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Wiesner, Women & Gender In Early Modern Europe
Authors: Johnson Diane
Published: April 2024

Merry Wiesner's Women and Gender in Early Modem Europe is a well-written college-level textbook that presents an introduction to research on women in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. In her introduction she explains that until recently, women's historical research focused on two major issues-how women contributed to accepted developments in history (the search for "women worthies") and the effect of these developments on women. More recently, additional questions have centered on women's biological experiences and on private or domestic matters.
The Utilization Of Footnotes In Historical Writing
Authors: Ready Milton
Published: April 2024

Last year a student in my senior research seminar in history, frustrated by the intricacies of citing sources properly, asked what must be one of the most vexing questions of our discipline. Why not use simpler systems such as in-text citations preferred by other disciplines? Why spend so much time worrying about the natural order of a footnote (or endnote) and the alphabetical order of a bibliography? Why do we need to be so concerned over abbreviations, shortened titles, or the use of ibid., the one remaining Latin abbreviation, when they are not even necessary? And why bother with all this debate over primary and secondary sources and, beyond that, whether they are even good primary or secondary sources? Why judge a paper by all the appendages, such as footnotes, sources, and bibliography, especially when most of the information could be incorporated into the text? And what about Kate Turabian 's manual? It's too general, too confusing, and , moreover, the professional journals follow their own guidelines that might agree (or disagree) with Turabian on key points. Does all this prove that history, like its subject matter, really is stodgy, out-of-date, that it is an archaic discipline seeking to impress by accessories rather than persuade by narration?
Geremek, Poverty - A History; Rosener, The Peasantry Of Europe
Authors: Levinson Dan
Published: April 2024

These two books are similar in several ways. Besides being published by Blackwell, both are by distinguished Central European scholars; both follow scholarly conventions but are aimed at a wider audience; both are surveys with a strong socio-economic theme; both are concise (under 300 pages).
Sanches, Becoming Mexican American - Ethnicity, Culture, And Identity In Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945
Authors: Reeves Kay
Published: April 2024

Becoming Mexican American explores the complex process by which Mexican immigrants and their American-born children living in Los Angeles between 1900 and 1945 were transformed from being Mexicans living in the United States to ethnically and culturally identifying themselves as Mexican Americans. Following an introduction that reviews the historiography, both sociological and historical, on cultural adaptation and ethnic identity of immigrants in general and Mexicans in particular, Sanchez divides his study into four major parts.
Lefkowitz, Not Out Of Africa - How Afrocentrism Became An Excuse To Teach Myth As History
Authors: Van Hartesveldt Fred
Published: April 2024

Mary Lefkowitz is an established classicist working at Wellesley College. Her interest in Afrocentrism developed as she began to be questioned about the failure of classicists to discuss the significance of African--especially Egyptian--influences in the development of modern Western culture. Of course there are such influences, a fact she does not deny. Nonetheless, as she began to examine the works of Afrocentrists such as Martin Bernal, George G.M. James, and others, she found assertions that seemed indefensible. These included the idea that Aristotle plagiarized much of his philosophy from the library at Alexandria--a library not built until after his death--and that Socrates and Cleopatra were black.
Kekewich, Ed., Princes And The Peoples - France And The British Isles, 1620-1714 - An Anthology Of Primary Sources
Authors: McAllister Charlie
Published: April 2024

Kekewich is a Staff Tutor in Arts and a Senior Lecturer in History at the Open University, specializing in Early Modern British and European history. She developed this anthology for her Open University course of the same title, for use with two secondary accounts: Robin Briggs's Early Modern France 1560-1715 and Barry Coward's The Stuart Age: England 1603-1714.
Kennett, G. I., - The American Soldier In World War II
Authors: McGuire Phillip
Published: April 2024

Lee Kennett's book is a new paperback edition of a book originally published in 1987. With information from new sources, the author has produced a first rate social history of the American G.I. during World War II. He has detailed the "collective portrait" and the "collective experience" of the G.I. from his draft and induction to his return to civilian life. In doing so, Kennett based his story primarily on the noncombatant experiences of the G.I., the letters and memoirs of the G.l.s themselves, the thoughts of their commanding officers, the statements of fellow Allies and enemies, those who were liberated and conquered, and the historical literature of the Second World War.
Quality Control In Distance Learning
Authors: Alfers Kenneth , Mugleston William
Published: April 2024

Even though some· professors in the social sciences may wish it otherwise, technology has become increasingly significant in our professional as well as our personal lives. We know that colleges are using technology to broaden and enhance their educational offerings to "distant learners." Students who may be far removed from a traditional classroom setting can now use an array of video and/or computer connections to complete most if not all of their credits toward a college degree. As educators, we are concerned about the quality of all course work, and courses offered in an "unusual" way draw special scrutiny. As two professors who have been intimately involved in producing and teaching a telecourse, we believe that we can attest to the quality of this type of distance learning.
Lerner, Why History Matters - Life And Thought
Authors: Dicks Sam
Published: April 2024

Those of you who have been around two or three decades might skip this paragraph and go to the second paragraph below. Those new to the study of history should read my remarks about how stodgy and male-dominated the historical profession used to be. During the decade of the sixties historians were much slower than their counterparts in sociology, anthropology, political science, and literature in believing that women's studies were relevant to their discipline. History faculties were more heavily dominated by males than were other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.
Ellis, Napolean; Jones, Ed., The French Revolution In Social And Political Perspecitive
Authors: Luehrs Robert
Published: April 2024

In the current historiography of the French Revolution, the king is dead, but the succession is being hotly disputed--or, to borrow from Aristophanes, perhaps whirl is now king. The classic interpretation of the Revolution, inspired by Marxism and definitively articulated by Georges Lefebvre, was of the struggle between the decaying, feudal aristocracy and the ascending, capitalist bourgeoisie. For the last thirty years or so revisionists have chipped away at this view, noting the social mix among the revolutionaries and the complexities of their aspirations.
Pauley, Hitler, Stalin And Mussolini - Totalitarianism In The Twentieth Century
Authors: Brown Robert
Published: April 2024

Much of the history of Europe in the twentieth century can be viewed from the perspective of the actions taken by or in opposition to the ideas, ambitions, and policies of Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler, and, to a much lesser extent, Benito Mussolini. Bruce Pauley's Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini is accordingly a salutary reminder of how a few determined individuals, when given almost unlimited power to impose their ideologies on others, have altered the fates of millions of ordinary individuals, not to mention the very nations they led. Stalin's economic policies between 1930 and 1937 caused the deaths of fourteen million Russians, forced the relocation of tens of millions more, and produced a chronically underproductive Soviet agricultural sector, no doubt a factor contributing to the collapse of the USSR.
Bonfield And Morrison, Roxana's Children
Authors: Dalton C. David
Published: April 2024

Social histories are now commonplace in the discipline, but a new direction has emerged--family history. Roxana's Children tells the story of Roxana Brown Walbridge Watts, who lived during the early to mid-nineteenth century on a Vermont farm and who raised eleven children and one grandchild, half of whom stayed at home, while the others moved as far west as California. Even for traditional historians, Roxana's Children should be appealing since they, her offspring, toiled in the textile mills at Lowell, Massachusetts, took part in the great westward push across the continent, fought in the Civil War, and even panned for gold in California. Their vocations were also as varied: farmer, soldier, lawyer, minister, teacher, carriage maker, artist, and, perhaps most importantly, husband or wife.
One Teacher's Experiences With Student Portfolios
Authors: Drake Sarah
Published: April 2024

At the start of my second year of teaching, I faced the challenges and pressures felt by all educators upon returning to the classroom. I experienced feelings of confidence and self-doubt simultaneously. My first year as a teacher had been rewarding and fulfilling; I knew I had chosen a profession I could truly enjoy. My greatest fear, however, was that I would remain content with lessons that had "worked" during my first year of teaching and that I would become satisfied with what teachers fresh out of university methods classes might consider mediocre. Therefore, as I looked toward the start of the fall semester, I established several personal and professional goals. In order to compel myself and my students to engage in active learning processes, I decided that one of my goals would be to guide them in the development of portfolios.
Using Historical Sites To Help Teach The United States Survey
Authors: Gallagher Gary
Published: April 2024

Everyone who teaches the American history survey in the United States has at hand some historical site that can be integrated into the curriculum. It might be a house or a neighborhood, a road trace, a fort, an old canal or railroad bed, or the remains of an iron furnace. Whatever the nature of the site, it holds the potential to bring a piece of the past vividly to life for students too often conditioned to rely on electronic images to stimulate their imaginations. Historic sites permit students literally to touch our past, and in that moment to make a connection to earlier Americans and their lives that cannot be duplicated in any classroom.
Burke, The Renaissance
Authors: Morrow S. Rex
Published: April 2024

Peter Burke, a Fellow at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, has written an effective yet concise overview of the rise and fall of the Italian Renaissance. The text, which is only 77 pages, consists of five chapters: The Myth of the Renaissance; Italy: Revival and Innovation; The Renaissance Abroad; The Disintegration of the Renaissance; and Conclusion. The text closes with a comprehensive bibliography that is divided into fifteen significant subsections for the reader's benefit.
Barker And Chalus, Eds., Gender In Eighteenth-Century England - Roles, Representations, And Responsibilities; Hughes And Hughes, Eds., Women In World History
Authors: Musselwhite Laura
Published: April 2024

These two works are aimed at the women's history classroom, but are very different in format and execution. With the surge in enthusiasm in women's history, both of these books should provoke great interest; however, they represent very different models of thought and application to the classroom.
Browne, Spain's Civil War
Authors: Kern Robert
Published: April 2024

The Spanish Civil War, once famed but now relatively forgotten at the end of the twentieth century, still attracts coverage. Harry Browne, a British professor of Spanish history and literature, has prepared for Longman' s Seminar Series in History a narrative historical text of slightly over a hundred pages, accompanied by 27 pages of translated documents on key episodes and actors in the civil war. There is also a short section identifying key personalities, a glossary, and a short bibliography.
Salevouris And Furay, Learning American History - Critical Skills For The Survey Course
Authors: Scott John Anthony
Published: April 2024

This book is designed, the authors tell us, as a supplementary text and workbook for college and university students, introducing them "to the nature of history and historical thinking, the methods of historical inquiry, and the elements of effective historical writing." Varied materials are provided that allow instructors "to insert relevant skill-development and skill-assessment exercises at appropriate points in a particular course." The book's aim, they say, is to help undergraduates "attain a deeper understanding of how history is made and what it means to think 'historically.'"
Weisner And Hartford, Eds., American Portraits - Biographies In United States History
Authors: Lookingbill Brad
Published: April 2024

Teaching historians often assign biography to supplement reading lists for the introductory survey classroom, even though selecting which life to share might be a difficult process. Biography represents a unique form of history and literature, inviting a reader to come to terms with the significance of human agency. Indeed, a biography possesses the potential to reveal how a particular person influenced and was influenced by broader historical forces.
Gordon, Ed., African American Women And The Vote, 1837-1965
Authors: Ezell David
Published: April 2024

African American Women and the Vote, 1837-1965 is a fine collection of essays dealing with a rarely documented topic: the struggle of African American women to assert themselves in American politics. It is always a pleasure to find a series of readable academic essays, and this book falls into that select group. It is a collection that offers both instructors and students several fine pieces for study and discussion.
Reading, Writing And Walking
Authors: Reeve Kay
Published: April 2024

Virtually every instructor who teaches history survey courses has struggled with issues of time constraint at one time or another. Choices between sufficient content coverage, in-depth analysis of crucial issues, connections with broader concepts and themes, and opportunities to encourage critical thinking and analysis appear to be rivals for limited time on both the part of the student and instructor. I encountered this issue in an intensified manner in 1991 when I came to Kennesaw State University. The college recently had redesigned its general education core curriculum to include two courses in world history and two courses in United States history configured with the "typical" chronological divisions, but had reduced each course in credit hours and, concurrently, classroom contact time. I found myself having one-third less in class time with my students as well as needing to adhere to reasonable limitations on out-of-class requirements.
Improving Student Participation In History Lectures
Authors: Pennell Myra
Published: April 2024

For years I have worked with beginning history and social studies teachers at both the K-12 and college levels. Hundreds of observations have illustrated for me that one of the most difficult and common problems faced by novice teachers is motivating students to participate in lessons. Indeed, the beginner who does not have difficulty with student inertia or even apathy is the exception rather than the rule. Student passiveness is particularly manifest and troublesome when the teacher attempts to use the lecture/discussion technique of instruction so prevalent in history classes. There are two facets to the quandary of how to engage students. First, beginning teachers must sort out confused thinking about the responsibility of both teacher and student for learning. The second is that they must add to their meager beginner's repertoire specific tactics that stimulate student participation.
Alcock, A Short History Of Europe - From The Greeks And Romans To Present Day
Authors: Rosenfeld Michael
Published: April 2024

Antony Alcock has managed to narrate the history of Europe, east and west, during the past 4,000 years in a scant 270 pages. An inherent instinct to charity inclines me to compliment him on this achievement, but having persevered through all of these pages I find charity elusive. Almost from the start I found myself out of sympathy with the author's predominant approach to history as past politics.
Davies, Soviet Economic Development From Lenin To Khrushchev; Pearson, The Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Empire
Authors: Stevens Carol
Published: April 2024

Each of these books is part of a series written to provide succinct and readable overviews of specialized topics "for students and their teachers." Between them, they provide a comprehensive picture of some very important elements of Soviet policy.
Schulzinger, U.S. Diplomacy Since 1900
Authors: Redinger Matthew
Published: April 2024

Robert Schulzinger has done it again. In this, the fourth edition of his survey of United States diplomacy in the twentieth century, he has provided a text remarkable in its combination of breadth and readability. In this book's tightly packed sixteen chapters, Schulzinger manages to provide a classic account of United States foreign relations since the tum of the century.
Everybody Talks
Authors: Monahan W. Gregory
Published: April 2024

The year is 800 CE. A group of early Muslims meets in one part of the room. Their task is at once simple and complex. They must convince a group of pagans to convert to Islam. At the opposite side of the room, a group of early Christians is also meeting, hoping to convert the same group of pagans to Christianity. In the center sit t he pagans themselves, who have decided firmly that they will abandon their worship of natural deities in favor of one of the great religions of the book. They huddle together, predicting the arguments of their proselytizers and planning challenging questions. After ten minutes or so of planning strategy, the three groups are split into groups of only three individuals. Each smaller group includes one Muslim, one Christian, and one Pagan. They go to work. Christian and Muslim argue and cajole, trying to convert the pagan in the group. The pagan listens to them argue, breaking in to note errors and ask questions.
Nardo, Ed., The French Revolution
Authors: Blanke David
Published: April 2024

The French Revolution certainly qualifies by any standard as a "Turning Point in World History." Its inclusion within the Greenhaven Press series of the same name should distress no one. Yet, identifying exactly what "turned" and why, remains at the heart of an analysis that began with the calling of the Estates General in 1789 and continues to this day. This volume's Foreword (a mere two pages) and Introduction, which are uncredited, go far to define the Revolution as a "turning point," and give a good narrative account of events, but do little to direct readers to any blended answers to these more pivotal questions.
Cogan, Charles De Gaulle - A Bried Biography With Documents
Authors: Howell Michael
Published: April 2024

The Bedford Series in History and Culture has produced a good book for history classes, although not a perfect one. Charles G. Cogan's study of Charles de Gaulle is organized in two parts. The first two-thirds of the book is a chronological narrative with a good, if markedly sympathetic, summary of de Gaulle's views. The remainder is a collection of documents organized around the same themes: saving the nation, reorganizing the state, foreign relations, and legacy.
Blight & Gooding-Williams, Eds., The Souls Of Black Folk By W.E.B Du Bois
Authors: Jirran Raymond
Published: April 2024

The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois is the classic explanation of racial bifurcation in the United States. The book is about the twoness of being black, trying to take advantage of what is good in the status quo while at the same time taking advantage of not being part of the status quo. Du Bois points out that a veil covers the bifurcation.
Madaras & Sorelle, Eds., Taking Sides - Clashing Views On Controversial Issues In American History Vol 1 - The Colonial Period To Reconstruction
Authors: Olwell Russell
Published: April 2024

This book, part of the Jong and successful Taking Sides series, brings together sixteen case studies in historical disagreement, starting with American exceptionalism and ending with the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868. This eighth edition adds seventeen new selections to the book, including eight new units. It also adds the Dushkin web site  for student use and internet resources keyed to each section of the book.
Calhoun, Ed., The Gilded Age - Essays On The Origins Of Modern America
Authors: Reeve Kay
Published: April 2024

In his preface, editor Charles Calhoun notes that the idea of this book grew out of conversations with colleagues who agreed on the need for a book teachers could use to introduce their students to a "reconsideration of the various aspects of American life in the Gilded Age." In general, Calhoun's anthology accomplishes this goal extremely well. Composed of an introduction and fourteen essays by, with one exception, recognized scholars of the period, most of the major developments of the period are covered.
Swisher, Ed., The Spread Of Islam; Roded., Ed., Women In Islam And The Middle East
Authors: Allen Calvin
Published: April 2024

These two anthologies have in common an examination of a particular theme, contained in the title, over the entire course of Islamic history from the time of the Prophet Muhammad in Arabia to the present. The similarities end there.
Sacks, Ed., Utopia
Authors: Wade Harry
Published: April 2024

David Harris Sacks, professor of history and humanities at Reed College and author of two books on early modem British history, has made an important contribution to the Bedford Series in History and Culture with this edition of Sir Thomas More's Utopia. The Bedford Series is designed to present important historical documents in a manner that helps the reader study the past as historians do. More's widely read and highly influential Utopia is certainly an important historical document, and Sacks's edition aids the reader in approaching the document as a historian would in several ways.
Hartley, A Social History Of The Russian Empire, 1650-1825
Authors: Whisenhunt William
Published: April 2024

Janet Hartley's A Social History of the Russian Empire 1650-1825 is the first volume in a new Longman series, "A Social History of Europe." The purpose of this series is to examine a nation at a critical stage of its development. Each volume is written by an expert in the field for "serious students and fellow scholars." Hartley addresses a complex period in Russian history by integrating her own research interests with the most recent developments on this period of Russian history.
Louis XIV
Authors: Morris Marilyn
Published: April 2024

This consideration of Louis XIV is representative of a veritable cottage industry in compact volumes serving the growing market of harried students wanting to jump start a research project and teachers preparing lectures who need quick access to the background and current historiography on major topics. David J. Sturdy succeeds admirably on both counts. His thematic arrangement of the material, highlighting of interesting points of debate, useful maps and genealogical tables, chronology of significant events, and bibliographical essays on each subject constitute a handy reference work.
Floud, The People And The British Economy, 1830-1914; Pope, The British Economy Since 1914
Authors: Van Hartesveldt Fred
Published: April 2024

These two economic histories by Roderick Floud and Rex Pope share a number of qualities and are nicely compatible chronologically. Each book is intended for general readers and students. Each is clearly written by an obviously thoughtful and well-informed scholar. Each is crammed with factual information. Each takes a very positive view of British economic development and rejects some common criticisms of it.
Remembering The Forgotten War - The Korean War In American History, 60-Minute Video And Study Guide
Authors: Kaplan Jeffery
Published: April 2024

Remembering the Forgotten War: The Korean War in American History is an instructional video designed to supplement the study of the Korean War. Using historical photos and casual conversation, this is an easy-to-follow introduction to the events surrounding America's and the United Nations' involvement in one of our nation's most forgotten wars.
المقاصد التشريعية والأخلاقية من آيات الأطعمة: دراسة تحليلية مقاصدية
Authors: Al-Muliki Methaq Sadeq Mahmoud , Omar Al-Ahdal Ahmad Omar
Published: April 2024

The research aims to highlight the legislative and ethical purposes that have been overlooked in the verses related to food. Scholars have focused their attention on discussing the rulings and etiquettes related to food, neglecting the extraction of legislative and ethical purposes embedded in these verses. This has had a significant negative impact on the interaction of Muslims with the verses concerning food in their religious and economic aspects. It has also facilitated the European Union in issuing its first approval from the health authority for the consumption of insects as an alternative food to halal food. This situation has led to this research being conducted to derive legislative and ethical purposes from the verses about food. The study aims to help Muslims and Westerners have a deeper understanding of the objectives and purposes behind these legislations, emphasizing the balance between legislative and ethical purposes in accordance with the principles and rules of Islamic law. The research employed an analytical approach to derive the purposes from a jurisprudential perspective. Several results were identified, the most significant of which is that highlighting the legislative and ethical purposes in the verses about food demonstrates the merit of preserving human life, unlike secular laws. The elements of generality, necessity, abandonment, coercion, and specificity in the verses about food are form some of the most important precepts. Ethical purposes complement legislative purposes in the verses about food, as to separate the rulings from ethics is to divest from the all-embracing context of the provisions of the Sharia. Ethical purposes take precedence over legislative purposes in terms of action and attention, as they represent a general purpose in Islamic law.
 
ملخص البحث
يهدف البحث إلى إبراز المقاصد التشريعية والأخلاقية التي غابتْ عن آيات الأطعمة، فقد تركز اهتمام العلماء حول مناقشة الأحكام والآداب المتعلقة بالأطعمة وأغفلوا تَثوير المقاصد التشريعية والأخلاقية، التي تحملها هذه الآيات. مما أدى إلى تأثير سلبي كبير على تفاعل المسلمين مع آيات الاطعمة في جوانب حياتهم الدينية، والاقتصادية، كما سهَّل أيضا للاتحاد الأوربي بإصدار أول موافقه من الهيئة الصحية باستهلاك الحشرات كغذاء بديل للطيبات الحلال. وهذا ما جعل الباحث يعمل جاهدا على استنباط المقاصد التشريعية والأخلاقية من آيات الأطعمة؛ لتساهما في مساعدة المسلمين والغربيين بفهمٍ أعمق حول الأهداف والغايات من وراء هذه التشريعات، ويبرز التوازن بين المقاصد التشريعية والأخلاقية بما يتوافق مع ضوابط وقواعد الشريعة الإسلامية. وقد اتَّبع الباحث المنهج التحليلي لاستنباط المقاصد من منظور أصولي. وقد توصل الباحث إلى عدة نتائج أهمها إثارة المقاصد التشريعية والأخلاقية في آيات الأطعمة أظهرتا جمال الذوق التشريعي في الحفاظ على الحياة الإنسانية بخلاف القوانين الوضعية. جانب العموم ووجوب الترك، والاضطرار، والتقيد والتفصيل في آيات الأطعمة تعتبر من أهم الأركان الرئيسية لاستنتاج المقاصد.
Numerical Investigation on Influence of Grooves on Tube Hydroforming Process of Aluminium Alloys
Authors: Ramanathan Ganesh Laxman , Ramesh Ajith , Achuthankutty Arun
Published: April 2024

For several decades, scientists and engineers have been using the tube hydroforming (THF) process for numerous applications in the automotive and aerospace industries. The inert advantages like weight reduction without compromising on strength, improved part quality, better surface finish, and reduced tooling costs have motivated the use of THF in the fabrication industry. The presence of grooves on the pre-forms was found to immensely help in increasing the pressure-withstanding capacity of the THF tubes, in addition to reducing the stress concentration and achieving the near-net shape during the THF process. This project involves the development of a detailed Finite Element Model, for the THF process. Numerical analysis is carried out in two stages: Stage-1: Groove Formation, and Stage-2: Final THF tube formation. In Stage 1, the numerical model investigates the formation of grooves, predicting the amount of internal pressure and axial feeding that are required to accurately form them. In Stage 2, numerical simulations focus on the actual THF process. This two-stage THF process (Grooved-THF) was compared to a single-stage Generic THF process. The results indicate the Grooved-THF to be producing a relatively lower thickness reduction with a more closely formed corner radius compared to the generic case. The work also involves multi-objective optimization of the process parameters like the number of grooves, coefficient of friction, internal fluid pressure, and die corner radius using the DOE technique – RSM. The results indicate the number of grooves and the friction coefficient to be the most influencing parameters in the THF process.
Slutsky compensating variation for assessing inflationary pressure on the income of the Ukraine population
Authors: Kyrylenko Volodymyr , Tkachenko Olena , Melnyk Oleksii , Samiilenko Andrii , Halaburda Mykola
Published: April 2024

The article is devoted to the improvement of analytical tools, applying for household well-being assessment through using Slutsky compensating variation concept for the consideration of changes in the structure of consumer expenditures, as a factor, impacting the power of inflationary pressure. Authors propose to use the formula for calculating the compensating variation of income on the basis index of consumer price for every commodity group with a specific weight relevant to the share of spending on the appropriate commodity in the consumer budget. Calculations according to the proposed methodology made it possible to reveal significant differences in the distribution of inflationary pressure between Ukrainian households with different equivalent per capita incomes. The trend of shifting the burden of inflation to the least wealthy sections of the population looks extremely threatening. Having a highly concentrated demand (the majority of their budget is spent on essential goods, the prices of which are rising the fastest), such households face extremely unfavorable conditions for the development and even simple reproduction of human potential, and the effectiveness of social protection programs is clearly insufficient to counteract the decline in well-being and risks of marginalization of these population groups.
Assessment of agrobusiness structures’ performance and pespectives for strengthening market positions
Authors: Tymchenko Andrii
Published: April 2024

Agribusiness, as a component of the agricultural sector, is defined as a system of economic relations encompassing the production, processing, and marketing of agricultural products, which influences the socio-economic development of the country. Its importance lies not only in providing food for the population but also in creating jobs, forming export potential, and stabilizing the agrarian sector. Ensuring a high level of competitiveness of agribusiness is a strategic task for ensuring sustainable economic development and improving the living standards of the population. In the modern conditions of globalization and rapid changes in market trends, evaluating the performance of agribusiness structures becomes critical for the success of enterprises. This is an important stage of strategic planning, which allows identifying key factors influencing competitiveness, understanding risks and opportunities, and developing effective development strategies. Evaluating the performance of agribusiness structures depends on the use of various methods, including analysis of financial indicators, determining market competitiveness, assessing innovation potential, and analyzing the efficiency of management processes. The article emphasizes the importance of evaluating agribusiness activity in the context of its competitiveness and sustainable development. In particular, strategic success factors, methods of performance evaluation, and the role of management and innovation in strengthening agribusiness competitiveness are considered.
Strategi Pengamanan Front-end dalam Pengembangan Website
Authors: Steven Steven , Rifaldi Wahyu , Nugraha Ucu
Published: April 2024

Front-end dalam konteks website melibatkan semua elemen yang dapat terlihat dan diakses oleh pengguna, mulai dari tampilan visual hingga interaksi antarmuka pengguna. Sisi visual dan interaktif ini menjadi fokus utama, namun keamanan di latar belakang memiliki peran krusial dalam melindungi data dan mencegah akses yang tidak sah oleh pihak yang tidak bertanggung jawab atau berupaya meretas website. Keamanan front-end berfungsi untuk melindungi komponen-komponen dalam website dari berbagai serangan dan ancaman eksternal. Ini mencakup upaya pencegahan akses yang tidak sah, perlindungan terhadap peretasan, dan pengamanan terhadap pencurian data sensitif. Meskipun begitu, masih banyak front-end developer yang lebih fokus pada aspek visual tanpa memahami pentingnya integrasi keamanan. Kurangnya pemahaman ini dapat berdampak negatif pada tingkat keamanan suatu website. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan informasi dan pemahaman terkait praktik-praktik menjaga keamanan di sisi front-end suatu website. Dengan harapan bahwa front-end developer dapat menjadi lebih proaktif dan kompeten dalam memastikan keamanan website yang mereka kembangkan, sehingga dapat memberikan pengalaman pengguna yang aman dan terpercaya.
ANALISIS PERAMALAN PRODUK A BERDASARKAN ATURAN BADAN PENGAWASAN OBAT DAN MAKANAN DI PT XYZ
Authors: Rhamdani Janatul Nasya , Munigar Naufal Fadurahman , Prastyo Agung Wahyu , Fauzi Muchammad
Published: April 2024

Menurut Nasution dan Prasetyawan, Peramalan adalah proses untuk memperkirakan beberapa kebutuhan di masa datang yang meliputi kebutuhan dalam ukuran kuantitas, kualitas, waktu dan lokasi yang dibutuhkan dalam rangka memenuhi permintaan barang ataupun jasa (Nsution dan Prasetyawan, 2008). Pada penelitian ini dilakukan perbandingan hasil penjualan dengan 4 metode peramalan diantaranya Double Moving Average (DMA), Exponential Brown, Exponential Holt, dan Regresi Linier (RL) untuk melihat hasil penjualan terbesar yang dihasilkan dari tiap metode yang bertujuan untuk meminimalisir kerugian yang akan ditanggung oleh PT. XYZ. Diakibatkan oleh penarikan produk dengan kemasan lama sesuai dengan Peraturan No. 22 tahun 2022 tentang Penerapan Barcode dalam Pengawasan Obat dan Makanan, dikarenakan adanya perubahan formula produk A. Hasil penjualan tertinggi adalah dengan menggunakan metode peramalan Regeresi Linear dibandingkan dengan metode yang lain dan dapat meminimalisir kerugian yang awalnya Rp. 41.018.040.000 menjadi Rp. 838.530.000 sehingga total kerugian yang dapat diminimalisir sebesar RP. 40.179.510. 000.dibandingkan dengan metode yang lain dan dapat meminimalisir kerugian yang akan dialami.
Training for Transformation: Unravelling the Dynamics of Employee Commitment and Citizenship Behaviour in Fiji's Retail Sector
Authors: Prasad Narendra , Pathak Raghuvar , Chand Anand
Published: April 2024

This paper examines the mediating effect of organisational commitment (OC) on the relationship between workplace training opportunities and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) of frontline retail sector employees in Fiji. The authors conducted a cross-sector survey with selected 37 small to medium-sized grocery retail outlets executing workplace training strategies at their workplaces. The authors used structural equation modelling to verify the hypotheses. The findings suggest that small and medium-sized (SME) grocery outlets should focus on reinforcing the implementation of workplace training practices, whose synergistic effects may be currently neglected. The results show that constituents of training and development initiatives, especially providing avenues for support for employee training, can significantly improve frontline and back-office employee commitment and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in SME retail companies. Previous studies have primarily examined the relationship between workplace training components, OC and OCB in specific contexts, such as the manufacturing industry or have lumped training and development practices with other human resource management (HRM) practices. The present study aims to fill this gap by exploring the concurrent effects of components of a single HRM practice of workplace training on OC and OCB in the understudied services sector setting in a developing country context.
Trauma Education: A Reason for Hope
Authors: La Roche Claire Reeves
Published: April 2024

Research from the CDC empirically proves that adverse childhood events (ACE) increase the likelihood of mental and physical health concerns. Many traumatic childhood events are avoidable if teachers, nurses, doctors, social workers, counsellors, lawyers, judges, and law enforcement understand the most recent domestic violence research and best practices for protecting children. Relevant domestic violence research and laws are discussed. Through changes to curriculum across disciplines, higher education could alter paradigms at the grass roots level and proactively reduce the number of traumatic events experienced by children. Suggestions are made for domestic violence topics and research to be included in courses.
Endoscopic Ligation of Esophageal Varices: The Experience of Aristide Le Dantec Hospital Digestive Endoscopy Center in Dakar
Authors: ML Bassène , AS Gueye , S Diallo , MP Fall , AB Fall , MA Thioubou , MN Gueye
Published: April 2024

Introduction: Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) has been performed for nearly two decades in the Aristide Le Dantec Hospital digestive endoscopy center in Dakar. The aim of our study was to determine the epidemiological, diagnostical, therapeutical and evolving aspects of patients treated by ligation, and to identify factors that may influence evolution under treatment, in particular the regrowth of esophageal varices. Patients and Methods: We conducted a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study covering the period from July 2005 to December 2021. We included all patients who had undergone at least one ligation session during this period. Results: Two hundred and forty-two patients were included. The prevalence was 1.1%. The sex ratio was 1.46. The average age was 35 years. Patients presented at least one sign of portal hypertension in 57% of cases. Gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed grade III varices in 64% of cases and grade II varices in 36%. Portal hypertension was of cirrhotic origin in 68.6% of cases. Cirrhosis was of viral hepatitis B origin in 45.2% of cases. Endoscopic ligation was performed in secondary prevention in 91.7% of cases and primary prevention in 8.3%. In primary prevention, eradication was achieved in 20% of patients after an average of 2 [1-3] sessions. In secondary prevention, eradication was achieved in 36.5% of cases after an average of 4 [1-9] sessions. Tolerance was good. All patients had started propranolol after the first ligation session. Endoscopic control was performed in 63 patients (74.1%). Esophageal varices regrowth was observed in 30 patients (49.2%). In multivariate analysis, gender, variceal size, and Child-Pugh score appeared to be predictive factors for regrowth. Conclusion: In the Aristide le Dantec Hospital digestive endoscopy center, EVL is performed for primary and secondary prevention. It is well tolerated. However, esophageal variceal regrowth is frequent.
Krukenberg Tumor in A 26-Year-Old Young Patient with Primary Location in the Stomach: A Case Report
Authors: FILHO Antonio Chambô , Cardoso ALMEIDA Dandhara de Lima , PERUCHI Livia Spinassé , PERUCHI Luiza Spinassé , BARBOSA Natália Almeida , FILETTI Vitória Ortelan
Published: April 2024

Objective: Report a case of a 26-year-old patient diagnosed with Krukenberg tumor with the primary site localized in the stomach. Methods: The researchers obtained the information through a review of the medical record, an interview with the patient, a photographic record of the diagnostic methods to which the patient was submitted, and a literature review. Final Considerations: The case reported and publications raised expand knowledge regarding the course and management of the disease in young patients, which still needs to be clarified in the medical community and needs more studies.
Metformin and statins reduce hepatocellular carcinoma risk in chronic hepatitis C patients with failed antiviral therapy
Authors: Tsai Pei-Chien , Huang Chung-Feng , Yeh Ming-Lun , Hsieh Meng-Hsuan , Kuo Hsing-Tao , Hung Chao-Hung , Tseng Kuo-Chih , Lai Hsueh-Chou , Peng Cheng-Yuan , Wang Jing-Houng , Chen Jyh-Jou , Lee Pei-Lun , Chien Rong-Nan , Yang Chi-Chieh , Lo Gin-Ho , Kao Jia-Horng , Liu Chun-Jen , Liu Chen-Hua , Yan Sheng-Lei , Lin Chun-Yen , Su Wei-Wen , Chu Cheng-Hsin , Chen Chih-Jen , Tung Shui-Yi , Tai Chi‐Ming , Lin Chih-Wen , Lo Ching-Chu , Cheng Pin-Nan , Chiu Yen-Cheng , Wang Chia-Chi , Cheng Jin-Shiung , Tsai Wei-Lun , Lin Han-Chieh , Huang Yi-Hsiang , Chen Chi-Yi , Huang Jee-Fu , Dai Chia-Yen , Chung Wan-Long , Bair Ming-Jong , Yu Ming-Lung ,   T-COACH Study Group
Published: April 2024

Background/Aims: Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients who failed antiviral therapy are at increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study assessed the potential role of metformin and statins, medications for diabetes mellitus (DM) and hyperlipidemia (HLP), in reducing HCC risk among these patients.Methods: We included CHC patients from the T-COACH study who failed antiviral therapy. We tracked the onset of HCC 1.5 years post-therapy by linking to Taiwan’s cancer registry data from 2003 to 2019. We accounted for death and liver transplantation as competing risks and employed Gray’s cumulative incidence and Cox subdistribution hazards models to analyze HCC development.Results: Out of 2,779 patients, 480 (17.3%) developed HCC post-therapy. DM patients not using metformin had a 51% increased risk of HCC compared to non-DM patients, while HLP patients on statins had a 50% reduced risk compared to those without HLP. The 5-year HCC incidence was significantly higher for metformin non-users (16.5%) versus non-DM patients (11.3%; adjusted sub-distribution hazard ratio [aSHR]=1.51; P=0.007) and metformin users (3.1%; aSHR=1.59; P=0.022). Statin use in HLP patients correlated with a lower HCC risk (3.8%) compared to non-HLP patients (12.5%; aSHR=0.50; P<0.001). Notably, the increased HCC risk associated with non-use of metformin was primarily seen in non-cirrhotic patients, whereas statins decreased HCC risk in both cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients.Conclusions: Metformin and statins may have a chemopreventive effect against HCC in CHC patients who failed antiviral therapy. These results support the need for personalized preventive strategies in managing HCC risk.
Evaluating the time to detect biological effects of ocean acidification and warming: an example using simulations of purple sea urchin settlement
Authors: Buchheister A , McElhany P , Bjorkstedt EP
Published: April 2024

Ocean acidification (OA) and ocean warming driven by climate change are important stressors for marine species and systems, but documenting and detecting their long-term impacts on biological responses outside of laboratory settings are challenging due to natural variability caused by complex processes and interactions. We used settlement of purple sea urchins Strongylocentrotus purpuratus in the Southern California Bight (USA) over 6 yr as an example data set to parameterize a simulation model for exploring the time needed to detect environmental effects on a biological response. A generalized linear model was used to describe an index of urchin settlement as functions of pH, sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface salinity (SSS), and spatio-temporal factors, demonstrating that settlement was negatively associated with pH (i.e. lower settlement at higher pH) and positively associated with SST and SSS. Monte Carlo simulations were developed from this base model under a variety of alternative scenarios to estimate the time to detect: (1) annual trends in pH and SST time series, (2) pH and SST effects on urchin settlement, and (3) annual trends in urchin settlement. Time to detect pH and SST effects was predominantly influenced by the underlying strength of the relationships and the model uncertainty. Time to detect annual trends in settlement was more sensitive to the severity of long-term OA and warming trends, which had cumulative (at times opposing) effects. This study highlights the variable time scales (2-60+ yr) that may be necessary to detect biological responses to OA and ocean warming and the sensitivity to different assumptions of the study system.
Web-Based E-Log Book Application for Enhancing the Quality of Student Projects
Authors: Ananta Devanda Radya , Kurniawan Defri
Published: April 2024

The student project is the biggest specter for students, and many are hindered by it. The problem that occurs is the difficulty of student activities and assignment supervisors who are still carried out manually, so it cannot be denied that there are many carelessness and errors that have an impact on the final result. The purpose of this research is to design and build a website-based final project guidance e-log book application using the prototyping method in Informatics Engineering S1 Faculty of Computer Science, Dian Nuswantoro University Semarang. The research method applies a qualitative approach with the source of interviews and document studies, while the development method uses the prototype method with three steps namely listening to customers, building and revising mock-ups, and testing. The results showed that the website for recording final project guidance in Informatics Engineering S1, Faculty of Computer Science, Dian Nuswantoro University Semarang that had been developed was in accordance with the needs of the Final Project Coordinator for monitoring students in recording final project guidance. The application of the prototype method that starts from listening to customers, building and revising mock-up, and testing is very helpful in the process of developing a website for recording final project guidance.
Determining Sales Patterns Using the Apriori Algorithm: A Case Study of Unlocked Cafe's Website Applications
Authors: Sari Rafika , Helmy Nur , Alexander Allan Desi
Published: April 2024

In the business world, the sales process is the key to a company's success. Business processes will involve a lot of transaction data which will increase over time. This accumulation of data will not provide meaningful information if it is not processed and utilized properly. Correct decision making is obtained from accurate and informative data. This research was conducted to analyze, simulate and digitize data in the form of a website-based system which can be used as recommendations in making business decisions. The application of the Apriori algorithm supports system development in determining sales patterns by providing an overview of sales patterns for products of interest so that sales association rules are obtained. This research dataset was taken from transactions at the Unlocked Café & Coffee shop. The result of this research is an application designed according to the needs of business owners in the form of selecting itemsets by applying the Apriori algorithm to produce output in the form of product stock reference data and product sales patterns.