bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Dynamics of Educational Hope of Program Keluarga Harapan's Participants in Karang Besuki Malang
Authors: Junida Isma , Shobah Nada
Published: June 2021

Village of Karang Besuki Malang is one of the areas that get help from the local government for poverty alleviation and community empowerment in the form of Family expectations program (PKH).

Objective The purpose of this research is to know the description of PKH participants hope to their children education.

Methodology/Technique Results of the initial assessment has been done to 52 participants, found that levels of educational expectations participants PKH village Karang Besuki on average are medium-sized category percentage of 63,5%. Furthermore, researchers used 9 participants to describe their educational hope. The research method used was the qualitative case study approach in each participant. Data collection techniques used are in-depth interviews, intervention in the form of counseling and observation.

Findings The results showed that each participant has an unique ways to reach their educational hope. The participants were able to set a goal and develop a pathway thinking and agency thinking that high. Different internalizing values and parenting style from the accepted families of children in everyday life will provide a characteristic in visualizing the expectations of education. Previous research (Setiati, 2006) shows that socialization of children nursing/nurture and nutrition is crucial to improve mother's knowledge, behaviour, and practice nutrition nursing/nurture pattern.

Type of Paper Empirical paper

Keywords: , Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH), Educational Hope, Visualization of Hope, Parenting style.
A Study on Customers' Satisfaction towards Services Provided by Agencies at Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) Melaka
Authors: Norhisham Norshiba , Saddam Siti Zaitun , Iskandar Ainaa Idayu , Abas Norazira Mohd , Ariffin Nurul Azrin , Hakim Lamri Muhd Lokman Nul
Published: June 2021

Objective- Theoritical study was used to study the level of customers' satisfaction towards service provided by agency at UTC Melaka through the service quality model developed by Parasuraman which are tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, empathy and assurance.

Methodology/Technique - A non-probability technique was used to study the level of customer satisfaction where questionnaires were distributed to 110 respondents at UTC Melaka. Respondents were determined using convenient sampling method and result was analysed by using SPSS version 20.0.

This paper contributes to the understanding about the importance of food allergy awareness among public.
Findings - All the studied factors indicated a significant relationship with customers' satisfaction. The value of r for tangibility was 0.450, reliability (0.558), responsiveness (0.457), assurance (0.313), and empathy (0.475). As a conclusion, customers are satisfied with the service provided by agency at UTC Melaka and reliability was the most factors that affect the customer satisfaction.

Novelty - This researchare to test Parasuraman service quality model in Malaysia government agency and look at the level of customers' satisfaction towards the service provided.

Type of Paper : Empirical

Keywords: customer satisfaction; expectation; services; government agency
Corporate Performance, Corporate Governance and CEO Dismissal in Malaysia
Authors: Ishak Rokiah , Yusof Mohd ‘Atef Md.
Published: June 2021

Objective- This study empirically examines the incidence of CEO dismissal in Malaysian Public Listed Companies (PLCs).

Methodology/Technique Logistic regression is used in this study to estimate the relationship between firm performance, corporate governance and CEO.

Findings The result shows the impact of evaluation SPMS to solve the market place error and also ability of executives' level of management to solve the behaviours issue in business organization.

Novelty - This paper study on the type of CEO turnover which segregate the type of turnover into forced and voluntary turnover. This research idea has limited finding globally as previous research on CEO turnover do not separate between forced and voluntary turnover

Type of Paper Empirical paper

Keywords: , CEO dismissal; corporate performance; board attributes; ownership structure
The Impact of Strategic Performance Measurement System on Organizational Performance in Saudi Universities
Authors: Zouri Naser , Abdolkarimi Zahra , Payambarpour Seyed A.
Published: June 2021

Objective- The aim of the study is to enhance the mechanism of strategic performance measurement system goals base of four research questions: (i) to what association between the MCS and enterprise resource planning system (ERPS) intention to strategy performance management system (SPMS)? (ii) To what association between the performance management system (PMS) and ERPS intention to SPMS? (iii) To what relationship between the resource–based view/capabilities and ERPS intention to SPMS? (iv)To do comprehensiveness of organizational performance factors affected on ERPS intention to SPMS?

Methodology/Technique A survey questionnaire was used to collect the data in Madinah, Reyaz, and Jeddah. Data was collected during the last section of 2013 of which 160 successful questionnaires were gathered for further analysis.

Findings The result shows the impact of evaluation SPMS to solve the market place error and also ability of executives' level of management to solve the behaviours issue in business organization.

Novelty - The significance of study contribute executive branch in Saudi universities for the safety of strategic performance measurement system implementation to be modified or changed, taking into account the financial metrics and non-financial when designing a control system.

Type of Paper Empirical paper

Keywords: , Strategic performance measurement system, Enterprise resource planning system, Strategic management category, Market place error.
Auditor Retention: Auditor and Auditee Factors
Authors: Majidah Majidah , Triyanto Dedik Nur , Andriyani Erika Vivi
Published: June 2021

Objective - This study aims to examine the influence of auditor and auditee factors on auditor retention.

Methodology/Technique - The analysis unit of this research is manufacturing firms that were listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange between 2010 and 2014. Using purposive sampling, 54 companies, or 270 observations, were obtained. This research uses a logistic regression; there are 12 outliers in the data that disturb the regression model, hence, the final research data set was 258.

Findings - The result of the logistic regression analysis shows that auditee and auditor factors can simultaneously explain auditor retention by up to 4%. This partial effect shows that only audit quality affects auditor retention by 57.2%, at a level of significance of less than α = 5%. Meanwhile, firm size affects auditor retention by 14.8%, at a significance level of less than α = 10%.

Novelty – This research is unique because auditor retention and proxy of audit quality has never been investigated in previous studies.

Type of Paper - Empirical.

Keywords: Auditee Factors; Auditor Factors; Auditor Retention, Indonesia.

JEL Classification: M4, M42, M49.
Equity Analysis in Buying Company Shares on the Philippine Stock Exchange
Authors: Medina Prince T. , Castaño Mary Caroline N. , Tiu Tomas S.
Published: June 2021

Objective - Less than 1% of the population in the Philippines has invested in the stock market (PSE, 2016). The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has been in operation since 1927 and is one of the oldest in the Asia Pacific. The primary objective of this research is to examine the investing techniques of online users using technical and fundamental analysis.

Methodology/Technique - A chi-square test is used to determine if there is a significant difference between the expected frequencies and the observed frequencies in one or more categories. The research probes the relationship of the demographic profiles of respondents and their investment behavior using the Friedman's test.

Findings - The descriptive statistics show the frequency counts of 418 observations and the corresponding chi-square test for the distribution-free data. The analysis of variance by ranks was used to reflect the Friedman test for the hierarchy of perception of the respondents per given variable. The chi-square test (χ2 (df = 4, ρ = 0.001) = 53.603) shows that actual observations on the relative valuation (86, 48, 130, 99, and 55) is significantly different from a uniform fit of 84 observations at 4 degrees of freedom and 5% level of significance.

Novelty – Hence, the study concluded that investors prefer a relative valuation equity selection strategy using fundamental analysis. Furthermore, the study concludes that the moving average (36, 11, 80, 95 and 196) is preferred by investors using technical analysis.

Type of Paper - Empirical.

Keywords: Fundamental Analysis; Technical Analysis; Investment Behavior; Philippine Stock Exchange; Relative Valuation; Moving Average.

JEL Classification: G10, G14, G19.
Shariacracy and Federal Models in the Era of Globalization
Authors: Mazrui Ali M.
Published: June 2021

Nigeria has Africa’s largest concentration of Muslims and the world’s largest concentration of black Muslims. As the twenty first century began to unfold, more Muslim states in the Nigerian federation adopted some version of Islamic law, although the country as a whole is supposed to be secularist. The Shari`ah in northern Nigeria, which became a passionate protest against the political and economic marginalization of northern Muslims, is also sometimes a form of cultural resistance to western education and the wider forces of globalization. One systemic problem posed by shariacracy as a mode of governance is whether a federal system can accommodate theocracy at the state level and still be a secular state at a federal level. Nigeria has a religious form of asymmetrical federalism that contrasts with the linguistic form of asymmetrical federalism successfully practiced in Switzerland.
Making Islamic University and Madrasah as Society’s Primary Choice
Authors: Nata Abuddin , Sofyan Ahmad
Published: June 2021

Islamic university and Islamic-Based School (madrasah) in Indonesia can be the primary choice of society if adequately managed through the right strategic programs and efforts. This study used field and literature data. This study proved that since 1970 Islamic University and Madrasah became the choice of the upper-middle-class Muslim community. This situation can increase or decrease, depending on reliable teamwork that is willing to work with commitment and high moral responsibility.
Indonesian traveler study: analyze the role of the big five personalities on hard adventure traveler type
Authors:   Department of Psychology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia, Asa Akhrani Lusy , Fatima Dewi Chintya ,   Department of Psychology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia
Published: June 2021

Purpose: This study aims to determine the role of big five personalities simultaneously and partially towards the tendency of hard adventure travelers. Research methodology: This study will also look at the five traits found in the big five personalities which tend to play a role in the hard adventure traveler. This research is a replication study of Kristin Scott and John C. Mowen with a quantitative approach involving 1,558 subjects with a purposive sampling technique. Big five personality was measured using the big five infentory scale, while the hard adventure type would be measured using a scale from Scott & Mowen. Data analysis of this study using multiple regression techniques. Results: The results showed that there is a role of big five personalities that is simultaneous towards traveler's hard adventure type of 7,6%, whereas partially openness, extraversion, and neuroticism trait had a role towards the type of hard adventure, where openness trait had the biggest role towards hard adventure type. Limitations: Based on the magnitude of the role generated in this study, there are still other factors that can influence traveler's decision making to choose the traveling type, so that these other factors are expected to explore more. Contribution: This research can be a reference in the development of tourist attraction marketing by taking into account visitors' personality types.
Grammatical Fireworks Algorithm Method for Breast Lesion Segmentation in DCE MR Images
Authors:   Research Centre of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College, Midnapore (West Bengal), India., Patra D. K. , Mondal S. ,   Department of Mathematics, Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal), India., Mukherjee P. ,   Department of Mathematics, Hijli College Kharagpur (West Bengal), India.
Published: June 2021

For cancer detection and tissue characterization, DCE-MRI segmentation and lesion detection is a critical image analysis task. To segment breast MR images for lesion detection, a hard-clustering technique with Grammatical Fireworks algorithm (GFWA) is proposed in this paper. GFWA is a Swarm Programming (SP) system for automatically generating computer programs in any language. GFWA is used to create the cluster core for clustering the breast MR images in this article. The presence of noise and intensity inhomogeneities in MR images complicates the segmentation process. As a result, the MR images are denoised at the start, and strength inhomogeneities are corrected in the preprocessing stage. The proposed GFWA-based clustering technique is used to segment the preprocessed MR images. Finally, from the segmented images, the lesions are removed. The proposed approach is tested on 5 patients’ 25 DCE-MRI slices. The proposed method’s experimental findings are compared to those of the Grammatical Swarm (GS)-based clustering technique and the K-means algorithm. The proposed method outperforms other approaches in terms of both quantitative and qualitative results.
Optimal Placement of Unified Power Flow Controller by TOPSIS Method for Loss Minimization
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department of Electrical Engineering, Andhra University Visakhapatnam (A.P), India., Bedasso Million Alemayehu , Naik Dr. R. Srinu ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering Andhra University, Visakhapatnam (A.P), India.
Published: June 2021

In order to eliminate active and reactive power losses in the power system, this paper proposes TOPSIS and DE algorithm for determining the best location and parameter settings for the Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC). To mitigate power losses, the best UPFC allocation can be achieved by re-dispatching load flows in power systems. The cost of incorporating UPFC into the power system. As a consequence, the proposed objective feature in this paper was created to address this problem. The IEEE 14-bus and IEEE 30-bus systems were used as case studies in the MATLAB simulations. When compared to particle swarm optimization, the results show that DE is a simple to use, reliable, and efficient optimization technique than (PSO). The network’s active and reactive power losses can be significantly reduced by putting UPFC in the optimum position determined by TOPSIS ranking method. Index Term: Differential Evolution (DE); Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO); Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC).
Applying E-Commerce on Small Medium Enterprise A Case Study for Saudi Perfumes Cosmetics Retailer in KSA
Authors:   General Manager of Intelligent Services of Elevators EST. Makkah State, Saudi Arabia, Alshaddadi Raed
Published: June 2021

Electronic commerce has been reshaping the aspects of businesses and social life over this period of years. This is made possible with the constant innovation of information system (e.g. website, mobile application) and the global computer network (i.e. internet). There are a number of studies that emphasize on the benefits of adapting this strategy. However, though the benefits of this strategy may well overshadow the issues. The adoption of this strategy is not widely used for the small medium enterprise, opposed to large enterprise. Hence, this research study aims to underline the value and provide recommended guide for applying e- commerce for an small medium enterprise (SME) company. Saudi Perfumes & Cosmetics company located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) was adapted as the case study. Quantitative research methodology was adopted as the primary techniques using online survey, alongside sources from books, articles, journals and web contents are used as the secondary data. It was found that the company is facing various issues when using direct selling method (e.g. time consuming, difficulty to understand) and the respondents from this survey believes that applying e-commerce would help to resolve this issues. It was concluded that using an off the shelf application provided by Shopify service is the best option. This is given the rationale of having the software provided by the service provider to support both web and mobile application in a single developed application. Therefore, saving cost and development time.
To Decrease the Issue of False Alarm Rate by Providing Authentication & Thus Improving the Efficiency of Intrusion Detection System by Comparing the Result of Filtered Clusterer Algorithm Make-Density Based Clustering Algorithm without Attribute Count
Authors:   Department of Computer Science, IPS Academy, Institute of Engineering and Science, Indore, India., Jain Pratik , Kholwal Ravikant ,   Department of Computer Science, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India., Patidar Muskan ,   Department of Computer Science, IPS Academy, Institute of Engineering and Science, Indore, India.
Published: June 2021

The Intrusion Detection System sends alerts when it detects doubtful activities while monitoring the network traffic and other known threats. In today’s time in the field of Cyber security Intrusion Detection is considered a brilliant topic that could be objective. But it might not remain objectionable for a longer period. For understanding Intrusion Detection, the meaning of Intrusion must be clear at first. According to the oxford’s learners dictionary “Intrusion is the act of entering a place that is private or where you may not be wanted”. For this article, here it defines intrusion as any un-possessed system or network festivity on one (or more) computer(s) or network(s). Here is the example of a faithful user trying to access the system taking more than the usual trial counts to complete his access to the particular account or trying to connect to an unauthorized remote port of a server. The ex-employee who was being fired lately can provoke intrusion or any authentic worker can also provoke intrusion or any other person from the outside world could perform it. In this clause, the average data is found as the attack which is considered as the case of false positive. In this paper, the main focus is on the illustration and a solution offered for the same problem. Here we are using the KDD CUP 1999 data set. According to the outcome, the anomaly class is the one that has a higher number of counts than this class. Even if it is the true user trying to get access but the outcome is an anomaly due to the high number of counts in the class. This paper introduces a solution for the detection of a true person and eradicates the false positive.
Predicting Lead and Nickel Contamination in Soil using Spectroradiometer
Authors:   M.Tech Student, Department of Computer Science & IT, Dr. B. A. M. University, Aurangabad (Maharashtra), India., Pawar Bharati S. , Deshmukh Ratnadeep R. ,   Professor, Department of Computer Science & IT, Dr. B. A. M. University, Aurangabad (Maharashtra), India.
Published: June 2021

In the geosciences, visible–near–short-wave infrared reflectance spectroscopy seems to have the capability to become a helpful technique for soil classification, mapping, and remote confirmation of soil characteristics and mineral composition. Focus on improving the spatial resolution of soil maps in order to better deal with localized problems like soil pollution. A variety of physio-chemical properties were measured in long-term spiked soils with a range of lead and nickel concentrations and also their spectral reflectance between 400 and 2500 nm at three different locations in the agricultural region of MIDC, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. Principle component analysis (PCA) used for feature extraction of soil were partial least squares regression (PLSR) method is used for classification. To measured amount of lead and nickel in soil sample, thirteen features of soil samples are calculated. The main aim of this study was to use statistical methods to calculate the lead and nickel concentrations in soil, as well as to assess the efficiency of VNIR-SWIR reflectance spectroscopy for heavy metal estimation in soil using the ASD FieldSpec4 Spectroradiometer. R2 = 0.96 provides the best precision for lead content and R2 = 0.95 for nickel content in soil, according to the findings. Lead and nickel have RMSEs of 3.396 and 2.680, respectively. The outcomes show that the proposed method is capable of accurately forecasting lead and nickel concentrations.
Monitoring In House Patients During Pandemic using Internet of Things
Authors:   student, Department of Information Technology, School of Engineering and Technology, Christ University, Bangalore, (Karnataka), India., Kannanraj Haritha , Ravichandran Sathish Kumar ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Christ University, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India.
Published: June 2021

There is a worldwide issue that has increased the number of patients at hospitals, especially as a result of the pandemic. It is difficult for the survivors to attend routine checkups after their surgeries. Our model is helpful to solve the problem. Internet of things (IoT) arrives as a modern technical model, presenting communication and scalability, to clean this challenge. The wireless body space community is gaining quality for IoT related valuable resource packages as wearable devices enter the market. The aim of this paper is to expand the network by incorporating wearable and unobtrusive sensors to track far-flung patients after their surgeries and to receive direct assistance from doctors during an emergency.
Reduction of Power in General Purpose Processor Through Clock-Gating Technique
Authors: Rao R. Prakash , Krishna P. Bala Murali , S. Sree Chandra , Shaik Fairooz , P. Prasanna Murali,
Published: June 2021

Now a days DC power supply plays very important
role in the Electronic industry because for every electronic gadget
DC power is required to operate it. Even though durable DC
batteries are available in the market to operate the various
electronic gadgets for more time, electronic designers are
continuously concentrating more and more to reduce the power
through the various new Technologies like increasing parallel
operations, pipe line concepts [1] etc. To work such durable
batteries more duration than the actual duration what they can
give, in this work we are concentrating on the 'clock-gating'
technique to reduce the power in the general purpose
microprocessor. For every microprocessor clock is required. All
operations of any processor are performed by the clock cycle.
There are various blocks in the processor but all the blocks are not
operated at a time while using it, some blocks in the off mode
while other blocks are in the working mode. Hence in order to
power off such blocks for a little while clock gating is used in this
work. Wherever particular block is not operated, for that block
clock is disabled by the clock gating technique. The main principle
of clock getting is nothing but ANDing the processor clock with a
gate-control signal.
Effect of Graphite Addition on Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Sisal Glass FRP Composites
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Hassan, India., D Suresh Kumar. , Sanjeevamurthy Dr. ,   Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Tumkuru, India., Mallesh Dr. G. ,   Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Jayachamarajendra College Engineering, JSS S&T University, Mysore, India.
Published: June 2021

Composite materials are gaining more importance in present-day engineering design and development activities because of their attractive mechanical properties [1-2] and are composed of Fibers, Matrix and Fillers. In the present research work Glass and Sisal are used as fibers, Epoxy resin is used as a matrix and different volume fractions of graphite is used as a filler to develop FRP composites using hand layup and bag molding process to study the Mechanical and Tribological characteristics as per ASTM standards. It is evident from the results that Mechanical properties are improved marginally compared to unfilled composites. Further, it is noticed from POD and three-body abrasive tests that the addition of the Graphite enhances the coefficient of friction with the reduction in wear loss. Due to environmental consciousness, interest in the use natural fiber are enhanced in different applications. A comparative study was conducted between synthetic (Glass) and natural (Sisal) FRP composites filled with graphite for automotive brake material.
Harmonics Analysis and Enhancement of Power Quality in Hybrid Photovoltaic and Wind power System for Linear and Nonlinear Load using 3 Levels Inverter
Authors:   Department of Electrical Engineering, Azad Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow (U.P), India., Kumar Atul , Khan Dr. Imran Khan, ,   Department of Electrical Engineering, Azad Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow (U.P), India.
Published: June 2021

The emergent use of non-conventional energy resources in electrical power grid has initiated new challenge for the service load as concern to voltage balance, power quality issues and effective energy operation. Solar/ wind hybrid RES deliberated as the furthermost promising sources. Nevertheless standalone operations of distributed energy sources such as solar and wind not make sure of reliable power production principally owing to the randomness over the solar irradiance and accessibility of the wind. Hence, a combination of wind and solar energy production configuration can plan a highly reliable source of electrical energy. In This article, multi-level inverter (3 levels inverter) based grid tied hybrid solar- wind energy system based on a 3 level inverter is presented with the mitigation of power quality problems. In this work, analysis on simulation model is conceded to determine source current and voltage and percentage of total harmonic distortion. In particular, the power quality analysis is performed in grid tied hybrid solar and wind electrical power system using 3 level inverter.
ANALISIS PENYIDIKAN POLRI TERHADAP TINDAK PIDANA PENGANIAYAAN DI WILAYAH POLRES MAMASA
Authors: Yulianto Dedi , Renggong Ruslan , Madiong Baso
Published: June 2021

Tujuan dari penelitian ini, yaitu untuk mengetahui bagaimana optimalisasi peran Penyidik Polri dalam penyidikan suatu tindak pidana, dan untuk mengetahui apa saja kendala-kendala penyidik Polri dalam menjalankan tugas dan fungsinya sebagai penyidik. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian kualitatif deskriptif normatif. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Polres Mamasa. Fokus pada penelitian ini adalah tindak pidana penganiayaan. Data dikumpulkan dengan teknik penelitian pustaka, penelitian lapangan. Kemudian data diolah dengan tahapan Editing, Coding, dan Tabulating. Selanjutnya data dianalisis dengan model interaktif, yaitu dimulai dengan pengumpulan data, reduksi, penyajian data dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam kasus tertentu penyidik mempunyai peran meneruskan ke proses hokum atau kasus itu diselesaikan melalui pendekatan restorative justice. Kemudian kendala yang dihadapi penyidik adalah ketika proses restorative justice yang ditempuh terkendala oleh pihak keluarga korban yang tidak bersedia melakukan perdamaian yang ditandai dengan adanya surat pernyataan yang meminta agar pelaku dapat dihukum dan diproses layaknya pelaku dewasa.
The purpose of this research is to find out how to optimize the role of Police Investigators in investigating a crime, and to find out what are the obstacles for the Police investigators in carrying out their duties and functions as an investigator. This type of research is qualitative descriptive normative research. This research was conducted at Mamasa Police Station. The focus of this research is on the criminal act of maltreatment. Data were collected using library research and field research. Then the data is processed through the stages of editing, coding, and tabulating. Furthermore, the data were analyzed using an interactive model, starting with data collection, reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The results show that in certain cases an investigator has a role to continue to the legal process or the case is resolved through a restorative justice approach. Then the obstacle faced by investigators is when the restorative justice process is constrained by the victim's family who is not willing to bury the hatchet which is marked by a statement letter asking that the perpetrator must be punished and processed like an adult perpetrator.
TEETH AS A TOOL IN AGE ESTIMATION: A REVIEW
Authors: Sreekar Katru , Sridevi Koduri , Krishnaveni Buduru , Prasanth Kumar Nalli , Ruth Sherly , Ramani Komma Leela
Published: June 2021

Age estimation is essential in the eld of forensic sciences for the identication of diseased victims and also for crimes and
accidents. Dental maturity plays an important role in estimating the age of individuals because of the low variability of
dental indicators. Chronological age, recorded by registration of birth date, is referred throughout an individual's life. Age is an essential factor not
only in clinical practice & research but also in the court of law. Dental age is vital as tooth development shows less variability than other
developmental features and hence the different age estimation methods using dental tissues and their eruption sequence of the teeth became crucial
in establishing the age of an individual especially those persons in the interest of forensic science. This paper discusses different methods of age
estimation using teeth as possible indicator for the biological age, growth & development of the body.
Inventory and Statistical Characterization of Inorganic Soil Constituents in Illinois
Authors:   Prairie Research Institute, Anderson Andrew , Yacucci Mark ,   Prairie Research Institute
Published: June 2021

This report presents a statistical analysis of the Regulated Substances Library (RSL) developed by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The RSL is comprised of surficial soil chemistry data obtained from rights-of-way subsurface soil sampling conducted for routine preliminary site investigations. The 3.7-million-record RSL database is compared with four independent studies of inorganic soil constituents of naturally occurring soils in Illinois. A selection of 22 inorganic soil analytes are examined in this study: Al, Sb, As, Ba, Be, Cd, Ca, Cr, Co, Cu, Fe, Pb, Mg, Mn, Hg, Ni, K, Se, Na, Tl, V, and Zn. RSL database summary statistics, mean, median, minimum, maximum, 5th percentile, and 95th percentile, are determined for Illinois counties and for recognized environmental concern, non-recognized environmental concern, and de minimis site contamination classifications. The RSL database at a 95% confidence level is compared with current and proposed thresholds for defining naturally occurring soil concentrations for the selected analytes. The revised thresholds proposed by Cahill in 2017 are predominantly larger than the current standards found in the Tiered Approach to Corrective Action Objectives rules and are in better agreement with observed distributions of soil concentrations for both naturally occurring and RSL soils. A notable exception is antimony (Sb), for which Cahill proposed a reduced threshold similar in magnitude to the median for many Illinois Department of Transportation districts.
30 anos UEMG | Vol. 3 – Ações de Extensão
Authors:   Moacyr Laterza Filho, Filho Moacyr Laterza , Pereira Thiago Torres Costa ,   Thiago Torres Costa Pereira
Published: June 2021

Quanto maior for a importância da Universidade na comunidade em que se insere, maior será a importância da extensão universitária, que acolherá demandas e as reverterá em ações. O volume Ações de Extensão, da Coleção 30 anos UEMG, traz uma amostra de trabalhos, projetos e intervenções que a UEMG realiza em Minas Gerais, na medida em que a Universidade ouve e age, procurando mudanças e transformações no diálogo permanente com o ensino e pesquisa.
Validación de una escala de conocimiento sobre estudiantes con aptitudes sobresalientes de nivel medio superior
Authors: Robles Ramírez Alejandro Jesús , Cervantes Arreola Diana Irasema , Ponce Renova Héctor Francisco
Published: June 2021

El objetivo del estudio fue mostrar el diseño y validación de una escala creada para valorar el conocimiento sobre las aptitudes sobresalientes de los estudiantes de nivel medio superior. La escala de conocimiento sobre estudiantes con aptitudes sobresalientes contenía tres dimensiones sobre los mitos relacionados con las características sociales, con la imposibilidad de fracaso y a su alto rendimiento en todo. Dicha escala se aplicó a una muestra no probabilística por cuotas a 50 agentes educativos de cuatro instituciones de educación media superior. El proceso de validación de la escala consistió en un análisis factorial exploratorio (AFE) y confirmatorio (AFC), así como la consistencia interna. Se obtuvo un alfa de Cronbach de .68. En el AFE con el método de máxima verosimilitud, con una rotación varimax, se obtuvo un KMO = .581, posteriormente se corroboró el modelo con un análisis factorial confirmatorio (AFC) procurando índices de bondad de ajuste óptimos. Por ello se concluye que llena los criterios mínimos para obtener puntajes válidos y confiables
Reviewer Acknowledgement
Authors: Kopp Martin
Published: June 2021

The practice of peer review is to ensure the research published in Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS) is of the highest standard. Peer review lies at the heart of scholarly publishing and is utilized by all reputable journals. Our referees and section editors play a crucial role in developing the reputation of Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS) to a leading forum for original research in the field. Therefore, I would like to formally thank all who have so willingly and voluntarily contributed to the journal in 2016.
Accounting treatments of biological assets and agricultural products
Authors: Marrufo Garcia Rubén Dario , Cano Morales Abel Maria
Published: June 2021

It should be mentioned that this work that is presented, as a result of research, corresponds to the management and accounting treatment that can be given to Biological Assets in Latin American companies in the agricultural sector, and its purpose is to demonstrate the influence that exists between the importance given to low financial accounting (IAS / IFRS) and poor reciprocity in accounting management and accounting practices that are effectively applied in the agricultural sector, especially in SMEs, thereby causing some cracks. However, it can be stated that the reasons for the possible fissures that may exist are attributed to the fact that the current general accounting standards do not adapt very well to the particularities of the agriculture sector and are relatively difficult, and costly to implement.
Diagnóstico de la fase de pre inversión en Holguín. Un enfoque de procesos
Authors: Aguilera García Luis Alexis , Lao León Yosvani Orlando , Moreno Pino Maira Rosario , Rodríguez Yumelys Lores
Published: June 2021

El objetivo de este artículo es realizar un estudio de diagnóstico con un enfoque de procesos de la fase de pre inversión en la provincia de Holguín, Cuba, comparándolo con otros subprocesos de pre inversión en América Latina. Para esto se emplearon métodos y técnicas como el coeficiente de concordancia de Kendall, el análisis DAFO y la Casa de la Calidad. Como principales resultados se obtuvieron el estado actual de la calidad del subproceso pre inversión en el contexto holguinero así como y el perfil competitivo con respecto a otros subprocesos de pre inversión en la región. Se concluye que el subproceso de pre inversión en Holguín posee como principal deficiencia la baja calidad de los estudios de pre inversión, aspecto que a su vez constituye la característica más representativa en el diseño de este subproceso.
Ratios de liquidez y cuentas por cobrar : análisis comparativo de las empresas del sector lácteo que cotizan en la bolsa de valores de Lima
Authors: Vásquez Villanueva Carlos Alberto , Terry Ponte Otto Franklin , Huaman Tito Marylin Jhosmit , Cerna Carrazco Carlo Stefano
Published: June 2021

El estudio tuvo como finalidad analizar las cuentas por cobrar y la liquidez, en las empresas del sector lácteo que cotizan en la BVL; la metodología empleada fue de tipo descriptiva – comparativa, de diseño no experimental con corte transversal. La técnica que se utilizó fue el análisis documental y como instrumento se empleó la ficha de análisis; por otro lado, la muestra no probabilística estuvo constituida por 20 estados financieros anuales, compuestos a su vez por dos empresas del sector lácteo de los años 2015 al 2019; sobre esta base se calcularon los indicadores financieros de comparación. Los resultados determinaron que la empresa Leche Gloria SA, logró obtener una mejor suficiencia de cobro por la velocidad en la recuperación de sus créditos otorgados, mientras que Laive SA tardó en recuperar el efectivo de las ventas realizadas; en cuanto a la liquidez las dos empresas contaron con buena capacidad de pago para hacer frente a sus obligaciones y deudas a corto plazo, superando el rango estimado. Se concluyó, que al contar con buenos estándares de cobranza, las empresas obtuvieron una liquidez considerable para realizar los pagos correspondientes y evitar el estancamiento de la producción según la actividad económica.
A Study of Microstructural Models of Li-doped ZnO Ceramic for Piezoelectric Application
Authors: Ali Sunday Ogochukwu , Umaru Ahmadu  , Moses Aderemi Olutoye  , Oyeleke Olarinoye
Published: June 2021

Structural and microstructural properties of Zn1-xLixO (0.00 ≤x≤ 0.50) ceramics were carried out using X-ray Diffraction (XRD) showed that the samples were polycrystalline with hexagonal wurtzite structure. The average
crystallite size was estimated using three models, all of which showed decrement with increased lithium-doping. The crystallite size increased systematically, with the largest value being 200 nm in the Li-doped ZnO in x=0.3. However, microstrain was fairly constant for all doped samples with a value of ~0.006, the value for the pristine being 0.001. Of the three models, the comparison showed that the Scherer model had the smallest crystallite size due to the neglect of strain, whereas the W-H model had the largest in the doped samples, with crystallite size ~200 nm, but with subsequent decrease observed which is attributed to the assumption of isotropy in the model. The c/a ratio indicated a consistent hexagonal structure despite lithium-doping. Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) showed that all the nominal elements compositions were present. A decrease in grain size with the increase in lithium-doping was observed with the lowest grain size (0.2 μm) observed in x=0.5, thus making it the specimen with the highest potential for piezoelectric application.
Closed Form Solutions of Lyapunov Equations Using the Vech and Veck Operators
Authors: Assimakis Nicholas , Adam Maria
Published: June 2021

New closed forms are presented of the solutions of the continuous and discrete Lyapunov equations using the vech and veck operators. The proposed solutions are faster than the classical solutions derived using the vec operator. The solutions via veck operator are faster than the solutions via vech operator
Quality of the Education System and Economic Growth. Projections in the Case of Morocco
Authors: Bouzahzah Mohamed
Published: June 2021

In this paper we use the simulation model developed by Hanushek and Woessman (2011) to assess the economic impact of a reform of the Moroccan education system that would improve the cognitive achievement levels of students, as measured by the PISA score tests. We consider three alternative scenarios to be compared to the economic situation without reform of the education system, referred as "status quo". Our work allows to predict future economic growth that Morroco would achieve through the incremental increase in students’ test scores over a period of 76 years, i.e. the expected life expectancy of a person born today. The results show that the discounted value of expected economic flows over the period 2021-2097 would represent between 149.8 and 718.2% of Morocco's current GDP, depending on the reform scenarios. Similarly, GDP per capita could be increased by up to 1.89 percentage points per year in the long run. Our results show that the expected economic gains from a reform of the education system would be much greater than its budgetary cost. In the conclusion, several public policies based on these results are discussed.
Flood Management in Texas: Planning for the Future
Authors: Diggs John , Mikolajczyk Samantha , Naismith Lora , Reed Margaret , Smith Rory
Published: June 2021

This Report examines existing flood-related regulations in Texas and the United States, the Texas State Flood Plan, current flood mitigation strategies in the state, and the potential to implement green stormwater infrastructure. The report offers policy recommendations to clarify and help alleviate the current ambiguities and uncertainties between the Texas State Water Plan and State Flood Plan for future flood mitigation practices, and to simplify the implementation of green infrastructure.
The Safe and Efficient Development of Offshore Transboundary Hydrocarbons: Best Practices from the North Sea and Their Application to the Gulf of Mexico
Authors: Aldendifer Elise , Coe McKenzie , Faught Taylor , Klein Ian , Kuylen Peter , Lane Keeli , Loughran Robert , Newby Kristin , Parker Morgan , Pharis Megan , Thomas John , Wood Braxton
Published: June 2021

Offshore hydrocarbon resources have been developed for many decades, and with technology improvements, many fields which were once impossible to develop, are now economically and technologically feasible. This has led to a growing difficulty in determining the legislative and regulatory framework for resources that straddle the recognized borders between two states. In this paper, we examine a successful framework agreement governing the transboundary resources between the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) and Norway in the North Sea, and the agreement between the United States and Mexico governing the Gulf of Mexico. Following the 2013 Energy Reform, the Mexican energy sector has been revitalized, leading to greater exploration, development, and production than ever before. This means that in the near future transboundary resources may be licensed for production, bringing the issues highlighted in this paper to the attention of multiple government and international entities. This paper seeks to recommend improvements to the transboundary framework in the Gulf of Mexico based on the successful framework agreement utilized in the North Sea. This paper begins by introducing international law for offshore resources in Part II. Part III discusses the offshore regulatory regimes in the U.K. and Norway, analyzing how the two states have successfully used bilateral agreements to facilitate cooperation regarding effective exploitation and apportionment of costs from cross-boundary offshore oil and gas projects in the North Sea. Part IV discusses the offshore regulatory regimes in the United States and Mexico and analyzes the current transboundary agreement in place for the Gulf of Mexico. Part V compares the transboundary agreement governing the North Sea and the same governing the Gulf of Mexico. We highlight the major differences in the agreements and suggest changes to the Gulf of Mexico agreement based on the successful North Sea agreement. Finally, this paper concludes and provides key policy recommendations to improve the rules and regulations surrounding the exploitation of transboundary hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico.
The state of Ukraine as a subject of civil liability for losses caused to entrepreneurs during the Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation/Joint Forces Operation (analysis of current legislation and practice)
Authors: Olshanchenko Volodymyr
Published: June 2021

In order to repel external aggression and stabilize the economic and socio-political situation in the country in 2014, the legal regime of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) was enacted. Subsequently, the Anti-Terrorist Operation in Eastern Ukraine in April 2018 was renamed the Expanded Anti-Terrorist Operation within the Joint Forces (JFO) Operation. The issue of the responsibility of Ukraine for the damage caused to businesses by public authorities or their officials during the ATO/JFO has become relevant. Today in this above mentioned area there are serious deficiencies of the regulatory and legal support, as well as practical implementation, which complicates the mechanisms of compensation to entrepreneurs affected by the ATO/JFO. The paper shows the results of research on the compensation for damage caused to entrepreneurs by the state of Ukraine during the hostilities and/or other measures related to the law enforcement, as well as the defense of subjective civil rights of the participants in civil relations. The provisions of articles 1166 and 1167 of the Civil Code of Ukraine are analyzed in determination of grounds for liability and other provisions of paragraph 1, chapter 82 of the Civil Code of Ukraine depending on the circumstances under which the damage was caused. The civil liability of military servants during the service and combat missions is discussed and considered. It is proved that the structural subdivision of the Military Forces of Ukraine is responsible for causing damages during the service and combat missions. The particular attention is paid to the consideration of the practice of application of the current legislation of Ukraine in the area of compensation for damage caused by Ukraine to entrepreneurs. As a result of the study, the following conclusions were made. Under present conditions, the responsibility of Ukraine for damage caused to entrepreneurs by the delict of public authorities or their officials remains clearly unresolved at the regulatory level. The need to supplement the articles 1173 and 1174 of the Civil Code of Ukraine by the provision that clearly defines that the damage is reimbursed by the state of Ukraine is claimed. Key words: rights, guarantee, legal liability, institute of responsibility, reparation, state.
Hybrid Peacebuilding Approaches in Africa: Harnessing Complementary Parallels
Authors: Iwara MaryAnne
Published: June 2021

Many of the most pressing conflicts across sub-Saharan Africa today—including violent extremism, sexual and gender-based violence, pastoralist/farmer conflicts, and criminal banditry—are shaped by local, community-level drivers. Despite these local drivers, however, international peacebuilding approaches often ignore or neglect bottom-up, grassroots strategies for addressing them. Often, international efforts to contribute to the prevention and management of local conflicts depend heavily on large-scale, expensive, and external interventions like peacekeepers, while under-investing in or by-passing traditional/customary mechanisms and resources that uphold locally defined values of peace, tolerance, solidarity, and respect. Recognizing that these traditional and customary practices themselves sometimes have their own legacies of violence and inequality, this policy note emphasizes the possibility of combining aspects of traditional peacebuilding mechanisms with international conflict management approaches to harness the benefits of both.