Popular World Research Articles

Research and Development-Driven Foreign Direct Investment and Its Ramifications on Turkey's Economic Landscape: "A VECM Approach"

The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of research and development on economic growth in Turkey. Data for this study comes from the popular World Development Indicator spanning the period from 1973 to 2022. The study employed different econometric approaches such as ADF unit root, Granger causality, and VECM. The estimate of the Johansen test revealed that there is a long-run relationship among the variables as the trace test shows two cointegrations while the maximum Eigenvalue Test indicates one cointegration test result. The Granger Causality test indicates that there is a presence of causality, which runs from economic growth to the independent variables. Turkey's diverse economies account for the variations in the estimated findings of the impulse response and variance decomposition. Furthermore, the study's conclusions suggest that the Turkish government boost its R&D spending in order to promote economic expansion. Turkey can achieve sustainable economic development by putting policies in place that reward innovation and technological advancements. The potential for economic growth in the nation can also be increased by encouraging cooperation in R&D projects between the public and private sectors.

Ideology as a Commodity. Authoritarianism in a Populist Form

The subject of the article is the phenomenon of successes of alt-right parties and their leaders. The contemporary rise of radical populism and its geopolitical scope are reflected in the discourse of its new features. Such a discussion offers a wealth of concepts and notions. Most of them describe practices of “dismantling” democracy, threats of dictatorship or even fascism. The presented analysis focuses on the question of the ideological identity of cases that can be specified as consolidated populism. The thesis I advance shows that the source of the durability of electoral support is a specific narrative based on a thinking style which Zygmunt Bauman termed “retrotopia.” This popular world view functions as a legitimizing myth, which the process of limiting democracy hides in the form of culture war. I conclude that the concept of retrotopia as a popularistic ideology adds more to the distinction between today’s different varieties of populist movements and political leaders.

Recycled cooking oils used for street foods in Kampala, Uganda: Quality and recycling frequency

Deep-fried foods are generally popular world over. To cut production costs, the oil used is often recycled. This is concerning because deep-frying is done aerobically at 160–190 °C leading to oil degradation and formation of hazardous compounds. This study evaluated the quality of cooking oil used to deep-fry potato chips (n = 35) and fish (n = 35) by street food-vendors in Kampala, Uganda. Additionally, a safe oil recycling frequency was determined by separately deep-frying several batches of fish and potato chips. After each frying cycle, the quality of oil was analyzed. Over 94 % of oils used to deep-fry chips and fish obtained from food vendors surpassed the recommended specification for peroxide value (10 mEq O2/Kg). Their mean peroxide values were about four times higher than the recommendation. Moreover, none of these oils met the Thiobarbituric acid specification of <2 mg DA/Kg. Oil samples used by vendors to deep-fry fish (100 %) and chips (60 %) had acid values beyond the quality specification of 0.6 mg KOH/g. Their moisture contents and oil densities were almost twice the recommendations. In contrast, their iodine value and color intensities were below the quality specifications. The recycling experiments showed that peroxide values remained consistent while other parameters exceeded quality specifications after the second deep-frying cycle. Therefore, recycled oils used by street-food vendors in Kampala are unsuitable for human consumption. The practice of cooking oil recycling should be discouraged, though it has financial implications especially for commercial food establishments.

Populizm retropijny. O tożsamości alternatywnej prawicy

The subject of the article is the phenomenon of successes of right-wing parties and their leaders. The contemporary rise of radical populism and its geopolitical scope are reflected in the discourse of its new features. Such a discussion offers a wealth of concepts and notions. Most of them describe practices of dismantling” democracy, threats of dictatorship or even fascism. The presented analysis focuses on the question of the ideological identity of cases that can be specified as consolidated populism. The thesis I advance shows that the source of the durability of electoral support is a specific narrative based on a thinking style which Zygmunt Bauman termed “retrotopia”. This popular world view functions as a legitimizing myth, which the process of limiting democracy hides in the form of culture war. I conclude that the concept of retrotopia adds little to the distinction between today’s different varieties of populist movements and political leaders.

MODERN STATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF DARK MILITARY TOURISM: PUBLIC-ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECT

The article is devoted to the featuresof the current state of dark military tourismdevelopment; identification of the most popular world and Ukrainian tourist facilities and the redrawing of potential sitesfordark military tourism, which appear or can be seen as a result of today’s armed conflicts in different parts of the world. Analysis of the current development of the dark military tourism allowed to determine the most famous world tourist objects, which are, first of all, places of the past military clashes and severe historical battles, in particular: Gettisberg (USA), the Castle of Bran (Romania), Hezbollah Resistance Museum (Monument of Resistance), etc. The most popular tourist objects of the dark military tourism in Ukraine are: National Museum of History of Ukraine in the Second World War (Kyiv), Museum of Strategic Missile Forces (Pobuzke), Diorama “Battle for the Dnipro” (the city of Dnipro), military-historical complex “Bunker of the Árpád Line” (Transcarpathia) and others. It is clear that the tragic page of the 20th century for mankind was the Second World War, the course of which was severely influenced by the most tragic event – the nuclear bombing of two Japanese cities – Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The tragedy happened more than 70 years ago, and as a result of it 90% of Japanese residents of those cities died instantly. The tragic page of modern Ukraine is the Russian aggression, which has been going on for 9 years, and as a result of which new objects and sitesthat can be attributed to the dark military tourism would be found in the occupied territory and in the places of active combat. It is noted that the world-famous tourist sites of the dark military tourism help humanity: to realize the scale of military catastrophes through the fate of thousands of people – its participants, witnesses and victims;to recognize the need for reconciliation between people and science and technology, which have threatened the existence of the entire human civilization and the planet Earth itself; and do not allow the world to forget those lessons, become a warning for the generation of the third millennium.

Публикация и цитирование наборов данных

The paper addresses issues related to the creation of data archives, their publication, placement of metadata in the Crossref bibliographic database and citation of datasets in scientific publications. Examples of popular world data archives are given and an experiment on creating and publishing datasets in KIAM is described.

Neuroprotective effect of Citrus limon juice against scopolamine induced amnesia in Wistar rats: Role of cholinergic neurotransmission monitoring and beta-actin signaling

Lemon (Citrus limon) Rutaceae) is one of the most popular world fruit crops, contains active phytochemicals that are polyphenolic compounds, flavonoids, vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, pectin etc. The bioactives compound of lemon are preventing radical-mediated diseases like cancer, diabetes, neurodegenerative disorders but no one reported that effect of Citrus limon juice on scopolamine induced amnesia model in animal. Rats were divided into five groups. Group 1 rats (normal control) received 1 ml/kg normal saline for 14 days intraperitoneally (i.p.). Group 2 rats received scopolamine (3 mg/kg, i.p.) 30 min prior to the trial on the 14th day. Group 3 rats received 3 mg/kg/day of donepezil as pre-treatment for 14 days and scopolamine (3 mg/kg, i.p.) 30 min prior to the trial on the 14th day. Group 4 and 5 rats received Citrus limon juice (0.6, 1.2 ml/kg/day) for 14 days and scopolamine (3 mg/kg, i.p) 30 min prior to the trial on 14th day respectively. On the day 14, working memory and long-term memory in rats were tested by experimental paradigms and Morris Water Maze (MWM) task. On day 15, 6 rats of each group were sacrificed and brain tissue of these rats was isolated for the estimation of biochemical parameters, histopathological examination and western blot analysis. Scopolamine treated rats showed significantly increased escape latency (p<0.0001), Acetylcholinesterase (AchE) activity (P < 0.001), lipid peroxidation (p<0.001) and significantly decreased GSH level (p< 0.001) in the hippocampus compared to the control group. These parameters were significantly recovered in the rats pretreated with Citrus limon juice and donepezil. Histopathological examination showed that Citrus limon juice and donepezil provided significant protection against pyramidal cell degeneration, neuronophagia, and thickened endothelium of blood vessels with perivascular and moderately inflammatory cells like eosinophils in scopolamine treated rats. Furthermore, Citrus limon juice was found to significantly upregulate the expression levels of ERK and beta-actin proteins in rat hippocampus. The findings of this study demonstrated that Citrus limon juice and their constituents have potential to improve the cognitive performance in scopolamine induced amnesia in Wistar rats. Further extensive studies are needed to explore the efficacy of Citrus limon juice and its constituents for treatment of various neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.

Illustrating “Winter Dreams” in Context

Abstract Almost universally, scholarly considerations of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dreams” treat the fact that the story was initially published in an illustrated magazine as incidental. By focusing on the three almost simultaneous publications of “Winter Dreams” in illustrated magazines—the American Metropolitan (December 1922), the overlooked first publication in the Canadian MacLean’s (15 November 1922), and the British Royal Magazine (February 1923)—and Arthur William Brown, who provided all six of the North American illustrations, this article begins to offer a corrective to this oversight and argues for reading Fitzgerald’s story not simply as an evolving text but as an evolving cultural artifact framed by the means of cultural production within a specific place and time—that is, the popular magazine world during the golden age of illustration. Far from being dismissive of this context, Fitzgerald was sensitive to the ways that illustrations worked in tandem with his stories to create, in the words of Jerome McGann, “works of composite art,” and early in his career he appreciated and valued illustrators’ contributions, including Brown’s. Using correspondence from authors to illustrators, Brown’s unpublished memoirs, contemporary accounts of illustrators’ processes, and textual and visual details from the three illustrated magazines where “Winter Dreams” appeared, this article argues that our understanding of the story and of Fitzgerald’s career more broadly require consideration of the visual, cultural, and material contexts that surrounded his work.

El arriendo -formal e informal- como nueva frontera de la financiarización de la vivienda en América Latina

The rise of rental as a form of access to housing has been observed throughout Latin America as part of a global dynamic that took place after the 2008 global crisis. Global corporate landlords and new management models related to the "shared economy" capable of connecting financial capital to digital platforms and concentrate dispersed income flows are emerging in private residential market benefiting from great regulatory. Meanwhile, rental is also on the rise in ‘urban popular territories’, expanding a lucrative ‘popular real estate market’, fueled by new illegalities, evictions and public policies of subsidized rental. We observe, also, the emergence of a new generation of public policies, focused on promoting social rental housing, especially through public-private partnerships that connect popular housing markets with finance, with an important impact on the restructuring of popular territories and the redefinition of housing as a service. Based on a review of literature and official documents and business prospectuses, interviews, and fieldwork in popular territories, especially in Chile and Brazil, we argue that rental housing may be the new frontier that connects finance and real estate, with the ability to reach the popular world, instrumentalizing and generalizing illegalities.

The Chinese gardens across cultures in translation: an interview with Alison Hardie

ABSTRACT This interview focuses on Alison Hardie’s translation of Yuanye and tries to reveal her strategies for the cross-cultural communication of the Chinese garden. It covers the following topics: 1) her translation strategies on Chinese garden literature, 2) the acceptance of her translation of Yuanye and Chinese garden culture in the Western world, and 3) her suggestions on the cross-cultural communication of Chinese culture. Alison Hardie proposes that garden literature translators should always have a clear idea of different ways by which cultures express themselves and be readers-oriented. Cultural context should be built and implications be made explicit for the readers to better understand the cultural connotations embedded in the literature. In her translation, paratexts are used to build the cultural context and visual-aided interpretation is effective in representing the cultural connotations. Her translation is more welcome in academia rather than the popular world. She suggests that tangible material subjects, such as Chinese garden and porcelain, are the best choice for the initial introduction of Chinese culture.

Siyaha Tourism Application Development: E-Encyclopedia of Arabic Tourism in Malang, East Java, Indonesia

The trend growth of travelers abroad from the Middle East, especially from Saudi Arabia, is getting increased. In the year 2019, Indonesia managed to reach rank first tour halal popular world. In the digital era, these things must of course be balanced with a marketing communication strategy that demands an Arabic travel e-encyclopedia. The Siyaha Tourism application developed by researchers is one of the right alternatives. This application is designed and developed using research and development (RD) with a Four-D model combined with the procedure for compiling an encyclopedia based on Arabic lexicography. The combination of the media application development process and the preparation of this encyclopedia is a good outcome with complete product specifications, both in terms of content and features. The results of the validation from language, tourism, and culture experts also show that the Siyaha Tourism application in the form of android for mobile and the website www.siyaha.online is worthy of being a media for tourism information, especially tourist destinations in Malang City, East Java, Indonesia which the government has designated as city pilot project of the halal tourism program. 212 respondents rated this product. The results show that the quality of the Siyaha Tourism application is good and needed for tourism.

Evolutionary processes in the modern cultural space of the region

The relevance of the issue lies in revealing the role of regions in modern cultural practice, because in those regions many interesting artifacts are concentrated and many initiatives are born, the implementation of which helps them gradually come to the forefront of cultural practice of the state.&#x0D; The methodology. A biographical method was applied, with the help of which it was possible to reconstruct the origins and cultural potential of Rivne conductor H. Fiskov and to reveal his potential opportunities in art. The method of content analysis helped to compare the available information with the reaction of public to the concerts held in the city and to clarify the role of the chamber orchestra “Brevis” in the system of cultural services for the local population. The historical method was used during the correlation of information about the development of creativity (composition and translations of popular world’s hits) for the existing orchestra of H. Fiskov. And all this helped to create a specific creative portrait of a regional musician who is able to respond to modern challenges.&#x0D; The scientific topicality. The cultural potential of the region is revealed through the prism of artistic and organizational-cultural activity of Rivne instrumental conductor and teacher H. Fiskov, his potential creative characteristics are analyzed, the main parameters of which allow the artist to actively position himself in the space of modern art culture. Referring to the creative potential of the artist, changes for the better in this situation in the region are predicted due to the need to create a number of organizational structures, which will help normalize the existing artistic life, give it significant professionalism and thus significantly affect the level of artistic culture of the local population.&#x0D; The practical significance of the study is to share this information among the artists from other regions of the country, an attempt to change the existing potential of artistic groups in the regions, subordinating it to general issues of state or regional cultural policy.

A Multicriteria Goal Programming Model for Ranking Universities

This paper proposes the use of a goal programming model for the objective ranking of universities. This methodology has been successfully used in other areas to analyze the performance of firms by focusing on two opposite approaches: (a) one favouring those performance variables that are aligned with the central tendency of the majority of the variables used in the measurement of the performance, and (b) an alternative one that favours those different, singular, or independent performance variables. Our results are compared with the ranking proposed by two popular World University Rankings, and some insightful differences are outlined. We show how some top-performing universities occupy the best positions regardless of the approach followed by the goal programming model, hence confirming their leadership. In addition, our proposal allows for an objective quantification of the importance of each variable in the performance of universities, which could be of great interest to decision-makers.

ТЕХНОЛОГІЧНІ ІННОВАЦІЇ В ГОТЕЛЬНИХ ПІДПРИЄМСТВАХ В УМОВАХ COVID-2019

The article presents the results of a study of the use of technological innovations in hotel enterprises in conditions of increased competition and an unfavorable period for the hotel business. The largest and most popular world hotel chains are analyzed. The innovations introduced at hotel enterprises are studied. It has been found that all the innovations that have been introduced in recent years are related to Internet technologies. The definition of innovation by the Law of Ukraine on Innovation was provided. The directions of basic innovative activity in the tourist and hotel business were listed. The most popular innovative technologies that have started to be used by hotel enterprises in the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic are singled out and analyzed. Among the technological innovations were studied: chatbots, mobile applications for hotel chains and small boutique hotels. The introduction of digital keys instead of the use of card keys was also investigated. The novelty of the voice assistant technology, which is planned to be used by hotel rooms, was investigated. The scientific novelty of the obtained research results is the updating and generalization of information on the use of technological innovations by foreign hotel enterprises, including world-class hotel chains. The uniqueness of the article also lies in the fact that examples of hotel enterprises that actively apply this or that technological innovation in their activities were given. Thus, this information allows you to see which hotel companies are the most innovative and, consequently, competitive in the hotel market. Further research may be aimed at determining the readiness of the domestic hotel market to introduce the latest technologies, such as chatbots, digital keys, mobile applications for small and chain hotels and voice assistants in rooms. It is necessary to study especially expediently expediency of introduction of service of the voice assistant in domestic hotels, in particular in business hotels of big cities. No less carefully you need to explore the feasibility of creating your own mobile applications for small hotels.

Чили и пиночетизм. народная диктатура?

This article probes into the “popular” dimension of the Chilean dictatorship headed by General Augusto Pinochet, also branded “pino-chetista”, in its efforts to seek legitimacy among elite and middle-class groups, but especially among shantytown dwellers. In this it exhibited some peculiar traits, which set it apart from other dictatorships in Latin America’s Southern Cone. Its hypothesis suggests that the social support received by Chile’s dictatorship and “pinochetismo” was actively sought by its ruling circles, mainly on account of two factors: the urge of military officers and civilian backers to legitimize the coup d’état and the regime it set up, and the process of personalization that overtook it and eventually led to “pinochetismo”. Its aim was a re-socialization of the popular classes, turning them into adherents of its neoliberal authoritarian project. This venture implied the formation of state apparatuses capable of penetrating the popular world.

Urban heritage tourism in Chandernagore, India: revival of shared Indo-French Legacy

Heritage tourism offers authentic value-addition to homogenized experiences providing authentic, one-of-a-kind take-away. Apart from popular world heritage sites there are little-exposed gems which can offer novelty and hedonics together. Chandernagore, located on the western bank of river Hugli, 40 km north of Kolkata, India, germinated during the medieval period, later became a thriving French Colony in Bengal displays brilliant prospect for urban heritage tourism. A detailed spatio-temporal inventory of shared heritage legacies both tangible and intangible is prepared using old literatures, oral interviews, GPS plotting and GIS mapping which offers a great platform for promoting urban heritage tourism. Chandernagore is at interesting cross-roads – bridging the infrastructural gaps and garnering involvement of the locals, for ascertaining true potentiality – the strength, weakness, opportunities and threats (SWOT) are identified to prepare a blueprint for heritage tourism revival strategy for the shared Indo-French melange. Empirical study is conducted for tourist profiling along with usage of descriptive statistics and to carry out perception analysis of locals and tourists. The SWOT analysis leads to a comprehensive strategy formulation which aims to act as base for the revival of Indo-French cultural melange through sustainable, robust tourism emphasizing the core and innovation capitals, tourism development strategies and management, tourism outcomes and resource sustainability.

Ravenna on the Grand Tour: A View of Late Antiquity in the Eighteenth Century

AbstractRavenna, the former grand capital of the late Roman and early Byzantine Empires and a popular modern UNESCO World Heritage site, is a city rarely included in major historical surveys of Italy during the Grand Tour. An exploration of period sources may reveal why: it was, for many centuries between the Middle Ages and the nineteenth century, a rundown parish town that was incredibly difficult to reach by conventional transportation. This article collates and deconstructs a number of Grand Tour sources in order to gain an understanding of Ravenna in the eighteenth century, and, further, an understanding of the contemporary attitudes towards post-Classical monuments and artwork. This exploration allows us to ask broader questions about Ravenna’s place on the Grand Tour. As a city with very little to offer in the way of Classical monuments, it slightly complicates our idea of classical reception on the Grand Tour and shows us how travellers navigated a place replete with late antique basilicas and Byzantine mosaics instead of marble sculptures and tombs.

POPULAR MUSICAL TELEVISION PROJECTS OF THE LATE XX – EARLY XXI CENTURIES

The article is devoted to the study of the general state of television in the field of music performance. The most popular musical television programs and vocal shows are considered. The purpose of the work is to identify the features of music TV projects, comparing with world models and highlighting the typical features of the musical television space. The research methodology consists in applying the general principles of scientific knowledge that correspond to modern cultural discourse. The formation of musical and television projects in the context of changes in the social mentality of the consumer of mass culture is considered. Television is interpreted as a means of approaching the global process closer to a person, that is, a consumer communicates with world-wide examples of popular art, music television projects, vocal show projects and etc. It creates the preconditions for imitation of the best world models of music TV projects in Ukraine. The article first analyzes the interconnection of Ukrainian music television projects as analogues to such worldwide shows as "The Voice", "The X factor", "American Idol". Vocal talent shows are considered as combining the elements of a “game show” and a “perfection / transformation show”, promoting the development of the educational component, namely, the formation of educational activity through comments and advice of judges, classes with participants between performances, determination of the most successful performances, concert practice and etc. It was determined, that the vocal repertoire consists of the most popular world and national hits, which reflects the demand of the audience. It was noted, that the viewer influences the selection of participants in a music television project and functions as an additional judge. So, the article focuses on the structure and content of musical television projects, defines the values of such projects as the communication space of culture between the audience, the artistic and performing component, and the national and world music culture as a whole. Music television projects are part of the general educational context for the development of media art and have a scientific, artistic and educational potential for study.

Measuring investors’ emotions using econometric models of trading volume of stock exchange indexes

Traditional finance explains all human activity on the ground of rationality and suggests all decisions are rational because all current information is reflected in the prices of goods. Unfortunately, the development of information technology and a growth of demand for new, attractive possibilities of investment caused the process of searching new, unique signals supporting investment decisions. Such a situation is similar to risk-taking, so it must elicit the emotional reactions of individual traders.The paper aims to verify the question that the market risk may be the determinant of traders’ emotions, and if volatility is a useful tool during the investment process as the measure of traders’ optimism, similarly to Majewski’s work (2019). Likewise, various econometric types of models of estimation of the risk parameter were used in the research: classical linear using OLS, general linear using FGLS, and GARCH(p, q) models using maximum likelihood method. Hypotheses were verified using the data collected from the most popular world stock exchanges: New York, Frankfurt, Tokyo, and London. Data concerned stock exchange indexes such as SP500, DAX, Nikkei, and UK100.

ОСВІТНЄ СЕРЕДОВИЩЕ УНІВЕРСИТЕТУ: МЕТОДОЛОГІЧНИЙ ДИСКУРС У КОНТЕКСТІ СКЛАДАННЯ МІЖНАРОДНИХ РЕЙТИНГІВ

This article is devoted to the analysis of scientific discourse about possibilities how to use educational environment of the university as a comprehensive system and methodological tool in order to make a rating of Ukrainian universities.Having analyzed scientific studios, they distinguish environmental approach as methodology of scientific and pedagogical research; method of studying personality development through educational environment; theory and technology of indirect- environmental management in the educational process; a tool for diagnosing and evaluation results of educational and pedagogical activities. They found out a tendency to expand the research and thematic field in studying of educational environment. They show the system of research sections about problems of formation and development of educational environments at different levels of the educational system and types of educational institutions.They found out criteria, indicators of methodology of popular world rankings of universities: Shanghai (Academic Ranking of World Universities); British Quacquarelli and Times Higher Education; World Ranking Web of World Universities; Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan and others. They generalized features, achievements and gaps in the process of ranking higher education institutions in Ukraine.They discovered contradiction about the differences between the strategic course of Ukraine’s integration of higher education into the world educational space and evaluation of national achievements and gaps as basic guides which determine the progress towards this goal.In order to eliminate this contradiction it is expedient to introduce phenomena into educational space of Ukraine which are connected with the creation of the open educational environment; methodologies Webometrics: adaptation of rating approaches Times Higher Education.