Individual Chapters Research Articles

ОЙЫН ТЕХНОЛОГИЯСЫНЫҢ ЭЛЕМЕНТТЕРІН ПАЙДАЛАНУ ӘДІСТЕРІ

The article describes the importance of game technology. Discusses the interaction between education and play and how they become effective tools for learning physics. The proposed methods are designed to increase students' interest and make the learning process more effective. Along with education, the student is told that games help develop personal and social skills such as teamwork, leadership, collaborative learning or decision making. And one should not forget the classification of players created by Richard Bartle when using game technology. Because the number of students in one class is usually not small. It is important that it is a fun game for all of them. Let's take a quick look at the games. Hot Potatoes is a game development site. Through this site, we can use tools such as JCloze for creating fill-in-the-blank exercises, JMatch for matching/ordering activities, and Jquiz for creating multiple-choice or short-answer questions. But this site does not consider individual chapters. Generalization is intended for building vectors for students. Scratch is a site where students can create animated videos. This site is not based on specific chapters or even subjects. Games can be created according to everyone's imagination. But due to the limited resources, the games are simple. The article analyzes a computer game for teaching the theory of relativity in physics. During the game, students can understand relative motions and basic principles of relativistic physics. The game explores Newton's laws and inertial motion, but has nothing to do with atomic physics. The article discusses the effectiveness of using games in teaching physics and chemistry in a foreign language. Games help students actively participate in the lesson and develop cognitive, affective, psychomotor skills. The article shows how educational games contribute to the development of cognitive and social skills. Overall, the methods presented in each article demonstrate the many advantages of using games effectively in education. They are aimed at increasing students' activity, deepening their understanding of scientific concepts and improving memory.

The Influence of Plagiarism Policy Implementation on the Quality of Academic Writing Among Postgraduate Students at the University of Dar es Salaam

Plagiarism policies have become an important feature of quality assurance practices in higher education institutions around the world, with a focus on improving the quality of academic writing and other research products. The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) purchased Turnitin software in 2015 to detect plagiarism in academic writing, including postgraduate theses, dissertations, term papers and assignments. This article examines the implementation of the university’s plagiarism policy using the case of postgraduate students’ theses and dissertations in selected academic unit (SAU). A sample of 556 postgraduate theses and dissertations submitted to SAU for plagiarism testing between January 2016 and December 2021 was collected, tested using Turnitin, and analysed to establish the trend and extent of plagiarism following policy adoption. Moreover, the study aimed to identify the limitations of using Turnitin to detect academic cheating among postgraduate students. The findings indicated that although the adoption of Turnitin software has reduced the trend in plagiarism in theses and dissertation writing, its effectiveness is limited because it fails to detect plagiarism levels within individual chapters of theses or dissertations. It is recommended that the plagiarism policy be reviewed to take into account new strategies that focus on individual chapters as well as the tolerance level of 30%, which seems high. Policies that address plagiarism content in postgraduate curricula should also be considered.

46th biennial convention of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, University of Tennessee at Martin, September 16-18, 2022

The Society of Sigma Gamma Epsilon (SGE), the national honorary society for the Earth sciences, held its 46th biennial convention (September 16-18, 2022) at satellite facilities of University of Tennessee at Martin (UT Martin) located in Selmer, Tennessee. The convention was hosted by SGE’s Eta Alpha Chapter and the Department of Agriculture, Geoscience, and Natural Resources at UT Martin. Ten (10) of SGE’s approximately 60 active chapters sent delegates to the convention. The traditional convention field trip, an outing to UT Martin’s Coon Creek Science Center, focused on collecting and preparing marine fossils from the Upper Cretaceous Coon Creek Formation. Key accomplishments of the convention include amending the Society’s constitution to reflect changes in membership categories, the adoption of a new mission statement, and broad-ranging discussions related to the revitalization of local chapters following the COVID-19 pandemic. This report provides details about the convention proceedings and provides the various reports presented by national officers, individual chapters, and student committees.

Postdisciplinary Knowledge, Edited by Tomas Pernecky

Where does postdisciplinarity stand in relation to the other forms of non-disciplinarity? What critiques of academia does it launch? Postdisciplinary Knowledge edited by Tomas Pernecky, aims to theorise postdisciplinarity as a rebellious and subversive movement. This article reviews this work with the aim of finding out what makes postdisciplinarity unique and whether there is a need for it? It also provides an evaluative description of the individual chapters of the book. I conclude that the input of postdisciplinarity is a necessary contribution to discussions surrounding the nature of academia and the university.

New edition of the Budget Code and concerns of improving budget policy

In this paper, we were pursuing the goal to consider the main changes made to the new edition of the Budget Code, their meaning and role in public financial management. The necessity to update approaches to the formation and implementation of budget policy required the development of a new edition of the Budget Code, since reforming the budget system and improving budget policy is fundamentally based on the provisions of the Budget Code. 
 In accordance with the purpose, the paper, using abstract-logical and comparative methods, examines the content of individual sections and chapters of the draft new edition of the Budget Code, which was recently reviewed at a government meeting, and the indicators of the draft republican budget for the upcoming three-year period. It was noted that the content of the draft new edition of the Budget Code is aimed, first of all, at simplifying budget processes, improving interbudgetary relations and improving the quality of public financial management
 As a result of studying the concerns under consideration, it was substantiated that the content of the new edition of the Budget Code will contribute to the implementation of the new economic course outlined by the head of state in this year’s Address, improving approaches to the formation and implementation of budget policy, ensuring, first of all, the consolidation of all financial flows of the state, control strict adherence to budget rules and accountability of government bodies, including entities in the quasi-public sector of the economy.

Kilka odsłon polskiej literatury najnowszej

The presented article is a review of the book edited by Dariusz Kulesza Polish Prose at the Turn of the 20th and 21st Centuries. The authors of the individual chapters engage with contemporary Polish literature, while also revisiting classics like Stanisław Lem. The editor’s perspective encourages a closer examination of women’s prose in the context of male-authored literature. The range of topics covered and the monograph’s diversity make it an intriguing source of inspiration for further research into contemporary literature.

Review Article: Welsh in the Contemporary Work–Place

Y Gymraeg a Gweithlu'r Gymru Gyfoes is an edited volume of contributions with the aim of reflecting on various aspects of using Welsh in the workplace, stemming from a conference on the same theme in 2017 funded by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. An important sphere of life and one which is essential to effective language planning, a critical discussion of the use of Welsh in the workplace is timely. It includes discussions on various aspects of language planning and policy for the workplace, from Welsh medium provision in higher education to adult second language acquisition. Overall themes structure the review and individual chapters are reviewed within these themes.

Fashion Activism of Extinction Rebellion and Fashion Act Now

This article examines the fashion activism of Extinction Rebellion (XR) through a comparative analysis of literature, media, and interviews with activists. We argue that their decentralized organizational structure allows the individual local chapters and action groups to function and organize independently, quickly, and more efficiently than many other current and past organizations, in part thanks to social media connectivity, trans-national communication channels, multi-generational involvement of activists and researchers, and the nonhierarchical structure of the action groups. This is significant because despite the criticism they have received from sociologists, media critics, and other analysts, currently they are one of the most effective organizations in terms of raising awareness and provoking public debate about the climate emergency and how it relates to fashion.

К вопросу о печатных источниках 6-й части «Повести о жизни» К.Г. Паустовского «На медленном огне. (Книга скитаний)»

The article reveals the main milestones of Konstantin G. Paustovsky’s creative cooperation with the editors of the journals “Znamya” and “Novyi Mir,” in which The Story of a Life was published. Identified and briefly characterized lifetime printed sources of the text of three chapters of the sixth part of The Story of a Life — “On Low Heat (The Book of Wanderings)”: “The Fourth Strip,” “January Cold” (“The Cold”) and “Night Trains.” The article identifies and characterizes the discrepancies in the named chapters and hypothesizes about the reasons for their occurrence. The novelist, having published individual chapters in periodicals and then the whole work in the journal “Novyi Mir,” continued to work on the text by expanding or clarifying the characters’ features, correcting descriptions, and adding or removing epithets. In many cases, after publication in the journal “Novyi Mir,” the preparation of which was not without editorial intervention, Paustovsky returned to the original version, sometimes making minor editorial corrections. The article introduces new sources into the scientific circulation, including letters addressed to the writer containing statements about the sixth part of The Story of a Life.

Calendars, Compliments, and Computations

Various studies in recent times have shown how sociohistorical proclivities played an important role in the acceptance or rejection of cross-cultural ideas in Mughal scientific discourses. The cultural patronage of the Mughal courts financed the production and propagation of certain scientific texts deemed intellectually and politically expedient. Among such texts were two seventeenth-century astronomical table-texts, Mullā Farīd's Persian Zīj-i Šāh Jahānī and its Sanskrit translation in Nityānanda's Siddhāntasindhu, both produced at the court of the Mughal Emperor Šāh Jahān. In this paper, we present, for the very first time, a comparative survey of the canon (text) of these two works to reveal the intimacy between the translated Sanskrit and its Persian original. The paper includes brief biographies of both astronomers, a summary of the salient features of the canons, a description of the manuscripts utilised and our transcription and transliteration schemes, along with a detailed comparison of the individual chapters in these canons. We also provide separate appendices with discussions on select aspects from these chapters. We note that this paper forms the first part in a two-part study, with a second forthcoming paper surveying the tables in these two texts (accompanied with mathematical annotations).

New ESMO guidelines for clinical practice in metastatic colorectal cancer - commentary on changes in systemic therapy.

Commentary on the newly released European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). After 6 years, individual chapters have been updated, from molecular tumor testing to diagnostic and treatment procedures to the implementation of newly registered medicinal products. The authors highlight the most important changes in the guidelines. Awareness of possible new treatments for mCRC is important to determine the treatment strategy for patients with mCRC. In this commentary, we focus primarily on the status of systemic treatment in unresectable disease.

Textual Endings as Persuasive Educational Beginnings: An Inquiry into the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity

The Brethren of Purity, a circle of high-ranking 9th and 10th-century scholars from the Iraqi port city of Basra, is renowned for having produced an immense literary corpus of encyclopedic erudition: the Rasāʾīl Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ. The wide range of religious and non-religious subjects of these Epistles, the questions as to the identity of their authors and intended addressees, as well as the specifics of the language and literary devices characterizing these treatises, have fascinated readers and researchers from medieval times to the present. Surprisingly, however, the Epistles have not yet been adequately studied from the perspective of their role in Islamic educational thought. This article takes a step in that direction by looking into the pedagogical dimension of remarks the Brethren offer to conclude some of their treatises. It focuses primarily on the endings of their perhaps most programmatic texts, i.e., Epistle 7 (“On the Scientific Arts”), Epistle 8 (“On the Practical Crafts”) and Epistle 22 (“Animals versus Man”). The endings of a few individual chapters in these three works are also examined. Guiding this approach are questions such as: What differentiates each ending from the body of its respective text? What functions do they have beyond merely summarizing content? And are there indications that preceding literary and scientific traditions, Islamic or non-Islamic, may have influenced the form, language and style of these finales? Thus we hope to advance some insights into the Epistles’ role in the general development of classical Arabic writing, and their educational significance more specifically.

The Category of Thirdness in the New Mechanical Philosophy

Abstract This paper discusses some of the possible connections between the principles of modeling in the new mechanical philosophy and the modeling used by Charles S. Peirce in his work on categories and evolutionary theory. The main goal is to show that the theoretical approaches used in the new mechanism can be beneficial for disciplines that are not clearly labelled as either humanities or natural science – for example, biosemiotics – and that this philosophical movement can help close the gap between natural science and the humanities. In individual chapters, this text deals with: the difference between the doctrine of the universal mechanism and the doctrine of the new mechanism, exploring the concept of the category of Thirdness and evolutionary theory in the work of Charles S. Peirce and finally focusing on the similarities between Peirce’s work and the approach of the new mechanical philosophy.

Numerical methods in fluid mechanics – an overview

The article presents in a review way the most important numerical methods used in modern fluid mechanics. The individual chapters discuss Finite Difference Method, Finite Volume Method, Lattice Boltzmann Method, Discrete Element Method and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics. The aim of the article is to familiarize the reader with the most important concepts, features and mathematical equations used in particular methods. The article is intended mainly for people who want to get acquainted with the current possibilities of numerical modelling in the field of broadly understood fluid mechanics. The material is intended to facilitate the decision on how to implement the planned play research.

Culture Representations Incorporated within the English Textbook Used for Teaching Seventh-Grade Students in Indonesia

This study aims to examine the cultural representation incorporated within the English textbook that the teachers utilized for instructing seventh-grade students in Indonesia. The Study employed qualitative content analysis techniques. The study utilized documentation and a checklist table containing criteria to assess the presence of cultural aspects in the textbook recommended by experts in teaching English as a foreign language. The results indicated that the textbook has successfully fulfilled specific criteria for including cultural information. A distinct and well-defined learning objective accompanies every chapter within this English textbook. The textbook organizes its content into individual chapters, each exploring diverse topics about various cultural aspects. The introduction of vocabulary on the topic of each unit occurs exclusively within the respective unit, without subsequent repetition in subsequent chapters. The content covered in Chapters 1 to 5 of the textbook has encompassed a wide range of cultural elements, exhibiting significant diversity. The material has been tailored to suit the student's age group. Every chapter within this English textbook also presents four distinct categories of language skills. However, the learning materials primarily emphasize Indonesian culture through the inclusion of cultural materials. The chapters within the textbook need to cultivate students' awareness of intercultural understanding. There need to be more activities that facilitate students' engagement in intercultural understanding and cross-cultural communication

Women's Health at High Altitude: An Introduction to a 7-Part Series by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation Medical Commission.

Horakova, Lenka, Peter Paal, Jacqueline Pichler Hefti, Marija Andjelkovic, Beth A. Beidleman, Mia Derstine, David Hillebrandt, Dominique Jean, Kastė Mateikaitė-Pipirienė, Alison J. Rosier, Susi Kriemler, and Linda E. Keyes. Women's health at high altitude: An introduction to a 7-part series by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation Medical Commission. High Alt Med Biol. 24:243-246, 2023. Background: Women have been traveling to high altitude since the inception of modern mountaineering. Although there are distinct female-specific features such as menstruation and menopause relevant to adaptation to and performance at high altitude, very little data exist on women's high-altitude health. To summarize what is known to date, the Medical Commission of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) has created a series of articles on women's health, high altitude illness, and performance at high altitude. Methods: Assembling an international author team, two types of manuscripts were developed: (1) reviews on female-specific topics such as pregnancy; (2) reviews on sex differences in high-altitude related illnesses, nutrition, cold injuries, and mortality. Results: The literature search yielded 7,165 articles, with 482 studies meeting the inclusion criteria for full-text review. The authors of individual chapters reviewed these articles and performed additional hand searches. Conclusions: Some important questions on women sojourning and exercising at high altitude have been studied, but many are still awaiting a qualified and evidence-based response. Our seven reviews, to be published in future issues of this journal, summarize what is known about lowland women sojourning at high altitude, provide recommendations, and highlight knowledge gaps in high altitude women's medicine.

Backfisch – An Adolescent Girl in German and American Literature of the 19th Century

The review article addresses the monograph Transforming Girls: The Work of Nineteenth-Century Adolescence by Julie Pfeiffer (2021), in which she juxtaposes American 19th-century girls’ novels and German Backfischromane. The article reviews individual chapters of the book, in which Pfeiffer incorporates key perspectives on the differences and similarities between eight novels. According to the author of the article, the monograph makes an important contribution to the state of research on this literary genre.

Introduction from the President of the International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS).

The COVID-19 pandemic has now been with us for about three years, even if the last year has been relatively normal, but it seems that we need to live with this for a long time. This has clearly shown the need for global cooperation and coordination are more important than ever before. By working together and sharing of experiences and exchange of views among the experts of different countries, we can learn from each other to develop better methods and systems and advocate for better policies in fighting pandemics and other emergencies. We can also be more successful in standardization of response to future pandemics and implement them all over the world. The pandemic has shown TIEMS that we need to change the way we operate in the way that we run conferences. We have adapted to run our annual conferences using ZOOM and other communication tools in the past three years. As TIEMS, we have been more active than before. We have done monthly webinars on international models in emergency management in cooperation with Capacity Building International (CBI), and the TIEMS Board members have met more often than before COVID-19 in real “space.” Since 2020, our annual conferences have been run online and the TIEMS 2022 Hybrid Annual Conference took place in person and via ZOOM. I am very thankful for the excellent cooperation we have with CBI and to French and USA chapters, who have helped organize these three conferences. The current special issue will present some of the papers which had been presented at the TIEMS Annual Conferences between 2020 and 2022. At the same time, some selected papers from the individual chapters of TIEMS.

Głos poety odzyskuje głos. O książce The Sound of Polish Modern Poetry: Performance and Recording after World War II Aleksandry Kremer

The article summarizes the most important theses and interpretations contained in the book The Sound of Polish Modern Poetry: Performance and Recording after World War II by Aleksandra Kremer. First of all, it places the research achievements of the Polish-American literary scholar on the map of reflection related to sound studies and “philology of the ear”. Then, it points out what is particularly new and revealing in Kremer’s proposal for voice-oriented literary research and the audiosphere in Polish poetry of the second half of the 20th century. The following parts of the article are a recapitulation of individual chapters devoted to the author’s “vocal performance” (Kremer coined the term to describe an author’s reading of their own poetry) of works from the post-war period: Miron Białoszewski, Zbigniew Herbert, Czesław Miłosz, Tadeusz Różewicz, Julian Tuwim, Aleksander Wat, as well as poetesses: Anna Kamieńska, Krystyna Miłobędzka, Halina Poświatowska, Wisława Szymborska and Anna Świrszczyńska. Kremer uses excellent literary and linguistic skills, supplying traditional humanistic methods with conclusions from the calculations of the Praat program, which analyzes pronunciation parameters. The author of The Sound of Polish Modern Poetry: Performance and Recording after World War II reveals to the reader the hitherto unrecognized world of sounds of Polish poetry of the second half of the 20th century. The poet’s physical voice is treated here as an element revealing the poetic “I” and illustrating the attitude towards his own poetry in general.

"Each bishop wears the violet of suffering on his face more than the violet of robes" – Review of the joint work "Prymas Stefan Wyszyński i Episkopat Polski", edited by R. Łatka and D. Zamiatała

This article serves as a review of the collective work edited by Rafał Łatka and Dominik Zamiatała, entitled “Prymas Stefan Wyszyński i Episkopat Polski” (“Primate Stefan Wyszyński and the Polish Episcopate”), published by the Warsaw Institute of National Remembrance in 2023 as part of the “Bishops in the Realities of the Communist state” series. The individual chapters of the work were discussed, presenting the most important themes covered in them, such as the complexities associated with the nomination of Cardinal Wyszyński as Primate of Poland, in accordance with the will of his predecessor—Cardinal August Hlond; the Primate’s concern about new bishop nominations; Cardinal Wyszyński’s skillful combination of the primate’s office with the function of the chairman of the episcopate; the Primate’s unifying openness to cooperation with individual bishops, especially with his own secretary, and then the Metropolitan of Poznań, Archbishop Antoni Baraniak, or the Metropolitan of Kraków, Karol Wojtyła; the Primate’s relations with hierarchs representing specific entities. Some shortcomings were also noted, such as the omission of Primate Wyszyński’s relations with two dioceses or the incomplete development of relations with the Kraków metropolis. Finally, reference was made to the critical edition of the last letter of Primate Wyszyński to John Paul II, included in the publication under discussion.