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Rethinking genetic borders in ‘The Hunger Games’
No full textEmphasizing the fading distinction between reality and artificiality due to the innovations in the fields of science and biotechnology, this paper argues that the fantasy world depicted by science fiction is no longer far from today’s reality. Although technological advancements have enabled us to live more comfortably, when they are misused by those seeking to use them as a sign of power or superiority, they can have disastrous effects on both people and the environment. This study explores how an oppressive regime called Capitol in The Hunger Games employs science and technology to transform animals and humans into commodities within the arena, reducing them to instruments of entertainment. The Games’ intentional replacement of natural beings with biotechnological mutations serves as a deliberate display of power, employing genetically engineered species as weapons and reviving the dead as monsters. This not only captivates the audience but also strengthens the regime’s superiority, exemplifying how technology is weaponized to manipulate both fear and entertainment
European Investigation Order and Joint Investigation Team
No full textThe present work is a comparative analysis between the EIO and the JIT, which is valuable from a theoretical point of view. Understanding the legal nature and functions of the EIO and the JIT – their points of contact, strengths and weaknesses – is essential for creating a clearer vision of the current legal mechanisms for international cooperation in criminal matters. Such an analysis puts one of the missing pieces in the puzzle of an otherwise complex picture of international legal cooperation. Although there are still uncertainties among practitioners as to when and which is the most appropriate instrument to resort to when in need of assistance from another state, the regulations created in the last two decades of new and modern instruments in the field are definitely a step forward in clarifying the overall situation
Correlation between emotional intelligence and English language proficiency in Colombian secondary school students
No full textThis research examined the correlation between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and English proficiency among 30 students aged 11-12 from a public school in Colombia. Participants were selected using simple random sampling, and data were collected through a non-experimental, quantitative, correlational design with a Pearson correlation analysis. EI was assessed using the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test, while English proficiency was measured using the Cambridge A1 Movers exam. Findings showed that EI had a weak to moderate positive correlation with Overall English Proficiency (OEP), and a moderate positive correlation with Listening skills, with correlations of r = 0.38 and r = 0.49, respectively. As the results were statistically significant, through a regression analysis, it was found that EI individually contributed 14.7% and 24.3% to the mentioned variables. However, there was a weak, but statistically insignificant, correlation with the other skills. We concluded that EI may enhance OEP, particularly influencing listening skills; nonetheless, further research is needed, as other factors may have influenced the results
The gravity of academic plagiarism in the perception of scholars, students, and science policy makers in Bulgaria
No full textThe ever-increasing spread of plagiarism in academia requires development of strategies to combat it so as to increase the prestige of Bulgarian scholars at the international and local level. Therefore, the main goals of the project are to analyze the concept of plagiarism in academia, arriving at a clear and detailed definition, applicable in practice to create efficient methods to combat it, and to investigate its understanding by students, scholars and science managers to establish the discrepancies between the nature of plagiarism and its perception in the Bulgarian academic community. Expected results: (1) Theoretical – elicitation of a definition of plagiarism; drafting of comprehensive legal and administrative approaches to combat plagiarism; design of a sociological methodology for a study of the problem. (2) Applied - transfer of knowledge; creating guidelines for combating plagiarism; raising the awareness of Bulgarian academe about the severity of plagiarism as a violation of academic ethics
Extraction of anglicisms from a corpus of Macedonian magazine texts
No full textThe present article is a description of the stages involved in compiling a specialized corpus of Macedonian magazine texts and the software tools employed to extract anglicisms from the corpus. The texts were collected from the magazine Kapital and cover two distinct periods: the years 2000 and 2020. The size of the corpus is about 2 million tokens and 141,852 types. The software employed produced word lists that later in combination with other statistical techniques produced a refined Anglicism headword list from which new anglicisms were extracted. In addition to the software tools, careful manual inspection was necessary in both the extraction and analysis stages. As a result of the research, a total of 220 completely new anglicisms have been identified. Most of these new anglicisms are not yet included in existing Macedonian dictionaries
Are the Laws of Hamurapi a Social Phenomenon
No full textIn our time, great respect is paid to the law of ancient Rome. It is the basis of modern civil and criminal law. But perhaps it is time to rethink the existing theories and give due credit to the achievements in law of more ancient civilizations than Rome, such as the civilization in ancient Mesopotamia. The most significant feature of the ancient people of Mesopotamia is their respect and reverence for the laws. It is unlikely that the great king Hammurabi invented his laws himself. He certainly drew on the knowledge and experience of his predecessors and contemporaries, who laid the foundation of law. The text of the laws of Hammurabi was found at the beginning of the twentieth century. The laws date back to the first half of the 18th century BC. The collection of legal norms of the wise statesman Hammurabi contains 260 paragraphs, from various branches of law: Administration of justice and punishments, crimes against the person and property, marriage contracts and claims, etc. For the first time in these laws, concepts such as claim, lawsuit, trial, verdict, court decision, marriage contract, etc. are also found. The punishments provided for in Hammurabi’s laws are extremely severe – in addition to fines and compensation, they also include gouging out an eye, breaking a limb, knocking out a tooth, and killing. His goal is to “eradicate evil and corruption from his lands”, “in order to establish true prosperity and good governance in the country...”
Mapping translation history in Iran: A scientometric study of journal articles,
No full textThis study presents a scientometric analysis of scholarly publications on the history of translation in Iran, encompassing 370 articles published over a fifty-year period. Using VOSviewer for data visualization, the research identifies and maps eight key dimensions of the articles: journal titles, journal affiliation, publication date, publication place, historical periods, themes, theoretical frameworks, and text genres. The findings reveal a significant increase in publication volume in recent years, particularly from 2011 onward, coinciding with the academic institutionalization of translation studies in Iran. Tehran and Mashhad emerged as the dominant centers of scholarly output, reflecting their status as hubs for major universities and specialized journals. Thematic analysis uncovered 56 recurring themes, with a predominant focus on linguistic and bibliographical aspects of translation as well as translation movement. The most studied historical periods were the Contemporary, Abbasid, Qajar, Islamic Republic of Iran, and Pahlavi eras, while literary and religious texts were the most commonly examined genres. Although only a minority of articles engaged with explicit theoretical frameworks, the field shows clear signs of development. Overall, the study offers a broad picture of how research on translation history has evolved in the Iranian academic context over the past five decades