scholarly journals The Populations and Habitat Preferences of Three Elm Species in Conditions Prevailing on Plains of Poland

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Anna Napierała-Filipiak ◽  
Maciej Filipiak ◽  
Justyna Jaworek-Jakubska
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Dutch Elm Disease ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Alkaline Soil ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Forest Inventories ◽  
Current State ◽  
Ulmus Glabra ◽  
Research Problems

From among the 35–40 elm species existing around the world, three are native to Europe: the wych elm (Ulmus glabra Huds.), the European white elm, (Ulmus laevis Pall.), and the field elm (Ulmus minor Mill.). The populations of these trees have been greatly reduced as a result of a decrease in the total area of riparian forests. Furthermore, for nearly 100 years, they have been destroyed by Dutch elm disease (DED). The main research problems of this study are: what are the habitat preferences of elms growing in a given area; and whether the occurrence of DED depends on the species of elm and the habitat in which it occurs. The results presented here are based on field studies and observations have been supplemented with data from forest inventories. All of the examined elms are definitely more abundant in habitats that are fertile or very fertile and moist, with a neutral or slightly alkaline soil pH. The preference for moist sites is the most evident in the case of U. laevis and the least evident in the case of U. glabra. A slight shift in habitat preferences of the field elm, compared to the white elm, towards less humid conditions was observed. The predominant species of elm in the studied area is currently U. laevis, which was rarely cultivated in forests in the past. In the examined area, the field elm population is clearly on the decline mainly due to the long-term presence of Dutch elm disease. U. glabra is the rarest species in the examined area and most often found on slopes. The current proportions of individual species should be maintained. This paper discusses factors, including ones not connected with DED, that may be responsible for the current state of populations of particular species of elm in forests of Central Europe.

scholarly journals Pastureland Copses As Habitats For A Primeval Forest Relict: A Unique Location Of The Rosalia Longicorn Rosalia Alpina (L.) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) In The Polish Carpathians

2014 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Ciach ◽  
Jakub Michalcewicz
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Dutch Elm Disease ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Primeval Forest ◽  
Dead Trees ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Ulmus Glabra ◽  
Polish Carpathians ◽  
Saproxylic Species ◽  
Wych Elm

Abstract The Rosalia longicorn Rosalia alpina is regarded as a primeval forest relict and occurs mainly in old beech woodland in mountain areas. This paper describes a locality of the species in a copse surrounded by pastures, lying in open farmland situated at some distance from woodlands. The larval host plant was Wych Elm Ulmus glabra. The trees at this locality were dying from Dutch elm disease, which is caused by the fungus Ophiostoma sp. It is demonstrated that under favourable circumstances R. alpina can also colonise copses in pastureland, a hitherto unknown habitat for this species. At the same time this newly discovered locality may signify a change in the species’ habitat preferences. R. alpina is under threat, however, from the possible felling of the dead trees by the landowner; conservation measures should therefore include a mechanism for financial compensation in return for not cutting the trees down. This work has shown that copses may be used by endangered saproxylic species. The discovery of a R. alpina locality in a pastureland copse gives an indication of the importance of pockets of unmanaged habitat in the farming landscape, which could be contributing to the preservation of populations of rare species.

scholarly journals Development of internet psychology in Ukraine and in the world

HUMANITARIUM ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Nataliia Akimova
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Virtual Technology ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Psychological Analysis ◽  
Current State ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Psychological Features

The article is devoted to a new branch of psychological science that is the Internet psychology. The current state of the psychology of the Internet, some prerequisites for its development, main directions, achievements and unresolved problems are analyzed. The purpose of the research is to analyze of the current state of Internet psychology, outline the prerequisites for its development, main directions, achievements and unresolved problems. For this purpose, methods and techniques of generalization, analysis and synthesis were used to prepare the theoretical part, also elements of conceptual analysis (definition of meaningful structure, isolation of keywords) were used to classification of the mentioned studies. The author comes to the conclusion from the theoretical analysis that the Internet psychology in the meaning of a branch of psychology unites the methodology, theory and researching practice of the types, methods and principles of people using of Internet services. It appeared almost immediately after the Internet and develops in parallel with it. Now this branch is still at the stage of formation and requires significant revision of the terminological apparatus and the development of its own methodological base. Her active development will depend directly of increasing amount of time that modern man spends in cyberspace. In addition, the article identifies some significant discoveries in the area of the Internet psychology, classic works, main research problems and their representatives, and also the technical and psychological specifics of the Internet in their interconnection. The key directions of the modern Internet psychology developing are the psychological analysis of human-internet interaction, the psycholinguistic specificity of Internet genres and discourses, the peculiarities of Internet communication, the specificity of virtual world existence (psychology of hypertext), personality on the Internet. The technical specificity of virtual technology causes some psychological features on the Internet, in particular the restriction of sensory experience only visual and auditory, different from the real world sense of space and time, the emergence of negative emotions with limited accessibility to cyberspace, the constant fixation of cyberspace results, virtual identity, online self disengagement, status alignment, unlimited contact availability, changing priorities.

scholarly journals Religion of the Evenki: History and Modern Times

2019 ◽  
pp. 853-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia S. Zamaraeva ◽  
Vladimir S. Luzan ◽  
Svetlana V. Metlyaeva ◽  
Natalya N. Seredkina ◽  
Natalia P. Koptseva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Krasnoyarsk Krai ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
Applied Art ◽  
Northern Regions ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Role Of Religion

The article attempts to reveal the transformation of the role of religion in preserving the traditional way of life of the Evenki ethnos from 1930s to 2000s in the northern regions of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, as well as its reflection in the education system and in traditional culture (folklore, visual arts, decorative and applied art). The article notes that the analysis of domestic and foreign studies of the culture and religion of the Evenki confirms the validity of appealing to an interdisciplinary type of research. The subject of the research is the traditional and non-traditional religious movements embodied in the culture and life of the Evenki ethnos. Observation, analytical-descriptive method, including the analysis of individual elements of the development of the Evenk traditional culture, followed by generalization of the data, as well as comparative historical and dialectical methods are used to solve the research problems. Moreover, among the main research methods, philosophical and art history analysis of art works of the Evenki is actively used. The conclusion indicates general outputs and tendencies characterizing the current state of the embodiment of religious trends in culture, education and everyday life of the Evenki ethnos

scholarly journals Censorship in High School Libraries in Israel: An Exploratory Field Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 265-276
Author(s):  
Moshe Yitzhaki
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Us ◽  
Empirical Field ◽  
Jewish Religion

The issue of censorship in school libraries has long concerned researchers and practitioners in the field and is well documented in literature. A literature survey reveals dozens of opinion articles as well as research papers reporting empirical field studies, especially in the US, which attempt to determine the extent and objects of censorship and its underlying factors. Although school libraries have existed in Israel for several decades, some of them dating back to the 50's, the issue of censorship has not been studied. The objective of the present exploratory study was to empirically assess the current state of censorship in a sample of high school libraries in the country. The sample comprised 25 high schools, from both the 'religious' and 'non-religious' sectors. The main research tool was a two-parts questionnaire, designed to be filled out during researchers visit to the library. Most librarians reported that some form of control, restriction or censorship was, always or very often, applied to books to be added to the collection, usually by the head librarian. No library had any kind of written document, or even some permanent unwritten statement specifying instructions or policy regarding book acquisition. None of the librarians mentioned any external pressure to censor the existing collection or books to be acquired, and it was dear that the only censorship was an internal one, initiated by the librarians themselves and other members of the school staff. In both sectors there was wide agreement on banning titles which included violence, hard pomography, racism and drugs, but there were considerable differences regarding 'soft' pornography, Holocaust denial, sexual pemissiveness and books degrading the Jewish religion or its values, principles or commands. A comparison of four lists of specific titles against the catalogs showed that the `non-religious' libraries owned three times the percentage from the first list (explicit violence and sex), but only half the percentage from the fourth list ('Judaism), compared to the 'religious' one. Interestingly, the religious group had lower percentages of both the 'rightist' and 'leftist' lists, due to its smaller collections, but relatively more from the 'rightist' list than the 'leftist' one.

scholarly journals Geographic Information Systems and the Sustainable Development of Rural Areas

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Krystyna Kurowksa ◽  
Renata Marks-Bielska ◽  
Stanisław Bielski ◽  
Audrius Aleknavičius ◽  
Cezary Kowalczyk
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Spatial Dimension ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Spatial Analyses ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
Gis Tools ◽  
Political Economic

Sustainable development is socioeconomic growth that integrates political, economic, and social measures alongside environmental protection to meet the needs of communities and citizens without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The sustainable development concept was initially based on three main pillars: environment, economy, and society. In successive years, this concept has been expanded to include new pillars. The awareness of these changes has influenced our research interests. The main research objective of this study was to evaluate the applicability of geographic information system (GIS) tools (data, tools, and multidimensional analyses) to the implementation of sustainable development principles in rural areas. The study covered rural and nonurbanized areas in Poland, especially farmland, forests, fisheries, and farms. The study presents the results of our research into environmental, economic, and social determinants of growth in the spatial dimension. GIS tools continue to evolve, which improves access to information and increases database managers’ awareness that highly accurate data are needed for spatial analyses. GIS systems allow us to formulate, in a structured and formal way, models that reflect both the current state and forecast changes that will occur in space. It is a very useful tool in the sustainable development of rural areas.

The Life of Telengit Musical Folklore in Yazula Village in Conditions of Transitivity

2021 ◽  
pp. 39-52
Author(s):  
Юлия Сергеевна Овчинникова
Keyword(s):  
Field Studies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Music Culture ◽  
The Public ◽  
Musical Tradition ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Village ◽  
The City ◽  
Ritual Context ◽  
Linear Nature

В статье рассматривается специфика бытования музыкального фольклора теленгитов селения Язула Улаганского района Республики Алтай в условиях транзитивности (по материалам полевых исследований 2003 и 2019 гг.). Музыкальный фольклор теленгитов обособленного селения характеризуется полистадиальностью, «вероятностной» (поливекторной, нелинейно меняющейся) природой развития, увеличением культурного разнообразия и трансформацией моноязычной культурной среды в многоязычную в лингвистическом, музыкальном и бытовом планах. Каналами инокультурного влияния на интонационное поле теленгитской музыкальной традиции сегодня выступают радио, Интернет и телевидение, сельский клуб, доступная транспортная связь с городом, международные курултаи сказителей . При расширении сферы бытования различных форм фольклоризма (советского, российского, алтайского) песенная фольклорная традиция теленгитов продолжает существовать исключительно в обрядовом контексте (закрыто от глаз приезжих). Владение каем - особым типом интонирования, характерным для тюрков Горного Алтая, маркирующим их этнокультурную идентичность, - востребовано сегодня со стороны туристов, региональной администрации и общественности, что ведет к миграции носителей этой традиции из обособленных селений в центральные. Трансформация искусства кая обусловлена единым процессом глобализации/глокализации, переходом от традиционного контекста бытования к сценическому фольклоризму, проникновением инокультурных интонационных форм в звуковой ландшафт теленгитских селений. This article focuses on the current state of Telengit music culture in Yazula Village (Ulagan Region, Republic of Altai) in conditions of transitivity. The material presented is based on field studies in 2003 and 2019. The Telengit musical folklore of this territorially isolated village is characterized by polystadiality; the “probabilistic,” non-linear nature of its development; by an increase of cultural diversity; and by the transformation of a monolingual environment into a multi-lingual one in linguistic, musical and ontological terms. Channels for outside cultural influence on the intonational field of the Telengit musical tradition include: radio, television, the Internet, the local club, transportation to the city; and International Kurultai of storytellers. In the presence of different forms of folklore (Soviet, Russian, Altaian) performed in the village club, the village folksong tradition continues to live on exclusively in a ritual context (inaccessible to outsiders). The mastery of kai as a specific type of intonation, typical for the Turks of Gorny Altai, that marks their ethnocultural identity, is in demand today by tourists, regional administrations and the public. This leads to the migration of carriers of this tradition out of isolated settlements into more central ones. The transformation of the art of kai in modern Telengit culture is conditioned by the process of globalization/glocalization; by the change of kai’s function in a traditional context to that of staged folklorism; and by the penetration of other cultural intonational forms into the soundscape of Telengit villages.

scholarly journals Online or Offline Services for Urban Neighbourhoods?

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-67
Author(s):  
Lukasz Damurski ◽  
Jacek Pluta ◽  
Jerzy Ładysz ◽  
Magdalena Mayer-Wydra
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Central Places ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Urban Neighbourhoods ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Strong Competition

Services originally developed as natural concentrations of human activity, reflecting the Christallerian hierarchy of central places. Today, those natural mechanisms are challenged by strong competition from online facilities. More and more services are offered by the internet and this affects the traditional ‘bricks-and-mortar' urban development. In this article, the main research problems of the inter-relatedness of real and virtual environments are defined in the context of urban neighbourhood service centres. The process of conversion from offline services into online ones is treated as a canvas for building a comprehensive research model for studying the development of the contemporary urban services sector in the local scale. Particular research questions and hypotheses are formulated and followed by a set of methods for further empirical research.

Bibliometric and Systemic Analysis on Material Flow Mapping and Industrial Ecosystems

2018 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisele Bortolaz Guedes ◽  
Lucas Barboza Zattar Paganin ◽  
Milton Borsato
Keyword(s):  
Material Flow ◽  
Operation Mode ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Productive Capacity ◽  
Flow Mapping ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Systemic Analysis ◽  
Research Theme ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Industrial Ecosystems

Global instability can be seen as a reflection of the increasing demand for natural resources and the reduction of personnel expenditures. Yet, this is often associated with industrial systems, whose main objectives are to increase productive capacity and reduce costs. This scenario identifies the need for changes in strategy establishment in the organization’s operation mode focusing on sustainable development. Industrial ecosystems, through the symbiotic relationship of industries, aim to achieve sustainability goals. Material flow mapping is essential for the construction of these industrial ecosystems. Hence, the present paper carries out a structured literature review process in order to identify the state of the art and the research opportunities on material flow mapping and industrial ecosystems. For the accomplishment of this research, the methodological procedure called Knowledge Development Process — Constructivist (ProKnow-C) was adopted. The bibliographic portfolio is represented by 35 articles of the research theme. Throughout the bibliometric analysis, a statistical analysis of the articles that compose the portfolio is presented. In the systemic analysis, the main research problems, the means of solving them and the detected opportunities about this research theme are identified. Finally, conclusions and recommendations for future research are presented.

scholarly journals Z filologii śledczej. Praca agenturalna stalinowskich służb specjalnych za granicą na przykładzie sprawy o zabojstwo Ignacego Reissa

2017 ◽  
pp. 297-332
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Ojcewicz
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
Marina Tsvetaeva ◽  
Second World ◽  
Intelligence Service

In order to illustrate the agency activity of Stalin’s intelligence service abroad in the 1940s I have selected a notorious case of the assassination of a prominent Soviet spy, Ignace Reiss, which took place on 4 September 1937 near Lausanne. I have set three main research objectives: 1. to verify the current state of knowledge on the assassination of Ignace Reiss; 2. to establish the possible involvement of Sergei Efron in the assassination; 3. to evaluate to what extent the fate of Sergei Efron in relation to the assassination of Ignace Reiss influenced the lives of his own family members (Marina Tsvetaeva, Ariadna Efron and Georgy Efron) and his immediate agency circle. As for today, there are strong grounds to state that Sergei Efron was not directly involved in Reiss’ killing – presumably, he did not shoot him. Following the unmasking of the espionage network in Paris led by Efron, his family and Efron himself were forced to abandon France in a hurry. Soon after that Efron and his relatives experienced Stalin’s repression of the Great Terror. Efron was executed by the NKVD, Marina Tsvetayeva committed suicide, Ariadna Efron was placed in prison for many years and Georgy Efron, 19 years old at the time died in Belarus in August 1944, merely two months after having fought at the front in the Second World War.

scholarly journals The Mechanisation and Automation of the IBS Construction Approach in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 167-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Syariazulfa Kamaruddin ◽  
Mohammad Fadhil Mohammad ◽  
Rohana Mahbub ◽  
Khairani Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Modern Method ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Building System ◽  
Open Access Article

The objective of the main research is to investigate the current state of implementation of mechanisation and automation in the Industrialised Building System (IBS). The aim of this paper however, is to provide an overview on the implementation of mechanisation and automation in the IBS construction approach. Questionnaire survey and semi structured interviews were conducted to collect the viewpoints among contractors and manufacturers of IBS to ensure the richness of the data collected. The results illustrated that although most respondents have agreed on most critical issues in the implementation of mechanisation and automation, they were not ready to move forward. These responses were quite consistent across the professions. Keywords: Modern method of construction (MMC); industrialised building system (IBS); mechanisation and automation; environment. eISSN 2514-751X © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i10.324

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