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Eddie Anderson, Rochester, and Race in 1930s Radio and Film
Authors: Fuller-Seeley Kathryn H.
Published: May 2018

African-American dancer, singer, comedian Eddie Anderson pursued an entertainment career in California, his opportunities limited by Jim Crow-era racism in Hollywood but also shaped opportunities in night clubs and cabarets that catered to both black and white patrons. Winning an audition for a one-time role on Benny’s radio show, Anderson’s inimitable gravelly voice spurred Benny to create a full time part, the character of Rochester Van Jones, Jack’s butler and valet, in late 1937. Although initially hampered by stereotyped minstrel-show dialogue and character habits, Rochester soon became renowned by both white and black listeners for his ability to criticize the “Boss” in impertinent manner. Virtually co-starred in three films with Benny that were highly successful at the box office, commenters in the black press in 1940 hoped that Rochester offered “a new day” in improved race relations.
The Manchu in the Mirror
Authors: Carrico Kevin
Published: May 2018

“The Manchu in the Mirror” examines the extremely elaborate network of conspiracy theories promoted by Han Clothing Movement participants to explain the disillusionment of the present: the distinction between the real, actually existing China and their image of “the real China.” According to movement enthusiasts, the formerly powerful Manchus who ruled over China in the Qing Dynasty continue to exercise power in the present, and are portrayed within movement conspiracy theories as dedicated to exterminating the Han majority and destroying China. Unravelling these paranoid theories of minority domination and majority persecution, conspiracy theory and identity are shown to be two sides of the same coin, with conspiracy theory serving as the final narrative guarantor of the processes of identity stabilization described in the preceding chapters.
Introduction
Authors: Balberg Mira
Published: May 2018

The introduction explores the prevalent views on the rabbis’ approach to sacrifices, and explains how this book diverges from these approaches. It puts forth the idea that like biblical authors that preceded them, the rabbis weave a vision of sacrifice from a combination of imagination and interpretation, memory and hope, necessity and fantasy, and that their ritual-legal corpus is a window through which we can explore the cultural and intellectual significance of this vision. In addition, the introduction sets the theoretical and methodological prisms through which sacrifice as a religious phenomenon will be explored in the book, in dialogue with various classical and contemporary works on the topic. It concludes with a detailed outline of the book’s structure and arguments.
The Work of Blood
Authors: Balberg Mira
Published: May 2018

This chapter shows that the rabbis redefined the biblical sacrificial process by centering it almost exclusively on one substance: blood. The activities that follow the ritual manipulation of blood, namely, the consumption of the offering either by fire or by human beings, are bracketed as an addendum to the ritual rather than as a critical component of it. The implications of this reframing of the sacrificial process are far-reaching: in determining that nothing actually has to be burnt on the altar for the sacrifice to be valid, the rabbis altogether reject the notion that the deity has to “receive” anything when sacrifice is performed. They thus put forth a new understanding of sacrifice as a religious activity, defined not by interaction but by correct procedure. By developing this non-interactive model the rabbis both make a claim on what sacrifice is not (a channel of communication between individual and deity) and make a claim on what sacrifice is: the ultimate example of a perfect religious action, which serves to construct, bolster, and express communal piety.
Mysteries of the Thresholds
Authors: Blecher Joel
Published: May 2018

How did the deepening canonization of key hadith collections like Sahih al-Bukhari in the Mamluk period influence the commentator’s ability to introduce or discover new meanings in the text? This chapter takes up this question by tracking the development of a hermeneutic technique that justified not only one’s commentarial authority over Sahih al-Bukhari but also promised to disclose the “secret essence of Sahih al-Bukhari”: the analysis of Bukhari’s chapter headings (tarajim) and paratexts. While postclassical Andalusian hadith scholars wondered whether the problematic chapter headings in Bukhari’s Sahih were inadvertent errors, a marked change occurs among later commentators in Egypt, such as Ibn al-Munayyir (d. 1284) and Ibn Hajar, who viewed them as riddles containing Bukhari’s hidden intentions. Since the titles’ meanings were often underdetermined, commentators could claim to be faithful to Bukhari’s compilatory goal while simultaneously deriving novel meanings from the text.
Epilogue
Authors: Blecher Joel
Published: May 2018

The epilogue examines contemporary appropriations of hadith commentary among Islamist groups in the contemporary Islamic world, while contemplating the way an interpreter strives for timeliness and/or timelessness. The epilogue examines how rereadings of Mamluk-era hadith works were alternately deployed by a Pakistani Salafi commentator to bring about fairer labor practices, an al-Qaeda deputy to justify a rebellion in Egypt, and an anonymous propagandist for ISIS’s magazine (Dabiq) to justify the “revival of slavery” in Iraq and Syria. The epilogue concludes where the book began: ethnographic observations of prerevolution Damascus, where a renowned Damascene Shaykh, in the shade of Syria’s Baʿth party headquarters, delivered a live commentary on the Ṣaḥīḥ in part to contest Islamist understandings of the Prophet’s legacy.
Making Yemen Dance
Authors: Blumi Isa
Published: May 2018

It is in this chapter that I begin my detailed revisionist accounting of Yemen’s recent history. Crucially, I do so by emphasizing the global dynamics behind events occurring in Southern Arabia since 2000. The focus will be to identify the origins of the so-called Arab Spring in 2011. I incrementally “retell” what led to the direct confrontation between different groups in Yemen. Quickly identifying these factions may prove useful here. The most important, are a cluster of parties crudely reduced to the “Houthis” found in the Northwest in Yemen. As of March 2015, when Saudi Arabia, the US/UK and UAE initiated a war to reassert hegemony over Yemen, this coalition of parties known as “Huthis” aligned with the Ali Saleh who commands considerable support within the Yemeni military services. Their main rivals are the so-called southern separatists. These southern Yemenis have forged a precarious alliance with other rivals of the “Huthis,” including Islamist groups under the protection of competing external powers—ostensibly pitting Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE against each other—as well as with “President” Hadi, whom the US and Saudi Arabia/UAE claim to be the head of Yemen’s “legitimate” government.
Life of Paper
Authors: Luk Sharon
Published: May 2018

This book explores the life-worlds sustained through letter correspondence within the evolution of racism and mass incarceration in California history. Across three cases, this investigation uncovers how letter correspondence facilitates a form of communal life for groups targeted for racialized confinement in different phases of development in the U.S. West: “Detained” focuses on migrants from Southern China during peak years of U.S. Chinese Exclusion; “Interned” focuses on families of Japanese ancestry during the WWII period; and “Imprisoned” focuses on socialities of Blackness in the post-Civil Rights era. This study clarifies how mass incarceration functions as a process of systematic social dismantling, situating research on letters within global capitalist movements, multiple racial logics, and overlapping modes of social control that have taken distinctive form in California. Framing letters within this political violence that qualifies them, this book examines how the structural, physical, ideological, and affective labor internalized in the letter creates alternative conditions to reinvent people’s own ways of life: a “poetics” or art of becoming, mediated in and through the letter and the interaction of literature with history, that prioritizes the dynamics of creative essence to generate an other kind of social power bound to the unfathomable.
Introduction
Authors: Luk Sharon
Published: May 2018

Highlighting the role of the epistolary in the making of Western civilization, the Introduction argues that deep within such movements and the conditions of violent duress they produce, the mundane activities of communities to reconstitute themselves—as manifest in letter correspondence—emerge discernibly as essential to social life rather than seemingly adjunct to it: facilitating a means for people to reproduce themselves at every scale of existence, from bodily integrity to subjectivity to collective and spiritual essence. Methodologically, the Introduction argues that regional approaches to spatial analysis modeled by Black geographies, alongside historical materialist approaches to literary studies modeled by Asian American, Queer, and Black cultural theory, yield unique insights into articulations of difference, power, and globality that have been under-studied while simultaneously opening new epistemological horizons for their investigation.
Imagined Genealogies (for All Who Cannot Arrive)
Authors: Luk Sharon
Published: May 2018

Chapter Two begins by illustrating how technologies of the life of paper articulated a distinctive regional geography that diverged from the Eurocentric telos of development. This chapter further investigates the production of “coaching letters,” or documents educating people on how to “pass” Immigration interrogations, examining how the act of ordering and representing knowledge on paper forced a confrontation between different systems of thought that transformed what, and how, people thought of themselves and the world. A final series of close readings demonstrates social transformations occurring through the life of paper, returning to the overarching point: that such movements constitute a creative reinvention of human connectivity under the constraints of racialized alienation and confinement—a poetics, or process of collective self-making, creating an unapparent place inside and between material realities.
Phenotypic Data from Inbred Parents Can Improve Genomic Prediction in Pearl Millet Hybrids
Authors: Liang Zhikai , Gupta Shashi K , Yeh Cheng-Ting , Zhang Yang , Ngu Daniel W , Kumar Ramesh , Patil Hemant T , Mungra Kanulal D , Yadav Dev Vart , Rathore Abhishek , Srivastava Rakesh K , Gupta Rajeev , Yang Jinliang , Varshney Rajeev K , Schnable Patrick S , Schnable James C
Published: May 2018

Pearl millet is a non-model grain and fodder crop adapted to extremely hot and dry environments globally. In India, a great deal of public and private sectors’ investment has focused on developing pearl millet single cross hybrids based on the cytoplasmic-genetic male sterility (CMS) system, while in Africa most pearl millet production relies on open pollinated varieties. Pearl millet lines were phenotyped for both the inbred parents and hybrids stage. Many breeding efforts focus on phenotypic selection of inbred parents to generate improved parental lines and hybrids. This study evaluated two genotyping techniques and four genomic selection schemes in pearl millet. Despite the fact that 6× more sequencing data were generated per sample for RAD-seq than for tGBS, tGBS yielded more than 2× as many informative SNPs (defined as those having MAF > 0.05) than RAD-seq. A genomic prediction scheme utilizing only data from hybrids generated prediction accuracies (median) ranging from 0.73-0.74 (1000-grain weight), 0.87-0.89 (days to flowering time), 0.48-0.51 (grain yield) and 0.72-0.73 (plant height). For traits with little to no heterosis, hybrid only and hybrid/inbred prediction schemes performed almost equivalently. For traits with significant mid-parent heterosis, the direct inclusion of phenotypic data from inbred lines significantly (P < 0.05) reduced prediction accuracy when all lines were analyzed together. However, when inbreds and hybrid trait values were both scored relative to the mean trait values for the respective populations, the inclusion of inbred phenotypic datasets moderately improved genomic predictions of the hybrid genomic estimated breeding values. Here we show that modern approaches to genotyping by sequencing can enable genomic selection in pearl millet. While historical pearl millet breeding records include a wealth of phenotypic data from inbred lines, we demonstrate that the naive incorporation of this data into a hybrid breeding program can reduce prediction accuracy, while controlling for the effects of heterosis per se allowed inbred genotype and trait data to improve the accuracy of genomic estimated breeding values for pearl millet hybrids.
Gobernanza de aguas subterráneas, conflictos socioambientales y alternativas: experiencias en Costa Rica
Authors: Cuadrado Quesada Gabriela
Published: May 2018

Este artículo explora los retos de la gobernanza de las aguas subterráneas en Costa Rica y cómo estos tienden a ocasionar conflictos sociambientales. Además ilustra dichos retos a la luz de dos casos de estudio en Costa Rica, uno en Limón y otro en Guanacaste. Asimismo, analiza las principales demandas hechas por las comunidades que sufren conflictos socioambientales y algunas respuestas de las instituciones públicas. Finalmente, discute cuáles factores son necesarios en las comunidades para que estas logren respuestas favorables de las instituciones del Gobierno. Entre los principales factores analizados se encuentran: crisis hídrica, liderazgo comunal, comunidades de pequeña escala y homogéneas, y demandas legales.
Imaginarios sociales del empresariado en Centroamérica. Una aproximación a partir de la competitividad y la responsabilidad social
Authors: Pérez Sáinz Juan Pablo
Published: May 2018

Este trabajo analiza las representaciones de lo social del empresariado centroamericano. Para ello, toma en cuenta dos ejemplos. El primero se relaciona con la imagen de sociedad contemplada en la agenda para la competitividad y el desarrollo sostenible que elaboró, en 1999, el Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas (INCAE). Esta agenda plantea un modelo de acción social en el cual el empresariado aparece como el actor clave. El segundo ejemplo se refiere a la denominada “responsabilidad social empresarial” y, en términos empíricos, se ha tomado como referencia el Centro de Acción de Responsabilidad Empresarial (CentraRSE) de Guatemala. Se concluye con algunas reflexiones de cómo el empresariado centroamericano, a través de sus nuevos intelectuales orgánicos, imagina lo social en la región.
Los empresarios y el Estado posrevolucionario: El reordenamiento de las élites y la nueva estrategia de colaboración en Nicaragua
Authors: Spalding Rose J.
Published: May 2018

Este estudio examina los procesos políticos que afectaron la reconfiguración de la élite económica en Nicaragua durante los años 1980 y 1990, y documenta los patrones cambiantes de las relaciones entre los empresarios y el Estado tras el regreso al poder del líder sandinista Daniel Ortega en 2007. Basándose en documentos y entrevistas con representantes de COSEP, el Gobierno y las ONG, este artículo traza el auge y la caída de las facciones de la élite tradicional durante la Revolución Sandinista y analiza el impacto de la reforma del mercado en la dinámica emergente durante las transiciones postrevolucionarias que siguieron. Estas experiencias ayudan a explicar la nueva estrategia del sector empresarial de negociación sostenida y colaboración con el gobierno tras la reelección y creciente dominio político de Ortega. El artículo concluye levantando preguntas sobre los puntos de tensión y los problemas no resueltos que quedan.
En la calle y más allá: Una aproximación sociológica al arte grafitti. Marvin Rodríguez Vargas. San José: Editorial Arlekín, 2016
Authors: Villena Fiengo Sergio
Published: May 2018

El libro de Marvin Rodríguez, jóven sociólogo costarricense, es un importante aporte a la incipiente sociología del arte que, desde hace años, viene confgurándose poco a poco en la región centroamericana. Desde su título, notable por la economía de lenguaje, el autor establece con contundencia los alcances de su investigación. El título contiene tres –por así decir– declaraciones de principios: la primera se refere al “arte graftti” (y no simplemente al grafti); la segunda propone un abordaje sociológico de esa práctica y la tercera trata al graftti no solo en referencia a su habitual locus (los muros de la calle), sino que se propone abordar cuanto está “más allá” del objeto-imagen, es decir, la práctica social.
Justicia situacional. Racionalidad, normatividad y teoría crítica latinoamericana. Mario Solís Umaña. EUCR, 2016
Authors: Sandoval García Carlos
Published: May 2018

Desde una variante de la flosofía práctica, la experiencia de investigación e incidencia en migración, quisiera enfatizar lo que a mi juicio son las preocupaciones centrales del libro. Asimismo, procuro elaborar muy brevemente sobre algunos de los enfoques o acercamientos discutidos. Esta reseña fnaliza con algunas reﬂexiones acerca de los enormes retos que enfrenta en Centroamérica en referencia a la justicia, a 30 años de la frma de los Acuerdos de Paz de Esquipulas II.
"Quiero que la gimnástica tome bastante incremento"Los orígenes de la gimnasia como actividad física en Costa Rica (1855 - 1949)
Authors: Díaz Bolaños Ronald Eduardo
Published: May 2018

El artículo analiza los procesos históricos que condicionaron el desarrollo de la gimnasia en Costa Rica como actividad física desde mediados del siglo XIX hasta el decenio de 1940. La investigación puntualiza el papel de la gimnasia en los programas de estudios de los colegios de enseñanza secundaria y la conformación de grupos privados que fomentaron la enseñanza de esta actividad a lo largo del período de estudio.
Memorias de mujeres centroamericanas vinculadas a una Organización Comunitaria.
Authors: Cordero Teresita
Published: May 2018

El siguiente documento presenta el análisis de la información de cuarenta y seis autobiografías, pequeñas historias o referencias de mujeres participantes en la organización de Madres-Maestras (OMMA) procedentes de tres países centroamericanos. Es el resultado de una investigación realizada desde la Universidad de Costa Rica en el Instituto de Investigación (INIE) por tal razón se incluye el marco referencial, la metodología empleada y los resultados. Se finaliza con una reflexión de la experiencia de las mujeres y la importancia de la organización comunitaria para la apertura de oportunidades que esta agrupación ha desarrollado en el contexto de mujeres pobres.
La enseñanza de los Estudios Sociales y la Educación Cívica: hacia una profesión interdisciplinar
Authors: Aguero García Javier , Araya Ramírez Iliana María , Marín Hernández Juan José , Molina Vargas Silvia Elena , Rojas Sandoval Francisco Javier
Published: May 2018

El objetivo fundamental de este artículo es ofrecer un análisis de la carrera y el ejercicio profesional denominados Enseñanza de los Estudios Sociales y la Educación Cívica, en el contexto de la propuesta de reforma al plan de estudio de la carrera de Licenciatura ofrecida por las escuelas de Historia, Geografía y Formación Docente de la Universidad de Costa Rica. La contextualización de la carrera implicó la revisión de libros, artículos, documentos oficiales y el plan de estudio en vigencia. Se explica la constitución de la profesión desde 1951 hasta la actualidad, el contexto externo según las tendencias internacionales en la Enseñanza de los Estudios Sociales y la Educación Cívica y el contexto nacional. De este último se confrontan las diversas ofertas de la educación superior en el ámbito público y privado y se identifican los objetivos, la estructura organizativa, el perfil de egreso y el campo ocupacional. Se considera un imperativo, una tarea impostergable, la actualización del plan de estudio en la Enseñanza de los Estudios Sociales y la Educación Cívica en la Universidad de Costa Rica debido a los cambios en la educación superior y las demandas sociales que exigen de las universidades públicas ofertas curriculares flexibles, novedosas y adecuadas a las necesidades sociales y culturales.
EL FILIBUSTERISMO EN LOS MENSAJES AL CONGRESO DE LOS PRESIDENTES DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS Y LA LEY DE NEUTRALIDAD 1848-1860
Authors: Fallas Santana Carmen María
Published: May 2018

En este artículo se analiza el abordaje del filibusterismo en los mensajes al Congreso de los presidentes de  Estados Unidos  en  el periodo comprendido entre el fin de la guerra con México y el inicio de la Guerra Civil.  Argumenta  que todas las administraciones declararon su compromiso de suprimir el filibusterismo porque era perjudicial para los intereses comerciales, políticos y económicos, la seguridad nacional y las relaciones exteriores. Señala que el rechazo de las peticiones de los gobiernos de Nicaragua y Costa Rica para que  se impidiera la organización y salida de las expediciones filibusteras de William Walker sembró dudas sobre el compromiso del gobierno de Estados Unidos de aplicar la Ley de Neutralidad de 1818 que las prohibía.
DIBUJAR(SE) FRENTE AL FUTURO. Hacia una sociología del dibujo escolar
Authors: Beirute Tatiana , Garita Bonilla Nora
Published: May 2018

Este trabajo trata de descubrir la lógica implícita en las prácticas sociales naturalizadas mediante la presentación de unanálisis sociológico de los dibujos. Es parte de un proyecto de mayor envergadura titulado “La mujer y la ciencia” que tratóde responder a preguntas como: ¿Qué es la relación entre la ciencia y de género? ¿Cuál es la relación entre la ciencia y laclase social? ¿Cuál es la relación entre la ciencia, la razón y el poder?. Se presenta el análisis que se derivan de pedir a losestudiosos se proyecta hacia el futuro y la respuesta a la pregunta “¿Qué quiero ser cuando crezca?”. Este análisis sugiere quelas desigualdades que experimentan diversos estudiosos de su vida, conduce a una relación muy estrecha entre la clase social,la ciencia y la razón. Esto puede ser visto no sólo en la forma en que las clases se les enseña, sino que también se refleja enlos sueños y las aspiraciones de los niños, que a pesar de su corta edad, se reproducen sus condiciones sociales, y en el casode los niños de baja condición socioeconómica , que la experiencia de sus vidas llevando el peso de sus propias circunstanciasy contextos. La ideología que legitima la desigualdad se internaliza desde la edad escolar. En ese sentido, los niños puedenser ideológicos “transmisores” de la desigualdad y exclusion.education y las demandas sociales exigen que las universidadespúblicas adecuadas oferta curricular flexible de las necesidades
Ensino Médio e Politecnia: apontamentos sobre a experiência do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (2011-2014)
Authors: Clovis de Azevedo Jose
Published: May 2018

Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar e discutir os elementos básicos que serviram de referências para a reforma do Ensino Médio na rede pública do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. O estudo apresenta as bases legais da reforma, cujas orientações centrais são a Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional e as diretrizes e resoluções emanadas do Conselho Nacional de Educação. O projeto foi justificado pelo diagnóstico do fracasso histórico do Ensino Médio, caracterizado pelos altos índices de evasão e repetência. O conceito estruturante da reforma foi a politecnia, bem como os conceitos correlatos: educação integral, trabalho como princípio educativo, relação teoria e prática, interdisciplinaridade, pesquisa como prática pedagógica e avaliação emancipatória. O texto faz o contraponto entre a educação conservadora e excludente com as concepções que orientaram as mudanças, sendo também debatidas as contradições, resistências e resultados. Os dados apresentados revelam que a reforma provocou uma reversão, ainda que moderada, na tendência histórica de exclusão pela reprovação e abandono.
Babel: o amor à diversidade como força para resistir ao poder do totalitarismo, ao mal coletivo e à violencia
Authors: Hurtado Cristina Hincapié
Published: May 2018

Este artigo é uma interpretação exegética e psicológica da história da Torre de Babel. Esta história é apresentada como um mito contra hegemônico, em uma situação em que o povo de Israel narra como se coloca contra o totalitarismo sofrido no exílio na Babilônia. Se entendermos a intenção de criar uma torre de cidade como um projeto humano que alcança a hybris, ou seja, a inflação do ego que anseia por fazer o ser humano como Deus, também podemos ver a resposta de Javé – a diversidade de línguas – um presente que lembra a humanidade que a pluralidade é a única possibilidade da existência humana, onde o outro – igual mas diferente – tem de ser reconhecido. O respeito pela diversidade de idéias, crenças, pensamentos, raças, culturas e línguas é um chamado de Deus que poderia ajudar a mitigar a violência gerada pelo totalitarismo de ideias e intenção dos estados para unificar o que a natureza é diverso.
Preparation and antibacterial activity of solvothermal synthesized ZnFe2O4/Ag-TiO2 nanocomposite
Authors: Atacan Keziban , Güy Nuray , Çakar Soner
Published: May 2018

In this study, ZnFe2O4
magnetic nanoparticlesandZnFe2O4/Ag-TiO2
nanocomposite were synthesized solvothermally. The prepared
materials were characterized using X-ray diffraction, Scanning electron
microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Vibrating sample
magnetometer. In addition, the antibacterial performance of materials was
evaluated against Gram-positive
bacteria (Staphyloccocus aureus) and Gram-negative
bacteria (Escherichia coli). ZnFe2O4/Ag-TiO2 nanocomposite was shown stronger
antibacterial efficiency against Gram-positive bacteria Staphyloccocus aureus than Escherichia
coli. Also, the inhibition diameter of 15±0.2 mm for ZnFe2O4/Ag-TiO2 nanocomposite was
measured since the antibacterial activity increased by nanocomposite formation.
Fe/ZnO nanorod photoanode and pyrocatechol violet sensitizer based dye sensitized solar cells
Authors: CAKAR Soner
Published: May 2018

A ZnO and Fe/ZnO nanorods
have been prepared and used in dye sensitized solar cells. The prepared ZnO and
Fe/ZnO nanorods were characterized by XRD, SEM and SEM-EDS. Additionally, the
pyrocatechol violet solutions with different pH values have been prepared,
characterized and used in dye sensitized solar cells. The dyes which have different
pH values were characterized via UV-Vis absorbance and cyclic voltammetry
techniques. The Fe doping to ZnO nanorods increased the solar cell efficiency
by 20-35%. The pyrocatechol violet dye can be binded to Fe atoms on the ZnO
surface and the possible mechanism was discussed in detailed. The efficiency of
champion solar cell is obtained 1.39% with Fe/ZnO photoanode and pH 7.5
pyrocatechol violet dye solution.
Çocukluk Çağında Dev Disgerminomlu Üç Olgu
Authors: DUYURAN Ömer , İNAN Merve Nur Yenmiş , ACIPAYAM Can , GÜLER Ahmet Gökhan , KARAKAYA Ali Erdal , BAHAR Abdulkadir Yasir , YURTTUTAN Nursel
Published: May 2018

Disgerminom, dev boyutlara ulaşabilen overin en sık görülen malign
tümörüdür. Genelde hormon salgılamamakla beraber beta-HCG salgılayabilirler. Bizde
karında kitle ve karın ağrısı şikâyetleri olan radyolojik görüntüleme ile
tespit edilen beta-HCG salgılayan dev boyutlara ulaşmış disgerminom tanılı 3
olguyu inceledik. Üç olguya da salpingo-ooferektomi
ameliyatı yapıldı. Bir olguda komsu lenf nodlarından, peritondan ve karşı
overden örnekleme yapıldı. Bir olgu da üç haftada bir dört kür BEP (Bleomisin, Etoposid, Sisplatin)
kemoterapi protokolü ile fertilite de korunarak tedavi sağlanmış oldu. Bir
olguda da 3 kür BEP kemoterpi protokülü verilmesi planlandı ve 2 kür BEP
kemoterapi protokolü verildi.
SPATIAL PLANNING AND PRACTICE IN LATVIA
Authors: Ezmale Sandra
Published: May 2018

The current system of territorial planning in Latvia has been formed after regaining its independence in 1991. The European Union has had a great impact on the development of the concept and practice of spatial planning throughout the entire Europe and in each of the Member States, including Latvia. The common planning activities and initiatives at the European level had influenced planning practice in all the Member States.  The aim of the research is to describe the development of the spatial planning system, as well as the features of planning practice in Latvia in the context of spatial planning activities at the European Union level. During the research, the author describes the development of the spatial planning concept, the typology and system of spatial planning in the European Union. Additionally, the author characterises the development of the legal framework for and practice in the spatial planning system of Latvia, as well as identifies the features of the Latvian spatial planning system and practice in the context of spatial planning activities at the European Union level. Research methods – content analysis, deductive and inductive methods, theoretical analysis of scientific literature, EU and Latvian legislation analysis, comparative analysis, etc.
DIDACTIC CONDITIONS UNDERSTANDING SCIENTIFIC MATHEMATICAL TEXT STUDENTS – FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
Authors: Sergeeva Larisa
Published: May 2018

The article substantiates the necessity of understanding mathematical text in the process of training of students – future primary school teachers. The features of the understanding of the subject area of "mathematics" on the basis of the analysis of the specificity of mathematical texts. The article presents the didactic conditions of understanding mathematical texts with students in order to improve the quality of mathematical and pedagogical education of future primary school teachers. Describes the tools and methods to ensure understanding of mathematical content by the students. The conducted research allowed to establish the effect of implementing the selected conditions on the overcoming of formalism in the assimilation of mathematics by students.
APPLICATION OF MULTISIM AND LTSPICE SOFTWARE PACKAGES TO SIMULATE THE OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO MEASUREMENTS OF REAL ELEMENTS
Authors: Ptak Paweł
Published: May 2018

The paper presents the process of carrying out simulations of the operation of electronic elements by means of software packages Multisim and LTspice. Using the software, students can test a possibility of replacing real measurements by results obtained from a simulation. The can reach the relevant conclusions by comparing the results and analysing the data obtained. In this way students gain experience needed for carrying out a didactic project in a creative way.
RESEARCH-BASED REFLECTIONS ABOUT CHARACTER EDUCATION: MYTHS, CHALLENGES AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Authors: Fernandezs Manuels
Published: May 2018

At present, youngsters’ character and virtue education issues are widely discussed in Latvia and in English-speaking academic environment. Given the existing criticism of these concepts, the research question was: what are the main misunderstandings about the nature of character and virtue education? After clarifying the neo-Aristotelian understanding of these concepts, recent research in the field of character education and virtues is presented for deconstructing some of the myths related to it, due to conceptual, historical, moral and political misunderstandings (Kristjánsson, 2013). Real problems (historical, methodological and practical) faced by character education programs in mainstream schools are addressed. The importance of giving personal significance to eudaimonia for promoting character and virtue education at school is discussed.
ANAEROBIC POWER IN SPORTS
Authors: Stec Krzysztof , Pilis Karol , Witkowski Zbigniew , Pilis Anna , Michalski Cezary , Zych Michal
Published: May 2018

The aim of the present study is to determine the anaerobic power of men of similar age representing different sports disciplines. Professional athletes representing the following sports participated in the study: soccer (n=15, PS), martial arts (n=12, MA), weightlifting (n=15, WL), powerlifting (n=15, PL), middle- and long distance running (n=12, DR), race walking (n=14, RW), and recreational soccer (n=15, RS). After recording personal and somatic data, the subjects performed a 3-minute warm-up followed immediately by a 30 seconds cycloergometric Wingate test. The following variables of anaerobic power were calculated: total external work (TEW-KJ/30s), maximal power (Pmax-W/kg), mean power (Pmean-W/kg), fatigue index (FI-%). It was shown that the examined groups differed in body weight (F=13.560, p0.001), body height (F=3.342, p0.01) and BMI (F=28.868, p0.01). There were also significant differences in the TEW range (F=5.764, p0.001), Pmax (F=2.807, p=0.013) and FI=4.942, p0.001) and no intergroup difference in the Pmean range. In conclusion, it should be pointed out that various types of sports training develop in the various degree different components of anaerobic power, however they develop similarly its average value.
INFLUENCE OF COMPLEX PHYSIOTHERAPY ON THE FUNCTIONAL CONDITION OF THE SPINE IN OLDER PEOPLE
Authors: Sarzyńska-Długosz Iwona , Jagieła Magdalena , Pilis Karol , Ptaszkowska Lucyna , Pilis Wiesław , Stec Krzysztof
Published: May 2018

The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of 21-days comprehensive physiotherapy program on the functional condition of the spine and severity of pain in older people. To achieve this goal, physiotherapeutic procedures were performed on 100 elderly patients suffering from spinal disorders. The comprehensive therapy program consisted of: general improvement exercises, individual exercises with a physiotherapist, exercises in water and physical therapy treatments such as: TENS currents, galvanic current, iontophoresis, laser stimulation, magnetic field on the lumbar spine and hydro massage or mud compresses. Prior and post the therapy program: the Schober’s test - 1 (forward flexion), Schober’s test - 2 (extension), Ott’s test, fingertip-to-floor (FTF) test, pain Visual Analogue Scale  (VAS) and the modified Oswestry low back pain questionnaire were evaluated. Statistically significant improvement (p0.001) in all tested parameters was shown at the end of therapy program. Age, height, body weight and body mass index (BMI) has no impact on results before and after the physiotherapy program in respective tests. In conclusion, the conducted study has shown the effectiveness of applied comprehensive physiotherapy program on the functional condition of the spine and improvement of the quality of life of the treated patients, regardless of their somatic conditions.
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY OF WOMEN AGED 50+ IN THE LARGE CITY ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Marzec Arkadiusz , Pekarcik Lubomir , Wożniak Waldemar
Published: May 2018

The number of older adults is increasing in all European countries and these tendencies are also noticeable in Poland. Maintaining a good psychophysical status through participation in various forms of activity is known to be the precondition for successful ageing. The family status of older adults is characterized by feminization (the major part of the population of older adults is women). Older adults in Poland report their health status as poor and feel lonely. To address this problem, the Long-Term Senior Policy for 2014-2020 specified the areas of corrective measures where recreational activity takes top place. The best form of physical activity for seniors is physical recreation which is connected with relax while performing stimulating, adaptive, compensating, informational or hedonist functions. Many cities in Poland are engaged in the initiatives aimed at older women and implement extended local programs of activation for older adults. The study presents the forms of support for activity in the urban environment of Częstochowa, with particular focus on recreational activity of women aged 50+.
CONTRIBUTION OF TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING TO THE INCLUSION OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS
Authors: Rutkiene Ausra , Greenspon Rasa
Published: May 2018

Students with special educational needs (henceforth, SEN) are usually separated from traditional educational settings; thus, risk of being completely excluded from educational activities due to their physical or mental limitations is increased and access to education can be reduced significantly. Thus, a problem arises that students with SEN have restricted possibilities to participate in study process and to obtain desired qualifications together with non-disabled students; therefore, they may feel excluded from education system. The aim of the research is to evaluate how technology enhanced learning (henceforth, TEL) contributes to reducing exclusion of students with SEN. In order to achieve the aim, qualitative research methodology has been applied. Data has been selected during semi-structured interviews and analyzed by applying a qualitative content analysis. Research participants are graduate students with SEN who are currently engaging themselves in study process fostered by TEL at U.S. universities. The research has provided the following findings: TEL increases accessibility of education by eliminating social and physical barriers, enabling constant movement, and helping students with SEN cope with their impairments. TEL can be the only way for learners to complete their education. The research has not indicated that TEL can ensure inclusion. However, TEL enables students with SEN to receive qualifications and degrees in a much more convenient way.
INNOVATIONS IN PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS OF LATVIA
Authors: Šteinberga Airisa
Published: May 2018

The topicality of the article is determined by the contradiction between the unequal speed of technology development and rigidity and conservatism of education system, which directly affects the pedagogical process and result, and which lags behind the development of society and technology. The consequences of this contradiction is the ever-increasing bureaucracy of the education system and the deterioration of the learning outcomes. In order to eliminate this contradiction, technological innovation is not enough. To reduce this contradiction, changes in the development of human mind, pedagogical activity and society as a whole, are necessary. The article analyses innovations in pedagogical activities – teachers’ mutual learning, model of pedagogical cooperation, study system at E.Blumss’ School and its organisation, concept of schools established by parent society and its implementation and introduction of these innovations in schools. For examples of implementation of pedagogical innovations are described, using the case study method to discover the efficiency of pedagogical innovations.
ASSESSMENT OF UNIVERSAL COMPETENCIES OF STUDENTS
Authors: Medvedeva Irina , Martynyuk Oxana , Pan’kova Svetlana , Solovyova Irina
Published: May 2018

Assessing the competencies of students is an important and challenging task. The article presents the experience of evaluating the universal competencies of students. We created individual and group exercises, criteria for evaluating the results of these exercises for assessing the universal competencies of students. In addition to expert evaluation, students were interviewed to identify their self-esteem. The created assessment tools were used for several years at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Pskov State University to assess the universal competencies of first year students (more than 200 students participated). Some research results are analyzed in the article.
OPTIMIZATION OF THE STUDY PROCESS ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE BORDER GUARD COLLEGE
Authors: Indriksons Alens
Published: May 2018

The present paper explores specificity of educational process in the State Border Guard College as a militarized educational institution. It is specific and implementation of educational process in such institution is not possible without the successive and continuous organization of the study process. The correct organization of the study process and scientific content of the training program serves as a basis for development of the students' theoretical knowledge and practical skills and its structural and content organization is essential for the implementation of a qualitative educational process. The aim of the research is to identify the possibilities to improve the structural and content based organization of the study process of the State Border Guard College in order to facilitate the achievement of the goals set by the border guard training process. The study was conducted in the State Border Guard College using scientific, pedagogical and psychological literature analysis and evaluation and document analysis research method. The author brought forward conclusion that the structural and content study process improving in the State Border Guard College can be achieved by changing professional border guard training course program (1 month) and professional further education study program "Border Guarding", study subjects and their succession.
STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY AND COMMUNICATION DURING THE JOB RECRUITMENT PROCESS: THE OPINIONS OF STUDENTS AND EMPLOYERS
Authors: Šmitiņa Agita
Published: May 2018

The Career Centre of the University of Latvia undertook a comprehensive study regarding the issues of student employability and mutual communication with employers during the recruitment process.  The study was conducted in two parts – 923 students from various higher education institutions in Latvia were surveyed during May-June 2015. The survey was used to inquire the current employment situation of the students of various study disciplines, determine the most popular types and choices of students in search for jobs and traineeship places, study the communication of the employers and given feedback to job seekers. The survey results outline the problems in mutual communication between the employers and employees and giving and receiving of feedback, as well as an explanation of the reasons for refusal of the job. In continuation of the study 84 employers were surveyed in spring 2017 regarding the experience of their company/institution in regard to employment of students, as well as communication with students as job seekers in the recruitment process. The outcome of the study show that employers are seeking students for a job position through job advertisement portals, but they try to recruit them also through social networks; in general they rate students as convincing during interviews, but also having excessive ambitions, expectations and not always an adequate appraisal of their own skills. The employers explain the problems noted by the students in regard to the employer communication during recruitment  by being too busy, lack of time and a high number of applications per competition.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SKILLS OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN COMMUNITY CARE HOMES
Authors: Raudeliunaite Rita , Gudžinskienė Vida
Published: May 2018

The purpose of the article is to reveal the need for the social skills of young people living in community care homes based on the experience of young people. Problematic study questions: What social skills, which are important to a person‘s independent living, do the adolescents lack?  How do opportunities to develop social skills change while living in the community care homes? Eight young people aged 17-18 years old from three community care homes, which are in different parts of Lithuania, participated in the study. The study revealed that young people lack communication skills: they have difficulty establishing and maintaining contact, communicating politely, being empathetic (careful, attentive and understanding to others), addressing emerging issues and conflicts constructively. The study found out that young people lack intrapersonal skills: self-control, responsibility, and self-confidence. Young people lack activity organisation skills: activity planning and activity realisation skills. The study reveals that, while living in community child care homes, opportunities to develop social skills change in a positive way. In everyday practical activities, more opportunities to solve problems and plan and organise various activities occur. By communicating and cooperating in the family environment, young people acquire more empathy, building rapport and maintaining it, polite communication and conflict resolution skills. A family atmosphere and close and positive mutual relationships, which are built in the community child care homes, contribute to the strengthening of self-confidence and trust in others.
POSSIBLE USES OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN UNIVERSITY TRAINING OF IT PROFESSIONALS
Authors: Prokofjeva Natalija , Zagulova Diana , Katalnikova Sabina , Synytsya Kateryna
Published: May 2018

In this paper, learning and knowledge control systems developed by the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology of the Riga Technical University are described. These systems are used in teaching various subjects on different study programs and specialties. The paper also presents results of use of computer systems in student self-study and self-control. Students could freely choose, whether or not to use these systems during their studies. We focused on two scenarios of non-compulsory use of computer systems, namely with a motivating system or without one. In both cases students actively used computer systems for self-control and self-study. Our research shows that using computer systems for both knowledge control and study (as opposed to knowledge control alone) increased knowledge level of all students, regardless of their overall performance.
TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH A CLIL APPROACH IN RUSSIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES
Authors: Lopukhova Yulia , Makeeva Elena
Published: May 2018

In recent decades, increasing numbers of EMI (English as Medium of Instructions) courses have been added to university course offerings in countries where English is not the first language, as a way of supporting university internalization and addressing the global status of English. However, some studies argue that EMI courses might affect the overall learning of course content because of students' poor lecture comprehension and passive engagement in class. In order to facilitate student engagement and improve learning experiences in EMI courses, the authors introduce a CLIL approach that would facilitate students' overall learning in entrepreneurship. By focusing rather on the content, students acquire the target language unconsciously. Learning a language through content does not only increase the students’ motivation but it also improves the students’ performances, both in language and content. This article demonstrates the possibility of combining the subject Entrepreneurial Leadership and CIL, and it intends to explore possible benefits and obstructions. During the research it became evident that the students’ interest in Entrepreneurial Leadership which was realized in the frame of Masters’ Programme “Entrepreneurs for Tomorrow” as well as their concentration increased, mainly due to the use of different teaching techniques employed and partly due to use of English as the language of instruction. Further issues raised in the field of CLIL Entrepreneurial Leadership will be discussed in the empirical part and in the curriculum analysis.