Arts Program Research Articles

Music and Visual Art Training Increase Auditory-Evoked Theta Oscillations in Older Adults.

Music training was shown to induce changes in auditory processing in older adults. However, most findings stem from correlational studies and fewer examine long-term sustainable benefits. Moreover, research shows small and variable changes in auditory event-related potential (ERP) amplitudes and/or latencies in older adults. Conventional time domain analysis methods, however, are susceptible to latency jitter in evoked responses and may miss important information of brain processing. Here, we used time-frequency analyses to examine training-related changes in auditory-evoked oscillatory activity in healthy older adults (N = 50) assigned to a music training (n = 16), visual art training (n = 17), or a no-treatment control (n = 17) group. All three groups were presented with oddball auditory paradigms with synthesized piano tones or vowels during the acquisition of high-density EEG. Neurophysiological measures were collected at three-time points: pre-training, post-training, and at a three-month follow-up. Training programs were administered for 12-weeks. Increased theta power was found pre and post- training for the music (p = 0.010) and visual art group (p = 0.010) as compared to controls (p = 0.776) and maintained at the three-month follow-up. Results showed training-related plasticity on auditory processing in aging adults. Neuroplastic changes were maintained three months post-training, suggesting music and visual art programs yield lasting benefits that might facilitate encoding, retention, and memory retrieval.

CLINICAL RESULTS IN WOMEN WITH FERTILITY DUE TO ENDOMETRIOS IN THE PROTOCOLS OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

Surgical treatment of ovarian endometriosis remains a controversial issue. Sclerotherapy of endometrioma as a minimally invasive and affordable method proves its effectiveness for this category of patients, confirming it with clinical results in ART protocols.
 The aim is to study the effectiveness of protocols of controlled ovarian stimulation using protocol pretreatment therapy and sclerotherapy in patients with endometriosis-associated infertility in assisted reproductive technology programs.
 Materials and methods. 126 women with endometriosis-associated and tubal infertility were examined. The patients were divided into 3 clinical groups. Group 1 – 51 patients with infertility on the background of endometriosis, who, 2 months before the COS protocol with GnRH antagonists, underwent a course of protocol pretreatment therapy with sclerotherapy of the endometrioid cyst. Group 2 consisted of 45 patients with infertility on the background of endometriosis, who had a history of surgical treatment. Group 3 includes 30 women with tubal factor infertility, who were a control group. Depending on the treatment tactics, the clinical results of women of both research groups and the control group in ovulation stimulation protocols in ART programs were analyzed.
 Results. The mean number of retrieved oocytes from patients with endometriosisassociated infertility who underwent conservative endometrioma treatment, as well as the mean number of mature oocytes (MII), the mean number of immature oocytes (MI), and the mean number of deeply immature oocytes (GV) were actually statistically do not differ from the number of oocytes in the same sorting in the control group of women with tubal factor infertility, but it is statistically significantly different between the women of the experimental groups with endometriosis-associated infertility who underwent conservative and operative treatment of ovarian endometriosis, (p1- 2<0.05 )*. In women who underwent endometrioma cystectomy, the ovulatory reserve significantly decreased due to a decrease in the absolute number of follicles, as well as their quality, which affected the subsequent clinical results of women in ART protocols.
 Conclusions. The fact of the negative impact of endometriosis on the reproductive system and the woman’s body as a whole is proven by the clinical results of patients. Surgical treatment poses a serious risk to women with low ovulatory reserve. Preservation of the follicular apparatus, preservation of the quality of eggs offered by the method of sclerotherapy and protocol pretreatment therapy can increase the chances of success in women with infertility due to endometriosis in ART programs.

Error Analysis in Translation Pedagogy (A Study of EFL Students at Al-Saeed University)

Students who are studying translation face challenges and unique problems when they translate texts from Arabic into English and vice versa. Therefore, a study of translation errors is needed to investigate the most common types of translation errors that affect the process of translating from Arabic into English, and vice versa. The purpose of this study is to examine the translation errors of fourth year students in the Bachelor of Arts program in translation studies at Al-Saeed University (SU) in Yemen. During SU’s academic year 2021-2022, data was collected in order to determine the extent to which the formal training of students contributes to the errors they make during the translation process. This study argues that the problems encountered by translators can be overcome or minimised if factors such as literary genre, gender, and directionality in the process of translation are considered. It was concluded that there is a relationship between the directionality of the translation (i.e., Arabic to English, and vice versa) and errors. The outcomes of this study will be used to improve translation courses and graduate translation competency in Yemen. This study recommends that teaching materials should be updated, and that all translation sub-competencies be assessed.

Primary resistance against integrase strand transfer inhibitors in integrase strand transfer inhibitor-naive patients failing first- and second-line ART in Tanzania.

Sub-Saharan African countries are introducing integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) in their ART programmes as the preferred first-line regimen, and dolutegravir is the INSTI of choice due to its potency, tolerability and high genetic barrier to resistance. Dolutegravir was introduced into the first-line ART regimen in Tanzania in 2019. However, there is a paucity of data on the occurrence of mutations in HIV lineages circulating in Tanzania. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of INSTI primary resistance mutations in Tanzanian patients exposed to ART but not INSTIs. Plasma samples from 50 INSTI-naive patients failing first- or second-line ART [median (IQR) age: 40 (21.93-46.41) years; 68% women] were subjected to Sanger sequencing of the HIV integrase gene. Participants had been on ART for a median (IQR) duration of 7.32 (4.73-9.29) years, with 80% and 20% failing first- and second-line ART, respectively. No major INSTI mutations were found, but 2 (4%) participants had the accessory mutation T97A. Using the REGA HIV-1 subtyping tool, HIV subtype A1 (53.1%) was found to be dominant, followed by subtypes C (30.6%) and D (16.3%). This study found no current evidence for transmitted resistance against INSTIs among unexposed patients failing ART and supports the scale-up of INSTI-based regimens. However, the presence of accessory mutations calls for the surveillance of INSTI resistance mutations to ensure that the anticipated long-term desired outcomes are achieved.

Co-design and delivery of a relational learning programme for nursing students and young people with severe and complex learning disabilities

BackgroundNational Health Service (NHS) staff in the UK are required to undergo training about learning disabilities at the appropriate level for their role. However, this requirement does not apply to nurses in training and student nurses report fear and anxiety about caring for people with intellectual learning disabilities (ILDs). Young people with intellectual disabilities report feeling scared of nurses and parents feel staff do not listen to them or involve them in care. Objectives(i) For a university and special school for young people with server and complex ILDs to work in partnership to co-design a programme for nursing students, young people, their teachers, and parents. (ii) To deliver the programme online as part of the university's existing nursing courses. DesignThe partnership between the university and the special school focused on co-design of an interactive programme, parent involvement, safeguarding, and the design of accessible learning resources to support young people with severe and complex ILDs' engagement. The programme was informed by relational inquiry, service user and transformative pedagogies, and parents and teacher's knowledge and views about the young people. Delivery of the programme was designed to fit into existing nursing courses and enable students on placement and young people at home or in hospital to participate. A rights-based ethnographic evaluation was designed to support participant feedback and programme development. SettingThe Heritage2Health Virtual Arts and Drama Programme was piloted with nursing students at one UK university and young people with severe and complex ILDs from one special school, their parents and teachers. Participants15 nursing students (BSc Year 2 = 10, Year 3 = 3, MSc = 2) and 7 young people with severe and complex learning disabilities (age 11-14 yrs). Other participants were parents/guardians of young people (7), arts/drama facilitators (2), academic lecturers (2), special needs teachers (2), registered nurse (1). MethodsAn 8-week dynamic programme of arts and drama. Sessions included 30-min start-up/presencing, 45-min storytelling/drama with young people and parents, 30-min reflection/close. Sessions were facilitated by 2 arts and drama specialists. The story of ‘Ubuntu the Lion with the Long, Long, Mane’ (by TNP) was used to explore difference and ways of being. The evaluation methods were participant observation, semi-structured interviews (2–6 weeks post) and thematic analysis. ResultsParticipation in the programme was a challenging, creative, and reflective experience that was transformative for all. Nurses and young people's fears and anxieties about each other were revealed and addressed by participating in arts and drama activities together. Nursing students learnt how to adopt a relational orientation to young people and their parents and teachers. ConclusionsA co-designed programme for nursing students and young people with severe and complex ILDs can benefit student knowledge and skills and reduce fears and anxieties between nurses and young people with ILDs. With adequate planning and resources, the programme could be adopted by multidisciplinary partnerships between other universities and special schools.

Do Chinese children need parental supervision to manage their out-of-school visual art activities and academic work time?

Unlike in Western countries, scholars and the Chinese government pay less attention to the role of extracurricular activities (ECAs) in fostering children’s cognitive and non-cognitive well-being. Accordingly, essential ECAs such as visual arts programs are serviced by expensive privately owned schools, creating social injustice. The primary aim of the current study is to examine whether children benefit from ECAs if parental support and guidance for managing time spent on ECAs and academics exist based on the threshold model. The study comprised over 2,400 primary school students in one Chinese province and considered the SES of the area. Surprisingly, the present study’s findings illustrate that contemporary Chinese parents differ from traditionally aggressive and overbearing parents who do not value their children’s interests. However, the current study finding suggested that children’s participation in out-of-school visual art activities doesn’t have a substantial value in promoting children’s academic performance in the face of genuine interest and supportive parenting, which negates the threshold model.

Mahakavi Subramania Bharathiyar in Cultural Dimensions of Sri Lankan Tamils – A Study

Relations between Sri Lankan Tamils and Tamil Nadu are indigenous. They are multidimensional. They span politics, geography, history, commerce, literature, art, culture, religion, and worship. Due to the popularity of Tamil personalities, it is common for their names to influence the cultural spheres of Sri Lankan Tamils. It is common practise to put the names of active personalities on corporate organisations and projects. In such a background, this research is carried out by proposing the research problem that the name of Mahakavi Bharathiyar has influenced the cultural sites of Sri Lankan Tamils. Bharathiar belongs to the list of freedom fighters who fought for India till its independence. During the colonial period, Bharathiyar resistance was seen in two ways. One is a chant against the oppressive system of foreigners, and the other is a chant against the backward ideas found in society. Through his works, Bharathiyar is notable among those who brought both of these to the masses. It is worth noting here that it was Swami Vibulananda who introduced Bharathiyar and his works to Sri Lankan Tamils. As a result, it seems that a revolutionary movement about Bharathiyar has spread among the Sri Lankan Tamils. It caused great changes in the socio-cultural sphere. Thus, Bharathi's name has gained a stable place among Sri Lankan Tamils. Bharathiyar's name spans government schools, reading roads, social charities, women's liberation organizations, newspapers, magazines, sports clubs, street names, personal names, etc. Bharathiyar's creations have also been studied at the same time that lessons about Bharathiyar have been included in the art programmes of educational institutions such as government schools and universities. Memorial lectures, study conferences, etc. have also been started in honour of Bharathiyar. Statues of Bharathiyar have been installed and many memorials have appeared in all the places where Sri Lankan Tamils live today. It is noteworthy that these activities are a sign of the Bharathi Tamil historical period and his presence here is also evident from the study.

Emerging stronger from COVID-19 through arts.

To assess art initiatives and programmes communicating health messages and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia from 2020 to 2021. Qualitative narrative study. Grey literature on COVID-19 art initiatives and programmes in Malaysia was reviewed. The art initiatives and efforts in Malaysia to promote health and wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic were compelling and notable. These initiatives can be classified into five major categories, namely performing arts, visual arts, culture, literature and digital art. The main health messages conveyed through these initiatives included public education regarding COVID-19, health precautionary steps recommended for the public, and solidarity in the fight against COVID-19. These art initiatives cultivated positive responses from the public and increased their awareness of COVID-19. From the public health perspective, the use of arts to educate and create awareness of COVID-19 in Malaysia were encouraging. The public is made more informed and prepared to face the challenges ahead.

Contemporary Art in Heritage Practice: Mapping Its Intentions, Claims, and Complexities

ABSTRACT Since the 1990s, contemporary art projects have appeared in an increasing variety of heritage sites across the UK, from grand palaces and country houses, to industrial museums and historic waterways. In England, the country's two leading national heritage organizations, The National Trust and English Heritage, have vigorously engaged with contemporary art and artists, generating exhibitions and temporary commissions that significantly extend traditional approaches to heritage presentation. Drawing on interviews with art curators and program managers working in this field and grounded analysis of project documentation and grey literature, this article maps the territory of contemporary artists’ recent engagement with the heritage sector and the institutional claims made for the benefits of this new type of heritage practice. Artistic engagement focuses on four significant aspects of heritage sites: object collections; built architecture; designed landscapes; and intangible narratives of people and place. Disparate and sometimes conflicting claims are made for the value of this activity, ranging from audience development and diversification, increased visitor numbers, heritage site reanimation, to the generation of opportunities for artists’ creative and professional development. Despite this growth and the strong level of advocacy advanced for contemporary art in heritage practice, a more critical understanding of this field is required.

Time Series Forecasting of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines Using Deep Learning: Does COVID-19 Epidemic Matter?

With a 676% growth rate in HIV incidence between 2010 and 2021, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Philippines is the one that is spreading the quickest in the western Pacific.Although the full effects of COVID-19 on HIV services and development are still unknown, it is predicted that such disruptions could lead to a significant increase in HIV casualties.Therefore, the nation needs some modeling and forecasting techniques to foresee the spread pattern and enhance the government’s prevention, treatment, testing, and care program.In this study, the researcher uses Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network to forecast time series during the period when the COVID-19 pandemic strikes the nation, using statistics taken from the HIV/AIDS and ART Registry of the Philippines.After training, validation, and testing of data, the study finds that the predicted cumulative cases in the nation by 2030 will reach 145,273.Additionally, there is very little difference between observed and anticipated HIV epidemic levels, as evidenced by reduced RMSE, MAE, and MAPE values as well as a greater coefficient of determination.Further research revealed that the Philippines seems far from achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3 of Project 2030 due to an increase in the nation’s rate of new HIV infections.Despite the detrimental effects of COVID-19 spread on HIV/AIDS efforts nationwide, the Philippine government,under the Marcos administration, must continue to adhere to the United Nations’ 90-90-90 targets by enhancing its ART program and ensuring that all vital health services are readily accessible and available.

“Radical Empathy” in City of Incurable Women: A Conversation with Laura Larson

“Radical Empathy” in City of Incurable WomenA Conversation with Laura Larson Renee H. Shea (bio) In City of Incurable Women (Saint Lucy Books, 2022), Laura Larson continues her study of nineteenth-century photography, this time through responses to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, founded in 1656. She focuses on the late 1800s when Jean-Martin Charcot, then director of the hospital, photographed women diagnosed with hysteria. In her book of visual and written texts, Larson explores the depiction of four patients in the hospital (Blanche, Genevieve, Augustine, and Jane) as she reimagines them through the perspective of a contemporary political climate that seeks to control women’s bodies—and resistance to that climate. “I want a liquid chronicle of La Salpêtrière,” she writes, “a volatile flow of chemistry detonating then and now.” Her reflections interrogate the limitations and possibilities of photography as objective documentation, memory, and witness. Click for larger view View full resolution LAURA LARSON, AUGUSTINE’S ESCAPE, DIGITAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPH, 2019 Larson has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, including in the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wexner Center for the Arts, and Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Her first book, Hidden Mother (2017), was shortlisted by Aperture/Paris Photo for the Best First Photobook Award. She holds a BA from Oberlin College and an MFA from Rutgers University. Professor emerita at Ohio University, Larson is currently visiting faculty with the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in visual arts. Renee Shea: City of Incurable Women includes archival photographs from the Iconographie photographique de la Salpêtrière, published between 1876 and 1880 as a medical reference book, interwoven with writings from Charcot, other historical texts, your own photographs, and your lyrical written responses. How did this project begin and evolve? Laura Larson: The book started at a very basic level for me of looking at the photographs produced at Salpêtrière under the directorship of Charcot. The arc of my work for almost twenty years has been an engagement with nineteenth-century vernacular photographic forms. I was thinking about how I can look back at these different histories and make work in dialogue with it, not in a fetishistic or nostalgic way, but an investigation inspired by Roland Barthes’s Camera Lucida of the essential character of the medium, specifically from a feminist perspective. There’s incredible scholarship [End Page 45] and creative work on these photographs, but I was interested in how to respond to them in the present. I was making my photographs during the Trump administration, when language about women being out of control or in need of control was commonplace. I was trying to think through this notion of hysteria and hysterical women in relationship to this history. I wasn’t able to do archival research at Salpêtrière, but I went to Paris twice: to spend time on the grounds of the hospital, to think of how these women were moving in those spaces, and to visit other psychiatric institutions. The photographs I made in Paris are a way to bring these histories into the present. The production of my own work began in earnest in 2017. With the pandemic, things changed—I couldn’t work with groups of people in the studio, so there was an artificially imposed stopping point when I had to evaluate where I was and see if I had the material I needed to put the book together. This was when I started writing. I wrote almost all of those texts within two months, which is unusual for me since I’m a very slow writer! Initially, the project began as a collaboration with writer Maud Casey, responding to the photographs and case histories and exchanging our work for further response. Our concerns took us in different directions. Maud published her stories with Bellevue Press this year. I wanted to build a different context—a hybrid work—that looped the archival, the contemporary, and my presence as an interlocutor of this history. Shea: I’m fascinated by what seems to be your initial entry into this project: that the photography of the era...

The Crisis of Higher Education: Neoliberalism and the Privileging of "Innovation" in The Twenty-First Century.

The authors of this paper maintain that challenging the frame of “innovation” as a privileged keyword for higher education is a fresh and useful intervention in the conversation about the neoliberalization of higher education in the United States. Since our home institution, Purdue, is being celebrated by US News for “innovation,” the focus on the concept enables us to offer a Purdue lens on the topic. The authors argue that three high profile developments that have taken place since 2013 under the leadership of Purdue President Mitch Daniels—the University Honors College, the Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts Program, and Purdue Global—may also be regarded as “ideological innovations.” Alongside the laudable aspects of each of these developments, we argue that each serves the administration’s plan to decrease faculty power, especially in the humanities, by promoting initiatives that, in each case, increase the precariatization of instructional labor at Purdue and that move curriculum design and the hiring of teaching staff away from traditional academic departments and toward a more centralized model of educational control under the direction of high-level university administrators in and outside the College of Liberal Arts.

대학 비교과 프로그램 교육 만족도가 학습역량 및 학습지속 의지에 미치는 영향 연구

This study compared the impact of satisfaction for the development of core competencies in non-subject programs designed based on the core competencies of K-CESA on the will to continue education. The scope was limited to the Writing through Appreciation of Culture and Arts program conducted by S University in Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do. First, the results of the study showed that the six core competencies have a common relationship with the willingness to continue learning through their relationship with satisfaction. Second, among the core competencies, learners understood culture and arts in terms of information and technology and participated with the aim of developing self-management-oriented capabilities. However, while feeling burdened by the creative process of writing, understanding art has been shown to affect the development of interpersonal relationships.

Courage in the Time of COVID: The Power of the Performing Arts to Nurture Well-Being

Arts programs have much value to offer children and educators alike, and so it is important to seek avenues for providing these enriching opportunities.

Longitudinal patients' cohorts for impactful research and HIV care at the Infectious Diseases Institute.

Observational studies provide important evidence supporting the feasibility and effectiveness of health interventions. The 20-year-old Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) established to respond to infectious diseases, specifically HIV/AIDS, invested in the set-up of longitudinal cohorts. In this paper we discuss the results of these cohorts and their impact on the response to the HIV pandemic in Uganda. IDI invested in experienced system developers, clinic and laboratory capacity to create the infrastructure to host longitudinal cohorts. Several cohorts were created, including patients initiated and followed up on ART, specialized cohorts (e.g. TB co-infection) and long-term cohorts with patients on ART for over 10 years and aged 60 and above. These cohorts function as platforms for sub-studies, attracting collaborators and students. Data from the IDI cohorts contributed evidence to ART programs on when to start, which drugs to use, how to best monitor and which models of care to implement. Sub-studies contributed to management of opportunistic infections, understanding immunological response and the emerging complications of non-communicable diseases. Cohorts provide a platform for clinical care, training, and research to inform strategic responses and put Makerere University at the center of the response to the HIV pandemic in the region.

Strategy analysis of directoring of the ketoprak event at LPP RRI Semarang

LPP RRI Semarang has a function not only to provide information and entertainment but also to contribute to the preservation of local culture by presenting various cultural arts programs such as "ketoprak". The ketoprak program is one of the flagship programs that have loyal fans. so, to maintain its existence, it is important for a director of the ketoprak program to understand this art. The main obstacle in this program is how a director must think creatively in the production process by utilizing existing resources so that it remains attractive to listeners in today's competition in the radio industry. Thus, a good strategy is needed by the director in the production of the ketoprak program. This research is presented qualitatively with a phenomenological approach where the experience of a director of a ketoprak program is the main focus. The production of the ketoprak program is divided into four stages, namely, Pre-Production, Training, Production, and Post-Production. The director of the ketoprak program was directly involved in all these stages, both ideas, and technical matters. Director In the pre-production process, the director coordinates with the producer and scriptwriter in terms of finding story ideas. The script was implemented in rehearsal by all actors and crew. In the production process, the director is fully responsible for its implementation. Lastly, in post-production, the director leads the evaluation.

Effects of Participating in Martial Arts in Children: A Systematic Review.

Background: The application of various martial arts programs can greatly contribute to improving the of physical fitness of preschool and school children. The purpose of this review paper was to determine the effects and influence that martial arts program intervention has on children’s physical fitness, which includes motor skills and the aerobic and anaerobic abilities of children. Method: We searched the following electronic scientific databases for articles published in English from January 2006 to April 2021 to gather data for this review paper: Google Scholar, Pub Med, and Web of Science. Results: After the search was completed, 162 studies were identified, of which 16 studies were selected and were systematically reviewed and analyzed. Eight studies included karate programs, four studies included judo programs, two studies contained aikido programs, and two studies contained taekwondo programs. The total number of participants was 1615 (experimental group = 914, control group = 701). Based on the main findings, karate, judo, taekwondo, and aikido programs showed positive effects on the physical fitness of the experimental group of children. According to the results, the effects of these programs showed statistically significant improvements between the initial and final measurements of most of the examined experimental groups. Conclusion: We concluded that martial arts programs were helpful for improving the physical fitness of preschool and school children, especially for parameters such as cardiorespiratory fitness, speed, agility, strength, flexibility, coordination, and balance.

Wartime communicative practices: the experience of processing the problem

The purpose of the article is to analyze communicative practices during wartime. The methodological basis of the research is general scientific methods of analysis: historicism, systematization, comparison, and generalization of the researched problem. A phenomenological approach was used to analyze communication practices. The interdisciplinary approach allowed to involve scientific achievements in the fields of culturology, philosophy, ethics, and psychology. Scientific novelty: for the first time communicative practices in the conditions of military aggression are analyzed. Conclusions. Communicative practices as ways of interaction are aimed at transmitting information and generating meanings, creating, reproducing and transforming social reality, generating a sense of involvement in interaction with others, and hence cohesion and identification of communities and self-identification of individuals. Information can be transmitted and received not only through the media, the Internet, the media, but also through art programs, works of art, accident products and more. The concept of "peaceful communicative practices" can be applied to recreational practices, empathetic, aimed at carrying positive, life-affirming information useful for victory over the invader, these are communicative practices that can create various mental effects from simple distraction, entertainment - to experience levels of catharsis. The art of wartime emerges as the most direct depiction of war, documenting harsh conditions and struggle during the conflict, as well as reflection on events.
 Key words: communication, functions of communication during military operations, communicative practices, “life world”.

The Extent of the Students' Response to Music Notation Programs in Computer and Music Subject in Art Schools of the Jordanian Universities

This study aims to reveal the extent of the music students response to the computer subject and music for musical notation programs in Arts colleges in the Jordanian University, and the study used the descriptive and analytical approach, by collecting data and information's for this topic and analyzing it. The study consisted of all students of musical arts (BA) Bachelors degree 58 males and females in the second semester of the year 2019/2020 ,and due to the great importance of linking music learning and education in modern technology. These programs are considered among the many supporting factors for education, which don't rely on traditional method of education. This study was conducted on students who are currently studying in different academic levels and from both sexes, males and females. And to achieve this goal, the study sought to answer its questions. The study reached the following conclusions: First: The extent of the applied response of music students at Yarmouk University and the University of Jordan to the computerized music notation program was high. Second: The extent of educational response of music students at Yarmouk University and the University of Jordan to the computerized Sibelius music notation program was high. Third: The extent of the cognitive response of music students at Yarmouk University and the University of Jordan to Computer and Music subject was high

YUGOSLAV PAVILIONS AT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS IN ARTISTIC AND POLITICAL DISCOURSE 1918–1941

Exploring the context of constructing the Yugoslav national pavilions at international exhibitions in the period between the Two World Wars implies the analysis of the used architectural styles, also certain political ideologies that find their expression in architecture (thus lending it a role of social engagement). The parallel flows of socio-political discourses and architecture also require resolving the following dilemma: was the architect selected based on his or her education, sensibility and experience for a particular project, or forced to conform to the demands of the political authorities. The heritage, status of the nation, the architect, furthermore numerous social, cultural and, above all, political factors influence the variations in the art programs showcased in the pavilions. One such factor – the ideal of cultural connection and political cooperation among the South Slavs, supported by King Alexander Karadjordjević – plays an important role in defining the program and stylistic characteristics of the pavilions because it suggests a specific artistic expression. Attempts to develop this ideal into the ideology of Yugoslavism, that in certain respects sought to establish itself as the national identity, marked the period between 1918 and 1941. Such attempts represented both a prerequisite and a directive in the representative programs of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes/Kingdom of Yugoslavia.