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Investigating the Determinants of Big Data Analytics Adoption in Decision Making: An Empirical Study in New Zealand, China, and Vietnam
Authors:   Massey University, Yu Ji , Taskin Nazim ,   Bogaziçi University, Turkey, Nguyen Canh Phuc ,   University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Li Jingbo ,   Wenzhou Polytechnic, Pauleen David ,   Massey University
Published: September 2023

Background: As a breakthrough technology, big data provides an opportunity for organizations to acquire business value and enhance competitiveness. Many companies have listed big data analytics (BDA) as one of their top priorities. However, research shows that managers are still reluctant to change their work patterns to utilize this new technology. In addition, the empirical evidence on what determines their adoption of BDA in management decision making is still rare. Method: To more broadly understand the determinants affecting managers’ actual use of BDA in decision making, a survey was conducted on a sample of 363 respondents from New Zealand, China, and Vietnam who work in different managerial roles. The dual process theory, the technology–organization–environment framework, and the key associated demographic characteristics are integrated to form the theoretical foundation to study the internal and external factors influencing the adoption. Results: The findings illustrate that the common essential factors across countries linking BDA in decision making are technology readiness, data quality, managers’ and organizational knowledge related to BDA, and organizational expectations. The factors that are more situation-dependent and evident in one or two countries’ results are managers’ predilection toward valuing intuition and experience over analytics and organizational size. Conclusion: The findings enrich the current literature and provide implications for practitioners on how they can improve the adoption process of this new technology.
Exploring Employees’ Computer Fraud Behaviors using the Fraud Triangle Theory
Authors:   Seidman College of Business Grand Valley State University, Jiang Randi
Published: September 2023

Background: Employee computer fraud is a costly and significant problem for firms. Using the fraud triangle theory, this study explores the extent to which an employee’s perception of opportunity, rationalization, and work pressure will contribute to their likelihood of committing computer fraud (i.e., intentional, malicious, or while motivated through a self-interest gain of information systems (IS) security policy non-compliance behaviors). Method: A model is proposed and empirically validated through survey data collected from various industries from 213 computer-using employees with financial responsibilities within their organizations in the U.S. Results: This study’s findings suggest when individual employees experience high levels of work pressure, they may be more likely to commit computer fraud. Organizations can guard against this behavior by monitoring their employees’ assigned workload and performance expectations to prevent these unwanted behaviors. This study demonstrates a need for future research to investigate further the motivations employees may have besides financial greed when committing different types of computer abuse behaviors. Conclusion: This study, based upon the fraud triangle theory, empirically reveals the importance of monitoring general work pressure to guard against employees committing computer fraud behaviors. Computer fraud behaviors should be considered a distinct type of information security violation behavior.
A Personal Values-Based Approach to Understanding Users’ Co-Creative and Co-Destructive Gaming Experiences in Augmented Reality Mobile Games
Authors:   University of Jyväskylä, Elo, Jenny , Lumivalo Juuli ,   University of Jyväskylä, Tuunanen Tuure ,   University of Jyväskylä
Published: September 2023

Background: Understanding how users evaluate their experiences has been recognized as being fundamental to designing services that meet the users’ needs and support the emergence of positive rather than negative value outcomes in service use. Still, the current literature does not explicitly describe how the users’ value determination unfolds or how the levels of experienced value could be measured to support service design. We address this gap in the context of augmented reality (AR) mobile games by scrutinizing users’ personal values as a potential basis for achieving such an understanding. Method: Through a qualitative content analysis of 43 in-depth laddering interviews with active Pokémon Go gamers in Finland, we uncover the focal personal values associated with the game. Furthermore, we determine the connection of these values to the users’ co-creative and co-destructive gaming experiences. Results: Our study defines eight personal values highlighted in Pokémon Go. The focal co-created values include pleasure, a sense of belonging, ambition, activity, and a healthy life. The most co-destroyed values in the game include social recognition and responsibility. Interestingly, the value of sociality is highlighted in both the co-creative and the co-destructive gaming experiences. While the findings may not be generalizable beyond the studied AR mobile game context, this study explains how users’ personal values may serve as a basis for understanding the value structures of other digital service users to support service design. Conclusion: Our study contributes to the literature by introducing personal values as a potential basis for understanding users’ value-based drivers and service experiences to support the design of digital services. We theoretically conceptualize the users’ dynamic value creation process based on personal values and, using empirical findings, offer novel insights into the value co-creation and co-destruction phenomena in AR mobile games.
Understanding Barriers to Female STEM Students’ Adoption of Online Learning During A Pandemic: An fsQCA Analysis
Authors:   University of California Riverside, Mumu Jinnatul Raihan , Connolly Regina ,   Dublin City University, McParland Cliona ,   Dublin City University, Azad Md. Abul Kalam ,   Islamic University of Technology
Published: September 2023

Background: The gender-gap in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is an impediment to the success of digitized education. The causal factors of this gap have remained a matter of speculation. Method: This study focuses on the STEM gender gap in online learning, seeking to identify causal factors through an innovative fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) that is integrated with sentiment analysis in the Asian context. Results: Findings from the empirical results reveal two pathways to explain STEM gender inequality in the context of online classes. The study advances knowledge by providing insight into the causal factors that contribute to the existing gender gap and by disclosing what demotivates STEM female students in an e-learning environment. Conclusion: The findings will be helpful to practitioners seeking to address digital exclusion issues like the gender inequality in online learning platform.
Characteristics of euthyroid sick syndrome in patients with breast cancer
Authors: Frantsiyants E. M. , Bandovkina V. A. , Vashchenko L. N. , Todorov S. S. , Cheryarina N. D. , Salatova A. M. , Kuchkina L. P. , Bosenko E. S. , Saforyan N. S. , Ushakova N. D.
Published: September 2023

Purpose. Determination of thyroid hormones (TH) and cortisol levels in blood in patients with breast cancer (BC) without previously detected endocrine pathology in the anamnesis.

Patients and methods. Twenty-ﬁve primary luminal A breast cancer patients before and aﬅer surgical removal of the tumour and 25 breast cancer patients with secondary metastatic brain lesions were examined. The levels of total and free forms of TH (T4, FT4, T3 FT3) and cortisol were determined in serum by RIA method.

Results. Before treatment in all patients with breast cancer the level of T3 was decreased 1.3 times and FT3 was increased 1.3 times (p < 0.05) against the background of normal TTH content. In 80 % of patients, blood cortisol concentration was 2 times higher than normal, and in 16 % of patients, T4 level was 1.8 times higher than normal (p < 0.05). Aﬅer tumour removal, FT3 levels in all patients and cortisol levels in 40 % of patients did not diﬀer from normal. T4 content in 40 % of patients, and T3 and TTH in 28 % of women were above normal. A distinctive feature of patients with brain metastases of breast cancer was low T4 and cortisol levels in 36 % of patients against the background of low T3 levels.

Conclusions. Euthyroid sick syndrome was detected in all patients with BC: low serum T3 levels against the background of normal serum levels of TTH. Patients with primary BC were characterized by high concentrations of FT3 and cortisol, which could promote proliferation of malignant cells and decrease antitumour immunity. The condition of 1/3 of patients with brain metastases was aggravated by low levels of T4 and cortisol which could indicate the depletion of the main regulatory systems and an unfavorable disease prognosis.
UKRAINIAN SCIENTIFIC HYDROLOGICAL TERMINOLOGY: HISTORY OF FORMATION, CURRENT STATE AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
Authors:   Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the State Service Emergencies of Ukraine, Kyiv, Manukalo V.O. , Khilchevskyi V.K. ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Grebin V.V. ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: September 2023

The purpose of this article is to acquaint the general public of scientists, educators and practitioners who work in the field of hydrology, use and protection of surface waters of the land with the formation and development of Ukrainian scientific terminology, as well as the developments in this direction of research during the period of independence of Ukraine, which were carried out in the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute the Institute of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and at the Department of Hydrology and Hydroecology of the Faculty of Geography of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. The history of the formation of Ukrainian scientific hydrological terminology over the last more than 150-year period largely reflects the complex historical process of the formation of Ukraine as an independent state. Despite the difficulties of development at certain historical stages, terminological activity on the territory of modern Ukraine developed, acting as a powerful factor in the establishment of its own style of Ukrainian scientific language, which can satisfy the demand of a wide range of scientists and practitioners working in the field of studying, using and protecting surface waters. In Ukraine, teams of scientists and educators have formed, which have significant achievements in the development of Ukrainian hydrological terminology. It is important not to neglect this direction of research in the future. This especially applies to the implementation of terms in practical activities. Among the measures that can contribute to this, it is possible to name the inclusion of issues of hydrological terminology in the programs of scientific and scientific-practical events held in Ukraine on water issues, as well as programs of course events for improving the qualifications of specialists working in enterprises, institutions and organizations of the hydrometeorological service, water management, environmental protection. The article was prepared based on the results of the authors’ work on the development of hydrological normative, educational and scientific reference literature, as well as the study of relevant Ukrainian and foreign literary sources. Achievements, problematic issues are shown, and priority tasks for development in this direction of research are outlined.
CASES OF MASS DISTRIBUTION OF COMPLEX OF COMPLEX ICE-FROST DEPOSITS IN THE TERRITORY OF UKRAINE DURING THE LAST THIRTY YEARS, 1991-2020
Authors:   Central geophysical observatory of Boris Sreznevskyi, Kyiv, Pyasetska S.I.
Published: September 2023

The article is devoted to the study of cases of mass deposition of complex ice-frost deposits on the territory of Ukraine in separate decades during the period 1991-2020, which reflects the state of the modern climate in the region. The case of mass deposition of complex ice-frost deposits was considered to be the case when such deposits were observed at no less than 10 stations and in no less than two regions on one date. The study was conducted for each cold month and individual months of transitional seasons, as well as decades of the studied period separately. The purpose of the article was to establish the features of the spatio-temporal distribution of cases of mass distribution of complex ice-frost deposits on the territory of Ukraine during the last thirty-year period. It was found that: During 1991-2020, cases of mass spreading of complex ice-frost deposits were observed in January and December, and in December they were observed more often, especially during the last decade of 2011-2020. The total number of such cases in 2011-2020 is slightly higher their total number during both decades 1991-2000 and 2001-2010. Among the three investigated decades, the period 2011-2020 stands out in terms of the number of cases of mass spreading of complex ice-frost deposits. It was during this period that the largest number of such cases was observed. According to the number of stations, which on one date observed the mass nature of the spread of complex ice-frost deposits, there are gradations of the number of stations 10; 11-15 and 16-20. At a greater number of stations, complex sediments of a massive nature of distribution were not massively observed during the studied decades.
Vaping lung damage (review)
Authors: Titova Olga N. , Kulikov Valery D. , Sukhovskaya Olga A.
Published: September 2023

The review presents data from meta-analyses and original studies on the study of the vapers disease electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) a new nosological form in patients with acute and subacute respiratory diseases caused by the consumption of electronic nicotine delivery vehicles, or vaping. The number of users are growing in around the world, especially among young people. According to a 2022 meta-analysis, the global prevalence of vaping use was 23%, including 16% in women and 22% in men. Prevalence of electronic nicotine delivery systems among cigarette smokers reached 43%, while on different continents, except for Asia, during the life it was approximately the same: in America 24%, Europe 26%, Asia 16%, Oceania 25%. Vaping rates among children aged 15 to 17 are almost four times (21.3%) higher than those aged 1214 (5.4%). Two-thirds (66.1%) of children aged 12 to 17 using electronic nicotine delivery devices were also smokers, while they started with vapes. Nicotine cartridges used by 89.3% of teen vapers aged 15 to 19 years. Vaping lung diseases have been reported since invention e-cigarettes, but the number of cases increased sharply at the end of September 2019, and by February In 2020, the number of hospitalized patients in the United States reached 2807, with 68 confirmed deaths. Most of the cases are male adolescents and men aged 1334 years. The review discusses the etiology, clinical picture, imaging findings, pathological EVALI features. When examining patients with EVALI, computed tomography revealed images characteristic of acute lung injury and pneumonia, as well as those resembling non-fibrous hypersensitivity pneumonitis, acute eosinophilic pneumonia. The article discusses the main differences between these diseases and the computed tomography picture of COVID-19. Before EVALI, vaping was associated with a wide range of pulmonary manifestations, including lipoid pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. Although the overall prevalence of EVALI has declined sharply compared to with a peak in September 2019, other chemicals may appear that cause various pulmonary diseases associated with vaping. EVALI is a new nosological form in patients with acute and subacute respiratory diseases caused by lung damage due to the use of electronic means delivery of nicotine. The appearance of radiographic images in EVALI is diverse: from bilateral opacities in the lungs to reveal centrilobular nodules resembling non-fibrous hypersensitivity pneumonitis. When interpreting acute lung injury in young people, the possibility of EVALI should be considered.
Features of intestinal microbiota in chronic pyelonephritis in a patient with Mayer–Rokitansky–Kustner–Hauser syndrome
Authors: Lagutina Svetlana N. , Skuratova Olga S. , Chizhkov Pavel A. , Zuykova Anna A. , Kurguzova Anastasia S. , Esina Elena Yu. , Dobrynina Irina S. , Martynenko Daria A. , Samkov Kirill D.
Published: September 2023

MayerRokitanskyKstnerHauser syndrome is a congenital anomaly in the development of the female reproductive system, the essence of which is a violation of the intrauterine development of the Mllerian ducts, causing complete aplasia of the vagina and uterus. Deviation is a total or partial absence uterus, two upper thirds of the vagina, most often in combination with various anomalies of organs and systems, such as excretory, cardiovascular. Currently, the causes of this pathology are not fully understood studied. According to the World Health Organization, the percentage of hereditary factors intrauterine development disorders is approximately 10 to 25%. It is known that patients with this pathology often suffer from diseases of the urinary system (pyelonephritis). Chronic pyelonephritis is a common pathology in any age group due to excessive growth of the bacterial flora. The main causative agent, most often, are representatives of the intestinal microbiota (Escherichia coli, Enterococcus, Staphylococcus). Determination of the genus and species composition of the intestinal microbiota can serve as one of the diagnostic signs that contribute to the timely correction of the main therapy. Presented clinical case demonstrates a change in the biodiversity of the intestinal microbiota in a patient with MayerRokitanskyKstnerHauser syndrome, which entails timely correction of drug therapy regimens in relation to chronic pyelonephritis and achieving remission. Thus, the study of changes in the composition of the intestinal microflora can become a new criterion in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease at an early stage.
The influence of Epstein–Barr-associated infection upon pituitary-thyroid system in children at different periods of the disease
Authors: Fedorova Anna V. , Brus Tatiana V. , Vasiliev Andrei G. , Timchenko Vladimir N. , Bannova Svetlana L. , Tagirov Nair S. , Vasil’eva Anna V.
Published: September 2023

BACKGROUND: The interest in infectious mononucleosis caused by the EpsteinBarr virus (EBV) is currently apparent. EpsteinBarr virus reaches tropism for reticular and lymphoid tissues, does not eliminate from the body and causes an immunopathological process in which the endocrine system develops. Thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), and thyroid-stimulating hormone determinations are the most widely used diagnostic tests to assess thyroid function.
AIM: To study changes in T3, T4, thyroid-stimulating hormone in children of older sex and age at the height and convalescence of infectious mononucleosis, the period of EpsteinBarr virus.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Under the supervision of the child were 94 aged from 1 to 17 years, among them from 1 to 5 years 22%, from 5 to 10 years 39%, from 10 to 15 years 27%, from 15 to 17 years 12% , diagnosed with EpsteinBarr virus mononucleosis, moderate severity. The diagnosis was made on the basis of clinical, anamnestic and laboratory data. The studies leading to the diagnosis were carried out in the laboratory of the Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University. In addition to routine settings (clinical minimum), detection of M- and G- antibodies to EpsteinBarr virus, detection of the genome in the blood by PCR, determination of the levels of T3, T4, thyroid-stimulating hormone by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in blood serum.
RESULTS: Regular changes in T3 concentrations were registered in both girls and boys of all three age groups: the concentration of T3, T4 in the period of the peak of the disease was reduced compared to the period of convalescence. Significant changes in thyroid-stimulating hormone were registered in girls and boys of all three age groups: the concentration of thyroid-stimulating hormone during the peak of the disease slightly decreased compared to the period of convalescence in boys and increased compared to the period of convalescence in girls.
CONCLUSIONS: The changes in the levels of T3, T4, thyroid-stimulating hormone in children during the peak of infectious mononucleosis depends on the severity of the disease, the presence and nature of complications.
The influence of the integration and rehabilitation program on the peculiarities of the formation of the vegetative balance of younger schoolchildren affected by military operations
Authors: Levchin Artem M. , Ershova Irina B. , Rogovtsova Alyona G.
Published: September 2023

BACKGROUND: There is little information concerning the health parameters of children who are in the conditions of military hostilities.

AIM: The aim of the study is to develop and study the impact of a comprehensive integration and rehabilitation program on heart rate variability in primary school children who have experienced the stress of military operations.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: 128 children of primary school age who found themselves in the zone of active hostilities were under observation. The comparison group consisted of 68 children who lived in territories where military operations were not carried out. The assessment of vegetative functions was carried out according to the indicators of the analysis of temporal and spectral indicators of heart rate variability using the hardware and software complex Poly-Spectrum-12.

RESULTS: The power of the very low-frequency component (VLF, ms2) of the spectrum in group I of children was also increased by 23.79% in comparison with the comparison group. The respiratory component (HF, ms2) of the general spectrum also had a statistical difference (25.27%) with the indicators of the comparison group at the time of the first study (p 0.05) in the younger schoolchildren evacuated to Rostov-on-Don. Upon repeated examination, it was found that the indicators of mode and variation range increased in all subgroups, except for a subgroup of children who were in the combat zone and were not included in the comprehensive integration and rehabilitation program.

CONCLUSIONS: According to the results of spectral and temporal analysis of the heart rate, the vagosympathetic balance in younger schoolchildren who experienced the impact of the military operation in the Donbass Region reflects the activation of the sympathetic department of the autonomic nervous system. The developed comprehensive integration and rehabilitation program has shown its greatest effectiveness in children evacuated to Rostov-on-Don.
Effect of reindeer pituitary peptide extract on cognitive functions in rats with changes light regime
Authors: Batotsyrenova Ekaterina G. , Melnikova Margarita V. , Belskaya Alisa V. , Ivanov Dmitry O. , Kashuro Vadim A. , Krasnikova Elena N. , Sharabanov Andrei V.
Published: September 2023

BACKGROUND: Disruption of circadian rhythms can cause significant damage to sensory processing, learning, and memory. At the same time, the structure of the endogenous biological clock contributes to the adaptation of the organism to changes in the conditions for the existence of a biosystem in the external environment. The possibility of synchronization of the endogenous rhythms of the organism with disturbed light periodicity is an urgent problem of modern society, where different rhythms of labor, motor, cognitive activity are used.

AIM: To study the effect of peptides from the pituitary gland of the Reindeer on the parameters of cognitive functions in rats with a long-term change in the light regime on models with altered cellular oscillation due to oxidative stress caused by poisoning of animals with sodium thiopental in a half-lethal dose.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted on 56 white Wistar male rats after acute poisoning with sodium thiopental at a dose of 85 mg/kg under conditions of light desynchronosis. In the passive avoidance conditioned reflex test, the cognitive functions of animals were assessed after a two-week pharmacological correction with a cellular extract of the pituitary gland of the Reindeer at a dose of 100 mg/kg.

RESULTS: The peptide extract of the pituitary gland of the Reindeer contributes to the change in the higher integrative functions of the central nervous system in case of disturbed periodicity of the light signal. The results obtained indicate the chronobiotic activity of the peptide extract of the pituitary gland of the Reindeer at a dose of 100 g/kg when administered intranasally.

CONCLUSIONS: The light regime change for 1 month under conditions of altered cellular oscillation led to impaired of the higher integrative functions of the central nervous system in rats, which was accompanied by an increase in the rate of reflex extinction and a disturbance of the processes of memory consolidation; under conditions of constant light, these disorders are more pronounced. The result of the pharmacological correction of these changes with the reindeer pituitary peptide extract was an improvement in the processes of memory consolidation and information reproduction (an increase in the number of trained animals with a change in the light regime).
A Correlational Quasi-Experimental Research Study on the Effects of Narcissistic Personality Disorder in Project Management Leadership
Authors:   , Life Tamikia Monique , Fiori Christine M.
Published: September 2023

This study examined the relationships between narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) traits in project management leadership and employee performance outputs defined as: time adherence, employee morale, employee turnover, and budget. A sample of N=38 project managers and N=16 employee team members from the Project Management Institute (PMI) were surveyed on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), and on the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ). The managers' mean self-assessment of narcissism did not significantly differ from the employee assessments of the managers, t(52)=1.000, p=.322. Among managers, narcissism did not significantly correlate to projects not being on time, r(36)=.007, p=.968, to budget, r(36)=.002, .989, or to employee turnover, r(36)=.001, p=.994. Among employees, assessment of manager narcissism did not significantly correlate to intrinsic job satisfaction, r(14)=.166, p=.555, to extrinsic job satisfaction, r(14)=.052, p=.850, or to overall satisfaction r(.14)=.090, p=.751. Two-way ANOVAs found a significant main effect for ethnicity and exhibitionism, F(2,47)=3.629, p=.034, and an interaction effect between management status and ethnicity for exploitativeness, F(2,47)=5.042, p=.010. There was an interaction between gender and management status, F(1,49)=6.382, p=.015. There was also a significant main effect of gender for entitlement, F(1,49)=2.375, p=.034.
Cirugía percutánea, experiencia de 5 años en un hospital de mediana complejidad
Authors: Martínez-Bogado Fernando , Vieth-García Mónica
Published: September 2023

Introducción: El drenaje percutáneo es una terapéutica eficaz para las colecciones y otras patologías. Las guía imagenológicas utilizadas suelen ser la ecografía y la tomografía. Método: Estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo de corte transversal. Se analizaron las historias clínicas de los pacientes sometidos a drenaje percutáneo en el Hospital Regional de Encarnación en un periodo de 5 años. Resultados: Se incluyeron 81 pacientes (53% varones, 47% mujeres), edad promedio 50 años. Las indicaciones fueron: 21% absceso hepático, 11% colecciones postoperatorias, 10% drenaje biliar, el 9% nefrostomías; 7% gastrostomías. El 56% de los procedimientos fueron ecoguiados. La técnica de Seldinger se utilizó mayormente; el catéter multipropósito tipo pigtail se utilizó en el 65% de los casos y el de vía venosa central en el 23%. El promedio de permanencia del catéter fue 15 días; con 4% de complicaciones. La tasa de éxito fue del 98,5%. Conclusiones: La cirugía percutánea es eficaz y segura. La utilización de catéteres sin medios de fijación interna (via venosa central) son útiles en situaciones de urgencia, no representando mayor riesgo.
Tumor pseudopapilar de páncreas. Reporte de un caso
Authors: Aranda-Wildberger Miguel Angel , Ayala Robert
Published: September 2023

El tumor pseudopapilar representa el 1 a 2% de todas las neoplasias exocrinas del páncreas. Tiene mayor incidencia en mujeres jóvenes y es de crecimiento lento. Se presenta el caso de paciente de sexo femenino, de 41 años, con antecedente de dolor de 4 semanas de evolución, a nivel de epigastrio e hipocondrio derecho, náuseas y vómitos sin ictericia ni pérdida de peso, sometida a pancreatectomía corporocaudal laparoscópica
Censura colateral y proceso eficiente: Efecto horizontal de la libertad de expresión en el ámbito digital
Authors: Mora González Jesús Iván
Published: September 2023

anto el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos como del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea han señalado el valor de la libertad de expresión no sólo en las relaciones de verticalidad entre el Estado y el ciudadano, sino igualmente en las de carácter horizontalidad requiriendo con ello una correcta ponderación de los intereses en juego a través del principio de proporcionalidad. La Directiva (UE) 2019/790, sin embargo, viene a desvincularse de esta ponderación a través del requerimiento de un mayor nivel de supervisión por parte de los intermediarios mediante técnicas de filtrado y con una redacción difusa de la norma que genera incentivos para el ejercicio de una censura colateral con el consiguiente efecto desaliento. Frente a esta problemática, la delimitación de la responsabilidad del intermediario necesitaría de la implementación de mecanismos ponderativos respetuoso con la presunción de inocencia y el requerimiento de un conocimiento específico a pesar de que ello implique una menor eficiencia en la identificación y eliminación de posibles infracciones, es decir, vinculando el alcance de su responsabilidad no sólo en la necesidad de un proceso eficiente, sino fundamentalmente en el reconocimiento de la capacidad dialógica ciudadana con un efecto horizontal en la libertad de expresión para el establecimiento de espacios de no colaboración que eviten la censura colateral del intermediario.
Crónica de jurisprudencia del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos, enero-abril 2023
Authors: Llop Cardenal Elisa
Published: September 2023

Crónica de algunas de las resoluciones principales adoptadas por el TEDH en el primer cuatrimestre de 2023. Se reseñan, en primer lugar, siete sentencias, cuatro de ellas de Gran Sala, que sobresalen por haber desarrollado de forma reseñable el ámbito de aplicación o el contenido de los derechos y libertades protegidos por el Convenio Europeo de Derechos Humanos. A continuación, dos resoluciones en las que el TEDH ha tomado en consideración de manera significativa la legislación comunitaria o decisiones previas del TJUE. En tercer lugar, se da cuenta de una opinión consultiva solicitada por el Alto Tribunal de Finlandia en el marco de la posibilidad que ofrece el Protocolo Adicional nº 16 al Convenio. Por último, la última sección de esta crónica recoge algunas de las resoluciones dictadas por el TEDH durante el primer cuatrimestre del año en demandas presentadas contra España. En concreto, se trata de dos decisiones de inadmisión y dos sentencias.
A Graph Correlated Anomaly Detection with Fuzzy Model for Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks
Authors:   Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India, R. Yasir Abdullah , A. Mary Posonia , U. Barakkath Nisha
Published: September 2023

Wireless sensor networks have limited power for processing data, storage, and communication. Due to power shortages and anonymous attacks, sensor nodes may produce faulty or anomaly data which affects the accuracy of the entire system. Effective anomaly detection is essential to make an accurate prediction of the result. Moreover, clustering-based anomaly detection reduces energy consumption by avoiding individual sensory data reporting to the base station. The proposed methodology consists of two phases: Correlated graph clustering, and anomaly detection using a Fuzzy model. In the first phase, the spatial correlation of the sensor readings is used to generate a graph, partitioned into clusters. The intra-cluster and inter-cluster temporal correlations are analyzed to refine the optimized cluster structure. Finally, a fuzzy Mamdani model is used to classify the clusters as either normal or anomalous based on their membership values. The proposed approach leverages both spatial and temporal correlation between sensor measurements to form optimized clusters that are more effective for anomaly detection. The Experiments performed on a real-world dataset of WSNs indicate the efficacy of the proposed methodology, which shows significant improvement over traditional anomaly detection methods the electronic file of your paper will be formatted further for final publication.
A Study of Phrase Fill-in-Blank Problem for Learning Basic C Programming
Authors:   the Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, Lu Xiqin , Funabiki Nobuo , Puspitasari Annisa Anggun , Ueda Kiyoshi
Published: September 2023

In a lot of universities across the world, C programming is taught to novice students in the first programming course. To assist their self-studies, we have developed C programming learning assistant system (CPLAS) that offers various programming problems with different learning goals where any answer from a student is automatically marked at the system. In this paper, we studied the phrase fill-in-blank problem (PFP) in CPLAS for learning basic C programming. A PFP instance gives a source code where several key phrases (set of elements) are blanked and requests to fill in them by a student. The correctness of answers is checked through string matching with the original ones. For evaluations, we generated 22 PFP instances for learning basic grammar topics and logic functions and assigned them with previous 15 instances for recursive functions to 21 students in Okayama University. The results confirmed the correctness of the generated instances and found the weakness of students in C programming study.
The Impact of Using the "Go-Chemist!" App on Students‘ Motivation to Learn Atomic Structure in Chemistry
Authors:   Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia, Irwanto Irwanto , Afrizal Afrizal , Lukman Isna Rezkia , Putricia Dhika , Wijayako Rudi Suhartono
Published: September 2023

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of using the Go-Chemist! app on student motivation on the topic of atomic structure. In this study, we performed a quasi-experimental design. The sample was 71 tenth-grade students from two intact classes at a public high school in Jakarta, Indonesia. The control group was taught using a printed book, while the experimental group was instructed using the Go-Chemist! application. Student motivation in both groups was then evaluated before and after intervention using the science motivation questionnaire (SMQ). In order to examine the difference and increase in the scores of the two groups, independent and paired sample t-tests were employed. The results reflected that after treatment, students in the experimental group scored higher than students in the control group in terms of motivation. In addition, there was a significant increase in motivation among experimental group students compared to their counterparts. This suggested that the use of the Go-Chemist! is effective in improving students’ motivation in atomic structure. As such, we recommend curriculum developers, policymakers, teachers, and students take advantage of Go-Chemist! app in the teaching and learning of chemistry.
¿Cómo afectan los esquemas de pago el acceso y el gasto en salud?: evidencia del sistema de salud colombiano
Authors: Arias Camilo , Bardey David , Chávez Mariángela , Cardona Jaime , Martínez-Rodríguez Laura Jeanet , Ortiz José Luis
Published: September 2023

Uno de los mayores retos que enfrentan los sistemas de salud en el mundo es el de proveer servicios y tecnologías en salud de manera sostenible y eficiente. En este estudio se presenta evidencia de los efectos de cambiar el esquema de remuneración a las aseguradoras, al pasar de un esquema retrospectivo a uno prospectivo. A partir del análisis de un experimento natural, presentado en Colombia, y generado por el cambio en la forma de remuneración de servicios y tecnologías de salud financiados a través de la Unidad de Pago por Capitación (UPC), utilizamos los registros de la totalidad de medicamentos que se comercializaron en el país, entre el año 2011 y el 2018, para implementar múltiples especificaciones de modelos de diferencias en diferencias, con tratamiento escalonado, para estimar efectos sobre la media y sobre la distribución de precios, cantidades y gasto de los medicamentos. Encontramos evidencia relacionada con que la inclusión de medicamentos, en el esquema de remuneración prospectivo (UPC), desde el retrospectivo (recobros), generó reducciones en los precios de los medicamentos y aumentos en las cantidades comercializadas. Los efectos en el gasto son positivos para los percentiles inferiores a la mediana y negativos en los percentiles superiores a la mediana, con significancia económica, pero no estadística. Se encuentra evidencia relacionada con que la inclusión de medicamentos en la UPC tiene efectos sobre sus sustitutos terapéuticos, ocasionando aumentos en sus precios y cantidades.
Banning Russian aircraft from the airspace of Member States of the European Union in the light of international aviation law
Authors: Myszona-Kostrzewa Katarzyna
Published: September 2023

W dniu 24 lutego 2022 roku prezydent Federacji Rosyjskiej ogłosił operację wojskową w Ukrainie, a rosyjskie siły zbrojne rozpoczęły atak na to państwo. Rada Europejska potępiła nieuzasadnioną agresję Federacji Rosyjskiej wobec Ukrainy, natomiast Rada przyjęła decyzję wprowadzającą w stosunkach z agresorem środki ograniczające w odniesieniu do sektora finansowego i lotniczego. Na jej mocy państwa członkowskie zostały zobowiązane do odmowy wydania zezwolenia na lądowanie na ich terytorium, start z ich terytorium lub przelot nad ich terytorium wszelkim statkom powietrznym eksploatowanym przez rosyjskich przewoźników lotniczych, wszelkim statkom powietrznym zarejestrowanym w Rosji oraz statkom powietrznym niezarejestrowanym w Rosji, które są własnością lub są czarterowane, lub w inny sposób kontrolowane przez rosyjską osobę prawną lub fizyczną. Głównym celem niniejszego artykułu była ocena zgodności powyższych środków z międzynarodowym prawem lotniczym. Podstawową metodą badawczą była metoda dogmatyczna polegająca na analizie obowiązującego stanu prawnego oraz poglądów doktryny. Doprowadziła ona do konkluzji, zgodnie z którą wprowadzony w Unii Europejskiej zakaz lotów wszelkich rosyjskich statków powietrznych w przestrzeni powietrznej jej państw członkowskich nie naruszał międzynarodowego prawa lotniczego, w szczególności postanowień konwencji chicagowskiej z 1944 roku. Stanowił konsekwencję powszechnie przyjętej we współczesnym prawie lotniczym zasady zwierzchnictwa terytorialnego państw w przestrzeni powietrznej. Był również uzasadniony względami bezpieczeństwa i koniecznością ochrony nienaruszalności granic państw członkowskich UE (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem państw graniczących z Rosją, Białorusią i Ukrainą).
Incongruence of Polish legislation with European law in the light of most recent decisions of the CJEU, the Polish Supreme Court and the Polish Constitutional Tribunal
Authors: Żochowski Wiktor
Published: September 2023

Praca traktuje o tytułowej kolizji ustawodawstwa polskiego z prawem europejskim. Analizie poddano najnowsze orzecznictwo Sądu Najwyższego, Trybunału Sprawiedliwości Unii Europejskiej oraz Trybunału Konstytucyjnego. Celem pracy jest zbadanie, z jakimi konsekwencjami, zarówno obecnie, jak i w przyszłości, wiążą się sprzeczne ze sobą orzeczenia. Poniższe rozważania skłaniają do przemyśleń, czy o prawidłowym wykonywaniu prawa do rzetelnego procesu można mówić w przypadku sprzeczności dwóch obowiązujących obywatela porządków prawnych.
Autor dokonał analizy przedmiotu na tle orzeczeń trybunałów europejskich oraz sądów polskich wraz z wykorzystaniem dostępnej literatury i komentarzy przy użyciu metody formalno-dogmatycznej. Metodyka pracy polegająca na konfrontacji orzeczeń przedstawiających rozbieżne stanowiska z jednoczesnym przedstawieniem opinii doktrynalnych pozwoliła autorowi na rozważenie wpływu przedstawionego stanu faktycznego na prawidłowe wykonywanie prawa do rzetelnego procesu.
Strengthening Loyalty and Performance of Government Office Employees: Exploring Leadership Strategies
Authors: Kholis Nur , Puji Astuti Hana Putri
Published: September 2023

Maintaining loyal and high-performing employees is critical to organizational productivity, higher teamwork, innovation, and personal satisfaction. This study investigates strategies employed by leaders in strengthening loyalty and the performance of government office employees. This study used a qualitative-descriptive approach and gathered primary data from interviews with key informants, including the head division, three section chiefs, and four employees. The results show that employee loyalties and performances were demonstrated through their ability to complete tasks, cooperate, work punctually, and provide good services. Leaders employed some critical strategies: motivating employees, building effective communication, fostering work relationships, and performing work supervision. The techniques used were associated with a positive work environment, such as the achievement of targets, the establishment of good cooperation among employees, the creation of a family atmosphere at work, and the occurrence of a pattern of mutual relationships between employees and leaders.
Dеvising a Modеl AI-UTAUT by Combining Artificial Inteligence AI with Unifiеd Thеory of Accеptancе and Usе of Tеchnology (UTAUT)
Authors: Fetaji Majlinda
Published: September 2023

This paper addresses the gap in understanding how traditional technology acceptance models like UTAUT apply to emerging AI technologies. Based on a review of 30 studies using UTAUT, we propose an original AI-UTAUT model that incorporates new determinants such as transparency, explainability, and value alignment specific to AI. This model provides both theoretical advancements and practical insights for the adoption of AI systems. It serves as a framework for analyzing user acceptance in the context of AI, offering strategies for ethical alignment and implementation. Future research directions for validating the model across various sectors are also highlighted. Thе implications of this rеsеarch transcеnd acadеmia, offеring tangiblе stratеgiеs for thе implеmеntation and еthical alignmеnt of AI tеchnologiеs.
Intellectual capital, green innovation, and financial performance: The mediating role of sustainability
Authors: Dwiputri Rachmaniar Myrianda , Suyono Eko , Laksana Rio Dhani
Published: September 2023

This research aims to find out how internal resources, intellectual capital, and green innovation in West Java's creative industries can improve small businesses financial performance. Besides, this research also examines the sustainability of small businesses in mediating the effect of intellectual capital and green innovation on financial performance. The research sample consists of 335 respondents who are owners and creative industry workers in West Java, Indonesia. The data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results indicate that Intellectual Capital (IC ) and green innovation improve financial performance and sustainability. This research establishes a mediator role for sustainability in the interaction between intellectual capital, green innovation, and financial success. This study demonstrates the significance of sustainability in helping small businesses achieve high financial performance. This study highlights the significance of integrating sustainability practices inside the small business sector to optimize revenues through the utilization of internal resources, including intellectual capital and green technologies. This study offers practical implications for small businesses in Indonesia, suggesting that sustainability should be implemented to improve financial performance.
Effect of WhatsApp-based learning on improving Grade 9 students’ writing composition skills
Authors: Almawadeh Nofah Sameh , Al-Amad Tamara
Published: September 2023

The current study explored the effect of using the mobile learning device ‘WhatsApp’ to enhance the writing composition skills of Grade 9 students in Jordanian schools. The present study adopted the experimental research design to compare between the writing composition skills of the control group and the experimental group. The control group comprised 30 students, whereas, the experimental group included 31 students. The experimental group was taught writing composition skills by using WhatsApp-based learning activities, while the control group studied writing composition skills through a conventional method. The elicitation of data was based on using two instruments. The first instrument was a writing composition test that served as a pretest and a posttest. The second instrument was a semi-structured interview of the experimental group’s views on using WhatsApp-based activities in learning writing composition skills. Data analysis was based on the use of paired samples T-Test and the independent samples T-Test. Descriptive statistics was used to account for the experimental group’s responses to the interview questions. The findings indicate better performance in writing composition test by the experimental group compared to the control group. The experimental group also showed positive views towards using WhatsApp activities in learning writing composition skills. The study recommends the integration of mobile learning device of WhatsApp into the teaching of English writing composition.