Little Women, Little Houses: Authorship and Authority in Louisa May Alcott and Laura Ingalls Wilder

Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women and Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House novels, share a place in the canon of American children’s literature as novels centered on female protagonists coming of age within an emblematic period in American history, respectively the duration and aftermath of the Civil War and the post-Homestead Act settlement of the Western frontier. Each text portrays the intertwined processes of girlhood and nationhood through the eyes of rebellious, gender-nonconforming protagonists, Jo and Laura, who each undergo an arc towards starting a traditional family and immersing themselves in normative national projects (respectively a philanthropic school for the poor, and the continued settlement of the West). Using the two texts’ collisions between nonconformity and conformity as guiding points, I undertake a comparative study between the two, examining the shared themes of gender norms, familial bonds, schooling, authorial voice, and audience effect as they operate in each text

Connecting instructional and cognitive aspects of an LE: A study of the global seminar project

My research problem is based on the lack of unifying conceptual cohesion between the discourses concerning cognitive and instructional aspects of learning environments (LE). I contrast that lack with practical developments of LE studies connected at the level of practical implementation and evaluation. Next, I briefly review the LE boundaries, which are established within cognitive and instructional domains of LE research. This study aims to bring the aforementioned discourses together via reconsidering and clarifying LE conceptual understandings. Using the case of a global seminar project (GSP), my goal is to define an LE as a conceptual phenomenon and a practical model with the two objectives of determining the GSP's components that establish the course in a context of higher education; and the GSP's specific contributions to deep learning. Within a qualitative research framework, I used three forms of data collection: 20 open-ended interviews of the GSP instructors; 11 direct observations of the GSP classroom; and the GSP's written documents and artifacts. Noting the contextual significance of the suggested LE framework that resulted from this study, I propose a definition of an LE as a conceptual phenomenon and educational model. Here, I introduce the key understandings of an LE and outline its significance based on a broader analysis of the results. I conclude with an interpretation of the results and potential limitations of my approach. © 2012 The Author(s).published_or_final_versionSpringer Open Choice, 28 May 201

The Donbas Dilemma: Examining Russia's Path to Full-Scale Intervention

This article delves into the complex evolution of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, focusing on the dynamics of the political, economic and institutional situation in the Russian-occupied territories during the Donbas War (2014-2022) and their far-reaching implications for Russia and Ukraine. All attempts to reintegrate those territories with Ukraine through the Minsk Process failed. By 2022, the occupied Donbas territories were de-facto economically, politically, culturally, and institutionally integrated with Russia. As a result, Russia found itself trapped in a perplexing predicament. It could not de-jure integrate the Donbas territories without significant reputational and economic losses. Yet it was equally unable to relinquish them, even as it became clear that they would not help to establish Russian control over Ukraine. As a result, Russia found itself in a situation in which attacking seemed like a viable option to overcome a deadlock

THE ORGANIZATION OF INTEGRATED BUSINESS STRUCTURES FINANCING OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMY

The article deals with problems of financing small enterprises. The authors consider questions of interactions new mechanisms forming of small and medium enterprises in the regional economy. The authors offer indicators of new forms of small and medium-sized business integration and the efficiency of their operation

Організація особистісно орієнтованого на студента навчання в системі вищої освіти Казахстану

In article reveals the problem of the organization of student aligned training in system of higher education in Kazakhstan on the basis of introduction of the principles of the Bologna declaration. The scientific article interested for a wide range of researchers, teachers, doctoral candidates, undergraduates, bachelors of pedagogical educational institutions, teachers of schools, workers of system of professional education.У статті розкрита проблема організації навчання студентів за системою вищої освіти в Казахстані на основі впровадження принципів Болонської декларації. Виявлено основний фактор навчання, орієнтований на особистість того, хто навчається, який має чітко окреслену структуру. З'ясовано його зміст, до складу якого включено ряд компонентів, зокрема компонент набуття навичок діяльності, інтерес до творчості, нетрадиційні евристичні види роботи, формування ціннісних орієнтацій щодо створення новацій у контексті реалізації Болонських принципів у Європейському просторі вищої освіти

Підготовка кадрів для Національної поліції України як складова державної політики у сфері вищої освіти

Савельєва І. В. Підготовка кадрів для Національної поліції України як складова державної політики у сфері вищої освіти / І. В. Савельєва// Lex Portus : юрид. наук. журн. / редкол. : С. В. Ківалов (голов. ред. ради), Б. А. Кормич (голов. ред.), І. В. Сафін (заст. голов. ред.), Т. В. Аверочкіна (наук. ред., відп. секр.) [та ін.] ; НУ "ОЮА", ГО "МА Святий Миколай". - Одеса : Видавничий дім «Гельветика», 2018. - № 1. – C. 72-82.У статті охарактеризовані поняття «підготовка кадрів», «державна політика у сфері вищої освіти», визначено їх характерні ознаки та на цій підставі наведено правові та теоретичні засади визначення дефініції «підготовка кадрів для Національної поліції України» як складової державної політики у сфері вищої освіти. Доведено, що зміст державної політики у сфері вищої освіти визнача- ється визнанням освіти як державного пріоритету, від якого залежить розвиток історичного, економічного, соціального, культурного життя суспільства.The article describes the concepts of “training of personnel”, “state policy in the field of higher education”, identifies their characteristics and on this basis the legal and theoretical basis for determining the definition of “training personnel for the National Police of Ukraine” as part of the state policy in the field of higher education. It is proved that the content of the state policy in the sphere of higher education is determined by the recognition of education as a state priority, on which the historical, economic, social, cultural development of the life of society depends.В статье охарактеризованы понятия «подготовка кадров», «государственная политика в сфере высшего образования», определены их характерные признаки и на этом основании приведены правовые и теоретические основы определения дефиниции «подготовка кадров для Национальной полиции Украины» как составляющей государственной политики в сфере высшего образования. Доказано, что содержание государственной политики в сфере высшего образования определяется признанием образования государственным приоритетом, от которого зависит историческое, экономическое, социальное, культурное развитие жизни общества

Population variations in placental micro-RNA expression by self identified maternal race

With differences in fetal growth patterns observed across racial demographics, interest in possible biological causes for these differences has increased. Prior works have studied the effects of insulin resistance in pregnancy on fetal fat deposition and growth in utero. One proposed mechanism to explain the physiological decrease in insulin sensitivity observed in normal pregnancy is the release of epigenetic factors such as placental miRNAs that have downstream effects on nutrient availability and fetal growth. The aim of this study was to identify placental miRNAs in women of different races and to establish expression patterns between these groups, specifically if expression patterns were related to measures of fetal growth and insulin resistance. Untargeted RNAseq and targeted RT-qPCR techniques were utilized for miRNA expression analysis and validation, respectively. Statistical modeling was used to interpret relationships between miRNA expression and maternal and neonatal body composition variables. qPCR results validated RNA sequencing data of differential miRNA expression between maternal racial groups. While miRNA-34c-5p and 192-5p fold changes were not correlated with maternal insulin resistance (as measured by HOMA-IR) in both non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white women, both miRNA-34c-5p and miRNA-192-5p were both positively correlated with neonatal body composition measures in neonates born to NHB women only. Further analysis of more miRNAs from additional RNAseq is planned.2022-06-08T00:00:00