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A Bedtime Yarn by N. Winstanley
Authors: Kung Janice 
Published: February 2018

Winstanley, Nicola. A Bedtime Yarn, illustrated by Olivia Chin Mueller, Tundra Books, 2017.This picture book explores the dreams of Frankie, a little bear who has trouble falling asleep at night. To help him sleep, his mother provides a ball of yarn for him to hold while she works on the other end, knitting a special surprise for Frankie. Each ball of yarn is a different colour with its own story that takes the young bear on incredible adventures. For instance, a sea-green yarn invokes a dream that takes him deep into underwater caverns and a brown yarn reminds him of cake as a result of his upcoming birthday celebrations. Every colour depicts a new dream and unique experience. The story concludes with Frankie’s mother surprising him with a multi-coloured blanket that was made from all the different colours of yarn that he held. Beautiful artwork illustrated by Olivia Chin Mueller accompanies the story, including strands of coloured yarn that surround the images. The author creatively used colour as the starting off point for representing the wide variety of dreams that the little bear encounters. This children’s book teaches readers about different colours and the imaginative element of dreams. This book is suitable for children from Kindergarten to Grade 2. Recommended: 3 out of 4 starsReviewer: Janice KungJanice Kung is a Public Services Librarian at the University of Alberta, John W. Scott Health Sciences Library. She obtained her undergraduate degree in commerce and completed her MLIS degree in 2013. She believes that the best thing to beat the winter blues is to cuddle up on a couch and lose oneself in a good book.
Stolen Words by M. Florence
Authors: Quaiattini Andrea 
Published: February 2018

Florence, Melanie. Stolen Words. Illus. Gabrielle Grimard. Second Story Press, 2017.Stolen Words is a sensitive and thoughtful story about the legacy and intergenerational impact of Canada’s residential school system, the reclamation of language, and the tender relationship between a seven-year-old nôsisim (granddaughter) and her nimosôm (grandfather). Florence draws on her own experience for the story, having never had the opportunity to speak to her own nimosôm about his Cree heritage.After making a dreamcatcher in school, Nôsisim goes to her nimosôm, asking how to say “grandfather” in Cree. Nimosôm replies that he “lost his words a long time ago.” He explains that he (and his words) were taken away from their home, “... to a school that was cold and lonely, where angry white faces raised their voices and their hands when we used our words.” Nôsisim wants to help Nimosôm “find your words again,” and the next day, brings home a Cree dictionary. Reading the long-forgotten words, Nimosôm’s language is reawakened, and he promises Nôsisim that he will teach her his words.Stolen Words does not shy from the realities and long-term impacts of the residential school system. However, Florence addresses these sensitively and age-appropriately. For example, Nimosôm talks about being separated from his family. While the pain of the separation is clear, Florence’s gentle prose ensures it is not overwhelming for young readers. Also, Grimard’s illustrations are evocative, highlighting the close relationship between Nôsisim and Nimosôm, and effectively showing how Nimosôm’s language was captured (and freed) using bird imagery.The phrasing of the sentences, and the inclusion of Cree words makes this a more appropriate read-aloud to younger readers, but it would be suitable for independent reading for students in mid-elementary school. While the subject matter is relevant for students in upper-elementary school, the text itself is below grade reading level. This book is highly recommended for both school and public libraries. Highly recommended: 4 out of 4 starsReviewer: Andrea QuaiattiniAndrea Quaiattini is a Public Services Librarian at the University of Alberta’s JW Scott Health Sciences Library. While working as a camp counsellor, she memorized Mortimer and The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch as bedtime stories for the kids. She can still do all the voices.
InvisiBill by M. Fergus
Authors: Aitken Leslie 
Published: February 2018

Fergus, Maureen. InvisiBill. Illus. Dušan Petričić. Tundra Books, 2015.The plot of this amusing picture book is simple: Bill would like someone at the dinner table to pass him the potatoes; he is repeatedly ignored. Bill mutters, “What am I. Invisible?... PLEASE PASS THE POTATOES!”In response, Mother continues checking messages on her “whatchamacallit,” and Father answers his “thingamajiggy.” (We have to admire the use of the terms “whatchamacallit” and “thingamajiggy;” Fergus deftly avoids the stale dating that comes with naming current technologies!) The story proceeds: Bill’s brother declares the scientific name for potatoes to be “SOLANUM TUBEROSUM.” His little sister begins to juggle the tubers. No one passes the potatoes. Bill’s fate is sealed; he becomes invisible.The romp through Bill’s family’s solutions and sorrows as they try to regain their invisible child and brother is complemented by the witty cartoons of Dušan Petričić. Only a few of these drawings are large and distinct enough to share in a group storytelling session; none-the-less, they would be much appreciated by the individual reader.That reader might easily be a child of eight years of age—the approximate age of “Bill,” as Petričić depicts him. By the end of grade three, and certainly at the grade four reading level, most children could handle independently such passages as the one below: Bill was in no mood to eat dinner with his family who had, after all, caused his invisibleness. So he took three peanut-butter-and-pickle sandwiches up to his room and spent the evening with his gerbil, Gerard.The humour in this story, however, is not for the exclusive delight of the primary school-aged; if you are a “middle child” of any age, you might just think that Maureen Fergus wrote the book with you in mind!Home, school, and public libraries should find this a popular addition to their collections. Depending on the ages involved, it might also prove a helpful gift for that once-youngest child whose family position has been “reordered” by a newcomer. Reviewer: Leslie AitkenRecommended: 3 out of 4 starsLeslie Aitken’s long career in librarianship involved selection of children’s literature for school, public, special and academic libraries. She is a former Curriculum Librarian for the University of Alberta.
On the Method of Inverse Mapping for Solutions of Coupled Systems of Nonlinear Differential Equations Arising in Nanofluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer
Authors: Dewasurendra Mangalagama , Vajravelu Kuppalapalle 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
Very recently, Liao has invented a Directly Defining Inverse Mapping Method (MDDiM) for nonlinear differential equations. Liao’s method is novel and can be used for solving several problems arising in science and engineering, if we can extend it to nonlinear systems. Hence, in this paper, we extend Liao’s method to nonlinear-coupled systems of three differential equations. Our extension is not limited to single, double or triple equations, but can be applied to systems of any number of equations.
Mexican Unconventional Plays: Geoscience, Endowment, and Economic Considerations
Authors: Luque Marcela Marian , Urban-Rascon Edgar , Aguilera Roberto F. , Aguilera Roberto 
Published: February 2018

Summary
Successful activities in the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas through drilling of horizontal wells and completions by use of multistage-hydraulic-fracturing jobs suggest that the potential of shale reservoirs farther south will be quite significant.
This observation leads to the objective of this paper: to examine geoscience and engineering data of tight and shale reservoirs in Mexico with a view to estimating the oil and gas endowment, and to determine the economics of developing these plays under current and forecast possible oil and gas prices.
Plays considered in this study include the Burgos, Sabinas, Tampico, Tuxpan (Platform), Veracruz, and Chihuahua Basins. Endowment is defined by the US Geological Survey (USGS) (USGS 2000) as the sum of known volumes of oil and gas (cumulative production plus remaining reserves) and undiscovered volumes.
The economics of these plays is examined with the use of cumulative long-run supply (or availability) curves. These are presented as crossplots of production costs per barrel of oil or per Mcf of gas vs. endowments for the aggregate of basins, and are very useful to demonstrate how endowment volumes vary at different price levels.
It is concluded that the potential of unconventional resources in Mexico is quite significant and will help to change the slope of production rates in the country from negative to positive. As a result, it is anticipated that Mexico will become an important part of the shale-petroleum revolution started in the US.
Preparation of granular activated carbons from composite of powder activated carbon and modified β-zeolite and application to heavy metals removal
Authors: Seyedein Ghannad S. M. R. , Lotfollahi M. N. 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
Heavy metals are continuously contaminating the surface and subsurface water. The adsorption process is an attractive alternative for removing the heavy metals because of its low cost, simple operation, high efficiency, and ﬂexible design. In this study, influences of β-zeolite and Cu-modified β-zeolite on preparation of granular activated carbons (GACs) from a composite of powder activated carbon (PAC), methylcellulose as organic binder, bentonite as inorganic binder, and water were investigated. A number of granular samples were prepared by controlling the weight percentage of binder materials, PAC and zeolites as a reinforcing adsorbent. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray diffraction techniques were employed to characterize zeolite, modified zeolite and produced GAC. The produced GACs were used as the adsorbent for removal of Zn+2, Cd2+ and Pb2+ ions from aqueous solutions. The results indicated that the adsorption of metals ions depended on the pH (5.5) and contact time (30 min). Maximum adsorption of 97.6% for Pb2+, 95.9% for Cd2+ and 91.1% for Zn+2 occurred with a new kind of GAC made of Cu-modified β-zeolite. The Zn+2, Cd2+ and Pb2+ ions sorption kinetics data were well described by a pseudo-second order model for all sorbents. The Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models were applied to analyze the experimental equilibrium data.
Эвристическая модель интеграции религиозности и социально-психологической адаптации
Authors: Chernov Aleksandr Yu. , Bulanova Irina S. , Kurysheva Ol'ga V. 
Published: February 2018

Introduction. The relationship between religiosity and adaptation is an important issue in the psychology of religion. The present study introduces a heuristic model integrating these phenomena. The model components are organized in a two-dimensional space, where extreme points indicate the intensity of the phenomena. The study revealed four types of relationship: (1) external religiousness – adaptation, (2) external religiosity – desadaptation, (3) internal religiousness – adaptation, and (4) internal religiousness – desadaptation.
Methods. The data statistical processing included the following steps: (a) checking the adequacy of graphically presenting the model, (b) checking the hypothesis of the differentiation of adaptation strategies depending on their location on the coordinate plane of the geometric space of the model, (c) revealing the content of adaptation/desadaptation variables.
Results. The adequacy of graphically presenting the constructed model gained empirical confirmation. Combinations of the parameters of adaptation/desadaptation and external/internal religiosity led to specific behavior types. Desadaptation resulted from external religiosity and the adaptation strategy of “leaving the environment and searching for a new one”, without the desire for change in the environment or self-changing. Adequate responses to changes in the environment led to adaptation. However, religion did not characterize the individual’s adaptation.
Discussion. The presented model can be a form of cognitive scheme which simplifies the internal processing of life experience. The paper describes prospects for further research.
Выделение профессионально важных качеств инспектора Государственной инспекции по маломерным судам МЧС России
Authors: Shoigu Julia S. , Tarasova Anastasia A. 
Published: February 2018

Introduction. Recently, considerable attention has been paid to studying various kinds of professional activities. However, psychological studies on professional activities of inspectors in the State Small Vessels Inspectorate (SSVI) of EMERCOM of Russia are still lacking. The present study examines professionally important qualities which determine the efficiency of professional activities in this group of specialists.
Methods. The study involved 275 inspectors in the SSVI of EMERCOM of Russia residing in various federal subjects of Russia. An expert survey helped to choose psychodiagnostic techniques for studying intellectual, cognitive, and personal characteristics of inspectors in the SSVI of EMERCOM of Russia. The experts comprised 40 persons. The study employed methods for mathematical and statistical treatment of data.
Results. The comparison of successful and unsuccessful inspectors in the SSVI of EMERCOM of Russia revealed the professionally important qualities that could predict the efficiency of professional activities in this group of specialists. The professionally important qualities were grouped as follows: (a) intellectual and mnestic, (b) emotional and personal, (c) and motivational and volitional. The level of each professionally important quality was measured by mean scores in the group of successful inspectors.
Discussion. The carried out psychological study of professional activity of inspectors in the SSVI of EMERCOM of Russia revealed the professionally important qualities necessary for achieving professional goals. The findings are of great help in improving professional psychological selection and determining the degree of compliance of a candidate’s psychological qualities with the requirements for the specialty.
Феномен протестной активности личности: субъектно-бытийная интерпретация
Authors: Guseinov Aleksandr Sh. , Ryabikina Zinaida I. , Fomenko Galina Yu. , Shipovskaya Viktoriya V. 
Published: February 2018

Introduction. The paper (a) presents the principles of the subjective-existential approach, (b) overviews its theoretical and methodological models, and (c) describes the phenomenology of protest activity. The subjective-existential approach focuses on value foundations of personal being, and also the way the individual resolves contradictions in the spaces of his/her life. Protest activity deconstructs micro- and macro-society in accordance with personal self-determination. Value-meaning positioning and existential self-determination are key characteristics of the protest activity system. The study introduces (a) a structural dialectical model of protest, and (b) typology of protest forms. These protest forms are modes of being, resulting from individual subject activity.
Methods. The empirical study of value-meaning positioning in destructive protest forms (n = 2600; M = 21.3 years) employed the Protest Activity Questionnaire which included the following scales: emancipation, negativism, opposition, escapism, and nihilism. The test was valid, reliable (Cronbach’s alpha (α) ranged from 0.63 to 0.81), and structured. Confirmatory Factor Analysis Model was as follows: CMIN/DF = 1,084; IFI = 0,987; CFI = 0,989; RMSEA = 0,013. The study employed factor and correlation analysis.
Results. A value-meaning contradiction in the destructive forms of protest (opposition, nihilism, escapism, and negativism) consisted in the respondents’ desire to express their personality by choosing socially unapproved forms of subjective positioning. Individuals with non-constructive forms of protest did not accept the uncertainty of the external and inner world and refused existential self-determination. Deformation and devaluation of spiritual values were characteristic for destructive forms of protest.
Discussion. Personal contradictions depend on the problem of alienation, self-identification, and also inability to form and maintain an authentic being in individuals with non-constructive forms of protest. When accumulating, these contradictions become insuperable and cause destructive protest. Addressing the causes of the person’s destructive activity – creating conditions for successful adolescent and adult socialization – is important.
Категоричность в оценках себя, других и ситуации у старшеклассников, употребляющих наркотические вещества
Authors: Rasskazova Elena I. , Tkhostov Aleksandr Sh. , Lukomskaya Marina I. , Bryun Evgenii A. , Demenko Elena G. , Arshinova Viktoriya V. 
Published: February 2018

Introduction. Mechanisms and factors for psychoactive substance dependence and also psychological methods for its treatment and prevention have been widely researched. However, early diagnostics and prevention of psychoactive substance dependence among schoolchildren remain important today. The paper presents the results of the study of (a) categoricity in self-estimation and estimation of other people and situations in adolescents using drugs and (b) its relationship with other psychological risk factors for involvement in drug use. Categorical answers indicate the way of thinking when a person makes conclusions before considering all the possible alternatives. Such a way of thinking derives from difficulties in voluntary regulation with insufficient regard for possible solutions and future prospects. The present study is the first attempt to reveal associations among categoricity and psychological risk factors for involvement in drug use.
Methods. The participants comprised 108 high school students using drugs, 637 high school students from various regions of Russia, and 540 middle school students. A methodical complex of psychological diagnostics of risk factors for adolescent involvement in drug use was employed in the study.
Results. High school students’ categorical estimates indicated the risk of drug use and were associated with difficulties in voluntary regulation with unwillingness to plan the future and consider the alternatives in the clinical group. A defensive strategy of answers manifested itself in the association among categoricalness, overestimation of voluntary self-regulation, and denial of problems. On the contrary, the association between categoricity and accepting difficulties characterized an open strategy of answers when using drugs. High school students in the control groups had no such associations.
Discussion. Categorical answers can be a nonspecific criterion for assessing the risk of drug involvement among high school students.
Диагностический и лечебный процесс в психиатрии и психотерапии – единый процесс или разные модальности работы?
Authors: Chistyakov Maksim S. 
Published: February 2018

Introduction. The article draws attention to the difference between psychiatric and psychotherapeutic approaches to treating and diagnosing mental disorders. These approaches rely on different definitions of norm and also treatment goals and methods. Given the lack of critical attention paid to such a difference in the literature and clinical practice, this issue merits special attention. The paper presents a generalized model for the process of psychotherapeutic diagnosis and treatment.
Theoretical Basis. The study rested upon the principle of complementarity formulated by the physicist N. Bohr in quantum mechanics for systematization of the data received in different circumstances of observation by the observers with different attitudes. Thus, the psychiatric approach and psychotherapy were considered not only as different and relatively independent but also as complementary modes of working with patients.
Discussion. The generalized model for the process of psychotherapeutic diagnosis and treatment demonstrated differences between diagnosis and treatment in psychotherapy and psychiatry. When practicing psychotherapy and training young psychotherapists, the three main kinds of psychotherapy (psychodynamic, humanistic, and cognitive behavioural) should be considered as complementary and also independent integral models. For effective treatment, clinicians must consider each patient separately within the psychiatric and psychotherapeutic approaches, switching from one perspective to another.
Conclusion. The new approach (a) can be readily used in practice to make the psychiatric and psychotherapeutic models more logical, clear, free from contradictions, and focused on the relationship and (b) contributes to the development of these models.
Medida de la confianza en el estudio académico: un Informe-Resumen
Authors: Sander Paul , Sanders Lalage 
Published: February 2018

Introducción. Guiado por el trabajo de Bandura sobre la auto-eficacia, este estudio trata de determinar la medida en la que las diferencias entre las expectativas de los estudiantes sobre la educación universitaria pueden ser explicadas por los diferentes niveles de confianza. Metodo. La Escala de Confianza Académica (ACS) fue diseñada y utilizada en un estudio con universitarios del primer año, para examinar diferencias en confianza entre dos grupos de estudiantes bastante diferentes. A uno de los grupos se les pasó la escala para medir su con-fianza al final del año, y, al mismo tiempo, se les pasó una Escala de Aspiración (LofAsp), para poder validar la ACS. Con los datos obtenidos, pudimos examinar mejor la ACS para buscar factores subyacentes. Resultados. En el análisis factorial de la ACS aparecieron 6 factores: (Estudio, Compren-sión, Verbalización, Clarificación, Asistencia y Notas del Estudiante). La Escala de Aspira-ción (LofAsp) proporcionó validez a la ACS. En la Escala de Aspiración, un pequeño grupo obtuvo baja puntuación en comparación con la media nacional identificada. Este grupo fue relevante en cuanto a sus puntuaciones en la ACS y en la realización académica. Las puntua-ciones de la ACS muestran una significativa disminución con el paso del tiempo. Discusión. Una comparación de las puntuaciones ACS entre los dos grupos de estudiantes sugiere que la confianza sólo puede ser responsable en una pequeña medida para las diferen-cias en las expectativas de los estudiantes sobre la educación universitaria. La disminución en las puntuaciones de la ACS indica que el rendimiento académica afecta a la ACS, no que la ACS afecta al rendimiento del estudiante. También provoca preguntas sobre la capacidad del estudiante para razonar utilizando los datos estadísticos, y sobre sus perspectivas de su rendi-miento más probable durante el curso.