bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ANÁLISE DA CONTAMINAÇÃO POR ÁCIDO CLORÍDRICO E HIDRÓXIDO DE SÓDIO EM TRABALHADORES DE INDÚSTRIA DE PAPEL DO SUL DO BRASIL
Authors: Benvenutti Régis Carlos , Oliveira de Castilho Edimar , Zatta Eloiza , Dalla Vecchia Cristian Alex , Tombini Jessica
Published: October 2024

A toxicologia ocupacional em indústria de papel tem como objetivo estudar os riscos de trabalho à exposição de compostos químicos, físicos e biológicos utilizados no local de trabalho, além disso, auxiliar e prevenir o possível surgimento de efeitos adversos à saúde dos trabalhadores, devido à exposição aos mesmos. As indústrias do ramo de papel e celulose utilizam vários agentes químicos na produção de embalagens, demandando atenção ao manuseio devido sua ação tóxica, atualmente pesquisas nessa área são escassas. Por sua vez, este artigo procurou evidenciar por meio de questionários e análise química a contaminação por ácido clorídrico e hidróxido de sódio em trabalhadores durante sua atividade laboral em uma indústria de papel localizada no sul do Brasil. Buscando incrementar os estudos, averiguou-se o conhecimento dos trabalhadores sobre os agentes, bem como o uso de Equipamentos de Proteção Individual (EPIs) e a contaminação destes indivíduos com os agentes supracitados. Para atingir esses objetivos foram aplicadas entrevistas aos colaboradores de quatro expedientes diferentes e analisadas as vestimentas após o final do turno por meio de titulação e análise de pHmetria. Os resultados das análises apontaram falta de conscientização dos trabalhadores, indícios de contaminação e vestígios de hidróxido de sódio nas vestimentas dos colaboradores. Esses resultados implicam na reflexão sobre a indispensabilidade dos equipamentos de proteção individual. Realçando a necessidade do uso rotineiro dos EPIs, bem como oferecer qualificação necessária para os trabalhadores, com intuito de prevenir e minimizar acidentes ocupacionais.
RELEVÂNCIA DA FISCALIZAÇÃO NA IMPORTAÇÃO DE ALIMENTOS E PREVENÇÃO DE DOENÇAS ASSOCIADAS
Authors: Andrade Isabella , Raissa Cristine da Silva Santos  , Isabela de Alcântara Savignano  , Isabelle Santesso Leme  , Lucas Rodrigues Serdan Gomes
Published: October 2024

A segurança dos alimentos importados trata-se de uma preocupação mundial, já que a exposição destes produtos contaminados pode significar a intoxicação por micro-organismos patogênicos. O Brasil enfrenta desafios significativos na vigilância epidemiológica de Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos (DTAs), muitas vezes subnotificadas. Para evitar que isso aconteça, é essencial que haja fiscalização, com regulamentos rígidos, de forma a assegurar que a saúde pública seja mantida. O objetivo deste artigo é demonstrar que a fiscalização, regulamentação e a educação em saúde são pilares essenciais durante a importação de alimentos para o País, uma vez que auxiliam na conscientização sobre práticas de prevenção e controle de DTAs.
Episodic Memory and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Non-human Animals: A Methodological Proposal
Authors: Corda Gabriel
Published: October 2024

The traditional conception of episodic memory, as a capacity that enables the conscious and personal re-experience of a past event, has led to methodological difficulties in attributing it to non-linguistic beings. The present work proposes to study the attribution of this capacity in non-human animals based on animal models of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). For this purpose, evidence is presented suggesting that flashbacks, a characteristic symptom of PTSD, are a product of the episodic memory system. If that is true, then the ability to remember episodes is required to develop PTSD and having PTSD would be a compelling reason for attributing episodic memories. In this way, the present work opens a new field of research on the problem of episodic memory attribution in animals.
La privacidad mental como fundamento de la identidad y la autonomía relacional
Authors: Wajnerman-Paz Abel
Published: October 2024

En los últimos años se han articulado diferentes propuestas que presentan derechos específicos para la regulación de la neurotecnología, también conocidos como “neuroderechos”. Una preocupación central vinculada a la legislación sobre neuroderechos es la de la privacidad mental. Se trata de la idea de que deberíamos tener control sobre el acceso a nuestros datos neuronales y a la información sobre nuestros procesos y estados mentales que se puede obtener al analizarlos. Después de proponer una conceptualización detallada de la privacidad mental, argumentaré a favor de que la importancia de este derecho reside en el hecho de que está a la base de dos dimensiones éticas y legales fundamentales de las personas, la identidad y la autonomía. Argumento que la privacidad mental está presupuesta la concepción relacional de la identidad, y que esto permite ver algunas limitaciones de las regulaciones vigentes acerca de la privacidad de datos. Luego sostengo que la identidad relacional está a la base de la noción de autonomía y permite ver dimensiones relacionales de este concepto que no están adecuadamente articuladas en las teorías relacionales de la acción autónoma. Esto implica que la protección de la privacidad mental también conllevaría el cuidado de esta segunda dimensión ética y legal de las personas.
Restando sufrimiento: un enfoque anti-agregacionista del sufrimiento en la naturaleza
Authors: Villamor Alejandro
Published: October 2024

En los últimos años, cada vez es mayor el número de personas que creen en una prevalencia del sufrimiento sobre el bienestar en la naturaleza. Esta creencia suele coincidir con una axiología sensocentrista según la cual lo moralmente relevante son los estados mentales de placer y dolor. Esta combinación conduce al diagnóstico de que la prevalencia del sufrimiento tiene una enorme relevancia moral. Este artículo rechaza esta línea de pensamiento tradicional y argumenta, en su lugar, que podría no ser coherente. La afirmación de que existe una prevalencia ontológica, en abstracto, del sufrimiento en la naturaleza no es problemática. Sin embargo, no sucede lo mismo al respecto de su relevancia moral. Un sensocentrista no puede considerar que un cálculo agregacionista sea moralmente valioso, estrictamente hablando, pues no hay sujeto que lo sienta. No obstante, podría mantenerse la necesidad de una intervención positiva en la naturaleza con el objetivo de reducir el sufrimiento existente.
Kjell Arne Røviks A Translation Theory of Knowledge Transfer – learning across organizational borders
Authors: Damm Scheuer John
Published: October 2024

Den norske organisationsforsker og professor i statsvidenskab Kjell Arne Røvik har igennem årene publiceret mange forskningsartikler, lærebøger og forskningsbaserede bøger om organisationsteori indenfor den offentlige sektor. Nogle af hans seneste publikationer fokuserer på organisationsteori for offentlig sektor (Christensen, 2021)   og på udvikling af en ”instrumentel” teori om videnoverførsel i organisationer (Røvik, 2016). Herudover har Kjell Arne Røvik igennem mange år forsket intensivt i, hvordan innovative ledelses-, organiserings- og reform-ideer rejser mellem og bliver oversat i organisationer og organisatoriske felter. Med afsæt i bl.a. den skandinaviske neo-institutionelle oversættelsesforskning har han leveret flere væsentlige bidrag til vores forståelse af, hvordan ledelses-, organiserings-og reform-ideer rejser og oversættes i og imellem offentlige såvel som private organisationer (Røvik, 1998)  (Røvik, 2007).
Post-COVID-19 social marketing strategy: Reorienting production, consumption, and consumer behaviour
Authors: Rrustemi Visar , Kajtazi Saranda , Jashari Fitore
Published: October 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic is almost over, but its economic and business consequences will continue to be felt for years. There were already warnings of the need for an increased role of social marketing due to environmental and human health concerns. Still, experience from the pandemic has made it mandatory in many sectors. Faced with the consequences of the pandemic, many changes are being witnessed in the post-pandemic era in production, consumption, and consumer behaviour that this paper will explore. By reviewing the literature, the prospects, and challenges of social marketing in the post-COVID-19 era are examined, observing recent global trends. A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence was done by browsing scientific papers and relevant literature. Findings suggest that social marketing is experiencing a reverse trend, which implies that reorienting production, consumption, and consumer behaviour is not happening as many would have expected in the post-COVID-19 period. According to the United Nations (UN) World Economic Situation and Prospects Report, the prospects for a robust global economic recovery remain dim due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which include persistent inflation, rising interest rates, and heightened uncertainties (UN News, 2023). The contribution of this paper is the findings and conclusions of policy measures in social marketing that are more reorienting in the long run than simply adopted in the short run.
Corporate disclosure and earnings management: The moderating role of corporate governance mechanisms
Authors: Etengu Robert Oguti , Opio Bosco , Oder Joshua
Published: October 2024

Notwithstanding the enormous amount of regulation and standards governing the financial reporting process, corporate failures and prior research have strongly indicated that earnings management (EM) is becoming a regular business practice in most firms today. Although this practice is more common in developed economies, there is limited research on corporate governance (CG) failures that have occurred in East Africa’s emerging economies. In this study, therefore, we examine whether corporate governance mechanisms (CGM) moderate the association between corporate disclosure (CD) and EM using evidence from listed firms at the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE). We employ disclosure and corporate governance indices to measure the extent of CD and corporate governance. Additionally, we use the magnitude of discretionary accruals (DACC) obtained from the modified Jones model as a proxy for EM. We find that audit committee (AC) characteristics have a negative and significant moderating effect on the association between CD and EM. Our study contributes to the growing strand of literature on the moderating or complimentary effect of CGM in constraining EM in the context of an emerging economy.
Análisis de las estrategias afectivas de aprendizaje de idiomas en estudiantes universitarios y su posible repercusión en sus niveles de ansiedad
Authors: Santana-Quintana María Cristina
Published: October 2024

Este trabajo examina la dimensión afectiva en el aprendizaje de idiomas, ya que resulta un factor importante que puede facilitar u obstaculizar el proceso de aprendizaje. Así pues, en esta investigación se llevó a cabo un trabajo cuantitativo/cualitativo, con 170 estudiantes, para analizar si las estrategias afectivas de aprendizaje para las lenguas como efecto motivacional influyen en la adquisición de idiomas. En consonancia con lo expuesto, los objetivos son (1) averiguar el uso de las estrategias afectivas (EAF) en el aprendizaje de lenguas y (2) si existe una relación entre su uso y la ansiedad que sienten los alumnos en su aprendizaje. Los resultados coinciden con la mayoría de los trabajos realizados sobre el estudio de las estrategias de aprendizaje para las lenguas (EAL), en donde se observa que (1) las EAF son las menos usadas por los estudiantes universitarios, es decir, que no suelen obtener control sobre ellas, y (2) parece ser que al no usarlas, la ansiedad en la clase no está directamente relacionada con los docentes o con sus prácticas, y que la motivación no resulta tan importante en la adquisición de lenguas extranjeras. Este estudio recomienda que el docente presente a los estudiantes las diferentes estrategias de aprendizaje, incluidas las afectivas, y que enfatice su importancia para aprender un idioma como medidas para facilitar el autoaprendizaje y el efecto motivacional que les proporciona su uso.
Poziom życia gospodarstw domowych w warunkach załamania gospodarczego w Polsce
Authors: Szwacka-Mokrzycka Joanna
Published: October 2024

Pojęcie poziom życia związane jest z możliwością i stopniem zaspokojenia potrzeb materialnych i niematerialnych, warunkujących jakość życia gospodarstw domowych. Z ekonomicznego punktu widzenia dochody i wydatki gospodarstw domowych są najważniejszymi elementami determinującymi poziom życia i jego zmiany. Na polskim rynku, w 2018 roku poziom inflacji wyniósł 1,6%, a w 2022 roku zwiększył się 10-krotnie do poziomu 16,1%. Celem przewodnim artykułu jest przedstawienie głównych przyczyn załamania gospodarczego i jego konsekwencji dla poziomu życia polskich gospodarstw domowych. Artykuł został opracowany na podstawie pierwotnych i wtórnych źródeł informacji. Dane pierwotne stanowią wyniki badań własnych dotyczących elastyczności dochodowej spożycia żywności. Dane wtórne zostały pozyskane z budżetów gospodarstw domowych GUS oraz Eurostatu. W konkluzji główna uwaga została położona na istotny związek pomiędzy poziomem inflacji a zachowaniami konsumpcyjnymi gospodarstw domowych. Wzrost elastyczności dochodowej spożycia żywności w ostatnich latach wskazuje na pojawiającą się barierę dochodową w odniesieniu do gospodarstw o niskich dochodach. Otrzymane wyniki badań są zaprzeczeniem z lat poprzednich i wskazują na obniżający się poziom zaspokojenia potrzeb żywnościowych. Stąd należy przyjąć, iż wysoka inflacja ma istotny wpływ na obniżanie się poziomu życia gospodarstw domowych w Polsce.
Współczesny rozwój gospodarczy ChRL i bezpieczeństwo łańcuchów dostaw w kontekście relacji chińsko-amerykańskich
Authors: Przybyciński Tomasz
Published: October 2024

Od końca lat 70. XX wieku zaczął się szybki rozwój gospodarczy ChRL. Przez wiele lat był on możliwy dzięki bezpieczeństwu łańcuchów dostaw oraz współpracy z państwami Zachodu na czele z USA. Tymczasem nasilenie globalnej rywalizacji między supermocarstwami w ostatnich latach skutkowało odcinaniem od technologii, rynków zbytu i surowców, do czego przyczyniła się również pandemia COVID-19. Celem opracowania było ustalenie, dlaczego perspektywy rozwojowe ChRL znacząco pogorszyły się oraz jaką rolę w tym zakresie odegrała polityka gospodarcza, która determinowała sposób kształtowania łańcuchów dostaw. W opracowaniu zastosowano analizę kontekstową. Z analiz wynika, że pandemia COVID-19 oraz wojna w Ukrainie spotęgowały zakłócenia w łańcuchach wartości. Wiele przedsiębiorstw zaczęło poszukiwać bezpiecznych i trwałych dostawców oraz nowych lokalizacji dla swoich fabryk. Średnioroczne tempo wzrostu ekonomicznego Państwa Środka wyraźnie się zmniejszyło.
Jakość komunikacji miejskiej wobec potrzeb grupy silver economy. Studium przypadku
Authors: Gądek-Hawlena Teresa , Waręcki Mateusz
Published: October 2024

Starzenie się społeczeństw powoduje potrzebę podejmowania działań w sferze usług społecznych. Jednym z takich obszarów wymagających dostosowania się do potrzeb grupy silver economy jest komunikacja miejska. Celem artykułu była ocena dostosowania komunikacji miejskiej w Warszawie do potrzeb seniorów. Na potrzeby realizacji podjętego celu przeprowadzono badania bezpośrednie. Badanie ankietowe przeprowadzono wśród osób starszych dwoma metodami – za pomocą forów społecznościowych oraz bezpośrednio na wybranych przystankach autobusowych i tramwajowych oraz stacjach metra w Warszawie. W artykule przedstawiono szczegółową analizę uzyskanych wyników badań bezpośrednich. Z przeprowadzonych badań wynika, iż seniorzy są ogólnie zadowoleni z jakości usług realizowanych przez komunikację miejską na terenie miasta, elementem który wymaga poprawy jest bezpieczeństwo podczas podróży środkami komunikacji miejskiej. Istotnym spostrzeżeniem uzyskanym na podstawie badań była kwestia braku zainteresowania przez seniorów nowoczesnymi rozwiązaniami w komunikacji miejskiej, co może w przyszłości wpłynąć na brak możliwości bardziej efektywnego przemieszczania się.
Revealing the influence of ring-shaped beam profiles in high-speed laser beam microwelding by synchrotron x-ray imaging
Authors: Schwarzkopf Karen , Burger Silvana , Chechik Lova , Forster Carola , Döring Markus , Spurk Christoph , Hummel Marc , Olowinsky Alexander , Beckmann Felix , Moosmann Julian , Schmidt Michael
Published: October 2024

Laser beam microwelding is a precise technique for joining miniature metal components with high feed rates, which is crucial for productivity. However, high feed rates provoke humping formation—periodic beadlike protuberances along the weld seam—that compromise weld integrity. While humping has been associated with the keyhole transition from a narrow to an elongated shape using standard laser intensity distributions (e.g., Gaussian, top-hat), the impact of complex beam profiles, like ring-shaped intensity distributions, remains less understood. In this work, the influence of core-only, ring-only, and superimposed core-ring intensity distributions on humping formation during laser beam microwelding is investigated by means of synchrotron x-ray imaging. Single-track experiments on stainless steel (1.4404) at 1000 mm/s reveal that the keyhole geometry shifts from deep and narrow with core-only power input to shallow and elongated with ring-only power input. Using a superimposed core-ring intensity distribution (Pc = 300 W, Pr = 600 W) results in a U-shaped capillary and the reduction of the humping amplitude by nearly 80% (from 45.61 μm with core-only to 10.29 μm). The additional laser power comes with the tripling of the melt pool width (from 81 μm with core-only to 263 μm) likely decreasing the melt flow velocity. The reduced variability of the capillary length present for the superimposed intensity distribution further indicates a stabilized evaporation behavior. This work provides valuable insights into mitigating humping formation during laser beam microwelding of stainless steel at elevated feed rates using core-ring intensity distributions.
Mechanisms of RNA Interference-Based Antiviral Strategies in Mammals
Authors: Datta Neelabh
Published: October 2024

Mammalian species possess sophisticated innate immune mechanisms that collectively combat a wide array of viral pathogens, with the interferon (IFN) response being extensively researched; however, the emerging role of antiviral RNAi in mammals is garnering significant interest, as evidenced by research indicating that Dicer, an enzyme essential for processing dsRNA, demonstrates reduced activity in vitro and that the IFN response may overshadow or inhibit the antiviral functions of RNAi in mammalian cells, raising questions about the functional relevance of RNAi in antiviral defense within mammalian somatic cells. This complexity is further illustrated by evidence suggesting a mutual inhibition between RNAi and the IFN pathway, where proteins like LGP2 inhibit Dicer, thus affecting the enzyme's capacity to process long dsRNA versus precursor miRNAs, potentially influencing antiviral efficacy. While traditional protein-guided immune responses are critical for survival in viral environments, small RNA-mediated antiviral systems utilizing complementary base pairing to silence non-self genetic material also play a crucial role, with emerging data indicating that miRNAs, siRNAs, piRNAs, and tRNAs can directly target virus-derived nucleic acids. This review aims to highlight some of the recent progress in understanding mammalian antiviral RNAi mechanisms.
The influence of environmental sound on attention control and gait in older adults
Authors:   , Richards Leanne
Published: October 2024

The world guidelines for fall prevention outline that 30% of older adults has a fall each year, with half this figure continuing to have more frequent and life changing falls. The impact of falls can lead to increased risk of injury, fractures, pain, prolonged immobility and a difficulty or inability to be independent. The overarching aim of this research is to increase our knowledge of why some older adults may be at higher risk of abnormal gait and risk of falls than others. The main hypothesis running through this set of studies and thesis, is that some older adults experience degradation in their ability to resist attentional capture from highly salient but irrelevant environmental sounds, resulting in the shift of attention and thus processing resources, away from walking and gait maintenance, thus reducing their integrity and raising risk of falls. This thesis will present the outcome of three research projects (i) confrontation naming of sounds. Older adults were required to rate their perceptions of environmental sounds based on distractibility and pleasantness. Moreover, older adults were asked to categorise the environmental sounds heard. (ii) Influence of environmental sounds on attention control. Older adults took part in a computer-based attention control task to understand the degree to which environmental sounds influenced performance. (iii) Influence on environmental sounds on gait. A walking study will be presented outlining how gait is altered when listening to environmental sounds. Moreover, to gain a full understanding of how individual difference influences gait, measures were taken for balance, hearing acuity, cognitive ability (MOCA), and polypharmacy. Measures will be presented for gait perturbation and the types of environmental sounds altering gait patterns. Results indicate environmental sounds can induce a startle like affect that influence how participants felt they performed. Moreover, environmental sound we capable of inducing gait perturbation in older adults.
O ENCARCERAMENTO DE MULHERES GRÁVIDAS E LACTANTES E A VIOLAÇÃO À DIGNIDADE DA PESSOA HUMANA E AO DIREITO PERSONALÍSSIMO À LIBERDADE
Authors: Fermentão Cleide Aparecida Rodrigues Gomes , Miranda Jean Felipe , Cugula Jarbas Rodrigues Gomes
Published: October 2024

Este artigo aborda a situação enfrentada por mulheres infratoras durante a gestação e no período perinatal, e a violação ao direito personalíssimo à liberdade e à dignidade humana, diante da possibilidade de separação de seus filhos. O objetivo principal deste estudo é realizar uma análise do encarceramento feminino com base em dados fornecidos pelo INFOPEN, avaliando a existência desse cenário e destacando sua inconstitucionalidade frente à legislação em vigor, doutrina e jurisprudência do Supremo Tribunal Federal. De forma específica, o artigo aborda a incongruência de manter uma mulher grávida ou com recém-nascido aprisionados, seja durante o cumprimento provisório ou definitivo de sua pena. Ao concluir, é feita uma crítica à falta de sensibilidade por parte dos julgadores que ordenam e permitem tal condição, incentivando uma reavaliação da aplicabilidade da pena de privação de liberdade e da própria punibilidade. Assim promovendo a reflexão sobre os fundamentos do sistema penal à luz dos princípios constitucionais e da proteção dos direitos materno-infantis. O método adotado é o dedutivo.
THE TRANSITIVITY SYSTEM ANALYSIS ON BANGTAN SONYEONDAN’S (BTS) SPEECH TEXT
Authors: Lestari Tri Puji , Nugraheni Yunita , Santosa Budi Tri
Published: October 2024

The Love Myself Campaign, a collaborative project between BTS and UNICEF, is a campaign that voices the importance of loving yourself. As part of the campaign, BTS gave a speech at the 73rd UN General Assembly on September 28, 2018. The researcher used the speech text in this campaign as data in literature research, which was analyzed using a descriptive qualitative method. The study aims to discover how mental health awareness is conveyed through the transitivity system. Systemic Functional Linguistics by M.A.K. Halliday is used as a theory to analyze data, more precisely, the transitivity system in ideological meta functions. This meta function sees language as a symbol of human experience in the real world and the mind. Meanwhile, transitivity is a system that represents human experience as a process. The researcher found three dominators: the mental process (20) showed that the speaker tried to motivate the audience through his or her personal feelings and experiences; the first person "I" (42) showed that the speaker made himself the central subject of the speech. The non-circumstance clause (53) showed that the speech was global. Through these results, it can be concluded that the soft campaign method conveys the concept of mental health awareness in speech.
TRANSLATING COLLABORATIVELY: PERSPECTIVES OF NOVICE TRANSLATORS
Authors: Manipuspika Yana Shanti
Published: October 2024

In today's world, translation practices are constantly changing. The traditional belief that translators operate alone has disappeared chiefly due to the needs of modern business practices. Because of the techniques significant translation firms employ, individual translation must give way to collaborative translation. In translation, collaboration is still a relatively new field with several advantages and disadvantages. However, collaboration in translation is considered a relatively unexplored terrain with many advantages and disadvantages. Bearing this in mind, higher education institutions should be prepared to tackle the issue of collaborative translation from the aspect of curricula design and market requirements, which requires additional research focusing on collaborative work. This article addresses the study conducted to examine the usage of in-class collaborative translation practices at the university level and the effects such activities might have on increasing novice translators’ competence in translating texts. It discusses the characteristics of collaborative translation and provides an insight into student translators' perception of the usage of such activities, thus attempting to explore the concept of collaboration in translation from the perspective of active participants
ENGLISH AND HILIGAYNON : PERCEPTION OF ENGLISH TEACHERS ABOUT USING TRANSLANGUAGING
Authors: Kuning Dewi Sri , Haq Astrina Nurul
Published: October 2024

Understanding teachers' views concerning Translanguaging is expected to be the best way to overcome linguistic barriers in English classes. This research investigates English teachers' perceptions of using translanguaging methods (English and Hiligaynon) when teaching English subjects in ESL classes. The research method used was descriptive qualitative, with the participants being grade 7 teachers at the junior high school level at Capiz National High School, Philippines. This research instrument is an interview, and data was collected by conducting semi-structured interviews via video call via Facebook Messenger. The data analysis technique for this research uses thematic data analysis. The research results show that teachers perceive translanguaging as a valuable tool for learning English. It not only enhances comprehension but also promotes cognitive development, student confidence, and participation in the classroom. In conclusion, teachers view translanguaging positively in countries where English is a second language when teaching English subjects. Translanguaging promises enhanced communication, cognitive development, inclusive learning, literacy development, and knowledge transfer across disciplines in English language classrooms.
Implementation of Gender Equality Policy at Village Community Empowerment Office, Population Control, Family Planning, Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PMDPPKBPPPA) in Barru Regency
Authors: Fadilah Fadilah , Usman Jaelan , Burhanuddin Burhanuddin , Mappasere Fatmawati A.
Published: October 2024

Gender inequality has long been a national issue whose handling requires awareness from various parties so that the government issued a gender equality policy contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) program with the policy of Law Number 1 of 2017 concerning Gender Mainstreaming. With these problems, researchers will analyze the implementation of gender equality policies at the PMDPPKBPPPA Office of Barru Regency so that gender injustice can be minimized. The method used is a qualitative approach with a case study research type. The results showed that the implementation of gender equality policies has been well implemented supported by George Edward III's theory with indicators of Communication, Resources, Disposition and Bureaucratic Structure. Communication of policy implementers is well established, adequate resource readiness, highly dedicated disposition of implementers and non-overlapping bureaucratic structures. So it can be concluded that the implementation of gender equality policies at the PMDPPKBPPPA Office of Barru Regency has been well implemented even though there are still indicators that need to be improved by policy implementers located on communication indicators where socialization is not optimal.
Vasúti átjárókban történt balesetek alakulásának vizsgálata
Authors: Henézi Diána Sarolta , Kormányos László
Published: October 2024

Hazánkban a vasúti balesetek központi szerepet töltenek be, mind a médiában, mind a közlekedési balesetek területén. A vasúti átjárókban történt balesetek kiemelkedő súlyosságúak, hiszen az eltérő paraméterű közlekedési módok nagy sebességgel történő találkozása nagy valószínűséggel tragédiával végződik.
La guerra en Ucrania y la política de globalización económica de la UE: nuevos retos y cuestiones de seguridad
Authors:   Doctora en Ciencias Políticas, Hajiyeva Nargiz ,   directora de la Unidad de Organización de Actividades Científicas, Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC),   presidenta del Consejo de Mujeres Investigadoras, Swiss Political Science Association (SPSA).
Published: October 2024

La Unión Europea (UE) ha ofrecido una respuesta significativa ante la guerra en Ucrania. Especialmente, destaca su apoyo a Kíev a través de medidas que nacen en el marco la Política Común de Seguridad y Defensa (PCSD), sobre todo en el ámbito de la defensa. Resulta relevante el respaldo dado al Ejército ucraniano a través del Fondo Europeo de Apoyo a la Paz (FEAP); de las denominadas leyes de apoyo a la producción de municiones y de adquisición común (conocidas, respectivamente, por sus siglas en inglés ASAP y EDIRPA), o la puesta en marcha de la misión militar EUMAM Ucrania. Estas últimas iniciativas muestran cómo, a la luz de la agresión rusa contra Ucrania, la PCSD presenta un desarrollo inédito –aunque aún parcial– que permite a la UE avanzar hacia la superación de su tradicional condición de small power.
Internacionalización de ciudades intermedias: tendencias actuales en la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Authors:   investigadora adjunta, CONICET, Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios en Problemáticas Internacionales y Locales, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CEIPIL-UNICEN-CIC), Calvento Mariana ,   profesora adjunta, FCH-UNICEN, Nicolao Julieta ,   investigadora adjunta, Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; miembro de planta permanente, CEIPIL-UNICEN-CIC.
Published: October 2024

Este artículo analiza la internacionalización de ciudades intermedias de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Desde los estudios paradiplomáticos, se posiciona críticamente sobre el uso del concepto y retoma herramientas teórico-metodológicas alternativas como el de la política internacional subnacional y el Índice de participación internacional. Con un enfoque cuanti-cualitativo, revela el reciente avance del perfil de internacionalización de estas ciudades, sus niveles de institucionalización en ascenso, y la preeminencia de estrategias unilaterales y bilaterales. La originalidad del trabajo radica en su concentración en un universo poco explorado en el campo de la especialidad en Latinoamérica y en la identificación de perfiles generales, superando los estudios de caso únicos.
Peningkatan Jiwa Kepemimpinan Santri Melalui Event Panggung Gembira 633 di Pondok Pesantren Darul Amanah Kendal
Authors: Durrotul Hikmah Yuliangsih  , Hayu Rizki Permata  , Fahrayza Malika Alaika Salamullah  , Dayung Ramadhan  , Ahmad Ta’rifin
Published: October 2024

Panggung Gembira adalah festival seni akbar yang menampilkanerbagai macam penampilan yang menarik dan bernilai. Festival seni akbar ini diselenggarakan dengan tujuan untuk mengembangkan aspek pendidikan yang sangat tinggi yaitu membina mental dan moral yang kuat, melatih berfikir inovatif, dan mengeksplorasi kreatifitas para santri dan santriwati dengan penampilan yang memukau dan bernuansa Islami. Festival ini diselenggarakan oleh santri kelas 6 Tarbiyatul Mu’allimien al-Islamiyah (TMI) dan dibantu oleh kelas 1 Madrasah Tsanawiyah (MTS) hingga kelas 4 TMI. Metode pelaksanaan dalam kegiatan ini adalah metode persiapan, metode kunjungan, dan studi kasus. Hasil kegiatan ini adalah untuk membentuk dan membina moral serta mental yang kuat pada santri sehingga mereka bisa mengekplorasikan kreatifitas mereka sehingga dapat membentuk jiwa kepemimpinan islam.
Strategi Guru dalam Menangani Anak Speech Delay di RA Gerhana Alauddin
Authors: Sari Nur Raoda , Syamsuardi  , Dzulfadhilah Fitriani , Lismayani Angri
Published: October 2024

Early childhood education is provided as guidance and stimulation, so that children grow and develop according to their stages. One of the most important things in child development is language development. Speech delay is a condition where a child does not develop the ability to speak according to his age, which generally occurs in children. The aim of this research is to find out and describe the strategies implemented by teachers in dealing with speech delayed children at RA Gerhana Alauddin. This research uses a qualitative approach and a case study type of research. Data collection techniques in this research are observation, interviews and documentation. The data sources for this research are school principals, teachers and students who experience speech delays. Checking the validity of the data was carried out by triangulating techniques and sources. The data analysis techniques for this research are data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of the research at RA Gerhana Alauddin, teachers implemented several strategies in dealing with speech delayed children, namely (1) correcting pronunciation errors, (2) encouraging children to tell stories, (3) providing visual aids such as coloring books, and (4) reading fairy tales. With this strategy children show improvement in spelling words, express their desires verbally, and respond without using non-verbal language.
Experimental investigations on mechanical propertiesof 3D-printed tensegrity-inspired metamaterialsbased on 4-strut simplex module
Authors: Sabouni-Zawadzka Anna Al , Gilewski Wojciech , Zawadzki Adam
Published: October 2024

The present study is focused on experimental investigations of mechanical properties of 3D-printed tensegrity-inspired metamaterials. Tensegrity systems have many advantageous features, such as: light weight, high stiffness-to-mass ratio, controllability, inherent attributes of smart structures, and unique mechanical behaviour. They may be applied not only in macro-scale, but they can also be used to create cellular mechanical metamaterials and lattices in various scales. Metamaterials are understood here as human-designed artificial materials, which do not exist in nature, and whose mechanical properties result from the morphology of the inner structure rather than from chemical or phase composition. Experimental studies on tensegrity metamaterials manufactured using 3D printing techniques are hardly present in the literature. This paper presents results of uniaxial compression tests carried out on a number of 3D-printed tensegrity-based modules corresponding to the metamaterial cells, differing in the manufacturing technology, parent material, and size. The following observations were made during the tests: one of the most important parameters that has a direct impact on the results is the elongation at break of the parent material; any inaccuracies at the production stage greatly affect the mechanical behaviour of the structure; it is crucial to ensure a free deformation consistent with the infinitesimal mechanism mode of tensegrity; a post-critical behaviour of the struts was clearly visible in the performed tests.
Computer-assisted English language teaching: history, current status and future developments
Authors: Yang Wenfei
Published: October 2024

In the digital era, the integration of computers into educational practices, particularly in English language teaching, has progressively become ubiquitous. English language education, a crucial component of contemporary pedagogy, has experienced significant evolution through the implementation of computer-assisted instruction. This study endeavors to delineate the landscape of research hotspots in computer-assisted English teaching by employing knowledge mapping techniques. It further elucidates the methodological framework of keyword co-occurrence mapping. An analytical review of the historical progression, emerging trends, and prior challenges in the domain of computer-assisted English teaching is conducted. Findings indicate that the prominence of terms such as “computer-aided English teaching,” “distance learning,” and “online teaching” initially surged but subsequently declined, with peaks observed in 2000 and 2007, respectively. Conversely, “mobile learning” has shown a consistent upward trajectory, culminating in a peak of 1051 citations in 2018. Historically, computer-assisted English teaching faced engagement challenges, with 72% of students not participating actively in learning. Presently, there is a marked improvement in this domain, with 80.0% of teachers now regularly utilizing computers to facilitate English instruction. The ongoing development of computer-assisted English teaching aims to enhance both the intelligence and efficiency of instructional processes in the future.
A Study of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Listening Training in College English Teaching
Authors: Wang Wei
Published: October 2024

The rapid development of intelligent technology and its wide application in various industrial fields have caused a big change in the teaching mode of university English listening training. Based on the C/S architecture, this paper establishes an intelligent English teaching listening training system by combining artificial intelligence technology, analyzes the auxiliary role of artificial intelligence technology for listening training, and designs an intelligent English listening training teaching mode based on this system. In order to obtain a diversity of English listening training materials, this paper first utilizes speech signal pre-emphasis, frame-splitting, windowing, and other methods to carry out signal preprocessing and then realizes end-point detection of speech signals through the improved double-threshold algorithm. Based on the characteristics of English speech signals, the Seq2Seq model is optimized by the attention mechanism, and the WaveNet model is introduced to establish a speech synthesis model for listening training. Pre-emphasis can improve the clarity of the speech signal by 50%, and the improved double threshold algorithm improves the recognition effect of speech segment clear tone, and the mean value of speech synthesis MOS score is 4.39. After adopting the intelligent English listening training teaching model, the English listening scores of the students in the observation group increased by 8.21 points compared with those of the control group, and the students who were very uninterested in English listening learning decreased by 20 percentage points. The introduction of artificial intelligence technology can provide students with more diverse English listening training materials, which can help them improve their listening level and learnability.
Research on e-commerce user segmentation and customized marketing strategy based on cluster analysis
Authors: Zhao Yue , Niu Xueyan , Lin Shuning , Su Fang
Published: October 2024

E-commerce user segmentation is the basis for enterprises to accurately formulate marketing strategies and successfully manage their customer base. With the rapid development of e-commerce, this paper improves the traditional K-means clustering algorithm and proposes a SAPK-means algorithm, which effectively excludes the noisy data and isolated points in the dataset and obtains the high-quality initial clustering center. Company A’s e-commerce platform is used to apply the SAPK-means algorithm for customer segmentation, and the results are analyzed in detail before proposing targeted marketing strategies. The customized marketing strategy’s effect is evaluated through sales and platform user satisfaction. Through experimental testing, this paper concludes that the five types of segmented customer groups account for 9.46%, 18.43%, 36.95%, 21.91%, and 13.24% of the total number of samples, respectively, known as the “platinum customer group”, “gold customer group “Platinum customer group”, “Gold customer group”, “Silver customer group”, “Copper customer group” and “Iron customer group”, respectively.
A Study on the Innovation of University English Teaching Mode by Integrating OBE and Mixed Reality Technology
Authors: Liang Yulu
Published: October 2024

The rapid development of virtual reality and augmented reality technology is fueling the popularity of mixed reality technology. Mixed-reality technology is becoming more and more widely used in education. The study combines mixed-reality technology with the OBE education concept and applies it to college English teaching. Human-computer interaction, graphic processing, collision detection, and other technologies construct a university English teaching system based on OBE and mixed reality. Evaluate the teaching quality of this university English teaching mode and explore the teaching effect of this mode using OBE and mixed reality through pre- and post-test comparisons. The overall score for university English teaching quality is 4.459, with a good overall level. The scores of the first-level indicators are ranked from highest to lowest: teaching process (4.682) > teaching design (4.654) > teaching effect (4.375) > teaching impact (4.124). The pre-test sig. The value of the students in the experimental group and the control group was 0.962, and the post-test sig. The value was 0.001. The difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group on the dimensions was higher than that of the control group by 4.69, 3.74, 2.70, 2.50, and 13.63 points, respectively. The university’s English teaching model based on OBE and mixed reality has a significant effect on improving students’ English proficiency. The score difference between OBE and Mixed Reality-based university English teaching mode and traditional English teaching mode in terms of the sense of experience ranges from 1.33 to 3.01. In addition to the sense of authenticity, the sense of experience of OBE and Mixed Reality-based university English teaching modes is significantly better than that of traditional English teaching modes.
Research on the method to enhance the transparency of financial transactions by integrating blockchain and smart contracts
Authors: Liu Ziyang
Published: October 2024

Financial transaction transparency has gradually become one of the main directions for the development and construction of the financial transaction market. This paper integrates blockchain and smart contracts and proposes a strategy to improve financial transaction transparency in order to protect transaction data privacy and identify and trace transaction anomalies. The proposed DM-IBBE scheme for smart contract transaction privacy involves choosing different interpolation points based on Lagrange interpolation curves and creating encryption modes that meet the requirements for financial transaction privacy. Based on a graph neural network, the propagation probability of abnormal transactions is calculated from the blockchain network topology using the TAGCN model, and the influence of irrelevant noise pairs is eliminated to realize the identification and traceability of abnormal transactions. Taking the financial transaction platform of City A as the research object and carrying out the practice of financial transaction optimization, the evaluation scores of the first-level indexes of comprehensive government transparency, transaction process transparency, operation result transparency, process service transparency, and operation transparency and guarantee are 76.58, 88.93, 95.42, 89.51, and 88.43, and except for the indexes of comprehensive government transparency, the other indexes are all greater than 80 points. The second-level indicators’ evaluation value increases from the 50–70 score range before financial transactions optimization to the 80–100 score range. The financial transaction platform in City A has significantly improved the transparency of financial transactions.
The Construction of a Multimodal Teaching Content Analysis System for English in Colleges and Universities
Authors: Yang Wenfei
Published: October 2024

Based on multimodal theory, this paper constructs a multimodal content analysis system for college English with the digital model of teaching content, teaching interactive technology, and virtual reality technology as the main functional modules. The digital transformation of teaching content is done through the use of the particle swarm optimization algorithm and Wiki collaboration, and the learning objects in the learning content library are processed and transformed. The main technical aspects of shot detection, key frame determination, feature extraction, and feature matching are improved to establish the interactive function of English teaching videos. The quadratic error measurement algorithm enhances the edge folding algorithm and streamlines the 3D model to realize the virtual teaching simulation function. Students majoring in business English at a university in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, are used as research objects to carry out the teaching application practice of this paper’s system. The total average English unit scores of the experimental class increased from 68.2 to 72.1 in the pre-test, and the recognition, comprehension, and utilization dimensions of the learning effect were higher than those of the control class by 0.46, 0.66, and 0.51, respectively, which showed a significant difference (P<0.05). The experimental group of subject students also had a better experience using the system in this paper.
Method and practice of microphone array speech source localization based on sound propagation modeling
Authors: Meng Gang , Yang Chao , Guo Hui , Wang Yansong
Published: October 2024

This paper realizes the speech source localization for microphone arrays based on the sound propagation model. According to the actual environment and location of the sound source, this paper divides the sound source into far-field source and near-field source and constructs the far-field sound model and near-field sound model applicable to the microphone array. The TDOA time-delayed localization algorithm is employed to locate the voice source of the microphone array by judging the sound far and near the field. In the localization test, this paper selects microphones to form an array according to the actual needs and preprocesses the sound signal data required for practice. The preprocessing data and sound source localization practice prove that the microphone array speech source localization algorithm used in this paper can effectively estimate the actual position of the sound source, and the absolute error between its estimated sound source position and the actual sound source position is only about 0.3m.