bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PETROL FİYATLARI İLE EKONOMİK BÜYÜME ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİLER: AZERBAYCAN EKONOMİSİ ÜZERİNE İNCELEMELER
Authors: Osmanov Elshan , Gökçe Nazlı , Emsen Ömer Selçuk
Published: October 2023

Dünya ekonomisinde petrol fiyatları tüm ekonomileri etkilerken, fiyat şokları özellikle petrol ihracatına ve dolayısıyla gelirine yüksek derecede bağımlı ekonomilerde daha kuvvetli etkiler yaratmaktadır. Çalışmada toplam mal ihracatında petrol ihracatının %65 ve ulusal gelirinde de %40 payının olduğu Azerbaycan ekonomisinde petrol fiyatları ile GSYH arasındaki ilişkiler araştırılmıştır. Çalışmanın veri dönemi 2007:Ç1-2021:Ç4 arasını kapsamış ve üçer aylık veriler yardımıyla analizler yapılmıştır. Burada Solow modelindeki değişkenler kontrol değişkenler olarak alınarak ve buna petrol fiyatları eklenerek etkileri tespit edilmeye çalışılmıştır. Yapılan analizlerde değişkenler arasında uzun dönemli ilişkilerin varlığı tespit edilirken, FMOLS ve DMOLS tahminlerinde petrol fiyatlarındaki %1’lik artışın GSYH’yi %0.4 civarında artırdığı belirlenmiştir. Nedensellik analizlerinde ise petrol fiyatlarından GSYH’ye doğru tek yönlü bir nedensellik ilişkisinin varlığı tespit edilmiştir. Sonuçlar bir bütün olarak değerlendirildiğinde, Azerbaycan ekonomisinin petrole yüksek ölçüde bağımlı yapısı teyit edilmiş ve bunun da ekonomide adeta doğal kaynakların laneti argümanını işleterek zımnen gelişmeyi frenleyici rol oynadığına ilişkin sinyaller yakalanmıştır. Dolayısıyla Azerbaycan ekonomisinin tabiatın kendisine bahşettiği bu imkânı başta sanayi alanına kaydırmak suretiyle kalkınmanın sanayileşme ile eşanlam taşıdığı gerçeğine uygun olarak bu kapsamdaki politikaları takip etmesi gerektiği söylenebilir.
A competitividade sistêmica do agronegócio sucroalcooleiro: estratégias internas e fatores externos
Authors: Borges Ana Claudia Giannini , Costa Vera Mariza Henriques de Miranda
Published: October 2023

Constituem objetivos do presente trabalho: a) caracterizar  a evolução recente do agronegócio sucroalcooleiro, destacando as ações efetivadas visando à competitividade do setor e de empresas que o compõem, bem como alterações que interferem em sua competitividade sistêmica, relacionadas aos ambientes interno e externo das empresas; b) avaliar o suporte financeiro do BNDES (banco nacional de desenvolvimento econômico e social) ao setor como novo padrão de atuação do estado, após a desregulamentação do setor sucroalcooleiro, ocorrida a partir da década de 1990; c) evidenciar a relevância da atuação do estado sobre o agronegócio sucroalcooleiro para viabilizar ações inovadoras, favorecendo sua competitividade sistêmica. O trabalho foi estruturado a partir de avaliação de literatura referente à caracterização, aos limites e ao âmbito da competitividade; e de dados, informações e avaliações sobre a evolução do agronegócio sucroalcooleiro em literatura especializada e junto a instituições e organismos que dispõem de conhecimento desse setor. Pôde-se concluir que a participação do estado no agronegócio sucroalcooleiro mantém-se relevante, mesmo após o processo de desregulamentação; realizada, no período recente, por meio de financiamento por parte do BNDES, a atuação do estado tem sido significativa para a competitividade sistêmica da atividade sucroalcooleira brasileira.
Os principais aspectos relacionados à prática e a formação docente em tempos de tecnologia digital
Authors: Da Silva Ana Carla Peres , Da Silva Hélio Peres , De Souza Jéssica Rodrigues , Maia Natália de Souza , Bezerra Milena de Holanda Oliveira , Carneiro Sofia Vasconcelos , Câmara Cândida Maria Farias , Carneiro Stânia Nágila Vasconcelos
Published: October 2023

A temática abordada no presente trabalho diz respeito acerca dos principais aspectos relacionados à prática e a formação docente em tempos de tecnologia digital. Assim sendo, o objetivo geral deste artigo é analisar os principais aspectos relacionados à prática e a formação docente em tempos de tecnologia digital. Em relação aos objetivos específicos pode-se dizer que são: identificar as principais características na relação educação e tecnologia; bem como, pontuar as necessidades atuais na questão da formação docente e por fim, enumerar os benefícios do uso da tecnologia digital para o processo de ensino e de aprendizagem. Diante disso, verifica-se que, atualmente, a sociedade está inserida em um mundo, no qual as informações chegam com grande facilidade e rapidez. Desta forma, este trabalho trata-se de uma revisão de literatura, com características descritivas, mediante a pesquisa bibliográfica realizada nos principais meios de buscas constituídas pelos recursos eletrônicos e outras obras, artigos e demais periódicos publicados no período de 2014 a 2023. Nos resultados obtidos percebe-se que a maioria dos autores consultados estabelece como necessário, o saber atuar com essas novas competências, ou seja, com as tecnologias digitais disponíveis a todo o momento, seja na sociedade, na educação, na saúde, no transporte, no trabalho entre outros. Desta maneira, concluí-se que no que diz respeito à literatura nacional que é relevante integrar as potencialidades oriundas das tecnologias digitais nas atividades pedagógicas e no processo de reciclagem e formação docente, a fim de favorecer o aluno no seu processo de ensino/aprendizagem.
Evaluation of the periodic table as a teaching tool and content for conceptual change in chemical processes
Authors: Mhlongo Thabo , Sedumedi Thomas Dipogiso
Published: October 2023

This study focused on two crucial chemistry concepts, chemical bonding and related reactions. It explored how learners may conceptually use the periodic table in their scientific understanding. Specifically, the study's goal was to ascertain the effect of the use of this tool on learners' conceptual knowledge and/or reasoning abilities during learning or knowledge construction. The study utilized qualitative methodology and was based on a case (the school). For the purposes of the experiment, the participating learners—learners in grade 11 chemistry—were split into two groups (control group and experimental group). The study's findings indicate relationships between learners' knowledge (re)construction of chemical processes and their applicability to the periodic table. Future research is suggested by the researchers on the links between learning conceptual change and teaching approaches using the periodic table.
Selected physical and mechanical properties of particleboards with variable shares of nettle Urtica dioica L. lignocellulosic particles
Authors: Pelc Olaf , Kowaluk Grzegorz
Published: October 2023

Selected physical and mechanical properties of particleboards with variable shares of nettle Urtica dioica L. lignocellulosic particles. The aim of the research was to confirm the possibility of using woody particles of either young or adult nettle Urtica dioica stems as alternative raw materials in the production of particleboards. As part of the work, particleboards made out of nettle Urtica dioica particles were produced in laboratory conditions and selected physical and mechanical properties of the obtained boards were tested. The results show, that it is possible to manufacture particleboards for the furniture industry using particles of nettle (Urtica dioica L.) meeting the requirements for P2 boards according to EN 312 as long as nettle particle mass content does not exceed 50%.
Pagbuo ng Lunsarang Aralin at Gawain sa Ugnayang Wika't Lipunan Bilang Interbensiyon sa Bagong Kadawyan sa Antas Primarya
Authors: Villanueva Voltaire , Malabanan Joel , Abenes Rodrigo , Payapaya Rachel , Palting Julievic
Published: October 2023

Layunin ng pananaliksik ang makabuo ng mga lunsarang aralin at gawaing angkla sa MELCs o Most Essential Learning Competencies sa primaryang antas. Pangunahing metodo ang disenyong palarawan at pagbuo ng mga lokalisado at kontekstuwalisadong may temang katutubo, kabuhayan, kalinangan, kapaligiran, at diskursong kasarian na angkop sa pagtuturo sa anyong modyular, harapan, o blended. Ginamit ang sarbey at panayam sa mga piling kalahok. Lumabas sa pag-aaral na epektibo ang mga aralin kapag nakadikit sa karanasan, kaligiran, at interes ng mga mag-aaral. Ang mga kontekstuwalisadong aralin na pinagtibay sa konteksto ng pandemya at bagong kadawyan o new normal ay mainam na gamiting sandigang kaalaman sa kasanayan at kahusayang komunikatibo sa Filipino at iba pang kaugnay na disiplina.
Effect of Virtual Reality Camera on Stress and Anxiety and Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes During Cesarean Section Under Spinal Anesthesia, the Protocol of a Randomized Clinical Trial Study
Authors: Mashak Banafsheh , Rezaeinejad Mahroo , Hantoushzadeh Sedigheh , Jafarabady Kyana , Rezaei Mohammad Moein , Asadi Fatemeh , Ghaemi Marjan
Published: October 2023

Background: Childbirth and delivery are among the most joyful and stressful parts of a woman's life and could considerably influence the mother and her child's health. Helping mothers reduce their stress and anxiety about this procedure, especially during cesarean sections, may lead to better outcomes. Objectives: In this study, virtual reality (VR) technology will be applied as a potential modality to reduce maternal anxiety and stress during cesarean sections and improve maternal and/or neonatal outcomes. Methods: In this randomized clinical trial study, VR headsets, as a novel technology, will use to reduce maternal anxiety and stress during cesarean section by spinal anesthesia. Outcomes such as maternal stress, anxiety, pain, postpartum hemorrhage, and neonatal outcomes such as Apgar score and respiratory distress will be evaluated and compared with a control group. Conclusions: In conclusion, our study wants to provide an initial insight into the advantages of using VR technology during cesarean section, and we will be able to understand if VR could improve the quality of surgeries.
Optimization and Application of Quantitative In-House ELISA for Diagnosis of HBsAg and its Correlation with Commercial ELISA and Molecular Kits
Authors: Ghorbani Mohammad , Daryabour Zahra , Shokri Rahman , Kia Vahid , Sharifi Zohreh , Paryan Mahdi
Published: October 2023

Background: Several studies have indicated the role of quantitative hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) evaluation in managing and prognosis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Thus, quantitative evaluation of HBsAg using cost-effective assays can be an important approach to managing HBV patients. Objectives: This study aimed to set up and apply an in-house quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to evaluate HBsAg in research and diagnosis. Methods: New Zealand white rabbits were immunized with HBsAg. Sera were collected 28 days after immunization, and polyclonal HBsAb (antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen) were purified and evaluated. Then, the in-house quantitative ELISA was optimized. Finally, the functional characteristics of the assay were evaluated using 200 plasma samples compared to commercial ELISA and quantitative TaqMan real-time PCR. Results: The assay has a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.5 ng/mL with a specificity and sensitivity of 94% and 97%, respectively. The assay's highest coefficient of variation (CV) values for intra- and inter-assays were 7.23% and 8.59%, respectively. The correlation of the developed assay with commercial ELISA was 0.987 (P-value = 0.024). The correlations of the developed assay and commercial ELISA with quantitative TaqMan real-time PCR were 0.739 and 0.658, respectively (P-value = 0.017). Conclusions: The developed assay has a suitable sensitivity and specificity. It is also reproducible and well-correlated with commercial assays. Most importantly, it is cost-effective and, thus, can be used for detecting and quantifying HBsAg in research and diagnosis.
Local Validation of NutricheQ, a Study in Jordan
Authors: Abdelqader Mofeed , Abdo Sameer , Jallad Maisa , Muhtaseb Maha , Amerah Shawqi , Azar Qais , Fararjeh Nabeel , Khasawneh Bashar , Kreshan Furat , Obeid Ayman , Rawashdeh Mohammad , Shawbkeh Manar , Al-Sweedan Suleimman
Published: October 2023

Background: Toddlers are consuming more energy-dense, nutrient-poor foodstuffs in discordance with international dietary guidelines. Limited data are available on the dietary habits of children in Jordan. Objectives: This study aimed primarily at assessing the local validity of the NutricheQ tool in reflecting the nutritional risk status of 12- to 36-month-old toddlers in Jordan. Methods: This national, multicentre, observational validation study analyzed the data of healthy 12- to 36-month-old toddlers who were identified and prospectively enrolled during a routine clinic visit. After providing written informed consent, the parents or legal guardians of toddlers were asked to (a) complete a food intake diary form (FIDF) over three days (two weekdays and one weekend day); and (b) to answer the NutricheQ questionnaire completed by the physician during a single outpatient visit, as part of the case report form (CRF). Results: Out of 213 Jordanian toddlers, 31 (14.6%) were at low nutritional risk; 145 (68.1%) (95% confidential interval (CI): 61.5 - 74.0) were at moderate nutritional risk, and 37 (17.4%) (95% CI: 12.8 - 23.1) were at an increased nutritional risk. The average nutritional intake of the toddlers did not meet the daily intake of the main nutrients recommended across all food categories, with a default daily intake of vitamin A, vitamin D, fiber, and iodine and an excess daily intake of protein and iron. NutricheQ-predicted risk categories significantly correlated with meat intake and the number of weekly servings of fruits and cooked vegetables. Conclusions: NutricheQ is a valid tool to predict nutritional risk among toddlers in Jordan.
Technical Factors Associated with Polypharmacy Management Through Leavitt’s Sociotechnical Model
Authors: Yousefzadeh Negar , Abolghasem Gorji Hasan , Hamidi Hadi , Aryankhesal Aidin
Published: October 2023

Background: Global advancement toward aging highlights inappropriate polypharmacy in the elderly as an increasingly critical health issue. Addressing this challenge can reduce adverse drug reactions and physical and cognitive impairments and improve older adults’ quality of life. Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the technical aspect of polypharmacy management in the elderly with comorbidities through the socio-technical model for change management to help develop future roadmaps of current affairs. Methods: The present qualitative study was performed by conducting 35 semi-structured interviews with key informants selected by maximum variation purposive sampling in 2022. The interviews continued until theoretical saturation. To extract all factors in all domains of the health complex system, the WHO Health System Six Building Blocks factors were investigated through Leavitt’s socio-technical model for change management. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis with MAXQDA10 software. Results: The “Structure” and “Technology” dimensions of Leavitt’s model each consisted of two blocks of the WHO Framework. Regarding “Leadership & Governance” and “Financing” (structure), the following themes were identified: developing databases, optimizing homecare, and pharmaceutical cost management. In the blocks of “Medicine &Technology” and “information,” three other themes emerged: developing medicine formulations, innovative technologies, and technology-based self-care. The interviewees considered the “Structure” the most critical transitional factor in polypharmacy management. Conclusions: Stimulating, designing, and implementing strategies for polypharmacy change management requires identifying transitional factors by holistic approaches. Furthermore, shifting toward sustainable changes is possible based on well-developed infrastructures and adopting innovative, user-friendly technologies.
Growth Potencial, Struktur Asset, dan Return on Asset yang berdampak terhadap struktur modal pada PT Mayora Indah Tbk Periode 2012-2021
Authors: Nurjana Dewi , Nurmila Mila , Afandi Idrus , Nurfadhlini Nurfadhlini
Published: October 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dampak dari Growth Potencial, Struktur Assets, dan Return on Assets terhadap Struktur Modal pada PT Mayora Indonesia Tbk periode 2012-2021. Jenis penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif kuantitatif. Populasi yang digunakan berupa laporan keuangan PT Mayora Indonesia Tbk periode 2012-2021. Analisis data yang digunakan meliputi Growth Potencial, Struktur Asset, dan Return on Asset serta Struktur Modal, uji deskriptif, uji asumsi klasik, uji hipotesis dan uji regresi linier berganda. Hasl uji t (parsial) diperoleh dampak Growth Potencial tidak berpengaruh terhadap Struktur Modal, dampak Struktur Asset tidak berpengaruh terhadap Struktur Modal, dan dampak Return on Asset berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Struktur Modal. Hasil uji F (simultan), Growth Potencial, Struktur Asset, dan Return on Asset tidak berpengaruh terhadap Struktur Modal.
Dampak Current Ratio, Dept to Asset Ratio terhadap Return on Assets pada PT Ace Harware Indonesia Tbk Periode 2012-2021
Authors: Sjurahudin Hamidi , Heryanti Yanti , Chniago Muhammad Ongki , Wahyu  Fahreza Firman
Published: October 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dampak dari Current Ratio, dan Dept to Assets Ratio terhadap Return on Assets pada Ace Harware Indonesia Tbk Periode 2012-2021. Jenis penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif kuantitatif. Populasi yang digunakan berupa laporan keuangan PT Ace Harware Indonesia Tbk Periode 2012-2021. Analisis data yang digunakan meliputi Current Ratio, dan Dept to Assets Ratio serta Return on Assets, uji deskriptif, uji asumsi klasik, uji hipotesis dan uji regresi linier berganda. Hasl uji t (parsial) diperoleh dampak Current Ratio berpengaruh negatif terhadap Return on Assets, dampak Dept to Asset Ratio berpengaruh negatif terhadap Return on Assets, dan dampak. Hasil uji F (simultan), Current Ratio, dan Dept to Assets Ratio berpengaruh terhadap Return on Assets
Incorporación de símbolos tridimensionales en planos táctiles para la mejora de su usabilidad
Authors:   , Gual Ortí Jaume
Published: October 2023

Objetivo: El estudio que aquí se expone tiene como objetivo principal la mejora de la usabilidad de los planos táctiles orientados a personas con discapacidad visual.
Metodología: A partir de una metodología experimental principalmente cuantitativa como la medición de los tiempos de ejecución y errores cometidos en tareas propias del empleo de planos táctiles y, también, el uso de instrumentos como encuestas y mapas cognitivos, se han realizado una serie de cinco experimentos con usuarios de los que se ha extraído una amplio numero de datos indicadores de la eficacia y eficiencia en el uso de este tipo de dispositivos, así como de su valoración subjetiva.
Resultados: Los resultados obtenidos en estos experimentos indican una valoración positiva de los planos táctiles como instrumentos para la mejora del aprendizaje espacial por parte de usuarios con discapacidad visual, así como una mejoría en términos de usabilidad producida por el efecto de introducir determinada simbología tridimensional en planos táctiles.

Objective: The study presented here has as main objective the improvement of the usability of tactile maps oriented to people with visual disabilities.
Methodology: On basis of a quantitative experimental methodology seven experiments with users have been conducted, mesuring time on task and errors; survey have been conducted as well. A large number of data indicative of the effectiveness and efficiency of tactile maps and their subjetive rating have been obtained. In addition, cognitive maps have been used as qualitative methodology.
Results: The results of these experiments indicate a positive assessment of tactile maps as devices for improving spatial learning by visually impaired users, as well as an improvement of tactile maps, in terms of usability, by the effect of introducing three-dimensional symbology.
Optimización de las estrategias metodológicas del diseño y gestión de las actividades autónomas utilizando las tecnologías de la información y las telecomunicaciones
Authors:   , Delgado Noya Irene
Published: October 2023

The current investigation is aimed to improve the planning, orientation, monitoring, control and evaluation of the autonomous activities which a student must realize with the support of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The chosen subject for this investigation is Physics in the European University of the Atlantic (UNEATLANTICO), which is taught during the first year of Engineering Degrees: Computer Engineering, Industrial Organisation and Agro-Food Engineering.
The suggested methodology is based on a five-phase strategy:
*Planning
*Orientation
*Monitoring
*Control-evaluation
*Assessment
The activities of each phase are defined according to pedagogical and techonological aspects. A sample of the strategy's implementation was compiled during a seminar on Physics.
The novelty is to disclose the relation between the autonomous activities and its particularities in VLE. In order to corroborate the appropriateness and scientific value of the strategy, experts criterion have been applied. A Iadov Test has been performed to demonstrate the strategy applied during the seminar. On the basis of the obtained results of the methodology and techniques aforementioned, it was performed a methodological triagulation that allowed to reinforce the value of the investigation.

La presente investigación está dirigida a mejorar la planificación, orientación, seguimiento, control y evaluación de las actividades autónomas que se espera que realice el alumno con apoyo del Entorno Virtual de Enseñanza/Aprendizaje (EVE/A) en la asignatura de Física, asignatura que se imparte en la Universidad Europea del Atlántico (UNEATLANTICO) durante el primer año de las carreras de Ingeniería: Ingeniería Informática, Ingeniería de Organización Industrial e Ingeniería de las industrias Agrarias y Alimentarias. Como aporte práctico se propone una estrategia metodológica constituida por cinco etapas: - Planificación - Orientación - Seguimiento - Control-evaluación - Valoración. Las acciones de cada etapa se definen teniendo en cuenta tanto el aspecto pedagógico como el tecnológico. Como muestra de la aplicación de la estrategia se describe su implementación en un seminario de la asignatura de Física. La novedad es haber revelado las relaciones que se dan con carácter de regularidades en la gestión de las actividades autónomas y sus particularidades en los EVE/A. Para corroborar la pertinencia y el valor científico de la estrategia se empleó el criterio de expertos. Se realizó un Test de Iadov para demostrar la factibilidad de la estrategia aplicada en el seminario. A partir de los resultados obtenidos con los métodos y técnicas mencionados se realizó una triangulación metodológica que permitió reforzar el valor de la investigación
Advancements in Flexible Antenna Design: Enabling Tri-Band Connectivity for WLAN, WiMAX, and 5G Applications
Authors: Fisenko Olga , Adonina Larisa , Sosa Heriberto Solis , Arturo Shiguay Guizado Giomar , Castro Angélica Sánchez , Galarza Fernando Willy Morillo , Palomino David Aroni
Published: October 2023

The use of flexible antennas has garnered significant interest in light of their wide-ranging applications inside contemporary wireless communication systems. The need for these antennas stems from the necessity for small, conformal, and versatile systems that can effectively function across many frequency ranges. The present study investigates designing and optimizing a universal triband antenna, focusing on meeting the distinct demands of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), and 5G applications. The current methodologies often need help attaining maximum efficiency over a wide range of frequency bands, resulting in concerns such as subpar radiation patterns and restricted bandwidth. To address the obstacles, this research proposes a novel approach known as the Triband Antenna Design using the Artificial Neural Network (3AD-ANN) method. This method utilizes machine learning techniques to devise and enhance the attributes of the antenna effectively. The 3AD-ANN approach presents several notable characteristics, such as heightened adaptability, increased radiation patterns, and a condensed physical structure. The mean values for far-field radiation gain are around -37.4 dB in simulated scenarios and -39.9 dB in actual observations. The average return loss is roughly -23.8 dB in simulations and -25.8 dB in experimental measurements. The numerical findings illustrate the effectiveness of this methodology, exhibiting exceptional return loss and gain sizes over a range of frequencies, including WLAN, WiMAX, and 5G.
Conceptual Idealism and Emotional Reasoning
Authors: Lobont Florin ,   National Philosophical Counseling Association
Published: October 2023

Starting from an unorthodox account of conceptual idealism as represented (going backwards historically) by Thomas Hofweber, Nicholas Rescher and Robin George Collingwood (mainly with regard to its potential use in historical understanding), this short study attempts to couple it with the important cognitive finding that emotions inform judgment and regulate thought.1 In my search for a bridge between the cognitive and emotional contents of conceptual understanding, LBT appears to offer the long sought after interfacing, through its take on emotional and behavioral reasoning. Although this study is in its early stages, the idea can gain pace and produce evidence that LBT is not only a beneficiary of academic achievements but also an important provider of solutions to crucial philosophical puzzles such as the nature of understanding in epistemology of history.
Mental Disorders
Authors: Gilbert Robert ,   National Philosophical Counseling Association
Published: October 2023

I hope to show that mental disorders are not analogous to physiological diseases. I hope to show that a mental disorder like bipolar disorder cannot be located in the brain in the way a physiological disease like cirrhosis can be located in the liver. Mental disorders, unlike physiological diseases, lack a locatable corporeal basis to serve as a visible fulcrum on which to be based. However, I hope to also demonstrate that it is a mistake to infer the inexistence of disorders from such an absence of a locatable corporeal basis. There are countless phenomena including the force fields pointed out by physics that lack such a basis but whose reality isn’t doubted; by the fact of such absence alone, we have no reason to doubt the existence of mental disorders, nor, for that matter, the existence of the minds thatexperience them.
The New Cold War: U.S., Russia, P.R. China
Authors: Gruenwald Oskar ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: October 2023

This essay seeks to explore major challenges confronting the United States in a new Cold War era. It proposes that the Cold War entered a new phase, post-1991, with the Soviet Union restructured as the Commonwealth of Independent States. Yet, CIS is increasingly a “Ring of Instability” which Russia seeks to remedy by supporting pro-Russian factions and building new buffer zones after the Russia-Georgia War in 2008, annexing Crimea in 2014, and invading Ukraine in 2022. But P.R. China’s quest for world dominance via extension of “soft power” and “unrestricted warfare” poses an even greater challenge to the Free World. The U.S. confronts a Sino-Russian axis and their client states--North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cuba--sharing a Marxist-Leninist ideology and totalitarian one-party systems wrapped in nationalism. While healing its internal social divisions due to identity politics, the U.S. needs to reclaim its technological lead, rebuild its manufacturing, and strengthen alliances, where its partners need to take on greater responsibility for the common defense.
Where Are You Going, Ukraine?
Authors: Korab-Karpowicz W. Julian ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: October 2023

The geopolitical location between Russia and Germany has historically determined Poland’s foreign policy in which a privileged place has been given to Ukraine. Polish policy-makers perceive Ukrainian independence as the main barrier preventing the restoration of Russian imperial ambitions. Consequently, Poland has been unwavering in its commitment to supporting the Ukrainians in their resistance to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. This attitude is clearly visible in Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s 2023 lecture at the University of Heidelberg. Nevertheless, relations between Ukraine and Poland, and the current Russia-Ukraine conflict, are far more complex than is mostly acknowledged. The theses on foreign policy that Morawiecki presented may be contested. Polish policy-makers do not recognize that the Ukrainian nationalist ideas, based on the slogan “Nation above all,” are very different from theirs. Upon proper recognition of the multifaceted causes of war, a cease-fire and a peaceful settlement of the crisis could be achieved.
China’s Deceit of U.S. Youth
Authors: Jeynes William H. ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: October 2023

This essay addresses four of the primary ways that China is deceiving America’s youth into self-defeating and self-destructive behavior. The strategies include global re-education as indoctrination, the production of prerequisite ingredients for fentanyl, hi-tech apps such as TikTok, and Confucius Institutes. The evidence shows that too many Western, including American, policy-makers readily accept Chinese Communist Party’s revisionist history, and tend to disparage what often are reasonably accurate accounts of history from their own countries. The essay also calls for greater awareness and compassion regarding fentanyl opioid addiction and comprehension of TikTok’s deleterious effects. Americans need to be more aware of the views of professors who have participated in Confucius Institutes that compromise academic freedom. The essay concludes that the United States should be more discerning about China’s motives, especially with regards to youths, in extending “soft power” to Sino-form the world, and act to counter China’s quest for world dominance.
Reinhold Neibuhr’s Vision
Authors: McDaniel Charles A. ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: October 2023

Nation-states inevitably attempt to impose their will upon others, such as expressed by Russia in Ukraine today. That reality is determined by the fallenness of creation and inherently self-interested nature of individual and especially collective action, two principles that forge the core of the political theology known as Christian Realism. As the most prominent spokesman for this movement, Reinhold Niebuhr contributed remarkable insights into human nature and institutions in the twentieth century, a time when liberal and totalitarian passions ran high. Contemporary events suggest the need to revisit Niebuhr’s wisdom concerning the corruptions of the human heart and political institutions. This essay examines Russia’s devastation of Ukraine and China’s hegemonic employment of “soft power” in view of Niebuhr’s political theology, with lessons for the wider standoff between liberal democracies and authoritarian governments. It asserts that the intractability of problems in international relations is amplified by the estrangement of politics and theology in our time.
Tragic Genealogies
Authors: Randolph Benjamin ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: October 2023

As genealogy has gained greater disciplinary recognition over the last two decades, it has become increasingly common to call any historically oriented philosophy, such as Theodor W. Adorno’s, “genealogy.” In this article, I show that Adorno’s philosophy performs genealogy’s defining functions of “problematization” and “possibilization.” Moreover, it does so in unique ways that constitute a significant contribution to genealogical practice. Adorno’s method, here called “tragic genealogy,” is particularly well-suited to the genealogical analysis of traditional philosophical problems and to the critical reanimation of declining, but ethically significant, values. Nevertheless, I also argue that Adorno’s philosophy cannot be assimilated into genealogical practice without rejecting or revising some of its Hegelian influences, particularly its philosophy of history and its modal metaphysics.
Reflections
Authors: Quain David
Published: October 2023

In this, the third issue of the Journal in 2023, Reflections considers the return of ‘correspondence’ with a discussion between Charles Bamforth and Ricardo Fritzsche regarding Charlie’s Provocation review from earlier this year.  In the last century (!), ‘correspondence’ or ‘Letter to the Editor’ was a regular feature in JIB.  Rather more contemporary is the use of Google Analytics to analyse website traffic.  Whilst a rich source of data, the wheat needs sorting from the chaff.  The numbers are interesting and will become more so over time.  In terms of visitors to https://jib.ibd.org.uk/index.php/jib, they are from 90 countries with three quarters coming from 10 countries.  Continuing the ‘numbers’ theme, there are four KPIs which capture steps from submission to publication.  These provide useful insights into the process and identify opportunities for improvement.  These KPIs are updated with each issue of the Journal.  Finally, a reminder to budding authors that the current ‘instructions to authors’ must be consulted and carefully applied to the submitted manuscript.  This saves time (for everyone) and avoids the ‘desk rejection’ of manuscripts that ignore the instructions.
Seeing beyond the Surface: Using Critical Lenses to Combat Anti-Blackness in the English Classroom
Authors: Hines Christian M. , Penn Jenell Igeleke
Published: October 2023

Two Black teacher educators share how they used critical lenses in a book club with high school students to disrupt myths that paint Blackness as a monster to be silenced, controlled, and surveilled.
Mirrors, Windows, and Mentors: Developing Critical Mentor Text Sets to Cultivate Students’ Writer Identities
Authors: Nelson Elizabeth Thackeray , Opatz Margaret Osgood
Published: October 2023

Critical mentor text sets humanize the writing curriculum through developing students’ writer identities, skills, intellectualism, criticality, and joy.
Moments of Excellence: Sustaining Hope and Joy in Our Classrooms
Authors: Revelle Carol
Published: October 2023

With the goal of restoring hope and joy in our classroom communities, the author focuses on relishing moments of excellence in the face of trauma by following specific strategies for maintaining positive feelings.
Curriculum-as-Assemblage: Transgressive (Re)Imaginings in English and Literacies
Authors: Caraballo Limarys
Published: October 2023

In the midst of multiple ongoing local and global crises, and persistently polarizing discourses about what should and should not be taught in classrooms and schools, we can draw inspiration and hope from thinking across boundaries to reimagine curriculum in English and literacies education. While curriculum has historically contributed to the gatekeeping and sorting of youth as well as perpetuating the status quo, it has also been transformative, expanding possibilities in how we think and express ourselves. In this essay, I examine how English language arts curricula have been and are currently defined, invoked, or imagined, highlighting how innovative research and practice across multiple sociopolitical and disciplinary boundaries can transform how curriculum is enacted and experienced. Drawing from assemblage theories, I present acurriculum-as-assemblagestance that renders visible the interrelatedness of such social, political, and socioeconomic discourses with the knowledges, identities, and literacies that are constructed and negotiated in the broader context of schooling. To illustrate what such a conceptualization can offer, I describe a practice approach to thinking about curriculum as it is enacted, experienced, and rhizomatically connected to the multiple identities and narratives of students and teachers. I argue that an interdisciplinary and transgressive stance toward English and literacies education can foster creative, inclusive, expansive, humanizing, justice-oriented, and joyful thinking forward about our field.
A Case Series Of Scrub Typhus From Eastern State Of India
Authors:   Junior Resident, Department Of Internal Medicine, IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata – 700020, India, Islam Dr. Jemima , Mondal Dr. Md. Karimulla ,   Senior Resident, Department Of Internal Medicine, IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata – 700020, India, Kumar Ghosh Dr. Sumit ,   Assistant Professor, Department Of Internal Medicine, IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata – 700020, India, Ghosh Prof. Dr. Soumitra ,   Professor, Department Of Internal Medicine, IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata – 700020, India
Published: October 2023

Scrub typhus is one of the endemic diseases leading to acute febrile illness in the topical countries. It can present with its various manifestations ranging from asymptomatic illness to serious multiorgan dysfunctions. The most common pathophysiology behind this multisystem manifestation is the systemic vasculitis due to exaggerated immune response. Early diagnosis and aggressive treatment along with close monitoring of vitals with best supportive measures may be the satisfactory response to the physician. Here, in this case series we are discussing five cases of scrub typhus presented with various atypical and uncommon manifestation HLH (Case 1), Encephalopathy, Pancytopenia, AKI, Intrahepatic cholestasis, Pancreatitis (Case 2), meningoencephalitis (Case 3), myocarditis (Case 4) and Leukemoid reaction, ALF (Case 5).
ATHLETES AND NUTRITION
Authors: Franjić Siniša
Published: October 2023

Sports nutrition is the one that, in addition to satisfying the energy and nutri-tional needs of the athlete, will provide him or her with good health, the effectiveness of sports performances, but also good recovery after training or competition and prevent injuries. Sports nutrition should be well organized and planned, varied, and the emphasis is on meeting the greater energy and nutritional needs of athletes. These increased needs for energy and nutrient intake are not significantly higher and can be met with a proper and varied nutrition. Athletes should be enabled and encouraged to have a proper, varied and well-planned diet in order to withstand daily training. This means that they need nutritious and regular meals.
Hardy and Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg inequalities with nonradial weights
Authors: Tuan Duy Nguyen , Long Phi Le , Thanh Son Nguyen
Published: October 2023

We study the Hardy type inequalities and Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg type inequalities with nonradial weights of the form \(| x_1| ^{A_1}\cdots| x_N| ^{A_N}/ |x| ^{\lambda}\). For more information see https://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2020/33/abstr.html
"I feel like a bother": COVID-Era Experiences of College Students on Academic Probation and Financial Aid Warning Status
Authors: Rainey Elizabeth A. , Taylor Z.W.
Published: October 2023

Although there is a wealth of literature focused on how and why college students persist, less is known about a subpopulation of college students: students on academic probation and/or financial aid warning status, i.e., students who are potentially one semester away from academic suspension and/or lost financial aid eligibility. This study seeks to understand the experiences of students from this at-risk population in spring 2021 as many institutions reversed flexible COVID-19 policies, further complicating students' experiences. Through interviews, this study engages with students in an already precarious situation during the later stages of the pandemic to understand whether they exhibited behaviors to help them remain enrolled in college. Applying Bronfenbrenner's (1979; 1994) ecological systems theory, findings reveal how students interacted with peers and professors in the complex ecosystems of higher education and COVID-19. Students described COVID-19 as omnipresent despite the rollback of forgiveness policies. Students also showed avoidant behavior, often putting them more at risk to depart college. They struggled to develop social networks, though some participants described their academic and financial aid standing as a motivator to change their actions. We discuss implications to aid this student population.
Some chain-type exponential estimators of population mean in two-phase sampling
Authors: Singh G. N. , Majhi D.
Published: October 2023

Using the information on two-auxiliary variables, three different exponential chain-type estimators of population mean of study variable have been proposed in two-phase (double) sampling. Properties of the proposed estimators have been studied and their performances are examined with respect to several well known chain-type estimators. Empirical studies are carried out to support the theoretical results.
Methods of reducing dimension for functional data
Authors: Górecki Tomasz , Krzyśko Mirosław , Waszak Łukasz , Wołyński Waldemar
Published: October 2023

In classical data analysis, objects are characterized by many features observed at one point of time. We would like to present them graphically, to see their configuration, eliminate outlying observations, observe relationships between them or to classify them. In recent years methods for representing data by functions have received much attention. In this paper we discuss a new method of constructing principal components for multivariate functional data. We illustrate our method with data from environmental studies.
Multiobjective optimization of financing household goals with multiple investment programs
Authors: Feldman Łukasz , Pietrzyk Radosław , Rokita Paweł
Published: October 2023

This article proposes a technique of facilitating life-long financial planning for a household by finding the optimal match between systematic investment products and multiple financial goals of different realization terms and magnitudes. This is a multi-criteria optimization. One of the objectives is compliance between the expected term structure of cumulated net cash flow throughout the life cycle of the household with its life-length risk aversion and bequest motive. The second is financial liquidity in all periods under expected values of all stochastic factors. The third is minimization of net cash flow volatility. The fourth is minimization of costs of the investment plan combination. The result is a set of systematic-investment programs with accompanying information which programs are destined to cover which financial goal. Payoffs of one program may be used to cover more than one goal and the order may be other than sequential. An original goal function, constructed to suit conditions and assumptions of the proposed household financial plan model, is presented as an optimization procedure.
Income inequality and income stratification in Poland
Authors: Jędrzejczak Alina
Published: October 2023

Income inequality refers to the degree of income differences among various individuals or segments of a population. When the population has been partitioned into subgroups, according to some criterion, one common application of inequality measures is evaluation of the relationship between inequality in the whole population and inequality in its constituent subgroups in order to work out the within and the between subgroups contributions to the overall inequality. In the paper selected decomposition methods of the well-known Gini concentration ratio were discussed and applied to the analysis of income distribution in Poland. The aim of the analysis was to verify to what extent the inequality in different subpopulations contributes to the overall income inequality in Poland and to what extent their members form distinct segments or strata. To provide the decomposition of the Gini index the population of households was partitioned into several socio-economic groups on the basis of the exclusive or primary source of maintenance. Moreover, the households were divided by economic regions using the Eurostat classification units NUTS 1 as well as by family type defined by the number of children.
Generating synthetic microdata to estimate small area statistics in the American Community Survey
Authors: Sakshaug Joseph W. , Raghunathan Trivellore E.
Published: October 2023

Small area estimates provide a critical source of information used to study local populations. Statistical agencies regularly collect data from small areas but are prevented from releasing detailed geographical identifiers in public-use data sets due to disclosure concerns. Alternative data dissemination methods used in practice include releasing summary/aggregate tables, suppressing detailed geographic information in public-use data sets, and accessing restricted data via Research Data Centers. This research examines an alternative method for disseminating microdata that contains more geographical details than are currently being released in public-use data files. Specifically, the method replaces the observed survey values with imputed, or synthetic, values simulated from a hierarchical Bayesian model. Confidentiality protection is enhanced because no actual values are released. The method is demonstrated using restricted data from the 2005-2009 American Community Survey. The analytic validity of the synthetic data is assessed by comparing small area estimates obtained from the synthetic data with those obtained from the observed data.
Estimating population mean with missing data in unequal probability sampling
Authors: Dihidar Kajal
Published: October 2023

Nonresponse problem is a serious obstacle to the validity of estimates in a survey. The estimates become biased due to the missing values in data. The problem is how to deal with missing values, once they have been deemed impossible to recover. One way of exploring a possible lack of representativity in missing data is to estimate the response probabilities which are usually done by logistic regression model. However, the drawback of the logit model is that this requires values of the explanatory variables of the model to be known for all nonrespondents. Bethlehem (2012) showed that the response probabilities can be estimated by some weighting adjustment technique without having the individual data of the nonrespondents. Here we consider the doubtful nature of nonresponse regarding possible existence of relationship with any of the covariates. Moreover, instead of simple random sampling, we consider general unequal probability sampling scheme for selecting respondents. This paper presents the modification of Bethlehem (2012) proposal for unequal probability sampling to obtain the unbiased estimators for population total/average of a variable of interest and variance estimator and compares them with the usual estimators through numerical simulations.
The position of the WIG index in comparison with selected market indices in boom and bust periods
Authors: Czapkiewicz Anna , Basiura Beata
Published: October 2023

The main aim of this work is to discover the differences between the rank of Polish stock market in the boom and the bust cycles. The data of the daily stock market returns for the twenty three major international indices from Europe, America and Asia are used in the research. Two boom and two bust periods are considered. The correlation coefficient obtained from Copula-GARCH model is a similarity measure between the considered indices returns. The cluster analysis carried on for these series in the boom and bust the cycles allows us to find the differences in the market behaviour.