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Literacy in the New Media Age: What Has Changed ?
Authors: Dahal Sudhamshu
Published: June 2024

Media landscape has seen remarkable changes over the decades because of new technological inventions globally. Technological inventions have multiple impacts in media landscape that has been differently shaping the traditional one-way communication practice. The concept of media literacy interpreted earlier has also been shifting, and there are issues with the arrival of new interactive media in the world. This article deals with media literacy: its basic concepts and theoretical assumptions and the shifting of the traditional definition guided by the changing media technology and media consumption pattern in Nepali context. It examines the changing Nepali media literacy landscape through a critical approach and analyze how the content generation has been impacted by the changing media climate.
Representation of Social Issues in Indian Graphic Novels
Authors: Singh Punyaprada , George Mercy
Published: June 2024

The study intends to uncover the significant commentary these works offer on current themes like gender dynamics, caste discrimination, governmental corruption, religious tensions, and the challenges of modernity, by analyzing a varied spectrum of graphic novels coming out of the subcontinent. We shed light on how these graphic novels not only represent the socio-political environment of India but also question and modify narratives by combining qualitative content analysis and in-depth case studies. Our research highlights the importance of graphic novels as effective social critique mediums in India, echoing wider global trends where visual storytelling goes beyond just amusement to provide insightful social commentary
Kawał meczycha, mejwen, wjechać z lajfem — o leksyce profesjolektalnej w wypowiedziach polskich wideoblogerów sportowych
Authors: Kacperska Beata
Published: June 2024

Przedmiotem opracowania są cechy leksykalne występujące w wypowiedziach polskich wideoblogerów sportowych, którzy publikują komunikaty audiowizualne w serwisie YouTube. Materiał badawczy został wyekscerpowany z 6 wideoblogów prowadzonych przez dziennikarzy zajmujących się sportem, znanych z pracy w mediach zinstytucjonalizowanych: „KOstyra SE”, „Prawda Futbolu”, „Prawda Siatki”, „Polsport – Michał Pol”, „Tomasz Ćwiąkała”, „Foot Truck”. W rozważaniach wykorzystano elementy postępowania badawczego zaproponowanego przez Tomasza Piekota do opisu socjolektów i profesjolektów. Analiza językowa dowodzi, że wskazani twórcy posługują się specyficznym wariantem języka, w którym przeważa leksyka sportowa (ogólna oraz typowa dla konkretnych dyscyplin sportowych – piłki nożnej, siatkówki, sportów walki), a w mniejszym stopniu zaznacza się słownictwo dziennikarskie, słownictwo związane z mediami społecznościowymi i słownictwo potoczne dotyczące profesji mówiących.
Odebrana podmiotowość? Diety wegańskie dla zwierząt towarzyszących
Authors: Mamzer Hanna
Published: June 2024

Wraz z rosnącą popularnością diet roślinnych, niektórzy weganie próbują stosować ten sposób żywienia zwierząt, którymi się opiekują. Łatwo sobie wyobrazić, że główną motywacją do tego jest chęć ratowania życia zwierząt, które zostałyby zabite i przetworzone na karmę dla zwierząt towarzyszących. Karmienie zwierząt towarzyszących może być uciążliwe dla wegan, którzy wkładają wiele wysiłku w wyeliminowanie produktów pochodzenia zwierzęcego zarówno z diety, jak i codziennego użytku. Karmienie mięsożerców pokarmem roślinnym jest praktyką kontrowersyjną i rodzi wiele pytań: etycznych, biologicznych i prawnych. Czy ludzie mają prawo ograniczać dietę zwierząt innych niż ludzie i odbierać im sprawczość, zmuszając je do jedzenia tego, co jest dostępne? Jakie fizjologiczne konsekwencje może powodować fakt stosowania diety planowej? Czy to legalne, aby ograniczać mięsożercom jedzenie, które byłoby ich naturalną dietą? Jak wspierać wegan w zapobieganiu dyskomfortowi związanemu z karmieniem zwierząt produktami pochodzenia zwierzęcego? Czy możliwe jest utrzymanie dobrostanu zwierząt towarzyszących, jeśli nie mogą one jeść naturalnego pokarmu?
Konsumowanie weganizmu
Authors: Sitko Agata
Published: June 2024

Obserwując rozwój rynku wegańskiego można zacząć się zastanawiać na ile to jest konsumowanie idei oraz do jakiego stopnia sama idea stała się towarem. Mając na uwadze rynkowe znaczenie weganizmu, artykuł odnosi się do takich pojęć jak towar (według definicji Karola Marksa) i konsumpcja symboliczna oraz zwróci uwagę na urynkowienie buntu (tu rozumianego jako sprzeciwianie się dominującej kulturze mięsożerców). Poruszona zostanie kwestia charakterystyki społeczeństwa konsumpcyjnego (definiowanego według Zygmunta Baumana). Natomiast Kat von D, która jest amerykańską celebrytką i weganką, posłuży jak przykład połączenia weganizmu i komercji. Artykuł nawiązuje też do kwestii akceptacji przedsiębiorstw komercyjnych, które mogą się przyczynić do stworzenia wegańskiego świata, a także rynkowego znaczenia samego weganizmu w XXI wieku.
Co decyduje o zmianie stylu życia? Filozoficzne założenia weganizmu jako postawy moralnej człowieka wobec zwierząt pozaludzkich
Authors: Schetz Adriana
Published: June 2024

Artykuł stanowi filozoficzną analizę głównych czynników biorących udział w podejmowaniu decyzji o zmianie stylu życia na wegański. Ustaliłam, że do czynników tych należą: (1) przede wszystkim kierowanie się zasadą charakterystyczną dla koncepcji głębokiej ekologii, w myśl której życie każdego zwierzęcia (w tym oczywiście również człowieka) jest wartością wewnętrzną czy też finalną oraz (2) poziom inteligencji emocjonalnej, a zwłaszcza empatii. Rozważam także jeden z poważniejszych dylematów moralnych, z jakim zmagają się zwolennicy wegańskiego stylu życia, a który określiłam mianem dylematu głębokiej ekologii.
Improving the Speaking Ability at the Second Grade Students of SMKN 1 Watunohu Through Media Picture
Authors: Muhammad fif
Published: June 2024

This research was aimed to improved of students’ ability in speaking ability through media picture. The subject of this research was 25 students of the second grade students of SMKN 1 Watunohu . The researcher applied classroom action research which has conducted into two cycles. The finding showed that the students’ speaking ability indicated the significant increase from the average score of speaking ability within the two cycles (cycle 1 and 2). In average score of test, the achievement score was 55,4 for cycle 1 and 77,6 for cycle 2. From these results, this research indicated that media picture can improve the students’ speaking ability in teaching and learning process, particularly on the aspect of introducing someone, retell profill of the picture and explain someone based on the prifile of the picture.
Improving the Reading Comprehension Using Authentic Materials at the Second Grade Students of SMPN 2 Lasusua
Authors: Agussalim Agussalim
Published: June 2024

This research was aimed to improved of students’ comprehension in reading comprehension by using authentic material. The subject of this research was 26 students of the first grade students of SMPN 2 Lasusua . The researcher applied classroom action research which has conducted into two cycles. The finding showed that the students’ reading comprehension indicated the significant increase from the average score of reading comprehension within the two cycles (cycle 1 and 2). In average score of test, the achievement score was 55.12 for cycle 1 and 71.20 for cycle 2. From these results, this research indicated that authentic material can improve the students’ reading comprehension in teaching and learning process, particularly on the aspect of finding the main ideas
EFFORTS TO IMPROVE CHILDREN'S ABILITY TO EXPRESS OPINIONS THROUGH STORYTELLING AT SWAN NATIONAL SCHOOL PELEMWATU
Authors: Deswenda Kezia
Published: June 2024

Expressing opinions is one of the activities in kindergarten to develop children's basic abilities. The aim of this research is to find out whether storytelling in learning can improve the ability to express opinions of children in group A of the Swan National School Kindergarten. This activity uses the Classroom Action Research (PTK) method which is divided into 2 cycles with each cycle lasting 5 days. In improving the learning, 17 students in group A of the Swan National School Kindergarten were observed, they were motivated to be able to express their opinions through storytelling activities. The results obtained from all 17 Swan National School Kindergarten group A students in cycle I showed that there were 7 children who achieved very good development, and 6 children developed according to expectations. In the second cycle, improvement results were obtained, namely 11 children developed very well and 4 children developed as expected. Based on the data obtained, there was an increase in the ability to express opinions in group A of the Swan National School Kindergarten, namely from 76.5% in cycle I to 86% in cycle II, so it can be concluded that through storytelling activities it was quite successful in increasing children's ability to express opinions. Therefore, this research was carried out in only two cycles, in order to maximize storytelling activities, so that the ability to express opinions can achieve satisfactory results. Apart from that, it is hoped that teachers will be more creative in finding fun teaching methods and in the end learning objectives can be achieved.
Autonomy and Care: Bioethical Principles for Understanding Masculinities in Unemployed Men
Authors: Mendieta-Izquierdo Giovane , Cuevas-Silva Juan María
Published: June 2024

Introduction:

This study proposes an interdiscursive perspective between bioethics and the social and human sciences to understand the phenomenon of unemployment from the male perspective. The objective of the study is to analyse the bioethical principles of autonomy and care for the understanding of masculinity in unemployed men.

Method:

Qualitative case study from Yin's perspective with a hermeneutic approach, through in-depth interviews with a narrative biographical emphasis. Seven heterosexual men from Bogota, without employment and with family, were recruited through a combined purposive and convenience sampling process. Thematic analysis of the data was carried out after open coding of the narratives, which allowed the construction of families and emerging categories.

Results:

The main findings revolve around the principles of autonomy and care as macro categories of the social and human sciences and bioethics from a comprehensive perspective.

Discussion:

The analysis of the bioethical principles of autonomy and care provides key elements to build interdiscursive and interdisciplinary bridges between bioethics and the social and human sciences. It does this by addressing the social phenomenon of unemployment in men and its implications in the rupture of mental and contextual models of men that contribute to the understanding of masculinities.
Emotionally Uninhabitable? Dramatizing Environmental Destruction and Contamination
Authors: Tait Peta
Published: June 2024

This article explores patterns of emotional expression in drama about the human capacity to damage the natural environment and cause extinctions. I propose that drama offsets depictions of a physically uninhabitable environment with contrasting emotions so it does not become emotionally uninhabitable, and I discuss this proposition in relation to twentieth-century canonical drama and two plays about atmospheric and land damage. Dymphna Cusack’s Pacific Paradise from 1955 and Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children from 2016 frame catastrophic events through the responses of women scientists and oscillating patterns of fearful and cheerful emotions and moods. Drama about land contamination from nuclear radiation and its devasting impact on First Nations peoples is a relevant forerunner to drama about global warming – an ironic development, since some twenty-first-century climate change strategies have accepted nuclear power as an option. Scenarios of an uninhabitable environment might be a longstanding part of political performance, but in these plays, a fear-inducing mood that begins to seem overpowering is often interrupted with humour and by characters taking resistant action.
David Román and Sean F. Edgecomb, eds. The Taylor Mac Book: Ritual, Realness, and Radical Performance
Authors: Schildcrout Jordan
Published: June 2024

With scholarly essays, interviews, and personal accounts from collaborators, The Taylor Mac Book examines the aesthetics, politics, and community-building dynamics in the career of multi-hyphenate queer theatre creator Taylor Mac.
Leah Sidi. Sarah Kane’s Theatre of Psychic Life: Theatre, Thought, and Mental Suffering
Authors: Ezell Brice
Published: June 2024

Leah Sidi presents a career-spanning reading of the plays of Sarah Kane, arguing that Kane built a sustained project of representing mental illness through formal stage experimentation. This volume is essential for those interested in Kane but will be of use to anyone exploring the stage as a site for representing mental illness.
Genotoxic effects in the buccal cells of students exposed to season-associated increase of air pollution in Prishtina urban area: a preliminary study
Authors: Panxhaj Djellza , Asllani Fisnik , Alija Avdulla , Dreshaj Shemsedin , Bresgen Nikolaus
Published: June 2024

The available monitoring data from Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency show concerning levels of the air pollution in Prishtina - the capital city of Kosovo and the most populated city in the country. Due to the air pollutants emitted mostly from the heavy traffic and the coal-fired power plants located in the vicinity, the residents of urban area in Prishtina are exposed to unhealthy air. It is reported that the situation worsens during the autumn and winter months due to more frequent smog episodes. Based on the concerns raised, the aim of the study was to assess the eventual genotoxic effects of air pollution among residents of Prishtina during the autumn and winter months. For this purpose, 29 healthy female non-smoker students (aged 20-26) were involved in this preliminary study. The first sampling of buccal cells took place beginning of November 2019 whereas the second sampling took place by the end of January 2020. Buccal cell samples were analyzed for the frequency of micronuclei and the obtained data demonstrate increased genotoxicity in a sample population as an effect of the exposure to increased air pollution levels in Prishtina urban area during the autumn and winter period. On the other hand, these preliminary data clearly indicate the need for continuing with bio-monitoring studies by extending the timeframe and increasing the number of seasons under investigation.
Enhancing service delivery through organisational justice: The case of a local Municipality in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Authors: Isabirye Anthony , Moloi Khadija
Published: June 2024

This research aims to determine, from the perspectives of municipal workers, how a local municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, could enhance service delivery through organisational justice. As a concept, organisational justice refers to employees' perceptions of the fairness of organisational rules and policies, their actions and attitudes about their work, and their confidence in or mistrust of management. We contend that maintaining organisational justice may help could resolve various delivery service issues. Guided by the social exchange theory (SET), municipal workers' opinions were accessed through a qualitative research design.  In-depth interviews were used as data collection tools.  The collected data were examined iteratively and critically. It was found that Municipal employees thought a just workplace was one that was calm, where management distributed resources equally to all employees (distributive justice), applied policies and procedures consistently (procedural justice), provided truthful justifications for all decisions made (informational justice), and engaged in quality interpersonal interaction with all employees while putting organisational procedures into practice (interactional justice). However, processed data indicated that there was a disparity in resource distribution, a lack of transparency and participatory decision-making processes, a deficiency in information provision, and a culture of dismissiveness among municipal officials in the municipality. All these factors hindered effective service delivery.
Imaging Methods for Fracture Surface Observation and Interpretation
Authors: Barter Simon A.
Published: June 2024

This article presents a basic overview of technology-driven advances in the imaging of primarily metallic fracture surfaces. It describes various types of microscopes, including scanning electron, dual-beam, ion source, and transmission electron microscopes, and their capabilities. It also covers other useful hardware, such as computer-aided tomography (CAT) and micro-computer-aided tomography (micro-CAT) instruments. The article introduces some of the fracture image postprocessing methods and software, including image registration or alignment, focus stacking, Z-stacking, focal plane merging, and image stitching.
VLC Sistemlerinde QLED Kullanan Renk Kaydırmalı Anahtarlama Modülasyonunun Sembol Hata Oranı Analizi
Authors: Tuğcu Emin
Published: June 2024

Görünür ışık haberleşme (VLC) sistemleri, iç mekan uygulamaları için aydınlatma fonksiyonu ile eş zamanlı olarak yüksek hızlı güvenilir veri iletimini de sağlarlar. VLC sistemlerinde, vericide ışık yayan diyotlar (LED) alıcıda ise yaygın olarak foto-diyotlar (PD) kullanılır. Aydınlatma için LED'lerin iyi bir ışık etkinliğine ve renksel geriverim indeksine (CRI) sahip olması gerekir. Haberleşme için ise LED'lerin yüksek veri hızlarını desteklemesi için geniş bir modülasyon bant genişliğine sahip olmaları gerekmektedir. Yüksek veri hızlarını desteklemek için yeterli renksel geriverim indeksine sahip çok renkli kırmızı-yeşil-mavi (RGB) LED'ler kullanan renk kaydırmalı anahtarlama (CSK) modülasyonu IEEE 802.15.7 VLC standardında tanıtılmıştır. VLC sistemlerinde, daha iyi renksel geriverim indeksine sahip Quadrichoromatic LED'ler (QLED) de eşzamanlı aydınlatma ve iletişim için uygundur. QLED sadece ek bir veri kanalı değil, aynı zamanda aydınlatmada daha iyi bir renk kalitesi sunmaktadır. Bu nedenle VLC sistemlerinde QLED hem aydınlatma kalitesi hem de yüksek veri hızları için en iyi seçenektir. Bu çalışmada QLED kullanan VLC sistemlerinde AWGN kanallar için sembol hata oranı (SER) analizi yapılmış ve analitik modeller türetilmiştir. SER analizinde, toplam hata üzerinde etkisi yüksek olan semboller arasındaki geçiş olasılıklarının hesaplanması ile analitik modeller türetilmiştir. Bu analizde semboller arasındaki öklid uzaklıkları kullanılmıştır. Türetilen SER modelleri birleşim üst sınırı ve benzetim sonuçları ile uyum göstermektedir.
Araçlar Arası (V2V) Haberleşmede Dağlık Anayollarda Yol Kaybı ve Gölgeleme Analizi
Authors: Hasırcı Tuğcu Zeynep , Kuzulugil Kenan
Published: June 2024

Araçlar arası (V2V) haberleşme, karayolu sürüş güvenliği ve kaza önleme açısından önemli bir teknoloji olarak görülmektedir. Ancak, araçlar arasına giren binalar, diğer araçlar ve ağaçlar gibi çevresel engeller V2V haberleşmeyi olumsuz yönde etkileyebilmektedir. Bu çalışmada, virajlı dağlık anayol ortamlarında, verici ve alıcı araçlar arasındaki iletişimi engelleyen dağlık alanların etkisi incelenmiş ve 5.9 GHz’de V2V ölçümleri yapılmıştır. Ölçülen veriler, engel senaryolarında yaygın kullanılan log-normal ve çift eğimli yol kaybı modelleriyle modellenmiş ve verilere uyum performansları açısından karşılaştırılmıştır. Sonuçlar, dağ engeli bulunan senaryolarda çift eğimli yol kaybı modelinin daha iyi bir uyum sağladığını göstermektedir. Ayrıca, dağ engelinin neden olduğu gölgeleme ve zayıflatma etkileri incelenmiş, dağ engeli kaynaklı ortalama zayıflamanın 19.6 dB olduğu tespit edilmiş ve literatüre ilk kez bu çalışma ile kazandırılmıştır. Bu bulgular, sistem tasarımcıları ve araştırmacılarına çevresel faktörlerin V2V iletişim performansına etkisinin detaylandırılmasında ve sistemlerin buna göre optimize edilip tasarlanmasında katkı sağlayacaktır.
Acrylonitrile-Containing Copolymer Synthesis and Magnesium Ions Adsorption of the Copolymer
Authors: Meyvacı Ergül , Öztürk Temel
Published: June 2024

Poly(acrylonitrile-co-methyl methacrylate) [P(AN-MMA)] copolymer was obtained in the presence of 2,2'-azobisisobutyronitrile by using acrylonitrile and methyl methacrylate monomers via free radical polymerization. The surface of the synthesized copolymer was hydrolyzed in sodium hydroxide solution. Nitrile groups (-C≡N) on the P(AN-MMA) copolymer surface were converted into conjugated imine groups (-C=N-). Hydrolyzed poly(acrylonitrile-co-methyl methacrylate) [HP(AN-MMA)] copolymer was used in the adsorption of magnesium ions. Magnesium ion was determined with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid in a water solution containing Mg(NO3)2.6H2O before and after adsorption. The adsorption capacity of the HP(AN-MMA) copolymer against Mg2+ ions was found to be 1.27 mmol.g-1 (pH=4.5). After isolation and drying of the product, its structural and thermal characterization was determined by 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis, which are the basic polymer characterization methods. The average surface roughness (Ra) values developed after magnesium ion adsorption were investigated by atomic force microscopy analysis. With magnesium ion adsorption, the Ra value increased from 136 nm to 354 nm.
Karbon Ayak İzi Hesaplamalarında Enerji Tüketiminin Örnek Bir Çalışma ile İncelenmesi
Authors: Tosun Gözde , Tunç Dede Özlem
Published: June 2024

Karbon ayak izi, antropojenik etki sonucu çevreye verilen zararın sera gazı miktarı açısından bir ölçüsüdür. İnsanlık tarihinde çevreye verilen zararın miladı diyebileceğimiz Sanayi Devrimi sonrası artan enerji ihtiyacı ve doğru orantılı olarak artan enerji tüketimi birkaç yüzyıllık süreçte küresel ısınmaya sebep olmuştur. Bu nedenle karbon salımı, etkileri gözle görülebilir hale gelen iklim değişikliğinin ana sebeplerinden biridir. İklim değişikliğinin önüne geçilmesi, karbon salımının azaltılması, sürdürülebilirliğin sağlanması ve enerjinin yönetilebilir hale gelmesi için öncelikle kaybedilen enerji miktarının tespit edilmesi gerekmektedir. Bu çalışmada, Giresun Üniversitesi Güre Yerleşkesinde bulunan Mühendislik Fakültesi binasının enerji tüketimleri belirlenerek açığa çıkan karbon emisyonları yıllık olarak hesaplanmıştır. Karbon emisyonları, Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) Standartları çerçevesinde ve TSE EN ISO 14064 Sera Gazlarının Hesaplanmasına Dair Kılavuzları kullanılarak ton karbon dioksit eşdeğeri (tCO2e) cinsinden; karbondioksit (CO2), metan (CH4) ve diazotmonoksit (N2O) gazları dikkate alınarak hesaplanmıştır. Hesaplamalar sonucu, Mühendislik Fakültesinin karbon salım miktarları; 2020 yılında 307,2 tCO2e, 2021 yılında 240,97 tCO2e ve 2022 yılında ise 233,4 tCO2e olarak bulunmuştur. Ulusal kalkınma, sürdürülebilirlik ve insan yaşamının iyileştirilmesi hedeflenerek, yapılan değerlendirmeler ve kıyaslamalar sonucu ortaya çıkan karbon miktarlarının azaltılmasına yönelik önerilerde bulunulmuştur.Bu çalışmada, Giresun Üniversitesi Güre Yerleşkesinde bulunan Mühendislik Fakültesi binasının enerji tüketimleri belirlenerek açığa çıkan karbon emisyonları yıllık olarak hesaplanmıştır. Çalışmada, GHG (Greenhouse Gas Protocol) Standardları çerçevesinde TSE EN ISO 14064 Sera gazlarının hesaplanmasına dair kılavuzlar kullanılarak hesaplamalar yapılmıştır. Hesaplamalar sonucu Mühendislik Fakültesinin karbon salım miktarları; 2020 yılında 307,2 t CO2e, 2021 yılında 240,97 tCO2e ve 2022 yılında ise 233,4 tCO2e olarak tespit edilmiştir. Ulusal kalkınma, sürdürülebilirlik ve insan yaşamının iyileştirilmesi hedeflenerek, yapılan değerlendirmeler ve kıyaslamalar sonucu ortaya çıkan karbon miktarlarının azaltılmasına yönelik önerilerde bulunulmuştur.
Yenikaracaören (Kütahya) Bazaltlarının Demiryolu Balastı Olarak Kullanılabilirliği
Authors: Kozak Mehmet
Published: June 2024

Bu çalışma ile Yenikaracaören (Kütahya) bazaltlarının demiryolu balastı olarak kullanılabilirliğinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında; bazalt ocağında incelemeler yapılarak deneysel çalışmalarda kullanılmak üzere örnekler alınmıştır. Alınan örnekler üzerinde fiziksel özelliklerin tespiti için Balast Teknik Şartnamesinde istenilen Los Angeles deneyi ile parçalanmaya karşı direnç tayini, Mikro-Deval ile aşınma direnci tayini, Magnezyum Sülfat deneyi, tane yoğunluğu ve su emme tayini deneyleri yapılmıştır. Kayacın köken ve isminin tespiti için ise petrografik analiz yapılmıştır. Polarizan mikroskop incelemesi sonucunda kayacın; magmatik kökenli yüzey kayacı olduğu tespit edilmiş ve Kayaçların Modal Minerolojik Sınıflamasına göre kayaç bazalt olarak tanımlanmıştır. Parçalanma direnci (Los Angeles aşınma direnci) % 11, tane yoğunluğu 2,73 Mg/m3, dona dayanıklılık (termal ve bozunma özelliği için MgSO4 deneyi) değeri % 1, aşınmaya karşı direnç (Mikro-Deval) % 6, su emme oranı ise % 0,7 olarak bulunmuştur. Yapılan deneysel çalışmalar Yenikaracaören (Kütahya) bazaltlarının; yüksek hızlı tren, hızlı tren ve konvansiyonel demiryolu hatlarında demiryolu balastı olarak kullanılabileceğini göstermiştir. Bu çalışma, yapımı devam eden Ankara-İzmir, proje aşamasında olan Eskişehir-Antalya yüksek hızlı tren hatlarına yakın konumda olan Yenikaracaören (Kütahya) bazaltlarının söz konusu bu hatların balast ihtiyacının karşılanmasında kullanılabilirliği hakkında fikir sağlayacaktır.
Mediation: questions of theory and practice
Authors:   Eurasian Technological University, Momysheva F.S. , Ospanova Zh.B. ,   Eurasian Technological University
Published: June 2024

The article is dedicated to the exploration of the concept, types, and essence of mediation, certain aspects in the history of its development, as well as the principles and stages of mediation. In the modern social context, the relevance of these issues is beyond doubt. Mediation, as a conflict resolution process, plays a crucial role in resolving disputes and strengthening social cohesion. When considering it in the context of a social state, where the government plays a decisive role in ensuring the well-being of its citizens, several key points have been identified: resolving conflicts in social issues; access to justice and socialequality; government policy and support; social integration, and more. Mediation provides alternative means of conflict resolution in vari-ous social spheres, such as family disputes, conflicts in society, and workplace disagreements. Its value lies in facilitating peaceful settlements and preventing the escalation of conflicts that negatively impact the social structure of society and have adverse effects on the overall social fabric. Therefore, the study and exploration of the theoretical and practical foundations of mediation are crucial. Both empirical research methods (com-parison) and theoretical research methods (analysis) were employed within the scope of this inquiry.
Problems of legal regulation and improving its effectiveness
Authors:   Karaganda Buketov University, Baizhanova K.T. , Serikbayeva S.S. ,   Karaganda Buketov University
Published: June 2024

The article is devoted to the analysis of scientific approaches characterizing the essence of socio-legal phe-nomena concerning the issues of legal regulation and increasing its effectiveness. The purpose of the study is to identify the main elements of legal regulation, interrelationships between them, as well as methods of legal regulation on the basis of analysis and systematization of various approaches to legal regulation, theoretical provisions, principles recognized in legal science; development of analgorithm to identify errors in legal reg-ulation. The object is legal regulation, considered as a system; the subject is the general structural and func-tional regularities of legal regulation. The peculiarities of this study, which constitute a number of differences from other works written on the topic of legal regulation: first, legal regulation is considered as a system con-sisting of static and dynamic elements. Secondly, a systematic approach to the analysis of the category of le-gal regulation is applied. Thirdly, the elements of legal regulation are analyzed at the general theoretical level. A number of basic interrelations and functions of legal regulation and legal impact are singled out, and on the basis of the above, generalized results of legal regulation are formulated, allowing to identify errors in legal regulation and indicate ways to eliminate them
Adoption of interim measures in the Republic of Uzbekistan
Authors:   Supreme School of Judges under Supreme Judicial Council, Samarkhojaev B.B. , Mansurov A.F. ,   Supreme School of Judges under Supreme Judicial Council
Published: June 2024

Based on the meaning of judicial protection, after a court decision on a dispute, the task of the business pro-cess does not end there. In turn, dispute resolution is truly effective only in the case of actual execution and restoration of violated rights; otherwise, a court decision will be a “dead letter”. Thus, it is relevant to give the actual possibility of execution of the final court decision. In other words, the property and non-property assets of the debtor must be accessible and real to the executive power, at the expense of which the judicial act can actually be executed. Thus, modernly developed logistics infrastructure and transport, banking and communi-cation systems, as well as digital opportunities for economic and civil circulation provide many opportunities for the debtor to withdraw his assets from any jurisdiction where the trial on the merits of the dispute is taking place. One of the ways to prevent such transfer of assets outside the country is a court decision. In turn, the final court decision on the merits of the dispute cannot be a prompt means of responding to a violation of this nature. There are circumstances when the applicant or creditor not only does not have time to wait for a final court decision, but alsoto file a claim. Thus, the most effective means of protection in time-limited disputes by their legal nature are interim measures
INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH TO UPPER URINARY TRACT DRAINAGE AFTER RETROPERITONEOSCOPIC URETEROLITHOTOMY
Authors: Nikitin Oleg D. , Pasіechnikov Sergii P. , Golovko Sergii V. , Tkachenko Sergii V. , Slobodyanyuk Yegor M.
Published: June 2024

Aim. To clarify the indications for the use of ureteral stents during retroperitoneoscopic ureterolithotomy (RULT).
Materials and methods. We analyzed the results of treatment of 53 patients who underwent RULT for ureteral stone. In 18 (34%) patients, a stent was not placed after the operation (group 1), and in 35 (66.0%) patients, a stent was placed (group 2). Indications for stent placement were determined during surgery.
Results. When performing RULT for the treatment of patients with ureteral stones, postoperative complications were not severe, resolved on their own or required a slight increase in therapy in the postoperative period. These complications did not significantly affect the duration of treatment or its results. There were no significant differences in the main clinical and laboratory parameters in both groups 2 weeks after surgery. The incidence of complications was low and did not differ significantly in both groups.
Conclusions. No significant differences were found in terms of the immediate results of treatment of patients with ureterolithiasis after RULT, depending on whether a stent was used to drain the ureteral lumen in the patient or not, when a stent was used according to indications. Complications after RULT are infrequent, transient, and require only minimal therapeutic correction. Stenting of the ureter is expected to lead to a significant increase in the duration of surgery. Drainage of the ureter by placing a stent is an absolutely justified procedure in the presence of severe changes in the ureteral wall, manifested by edema of all layers, the presence of mucosal ulcers, as well as perifocal inflammation in the surrounding tissues surrounding the ureter. On the other hand, stenting of the ureter after RPU is not a routine procedure, and in the absence of the above changes, it can be abandoned without any complications.
CLINICAL AND LABORATORY CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS INFECTION COVID-19 AND ITS COMORBIDITY
Authors: Yurko Kateryna V. , Andrusovych Inna V.
Published: June 2024

Introduction. The coronavirus disease has reached an alarming epidemic scale with extraordinary morbidity and mortality rates for the entire world population. The majority of patients with COVID–19 note damage to the respiratory tract and state a more severe course of the disease with the development of systemic damage. A more severe course of COVID-19 is associated with the presence of comorbid diseases.
Aim. To investigate and analyze clinical and laboratory manifestations and to determine the main comorbidities of patients with COVID-19 infection.
Materials and methods. The research was carried out in accordance with bioethical norms and rules. 179 patients with COVID-19 (the main group) and 42 people of the control group were examined. Diagnosis and treatment of the COVID-19 coronavirus infection was carried out taking into account the relevant national recommendations. The average value and standard deviation were statistically determined. The probability of differences was performed using the Mann-Whitney U-test and the Wilcoxon W-test of signed ranks. The threshold value of the level of statistical significance of all calculated features was taken as 0.05 (p=0.05).
Results. A high comorbidity with cardiovascular system pathology was found – 40.2%, type 2 diabetes – 22.3%, respiratory system diseases – 20.7%. Disorders of the functional state of the cardiovascular system were determined: pulse values – 91.01±13.44, systolic (127.9±15.19) and diastolic (79.3±11.6) blood pressure. Changes in clinical blood analysis were noted: erythrocytes – 4.38±0.65 x1012/l, hemoglobin – 127.6±21.2 g/l, hematocrit – 0.37±0.07, leukocytes – 10.7±7, 32 x109/l, segmented (65.4±14.8%) and rod-nuclear (9.03±9.99%) neutrophils, platelets – 226.1±90.6 x109/l, lymphocytes – 20.24±12.43%, monocytes – 6.60±4.37% and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) – 25.4±14.9 mm/h. Significant (almost fourfold) increases in IL-6 levels (24.56±22.9 pg/ml) and blood glucose concentrations (7.40±3.42 mmol/l) were determined.
Conclusions. A significant comorbidity of COVID-19 was determined and a significant prevalence of indicators of the functional state of the cardiovascular system and a decrease in the average levels of the quantitative composition of erythrocytes and indicators of hemoglobin and hematocrit were established. Significant leukocytosis, neutrophilia, lymphocytosis and monocytosis, significant excesses of ESR and IL-6 and blood serum glucose were determined, which confirmed the presence of a significant inflammatory reaction in response to infection with COVID-19.
ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGIES IN ALGORITHMS OF CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE MANAGEMENT
Authors: Ziuz Natalia Y. , Bogomaz Volodymyr M.
Published: June 2024

Aim. To improve the management algorithm of chronic hepatobiliary pathology by using ultrasound technologies to assess the structure of the liver.
Materials and methods. The results of an anonymous electronic survey of 304 doctors using a tailored questionnaire and the authors' own experience of implementing quantitative ultrasound methods of liver assessment at the University Clinic of the Bogomolets National Medical University were analyzed. In accordance with the objective, an analysis of current international guidelines of relevant medical associations was performed. The study of the use of ultrasound diagnostics in the healthcare system of Ukraine was performed using data from open sources of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and dashboards of the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU). Statistical analysis was performed using the MedStat program. The study was approved by the local ethics committee.
Results. The availability of basic ultrasound diagnostics of hepatobiliary pathology is high and growing, while modern technologies for quantitative assessment of the liver structure are not sufficiently implemented in medical practice. An improved multilevel patient’s pathway with suspected steatotic liver disease is proposed.
Conclusions. Significant limitations of the use of specialized liver examinations in medical practice may adversely affect the quality of medical care. Given the trends in the prevalence of chronic liver disease, the healthcare system needs additional technical equipment for healthcare facilities and focused continuing professional development activities for doctors to ensure the implementation of evidence-based management of chronic hepatobiliary pathology. An improved algorithm of interaction between doctors and the staged use of non-invasive diagnostic tests can help improve the medical care quality and the efficient use of human and financial resources of the healthcare system.
Editorial
Authors: Rivoal Isabelle , Kofti Dimitra
Published: June 2024

A growing concern about academic freedoms has recently resulted in the EASA General Assembly's December 2023 vote on a Motion to Create a Working Group on Human Rights and Academic Freedom, followed in February 2024 by the EASA executive's letter expressing direct concern after Professor Ghassan Hage's working relationship with the Max Planck Institute was terminated after misplaced accusations of racism and antisemitism. It is timely that the current issue opens up a space to discuss ethics, commitment, critique, authorship and truth seeking.
The Ends of Consent
Authors: McMurray James
Published: June 2024

State securitisation and internment programmes in Xinjiang have, since 2017, rapidly changed living conditions for its inhabitants and created new degrees of risk. Here, I consider whether the consent given by participants for my use of interview transcripts and other research materials is meaningful when it is no longer safe to contact participants, and their consent was given under very different circumstances. I argue that at such critical moments neither formal codes of ethics nor the ‘situated’ ethics of fieldwork offer helpful guidance, but that consideration of the internal good of anthropology, and insights offered by its practice, can provide potential answers.

L'entreprise de sécurisation par l'Etat et les programmes d'internement au Xinjiang au cours des quatre dernières années ont rapidement changé les conditions de vie pour ses habitants en créant des nouveaux degrés de risque. Dans cet article, je me demande si le consentement donné par les participants d'utiliser la retranscription des entretiens conduits avec eux ainsi que d'autres matériaux collectés au moment de ma recherche avait toujours la même valeur alors qu'il était désormais devenu dangereux d'entrer en contact avec ces participants et alors que leur consentement avait été donné dans des conditions bien différentes. Je défends l'idée qu'en de telles circonstances critiques, ni les codes d’éthique formels, ni l’éthique « située » du terrain n'offrent de guide pertinent, mais que seule la considération du bien interne à l'anthropologie et le jugement évaluatif offert par sa pratique peuvent fournir des réponses potentielles.
Anthropology against Borders
Authors: Campbell Stephen
Published: June 2024

Ghosh, Sahana. 2023. A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Mobility and Security across the Bangladesh–India Borderland. Oakland, CA: University of California Press. 296 pp. Pb.: US$29.95. ISBN: 978-0-5203-9573-2.

Keshavarz, Mahmoud and Shahram Khosravi (eds.) 2022. Seeing Like a Smuggler: Borders from Below. London: Pluto Press. 216 pp. Pb.: £19.99. ISBN: 978-0-7453- 4161-3.

Shih, Elena. 2023. Manufacturing Freedom: Sex Work, Anti-trafficking Rehab, and the Racial Wages of Rescue. Oakland, CA: University of California Press. 288 pp. Pb.: US$29.95. ISBN: 978-0-5203-7970-1.
Reviews
Authors: Panella Cristiana , Rieder Quirin , Pina-Cabral João , Muehlfried Florian , Steur Luisa
Published: June 2024

Herzfeld, Michael. 2021. Subversive Archaism. Troubling Traditionalists and the Politics of National Heritage, Durham and London: Duke University Press. 239 pp. Ppb.: $25.95. ISBN: 9781478017622.

Walter, Anna-Maria. 2021. Intimate Connections: Love and Marriage in Pakistan's High Mountains. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 244 pp. Pb.: US$37.95, ISBN: 9781978820487.

Segalen, Martine. 2022. Destins Français. Essai d'auto-ethnographie familiale. Paris: CREAPHIS Editions. 314 pp. Pb.: €12.00, ISBN: 9782354281823.

Lazarev, Egor. 2023. State-Building as Lawfare: Custom, Sharia, and State Law in Postwar Chechnya. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 321 pp. Hb.: £75.00, ISBN: 9781009245951.

Campbell, Stephen. 2022. Along the Integral Margin: Uneven Development in a Myanmar Squatter Settlement. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 210 pp. Hb.: US$51.95, ISBN: 9781501764882.
A Forty-Two PointsSecond Order Rotatable Design in Three Dimensions Constructed using Trigonometric Functions Transformations
Authors: Omwando Cornelious Dr. Nyakundi
Published: June 2024

In this study, a new forty-two point’ssecond order rotatable design is constructed usingtransformations of some trigonometric functions. This design permits a response surface to be fitted easily and provides spherical information contours besides the economic use of scarce resources in relevant production processes.
Chemical composition of chamomile essential oil from Virovitica-Podravina County
Authors: Drača Nela , Aladić Krunoslav , Jerković Igor , Bevardi Martina , Bošnir Jasna , Banožić Marija , Nemet Ivana
Published: June 2024

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je istražiti kvalitetu i sastav eteričnog ulja pet uzoraka kamilice od kojih je jedan uzorak bio uzorak ekološki uzgojene kamilice dok su ostali uzorci bili iz konvencionalnog uzgoja s područja Virovitičko-podravske županije. Uzorci kamilice uzeti su od rane i kasne žetve tijekom mjeseca svibnja 2022. godine. Za fizikalno-kemijske analize korištene su sušene cvjetne glavice kamilice. Određivao se apigenin-7-glukozid na HPLC-u i sastav eteričnog ulja koristeći GC-MS. Sadržaj apigenin-7-glukozida kretao se od 0,49% do 0,85%. U eteričnom ulju identificiran je ukupno 71 spoj. Glavni spojevi eteričnog ulja bili su (E,E)-α-farnezen u rasponu od 28,6% do 10,8%, bisabolol oksid B u rasponu od 28,1% do 11,7% i (E)-β-farnezen u rasponu od 14,4% do 10,9%. Osim toga, detektirani su i brojni drugi spojevi koji doprinose bogatom kemijskom profilu ovog eteričnog ulja i koji su važan pokazatelj kvalitete i vrijednosti same sirovine.
War in the Bible and in Qur'an: A Comparative Study
Authors: Klejnowski-Różycki Dariusz , Sękowski Piotr
Published: June 2024

The “founding texts” of each civilization shape the meaning of important issues for the lives of individuals and entire human communities. Such texts include the “holy books” of the Old and New Testaments and the Qur’an, called the “threelaws” or “rules of life”. Each of these “rules of life” outlines a certain idea of war, which is one of the basic human experiences. A short comparative study shows the different emphases. The Old Testament shows Israel’s historical wars in which God becomes involved. The New Testament does not deal with the issue of war at all in the military sense, but shifts the emphasis to spiritual warfare. The Quran devotes a lot of space to war, especially religious war, without referring to the specific history of the nation, but points to the rules that a devout Muslim should follow during a conflict, including armed conflict.
Formação continuada com educadores/as do campo: Ensinando ciências da natureza a partir da aprendizagem baseada em problemas e tecnologias digitais
Authors: Leonel Ronaldo dos Santos , Albuquerque Jacirene Vasconcelos de
Published: June 2024

Este Processo Educacional (PE) é resultante da pesquisa intitulada: Formação de Professores/as da Educação do Campo no Contexto da Amazônia Paraense: Tecnologias Digitais e Metodologias Ativas no Ensino de Ciências, realizada no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação e Ensino de Ciências na Amazônia (PPGEECA), da Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), na linha de pesquisa Formação de Professores de Ciências e Processo de Ensino e Aprendizagem em Diversos Contextos Amazônicos. O objetivo desta proposta formativa é contribuir com a formação continuada de professores(as) que ensinam Ciências da Natureza em Escolas do Campo. Portanto, a base teórico metodológica deste processo educacional é norteada por um percurso que considere as particularidades do contexto amazônico e as necessidades específicas de formação dos(as) professores(as) da Educação do Campo pautado no uso de Tecnologias Digitais e da Metodologia Ativa Aprendizagem Baseada em Problema/ABP em sala de aula, para o Ensino de Ciências Naturais.
Ação formativa interdisciplinar: Aprendizagem baseada em projetos na abordagem de questões sociocientíficas
Authors: Marques Suzane Pereira Miranda , Martins Milta Mariane da Mata
Published: June 2024

Esta proposta formativa foi construída na pesquisa intitulada “Ação Formativa Interdisciplinar: Aprendizagem Baseada em projetos na abordagem de Questões Sociocientíficas na microrregião de São Félix do Xingu, Pará-Brasil”, desenvolvida no Mestrado Profissional em Educação e Ensino de Ciências na Amazônia - PPGEECA. Esta pesquisa teve como participantes os docentes da Escola Municipal de Educação e Ensino Infantil e Fundamental João Ciro de Moura, que atuam nas diversas disciplinas e que atendem aos alunos dos anos finais do ensino fundamental. Trata-se de uma proposta de ação formativa interdisciplinar, pensada para você, professor de ciências, que percebe a importância de contextualizar o ensino e de trabalhar de forma interdisciplinar. No entanto, essa proposta pode ser utilizada por outros profissionais da educação, como professores de outros componentes curriculares, pedagogos (coordenadores pedagógicos), gestores e/ou assessores, pois se trata da elaboração de projetos mediados pela Aprendizagem Baseada em Projetos (ABP) e Questões Sociocientíficas(QSCs).