Historical Overview Research Articles

Between-session homework in clinical training and practice: A transtheoretical perspective

Background This paper defines and illustrates the ways in which Between-Session Homework (BSH) may be integrated into clinical work with clients across various treatment approaches. In line with the focus of this special issue, we explore how clinical training and supervision can enhance therapist skills and competence in the use of BSH. Method After providing a brief historical overview and an integrative perspective on BSH, along with a review of empirical research supporting its efficacy, we delve into the discussion of BSH as a transtheoretical clinical method with heuristic value across different treatment approaches, such as cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, and humanistic-experiential therapies. Results There exists diversity in how BSH is incorporated into distinct treatment approaches. Furthermore, we emphasize the significance of therapist skills and competence in utilizing BSH to facilitate client engagement and achieve positive treatment outcomes. Finally, we address how clinical training and supervision contribute to the development of these essential skills and competence. Conclusions Our findings highlight three main points: (1) substantial empirical support for the integration of BSH within cognitive-behavioral therapies, (2) the potential of BSH as a promising transtheoretical clinical method, even though research beyond cognitive-behavioral therapies remains limited, and (3) the imperative need for further research into how clinical training and supervision can effectively enhance therapist skills and competence in implementing BSH.

Enhancing Organizational Capacity: A Holistic Examination of Evolution, Methods and Challenges

This comprehensive review explores the evolution, importance, methods, challenges, and recommendations for capacity building across various sectors, with a focus on rural development and agricultural stakeholders. Beginning with a historical overview from the 1960s to the present, the study highlights shifts in focus and methodologies, emphasizing the critical role of capacity building in promoting effectiveness and efficiency. It examines the significance of capacity building for farmers and rural extension staff, emphasizing the need to equip them with skills and resources to enhance productivity and livelihoods. The review also discusses management skills, levels of capacity building, conceptual frameworks, approaches, core issues, and methods in capacity development. Also, it addresses the difficulties inherent in capacity building efforts and presents recommendations for building conceptual frameworks. Summarily, this study underscores the multifaceted and dynamic nature of capacity building and its pivotal role in promoting resilience, sustainability, and societal development.

The Development of Specialised Foreign-Language Schools in Soviet Estonia: Creating a Paradox of Privilege?

ABSTRACT This article sheds light on a paradox in the Soviet educational landscape: the development of specialised foreign-language schools in the context of a purported egalitarian society. These schools endured, and even thrived, through the collapse of the Soviet Union. First, a historical overview for Soviet-era development of specialised-school policies is provided. Second, the development of these specialised schools both generally, as well as in the particular context of the Estonian Soviet Republic, is described. Alumni interviews, archival materials and educational publications provide primary source material for this study. Finally, the article explores criticism of the specialised school.

Energy Literacy of Economics Students in Rijeka: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavioral Approach

The research problem of this paper is related to numerous open questions in the field of energy, its understanding, its use, and the challenges of the energy future. After the introductory part, in which a brief historical overview of energy literacy is provided, the paper focuses on energy literacy, its emergence, and the different approaches to its definition and measurement. The paper analyzes the energy literacy of students at the Faculty of Economics in Rijeka based on their cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills. Their knowledge about energy, energy processes, and the energy efficiency of the objects they encounter on a daily basis is examined. Their personal attitudes and values are examined through various forms of personal initiatives and active participation in energy sustainability projects. Finally, the habits and behavioral patterns that the respondents have in their daily lives and their tendencies to save energy resources and find energy-efficient solutions are examined. Despite some positive findings, the current results are not satisfactory and point to the creation of adequate public policies with a particular focus on education and the role of the corrective mechanisms of the state, but also the need for joint negotiations between policy makers, regulators, scientists, representatives of civil society, and the business community. The particular contribution of this work is reflected in being the first research of its kind conducted among Croatian economics students, as well as among Croatian students in general; in the creation of a research instrument that is conceptually consistent with the findings from the existing literature, but with an original set of questions within each energy literacy skill adapted to the cultural and sociological background of the respondents; and in a kind of progress from previous research by taking into account the quantitative aspect (in addition to the qualitative) assessment of the respondents’ energy literacy.

From Electrolyte and Electrode Materials to Large‐Area Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells: A Review

AbstractFuel cells can efficiently convert the chemical energy in fuels like hydrogen and methane into electricity and are an important component for the forthcoming hydrogen society. Compared with conventional solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs) using proton conducting solid oxides as the electrolyte operate at intermediate temperature (400–700 °C), enabling the reduction in cost by using inexpensive catalysts and structural materials. In the last couple of decades, the development of electrolyte and electrode materials for PCFCs has seen significant advances, including fabrication of large‐size cells, promoting PCFCs to step out of the lab toward real applications. This review provides a historic overview of the development of proton conducting oxides, summarizes recent progress on the development of electrolyte and electrode materials and large‐size cells, and discusses present problems and challenges ahead.

Sanctuaries of the Lviv Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine: A Historical Overview

The research aims to collect historical information on the sanctuaries of the Lviv Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine that are dedicated to the Persons of the Holy Trinity (or the Divine mystery), the Blessed Virgin Mary, saints, and blesseds. The study applies a comprehensive approach using methods of scientific analysis, systematisation and generalisation, and a combination of historical, cultural and art historical methods to provide a broader understanding of the topic. This research considers twenty sanctuaries of the Lviv Archdiocese that were officially proclaimed from June 13, 1995, to June 10, 2020, as well as the ancient Sanctuary of the Mother of God Merciful and God of Mercy. It has been established that all sanctuaries of the Lviv Archdiocese are diocesan. The study analyzed more than fifty publications. The scientific novelty of the results obtained is a comprehensive analysis of historical information about the sanctuaries of the Lviv Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine. The sanctuaries of the Lviv Archdiocese in Ukraine require further historical, cultural, and art historical research that will complement previous publications.

“And then We Were Taken to Ravensbrück.” Early Oral Testimonies About Ravensbrück and Its Sub Camps

Abstract This article focuses on the analysis and interpretation of 15 testimonies collected immediately after the war by David Boder and by the Polish Historical Institute in Sweden with women deported to Auschwitz, evacuated to Ravensbrück in its last two phases and then to Malchow. The study of their statements can provide both a historical overview of Ravensbrück and its sub camps in 1944 and 1945, and help identify the effects of the camp, an overthrown social context, on individuals, women in this case, and groups. The comparative exam of the interviews allows to identify the crucial events and experiences which constitute the core of the interviewees’narration and representation of the events. The situations and episodes they chose to recall may explain their perception of the events and reveals a gendered perspective which affected their memories in terms of the selection of the events and their focus on specific issues. The memories were recalled in relation to social frames, which were different from those the survivors were previously used to and pertained to the context of the camp. These coordinates constitute a net which can provide an insight into the mechanism of memory construction and early representation of the Holocaust.

The Situation, Role and Possibilities of Religious Practice in the Reintegration Activities of the Penitentiary Organisation

Aim: The author discusses how the practice of religion and the Prison Chaplaincy can be linked to the reintegration goals of the prison service, by reviewing historical background, significant legal and professional aspects, and by drawing on his own observations and experiences.Methodology: An overview of the legal development of the domestic prison system from the religious practice point of view, based on professional perspectives, literature sources and the author's long-term observations and experiences, presents some elements of religious practice as a tool to support the reintegration process.Findings: The historical background and the legal context may explicitly support the professional aspects of reintegration activities in the implementation of religious practice coordinated by the Prison Chaplaincy. The effective use of these tools presupposes a high level of professional knowledge of both reintegration and religious practice.Value: Religious practice has a significant historical background and a well-defined place in the reintegration activities of the prison service. A historical overview of the current status, role and function of religious practice in the reintegration profession provides an opportunity to shed light on the way on which religious practice, by its very nature, supports reintegration activities. Some possible contexts for this supportive character are presented.

Hammock Plots: Visualizing Categorical and Numerical Variables

I discuss the hammock plot for visualizing categorical or mixed categorical/numeric data. Hammock plots can be viewed as a generalization of parallel coordinate plots where the lines are replaced by boxes (or plotting elements) and the width of the boxes is proportional to the number of observations they represent. The article also introduces a modification to the hammock plot to avoid what Hoffman et al. termed the reverse line width illusion. Further, I give an historical overview over hammock-type plots such as common angle, GPCP, parsets, and alluvial plots and discuss the type of boxes used to connect adjacent variables. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.

Concise Historic Overview of Rail Corrugation Studies: From Formation Mechanisms to Detection Methods

Rail corrugation is a serious problem in a railway transportation system, aggravating the operational risk and shortening the lifetime of train–track system. In order to ensure the safety and reliability of the railway system, the detection of rail corrugation is very important. Thus, this study systematically summarizes the recent research progress of rail corrugation. First, this study introduces the definition of rail corrugation and the classification criteria. Then, the formation mechanism of rail corrugation is analyzed in detail, and its adverse consequences are investigated. Further, this study summarizes several main detection methods, which are corrugation-detection methods based on acceleration measurements, wavelet transform methods for corrugation evaluation, computer-vision-based methods for corrugation automatic detection, digital filtering algorithms for rail corrugation detection, and others. In this study, the formation mechanism and detection methods of rail corrugation are systematically described, and various corrugation-detection methods are also introduced in detail. This study not only provides a scientific basis for railway maintenance, but also lays a solid foundation for future experimental design and data analysis. This study can also guide engineering practice to improve the reliability and safety of railway systems. It also provides useful experience for future railway-engineering design and planning, as well as safer and more reliable operation. In general, this study can provide technical support for the detection of rail corrugation to ensure the safety of the rail–track system.

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Biological Samples: A Review of Experiments with Soft Tissues

This article reviews the advances made during the past two decades in the application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) to biological samples, specifically soft tissues (both animal and human). The first sections include a historical overview and a summary of the biomedical relevance of analyzing metals in these tissues. Next, statistical methods employed in some works are presented, along with a detailed description of the innovations developed in experimental systems. The remainder of the review reports the approaches used in the experiments, focusing on a description of the advances that have enabled the successful application of LIBS to soft tissues. The results are evaluated, and the major challenges remaining for this type of sample are discussed. The aim of this review is to provide useful information that encourages future research on LIBS for biological samples.

Theoretical approaches to AI in supply chain optimization: Pathways to efficiency and resilience

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into supply chain management has emerged as a pivotal avenue for enhancing efficiency and resilience in contemporary business operations. This paper explores various theoretical approaches to AI within the context of supply chain optimization, delineating pathways to achieve heightened performance and adaptability. Commencing with a historical overview, the paper delves into the evolution of AI techniques in supply chain management, elucidating how these methodologies have transformed the landscape of logistics and operations. Fundamental to this exploration is the discussion on mathematical modeling and algorithmic frameworks that underpin supply chain optimization, providing the theoretical foundation for subsequent AI applications. A key focus of the paper lies in the application of machine learning techniques for demand forecasting and inventory management, which leverage data-driven insights to optimize resource allocation and mitigate risks associated with supply-demand fluctuations. Additionally, network theory and graph algorithms play a crucial role in optimizing the structure and dynamics of supply chain networks, enabling efficient transportation, distribution, and inventory routing. Strategic decision-making in supply chains is addressed through the lens of game theory, which offers theoretical frameworks to model interactions among multiple stakeholders and optimize outcomes in competitive environments. Moreover, swarm intelligence and multi-agent systems provide innovative solutions for coordination and collaboration within complex supply chain ecosystems. Evolutionary algorithms and artificial neural networks are discussed as powerful tools for supply chain design, predictive analytics, and risk management, offering capabilities for optimizing decision-making processes across various operational domains. Furthermore, reinforcement learning techniques empower dynamic decision-making in real-time operational settings, fostering adaptive and resilient supply chain management practices. By integrating multiple AI techniques, hybrid approaches offer synergistic solutions that capitalize on the strengths of diverse methodologies to address multifaceted challenges in supply chain optimization. Through a synthesis of theoretical insights and practical case studies, this paper provides valuable insights into the current state and future directions of AI-driven supply chain optimization.

The Samoa Agreement and the Cotonou Agreement – Comparative Analysis

The article contains a comparison of two international agreements – the 2023 Samoa Agreement and the 2000 Cotonou Agreement. In addition to examining the evolution of cooperation between the parties to the agreements, the article contains a reflection on whether the intended goals are possible to achieve. The historical overview of previous cooperation between the EU and the OACPS allows to notice that the Agreement fits into the trend of cooperation lasting more than 60 years. Apart from indicating the legal basis of the Agreement, the article contains information about the parties, the period of application and the basic goals. The article concerns the strategic priorities declared in the agreements, which are regulated differently, because the new one in addition to the declarations to protect human rights, also regulates the provisions that result from the emergence of new social phenomena. The migration and mobility provisions are aimed to limit the effects of the current crisis at EU borders. The Agreement expanded and regulated both the issue of migrants' rights as well as the issues of return, readmission and reintegration. The Agreement allows for new forms of cooperation and implementation measures, and declares the parties aim to seeking common actions, positions and votes. The article explained the institutional framework that has been expanded in the new Agreement. The final provisions concern dispute resolution and default. Both procedures assume solving problems within the institutional framework of the Agreement. The last part of the article assesses the global consequences of concluding the Agreement and draws attention to its importance in the relations between the EU, its Members and the OACPS.

Industries of Sanduru Taluk: A Historical Overview

Sanduru and Sanduru Environment are located in the Ballari district, often known as the KarthikeyaTapovana. During the Krutayuga, Tretayuga, Dwaparayuga, and Kaliyuga, it went by the names Devagiri, Swarnagiri,Divayachala, and Lohachala. Swami Karthikeya is said to have prayed to Lord Brahmadi's gods for Tarakadi Asura'sdeath.1 Since then, it has served as a natural destination, a place of worship, and an industrial site. Due to the splendourof nature and its natural resources, several enterprises have existed since ancient times. The Ballari ParisaradaSamskrutika Parampare Volume I and the Gazetteer of the Bellary District were used to review all of those industries.

Navigating the Future: AI’s Revolutionary Drive in the Auto Industry

The dawn of the 21st century has witnessed the automotive industry at the threshold of a paradigm shift, propelled by the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This comprehensive exploration delves into the multifaceted role of AI as a harbinger of change, reshaping the contours of automotive design, manufacturing, and user experience. The paper commences with a historical overview, charting the ascent of AI from conceptual frameworks to its pervasive application across the automotive sector. A thorough literature review synthesizes seminal research, underscoring the operational efficiencies achieved, the impetus for innovation, and the challenges encountered in data stewardship and ethical governance. AI’s imprint on the industry is indelible, enhancing operational efficiency in production, quality control, and assembly, while simultaneously serving as the crucible for the development of connected and autonomous vehicles. The narrative, however, is nuanced by the challenges that accompany this technological march forward. The discourse addresses the intricacies related to data availability, quality, and system integration, alongside the ethical quandaries and regulatory conundrums that accompany the increased autonomy of AI-driven vehicles. Peering into the future, the paper proffers informed predictions about the trajectory of AI within the automotive industry, positing its potential to redefine mobility. Recommendations for future research and development are articulated, emphasizing the need to bridge identified literature gaps, particularly in the ethical deployment of AI and the pursuit of sustainable practices. In summation, the paper reaffirms the pivotal role of AI in the automotive industry, not solely as a catalyst for technological advancement but as a beacon for safety, efficiency, and environmental stewardship. The prospective landscape of AI in automotive paints a portrait of an interconnected, intelligent transportation ecosystem that promises to redefine the human experience of mobility. The conclusion encapsulates the essence of the discourse, advocating for a responsible embrace of AI that aligns with societal values and enhances the collective well- being

Stylistic Analysis of the Holy Icons from Saint George Church in Yenikoy, Istanbul

The main subject of the research is to analyse the multi-themed sacred proskynetarion icons in Yeniköy Ayios Yeoryios (St. George) Metochion Church, one of the three metochion churches of the Jerusalem Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul. Although it is known that the icons found in the metochion churches in Istanbul have not been studied before, the icons belonging to the church in Yeniköy from these structures were included in the research. Due to the limitations of the article, which prevented the evaluation of all the icons in the church, the research focused solely on the technical and stylistic features of the multi-themed proskynetarion icons. Proskynetarions, also known as the pilgrim icons, contain depictions of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem due to their characteristics. The presence of proskynetarions in this place is directly related to the fact that Yeniköy Ayios Yeoryios Church is a Metochion affiliated to the Jerusalem Patriarchate. Icons are accepted as important works of art in the frame of art history, as well as their liturgical role as manifestation and visual representations of the sacred. It is important to reveal such previously unpublished works, to evaluate them iconographically and to bring them to the art history literature with their semantic context. In the study, a brief historical overview of the status of the Jerusalem Orthodox Patriarchate and the relations between the two patriarchates is presented. At the same time, the location of the building, the architectural plan type, the periodical features in the exterior and interior decoration are mentioned.

PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIPELINE GAS TRANSPORT

In connection with the global trends in the development of green energy, as well as with the development of gas production in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the issues of gasification of the country, gas transportation to the consumer are becoming particularly relevant. The article provides a historical overview of gas transport, a comparative analysis of various types of gas transport, the advantages of pipeline gas transport, as well as an overview of the development of the gas industry in general and in particular, issues of gasification, gas transport on the example of the National operator of main gas pipelines JSC “Intergas Central Asia”. The issues of gasification of the country, in particular, the northern regions and Astana, were considered. The analysis and prospects for the development of the gas industry and gas companies in Kazakhstan were also carried out. According to the Roadmap for the country’s gasification, special attention is paid to the gasification of the northern and central regions of the country, where the provision of gas to settlements along the Saryarka gas pipeline route is being considered in stages. The statistics of the branches of JSC “Intergas Central Asia”, the sites that each branch serves, are given. In conclusion, recommendations are given on the effective use of the country’s gas resources and a gradual transition to “clean” energy.

Radiology diagnostics of neonatal pneumonia.

The article is dedicated to reviewing the role of radiological diagnosis in “Identifying neonatal pneumonia”. It includes a brief historical and terminological overview, as well as a description of the current state of the issue. The article discusses the clinical importance and feasibility of using radiological diagnostic methods, summarizes existing approaches in the diagnosis and treatment of the most significant nosological forms, and concludes with an overview of the prospects and significance of these methods in the healthcare system.

4D FLOW in assessing blood flow in aorta.

The article is dedicated to reviewing the role of the 4D FLOW technique in assessing blood flow in the aorta. A brief historical and terminological overview is provided, along with a description of the current state of the issue. The clinical relevance and appropriateness of using this radiological diagnostic method are discussed. The scanning and image post-processing process is summarized. Finally, the prospects and significance of the reviewed technique in healthcare are outlined.

Historical Overview of Pandemic in Africa and the Implication of Its Interception on Education

Historical Overview of Pandemic in Africa and the Implication of Its Interception on Education