THE MOTIF OF RETURN IN D.KAINCHIN'S WORKS: RETURN AS DEATH, DEATH AS RETURN, DEATH ON THE NATIVE LAND

В статье рассмотрена специфика мотива возвращения в творчестве алтайского писателя - Дибаша Каинчина. Были выделены следующие аспекты мотива возвращения, которые отображают религиозно - мифологические представления алтайского народа о смерти: во - первых, возвращение как смерть - это качественное изменение статуса героя после путешествия в «чужую» сторону; во - вторых, смерть как возвращение - это метафоричное «возвращение» души на свою родину; и в - третьих, возвращение осуществляется с целью доживания оставшейся жизни на родине (Алтае) с последующим после смерти захоронением на этой земле. В конечном итоге все эти аспекты описывают последовательно один процесс, приводящий к одному результату, который должен быть достигнут героем: вернуться на родину живым или неживым. Автор статьи приходит к выводу, что в произведениях Дибаша Каинчина отображается менталитет алтайского народа, отношение к смерти, представления о ней, насколько важно для алтайца вернуться домой и закончить свой жизненный путь на родине, а если смерть настигает на чужбине, то происходит метафоричное «возвращение» души на Алтай. The article considers the specifics of the return motif in the literature works of the Altai writer Dibash Kainchin. We highlighted some aspects of the return motif, which reflect the religious and mythological ideas about death of the Altai people: first, return as death is a qualitative change of the hero's status after traveling to a "foreign" side; second, death as return is a metaphorical "return" of a soul to its homeland; and third, return to live out the rest of life on their native land (Altai) with subsequent burial on this land after death. In the end, all these aspects describe one process in sequence, leading to a single result that must be achieved by a hero: to return to his homeland alive or dead.

Approaches to assessing economic impacts of wildfires

В данной статье проведен анализ лесных пожаров по статистическим данным, рассмотрены методики оценки экономического ущерба от лесных пожаров. В последние годы разрушительное воздействие лесных пожаров стало главной темой для обсуждения во всем мире. Исследователи, специалисты выражают обеспокоенность по поводу того, что лесные пожары становятся все более интенсивными, широко распространенными, что создает угрозу экологической безопасности. Возрастающая частота и сила лесных пожаров представляют растущую угрозу биоразнообразию. Домохозяйства, хозяйствующие субъекты, государственные и муниципальные органы несут большие экономические издержки из-за пожаров. Дым от пожаров отравляет атмосферный воздух, и способствует повышению концентрации угарного газа, окиси углерода и других вредных примесей. Это сильно влияет на здоровье людей. В первую очередь, это касается детей и тех, у кого есть хронические заболевания органов дыхания. Это характерно и для самого большого региона на многолетней мерзлоте – Республики Саха (Якутия). Проблему оценки ущерба от лесных пожаров необходимо решать с учетом региональных особенностей, к которым, в частности в Якутии можно причислить относительно высокую степень истощенности и низкую производительность лесов, огромные территории, следовательно, и большую издержкоемкость восстановительных мероприятий. Ущерб, причиненный лесными пожарами, должен быть оценен, чтобы определить, целесообразность понесенных затрат, чтобы избежать негативных последствий. Соотношение затрат на возмещение ущерба к затратам на их предотвращение определяет рентабельность вложенных средств и дальнейший выбор наиболее эффективных мер по охране окружающей среды. Цель исследования – провести анализ лесных пожаров на территории Республики Саха (Якутия). Объект исследования – лесной фонд Республики Саха (Якутия). The article analyzes forest fires based on statistical data, considers methods for assessing economic damage from forest fires. In recent years, the devastating impact of wildfires has become a major topic of discussion around the world. Researchers and specialists express concern that forest fires are becoming more intense and widespread, which poses a threat to environmental safety. The increasing frequency and severity of forest fires pose a growing threat to biodiversity. Households, business entities, state and municipal authorities incur high economic costs due to fires. The smoke from fires poisons the air and contributes to an increase in the concentration of carbon monoxide, carbon monoxide and other harmful impurities. This greatly affects the health of people. First, this applies to children and those who have chronic respiratory diseases. This is also typical for the largest region on permafrost – the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The problem of assessing damage from forest fires must be solved taking into account regional characteristics, which, in particular, in Yakutia can include a relatively high degree of depletion and low productivity of forests, huge territories, and hence the high cost-intensity of restoration measures. Damage caused by forest fires must be assessed to determine whether the costs incurred are worthwhile in order to avoid negative consequences. The ratio of the costs of damages to the costs of preventing them determines the return on investment and the further choice of the most effective measures to protect the environment. The purpose of the study is to analyze wildfires in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The object of research is the forest fund of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).

Urban Soundscape Assessment by Visually Impaired People: First Methodological Approach in Granada (Spain)

Soundscape assessments by citizens are starting to emerge as a common practice, normally carried out in context by means of soundwalks along selected paths with volunteers. However, when such assessments are carried out, either in situ or in laboratory experiments, visually impaired citizens are not usually involved. To address this question, three soundwalks were carried out in 2020 in the city of Granada, in southern Spain, with the participation of visually impaired people. In this paper, we present the lessons learnt from this research with respect to the methodology issues that have to do with soundwalking and the surveying procedures when people with limited vison are participating, the assessment results, and a comparison with a soundscape evaluation carried out in 2019 without the collaboration of visually impaired people. The results of this preliminary campaign highlight that: (1) Adapting soundscape assessment protocols from standards for visually impaired people is a methodological challenge that requires research attention; (2) Some of the different patterns in the assessment of the soundscape pleasantness between visually impaired and nonvisually impaired participants emerged; (3) The perception of quietness may differ for visually impaired people when orientation and identification are factors that play a role in the acoustic environment evaluation.

The Spirit in Ezekiel

In the movement from Judah to Babylon during the exile and from judgment to hope throughout the book of Ezekiel, the Spirit of Yahweh participates in divine actions, prophetic speech, revelatory and visionary experiences, and future restoration—revealing the Spirit as the purifying, personal, and permanent presence of Yahweh among his people. First, the Spirit reveals the glory of Yahweh and then separates his glory from the sinfulness of Israel and Judah, indicating the purifying holiness of Yahweh’s presence and ensuing fire of divine judgment. Second, the Spirit’s connection to divine actions and divine anthropomorphisms demonstrates the personal presence of Yahweh in relational and restorative pursuit of his covenant people. Third, Yahweh promises to resurrect, reunify, and restore Israel and Judah by the implantation of his Spirit into their hearts and by the outpouring of his Spirit upon them, so that his presence will dwell among them permanently.

Dietary Recommendation for Survival During COVID-19

Corona viruses are a large family of viruses that exist in many different species of animals including camels, bovine animals, and bats. The new strain of corona virus identified as the cause of outbreaks of respiratory disease in people first detected in Wuhan, China, was COVID-19.WHO has published a new guide on how to eat healthily during the COVID-19 COVID pandemic and self-quarantine.The guideline contains valuable information about nutrition to help keep the immune system strong. It also has tips for a diet that supports good health while advised to stay at home and may have less opportunity to consume fresh foods and be physically active.The FDA continues important research to protect public health during the COVID-19 pandemic along with other federal, state , and local agencies and public health officials around the country [1,2,3].

“Even though I am Māori sometimes I feel like a bit of a fraud”: Mixed-Race Māori Identity and The Influence of Legislation and Legal Administration c. 1850-1950

<p>In 1910, Āpirana Ngata stated that both he and the Young Maori Party were proponents for children born from a Māori – Pākehā mix. Ngata believed the children would then have the prime characteristics of each parent. This thesis explores how such rhetoric about mixed-race children was a consequence of the symbiotic influence Pākehā legislation and legal administration had on Māori identity. This influence was relevant to both mixed-race Māori historically, and today. Too often, mixed-race people are questioned for their lack of authenticity. This questioning began the moment Pākehā people first came to New Zealand and courted interracial relations with Māori. Therefore, the period of 1850 to 1950 is where this thesis’ substantive research and analysis lies as here the construction of legislation and legal administration to do with mixed-race Māori was most visible. The themes this timeframe is considered through are ‘marriage and land’, ‘native schools’ and ‘enumeration.’ These themes are the best mechanism to display the ways in which the law has worked and continues to work to maintain a mixed-race dichotomy of privilege and disadvantage. This thesis draws on a wide range of legislative and administrative sources, to demonstrate the mentioned dichotomy crafted into the law. It contextualises these sources through consideration of existing literature, and oral interviews with self-identifying mixed- race Māori today. This work tracks Māori reclamation of the control to self-identify and the recurring indicators of colourism and dehumanisation which contributed to the speed bumps along this journey.</p>

“Even though I am Māori sometimes I feel like a bit of a fraud”: Mixed-Race Māori Identity and The Influence of Legislation and Legal Administration c. 1850-1950

<p>In 1910, Āpirana Ngata stated that both he and the Young Maori Party were proponents for children born from a Māori – Pākehā mix. Ngata believed the children would then have the prime characteristics of each parent. This thesis explores how such rhetoric about mixed-race children was a consequence of the symbiotic influence Pākehā legislation and legal administration had on Māori identity. This influence was relevant to both mixed-race Māori historically, and today. Too often, mixed-race people are questioned for their lack of authenticity. This questioning began the moment Pākehā people first came to New Zealand and courted interracial relations with Māori. Therefore, the period of 1850 to 1950 is where this thesis’ substantive research and analysis lies as here the construction of legislation and legal administration to do with mixed-race Māori was most visible. The themes this timeframe is considered through are ‘marriage and land’, ‘native schools’ and ‘enumeration.’ These themes are the best mechanism to display the ways in which the law has worked and continues to work to maintain a mixed-race dichotomy of privilege and disadvantage. This thesis draws on a wide range of legislative and administrative sources, to demonstrate the mentioned dichotomy crafted into the law. It contextualises these sources through consideration of existing literature, and oral interviews with self-identifying mixed- race Māori today. This work tracks Māori reclamation of the control to self-identify and the recurring indicators of colourism and dehumanisation which contributed to the speed bumps along this journey.</p>

Anchoring does not activate examples associated with the anchor value

In the standard anchoring paradigm, people first compare a selected attribute of a target to a numeric value—an anchor. A subsequent absolute judgment of the target's attribute value is biased in the direction of the anchor. A prominent theory of the anchoring effect, the selective accessibility model, argues that people make the initial comparison by focusing on similarities between the target and the anchor, which activates information compatible with the anchor value being the target value. This activated information biases the subsequent estimate of the target value. To test the selective activation of information, the present study asked people to provide an example of the target's category following its comparison with an anchor. The attribute values of the provided examples were not biased in the direction of the anchor. However, they were positively associated with estimates of the target value. The study thus provides evidence for the use of activated information in the absolute judgment in the standard anchoring paradigm, but it does not show the selective activation of information compatible with the anchor value predicted by the selective accessibility model.

Nonverbal Communication Reconstruction on Facebook

<p><em><span>Facebook provides users comfort in communicating even though they cannot see expressions or any other nonverbal signs, which have been an essential factor in supporting face-to-face communication. Therefore, this research is necessary because the absence of nonverbal communication, especially facial expression, touching, and gesture, renders the communication process between individuals ineffective and uncomfortable, as it was when people first used email to communicate via the internet. Through the study of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) perspectives, nonverbal communication, Social Presence Theory and Lack of Social Context Cues theory, this paper will discuss forms of nonverbal communication in the digital era. This study is based on research conducted by researchers using the netnography method and carried out through literature studies. The research was conducted on the Muslim community Bening Society on Facebook because the communication between them is very intense, as required in netnography. The loss of nonverbal communication in interpersonal communication does not, in fact, reduce netizens’ comfort in communicating and interacting. The emergence of digital emoticons and nonverbals is a substitute for nonverbal communication because digital emoticon and nonverbal functions in mediated interpersonal communication are the same as nonverbal communication.</span></em></p>