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In-Vitro Investigation of CPH Drug-Montmorillonite Clay Interaction
Authors: Saeed Adel A M
Published: November 2021

The aim of the present work is to explore a naturally occurring clay mineral Montmorillonite (MMT), purified from raw Yemeni bentonite clay, as adsorbent material for ciprofloxacin hydrochloride antibiotic (CPH) in order to investigate the interaction of CPH and MMT. CPH-MMT composites were synthesized and the study design involved the investigation of the effect of three variables, namely; the time, pH and concentration of drug, on the intercalation process. The drug loading and recovery mechanisms were examined and supported by diffusion kinetics laws and adsorption isotherm models. The statistical analysis of the effect of different factors on the adsorption process showed that there was a significant difference in the amount of CPH drug that adsorbed due to variations in these factors. This study showed that the equilibrium time attained after 4 hours and the pH of the drug solution played a crucial role in the intercalation process and the adsorption isotherm was fitted by the Langmuir model with maximum adsorption and followed the pseudo-second-order kinetics. Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride is proved to successfully intercalate into the interlayers of MMT. The intercalation of a drug in MMT follows pseudo-second order kinetics. It is recommended that the overall rate of the adsorption procedure is expected to be controlled by the chemical adsorption process. The adsorption process follows the Langmuir model with a maximum amount of CPH intercalated in MMT being 263.15mg/g. This indicates the homogeneous nature of the MMT surface and the formation of monolayer coverage of CPH on the surface of MMT.
Skin Managements and Diseases
Authors: Rabei Haba Mohamed
Published: November 2021

The skin is the largest organ of the body, accounting for about 15% of total adult body weight, it performs vital functions, including protection, against external, physical, chemical, biologic assailants through integumentary system composed of three layers, the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue. The purpose of this article is to highlight upon some important interactions with the skin, these interactions have great important signs and diagnosed for many pathophysiology and skin diseases. Association between light, overweight, and neuropeptide and dermatologic conditions related to skin managements to these parameters will be impacted in this article.
DAMPAK POSITIF HARI KAUM MUDA SEDUNIA DAN FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MENYEBABKAN DAMPAK POSITIF ITU
Authors: Simanullang Gonti
Published: November 2021

Hari Kaum Muda Sedunia (HKMS) telah terselenggara 29 kali antara kaum muda dengan Paus dengan agenda yang meliputi: prosesi dengan membawa Salib Tahun Penebusan dan ikon Bunda Maria, adorasi, katekese, sakramen reskonsiliasi dan misa penutupan. HKMS membutuhkan banyak biaya dan orang-orang yang berkehendak baik dan sukarela. HKMS tidak terlepas dari protes dan kritik berkaitan dengan biaya dan sikap Gereja Katolik terhadap isu-isu tertentu seperti alat kontrasepsi dan perkawinan sejenis. Menghadapi protes dan kritik itu, kaum muda yang terlibat dalam HKMS menunjukkan perilaku baik dengan tidak bertindak kasar dan arogan. Mereka menahan diri bahkan berdoa di tengah-tengah orang-orang yang menghina dan mencemoohkan mereka.
INTRODUKSI TEOLOGI
Authors: Ara Alfonsus
Published: November 2021

Teologi adalah ilmu tentang Allah. Sebagai sebuah displin ilmu, teologi memiliki sumber yang otentik, daya kritik, metode dan sistem yang padu. perangkat-perangkat ini sangat dibutuhkan agar inti kebenaran iman kepada Wahyu Allah dalam diri Yesus Kristus bisa dijelaskan dan dipertanggungjawabkan dengan akal manusia
Global warming and world soybean yields
Authors: CAI CHENG-ZHI  , LIAO CONG-JIAN  , XIAO DAN  , ZENG XIAO-SHAN  , ZUO JIN
Published: November 2021

The crop yield potential of world soybean from 2019 to 2028 has been projected using ARIMA model based on the yields from 1961 to 2018. Both annual global mean temperature and the yields of world soybean have been projected to rise during the ensuing decade 2019-2028. Projected average yields of world soybean varies from 2841 to 3276 kg ha-1 while 4324 to 4807 kg ha-1 in the case of top (national) yields of world soybean. Annual global mean temperatures may vary from 15.0 to 15.3oC and likely to exert positive impact on average yield (R squared = 0.80) while negative on top yield (R squared = 0.40) of world soybean. It may be concluded that for world soybean yields in 2019 to 2028, the opportunities for improving production should be dependent on both high and low-yielding countries as the yield remained between 30 and 70 per cent of potential limit i.e. in middle place around the turn-point of S-shaped curve in long-term trend partly affected by global warming.
Complex nature monuments of the south slope of the great Caucasus and their ecotourism importance
Authors:   ANAS Institute of Geography, Ismayilova Shahla
Published: November 2021

İncluding multifunctional specially protected natural areas to the complex type of natural preserves enriches the composition of their species and improves its scientific and practical significance. As the study area has rich dendro flora, large areas were taken under state control as a specially protected natural area. In recent years, with a great increase in tourists to this area and the raising of tourism development to the state policy level (2011 year was declared tourism year) the relevance of comprehensive studies of these specially protected areas has greatly increased. It has been important to include them in the tourism routes under serious control. From this point of view, it has a great scientific and practical importance to study the natural preserves both comprehensively and purposefully.
The dynamics of population by settlements in the Guba-Khachmaz economic-geographical region
Authors:   Institute of Geography named after acad. H. A. Aliyev, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Bayramov Tural
Published: November 2021

The article shows and analyzes the population growth dynamics in the Guba-Khachmaz economic-geographical region, the economic region’s urban and rural population. Its share of the population of Azerbaijan for the years 1990-2015 are shown in the tables and also analyzed. The population for rural and urban sectors and the indicators of rate are shown in the map for 2016-2017 years. Also, as a result of the social survey conducted in the region, the living standards of the population as well as the employment rate in the settlements were studied, and ways to mitigate problems were identified.
Legal regulations of mountain biodiversity as an important factor in sustainable environmental policy
Authors:   Ganja Branch of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Hasanov Elnur
Published: November 2021

The paper understands that cross-border natural resources include a totality of characteristics of local ecological systems in mountain areas, which can act as regulators of human’s life space. The authors state that the uniqueness of this phenomenon is defined by the fact that all natural resources act as a single system of planet scale. The system of providing biodiversity is one of such parameters. In the paper the legal characteristics of the issue are identified with respects to the actual state of interstate cooperation. Additionally, the opportunity of its expansion within the already existing interstate formation is determined.
Effect of electroporation on radiotherapy treatment in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells
Authors: ALKIŞ Mehmet Eşref , YEŞİLBAŞ Sefa
Published: November 2021

Thanks to technological developments and clinical studies in recent years, radiotherapy has been widely used in cancer treatment, and radiation can be applied effectively to cancer cells without harming healthy tissues. However, some types of cancer cells are resistant to radiotherapy which can be applied at certain doses that do not harm normal tissues. In this context, the main purpose of this study is to increase the sensitivity of cancerous cells to radiotherapy and by doing so to reduce the negative side effects of radiotherapy with lower doses of radiation and to get more efficient results through the combined use of treatments. In this study, HepG2 (Human hepatocellular carcinoma) liver cancer cells were treated by ionizing radiation (210 kV x-ray at a dose rate of 2.1 Gy/min) or electroporation (1125 V/cm, 100 µs, 1 Hz, 8 square waves) or combination of these two therapies. Responses to these treatments were determined by the MTT viability test. It was observed that the survival rate of HepG2 cancer cells significantly decreased in the group treated with ionizing radiation after electroporation. The electrical pulses caused a 1.25-fold increase in the sensitivity of HepG-2 cancer cells to 210 kV x-ray. These results show that the application of electroporation before radiotherapy can significantly increase the sensitivity of HepG2 cancer cells.
ZnCr/C Layered double hydroxide: Synthesis, Characterization and photocatalytic application on Methylene blue removal.
Authors: ZAREWA Maimuna , MUHAMMAD Abdulfatah
Published: November 2021

In this paper, ZnCr/C-layered double hydroxide (LDH) photocatalyst was successfully prepared using a co-precipitation method. A set of characterization both physicochemical and optical including XRD, SEM, EDS, FT-IR, TGA and Band gap determination. The photocatalytic application was evaluated by the removal of MB UV-light irradiation. Moreover, the influences of pH, photocatalyst dosage, and initial MB concentration were also explored in this system. When the photocatalyst dosage was 80mg and the initial MB concentration was 3ppm, MB removal efficiency was as high as 95.0% within 60 min under UV-light irradiation. After four cycles, the newly designed photocatalyst showed good stability and recyclability.
Anterior İmplant Destekli Sabit Protezlerde Yumuşak Doku Konturunun Oluşturulması: 4 Vaka Sunumu
Authors: İNAL Ceyda Başak , KARAOĞLU Öykü , BANKOĞLU GÜNGÖR Merve , KARAKOCA NEMLİ Seçil
Published: November 2021

Eksik dişlerin yerine konmasında implantlar sıklıkla tercih edilmektedir. Dental implantlardaki gelişmeler sayesinde osseoentegrasyon süreleri kısalmış ve implantların geçici protezler ile immediat yüklenmesi gündeme gelmiştir. Bu sayede özellikle anterior bölgedeki implant destekli restorasyonlarda hem hastanın estetik beklentileri kısa sürede karşılanmakta hem de implant çevresindeki yumuşak doku konturu doğal dişin çıkış profiline benzer olarak şekillendirilebilmektedir. İmplantların immediat yüklenemediği durumlarda ise geleneksel iyileşmeyi takiben hazırlanan geçici restorasyonlar yardımıyla yumuşak doku şekillendirilebilmektedir. Bu vaka sunumunda anterior bölgede implant tedavisini takiben immediat yüklenen geçici protezlerin ve geleneksel iyileşme süreci sonunda hazırlanan sabit geçici protezlerin yapım aşamaları anlatılmaktadır. Hastalar geçici protezlerini estetik olarak kabul edilebilir bulmuş ve yumuşak doku konturu oluşturulduktan sonra daimi protezler yapılmıştır. Takip sürecinde implant çevresi sert ve yumuşak dokularda herhangi bir komplikasyona rastlanmamış ve hastaların protezlerine ilişkin estetik ve fonksiyonel olarak memnuniyetleri gözlemlenmiştir.
Parenthood – Predictable Crisis at the Family Life Cycle
Authors:   Varna Free University, Bulgaria, Hristova Vanya
Published: November 2021

The family life cycle passes through predictable and unpredictable life crises that require changes in both the family and private lives of both partners. One of the predictable crises id the transition to parenthood and childbirth. This leads to transformations in cognitive, emotional and behavioral state of the both of the partners, that require analysis of family functioning and the disclosure of the specificities of normative and non-normative family crises.
Anhedonia as a Communication and Psychological Phenomenon within the Ukranian Context
Authors:   Kiev Polytechnic Institute „I. Sikorsky“, Kiev, Ukraine, Prepotenska Marina
Published: November 2021

The article is dedicated to the investigation of anhedonia within the Ukrainian context. It identifies social psychological determinants of this phenomenon on the individual and collective levels: development of the syndrome of victimization in the historical cultural sphere, cognitive dissonance under the condition of peace and war, politicization of the information communication space, media stress, and pop psychology. The paper determines the paradoxes of the Ukrainian anhedonia, including social hyperactivity of people suffering from this phenomenon, the domination of negativism in media and informal communication, transformation of individual symptoms of anhedonia into the social form. The author offers the following social ways of correcting the problem: reforms of mass media, intensification of psychological diagnosis and rehabilitation services, and development of the psychological correction of the actualization potential of practical philosophy.
Research of Professional Burning Out and Koping-strategy at Employees of the Industrial Enterprises
Authors:   St. Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, Melnikova Alla , Korotkina Tatyana
Published: November 2021

The relevance of studying of professional burning out at the staff of various organizations is defined by prevalence and negative impact of this syndrome on full and productive activity not only employees, but also the organizations in general. Respectively, the research of such phenomenon as professional burning out, is an important factor of optimization of the social and labor relations. Results of a research of employees of the industrial enterprises (workers and executives) are given in this article. Authors investigate expressiveness at them various characteristics of professional burning out, is studied what koping-strategy are most characteristic of them and also the interrelation of characteristics of professional burning out with the used koping-strategy looks.
Criteria for Psychological Health of a Professional
Authors:   Tver State University, Tver, Russian Federation, Zhuravleva Evgenia , Gudimenko Yulia ,   Tver State University, Tver, Russian Federation
Published: November 2021

The article presents the state of modern trend in psychological science – the psychology of occupational health. Levels of occupational health are determined. A review of ways to systematize the criteria for psychological health of a professional is made. Prospects for development of psychological health of a professional as scientific field are assessed.
Methodological Algorithm for Exercising Capacity for Exercise of Volunteer Work from Students
Authors:   ", Tasevska Daniela ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

In the article, the theoretical and applied analysis is devoted to the substantive debate on the framework of an institutional model for capacity building for volunteer work by students from the areas of helping professions. Volunteering is aimed at overcoming the problems of psycho-social adaptation to the academic environment of fresh-school students or the lack of skills to adapt to an unfamiliar environment. The scientific conceptualization of the methodological algorithm is based on the implementation of specific strategies for the prevention of the psycho-social health of the students.
Psychological Reactions to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Lyubenova-Vashkova Lyubka
Published: November 2021

COVID-19 is a new infectious disease and as such we are faced with uncertainties in its course and treatment. Modern methods of containing pandemics are more behavioral and educational – psychological factors play a role in their success. Previous pandemics such as the Spanish flu, the swine flu and SARS have had effects on mental stress and disorders. Personality characteristics give a clearer look at vulnerability to stressors – people with high scores of negative emotionality (neuroticism) will face serious difficulties during pandemics. The different personality traits are relevant to our understanding of pandemic-related anxieties and sufferings, and the psychological effect of pandemics may be more pronounced, more widespread, and more lasting than the pure somatic effect of the infection.
Psychological and Pedagogical Projects for the Promotion of Pedagogical Technology “Prosociology in Pre-school Age” as an Educational Strategy in the Kindergartden
Authors:   Sout-West University of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, Dyankova Gergana
Published: November 2021

This paper proposes the pedagogical technology of “Being pro-social at a pre-school age” as an innovative educational strategy. Its promotion aims to address the need to overcome the social barriers that accompany the child in his social adaptation in kindergarten. The proposed pedagogical technology provides an opportunity to identify the achieved level of pro-social development of the participants by creating conditions for complementing, expanding and upgrading the methodological tools used in the educational strategy under review.
The Problem of Grammar in Medieval Education – Art or Science
Authors:   ", Buchvarov Stoyan ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

This article the idea of teaching grammar in the Middle Age and development of grammar from liberal art to science. Aristotle introduced grammar as a free art and gave purpose of teaching in the liberal arts. Clement of Alexandria goes on to justify and argue that grammar is part of liberal arts. Propose symbolic method as the most suitable for teaching grammar. Boethius of Dacia objects to the medieval tradition of teaching the liberal arts and believes that they should all be seen as sciences. He argues that grammar exist and needs to be taught as an objective independent verbal unified science.
The Hdden Children Survived by the Holocaust. Injury and Mourning. Retrospective Research
Authors:   Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Admadhov Lazar
Published: November 2021

“Hidden Jewish children”, Holocaust survivors. Traumatisms and mourning. Retrospective studies. This contribution concerning traumatism and the mourning of Jewish children, holocaust survivors hidden in France during WWII, is a retrospective study on the psychological consequences in a situation of genocide in childhood. In this article two different types of research, carried out in France, will be underlined. The first concerns a group of former hidden children who created an association, more than half-century after the end of the war, to establish a self-therapeutic group. The second research studies former hidden children who have remained isolated and generally have had difficulties in metabolizing their traumatic experiences.
Dimensions of Alienation in Dostoevsky’s Literary Works: In Search of New Perspectives on the Consequences of the Sudden Change in Social Life During a Global Pandemic
Authors:   Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan, Chalukova Maria
Published: November 2021

This article focuses on the theme of alienation in three works by F. M. Dostoevsky, Notes from the Underground (1864), Crime and Punishment (1866), and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1877). This article will argue that despite the overall different set of circumstances, Dostoevsky’s literary works nevertheless provide some insight into the coping mechanisms we can utilize when dealing with loneliness and alienation-related problems during social isolation.
Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents during COVID-19
Authors:   International Slavic University “Mr. Р. Derzhavin ”Sveti Nikole-Bitola, R. С. Macedonia, Gavrilova Vangelica
Published: November 2021

Pandemic is a challenge for every family, but it is difficult in particular to those families with children facing mental health problems. Social isolation, physical absence from school and daily routines, as well as the fear of losing a loved family member are some of the biggest stress factors that children face. They feel new worries, such as whether they will bring home the virus and make someone in the family sick, or they may face stress due to changes in school routines and not hanging out with classmates. Some children may want to avoid school because of experienced peer mockery or because they are struggling with their mental health at school, whereas others may experience anxiety and fear of parting with friends.
Creativity to Generate Competitive Ability Arguments in Small Groups (Experience of the Case «7 Bogatyrs»)
Authors:   Tverskius Gosudarstyy University, Tver, Russia, Vladimirovna Olga
Published: November 2021

The article analyzes the results of research on creativity to generate effective competitive arguments in a small group. The respondents took part in the exercise «7 bogatyrs», they were faced with the task of making arguments, conducting a self-presentation to win. Characteristics of effective competitive arguments: the consideration of the interests and needs of the person who chooses a winner; the advantages of own proposals, the disadvantages of competitors ‘proposals’. The results of the study are of practical significance for economic psychology, especially for marketing psychology and for gender psychology.
The Sign Language in Psychotherapy with Prelingually Deaf Person
Authors:   ", Roydeva Anna ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

Specialized psychotherapy for deaf people is still a young field of scientific research. The article describes collaboration and interaction between a therapist and a prelingually deaf person. This special collaborative relationship has several dimensions: language, Deaf culture, interpreting.
Dissociative Identity Iisorder – Clinical Features and Differential Diagnosis
Authors:   ", Burgov Presiyan ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The paper is aimed to present the most important aspects of the dissociative identity disorder, his clinical features and differential diagnosis. Dissociative identity disorder is a rare psychiatric condition with complex, chronic and post-traumatic dissociative psychopathology characterized by impaired of memory, thinking and identity. It differs from other psychiatric disorders mainly by the presence of a continuing, coexistence of relatively consistent and alternating subjectively distinct identities.
Mayer and P. Salovey Model of Emotional Intelligence
Authors:   ", Trifonova Simona ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

Thе article aims at presenting theoretical literature review of one of the major models of emotional intelligence to wit D. Mayer and P. Salovey model of emotional intelligence. To present main stage of development, the author’s motivation to develop this model, definition of emotional intelligence according to authors D. Mayer and P. Salovey and an overview of the basic concepts of the topic. A model of the present day helps and allows new concepts and understanding of intelligence meaning.
Cooperation Between the Countries Around Lake Chad Basin: An Assessment
Authors: Abu Safiya Wada , Ahmed Adam Okene
Published: November 2021

The Lake Chad Basin is an important natural resource that cut across several countries among which are Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Algeria, Central African Republic and Libya. In a bid to ensure the effective utilization of the water of the basin, the countries have engaged in cooperation through the creation of Lake Chad Basin Commission. The Commission has embarked on certain programmes to achieve its aim, hence the need for the assessment of the cooperation between countries around the basin. This work is an assessment albeit critical, of the cooperation within that commission. Part of the findings of the paper is that the Lake Chad Basin Commission has been unable to achieve objectives it sets for itself. Certain challenges which include but not limited to, lack of political will among members of the Commission, reoccurrence of violence, lack of adequate finance, poor organizational structure, cultural and language difference have worked either individually or in tandem to frustrate the realization of what appeared ab initio to be the noble and lofty goals of the commission. The contention of the paper therefore, is that the Lake Chad Basin Commission member states should reflect and modernize its initial objectives and operationalize the ingredients of its cooperation to derive the positivity laden in the agreements or else risk the extinction of an important water resource. Data for the paper were sourced using both primary and secondary. Other variables and methodological approaches like analysis, discourse, and accountability and of course, chronological delineations were generously employed in reconstruction. Study of this nature is multidisciplinary and knitted in the International studies, Security studies, and Diplomatic and Military history.
Study on the Factors Affecting the Embroidery Pattern Style of Miao in Leishan
Authors: Peng Zeyang , Deng Kehui , Wei Yilin , Wang Ziqi
Published: November 2021

In response to the factor that affects the evolution of Leishan Miao embroidery style, this paper, based on field inspections and consulting related county chronicles, characterizes its style from two aspects: pattern composition and content, and tries to characterize its style from the perspectives of craftsmanship and the social role of embroidery women. By reviewing the angles of change, and analyzing the reasons for the evolution of embroidery styles, this research has found that the style of Miao embroidery can be summarized as the proper use of continuous and separate patterns, as well as the fusion of reality and illusion in the subject matter. The study holds that the comprehensive application of stitching is the technical guarantee for the evolution of styles. At the same time, the transformation of embroidery women's social roles from “women weavers” to “women farmers” and then to “businesswomen” is the potential motivation for the evolution of embroidery styles.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Higher Education Studies, Vol. 11, No. 4
Authors: Lin Sherry
Published: November 2021

Reviewer Acknowledgements for Higher Education Studies, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2021.
A Dynamic Capabilities-Based Research Model for Innovation in Independent Restaurants
Authors: Muriuki Belinda K. , Awino Zack B. , Ogot Madara M. , Muranga James N.
Published: November 2021

The purpose of the study is to contribute to the existing literature by reviewing empirical studies conducted in the restaurant industry on innovation to develop a dynamic capabilities-based research model for independent restaurants which can be tested by future scholars in the restaurants industry. The review covered innovation models that have been used and tested in restaurants; types of innovation; dynamic capabilities as an antecedent for innovation; the mediating role of human capital between dynamic capabilities and innovation; and the relationship between innovation and performance. The results of the study revealed that innovation activities described in the literature can be categorised into the dynamic capabilities components of sensing, learning, integrating, and co-ordinating capabilities thus supporting the proposed dynamic capabilities research model. The model, therefore, provides a comprehensive framework for investigating innovation activities in independent restaurants.
Listing and Value: A Cross-Country Analysis in the Energy Sector
Authors: Micheli Anna Paola , Intrisano Carmelo , Calce Anna Maria
Published: November 2021

The study aims to fill a gap in the literature on the impact of listing on value. Most of the relevant literature analyzes the impact of listing by focusing on the financial performance of companies. The innovative aspect of this study lies in considering value as a combination of return on equity and risk profile, the latter reflected in the cost of capital. So, in this analysis value is ascertained with the ROE-ke measure. We compare listed companies vis-à-vis their unlisted peers in the energy sector. Data are extracted from Amadeus and covers the period from 2015 to 2017. The empirical investigation considers the following areas: profitability (ROE); cost of equity (ke) and value (ROE-ke). We observe statistically significant differences between listed and unlisted companies. In particular, listed companies show lower cost of equity but they also have lower profitability than unlisted companies. Furthermore, results highlight that listing has a negative impact on shareholder value: listed companies have negative ROE-ke or they register less ROE-ke if compared with unlisted peers. This research has several limitations, for example, having considered a relatively short period of time. Future developments of this work may overcome some limitations by taking into account more recent years and using additional variables such as governance, financial structure, operations in the renewable energy sector, size.
The Role of Accounting for Intellectual Capital in Achieving Human Resources Value in Universities Applied to a Sample of Faculty Members at the Dongola University in the Sudan & Abu Dhabi University in the United Arab Emirates
Authors: Mohamed Abu Baker Ayman Abdalla , Salim Ezieldin Modthir Hassan
Published: November 2021

This study aimed to identify the accounting for intellectual capital and its role in the achievement of human resources value in universities, a case study of a selected sample of faculty members of the Faculty of Economics and Administration Sciences at Dongola University and the academic programs at Abu Dhabi University. The study problem is well represented in how accounting for intellectual capital functions in its major three components, (human capital, structural capital, relational capital) and how that achieves the value of human resources in the universities.

The study data has been analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program (SPSS). The study reached a number of results as follows: The results of the analysis of the Simple linear regression have also shown a strong correlation and statistically significant effect of overall independent study variables combined, (accounting for human capital, accounting for structural capital, accounting for relational capital) on the value of human resources in the tow universities.

The study concluded with a set of recommendations, including the following: The study recommended the management of the two universities to increase the attention to the accounting for intellectual capital together with its three components (accounting for human capital, accounting for structural capital, accounting for relational capital ) by mobilizing the potential energies within the university, in a manner that enhances the value of human resources.
Evaluation of Accessibility to Public Services in the City of Aqaba Using Geographic Information Systems
Authors: AlFanatseh AbedAlhameed , Saqallah Shahed
Published: November 2021

In this study, we identify methods of measuring accessibility to public services in the city of Aqaba. Accessibility is an indicator of the efficiency of their spatial distribution in relation to residential neighborhoods in the city. Administrative, commercial, educational, health and entertainment services were selected for a case study because they are the most important services. We used spatial analysis tools in Arc Map within the geographic information systems (GIS) environment to measure direct distances between neighborhood centres and public services and to determine the number of services within specific ranges (1,000 m, 500 m, 200 m), using the three most common methods of measuring accessibility: the distance to the nearest service, the number of services within a certain distance or time, and the average distance for all services. The results of this research indicate that educational services have the highest degree of accessibility, followed by slight differences among recreational, administrative, and commercial services. Health services lag further behind.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Journal of Mathematics Research, Vol. 13, No. 6
Authors: Wang Sophia
Published: November 2021

Reviewer Acknowledgements for Journal of Mathematics Research, Vol. 13, No. 6
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Review of European Studies, Vol. 13, No. 4
Authors: Dou Paige
Published: November 2021

Reviewer Acknowledgements for Review of European Studies, Vol. 13, No. 4
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Sustainable Agriculture Research, Vol. 10, No. 4
Authors: Lee Joan
Published: November 2021

Sustainable Agriculture Research wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated.

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Reviewers for Volume 10, Number 4

Aaron Norris, Texas Tech University, USA

Bed Mani Dahal, Kathmandu University, Nepal

Darwin Pangaribuan, Lampung University, Indonesia

Jiban Shrestha, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Nepal

Katarzyna Panasiewicz, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland

Luciano Chi, Sugar Industry Research and Development Institute, Belize

Manuel Teles Oliveira, University Tras os Montes Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal

Patrice Ngatsi Zemko, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon

Roberto José Zoppolo, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (Uruguay), Uruguay

Tenaw Workayehu, Hawassa Research Center, Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia

Waqar Majeed, University of Agriculture, Pakistan
Doa quem está envolvido: um estudo sobre a doação em lives com o uso de QR Code em um contexto de pandemia de COVID-19
Authors: Costa Thiago Chiorino , Pedro Samara De Carvalho , Garzaro Daniela Menezes , Carvalho Marcelo , Vils Leonardo
Published: November 2021

Objetivo do estudo: Sabendo da importância do ato da doação durante o período da pandemia e, tendo as lives como um fenômeno crescente, buscamos entender quais fatores influenciam os indivíduos a fazerem doações durante essas apresentações. Assim, visamos verificar como o envolvimento com as lives, a atitude em ajudar os outros e o uso de uma nova tecnologia, o QR Code, afetam esse novo processo de doação.Metodologia: Coletamos os dados de 291 indivíduos, sendo que o instrumento de coleta foi elaborado com escalas validadas. Para a análise do modelo, foi utilizada a técnica de Modelagem de Equações Estruturais, Partial Least Squares (PLS).Principais resultados: A análise do modelo estrutural confirmou que a atitude em ajudar os outros medeia a relação entre o envolvimento com as lives e a intenção de doar. No entanto, a atitude em relação a usar o QR Code não apresentou relação significante com a intenção de doar.Contribuições teóricas: Nosso estudo contribui com as teorias relacionadas a comportamento do consumidor, em situações relacionadas a engajamento em ações de captação de recursos para caridade.Relevância/originalidade: A originalidade do nosso estudo se mostra na investigação da intenção comportamental de doação para caridade em um contexto totalmente atípico (pandemia de COVID-19), por meio de ferramentas e cenários novos (utilização de QR Code em lives).Implicações para a gestão ou sociais: No estudo, discutimos sobre o impacto da tecnologia para a viabilização das doações e como os organizadores de eventos podem contribuir com as instituições de caridade, por meio das lives.
COMBINING THE COMPETENCES OF MINISTER OF JUSICE AND THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR GENERAL AS A THREAT TO THE RULE OF LAW
Authors: Augustyn Paulina , Bała Karolina
Published: November 2021

The subject of the following article is to discuss the issue of merging the office of the Prosecutor General and the Minister of Justice. This was one of the changes in the grounds of the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office of 28 January 2016, which were aimed at strengthening the independence of the public prosecutor’s office and adjusting the solutions to the needs of a modern state. These changes actually led to the weakening of the independence of the prosecution service and prosecutors. The purpose of the article is to show the threat to the rule of law posed by combining the functions of Minister of Justice and Prosecutor General. In opinion of the authors presenting the greater part of this article the statutory regulations concerning legal status before and after the adoption of the new Act of 28 January 2016 is necessary, to demonstrate dangerous changes in the functioning of the prosecutor’s office and dependence on the executive authority
CREATING A REGISTER OF SEXUAL OFFENDERS AND THE PROBLEM OF SEIZURE OF A CONVICTION IN THE CONTEXT OF ART. 8 OF THE ECHR
Authors: Pudło-Jaremek Anna
Published: November 2021

The present analysis aims to present the general standard of the ECtHR with regard to the creation and functioning of a register of criminals, especially sex offenders. The analysis attempts to answer the question of what requirements the state should meet in order to implement the ECtHR standard in this matter. For this reason, attention has been paid to the nature of the protection measure in question, the manner of its implementation, as well as the material scope and conditions of its application.
GLOSS TO THE JUDGEMENT OF SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OF DECEMBER 17, 2019. – ENTRUSTING THE DUTIES OF HEAD OF THE MEDICAL ENTITY
Authors: Ciechorski Jan
Published: November 2021

The primary procedure for filling the post of manager of a non-entrepreneurial medical entity (as well as for other posts referred to in Article 49(1) of the Law on Medicinal Activities) is to select a candidate by means of a competition. However, there may be cases where it is necessary to fill the post of manager, but there is no possibility of a competition procedure. In such situations, it should be possible to entrust duties in this post, but only for the time necessary to conduct the
competition. In so doing, it cannot be considered that the delegation of duties constitutes one of the means of filling the post of manager of a medical entity, which is only a temporary solution enabling the medical entity to function until that post has been filled by means of a competition. In view of the legal personality of an independent public health establishment and the principle of legality in
the operation of local government units in the exercise of its powers, it is appropriate to limit the powers of that body as a medical entity only to the situations expressly referred to in the provisions of the Law. However, the provisions of the Law on local government employees do not apply either to the manager of the medical entity or to its other employees.
DISPUTE AS TO THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE 540(3) OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ALONG WITH AN APPROVING GLOSS TO THE RESOLUTION
OF THE SUPREME COURT OF 26 JUNE 2014, CASE REF. NO. I KZP 14/14
Authors: Trzeja Patrycja
Published: November 2021

This gloss aims to assess the position presented by the Supreme Court in its resolution of 26 June 2014 as to whether the need to resume proceedings, as referred to in Article 540 § 3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, can only relate to proceedings in the case to which the decision of the European Court of Human Rights on the violation of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms relates, or also to other criminal proceedings in which there has been a violation of the provisions of the Convention similar to that found in the decision of this Court issued against Poland. The analysis includes the presentation of doctrinal and case law views, as well as the author’s own reflections. What is important, the considerations end with a polemic with the arguments appearing in the interpretation dispute, and an assessment of the very process of interpretation by the Supreme Court when considering the legal issue in question.
New technologies in the Social Insurance Institution
Authors: Uścińska Gertruda
Published: November 2021

The Social Insurance Institution (Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych, ZUS) is one of the largest public institutions in Poland. For nearly nine decades it has been carrying out tasks in the area of social insurance, taking care both of the social security of citizens and the part of public finances it manages. ZUS has solutions which use modern techniques and technologies (so-called e-projects), which are the basic tools for achieving the organisation’s objectives. The text outlines the objectives for ZUS development and related IT instruments in the area of IT over the last five years. Special attention has been paid to the solutions employed by ZUS during the COVID-19 pandemic (from spring 2020), which positively verified their legitimacy and application. The main e-projects have been described. Their role has been indicated and their efficiency assessed.
Nieuiszczenie opłaty paliwowej w świetle przepisów
Kodeksu karnego skarbowego
Authors: Charkiewicz Mariusz
Published: November 2021

W niniejszym opracowaniu poruszono problem ewentualnej odpowiedzialności karnej skarbowej za nieuiszczenie
opłaty paliwowej. Celem artykułu jest odpowiedź na pytanie, czy czyny zabronione związane z opłatą paliwową
podlegają penalizacji na gruncie Kodeksu karnego skarbowego1. Na te potrzeby wyjaśnione zostały podstawowe
zasady odpowiedzialności karnej skarbowej, kluczowe na gruncie przywołanej ustawy pojęcie „podatku”, a także
charakter prawny opłaty paliwowej
Decapitation and Dynamite: The Mutilated Mountainside Monument of Gaius Julius Aquila on the Coast of Bithynia et Pontus
Authors: Silvia Sean
Published: November 2021

The Roman monument locally known as Kuşkayası Yol Anıtı (literally bird rock road monument) in Turkish is an arresting site carved in relief on a mountainside. Its decapitated figures have hewn limbs, and dynamite has blasted out large chunks of the monument. Though scholars have tangentially touched upon Kuşkayası, there is little analysis of its visual symbolism and the mutilated human figure’s identity and destruction have been mysteries. This paper will analyse the monument and explicate its noteworthy blend of Roman Imperial and local iconography, a syncretistic design which participates in the Romanization of Bithynia et Pontus and legitimizes the monument’s builder Gaius Julius Aquila. Next, this paper will argue that the mysterious beheaded figure likely represents Aquila rather than Emperor Claudius. Finally, this paper will forward that Kuşkayası was the victim of Christian mutilation in Late Antiquity during its initial phase of destruction, and treasure hunters in its most recent phase. Kuşkayası represents an innovative symbolic composition and speaks both to the syncretistic public art tradition and the history of the destruction of antiquities on the Black Sea coast.
Anorexigenic peptide (leptin, obestatin, nesfatin-1) levels and their impact on assisted reproductive technology treatment outcomes in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome
Authors: Varlı Bulut , Şükür Yavuz Emre , Özmen Batuhan , Ergüder Berrin İmge , Sönmezer Murat , Berker Bülent , Atabekoğlu Cem , Aytaç Ruşen
Published: November 2021

Objective: In this study we aimed to assess anorexigenic peptide levels in patients with or without polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and their effects on assisted reproductive treatment (ART) outcomes. Methods: A prospective case-control study was conducted in a tertiary care university-based ART clinic. Eighty-three patients were included in the study. The PCOS group included 41 patients, and the non-PCOS group included 42 controls. The 2003 Rotterdam criteria were used for PCOS patient selection. The ART indications in the non-PCOS group were tubal factor or unexplained infertility. Venous blood samples were taken on the third day of the menstrual cycle to determine the serum anorexigenic peptide levels. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method was used for laboratory analyses. Results: In the PCOS group, serum obestatin levels were significantly lower than in the control group, but serum anorexigenic peptide levels were similar in PCOS patients with or without clinical pregnancy. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) was diagnosed only in PCOS patients, and the obestatin levels of OHSS patients were significantly lower than those of other PCOS patients. Conclusions: Baseline anorexigenic peptide levels did not affect the clinical pregnancy rate in ART cycles. Obestatin may play a role in the pathophysiology of OHSS; this possibility should be confirmed in further research.
Curating Automatic Vehicle Location Data to Compare the Performance of Outlier Filtering Methods
Authors:   Purdue University, Mathew Jijo K. , Day Christopher M. , Li Howell , Bullock Darcy M.
Published: November 2021

Agencies use a variety of technologies and data providers to obtain travel time information. The best quality data can be obtained from second-by-second tracking of vehicles, but that data presents many challenges in terms of privacy, storage requirements and analysis. More frequently agencies collect or purchase segment travel time based upon some type of matching of vehicles between two spatially distributed points. Typical methods for that data collection involve license plate re-identification, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or some type of rolling DSRC identifier. One of the challenges in each of these sampling techniques is to employ filtering techniques to remove outliers associated with trip chaining, but not remove important features in the data associated with incidents or traffic congestion. This paper describes a curated data set that was developed from high-fidelity GPS trajectory data. The curated data contained 31,621 vehicle observations spanning 42 days; 2550 observations had travel times greater than 3 minutes more than normal. From this baseline data set, outliers were determined using GPS waypoints to determine if the vehicle left the route. Two performance measures were identified for evaluating three outlier-filtering algorithms by the proportion of true samples rejected and proportion of outliers correctly identified. The effectiveness of the three methods over 10-minute sampling windows was also evaluated. The curated data set has been archived in a digital repository and is available online for others to test outlier-filtering algorithms.
Leadership in der digitalen Moderne
Authors: Hill Hermann
Published: November 2021

Der Beitrag schließt an Ausführungen des Autors aus dem Jahr 2016 an. Leadership in der digitalen Moderne um­fasst inhaltliche Ent schei dun gen, Selbst-Führung und Per-so nalführung sowie die Ge stal tung der digitalen Trans for­ma tion. Vor allem geht es auch darum, die sozialen Folgen und das menschliche Maß der Digitalisierung in den Blick zu nehmen.
Strategiefähigkeit und institutionelle Reflexivität öffentlicher Organisationen
Authors: Scheuer Laurin
Published: November 2021

Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit der Strategiefähigkeit und in­stitutionellen Reflexivität von öffentlichen Organisationen. Die praktische Umsetzung einer strukturierten stra­tegischen Reflexion des eigenen Managementmodells im Sinne der organisationseigenen Mechanismen und Wechselwirkungen steht hierbei im Mittelpunkt. Diese praktische strukturierte Reflexion erfolgt mit dem vom Verfasser entwickelten Instrument der Behörden Matrix, mit der die Rahmenbedingungen des Managements ei­ner Organisation strukturiert erhoben und analysiert wer­den können. In diesem Beitrag findet die Behörden Matrix Anwendung bei einem Landespolizeipräsidium. Der vorlie­gende Beitrag kommt zu dem Schluss, dass die Behörden Matrix gewinnbringende Erkenntnisse für die Arbeit in öffentlichen Organisationen wie der Polizei eröffnet. Mit diesem Instrument können Führungskräfte ein struktu­riertes Bild ihrer Organisation gewinnen und damit ihr Führungshandeln an der spezifischen Organisation aus­richten. Die Reflexion der Organisation und die daraus entstehenden Erkenntnisse über Stärken, Schwächen und Wechselwirkungen sollten als Grundlage für eine nachhalti­ge Organisationsentwicklung dienen.