Main Landmarks Research Articles

Innovative Implementations in Painting of Transcarpathia in the First Half of XX Century

The aim of the research. The aim of this article is to find basic principles of creative method for art center of Transcarpathia and innovative implementations in best practices of a cohort of artists who worked in the region. Based on the example of art individuals and analysis of their works an attempt is made to define and highlight their innovative principles. In this context peculiarities of interrelations between European artistic centers and creative environment of Transcarpathia in the first half of the XX century are considered. Methodology of investigation . Using means of comparative characteristic, and methods of comparison and historicism the levers of influence of artistic environment in the Central Europe on regional innovative implementations are considered. Scientific novelty . In the mentioned article separate constituents of processes which lead to interaction of Ukrainian, in particular Transcarpathian and Jewish artistic environment, are considered. Complicated processes of interaction between art centers and the regional art school are clarified. Basic fundamentals for forming innovative ideas in the context of Transcarpathian art development in the first half of XX century are grounded. Main landmarks for development of innovative implementations in the system of visual art of Transcarpathia, in particular painting, are demonstrated. Considering common artistic events in European area several meaningful artistic events are defined, which took place on the territory of the region and beyond its boundaries and which allowed to define main tracks in development of innovative solutions for several artists based on their creative methods. Conclusions . As the result of the investigation it is stated that in the first half of the XX century active exhibition movement takes place, including creative interchange which proved itself in the system of artistic and educational processes in common European area. Within the flow of such events visual art in the region went through the period of establishment and was finally formed. In this context a tendency of innovative implementations in painting of individual artists is traced. It should be mentioned that in this context separate internal and external features of ethnic romanticism can be seen. Its internal content was formed based on the background of regional traditions of folk art which became an internal reserve for creative innovations of numerous artists who worked in the region. Ethnic and cultural motives are specifically displayed in creative and methodical best practices and build up a base for works of the founders of Transcarpathian art school and first group of students. An important event which contributed to innovative solutions, was active plein-air, exhibition, artistic and educational processes. This tendency allowed to trace innovational solutions in the system of creative method for separate artists. It should be stated that a phenomenon of Transcarpathian painting school specifically stood out for its own stylistic and visual phenomenon of regional specificity of painting. Such system is built on traditions of folk culture in the region through the prism of innovative European tendencies of art.

Influence of visual targets and landmarks on honey bee foraging and waggle dancing.

Animals use diverse sensory stimuli to navigate their environment and to recognize rewarding food sources. Honey bees use visual attributes of the targeted food source, such as its color, shape, size, direction and distance from the hive, and the landmarks around it to navigate during foraging. They transmit the location information of the food source to other bees if it is highly rewarding. To investigate the relative importance of these attributes, we trained bees to feeders in two different experiments. In the first experiment, we asked whether bees prefer to land on (a) a similar feeder at a different distance on the same heading or on (b) a visually distinct feeder located at the exact same location. We found that, within a short foraging range, bees relied heavily on the color and the shape of the food source and to a lesser extent on its distance from the hive. In the second experiment, we asked if moving the main landmark or the feeder (visual target) influenced recruitment dancing for the feeder. We found that foragers took longer to land and danced fewer circuits when the location of the food source, or a major landmark associated with it, changed. These results demonstrate that prominent visual attributes of food sources and landmarks are evidently more reliable than distance information and that foraging bees heavily utilize these visual cues at the later stages of their journey.

CONCEPTUAL REFERENDUM- SOCIO-LEGAL ASPECTS AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES

The culture in which the individual is born and socialized will always impress upon him. Analyzing the surface of social polemics about the danger of LGBT marriage, heterosexuality seems to be the main landmark of marital cohabitation, and minority alternatives seem to be a form of symbolic aggression that most feel sympathetic to accepting. Also, looking from the perspective of family protection actions through this ample national action, the referendum becomes more of an action to protect a simple concept of marriage than to protect the marital conjugal space, around which all fears about marriage are being developed (with all the risks of being veiled by same-sex couples claims). However, the legal modification of marriage only between man and woman does not protect conjugality from the danger of legalizing homosexual marital unions, nor from marriage-like rights such as adoption. The study aims to analyze comparatively international laws on consensual union and marriage, insisting on socio-legal resources that express rights similar to marriage in the European space.

Face Alignment by Coarse‐to‐Fine Shape Estimation

This paper presents a way to face alignment by Coarse-to-fine shape estimation (CFSE). Head poses, facial expressions and other facial appearance attributes are estimated coarsely as well as the main landmarks will be detected. The entire shape will be further estimated. This paper constructs an independent Head pose classification (HPC) model based on convolutional neural network to estimate and classify head poses. With the classification result, the estimated facial appearance attributes and the detected landmarks, a more accurate shape will be constructed. That shape will be used as the initialized shape and optimized by cascaded regression to approximate the ground-truth shape. Experiments on two challenging database demonstrate that CFSE outperforms the state-of-the-art methods.

Early death in Danish stage I lung cancer patients: a population-based case study

Objective: Clinical stage (c-stage) at diagnosis is the most significant prognostic marker for patients with cancer, where 1- and 5-year survival rates as main landmarks when assessing outcomes. This is a population-based case study of Danish c-stage I lung cancer patients who were considered candidates for curative therapy and then died within 1 year after diagnosis (cases). Cases were identified in the Danish Lung Cancer Register (DLCR), and medical records were used to retrieve treatment details and cause of death (CoD). Our aims were, if possible, to identify and describe clusters of patients, in terms of CoD and treatment modality at risk for an adverse short-term outcome.Results: Patients who died early were more frequently male, older, had squamous-cell histology, were less frequently surgically treated and generally had a higher burden of comorbidity. In terms of CoD, 29% died of lung cancer with distant recurrence (DR) as the most common type of recurrence (55%). Death from co-morbidity occurred for 23%, where the largest proportion (36%) died from another cancer. Nineteen percentage died from treatment complications, with the majority being male (p < .001). The remainder died of unknown or other causes.Conclusions: Lung cancer with DR remains the most common CoD. Identifying and accordingly treating patients at risk for DR could potentially improve outcomes. Further studies of the predominantly male subgroup of patients who die of treatment complications are needed. Death from co-morbidity especially in patients with another cancer is a significant CoD and when assessing the quality of lung cancer care a competing event.

Empresa júnior na atuação do profissional consultor de Biblioteconomia: um estudo de caso a partir da Universidade Federal de Goiás

Objetiva identificar se os alunos do Curso de Biblioteconomia da Universidade Federal de Goiás possuem um perfil consultor proporcionado pelos recursos oferecidos através da Empresa júnior do Curso. O estudo é permeado pela problematização de verificar se a Empresa júnior tem contribuído na formação profissional dos futuros bibliotecários do estado de Goiás. Para tanto, busca identificar os principais marcos históricos que contam a história da Empresa júnior de biblioteconomia da Universidade Federal de Goiás, analisa as pretensões dos graduandos de biblioteconomia em trabalhar na linha empresarial e a influência da Empresa júnior na atuação de consultoria. Utiliza um procedimento bibliográfico para fundamentar as ideias apresentadas e com o pressuposto de compreender mais detalhadamente o assunto, delimita-se um estudo de caso com uma abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa através do método descritivo-explicativo de dados coletados por meio do procedimento de aplicação de questionários e entrevista com professores e alunos. Conclui-se que os alunos do Curso de Biblioteconomia possuem entendimento sobre o que é uma Empresa júnior e como a mesma é capaz de ofertar conhecimentos acerca de atividades de consultoria para os futuros profissionais bibliotecários do estado de Goiás, assim como é constatado a vontade e interesse dos alunos em participar da Empresa júnior, bem como atuar na área de consultoria. Porém, identifica-se que a Empresa júnior existente não é ativa e não é capaz de oferecer subsídios intelectuais e profissionais aos alunos que possuem o interesse em fazer parte da mesma, devido à falta de divulgação em torno da empresa e a não realização de atividades devido ao encerramento de suas funções.

WAY IN SCIENCE OF A.O. SAPEHIN – A PROMINENT GRADUATE OF NOVOROSSIAN (ODESA MECHNYKOV NATIONAL) UNIVERSITY (To the 100-th anniversary of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences)

Introduction. Great scientists – coryphaei of science often are talented in its different fields. A.O. Sapehin’s scientific interests included separate sections of botany, cytology, genetics, and selection. Most of the works devoted to the life and activity of the scientist describe only some stages of his life, without giving the complete notion about the immensity of the significance of his works.The aim of our work was to analyze the life way of a graduate student of now Odesa National Mechnykov University Andrii Opanasovych Sapehin, investigate the main landmarks of his biography and evaluate his contribution into development of science. Results. The main life stages of A. O. Sapehin - a botanist, geneticist, breeder and scientist with exceptional scientific-organizational and pedagogical abilities, were considered. The main attention was paid to the time when he lived in Odesa. Here he studied and worked at the department of botany of at that time Novorossian university. Three directions of A. O. Sapehin’s work were determined: his research in the field of botany (bryology), selection and genetics, development of new varieties of agricultural crops, organizational work to create Institute of selection and genetics. Organizationalo work of the scientist, who worked at many leading positions: the director of the botanical garden of the university, the rector of the agricultural institute, the director of Odesa Institute of selection and genetics and the director of Kyiv Institute of Botany, is shown.Conclusion. The collection of mosses, kept in MSUD, which were identified by A. O. Sapehin, including 18 species from 13 genera and 7 families, were analysed and presented for the first time. The most productive period in A. O. Sapehin’s life, which helped him to achieve the tops in science and become an academician of Ukrainian NAS, is described.

Architectural Heritage as a Cultural Creative Resource of Ukrainian Tourism

The aim of this paper is to study the relationship between architecture and tourism and reveal architecture as a cultural creative resource of Kharkіv.Research methodology. The author uses the cultural approach proceeding from the historical and logical method. The above-mentioned methodological approach enables to reveal and analyze the relationship between tourism and architecture in terms of modern branding of territories.Results. It can be noted that culture includes all the cumulative experience of the development of the world and in this regard is the source of the knowledge and creative ideas necessary for life. An analysis of European experience in the use of architecture as a cultural creative resource for the tourism development has shown its great potential. Architecture is an integral part of the majority, if not all types of tourism, creating a holiday and at the same time attracting tourists. The analysis of the architectural heritage of Kharkiv, which is one of the largest cultural centres of Ukraine, has shown that the municipal architecture is represented by a wide range of stylistic diversity, starting with the Baroque. There is a close relationship between the main periods of urban development and architecture, reflecting the characteristic features of these periods. The monuments of constructivism are of the particular interest in terms of international tourism, which are most widely represented in the architectural ensemble of the city.Architectural monuments of the city can become significant symbols for the successful branding of the territory, and in the synthesis with socio-cultural practices of tourism they will allow to develop new strategies for its future development. In addition, modern architecture has the same power of attractiveness for tourists and makes the city a new, remarkable tourist attraction. Therefore, when developing and implementing the tourism development strategy for Kharkiv, as well as any other city, it is necessary to coordinate its strategic plans with city planners in order to provide benefits in building up the best models of architectural thought. This will enable the formation of a harmonious built environment with the development prospects for the tourist destination.The prospect of further research is to consider the post-war development of the city, which will reveal the characteristic architecture, and may serve as the basis for the development of new tourist products in Kharkiv.Novelty. An attempt is made to determine the possibilities of Kharkiv to use its architectural heritage as one of the main landmarks in promoting the city as a tourist centre.The practical significance. The key results of this study can be used in local self-government bodies of Kharkiv when developing strategies for its tourism promotion.

La caza en el Paleolítico Superior: nociones claves de la antropología económica aplicada a la Península Ibérica

Las investigaciones paleoeconómicas realizadas los últimos años sobre la caza en el Paleolítico Superior de la Península Ibérica habrían sido incomprensibles sin la relevante participación de la Escuela de Antropología americana. Este artículo resume la historia de aquellas investigaciones, los principales hitos que marcaron la evolución de las estrategias de caza y el contexto teórico de las principales hipótesis.

Delivering 100 Commonwealth Walkways Around the World ( breakout presentation )

The Outdoor Trust, a UK based charity, is working with all 77 Commonwealth Nations and Territories to create permanent, marked walkable routes in 100 main towns and cities to: encourage more people to walk to benefit their health; reduce local congestion; improve air quality and help combat climate change; inspire people to learn more about the richness and diversity of the Commonwealth, and; connect people together (especially young people and indigenous communities). The initiative builds on the success of the Jubilee Walkway in London, the first urban walkway in the world, opened by Her Majesty The Queen in 1977 and connecting central London’s main landmarks. A complementary route, The Jubilee Greenway, was commissioned to celebrate The Diamond Jubilee in 2012 connecting the main London 2012 Olympic Games venues and both are now enjoyed by more than 3 million people every year. This presentation will give an overview of the project, the criteria and method for implementing the walkways and future plans for legacy events and outreach work.

Enhanced neurogenesis in degenerated hippocampi following pretreatment with miR-302/367 expressing lentiviral vector in mice

Astrogliosis is the main landmark of neurodegenerative diseases. In vivo reprogramming of reactive astrocytes to functional neurons opened a new horizon in regenerative medicine. However there is little evidence that show possible application of in vivo reprogramming approaches for enhancement of neurogenesis. Cluster miR-302/367 showed high capability in cell reprogramming. Here we show that application of lentiviral particles expressing cluster miR-302/367 along with systemic valproate (VPA) enhanced the capability of mice brains for neurogenesis in CA3 area following kainic acid (KA) induced hippocampal neurodegeneration. Following pretreatment with miR-302/367 expressing viral particles and VPA, transduced cells showed neuroblast and mature neuron markers when neuronal loss was induced by KA. Comparing the neuron counts in CA3 region also showed that neurogenesis was increased in CA3 region in animals which were pretreated with miR-302/367 vector and VPA, only in injected side of the brain. Our data suggest that targeted application of miR-302/367 expressing vector may enhance the capacity of hippocampus and other brain structures for regeneration following neuronal loss.

O Poder Político-Burocrático na Gestão Pública Brasileira: uma Crítica de seus Marcos Reformistas à Luz de Adorno

A conformação da burocracia pública brasileira avançou historicamente pela adoção de modelos excludentes para governar o Estado, integrados à hegemonia necessária para a permanência do poder nas mãos da classe dominante. À luz da dialética negativa de Adorno (2009), apresentamos neste ensaio uma análise crítica antissistema dos marcos reformistas da constelação político-burocrática da Gestão Pública brasileira. Partimos da burocracia do poder desde o Estado Novo, para compreender o poder da burocracia no desenvolvimento da estrutura capitalista dependente, de modo que situamos o democratismo e a estadania como anticategorias do pensamento convencional de democracia e cidadania.

Exploring the Significance of Mecca Sacred Mosque Global Location

&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;In traditional Islamic cities, the great mosque lies in the middle as the main landmark of the city. It is stated in the Qur'an that the Ka’ba (Mecca sacred mosque) was the first house that was built in Mecca city for humanity to worship Allah. Therefore, Mecca is the holiest city of Islam, and the goal of the annual Muslim hajj (pilgrimage). The objective of the present study is to explore the significance of sacred mosque of Mecca global location on dry land by using accurate measurements and Satellite programs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;The results of the study illustrate that the sacred mosque of&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Mecca equally distances away from the following locations:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;1) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;The farthest borders edges of Africa and Europe as well,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; 2) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;The nearest borders of the new world continents along with a part of Asia which meeting the Northern borders of North America at the Bering Sea,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; 3) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;The farthest borders of the new world continents that represent the outer edges of the dry land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, 4) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Finally, the Ka’ba is equally distant from the geographical centers of the new world continents.&lt;/span&gt;

Reliability of Submentovertex Projection in Assigning a Reference Cranial Midline for the Assessment of Condylar Asymmetry- A cross-sectional study

Introduction: The aim of the study was to compare the validity and reliability of two different methods for localization of the cranial midline through a cephalometric analysis of mandibular condylar asymmetry in a representative adult population. The hypothesis that the most reliable landmark for identifying transverse craniofacial asymmetry on SMV is spinosum foramina was tested. Materials and Method: This cross-sectional study was performed by analyzing the SMV radiograms of 70 patients. Two different cephalometric analyses were chosen to trace the basicranium midline. The first considers the craniostat ear rods as initial landmarks and the second analysis uses the spinosum foramina (SF) as main landmarks to identify the axis of symmetry. Quantification of the condylar asymmetry was performed using eight parameters and their symmetrical ratio (Symmetry ratio (SR) =Left parameter/Right parameter). Results: Statistical analysis of the results showed substantial equivalence and reliability of both tracing methods used. This reliability results from the fact that the left/right discrepancy for midline MP & MSP is not statistically significant. The extent of asymmetry falls within physiologic limit [2-3mm for left/right discrepancy from midsagittal plane is normal limit]. Conclusion: Submentovertex radiograms can provide assistance in diagnosing condylar asymmetries and planning the most appropriate treatment. The results of this study failed to validate our hypothesis indicating that the midline traced with spinosum foramina as landmark approximates the ideal midsagittal more closely. However another study with bigger sample size should be conducted before refuting or accepting this hypothesis. Keyword: Submentovertex, Condylar asymmetry, Foramen Spinosum

Погляди на концепції реформування адміністративно-деліктного законодавства України

У статті розглядаються основні віхи нормативно-правового регулювання реалізації реформи законодавства про адміністративні правопорушення. Відзначається, що вказаному питанню приділена незначна увага, оскільки висвітлення напрямків реформування адміністративно-деліктного законодавства у рамках здійснення адміністративної реформи майже не здійснюється. Розглядаються доктринальні погляди на кодифікацію адміністративно-деліктних норм, зокрема шляхом створення ряду відокремлених кодифікованих актів та розпорошення норм в основних галузевих кодексах.

The genesis, system, functions, and tendencies in the development of forensic expertise

The author considers the main landmarks in the formation and development of the science of forensic expertise and related activities. Special attention is given to the necessity of increasing knowledge and skills in judicial proceedings, further elaboration and perfection of the theory and practice of forensic expertise to meet the requirements put forward by the XXIth century. It is emphasized that this work is needed to lay the foundation for the creation of the self-consistent science - forensic expertology, based on the interdisciplinary general theory of forensic expertise. The author builds up the definition of the subject of forensic expertology taking into consideration the basic issues studied by this science. The scientific paradigm, its functions, tendencies and prospects for its further development are substantiated.

How Skin Color Became a Racial Marker: Art Historical Perspectives on Race

This article seeks to demonstrate how artistic production and discourse in the eighteenth century produced tools of observation and analysis that allowed human beings to be differentiated as well as implicitly classifed on a moral scale, an enterprise that would later veer into explicit racism. The study isolates this long, fumbling era of pictorial and pigmentary development by demonstrating how, by a visual fguration or representation, a natural element—skin color—can be manipulated synthetically to the point of providing evidence or proof of human hierarchies. It also better defnes the role played by the fne arts in the imaginary and scientifc process that embedded the category of race into that of skin color, the focus being on (supposed) white and black skin colors, as they were the main landmarks in the debates and works of art of Enlightenment dealings with race.

L’acquisition en France d’une cire anatomique pour Pierre le Grand: autour d’un traité et de ses suites

During his second tour of Europe, whose 300th anniversary is celebrated in 2017, Peter I visited Paris. He visited the main landmarks of the city, especially those related to his interest in the natural sciences and technology. For instance, he repeatedly visited the Royal Botanical Garden. There, he became acquainted with the renowned doctor, professor of anatomy, and member of the Paris Academy of Sciences Joseph-Guichard Duverney (1648–1730). He was well known in Europe, had a lot of connections with other scientists, and was famous for his wax anatomical models and ‘anatomical demonstrations’ (public lectures in anatomy). Among others, Duverney communicated with Robert Areskine, a physician of Scottish descent at Peter’s court. Peter ordered an anatomical model for his collection in the Kunstkamera, which proves the interest the tsar had in Duverney’s talents. Areskine represented Peter the Great in the purchase. The anatomical model of a human brain and skull is still kept in the Kunstkamera collection. However, until recently there was no information on how it was made. Referring to a previously unpublished document from the National Archive of France and other French and Russian sources (including archival ones), this article reconstructs the story of the model’s creation and provides new historical data that helps us to understand Peter’s initial idea after meeting Duverney and the changes the project underwent while it was being implemented.

The Chair and the Clinic of ENT diseases at I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University: on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of its foundation

This article highlights the main landmarks in the history of the Clinic of ENT diseases at I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, from the days of its foundation up to the present time. The main scientific and clinical aspects of it activities in different periods under the guidance of the outstanding Russian otorhynolaryngologists are described.

TOWARDS DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE HERITAGE TOURISM AND CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN FOR IRBID’S HISTORIC CORE

Tal (mount) Irbid in Irbid city, Jordan, with its continuous human occupation from the Bronze Age until the present, demonstrates the main landmark that has guided the spread of the urban growth of the city. The outcome of studies carried out at Irbid’s historic core, in relation to assessing the loss and degradation of the core’s cultural heritage, shall be analyzed, investigated, and discussed, as also concerns, obstacles, and issues of sustainability to this urban heritage conservation and tourism planning. The paper starts by defining the urban heritage for the historic core, which tends to be set aside, in the city’s rapid development. Actually, the remaining historic buildings can also provide the necessary inter-relationships between the historic core areas and the wider urban context to achieve a sustainable and integrated tourism and conservation action plan for the three heritage neighborhoods around the Tal, while building on tourism opportunities and taking into consideration the needs and the vital role of the local community. The paper concludes that urban heritage conservation and protection of the integrity and identity of the historic core city fabric can assist in its branding, promotion, and management in ways that could enhance the local community belonging, quality of everyday lifestyle, and visitors' experience.