bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ІНСТИТУЦІОНАЛЬНІ ОСНОВИ ЕКОЛОГО- ЕКОНОМІЧНОЇ ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ СІЛЬСЬКОГОСПОДАРСЬКОГО ЗЕМЛЕКОРИСТУВАННЯ
Authors:   PhD з економіки, Білоцерківський національний аграрний університет, Україна, Комарова Н. В. , Прядка Т. М. ,   к.е.н., доцент, Білоцерківський національний аграрний університет, Україна, Комаров Д. Ю. ,   асистент, Білоцерківський національний аграрний університет, Україна, Камінецька О. В. ,   к.е.н., Білоцерківський національний аграрний університет, Україна, Кочеригін Л. Ю. ,   к.п.н., Білоцерківський національний аграрний університет, Україна
Published: March 2021

It is proved that increasing the level of anthropogenic loading on agroecosystem leads to negative destructive changes in the state of agricultural land, which poses a potential threat to the level of agroecological and food safety. Under of the existing organizational and economic conditions of commodity production in the crop production sector, there are no trends towards positive changes in the expansion of the complex of implementation of land conservation measures and the prudent attitude towards the use of agricultural land. Instead, the increase in profits and yields, the expansion of arable land in the narrowing of the agricultural land provoke a decrease in the level of agroecological safety, the spread of erosion and degradation processes, the decrease of humus stocks and the level of fertility However, despite the increase in the economic efficiency of the crop sub-sector of agriculture, the scope and organization of the implementation of measures to restore and preserve agroresource potential require radical changes on scientifically grounded positions.
ІДЕНТИФІКАЦІЙНІ ДАНІ: ПРАВОВІ МЕХАНІЗМИ РОЗРОБКИ КЛАСИФІКАТОРІВ
Authors:   доктор філософії (Ph.D.) в галузі права, в.о. завідувача науково-дослідної лабораторії теорії і права цифрових трансформацій науково-дослідного центру цифрових трансформацій і права НДІ інформатики і права Національної академії правових наук України, м. Київ, Україна, Костенко О. В.
Published: March 2021

Modern society has entered into a full-scale implementation of the scientific and technological revolution 4.0 and economic globalization. One of the driving forces of the new scientific and technological revolution is the development of information and communication technologies and the introduction of technologies for the transmission and use of information. Today, the problem of legal support for the management of the confidentiality of data used to identify subjects and objects by their unique attributes is relevant. The degree of solving the problem of managing the processes of digital identification data is one of the main factors in the modern development of crossborder e-economy and trade. There is a situation when in Ukraine in all spheres of public life modern information and communication technologies are rapidly introduced in the actual absence of legal institutions for the management of identification and personal data, biometrics, IoT devices and artificial intelligence. A significant complication for the development and operation of identification data management systems is the lack of a single strategy in this area, socio-legal model of public relations, a single classifier of identification data and a single scheme of identification of subjects by identification data, mechanisms for legal rights and responsibilities. projects, legal procedures for biometric identification, methods of identification of IoT devices and artificial intelligence.
The impact of the pandemic on early career researchers: what we already know from the internationally published literature
Authors: Herman Eti , Nicholas David , Watkinson Anthony , Rodríguez-Bravo Blanca , Abrizah Abdullah , Boukacem-Zeghmouri Chérifa , Jamali Hamid R. , Sims David , Allard Suzie , Tenopir Carol , Xu Jie , Świgoń Marzena , Serbina Galina , Cannon Leah Parke
Published: March 2021

In order to take account of the impact of the pandemic on the already changing scholarly communications and work-life of early career researchers (ECRs), the 4-year long Harbingers study was extended for another two years. As a precursor to the study (featuring interviews and a questionnaire survey), currently underway, an analytic review of the pertinent literature was undertaken and its results are presented here. The review focuses on the challenges faced by ECRs and how these compare to the ones more senior researchers have to tackle. In the examination of the literature three general questions are posed: Q1) What are the identifiable and forthcoming impacts of the pandemic-induced financial pressures felt in the Higher Education sector on ECRs’ employment and career development prospects? Q2) What are the identifiable and forthcoming pandemic-associated disruptions in the pace/focus/direction of the research undertaking? Have any disruptions been predicted to exert an impact on ECRs’ research activities, and if so, with what scholarly consequences? Q3) How is the work-life of ECRs shaping up under the virus-dictated rules of the ‘new normal’ in the research undertaking? What challenges, if any, arise from the changes in practices identified, and what might their potential consequences be for ECRs? The broad conclusion of the study is that the literature leaves little room for doubt: junior researchers are already disproportionally affected by and bear the burden of the ongoing pandemic-incurred hardships and they are likely to remain similarly impacted when more trials, still unfolding, materialise.
Cardiovascular Risk Factors Impact on the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease among Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients in the United Arab Emirates
Authors: Vinod Vijay Chander , Vinod Vijay Chander , Yousif Zuhair Eltayeb
Published: March 2021

Objective: To define the impact of the cardiovascular risk factors on the extent of Coronary Artery Disease in STEMI patients and to identify the common prevalent risk factors that are unrecognized or poorly treated resulting in STEMI among the UAE population.
Methods: Retrospective cohort on patients presented to Mediclinic City Hospital from 2011-2016 who underwent Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) for confirmed ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI).
Results: Of the total 104 STEMI patients, 91% were males. Mean (+SD) of 53 (+12.5) years of age. 73% were less than 60 years old. The most prevalent risk factor was hypertension (42%). 38% of diabetics had an HbA1C of >7%. 14% of the dyslipidemic had above target lipid levels in spite of Statin. 100% of the study population had at least 1 risk factor, ≥2 risk factors (97%), ≥3 risk factors (82%). 50% had 1 or more incidental risk factors diagnosed after admission. Dyslipidemia (36%) was the commonest incidental risk factor. The total risk factor counts increased significantly when the incidental or poorly treated risk factors were added to the initial risk factors on admission. Anterior Wall STEMI (38%) was the commonest. Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery (48%) was the commonest culprit vessel. The majority had Triple Vessel Disease (37%). 37% developed in-hospital complications. Multivessel disease patients had more risk factors than in single-vessel disease but the association between the number of risk factors and disease severity was not statistically significant. The odds of multivessel disease increased with cumulative risk factor categories, but there was no significant trend association.
Conclusion: Our study attempted to determine the impact of CVD risk factors on the severity of CAD among STEMI patients who underwent primary PCI. Contrary to other studies, there was no statistical difference noted in the prevalence of CVD risk factors between the single-vessel and multivessel disease. The study did prove that the incidental or under-diagnosed or inadequately treated risk factors had an impact on the severity of CAD. The study stress that every single CVD risk factor should be treated with equal importance. Statistically significant associations need to be confirmed in future studies with a larger number of patients.
Effects of Low Dose Fractional Radiation on Chemosensitivity of Gemcitabine-Resistant Human Pancreatic Cancer SW1900/GZ Cell
Authors: XU Danni , LU Yanda , Han Fengxiang , Luo Chunxiang , Huang Fen , Xie Donghua , Sun Huamao , Chen Weisi , XU Danni
Published: March 2021

Objective: To investigate whether low-dose fractionated radiation (LDFRT) could enhance gemcitabine sensitivity in drug-resistant human pancreatic cancer SW1900/GZ cell, and to further explore the underlying mechanism.
Methods: Gemcitabine-resistant human pancreatic cancer SW1900 cell line (SW1900/GZ) was induced by high concentration gemcitabine intermittent shock in vitro. The cell counting kit 8 (CCK8) was used to determine SW1900/GZ cell lines. SW1900/GZ cells were divided into six groups as follows: control, LDFRT, high dose radiation (HDRT), gemcitabine (GEM), low dose fractional radiation plus gemcitabine (LDFRT+ GEM) and high dose radiation plus gemcitabine (HDRT+ GEM) groups. The rate of apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry (FCM). Protein levels of multidrug resistance gene (MDR) and multidrug resistance-related protein gene (MRP) were examined by Western blotting.
Results: The results of CCK8 test showed that the half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of non-drug-resistant cell line SW1900 and drug-resistant cell line SW1990/GZ were 230.4ng/ml and 856.6ug/ml respectively. The IC50 of SW1990/GZ was 3700 times more than the former. LDFRT significantly promoted apoptosis in SW1900 cells. Moreover, in the LDFRT group, protein levels of MDR and MRP were markedly decreased.
Conclusion: This study established an effective gemcitabine-resistant cell line SW1900 of human pancreatic cancer (SW1900/GZ cell line). LDFRT sensitizes resistant SW1900/GZ pancreatic cancer cell to gemcitabine through down-regulation the expression of MDR and MPR proteins.
Detection of RpoS Gene in Escherichia Coli O157:H7 and non-O157 and Their Survival Pattern in Water Treatment Methods
Authors: B. M. lowe, , O. Adelegan,
Published: March 2021

This study aimed to detect presence of RpoS gene in Escherichia coli O157:H7 and non-O157 and investigate their survival pattern in different water treatment methods. A total of fifteen serologically and molecularly identified E. coli was selected from a previous work, out of which eight were Escherichia coli O157 and seven were E. coli non-O157. From among these, S30 and S89 identified isolates served as presentative E. coli O157:H7 and non-O157 respectively for survival studies. The water treatment methods used employed included: use of silver, lime, storage, acidification (low pH), high temperature and Moringa oleifera. Survival pattern of the test organisms under the influence of these methods were carried out using standard techniques. Molecular detection of stress response gene, RpoS, in the fifteen (15) test organisms was performed following manufacturer’s instruction. Results showed that for both test organisms, silver was bactericidal at high concentration while storage allows their survival up till 21 days though with a reduction in cfu. Both organisms showed low survival at pH 9 while E. coli O157:H7 and non-O157 could survive at pH 4 and 6 respectively. E. coli O157:H7 survived better than non-O157 at high concentration of lime. While both survived at low temperature, E. coli O157:H7 survive better at 60oC. Sunlight and chlorine showed mild and complete bactericidal action respectively with increased exposure time for both test organisms. Moringa oleifera was only effective at a reduced concentration on the two organisms. Detection of RpoS genes showed that only 66.7% carried the gene in them while 33.3% did not. Findings from this study show that the possession of stressed genes in bacteria causing waterborne disease could allow these organisms to survive water treatment methods adopted in many under developed countries or rural communities. This suggests a threat to health of these communities.
تصور مقترح لبدائل التنمية المهنية المستدامة للمعلمين في ضوء احتياجاتهم والرؤية الوطنية للمملكة 2030م
Authors: بن علي القحطاني عثمان
Published: March 2021

انطلاقاً من رؤية المملكة العربية السعودية 2030م، والتي أكدت على التنمية المهنية المستدامة للمعلمين، ومن دور عمادة البحث العلمي في جامعة تبوك بدراسة آليات تحقيق الرؤية الوطنية، هدفت الدراسة تقييم واقع التنمية المهنية المستدامة للمعلمين، لوضع تصور لبدائل التنمية المهنية، ينطلق من توظيف آليات مجتمع صناعة المعرفة. وتم تحليل الأدبيات، وأهداف الرؤية الوطنية 2030م، لتحديد تلك البدائل، وتوظيفها في بناء استبيان تضمن (40) مفردة في (واقع التنمية المهنية ومعوقاتها، بدائل التنمية المهنية واتجاهات المعلمين نحوها، واحتياجات المعلمين في التنمية المهنية المستدامة في ضوء الرؤية الوطنية 2030م). وتم حساب صدق وثبات الأداة، وبلغ معامل ألفاكرونباخ(0.893). واعتمدت الدراسة على المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وتكونت العينة من (97) من معلمي التعليم العام في منطقة تبوك، وبينت النتائج ضعف مستوى برامج التنمية المهنية في تلبية احتياجات المعلمين وفق الرؤية الوطنية 2030م، مع دراسة الاحتياجات التدريبية. وقدمت الدراسة تصور مقترح لبدائل التنمية المهنية متضمناً: الأسس والبدائل، والأهداف، والمحتويات والآليات، واستراتيجيات التقويم والمتابعة مع تحكيمه ووضعه في صورة قابل للتطبيق.
تقييم فاعلية برنامج التدريب الميداني بالتربية الخاصة من وجهة نظر الطلبة في جامعة جدارا
Authors: محمد الصمادي علي
Published: March 2021

هدفت الدراسة إلى تقييم فاعلية برنامج التدريب الميداني للطلبة الخريجين في تخصص التربية الخاصة من وجهة نظر الطلبة انفسهم، تكون مجتمع الدراسة من طلبة كلية التربية قسم التربية الخاصة المتوقع تخرجهم والذين يدرسون مساق التدريب الميداني بلغ عددهم (53 ) طالب منهم (28 ) طالبة، وتم تقييم البرنامج من خلال استبانة مكونة من (40) فقرة تناولت أربعة محاور الاشراف، التقييم، الامكانات، الكفايات التعليمية، وتوصلت الدراسة إلى أن محاور الاشراف والكفايات التعليمية، والتقييم حققت درجة فاعلية كبيرة مقارنة بالمحاور الاخرى، وحسب متغير الجنس أظهرت نتائج الدراسة إلى وجود فروق دالة احصائياً عند مستوى (0,05 ) لمحوري الاشراف والتقييم بينما لا يوجد فروق دالة بين محوري الامكانات والكفايات التعليمية.
أثر استخدام تقنية الواقع المعزز في تنمية التفكير التخيلي لدى طالبات الصف العاشر الأساسي في مادة التربية الإسلامية بسلطنة عُمان
Authors: محمد مانع الصقرية رابعة , ناصر يوسف السالمي محسن
Published: March 2021

هدفت لدراسة تقصي أثر استخدام تقنية الواقع المعزز في تنمية التفكير التخيلي لدى طالبات الصف العاشر الأساسي في مادة التربية الإسلامية بسلطنة عمان. تكونت عينة الدراسة من (62) طالبة، قسمت إلى مجموعتين؛ (30) تجريبية و(32) ضابطة. واستخدم المنهج شبه التجريبي. ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة أعد مقياس التفكير التخيلي ويحتوي على ثلاث مهارات تتضمن (20) سؤالاً، تم التحقق من صدق محتواه بعرضه على مجموعة من المحكمين، وأما معامل ثباته فبلغ (0,80). وقد أظهرت نتائج الدراسة وجود فروق دالة إحصائياً بين متوسطي درجات طالبات المجموعتين التجريبية والضابطة في مقياس التفكير التخيلي لصالح المجموعة التجريبية التي استخدمت تقنية الواقع المعزز، ونوقشت النتائج في ضوء الإطار النظري، ونتائج الدراسات السابقة، وخلصت الدراسة على مجموعة من التوصيات والمقترحات.
دور معلمي الاجتماعيات في تنمية قيم المواطنة لدى طلبة المرحلة الثانوية في محافظة الأحمدي بدولة الكويت من وجهة نظر الطلبة
Authors: باجي الخريشا ملوح , حضيرم الهاجري علي
Published: March 2021

هدفت الدراسة إلى التعرف على دور معلمي الاجتماعيات في تنمية قيم المواطنة لدى طلبة المرحلة الثانوية في محافظة الأحمدي بدولة الكويت من وجهة نظر الطلبة. وتكونت عينة الدِّراسة من (546) طالباً وطالبة، تم اختيارهم بالطريقة الطبقية العشوائية. ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة تم تطوير استبانة تكونت من (38) فقرة توزعت على أربعة مجالات هي: (الانتماء والولاء، والوعي السياسي، والعمل الاجتماعي، والتسامح واحترام الآخر). وتوصلت الدراسة إلى أن درجة الموافقة على دور معلمي الاجتماعيات في تنمية قيم المواطنة لدى الطلبة المذكورين من وجهة نظر هم أنفسهم جاءت مرتفعة، وأظهرت النتائج وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائيةً عند مستوى=0.05) α) في استجابات الطلبة نحو دور معلمي الاجتماعيات في تنمية قيم المواطنة لدى الطلبة تعزى لكل من متغير ات: الجنس ولصالح الإناث، والصف ولصالح الصف الأعلى، والجنسية ولصالح الكويتيين، بينما لم تظهر فروق تعزى لمتغير التخصص. وفي ضوء النتائج يوصي الباحثان بعدة توصيات منها: ضرورة قيام المعلمون بتدريب الطلبة على تحمل المسؤولية من خلال تكليفهم بالواجبات، وإشراك جميع الطلبة الكويتين وغيرهم في جميع الأنشطة والفعاليات التي تعزز قيم المواطنة.
Funerary rite of Xiongnu children’s burials (at the example of the local group of kurgan no. 18 at the cemetery of Orgoyton)
Authors:   The State Hermitage Museum, N. Nikolaev ,   Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS
Published: March 2021

This paper considers the materials from the first local group revealed at the cemetery of Orgoyton situ- ated on the left bank of the Selenga River in the Trans-Baykal region. Analysis of these finds suggests some observations concerning the funerary rite at child burials of the Xiongnu. It has been established that the choice of the burial place for the deceased child depended on the social status of the latter and simultaneously highlighted this status.
Once more about the dating possibilities of the early wheelmade pottery (Gnezdovo hoards of 1973 and 2001)
Authors:   Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, V. Goryunova
Published: March 2021

This paper proposes a new date for the deposition of the hoards of 1973 and 2001. It is based on analysis of the forms of the containers in which they were found. The date is not earlier than the late 10th or early 11th century. Through comparison of the results of this analysis with the typological and chronological scale already developed by the author for the pottery of North-Western Rus’, the conclusion is drawn on the general tendencies in the evolution of the complex of early wheelmade pottery of Gnezdovo and other old urban centres of North-Western Rus’ over the 10th — first half of the 11th century. These results suggest that some corrections must be introduced in the historical and social scheme of the Gnezdovo centre. The author believes it important to highlight, on this example, once more the necessity of the employment of dating possibilities of the early wheelmade pottery.
Staraya Ladoga, SEM investigations of plant remains from palaeosols separated by deposits of the Ladoga transgression. New materials and old problems
Authors:   Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, N. Platonova , G. Levkovskaya ,   Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, D. Britskiy ,   V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute  RAS, L. Kartseva ,   V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute  RAS, V. Lapshin ,   Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, N. Grigor’yeva ,   Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, P. Milyaev ,   Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, D. Zbukova ,   Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI)
Published: March 2021

This paper presents the results of SEM-examination of palynological complexes of two paleosols at the base of the Staraya Ladoga section. There was obtained evidence of the floodplain genesis of the paleosol directly under- lying the cultural layer of Zemlyanoye hillfort. A new palynological marker has been identified here which enables us to ground the synchronous character of the end of the Ladoga Transgression (in the southern Ladoga region) and the regression of Lake Ilmen (in the northwestern region).
Settlement of the Bronze Age Lisovitsky Balka IV in Taman: general view and characterisation of the metal inventory
Authors:   Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, A. Kiyashko
Published: March 2021

This paper presents preliminary information on the results of the investigation of 2016 at the of the Bronze Age settlement-site of Lisovitsky Balka IV on the Taman Peninsula. A three-phase periodization of the site is proposed including the following stages: the Kamenskaya culture of the final Middle Bronze Age, early and the late Sa- batinovka culture of the Late Bronze Age. The last stage is marked by the utmost activity of the occupation of the site and indications of the presence of advanced agriculture here. The paper devotes a special attention to the morphological and chemical examination of the found artefacts. The obtained results indicate a Carpathian-Balkan origin of a number of the artefacts that correlates with other indications of the migration of bearers of the culture of the Late Bronze Age to Taman from the territory of the Crimean Peninsula and North-Western Black Sea region.
Buckles from Siberian jet in burials of the Xiongnu epoch of the 2nd–1st century BC in Tuva
Authors:   Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, M. Kilunovskaya , P. Leus ,   Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: March 2021

This paper is devoted to a rare type of archaeological finds, i. e. large buckles from Siberian jet with engraving and incrustation found at sites of the Xiongnu period over a broad territory from Manchuria to the Lower Volga region. The centre of their origin and distribution was probably in the north of Inner Asia which was the proveni- ence of the material itself for making the buckles — boghead coal or Siberian jet. Its main deposits are concentrated in the Irkutsk coalfields.
The Imperial Russian Military Historical Society and studies of monuments of Old Rus. 1908–1914
Authors:   Military Historical Museum of Artillery, L. Rudakova
Published: March 2021

The activities of the Office of Military Archaeology and Archaeography (VAiA) of the Imperial Russian Military Historical Society (IRVIO) until now have not been sufficiently studied and are not comprehensively covered by historical investigations. This paper is devoted to the activities of members of IRVIO concerned with research of places of old-time battles and early Russian fortresses. The study is based on documents from the Scientific Archives of the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps.
The Taman Expedition of the State Academy of the History of Material Culture: history of the foundation
Authors:   Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yu. Vinogradov , M. Medvedeva ,   Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, E. Pankratova ,   St. Petersburg Branch of the RAS Archive
Published: March 2021

This paper discusses the questions concerned with the Taman Expedition of the State Academy of the History of Material Culture (GAIMK) headed by Aleksandr A. Miller. Notwithstanding the ever-increasing number of publications devoted to the history of the national archaeology during the 1920s–1930s, many of its moments still remain unknown. This is true, inter alia, concerning the history of the organization and activities of the Taman Expedi- tion in 1930.
The main objectives of the investigations of the archaeological collection of 1924–1935 from Noin-Ula kurgans
Authors:   The State Hermitage Museum, N. Sutyagina
Published: March 2021

This paper is devoted to the main objectives of the studies of burials in the mountains of Noin-Ula in 1924–1935. Through accounting and curator’s documentation and materials from laboratory treatment, the most urgent at the period under consideration scientific and organizational problems were identified concerning the study, restora- tion, keeping and popularization of this unique archaeological complex. The present decade has resulted in the comple- tion of the restoration of a considerable part of the collection, scientific publication of the most interesting finds, as well as the decision on the place of the permanent housing of the collection. One of the most important tasks has remained unsolved: the complete publication of the materials of the Mongolia-Tibetan expedition.
The absolute date of the Great Salbyk Kurgan and the Salbyk stage of the Tagar culture (a response to the article by N. Yu. Kuz'min)
Authors:   The State Hermitage Museum, L. Marsadolov
Published: March 2021

This paper is a response to the critical notes in the article by N. Yu. Kuz'min “New dat- ing of the Great Salbyk barrow and the chronology of Tagar sites”. For N. Yu. Kuz'min, in his article of 2020, it remained “unclear” what is the basis of absolute dating of archaeological sites of the Tagar culture — Sal- byk, Kobyak, Bidzha, Large Poltakovsky and Novomikhaylovsky barrows. The absolute dates of the Salbyk stage of the Tagar culture are based not on radiocarbon analysis but on a cross-comparison of diverse simi- lar, in terms of the forms and types, archaeological objects with reference to well-dated sites of Southern Siberia of the 8th–7th century BC.
Burials with horses at the necropoleis of Volna 1 and Artyushchenko 2
Authors:   Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, S. Kashaev , R. Mimokhod ,   Institute of Archaeology RAS, N. Sudarev ,   Institute of Archaeology RAS
Published: March 2021

This paper deals with a series of male burials with accompanying goods concerned with horse. They were revealed at the necropoleis of Volna 1 and Artyushchenko 2 in the southern area of the Taman Peninsula. Mostly, these burials were made in mudbrick tombs and contain a rich set of funerary gifts. All the burials with horses found at the necropoleis Volna 1 and Artyushchenko 2 are datable to within the 5th century BC.
Effect of a single dose of preoperative gabapentin in oncourology on the intensity of early postoperative pain
Authors: Lisnyy I I , Klimchuk L V
Published: March 2021

Objective: to evaluate the intensity of early postoperative pain after a single preoperative administration of gabapentin during surgical interventions in oncourology.

Materials and methods: patients were randomized into two groups of 25 people each: group 1 (Gr. 1) received gabapentin at a dose of 300 mg for premedication at night, and group 2 (Gr. 2), in which patients did not receive gabapentin. The need for propofol during anesthesia, the need for fentanyl during anesthesia, and the intensity of pain at 2, 4, 6, 12 and 24 hours after surgery were assessed on the VAS scale at rest and during movement.

Results of the study: it was shown that in patients who received gabapentin at a dose of 300 mg for premedication, the need for propofol and fentanyl was significantly lower when compared with patients who did not receive gabapentin, p = 0.0001. The intensity of postoperative pain syndrome in patients in Gr. 1 was significantly lower only when assessed at rest, while no statistically significant differences were found in the quality of pain relief during movement.

Conclusions: the use of gabapentin at a dose of 300 mg for premedication significantly reduces the intensity of postoperative pain at rest, but not during movement, and also reduces the need for propofol and fentanyl during surgery.
Ultrasound-guided Quadratus Lumborum Block versus caudal block for postoperative analgesia in children undergoing acute appendicitis: a comparative study
Authors: Dmytriiev D V , Glazov E O , Zaletskyi B V , Dmytriieva K Y
Published: March 2021

Background: ultrasound (US)-guided Quadratus Lumborum Block (QLB) is an effective technique in providing analgesia for abdominal surgery. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of a US-guided Quadratus Lumborum Block (QLB) compare it with a caudal block in children after acute appendicitis.

Patients and methods. Forty eight (48) ASA 1–2, 1–5-year-old children scheduled for elective acute appendicites were studied. All patients received general anesthesia; sevoflurane was used for induction and maintenance of anesthesia and laryngeal mask airway (LMA) was used to secure the airway. After securing an intravenous cannula, patients were randomized to a US-guided Quadratus Lumborum Block (QLB) (n = 24) (group Q) using 0.5 ml/kg of 0.25 % bupivacaine, injected on the same side of surgery, and group C received a caudal block using 1 ml/kg of 0.2 % bupivacaine (n = 24). Surgery was allowed 15 min after administration of the block. Block failure was considered in case of gross movement or more than 20 % change in heart rate and/or ABP persisting more than 1 min after skin incision. Any adverse events were recorded. After surgery, patients remained for 4 h in the recovery room. Postoperative analgesia was evaluated using Children and Infants Postoperative Pain Scale (CHIPPS). An anesthesiologist, who was not part of the study team, evaluated the need for rescue analgesia in the intraoperative and postoperative period and a recovery nurse collected the data. If the CHIPPS score was greater than 4, a rescue analgesia of 20 mg/kg acetaminophen was administered.

Results. No difference was found in hemodynamics in both groups. Also, intraoperative fentanyl consumption was not different and no rescue analgesia was required in the postanesthesia care unit.

Conclusion. US-guided Quadratus Lumborum Block (QLB) is as effective as caudal block in providing immediate postoperative analgesia in acute appendicitis.
Acts Is Acts
Authors: de Abreu Maria José
Published: March 2021

My aim in this article is threefold. First, to identify the function of tautology in Catholic Charismatic religious practices. Second, to analyze the formal structure of tautology as an embodied regime of citationality. Third, to expose how Charismatic practice both mirrors and anticipates the unfolding dramaturgy of sovereignty within current populism in Brazil and elsewhere. These aims converge in a reflection on the nature of political theater within and beyond political theology.
Redemption Contests
Authors: Lambelet Kyle B. T
Published: March 2021

This article investigates the role theology plays in generating political action inlas Américasthrough research on the School of the Americas Watch. It commends theopolitics as a lens for analyzing the competing projects of US military training and protests against that training, both of which work under the sign of redemption. The materiality of these signs can be apprehended by asking who is saving whom from what, by what means, and for what end. Anthropological analysis of these redemption narratives reveals the regimes of the invisible that animate opposing political projects—redemption for one through imperial formations enabled by the messianic figure of the white, male, heterosexual warrior, and redemption for the other through the agential presence of the dead who haunt empire’s wake.
No One Can Hold It Back
Authors: McAllister Carlota
Published: March 2021

The slogan “Water is Life” rallies anti-extractive movements across the Americas. Critical theorists, however, decry the circumscription of environmental politics by the vitalist attribution of political agency to liveliness. This article tempers that critique by juxtaposing it to the Catholic Church’s claims to sovereignty over life, deploying the resulting slippages between water and life to explore the theopolitical potencies that emerge in water’s oscillations between non-life and the divine. Exploring these oscillations in a dam conflict in Chilean Patagonia, I argue that they allowed a flooding phenomenon on a river threatened with damming to be heard as a prophetic call to action. The uprising that followed produced a rare victory for dam opponents, suggesting that a theopolitics of life has powers that exceed vitalism.
Comparative Analysis of Public Relation Strategies & Practices in Peshawar Hospitals
Authors: Rooh Ul Amin  , Khan Shahsawar , Jamaluddin
Published: March 2021

This paper comparatively examines the Public Relation (PR) practices in public & private hospitals of Peshawar to investigate the practices followed by the Public Relation Officers (PROs) and the barriers they face in order to develop cordial ties between the internal and external public of health department for effective health care delivery. The Public Relation Departments (PRDs) are struggling to build strong bonds between the patients, accompaniers and health institutions. This research aims to examine the difference between PR practices of Peshawar's public and private hospitals by employing the Grunig and Hunts Four Models as a theoretical framework. The respondents were selected for the research via the purposive sampling technique. A semi-structured interview protocol was developed for this purpose. The study shows that the PROs in these hospitals follow none of the four models. It is recommended that hospitals should hire PR professionals, arrange health communication literacy seminars and conduct research for confidence building between the internal and external public of the health department.
American Conduct towards North Korea: Realist Analysis of Clinton and Bush Administration
Authors: Hayat Muhammad Umer , Khilji Asefa , Shehzad Farrukh
Published: March 2021

North Korea tends to be a state of the 21st century that redefines realism in the contemporary era while concentrating on protecting its sovereignty by making self-help the primary concern. US-North Korea bilateral relations face fluctuations. North Korean intentions have progressed from the Realism thought, now willing to attain security maximization along with maximizing its power based on the notions of defensive and offensive realism. The supremacy of North Korea does not quench as the Nuclear might in Northeast Asia; it aims to attack mainland USA with its developed technology. The study concentrates on the Clinton and Bush administration as a special reference. Recognizing the North Korean nuclear program would be intolerable for the International Community as it goes against all norms set by the powerful states for the world.
Glocal Game of Chess in South Asia: A Tridimensional Study of Rahman's In the Light of What We Know
Authors: Mustafa Atta -ul , Saleem Ali Usman , Shafiq Qasim
Published: March 2021

With Dirk C. Van Raemdonck's theory of 'tridimensional game of chess in South Asia', this study explores how the Great Game of chess has encompassed the board of Afghanistan into the strategic and economical range of global as well as local nations. In this regard, this study delimits Zia Haider Rahman's 'In the Light of What We Know' to examine the role of great (US, India), little (Pakistan, Saudi Arabia), and local (ISI, UNAMA, AfDARI, militants, etc.) players respectively. The three-level players struggle to win their politicoeconomic and geostrategic motives. The delimited novel exposes that the little and local players are playing the game of proxy to fetch their own designs. This study concludes that great global players/forces ensnare little and local players and misuse them as white and/or black pieces respectively to win their gains.
Justification for use and structural schemes of water intake-purification facilities in drip irrigation systems
Authors:   Russian Scientific Research Institute of Land Improvement Problems, Shkura V. N. , Shtanko A. S. ,   Russian Scientific Research Institute of Land Improvement Problems
Published: March 2021

Purpose: development of justification for the feasibility and possibility of application and structure schemes of filtering water intakes for water intake from canals, its preliminary purification and supply to drip irrigation systems. Materials and Methods. During development of justification, general and specific scientific methods of analysis and synthesis of information on the advantages and disadvantages of filtering water intakes were used, and during the development of their designs, technologies of research design were used. Results and Discussion. It has been found that filtering water intakes can simultaneously perform the functions of water intake, trash barriers, fish protection and purification facilities. Structural flexibility and simplicity of performance, environmental friendliness, multifunctionality and high technical and economic indicators are the basic characteristics that made it possible to substantiate the feasibility of their application as water intake and treatment facilities for drip irrigation systems. As a result of the research, at the level of inventions, structural schemes of water intake structures with inlets equipped with filter panels with bottom and slope locations were developed. The water intakes provide for the arrangement of catchment and water storage containers, ensuring the water collection seeped through the filter panels and its subsequent drainage into the water conducting stream. The water intake structures provide for the possibility of selective water intake from the least polluted horizons of the water flow. The problematic issues of the use of filtering water intakes are noted in terms of the need to create a developed water intake front and periodic flushing or replacement of filtering panels. Conclusions. The feasibility of using water intake purification facilities, providing water intake from water sources and its preliminary treatment for the needs of drip irrigation systems, has been substantiated, as well as filtering water intakes designs recommended for the arrangement and use in drip irrigation systems are proposed.
Application of pre-fabricated concrete lining for strengthening canal slopes
Authors:   Russian Scientific Research Institute of Land Improvement Problems, Silchenko V. F.
Published: March 2021

Purpose: analysis of the experience of strengthening slopes and reducing water losses for filtration on irrigation and drainage systems using modern building materials, identifying the main advantages of using a fast-moving concrete pavement. Before using water for irrigation purposes, it goes a long way from the water intake to the consumer, as a result of which there is water loss for filtration, which is one of the global problems in hydrometeorology. The use of traditional anti-seepage measures, such as: oil, gleying, clogging, installation of film and concrete-film coatings and other methods do not fully solve the problem. Materials and Methods: the concrete canvas has already found application in the oil and gas and mining industries, road and railway construction, urban industry and agriculture. The material is environmentally friendly, convenient to use and is distinguished by its reliability and long service life. Results and Discussion: the analysis of domestic and foreign literature showed that with the help of innovative materials it is possible to solve the problem of filtration and eliminate water losses from irrigation systems. Concrete bed as an impermeable device for irrigation canals is more applicable due to its physical characteristics, ease of maintenance and care. Conclusions: the impermeable measures and materials considered in the work have a number of advantages and disadvantages. The use of a concrete bed as an anti-seepage material will increase the productivity of any irrigation and drainage system, depending on its initial state, exclude water losses for filtration, and also protect structures from erosion and deformation.
Innovative ways of concrete water supply structures repair with composite materials
Authors:   Russian Scientific Research Institute of Land Improvement Problems, Baev O. A. , Kosichenko Yu. M. ,   Russian Scientific Research Institute of Land Improvement Problems
Published: March 2021

Purpose: modern scientific and technical developments for repairing concrete structures and lined water supply structures, including those for which patents for inventions have been obtained are considered. Some of the considered technical solutions can be attributed to innovative developments. Materials and Methods: the known methods of repairing concrete structures of water-supply structures and linings were studied as research materials, their advantages and disadvantages were noted. Particular attention is paid to technical solutions for which patents for inventions have been obtained. Results: damage repair of concrete linings of water-supply structures in the form of cracks and destruction of expansion joints is most common, since at the same time water permeability decreases, and the bearing capacity increases. Repair by surface impregnation method is carried out to strengthen the protective layer of reinforced concrete structures to a depth of 15–35 mm. Repair of local disturbances is carried out manually at a depth of destruction less than 0.1 m. Areal disturbances with an area of more than 1 m² and a destruction depth of more than 0.1 m are recommended to be repaired mechanically. Invention no. 1477877 proposes a method for repairing construction structures and facilities, which is carried out by the method of pressure injection of repair compounds, they increase the quality of repair due to the reliability of defective zones filling. Innovative methods of facing repairing include sealing damage by injecting bentonite mortar during data remote transmission from humidity sensors to a personal computer (patent no. 2612431), as well as a method of sealing the joints of facings, including an anti-filtration bundle in the form of a hollow cylinder filled with bentonite clay (patent no. 2598635). Conclusions: repair of damage to concrete water-supply linings is the most common, since the water permeability of the concrete structure decreases at the same time as the bearing capacity changes.
The Concept of Humility by Clement of Alexandria and Origen
Authors: Лизгунов Павел
Published: March 2021

Цель данной статьи - раскрыть понятие смирения у Климента и Оригена Александрийских. Для этого проводится филологический анализ употребления изучаемыми авторами слов смирение, смиренномудрие и однокоренных с ними, а также богословский анализ учения авторов о соответствующих добродетелях - в сравнении с предшествующей традицией раскрытия этой добродетели. Авторы, стоящие у истоков христианской богословской науки, обобщают сказанное прежде них о добродетели смирения и вносят собственный вклад в христианское учение о смирении. В текстах Климента и Оригена встречаются как античное словоупотребление, в котором термин «смирение» имеет уничижительный смысл, так и христианское употребление в значении нравственной добродетели. Их учение о христианских добродетелях смирения, смиренномудрия и кротости основывается на Священном Писании и содержит в себе черты учения мужей апостольских, ранних апологетов и борцов с гностицизмом. В их текстах впервые ставится вопрос о соотношении христианского и античного учений о смирении, который они пытаются решить в духе примирения античных и христианской этических систем. При этом оба автора указывают на бóльшую древность библейского учения по сравнению с учением Платона, а Климентпрямо называетплатоновское высказывание о добродетельном смирении заимствованием из Ветхого Завета. В ряде случаев зависимость авторов от античной мысли приводит к неточностям и натяжкам в передаче христианского нравственного учения. В частности, это проявляется в учении Климента о добродетельной гордости и в отвержении Оригеном библейских «телесных» форм смирения в пользу смирения по преимуществу интеллектуального.

The purpose of this article is to reveal the concept of humility among Clement and Origen of Alexandria. To do this, a philological analysis of the use by the authors of the words humility, humility and cognate with them, as well as a theological analysis of the teachings of the authors about the corresponding virtues, is carried out in comparison with the previous tradition of revealing this virtue. Their teaching on the Christian virtues of humility, humility and meekness is based on the Holy Scriptures and contains features of the teachings of the husbands of the apostolic, early apologists and fighters against Gnosticism. For the first time, their texts raise the question of the relationship between Christian and antique teachings on humility, which they are trying to solve in the spirit of reconciliation of ancient and Christian ethical systems. At the same time, both authors point to the greater antiquity of the biblical teaching in comparison with the teachings of Plato, and Clement directly calls the Platonic statement about virtuous humility borrowing from the Old Testament. In some cases, the authors’ dependence on ancient thought leads to inaccuracies and stretches in the transmission of Christian moral teachings. In particular, this is manifested in Clement’s doctrine of virtuous pride and in Origen’s rejection of the biblical «bodily» forms of humility in favor of humility predominantly intellectual.
Chalcedon Cathedral, Its Reception and Some Aspects of Christology in V - Early VI Century
Authors: Кожухов Сергий
Published: March 2021

В статье даётся краткий обзор богословского, исторического и культурного восприятия Халкидонского Собора на христианском Востоке во второй половине V - нач. VI в. Его итоги побудили многих богословов предпринять попытку защиты или опровержения решений Халкидона. Причина этому - в учении Собора о наличии двух природ во Христе после воплощения Бога Слова и их единения «в одно Лицо, или Ипостась, Христа». Со стороны последователей Халкидонского Собора, таких как свв. Лев Великий, Геннадий Константинопольский, монах Нефалий, Иоанн Кесарийский, был предпринят ряд попыток объяснить учение о двух природах Христа и единой Ипостаси, или Лица. Христологический синтез Халкидона и свт. Кирилла Александрийского был наиболее представлен Грамматиком через формулу «в Лице Бога Слова», для соединения двух природ, и теопасхитской формулой «Один от Святой Троицы пострадал», что можно назвать первыми шагами к формулированию учения о включении плоти в Ипостась Бога Слова.

This article provides a brief overview of the theological, historical and cultural perception of the Chalcedonian Councel in the Christian East in the second half of the V - and the early VI centuries. Its results prompted many theologians to attempt to defend or refute Chalcedon. The reason for this is the teaching of the Council about the presence of two natures in Christ after the incarnation and their unity «in one person or hypostasis of Christ». From the followers of Chalcedon Counsel, such as St. Leo the Great, Gennady of Constantinople, monk Nephalius, John of Caesarea was a number of attempts to explain the doctrine of the two natures and single hypostasis or person. The Christological of synthesis Chalcedon and St. Cyril of Alexandria in the largest degree was presented by the Grammarian in the formula «in the person of God of the Word» to connect the two natures and the theopaschite formula «Unus de Trinitate passus est carne», which can be called the first steps to the formulation of the doctrine of the inclusion of flesh in the hypostasis of God of the Word.