Scientific Monographs Research Articles

Polsko-bułgarskie więzi międzykulturowe w życiu i dziełach Wandy Smochowskiej-Petrowej // "Mieć dwie ojczyzny". Z Aliną Petrową-Wasilewicz rozmawia Margreta Grigorova

The present text examines the historical-biographical and ideological connection with Bulgaria of the Polish Bulgarianist and Slavist Wanda Smohovska-Petrova, who emigrated to Bulgaria at the beginning of the Second World War. In her scientific monographs, the topic of Polish-Bulgarian relations in the second half of the 19th century is traced. Considered: the contributing moments in her monographs on Polish émigré writers Zygmunt Miłkowski (Teodor Tomasz Jeż) and Michal Tchaikovsky (Sadyk Pasza), in her book on Neophyte Bozveli and the Polish participation in the struggle for an independent Bulgarian church, her original concept about the specifics of the Bulgarian national revival. The importance of her dual cultural identity is emphasized. The text also refers to publications by Wanda Smohowska’s daughter, the Polish journalist Alina Petrova-Wasilewicz. An interview with her is attached.

O Ryszardzie Przelaskowskim (1903-1971) z powodu 50. rocznicy jego śmierci

The commencement of a series of lectures in 2022 under the name “Konarski Lecture” as well as the reedition of the Polish-English version of Kazimierz Konarski’s textbook “Modern Polish Archival Science and its Purpose” raise the question about the continuation of commemorating prominent Polish archivists. One of the figures worth paying attention to is Ryszard Przelaskowski (1903-1971), the author of “Schedule of Internal Work in Modern Archives” (1935), which was translated into English already in 1940. Ryszard Przelaskowski’s transition in 1939 from working in the archive to working in the library resulted in a change in his research interests. Przelaskowski left a series of essays in the field of librarianship in which he pointed out the connections and similarities between archival science, library science and museology as information sciences. The author of this article, in a dissertation published in 2010, drew attention to Przelaskowski’s pioneering approach in this area. Later, in-depth studies by Klaudia Leśniewska (Jędrzejewska) and Monika Cołbecka confirmed this thesis. The author postulates the need to develop a comprehensive scientific monograph of Ryszard Przelaskowski’s scientific and professional activity. This is particularly important in the era of a renewed sense of fundamental unity among archives, libraries and museums, as well as the need to include this unity in scientific theory.

Научное наследие профессора Ю.В. Соколкина

Yu.V. Sokolkin (1938–2020) is an outstanding Russian scientist, Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (PhD), Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation. The article provides an overview of the main results of his scientific activities in the field of mechanics of composite materials and structures, physical and mathematical modeling, aerospace engineering and high technologies. The titles of the sections of this article, with the exception of the first, correspond to the titles of scientific monographs with his participation, presented in chronological order; the first section of the review is devoted to the content of his dissertation work carried out by him at the Institute of Continuum Mechanics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Each section of the article, in addition to a link to the bibliographic description of the scientific monograph, also contains links to articles withYu.V. Sokolkin’s participation, where the scientific results presented in the corresponding monograph were partially published or further developed. Since Professor Sokolkin is the author of more than one hundred and fifty scientific papers, this review is not complete and comprehensive. The purpose was to reflect precisely those areas that have received undoubted recognition from the scientific community, have found practical application and are being successfully used at present, have become the basis for dissertations completed by his followers.

On the issue of the methodology of the study of petroglyphs of medieval architectural structures of the North Caucasus

The article is devoted to the problems of the methodology of the study of petroglyphs of architectural structures of the North Caucasus. The author considers methodological approaches to the interpretation of their semantics, taking into account the dual nature of petroglyphs of architectural structures, which, on the one hand, are a special cultural phenomenon with their pictorial traditions and a set of symbols, and, on the other, genetically go back to rock art, respectively, possessing the properties of rock paintings. The author believes that, interpreting the semantics of petroglyphs and their compositions, it is very important to take into account the historical context in which they were created and consider their significance in line with religious traditions relevant to the population of that era. According to the author, epic formulas or ideograms that originate in rock art play a special role in deciphering the meaning of petroglyphs of architectural structures, and in petroglyphs of architectural structures they acquire a specific character due to a narrow set of sacred symbols. The methodological basis of the research is a set of general historical, ethnographic and archaeological research methods, the use of which is determined by the nature of the material being studied. The author believes that, despite the difficulties of interpreting petroglyphs of architectural structures associated with the reconstruction of religious and mythological representations of the ancient population, it is a certain set of sacred symbols and their compositions, as well as epic formulas, that are the key to their deciphering. Petroglyphs of architectural structures have their origin in ancient rock art, which makes it possible to use in their research, including methodological techniques for studying rock paintings, the historiography of which has almost 150 years and a huge number of scientific monographs and articles. At the same time, the petroglyphs of medieval buildings in the North Caucasus possessed expressive self-sufficiency, which allowed the peoples of the region to use it to fix their religious, mythological and social traditions for transmission to the next generations.

Academician D.N. Pryanishnikov and the Russian National Research School of Agrochemistry

The paper emphasizes the pivotal role played by Academician Dmitry Nikolaevich Pryanishnikov in the history of domestic agriculture development. His name is indelibly associated with the introduction of the agriculture chemicalization concept in 1924. Being a follower of such scientists as J.B. Boussingault, D.I. Mendeleev, and K.A. Timiryazev, Dmitry Nikolaevich Pryanishnikov not only proposed the chemicalization principle but also formed a comprehensive research program for its implementation. Moreover, he created necessary educational conditions for specialists and courageously defended his doctrine against the criticism of his opponents in the 1930-1950s. (Research purpose) The paper aims to analyze the scientific heritage and biography of Academician D.N. Pryanishnikov in the context of the domestic agriculture chemicalization. (Materials and methods) The analysis relies on scrutinizing scientific monographs, legal documents, and other publications utilizing biographical, chronological, genetic and typological methods of historical and scientific research. ( ) The findings show that Pryanishnikov’s significance in the history of science stems from both his personal research achievements and his foundational role in establishing the domestic tradition of agrochemistry. This influence was evident in his organizational and pedagogical performance. The study identifies two distinct generations of direct students and followers of this eminent agricultural chemist. (Conclusions) Academician D.N. Pryanishnikov elevated agrochemistry in our country to a systematic discipline, rightfully earning recognition as the founder of the national scientific school. Contemporary researchers, who maintain academic and ideological continuity with him, persist in advancing scientific efforts to support the chemicalization of agriculture. In doing so, they make significant contributions to the nation’s food security and enhance fundamental knowledge about living organisms.

Первые леди в истории США: историко-библиографический обзор

The introduction of this article delves into the author’s contemplations on the role of the first ladies of US presidents in maintaining their image and electoral appeal. The author highlights that the general public’s lack of knowledge regarding the intelligence, education, mentality, and character of first ladies is an evident historical injustice. Currently, modern historians are actively rectifying this oversight. The purpose of the study is to analyze modern literature on the role and significance of first ladies in the history and political life of the United States and to provide a chronology of published biographical research on this issue in English-language and domestic historiography. The methodology employed is rooted in specialized historical research methods, including comparative-historical analysis, which allows for an exploration of research trends in this historical domain. Additionally, historical systemic and retrospective methods are employed, along with elements of the historical biographical method. The author’s historiographical analysis is founded on principles of historicism and historical objectivity. The materials used in the study are memoirs, biographical essays, documents, scientific monographs and articles, and Internet resources, including the official websites of the White House and the National First Ladies’ Library. The “Analysis” section contains the main part of the article’s text, that is, an analysis of literature and other sources, including autobiographies and memoirs of first ladies, interesting information about the authors of modern biographical studies, as well as the chronological order of published works of Englishlanguage and domestic authors. The results of the research are encapsulated in the author’s conclusions on the topic. It is determined that the historiography surrounding the role and significance of first ladies in American history is currently underdeveloped and, often, subjectively biased. Typically, more attention and subsequent publications are dedicated to the spouses of the most popular presidents, overshadowing other first ladies, even if they were remarkable individuals themselves.

Review of the scientific monograph of Dr. engineer Bogdan Ćwik entitled Efficiency of reading warning signals in security monitoring systems, WAT Publishing House 2023.

The reviewed monograph is the author's original idea regarding the subject matter. No monographic position in this approach has been found, either on the Polish or international market. It is a valuable supplement to the titles in the field of security research appearing on the publishing market.The thematic area covered includes early warning systems and personal security. It may also constitute a contribution to in-depth scientific considerations in the area of information impacts. Some fragments of the analyzed monograph may allow us to explore the mechanisms of information wars or propaganda mechanisms. This topic can be useful in many areas, the most recent of which is the experience from the war between Russia and Ukraine, where an important element of this conflict is information warfare, the basic factor of which is the distortion of transmitted information. And the clearest example of what organized information influence can cause is the Russian society and the high percentage of Russian residents supporting this war. The problems discussed in this monograph may also affect immunity in reading information and signals provided in various means of social space. Such an area is social media and the phenomena of various forms of information aggression in these media.

Подразделения местной противовоздушной обороны НКВД СССР на защите г. Ленинграда в 1941–1942 гг.

Based on the analysis of previously published documents, reference books, scientific monographs and articles, this article examines the organization, armament, recruitment, as well as the participation of local air defense units The NKVD of the USSR in the defense of Leningrad in the period from June 1941 to April 1942.

За короля и Отечество! Организация, вооружение, комплектование, обмундирование и снабжение американских лоялистов в войне за независимость США (1775–1783 гг.)

Based on the analysis of previously published documents, reference books, regimental stories, scientific monographs and articles, this article examines organizing, arming, manning, equipping and supplying American loyalists in the American War of Independence (1775-1783).

Заголовок у науковій і художній літературі: інтерпретація та переклад з польської мови на українську

The article researches the problem of interpretation and translation of the titles of scientific, popular science and artistic styles. The contemporary linguistic works about the role and place of the title, its relation to the text and its main functions have been analyzed. The ways and methods of translating poetry titles, titles of scientific monographs, their chapters and subchapters have been researched based on the examples of the texts, translated from the Polish into Ukrainian language. While working with the titles, in order to convey their hidden sense accurately and precisely, to make them available to the target culture, a translator does a lot of transformations and adaptations. Among such transformations grammatical and lexical changes have been identified, emphasizing the emergence of fixed phrases, neologisms and terms in the titles, as well as the impact of historical events and social moods on the creation of the title, and so on. Special attention deserves the translation of titles of artistic style, which are strongly tied with the main text and should become a part of the interpretative work with the text. An interesting phenomenon is also the translation of titles of a work ad hoc.

Dzieje parafii w sieci Internet (kroniki, strony www, profile społecznościowe). Przykład archidiecezji przemyskiej

Parish history online (chronicles, websites, social media profiles) on the example of the Archdiocese of Przemyśl The paper is a synthetic presentation of the contents of parish websites and Facebook profiles in terms of historical information posted online. For the purposes of the analysis, a representative group of one-third parishes of the Archdiocese of Przemyśl has been selected (125 out of 392). The research lasted from April to early June 2022. The analysis showed that 64% of the parishes had their own websites, another 8% (without a website) had a Facebook profile, and 28% of the examined parishes remained offline. Within the group of parishes with their own websites, 84% included historical information in the form of texts of considerably varied size and quality, prepared for the purposes of the website. Some of the texts had a quality of reliable scientific monographs. In rare cases calendars of events from the parish life or parish chronicles were found. Parish Facebook profiles were hardly ever used for publishing historical content.

EXPERIENCE OF CREATING THE ONOMASTIC SUBCORPUS OF THE NATIONAL CORPUS OF THE KAZAKH LANGUAGE

The onomastic subcorpus is relevant for a number of sciences, especially for linguistics, geography, and cognitive science. The basic basis for the development of the subcorpus was the defended dissertations and scientific monographs and works on Kazakh onomastics. The article provides an overview of the history of the development of Kazakh onomastics and discusses the role and significance of the creation of the onomastic subcorpus. The types of onoms included in the subcorpus and the characteristic features attributed to them are discussed. The article points out that the onomastic subcorpus includes linguistic information and metainformation of proper names. The onomastic subcorpus can be used both for scientific and practical purposes. First, the content and functions of proper names found in texts of different genres are revealed. On the other hand, this subcorpus as a comprehensive dictionary provides the user with comprehensive information about the geolocation of the toponymic object, place of birth, name, flora and fauna, etc. The main purpose of the onomastic subcorpus is to systematize a variety of scientific, cultural information that is contained in the onomastic name. Proper names are a social phenomenon, closely connected with the life of society, due to which its semantics is often dominated by ideological load. Each onym refers to a certain period and preserves its historical character. Therefore, it contains non-linguistic information, namely geographical, ethno-cultural, and historical information. The task of the onomastic corpus is to collect, systematize, and make this information publicly available in electronic form. The proper names included in the corpus are characterized in terms of word formation, grammatical regularities, as well as in terms of semantic, etymological, orthographic, etc.

Some Remarks on Book Critical Constitutionalism: Ideas for Constitutional Transition in the Post-COVID-19 Era by Diego Valadés

The present paper is a review essay focused on the book – scientific monograph Critical Constitutionalism: Ideas for Constitutional Transition in the Post-COVID-19 Era written by Mexican legal scholar Diego Valadés in year 2021. The book is a brief but incisive analysis of how Mexico (mis)managed the global COVID-19 pandemics. The author showed that many actions and measures taken by the Mexican State during the state of emergency declared due to the COVID-19 pandemics were problematic for various reasons, both constitutional/legal and extraconstitutional/extralegal ones, and resulted from long-term, serious and complex shortcomings of the Mexican political system, primarily based on the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1917 and related federal legislation. However, the author’s criticism of the Mexican constitutional/political system is constructive, as he makes useful suggestions to overcome (or, at least, to reduce) its shortcomings throughout the book.

Языковые средства выражения категоричности в современной англоязычной научной прозе

The aim of the paper is to identify the linguistic means of utterance categoricity in modern English-language scientific texts on linguistics. The paper analyzed examples from modern English-language scientific monographs and collections of articles that use categorical utterance techniques, identified the multi-level ways of creating categoricity in a scientific text and assessed their effectiveness in such texts. The study is novel in that it is the first to highlight the techniques and methods of categoricity expression in English-language scientific prose, as well as to summarize the means for achieving maximum impact on the addressee. The results of the study showed that utterance categoricity in an English-language scientific text is of a communicative nature and is determined mainly by the degree of the author’s confidence in the absolute correctness of his/her statements. The categoricity effect in scientific texts can mainly be achieved through the redundancy of information technique, by combining deontic constructions and modal intensifier constructions, the emphatic ‘do’, intensive words and syntactic constructions with the adversative or concessive meaning and the emphatic split construction ‘It is… that’.

“It’s not so much the Radius, but rather the Orbit that Matters”: on Professor Batygin’s Style of Scientific Communication. Interview and publication of letters prepared by D.M. Rogozin

This interview is dedicated to Gennady Semyonovich Batygin, a scientist renowned by several generations of sociologists in Russia. His intellectual heritage consists of scientific articles, texts of editorial introductions to scientific monographs, a textbook on the methodology of sociological research, and Russia’s leading sociological journal. His intellectual heritage also includes a system of values, norms, rules for the production of sociological knowledge, which Batygin passed on to his students and colleagues in personal communication and was absorbed by his students. The interview cites a sociologist’s experience working under the guidance of G.S. Batygin in a sociological research project on Russian entrepreneurship in the 1990’s. It speaks about collaboration with Batygin in working on a PhD dissertation in sociology with him as the academic advisor. The influence of Batygin’s professional and moral authority over those who had the opportunity to study with him is discussed, as well as how the scientific ethos can be expressed in personalities and passed on to the next generation. The letters show Batygin’s unique style of interaction with graduate students. This style is distinguished by: collegiality in work, teaching a graduate student a specific set of rules, the norms of the sociological craft, involvement in open and at the same time responsible self-regulating professional activity.

Original article Forecasting trends in the development of time series by estimating the Hodges-Lehman median

Introduction. The lack of stationarity in the time series’ development, small samples, the outliers presence, jumps do not allow to find estimates of model parameters that have good properties of statistical estimates and, as a result, to find reliable forecasts, both in the development trend of the process and in its numerical expression. The means to solve these problems is the use of ordinal or robust statistics. Scientific monographs and special chapters in books on mathematical statistics contain a deep and extensive theory on the study of the properties of ordinal statistics, which are the justification for their application in forecasting methods. The aim of the work is to develop and verify method for obtaining one-step forecasts of trends in the development of time series based on stable statistical estimates.Materials and methods. The article presents the results of the development of a method for obtaining one-step forecasts of trends in the development of time series based on the construction of confidence intervals of a selective stable HodgesLehman estimate based on Walsh averages. In particular, the Hodges-Lehman median is used to solve the problem of small samples obtained during the procedure of shifting the time series window. The proposed method is considered in detail in the article: the basic definitions, the theoretical justification of the method, calculation formulas, a detailed description of the algorithm, formulas for calculating the quality metric of forecasts are given.The results of the study. The method was implemented in computational experiment using the example of forecasting the Urals crude oil’s spot price. The article presents the computational experiment’s results. The parameters of the proposed method can be configured to obtain reliable one-step forecasts.Discussion and conclusions. The method proposed in the article has shown its effectiveness on experimental data and can be used as an independent method for constructing one-step forecasts of trends in the development of time series. Further development of the method involves the improvement of computational procedures, verification of the method in case of jumps in the dynamics of the time series.

Employer brand and international employer brand: literature review

PurposeThis review article offers an insight into employer brand and its importance for organizations, as well as an overview of international employer brand based on research on this topic available to date.Design/methodology/approachAn examination and critical evaluation of 37 research articles, two scientific monographs and a chapter was conducted. The selection of articles was based on conducted content analysis.FindingsHaving an employer brand has become of utmost importance for many organizations since it was first described in academic literature in mid-1990s. Despite its key role in organizational success, there is a certain lack of recognition of employer brand in academic literature. While employer brand research is somewhat scarce, international employer brand research is almost non-existent. Organizations that operate on different international markets often recruit their employees internationally as well. However, employer brand developed and managed locally differs from the one developed and managed globally.Research limitations/implicationsThis review is based on a small number of articles available in the databases. Additionally, only the research papers written in English were included in the review.Originality/valueThis review paper offers a much-needed overview of literature on employer branding within international context. International employer brands and international employer branding have so far been neglected within employer branding literature, despite the obvious need for differentiation. Therefore, this article seeks to provide a systematic overview and identify relevant characteristics of the international employer brand.

Review of a scientific monograph of A. V. El'chaninov, T. Kh. Fatkhudinov “Mammalian liver regeneration. Intercellular interactions [Regeneratsiya pecheni mlekopitayushchikh. Mezhkletochnye vzaimodeistviya]”. M.: Nauka, 2020

The issues of liver regeneration have long been the sphere of scientific interests of both domestic and foreign scientists. In the presented scientific monograph of A.V. El'chaninov, T.Kh. Fatkhudinov “Regeneration of the liver of mammals. Intercellular interactions” modern data on liver regeneration, obtained as a result of the use of highly informative research methods, are reflected. The monograph consists of an introduction, 8 chapters and a conclusion summarizing a large amount of information on fundamental and applied aspects of liver regeneration. This scientific study presents current information on the cytological and molecular genetic mechanisms of reparative histogenesis in the liver. The monograph under review undoubtedly is highly commendable and is of interest for practical medicine, and can also be used as a textbook by students of medical universities.

«Награда воинскому мужеству». Военный орден Святого Людовика: предпосылки создания, статут, первые кавалеры (1693–1715 гг.)

Throughout its centuries-old history, France has taken part in many wars. Its expansion was especially active in the XVII-XIX centuries. In the modern era, namely during the reign of King Louis XIV (1643-1715), France pursued an aggressive foreign policy, trying to annex not only the territories of neighboring states, but also to extend its influence throughout Europe. The consequence was the need to improve the system of state awards for the Royal Army officer corps. Based on the analysis of previously published documents, biographical reference books, scientific monographs and articles, this article examines the prerequisites for the creation, statute and pages of biographies of the first cavaliers of the Military Order of St. Louis (1693–1715).

Czy dłużnikom żyje się dzisiaj lepiej niż żyło im się za PRL? Uwagi na tle zmian przepisów Kodeksu postępowania cywilnego dotyczących przedmiotowych ograniczeń egzekucji

The paper aims to show what changes have taken place in the Polish civil procedure with regard to the so-called subjective limitations on judicial enforcement, and how these changes have affected the way enforcement proceedings are conducted and how they affected the passive party to the enforcement proceedings – the debtor. The paper presents the origin of the introduction of subjective limitations on judicial enforcement to the Polish civil procedure, which occurred in 1932 within the scope of the Ordinance of the President of the Republic of Poland of 27 October 1932 – the Law on Judicial Enforcement Proceedings, and then discusses the evolution of these regulations that took place during the existence of the People's Republic of Poland. In the final part of the paper the historical legal status is compared with the currently binding provisions, which made it possible to formulate conclusions allowing for an answer to the question raised in the title of the paper. The analysis takes into account the arguments of a structural nature, which made it possible to formulate a thesis that the scope of the enforcement limitations in question has significantly increased since 1932, and a certain “inflation” of the provisions in question results from the progressing development of the level of social life. Sources which made it possible to answer the question posed in the title of this article include the materials of the Codification Commission of the Second Polish Republic, commentaries to the Code of Civil Procedure of 1930, commentaries to the Code of Civil Procedure of 1964, jurisprudence of the Supreme Court and other materials such as scientific monographs or scientific articles on enforcement proceedings and the subject limitations of judicial enforcement.