scholarly journals Russian-Chinese Treaties: Milestones and Zigzags of History. II. 1945 – 2021

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yury TAVROVSKIY
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
The West ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
The Media ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
High Level ◽  
Expert Community

Continuing with the review of the most significant treaties between the USSR/Russia and China, the author highlights the distinctiveness and positive impact of the treaties of 1945 and 1950. The departure from them and the ideological rift of the 1960s and 1980s had dramatic implications for both powers. The author attributes special importance to the currently valid 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation that mounted bilateral relations to an unprecedented high level. This even stimulated ideas either to supplement it with new articles or to conclude a new alliance treaty. While the idea produced discussions in the expert community and the media of both countries, the two parties have not shown readiness so far to enshrine in a legal act the newly acquired quality of bilateral relations. However, the escalation of U.S.-Chinese confrontation and the new "cold war" the West launched against Russia are calling for such a step, for the geopolitical prospects for Russia and for China are as closely linked as their past.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF AMPK ACTIVATOR METFORMIN ON SPERM QUALITY

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-615
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Mong Diep ◽  
Elisabeth Blesbois
Keyword(s):  
Sperm Motility ◽  
Acrosome Reaction ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sperm Quality ◽  
Fluorescent Intensity ◽  
Freeze Thaw ◽  
The Media ◽  
Cryopreserved Sperm ◽  
Amp Activated Protein Kinase

Semen cryopreservation allows crucial management of animal genetic diversity. However, the freeze-thaw process causes biochemical and physical alterations, impairing sperm energy-dependent functions. Currently, many chemicals are added to the media to enhance frozen-thawed sperm quality during artificial insemination. The aims of this study was to determine the effects of Metformin (Metf) on fresh chicken sperm motility and ability to perform acrosome reaction, and to evaluate Metf’s effects on the functions of cryopreserved sperm. Chicken semen was diluted and incubated at 35°C in media supplemented with or without different doses of 5’-AMP-Activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) activator, Metf (0,5 to 5 mM). We then looked for the concentration improving the most sperm quality to use it in the cryopreservation media used for chicken sperm. Our results show that 1 mM Metf is the concentration giving the best results regarding sperm quality. AMPKα phosphorylation, viability, acrosome reaction ability (AR), and various motility parameters, were negatively affected by the freeze-thaw process, and that Metf partially restored them. Sperm quality improved (mean increased by 23% for motility, by 10% for viability) as well as AMPKα phosphorylation (mean increased by 30%). Moreover, fluorescent intensity levels of phospho-AMPK were also stronger with Metf than in the control. These results show that the presence of Metf in fresh semen has a positive impact on the quality of sperm and helps reducing the gradual decline in sperm motility caused by cryopreservation by partially restoring several essential sperm functions, and thus leads to a better overall quality of cryopreserved sperm.

scholarly journals Innovations in individual urban transport systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 843-847
Author(s):  
Marika Jamrozik ◽  
Piotr Kisielewski
Keyword(s):  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Material Goods ◽  
The Media ◽  
High Level ◽  
Willingness To Use ◽  
The City

In this paper innovative urban individual transport systems have been discussed. The results of the survey conducted on a group of 250 people, of which the largest part were residents of the city in the youngest age group 18-24 shows that knowledge about modern forms of transport and the possible willingness to use them, is not at a high level. The reason is the attachment of society to material goods and lack of awareness about the benefits that the user gains, but also the inhabitants in the aspect of improving the quality of life in the city. The future of transport belongs to systems that are focused on the lack of belonging and sharing economy. The concluded analysis proves that the systems functioning in the States are profitable and convenient for the residents, and the companies constantly develop their offer by expanding with modern solutions and facilities. In Poland, the change of residents habits regarding the forms of mobility will occur with the increase of popularity of modern systems, and this can be obtained by emphasizing the promotion in means of transport, at bus stops, and in the media. Forecasts indicate a steadily growing market value of innovative urban transport systems, which will improve the standard of living in crowded cities.

scholarly journals PERANCANGAN APLIKASI MOBILE CATALOG MODEL RAMBUT DENGAN MENERAPKAN ALGORITMA CROCHEMORE PERRIN

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Hardiyanti
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Changing Trends ◽  
New Models ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Right ◽  
Made In

In modern times, barbershop aka men's shaving places is the main choice of modern men to style their hair. The results showed that the popularity of Barbershop itself is due to the trend of the haircut, the classic hairdo. Classic hairstyle trends are also supported by the media which has a positive impact on popularity, hair fashion as a priority, knowledge about fashion is getting better, pomade trends. In general, customers want to get the best quality of services provided.Changes in customer haircuts or Barbershop customers are usually caused by changing trends or because they want to find new models that are more age-appropriate. The haircut catalog is a book that contains information on various haircut models that are made in the form of pictures and names of haircuts, where the names of haircuts are generally made in English.The problem that can occur in cutting hair is the lack of desires of the customer to the results of the hair stylist cut, it happens because the customer does not understand or do not remember the name of the desired haircut model. Crochemore Perrin's algorithm factored the right pattern so that pattern = right pattern left pattern. The matching phase of this algorithm consists of two parts, first matching the right pattern character from left to right, then matching the left pattern from right to left.Keywords: Barbershop, Android, Catalog, Crochemore Perrin

Vietnamese or Chinese: Viet-kieu in the Vietnam-China Borderlands

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuk Wah Chan
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
The West ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Personal Histories ◽  
The Media

AbstractThis article examines the contested identity of a particular group of Viet-kieu, who were born in China and who returned to Vietnam in the 1970s, by looking into their personal histories, descent backgrounds and the political and socio-economic processes they lived through in the past few decades. Unlike other Viet-kieu who returned from the West, the Viet-kieu in the borderlands rarely received any attention from the media or academia. They led a double life both in China and in Vietnam and experienced dramatic changes of fate from the 1970s, through the 1980s, to the 1990s. Their hybrid cultural endowment and cross-border familial ties were both detrimental and beneficial to their social and economic life within different historical contexts. Reopened borders around the world in the post-Cold War era have generated discourses on transnational economic integration, regional connectedness, as well as fluid mobility and identities. It has become a fashion to criticize the study of culture and identity as rigid entities, while the increasing stress on subjectivity and agency has made identity seem ever more evolving and changing. Putting aside the romantic notion of fluid and multiple identities, this article brings up a number of empirical cases to illustrate how identity is often shaped by the possibilities and constraints under different politico-economic circumstances.

scholarly journals Teaching Democracy: Folkways Records and Cold War Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-81
Author(s):  
Rachel C. Donaldson
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
News Sources ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Political Conversation ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Media ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Cold War

By the waning years of the 1940s America had lost much of what remained of its postwar optimism as fears of Communism came to dominate the national political conversation. Left-leaning citizens had particular cause for disillusionment as politicians continued to trample many vestiges of New Deal programs and ideals in their rightward trek. The passage of the antilabor Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 and Progressive Party presidential candidate Henry Wallace's abysmal failure at the polls in the 1948 election hammered more nails into the coffin of leftwing activism. What ultimately caused the Old Left to retreat from mainstream political discourse was, of course, the new ideological war that loomed on the horizon. While U.S. foreign policy focused on containing Communism abroad, local and federal governlnent agencies and civilian vigilante groups rallied to fight suspected communists at home, Government agencies and private organizations compiled lists of alleged subversives, such asRed Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Televisionthat the right-wing publicationCounterattackreleased in 1950. The attacks on those in the media and government were well documented, as news sources reported the trials of iconic groups like the Hollywood Ten and televised the Army-McCarthy hearings. At the same time that anticommunists focused on rooting out subversives in the State Department, organized labor, and the entertainment industry, they also turned their attention to education. Many political leaders, both liberal and conservative, viewed education as the “key factor” in securing American victory in the Cold War; as a result, between the end of WWII and the 1960s, anticommunists devoted an unprecedented amount of scrutiny to public schools, administrators, and teachers.

scholarly journals UPAYA GURU MENGEMBANGKAN KREATIVITAS ANAK PRA SEKOLAH MELALUI MEDIA PLAYDOUGH DIKELOMPOK B KOBER MIFTAHUL FALAH

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Yayu Rahayu ◽  
Yeni Heryani
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Media

Creativity has a very important role in the lives of children. Through kerativitas, children can be creative in accordance with the talent or ability, the child can solve a problem and can improve the quality of life in the future. Therefore, stimulation is needed that can develop the creativity of children, one of them through mengguanaan media playdough. In early childhood creativity has not developed well, early childhood has not been smooth in expressing idea idea idea. The purpose of this assessment is to describe the level of early childhood creativity by applying playdough media, differences in early childhood creativity levels before and after applying media playdough. Methods used in this study are classroom action research methods (PTK). The subjects of this study were children aged 4-5 years kober miftahul falah which amounted to 14 children consisting of 9 women and 5 men. The results of this study indicate a positive impact in improving creativity of children by 25.83% based on evaluation results from cycle I and cycle II.Dengan, it can be concluded that the media playdough provide a significant influence. So that can be recommended for teachers to use media playdough can be used as an alternative to develop creativity in children effectively. For schools to be able to facilitate by providing other learning media that can enhance the creativity of young children.

scholarly journals Playing with stereotypes: Russia and the Russians in the animated TV series “The Simpsons” (1989-2020)

2021 ◽  
pp. 76-100
Author(s):  
Sergey Osipov
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Simpsons ◽  
The Media ◽  
American Society ◽  
The Cold War

The subject of this research is the image of the USSR/Russia resembles in the popular animated TV series “The Simpsons” throughout the past 30 years, considering the method of translating information inserted in the media text, as well as the complexity/simplicity of decoding this information by the viewer, ambiguity/unambiguity of interpretations, etc. The TB series touched upon the following topics related to the USSR/Russia: immigration to the United States and life of the immigrants in the new homeland, the Cold War, Communism and anti-Communism, Russian culture, Russia as a rival of the United States. The author traces the dynamics, diversity, and specificity of covering Soviet/Russian theme for over 30 years in the context of the dynamics of relations between the Soviet Union/Russia and the West, including political, social, cultural, and other nuances. The author carries out a cross-disciplinary dedicated to the work of popular culture in the context of political history of the XX – early XX centuries. The novelty consists in revealing the main themes of the “Russian presence” in the TV series (based on the analysis of almost 700 episodes), and the way they are conveyed (leveling the established stereotypes or their debunking for the sake of countering manipulations with public sentiment). Impugning the statement that ideology of “The Simpsons” is purely neoliberal, the author draws a more complex and critical worldview of “The Simpsons” in with regards to American society. Russia holds a special place in this world due to complicated bilateral relations since the Cold War, which consequences are yet to be fully overcome. An ineradicable remnant of the Cold War is the link between Russia and Communism, in which “Communism” is a synonym of any dissenting view. Russia is also associated with a rich, although highbrow culture, unattractive to most of the ordinary citizens. The main satirical idea of “The Simpsons” is to emphasize the cultural dissonance, which intensifies the difficulties of mutual understanding based on political confrontation and remaining ideological prejudices.

scholarly journals MQ – MEDIALITY QUOTIENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 222
Author(s):  
Joanna Juszczyk-Rygallo
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
The Media ◽  
Systematic Development ◽  
Intellectual Skills ◽  
Conducting Research

The child's intellectual skills in dealing with the media are reflected in his or her media intelligence. However, the assessment of children's adaptation to life in the world of the media-sphere is difficult to make. The recognition of a pupil’s mediality, as well as its systematic development, may have a positive impact on the quality of education. Currently there are no tools in the educational system to diagnose pupils’ mediality. Therefore, there is a need to construct a useful indicator of the level of mediality, which may be a Mediality Quotient. In the cognitive perspective, it can become a tool that will contribute to the optimization of the educational process in the intellectual media environment. The aim of the article is to justify the purposefulness of conducting research on media skills of children and to present the assumptions for developing media literacy measurement techniques. The planned actions will allow to identify to what extent children acquire media skills and what is their statistical picture. The results obtained will be used to determine the coefficient enabling the measurement of media skills and their assessment in relation to the statistical average of pupils. Ultimately, the primary objective of developing a scale for measuring the Mediality Quotient of children will be achieved.  

Russian "Hybrid Warfare"

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ofer Fridman
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
First Century ◽  
The West ◽  
Hybrid Warfare ◽  
The Media ◽  
Clear Delineation ◽  
Hybrid War ◽  
Ukrainian Crisis ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Main Strategy

During the last decade, 'Hybrid Warfare' has become a novel yet controversial term in academic, political and professional military lexicons, intended to suggest some sort of mix between different military and non-military means and methods of confrontation. Enthusiastic discussion of the notion has been undermined by conceptual vagueness and political manipulation, particularly since the onset of the Ukrainian crisis in early 2014, as ideas about Hybrid Warfare engulf Russia and the West, especially in the media. Western defense and political specialists analyzing Russian responses to the crisis have been quick to confirm that Hybrid Warfare is the Kremlin's main strategy in the twenty-first century. But many respected Russian strategists and political observers contend that it is the West that has been waging Hybrid War, Gibridnaya Voyna, since the end of the Cold War. In this highly topical book, Ofer Fridman offers a clear delineation of the conceptual debates about Hybrid Warfare. What leads Russian experts to say that the West is conducting a Gibridnaya Voyna against Russia, and what do they mean by it? Why do Western observers claim that the Kremlin engages in Hybrid Warfare? And, beyond terminology, is this something genuinely new?

What Black Death was to Western Europe, Communism was to Central and Eastern Europe

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Piatkowski
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Education For All ◽  
External Shocks ◽  
The West ◽  
Economic Stagnation ◽  
Classless Society ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Returns On Investment

I argue in this chapter that despite its ultimate social, economic, and moral bankruptcy, communism imposed on Poland after 1945 sowed the seeds of the country’s economic success after 1989. The old, feudal social structures were bulldozed to snap Poland out of growth-inhibiting extractive society equilibrium, creating a classless society, boosting social mobility, and securing good quality of education for all. Forced industrialization and unprecedented labour movements supported solid GDP growth rates in Poland until the 1960s, but low returns on investment, lack of technological progress, and external shocks caused declining growth rates in the 1970s, and economic stagnation in the 1980s. I conclude that the assumption that if Poland had returned to capitalism after 1945, it would have developed as quickly as the West, is simplistic. I show that a capitalist Poland would have faced significant challenges to growth, and convergence with the West would not have been guaranteed.

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