Authors: Quentin de Gromard Marie Gabrielle
Published: October 2019

In André Gide’s Les Faux-monnayeurs, counterfeit money and characters flow in a plot based on a circulatory system in which they seem to be interchangeable. Ideas flow as well in the novel, creating a polyphonic intertextuality. Gide plays with his preferred authors, such as Nietzsche, whose claims are looked into in order to create a distance and question them. Such premises are held by cynical characters as well as the protagonist Bertrand, a positive nietzscheanist icon in his will to affirm himself and radically question upper class and religious values. The money counterfeit takes its roots in the collapse of the gold standard in 1914’s France. Gide depicts a world in which all values’ authenticity are shaken, the counterfeit money serving as a metonymy to question Nietzsche’s arguments, often in an ironical way. Nietzsche’s ideas flow from a character to the next and seem to be put to the test.
Penser la place des femmes sur la scène littéraire. Stratégies de légitimation
Authors: Barthelmebs-Raguin Hélène
Published: October 2019

In the line of recent studies (Reid, 2010; Planté, 2003), this contribution deals with the place of the feminine authors in the French literary canon and with the status of author. This political question also raises questions about the corpus’ construction of the classics of the literature which are taught and serve as references in literary studies. If women represent approximately 50 % of the world’s population, they are far from proportionally representing in literature. Thus, the scarcity of women in Literary History will be at the center of our preoccupation, and we will endeavor to show how societies have influenced the representation of women in literature, and how feminine authors have denunced the image of inequalities between men and women in their works.
Beigbeder et l’immoralité de la société contemporaine
Authors: Petrova Snezana
Published: October 2019

Frédéric Beigbeder, French writer, takes a sarcastic and uncomfortable look at the future of the immediately contemporary world. His narrative technique, his bold, provocative and innovative style, the figure of his protagonist who looks much more like an antihero, create a literature voluntarily disengaged from explicit political discussion, to the benefit of the intimate and the anecdotal, where contemporary French society is carefully scrutinized. Our study therefore consists of an analysis of Beigbeder’s works with the purpose of bringing out their civilizational and societal notions and exposing the ambiguity of the society of our time and its oppression of the human being, described in all its truth, with its baseness, malaise, and solitary but deeply greedy and absurd nature.
Wpływ nowelizacji rozporządzenia UE nr 1305/2013 na stabilizację dochodów rolników
Authors: Lipińska Izabela
Published: October 2019

This paper addresses the issues related to legal protection of farmers’ incomes in the context of the need for income stabilization in view of agricultural risks. The volatility of agriculture becomes increasingly important in economic, social and political terms. This is recognized by multiple authorities, including the Union legislator, as reflected in amendments to legislative acts. Therefore, the purpose of this paper was to identify the direction in which the basic subsidized Union instruments for agricultural risk management evolve. This means in particular determining the trends followed by these instruments and assessing their attractiveness to agricultural producers. The new legal solutions seem to be more beneficial to agricultural producers as they tend to smooth over the negative impacts of production risk, in respect both to losses and incomes. However, their proper functioning continues to be hampered by the precise determination of farm incomes.
Glosa do wyroku Sądu Apelacyjnego w Warszawie z dnia 14 listopada 2016 r. (II AKa 126/16, LEX nr 2171273)
Authors: Korpysz Anna
Published: October 2019

The gloss was devoted to the problem of the subjective side of the crime of misappropriation and assessment of criminal law refusal to return the subject of the lease after the expiry of the lease agreement and cessation of payment of the leasing installments. The Court of Appeal in Warsaw took the position that the intention to keep things for themselves under Article 284 § 2 of the Penal Code is evidenced by the fact that the accused did not contact the lessor for more than two years, unlawfully using the car as his own. The author thoroughly analyzes the applicable legal provisions, not only in the field of criminal law, but also civil law, indicating what criteria should be taken into account in assigning the perpetrator of the intention animus rem sibi habendi. Due to the frequency of similar facts to the underlying judgement, it deserves special attention.
Glosa do wyroku Sądu Apelacyjnego w Warszawie z dnia 31 marca 2017 r. (II AKa 450/16, Legalis nr 1611762)
Authors: Piórkowska-Flieger Joanna
Published: October 2019

The commented judgement is about attempted incitement. The author described different views on this issue presented in the doctrine and jurisprudence. She positively assessed the opinion of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw, according to which the attempted incitement was admissible, while critically, she responded to the understanding of attempted incitement adopted in the ruling.
Regionalisation, Federalism and Local Governance: Comparative Analysis of the Subnational Units
Authors: Hoffman István
Published: October 2019

Federalisation, regionalisation and local governance has been an important issue of legal and administrative sciences. Although the differences of decentralised and federal systems have remained, several transformations could be observed and in several countries the model of the public administration has changed in the last decades. A convergence or hybridisation of the models can be observed: the competences of the municipal bodies have been strengthened. Although the boundaries between municipalities and member states of the federation have blurred in the governance of these entities, the legal distinction between them remained solid: the regional municipalities with broad competences do not have their statehood.