Subject Fields Research Articles

Exploration and Research on the Construction of Applied Undergraduate Majors under the Background of New Liberal Arts

In today's society, with the rapid development of information technology and the change of social needs, people's requirements for undergraduate major are getting higher and higher. The traditional undergraduate major setting has been unable to meet the needs of the society, therefore, it is particularly important to explore the construction of undergraduate majors. As a new subject field, the new liberal arts aim to cultivate students' innovative ability, comprehensive quality and interdisciplinary thinking. This paper aims to discuss the construction of applied undergraduate majors under the background of new liberal arts, and put forward corresponding suggestions and countermeasures, so as to provide some useful references for the construction of undergraduate majors.

Comparative pedagogy: changing research perspective

Introduction. Given dramatic changes in social, cultural priorities and values taking place across the globe today, with all around changing strategic partners, it becomes apparent that comparative pedagogy desperately needs its methods to be updated. Post modern research paradigm resources are running out. We need new data, approaches, and methods to enhance the comparative analysis. The paper aims to propose rationale for new comparative pedagogy avenues via expanding its subject fields. Methodology. The methods employed show the author’s stand on updating scholarly knowledge in comparative pedagogy. Within the frame of conventional historical approach this research relies on the diachronic and synchronic analysis method, coupled with axiological and cultural approaches and complemented with the contextualization method. The anthropological approach is based on the biographical method. The discursive approach was used as a narrative in the form of commentary of authentic texts – their interpretation, the main source of knowledge in comparative pedagogy. Findings. Modern discourse of comparative research in education contains certain inconsistences which might be put down to an inadequate analysis of upsides and downsides of foreign education system, which eventually restricts our opportunities to rely on overseas experience. It is also true as concerns correlating values demonstrated by foreign practices with national mentality and traditions, use of appropriate conceptual semantics and comparisons. Some questions also arise about the limits of the author’s interpretation. The ways of handling these issues were sought during the review of modern works devoted to the problems of education in different social and cultural contexts. Most problems stem from the language, communication, cultural codes, symbolic forms conveying identity, knowledge and values in Latin America, Middle East, South-East Asia, Africa and some European countries. Conclusion. Comparative pedagogy equipped with updated methods is presented in the paper as one of the up-todate research avenues in interdisciplinary humanities. It helps integrate national education systems allowing for their ethnically and culturally specific differences. A comparative perspective enabled to look into foreign pedagogical experience as another worldview based on historic, cultural, spiritual potential of these countries and their significance. Comparative analysis opened door to a scholarly dialogue in the educational space to promote better understanding and international cooperation.

Paradigmatic dimensions of local public management research: The path to reliable managerial decisions

Explicated the need to compare the established paradigmatic ideas in local public management and in the political science research environment. Particular attention is paid to the important issue of the project relationship establishing between the paradigmatic approach and the subject field of public management research. Essential discrepancies between the key paradigmatic approaches to local public management and policy making at the local level are revealed. Stated the necessity of essential empirical material evaluation for further research and possibly improvement of the regulatory framework for local public management. Proved that the particular author's (actors`) main reason for conducting paradigmatic discussions on local public management is the need to communicate with a powerful research tradition. It is concluded that, the success of public policies and their impact on the lives of citizens depends on an understanding of epistemic foundations. Established that different paradigmatic alternatives of public decisions are determined on the basis of scientific data. Considered the most optimal way of applying any paradigmatic approaches is the analysis of the expediency of applying the methodology and forecasting the achievement of scientific novelty or specific results of management projects.

Pedagogical Direction of Library Science: State and Prospects of Development

The training of scientific and professional staff in library science began in the 1930s in the structure of pedagogical science. The peculiarity of this process was the comprehensive coverage of library science and the inclusion in the composition of librarianship of a number of topics that were not pedagogical in their orientation. At the initial stage, comprehensiveness contributed to the formation and development of library science due to the organizational and methodological support of pedagogical science, but later it came into conflict with its subject field. In the 1950s, it was allowed to prepare library science dissertations in historical science, but in practice, librarians were unprepared for this expansion. In the 1970s, the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel in library science “moved” to the structure of technical sciences, to the group of specialities “Documentary Information” with permission to defend themselves in technical sciences. But in practice, the academic community in the field of technical sciences was not ready to accept library science, and the defense of this specialty continued in the pedagogical sciences.With the adoption of a new Nomenclature of Scientific Specialties, which are awarded academic degrees, the situation has changed. Library science was referred to the social sciences and humanities, to the group of scientific specialties “Art History and Cultural Studies”. A new edition of the passport for the scientific specialty “5.10.4 Library Science, Bibliography, Book Science” was adopted, in which 24 out of 40 research areas of library science are concerned, and only four of them can be directly attributed to pedagogical sciences. On the example of specific dissertations their pedagogical potential is revealed. As for the remaining 20 areas, with the exception of dissertations on the history of librarianship, organically included in the subject field of historical science, the question of their scientific and branch affiliation remains open. It is suggested that the practice of defending library science dissertations, not related to the subject field of pedagogy, in pedagogical sciences will be discontinued.It is stated that there are still contradictions in the passport for the scientific specialty 5.10.4 between the scientific directions of library science and the subject fields of the disciplines for which the preparation and defense of dissertations is established. The possibility of recognition by the expert community of the Higher Attestation Commission for Cultural Studies of the conformity of dissertation research on management and marketing of library and bibliographic activity and similar to them to the subject space of cultural studies is questioned. Attention is drawn to the actualization of the pedagogical content of library science through the inclusion of relevant topics in the list of relevant topics of dissertation research in the field of educational sciences.It is proposed, firstly, to develop research on library science, which is not included in the subject field of the disciplines specified in the passport, in other scientific disciplines. Secondly, the training of scientific personnel in library science should be conducted within the subject field of pedagogical science, focusing, if possible, on the directions we have identified. Thirdly, to intensify the development of the modern educational concept of librarianship, strengthening and strengthening the interaction between library science and pedagogical science by organizing joint scientific events, as well as the involvement of library scientists in the work to improve the Nomenclature of Scientific Specialties. Fourthly, it is necessary to improve the passport of scientific specialty 5.10.4 with regard to library science, taking into account the content of the subject fields of scientific branches, in which the preparation and defense of dissertations is established; with regard to pedagogical science — to expand the number of areas by including educational activities of libraries.

Commemorative Practices During the War: Bohdan Mazur’s project Memory of Civilian Victims

The article explores actual issues related to the memorial aspect of commemorating the fallen civilians of Ukraine as a result of russian aggression, focusing on the creative aspects of the commemorative issue in the space of urban architecture and forms of social communication aimed at creating such memorial zones as a part of the collective memory and commemorative policy of the state as a whole. The aim of the paper is to analyze creative practices and socio-cultural (institutional) interactions that strive to implement memorial cultural policy during the war. The subject field of the article is the practical implementation of the idea of the memorial architectural project In Memory of Civilian Victims by Bohdan Mazur, a famous Ukrainian sculptor. It is on the example of the implementation of B. Mazur’s memorial project that the author highlights contradictory approaches and views, problem areas of this project’s implementation: from the forms of memorialization of tragic events to the ways of communicating with authorities, opinion leaders, and professional experts on this issue in the context of wartime.

The Influence of English Interdisciplinary Teaching to the Results of English Study in Primary School

Nowadays, the demand for comprehensive talents is more and more urgent in recent society, while traditional subject teaching narrows the way to cultivate multiple talents. Separate subject teaching ignores the integrity of knowledge, making students learn scattered knowledge and not think from different points. One subject teaching, which means teachers only master the knowledge and skills in his or her subject field, is not conducive to the complete development of students. This study takes 500 fourth-grade primary school students in Linyi Dongxing Experimental School as the research objects, conducts a case study through a questionnaire method to explore the relevance between English interdisciplinary teaching and the results of English study as well as how the implementation of English interdisciplinary subject teaching influences English learning outcomes in the process of second language acquisition for fourth-grade primary school students. Descriptive analysis and Chi-square test are involved in this study to collect the data. The research shows that interdisciplinary English teaching in primary schools has a positive influence on English learning outcomes. Students improve their different English abilities during the implementation of interdisciplinary English teaching, such as abilities in reading, speaking, listening and writing as well as other abilities, such as painting, music, etc. This study is conducive to the development and implementation of English interdisciplinary teaching in primary school education and the improvement of students' core literacy and can provide other authors with some help and suggestions to promote the future development of this field.

Use of omic heating technology in the process of processing fruits and vegetables. Overview of the subject field

The modern consumer prefers natural products with minimal processing, which allows maximum preservation of the nutritional value of the product and fresh taste and aroma. The purpose of this article is to review the results of studies concerning the effect of ohmic heating on the product in comparison with heat treatment and considering the combined use of this method with non-thermal technologies in the production of canned fruit and vegetables. The material for this study was 105 scientific publications. A search for scientific literature in English and Russian on the use of the ohmic heating technology in the process of processing fruits and vegetables was carried out in the bibliographic databases Scopus, Web of Science, as well as in other sources. The period 2010–2023 was adopted as the time frame for the review of scientific publications. To review the subject field of the study, an algorithm was used in accordance with the PRISMA protocol. A scientific search and review of scientific publications on the research topic showed a limited number of studies assessing the ohmic heating (OH) technology in the processing of fruits and vegetables. In the process of using this technology, electric current is applied, ensuring uniform and rapid release of heat inside the food matrix. OH has a shorter processing time, which helps preserve the organoleptic quality of the product and its nutritional value. Compared to heat treatment, the OH technology not only inactivates microorganisms and food enzymes, but also prevents overheating, which reduces the negative impact of temperature on the chemical composition of the product. Evaporation/concentration, dehydration/drying of fruit juices or purees using OH resulted in higher energy efficiency and reduced processing time compared to traditional processing methods. Despite many advantages, there are limitations to large-scale industrial application of the OH method, including corrosion of the electrodes, which can have a negative impact on the product, as well as uneven heating of some types of fruit and vegetable raw materials during continuous processing. The results of this review can be used in the process of conducting further scientific research, which is advisable to continue in order to determine specific processing parameters and eliminate uneven heating of food raw materials.

COVID-19 Research Output from South Asia: A Scientometric Analysis of Highly Cited Papers

Background and Aims: Highly cited papers (HCPs) can influence both research and clinical practice. They help to identify core literature and important advances in a field. This study aimed to assess the current status and prospects of South Asia COVID-19 research from the HCPs using bibliometric indicators. Methodology: COVID-19 literature from South Asia published between December 2019 and 29 November 2023 in the Scopus database was analysed. The top HCPs, having more than 200 citations, were evaluated. Information about citation counts, authors and organisations and their affiliations, year of publication, source journal, geographical origin, subject, article type, funding details, etc. were retrieved and analysed. Data and visualisation analysis was undertaken using Microsoft Excel and other bibliometric software. Results: The 298 South Asia HCPs were published from 2020 to 2023 and were cited 200–3,596 times, with a mean average of 413.9 citations per paper (CPP). Around 24.5% and 51.3% of HCPs received external funding support and were involved in international collaboration, respectively. The most productive organisations were the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, and the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, while the most impactful organisations were Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, and Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institute, Mumbai. The most productive journals were Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. Conclusions: This study has identified core and significant authors, organisations, journals, subject fields and significant keywords, collaborators and funding agencies involved in South Asia’s COVID-19 research.

ФІНАНСОВЕ ПРОГНОЗУВАННЯ В АНТИКРИЗОВОМУ УПРАВЛІННІ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ

Formulation of the problem. The article is devoted to the problem of financial forecasting as a tool of anti-crisis management. The purpose of the study is to develop the theoretical and methodological foundations of financial forecasting in anti-crisis management based on an integrated approach. The object of the study is financial forecasting in anti-crisis management of the enterprise. Methods used in the research: scientific knowledge, method of generalization, comparison, logical and meaningful, methods of induction and deduction, analysis. The research hypothesis consists in the assumption of the need to develop the theoretical and methodological foundations of financial forecasting in anti-crisis management based on a comprehensive approach, which involves the use of a flexible toolkit of diagnostics, analysis and forecasting, which provides an opportunity to identify the onset of the risk of crisis events and to form options for the development trends of enterprises and vectors of the anti-crisis strategy, taking into account changes in the economic environment. Presenting main material. The prerequisites, essence, subject field and fundamental characteristics of the conceptual provisions of financial forecasting in anti-crisis management are highlighted, which provides a holistic view of its organizational and methodological support based on a comprehensive approach. The methods of financial forecasting at the enterprise are systematized and the features of their scope of application, advantages and disadvantages, selection criteria are revealed. The expediency of using methods for diagnosing the bankruptcy of enterprises in conditions of instability is substantiated, and a list of critical indicators of the probability of bankruptcy of the enterprise is given. The sequence of the process of developing financial forecasts in the format of the balance sheet is proposed. Originality and practical significance are the recommendations regarding the proposed methodical approach to the development of financial forecasts in the format of a balance sheet model of itemized calculation of assets and liabilities, based on financial reporting data, which provides an opportunity to generate information to justify management decisions on the choice of an enterprise development strategy based on the criterion of value maximization. Conclusions. The implementation of recommendations for the development of theoretical and methodological provisions of financial forecasting in anti-crisis management based on an integrated approach provides a holistic view of the sequence of the forecasting process and the use of its tools to justify anti-crisis mechanisms aimed at finding reserves to ensure the continuity of business operations. The use of flexible financial forecasting tools allows to identify the onset and prospects of the risk of crisis events and to form options for the development trends of enterprises and vectors of anti-crisis strategy in conditions of unpredictability of changes in the economic environment.

Health behavior: theoretical and methodical problems of sociological measurement

The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of approaches to the study of health behavior that exist in modern Russian and foreign sociology; identifying theoretical and methodical problems; designation of directions for the development of this issue. The article shows that specific theoretical and methodical problems generated in various approaches can be generalized into two groups. The first correlates with problems of cognitive adequacy of the variables used for analysis. It includes such problems as adapting variables to measure social attitudes or behavior; choosing the optimal way to empirically interpret indicators of health behavior; identifying discrepancies between self-assessments and the results of “objective” measurement. The second group of problems is related to the complexity of the relationships between the components of such behavior, which includes: the mediation of the relationships between the components of health behavior by indicators of a different nature; identification of factors that influence health behavior in different directions, their specificity for various health practices; implementation of conceptual representations in multidimensional data analysis models. The article pays special attention to typological studies as one of the important directions in the development of the problem of sociological measurement of health behavior, which makes it possible to overcome many theoretical and methodical problems. In particular, the advisability of a priori typology of the population being studied is emphasized; testing a number of indicators of health behavior as type-forming attributes; using the experience of conducting typological analysis in subject fields close to the field of health.

Проблема социализации человека в научно-исторической ретроспективе и современном междисциплинарном дискурсе

Introduction. The article depicts a systematic interdisciplinary presentation of the theoretical foundations of the study of the phenomenon of socialization. Currently, in the social sphere, the phenomenon of socialization itself is a social problem that is caused, according to scientists, by a whole pleiad of dynamically changing social, economic, political, and cultural conditions and circumstances that contribute to the emergence of transformational processes in society as a whole. Research methods. The research results that characterize socialization are presented in the article based on some methods of the social and humanitarian sciences: theoretical (ascent from the abstract to the concrete, analysis and synthesis, referencing), observational (direct, included, indirect observation), diagnostic (interviewing, analysis of documents), gravimetric analysis (the study and generalization of experience and products of professional activity), and so on. The results of the research. First of all, these are processes in modern Russian society that objectively change the content and mechanisms of human socialization. In this regard, it is now possible to talk about the transformation of the phenomenon of socialization into an independent social and research problem. The above points out the fundamental importance of the need to thoroughly study human socialization in its modern conditions as an actual social and pedagogical problem in the context of the social and humanitarian branch of human studies, and above all in the fields of philosophy, sociology, and pedagogy. Expanding the subject field of social and humanitarian knowledge, the materials presented in the article can serve as an incentive for further scientific understanding of the problem of human socialization, as well as be used in the professional training and professional socialization of future social specialists.

Theory of world politics: assessing the potential for transfer

In international studies, there are many borrowings from other disciplines at the level of metaphors, concepts, etc. In this regard, the question is raised about a possible reverse transfer, i.e. from the sphere of world politics to other scientific spheres, including not only socio-humanitarian, but also the natural sciences. The article analyzes a successful example of such a transfer given by R. Axelrod in the early 2000s, as well as subsequent attempts to theoretically validate the conditions for export from the field of international studies to other areas. Two approaches have been identified. Within the framework of the first approach, it is proposed to create an interdisciplinary theory, since international relations are able to integrate various humanitarian and social disciplines. The second approach allows for a “pluralistic” and “blurred” subject field of the theory of international relations, in which various theoretical and methodological lines can coexist and enter into discussion with each other (societal multiplicity), rather than remain isolated. It provides opportunities for its “export” to other scientific fields. A critical analysis of these approaches allows us to conclude that in both the first and second cases, the political focus of international research is lost. The article substantiates the subject area of world politics as the exertion of political influence in the international arena by state and non-state actors. Based on this, the authors of the article put forward a third direction. The essence of it is that the search for the possibility of exporting from international research to other scientific fields does not lie in the creation of an interdisciplinary theory, and not in the formation of a “blurred” subject field that ensures “societal multiplicity”, but in the similarity of the situations under consideration. The authors show that the degree of similarity of situations depends on a number of factors, including the behavior of actors/objects being in conditions that are relatively the same. Examples are given by comparing situations and theoretical concepts of international relations and world politics with situations and concepts in other scientific fields - meteorology, medicine, ethology. At the same time, the place of the “political” in other spheres is occupied by the dominant object/factor.

Событийная онтологическая модель экономических отношений

The paper examines the issue of the development of ontologies in the economic domain. The essential role of ontologies in the digitalization of the economy is determined. The author considers the origin of ontologies in philosophy and the transition of ontologies from philosophy to computer science. The paper shows the growth of semantic content and the range of applications of ontologies as they develop. Ontologies in computer science have grown from the tasks of forming a thesaurus to the issues of forming semantic models of subject areas, which makes them close, in terms of generality and depth of approach, to philosophical ontologies. Currently, there are a sufficient number of successful examples of the use of information ontologies, nevertheless, these achievements are disproportionately less than the potential inherent in ontologies. In addition, there is a decrease in interest in ontologies and the number of studies. To determine the reasons for this, the concepts underlying the formation of ontologies are considered. The most promising set of concepts for the formation of ontology in the economic subject field is proposed. It is determined that one of the reasons for the insufficient development of ontologies is the insufficient elaboration of the concepts of ‘economic cell’ and ‘event’ as the basis for reflecting economic processes. The concept of ‘events’ is formulated, which corresponds to the dynamic approach in the formation of ontologies. It is proposed to consider an event in the subject area of economic relations as a change in the values of observed attributes (OMECVA). According to the OMECVA concept, events are primary in cognition and in reflecting the subject area. The informational reflection of objects is considered as a cluster of signs and their meanings in structure, space and time. Three types of events are distinguished: events in the subject area, events of cognition of changes in the subject area and events that change the model of cognition. As a starting point for the development of a promising ontology of economic processes, it is proposed to use accounting as a widespread information system that forms the bulk of economic information. It is proposed to consider a triplet as an economic cell: an economic entity, a type of economic and legal relations, an economic object. Each of these elements is an economic category and a feature in the context of which economic events are characterized.

Jurisprudence for the Development of Science: Ideas that Should Not Be Forgotten (To the 100th Anniversary of the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the RF)

The article examines topical issues in regulation and organization of academic activities, which are related to the more than 100-year history of functioning of one of the oldest research institutions in the country – the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation. In the course of the study of archival materials and available publications by the Institute’s employees, some original and currently relevant proposals and hypotheses were identified. They are concerning the organization of research, the direct implementation of academic activities, as well as relations in the field of science subject to legal regulation (in particular, those related to: the distinction of legislation on the scientific and technical process as an independent part in the system of national law in the 1960s; the impossibility of scheduling scientific discoveries; the need to involve researchers (the object of control) in the management process; the “probabilistic” nature of research and the infeasibility of standardization in research work as is the case with setting norms in industrial production; the incorrectness of identification of administrative management in science with academic advising as a specific phenomenon, etc.). These remain relevant to this day. An attempt has been made to correlate the developments of the team of the particular academic organization with the sociopolitical situation in the corresponding historical period and the dominant scientific positions.

Specifics of Objections in Polemics about the History of Scientific Discoveries

The relevance of the work is based on the growing interest in popular science journalism. At the same time, there is a lack of research into the area of scientific history popularization of. This work is devoted to the study of hypermedia text dedicated to the invention of radio. The empirical base consists of publications on the dzen.ru platform, as well as comments from platform users. The category of objection creates polemic. The intentional-stylistic characteristics of objection in the fields of implication and involvement are determined. The following models of objection have been identified: for implication — an objection as a tool for searching for truth, as a means of confirming semantic position; for involvement — manifestation of a semantic position, frustration, refusal to argue. A system of linguistic means of objection marks the selected models. The most active and potentially effective means are particles and conjunctions. These means indicate the instrumental nature of the objection. In the field of implication, lexemes with the semantics of doubt and opposition were found. Emotionally expressive vocabulary was found in the field of involvement. If the vocabulary of an objection contains an ideological component, then the type of objection can be distinguished: frustration. It goes beyond traditional popular science communication. On the contrary, the use of ameliorative assessments allows us to speak about the desire of the participants to harmonize communication. However, the effectiveness of such aspiration in the hypermedia text under study turns out to be extremely low. The study will be useful to media theorists. It will expand the subject field of research in popular science journalism. The work will also be useful to practitioners who talk about conflict-prone scientific topics in the media space.

Outcomes of reconstructive techniques in breast cancer using BCCT. core software

BackgroundSurgery remains a priority for breast cancer treatment. This study aimed to compare the cosmetic outcomes of oncoplastic patients who had undergone breast-conserving surgery, mini-LDF (latissimus dorsi flap), and immediate implant reconstruction using both the Japanese scale and the BCCT.core (The Breast Cancer Conservative Treatment cosmetic results software) program and to validate this program.Patients and methodsPatients who underwent surgery for breast cancer between 1997 and 2021 were retrospectively studied. Patients were divided into three groups: 1-those who had undergone breast-conserving surgery (245 patients, 71.3%), 2-those who had undergone mini-LDF after lumpectomy (38 patients, 11.02%), and 3- those who underwent reconstruction with implants after nipple-sparing mastectomy (61 patients, 17.68%). The patients were called for a follow-up examination, and their photos were taken. The photographs were shown to an independent breast surgeon and a plastic surgeon who was not included in the surgeries, and they were asked to evaluate and rate them according to the Japanese cosmetic evaluation scale. The same images were transferred to the computer and scored using BCCT.core.ResultsThe plastic and breast surgeon evaluation results showed no significant difference between the three cosmetic techniques (p = 0.99, 0.98).The results of BCCT.core software measurements were similar to the results of plastic and breast surgeons (p: 0.43).ConclusionPatients are more knowledgeable about cosmetic outcomes and expect more objective data. In this study, we used 3 different cosmetic evaluation scales. We found that these techniques give results that are compatible with each other in terms of evaluating the work done in a more concrete way. For this reason, we recommend the use of such software, which offers objective results in a subjective field such as aesthetics and is very easy to apply.

Локальні студії радянського повсякдення: досвід, уроки, виклики

The purpose of the article is an attempt to analyze the results of the activities of domestic researchers of the history of Soviet everyday life (historians, ethnologists, cultural scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, art critics), which were presented at seven all-Ukrainian scientific and theoretical seminars of the series «Everyday Life: Visions and Meanings», held at Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University M. Kotsyubynskyi during 2015-2023. The research methodology is based on a combination of general scientific, special-historical and interdisciplinary methods and tools of socio-cultural analysis. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that it attempts a primary (self) analysis and generalization of the local experience of the problematization of the Soviet past through the lens of everyday life. Conclusion. The initiative of the scientists of the Center for the Study of Everyday History of the Faculty of Vinnytsia Pedagogical University was launched in the context of the beginning of Russian aggression as a response to the request for an in-depth historical-anthropological and socio-cultural study of the (un)completed Soviet past through the visions and meanings of the life world of an ordinary Soviet person. Researchers of leading scientific institutions and higher educational institutions of Ukraine actively responded to the proposal of a scientific and theoretical dialogue between specialists. Some summaries of the journey can be expressed in several theses. First, the choice of topics for each subsequent seminar was not arbitrary. It is determined, on the one hand, by specific public requests and the professional readiness of researchers, and on the other hand, it arose from the specific interdisciplinary work of each previous seminar. Secondly, in Ukraine as result, a stable core of qualified researchers of the Soviet past from various scientific fields has formed, to which new generations of researchers are interested. Systematic scientific dialogues contributed to the expansion of the subject field of Soviet everyday life, deepened and improved the methodology of its study, significantly for the development of an adequate understanding and interpretation of the Soviet past.

Criss-crossings of Psychological Practice in Adoption Processes

Psychologists have acquired an increasingly significant role in the field of child protection in Argentina. Particularly in regard to their participation in the adoption system, psychological reports and interventions have taken great prominence when an exceptional protection measure of family separation is decided or when the adoptability status of a child is under consideration, among other instances. The increasing incidence of intervention by psychologists makes it necessary to analyse the factors that infuse the practices conditioning professional criteria. From a mental health perspective, it is necessary for professionals in the area to be able to provide a reading of the subjective aspects at stake. Based on this, we reflect on the importance of articulating both the children’s rights field and the field of the individual subject involved in each case. This article presents some results of PhD field research conducted in Buenos Aires, Argentina, by analysing qualitative interviews and the retrieval of information from legal files collected from a Civil Court and from several institutions related to the adoption system. It examines various institutional and discursive criss-crossings that affect the work and the viewpoint of psychologists in this area of their activity. Keywords: adoption; ethics; institutions; psychology; subjectivity.

ANALYSIS OF THE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UPDATED CONTENT OF EDUCATION

Purpose. The article is devoted to the problem of professional competence of physical education teachers in the process of implementing the updated content of the subject "Physical culture" in secondary schools. The purpose of the study was to analyze the professional competencies of physical education teachers in the context of the requirements of the updated content of general education. Methodology. A systematic and activity-based approach is fundamental in the study. Research methods: analysis, diagnostic methods, conversation. Results. The results of diagnostics of the formation of professional competencies of physical education teachers within the framework of advanced training courses at the levels of formation (optimal, acceptable, critical, unacceptable) in the field of subject, psychological, pedagogical and methodological training are presented and interpreted. Professional deficits of normative and legal competence among teachers have been identified, the levels of professional skills for the implementation of the educational process on the subject of "Physical culture" in the context of the requirements of the updated content of general education have been determined. Practical implications. The results of the study can be applied in the field of additional professional education of teachers, as well as in the educational process of university training.

Employing “Issue” and “Number” in the enumeration of scientific journal releases: A brief analysis of foreign practice

Introduction. Publishers of scientific journals use the terms “Issue” and “Number” to denote individual issues of their publications. There are discussions within the professional community of scientific editors about the legitimacy of using one term over the other.Purpose. To analyse the practice of foreign journals regarding the marking of their issues with the terms Issue (Iss.) and Number (No.) to justify a strategy for the correct use of these terms in Russian scientific journals that have English-language or parallel bilingual titles.Materials and Methods. Policies of 130 foreign scientific journals indexed in the international scientometric database Scopus were analysed. All journals are distributed as open-access, are published in different countries, and cover various subject fields. An examination was carried out on the Archive section found on the official websites of the chosen journals, along with their covers and layouts available on these sites, to monitor the practices used in marking the issues.Results and Discussion. It has been found that there is no unification of issue numbering in the global scientific periodical press. The term Issue is frequently used on the websites of scientific journals, while the term Number, or no letter designation at all, is more often used on covers and other layout elements. This trend is characteristic both for the entire sample and for groups of journals grouped by individual features of belonging: to one country, to one language group of countries, to one scientific specialty. The exception is publications of major publishing houses, which use one publishing platform and / or uniform requirements for the journal format (House Style Guide) for all their journals, and thus regulate the numbering of issues.Conclusion. The accumulated international experience can contribute to the development of a unified approach to the presentation of issue numbering in Russian scientific journals and, as a result, to changes in normative documents and methodological recommendations.