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Preposition à la in Public Discourse of German Language
Authors: Shubina E. L. , Averina A. V. 
Published: February 2024

The functioning of the French-origin preposition à la in the modern journalistic corpus of the German language is analyzed. The relevance of the study is due to the lack of linguistic description of this preposition in domestic and foreign German studies, despite its productivity in the German language. Combinations including the preposition à la were identified through a comprehensive sampling method in the DWDS corpus. The authors consider the preposition as synonymous with German derived prepositions that denote “similarity, likeness”: nach Art von, im Stile von, in der Art von, nach dem Prinzip von. It is noted that proper names (à la Agatha Christie) and predicative units (à la “Klinsmann liebt Leipzig”) serve as the main carriers of the preposition, with fewer examples involving concrete, abstract, and animate nouns. A paradigm of variable government for this preposition is proposed. The authors conclude that the choice of case government for the preposition is influenced by the structural characteristics of prepositional constructions, namely the presence / absence of an article or accompanying word after the preposition, as well as the gender and number of the governed noun.
Comic Objectification of Concept of UGLINESS: Axiological Approach
Authors: Bochkarev A. I. 
Published: February 2024

The article examines the features of the comic objectification of the aesthetic concept of UGLINESS from the perspective of axiological linguistics. The author applies an algorithm of axiological analysis, which includes the following stages: evaluating the audience’s reaction to relevant comic statements; identifying the ridiculed characteristics of the analyzed concept; analyzing remarks aimed at evaluating these characteristics; studying the linguistic features of concept actualization. As practical material, over 70 stand-up comedy shows and 700 episodes of various sitcoms were used. It is proposed to divide physical flaws into two groups: acquired and congenital. The main ridiculed acquired physical flaws of a person include excess weight, poor memory, and missing / deforming body parts / organs. Common ridiculed congenital physical flaws include non-standard shapes and sizes of human organs, short or tall stature, and speech defects. The main linguistic means of actualizing the concept of UGLINESS include direct designation, euphemisms, comparison, and hyperbole. It has been established that in English-language stand-up comedies and sitcoms, the gender characteristics of the comic object are primarily subjected to ridicule when actualizing the concept of UGLINESS.
Frontier Space of Kyakhta and Amur Region in D. I. Stakheev’s Essays ‘Beyond Baikal and on Amur’ (1869)
Authors: Aleksandrova-Osokina O. N. 
Published: February 2024

The article presents the results of an analysis of D. I. Stakheev’s essays from the book “Beyond Baikal and on the Amur” (1869). The author focuses on the study of the essays “Kyakhta”, “Maimachen”, “From Kyakhta to Blagoveshchensk”, and “From Blagoveshchensk to the Sungari River”. Attention is given to the peculiarities of artistic recreation of the “frontier” space. The article discusses the problematic and thematic content of the essays, including the portrayal of Russian and Chinese cultures, issues of population migration to the Amur region, and depictions of nature, among others. The author argues that the character of Stakheev’s reflection is shaped by a frontier vision and a sense of borderland. The novelty of the research lies in the exploration of Stakheev’s lesser-known essays and the application of the frontier paradigm as a research tool. The article proposes a structure for the frontier image in Stakheev’s works, which includes geographical spatial images, ethno-poetics of Russian and Chinese cultures, and the image of the “frontier man”. It is shown that the writer employs a system of folk-poetic evaluations, draws on elements of folklore, and utilizes imagery and motifs from folk creativity. The study reveals the characteristics of the Far Eastern frontier as depicted by Stakheev and demonstrates that the essays serve as a unique literary material about the folk culture of Transbaikalia and the Amur region in the mid-19th century.
40 Years of Boris Pasternak Research in China
Authors: Ren Shubi , Wang Yong 
Published: February 2024

The creative path of B. L. Pasternak has been a popular subject of research in China for many years. All works on the topic can be roughly divided into three stages: 1) the first stage (1980s) — the formation of mass interest among literary scholars in the works of B. L. Pasternak; 2) the second stage (1990s) — the expansion and deepening of research; 3) the third stage (after the 2000s) – the systematization of research and the emergence of new directions in the study of B. L. Pasternak’s works. This article provides an overview of the main trends in Pasternak studies in China. It is noted that research on the legacy of B. L. Pasternak conducted in China covers key areas such as biography, poetry, prose (with special attention from Chinese scholars focused on the novel “Doctor Zhivago”). The research conducted by Chinese scholars also explores topics such as the fate of the intelligentsia, ideological aspirations, cultural, religious, and spiritual components, the art of language, literary techniques, and devices. It is reported that in November 2020, Zhejiang University held an international scientific conference “Celebrating the 130th Anniversary of B. L. Pasternak’s Birth.” The authors of the article conclude that research on the legacy of B. L. Pasternak in China is systematic and diverse, and Pasternak studies as a discipline have broad prospects for development.
Russian Religious Reformation Process of Early 20th Century through Prism of Ideological Quests of Fr. Mikhail (Semenov)
Authors: Golovushkin D. A. 
Published: February 2024

The article examines the development of views on the reform of Russian Orthodoxy in the early 20th century by one of the prominent and unconventional religious thinkers of that time, Father Mikhail (Pavel Vasilievich Semenov, 1873-1916). It traces his journey from official Orthodoxy to the movement for religious renewal, and then to the Belokrinitskaya (or Austrian) Old Believer hierarchy, after which he becomes the main ideologist of “Golgotha Christianity” — a unique religious-reformist movement advocating for the revival of social and moral ideals of the early Christian community. As contemporaries noted, these “oscillations” of Father Mikhail (Semenov) became a natural expression of his intense quest for the kerygma of Christianity, capable of overturning the social ontology of the Orthodox Church — finding an Orthodox formula for individualizing faith and making the world the goal of salvation. The author concludes that the life path and ideological quests of Father Mikhail (Semenov) reflect an important regularity of the Russian reformation process. This regularity lies in the fact that the search for “foundations” of faith, theological foundations of doctrine, or religious foundations of culture and society is simultaneously associated with the actualization of a fundamentalist impulse in religion and to some extent with the modernization of the religious complex (this is a kind of religious swing: “fundamentalism — modernism,” “Old Believers — religious renewal,” etc.).
A British Colonizer in Pages of ‘Le Petit Journal’ Newspaper
Authors: Demicheva T. M. 
Published: February 2024

The article is dedicated to the study of the image of the “Other” colonizer, the British, who were rivals of France in the colonial race. The methodology proposed by Edward Said is used. For the first time in the history of the study of colonial empires, research is based on the construction and analysis of the image of the rival in colonial expansion, based on materials from the French press. One of the most popular newspapers of the Third Republic of the late 19th century, “Le Petit Journal”, served as material for the study. Notes devoted to British presence in India, the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882, the Fashoda Crisis, the Anglo-Boer Wars, the “Great Game”, influence in China, and others are considered. The concepts that formed the image of the “Other” colonizer for France are analyzed. The article describes the notions of “exploitation” and “cruelty of colonization”, the image of the “noble savage”, opposition “civilization — barbarism”, subjectivity, as well as personal qualities of the “Other” colonizer, such as British rejection of human rights and private property, which formed the construct of the “Other” colonizer. In conclusion, it is concluded that creating this image of the “Other” colonizer contributed to promoting France’s own ideas of colonization.
Gymnastics and USSR Sports Policy in 1918—1941
Authors: Kalinina E. A. , Umnov V. P. 
Published: February 2024

The aim of this study is to present and discuss the formation and development of one of the popular sports in the Soviet Union in the 1920s-1930s, namely, artistic gymnastics, which includes competitions on various gymnastic apparatuses as well as in free exercises and balance jumps. The authors trace the historical path of this sport within the context of the Soviet government’s policy on organizing the Soviet physical culture movement. The study examines the activities of public gymnastics organizations and the issues surrounding their closure. Special attention is given to the challenges faced by the development of artistic gymnastics during this period, including the state of the material and technical base, organization of systematic training sessions, and the availability of qualified coaching staff. The research materials demonstrate that the development of this sport took place under difficult conditions, from restrictions in the 1920s to a mass gymnastics movement in the 1930s. Based on documentary sources and central periodicals, the authors reconstruct the methods and forms of the formation and development of Soviet artistic gymnastics as a mass sport. It is argued that systematic competitions for the USSR championship stimulated the growth of gymnasts’ sporting and technical achievements
Stalingrad Battle in Mirror of Regional British Press (Western Post Newspaper, 1942—1943)
Authors: Öztürk M. , Kokorina Yu. G. , Vagabov M. M. 
Published: February 2024

Representation of the Stalingrad Battle in the British Press is examined in this study, with a focus on the coverage of events on the Volga in the regional British press. The specific portrayal of the Stalingrad Battle in the Western Post newspaper is analyzed, particularly during the defensive battles and the Soviet counteroffensive known as “Operation Uranus.” A review of all issues of the newspaper from 1942-1943 dedicated to the Stalingrad Battle is conducted. The novelty of this research lies in the introduction of a new historical source that is virtually unknown to both Russian and global readers. Typically, historiography examines materials from the central press. The relevance of this study is justified by the need to reveal a new perspective in the examination of the British press during wartime. The authors focus on how the Western Post portrayed the courage of Soviet soldiers, the professionalism of command, and the heroism of civilians in Stalingrad. It is proven that the local British press during World War II provided an overall objective picture of the battle on the Volga but paid less attention to events on the Eastern Front compared to operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean.
Linguocultural Elements in Text of Novel “On Eve” and Analysis of Their Translated Equivalents in Serbian
Authors: Pavlović-Šajtinac M. B. , Tyapkov I. S. 
Published: February 2024

The article is devoted to the issue of cross-cultural communication and difficult cases of translation into Serbian and Croatian languages of lexical and phraseological units from Ivan Turgenev’s novel “On the Eve”. The relevance of this issue lies in the analysis of translation as an act of communication, during which the linguistic worldview of the people is represented. The material for the study was translations of the novel “On the Eve” into Serbian and Croatian languages from different years, which are close to Russian. As a tertium comparationis, we considered the translation of this work into English. The authors analyzed forms of address and non-equivalent vocabulary, as well as idioms, which translators represented differently in their translation options. As a result of the study, it was found that difficulties arise in translating words that denote concepts related to the cultural-historical Russian context. It is shown that Serbian translators often try to take historical facts into account and give comments when there are no equivalents in their native language. It is noted that there is currently a need for a Russian-Serbian linguistic and cultural dictionary that will help a specialist create an adequate translation variant close to the original.
Political Activities of Major-General P. F. Ryabikov in Japan and China, 1920—1922
Authors: Posadskov A. L. 
Published: February 2024

The historical-biographical sketch explores several episodes in the life and activities of a prominent Russian military leader, one of the founders of the intelligence service in the pre-revolutionary Russian army, Major General P. F. Ryabikov (1875-1932). Serving in the White Movement as the 2nd Chief of Staff Quartermaster of A. V. Kolchak’s staff, General P. F. Ryabikov acquired competencies as a curator of military propaganda and organizer of periodical publications, which he later successfully utilized as a leader in these areas of military-political activity within the White emigration in Japan and China. From July 1920 to September 1921, P. F. Ryabikov served in the mission of the Commander-in-Chief of all armed forces of the Russian Far Eastern Territory, Ataman G. M. Semenov, in Yokohama, where he was involved in establishing a network of correspondent-informants for this mission in European countries and the United States, receiving reports and messages about the state of these countries, as well as informing representatives of foreign states in line with the ideology of the Semenovites and publishing anti-Bolshevik literature. In October 1921, at the request of Ataman G. M. Semenov, P. F. Ryabikov transferred his activities to Shanghai, where he continued his assigned work with agent-informants and cooperation in the Russian emigrant press. Having no material and organizational support from G. M. Semenov, Ryabikov severed ties with him in February 1922 and embarked on a path of independent political and journalistic activities.
Bisubstantive Sentences with Semantics of External Characteristics and Object State in Russian
Authors: Pryanikov A. V. 
Published: February 2024

The article examines bisubstantive sentences, whose grammatical subject is represented by a concrete-nominal noun, while the prepositional-case combinations of the noun in the copulative-substantive predicate represent the meanings of external characteristics and object state. The means of expressing the characteristics of color and shape of an object, the size of an object (dimensional meaning), the material from which an object is made (fabricative meaning), distinctive details of an object (their presence or absence), structural features of an object, patterns on the surface of an object, and external coating of an object are identified, systematized, and described. Two varieties of object state meaning are analyzed: external state and existential-functional state. It is emphasized that these meanings often turn out to be syncretic, indicating a change in the semantics of prepositional-case forms when they perform a predicative function and confirming the tendency to separate some of them from the system of grammatical forms of a noun.
Stable Comparisons, Punctuation, and Usage
Authors: Seagal K. Ya. 
Published: February 2024

This study offers an analysis of the methods of punctuation marking for stable comparisons in the punctuation practice of the 20th and 21st centuries. The research material comprises a micro-corpus, which includes more than 200 contexts of usage for stable comparisons, semantically similar free comparative constructions, as well as occasional transformations of stable comparisons. Punctuation actions involving stable comparisons are conceptualized as a distinct punctuation experiment, wherein diverse punctuation responses are formulated contingent upon the intrinsic nature of the stable comparisons themselves and the conditions governing their use. It is demonstrated that the punctuation practice of the 20th and 21st centuries reflects a trend towards punctuation differentiation not only between stable comparisons and free comparative constructions but also within stable comparisons themselves. The analysis of punctuation facts leads to the conclusion that the punctuation marking of stable comparisons is determined by derivational, pragmatic, and context-syntactic factors, which are taken into account by writers in their punctuation actions. It is shown that while derivational and context-syntactic factors prompt punctuation marking of stable comparisons, pragmatic factors merely render the use of delimiting commas more preferable. It is emphasized that adequate punctuation codification in the realm of stable comparisons cannot be achieved without reference to the evidence of punctuation practice.
Analisis Statistik Frekuensi Kejadian Gempabumi Menurut Sistem Kalender Qomariyah
Authors: Hardiyanto Sebastian , Rizky Muhammad Rahman  
Published: February 2024

Indonesia berada pada tiga pertemuan lempeng tektonik aktif yang menyebabkan aktivitas tektonik di Indonesia menjadi tinggi. Kerentanan tinggi terhadap gempabumi ini memicu tingginya frekuensi gempabumi di Indonesia. Metode statistika seringkali digunakan oleh para peneliti dalam meneliti hubungan frekuensi gempabumi dengan parameter lain yang berkaitan, seperti periode ulang gempabumi, seismisitas kegempaan, atau penentuan percepatan tanah. Pada penelitian ini, penulis mencoba mengkaitkan antara frekuensi gempabumi dengan hari dalam sistem penanggalan qomariyah (hijriyah) dengan tujuan menemukan korelasi antara literatur islam dengan bencana alam gempabumi. Sistem pergantian hari pada penanggalan masehi berbeda dengan qomariyah. Untuk itu diperlukan metode khusus dalam menentukan batas waktu pergantian hari pada sistem penanggalan qomariyah. Berbagai paramater almanak dan ilmu falak seperti Julian Day, Deklinasi Matahari, Altitude, Equation of Time, Transit Matahari, dan Hour Angle dikalkulasikan untuk menentukan batas waktu pergantian hari qomariyah, yaitu waktu Maghrib, dimana pada sistem masehi adalah pada pukul 24 malam zona waktu setempat. Waktu maghrib inilah yang dijadikan acuan dasar dalam pengkoreksian hari pada penanggalan masehi menjadi hari pada penanggalan qomariyah. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini merupakan data gempabumi untuk wilayah Indonesia yang terletak antara 6º LU – 11º LS dan 95º BT - 141º BT. Data diambil dari situs USGS untuk periode Januari 1900 sampai Oktober 2019 dengan magnitudo ≥ 5 SR. Dari hasil perhitungan matematis tersebut didapatkan kesimpulan bahwa frekuensi gempabumi terbesar terjadi pada hari Al-Itsnain (Senin) sedangkan frekuensi kejadian gempabumi terkecil terjadi pada hari al-Jumu’ah (Jum’at) dalam periode tahun 1900 – 2019.
Pengaruh Penambahan Semen Portland Terhadap Sifat Mekanik Geopolimer Berbasis Fly Ash
Authors: Muin Nurfajriani , Subaer  , Nurhayati  
Published: February 2024

Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimen murni yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penambahan semen portland terhadap sifat mekanik dari geopolimer berbasis fly ash. Komposit disintesis dengan menggunakan bahan dasar fly ash, semen portland, dan aktivasi alkali. Sampel dibuat 4 komposisi dengan variasi penambahan semen portland sebesar 0%, 20%, 40%, dan 60%, serta dirawat (curing) pada suhu 70°C selama 2 jam, kemudian disimpan pada ruang terbuka selama 28 hari. Pengujian struktur kristal sampel dilakukan menggunakan XRD (X-Ray Diffraction). Pengujian untuk melihat gugus fungsi sampel menggunakan FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared). Pengujian massa jenis dan porositas menggunakan konsep hukum Archimedes. Sedangkan sifat mekanik sampel diuji melalui kuat tekan dan kuat lentur. Hasil pengujian struktur kristal menunjukan bahwa diperoleh puncak kristal quartz (SiO2), serta fase lain yang terbentuk yakni Calsium Oxide, Calcium Aluminum Silicate, Sodium Aluminum Silicate, Iron Oxide, Calcium Peroxide, dan Aluminum Iron Oxide. Gugus fungsi komposit yang diperoleh menunjukkan bahwa puncak pada bilangan gelombang (cm-1) untuk setiap spektrum variasi penambahan tidak terjadi pergeseran pita serapan yang signifikan. Nilai hasil pengujian massa jenis, porositas, dan sifat mekanik sampel menunjukkan penurunan seiring dengan penambahan semen portland. Formulasi yang paling optimal adalah geopolimer tanpa penambahan semen portland (G-PCC 0%) yaitu dengan nilai kuat tekan yang paling tinggi dan nilai kuat lentur yg tidak terlalu rendah.
Web Application for Personal Digital Health Records
Authors: Brecko Alexander , Pomšár Ladislav , Zolotová Iveta 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
This article explores the impact and benefits of digitizing health records, focusing on the care of patients lying at home in the UK. Although electronic health records (EHRs) have existed for some time, their widespread adoption has escalated in the last decade, revolutionizing patient care. Digitization of health records increases accessibility, improves communication between healthcare professionals, and offers better monitoring and transparency in patient care. Through a case study of implementing a digital solution for patients and doctors, this article aims to show how such technological advances can significantly improve patient care, reduce costs, and provide peace of mind for patients’ families.
Parking Management System Based on Key Points Detection
Authors: Mičko Kristián , Papcun Peter 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
In urban areas, efficient parking management is crucial for reducing traffic congestion and environmental impact. This research introduces a new view for making the parking management system that leverages the capabilities of the NVidia Jetson Nano Single Board Computer (SBC) and OpenCV for real-time detection and classification of parking slot occupancy. Unlike traditional systems that rely on intrusive sensors, our proposed solution employs non-intrusive Oriented Fast and Rotated Brief (ORB) key point detection techniques using video feeds. The system architecture integrates video stream processing, ORB via OpenCV, cloud-based data storage, and a Flask server for user notifications. The methodology prioritizes traditional computer vision methods optimized for the Jetson Nano’s CUDA cores, offering a computationally efficient alternative to deep learning approaches. Python’s versatility and MongoDB’s document-based storage are employed for backend development. Our system’s performance, evaluated using open datasets, demonstrates high accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 scores, underlining its effectiveness in real-world urban parking scenarios. This study not only presents a robust solution for parking management but also opens avenues for similar applications in traffic measurement and urban planning.