bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
FISCAL DEFICIT AND THE GROWTH OF DOMESTIC OUTPUT IN NIGERIA
Authors: ADAMA Joseph Ibrahim , OHWOFASA Bright Onoriode , AYODELE Victor Ahmed
Published: December 2022

The study focuses on the relationship between fiscal deficit and domestic output (using agricultural output as a proxy) in Nigeria. In other to have a robust model, other parameters of fiscal operations were included as explanatory variables namely, government revenue, government expenditure and government total debt stock. The study argued that even though there are no shortages of theoretical justifications on the impact of fiscal deficit on the national domestic output, empirical probe of the issue is scarcely pursued most especially for the agricultural sector. The model was estimated using the Engle-Granger testing approach to cointegration for the long-run analysis while a restricted error correction model was relied upon to explore the contemporaneous dynamics. The data obtained from Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletins covered the period 1986-2018. The study found that agricultural output has a long-run relationship with fiscal policy variables. In the long run, the study finds that government revenue and expenditure exert significant positive impact on agriculture output contrarily to the negative impact exhibited by government fiscal deficit and total debt stock. However, in the short run, agriculture output responded negatively to changes in fiscal deficit by 0.03%, government expenditure 0.03% and government total debt stock 0.09% contrarily to its 0.16% response to changes in government revenue. The paper recommended that government may consider reduction in deficit spending so as to minimize the country’s current level of borrowings. Also, government may consider broadening its revenue bases by intensifying its taxation policy. Finally, no effort should be spared by the government in blocking all looped holes in the country’s expenditure operations such as rent seeking and inflation of contracts.
THE ARMEY CURVE IN BULGARIA (2000-18) – THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND EMPIRICAL RESULTS
Authors: VASILEV Aleksandar
Published: December 2022

In this paper we provide a theoretical basis for the so-called” Armey curve,” the inverted U-shape relationship between the level of government purchases and GDP growth, named after Armey (1995). We use an otherwise standard Keynesian model, augmented with a quadratic relationship between investment and lagged government expenditure, which was documented empirically. This modelling approach is a useful shortcut that aims to capture the common link shared by both variables, namely their dependence on the real interest rate, as suggested also by the extended static IS-LM model. This resulting dynamic relationship is a newly documented stylized fact, at least in Bulgarian data for the period 2000-2018, and the source in the extended Keynesian model that generates an Armey curve for Bulgaria.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. A HISTORICAL - NEOINSTITUTIONAL APPROACH OVERVIEW
Authors: MORSELLI Alessandro
Published: December 2022

This paper aims to investigate economic development through a historical-neoinstitutional approach, to improve the understanding of the process of economic change. It will try to demonstrate how the intervention of the institutions can trigger a virtuous circle able to reduce transaction costs, facilitate the dissemination of information, in order to make the functioning of the economy more efficient. In this sense, economic change is identified as an intentional process triggered by the combination of the beliefs and preferences of individuals. All this takes place through the intervention of rules, procedures and organizations. This scenario differs from that represented by the neoclassicists, both for the importance given to the market, to companies and other organizations linked to the institutional environment, and for the importance given to transaction costs. In this regard, the reasons for the existence of institutions such as companies and hierarchical organizations have been researched. The survey will therefore focus on the importance of the link between institutions and economic development, in order to achieve an improved understanding of the process of economic change.
SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF POVERTY: THE CASE OF PERU
Authors: DELGADO NARRO Augusto Ricardo
Published: December 2022

The concept of Multidimensional Poverty traditionally was used for comparative analysis across regions or countries. This paper uses the concept of Multidimensional Poverty for each Peruvian region to analyzes spatial patterns, spatial autocorrelation, and identifies spatial spillovers in poverty. We find evidence of statistically significant spatial autocorrelation across regions; in other words, poverty has spatial effects. In more detail, we find that those spatial spillovers are originated in the error terms rather than the endogenous variable. Also, the covariates we use in our regressions are statistically significant and stable across the models.
IS SLOW ECONOMIC GROWTH ORIGINATING FROM THE TOTAL EXTERNAL DEBT STOCK IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO?
Authors: MUPENDA Olivier Munene
Published: December 2022

Unsustainable debt reduces the productivity of a country. Ten years following its “1960 independence”, the Democratic Republic of Congo adopted policies that resorted to external finances while the world was at the peak of the 1970 Petro-dollar crisis. The following decade, in the 1980’s, with the fall in price of raw materials, the Democratic Republic of Congo was trapped in an unsustainable debt burden cycle that stagnated its economy and according to the World Bank data, reduced its GDP per Capita. The rise of active armed conflicts in the 1990’s and political unrest during the 2000's added pressures to resort to further financial support from external creditors, facilitating corruption and poverty in the process.

The inability to service debts leads to economic consequences. One of these consequences is reduction in productivity. With empirical evidence, our analysis will be looking at the Congolese productivity from independence in 1960 to the historical democratic transfers of power in late 2018 to understand the effects of external debts in its economic growth.
Some Efficiency Aspects of Monopolistic Competition: Innovation, Variety and Transaction Costs
Authors: TODOROVA Tamara
Published: December 2022

We stress some efficiency aspects of monopolistic competition justifying it on account of its tendency to innovate and the questionable excess capacity paradigm. Some further efficiency aspects revealed are product variety and transaction cost savings. We view the monopolistically competitive firm as an essential source of technological innovation, product variety and cost economies. While perfect competition is universally considered a benchmark and a social optimum, we consider it a strongly unrealistic theoretical setup where the monopolistically, rather than the perfectly, competitive firm turns out to be the true type of competition and social optimum in the real world of positive transaction costs. The monopolistically competitive firm not only offers product variety and innovation but is the optimal institutional arrangement under positive transaction costs.
University-Business Cooperation as a Key Factor in Innovative Economic Development in Kazakhstan
Authors: ISSABEKOV Baurzhan , BAYANBAYEVA Aigerim , ALTYNBASSOV Bakhyt , BARLYKOV Yerbolat
Published: December 2022

The aim of this article is to study the role of university-business cooperation in innovative economic development in Kazakhstan. It was considered some issues related to the creation of research universities, the development of innovative activities and university-business cooperation. The study revealed that the creation of the partnership between universities and technology parks is beneficial from an economic perspective. This interaction provides high-quality training for experts focused on innovation in priority areas of science, engineering, and technology development. Moreover, these integration structures are expected to have a significant impact on the socio-economic development of the region, specialized industries, and the higher education system. It was suggested a set of interacting organizational and economic components aimed at creating incentives and interests for investing in small innovative enterprises at research universities. The principal research method used in this study was a documentary analysis method. The state programmes and regulations of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of science, education and innovation were examined. International articles and monographs were reviewed, which were conducted based on the empirical research methods and statistical data. The results of empirical studies conducted by national scholars over the last few years were used as secondary data.
OIL PRICE SHOCK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: EXPERIENCE OF CEMAC COUNTRIES
Authors: BESSO Christophe Raoul , FEUBI PAMEN Erick Patrick
Published: December 2022

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of oil shocks on the growth rate of Growth Domestic Product (GDP) in CEMAC countries. We use a panel VAR model approach to the variation of the real GDP growth rate, oil price inflation rate and money supply between 2000 and 2015. Our main results show that CEMAC countries mostly depend on oil pension. Consequently, the analysis of impulsion response functions and the decomposition of variance show that, the shock on oil price negatively affects the growth rate of the GDP. We then suggest CEMAC countries to diversify their production, the destination of their exports and the sources of budgetary income or takings.
ON THE “SCIENTIFICITY” OF MICROECONOMICS: INDIVIDUAL DEMAND, AND EXCHANGE-VALUE DETERMINATION
Authors: DOMINIQUE C-René
Published: December 2022

This note examines how the concept of utility has led neo-classical economists astray. It first briefly reviews the thoughts of the early pioneers who have engaged these economists on the utility trail. It next scrutinizes the requirements imposed on the preference set of the consumer in view of extracting a utility function having anticipative properties. Then it shows how set theory can solve the dynamic exchange process and value determination without any need for a utility function.
EXPECTATIONS AND RATIONAL DECISIONS ACCORDING TO JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES’S THOUGHT
Authors: MORSELLI Alessandro
Published: December 2022

The aim of this paper is to question the existence of economic laws that can uniquely determine capitalist “equilibrium”. The presence of uncertainty is one of the conditions that cannot be eliminated, which can make the equilibrium unstable. We will try to find possible improvements in the techniques of modern capitalism through collective action, beyond the rationale of “laissez-faire”. All this in a Keynesian methodological view and in the presence of a social pact which, by committing the parties to the attainment of collective goals, minimizes the conflict.

If a separation between spending decisions and savings decisions is assumed, the role of an external subject that can affect the current and expected profitability is particularly important. Thus, this issue will be addressed, that is, the expectation of profit in a system of uncertainties, where well-governed capitalism can represent the closest frame to the most efficient system to achieve economic goals.
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TRADE PROTECTION AND LIBERALISATION: IN SEARCH OF AGENCY-BASED AND HOLISTIC FRAMEWORK OF POLICY CHANGE
Authors: TROFIMOV Ivan D.
Published: December 2022

The paper provides comprehensive review of alternative explanations of the trade policy formation, associated rise of trade protectionism, and difficulties of trade liberalization. Normative economic, systemic, public interest, political, institutional and constitutional economic theories of trade policy, together with political science models of trade cooperation are considered. The paper shows that current research in the area tends to accentuate the factors that entrench trade protectionism, while paying insufficient attention to the role of agency, policy dynamics and informal institutions that may bring in trade liberalization. Requirements for holistic and dynamic analysis of trade policy are outlined.
OPINIONS ON THE THEORIES OF SAVAGE AND DE FINETTI
Authors: BRADY Michael Emmett
Published: December 2022

Feduzi, Runde and Zappia (2012, 2014, 2017) have claimed repeatedly that de Finetti and Savage formally allowed imprecise , indeterminate, non-additive probabilities to be used by decision makers in their normative theory of decision making .The only way that non additivity can be formally incorporated into a decision theory is by the use of a variable similar to Keynes’s w or Ellsberg’s ρ. Nowhere in anything written by de Finetti and/or Savage in their lifetimes does any such variable appear  in their formal theoretical analysis or in any of their supporting axioms. Savage stated that he did not know how to integrate such a variable that would take account of vagueness, into the additive probability measure that represented his formal, normative theory. Feduzi, Runde and Zappia (2012, 2014, 2017) have misinterpreted the de Finetti and Savage concerns and sympathy  for vacillating ,indecisive decision makers, who were confronted with vague and ambiguous evidence, with their recognition  that defining one’s personal probabilities can be a difficult task ,with the erroneous  and mistaken belief that de Finetti and Savage incorporated  a role for imprecise and indeterminate probabilities within their  formal, subjectivist, normative  theory of probability and their SEU decision theory ,which rests completely on additive probability.
TOURISM DEMAND AND EXOGENOUS EXCHANGE RATE IN CAMBODIA: A STOCHASTIC SEASONAL ARIMAX APPROACH
Authors: CHHORN Theara
Published: December 2022

Time series seasonally displays toward either an autoregressive or moving average process where persist in seasonality fluctuation. The paper examines the relationship of tourism demand with controlling an exogenous exchange rate using seasonal ARIMA model. The empirical results reveal that HEGY test for seasonal unit roots with lower and upper panel indicates the statistical significance which explains the failure of rejection of having unit roots at different frequencies. The estimated outcomes from tourism demand model specify that per capita income and exchange rate have the power in explaining tourism demand measured as tourist arrivals. In particular to forecasting model and due to the lower statistical value of RMSE and MAE displays that the SARIMAX (4, 1, 1) – (1, 1, 1)12 model is the best accuracy model to perform the long run ex-ante forecasting of tourism demand. This suggests tourism policy maker to pay more reflection in formulating the policy toward the exogenous factors in line with the uncertainty and unobserved seasonality.
TECHNICAL TRADING RULES AND TRADING SIGNALS IN THE BLACK MARKET FOR FOREIGN EXCHANGE IN SUDAN
Authors: ONOUR Ibrahim A.
Published: December 2022

This paper aims to assess the level of departure of the actual black-market rate from its real level. Our finding indicates divergence of the actual black-market rate from the real level, ranging from 7% in October 2016 to about 38% in November 2017. This result implies 38% of the foreign exchange price in the black-market rate in November 2017 was due to manipulative trading strategies exerted by a few powerful traders in the market. The study concludes that in the very short term to curb increasing depreciation of the domestic currency rate in the black market, it is essential to control domestic liquidity expansion, and raise the cost (risk) of dealing in the black market by imposing higher penalty cost on dealers in this market.
THE ROLES OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE ECONOMY OF NORTH CYPRUS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM MARKOV SWITCHING
Authors: TURSOY Turgut
Published: December 2022

This study purpose is to examine the regime shift of public sector and private sector investments on economic growth in North Cyprus using with the Markov Switching Regression technique for the period from the first quarter of the year 1982 to the last quarter of the year of 2015. Both sector investments having effects on the economic growth at the concerned period and method provide the necessary evidence for the regime shifts. Two-regime (growth path/recession path) model has been estimated to analyse the Markov-switching model, Markov transition probabilities and constant expected durations.
AGGREGATION WITH A NON-CONVEX LABOR SUPPLY DECISION, UNOBSERVABLE EFFORT, AND INCENTIVE (“FAIR”) WAGES
Authors: VASILEV Aleksandar
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this note is to explore the problem of a non-convex labor supply decision in an economy with unobservable e_ort and incentive ("fair") wages a la Danthine and Kurmann (2004), and explicitly perform the aggregation presented there without a formal proof, and thus provide - starting from micro-foundations - the derivation of the expected utility functions used for the aggregate household. We show how lotteries as in Rogerson (1988) can be used to convexify consumption sets, and aggregate over individual preferences. With a discrete labor supply decisions, the elasticity of aggregate labor supply becomes a function of effort
Dampak Ekspansi Kebun Kelapa Sawit Terhadap Kondisi Jasa Lingkungan Provinsi Riau
Authors: Rafli Mohammad , Buchori Imam
Published: December 2022

Perkebunan kelapa sawit di Provinsi Riau memiliki luasan terbesar yakni mencapai >21% dari jumlah luasan kebun kelapa sawit di Indonesia. Kebun kelapa sawit yang luas tersebut melibatkan konversi lahan yang diikuti dengan penyusutan kerapatan vegetasi. Kondisi ini tidak mempertimbangkan keberlanjutan yang nantinya akan berpengaruh pada penurunan dan perubahan jasa lingkungan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk menilai bagaimana ekspansi kebun kelapa sawit di Provinsi Riau berpengaruh terhadap kondisi jasa lingkungan.  Pendekatan terhadap jasa lingkungan menggunakan metode interpretasi citra Landsat 5 multi-temporal tahun 1990, tahun 2000, tahun 2010, dan citra Landsat 8 tahun 2018. Jasa lingkungan yang dianalisis adalah kesediaan cadangan karbon dan perubahan suhu permukaan tanah. Perubahan lahan menjadi kebun kelapa sawit dan cadangan karbon diukur dengan analisis tutupan lahan. Kerapatan vegetasi menggunakan teknik NDVI, dan nilai suhu permukaan menggunakan analisis band thermal. Hasil penelitian menggambarkan adanya kenaikan luas kebun kelapa sawit yang cukup besar yaitu 2,15 juta hektar (24,12%) dari luas wilayah Provinsi Riau.  Jumlah karbon yang hilang pada lahan hutan mencapai 238,37 juta ton, pada lahan semak belukar mencapai 3,99 juta ton, dan karbon yang hilang pada ladang mencapai 24,97 juta ton. Kenaikan suhu permukaan sebesar 3oC - 4oC. Kondisi ini menjadi perhatian bagi pemerintah dalam membuat kebijakan khususnya pemberian izin pembukaan lahan kelapa sawit karena masalah ini dapat mengancam keberlanjutan lingkungan.
Adaptación y validación argentina de la Cross Cultural Children Trust Beliefs Scale
Authors: Oros Laura Beatriz , Chemisquy Sonia , Vargas Rubilar Jael , Eidman Leandro , Rotenberg Ken
Published: December 2022

El estudio de la confianza interpersonal es crucial para el desarrollo psicosocial humano. Se ha observado que, durantela niñez, favorece el comportamiento moral y prosocial, los vínculos de amistad, la competencia social, la experienciade emociones positivas y el rendimiento académico, entre otros aspectos. El presente trabajo tuvo por objetivo adaptar yvalidar la Cross Cultural Children Trust Beliefs Scale (ccctbs), a fin de poder evaluar este constructo en población argentina. La muestra incluyó 348 niños (51.2% mujeres; 48.8% varones), de entre 8 y 12 años de edad (m = 10.58; de = 1.31),quienes completaron la ccctbs y una escala de apego. Se consiguió una versión conceptual y semánticamente equivalentea la original, con buenas propiedades psicométricas. La escala argentina conserva el mismo número de ítems y replica elmodelo operacional de partida, constituido por tres bases principales de la confianza: fiabilidad (α = .76; ω = .80), confianzaemocional (α = .72; ω = .78) y honestidad (α = .78; ω = .83). Las puntuaciones de la ccctbs correlacionaron positiva ysignificativamente con la medida de apego seguro, lo que aporta evidencias de su validez nomológica.
Konstytucyjność ograniczenia wolności zgromadzeń w Polsce w związku z wybuchem pandemii COVID-19
Authors: Malinowski Michał
Published: December 2022

W artykule przedstawiono zagadnienia dotyczące istoty wolności zgromadzeń oraz definicję zgromadzeń, a także możliwość ograniczenia wolności z art. 57 ustawy zasadniczej na poziomie art. 31 ust. 3 i art. 233 Konstytucji RP. Przedstawiono także pojęcia odnoszące się do wprowadzonego w ubiegłym roku na terenie Polski stanu epidemii oraz ograniczeń, które w związku z tym stanem mogą zostać wprowadzone. W artykule pojawia się także wątek rozporządzeń przeciwepidemicznych Rady Ministrów oraz ich wpływu na kształtowanie prawa dotyczącego obostrzeń zapobiegających transmisji wirusa SARS-CoV-2. Rozwiązania prawne dotyczące ograniczenia zgromadzeń wprowadzane przez Radę Ministrów zostały w niniejszym artykule zestawione z bieżącym orzecznictwem sądów powszechnych i administracyjnych.
Szélsőséges csapadékterhelésre érzékeny vízgyűjtők meghatározásának módszertani fejlesztése
Authors:   University of Miskolc, Mikoviny Sámuel Doctoral School of Earth Sciences, Dobai András , Dobos Endre ,   University of Miskolc, Institute of Geography and Geoinformatics
Published: December 2022

A villámárvizek jelenségének évenkénti rendszerességgel való visszatérése komoly terhet ró mind a település vezetői, mind az árvízi védekezésben résztvevők számára. A hegy- és dombvidéki térségekben kifejlődő viharok csapadékeseményei nemcsak a helyi, hanem a vízfolyás menti településekre is kihatnak. A jelenség előrejelzése és a levonulásának meghatározása rendkívül bonyolult feladat, így nagyban megnehezíti a felkészülést és az árvíz elleni védekezést. Jelen tanulmány egy korábban megkezdett módszertan továbbfejlesztését mutatja be, amely térképezési módszertan a villámárvízi jelenség tulajdonságait figyelembe véve hoz létre új állományokat, a térinformatika eszköztárainak segítségével. A módszertanhoz egy 5 m-es felbontású domborzatmodell és az abból származtatott lejtőmeredekség-állomány, valamint Sentinel műholdkép került felhasználásra, ArcMap 10. 4.1 környezetben, amely végül a gyakorlati tapasztalatok alapján összevetésre került a már meglévő kisvízgyűjtők állományával. A végeredményként kapott raszteres és vektoros állományok elemzésével meghatározhatók a villámárvíz levonulásakor legérzékenyebb területek az egyes részvízgyűjtőkön belül, ezzel is segítve a védekezést irányító védelmi szervek munkáját.
Lingering Neural Representations of Past Task Features Adversely Affect Future Behavior
Authors: Rangel Benjamin O. , Hazeltine Eliot , Wessel Jan R.
Published: December 2022

During goal-directed behavior, humans purportedly form and retrieve so-called event files, conjunctive representations that link context-specific information about stimuli, their associated actions, and the expected action outcomes. The automatic formation, and later retrieval, of such conjunctive representations can substantially facilitate efficient action selection. However, recent behavioral work suggests that these event files may also adversely affect future behavior, especially when action requirements have changed between successive instances of the same task context (e.g., during task switching). Here, we directly tested this hypothesis with a recently developed method for measuring the strength of the neural representations of context-specific stimulus–action conjunctions (i.e., event files). Thirty-five male and female adult humans performed a task switching paradigm while undergoing EEG recordings. Replicating previous behavioral work, we found that changes in action requirements between two spaced repetitions of the same task incurred a significant reaction time cost. By combining multivariate pattern analysis and representational similarity analysis of the EEG recordings with linear mixed-effects modeling of trial-to-trial behavior, we then found that the magnitude of this behavioral cost was directly proportional to the strength of the conjunctive representation formed during the most recent previous exposure to the same task, that is, the most recent event file. This confirms that the formation of conjunctive representations of specific task contexts, stimuli, and actions in the brain can indeed adversely affect future behavior. Moreover, these findings demonstrate the potential of neural decoding of complex task set representations toward the prediction of behavior beyond the current trial.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTUnderstanding how the human brain organizes individual components of complex tasks is paramount for understanding higher-order cognition. During complex tasks, the brain forms conjunctive representations that link individual task features (contexts, stimuli, actions), which aids future performance of the same task. However, this can have adverse effects when the required sequence of actions within a task changes. We decoded conjunctive representations from electroencephalographic recordings during a task that included frequent changes to the rules determining the response. Indeed, stronger initial conjunctive representations predicted significant future response-time costs when task contexts repeated with changed response requirements. Showing that the formation of conjunctive task representations can have negative future effects generates novel insights into complex behavior and cognition, including task switching, planning, and problem solving.
Coronin 2B Regulates Neuronal Migration via Rac1-Dependent Multipolar–Bipolar Transition
Authors: Chen Yuewen , Xu Zhenyan , Chen Jing , Qiu Yue , Yuan Lin , Liu Peng , Duan Jing , Chen Li , Chen Yu
Published: December 2022

In the developing cortex, excitatory neurons migrate along the radial fibers to their final destinations and build up synaptic connection with each other to form functional circuitry. The shaping of neuronal morphologies by actin cytoskeleton dynamics is crucial for neuronal migration. However, it is largely unknown how the distribution and assembly of the F-actin cytoskeleton are coordinated. In the present study, we found that an actin regulatory protein, coronin 2B, is indispensable for the transition from a multipolar to bipolar morphology during neuronal migration in ICR mice of either sex. Loss of coronin 2B led to heterotopic accumulation of migrating neurons in the intermediate zone along with reduced dendritic complexity and aberrant neuronal activity in the cortical plate. This was accompanied by increased seizure susceptibility, suggesting the malfunction of cortical development in coronin 2B-deficient brains. Coronin 2B knockdown disrupted the distribution of the F-actin cytoskeleton at the leading processes, while the migration defect in coronin 2B-deficient neurons was partially rescued by overexpression of Rac1 and its downstream actin-severing protein, cofilin. Our results collectively reveal the physiological function of coronin 2B during neuronal migration whereby it maintains the proper distribution of activated Rac1 and the F-actin cytoskeleton.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTDeficits in neuronal migration during cortical development result in various neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., focal cortical dysplasia, periventricular heterotopia, epilepsy, etc.). Most signaling pathways that control neuronal migration process converge to regulate actin cytoskeleton dynamics. Therefore, it is important to understand how actin dynamics is coordinated in the critical processes of neuronal migration. Herein, we report that coronin 2B is a key protein that regulates neuronal migration through its ability to control the distribution of the actin cytoskeleton and its regulatory signaling protein Rac1 during the multipolar–bipolar transition in the intermediate zone, providing insights into the molecular machinery that drives the migration process of newborn neurons.
Soil Quality Analysis for Dryland Agriculture with Variation of Fertilization and Plant Rotation in Argomulyo District, Salatiga City
Authors: Nurmaya Eka , Fianti Fianti , Yulianti Ian
Published: December 2022

The study aim is to analyze soil quality for dryland agriculture with variations in fertilization and plant rotation in Argomulyo sub-district, Salatiga city. This study took samples on dryland agricultural land in Ledok Village by taking sample points using random sampling with a cluster sampling pattern by dividing them into 4 clusters. The Step of the research are field and laboratory observation to know the soil pH and moisture, also to determine the soil value and cation test, respectively. Next is the interview step to know the effect of fertilization and plant rotation variation. This research uses quantitative description analysis techniques. Based on the field observation was obtained the cluster 2 has pH value around 6.5 in the category slightly acidic. Then, for cluster 1,3, and has 4 neutral pH category in the range 6.6 – 7.5. The humidity of clusters in the dry category is in the range of 0 - 30%. Laboratory observation shows cluster 3 has a lower resistance around 8.1KW and has the best cation exchange capacity (CEC) test compared with other clusters. Based on the results of interviews, cluster 2 received organic fertilization and crop rotation occurred. Clusters 1 and 4 have not received any planting activity since October 2020. Meanwhile, fertilization in cluster 3 uses inorganic fertilizers. So Cluster 2 soil quality is better than the other three clusters due to organic fertilization and plans rotation so that the soil nutrients become stable. Cluster 1 has poor soil quality due to variations in inorganic fertilization, neglecting the soil, and being planted Manihot esculenta which impacted the reduction in the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus in the land.
Pancasila Student Profiles in Science Lessons and Potential for Strengthening by Developing PjBL-Based E-Modules
Authors: Imania Yayang Fatma , Marwoto Putut , Ellianawati Ellianawati
Published: December 2022

This study aims to find out class VII students’ profiles of Pancasila abilities of MTs SA Miftahul Huda Bumijawa. The dimensions of the meticulous Pancasila student profiles include four dimensions, namely critical reasoning, creativity, mutual cooperation, and independence. This type of research is a qualitative descriptive. Data collection instrument were observation and interview guidelines. Based on research data, the results showed that the ability of students to the Pancasila student profiles were still very low. 70% of students were in category of very low and another 30% were in category of low on the critical reasoning dimension. 57% of the students were in category of very low and another 43% were in category of low on the independent dimension. Overall students where in category of very low on the dimensions creative and mutual cooperation dimensions. It indicates that the applied learning media and learning models have not been able to strengthen Pancasila student profiles. The Integrated Science learning process still uses conventional methods and rarely does practicum or projects. The media used is still limited to textual. One of the potential solutions in order to strengthen the Pancasila student profiles are to develop an e-module based PjBL.
Study of a Weather Prediction System Based on Fuzzy Logic Using Mamdani and Sugeno Methods
Authors: Setyanugraha Noval , Al Aziz Sofyan , Harmoko Iis Widya , Fianti Fianti
Published: December 2022

Weather is a very important factor in supporting various human activities. However, weather is a natural event that keeps on changing due to various air conditions that affect it. One way to anticipate weather changes that may occur early is to create a system that can predict weather changes. Fuzzy logic is one of the methods that can be used in system prediction to find out the cause at a certain time and place. In this system, two fuzzy logic methods were used, they are the Mamdani and Sugeno methods, with three supporting criteria, including air temperature, humidity, and air pressure. In this research, data levers were carried out in June 2022 and resulted in a percentage accuracy of 73.34% for the Mamdani method and 70% for the Sugeno method.
Relevance of Clustering in Regional Productive Development Applying Bioeconomy Instruments Application Case: Austral Chaco Region
Authors:   Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Jachesky Tamara Lía , Massaro Fernando Gabriel
Published: December 2022

In a world as dynamic as the one we are experiencing now; it is necessary to investigate and reformulate the relationships between production systems and generate more equitable forms of distribution. Cluster networks or leagues have already proven their efficiency in reaching high levels of competitiveness and productivity in certain territorial systems, but given the characteristics of some developing regions, and in particular considering Chaco Austral Region in Argentina, it is important to generate a or model that catalyzes, through current resources, a transition towards change or improvement of the agro-industrial matrix from the point of view of bioeconomy, and therefore also towards a sustainable development of this territory, and necessarily that serves as model to apply in other territories with similar characteristics. For the study of the production units at the territorial, sectoral and business levels from the bioeconomic point of view, this work will consider, as a unit of analysis, a network of Productive Clusters preponderant at the regional level, with the territory as an operating framework. driving force in a center-periphery context, where development strategies are influenced by relations between different territories in an asymmetric hierarchy of power and flow of resources (typical of developing regions). Key words: bioeconomy, clustering, productivity, regional development
СУЧАСНІ АСПЕКТИ ЦИФРОВІЗАЦІЇ І ВПРОВАДЖЕННЯ ШТУЧНОГО ІНТЕЛЕКТУ В ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ ЗАКЛАДІВ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ УКРАЇНИ
Authors: БУТКО Микола , МУРАШКО Микола , НАЗАРКО Світлана
Published: December 2022

Розглянуто деякі аспекти і технології донесення знань у період пандемії COVID-19 і повномасштабного воєнного вторгнення РФ в Україну, яке спричинило окупацію окремих регіонів і руйнування багатьох закладів освіти на територіях ведення активних бойових дій. Чимало дітей разом з батьками залишили територію України і мають суттєві проблеми навіть у навчанні в онлайн-режимі. Абітурієнти, які опинилися на тимчасово окупованих територіях, змушені уникати поширеної практики ворога русифікувати навчальний процес і нав’язати свої методологічні наративи. Частина професорсько-викладацького складу припинила свою професійну діяльність у вітчизняних закладах вищої освіти. Такі труднощі в освітньому процесі України пов’язано, зокрема, з доступом потенційних користувачів до онлайн-середовища, з виниклими проблемами в діяльності закладів вищої освіти. З огляду на це, запропоновано напрями їх вирішення в процесі цифровізації освітньої діяльності, проаналізовано динаміку наявності електронно-цифрових засобів у населення України, розроблено модель донесення знань до учнів і студентів у період пандемії і війни. Деталізовано майбутні вимоги до освіти в процесі цифровізації і структуровано виклики, що постануть перед закладами вищої освіти в майбутньому. Обґрунтовано напрями розвитку і застосування технологій штучного інтелекту в освітній сфері. Запропоновано трикомпонентну блок-схему «дорожньої карти» поступальних дій щодо впровадження штучного інтелекту в систему підготовки кадрів закладами вищої освіти. Доведено необхідність інституціонального вдосконалення діяльності закладів вищої освіти, модернізації їх технологічної сфери, запропоновано вектори розвитку штучного інтелекту. Визначено галузі застосування нейротехнологій і етичні межі їх використання. Актуалізовано необхідність синхронізації дій закладів вищої освіти, стейкхолдерів і користувачів для досягнення синергетичного ефекту від цифровізації і впровадження штучного інтелекту в освітню діяльність.
Ibn Buṭlāns simulierte Fleischspeisen für Kranke, Mönche und Christen in der Fastenzeit, ihre frühmittelalterlichen Quellen und spätmittelalterliche Rezeption
Authors: Weiss Adamson Melitta
Published: December 2022

Among the lesser known works by the eleventh-century Baghdad physician Ibn Buṭlān, a Nestorian Christian, is the ,Kunnāsh al-adīra wa-l-rubhānʻ (Medical Manual for the Use of Monks and Country People). Subject of this study is Chapter 41 of the ,Kunnāshʻ with its counterfeit meat dishes for the sick, monks, and Christians during Lent, in Arabic called muzawwar dishes. An analysis of its content and style is followed by an investigation of the early history of the recipes in the Islamic Golden Age, and the late-medieval reception of Chapter 41 in the cookbook literature of the Arab World. An exploration of the question what if any of these vegetarian recipes with their dual role in religion and medicine and/or the concept of muzawwar reached medieval Christian Europe, concludes the study
Celebrities der akademischen Welt – Digitale Vorstellungstexte der und über die Hochschullehrer. Ein Beitrag zur Textsortenlinguistik
Authors: Kałasznik Marcelina , Szczęk Joanna
Published: December 2022

For some time now, the digital world has made it possible to quickly disseminate various types of information. This also applies to information about the person. The academic world is not spared from this either. It is a good tradition that university lecturers make information about their own activities in the university and scientific field publicly available on the website of the respective university. There are also other possibilities in the digital world to make yourself present and to inform yourself about your activities. Scientific portals, Wikipedia entries, etc. are carriers of the so-called introductory texts, in which one informs about oneself. The object of the analysis are precisely those types of introductory texts that are accessible on the Internet. The aim is to try to create a typology of such texts and to highlight their typical characteristics.
Präpositionen im Gotischen. Ein Beitrag zur Konstruktionsgrammatik
Authors: Lühr Rosemarie
Published: December 2022

Gothic has prepositions with one, two and three cases. The preposition, which has three cases, is in. in appears with dat. acc. and gen. to denote a cause ,because of’. Since this usage is singular in the Indo-European languages, the development of in into a causal preposition is presented. The construction grammar helps with this.
Fledermaus-WG, Futtermarathon und Betondschungel. Zum Sprachstil in Wissensvermittlungsfernsehsendungen für Kinder mit Fokus auf die Strategien des Interesse-Erweckens und -Behaltens
Authors: Polášková Eva
Published: December 2022

The article follows up on a language analysis of selected German and Czech biologically themed television programmes for children. The analysis focuses on intermediation of knowledge, primarily on the methods of presenting and explaining technical words. The follow-up analysis examines other aspects of the language style observed in these educational programmes. This concerns elements of various character that can be generally called strategies for obtaining and maintaining the interest of the target audience. They include both formal and language means, and partially also content elements. A specific area of the study examines methods of intermediating biological topics that are considered taboo in everyday communication in society. The examined television shows are mutually compared in these aspects. The study additionally examines whether or not it is possible to see qualitative differences between the language style and strategies in educational programmes for children and in thematically comparable popular scientific shows for adults.
Syntaktische Variablen im Althochdeutschen. Einige grundsätzliche Überlegungen zur Syntax des Althochdeutschen
Authors: Schmid Hans Ulrich
Published: December 2022

German Studies on the syntax of Old High German usually focus on those sentences that contain the element in question in a positive sense. Studies on the function of the verbal prefix gi-, for example, are based on sentences containing a corresponding verbal form. Studies on the emergence and gradual grammaticalization of the definite article are generally based on sentences containing forms of ther, thiu, thaz (etc.). In contrast, this paper attempts to contrast (1) sentences that contain positive evidence for the use of the verbal prefix gi-, (2) the definite article in meaning-equivalent sentences that lack the prefix or the article, (3) pronominal subject. This comparative method can reveal variables existing in Old High German. What appears to be lawful or regular when only positive evidence is considered, may prove to be an only possibility when negative evidence is analyzed, but not a necessity.
Deutsch – eine beliebte Sprachwahl. Schwedische Dichtkunst im Zeitalter des Barock
Authors: Stoeva-Holm Dessislava
Published: December 2022

Writing poetry in different languages is a widespread cultural technique in the Swedish Empire in the 17th century, which is strongly linked to status issues, but also stems from the poets' efforts to be able to reach a pan-European educated audience. Even if poems in German have Swedish templates and are written by the same poet, they cannot always be classified as own-translations, as they offer evidence of a striking artistic work on the German texts.
Empowering consumers: Towards a broader interpretation of the vulnerable consumer concept in the European Union
Authors: Szilágyi Dániel
Published: December 2022

The European Union, while acknowledging the pitfalls of problematic consumer markets, seems largely unwilling to deviate from an inflexible standard of consumer behaviour based on the ideal of the average consumer as a reasonably well-informed and observant market participant. The article aims to contrast this high consumer standard with the alternatives offered by the vulnerable consumer concept. The first part of the article deals with the notion of the average consumer as defined in European Union law and its interpretation by the European Court of Justice, particularly in cases concerning problematic markets. This is followed by a brief analysis of two potential interpretations of consumer vulnerability developed in the consumer protection literature. The final chapter examines in more detail the appearance of a singular major exception to the average consumer concept within the European Union consumer protection regime: the narrow scope of consumers acknowledged as ‘particularly vulnerable.’
Great Serpent Mound and the Milky Way
Authors: Lepper Bradley T
Published: December 2022

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Review of Session 9, “Life in the Land of the Dead: Skyscape Archaeology and the Ontology of Other Worlds”, organised by Lionel Sims, Fabio Silva and Timothy Darvill. 18th December, 2021 at the Online Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, hosted by Antiquity
Authors: Henty Liz
Published: December 2022

Review of Session 9, “Life in the Land of the Dead: Skyscape Archaeology and the Ontology of Other Worlds”, organised by Lionel Sims, Fabio Silva and Timothy Darvill. 18th December, 2021 at the Online Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, hosted by Antiquity
Percepciones docentes sobre observación entre iguales: resistencias, agencia, procedimiento y objetivos de mejora
Authors: Corcelles-Seuba Mariona , Duran-Gisbert David , Flores-Coll Marta , Miquel-Bertran Ester , Ribosa-Martínez Jesús
Published: December 2022

La investigación recoge las percepciones de docentes en una práctica de observación entre iguales como mecanismo para el desarrollo profesional. A partir de una observación colaborativa y mutua, 131 docentes acuerdan focos de observación y se observan mutuamente en una sesión de clase, ofreciéndose feedback para concretar objetivos personales de mejora. Los resultados pretest-postest indican disminución de las resistencias e incremento de algunas dimensiones de la agencia docente. Los análisis descriptivos muestran percepciones positivas de los participantes, particularmente en las fases colaborativas. Aunque no todos concretan objetivos de mejora, se ha trazado cómo van apareciendo y refinándose durante el proceso.
Pea protein isolates: emulsification properties as affected by preliminary pretreatments
Authors: D’Alessio G. , Flamminii F. , Faieta M. , Pittia P. , Di Mattia C.D.
Published: December 2022

The surface and emulsifying properties of a commercial pea protein isolate in oil-in-water model emulsions and the role of insoluble residues in emulsion stability were investigated. Droplet size distribution, flocculation index, microstructure, and protein coverage of the emulsions were evaluated. The insoluble fraction positively contributed to the pea proteins’ emulsifying properties, allowing the formation of emulsions with higher dispersion degree, especially at low isolate concentration, with an enhancement of the physical stability.
Bem-estar pessoal e relacionamento ambiental em crianças de 10-12 anos
Authors: Rufato Fabrício Duim , Favero Eveline , Oliveira Emanuel Neto Alves
Published: December 2022

Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo e qualitativo, sendo que o primeiro comparou as médias de bem-estar por escolas, enquanto o segundo analisou a percepção das crianças sobre os conceitos de bem-estar, apego ao lugar, identidade de lugar e satisfação ambiental. Participaram do estudo quantitativo 886 crianças, alunos do sexto ano do ensino fundamental de escolas públicas do município de Cascavel, com idade entre 10-12 anos. Foi utilizada a Escala PWI-SC (Cummins et al., 2003) que apresentou alfa de cronbach de 0,74. Os dados foram analisados por meio do Teste t de Student e ANOVA. Houve diferenças significativas entre as médias de bem-estar por escolas nos itens de como as crianças se relacionam com as pessoas, sobre sua saúde, o quanto se sentem seguras e satisfação com as coisas que tem em geral. Para o estudo qualitativo, foram realizados grupos focais com perguntas abertas abrangendo o relacionamento ambiental infantil, considerando construtos como bem-estar, apego ao lugar, identidade de lugar e satisfação ambiental. Participaram quatro turmas dos sextos anos de quatro escolas, tendo média de 25 alunos por turma, as quais foram selecionadas por diferentes zonas urbanas (central, intermediária e periférica). Constatou-se que as crianças possuem uma visão ecocêntrica dos problemas ambientais, sendo que o bem-estar pessoal aparece relacionado ao apego e à identidade de lugar e também à proximidade com a natureza.