bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Partial Least Squares Regression analysis of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers, modifiable health variables, and cognitive change in older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment
Authors: Stark Jessica , Hiersche Kelly J. , Yu Ju-Chi , Hasselbach Alexander N. , Abdi Hervé , Hayes Scott M.
Published: November 2022

Background: Prior work has shown that certain modifiable health, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) biomarker, and demographic variables are associated with cognitive performance. However, less is known about the relative importance of these different domains of variables in predicting longitudinal change in cognition.Objective: Identify novel relationships between modifiable physical and health variables, AD biomarkers, and slope of cognitive change over two years in a cohort of older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).Methods: Metrics of cardiometabolic risk, stress, inflammation, neurotrophic/growth factors, and AD pathology were assessed in 123 older adults with MCI at baseline from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (mean age = 73.9; sd =7.6; mean education = 16.0; sd = 3.0). Partial least squares regression (PLSR)—a multivariate technique which creates components that best predict an outcome—was used to identify whether these physiological variables were important in predicting slope of change in episodic memory or executive function over two years.Results: At two-year follow-up, the two PLSR models predicted, respectively, 20.0% and 19.6% of the variance in change in episodic memory and executive function. Baseline levels of AD biomarkers were important in predicting change in both episodic memory and executive function. Baseline education and neurotrophic/growth factors were important in predicting change in episodic memory, whereas cardiometabolic variables such as blood pressure and cholesterol were important in predicting change in executive function. Conclusion: These data-driven analyses highlight the impact of AD biomarkers on cognitive change and further clarify potential domain specific relationships with predictors of cognitive change.
Computational models of subjective feelings in psychiatry
Authors: Kao Chang-Hao , Feng Gloria , Hur Jihyun K. , Jarvis Huw , Rutledge Robb
Published: November 2022

Research in computational psychiatry is dominated by models of behavior. Subjective experience during behavioral tasks is not well understood, even though it should be relevant to understanding the symptoms of psychiatric disorders. Here, we bridge this gap and review recent progress in computational models for subjective feelings. For example, happiness reflects not how well people are doing, but whether they are doing better than expected. This dependence on recent reward prediction errors is intact in major depression, although depressive symptoms lower happiness during tasks. Uncertainty predicts subjective feelings of stress in volatile environments. Social prediction errors influence feelings of self-worth more in individuals with low self-esteem despite a reduced willingness to change beliefs due to social feedback. Measuring affective state during behavioral tasks provides a tool for understanding psychiatric symptoms that can be dissociable from behavior. When smartphone tasks are collected longitudinally, subjective feelings provide a potential means to bridge the gap between lab-based behavioral tasks and real-life behavior, emotion, and psychiatric symptoms.
Assessing Internet Addiction
Authors: Stoller Ben
Published: November 2022

An analysis of existing internet addiction screening tools and the gaps they fail to measure. A new, supplemental screening tool is introduced to address current shortcomings.
Event segmentation in continuous, naturalistic videos from model-based, data-driven, and human perspectives
Authors: Mariola Alberto , Fountas Zafeirios , Barnett Lionel , Roseboom Warrick
Published: November 2022

Human experience is characterised by an apparently continuous stream of information. However, when recalling our past, we commonly experience somewhat discrete episodes. Event segmentation has been suggested to provide a basis for episodic memory formation and recognition/recall. Previous work has suggested that event boundaries are reflected in shifts in stable patterns of neural activity across processing hierarchies, and that these boundaries can be detected using neuroimaging techniques. From a different direction, a recent series of studies in the domain of human time perception have shown that tracking event boundaries as "surprise" in network activity - in human perceptual processing or neural network proxies - successfully describes subjective reports of time on the scale of seconds to minutes. This project aims to understand how these methods of obtaining “event boundaries” perform relative to human-provided event annotations, in situations of life-like, naturalistic sensory stimulation. We compared the boundaries estimated from our neural-network-based model of time perception and a data-driven event segmentation approach (Greedy State Boundary Search on EEG data), against annotations from 131 human raters using two different inferential processes. In both methods, event boundaries from our model-based and the EEG data-driven approach performed similarly well, and were both indistinguishable from human provided boundaries in at least ~89% of cases examined. A random boundary generator was similar to human raters in only approximately 13% of cases. This work demonstrates the potential to reconcile the fields of time perception and episodic memory through a common foundation in the processes underlying event segmentation.
Endemicisation of COVID-19: Will it Salvage the Hospitality and Tourism Industry?
Authors: Sthapit Arhan
Published: November 2022

The proposition of ‘endemicisation’ of COVID-19 is being mooted so that the hospitality and tourism industry that has borne the brunt of the pandemic could be salvaged and compensate for the damage. There are arguments for and against the ‘endemicisation’ bid that is making rounds among the policy makers and stakeholders of this industry.
Ausbildungsangebote für Data Stewards an österreichischen Universitäten
Authors: Gruber Alexander , Hasani-Mavriqi Ilire , Kalová Tereza , Knopper Sabrina , Schranzhofer Hermann
Published: November 2022

Mit den Erkenntnissen aus zwei vorangegangenen Workshops, welche sich mit den Modellen für und Kompetenzen von Data Stewards beschäftigt hatten, trafen sich die „FAIR Data Austria“-Projektmitarbeiter*innen im Juli 2021 zu einem weiteren Workshop, um Ausbildungsangebote für Data Stewards an österreichischen Universitäten zu diskutieren. Zu diesem Zweck wurden vier Ausbildungsprogramme von jeweils einer teilnehmenden Person vorgestellt und im Anschluss in einzelnen Gruppen nach ihren Stärken und Schwächen, sowohl im Hinblick auf Eignung der gesamten Ausbildung für die Modelle als auch der einzelnen Schwerpunkte/Module innerhalb der Kurse, analysiert und bewertet. Dieser Workshop hat gezeigt, dass keiner der durchleuchteten Kurse geeignet ist, ein Modell vollständig abzudecken, wenn es darum geht, die gewünschten Kompetenzen zu vermitteln. Aus der Analyse resultieren Empfehlungen der Ausbildungsangebote für gewisse Modelle, welche nun gemeinsam mit den bisherigen Projektergebnissen in die Ausarbeitung eines Self-Assessment Tools zur Modellwahl für Forschungseinrichtungen fließen werden.
An Empirical Evaluation of Internet of Things (IoT) Implementations in the Libraries
Authors: Panigrahi P K , Sethy Surendra , Dadhich Manish
Published: November 2022

Internet of Things (IoT) innovation has significantly influenced the role and responsibilities of libraries in educational institutions, societies, and business organizations. In libraries, IoT will be used to evaluate user activities, feedback, and service efficiency, among other things. It is also beneficial in information management and evaluation. The present study aims to investigate the role of the IoT as a new technology in libraries. Library professionals should always be familiar with the various elements of IoT in library resources and services, even as technological advances have improved users' expectations of library resources and services. They also need to be educated on IoT, cyber security in libraries, and user lifestyle. The Internet of Things will continue to impact libraries and their services through creation, archive management, instruction, data protection, and information literacy. The study also is a novel attempt to propose readers to new-age IoT-related technologies that can help libraries improve external services and increase user satisfaction.
Quasi-point versus point nodes in Sr2RuO4, the case of a flat tight binding γ sheet
Authors: Contreras E. Pedro L. , Osorio D. , Tsuchiya S.
Published: November 2022

We perform a numerical study of the unitary regime as a function of disorder concentration in the imaginary part of the elastic scattering cross-section for the compound Sr2RuO4 in the flat band non-disperse limit. By using a self-consistent tight binding (TB) method, we find a couple of families of Wigner probabilistic functions that help to explain macroscopically the distribution between Fermion dressed quasiparticles and Cooper pairs, and also the position of nodes in the order parameter for Sr2RuO4. Therefore, we are able to show that a TB model for the FS γ-sheet, numerically shows 4 point nodes in a flat γ sheet limit, or 4 quasi-point nodes for strong dispersion γ sheet limit in the reduced phase scattering space (RPS).
Radiation from a dipole perpendicular to the interface between two planar semi-infinite magnetoelectric media
Authors: Franca O. J. , Urrutia Luis Fernando
Published: November 2022

We consider two semi-infinite magnetoelectric media with constant dielectric permittivity separated by a planar interface, whose electromagnetic response is described by non-dynamical axion electrodynamics and investigate the radiation of a point-like electric dipole located perpendicularly to the interface. We start from the exact Green's function for the electromagnetic potential, whose far-field approximation is obtained using a modified steepest descent approximation. We compute  the angular distribution of the radiation and the total radiated power finding different interference patterns, depending on the relative position dipole-observer, and polarization mixing effects which are all absent in the standard dipole radiation. They are a manifestation of the magnetoelectric effect induced by axion electrodynamics. We illustrate our findings with some numerical estimations employing realistic media as well as some hypothetical choices in order to illuminate the effects of the magnetoelectric coupling which is usually very small.
First principle investigation of physical properties of MNiBi: (M = Sc, Y) half-Heusler compounds
Authors: Djamel-Eddine MISSOUM , BENCHERIF Kaddour , BENSAID Djilali
Published: November 2022

We have investigated the half Heusler compounds MNiBi (M=Sc, Y), using the framework of density functional theory DFT within the full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method and studied the structural, electronic, optical and elastic properties. The structural properties are predicted using the Generalized Gradient Approximation GGA and Local Density Approximation LDA, the calculations reveal that Lattice constants and other structural parameter are better matched in GGA approximation with experimental and theoretical result than LDA approximation. The calculated band structure and the density of states (DOS) with GGA, LDA and Tran and Blaha modified Becke-Johnson (TB-mBJ) exchange-correlation potentials, indicates a semiconducting nature with indirect narrow band gaps for both compounds ScNiBi and YNiBi, it shown from result that using (TB-mBJ) functionals is much more successful than the LDA and GGA approach in estimating bandgaps for our half Heusler ScNiBi and YNiBi. Optical properties of the compounds under investigation are also reported in this paper, high absorptivity are observed in the visible and ultraviolet region. The bulk modulus, shear modulus, young’s modulus, and other elastic constants are computed to discuss their elastic properties.
Prediction of equations of state of molecular liquids by an artificial neural network.
Authors: Torres-Carbajal Alexis , Que-Salinas Ulices , Ramírez-González Pedro Ezequiel
Published: November 2022

In this work an artificial neural network (ANN) was used to determine the pressure and internal energy equations of state of noble gases and some molecular liquids by predicting thermodynamic state variables like density and temperature encoded in the radial distribution function. The ANN is trained to predict the thermodynamic state variables using only the structural data. Then, predicted values are used to compute equations of state of real liquids such as argon, neon, krypton and xenon as well as some molecular liquids like nitrogen, carbon dioxide, methane and ethylene. In order to assess the ANN predictions the relative percentage error with the exact values were determined, showing that its magnitude is less than  1%. Thus, the comparison between equations of state computed with the predicted variables and experimental results exhibits a very good agreement for most of the liquids studied here. Since our ANN implementation only requires the microscopic structure as an input, data incoming from experiments, theoretical frameworks or simulations are suitable to perform predictions of state variables and with that complement the thermodynamic characterisation of liquids through the determination of equations of state. Moreover, further improvements or extensions related with the microscopic structure database can be safely addressed without changing the neural network architecture presented here.
Actualización del manejo Watch and Wait para el cáncer de recto
Authors: Gutiérrez López Carlos
Published: November 2022

El tratamiento del cáncer de recto sigue siendo principalmente quirúrgico, sin embargo, este manejo conlleva una serie de comorbilidades y posibles complicaciones para el paciente, tales como: incontinencia fecal o urinaria, disfuncional sexual y una alta posibilidad de una ostomía permanente y sus complicaciones. No obstante, se ha visto que hasta un cuarto de las piezas patológicas muestran una respuesta patológica completa posterior a la neoadyuvancia. Es por esto que, con la idea de evitar estas complicaciones luego de una cirugía, nace la idea del manejo Watch and Wait, donde, si luego de la neoadyuvancia el paciente obtiene una respuesta completa al tratamiento, pasa a un programa de observación minuciosa, y de mantenerse, evitaría una cirugía radical, que en diversos estudios ha mostrado resultados oncológicos similares al manejo quirúrgico. Al ser un manejo novedoso, requiere dejar en claro diversos aspectos, entre ellos: el paciente que más se beneficiaría, la terapia neoadyuvante a realizar, la evaluación de la respuesta clínica y el seguimiento del paciente.
The Eph receptor A4-mediated demyelination in depression
Authors:   Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport 71103, USA., Yang Luodan , Zhang Quanguang
Published: November 2022

Accumulating evidence reveals that major depressive disorder, one of the most common mental illnesses, is characterized by abnormal myelination. However, the relationship between demyelination and depressionrelated behaviors and the molecular mechanism underlying demyelination and synaptic deficits in depression is largely unknown. In a recent study, Li and his colleagues found that the ephrin A4 receptor (EphA4), a member of the Eph family of receptor tyrosine kinases, was essential to mediate demyelination and regulate synaptogenesis in depression. Using the chronic, unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) exposure or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration-induced animal model of depression, the authors found that depression could induce demyelination, and the increased EphA4 levels mediate demyelination and depression-like behaviors. In this commentary, we reviewed this critical finding and discussed future directions on this topic. Keywords: Depression, Eph receptor A4, demyelination
A HYBRID TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING THE CONTENT OF XENOBIOTICS IN WILD AND CULTIVATED BLUEBERRIES
Authors: TERESHCHENKO NATALIIA , KOVSHUN LIDIIA , BOBUNOV OLEKSANDR
Published: November 2022

Laboratory control requires testing of berry products for the content of residual amounts of mixtures of various xenobiotics: pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. In this regard, the purpose of this study was to investigate the physicochemical conditions of extraction of xenobiotics from wild and cultivated blueberries and further chromatographic analysis of the obtained extracts. The leading approach to the development of a hybrid method of laboratory control of residual amounts of xenobiotics in berries is the construction of a theoretical model of the method and empirical studies of the proposed conditions of the method. The first stage of the study was sample preparation and extraction of xenobiotics. It was found that pesticides should be extracted from homogenized plant material, and for the extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, berries with an intact skin should be used. It was found that 1% acetonitrile solution of formic acid is a unified extractant of xenobiotics. The need for sequential chromatographic analysis of the obtained extracts by using high-performance liquid chromatography with a fluorescent detector, methods of high-performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography with mass-selective detectors was substantiated. Approbation measurements showed that the limit of quantitative determination of residual quantities of pesticides is 0.01±0.001 mg/kg, and the limit of quantitative determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is much lower and is 0.5±0.05 μg/kg. The hybrid technique allows detecting and measuring the content of xenobiotics in extracts of blueberry berries within 90 minutes. The working ranges for controlling pesticide content are from 1.0 mg/kg to 0.01 mg/kg, for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons – from 20 µg/kg to 0.5 µg/kg. The magnitude of the error of the quantitative analysis was estimated using the root-mean-square deviation from the mean (σ, %). The completeness of extraction of xenobiotics was established as a percentage (r, %) using a series of studies of model samples artificially enriched with xenobiotics. It was found that the measurement error of xenobiotic content does not exceed 20%, the value of analyte extraction is within 90-108%, the method is suitable for laboratory control. The developed hybrid method is of practical value for performing laboratory control of chemical compounds dangerous to human health
THE METHOD OF CALCULATING THE MAXIMUM TORQUE WHEN JAMMING THE AUGER OF THE SCREW CONVEYOR
Authors: Romasevych Yuriy , Loveikin Viatcheslav , Malinevsky Oleg
Published: November 2022

The designs of screw conveyors contain safety clutches that ensure the avoidance of breakdowns in emergencies (e.g., when the auger is jammed). Therefore, the choice of these clutches is a relevant scientific problem, which is related to the calculation of the maximum torque of the auger. The purpose of this study was to develop a method for calculating the maximum torque when the auger of a screw conveyor is jammed. The method developed in this paper article is based on the use of an artificial neural network trained using the “learning with a teacher” technology. The training and test data set for the artificial neural network was obtained by conducting machine experiments, each of which consisted in the numerical integration of a nonlinear differential equation and the determination of the value of the maximum moment in the elastic connection of the dynamic system based on the obtained solution. The specified differential equation is obtained based on the equation of motion of the non-jammed part of the conveyor (drive, gears, clutch) and the Kloss equation, which corresponds to the model of the mechanical characteristics of the conveyor asynchronous motor. The statistical significance of the results of an artificial neural network was proved by analysing the values of approximation quality indicators. A brief analysis of the influence of the stiffness of the elastic connection of the dynamic conveyor system and the drive gear ratio, as well as the overloading capacity of the engine on the maximum moment that occurs when the screw is jammed, was performed. The practical significance of the results obtained is related to the software implementation of the method, which allows engineers to effectively select safety clutches upon designing screw conveyors.
Effect of Raw Material Inventory on Operational Performance in An Emerging Economy: Insight from The Nigerian Manufacturing Sector
Authors: Ogah Marvel , Asiegbu Gregory , Moradeyo Nike
Published: November 2022

Inventory management in organizations comes with severe challenges, especially in emerging markets. The study examines the effect of the difficulties experienced in raw material management on quality, speed and flexibility, dependability, and cost in the Nigerian Manufacturing sector. This study empirically examines this relationship in a contemporary mixed methodological approach adopting survey and semi-structured interviews. Survey questionnaires were distributed to 703 inventory and supply chain managers in 22 manufacturing firms in Nigeria, while the interview was conducted for 25 managers from 9 manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The crystal-clear finding is that poor inventory management practices negatively affect the quality, speed, and flexibility of operations in Nigerian manufacturing. This contrasts with a second finding that dependability and cost are not statistically significant. We also discovered that difficulties manufacturing firms in emerging markets experience in managing their raw materials arise from government policies, high exchange rates, bureaucracy in importation and port Issues, inflation, infrastructural challenge, logistics and transportation challenges, poor management decisions, regulatory framework, and unstable exchange rate. In conclusion, our study highlights that inefficient raw material management severely affects the manufacturing firm's overall performance.
Katılım Bankalarının Finansal Sağlamlığının Bankometer ve Z-Skor Yöntemleriyle Analizi
Authors: ÇALIŞ Nevzat , KEVSER Mustafa , SAKARYA Şakir
Published: November 2022

Bu araştırmada katılım bankacılığı sektörünün finansal açıdan sağlamlığı ve borç ödeme gücü Türkiye bağlamında incelenmiştir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda Türkiye’de faaliyet gösteren beş katılım bankasının (Albaraka Türk, Kuveyt Türk, Türkiye Finans, Vakıf Katılım Bankası, Ziraat Katılım Bankası) durumu 2016-2020 dönemi finansal verilerinden hareketle analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmada Shar vd. (2010) tarafından geliştirilen Bankometer modeli bankaların borç ödeme gücünü ölçmek için; Altman (1968) tarafından geliştirilen Z-Skor modeli de bankaların iflas potansiyelini tahmin etmek için kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada kullanılan Z-Skor modeli sonuçlarına göre hem özel sermayeli hem de kamu sermayeli katılım bankalarının iflas riskiyle karşı karşıya oldukları; Bankometer modeli sonuçlarına göre ise katılım bankalarının incelenen dönemlerde çoğunlukla gri bölgede yer aldıkları ve finansal zorluk yaşama potansiyeli taşıdığı sonuçlarına ulaşılmıştır.
DESAIN LINGKUNGAN BELAJAR BERKONTEN POLA ASUH PADA LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN ISLAM
Authors: Jalil Abdul , Hidayatullah Muhammad Fahmi
Published: November 2022

Lembaga pendidikan Islam pada hakikatnya mengemban misi untuk membentuk generasi yang sempurna dengan kecerdasan intelektual, akhlak mulia (perilaku), dan hati yang bahagia selalu mendekatkan diri kepada Allah SWT. Upaya mewujudkan misi tersebut memerlukan lingkungan yang mendukung pembelajaran dengan muatan parenting dengan menyesuaikan kebutuhan lembaga pendidikan dalam pembelajarannya. Dalam penelitian ini, pendekatan yang digunakan adalah analisis kualitatif-literatur. Peneliti menggali data berdasarkan literatur yang ada dan melakukan analisis mendalam untuk mendapatkan makna tersirat dari literatur terkait inovasi lingkungan pembelajaran pendidikan agama Islam. Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa desain lingkungan belajar dengan muatan parenting di lembaga pendidikan terdiri dari: pola asuh permisif-humanistik, pola asuh otoriter-perilaku, pola asuh demokratis-konstruktivis, dan pola asuh kognitivistik yang tidak terlibat. Keempat pola asuh tersebut dapat diterapkan pada pesantren, madrasah/sekolah, pendidikan keluarga, dan majelis ta'lim.
PROBLEMATIKA MANAJEMEN MUTU PENDIDIKAN MADRASAH DALAM PERSPEKTIF INPUT-PROSES-OUTPUT
Authors: Bramastia  , Nurhadi Yasin
Published: November 2022

Problematika pendidikan madrasah sangat kompleks, salah satunya yaitu problem mutu dan kualitas input-proses-output. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan fokus analisis pada problem yang terjadi di lembaga pendidikan, seperti madrasah yang terkait mutu dan kualitas. Mengetahui problem yang ada memberikan pelajaran dan pengalaman guna memperbaiki manajamen mutu dan kualitas di madrasah ke depannya. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif, dengan teknik Pendekatan library research. Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa problematika manajemen mutu dan kualitas madrasah yaitu: rendahnya kualitas pendidik, kinerja pendidik yang tidak optimal, kerusakan sarana dan prasarana, kurang jumlah tenaga pendidik, jumlah dan kualitas buku belum memadai, keterbatasan anggaran, kinerja pengawas, dan manajemen struktural yang kurang kompeten.
REPRODUKSI PERKAWINAN TIDAK TERCATAT: KUASA AGAMA DAN KETERBATASAN SUMBER DAYA
Authors: Rosyidah Ida , Kosasih Kustini
Published: November 2022

Penelitian terkait bekerjanya habitus pada tokoh agama atau penghulu kampung dalam mereproduksi perkawinan tidak tercatat serta realitas struktur KUA yang berdampak terhadap pelanggengan perkawinan tidak tercatat belum banyak dikaji dibandingkan studi tentang faktor penyebab dan dampak perkawinan tidak tercatat pada perempuan dan anak. Studi ini dilakukan di Badau, wilayah perbatasan Indonesia dan Malaysia. Teori habitus dan praktik sosial Bourdieu dipilih sebagai lensa untuk menganalis data. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif dengan tehnik pengumpulan data melalui wawancara dan observasi. Informan yang diwawancarai beragam, meliputi tokoh agama atau penghulu kampung, ketua organisasi keagamaan, kepala KUA, ustazah, pengurus majlis taklim, dan guru agama di sekolah formal. Hasil temuannya menunjukkan habitus yang bekerja pada penghulu kampung untuk mereproduksi perkawinan tidak tercatat meliputi skemata agama untuk menghindari dosa, membantu sesama, dan adat yang diskriminatif. Penghulu kampung didukung oleh sumberdaya yang menjadi modal yang kuat untuk dapat mereproduksi praktik sosialnya. Sementara itu, struktur KUA dengan beragam keterbatasan seperti keterbatasan sumber daya lembaga dan sumberdaya manusia yang seharusnya membuat narasi-narasi baru terkait pencegahan praktik perkawinan tidak tercatat ini, justru sebaliknya malah memperkuat praktik sosial tersebut.
Pengaruh Kompetensi Widyaiswara terhadap Efektivitas Pendidikan dan Pelatihan di Balai Diklat Keagamaan Makassar
Authors: Rani Andi Isra , Mahmud Moh. Natsir , Naro Wahyuddin , Ismail Muh. Ilyas
Published: November 2022

Kompetensi widyaiswara yang dimaksud dalam penelitian ini adalah kompetensi pengelolaan pembelajaran, kompetensi kepribadian, kompetensi sosial dan kompetensi substantif. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis dan menjelaskan pengaruh kompetensi pengelolaan pembelajaran, kompetensi sosial, kompetensi kepribadian, dan kompetensi substantif widyaiswara terhadap efektivitas pendidikan dan pelatihan keagamaan di Balai Diklat Keagamaan Makassar. Jenis penelitian ini adalah explanatory research. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan metodologi kuantitatif. Responden dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 75 orang yang diperoleh menggunakan total sampling alumni Diklat Teknis Substantif Wakil Kepala Madrasah. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui instrumen angket yang dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan inferensial. Kompetensi widyaiswara diukur berdasarkan persepsi peserta diklat menggunakan skala likert. Hasil analisis deskriptif menunjukkan bahwa persepsi peserta tentang kompetensi widyaiswara berada pada kategori sangat positif. Demikian pula efektivitas pendidikan dan pelatihan keagamaan di Balai Diklat Keagamaan Makassar berada pada kategori tinggi. Hasil analisis inferensial, terdapat pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan antara variabel kompetensi pengelolaan pembelajaran, kompetensi sosial, kompetensi kepribadian, dan kompetensi substantif widyaiswara terhadap efektivitas pendidikan dan pelatihan keagamaan secara parsial. Implikasi dari penelitian ini adalah: 1) Variasi variabel independen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini mampu menjelaskan variasi variabel dependen. 2) Peningkatan kompetensi widyaiswara berimplikasi pada meningkatkan efektivitas pendidikan dan pelatihan 3) Pengaruh simultan variabel kompetensi widyaiswara terhadap efektifitas pendidikan dan pelatihan menunjukkan bahwa kompetensi pengelolaan pembelajaran dan kompetensi substantif adalah variabel yang paling berpengaruh.
THE THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES TOWARD COVID 19: A Study of Jemaah Tabligh in Makassar, South Sulawesi
Authors: Latif Muhaemin , Juhannis Hamdan
Published: November 2022

The study discusses the theological perspectives of Jemaah Tabligh (hereafter: JT) in Makassar in contending COVID 19. It employs qualitative research methodology through conducting observation, focusing on group discussion, and document collection. Two different groups of JT become the object of interview, JT Seluruh Alam and JT Maulana Saad (MS). The researchers picked up some crucial figures from JT members. The research found that the theological perspectives of JT regarding COVID 19 from two different schools of theology, Jabariah (fatalism) and Asy’ariyah. The researcher concluded that Jabariah influenced the attitudes of JT Maulana Saad, and Asy’ariyah affected the way of thinking of JT seluruh alam. Both different schools of theology existed in the life of JT, not only in the context of COVID 19 but also in public life. Besides, the internal dispute of JT in India influenced the thinking among JT adherents in Makassar.  
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ DIGITAL LITERACY THROUGH THE RELIGIOUS CHARACTER IN MTS NEGERI 1 SIDRAP
Authors: Aflahah St
Published: November 2022

Students’ digital literacy has become crucial in society 5.0, but it also brings negative effects on students’ development. Character education comes to reduce the drawbacks of using technology, particularly the religious character. MTSN 1 Sidrap was selected as it develops students’ digital literacy through the integration of e-learning Madrasah and Google Meet. It also supports students’ religious character since it is a Madrasah, offering more religious subjects than junior high schools. This study used qualitative research with a semi-structured interview to obtain in-depth data. The participants in this research were three teachers. They were one female Mathematics teacher who is also an ICT (Information and Communication Technology) teacher and two male Islamic teachers. This study found that students’ digital literacy has met the standards required by the curriculum. However, students’ digital culture and ethics need more attention since students have an opportunity to access inappropriate content and plagiarism. The religious character could overcome such issues by implementing religious dimensions, particularly religious belief, ritual, devotion, experience, and knowledge. Moreover, the dimension of religious ritual reveals that although students practice the pillars of Islam, it does not practically make students stop doing things that are forbidden by the Islamic religion. Hence, the indicators of students’ religious character in the curriculum that focuses on students’ religious rituals or practices are inadequate. The dimensions of religious devotion and experience are crucial in describing students’ attachment to Allah, which can increase students’ awareness to avoid behaviors that violate Islamic teachings.
TRADE POLICY PREFERENCES IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY: THE CASE OF EXPORTING FIRMS IN URUGUAY
Authors: Albertoni Nicolas , Horta Roberto
Published: November 2022

This paper’s main goal is to study those factors that explain the exporting company’s trade policy preference in a global context of uncertainty. Based on a survey carried out with the main Uruguayan exporting companies, the study shows that the higher the firm's export ratio and the more diversified the destinations of its exports, the higher would be its preference for an open trade policy. The study highlights the growing uncertainty of entrepreneurs in complex international contexts such as the current one, leaving the challenge of continuing to delve into the subject.
GENDER AND EQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN; EVOLUTION 2006-2021. STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS.
Authors: Rivera-Mata Juan
Published: November 2022

Gender economic equality in Latin America-Caribbean is behind Sub-Saharan region, limiting regional competitiveness and social justice. We found a negative regional correlation between women political empowerment and economic participation, being this associated to economic growth, democracy index and wage equality. We recommend authorities to focus on women economic participation, potentiate fiscal redistribution policies, improve democracy, governance and competitiveness, changing from one sex (women) to gender (social) policies for equality, reduction of voluntary education segregation with early age education intervention and support family and care to alleviate the social charges associates to being woman.
UNA APLICACIÓN TIME-VARYING DEL MODELO DE CINCO FACTORES DE FAMA & FRENCH PARA MEDIR EL DESEMPEÑO DE LOS MERCADOS ACCIONARIOS DESARROLLADOS EN TIEMPOS DEL COVID-19
Authors: Sandoval Álamos Eduardo , Molina MacKay Claudio
Published: November 2022

En este artículo se realiza una aplicación time-varying para medir el desempeño bursátil de los mercados desarrollados en tiempos del Covid-19. Para lo anterior, se utiliza el “Alfa de Jensen”, estimado a partir del modelo de Fama & French (2015) con residuos heterocedásticos. Los resultados indican que, durante la crisis, los mercados accionarios desarrollados con mejor desempeño son: Dinamarca, Israel y Holanda, mientras que los de peor desempeño son: Singapur, Bélgica y Alemania. El buen desempeño se asocia a políticas fiscales eficientes y bien focalizadas, representando así los mercados con desempeño superior, alternativas que crean valor a inversionistas globales
UNA MIRADA A LA COMPETITIVIDAD DE LOS PRINCIPALES PRODUCTOS AGRÍCOLAS DE EXPORTACIÓN HOLANDESA
Authors: Escalante Yaulilahua Danton Arturo , Lezama Verástegui Diana Verónica , Verástegui Espíritu Lucy Pamela , Muñoz Acevedo Luis Miguel , Venegas Rodríguez Pedro Bernabé
Published: November 2022

La investigación buscó analizar los niveles de competitividad de los cinco productos agrícolas más representativos de Países Bajos comparándolos con sus principales competidores; se utilizó la matriz de competitividad modificada por Ramón Lacayo y Cristian Morales a la matriz de la CEPAL; se analizó también indicadores RCA y ICTB. Como resultados, Países Bajos evidenció un alto grado de especialización en todos los productos estudiados, demostrando tener una gran ventaja comparativa y una competitividad elevada o constante con los principales países importadores; convirtiéndolo así en un referente para la producción y exportación agrícola en Latinoamérica y en los países en vías de desarrollo.
ESFUERZOS DE INNOVACIÓN ENDÓGENOS Y EXÓGENOS, INNOVACIÓN Y PRODUCTIVIDAD EN LAS EMPRESAS PRIVADAS DEL ECUADOR
Authors: Sarmiento Juan Pablo , Cabrera Fanny Narcisa , Aguilar Feijo Víctor Gerardo , Aboal Rebollo Diego Omar
Published: November 2022

El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar si existen diferencias significativas en los resultados de la inversión en innovación -específicamente en la probabilidad de innovar en productos y/o procesos y en la productividad laboral- cuando se distingue entre esfuerzos de innovación endógenos y exógenos. Se utilizaron datos de la encuesta de innovación 2012-2014 del Ecuador y se aplicó la metodología propuesta por Crépon, Duguet y Mairesse.  La evidencia sugiere que la innovación endógena tiene un impacto sobre la probabilidad de introducir innovación en productos y/o procesos que es del orden del doble que la exógena, mostrando además un mayor impacto sobre la productividad laboral.
Cognitive Dissonance Model of Conditional Reasoning based on Truth-making
Authors: Fei Dingzhou , Zhiwen Dong
Published: November 2022

Conditional reasoning (If A, Then B) is a lasting topic in the psychology of reasoning. The experimental paradigm for conditional reasoning is a card selection task using logical rules. Although the models of conditional reasoning have achieved great success, there are still puzzles about the training effect (logical training doesn’t improve the correct rate for the tasks in people without formal logic background). For example, ordinary people feel confused with the truth table which is the valid formal rule for conditional reasoning after they have been trained for this rule by logicians. Our work contributes these conflicts to the disposition that ordinary people have, that is, truth-making, a process of making every proposition or judgement true or grounded. Most people may perform better in selection tasks in the pre-test (not training) of the card selection task. This paper tries to solve these puzzles with the cognitive dissonance theory by combing them with the truth-maker theory by proposing that conditional reasoning is a continuous truth-seeking process. We then conducted pre-test and post-test and compared the confidence of their own reasoning in two selection tasks, and the purpose is to examine how the truth-makings of people affect conditional reasoning. Experimental results showed that truth-making is an important factor that governs people’s ordinary reasoning processes.
Why I Am a Nihilist
Authors: Bolea Stefan
Published: November 2022

If nihilism is delirious existentialism, can existentialism be a valid cure for nihilism? Can we in fact be active (pre-anti-) nihilists?
New Terms for the Educators’ Digital Lexicon
Authors: Gilbert Gregory E. , Bauman Eric B.
Published: November 2022

In 2001, Presky introduced the terms “digital immigrant” and “digital native”. Currently, the educators’ digital lexicon is insufficient to address educational success. The authors present terms augmenting the educators’ digital lexicon. The authors propose terms expanding the digital lexicon including another class of learner – the digital Neanderthal and terms for educators to consider including digital concordance, digital discord, digital disruption, and digital dissonance. These terms are a result of members of each digital class not considering their learners. Unless instructors adopt learning theories amenable to appropriate classes of learners in the digital landscape, they will be barriers to learning instead of facilitators. If students are taught without regard to their digital demographic, educators will lose a vital opportunity to engage students regardless of their digital demographic. Administrators must also consider the faculty digital demographic when implementing technical innovations as this demographic may highly impact its success or failure. The authors are unaware of other work highlighting or conceptualizing this new class of learners or educators. Further, to our knowledge, we are unaware of the concepts presented here being presented elsewhere. The consideration of these concepts is critical to the success of students and our educational institutions, today and in the future.
Reporte de Mercados Financieros - segundo trimestre de 2011
Authors: Vargas Hernando , Cardozo Pamela , Benítez Sandra , Rojas Juan Sebastián , Buitrago María Alejandra , Leiton Karen , Moreo José Fernando , Patiño Lina , Rassa Juan Sebastián , Venegas Tatiana , Cardozo Nathali , García Juan Manuel
Published: November 2022

Este reporte hace una descripción del comportamiento de los mercados financieros colombianos, y realiza comparaciones internacionales. El análisis se centra en el periodo comprendido entre julio y septiembre de 2011, periodo en el que continuo el nerviosismo con respecto a los mercados externos.
Akibat Hukum Akta Perjanjian Perkawinan Yang Tidak Dicatatkan Dalam Perkawinan Campuran
Authors: Rivanda Fira Adhisa , Dewi Gemala
Published: November 2022

Salah satu akibat hukum yang berdampak pada kepemilikan harta setelah dilangsungkannya perkawinan adalah harta bersama. Hal ini memberikan permasalahan dalam hal perkawinan tersebut merupakan perkawinan campuran dimana perkawinan ini dapat membatasi hak-hak WNI atas kepemilikan harta, khususnya kepemilikan hak atas tanah. Undang-Undang No. 1 Tahun 1974 tentang Perkawinan memberikan pengesampingan hukum agar tidak terjadinya percampuran harta akibat perkawinan dengan memperbolehkan adanya perjanjian perkawinan yang perlu disahkan oleh pegawai pencatatan perkawinan atau Notaris. Namun, sering terjadi perjanjian perkawinan tersebut tidak dilampirkan pada saat pencatatan perkawinan campuran yang dilakukan di luar negeri. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui akibat hukum yang timbul sehubungan dengan tidak dicatatkannya perjanjian perkawinan dalam perkawinan campuran. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian yuridis normatif dengan melakukan studi kepustakaan serta peraturan perundang-undangan yang berlaku. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa tidak dicatatkannya perjanjian perkawinan dalam perkawinan campuran tidak mempengaruhi keberlakukan dari perjanjian perkawinan itu sendiri, hanya saja perjanjian perkawinan tersebut tidak memenuhi asas publisitas dimana hal ini dapat berpengaruh kepada pihak ketiga.
Analisis Pengaruh Disiplin Kerja dan Motivasi Serta Lingkungan Kerja Fisik Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Melalui OCB di Dinas Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta
Authors: Pono Nur Fajar , Hadi Syamsul , Kirana Kusuma Chandra
Published: November 2022

Tujuan yang ingin dicapai dalam penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui secara parsial maupun simultan pada Pengaruh Disiplin Kerja dan Motivasi Serta Lingkungan Kerja Fisik Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Melalui OCB di Dinas Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Subyek dan obyek dalam penelitian ini yaitu seluruh pegawai  Pegawai di Dinas Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi Daerah Istiemwa Yogyakarta yaitu sebanyak 106 orang responden. Jenis penelitian menggunakan teknik kuantitatif dan teknik pengolahan data dalam penelitian menggunakan SmartPLS 3.3.3. Disiplin Kerja mempunyai pengaruh dan signifikan terhadap Kinerja Karyawan dengan nilai p – value sebesar 0,005< 0.05. Disiplin Kerja tidak mempunyai pengaruh dan signifikan terhadap Citizenship Behavior (OCB dengan nilai P-Values 0,241> 0.05. Motivasi mempunyai pengaruh dan signifikan terhadapKinerja Karyawan dengan nilai p – value sebesar 0,037< 0.05.  Motivasi tidak mempunyai pengaruh dan signifikan terhadap Citizenship Behavior (OCB dengan nilai P-Values 0,652> 0.05. Lingkungan KerjaFisik tidak mempunyai pengaruh dan signifikan terhadap Kinerja Karyawandengan nilai P-Values 0,526> 0.05. Lingkungan KerjaFisik mempunyai pengaruh dan signifikan terhadap Organization Citizenship Behavior (OCB) dengan nilai p – value sebesar 0,000< 0. OCB mempunyai pengaruh dan signifikan terhadap KinerjaKryawan dengan nilai p – value sebesar 0,000 < 0.05.
Pengaruh Nilai Kearifan Budaya Lokal Terhadap Hubungan Antara Partisipasi Anggaran dan Senjangan Anggaran
Authors: Rahmat Rahmat , Iskandar Ahmad Syarief
Published: November 2022

Penelitian ini mendeskripsikan pokok masalah tentang Pengaruh partisipasi anggaran terhadap senjangan anggaran pada pada lingkup IAIN Palopo (2) Pengaruh nilai kearifan budaya lokal dalam memoderasi hubungan partisipasi anggaran terhadap senjangan anggaran pada lingkup IAIN Palopo. Penelitian menggunakan metode penelitian kuantitatif, sampel dan populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh bagian yang terlibat dalam penyusunan anggaran pada lingkup IAIN Palopo. Hasil penelitian didapat H1 diterima sehingga dapat dikatakan partisipasi anggaran berpengaruh signifikan positif terhadap timbulnya senjangan anggaran. Sedangkan Untuk H2 diterima sehingga dapat dikatakan bahwa keberadaa variabel Moderat (Kearifan Budaya Lokal) akan dapat mempengaruhi variabel partisipasi anggaran terhadap senjangan anggaran.
Pengaruh Kualitas Produk dan Promosi Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Properti pada Bintaro Resident di Tangerang Selatan
Authors: Jusuf Dewi Indriani , Narimawati Umi , Munandar Dadang , Sunarsi Denok , Jasmani Jasmani
Published: November 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh kualitas produk dan promosi terhadap keputusan pembelian pada Bintaro Resident di Tangerang Selatan. Metode yang digunakan adalah explanatory research dengan teknik analisis menggunakan analisis statistik dengan pengujian regresi, korelasi, determinasi dan uji hipotesis. Hasil penelitian ini kualitas produk berpengaruh signifikan terhadap keputusan pembelian sebesar 42,1%, uji hipotesis diperoleh t hitung > t tabel atau (7,809 > 1,989). Promosi berpengaruh signifikan terhadap keputusan pembelian sebesar 46,8%, uji  hipotesis diperoleh t hitung > t tabel atau (8,595 > 1,989). Kualitas produk dan promosi secara simultan berpengaruh signifikan terhadap keputusan pembelian dengan persamaan regresi Y = 9,701 + 0,326X1 + 0,441X2 dan kontribusi pengaruh sebesar 55,9%, uji hipotesis diperoleh F hitung > F tabel atau (18,770 > 2,770).
Performance of The Head of Homeschooling: The Influence of Transformational Leadership, Motivation and Self-Efficacy
Authors: Munna Afzal Sayed , Tholibon Duratul Ain , Sunarsi Denok , Ilham Dodi , Rizal Muh
Published: November 2022

This study aims to analyze the relationship of transformational leadership, motivation and self-efficacy to the Head of homeschooling performance. This research method is quantitative with data processing tools using SPSS software. Data were obtained through the distribution of online questionnaires to 212 homeschooling teachers in Tangerang who were selected using the simple random sampling method. Based on data analysis, it can be concluded that transformational leadership has a positive effect on the head of homeschooling performance, motivation has a positive effect on the head of homeschooling performance, self-efficacy has a positive effect on the head of homeschooling performance and transformational leadership, motivation and self-efficacy simultaneously have a positive and significant effect on head of homeschooling performance.
Neuro – Linguistic Programming dan Research Metodology sebagai Penggalian Informasi Warga Binaan Pemasyarakatan
Authors: Yulianto Rama Fatahillah
Published: November 2022

Inmates residents have the right to get teaching and education, while correctional officers have the obligation to provide guidance to WBP. A good coaching pattern needs an assessment so that a subjective pattern of guidance can be formulated, because the criminal background of each prisoner is different, plus the psychological condition of each individual is different. Research Methodology and Neuro - Linguistic Programming needs to be known and mastered by the task force, especially the assessor. Lawbreakers are not always cooperative, besides the condition of the perpetrators who tend to close themselves off from the environment. So that it will be difficult assessor for theto dig up information from himself concerned. This study uses a literature review aimed at identifying treatment models that are appropriate for the development programs at each prison, detention center, and LPKA. So it is hoped that before the WBP is placed in the mass of each correctional unit concerned, ancan be carried out assessment so that the coaching method can be targeted at the right person. In addition, it is hoped that after being free they can integrate with the community and have the same abilities as children outside the institution, as well as improve the self-concept possessed by WBP. The benefits of this study can provide input in the formulation of policies regarding effective methods of extracting information to be applied in Indonesian Correctional Unit.