bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
On the review of electronic technologies applied to implantable medical devices
Authors: García-Ramírez Ronny , Madrigal-Boza Gabriel , Solera-Bolaños Edgar , Ali Siddiqi Muhammad , Strydis Christos , Chacón-Rodríguez Alfonso , Rimolo-Donadio Renato
Published: September 2021

The development of electronic implantable medical devices (IMD) has been increasing over the years, targeting very diverse applications and implementing different technologies. The impact of IMDs in the treatment of different ailments like Parkinson’s disease, hearing impairment, heart arrhythmia, and chronic pain, among many others, has been notorious and inspired their exploration to treat other health problems. Even when there is great interest in the scientific community for the exploration and development of IMDs, no standards are ruling its development. This lack of standardization is the reason why the analysis of the tendencies of this area from the technical point of view becomes complex. The analysis of the tendencies in the development of IMD devices required the exploration of diverse sources, which describe heterogeneous systems using very different approaches and methodologies for similar problems. In this paper an open SQL database intended for collecting information from IMD publications is presented; at this point, more than 200 published works are feed in the database covering a period from 1974 to 2018. This database is extensible and enables researchers to find trends and explore the development of IMDs from a broader perspective. We also used this database as a proof of concept to explore some general trends in the design of  IMDs based on the included works.
Variabilidade espacial da palha de soja distribuída na colheita e sua relação com o estande final de aveia preta
Authors: Tagliari-Balestrin Júlio , Peres-da-Rosa David , Cazaroto Bruno
Published: September 2021

Objetivo desse trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da variabilidade espacial da distribuição da palha na colheita da soja na emergência de aveia preta em sistema plantio direto. O experimento foi conduzido em uma área agrícola de 2,6 ha, sendo avaliados a quantidade de palha (kg ha-1) de soja distribuida pela colhedora, e o estande final de aveia preta (plantas m-2). Foi empregado um gride amostral de 20 pontos, sendo 10 pontos no centro da colhedora e os outros 10 nas extremidades. Nos pontos no centro da colhedora, a quantidade de palha variou de 6.424 a 12.000 kg ha-1 ( = 8.788 ± 1.669 kg ha-1), já o estande final de plantas de aveia preta variou de 165 a 212 plantas m-2 ( = 191 ± 14 plantas m-2). Nos pontos relativos às extremidades, a quantidade de palha reduziu, variando de 1.697 a 3.394 kg ha-1 ( = 2.448 ± 588 kg ha-1), e estande final de plantas de aveia preta aumentou para 267 a 306 plantas m-2 ( = 285 ± 13 plantas m-2), ou seja, redução de 72,14% na quantidade de palha e um aumento de 49,21% no estande. As variáveis analisadas apresentaram correlação forte, negativa e significativa (r = - 0,887; P ˂ 0,05), desde modo, a colhedora empregada no estudo distribui a palha desuniforme, sendo que esta ação afeta o estande final da aveia preta.
Pepino (Cucumis sativus L.) cultivado en ambiente protegido: correlaciones entre variables
Authors: Monge Pérez José Eladio
Published: September 2021

Se establecieron correlaciones de Pearson para 13 genotipos de pepino producidos bajo invernadero, entre siete variables:  longitud (cm), diámetro (mm) y peso del fruto (g), número de frutos por planta, rendimiento total y comercial (kg/m2), y porcentaje de sólidos solubles totales (°Brix).  Se presentaron ocho correlaciones de Pearson evaluadas en los 13 genotipos que fueron altas (r≥0,66) y con significancia estadística (p≤0,05), en cuyo caso se obtuvieron las regresiones lineales:  longitud y peso del fruto (r=0,99); longitud del fruto y número de frutos por planta (r=–0,79); peso del fruto y número de frutos por planta (r=–0,72); diámetro del fruto y número de frutos por planta (r=–0,79); diámetro del fruto y rendimiento total (r=–0,75); diámetro del fruto y rendimiento comercial (r=–0,84); número de frutos por planta y rendimiento comercial (r=0,76); y rendimiento total y comercial (r=0,95).  Además, se obtuvieron otras once correlaciones altas y con significancia estadística, según el tipo de pepino (largo, mediano o pequeño).  Se concluye que el tipo de pepino incluido en el análisis, influye de manera importante en el resultado de las correlaciones.
Evaluación de la red de distribución: conexión del vehículo eléctrico híbrido enchufable
Authors: Galarza-Linares Jose , Condezo-Hurtado David , Saenz-Loayza Bartolomé , Huarac-Rojas David
Published: September 2021

La evaluación de nuevas tecnologías en el sistema eléctrico es pertinente para la planificación y operación de la red eléctrica, esto permite brindar un servicio eléctrico de calidad a los usuarios finales y preservar la operación del sistema eléctrico. La presente investigación analiza la integración de los vehículos eléctricos híbridos enchufables (VEHE) en la red eléctrica de distribución, el sistema eléctrico Europeo de Baja Tensión de 906 barras del IEEE es usado como sistema de prueba, considerando el incremento de la demanda eléctrica en función de la operación, horario de carga, tecnología y autonomía de esta nueva tecnología de movilidad. A través de una metodología analítico-no experimental, los siguientes factores fueron analizados: variación de tensión, pérdidas de energía eléctrica e incremento de la demanda en el mediano y largo plazo. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que para niveles de irrupción de esta nueva tecnología es necesario repotenciar la red eléctrica actual para preservar las condiciones de operación estables del sistema eléctrico y cumplir con la normativa del sector eléctrico, los resultados muestran que la conexión masiva y sin control tiene una gran repercusión en la operación de la red eléctrica.
Etude de Perception de l’employabilité chez les étudiants issus des établissements à accès régulé dans le secteur public au Maroc : vers un style pédagogique favorisant l’autonomie
Authors: Issam Melhaoui , Said Balhadj
Published: September 2021

L’intérêt porté à la pédagogie universitaire et à l’employabilité des jeunes diplômés, réside dans l’ambition d’améliorer la qualité du système éducatif. Et ce, par une mise en question rigoureuse sur le style pédagogique autonomisant du professeur, et son incidence sur les déterminants individuels de l’employabilité. Le présent travail vise à étudier l’effet potentiel du style pédagogique autonomisant sur la perception de l’employabilité des étudiants. Afin de confronter les aboutissements théoriques à la réalité marocaine, nous avons mené une étude qualitative auprès des étudiants en fin de parcours issus des écoles publiques à accès régulé du secteur Commerce, Gestion, et Sciences de l’ingénieur. Les résultats montrent qu’effectivement les jeunes étudiants sont plus susceptible de développer des caractéristiques individuelles et des compétences d’employabilité par la perception d’un style pédagogique autonomisant.

The interest in university pedagogy and the undergraduate’s employability lies in the ambition to improve the quality of the educational system. This is done through a rigorous questioning of the autonomy supportive teaching style and its impact on the individual determinants of employability. The present work aims to investigate the potential effect of autonomy supportive teaching style on students' perceived employability. In order to confront the theoretical findings with the Moroccan reality, we conducted a qualitative study with undergraduates from public schools with regulated access in the business, management, and engineering sectors. The results show that young students are indeed more likely to develop individual characteristics and employability skills through the perception of autonomy supportive teaching style.
Modelling Macroeconomic and Bank-Specific Determinants of Credit Risk in the Nigerian Banking Sector: Evidence from Bounds Test Approach to Co-Integration
Authors: Duruibe Stanley C. , Nwezeaku Nathaniel C. , Akujuobi Aghalugbulam B.C. , Ogoke Sampson Ikenna , Nwabeke Chidinma Elizabeth
Published: September 2021

Credit risk, represented in this study by the ratio of non-performing loans to total loan (NPL), is considered as one of the critical factors that causes bank distress and failure. This study examines the macroeconomic and bankspecific determinants of credit risk in the Nigerian Banking sector from the period 1998Q1 to 2018Q4 using the bounds test approach to co-integration. Literature survey in this subject area using Google Scholar resources reveals that there seems to be a consensus of findings in terms of the negative relationship between credit risk and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate, while other macroeconomic and bank-specific factors tend to have a random pattern relationship with credit risk attributable to various countries’ economic peculiarities. This study shows that GDP growth rate, return on asset, return on equity, interest rate, unemployment rate, and real exchange rate have a negative relationship with NPL. On the other hand, inflation rate, loan deposit ratio, and ratio of bank capital to asset have positive relationship with NPL. The relationships between the three variables and NPL were found to be individually insignificant to explain credit risk trends in the long run. Moreover, the Wald short-run causality test reveals that the macroeconomic and bank specific indicators jointly influence credit risk in the Nigeria banking sector in the short run. This study, however, recommends that since the macroeconomic and bank specific factors were found to be individually insignificant to explain credit risk trend in the long run, consideration should be accorded to some psychological, political, and socioeconomic factors such as the borrower’s attitude, business climate, social dislocations and distortions, availability of good infrastructural facilities, and the direction of government policies. These factors can affect borrowers’ ability to honor their debt obligations and, thus, determine the level of credit risk in the Nigerian economy.
Retour d’emigration, Enjeux Fonciers et Defi de Developpement a Zoukougbeu et Gregbeu (Centre-Ouest, Côte d’Evoire)
Authors: Séverin Mlan Konan , Ernest Yao Kouassi , Boris Zamble Bi Zamblé
Published: September 2021

La crise politico-militaire de 2010 en Côte d’Ivoire a affecté les flux migratoires dans certaines régions du pays. On a assisté au retour massif de certaines populations dans leurs régions d’origine. Cette étude explore la question de la réinsertion des émigrants dans le jeu foncier de leur zone de départ, et met en exergue les enjeux sociaux liés à leur réintégration. L’étude vise à appréhender les stratégies développées par les populations résidentes et les émigrants dans la quête de ces derniers à intégrer l’arène foncière de leurs familles d’origine. La collecte des données a mobilisé la recherche documentaire, l’enquête par questionnaire, l’entretien et l’observation dans les sous-préfectures de Zoukougbeu et Gregbeu. L’étude relève que le retour définitif ou partiel des émigrants traduit un jeu de repositionnement, tant chez eux que chez les résidents. Le paradoxe de l’autochtone frustré par la raréfaction foncière mais qui constitue un acteur impulsant la dynamique sociale, politique et économique est expressif. En somme, cette étude invite à une politique de modernisation de l’agriculture afin que l’espoir des émigrants internes et externes (diaspora) débouche sur un retour partiel ou définitif réussi, avec des investissements productifs.

The politico-military crisis of 2010 in Ivory Coast has affected migratory flows in some regions of the country. We have seen the massive return of some populations to their regions of origin. This study explores the question of the reintegration of emigrants into the land game of their area of departure, and highlights the social issues linked to their reintegration. The study aims to understand the strategies developed by resident populations and emigrants in the latter's quest to integrate the land arena of their families of origin. Data collection involved documentary research, questionnaire survey, interview and observation in the sub-prefectures of Zoukougbeu and Gregbeu. The study notes that the final or partial return of emigrants reflects a repositioning game, both for them and for residents. The paradox of the native frustrated by land scarcity but who is an actor driving social, political and economic dynamics is expressive. In short, this study calls for a policy of modernizing agriculture so that the hope of internal and external emigrants (diaspora) leads to a successful partial or final return, with productive investments.
Examining the Theme: A Healthy Work Place and its Role in Promoting Work Place Health
Authors: Abumere Flourish Itulua
Published: September 2021

Workplace health promotion initiatives that aim to improve employees' health and fitness have steadily increased throughout time. Previous studies have looked at the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and barriers to participating in workplace health promotion. The number of studies supporting the effectiveness of workplace health promotion in improving employees' health and well-being through changing their health behaviors is rising. This paper focuses on the importance of workplace health promotion in assuring employees' general well-being and the relevance of these perspectives in dealing with workplace illness prevention.
Great Power Politics in Post-Cold War Period: The Ukraine Crisis of 2014
Authors: Nankobe Vitalis Mbah
Published: September 2021

The Ukraine Crisis of 2014 which led to the annexation of Crimea by Russia has been one of the worst European issues since the end of the Cold War. NATO’s relations with Russia have worsened ever since Russian troops invaded and annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014. This paper examines why Russia intervened and eventually annexed Crimea during the Ukraine crisis through theoretical approaches in IR (international relations). In addition, the paper also discusses the consequences of Russia’s actions in Crimea during the Ukraine Crisis of 2014. This paper argues that Russia intervened and annexed Crimea during the Ukraine Crisis of 2014 because of NATO’s expansion policy in eastern Europe. The study was conducted using a qualitative and a non-positivist approach to research (interpretivist) which is centered on the humanistic view of the social sciences. On the one hand, the findings of this study support my central thesis; it revealed that NATO’s expansion policy in eastern Europe was the cause of Russia’s actions in Crimea during the Ukraine Crisis of 2014. On the other hand, the findings of this study revealed that there are alternative factors that also motivated Russia to intervene and annex Crimea from Ukraine such as nationalism, identity, and Russia’s quest for great power status. Further, Russia’s invasion and eventual annexation of Crimea without the consent of Ukrainian authorities had several consequences. For instance, it caused tension between Russia and NATO, increased military spending, and led to numerous international sanctions.
The Impact of Students` Needs and Interests on Vocabulary Acquisition in a Private University in Georgia (A Case of Georgian Higher Education Institution)
Authors: Mshvidobadze Tamta , Pipia Ekaterine
Published: September 2021

The aim of this research was to measure the impact of students` interest-based materials on vocabulary skills development through a twotailed quasi-experiment. Contemporary classrooms with digital natives seeking 21st-century skills require many significant changes in the instructional process. Being put in a democratic, student-centered environment, students have to be granted the opportunity to personalize their learning process. The issue of adjusting and tailoring materials to learners` needs, demands, and interests is widely considered daunting for teachers all over the world. The presented article highlights the importance of designing contextualized materials and adjusting materials to learners` interests and needs to achieve desired learning outcomes. The statistical data were gathered using a two-tailed quasi-experimental design in two control and two experimental groups through pre, while, and post-tests, and analyzed by paired samples tests. The study revealed that vocabulary acquisition is influenced significantly when materials are designed according to students` interests and needs.
The US State-Building Failure in Afghanistan
Authors: Afzal Osman Mohammed
Published: September 2021

The almost nineteen years of international troops’ presence and their support and donations to strengthen a democratic state in Afghanistan were in vain. The state-building process began with the toppling of a retrogressive regime, which was considered the base of al-Qaeda leaders who masterminded the 9/11 attacks in the United States. Within 20 years, the Afghan government could not use the opportunities made available by the international community and the US presence in the country. Although most criticisms are leveled at the United States for this state-building failure, on the contrary, its roots in Afghanistan can be precisely traced back to the central government. In other words, the state-building failure in Afghanistan has inner flaws. The blame is not attributable to its international allies regarding the fragility of the state and decay of democracy. This article illustrates how state-building at the pivotal centre of democracy failed in Afghanistan. The main hurdles of state-building are also scrutinised.
INOVASI GURU MADRASAH DINIYAH DALAM MENGATASI PROBLEMATIKA PEMBELAJARAN BACA TULIS AL-QUR’AN DI ERA COVID 19
Authors: Wijartini Vina
Published: September 2021

Abstract

The phenomenon of online learning has resulted in problems for the environment for administering Madrasah diniyah education by pursuing various innovations to create and implement quality Al-Qur'an reading and writing learning as a form of the existence of institutions in the Covid-19 era. This research was designed with a descriptive qualitative method. Data collection is done by collecting books or references that are relevant and accurate, as well as reading and studying to obtain data or conclusions related to the discussion. While the validity of this research data using observation and document analysis. The results of this study include several innovations that teachers can create and implement during the online learning concept: Learning from Home: Collaboration between Schools and Parents, Online Learning as an Opportunity as well as a Challenge and Blended Learning Learning Models in the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Keywords: Innovation, Learning, Coronavirus Desease (COVID-19)
A EFEKTIVITAS MODEL BLENDED LEARNING DALAM MENINGKATKAN HAFALAN HADIS PESERTA DIDIK DI SDIT MUTIARA CENDEKIA LUBUKLINGGAU
Authors: NURSYAMSIAH PENI
Published: September 2021

ABSTRACT

Hadith memorization is one aspect that needs to be improved. However, during the Covid-19 pandemic, the quality of students' memorization of hadith experienced a decline. The blended learning model is the learning alternative chosen by SDIT Mutiara Cendekia Lubuklinggau. The blended learning model is a combination of face-to-face and online learning models. This study used a paired sample T-test. The mean value of the pre-test and post-test between the experimental and control groups was 40.48 with a standard deviation of 10.607. The significance value received is 0.000, it is said that Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected, which means that there is a significant difference between the two.
RELEVANSI BELA NEGARA TERHADAP PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM (Studi Pandangan Siswa SMK Penerbangan AAG Adisucipto Yogyakarta)
Authors: Hoerul
Published: September 2021

Berawal dari rencana pemerintah mengadakan latihan bela negara yang dilaksanakan oleh kementerian pertahanan tahun 2015, latihan bela negara merupakan kewajiban yang sudah melekat di setiap warga negara dan merupakan sebuah kewajiban yang harus dilakukan untuk mempertahankan dan  mencintai tanah air kesatuan republik Indonesia. Maka, untuk menanamkan rasa nasionalisme bagi peserta didik tidak semuanya diserahkan kepada guru pendidikan kewarganegaraan saja, melainkan menjadi tanggung jawab bersama dilingkungan sekolah termasuk bagi guru Pendidikan Agama Islam dengan cara melakukan integrasi materi antara Pendidikan Agama Islam dengan nilai Nasionalisme ( bela negara) sehingga penanaman rasa nasionalisme dikalangan peserta didik akan semakin mudah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) Mengetahui pandangan siswa SMK Penerbangan AAG Adisucipto mengenai nilai-nilai bela negara yang terkandung dalam mata palajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam, (2) Mendeskripsikan alasan siswa SMK Penerbangan AAG Adisucipto mengenai nilai-nilai bela negara yang terkandung dalam mata pelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam.

   Penelitian ini merupakan filed research atau penelitian lapangan. Teknik pengumpulan data penelitian ini adalah berupa wawancara dan dokumentasi. Untuk menentukan subjek penelitian, peneliti menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Wawancara yang dilakukan adalah wawancara yang bersifat terpimpin kepada 10 orang responden dengan berbentuk lisan, Sebagai penguji keabsahan data penulis menggunakan triangulasi sumber yaitu, Siswa, Guru, Jurnal, media cetak dan buku.

Setelah dilakukan penelitian, dengan mengambil 10 pandangan siswa mengenai relevansi bela negara terhadap Pendidikan Agama Islam. Didapatkan kesimpulan bahwa adanya kandungan nilai bela negara dalam Pendidikan Agama Islam antara lain seperti : keselarasan semangat membela tanah air dengan materi pembelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam, dan kesamaan isi kandungan Al-Qur’an dengan makna yang terkandung dalam isi UUD 1945.
ACTIVITY OF A NEW SUTURE MATERIAL IMPREGNATED WITH MIRAMISTIN
Authors: Mosolova A. V , Klimova L. G , Sukovatykh B. S , Zatolokina M. A , Semykin D. A , Zatolokina E. S
Published: September 2021

Introduction. In emergency surgery, one of the most important problems is to prevent the occurrence of suture failure in the area of surgical intervention. Accordingly, to prevent the development of infection in the area of surgery, it is promising to search for a universal suture material that has a long-lasting antiseptic effect. Materials and methods. The experiment was performed under in vitro and in vivo conditions. The examined samples of suture material were studied on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd days of the experiment. Results. As a result of in vitro studies, it was found that all the presented samples of sutu re material that have an antiseptic miramistin on their surface have biocidal activity. According to the in vivo study, the greatest antiseptic effect was shown by filaments coated with miramistin at a concentration of 20 % against all strains of microorganisms. Conclusions. The results of the study indicate the prospects of using a suture material coated with miramistin.
Glorify God with Your Body: An Exegesis on 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 and Its Implication for the Christian Life during Pandemic Covid-19
Authors: Widjaya Yesaya Adhi
Published: September 2021

In the current situation of life which is very difficult because of the pandemic Covid-19 and its consequences, the urgency for Christian to live holy is inevitable. The complexity and the problem of life were also evidence in 1st Corinthians. However, the attempt to exegete the certain passage of 1st Corinthians related to the current situation and considered the 1st Corinthians text as an encouragement for Christians to glorify God with our body has not yet been enough. Thus, it is prominent to ask the question as how Christian should live in this live with their body? This article aims to exegete 1st Corinthians 6:12-20 and demonstrate that this passage will in truly encourage every Christian to glorify God with their body in this difficult time. The first step is to translate the text directly from the Greek text. The second step is to demonstrate the structure and the exegesis of the text by analysing the grammar with its historical context. The third step which is parallel to the second step is to figure out the theological principles and their practical exhortation. The last step is the conclusion of this research and the application for the current life context. This research will employ the literature study by examine the commentary and journal articles which are relevant to the theme.
Faith Learning Integration: A Case Study of Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics Lecturers’ Teaching Practices
Authors: Siahaan Meri Fuji
Published: September 2021

Faculty members of a private Christian Teachers College in Tangerang have been assigned to integrate faith and learning. The purpose of this research was to describe Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics lecturers’ practices of faith learning integration on their teachings. Five lecturers including two lecturers teaching Physics, and the others each teaching Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics were involved in this research. Two student teachers contributed as well in the research. The data were derived from interview with five faculty members and collecting their course syllabus along with the interview with two student teachers. Descriptive qualitative research with a case study approach was employed. The data were described and analyzed in the light of the current literatures. The findings showed that those five faculty members have been implementing faith learning integration on their teaching with a pedagogy of transferring new information. This paper suggests faculty to go beyond faith learning integration and to focus on learning as formation of heart and desire.
Late Soviet Sociology about Old Age and Gender: There Were Theoretical Insights
Authors: Zdravomyslova Elena
Published: September 2021

The focus of the article is construction of old age and gender in the late Soviet sociology. The author is engaged in secondary analysis of the texts based on the empirical research conducted in the 1970s-1980s. The author argues that Soviet sociologists produced empirically based knowledge about Soviet elderly, which contradicted with ideological claims of the party state. Their texts were balancing between ideological loyalty and positivist knowledge. Researchers were well informed about international sociological discussion of the time: they criticized ‘bourgeois’ disengagement theory of ageing and hailed active ageing paradigm. Empirical studies confirmed however that the life of Soviet elderly was very different from the normative model of active ageing Soviet style. Not many aged citizens were engaged in social activities, most of them experienced shortage of contacts, loneliness and social exclusion. Biographical passage to retirement has been fearful and traumatic experience with lack of institutional help and family care as the preferred option. Men showed more vulnerability to the losses of retirement than women did who are claimed to be better adapted to the life outside paid job due to the Soviet gender contract. Thus, Soviet sociologists in fact were critical to the elderly care regime of the late-Soviet period, though expressed their criticisms in the veiled way under the disguise of the ideological clichés. Though Soviet sociological research was mostly policy oriented and is criticized for its ‘theoretical poverty’, the author argues that certain theoretical insights are fruitful and relevant for the current research on ageing in Russian society.
Trust in a Pandemic: Save Cannot Be Changed. What Does the Region Feel?
Authors: Guzhavina Tatiana
Published: September 2021

Trust as a system-forming factor of social relations during crisis situations is tested for strength. This was most pronounced when studying the state of trust in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, which has engulfed almost the entire planet. The article examines the situation with trust, using the example of a regional community. The source of empirical data was the results of several surveys of the population of the Vologda Oblast conducted by researchers of the VolRC RAS for the period from2016 to 2020. in the course of the implementation of scientific projects on grants from the RFBR The data obtained on the basis of comparable methods in the period before the pandemic and at the end of its second wave are analyzed. The purpose of the article is to carry out a comparative analysis of the available statistical data and to identify the changes that have occurred in the level and structure of trust in the region’s population. The paper concludes that in the context of a pandemic, the existing level of generalized trust, the existing structure and its radius have generally remained. At the same time, certain changes were revealed in the sphere of abstract trust or, to use the terminology of E. Giddens, trust in “anonymous others”. The changes concerned primarily the priorities in choosing the addressees of trust. The observed changes reflected the pain points of society during the crisis. Trust in doctors and teachers, expert scientists has fallen. The sharp decline in the level of trust in them can be seen as a kind of expression of protest against the difficult situation in education and health care, which has developed as a result of the pandemic and self-isolation. Trust in government institutions remains stable, which to a certain extent symbolize the stability of social structures and take responsibility in the current situation.
Personal Characteristics and Social Well-Being of Entrepreneurs as a Resource for Adaptation to Changes
Authors: Atanasova Anna , Mozgovaya Alla
Published: September 2021

The methodological basis of the study is a sociological approach that considers entrepreneurship as a socially significant activity, and the entrepreneur as a subject of this activity. The authors relate the analysis of the data of the all-Russian selective monitoring study with the understanding of the connection between the focus and nature of adaptation and the personality characteristics of adapters. The object of direct study is the respondents of the target population, the main criterion for the formation of which was the self-identification of the respondent, self-determination, and correlation with the status of an entrepreneur. The aim of the study was to analyze and evaluate a number of personality traits specific to an entrepreneur in terms of their resource capacity for productive adaptation to the accelerating pace of changes in the conditions of everyday and social life.
The monitoring research toolkit contained questions that made it possible to get an idea of the presence of certain attitudes and personal qualities in the surveyed contingent of respondents that distinguished entrepreneurs as active adapters. The indicators were grouped into several blocks: sociodemographic characteristics of respondents, industry profile and characteristics of enterprises; personal characteristics of entrepreneurs; social self-identification and social well-being of entrepreneurs. The analysis showed that a powerful resource for adapting to constant changes in the environment for entrepreneurs are their personal qualities: the subjective value of freedom of actions and decisions, focus on self-realization, personal growth and development, responsibility and attitude towards independent decision-making in problematic situations. High self-esteem of professionalism is also a significant resource for adaptation to uncertainty, transformations, changes and risks that form in the course of the development of these processes. The social well-being of entrepreneurs is unsatisfactory in terms of a number of important indicators, which significantly reduces their adaptive potential. In particular, material wealth, status (respect) in the society, legal protection and security, confidence in the stability of employment and welfare are rated by entrepreneurs as low.
Attitude to Immigrants in the Mass Consciousness of Europeans (using the example of secondary analysis of ESS 2016 data). Part 2
Authors: Zhavoronkov Alexander , Voronina Natalia
Published: September 2021

In the second part of the article, the problem of positioning in the space of society ten clusters obtained in the study of European countries in 2016 is solved. The internal structure of clusters is considered by combining the patterns of deviations in the vectors of estimates of immigration, depending on the social characteristics of the carriers of these estimates. For this purpose, the method of formalizing the series of frequency deviations by the Student’s criterion, dispersion, correlation, regression, entropy analyzes, the method of constructing decision trees, tested in previous works of the authors, have been applied. A feature of this approach is going beyond the boundaries of a narrow consideration of paired relationships of features. The direction and force of deviation from some points of the centers of a stable state of activity of mass behaviour and assessments of mass consciousness in the studied area is considered in a broad context of indicators. This makes it possible to construct two-dimensional landscape maps of the vectors of activity deviation and assessments in different clusters of countries presented in the first part of the article and makes it possible to arrive at ideas about the action of common factors of social semantics that determine both the unity and the variety of phenomena found in the ESS-2016 study.
Social Integration of Migrants from Central Asia and other post-Soviet States (Comparative Study)
Authors: Tolmacheva Anastasia
Published: September 2021

The article examines the relationship between migrants to Russia and the host society, using surveys taken in the spring of 2017 and in the autumn of 2020. According to German-speaking authors, social integration is one of the stages of forming comprehensive integration of foreigners. Public opinion surveys show that migrants from Central Asia are the most undesirable for Russians. That is why the article gives comparative study of social integration of immigrants from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan compared to other post-Soviet states (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine). The central focus is given to migrants’ self-perception of their place in the Russian society and to evaluation of quality of interpersonal interaction with the citizens.
The results obtained from the study show that migrants from Central Asia are the least integrated into the host society and more oriented towards the sending state compared to migrants from other countries. Also, despite reasonable Russian language proficiency, migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan communicate with the representatives of their own ethnos in every aspect of their lives more often than migrants from other Soviet republics. At the same time, they identify themselves with the citizens of Russia less frequently.
The reason for such low social integration of Central Asian migrants compared to other migrant groups could be their desire to return to their homeland and that they may view migration to Russia just as a way of survival in the unfavourable conditions in their country of origin.
Modern society development of: the place of culture in the choice of the future
Authors: Danilov Alexander N.
Published: September 2021

The article deals with the actual problems of the development of modern society. Based on the analysis and understanding of sociological works on this subject, an attempt was made to reveal the mechanism for choosing the future and the place of culture in this process. The consumer society that dominates the world today is often viewed as the only possible perspective of modern civilization, and its ideals and values ​​are presented as a role model. It is assumed that the value attitudes of such a society have a number of advantages over the values ​​of other social and cultural types of organization of public life and open up unlimited opportunities for economic development for those regions that accept them. However, the problems that arise in the course of their implementation are becoming more and more obvious. The question is, if these problems are transient difficulties in the movement of the consumer society towards triumph on a worldwide scale, or if they testify to its historical limitations and to the far from unconditional universality of its value orientations. The answer to this question is especially important for the societies where this type of organization of socio-economic and cultural life is not historically organic, and other development prospects are possible.

The future is multivariate, but limited by the framework of the previous development of the system and its current state. Social sciences, humanities are lagging behind in comprehending rapid and global changes. It is promising to study the changes taking place in various spheres of modern culture, where new meanings and values ​​of life are emerging, providing a new type of civilizational development. The article examines the classical approaches to the structure of sociality, including its new type, which can be called, according to E. Durkheim, "divine social". It is stated that in the XXI c. a new generation has grown up, that cannot be called lost, infantile, split. It adheres to its ideals, is focused on changes and wants to live in a world where its opinions are taken into account, where social justice is a priority. The author shows the importance of studying the mechanism and motives for choosing the new, the role of the clash of cultures in this process, the conflict of values, the emergence and rooting of new life meanings.
Social adaptation of the younger and older generations of workers in modern Russia
Authors: Bessokirnaya Gallina P.
Published: September 2021

A comparative analysis of the social adaptation of the younger and older generations of workers in modern Russia is undertaken based on the combined RLMS-HSE data set (1994–2019) and the primary data of two studies at a specific industrial enterprise. Intergenerational differences in the effectiveness of social adaptation of two generations of Russian workers during 2006–19 is studied. The younger generation includes workers born in 1985 and later. Their socialization was carried out mainly already in post-Soviet Russia, and the entry into working age took place in the 2000s. The older generation is formed by workers born no later than 1984. To assess the effectiveness of social adaptation of two generations of workers, indicators of satisfaction with work, material situation and life in general is used. The ways of market adjustment, that served as additional sources of income, are considered. Particular attention is paid to the dynamics of the social adaptation of workers in 2014–19, that is, against the background of a decrease in real money incomes of the population. During these years, along with the dynamics of the most important indicators of the social well-being of workers at a particular industrial enterprise in Omsk (the regional center of the Russian Federation), the dynamics of three active ways of their social adaptation (agricultural labor on a land plot, secondary employment, educational activity) are revealed. It has been found that intergenerational differences in the effectiveness of social adaptation of Russian workers are insignificant, and since 2013 there have been no statistically significant differences in job satisfaction and satisfaction with the material situation. In 2015-16 and in 2019, there were also no intergenerational differences in life satisfaction in general. The work shows that the social and economic situation in the country has a predominant impact on the social adaptation of the younger and older generations of workers. Important factors that determine the success of social adaptation are the living conditions at the place of residence (in a settlement of a certain type) and the general situation at the main job.
Mortality as a social problem: 2001–2017
Authors: Voronin Gennady L.
Published: September 2021

The article presents a sociological analysis of the mortality rate of the population of post-Soviet Russia. The socio-demographic characteristics of respondents who passed away due to diseases of the circulatory system, respiratory system, cancer, suicide, homicide, external causes and due to the old age are analyzed. Statistical data of Rosstat (2018) and sociological databases of RLMS-HSE (2001–2017) are used as an empirical basis, the results of the analysis are consistent. In the conditions of Russia's depopulation, not only the health of an individual is important, but also the health of the nation as a whole. As the analysis reveals, only 5% of the population of modern Russia die of old age, while 95% of deaths are a consequence of social factors. In the opinion of the author the reasons for this situation are the optimization of the Russian health care system, the "modernization" of the economy, a dangerous ecological situation, degradation of the institutions of family and marriage, of the educational institutions, unemployment, low incomes of the population, etc. The article analyses the social factors affecting the causes of death of men and women, socio-demographic portraits of the deceased are given. The author demonstrates the unfolding demographic catastrophe of modern Russia - a decrease in the birth rate and an increase in mortality, that will inevitably be followed by an economic collapse and social chaos. The analyzed problem is not unique and characteristic only for Russia. This catastrophe looms over the countries of Eastern Europe and the Baltic states.

The data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey by the National Research University Higher School of Economics and Demoscope LLC with the participation of the Population Center of the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) and the Institute of Sociology of the Federal Research Sociological Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) was used as an empirical sociological basis for the study.
Diagnosis of Statin-Induced Necrotizing Myopathy: Contribution of Anti-HMGCR Antibodies
Authors: Fidalgo Cláudia , Mendes Alice , Cunha Rosário , Rodrigues Fernando
Published: September 2021

Over the last few years, several cases of statin-induced necrotizing myopathy have been described. This myopathy is characterized by the necrosis of muscle fibers and the presence of anti-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (anti-HMGCR) antibodies. Although the diagnosis of myopathies relies on muscle biopsy, which is considered the gold-standard, the search for autoantibodies has proved to be an essential contribution to the diagnosis of immune-mediated myopathies. The detection of anti-HMGCR antibodies in the patient’s serum can be performed by enzyme immunoassays, and more recently, by imunofluorescence. As for the latter, the detection of anti-HMGCR antibodies is performed on tissue sections by indirect immunofluorescence and is characterized by a typical fluorescence pattern called “HMGCR Associated Liver IFL Pattern”. The authors present two case reports that show the importance of diagnosing statin-induced necrotizing myopathy as quickly as possible and the contribution of anti-HMGCR antibody detection for the diagnosis.
Trajetória hipotética de aprendizagem como recurso para a formação de professores
Authors: Oliveira Julio Cezar Rodrigues de , Ferreira Pamela Emanueli Alves
Published: September 2021

O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar um ensaio teórico e discutir aspectos de uma Trajetória Hipotética de Aprendizagem (THA) com vistas a subsidiar práticas de professores de Matemática em formação inicial ou continuada. O estudo se trata de uma pesquisa qualitativa e, à luz de pressupostos teóricos de Martin Simon busca-se argumentar a respeito da elaboração de THAs como um recurso estratégico metodológico que possibilita aos docentes em formação (ou em exercício) organizarem seus planejamentos escolares a partir de um processamento hipotético. Para atingir estes objetivos são apresentados: aspectos teóricos da THA; uma THA sobre o ensino de Logaritmos; uma discussão a respeito do processo de sua elaboração como estratégia de formação. Como resultado infere-se que as THAs oportunizam aos docentes em formação analisarem aspectos que delimitam suas práticas de modo articulado, se envolverem em um processo de reflexão e tomada de decisão sobre seu exercício profissional. As análises e reflexões se amparam no argumento de a THA se revelar como um potencial recurso para a formação docente por apresentar carácter instrumentalizador, flexível, interativo, previsor, problematizador, dinâmico.
Spawning Potential Ratio (SPR) Approach as a Management Measure of Skipjack Sustainability Record from Cilacap Fishing Port, Central Java, Indonesia
Authors: Yonvitner Yonvitner , Boer Mennofatria , Kurnia Rahmat
Published: September 2021

Highlight Research:Spawning potential ratio (SPR) based on the length and frequency data is a substitution approach for data-poor management in fisheriesGonad maturity is an indicator to ensure recruitment and stock sustainability. Therefore important to evaluate the impact of fishing capture on the size and length of fishSpawning potential ratio of skipjack relatively low and potential medium impact on risk sustainability AbstractWhen data is limited, management measurement from fisheries makes it possible to use natural history data to analyze the potential spawning ratio (SPR). This research aimed to determine skipjack fish management measure from the Indian Ocean landed at Cilacap Fishing Port through the SPR approach. The study was conducted in December 2014 to March 2015 using length and reproduction data. The analysis consisted of the size structure, growth rate, and asymptotic length that were analyzed using FISAT II program and length at fifty percent maturity (Lm50). The SPR analysis used SPR software from the application in http://barefootecologist.com.au/lbspr. The size distributions of skipjack obtained were a length of 220-790 mm and an average dominant length of 311-371 mm. The asymptotic length obtained was 831.57 mm, with growth rate and natural mortality of 1.1 and 1.44 per year respectively. The population proportion of 50% reaching gonad maturity (Lm50) was found at a length of 494.75 mm and (Lm95 = 522.39 mm) with an M/k ratio of 1.309. The length selectivity level was caught 50% (SL50 = 317.36 mm) and 95% (SL95 = 373.1 mm). The spawning potential ratio (SPR) ranged from 2-4 with an average of 4% during observation. The SPR potential, which is lower from the standardized threshold of 40%, indicates many young fish populations are caught, and the potential for overfishing is high, high risk, and low sustainability.