scholarly journals ‘LIGHTNING’ AND ‘THUNDER’ STONES IN TRADITIONAL CULTURE OF PERM KRAI: SEMANTICS AND APPLICATION IN MAGICAL PRACTICES

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-32
Author(s):  
Irina I. Rusinova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Folk Medicine ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Lightning Strike ◽  
Context Analysis ◽  
Lexical Unit ◽  
Lightning Bolt ◽  
Perm Krai ◽  
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The article deals with the vocabulary and texts devoted to the so-called ‘thunder’ and ‘lightning’ stones that Perm Krai residents use in magical practices. Study of the ‘stone’ semantics of the nominative combination thunderbolt, which is most often used to refer to such a stone, has led us to the conclusion that the meaning of the lexical unit developed as a result of metonymic transfer of the name from an atmospheric phenomenon (lightning) to an object that was struck by lightning (stone). The mythologization of thunderstorms, thunder and lightning provided understanding of the stone thunderbolt as something possessing supernatural properties. The context analysis of the records of dialect speech that were made in rural areas of Perm Krai allowed us to identify several groups of meanings for the composite categories considered in the article (thunder stone, lightning stone, thunderbolt, lightning bolt). This identification is based on the presence / absence of semantic cohesion of these units with meteorological phenomena: a stone that is sand fused from a lightning strike – fulgurite; a stone that was struck by lightning; a dark red or brown stone; a smooth rounded stone; a conical stone representing the fossilized remains of extinct cephalopods – belemnite; a piece of exotic wood; a piece of metal elongated in shape. According to the records of the Russian dialectic speech of Perm Krai, these stones can be used for different purposes. First of all, they are used in folk medicine (for the treatment of people and livestock), they can be used by shepherds for apotropaic purposes (to protect livestock from predatory animals). According to the data from other territories, a thunderbolt can be used for producing purposes.

A Note On Consumption Patterns in the Rural Areas of East Pakistan

1963 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-413
Author(s):  
Mohammad Irshad Khan
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Regional Patterns ◽  
Effective Utilization ◽  
Income Elasticities ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Limited Applicability ◽  
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The main purpose of this paper is to present estimates of income elasticities for various commodity groups in East Pakistan. To date no such studies have been conducted in that province; and estimates made in other areas of the subcontinent have only limited applicability. Analysis of consumption patterns is essential for development planning because priorities and investment targets have to be based on demand forecasts for different commodities. Forecasting demand requires, among other variables, reliable estimates of income elasticities. In addition, knowledge about elasticities can be useful in deciding taxation policies and other controls over consumption. Further, in countries like Pakistan where large quantities of surplus foods are imported under the United States PL 480 programme, knowledge of income elasticities and regional patterns of consumption is important to permit effective utilization of these imports for economic development.

ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 24-26
Author(s):  
M. Adenna Naik
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
High Achievement ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling ◽  
Made In ◽  
Gender Type ◽  
Type Of Management

An attempt was made in the present investigation is Aim: Achievement motivation among adolescents. Objectives: To study the inuence of gender, type of management and locality on achievement motivation among adolescents. Sample: The sample of the present investigation was selected 200 adolescent's students in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh State of India. The subjects were in the age group from 15 to 18 years and using systematic random sampling technique. Tool: The Pratibha Deo and Asha Mohan (2011) accomplishment motivation scale was used as a tool. Research Design: As there are three independent variables i.e., gender (male & female), type of management (government & private) and locality (rural & urban), each is divided in to two categories, a 2×2×2 factorial design was employed in the present study. Statistical Analysis: Means, SDs and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used. Results: Results revealed signicant impact of gender, type of management and locality with regard to achievement motivation among adolescents. Conclusions: Males have high achievement motivation than females; there is no signicant inuence of type of management on achievement motivation and students of urban areas have high achievement motivation than students of rural areas.

IMPACT OF DIGITAL MARKETING: THE PRESENT SCENARIO IN TELANGANA STATE – AN EMPERICAL STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (65) ◽  
pp. 15164-15172
Author(s):  
S. Pratap ◽  
Aziz Fatima
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Rural And Remote ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Rural And Remote Areas ◽  
Telangana State ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Made In

In present scenario of COVID-19, the effect of pandemic on Digital Marketing is visible not only in urban areas but also in rural areas. Customers are searching for various products and services through Google by which they can purchase wide range of products and services to fill their needs and desires at relatively low price. The freedom to select numerous products is available by browsing various websites. Hence this study focuses on Impact of digital marketing particularly in the selected rural areas of Telangana state. This state been formed recently but in the IT sector it is receiving much attention throughout the globe, as many MNC’s are establishing their operations in this state. Therefore, an attempt has been made in this study to find out how the Impact of digital marketing is trickling down in the rural and remote areas of newly formed Telangana state. Hence this study focuses the impact of digital marketing in the selected areas of Telangana state.

scholarly journals Repressive Policy of the Ussr Towards Certain Peoples in the Years of the Great Patriotic War (in Particular, the Bulgarians in the Urals)

TECHNOLOGOS ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
Kamenskikh Mikhail
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Field Trip ◽  
The Urals ◽  
Forest Exploitation ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
The North ◽  
Great Patriotic War ◽  
The Crimea ◽  
Perm Krai ◽  
History Of

The article is devoted to studying Russian Bulgarians living in the Urals in the 1940s with the help of archive materials of the Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions as well as Perm Krai. During the Great Patriotic War the USS Rcitizens of Bulgarian origin, like many other peoples, were subject to repressions which meant enrollment in labour army and deporting every single Bulgarian of the Crimea. As a result of the semeasures, a significant number of Bulgarians were moved to the territory of the modern Urals. The deported Bulgarians settled in areas of logging (forest exploitation) in the north of Molotov and Sverdlovsk regions, and members of the labour army were employed in the trust organization «Chelyabmetallurgstroi». The Bulgarians were deported along with other peoples of the Crimea. They did not form compact settlement in the new areas but managed to preserve their traditional culture. Some families were even able to organize permanent lodging in the Urals, pursue a career and contribute to the development of the region. The author is convinced that the judicial legal documents kept in archives as well as field trip research results may serve as a significant but not sufficiently appreciated source of investigating the history of deporting Russian Bulgarians. The topicality of the sources grew after the year 2020 when the 75-years’ period of storing documents of the year 1945 expired. Autobiographies, biographic information, interrogation protocols enable to obtain a detailed reconstruction of deportation circumstances and the process of enrollment into labour army, and to see these events through the prism of the repressed people themselves. Researching the history of repression, inparticular – repression of the Bulgarians – has revealed how complex and controversial the policy of the soviet state towards certain peoples during the Great Patriotic War was.

scholarly journals Educational interventions for malnutrition in Mexican children

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
María Guadalupe Beltrán Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
P Values ◽  
Audiovisual Media ◽  
Food Practices ◽  
Mexican Children ◽  
Infant Morbidity ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Type ◽  
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INTRODUCTION: Malnutrition is the leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality worldwide. In 2019, 21% of children living in rural areas have chronic malnutrition and 24% of children under 12 years of age in the country are overweight or obese. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The objective of this article was to know the characteristics of the educational treaties for malnutrition. The search for articles and documents made in PUBMED, EBSCO, GOOGLE SCHOOLAR and government and international pages. RESULTS: 28 nutritional educational interventions were analysed. 21.4% of the studies carried out were in the state of Sonora, almost 57% of the studies were of a quasi-experimental type. The most used strategies in complications include Exhibition of theoretical and practical content; use of games (table, crossword puzzles, memoramas, etc.); physical activity and use of audiovisual media. 96% of the studies carried out had statistically affected differences with p values ​​from .05 to .000. CONCLUSIONS: The educational practices must be carried out in a holistic way determined by the following aspects: Elements of knowledge and food practices; Psycho-emotional elements; Sociocultural elements and economic elements.  

Journey of Financial Inclusion Driven by Indian Banking Industry

2018 ◽  
pp. 186-223
Author(s):  
Abhineet Saxena ◽  
Ashish Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
North Eastern Part ◽  
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Financial institutions, especially banks, have proved to be a boon for the economic development of a country like India. An attempt has been made in the present chapter to analyze the state of financial inclusion and the role of banking in achieving full financial inclusion in India. The journey of financial inclusion through banking in India has been critically appraised. Some of the important outcomes that can be highlighted are increased banking access of rural population in past few years together with the huge expansion in banking infrastructure in rural areas. Banking in India has been transformed with the introduction of PMJDY, BC Model, etc. Increasing trend has been observed in IMPS and M-Wallet penetration. North-eastern part of the country is still a challenge in the way of financial inclusion. The journey of financial inclusion on the wheels of Indian banking industry is still in search of the ultimate destination, and it will take miles to achieve full financial inclusion.

scholarly journals A Genre-based Study of Insurance Sales Agent-Client Interactions in Transformational China’s Rural Areas

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Weichao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Society ◽  
Operating Mechanism ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Value System ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Recorded Data ◽  
Sales Agent ◽  
Made In ◽  
Discursive Patterns

<p>Based on 10 authentic audio-recorded data, the study aims to explore the dynamics of the insurance sales agent-client interactions in transformational China’s rural areas from a socio-cultural perspective. It sets out from generalizing the specific discursive patterns from moves and steps (Askehave &amp; Swales, 2001; Bhatia, 2005) of the utterances made in the agent-client interactions, governed by communicative purposes. For the first move, warming up, it deserves more attention as it serves crucial functions in the interactions. The paper delineates the different types and functions of warming up, and relates them to the underlying operating mechanism of rural agent-client interactions; another vital move, establishing credentials and trust, has also been analyzed in details, since trust is the pillar stone in the conclusion of insurance sales. Through the analysis, we hope to depict the transforming nature of the modern Chinese rural society, where old and traditional value system has been, for a large part, demolished, while new value system is yet to be established.</p>

Research of Off-Grid Household Photovoltaic Power System

2014 ◽  
Vol 1008-1009 ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
Xu Ri Song ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Xing Ying ◽  
Yang Bai ◽  
Li Li
Keyword(s):  
Power System ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Single Phase ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Pwm Inverter ◽  
Electromagnetic Transient ◽  
Photovoltaic Power ◽  
Operation Characteristic ◽  
Electricity Shortage ◽  
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The electricity shortage can be effectively alleviated by developing household photovoltaic power system in vast rural areas, it is necessary to establish simulation models. In this paper, the dynamic modeling of household photovoltaic power system including photovoltaic,Cuk-chopper circuit,battery and a single phase PWM inverter have been made in the ElectroMagnetic Transient Program /Alternative Transient Program(EMTP/ATP) software package.Control strategy based on MPPT for the power control of the inverter have been also developed. Operation characteristic of household photovoltaic power system was developed. Simulation results proved the validity of the model.

Caries Prevalence in 6- to 15-year-old French Children based on the 1987 and 1991 National Surveys

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (12) ◽  
pp. 1581-1587 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.M. Cahen ◽  
A.M. Obry-Musset ◽  
D. Grange ◽  
R.M. Frank
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Dental Fluorosis ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Old French ◽  
Permanent Teeth ◽  
Caries Prevalence ◽  
National Surveys ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Similar Survey ◽  
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The caries prevalence in a multi-stage probability sample of 18,786 children representative of all French children 6-15 years of age was studied in 1991 and compared with the results of a similar survey made in 1987. A significant decline in dental caries in France became evident. This decline, observed in primary as well as in permanent teeth, was of variable magnitude among the different age groups. At the age of 6, 48.6% of the children were totally caries-free in 1991. At the age of 12, the DMFT and DMFS indices were 2.59 and 4.72, respectively, representing a corresponding decrease of 38% and 37%. In 1991, more caries-affected teeth or surfaces were filled, whereas fewer caries-affected teeth or surfaces were untreated. Females and children living in rural areas had a higher caries prevalence in both surveys. Pit-and-fissure lesions were the predominant caries types. Dental fluorosis was very uncommon; 96.1% of the 18,786 children examined in 1991 were totally free of any such lesions. Average plaque and calculus indices were similar in 1987 and in 1991, but a decrease of 25% was observed in the average gingival indices. Although the relative contributions of various preventive factors to to this caries reduction are not clear, it should be noted that use of fluoridated salt (250 mg/kg KF) started in January, 1987. The sale of fluoridated dentifrices and the use of fluoride tablets and sugar substitutes increased during the period from 1987 to 1991.

scholarly journals Scottish cancer mortality: a comparison of urban and rural rates for various tumour locations, 1931–7, and a survey of recent trends

1940 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Barclay ◽  
W. O. Kermack
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cancer Mortality ◽  
Marked Improvement ◽  
Tumour Growth ◽  
Buccal Cavity ◽  
Industrial Environment ◽  
Female Breast ◽  
Primary Location ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
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1. In order to obtain evidence as to what extent the urban excess in cancer mortality is real, an analysis has been made, in respect of both location of tumour and geographical region, of the cancer mortality statistics for Scotland, 1931–7 inclusive.2. Of the various locations, the greatest urban excess is shown by cancer of the respiratory tract; this is considered to be largely, though probably not entirely, due to better diagnosis and more accurate certification of deaths in the cities. Next come the buccal cavity and uterus; in both these locations certification is likely to be relatively accurate, so that a real excess would seem here to be present. The other accessible locations, the skin and the female breast, do not show significant urban excesses, but the numbers are small, and the existence of a real urban excess is not excluded. The results are in general agreement with those of the English experience 1911–20.3. Further analysis of the data presented by Russell for Scotland, 1923–8, reveals an excess in the industrial counties of deaths for cancer of the buccal cavity, and perhaps a smaller one for cancer of the female breast. These data are, therefore, not inconsistent with our findings.4. As compared with the period 1921–30, the figures for 1931–7 demonstrate, for ages 25–65, a marked improvement in cancer of the buccal cavity and uterus. A recorded fall in cancer of the digestive organs may, in part, be due to more accurate certification in respect of the primary location. The failure of mortality from breast cancer to fall may be due to the same cause. The large increase in lung cancer is almost certainly due, in part, to better diagnosis. For all sites together, the cancer mortality between ages 25 and 65 remained constant for men, and fell by 8% in the case of women. The standardized rate for all ages and both sexes combined increased by 1·3%, a rise which is 2·2 times its standard error.5. The urban excess cannot be entirely explained as due to incomplete certification in the rural areas. The implied effect of social and industrial environment in stimulating tumour growth is in harmony with the known facts regarding occupational and social cancer, and emphasizes the importance which the control of adverse environmental factors may have in the reduction of cancer incidence.

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