Effective Form Research Articles

Embodying Tradition, Imagining Home: Baakisimba Dance and the Ugandan Diaspora

This paper investigates how engagement with the Ugandan Baakisimba folk dance tradition enables cultural resilience and identity continuity for members of the Ugandan diaspora community in Trondheim, Norway. Through an immersive seven-month ethnographic study involving participant observation and interviews, the findings reveal baakisimba's versatility as a vehicle for intergenerational transmission of intangible heritage, as a tool for strengthening social cohesion, and providing a conduit for productively processing nostalgic sentiments. Analysis of a baakisimba performance during a baptism ceremony demonstrates the dance form's effectiveness in shaping communal belonging and sparking continuity with Ugandan cultural roots despite migration's ruptures. The research underscores embodied artistic practices' considerable capacity to mediate complex relocations.

The impact of supply chain integration from the Service‐Dominant Logic perspective: Operant resources and value generation

AbstractThis paper analyzes from the perspective of Service‐Dominant Logic how value is generated through supply chain integration. The inclusion of the Service‐Dominant Logic together with the Transaction Costs Economy and the Resource Based View allows exploring ways of explaining the generation of value that have been seldom studied. In particular, the role of specific resources, governance form, and information sharing are analyzed in the Spanish mining and manufacture of nonmetallic mineral products industry. The hypotheses generated are tested with structural equation modeling. The sample size was 276 cases. The findings support the importance of governance form and relation‐specific resources as operant resources, as well as the importance of the latter in amplifying the governance form's effect. Five operant resources are identified: information sharing, governance form, relation‐specific resources, trust, and relational commitment. These resources outline three ways of value generation.

Opportunities for labor rehabilitation of people with mental development disorders in non-profit organizations

The article discusses the features of labor rehabilitation in the conditions of non-profi t organizations as an eff ective form of rehabilitation of people with mental development disorders. The article analyzes the theoretical aspects of the labor rehabilitation process, including the characteristics, tasks and principles of labor rehabilitation. The analysis of the legislative base and statistical data on employment of people with disabilities is presented. The features of work of socially oriented non-profi t organizations with people with mental disorders are considered. Presents the experience of a care Centre for people with autism "Anton near here" (Saint-Petersburg).

Organization of Individual Counselling of Children Brought up in Foster Families (on the example of the «Family» Centre»)

Children, brought up in foster families, experience various problems (diffi culties in interpersonal relationships with parents, diffi culties in communicating with peers, emotional instability), which lead to confl icts, quarrels, running away from home, destructive phenomena, etc. One of the eff ective forms of working with children brought up in foster families is individual counselling. Individual counselling is used by various specialists (psychologists, educators, psychotherapists), where a special place is taken by a social educator. His or her activity involves the implementation of social-protective, preventive, educational, informational, advisory functions. In the process of organizing individual counseling, the social educator takes into account the social situation of the family and the child, personal characteristics, social conditions, social and cultural characteristics and the nature of the relationship with the social environment. To organize individual counseling, a social educator needs to master various and eff ective techniques, and take into account a number of recommendations. An analysis of the literature and practical socio-pedagogical experience led to an understanding of the insuffi cient degree of elaboration of this issue. The purpose of this article was the solution to this problem.

ПОДГОТОВКА МАГИСТРОВ ИНЖЕНЕРНОГО ПРОФИЛЯ К ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНО-ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ

The paper discusses the organization features of training engineering MSc students for teaching and research activity. The authors have analyzed the historical and pedagogical aspects of the origin and development of master’s degree programs in Russia as one of the most important resources for providing the higher education system with teaching staff . The modern requirements of society for training university teaching staff in changing conditions and increasing their professional mobility are revealed. Training nonpedagogical MSc students for teaching and research activity at a university involves a pedagogical component in the teaching content structure, as exemplifi ed by “Fundamentals of Pedagogical Activity” or “Methods of Vocational Training” courses and teaching practice programs. Research conducted by the authors at the the Goryachkin Institute of Mechanical and Power Engineering at Russian Timiryazev State Agrarian University for three years, showed a high demand for lecturers with a master’s degree in modern technical universities, as well as high motivation of Msc students for teaching and research activity. The study involved 109 MSc students in the areas of training “Agroengineering”, “Heat Power Engineering and Heat Engineering”, “Electric Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering”. All the participants were taking a course of “Fundamentals of Pedagogical Activity” and having teaching practice at the university. As a result of the research, the authors have off ered some ways to solve the problem of training teaching staff with a master’s degree for technical universities. They include conducting fundamental research on the methodological issues of master’s degree training, considering past experience and modern trends; developing theoretical and applied issues of the master’s degree training content structure in order to increase the eff ectiveness of training programs, including the pedagogical component; identifying and implementing eff ective forms, models, and adaptive programs in the university study process to train MSc students for teaching and research activities and ensure their further professional development.

FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY MODELLING AND ESTIMATION OF THE PUBLIC JOINTSTOCK COMPANY «NATIONAL SHAREHOLDER COMPANY «NAFTOGAZ OF UKRAINE»

The current stage of development of a public joint-stock company «National Joint-Stock Company «Naftogaz of Ukraine» is characterized by an increase of negative trends. The main retaining factors for the enterprise development are the complex economic and political situation in the country, the negative dynamics of the main macroeconomic indicators, the high cost of the UAH resource, and the dominant devaluation processes. One of the conditions for a stable fi nancial and economic development of the industrial enterprises is the proper management of the movement of their fi nancial resources. Consequently, in the case of consideration of the enterprise, it is necessary to proceed from the fact that the key role is played by continuous fi nancial processes, which should be understood as the sequence of tasks or procedures that collectively provide the completion of a particular production activity. The formation of a market fi nancial and credit system requires enterprises to increase the effi ciency of activities, competitiveness of petroleum products and services based on the implementation of scientifi c and technological progress, eff ective forms of management and management of the enterprise.

Understanding livable dense urban form for shaping the landscape of community facilities in Hong Kong using fine-scale measurements

Highly dense cities' livability has long been debated in the urban planning field, particularly regarding vibrancy, walkability, and day-to-day service access. However, studies on density's effects on the provision of neighborhood community amenities and services are limited. In addition, urban form's effects on community facility distribution patterns under the constraints of pedestrian access to urban road networks remain poorly understood. Hong Kong, with an average population density of 68,500 persons/km2, has one of the world's densest urban environments. This study investigated community facility distribution through a comprehensive network analysis using fine-scale dataset. Results showed that highly dense urban form ensured access to certain facilities and services and that daily service and amenities provision was positively correlated to building density and performance of community spatial characteristics. The findings provide insights for planning and designing to provide better facility services to meet people's daily needs regarding amenities and services and for the configuration of a dense urban form.

Формирование профессиональных компетенций студентов на занятиях по курсовому проектированию

The work of the student on the course work is the most eff ective form to enhance and optimize the teaching and learning process, a way of strengthening his professional and applied orientation, helps to strengthen the connection of educational process with teaching and research activities, is an eff ective means of intensifying the focus of professional training of the student. To modern specialist society has a long list of requirements, among which important value has the presence of graduates of certain abilities and skills independently to extract knowledge from diff erent sources, to systematize received information, analyze the problem. The formation of such skills occurs
 during the whole study period. The independent work of students plays a crucial role in the entire educational process. The implementation of the course work contributes to the formation of the subject of cognitive activity, requires the creation of a complex of pedagogical conditions for the development of sustainable, high-quality learning motivation; in it the big role self-mastery of general and professional competences. In “Lebedyansky Commerce and Economic College” is constantly working to improve the quality of education. In the long term, the criterion for assessing
 the quality of the coursework should be the assessment of the degree of creativity and independence of students when performing this type of research. As creativity is based on cognitive abilities of man and covers the areas of personality, process, result, it will contribute to the development of creative elements of scientifi c knowledge, formation of professional qualities of students. The role of training coursework is particularly relevant in the present time, when educational institutions set the task of formation at students of need to continuous self-education, which supposes the ability for own cognitive activity.

Pedagogical Values of Olympic Education

Olympic education is currently perceived as one of the most eff ective forms of upbringing, which is why it should be included in modern pedagogy. It is important because of the values of Olympism and education through sport. When speaking of Olympic education, its origins and precursor should be studied as well. It is worth knowing that it was Pierre de Coubertin’s philosophical and pedagogical concept that played the key role in the development of Olympic education in the world. The values of Olympism, including equality, fraternity, collaboration, friendship, respect, solidarity and striving for excellence are now commonly accepted. The timeless and universal nature of those values, the generally accepted fair play rule that is important not only in sport, but also in everyday life, looking at sport through the prism of social and human values, as well as the common global recognition of the Olympic Games, all may contribute to Olympic education becoming a marvel of modern education.

Образ современного директора школы в зеркале социологического исследования

The article describes the results of a sociological study, carried out in one of the territorial entity of the RF. The comparative analysis of the responses to
 the questionnaire is given regarding the personal qualities of directors, the knowledge and skills needed to perform their professional duties, and avoid
 preferred management style, professional competencies, typical diffi culties and forms of training. The characteristic features of an eff ective director are
 revealed: diplomatic skills; the ability to apply the work style of the team; the capacity for strategic planning; analytic skills; interest in achieving high
 performance. It was found that a successful director has a broad and deep vision of the entire problem fi eld related to his activities. The article off ers the
 most eff ective forms of training directors.

Disenchanting Secularization

Disenchanting Secularization

Good Samaritans on social network services: Effects of shared context information on social supports for strangers

Technological developments in smart phones and various sensors have been growing at a rapid pace, which leads people to share their context information with other users and support strangers in social network services (SNS). This allows us to study the effects of shared context information on socially supportive behaviors of individuals (Good Samaritans) in SNS. Our aim of this study is to investigate the pattern of social support amongst strangers in SNS. We aim to find out which types and forms of context information induce high levels of willingness to provide social support among strangers. We focus on four different types of context information (location, activity, emotion, or physical environment), which vary by degree of self-disclosure. We also investigated two forms of context information (subjective vs. objective), which differ depending on the provision of human interpretation.In order to achieve our research goals, we first constructed a causal model between context information and social support mediated by the theory of mind, which consists of simulation theory (empathy) and theory theory (rational reasoning). To verify the model, we conducted two exploratory pre-studies and a controlled main experiment. Our results indicated that types and forms of context information affect social support, simulation theory and theory theory. First, we found that a high level of self-disclosure positively effects social support. Context information in the subjective form induced more social supports compared to the objective form even though the information content itself is the same. Emotional context information presented in the subjective form has the strongest positive effect on social support. Furthermore, a high level of self-disclosure was found to positively affect context form's effect on simulation theory and social supports. In regard to theory theory, we discovered that high levels of self-disclosure have a positive effect.Both practical and theoretical implications of the study results have been presented. Theoretically, a conceptual model of the effects of context information on intention to provide social supports has been proposed and empirically verified. Practically, the interplay between context information types and forms can be utilized to construct social network services efficiently promoting social supports among fellow users. This paper ends with study limitations and implications.

Study on herbal drugs of glycosides in brain

Many active ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine exist in the form of glycosides. In recent years, the problem of low bioavailability of Chinese glycosides has caused wide public concern. Glycosides and their metabolites organization distribution directly affect glycosides' curative effect after different ways administration. With reports of glycosides medicine for prevention and treatment of brain diseases increasing, the research of glycosides brain tissue distribution is particularly important. According to reports, glycosides widely distributed in tissues, some glycosides can reach the brain, but some glycosides can not. This research reviews glycosides and their metabolites on the role of brain diseases, the distribution in the brain tissue and recent reports of dosage form's effect to brain. So it can provide a reference for the period of such medicine in the prevention and treatment of brain diseases and drug development.

Conformational Changes in Actin Filaments Induced by Formin Binding to the Barbed End

Formins bind actin filaments and play an essential role in the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton. In this work we describe details of the formin-induced conformational changes in actin filaments by fluorescence-lifetime and anisotropy-decay experiments. The results show that the binding of the formin homology 2 domain of a mammalian formin (mouse mDia1) to actin filaments resulted in a less rigid protein structure in the microenvironment of the Cys 374 of actin, weakening of the interactions between neighboring actin protomers, and greater overall flexibility of the actin filaments. The formin effect is smaller at greater ionic strength. The results show that formin binding to the barbed end of actin filaments is responsible for the increase of flexibility of actin filaments. One formin dimer can affect the dynamic properties of an entire filament. Analyses of the results obtained at various formin/actin concentration ratios indicate that at least 160 actin protomers are affected by the binding of a single formin dimer to the barbed end of a filament.

Head injury and the Satz-Mogel type short form WAIS-R.

The current study investigated the efficacy of a Satz-Mogel type short form of the WAIS-R in a closed head injury (CHI) population and whether the short form's effectiveness varied by lesion site. Data were taken from the files of 79 CHI patients, 20 with left hemisphere damage, 15 with right hemisphere damage, 29 with bilateral damage, and 15 with only diffuse damage. Information about IQ scores and age-corrected subtest scores was examined. As expected, correlations between two forms, for both IQ scores and subtest scores were high. However, there was a remarkable percentage of deviation in scaled score points and changes in intellectual classification for some of these scores. No evidence was found to support the notion that usefulness of the short form varied according to the location of lesion.

A sustained effect of electroconvulsive shock on the turnover of norepinephrine in the central nervous system of the rat.

Although the etiology of the depressive illnesses is unknown, evidence acquired over the past decade has suggested to many authors the hypothesis that these states may result, in part, from a diminished functional activity of norepinephrine in certain regions of the brain. Neurochemical, pharmacological, and behavioral studies have provided a number of findings compatible with this hypothesis. ' Reserpine, a hypotensive and tranquilizing agent which characteristically depletes the brain of norepinephrine and other amines,' has been found in a significant proportion of patients receiving it to result in a state closely resembling endogenous depression. 3 On the other hand, a number of drugs which elevate mood and have been found of value in the treatment of depression appear to act on central norepinephrine in ways which could increase its physiologically active concentration,4 either by inhibiting the enzyme responsible for its presynaptic deamination, by favoring its release, or by inhibiting its re-uptake, presumably at central synapses. Introduced by Cerletti and Bini in 1938,' two decades before modern drug treatments, electroconvulsive therapy has proved to be the most eff ective form of treatment of depressive illness: extensive clinical experience6 and a number of controlled studies7 agree that approximately 80 per cent of depressed patients experience significant, sustained improvement or disappearance of symptoms in the course of a series of electroconvulsive shocks given at intervals of one to a few days. Although there is general agreement on its efficacy, there is little knowledge with which to formulate an explanation of its mechanism of action. Central and peripheral biochemical effects have been observed which are inconstant or attributable to the acute functional disturbances attending the shock itself.8 If a deficiency of norepinephrine were involved in depressive illness, one would expect some change induced by electroconvulsive shock in the availability of this amine in the brain, compatible with one or another of the effects reported for the antidepressant drugs. Rosenblatt and co-workers9 have reported evidence for an increased permeability of the blood: brain barrier to norepinephrine after electroshock, but the elevation in blood norepinephrine which follows such treatment'0 is neither sufficiently great nor prolonged to affect brain concentrations appreciably. Schatalova and Antonov1' have reported no change in brain norepinephrine concentration after a single electrically induced convulsion, but reported a fall after repeated administrations. No effect of electroconvulsive shock has been found on norepinephrine in the brain which could lead to a persistent increase in the physiologically active concentration of that amine in the brain or to a plausible explanation of the sustained clinical improvement which is usually observed.