Modern Reproduction Research Articles

KNOWLEDGE AS A SOURCE OF ENTERPRISE INTELLECTUALISATION

The purpose. The aim of scientific research is to deepen the methodological foundation regarding the essence of knowledge as a source of the enterprise intellectualization and the innovative enterprise intellectual potential effective use ensuring priority. Methodology. The methodological basis of the study consists of: knowledge-based economy theories; entrepreneurship, institutionalism; microeconomic theory of knowledge management; knowledge transformation theories, obtaining new knowledge; of self-learning organization concept. General scientific and formal-logical methods of comparison, analysis, synthesis, abstraction, as well as historical, genetic, linguistic, hermeneutic and heuristic research methods are used. Results. The article is devoted to the justification of the theoretical and methodological principles regarding the essence, place and role of knowledge as the enterprise intellectualization source and the priority of ensuring the innovative enterprises intellectual potential effective use in order to develop their competitive advantages in the knowledge-based economy paradigm. The main stages that change the role of knowledge in society are characterized. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the enterprise can face active competition only if the intellectual component of its resource portfolio is improved. In this context, the information revolution caused new requirements for economic knowledge, and not so much for their volume, but for quality, that reflects the imperatives of progressive, highly moral management. Accordingly, the “center of gravity” of the modern reproduction process objectively shifts from the sphere of market economic transactions to the knowledge reproduction economic space of a high moral and creative level. Modern approaches to understanding information and knowledge are considered, and their comprehensive characteristics are given. The relationship between the categories “data”, “information” and “knowledge” is studied. A new essence understanding of categories “knowledge” and “enterprise intellectualization” is proposed. The knowledge types in the context of epistemological approach are singled out. Scientific novelty. The methodological knowledge essence basis is developed in the work. A classification of knowledge is proposed for better explicit and hidden knowledge management effectiveness differentiation and increasing in the context of innovative development is proposed. Practical significance of the obtained results. The author's developments and recommendations can be used for the purpose of managing the enterprise intellectual potential in order to increase the economic added value due to the generation of organizational knowledge.

Shakespeare as Liberal Art Education Contents－Intertextuality and Reading Intertextually Reproduced Modern Hamlets

Shakespeare is an icon of literature that transcends time and language and a cultural content that transcends genres. Especially Shakespeare which have been reproduced intertextuality is not a British speciality, but an essential content of liberal arts education in the flow of convergence culture in this global era. To have logical approach to the various representations of Shakespeare, the concept of intertextuality is closely examined at the beginning, from Kristeva to the present, which is theoretical link that connects the classics and the modern. Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is a modern reproduction of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, clearly shows the absurdity of modern life by drawing insignificant characters around the main character, Hamlet. Ophelia, a novel intertextually rewritten Hamlet from a woman's point of view and produced as a movie presents a new defamiliarized perspective to modern readers/learners through genre transformation as well as ending transformation. Hamlet and Yeonsan, two plays directed by Lee in Korea, are the discernible examples of Korean intertextual representations which show regional and cultural characteristics of Korea, that is, an outside of the Anglo-American region. By representing Shakespeare's Hamlet using both Korean symbols, dances, and songs abd western acting style, it suggests the process of expanding intertextuality into interculturality. In addition, it can be said that readers/learners’ literacy to the classics should be preceded to secure the global value of Koreanization. Understanding modern adaptations of Shakespeare is an essential backup for leaders/learners to decipher the synthetic syndrome of global culture of the moment. Therefore, as liberal art education content, it seems necessary to recommend to readers/learners who need to develop critical literacy to understand the current cultural trend to read the intertextually reproduced Shakespeare.

Settlement of the population in Kazakhstan: principles, features and prospective development

The economy of Kazakhstan has an undoubted regional orientation, which is typical for countries with a large territory and a high level of socio-economic disproportions between individual regions of the country. The lack of knowledge of the conditions, factors, indicators and methodological approaches to determining the reproduction and distribution of the population in the regions of Kazakhstan determined the relevance of developing a concept and a map of the actual placement of the population in the regions of Kazakhstan. The purpose of the study is to analyze and identify the trend of modern reproduction and resettlement of the population in the regions of Kazakhstan. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the development of a system of conditions and indicators for the reproduction and resettlement of the population, which can serve as a methodological basis for determining the level and potential prerequisites for the formation of rational population resettlement in the regions of the country. As a result of the study, trends in modern reproduction and resettlement of the population in the regions of Kazakhstan were identified, indicators of population distribution were analyzed regarding regional differences in the structure of the life support of the population, the ratio of the rural and urban population. Based on the study of the problem, a methodology for analyzing the system of population settlement was developed. The authors made a classification of the system of population settlement according to characteristics and analyzed population reproduction (trends in the demographic process and internal migration).

INFERTILITY AND USE OF MODERN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES: ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE

The Islamic concept of birth and death is very clear and make the foundation of Islamic society along with the Quran also provides concept about infertility. It is permitted to seek medication for infertility. Islamic law permits the use of all assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) as long as the sperm, egg, and uterus are derived from a legally married couple during their marriage. The current study aims at reviewing the concept of infertility and Modern Reproductive Technologies as a treatment in Muslim society. The concept of children bearing a trial for believers is further expanded with the concept of infertility in Quran. Infertility is regarded as a test for believers. We have examples of Prophets such as Ibrahim and Zachariya (A.S) who bore children in old age. We also have examples of many companions of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and even among Ummahat-ul-Momineen who faced fertility issues. 20th century was the century of great scientific advancements. Now it is possible to treat infertility in many ways. Assisted reproductive technology is a group of infertility treatments. All modern reproductive technologies are acceptable in Islamic law, as long as the sperm, ovum, and uterus come from a legally and currently married couple. Surrogacy in any form is forbidden. Donation of sperm, ovum and uterus from a third party is not allowed. Islamic law makers have provided ways for the cure of infertility keeping in lawful bounds of Islamic jurisprudence. Many Muslim countries including Pakistan lack the advanced IVF technologies. Where available these facilities are very expensive. Moreover, there is a great misconception about the legality and religious stance on various ART techniques. For this purpose, religious beliefs, knowledge and attitudes of Pakistani population regarding Modern Reproductive Technologies and infertility should be assessed. Islamic religious scholars need to play their part in this regard through their expertise, assessment of religious beliefs, knowledge and attitude would be a first step towards process of law making or ruling out fatwa regarding Modern Reproductive Technologies. Keywords: Islamic Law, infertility, Modern Reproductive Technologies, Pakistan, Scientific advancements.

P193. Impact of zearalenone-contaminated sugar beet pulp on modern sow reproduction

P193. Impact of zearalenone-contaminated sugar beet pulp on modern sow reproduction

PECULIARITIES OF TEACHING ELECTIVE DISCIPLINES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTOLOGY, CYTOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY, IVANO FRANKIVSK NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

The reformation of medical education and the introduction of new educational and professional programs presuppose a transition towards a competence-oriented approach in the training doctors that will result in the integration of the concepts of knowledge-understanding-skills and the development of proper competencies, defined as the ability and readiness for professional activity. Today, a qualified medical specialist is characterized not only by having a deep knowledge, but also by the ability to solve complex problems independently. The implementation of elective disciplines of natural science into the educational process of training specialists at the Master's level in the specialty 222 "Medicine" is aimed at fostering the necessary spectrum of general and professional competencies in the future doctor, developing clinical thinking, and enhancing motivation for self-improvement. The teaching staff of the Department of Histology, Cytology and Embryology, Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University has developed working curricula for two selected disciplines related to medicine and natural scienes: "Theoretical Foundations of Modern Reproductive Technologies" and "Morphological Foundations of Cell Therapy" for first-year students of the Faculty of Medicine. These disciplines are of great theoretical and applied importance for fundamental and clinical medicine because they provide an in-depth mastery of knowledge from the basics of regenerative medicine and cell therapy, the principles of the doctrine of stem cells, the theoretical foundations of the principles of reproductive technologies, and provide answers to a number of ethical questions the doctor have to encounter in the clinics. Practical classes are conducted on the basis of a specialized consultative and treatment department of assisted reproductive technologies of the State Institution "Precarpathian Centre for Human Reproduction" of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, educational and scientific-practical centre "Microscopy". The centre is equipped with personal computers, an interactive multimedia projector, laboratory-grade light microscopes, a CCD video camera, a digital camera, and image analysis software. The study rooms of the department are equipped with television panels, personal computers with cable access to "cloud" databases of histological images using digital microscopy technologies. The collection of micropreparations in the educational laboratory totals about 4 thousand copies. The proposed elective disciplines contributes to the formation of a clear understanding of the modern possibilities of assisted reproductive technologies and the possibilities of regenerative medicine and cell therapy, their limitations and the prospects for further progress in order to solve the problems of depopulation, increasing the efficiency of treatment of diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems, diseases of the cardiovascular and endocrine systems. The knowledge and skills gained thought elective disciplines can create a basis for a conscious choice of a future medical specialty or directions of further scientific research.

Modern reproduction technologies in the service of sports horse breeding in Russia

Modern reproduction technologies in the service of sports horse breeding in Russia

Ambient Literature as an Act of Faith in the York Medieval Mystery Cycle

This paper seeks to correct a conceptual amnesia by using the vocabulary of ambient literature to discuss the medieval production of the Corpus Christi mystery cycle at York – with particular emphasis on the Crucifixion pageant. In its technological and narrative elements, the 14th-16th century dramaturgy will serve as a critical framework to judge the survivability of literary ambience beyond the temporal social and material realities of an ‘everyday shared world.’ Case-studies of modern reproductions of the medieval mystery play will show how a situated literary ambience resists anachronistic manipulation.

Ex Situ Conservation and Genetic Rescue of Endangered Polish Cattle and Pig Breeds with the Aid of Modern Reproductive Biotechnology – A Review

Abstract The development and optimization of reproductive biotechnology – specifically semen cryopreservation, spermatological diagnostics, and intraspecies cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) – have become essential techniques to conserve the genetic resources and establish genetic reserves of endangered or vanishing native Polish livestock breeds. Moreover, this biotechnology is necessary for perpetuating biological diversity and enhancing genetic variability as well as for restoring and reintroducing breeds into anthropogenic agricultural ecosystems. On the one hand, the purpose of our paper is to interpret recent efforts aimed at the ex situ conservation of native cattle and pig breeds. On the other, it emphasizes the prominent role played by the National Research Institute of Animal Production (NRIAP) in maintaining biodiversity in agricultural environmental niches. Furthermore, our paper provides an overview of the conventional and modern strategies of the banking and cryopreservation of germplasm-carrier biological materials and somatic cell lines, spermatological diagnostics, and semen-based and SCNT-mediated assisted reproductive technologies (ART s). These are the most reliable and powerful tools for ex situ protection of the genetic resources of endangered breeds of livestock, especially cattle and pigs.

Images de l’Invisible: De l’Antiquité tardive a la fin du Moyen Âge

Images de l’Invisible: De l’Antiquité tardive a la fin du Moyen Âge

Reproduction and communication of the text in current practices of urban spaces of the XXI century

The aim of the work is to explore alternative ways of communication between poets and audience and methods for reproducing poetry through topical practices at the beginning of the XXI century. Accordingly, it aims to consider cultural and artistic experiments of the second decade of the 21st century developed on the basis of language as a symbolic sign and sound system; to identify the main directions of intermedial interaction, the degree of socio-cultural differentiation and variability of communicative agents. The author applies the method of intermedial analysis formed on the basis of post-structural and postmodern methodology as well as the systematic approach of the theory of communication. The synthesis procedure involves considering of the integral properties of synthetic practices that are not inherent to the constituent components. The study determines the intermedial ties in topical poetic practices of the 21st century. Plenty of communicative forms of presentation of poetic texts of the beginning of the 21st century reflect continuity with poetic practices of the 1990s but in the conditions of the screen culture of the hypermodern. New formations indicate the transition of literature from autonomy to mediality and intermediality, from authenticity to reproductivity, demonstrating transgression of borders between various spaces (real, virtual), artistic environments. Synthetic forms of topical practices such as performance, installation, flash mob, street art, show different directions of intermedial interaction in modern reproduction, attract a wide audience to cultural puncture, democratizing urban spaces.

Directions of the Reproduction Process Transformation in Modern Russian Economy

The article is devoted to the analysis of the modern aspects of the reproduction process transformation in the context of the development of Russian economy. To achieve this goal, the work analyzes the transformation of the stages of social reproduction, as well as evaluates its impact on the relevant process scheme. It has been established that today each stage is undergoing significant changes, in particular, production methods and manufactured products are improved, the distribution of resources between sectors of economy is changing, exchange processes are expanding, and goals and methods of consumption are transformed. Among the features of modern reproduction models, the growth of the non-material sphere due to the development of the service market and their integration with material production, the implementation of the reproduction of a social product based on innovative production and Schumpeter competition, the establishment of human capital being a source of innovation as the basis of the reproduction process, should be noted. The current level of the development of Russian economy and promising requirements for the reproduction process in the neo-industrial model lead to the need to separate the stage of institutional and technological design of the product life cycle and to include a separate phase of scientific training in the traditional chain of stages of the social reproduction process. The results of the work can be used as a supplement to modern neoclassical theories and re-actualized political and economic methodologies.

Specificity of performance of Еarly Music: historical aspect

Specificity of performance of Еarly Music: historical aspect

The Moral Valence of Intentionality and the Modern Reproductive Subject

ABSTRACT Critical appraisals of adolescent pregnancy invoke the neoliberal valuation of rational action as moral obligation. Adolescents are portrayed as autonomous modern subjects and expected to demonstrate the virtue of responsibility through the use of biomedical contraceptives. Drawing on sixteen months of ethnographic fieldwork focusing on adolescent pregnancy in a small, semirural community outside of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico, I elucidate the moral landscape within which assertions of intentionality might acquire meaning in the context of adolescent pregnancy. I argue that the stakes involved in normative evaluations of female sexuality and reproduction at my fieldsite are shaped by past and contemporary experiences of EuroAmerican imperialism and are superimposed upon moral scaffolds laid by EuroAmerican colonialism.

DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS IN THE URAL FEDERAL DISTRICT: THE CONTEMPORARY REPRODUCTION PRACTICES

This article comprises a comprehensive statistical and sociological examination of topical problems that Ural Federal District rural residents face in their socio-economic, reproductive and life practices. The authors aim 1) to reveal the level of demographic and socio-economic self-sufficiency of the Tyumen Region rural inhabitants (including Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Areas), compared with other territories of the Ural Federal District on the long-time series dynamics of the last two decades; and 2) to assess the institutional drivers of growth in agriculture linked with the all-Russian contexts. The authors have exposed a set of problems during the field expeditions of 2020 to the south of the Tyumen Region, using in-depth interviews and case studies with various representatives of the local communities (peasants, farmers, subsidiary farm owners, agricultural workers, authorities, businesses, rural enterprise management, country house owners). There is an obvious and widespread weakening of the local self-government in rural areas; the socio-cultural ties between countryside status groups are hardly established; there is a deficit in mental and behavioral patterns of self-organization of different in subcultures rural households; countryside self-governing communities are almost completely destroyed, mainly due to tight bureaucratic control and over-centralization. As the statistics for 1990 to 2019 shows, the rural settlements in the south of the Tyumen Region stably vary within the weighted average of 525,000 people. In the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area, there is an increase in rural population from the weighted average of 100,000 people at the beginning of the study period, up to 125,000 people in the end. In the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, the growth of the rural population is noted as well, from 80,000 to 87,000 people. The comparison with the other regions of the Ural Federal District on identical statistical indicators shows that the rural population change is uneven. In the Kurgan and Chelyabinsk Regions, one can observe an outflow: 490,000 vs. 320,000, and 680,000 vs. 610,000, respectively. While in the Sverdlovsk Region, an inflow is noticed in the observed interval: from 590,000 to 650,000. This article demonstrates the dynamics of agricultural production in the Ural Federal District in physical indicators. A regression for the six considered regions for 14 observed years (2005-2018) is built to disclose which types of agricultural products had the greatest impact on the dynamics of agricultural production. The regression analysis presents the specificity of the Ural Federal District rural areas development in terms of statistics, while modern reproduction practices on these territories are reflected through an analysis of qualitative data from cases and in-depth interviews, obtained in expeditions of 2020. The scientific novelty in applying the “hard” (statistical assessments of the Ural Federal District rural areas development) and “soft” (in-depth interviews and case studies) methods of modern reproductive practices in rural areas investigation in combination for the first time.

A Glimpse into Advances in Archaeological Research in North-Central Uruguay

The Tacuarembo Department of north-central Uruguay, and especially in the middle portion of the Negro River, has produced a rich and diverse archaeological record, mostly characterized by significant evidence of stone tool remains. The evidence comprises one of the largest collections of artifacts witnessing early human occupation in the region during the terminal Pleistocene about 11,000 - 10,000 uncalibrated radiocarbon years ago. As part of a long-term research program aimed at exploring and understanding diverse aspects of the regional archaeological process, mainly focusing on the earliest people who colonized the New World, as well as to deepen and expand knowledge on diverse aspects of the Late Pleistocene and post-Pleistocene stone tool technologies employed by the prehistoric people living in this part of southeastern South America. Systematic research enabled numerous field and laboratory activities to be conducted. To build a chronostratigraphic framework for the regional archaeological process, various dating methods were used. Furthermore, diverse technological analyses on lithic artifacts facilitated recognition of the existence of unreported techniques and reduction strategies employed by the prehistoric inhabitants. By this way this paper summarizes the observations and results obtained during the most recent field and laboratory investigation carried out in Tacuarembo by offering a glimpse into the use of diverse scientific disciplines and approaches that may help to deepen various topics concerning the regional prehistoric past. The archaeological excavations as well as the variety of dating methods used have allowed us to understand the chronology and certain aspects of the site formation process revealing important depositional gaps and hiatuses of several thousand years in the dated sedimentary deposit. The new technological investigations have permitted more detailed knowledge to be collected regarding diverse topics related to the reduction systems existing in the area since the terminal Pleistocene. Indeed, the Paleoindian remains add new finds to the record of the early colonizers living in Tacuarembo during the last millennium of the Pleistocene. Also, the identification of clear turtle-back Levallois-like cores agrees with earlier finds in other locations in southeastern South America and yielded excellent examples of the employment of the flaking strategy by the prehistoric populations living in Tacuarembo. From the experimental lithic technology perspective, modern reproductions of the stone tools afforded an understanding of various aspects of the reduction sequences and technical features of their analogs from the past.

Sexual economic theory & the human mating market

ABSTRACTIn this study, we apply economic principles to the heterosexual human mating market using data on the socio-demographics, biology, attractiveness, sexual behaviour, and reproductive history of 3,261 Australian online dating participants. More specifically, by using survey participants attractiveness ratings as a proxy for market value, we are able to quantitatively explore theories of sexual economics (SET), which conceptualizes sexual access as an economic resource supplied by women in the human mating market. Our study tests this theory further by incorporating heterosexual market substitutes (namely, 953 bisexual and pansexual individuals) to more accurately integrate the relevant supply and demand forces impacting market value and the commodity of sexual access. We find not only that bisexual and pansexual women (but not men) enjoy a market premium (7.3% higher; p < 0.001) relative to their heterosexual counterparts, but that, contrary to SET, women’s market value in our sample does not diminish with age. We further find that in line with theory and evidence from evolutionary studies, men with (proxied) resources realize a higher market value (6.1% higher for every increased level of educational attainment; p < 0.001) than those without. In conclusion, SET is just one possible model that seeks to understand the complex multi-dimensionality of modern human sexuality and reproduction through an economics lens. As the internet and online dating now provide a low-cost conduit for human mating market participants, so to can it facilitate further large sample scientific studies of mating market dynamics such as this.

Estudio acústico, arqueométrico y musicológico de instrumentos musicales arqueológicos: las trompetas de cerámica de Numancia (siglos III-I a.C.)

Las trompetas cerámicas celtibéricas de finales de la Edad del Hierro (siglos III-I a. C.) se conocen desde que se hallaron a principios del siglo XX en las excavaciones arqueológicas de la antigua ciudad de Numancia. Se trata de aerófonos de boquilla (labrosones) ultracirculares que tradicionalmente se han interpretado como instrumentos de señalización o como instrumentos para hacer ruido en contextos bélicos. Este artículo presenta el primer trabajo de caracterización acústica de estos instrumentos, que ha permitido comprobar sus posibilidades musicales, su capacidad para articular diferentes tonos y, en consecuencia, producir no sólo señales simples o ruido sino también melodías sencillas. Para realizar el trabajo se llevó a cabo un estudio acústico y musical con reproducciones modernas de estos instrumentos y éstas se compararon con fragmentos de trompetas numantinas originales, lo cual ha aportado nuevos e interesantes datos a la arqueología musical de finales de la Edad del Hierro en la Península Ibérica.

Subsidiary methods of pregnancy diagnosis in diary cattle – alternative for the future

Early pregnancy diagnosis in cows is one of the key elements of effective reproduction management of this species. Still imperfect effectiveness of procedures performed motivates veterinarians for further exploration of new techniques for the diagnosis of pregnancy and their new application. The following article aims to give existing laboratory methods and possibilities for their use in the diagnosis of pregnancy before the 3rd day of insemination. In particular, substances that can be identified as soon as possible after insemination are presented: early pregnancy factor (EPF), progesterone (P4), estrogen sulfate and pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAG). A detailed description of these substances and their role in the formation and maintenance of celibacy in cows are given. The possibility of using laboratory methods in modern milk reproduction protocols is shown. From the perspective of modern literature sources, the most effective laboratory methods for diagnosing pregnancy in dairy farming today are the definition of an early pregnancy factor (EPF) and pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAG). Description of the methods available on the market and a new compilation (protocols) above techniques may be of interest for veterinarian involved in cattle reproduction. Despite the rapid development and the presence of more and more effective ultrasound devices, a practical veterinarian should not forget about the existence of indirect methods of diagnosis of pregnancy, which in large herds can significantly improve the economic conditions for the management of reproduction of cows in the future.

Requirements to the accuracy of color reproduction in modern reproduction processes

Requirements to the accuracy of color reproduction in modern reproduction processes