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Liu, Yu-Chun, and An-Sheng Lee. "Application of Fuzzy Theory to the Investigation of Children’s Preference for Wooden Toy Materials—A Case Study of Rocking Horses." Sustainability 15, no. 8 (April 7, 2023): 6356. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15086356.
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This study aims to investigate the sensory preferences of children aged 8–12 regarding the material and characteristics of wooden toys. Taking wooden rocking horses as research samples, this study selected three types of wood, respectively Pinus taiwanensis, Fagus sylvatica, and Juglans nigra, which are significantly different in appearance from solid wood commonly used to make wooden toys. The experiment was conducted through on-site observation and questionnaire surveys to record children’s preferences for wood characteristics, such as the characteristic factors of wood texture, color and luster, touch, weight, smell, and overall preference. Descriptive statistics and analysis were performed using SPSS 25V, and the experimental results were analyzed and interpreted using fuzzy trigonometric functions. The findings reveal that Taiwan pine had the highest average worth score among the various evaluation characteristics in terms of wood surface performance preferences. Other types of wood also showed different favorability results in different characteristics. This study also analyzes the correlation and significant differences in favorability evaluation using fuzzy theory. This study provides insights that can be useful for toy designers and children’s teaching aid developers to purchase and match wooden toys effectively while promoting the efficient use of wood resources.
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Salmina, Elena, and Sergey Salmin. "A Complex of Toys and Play Accessories from the Excavations of the Townspeople’s Yard in the Fortifi ed Town of Pskov." Stratum plus. Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, no. 6 (December 15, 2023): 101–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.55086/sp236101110.
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The article discusses the experience of studying the archaeological objects of play accessories not only as a mere collection of finds, but in connection with topographic, historical and social features of the territory from which these finds occur. Besides the widespread types of toys (ceramic whistles, leather balls, clubs, wooden spinners etc.), the studied collection includes rarer toys (the barrel of a chiseled wooden miniature cannon), and original items of theatrical or carnival requisite. Thus, in the cultural deposits within the limited space of the city yard, we observe children’s play accessories and those that supposedly belonged to the adults.
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Singer, Hilal, and Şükrü Özşahin. "Analysis of Key Attributes of Wooden Toys via an Interval-Valued Spherical Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process." Drvna industrija 74, no. 2 (June 20, 2023): 167–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.5552/drvind.2023.0033.
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The evaluation of wooden toys is a complicated process and can be overwhelming for decisionmakers in the presence of many conflicting criteria. Hence, this study proposes a fuzzy decision-making model to identify and prioritize the key attributes of wooden toys. For this purpose, the interval-valued spherical fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP), which is one of the fuzzy multicriteria decision-making methods, is applied to obtain weight vectors. Firstly, the wooden toy evaluation problem is formulated as a multicriteria decision-making problem. Then five main criteria and twenty subcriteria are defined with the help of experts. The decision-making team carries out the pairwise comparisons of the criteria. As a result, the priority weights are computed and the ranking order of the criteria is revealed. Additionally, the validity of the obtained results is supported by conducting a comparative analysis between other popular fuzzy methods: interval type-2 fuzzy AHP, interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy AHP, and spherical fuzzy AHP. According to the modeling results, the most important criteria are “absence of small parts and sharp edges”, “free of harmful wood preservatives and paints”, “workmanship quality”, “contribution to psychomotor development”, and “contribution to cognitive development”. The proposed framework can be adapted to similar decision processes for the evaluation or improvement of toys. Consequently, the findings of this research will help manufacturers, designers, and consumers in making conscious decisions.
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Leine, R. I., D. H. Van Campen, and C. H. Glocker. "Nonlinear Dynamics and Modeling of Various Wooden Toys with Impact and Friction." Journal of Vibration and Control 9, no. 1-2 (January 2003): 25–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107754603030741.
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In this paper, we study bifurcations in systems with impact and friction, modeled with a rigid multibody approach. Knowledge from the field of nonlinear dynamics is therefore combined with theory from the field of non-smooth mechanics. We study the nonlinear dynamics of three commercial wooden toys. The toys show complex dynamical behavior but can be studied with one-dimensional maps, which allows for a thorough analysis of the bifurcations.
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HAYASHI, Hideki, Katsuhiko KUSHI, and Katsuo INOUE. "Classification of Wooden Toys and Survey Analysis of the Effects." Transactions of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering 17, no. 4 (2018): 489–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.5057/jjske.tjske-d-18-00023.
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HAYASHI, Hideki, Katsuhiko KUSHI, and Katsuo INOUE. "Correspondence Analysis of Child’s Play and Development through Wooden Toys." Transactions of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering 18, no. 4 (2019): 321–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5057/jjske.tjske-d-19-00012.
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Pandey Minare, Mitali. "LACQURED CRAFT OF SHEOPUR- A SUSTAINABLE CRAFT OF MADHYA PRADESH." ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts 1, no. 2 (December 29, 2020): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v1.i1.2020.5.
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The world of arts and handicrafts represents a great saga of culture, traditions and historical legacy associated with each particular region. India, in general and Madhya Pradesh, in particular are known for the impressive range of hand-made artifacts that enthrall onlookers, buyers and collectors of art.
The innate are honored with the characteristic specialty of cutting and make extremely appealing things. There are wooden chowkies made for estimating grains. Wedding mainstays of Bharia and wooden entryways of Gonds and Korkus are extremely appealing and unordinary. Machines turned and lacquered toys in splendid hues and at moderate costs are famous everywhere throughout the state. Cut wooden toys, dolls and elephants displaying the abilities of the craftsman are likewise made.
The Woodcrafts of Madhya Pradesh are self-viable and have contributed in maintaining the environment healthy by using all the natural colors and polishes. Moreover, it generates the employments to the artisans, which encourages them to design and produce the products as per the market demands. And as per the demand it encourages the Social-distance which is much need in present scenario.
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Vale, Brenda, and Robert Vale. "Lott's Bricks, The Arts and Crafts movement and Arnold Mitchell." Architectural Research Quarterly 15, no. 2 (June 2011): 119–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1359135511000546.
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Perhaps unexpectedly, architects are seldom talked about in terms of the building toys they once played with or what they constructed with them. Exceptions are Witold Rybczynski and Frank Lloyd Wright. The former describes John Ruskin mastering the laws of building for load-bearing towers and arches by the time he was seven or eight (around 1825) because of playing with wooden building blocks (introduced at the end of the 1700s). However, he also describes himself playing with Bayko. This was a Bakelite building set from the 1930s [1], probably modelled on Mobaco, a cardboard and wood Dutch construction toy [2]. Both of these toys are pre-dated by an 1887 English toy for house construction, the walls of which were made from wooden blocks threaded on to vertical wires. Rybczynski also describes watching his father and uncle build a real garden shed using concrete panels slipped between reinforcing bars, like the method used by the plastic toy but life-size.
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Aykan, Recep, Cumhur Avsar, Mehmet Bilgehan Bilgiç, and Haci İsmail Kesik. "Determining the effects of some bacteria on wooden toys treated with antibacterial protective coatings." BioResources 17, no. 4 (August 10, 2022): 5655–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.15376/biores.17.4.5655-5666.
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Several protective coatings enhanced by antimicrobial agents and/or pigments were considered for the wooden toy market: water-based matte varnish, an ultra-hygiene water-based matte varnish (WBV-UH), a polyurethane matte varnish (PUV), and an ultra-hygiene antiviral polyurethane matte varnish (PUV-UH), as well as a water-based dye (WBV 5%K), an ultra-hygiene water-based dye (WBV-UH 5%K), a polyurethane dye (PUV 5%K), and an ultra-hygiene polyurethane dye (PUV-UH 5%K), which contain 5% red nano-pigment (K). By utilizing 7 kinds of bacteria and 2 types of yeast that are commonly detected in routine, daily settings, the efficacy of the different protective coatings on wooden toy surface was investigated. The antibacterial and antimicrobial activities of the tested dye samples were based on the agar-well diffusion method. Ultimately, the study found that the addition of antimicrobial agents to several different protective coatings and dyes resulted in the presence of antimicrobial activity vs. the lack thereof with protective coatings and dyes alone. Additionally, some of the dyes with added antimicrobial agents were found to be effective against biofilm formation. Overall, the addition of pigment into the coating, alongside the addition of antimicrobial agents, proved to be highly effective in inhibiting growth and spread of microorganisms on wooden toy surface.
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Bratina, Oksana A., and Alexandr V. Markov. "WOODEN CONSTRUCTIVISM. ON THE POETICS OF WALTER BENJAMIN’S “MOSCOW DIARY”." RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. "Literary Theory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies" Series, no. 10 (2020): 207–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-10-207-215.
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Walter Benjamin’s two strongest aesthetic impressions during his trip to Moscow, the theatrical avant-garde and folk toys, are connected not only by the immediacy of the testimony. His “Moscow Diary” is a complex construction, simultaneously a declaration of love for Moscow and a chronicle of an unfamiliar approach to known phenomena. A man of the constructivist era, Benjamin views the scenography of Meyerhold and Tairov avant-garde theater on a micro level, seeing small wooden structures. Those constructions produce a switch from a mode of protocol observation to a mode of disinterested play, of wondering what is happening. In Benjamin’s text, then, images of fairytale space emerge. Benjamin not only collects toys, but also perceives the constructions of avant-garde theater as a collection, as a way to erase the distinction between model and reality, something that cannot be achieved in the capitalist world. But the search for a job was also perceived by Benjamin as a construction of his destiny, stopping the action of the fairy tale.
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Singkh, Victor, and Andrey Stepanov. "Wooden toys — imitations of armament from excavations of mediaeval Novgorod (materials from the Troitsky Excavation)." Archaeological news 28 (2020): 182–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.31600/1817-6976-2020-28-182-193.
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This paper presents a review of the finds of children’s wooden toys imitating battle armament from the properties uncovered at the Troitsky Excavation in Veliky Novgorod. Totally, 203 items have been found including: wooden swords (160), bows (21), spears (14), knives (3), axes (3), a mace (1) and a bec de corbin (1). The chronological range of the study is the mid-10th — late 14th century. The majority of the collection is composed by sword hilts (160 items). Among this category, three main types have been distinguished according to the shape of the pommel corresponding to real battle swords. The topography of the finds throughout the properties was examined revealing separate accumulations characteristic primarily of the 10th — first half of the 11th century.
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Biswas, Pradipta. "Wooden Toy of Chennapatna, India: Beauty of Form & Socio-Cultural Reflection on the Characterization of Toy." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 9, no. 2 (October 1, 2021): 21–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v9i2.4153.
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Toy making is a part of almost every civilisation, and still, it is continuing as a living tradition in so many countries. Toys play an overall growth for a child. It developed a child mentally, physically, socially, and emotionally. Though it has started as a folk tradition or community-based craft, it has commercial and strong aesthetical value. This study focused on the Chennapatna toy from India. Chennapatna toy is a environment-friendly toy made with softwood, natural colour, and lacquer. This study critically analyses the beauty of the form of Chennapatna toys and also explore how this toy is made by natural substance. Like other art forms, toys also represent art, culture, religion, society, and civilisation. This study also critically analyses the socio-cultural issues, which are well reflected through this toy-making tradition.
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Leine, Remco I., D. H. Van Campen, and Christoph Glocker. "Nonlinear Dynamics and Modeling of Various Wooden Toys with Impact and Friction." Journal of Vibration and Control 9, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 25–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077546303009001741.
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Thepaksorn, Phayong, Supawan Thongjerm, Wattasit Siriwong, and Pimpakarm Ponprasit. "Occupational hazard exposures and health risks at wooden toys industry in Southern Thailand." Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal 26, no. 8 (August 27, 2019): 2162–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2019.1656053.
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Even, Morgane, Olaf Wilke, Sabine Kalus, Petra Schultes, Christoph Hutzler, and Andreas Luch. "Formaldehyde Emissions from Wooden Toys: Comparison of Different Measurement Methods and Assessment of Exposure." Materials 14, no. 2 (January 7, 2021): 262. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14020262.
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Formaldehyde is considered as carcinogenic and is emitted from particleboards and plywood used in toy manufacturing. Currently, the flask method is frequently used in Europe for market surveillance purposes to assess formaldehyde release from toys, but its concordance to levels measured in emission test chambers is poor. Surveillance laboratories are unable to afford laborious and expensive emission chamber testing to comply with a new amendment of the European Toy Directive; they need an alternative method that can provide reliable results. Therefore, the application of miniaturised emission test chambers was tested. Comparisons between a 1 m3 emission test chamber and 44 mL microchambers with two particleboards over 28 days and between a 24 L desiccator chamber and the microchambers with three puzzle samples over 10 days resulted in a correlation coefficient r2 of 0.834 for formaldehyde at steady state. The correlation between the results obtained in microchambers vs. flask showed a high variability over 10 samples (r2: 0.145), thereby demonstrating the error-proneness of the flask method in comparison to methods carried out under ambient parameters. An exposure assessment was also performed for three toy puzzles: indoor formaldehyde concentrations caused by puzzles were not negligible (up to 8 µg/m3), especially when more conservative exposure scenarios were considered.
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Even, Morgane, Olaf Wilke, Sabine Kalus, Petra Schultes, Christoph Hutzler, and Andreas Luch. "Formaldehyde Emissions from Wooden Toys: Comparison of Different Measurement Methods and Assessment of Exposure." Materials 14, no. 2 (January 7, 2021): 262. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14020262.
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Formaldehyde is considered as carcinogenic and is emitted from particleboards and plywood used in toy manufacturing. Currently, the flask method is frequently used in Europe for market surveillance purposes to assess formaldehyde release from toys, but its concordance to levels measured in emission test chambers is poor. Surveillance laboratories are unable to afford laborious and expensive emission chamber testing to comply with a new amendment of the European Toy Directive; they need an alternative method that can provide reliable results. Therefore, the application of miniaturised emission test chambers was tested. Comparisons between a 1 m3 emission test chamber and 44 mL microchambers with two particleboards over 28 days and between a 24 L desiccator chamber and the microchambers with three puzzle samples over 10 days resulted in a correlation coefficient r2 of 0.834 for formaldehyde at steady state. The correlation between the results obtained in microchambers vs. flask showed a high variability over 10 samples (r2: 0.145), thereby demonstrating the error-proneness of the flask method in comparison to methods carried out under ambient parameters. An exposure assessment was also performed for three toy puzzles: indoor formaldehyde concentrations caused by puzzles were not negligible (up to 8 µg/m3), especially when more conservative exposure scenarios were considered.
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MADAN, SIDDHARTH, SARITA BERI, and NISHANT YADAV. "Spontaneous resolution of a wooden foreign-body granuloma in the conjunctiva of a child." National Medical Journal of India 36 (March 11, 2024): 231–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/nmji_562_20.
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A conjunctival foreign-body (FB) granuloma may result following trauma with synthetic and non-synthetic materials including organic and non-organic objects. Children usually manifest with FB granulomas that develop due to inoculation of FBs from soft toys, blankets or woollen clothes. Encapsu- lation of these FBs following a granulomatous inflammatory response results in a nodular swelling in the conjunctiva. Reports of a wooden FB granuloma in the conjunctiva in children are anecdotal. A 5-year-old boy suffered an un- witnessed direct ocular trauma to his left eye (OS) with a wooden arrow while playing. He developed redness and nodular swelling at the inferotemporal aspect of the OS without any visual complaints. The diagnosis of a wooden FB granuloma is a challenge to ophthalmologists and may go undetected in children who neglect their symptoms. It characteristically presents as a unilateral conjunctival nodule. Surgical excision is the definitive management. However, spontaneous extrusion of the FB might be observed due to protective blinking and tearing mechanisms in the eye.
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ABE, Eriko, and Keiko KITAGAWA. "THE DESIGN PROCESS OF ^|^ldquo;THE EDUCATION BY WOODS AND WOODEN TOYS^|^rdquo; BY STUDENTS." Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) 77, no. 676 (2012): 1537–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/aija.77.1537.
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Mutiasari, M., W. N. Tanjung MT, N. Parwati, A. T. Purwandari, and U. W. Islamiah. "Risk Assessment User Interface Design’s by using Object Orientation Programming Approximation in Wooden Toys Industry." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 847 (May 28, 2020): 012079. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/847/1/012079.
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Hai Gen Zuo, Qiu hong Luo, Yi Han Lei, Xiu Juan Liu, Wen Ge, Shi Yu Xiong, and Lei Shi. "Determination of Pyrethroid Residues in Wooden Toys by Gas Chromatography and Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry." Journal of Analytical Chemistry 75, no. 12 (December 2020): 1626–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s1061934820120175.
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Wang, Zhijuan, Yahui Liu, Tao Li, Qing Zhang, Hua Bai, Yaqi Cai, and Qing Lv. "Wood preservatives in children’s wooden toys from China: Distribution, migration, oral exposure, and risk assessment." Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 209 (February 2021): 111786. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111786.
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Schramm, Manuel. "The invention and uses of folk art in Germany: wooden toys from the Erzgebirge mountains." Folklore 115, no. 1 (April 2004): 64–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0015587042000192538.
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Gupta, Rajeev Kumar, Dr Sudheesh B, and Dr Sangeeta Jauhari. "SOCIAL INNOVATION IN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP POST COVID -19: A STUDY OF UNORGANISED SECTOR WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MSME’s TOY CLUSTERS IN M.P." BSSS Journal of Management 12, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 143–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.51767/jm1212.
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This study is dedicated to Indian women`s mother`s day, who is representing unorganized sectors yet dedicated indirectly to revive the Indian economy since civilizations developed on blue planet, POST COVID -19, Pandemic brought changes in entrepreneurship strategies, eradicate hunger, poverty etc. not for means of profit for survival also bring harmony among Indian human society. Under post pandemic scenario, she presents herself as brand ambassador of her skills. So she needs to volunteer herself. As school children currently reeling under monotony and boredom due to uncertain lockdown at home, no physical activities during this period .So need to lure school children towards traditional toys also Indian Government also take initiatives to boost the morale of unorganized women artisans, wooden & mechanical ,electronic toys technicians, hand and machine manufacturing toys workers poses individually as new startup entrepreneurs by registering themselves under women start incubators MSME`S .Recently Government of India gave permission to form toy clusters at tehsils, district, village level, in order to revive economy & encounter dragon toys ,boost global exports from Local to Global, in order enhance Indian GDP through participation in virtual Global Markets. In nut shell, saving and honing the skills & selling the handmade toys, ecofriendly colors symbolize traditional Indian culture through E-Commerce, Virtual market (VM). As distribution of kits, money transfer into skilled migratory workers bank account by government is not a permanent solution. So need arises to save toy craftsmen, skilled technicians as a link between global customers & rural skilled women played significant role asentrepreneurs to sell their products from home through EPCS sponsored, INDIAN TOY show virtually “NAMASTE INDIA “held in Singapore virtually, through social women entrepreneurs successfully displaying their hand made products in World Trade Centre (WTC) in Washington, New york city with kind help from FIEO, Indian Embassy etc.
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Gupta, Rajeev Kumar. "SOCIAL INNOVATION IN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP POST COVID -19, A STUDY OF UNORGANIZED SECTOR WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MSME`S TOY CLUSTERS IN M.P." BSSS Journal of Commerce XIII, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 55–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.51767/joc1305.
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This study is dedicated to Indian women`s mother`s day, who is representing unorganized sectors yet dedicated indirectly to revive the Indian economy since civilizations developed on blue planet, POST COVID -19, Pandemic brought changes in entrepreneurship strategies, eradicate hunger, poverty etc., not for means of profit for survival also bring harmony among Indian human society. Under post pandemic scenario, she presents herself as brand ambassador of her skills. So, she needs to volunteer herself. As school children currently reeling under monotony and boredom due to uncertain lockdown at home, no physical activities during this period .So need to lure school children towards traditional toys also Indian Government also take initiatives to boost the morale of unorganized women artisans, wooden & mechanical ,electronic toys technicians, hand and machine manufacturing toys workers poses individually as new startup entrepreneurs by registering themselves under women start incubators MSME`S .Recently Government of India gave permission to form toy clusters at tehsils, district, village level, in order to revive economy & encounter dragon toys ,boost global exports from Local to Global, in order enhance Indian GDP through participation in virtual Global Markets. In nutshell, saving and honing the skills & selling the handmade toys, ecofriendly colors symbolize traditional Indian culture through E-Commerce, Virtual market (VM). As distribution of kits, money transfer into skilled migratory workers bank account by government is not a permanent solution. So need arises to save toy craftsmen, skilled technicians as a link between global customers & rural skilled women played significant role as entrepreneurs to sell their products from home through EPCS sponsored, INDIAN TOY show virtually “NAMASTE INDIA “held in Singapore virtually, through social women entrepreneurs successfully displaying their hand made products in World Trade Centre(WTC) in Washington, New york city with kind help from FIEO , Indian Embassy etc.
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Kesiezie, Khriethonuo, Sanjay Meena, Mahak Goel, and Deborshi Sharma. "Peculiar challenges of a glass object retained in rectum: review of current options." International Surgery Journal 10, no. 8 (July 28, 2023): 1409–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20232343.
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Rectal foreign bodies are rare and often challenging. It can vary from soft toys to hard glass or wooden objects. Patients are mostly habitual offenders who generally present to emergency due to retained foreign body or complications like perforation or bleeding. Proper history with a plain X-ray is often enough for the diagnosis and position of the foreign body. However, management can be varied from a simple trans-anal retrieval to an exploratory laparotomy. Minimal invasive techniques also have a role in current scenario. We report an unusual glass foreign body with its opening placed caudally.
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Dongoran, Naomi, Ma'mun Sarma, and Budi Suharjo. "Strategi Pemasaran Produk Mainan Anak-Anak dari Limbah Kayu PT Safira Tumbuh Berkembang." MANAJEMEN IKM: Jurnal Manajemen Pengembangan Industri Kecil Menengah 10, no. 1 (May 20, 2015): 59–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.29244/mikm.10.1.59-72.
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After year such a natural resources as wood becomes rare, so its use needs to be to the most efficient way, in line with it, wooden waste use becomes important. One of the companies which processes and makes use of the wooden waste to be children toys of economical value in Bogor is PT Safira Tumbuh Berkembang (PT STB). The research objectives are (1) to identify factors that influence a consumer’s decision making, and (2) to set a recommended marketing strategy to develop the business. The population In this research is students’ parents and teachers of 10 kindergartens in the City of Bogor. Samples were determined by purposive sampling, with consideration of easily accessible and the TK is willing to be interviewed. From each kindergarten a sample of 6 respondents comprising 3 parents and 3 teachers is taken, in order to make the total number of respondents of regarding 60 people. Data analysis method used is Thurstone, with consideration of a study conducted to explore consumer behavior in decision making. From the above analysis, the marketing strategy to do are as follows: (1) to lower the price of 9.34% of the set price, (2) To improve a new design in accordance with educational content element and bright colors combination on the toy, (3) to maintain the quality in accordance with the market segment, (4) maintain and develop the educational element content and a combination of bright colors found in children's toys as unique or characteristic of the designs produced by PT STB, (5) To develop promotion through direct interaction between sellers and the targets (personal selling) in a potential kindergarten as well as (6) To develop selling points through cooperation with children toy stores in malls/shopping centers
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Ridenour, Marcella V. "Children's Snow Sleds: Age Appropriateness and Safety." Perceptual and Motor Skills 68, no. 3 (June 1989): 883–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1989.68.3.883.
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The guidelines for age-labeling children's toys are summarized. Publications relating to the safe use of snow sleds by children are reviewed. The patent history of sled runners and steering is described. 140 children between the ages of 6 and 12 yr. old participated in the assessment of four different styles of snow sleds, using a downhill course which required a very small directional change. Sled style influenced the children's steering success. A traditional sled with a wooden platform and flexible metal runners provided the best steering for all age groups between 6 and 12 yr. old. Recommendations for parents, park managers, and manufacturers regarding the safety of children's sleds are provided.
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Khoshali, Afsaneh Khajevand. ""Motivational Correlates of Emotional Intelligence of Secondary Teacher Trainees "." Artha - Journal of Social Sciences 7, no. 1 (January 1, 2008): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.12724/ajss.12.5.
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The present study attempts to show the difference in preference and use of toys, play material and/or game equipments in children with mental retardation. This varies according to child variables (such as, age, gender, presence/absence of problem behaviours, associated conditions and severity of mental retardation), family variables (such as, type of family, socio economic status, maternal age and education) respectively.It was studied on a sample of 140 children with mild and moderate mental retardation between chronological ages of 6-18 years and mental ages of 3-12 years. The sample included 71 boys and 69 girls. The results indicate that the toy preferences of children with mental retardation appear to be restricted to very few items, such as, ball, cycle, doll, wooden blocks, colour pencils, toy car, play ring, marbles, etc.
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Edgecomb, Sean F. "Performing Midsommar: Sweden Nationalism, Folkloric Pageantry, and the Political Power of Symbolic Divergence." Theatre Survey 64, no. 3 (September 2023): 324–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040557423000169.
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In June 2022, after a two-and-a-half-year COVID-19 hiatus, I joyfully returned to Europe for a research trip. My purpose was to develop further my next monograph on queering animal symbols, specifically investigating the history of the Dalecarlian (Dala) horse [Dalahäst]. Dala horses are brightly painted wooden toys that were carved and decorated by farmers through the long Swedish winters as early as the seventeenth century. Thereafter, Dala horses became a national icon and symbol of Sweden at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City. Scheduling also allowed me to attend Midsommar (Midsummer) celebrations in Dalarna (Dalecarlia) County,1 Sweden (Fig. 1). This is the region not only where Dala horses first appeared, but also where many of the traditions surrounding the folkloric, highly theatrical, and now de facto Swedish national holiday of Midsommar most likely originated.
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Druzhinina, Inga, Olga Druzhinina, Alexandra Golyeva, and Victor Chkhaidze. "APPLICATION OF MICROBIOMORPHIC AND TOTAL PHOSPHORUS ANALYSES TO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE SREDNY ZELENCHUK TEMPLE, NIZHNY ARKHYZ HILLFORT." Nizhnevolzhskiy Arheologicheskiy Vestnik 23, no. 1 (April 9, 2024): 157–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.15688/10.15688/nav.jvolsu.2024.1.8.
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The article presents the results of the first geoarchaeological study of the materials of Christian burials identified in the interior of the Middle Zelenchuk temple of the 10th century in the Nizhne-Arkhyz ancient settlement (Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia). The results of microbiomorphic (phytolith) and total phosphorus content analyses allowed us to reveal previously unknown features of the funeral rites of the multicultural and multi-ethnic Christian population of one of the largest cities of the North Caucasus in the Middle Ages. The differences in funerary practices between the 11th and 13th centuries became evident when studying even a small group of funerary complexes in which people of the same social group – representatives of the social elite of Western Alania – were buried. The geoarchaeological study showed an abundance of plant and animal organic matter in the burials. The complex analysis of archaeological materials and data obtained during the microbiomorphic study allowed us to conclude that members of the urban Christian community had several burial traditions: in stone boxes (tombs), in wooden frames, and a mixed ritual when a wooden structure was placed in a stone box. The presence of wooden bark particles in the burials seems to be related not so much to the material from which the burial structures were made as to the presence in the graves of bark or bast objects (bast caskets or boxes, birch bark amulets, toys, etc.). The tradition known from pagan Alanian burials of placing the head of the deceased on a “stone cushion” (more typical for male burials) was preserved in early Christian burials. In one of the four women’s graves studied, the analysis showed the presence of a “hay pillow.” Probably, before the burial, a ritual of washing the deceased was performed, as evidenced by the presence of diatoms and sponge spicules in the samples.
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Tanjung, W. N., R. S. Khodijah, S. Hidayat, E. Ripmiatin, S. A. Atikah, and S. S. Asti. "Supply Chain Risk Management on Wooden Toys Industries by using House of Risk (HOR) and Analytical Network Process (ANP) Method." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 528 (June 12, 2019): 012086. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/528/1/012086.
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Safar, Peter. "In Memoriam, Asmund S. Laerdal." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 1, S1 (1985): xii—xiv. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00043569.
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Asmund Laerdal, a patron, catalyst and leader for resuscitation developments worldwide, died from cancer at his home in Stavanger, Norway on November 19, 1981. At the funeral services on America's Thanksgiving Day, we said thanks for what he has given the world. He was a great man, whose quiet, but determined, manners and eagerness to help whenever he perceived a need, earned him much respect and love.Asmund Laerdal was born in Norway on October 11, 1913. He went to business school, traveled throughout Europe by bicycle during his youth, married Margit in 1939, and started a small printing business in 1940. Nazi occupation between 1941 and 1945 threatened his life, but did not wreck his little company. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s he printed childrens' books and calendars and made inexpensive wooden and plastic toys. The latter included “Anne Doll,” the “toy of the year,” made of soft plastic, with sleeping eyes and natural hair.
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Codner, Andria Carolynn, and Carlye Anne Lauff. "PROTOTYPING FOR CHILDREN: UNDERSTANDING HOW FIDELITY AFFECTS CHILDREN'S COMPREHENSION OF PROTOTYPES." Proceedings of the Design Society 3 (June 19, 2023): 3005–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pds.2023.301.
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AbstractTesting prototypes with intended end users is critical to the design process. There is limited research on testing prototypes with certain types of end users, specifically children for toy products. Additionally, prototypes evolve in fidelity throughout a project, adding to the complexity in developing best practices for prototype testing. This paper analyzes children's understanding of physical prototypes at various levels of fidelity throughout a university semester-long design project developing wooden toys. Through analyzing students’ feedback on their prototype testing sessions, aspects of the prototypes that aid or inhibit children from understanding both form and function are uncovered. These aspects relate to Norman's principles of interaction and their inclusion in prototypes, specifically mental models, signifiers, and affordances. This paper suggests to include these principles in prototypes early in development to guide the user during testing. The goal of this research is to be a resource for those developing products for children, as well as adding knowledge around prototyping testing at various levels of fidelity.
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Tanjung, W. N., S. S. Asti, S. Hidayat, E. Ripmiatin, S. A. Atikah, and R. S. Khodijah. "Supply Chain Risk Management Analysis using the Development of Fuzzy Reasoning Methods and Analytical Network Process (ANP) at Wooden Toys Industries." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 528 (June 12, 2019): 012002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/528/1/012002.
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Wiszniewska, Anna. "„Pięć milionów dzieci czeka na nowe zabawki…”. O organizacji przemysłu zabawkarskiego i wzornictwie zabawek w Polsce lat 50. i 60. XX wieku." Artium Quaestiones, no. 32 (December 15, 2021): 131–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/aq.2021.32.6.
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In the first years after World War II, the task of setting up a toy industry was undertaken in Poland. According to the declarations from the Polish People’s Republic authorities about providing all children with a carefree childhood, access to education and help in developing individual interests, a well-designed and carefully made toy was to reach the hands of 5 million children. It was also supposed to be aesthetic and accessible to the impoverished society after the war. Therefore, toys were mainly produced from waste materials, such as wood, leather, felt, fabrics, provided by state-owned industrial plants or production cooperatives. Toys made in artists’ studios and in the BNEP Toy Factory under the direction of Jan Kurzątkowski met these criteria. A turning point in the history of the organization of the post-war toy industry was the establishment of The Office for Toy Industry Studies and Projects, a facility included in the structures of Cepelia and unique not only on the national, but also on the Europe scale. The office was established on 5 December 1950 by order of the president of the Central Office of Fine Manufacturing. The specialists employed in this institution (artists, educators, psychologists and material scientists) ensured that children received a good educational toy – carefully made, appropriate for their age, safe and nice at the same time. The designs developed under their professional supervision were handed over to Cepelia’s cooperatives for implementation, while providing appropriate instructions on the material and decorations used. One of the Office’s first initiatives was to produce a specific type of wooden and fabric doll, which was exported to Western Europe and the USA and created what was termed the “Polish Doll”. The office only existed for 4 years. Pursuant to the resolution of the Presidium of the Government dated on 18 December 1954, it was transferred to the Board of the Toy Industry at the Central Union of Work Cooperatives. In practice, this meant its liquidation and the cessation of research and development of new toy designs. This decision resulted in a rapid constriction in the development of Poland’s toy industry. The idea of such a holistic, comprehensive approach to the issue of toys has never been returned to, not only from the point of view of aesthetics, but also toys’ role in children’s upbringing and education. This was changed neither by the Central Design Office of the Toy Industry established in 1956 at the Ministry of Education, nor “Plastuś”, a competition for the best toy for children available on the market, launched in 1961.
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Sojitra, Radhika G., and Urvi J. Chotaliya. "Saltwater as a Disinfectant and Cleaning agent for Environmental Surfaces in the context of SARS-COV-II." Asian Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences 11, no. 2 (May 10, 2021): 165–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.52711/2231-5659.2021-11-2-13.
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The WHO has declared the ongoing outbreak as a global public health emergency. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS COV-II), the etiologic agent of COVID-19 has spread globally in a few months. It is a pandemic, surface to surface communicable disease. This review enlightens the preventive measures such as salt (sodium chloride) water as a selection of surface disinfectant. The application of saltwater is a sustainable and green concept and has several advantages including cost-effectiveness, ease of application, effective disinfection, on-the-spot production, safe for human beings and the environment. As compared to other chemical-based disinfectants and sanitizers, it is better to use on-hand techniques to clean vegetables and fruits, wooden surfaces, toys, and glasses with the most easily available, most economical, and non-toxic material of every house’s kitchen: A Common Salt. A simple saltwater solution containing approx 0.9-1.2% solution can be the cheapest, easiest, quickest, and safest way to clean different kinds of household surfaces to combat this pandemic situation.
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Sanjay, R., Rajendra Bargee, Pradeep Panwar, and Prashant Kumar. "Rectal perforation caused by a self-inserted foreign body: a case report." International Surgery Journal 8, no. 9 (August 27, 2021): 2803. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20213621.
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Rectal foreign bodies have a storied history as a part of anorectal trauma. Objects encountered are most commonly household objects consisting of bottles and glasses. Other objects include tooth brushes, deodorant bottles, food articles, knives, sports equipment, cell phones, flash lights, wooden rods, broom sticks, sex toys including dildos and vibrators, light bulbs, nails, or other construction tools, christmas ornaments, aerosol canisters, cocaine packets, and many more. The reasons for insertion in decreasing order of frequency are autoeroticism, concealment, attention-seeking behavior, accidental, assault and to alleviate constipation. Here we presented a case of 32 years old presented to the ER with complaints of pain in lower abdomen and anal region for 12 hours. He complained of severe pain when he tried to defecate. He gave history of self-insertion of an empty drug vial into his rectum. Rectal foreign bodies represent a challenging and unique field of colorectal trauma. The important factors in dealing with these patients are careful history and physical examination. Patients are often embarrassed about this condition and may conceal the truth. So, a high index of suspicion is required to accurately diagnose.
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Pandey, Anjali. "WOOD CRAFT OF BIHAR AND UTTAR PRADESH –A SURVEY." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 4, no. 2 (February 29, 2016): 239–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v4.i2.2016.2834.
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The tradition of wood carving is old. Wood craft is quite popular in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Craftsmen of these states are using their skill for making the designs in traditional and innovative way. A unique engraving creativity of ‘Nakkashi work’ appears with floral and figures etched out by the craftsmen. Lacquer work is obviously one of the major handicrafts of these regions. Various motifs of birds, peacock, fish, carved on the wood, appeals the viewers. The items made out of bamboo and wood are crafted in the shapes of birds, human figures and animals. Figures of Gods and Goddesses, animals and many mythological figures are crafted by the local craftsmen. The dolls, peacocks, parrots, elephants, horses, goats, bulls and cows are the repertoire of rural children. Uttar Pradesh is world known for its carved and brass inlayed or tarkashi wooden handicrafts. The craftsmen of Saharanpur are excelled in the art of inlayed wood work it is now widely used to decorate the centre-table, ash-trays, fruit-basket, service tray and other furniture articles etc. Varanasi and Amroha are particularly well known for lacquered woodcraft of UP. Numbers of lacquered toys, miniature kitchen utensils for children are made in this state.
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Pöhlmann, Egert. "Excavation, Dating and Content of Two Tombs in Daphne, Odos Olgas 53, Athens." Greek and Roman Musical Studies 1, no. 1 (2013): 7–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22129758-12341235.
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Abstract On 13. and 14. May 1981, in the course of emergency excavations in Odos Olgas 53 in Daphne, Athens, two tombs were excavated, the second of which was heralded as the Tomb of the Musician by the press. The contents were transferred to the National Archaeological Museum and later, after restoration, to the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. In Tomb I there were found the bones of an adult person in his or her 40s, together with four lekythoi, which can be dated by their shape and the style of the paintings to about 430 B.C. In Tomb II there were found the bones of a young adult in his or her early 20s, together with toys, tools, a writing case with stylus and inkpot, fragments of a papyrus scroll and five leaves of two different wooden note-books (polyptycha), together with the remains of a lyre, a harp and one tube of a pair of auloi with mouthpiece. On the papyrus fragments and the polyptycha scanty remains of writing in the Ionian alphabet can be read. Some mythical names point to poetry; musical notation, alleged by the inventory books to be detectable, could not be seen. The harp is an example of the type called the ‘spindle harp’, which is represented on vase pictures from 430 to 410.
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Taylor, Heidi. "Deep Dramaturgy: Excavating the Architecture of the Site-Specific Performance." Canadian Theatre Review 119 (June 2004): 16–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.119.004.
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Four-hundred-and-fifty people have gathered in a sculpture court. Small folding stools on the perimeter of the spacefill quickly. I am whispering requests to the artistic staff and catching the cast’s eyes to let them know we are ready. H and Shannon are tied together with rope, back-to-back on a six-foot high platform. They are both tall, and one faint moment could send them both crashing into the marble floor. I check that the safety ladder is close to them and give the go to Joe and Jeff on sound and lights. Images floating around me cohere and break apart, like clouds or nebulae. The sinking of the Titanic is buoyed up by a tap dancer in flapper garb, glowing at the audience as she spins in double time. We are wrenched back into the modem world with a pulsating dance that all thirty-seven actors whip into, an accumulating, repetitive movement that surges through the space, till the fragile wooden plinths look in danger of toppling. After the frenzy, a meditative text on the idea of home, and a grand finale of Vegas dancers, who break down like wind-up toys, littering the stage with their peacock feathers as they die in a parody of Swan Lake. The final text – echoing over the dancers’ bodies, the stilled tableaux – is doubly resonant for the company members who know it is their last performance together.
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Alotaibi, Refah, Mazen Nassar, and Ahmed Elshahhat. "Statistical Analysis of Inverse Lindley Data Using Adaptive Type-II Progressively Hybrid Censoring with Applications." Axioms 12, no. 5 (April 26, 2023): 427. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/axioms12050427.
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This paper deals with the statistical inference of the unknown parameter and some life parameters of inverse Lindley distribution under the assumption that the data are adaptive Type-II progressively censored. The maximum likelihood method is considered to acquire the point and interval estimates of the distribution parameter, reliability, and hazard rate functions. The approximate confidence intervals are also addressed. The delta method is taken into consideration to approximate the variances of the estimators of the reliability and hazard rate functions to get the required intervals. Based on the assumption of gamma prior, we further consider Bayesian estimation of the different parameters. The Bayes estimates are obtained by considering squared error and general entropy loss functions. The Bayes estimates and highest posterior density credible intervals are obtained by employing the Markov chain Monte Carlo procedure. An exhaustive numerical study is conducted to compare the offered estimates with regard to their root means squared error, relative absolute biases, confidence lengths, and coverage probabilities. To explain the suggested methods, two applications are investigated. The numerical findings show that the Bayes estimates perform better than those obtained based on the maximum likelihood method. The Bayesian estimations using the asymmetric loss function give more efficient estimates than the symmetric loss. Finally, the inverse Lindley distribution is recommended to be used as a suitable model to fit airborne communication transceiver and wooden toys data sets when compared with some competitive models including inverse Weibull, inverse gamma and alpha power inverted exponential.
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Tataurov, S. Ph, S. S. Tikhonov, and M. P. Chernaya. "Research in the Historical Center of Tara in 2021." Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories 27 (2021): 674–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.17746/2658-6193.2021.27.0674-0677.
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Archaeological research in the historic center of Tara in 2021 was concentrated in the southeastern part of the fortress, near one of the first churches of the city—Paraskeva Pyatnitskaya (Pyatnitskaya). It was the fourteenth season of excavations of the joint expedition of IAET SB RAS and National Research Tomsk State University in one of the first Russian cities in Western Siberia. Due to the overhaul of the district cultural center “Sever”, builders had to install fire tanks in an area of 100 m2 at a depth of five meters, so here, a layer of asphalt and gravel underlying it was opened and an excavation was laid. During the construction of the Cultural Centre, layers of the 19th-20th centuries were removed, so the study of cultural horizons began immediately in the middle of the 18th century from well-dated finds of the Chinese porcelain. We attributed the territory under study to the fortress based on the location of pavements recorded during the research, which were laid from Pyatnitskaya Church to the gate Tobolskaya and Spasskaya Towers, bypassing the fortress from the south. In the course of work, a construction horizon was discovered dated to the mid-17th century, being an intersection of the pavement from the entrance ostrog gates located in different parts of the town and the pavement from Pyatnitskaya Church to a complex of buildings of the Spassky Monastery. A housing complex consisting of a hut, household buildings and a glacier cellar with an overstructure, was directly adjacent to these roads. Its study yielded a collection of pottery, leather shoes, wooden and ceramic toys. Archaeological research of Tara conducted this year allowed us to significantly supplement the town’s planigraphy for the mid-17th century, to obtain the materials that supplement our ideas about the material and spiritual culture of the Tara residents in the late 16th-18th centuries.
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Cozma, Adeline-Cristina, Monica-Violeta Achim, and Andrada-Ioana Sabău. "Economic and financial crime in the forestry industry – developed vs. developing countries." Brazilian Journal of Business 5, no. 2 (June 1, 2023): 1084–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.34140/bjbv5n2-023.
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Wood is one of the most important natural resources, used in construction and fencing, art (artworks and musical instruments), household uses (utensils and hand tools), wooden toys, furniture, shipbuilding, fuel, and stationary. Therefore, deforestation is an indispensable process to our society. However, deforestation does not have to mean smaller forestland, as it should be accompanied by afforestation. But this does not happen, partially due to illegal deforestation, that raises the deforestation level much higher than the sustainable one, and partially due to laws that permit legal deforestation to be above the durable limit, obviously for economic and political reasons The aim of this paper is to study the differences in the influence that economic and financial crimes (corruption, shadow economy, and money laundering) have on the rate of deforestation in developing versus developed countries. Recent data (from 2012 to 2020) is used for 185 countries from all over the world, in order to obtain updated and relevant results. The practical use of the findings is given by their relevance in finding efficient, adapted, and effective solutions for unsustainable deforestation (legal or not), for pollution, and for a cleaner air and environment, and for a better understanding of this phenomenon, by addressing it differently according to the level of development of a country. Also, this research is an attempt to raise awareness upon illegal deforestation and corruption. The regressions applied to the database show that both developed and developing countries present a direct connection between economic and financial crime and the level of deforestation, but in developed countries the influence of economic and financial crime on deforestation is lower. Therefore, the focus in reducing the deforestation by reducing the economic and financial crimes rate should be on developing countries, where the levels of corruption, shadow economy, and money-laundering are higher, and so is the deforestation rate.
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Kayode, Olubunmi B., Charlotte M. Mokoatle, Phoka C. Rathebe, and Thokozani P. Mbonane. "Factors Associated with Atopic Dermatitis among Children Aged 6 to 14 Years in Alimosho Local Government, Lagos, Nigeria." Children 10, no. 5 (May 17, 2023): 893. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10050893.
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There has been a rise in the prevalence of atopic dermatitis (AD) globally, especially in low-and middle-income countries such as Nigeria. The condition has been linked to genetic predisposes, living conditions, and environmental factors. Environmental factors are considered a significant contributor to AD in low- and middle-income countries. This study determined the prevalence of AD in south-western Nigeria and identified risk factors in home and school environments that children aged 6 to 14 years are exposed to. A cross-sectional study was adopted, and the total sample size was 349. Four randomly selected health facilities were used for the study. A questionnaire was used to determine the risk factors in the population. Data analysis was performed using the latest version of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The prevalence of atopic dermatitis in this study is 25%. Atopic dermatitis was found to be common in females (27%). According to the univariate analysis, children who lived where trucks pass on the street almost daily had the highest cases of atopic dermatitis (28%). Children with rugs in their houses (26%) and those whose houses are surrounded by bushes (26%) had higher cases of atopic dermatitis. Children who played on school grass (26%), attended creche with rubber toys (28%), and attended school where wooden chairs (28%) and chalkboards (27%) are used had a higher number of AD. Bivariate analysis showed an association between AD with a mother’s monthly income (p = 0.012) and eating potatoes (p = 0.005), fruits (p = 0.040), and cereal (p = 0.057). In the multivariate analysis, the consumption of fruits (p = 0.02), potatoes (p < 0.001), and cereal (p = 0.04) were identified as risk factors associated with AD. It is envisaged that the study will serve as a basis for possible research on evidence-based and primary prevention options. Hence, we recommend health education activities to empower communities to protect themselves against environmental risk factors that are preventable.
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Kumar, Shubham, Tanuj Mathur, and Himanshu Misra. "Innovation as a catalyst for Moonj artisans: a case of Rekhaakriti." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 13, no. 1 (May 12, 2023): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-08-2022-0266.
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Learning outcomes The readers will gain practical insights on the key attributes of a women entrepreneur, the role of innovative product design and usage, the core challenges and opportunities and the strategies to overcome entrepreneurial hurdles in the Moonj handicraft business. Case overview/synopsis The case is about “Rekhaakriti”, a handicraft artisan-oriented firm, which deals in the business of selling handicrafts items like traditional wooden toys, Moonj baskets, rice bowls and vermilion boxes, in both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) markets. Incorporated as a non-governmental organization (NGO) in the year 2014, “Rekhaakriti” was founded with the purpose of preserving, promoting and advancing the Moonj handicraft. Throughout its formative years, the organization experienced several organizational and operational challenges and got almost on the edge of collapse. The dilemma that surrounded Rekha Sinha, a key founding member of “Rekhaakriti”, was whether to carry or dissolve the organization. But, after much contemplation, she decided to convert the organization to a sole proprietorship firm in the year 2017. However, the restructuring decision was also proving to become less effective in attaining the objectives for which the firm got established. This led the owner, Rekha Sinha, to further dug deep to identify obstacles (both internal and external) that impede her firm’s expansion and growth. This case narrates Rekha Sinha's intricate entrepreneurial path in building an innovative handicraft organization and explains how she overcame the overall organizational and operational obstacles. The case provides the context for students to assume the role of protagonist and explore creative strategies for overcoming market obstacles through upskilling, design intervention and product innovation. Complexity academic level The case study is intended for the students pursuing their graduation and post-graduation courses in business, management studies, marketing and entrepreneurship. The case also provides suitable insights to management trainees and executives. Supplementary material Teaching notes are available for educators only. Subject code CSS 8: Marketing.
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Svyatkin, Mikhail I. "Commercial Specialization of Mordva Settlements." Economic History 18, no. 3 (September 30, 2022): 221–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.15507/2409-630x.058.018.202203.221-232.
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Introduction. The post-reform era was characterized by the rapid growth of handicrafts. This phenomenon was noted not only in the Russian, but also in the Mordva village. In some Mordva villages there was a concentration of a wide variety of types of handicrafts and they began to represent a kind of handicraft centers. The article pays attention to the study of the distribution of handicrafts among Mordva villages. On the basis of pre-revolutionary statistical documents, reports of provincial and county zemstvo committees, the level of development of fishing activity among the Mordva has been considered. Materials and Methods. The research is based on the following methods: comparative-historical, historical-genetic, problem-chronological, structural-systemic. As the general scientific research methods, logical, descriptive-narrative, generalization, classification and systematization have been involved. To achieve the results of the study, archival sources, reports of county and provincial statistical committees, journals of meetings of county zemstvo assemblies have been used. Results and Discussion. Mordva artisans lagged behind the Russians in terms of the rate of development of the handicraft industry. The same types of bushcraft were common among Mordva as among Russians. Handicraft production gradually expanded in the Mordva villages in the second half of the XIX – early XX century. Peasants begin to specialize in a certain kind of handicraft. Usually in the Mordva villages there were several handicrafts at once, but there were also those that specialized in one craft. In such settlements, as a rule, artisanal artels were created. So, in the Spassky district of the Tambov province, woodworking crafts dominated, in the Alatyr and Ardatov counties of the Simbirsk province – wool-cutting and felting, in the Saransk district of the Penza province, crew fishing was widespread. P. S. Pallas, I. I. Lepekhin, V. N. Kuklin, I. I. Firstov, A. S. Luzgin, N. F. Mokshin, G. A. Kornishina, E. N. Mokshina and others made a significant contribution to the study of traditional crafts and occupations of the Mordva. Conclusion. Currently, certain types of craft activities are preserved in some Mordva villages. For example, felting is widespread in the villages of the Ardatovsky district of the Republic of Mordva – Urusovo, Zhabino, Old Ardatovo. In the village of Podlesnaya Tavla, Kochkurovsky district, Mordovian craftsmen are engaged in wood carving, making wooden toys. Crafts such as knitting, basket weaving, carpentry, birch bark weaving, cooperage are preserved.
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Bhuiyan, Md Al-Amin, Priyanka Agrawal, Olakunle Alonge, Zobaer Alam, Lamisa Ashraf, Shirin Wadhwaniya, Md Abu Talab, et al. "Compliance to playpen usages to enhance parental supervision of under-five children in rural community of Bangladesh." PLOS ONE 17, no. 5 (May 9, 2022): e0264902. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264902.
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Introduction In Bangladesh, injury is one of the leading causes of death and morbidity in children. All children under 5 years of age are at high risk for drowning though the risks are highest when children first learn to walk and crawl while they do not understand the danger of water. The Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) in collaboration with Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) has been implementing two drowning prevention interventions, providing playpens and community day care centres (anchal), or both in three rural sub-districts of Bangladesh under Saving of Lives from Drowning (SoLiD) project in Bangladesh. In CIPRB intervention areas, wooden playpens were distributed among the children nine months to three years at household (HH) level. Objective The aim of this study was to explore and understand the acceptability and perceptions of parents towards playpen and its relevance for drowning and injury related mortality and morbidity prevention. Methods Anchal mothers (‘anchal maa’ in Bangla) distributed 30,553 playpens and collected compliance information at the HH level using a structured questionnaire. 1600 trained anchal maas collected data via face to face interviews from May 2014 to November 2015. Playpen compliance visits were conducted periodically on the second and seventh days and every two months after delivering the playpen. Data were entered using standard data entry formats and analyzed using SPSS software version 23. Results Parents reported that playpen is a safe place and protects children from drowning and other injuries. During compliance data collection, anchal maa founds that 71.8% of all children were using playpen and 93.7% (of 71.8%) children were playing inside the playpen while mothers were busy with their household chores like cooking, washing dishes and clothes, taking care of their poultry and domestic animals etc. 95.7% parents reported playpen is being used for keeping the child safe. On an average, the children were placed two to six times per day in a playpen. 99.1% of the children who reported using a playpen did not get any injuries (falls, cuts and bruises) while using the playpen. Satisfaction level with the playpen intervention among mothers was 90.5%. Some respondents suggested improving the playpen utilization by providing toys, adding wheels for ease of mobility, and increasing the height. Conclusion The playpens were found to be well accepted and utilized for the children, especially when mothers were busy with their household chores.
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Гольденберг, О. А., И. П. Кузьмина, and И. Б. Толкачев. "Plastic features of the animalistic genre in the decorative composition of students of the faculty of art education." Bulletin of Pedagogical Sciences, no. 4 (May 13, 2024): 220–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.62257/2687-1661-2024-4-220-227.
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в статье раскрыты особенности создания декоративных композиций студентами факультета художественного образования. Современная система подготовки дизайнеров и педагогов изобразительного искусства должна ориентировать все обучение на формирование у студентов творческих способностей. Метод творческой стилизации, авторской интерпретации образа животного нацеливает деятельность обучающихся на самостоятельное исследование в области теории и практики декоративно-прикладного искусства и на создание «художественного изобретения». В статье рассматриваются технологии работы с различными материалами, такими как камень, дерево и керамика, а также развитию образно-пластического мышления и способностей к творческому применению полученных знаний студентами в будущей педагогической и творческой деятельности. Особое внимание уделяется скульптуре малых форм, которая активно развивается и является одним из видов станковой скульптуры, тесно связанной с декоративно-прикладным искусством. Скульптура малых форм сегодня высоко востребована в современном обществе, так как она становится частью организации современного интерьера и отражает повышение требований людей к эстетическому качеству окружающей среды. Отдельно описываются особенности и традиции русской народной деревянной игрушки на примере работы «Петухи», последовательность работы при создании серии изделий из мягкого камня, создания художественных образов «Бегемотов», технологические и художественные аспекты выполнения пластической композиции в керамике на тему «Птицы». Создание анималистической декоративной композиции – это активный творческий и трудовой технологический процесс. Студенту приходится «покорять» материал, создавать из него полный жизни художественный образ. the article reveals the peculiarities of creating decorative compositions by students of the Faculty of Art Education. The modern system of training designers and teachers of fine arts should focus all training on the formation of students' creative abilities. The method of creative stylization, the author's interpretation of the image of an animal aims the students' activities at independent research in the field of theory and practice of decorative and applied art and at the creation of an «artistic invention». The article discusses the technologies of working with various materials such as stone, wood and ceramics, as well as the development of figurative and plastic thinking and the ability to creatively apply the knowledge gained by students in future pedagogical and creative activities. Special attention is paid to small-form sculpture, which is actively developing and is one of the types of easel sculpture closely related to decorative and applied art. Sculpture of small shapes is in high demand in modern society today, as it becomes part of the organization of a modern interior and reflects the increasing demands of people for the aesthetic quality of the environment. The features and traditions of Russian folk wooden toys are described separately using the example of the work «Cocks», the sequence of work when creating a series of soft stone products, creating artistic images of «Behemoths», technological and artistic aspects of performing a plastic composition in ceramics on the theme of «Birds». Creating an animalistic decorative composition is an active creative and laborious technological process. The student has to «conquer» the material, create an artistic image full of life from it.
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Mylnikov, V. P. "Technologies Involved in Manufacturing Wooden Horns for the Ceremonial Masks of Horses from the Pazyryk Tombs in the Altai." Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 46, no. 4 (December 23, 2018): 49–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.17746/1563-0102.2018.46.4.049-058.
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We present the results of a technological analysis of details of the horse harness—the most numerous and the most representative category of wooden artifacts found in the Scythian Age (Pazyryk) tombs. Basic techniques and specific operations involved in the manufacturing of horse masks are described. Especially noteworthy are the tops of these masks, fashioned like horns of mountain goats. Such masks were found in nearly all high-ranking burials. We reconstruct the carpentry of the Early Iron Age nomads. Wooden horns, being the principal elements of the horse’s headgear, differ in terms of technique and complexity: some are solid, while others are composed of two and more parts. In terms of size and shape, some horns are robust, and some are thin and elegant. Separate groups include composite horns with sophisticated carved figurines of feline carnivores, bone collets, bipartite semicircular inserts, and leather tops shaped like antlers. The analysis of horse harness decoration from burials differing in status suggests that wooden horns were mostly attributes of the nomadic elite members. Their size, accessory ornaments, and intricacy were markers of social status.
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Darenskiy, Oleksandr, Eduard Bielikov, Olexii Dudin, Alina Zvierieva, and Anatolii Oleshchenko. "Results of theoretical and experimental studies on determining the coefficient of subgrade reaction of sleepers for the conditions of main railways with axial loads of 30-35 tons per axle." MATEC Web of Conferences 230 (2018): 01003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201823001003.
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The article considers obtaining numerical values of the coefficient of subgrade reaction of wooden and reinforced concrete sleepers with axial loads up to 30-35 tons per axle. It has been concluded that using the rolling stock with axial loads of up to 35 tons per axle is necessary in order to ensure sustainable development of the railway complex. The performance of the railway track thus should be investigated in order to predict its operation in such conditions. Generally, such studies are performed using numerical methods. One of the parameters that are required for such calculations is the parameter which is commonly called the coefficient of subgrade reaction. Empirical dependencies of the coefficient of subgrade reaction of wooden and reinforced concrete sleepers on the axial load and on the operating conditions of the track have been obtained. The obtained results can be used in studies of the interaction dynamics of the track of main railways with rolling stock with axial loads of 30-35 tons per axle, which will give an opportunity to provide well-grounded recommendations on the rules for the arrangement and maintenance of the track in such conditions.