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Using Narrative Practices in Diverse Indian Contexts
Authors: Baldiwala Jehanzeb , Kanakia Trishala , Nayar Shoba
Published: September 2021

The use of narrative practice within mental health contexts in India is relatively new. This qualitative thematic study reports on how narrative practices are being used by mental health practitioners within and outside of the therapy setting in Mumbai, India. Eleven mental health therapists were interviewed regarding their use of narrative ideas in practice. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis and revealed three themes: (1) “Doing It Together” reflected the need to work in partnership, (2) “Quest for Possibility” revealed ways in which therapists were positioned and used narrative ideas to advocate for change within and beyond the therapy room, and (3) “An Evolving Journey” highlighted the personal and professional growth of therapists. Findings reveal that narrative practices have positively impacted the lives of therapists, clients, and the wider community, making it a valuable modality for promoting well-being and mental health in India.
Against Neuropsychoanalysis: Why a Dialogue With Neuroscience Is Neither Necessary nor Sufficient for Psychoanalysis
Authors: Galgut Elisa
Published: September 2021

The author argues against neuropsychoanalysis by focusing on the metaphysical issues. Neuropsychoanalysts argue that the philosophical theories of dual aspect monism (DAM) and anomalous monism support their position. The author contends that not only do DAM and anomalous monism not offer support for neuropsychoanalysis; they are also inconsistent with its claims. The conceptual distinction between the mental and the physical — the so-called “epistemological dualism” cited by neuropsychoanalysis—stands as an insurmountable barrier to the project of neuropsychoanalysis. By way of example, the author offers an analogy with artworks. The author concludes the paper by arguing that neuropsychoanalysis deflects from the real project of psychoanalysis, which is the study of persons, not so-called “mindbrains.”
Posterodorsal Medial Amygdala Regulation of Female Social Behavior: GABA versus Glutamate Projections
Authors: Johnson Caroline S. , Hong Weizhe , Micevych Paul E
Published: September 2021

Social behaviors, including reproductive behaviors, often display sexual dimorphism. Lordosis, the measure of female sexual receptivity, is one of the most apparent sexually dimorphic reproductive behaviors. Lordosis is regulated by estrogen and progesterone (P4) acting within a hypothalamic-limbic circuit, consisting of the arcuate, medial preoptic, and ventromedial nuclei of the hypothalamus. Social cues are integrated into the circuit through the amygdala. The posterodorsal part of the medial amygdala (MeApd) is involved in sexually dimorphic social and reproductive behaviors, and sends projections to hypothalamic neuroendocrine regions. GABA from the MeApd appears to facilitate social behaviors, while glutamate may play the opposite role. To test these hypotheses, adult female vesicular GABA transporter (VGAT)-Cre and vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (VGluT2)-Cre mice were transfected with halorhodopsin (eNpHR)-expressing or channelrhodopsin-expressing adeno-associated viruses (AAVs), respectively, in the MeApd. The lordosis quotient (LQ) was measured following either photoinhibition of VGAT or photoexcitation of VGluT2 neurons, and brains were assessed for c-Fos immunohistochemistry (IHC). Photoinhibition of VGAT neurons in the MeApd decreased LQ, and decreased c-Fos expression within VGAT neurons, within the MeApd as a whole, and within the ventrolateral part of the ventromedial nucleus (VMHvl). Photoexcitation of VGluT2 neurons did not affect LQ, but did increase time spent self-grooming, and increased c-Fos expression within VGluT2 neurons in the MeApd. Neither condition altered c-Fos expression in the medial preoptic nucleus (MPN) or the arcuate nucleus (ARH). These data support a role for MeApd GABA in the facilitation of lordosis. Glutamate from the MeApd does not appear to be directly involved in the lordosis circuit, but appears to direct behavior away from social interactions.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTLordosis, the measure of female sexual receptivity, is a sexually dimorphic behavior regulated within a hypothalamic-limbic circuit. Social cues are integrated through the amygdala, and the posterodorsal part of the medial amygdala (MeApd) is involved in sexually dimorphic social and reproductive behaviors. Photoinhibition of GABAergic neurons in the MeApd inhibited lordosis, while photoactivation of glutamate neurons had no effect on lordosis, but increased self-grooming. These data support a role for MeApd GABA in the facilitation of social behaviors and MeApd glutamate projections in anti-social interactions.
Developmental Effects of Oxytocin Neurons on Social Affiliation and Processing of Social Information
Authors: Nunes Ana Rita , Gliksberg Michael , Varela Susana A. M. , Teles Magda , Wircer Einav , Blechman Janna , Petri Giovanni , Levkowitz Gil , Oliveira Rui F.
Published: September 2021

Hormones regulate behavior either through activational effects that facilitate the acute expression of specific behaviors or through organizational effects that shape the development of the nervous system thereby altering adult behavior. Much research has implicated the neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) in acute modulation of various aspects of social behaviors across vertebrate species, and OXT signaling is associated with the developmental social deficits observed in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs); however, little is known about the role of OXT in the neurodevelopment of the social brain. We show that perturbation of OXT neurons during early zebrafish development led to a loss of dopaminergic neurons, associated with visual processing and reward, and blunted the neuronal response to social stimuli in the adult brain. Ultimately, adult fish whose OXT neurons were ablated in early life, displayed altered functional connectivity within social decision-making brain nuclei both in naive state and in response to social stimulus and became less social. We propose that OXT neurons have an organizational role, namely, to shape forebrain neuroarchitecture during development and to acquire an affiliative response toward conspecifics.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTSocial behavior is developed over the lifetime of an organism and the neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) modulates social behaviors across vertebrate species, and is associated with neuro-developmental social deficits such as autism. However, whether OXT plays a role in the developmental maturation of neural systems that are necessary for social behavior remains poorly explored. We show that proper behavioral and neural response to social stimuli depends on a developmental process orchestrated by OXT neurons. Animals whose OXT system is ablated in early life show blunted neuronal and behavioral responses to social stimuli as well as wide ranging disruptions in the functional connectivity of the social brain. We provide a window into the mechanisms underlying OXT-dependent developmental processes that implement adult sociality.
Chicken Doctors and the Trials of Transcendence
Authors: Ramírez Geovani
Published: September 2021

This autoethnographic, multidisciplinary illness narrative describes the working conditions of a crew of Latina/o chicken workers (gallineras/os) in North Carolina and explores how these laborers respond to and make meaning of their brutal and dehumanizing work. Transporting us back to a pre-pandemic era, this project seeks to demonstrate how systemic conditions, exacerbating health disparities among poultry workers during COVID-19, are, in fact, endemic and will persist after a post-pandemic US society. Engaging with medical anthropological scholarship that investigates the intersections between Latina/o labor, legislation, and health, this project employs structural violence and structural vulnerability frameworks to investigate the network of structures that contribute to poor health outcomes among Latina/o immigrant workers. “Chicken Doctors” explores how disabling working conditions and their attending legislative and occupational policies debilitate Latina/o immigrant workers, and it argues that gallinera/o labor must be understood as a form of illness, as their toil leaves them with daily pains and lasting impairments. The project draws from an interview with the author’s father, who worked as a gallinera/o laborer and manager for over two decades, as well as from the author’s own observations and journal entries written during his work as a gallinera/o. The piece details the incapacitating gallinera/o labor required to move and vaccinate chickens, describes the toxic working environments, and reflects upon the collective strategies for transcendence that gallineras/os employ to survive their conditions. While this project unveils the spirited resilience of gallineras/os, who make up an essential link in the poultry industry chain but are less conspicuous than their meatpacking counterparts, it especially seeks to expose the network of injustices surrounding their labor.
Thyroid function in COVID-19 and the association with cytokine levels and mortality
Authors: Clausen Clara Lundetoft , Rasmussen Åse Krogh , Johannsen Trine Holm , Hilsted Linda Maria , Skakkebæk Niels Erik , Szecsi Pal Bela , Pedersen Lise , Benfield Thomas , Juul Anders
Published: September 2021

The hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid hormone axis might be affected in COVID-19, but existing studies have shown varying results. It has been hypothesized that hyperinflammation, as reflected by the secretion of cytokines, might induce thyroid dysfunction among patients with COVID-19. We explored thyroid hormone involvement in the acute phase of symptomatic COVID-19 and its possible associations with cytokine levels and mortality risk. This was a single-center study of 116 consecutive patients hospitalized for moderate-to-severe COVID-19 disease. Serum concentrations of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (T4), and 45 cytokines/chemokines were measured in all patients within 3 days of admission. Data were extracted retrospectively through a manual review of health records. At admission, 95 (81.9%) were euthyroid; while 21 (18.1%) had biochemically thyroid dysfunction including subclinical thyrotoxicosis (n = 11), overt thyrotoxicosis (n = 2), hypothyroidism (n = 1), non-thyroidal illness (n = 2), and normal TSH but high free T4 (n = 5). TSH levels were inversely correlated with IL-8 (rs = –0.248), IL-10 (rs = –0.253), IL-15 (rs = –0.213), IP-10 (rs = –0.334), and GM-CSF (rs = –0.254). Moreover, IL-8 levels, IP-10, and GM-CSF were significantly higher in patients with serum TSH < 0.4 mIU/L. Lastly, a two-fold increment of IL-8 and IL-10 was associated with significantly higher odds of having TSH < 0.4 mIU/L (odds ratio 1.86 (1.11–3.10) and 1.78 (1.03–3.06)). Serum TSH was not associated with 30- or 90-day mortality. In conclusion, this study suggests that fluctuations of TSH levels in patients with COVID-19 may be influenced by circulating IL-8, IL-10, IL-15, IP-10, and GM-CSF as previously described in autoimmune thyroid diseases.
The Construction of Innovative Education Curriculum System for High School Students: Based on the Practice of “Workshop + Project” Innovative Education Curriculum of Zhengzhou No. 12 Middle School, China
Authors: Zhang Hongxun
Published: September 2021

Innovative education is a higher training requirement for education in the period of social transformation. It needs the education to cultivate talents with innovative consciousness and ability for the development of society. High school is critical for facilitating students’ innovative consciousness, innovative thinking, and innovative ability development. Aiming at the problems of insufficient resources, fragmentation of education, and simplification of evaluation in the current practice of innovative education, Zhengzhou No.12 Middle School integrates the characteristics of maker education and STEAM education to carry out the top-level selection, training, evaluation, and development of innovative talents. Formed an innovative education curriculum system that takes “Workshop + Project” as the starting point, relies on research learning courses, multi-dimensional evaluation as a guarantee, and integrates classroom teaching, club activities, project research, intellectual property rights, and expert guidance.
First record of Phyllactinia moricola (Erysiphales, Ascomycota) on Morus alba in Europe
Authors:   M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Heluta V.P. , Korytnianska V.G. ,   National Research Restoration Centre of Ukraine, Odesa, Ukraine
Published: September 2021

Information on the record of Phyllactinia moricola, a new in Ukraine alien powdery mildew fungus, is reported. The teleomorph of the fungus was collected in October–December 2020 on Morus alba in Odesa. The description and illustrations of the studied material are provided. The disease caused by this species can significantly reduce the ornamental properties of mulberry, a popular plant that is often used in greenery in the settlements of Ukraine. It is noted that the fungus can spread to Southern Europe, where it may cause significant damage to horticulture and silk production.
Vegetation of the Dniester Canyon and assessment of its adaptive potential
Authors:   M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Didukh Ya.P. , Rozenblit Yu.V. ,   M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Chorney I.I. ,   Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine, Budzhak V.V. ,   Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine, Tokariuk A.I. ,   Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
Published: September 2021

Syntaxonomy of the natural vegetation of the Dniester Canyon, including 20 classes, 30 orders, 44 alliances, and 71 associations, is presented. The natural vegetation of the canyon is formed by communities of the classes Carpino-Fagetea sylvaticae, Quercetea pubescentis, Quercetea robori-petraeae, Alno glutinosae-Populetea albae, Crataego-Prunetea, Festuco-Brometea, Trifolio-Geranietea sanguine, Molinio-Arrhenatheretea, Sedo-Scleranthetea, Phragmito-Magnocaricetea, Bolboschoenetea maritimi, and Isoëto-Nanojuncetea. Grassland vegetation is characterized by the highest syntaxonomic diversity. Quantitative assessment of syntaxonomic diversity in the three-dimensional system of ecological strategies of species according to Ramensky-Grime (CRS) was carried out. Adaptive capabilities, i.e. the potential for possible further development of forest, shrub and grassland habitats, have been assessed. It has been found that the dynamics of forest shrub, grass meadow and steppe communities is determined by successive endoecogenetic processes. In petrophytic communities, fluctuation changes are not manifested and successional changes are rather limited. Significant fluctuations are inherent in floodplain grasslands that depend on the sharp variability of moisture during the growing season. At the same time, it is emphasized that actual realization of these processes depends on influences of external drivers that can be considered as regulatory factors in possible development of syntaxa.
Strategies to Improve the Quality of Team-Based Care for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Authors: McDaniel Corrie E. , Jacob-Files Elizabeth , Deodhar Parimal , McGrath Caitlin L. , Desai Arti D.
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND

Prioritizing nonpharmacologic care for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) requires a team-based care (TBC) approach to facilitate staff and family engagement. We aimed to identify the important structures and processes of care for TBC of infants with NAS and quality of care outcomes that are meaningful to care team members (including parents).

METHODS

Using a Donabedian framework, we conducted semistructured interviews from May to October 2019 with care team members at 3 community hospitals, including parents, nurses, social workers, physicians, lactation nurses, child protective services, volunteers, and hospital administrators. We used thematic analysis to identify important structures, processes of care, and outcomes.

RESULTS

We interviewed 45 interprofessional care team members: 35 providers and 10 parents. Structures critical to providing TBC included (1) building a comprehensive network of interprofessional team members and (2) creating an NAS specialized unit. Necessary processes of care included (1) prioritizing early involvement of interprofessional team members, (2) emphasizing nonjudgmental incorporation of previous experience with addiction, (3) establishing clear roles and expectations, and (4) maintaining transparency with social services. Lastly, we identified 9 outcomes resulting from these identified structures and processes that are meaningful to care team members to assess the quality of care for infants with NAS.

CONCLUSIONS

In this study, we identify important structures, processes of care, and meaningful outcomes to enhance and evaluate TBC for infants with NAS. Hospitals that adopt and implement these structures and processes have the potential to improve the quality of care for infants, caregivers, and providers who care for these infants.
Well-Newborn Unit Director Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A BORN Study
Authors: Aragona Elena , West Dennis , Loyal Jaspreet
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND

As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread across the country, well-newborn unit medical directors developed newborn care plans as guidelines and evidence evolved. We chose to examine approaches to newborn care during these early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODS

An electronic survey was administered to well-newborn unit directors in a national network of US well-newborn units in May 2020. Respondents were asked about their approaches to testing, infection prevention, routine newborn care, discharge planning, breastfeeding, rounding, and teaching.

RESULTS

Of 107 sites, 65 (61%) respondents completed the survey. Respondents estimated a 1% positivity rate of 1198 newborns tested for COVID-19. Most sites (86%) performed universal maternal COVID-19 testing, and most (82%) tested newborns of COVID-19-positive mothers at 24 hours of life (75%). Infection prevention and visitation policies varied. Of respondents, in COVID-19-positive mothers, 28% permitted no visitors, 54% recommended rooming-in with the newborn, 55% encouraged breastfeeding at the breast, 38% deferred routine circumcisions of the newborn, 74% initiated immediate bathing of the newborn, 68% continued standard newborn screening, and 55% modified newborn follow-up plans. Medical directors reported adjustments to rounding and teaching workflow. Content analysis of free-text responses revealed themes related to challenges with changing recommendations, discomfort with mother-infant separation recommendations, innovations, and stress management.

CONCLUSIONS

Well-newborn units quickly adopted universal maternal testing and testing of exposed newborns. Despite guidelines, we identified variation in the care of newborns of COVID-19-positive mothers. Further investigation of these differences and newborn outcomes is warranted to develop best practices.
Influenza Antiviral Treatment and Length of Stay
Authors: Campbell Angela P. , Tokars Jerome I. , Reynolds Sue , Garg Shikha , Kirley Pam Daily , Miller Lisa , Yousey-Hindes Kimberly , Anderson Evan J. , Oni Oluwakemi , Monroe Maya , Kim Sue , Lynfield Ruth , Smelser Chad , Muse Alison T. , Felsen Christina , Billing Laurie M. , Thomas Ann , Mermel Elizabeth , Lindegren Mary Lou , Schaffner William , Price Andrea , Fry Alicia M.
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND

Antiviral treatment is recommended for hospitalized patients with suspected and confirmed influenza, but evidence is limited among children. We evaluated the effect of antiviral treatment on hospital length of stay (LOS) among children hospitalized with influenza.

METHODS

We included children <18 years hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza in the US Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network. We collected data for 2 cohorts: 1 with underlying medical conditions not admitted to the ICU (n = 309, 2012–2013) and an ICU cohort (including children with and without underlying conditions; n = 299, 2010–2011 to 2012–2013). We used a Cox model with antiviral receipt as a time-dependent variable to estimate hazard of discharge and a Kaplan–Meier survival analysis to determine LOS.

RESULTS

Compared with those not receiving antiviral agents, LOS was shorter for those treated ≤2 days after illness onset in both the medical conditions (adjusted hazard ratio: 1.37, P = .02) and ICU (adjusted hazard ratio: 1.46, P = .007) cohorts, corresponding to 37% and 46% increases in daily discharge probability, respectively. Treatment ≥3 days after illness onset had no significant effect in either cohort. In the medical conditions cohort, median LOS was 3 days for those not treated versus 2 days for those treated ≤2 days after symptom onset (P = .005).

CONCLUSIONS

Early antiviral treatment was associated with significantly shorter hospitalizations in children with laboratory-confirmed influenza and high-risk medical conditions or children treated in the ICU. These results support Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for prompt empiric antiviral treatment in hospitalized patients with suspected or confirmed influenza.
Building Inclusive Work Environments
Authors: Adjo Janine , Maybank Aletha , Prakash Vidhya
Published: September 2021

A truly inclusive organization cultivates a sense of belonging and value in its members, realizing their contributions are vital to its success. Acknowledging and then dismantling exclusionary systems and policies are essential to creating environments grounded in diversity and equity. This process requires intentionality, accountability, and swift action on the part of leadership. Additionally, the role of organizational accountability, through tracking performance metrics, gauging employee satisfaction and engagement, and routinely assessing identified goals and objectives, is critical to sustaining inclusivity. In this article, we present a review of the literature and offers recommendations to build and sustain an inclusive environment.
Pedagogical aspect of the formation of critical thinking in students of philosophy and theology
Authors: Khodorchuk Andrii
Published: September 2021

The purpose of the article is to reveal and form pedagogical tools for development of critical thinking of students who study philosophy and theology. Alternative variants existing in pedagogy and philosophy are considered for wider analysis of the subject. Critical thinking is considered from the pedagogical point of view, but is focused and addressed more for teaching students who study philosophical and theological subjects. The article emphasizes not just the ability to receive information but also to critically evaluate it, comprehend and practically apply. Students can get tools to consider information from various points of view, and to draw conclusions about its value and accuracy. For these purposes, the first part of the article contains the analysis of the pedagogical model of the American teacher Robert H. Ennis, in which he suggests some phases of development of critical thinking for learning, namely to care that views and decisions are justified, to be able to introduce your own position and the position of others, and to respect opinions and dignity. The article also introduces and considers a position of the prominent American psychologist Diane Halpern, who is developing a critical thinking program in the USA and is introducing her own model in which she thinks that developing a habit to think critically is no less important than developing a habit to think. The psychologist describes the following qualities of a critically thinking person: readiness for planning, flexibility, persistence, readiness for correcting mistakes, awareness, and search for compromise solutions.This work also presents a technology called “Critical Thinking Development” designed by the International Reading Association of the University of Northern Iowa and the colleges of Hobard and William Smith. The authors of the program are Charles Temple, Ginny Steele, and Kurt Meredith. The peculiarity of this technology is in the presented idea of “three phases of challenge” for critical thinking development for students of philosophy and theology. The last part of this article points out what is not considered to be critical thinking. The author refers to the works on critical thinking by Dr. David J. Klooster.
Decentralization of power in Ukraine in the conditions of the COVID-19
Authors: Kryvchyk Hennadiу
Published: September 2021

Decentralization and coronavirus - these are the two words that have recently been most often used in the information space of Ukraine. Therefore, the relevance of the topic of this article is twofold, as it stems from two current social and political issues addressed in the article - the fight against coronavirus and the fateful reform of decentralization of power for Ukraine. The purpose of the article is an objective analysis of the process of decentralization of power in the face of a serious challenge facing the Ukrainian state due to the coronavirus pandemic. The methodology of historical science is used for this purpose. The study is based on the principles of historicism, objectivity, specificity, systematics; analytical, descriptive methods were used in writing the article. The events of the final stage of the decentralization reform phase (2020) are considered, when the tasks of consolidation of districts, formation of a new administrative-territorial structure of the country, holding elections to new district councils and communities were solved. At the same time, all this was carried out in the context of the economic crisis, the coronavirus pandemic, the decline in the living standards of most people, and the decline in confidence in all branches of government. An important problem of decentralization of power has been the balance of state and regional interests, the establishment of interaction between the central government and local elites, mayors of large cities, whose role has increased due to anti-virus measures. An indicator of this was the successful performance in the local elections of regional parties and personally acting mayors. The novelty of the article is that it first considers the reform of decentralization of public administration in an unprecedented pandemic, which threatened the survival of large masses of people, the economy, the social order of Ukraine. Like most countries in the world.
Readiness of boarding school leavers for social self-realization: empirical analysis
Authors: Gordienko Natalia
Published: September 2021

The aim of the article is to analytically present empirical data on the readiness of Ukrainian boarding school graduates for social self-realization in the current socio-economic context. The topicality of this research is determined by the need for scientific and sociological support of further transformations of the boarding school network which is one of the main reforms for the national system of general secondary education. This scientific and sociological support should be based on the study of the educational and social potential of boarding schools, aimed at a thorough analysis of the main indicators of readiness of boarding school graduates for social self-realization in present-day conditions.The results of an empirical study conducted on the basis of 14 boarding schools in Ukraine show that a higher level of readiness for social self-realization is demonstrated by senior students whose basic value system corresponds to the type of postmodern personality, i.e. a person whose life activity is structured according to spiritual, post-material values (development of one's talents, self-realization; interesting and creative work; obtaining higher education; helping other people; living according to religious precepts). The study reveals that these senior students ("postmoderners") go far beyond other boarding school students in their aspiration to accumulate future social capital (gaining respect among people, showing gratitude to others for their help, developing relationships with trusted friends), achieve a higher level of education in their lives, demonstrate a much higher readiness for independent life after leaving their boarding school, have higher trust in their own family, teachers, classmates of their own and the opposite sexes, and have a much higher academic performance at the final stage of gaining general education in a boarding school. Senior students of the postmodern type are less prone to problematic, risky behavioral scenarios in boarding schools (early onset of sexual activity and bullying behavior).The conclusions of the study relate to the possibilities of optimizing the implementation of boarding schools' educational and socialization mission in terms of preparing students, most of whom experience unfavorable social circumstances, for social self-realization in the present-day society. The work provides some conceptual guidelines and practical recommendations for education managers and teachers in terms of aiming educational process in boarding schools at promoting the development of postmodern personality type among their students.
Mediterranean vector Soviet foreign trade in the 1920s
Authors: Arkhireyskyi Dmytro
Published: September 2021

The purpose of the article is to clarify the features of Soviet foreign trade in the Mediterranean basin in the 1920s. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that the Mediterranean Soviet foreign trade of the period of the new economic policy has never actually been a separate scientific and historical problem. Methods of research: chronological, historical-comparative, descriptive. The main results: established a list of Mediterranean countries with which the Soviet state maintained trade relations during the period of the new economic policy; clarified the commodity and raw materials nomenclature of export-import operations in the Mediterranean zone; it was established that one of the main reasons for the establishment by Western countries of trade relations with the Bolshevik state was the economic crisis of 1920-1921, which swept the West; At the end of the study period, the Soviet government used the Great Depression to exert economic pressure on Western countries; disclosed the dynamics of Soviet trade at that time in the southern direction; revealed the dependence of Soviet foreign trade on the political environment; analyzed the Ukrainian component of the Soviet Mediterranean trade of the 1920s, using the example of the southern direction of Soviet foreign trade, it is shown how Moscow gradually limited the economic independence of the Ukrainian SSR until its complete leveling. Practical significance: the results of the study can be recommended for use in synthetic works on the history of Ukraine, the USSR, foreign trade and international relations of the 1920s, the development of relevant academic disciplines and special courses. These materials can also be used to promote historical knowledge. Originality: the article is, in general, original, it was made taking into account the developments of domestic and foreign researchers, with the involvement of a significant array of documents from a number of Ukrainian and Russian archives. Scientific novelty: for the first time in domestic historiography the peculiarities of the Soviet foreign trade of the 1920s in the Mediterranean basin are characterized, and also the role in the corresponding processes of the Ukrainian SSR is. The scientific novelty of the work is also due to the introduction into scientific circulation of a significant complex of archival materials, primarily documents of various services and structures of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Trade of the RSFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the USSR. Type of article: overview.
The situation of the human in the XXI century: globalization challenges and European experience of responses
Authors: Telizhenko Lyudmila , Ratushnyi Oleksandr
Published: September 2021

The paper analyzes the negative impact of technogenic civilization on the development of a human as integrity. The conceptual position of the research is the transdisciplinary idea that a human as integrity is one with all his/her conditions, with the whole world. Giving preference only to the external conditions of a human associated with technical progress led to his/her decline andself-destruction as integrity.The purpose of an investigation consists in showing the reasons of the destruction of human integrity today. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the modern conditions of human existence associated with the processes of globalization and rapid, negative changes in all spheres of the life of a society in a state of total crisis. It is noted that such conditions chaotize the internal processes of a human, “split” him/her as integrity, destroy the harmonization with other people.Filled with doubts, lacking development prospects and goals, such a human, like the whole society, loses the future.It is concluded that today the human situation is critical. It is necessary to immediately reorient all spheres of life of the society towards human development, harmonization of all his/her essential aspects as integrity. Changes in the public policy, human rights legislation, education and science must be a priority. It is noted that the key role in overcoming the modern anthropological crisis belongs to scientists who, using the EU experience, are able to create a new scientific field for polylogy and the search for optimal ways out of the situation. The transdisciplinary approach, which is actively developed by European transdisciplinary schools and centers, is particularly productive. This approach overcomes the gap between the subject and the object of cognition, between man and the world, and forms a new worldview of man in a new society. Such possibilities of the transdisciplinary approach fully correspond to the tasks of modern universities.
Analysis of several techno-functional and sensory attributes upon egg allergen ingredient substitution by blood plasma powder in sponge cake
Authors: Csurka Tamás , Szücs Fanni , Csehi Barbara , Friedrich László Ferenc , Pásztor-Huszár Klára
Published: September 2021

Animal blood is a by-product, which can be utilized in a value-adding way instead of being wasted. Allergen substitution is an obvious possibility because many properties of blood plasma are similar to egg white. Techno-functional and sensory attributes (water activity, moisture content, colour and texture related properties) were measured by instrumental methods. The allergenic egg powder can be substituted by non-allergenic blood plasma powder in sponge cakes, but the change in the ingredient has an effect on hardness and tolerating compressive stress until the breaking. In the case of water activity and moisture content, sponge cakes with blood plasma were as desirable as sponge cakes with egg.
Uma leitura da obra “Pedagogia histórico-crítica, primeiras aproximações”, de Dermeval Saviani
Authors: Leal Flávia Daniela Bosi , De Oliveira Filho Benício José
Published: September 2021

O presente texto apresenta aspectos importantes da obra “Pedagogia Histórico-Crítica, primeiras aproximações”, escrita por Demerval Saviani em 2013. Os fundamentos filosóficos, psicológicos e didático-pedagógicos contidos na obra foram discutidos no presente artigo a fim de demonstrar as importantes contribuições dessa teoria para o debate atual acerca da educação.
Índios Ticunas e a complexidade para uma educação no Século XXI
Authors: Rocha de Oliveira Samuel , Mafra de Oliveira Francisca Francielis Azevedo , Petraglia Izabel Cristina
Published: September 2021

Este estudo aborda os Índios Ticunas e a complexidade da educação no século XXI, bem como reflete a respeito da educação oferecia aos índios ticunas. A hipótese que sustenta este estudo baseia-se no fato que os indígenas ticunas convivem com a cultura ocidental e precisam de uma visão educacional diferenciada que considere a sua própria cultura, dessa forma estabelecem relações sociais complexas como estratégias de sobrevivência, e são vistos de forma preconceituosa pela sociedade como etnia inferior, nos padrões da cultura do ocidente. Temos três objetivos i) Descrever como ocorre a educação escolar indígena. ii) demonstrar a complexidade da tradição cultural e a relevância da manutenção das culturas indígenas. iii) analisar a complexa relação da Educação indígena e se a educação escolar indígena, instituída na aldeia cumpre a função de formar para vida. O corpus selecionado para este estudo é o repasse cultural dos índios ticunas que habitam o território do Alto rio Solimões no Amazonas. O que justifica essa escolha é a observação que culturalmente para a criança ticuna, as primeiras experienciais da educação são promovidas pela família, entretanto, diversos pais não percebem a importância de sua participação no repasse cultural para a manutenção cultural. É uma pesquisa qualitativa de cunho bibliográfico e descritivo amparadas nos trabalhos de Champlim (1991), Brandão (1995), Gruber (1997) e Morin (2001) dentre outros. Mediante os resultados podemos concluir a oferta educacional para as aldeias, mesmo no formato da educação ocidental, pode contribuir significativamente para o avanço no procedimento para a manutenção cultural dos ticunas, mas é preciso um novo significado para a instituição escolar, que historicamente foram formatadas para negar a diversidade cultural, a escola precisa ser transformada em espaço de construção de relações interétnicas direcionadas a preservação da multiculturalidade.
Mecanismos de Governança Corporativa e o Desempenho Econômico-Financeiro e de Mercado de Empresas Brasileiras listadas no Nível 1, Nível 2 e Novo Mercado
Authors: Degenhart Larissa , Soares Luana Da Silva , Casarin Gleica Savegnago , Marquezan Luiz Henrique Figueira , Soares Cristiano Sausen
Published: September 2021

Esta pesquisa objetivou analisar a relação entre os mecanismos de governança corporativa e o desempenho de empresas brasileiras. Estudo descritivo, documental e quantitativo. A população compreendeu empresas listadas nos níveis de governança corporativa da B3. A amostra constituiu de 19 empresas do Nível 1, 14 do Nível 2 e 104 do Novo Mercado, totalizando 137 empresas. O período de análise compreendeu 2014 a 2018 e utilizou-se a regressão múltipla. Para as empresas do Nível 1, os resultados revelaram relação positiva do comitê de auditoria com ROA. A expertise do conselho relacionou-se positivamente com o ROA (Nível 2). Em contrapartida, nenhuma das variáveis de governança influenciaram o desempenho de mercado. Os resultados das empresas do Novo Mercado indicaram uma relação negativa entre a independência do conselho e o ROA. Relação positiva entre auditoria Big Four, tamanho e expertise do conselho e o ROA, e relação positiva entre o comitê de auditoria e a expertise do conselho e o Q de Tobin. Estes resultados confirmam as premissas da Teoria da Agência, de que os mecanismos tendem a minimizar os conflitos de agência e maximizar o valor das partes interessadas. Conclui-se que os mecanismos devem ser considerados nas empresas para aprimorar as práticas de governança, pois auxiliam na melhora do desempenho.
Revisitando o conceito de cidadania organizacional: uma nova proposição envolvendo direitos e deveres do trabalhador
Authors: Zarife Pricila De Sousa , Paz Maria das Graças Torres da
Published: September 2021

Os termos cidadania organizacional e civismo nas organizações são empregados de forma recorrente na literatura para nomear o mesmo construto. A adoção do termo cidadania organizacional para indicar as ações espontâneas dos trabalhadores não formalmente reconhecidas pela organização, apesar de bastante difundida, tem sido alvo de críticas, visto que etimologicamente cidadania não compartilha deste significado. Diante destas questões, o presente ensaio teórico teve por objetivos discutir a pertinência da adoção dos termos cidadania organizacional e civismo nas organizações, e propor uma definição de cidadania organizacional embasada etimologicamente, envolvendo direitos e deveres do trabalhador na relação com a organização. A proposição de um novo conceito para cidadania organizacional, na perspectiva de direitos e deveres, colabora para a abertura de uma nova linha de investigação e sugere a realização de estudos empíricos para investigar sua relação com outras variáveis, especialmente evidências de validade discriminante com civismo nas organizações.
Uma análise qualitativa do atendimento à população em situação de rua na cidade de Varginha/MG a partir da perspectiva de gestores: um estudo sobre o Centro Pop
Authors: Silva Ana Clara Da Costa Lima , Honorato Bruno Eduardo Freitas
Published: September 2021

O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar o atendimento à população em situação de rua da cidade de Varginha/MG a partir da perspectiva de gestores da rede pública ligados a essa população. A análise, de natureza qualitativa, foi realizada a partir de categorias construídas a posteriori. Na coleta de dados foram realizadas análise documental e entrevistas semi-estruturadas com quatro gestores envolvidos diretamente com a política pública de atendimento à população em situação de rua de Varginha/MG – em especial tratando do principal equipamento de atendimento essa população na cidade: o Centro Pop de Varginha/MG. Os principais resultados i) reforçam a necessidade de revisão do caráter eminentemente quantitativo e formal da avaliação da política no município e ii) apontam para várias inconsistências operacionais em relação às instruções dos manuais sobre o Serviço Especializado em Abordagem Social e o manual de Orientações Técnicas sobre o Centro Pop.
Role of Stigmatization in International Perception of the Triple Frontier Between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay
Authors:   Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Arsentyeva Irina , Orekhova Valeriya ,   Saratov State University
Published: September 2021

Introduction. The article studies the Triple Frontier – a Tri-Border Area along the junction of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. The main aim is to analyze the reasons for its perception as an ‘outlaw territory’, the term generally associated with the terrorist threat. Methods and Materials. Stigmatization theory, symbolic interactionism and securitization theory serve as a theoretical and methodological basis for the research. The main sources for the analysis are official reports, communiques, interviews, and publications in leading periodicals. Analysis. The article analyzes the formation of international perception of the Triple Frontier since the mid1990s. It highlights objective and subjective grounds for the negative image that has been created to date; defines the mechanisms exploited by the United States to stigmatize the region and the reasons for selective securitization of threats emanating from there. According to the authors, the Triple Frontier is characterized by a complex set of relationships between multiple stakeholders. Their diverse and often contradictory interests form a convergent-divergent space which affects security of local residents, security of Latin American countries, and, to a certain extent, international security in general. Results. In the final part of the article the main scientific results obtained during the research are formulated, and possible ways of further development regarding this case are outlined. The authors conclude that to destigmatize the Triple Frontier it is necessary to rebrand it – to create a new, positive image, taking advantage of the geopolitical and geo-economic situation, as well as the availability of unique water resources.
Aldhelm’s De Virginitate and Anglo-Saxon Nuns at the Turn of the 7th – 8th Centuries
Authors:   Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko, Boldyreva Irina
Published: September 2021

Introduction. The publication focuses on the prose treatise De virginitate, composed by Anglo-Saxon Church author Aldhelm at the turn of the 7th – 8th centuries. The work was written for the nuns of the double monastery of Barking and its abbess Hildelith. The treatise has not received proper attention in domestic historiography. The purpose of this article is to study De virginitate in the context of associated with double monasteries social, cultural, and historical realities of Aldhelm’s day Britain. Methods and materials. The study is based on textual, historical, and cultural methods. The treatises of individual Church Fathers and a wide corpus of narrative testimonies, provided by Anglo-Saxon Church writers, have been used. Analysis. It is shown that in his epistle to the nuns of Barking Aldhelm not only derived from the previous tradition of praising virginity, but produced original writing that has preserved unique features of the environment in which he and his dedicatees moved. Among these features the following are emphasized: the presence of a large number of formerly married noblewomen in Anglo-Saxon double monasteries, the use of luxury, the wide spread of epistolary contacts in the clerical circles, the high level of aristocratic nuns’ education, and a large share of intellectual activity in their daily life. Results. Rhetorical, conceptual, and structural peculiarities of Aldhelm’s treatise prove that he belonged to the part of Anglo-Saxon clergy that did not debate the high position of noble women in the Church. Aldhelm’s praise of the Barking nuns’ virginity and learning, as well as the examples of cooperation and spiritual amity between the sexes among early Christian saints, can be considered manifestations of support for double monasteries as Church institution, spread in his days.