scholarly journals The «Chateau of the Loire Valley» piano fresco as a representation of the artistic thinking of Lesia Dychko

Author(s):  
Artем Loshkov

The purpose of this represented scientific article is to reveal the specificity of piano thinking of L. Dychko as exemplified in the «Chateau of the Loire Valley» piano fresco. Methods. The methodological background of the study includes the integration of general scientific (historical, system-related, dialectic, culturological, comparative) and special artistic, in particular, music study methods and approaches of the scientific study. The application of the series of special methods of the music study research, characteristic to the historical, theoretical and performance musicology promoted the solution of the problems brought up in the article. Scintific novelty. The scintific novelty of the undertaken study is the revealing of the conceptual bases and intonational-stylistic specificity of the «Chаteau of the Loire Valley» piano fresco as the representation of the universality of L. Dychko’s creative thinking. Conclusion. The article reveals the form-forming and textural principles of the music mirroring of the masterpieces of French architecture in the text of the «Chаteau of the Loire Valley» piano cycle. The performed analysis enabled the distinguishing of L. Dychko’s piano piece as a model of the interspecific artistic communication and a manifestation of the artistic dialogue within «music - architecture» system, which is revealed on the graphically-associational, intonational and semantic, structural, texture and stylistic levels. The article proves that the «Chаteau of the Loire Valley» fresco of Lesia Dychko is distinguished by the immensity of the artist's intention, concert performance and stylistic direction and the high level of the pianistic technique, which is evidenced by the diversity of the piano texture, wide register coverage of the fingerboard, the predominance of the elements of octaval-chordal technique, the diversity of masterly performed passages and figured approaches, which are indued with formal and meaningful properties and acquire the value of the stylistic and graphically-semantic factors. There has been proved in the work the composer’s appeal to the music thesaurus of contemporary pianism, the established in the piano practice texture and expressive means and general types of movements, as well as the individualized performance approaches, endued in the context of the cycle with different functionally-semantic loads (coloristic background, representation of the sonic flow dynamics, graphical and emotional tension, disconcentrated figurative thematic invention, concert-virtuous style).

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 730-744
Author(s):  
V.I. Loktionov

Subject. The article reviews the way strategic threats to energy security influence the quality of people's life. Objectives. The study unfolds the theory of analyzing strategic threats to energy security by covering the matter of quality of people's life. Methods. To analyze the way strategic threats to energy security spread across cross-sectoral commodity and production chains and influences quality of people's living, I applied the factor analysis and general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis. Results. I suggest interpreting strategic threats to energy security as risks of people's quality of life due to a reduction in the volume of energy supply. I identified mechanisms reflecting how the fuel and energy complex and its development influence the quality of people's life. The article sets out the method to assess such quality-of-life risks arising from strategic threats to energy security. Conclusions and Relevance. In the current geopolitical situation, strategic threats to energy security cause long-standing adverse consequences for the quality of people's life. If strategic threats to energy security are further construed as risk of quality of people's life, this will facilitate the preparation and performance of a more effective governmental policy on energy, which will subsequently raise the economic well-being of people.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 860-884
Author(s):  
V.G. Kogdenko ◽  
A.A. Sanzharov

Subject. The article deals with the analysis of suppliers in the public procurement system based on reasonable prequalification parameters. Objectives. The aim is to test the hypothesis about strong reputation characteristics of the winners in the public procurement system and develop a methodology for assessing the reputation of suppliers for prequalification purposes. Methods. We employ general scientific principles and methods of research, like abstraction, generalization of approaches used by domestic and foreign authors for prequalification and assessment of reputation of public procurement participants. Results. To test the hypothesis, we calculated four groups of indicators on corporate, financial, market, and social components of reputation. The methodology was tested on the data obtained from SPARK-Interfax and SPARK-Marketing information resources. Conclusions. The study revealed that not all reputational characteristics of public procurement winners can be regarded as high level. In terms of the corporate component, it is the low level of share capital, indicating the mistrust on the part of owners and their reluctance to invest in the business, and the low percentage of non-current assets. In terms of the market component, it is a low sales growth rate, as well as low return on sales. As to the financial component, it is a low capitalization of winners, low share of long-term debt capital and low credit limit. With respect to the social component, it is a below-average tax burden.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Siddique ◽  
Shandana Shoaib ◽  
Zahoor Jan

A key aspect of work processes in service sector firms is the interconnection between tasks and performance. Relational coordination can play an important role in addressing the issues of coordinating organizational activities due to high level of interdependence complexity in service sector firms. Research has primarily supported the aspect that well devised high performance work systems (HPWS) can intensify organizational performance. There is a growing debate, however, with regard to understanding the “mechanism” linking HPWS and performance outcomes. Using relational coordination theory, this study examines a model that examine the effects of subsets of HPWS, such as motivation, skills and opportunity enhancing HR practices on relational coordination among employees working in reciprocal interdependent job settings. Data were gathered from multiple sources including managers and employees at individual, functional and unit levels to know their understanding in relation to HPWS and relational coordination (RC) in 218 bank branches in Pakistan. Data analysis via structural equation modelling, results suggest that HPWS predicted RC among officers at the unit level. The findings of the study have contributions to both, theory and practice.


Author(s):  
Richard Stone ◽  
Minglu Wang ◽  
Thomas Schnieders ◽  
Esraa Abdelall

Human-robotic interaction system are increasingly becoming integrated into industrial, commercial and emergency service agencies. It is critical that human operators understand and trust automation when these systems support and even make important decisions. The following study focused on human-in-loop telerobotic system performing a reconnaissance operation. Twenty-four subjects were divided into groups based on level of automation (Low-Level Automation (LLA), and High-Level Automation (HLA)). Results indicated a significant difference between low and high word level of control in hit rate when permanent error occurred. In the LLA group, the type of error had a significant effect on the hit rate. In general, the high level of automation was better than the low level of automation, especially if it was more reliable, suggesting that subjects in the HLA group could rely on the automatic implementation to perform the task more effectively and more accurately.


Author(s):  
Mark O Sullivan ◽  
Carl T Woods ◽  
James Vaughan ◽  
Keith Davids

As it is appreciated that learning is a non-linear process – implying that coaching methodologies in sport should be accommodative – it is reasonable to suggest that player development pathways should also account for this non-linearity. A constraints-led approach (CLA), predicated on the theory of ecological dynamics, has been suggested as a viable framework for capturing the non-linearity of learning, development and performance in sport. The CLA articulates how skills emerge through the interaction of different constraints (task-environment-performer). However, despite its well-established theoretical roots, there are challenges to implementing it in practice. Accordingly, to help practitioners navigate such challenges, this paper proposes a user-friendly framework that demonstrates the benefits of a CLA. Specifically, to conceptualize the non-linear and individualized nature of learning, and how it can inform player development, we apply Adolph’s notion of learning IN development to explain the fundamental ideas of a CLA. We then exemplify a learning IN development framework, based on a CLA, brought to life in a high-level youth football organization. We contend that this framework can provide a novel approach for presenting the key ideas of a CLA and its powerful pedagogic concepts to practitioners at all levels, informing coach education programs, player development frameworks and learning environment designs in sport.


1995 ◽  
Vol 412 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Wolfsberg ◽  
B. A. Robinson ◽  
J. T. Fabryka-Martin

AbstractCharacterization and performance assessment (PA) studies for the potential high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain require an understanding of migration mechanisms and pathways of radioactive solutes. Measurements of 36C1 in samples extracted from boreholes at the site are being used in conjunction with recent infiltration estimates to calibrate a site-scale flow and solute transport model. This exercise using the flow and solute transport model, FEHM, involves testing different model formulations and two different hypotheses to explain the occurrence of elevated 36Cl in the Calico Hills unit (CHn) which indicates younger water than in the overlying Topopah Spring unit (TSw). One hypothesis suggests fast vertical transport from the surface via fractures in the TSw to the CHn. An alternative hypothesis is that the elevated 36C1 concentrations reflect rapid horizontal flow in the CHn or at the interface between the CHn and the TSw with the source being vertical percolation under spatially isolated regions of high infiltration or at outcrops of those units. Arguments in favor of and against the hypotheses are described in conjunction with the site-scale transport studies.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aakriti Tarun Sharma

The process of converting a behavioral specification of an application to its equivalent system architecture is referred to as High Level-Synthesis (HLS). A crucial stage in embedded systems design involves finding the trade off between resource utilization and performance. An exhaustive search would yield the required results, but would take a huge amount of time to arrive at the solution even for smaller designs. This would result in a high time complexity. We employ the use of Design Space Exploration (DSE) in order to reduce the complexity of the design space and to reach the desired results in less time. In reality, there are multiple constraints defined by the user that need to be satisfied simultaneously. Thus, the nature of the task at hand is referred to as Multi-Objective Optimization. In this thesis, the design process of DSP benchmarks was analyzed based on user defined constraints such as power and execution time. The analyzed outcome was compared with the existing approaches in DSE and an optimal design solution was derived in a shorter time period.


Author(s):  
Cemalettin Öcal FİDANBOY ◽  
Mahsa FİDANBOY

The innovation climate of an organization is one of the most important indicators of the potential of employees to show creative thinking and innovative behaviors. Individuals who work in an organization where the innovation climate exists and feel themselves as a part of the organization, are more willing to produce high-level original values and to take innovative approaches. At the same time, due to the innovation climate within the organization, it seems possible for employees to demonstrate organizational identification behavior at a high level. The aim of this study is to show how the climate of innovation has an impact on organizational identification in organizations. In this context, a survey was responded by 164 R&D employees working in the IT sector using convenient sampling method. The obtained data were tested by using statistical programs. The findings of the research show that the innovation climate has positive and meaningful relationship with organizational identification. Besides, it was found that the innovation promotion sub-dimension did affect organizational identification positively and meaningfully and there were no significant effects of blocking innovation and resource provision sub-dimensions on organizational identification.


Author(s):  
Iman Ahmed Bakthir

The study aimed to identify the type of organizational culture among managers and department heads of United Sugar Company in Jeddah and its impact on the performance of employees. In addition to diagnose the staff and management understanding of the organizational culture role in improving the overall performance of the company. The study sample consisted of (17) managers and (141) employees from all departments within the United Sugar Company. The researcher used the study tool represented by two questioners, one for managers and the other for staff. Answers samples were treated statistically using the statistical analysis software SPSS. Approach that the researcher used was descriptive analytical approach, which describes the nature of the theoretical and field study. The researcher was able to reach managers’ answers results, represented by the diversity of the study sample in terms of organisational rank, qualifications, experience and age. Results indicated the presence of a degree of neutrality in giving managers a mandate administrative authority over employees. It was shown in the study the presence of margin of freedom for employees to express their opinions, however it was not in the required level. The study also shown that the administration involves staff in the development of current and future plans for the company with a high degree, also managers encourage staff to propose alternatives and scientific solutions to problems they face. Awareness demonstrated by staff and managers towards work policies and regulations indicates a good organizational culture. It was found also that managers contribute to modernizing the working environment and identify their needs in modern scientific ways and they encourage team work spirit within employees to create a healthy organizational culture while not afraid of pressure groups since they have a high level of organizational culture. Interest in transferring expertise from outside the company is evidence on the capacity of their organizational culture. The high degree employees’ satisfaction represents the drive to believe in the culture of the organization. The study recommended the need to raise the degree of mangers involving staff in the authorities delegation and the need to adopt open-door policy also for staff to participate in decision-making process. Also it was recommended by the research to direct the attention towards training on the job and make it a gateway to the company's culture. It was urged on the need for transferring a lot of successful experiences to other companies in support of spreading the organization's culture. It was recommended to care about the importance of the development of policies and administrative regulations and make them more flexible to allow for a wide organizational culture. And to follow global corporate developments and investigate the reasons for its success and the role of organizational culture in it and adopt accordingly. It was pointed the need to honor the contributions of outstanding efforts to encourage science and organizational culture. It also recommended holding periodic contests where workers highlight the performance and awareness degree of organizational culture, also holding seminars, lectures and exhibitions inside and outside the company to spread the organizational culture of the company to other parties.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Martin Craig Turner

<p>Higher education in accounting faces a challenge to shift its emphasis from reproducing technical knowledge to developing personal capabilities such as critical thinking, creative thinking, problem-solving, communication and teamwork. The educational psychology literature suggests students will not make the cognitive effort to develop personal capabilities unless they frrst experience a deep approach to learning; and the experience of high-level relevance structure, high-level conception of learning and intrinsic motivation strongly support deep learning. This study examines how accounting students can be supported to experience high-level relevance structure, high-level conception of learning, intrinsic motivation and deep learning in the context of a university accounting course. Phenomenography is used to study the experience of learning of students in a third year undergraduate accounting course into which an integrated set of interventions involving Assessment, Teamwork, Teacher-Student Relationship and Instruction was introduced. An assignment in five stages and five session preparation assignments, supplemented with a focus group and surveys of students, identified and captured the ways students experience key aspects of how they learn. A key fmding of this study is that it is possible to transform the design and delivery of a single university course to support a large proportion of students to experience change in how they learn accounting (and, in particular, to experience deep learning) through the careful adaptation of education theory. An implication of this study is the need to support students to experience change in how they learn in frrst year courses to enable them to develop personal capabilities in their later university studies.</p>


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