bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Midwives Utilization of Life Saving Skills for Prevention and Management of Hemorrhage in Primary Health Centers in Anambra State, Nigeria
Authors: Nkwonta Chigozie Anastacia , Oyetunde Modupe Olusola
Published: July 2017

In Nigeria, 58,000 women die annually of complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Of these deaths, 23.73% are caused by obstetric hemorrhage, which can be prevented with life saving skills (LSS), an early, aggressive, and coordinated intervention for prevention and management of hemorrhage. This study assessed the midwives’ knowledge and practice of LSS among 177 Nigerian midwives at 126 primary health centers. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire and observation checklist. Finding indicated 52.5% of the midwives were highly knowledgeable about LSS. However, although 70.6% self-reported a high level of implementing LSS procedures, only 21.7% of the midwives observed actually demonstrated a high level of implementation. The majority practiced some LSS components, including early clamping and cutting the cord (95%) and uterine massage (73.3%); all administered oxytocin, most frequently when delivering the anterior shoulders. The midwives reported numerous challenges to implementing LSS, including lack of an assistant when on duty (23.7%) and shortage of oxytocin (20.3%). These limitations were confirmed by on-site observation in which 66.7% were the sole midwife on duty and 23.3% had no assistant available. A positive relationship was found between midwives’ knowledge and practice, with knowledge varying by academic qualifications. However, practice patterns did not differ by years of experience. These findings indicate a gap exists between the midwives’ actual practice and evidence-based practice standard. Therefore, continuous training, frequent monitoring, and supervision are necessary to improve regular implementation of LSS in practice.
Documentos
Authors: Varios Varios
Published: July 2017

Documentos de investigación relacionads con la tematca de movimientos estudiantiles y el educador Estanislao Zuleta
Reseñas de libros y revistas
Authors: Varios Varios
Published: July 2017

En este apartado encontrará reseñas de libros y revistas de investigación relacionados con la historia de la educación latinoamericana.
Reseñas de eventos
Authors: Varios Varios
Published: July 2017

En este apartado encontrará reseñas de eventos científicos  relacionados con la historia de la educación latinoamericana.
INFORMACION PARA AUTORES
Authors: Latinoamericana Revista Historia de la Educación
Published: July 2017

Informacion e indice de autores
A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING AND RESPONDING TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISES
Authors: Moldovan Octavian , Barnes David
Published: July 2017

This paper builds a Holistic Evaluative Model (or HEM) to analyze crises responses, focusing on multiple narratives (explanations) from fields as varied as economics, political science, finance and public policy. A broader framework equips policymakers with more options to shape responses to crises which routinely occurred during the last 75 years of heightened globalization. A HEM reflects the actual process of policy evaluation by combining data across different fields with a valid approach clear enough to discuss increasing opportunities to ameliorate crisis impacts. Even if they are identified, policymakers may not directly influence the causes of crises, which for 2007-2009 included (a) limited market corrections; (b) regulation deficiencies (c) systemic risks; (d) irrational behaviors; (e) informational complexities and (f) cultural failings (that exacerbated these inefficiencies), but they can focus on developing and implementing adequate policy responses. As such, HEMs increase options over a siloed approach by incorporating multiple theoretical tools, dynamic ripple-effects and diverse stakeholders – simultaneously evaluating monetary-fiscal policy, actor rationality, systematic risk and the cultural context.
On coupled coincidence and common fixed point theorems for different types of mappings satisfying rational type contractions in b−metric spaces
Authors: Azooz R. A. , Moustafa S. I.
Published: July 2017

In this paper, we study the existence and uniqueness of coupled coincidence and common xed points for single valued and fuzzy mappings under contraction condition of rational type in b-metric spaces and obtain the corresponding results for hybrid pair of single-valued and multi-valued mappings. We consider b-metric space with partial order and prove the existence coupled coincidence and common xed points for two single valued mappings.
Superluminal Tunneling of a Relativistic Half-Integer Spin Particle through a Potential Barrier
Authors: Nanni Luca
Published: July 2017

This paper investigates the problem of a relativistic Dirac half-integer spin free particle tunneling through a rectangular quantum-mechanical barrier. If the energy difference between the barrier and the particle is positive, and the barrier width is large enough, there is proof that the tunneling may be superluminal. For first spinor components of particle and antiparticle states, the tunneling is always superluminal regardless the barrier width. Conversely, the second spinor components of particle and antiparticle states may be either subluminal or superluminal depending on the barrier width. These results derive from studying the tunneling time in terms of phase time. For the first spinor components of particle and antiparticle states, it is always negative while for the second spinor components of particle and antiparticle states, it is always positive, whatever the height and width of the barrier. In total, the tunneling time always remains positive for particle states while it becomes negative for antiparticle ones. Furthermore, the phase time tends to zero, increasing the potential barrier both for particle and antiparticle states. This agrees with the interpretation of quantum tunneling that the Heisenberg uncertainty principle provides. This study’s results are innovative with respect to those available in the literature. Moreover, they show that the superluminal behaviour of particles occurs in those processes with high-energy confinement.
Strengths and Limitations of UAV and Ground-based Structure from Motion Photogrammetry in a Gullied Savanna Catchment
Authors: Koci Jack , Leon Javier X. , Jarihani Ben , Sidle Roy C. , Wilkinson Scott N. , Bartley Rebecca
Published: July 2017

Structure from Motion with Multi-View Stereo photogrammetry (SfM) is increasingly utilised in geoscience investigations as a cost-effective method of acquiring high resolution (sub-meter) topographic data, but has not been thoroughly tested in gullied savanna systems. The aim of this study was to test the accuracy of topographic models derived from aerial (via an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, ‘UAV’) and ground-based (via a handheld digital camera, ‘Ground’) SfM in modelling a hillslope gully system in dry-tropical savanna, and to assess the strengths and limitations of the approach at different scales. A UAV survey covered an entire hillslope gully system (0.715 km2), whereas a Ground survey covered a single gully within the broader system (650 m2). SfM topographic models, including Digital Surface Models (DSM) and dense point clouds, were compared against RTK-GPS point data and a pre-existing airborne LiDAR Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Results indicate UAV SfM can deliver topographic models with a resolution and accuracy suitable to define gully systems at a hillslope scale (e.g., 0.1 m resolution with ~ 0.5 – 1.3 m elevation error), while ground-based SfM is more capable of quantifying gully morphology (e.g., 0.01 m resolution with ~ 0.1 m elevation error). Key strengths of SfM for these applications include: the production of high resolution 3D topographic models and ortho-photo mosaics, low survey instrument costs (< $AUD 3,000); and rapid survey time (4 and 2 hours for UAV and Ground survey respectively). Current limitations of SfM include: difficulties in reconstructing vegetated surfaces; uncertainty as to optimal survey and processing designs; and high computational demands. Overall, this study has demonstrated great potential for SfM to be used as a cost-effective tool to aid in the mapping, modelling and management of hillslope gully systems at different scales, in tropical savanna landscapes and elsewhere.
Thermal Flow Sensors for Harsh Environments
Authors: Balakrishnan Vivekananthan , Phan Hoang-Phuong , Dinh Toan , Dao Dzung Viet , Nguyen Nam-Trung
Published: July 2017

Flow sensing in hostile environment is of increasing interest for applications in automotive, aerospace, and chemical and resource industries. Compared to their counterparts, thermal flow sensors are attractive candidates due to the ease of fabrication, lack of moving parts and higher sensitivity. Recently, a number of thermal flow sensor prototypes have been reported in the literature demonstrating the measurement of fluid flows under hostile conditions. This paper summarizes the concept of thermal flow sensing, operational modes and transduction mechanisms. Then, the choice of materials and their corresponding properties are presented in details. The paper also reports recent progress in the development of thermal flow sensors for harsh environment. In addition, the issues and considerations in packaging are reviewed. Finally, we conclude the review with the future prospects.
Combination of Hypertension and High Fat and Cholesterol Diet Induces Severe Hepatic Inflammation in Rats via a Signaling Network Comprising NF-κB, MAPK, and Nrf2 Pathways
Authors: Yuan Yuan , Naito Hisao , Kitamori Kazuya , Nakajima Tamie
Published: July 2017

Populations with essential hypertension have a high risk of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). In this study, we investigated the mechanism that underlies the progression of hypertension-associated NASH by comparing differences in the development of high fat and cholesterol (HFC) diet-induced NASH among three strains of rats, i.e., two hypertensive strains comprising spontaneously hypertensive rats and the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive 5/Dmcr, and the original Wistar Kyoto rats as the normotensive control. We investigated histopathological changes and molecular signals related to inflammation in the liver after feeding with the HFC diet for 8 weeks. The diet induced severe lobular inflammation and fibrosis in the livers of the hypertensive rats, whereas it only caused mild steatohepatitis in the normotensive rats. Increased activation of proinflammatory signaling (transforming growth factor-β1/mitogen-activated protein kinases pathway) was observed in the hypertensive strains fed with the HFC diet. In addition, the HFC diet suppressed the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 pathway in the hypertensive rats and led to lower increases in the hepatic expression of heme oxygenase-1, which has anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory activities. In conclusion, these signaling pathways might play crucial roles in the development of hypertension-associated NASH.
Localization in Low Power Wide Area Networks using Wi-Fi Fingerprints
Authors: Janssen Thomas , Weyn Maarten , Berkvens Rafael
Published: July 2017

Supply chain management requires regular updates of the location of assets, which can be enabled by low power wide area networks, such as Sigfox. While it is useful to localize a device simply by its communication signals, this is very difficult to do with Sigfox because of wide area and ultra narrowband nature. On the other hand, installing a satellite localization element on the device greatly increases its power consumption. We investigated using information about nearby Wi-Fi access points as a way to localize the asset over the Sigfox network, so without connecting to those Wi-Fi networks. This paper reports the location error that can be achieved by this type of outdoor localization. By using a combination of two databases, we could localize the device on all 36 test locations with a median location error of 39 m. This shows that the localization accuracy of this method is promising enough to warrant further study, most specifically the minimal power consumption.
The Importance of Controlling the TGF-β Signaling Pathway in the Gastric Cancer Microenvironment
Authors: Kinoshita Jun , Fushida Sachio , Ohta Tetsuo
Published: July 2017

Gastric cancer is an intractable disease with a high incidence of peritoneal dissemination and obstructive symptoms (e.g. ileus, jaundice, and hydronephrosis) arising from accompanying marked fibrosis. Microenvironmental interactions between cancer cells and stromal cells are the suggested cause of the disease. Transforming growth factor (TGF-β) is an intriguing cytokine exhibiting dual roles in malignant disease, acting as an important mediator of cancer invasion, metastasis, and angiogenesis as well as exhibiting antitumor functions. Moreover, the TGF-β pathway contributes to the generation of a favorable microenvironment for tumor growth and metastasis throughout the steps of carcinogenesis. Among these effects, TGF-β induces the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition with prometastatic functions, contributes to the conversion of stromal cells to carcinoma-associated fibroblasts, and suppresses the function of immune cells, which compromises the antitumor immune response, leading to cancer progression and stromal fibrosis. In this review, we address the role of the essential TGF-β signaling pathway in the regulation of the activities of components of the tumor microenvironment of gastric cancer and how this contributes to tumor progression and stromal fibrosis. We then explore the potential to optimize therapy that inhibits TGF-β signaling in the preclinical and clinical settings of gastric cancer.
Public Health Services Utilization and Its Determinants among Internal Migrants in China: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey
Authors: Zhang Jingya , Lin Senlin , Liang Di , Qian Yi , Zhang Donglan , Hou Zhiyuan
Published: July 2017

Background: Internal migrants had obstacles in accessing local public health services in China. This study aimed to estimate the utilization of local public health services and its determinants among internal migrants. Methods: Data were from the 2014 and 2015 nationally representative cross-sectional survey of internal migrants in China. Multivariate logistic regressions were used to estimate the relationship between socioeconomic, migration, demographic characteristics and public health services utilization. Results: Internal migrants in more developed eastern regions used less public health services. Those with higher socioeconomic status were more likely to use public health services. The broader and shorter they migrated, the less they used public health services. Compared to migration within the city, migration across provinces is negatively associated with health records (OR=0.88, 95% CI: 0.86-0.90), health education (OR=0.97, 95% CI: 0.94-1.00), and health education on NCDs (OR=0.92, 95% CI: 0.89-0.95) or through Internet channel (OR=0.96, 95% CI: 0.94-0.99). Conclusion: Public health services coverage for internal migrants has seen great improvement due to government subsides. Internal migrants with lower socioeconomic status and across provinces need to be targeted. More attention should be given to the local government in the developed eastern regions in order to narrow the regional gaps.
RESOR KLAYAR DENGAN PENDEKATAN FENOMENOLOGI ARSITEKTUR DI KAWASAN WISATA PANTAI KLAYAR PACITAN
Authors: Pramudita Stefany Windira , Pitana Titis Srimuda , Yuliani Sri
Published: July 2017

The background in designing Klayar Resort in Pacitan is based on the natural and cultural potential and the existed issue of cultural shift. The phenomenology architecture study is applied to grasp the phenomena where the architect acts as the instrument. The design goal is to represent a recreation place in creating a temporary living space, within the phenomenology comprehension of the physical and non-physical identification, where the place is capable of resurrecting the spirit of place with the identity that has already been formed. It is expected that the tourists can make a self-orientation and self-identification with the surrounding by understanding the actual phenomena. The design issues that will be completed covers the determination of society and tourists’ activities, the need and circulation space, the selection and processing of the site, the determination of design for each building in accordance with the phenomenology study. The obtained result will be a shelter in a form of a resort that is able to provide needs, both for the local society and the tourists, which is based on the existing phenomena, so that it will be able to represent the environment of the tourism area of Klayar beach.

 
Keywords: Culture, Phenomenology Architecture, Tourism Area, Resort
Loneliness among Shift Workers: An Analysis through Organizational Culture, Interpersonal Communication and Dealing with Emotions
Authors: Sanyal Nandini , Virani Aliza , Fernandes Tina
Published: July 2017

Web Finance Incorporation (2016) explains work shift as a work schedule in which a group of workers rotate through set periods of time. Shift work is well recognized in Customer Service and Hotel Industry. These shift employees often complain of emotional, psychological and physiological difficulties. Against this background, the objective of the present study was to analyze the differences between 160 Day and Night Shift employees (selected through non-probability sampling) working in Customer Service (n=80) and Hotel Industry (n=80).The study also aimed at identifying predictors of Loneliness at Workplace. The Organizational Culture Profile (Pareek, 2011), Interpersonal Communication Inventory (Bienvenu, 1971), Dealing with Emotions (Pareek, 2011) and Loneliness at Workplace (Wright, Burt & Strongman, 2006) were administered to measure the respective variables. The statistical analysis revealed a significant difference between Customer Service and Hotel Industry employees in terms of trust, authenticity, collaboration, experimentation, rumination and social companionship (p<0.05). Significant differences in openness, experimentation, coping with feelings, emotional deprivation and social companionship were observed between Day and Night Shift employees (p<0.05). Results further revealed that among Customer Service employees the major predictors of emotional deprivation were interpersonal communication, proaction and flow and of social companionship were interpersonal communication, proaction, self-expression and openness and among Hotel Industry employees the main predictors of emotional deprivation were proaction, rumination, experimentation, interpersonal communication and perceived acceptance and of social companionship were rumination, experimentation and clarity (p<0.05). The current study highlight the importance of organizational and interpersonal values, companies should promote and uphold in order to build healthy working conditions for their employees eventually culminating into their own success.
Структура ситуации психологической помощи замещающим семьям
Authors: Moskalenko Evgeniya V. , Andreev Vladimir Е. , Tarasov Aleksandr V.
Published: July 2017

Introduction. Little attention has been devoted to studying the psychological reality of psychological assistance in the context of institutions supporting families. Much research on substitute families has been done. However, most of the previous models only describe specific areas of work, typical problems in substitute families, and certain techniques of work in some cases.

This paper is the first study of the problem of psychological support of substitute families in the context of psychologists’ view of the structure of a situation of assistance.

The findings of the study are of direct practical relevance, supplement the existing ideas about psychological assistance and psychological support of substitute families, as well as contribute to the theoretical development of the problem of a psychotherapeutic situation structure.

Methods. The study involved 5 psychologists supporting children without parental care and substitute families. A semi-structured interview was employed in the study. The study used a phenomenological approach to analyze and interpret the findings.

Results. The study revealed the features of the basic structural components of a situation of psychological assistance: a client, a therapist, problems, and relationship between them.

Discussion. The study considers the findings in terms of a chronotope model. The representations about the structure of a situation of psychological assistance in the psychologists working with substitute families include the presentations about the institution influencing the other elements.

In conclusion: the structure of the situation of psychological assistance to substitute families is a part of the psychologists’ representations. The institution influences the psychotherapeutic process. The specialist’s understanding of his/her place in the system of assistance is important.
Картирование гомогенности групповых прототипов категориальных систем социального сознания
Authors: Bakshutova Ekaterina V. , Rulina Tat’yana K.
Published: July 2017

Introduction. The approach to defining social consciousness as a factor of views, senses, and attitudes has been gaining importance in recent years. Despite the cognitive potential of the phenomenon of group “unanimity” as a homologous force of behavior, social psychology doesn’t take into account categorical associations and categorical constructs functioning in the subconscious of the group when studying group consciousness. The novelty of the study lies in mapping associative fields of social consciousness of ethnic groups for revealing categorical codes – prototypes (stereotypes) and innovations of the Volga region peoples’ religious consciousness.

Theoretical Basis. The association experiment method is relevant for studying social cognition of groups. The associative content of the categories included in the stable structural schemes of subconsciousness (ethnicity, religiosity, nationality, generational affiliation, gender, class affiliation, party membership, professional affiliation, cosmopolitanism, etc.) specifies the general ways of a person’s pre-reflective self-understanding and his/her worldview; this enables methodological differentiating and structuring.

Results. The free association experiment carried out in four regions made it possible to apply the method of cognitive mapping.

Discussion. The paper analyzes the associative verbal nets of the group genesis of the Volga region ethno-religious groups, as well as the semantics of frequency prototypes. Mapping rests on calculating indices of rigidity, homogeneity, dissipativity, orientation and prognostic probability of base categories.

In conclusion: it is evident that everyday verbal contact, instead of the Church’s canon, forms the categorical code of group religious consciousness. Hence, religious consciousness of the group is not an integral structure, but a complex of atomizing fragments of everyday pseudo-religion.
Стратегии противодействия ложным слухам: теоретический анализ
Authors: Gorbatov Dmitrij S. , Bajchik Anna V.
Published: July 2017

Introduction. The article emphasizes that the concentration on specific techniques to the detriment of strategic planning leads to non-systemacy and unpredictability of the informational campaigns countering false rumors.

Theoretical Basis. This paper is the first theoretical analysis of three strategies for countering false rumors. These strategies minimize factors of spreading unconfirmed information, reduce its functional potential, and consider the main communicative roles in situations of multiple discussions. The communicative and role strategy is able to provide understanding of the psychological aspects of countering the influence of rumors.

The study provides the content of the strategy for countering false rumors involving intervention in dialogic processes which accompany spreading unconfirmed information. On the basis of the author’s modification of the concepts of T. Shibutani and J.-N. Kapferer, the study presents the following five prospective areas: a) blocking the readiness of “messengers” to communicate; b) a large-scale influence on the “interpreters” of information; c) informational support of the “skeptics” in role confrontation with “supporters” of rumors; d) attributing features to the hypothetical authors of the news – “confabulators”; e) encouraging passivity of the “actors” determined under the influence of rumors.

Discussion. Each of the considered strategies provides the integrated guidelines countering false rumors. However, it is impossible to correlate concrete techniques used in practice with any factor of the emergence of rumors, a certain social function, or the only communicative role. This is the result of the experts’ underestimation of theoretical foundations for countering false rumors. At the same time, pure “empiricism” in countering false rumors is fraught with the lack of the effectiveness of the information influence.
Теоретико-эмпирический анализ влияния социально-психологических факторов на оценки, самооценки молодыми людьми внешнего облика
Authors: Labunskaya Vera А. , Drozdova Irina I.
Published: July 2017

Introduction.The interpretation of appearance, its assessment and self-assessment in terms of socio-psychological approach.The paper develops a socio-psychological approach to appearance, its assessment, and self-assessment. Appearance is the constructed form of objectification of the inner world of a person. This is the phenomenon that reflects various stages of a life path in accordance with dynamic and variable interrelations among the following three components: (a) physical; (b) social appearance; (c) expressive behavior. The socio-psychological approach to appearance treats assessment and self-assessment as results of the socio-perceptual activity that establishes associations among appearance, psychological, and socio-psychological characteristics of the person. Young people’s assessment and self-assessment of appearance are significant, emotionally saturated phenomena, which enter the sense-value sphere and regulate experiences and relations of young people.

Socio-cultural and socio-psychological factors of assessment and self-assessment of appearance.Assessment and self-assessment of appearance depended on a great number of various factors. The study examined socio-psychological factors of assessment and self-assessment of appearance of significant others, a family, and a group, which often exert “social pressure” on young people’s attitude towards their own appearance. The findings highlighted the integral socio-psychological, personal factors (self-relation, life strategies, life satisfaction, perfectionism, narcissism) of the dynamics of assessment and self-assessment of appearance.

Discussion and justification for the “multi-factor socio-psychological model for studying attitudes towards appearance”. On the basis of the socio-psychological analysis of the problem of assessment and self-assessment of appearance the study concludes that the correlation approach predominates in the studies. In the study of assessment of appearance, one-, two-, and three-factor models should be changed by a “multi-factor socio-psychological model for studying the attitude towards appearance”. This model includes the following factors: (a) components of appearance (physical, social appearance, expressive behavior) and their integral characteristics; (b) group, interpersonal, personal, and subjective factors mediated by socio-cultural conditions of a person’s being.
Мотивационный аспект независимого оценивания достижений обучающихся
Authors: Efremova NadezhdaF F.
Published: July 2017

Introduction. New methods for increasing academic motivation in schoolchildren by means of systematic acquiring information about academic achievement have gained importance in recent years. The shift of the paradigm of monitoring and evaluating activities at all the levels of the education system and active implementation of means and methods of standardized testing in the educational practice takes place not only in final examination, but also in the learning process. The paper presents an innovative view on the influence of the objective assessment of academic achievement on schoolchildren’s educational activities by increasing confidence in marks, reflection, and self-assessment.

Theoretical Basis. The study describes features of the traditional assessment of academic achievement and monitoring and evaluating activities of external specialized structures with the use of standardized assessment tools. The systematic assessment which creates a reliable feedback and stimulates academic motivation is necessary. Educational audit provides schoolchildren’s additional preparation to the techniques of the state final examination. Educational audit can be a form of assessment which depends on neither educational establishments nor educational management structures. The study presents the experience of the center for assessing the quality in school education. The results of the independent assessment of academic achievement increase schoolchildren’s academic motivation. Along with a school’s external center this assessment enhances schoolchildren’s learning activity and adjusts the educational process. Schoolchildren are confident in marks, can compare their own results with statistical norms and results of other pupils, and acquire detailed information on individual achievement. This provides the motivational aspect of independent assessment.

Discussion. Independent forms of the assessment of academic achievement are important for schoolchildren’s adaptation to techniques of the standardized testing. In conclusion:the reliable assessment of a wide spectrum of schoolchildren’s academic achievement can be a technique for increasing academic motivation.
Исследование взаимосвязи принятия агрессии и эмоционального интеллекта
Authors: Vorobyeva Elena V. , Perkov Mikhail А. , Shchetinina Dar’ya P.
Published: July 2017

Introduction. The paper presents the study of acceptance of aggression (E. Shostrom), which manifests itself as the recognition of the right of any person to disagree with another point of view, be dissatisfied in any circumstance or fact, as well as manifest negative emotions. The ability to accept aggression is a component of a person’s ability to self-actualization, which helps to prevent the accumulation of negative emotions.

The novelty of the study lies in considering the ability to accept aggression in association with parameters of emotional intelligence.

Methods. These were “EmIn” questionnaire of emotional intelligence by D. V. Lucin and SAT Self-Actualization Test (Russian adaptation of Shostrom’s Personal Orientation Inventory by Yu. E. Aleshina, L. Ya. Gozman, M. V. Zagik, and M. V. Kroz.

The study involved 53 persons aged 21–37 living in the South of Russia (Rostov-on-Don) and working in the field where effectiveness is determined by the efficiency of contacts with people, in sales management.

Results. The managers’ characteristics of emotional intelligence such as “interpersonal understanding” and “intrapersonal understanding” in managers had a positive impact on the effectiveness of management activities. This suggests that a manager’s effectiveness depends on his/her ability to recognize and understand the causes of his/her own emotions, as well as accurate and timely assessment of other people’s emotional state.

Discussion. The ability to accept aggression correlated with emotional intelligence. A high level of the ability to accept aggression corresponds to more prominent indices of the characteristics of emotional intelligence such as modulation of emotion and interpersonal emotional intelligence.
О научном статусе квантовой психологии
Authors: Krasilnikov Gennadii Т. , Malchinsky Fedor V. , Krachko El'vira А.
Published: July 2017

Introduction. The present paper analyses the origination of the quantum psychology concept, its main proposition and features, which correspond to the status of marginal science (parapsychology). Particular attention is paid to psychological characteristics of the individuals who study parapsychological phenomena.

Theoretical Basis. In the second half of the 20th century postmodern changes have contributed to the decrease in the axiological status of science. Furthermore, Western scientific rationality has drawn near to Oriental mysticism. Discoveries in quantum mechanics have determined drastic changes in the view of the physical world. These discoveries were in contradiction with classical physics and common sense. Changes in the world view have been combined with postmodern transformations of science. The role of implicit knowledge, interpretative thinking, and the fundamental nonremovability of subjectivity in results of scientific knowledge has increased significantly.

The application of the quantum corpuscular-wave laws to brain and psychic activity was a theoretical basis for the concept of quantum psychology. The direct use (instead of metaphorical application) of quantum effects in psychology is groundless from the point of view of academic physics and psychology. According to psychological characteristics quantum psychology is a parapsychological field of psychic phenomena, as it recognizes transmission of information without known sense organs, as well as mental influence on physical objects. From a philosophical point of view the quantum concept of consciousness is a kind of contemporary physiological (physical) reductionism, which was defined as “vulgar materialism” in the past.

The study (a) analyses the reasons for a person to be interested in the paranormal, which results in the popularity of ideas of quantum psychology; (b) presents a classification of the psychological characteristics and motivation of the individuals interested in psychic phenomena; (c) highlights various negative consequences of a high social activity among authors of parapsychological concepts and practices.

Conclusion. Quantum psychology has no scientific grounds for being considered as a “normal” science. Nowadays theoretical and methodological grounds for quantum psychology are discussed. Quantum psychology is considered as a marginal science.
Сравнение идентичности и ее динамики у младших школьников, подростков и лиц юношеского возраста
Authors: Kuz'min Mihail Ju.
Published: July 2017

Introduction. The paper overviews various domestic and foreign approaches to identity and its dynamics in junior schoolchildren, teenagers, and adolescents. This paper is the first report on the place of integral identity with small groups in the identity system in the subjects of different ages, as well as the relationship between this component and an identity crisis.

Methodology. The study used Kuhn & McPartland’s Twenty Statements Test and Charles E. Osgood’s Semantic Differential.

Results. The results of a two-year study, which involved 902 persons, revealed a number of age and gender features of the dynamics of identity. Regardless the respondents’ gender, their self-assessment gradually decreased in the period between junior school age and adolescence. At the same time, the respondents often described their personality as a “complicated” one. Gender, family, and professional identities were the most prominent components of social identity in junior schoolchildren, teenagers, and adolescents. There were both gender and age specificity of the dynamics of these components. The study described a gradual increase in the social component of identity while its personal component decreased in junior school children and teenagers. Finally, the analysis of the dynamics of the integral identity with small groups showed that this component increased in junior schoolchildren and decreased in adolescents.

Discussion. The study findings were compared to the results of domestic (A. V. Mikljaeva, T. V. Rumjanceva, V. L. Sitnikov) and foreign (Z. Abdukeram, Ch. Tanti) research. The differences in the results may be explained by the difference in samples, as well as the approaches to the problem (foreign authors’ use a three-component model).

Conclusion. The integral identity with small groups plays a special role in the dynamics of teenager’s identity.
Отношение к изменениям и толерантность к неопределенности как предикторы адаптивности и адаптационной готовности
Authors: Shamionov Rail М.
Published: July 2017

Introduction. Studying the determinants of socio-psychological adaptability and adaptive readiness, as well as their relationship, is an important issue of recent research. This study presents new data on predictors and the level of prediction of the person’s adaptability and adaptive readiness, the structural model with the ways for readiness to change, adaptation, the attitude to uncertain situations, and the person’s adaptability.

Methods. The study used the following techniques: (a) the estimation of the characteristics of tolerance to uncertainty by D. McClane in E. N. Osin’s modification; (b) the technique for diagnostics of socio-psychological adaptability by K. Rogers and R. Diamond in A. K. Osnitsky’s modification; (c) the developed original scales for the assessment of adaptive readiness and readiness to change. The study involved 75 women and men (men – 38 %, mean age – 26.8 years).

Results and Conclusion. The study presented the classification of the original set of parameters into groups and associations between them. Adaptive readiness, readiness to change, tolerance to uncertainty, and adaptability form a united symptom complex with complex cross-functional interrelations. On the basis of structural modeling the study revealed the ways for readiness to change, adaptation, the attitude to uncertain situations, and the person’s adaptability.

In conclusion: readiness to change mediates the relationship between adaptive readiness and the attitude to uncertainty. Adaptability, adaptive readiness and the attitude to uncertainty form a circular relationship. Socio-demographic characteristics form a complex of predictors of socio-psychological adaptability. They are not associated with adaptive readiness. The attitude to uncertainty reduces socio-demographic determination and plays a significant role in the formation of the person’s adaptability.
Профессиональные ценностные ориентации студентов и особенности их становления в процессе обучения в медицинском колледже
Authors: Komolkina Oksana I. , Chernetskaya Nadezhda I.
Published: July 2017

Introduction. The paper provides an overview of domestic studies on professional value guidelines in health professionals. The results of a theoretical analysis revealed the leading component of professional value guidelines in health professionals – the adoption of the principles of humanism and justice as the highest values.

Materials and methods. This was quantitative and qualitative analysis of the structure of professional value guidelines by the groups of ultimate and instrumental values revealed by M. Rokeach “Value orientation” technique. The participants comprised 148 students of the medical college.

Results. The analysis of the hierarchy of values revealed that students grouped them in units on certain grounds. The study revealed the leading values in the structure of the medical college students’ value guidelines, as well as qualitative differences in value guidelines in students of different years of education. The comparison of students’ professional value guidelines determined the significance level of the differences. The period between the first and the second year of education is characterized by the highest level of dynamics of the hierarchy of ultimate values. The period between the third and the fourth year of education is characterized by the highest level of dynamics of the hierarchy of instrumental values. The study revealed concrete, abstract, ethical, individualistic, altruistic, and other values.

Discussion. Organizational pedagogical conditions contribute to the formation of professional values at the medical college.
Образ сверстника – жертвы буллинга у школьников с разной выраженностью виктимного поведения
Authors: Obukhova Yuliya V. , Gur'eva Vera О.
Published: July 2017

Introduction. The study of adolescents’ victimization merits special attention. This paper is the first report on the image of a peer victim of bullying in victim and non-victim students. Bullying is not an isolated problem in some cultures and countries; it is widespread. Educational establishments are responsible for resolving the problem of bullying. The article (a) presents an overview of modern foreign and domestic research on the issue of bullying; (b) describes the characteristics of bullying; (c) highlights 5 types of teenagers’ adaptation toward bullying.

Methods. These were the theoretical analysis of modern psychological research, psychological testing, content analysis, and statistical analysis. The study techniques included the “Tendency to Victim Behavior” technique by O. O. Andronnikova; “A Peer Victim of Bullying" free descriptions, “My Personal Qualities” questionnaire by Yu. V. Obukhova, V. O. Gur'eva).

Results. The study revealed (a) the predominant types of victim behavior; (b) the association between victim behavior manifestation and students’ self-assessment of personal qualities; (c) features of the image of a peer victim of bullying in schoolchildren with different degrees of victim behavior manifestation.

Discussion. The study findings suggest that active forms of victim behavior (aggressive and hypersocial) tend to predominate in 10–11-year-old schoolchildren. The image of a peer victim of bullying differs in boys and girls with different degrees of victim behavior manifestation. In conclusion: sharpening awareness of bullying among teachers, parents, and students, as well as their involvement in resolving this problem, is the main strategy for preventing bullying in educational establishments.
Психологическое сопровождение профессионального становления студентов-психологов
Authors: Denisova Elena А. , Kostakova Irina V. , Kuz'michev Sergei А.
Published: July 2017

Introduction. The article discusses the problem of psychological support of psychology students’ professional formation on example of Togliatti State University students. The system approach in current domestic research considers professional formation as a process and integral phenomenon of mutual influence of a human and professional activity.

Methodology. The purpose of the study is to explore psychological support as a factor of psychologists’ professional formation while studying at university. The paper (a) presents an empirical confirmation of the effectiveness of the author’s approach to the development and implementation of the program of psychology students’ psychological support; (b) discusses structural, functional, and methodical aspects of this program.

Results. The paper describes three stages of the experimental study. The first stage of the study explored a socio-economic situation, the demand for psychology specialists, job functions and responsibilities of psychology specialists. The second diagnostic stage analyzed requirements for psychologists in various fields, students’ representations about the profession, as well as difficulties for beginning psychologists. The problems highlighted by beginning psychologists were divided into categories. The psychological support of TSU psychology students in training and educational activities for their future successful job placement was implemented at the third stage.

Discussion. The content of the program included personality-focused techniques of professional development for implementing functions and goals of psychological support of students’ professional formation. The program of psychological support aimed at personal professional development and formation of future specialists gained appraisal. The system of psychological support contributes to students’ professional development while studying at university.
RAINFALL CHARACTERISTIC ON THE SLOPES OF MOUNT MERAPI REGION (Empirical Formula, Duration, Distribution, and Critical Line Woro River)
Authors: Laksana Pudak Juni
Published: July 2017

Debris flow on the slopes of Mount Merapi area became a serious natural disasters because it has great destructive force and velocity. Rainfall with a certain intensity and duration is one component triggering debris flow. Rainfall has variability of the temporal and spatial characteristics influenced by various factors, such as topography and climate. Dharma (2012) suggested to define the characteristics of the intensity of rainfall using rainfall data with a shorter duration with statistical tests to establish the best empirical IDF formula.  This research was using of 30 minutes rainfall data for short duration (<3 hours) and a spreadsheet software representing duration and distribution of the rainfall. The most appropriate rainfall intensity formula was done by the empirical IDF formula, i.e. Sherman, Kimijima, Hasper and Mononobe. Rainfall intensity analysis applied Frequency Analysis Software (based on Microsoft Excel). Debris flow occurrence was analyzed using MLIT for method A to establish standard rainfall index.  Sherman formula performed the best fit to the IDF characteristics of rainfall in the region of the slopes of Mount Merapi. Rainfall distribution pattern showed high intensity rainfall in the first hour and then decreased in the next hour which means distribution for the duration of 3 hours, 12%, 28%, 25%, 16%, 12%, and 7%, respectively with an interval of 30 minutes. Based on critical line, 5 mm of standard rainfall index was gained in the case of warning (R1) and 28 mm in the case of evacuation (R2).
HEALTH SECTOR CORRUPTION AS THE ARCHENEMY OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IN INDONESIA
Authors: Juwita Ratna
Published: July 2017

AbstractThis article argues that health sector corruption is a direct threat towards universal health care in Indonesia. Three Indonesian legal cases of health sector corruption are selected to exemplify the reality of health sector corruption and it’s detrimental effect to the realization of the right to health. This article emphasizes that corruption causes misallocation and embezzlement of the fund that hampers the State party to optimally provide universal health care for the people. This article suggests that in order to establish quality and sustainable universal health care as an instrument for the realization of the right to health, the State party has to prioritize on the elimination of health sector corruption.Keywords: corruption, Indonesia, right to health, health care.IntisariArtikel ini membahas perihal korupsi di sektor kesehatan yang merupakan ancaman bagi perlindungan kesehatan universal di Indonesia. Tiga kasus hukum mengenai korupsi di sektor kesehatan dipilih untuk memberikan gambaran mengenai korupsi di sektor kesehatan dan dampak negatifnya terhadap realisasi hak atas kesehatan. Artikel ini menekankan bahwa korupsi menyebabkan misalokasi dan penggelapan dana yang menghambat Negara pihak dalam penyediaan pelayanan kesehatan yang optimal bagi semua orang. Artikel ini menyarankan bahwa dalam rangka untuk menyelenggarakan perlindungan kesehatan universal yang berkualitas dan berkelanjutan sebagai instrumen untuk merealisasikan hak atas kesehatan, Negara pihak harus memprioritaskan pemberantasan korupsi di sektor kesehatan.Kata kunci: korupsi, Indonesia, hak atas kesehatan, perlindungan kesehatan.