bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Thirty-six Years of Award-winning Vegetable Publication Excellence in ASHS Journals
Authors: Barchenger Derek W.
Published: April 2024

The American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) Vegetable Publication Award, established in 1985, recognizes the author(s) of the outstanding paper on vegetable crops each year published in ASHS journals by an ASHS member. The goal is to encourage better quality research and more effective communication through writing and publication. Manuscripts published in any of the three ASHS journals are eligible to receive the award. To date, of the 36 awarded papers, 86.5% of the awarded papers were published in the Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science and 13.5% in HortScience, and no publications in HortTechnology have received the award. Authors from 25 states have received the Vegetable Publication Award, with Florida having the most recipients (eight), followed by California (four), Wisconsin (four), Michigan (three), and Illinois (three). In addition, the Vegetable Publication Award has been presented to papers with authors from Israel (two), Canada (two), and one each from Belgium, Brazil, China, Italy, Japan, and the Netherlands. There is some association between commodities that were the subject of the awarded papers and the highest value vegetable commodities in the United States. Eight of the awarded papers reported studies on tomato (ranked first for value in the United States), four on lettuce (ranked second), and three each on broccoli, (ranked fifth) and sweet corn (ranked seventh). Most of the awarded papers covered topics related to plant physiology and response to stress (18 papers), followed by breeding and genetic resources (eight papers); nutraceuticals, aroma, and volatiles (five papers); genetics and gene mapping (three papers); postharvest (two papers); and only one winning paper focused on production systems.
Evaluating the Impact of Intensifying Treatment from Human to Analogue Insulin on Glycaemic Control and Insulin Expenditure in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Authors:   Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia, Hussin Siti Aisyah , Mohamad Nur Aimi ,   Department of Pharmacy, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia, Othman Mohd Khairi ,   Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia, Wan Mohamed Wan Mohd Izani ,   Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
Published: April 2024

Background: Achieving good glycaemic control is essential to reducing the risk of diabetes complications. Insulin is the most effective therapy for achieving good glycaemic control; however, it is associated with a higher risk of hypoglycaemia, especially with human insulin. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of intensification from human to analogue insulin and its added cost. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM). Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who underwent intensification for at least 3 months from human to analogue insulin were included in this study. The patients’ medical records, haemoglobin A1c (Hba1c) and fasting blood sugar (FBS) were retrieved. The total cost pre- and post-intensification of insulin was obtained from the pharmacy database. Differences in HbA1c, FBS and total insulin cost pre- and post-intensification were analysed. Results: A total of 163 patients with T2DM who had intensification from human to analogue insulin were included in this study. HbA1c and FBS levels were significantly lower in analogue insulin. However, the differences were not clinically significant, as the mean reduction in HbA1c was less than 0.5%. Meanwhile, the total costs of analogue insulin for 3 months were higher. Conclusion: There were no clinically significant improvements in patients’ HbA1c and FBS after the intensification of insulin, despite the extra costs spent. Hence, it is vital to choose the right group of patients to receive an insulin analogue to maximise its benefit but at the most optimal cost.
Autonomy, Resilience and Life Satisfaction among Badminton Paralympians
Authors:   Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Poh Li Lau , Siew Li Goh ,   Sports and Exercise Medicine Research and Education Centre, Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Emily Kui Ling Lau ,   Department of English Language, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Garry Kuan ,   Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia, Yee Cheng Kueh ,   Biostatistics and Research Methodology Unit, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia, Ngan Ling Wong ,   Department of Asian and European Languages, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Published: April 2024

Background: People with disabilities are marginalised in mainstream culture and they also experience increased restrictions in a variety of areas, such as sport. The barriers they encounter may adversely affect their life satisfaction, especially if they have a low perceived sense of autonomy and resilience. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between autonomy, resilience and life satisfaction in para-badminton athletes and the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between autonomy and life satisfaction. Methods: Data were collected from 137 para-badminton athletes (male: 65.0% and female: 35.0%). Self-reported measures were used to assess the participants’ autonomy, resilience and life satisfaction levels. Results: A structural equation model analysis was performed; the model had sufficient fit indices (comparative fit index [CFI] = 0.94, root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.06, standardised root mean square residual [SRMR] = 0.07). The findings showed that autonomy had a significant effect on resilience (β = 0.32, P = 0.001). Further, resilience had a significant effect on life satisfaction (β = 0.19, P = 0.011) and significantly mediated the effect of autonomy on life satisfaction (β = 021, P = 0.033). Conclusion: This study revealed that autonomy fosters resilience among athletes, in turn allowing them to achieve greater life satisfaction. Therefore, society and sport communities should actively seek ways to improve the autonomy and resilience levels of athletes with disabilities.
Detection of Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Genes and Its Clinical Outcomes in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Malaysia
Authors:   Hospital Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia, Wan Mahmud Wan Norliyana , Hassan Siti Asma’ ,   Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia, Abd Rahman Zaidah ,   Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia, Wan Abdul Wahab Wan Nor Amilah ,   School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia, Ismail Nabilah ,   Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
Published: April 2024

Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The dramatic increase in in-vitro resistance of antimicrobial agents, particularly beta-lactams and macrolides, makes pneumococcal infections difficult to treat. The aim of this study was to describe the drug resistance rate, assess the prevalence of macrolideresistant genes and review the clinical complications of pneumococcal infections among patients presented to Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Kelantan, Malaysia. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. All S. pneumoniae isolates collected from clinical specimens within a 1-year period were subjected to selected antimicrobial susceptibility testing using E-test strips. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis was conducted to detect macrolide-resistant determinants. The patient’s clinical data were obtained from clinical notes. Results: A total of 113 patients with a positive growth of S. pneumoniae were included in the study. The most common predisposing factors among them were bronchopulmonary diseases (15.9%). The penicillin-resistant rate was 7.1%, with minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) ranging between 0.012 µg/mL and >32 µg/mL, and the erythromycin-resistant rate was 26.5%, with a MIC range of 0.03 µg/mL–> 256 µg/mL. Most of the erythromycin-resistant isolates were found to have the mef(A) gene (50.4%) and the erm(B) gene (20%); 16.7% had a combination of genes mef(A) and erm(B), and 13.3% had none of the two genes. Community-acquired pneumonia is the predominant type of pneumococcal infection. There was no significant association between the presence of macrolide resistance determinants and mortality (P = 0.837) or complications (P > 0.999 for empyema and cardiac complication; P = 0.135 for subdural abscess). Conclusion: The majority of erythromycin-resistant isolates were found to have the mef(A) gene, followed by the erm(B) gene and a combination of genes mef(A) and erm(B).
Assessment on Inpatient Glycaemic Control in General Medical Wards, Putrajaya Hospital
Authors:   Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Putrajaya, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, Malaysia, Ibrahim Nor Nadziroh , Mohd Noor Nurain ,   Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Putrajaya, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, Malaysia, Bahari Rashidah ,   Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Putrajaya, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, Malaysia, Mohamed Nor Lisa ,   Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Putrajaya, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, Malaysia, Zainal Abidin Nurul Huda ,   Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Putrajaya, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, Malaysia
Published: April 2024

Background: Inpatient hyperglycaemia is common and associated with poor outcomes such as increased mortality and prolonged hospital stay. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of inpatient hyperglycaemia and glycaemic control in Putrajaya Hospital, Malaysia. Secondary objectives were to compare the length of stay (LOS), 30-day readmission rate, and death between controlled and uncontrolled glycaemic groups. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between 1 July and 31 December 2019 among patients in medical wards who had a blood glucose (BG) level of > 7.8 mmol/L and stayed in the wards for ≥ 24 h. We retrieved information on demographics, diabetes history and BG profiles. The definition of controlled glycaemic status is when ≥ 80% of BG readings were between 4.0 mmol/L and 10.0 mmol/L during the hospital stay. Results: The prevalence of inpatient hyperglycaemia was 55.2%. There were 841 patients who met the eligibility criteria; their mean age was 60 (13.8) years old. Most (79.4%) of the patients were Malay and 53.9% were male. There were 452 (53.7%) patients in the uncontrolled group. They were younger and admitted with more kidney complications compared to those in the controlled group. The median LOS for both groups was 3 (2) days. The uncontrolled group showed a higher percentage of readmission within 30 days (7.5% versus 4.6 %) and death during admission (3.3% versus 1.6 %) (P = 0.100 and P = 0.082). Conclusion: The prevalence of inpatient hyperglycaemia was high. More than half of them had uncontrolled BG. Both groups had a similar average length of stay. The 30-day readmission rate and death during admission were higher in the uncontrolled group, although statistically not significant.
Sun Exposure and Usage of Sun Protection: Knowledge, Perception and Practice among University Students
Authors:   College of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq, Shanshal Sadeel A. , Khaleel Shahad M. ,   College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq, Hammoodi Sawsan H. ,   College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq
Published: April 2024

Background: Exposure to the sun is vital for the body but is associated with problem ranging from pigmentation to cancer. Therefore, knowledge about protective measures is critical. This study aims to assess undergraduate students’ knowledge, perception and practices towards the adverse effects of sun exposure and the usage of sun-protective measures. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between 1 September 2022 and 20 September 2022 using a web-based questionnaire. Undergraduate students from medical and non-medical colleges in Iraqi universities participated in this study. Descriptive and inferential statistics and logistic regression were performed to analyse the data. Results: A total of 655 students participated in this study. The knowledge level of more than one-half of the students (53%) was inadequate. Approximately three-quarters of the study sample used sunscreens products. Skin type was the main factor in choosing the appropriate sunscreen product. Media and advice from specialists were the main factors affecting participants’ usage of sunscreens. Gender (females), college (medical), year(s) of study (sixth), residence (urban), daily sun exposure (1 h–3 h) and less-than-normal vitamin D levels were found to be significantly associated with better knowledge (P-value < 0.05). Age, gender, being a student in medical colleges and not knowing vitamin D levels were found to be significant predictors of participants’ knowledge. Conclusion: The low level of knowledge reported among the participants’ calls for more attention from health authorities in educating the public about the harmful effects of sun exposure and the importance of adopting protective measures.
Molecular Analysis and Ex Vivo Infectivity of Seronegative Occult Hepatitis C Virus: A Study in Single Haemodialysis Centre
Authors:   Microbiology Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia, Abdul Rahman Siti Nurul Fazlin , Hamzah Hairul Aini ,   Microbiology Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia, Mustafa Mahmud Mohammed Imad A. ,   Microbiology Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia, Mat Harun Noraihan ,   Molecular and Biochemistry Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia
Published: April 2024

Background: In occult hepatitis C virus infection (OCI), hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV RNA) is detectable in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) but is not evident in serum or plasma. Understanding of OCI in patients with seronegative anti-HCV antibodies is limited. Methods: In this study, six HCV isolates from haemodialysis (HD) patients with seronegative OCI were identified by molecular assays and phylogenetic analysis. The virus infectivity was assessed ex vivo using a primary naïve PBMC culture system. HCV isolates obtained from the PBMCs of 10 patients with chronic HCV infection (CCI) were characterised concurrently and used as positive controls in the cell culture. Results: Sequence analysis of the 5ʹ untranslated region (UTR) and non-structural 5B (NS5B) region revealed that HCV genotype 3 was the most prevalent virus type in both the OCI and CCI groups. One of the occult HCV isolates was identified as a mixed type. The mean viral load (log10 RNA copies/106 cells) in the PBMC samples of the OCI group (M = 3.4, SD = 0.7) was lower than that of the CCI group (M = 4.6, SD = 1.7). Upon culture, de novo OCI-HCV replicates were detected in five out of six naïve PBMC cultures. Analysis of the replicates showed a single guanine addition in the domain III of 5’-UTR but the overall molecular structure was retained. Conclusion: Seronegative OCI is an active form of infection that replicates at a low level in PBMCs. Seronegative OCI may share the same route of transmission as CCI. The retained viral competency may have an implication for its persistence.
Investigating the Effects of Level-Specific CE-Chirp on Auditory Brainstem Response Waves in Normal Hearing Infants
Authors:   Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia, Chahed Norashikin ,   Audiology Unit, Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Ampang, Ministry of Health of Malaysia, Malaysia, Dzulkarnain Ahmad Aidil Arafat ,   Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia, Jamaluddin Saiful Adli ,   Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia
Published: April 2024

Background: Auditory brainstem response (ABR) to the level-specific (LS) CE-Chirp has been reported to provide optimum neural synchrony along cochlear partitions, theoretically improving ABR waveform resolution. Despite this promising finding, limited studies have been conducted to contrast the results between LS CE-Chirp and Click stimuli. The current study aimed to compare the results of ABR between the two stimuli (Click and LS CE-Chirp). Method: Sixty-seven normal-hearing infants, both with and without risk factors, aged less than 7 months old, participated in this study. The ABR test was conducted at 70 dBnHL using 33.3 stimulus repetition rates with both Click and LS CE-Chirp stimuli. The signal averaging was stopped at a maximum fixed signal average of 2,500 sweeps. Data were statistically compared between the two stimuli using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results: The waves I and V ABRs elicited by LS CE-Chirp exhibited significantly larger amplitudes than the Click stimulus. However, the amplitude of wave III and absolute latencies were similar in both stimuli at a supra-threshold level. Conclusion: LS CE-Chirp has the advantage of larger amplitudes than the ABR from Click at the supra-threshold level (70 dBnHL) in normal-hearing infants.
Raman Match: Application for automated identification of minerals from Raman spectroscopy data
Authors: Berrada Meryem , McFall Alan , Chen Bin
Published: April 2024

Raman spectroscopy is a rapid, nondestructive analysis technique used in various scientific disciplines, including mineralogy, chemistry, materials science, and biology. The analysis of Raman spectra and the identification of specific substances in unknown samples can be complex and time-consuming due to the large database of Raman spectra. The Raman Match application was developed to simplify and automate the sample identification process through a search and match method. The application integrates the well-established RRUFF Raman database with the Python programming language. It provides a user-friendly graphical interface to load Raman spectra, identify and fit peaks, match peaks to the reference libraries, visualize the results, and generate publication-ready figures. The application offers a swift and automated method for mineral identification using Raman spectroscopy in laboratory and field settings and during planetary exploration missions to extraterrestrial environments with constraints on time and resources.
Internal audit as a moderator of the relationship between accounting information systems and performance in Jordanian commercial banks
Authors: Alassuli Abdalla
Published: April 2024

This study aimed to find out the influence of Accounting Information Systems on the performance of Jordanian commercial banks, and the degree to which internal audit moderates this relationship. This was a current quantitative study designed to be at a descending trend of the survey conducted primarily on 12 major Jordanian banks’ accounting departments using descriptive and cross-sectional designs. From a total distribution of 358 questionnaires, 249 were returned, and after screening only 243 were deemed valid. Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used as a statistical tool for data analysis, which is appropriate when exploring convoluted relationships and testing hypotheses. The findings indicate that there is a clear positive relationship between the implementation of AIS systems and improvement in the performance metrics at Jordanian banks; thus, hypothesis 1 is corroborated at a significant level of p < 0.01. More significantly, the findings suggest that internal audit highly strengthens the positive effect of AIS on bank performance, thereby supporting hypothesis 2 at the same significance level. This dual realization reiterates the needed adoption of advanced AIS by Jordanian banks and a general improvement to the internal auditors of the mechanisms that ensure they maximize on the benefits accruing in performance. More fundamentally, the findings underscore the dire urgency to incorporate efficacious AIS alongside with robust internal audit mechanisms in banking strategies, thereby providing crucial implications for bank managers and sectoral policymakers.
Enterprise risk management and firm performance: Exploring the roles of knowledge, technology, and supply chain
Authors: Vinh Quang Le , Ngoc-Long Nguyen , Xuan Giang Pham
Published: April 2024

Risk management has become crucial for organizations in the current era. Therefore, this study assesses the impact of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) on an organization’s performance and examines how knowledge management and technology adoption mediate this impact, along with the moderating effect of supply chain resilience based on the resource-based view and dynamic capabilities theory. Utilizing a questionnaire-based survey, data were collected from 297 respondents in Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, and Dong Nai, Vietnam, by cluster random sampling. The data were statistically analyzed using the partial least squares method. The results indicated a positive effect of ERM on financial performance, while the association with non-financial performance lacked significance. Knowledge management and technology adoption fully mediated the positive impact of ERM on non-financial performance and partially mediated its relationship with financial performance. Furthermore, supply chain resilience strengthened the positive link between ERM and financial performance. In conclusion, these findings contribute to advancing the comprehension of the mechanisms and dynamics involved in knowledge management and technology adoption as mediators and supply chain resilience as a moderator, regarding an emerging country. The study enriches the risk management literature and significantly contributes to enhancing firm effectiveness.
Türkiye Ekonomisinde Tarım ve Sanayi İhraç Ürünlerinin Ekonomik Büyümeye Katkısı
Authors: Kara Mehmet Akif , Aksu Tuba , Tanış Şule
Published: April 2024

Ekonomik büyüme, ekonomik refahın en önemli belirleyicilerindendir. Ekonomik büyümeyi etkileyen faktörler arasında dış ticaret kritik bir rol oynamaktadır. Dış ticaretin önemi klasik iktisat öncesi dönemden bu yana vurgulanmıştır. İhracat artışı gerçekleştiğinde ekonomide faktör verimliliğindeki artıştan, ölçek ekonomilerinden ve pozitif dışsallıklardan elde edilen kazançlar artmakta, döviz sıkıntısı giderilerek ara ve yatırım malları ithalatı kolaylaşmakta ve yeni teknolojilerin sağlanması gibi geniş bir perspektiften ülke ekonomisini olumlu yönde etkilemektedir. Ülkelerin kritik ihraç mal ürünlerinde uzmanlaşmaları ve ihraç mal gruplarını çeşitlendirmeleri son dönemde araştırmacıların üzerinde durduğu konulardan biri olarak dikkat çekmektedir. İhracat ve ekonomik büyüme arasındaki ilişki geçmişten günümüze teorik ve uygulamalı literatürün tartıştığı temel konulardan biri olup bu çalışmada da ihracat ve ekonomik büyüme arasındaki tartışmalar incelenerek sektörel ihracatın ekonomik büyümeye katkısı belirlenmeye çalışılacaktır. Bu çerçevede bu çalışmada tarım ve sanayi ihraç ürünlerinin Türkiye ekonomisinin büyümesine katkısını belirlemek amacıyla VAR ve Johansen Eş bütünleşme Analiz kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada bağımlı değişken olarak Kişi Başına Düşen GSYİH, bağımsız değişken olarak ise Gayri Safi Sermaye Oluşumu, İşgücüne Katılım Oranı, Ar-Ge Harcaması/GSYİH ve Tarım ve İmalat Sanayi İhracat verileri kullanılmıştır. Bu veriler Dünya Bankası ve TÜİK veri tabanlarından temin edilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda tarım ve imalat sanayi ürünleri ihracatının ekonomik büyümeyi pozitif olarak etkilediği ancak sanayi ürünleri ihracatının ekonomik büyümeye katkısının daha yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir.
Yenilenebilir Enerji Tüketiminin İşsizlik Üzerindeki Etkileri: BRICS-T Ülkeleri Üzerine Ampirik Bir İnceleme
Authors: Daştan Muhammet
Published: April 2024

İşsizlik ve çevre kirliliği, çoğu ülke için uzun vadeli kalkınma hedeflerinin önündeki en büyük engellerden ikisini teşkil etmektedir. Literatürde bu iki sorunun aynı anda çözülebilmesi için ekonomik aktivitenin temel dinamiğinin fosil enerji kaynaklarından yenilenebilir enerji kaynaklarına evrilmesinin gerekliliği hususunda genel bir uzlaşı bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, 1991-2021 dönemini kapsayan yıllık veriler kullanılarak BRICS-T (Brezilya, Rusya, Hindistan, Güney Afrika ve Türkiye’de) ülkelerinde yenilenebilir enerji (YEN) tüketiminin işsizlik üzerindeki dinamik etkileri incelenmektedir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, öncelikle çalışmada tahmin edilecek ekonometrik modele dahil edilen YEN tüketimi, fosil yakıt tüketimi, ekonomik büyüme ve işsizlik değişkenleri arasındaki eş bütünleşme ilişkisi, bootstrap LM testine dayalı olarak araştırılmaktadır. Ardından, değişkenler arasındaki kısa ve uzun dönemli etkileşimler, yatay kesit bağımlılığının ve eğim heterojenliğinin söz konusu olduğu ve değişkenlerin farklı durağanlık özellikleri sergilediği durumlarda tutarlı sonuçlar üretebilen kesitsel olarak genişletilmiş ARDL (CS-ARDL) modelinden faydalanılarak analiz edilmektedir. Bootstrap LM test sonuçları, değişkenler arasında uzun dönemli eş-bütünleşme ilişkisinin bulunduğu yönünde kanıt sunmaktadır. CS-ARDL model tahmininden elde edilen sonuçlar ise YEN tüketimi ile işsizlik arasında negatif yönlü ancak istatistiki açıdan anlamsız bir ilişkinin bulunduğunu, buna karşılık ekonomik büyüme ile fosil yakıt tüketiminin işsizliği kısa ve uzun dönemde anlamlı bir şekilde azalttığını ortaya koymaktadır. Bu sonuçlar, BRICS-T ülkelerinde YEN tüketiminin işsizliği azaltacak potansiyelini gerçekleştirebilmesi için toplam enerji tüketimi içerisindeki payının henüz yeterli düzeye ulaşmadığını ve/veya söz konusu ülke ekonomilerinin geleneksel enerjiye bağlı olduğunu göstermektedir. Sonuçlar ayrıca, BRICS-T ülkelerinde Okun Yasasının geçerli olduğunu doğrulamaktadır.
The term tire (dash) in historical-linguistic and lexicographic retrospective
Authors:   N. A. Dobrolyubov State Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanov Andrey V.
Published: April 2024

The article is devoted to the study of the Russian term tire (‘dash’) and its parallel names in historiographical, etymological, semantic, functional and lexicographic aspects. The research is based on textual and lexicographic sources dating from the 18th to the 20th century, that allow us to establish the chronology of the term semantics and appearance of its parallel names. The purpose of the article is to clarify and systematize historiographical and etymological information about the term tire, to perform the historical-linguistic analysis of its semantics and functions, starting with the appearance of the first Russian grammars containing elements of a scientific approach to the coverage of linguistic facts. The article uses methods of historical-linguistic, definitional, etymological, semantic and lexicographic analysis. The dash in the function of the sign replacing the omitted parts of the utterance is found in Russian grammatical sources as early as the mid-1840s, but this sign itself does not yet have a name in this period. The terminological nomination tire, which is understood as a punctuation mark, presumably appears for the first time in 1802 in A German Grammar of I. Geym. The first lexicographic recording of the term is fixed in A Pocket book for lovers of reading Russian books… by I. Renovans and is dated 1837, however, in this case it is only about fixing the plan of term expression, but not the plan of its content, since Renovans understands the hyphen as a dash. The plan of term expression and the plan of its content begin to be unambiguously correlated in lexicographic sources, apparently, only in 1863, when in the dictionaries of K. Reif and V. Dahl, the dash in the functional-semantic aspect ceases to be associated with the outwardly similar hyphen. In scientific and theoretical sources, however, confusion continues to take place. The synonymous series including various names of the dash (molchanka as a silence sign, small line, stop sign, line, thought-separating sign) is formed in the period from 1786 to 1831. The term dvoynoye tire (‘double dash’), judging by the results of the study, first occurs in 1902 in the work by A. Pridik, and not in 1955, as previously thought.
Features of microtoponymy of the Ulyanovsk trans-Volga Region in the aspect of language contacts
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Myznikova Yanina V.
Published: April 2024

The purpose of the study is to describe the microtoponymy of the Ulyanovsk Trans-Volga region. This territory includes the left-bank part of the modern Ulyanovsk region, that is, the land between the Kuibyshev reservoir and the Bolshoi Cheremshan river. The microtoponyms are analyzed in terms of their etymology. The material for this work was extracted from records of interviews with dialect speakers from the villages of the left-bank districts in the Ulyanovsk region. We have identified different types of place names in each thematic group. The names can be motivated by appellative vocabulary, anthroponyms, natural objects as well as appellatives. Most of the microtoponyms of the Ulyanovsk Trans-Volga region have Russian etymology. In this group of toponyms, there are not lots of substrate units. There are many more borrowings among the names of large rivers in this polyethnic region. However, even among the microtoponyms we can find the results of language contacts. First of all, we can point out borrowings from Turkic languages. These are such examples, as Kaibela, Kurdyum, Chertany, Caraculy. Among the microtoponyms we also find loanwords of Finno-Ugric origin. These are mainly borrowings from the Mordovian languages: Pesha, Pochkarikha, Kurmysh, Mary, Kokshay. Some loaned toponyms were transformed on the Russian basis and framed with Russian formants.
Means of expressing imperativeness in the statutes of the era of Catherine II
Authors:   Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Rudnev Dmitriy V.
Published: April 2024

In the language of documents of the reign of Catherine II, the genre of statute, which was rare after the death of Peter I, became noticeably more active. There were created numerous statutes that dealt with various aspects of Russian life (maritime and military affairs, administration, legal proceedings, education, etc.) and were an important tool for the modernization and Europeanization of Russian state. The texts of statutes are of interest for studying not only how the authorities saw the desired structure of a certain sphere of public life, but also how relations between the participants (subjects of law) in these spheres should be built. In this regard, of particular interest is the imperative vocabulary of the statutes, which linguistically embodies the methods of legal regulation. The article describes and analyzes the means of expressing imperativeness in the two most important statutes of the era of Catherine II — in the “Constitution for the Administration of governorates of the Russian empire” (1775) and the “Discipline (Police) Regulations” (1782). The revealed imperative models are classified according to the ways of expression and of conceptualizing the imperative meaning and are compared with the models in the statutes of the previous era. Based on the comparison, the productivity of imperative models is revealed, and in the absence of models in the past, the sources of their appearance in the Russian language.
Intra-discursive linguistic creativity: Identification algorithm
Authors:   Moscow State Linguistic University, Kiose Maria I. ,   Russia Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: April 2024

The study develops the algorithm of identifying intra-discursive linguistic creativity which results from subdiscourse variance. We hypothesize that its degree can be identified if we consider the parametric values of linguistic creativity in the subdiscourse types described by macroparameters. In case they manifest atypical values in the discourse samples, we can identify these samples as having a higher degree of intra-discursive linguistic creativity. The algorithm is tested in four modern children’s novels which demonstrate the same macroparameters, “communicative event type (communication between an adult and an older child)”, “narrative component (Orientation and Complicating Action)”, “genre (realistic novel). In the samples, their degree of manifestation varies: “communicative event type” appears as first or third-person narration, in “narrative component” Orientation and Complicating Action succeed or Orientation prevails, “genre” demonstrates either higher or lower manifestations of humor. The algorithm involves four steps: detecting the relevant parameters of linguistic creativity manifested by macroparameters, parametric annotating of novels for the presence of their linguistic markers, establishing activity and binary contingencies of parameter values, establishing contingencies between the samples and identifying significant differences. The study shows that three parameters — register shifts, stylistic tropes and parallel structures — contribute to valid identification of intra-discursive linguistic creativity in the discourse of children’s literature. Correlation analysis held to establish binary parameter contingency values helps establish the manifestations of humor (high contingency values of phonological parameters and lexical tropes), Orientation component prevailing (decreased contingency values), third-person narration with more explicit author’s position (atypical contingencies).
Processing frequently misspelled words (А study based on an English learner corpus)
Authors:   HSE University, Klimova Margarita A. , Viklova Anna V. ,   Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Overnikova Daria A. ,   HSE University
Published: April 2024

The article presents an experimental study of the influence of the frequency of spelling errors in a word on its representation in mental lexicon. The hypothesis that frequently misspelled words cause difficulties in reading even if they are written correctly has been proved for native speakers of Russian and English. This paper aims to check the hypothesis on the basis of the learner corpus REALEC (Russian Error-Annotated Learner English Corpus), comprising texts by Russian L1 learners of English. The most frequently misspelled words collected from the corpus were used for the experiment that consisted in recognising correct and incorrect spellings. We analysed the influence of the following factors: the frequency of spelling errors in a word, its frequency in the corpus, entropy (the measure reflecting the amount of effort needed to choose between the variants of spelling), type of error. The results demonstrate the significance of entropy and frequency in the corpus, which corresponds to the findings of previous studies. A particular error type, substitution, has been found to be significant. Its special role corresponds both to the greatest difficulties this error type caused during the experiment and the results of previous research into written speech production of L2 English speakers, according to which substitution was considered the most frequent error type. The lower significance of the frequency of errors factor in comparison with the corresponding studies of L1 English can be explained by differences in language environments, in which learners of English are less exposed to incorrect spellings.
The Russian language in the narratives of two generations of Russian-German bilinguals
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Moskovkin Leonid V. , Kovrizhkina Daria G. ,   St. Petersburg State University
Published: April 2024

The article deals with the sociolinguistic features of Russian speech by 20 families of Russian-German bilinguals living in Germany. The informants were adult bilinguals aged 35–50 who moved to this country in the 1990s–2010s and their children aged 10–15 who were born in Germany or arrived there at an early age. The relevance of the study is due to the importance of studying the state of the Russian language in the families of Russian compatriots living abroad, its preservation and development. The purpose of the study is to determine which subsystems of the Russian national language are spoken by family members of Russian-German bilinguals. Research materials are transcripts of audio recordings of stories based on pictures from M. Mayer’s book “Frog, where are you?” Four groups of families in relation to the normativity of Russian speech in narratives are identified. The interpretation of the use of Russian language subsystems in each group from the standpoint of sociolinguistics is given. It has been established that the mean of communication in 25 % of families is the literary language, and in 75 % of families is the vernacular. Examples of language attrition in families using vernacular in communication are described. It is concluded that the literary language in the study groups is not subject to the attrition, that has not only sociolinguistic, but also linguodidactic significance, because it indicates the need to teach it to the children of compatriots as an important factor in preserving the Russian language in the diaspora.
Method of print exposure assessment: Application in psycholinguistics and adaptation for the Russian language
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Chernova Daria A. , Bakhturina Polina V. ,   St. Petersburg State University
Published: April 2024

Exposure to print represents the amount of time one devotes to reading. Print exposure is an essential measure of individual differences in research on language processing: it affects word recognition, reading speed, reading comprehension, oculomotor activity during the reading etc. An objective tool to assess the level print exposure is demanded in psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics. There are subjective methods to estimate print exposure like reading diaries and questionnaires, but they are based on introspection which makes the estimation inaccurate and exaggerating. So an objective tool — Author Recognition Test is considered to be more effective. It was first developed for English by K. Stanovich and R. West, who suggested a design based on the signal detection theory. This test provides a relative measure reflecting individual differences in print exposure. The first English version of Author Recognition Test cannot be representative for other languages and cultures, so it has to be adapted — Chinese, Korean, Dutch, German versions have been developed recently. In this article we present the Russian version of Author Recognition Test. The test shows high reliability. Author Recognition Test score shows a significant correlation with vocabulary size, spelling skills, and text comprehension skill. To sum up, this study is the first to develop a Russian version of Author Recognition Test. We show that Russian native speakers’ level of print exposure measured by this tool is correlated to some offline reading-related tasks.
The fluid meaning of femininity in modern contexts: Demure, celebratory, assertive
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Tolochin Igor V. , Kurkina Arina S. ,   St. Petersburg State University
Published: April 2024

The paper presents the analysis of the use of the noun femininity in a sample of 700 contexts drawn from four English language corpora: COCA, COHA, BNC, NOW, spanning the period of the last three decades. Femininity is disambiguated as a polysemic word with its senses reflecting the evolutionary trends in the perception of female gender in contemporary culture. Sense 1 represents the traditional attitude to femininity. Sense 2 reflects the trend to disconnect the meaning of the word from the patriarchal perspective and still preserve all the traditional positive features of the word as they appear in its Sense 1. Sense 3 is defined on the basis of contexts that assert the radical change of the perspective and of the salient features of the word. The findings demonstrate how language responds and adapts to societal changes brought about by feminist activism. The paper provides a critical analysis of dictionary entries for femininity in Merriam-Webster, LEXICO, and Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, revealing the insufficient nature of treating femininity as a monosemic word as well as contradictions and inconsistencies in the entries themselves. Ample illustrative material from the language corpora is provided to explain the nature of each of the senses of femininity in modern English.
Francisco Suárez’s philosophical theology: An orgy of logical reason
Authors:   Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vdovina Galina V.
Published: April 2024

The article examines the background and structure of Suárez’s philosophical theology as presented “Metaphysical Disputations”. The article begins with a general characterization of Suarez’s philosophical theology. It is characterized by the following features. First, Suárez understands philosophical theology as the best and most excellent part of metaphysics. Second, philosophical theology follows the principles and methodology of scholastic Aristotelianism and clearly adheres to this framework. Third, Suárez consistently adheres to the demonstrative method of presentation. The main part of the paper is an examination of the seventeen divine attributes, or perfections, as Suárez calls them. He divides all the attributes into two groups: absolute perfections, taken by analogy from the perfections peculiar to any created being, and relative perfections, taken from the individual properties of the created intellect and will and purified from creatureliness. The perfections of the first type are inherent in God formally, the perfections of the second type are inherent in him in a superior way, that is, eminently. Then all seventeen attributes delineated by Suárez are analyzed: infinity, pure actuality and simplicity of the divine being, etc. At the end of the article the whole consideration is summarized, its strong point is noted, but also the conclusion is made about the principal insufficiency, from the modern point of view, of Suarez’s purely metaphysical approach to the theme of natural God-knowledge.
Аrguments contra Divine atemporality in today’s analytic theology and some new counterarguments against them
Authors:   Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Shokhin Vladimir K.
Published: April 2024

Albeit it is only a half of century that the issue of Divine (a)temporality entered the agenda of big discussions within analytic philosophical theology, it has become one of the keenest controversial topics, and voices against God’s timelessness are getting louder. The author avows that although Divine nature as it is is inaccessible for a created mind, some other matters, i. e. which conceptions of it do correspond to the real theism and which don’t, as well as which of them fit better to the definition of God as the most perfect Being (quo melius nihil cogitari potest) and which fit worse are quite under its power. He offers responses to the majority of the arguments against Divine timelessness by using centuries-long dialectical methods but some of them are postponed for forthcoming special scrutiny. Obsecuiousness to evolutionism as the pretended one and only scientific worldview and some other attributes of the profound inner secularization of theology are highlighted as the main reasons of the temporalists’ appeal. Meanwhile, it is mentioned as well that polemics with them can be useful for theism inasmuch as it stimulates deeper meditation on those Divine attributes that seem as it were too self-evident.
Epistemological and noological foundations of the doctrine of Barlaam of Calabria on the knowledge of God and the vision of the intellectual light
Authors:   Moscow Theological Academy, Elimanov Vadim E.
Published: April 2024

The article proposes a new approach to the reconstruction of the doctrine of Barlaam of Calabria about the knowledge of God and the vision of the “intellectual light” on the basis of its epistemology and noology. In implementing this approach it was found that the basis of Barlaam’s teaching about the absolute unknowability of God is the epistemological principle: “like is known by like”. God, as completely alien to the created world, cannot be known by any of the cognitive abilities of man: neither by “perception”, nor by “opinion and reason”, nor by “mind”. The knowledge or vision of God Himself is in no way inaccessible to man. The knowledge of God is limited by the highest cognitive ability — the mind, its nature and the ability to contemplate intelligible concepts. Therefore the only thing available to man is contemplation (comprehension) in his mind of intellectual concepts (knowledge) about God. The mind, the concepts (knowledge) indwelling in the mind, and the act of thinking — all this is in relation to “dentity” to each other. In this noologically closed system of knowledge of God, the «intelligent light» is the mind that contemplates itself, and through this contemplates in itself all true knowledge about God. The knowledge of God and the vision of God are thus reduced by Barlaam to an intellectual act of self-knowledge. The article also examines the doctrine of Barlaam about the difference between intellectual light, Tabor light and supersubstantial light.
“Instruction” and “Justification” in the Masoretic text, Septuagint, Elisabethian Bible and the Book of Psalms by archbishop Ambrose (Zertis-Kamensky): The translation of the lexeme חקָֻּה
Authors:   Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies, Vasilieva Daria V.
Published: April 2024

The article is about the analysis of the variants of the translation of the Masoretic text’s lexeme חקָֻּה in the Septuagint, Elisabethian Bible and the Book of Psalms by archbishop Ambrose (Zertis-Kamensky), the translation from Hebrew made in the 2nd half of the 18th century. The causes of the distinctions in Greek, Church Slavic texts and in this Psalter are analyzed in this article. Archbishop Ambrose wished to clear the verses, which are the cases of the usage of this lexeme, by showing obviously, that the instructions should be understood there. The possible influence of the Church Fathers’ and medieval theologians’ exegesis on the translation of archb. Ambrose is philologically and theologically analyzed. Also the correlation between it and the academical exegetes, both Russian and West, is researched. The works of st. Athanasius the Great, st. Theodoret of Cyrus, st. Augustinus, st. Jerome of Stridon, st. Hilarius of Pictavium, Euthimius Zigaben and Cassiodorus are chosen from the first ones. The commentaries of the Lopukhin’s Explanatory Bible, of P. A. Iungerov, the Americans E. S. Gerstenberger, S. L. Terrien, the Germans F.-L. Hossfeld, E. Zenger, H.-J. Kraus and New Geneva Bible are from the second ones. The parallel between the analyzed Psalter and the Church Fathers is mostly in the works, where the “justification” is differed from the commandments. As for the academicals, only Lopukhin’s Explanatory Bible and Iungerov’s commentaries have it. Therefore, these works are also near to the analyzed Psalter.