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Abstract B105: Quality and Accessibility of Online Information Regarding CAR-T Therapy in Hematologic Malignancies

Abstract Background Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies have changed the treatment landscape for various hematologic malignancies and are currently under development and being tested in clinical trials for multiple solid tumors. Given that patients commonly use the internet as a source of health-related information, we sought to investigate the quality, understandability, and readability of online information regarding CAR-T therapy. Methods We conducted a search in a commonly used search engine (Google) of five pre-determined search terms to identify 100 unique web pages regarding CAR-T therapy. Scientific publications were excluded. Validated instruments were used to ascertain health information quality (DISCERN), understandability (Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool; PEMAT), and readability (Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog, and SMOG indices). Results were summarized using descriptive statistics. Results Among the 100 web pages reviewed, 68% originated from academic medical centers, and 64% included links to clinical trials. Only 11% of the web pages included references to primary literature. 17% of web pages were available in a language other than English, with Spanish (15%) and Arabic (7%) being the most common. Moderate-to-high quality information (DISCERN ≥ 3) was presented by 47% of web pages, and only 31% of web pages were considered understandable (PEMAT ≥ 70%). Average readability scores were 10.6 (SD = 2.09), 12.6 (SD = 2.3), and 13.1 (SD = 1.7) using the Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog, and SMOG indices, respectively. Conclusion Our study highlights that online information for CAR-T therapies commonly features low-quality health information that is typically not understandable to the general population. Further, contrary to recommendations from federal agencies and medical societies, available online information requires, on average, high school reading comprehension. Healthcare teams and stakeholders should strive to improve existing content and ensure patients have access to trusted, high-quality information given the unique complexities, processes, and toxicities associated with receiving CAR-T therapy. Citation Format: Luis C. Garcia, Ana I. Velázquez. Quality and Accessibility of Online Information Regarding CAR-T Therapy in Hematologic Malignancies [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 17th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2024 Sep 21-24; Los Angeles, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2024;33(9 Suppl):Abstract nr B105.

Arabic-language digital interventions for depression in German routine health care are acceptable, but intervention adoption remains a challenge

Migrants face many barriers to mental health care, such as different cultural concepts of distress, unfamiliar pathways to care, and language. Digital mental health interventions are effective and scalable in multi-language versions. However, their implementation into routine care is in its infancy. Here, we report on the Arabic- and German-language implementation of two digital interventions in Germany: The iFightDepression® website, providing information about depression to the public, and the iFightDepression® tool, offering guided self-management for depression. Our main goal is to gain empirical knowledge about the success of their implementation and provide evidence-based recommendations for improvement. Data for the current analyses stem from convenience samples, utilizing anonymized user logs of the iFightDepression® website and 15.307 user accounts in the iFightDepression® tool. We found that the acceptability (time on page, usage behavior) of both digital interventions was comparable between the two user groups. The website pervasiveness of the target populations was nine times lower among Arab migrants in Germany than Germans (89 vs. 834 unique page views/ 100,000 inhabitants), but the increase in views was superior and sustained over three years. The adoption of the tool was lower among Arabic than German users (conversion rate from invitation to completed registration: 30.8% vs. 59.0%, p < 0.001) and appropriateness was challenged as Arabic users reported higher depression severities upon first registration (p = 0.027). Our results show that the uptake of digital interventions for migrants requires facilitation and further tailoring to the needs of the target group.

The COVID guidelines India project: A rapid living evidence synthesis during a pandemic in a LMIC setting

BackgroundCOVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact worldwide. Evidence for management interventions emerged rapidly but was difficult for clinicians and others to assess and decide how to use. Our team in India set up a national and international collaboration preparing guidance in real time to help guide clinical practice in the country during a pandemic setting. We describe our methods and the product in this paper. MethodsSpecialized groups comprising core, steering, methodology, evidence synthesis, dissemination and intervention expert working groups were formed. A Cochrane Rapid Review approach was used for prioritized questions in areas of clinical equipoise in management of COVID-19. GRADE methodology was incorporated into this process and expert working groups tailored guidelines for India using the WHO Evidence to Decision framework. This was then disseminated on a widely accessible platform: indiacovidguidelines.org. A questionnaire was then used to obtain end-user feedback on the guidelines. ResultsSince May 2021, a total of 20 guidelines have been developed spanning pharmacological, respiratory and other supportive interventions for management of COVID-19, with over 83,600 unique page views up to December 2023. Results from a pilot survey suggest usefulness of the guidelines, but also highlighted areas for improvement. A key output was adoption of our anticoagulation recommendation in state level COVID-19 guidelines (Kerala, India). National and institutional capacity for evidence synthesis and guidelines was strengthened. ConclusionsThe COVID Guidelines India project successfully developed contextually relevant, nationally applicable, evidence-based guidelines in a timely manner, and disseminated these freely through a dedicated website while successfully building capacity amongst Indian clinicians for evidence-based guideline development. Throughout the ongoing COVID Guidelines India project, the team has maintained a 'living' approach, continuously updating and refining recommendations in response to emerging evidence during the ever-evolving pandemic landscape.

Постать Наталії Кобринської крізь призму робіт української діаспоріянки в Канаді Ірени Книш

Іntroduction. The article is devoted to the study of the works of a bright representative of the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada - Irena Knysh, in which she analyzes the life, creative and social progress of the theoretician and the founder of organized feminism in Ukraine, the organizer of the first Ukrainian feminist organization and the first national almanac on the topic of gender equality - Natalia Kobrynska. Methods. An anthropocentric approach is used, which makes it possible to focus on the personality of Kobrynska and her feminist and gender works in both organizational and literary formats. The principles and methods of historical and anthropological research are used (the principle of anthropological interpretation and reduction, based on which the work of Kobrynska is analyzed as a way of self-objectification of the writer) in combination with biographical (analysis of biographical material about Kobrynska), historical and analytical (study of social and political influences on the formation of Natalia Kobrynska's emancipatory ideas and her structuring of the ideology of feminism into an organizational form), figurative and stylistic methods (analysis of the writer's literary work). The results. Analyzing the works of Irena Knysh dedicated to Kobrynska, the author tried to demonstrate the multifaceted nature of Natalia Kobrynska's activity and the constant components of her intellectual worldview, through the prism of which Irena Knysh saw her: in her versatile human essence, in complex inner self-development, in dialogue with herself and her environment. There is no doubt that Kobrynska's artistic works have become a valuable asset of national literature, and her social and public, primarily feminist activity is a unique page in the history of the Ukrainian social-democratic movement. Conclusions. The activities of Nataliya Kobrynska and the research of Irena Knysh become particularly relevant in today's difficult times, when Ukrainian feminism faces new challenges and responds to them. Again, as 140 years ago, Ukrainian feminists have to fight for Ukraine, for their rights in Ukraine and abroad

Patient-Caregiver Portal System in Palliative Oncology: Assessment of Usability and Perceived Benefit.

The engagement of family caregivers in oncology is not universal or systematic. We implemented a process intervention (ie, patient-caregiver portal system) with an existing patient portal system to (1) allow a patient to specify their caregiver and communication preferences with that caregiver, (2) connect the caregiver to a unique caregiver-specific portal page to indicate their needs, and (3) provide an electronic notification of the dyad's responses to the care team to inform clinicians and connect the caregiver to resources as needed. We assessed usability and satisfaction with this patient-caregiver portal system among patients with cancer receiving palliative care, their caregivers, and clinicians. Of 31 consented patient-caregiver dyads, 20 patients and 19 caregivers logged in. Further, 60% (n=12) of patients indicated a preference to communicate equally or together with their caregiver. Caregivers reported high emotional (n=9, 47.3%), financial (n=6, 31.6%), and physical (n=6, 31.6%) caregiving-related strain. The care team received all patient-caregiver responses electronically. Most patients (86.6%, 13/15 who completed the user experience interview) and caregivers (94%, 16/17 who completed the user experience interview) were satisfied with the system, while, of the 6 participating clinicians, 66.7% agreed "quite a bit" (n=1, 16.7%) or "very much" (n=3, 50%) that the system allowed them to provide better care. Our findings demonstrate system usability, including a systematic way to identify caregiver needs and share with the care team in a way that is acceptable to patients and caregivers and perceived by clinicians to benefit clinical care. Integration of a patient-caregiver portal system may be an effective approach for systematically engaging caregivers. These findings highlight the need for additional research among caregivers of patients with less advanced cancer or with different illnesses.

Institutional plurality and a fractured organizational self

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the plurality of logics composing an organizational field and how that plurality affects a sport governing body's (SGB) sense of self. The authors sought to determine what logics exist in a specific field and how they interact according to Kraatz and Block's (2017) types of organizational responses. Finally, the authors explore how an organization's responses affect organizational outcomes.Design/methodology/approachThe authors analyzed 476 unique organizational web pages and documents and 293 news media articles from four news outlets. The authors conduct a content analysis informed by Gioia et al.’s (2013) method to explore the website data to understand the logics of the field. The authors analyze the media articles for media accounts of events and determine how logics inform an SGB's actions (Cocchairella and Edwards, 2020).FindingsThe authors find institutional plurality leads to a fractured organizational sense of self, resulting in poor outcomes. The authors' findings suggest Kraatz and Block's (2017) as well as other previously theorized strategies do not lead to an organization reconciling competing logics. Rather, the strategies employed led to outcomes harming the organization's legitimacy and financial well-being.Originality/valueThere are several calls within the broader management field and the sport management field to address institutional plurality (Kraatz and Block, 2017; Robertson et al., 2022). Unlike previous research studies, this study finds detrimental effects of plurality on an organization. The authors discuss the strength of the strategies employed and why the strategies failed.

Disseminating oral health educational content and evaluating its use on non-dental safety net clinic websites.

Safety net clinics (SNC) provide healthcare to vulnerable populations and SNC websites are an important information source. In North Carolina (NC), all 100 counties are Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas, yet 91 of 317 SNCs are non-dental (ND-SNC). Our goals were to: (1) assess the presence and type of oral health (OH) information on ND-SNC websites; (2) develop and distribute an OH education webpage to ND-SNCs and track its use. The website search function was used with common dental terms to evaluate the presence of OH content on each ND-SNC website. Key representatives from ND-SNCs were surveyed to assess patient care and willingness to implement an OH webpage. Webpage topics included oral hygiene and a map of NC dentists that provide services to low-income patients. Google Analytics was used to track consumer webpage engagement including acquisition source (AS), average time on page (AT), and unique page views (UPV). Of the 91 ND-SNCs websites, none contained OH education; 15% had information about nearby dental providers. For the 40 ND-SNCs using our webpage, January-December 2022, the primary AS for new webpage users was referrals; 72.5% of users visited directly from ND-SNC websites. Statewide AT was 2 min and 30 s (SD = 58 s), 2.88 times longer than the 52-s threshold marketing experts use to establish genuine user engagement. There were 1364 UPVs statewide for 2022. Our results suggest a need for OH education content on ND-SNC websites, as users are searching for and engaging with this information.

Collaborating with patients and caregivers to create web-based educational resources for people affected by cirrhosis

ObjectiveTo describe the development of multimodal, web-based educational resources about cirrhosis alongside patients and caregivers. MethodsWe used an iterative process that was guided by the Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) patient engagement framework in describing patient engagement activities to partner with a team of 16 patients and caregivers (Patient Advisory Team (PAT)). This process included five phases: a) Prioritize and gather content, b) design and build the website and videos, c) gather and integrate feedback, d) improve user accessibility, and e) assess usability and knowledge uptake for users. ResultsThis 2-year process resulted in a 55-page website and 78 animated and live-action videos on cirrhosis complications, procedures, nutrition, and exercise. We implemented usability testing through pre-defined tasks and a think-aloud method from individuals with no previous exposure to the website to assess navigation, appearance, and content issues. Following usability testing, we have been gathering quantitative data from each unique page about relevance and ease of use, as well as qualitative data on the value of the content itself. ConclusionsCollaboration between clinicians, patients, and caregivers is key to developing high-quality digital educational resources. Lessons from our process may help other organizations looking to address disease-specific knowledge gaps. Next steps with www.cirrhosiscare.ca will be continued iterative refinement and structured impact evaluation. InnovationThis project used a patient-centered approach to develop a comprehensive online educational resource for patients with cirrhosis. By having patients with cirrhosis as a key part of our team, we ensured that the site met the needs of this unique population.

A RE-AIM Analysis of a Mental Health App for Undergraduate and Medical Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.

The purpose of this study was to use the RE-AIM framework to evaluate the implementation of a mental health app designed for undergraduate and medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical (n = 270) and undergraduate students (n = 1386) from five universities in the Appalachian region in the United States participated in this study. Universities from the United States were recruited to deploy the Sharpen app for medical and undergraduate students. The Sharpen app provided psychoeducational modules in mental health literacy, social-emotional learning, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and suicide prevention to promote protective factors for students. The utilization of the Sharpen app was analyzed using the RE-AIM framework using a retrospective, cross-sectional design. Reach: A total of 12.72% of medical students and 6.00% of undergraduate students participated in the study. Medical students viewed significantly more pages, had a significantly higher unique page view average, and a statistically significant exit percentage when compared to undergraduate students. Adoption: A total of 100% of the universities that were recruited participated in the study. Five out of six implementation criteria were included, indicating high implementation. Maintenance: All of the universities continued using the Sharpen app following the end of data collection, resulting in a 100% maintenance rate. The RE-AIM framework indicated usability and maintenance by medical and undergraduate students. Future research needs to implement a more rigorous design to determine the impact of the Sharpen app on mental health outcomes in medical and undergraduate students.

Exploratory multi-methods evaluation of an online intervention for carers of people with high-grade glioma.

Inadequate knowledge and skills and a lack of confidence to provide care have been identified as major unmet needs for carers of people with brain cancer. An online intervention was developed to address the unmet needs of carers of people with high-grade glioma. Ten carers evaluated the intervention through multiple methods. Acceptability and usability were measured through online data analytics (unique page views, time on page), surveys, and interviews. Questionnaires measured potential impacts on distress (Distress Thermometer), depression, anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), carer competence (Carer Competence Scale), carer preparedness (Caregiving Preparedness Scale), unmet needs (Supportive Care Needs Scale - Brain Tumor Specific for carers), usability and acceptability (USE). Results suggested the intervention had high levels of usability (usability scales' means range = 5.1 to 6.7 out of 7) and acceptability (M = 76.3/100). Correlations indicated the potential to impact depression. Qualitative findings highlighted benefits of the intervention as a comprehensive reliable resource that could validate and normalize carer experiences. Interview findings guided further improvements (eg, additional carer videos, content organization). The study indicated high acceptability and usability of an online intervention for carers of people with high-grade glioma. This exploratory study also provided preliminary indications of a potential to decrease depression. However, a more robust, potentially longitudinal, investigation is needed with a larger and broader sample. Informed by this study, the intervention has been amended and a randomized controlled trial will further evaluate the enhanced intervention.

ART EDUCATION IN UKRAINE IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY: EDUCATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR NEW FORMATION ARTISTS

The development of artistic education was carried out on the basis of Ukrainian culture and art, the personal significance of the traditions of art for students’ art and the artistic and pedagogical approaches of teachers. The training was based on the national and cultural consciousness of the students, the complex system of artistic training of the specialist was applied, the main principles of which were systematicity, consistency, structure, clear definition of the artistic purpose, connection with social life, development of creative individuality. Following the study of the art education historic experience, the paper confirms the significance and specifics of pedagogical approaches of the 20th century art teachers (М. Boichuk, V. Krychevsky, F. Krychevsky, H. Narbut), whose figures made up a bright and unique page in the modern Ukrainian art. The essential problems covered in the paper also include the analysis of historical and philosophical issues related to the development of higher art education.

Developing a knowledge translation program for health practitioners: Allied Health Translating Research into Practice.

Front-line health practitioners lack confidence in knowledge translation, yet they are often required to undertake projects to bridge the knowledge-practice gap. There are few initiatives focused on building the capacity of the health practitioner workforce to undertake knowledge translation, with most programs focusing on developing the skills of researchers. This paper reports the development and evaluation of a knowledge translation capacity building program for allied health practitioners located over geographically dispersed locations in Queensland, Australia. Allied Health Translating Research into Practice (AH-TRIP) was developed over five years with consideration of theory, research evidence and local needs assessment. AH-TRIP includes five components: training and education; support and networks (including champions and mentoring); showcase and recognition; TRIP projects and implementation; evaluation. The RE-AIM framework (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation Maintenance) guided the evaluation plan, with this paper reporting on the reach (number, discipline, geographical location), adoption by health services, and participant satisfaction between 2019 and 2021. A total of 986 allied health practitioners participated in at least one component of AH-TRIP, with a quarter of participants located in regional areas of Queensland. Online training materials received an average of 944 unique page views each month. A total of 148 allied health practitioners have received mentoring to undertake their project, including a range of allied health disciplines and clinical areas. Very high satisfaction was reported by those receiving mentoring and attending the annual showcase event. Nine of sixteen public hospital and health service districts have adopted AH-TRIP. AH-TRIP is a low-cost knowledge translation capacity building initiative which can be delivered at scale to support allied health practitioners across geographically dispersed locations. Higher adoption in metropolitan areas suggests that further investment and targeted strategies are needed to reach health practitioners working in regional areas. Future evaluation should focus on exploring the impact on individual participants and the health service.

Abstract WMP24: Developing Interactive Maps To Visualize Wisconsin’S Regional Stroke Systems Of Care

Background and Purpose: Many rural patients experiencing complex strokes are transferred from small hospitals with limited stroke-specific resources (spoke) to larger hospitals (hub). The Wisconsin (WI) Coverdell Stroke Program (Coverdell) utilized the Get with the Guidelines®-Stroke registry to determine the frequency of this spoke-to-hub transfer occurrence in WI in 2020, which was found to be 24.6%. This suggested a need for interactive maps to visualize stroke systems of care (SSoC) linkages between hubs and spoke hospitals across Wisconsin. Methods: In 2021, Coverdell partnered with eight Stroke Coordinators across five WI public health regions. Stroke Coordinators identified hospital transfer connections in their region where transfers occurred 25% or more of the time. With this data, Coverdell developed maps to visualize transfer lines between hospitals with estimated driving distances and transport times via ambulance. User testing, promotion, and publishing to the WI Department of Health Services Chronic Disease website was completed in April 2022. Findings: As of July 1, 2022, our maps have had 389 page views and 272 unique page views. These counts exclude DHS Internet Protocol traffic. Our interactive maps visualize transfers across WI and allow users to select individual hospitals to investigate relationships. We discovered a paucity of certified hospitals and stroke transfers in rural and northern WI. Conclusion: These maps can assist hospitals and Emergency Medical Service providers to visually identify where stroke patients are transported to. In addition, they can help state stroke programs and partners to recognize gaps in SSoC. The maps are a resource for those working with high-risk stroke populations to understand resources available in their communities and wider geographic areas. They also provide a visual representation for policy makers of locations where stroke services may be inadequate.

Hunger and adaptation practices of the Kazakh village

The famine of 1931-1933 caused incalculable damage to the people of Kazakhstan. The horrors of famine that engulfed the republic shocked the whole country. The population affected by hunger fled the country, seeking refuge in other countries. In many villages, only the remains of people who died of starvation remained without burial. This famine had a negative impact on the demography of Kazakhstan. The history of famine is not only statistical indicators of mortality, behind the terrible figures are human destinies. The authors sought to show the transformation of the Kazakh village and the family-hierarchical relations of the period of the Kazakh catastrophe. The article explains the consequences of the famine that occurred in Kazakhstan from 1931 to 1933, the social situation of Kazakh villages and government measures to curb hunger. The actions of the national intelligentsia and citizens against hunger are highlighted. Documents on the history of famine reveal unique pages of adaptation practices of the Kazakh clan, Kazakh family, Kazakh village, conditioned by affective social consciousness. The authors analyzed the behavioral reactions of the population in an extreme situation. The authors attributed to them the search for alternative food sources, antisocial and destructive phenomena of individual behavior, hungry aggression. Uncharacteristic asocial forms of behavior of the Kazakh family were revealed, such as abandonment of children and the elderly, the breakdown of family ties, cannibalism, necrophagia. Family and ancestral memory has preserved a traumatic experience, a story about hunger.

Hunger and adaptation practices of the Kazakh village

The famine of 1931-1933 caused incalculable damage to the people of Kazakhstan. The horrors of famine that engulfed the republic shocked the whole country. The population affected by hunger fled the country, seeking refuge in other countries. In many villages, only the remains of people who died of starvation remained without burial. This famine had a negative impact on the demography of Kazakhstan. The history of famine is not only statistical indicators of mortality, behind the terrible figures are human destinies. The authors sought to show the transformation of the Kazakh village and the family-hierarchical relations of the period of the Kazakh catastrophe. The article explains the consequences of the famine that occurred in Kazakhstan from 1931 to 1933, the social situation of Kazakh villages and government measures to curb hunger. The actions of the national intelligentsia and citizens against hunger are highlighted. Documents on the history of famine reveal unique pages of adaptation practices of the Kazakh clan, Kazakh family, Kazakh village, conditioned by affective social consciousness. The authors analyzed the behavioral reactions of the population in an extreme situation. The authors attributed to them the search for alternative food sources, antisocial and destructive phenomena of individual behavior, hungry aggression. Uncharacteristic asocial forms of behavior of the Kazakh family were revealed, such as abandonment of children and the elderly, the breakdown of family ties, cannibalism, necrophagia. Family and ancestral memory has preserved a traumatic experience, a story about hunger.

Williams, Helen. Laurence Sterne and the Eighteenth-Century Book

Williams, Helen. <i>Laurence Sterne and the Eighteenth-Century Book</i>

173 Leveraging Syndromic Surveillance Data to Create Emergency Department COVID19 Data Visualization Tool

173 Leveraging Syndromic Surveillance Data to Create Emergency Department COVID19 Data Visualization Tool

Cost of free open-access medical education (FOAM): An economic analysis of the top 20 FOAM sites.

Free open-access medical education (FOAM) is a growing resource within the field of medicine, in particular, emergency medicine. Yet despite FOAM's contribution to advancing medical education, the precise value of FOAM has never been calculated. As a result, content creators have not been acknowledged, either financially or academically, for their deliverables. The aim of this paper was to meet this challenge by determining a value for the top 20 FOAM sites as determined by web traffic in emergency medicine through two approaches. The first approach was to value the websites through a market-based method, where the value of the website was extrapolated from the number of blog posts published. The second approach was through a traffic analysis for each website. The top 20 FOAM websites in emergency medicine were identified and the monetary value of each resource was calculated through two methods, the first by extrapolating the number of blog posts published by each resource and the second through traffic analysis conducted by a third-party industry specialist based on the number of unique visitors and page visits. The median page views per month was 194,850 and the median number of unique visitors was 138,350. Based on the content valuation method, the median value of content produced in a year was $2337.06 per website. Through the traffic valuation method, the median overall value of a website was $22,815. Although two different approaches were used to value FOAM, both came to the same conclusion that there is substantial economic value being produced. This value should not go unrewarded and content creators should be acknowledged either academically or financially for their contributions.

The Siberian Experiment in the History of the Soviet Academic Community: Everyday and Gender Aspects

This article studies a unique page in the history of Soviet academic life, the attempt to create especially favourable living conditions for scientific work in the Novosibirsk Akademgorodok (literally, Academic Town) as reflected in the memory of its first settlers in the 1950s‑1960s. The details of their everyday life, such as living in panel barracks, family self-organisation for supplying and providing food, caring for and educating children, and organising cultural life receive new meanings within the framework of “everyday life studies” and gender anthropology. Having processed memories, personal correspondence kept in the Open Archive of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, video materials, and press data, the authors try to prove that the creators of Akademgorodok did their best to avoid formal restrictions imposed on women’s professional self-realisation. Also, the authors seek to answer whether a scientific career was an end in itself for women, to what extent it was possible to go through the “glass ceiling” (which was stronger at higher levels of the career ladder and much easier to break at the beginning), and how desirable the prospect of professional growth was for women in an exceptional domestic environment. On the basis of oral and written testimonies left by the women scientists who lived and worked in the Akademgorodok, the article recreates the picture of changes in everyday life, their impact on scientific work or the formal presence of women in the Novosibirsk academic community, and on leisure and recreation for their families. It also analyses the social infrastructure and the colour of cultural life that contributed to (and sometimes opposed) women’s professional growth. The multiple differences in the living conditions of women scientists in the early history of Akademgorodok appear to have caused differences in the life and professional strategies of those from those in the capital: their desire to save their marriages, play the role of housewives, and, in the families of famous and high-status scientists, to perform representative functions. The authors believe that the above patterns impeded the development of women’s scientific careers for reasons no other than a special spirit of collectivism and quasi-family mutual support in an atmosphere where there was no need to think about personal academic ambitions. Most of the scientists’ wives and the scientists themselves worked without setting ambitious goals of conquering the academic Olympus, nor they did admit to dreams of moving to the capitals or research centres abroad. Having lived all their lives in the Akademgorodok, they turned out to be the main keepers of the historical memory of the everyday changes in the scientific city, the creation of which could not be repeated either in Troitsk near Moscow or much later in Skolkovo.

The national idea of the Alash movement

The Alash movement is a unique page of history that acquired special significance in the life of the Kazakh people at the beginning of the twentieth century. The history of the Alash movement is so relevant for today’s generation that its relevance is inextricably linked with the selfless love for their nation, devotion to the Motherland, in the life and socio-political activities of our Arys, who were its representatives. The leaders of Alash, as well as the leading scientists of that time, were educated in regional elite universities, became intelligent personalities. Not only the Kazakh people, but also the countries that became dependent on the tsarist Russian Empire, were Alash figures who, during the political events of the early twentieth century, during the two revolutions that swept the country, accurately determined the direction that was beneficial for their nation. The activity of the Alash-Ars was not only a policy, but also a direction of work organized and aimed at solving social problems, the life of the Kazakh people as part of tsarist Russia.In particular, with regard to the size and types of taxes that require improving the lives of the Kazakh people, he writes a petition exposing the agrarian policy pursued by the tsar, and openly highlights the problem. Key words: Alash, “nationalist”, “Alashorda”, “enemy of the people”, “Aikap”, “Kazakh” monarchy, October, February, revolution, Bolsheviks, military terror, intelligentsia, communist, methodology.