Comprehensive study of the productive forces by the organizations of the Academy of Sciences in 1915–1941

The article is devoted to the activities of specialized institutions that studied the productive forces of the country within the Academy of Sciences. The Commission for the Study of Natural Productive Forces was established in 1915. It was the answer to the challenges of the First Word War. The Commission existed in the structure of the Academy of Sciences until 1930 and laid the foundation for many academic research institutes. The Council for the Study of Productive Forces, which was created on the basis of the Commission in 1930 during the reorganization of the Academy of Sciences, helped the Academy survive in the face ofincreased pressure from the government. Over the next three decades The Council coordinated the activities of academic institutions and laboratories in the field of productive forces and also organized scientific expeditions of the Academy of Sciences. The article examines the emergence of these institutions, their structural features and main areas of activity. The study covers the period from 1915 when the first academic unit for the study of productive forces appeared, until 1941 when the work of the Academy of Sciences was significantly transformed because of The Great Patriotic War.

Learning Assessment Practices in Ethiopian Universities: Quests versus Upheavals

This study examined learning assessment practices in universities taking one Academic Unit in Addis Ababa University (AAU), Ethiopian as a case. A qualitative approach was employed to generate data from 20 instructors who were attending a capacity building training at the Academic Unit. Supplementary data were secured by reviewing literatures and guidelines. The results have shown that students’ mastery of the learning outcomes (LOs), and achievement of the criterion-referenced assessment requirements were not to the required level. As a result, there were practices of manipulations and invalid subversions of marks bay raising scores without changing the phenomena and without enhancing learning and behavioral change to learners. Moreover, there were no modules designed around competencies with explicit, measurable, and transferable LOs to be assessed. Consequently, the quests and expeditions inherent within the criterion-referenced assessment guidelines were unmet - resulting in matchless upheavals. It has, therefore, been recommended that conscious efforts should be made to make alignments and /or linkages among the salient elements that enhance students’ learning with understanding.

Study of the Most Valuable Researcher: Bibliometric Indicators and Collaboration Networks

This work seeks to find the Most Valuable Researcher (MVR) within the academics of Faculties of Engineering and Business of a University in Chile, applying bibliometric indicators and collaboration networks. The methodology consisted in reviewing the literature referring to similar bibliometric studies from open databases, such as SciELO and Google Scholar. As a result of the study, a model was proposed based on the main bibliometric indicators used, with it was possible to filter the researchers from both faculties and establish a ranking with those academics with the best results and the current situation facing the research in each unit. This ranking indicates the standard that the most valuable researchers have, identifying that the variable “collaborative networks” has a direct relationship with the productivity of researchers and, also, the existence of correlations with indicators of network grade, co-authorship, and research area. This work seeks to deliver recommendations on the quantity and quality of scientific production within the University. Future research should include other databases and expand the scope by region, country, and area of expertise, and consider other factors such as the age of the researcher, forms of citation, and characteristics by area of knowledge, as well as deepen the concept of MVR, and its virtuous effect on the productivity of an academic unit.

Leisure Evaluation Behaviors and Attitudes of Students of Kilis 7 Semptember University

The aim of the research is to examine the leisure management, attitudes and behaviors of the students studying at Kilis 7 September University. With the study, determining the current attitudes and behaviors of the students, Creating resources for the relevant units at the national and international level, especially the province of Kilis and Kilis 7 September University, reveals the importance of the research. Age, gender, marital status, class, academic units and leisure activity days per week of 387 students participating in the study were examined in order to determine their leisure management. According to the age variable, It was understood that 220 students aged 18-20 (56.8%) , 148 students aged 21-23 (38.2%), 12 students aged 24-25 (3.1%), and 7 students aged 26 and over(1.8%) were participated in the study. It was understood that there were 222 women (57.4%) and 165 men (42.6%) according to the gender variable and 380 single people(98.2%) and 7 married people(1.8%) according to their marital status. Between the leisure management sub-dimensions and the gender variable,it was observed that there was no significant difference in the goal setting and programming sub-dimensions of male and female students.However, It was found that there was a significant difference in their leisure time attitude and evaluation sub-dimensions. It is seen that there is no significant difference between the sub-dimensions of the scale and age groups in goal setting and method programming and sub-dimensions, while there is a significant difference in the sub-dimension of leisure time attitude. It is seen that there is no significant difference between the sub-dimensions of the scale and age groups in programming and evaluation sub-dimensions, and there is a significant difference in the sub-dimensions of goal setting and method and leisure time attitude. It was understood that there was no significant difference in programming sub-dimension between academic unit groups It is seen that there is a significant difference in other sub-dimensions, which are the sub-dimensions of goal setting and method, leisure time attitude and evaluation. Between the sub-dimensions of the scale and the days when students participated in leisure time activities, It was observed that there was no significant difference in the sub-dimensions of their leisure time attitude and programming. It is seen that there is significant difference in the sub-dimensions of goal setting and evaluation with method. Keywords: Kilis, Rcreation, Leisure

The Finnish Academic Profession’s Divided Opportunities in Management and Governance

Finnish higher education consists of research-oriented universities and teaching-oriented universities of applied sciences, and both sectors have a role in research, development and innovation. This paper focuses on governance and management at the institutional and academic unit levels, based on responses to several questions in the APIKS survey regarding the influence of academics, performance targets of academic units and the influence of academics in decision making and workload. Institutions in both sectors of Finnish higher education emphasise strategies and are heavily reliant on public funding. Both sectors also have an orientation to strong performance management.

Legal Writing, Design and Aesthetics in Legal Education: The Results of the Scientific and Practical Seminar (April 10, 2021)

The paper provides an overview of the scientific and practical seminar "Legal Writing, Design and Aesthetics in Legal Education" held on April 10, 2021 within the framework of the 8th Moscow Legal Forum at Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL). The paper summarizes the speeches of the participants. The importance of legal design at the present stage of legal education development is emphasized. It is concluded that legal design helps to improve this form with regard to maximum respect and attention to the person, which is the essence of design thinking. Legal design is not about embellishing documents and is not intended to make the document catchy or unusual. Primary in relation to legal design is legal writing, the skills that all students must be taught. It is noted that at MSAL within the framework of a strategic academic unit specially created as part of the Department of Business and Corporate Law (MSAL) a soft skills training program is to be introduced starting from the 2021/2022 academic year. There, in the form of a master class practicing lawyers will teach students the skills of writing and negotiating, judicial rhetoric, and the basics of personal brand development.

Apuntes para la historia de la Unidad Académica de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit

Los pasados 20 al 23 de Mayo de 2013 evaluadores del Consejo Mexicano para la Acreditación de la Educación Médica (COMAEM), realizaron su proceso de evaluación para la re-acreditación del programa de estudios de la Unidad Académica de Medicina (UAM) de la Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit (UAN). El 8 de noviembre de 2013 en ceremonia oficial, le fue entregada al rector la placa de reconocimiento. Este hecho coloca a la institución como la más importante en la formación médica de pregrado en el estado. El presente trabajo vuelve al pasado y recupera algunas de sus etapas históricas más importantes. The past 20 al May 23, 2013 evaluators of the Mexican Council for Accreditation of Medical Education (COMAEM) conducted their evaluation process for re-accreditation of the curriculum of the Academic Unit of Medicine (UAM), Autonomus University of Nayarit (UAN). On November 8, 2013 in an official ceremony, the rector was given recognition plaque. This fact puts the institution as the most important in undergraduate medical education in the state. This paper returns to the past and recovers some of its most important historical stages.

Los nuevos estudiantes en la carrera de Medicina. La visión de ocho generaciones: 2008 a 2015

RESUMEN La Unidad Académica de Medicina (UAM) de la Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit (UAN) es la principal institución formadora de médicos en la entidad. Cada ciclo escolar, de acuerdo al número de aspirantes, se muestra como la primera opción y la más solicitada para los egresados de la educación media superior. El pasado ciclo 2015-2016 el número de aspirantes superó los 1,400. Se ha observado que los estudiantes de primer ingreso, desde hace ocho años, han mostrado, a lo largo de su vida familiar y social, diversos cambios socioeconómicos y familiares, que han impactado de manera importante el curriculum y la organización interna de la institución. A partir de esta realidad, se hace un análisis de estos y se los relaciona con aspectos de infraestructura, situación y condiciones laborales del personal y cuerpos académicos. ABSTRACT The Academic Unit of Medicine (UAM) of the Autonomous University of Nayarit (UAN) is the main medical training institution in the state. Each school year, according to the number of applicants, it is shown as the first and most requested option for high school graduates. Last 2015-2016 cycle, the number of applicants exceeded 1,400. It has been observed that first year students, since eight years ago, have shown, throughout their family and social life, several socioeconomic and family changes, which have significantly impacted the curriculum and the internal organization of the institution. Based on this reality, an analysis of these changes is made and they are related to aspects of infrastructure, situation and working conditions of the staff and academic bodies.

Growth, photosynthetic pigments, and photochemical efficiency of sour passion fruit as a function of the cationic nature of water

The objective of this study was to evaluate the growth, photosynthetic pigments, and photochemical efficiency of sour passion fruit cv. BRS Rubi do Cerrado irrigated with waters of different cationic natures. The experiment was carried out from March 2019 to January 2020 in a protected environment belonging to the Academic Unit of Agricultural Engineering of the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Campina Grande, PB, Brazil. The treatments consisted of eight combinations of irrigation water with different cationic natures: S1 - Control; S2 - Na+; S3 - Ca2+; S4 - Mg2+; S5 - Na+ + Ca2+; S6 - Na+ + Mg2+; S7 - Ca2+ + Mg2+, and S8 - Na+ + Ca2+ + Mg2+. Plants in the control treatment (S1) were irrigated using water with an electrical conductivity (ECw) of 0.4 dS m-1, while the other treatments (S2; S3; S4; S5; S6; S7; and S8) were subjected to an ECw of 3.5 dS m-1. Sour passion fruit growth was affected by variations in the level of electrical conductivity, regardless of the cationic nature of irrigation water. The use of salinized water with sodium favored the synthesis of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and carotenoids of passion fruit plants at 180 days after transplanting. The distinct cationic natures of irrigation water did not influence the fluorescence variables of sour passion fruit.

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