Ieskats TV žurnālistu valodas lietojumā (2019–2020)

As evidenced by the studies referred to in the introduction of the paper, television is the most popular mass medium both in Latvia and throughout the European Union, and it plays a key role in shaping the linguistic environment. Therefore, it is important that at least the speech of journalists and programme hosts on television corresponds to the norms of literary Latvian. Lately, viewers have been particularly concerned about the quality of language. The rather low quality of Latvian used in mass media stems from both the speech commonly used by the society and the journalists’ Latvian language skills. A knowledgeable journalist is regarded as an authority, and viewers put their trust in authoritative and erudite speech. However, journalists sometimes lack awareness of their role and influence on the wide audience watching, evaluating, and quoting them. Examples were gathered from the most popular television channels in Latvia that broadcast in Latvian – LTV1, TV3, Rīga 24TV, S-TV – and the following programmes: “Rīta Panorāma”, “900 sekundes” (broadcast on LNT in 2019), “TV3 Ziņas”, “Bez tabu”, “Tieša runa”, etc. The examples show that there are numerous errors, linguistic inaccuracies, and stylistic shortcomings, particularly regarding lexis. The aim of the paper is to focus on the most common errors, those being lexicostylistic errors and the widespread use of colloquial speech. Although a mixture of styles is common nowadays and colloquial speech has become an integral part of publicist style, its usage in TV programmes cannot always be justified. A short insight into new words coined by journalists is provided as well; however, these words are not included in dictionaries and are unlikely to become neologisms. The conclusion of the paper focuses on the causes of errors and advice regarding the improvement of the journalists’ language.

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Envelope wages as a new normal? An insight into a pool of prospective quasi-formal workers in the European Union (EU)

Employee Relations ◽

10.1108/er-02-2021-0073 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Josip Franic ◽

Stanislaw Cichocki

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Pension System ◽

Older Individuals ◽

The European Union ◽

Content Type ◽

Random Intercept ◽

Novel Approach ◽

Wage Earners ◽

Insight Into

PurposeIn spite of millions of quasi-formal workers in the European Union (EU), there is still limited understanding of what motivates workers to participate in these detrimental employment schemes, and why certain groups of workers exhibit higher inclination towards it. This article takes a novel approach by putting prospective envelope wage earners in the centre of this analysis.Design/methodology/approachData from the 2019 Special Eurobarometer on undeclared work are used, and two-level random intercept cumulative logit modelling is applied.FindingsOne in seven fully declared EU workers would have nothing against receiving one part of their wages off-the-books. Manual workers and individuals whose job assumes travelling are the most willing to accept such kind of remuneration, and the same applies to workers with low tax morale and those who perceive the risk of being detected and persecuted as very small. On the other hand, women, older individuals, married persons and employees from large enterprises express the smallest inclination towards envelope wages. The environment in which an individual operates also plays a non-negligible role as the quality of the pension system and the strength of social contract were also identified as significant determinants of workers' readiness to accept envelope wages.Originality/valueThis article fills in the gap in the literature by analysing what workers think about wage under-reporting and what factors drive their willingness to accept envelope wages.

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KOSAKATA DALAM KARANGAN NARASI MURID SEKOLAH DASAR UNTUK BAHAN PENGAJARAN MEMBACA (Kajian Leksikologi dan Psikolinguistik)

LOKABASA ◽

10.17509/jlb.v8i2.14200 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 197

Author(s):

Leli Salimatul Hapsah

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Language Skills ◽

Teaching Material ◽

School Students ◽

Element Analysis ◽

New Words ◽

Analysis Technique ◽

Reading Teaching

Prinsip pengajaran bahasa yaitu mengajarkan murid terampil berbahasa. Kuantitas dan kualitas keterampilan berbahasa dapat dilihat dari kuantitas dan kualitas kosakata yang dikuasai. Kurangnya penelitian mengenai kosakata murid sekolah dasar menjadi landasan pelaksanaan penelitian ini. Tujuan pelaksanaan penelitian yaitu untuk mengetahui dan mendeskripsikan tiga hal yaitu jenis kosakata dalam karangan narasi murid sekolah dasar, kesesuaian kosakata dengan perkembangan umur murid sekolah dasar, dan karangan narasi yang dapat dijadikan bahan pengajaran membaca. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode deskriptif. Teknik analisis data menggunakan teknik analisis unsur langsung. Dari 16 karangan ditemukan 650 kata dengan frekuensi penggunaan sebanyak 2520 kata. Setelah dilakukan analisis terhadap jenis kosakata ditemukan data kata dasar sebanyak 216, bentukan kata baru sebanyak 126 kata, dan kata tugas sebanyak 74 kata. Dari karangan narasi yang ditulis oleh murid sekolah dasar relatif sesuai dengan perkembangan umur murid. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari 650 kata hanya 10 kata yang dianggap termasuk kata – kata untuk penutur dewasa. Dari 16 karangan yang ditulis murid sekolah dasar terdapat 5 karangan yang dianggap sesuai untuk bahan pengajaran membaca dilihat dari tingkat interferensi dan alur karangan narasi.AbstractThe principle of language teaching is to teach students to achieve their language skills. The quantity and quality of language skills can be seen from the quantity and quality of the vocabulary mastery. The lack of research on the vocabulary of elementary school students is the background of this research. The purposes of the research are to identify and describe three things i.e. the type of vocabulary in the elementary school students’narrative essay, the suitability of vocabulary with the age development of elementary school students, and narrative essay that can be used as reading teaching material. This research used qualitative approach. Research method used is descriptive method. Data analysis technique employed is direct element analysis technique. In 16 articles, there are found 650 words with 2520 words usage frequency. After the vocabulary type analysis, it was found that the root words data are 216, the formation of new words are 126 words, and the word task are 74 words. The result showed that the narrative written by elementary school students is relatively in accordance with the students’ age development. This can be seen from 650 words only 10 words that are considered as the words for adult speakers. In 16 essays written by elementary school students, there are 5 essays that are considered appropriate for reading teaching material based on the level of interference and narrative essay.

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The frequency of occurrence of aflatoxin M1 in milk on the territory of Vojvodina

Zbornik Matice srpske za prirodne nauke ◽

10.2298/zmspn0916075p ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 75-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Miroslava Polovinski-Horvatovic ◽

Verica Juric ◽

Dragan Glamocic

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Aflatoxin B1 ◽

Aflatoxin M1 ◽

The European Union ◽

Animal Metabolism ◽

Carry Over ◽

Quality Of Milk ◽

Natural Metabolite ◽

Insight Into

Aflatoxin is one of the most common mycotoxins which can be found in milk. It represents a natural metabolite of aflatoxin B1 that occurs as a result of animal metabolism and the body's attempt to detoxificate it. It is excreted in milk, feces and urine of animals that consumed contaminated feed with aflatoxin B1. The carry-over from feed to milk depends on many factors, ranging from 0.3 to 6.2%. Aflatoxin M1 is in the first group of carcinogens according to the IRAC classification from 2002, but it is considered to have only 10% of carcinogenicity from its precursor aflatoxin B1. Legislation in member countries of European Union for this mycotoxin in milk intended for people is 0.05 ?g/l, while the rest of the countries that also have legislation for this mycotoxin allow the concentration that is ten times higher, and that is 0.5 ?g/l. In this paper, we have tried to provide on insight into the quality of milk, food often consumed by children, from the standpoint of mycotoxicology, and to compare the obtained data with data available from literature, from countries in the region that have similar climatic and agricultural conditions. From a total of 65 samples of processed milk, aflatoxin M1 was found in 18 samples and none of the samples exceeded the level of 0.05 ?g/l, which is allowed by the legislation of the European Union.

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Attitudes of Elderly People in the South Moravian Region to Further Education

Lifelong Learning ◽

10.11118/lifele2014040254 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 54-78

Author(s):

Petr Adamec ◽

Marián Svoboda

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Elderly People ◽

Further Education ◽

The South ◽

The Third ◽

Interesting Insight ◽

Survey Results ◽

Insight Into ◽

Demographic Features

This paper deals with the results of sociological survey focused on identification of the attitudes of elderly people to further education. The research was carried out in September 2010. Experience of elderly people with further education, their readiness (determination) for further education as well as their motivation and barriers in further education were also subjects of this research. Detecting elderly population’s awareness of universities of the third age and finding out their further education preferences were an integral part of the research. Research sample consisted of citizens over 55 years living in the South Moravian region. The survey results are structured by socio-demographic features e.g.: age, sex, educational attainment etc. and provide an interesting insight into the attitudes of the target group to one of the activities that contributes to improvement of their quality of life.

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Comparisons among rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, populations of maternal transcript profile associated with egg viability

BMC Genomics ◽

10.1186/s12864-021-07773-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Gregory M. Weber ◽

Jill Birkett ◽

Kyle Martin ◽

Doug Dixon ◽

Guangtu Gao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rainbow Trout ◽

Egg Quality ◽

Transcript Abundance ◽

Differentially Expressed ◽

Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus Mykiss ◽

Analysis Group ◽

Maternal Transcripts ◽

Single Batch ◽

Insight Into

Abstract Background Transcription is arrested in the late stage oocyte and therefore the maternal transcriptome stored in the oocyte provides nearly all the mRNA required for oocyte maturation, fertilization, and early cleavage of the embryo. The transcriptome of the unfertilized egg, therefore, has potential to provide markers for predictors of egg quality and diagnosing problems with embryo production encountered by fish hatcheries. Although levels of specific transcripts have been shown to associate with measures of egg quality, these differentially expressed genes (DEGs) have not been consistent among studies. The present study compares differences in select transcripts among unfertilized rainbow trout eggs of different quality based on eyeing rate, among 2 year classes of the same line (A1, A2) and a population from a different hatchery (B). The study compared 65 transcripts previously reported to be differentially expressed with egg quality in rainbow trout. Results There were 32 transcripts identified as DEGs among the three groups by regression analysis. Group A1 had the most DEGs, 26; A2 had 15, 14 of which were shared with A1; and B had 12, 7 of which overlapped with A1 or A2. Six transcripts were found in all three groups, dcaf11, impa2, mrpl39_like, senp7, tfip11 and uchl1. Conclusions Our results confirmed maternal transcripts found to be differentially expressed between low- and high-quality eggs in one population of rainbow trout can often be found to overlap with DEGs in other populations. The transcripts differentially expressed with egg quality remain consistent among year classes of the same line. Greater similarity in dysregulated transcripts within year classes of the same line than among lines suggests patterns of transcriptome dysregulation may provide insight into causes of decreased viability within a hatchery population. Although many DEGs were identified, for each of the genes there is considerable variability in transcript abundance among eggs of similar quality and low correlations between transcript abundance and eyeing rate, making it highly improbable to predict the quality of a single batch of eggs based on transcript abundance of just a few genes.

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Effect of the Application Date of Fertilizer Containing Silicon and Potassium on the Yield and Technological Quality of Sugar Beet Roots

Plants ◽

10.3390/plants10020370 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 370

Author(s):

Arkadiusz Artyszak ◽

Dariusz Gozdowski ◽

Alicja Siuda

Keyword(s):

Sugar Beet ◽

Foliar Application ◽

Plant Protection ◽

Plant Protection Products ◽

Water Shortage ◽

The European Union ◽

Yield Increase ◽

Time Of Application ◽

Technological Quality

Water shortage and drought are a growing problem in Europe. Therefore, effective methods for limiting its effects are necessary. At the same time, the “field to fork” strategy adopted by the European Commission aims to achieve a significant reduction in the use of plant protection products and fertilizers in the European Union. In an experiment conducted in 2018–2020, the effect of the method of foliar fertilization containing silicon and potassium on the yield and technological quality of sugar beet roots was assessed. The fertilizer was used in seven combinations, differing in the number and time of application. The best results were obtained by treating plants during drought stress. The better soil moisture for the plants, the smaller the pure sugar yield increase was observed. It is difficult to clearly state which combination of silicon and potassium foliar application is optimal, as their effects do not differ greatly.

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A Study on the Mineral Depletion of the Foods Available to us as a Nation over the Period 1940 to 1991

Nutrition and Health ◽

10.1177/026010600301700201 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 85-115 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

David Thomas

Keyword(s):

Mineral Content ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Medical Research Council ◽

Significant Loss ◽

King's College ◽

Compare And Contrast ◽

Insight Into ◽

Mineral Constituents ◽

Mineral Depletion

In 1927 a study at King's College, University of London, of the chemical composition of foods was initiated by Dr McCance to assist with diabetic dietary guidance. The study evolved and was then broadened to determine all the important organic and mineral constituents of foods, it was financed by the Medical Research Council and eventually published in 1940. Over the next 51 years subsequent editions reflected changing national dietary habits and food laws as well as advances in analytical procedures. The most recent (5th Edition) published in 1991 has comprehensively analysed 14 different categories of foods and beverages. In order to provide some insight into any variation in the quality of the foods available to us as a nation between 1940 and 1991 it was possible to compare and contrast the mineral content of 27 varieties of vegetable, 17 varieties of fruit, 10 cuts of meat and some milk and cheese products. The results demonstrate that there has been a significant loss of minerals and trace elements in these foods over that period of time. It is suggested that the results of this study cannot be taken in isolation from recent dietary, environmental and disease trends. These trends are briefly mentioned and suggestions are made as to how the deterioration in the micronutrient quality of our food intake may be arrested and reversed.

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Dialogical research to open up new narrative patterns among young women living with severe anxiety

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.1060 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽

Author(s):

L Cantarero Arevalo ◽

S Fejfer Olsen

Keyword(s):

Young Women ◽

Population Group ◽

Patient Experiences ◽

Constructivist Approach ◽

Patient’S Perspective ◽

Healthcare Needs ◽

Narrative Patterns ◽

Severe Anxiety ◽

Insight Into

Abstract Background 16,889 new cases of severe anxiety (SA) were diagnosed in Denmark in 2019. Incidence rate is highest among 16 to 24 year-old women, a population group with 64% risk of being diagnosed with SA. Experiences of stigma and shame are common among this group, affecting negatively their quality of life and opportunity to recover. The aim is 1) to gain insight into the digital narratives young women with SA share through social networking websites, and 2) to open up the possibility to develop new narrative patterns using dialogical research as a method rooted in Bakhtin (1895-1975) and further developed by Frank (2005). Methods Netnography of four large Facebook groups focused on anxiety was used to gain insight into the patients' narratives and to build guiding themes for the off-line dialogical interviews (DI). Biographical narrative patterns were analyzed in light of a narrative-constructivist approach. Participants were invited to sign an informed consent prior to the DI and received ample information about the project aims and their rights. Results 8 young women diagnosed with SA participated in the off-line DI. They had experienced stress, loss, betrayal or violation against them prior to the trigger of SA. All had constructed a narrative that explained why they were suffering from SA. Patient experiences were dominated by the struggle to control intrusive thoughts and to live in a threatening world. Some felt stigmatized and tried to hide their condition from colleagues, friends and family. They had different preferences regarding healthcare needs and were active in their search for alternative ways to cope with SA. Conclusions Participants perceived DI as beneficial. It thus has the potential to not only explore the patient's perspective in depth, but also serve as therapy during the process of inquiry. Key messages Dialogical research has the potential to not only explore the patient’s perspective in depth, but also serve as therapy during the process of inquiry. Young women suffering with severe anxiety experience shame and stigma, which worsen their condiction and hinder their opportunity to recover.

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Experts’ preferences for sarcopenia outcomes: a discrete-choice experiment from a working group of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) in collaboration with the European Union of Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS)

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research ◽

10.1007/s40520-021-01794-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Charlotte Beaudart ◽

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Jürgen M. Bauer ◽

Francesco Landi ◽

Olivier Bruyère ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Discrete Choice Experiment ◽

Discrete Choice ◽

Choice Experiment ◽

Musculoskeletal Diseases ◽

Geriatric Medicine ◽

Mixed Logit ◽

The European Union ◽

Domestic Activities

Abstract Background and aims To assess experts’ preference for sarcopenia outcomes. Methods A discrete-choice experiment was conducted among 37 experts (medical doctors and researchers) from different countries around the world. In the survey, they were repetitively asked to choose which one of two hypothetical patients suffering from sarcopenia deserves the most a treatment. The two hypothetical patients differed in five pre-selected sarcopenia outcomes: quality of life, mobility, domestic activities, fatigue and falls. A mixed logit panel model was used to estimate the relative importance of each attribute. Results All sarcopenia outcomes were shown to be significant, and thus, important for experts. Overall, the most important sarcopenia outcome was falls (27%) followed by domestic activities and mobility (24%), quality of life (15%) and fatigue (10%). Discussion and conclusion Compared to patient’s preferences, experts considered falls as a more important outcome of sarcopenia, while the outcomes fatigue and difficulties in domestic activities were considered as less important.

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Characteristics of Plastic Waste Processing in the Modern Recycling Plant Operating in Poland

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14010035 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 35

Author(s):

Elżbieta Szostak ◽

Piotr Duda ◽

Andrzej Duda ◽

Natalia Górska ◽

Arkadiusz Fenicki ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Distillation Column ◽

Solid Particles ◽

Fuel Quality ◽

Waste Processing ◽

The European Union ◽

Recycling Process ◽

Heat Demand ◽

Fuel Components ◽

The Eu

Although Poland is one of the leading recipients of the waste stream in the European Union (EU), it is at the same time below the average in terms of efficiency of their use/utilization. The adopted technological solutions cause waste processing rates to be relatively low in Poland. As a result, the report of the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) of the EU indicated Poland as one of the 14 countries of the EU which are at risk in terms of possibility of achieving 50% recycling of waste. This article discusses the implemented technological solutions, and shows the profitability of the investment and the values of the process heat demand both for extractor and reactor. The experimental part analyzed the composition of the input and output of the process and compared it to the required fuel specifications. Attention was drawn to the need to improve the recycling process in order to increase the quality of manufactured fuel components. As potential ways of solving the problem of low fuel quality, cleaning the sorted reaction mass from solid particles and extending the technological line with a distillation column have been proposed. The recommended direction of improvement of the technology is also the optimization of the process of the reactor’s purification and removal of contaminants.

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