bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of Fractional Damping in Double-Well Duffing–Vander Pol Oscillator Driven by Different Sinusoidal Forces
Authors: Sethu Meenakshi M. V. , Athisayanathan S. , Chinnathambi V. , Rajasekar S.
Published: January 2019

The effect of nonlinear damping including fractional damping on the onset of horseshoe chaos is studied both analytically and numerically in the double-well Duffing–Vander Pol (DVP) oscillator driven by various sinusoidal forces. The sinusoidal type periodic forces of our interest are sine wave, rectified sine wave, and modulus of sine wave. Using the Melnikov analytical method, the threshold condition for the onset of horseshoe chaos is obtained for each sinusoidal force. Melnikov threshold curves are drawn in (f,\;ω) parameters space for each force. When the damping component (p) increases from a small value, the Melnikov threshold value

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is decreased for each force. Suppression of horseshoe chaos is predicted due to the effect of weak periodic perturbation and nonlinear fractional damping. Analytical predictions are demonstrated through direct numerical simulations.
Chemical Dissolution and Kant’s Critical Theory of Nature
Authors: McNulty Michael Bennett
Published: January 2019

Kant conceives of chemical dissolutions as involving the infinite division and subsequent blending of solvent and solute. In the resulting continuous solution, every subvolume contains a uniform proportion of each reactant. Erich Adickes argues that this account stands in tension with other aspects of Kant’s Critical philosophy and his views on infinity. I argue that although careful analysis of Kant’s conception of dissolution addresses Adickes’ objections, the infinite division inherent to the process is beyond our human cognition, for Kant. Nevertheless, such infinite division may be considered as an idea of reason to make comprehensible chemical reactions, revealing reason to play a pivotal role in the foundations of chemistry.
Salivary Immunoglobulin A Secretion Rate During Peak Period Conditioning Regimens in Triathletes
Authors: Matsumoto Megumi , Satoh Kentaro , Kushi Hidehiko , Hamuro Koji , Sakurai Masao , Saito Hiroshi , Tanaka Ryohei , Saito Takao , Kohda Noriyuki , Hamada Koichiro
Published: January 2019

Matsumoto M, Satoh, K, Kushi, H, Hamuro, K, Sakurai, M, Saito, H, Tanaka, R, Saito, T, Kohda, N, and Hamada, K. Salivary immunoglobulin A secretion rate during peak period conditioning regimens in triathletes. J Strength Cond Res 35(5): 1389–1396, 2021—Triathletes often feel unwell during the conditioning period (peak period) leading up to a race. The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors relevant to the condition of athletes and their impact on mucosal immune responses and the salivary immunoglobulin A (IgA) secretion rate. This study recruited college student triathletes (33 men and 7 women) who participated in an Olympic distance race. For each subject, the salivary IgA rate was measured continuously for 1 month before the race (peak period). Data on physical activity during the peak period were calculated in metabolic equivalents, and the relationships between these factors and the salivary IgA secretion rate were evaluated. The average amount of physical activity was highest during the 2- to 3-week period before the race, at 744.7 ± 51.5 kcal expended per day. In subjects who, on average, expended more than 1,000 kcal·d−1 in physical activity between 12 and 14 days before the race, the salivary IgA secretion rate was significantly reduced compared with the value at 1 week before the race (p < 0.05). On the day before the race, a further reduction was observed (p < 0.1). The salivary IgA secretion rate was decreased by high-intensity exercise during the peak period in advance of a race; this was associated with a loss of optimal condition just before the race.
Impact of Fat Grip Attachments on Muscular Strength and Neuromuscular Activation During Resistance Exercise
Authors: Krings Ben M. , Shepherd Brandon D. , Swain Jon C. , Turner Alana J. , Chander Harish , Waldman Hunter S. , McAllister Matthew J. , Knight Adam C. , Smith JohnEric W.
Published: January 2019

Krings, BM, Shepherd, BD, Swain, JC, Turner, AJ, Chander, H, Waldman, HS, McAllister, MJ, Knight, AC, and Smith, JW. Impact of fat grip attachments on muscular strength and neuromuscular activation during resistance exercise. J Strength Cond Res 35(2S): S152–S157, 2021—The purpose of this study was to examine the acute effects of Fat Gripz (FG) on muscular activation and strength. Resistance trained men (n = 15; age = 22.4 ± 2.3 years; mass = 83.2 ± 11.1 kg) performed 2 experimental trials in a randomized order. Subjects completed 1 repetition maximum (1RM) testing with an Olympic barbell (OB) and with FG attached to an OB during the exercises of deadlift, bent-over row, upright row, concentration curl, and completed maximum repetitions of pull-ups until failure. Surface electromyography (EMG) was used to measure muscle activity from 8 upper extremity muscles (trapezius, medial deltoid, biceps brachii, triceps brachii, flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, extensor carpi radialis, and extensor carpi ulnaris), while performing maximal voluntary isometric contractions during 1RM trials and while performing maximum number of pull-ups. When using the FG, 1RM strength was significantly decreased for each exercise, and the maximal number of pull-ups completed was significantly lower. Electromyography muscle activity was significantly increased in the forearm and shoulder muscles, but significantly decreased in the upper arm muscles with the use of FG during deadlift, bent-over row, and pull-ups. However, there were no differences for EMG activity for upright row and concentration curl. Differences in maximal strength, pull-up performance, and EMG activity with FG use may be due to the different muscle length positions. Although FG training may increase neuromuscular activation, decrements in muscular strength may result in prescribing low training loads that may not be ideal for building muscular strength.
The A-allele of the FTO Gene rs9939609 Polymorphism Is Associated With Decreased Proportion of Slow Oxidative Muscle Fibers and Over-represented in Heavier Athletes
Authors: Guilherme João Paulo L.F. , Egorova Emiliya S. , Semenova Ekaterina A. , Kostryukova Elena S. , Kulemin Nickolay A. , Borisov Oleg V. , Khabibova Sofya A. , Larin Andrey K. , Ospanova Elena A. , Pavlenko Alexander V. , Lyubaeva Ekaterina V. , Popov Daniil V. , Lysenko Evgeny A. , Vepkhvadze Tatiana F. , Lednev Egor M. , Govorun Vadim M. , Generozov Edward V. , Ahmetov Ildus I. , Lancha Junior Antonio H.
Published: January 2019

Guilherme, JPLF, Egorova, ES, Semenova, EA, Kostryukova, ES, Kulemin, NA, Borisov, OV, Khabibova, SA, Larin, AK, Ospanova, EA, Pavlenko, AV, Lyubaeva, EV, Popov, DV, Lysenko, EA, Vepkhvadze, TF, Lednev, EM, Govorun, VM, Generozov, EV, Ahmetov, II, and Lancha Junior, AH. The A-allele of the FTO gene rs9939609 polymorphism is associated with decreased proportion of slow oxidative muscle fibers and over-represented in heavier athletes.J Strength Cond Res33(3): 691–700, 2019—The purpose of this study was to explore the frequency of theFTOT > A (rs9939609) polymorphism in elite athletes from 2 cohorts (Brazil and Russia), as well as to find a relationship betweenFTOgenotypes and muscle fiber composition. A total of 677 athletes and 652 nonathletes were evaluated in the Brazilian cohort, whereas a total of 920 athletes and 754 nonathletes were evaluated in the Russian cohort. It was found a trend for a lower frequency of A/A genotype in long-distance athletes compared with nonathletes (odds ratio [OR]: 0.65;p= 0.054). By contrast, it was found an increased frequency of the A-allele in Russian power athletes. The presence of the T/A + A/A genotypes rather than T/T increased the OR of being a Russian power athlete compared with matched nonathletes (OR: 1.45;p= 0.002). Different from that observed in combat sports athletes of lighter weight categories, the A-allele was also over-represented in combat sports athletes of heavier weight categories. The presence of the T/A + A/A genotypes rather than T/T increased the OR of being a combat sports athlete of heavier weight categories compared with nonathletes (OR: 1.79;p= 0.018). Regarding the muscle fibers, we found that carriers of the A/A genotype had less slow-twitch muscle fibers than T-allele carriers (p= 0.029). In conclusion, the A/A genotype of theFTOT > A polymorphism is under-represented in athletes more reliant on a lean phenotype and associated with decreased proportion of slow-twitch muscle fibers, while is over-represented in strength and heavier athletes.
Reliability of Zephyr BioHarness Respiratory Rate at Rest, During the Modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test and Recovery
Authors: Nazari Goris , MacDermid Joy C.
Published: January 2019

Nazari, G and MacDermid, JC. Reliability of Zephyr BioHarness respiratory rate at rest, during the modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test and recovery. J Strength Cond Res 34(1): 264–269, 2020—Technological innovations have led to the development of wearable physiological monitoring devices, such as the Zephyr BioHarness (ZB). It is necessary to establish the measurement properties of a device and to determine its reliability parameters, before its utilization. The purpose of current study was to determine the test-retest reliability of ZB respiratory rate variable at rest, during the modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test (mCAFT) (a submaximal test) and throughout recovery. Stratified convenience and snowballing were used to recruit 60 participants (30 females). Respiratory rate reliability was assessed at rest, with total of 20 measurements, during the mCAFT with total of 24 measures and throughout the recovery with total of 20 measures between the first and second sessions. At rest, test-retest respiratory rate intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and SEM for ZB ranged from 0.76 to 0.84 (0.62–0.83). During the mCAFT, the ZB ICCs and (SEM) ranged from 0.76 to 0.89 (1.53–4.00). Throughout the recovery, the ICCs and SEM ranged from 0.79 to 0.90 (0.90–1.28). To conclude, ZB respiratory rate variable demonstrated excellent reliability measures in a large sample of healthy male and female individuals across different age groups at rest, during a submaximal activity and throughout recovery. Our study findings add to the existing pool of literature regarding the reliability parameters of ZB wearable device and propose that stable and consistent measures of respiratory rate can be obtained using ZB device among healthy male and female participants at rest, during submaximal activity (mCAFT) and throughout recovery.
Secure and Optimized Real-Time System for Internet of Medical Things Using MATuino and ThingSpeak Analytics
Authors: Ranjani J. Jennifer , Selvapriya A. Shanthoshini , Vijayan E.
Published: January 2019

The web of things, which is widely called the Internet of Things (IoT), aids as a part of our day-to-day life activities in today’s world. It has great potential to change the modern world. Although it benefits us in several ways, IoT possesses several issues, such as privacy, data confidentiality, and effective storage. The IoT community is extremely concerned about the quantum of information that may be leaked out. Hence, a secured atmosphere is mandatory for IoT devices to transmit data over public networks. In this article, a secure and optimized real-time system is proposed as an alternative methodology for data transmission from healthcare sensors to the cloud, either through local area or wide area networks. An effective optimization technique is also implemented to provide better storage.
Variations sur ATeM : la chanson-souffle
Authors: Hirschi Stéphane
Published: January 2019

This paper tries to analyse the spreading of tunes and breathing as one single wave-like reality in the history of the French chanson. Historically and in line with the system of timbres, the genre of the French chanson takes up existing airs and combines them with interchangeable lyrics. With the spreading and the success of recording techniques, other forms of acoustic palimpsests appear. Claude Nougaro, for instance, transforms breathlessness into a piece of art when he returns to jazz standards, and singers like Barbara and her last interpreter Patrick Bruel reveal their inner fractures and hesitations through their broken voices.
L’espace autobiographique de Barbara ou les signes en chanson de la seiche
Authors: July Joël
Published: January 2019

More often than not, we vainly try to bring into relief the autobiographical aspects of a short poetic text. The autobiographical material being either carefully hidden or ostensibly unveiled, Philippe Lejeune coined the notion of espace autobiographique (autobiographical space), which has proved relevant to emphasize the intriguing interplay between a fiction and an attested autobiography. This methodological framework can be adjusted to the works of the French singer Barbara, and particularly to her posthumous and unfinished autobiography (Il était un piano noir, 1998) and to a selection of her songs which seem to be riddled with biographical details. Our stylistical approach aims at analysing how a feeling of ambiguity is created, intertwining false certainties and subtle indications.
Musik – Sprache – (Sprach-)Bild. Zur Semiotizität barocker Gleichnisarien (1. Teil)
Authors: Agnetta Marco
Published: January 2019

The aim of the present study is to describe some of the possible relations between music, language, and verbal picture (or metaphor) which can be found in the drammi per musica of the early 18th century and especially in four allegorical arias of Vivaldi’s opus La Griselda (1735). The paper illustrates some aspects of the cooperation between librettist (Goldoni) and composer (Vivaldi) as well as the importance of the metaphor for the interlinkage of music and language in such arias. It is divided into two parts: The first part presented in the following outlines the bipartite textual structure of the mentioned simile arias (metaphoric vs. literal stanza) which recalls the same two-piece structure of renaissance and baroque emblems. The second part will focus on the interaction of poetic language, verbal image, and Vivaldi’s music in the mentioned simile arias.
Independent Neural Activity Patterns for Sensory- and Confidence-Based Information Maintenance during Category-Selective Visual Processing
Authors: Weaver Matthew D. , Fahrenfort Johannes J. , Belopolsky Artem , van Gaal Simon
Published: January 2019

Several influential theories of consciousness attempt to explain how, when and where conscious perception arises in the brain. The extent of conscious perception of a stimulus is often probed by asking subjects to provide confidence estimations in their choices in challenging perceptual decision-making tasks. Here, we aimed to dissociate neural patterns of “cognitive” and “sensory” information maintenance by linking category selective visual processes to decision confidence using multivariate decoding techniques on human EEG data. Participants discriminated at-threshold masked face versus house stimuli and reported confidence in their discrimination performance. Three distinct types of category-selective neural activity patterns were observed, dissociable by their timing, scalp topography, relationship with decision confidence, and generalization profile. An early (∼150–200 ms) decoding profile was unrelated to confidence and quickly followed by two distinct decodable patterns of late neural activity (350–500 ms). One pattern was on-diagonal, global and highly related to decision confidence, likely indicating cognitive maintenance of consciously reportable stimulus representations. The other pattern however was off-diagonal, restricted to posterior electrode sites (local), and independent of decision confidence, and therefore may reflect sensory maintenance of category-specific information, possibly operating via recurrent processes within visual cortices. These results highlight that two functionally independent neural processes are operating in parallel, only one of which is related to decision confidence and conscious access.
Centrifugal Innervation of the Olfactory Bulb: A Reappraisal
Authors: in ’t Zandt Estelle E. , Cansler Hillary L. , Denson Heather B. , Wesson Daniel W.
Published: January 2019

The inter-regional connectivity of sensory structures in the brain allows for the modulation of sensory processing in manners important for perception. In the olfactory system, odor representations in the olfactory bulb (OB) are modulated by feedback centrifugal innervation from several olfactory cortices, including the piriform cortex (PCX) and anterior olfactory nucleus (AON). Previous studies reported that an additional olfactory cortex, the olfactory tubercle (OT), also centrifugally innervates the OB and may even shape the activity of OB output neurons. In an attempt to identify the cell types of this centrifugal innervation, we performed retrograde tracing experiments in mice utilizing three unique strategies, including retrobeads, retrograde adeno-associated virus (AAV) driving a fluorescent reporter, and retrograde AAV driving Cre-expression in the Ai9-floxed transgenic reporter line. Our results replicated the standing literature and uncovered robustly labeled neurons in the ipsilateral PCX, AON, and numerous other structures known to innervate the OB. Surprisingly, consistent throughout all of our approaches, no labeled soma were observed in the OT. These findings indicate that the OT is unique among other olfactory cortices in that it does not innervate the OB, which refines our understanding of the centrifugal modulation of the OB.
Sustainability: A flawed concept for fisheries management?
Authors: Stafford Richard
Published: January 2019

The concept of sustainable fishing is well ingrained in marine conservation and marine governance. However, I argue that the concept is deeply flawed; ecologically, socially and economically. Sustainability is strongly related, both historically and currently, to maximum long-term economic exploitation of a system. Counter-intuitively, in fisheries, achieving this economic exploitation often relies on government subsidies. While many fish populations are not sustainably fished biologically, even ‘sustainably harvesting’ fish results in major ecological changes to marine systems. These changes create unknown damage to ecosystem processes, including carbon capture potential of the ocean. The spatial scale of commercial fishing processes can also lead to social and food security issues in local, coastal communities that rely on fish for dietary needs. A radical alternative proposal is provided to the current situation. Ultimately, offshore fishing should be stopped completely and fish catches should rely instead on inshore fisheries. While such an approach may require a change in thinking and human behaviour regarding fish, I demonstrate that there are many benefits of this approach, including ecological, social and to local coastal economies, and few negatives, although management measures and coastal marine protected areas to protect vulnerable species and habitats would still be required. As such, the approach suggested is much more akin to a holistic definition of sustainability or ‘prevention of ecological harm’, rather than the maximum long-term exploitation of an ecosystem which is an underlying assumption of much fisheries and conservation research. While the suggestions in the study would benefit from further ecological, social and economic modelling, any movement towards restricting offshore catches should provide some degree of the benefits detailed.
La gestión de la cadena de valor en un entorno competitivo y cambiante
Authors: Martínez Arroyo Jaime Apolinar , Valenzo Jiménez Marco Alberto , Zamudio De La Cruz Angélica Guadalupe
Published: January 2019

Este artículo de investigación científica tiene el objetivo de medir las actitudes que muestran las empresas exportadoras de aguacate ubicadas en Uruapan, Michoacán, con respecto a las actividades diferenciadoras tales como: la gestión ambiental, la administración de las relaciones y la calidad. La competitividad en tiempos actuales surge como un concepto de vital importancia influenciada por la globalización, se buscan estrategias que se traduzcan en ventajas competitivas que permitan a las empresas obtener una buena posición en el mercado global. Este trabajo tiene un diseño descriptivo correlacional, las variables analizadas fueron a través del software SPSS. Los hallazgos principales muestran que los agentes económicos de la cadena de valor dan una mayor importancia a las relaciones con clientes y proveedores que a la calidad y gestión ambiental, actualmente muy importantes en el terreno de la competencia. En este trabajo se realizó una medición de indicadores, dimensiones y variables identificando con claridad el origen de la fuente de ventaja competitiva.
Lean manufacturing: 5 s y TPM, herramientas de mejora de la calidad. Caso empresa metalmecánica en Cartagena, Colombia
Authors: Carrillo Landazábal Martha Sofía , Alvis Ruiz Carmen Giarma , Mendoza Álvarez Yaniris Yaneth , Cohen Padilla Harold Enrique
Published: January 2019

Todo proceso de mejora continua debe promover que las condiciones de trabajo se presenten de manera que los retrasos, las pérdidas de operatividad o cualquier fallo se reduzcan paulatinamente, de modo que el aprovechamiento de los recursos esté lo más cercano a lo óptimo posible. Es por ello que se ha trazado como objetivo primordial en este estudio establecer una propuesta de implementación de lean manufacturing por medio del uso de herramientas de producción esbelta y de confiabilidad de procesos, de modo que se promueva la búsqueda del beneficio mutuo en el aprovechamiento de oportunidades de  mejora y optimización de recursos y procesos. Para tal hecho, se hicieron mediciones del sistema actual versus el propuesto o mejorado de manera que se facilitara la operación, el manejo de las rutinas de trabajo, el ambiente físico de las instalaciones y se elevara la motivación de todos en la empresa. Este tipo de investigación se presenta de manera descriptiva diseñado con base a las herramientas lean manufacturing como las cinco eses (5 s) y herramientas de mantenimiento en confiabilidad a través de sus conceptos y del uso del software Weibull ++6.
Estrategia de responsabilidad social empresarial de una terminal portuaria en Barranquilla, Colombia
Authors: Lechuga-Cardozo Jorge Isaac
Published: January 2019

El presente artículo es producto de una investigación cuyo objetivo es caracterizar las acciones en responsabilidad social empresarial que practica una terminal portuaria para posteriormente proponer acciones correctivas que ayuden al sostenimiento de este tipo de iniciativas. Se aplicó el método de análisis, con un enfoque cualitativo, de tipo descriptivo bajo un diseño documental, bibliográfico. Tras el análisis de los datos se encontró que la compañía goza de un marco ético basado en valores y principios corporativos alineados a su actividad económica, realizando acciones sociales desde cuatro pilares que responden a las dimensiones social, económica y ambiental; no obstante, se requiere fortalecer la instrumentación de medios interactivos y mediáticos. Como conclusión se sugiere a la terminal replicar los modelos de Bolívar y Sucre que le han hecho merecedores de distinciones, e integrar la inteligencia colectiva en su estrategia de responsabilidad social que le permita desarrollar en los empleados competencias como: la cooperación, el trabajo en equipo y el enfoque integrativo.
The experience of meaning and writing
Authors: Jonkus Dalius
Published: January 2019

This article analyses the relationship of the experience of meaning with writing. Is the intuition of meaning or the recording of it more important in scientific discovery and tradition? The goal of this article is to show that the relation of the experience of meaning and writing can be understood only from a perspective where transcendentalism and empiricism meet. Derrida accentuates writing as the opposite of voice, but forgets that writing must be correlated with the experience of meaning. Husserl understood the art of writing as the empirical articulation of ideal meanings. Writing is a passive sedimentation of the experience of meaning, which must be re-activated and re-realised. Writing is a risky activity, which does not set one free from a contingent world, but forces one to accept responsibility.
The transformation of ontology dimension of image in aesthetics
Authors: Daraškevičiūtė Vaiva
Published: January 2019

This article predicates on two thesis. The first one proposes that the ontological dimension of the image should not be discussed in any other way but in the light of Martin Heidegger’s hermeneutical philosophy’s perspective, i.e., after the conceptions of being, truth, and artwork have already varied. This thesis is supported by three arguments: the image could be the place where the truth – as it is in it’s ontological meaning – reveals itself (Heidegger); interpretation is the only method we are capable to use in recognizing an artwork (Pareyson); the image enables the new reality (Gadamer). The second thesis states that the ontological dimension of an image does not dissapear in the postmodern era though it seems that neither the ontology of the reality nor that of an artwork are longer visible. The thesis is based on Gianni Vattimo’s weak thinking philosophy.
Religion and Public Interpretation
Authors: Gutauskas Mintautas
Published: January 2019

The article raises the question how the attitude towards religion is influenced by the changes of relation with the meaning of matters which are ascribed to religion. With reference to M. Heidegger the peculiarity of public opinion is being disclosed. The author states that secularization functions as a machinery which appropriates any meaning: the public opinion appropriates religion, reduces it to political, economical or criminal dimensions, to that of cultural heritage, so religion assumes its essence and reality in these dimensions. The author demonstrates that public interpretation functions as an unmasking machinery which strengthens that reduction and appropriation of meaning. The analysis of religion in the context of globalization shows that there is some tendency to localization of religious meaning: the religious communities tend to direct towards the radicalism and isolation.
An Objectivizing Description of Religious Experience: What is it Like for Thomas Aquinas to be a Bat?
Authors: Oniščik Marija
Published: January 2019

The philosophy of St Thomas Aquinas is directed towards theology both as the language of God and the language about God. It concerns meaningfulness, functionality, and proper use of language. The Thomistic theory of language is based on the main Aristotelian principles: an empirical condition of knowledge and isomorphic relationship between language and reality. A process of conceptualization beginning with empirical perception becomes crucial for this adequacy. However, if in Aristotelian view the reality is postulated as objectively existing over there, Thomas Aquinas is not contented with such a realistic stand, especially as his philosophy deals not only with natural reality, but also with supernatural one, integrating them into one onto-theo-logical complex.A short outline of Thomistic theory of language shows that a chain of signification, in which a word denotes its sense, verbal sense refers to a mental concept, and a concept is an understood form of empirically perceptible reality, does not account for the onto-theo-logical sort of reality, experienced as unspeakable. Speaking about God as well as speaking about being is possible only by means of description which converts an inward “mystic” experience of such a reality into an objective understandable knowledge and serves as a demonstration of reality in question. The example of a bat, taken from Aquinas and Nagel, shows that such a demonstration is properly possible not by use of metaphor, but by analogical way of speaking.
Pamatyti laiką
Authors: Sabolius Kristupas
Published: January 2019

Šiame straipsnyje ne tik analizuojant Immanuelio Kanto ir Martino Heideggerio tekstus, bet ir gretinant juos su konkrečiomis „tuščios erdvės“ ir „laiko be įvykių“ pratybomis (pvz., Kazimiro Malevičiaus „Juodojo kvadrato“ stebėjimu), siekiama atskleisti paslėptą, bet esminį vaizduotės vaidmenį transcendentalinėse suvokimo struktūrose. Tokiame kontekste vaizduotė ne tik neturėtų būti suvokiama kaip subjektyvus sugebėjimas, kuris aktyvuoja vidinius regėjimus ir tokiu būdu realizuoja antraeilį, t. y. reproduktyvų, kūrybingumą. Priešingai – įgydama exibitio originaria vaidmenį ir būdama ontologiškai pirmapradė, t. y. jėga, kuri užtikrina regėjimą ir schematizuoja suvokimą, ji laisvai konstruoja universalų laiko horizontą. Ir būtent todėl, kad vaizduotė iš esmės siejasi su kaita ir tėkme, ji atveria transcendentalinį solipsizmą tikrovei – tokiai, kurią suprantame kaip judėjimą patį savaime.
The Sense and Non-sense of Revolt: not only about Julia Kristeva
Authors: Baranova Jūratė
Published: January 2019

Jean-Paul Sartre presupposed that we are condemned to liberty. One is open to free choice. There is no possibility not to choose. In this article when formulating hypotheses of investigation several rhetorical questions are asked: how to find the criterion for justification that the choice of revolt is really free choice, but not the psychological determinism caused by the pressure of unconsciousness. The other relevant question the answer for is researched in this article is such: if one is choosing freedom as the starting value point for one’s views, is it possible to him / her to stay consequently devoted to freedom in practical life? In this article we are investigating the ambiguity of the concept of freedom choosing the example of Sartre as philosopher, literary man, and practical rebel. The main issue of the article is such: there in no possibility to reconcile the practical Sartrean attitude towards revolt and his theoretical conception of freedom. His practical standpoint demonstrates the ambiguity and split of value points. The conception of revolt suggested by Albert Camus as individual’s resistance against the absurdity of existence demonstrates the possibility of much more consequent standpoint in theory and practical life.
Secularization and social sense of religion
Authors: Bacevičiūtė Danutė
Published: January 2019

This article deals with the question of religion in contemporary secular world, to be precise – the main questions are: what mean political and ethical aspects of religion which are in the focus of contemporary secular world, and what is the social sense (meaning) of religion? The author tries to answer these questions and to find theoretical origins of such attitude toward religion by analyzing the interpretations of religion in Immanuel Kant and Jürgen Habermas. Both philosophers envisage the sense of religion in its social purpose. Kantian project of moral religion and Habermas’ endeavor to overcome social disintegration, reviving the dialog between reason and religion, have been interpreted not only as the process of reduction of religion into social plane and an act of appropriation of the religious. One can see that both thinkers encounter the social contingency as the phenomenon (or prophenomenon) which itself is not very clear but appears as grounding the social sense of religion. Therefore the author comes to conclusion that social sense of religion in the secular situation means not only appropriation of the religious (immanentization) but also reveals social relationship as that which calls for religious sense (transcendence in immanence).
Art after its end: notes on the “death of art” today
Authors: Vercellone Federico
Published: January 2019

The on-going debate on the “end” or the “death” of art has continued for almost two centuries. The death we are dealing with in this case is, certainly, a symbolical one, a kind of death (or of murder) that is very frequent in the 19th century. Besides the “death of art”, the ones to mention are also the “death of man” (Max Stirner, Fiodor Dostojevskij) and the “death of God” (Friedrich Nietzsche). These symbolical deaths are very particular as they produce the resurrection of the deceased. For example, after the Hegelian diagnosis of the “end of art”, two very plentiful centuries of artistic production have begun. One can even speak about our time as an epoch dominated by image. Our thesis is that Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel could have seen only a part of the problem. We agree with him as he had spoken reasonably about the “end of art” in relation to the “aesthetic” art, in relation to its possibility to dominate the culture of the present. Nevertheless, we have to recognize that today the new technologies open a new chance for the presence of art in our life. Considering this emergence, we can speak of a return of the “public art”, of the art that is inserted in our daily existence.
Religious Experience: Hierophany or Hierophony
Authors: Vidauskytė Lina
Published: January 2019

The human sensorial system in oral society and tradition is oriented differently than in visual culture. Priority is given to voice and to the rhythmical property of the auratic organ of sense. Such sensorial combination is necessary in all areas of oral society and its culture. Voice plays one of the most important roles in religion. God addresses the human, and the human appeals to God. Yet this basic auratic religious experience was displaced by written culture. Thus, the main question of this paper is the suitability of term “hierophany” (which is widely used in religious studies) for naming the specificity of religious experience.
Changes in the Meaning of the Term Ethnos: from the Bible Translations to the New Utopias
Authors: Pažėraitė Aušra Kristina
Published: January 2019

This article presents an analysis of the genesis of ethnic identity in the contemporary Lithuanian culture. In particular, the definitions of such words as “ethnos”, “ethnicity” are discussed by paying more attention to the fact that these words became common words denoting particular identities of the people only at the beginning of the post-colonial era (nearly synonymous to nation in the Soviet Union and denoting different minorities in the USA, Great Britain, etc.). In the second part of the article, the Biblical (LXX and the MT) words that name different peoples, group identities are compared, their use and the strategy of translation of various texts of the Bible into Lithuanian are analyzed. The article shows how radically the conception and interpretation of the terms that denote various biblical group identities have changed. In the Bible translations into Lithuanian, the word “nation” in the beginning of the 20th century replaced the ancient and more neutral word “people”, which conveyed the Greek word laos, sometimes also ethnos, or the Latin populus. Although the negativity of the term ethnos in its Christian usages can be perceived in the post-soviet Lithuanian culture, a conclusion is made that the traditional explication of the word ethnos in various dictionaries, which stereotypically denotes in LXX pagan people, non-Judeans, non-Christian, is an anachronistic exaggeration. In the final part of the article, certain aspects of post-soviet Lithuanian self-consciousness are discussed by pointing to the self-alienation of this consciousness on the “ethnic” background (Lithuanian nationality is equated to ethnicity, and the concept of ethnicity still preserves a certain negativity of the minority, if not hated, heathen, pagan minority). Finally, certain examples of the attempt to overcome this alienation are presented as the new Utopias, although oriented not toward the future, but back to the past as the attempts to create a new History of Lithuania instead of the present official academic History, which is considered as an essentially alienating one.
Notion of hermeneutics in the personalistic ontology of Luigi Pareyson
Authors: Daraškevičiūtė Vaiva
Published: January 2019

The article deals with the conception of hermeneutics in the philosophy of 20th-century Italian thinker Luigi Pareyson. In his native country, this philosopher is considered as one of the classics of ontological hermeneutics; however, his name is almost unknown beyond Italy. In the article, the question is posed whether the thought of Pareyson is still relevant and distinctive in a wider context of the ontological hermeneutics. The originality of Pareyson’s hermeneutics is shown by analyzing three aspects of his thought – personalistic perspective, original approach to interpretation in aesthetics theory, and the controversial concept of the truth. The article is concluded with the consideration of Pareyson’s hermeneutics reception in contemporary Italian philosophy. In the actual Italian thought, the main point of Pareyson’s hermeneutics is that it influenced at least two different schools of hermeneutics, differing not only in the interpretation of Pareyson’s philosophy, but also in the concept of hermeneutics itself.
Ethics and ontology: Hans Jonas’ looking for the imperative of responsibility in the age of technology
Authors: Bacevičiūtė Danutė
Published: January 2019

The article deals with the problem of relationship between ethics and ontology in Hans Jonas’ search for the imperative of responsibility in the age of technology. One can see the relationship between ontology and ethics as problematical not only because of the traditional distinction between the theoretical and practical reason, but also because of the Martin Heidegger’s attempt to return to fundamental ontology in terms of the henomenological Dasein analysis which differently incorporates the practical dimension. Jonas follows Heidegger when he notices that the nature of human action has changed in the technological age. The author of the article maintainsthat the phenomenon of technology is constitutive for Jonas’ formula of the responsibility imperative. Furthermore, the relationship between ontology and ethics is confirmed by Jonas’ orientation towards the real or genuine ethics (wirkliche Ethik), as well as towards the ontological grounding of ethics. However, Jonas’ stand against anonymity of Heidegger’s being, which can annul the ethical dimension and make one to resign facing necessity is also stressed. The article concludes that avoiding this anonymity Jonas declares the teleological notion of being as a kind of neo-Aristotelianism. The article questions whether the Aristotelian teleology can offer an adequate counterbalance for the dominant anonymity of modern technology. Maybe ethics should remain as an alternative to ontology instead of seeking for its ontological grounding.
Памятник книжной культуры староверов Даугавпилсского р-на
Authors: Михеев Григорий
Published: January 2019

Grigory MiheevThe Historical Book of russian Old Believers found in the Daugavpils Region
This article presens the description of the old print book of Russian Old Believers found and researched in Daugavpils, Latvia in 2010. This old print of the Book of Psalmes, with some handwritten inscriptions presents an unfinished work of an unknown scribe and restorator of incunable Books of Psalms. The description contains as following: the condition of the book binding and features of preserved part of printed texts, paper and 8 types of watermarks that were found on it. The pictures of filigrees and short details about paper mills, where the similar filigrees were used, are attached. The author provides the reproduction of the font, miniature, colophon, initials, three of publications and two hand written records. The print is identified as being close or similar to the Books of Psalmes and the other books printed by Pyotr Mstislavets, Vasil Garaburda and Mamonichi in the years between 1574 and 1601. The finding has been defined as similar to the “Black Dot Book of Psalms”, presumably printed by Mamnochis printing house in Vilnus. Its closest copy might be considered “The Red Dot Book of Psalmes” printed by Pyotr Mstislavets in 1678 in the same printing house. The date of the described print has been estimated as not later than July, 1600.
Милош и Россия
Authors: Ушинскене Виктория
Published: January 2019

Viktorija UšinskienėMilosz and Russia
The article presents the writer’s views on Russia found in his key pieces, such as Russia. A trans-oceanic point of view, Family Europe and some others. Milosz takes on ideas that shaped Russian culture as uniquely expressed in the literary, philosophic and religious thinking of the late 19th–20th century.The person of F.Dostoyevsky is in focus of Milosz investigations.
Русско-словенские лексические параллели
Authors: Коницкая Елена Михайловна Михайловна
Published: January 2019

Jelena KonickajaRussian-Slovene Lexical Parallels
The article examines word pairs in two Slavic languages, Russian and Slovene, that stem from a shared etymon, or root in the shared protolanguage. These words can preserve a certain similarity on both the phonological (expressive) and semantic (content) levels. Within the analysis such doublets can also be included other pairs that relate to a given lexicosemantic field: for example, Rus. tverdyj – Slov. trd, trden; Rus. krepkij, cherstvyj – Slov. krepak, čvrst. The article proposes using minimal-context translation, avoiding word formations and sentences, in order to establish differential semes, or semantic components. A set of differential semes is presented for Rus. celyj, ves’ – Slov. cel, ves.
Архаичные черты в прологах Великого княжества Литовского
Authors: Чистякова Марина Владимировна Владимировна
Published: January 2019

Marina ChistiakovaArchaic Features in the Synaxaria of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The article discusses some archaic features of Old Church Slavonic Synaxarion preserved in the relatively recent copies (15th–17th cc.) created and used in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (University Library of the Catholic University of Lublin, nr. 198, 1584; Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 13.8.2, second half of the 16th c.; Vernadsky National Scientific Library of Ukraine, Kiev’s St. Sophia Cathedral collection, 273c/131, 1480’s; St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery collection, nr. 529, 1480’s –1490’s et al.). These include the story about a transfer of relics (finger of the right arm) of John the Baptist from Constantinople to Kiev during the reign of Vladimir Monomakh (1113–1125); not expanded by didactic appeals patericon stories; a special version of the Tale of the murder of the Prince Gleb (4.IX) and some other features.
Юрий Сергеевич Степанов (20.07.1930–03.01.2012)
Authors: Поляков Олег
Published: January 2019

Прощание с подмосковными вечерами.Начало 2012 года для лингвистической общественности выдалось грустным. 3 января перестало биться сердце действительного члена Российской академии наук (ранее СССР), доктора филологических наук, профессора, заслуженного профессора Московского университета, почетного доктора Вильнюсского университета Юрия Сергеевича Степанова. Уход из жизни такого человека является большой потерей не только для его семьи, но и для его близких, а близкими себя считают его многочисленные ученики и коллеги не только в Москве и России, но и на большой территории от Литвы и Эстонии до далекой Армении и еще более отдаленной Индии....
Политическая/национальная/конфессиональная/ языковая карта Восточной Европы: история и современность
Authors: Запольская Н.Н. , Михайленко А.Ю.
Published: January 2019

5–9 ноября 2012 года в Вильнюсе и в Супрасле прошел международный научно-образовательный семинар Политическая/национальная/конфессиональная/языковая карта Восточной Европы: история и современность. Проведение семинара стало возможным в результате совместной работы славистов Института славяноведения РАН, Вильнюсского университета, Супрасльской aкадемии, фонда “Российско-польский центр диалога и согласия” и научно-издательскогоцентра “Индрик”; поддержку семинару оказало Посольство Российской Федерации в Литовской республике....
O редакциях церковнославянского Пролога
Authors: Чистякова Марина Владимировна Владимировна
Published: January 2019

В статье уточнена и дополнена общепринятая классификация разновидностей церковнославянского Пролога: указаны краткие или расширенные варианты ранее выделенных редакций, стишные разновидности Простого пролога; в научный оборот впервые ввoдятcя киево-софийская редакция Простого пролога и рифмованная редакция Стишного пролога. В статье отмечены комбинированные прологи, в которых отдельные части рукописи отражают разные редакции, а также прологи, составленные путем контаминации разных редакций в один текст.Ключевые слова: cредневековая литература, кириллические рукописи, текстология, источниковедение, агиография, календарные четьи сборники, церковнославянский Пролог....Marina ChiststiakovaAbout the editions of the Chuch Slavonic Synaxarion
The Chuch Slavonic Synaxarion is an Orthodox calendar florilegium containing the lives of the saints and sermons. Characterised by a complex and extensive textual structure, the Synaxarion was widespread among the Eastern and Southern Slavic nations. Progressive studies into manuscripts have led to the discovery of new facts pertaining to the history of the Synaxarion text. This article summarises the observations made during the study into the editions of the Simple and Versed Synaxarion, which allowed clarifying and supplementing the existing classification of the editions. The article looks into the following main editions of the Simple Synaxarion: the Slavonic Synaxarion, the Kiev St. Sophia’s Cathedral edition, the Short and the Expanded editions, the Pskov edition, the Navahrudak edition and the following editions of the Versed Synaxarion: Tarnovo, Varlaam, Novgorod, Moscow, St. Cyril’s of White Lake Monastery edition, and the Rhymed edition. A more detailed classification includes short and expanded variants of these editions, versed versions of the Simple Synaxarion, and copies containing a mixed text of various editions.
Nieznane listy Władysława Syrokomli
Authors: Fedorowicz Irena
Published: January 2019

The article is devoted to the nine as-yet-unpublished letters by Władisław Syrokomla (Ludwik Kondratowicz, 1823–1862), kept at the Lithuanian State Historical Archive. Although some of the letters are undated, it can be assumed that they were written c. 1850–60. During that period Syrokomla lived at the Bareikiškės estate, 16 kilometers from Vilnius, and later moved to Vilnius, where he became well-known as a poet. Although this was one of his most-productive periods, both personally and professionally, he was unable to shield his large family from financial difficulties. The letters analyzed here show that despite having many debts, he attempted to help both his family members and acquaintances. The letters were addressed to four individuals: Syrokomla’s neighbor Władysław Fiorentin (4 letters), Ludwik Wrublewski (1), Rudolf Piesanka (3) and a certain Pavel (probably Kukolnik) (1). The letters to Wrublewski and Piesanka are business-related, the others are personal.
Księga akt grodzkich trockich (1660−1661) ze zbiorów Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Wileńskiego. II
Authors: Ušinskienė Viktorija
Published: January 2019

The article was prepared as part of the research project Court Books of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL): A Digital Database, undertaken by the Vilnius University Library in 2011–2014 (VUL, Nr. LIT-5-19). The paper deals with the hitherto unstudied Trakai Castle Court Acts of 1660–1661 (F7-MDGs, 1660–1661) from the VUL collection, and presents Part II of the critical catalogue of manuscripts written in Polish and Ruthenian languages, as well as their descriptions (leaves 210–466). These documents are important for the study of Lithuanian, Polish and Belarusian history, as their contents reflect a broad political, social and cultural panorama of the multilingual GDL society. This feature of the manuscripts enables us to consider them as unique reference books that represent the changing sociolinguistic situation in the GDL.