bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of Ownership Concentration on Firm Performance: Evidence from Sri Lankan Financial Sector
Authors: Samarawickrama D. , Wanniarachchige M. K. , Weerasinghe K. D. T. N.
Published: April 2022

Concentrated ownership generally leads to concentration of power among few dominant shareholders and can result in increased agency costs and poor firm performance. However, some literature argues that owner-managers in firms with concentrated ownership have better incentives to enhance firm value. Given this conflict in empirical findings, this study investigates whether ownership concentration affects firm performance using data gathered from 2015 to 2019 from 66 firms listed under banks, diversified financials, and insurance sectors in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). Herfindahl-Hirschman Index(HHI), calculated based on the proportion of shareholdings of the ten largest shareholders, was used to measure ownership concentration. Firm performance was measured using Tobin's Q. A fixed-effects panel regression was used to assess the effect of ownership concentration on the firm performance while controlling for firm size and leverage. In line with the predictions in stewardship theory, the findings of this study suggest that higher ownership concentration improves firm performance. Use of HHI to measure ownership concentration and a frequently excluded sector as a sample remains as the key contributions of this study.
A High Temperature SOI-CMOS Chipset Focusing Sensor Electronics for Operating Temperatures up to 300°C
Authors: Kappert Holger , Braun Sebastian , Kordas Norbert , Kosfeld Andre , Utz Alexander , Weber Constanze , Rämer Olaf , Spanier Malte , Ihle Martin , Ziesche Steffen , Kokozinski Rainer
Published: April 2022

Sensors are the key elements for capturing environmental properties and are increasingly important in the industry for the intelligent control of industrial processes. While in many everyday objects highly integrated sensor systems are already state of the art, the situation in an industrial environment is clearly different. Frequently, the use of sensor systems is impossible, because the extreme ambient conditions of industrial processes like high operating temperatures or strong mechanical load do not allow the reliable operation of sensitive electronic components. Fraunhofer is running the Lighthouse Project “eHarsh” to overcome this hurdle. In the course of the project, an integrated sensor readout electronic has been realized based on a set of three chips. A dedicated sensor fron-tend provides the analog sensor interface for resistive sensors typically arranged in a Wheatstone configuration. Furthermore, the chipset includes a 32-bit microcontroller for signal conditioning and sensor control. Finally, it comprises an interface chip including a bus transceiver and voltage regulators. The chipset has been realized in a high-temperature 0.35-micron SOI-CMOS technology focusing operating temperatures up to 300°C. The chipset is assembled on a multilayer ceramic low-temperature cofired ceramics (LTCC) board using flip chip technology. The ceramic board consists of four layers with a total thickness of approximately 0.9 mm. The internal wiring is based on silver paste while the external contacts were alternatively manufactured in silver (sintering/soldering) or in gold alloys (wire bonding). As an interconnection technology, silver sintering has been applied. It has already been shown that a significant increase in lifetime can be reached by using silver sintering for die attach applications. Using silver sintering for flip chip technology is a new and challenging approach. By adjusting the process parameter geared to the chipset design and the design of the ceramic board high-quality flip chip interconnects can be generated.
Finite Element Modeling of Rigid-Flex PCBs for Dynamic Environments
Authors: Bell John , Redmond Laura , Carpenter Kalind , de la Croix Jean-Pierre
Published: April 2022

Rigid-flex circuit boards are becoming more prevalent as the limits are pushed on the size, mass, and geometry of electronic systems. A key aspect of designing a rigid-flex printed circuit boards (PCB) system is an assessment of the dynamic properties of the PCB and predicting system performance under dynamic loading. Among current modeling methodologies for rigid-flex PCB, a simplified modeling methodology that adequately captures the system dynamics does not exist. This article presents a novel, computationally efficient approach for modeling rigid-flex PCB systems and the calibration of the material models via modal testing. The resulting simplified model is able to capture system frequencies, mode shapes, and representative force-displacement behavior. The proposed methodology is used to model NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (PUFFER) and assess the sensitivity of a system model to input parameters.
A New Approach for Assessing the Reliability of Electronic Assemblies Using Fuzzy Logic for Multi-criteria Optimization
Authors: Al Athamneh Raed , Akkara Francy , Hamasha Sa'd
Published: April 2022

The reliability of electronic assemblies is a vital criterion used to assure product quality over its lifetime. Weibull distribution is the most common distribution utilized to describe the reliability data. Most of the studies use the Weibull scale parameter, or characteristic life, to compare alternatives and make a selective decision. This may not lead to achieving the optimal parameters which can be problematic because this method doesn’t consider the variability behavior of the fatigue life. In this study, a new approach for process parameters selection is proposed to find the optimal parameter values that improve the micro-optimality selection process based on reliability data. In this study, a new approach is proposed based on examining the solder joint reliability by using a multi criteria analysis. The fuzzy logic is utilized as a tool to solve the multi criteria problem that is presented from the proposed approach. The reliability of microelectronic connections in thermal cycling operating conditions is used as a validation case study. In the validation case study, the optimal process parameters are found for ball grid array electronic components. Two levels of the solder sphere materials, three levels of the surface finish, and 10 levels of solder paste alloys are studied as process parameters. Using the proposed approach, four quality responses are employed to assess the reliability data, including the scale parameter, the B10 (life at 10% of the population failure), mean-standard deviation response, and the signal to noise ratio (SNR). The fuzzy logic is applied to solve the multiresponse problem. An optimal process parameter setting that considers different quality characteristics was found for the validation case study. ENIG surface finish, SAC305 solder sphere, and material six were the optimal factor levels that are obtained for the aged CABGA208 component using the proposed approach.
DNA, SESSO DELLE MOSCHE E GENE EDITING: PROTEGGERE LA FRUTTA SENZA PESTICIDI
Authors: Saccone Giuseppe
Published: April 2022

Many insect species are harmful to agriculture or human health and the climate change empowers the problem, allowing those invasive ones to migrate and colonize new geographic areas. A control method, alternative to chemical pesticides, based on genetics and species-specificity is the sterile insect technique (SIT), which consists in a frequent release of sterile males in the infested regions. In this essay, we will describe historical steps that led to the genetics of pest insects, aiming to improve SIT and to the identification of their sex determining genes. Furthermore, we will analyze the possibilities of their biotechnological use to their control, in the frame of CRISPR-Cas9.
Cardiovascular protective properties of gastrodin
Authors: Yang Shu-Ting , Liu Shu-Bai
Published: April 2022

Cardiovascular diseases cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, incurring a major public health burden. Gastrodia elata Blume is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine that has been widely used to treat central nervous system and cardiovascular diseases. Gastrodin, as the major active component in Gastrodia elata Blume, can confer protection against cardiovascular diseases. In this review, we summarize the anti-inflammatory actions, anti-cardiac hypertrophy, anti-hypertension, anti-atherosclerosis, and angiogenic effects of gastrodin, as well as its protective effects on vascular cells and against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. The medical potential of gastrodin in diabetes-related cardiovascular diseases is also discussed.
Detections of IoT Attacks via Machine Learning-Based Approaches with Cooja
Authors: Farea Ali Hamid , Küçük Kerem
Published: April 2022

Once hardware becomes "intelligent", it is vulnerable to threats. Therefore, IoT ecosystems are susceptible to a variety of attacks and are considered challenging due to heterogeneity and dynamic ecosystem. In this study, we proposed a method for detecting IoT attacks that are based on ML-based approaches that release the final decision to detect IoT attacks. However, we have implemented three attacks as a sample in the IoT via Contiki OS to generate a real dataset of IoT-based features containing a mix of data from malicious nodes and normal nodes in the IoT network to be utilized in the ML-based models. As a result, the multiclass random decision forest ML-based model achieved 98.9% overall accuracy in detecting IoT attacks for the real novel dataset compared to the decision tree jungle, decision forest tree regression, and boosted decision tree regression, which achieved 87.7%, 93.2%, and 87.1%, respectively. Thus, the decision tree-based approach efficiently manipulates and analyzes the KoÜ-6LoWPAN-IoT dataset, generated via the Cooja simulator, to detect inconsistent behavior and classify malicious activities.
Isolation and Expression Analysis of cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase and Adenylyl Cyclase-Associated Protein 1-like cDNAs in the Giant Tiger Shrimp Penaeus monodon
Authors: Klinbunga Sirawut , Sittikankaew Kanchana , Prasertlux Sirikan , Janpoom Sirithorn , Rongmung Puttawan , Ittarat Wanwipa , Boonpimpapha Phimsucha , Khamnamtong Bavornlak
Published: April 2022

Characterization of genes exhibiting differential expression profiles during ovarian development is important for understanding reproductive maturation of the giant tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon). Here, the partial cDNAs of P. monodon cAMP-dependent protein kinase, catalytic subunit 1 (PmPkaC1) and adenylyl cyclase-associated protein 1-like (PmCap1-l) were studied. They were more preferentially expressed in ovaries than testes of cultured juveniles and wild broodstock. PmPkaC1 mRNA in ovaries of non-ablated broodstock was significantly increased during vitellogenesis (P<0.05). However, unilateral eyestalk ablation (the removal of one eyestalk) resulted in a significant reduction of its expression (P<0.05). PmCap1-l was not differentially expressed during ovarian development in wild non-ablated broodstock. It was up-regulated in mature ovaries following eyestalk ablation (P<0.05). The PmCap1-l transcript in each ovarian stage of the former was significantly lower than that of the latter (P<0.05). The levels of ovarian PmPkaC1 and vitellogenin 1 (PmVtg1) treated in vitro with 17-20β-DHP (0.1, 1.0 and 10.0 μg/ml for 24 h) was not significantly different from the control (P>0.05). Nevertheless, the expression of PmCap1-l was increased in ovaries treated with 0.1 and 10 μg/ml 17-20β-DHP at 24 hours post treatment (hpt, P<0.05).
Editorial “Landscape Research” special issue
Authors:   Faculty of Architecture and Design, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey, Sat Beyza
Published: April 2022

We would like to welcome you to “Landscape Research” special issue of the Journal of Design Studio.
The Political Economy of the Irish Welfare State
Authors: Powell Fred
Published: April 2022

A fascinating interpretation of the evolution of social policy in modern Ireland, as the product of a triangulated relationship between church, state and capital.
Dead-End Lives
Authors: Briggs Daniel , Monge Gamero Rubén
Published: April 2022

Using vivid testimonies and images, Briggs and Monge Gamero document the stories and situations of the people who live in Valdemingómez, placing them in a political, economic and social context.
Diversitatea lingvistică – factor esențial al educației plurilingve
Authors: Strah Lidia
Published: April 2022

This article is designed to explain, emphasizing, the notion of university language education, as well as the importance of university education in the life of university education, in the life of the intellectual society, which is always in the process of development. This analysis is based on several sources. One, and the most important point, is the concept of „linguistic variety” – an essential and fundamental factor, in fact, in plurilingual education. Thus, the central role of the student is investigated, as well as the major role of the teacher in the plurilingual education, which is based on the linguistic variety.
The system of correction motor of violations in children of early age with spastic syndrome by means of physical education
Authors: Мога Николай Данилович
Published: April 2022

The article describes modern modeling of physical rehabilitation processes for persons with musculoskeletal system disorders, it is discovered a significant deficiency of this aspect in modern rehabilitation systems. Structured and logically constructed rehabilitation system model is designed, which includes four effective units: physical development monitoring and spastic motor disorders monitoring (I); strategies and tactics of corrective actions (II); spastic motor disorders form correction (III). The last include: gaming, hyper-correction, contraindications, sufficient exercises repetition, objectivity, individual differentiation of the load; control and adjustment of the correction process (IV). It is briefly revealed the internal structure of each these blocks in the form of conditional sections; the interaction between blocks and sections of the working model is shown to achieve maximum efficiency in the whole system. The structuring formation factor of rehabilitation model system is the purpose of its activity, the specific target results that are planned to be achieved. The pre-designed working model of the correction system of movement disorders spastic forms of tender age children by physical education means will be tested in the process of forming a pedagogical experiment.
Perspectiva diacronică în abordarea conceptului de "valoare literar-artistică"
Authors: Puţuntean Nina
Published: April 2022

The value/literary-artistic value is defined by the western specialists in the field of reading from several perspectives, each discovering a defining factor, deduced from the nature of the participants in the reading process: the author of the literary-artistic text, the literary-artistic text, the real reader/virtual reader, overlapped with social experience in the field, social ethical, political, ideological approaches, as well as with philosophical, artistic, theoretical-literary dogmas and systems. the pedagogical perspective in defining the value/literary-artistic value in the examined works is minimal or missing. Or, complementary to philosophical axiology, it is essential to design/develop a regionalization of axiology that would have as practical basis the capacity of evaluation to adapt and respond to the semiotic specificity of the target object.
Precizări conceptuale privind evoluția termenului competențe de traducere
Authors: Golubovschi Oxana
Published: April 2022

The article addresses the problem of specifying the concept of translation competence and its areas of competency. Currently, the number of competencies that make up translation competence varies from author to author, defining some competencies that would constitute TC. In this context, we intend to introduce a variety of elements that will subsequently serve as a theoretical background for a simplified model of TC development.
Proverbs and Sayings as Reflection of the English Culture
Authors: Herța Lilia
Published: April 2022

Being an integral component of spiritual culture, the proverbs amaze by their proximity to the views of life, accuracy, intuition and wisdom. Knowing the mentality and culture of the English people offers the most accurate understanding of reality, mentality, history and not least of the target culture. The present article studies the proverbs as an instrument in understanding, decoding the English culture from a historical point of view, but also revealing its diversity. The main background of the proverbs is indigenous folk art, which reflects the structure of people's lives, the national culture. In close unity, the ethical, religious, moral, artistic, magical, logical and spiritual aspects of popular consciousness are represented in them.
UZAY ORTAMININ ASTRONOTLARIN DUYUSAL VE MOTOR SİSTEMLERİ ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ VE UZAY HAREKET HASTALIĞI
Authors: SARITAŞ Serdar , TARLACI Sultan
Published: April 2022

İnsanlar, antik çağlardan beri gökyüzüne büyük ilgi göstermişlerdir. Bu ilgili orta çağdan sonra bilimsel temellere dayalı gözlemlere dönüşmüştür. En nihayetinde 20 yy. ortasından itibaren insanlar, bu ilgiyi uzaya yolculuk etmek şeklinde geliştirmişlerdir. İlk olarak, alçak dünya yörüngesi daha sonra ay olmak üzere önemli görevler yerine getirilmiştir. Günümüzde hedeflenen ise Mars’a insanlı görevlerin gerçekleştirmektir. Ancak uzay, düşük yerçekimi (mikrogravite) ve iyonize radyasyon gibi zorlukları sahiptir. Ayrıca uzay araçları da (Uluslararası uzay istasyonu-ISS da dahil) kısıtlı bir alana mahkûm olma, izolasyon, aile ve sosyal çevreden ayrı kalma gibi zorlukları da beraberinde getirmektedir. Tüm bu zorluklar, kaçınılmaz olarak insan fizyolojisi ve psikolojisini önemli ölçüde etkilemektedir. Bu derleme çalışması, uzay ortamının astronotların duyusal ve motor sistemleri üzerine nasıl etki ettiğini irdeleyebilmek ve astronotların sıkça karşılaştığı bir hastalık olan uzay hareket hastalığının ne olduğunu kısaca açıklayabilmek üzere hazırlanmıştır.
ÇEVRESEL VE SAĞLIKLI BESLENME: SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR DİYETLER
Authors: KADIOĞLU Semiha , SÖKÜLMEZ KAYA Pınar
Published: April 2022

Dünyanın bir kısmı açlık, gıda güvencesizliği sorunu yaşarken diğer bir kısmı ise aşırı beslenmeye bağlı sağlık sorunlarıyla savaşmaktadır. Küresel olarak dünyayı etkileyen diğer bir sorun ise insan kaynaklı sera gazı emisyonlarının atmosferde artmasıyla meydana gelen iklim krizidir. Bu sorunların en önemli nedenlerinden biri sürdürülemez gıda sistemlerinin varlığıdır. Gıda sistemleri; iklim değişikliği, biyolojik çeşitlilik, toksik etki, asitleşme, ötrofikasyon, arazi kullanımı ve su kullanımı açısından çevre üzerinde bir baskı oluşturmaktadır. Mevcut gıda sistemleri, kaynak kıtlığı ve çevresel bozulmanın getirdiği kısıtlamalar ve gıda kayıpları, israf ve dengesiz dağıtım aynı zamanda sürdürülemez üretim ve tüketim kalıpları nedeniyle güvenli, yeterli, çeşitlendirilmiş ve zengin besin içeriğine sahip gıda sağlama konusunda giderek daha fazla zorlanmaktadır. Sürdürülebilir gıda sistemleri ekonomik, sosyal ve çevresel temellerden ödün vermeden herkes için gıda güvenliğini ve beslenmeyi sağlayan sistemlerdir. Sürdürülebilir beslenme ve gıda sistemleri ile küresel sera gazı emisyon miktarları azaltılacak ve gelecek nesillerin kaynaklarından ödün vermeden günümüz kaynakları en verimli şekilde değerlendirilecektir. Toplumların çeversel ayak izi düşük diyetleri tercih etmesi ve gıda israfına dur demesiyle dünya sürdürülebilirlik yolunda daha hızlı ilerleyecektir. Bu makalenin amacı sürdürülebilirlik genelinde sağlıklı beslenmeyi çok yönlü irdelemektir.
Income Smoothing Practices at Sharia Banks: An Overview in Islamic Business Ethics
Authors: Iskandar Rizkiana , Ramadhan Muh. Syahru , Mulyati Mulyati , Adhim Chairul
Published: April 2022

Sharia Bank is a bank conducting its business activities based on Islamic principles. Sharia bank as an institution based on the principles of Islam are not allowed to manipulate earnings and engineering activities in any form of earnings management is no exception in terms of financial reporting, which is a medium of information for its users. Income smoothing is an act of deliberate manipulation by management to profits fluctuate, which later reported that corporate profits are at levels considered normal. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the income smoothing practices in sharia banks in Indonesia and review of income smoothing practices according to Islamic business ethics. This study used 11 sharia banks (BUS) based on BUS list on Bank Indonesia's website as research object. To know a company is included in the income smoothing group or not, the Eckel index is used. Based on calculations using Eckel index, it can be concluded that 5 out of 11 sharia banks in Indonesia are indicated to practice income smoothing. However, the annual report of the five syariah banks indicated by the practice of income smoothing indicates that all opinions given by the Sharia Supervisory Board regarding operational activities and products or services provided by sharia banks to customers generally comply with the fatwa and sharia provisions issued by DSN- MUI. That is, the policy or practice of income smoothing in Islamic banks is not contrary to the principles of sharia and Islamic business ethics.
Exploring Street Vendors Characteristics and Social-Economic Significance in Mwanza Tanzania
Authors: Rajabu Nasibu
Published: April 2022

The street vending business is an important employment opportunity in African cities. Millions of youths, less educated, women, and the poor make their living through selling on the street. Despite being important, little is known regarding their typologies, social-economic importance, and challenges hence difficult to design contextualized interventions for improving their economic wellbeing. This paper is exploring the nature, characteristics, and typologies of street vendors in Mwanza Tanzania. Data was collected from 396 respondents through qualitative and quantitative techniques. The findings show who are the street vendors, their importance in economic growth, and the challenges confronting their activities. From these findings, different interventions can be engineered to improve their businesses. The government and development stakeholders need to rethink the best approach of accommodating street vending and other informal activities to the formal economy. This is important because the number of street vendors is increasing every day due to a fall informal employment, rural street migration, and unattractive productivity in the agricultural sector.
Improving English Writing Performance for High School Students through the Think-Pair-Share Technique
Authors:   Lecturer from Thai Nguyen University of Education, Thai Nguyen, Viet Nam, Yen Tran Thi
Published: April 2022

Writing is an important aspect of language instruction since it is a necessary tool for students to develop their understanding of linguistic elements in practice. Nonetheless, when the teacher asked students to compose an English paragraph, several students struggled to put their thoughts into words appropriately. Not only do they struggle with syntax and vocabulary, but they also have trouble identifying and developing ideas. One of the weaknesses of certain students' writing ability is that the execution of concepts is not clear and consistent, and they still rely significantly on sample essays. Accordingly, in this research work, the researcher's purpose is to use the Think-Pair-Share technique to improve high school students' English writing performance. The main objective is to build a procedure for creating and evaluating the Think-Pair-Share (TPS) Technique, to assess the impact of the TPS on students' writing performance, and to collect feedback from them on the benefits and drawbacks of the TPS technique, as well as possible solutions to promote the use of TPS technique. The experimental research design was utilized to begin the study, along with many questionnaires and expert approaches. A total of 40 students were chosen at random, half of them were assigned to the experimental group (TPS technique) and the remainder to the control group (no TPS technique). All of the students were required to complete a writing pre-and post-test, but only the experimental group were required to complete the post-questionnaire. The findings show that using the TPS technique in the classroom can result in considerable improvements in writing performance. In addition, all of the students gave excellent feedback. Furthermore, the study offers some recommendations for eliminating the drawbacks of applying TPS in order to enhance the technique's potential and make it significantly more fascinating and useful.
What are the Three Paradigms of Retirement Income Planning?
Authors:   Registered Investment Adviser (California) Better Financial Education, 300 Harding Blvd Suite 103D, Roseville, CA 95678, Frank Sr Larry R
Published: April 2022

There exists a semi-hidden and little researched connection between planning and software programming that supports that planning, as well as little research into the connection to planning and programming related to the paradigm that exists underlying those connections. This paper discusses the paradigms of retirement income planning from past, to present, and observations to advance the planning profession and research into the future. The profession, researchers, and software programmers have transitioned from the first to the second paradigm and has yet to visualize the third paradigm to make that paradigm shift. Retirees continue to age year by year, but each cohort has a different distribution period due to the ever-decreasing time remaining in longevity tables as they age. There is not a universal retiree (as implied by current research using a single distribution time period with a single allocation; or at best two or three time periods and allocations). Instead, there exist many retirees with many different allocations and many remaining distributions time periods. Thus, one rule of thumb approach e.g., the 4% rule (or any drawdown rate) with inflation applied thereafter, or one Monte Carlo simulation, can't apply to all allocations plus all time periods at the same time because of those different ages with correlating shorter or longer remaining longevity for income drawdown. Therefore, research to date has been narrowly focused, which unintentionally leads to a narrowly applied approach for practitioners as well. Frank 2022a introduced how to model retiree drawdowns through a method that applies to any retiree at any age and subsequently over each retiree's remaining lifetime by cohort ages.
Factors Affecting Consumer Buying Behavior towards Local Brands in Zambia: A Consideration of the Product Preference
Authors:   ZCAS University P.O. Box 35243, Lusaka, Zambia, Mweemba Burton
Published: April 2022

Recent economic growth trends in Africa have heightened industry awareness of the market potential of many African countries including Zambia. As a result, academics are becoming increasingly interested in learning about African customers' attitudes, tastes, and behavior. The majority of the investigations on the factors affecting consumer behavior have been done predominantly from the Western marketing viewpoints, and the results have been informative in the sense that they confirmed and extended existing marketing models. In view of this, this paper brings out the Zambian perspective of consumer buying behavior. There has been an increase in the sale of imported FMCGs in Zambia, hence this motivated the investigation on the factors that motivate consumers when buying the products. The results indicate that quality, price, and availability influence consumer buying behavior in Zambia. The results further suggest that consumers in Zambia prefer imported FMCGs. The recommendation, therefore, is that manufacturers should take into consideration the factors affecting consumer behavior when producing FMCGs. The gap in understanding consumer buying behavior in less developed countries like Zambia has existed since 1986 when Bbenkele (1986) found that product shortages had an impact on brand loyalty in Zambia.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-Based Validated Electronic Lock for Automatic Monitoring System
Authors: Saputra S D , Alam Syaiful , Purwiyanti Sri , Nasrullah Emir , Sadnowo Ageng
Published: April 2022

This study aims to create a prototype of an electronic key system using internet of things-based RFID with a validated monitoring system with registered data. This system is applied to the door of the Integrated Laboratory of the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Lampung. The electronic keys that are created are very difficult to break into and also easy to change the access secret code to maintain confidentiality. The developed electronic door lock device has strong security reliability with code validation. The code validation block serves as a door unlock determinant. The validated data will produce a signal 1 which will drive the actuator, in this case the door lock solenoid, to work (lock open). The security code has 2554 combinations. To access the door from outside, the RFID tag should be registered in the database and permitted by administration and the ID number data is on the processor. The counter will count the number of people who pass through the door, if more than one person then the buzzer will sound. Then the door lock solenoid is closed and will lock the door again. From the experimental results it is found that this system can work well with a minimum delay of 1.8 s obtained at a distance between devices of 5 m.
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF DICLOFENAC SODIUM ON KIDNEYS IN ADULT VOLUNTEERS
Authors: Zokari Ahmed Othman Hassen
Published: April 2022

The use of diclofenac sodium is a major concern in terms of renal function, patients were not given attention despite the clinical importance. This study aims to evaluate the prescribed doses (50mg/day) of diclofenac sodium by doctors for patients in the orthopedic unit.This study was conducted on 36 volunteers, male and female, who were randomly selected from the orthopedic out-patient department and were divided into two groups (two treatments). The first group (18 volunteers) received diclofenac sodium 50 mg and the second group did not receive any medicine (control). The age of volunteers in this study ranged between 20 years to 59 years, both male and female, from September 2020 to September 2021.The main indicators to detect toxic effects of diclofenac sodium on kidney function were urea, uric acid, and creatinine. The urea level in this study was 27mg/dL in the first group and 25mg/dL in the control. Uric acid was 4.12mg/dL in the first treatment and 4.04mg/dL in control and Creatinine level was 0.55mg/dL and control treatment was 0.48mg/dL .All these values collected from the study are within the normal range and cause no pathological or renal disorder.
A CONTRIBUIÇÃO DAS COMPETÊNCIAS SOCIOEMOCIONAIS PARA A FORMAÇÃO INTEGRAL DO ALUNO
Authors: Alves de Oliveira Elimeire , Alves Cardoso Angela Maria , Lopes Bomfim Roberta , Moreno Lopes Roberto Tiago
Published: April 2022

As constantes transformações tecnológicas e a intensificação do processo de globalização têm tornado as relações sociais mais complexas e dinâmicas. Neste cenário, a função social da escola não se restringe apenas ao desenvolvimento das potencialidades cognitivas dos alunos, mas também as das relacionais, na busca da sua formação integral. Os documentos curriculares oficiais, como a Base Nacional Curricular Comum, enfatizam a necessidade de trabalhar as competências socioemocionais, mas para que isso ocorra é preciso que os educadores tenham clareza do que se trata. Neste sentido, este trabalho tem como objetivo geral investigar a contribuição das competências socioemocionais para a formação integral do aluno; como objetivos específicos identificar as principais competências socioemocionais; pesquisar como essas competências são tratadas nos documentos curriculares oficiais e verificar as estratégias que possam ser adotadas nas escolas para desenvolver tais competências.
Historical Overview of Opportunism of the Russian Foreign Policy towards Serbia and its Reflection on the Western Balkans / Historijski presjek oporunizma ruske vanjske politike prema Srbiji i njegova refleksija na Zapadni Balkan
Authors: Delalić Selma , Olovčić Adem , Čaušević Zerina
Published: April 2022

The paper elaborates on the history of the Russian foreign policy towards Serbia, with special emphasis on the national interests of the Russian state, which, in addition to undoubtedly strong traditional cultural and historical ties between the two Orthodox nations, still significantly guide Russian policies towards Serbia. In other words, the subject of the paper is numerous examples and evidence of opportunism in relation between these countries and its reflection on the countries of the Western Balkans. Namely, starting from the nineteenth century onwards, Russia has emerged as a strong foreign policy partner of Serbia, thus expanding its influence on other Western Balkans countries. In this way, Russia, as a great political power, capitalizing on its own power and strong ideological, historical and cultural ties, uses Serbia to strengthen influence in the region and beyond. Starting from the historical insight in this relationship, the paper focuses on the tendency to present opportunism and pragmatism of the Russian foreign policy, guided exclusively by the Russian national interests, which is visible, both from historical perspective, and in the last twenty years. The relationship between Russia and Serbia is presented through the military, economic and diplomatic cooperation.
U dobrim odnosima / In good Relations
Authors: Buljubašić Mirza
Published: April 2022

There is no universal definition of transitional justice. Differences among scholars and practitioners in defining transitional justice can be divided to explanations of transitions from: dictatorship to democracy, and/or war to peace, and/or structural violence and inequality to equal and non-violent social structures. These differences are part of dissimilar understandings of the genesis and development of transitional justice. Aim of this paper is to describe the emergence and development of transitional justice, as concept, scientific discipline and praxis. The paper argues that transitional justice as a concept originated in the 1980s, after which it was gradually established as an independent scientific discipline, while its practical purpose was achieved only after the Second World War; although the embryos of transitional justice could be traced much earlier.
Uticaj sovjetske doktrine na rusku parnicu / The Impact of Soviet Doctrine on Russian Litigation
Authors: Omanović Sanjin , Ruhotina Anisa
Published: April 2022

Even though the Soviet regime is the history in the context of development of the Russian civil procedural law, the studying of this epoch is necessary in order to perceive its’ impact on today’s Russian litigation. Despite the fact that nowadays’ Russian litigation is based on substantially different political, ideological and legal fundaments, it didn’t go far from the Soviet regime’s standpoint. In that regard this paper reflects on fundamental theoretical concepts of the seven most influential soviet litigation theorists, as well as some of the today’s theories. Finally, authors aim to determine to which extent has the Soviet doctrine impacted the Russian litigation in terms of prescribing legislation solutions and creating case law by the Soviet courts.
Kolumna kao novinsko-publicistički žanr / Column as a Journalistic-Publicistic Genre
Authors: Kučuk-Sorguč Indira
Published: April 2022

Although the "column" is very popular and in the media reality highlighted as written genre, in communicology as science its specificity and distinctiveness as gender or genre is talked about very little and two-sided.  The scientific communication apparatus has long doubted whether the column is a separate genre at all, classifying it into other genres and thus denying its peculiarity and distinctiveness, qualitative diversity, linguistic and stylistic specificity and heading independence. Even after it was classified as press-publicity genus, declining did not miss out and it created aureole of controversy and division in the understanding of the column in the professional literature. This is a historical-communicology study that provides a comprehensive insight into the topic of definition, history, media significance and values ​​that the column occupies in the Bosnian public. Similarities and differences between other newspaper genres and the column are also noted, with special emphasis on the differences between the commentary and the column. Analysis that was built includes the paradigm of columnist work of three Bosnian authors and emphasizes the distinctions in their journalistic expression.
Historiografska monografija Vere Kržišnik "Cazinska buna 1950." / The Historiographical Monograph by Vera Kržišnik Bukić "The Cazin Rebellion of 1950" (Cazinska buna 1950.)
Authors: Durić Rašid
Published: April 2022

This text is a review of a book by Vera Kržišnik Bukić The Cazin Rebellion of 1950 (Cazinska buna 1950.), Sarajevo 2013.
Ženski sukobi zbog nedostatka / Women's Conflicts due to Deficiency
Authors: Gazetić Edisa
Published: April 2022

Instead of subversive action, in literature, as well as in the culture, women clash and thus enable the unhindered survival of patriarchal norms. In some literary texts, female characters are often opposed, i.e. women show envy towards other women, either because of beauty or a man who is the object of desire. In any case, such opposition is often only part of a patriarchal strategy aimed at women's disunity that distances women from projects that would allow them to act more homogeneously and to oppose traditional patterns of behavior.
Barriers to Career Advancement Opportunities for Female Faculty A Study of Public and Private Universities in Pakistan
Authors: Zaidi Sana
Published: April 2022

The present research study was conducted to explore the barriers and issues of inequality experienced by female faculty members at their workplace and how they dealt with them. The study employed purposive and referral sampling techniques to conduct in-depth-interviews with 20 female faculty members working at public and private universities of Karachi, Pakistan. A total of 12 open ended questions were asked from individual participants, both in person and on call. Each interview was 40 to 60 minutes long. The data were analysed through thematic analyses by identifying the initial codes, categorizing and analysing the themes, and finalizing the results. The findings of the study show lack of family support, traditional culture, and gender stereotype as the major barriers in females’ career advancement. The study ends with recommendations to plugin these barriers by creating equal opportunities for working women.
Use of We in Writing
Authors: Raza Wajdan
Published: April 2022

Pronouns are few and fixed, but used frequently in language and their forms and functions have been reviewed in the past. The qualitative study theoretically underpinned by various linguistic philosophers is a teacher’s reflection about the use of English pronoun we in ninety-six extended written responses of English language learners studying two disciplines of knowledge in a public institution of higher education in Karachi. The data were collected from ninety-six participants in 2018, analyzed in 2019 and drafted in 2020. The occurrence of the royal we in the sentences of the participants was reportedly too low to connect it with exclusive-we. However, its deictic use was a frequent representation of togetherness. The study’s usefulness lies with further investigations into this linguistic behavior of the pronoun among its users.
Effective Leadership Skills and Approaches During the Pandemic An Action Research
Authors: Khan Sarah
Published: April 2022

The COVID-19 outbreak has blatantly exposed the drawbacks of our education systems around the globe. It is important that the possible opportunities which have to ascend in these circumstances be utilized to make the education systems more objective, inclusive, and resilient. The aim of the action research was to recognise and examine the traits of effective leadership and the strategies used during the COVID-19 pandemic at a local private O level school. The key focus was on how the school leadership has ensured to support the teachers during these challenging times. The findings of this study revealed that the school leaders adopted various approaches to cope with the emerging issues. Through this research, we can offer some noteworthy recommendations, which would be useful for researchers, academic scholars, school leadership teams, and experts in the educational context.
Extractive Text Summarization
Authors: Vivek S. Bhore  , Pratik Bondare  , Rutik D. Gawande  , Vrushabh V. Guntiwar  , Priti V. Kale
Published: April 2022

In this fast paced technological era, where huge quantity of information is generating on the internet day by day. Since the dotcom bubble burst back in 2000, technology has radically transformed our societies. So, it is necessary to provide the better mechanism to extract the useful information fast and most effectively. Automatic text summarization is one of the methods of identifying the important meaningful information in a document or set related document and compressing them into a shorter version preserving its overall meanings. It reduces the time required for reading whole document and also it reduces space that is needed for storing large amount of data. Automatic Text summarization has two approaches 1) Abstractive text summarization and 2) Extractive text summarization. In extractive text summarization only important information or sentence are extracted from the given text file or original document. Here we will discuss on extractive text summarization using sentence scoring and sentence ranking method.
Review on Computer Aided System Approach for Predictive Diagnosis of Neurological Disease
Authors: Ku. R. S. Dhote  , Prof. A. P. Thakare
Published: April 2022

Neurological conditions in human brain affecting human body’s cognitive function leading to the mental diseases like Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, brain tumor, epilepsy, dementia, headache disorders, neuro infections, stroke and traumatic brain injuries. Alzheimer's disease is an irreversible neurological condition that affects the human body's cognitive functions. A previous diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease will aid in the treatment of the condition. Many mathematical and machine learning models have been used in studies supporting the disease. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a common method used to diagnose disease clinically. However, because to changes in its MRI samples and their stability in healthy people, it faces certain difficulties in diagnosis. Machine learning algorithms are currently being utilized to assess fundamental brain alterations in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Ensemble Learning (EL) also demonstrated its benefits by incorporating many models into the learning system's resilience. By forecasting the sickness, a machine learning system can help solve this problem. This paper presents a review of computer aided system approach for predictive diagnosis of neurological disease.
Recyclat statt Fegefeuer
Authors: Boeckh Martin
Published: April 2022

Kreislaufwirtschaft: Ohne die Kohleindustrie müssen sich die Erzeuger von Sekundärbrennstoffen neue Abnehmer-Wege suchen, doch die Wahl dürfte nicht schwerfallen. Derweil kommt die Zementindustrie unter Druck.
Zurück in Neues
Authors: Hagelüken Christian
Published: April 2022

Der Metallgehalt vieler alter Metallprodukte ist höher als der von im Bergbau gewonnenem Erz. Stoffliches Recycling ist eine ergiebige Rohstoffquelle von Metallen, die vor allem nie versiegt.
Industrie sucht neue Fisch-Lieferanten
Authors: Murmann Christoph , Rennack Sebastian , Sachsenröder Delphine
Published: April 2022

Russland darf vorerst weiter Fisch nach Deutschland liefern. Trotzdem bangen angesichts des Ukraine-Kriegs vor allem die Hersteller von Tiefkühlkost um Seelachs-Nachschub und rechnen mit steigenden Preisen. Denn Zahlungswege und Schiffsverbindungen brechen weg.
TFB richtet sich auf Wachstum aus
Authors: Lenders Dirk
Published: April 2022

Der Fleischwarenhersteller The Family Butchers befindet sich im Umbau. Prozesse werden optimiert, die Produktion automatisiert und das Sortiment differenziert. Das Ziel ist Wachstum, organisch oder mit Partnern.
Lactalis beweist Ehrgeiz in Deutschland
Authors: Murmann Christoph
Published: April 2022

Lactalis möchte in Deutschland neben der starken Position im Käsegeschäft auch bei Milchprodukten der Weißen Linie an Statur gewinnen. BMI dagegen verliert nach vielen bayerischen Milcherzeugern auch einen Großteil ihrer Bedeutung für den Lebensmittelhandel.
Freie Brauer dürfen gemeinsam verhandeln
Authors: Bender Hanno
Published: April 2022

Die in der „Die Freien Brauer“ GmbH & Co. KG zusammengeschlossenen Familienbrauereien dürfen die allgemeinen Lieferbedingungen mit dem LEH gemeinsam verhandeln. Das Bundeskartellamt hat keine Bedenken.
Leer gestreikt
Authors: Shinde Sonia
Published: April 2022

Nach wochenlangem Streik entspannt sich die Lage auf Spaniens Straßen. Die Lücken in den Supermärkten füllen sich. Ein Grund zum Aufatmen ist das für die Obst- und Gemüseerzeuger aber nicht. Auch manche deutsche Händler bangen. Sonia Shinde
Frische Verteilung
Authors: Loderhose Birgitt
Published: April 2022

Der Markt für gekühlte Feinkostsalate befindet sich nach dem Verkauf der Sparte Homann-Feinkostsalate im Umbruch. Neue Hersteller springen in die Lücke. Stark steigende Rohwarenpreise setzen die etablierten Produzenten unter Druck. Birgitt Loderhose
Der Discount ist zurück
Authors: Konrad Jörg
Published: April 2022

Die Discountbranche berappelt sich nach schwierigen Monaten der Pandemie. Erstmals macht sie im Februar gegenüber der konkurrierenden Supermarktzunft wieder Marktanteile gut. Ob die Wende von Dauer ist, muss sich in den kommenden Monaten zeigen. Einiges spricht dafür, meint die GfK im jüngsten „Consumer-Index“.
Größter Reinwasserbehälterneubau der letzten Jahrzehnte Teil 1: Grundlagen und Planung
Authors: Hiller Carsten , Jäger Yvonne
Published: April 2022

Die Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB) werden das neu gebaute Zwischenpumpwerk Lindenberg 2022 in Betrieb nehmen. Der Kompaktbau umfasst vier neue Reinwasserbehälter mit fast 70.000 m³ Nutzvolumen und eine Maschinenhalle. Bis dahin war es ein langer Weg.
Augmented Reality – Nutzung eines digitalen Assistenten im Feld
Authors: Schongar Tobias
Published: April 2022

Beim Betrieb von Wasseranlagen und deren Wartung profitieren Mitarbeiter zunehmend von Industrie 4.0. Deutliche Effizienzsteigerungen ergeben sich durch die Unterstützung von Instandhaltung und anderen Aufgaben in der Anlage durch mobile Endgeräte.
Infrastruktursektor Wasser vor Cyberausfällen schützen
Authors: Düwel Ulrike
Published: April 2022

Die Risiken, denen sich die kritische Infrastruktur ausgesetzt sieht, sind vielfältig: Stromausfälle, menschliche Fehler oder Manipulation der digitalen Infrastruktur. Um gewappnet zu sein, wurde 2020 das Kompetenzzentrum Digitale Wasserwirtschaft gegründet.
Einsatz von erweiterter Realität auf den Kläranlagen
Authors: Hofmann Jens , Thaler Sabine
Published: April 2022

Im Vorhaben „DiWA – Digitale Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft“ steht der lernhaltige Einsatz von Augmented Reality in realen Arbeitsprozessen beim Betrieb einer Kläranlage im Mittelpunkt. Die Kläranlagen Bonn und Hennef erprobten Lösungen.
Im fliegenden Einsatz für die Wasserwirtschaft
Authors: Dunsch Andreas
Published: April 2022

Drohnen können Monteure und Ingenieure dabei unterstützen, Schäden schnell zu erfassen und zu dokumentieren. Mit den gewonnenen Daten werden digitale Prüfprozesse und Messungen möglich. Die Wasserwirtschaft profitiert noch wenig von der Technologie.