Terminological Framework Research Articles

Mapping the primate thalamus: systematic approach to analyze the distribution of subcortical neuromodulatory afferents

Neuromodulatory afferents to thalamic nuclei are key for information transmission and thus play critical roles in sensory, motor, and limbic processes. Over the course of the last decades, diverse attempts have been made to map and describe subcortical neuromodulatory afferents to the primate thalamus, including axons using acetylcholine, serotonin, dopamine, noradrenaline, adrenaline, and histamine. Our group has been actively involved in this endeavor. The published descriptions on neuromodulatory afferents to the primate thalamus have been made in different laboratories and are not fully comparable due to methodological divergences (for example, fixation procedures, planes of cutting, techniques used to detect the afferents, different criteria for identification of thalamic nuclei…). Such variation affects the results obtained. Therefore, systematic methodological and analytical approaches are much needed. The present article proposes reproducible methodological and terminological frameworks for primate thalamic mapping. We suggest the use of standard stereotaxic planes to produce and present maps of the primate thalamus, as well as the use of the Anglo-American school terminology (vs. the German school terminology) for identification of thalamic nuclei. Finally, a public repository of the data collected under agreed-on frameworks would be a useful tool for looking up and comparing data on the structure and connections of primate thalamic nuclei. Important and agreed-on efforts are required to create, manage, and fund a unified and homogeneous resource of data on the primate thalamus. Likewise, a firm commitment of the institutions to preserve experimental brain material is much needed because neuroscience work with non-human primates is becoming increasingly rare, making earlier material still more valuable.

Latin literature

As always, it is hard to do justice to the many intriguing books that came out over the past months. I will try to give an overview of at least a few of them, from Republican literature over two imperial ‘Classics’, the Aeneid and the Fasti, over Ps.-Quintilian's Declamations and Apuleius, fourth and fifth-century commentaries, all the way to a lesser-known work from the fifteenth century. Let us start, however, with an exciting volume on ‘Roman Law and Latin Literature’, edited by Ioannis Ziogas and Erica Bexley. In their introduction, the two editors sketch out the relationship between law and literature, emphasizing the points of contact and the intricate relationship between the two. While the Law and Humanities movement, they argue, has been so far strongly focused on law, with literature playing an ancillary role, Ziogas and Bexley aim to redress that balance ‘by showing how literature anticipates, imitates, supplants or complements law's role in constituting rules and norms’ (3). The contributions in the volume cover a wide range of authors, from Naevius, Plautus, and Terence to Cicero, Ovid, Seneca, and Lucan. With her discussion of the role Latin literature played in shaping Roman concepts of legality, in the absence of a codified constitution, Michèle Lowrie provides a very good starting point to the volume, one that a couple of other contributors keep referring back to. There is a chapter on the jurist Marcus Antistius Labeo by Matthijs Wibier, Nora Goldschmidt traces the emergence of the Foucauldian author function in the interaction between law and literature in third-century bc Rome, and John Oksanish argues that Cicero, in De oratore (‘On the Orator’), adopts the theoretical and terminological frameworks of Roman property law to authorize the orator's power over various domains, a strategy also adopted by Vitruvius, to mention just a few of the topics covered. The concluding paper is a thought-provoking piece by Nandini Pandey, comparing Roman and American legal and literary practices around freedom, opportunity, and (in)equality.

The Volcanic Hazard Maps Database: an initiative of the IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic Hazards and Risk

In this work we present the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI) Commission on Volcanic Hazards and Risk (CVHR) Volcanic Hazard Maps Database and the accompanying volcanichazardmaps.org website. Using input from a series of IAVCEI CVHR Working Group on Hazard Mapping workshops, we developed a classification scheme and terminology framework for categorizing, discussing, naming, and searching for hazard maps. ≥ The database and website aim to serve as a resource for the volcanology community to explore how different aspects of hazard map development and design have been addressed in different countries, for different hazard processes, and for different intended purposes and audiences. Additionally, they act as a tool for presenting hazard map options to stakeholder groups and serve as a learning resource that can be incorporated into educational materials and training courses. In this work, we present the database and website, discuss the classification scheme, explore the enormous diversity of hazard maps, and suggest ways that the database and website can be used by the volcanic hazard mapping community.

Nematode eggshells: A new anatomical and terminological framework, with a critical review of relevant literature and suggested guidelines for the interpretation and reporting of eggshell imagery.

A literature review for a recent ultrastructural study of a trichinelloid eggshell revealed consistently occurring errors in the literature on nematode eggshell anatomy. Examples included nematodes of medical, veterinary, and agricultural importance in several orders. Previous researchers had warned of some of these errors decades ago, but a comprehensive solution was not offered until 2012 when a clarifying new anatomical and developmental interpretation of nematode eggshells was proposed by members of the Caenorhabditis elegans Research Community. However, their findings were explained using arcane acronyms and technical jargon intended for an audience of experimental molecular geneticists, and so their papers have rarely been cited outside the C. elegans community. Herein we (1) provide a critical review of nematode eggshell literature in which we correct errors and relabel imagery in important historical reports; (2) describe common reporting errors and their causes using language familiar to researchers having a basic understanding of microscopy and nematode eggs; (3) recommend a new hexalaminar anatomical and terminological framework for nematode eggshells based on the 2012 C. elegans framework; and (4) recommend new unambiguous terms appropriate for the embryonated/larvated eggs regularly encountered by practicing nematodologists to replace ambiguous or ontogenetically restricted terms in the 2012 C. elegans framework. We also (5) propose a resolution to conflicting claims made by the C. elegans team versus classical literature regarding Layer #3, (6) extend the C. elegans hexalaminar framework to include the polar plugs of trichinelloids, and (7) report new findings regarding trichinelloid eggshell structure.

ČITANjE INTERDISCIPLINARNIH TRANSGRESIJA DINAMIČKIH POJMOVA I ZNAČENjA U ARHITEKTONSKOM DISKURSU – FENOMEN FLUIDNOSTI

Positioning the architectural discourse in the context of language and culture, this paper presents the research of interdisciplinary transgressions of dynamic terms and meanings which change the comprehension, reflection and creation of architecture. The main topic of the research is the phenomenon of fluidity in architecture, which is analysed through the interdisciplinary framework of terminology and conceptual aspects in the theories through which it is manifested (in the border fields of architecture - culture, art, philosophy and aes- thetics), in the historical, chronological development of architectural thought from the 17th to the 20th century, as well as in the contemporary architectural theory and practice. The phe- nomenon of fluidity is also methodologically viewed as a case study for the presentation of an authentic research model that connects the theory and practice of architecture. Accordingly, such connection is manifested through the analysis, synthesis and systematization of con- cepts, meanings, aspects and spatial manifestations, through which architecture is read as a text of culture and the perception of the key points of change in architectural thought and creativity. The methodological model of the research consists of four main parts: 1. reading, 2. understanding, 3. thinking and 4. creating. Starting from the recognition of aspects of flu- idity in the contemporary context (1), the historical course of the interdisciplinary, chrono- logical development of the subject phenomenon is analysed (2), followed by the analysis of the embodiment of its meanings in the architectural space (3), and at the end the principles and procedures through which it could be expressed in contemporary architectural practice are systematized (4). The results of the research and the main theoretical and practical contri- butions are represented in the glossary of fluidity in architecture, which systematizes possible translations of terms into spatial aspects and dynamic qualities of architectural space. In this way, the connection between the terminology, which manifests the phenomenon of fluidity in the theoretical discourse of architecture and architectural creation, with which fluidity is practically operationalized, is demonstrated.

LEXICAL FEATURES OF BORROWED VOCABULARY OF THE FORMATION PERIOD OF MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY OF DISEASES IN RUSSIA

The study complements the information about the nature of the medical term within the framework of historical terminology.
 Purpose. The article discusses the linguistic features of medical borrowed terms denoting human diseases.
 Materials and methods. The material was medical scientific texts on surgery and pharmacology of 1835-1899 editions. The analysis used lexico-semantic, etymological and word-formation analysis of vocabulary, a comparative method of linguistic research.
 Results. The results of the study suggest that by the nineteenth century, the Russian scientific medical terminology of diseases was finally formed in the national language. The basis of the formation are lexical units of Greek-Latin origin, there were also borrowings from Polish, French, and English. Comparative analysis of terms in different languages has shown the presence of a large number of terms-internationalisms. Translated borrowings and calculus were used in the formation of terms. The study revealed the difficulty of proving the formation of terms by calculus. The analysis of medical terms revealed semantic differences in the source language and in the recipient language, which confirms: 1) the artificial nature of the formation of the terminological system, 2) the presence of national specificity of terms denoting diseases. Thus, the results of the study show that with the unity of the laws of human cognition, an individual understanding of the world picture is manifested in each language; the names of diseases formed on the basis of the national language reflect the popular understanding of diseases.
 Practical implications. The factual material and conclusions of the article can be used both in terminology and in the course of medical education.

Лингвистические особенности американской политкорректности напримеререализации тенденции“People First” в современном английском языке

Political correctness is one of the key values of the American society that characterizes the distinguishing features of the national mentality. The ideas of political correctness are quite vividly represented in American English at the lexical, syntactic and communicative levels. The authors attempt to study the language implementation of the “People First” trend that emerged in the United States in the early 1990s, using the example of transformations in the field of medical terminology. Eliminating discrimination against people with physical and mental disabilities, rejecting expressions backed by negative stereotypes, are the main goals of the “People First” trend. The authors have analysed the background and history of this trend, and also described the lexical and syntactic features of euphemisms, which are the main tool of political correctness. An analysis of the materials of the meetings of the Commission on the Psychological Problems of Disability of the American Psychological Association made it possible to determine the list of the most “challenging” wordings and their “desirable” variants and to determine the peculiarities of lexical euphemization and complementary syntactic modifications. The study of political correctness as a social, cultural and linguistic phenomenon is relevant for modern linguistics and cultural linguistics, as it allows to get an idea of the English speakers’ mentality and world representation. The purpose of the paper is to describe linguistic features of euphemisms within the framework of medical terminology that appeared with the development of the “People First” trend, taking into account the recommendations of activists, doctors and psychologists. The use of methods of structural-syntactic, contextual, component, lexico-semantic analysis, as well as the method of continuous and cluster sampling made it possible to identify the special features of the implementation of the studied trend in language, culture and modern communication.

Formation of Terminological System of Moral Philosophy in Works of John Locke: Innovation and Tribute to Tradition

The formation of ideas about the phenomenon of morality and moral responsibility in the works of the English thinker John Locke is considered. Two of his works served as the material: “Essay Concerning Human Understanding” and “Two Treatises of Government”. On the basis of philological methods, conceptual and discursive types of analysis, as well as procedures used in corpus studies, it was proved that the vocabulary of describing morality and moral responsibility in English was formed by the end of the 17th century and John Locke played a huge role in this process. Although the linguistic means of describing the categories of morality were based on the discussions of thinkers of previous eras, Locke made an attempt to rethink the existing vocabulary in order to create an integral system of concepts and terminological framework of moral philosophy. The novelty of the study is seen in the fact that for the first time a complex methodology for analyzing Locke’s texts was used with quantitative methods and a thorough study of the previous cultural and historical context. The key lexical units in Locke’s texts, as well as in publications of the previous two centuries, have been studied. It is proved that the moral and ethical philosophical discourse of the scientist was formed on the basis of the vocabulary of religious discourse and partially philosophical discourse, as well as neutral words that were not associated with any discourse.

Integration: Word and Concept in Discussions of Party Leaders of European Member States of Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

The article deals with the process of formation of the terminological framework of socialist rhetoric. The study is based on the materials of the Meetings of the Central Committee of the Communist and Worker’s Parties Secretaries and the heads of the member countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance government in the period from 1956 to 1969, the program documents of this organization. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the evolution of the categorical framework, which was used in the description of cooperation between countries. It is noted that in the mid-1950s, at the beginning of the formation of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance and the language for describing its activities, the term integration was stigmatized, as it was associated with economic processes in Western Europe. It is clarified that at the same time, descriptive constructions were actively used, revealing the essence of integration in the countries of the socialist camp, and there were also frequent cases of the use of the term in official speeches by party leaders. The author comes to the conclusion that since the late 1960s — early 1970s the term socialist integration began to be actively used to construct the image of a socialist economic system as an effective analogue of the European Economic Community, while this concept had an important symbolic meaning and was an element of ritual socialist discourse.

AŠTRIOJI GALIA, KAIP TECHNOLOGINIS FENOMENAS KINIJOS POLITINĖSE PROJEKCIJOSE

This article presents the concept of China’s sharp power, and features of its formation that support it. The article deals with theoretical interpretations of soft power that are inseparable from the properties of sharp power. Soft power has been a very influential concept in recent decades to describe a country’s ability to influence others by cooperating, persuading and promoting a positive attitude in other states to achieve the desired results. Nevertheless, the concept of power has changed dramatically in recent years, due to shifts in the international system, and no longer fits definitions of the relationship between authoritarian and democratic systems. It is necessary to introduce a new concept of power, in order to expose the new world order posed by China as an emerging normative power. Authoritarian methods of influence can no longer, in principle, be described as soft power. There is a need to introduce a new term for power in academic discourse, in order to conceptualise the influence of authoritarian states on democracies. The article highlights the problem that sharp power can restrict freedom of expression and distort the political environment, by taking advantage of asymmetric levels of freedom between democratic and authoritarian systems. Having identified and clarified the terminological framework, the article presents three components of China’s sharp power, which allows for empirical research into its mechanisms for spreading influence, expanding the country’s interests abroad, and damaging democratic systems.

Treatment, Diagnostic Criteria and Variability of Terminology for Lateral Elbow Pain: Findings from an Overview of Systematic Reviews.

Background: Lateral elbow pain (LEP) represents a musculoskeletal disorder affecting the epicondyloid region of the elbow. The terminological framework of this problem in literature, to date, is confusing. This systematic review (SR) aims to analyse the panorama of the scientific literature concerning the pathogenetic framework, treatment, and clinical diagnosis of LEP. Methods: We conducted an SR according to the guidelines of the PRISMA statement. We performed research using the electronic Medline, Epistemonikos, and Cochrane Library databases. The research started on 12 January 2022 and finished on 30 April 2022. We included all systematic reviews and meta-analyses published, in English, between 1989 and 2022. The articles’ selection was based on critical appraisal using Amstar 2. In the selected reviews we obtained the etiopathogenic terminology used to describe the symptoms, treatment, and diagnostic criteria of LEP. Results: Twenty-five SRs met the eligibility criteria and were included in the study. From these SRs, 227 RCT articles were analysed and different treatments proposals were extracted, such as exercise, manipulation corticosteroid injection, and surgery. In the selected articles, 10 different terms emerged to describe LEP and 12 different clinical tests. The most common treatments detected in this SR were a conservative multimodal approach (e.g., eccentric exercises, manual therapy, acupuncture, ultrasound), then surgery or other invasive treatments (e.g., corticosteroid injection, tenotomy). The most common term detected in this SR was “lateral epicondylitis” (n = 95, 51.6%), followed by “tennis elbow” (n = 51, 28.1%) and “lateral epicondylalgia” (n = 18, 9.4%). Among the diagnostic tests were painful palpation (n = 101, 46.8%), the Cozen test (n = 91, 42.1%), the pain-free grip-strength test (n = 41, 19.0%), and the Maudsley test (n = 48, 22.2%). A total of 43.1% of RCTs (n = 96) included subjects with LEP > 3 months, 40.2% (n = 85) included patients with LEP < 3 months, and 16.7% of the items (n = 35) were not specified by the inclusion criteria on the onset of symptoms. Conclusions: In this SR, a considerable terminological heterogeneity emerged in the description of LEP, associated with the lack of clear and recognised diagnostic criteria in evaluating and treating patients with lateral elbow pain.

Populist dialogues on Twitter to #PutAustraliaFirst

Over the past decades, populist propaganda has grown exponentially, triggering the proliferation of nationalistic discourses worldwide. Australia has not been exempt from the populist surge, which has propagated online and offline, yet without receiving enough academic attention. Considering the disintermediated interaction promoted by their communicative formats, Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are believed to have fostered the spread of populist ideologies. While recent research conceptualizes SNSs as socio-discursive sites where ambient affiliations come to be dialogically construed by means of conversational tagging, it has not been investigated whether and how hashtagging enables political dialogue among populist affiliates in virtual contexts. Aiming to fill this gap, the present research relies on a corpus-based mixed methodology that combines the semantic mapping of hashtags, through the quantitative methodologies of Social Network Analysis, with the qualitative approaches of Systemic Functional Linguistics. The article investigates a corpus of tweets posted by selected populist politicians active in Australia. Drawing upon Halliday's metafunctions of language, tweets were closely analyzed to gain insights into the semantic nature and linguistic functions of the collected hashtags. By borrowing Bakhtin's and Austin's terminological framework, the paper ultimately discusses how the Twitter ambient is dialogically built.

Population Reproductive Structure of Rainbow Trout Determined by Histology and Advancing Methods to Assign Sex and Assess Spawning Capability

AbstractRainbow TroutOncorhynchus mykisshave been intensively studied and gametogenesis has been described, but the use of reproductive indices in field studies has not been widely applied when assessing variability in growth or recruitment dynamics. We integrated descriptions for gametogenesis within the framework of standardized terminology for reproductive development in teleosts to develop sex‐specific criteria for assignment of reproductive phases. We used these descriptions and histological analysis of gonad tissue collected from Rainbow Trout in the Colorado River downstream from Glen Canyon Dam to quantify season‐, size‐, and sex‐specific variation in population reproductive structure. The accuracy of nonlethal methods (manual expression and ultrasonography) was evaluated for assigning sex by comparing estimates with those determined by histology. Rainbow Trout were sampled through an annual spawning cycle from October 2018 to April 2019. Spawning capable males were available across the entire period, with a higher proportion earlier in the season compared to later. Females were spawning capable in October, with a peak in February; by April, they were in the early developing phase, indicating that spawning had ended. Elevated levels of atresia (19% for fall spawners) and evidence for delayed maturation were identified, suggesting energetic limitations on the reproductive potential of the population. For both sexes, the probability of being spawning capable increased with fork length, with minimum sizes of ≥283 mm for females and ≥187 mm for males. Sex assignment using ultrasonography was more accurate (46%) than manual expression of gametes (9%), as only a small proportion of males and females expressed gametes. Probabilities of correct sex assignment using ultrasonography were strongly influenced by reproductive phase, with spawning capable fish (females: 100%; males: 77%) having significantly higher probabilities of correct sex assignment compared to immature fish. Furthermore, probabilities of correct sex assignment increased with fish size and were higher for females than for males. Results provide a framework for quantifying spawning capability and population reproductive structure in ongoing research to better understand the drivers of recruitment variability in aquatic ecosystems.

What’s in the Mix? Mixed-Use Architecture in the Post-World War II Years and Beyond

Mixed-use housing (MUH) has proliferated in recent years, largely in connection with high-rise mixed-use housing and large urban developments. Whereas housing architecture integrating additional functions has been designed throughout history, post-World War II architects proposed innovative ideas and designs for modern MUH. This article explores MUH of that period as an experiment that articulated urban hierarchies by integrating elements belonging to the different scales of the city into housing plans. I analyze the terminological frameworks proposed by Team 10 in Europe and Denise Scott Brown and Harvey Perloff in the United States, tracing how these evolved into groundbreaking designs that redefined the architecture of MUH. I demonstrate how architects negotiated terms such as “habitat,” which engaged community, as well as “human association” and “urban reidentification” in their practice. Thinking about these terms, I propose accessibility, participation, reuse, and diversity in formal design as elements from the recent past that can provide tools for rethinking present and future MUH.

Semantic Challenges Caused by Abbreviations of Arabic Economic and Business Terms for Undergraduates in China

The economic usefulness of abbreviations has become essential as language tools in human society, especially for international economic and business activities. This study has explored the semantic challenges of abbreviations of Arabic economic and business terms for third-grade undergraduates majoring in Arabic language without basic backgrounds in the economy and business in China. The present study adopted a quantitative study design to test 30 students’ abilities in understanding abbreviations. The data analysis used simple mathematical statistics to calculate results and comprehensive analysis within terminological frameworks with interdisciplinary semantic theories to mainly analyze correct answers and students’ answers. Thus, we have found that three-quarters of students faced varying degrees of semantic challenges in the abbreviations of Arabic economic and business terms. In this regard, the current study will improve students’ understanding of abbreviations, and remind instructors in the courses of Arabic for business purposes to explain such knowledge.

An Evaluation of Texture-Modified Diets Compliant with the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative in Aged-Care Facilities Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.

Texture-modified diets (TMDs) are commonly prescribed for older adults with swallowing difficulties to improve swallowing safety. The International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI) provides a framework for terminology, definitions and testing of TMDs. This observational mixed-method study used the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR) to establish the barriers and enablers to IDDSI adoption in aged-care facilities (ACFs). Five New Zealand ACFs who had adopted IDDSI > 12months previously were recruited. Evaluation tools were developed based on CFIR constructs, integrating data from (i) mealtime observations; (ii) manager interviews and (iii) staff (nursing, carers and kitchen) self-administrated surveys. All facility and kitchen managers were IDDSI aware and had access to online resources. Three sites had changed to commercially compliant products post-IDDSI adoption, which had cost implications. Awareness of IDDSI amongst staff ranged from 5 to 79% and < 50% of staff surveyed felt sufficiently trained. Awareness was greater in large sites and where IDDSI was mandated by head office. Managers had not mandated auditing and they felt this had led to reduced perceived importance. Managers felt staff required more training and staff wanted more training, believing it would improve food safety and quality of care. Lack of a dedicated project leader and no speech pathologist on-site were perceived barriers. Collaboration between healthcare assistants, kitchen staff and allied health assisted implementation. ACF staff were aware of IDDSI but staff awareness was low. Using the CFIR, site specific and generic barriers and enablers were identified to improve future implementation effectiveness. Managers and staff want access to regular training. Multidisciplinary collaboration and improving communication are essential. ACFs should consider TMD auditing regularly. Successful implementation of IDDSI allows improvement of quality of care and patient safety but requires a systematic, site-specific implementation plan.

Delimitation of the concepts of "speech", "discourse" and "text" in the light of modern linguistic concepts

As an integrative cross-disciplinary phenomenon, discourse requires critical comprehension in synergistic unity with the differentiating parameters of the text and processes of generation and perception of speech, taking into account ethnopsychological, cultural, linguocognitive and structural-logical factors of communication. The author carries out a comparative analysis of the research of discourse in its correlation with speech and text as macrounits of cognitive and speech activity. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the theory of discourse is currently undergoing fundamental transformations that reflect changes in the conceptual and terminological framework, the emergence of new methodologies and objects of linguistic research. Contrastive description of the triad "speech-discourse-text" is conducted through the prism of semantic-structural, communicative and socio-pragmatic approaches in modern linguistics. The thesis is advanced that discursology, as a cross-disciplinary scientific discipline should possess the objective instruments for analyzing and grading discourse as a subject matter in all national languages. The article provides theoretical generalization of a range of research dedicated to examination of the phenomenology of speech, discourse and text in the light of modern linguistic concepts. Leaning on the thesis on mutual conditionality of structural-semantic parameters of the text, the author carries out a comparative analysis of a number of fundamental theoretical works of foreign and Russian linguists in the field of speech activity, modeling of the psychological processes of speech, as well as semantics of the discourse and semantic structure of the text. The problematic of studying the trichotomy "speech-discourse-text" affects more and more fields of linguistics and expands discursology as a separate scientific discipline. The comparative analysis of terminological units demonstrates that the distributive examination of the concepts of "discourse", "speech" and "text" in modern linguistics is primarily substantiated by the traditional culturological, ontological and methodological factors, and is associated with a variety of approaches, instruments for analysis, and categorical-conceptual framework.

GENDER WITHOUT LANGUAGE: PRESENTATION OF THE UKRAINIAN TRANSLATION OF THE GLOSSARY AND THESAURUS OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR GENDER EQUALITY

The article provides a brief overview of the disciplinary sphere of Ukrainian terminological gender studies in terms of their ability to ensure national gender policy and governance; and presents new opportunities for regulating the usage of the terms in the state gender policy and legislation in Ukraine by preparing a Ukrainian translation of an authoritative specialized dictionary on gender issues. It was found that more than 20 years of Ukrainian practice of individual or author's dictionaries, thesauri, and glossaries for thematic publications in the field of both gender theory and practical gender policy had a double impact. Positive impact, as it forms the terminological framework and thus enables their developers to continue working on their immediate issues of gender policy, governance, education or research based on reasonable terminology; Negative impact, as it created various linguistic and terminological differences, which increased tensions between representatives of various stakeholders in the field of a national policy of equality and non-discrimination in Ukraine. It was found that today the need to standardize professional terminology in the field of gender policy and establish a common language for a common cause is quite obvious to all stakeholders. It is argued that the accumulated uncertainties and ambiguities that have arisen due to the long-term neglect of the terminological needs of gender policy in Ukraine can be overcome by translating and disseminating a reputable and internationally recognized dictionary. In particular, the recently translated into Ukrainian glossary and thesaurus of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGR), which contains 450 gender terms with their comprehensive and detailed definitions and is used for lawmaking, policy development, advocacy and research in the EU. and now – in Ukraine.

Теория языка и коммуникации: научный круг И.А. Стернина

The paper gives a brief review of research ideas and publications of the famous Russian linguist I.A. Sternin with the emphasis made on his theoretical model of communicative behaviour and its successive development in the studies of contemporary Russian and foreign colleagues. The terminological framework of Sternin's scientific researches is determined by such essential directions as semantic and cognitive language analysis, the integral theory of lexical meaning, verbal manipulation and effective communication, linguistic and communicative consciousness, principles of developing speech culture, theoretical linguistics as systematization of aspects and areas of language science. A bright linguistic heritage is reflected in the works of the scientist devoted to the issues of correlation of the language structure and cultural and communicative processes in their national dimension. The author of article correlates the basic principles of describing the communicative behavior of people, formulated by Prof. Sternin, with the analysis of the modern communicative portraits of Russian and German leaders in business communication in the structure of national culture models; with approaches to modeling the integral category of culturally sensitive communicative style and its main characteristics. It would be fair to say that I.A. Sternin's concepts formed new impulses for the development of subsequent ideas, theoretical approaches, and the preparation of new publications.

Algorithmically embodied emissions: the environmental harm of everyday life information in digital culture

This conceptual paper introduces the notion of algorithmically embodied emissions to highlight how everyday choices facilitated by commercial algorithmic information systems such as commercial search engines, social media and recommender systems contribute to the climate crisis and other forms of environmental destruction. The proposed concept is developed by integrating terminology from the fields of information studies, critical algorithm studies and environmental impact assessment, and by examining a strategic selection of examples. Through the examples, the authors show that semantic interpretation of queries as well as the information architecture involve normative dimensions with implications for the climate crisis and other forms of environmental destruction. The paper proposes a terminological framework that integrates conceptual considerations from environmental impact assessment, environmental communication, information studies and critical algorithm studies to articulate how algorithmic information systems are co-constitutive of environmental harm. The paper further suggest to extend environmental impact assessment to include algorithmic harms in order to take into account how responsibility and accountability are distributed among different actors with profoundly different conditions and opportunities to exercise them.