bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Study of the tractive resistance of the no-till planting section
Authors: Shepelev Sergey , Pyataev M. , Kravchenko E.
Published: September 2022

The paper presents the results of studying the tractive resistance of the combined sowing section for no-till technology-based seeding. The sowing section consists of a slotting disk, an anchor colter, and a press wheel. To ensure the stability of the colter motion, the section has a parallelogram suspension and a balancing wheel with an adjustable vertical force acting on it, depending on the soil resistivity and the tilling depth. The sowing section ensures that the seeds are sown at a given depth in a moistened soil layer according to the agrotechnical requirements. Based on the theoretical studies, an analytical dependence was obtained, which allows for determining the tractive resistance of individual tools and the sowing section, depending on the design and operating parameters. The paper presents the results of the experimental studies on the dynamometer testing of the sowing section in laboratory conditions. To this end, an analog-digital measuring and computing complex and a software suite were used for the experimental data's post-experimental processing. Experimental dependences of the tractive resistance of individual tools and the sowing section, in general, were obtained, confirming the theoretical studies' correctness. The nominal tractive force of tractors was approximately determined, and the results of laboratory-field and field experiments with the sowing complex were presented.
Detection of the possible engine damages in case of a continuous track military vehicles with tribological investigations
Authors: Kuti Rajmund , Könczöl F. , Csapó L. , Földi L. , Tóth Á.D.
Published: September 2022

Detecting the engine failures of the continuous track military vehicles is challenging because their engines are always built-in narrow places covered with armored plates. In the case of the older engines, modern computer diagnostics cannot be used for failure analysis; the solution for these tasks is the visual analysis with the engine disassembly. A possible cost-effective failure analysis method can be the tribological and chemical analysis of the used oil from the engine, which can eliminate the engine disassembly work and as the results of the chemical oil analysis can also provide information about possible fuel or cooling water dilution or the increased wear of engine components. The main goal of this article is to present the failure analysis method through the tribological investigation of the engines of two PTSZ-M type medium-tracked amphibious military transport vehicles.
Monetary and financial cash flows as drivers of foreign direct investments at the global level
Authors: Radović-Marković Mirjana , Vesić Tamara , Đekić Marija
Published: September 2022

Following the 2008 economic crisis, there was a reassessment of the cross-border flow of capital and the policies that affect that capital. First, large, and volatile capital flows have created tensions between macroeconomic and financial stability. Second, investors' appetite for risk declines after the recent economic crisis. Various analyses show that this trend was reversed by 2014, with emerging and developing economies accounting for just under 60% of world GDP, while the share of advanced economies was just over 40%. In this paper, we analyse the flow of capital in modern cash flows, following the example of large financial systems. The aim of this paper is to determine how cash flows have moved from the world wars until today through financial institutions, and with the help of financial instruments.
A study on the impact of EU membership on Sino-CEEC trade in the context of the 17+1 cooperation mechanism
Authors: Stanojević Savo , Qiu Bin
Published: September 2022

This study examines trade relations between the 17 Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) and China, which are members of the 17+1 Cooperation mechanism. Given that some CEECs are not members of the European Union, while others are, this study aims to examine the impact of EU membership on their trade relations with China. The analysis of the data shows that countries that are EU members tend to have a larger volume of trade, as well as a larger range of products that are traded. In contrast, higher growth rates of trade between non-EU CEEEs and China could indicate that EU membership is hampering Sino-CEEC trade. Finally, econometric analysis, based on the gravity model, suggests that EU membership has a positive and significant contribution to Sino-CEEC trade.
Pragmatism and smoking cessation: The role of harm reduction in creating healthier smoke-free societies
Authors: Filipiak Krzysztof , Bouayed Nadjib
Published: September 2022

Despite the extensive body of evidence demonstrating the risks of tobacco, many people continue to smoke. Medical science has not yet found a 'cure' for this. Instead, healthcare professionals (HCPs) have access to a range of strategies, including pharmacological and psychological interventions, to help support smoking cessation. Yet giving up is not easy and not everyone succeeds. The reasons why are as varied as they are complex, ranging from physical addiction to an emotional dependence on the habit. Barriers include a lack of adequate support from smoking cessation services or HCPs, withdrawal symptoms, and psychosocial factors such as the challenges of adapting to behaviour change. For those people who are unable or unwilling to quit, harm reduction strategies can help reduce the risks associated with smoking, from cardiovascular disease to cancer. While the evidence base is still relatively immature, some studies have shown that products such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco systems can deliver the addictive nicotine with significantly fewer toxicants and carcinogens than cigarettes. In this interview, Krzysztof Filipiak, past President of the Polish Society of Hypertension (PTNT) and former Deputy Rector Magnificus and Dean for Science at the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, and Nadjib Bouayed, President of the Algerian Association of Vascular Surgery of the University Hospital of Oran, Algeria, share their views on the pragmatic approach. They explain how finding the best intervention for each patient is of utmost importance and why harm reduction strategies have a place in smoking cessation services. They also review the current literature on products such as heat-not-burn (HnB) systems and identify gaps in the evidence base.
The role of the circadian system in cardiovascular diseases and clinical implications
Authors: Radomirović Marija
Published: September 2022

Circadian rhythm, an internal 24-hour cycle biological clock, regulates important biologic functions such as metabolism, body temperature, heart and respiratory rate, circulating levels of hormones, sleep-wake pattern, behaviour. It is also a very important in regulation of the cardiovascular (CV) system components such as arterial blood pressure, pulse, endothelial function. In this comprehensive review of the literature, we will discuss how interaction between environment/behavior stressors and circadian phases modulate individual cardiovascular risk. Potential therapeutical targets will be also discussed.
Play of signs in antennae by Aleksandra Vrebalov
Authors: Crnjanski Nataša
Published: September 2022

During a Creative Fusion residency at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2018, composer Aleksandra Vrebalov was inspired by the Byzantine icon the Virgin Eleousa and shortly after composed the piece Antennae. This paper presents the semantic relationship between the icon and various signs which are selected and combined to structure the musical piece. It is argued the composer uses signs based on their acoustic qualities and communicational potential, and embraces the postmodern technique of quotation to depict the religious doctrine of Love and Suffering, Life and Death, or more generally speaking, Connection and Disconnection as the title itself suggests.
Reflecting upon freedom in two electroacoustic works by Elżbieta Sikora
Authors: Micał Dominika
Published: September 2022

The text's aim is to interpret the political and social aspect of Elżbieta Sikora's (born 1943) two electronic works: Rapsodia na śmierć republiki (Rhapsody for the Death of the Republic, 1979) and Janek Wiśniewski, grudzień, Polska (Janek Wiśniewski, December, Poland, 1981-1982). In my paper, I show the two pieces as examples of the 'engaged music' (as Sikora herself called them). I consider the role of their titles, narration, the use of pre-recorded sounds and musical quotation, as well as the circumstances of their creation.
A new sound and anticipation of unimaginable reality: Sequenza III by Luciano Berio
Authors: Radoman Valentina
Published: September 2022

This paper examines how composer Luciano Berio with his composition Sequenza III per voce femminile (1965/66) succeeded in exploring something that is reality behind reality through the unique treatment of artistic material, in this case musical and verbal, much like certain avant-garde artists. It is a search for something that listeners cannot see because of the complex psychological mechanism of the human organism and which is deeply covered by ideologies, spoken language, ideas and similar elements. It is what the painter Pit Mondrian refers to as "the sublime reality", for example. I employ naturalized components of psychoanalytic theory in this study, therefore the expressions "reality behind reality" or "sublime reality" are also related to the psychoanalytical term "Reality" according to Lacan. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate, using a specific musical example, how art, in this case musical art, can attain outcomes that have been attempted by researchers from other fields, artistic or scientific.
Associative tonality and tonal-harmonic third relations in the interpretation of textual and dramatic meanings in Richard Strauss's Elektra
Authors: Aleksić Marko
Published: September 2022

The subject of research in this paper is the specific manifestation of associative tonality and tonal-harmonic third relations in Strauss's opera Elektra. Originating from the analytical discourse of several authors, dedicated to opera and music drama, associative tonality is a dramatic-tonal concept within which a certain key is consistently associated with a specific dramatic element, such as character, collectivity, event, feeling and more. In addition to the strong presence of associative keys related to the dramatic characters, Elektra is distinctly characterized by a chromatic and doubly-chromatic third relation that occurs both between chords and between keys. It is important for the harmonic language of the opera that these two types of relations that are formed between keys, at certain moments become more important than the manifestation of one particular key. New achievements in the field of hermeneutic musical analysis represent the initial assumption in this paper, and within these achievements it is possible to talk about the interpretive analysis of harmony as an interpretation of an opera or music drama. The paper aims to examine the ways in which associative tonality, on the one hand, and two types of third relationships between keys and between chords, on the other hand, function as instances of interpretation, which would provide a deep or completely new understanding of the elements of dramatic structure.
The anti-war voice of Buffy Sainte-Marie
Authors: de Almeida
Published: September 2022

Universal soldier (1964), Soldier Blue (1970), and The War Racket (2017) represent some of Buffy Sainte-Marie's most prominent anti-war songwriting, where she demonstrates her poietic process as an artist and activist. Considering her anti-war utterance, I will analyze these selected songs and place them in Buffy Sainte-Marie's work as an activist and performer. Additionally, I intend to interpret her musical production through semiotics and hermeneutics that center her contemporary voice as an artist of First Nations descent. By charting the contemporary landscape of her work in both the 1960s to 1970s and the 2000s, I will seek relationships between the process of representation (of the feminine and indigenous identities) and assimilation (mainstream music and the media) within her anti-war utterance.
The Legend of Ohrid: Reception of balletization of the dance tradition
Authors: Latifić Amra
Published: September 2022

The paper discusses the interpretations of the choreographic aspects of different versions of the performance of the ballet The Ohrid Legend by Stevan Hristić. In the choreographies of this ballet, ballet vocabulary is combined with folklore motifs, using the principle of balletization of folklore. This choreographic approach has produced a pluralism of opinions on the ballet critical scene-from the modernization of folklore elements to views that the work still belongs to the traditional ballet choreographic structure. Pluralism of opinion provides an opportunity to open new approaches in the interpretation of the choreography itself. In this paper, an anthropological approach is treated, based on the intersection of different styles of play.
Lsp testing: Particularity and challenges
Authors: Mirčić-Panić Dragana
Published: September 2022

In modern conditions of general globalization and mobility within different work systems, but also due to the noticeable need for narrow specializations of knowledge, languages for specific purposes are becoming an increasingly relevant category. In this paper we focused on possible ways of testing the language for specific purposes. After a brief presentation of theoretical views on the languages for specific purposes, and pointing to different views of testing in this area, we tried to describe the impact that the complex topic of interaction between language knowledge and professional knowledge can have on testing, as well as the way the dual notion of authenticity is reflected through LSP testing. Our goal was to provide an overview of different views on LSP testing, to point out its specifics, and, above all, the complex issues and possible ways to solve them by combining several different perspectives. It was also pointed out that interdisciplinary research and cooperation of experts from various fields could make a great contribution to development in this area.
Opportunities for practising communicative competence in teacher-centered classes and small group classes with senior grade primary school students
Authors: Petrović Sanja
Published: September 2022

Language is most effectively acquired through communication. In order to practice speaking skills, it is necessary to encourage students to communicate regardless of the method of teaching used by the teacher. Communication does not necessarily occur in class when teachers ask usual questions concerning information from text materials and students give typical answers which are grammatically correct and in full sentences. Communication in class occurs when a teacher initiates real, genuine conversation about the attitudes and opinions of the speakers. In spontaneous, everyday speech, speakers tend to use short, intermittent sentences, as well as various skills of interaction and conversation, such as false starts, parataxis, reformulations, hesitation devices and others. The aim of this paper is to investigate how much genuine communication happens using teacher-centered method, in comparison to pair and group work in two senior grade classes of primary school. We will first analyze the two teachers' teacher-centered classes example and try to determine the kind of communication that takes place there. Then we will compare the quality and quantity of communication, as well as the number of participants in it, with the results obtained with the same students in group tasks. The goal is to determine which method of work and the way in which it is performed encourages the development of students' communicative competence.
Two mysterious guests: E. A. Poe's "The raven" and L. Kostić's "In memory of ruvarac"
Authors: Mihailović Miloš
Published: September 2022

Laza Kostić is one of the most distinguished poets in Serbian literature. "Spomen na Ruvarca"/"In memory of Ruvarac", chosen by Bogdan Popović for his famous Anthology, is one of Kostić's poems where tendencies for suprising motifs and inovations of form are extremely prominent. In this paper I offered a comparative reading of "Spomen na Ruvarca" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven"; Poe's poem is similar to Kostić's in regard to the atmosphere, motifs and theatrical narration and dialogue. In order to understand "The Raven", I have analysed Poe's autopoetic essay "The Philosophy of Composition". The explanation of "The Raven's" genesis offered in this essay is not necessarily indisputable, as I explained in the paper. Bearing this in mind, I declined the evident yet superficial connection between "The Raven" and Kostić's "Santa Maria della Salute", based on the formal similarities, and chose to follow Srba Ignjatović's suggestion that "Spomen na Ruvarca" should be read in comparison with "The Raven". I have compared the formal characteristics of these poems, showing both their differences and similarities. However, I found the most profound link between the poems in the atmosphere of mystery and horror, suggestive symbols and examination of metaphysics. By using the characters of 'mysterious guests' - the Raven and the skeleton of Kosta Ruvarac -these poets offered a meditation on the problem of the life after death. Neither Poe nor Kostić gave any ultimate answer, choosing to accentuate the impossibility of communication with the dead and determining the truth about life after death. The contact with the dead thus serves a role of a mere counterpoint which just further emphasizes the said impossibility.
The power of the symbolic: Lacan's perversion and the symbolic order in Ian McEwan's The comfort of strangers
Authors: Mitić Marko
Published: September 2022

The aim of this paper is to examine and analyze the main characters in Ian McEwan's novel The Comfort of Strangers (1981) in the light of the overarching theme of the novel, that is, how unconscious or conscious desires lead to violence and destruction. Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic theory comprises the main theoretical framework of the paper. More specifically, his concepts of the symbolic order and clinical structure of perversion serve as an analytical tool for the analysis of characters. Therefore, the main hypothesis of the paper is that McEwan's characters, the problems of sexual violence and unrecognized desires can be analyzed and explained through Lacan's theory of perversion and symbolic order. What Lacan's theory illuminates in the context of the novel is that characters' unconscious motivations and drives formed during their earliest experiences, if left unrecognized and unaddressed, lead to violence and destruction.
Formative assessment in Physical education and its relation to the level of attention of primary school children
Authors: Carrillo-López Pedro , Maneiro-Dios Rubén , Moral-García José
Published: September 2022

Introduction. The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between primary school students' perception of the Physical Education teacher's formative assessment practices in terms of their level of attention. Methods. In this descriptive cross-sectional study that included 172 students, attention was assessed through the Perception of Similarities and Differences test and the teacher's formative assessment practices through the teacher performance questionnaire associated with formative assessment practices whose scores were validated. Results. With regard to gender, Student's t-test showed no significant differences except for the number of errors in favour of males (p < .05). In relation to the level of attention, we detected statistically significant differences in metacognitive (p < .05) and retrospective (p < .05) formative assessment in favour of those with a lower level of attention. However, the linear regression test showed a negative association between attention and metacognitive formative assessment (R 2 = .28). Conclusion. It can be concluded that a lower level of attention seems to be associated with a higher perception of primary school students of metacognitive assessment practice associated with internal information processing and with retroactive assessment practice, which is related to the anticipation of learning difficulties. Being aware of the importance of formative assessment in the teaching-learning process, it would be advisable to involve the whole educational community in order to arouse interest among teachers, as it provides essential knowledge in their professional work, contributing to the improvement of academic development as well as to the comprehensive training of all schoolchildren.
Sand and snow of a film memory: The Novi Sad raid
Authors: Daković Nevena
Published: September 2022

The aim of the paper is to map the transformation of historical and cultural trauma - "when an entire city ended up under the ice" - that restored collective memories of the city to the transnational memory and narratives of absolute victims, and to show the transformation through the analysis of Cold Days (András Kovács, Hungary) and Monument (1967, Miroslav Antić, SFRY). Their complementary narratives about the Novi Sad raid, told from different national perspectives, opposing perceptions of victims and perpetrators, from the point of view of generations and postgenerations (the author of this text belonging to the latter), side by side with titles that only touch on a topic, like The Jews are Coming (Prvoslav Marić, 1991, SFRY) and Hourglass (Szabolcs Tolnai, 2007, SFRY), become, at the same time, spaces for inscribing the intricate dialectic of ethnicisation and de-ethnicisation of memory and a cultural framework that shapes images of the past and interpretations of history. In the same vein, the paper uses three theoretical interpretive frameworks - "violence as a generative force in the Balkans" (Max Bergholz, 2016); transnational remembrance and absolute victims and "memory and complicity" (Debarati Sanyal, 2015) - which open up new readings of the past and writing history in films, in line with the contemporary political context. The paper recognises the mentioned de-ethnicisation as a shift from ethnic to ethic, marked by the eth/n/ic word play, and thus connected with the fundamental question of identity and the relationship between identity and memory. At the same time, shaping the memory of the individual and the memory of different social groups to which he / she belongs in the collective memory, testifies to how the latter "became a powerful symbol of numerous political and social transitions" that require individuals to (re)position themselves in society.
Family, theatre, world: Understanding community in the plays of Oliver Frljić and Damir Bartol Indoš
Authors: Juniku Agata
Published: September 2022

Damir Bartol Indoš is one of the still active veterans of the experimental theatre in Yugoslavia, and Oliver Frljić is one of the most important directors in today's post-Yugoslav space-time. The paper comparatively analyses two radical and in many ways mutually opposed types of politics and the corresponding aesthetico-poetic apparatus. These differences stem primarily from two completely different conceptions of the community, and consequently the ethico-political habitus that Indoš and Frljić affirm, both in their performances and beyond the artistic framework. Their poetics and actions, and to some extent methods, could be roughly based on the legacy of Artaud, with Frljić, and Brecht, with Indoš, but on many nodes of postdramatic aesthetics, these two poetico-aesthetic lines are met with both of them. Also, this paper tends to show that Artaud's and Brecht's theatre are not as distant as it is emphasised in textbooks, that is, it is insisted on the fact that their aesthetico-poetic, and especially ethico-political heritage is inseparably complementary. The opuses of Frljić and Indoš are also, after the initial distinction, approached with an emphasis on common points that may not be noticeable at first glance, but are clearly discernible from certain perspectives. Their different conceptions and artistic reflections of the community, on the other hand, are broken down into categories that differ in quality and scope - family, theatre, world - but within which, as in onion, relations remain structurally the same.
The discourse of female body in contemporary Croatian women's playwriting and theatre
Authors: Koch Magdalena , Abrasowicz Gabriela
Published: September 2022

The aim of this article is to present selected aspects of medicalization and politicization of the female body as a theme in contemporary Croatian drama and theatre. Our analysis presents artistic proposals discussing women's reproductive functions and dysfunctions (such as pathology of pregnancy, the destructive power of the pregnancy metaphor, physiology and philosophy of pregnancy, infertility and in vitro) illustrated by four plays written by women playwrights from Croatia. The exemplification is an abridged overview of the most representative textual-theatrical strategies in the socially and politically engaged "ginedramas" (ginodrame). Three acclaimed writers and directors, Lada Kaštelan (Before Sleep, original: Prije sna, 2005), Ivana Sajko (Woman Bomb, original: Žena-bomba, 2003; Landscape with the Fall, original: Krajolik s padom, 2011) and Magdalena Lupi Alvir (Barren, original: Jalova, 2011), deal with the fundamental questions of woman's existence, combining elements of art and medicine. Some matrophoras, i.e., metaphors of motherhood and mother-child relations which demystify and reinterpret female physiology, are analysed in the text.
Portraits on canvas from photos as a 19th-century portrait making technique
Authors: Korolija-Crkvenjakov Daniela , Mijić Snežana , Mandić Željko
Published: September 2022

The relationship between painting and photography has been dynamic since its invention in 1839. Seeking its place among the arts, photography was a useful tool for many. In this way portraits were made, which before the invention of photography were the privilege of higher social strata, and their production required spending long hours in a painting studio. With the advent of photography, portraits of individuals and entire families have become much more accessible to ordinary people, and the new technique has gained immense popularity. The possibility of getting portraits from photos as a status symbol was very tempting. In order to respond to such requests from clients, photographic studios teamed up with painters to create oil portraits painted from photography made on canvas. Such portraits became a substitute for classic painted portraits, but they were created faster and were less expensive. Often portraying important historical figures, they have found their place in museum collections. In addition to documentary value, they are also important for the history of art techniques, due to the specific way of production. Despite their popularity at the time of their creation, modern analyses of oil painted portraits made from photography on canvas are rare, and have been published mostly in conservation journals. After the introduction to the techniques and materials described in the literature, the paper presents two oil portraits from a photography made on canvas: a portrait of Isaija Oluić, abbot of the Krupa Monastery, from the fund of the Dalmatian Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church, made by Vlaho Bukovac, and a portrait of Nika Mihajlović, prominent Sombor lawyer and philanthropist, from the fund of the City Museum in Sombor, painted by Uroš Predić. The analytical approach to the identification of oil painting techniques from photography (optical analysis and the analysis of materials) was pointed out, as well as the fact that they are sensitive objects in museum collections, the protection of which should be given due attention.
Bordering on monodrama… Madame Curie by Elżbieta Sikora
Authors: Karwaszewska Monika
Published: September 2022

The subject of analysis is the contemporary opera Madame Curie (2010) by the Polish composer Elżbieta Sikora, premiered in 2011 in Paris. In an extremely emotional way, using innovative techniques for expression, the composer tells the story of the scientist Maria Skłodowska-Curie in the form of a script for the opera, with anxiety as the main idea of the libretto. This dramatic work is an example of an intermedia work in which the composer uses electronic media alongside traditional instruments. The composition is an intermedia spectacle revealing the symbolic significance of the sound emission interacting with the libretto, choreography, lighting, ancient Greek theatre form and an electronic medium. Despite being divided into scenes, the piece was directed using a single set representing the laboratory of the Polish Nobel Prize winner. The director patterned the staging of this opera after Greek theatre: for action on stage, the whole proscenium was used, and the orchestra was seated at the back of the stage (not in the orchestra pit), the soloists at the front, next to the spectators, while the conductor led the ensemble with the help of a video camera, not seeing the soloists. The chorus was amphitheatrically seated on chairs on both sides of the stage to follow the action on stage with the eye of a censor. Every role required of its actor great craft, extraordinary skill and professionalism. The aim of the presentation will have been a multi-aspect analysis and interpretation of the score and the recording of the opera, as well as a discussion of the characteristics of voice projection in this complex work. The article presents a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of the opera's score and recordng.
The Scriabin postcard: The importance of Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin in the intellectual circles of the Russian fin de siècle
Authors: Trifunović Branislava
Published: September 2022

Due to the rich and stylistically heterogeneous artistic creativity of Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin, his affinity towards various philosophical and religious narratives, as well as to his interest and accomplishments in the domain of poetry, the discourse created around the name and works of Scriabin has been abundant with exceptional diversity in artistic, critical and ideological context. Contemporary researchers, dealing with such often conflicting views on the art and worldview of Alexander Scriabin, are faced with numerous issues and doubts. In this paper, two questions are posed that need to be unravelled in order to finally demystify Scriabin: how and in what way did Scriabin, an apparently apolitical artist, participate in the aspirations of the Russian intelligentsia and artists of the Silver Age to create a social utopia and to what did this composer owe a distinguished social status in his time? The answers to these questions lead to the conclusion that Scriabin was a reactionary, modernist figure, who, by representing his own conception of social transformation and future utopia, mediated between the idealist and materialist currents of the Russian intelligentsia.
Popular music: Individual creativity and social framework
Authors: Ilić Boris
Published: September 2022

In the past hundred years, especially in the period after the Second World War, popular culture, and thus popular music, has become a vital part of the daily social life activities of individuals. Through the method of understanding and interpretation, the paper examines the processes of action and influence of popular music. The subject of the paper is to observe the relationships that are established between the individual as the bearer of the creative process in popular music and the social and cultural environment in which the creation process takes place and, in that sense, to determine the contribution of the scientific community in shedding light on these issues. The goal is to establish which factors and in what way they influence popular music, and what is the scope of individual creativity in the process of communication of this musical form with society. The opinion is that the individual creative personality of the author is a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for the creative process in popular music. The influences of society and culture, especially the mass media (radio, television and the Internet), in which it originates, are crucial factors that condition and / or mediate the creation of popular music. Thanks to interdisciplinary endeavours, primarily the synergy of musicology (especially critical musicology) and sociology, the knowledge about popular music has increased significantly in recent decades.
Maksa Popov and tamburitza practice in Belgrade in the mid-20th century
Authors: Baštić Julijana
Published: September 2022

Ethnomusicological research is often focused on the study of individuals recognised as prominent musical innovators of their time, and fieldwork, as a fundamental method, is a meeting point of individuals and researchers. Direct encounters lead to interaction between interlocutors, that is, the selected individual, and ethnomusicologists, while indirect contacts include temporal and / or spatial distance, and are reduced to the study of certain biographical data, scores, transcriptions, audio / video recordings and other resources. In that sense, the study of the material legacy of Maksa Popov (1910-1973), published materials, as well as verbal statements of people who were in direct contact with him, sheds light not only on his biography, but also the potential reconstruction of tamburitza practice in Belgrade in the mid-20th century. The period of his activity was marked by significant socio-historical upheavals on the global and local level alike. All these circumstances inevitably affected the life and creative reach of Maksa Popov. Since he spent most of his professional career in Radio Belgrade (first as a musician in the Tamburitza Orchestra conducted by Aleksandar Aranicki, then as Artistic Director of the Radio Belgrade Tamburitza Orchestra, and finally, as a music producer and important figure in institutionalising show business networks), Maksa Popov's musical ethnography opens the possibility of perceiving a broader picture of tamburitza in the context of Belgrade before and after the Second World War.
The main elements of the rule of law in the practice of the constitutional Court of Hungary
Authors: Czine Agnes
Published: September 2022

The rule of law is one of the most complex concepts in constitutional law, some principles of which permeate the entire functioning of the state, the relationship between the individual and the state. It is no coincidence that there have been many attempts to define the concept of the rule of law in the literature, legislation and international law as well, but we cannot speak of a uniform, universally accepted concept. The rule of law is strongly linked to the historical development of a given country. This article presents the problems encountered by the Constitutional Court of Hungary in its judgment and how it defined certain principles of the rule of law in practice. These decisions of the Constitutional Court affect the functioning of the state and legislation and are historically linked to the development after the change of regime in Hungary. There are different opinions in the literature that the Court used the concept of the rule of law formally, or as a subsidiary, or as an abstract, mysterious concept in different decisions. According to the position of the present article, no matter how the Constitutional Court approaches the concept, it is certain that the merits of the elaboration of the elements of this important constitutional institution and its application to Hungarian historical conditions are indisputable. In interpreting the concept of the rule of law, the Constitutional Court made it clear that the principle of the rule of law is not an auxiliary, secondary rule, and not merely a declaration, but an independent constitutional norm, the violation of which may in itself justify the unconstitutionality of a legal act.
Assurance in administrative procedure
Authors: Milkov Dragan , Radošević Ratko
Published: September 2022

Assurance is one of the novelties in the new Serbian Administrative Procedure Act, passed in 2016. Assurance is a written act through which a competent authority accepts the obligation to issue a certain administrative act, at the request of the party. Legal nature of this act is quite unclear and disputable. Legal theory usually asks itself whether this act can also be considered as an administrative act, or not. In order to answer this question, specific regulations on assurance must be analysed in domestic and comparative law. After this analyse has been done, we can conclude that these regulations are contradictory and the features of the assurance do not correspond to those of an administrative act.
The principle of coherence in Serbian Constitutional Court decisions about uniqueness of legal system
Authors: Hadži-Stević Brano
Published: September 2022

Articles 4 and 194 of the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia prescribe that the legal order of Serbia is unique. Interpreting this constitutional principle, the Constitutional Court of Serbia has developed a doctrine on the distinction between systemic and ordinary laws, based on the primacy of systemic laws over ordinary ones. Ordinary law must be in accordance with the systemic law because otherwise it is unconstitutional. Explaining its position, the Constitutional Court claims that the constitutional principle from article 4 requires that all laws be in accordance (consistency) and act in the same direction (coherence). We will analyze the principle of coherence, its relationship with consistency, and then apply those insights to the doctrine of the Constitutional Court, in an effort to determine the merits of such a distinction. The main hypothesis from which the paper starts is that the Constitutional Court gives absolute primacy to the principle of unity of legal order, which we consider axiologically acceptable but unacceptable from positive law aspect, since this principle must be considered in the light of other principles, especially in the light of separation of powers.
Constitutional amendments resulting from necessity: A critical overview of the constitutional reforms of the judiciary
Authors: Simović Darko
Published: September 2022

Following the referendum which took place on January 16, 2022, in which most citizens voted in favor of constitutional amendments; the National Assembly proclaimed the Constitutional Amendments on February 9. Although not a generally accepted view, there has been emphasis on these amendments as having improved the constitutional framework of the judiciary. Changes include the elimination of the three-year probationary mandate for judges and the election of all judges and court presidents to be under the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Judicial Council. The election process of the members of the High Judicial Council have also been depoliticized. In addition, the constitutional guarantee of the independence of judges have been improved, by securing the permanency of tenure of judicial office, constitutionalizing the basis for the removal of judges and more precise guaranteeing of their irremovability. Despite this, most scholars remain critical or at least evidently reserved with respect to the effects of the implemented constitutional changes. Aside from a deficit in democratic legitimacy in the convocation of the National Assembly who had decided upon the Constitutional Amendments, there is emphasis on the fact that the guarantees of the independence of the judiciary have only been partially improved with the creation of the new, and best described as hidden channels for political influence. Hence, a contextual analysis of the content of these constitutional amendments show that the implemented constitutional reform cannot have positive effects on the advancement of the rule of law in Serbia.
Theoretical and practical aspects of the ne bis in idem principle implementation in the EU Law
Authors: Tubić Bojan , Radojčić Stefan
Published: September 2022

The ne bis in idem principle as one of the most established legal rules, has been widely regulated by sources of national and International Law. By its very nature, it protects individuals from double punishment for the same act, regardless of its classification as a misdemeanor, criminal offence etc. Different legal traditions, together with a purely national criminal jurisdiction, led to a certain divergency among states. Moreover, such a problem has existed for a long time in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights. However, regulation of this principle in the EU Law brought upon some novelties. In the end of 20th century and in the beginning of 21st century there was the process of a more detailed defining of conditions for the application of ne bis in idem principle. In parallel with that process, the European Court of Justice delivered its judgments, which clarified practical dilemmas of national courts in this particular field of law. These judgments resulted from the requests for preliminary ruling referred by national courts. In that regard, many important precedents have been adjudicated, defining essential elements for implementation of prohibition of double punishment, as for example concept of the 'same act'. On the basis of the analysis of the legal framework and relevant jurisprudence of the ECJ, we come to the conclusion that the principle ne bis in idem in the EU Law system has been interpreted extensively and this fact significantly impacts on the overcoming of formalities contained in national legal systems, which can bring about double punishment for the same act.
The Nature of stage Transformation as a Problem (L.S. Vygotsky's virtual dialogue with a modern theater psychologist)
Authors: Rozin Vadim Markovich
Published: September 2022

The article raises the question of the nature of stage transformation. The psychological concept of N.V. Rozhdestvenskaya's explanation of reincarnation is analyzed, which distinguishes in this phenomenon as an ideal object of science: a) acceptance and emotional assimilation of motives that are dictated by the stage role, b) formation of an attitude to an imaginary situation that allows the artist to act and live in "given circumstances", c) restructuring and functioning of the personality already during the performance in these given circumstances. For comparison, the author analyzes I.I. Silantieva's art criticism concept, in which reincarnation is explained within the framework of the new humanitarian discipline "virtualistics", as well as the explanation of this phenomenon proposed by the author within the framework of the concept of "artistic reality".   The similarity of the main differences in all three interpretations of reincarnation is fixed. Then the place is given to L.S. Vygotsky, who sharply objected to the analysis of scenic phenomena in logic that does not take into account their historical development and social nature. The author notes that although psychologists are well acquainted with Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory, they, nevertheless, realizing the view of psychology as an exact science, analyze the psyche, ignoring the cultural-historical approach. He undertakes to fill this gap in relation to reincarnation, showing that this concept was formed quite late, is not characteristic of the director's theater, but in theoretical terms is associated with a certain interpretation of the subject and personality.
Efficiency Analytics of NCAA Division I College Football Programs
Authors: Bouchet Frank A. , Troilo Mike , Chiang Wen-Chyuan , Shang Jennifer
Published: September 2022

College athletics are a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States, but how well do university athletic programs employ their resources? The question is germane in light of increasing costs of higher education and scrutiny of university budgets. This study furnishes a template to weigh the tradeoffs inherent in collegiate sports, which is the main contribution of the paper. A dataset of 117 American college football programs from 2011-2015 is analyzed using DEA and AHP methods to assess the efficiency and perception of these programs. The result is the aforementioned framework measuring the programs' success and answers the question of program efficiency.
Deep learning molecular dynamics simulation on microwave high-temperature dielectric function of silicon nitride
Authors: Li Zhi-Qiang , Tan Xiao-Yu , Duan Xin-Lei , Zhang Jing-Yi , Yang Jia-Yue ,   Optics & Thermal Radiation Research Center, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China,   School of Energy and Power Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China,   Science and Technology on Advanced Functional Composite Laboratory, Aerospace Research Institute of Materials & Processing Technology, Beijing 100076, China
Published: September 2022

Silicon nitride (β-Si3N4) is a most promising thermal wave-transparent material. The accurate measurement of its high-temperature dielectric function is essential to solving the “black barrier” problem of hypersonic vehicles and accelerating the design of silicon nitride-based thermal wave-transparent materials. Direct experimental measurement at high temperature is a difficult job and the accuracy of classical molecular dynamics (CMD) simulations suffers the choice of empirical potential. In this work, we build a β-Si3N4 model on a nanoscale, train the deep learning potential (DLP) by using first-principles data, and apply the deep potential molecular dynamics (DPMD) to simulate the polarization relaxation process. The predicted energy and force by DLP are excellently consistent with first-principles calculations, which proves the high accuracy of DLP. The RMSEs for β-Si3N4 are quite low (0.00550 meV/atom for energy and 7.800 meV/Å for force). According to the Cole-Cole formula, the microwave dielectric function in the temperature range of 300–1000 K is calculated by using the deep learning molecular dynamics method. Compared with the empirical potential, the computational results of the DLP are consistent with the experimental results in the sense of order of magnitude. It is also found that the DPMD performs well in terms of computational speed. In addition, a mathematical model of the temperature dependence of the relaxation time is established to reveal the pattern of relaxation time varying with temperature. The high-temperature microwave dielectric function of silicon nitride is calculated by implementing large-scale and high-precision molecular dynamics simulations. It provides fundamental data for promoting the application of silicon nitride in high-temperature thermal transmission.