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ARTICULATION OF THE PROBLEM OF CONTINUOUS PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER TRAINING TO WORK IN CONDITIONS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN THE MODERN PEDAGOGICAL DISKURS
Authors: Dzhaman Tamila
Published: November 2021

In this article it was investigated the diskurson the one hand for understanding the modern state of problem`s articulation of continuous primary school teacher training made on the basis of a review of normative documents and literature and inclusive education on the other hand. It was analyzed the evolution of views on (1) education of children with special educational needs and (2) approaches to understanding the teacher training to work in inclusive classes with projection on continuous professional development and conception of continuous education. The analysis of normative international and domestic documents, literature of continuous training of teachers and professional activity in terms of inclusive education, practical implementation in Ukraine, new demands to professional competence of modern teacher allowed us to show a sequence of contradictions. In conclusion, the sphere of inclusive education is developing rapidly in Ukraine in the last 10 years which resulted in development of the law and development in science researches in the field of inclusion. Only teacher who is integrated to the system of continuous training and is interested in self-development can integrate principles of inclusive education.
TRAINING OF FUTURE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEERS FOR IMPROVING PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
Authors: Mazurenko Iuliia
Published: November 2021

The aim of the paper is to study the problem of future aircraft maintenance engineers’ training for improving professional communication. Higher aviation educational institutions ensure that graduates master communication skills and acquire communication competencies that allow them to solve typical tasks of their work. Due to internalization and globalization of aviation sphere, communication in the international airports is carried out in English. However, the level of English proficiency of future aircraft maintenance engineers is not sufficient to communicate effectively while performing professional tasks. To solve the problem the pedagogical conditions of future aircraft maintenance engineers’ training for improving professional communication are suggested (enhancing motivation to communicate through active interaction and creating situations of success in the classroom; modeling professional communicative situations to ensure the practical orientation of training; use of technological innovations for self-analysis and self-education). The defined pedagogical conditions are implemented through specially chosen methods: interactive (ice-breaking, warming up activities, training exercises, etc.), case study, role playing, ICT (based on Learning Management Systems MOODLE).
PHYSICS AND METAPHYSICS OF FICTION REFLECTED IN FILM: A CASE OF DECRYPTION
Authors: Ihina Zoia
Published: November 2021

The article deals with religious, materialistic, and mixed interpretations of the thing and the personality as generic entities in the story «Oh, whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad» by M. R. James and its screen versions. The differences found in the versions concern petty and significant deviations from the original story, which influence the initial message. The method used to achieve the results represented in the article combines the ideas of Philosophical Hermeneutics and those of the medieval exegetical method of allegorese applied to deal with obscure passages in sacred texts. The original story treated within the Protestant ideological paradigm gives way to materialistic views that are subject to refutation, reconsideration, and combination with philosophical issues in the screen versions – transponents. The thing as an inanimate object is endowed with personal qualities of a living being; on the contrary, an individual is viewed as a thing with no mind.
MELODY AS A FACTOR OF VOCAL AND PERFORMING INTERPRETATION OF THE OPERA IMAGE
Authors: Xiao Chen
Published: November 2021

The aim of the article is to determine current approaches to the phenomenon of opera melodics, clarify the concept of opera melody, substantiate the priority of vocal and performing interpretation in the formation of an opera image and in the development of an opera musical text. A comprehensive methodology for studying the genre nature of opera and its typological artistic features is proposed. The combination of textual and semantic approaches makes it possible to expand the understanding of the melodic functions of an opera text and its communicative tasks. The scientific novelty of the research is due to the identification of aesthetic, structural and compositional, artistic and psychological prerequisites for the creation of the theory of opera melos as an autonomous discipline that can influence modern opera studies and the creative practice of opera performers. The conclusions of the article indicate the key properties of the opera melody, which make it possible to characterize it as a way of creating an opera speech; emphasize the main factors of the opera melodic speech: the enlargement of the elements of the theme and the strengthening of its discreteness, the altitude-rhythmic fixation of the motivational relief, which makes it possible to convey the sound and content of the word, orientation on the “image of feeling”, emotional fullness and psychological personal reasoning, the requirement of getting used to and rebirth into an opera image and specific timbre predestination, that is, being attached to a certain type of vocal voice.
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGAINST CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
Authors: Antonova Liudmyla , Lizakowska Svitlana , Abdullayev Vahif , Lisowski Piotr
Published: November 2021

The article analyzes, summarizes and considers the current state of international cooperation in the fight against corruption in public authorities and identifies the benefits of participation in international anti-corruption cooperation for modern Ukraine. The variability of the existence of definitions of the concept of "corruption" has been substantiated. Defined and characterized by the transnational nature of the modern phenomenon of corruption. The reasons for the increase in the number of corruption offenses and offenses related to corruption are clarified and measures are given to improve this situation. The main directions and levels of international cooperation in the fight against corruption have been determined. The basics of international cooperation of Ukraine in the field of combating and combating corruption in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On the Prevention of Corruption" are considered. The article analyzes the regulatory and legal groundwork of the subjects of international anti-corruption activities, in particular the United Nations Convention against Corruption. The activities of influential subjects of international anti-corruption policy (GRECO, Transparency International, etc.) have been identified and characterized. The leading role of civil society institutions in the implementation of international anti-corruption policy has been clarified. Practical recommendations are proposed for improving the quality of anti-corruption measures to prevent and combat corruption for modern Ukraine in the framework of international cooperation in the fight against corruption in public authorities.
CORPORATE CULTURE IN A MEDICAL INSTITUTION
Authors: Fisenko Tetiana
Published: November 2021

The study outlines the prerequisites for the formation of corporate culture in various medical institutions, as well as the peculiarities of the formation of the Viva clinics’ network, which influenced its position in the intra-corporate communication process. Proposals have been formulated to improve the corporate culture, which takes into account all the shortcomings that are significant for medical staff. The latter were identified through a survey conducted among clinics’ network staff. The project includes several corporate events, improvement of working conditions and communication of staff, creation of intra-corporate media and software communication tools. Both general scientific and special methods of data processing were used in the work. In particular, the analytical-synthetic method of terminological analysis, comparative method, and generalization method was used, which made it possible to determine the degree of study of the topic, to outline the general issues. Induction and deduction methods were also used. The method of survey and questionnaire was used to assess the corporate culture of the Viva clinics’ network. The method of comparison was used to assess the advantages and disadvantages of competitors. The descriptive method was used to present the recommended part of the study.
CLASSIFICATION OF INVALID TRANSACTIONS IN PRESENT LAW DOCTRINE OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Authors: Tashian Roman
Published: November 2021

The aim of this paper is providing the analysis of the classification of invalid transactions into void and voidable, which is recognized in many countries. This classification takes roots from the times of Ancient Rome, and was further developed in the 19th century thanks to the works of pandectists, primarily F.K. von Savigny and B. Windscheid. Today many European states are reforming their civil legislation. This fact allows us to take a fresh look at many institutions of civil law. In addition to the traditional approaches that are characteristic of the countries of the pandecto system, special attention should be paid to the “theorie moderne”, which is widespread in the countries of the Romanesque legal system. In the context of the invalidity of transactions, the article analyzes the provisions of the legislation of the leading European countries – Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Belgium. Based on the above, it is concluded that this classification of the invalidity of transactions has not lost its meaning and is relevant today.
EVOLUTION OF LEGAL REGULATION OF SERVICES OF GENERAL ECONOMIC INTEREST IN UKRAINE
Authors: Veselovskyi Bohdan
Published: November 2021

The purpose of the article is to show in the historical development the formation of the institute of services of general economic interest (SGEI) in the Ukrainian legal tradition under the influence of European integration strategic actions. One of such actions is the harmonization of Ukrainian legislation with the law of the European Union. SGEI, in the context of another "legal novelty" for Ukraine as state aid as part of competition law, have changed the existing approaches to the distribution of already known subsidies and grants. A set of new rules forced the state authorities to adhere to clear rules, failure to comply with which is fraught with real sanctions. In the course of the study, it was revealed that the institute of SGEI has already found its reflection and practice in the Ukrainian legal system. But at the same time, all norms of legislation on services of general economic interest do not correspond to the practice of the EU, and legislative changes are necessary to launch reforms in this area.
TOTAL PHENOLIC AND FLAVONOID CONTENT, ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF FICARIA VERNA
Authors: Karpiuk Viktoriia , Konechna Roksolana
Published: November 2021

The objective of the present study was to determine the total content of phenolics and flavonoids in ethanol extracts of a plant from the family of Ranunculaceae – Ficaria verna. Harvesting of medicinal plant was carried out in ecologically clean regions of west Ukraine in spring 2020. The extracts were obtained by maceration of grass, leaves,and flowers to compare the content of active substances in different types of raw materials. The total phenolic content was estimated spectrophotometrically using Folin Ciocalteu method. The total flavonoid content was measured by aluminium chloride colorimetric assay. The maximum content of phenolic and flavonoids compounds was observed in the grass Ficaria verna. The antioxidant effects of the extracts were investigated. The Ficaria verna can be regarded as a promising natural plant source of antioxidant effects with a high potential for phytopreparations.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF DYSLEXIA IN SCHOOLCHILDREN
Authors: Kiparenko Olena
Published: November 2021

The article describes the results of the research exploring the link between the neurodynamic component of schoolchildren’s psychic activity at the age of 7-12 and the level of mastering the reading skill at school. In the process of the research, we have detected the core neuropsychological criteria correlating with the level of reading technique and text understanding in schoolchildren. The neuropsychological research was made using A.R. Luria’s battery of tests, by G.M. Glosman’s method, adapted to childhood. We also used A.N. Kornyev and O.A. Ishymova’s method of dyslexia diagnostics; texts for the research have been translated into Ukrainian. We have pointed out two age groups of children andanalyzed how neurodynamic deficiency and audio-verbal and visual memory level influence the formation of dyslexia determinants in both of them. In addition, we have addressed the link between child’s development under the age of 1, parents’ complaints at the actual time and the level of a child’s reading technique.
The Cyber Crime of Juice Jacking in Developing Economies: Susceptibilities, Consequences and Control Measures
Authors: Odey John Adinya , Ola Bamidele , Agbonlahor Iwinosa
Published: November 2021

It is convenient and the norm to have both data and power cables (battery charge) integrated as a single Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable for today’s mobile devices. While the data component of the cables serves as the channels for data communication, the power channel charges the mobile devices through an adapter connected to an Alternating Current (A/C) socket or directly to a USB port. This convenient and seemingly harmless design could also serve as a medium through which malicious hacks are carried out on the connected mobile devices as studies and recent experimentations has shown. This hacking variant called Juice Jacking now serve as a potential avenue for mobile device exploitation, especially in developing economies where poor power grid infrastructures has allowed for indiscretions in charging devices from any available. This paper formulates a simple architecture for Juice Jacking cyber-crime, review prove-of-concept experimentation for Juice Jacking from available literatures, identifies significant threats and levels of impact of this cyber-crime on the community. It also highlights strategies that could mitigate juice jacking in developing economies.
Social Media in Agricultural Extension Services: Farmers and Extension Agents Perspective
Authors: Kumar Ghosh Mithun , Hasan Shaikh Shamim , Maria Ummey , Akon Safayet , Ali Hossain , Moheuddin Moheuddin , Al Noman Abdullah
Published: November 2021

The study aimed to assess the present status of social media in agricultural extension services as well as attitude of the farmers with their problems towards social media. The study was conducted in five unions of Chapainawabganj Sadar Upazila, Chapainawabganj district. A total of 90 respondents (60 farmers and 30 extension officers) were randomly selected from the study area. The majority of farmers (75%) had a moderately positive view toward social media. According to the findings, all of the farmers were men, and 46.7% of them were in their middle years. The majority of the farmers (53.3%) were illiterate, the majority (38.3%) were small-group farmers based on land ownership, and only a small percentage (11.7%) used social media. The most popular social media platforms among them were Facebook and YouTube. Other respondents used social media at a rate of 93.3% for extension officers. About 46.7 percent of extension staff utilized both Facebook and YouTube to communicate with farmers, while 33.3% chose Facebook over other social media. They mainly used social media for agricultural information, amusement, personal reasons, and information sharing, but they did not find the use of social media solely for agricultural purposes to improve extended services agreeable. According to the extension officers, social media can assist farmers in receiving critical information and so bridge the gap between them and farmers. Farmers' lack of usage of social media is due to major issues such as lack of awareness, illiteracy, and lack of training, according to the study. As a result, it is proposed that researchers, extension officials, and the government take appropriate initiatives to encourage farmers to use social media.
Refinement of arrangement of purifying elements of integrated air treatment device for gas transmission systems and power generation based on computational fluid dynamics
Authors: Belyaeva G. I. , Ziganshin M. G.
Published: November 2021

Gas pumping units with gas turbine units (GTU) are widely used in gas transmission systems. In recent decades, GTUs are increasingly used in power generation at thermal power plants. The efficiency and reliability of a gas turbine plant largely depend on the quality of air preparation. Integrated air cleaning devices (KVOU) as part of the air intake duct of the GTU have stages of coarse and fine air purification and rather large dimensions. The possibility of using a battery cyclonefilter with cleaning elements, in which both stages of cleaning are combined, in the design of the KVOU is considered. Numerical studies of the movement of a two-phase flow in a multicyclone, which is a model of the first 2 rows of a serial multicyclone, have been carried out. The first two rows of the serial multicyclone TsB-16 of the Biysk boiler plant, consisting of 16 cyclone elements 245 mm in diameter with a semi-coil gas supply, were taken as the initial geometric model. The geometric model was built using the Gambit preprocessor: a two-dimensional 2D model and a finite element mesh based on square elements were built. The finite element mesh of the numerical model generated in the Gambit program was exported to the solver of the ANSYS Fluent software package. Using the methods of computational hydrodynamics, the nature of the movement of a dusty flow in a battery cyclone with a corridor arrangement of cyclone elements has been investigated, their most effective placement has been determined, which provides the maximum inertial capture of suspended particles, in accordance with which a localization scheme for semi-coil entrances to treatment elements has been determined. In numerical studies, the aerodynamic characteristics of the dispersed flow in the multicyclone body are obtained. In accordance with the results of numerical studies, the efficiency of inertial sedimentation of suspended particles from the flow in the first row of elements was 36%, in the second row — 99%.
Mikrorozmnażanie stewii (Stevia rebaudiana Bert.) z eksplantatów węzłowych izolowanych z roślin wytworzonych in vitro
Authors: DOLIŃSKI ROMUALD , JABŁOŃSKA EWELINA
Published: November 2021

Głównym celem badań była ocena populacji Stevia rebaudiana pod względem zdolności do mikrorozmnażania z eksplantatów węzłowych. Pierwotnymi eksplantatami były wierzchołki pędów pobrane z roślin rosnących w szklarni. Eksplantaty węzłowe wycięto ze sterylnych roślin wytworzonych in vitro. Wyłożono je na pożywkę MS uzupełnioną różnymi stężeniami BAP (0,5–4 mg.dm-3). Po trzech tygodniach przełożono eksplantaty na świeże pożywki z tymi samymi stężeniami BAP i GA3 w stężeniu 0,1 mg,dm-3. W czasie trzech następnych tygodni wszystkie eksplantaty zregenerowały pędy. Maksymalne formowanie pędów (średnio 11,36 z eksplantatu) stwierdzono na pożywce zawierającej 1,0 mg.dm-3 BAP i 0,1 mg.dm-3 GA3. Wszystkie kombinacje BAP i GA3 wytwarzały dużo kalusa. Rozwinęło się go najwięcej na pożywce MS zawierającej BAP w stężeniu 1,0 mg.dm-3. Pędy ukorzeniano w pożywce MS uzupełnianej różnymi stężeniami IBA (0,25–2 mg.dm-3). W czasie 5 tygodni wszystkie pędy wytworzyły korzenie. Najwięcej korzeni (10,04) otrzymano przy 1,0 mg.dm-3 IBA. 40 roślin wysadzono do doniczek wypełnionych sterylną mieszanką glebową i poddano procesowi hartowania. Proces aklimatyzacji przeżyło 92,5% roślin.
Wpływ wybranych środków ochrony roślin na wzrost grzybów owadobójczych z rzędu owadomorkowców (Entomophthorales)
Authors: TKACZUK CEZARY , MAJCHROWSKA-SAFARYAN ANNA , ŚLEDŹ KATARZYNA
Published: November 2021

Intensywne stosowanie pestycydów jest nadal najczęściej wybieraną metodą zwalczania agrofagów w uprawach rolniczych. Dotychczasowe wyniki badań wskazują, iż pestycydy mogą wywierać negatywny wpływ na rozwój, potencjał infekcyjny i przeżywalność grzybów entomopatogenicznych. Celem pracy było zbadanie wpływu wybranych środków ochrony roślin na wzrost grzybów owadobójczych z rzędu owadomorkowców (Entomophthorales). W warunkach laboratoryjnych zbadano wpływ fungicydów Amistar 250 SC i Miedzian 50 WP, insektycydów Karate Zeon 050 CS i Spintor 240 SC oraz herbicydów Roundup 360 SL i Leopard 05 EC, dodawanych do podłoża hodowlanego w różnych dawkach, na wzrost kolonii grzybów: Zoophthora radicans, Zoophthora ichneumonis i Conidiobolus coronatus. Na podstawie przeprowadzonych badań stwierdzono, iż wzrost kolonii grzybów z rzędu Entomophthorales najsilniej hamowany był przez zastosowane fungicydy i herbicydy, natomiast insektycydy wykazywały stosunkowo najsłabsze toksyczne działanie w stosunku do badanych grzybów owadobójczych. Oba gatunki grzybów z rodzaju Zoophthora okazały się bardziej wrażliwe na toksyczne działanie pestycydów niż C. coronatus.
Effects of housing environment on oral absorption of acetaminophen in healthy Beagles
Authors: Madsen Melanie , Enomoto Hiroko , Messenger Kristen , Papich Mark G.
Published: November 2021

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the effects of housing environment on oral absorption of acetaminophen in dogs.

ANIMALS

6 healthy Beagles.

PROCEDURES

Acetaminophen (325 mg, PO; mean dose, 31.1 mg/kg) was administered in a crossover study design with dogs housed in their normal environment or in a cage in an unfamiliar environment. There was a 7-day washout period between phases. Blood samples were collected for 24 hours following acetaminophen administration, and plasma acetaminophen concentrations were determined with high-pressure liquid chromatography.

RESULTS

A 2-compartment model with lag time was the best fit for both phases of the study. None of the primary or secondary pharmacokinetic parameters were significantly different between the 2 housing environments.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE

Findings suggested that in dogs, housing environment (normal environment vs a cage in an unfamiliar environment) did not significantly affect oral absorption and, by extension, gastric emptying of acetaminophen.
A Random Stroll Amongst Anthony Trollope's Lawyers
Authors: Fishman James J.
Published: November 2021

Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) resides in the pantheon of nineteenth century English literature. While working full time in his postal position until 1867, he still managed to publish 47 novels, travel books, biographies, short stories, collections of essays, and articles on various topics. Trollope has been described as the novelist of the ordinary for his realistic description of English society.

Law and legal issues flow through Trollope's fiction. The legal system held a special importance to him as the skeleton upholding the social and political framework of the country. Over one hundred lawyers appear in his work and eleven of his novels feature trials or hearings. The law intrigued and exasperated him. Along with the lawyers and legal issues he depicts are ideas of the law and legal system that are part of elaborate philosophical and jurisprudential traditions, which he recognized.

This article examines Trollope's changing attitude toward lawyers. It describes the structure of the Bar in terms of class, status and reputation. Trollope believed the legal system should ensure justice, and those who labored in the law should be the vehicle of that pursuit. Justice for Trollope was the meting out of rewards and punishments as the consequence of a right or wrong decision. However, the law, as he depicted it, was often an impediment to this process, and lawyers were unreliable guides.

Initially Trollope portrayed lawyers critically as caricatures as evinced by such names as Alwinde, O’Blather, Slow & Bideawhile, Haphazard, and Chaffanbrass. He was outraged that barristers (lawyers who appear in court) put loyalty to their clients ahead of the search for truth and justice. The adversary system was flawed as the enactment of laws in accord with the laws of nature assumes an inbuilt moral compass in humans that contains self-evident truths of right and wrong. Trollope felt there was no reason why a right-minded person could not intuitively recognize the truth, so criminal law's adversary system was unnecessary. The legal system sought not the discovery of the truth but was more interested in aiding the guilty defendant to escape punishment.

As he matured as a writer and achieved success, Trollope's understanding and appreciation of the legal profession changed. He met and become friends with leaders of the Bar, and they influenced his descriptions of lawyers, who became realistic and often admirable human beings. Beyond the legal problems of its characters, Trollope's later novels incorporated the social, political, and jurisprudential issues of the times and engaged the Victorian legal culture in a broader sense of history, traditions, continuity and change.

Natural law principles were challenged during the Victorian era by positivist notions that law is what the statute books say. These divisions lurk in the background of his later portraits of lawyers and the legal system. In his later period Trollope created a realistic characterization of the legal profession at the time that offered universal insights into human nature.
Synthetic alkaline-earth hydroxyapatites: Influence of their structural, textural, and morphological properties over Co2+ ion adsorption capacity
Authors: Granados-Correa Francisco , Bonifacio-Martínez Juan
Published: November 2021

This work addresses the synthesis of nanocrystalline barium, strontium, and calcium hydroxyapatites (Ca-HAps) via the chemical precipitation method, followed by calcination. To give a coherent picture of the most important structural, textural, and morphological properties of these materials and to investigate the influence of these characteristics over Co2+ ion adsorption capacity from aqueous solutions, the powders prepared were systematically characterized by X-ray diffraction, N2-physisorption measurements, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, and Fourier Transformed Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The results clearly showed that the Ca-HAp obtained exhibits better nanocrystallinity, greater structural stability, high surface area, high total pore volume, and mesoporosity, compared with the other synthesized hydroxyapatites, and that these physicochemical properties share a direct correlation with favorable Co2+ ion adsorption capacity at room temperature and pressure. The results proved that the physicochemical features of resulting alkaline-earth hydroxyapatites, prepared via the chemical precipitation method, played a fundamental role during the adsorption of heavy metal (with high toxicity) from aqueous solutions.
Implementation of a Simplified Pediatric Peri-Appendectomy Antibiotic Regimen
Authors:   Division Of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Of Michigan/Wayne State University, Shanti Christina M
Published: November 2021

A simplified peri-appendectomy antibiotic regimen was as effective with fewer nursing resources and treatment costs
A Novel Food Synergy Booster - Research on Its Beneficial Effects by Antioxidant Analysis and Cell Biology
Authors:   Dartsch Scientific GmbH, Institute Of Cell Biological Test Systems, Wagenfeld, Germany, C Dartsch Peter
Published: November 2021

According to our test results, the synergistic combination of active ingredients of the Food Energy Booster can be recommended to improve and maintain physical performance and well-being in vivo.
Correlation between Vitamin D Concentrations and Physical Activity in U.S. Children and Young Adults between Ages 5-15 Years
Authors:   Department Of Mathematics And Physics, Texas A&M International University, Texas, United States, Goonatilake Rohitha
Published: November 2021

the human body and their relation to the population at large. This research is comprised of the collection of data from the CDC for public use, statistical analyses and findings using SAS statistical software.
Patient Care Management (Book Review)
Authors:   Dr. M Nasirullah Memorial Trust, Bangladesh, Mohiuddin Abdul Kader
Published: November 2021

As an author, it is my heartiest believe that the book will adjoin significant apprehension to future pharmacists in patient care as most of the portion created from recently published articles focusing pharmacists in patient care settings.
Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Revaccination Compliance
Authors:   Department Of Pharmacy Practice, University Of Illinois At Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, Aliaj Enela
Published: November 2021

Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). Consensus between these guidelines recommend revaccination of all HSCT recipients. The aim of this study is to define the appropriate vaccine schedule in the post-transplant setting based on current guidelines and review the vaccination compliance at UI Health through a retrospective chart review.
Anosmia in COVID-19: Celecoxib Appears to Speed Recovery
Authors:   Pulmonary And Critical Care Medicine, Beloit Memorial Hospital, 1905 E Huebbe Parkway, Beloit Wisconsin 53511, United States, KM Tomera
Published: November 2021

when tested. Adjuvant therapy with high dose celecoxib and high dose famotidine appears to be promising and should be studied for this disturbing symptom of Covid-19 and other CNS COVID-19 sequalae.
Correlation of Pentosidine with Kidney Diseases in Iraqi Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy
Authors: Hamid Ghada Salam , Allawi Ali A. , Ghudhaib Kadhim K.
Published: November 2021

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a principle cause of microangiopathy and the main reason for kidney disease at the end stage in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This work aimed to study the relation of pentosidine with kidney injury in the case of diabetic nephropathy. This study included 75 patients suffering from T2DM and 75 apparently healthy subjects. The patients group was divided into three groups ((normoalbumin, microalbuminuria, and macroalbuminuria; 25 patients for each) on the basis of albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR) . The level of serum pentosidine was determined using an ELISA kit. The level of pentosidine was found to be significantly higher in DN patients than in the healthy group. Also, the results revealed a strong positive correlation of pentosidine with each of creatinine and blood urea levels, while a negative correlation was recorded with eGFR. It can be concluded that pentosidine may be associated with disease progression and it may be employed as one of the most efficient markers for the prediction of renal function.
RE-MAPPING THE RIVER ON FILM
Authors: Lamb Vanessa
Published: November 2021

Working in Southeast Asia as an academic and as a staff member for an environmental organization, I have witnessed non-fiction film being increasingly used for environmental advocacy and awareness-building, especially in the context of hydropower development. Such films seek to highlight the threats posed by hydropower to rivers and to the local residents who depend on them. However, my experiences with some of these films bring to light the degree to which the films themselves re-assert or produce specific claims about particular places and about development. As a geographer, I want to explore the cartographic possibilities and pitfalls of activist film projects.What cartographic stories does film tell? Are films, like maps, constitutive of technologies of power? As non-fiction film has been increasingly produced for environmental causes worldwide, I believe that “film-as-map” deserves interrogation. Accordingly, film is examined here as a medium through which non-governmental organizations (NGOs),activists and local residents collaboratively stake claims, construct boundaries and effectually re-map  the river. I want to explore what ways film can offer marginalized groups an avenue to push for change or resistance against unjust development schemes (similar to countermapping strategies). Also, what are the disadvantages of using such strategies and how can film benefit from critiques and analysis from within the discipline of geography?
FATHER OF THE BOTTOM: TOWARDS A CRITIQUE OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Authors: Moldes Marcos
Published: November 2021

On July 20th, 2005, the federal government of Canada passed Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act, which changed the legal definition of marriage as the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others. This changed the federal legislation from defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman and broadened the legal definition to include same-sex couples. Canadians for Equal Marriage (CEM), one of the principal advocacy organizations, lauded the change in legislation as an important move towards equality for same-sex individuals. The organization’s advocacy work leading up to the vote in the House of Commons, along with their public media campaigns, reinforced the position that saw the inclusion of queer unions into federal definitions of marriage as an important moment for the queer rights movement. The discourse that surrounded this debate leading up to and after July 20th framed marriage as the cornerstone of queer rights and equality; yet, it lacked any sort of critique about the broader social and political implications for queer identity and the queer rights movement. Conflating marriage with equality, CEM’s discourse around gay marriage lacked any critique of how inclusion into state-legislated familial structures could impact broader discourses of queer identity. Instead, the majority of articles focused on how queer marriage was obligatory and called on all members of the queer community to embrace and organize politically around the issue of marriage. This discourse suggests the recognition of same sex unions is indicative of a broader social equality. However, it must be asked whether this assimilation into a heterosexual/heteronormative framework ensures real equality or merely the assimilation of queer identity through state-mediated kinship structures. Although gay marriage is a tool for enabling the inclusion of same-sex partners into benefits packages, tax breaks and other federally legislated benefits, the language used by gay marriage advocates problematically links concepts of equal rights to marriage without questioning or critiquing the concept of state-mediated kinship structures. Looking at the media campaign around this issue, and how it linked the attaining of rights to legalizing marriage it must be asked whether this would create real social acceptance, or whether the same-sex marriage debate is an in actuality just an attempt to normalize queer relationships into a larger heteronormative framework.
Health Equity, Population Health, and Climate Change Adaptation in Ontario, Canada
Authors: Buse Chris G.
Published: November 2021

Climate change holds the potential to exacerbate existing health inequalities, yet understanding how practitioners conceive health equity and health equality has received little attention in the scholarly literature. This contribution utilizes in-depth interviews with public health practitioners from health units across Ontario, Canada to characterize understandings of equity in relation to on-going climate change adaptation work. Perceptions of health equity and associated public health practices are described before discussing the resulting implications for how and why practitioners take up the equity agenda in relation to climate change. In doing so, this work problematizes existing public health tools and competencies and signals the emergence of new practices capable of simultaneously promoting adaptive capacity to climate change and reducing health inequity in Ontario.
Exposure to Video Display Terminals and Associated Neuromuscular Pain and Discomfort in Male and Female Undergraduate University Students
Authors: Altaf Ghori , Bartfay Wally , Bartfay Emma , Sanchez Otto
Published: November 2021

This paper explores the gender differences with respect to potential negative physical effects associated with prolonged Video Display Terminal (VDT) use. In this cross-sectional survey, we distributed self- reported health questionnaire along with the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) to 278 University of Ontario students (95 males and 183 females, aged between 17-32 years) in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Results showed that female students suffered more pain/discomfort in the neck/shoulder/hand and wrist (64.1%) in comparison to males (45.7%). Location of pain was also different in female students when compared to male students. This study provides preliminary evidence to suggest that female UOIT students experienced increased negative health effects on exposure to VDTs in comparison to male students. This study will help facilitate more targeted interventions towards millennials and assist them in reducing pain/discomfort they may experience when using devices with VDTs.
The critical evaluation of educators' struggles in the context of Covid-19: Some theological analysis
Authors:   Department of Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, Baloyi Magezi Elijah
Published: November 2021

Most countries have realized that education is one of the important keys to transforming their countries, and this responsibility rests hugely on the shoulders of teachers. It is concerning that the plight of teachers who are carriers of both our children’s future and the future of this country seems not to be receiving the attention it deserves. Although teacher unions are many, it is questionable whether the teaching profession is receiving the protection and the encouragement it deserves in this country. The teaching profession faced many challenges in recent years. Just as we thought that the massive resignation trend that started in 2014 was coming to an end and that a period of stability was dawning, Covid-19 and the hard lockdown of 2020 happened and many of the teaching profession’s serious concerns were once again thrust into the limelight. This article is concerned with the struggles of teachers during the corona period; the researcher looked at, for example, the paradox of the reopening of schools while the pandemic was raging towards its peak and how it affected teachers. Teachers were promised that they could work from home till retirement if they had comorbidities and are sixty and above of age, but they were recalled to work.
Transtorno bipolar pediátrico e TDAH comórbidos: relato de caso
Authors: Bastos Daniel Cardoso de , Carvalho Lorena Lourenço da Cruz de , Zibordi Vitor Melo , Nascimento Higor Bermudes , Palma Sonia Maria Motta
Published: November 2021

Introdução: O Transtorno de déficit de atenção/hiperatividade e o Transtorno Bipolar Pediátrico são patologias psiquiátricas de curso crônico, com apresentação já na infância e adolescência, persistindo na idade adulta. A comorbidade entre esses transtornos costuma ocorrer e é comumente associada a outras condições médicas e psiquiátricas, levando a piora do quadro, impactando negativamente em aspectos da vida do paciente. Esse relato descreve o caso de um paciente do sexo masculino, 17 anos, diagnosticado com TDAH e TB em comorbidade na infância.  Objetivo: Além do relato de caso, este artigo descreve as características do TDAH e TB na infância, segundo os critérios clínicos e diretrizes diagnosticas atuais a fim de mostrar aos profissionais da saúde a dificuldade e importância do diagnóstico dessas patologias e o seguimento terapêutico em caso de comorbidade. Métodos: Os dados foram obtidos por meio de análise de prontuário e revisão literária. Conclusão: É necessário a realização de novas pesquisas e debates voltados a esse tema, principalmente com enfoque em aspectos que não se sobreponham, a fim de facilitar o diagnóstico comórbido e/ou diferencial do TB e TDAH na infância e, consequentemente, minimizar seus prejuízos ao indivíduo.
Research on the Artistic Conception Creation of National Dance Works
Authors:   Shandong Management University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Liu Jingxian
Published: November 2021

Artistic conception is an important part of Chinese classical art creation, which is the highest realm in the process of artistic pursuit, and also the highest requirement of dance art creation. Especially in the new era, art presents a trend of diversified development, and the creation of artistic conception in national dance works has become an important embodiment of its own artistic attainments. This paper mainly analyzes the related content of national dance artistic conception, and studies the artistic conception creation of national dance works, hoping to provide some reference for the creation of national dance works in China.
Охотничье вооружение в культурах финального палеолита на территории белорусского Поднепровья
Authors: О.В. Вороненко
Published: November 2021

В данной статье рассматриваются предметы охотничьего вооружения племен, обитавших на территории Белорусского Поднепровья в финальном палеолите. Источниковедческая база по финальному палеолиту Белорусского Поднепровья насчитывает более 60 памятников, из которых на 18 проводились стационарные раскопки. Проведенный технико типологический анализ кремневых наконечников стрел с 15 поселений позволил сделать вывод о применении различных технологий при изготовлении предметов охотничьего вооружения. В результате исследований было установлено, что большинство известных в регионе предметов охотничьего вооружения было изготовлено в традициях бромме лингби, аренсбургской, свидерской и гренской финальнопалеолитических культур.

The paper examines hunting weapons used by the population which inhabited the Belorussian Dnieper region during the Final Paleolithic. The database of historiographic sources on the Final Paleolithic in the Belorussian Dnieper region includes more than 60 sites, 18 sites underwent widescale excavations. The technical and typological analysis of flint arrowheads from 15 settlements enabled the author to come to the conclusion that different technologies had been used to make hunting weapons. The studies found that majority of hunting weapons known in the region had been made in accordance with the traditions of the BrommeLyngby, Ahrensburg, Grensk and Swider cultures of the Final Paleolithic.
Кремневые наконечники стрел поселений мезолита и неолита в междуречье Березины и Днепра
Authors: И.Н. Езепенко
Published: November 2021

В статье публикуются новые данные об одной из определяющих категорий охотничьего вооружения: наконечниках стрел из культурных слоев мезолитических и неолитических поселений ЮгоВосточной Беларуси (междуречья Березины и Днепра). Самые выразительные серии наконечников получены в результате раскопок на памятниках: Комарин 5, Прорва 2, Прорва 4 (в окрестностях города Рогачева), в урочищах Борок Семиновский, Дедков Борок (вблизи деревни Лучин) Рогачевского района Гомельской области и возле деревни Нижняя Олба (урочище Лукошиница) в устье Березины Днепровской, в 4 км севернее ее впадения в Днепр. Самой сложной проблемой для изучаемой территории этой части Верхнего Поднепровья является фрагментарность представлений о спектре и наборе орудий из кремня, что затрудняет выявление преемственности в развитии кремневой индустрии от мезолитической эпохи и продолжении традиций кремневой технологии в начале неолита. Типлисты орудий, которые призваны считаться культурно определяющими для памятников раннего периода днепро донецкой культуры (или как модно сейчас трактовать днепро донецкой общности), представлены или небольшими сериями, или единичными экземплярами.

The paper publishes new data on one of the groups of hunting weapons used for providing general characterization of the culture such as arrowheads from the occupation layers at the Mesolithic and Neolithic settlements in Southeastern Belorussia (the Berezina and Dnieper interfluve). The most impressive series of the arrowheads were retrieved during the excavations at Komarin 5, Prorva 2, Prorva 4 (near the town of Rogachev), in the Borok Seminovsky, Dedkov Borok areas (near the village of Luchin) of the Rogachev district, Gomel region, and near the village of Nizhnyaya Olba (the Lukoshinitsa area) in the mouth of the Berezina (the Dnieper tributary) four kilometers north of the confluence of the Berezina and the Dnieper. The most difficult issue identified for this area in the Upper Dnieper region under study is fragmentation of concepts concerning the range and the set of flint weapons, which makes it difficult to identify continuity of Mesolithic flint industry traditions in the early Neolithic. Regarding the sites of the early period of the Dnieper Donets culture (or the DnieperDonets community as this culture is now termed), the typelists of tools used in culture characterization are represented by small series or singular specimens.
ПОСЕЛЕНИЕ ЭПОХИ РАННЕГО БРОНЗОВОГО ВЕКА У СТАНИЦЫ СТАРОТИТАРОВСКОЙ КРАСНОДАРСКОГО КРАЯ И НАЙДЕННОЕ НА НЕМ ПОГРЕБЕНИЕ
Authors: С.Н. Кореневский , Ш.О. Давудов
Published: November 2021

В статье представлена публикация новых находок эпохи раннего бронзового века на поселении у станицы Старотитаровской Краснодарского края. Культурный слой поселения плохо выражен и нарушен поселением античного времени. К эпохе раннего бронзового века относится обломок каменного топора, кремневая пластина, несколько сосудов с формовочной массой без минеральных примесей и с минеральными примесями. Судя по ним, поселение датируется концом IV тыс. до н. э. Среди форм керамики присутствуют сосуды с круглым и плоским дном. В яме 58 Б расчищены 4 скелета людей: трех мужчин и юной женщины. Эти находки ставят вопрос об особых формах погребальной обрядности у местного населения и их соотнесения с погребальными традициями майкопской культуры.

The paper publishes new Early Bronze Age finds excavated at the settlement near the village of Starotitarovskaya in the Krasnodar region. The cultural attribution of the occupation layer of the settlement is not easily identifiable it was strongly disturbed by a settlement dating to the Classical period. A fragment of a stone shaft hole axe, a retouched flint blade and several vessels made from clay tempered with mineral admixture and clay tempered without mineral inclusions were dated to the Early Bronze Age. Based on these finds, the settlement was attributed to the end of the 4th mill. BC. Pottery finds include several vessels with a round and flat bottom. Four skeletons were discovered in pit 58 B: skeletons of three males and a skeleton of one young woman. These finds raise an issue of special forms of funerary rites practiced by the local population and their correlation with funerary traditions of the Majkop culture.