bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cultural capital of modern student youth structure, types and practices of accumulation (for example, students of Kharkіv)
Authors: Нечітайло І. С. , Назаркін П. O.
Published: September 2019

The urgency of the article is due to the tasks of comprehensive development of the cultural capital of student youth. The problem of cultural capital originates from the ideas of M. Weber, E. Durkheim, T. Parsons and others. The ideas of these scientists are devoted by G. Becker, P. Bourdieu, J. Bichenko, N. Gorbunov, J. Coleman, F. Fukuyama, V. Radaev and others. Works by N. Bolshakov, O. Demkiv, V. Dresvyannikov, A. Dresvyannikova, M. Kolotilo, I. Samarina and other scientists are devoted to the problems of estimation of processes of accumulation of cultural and other types of capital of modern youth. The authors of the article emphasize that issues of analyzing the structure of cultural capital (which is rather complex) and processes of its accumulation and inheritance, as well as empirical operationalization of the notion of cultural capital, remain outstandingly studied. In this regard, the purpose of this article suggests highlighting the main results of their own empirical research on the cultural capital of modern student youth (for example, students of Kharkiv), and, on their basis, identify its types and structural components. The basis of the article is the results of a study conducted in 2016 under the guidance and with the participation of authors (n=394; method of questionnaire survey; object of the study – students of universities of Kharkiv)1. The study tested research hypotheses confirm 1 the link between: 1) the type of cultural capital and academic grades of students; 2) the professional status of parents and academic grades of students; 3) the professional status of parents and the type of cultural capital of students. The benefits of this study are that two types of cultural capital of student youth are identified: «knowledge-information cultural capital» and «status cultural capital». Moreover proved that that the frequency of attendance of various «cultural» institutions and activities by modern students correlates with the frequency of visits to the same places in childhood (there is a statistically significant connection and in the vast majority of cases the correlation coefficients are not lower than 0.2). The conclusions emphasize that cultural capital is a powerful factor in influencing the processes of personal development and social status mobility. In this connection, it is emphasized the expediency of continuous monitoring of the results of the conversion of cultural capital of students, manifested in their subsequent career advancements and professional self-realization after graduation.
Regulation of informal employment in a transition economy
Authors: Варга Н. І. , Афанасьєв Д. М.
Published: September 2019

The regulation of informal employment requires in-depth analysis. The aim of this article is to provide a framework for understanding the approaches for tackling undeclared work. The main directions of the regulatory influence of the state, such as non-mixing, de-regulation, eradication and transfer of informal employment into the formal economy. It is shown that post-Soviet society predominates only direct punitive control. Akin to many other contemporary societal problems, tackling the undeclared economy has perhaps previously been conceptually framed as a ‘tame’ problem (i.e., a problem that is complicated but easily solvable, often with a discrete response that can be replicated anywhere). Here however, the undeclared economy is reframed as a ‘wicked’ problem which is complex, rather than complicated, and the outcome of a number of inter-related drivers, each of which if addressed has unforeseen and unintentional knock-on effects. Responsibility for tackling the problem moreover, stretches across multiple stakeholders and profound behavioural changes across both citizens and stakeholders are required to address the issue. Such wicked problems therefore, have to employ ‘clumsy’ approaches rather than ‘elegant’ solutions. However, indirect control measures that change formal and informal institutions, although necessary, are insufficient on their own to tackle undeclared work. Given that undeclared work is a wicked problem with multiple drivers, a multi-pronged approach is required that uses both direct and indirect controls. For example, governments might seek to change the culture of government departments towards a more customer-oriented approach and introduce public campaigns to elicit greater commitment to tax morality, whilst simplifying regulatory compliance and introducing incentives (amnesties, tax deductions) to enable undeclared work to move into the declared realm. At the same time, and in relation to those who fail to comply, they may also pursue improvements in the probability of detection and tougher sanctions for those subsequently caught. Voluntary compliance arises where there is trust in the authorities. When there is no trust in the authorities, and the authorities have no authority, no means are sufficient to influence informal employment. For qualitative regulation and influence on it, it is necessary to increase either the powers of the authorities or the trust in the authorities. In the approach of direct control, emphasis is placed on increasing the authority of the authorities, whereas in the indirect control approach the emphasis is on increasing confidence in the authorities. In practice, these approaches are not mutually exclusive, on the contrary, you can use both to enhance their effectiveness.
Soviet-Finnish War
Authors: Донченко С. П.
Published: September 2019

The whole period of the Soviet Union’s existence and the first years of independence of Ukraine didnot write and talked about the military conflict in the winter of 1939–1940. The reason for the strategicdefeat of the huge Soviet Union in the war with a small Finland. In the Soviet Union, they tried to createsuch a notion as the «Soviet people,» the relocation and mixing of a large number of people throughout thespace of the USSR. Therefore, no one has ever defined participants in events by nationality or territoriallocation. Ukrainians also did not stand out. It was only when Ukraine became independent that therewas a need to determine the participation of Ukrainians in the Soviet-Finnish war and their role. Duringthe Soviet-Finnish war, the North-West front was commanded by the future Marshal and Hero of theSoviet Union, Ukrainian Timoshenko Semyon Konstantinovich. Future Marshal and Hero of the SovietUnion, Ukrainian Kulik Grigory Ivanovich, as Deputy People’s Commissar for Defense of the USSR,participated in the preparation of Army and Artillery Parts for the Soviet-Finnish War. The commanderof the 70th division was Ukrainian Kirponos Mikhail Petrovich. Participated in the combat operations ofthe pilot-as and Hero of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian Kravchenko Grigory Panteleevich. Future Marshaland Hero of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian, Moskalenko Kirill Semenovich, during the Soviet-FinnishWar, was the head of the artillery 51st Perekopskaya Rifle Division of the Odessa Military District. Thefuture Colonel-General of the Tank Army and Hero of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian Kravchenko AndriyGrigorievich, during the war, was Chief of Staff of the 173th Motorized Infantry Division. In the threemonth conflict, nearly 40,000 Ukrainians died. Among those who fought in this war and received thehighest award – the Order of Lenin – Vasyl Petrenko from Poltava region. On the side of the USSR twodivisions participated in the war, which were completed in Ukraine. These are the 44th and 70th InfantryDivisions. The first of them fell into the environment and almost all died, trying to break away from theFinnish ring. Those who escaped were subjected to a martial law court. Division commander, chief ofstaff, chief of the police department and commissar were shot. In general, several thousand participantsin this war suffered repressions. Instructive that the Finnish side arranged the graves of the dead Sovietsoldiers. The city of Suomussalmi has a monument to the soldiers of the 44th Division, at the time whenthe names of the heroes were for gotten in the homeland.
Randomized Wagering Mechanisms
Authors: Chen Yiling , Liu Yang , Wang Juntao
Published: September 2019

Wagering mechanisms are one-shot betting mechanisms that elicit agents’ predictions of an event. For deterministic wagering mechanisms, an existing impossibility result has shown incompatibility of some desirable theoretical properties. In particular, Pareto optimality (no profitable side bet before allocation) can not be achieved together with weak incentive compatibility, weak budget balance and individual rationality. In this paper, we expand the design space of wagering mechanisms to allow randomization and ask whether there are randomized wagering mechanisms that can achieve all previously considered desirable properties, including Pareto optimality. We answer this question positively with two classes of randomized wagering mechanisms: i) one simple randomized lottery-type implementation of existing deterministic wagering mechanisms, and ii) another family of randomized wagering mechanisms, named surrogate wagering mechanisms, which are robust to noisy ground truth. Surrogate wagering mechanisms are inspired by an idea of learning with noisy labels (Natarajan et al. 2013) as well as a recent extension of this idea to the information elicitation without verification setting (Liu and Chen 2018). We show that a broad set of randomized wagering mechanisms satisfy all desirable theoretical properties.
On the Complexity of the Inverse Semivalue Problem for Weighted Voting Games
Authors: Diakonikolas Ilias , Pavlou Chrystalla
Published: September 2019

Weighted voting games are a family of cooperative games, typically used to model voting situations where a number of agents (players) vote against or for a proposal. In such games, a proposal is accepted if an appropriately weighted sum of the votes exceeds a prespecified threshold. As the influence of a player over the voting outcome is not in general proportional to her assigned weight, various power indices have been proposed to measure each player’s influence. The inverse power index problem is the problem of designing a weighted voting game that achieves a set of target influences according to a predefined power index. In this work, we study the computational complexity of the inverse problem when the power index belongs to the class of semivalues. We prove that the inverse problem is computationally intractable for a broad family of semivalues, including all regular semivalues. As a special case of our general result, we establish computational hardness of the inverse problem for the Banzhaf indices and the Shapley values, arguably the most popular power indices.
How Similar Are Two Elections?
Authors: Faliszewski Piotr , Skowron Piotr , Slinko Arkadii , Szufa Stanisław , Talmon Nimrod
Published: September 2019

We introduce the ELECTION ISOMORPHISM problem and a family of its approximate variants, which we refer to as dISOMORPHISM DISTANCE (d-ID) problems (where d is a metric between preference orders). We show that ELECTION ISOMORPHISM is polynomial-time solvable, and that the d-ISOMORPHISM DISTANCE problems generalize various classic rank-aggregation methods (e.g., those of Kemeny and Litvak). We establish the complexity of our problems (including their inapproximability) and provide initial experiments regarding the ability to solve them in practice.
Online Convex Optimization for Sequential Decision Processes and Extensive-Form Games
Authors: Farina Gabriele , Kroer Christian , Sandholm Tuomas
Published: September 2019

Regret minimization is a powerful tool for solving large-scale extensive-form games. State-of-the-art methods rely on minimizing regret locally at each decision point. In this work we derive a new framework for regret minimization on sequential decision problems and extensive-form games with general compact convex sets at each decision point and general convex losses, as opposed to prior work which has been for simplex decision points and linear losses. We call our framework laminar regret decomposition. It generalizes the CFR algorithm to this more general setting. Furthermore, our framework enables a new proof of CFR even in the known setting, which is derived from a perspective of decomposing polytope regret, thereby leading to an arguably simpler interpretation of the algorithm. Our generalization to convex compact sets and convex losses allows us to develop new algorithms for several problems: regularized sequential decision making, regularized Nash equilibria in zero-sum extensive-form games, and computing approximate extensive-form perfect equilibria. Our generalization also leads to the first regret-minimization algorithm for computing reduced-normal-form quantal response equilibria based on minimizing local regrets. Experiments show that our framework leads to algorithms that scale at a rate comparable to the fastest variants of counterfactual regret minimization for computing Nash equilibrium, and therefore our approach leads to the first algorithm for computing quantal response equilibria in extremely large games. Our algorithms for (quadratically) regularized equilibrium finding are orders of magnitude faster than the fastest algorithms for Nash equilibrium finding; this suggests regret-minimization algorithms based on decreasing regularization for Nash equilibrium finding as future work. Finally we show that our framework enables a new kind of scalable opponent exploitation approach.
An Improved Quasi-Polynomial Algorithm for Approximate Well-Supported Nash Equilibria
Authors: Fasoulakis Michail , Markakis Evangelos
Published: September 2019

We focus on the problem of computing approximate Nash equilibria in bimatrix games. In particular, we consider the notion of approximate well-supported equilibria, which is one of the standard approaches for approximating equilibria. It is already known that one can compute an ε-well-supported Nash equilibrium in time nO (log n/ε2), for any ε > 0, in games with n pure strategies per player. Such a running time is referred to as quasi-polynomial. Regarding faster algorithms, it has remained an open problem for many years if we can have better running times for small values of the approximation parameter, and it is only known that we can compute in polynomial-time a 0.6528-well-supported Nash equilibrium. In this paper, we investigate further this question and propose a much better quasi-polynomial time algorithm that computes a (1/2 + ε)-well-supported Nash equilibrium in time nO(log logn1/ε/ε2), for any ε > 0. Our algorithm is based on appropriately combining sampling arguments, support enumeration, and solutions to systems of linear inequalities.
Multi-Unit Bilateral Trade
Authors: Gerstgrasser Matthias , Goldberg Paul W. , De Keijzer Bart , Lazos Philip , Skopalik Alexander
Published: September 2019

We characterise the set of dominant strategy incentive compatible (DSIC), strongly budget balanced (SBB), and ex-post individually rational (IR) mechanisms for the multi-unit bilateral trade setting. In such a setting there is a single buyer and a single seller who holds a finite number k of identical items. The mechanism has to decide how many units of the item are transferred from the seller to the buyer and how much money is transferred from the buyer to the seller. We consider two classes of valuation functions for the buyer and seller: Valuations that are increasing in the number of units in possession, and the more specific class of valuations that are increasing and submodular.Furthermore, we present some approximation results about the performance of certain such mechanisms, in terms of social welfare: For increasing submodular valuation functions, we show the existence of a deterministic 2-approximation mechanism and a randomised e/(1 − e) approximation mechanism, matching the best known bounds for the single-item setting.
Howrah Bridge: icon of a 330-year-old city in India – part I: history, planning and design
Authors: Ghoshal Amitabha
Published: September 2019

Howrah Bridge completes its 75 years of service for the populace of the twin Indian cities of Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Howrah and is considered as the icon of the city. The imposing and heavily built balanced-cantilever suspension bridge has held the fancy of the city population ever since its construction. Calcutta, as it was previously known, was built on the bank away from the mainland and therefore had to depend on the main railway station at Howrah on the western bank as the entrance to the city. The bridge has thus become its main link to the mainland in the west and north of India. The present bridge was preceded by a floating bridge on pontoons that served for an astonishing ~70 years. Almost 35 years of deliberations, planning and tender invitations had proceeded before the bridge construction was started, only to be completed in a period of 6 years – an amazing feat. The planning and design of the bridge incorporated features addressing future maintenance needs and adjustments that have kept the structure in perfect shape.
Plate Pouring v3
Authors: Islam Priota
Published: September 2019

C. elegans is maintained in the laboratory on Nematode Growth Medium (NGM) agar which has been aseptically poured into petri plates. Smaller plates (35 mm diameter) are useful for mating or when using expensive drugs. Medium size plates (60 mm diameter) are useful for general strain maintenance, and larger plates (90 mm diameter) are useful for growing larger quantities of worms, such as for certain mutant screens. The NGM agar medium can be poured into petri plates easily and aseptically using a peristaltic pump. This pump can be adjusted so that a constant amount of NGM agar is dispensed into each petri plate. A constant amount of agar in the plates reduces the need for refocusing the microscope when you switch from one plate to another. Reference: http://www.wormbook.org/
Psychometric Properties of the Korean Version of the Health Literacy on Social Determinants of Health Questionnaire (K-HL-SDHQ) v1
Authors: Cho Mikyeong , Lee Hyeonkyeong , Lee Young-Me , Lee Ja-yin , Min Haeyoung , Kim Youlim , Kim Sookyung
Published: September 2019

The association between the social determinant of health (SDH) and sustainable development goals, has directed attention toward the influence of SDH. However, there is a lack of evidence regarding the instruments used to assess SDH. Thus, this study was conducted to assess the validity and reliability of the Korean Version of the Health Literacy on Social Determinants of Health Questionnaire (K-HL-SDHQ). A total of 660 workers in Korea participated in an online survey. The K-HL-SDHQ measures four dimensions (Access, Understand, Appraise, and Apply) with 33 items. The HL-SDHQ was translated into Korean using the forward-back translation method. To test the validity and reliability of the Korean translated HL-SDHQ, item analysis for the 33 items was conducted. Internal consistency was examined using Cronbach’s ⍺, an exploratory factor analysis, and a confirmatory factor analysis. The scale-level content validity index (S-CVI)/Universal agreement of this study was .12 and S-CVI/Average variance extracted was .83 (item-CVI range=.50-1.00). The goodness of fit determined through a confirmatory factor analysis of the four dimensions was acceptable (χ2 (489) = 1475.054, p < .001, RMSEA =.06, CFI =.87, TLI = .85). The K-HL-SDHQ also demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s ⍺=.92). The findings indicate that the K-HL-SDHQ is a valid and reliable tool that can be used to assess the SDH of workers in Korea. It is suggested that this tool can be applied through repeated research with workers and non-workers for health promotion, and to enhance researchers’ understanding of the different levels of the HL-SDHQ.
Empati Kultural pada Mahasiswa
Authors: Gustini Neng
Published: September 2019

Cultural empathy is the ability to feel what another person by an individual or a community group. Culture of others became the foundation behave in every interaction that exists. Empathy has the potential to transform differences into mutual understanding and deep understanding. Similarly, in guidance and counseling, a counselor absolutely have skills in counseling, one of which he must have a sense of empathy. Therefore, empathy is very important, both for educators and for counselors, especially for counselors, provide a sense of comfort to the counselee as if a counselor was feeling what counselees feel and recognize themselves in more depth. As for cultural empathy in counseling is very important for the counseling process is a process aid through the interaction between two individuals of different cultural backgrounds. One problem that often arises is the lack of empathy in communication that could lead to a misunderstanding in interaction. Whereas, the purpose of cultural empathy is to gather information and to establish a therapeutic alliance. This study aims to investigate and describe the cultural empathy in students. This study uses a quantitative approach with descriptive methods, instrument using a questionnaire and the sample was 83 students of UIN Sunan Gunung Jati Bandung. The findings of this research is cultural empathy of student UIN Sunan Gunung Jati Bandung categorized as being with an average by score of 83.84.
Kompetensi Spiritualitas Mahasiswa
Authors: Novitasari Yuni
Published: September 2019

This study aims to present spirituality student competency profiles, which can provide a view of cultural competence on the part of students or the spirituality of the people of Indonesia. The method used is survey. Subjects consisted of 50 students on the course for guidance and counseling. Most categories of student spirituality competency is moderate, with highs in the affective aspects, aspects of cognitive and psychomotor lowest at. Therefore, the development of spirituality on student competence becomes important. Especially the development of the cognitive and psychomotor aspects. Competence spirituality is a potential in human beings that can evolve positively. As the results of research and studies mention that spirituality has contributed to mental health, positive moral behavior, professionalism, physical health, as well as character development. Character development is part of a very important educational mission. Moreover, the students as the next generation of nation-building, it is necessary formation of strong character. Belief in God and positive moral behavior is one of the main characters to be achieved in the national education goals. Spirituality can be a major potential in the development of the character.
Kecerdasan Budaya Mahasiswa Calon Konselor
Authors: Latif Suciani
Published: September 2019

The aim of this study is to produce a profile of cultural intelligence of student. Participants are students of Teacher Education Program-Counseling (PPG-BK) SM3T Makassar State University. Number of participants as many as 16 students consisting of 13 women and 3 men. The instrument used is the scale of cultural intelligence which is the result of adaptation and modification of Cultural Intelligence Scale developed by Early and Ang (2003). Data analysis used descriptive data analysis to describe the level of cultural intelligence of students. The results of this study indicate that students' cultural intelligence are mostly located in the high category. On average the results of each dimension is found that the dimensions of CI Metaconitive have the highest rates, followed by CI Motivation, and the lowest CI Cognitive Behavior. Discussion, limitations and recommendations discussed in the study.
Student Quality-of-Life in Academic Culture Perspective
Authors: Sugara Gian Sugiana
Published: September 2019

Quality of life is a study of human happiness, strength and life satisfaction for the better life. Quality of life as an important aspect in the development and lives of individuals known to correlate with various factors, but have not revealed many factors related to culture, especially in Indonesia. This study aims to reveal the quality of life on students of Guidance and Counseling Study Programme FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Tasikmalaya. The study was conducted on 151 students consisting of 48 men and 113 women. The average age of study participants was 19-21 years old. The instrument used is the Quality-of-Life Inventory. Descriptive statistical data analysis used in this study. Results of the study showed significant difference in the quality of life between students female and male. Quality of life male student higher than female student. Quality of life Sundanese cultural background of students is the higher than Javanese students. Student culture perspective on quality of life related to balance the academic need, organization oriented and personal need.
Ethnic Diversity in Teaching Sorogan of Pesantren
Authors: Karimah Ummah
Published: September 2019

This study aims to describe the teaching of sorogan in the pursuit of books in Pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) with ethnic diversity. Ethnic diversity of the kyai (teacher) and the santri (student). This research explains the implementation of sorogan teaching to produce a product in santri. This research is descriptive qualitative research. In collecting data used the interview method and observation. The results of this study are that in the learning process using the Sorogan method there are problems in the adjustment of santri in taking lessons and the cultural language of the pesantren itself as a learning process of the santri in Islamic boarding schools.
Peculiarities of the Higher Education Funding: Analysis of Ukrainian and World Contex
Authors: Usyk V.
Published: September 2019

Education plays a special role for the development of economy and society. The financing mechanism of educational sector is imperfect and needs to be modernized. The article emphasizes the importance of understanding the content of financial rules in the field of education for effective decision making. One of the most problematic aspect of education is the financial aspect. Recently, there are more and more discussions about the effectiveness of the financial mechanism in the field of education, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the national financing systems in different countries of the world. One of the tools for improving the financial mechanism in education can be policy rules..Despite constant criticism from various scholars about the underfunding of education, we can say that in Ukraine expenditures on education are adequate, and their share of GDP corresponds to the average for EU countries. Moreover, we agree with those researches who argue that the funding mechanism is not perfect. Today, there is a need to improve the financial mechanism in the field of education, in particular, higher in order to increase its efficiency. In the arsenal of funding models in world practice, there are a lot of quite successful examples and cases that can be used for creating an effective financial system in the field of higher education of Ukraine. In particular, it is worth to establish the rules of the funds’ distribution between the public and private sector, funding sources diversification, models of financial management in education and financial support of those who study (including lending). We are confident that well-formulated financial rules will promote long-term financial stability of the educational sphere and improve the quality of educational services. A substantiated rule in the field of education provides an answer to the question of how the financing indicators of education should change with changing of macroeconomic and other indicators that determine the state of the national economy and society.
OPTIMIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN RESEARCH ON PERFORMANCE OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Authors: Komarovskaya Yu. Yu.
Published: September 2019

Knowledge management is an independent branch of knowledge closely related to the quality management, and such relationship is reflected in the requirements for establishing, implementing and improving the accessibility of knowledge, as we as for assessing the level of knowledge set in the latest version of ISO 9001. Updating of ISO 9001 encourages organizations to optimize the exchange of information and knowledge to form and develop critical competences of organization, including for evaluation of the performance of the quality management system. Such optimization can be achieved by means of analytical study on scientific knowledge systems and simulation of interrelationship between the processes of monitoring, evaluation and sharing of knowledge, and their role in the formation of various competences. The paper offers a model of interrelationship between the knowledge evaluation and management to improve the important ability of organization to profit from the lessons of the past.
SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES OF RUSSIA: DEVELOPMENT DIRECTIONS AND CONSTRAINING BARRIERS
Authors: Chekanova I. Yu.
Published: September 2019

The article substantiates the special significance of small and medium-sized businesses for the state economy, providing employment for the population, creating new industries, solving problems, existing risks. The analysis of the number of operating commercial organizations, the number of liquidated, including those in bankruptcy proceedings. The forms of state and regional support of small business, implemented federal programs. Particular attention is paid to the control and supervisory activities of various government agencies over the functioning of the economic subjects under consideration, the need to reduce the number of inspections, increase their level of efficiency and objectivity. It also substantiates the need to ensure an integrated approach to the regulation of the activities of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia.
Justicia Especial para la Paz-JEP, sus avances y sus obstáculos
Authors: Matias Camargo Sergio Roberto
Published: September 2019

La Justicia Especial para la Paz (JEP), fue creada con el propósito de aplicar la justicia transicional, en el marco de los Acuerdos entre el gobierno colombiano y las FARC para la terminación del conflicto armado. Se han expedido las normas constitucionales y legales, se han trazado las políticas públicas correspondientes, y ha iniciado sus labores. Se analiza su naturaleza, sus avances y sus obstáculos de diversa naturaleza, en el mismo sentido de los Acuerdos que la originaron.  Se utiliza un enfoque crítico y socio jurídico, el método histórico y el lógico, el análisis y la síntesis, las fuentes primarias y secundarias y se hace análisis documental.
derechos de los migrantes y los esfuerzos para su protección universal
Authors: Murillo Cruz David Andrés
Published: September 2019

La migración es un fenómeno social natural e histórico. Desde la existencia misma del hombre, ha habido movilidad humana. Si bien cada vez más personas viven en un país distinto de aquel en donde nacieron y esto podría ser visto como una consecuencia positiva de la globalización, lo cierto es que hoy en el mundo hay aproximadamente 74,8 millones de personas que hacen parte de la competencia de la Agencia de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (Acnur) (solicitantes de asilo, refugiados, repatriados, desplazados internos y apátridas) y cuyos derechos se encuentran en riesgo (Acnur, 2019a, 2019b).

Dentro de este número de personas, hay grupos poblacionales con tratamientos jurídicos diferenciados por el derecho internacional, empero, dado que la movilidad humana a gran escala genera la dificultad de diferenciar al migrante económico del refugiado, el presente artículo de reflexión pretende, desde el análisis y el respeto del principio de igualdad y la no discriminación, estudiar la situación actual de los migrantes en general, entendidos estos como aquellos que se desplazan de sus países de origen, y los recientes esfuerzos llevados a cabo para materializar la protección universal de la persona humana que migra (Türk, 2019).
Entre la diosa Themis y Mama Ocllo: la propuesta de argumentación jurídica plural desde la filosofía intercultural andina de la Chakana
Authors: Attard Bellido María Elena
Published: September 2019

Este trabajo pretende vislumbrar los horizontes del fértil campo del diálogo intercultural en el ámbito de la argumentación jurídica. En este escenario se invoca a la reflexión sobre una propuesta de argumentación jurídica plural que integre tanto a los elementos esenciales de la doctrina estándar de argumentación jurídica como los de otras formas argumentativas que desde la mirada de la filosofía intercultural andina sugieren una estructura de argumentación jurídica a partir de la cosmovisión de la Chakana. Esto, con el fin de que las jurisdicciones ordinaria, indígena originaria campesina y agroambiental, así como los jueces y tribunales de garantías y el Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional boliviano, para vivir bien, aborden cada caso concreto desde una concepción plural de la juridicidad a partir de la cual los tejidos de la interculturalidad articulen prácticas y procedimientos dialógicos que desde una perspectiva sentipensante del derecho consagren un relacionamiento y una convivencia armónicos de las personas con todo su entorno.
O devido processo legal na Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos: elementos para a construção de uma garantia instrumental
Authors: Vitorelli Edilson
Published: September 2019

O presente trabalho reconstrói o histórico de formação da garantia do devido processo processual legal a partir dos precedentes da Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos. Além de lançar luz sobre o período histórico de formação da garantia, que se transformaria no centro de gravidade do processo civil contemporâneo, com elevada influência sobre a doutrina brasileira, pretende-se esclarecer que, apesar de sua importância, a garantia é vista, atualmente, como instrumental à proteção dos direitos materiais, devendo ser ponderada com outros valores relevantes que incidam sobre o caso.
A repercussão geral no Supremo Tribunal Federal: um exame sobre suas causas e possíveis consequências no período de 2011 a 2016
Authors: Bonat Débora , Roesler Claudia Rosane , Peixoto Fabiano Hartmann
Published: September 2019

O artigo tem por objetivo o exame do instituto da repercussão geral como instrumento utilizado pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal para se tornar efetivamente uma corte constitucional, julgando apenas questões de grande relevância econômica, social e política, assim como, propiciar verdadeira redução em seu acervo processual e com impacto significativo no padrão de controle de constitucionalidade brasileiro. O objetivo da pesquisa é verificar a existência de utilização de expressões de direito estrangeiro na argumentação jurídica dos Ministros e o motivo dessa utilização. A relevância dessa verificação é semiológica: em demandas original e estruturalmente individuais passou-se a constituir decisões referenciais e, portanto, aplicáveis a centenas ou milhares de processos semelhantes. Utilizando-se o método dedutivo, o artigo se divide em três grandes sessões: a primeira contempla a verificação dos agentes externos transformadores do papel do Poder Judiciário na contemporaneidade brasileira culminando com a introdução da repercussão geral como verdadeiro instrumento de abstrativização do controle de constitucionalidade. Após, identificar-se-ão os aspectos processuais e materiais próprios do instituto da repercussão geral, para finalmente se examinar o conteúdo de argumentação do discurso utilizado nos votos pelos Ministros, essencialmente no tocante às expressões de direito estrangeiro e a sua função na estruturação argumentativa do voto.
A Tributação na Era Digital e os Desafios do Sistema Tributário no Brasil
Authors: Correia Neto Celso De Barros , Rodrigues Afonso José Roberto , Fuck Luciano Felício
Published: September 2019

O artigo desenha um panorama dos desafios e das mudanças que a economia digital imporá à tributação, em particular no caso brasileiro. São abordados, dentre outros aspectos, a dificuldade para tributação da renda, as transformações no mundo do trabalho e a ascensão dos bens intangíveis. A modernização dos tributos no Brasil precisará superar ao menos três grandes obstáculos: rigidez constitucional, conflitos de competência entre diferentes governos subnacionais e necessidade de preservação da autonomia federativa. Mais que reformar, será inexorável construir um novo sistema tributário em meio a um cenário de enormes incertezas, inclusive no exterior.
In vivo studies of resveratrol contained in cosmetic emulsions
Authors: Igielska-Kalwat Joanna , Firlej Marcel , Lewandowska Aleksandra , Biedziak Barbara
Published: September 2019

The cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry is constantly on the lookout for new and efficient active substances. In this article, we focus on resveratrol, an active substance with beneficial health properties, which is obtained, among others, from vines and knotweed (Reynoutria japonica). In this study, we assessed the level of skin hydration in a group of probands who used cream with or without resveratrol. The compound has been shown to have moisturizing and tightening properties, improving the overall condition of the skin.
The Roles of Online Placement Test in English Language Teaching
Authors: Akhidenor-Bamidele Anthonia
Published: September 2019

The influence of technology in the world today and most especially by students have made it paramount for learning institutions to inculcate technology in the English language teaching curriculum. Could it be that there is a dire need to dive away from the traditional way of chalkboard teaching system to a more interactive whiteboard teaching system? It is worth-noting that constant attraction of students to the internet has made it important for learning institutions to keep abreast with the changes with no exception to context of the study. Thus, on the one hand through literature, this study will review the innovative strategies behind the use of online placement test to determine the course level of students enrolled in English language courses. On the other hand, the study will compare the final examination performance of students to determine the effectiveness of the online placement test. This study intends to address the following research questions: (a) what criteria are used to determine the course level of students before commencing any English language course? (b) Do students prefer the use of online placement test for English course leveling? And (c) how does the English online placement test affect students’ overall performances in the course? The study will adopt a triangulation approach which will comprise the use of surveys, in terms of questionnaires and the use of semi-structured interviews. Thus, the study on the roles of online placement test in English language teaching will shed new light on the importance of technology to enhance learning performances especially amongst students who live in a globalised and digitalised age in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
A Web-enhanced Course in Foundation Program at Bahrain Teachers College: A Case Study
Authors: Malik NK , Al Shaer F , Arora B
Published: September 2019

The purpose of a web-enhanced course in Study Skills at Bahrain Teachers College (BTC) was to reduce the time consumed in teaching, learning and assessing while dealing with large classes. Thus, the current study is a case in exploring the effectiveness of using different aspects of technology in teaching. Conceptualized by Stella Cottrell, the APT-S framework of study skills focuses on Academic skills, People’s, Task and Self-management skills, and that formed the basis of the Study Skills course. The technology engaged in this investigation consisted of BTC’s Learning Management System-Moodle, computer labs, and students’ personal mobile devices. Through the e-content on Moodle, the course incorporated technology with online activities, online quizzes, QR codes, active excel sheets and optical answer sheets. Emails and WhatsApp groups formed the medium of communication with students. A variety of online teaching strategies included video lectures, flipped class model, live Instagram session, online discussion forums, and several interactive in-class fun activities. Periodic assessments of small portions of the content and reflective learning tasks that promoted critical thinking were the other highlights of the course. The sample for the current case study comprised of 366 Foundation program students at BTC. The qualitative data was collected in the form of the students’ reflections and feedback on the open-ended questions as well as the insights from the 3 course instructors. Unstructured interviews were also conducted with 14 students. Overall, the case study concluded that the blended/online learning for Study Skills course made the teaching and learning process more efficient and ensured a larger number of online participation from students than in a normal classroom. The effectiveness in the use of technology, through a flip classroom, a live Instagram session and video lectures, wasclearly evident. Due to the challenges posed by the logistics of conducting frequent assessments and recording video lectures without professional support, it is recommended that BTC should be equipped with sufficientcomputer labs and professional recording equipment.
Keywords: web-enhanced, study skills, online teaching strategies, foundation program, online learning
BUSINESS NETWORK STRATEGY IN ISLAMIC MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTION OF ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL
Authors: Zaki Irham , Mawardi Imron , Widiastuti Tika , Hendratmi Achsania , Anova Debrina Farrah
Published: September 2019

Purpose of the study: This study aims to explore the Sidogiri Islamic Boarding School (IBS) that have Islamic Micro Finance Institutions (IMFI) business portraits and strategies to develop the business model.

Methodology: The paper using qualitative method using study case. It observation, interview, and review previous study.

Main Findings: Pondok Pasentran (PP) Sidogiri has developed business network model that keeps part of social function.  There are three business model that runs by PP Sidogiri; value chain, networking mode, operating model and value preposition . All the business model based on Islamic principles. There are three practical strategies includes the need for integration and awareness related to business models that involve all components of the business network owned by IBS Sidogiri.

Implications of the study: This conceptual study highlights practical development strategies for Sidogiri IBS IMFI based on the potential, through business network, management and performance measurement model of PP Sidogiri.

Novelty/Originality of this study: The paper suggests development strategies based on the network which involves all components of a large business network owned by PP Sidogiri, including santri, branch madrasa, UGT, alumni and sympathizers who form a unified whole as a business network.
THE EFFECT OF NASYIATUL AISYIYAH BUSINESS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS MEMBERS SELF-POTENTIAL: CASE STUDY IN CENTRAL JAVA
Authors: Diwanti Dyah Pikanthi , Zakiy Muhammad , Robani Anidah
Published: September 2019

Purpose of the study: This study aims to examine the effect of Nasyiatul Aisyiyah business on the development of its member’s self-potential, a case study in Central Java. There are several research findings that reinforce the involvement of members of the BUANA community in the activities of small and enterprises both on government agencies and private.

Methodology: This research used to survey, the data source of this research is primary data, collected using questionnaire instrument, Data measurement using interval scale, with a five-point Likert scale score. This research conducts analysis to 100 participants in Nasyiatul Aisyiyah member in Kendal Central Java as sample. 

Results:  The finding of research indicates that BUANA has become a model for the entrepreneurial organization. Obviously, BUANA is a form of business practices as its members would have a lot of experiences and skills to become an independent and creative business woman. BUANA has become a superior program as it managed to enhance the spirit of entrepreneurship among its members. BUANA is also the real laboratory for Nasyiatul Aisyiyah Organization. Every region in Indonesia obliged to own BUANA.

The limitation of this research: This research only focuses on Central Java. Future improvement may involve other regions outside Java.

Applications of this study: This research is suitable in explaining the phenomena of women entrepreneurship in Central Java and how they contribute to the local economy. More programs and activities can be organized to ensure that BUANA may become more productive and innovative in the near future to further boost Nasyiatul Aisyiyah’s economy.

Novelty/Originality of this study: The novelty of this research that BUANA is a tangible manifestation of organizational entrepreneurship from branch-region to center.
PROPRIEDADES AVERSIVAS EM CONTINGÊNCIAS DE REFORÇAMENTO POSITIVO: EVIDÊNCIAS EMPÍRICAS
Authors: Luiz Fernanda Bordignon , Hunziker Maria Helena Leite
Published: September 2019

A divisão binária entre reforçamento positivo e controle aversivo estabelece que os dois tipos de controle são excludentes entre si. Em direção contrária, alguns autores vêm defendendo que essa dicotomia não se sustenta uma vez que contingências de reforçamento positivo podem envolver também funções aversivas. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo sistematizar alguns dos experimentos presentes na literatura que fundamentam essa proposição, agrupando-os em três conjuntos, de acordo com o tema central do estudo: pausa pós-reforço, autoimposição de time-out e indução de comportamento agressivo. Como resultado, pode-se demonstrar que pesquisas sobre três temas distintos levam a uma mesma conclusão: a distinção binária controle aversivo/reforçamento positivo não descreve adequadamente as relações de controle do comportamento. No nível teórico/conceitual, tal proposição fortalece a necessidade de revisão sobre o que se convencionou denominar controle aversivo ou controle por reforço positivo. No nível aplicado, em que geralmente são destacados os efeitos indesejáveis apenas de contingências aversivas, essa proposição tem implicações éticas em relação ao uso de contingências que controlam o comportamento, individual ou social, independentemente da sua caracterização como reforçadoras positivas ou aversivasPalavras-chave: controle aversivo; reforçamento positivo; pausas pós-reforço, autoimposição de time-out, comportamento agressivo.