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Special institutions of the European Union
Authors: Dir I.Yu.
Published: August 2024

The article summarizes the activities of specialized institutions of the European Union. It was found that according to the founding treaties of the EU, there are seven main institutions: the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the European Court of Auditors, which have both executive and legislative powers. However, in addition to the main institutions, a number of auxiliary institutions operate on the territory of the European Union, among which the European External Action Service, the European Economic and Social Committee, the European Committee of the Regions, the European Investment Bank, the European Ombudsman, the European Data Protection Supervisor and European Data Protection Board. These institutions perform a number of specialized institutions, including consulting, compliance with rules and procedures adopted in accordance with EU treaties, etc. It was found that the European External Action Service is engaged in the management of diplomatic relations between the EU and other non-Alliance states, as well as the implementation of foreign and EU policies. In addition, the European Economic and Social Committee deals with the representation of organizations of employers and employees and other interested groups. It was analysed that the European Committee of the Regions is a specialized institution that acts as an advisory body of the European Union, which consists of local and regional representatives of 27 member states. In addition, the European Investment Bank is an organization that finances projects both inside and outside the EU. It was also discovered that the European Ombudsman investigates complaints about the mismanagement of the EU institutions or other EU organizations. The European Data Protection Supervisor is responsible for observing the rights of citizens to privacy during the processing of personal data. It was analysed that the European Data Protection Board is a special institution whose main purpose is to ensure the consistent application of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Directive in the EU countries.
Features of Consideration of Citizens' Appeals on the Protection of Labor Rights on the Example of the Kemerovo Region - Kuzbass
Authors: Belkov Anton , Lisina Natalya , Sedina Natalia
Published: August 2024

The appeal of a citizen to state bodies and local self-government bodies in order to protect their violated rights or make certain kinds of proposals to improve the activities of public authorities is guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The procedure for working with appeals is quite clearly regulated by a number of federal laws, as well as regulations of ministries and departments, and an algorithm for responding to oral, written and electronic appeals from citizens is provided. Purpose. The purpose of the paper is to find out criteria for the effectiveness of the functioning of the administrative mechanism for considering citizens' appeals on the protection of rights in the sphere of labor at the federal and regional levels. Methodology. With the use of system-structural and formal-legal methods, based on the analysis of statistical data, the activities of the competent authority to consider the appeals of employees and other persons on the protection of their labor rights and interests are studied. Results. The Federal Service for Labor and Employment is one of the key state bodies designed to protect the labor rights of citizens. For the period from 2012 to 2022, this service considered and answered 350,000 appeals related to violations of labor laws. In the Kemerovo region - Kuzbass, there is also a well-functioning system for handling appeals, which is based not only on federal, but also on regional legislation. Appeals of citizens of Kuzbass are recorded in a timely manner, work is carried out on them in the appropriate structure of the regional or local levels of government and a reasoned answer is given. In 2019-2022, about 5,000 complaints were considered in the region on the topic “Labor and Employment of the Population”. Conclusion. The right of citizens to appeal is inseparably connected with the duty of responding to it on the part of state bodies and local governments, while this chain of actions should be based on the basic principles of law: equality, humanism, legality, justice, etc.
Features of Normative Regulation of Simplified Criminal Procedures (Problem Statement)
Authors: Boyarskaya Alexandra
Published: August 2024

The object of consideration of the author is the simplified criminal procedural procedures provided for in Chapters 40, 40.1, 32.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. The subject of study is the provisions of the criminal procedure law and the rules of law enshrined in them that establish the appropriate procedural forms. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to identify and analyze the specifics of the norms of Chapter 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, regulating the special procedure for judicial proceedings, taken in the rank of “standard” simplified judicial proceedings. Methodology. The declared object and subject of research are considered by the author using the method of analysis, synthesis, formal legal, systemic structural and comparative legal methods of scientific knowledge. Results. The work identifies and analyzes the features of the normative regulation of a special procedure for trial when the accused agrees with the charge brought against him, the properties and systemic connections of the norms of Chapter 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation in order to establish the type characteristics of certain simplified criminal procedural procedures within the framework of their classification into primary and derivative. Conclusion. The goal set in the work was achieved. The problems of the specificity of the normative regulation of the special procedure for making a judicial decision when the accused agrees with the charge brought against him as a “standard” summary judicial proceeding of a primary nature were considered and revealed.
Criminal Law Characteristics and Problems of Execution of Criminal Punishment in the Form of Compulsory Labor
Authors: Urusov Alexander
Published: August 2024

The article, according to the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, provides an analysis of judicial practice in the appointment and execution of criminal punishment in the form of compulsory labor. The problematic issues of the execution of this type of punishment are currently being considered. Special attention is paid to the consideration of problems related to the malicious evasion of convicts from serving their sentences in the form of compulsory labor. The essence of the punishment under study is analyzed. The subject of the study was statistical data on compulsory work and legal literature on the issues of considering the problems of the practice of assigning and executing this criminal punishment. Purpose. The purpose of the study is to highlight the Russian practice of imposing and executing punishment in the form of compulsory labor, identifying problems and finding ways to solve them. The conclusions formulated in the article will make it possible to increase the effectiveness of the activities of criminal enforcement inspections for the execution of this criminal punishment, and will also serve as a source material for subsequent research in the field of the execution of criminal penalties without isolating convicts from society. Methodology. The goal was achieved using dialectical methods of scientific cognition of both general and private scientific research methods: formal legal, comparative legal, descriptive, functional and scientific analysis method. Results. The analysis of statistical data, theoretical and practical problems of criminal law norms regulating the appointment and execution of compulsory work, allowed us to focus on a wide range of problems both in the criminal law sphere and in the relationship of other normative legal acts with criminal and penal enforcement legislation on the regulation of compulsory work. The materials of the article will be of interest to both scientists and practitioners dealing with the problems of execution of alternative types of punishment.
Consumer and Firm Perceptions of the Aggregate Labor Market Conditions
Authors:   Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Kudlyak Marianna , Miskanic Brandon ,   Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Published: August 2024

In the pre-pandemic period, measures of consumer labor market perceptions correlated well with the aggregate unemployment rate. However, for more than a year during the pandemic, consumers perceived labor markets as much tighter than the high aggregate unemployment rate implied. In contrast, there is no such a departure from the historic relation if we use the jobless unemployment rate-unemployment for reasons other than temporary layoffs-as a measure of labor market tightness. Using a measure of the firm labor market perceptions from the National Federation of Independent Business, we find that during the post-pandemic period, firms perceived labor market as being tighter than what consumers perceived, given the historic relation between the two series. Furthermore, despite the vacancy-unemployment ratio was at its historic high levels during the post-pandemic period, our measure of firm perceptions signaled that the labor market was even tighter. In June-July 2024, the relations between consumer and firm perceptions and between various measures of labor market tightness are back to its pre-pandemic patterns.
Reluarea procedurii de cameră preliminară
Authors: Mateuț Gheorghiţă , Criste Lucian
Published: August 2024

Prezentul articol conține o analiză a prevederilor art. 386^1, introduse în Codul de procedură penală în vigoare prin Legea nr. 201/2023, prin care se permite instanței de judecată de fond (în primă instanță și în apel) să intervină asupra situațiilor de încălcare a dispozițiilor legale din camera preliminară prevăzute sub sancțiunea nulității absolute și să anuleze actul învestirii instanței, legitimându-se astfel reluarea fazei procesuale precedente. Noua reglementare reconfigurează obiectul judecății, astfel încât se impun unele precizări în legătură cu natura sa juridică prin prisma efectelor pe care le produce în cadrul procesului penal. În continuare, vom aborda domeniul de aplicare al noii proceduri, raportându-ne la cazurile de nulitate absolută care pot fi invocate ulterior rămânerii definitive a încheierii de începere a judecății. Ultima parte a articolului este dedicată condițiilor concrete în care se poate recurge la această procedură incidentală în cursul judecății, în primă instanță și în apel. Studiu de față prezintă atât modalitatea concretă de aplicare a noului remediu procesual, cât și unele dintre aspectele lacunare și imprecise care îi pot fi reproșate.
Aplicarea principiului puterii de lucru judecat în cazul arestării preventive
Authors: Dumitru Bogdan Mihai
Published: August 2024

În prezentul studiu autorul expune o situație inedită extrasă din jurisprudența penală română, ce a generat controverse privind posibilitatea de a se dispune arestarea preventivă a unei persoane. În esența este analizată posibilitatea înlocuirii controlului judiciar cu arestul preventiv într-o cauză penală, pentru săvârșirea unei noi infracțiuni, în condițiile în care persoana deja a fost arestată în cel de-al doilea dosar, unde s-a pus în mișcare acțiunea penală împotriva sa pentru săvîrșirea acesteia. Studiul vizează condițiile de înlocuire necesare conform art. 215 alin. (7) C.proc.pen., cele de arestare prev. de art. 223 alin. (1) lit. d) C.proc.pen., dacă se poate dispune arestarea distinctă în cele două cauze, sau dacă avem de a face cu o problemă de legalitate. Totodată se analizează incidența unor principii ce ar putea face nelegală arestarea în ambele cauze, și anume principiile ne bis in idem, al autorității de lucru judecat și cel al puterii de lucru judecat.
Imaginary Possibilities of New Babylon
Authors:   Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Turkey (hhandetunc@gmail.com), Tunç Hande
Published: August 2024

One of the best examples of experimental utopianism is the New Babylon urban utopia of the Situationists, which bases its existence on the creation of opportunities to “transform reality” and “shape the urban environment”. New Babylon, which is depicted as an unlimited labyrinth with its defined new social model and the new individual (homo ludens) who will become both a resident and an architect of the new city, gains visibility with its neutral structure and interchangeable interiors with technological systems. This study tries to reveal the diversity of new living possibilities produced by the spaces designed with users' imaginations, on the axis of the New Babylon project, through the concepts of utopia, space, and representation.
Caldeirao da Santa Cruz do Deserto (1926-1936): Utopia in Northeast of Brazil
Authors:   Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Universidade Regional do Cariri, Brasil (michel.macedo@urca.br), Macedo Marques Michel
Published: August 2024

José Lourenço was a religious leader who, in the interior of the State of Ceará, Brazil, organized intentional communities, formed by peasants, who practiced cooperativism based on primitive Christianity along the lines of the Jesuit missions. The Community of Caldeirão da Santa Cruz do Deserto, in particular, was home to around 2 thousand people who produced their own food, clothes, tools, among other things, and shared everything according to each person's needs. The community was attacked and destroyed under the accusation of being communists and representing a danger to the Republic recently installed in Brazil.
Anarchetypal Journeys in Post-apocalyptic Narratives. The Implacable Darkness of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
Authors:   Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (mariabarbu1998@yahoo.com), Barbu Maria
Published: August 2024

Cormac McCarthy is well-known within the literary world for his rather bleak writing, and The Road (2006) is without doubt one of the novels that exemplifies this characteristic the most. In an attempt to join the already extensive critical literature on McCarthy from an original perspective, the purpose of this paper is to examine The Road by combining the analysis of the post-apocalyptic narrative’s elements with a focus on the characters’ journey itself. To this end, my approach would bring into discussion Corin Braga’s concept of the “anarchetype”, the opposite term for the archetype understood in a cultural sense, namely as a recurring model or an artistic constant. I argue that this concept, representative for the vision of the decentred postmodern subject, structures McCarthy’s novel through the way in which it builds the plot out of episodes that succeed one another in an unpredictable way.
J.M. Coetzee’s Jesus Trilogy as Meta-Utopia
Authors:   Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (georgianatudor.art@yahoo.com), Tudor Georgiana
Published: August 2024

The present article argues that J.M. Coetzee’s fictions The Childhood of Jesus (2013), The Schooldays of Jesus (2016) and The Death of Jesus (2019) have a typical form of meta-utopia in the context of Coetzee’s living during apartheid censorship and his affinity for the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky and for the radical conditions in which the Russian literature was written during the Soviet regime and Nicholas II’s reign. Furthermore, the article uses the morphology of the utopian genre identified by Corin Braga as a method of analysis to underline the complexity of a meta-utopian structure where eutopia, dystopia, outopia and antiutopia are present in the same narrative world.
War Zones and Dystopian Imaginaries
Authors:   Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain (Liz.russell@urv.cat), Russell Elizabeth
Published: August 2024

The media today is full of violence and death, in films, world news, and in comic books. Not many citizens want their countries to go to war, but leaders and politicians spend vast amounts of money to increase the militarization of their country. The argument being to “prevent war”. The separation of women and children from the men in their families. Deaths and destruction. How can we understand “the reality surrounding us, the way we interact with it, and transform it.” This paper will discuss the relationship between women and war, based on various utopian and dystopian fictions, from Ruskin to today.
The Ages of Otherness: How Superhero Comics Reflect on Systemic Injustice and Racial and Gender Representation
Authors:   Complutense University of Madrid, Spain (elidimin@ucm.es), Di Minico Elisabetta
Published: August 2024

Presenting complex worlds where literary narrative, “visual experience”, and “esthetic perception” perfectly mix, comics, especially superhero comics, are an original, compelling, and useful medium for an analysis on otherness and intersectional feminism. Studying the Ages of Comics, the article will underline the evolution of the medium and the fictional and historical fears, prejudices, hopes, and claims of its stories, also revealing the utopian and dystopian grounds of these realities. Behind tight-fitting suits, masks, and superpowers (or super-technology), comics often hide serious, compelling, urgent themes, such as, just to name a few, identity, discrimination, violence, segregation, migration, injustice, racism, misogyny, homophobia, illness, ecology, urbanization, materialism, and many more.
The Negative and the Positive in Dystopia: Return from Paradise and The Blessed Age
Authors:   University of Regensburg, Germany (krhanshew@yahoo.de), Hanshew Kenneth
Published: August 2024

This paper strives to illuminate the forebodings of AI and automatization’s impact on society in two neglected Czech treasures unavailable in English, Čestmír Vejdělek’s Návrat z ráje [Return from Paradise] (1961) and Jiří Marek’s Blažený Věk [The Blessed Age] (1967). The study aims to illustrate science fiction’s prescience and part of Czech SF’s path after Čapek, while challenging the notion that “the utopian society is a subject, perhaps even the only subject that is inaccessible to literature” (Hans Magnus Enzensberger). For these dystopian texts engage readers to imagine the positive alternative to the portrayed societies, rather than explicitly evoking eutopia.
When (Lesbian) Women Will Rule Over Men: Visions of Future Gynecocracy in a Novel from Interwar Romania
Authors:   Independent researcher, Brussels, Belgium (martioa@yahoo.com), Rodríguez Mariano Martín
Published: August 2024

The growing assertiveness of the ‘New Woman’ inspired a number of speculative fictions on what the future would look like if women ruled over men. Future gynecocracy was also imagined in Romania in the interwar years. For example, Ion Talpă rewrote in his 1937 novel Prin rotogoalele de fum (Through Smoke Rings) the Hebrew story of humankind’s fall in order to narrate through myth how women will prevail over brutish men. The resulting order is based on all-female sociality, including sexual matters. Women treat degraded men as animals in the all-woman society of Talpă’s ambiguously dystopian narrative, which features lesbian sexuality as a matter of course. This work is innovative for its use of Modernist metafictional devices in order to suggest how subjectivity determines the alternate eutopian or dystopian possible endings of the novel, thus undermining its apparently masculinist message.
Utopias and Dystopias in Last and First Men (1930) by William Olaf Stapledon
Authors:   University of Roma La Sapienza, Italy (iren.boyarkina@uniroma1.it), Boyarkina Iren
Published: August 2024

This paper aims at analyzing utopias and dystopias in Last and First Men (1930) by William Olaf Stapledon. Taking into consideration that this narrative was already defined as a scientific romance and an anatomy with allegorical status, as well as McCarthy's observation that Stapledon’s writing resists simple categorization and that its classification as science fiction or utopian literature is inadequate, this paper suggests several definitions for Stapledon’s work. The author also takes into account the ongoing dispute between utopian studies and science fiction scholars about the strong interaction between utopia and science fiction in the twentieth century. The possibilities of applying the conceptual integration theory to such a complex work of fiction as Last and First Men is explored.
Paranoid Imaginaries and Megatextual Utopianism
Authors:   Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria (alx.popov23@gmail.com), Popov Alexander
Published: August 2024

The article explores the hypothesis that Utopian and Paranoid SF, both of which produced some of their most influential texts in the 1970s, co-evolved under structurally similar pressures and developed analogous conceptual instruments to engage with the question of totality. It proposes a theoretical model that situates the two subgenres in a network of conceptual positions regarding fundamental categories such as space, time and subjectivity. The model is then applied in readings of key novels of Paranoid SF: Robert Shea and Robert Wilson’s Illuminatus! Trilogy, Philip Dick’s Ubik, A Scanner Darkly and VALIS, and Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow.
Utopian Sustainability for Climate Catastrophe Depression
Authors:   Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (georgianatudor.art@yahoo.com), Tudor Georgiana
Published: August 2024

Book review Gregory Claeys, Utopianism for a Dying Planet. Life after Consumerism, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2022
Cascade PID-LQR Control Strategy for Nonlinear Flexible Inverted Pendulum System
Authors:   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Le Thi-Hong-Lam , Pham Khanh-Hung ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Pham Dinh-Luan ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Tong Gia-Dat ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Nguyen Le-Thanh-Dat ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Ngo Trinh-Anh-Tuan ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Le Xuan-Tuan ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Nguyen Minh-Tuan ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education
Published: August 2024

This study presents a simulation-based investigation into the application of a Cascade Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) combined with Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) control scheme for managing the complexities of a Nonlinear Flexible Inverted Pendulum System (NFIPS). The NFIPS, characterized by nonlinear dynamics and structural flexibility, demands a sophisticated control strategy to achieve stable and precise performance. The proposed Cascade PID-LQR scheme integrates the advantages of PID for addressing nonlinearities and LQR for optimizing linearized dynamics. Through comprehensive simulations, the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme is evaluated, emphasizing its potential in enhancing stability, response speed, and robustness. The study contributes valuable insights into the application of advanced control methodologies in handling nonlinear and flexible systems, paving the way for further exploration and practical implementations in related domains such as robotics and mechatronics.
A Survey of LQR Control for Ball-on-Wheel System: Simulation and Experiment
Authors:   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Nguyen Thanh-Nhan , Le Ngoc-Trung-Nhan ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Nguyen Phuc-Hoa ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Le Ba-Linh ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Huynh Hong-Son ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Phan Quoc-Khanh ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Nguyen Xuan-Truong ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Nguyen Hai-Thanh ,   Nguyen Huu Canh Technical and Economics Intermediate School
Published: August 2024

A ball-on-wheel system is a recently developed model in the field of automatic control. It serves as a simple model, meeting the learning and algorithmic research needs of students. With this model, there are various algorithms available for system control, such as PID controllers, fuzzy PID controllers, and sliding mode controllers, among others. In this paper, we construct a mechanical model for the system. We choose the Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) algorithm to design for this system. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate the effective operation of the LQR controller for the inverted pendulum on a cart system. Additionally, tuning experiments indicate that the parameters have been verified and confirmed to be consistent with the theoretical tuning principles of the LQR controller.
PID Control for 1-DOF Drone: Simulation and Experiment
Authors:   Cao Thang Technical College, Tran Hoang-Chinh , Pham Van-Manh ,   Cao Thang Technical College, Pham Ngoc-Anh ,   Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education, Bui Thuc-Long ,   Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education, Tran Lieu-Trieu-Vy ,   Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education
Published: August 2024

In this paper, we present a single input-single output (SISO) model – 1-DOF drone. This model is simple but difficult to be controlled due to its nonlinear characteristic. We also present a self-made hardware platform for this model in laboratory. Thence, classical PID control is examined on both simulation and experiment. This algorithm is proved to work well. Thence, this model is a nonlinear SISO solution for classical training model for laboratory.
A Survey of Identification Experimental System Parameters Using Genetic Algorithm
Authors:   Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education, Tran Trong-Bang , Dang Trong-Bang ,   Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education, Phan Minh-Nhut ,   Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education, Tran Binh-Duong ,   Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education, Trinh Van-Duc ,   Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education, Nguyen Huynh-Quoc-Bao ,   Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education, Vo Thi-Thien-Trang ,   Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education, Le Thi-Thanh-Hoang ,   Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education
Published: August 2024

System parameter identification is the process of finding system parameters to convert physical control signals (usually torque) from theoretical controllers into signals that the hardware can generate for communication connected to model’s executive structure. Simple SIMO systems, like balanced vehicles, often employ PID controllers due to their straightforward design and effectiveness. The algorithm’s simplicity is extensively elucidated in document [1]. Linear controllers and their parameters are typically determined through experimentation and expert knowledge. However, for advanced controllers such as LQR, H Infinity, and SMC, a trial-and-error approach is not viable due to their complexity and the need for precise tuning.
Synthesis of Methyl Esters from Banda Nutmeg and Papua Nutmeg Oil Production Wastes Using the Ultrasonication Method
Authors: Kapelle Imanuel Berly Delvis , Sohilait H. , Rante Natalia C.D.
Published: August 2024

Methysters from oil production waste from Banda nutmeg (Myristicafragrans Houtt) and Papuan nutmeg (Myristica Argentea Ware) go through several process stages, namely isolation of trimyristin and synthesis of methyl ester. The process of isolating trimyristin from nutmeg essential oil production waste by maceration using chloroform solvent. The transesterification process with methanol uses a CaO catalyst and ultrasonication method for 20 minutes; the results are analyzed using GCMS. The results of isolating trimyristin from nutmeg oil waste for Papuan nutmeg yielded 55.6 g of trimyristin (22.24%), which was greater than Banda nutmeg which was 49.7 g of trimyristin (19.88%). Transesterification results for Banda nutmeg oil waste obtained 28.57% soakage with a composition of 5 known major methyl ester compounds, namely methyl laurate (3.22%), myristicin (13.48%), metal myristate (53.39%), methyl Palmitate (5.24%), and Methyl Oleate (9.33%). In Papuan nutmeg oil waste, a 3.93% soakage was obtained with a composition of 5 known methyl ester compounds, namely metal myristate (19.80%), methyl arachidate (18.04%), methyl linoleate (1.42%), methyl oleate ( 48.37%), and methyl stearate (3.18%). The sonication method can synthesize methyl esters from nutmeg oil waste and gives different results for the two types of nutmeg. The results of the trimyristin transesterification of Banda nutmeg seeds and Papuan nutmeg seeds using a CaO catalyst using the sonication method resulted in a methyl ester soak of Banda nutmeg waste 28.57% and Papuan nutmeg 3.93%.
MODEL PELAKSANAAN PEMBELAJARAN DIMASA PANDEMI COVID-19 DI TAMAN KANAK KANAK PERTIWI KOTO XI TARUSAN KABUPATEN PESISIR SELATAN
Authors: Putri Ayu Dahlia , Hartati Sri
Published: August 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan Model Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran dimasa pandemi Covid-19 ditaman Kanak Kanak Pertiwi Koto XI Tarusan kab. Pesisir selatan. Penelitian ini memakai metode deskriptif kualitatif. Dimana informan dalam penelitian ini adalah kepala sekolah dan guru. Teknik pengumpulan data yang dipakai observasi, wawancara, serta dokumentasi. Teknik analisa data dilakukan lewat pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data serta menarik kesimpulan. Untuk teknik pengabsahan data memakai teknik triangulasi. Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan bahwa model pelaksanaan pembelajaran selama masa pandemi Covid-19 terdiri dari 3 tahapan yaitu metode pembelajaran, media pembelajaran, serta evaluasi pembelajaran. Pada tahap metode pembelajaran guru menyiapkan dua metode yaitu metode daring dan metode luring. Pada metode daring guru memberikan pembelajaran melalui pembuaan video dan membagikannya via whattsapp sedangkan metode luring guru memberikan pembelajaran terhadap anak didik melalui pembelajaran langsung dengan tetap menerapkan protokol kesehatan. Pada tahan media pembelajaran guru memberikan pemahaman terhadap anak didik melalui penyediaan alat secara langsung dan diperlihatkan terhadap anak didik. Pada tahap evaluasi sejauh ini sudah berjalan dengan baik dengan mengguakan metode pembelajaran luring.
PENDAMPINGAN PENGEMBANGAN SISTEM INFORMASI JUAL BELI MAKELAR MOTOR DI KABUPATEN PEKALONGAN BERBASIS WEB
Authors: Mahardika Fajar , Al’ Amin M.
Published: August 2024

Community service is an activity that aims to help a particular community in several activities. This activity is one part of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education, an educational activity in the community in the form of introducing website-based motorbike sales technology. This technology was introduced in order to increase sales of motorbikes, especially to 2-wheeled motorbike brokers. The program partner is the two-wheeled motorbike broker community in Kedungwuni sub-district, Pekalongan district. With many problems occurring, one of which is lack of sales and lack of knowledge of buyers as well as crime when purchasing vehicles. In this service, we developed a motorbike sales application that utilizes advances in information technology to overcome these obstacles. This application is designed with a user-friendly interface, so it can be used easily by the realtor community. In the framework of this service, we also carry out outreach and training to the broker community regarding the use of this application. The aim is for the realtor community to optimize their motorbike sales potential through this application, as well as obtain other benefits, such as wider access to the market and efficiency of time and energy. Through this service, it is hoped that it can increase efficiency and effectiveness in the motorbike sales process, as well as provide benefits to the broker community in increasing access to the market. The results of program implementation show that the broker community received the training quite well with a score of 66.5%.
El hombre y la recreación
Authors: Rodríguez García Humberto
Published: August 2024

Ensayo resultante de una ponencia presentada a manera de audiovisual, en un evento llevado a cabo en el Colegio de Arquitectos de México, denominado "equipamiento para el tiempo libre" Así mismo, la tesis de grado "La recreación cotidiana", documentos ambos, que manifiestan por parte del que esto escribe, el interes y la preocupación porque el hombre recupere los verdaderos valores que permitan un "nuevo nacimiento", un cambio en su estructura física, mental y espiritual. ...No te maravilles de que te dije: os es necesario nacer de nuevo.
Statistical and fuzzy signature-based analysis of the aggressive attitudes of a forensic population
Authors: Kóczy László T. , Susniene Dalia , Purvinis Ojaras , Zostautiene Daiva
Published: August 2024

Clustering technics, like k-means and its extended version, fuzzy c-means clustering (FCM) are useful tools for identifying typical behaviours based on various attitudes and responses to well-formulated questionnaires, such as among forensic populations. As more or less standard questionnaires for analyzing aggressive attitudes do exist in the literature, the application of these clustering methods seems to be rather straightforward. Especially, fuzzy clustering may lead to new recognitions, as human behaviour and communication are full of uncertainties, which often do not have a probabilistic nature. In this paper, the cluster analysis of a closed forensic (inmate) population will be presented. The goal of this study was by applying fuzzy c-means clustering to facilitate the wider possibilities of analysis of aggressive behaviour which is treated as a heterogeneous construct resulting in two main phenotypes, premeditated and impulsive aggression. Understanding motives of aggression helps reconstruct possible events, sequences of events and scenarios related to a certain crime, and ultimately, to prevent further crimes from happening.
Signal denoising using a low computational translationin-variant- like strategy involving multiple wavelet bases: application to synthetic and ECG signals
Authors: Boukhennoufa Nabil , Laamari Yahia , Benzid Redha
Published: August 2024

In this paper, an efficient method for the denoising of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals is presented. As it is well-known, the efficient translation-invariant (TI) denoising technique, first introduced by Coifman and Donoho, uses K pre-processing shift-rotation operations, K denoising operations similar to the standard Donoho’s thresholding algorithm, K post-processing inverse shift-rotation operations, and finally, the K new less noisy copies generated by the preceding steps are averaged to produce a final denoised signal. Thus and conversely to the previously mentioned TI algorithm, the suggested technique consists of the design of a low computational translation-invariant-like strategy that eliminates the K pre-processing shift-rotation and the K post-processing inverse shift-rotation operations and only keeps the K wavelet-based denoising operations where for each one we use a different mother wave among a set of K mother waves ψ1; ψ2;...; ψK. Consequently, each mother wave generates a new less noisy copy from the original noisy signal. Finally, the produced less noisy multiple copies are averaged to reach the final denoised signal. Through this strategy, we can avoid the use of multiple hardware sensors to generate multiple noisy copies to be averaged to restore the clean version of the signal. Consequently, the proposed approach can considerably reduce the cost of the acquisition system. Additionally, the several results produced from extensive simulations show that the proposed algorithm outperforms many translation-invariant-like methods and can be considered as one of the top-ranking recent algorithms to tackle the denoising problem.
Fourier transform usage to analyse data of polarisation plane rotation measurement with a TFBG sensor
Authors: Kozieł Grzegorz , Harasim Damian , Dziuba-Kozieł Marta , Kisała Piotr
Published: August 2024

The paper presents a method of measuring the angle of light polarisation plane rotation. Measurement is done with a tilted fibre Bragg grating (TFBG), with a tilt angle of 7°, and an optical spectrum analyser. Data obtained with the analyser are processed with a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) to obtain frequency representation (FFT coefficients). The rotation angle is calculated by comparing these coefficients obtained from the measurement with the ones collected during measurement set calibration. It has been shown that FFT coefficients change in the function of polarisation plane rotation and, in the case of some of them, these changes have a regular character and can be used to determine rotation. The method shown works in the range of 0 – 180° of rotation with an average error of 0.076° and a median error of 0.033°. The highest values of errors appear at about 0, 45, 90, 135 and 180°, which is caused by flat characteristics of many frequencies for these angles of rotation. The method discussed could find applications in many fields of structure monitoring and maintenance, where rotation or twist could be used as a quality parameter.
Construction of asymmetric confidence/uncertainty intervals using semivariance on the example of traffic noise indicators
Authors: Przysucha Bartosz
Published: August 2024

The occurrence of asymmetric probability distributions is quite common. Phenomena such as salary, number of failures, sound level values, etc. have skewed distributions. In such cases, estimating the mean using the interval method can be inaccurate as it ignores the distribution’s asymmetry. Another method of constructing confidence intervals, which does not require symmetry of distributions, is the method based on Chebyshev’s theorem. However, the intervals thus obtained are symmetrical. The approach proposed in this article uses the concept of Chebyshev’s theorem and semivariances to construct new confidence and uncertainty intervals. The article examines the properties of semivariance-based confidence intervals for long-term noise indicators from acoustic monitoring of the city of Gdansk and compares them with classical confidence intervals. The new uncertainty assessment tool proposed in this article in the form of a semivariance-based uncertainty interval can therefore be the basis for new uncertainty assessment methodology and more effective uncertainty.
Stability and predictability of Zener reference voltage standards: long-term experience by the Lithuanian National Metrology Institute
Authors: Bartašiunas Andrius , Miškinis Rimantas , Smirnov Dmitrij , Urba Emilis
Published: August 2024

The Lithuanian national standard of voltage is maintained as the basis for calibration and measurement capabilities of Lithuania published in the Key Comparison Database of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM). The stability and uncertainty of the voltage value measurements, performed since 2004 using the calibrated values of the Zener solid-state voltage standards (zeners) to predict their future behavior, are discussed. Conclusions regarding short- and long-term predictability of their behavior, which can be used for choosing an appropriate calibration period, are presented. An estimate of merit for approximations is proposed; based upon the estimate, it is concluded that the hyperbolic approximation is the best one in the most of the cases. Also discussed is the behavior of voltage dividers used in the zeners as well as the recovery of the zeners after a failure of their power supply. It is concluded that the voltage standards operated by the Lithuanian National Electrical Standards Laboratory feature stable drift of the voltage reproduced, which is well predictable by means of linear or non-linear regression.
An adaptive estimation of ground vehicle state with unknown measurement noise
Authors: Wang Yan , Sun Xuan , Cui Dong , Wang Xianfang , Jia Zhijuan , Zhang Zhiguo
Published: August 2024

Accurate information about the vehicle state such as sideslip angle is critical for both advanced assisted driving systems and driverless driving. These vehicle states are used for active safety control and motion planning of the vehicle. Since these state parameters cannot be directly measured by onboard sensors, this paper proposes an adaptive estimation scheme in case of unknown measurement noise. Firstly, an estimation method based on the bicycle model is established using a square-root cubature Kalman filter (SQCKF), and secondly, the expectation maximization (EM) approach is used to dynamically update the statistic parameters of measurement noise and integrate it into SQCKF to form a new expectation maximization square-root cubature Kalman filter (EMSQCKF) algorithm. Simulations and experiments show that EMSQCKF has higher estimation accuracy under different driving conditions compared to the unscented Kalman filter.
The prooxidant–antioxidant balance in diagnosis and developmental prognosis of premature neonates with asphyxia
Authors: Zakerihamidi Maryam , Hassan Boskabadi , Samin Amirkhani
Published: August 2024

Background

The antioxidant system in a preterm neonate is premature. The imbalance between the prooxidant and antioxidant systems can make these neonates prone to oxidative stress. Birth asphyxia is one of the factors that can disturb this balance.

Objective

We studied the prooxidant–antioxidant balance (PAB) in the diagnosis and developmental prognosis of preterm neonates with asphyxia.

Methods

This cohort study has been conducted between 2016 and 2022 with 2 years follow-up on 183 premature neonates admitted to Ghaem Hospital Mashhad, by using a convenience sampling method. The data-collection tool and the researcher-made checklist included the mothers' and the neonate's information, and the third segment included laboratory information. PAB was studied by using standard solutions and the Enzyme immunoassays (ELISA) method. After discharging the newborns from the hospital, they were under follow-up at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months, by using the Denver II test. PAB was compared among newborns with asphyxia, those without asphyxia, and also newborns with normal and abnormal outcomes in both groups.

Results

The mean ± standard deviation of the PAB factor reported is as follows: in newborns without asphyxia (21.00 ± 18.14 HK), those with asphyxia (31.00 ± 45.42 HK), in newborns with asphyxia having abnormal outcomes (40.00 ± 60.84 HK), and those having normal outcomes (21.00 ± 18.67 HK) (P ≤ 0.05). PAB results >25 HK have been used for the diagnosis of asphyxia prognosis in newborns, with 83.3% sensitivity and 81% specificity.

Conclusion

The PAB index showed a significant increase after asphyxia. It can be used as a diagnostic marker for the prognosis of premature newborns with asphyxia. Thus, diagnosis and prognosis of asphyxia in premature newborns can be predicted by using the PAB index.
Manajemen Upacara Adat Jumudhuling Maesa Sura sebagai Festival Seni Berbasis Desa
Authors: Purwanto Tambak Sihno , Pangestu Jangkung Putra
Published: August 2024

Upacara Adat Jumudhuling Maesa Sura adalah kegiatan tahunan yang diselenggarakan oleh KelompokSeni Bregada Lombok ijo yang berada di Padukuhan Tegalrejo, Srigading, Sanden, Bantul, DaerahIstimewa Yogyakarta. Namun, keterlibatan masyarakat masih dirasa sangat kurang. Rasa memilikimasyarakat terhadap upacara adat ini masih tergolong rendah. Ditambah lagi dengan minat generasi mudasemakin menurun. Tujuan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah untuk mengembangkan manajemenUpacara Adat Jumudhuling Maesa Sura sebagai festival seni berbasis desa. Metode yang digunakan adalahasset based community development (ABCD). Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan metode wawancara.Hasil pengabdian, dengan penerapan metode ABCD dalam Upacara Adat Jumudhuling Maesa Sura,berhasil menemukan nilai penting kegiatan upacara adat ini, yaitu pelestarian budaya gotong-rotong danmakna cerita Jumudhuling Maesa Sura sebagai perwujudan harapan serta rasa syukur terhadap TuhanYang Maha Esa. Langkah strategis untuk melestarikannya adalah dengan menerapkan manajemen festivaldengan baik meliputi perencanaan, pengelolaan sumber daya, dan pengukuran risiko yang akan dialami.Dampaknya, pengelola memiliki kerangka kerja, pemanfaatan sumber daya, dan risiko lebih terukur.Pembagian kerja yang lebih merata memicu peningkatan rasa memiliki terhadap Upacara AdatJumudhuling Maesa Sura. Jumudhuling Maesa Sura Traditional Ceremony is an annual ritual carried out by Bregada Lombok IjoArt Group located in Padukuhan Tegalrejo, Srigading Village, Sanden, Bantul Regency, DIY. Even thoughthe event has been conducted since a long time, the community is not still thoroughly involved owing to thelack of their sense of belonging. Additionally, the interest of the younger generation is continuously decreasing.Therefore, the aim of this activity is to develop Jumudhuling Maesa Sura Traditional Ceremony as a villagebasedart festival. The authors applied asset-based community development (ABCD) method. Data collectionwas carried out using interview. The results show that the application of ABCD method at JumudhulingMaesa Sura Traditional Ceremony event has succeeded in finding the essential value of ceremony. It isrelated to the preservation of the culture of mutual cooperation and the function of Jumudhuling Maesa Surastory as an embodiment of hope and gratitude towards Almighty God. The strategic step of the preservationis implementing good festival management, including planning, resource management, and measuring thefuture risks. As a result, managers have organized framework, controlled resources, and measurable risks. Amore even distribution of workload encourages a higher sense of belonging of community towardJumudhuling Maesa Sura Traditional Ceremony.
The Ideal Affect of Filipinx Americans
Authors: Casidsid Audrienne , Peruel William , Alonso Jonna-Lynn , Napa Scollon Christie
Published: August 2024

Previous studies have found differences in ideal affect between East Asian populations and European American populations. However, no study has looked at the specific affective preferences of Filipinx Americans. Thus, the present study compared the ideal affect of Filipinx Americans and European Americans. Analyses revealed nearly identical ideal affect profiles between the Filipinx American and European American samples, p = .88, η2p = .00. Additionally, high arousal positive states were equally preferred to low arousal positive states in both the Filipinx American sample (p = .57, Cohen’s d = 0.06) and the European American sample (p = .83, Cohen’s d = 0.03). The results are consistent with the notion that religious influences shape ideal affect, whereas collectivism in this case did not (cf. Tsai et al., 2006). The results highlight the heterogeneity among collectivist Asian groups and underscore the need to examine the intersectionality of cultural influences on affect. More psychological research on Filipinx people is needed to unpack the experience of this unique culture.
HOPE Framework
Authors: Redmond Colleen
Published: August 2024

This article outlines the Healing Opportunities for Processing Eco-grief (or HOPE) framework. Modeled on hope theory research, the framework includes four textual markers for hope: 1) Motivation for Change, 2) Belief that Change is Possible, 3) Plans for a Path Forward, and 4) Agency to Take Action. This article introduces the HOPE framework as a pedagogical strategy to assist educators in climate literacy practices that spark dialogue and healing through centering hope as a lived practice.