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    Spiritual Music by P.I. Tchaikovsky in the Editions of P.I. Jurgenson: the Problem of Dating

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    P.I. Jurgenson was the only publisher of spiritual music by P.I. Tchaikovsky. Generally, those works were published immediately after creation (except for the spiritual hymn “The Angel Cried”, released in 1906, when neither the composer nor the founder of the publishing company were no longer alive). The thorough study of the available copies of the spiritual music by Tchaikovsky in the collections of the Library of the Moscow Conservatory allowed to presume that Jurgenson (and after 1903 his heirs) regularly republished those works, because the demand was apparently incredibly high. The presence of different kinds of printing details and identification of individual visual differences in those publications have led to certain adjustments in attribution of separate musical editions, appeared during the period of almost 40 years (from 1880 up to 1917). The developed method of more accurate dating, tested on the materials of spiritual music by Tchaikovsky, is applicable to any other work by this author and, more broadly, by any other composer, who printed his opuses at Jurgenson.</jats:p

    Survey Results of the New Health Care Worker Study: Implications of Changing Employment Patterns

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    This report examines the effects of contemporary employment arrangements on the quality of nursing work life, and the implications of these employment arrangements for individual nurses, the hospitals, and also for the organization. First we look at nurse work status (full-time, part-time or casual job), contract status (permanent or temporary), and employment preference as factors affecting commitment to the hospital and profession, job satisfaction, retention in the organization, and absenteeism from work. Second, we examine stress, burnout, and physical occupational health problems (in particular, musculoskeletal disorders), as affecting nurse and hospital outcomes. This project investigated how the quality of nursing worklife and career choices differ for nurses in full-time, part-time and casual employment, and whether nurses who have the employment arrangements they prefer enjoy a standard of worklife that encourages retention. We collected data for the study from 1,396 nurses employed at three large teaching hospitals in Southern Ontario (Hamilton Health Sciences, Kingston General Hospital, and St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto) using the New Health Care Worker Questionnaire. Results indicate that although a substantial majority of the nurses were employed in the type of job that they preferred, problems of stress, burnout and physical health problems were reported. Further, these problems affected the nurses' job satisfaction, commitment, and propensity to leave the hospitals.health care workers, employment status, nurses, job satisfaction, commitment, stress, burnout, physical health problems, MSD, propensity to leave

    HISTORICAL ROLE OF P.I. JURGENSON IN MUSIC PUBLISHING IN SECOND HALF OF XIX TH - EARLY XX TH CENTURIES

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    The article is devoted to the peculiarities of publishing activity of P.I. Jurgenson in the second half of the XIXth - early XXth centuries, who was the outstanding representative of the Russian musical culture. He created a musical publishing house, which became the major musical, creative and scientific center which brought together composers, famous singers, writers, artists and other representatives of the Russian pre-revolutionary elite. The article highlights the fact that for years in his publishing house P.I. Jurgenson published nearly 140 works by famous authors, including Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Balakirev, Glinka, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov and others. The author emphasizes the fact that the musical works published by P.I. Jurgenson are in great demand among contemporary musicians and music community of modern Russia

    Survey Results of the New Health Care Worker Study: Implications of Changing Employment Patterns

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    This report examines the effects of contemporary employment arrangements on the quality of nursing work life, and the implications of these employment arrangements for individual nurses, the hospitals, and also for the organization. First we look at nurse work status (full-time, part-time or casual job), contract status (permanent or temporary), and employment preference as factors affecting commitment to the hospital and profession, job satisfaction, retention in the organization, and absenteeism from work. Second, we examine stress, burnout, and physical occupational health problems (in particular, musculoskeletal disorders), as affecting nurse and hospital outcomes. This project investigated how the quality of nursing worklife and career choices differ for nurses in full-time, part-time and casual employment, and whether nurses who have the employment arrangements they prefer enjoy a standard of worklife that encourages retention. We collected data for the study from 1,396 nurses employed at three large teaching hospitals in Southern Ontario (Hamilton Health Sciences, Kingston General Hospital, and St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto) using the New Health Care Worker Questionnaire. Results indicate that although a substantial majority of the nurses were employed in the type of job that they preferred, problems of stress, burnout and physical health problems were reported. Further, these problems affected the nurses' job satisfaction, commitment, and propensity to leave the hospitals.health care workers, employment status, nurses, job satisfaction, commitment, stress, burnout, physical health problems, MSD, propensity to leave

    Philosophy of P.I. Novgorodtsev’s legal theory and crisis of human being

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    The article considers P.I. Novgorodtsev’s philosophical and legal theory in context of legal awareness crisis at the beginning of the 20th century. The author substantiates the relevance of Novgorodtsev's legacy for the Russian reality today as well as for history, theory and philosophy of law. Special attention is paid to the teaching of the philosophy of law. The article also shows the originality of Novgorodtsev’s philosophical and legal concept and its development in the process of constant polemics with outstanding domestic and foreign theorists of law. Innovative ideas of the Russian thinker on reforming the Russian legal system have been revealed

    AT TRE ORIGINS OF TRE LOCAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN URALS V.N. TATISCHEV AND P.I. RYCHKOV

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    Автор рассматривает роль краеведов-первопроходцев В.Н. Татищева и П.И. Рычкова в изучении Южного Урала в 1730–1770-е гг. Показаны и проанализированы основные направления их деятельности: изучение природы Южного Урала, определение границы Европы и Азии, изучение сибирских древностей, создание «Истории Оренбургской», «Топографии Оренбургской губернии» и «Горнозаводской топографии».The author examines the role of the pioneering local historians V.N. Tatishchev and P.I. Rychkov in the study of the Southern Urals in the 1730s – 1770s. The main directions of their activity are shown and analyzed: the study of the nature of the Southern Urals, the definition of the border of Europe and Asia, the study of Siberian antiquities, the creation of the “History of Orenburg” “Topography of Orenburg province” and “Mining Topography”

    System Identification Algorithm for a Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm System

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    In a typical offshore wind farm, the turbines influence each other due to an aerodynamic phenomenon known as wake interaction. A wake is a trail of reduced wind speed generated behind the turbine as result of the exchange of kinetic energy between the incoming wind field and the rotor of the turbine. When a wind turbine is operating in the wake of another turbine, the power production of this turbine is reduced. Usually, the interaction between the turbines is not included on the modeling and the control of a wind farm. Typically, the power production of every turbine is maximized locally by setting the pitch angle and the rotational speed such that the maximum point of the power coefficient is reached. Even though the power is maximized locally, the total power production of the wind farm is not optimized. Therefore, new techniques to model the interactions between the turbines need to be developed. In addition, the obtained models should be flexible and suitable for controller synthesis. In this thesis, an output-error identification method for spatially interconnected systems that makes use of sequentially semi-separable (SSS) matrices is applied to the modeling of a row of wind turbines. The advantage of using this method in this case is twofold: Firstly, the use of the SSS parameterization permits to model naturally the interaction between the turbines and secondly, all the computations involved in the modeling process can be performed efficiently. In addition, the delays present in the wake interactions can be modeled by intercalating state space models that represent pure delays and that can also be placed in SSS structure. The disadvantage of the selection of an appropriate initial guess common in the output error approaches is overcame by obtaining a model in cascade via PO-MOESP subspace identification. A comparison with a centralized identification approach is also provided.Delft Center for Systems and ControlMechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineerin

    Long Work Hours: The Causes and Consequences of Long Work Hour Culture in the Architecture Practice

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    In the field of architecture, there reigns a stigma of long working hours, in university, and practice. This paper sets out the causes of the long work hour culture that relate to the practice of architecture and the consequences and choices it may bring along. Based on existing research findings, seven major causes provoke long work hour culture, among which are primarily associated with the practice of architecture: joy and pleasure derived from work, striving for perfection, love for their job, and the function of hours of colleagues. Long work hour culture, which is working more than 49 hours a week, besides physical damage, reduces the well-being of its participants and thereby their productivity. Even though a long work hour culture sometimes feels imposed, it is ultimately the actor’s choice. Out of interviews deducted from practitioners of two architecture practices, the seven causes are examined, but the proposed hierarchy in terms of relatability, varied between the two firms, showing the variation of applicability in the wide range of different firms. The addition of alternative proposed causes by actors in the field shows the complexity and extent of the long work hour culture in the practice of architecture, and the stringent work ethics it brings along in the 21st century.Architecture, Urbanism and Building Science

    From the history of P.I. Kharytonenko Parafiivka estate at the beginning of the XX century

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    Стаття присвячена деяким аспектам історії Парафіївського маєтку початку ХХ ст. Його власник, П.І. Харитоненко (1853–1914), – знаменитий український підприємець у галузі цукрової промисловості і меценат. На основі маловідомих матеріалів та архівних документів розглянуто основні стадії будівництва залізниці Григоровка-Качанівка у 1912–1913 рр., роботу архітектора А.Є. Білогруда з проєктування та будівництва маєтку у 1911–1914 рр. Доведено, що роботи з модернізації маєтку сприяли економічному та історико-культурному розвитку регіону. Авторка звернула увагу на необхідність подальшого дослідження історії Парафіївського маєтку у контексті поглибленого комплексного вивчення історії провідних українських регіонів.The article is devoted to some aspects of the history of the Parafiivka estate of the early twentieth century. Its owner, P.I. Kharytonenko (1853- 1914), was a famous Ukrainian sugar industry entrepreneur and philanthropist. On the basis of little-known materials and archival documents, the author examines the main stages of the construction of the Hryhorivka-Kachanivka railway in 1912-1913; the work of architect A.Ye. Bilohrud on the design and construction of the estate in 1911-1914. It is proved that the work on the modernization of the estate contributed to the economic, historical and cultural development of the region. The author draws attention to the need for further research into the history of the Parafiivka estate in the context of an in-depth comprehensive study of the history of leading Ukrainian regions

    Seoul Apatu: A house is a machine for capitalism

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    CIAM’s Charter of Athens and Le Corbusier’s books stipulated new urban planning and new laws of architecture. The theory of the modern architectural movement, which defines the principles of modern cities, has been systematically applied since the construction of the French apartment complex. “Mapo Apartment” was the first complex-type apartment in South Korea built by the government in 1962, and Korean call it “Apatu.” However, contrary to the original intention of modernist high-rise apartments, it actually played an object of desire as an urban landmark for the upper class of South Korea. Over the next sixty years, apartments have completely established themselves as Korea’s representative residential typology, and about four hundreds thousands housing units continue to be produced until now under the leadership of large capital. First, a comparative analysis between US and Korea explains the success and failure of modern architecture. This movement of modernization appeared in different forms between US and Korea. “Pruitt-Igoe” in US can be said to be “a house is a machine for living in” as a product of industrialization. It was an apartment building to accommodate a sudden increase in the urban population, but it soon faced limitations symbolizing poor management, poor architectural beauty, and poor living conditions. On the other hand, Korea’s “Apatu” was, conversely, used as a tool for industrialization. At that time, the government built “Apatu” to urbanize the capital city Seoul, thereby achieving the goal of increasing the population and development of the city. Since then, “Apatu” has successfully operated as “A house is a machine for industrializing,” which symbolizes modernized and luxurious lifestyles. Next, the history of Apatu will be studied. The Korean modernity of the modernist ideal proposal will be investigated. In Korea, the history of high-rise housing called Apatu can be largely divided into three stages. From the early 1930s to the 1960s, it was used as a solution to solve the housing problem in Seoul in the process of modernization after the Korean War. However, from the 1970s, the target class of Apatu was changed to the middle class, and from that time the supply of it began in earnest. In the process, private construction companies participated in the industry. After that, There was fierce competition between major construction companies, and as a result, Apatu product of more value than necessary continued to be produced. Since then, each construction company has taken various strategies to sell Apatu to the public at a higher price. Le Corbusier’s utopian theory was left as a dystopia of commercialization of architecture contrary to his intention through the process of Korean modernization. As a result, major elements closely related to the residential environment, such as school districts of good quality and comfortable infrastructure have been determined depending on which brand’s apartment complex it is, which soon caused a continuous rise in its housing prices. In other words, it has served as a place for reproduction, where wealth is continuously transferred and high-quality education is provided. Fundamental solutions will be studied to overcome the problems created by the top-down development of such standardized housing.AR2A011Architecture, Urbanism and Building Science
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