Theatrical and Non-Theatrical Thinking in Actual Choreographic Practice

The article attempts to concretize the essence of the two aesthetically polar staging approaches — theatrical and non-theatrical (performative) — in the context of the choreographic art development. The author suggests that the basis for separating these approaches can be some peculiarities in the ways they interpret such fundamental concepts as “actor”, “role”, “spectator”, “drama”, “action”, “conflict”, which, in a choreographic performance, are in certain relationships determined by cultural traditions, and in a non-theatrical production, they are transformed up to their disappearance. A similar experience of separating a theater and a non-theater on the basis of the presence of an actor, a role, a spectator and an hierarchy between them is proposed in theater studies. However, in choreographic (including ballet) performances, the content of the role is closely linked with the music and is often determined by the emotional background and musical dramaturgy. In the case of a radical departure from the composer’s intention, turning to a different starting point for the composition, the specificity of the choreographic (ballet) performance is destroyed. Borrowings from non-theatrical art are showed in the construction of meanings when working with intrinsic body movement, as well as in the reliance on interdisciplinarity. Within a single line of choreographic art, there is a whole spectrum of ideas that interpret the concepts of “theatricality”, “non-theatricality”, “drama”, and “performativity” in different ways. On what basis to classify them in order to reduce them to a consistent system is a difficult question. The article attempts to outline the foundation for future classification. The relevance of this topic is caused by the insufficient elaboration of the conceptual base in the specialized literature on choreographic art.

An Integrated SWOT-PESTLE-AHP Model Assessing Sustainability in Adaptive Reuse Projects

In the recent past, sustainable development has been considered a major issue for urban and regional studies. Adaptive reuse appears to be a practical solution for sustainable urban development. Beyond and in addition to a conceptual base consistent with circular economy and sustainability principles, how do we know if adaptive reuse is actually sustainable, provided that it constitutes a multidisciplinary and multilevel process? The present study aims at evaluating, in as much as feasible quantitative terms, adaptive reuse practices sustainability. This was attained using a set of indicators, developed combining PESTLE (the Political, Economic, Technical, Social, Legal, and Environmental aspects) and SWOT (the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) approaches, of which the results were subjected to evaluation by experts (pairwise comparisons), following the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The indicators representing strengths and opportunities of the process were calculated to be of higher value (overall level of final cumulative indicators values; 70.4%) compared with indicators representing weaknesses and threats. Enhancing strengths and opportunities and counteracting weaknesses and threats contribute making the potential of adaptive reuse practices in urban sustainability more evident. Among analysis dimensions, political and economic aspects rank first, followed by environmental, socio-cultural, technological-technical, and legal aspect. The empirical results of this paper serve as a useful reference point for decision-making and policy formulation addressing adaptive reuse practices in sustainable development strategies.

Cultural Linguistics and Religion: Human Anatomical Terms in the Holy Bible

This study investigates, within the scope of Cultural Linguistics, underlying cultural conceptualisations of human anatomical (body part) terms in the Holy Bible linked to the Christian worldview. It comes as a response to the call for further research on the reciprocal relationship between language and religion from other sub-disciplines. In recent years, the analytical framework of Cultural Linguistics has shown how religious language can embody the specific worldview that lies at the core of the religion through analysis of the language and conceptualisations associated with the religion and its belief systems. This study applies corpus-linguistics and the analytical framework of Cultural Linguistics to unpack cultural metaphors, cultural categories and cultural schemas associated with body part terms in the Bible. This approach, referred to as Corpus-Cultural analysis, was used to collect data and analyse conceptualisations drawn from the original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts, Bible concordance, Bible encyclopedia and dictionary, as well as scripture commentaries. The findings reveal that body part terms in biblical texts play an important role in providing a significant conceptual base for representing the Christian worldview of the specified body parts. For example, the term ‘heart’ is conceptualised as the seat of, emotions, determination or courage, intellect, understanding and conscience in the Bible. In addition, it was found that various conceptualisations derive from several sources, including ancient Hebrew and Greek worldviews, Jewish religion and customs, translation of original text into English, biblical commentaries, and religious literature. Overall, the study concludes that the Corpus-Cultural approach contributes to the in-depth understanding of Holy texts.

Methodological aspects of regional metallogenic analysis

Relevance and purpose of the work are due to the need to formulate the conceptual base and essence that determine the methodology of regional metallogenic analysis. Results. The fundamental provisions that make up the methodological and conceptual-semantic basis of the regional metallogenic analysis have been determined and concretized. The conceptual basis of regional metallogenic analysis is the provision that the ore (deposit) is included as a natural component in certain structural-material associations (or complexes), i.e., in certain formations of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. They are objectively existing and actually mapped geological bodies, which are expressed both in the form of stratified (series, formations, strata, packs, horizons) and intrusive (massifs) formations. On their basis, structural-formation (structuralmetallogenic) zoning is carried out. An important feature of magmatic, sedimentary and ore formations is their recurrence in the geological history of mobile belts, which confirms the concept of the conservatism of metallogenic processes in the geological history of the Earth. At the same time, along with repetitive ones, there are magmatic, sedimentary and ore formations formed in the geological history of the Earth only once. Lateral and vertical rows of rock and ore paragenetic associations are characterized. Examples of Caledonian and Hercynian lateral ore-formation series of the Urals are given. The main provisions of the quantitative assessment of the predicted resources of the predicted types of minerals are formulated. Conclusions. The regional metallogenic analysis consists of the following components: petro-lithoformational analysis, structural-formational zoning which is adequate to structural-metallogenic zoning, paragenetic analysis of mineral associations and geological-industrial typification of various-scale occurrences of a mineral, and quantitative assessment of expected mineralization predicted resources.

Modelos de ocupación para datos de cámaras trampa

El uso de las cámaras trampa (CT) en la investigación de fauna silvestre puede generar conclusiones sesgadas cuando la detectabilidad imperfecta de especies no es considerada. Herramientas analíticas como los modelos de ocupación permiten estimar simultáneamente parámetros ecológicos corregidos por la probabilidad de detección. Sin embargo, es necesario implementar e interpretar de manera correcta los parámetros estimados por estos modelos para obtener inferencias con sentido biológico. Este trabajo presenta un marco conceptual base para diseñar de manera apropiada un análisis de ocupación por medio de datos de CT. Se discuten y se señalan recomendaciones generales para la definición de los elementos del modelo, el diseño del muestreo, así como estrategias de modelamiento estadísticos apropiadas dependiendo de los objetivos del estudio, las características de la especie y el tipo de datos obtenidos. Las decisiones tomadas por el investigador para definir cada uno de los componentes del modelo deben considerar la escala adecuada para que el fenómeno de estudio tenga sentido biológico. De esta manera, es posible generar inferencias y conclusiones robustas a partir de información de CT, lo que permite avanzar en el entendimiento de los mecanismos que subyacen a la ecología espacial de fauna silvestre y por lo tanto en su conservación.

Sequence-stratigraphic model of the West Siberia Lower Cretaceous

Apparently, conceptual base of the sequence stratigraphy is one of the most acknowledged methodologies in the geological world at the present time for the sedimentary strata structure prediction. It is based on the complex analysis of the seismic, stratigraphic and sedimentary data on the depositional bodies where the structure and facies filling is regulated by the relative sea level changes. The Lower Cretaceous section of the Western Siberia in this regard is the unique object, as it is represented by the full range of the clastic depositional environments – from relatively deep-water to the continental, which are very sensitive to the conditions changes. Sequence-stratigraphic analysis results can be used to complete the pragmatic tasks in the petroleum geology as the analysis is based on the reconstruction of the sedimentogenesis processes in the past, and the understanding of that processes is the key to the generalized depositional model development. This model can be used to create the models, which can be applied to the unique local objects that occur in the Lower Cretaceous section.

Relational Theory of Risk and Its Applications to Game Theory Problems of Non-Numerical Economics

The purpose of the work is to study the foundations of a general risk theory. To form a single formal concept of risk, a number of definitions of the term “risk” found in the literature have been analyzed. There is a certain redundancy in the number of entities involved in the definition of this term. The necessary attributes of the genesis of this concept have been identified. Based on the analysis, using the instrumentation of modern algebra, a new formal, mathematically strict definition of risk is built. In fact, the paper proposes a new relational theory of risk, attracting only two entities to define the concept of “risk”: set and order of preference, inducing on this set the minimum structure of a semilattice or family of semilattices. The paper also describes an approach for studying in theoretical-risk setting problems in which there is no risk, in the traditional sense, in which the preference relation does not induce a semilattice and/or is a preorder. It is shown that in this case, when identifying a suitable equivalence relation on a set of outcomes, the problem can be reduced to a classical theoretical-risk setting. The second part of the paper contains an example of the direct use of a new relational risk theory in the study of nonnumerical economies. The problem of analysis of the situation of confrontation between two technologically unequal countries in game-theoretical staging is considered. We are talking about a grandiose space program - the organization of manned flights to Mars. The scales of the object of confrontation, the impossibility of quantitative assessments of the consequences of the implementation of scenarios of this project, make any quantitative assessments impossible at the stage of preliminary analysis. Therefore, only expert estimates of preferences at multiple outcomes can be used as initial data for confrontation analysis. Under these conditions, the emergence of certain risks of the project implementation for both players was demonstrated. During the analysis of the example illustrating the application of the new relational risk theory, a number of optimality principles considered in game theory were extended to the case when only partial orders are given on a set of game outcomes. As the methodological basis of the research we used the achievements of modern algebra, in particular the theory of relational systems, as well as the concepts and methods of game theory, such as representing the game in normal form, selecting dominant and eliminating dominant strategies, choosing solutions from many cautious strategies, as well as from the set of Nash Equilibria. The main result of the paper is the substantiation of relational risk theory, the formation of its conceptual base, the demonstration of the constructive nature of the theory on the example of solving a specific problem of risk analysis in an economic system described in terms of non-numerical characteristics. The material presented in the article is of interest to researchers in the field of risk theory and game theory, as well as to practitioners engaged in socio-economic and political forecasting in conditions of lack of information.

Myristoylation alone is sufficient for PKA catalytic subunits to associate with the plasma membrane to regulate neuronal functions

Myristoylation is a posttranslational modification that plays diverse functional roles in many protein species. The myristate moiety is considered insufficient for protein–membrane associations unless additional membrane-affinity motifs, such as a stretch of positively charged residues, are present. Here, we report that the electrically neutral N-terminal fragment of the protein kinase A catalytic subunit (PKA-C), in which myristoylation is the only functional motif, is sufficient for membrane association. This myristoylation can associate a fraction of PKA-C molecules or fluorescent proteins (FPs) to the plasma membrane in neuronal dendrites. The net neutral charge of the PKA-C N terminus is evolutionally conserved, even though its membrane affinity can be readily tuned by changing charges near the myristoylation site. The observed membrane association, while moderate, is sufficient to concentrate PKA activity at the membrane by nearly 20-fold and is required for PKA regulation of AMPA receptors at neuronal synapses. Our results indicate that myristoylation may be sufficient to drive functionally significant membrane association in the absence of canonical assisting motifs. This provides a revised conceptual base for the understanding of how myristoylation regulates protein functions.

To the Question of Linguocognitive Qualification of Folk Riddles (on the Material of Russian and Azerbaijan Languages)

In the presented article, folk riddles are subjected to linguocognitive analysis. Riddles have traditionally been studied either in literary or in a purely linguistic (structural and semantic) aspects, which turn out to be weak in terms of revealing the entire system of explicated and implicit patterns of architectonics of a not so voluminous, but rather complex linguistic and ethnocultural mechanism of folk riddles. Based on the current situation, we considered it necessary to illuminate the named units in the aspect of their linguocognitive comprehension in the space of a comparative typology - on the material of unrelated languages. Due to the limited possibilities of communication, we focused only on the main parameters of the linguocognitive analysis of riddles – the properties of anthropocentricity, conceptual base and internal form.Riddles are anthropocentric through and through, their conceptual base, as a rule, is associated with the disclosure of objects and phenomena precisely in their conceptual hypostasis: answers are always nominations of concepts, and not the names of objects and phenomena in their dictionary sense.The analytic-synthetic structure of riddles, more than any other linguistic unit, reveals the deep connections of language with the creative thinking of the speaking subject, most clearly explicates the so-called internal form of the linguistic unit, conditioned by the “national spirit of the ethnos”.The analysis once again confirms the need for a systemic linguo-cognitive understanding of the named units of the small genre of folklore, especially in its typological implementation.

Towards an enhanced indication of provisioning ecosystem services in agro-ecosystems

Provisioning ecosystem services play a vital role in sustaining human well-being. Agro-ecosystems contribute a significant share of these services, besides food and fodder and also fuel and fibre as well as regulating and cultural ecosystem services. Until now, the indication of provisioning ecosystem services of agro-ecosystems has been based almost only on yield numbers of agricultural products. Such an indication is problematic due to several reasons which include a disregard of the role of significant anthropogenic contributions to ecosystem service co-generation, external environmental effects and strong dependence on site conditions. We argue for an enhanced indication of provisioning ecosystem services that considers multiple aspects of their delivery. The conceptual base for such an indication has been made by prior publications which have been reviewed. Relevant points were taken up in this article and condensed into a conceptual model in order to develop a more holistic and expanded set of indictors, which was then exemplarily applied and tested in three case studies in Germany. The case studies represent different natural conditions, and the indicator set application showed that ecosystem services (ES) flow—in terms of output alone—does not characterise agro-ecosystems sufficiently. The proposed aspects of provisioning ecosystem services can give a fuller picture, for example, by input-output relationships, as it is possible by just using single indicators. Uncertainties as well as pros and cons of such an approach are elaborated. Finally, recommendations for an enhanced indication of provisioning ecosystem services in agro-ecosystems that can help to integrate agricultural principles with ideas of sustainability and site-specific land use are derived.