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Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies
Heroism of Ukrainian People in 20th and 21st Centuries. In: Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies (edited by Scott T. Allison, James K. Beggan and George R. Goethals). Springer, Cham (USA).Shumylo, S., Lastovskyi, V. (2023). Heroism of Ukrainian People in 20th and 21st Centuries. In: Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies (edited by Scott T. Allison, James K. Beggan and George R. Goethals). Springer, Cham (USA). URL: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-17125-3_455-1 (in English). The events of the Russian-Ukrainian war of 2022-2023 are not an exception in Ukrainian history; they are in fact a continuation of all the tragic processes that have taken place in relations between Russia and Ukraine for many centuries, including the twentieth century. Fighting for their right to their own identity, independence, and statehood, Ukrainians for many centuries were forced to show heroism and self-sacrifice in resisting the aggression of the neighboring Russian state. All of this led to the establishment of the idea of heroism as a specific feature of the mentality of the Ukrainian people and a special component of the Ukrainian national idea. The struggle of the Ukrainian people for their independence was particularly sacrificial throughout the twentieth century. The proclamation of Ukraine's independence in 1917 and the heroic struggle for its statehood during 1917-1921, as well as the Ukrainian anti-Soviet insurgency of the 1920s, led to unprecedented mass repression by the Russian Soviet regime against the Ukrainian population in order to subdue, assimilate, and Russify it. This was a policy of genocide against the Ukrainian people. The manifestations of this genocidal policy were the artificially provoked famine in Ukrainian villages, dekulakization, and mass repression of the Ukrainian peasantry and intelligentsia. During the Second World War, attempts to restore Ukraine's statehood and independence were renewed, but were thwarted by the German occupation forces. In the confrontation with the German and Soviet occupation armies, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army emerged, which continued the armed guerrilla struggle for Ukrainian independence until the late 1950s. In the 1960s and 1970s, a new form of anti-Soviet resistance emerged in Ukraine, the dissident movement, which also advocated the restoration of Ukraine's independence. Their activities resulted in the intensification of public life in Ukraine in the late 1980s and early 1990s, massive acts of disobedience, demonstrations and rallies throughout the republic demanding Ukraine's secession from the USSR. This resulted in the proclamation of Ukraine's state independence in 1991. Russia's illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the unleashing of the war in Luhansk and Donetsk regions in 2014 with its proxies in order to annex them to the Russian Federation, as well as the full-scale military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army in February 2022 to occupy it and eliminate state independence, are the consequences of Russia's centuries-old imperial policy of expanding and seizing neighboring territories. Without understanding the many nuances of Ukrainian history, at least over the past century, it is difficult to fully grasp and realize the true causes and motives of the current Russian-Ukrainian war, the unwillingness of Ukrainians to be re-conquered and assimilated by the so-called "Russian world" and the resistance to military aggression by the neighboring Russian Federation.
Basura, de un problema a una oportunidad
Basura, de un problema a una oportunidad por Pepo Toledo2024 •
El vertedero a cargo de AMSA, ubicado en el kilómetro 22 de la ruta al Pacífico de Guatemala, se incendió nuevamente el 4 de abril. El siniestro es de grandes proporciones. La contaminación del aire superó nueve veces la aceptable. Se dispararon las alarmas. Llama la atención ver titulares de artículos tales como Urgen cierre de vertedero de Amsa, donde no se propone ninguna solución. ¿A dónde trasladarán tal cantidad de basura? ¿Qué haremos con el Vertedero Municipal de la zona 3 de la ciudad Guatemala? Es mucho más grande y está ubicado en el núcleo urbano. Mover un vertedero de lugares como tapar un hoyo con otro. Está bien señalar los problemas, pero hay que proponer soluciones. La tecnología avanza, pero parece que nadie se da cuenta de ello. Los vertederos afectan el paisaje, provocan hedor y atraen zopilotes. Son fuente de emisiones de metano a la atmósfera, que provoca incendios. El riesgo se minimiza tratándolos con un relleno sanitario. La basura se dispone en capas, las cuales se van cubriendo con arcilla o materiales similares. Esto reduce olores y gases. La basura al descomponerse genera líquidos contaminantes que se conocen como lixiviados. Para evitarlo se utilizan geomembranas que los canalizan a drenajes. Nada de esto se hace en el vertedero a cargo de AMSA, y se hace parcialmente en el vertedero de la ciudad de Guatemala. Según la municipalidad de la ciudad de Guatemala, ampliar el sitio de disposición final de la basura es la mejor solución al problema de la basura en el futuro. Ventajas: La zona ya está degrada. Tiene accesos. Es fácil de implementar. La reacción social contraria sería mínima. Sin embargo, continúa la contaminación del vertedero. La solución está en pasar del sistema convencional donde la basura es un problema, al sistema disruptivo donde la basura es una oportunidad. Se basa en el tratamiento de desechos sólidos y generación de energía renovable. La tecnología disruptiva se llama tecno valorización. Consiste en la instalación de planta de transformación de biomasa a energía y reciclaje con controles ambientales. El producto principal es la generación de energía eléctrica renovable en sitio. Los sub productos son plástico, metal, cerámica, vidrio y ceniza reciclables y compostaje. Se emplean en programas de responsabilidad social. La promesa es de basura a energía con cero residuos. La oportunidad, autonomía energética municipal con energía renovable. La planta puede estar ubicada en cualquier sitio. De 2,000 plantas de termo valorización en el mundo, la cuarta parte están en Europa, la mayoría de ellas ubicadas en el centro de las ciudades. En nuestra región, operan ya plantas de Canadian Ecology Corporation: Una en El Salvador, una en Bolivia, una en Colombia y tres en México.
Shadows on the Trail Pentalogy by John Bradford Branney
Who Were Those Guys? High Plains Upper Republican2024 •
Is it a good assumption that High Plains Upper Republican was the western extension of the Upper Republican phase of the Central Plains? Based on archaeological evidence, the Central Plains and High Plains people lived vastly different lifestyles. On the Central Plains, horticulture was an important part of the economy while on the High Plains horticulture appeared to play little or no role. Even with the different lifestyles, there was a relationship between the High Plains and Central Plains people during the Upper Republican phase. At High Plains sites, archeologists found Upper Republican pottery manufactured with clay from the Central Plains, and at Central Plains sites, archaeologists found raw material originating on the High Plains. We know that the Upper Republican people from the Central Plains and High Plains used the same styles of side-notched and tri-notched projectile points. What was that relationship?
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Civitas Educationis
La selezione scolastica della Riforma Gentile: nascita e diffusione di un concetto2023 •
Lascito tra i maggiori della Riforma Gentile, la questione della selettività degli studi trae in realtà origine da un dibattito radicatosi all’inizio del Ventesimo secolo. A scatenarla, l’aumento registratosi, tra 1896 e 1913, degli studenti delle scuole post-elementari. Proprio questa unanimità dei pareri consentì a Gentile, una volta nominato Ministro della Pubblica Istruzione, di rivendicare, in questo ambito, una stretta continuità con il dibattito culturale dell’anteguerra. L’articolo cercherà di analizzare come la riforma Gentile colse il dibattito e come influenzò i decenni successivi.
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How Singapore imposes scarcity through an artificial meritocracy.
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Current Opinion in Virology
Ebola virus persistence as a new focus in clinical research2017 •
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Phytotherapy Research
Is it safe to consume traditional medicinal plants during pregnancy?2020 •