bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Environmental Humanities, COVID-19, and Global Warming 4K version
Authors: BUMP JEROME
Published: June 2020

What good are the humanities? Do they ever help solve real world problems? For example, even if a vaccine for COVID-19 is developed, we already know that so many will refuse to be vaccinated that we will not be able to achieve herd immunity. To save the United States and other democracies that cannot simply dictate vaccination for all, we must admit the mistakes made in responses to two closely related existential threats: COVID-19 and global warming. Next we need to direct our attempts at persuasion at the "emotional brain" which organizes information in the form of stories and is responsible for risk assessment and motivation. So, to adopt a little of the short story technique, let's imagine Jennifer, an MD/PHd student at Pitt. Following the example of Prof. Kathryn Hayhoe, who convinced a recalcitrant West Texas audience about global warming, Jennifer wants to persuade Appalachians skeptical of CORVID-19. Jennifer knows she will need the interdisciplinary thinking and teamwork that enabled environmental humanities experts to express the scientists' knowledge in an "affective, or emotionally potent" way. Jennifer also knows she will need to combine emotional intelligence and narrative psychology in stories that embody the empathy needed to sway skeptical audiences. Eventually, by carefully reading the global warming story, Flight Behavior, she is able to understand the relationship between her target audience and visiting scientists like herself. Her sympathetic imagination now awakened by reading the novel, she believes she identifies with the locals well enough to persuade them to follow COVID-19 guidelines. Hopefully, this thought experiment can inspire a pilot study for humanities training to help public health representatives persuade skeptical audiences, training that could benefit global warming activists as well.
Looking back upon the animal ornamentation in ceramic products under the background of the Post-COVID-19
Authors: hu xioabing
Published: June 2020

Animals are a more active and compelling part of the ecosystem, with intrinsic value and utilization value. In the early days of human civilization, humans used wild Animals to protect themselves from the hungry and the cold, reflecting their direct utilization value. At the same time, wild animals have indirect value in human cognition, and many wild animals are regarded as the totem of the clan. With the development of society, human beings also conceived some beast animals that did not appear in nature, and used the power supply class as a symbol of their own identity. Whether it is a wild animal in nature or a conceived beast, it is often displayed on various creations, such as rock paintings, cave paintings, ceramics, and so on. In this article, ceramic products are used as a medium to explore the patterns and cultural characteristics of ceramic products using animals as elements. Objective: To study the history, categories and cultural connotations of the use of ceramic products by showing the traces, movements and forms of the decoration of wild animals with the patterns of wild animals as elements. Methods: Using the methods of image, type analysis and interpretation to study the application and paradigm of wild animal decoration in the design of ceramic products. Results: Through the research on wild animal ornamentation and dynamics on ceramic products, the idea conveyed is that humans and animals should coexist in a harmonious coexistence and natural fusion, maintain ecological balance, and show the ecological values of human health.
Teacher Retention in a London primary school
Authors: Mahfoodh Ahmed
Published: June 2020

Teacher retention in the UK has reached crisis level according to many resources. The paper attempts to provide an overview of the extent of the problem and its impacts, the factors that make a teacher wanting to leave especially in state-funded London primary schools and how some schools manage to keep a high teacher retention. Then it explores the same issues again but from the point of view of the headteacher and teachers of the author’s school. The results show that the efforts of the management, which are based on an understanding of the factors that could drive teachers away, play an important role in retaining the teachers. They also reveal that there are other independent (i.e. not directly resulting from the management’s efforts) factors, that influence high retention within the school such as royalty and ethics.
Agency operating within structures: a qualitative exploration of agency amongst children living in Palestine
Authors: Cavazzoni Federica , Sousa Cindy , Fiorini Alec , Veronese Guido
Published: June 2020

Over the last two decades the concept of agency has played a pivotal role in childhood studies, bringing a radical shift into the old views of children and childhood development. Based on drawings and walk-along interviews with 70 children from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the present study provides an analysis of children’s agency across the multiple settings in which they live. Our findings highlight the dynamic interconnections between the children’s agentic practices and the multiple ecologies implied in promoting - or suppressing - their opportunity to act and cope with their surroundings. Our research challenges the dominant picture of children exposed to political violence as helpless victim, portraying them as active agents who mobilize resources both within themselves and throughout their social, physical, and political world. The study suggests implications for practices when designing intervention for children in contexts of chronic political violence.
THE EFFECTS OF THE REGULATORY FOCUS OF A MENTAL SIMULATION ON PREFERENCE OF HEDONIC AND UTILITARIAN REALLY NEW PRODUCTS
Authors: Khodiev Dilmurod
Published: June 2020

In this empirical study, we attempt to study the effects of regulatory focused (promotion vs. prevention) mental simulation on evaluation and purchase intention of really new products, when its hedonic benefits are highlighted, and when its utilitarian benefits highlighted. We expose the participants to a regulatory focused mental simulation 2 (promotion vs. prevention) x then present them with a product description of an RNP 2 (hedonic vs. utilitarian) and study the differences in their evaluation of the product as well as their purchase intention. Our findings suggest that brief regulatory focused mental simulations, that can be reproduced in real-life environment, are not effective enough to impact the evaluation of hedonic and utilitarian RNPs.
Research conversations with children and adolescents: Development and use of comprehensive interview guidelines
Authors: Rogers Laura G. , Shearer Kathleen , Hryniuk Sarah Southon , Ray Lynne , Rempel Gwen R.
Published: June 2020

Five sources of methodological data: the interview recordings, transcribed
interviews, interviewer’s pre and post field notes, interviewer reflective
journals, and team meeting notes.
Türkiye’de Son Dönem Otomobilleşme: 2007-2018 Arası İller Bazında Analizler
Authors: ŞENBİL Metin , YETİŞKUL ŞENBİL Emine
Published: June 2020

Mevcut çalışma Türkiye’nin son dönemde girmiş olduğu otomobilleşme sürecini iller bazında incelemektedir. Bu dönemde otomobilleşme, geçmiş dönemlerde olan arz ve talep kısıtlarından sıyrılmıştır. Üretim kapasitesi artmış, ithalat rejimi kolaylaşmış, otomobil fiyatları da önemli ölçüde düşmüştür. Hane halkı gelirindeki artış otomobil piyasasını talep tarafında esnetmiştir. Dolayısıyla son dönemde otomobilleşme, popülerleşme istidadındadır. Özellikle ortalama gelir seviyesi görece düşük ve orta olan illerde otomobilleşme hız kazanarak Türkiye geneline yayılmıştır. Bu iller genellikle ortalama kişi başına gelirin 7.766 ABD doların (2009 değeri) altında ya da civarında olan illerdir. Burada istisna olanlar, güneydoğu ve doğu bölgelerinde bulunan kimi illerdir. Bir ildeki kişi başına gelirin 1.000 ABD doları (2009 değeri) artması bin kişi başına düşen otomobil sayısına altı otomobil eklemektedir. Bir ilin otomobilleşme düzeyi çevresindeki illeri %31,9 oranında pozitif yönlü etkilemektedir. Önümüzdeki dönem, otomobilleşmenin yaygınlaştığı kadar yoğunlaştığı bir dönem de olacaktır. Otomobilleşme genelde her ilde artmaya devame decektir çünkü Türkiye henüz otomobil sahipliğinde doyma seviyesine ulaşmamıştır. Otomobil sahipliği hem tüm gelir gruplarında yaygınlaşacak hem de hane başına otomobil sayısı artacaktır. Bu gelişmeler ve tahminler, yerleşmelerin büyüme dinamikleri kadar günlük yaşam döngülerini de etkileyecek bir sürecin de habercisidir.
Invisible decays of neutral hadrons
Authors: Tan Wanpeng
Published: June 2020

Invisible decays of neutral hadrons are evaluated as ordinary-mirror particle oscillations using the newly developed mirror matter model. Assuming equivalence of the $CP$ violation and mirror symmetry breaking scales for neutral kaon oscillations, rather precise values of the mirror matter model parameters are predicted for such ordinary-mirror particle oscillations. Not only do these parameter values satisfy the cosmological constraints, but they can also be used to precisely determine the oscillation or invisible decay rates of neutral hadrons. In particular, invisible decay branching fractions for relatively long-lived hadrons such as $K^0_L$, $K^0_S$, $\Lambda^0$, and $\Xi^0$ due to such oscillations are calculated to be $9.9\times 10^{-6}$, $1.8\times 10^{-6}$, $4.4\times 10^{-7}$, and $3.6\times 10^{-8}$, respectively. These significant invisible decays are readily detectable at existing accelerator facilities.
An Empirical Assessment of Organizational Commitment and Job Performance: Vietnam Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Authors: Vuong Bui Nhat , Tung Dao Duy , Giao Ha Nam Khanh , Chau Nguyen Thi Ngoc , Tushar Hasanuzzaman
Published: June 2020

Research on employee commitment to the organization is necessary for human resource management, and the result is applied in practice to improve organizational effectiveness. The aim of the present study is to explore factors affecting organizational commitment at the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. Besides, the relationship between organizational commitment and job performance is examined as well. The research was conducted on a sample consisting of 67 white-collar workers and 260 blue-collar workers at SMEs. A total of 327 valid complete questionnaires were input into SPSS 20 database for processing to provide evidence. The research model and hypotheses were tested using the technique of the hierarchical multiple regression analysis. The research results revealed that income, reward and welfare, direct manager, working environment, coworker, and promotion opportunity tended to associate positively with organizational commitment. Besides, the finding also showed that, when the employee has a high organizational commitment, it would lead to high job performance. The main findings of this study provided some managerial implications for SMEs, in general, and managers, in particular. It implies that Vietnam’s small and medium-sized enterprises should improve these six factors to retain employees as well as enhance their job performance.
ADMINISTRASI KEUANGAN
Authors: Agustin Jesy , Afriansyah Hade
Published: June 2020

Abastract-- Financial administration is very important in managing schools because the existence of financial administration teaching and learning activities carried out in schools will run smoothly, effectively, and efficiently so that finance will be managed for the proper needs. Therefore the need for good financial management so that school activities can be carried out smoothly and regularly.
The CCHC-type zinc finger ZCCHC18 is differentially expressed in high-grade serous ovarian cancers.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: June 2020

Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecologic cancer (1). We sought to identify genes associated with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) by comparing global gene expression profiles of normal ovary with that of primary tumors from women diagnosed with HGSC using published microarray data (2, 3). We identified the zinc finger CCHC-type containing 18 (ZCCHC18) as among the genes whose expression was most different in HGSC ovarian tumors. ZCCHC18 expression was significantly lower in ovarian tumors relative to normal ovary. These data indicate that significant loss of ZCCHC18 expression could be a feature of high-grade serous ovarian cancers.
Assessing Public Support for Terrorism Over Time
Authors: Schumann Sandy , Rottweiler Bettina , Gill Paul
Published: June 2020

Public support for terrorism reflects people’s sympathy for terrorist groups or tactics; it is influenced by and, in turn, shapes terrorists’ campaigns as well as counter-terrorism measures. To date, long term trends of public opinion about terrorism have been assessed in case studies and through descriptive statistics. Systematic analyses that specify whether and how public support for terrorism has changed over time are not available. We addressed this gap in the literature and conducted time-series analyses of eight waves of data (2004 2011) from the Pew Global Attitudes Survey. Including responses from 15 Muslim majority countries (N =43255), we showed that the percentage of people who believed that suicide terrorism was justified decreased between 2005 and 2007 after which support remained at a lower level (one structural breakpoint). Results also highlighted that depending on how public opinion was operationalised, the same data could inform an opposing narrative about support for terrorism. Notably when analyses were replicated with a mean composite score of the answer options ‘often', 'sometimes‘ and ‘rarely justified’ the percentage of people who thought that terrorism was ‘ever justified’ was reduced in 2005 before increasing again in 2008 (two structural breakpoints). Pre-registration of studies is therefore crucial to avoid selective analyses.
ANALISIS PENGARUH PENGANGGURAN TERHADAP TINGKAT KEMISKINAN DI INDONESIA DALAM PERSPEKTIF EKONOMI ISLAM
Authors: Masrofah Siti
Published: June 2020

The problem of poverty is not only a problem for developing countries such as Indonesia, spacious more this problem is the focus of many countries in the world. Efforts to decrease poverty are as important as decrease unemployment too. Even though Indonesia has succeeded in decreasing poverty, in reality, there are still many Indonesians, especially the provinces in Eastern Indonesia (KTI) who are still on the poverty line. In a Sharia economic perspective, unemployment is the cause of poverty, the higher the unemployment, the greater the opportunity for individuals to be unable to comply with their needs, so the more unemployed, the more people are on the poverty.
Semantik: Teori Semantik, Relasi Makna, Marked, dan Unmarked
Authors: Susiati Susiati
Published: June 2020

AbstrakTujuan penulisan ini adalah untuk memberikan penjelasan serta contoh tentang teori semantik de Sausure, unsur makna, relasi makna, marked dan unmarked. Semantik adalah ilmu yang mempelajari arti di dalam bahasa. Semantik berkaitan dengan hubungan makna seperti dalam sinonimi, antonimi, dan hiponimi. Semantik merupakan ilmu pengetahuan yang direkam dalam pustaka bahasa dan dalam pola-pola pembentukannya untuk arti yang lebih rumit dan juga lebih luas sampai ke taraf arti dalam kata. Konsep teori de Saussure ini dikembangkan lagi oleh Richard dan Ogdent. Dalam sebuah bagan makna berupa segi tiga yang menghubungkan tiga komponen makna, yaitu bentuk, konsep, dan referen. Dalam semantik ada konsep kebermarkahan yang terdiri atas bermarkah (marked) dan tidak bermarkah (unmarked). Kebermarkahan adalah ciri lain dari pertentangan bergradasi. Anggota yang tidak bermarkah (unmarked) digunakan dalam pertanyaan untuk menanyakan derajat.Keyword: teori de sausure, unsur makna, sekantik, relasi makna, marked, unmarked
Proses dan teknik supervisi
Authors: Zai Nofe Firman
Published: June 2020

Supervision is professional supervision in the academic field based on scientific principles about the field of work, understanding about learning more deeply than just ordinary supervisors. The purpose of this article is to see how the process and technique of supervision of education itself.
Syn-depositional Mesozoic siliciclastic pathways on the Moroccan Atlantic margin linked to evaporite mobilisation
Authors: Charton Remi , Kluge Christian , Fernández-Blanco David , Duval-Arnould Aude , Bertotti Giovanni
Published: June 2020

Evaporite mobilisation in evaporite-cored anticlines leads to topographic growth that can alter sedimentary routing in shallow marine environments. This paper analyses two evaporite-cored anticlines perpendicular to the NW Africa coast to understand how their tectonic evolution influenced sediment pathways during the Early to Middle Jurassic and Early Cretaceous exhumation of the Mesozoic margin hinterland. The Essaouira-Agadir Basin in Morocco underwent evaporite deposition during the Atlasic and Atlantic rifting. Subsequent loading and tectonics resulted in re-mobilisation and generation of a variety of evaporite structures. Structural data obtained from analysis of Google Earth images processed using Move 2D allowed derivation of the thickness of sedimentary units on both flanks of the structures. Integrated with sedimentary logs from nine locations around evaporite-cored structures and two onshore wells, this data constrains the depositional record and allow an assessment of siliciclastic flux in the Essaouira-Agadir Basin. The results show the importance of syn-sedimentary evaporite tectonics on basin morphology, which influences the distribution of clastics delivered by fluvial systems and deepwater processes into the basin. This paper constrains the evolution of the Amsittène and Imouzzer anticlines in the Early to Middle Jurassic and support that their growth is associated with halokinesis. Mesozoic syn-sedimentary fold growth would have provided an important control on sediment discharge pathways and on the location of sediment entry points on the shelf margin, that ultimately fed deep water fan systems. This knowledge is key to predict the reservoir presence on the eastern margin of the Central Atlantic Ocean and to some extent, its conjugate margin in Nova Scotia
The perceptual relevance of balance, evenness, and entropy in musical rhythms
Authors: Milne Andrew J , Herff Steffen A.
Published: June 2020

There is an uncountable number of different ways of characterizing almost any given real-world stimulus. This necessitates finding stimulus features that are perceptually relevant – that is, they have distinct and independent effects on the perception and cognition of the stimulus. Here, we provide a theoretical framework for empirically testing the perceptual relevance of stimulus features through their association with recognition, memory bias, and aesthetic evaluation. We deploy this framework in the auditory domain to explore the perceptual relevance of three recently developed mathematical characterizations of periodic temporal patterns: balance, evenness, and interonset interval entropy. By modelling recognition responses and liking ratings from 177 participants listening to a total of 1,252 different musical rhythms, we obtain very strong evidence that all three features have distinct effects on the memory for, and the liking of, musical rhythms. Interonset interval entropy is a measure of the unpredictability of a rhythm derived from the distribution of its durations. Balance and evenness are both obtained from the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of periodic patterns represented as points on the unit circle, and we introduce a teleological explanation for their perceptual relevance: the DFT coefficients representing balance and evenness are relatively robust to small random temporal perturbations and hence are coherent in noisy environments. This theory suggests further research to explore the meaning and relevance of robust coefficients such as these to the perception of patterns that are periodic in time and, possibly, space.
Quantifying the Cost of Decision Fatigue: Suboptimal Risk Decisions in Finance
Authors: Baer Tobias , Schnall Simone
Published: June 2020

Making decisions over extended periods of time is cognitively taxing and can lead to decision fatigue, which is linked to a preference for the ‘default’ option, namely whatever decision involves the least cognitive effort. Such effects have been demonstrated across a number of applied settings, including forensic and clinical contexts. An open question, however, is whether this necessarily leads to worse decision outcomes. Using 26,501 credit restructuring applications evaluated by credit officers of a major bank, here we show that in this real-life financial risk taking context credit loan approvals across the course of a day decreased during midday compared to early or later in the workday, reflecting a preference for the default option. We then modeled the bank’s additional credit collection if all decisions had been made during early morning levels of approval. This would have resulted in $509,023 extra revenue for the bank, for one month. Thus, we provide further evidence for decision-fatigue, and that it can have a substantial negative impact in the finance sector that warrants considerations to counteract it.
Functional equivalence revisited: Costs and benefits of priming action with motor imagery and motor preparation
Authors: Toovey Ben , Seiss Ellen , Sterr Annette
Published: June 2020

Vividly imagining action is thought to be functionally equivalent with preparing to act. Although evidence has shown that imagination can prime subsequent action, this is also the defining feature of action preparation. Curiously, neither theory nor experiment have thus far examined to what extent functional equivalence between these phenomena also constitutes a computational equivalence. To test this hypothesis, a response precuing experiment was designed whereby real responses were primed either with relevant imagination or preparation of an action. The information content and validity of precues were manipulated, allowing us to evaluate the relative costly, beneficial, and total congruency effects of these two conditions on subsequent performance. In four experiments, we observed consistency between conditions in their effects on the patterns of response time costs and benefits, demonstrating empirical evidence in line with the functional equivalence hypothesis. Additionally, the strength of priming, measured as the total congruency effect, was consistently larger in the imagery condition. This observation was not dependent on temporal uncertainty (Experiment 2), was a general feature of the motor system (Experiment 3), and could not be explained as a function of cognitive load (Experiment 4). To our knowledge this is the first evidence of a reliable difference between motor imagery and motor preparation, and therefore provides a novel qualitative aspect to the functional equivalence hypothesis. The implications for existing and future theories and models of motor imagery are discussed, with particular focus on the potential value of predictive coding frameworks.
‘Witches’ and ‘Viruses:’ The Activist-Academic Threat and a Policy Response
Authors: Pullmann Joy , Maitra Sumantra
Published: June 2020

How much of academia is infiltrated by activists? Some conservatives claim that “neo-Marxism” and its sister paradigms like feminist pedagogy, post-structuralism, and post-modernism have long infected certain departments in the humanities and social sciences. Those paradigms have now spread to more disciplines and funding committees.However, conservatives have been slow to explain how activist departments capture institutions. In that light, this policy brief reviews two feminist papers that detail institutional capture. The campus activism process is quite successful and it’s critical to show how activists use academic departments to capture institutions (both on the faculty and the administrative sides). For leaders who want to protect institutions against a political takeover, some workable and achievable policies can help them preserve a free academy.
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Authors: Jędrzejko Paweł
Published: June 2020

The article, whose central premise is to address the ellusive issue of the Zeitgeist of the "long 1968," revolves around the appeal of the singer-songwriter activism and the international, cross-cultural popularity of protest songs that defy political borders and linguistic divides. The argument opens with reference to Bob Dylan's famous song "The Times They Are A-Changing," whose evergreen topicality resulted not only in the emergence of its numerous official and unofficial covers and reinterpretations, but also generated translations into all major languages of the world, and which has provided inspiration to engaged artists, whose present-day remakes serve as a medium of criticism of the unjust mechanisms of power affecting contemporary societies. The "spirit of the 1968," which evades clear-cut definitions attempted by cultural historians and sociologists, seems to lend itself to capturing in terms of what Beate Kutschke dubs "mental" criteria, perhaps best comprehended in the analysis of the emotional reactions to simple messages of exhortative poetry or simple protest songs, which appeal to the shared frustrations of self-organized, grassroot movements and offer them both the sense of purpose and a glimpse of hope. In this sense, the Zeitgeist of '68 is similar to that of revolutionary Romanticism that united the young engaged intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic, and whose messages reverberate in the activist songwriters' work until today. As such, the essay provides the keynote to the whole issue, which explores some of the transnational legacies of "1969."
Identification of Fusarium oxysporum causing sweet potato rot (Ipomoea batatas L & Lamb) in Uruguay
Authors: Scattolini Rimada Agueda Claudia , Hernández Rodríguez Laura Isabel , González Idiarte Héctor
Published: June 2020

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L & Lamb) is an important crop for Uruguay, both for the number of producers participating in its production and the per capita consumption of the population. It is harvested between January and April, and it is commercialized after a conservation period that lasts until November. During this period some losses happen due to bad conservation, most of them for microbiological causes. One of the main problems is a dry, superficial, rounded, and slightly sunken rot that as elapses it can increase its size and eventually mummify the root. To identify the causative agent of these injuries, a directed sampling was conducted, and the samples were sent to the Diagnostic Clinic of the Phytopathology Unit of the Agronomy Faculty. Fungi with Fusarium oxysporum characteristic was frequently isolated from roots showing initial rot symptoms and its identity verified by morphological and molecular techniques. Pathogenicity tests were performed and, once the symptom was recorded, the causal relationship of F. oxysporum with respect to the observed symptoms was verified accomplishing Koch’s Postulates. This result contributes to the knowledge of the disease and to adapt management practices to reduce losses and the commercial quality of sweet potato in local conditions.
On the Edges of Gothic Parody: The Neglected Work of Mrs F.C. Patrick and Sarah Green
Authors: Cannon Mercy
Published: June 2020

This article examines two novels that parody popular, late eighteenth-century fiction: Mrs F.C. Patrick, More Ghosts! (1798) and Sarah Green, Romance Readers and Romance Writers (1810). Both texts embrace and resist elements of gothic romance through intertextuality and generic instability. These two novels are marked by dynamic ambivalence: the writers overtly disavow the gothic genre, yet fail to abandon gothic sympathies for a consistent parody. Dynamic ambivalence empowers the reader to take multiple, conflicting positions within and against the plot. Both authors warn readers that in order to strengthen one’s mind, one must be insensible to melodrama and resist romantic extravagances; nevertheless, each exposes this stance as a façade. Using comic elements to deflect criticism and satire to establish their moral vision, Patrick and Green aim to elicit sympathy for female characters, even when they are foolish, deceived, or debauched. More Ghosts! and Romance Readers offer a cultural critique, embedded in parody, which challenges the contradictions inherent in women’s position in that era.
In Want of Keeping: Painting and the Sympathetic Imagination of Frankenstein
Authors: Martin Kirsten
Published: June 2020

The term “keeping” is central to conceptions of novelistic sympathy in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818). A painterly term that refers to an artist’s ability to distinguish between prominent and subordinate figures, keeping offers Shelley a model for aesthetically managed harmony. I engage with the term’s resonances with historically related terms, namely William Hazlitt’s concept of gusto, to argue that Shelley employs keeping to elicit readerly sympathies. It is the frame narrative in particular that carries out the regulatory function of keeping by organizing the novel’s disparate pieces. Her treatment of the Creature offers the most substantial instantiation of this dynamic. While he wants for keeping as Victor’s creation, overwhelming other characters with his discordance, the frame narrative subordinates his physicality so that sympathizing with him becomes manageable for Shelley’s readers. By attributing the sympathetic success of Frankenstein to keeping, I situate Shelley in an aesthetic tradition that sees sympathy as a result of the artist’s own careful aesthetic management.
Reflections
Authors: Meeker Natania
Published: June 2020

This essay explores the significance of collaboration as part of an ecology of enlightenment that stretches from the eighteenth century to the present day. It investigates the ways in which research on plant life and the vegetal world has led the author away from an embrace of the Enlightenment as an era of optimism and toward an acknowledgement of vulnerability, precarity, and ambivalence as defining experiences of eighteenth-century life for both humans and non-humans. It suggests that ecocriticism can involve not only a recognition of the interconnections binding together various living beings, but an embrace of the enmeshment of humans with one another, in creative and intellectual projects as well as in the rhythms of daily life. Finally, the essay calls for greater institutional recognition of collaborative work within the US academy.
Moral Education of Primary School Children in the Process of Studying Works of Art
Authors: Priyateleva Marina Konstantinovna , Gusarova Darya Sergeevna
Published: June 2020

The purpose of the article is to consider the features and conditions of primary school children’s moral education, to interpret the value of native literature in the national culture to primary school children, as well as to form their own value orientations. Research methods. The following methods were applied: comparative and theoretical analysis of various textbooks on literary reading for primary classes, pedagogical materials; generalization, comparison, systematization. It is noted that following three main areas: cognitive, emotional and value-based, and behavioral can improve the effectiveness of work with primary school children. The selection of content, the organization of the educational process, the use of appropriate methods, techniques, and forms of organization of children's activities are the main conditions of moral education in the literary reading lessons. The results of the study. With the help of specially selected stories by the authors, primary school children were introduced to situations where they needed to show their moral education. In the course of using stories, children received an idea of honesty and justice, benevolence and self-control, modesty and a sense of self-esteem, as well as the manifestation of negative character traits. It is concluded that based on the study of V.A. Oseeva's stories, the main directions for primary school children’ moral development are implemented.
Use of Video Lessons in Distance Learning
Authors: Berezhnaya Galina Sergeevna
Published: June 2020

The article deals with issues of methodology of establishing distance learning by means of video lessons. It contributes to the resolution of methodological contradictions that can take place while establishing distance learning process. The purpose of the research is to clarify the concept of video lessons as well as to identify organizational and pedagogical conditions for effective use of video lessons in distance learning. The following research methods were used: analysis of scientific and pedagogical literature, conference materials, study of educational Internet portals, analysis of practical experience on the use of video lessons in distance learning for schoolchildren. As a result of the research, the concept of video lesson is clarified, its types are briefly described in terms of form and methodological content, and online learning platforms for distance learning are reviewed. Various options for organizing distance learning for schoolchildren using video lessons, their capabilities and limitations are presented, and detailed methodological recommendations are given. It is concluded that the presence of three mandatory stages in the distance learning process, definition of the interaction mode in each of the stages, based on specific conditions of the learning process (the technical capabilities of the parties, the nature of the educational material, level of preparation and motivation of pupils), the presence of qualitative feedback in the dyad "teacher – student" are related to the organizational and pedagogical conditions for effective use of video lessons in distance learning.
Foreign Language Lessons as a Method of Developing Confident and Worthy Behavior of Students
Authors: Trudnikova Darya Dmitrievna , Sorokoumova Galina Veniaminovna
Published: June 2020

The authors of the article emphasize that modern realities require the development of skills of confident and worthy behavior in all situations, etc. It is noted that skills must be developed in learning process using various methods and techniques in the classroom and off-hour work using various psychological trainings to create a psychologically safe and comfortable educational environment. The study of the impact of applying personal-oriented teaching methods in English language learning process on the formation of self-confidence, improving academic performance and increasing interest in a foreign language is described in the article.
The purpose, hypothesis, tasks, methodological and theoretical basis of the research, methods and experimental base of the research are defined in the article; the results of the research of the summative, formative and control stages are analyzed.
The method of Yakubovskaya P. was chosen as a diagnostic method at the summative and control stages of the study. P. Yakubovskaya's assessment test is aimed at the ability to distinguish between confident, insecure and aggressive behavior of an individual.
The summative stage of the study showed that the majority of students do not see the line between confident and insecure behavior of the individual in situations that were taken as examples. It is mentioned that some guys couldn't tell the difference between confident and aggressive behavior.
At the formative stage of the study, students in the control group studied using the classical method. For students of the experimental group, English lessons were developed and tested using specially designed tasks of a personality-oriented nature.
During the control stage of the study, students who were part of the experimental group showed a significant increase in correct answers while doing the test. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the use of personality-oriented approach in the educational process positively affects the formation of self-confidence, improving academic performance and increasing interest in a foreign language in general, as well as contributing to the formation of a strong and self-confident personality.
Study of Peculiar Features of Russian Public Service Announcements
Authors: Savelyev Nikita Valerevich
Published: June 2020

The article deals with the formation of modern public service announcement in Russia, its features in comparison with foreign ones. The author outlines that there are certain psychological methods used in Russian public service announcements. They are related to the traditions of society, the Russian mentality, the level of cultural development of the target audience, etc. The relationship between the ad performance and the psychological methods of influence that it uses, in particular, resorting to the effect of social conformity is examined in the article.
Research methods. The study aimed at clarifying the attitude of the population to various types and forms of public service announcement is described. Research objectives are to determine which types of public service announcements attract the most attention, to define which public service announcements are more memorable, to clarify what feelings are caused by the most memorable public service announcements, to state the degree of influence of public service announcements on the behavior of individuals in specific situations. The survey was conducted using a open-ended questions.
The results of the research. The most memorable public service announcement is the one that is addressed directly to the person and their good physical condition. Less attention is drawn to public service announcements designed to engage in a particular public activity.
It is concluded that public service announcements can be classified by destination, by ways how it affects the audience, by the scale of distribution, by the type of implementation, etc. The methods of influence that are used in Russian public service announcements must be studied in detail and effectively applied to achieve the main and general goal of all public service announcements – the acquisition of positive behaviors by society.
Problems and Perspectives of Distance Learning in Modern Schools
Authors: Goroshko Yuliya Nikolaevna
Published: June 2020

The purpose of the article is to give recommendations on the organization of distance learning at school, identifying the main problems and prospects for its use in the educational process. Methods of research. During the study, the analysis of distance learning was carried out. The field of its application is defined, assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of this form of learning is presented, the basic means of interaction in the online environment in distance learning are revealed, the most effective teaching methods in distance learning are pointed out. Based on the results of the study, conclusions were made about the specifics of distance learning. The author emphasizes that the main advantages of distance learning as following: an individual approach, the ability to maintain constant feedback between the teacher and the pupil, the lack of strict control as an incentive to free creative activity of pupils. The main disadvantage of distance learning is the lack of direct communication between the teacher and peers. It is also concluded that it is necessary to use collective methods of distance learning in order to overcome the deficit of emotional communication. The most effective methods of distance learning are those that are focused on independent work and creative search. It is noted that further prospects of distance learning development associated with number of following conditions: holding stage of the preparatory work for the adaptation of educational material, acquisition of information technologies and increase of the level of computer skills and choosing the optimal teaching methods for distance learning process.
Network Interaction Within the "Service" Concept of Educational Institutions (On the Example of the Tomsk Region)
Authors: Chumakina Kseniya Mansurovna
Published: June 2020

The author emphasizes that ongoing global changes in society, new directions of sociocultural development have led to the necessity of making changes in requirements of the quality of education on every level. It is noted that these new requirements imply not only pupils’ subject knowledge development but also their metasubject and personal competence formation. Educational institutions faced difficulties while establishing educational process in accordance with the introduced state directions. The author comes to the conclusion that in search of the solution, educational institutions started to form networks and communities that let integrate both resources and abilities to succeed in fulfilling of the tasks given by the government.
The concept of a “service state” is considered; principles of service activities of educational institutions are defined; client focus of educational institutions is reviewed; the main provisions of the network interaction of educational institutions are presented; regulatory acts, projects in which the network interaction in the field of education is fixed are analyzed; an independent assessment of the quality of education is given; educational institutions that occupy leading places in the opinion of service consumers about network interaction, taking into account the focus on the need of direct service consumers are considered. In the course of the study, the following methods were used: analysis and synthesis, comparison, interviewing. The result of the study was a network interaction project taking into account the focus on service by the Humanitarian Lyceum in Tomsk and Tomsk State University.
Effects of Renal Transplantation on Cardiac Morphology and Function Luis Vernaza Hospital, Guayaquil, Ecuador: Kidney Transplant and Morphology and Cardiac Function
Authors: Duarte Yan , Pineda Byron Zúñiga , Lara-Terán Joffre J. , Alprecht-Quiroz Paola , Cáceres-Vinueza Silvia V. , Duarte Yan
Published: June 2020

Introduction: Structural heart disease is a frequent complication of advanced chronic kidney disease and
the leading cause of death in patients with renal replacement therapy, mainly in those on dialysis. There is
sufficient evidence to demonstrate a regression of left ventricular hypertrophy and improvement of
ventricular function after a successful renal transplant. The objective of this study is to describe the
experience regarding the effects of renal transplantation on cardiac remodeling and function and thus
corroborate with local data the benefits of renal transplantation on the left ventricular mass index (LVMI
grs), Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction (LVEF %), Left Atrium Diameter (LAD mm), Left Ventricle Diastolic
Diameter (LVDD mm), Left Ventricle Systolic Diameter (LVSD mm), Posterior Wall (PW mm) and
Interventricular Septum (IVS mm).
Materials and Methods: This is a quantitative, observational, descriptive and retrospective study. A
database was constructed whose information was tabulated and subsequently analysed by the statistical
program SPSS 13 to perform the statistical analysis. The results of the nominal variables were expressed in
percentages and of the numerical variables in average ± standard deviation (SD) and confidence interval.
The study included all adults over18 years with a diagnosis of chronic renal failure who underwent renal
transplantation at Luis Vernaza Hospital between January 2009 to December 2016 and who had pre and
post-transplant transthoracic echocardiography.
Results: Of the 132 adults undergoing renal transplantation, 74 patients who met the inclusion criteria were
identified, their average age was 35.2 years DS (+/- 11.7 years), forty-eight patients (64%) were male. All
patients were dependent on dialysis, whose average time was 5 years and 88% of the population underwent
intermittent hemodialysis weekly. The pre-transplant and post-transplant echocardiographic measurements
were: LVEF (%) 60.89 ± 1,175 vs. 66.81 ± 0.685 (<0.0001); LVMI (grs) 242.54 ± 11.92 vs. 184.62 ± 7,591
(<0.0001); LAD (mm) 35.9 ± 0.772 vs. 34.8 ± 0.602 (0.215); LVDD (mm) 47.97 ± 0.756 vs. 44.98 ± 0.927
(0.003); LVDS (mm) 29.85 ± 0.897 vs. 26.68 ± 0.681 (0.004); PW (mm) 11.86 ± 0.270 vs. 10.92 ± 0.208
(0.002); IVS (mm) 12.12 ± 0.348 vs. 10.95 ± 0.253 (0.002) respectively.
Conclusion: In this study, was observed a favorable overall impact of renal transplantation on the structure
and function of the heart, with a significant reduction in LVH and LVMI and systolic and diastolic function
of the left ventricle, thus reducing the risk of associated death to cardiovascular events.
A Case Series and Review of CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder: More than Rett
Authors: Appendino Juan Pablo , Mhanni Aizeddin A. , Greenberg Cheryl R. , Hartley Jessica N. , Appendino Juan Pablo , Peikes Tyler
Published: June 2020

CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (CDD) or CDKL5-associated epileptic encephalopathy (CAEE) is a distinct
X-linked dominant epileptic encephalopathy that shares many features with Rett syndrome. In the past
decade, mutations in CDKL5 gene were identified as part of the molecular heterogeneity of MECP2-
negative Rett syndrome. CDD has increasingly gained recognition as a distinct molecular and clinical
phenotype. Here we present four new patients with CDD: one with a clinical presentation of reflex seizures
previously reported as a case report by the same group, and three cases with novel disease-causing
mutations. The emerging distinct phenotype of CDD should allow the clinician to suspect the diagnosis
early and avoid a lengthy diagnostic odyssey.