Character Features Research Articles

Organization of Learning and Methodological Guidance in Disciplines of Confessional Education at Pyatigorsk State University

Abstract: the present article covers issues of the organization of learning and methodological guidance on the major 48.03.01 Theology (bachelor degree level) with the Islamic block of disciplines of confessional education at Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Pyatigorsk state university» (PSU). The article focuses on issues concerning the approach to training in Islamic sciences and the organization of the curriculum in this discipline. It also discusses questions concerning the preparation of materials on learning and teaching methods on the basis of requirements according to the federal state educational standard taking into account specificity of Islamic education and features of dogmatic character.

Laser Printing Files Detection Method Based on Double Features

A novel laser printing files detection method is proposed in this paper to solve the problem of low efficiency and difficulty in traditional detection. The new method is based on improved scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT) feature and histogram feature. Firstly, analyze the graphical features of different laser printing files. Different files have different printing texture features in valid data area. So segment the valid data area to remove the interference of background. Secondly, extract the histogram feature of the same character in the printing file. Normalize the histogram and then calculate the Bhattacharyya coefficient between the detected file and the original file to determine whether the detected file is right or fake. At the same time, calculate the SIFT features and match the detected file and the original file. To focus on the letter or character region, the SIFT features which are out of contour are deleted. Finally, the results of the two different methods are both used as the result of the identification. When any of the result is fake, the end result will be fake. In the self-built database experiment, in different printing files from different printers, the inkjet areas possess different image features. When scanning different files using 600 dpi, the detect accuracy is higher than 97%. This method was able to meet the reliability requirements of law.

Ментальные и этнопсихологические особенности тувинцев в системе детерминант развития Республики Тыва (на примере этнотуризма)

Этнотуризм рассматривается как экономическая и социокультурная детерминанта регионального развития в Республике Тыва, что осознается руководством региона, закреплено в ряде законодательных актов и реализовано в ряде государственных программах. Однако усилия власти опираются прежде всего на экономические ресурсы. Автору представляется необходимым выявление ментальных и этнопсихологических особенностей тувинцев, которые могут способствовать развитию туризма в республике, а определенные черты — препятствовать.К таким значимым особенностям национального характера отнесены ментальная закрытость тувинцев, высокая значимость родственных связей и родовой принадлежности, коллективистское мышление, тувинская гордость и любовь к малой родине, низкие акизитивные потребности тувинцев в накоплении денег и некоторая поведенческая инертность, специфическое «тувинское время», тувинская билингвальность и негативный образ тувинцев в СМИ, не соответствующий самовосприятию тувинцев.На основе анализа фестивалей и национальных праздников в Туве, отнесенных к ресурсам событийного туризма, выявлен один из наиболее значимых по своим последствиям аспектов развития этнотуризма в регионе: ценностно-этические трансформации этнического самосознания, выраженные в десакрализации и коммерциализации традиционной культуры. Этнотуризм представляется наиболее «красноречивой» практикой формирования эрзац-культуры (с упрощенным приготовлением традиционных блюд, использованием более дешевых тканей, машинной вышивки, использования формы юрты в коммерческих проектах туристических баз и пр.).Сделан вывод, что, с одной стороны, повышение популярности этнотуризма в Туве может являться значимой экономической детерминантой регионального развития. К позитивным результатам развития туристической области в Туве можно также отнести возможные трансформации менталитета тувинцев, развитие социально-культурных связей Тувы с другими регионами страны, провозглашение политики открытых границ, культурного обмена и взаимообогащения между народами. С другой стороны, этнопсихологические особенности тувинцев с необходимостью должны учитываться при формировании экономической и национальной политики в регионе.

РОМАН «ТЕРРИТОРИЯ» В КОНТЕКСТЕ ТВОРЧЕСТВА О. М. КУВАЕВА

The article considers the history of creation, the genre originality of the novel “Territory” written by the famous Russian prose writer of the second half of the ХХ century O. M. Kuvaev. The author analyzes the specific features of the main characters of the work, speaks about their prototypes, functions in the structure of the novel. “Territory” is examined in the context of O. M. Kuvaev’s prose creative work. The paper describes the introduction of the notion “territory” in regional communicative culture, its exit from the world of literary prose. The title of the novel, thus, can be considered as the linguistic reflection of the phenomenon of special communicative space.

КОНЦЕПТ ХАРАКТЕР ЧЕЛОВЕКА В АНГЛИЙСКОЙ ЯЗЫКОВОЙ КАРТИНЕ МИРА НА МАТЕРИАЛЕ АНГЛИЙСКИХ ФРАЗЕОЛОГИЗМОВ С КОМПОНЕНТАМИ - НАИМЕНОВАНИЯМИ ЖИВОТНЫХ

The article makes an attempt to identify the national and cultural features of the concept HUMAN CHARACTER by the material of the English phraseological units (idioms and proverbs) with components - nominations of animals. The notion HUMAN CHARACTER is defined from the point of view of psychology. The results of the functional and semantic analysis of the studied phraseological units and proverbs are presented. On the basis of the obtained data, the author models and describes the mechanism for conceptualizing human character in the English phraseological world view.

Rewriting the Faust Myth within Romantic Dualism of Existence in Byrons Manfred and Cain

Among the myths revived and rewritten by the romantics Prometheus, Orpheus, Psyche, Apollo, and so on the myth of Faust would provide one of the most congenial ways of textualization of the romantic rise of individualism, in general, and of some of its individual thematic perspectives, such as dualism of existence, escapism, and rebelliousness, in particular. George Gordon, Lord Byrons impressive literary masterpieces, the lyrical plays Manfred and Cain are among those works that contributed to the rise of the romantic hero in English literature by building up one of its particular as well as most interesting versions, which is known as the Byronic hero. Solitary, inadaptable, arrogant, misfit, escapist or rebellious, whatever would be the common features of the many characters that are labelled as Byronic hero, they still reveal certain distinct features and perform various deeds that allow them to be regarded as particular hypostases of the Byronic hero, among which Childe Harold, Manfred, Don Juan, Cain, and others. Among these, Manfred and Cain are at once hypostases of the Byronic hero and Faustian figures making possible the reconstruction of the Faust myth within the new attitudes and the thematic complexity of the Romantic Movement. In this respect, the present study embarks on a critical endeavour to disclose and compare the ways in which the two dramatic works revive and reshape the myth, and make it a vehicle for both romantic and, as we will see, anti-romantic literary expression.

ОСТАП МАКАРУШКА ПРО ВПЛИВ ВІЙНИ НА ВИХОВАННЯ ДИТИНИ

The article reveals the views of Ostap Makarushka on the social, psychological and pedagogical aspects impact of the war and military actions on the formation of the young generation. The war influence on society, youth, on the formation of discipline, compassion, justice, patriotism, national identity, religiosity is studied. The negative effects of the war on young people (discord, cynical disrespect for someone else’s property, humiliation of human dignity, alcoholism, gross sexual abuse, abuse over religious shrines, etc.) are revealed. The emphasis is on the fact that the young man must be prepared to perform warily obedience, to endure hunger during the few days, thirst, fatigue, insomnia, wounds, injuries, operations, family tortures, caring of relatives, women, children, sadness because of deceased comrades –companies. It is discovered that the war affects the education of discipline, increase and exacerbation of religious feelings, awareness of national identity. The teacher on military examples should form a feeling of compassion, empathy, sensitivity, kindness in the students. Humility, lies, and the merciless hatred of young people are at the same time ruining the foundations of Christian faith and human ethics. It is necessary to form respect to a teacher, mentor, historical traditions, folk heroes, own traditions, holidays, ceremonies. The school did not pay enough attention to the education of such features as organization, accuracy, ability to plan their time, to produce punctuality and accuracy. The school should inculcate love to the work of people; more attention to the practical application of moral and religious values, the use of works of fiction, examples from life. The task of the teacher concerning the formation of positive features of character is described. The evaluation of war as an inhumane way of solving problems is given. The role of teachers and schools in upbringing the students in the post-war period is revealed.

PENGARUH FITUR KARAKTER TERHADAP SIKAP KONSUMEN ATAS MEREK MELALUI KEPERCAYAAN KARAKTER PADA PRODUK ES KRIM PADDLEPOP

This research goal is to measure the influence of Character feature for Customer Atitude on the Brand through the Trust of Character for Paddlepop Ice Cream Product. Samples of this research used 115 respondents. The Sampling technique use non probability sampling (direct of sampling method). Finaly, these research implication try to explain that the Character Feature at the variances: Expertise on Trust of Customer, Relevance for Trust of Customer,and Nostalgy for Trust of Customer have a significant influences to consumer attitude which hypothesis test under level of tolerance about 5%. This research also find that Trust of Customer has an influent to The Customer Atitude. Critical Path Coefficient Analysis of Expertise to The Trust of Customer about 26,5%, Relevancy on The Trust of Customer about 63,8%, Nostalgy on The Trust of Customer about 55,5% and Trust of Customer to The Customer Atitude for Brand about 3,4%. So this research accepted Hypotesis of 1, Hypotesis of 2, Hypotesis of 3, Hypotesis of

Народная игрушка как воплощение национального идеала

The author of this article tries to find the ideals that are original for Russian people, to trace their evolution and existence through the prism of such a phenomenon as a folk toy that includes a conglomerate of meanings. The article considers the folk toy as a reflection and expression of the national ideal. The article analyzes a connection of cultural traditions and images of toys, the way a folk toy reproduces emotions, character and mental features of an ethnos. The author considers the generation aspect of national ideal`s reflection through the national toy. The original senses of a traditional toy are transformed quite often in modern sociocultural space, and its material embodiment is replaced by simulacras or parodies. Therefore, it is necessary to turn to its genetic roots to understand the meaningful phenomenon.

ЕТНІЧНІ ОСОБЛИВОСТІ АРХЕТИПУ ГЕРОЯ В СЛОВ’ЯНСЬКІЙ КУЛЬТУРІ

В статті здійснений аналіз уявлень про героїчну поведінку в слов’янській культурній традиції. Виділені основні характеристики образу Героя і простежений його генезис від феномену богатирства до козацтва як матеріальне втілення в епосі архетипу колективного несвідомого. Проаналізовані спільні та відмінні риси у представлені архетипу Героя в західноєвропейській та слов’янській традиціях. Доведено, що слов’янська культурна традиція має специфічні риси у визначення образу Героя, зокрема, виділені шість базових рис Героя. Також здійснене порівняння основних рис слов’янської та західної традиції, в результаті чого визначено, що слов’янський архетип більш реалістичний, має не тільки позитивні, а й негативні риси. 
 Ключові слова: архетип, Герой, культурна традиція, подвиг.

Tell me what you eat, and I’ll tell you where you are from:Spanish cuisine as part of national culture

The article deals with the peculiarities of national cuisine, which is a part of the cultural, historical and public heritage of Spain. According to UNESCO, the Mediterranean diet, which is the basis of Spanish gastronomy, was listed in the world’s intangible heritage of mankind. Special attention is paid to traditional dishes of various autonomous communities, in which their traditions and customs are preserved. The article lists the main dishes of national cuisine, which are widely known far beyond Spain, and explains the origin of their names. Knowledge of the traditions of the national cuisine is a manifestation of respect for the country and its people, the desire to better study its history and understand the features of the national character.

Е-СЕРЕДОВИЩЕ ЯК СКЛАДОВА КОРПОРАТИВНОЇ КУЛЬТУРИ В УНІВЕРСИТЕТАХ ФРАНЦУЗЬКОЇ РЕСПУБЛІКИ

The article deals with features and regularities of functioning of the E-environment as a component of corporate culture of the universities of the French Republic. The essence of the concepts “corporate culture”, “corporate culture of the university”, “environment”, “E-environment”, “academic honesty” has been defined. The specifics of the influence of the environment on the development of the personality have been revealed. The specific features of the corporate character at the university have been outlined. Academic honesty and other components of the corporate culture of the university have been singled out. The development of the corporate culture at the university has been characterized at three levels. The expediency of step-by-step actions for the development of the corporate culture of the university has been stressed, and the final stage of its formation is the normative consolidation of all rules, laws, standards in the corporate code of the university, or other document regulating legal relations in the organization and beyond. The positive and negative factors of influence on the development of the corporate culture of the university have been determined. Attention is focused on academic honesty, as a component of the corporate culture of the university. The main branches of the effectiveness of academic honesty have been determined. The problem of plagiarism has been revealed as one of the varieties of manifestation of academic dishonesty among Ukrainian researchers and educators. The place and role of the E-environment in the formation of the corporate culture of the universities of the French Republic have been characterized. There has been presented the information on the functionality of such electronic learning platforms as LearningSpace, TopClass, WebCT, Pleiad, Campus Virtuel, Virtual, Claroline, Ganesha, Moodle, Promethee, LearningSpace, TopClass and WebCT which are used for distance learning at the universities of the French Republic. A number of positive and negative signs of the using of electronic platforms in the universities of the French Republic have been presented.

Typical vs. atypical: Combining auditory Gestalt perception and acoustic analysis of early vocalisations in Rett syndrome

BackgroundEarly speech-language development of individuals with Rett syndrome (RTT) has been repeatedly characterised by a co-occurrence of apparently typical and atypical vocalisations. AimsTo describe specific features of this intermittent character of typical versus atypical early RTT-associated vocalisations by combining auditory Gestalt perception and acoustic vocalisation analysis. Methods and proceduresWe extracted N = 363 (pre-)linguistic vocalisations from home video recordings of an infant later diagnosed with RTT. In a listening experiment, all vocalisations were assessed for (a)typicality by five experts on early human development. Listeners’ auditory concepts of (a)typicality were investigated in context of a comprehensive set of acoustic time-, spectral- and/or energy-related higher-order features extracted from the vocalisations. Outcomes and resultsMore than half of the vocalisations were rated as ‘atypical’ by at least one listener. Atypicality was mainly related to the auditory attribute ‘timbre’, and to prosodic, spectral, and voice quality features in the acoustic domain. Conclusions and implicationsKnowledge gained in our study shall contribute to the generation of an objective model of early vocalisation atypicality. Such a model might be used for increasing caregivers’ and healthcare professionals’ sensitivity to identify atypical vocalisation patterns, or even for a probabilistic approach to automatically detect RTT based on early vocalisations.

J. S. Mill’s hedonism: activism, experientialism and eudaimonism

ABSTRACTMany contemporary scholars defend the position that J. S. Mill was a ‘eudaimonist’, in a sense implying that he was not an ‘experiential’ hedonist. One ‘activist’ argument for this interpretation rests on the claim that Mill’s core axiological uses of ‘pleasure’ in Utilitarianism should be understood to refer to worthy or pleasurable activities rather than mental states. This paper offers a three-stage rebuttal of the activist interpretation. Firstly, in the Analysis, the Examination and the Logic, Mill explicitly identifies pleasures and pains as mental states. Secondly, if we read Mill’s core axiological uses of ‘pleasure’ in Utilitarianism along activist lines, the text’s overall coherence and intelligibility becomes even more questionable than on the traditional experientialist reading. Finally, in his discussions of Plato, Mill seems to distance himself from the axiological view that non-hedonic features of mind or character have intrinsic value in their own right. In consequence, in the small number of cases in Utilitarianism in which Mill clearly speaks of ‘pleasures’ as activities, this is best construed as a derivative usage.

ZnO/sepiolite heterostructured materials for solar photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals in wastewater

Abstract This work deals with the preparation of novel photocatalysts based on the assembly of ZnO nanoparticles on the surface of sepiolite (Sep) fibrous clay mineral, which can be previously modified by treatment with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, tetramethoxyortosilicate or magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles. The structural and morphological features of the prepared samples were characterized by diverse experimental techniques. The photoactivity of the resulting materials has been tested under solar light irradiation for the degradation of emerging pollutants, such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen and antipyrine. The resulting ZnO/Sep heterostructure exhibits enhanced photocatalytic performance compared to ZnO/SiO2-Sep and ZnO/Fe3O4-Sep materials. Ibuprofen showed higher degradation rates than the other target compounds. Of particular interest is the use of ZnO/Fe3O4-Sep photocatalyst, which shows the simultaneous features of superparamagnetic character and photocatalytic activity, allowing its easy recovery by application of an external magnetic field which improves its reusability.

Symbolic Research on “Water God” Image in Paper-Charms of Yunnan

The paper-charms of Yunnan as a kind of unique woodcut printmaking of Chinese folk cultural heritage, is a widespread phenomenon of folk culture in Yunnan minority areas, and also is the product of the folk beliefs activities for a long time. The paper-charms as a communication with god for folk beliefs, reflect the inherent spirit of people through the image of the external outline, which along with the unique, rustic, rough mad styling with local artistic features of the native character and unique aesthetic sense. The unique image style not only reflects the rich spiritual connotation of Yunnan minority Ethnic people, but also demonstrated the metaphysical meaning of religious folk art. But there are more multiple meanings of portraying water god image in the nature worship, from the religious connotation, the images dragon style reflects the special features of water dragon king divinity; from the folk belief, the images figurative dragon image reflected reverence of the dragon in Bai nationality; from the semiotic perspective, abstract dragon Patron hold more symbolic symbolism. With these multiple meanings, the shape of the paper charms reflects the rich spiritual appearance of the local people, and the common folk beliefs and speculation special significance.

Singlet Fission Mediated Photophysics of BODIPY Dimers.

The photodynamics of an orthogonal BODIPY dimer, particularly the formation of triplet states, has been explored by femtosecond and nanosecond transient absorption measurements. The short time scale data show the appearance of transient features of triplet character that, according to quantitative analysis of their intensities, account for more than 100% of the initially excited molecules, which reveals the occurrence of a singlet fission process in the isolated dimers. The formation rate of the triplet correlated state 1(TT) is found to depend on the solvent polarity, pointing to the mediation of a charge transfer character state. The dissociation of the 1(TT) state into pairs of individual triplets determines the triplet yield measured in the long time scales. The kinetic model derived from the results provides a comprehensive view of the photodynamics of BODIPY dimers and permits rationalization of the photophysical parameters of these systems.

Ипотека коммерческой недвижимости в системе частной собственности

One of the problems of small business today is the necessity for the productions sphere entrepreneurs to buy real estate premises. Commercial premises are very expensive and the deficit of immediately available funds causes an objective necessity in commercial mortgage. That is why there is a keen interest towards this topic. One of the strategic goals of the institutional modernization of modern Russian economy is to create an effective mechanism of the development of the commercial mortgage institution. As result there appear institutional models that reveal institutional character and unique features of contractual relationships (leasing, mortgage, rent) as an alternative to purchase and sale. The revealedspecific inner problems allow to work out the ways to solve them.

On the concepts of character and personality: Correctly interpreting the statistical evidence putatively relevant to the disposition–situation debate

Complementing Banicki’s (2017) recent discussion of the conceptual and historical aspects of the distinction between theoretical notions of “character” and “personality,” the present commentary is intended as a corrective to the long-standing misinterpretation of empirical findings generated by research psychologists putatively bearing on the theoretical assumption of temporal and trans-situational stability in individuals’ behavioral manifestations of their personal attributes, whether conceived as features of character or as traits of personality. It is hoped that this corrective can facilitate more fruitful future discussions of the issues that Banicki has raised.

Structural retrofitting in historic buildings – the case of Hearst Greek theatre, California

A modification process after manufacturing or constructing is called Retrofitting. Within the existing built forms it refers to the transitions made to the systems in the building or the structure after it is constructed or put to its defined use. Within the present day context, there are many historic buildings that are still in use or have the potential for future use. These may not be sometimes used to their full potential, despite their historic character and environmental features as most of them do not satisfy the contemporary needs of the present day user. They may also have been built for a purpose that no longer exists or has changed and often lag behind today’s performance standards and codes. Therefore, for contemporary use of such historic buildings, Retrofitting for Rehabilitation is an opportunity for alterations and additions to suit it to the present day context. The most significant aspect of retrofitting is associated with structural refurbishment which aids for added strength, stability and safety of the historic buildings. Retrofitting measures in a historical building aims to improve the overall performance of the building, facilitate techniques to alter, repair or add to make the historic building fit for contemporary use without jeopardizing their historic qualities. Through case examples, the paper aims to bring out the trends in retrofitting and the retrofitting techniques that are being adopted in contributing to a sustainable future of historic buildings. The structural retrofitting techniques adopted at the Hearst Greek Theatre, California exemplify how historic buildings can be structurally rehabilitated to become a sustainable resource for future generations.