bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pro-Gambling culture
Authors: Brešan Maja
Published: July 2021

This paper analyses gambling within the notion of culture. Examining its origins, we find out that gambling is strongly intertwined with culture. Due to human development and cultural complexity, the perceptions of luck, taking risk and chance change over time, but still have an important impact on gambling activity and detecting its codes. Historical evidence of gambling shows that gambling developed with different intensity, and has been mostly affected by European colonization. Gambling culture can be distinguished depending on the historical backgrounds, institutional structure and religious backgrounds (among other factors). The secondary analysis was prepared by taking raw data from the World Value Survey (2014) and analysing the correlations between gambling components. The selected components prove to be significantly correlated with the Taking Risk factor (secularization factor) and represent a significant contribution to the finalization of our findings. The final results propose four types of gambling culture present today, i.e. Simple Gambling Culture, Denied Gambling Culture, Transitioning Gambling Culture and Pro-Gambling Culture. Simple Gambling culture has the least gambling characteristic, whereas Pro-gambling Culture is a newly introduced term which represents the contemporary gambling cultural orientations.
Selection of Iron-based Additives for Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion of Sludge using the Multicriteria Decision-Making Approach
Authors: Ugwu Samson , Enweremadu Christopher
Published: July 2021

Enhancement of anaerobic digestion is vital for substrate solubilization and increased biogas production at a reduced cost. The use of several iron-based additives has proven effective in improving overall bio-digester performance during anaerobic digestion sludge. This study evaluates different iron-based additives for the selection of the best additive from the alternatives using a multi-attribute decision making (MADM) approach. The weights of the attributes were computed with the entropy weight technique and the ranking of the alternatives were performed using order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method. Five attributes and thirteen frequently used alternatives were selected for evaluation. The result showed that additive cost and dosages were assigned the highest weight of 62.37 % and 27.46 %, respectively. Based on the performance scores of 99.15 %, 20 mg/L of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs-20) ranked best (number 1) among considered alternatives for enhancement of anaerobic digestion of sludge. The outcome of this evaluation agrees with previous experimental results and suggests that the choice of an effective iron-based additive should be based on its biogas enhancement potential and cost-effectiveness (low dosage requirement and low price).
Caseworker Prejudice: Exploring Secondary Non-Take-Up from Below Among Latino Immigrants in Madrid, London, and New York City
Authors: Mallet Marie , Garcia Edwin
Published: July 2021

This article investigates the understudied phenomenon of secondary non-take-up (NTU) among Latino immigrants in Madrid, London, and New York City from their own perspective. It examines the reasons behind secondary NTU across the three sites and examines the relevance of type of welfare state in which they live. The findings of this paper suggest that secondary NTU is prevalent in these three sites. It identifies prejudice from social workers as the leading cause of secondary NTU among Latino immigrants.
When Multiple Implications of Non-Take-Up to Healthcare Catalyze a Critique of the Health and Social System
Authors: Revil Héléna
Published: July 2021

This article shows that “not chosen” experiences of non-take up to healthcare, having multiple implications for people and remaining unanswered from the social protection and health system, create a paradoxical situation. The result, among the people concerned, is a destabilization of representations of system, conducive to the construction of criticisms and reactions leading people to keep, voluntarily and by different means, at a distance from certain health and social offers.
Living Contexts of Non-Take-Up in Germany
Authors: Eckhardt Jennifer
Published: July 2021

This article focuses on the refusal of social benefits in Germany from the perspectives of people who practice it. Through the presentation of three case studies, forms of subjectivation are reconstructed which offer insights into societal origins of refusal as an everyday mode of action and point towards further thematic and empirical research areas.
O pojęciu „historyczności” według Karla Jaspersa oraz Carla Gustava Junga
Authors:   Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Szyroka Izabela
Published: July 2021

I shall try to consider comparatively the notion of “historicity” in the sense given to it by Karl Jaspers and Carl Gustaw Jung in their “philosophies of history”, which were an original response to the crisis of modern historical scientificated consciousness. On the basis of Jaspers’ „Vom Ursprung und der Ziel der Geschichte” as well as Jung’s „Über die Entwicklung der Persönli- chkeit” I intend to explore a common point of their philosophical positions, which is: an individual historical existence, belonging as he/she does to the historical world that enters his/her life in a particular form, and, on the other hand, shaping the general historical reality through picking out and revealing the meanings and opportunities waiting to be unearthed in the sphere of his- toricity. Their concept of individual human being that, paradoxically, is just as much a historical existence in history as it remains outside history.
Problem „świadomości w ogóle” u Kanta i Jaspersa
Authors:   Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie, Heflik Włodzimierz
Published: July 2021

In his book on Kant, Jaspers equates consciousness-as-such with transcenden- tal apperception. Within the framework of Kantian philosophy, consciousness as transcendental apperception is treated as: (1) original synthetic unity, and (2) a form of consciousness or form of presentation. I first consider the con- nections between consciousness-as-such and the transcendental subject, the transcendental I and the noumenal I. I then turn to an analysis of Jaspers’ treatment of consciousness-as-such. He understands this term to mean “the encompassing that is the entity that I am (self)”. Consciousness-as-such is considered in two ways, i.e. through a description of (1) what it is in itself, and (2) its relationship with other kinds of encompassing. I limit my discussion to the relationship between consciousness and two main kinds of encompassing, that is Existenz and reason. I focus on the concept of consciousness from the following perspectives: (1) as a form, (2) the role of Existenz as a factor filling in the empty form of consciousness, and (3) as illuminating consciousness through reason.
Percepções sobre as ações das redes públicas de ensino durante a pandemia
Authors: Santos Jairo Campos dos , Oliveira Luiza Alves de
Published: July 2021

O objetivo deste trabalho é captar a percepção dos profissionais de educação básica sobre as ações de suas redes de ensino durante a COVID-19. Dessa forma, através de uma análise quantitativa dos dados colhidos por uma pesquisa exploratória, observamos que, embora a percepção dos profissionais reconheça a efetiva participação de suas redes de ensino para que não ocorra interrupção das atividades com os alunos, um percentual relevante de professores interrompeu completamente suas atividades e os que continuaram atuando, realizaram atividades de maneira autônoma, sem direcionamento e sem ações coordenadas. Registramos que estudos futuros poderão evidenciar com mais clareza os danos que a situação aqui estudada causará em uma geração.
Mission à Vatican II
Authors: Routhier Gilles
Published: July 2021

La lecture du Décret Ad Gentes sur l’activité missionnaire de l’Église ne suffit pas pour nous donner une idée exacte du renouveau missiologique proposé par le concile Vatican II. Concile pastoral, dont la tâche principale était de témoigner de l’Évangile dans un monde où la place de l’Église semblait menacée, Vatican II relève ce défi de multiples manières : en pensant l’Église dans le monde comme « signe » et manifestation du salut à travers toute sa réalité, en faisant la promotion de la catholicité de l’Église, en approfondissant sa réflexion sur les religions non chrétiennes et sur la liberté religieuse.
Um vaso para honra e outro para desonra: a eleição divina em Rm 9,19-29
Authors: Gonzaga Waldecir , Silva Ygor Almeida de Carvalho
Published: July 2021

Este artigo se propõe a examinar a perícope de Rm 9,19-29, com vistas a entender se, neste texto bíblico, o Apóstolo Paulo trataria realmente de predestinação dupla ou absoluta, como foi compreendido pela maioria dos reformadores. O foco se concentra especialmente em expressões de difícil interpretação dos vv.21-23: “Acaso o oleiro não tem autoridade para fazer [...] um vaso para honra, e outro para desonra? [...] vasos de ira, que foram preparados para a destruição, [...] vasos de misericórdia, que Ele preparou de antemão para a glória”. A exegese é trabalhada com base nos princípios dos seguintes métodos: Histórico-Crítico, Análise Retórica Bíblica Semítica e Uso do Antigo Testamento no Novo Testamento. São levados em conta estudos de autores antigos e recentes. Paulo não está dizendo que Deus predestina um para a salvação e outro para a perdição, antes mesmo de seu nascimento. Isso seria colocar os seres humanos como simples marionetes, sem nenhuma liberdade ou possibilidade de conversão. O “horizonte argumentativo” paulino não é o antropológico, mas sim o teológico. Ele quer realçar a soberania e a misericórdia de Deus, mesmo diante dos limites humanos, seja com os judeus, seja como os gentios.
Igreja sem saída, Igreja em saída: Da Conferência Episcopal de Aparecida para a Assembleia Eclesial do México
Authors: Suess Paulo
Published: July 2021

Na Conferência de Aparecida, o então cardeal Bergoglio de Buenos Aires teve um papel importante na redação do documento final. Como Papa Francisco, Bergoglio incorporou Aparecida na Igreja universal e trouxe o binômio “fidelidade e audácia” para a cátedra de São Pedro. Fiel ao passado e audaz na abertura aos imperativos do futuro, “a Igreja é chamada a repensar profundamente e a relançar com fidelidade e audácia sua missão nas novas circunstâncias latino-americanas e mundiais” (DAp 11).
Riscos do uso alternativo do cigarro eletrônico: uma revisão narrativa
Authors: Vargas Luana Soares , Araújo Daniel Lopes Marques de , Noronha Lorena Cota , Carvalho Lucas Antônio Avelar , Mota Matheus Fonseca Queiroz , Alvarenga Fernanda Pereira , Campos Glenda Mirelly de Oliveira , Lima Ana Karoline Mendes , Oliveira Vitória Gotelip , Barbosa Ana Carolina Albernaz
Published: July 2021

Objetivo: Avaliar os riscos do uso de cigarros eletrônicos como alternativa ao convencional. Revisão bibliográfica: Os cigarros eletrônicos têm sido utilizados como uma alternativa na cessação tabágica. Contudo, liberam quantidades consideráveis de nicotina e outras substâncias, muitas vezes não esclarecidas pelo fabricante, como o óleo de tetra-hidrocanabinol (THC). Além disso, a comercialização, importação e a publicidade no Brasil são proibidas, mas a venda é feita de forma clandestina. As evidências científicas sobre os danos causados pelos cigarros eletrônicos a longo prazo, são inconclusivas. Alguns estudos in vitro mostraram alterações na mucosa respiratória, assemelhando-se aos prejuízos causados pelos cigarros tradicionais. Em 2019, a Lesão Pulmonar Associada ao uso de Produtos com Cigarro Eletrônico ou Vaping (EVALI), foi descrita como uma doença respiratória aguda ou subaguda que pode evoluir ao óbito. Considerações finais: Portanto, ainda há dificuldade em classificar os cigarros eletrônicos como medicina auxiliar no uso de nicotina, porém é recomendado não usar seus produtos, principalmente com THC e obtidos de fontes informais.
Fatores de risco relacionados ao câncer de mama e a importância da detecção precoce para a saúde da mulher
Authors: Costa Laise Soares , Carmo Ana Luiza Oliveira do , Firmiano Gustavo Gregorio Dias , Monteiro Júlia de Souza Silva , Faria Luana Batista , Gomides Lindisley Ferreira
Published: July 2021

Objetivo: O presente estudo propôs reunir os fatores de riscos associados a neoplasia mamária e divulgar a detecção precoce como um importante método preventivo. Revisão bibliográfica: O Câncer de mama é um problema de saúde pública devido a natureza multifatorial e suas consequências epidemiológica, social e econômica. Apresenta alta taxa de incidência e gera transtornos psicológicos para as mulheres. Fatores como história reprodutiva, contraceptivos hormonais, ausência de filhos, primeira gravidez após 30 anos, menarca antes de 12 anos e menopausa após 55 anos foram os riscos mais apontados. A obesidade, o sedentarismo e o consumo de álcool também foram citados, além de fatores genéticos e hereditários. A prevenção primária (hábitos de vida saudável) e a secundária (rastreio) auxiliam no diagnóstico precoce, o qual favorece o tratamento e minimiza as taxas de morbimortalidade. Dentre essas têm-se o autoexame das mamas, o exame clínico e a mamografia, além de exames de imagem. Considerações finais: Faz-se necessária a conscientização sobre a importância da detecção precoce, através de palestras educativas junto aos gestores das saúdes pública e privada, equipe multidisciplinar e pacientes, divulgando propostas de monitoramento e acompanhamento a longo prazo, principalmente para as mulheres acima de 40 anos.
Miopatia Proximal, uma variante patogênica no Éxon 12 do Gene FLNC
Authors: Filho Elísio Roberto de Oliveira
Published: July 2021

Objetivo: Relatar uma variante patogênica de miopatia proximal. Detalhamento do caso: Trata-se de paciente do sexo masculino de 39 anos, com histórico pregresso de fraqueza muscular. Em 2017, apresentou dor de forte intensidade no ombro direito com diminuição progressiva da força muscular na parte proximal do membro superior direito, antes não presenciada. O exame físico, evidenciou fraqueza muscular grau de força 4/5 e, no membro superior direito, grau de força muscular 3/4. Notou-se atrofia no músculo deltoide e infraespinhoso à direita. Exames complementares apresentaram uma dosagem de creatinofosfoquinase (CPK) e creatina quinase massa (CKMB) elevadas: 538ng/ml e 7,13ng/ml respectivamente. A eletroneuromiografia registrou potenciais polifásicos nos músculos bíceps direito e infraespinhoso à direita, demais sem alterações. O painel gênico para miopatia evidenciou uma variante patogênica no éxon 12 do gene filamin C (FLNC), não identificada no banco de dados do exoma. Dessa forma estamos diante de uma nova miopatia proximal, antes não relatada. Considerações finais: As mutações heterozigotas do gene FLNC, é a causa da Miopatia Distal tipo 4 e, da Miopatia Miofibrilar Tipo 5, porém o caso descrito, mostrou um padrão diferente de envolvimento muscular diferente da miopatia distal do tipo 4 bem como da Miopatia Miofibrilar.
An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Decrease Sacral Hospital-acquired Pressure Injuries: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Authors: Isaacs Shelby , Pinhasov Tamir , Oropallo Alisha , Brennan Mary , Rao Amit , Landis Gregg , Agrell-Kann Marie , Li Timmy
Published: July 2021

BACKGROUND: Hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) of the sacrum are among the most common iatrogenic events in health care. Multi-intervention programs have been shown to decrease the prevalence of pressure injuries. PURPOSE: To assess changes in the yearly incidence of sacral HAPIs before and after implementation of a 3-pronged interdisciplinary intervention to reduce HAPI incidence. METHODS: A retrospective study of all patients admitted between 2010 and 2017 was conducted to evaluate the effect of a 2012 initiative on the incidence of sacral HAPIs. In 2012, an interdisciplinary team was created, and enhanced education programs for nursing staff and quality data reporting measures were implemented for all patients admitted to North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY. Pre- and post-intervention patient variables and sacral HAPI outcomes were compared. RESULTS: Pre- intervention, the sacral HAPI incidence was 0.353% and 0.267% (mean 0.31%) in the years 2010 and 2011, respectively. Post-intervention the HAPI incidence was 0.033%, 0.043%, 0.008%, 0.007%, and 0.004% in the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, respectively (mean 0.019%) (2-sample unpaired t-statistic: 11.5937; P < .001). Significant variables and outcomes differences between pre-intervention (n = 245) and post-intervention (n = 49) patients with a sacral HAPI were seen for race (P < .0001), length of stay (P = .0096), and HAPI stage (P < .0001). CONCLUSION: A hospital-wide, multi-part, interdisciplinary intervention resulted in a significant and sustained reduction in the incidence of sacral HAPIs.
Recurrent Subcutaneous Abscess Due to Nocardia farcinica in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
Authors: Acuner Burçin , Cömert Füsun
Published: July 2021

BACKGROUND: Nocardia farcinica differs from other species of Nocardia due to its multi-drug resistance and propensity to disseminate hematogenously. Cutaneous nocardiosis in immunocompetent patients is rare. PURPOSE: To describe the treatment and clinical trajectory of a 37-year-old male patient who was not immunocompromised and presented with a history of minor trauma from a canister and palpable subcutaneous draining nodules in the forearm. Purulent drainage was present. The injury had occurred 3 months before presentation. RESULTS: Magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple abscess foci up to 3 cm in diameter in the forearm muscles. The wound culture obtained after debridment indicated Nocardia farcinica as the cause. The case was difficult to manage despite serial debridements, negative pressure wound dressings, and culture-specific antibiotic treatments. The entire treatment process took approximately 7 months. The patient had 5 surgical interventions and more than 6 months of antibiotic treatment. Healing was eventually achieved but with a painful scar. CONCLUSION: Although nocardiosis has been documented to occur primarily in immunocompromised patients, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of immunocompetent patients if there is a history of skin injury and a late-onset subcutaneous draining abscess resistant to common treatment regimens.
Siberian sculptor Georgy Lavrov: specific attributes of his art
Authors: Царева Н.С.
Published: July 2021

Творчество сибирского скульптора Георгия Дмитриевича Лаврова (1895 1991) явление яркое и уникальное не только для искусства Сибири, но и для России. Получив в начале XX века первоначальное художественное образование в Сибири (Красноярская художественная школа, рисовальные классы Томского общества любителей художеств (ТОЛХ)), он, пройдя через горнило гражданской войны в Сибири, приехал в Москву, чтобы учиться и заниматься творчеством, вступил в АХРР, затем продолжил учебу во Франции. В Париже Лавров провел около девяти лет. Его французскими учителями были Поль Ландовский, Луи Анри Бушар, Антуан Бурдель, Аристид Майоль и Шарль Деспио, а Франсуа Помпон другом и соратником. Во Франции Лавров становится одним из немногих русских скульпторов признанных мастеров ардеко. В середине 1930х годов он возвращается в СССР. В 1938 году его репрессируют, 15 лет Лавров проводит в лагерях и ссылках, но жизненные невзгоды не сломили его. Он продолжал работать, его монументальная скульптура украшает многие сибирские города, в том числе Магадан, Красноярск, Минусинск, а станковая скульптура хранится в лучших музеях и частных собраниях России, Белоруссии, Украины, Франции, Бельгии, США и других странах. Основные художественные тенденции в скульптуре XX века прослеживаются во всем творчестве мастера, которое охватывает без малого 80 лет.

The art of Siberian sculptor Georgy Lavrov (1895 1991) is a bright and unique phenomenon not only for the art scene of Siberia, but for the whole Russia. He received his first art education in Siberia in the beginning of XXth Century in the Krasnoyarsk Art School and Tomsk Drawing Classes of Fine Arts Lovers Society. After going through the crucible of civil war in Siberia, Lavrov came to Moscow to continue his education, became a member of the Revolutionary Russia Artist Association, and then went to France for further study and a pursuing his artistic career as a sculptor. He spent almost nine years in Paris. His teachers were Paul Landowsky, Anri Louis Bouchard, Antoine Bourdelle, Aristide Maillol and Charles Despiau, and Francois Pompon was his close friend and colleague. In France Lavrov turned to the one of the recognizable Art Deco style masters. In the middle of 1930ies he returned to the USSR. In 1938 he was arrested and repressed. For 15 years George Lavrov was hold in camps and exile, but all these life struggles did not defeat him. He continued working, creating sculptures. His monumental sculptures decorate many Siberian cities, including Magadan, Krasnoyarsk and Minusinsk. His works also can be found in museums and private collections in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, France, Belgium, USA and some others countries. The major art trends in sculpture of the XX century can be traced throughout the work of the master, which covers nearly 80 years.
Lesser-known art forms linked with ethno-botanic wisdom of mountain communities
Authors: Гупта П. , Монга О.П. , Шарма В.К.
Published: July 2021

Предметом статьи является искусство и эстетика горных общин как одно из проявлений их культурного своеобразия и идентичности. В работе предпринята попытка раскрыть данную тему на материале некоторых малоизвестных художественных форм штата Химачал в Гималаях. Хотя сельские общины широко используют эти формы для своих повседневных нужд, при этом они часто рассматриваются скорее с утилитарной точки зрения, чем как художественные артефакты. В то же время для того чтобы сохранить культурно-художественные традиции, связанные с их созданием, необходимо рассматривать данные формы именно как художественные артефакты.

The paper intends to focus at the art and aesthetics of mountain communities, which are the expressions of their individuality. In the paper, an effort has been made to deliberate upon some lesser-known art forms of Himachal Himalay. Although, the rural communities to meet their day to day requirements have used these extensively, but they are regarded more as utilities of daily use then the artifacts. In order to preserve their use and traditions linked with their creation, it is important that these must be considered as artifacts.
Vladimir Favorsky. Epic style. Kirghiz series of drawings
Authors: Грибоносова-Гребнева Елена Владимировна
Published: July 2021

В статье представлена работа В.А. Фаворского над киргизским героическим эпосом Манас. В серии созданных художником рисунков нашли проявление его художественные и теоретические подходы к искусству графики и иллюстрирования книг. Для более глубокого проникновения в суть эпического произведения художник отправляется в Киргизию. Созданные им рисунки имеют не только эстетическую и этнографическую ценности. В них проявилась его теория графики, когда белый фон бумаги воспринимается в качестве белого пространства, а карандаш художника становится сродни резцу скульптора. Пространство белого повисает на штрихах рисунка. Эпический характер повествования привел к монументальности образов и композиций иллюстраций. В статье приводятся теоретические мысли художника о соединении разновременных состояний в произведении искусства, роли контура и пятна.

The work of V.A. Favorsky on the Kirghiz heroic epos is presented in this article. There is a demonstration of his artistic and theoretical approaches to the graphic arts and books illustration in the series of these drawings. The artist goes to Kyrgyzstan for the deep insight into the essence of the epic work. His drawings have not only aesthetic and ethnographic value. His theory of graphic appeared there, when a white field of paper is taken as a white space, and the artists pencil became similar to a cutter of a sculpture. The space of the white paper hangs on the drawings strokes. The epic nature of the narrative led to the monumentality of the images and compositions of the illustrations. There are artists theoretical thoughts about the connection of the multitemporal conditions in the works of art, the role of contour and spot.
Lotus flower. Towards the question about modern trends on the Vietnam fine art
Authors: Зотова О.И.
Published: July 2021

Изобразительное искусство современного Вьетнама это удивительно многогранное явление, в котором переплелись черты традиционного национального и европейского искусства. Выросшее из вьетнамской художественной традиции, связанной с лаковой живописью, с росписью на шелке, народной гравюрой по дереву, искусство Вьетнама в последние годы все более интенсивно усваивает художественные достижения всего мира.

Fine art of modern Vietnam is a wonderful multifaceted event, where traits of traditional national and European art are interwoven. In recent years Vietnam art, grown from the Vietnamese artistic tradition, connected with the lacquer painting, the painting on silk, folk engraving on wood, ever more takes artistic achievements of the whole world.
The sixth international biennale in Beijing
Authors: Цзяожэнь Ф.
Published: July 2021

Более половины стран-членов Организации Объединенных Наций приняли участие в 6й Пекинской биеннале 2015 года на тему Память и мечты. Осень лучший сезон в Пекине. С 24 сентября по 15 октября 2015 года состоялась 6-я Пекинская биеннале, соорганизаторами которой выступили Китайская федерация литературных и художественных объединений, муниципалитет Пекина и Китайская ассоциация художников. Биеннале проходила в Национальном художественном музее Китая. На ней были представлены 685 произведений из 96 стран (188 из Китая, 497 из зарубежных стран). Этот международный художественный праздник с беспрецедентным числом стран-участниц проходил на фоне великолепных осенних пекинских пейзажей.

Autumn is the best season in Beijing. The sixth Beijing biennale took place from 24 September to 15 October 2015, its coorganizers were the Chinese federation of the literary and artistic associations, Beijing municipality and the Chinese association of artists. The biennale took place in the Chinese national Art Museum. There were presented 685works from 96 countries (188 from China, 497 from the foreign countries). This international artistic holiday with the unprecedented number of participating countries was held on the background of the Beijing autumn landscapes.
Brands in nomadic culture as an object of art analysis
Authors: Белокурова С.М.
Published: July 2021

В статье анализируются возможности исследования тамговых знаков кочевников в контексте искусствоведения. Предлагается подход, в рамках которого тамга может быть исследована в связи с орнаментальными мотивами. 

The article analyzes the possibility of studying brands of nomads in the context of art-study. An approach examining brands in connection with ornamental motifs is presented in the article.
The way of artistic searches. Andrei Osipovich Nikulin
Authors: Бабина О.А.
Published: July 2021

Статья посвящена анализу творчества и уникальности пути художественных исканий в начале ХХ века талантливого русского живописца А.О. Никулина (1878-1945), внесшего значительный вклад в развитие русской изобразительной культуры, но в силу сложившихся исторических условий и жизненных обстоятельств, разрозненности собрания, выпавшего из поля зрения ведущих отечественных искусствоведов. Яркая и самобытная личность, художник с европейским образованием, всю свою жизнь отстаивавший право на индивидуальность, искавший свой путь и свои темы в искусстве, он формировался как творческая личность не в столичной среде, а в российской провинции. В творчестве мастера, как в зеркале, нашли отражение искания художников эпохи модерна. Так сложилось, что имя А.О. Никулина не стало хрестоматийным в истории русского искусства, более того, на долгие годы было забыто. Коллекция работ А.О. Никулина, собранная стараниями нескольких поколений музейных сотрудников Алтайского государственного художественного музея, не только является гордостью собрания, но и создает сегодня все предпосылки для полного и масштабного представления деятельности художника. Пейзаж, портрет, театральная декорация, журнальная и оригинальная графика, литературное творчество полно представляют наследие живописца. Настало время вернуть в художественное историческое пространство имя А.О. Никулина, расширив и обогатив наши представления о многообразии и специфике художественного процесса в России рубежа ХIХ – ХХ веков.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the creative work and to the unique way of artistic searches of the talented Russian painter Andrei Nikulin (1878-1945) in the early 20th century who made a significant contribution to the development of Russian visual culture, but due to the prevailing historical conditions and life circumstances, and fragmentation of the collection he was neglected by leading national art historians. Being a bright and original personality, a European educated artist who was asserting his right for individuality, all his life looking for his way and his own themes in art, Nikulin was formed as an artist not in the environment of the capital, but in provincial Russia. Searches of Art Nouveau style artists are reflected in the creative work of the artist. It happened so that the name of Andrei Nikulin didn’t become a textbook one, furthermore it was neglected for many years. The collection of Nikulin’s works, assembled by the efforts of several generations of museum’s employees of the Altay State Art Museum, is not only a pride of the museum but also creates the prerequisites for a full and large-scale presentation of the artist’s activities. The heritage of the painter comprises landscape, portrait, theatrical decoration, journal and original graphic art, and literary work. It is time to return the name of Andrei Nikulin into the art and historical environment having enlarged and enriched our concept about the variety and specific features of art process in Russia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
An experiment in humility
Authors: Малявин В.В.
Published: July 2021

Искусствоведы часто удивляются – искренне или притворно – необычайной жизненности художественных традиций. Гораздо реже они могут объяснить, почему жизненно именно традиционное искусство. Творчество художника Цай Юй-чэня из города Бэйган помогает понять эту загадку.

Art historians are often surprised - sincerely or feignedly - the extraordinary vitality of artistic traditions. Much less often they can explain why it is traditional art that is vital. Creativity of the artist Tsai Yu-chen from the city of Began helps to understand this riddle.
Lokesh Chandra and His Contribution to Study of Buddhist Iconography
Authors: Шишин М.Ю.
Published: July 2021

В статье представляется деятельность выдающегося  индийского ученого академика Локеша Чандры и его фундаментальный труд «Словарь буддийской иконографии».

The article is devoted to the activity of considerable Indian scientist Lokesh Chandra and to his fundamental work “Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography”
Natures and terrain Altai: from West to East
Authors: Дариус Е.И. , Овцинов В.И.
Published: July 2021

В Барнауле в Государственном художественном музее Алтайского края 20 октября 2016 г. состоялось открытие выставки «Природно-ландшафтные лики Алтая: с запада на восток», подготовленной в рамках выставочно-просветительского проекта «Образ земли в материальной и художественной культуре России». Организаторы проекта – Государственный художественный музей Алтайского края, Алтайский государственный аграрный университет и Алтайский государственный университет. Цель проекта – всестороннее рассмотрение, освещение и популяризация различных вопросов, посвященных теме земли, как в художественном, так и в научном аспектах ее осмысления, привлечение внимания общества к проблемам охраны природы и почв.

20 October 2016 in Barnaul in State art Museum of Altai region, the opening of the exhibition «Natures and terrain Altai: from west to east». She prepared in the framework of the exhibition and educational project «The image of the earth in the material and artistic culture of Russia». The organizers of the project – the State art Museum of Altai region, Altai state agrarian University and Altai state University. The aim of the project – comprehensive review of the lighting and popularization of the various issues on the theme of land, as in the artistic and so scientific aspect of understanding, attracting the attention of society to problems of nature protection and soils.
Paleochoreographic approach to interpretation of petroglyphic compositions (in case of images with “mushroom-like” hats in Mongolian and Russian Altai)
Authors: Белокурова С.М.
Published: July 2021

В статье предпринята попытка апробации палеохореографического подхода при интерпретации распространенных сюжетов в наскальных рисунках. Рассмотрены изображения воинов в грибовидных шапках, доказано, что целый ряд сюжетов может быть интерпретирован как танец.

The paper contains an attempt to approbate the paleochoregraphic approach in interpreting common plots in rock paintings. Images of warriors in mushroom-like hats are considered, it is proved that a whole series of stories can be interpreted as a dance.
Primitive art of Himalaya
Authors: Ханда Ом.Ч.
Published: July 2021

Представлены два фрагмента монографии известного индийского ученого О.С. Ханды «Панорама Гималайского искусства», касающиеся первобытного искусства – петроглифов. Ученый рассматривает комплексы древнейших изображений, выполненных краской, и более поздние рисунки, выбитые на поверхности камня.

The material contains two fragments of the monograph «Panorama of Himalayan Art» by well-known Indian artist O.C. Handa. The paper discusses petrogliphes as the primitive art of North India. The author talks about ancient petrogliphes made with pigment and engravings on the surface of the stone made later.
On symbolism of the deer in Scythian-Siberian animal style: a case of burial mound Filippovka-1
Authors: Тютюгина Н.В.
Published: July 2021

Статья посвящена уникальному памятнику мирового искусства, истории и археологии – скульптурам оленей из Филипповского кургана №1. Памятник относится к сарматской культуре IV в. до н.э. Несмотря на свою уникальность, скульптуры оленей вписываются в общую символику звериного стиля скифо-сибирской цивилизации. В процессе анализа художественных, технологических и смысловых особенностей скульптур Филипповских оленей выявляется сложная символика образа: его связь с астрономическими знаниями, с явлениями инобытия. Опираясь на исследования крупнейших ученых, историков, археологов, этнографов, советской и российской науки, автор поддерживает теорию возникновения образа оленя как главного в иерархии звериных символов на территории Евразии – в эпоху каменного века. В процессе анализа автор приходит к выводу о том, что образ оленя в скифо-сибирской цивилизации символизировал собой Женское Начало бытия – Мать-Природу.

The paper considers deer statues from burial mound Filippovka-1 attributed to the Sarmatian culture of the 4th century BC as an unparalleled phenomenon of world art, history and archaeology. Despite their uniqueness, the deer statues are integrated into the animal-style symbolic system of the Siberian-Scythian civilization. Analysis of artistic, technological and semantic features of the deer artifacts from Filippovka makes it possible to reveal intricate symbolism of the image such as its association with astronomical knowledge and the category of otherness. Based on the studies conducted by the higher-level Soviet and Russian scholars, historians, archaeologists and ethnographers, the author of the paper advocates the theory of the origin of the deer image as the major one in the hierarchy of animal symbols in Eurasia during the Stone Age. When analyzing the research material, the author comes to the conclusion that in the Scythian-Siberian civilization the deer symbolized Mother Nature, the Feminine Principle of being.
Late Classic Climate Change and Societal Response in the Maya Lowlands
Authors: Keenan Benjamin
Published: July 2021

This article summarises the scientific methods used to study past climate in the Maya Lowlands. It also provides an overview of the strategies employed by the ancient Maya to adapt to natural climate change and address issues associated with their growing population. The Maya response to these challenges, including to severe droughts between 800 and 1000 CE, culminated in a societal restructuring sometimes referred to as “the Classic collapse.” The story of the Lowland Maya may serve as a “lesson” going forward, as we confront similar issues in the twenty-first century, e.g., food insecurity, water scarcity, pandemics, and waste management, all in the context of anthropogenic climate change. The ancient Maya experience might provide useful insights, given that the effects of modern-day climate change are already being felt.
Can the Earth be Sacred Once Again? Christianity and Climate Change
Authors: McGrath Sean
Published: July 2021

The following paper takes Pope Francis’ Encyclical on Climate Change as an opportunity to re-open the debate, begun in 1967 by Lynn White Jr., on the theological origins of the environmental crisis. I note that the Pope’s critique of consumerist modernity is strong, but his lack of a genealogical account of modernity remains a weakness of the text. I argue, with White, that the technological revolution which has caused climate change would not have been possible without Christian assumptions. The original disenchantment of the world was the Abrahamic revelation which disjoined divinity and nature, and contra to appearances, the disjunction was only exacerbated by the doctrine of the incarnation. With climate change, modernity is returning to this revelation in the form of the sobering experience of the precarity of the planet. Nature is now experienced as finite once again, and it includes us. Modernity, however, cannot be disavowed any more than disenchantment can easily be forgotten. A return to the Christian roots of disenchantment might help us to remember what we have forgotten: the virtue of contemplation, which could qualify modern attitudes of control and domination, and engender a Christian experience of reverence for nature. While this is a Christian response to the climate crisis, other religious traditions will need to come to analogous forms of earth-centered ethics if we are to achieved the integrated ecological pluralism needed for the future of civilization.
Using dual language picturebooks with children in an after school club
Authors: Daly Nicola , Kleker Dorea , Short Kathy
Published: July 2021

Dual language picturebooks use more than one language in the text of the book. There is increasing literature showing the potential of such books to support language learning, and recent studies explore their use in classrooms to raise awareness of multilingualism. This article describes the ways in which dual language picturebooks were used in an after school club of 8-11 year olds in a Latinx neighbourhood in Arizona. Over a six week period an inquiry cycle was used as a curricular framework for exploring dual language picturebooks featuring both familiar and unfamiliar languages for the children. Findings showed the importance of providing time for connection with the books, followed by demonstrations or readings  of the picturebooks, and the importance of invitations for the children to explore ideas from the picturebooks. The article provides guidelines for using dual language picturebooks in classrooms, and ends with a provocation suggesting that bilingual picturebooks are not necessarily only for bilingual children.
Talatalanoa as ongoing complex conversations and negotiation of practice in higher education
Authors: Fa'avae David , Fonua Sonia
Published: July 2021

Higher education is a site where diverse cultures and knowledges intersect. Engaging in complex conversations is necessary for educators and academics to confront and negotiate differences, especially in areas they may not be overly familiar with. Negotiating complex conversations is difficult, time consuming, risky, yet rewarding, particularly if shifts in the understanding or valuing of relational engagement and practice. In this article, as a Tongan teacher educator and Pāpālangi (of European heritage/s) educator, we critically reflect on our work in transforming learning and engagement contexts that predominantly ignore expressions of Pacific Indigenous knowledge and Tongan ways of being. Through our collaborative talatalanoa (ongoing conversations) we demonstrate the value of negotiating complex conversations in higher education and particular aspects to consider when instigating them.
“Apa salahku?”: Interrogating social policy problem representations of domestic violence within Singapore's Malay/Muslim population
Authors: Binte Abdul Rahman Nabilah Husna
Published: July 2021

What’s the problem of domestic violence (DV) represented to be in Singapore’s social policy? This thesis interrogates the social policy responses to DV by looking at its discursive effects on Singapore’s Indigenous Malay/Muslim population. Undergirding the study is a theoretical understanding of structural intersectionality, which allows for a recognition of the unique identity of the Malay/Muslim population in Singapore. Such an approach contextualises Malay/Muslim women’s experiences of DV against the backdrop of Singapore’s colonial history and its current Anglo-Chinese political hegemony, which adopts a neoliberal, patriarchal and authoritarian form of governance.

Through qualitative interviews with seven professional advocates working in the social sector and public service, and in-depth analysis of policy documents and first-hand accounts, I examined the ways in which the problem of DV has been imagined and, thus, remedied. Using thematic analysis and taking some inspiration from Carol Bacchi’s post-structuralist “What’s the problem represented to be?” analytical tool, I identified the representations of DV that are found in the interviews and first-hand accounts by survivors and uncover the implicit problematisations within the discourses. These representations show that DV within the Malay/Muslim population is seen as experiences of patriarchal and religious authoritarianism, housing and income insecurity, inadequacies with informal strategies of resistance, and limitations of formal forms of resistance. Then, using the WPR mode of questioning more conventionally, I analysed policy documents and solutions, such as counselling, public education and criminal justice solutions, to reflect on the parameters and limits of how DV has been problematised and where policies fall short in addressing Malay/Muslim women’s experiences according to discourse.

The study concludes that social policy solutions define DV within the Malay/Muslim population largely as cultural problems, divorced from the historical and structural context it operates within. Problem representations also mute the overarching ideological position of Singapore’s governance.

The findings urge advocates and policy-makers to commit to a structural intersectional framework that actively dismantles the neoliberal capitalist systems and patriarchal ideologies legitimised by the State, which underpin and intensify experiences of DV among Malay/Muslim women and other marginalised groups.
Grieving Prison Death
Authors: Lamusse Ti
Published: July 2021

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Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: Exploring the Mediating Role of Financial Slack
Authors: Tabassam Aftab Hussain , Khan Shahbaz
Published: July 2021

Purpose: Generally, prior literature merely focuses on the direct nexus of governance-performance, while ignoring the precise channels through which corporate governance has an effect on the firm performance. Specifically, this study has taken up this issue to capturing the governance-enterprise valuation following the indirect channel of financial slack in Pakistan.

 Design/Methodology/Approach: The study examined the corporate governance and enterprise performance linkage, employing financial slack as a mediating variable. A market-based performance measure “Tobin’s Q” and corporate governance index are used. For the years 2005-2019, this empirical study looks at a large number of 180 firms in the Pakistani non-financial sector. For analysis, a variety of alternative specifications and estimate approaches of panel data analysis are used.

Findings: The empirical findings support the hypothesis that the association between corporate governance and Tobin’s Q is likely to be significant. The novelty of the study lies in the governance-value linkage considering financial slack resource as mediator. The study also confirms partial mediation of financial slack, between CG and FP. 

Implications/Originality/Value: This study examines the corporate governance standards in Pakistan, a developing nation with a fledgling stock market. The findings show that the organizations with effective corporate governance principles strive to deliver the best financial and market performance. It emphasizes that efficient corporate governance policies curtail the agency conflicts and costs. It is also argued that firms with effective corporate governance can enhance the efficiency of financial slack resources to enhance the efficiency of the firms.
‘BRIDGING THE GAP’: APPRAISAL OF THE FACTORS WHICH LIMIT AND IMPEDE THE REALISATION OF THE RIGHT TO WORK OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS
Authors: Baidoo Stephen
Published: July 2021

In South Africa, asylum seekers and refugees are expected to integrate themselves into the society. In order to integrate themselves into society, refugees and asylum seekers seek employment. The employment of refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa is challenging. The right to work of refugees is guaranteed by section 27(f) of the Refugees Act, whilst section 22 provides for the right to work of asylum seekers. However, there is a noticeable gap between the provision of this right to work in terms of the Refugee Act and the actual recognition of this right by employers and professional councils. In practice, asylum seekers and refugees are frequently barred from exercising their right to work and thus do not enjoy these protected rights.9 This article, in analysing the difficulty of attaining employment, will firstly set a foundational basis in chapter 2. Chapter 3 will deal with the international framework governing the right to work of asylum seekers and refugees. Chapter 4 of this essay will then deal with the constitutional framework governing the right to work. In chapter 5, the implications of a limitation on the right to choose employment on the right to work will be dealt with. In chapter 6, the specific challenges faced by asylum seekers and refugees concerning their right to work will be discussed, along with recommendations for overcoming these challenges. Lastly, in chapter 7, there will be a summation of the main impediments and suggested palliatives for the realisation of the right to work of refugees and asylum seekers.