Ethnic and Confessional Relations in Cross-Border Regions: A Comparative Analysis Based on Sociological Research

The study deals with the issues of confessional issues (religiosity), freedom of conscience, state-church relations, interethnic relations, cultural identity, and language use in cross-border regions of Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to find common features in the relations between different nationalities and representatives of the multi-confessional environment of the two cross-border regions of Ukraine and to identify the specifics of each of them in solving the most important life problems of inter-ethnic and inter-confessional relations. The method of sociological research is a survey that contains 44 questions of mixed type. The research was carried out by the Center for Sociological Research of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University. The principle of research is random selection of respondents according to social-age groups. About 1,500 respondents were interviewed. The data analysis method is SPSS electronic system (Statistical Package for the Social Science). The results of the comparative analysis were obtained

Developing An Ethics Of Youth Media Production Using Media Literacy, Identity, & Modality

This critical, theoretical paper conceptualizes what determines an ethics for youth media production. Through discussions of medialiteracy, identity, and multimodality, I attempt to shift the question away from “What are the ethical ways in which youth use media?”toward the question “What are the ethics we have created as media literacy educators within which youth create media?” I assert thatwe must widen our lens to revision ethics as a complex interplay of definitions of media literacy, representations of youth identities, andunderstandings of modality as we move toward envisioning what constitutes an ethics of youth media production

MORFOLOGI ABNORMALITAS SPERMATOZOA BABI LANDRACE DAN BABI DUROC DENGAN PEWARNAAN CARBOFUCHSIN

This research was aimed to defined the morphology of boar’s sperm and using carbofuchsin staining. The semen sample were collected with technique glove hand method from three healty Landrace and Duroc boars belong to UPT pembibitan Ternak Babi Dinas Peternakan Provinsi NTT. Semen were stained using Carbofucsin staining technique, morphology observation was evaluated by microscop on 500 cells for each sample. From macroscopic and microscopic evaluation the result showed that the Landrace boar’s semen volume was308.33±23.63 ml, the pH was 7,4 and the sperm concentration was 230±20x106 cell/mL. Macroscopic and microscopic evaluation the result showed that the Duroc boar’s semen volume was 213.33±41.63 ml, the pH was 7,4 and the sperm concentration was 455±198.30x106 cell/mL. The result of morphology observation in Landrace and Duroc boars showed that the normal sperm was 95.91±1.14% and94.02±2.76%. Abnormal sperm in Landrace and Duroc was4.13±1.11% dan 5.97±2.76%. The abnormality of theLandrace and Duroc sperm consist of narrow (0.07% and0,26%), acrosome defect (0,27% and 0,1%), pear shapered (0,49% and 0.18%), double head (0,07% and 0,04%), variable size (0.11% and 0,12%), lose abnormal head (0.06% and 0,32%) and tail abnormalities (1,72% dan 4,36%). Based on the evaluation of semen and morphological observations in this research can be concluded that the boars semen used in good conditi

Developing an Ethics of Youth Media Production Using Media Literacy, Identity, & Modality

This critical, theoretical paper conceptualizes what determines an ethics for youth media production. Through discussions of media literacy, identity, and multimodality, I attempt to shift the question away from “What are the ethical ways in which youth use media?” toward the question “What are the ethics we have created as media literacy educators within which youth create media?” I assert that we must widen our lens to revision ethics as a complex interplay of definitions of media literacy, representations of youth identities, and understandings of modality as we move toward envisioning what constitutes an ethics of youth media production

Towards Personalised Simplification based on L2 Learners' Native Language

We present an approach to improve the selection of complex words for automatic text simplification, addressing the need of L2 learners to take into account their native language during simplification. In particular, we develop a methodology that automatically identifies ‘difficult’ terms (i.e. false friends) for L2 learners in order to simplify them. We evaluate not only the quality of the detected false friends but also the impact of this methodology on text simplification compared with a standard frequency-based approach

THE IMPACT OF BAL TASCHIT IN THE WRITINGS OF ANNE FRANK, PRIMO LEVI, AND ELIE WIESEL

This thesis focuses on how the Jewish tradition of Bal Taschit influenced the behavior and thoughts of prisoners during the Holocaust. The interaction with nature in Holocaust works indicates an adherence to this tradition and that the writers were able to use this tradition to make a statement of how the destruction of the Holocaust was offset by preservation and admiration of nature.  The interaction between prisoners and their natural environment and the effects of those interactions is explored through the works of Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, and Anne Frank. These are the most prominent and well known Holocaust survivor authors.  Many scholars have studied the effects of imprisonment and the Holocaust, but little has been said about Jewish environmental thought.  M.A

SELF-ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPORTANCE AND ATTAINABILITY OF SUPERVISORS’ ETHICAL COMPETENCE IN LATVIA

Code of Ethics of Supervisors’ in Latvia is currently being developed and it is important to understand how Supervisors themselves evaluate professional ethical competence. The aim of this study is to find out what is the Self-Assessment of the Importance and Attainability of Supervisors’ Ethical Competence in Latvia. The research questions were the following: 1) What is the self-assessment of the importance and attainability of Supervisors’ ethical competence in Latvia? 3) Are there differences in the self-assessment of the importance and attainability of Supervisors’ ethical competence in Latvia and if so, what they are? 3) Are there differences in the self-assessment of the importance and attainability of Supervisors’ ethical competence in Latvia between supervisors with different work experience and if so, what they are? The participants of this study were 48 supervisors with practice experience in different professional fields. Two forms were filled out online: 1) demographical data form; 2) self-assessment of the importance and attainability form. Self-assessment forms were evaluated on a 5-pont Likert scale. For data analysis the descriptive statistical methods, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used. The results showed that the supervisors’ ethical competence is evaluated as very and quite important and fully and mostly attainable. The results indicated statistically significant differences in 13 out of 16 supervisors’ ethical competence that was evaluated higher in importance than attainability

De unde începe filosofia pentru copii? Repere ale operei lui Matthew Lipman

The present text attempts to introduce readers to the fundamental philosophical and pedagogical values promoted by Matthew Lipman, the author who laid the basis for the philosophy for children movement. It analyzes several theoretical and applied texts written by Lipman, in an attempt to explain Lipman’s goals, his views on education, and the way in which his „community of inquiry” manages to transform the classroom into a space of freedom, creativity and thinking

The communication between the media and tradition

This article is based on the communication of traditional celebrations in Romania nowadays and how the media are influencing the perception of people over them. People are encouraged by the media to discover new ways to celebrate popular celebrations like Christmas or Easter in a more modern way, different from the traditional ways. When people are thinking about Christmas, they are seeing joy, family gathering, tree, presents and of course, the appearance of Santa Claus. Few people are thinking about the birth of Jesus Christ. Thus, they need a better communication between them and the media. People have to understand the importance of keeping the Romanian traditions alive and to pass them from a generation to another. If celebrations as Christmas or Easter are the most popular in Romania from two points of vie