bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Intensive care, autoethnography and solidarity
Authors: Savage Sophie
Published: September 2022

This article begins by providing a personal narrative of the intensive nature of the care between myself and my mother in the context of living through childhood liver disease, transplantation and cancer, often in hospital far from home. Psychosocial studies is argued to offer reflexive ways of working to process complexity and trauma, particularly autoethnography. The strength of working with an educator who has a relational approach to teaching, demonstrating transparency in approaches to writing and learning and sharing rich personal narratives, is explored. Crociani-Windland’s approach to practising an intimate pedagogy is found to be personally transformational and echoes through my current practice as an early-career academic.
A comparative analysis of the roles and use of evidence in pharmacy policy in Australia
Authors: Chiu Kellia , Thow Anne Marie , Bero Lisa
Published: September 2022

Background

Pharmacists have important roles in consumers’ access to medicines and healthcare. Pharmacy policy advocates have recognised that evidence is important but often insufficient for policy change to support expanded roles of pharmacists, but there has been minimal exploration of why this is the case.

Aims and objectives

To characterise, classify, and describe the types of knowledge that were considered and used in these two pharmacy policy issues in Australia: codeine up-scheduling and pharmacist-administered vaccinations.

Methods

Using documentary data and semi-structured interviews, we identified the research-based, practical, and political knowledge used in these policy processes, drawing on Head’s ‘three lenses of evidence-based policy’. We used a ‘programmatic approach’ to analyse how evidence is used in policymaking, where the use and framing of evidence is considered in light of policy actors’ institutional roles and goals.

Findings

Practical knowledge demonstrating pharmacists’ ability to conduct clinical activities and political knowledge of institutional processes and acceptability were used for both issues; however, research evidence was more identifiable in up-scheduling. Evidence was prioritised and used differently depending on stakeholders’ goals.

Discussion and conclusions

Our analysis offers insights for the Australian pharmacy sector advocating for policies to benefit individual and public health. Although medicines regulation and pharmacy practice are phenomena that exist globally, institutional and policymaking contexts differ by country. The pharmacy sector needs to consider these contexts to effectively engage policymakers and optimise evidence use in developing and implementing desired policies.
The policy impact of entrepreneurship research: challenging received wisdom
Authors: Johnson Steve
Published: September 2022

Background:

Studies of the policy impact of entrepreneurship research are largely based on linear, instrumental conceptions of impact and have tended to ignore the complex, political and relational nature of the research-policy nexus, resulting in misrepresentation and understatement of the policy impact of this relatively recent field of research.

Methods:

Review of relevant literature and policy documents.

Aims and objectives:

We reassess the relationship between entrepreneurship research and selected policies in the UK since the early1980s and we identify the potential for research to influence policy, drawing on the extensive and growing policy impact literature that has not to date focused on the entrepreneurship domain.

Findings:

The impact of research on policy occurs through complex mechanisms operating in multiple spatial, temporal and other contexts. The primary contribution of this paper is to highlight the potential significance for this policy field of conceptual and enlightenment impacts over the long term. Significantly, we suggest that some research that was not explicitly driven by policy concerns – and which challenged existing orthodoxy – had some influence on UK entrepreneurship policy developments over the 1980–2020 period.

Discussion and conclusions:

We call for focused research to improve our understanding of the entrepreneurship research-policy nexus in different contexts and we advocate for the development of ecosystems that enable stakeholders to address the creative tension between ‘rigour’ and ‘relevance’ in business and policy research.
The return of forced labour in the workfare state: enforced work for benefits in the UK in the 1930s and since 2010
Authors: Cooper Matthew
Published: September 2022

Support for the unemployed in the UK has become increasingly conditional. This included enforced unpaid work, Mandatory Work Activity (MWA). This was sold as an innovative feature of ‘twenty-first century welfare’ by the 2010–15 government; however, it actually represented the restoration of older techniques of government. This article, compares MWA with enforced work regimes from the last days of the Poor Law in the 1930s. It highlights similarities between both regimes but also significant differences: in the 1930s different claimant groups were subject to different coercions, whereas in the MWA regime, claimants were treated as a homogenous category in need of discipline.
Problematising concepts and methods for civil society research in superdiverse neighbourhoods
Authors: Elgenius Gabriella , Phillimore Jenny , Borkowska Magda , Kawalerowicz Juta
Published: September 2022

This article analyses challenges for civil society research in superdiverse areas and proposes ways to overcome them. Key components of previous studies are problematised, such as the lack of attention to demographic complexity, the focus on formally registered organisations at the expense of informal ‘below the radar’ initiatives, the over-reliance on analyses using administrative data and building on dichotomous categorisations of social capital. The article calls for scholars to develop methodologies and theory that enable research across the full range of civil society activity. We argue for a holistic approach to researching civil society through comparative and mixed-methods designs that facilitate research about the nature of civil society action, its forms, patterns and experiences. The concept of ‘superdiversity’ is useful to reflect evolving demographic complexity, given age, gender, nationality, religion and immigration status, and divergent experiences of rights and the labour market.
Towards a successful free senior high school policy in Ghana: the role of non-profit organisations
Authors: Frimpong Shadrack Osei , Hilton Kris , Bhirgoo Priya , Aloo Frida , Kumirai Angela , Arthur-Holmes Francis
Published: September 2022

This paper seeks to understand the significant challenges of Ghana’s free senior high school (SHS) policy and the roles that non-profit organisations play in addressing them. Findings reveal non-profit interventions such as establishing new school buildings, providing teacher training, addressing inequality issues, equipping graduates with employable skills and evaluating the policy. Such public–non-profit partnerships can help the government achieve its vision of free SHS education for all young Ghanaians.
Volunteering during the COVID-19 pandemic: leadership matters – the case of scrubs
Authors: Walsh Susan , Johnston Alan
Published: September 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has tested every area of daily life for the world’s population. This narrative study will be of value and interest to an emerging body of empirical evidence on the leadership of spontaneous volunteer activity during a global pandemic. Spontaneous volunteers told their stories, and these narratives form the focus of this research, exploring leadership of this group. Empirical evidence confirmed that leadership was effective in producing successful results, and resulted from a knowledge of the community, leader skill, authentic behaviours and an adaptive style; however, no one style of leadership was identified. There is a need for further research into this area of leadership, to understand how the leadership of spontaneous volunteers can be effective for the community, in crises and disaster responses.
Digital volunteering through a volunteering crowdsourcing platform: lessons from TuDu.org.pl
Authors: Belina Aleksandra
Published: September 2022

There has been an unprecedented global increase in digital volunteering since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, in many countries, including Central and Eastern Europe, online volunteering is under-researched and large-scale tools, such as volunteering crowdsourcing platforms, are only beginning to emerge in response to crises. This article presents practical lessons for engaging and retaining online volunteers, drawn from an evaluation of the only Polish crowdsourcing platform dedicated to e-volunteering: TuDu.org.pl.
The Pakistan–Iran relationship and the changing nature of regional and domestic security and strategic interests
Authors: Karim Umer
Published: September 2022

The Pakistan–Iran relationship has been evolving over time. Ties between the two neighbours have been shaped by bilateral security concerns and strategic interests, as well as flux in the political identities of the two states. Pakistan and Iran were strong allies during the time of the Shah regime, as they had a harmonious political outlook and shared membership in the American-led political block during the Cold War. With the Islamic revolution, Iranian national identity underwent a radical change and gave birth to a political vision that was confrontational in essence. Diverging geopolitical interests and alignments in the region moved the two nations further apart. After the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, both sides backed different groups, and the bilateral relationship became further estranged owing to Pakistan’s support for the Taliban regime, which persecuted Afghan Shi’ites and was also involved in the killing of Iranian diplomats. The Iranian security accord with India, as well as Pakistan’s strong ties with Saudi Arabia, further contributed to making the relationship complex and uneasy. Burgeoning security threats across the border from anti-Pakistan insurgents of the Balochistan Liberation Army and anti-Iran insurgents of Jundullah and Jaish Al-Adl have complicated the relationship between the security establishments on both sides. Furthermore, attempts to politicise Pakistan’s Shi’ite community and instances of sectarian violence inside Pakistan have made both states wary of each other. These developments have been critical in impeding efforts to enhance ties in the economic and energy fields. Yet, these differences have not led both states to increasingly confront each other, as both sides fully realise the near-disastrous consequences of such a conflict. Nonetheless, they have also failed to develop a mechanism to address bilateral issues; thus, a tense competition epitomises the state of bilateral affairs. However, as the Pakistani institutions and government have started to change their strategic outlook towards the region, new opportunities are emerging for the improvement of the bilateral relationship.
Parental and work-related identities among primary caregiving and primary breadwinning mothers and fathers
Authors: Pinho Mariana , Gaunt Ruth
Published: September 2022

This study draws on identity theory to explore parental and work-related identities by comparing primary caregivers and breadwinners. It examined how the salience and centrality of identities vary by gender and family role, and the relationships between identities and individuals’ involvement in paid work and childcare. A sample of 236 parents with young children completed extensive questionnaires. As hypothesised, primary breadwinners had more salient and central work identities than primary caregivers. However, there was no difference in parental identities, and within each role category, women had more salient and central work identities than men. Finally, the salience and centrality of parents’ work-related identities were positively related to time investment in paid work and negatively related to hours of childcare. These findings shed light on the complex relationships between family roles, gender and identities and emphasise the importance of distinguishing between identity salience and centrality as two components of self-structure.
‘Extra hands’ or the ‘icing on the cake’? The boundaries of the volunteer role in formal care settings in England
Authors: Johnson Eleanor K. , Cameron Ailsa , Willis Paul , Lloyd Liz , Smith Randall
Published: September 2022

The adult social care sector in England has been encouraged to increase the role of volunteers in service delivery. To understand the volunteer role in care delivery and its impact upon paid care work, we undertook 94 qualitative interviews in seven care settings for older people in England. While the boundaries between care worker and volunteer were clearly established in some organisations, they were more indistinguishable in others. We discuss how both clear and murky boundary making, especially regarding ‘emotional’ and ‘bodily’ aspects of care, can contribute towards paid care work’s invisibility, lack of recognition and poor remuneration.
‘You can’t go home because you are at home’: critical reflections on capturing and reflecting the trauma of domestic violence work during COVID-19
Authors: Atakav Eylem , Pelikan Karoline , Cann Victoria
Published: September 2022

Drawing on video data collected between June and September of 2020, this piece reveals the unique challenges presented by COVID-19 frontline domestic abuse workers in the UK and provides critical reflections from the authors in the form of a collective interview. This innovative study uses participant-led data collection (in the form of self-recorded video diaries) and filmed focus groups with CEOs of UK charities, parliamentarians, the police and NHS professionals. The authors produced a film, Lifeline, drawing on the knowledge produced from these focus groups and video-diaries, foregrounding the voices of the women who work in this sector. The conversation presented here unpacks the complexities of representing domestic violence provision both in creative and academic outputs. Furthermore, the conversation reveals the epistemological challenges that come with representing and understanding the impact of COVID-19 on the domestic violence sector.
Optimal taxation of sin goods: an analytical review
Authors: Antonelli Maria Alessandra , Castaldo Angelo , De Bonis Valeria , Gandolfo Alessandro
Published: September 2022

We present an analytical literature review on optimal sin taxes. After identifying the distinctive features of sin goods, we develop a simple, encompassing model of the taxation of sin goods that allows for treating the main models found in the literature as subcases. We derive the optimal sin tax rates, while also considering the subsidisation of healthy goods. We then discuss the Pareto-improvement result obtained in the theoretical literature, confronting it with the debate on the regressivity of this kind of taxation. We highlight the crucial role of the interaction of tastes, self-control problems and poverty when deriving policy conclusions from theoretical models.
Macroeconomic policy as an epistemic problem
Authors: Trantidis Aris , Boettke Peter J.
Published: September 2022

Macroeconomic theories picture the economy as a phenomenon tractable by their analysis and thus manageable by macroeconomic policies guided by this analysis. This approach has withstood recurrent policy failures, competing theories and several changes of policy paradigms, from Keynesianism to monetarism, because the development of economics as a discipline has been entangled with the demand from policymakers to receive clear macroeconomic policy prescriptions from the expert community. The idea that policymakers can steer the economy in a desired direction relies upon the development of theories with prescriptive and predictive claims, which, in turn, rely on a great deal of analytic reductionism. As a result, reductionist theories continue to offer misrepresentations of the macro phenomenon, particularly by overlooking how policy interventions generate diverse and intractable micro-adaptations that develop into undesired, unforeseen and unintended system-level consequences. This trend continues to cause trouble: reductionist macroeconomic theories foster overconfident interventionist policies that contribute to macroeconomic instability.
The public health crisis created by UK social policy reforms
Authors: Stewart Mo
Published: September 2022

As the world is preoccupied by the pandemic, and the British public are beginning to comprehend the full impact of Brexit, the predictable public mental health crisis created by the demolition of the UK social safety net has been disregarded by successive administrations. Few people realised that preventable harm was the inevitable creation of social policy reforms, gradually adopted by every administration since Thatcher, en route to her political ambition which was the demolition of the welfare state to be replaced by private health insurance. In order to demolish the welfare state, it was first necessary to remove the past psychological security provided by the welfare state. This has been achieved, with disability denial created by significant social policy reforms since 2008. To justify the adoption of harsh and unnecessary austerity measures, which were introduced without ethical approval, the Coalition administration elected in 2010 vehemently challenged the integrity of the chronically ill and disabled community and routinely accused disability benefit claimants of fraud; while failing to produce evidence to support their claims. Their often hostile rhetoric encouraged a 213 percent increase in prosecuted disability hate crimes, and successive administrations disregarded the thousands of deaths directly linked to the Work Capability Assessment, which was adopted using a discredited and dangerous biopsychosocial model of assessment to restrict access to long-term disability benefit. Influenced by corporate America since 1992, the UK social policy reforms guaranteed that many of those in greatest need were destined to die when, covertly, killed by the State.
Sensitivity of a Rydberg-atom receiver to frequency and amplitude
modulation of microwaves
Authors: Borówka Sebastian , Pylypenko Uliana , Mazelanik Mateusz , Parniak Michał
Published: September 2022

Electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic systems involving Rydberg states
is known to be a sensitive probe of incident microwave (MW) fields, in
particular those resonant with Rydberg-to-Rydberg transitions. Here we
propose an intelligible analytical model of a Rydberg atomic
receiver’s response to amplitude- (AM) and frequency-modulated (FM)
signals and compare it with experimental results, presenting a setup
that allows sending signals with either AM or FM and evaluating their
efficiency with demodulation. Additionally, the setup reveals a
detection configuration using all circular polarizations for optical
fields and allowing detection of a circularly polarized MW field,
propagating colinearly with optical beams. In our measurements, we
systematically show that several parameters exhibit local optimum
characteristics and then estimate these optimal parameters and working
ranges, addressing the need to devise a robust Rydberg MW sensor and
its operational protocol.
Posttranslational regulation of the GCN5 and PCAF acetyltransferases
Authors: Ononye Onyekachi E. , Downey Michael
Published: September 2022

General control nonderepressible 5 protein (Gcn5) and its homologs, including p300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF), are lysine acetyltransferases that modify both histone and non-histone proteins using acetyl coenzyme A as a donor substrate. While decades of studies have uncovered a vast network of cellular processes impacted by these acetyltransferases, including gene transcription and metabolism, far less is known about how these enzymes are themselves regulated. In this review, we summarize the type and functions of posttranslational modifications proposed to control Gcn5 in both yeast and human cells. We further outline common themes, open questions, and strategies to guide future work.
A forty-year review of Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases in California shows clinical and epidemiologic changes
Authors: Kjemtrup Anne M. , Padgett Kerry , Paddock Christopher D. , Messenger Sharon , Hacker Jill K. , Feiszli Tina , Melgar Michael , Metzger Marco E. , Hu Renjie , Kramer Vicki L.
Published: September 2022

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a life-threatening tick-borne disease documented in North, Central, and South America. In California, RMSF is rare; nonetheless, recent fatal cases highlight ecological cycles of the two genera of ticks,DermacentorandRhipicephalus, known to transmit the disease. These ticks occur in completely different habitats (sylvatic and peridomestic, respectively) resulting in different exposure risks for humans. This study summarizes the demographic, exposure, and clinical aspects associated with the last 40 years of reported RMSF cases to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). Seventy-eight RMSF cases with onsets from 1980 to 2019 were reviewed. The incidence of RMSF has risen in the last 20 years from 0.04 cases per million to 0.07 cases per million (a two-fold increase in reports), though the percentage of cases that were confirmed dropped significantly from 72% to 25% of all reported cases. Notably, Hispanic/Latino populations saw the greatest rise in incidence. Cases of RMSF in California result from autochthonous and out-of-state exposures. During the last 20 years, more cases reported exposure in Southern California or Mexico than in the previous 20 years. The driver of these epidemiologic changes is likely the establishment and expansion ofRhipicephalus sanguineussensu lato ticks in Southern California and on-going outbreaks of RMSF in northern Mexico. Analysis of available electronically reported clinical data from 2011 to 2019 showed that 57% of reported cases presented with serious illness requiring hospitalization with a 7% mortality. The difficulty in recognizing RMSF is due to a non-specific clinical presentation; however, querying patients on the potential of tick exposure in both sylvatic and peridomestic environments may facilitate appropriate testing and treatment.
Stigmatizing attitudes towards depression among university students in Syria
Authors: Swed Sarya , Sohib Sheikh , Fathy Hassan Noheir Ashraf Ibrahem , Almoshantaf Mohammad Badr , Alkadi Sidra Mhd Sammer , AbdelQadir Yossef Hassan , Ibrahim Nancy , Khair Lina Taha , Bakkour Agyad , Muwaili Ali Hadi Hussein , Muwaili Dhuha Hadi Hussein , Abdelmajid Fatima Abubaker Abdalla , Ahmad Eman Mohammed Sharif , Patwary Muhammad Mainuddin , Sawaf Bisher , Albuni Mhd Kutaiba , Battikh Elias , Elkalagi Nashaat Kamal Hamdy
Published: September 2022

Background

Depression is a prominent cause of mental disability globally, having a severe impact on mental and physical health. Depression rehabilitation and treatment, whether through psychiatric management or counseling therapy, is hampered by stigmatizing attitudes regarding psychiatric illness patients impacted by societal and cultural factors. However, little is known about the stigma toward people with depression among the students in Syria.

Methodology

A total of 1,056 students in Syria completed a questionnaire that included a case narrative illustrating depression. A total of 1,056 students in Syria completed a questionnaire that included a case narrative illustrating depression. The survey looked at attitudes toward depression, the desire to keep a safe distance from depressed people, stigma attitudes toward people with depression among college students, perceived beliefs about depressive people, gender (male and female), and the major section (medical and medical and non-medical) differences.

Results

Four questionnaires have refused to finish the survey, out of 1259 issued. Around 47.80% of respondents, most of whom were females, felt that sad people might snap out of it. 14.60 percent believe depression isn’t even an actual medical condition. Surprisingly, 2% of respondents with a medical background thought the same thing. Regarding more extreme stigmatization, 16.80% of respondents thought depressed persons were harmful. People with depression will be avoided by 19.50 percent of respondents, and people with medical backgrounds will be avoided by 5.20 percent of respondents. Nearly one-fifth of those polled said they would not tell anyone if they were depressed. Only a tiny percentage of respondents (6.90 percent) said they would not hire or vote for a politician who suffers from depression (8.40 percent).

Conclusion

According to the study, Syrian college students had a significant level of stigma and social distance toward mentally ill patients. Female students and non-medical students had a higher stigma in most subscale items for people with depression.
Design of an observational multi-country cohort study to assess immunogenicity of multiple vaccine platforms (InVITE)
Authors: Sereti Irini , Shaw-Saliba Kathryn , Dodd Lori E. , Dewar Robin L. , Laverdure Sylvain , Brown Shawn , Mbaya Olivier Tshiani , Muyembe Tamfum Jean Jacques , Mblala-Kingebeni Placide , Sow Ydrissa , Akpa Esther , Haidara Mory Cherif , Fouth Tchos Karine , Beavogui Abdoul Habib , Neal Aaron , Arlinda Dona , Lokida Dewi , Grue Louis , Smolskis Mary , McNay Laura A. , Gayedyu-Dennis Dehkontee , Ruiz-Palacios Guillermo M. , Montenegro-Liendo Abelardo , Tounkara Moctar , Samake Seydou , Jargalsaikhan Ganbolor , Zulkhuu Delgersaikhan , Weyers Shera , Bonnett Tyler , Potter Gail E. , Stevens Randy , Rupert Adam , Aboulhab Jamila , Biampata Jean-Luc , Delamo Alexandre , Camara Bienvenu Salim , Kosasih Indonesia Herman , Karyana Muhammad , Duworko James T. , Regalado-Pineda Justino , Guerra-de-Blas Paola del Carmen , Doumbia Seydou , Dabitao Djeneba , Dashdorj Naranjargal , Dashdorj Naranbaatar , Newell Kevin , Francis Alyson , Rubenstein Kevin , Bera Victoria , Gulati Iman , Sardana Ratna , Millard Monica , Ridzon Renee , Hunsberger Sally
Published: September 2022

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccines have been developed, and the World Health Oraganization (WHO) has granted emergency use listing to multiple vaccines. Studies of vaccine immunogenicity data from implementing COVID-19 vaccines by national immunization programs in single studies spanning multiple countries and continents are limited but critically needed to answer public health questions on vaccines, such as comparing immune responses to different vaccines and among different populations.
Dummy regression to predict dry fiber in Agave lechuguilla Torr. in two large-scale bioclimatic regions in Mexico
Authors: López-Díaz José Óscar M. , Méndez-González Jorge , López-Serrano Pablito M. , Sánchez-Pérez Félix de J. , Méndez-Encina Fátima M. , Mendieta-Oviedo Rocío , Sosa-Díaz Librado , Flores Andrés , García-Montiel Emily , Cambrón-Sandoval Víctor H. , Zermeño-González Alejandro , Corral Rivas José J.
Published: September 2022

Agave lechuguilla Torr., of the family Agavaceae, is distributed from southwestern United States to southern Mexico and is one of the most representative species of arid and semiarid regions. Its fiber is extracted for multiple purposes. The objective of this study was to generate a robust model to predict dry fiber yield (Dfw) rapidly, simply, and inexpensively. We used a power model in its linear form and bioclimatic areas as dummy variables. Training, generation (80%) and validation (20%) of the model was performed using machine learning with the package ‘caret’ of R. Using canonical correlation analysis (CCA), we evaluated the relationship of Dwf to bioclimatic variables. The principal components analysis (PCA) generated two bioclimatic zones, each with different A. lechuguilla productivities. We evaluated 499 individuals in four states of Mexico. The crown diameter (Cd) of this species adequately predicts its fiber dry weight (R2 = 0.6327; p < 0.05). The intercept (β0), slope [lnCd (β1)], zone [(β2)] and interaction [lnCd:Zona (β3)] of the dummy model was statistically significant (p < 0.05), giving origin to an equation for each bioclimatic zone. The CCA indicates a positive correlation between minimum temperature of the coldest month (Bio 6) and Dwf (r = 0.84 and p < 0.05). In conclusion, because of the decrease in Bio 6 of more than 0.5°C by 2050, the species could be vulnerable to climate change, and A. lechuguilla fiber production could be affected gradually in the coming years.
On the Ways of Attribute Actualization in the Texts of M. Tsvetaeva
Authors: Gubanov Sergey
Published: September 2022

The article deals with the ways of actualization a feature by means of attributive constructions in the texts of M. Tsvetaeva. Structural and semantic means of promoting an attribute, to characterize the semantic features of both the definition (epithet) and the word being defined (the object of epithetization) are described. The peculiarities of attributive words actualization in the texts of M. Tsvetaeva are manifested by their unusual syntactic position within epithet complexes, occasional forms, figurative use, metaphorical and metonymic shifts of the epithet. The question of the productivity of metonymy as a generative mechanism for the figurative categorization of a feature is discussed in the process of modeling biased definitions. The conclusions, made as a result of the analysis of linguistic material, confirm the idea that the role of attributive vocabulary in the texts of M. Tsvetaeva is great. Epithets, occasional in form and semantic, are a reflection of a peculiar feature of the poet's idiostyle – linguistic reflection.
Stylistic Errors in Translation
Authors: Solovyova Inna , Chudova Irina
Published: September 2022

The article describes the significance and status of stylistic errors in the context of general classification of translation errors. The author stresses that this issue has been studied in the works of Russian and foreign linguists. The topicality of the study is determined by the absence of a unified classification of stylistic errors in translation, discrepancies in the classification names of these types of errors and the principles of their selection. The author attempts to systematize the types of errors on the basis of student translations of German scientific and newspaper texts. The classification of stylistic errors is based on violations of the functional and stylistic norms of the target language, distortion of the expressive background of the original and the author's assessment, violation of its norms and usage. The analysis of the material is supported by a linguo-stylistic commentary, which reveals the essence of the stylistic differences between the original text and its translation. It is stated that a significant part of stylistic errors in translation is associated with a violation of the stylistic norms of the Russian language.
The Gospel Text and Its Role in the Formation of the Literary Plot (The Idiot by F. M. Dostoevsky and Doctor Zhivago by B. L. Pasternak)
Authors: Jannat Nuri
Published: September 2022

The analysis of any literary text containing biblical motifs has repeatedly attracted the attention of researchers. The purpose of this article is to examine the gospel plot, highlight its invariant properties and find out how F. M. Dostoevsky and B. L. Pasternak use archetypal motifs that allow these images to fit into the Christo-centric structure of both works. This structure is based on associations related to the relationship between Christ and Mary Magdalene and the forming complex of motifs: beauty, fall, suffering, spiritual transformation and resurrection for a new life. In addition to such archetypal motifs, both authors use motifs that go beyond the scope of the evangelical text, including the motifs of childlike innocence, light and the railway, which set the main coordinates of the formation of heroes. Hence, it is shown that the interaction of two groups of motifs provides the dynamics of the development of the literary plot of the novels The Idiot and Doctor Zhivago.
Ekphrasis in V. Shukshin’s story Pedestal
Authors: Moskovkina Evgeniya
Published: September 2022

An attempt is made to analyze the ekphrasis of Shukshin's story Pedestal. Intertextual, compositional, plot-forming techniques in the construction of ekphrasis are revealed, its poetic and semiotic functions are determined. Ekphrasis is a phenomenon is not that typical of Shukshin's prose, but at the same time has a definite specificity. In Shukshin's literary paradigm, ekphrasis-symbol prevails. Shukshin's literary intentions are always a synergetic means to intensify the narration, which, with the help of the visualization effect, can be included into other, not textual discourses. The double mimesis thus contributes to the compactness of the form and the content expansion of the writer's works. At the same time, it is important that Shukshin's ekphrasis is mainly dialogical (constructed with a change of viewer positions – author, critic, observer, etc.) and non-mimetic – it does not contain references to the real author or work, but is created directly in the text. In the Pedestal ekphrasis acts not only as a philosophical generalization of the problems of creativity, the artistic experience of the author himself, but also represents a complex of immanent allusions that overcomes the boundaries of a literary work up to the extensive field of culture.
The Vision of a Human in the History of the Concept of «Law»: Lexicographic and Functional Aspects
Authors: Popova Ludmila
Published: September 2022

The vision of a person in the historical structure of the concept of «law» is considered on the basis of subject nominations in the lexical family «law» as the core of the concept. In the language of the 11th–19th centuries the thematic groups of nominations are singled out in lexicography as follows: subjects establishing laws; subjects implementing laws and subjects monitoring the implementation of laws; subjects aware of laws and interpreting them; subjects violating the law; household members in relation to the law. The predominantly religious nature of the nominations until the 18th century is noted. Since the 18th century a tendency to differentiation of religious and legal semantics was recorded as well as a decrease in the number religious nominations. In the 18th–19th centuries the dominance of nominations with legal semantics is revealed. The use of many nominations of the 18th century for the political-legal and religious realias of other nations is noted. A different scope of the nominations of subjects in relation to the law of the 18th–19th centuries is revealed in the National Corpus of the Russian Language, the tendency to transfer the nominations to non-religious spheres is confirmed.
The article concentrates on the analysis of speech behavior of the Soviet, American and Russian artist, sculpturer Mikhail Shemyakin. The topicality of the research is explained by the fact that the study of speech behavior of representatives of various p
Authors: Chunakhova Lidianna
Published: September 2022

The article concentrates on the analysis of speech behavior of the Soviet, American and Russian artist, sculpturer Mikhail Shemyakin. The topicality of the research is explained by the fact that the study of speech behavior of representatives of various professional groups is one of the important tasks of linguistic science. The study contributes to the development of a methodology for diagnosing speaker’s personal qualities by their speech, to the theory of studying stereotypical speech behavior of professional groups. The diverse use of communicative strategies and tactics by the artist demonstrates his linguistic competence. Skillful choice of tropes and figures of speech makes the artist’s speech lively and rich, creates bright aesthetic impression and testifies to his highly developed creative thinking, rich experience and the presence of clear life position.
G.D. Grebenstchikoff's Late Autofiction: Narrative Strategies in the Story "Egorkina zhizn"
Authors: Kovalev Oleg
Published: September 2022

As far as the genre of the last major work of G.D. Grebenstchikoff "Egorkina zhizn" is concerned, being an autobiographical material, it is a compromise of different trends – the aspiration to capture the world of the past as tangibly as possible, in all its details, and the need to establish literary communication with the reader. This challenged the author to use a number of narrative strategies – establishing an epic distance between the time and place of the events in the story, recurrent addressing the reader, and above all – various forms of socialization (generalization) of the personal, which is presented as an element of the self-contained and beautiful (seen from apart) harsh world of Siberian village, and – at the same time – as a way to shape a creative individual (the idea of vocation). The latter is manifested, in particular, in the abundance of literary parallels and comparisons, which form a conceptually significant overlap between literature and personal experience. On the one hand, Grebenstchikoff's experience in autobiographical genre contributes to the wealth of autobiographical prose of the XIX century, on the other hand, it is natural for such genre of modern literature as autofiction, the extreme popularity of which is associated both with the desire to abandon dated narrative strategies, and the ambition to re-examine the category of fiction.
The cognitive strategies used to translate the specific features of PR discourse in “Boomsday” by Christopher Buckley
Authors: Oberyukhtina Maria
Published: September 2022

The article claims translation to be one of the most important cognitive operations and looks into how various cognitive translation strategies are applied to make Christopher Buckley`s satirical prose produce the same impact on the reader in the Russian translation of the novel – namely, those of dominant (prevailing) meaning, the conceptual analysis, and cognitive matrix analysis. The author focuses on how the aforementioned strategies used in the translated version of the text of the novel help to reveal some widely known and broadly accepted concepts the novelist seeks to play upon in his literary work. The article also provides an etymological analysis of some lexical units, which helps to understand that the translator uses lexical means different from those in the original text. Some examples of not exactly adequate translation are illustrated in order to show how the translator uses various cognitive strategies so as to emphasize the novel.
Text Categories in the Title of a Short Story (on the collection of stories “How We Are Hungry” by Dave Eggers).
Authors: Osadchaya Tatyana , Lushnikov Galina
Published: September 2022

The article discusses the role of the title in the manifestation of text categories in a short story. The material for the study is the collection of short stories "How We Are Hungry" by a contemporary American writer Dave Eggers which is of interest in many respects, in particular in terms of formal, content and functional peculiarities of short story titles. The analysis has shown that the titles of this collection are rather diverse both in form and functions they perform; they correlate differently with the text of the work, and set different vectors for predicting the content and modality of the text. All the titles of the collection actualize the categories of integrity, cohesion and coherence. In the vast majority of the titles the categories of informativity, subjectivity and intentionality are realized, the last two being leading and most significant. The analysis allows to conclude that the manifestation of text categories in the titles of D. Eggers’ short stories is carried out in a complicated irregular way, which provokes variability of interpretations.
Content Strategies of Belarusian Media for Children in Social Networks
Authors: Kharitonova Svetlana
Published: September 2022

The article identifies the main types of content strategies used by children's media in Belarus on public Internet sites. The advertising, engaging, developing and combined content strategies of Belarusian media for children in social networks are distinguished through differentiating the target nature of the broadcast content, the formats used and the presence of a direct reference to the main media platform (magazine, newspaper, website). The most effective content strategies of Belarusian children's media are established based on the calculated index of Internet subscribers' engagement demonstrated by three indicators of user reactions (the number of "like" marks (likes), reprints (reposts) and comments). The factors influencing the degree of loyalty of the target audience to social children's media and their content strategies are determined. In a comparative aspect, the article describes multifunctional specialized media projects of the Children's Runet, which offer a variety of interactive multimedia formats aimed at development, education and entertainment of children of all age groups in the web environment
Maximizing information obtained from standardized fire tests using a Bayesian framework
Authors: Jovanović Balša , Van Coile Ruben , Reynders Edwin , Lombaert Geert , Caspeele Robby
Published: September 2022

Current practice is mostly focused on prescriptive design approaches where the performance of the structure in case of fire is assessed based on its performance in standardized fire tests. Those tests indicate whether the structural member can withstand standardized ISO 834 fire exposure for a certain code specified time. This method however does not provide an explicit safety level. This issue is enlarged even more by the fact that the ISO 834 fire exposure does not represent a natural fire exposure, but a pseudo-worst-case exposure, making the correlation between the standardized fire test results and real-life behaviour of structural members exposed to fire questionable. However, there has been a century-old tradition of standardized fire tests with a lot of experience and infrastructure based on it. For that reason, here, a methodology is presented to obtain more information on the behaviour of structural members exposed to a natural fire from the standardized fire test results by using a Bayesian framework. As an example structure, a simply supported concrete slab is considered. Its failure during the standardized fire test is modelled and the parameters affecting the time when it fails (i.e., parameters affecting the nominal fire resistance time) are determined. The model is then used in a Markov chain Monte Carlo procedure to update parameter distributions based on the measured fire resistance time. Using these updated distributions, a full probabilistic calculation of the performance of the slab considering a natural fire exposure is then conducted to assess the failure probability.
Influence of the structural integrity management on the levelized cost of energy of offshore wind: a parametric sensitivity analysis
Authors: Kinne Marko , Farhan Muhammad , Schneider Ronald , Thöns Sebastian
Published: September 2022

The levelized cost of energy (LCoE) is an important measure to quantify the macro-economic efficiency of an offshore wind farm and to enable a quantitative comparison with other types of energy production. The costs of the structural integrity management - which is required to ensure an adequate lifetime reliability of the turbine support structures - are part of the operational expenditures of an offshore wind farm. An optimization of the structural integrity management may reduce the operational expenditures and consequently the LCoE. However, the effect of the structural integrity management on the LCoE is hardly known. To investigate this effect, this paper presents a sensitivity analysis of the LCoE of a generic offshore wind farm. The probabilistic models of the parameters influencing the LCoE are based on a literature study including an explicit model for the structural integrity management. The analysis reveals that LCoE may potentially be reduced if an optimization of the structural integrity management enables a service life extension.
Development of conformity criteria for durability and its influence on service life predictions
Authors: Vereecken Eline , Caspeele Robby
Published: September 2022

To ensure the quality of produced concrete batches, it is often verified whether a specified concrete compressive strength is reached by the application of conformity control. The conformity criteria used for this purpose are related to the probability of accepting a batch, in relation to a specified quality. Batches fulfilling the conformity criteria are accepted, whereas others are rejected. In this way, the outgoing quality of the accepted concrete is higher than without the application of conformity control. This is the result of the filtering effect of conformity control and affects the probability of failure of concrete structures. Instead of only applying conformity control to the concrete compressive strength, a similar procedure could be applied to durability related variables. One example hereof is the diffusion coefficient of the concrete. When conformity criteria are defined and applied in relation to the diffusion coefficient, the result will be a filtering effect on the distribution of the diffusion coefficient. The outgoing distribution will have a lower mean value and standard deviation compared to the incoming distribution. This will influence the time-dependent reliability of reinforced concrete structures. This paper investigates the effect of conformity criteria for diffusion coefficients on the service life and failure probabilities of reinforced concrete elements. The filtering effect is investigated by a numerical study applying analytical methods and numerical integration.
metáfora no discurso e no léxico especializado do micro e pequeno agricultor da Cana-de-Açúcar do Maranhão
Authors: Serra Luís Henrique
Published: September 2022

Uma análise do universo conceitual do discurso especializado do micro e do pequeno agricultor da cana-de-açúcar no Maranhão. Com base na teoria da Socioterminologia, proposta por Cabré (2002), e na da metáfora conceitual, proposta por Lakoff e Johnson (2003), examina-se as expressões metafóricas encontradas no discurso especializado e no léxico desse universo, no estado do Maranhão. Os resultados da pesquisa evidenciam a atribuição, no interior desse discurso, de muitas características físicas e comportamentais próprias do ser humano à cana-de-açúcar, ao caldo da cana e à cachaça; o léxico, por sua vez, assinala a existência de termos cuja motivação se encontra na semelhança que há entre objetos do universo da cana-de-açúcar e objetos do cotidiano humano, como bandeiras, pés de galinha, dentre outros.
Nos trilhos da Rua da Linha
Authors: Santana de Almeida Lana Cristina
Published: September 2022

Este artigo é resultado de um estudo monográfico realizado em 2009, no curso de Especialização em Estudos Linguísticos, pela Universidade de Feira de Santana- BA (UEFS) e da continuação dos estudos onomásticos realizados no curso de Pós-graduação stricto sensu, na Universidade Federal do Estado da Bahia (UFBA-BA). O objetivo da pesquisa centrou-se na análise das motivações toponímicas da área urbana da cidade de Santo Antônio de Jesus- BA, com enfoque sobre os principais logradouros dos bairros que correspondem às vias de acesso mais antigas da cidade, a saber, Centro, Nossa Senhora das Graças, São Benedito e Andaiá. Também, nesta pesquisa, verificou-se a coexistência entre as nomeações oficiais de alguns logradouros desses bairros e suas nomeações iniciais, as quais remetem ao processo de urbanização desta cidade. Para o desenvolvimento deste artigo, utilizou-se como base teórico-metodológica os princípios de pesquisa onomástica proposto por Dick (1990, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007) e a teoria estruturalista de Saussure (1969) e Guiraud (1972), no que diz respeito aos aspectos referenciais do signo toponímico.