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PORTFOLIO AS A MEANS OF FIXATION AND ACCUMULATION STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Authors:   Бердянський державний педагогічний університет, PAVLENKO L. , PAVLENKO M. ,   Бердянський державний педагогічний університет
Published: December 2020

The article deals with the problem of creating a personal portfolio as a means of fixing and accumulating the educational achievements of a higher education applicant and as a technology for evaluating them in the format of competence. It has been established that there is considerable demand for computer and information technology specialists in Ukraine. Employers select job applicants starting with review and analysis of resumes and portfolios. A student at university has every opportunity to create a qualified portfolio. Initially, the portfolio acts as an educational technology to motivate self-education, develop autonomy, responsibility and initiative. Upon completion of the training, the portfolio, as the file of a student’s achievements, allows employers to estimate the level of the graduate’s professional competence. Higher education portfolio allows you to explore the process of formation of personal competence in the process of students' realization of a certain type of activity and its fixation in the elements of the portfolio. It is established that the portfolio fulfills three main tasks: monitoring different types of student’s activities; monitoring the development of general and professional competence; stimulating the student's educational activity. The study identifies five principles that a student's portfolio needs to correspond with in order to accomplish their tasks. The arrangement and pedagogical conditions for the implementation of the portfolio into educational process are defined in the study, according to which the main components in the structure of the portfolio of a higher education applicant are developed: presentation component, content component, evaluation component. It is suggested to use specialized information systems to create an electronic student’s portfoliowith the purpose of using it in educational process and in employment. Such information systems include FolioSpaces, LiveBinders, PortfolioVillage, WIX, Weebly and others. The portfolio of a modern higher education applicant is an individual, personally selected package of materials that, in the form of a specific product, represents the student's educational and professional results and achievements, characterizes the ways of analyzing and planning his educational activity and professional career, that will allow to assess the level of development of his or her professional competence. Keywords: e-portfolio, students' educational achievements, portfolio tasks, information systems for portfolio creation
COMPETENCE APPROACH AS AN ELEMENT OF FOREIGN STUDENT'S PERSONALITY ADAPTATION
Authors:   Донбаський державний коледж технологій та управління, SLUTSKIY Y.
Published: December 2020

The article deals with the direct influence of social environment on the individual internal skills development, which contributes to its formation as a professional element of the modern labor market. Besides, the nature of the individuality, that lies in the complex of certain features is reviewed. Such features are used during the connection processes with the environment and the availability of interpersonal activity skills, which aimed on the communication process execution with other people. The foreign student during the interaction with the environment of studying country, is under the culture shock influence, that is why it is necessary to apply certain approaches that will promote to more effective socialization and integration into a new academic and socio-cultural environment. One of the main approaches is competence, which helps to create such personal skills that would facilitate to the possibility of implementation of the most qualitative built interpersonal and intercultural interaction. The views of scholars of the term «competence approach» were considered, that helps to come to the definition as a individual opportunity to use the acquired competencies in the practice plane for solving certain problems and issues that have adaptive character. It was found that competent approach enables its using not only in the educational process at the university or college (that means the development of certain set of competencies, both theoretically and practically and also performing the analytical activity to detect probable errors in the preparatory programs and their further removal), but also after finishing the educational process, during the selection the candidates for certain positions. The differences between the concepts «competency» and «competence» were investigated, that helps to come to the conclusion that competencies are the elements, which helps to carry out the certain type activity, in addition, the number of such formed elements may differ from the direction and complexity of activity. In turn, competence is the ability of the individual to manage competencies in the process of academic or sociocultural activity. Key words: competence, competency, personality, competence approach, educational (academic) process, socio-cultural activity.
COMPONENTS OF THE METHODICAL SYSTEM OF DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION AND DIGITAL COMPETENCE IN THE TRAINING OF PHYSICS AND TECHNICAL DISCIPLINES DURING THE PREPARATION OF FUTURE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTS
Authors:   Центральноукраїнський державний педагогічний університет імені Володимира Винниченка, TRYFONOVA O.
Published: December 2020

The article deals with the problem of determining the components of the methodical system of development of information and digital competence in the teaching of physics and technical disciplines in the preparation of future computer technology specialists. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that at the turn of the XX-XXI centuries. Mankind has passed into a qualitatively new information age. Gradually changes occur in the conditions of its existence. Now humanity is moving into an anthropogenic information society. The attitude of scientists to the problem of development of information and digital competence is researched. It was established that the problem of development of information and digital competence in the study of physics and technical disciplines in the preparation of future computer technology specialists has not found its solution. A number of methods were used to solve the above problems: analysis and generalization of psychological and pedagogical literature, normative documents, concepts of training of specialists; conducted a survey of scientific and pedagogical workers on the problem of development of information and digital competence in modern conditions; structural-logical analysis is used. In the article, the authors identified the components of the goals of acquiring knowledge, skills, skills, values and readiness for use even while studying; characteristics of the development of information and digital competence; components of psycho-pedagogical information and digital skills and integrative knowledge; components of the development of information and digital competence on the basis of integrative knowledge of physics and technical disciplines. As a result of the conducted research the model of the methodical integrative system of development of information and digital competence is formed. It includes elements of methodological orientation. They are focused around the concept of the model and the concept block of integrative modern science and technology. They focus on the notion of a fundamental integrative theory of information and digital competence. The formed model has a formal and substantive characteristic. The formal description includes elemental blocks in theory. The structure of elemental units includes definitions, principles of fundamental empirical, theoretical and non-fundamental empirical laws. Key words: information and digital competence, integrability, components of the methodical system, preparation of future specialists of computer technologies, methods of teaching physics and technical disciplines.
THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF FORMATION OF BEHAVIORAL COMPONENT OF SENIOR PRESCHOOLER’S READINESS TO STUDY AT SCHOOL
Authors:   Миколаївський національний університет імені  В. О. Сухомлинського, KURCHATOVA A.
Published: December 2020

The article deals with the problem of children's readiness to study at school in different historical periods. It is proved that pedagogical phenomena and facts are determined by specific socio-historical circumstances and conditions that determine their essential and substantive aspects, social, institutional and personal expediency. Considering the subject of the research, the concepts "readiness to study at school", "readiness", "behavioral component of the child's readiness to study at school" are characterized. The degree of problem study and scientific researches of scientists in which analysed the preparation of children to school through the prism of public order in different historical periods of development of preschool pedagogy is covered. The study shows that the process of behavioral component formation of a senior preschooler's readiness for school is variable, historical. The definition and characteristics of children's behavioral readiness for schooling are presented. The peculiarities of the behavioral component formation of preschool children's readiness to study at school are described. Keywords: school preparation, school readiness, senior preschoolers, behavioral component of readiness
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIALOGIC STAGE OF FORMING OF SENIOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN’S SKILLS TO MAKE UP A STORY- REFLECTION
Authors:   Бердянський державний педагогічний університет, OMELIANENKO A.
Published: December 2020

The article covers the issues of establishing successive stages of formation of children's skills to compose story-reflection: information-content, dialogical, reproductive, self-production. Different approaches of scientists to the essence and characteristics of connected speech have been clarified on the basis of the analysis of psychologically-pedagogical, linguistic and linguo-didactic literature. The purpose of the article is to investigate the successive stages of forming of children’s skills to make up a story- reflection, among which there is a dialogical. The essence of connected speech is revealed, which performs a number of important functions, the most important of which is the communicative function, which is implemented in two main forms – dialogical and monologic. The author notes that each of these forms has its own specific features that determine the content and nature of the method of their formation. Linguists contrast dialogue and monologue based on their different communicative, linguistic and psychological nature. Scientists accent the interconnection of dialogue and monologue, noting that the replica is minimalistic and the monologue is a replica of dialogue. The characteristics of dialogue and monologue are necessary to understand the development of connected speech in preschool children. The author established consecutive stages of forming of senior preschool children’s skills to make up a story- reflection. Dialogical stage created situations of doubt, clashes of different positions, dialogues were formed with replicas-judgments, replicas-justifications, replicas-statements, dialogues-reflections. The author sees the prospect of further research in the content filling of successive stages of forming of senior preschool children’s skills to make up a story- reflection. Key words: connected speech, dialogue, monologue, a story-reflection, stages.
WAYS OF PREPARING FUTURE SPEECH THERAPISTS TO WORK IN THE CONDITIONS OF A DEVELOPING ACTIVE-GAME ENVIRONMENT
Authors:   Миколаївський національний університет імені В.О. Сухомлинського, SAVINOVA N. , BEREHOVA M. ,   Миколаївський національний університет імені В.О. Сухомлинського
Published: December 2020

The authors presented the results of an experimental study of ways to prepare future speech therapists to work in the conditions of a developmentally active game environment.We have developed a model for preparing future speech therapists to work in an active play environment. The authors have determined the psychological and pedagogical conditions for its realization: mastering the didactic bases of forming the specified environment, studying perspective experience of teaching children in the conditions of developing active-play environment, mastering professionally-oriented didactic tools and providing productive game learning; creation of a file of experience of organization of developmental playing space; equipment of information base for conducting and presentation of perspective works, diversification of didactic game forms of work. Experimental verification of the effectiveness of the proposed model revealed the positive dynamics of the process of training future speech therapists to work in the conditions of a developing active-gaming environment, which confirmed the quantitative indicators. It is established that the formation of the readiness of future speech therapists to work in the context of a developmentally active game environment is an important factor in improving the quality of students' education and the development of their professional competence. This creates opportunities for optimizing the professional training of future speech therapists in the realities of today. Keywords: game technologies, developmental active-game environment; future speech therapists; the willingness of future speech therapists to work in an active play environment.
CRITERIA AND LEVELS OF EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE OF PROSPECTIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
Authors:   Київський університет  імені Бориса Грінченка, SUKHOPARA I.
Published: December 2020

The article considers the development of emotional competence of prospective elementary school teachers, which is understood as a set of views, values, acquired knowledge, skills in the emotional sphere, their understanding, expression, regulation and allows you to successfully organize the educational process on an emotional basis, empathy, respect, cooperation with schoolchildren, their parents, colleagues, to realize themselves in personal and professional activities. The purpose of the article is to study and theoretically substantiate the criteria, levels and indicators of the formation of emotional competence of future primary school teachers. To solve the problem, methods of analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, systematization and generalization of theoretical material, study of experience were used. On the basis of structural components of the specified phenomenon cognitive, value, activity criteria are developed. Cognitive criterion is characterized by the presence and completeness of knowledge about emotions, feelings, emotional states, ways of their expression, causes, age features of the emotional sphere of primary schoolchildren, awareness of technologies influencing the emotional state of schoolchildren, ways to manage their emotions. The value criterion includes recognition of the value of emotions in professional and personal spheres, acceptance of own emotional experiences and feelings of schoolchildren, their parents, colleagues, humanistic attitude to communication, interaction with participants of educational process, need to be emotionally competent teacher, motivation to succeed in pedagogical activity. The activity criterion includes a set of skills and abilities of the student to adequately perceive schoolchildren' emotions, understand their feelings and their own emotional state, express their own emotions, manage them, establish productive communication, organize interaction with schoolchildren, their parents, colleagues, make a constructive impact on participants' emotional state, educational process, motivate, stimulate them, prevent conflicts, apply constructive strategies to resolve them. Given the degree nature of the acquisition of competence, the low, medium and high level of formation of emotional competence of prospective primary school teachers is determined, their characteristics are described. Keywords: emotional competence, prospective elementary school teacher, criteria, indicators, levels, formations.
TERMS AND POSSIBILITES OF FITNESS TEACHING BY STUDENS OF DIFFERENT SPECIALITIES IN THE PERIOD OF IMPLEMENTATION OF EXTRACURRICULAR PHYSICAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Authors:   Чорноморський національній університет  імені Петра Могили, TVELINA A.
Published: December 2020

In this article the problem of intercommunication of reduction to time of engaging in physical education, low motivation of young people to physical activity during studies in establishments of higher education with worsening of the state of health, capacities for studies, mastering and use of new information, professional skills is considered. The analysis of reasons of low level of adaptation among a modern studens is also given. Influence of technologies of fitness on forming of bodily, emotional and psychological condition of health of man, developing intellectual and adaptation flairs for young people is considered. In the article there have been described the problem of reduction to the amount of academic hour of employments after physical education in establishments of higher education. The problem of reduction of physical exercises, absence of the system of physical education, as well as slow, inconsistent embodiment of the programs, for audience physical education, diminishes objective readiness of man to professional activity is considered in the article. For this reason many researchers suggest application of fitness technologies, as an universal method of the physical bringing up of future specialists and healthy nation, namely this work suggests to systematize methodology of fitness teaching within the framework of a limit time, with the aim of increase of efficiency. According to "National strategy from health motive activity in Ukraine on a period 2025 to "Motive activity is a healthy way of life – healthy nation", it is defined the direction of researches with the aim of invention of the most effective technologies of fitness, styles of teaching of physical culture in establishments of higher education, by means of which students will get possibility for short time to get most motivational and developing exersises under direction of highly skilled teachers. Keywords: physical culture, education, fitness, mental fitness, student, health, adaptation, teachers
Cortical and vegetative regulation of aminotransferase activity in blood serum of dry sows under exposure to a technological stimulus
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Postoi R. , Karpovskyi V. ,   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Cherepnina A. ,   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Postoi V. ,   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Published: December 2020

The article presents the results of studying the influence of cortical and vegetative mechanisms of regulation on the transaminase enzymes activity in blood serum of dry sows under exposure to a technological stimulus. The experiments were carried out on sows of large white breed of 3 years old. The results of research have shown that the indicators of conditioned reflex activity affect the activity of reamination enzymes in blood serum both under physiological conditions and after the exposure to a technological stimulus. According to the correlation analysis, the relationship between the strength and balance of cortical processes with serum alanine aminotransferase activity (r = 0.48–0.65; Р≤0.05–0.01), as well as the strength of cortical processes with aspartate aminotransferase activity (r = 0.51; P≤0.05). The significant influence (η2x = 0.23–0.36; Р≤0.01) of the balance of cortical processes on the activity of alanine aminotransferase in blood serum was established. Instead, the tone of the autonomic nervous system had a significant influence on the activity of reamination enzymes only after the exposure to a technological stimulus. In particular, the significant degree of influence (η2x = 0.28; P≤0.05) of sympathicotonia on the activity of alanine aminotransferase in blood serum on the 7th day after exposure to a technological stimulus was established.
ICT as pedagogical condition in the course of studying law
Authors:   Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Khrystyna Romaniv
Published: December 2020

Social changes, development of legal support system, improvement of public life quality advance new demands on legal education and legal profession, in particular. Level of lawyers training at higher educational institutions requires search for new information methods and tools that should be used both in the training process at the level of providing relevant methodological material and in the course of legal sciences delivery, including provision of a law student with appropriate basis for independent training. Advanced technologies, the ICT, should contribute to creative potential of students, their professionalism and ability to perform legal tasks the students will actually deal with in their practice being simulated during learning process. It has been detected that the style and nature of educational process shapes students' attitude towards the chosen occupation and models the future of professional activities, so in order for law students to understand prospects of future professional activities, it is necessary to create appropriate psychological and pedagogical conditions.Such pedagogical conditions that shape professionalism of law students and the efforts of the state and higher education institution should be directed at, shall include: enriching legal information content and enhancing its importance through introduction of ICT; directing educational process to development of law values and moral guidelines by law students; special training of teaching staff with appropriate legal and informational competence; appropriate methodological support, which would include information technology; reproduction of situations using ICT, which would be as close as possible to the real ones; organization of communication between a student and a teacher, including using ICT; ensuring continuity of knowledge improvement through independent work; stimulating development of students' active legal position by creating single information and educational environment. Keywords: information and communication technologies, legal education, information society, legal consciousness, competence, legal information, legal knowledge
Problems of improving Ukrainian legislation in the sphere of drinking water quality (on the example of implementation of the Nitrate Directive)
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Olena Hafurova
Published: December 2020

The experience of legal regulation of relations in the sphere of waters protection from nitrate pollution in the EU is researched in this article. A scientific and theoretical analysis of the national legislation development, taking into account the requirements of Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources is provided. It is stated that our country does not follow the Association Agreement between Ukraine, on the one hand, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, on the other hand, ratified by the Law of Ukraine of September 16, 2014 regarding of implementation of the above Directive (initial deadline – 2017). Extending the deadline to December 31, 2020, does not guarantee that the legislation will be conformed its requirements. So the Code of Good Agricultural Practices, the Methodology for Identifying Vulnerable Areas, and the Action Plan for Reducing Nitrate Pollution from Agricultural Sources have not been accepted until now. Accordingly, work is not being done regarding to: identify nitrate-vulnerable areas; creation of their register, also monitoring of nitrate content in surface and ground water. In addition, the experience of leading European countries shows that it is impossible to implement the provisions of this Directive with out organizing the financing of its activities and the creation of an effective system for monitoring their implementation. Keywords: water quality, water object, drinking water, nitrate pollution, vulnerable zone, monitoring of nitrate, content, implementation of legislation, rural area
Some aspects of realization of the peasants land right
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Olena Hafurova , Svitlana Marchenko ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Published: December 2020

The article examines the legal problems of peasants realization of constitutional land right, which is proclaimed at the international level. The land right is the right of peasants to access to the land plot with natural resources located on it, their sustainable use and management in order to achieve a sufficient standard of living, creating a place to live in security, peace, dignity and developing their culture. Based on the analysis of the legislation on land circulation and the legal status of agricultural producers, some legal problems in the field of realization of the peasants land rights have been identified. The analysis of national land and agricultural legislation showed that it does not considered enough the legal nature of agricultural cooperation, the peculiarities of agricultural labor and rural life. The directions of improvement of the agrarian and land legislation in the field of realization of the peasants land rights are offered. Keywords: access to land, agricultural land, peasants land rights, realization of the land rights, agricultural cooperative, producers of agricultural products, land circulation
Legal regulation of remote (home-based) work during quarantine
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Juliya Shovkun
Published: December 2020

Investigated are the amendments to the Labor Code of Ukraine aimed at providing additional social and economic guarantees in connection with the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) to consolidate remote (home-based) work. Analyzed are the correlation and differences in the meaning of the newly introduced concept in the Code of Labor Laws of Ukraine of remote (home-based) work and the concept of home-based work in the understanding of the still valid in Soviet times Regulations on working conditions of remote workers, approved by the State Committee of the USSR and VTSRPS 275 / 17-99. Revealed is the content of the concept of remote (home-based) work and features of its application in the labor legislation. In particular, against the background of the analysis of legislation and scientific approaches, attention was paid to certain shortcomings and differences of terminological understanding of the concept of remote (home-based) work, considered the issue of remuneration in various cases of introduction, remote (home-based) work, working hours dispute before the court. Keywords: remote (home-based) work, home-based work, remote worker, remote work
Administrative and legal status of the Civil service of Ukraine on geodesy, cartography and cadastre
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Oleksandr Svitlychnyi , Oksana Shpak ,   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Published: December 2020

Based on the analysis of doctrinal opinions and current regulations, the article examines the legal categories of «legal status», «administrative and legal status», which in legalliterature is characterized through the following legal institutions: public subjective rights and legal obligations; legal personality; subjects and objects of management; state coercion, etc. It is emphasized that in the system of legal norms that determine the administrative and legal status of the subject of public administration, the leading role is played by the norms of administrative law. The activity of the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre is analyzed. According to the results of the research, the author's definition of the concept «administrative and legal status of the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre» is given. Keywords: category, legal status, administrative and legal status, activity
On quality assurance of judicial decisions in cases of environmental administrative offenses
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Olena Uliutina , Ilona Denisyuk ,   Luhyny District Court of Zhytomyr Region
Published: December 2020

The article, based on the study of the requirements for the quality of court decisions in cases of environmental administrative offenses and the analysis of judicial practice, are made proposals to improve the quality of court decisions in this category of cases. Justice is analyzed as the main criterion for the quality of court decisions in cases of environmental administrative offenses, which covers the signs of legality and validity. It is concluded that the criteria for the legality of a court decision in cases of environmental administrative offenses are the correct application of: substantive law and compliance with procedural law, analogy of law or analogy of right in terms of both substantive and procedural rules; compliance of the resolution within her national, constitutional, sectoral principles, basic principles of justice, requirements of the rule of law. In terms of compliance with the requirement of validity of the decision is most pronounced subject – object specifics of offenses – their «environmental», because it is in investigating the circumstances of the case and assessing evidence, the judge must operate it knowledge and rely not only on administrative tort law, but also environmental, natural resources, which sets requirements for the use and protection of natural objects and resources, environmental safety, which have been violated. In order to improve the quality of court decisions in cases of environmental administrative offenses, it is proposed to adopt a document «On court decisions in cases of administrative offenses» in the form of a resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court. Keywords: legality of a court decision, validity of a court decision, resolution, justice, court, court decision, quality of court decision
Gaps of administrative and legal regulation (legal conflicts) estimation of land plots
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Yuliia Makarenko
Published: December 2020

The legal conflicts of control relations in the field of land resources and ways to overcome the mare studied. In consistencies in the legislation of Ukraine on control, use and protection of land resources are described. The legal conflicts that arise during the assessment of land plots are analyzed. It is proposed to specify and differentiate the competencies of the subjects of state control in the field of land resources and to transfer part of the powers of the executive authorities to local governments. The conclusion is made on the need to overcome conflicts and systematize land legislation. Keywords: state control, land resources, land, legal conflict, conflict rule, overcoming conflicts, systematization, normative monetary valuation
Prevention of a destructive attitude towards the environment as a condition of life safety in the ecosystem: criminological aspects
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Svitlana Khomiachenko , Tetiana Korniakova ,   Oles Honchar Dnipro National University of Ukraine, Nataliia Yuzikova ,   Oles Honchar Dnipro National University of Ukraine
Published: December 2020

The article provides a criminological analysis of the current state and trends of environmental crime in Ukraine as well as identifies the structure of environmental crime. The article identifies the most common types of environmental crime, including those that have global and local effect. According to the results of the research, a system of combating environmental crime is proposed supplementing it with the description and characterization of its components. An execution of systematic targeted control over the state of the environment combined with a prevention of environmental crimes by the state, society and individual citizens will become a counterbalance to the destructive attitude towards the environment and, accordingly, the basis for life safety in the ecosystem. Keywords: determinants of crime, crimes against the environment, ecology, environmental policy, judicial statistics
Ways to overcome corruption and corruption manifestations in Ukraine: criminal and legal analysis
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Liusia Hbur
Published: December 2020

The article explores ways to overcome corruption and corruption in Ukraine through the prism of criminal law analysis. It was found that preventing and combating corruption is not only important but also a rather complex process of building a modern legal socially oriented state, due to the dynamism and multi-vector nature of social relations, as well as the constant improvement of forms and methods of criminal activity. The criminogenic situation that has developed in the last decade in Ukraine is characterized, in particular, by the unprecedented spread of corruption. It is determined that the effective fight against corruption requires a scientific concept of its prevention. One of the main principles of such a concept should be the understanding of corruption as a socially conditioned phenomenon. Based on this, it is necessary to develop a strategy and tactics to combat it, set appropriate goals, determine the means to achieve them, the level of material, financial, organizational and legal support. In addition, it is important and necessary to understand that the spread of corruption and the commission of acts of corruption is criminal, in connection with which it is possible to study ways to overcome corruption through the prism of criminal law, which determines the relevance of the study. It is concluded that in order to improve anti-corruption activities, it is necessary, first, to improve the current legislation (including the adoption of a scientifically sound package of anti-corruption legislation); secondly, full use of positive foreign experience in combating corruption; third, involvement of broad sections of the population and public institutions in anti-corruption programs; fourth, improving anti-corruption prevention activities. Keywords: corruption, corruption manifestations, corruption risks, criminal law, criminal liability, criminal-legal analysis, corruption, civil servants, corruption crimes
IDENTIFIKASI POTENSI LOKAL PADA TUMBUHAN BIJI PEPAYA (CARICA PAPAYA) SEBAGAI OBAT TRADISIONAL MASYARAKAT DI KECAMATAN BANGGAE TIMUR
Authors: Ramadhana Nurhikma
Published: December 2020

Biji pepaya merupakan limbah dari buah pepaya yang dibuang oleh masyarakat karena dianggap tidak penting. Sebenarnya biji pepaya dapat diolah menjadi barang yang lebih bermanfaat.Biji pepaya memiliki kandungan - kandungan yang baik untuk tubuh dan dapat mengobati penyakit gagal ginjal usia dini. Karena cukup banyak limbah biji pepaya saat peneliti mengkonsumsi buah pepaya.Peneliti mulai terobsesi meneliti kandungan biji pepaya.Ternyata kandungan dalam biji pepaya tidak bisa diremehkan. Banyak kandungan biji pepaya antara lain, mengandung zat-zat yaitu: alkaloid, steroid, tanin, dan juga minyak atsiri. Secara mendetail, kandungan biji tersebut berupa beberapa asal lemak tak jenuh dalam jumlah tinggi. Asam tersebut adalah oleat dan asam palmiat. Selain itu, biji pepaya juga diketahui mengandung senyawa kimia golongan fenol, terpenoid juga saponin. Senyawa ini bersifat sitoksik, anti-androgen dan berefek estrogenik. Selanjutnya, biji pepaya juga mengandung karbohidrat dalam jumlah kecil, air, protein, dan juga lemak.Salah satu cara pemanfaatan biji pepaya yaitu dengan mengolahnya menjadi obat. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untukmendapatkan informasi tentang potensi biji pepaya sebagai obat tradisional bagi masyarakat dalam kaitannya dengan penyakit gagal ginjal karena penyakit ini sangat berbahaya dan menguras uang, karena orang yang menderita gagal ginjal akan mengeluarkan biaya sekitar 5 juta lebih setiap minggunya untuk cuci darah, dan cuci darah ini akan membawa efek samping. Oleh karena itu, untuk mencegah penyakit tersebut peneliti memanfaatkan biji pepaya. Metodeyang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode eksperimen dan analis data, tabulasi data dan pustaka. Metode eksperimen dilakukan dengan cara mengolah biji pepaya menjadi obat yang bermanfaat khususnya di kecamatan Banggae Timur. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa biji pepaya dapat diolah menjadi obat, dan hasil dari uji konsumen dapat diambil kesimpulan bahwa rasa dan aroma biji pepaya seperti kopi.Kata Kunci: Biji pepaya sebagai obat tradisional.
Prediksi Potensi Erosi Kawasan Taman Hutan Raya Murhum Kota Kendari
Authors: Erfina Erfina
Published: December 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mevaluasi potensi erosi di Kawasan Taman Hutan Raya Murhum Kota Kendari. Metode yang digunakan adalah USLE dan menentukan arahan penggunaan lahan pada setiap unit lahan di lokasi penelitian. Metode pengambilan data di lapangan menggunakan metode survey dengan pendekatan analitik. Pengamatan intensif dilakukan pada setiap unit lahan yang menjadi sampel area dengan jarak observasi free survey. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa erosi aktual tertinggi terjadi pada unit lahan 14 sebesar 5496,42 ton/ha/th sedangkan erosi terendah terdapat pada unit 3 sebesar 1,11 ton/ha/th. Erosi Aktual (A) lebih besar dari erosi terbolehkan (ETOL) terjadi pada unit 1,4,5,8,10,11 dan 14, maka lahan ini diarahkan kepenggunaan lahan lain dan tindakan konservasi yang tepat. Hasil indeks bahaya erosi yang sangat tinggi terjadi pada unit lahan 4,5,7,8,10,11,14. Bagi unit lahan yang masih memiliki vegetasi lahan hutan alami seperti lahan 2,3,6,9 dan 13 perlu dipertahankan kondisi hutan alaminya melalui penegakan hukum dan pengawasan terhadap setiap bentuk dan ancaman yang dapat merusak keutuhan kawasan. Sedangkan unit lahan yang sudah terganggu vegetasi hutan alaminya perlu dihutankan kembali atau dikelola kembali untuk kemaslahatan masyarakat sekitar kawasan Tahura Murhum dengan jenis vegetasi bertingkat yang berfungsi konservasi dan bernilai ekonomi, pola tanam searah kontur dan pembuatan teras.
Viability analysis of pine sawdust drying in a fountain dryer
Authors: Rojcewicz Konrad , Oksiuta Zbigniew
Published: December 2020

The article presents analysis of physicochemical properties of pine sawdust originating from the area of the Knyszyńska Forest, in the context of possibility of their drying in a fountain dryer. Number of tests were carried out on dry pine chips of 45% moisture, such as: chemical composition, calorific value, ash content as well as morphological changes of dried material. The water storage mechanism in chips and the mechanism of formation of a fountain bed were also discussed. Based on the obtained results, several technical solutions and modifications of the fountain dryer were proposed. These modifications enable the sawdust of heterogeneous size and shape to be dried in a fountain drier as well as additional functional properties.
Is Germany Part of the West?
Authors: Rohe Maren
Published: December 2020

In the past, Russians have often seen Germany as European — positively connoted — but not as Western — a negatively connoted concept. Recent developments including the Ukraine crisis have put the special partnership between Germany and Russia into question, and Russian perceptions of Germany have become more negative. Have these developments shifted narratives so that Russians now see Germany as part of the West? This article presents results of interviews conducted with Russian students on their perceptions of Germany. While they describe Germany and Europe as dominated by the West, interview participants also narrate Germany as naturally connected with Russia: they expect it to shake off the influence of the West and return to its former close relationship. Thus, recent developments have indeed changed Russian perceptions. Germany is seen as Western in spite of itself, unable to follow its own interests, which are assumed to lie in closer cooperation with Russia.
Something Gleaming
Authors: Leebaw Bronwyn
Published: December 2020

What kinds of lessons can be learned from stories of those who resisted past abuses and injustices? How should such stories be recovered, and what do they have to teach us about present day struggles for justice and accountability? This paper investigates how Levi, Broz, and Arendt formulate the political role of storytelling as response to distinctive challenges associated with efforts to resist systematic forms of abuse and injustice. It focuses on how these thinkers reflected on such themes as witnesses, who were personally affected, to varying degrees, by atrocities under investigation. Despite their differences, these thinkers share a common concern with the way that organised atrocities are associated with systemic logics and grey zones that make people feel that it would be meaningless or futile to resist. To confront such challenges, Levi, Arendt and Broz all suggest, it is important to recover stories of resistance that are not usually heard or told in ways that defy the expectations of public audiences. Their distinctive storytelling strategies are not rooted in clashing theories of resistance, but rather reflect different perspectives on what is needed to make resistance meaningful in contexts where the failure of resistance is intolerable.
Thalamic deep brain stimulation for acquired dystonia in children and young adults: a phase 1 clinical trial
Authors: San Luciano Marta , Robichaux-Viehoever Amy , Dodenhoff Kristen A. , Gittings Melissa L. , Viser Aaron C. , Racine Caroline A. , Bledsoe Ian O. , Watson Pereira Christa , Wang Sarah S. , Starr Philip A. , Ostrem Jill L.
Published: December 2020

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy and safety of combined bilateral ventralis oralis posterior/ventralis intermedius (Vop/Vim) deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of acquired dystonia in children and young adults. Pallidal DBS is efficacious for severe, medication-refractory isolated dystonia, providing 50%–60% long-term improvement. Unfortunately, pallidal stimulation response rates in acquired dystonia are modest and unpredictable, with frequent nonresponders. Acquired dystonia, most commonly caused by cerebral palsy, is more common than isolated dystonia in pediatric populations and is more recalcitrant to standard treatments. Given the limitations of pallidal DBS in acquired dystonia, there is a need to explore alternative brain targets. Preliminary evidence has suggested that thalamic stimulation may be efficacious for acquired dystonia.

METHODS

Four participants, 3 with perinatal brain injuries and 1 with postencephalitic symptomatic dystonia, underwent bilateral Vop/Vim DBS and bimonthly evaluations for 12 months. The primary efficacy outcome was the change in Burke-Fahn-Marsden Dystonia Rating Scale (BFMDRS) and Barry-Albright Dystonia Scale (BADS) scores between the baseline and 12-month assessments. Video documentation was used for blinded ratings. Secondary outcomes included evaluation of spasticity (Modified Ashworth Scale score), quality of life (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory [PedsQL] and modified Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale Part II [UPDRS-II] scores), and neuropsychological assessments. Adverse events were monitored for safety.

RESULTS

All participants tolerated the procedure well, and there were no safety concerns or serious adverse events. There was an average improvement of 21.5% in the BFMDRS motor subscale score, but the improvement was only 1.6% according to the BADS score. Following blinded video review, dystonia severity ratings were even more modest. Secondary outcomes, however, were more encouraging, with the BFMDRS disability subscale score improving by 15.7%, the PedsQL total score by 27%, and the modified UPDRS-II score by 19.3%. Neuropsychological assessment findings were unchanged 1 year after surgery.

CONCLUSIONS

Bilateral thalamic neuromodulation by DBS for severe, medication-refractory acquired dystonia was well tolerated. Primary and secondary outcomes showed highly variable treatment effect sizes comparable to those of pallidal stimulation in this population. As previously described, improvements in quality of life and disability were not reflected in dystonia severity scales, suggesting a need for the development of scales specifically for acquired dystonia.

Clinical trial registration no.: NCT03078816 (clinicaltrials.gov)
Inducting students-educators into the relevant communicative approach in teaching English : a case of University of Limpopo English education students
Authors:   University of Limpopo, Wilfred Molotja Tsebe
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this study was to induct students' educators into the relevant communicative approach in teaching English in High schools and to find out about the impact of the method of teaching module on the practicum of completing students (English First Additional). The study adopted a qualitative explorative approach, and semi structured interviews were conducted on the purposefully sampled 50 Bachelor of Education students registered for Method of English module level 4. Students were requested to demonstrate their understanding of the current approach by designing activities which would best develop their learners’ communicative competence. Students’ lessons designed were presented during lecture interactions. The findings of the study were that students demonstrated a good understanding, relevance and application of the communicative approach in the teaching of English First Additional language. The study further recommends that for the students to be effective in curriculum delivery at schools, especially inn teaching English as First Additional language, student teachers should have ample time in practising the implementation of the application of CLT during their lectures.
Reviewing the implementation of the Strengthening Mathematics and Science in Secondary Education (SMASSE) Project by the Ministry of Basic Education, Botswana
Authors:   Botswana Open University, Botswana, Ngwisanyi Gaobotse , Makambe Ushe ,   Botho University, Botswana
Published: December 2020

Owing to the poor performance in mathematics and science by secondary school pupils in Botswana, the Ministry of Basic Education (MOBE) decided to implement the Strengthening of Mathematics and Science in Secondary Education (SMASSE) project to improve learner performance. This study therefore sought to evaluate the execution of the SMASSE project and identify the challenges bedevilling its implementation. The study adopted a survey design and quantitative methodology where data was collected using a selfadministered questionnaire. Data was analysed through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings of the study revealed daunting challenges in the implementation of the SMASSE project such as inadequate top management support, ineffective communication of the project triple constraints, inadequate definition of project goals and inadequate funding. The study proffered suggestions to enhance the effectiveness of project management in the MOBE as well as assisting in revamping policy development initiatives for project management.