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The Flouting of Conversational Maxims by Male and Female Characters in the British TV Series Broadchurch
Authors: Damanik Andrian Yonathan , Hanidar Sharifah
Published: June 2022

This research focuses on examining the flouting of the Gricean conversational maxims on the British TV series Broadchurch. It also investigates the use of rhetorical strategies in flouting the maxims by male and female characters in the series. The research data were the utterances that flout the maxims. The data were collected from Season I of the Series, containing 8 episodes. The data were analyzed by applying Grice’s theory of cooperative principle (1975). Moreover, the data were also analyzed in terms of the rhetorical strategies employed by the characters when they flout the maxims. The results show that 97 cases of maxim flouting were found. The characters most frequently flout the maxim of relation (44.33%) and least frequently the maxim of quality (13.40%). Furthermore, in flouting the maxims, male characters tend to use the irrelevant statements as their preferred rhetorical strategy (63.46%), whereas female characters tend to use obscure expressions as their preferred rhetorical strategy (33.33%).
Questioning Popular Culture: Future Technology In Ready Player One
Authors: Rafif Muhammad Iman , Munjid Achmad
Published: June 2022

This study investigates the impact of future technology products, as one of the parts of popular culture, on society in the science fiction novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011) and on our current society. The primary data of this study were taken from the novel. The results reveal that the effects of popular culture, specifically the products of technology, on modern society are enormous compared to the society in the novel. The similarities and differences between the technological aspects portrayed in the story compared to the current modern world are revealed to know what really happens and going to happen in the future.
Access to Justice as a Social Determinant of Health: The Basis
Authors: Jassar Sunam
Published: June 2022

Health disparity in Canada is continuing to grow with marginalized communities being disproportionately affected. Policies and actions implemented by the federal government have been ineffective in addressing underlying causes of poor health. Framing access to justice as a social determinant of health is a necessary first step to establish a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to address poor health outcomes.  Through an analysis of the limitations of access to justice as a legal term and the application of access to justice in health outcomes, this article hopes to foster further collaboration between the medical and legal communities in this area. art I of this paper argues the need to expand the scope of access to justice beyond the legal realm. Part II highlights the increasing health disparity within Canada and critiques the current approach. Part III outlines the ways in which health disparity can be improved if access to justice is recognized as a social determinant of health.  The paper concludes with discussing progress that can be made in both the legal and medical community as a result of widening the scope of access to justice. Through an analysis of the limitations of access to justice as a legal term and the application of access to justice in health outcomes, this paper hopes to foster further collaboration between the medical and legal communities in this area.
Solving the Bose-Hubbard model in new ways
Authors: Sowa Artur , Fransson Jonas
Published: June 2022

We introduce a new method for analysing the Bose-Hubbard model for an array of bosons with nearest neighbor interactions. It is based on a number-theoretic implementation of the creation and annihilation operators that constitute the model. One of the advantages of this approach is that it facilitates accurate computations involving multi-particle states. In particular, we provide a rigorous computer assisted proof of quantum phase transitions in finite systems of this type.
Furthermore, we investigate properties of the infinite array via harmonic analysis on the multiplicative group of positive rationals. This furnishes an isomorphism that recasts the underlying Fock space as an infinite tensor product of Hecke spaces, i.e., spaces of square-integrable periodic functions that are a superposition of non-negative frequency harmonics. Under this isomorphism, the number-theoretic creation and annihilation operators are mapped into the Kastrup model of the harmonic oscillator on the circle. It also enables us to highlight a kinship of the model at hand with an array of spin moments with a local anisotropy field. This identifies an interesting physical system that can be mapped into the model at hand.
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Fabricated Using Natural Dyes from Traditional Indonesian Plant as Sanitizers
Authors: Darwis Darmawati
Published: June 2022

This study aims to utilize various natural dye extracts from traditional Indonesian plants to be applied as sensitizers to DSSC. The dye extract is derived from the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa Linn), henna tree (Lawsonia inermis L.) and pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius). TiO2 nanoparticles was used as semiconductor material for DSSC as they have a good crystallization structure and a wide surface area. The results showed that the DSSC using turmeric extraction produced a maximum power of 2.53x10-3 mW / cm-2 with an efficiency level of 0.04%. While the henna tree extract produced a power of 1.27x10-2 mW / cm-2 with an efficiency level of 0.25% and pandan extract produced a power of 4.01x10-2 mW / cm-2 with an efficiency of 0.8%. Thus the dye extract from pandan is the best sensitizer that can be applied to the DSSC.
The Use of Sidescan Sonar to Detect Large Benthic Marine Debris in Niterói Harbor-Guanabara Bay/SE Brazil
Authors: Oliveira Lucas Chiarelli de , Baptista Neto José Antonio , Villena Helio Heringer , Melo Gustavo Vaz , Drabinski Thiago L. , Fonseca Estefan Monteiro da
Published: June 2022

Abstract. Marine debris constitute a global concern that pollutes the world’s oceans, including deep benthic habitats where little is known about the extent of the problem. SideScan Sonar systems are able to provide near-photographic high-resolution images of underwater areas, for a wide variety of objectives, including production of nautical charts and detection of underwater bathymetric features. Lately this technology has been used as a tool to detect debris on the seafloor that may be hazardous for living organisms and finally for humans. Harbor activities were the most common contributors of benthic debris. Little is known about the extent of the problem in the Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, regarding benthic debris distribution and their influence in the bottom sediment. The present study analyzes the spatial distribution and type of marine benthic debris in the area of Niterói Harbour. The study identified great amount of benthic debris, including tires, anchors, cables or linear features, sunken vessels, wooden or metal bars and pillars.Keywords: anthropogenic marine debris; benthic habitats, marine debris, estuarine pollution, Guanabara Bay O uso de sonar de varredura lateral para detectar grandes detritos marinhos bentônicos no Porto de Niterói - Baía de Guanabara/SE BrasilResumo. Os detritos marinhos são uma preocupação global que poluem os oceanos do mundo, incluindo habitats bentônicos profundos, onde pouco se sabe sobre a extensão do problema. O sistema de sonar de varredura lateral é capaz de fornecer imagens quase fotográficas de alta resolução de áreas subaquáticas, para uma ampla variedade de objetivos, incluindo a produção de cartas náuticas e detecção de características batimétricas subaquáticas. Ultimamente, essa tecnologia tem sido usada como uma ferramenta para detectar detritos no fundo do mar que podem ser perigosos para os organismos marinhos vivos e, finalmente, para os humanos. As atividades portuárias foram as que mais contribuíram para os detritos bentônicos. Pouco se sabe sobre a extensão do problema na Baía de Guanabara em relação à distribuição de detritos bentônicos e sua influência no sedimento de fundo. O presente estudo analisa a distribuição espacial e o tipo de detritos bentônicos marinhos na área do Porto de Niterói. Na área estudada foi observada grande quantidade de detritos bentônicos, incluindo: pneus, âncoras, cabos ou feições lineares, embarcações afundadas, barras e pilares de madeira ou metal.Palavras-chave: detritos marinhos antropogênicos; habitats bentônicos, detritos marinhos, poluição estuarina, Baía de Guanabara
New Knowledge Update on Mafic Dyke Swarms of Minas Gerais (Brazil): Fragments of Ancient Large Igneous Provinces Highlighted by Aeromagnetometry
Authors: Chaves Alexandre de Oliveira , Pires Ana Clara da Cruz , Brasil Mateus Filipe Andrade
Published: June 2022

Abstract. Mafic dyke swarms can be related to important geological events such as the activity of mantle plumes, the formation of large igneous provinces (LIP), the break-up/dispersing of supercontinents or they can even be related to orogenic compressional settings. Updated and available aeromagnetometric, geological, geochemical and geochronological information confirms the existence of seven mafic dyke swarms of basaltic composition in the State of Minas Gerais (Brazil). Six of them (Archean Lavras swarm, Paleoproterozoic Pará de Minas – now understood as subswarms I/II – and Januária – previously understood as Mesoproterozoic in an incorrect way – swarms, Neoproterozoic Formiga swarm, Mesozoic Transminas and Santos-RJ or Serra do Mar swarms) are representative of crustal extensional settings and remnants of ancient LIPs, many of which are associated with mantle plumes and with the formation of important sedimentary basins stored in Minas Gerais. One swarm (Paraopeba) has genesis linked to compressional setting during Transamazonian (Rhyacian-Orosirian) Orogeny.Keywords: magnetometry, mafic dykes, compressional and extensional settings, LIP, mantle plumes, São Francisco Craton, mobile belts. Nova Atualização do Conhecimento sobre Enxames de Diques Máficos de Minas Gerais (Brasil): Fragmentos de Antigas Grandes Províncias Ígneas Evidenciados pela AeromagnetometriaResumo. Enxames de diques máficos podem estar relacionados a eventos geológicos importantes, como a atividade de plumas do manto, a formação de grandes províncias ígneas (LIP), a quebra/dispersão de supercontinentes ou mesmo a ambientes compressionais orogênicos. Dados atualizados e disponíveis de aeromagnetometria, geologia, geoquímica e geocronologia confirmam a existência de sete enxames de diques de composição basáltica no estado de Minas Gerais (Brasil). Seis deles (enxame Lavras de idade Arqueana; enxames Pará de Minas e Januária de idade Paleoproterozoica – Januária era incorretamente entendido anteriormente como Mesoproterozoico e Pará de Minas é agora entendido como subenxames I/II; enxame Formiga de idade Neoproterozoica; enxames Transminas e Santos-RJ ou Serra do Mar de idade Mesozoica) são representantes de regimes extensionais da crosta continental e remanescentes de antigas LIPs, muitas das quais são associadas com plumas mantélicas e com a formação de importantes bacias sedimentares em Minas Gerais. Um enxame (Paraopeba) tem sua origem relacionada a regime compressional durante o Ciclo Orogênico Transamazônico (Riaciano-Orosiriano).  Palavras-chave: magnetometria, diques máficos, regimes compressionais e extensionais, LIP, plumas mantélicas, Craton São Francisco, cinturões móveis.
Comparison between permeability estimates in a carbonate reservoir of Campos Basin using empirical and mathematical approaches
Authors: Carrasquilla Abel Gonzalez , Mureb Pedro
Published: June 2022

Abstract. The permeability estimate, using geophysical well logs, is an important and difficult task in a reservoir characterization, which is usually done with empirical models or statistical regression. Thus, logs were used to achieve this goal in two wells of a carbonate reservoir in Campos Basin, together with geological information and laboratory measurements on rock samples. The test Well A10 was zoned in electrofacies and models were built for each one. Next, the hydraulic flow units were defined and correlated to the logs and to the electrofacies. The same was done in a blind test in Well A3. The Principal Component Analysis, Cluster and Discriminant techniques, Multiple Linear Regression, Alternate Conditional Expectation and Hydraulic Flow Unit were used. The quality of the estimates was calculated using the Mean Absolute Error and the Coefficient of Determination. At Well A10, the Hydraulic Flow Unit was the most promising approach. The Alternate Conditional Expectation, without zoning, was the closest to experimental laboratory data in Well A3. These results indicate that all methods are feasible in inferring permeability, however, an inadequate classification of zones can lead to erroneous estimates.Keywords: carbonate reservoir, permeability estimates, multivariate statistics, well logs, laboratory measurements. Comparação entre estimativas da permeabilidade em um reservatório carbonático da Bacia de Campos usando abordagens empíricas e matemáticasResumo. A estimativa da permeabilidade, usando perfis de poços, é uma tarefa importante e difícil na caracterização de reservatórios, a qual é normalmente feita com modelos empíricos ou regressão estatística. Com esse fim, os perfis de poços juntamente com informações geológicas e medições de laboratório em amostras de rocha foram usados em dois poços de um reservatório carbonático da Bacia de Campos. O poço de teste A10 foi zoneado em eletrofácies e modelos foram construídos para cada uma. As unidades de fluxo hidráulico foram definidas e correlacionadas aos perfis a às eletrofácies. Isso foi feito num teste cego no poço A3. As técnicas Análise de Componentes Principais, de Cluster e Discriminante, Regressão Linear Múltipla, Expectativa Condicional Alternada e Unidade de Fluxo Hidráulico foram utilizadas. A qualidade das estimativas foi calculada com o Erro Médio Absoluto e o Coeficiente de Determinação. No Poço A10, a Unidade de Fluxo Hidráulico foi a abordagem mais promissora. A Expectativa Condicional Alternada, sem zoneamento, foi a técnica mais próxima dos dados experimentais de laboratório no poço A3. Esses resultados indicam que todos os métodos são viáveis na inferência da permeabilidade, porém, uma classificação inadequada das zonas pode levar a estimativas errôneas.Palavras-chave: reservatório carbonático, estimativas de permeabilidade, estatísticas multivariadas, perfis de poços, medições laboratoriais.
Automated Travel-Time Picking using Spectral Recomposition
Authors: Zuniga Nelson Ricardo Coelho Flores , Priimenko Viatcheslav Ivanovich
Published: June 2022

ABSTRACT. To perform the velocity analysis by an inversion procedure, in which the calculated travel-times are compared to the observed ones, there is the necessity of obtaining the travel-time curve observed in the seismogram. However, obtaining the travel-time curve from a reflection event implies in a not-automated picking. Thus, in this work, we propose an automated travel-time picking technique, able to extract the travel-time curves from the target PP and PSv reflection events. Our proposed technique is based on recomposing the spectrum of frequencies of a wavelet by performing the inversion of the wave parameters, especially their amplitudes and peak frequencies. Then, the process is applied to each wavelet of a seismic trace, in which the comparison and cross-correlation among each spectrum, related to each wavelet, are performed. The process is, then, applied to each seismic trace, and, finally, the travel-time curve, related to the target reflection event, is determined. Our proposed technique shows to be effective when it is applied to reflection events from interfaces between the top of a pre-salt carbonate reservoir and the bottom of its salt structure.Keywords: automated picking, inversion, spectral recomposition.Seleção Automática de Tempos de Trânsito usando Reconstrução EspectralRESUMO. Para realizar a análise de velocidades segundo um procedimento de inversão, no qual os tempos de trânsito calculados são comparados aos observados, há a necessidade de obter-se a curva de tempos de trânsito observada no sismograma. Entretanto, obter a curva de tempos de trânsito de um evento de reflexão implica em fazer a seleção manual ou não automatizada destes tempos. Portanto, neste trabalho, uma técnica automatizada de seleção, capaz de extrair a curva de tempos de trânsito dos eventos PP e PSv alvo, é proposta. Essa técnica é baseada em reconstruir o espectro de frequências de uma ondaleta ao realizar a inversão dos parâmetros de onda, especialmente suas amplitudes e frequências dominantes. Então, o processo é aplicado para cada ondaleta de um traço sísmico, no qual a comparação e correlação cruzada entre cada espectro, relacionado a cada ondaleta, são realizadas. O processo é, então, aplicado a cada traço sísmico, e, finalmente, a curva de tempos de trânsito, relacionada ao evento de reflexão alvo, é determinada. A técnica proposta mostra efetividade, quando essa é aplicada em eventos de reflexão oriundos de interfaces entre o topo de um reservatório do pré-sal e o fundo de sua estrutura de sal.Palavras-chave: seleção automática, inversão, reconstrução espectral.
Towards a Framework for Measuring End-User Intension Towards the GIG Economy System: A Case Study of Uber
Authors:   American University of Nigeria/CaleB University Lagos Nigeria, W Faye
Published: June 2022

Information systems has continually experienced issues with acceptance and utilization of technologies. The anticipated benefits of the deployment of an innovation cannot be ascertained if the intended population do not adopt it. The gradual rise of the gig economy has captivated the attention of scholars to dig into this new concept of labor exchange and the accruable benefits. The gig economy also known as the “On-demand economy, sharing economy, platform economy, and digital economy” has known to have increase the work force through the various on-demand jobs rendered on the platform, which has increase end-user acquire goods and services from providers through apps on smartphones and web application. The platform has virtually come to replace how they would go through the trouble of requesting for services and as such found the use of the platform to be a substitute to how they request for services. It was however established from literature that very limited research has been conducted on the gig economy and facilitating factors for the gig workers and organization were the focus of existing research thus paying little or no attention to the end-users. This paper proposed a study that seeks to understand the nature of gig economy and the factors that drives end users intention to maximize and utilize the gig economy from a developing country context (Nigeria). Keywords: Gig, Economy, Ride hailing services, Nigeria, SEM, Subscribers, consumers, disruption and Market
Uncertainty and demand for business loans: A study of selected countries in the euro area
Authors: Dajcman Silvo
Published: June 2022

This paper studies the effect of uncertainty shocks on the demand for business loans in individual euro area countries. The results of Bayesian vector autoregression (VAR) model impulse response functions show that in some countries the overall demand for business loans, and particularly the demand for business loans for fixed-investment financing, respond significantly negatively to the shock.
Exploring Social Support for Women Coping with a Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme after Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies
Authors: Darsin Singh Sukhbeer Kaur , Noor Abqariyah Binti Yahya Ahmad , Ahmedy Fatimah , Abdullah Khatijah Lim , Abidin Imran Zainal , Suhaimi Anwar Bin , Sator Patricia
Published: June 2022

Objective: Female sex is a major barrier to completing a programme of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Women require significant social support to promote compliance and the ability to cope with CR programme attendance. The aim of this systematic review of qualitative studies was to explore social support among women coping with CR programme attendance at phase II CRP is 3 months after their cardiac event.Methods: Articles were searched through CINAHL (Cumulative Index and Allied Health Literature), Science Direct and PubMed databases using the following terms: “women”, “acute coronary syndrome”, “coping”, “social support” and “cardiac rehabilitation”.Results: A total of 6 articles were selected based on eligibility criteria. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data using line to line coding into descriptive themes, interpreting further to generate new insights. The 3 most common themes regarding social support for women attending the CR programme were: family support, female as the primary caregiver in the family, and peer support. For most women who perceived themselves as the primary caregiver in the family there was a negative impact on their ability to cope fully with CR programme attendance. On the other hand, encouraging support from family and peers positively improved their coping mechanism for attending the CR programme, leading to improved compliance.Conclusion: Women with ACS consider that support from their family plays a vital role as a coping mechanism in their attendance at a CR programme. Healthcare providers should teach the importance of social support among women after discharge to help them cope with CR programme attendance.
LAY ABSTRACTWomen face a major obstacle to coping with a programme of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after a cardiac event. In order to promote attendance at a CR programme, women often require significant social support to ensure compliance with the programme. This review evaluated the results of 6 studies that explored women’s experiences and their coping process in attending an outpatient CR programme after a cardiac event. The review found that family support, being female as the primary caregiver in the family, and peer support are the main social supports for compliance with an outpatient CR programme. Women who were extensively involved as the primary caregiver in their families had difficulty complying with attendance at the outpatient CR programme. On the other hand, women with good support from family and peers had better compliance. Therefore, healthcare providers should initiate strategies for promoting good social support among women on an outpatient CR programme in order to enhance compliance with attendance.
Testimony, Violence, and Silence: An Examination of Agamben and His Critics
Authors:   Independent Scholar, France, Uygarkizi Yagmur
Published: June 2022

This paper investigates the difficulties faced by survivors of atrocities in testifying. I work on the case of female victims of domestic torture as reported by Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald. The starting point is Giorgio Agamben’s Remnants of Auschwitz with his discussion on Primo Levi’s paradox and the testis/superstes/auctor distinction. I build on his nuances while arguing that he has not looked enough into power dynamics that render one speechless. “Unspeakable violence” refers simultaneously to incapacity and not being allowed to speak. Pain renders the victim speechless; perpetrators distort language and speak over survivors. Victims are often not allowed to speak at all. The inaudible also largely determines what can be said: potential listeners’ incomprehension and disbelief can make testimony impossible. Overall, internal psychological reasons and political structural reasons hinder the testimony of atrocity. I, therefore, investigate the figure of the superstes or survivor who is in limbo between selves, languages, worlds, and time zones.
Simple Pendulum Experiment: Angular Approximation Revisited
Authors: Amedeker Mawuadem K.
Published: June 2022

The acceleration of free fall should be realised by students as dependent on one’s location rather than as a constant in all locations. Thus, there is no one way of determining g in the laboratory. For ease of science teaching it is important to let students know that one may not need to use small angular displacement of the pendulum bob in order to obtain g to an accuracy of three significant figures, comparable to, for example, the universally acceptable value of g = 9.81 ms-2 in London. A simple mathematical derivation enabled the determination of g = 9.93 ms-2, which was 1.2 % higher than the universally accepted value.
Incorporating Cross-Cultural Competence into the ISOL Programme through Cultural-Based Materials and Corpus-Based Approach
Authors: Nugraha Danang S.
Published: June 2022

This paper discusses the integration of cross-cultural competencies in the ISOL teaching programme based on the materials used during learning. ISOL is an Indonesian language learning programme for foreign speakers that often establishes materials on cultural and socio-humanistic aspects of Indonesian culture. The paper data were in the forms of discourse construed in the textbooks as learning materials. The data sources were three textbooks from three well-established ISOL learning institutions in Indonesia. Based on the qualitative content analysis, it can be stated that the incorporation of cross-cultural competence in ISOL was realized not only through the integration of competence in learning materials but also through the aspects of learning preparation as well-designed in the syllabus and teaching goals. In addition, cross-culture competence was also manifested in grammar teaching and skills mentoring activities. There was evidence regarding the evaluation aspect, namely the concept of competence already used as essential guidance in the final project. Moreover, I also extended the discussion of the results concerning the corpus-based approach to determine the way to collect and manage materials that contained cultural value as a part of the programme.
Effects of Provided versus Learner-Generated Pictures on Chinese Reading Comprehension
Authors: Wang I-Chen
Published: June 2022

Concerning Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI), this research builds a “Provided Picture System” and a “Learner-Generated Picture System” based on related pedagogical principles. The effects and longevity of these two methodologies on improving students’ reading comprehension are compared through a teaching experiment. 96 fourth-grade students in a Taiwanese primary school were divided into the provided picture condition group (PPCG) and learner-generated picture condition group (LPCG) based on their reading comprehension test results. One-way ANOVA proved that the reading comprehension competency of these two groups was comparable. The PPCG was trained to read articles and examine pictures based on the articles’ themes by using the “Provided Picture System”. The LPGP was trained to read articles using the “Learner-Generated Picture System” before generating pictures corresponding to the theme of each paragraph. All students were required to take post-test and delayed post-test one and three weeks after the reading classes, respectively. Finally, paired-samples t-test was used to analyze the three test results. Analysis of the PPCG’s results indicated no significant difference in reading comprehension competency among the three tests before and after the experiment. In contrast, the LPCG’s reading comprehension competency improved significantly, and the effects persisted following the experiment. The results revealed that the learner-generated picture pedagogy was effective in improving students’ reading comprehension competency, superior to the provided picture pedagogy.
Investigation of Naphtha Hydrotreating (NHT) Unit Exergy Utilization: A Case Study of a Petrochemical Industry in A developing Country
Authors: Oyedeko K. F. , Ogunjimi O. D. , Adesina A. A.
Published: June 2022

The need for efficient energy use in refinery operations is the proffered solution to the poor management of energy resources which has resulted in the instability in oil products prices, irregular plant shutdowns experienced in refineries of developing countries and increased carbon emission to the atmosphere. This research work aims to carry out exergy analysis on major energy consuming units which will aid in determining sites and causes of primary energy losses and proffer solutions to maximizing energy utilization. The Naphtha Hydro-treating (NHT) unit of the case model refinery was successfully simulated using Aspen Hysys. The analysis revealed more than half (51.9 %) of the input exergy was lost to the environment and an irreversibility of 32.7% occurred in the Stripper column. Comparison was also made with the same unit at Kaduna refinery and petrochemical plant and the results showed a conversion efficiency of about 91.28% when compared to 44.35% from the old refinery though this could be attributed to factors like age of plant, inadequate maintenance etc. The positive value of the amount of heat recovered from that of the flue gas in the boiler and furnace gave an opportunity to recover the energy lost and integrated back to the system for economic viability of the plant which result in a payback period that is less than a year.
Salinity Stress Effects on Some Morpho-Physiological and Biochemical Traits of Basak
Authors: Obaidullah Abu Jafor Mohammad , Parvin Shohana , Saha Satya Ranjan , Biswas Md. Sanaullah , Das Sridebi , Ahmed Tofayel , Sultana Sharmin
Published: June 2022

Soil salinity has long been regarded as one of the most serious environmental constraints limiting agricultural crop growth and productivity. The goal of this study was to analyze the morpho-physiological and biochemical alterations of basak plants at varying salinity levels by a pot experiment. The experiment was set up in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with five replications. The three different salinity levels (4 dS/m, 8 dS/m and 12 dS/m) and control (tap water) comprised the four different treatments in this investigation. The study showed that all parameters viz growth, physiological and biochemical were influenced significantly by different seawater induced saline treatments over time. Different morpho-physiological features, such as plant height, number of leaves, number of branches, and total dry matter (TDM) were shown to be decreased with increasing salinity as compared to control. However, chlorophyll (Chl) a, Chl-b, total Chl and carbohydrate content of basak plants were also negatively associated with increasing different seawater induced salinity levels. In response to seawater stress plants accumulate several biochemical compounds. In that case, the accumulation of proline (Pro), total phenol, MDA content and total antioxidant activities were found to be highest when plants were exposed to the uppermost salinity level i.e. 12 dS/m. Collectively, the findings reveal that, while seawater-induced salinity had a substantial impact on basak growth and biochemical parameters, all plants were able to endure a wide range of salinity levels, demonstrating the basak plant's ability to cope with salt-induced membrane damage.
Stock Price Forecasting Using A Dependence Structure
Authors: Mucci Paul , Lee Eun-Joo , Lee Seung-Hwan
Published: June 2022

It is important to incorporate diverse dependence structures between stocks when managing a stock portfolio. Copulas are a useful statistical tool to capture dependence structure, dealing with both the linear and non-linear association that may occur in the tails of data. Financial time series datasets often exhibit volatility clustering that affects price forecasting accuracy. This work proposes the initial use of the principal component analysis followed by a copula and GARCH model that filters the effect of the volatility clustering in the series. For illustration, we consider ten banks from which Bank of America and PNC Financial Services Group are chosen, and then we project their future price movements through simulations. Since they are selected in terms of the principal component analysis, the procedures could help the proposed model to become a more widely used tool in forecasting financial stock performance.
Acute Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: a Comparative Analysis of Open and Laparoscopic Surgery
Authors: Timerbulatov Sh. V. , Sibaev V. M. , Timerbulatov V. M. , Zabelin M. V. , Timerbulatov M. V. , Sagitov R. B. , Gafarova A. R.
Published: June 2022

Background. Acute adhesive small bowel obstruction (AASBO) is a common surgical emergency requiring immediate interventions. AASBO is a usual indication for both small bowel resection and adhesiolysis. Postoperative adhesions cause 60% of small bowel obstructions.

Materials and methods. An analysis of treatment outcomes is presented for 197 acute adhesive small bowel obstruction patients; 63 patients had urgent laparotomy, and 134 were scheduled for laparoscopy. The examination included physical, laboratory, radiological methods (abdominal radiography, ultrasound, CT scan), laparoscopy and intra-abdominal pressure monitoring.

Results and discussion. Of 134 patients scheduled for laparoscopic adhesiolysis, only 46.2% had laparoscopy completed, and 53.8% required conversion to laparotomy. The main rationale for conversion were massive adhesions, intraoperative haemodynamic instability, a need for intestinal decompression, as well as rare complications. Laparoscopic operations were reported with the lower vs. laparotomy rates of surgical complications (6.4  vs. 12.69%), mortality (6  vs. 6.3%), shorter hospital stays (6.5 vs. 12 days) and operation times (75 vs. 118 min, respectively).

Conclusion. Laparoscopic surgery in acute adhesive small bowel obstruction was feasible in 31.47% patients and in 46.2% — after a diagnostic laparoscopy; however, a thorough patients selection for laparoscopic adhesiolysis is necessary. The first estimated should be the patient’s haemodynamic stability, the severities of condition, adhesions and comorbid cardiorespiratory pathology. Grade I—II adhesions are an indication for laparoscopic surgery.
MEDIA REPRESENTATION OF THE VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS. AN ETHICAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN LE MONDE
Authors: AȘTEFANEI Iulia-Sînziana
Published: June 2022

The topic of this paper explores the online media representation of the victims of terrorist attacks in relation to the ethical and legal frameworks aimed at protecting the people. Despite the fact that freedom of expression should not be restricted under any circumstances, the news media outlets ought to take into consideration the legal acts, the moral behaviors and ethical principles when publishing and disseminating information about the terrorist attacks. Journalists should aim to pursue the purpose of this profession with the intent of remaining objective and upright while respecting the human rights.
The research of this paper focuses on the interdependence between journalism, ethics and law by analyzing how Le Monde covered some of the terrorist attacks which happened in Europe. The importance of ethics in journalism had been acknowledged by analyzing the role of the regulatory organizations for the press, as well as the professional standards which were set in order to guide the journalists and protect the people. The in-depth analysis of the media representation of the victims of terrorist attacks highlighted the fact that the journalistic ethical codes might have the power to strengthen the protection of the people in the press, while assessing the noninfringement or the breach of the supranational and national legislation enacted by the European Union and France.
COMMUNICATION IN THE AGE OF BLACK SCREENS “...WHOEVER LOOKS AT ME IN BLACK DOES NOT KNOW WHO I AM…”
Authors: BRACHA Michal Pal
Published: June 2022

Why do we have the black screens (closed cameras) when we are at the zoom? This is the Millennium 'Dollar' Question. From my doctoral research: Communication in the age of black screen, I research the phenomenon of black screens when using zoom. I wish I could write one main reason responsible for closing the cameras and the appearance of the black screens phenomenon, because if there was one, then there would also be one solution and our (teachers) lives would be much easier. The reasons for closing the cameras are many and varied, including: socioeconomic, social, digital, psychoanalytic, multitasking and sometimes even boredom and lack of interest. The latter is also found in school but zoom has a seemingly democratic ‘delegitimization’ of choosing whether to be or not to be. Or in other words - whether to open the camera or not. (Although not always at camera closure the participant disappears). I will not expand in this article the discussion of the pros and cons of opening the camera when using zoom, although these are derived from the text, but will seek to reveal the mental mechanisms that work on zoom participants and how these mechanisms affect zoom communication and user experience. This article is about Zoom's Self-Representation.
THE WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND WELL-BEING OF ROMANIAN TELEWORKERS DURING PANDEMIC
Authors: NEGRUȘA Adina Letiția , BUTOI Elisabeta
Published: June 2022

This period of mandated remote work has been challenging the Romanian employees to adept to the new paradigm of telework for most of them. While prior to COVID-19 pandemic employees were accustom with the work environment and its variables, they were suddenly replaced. The psychological place for restoration, called home, got invaded and occupied by working life. In this time remote workers were learning to adapt to the new way of working from home and balancing it with everyday life. While employers are searching for new and performing approach to accomplish their goals, employees are addressing new conditions affecting their working performance and personal or family life. The study presents and analyses data of two surveys conducted by the “European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions”. The impact and consequences of telework on work-life balance and well-being of workers are discussed, seeing that the working time and work intensity dimensions have a direct influence. The search for sustainable telework requires customized working conditions, adapted skills, tackling emerging risks and involving all stakeholders in Romanian working environment.
Article history: Received 18 February 2022; Revised 4 March 2022; Accepted 21 March 2022; Available online 30 May 2022; Available print 30 May 2022.
JEL Classification: M100, M540, M150
INCENTIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS OF YOUTH WITH HIGHER EDUCATION STUDIES IN ROMANIA
Authors: NIȚU-ANTONIE Renata Dana , FEDER Emőke-Szidónia , STAMENOVIC Kristina
Published: June 2022

The performed empirical study identified some factors that lead to the encouragement and stimulation of sustainable entrepreneurial intentions, by integrating the variables from the theory of planned behavior in the model of the entrepreneurial event, adapted to the context of sustainable entrepreneurship. For a sample of 170 students of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration within the West University of Timisoara, the empirical results showed that: perceived desire and feasibility for sustainable entrepreneurship are direct antecedents of sustainable entrepreneurial intentions; the individual attitude regarding entrepreneurship, subjective norms and behavioral control determine the perceived desire and feasibility regarding sustainable entrepreneurship, under the conditions of environmental values influence. The increase of respondents’ number and the inclusion of additional variables in the research model, with moderating or mediating role, would allow the obtained results to be generalized for young people with university studies who have taken entrepreneurship courses through their academic curriculum and would guide to an expansion of research on stimulating factors of sustainable entrepreneurial intention.
Article history: Received 20 Nevember 2021; Revised 15 December 2021; Accepted 7 January 2022; Available online 30 May 2022; Available print 30 May 2022.
JEL Classification: L26, Q56.
ANALYZING THE PERFORMANCE OF SOUTH AFRICA’S COMMODITY MARKET PRICES THROUGH BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS
Authors: CHIPETA Chama
Published: June 2022

The soundness of the capital market is crucial in establishing resilient financial market deepening and general economic progress. Equally, the health of the financial market’s commodity market is undoubtedly a key determinant of inclusion, equitability, including sustained growth and development, especially in commodity-dependent countries. However, countries worldwide are faced with the continued challenge of falling commodity prices, presenting varied negative effects. Understanding the performance of the commodity market through lenses of fundamental or real-side indicators, other than just micro-specific financial or monetary variables, could prove helpful in constructing better inferences of the commodity market from an industrial, investor and policy standpoint. This study conducted a comprehensive evaluation of South Africa’s official component series of the business cycle indicators (BCI), to assess their potential and capacity to serve as explanatory signals for commodity market prices. The study utilized the cross-correlations tests, Granger causality tests, variance decomposition and charting techniques to assess the co-movement and concordance between business cycle component series (regressors) and the All-commodity index (regressand). Monthly observations from June 2003 to November 2017 were employed. Evidence of existing co-movement or concordance was established between the commodity market and most of the BCIs. Significant BCIs were identified as leading, lagging and coincident indicators for the commodity market based on the underlying properties established in the empirical estimates of the study.
Article history: Received 10 December 2021; Revised 17 January 2022; Accepted 7 February 2022; Available online 30 May 2022; Available print 30 May 2022.
JEL Classification: Q02, F44
Optionality of Question Mark in Online Communications
Authors:   The Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, Grekhova Elizaveta
Published: June 2022

The article is based on a study of incidence of omitted question mark at the end of interrogatory sentences in informal Internet-based discourse. Private communication in a number of social networks (“VKontakte”, “Facebook”, “Instagram”) and messengers (“Telegram”, “WhatsApp”) was analyzed, and it was found that the question mark was absent in 30 % of all reviewed interrogatory sentences. The article discusses these points: why the question mark is rudimentary now, what mark may take the place of a question mark at the end of an interrogatory sentence and if the omission of a question mark prevents the addressee from understanding the addresser’s communicative intension. The article offers special classification of interrogatory sentences that corresponds to informal communication reality. It also describes a psycholinguistic experiment that illustrates the aforesaid thesis. Thus, the results of the study show that question mark at the end of an interrogatory sentence in informal Internet-based communication is optional, used at the discretion of participants.
On the Question of the Existence of the Lusocreole Languages in Africa and Asia
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Grigoreva Olga
Published: June 2022

The article considers the phenomenon of creole languages as a result of the convergence of different language systems within the theory of language contacts, gives a characteristic of the lusocreole languages and their classification. An important aspect of the work is a sociolinguistic comparative analysis of African and Asian lusocreole languages that regards some linguistic features of the widespread lusocreole African range and more isolated lusocreole languages of Southeast Asia and pays attention to the status of mentioned languages in these territories, local language policy and the nature of the relationship between creole and non-creole languages which is based on the concept of diglossia. The article discusses the development ways for African and Asian lusocreole languages and expresses concern about the processes of decreolization, which may in the future contribute not only to withering, but also to the complete disappearance of the original lusocreole cultures.
Romanceisms in the structure of Muwashshah and Zajal
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Tikhonova Oksana
Published: June 2022

Muwashshah and Zajal are important sources on the Mozarabic historical dialect. These poetic forms, unknown to classical Arabic versification, were created in Muslim Spain (al-Andalus). They often contain Romance words written in Arabic script (in Alhamiado). Many muwashshahs end with harjs (couples) in the Romance language. In zajals, there are also not only individual Roman words, but also entire lines in Roman. The most famous writer of zajals is the Arab poet from Cordoba origin Ibn Kuzman (c. 1080–1160). In muwashshahs, words in Romance are found in the last couplet, called kharja, and perform a structure-forming function. In zajals (developed from muwashshah), romanticisms are found throughout the text and perform a stylistic function.
Characteristic Features of Galileo’s Scientific Style in His Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Lorraine
Authors:   Saint Tichon’s Orthodox University (PSTGU), Desyatova Maria
Published: June 2022

This article is carried out within a scientific project supported by the “Zhivaya traditsiya” (Traditioviva) Development Fund and dedicated to a detailed theological and philological analysis and commentary on the translation of the Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Lorraine (1615), which is part of the series of “Copernican Letters” by Galileo Galilei. It was in these letters (besides the letter to Christina, there are also a letter to Benedetto Castelli of 1613 and two letters to Piero Dini of 1615) that Galileo formulated the principles of a new scientific method of understanding the world, referring to the discoveries of Nicolaus Copernicus. In the letter to Christina, the most striking and important of this series and still not translated into Russian, Galileo expounds in particular detail, consistently and fully his position as a natural scientist, parrying reproaches for the incompatibility of his scientific conclusions with the Holy Bible. But Galileo is not only a scientist, theologian and philosopher. He is also known as a man of letters, a writer, a representative of baroque literature and the founder of the scientific style in the Italian language, which deserves special attention. In the Letter to Christina, one can note the characteristic features of Galileo’s scientific style: simplicity of terminology, metaphorical scientific descriptions, emotionality, complex syntax, aggravated by multitiered subordinate clauses, homogeneous subordinate clauses, wide use of gerunds.
Alla Sheshken’s Scientific Contribution at the Conferences on the International Seminar of Macedonian Language, Literature and Culture
Authors:   Institute of Macedonian Literature St. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Jakimovska-Toshik Maja
Published: June 2022

The numerous scientific contributions of Alla Sheshken presented and published in Proceedings of the International Seminar of Macedonian Language, Literature and Culture in Ohrid, reveal topics dedicated to the penetration of Macedonian-Russian literary ties through an intercultural prism. Using a comparative approach, a number of topics on several essential topos are treated: Fyodor M Dostoevski and Macedonian prose; translation and study of Macedonian literature in Russia; reception of the work of S. Janevski and B. Koneski in Russia; M. Bulgakov and Macedonian literature; the contribution of M. Gjurchinov in the affirmation of the scientific interest for the Russian literature in Macedonia, etc. Numerous papers include Alla Sheshken as one of the most passionate scholars and affirmers of the Macedonian-Russian intercultural relations.