bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Parameters and Structure of Neural Network Databases for Assessment of Learning Outcomes
Authors: Smirnov Eugeny , Dvoryatkina Svetlana , Shcherbatykh Sergey
Published: June 2023

The purpose of this study is to determine the methodology, develop a theory of construction, put into practice algorithmization and implement the functionality of a hybrid intelligent system for assessment of educational outcomes of trainees on the basis of the identified keyword parameters and structure of the artificial neural network using expert systems and fuzzy simulation; to develop a methodology for the construction of structural-logic, hierarchical, functional and fractal schemes for structuring databases of the didactic field of learning elements; to determine the content, structure of parameters and database components, selection criteria and the content of complexes of educational standards. The methodology of introducing intelligent systems into mathematical education is on the basis of the Hegelian triad: thesis (implementation of the coherence principle) – antithesis (implementation of principles of the fractality and historiogenesis) – synthesis (implementation of the principles of self-organization and reflection of the complex system inversion integrity). Requirements for the organization and construction of the artificial neural network for assessment of personal achievements on the basis of fuzzy simulation have been developed. In the direction of using elements of fractal geometry, the technological structures of clusters that constitute the basis of generalized structures have been developed. In particular, it is revealed that the didactic field of learning elements is equipped with a system of multi-level hierarchical databases of exercises, motivational-applied, research, practice-oriented tasks using expert systems and integration of mathematical, information, natural-science and humanities knowledge and procedures.
The Role of Social Capital on International Trade Transactions at Wini Market, In Realizing Social Harmonization of Indonesia-Timor Leste Border Community
Authors: Suwartiningsih Sri , Purnomo Daru , Lahade John R.
Published: June 2023

May 20, 2002, East Timor was internationally recognized as an independent country by the name of Timor Leste with extraordinary support from the United Nations and thus officially became an independent state separate from Indonesia. One of the border areas that were selected as the research site was the Wini border, North Central Timor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province. In the Wini region, there is a market called the Wini market. This study aims to explain the role of social capital in international trade transactions in the Wini Market because it involves different citizens from Timor Leste and Indonesia. The research used a descriptive approach and qualitative research method. Theories used are Social Capital theory, Classical Economic theory, and the concept of Cross-Border Trade. The research shows that the people from Timor Leste conduct economic transactions, in this case, shopping at the Wini market every Monday to meet their food, clothing, and other needs. For border communities, the interactions in the Wini market are not only for trade transaction but also to interact with their relatives and others. The results of this study may contribute to the knowledge of the relationship between the science of International Relations and Sociology. From a practical point of view, a border policy can be applied in the economic sector and in the mechanism of mutually beneficial trade transactions between citizens of different countries. The elements of social capital such as trust, norms, and networks have functioned in the process of trade transactions. The application of social capital in international trade economic practices in the Wini Market is what keeps social harmony in the context of international trade transactions in the Wini Market.
Abortion Legalization and Child in The Womb Right to Life: A Study from Indonesia
Authors: Wiryani Fifik , Andang Widjanarko , Nasser M.
Published: June 2023

Based on the Indonesian legal system, women's reproductive and unborn child's rights to life are equally important. A woman has the right to determine her pregnancy period or even reject her unwanted pregnancy. On one side, legal abortion is part of women's reproductive rights. On the other side, the unborn child's life in the womb is also protected by law. Any attempt to harm the fetus' well-being or deliberately dispose of its life is illegal. Generally, Indonesian are against abortion. However, in specific cases, abortion legalization occurs when the pregnancy becomes harmful and endangering the mother's life. In fact, in certain labor cases, the doctor must do an abortion to save the mother's life. Through Health Act No. 36 of 2009 Article 75, abortion is permitted with emergencies on mothers and rape victims. This paper aims to analyze whether two indications of abortion legalization written on the Health Act are still acceptable from the standpoint of unborn child rights. As normative research, this paper uses both statutory and medical approaches.
Frame "Social Activities to Achieve the Goal": Formation and Specifics of Its Representation at Language Level
Authors: Kuzmicheva Vita A. , Prokhorova Olga N. , Dekhnich Olga V. , Pugach Vladimir S. , Chebotareva Irina M.
Published: June 2023

The proposed article is devoted to describing the specifics of the frame formation "social activity to achieve the goal" represented by the verbal tokens (achieve, accomplish, attain, gain, succeed in, obtain, manage, strive, etc.) with the corresponding meaning and revealing the dependence of the modification of their meaning on the intrasystem and extra system restructuring of the proper frame.
Law Enforcement as Discretion and Legal Process
Authors: Makogon Boris V. , Aristov Evgeniy V. , Chaban Evgeniy A. , Fedorov Maxim V. , Umarova Madina A.
Published: June 2023

Coercive authority is central to the law inforcement, and the discretionary use of police authority is a decision-making process, as officers evaluate the situations in which they intervene and choose a course of action from among a set of alternatives. This article investigates the analytical and synthesis aspects of a wide range of sources, considering law enforcement from a dual perspective: as legal discretion and as a kind of legal process. This research applied the classical methodology of qualitative analysis of systems and processes, in particular, a system-analytical approach to the study of research objects. In conclusion, the role of law enforcement in the modern state-legal reality and the place of mandatory features of the legal process in the law enforcement structure is presented. Based on the study, it can be stated that The role of the procedural form is primarily that following its requirements will guarantee the objectivity and efficiency of law enforcement.
Theoretical Aspects of Migration and its Impact on Political Processes
Authors: Igonin Denis Ivanovich , Garipov Ruslan Faritovich
Published: June 2023

The authors of the paper set the goal of examining the theoretical aspects of migration and showing the relationship between the influence of this social phenomenon on the political processes of the state and state policy in general. The authors highlight the main interdisciplinary approaches to the definition of the term “migration” with the aim of concretizing it in political science within the framework of the study. The study also answers the question of the relationship between "policy" and "politics" within a migration policy by comparing "state migration policy" and "migration policy", concerning which there is a different interpretation. The object of research is migration. The subject is migration policy and state migration policy. The topic is relevant because in the early 2000s migration acquired a new global scale under the influence of many heterogeneous factors often caused by adverse economic, social and socio-psychological conditions, as well as military conflicts of an interreligious and ethnopolitical nature. The research uses systemic, comparative, institutional, and ethnopolitical approaches. The systematization of approaches presents the scientific novelty to the definition of migration, as well as by the mutual influence of migration processes and political and administrative decisions.
Transformation of the Political Parties of the EU Member States
Authors: Tryma Kateryna , Karaman Kostiantyn , Parlyk Vladislav , Svietlakova Maria
Published: June 2023

The study aims to provide an analysis and systematize the complex of factors influencing the transformation of party systems. We attempt to identify the relationship between their general and specific influences in particular countries to explore the transformation process's general patterns and national characteristics in European Union's political spaceion. This study's method is based on an overview of the unique bibliography collected by the researchers, which includes sources devoted to the study of foreign parties and party systems in the European Union by modern political scientists. The analysis shows the specification of internal and external factors that influence the adaptation of the political parties and systems to the EU's changing situation, country, and society. The modern transformation of political parties and party systems in the EU is caused by the phenomenon of globalization, the financial and economic crisis of 2008-2009, the overlapping migration crisis of 2015-2026, Brexit and changes in the institutional environment, and the democratic deficit in the EU itself. The obtained results have verified the research hypothesis. This study discussed modern tendencies in the transformation of political parties and political space in the European Union under the influence of different, controversial but discrete factors of development and complete explanation about the essence of new types of political parties
The Contingency Approach of Digitalization and Entrepreneurial Orientation on Smes Performance in Metal and Machinery Industry
Authors: Djou LD Gadi , Udin Udin , Lukiastuti Fitri , Filatrovi Eldes Willy
Published: June 2023

The ability to enter the global market has become a competitive necessity for many firms and one important for survival and growth in the era of globalization. At the same time, digitalization is transforming the locus of entrepreneurial opportunities and entrepreneurial practices, thus offering new perspectives on internationalization. When entering the global market, SMEs will require innovativeness capability, proactiveness, and risk-taking. However, there is a gap in the literature exploring the interplay of digitalization and entrepreneurial orientation in the internationalization process. The objective of the present study aims at developing insights that explain how SMEs in Slawi district in the metal and machinery industry can use the tactics and strategies associated with EO to achieve superior performance in the digitalization age. Results from a survey in 63 SMEs show that: 1) SMEs that display high levels of EO report a higher level of performance, 2) SMEs that display high levels of digitalization report a higher level of EO, 3) the relationship between EO and performance is moderated by digitalization and 4) the relationship between digitalization and performance is moderated by EO. These results indicate that for those firms, innovativeness capability, risk-taking, and proactiveness are crucial to their success in foreign markets. Instead, SMEs should develop a clear vision of digitalization that is characterized by innovation, being ahead of the competition, and a willingness to take risks.
The Determinants of Mobile Marketing Services Acceptance among Gen-Y Consumers
Authors: Ismail Mohammad , Razak Razli Che , Hakimin Yusoff Mohd Nor , Wan Zulkiffli Wan Farha , Wan Mohd Nasir Wan Mohd Nazdrol
Published: June 2023

This research aims to examine the acceptance of mobile marketing services by computing the consumers’ intention towards actual use for mobile marketing services. This research’s conceptual framework is developed based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour by examining the attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, intention, and actual use. This research also strives to identify the effects of risk perception on purpose, which still an inadequacy of explanation in mobile marketing usage among Gen Y. A total of 650 questionnaires was distributed to the full-time university students of four Universities in the East Coast Region in Malaysia. The main statistical technique used in this research was SmartPLS and SPSS software. This research indicated that attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, and perceived risk tend to influence intention to use. The behavioural intention was also found to influence the actual use of mobile marketing services among generation Y. Based on the findings, the theoretical and practical implications of the study, limitation, and future studies suggestions were discussed in this research.
Professional Burnout of Faculty Members of Higher Educational Institutions
Authors: Kabanova Elena E. , Vetrova Ekaterina A. , Kubasova Elena I.
Published: June 2023

The article is devoted to the analysis of professional burnout of the academic staff of a number of Moscow higher educational institutions. This problem most often affects residents of large cities, due to the intense rhythm of the city and lack of time for personal life, wasted on the way from home to work and back. The empirical basis of the study was the results of a sociological study conducted by the authors in 2019 on the basis of FSBEI HE Russian State Social University (RSSU), FSBEI HE Moscow State Humanitarian and Economic University (MSHEU), and FSBEI HE Russian State University of Tourism and Service (RSUTS). The problem of the deteriorated psychological state of teachers leading to professional burnout is poorly developed and causes increased research and practical interest, and gives rise to the practical need to improve the development of measures for the prevention and avoidance of burnout. All the above makes further research activity highly relevant, and may be extremely necessary in some universities. This is evidenced by the results of the study.: It is of vital importance to take measures to prevent professional burnout of the academic staff and to develop a strategy for a teacher-based approach considering personal qualities and potential. The administration should consider psychological, spiritual, and labor characteristics of teachers for the formation and distribution of individual schedules of teachers. The Novelty of the study is in investigating the professional burnout of the academic staff of an institution in Moscow.
Outsourcing Methods for Optimizing the Staff Management of the Economical Organizations
Authors: Kireeva-Karimova A.M. , Hai Anh. Nguyen , Nuriyahmetova S.M.
Published: June 2023

The main aim of the study is to investigate the components of the concept of outsourcing, the genesis of its development, analyzes the transformation of outsourcing of information technology systems, defined the place of outsourcing in the practice of Russian and international business. It has given an assessment for the problems of implementation, outsourcing under conditions of uncertainty, types and tools of outsourcing are analyzed, aspects of optimizing the control of production costs at the core of the business, core competencies, non-core assets and types of economical business organizations are analyzed, the problem of overcoming staff resistance to changes during the implementation of the outsourcing program is analyzed, and prospects for implementation of HR-outsourcing are identified.
Human Rights Risks in the Constitutions of the American Federal States
Authors: Markhgeym Marina V. , Novikova Alevtina E. , Dmitriev Vladimir K. , Dzidzoev Ruslan M. , Larina Ol'ga G.
Published: June 2023

The article presents the results of a comparative legal analysis of the constitutions of American federal states (Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Canada, Mexico, and USA) with a view to identifying the norms that minimize human rights risks. The examination depended on an argumentative way to deal with the revelation of legitimate wonders and cycles utilizing general logical (precise and consistent strategies, investigation and amalgamation) and explicit logical techniques. The declared axiological, functional, and institutional parameters are fully set only in the Constitution of Venezuela. Other constitutions that consider the objective specifics of the historical development of countries reflected the desired formulations in the framework of the axiology of individual rights and freedoms; prohibition of slavery; judicial protection of individual rights; isolation of a special human rights institution, etc. The objectives of the study led to the use of special legal methods. Thus, the comparative legal method contributed to the identification of resources and means of minimizing risks to human right advocacy in the foreign constitutions. The novelty of this research is identifying the norms that minimize human rights risks.
Risks to the Human Rights Advocacy in African Constitutions
Authors: Markhgeym Marina V. , Aristov Evgeniy V. , Bezuglya Anna A. , Novikova Alevtina E. , Novikov Andrey B.
Published: June 2023

This article presents the results of a comparative legal study of the texts of the constitutions of African states with a view to identifying the rules that minimize human rights risks. The research is based on a dialectical approach to the disclosure of legal phenomena and processes using general scientific (systematic and logical methods, analysis and synthesis) and specific scientific methods. African constitutions, in comparison with the constitutions of other states, and in particular European ones, contain a disproportionately large number of rules formalizing special human rights institutions. Typically, these are special councils, human rights commissions (Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia) or certain categories of the population (three in Egypt, three in Morocco, one in the Central African Republic). In Morocco and Equatorial Guinea, both the Mediator and the Public Defender are established, respectively. The relevance of the study is due to the strategic objectives of creating a secure human rights status of the state, as well as the need to find and update theoretical, methodological, and practical approaches to protecting the rights and freedoms of a human and a citizen. Considering the rules of the African constitutional model of minimizing risks to human right advocacy, objectively in terms of quantity and quality, are considered hyperbolic.
Prospects of Culture, Science and Human in the Context of a Technocratic Tide of the Post-Industrial Era
Authors: Antonova E.L. , Taranova A.E. , Antonova E.A.
Published: June 2023

The main aim of the study is to investigate prerequisites, essence and possible consequences of deaxiologisation trends in culture and deanthropologisation tendencies in science which arose out in the post-industrial age. Globalization processes are of a great importance in deprivation the science in its technocratic mechanistic interpretation of its historically determined constructive “human-centric” potential that had been implementing through creation and development of spiritual foundations of a human and society. The new shape of science – techno-science – exists without general metaphysical basis, summarizing and generalizable epistemological principles and person-oriented beginnings. It becomes to signify the return to mechanism in the field of implementation of logical procedures and processes but in the new – technocratic – dimension. The “new” mechanism, unlike the “classic”, is not about reducing the nature of man, society and culture to their nature-centric grounds that base and depend on physical laws, but is about orientating to extrabiological and virtual technical analogies, so it makes one to point out comprehensive competition between the human and artificial intelligence in all fields of vital activity. The main points and conclusions have their grounds on analysis of the most significant stages of science development from classics to post-non-classics.
Academic Procrastination, Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy in University Students: Comparative Study in Two Peruvian Cities
Authors: Uribe Hernández Yrene Cecilia , Alegría Cueto Oscar Fernando , Shardin-Flores Nikita , Luy-Montejo Carlos A.
Published: June 2023

The present study aims to determine the relationship between academic procrastination, self-esteem and self-efficacy in undergraduate students in two Peruvian cities. The population consisted of 13,767 students, from which a sample of 1,494 was extracted. The subjects were selected from eight universities: five private and one public, from the city of Metropolitan Lima; and two universities, one public and one private, from the city of Arequipa. The instruments used were the Academic Procrastination Scale (EPA), the Scale of Specific Perceived Self-Efficacy in Academic Situations (EAPESA) and the Rosemberg Self-Esteem Scale. The results allow us to conclude that, in terms of perceived effectiveness, the relationship is slightly higher in the city of Arequipa, reiterating this with respect to academic procrastination, where the relationship is also slightly higher. Finally, with regard to self-esteem, the trend continues to indicate a greater relationship in Arequipa
Functional Role of Interjections of Tatar Language
Authors: Husnutdinov Damir Haydarovich , Sagdieva Ramilya Kamilovna , Mirzagitov Ramil Hamitovich , Karipzhanova Gulnaz Tokenovna
Published: June 2023

Recently, in studying the linguistic picture of the world, interest has been growing in the national originality of the perception of reality, the national specificity of the reflection of the world picture in the language. The linguistic picture of the world is not linguistic; it reflects cognitive reality due to history, culture, geography, and other factors within the objective world. This article, based on such general scientific research methods as induction, deduction, observation, analysis, and synthesis of empirical material, attempts to reveal the national identity of the emotional experiences of the Tatar people. The study's subject is the emotive lexicatic language, which makes it possible to formulate and evaluate the presented picture and conceptualization of the surrounding Tatars. As the results of this study confirm, a person in the Tatar language picture of the world and eastern linguistic culture is less dualistic than a European; his emotions and speech tend to be in harmony, mutually complementing each other. In life, in everyday life, and the feelings of the Tatars, there is a severe imprint of the traditions and canons of Islam. The importance of the study of emotive vocabulary lies in the fact that it allows you to identify the priorities of the Tatar language consciousness, as well as the features of the vision of the Tatars world, the representation of the image of a person and his world from the position of the universal in the phraseology of the Tatar language, and the position of national specific features. The study of the dynamic semantics of phraseological units of the Tatar language in the structure of meaning makes it possible to represent significance for the general theory of linguistic science.
Supra-Word Units with a Turkic Component
Authors: Karimullina Guzel Nurutdinovna , Sarekenova Karlygash Kurmangalikyzy
Published: June 2023

The article presents an analysis of Turkic borrowings in the semantic aspect, particularly features of their functioning within set expressions. The materials for the study are academic dictionaries of the Russian literary language published from the 18th to the 20th centuries. These sources were chosen because the lexical variety of the language becomes, at a particular stage of its development, reflected in lexicographic sources, and most comprehensively – in explanatory dictionaries. This type of reference books is aimed at most fully comprise the everyday vocabulary of a literary language. Comparing the lexicographic sources of various periods, as well as a comparative analysis of the Turkic units contained in them, allows tracing the life of a borrowed word in a language and the stages of its assimilation in the receiving language, and identifying the features of functioning of the Turkic layer in the Russian vocabulary. Supra-word units with a Turkic component are also analyzed from the viewpoint of their lexicographic registration, i.e., in compliance with the parameter indicated in explanatory dictionaries. It was found that during their functioning in the Russian language, Turkisms broaden their sphere of usage and occur within phraseologisms, some of them being registered as early as in the 18th – 19th centuries.
Genre Strategy of Modern Russian-Language Poetry in Kazakhstan
Authors: Khaybullina Angelina Airatovna , Nagumanova Elvira Firdavilevna , Nurgali Kadisha Rustembekovna
Published: June 2023

At the end of the 20th century, the poetry of Kazakhstan made a great stride forward, which can be compared with the ideas of the cultural revolution. Unlike Russian poetry being changed throughout the 20th century, Kazakh poetry has made a breakthrough in its development only for the last two decades, allowing it to fit the conventions of modern world poetry. The present article aims at revealing the features of the functioning of the Russian-language poetry of Kazakhstan at the end of the 20th – the beginning of the 21st century. The authors of the article define those changes that have occurred in the genre strategy of modern poetry in Kazakhstan. The genre canon is generally accepted as one of the essential manifestations of the dialogue between different texts, being a kind of recognizable quote; simultaneously, it is deformed in the works by poets of the beginning of the 21st century. The transformation of genre traditions and canons engenders a unique phenomenon in modern poetry of Kazakhstan – "the poetry of philosophers." The poets such as Sergei Kolchigin, Indira Zaripova, Zhanat Baimukhametov tend to be attributed to this category. Also, modern Russian-language poetry is distinguished by the aspiration for collecting incredibly lyrical emotion and the same "extreme" interest in extra-literary events within the boundaries of one text. All these features bespeak the formation of another poetics in modern literature of Kazakhstan.
The Impact of the Negative Deposit Facility Rate on the Banking System
Authors: El Zein Samer Ajour , Coni Francesca , Gheshmi Reza
Published: June 2023

The main aim of the study is to investigate the repercussions of the monetary policy of negative interest rates conducted by the European Central Bank as a response to defective performance levels across the banking system during a time of economic trough afflicting European countries. The assumption under negative interest rates is that this should make monetary institutions more likely to issue credit, thus fighting loan contraction and creating a solid ground for proper money circulation and economic expansion. Simultaneously, this policy entails, for financial institutions, an extra payment due to their liquidity holdings at the ECB, in the form of deposits or current accounts. Nonetheless, it should be kept in mind, that the primary objective of the ECB is to seek price stability, and for this reason, in comparison, the lucrative purpose of the banking sector is a problem to put on the back burner. Under these circumstances, the amount of total payments carried out by the banking system of each 19 countries of the Monetary Union has been the object of the study to understand which countries are more or less sensitive to the policy. Furthermore, those figures are compared to the due forecasted payments to be done by each country's banking system on aggregate level after the recent implementation of a two-tier system for the liquidity held in the current accounts. The results show that a great disproportion exists in the affliction of negative interest rates across the banking system in different eurozone countries and that each of them will be differently affected by the two-tier system.
Kazakh Patriotic Consciousness: Political Science Aspects
Authors: Mukhanova Gulmira B. , Absattarov Galymzhan R.
Published: June 2023

The relevance of the subject matter is conditioned by the fact that the paper investigates the issues of Kazakhstani patriotic consciousness, which have not yet been studied in socio-political science. The paper is aimed at a detailed study of the nature and structure of the patriotic consciousness of the Kazakh population as a new type of patriotic consciousness. The leading methods to study this problem are modelling and analysis, which allow to comprehensively study and describe the components of the Kazakhstani patriotic consciousness as an object of study. Based on the research, it was concluded that the Kazakhstani patriotic consciousness is a complex managed system of ideas and views, traditions, and principles of behaviour, feelings and moods of the multinational multiconfessional people of Kazakhstan. The Kazakhstan patriotic consciousness is the result of the reflection in the consciousness of the population of a new type of Kazakhstan’s national homeland, which is aimed at uniting and rallying all the peoples of Kazakhstan, the progress of a democratic society in Kazakhstan. At the same time, the paper focuses on discussion issues that relate to the problems of optimising the formation and education of the patriotic consciousness of the population of Kazakhstan, including the problems of constructing their theoretical framework – the theory of Kazakhstani patriotic consciousness. The practical significance of the results is reflected in the fact that this study can serve as the basis for further in-depth study of the dynamics of the Kazakhstani patriotic consciousness and national policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Three Major Interrelated Factors Contributing to Homelessness Issue among Former Prisoners in Malaysia
Authors: Bin Jasni Mohd Alif , Abu Bakar Ah Siti Hajar , Che Mohd Nasir Norruzeyati
Published: June 2023

Homelessness issue among former prisoners in Malaysia upon their release is of great concern. Hence, this study aimed to identify the predominant factors influencing homelessness issue among former prisoners in Malaysia. Imprisonment is usually assumed to be a negative life event and can act as a hindrance for the former prisoner to successfully integrate after being freed from prison. Imprisonment and past criminal records are the biggest contributors to becoming homeless. This is a fact because imprisonment causes the former prisoners to lose his source of income, personal belongings, ability to seek shelter and personal relationships due to family rejection, addiction and unemployment. This study was based on the Ecological Model of Homeless by Nooe and Patterson. The selection of this model was considered appropriate and aligned with the objectives of the study which aimed to identify the factors that lead to the life of the homeless among former prisoners. In this study, nineteen former prisoners, regardless of the type of offence committed, were selected using the snowball sampling method and were interviewed. The findings revealed that family denial, unemployment, and drug addiction were the three major interrelated factors that contribute to the homelessness issue among the former prisoners during their reintegration process. Housing security is a risk factor of homelessness.
Climate Change Attitudes, Beliefs and Intentions Among Young Adults In an Institution of Higher Learning: Does Personality Matter?
Authors: Femi Monday Ilevbare , Erhabor Sunday Idemudia
Published: June 2023

The present article is concerned with the relationships between personality traits and climate change attitudes, beliefs and intentions. This was done to determine the relationship that exists between personality traits and attitudes, beliefs and intentions towards climate change issues. A descriptive survey design was used in conducting this study. The sample comprised 203 undergraduate students (116 males and 87 females) selected from various Faculties in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Convenience sampling technique was used to collect data from the respondents. Their age ranged from 15 to 35 years (M=23.6; SD=5.2). The Big Five Personality Inventory (BFPI) and the Climate Change Attitude Survey (CCAS) were used to collect data from participants. Results revealed that the vast majority of participants agree or strongly agree that human activities cause global climate change. (46% and 37.4% respectively). Furthermore, the results showed that there is a significant influence of personality dimensions on climate change attitudes, beliefs and intentions ({F (5,195) =20.327, p<.05, R²=.326}). Also, there is no significant difference between undergraduates in science faculties and non-science related faculties on attitudes, beliefs and intention towards climate change ({t (198) =-.827, p>. 05). The study concluded that personality traits are determinants of climate change attitudes, beliefs and intentions among undergraduates in the study area. The outcome of this study has implications for policy-making in the areas of capacity building and climate change education in institutions of higher learning.
The Political Economy of Digitalization and Climate Change Response in Nigeria
Authors: Ojakorotu Victor , Olajide Bamidele , Dunmade Busola
Published: June 2023

Climate change is having serious impacts on the sustainability of the world. Growing scientific exactitude on causes and effects of climate change makes humanity’s response to it an urgent and critical need. Nigeria like many countries around the world is facing difficult times owing to the new environmental realities produced by the menace. Responding to climate change requires humanity’s best social, political, scientific, and technological efforts. To achieve this, this paper notes that digitalization can be a veritable climate change response tool in Nigeria. Dwelling on Schumpeter’s theory of innovation and the political economy approach, the paper argues that digitalization holds positives for Nigeria’s hitherto unimpressive climate change response but may not be practicable due to the social, economic and political contradictions that are producing unfavourable outcomes within the Nigerian state. This situation explains why mitigation and adaption efforts have not produced satisfactory results, a situation that puts citizens’ wellbeing in harm’s way in critical areas such as agriculture, housing, healthcare, and energy among others. The paper concludes that digitalization would make mitigation and adaptation wholesome and enhance the adequacy of climate change policies and programmes towards sustainable development in Nigeria. It then comes up with policy suggestions that can help mainstream digitalization as a tool for climate change response in the country.
State and Hegemony in Nigeria: Implications for Environmental Politics
Authors: Emmanuel Olajide Bamidele , Ojakorotu Victor
Published: June 2023

This paper analyses the implication of state and hegemony on environmental politics in Nigeria. It argues that Nigeria as a British colonial creation is essentially a capitalist system that was invertedly created because unlike Western systems, it is a capitalist system that is run by non-capitalists. This implies that in Nigeria, there is a palpable absence of the state which is a creation of capitalists to coordinate other superstructures. This then explains why the political class in Nigeria comprises of fractious groups that are too preoccupied with politics and material survival and as such do not have hegemony. The import of absence of the state and dearth of hegemony in Nigeria is that environmental politics is uncoordinated with cases of Niger Delta and farmers-herdsmen crises demonstrating this reality. The paper concludes hegemony-induced environmental governance can ensure nationalistic values which would treat environmental and related issues with the urgency they deserve.
Management of Ocular Toxicity in Patients Receiving Belantamab Mafodotin
Authors: Lu, MSN, FNP-C Rebecca , Morphey, RN, MSN, CCRP Ashley , Diaz, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP Felicia , Chen, RN, MSN, OCN, FNP-C Jessica , Razmandi, OD, FAAO Azadeh , Richards, PhD, ANP-BC, AOCNP Tiffany
Published: June 2023

While significant strides have been made in the treatment of multiple myeloma, treatment options remain limited and definite, and most patients ultimately succumb to their disease. The urgency for more treatment modalities remains, as patients who are refractory to proteasome inhibitors, immunomodulatory agents, and anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies have a median survival of only 5.8 to 13 months. Belantamab mafodotin, a first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2020 for patients with relapsed or refractory myeloma who have received at least four prior therapies, including an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, a proteasome inhibitor, and an immunomodulatory agent. It produced an overall response rate of 31%, and the median progression-free survival was 2.9 months when administered as a single agent. While generally well tolerated, ocular toxicities were a notable adverse event reported. In this article, we discuss the response data, toxicity profile including ocular toxicities, and treatment management.
Analysis of motivational climate and social interactions in physical education classes in secondary school
Authors: Flores Piñero María del Carmen , Valdivia Moral Pedro Ángel , González Hernández Juan
Published: June 2023

The motivational climate refers to the set of signals from the PE class environment, which can be implicating the ego or the task. The objective of this research is to know the motivational climate and its elements such as approach, avoidance, ego and task, prosocial behaviors and aggressive behaviors of high school students in PE classes. This study has been carried out with a cross-sectional and intentional methodology, in a sample of Compulsory Secondary Education students (N=84) in educational centers in Andalucia and the Canary Islands. The results concluded that the motivational climate generated by the PE teacher and that students may or may not perceive in their classes, has a definite tendency towards Approach Motivational Climate and Avoidance Motivational Climate, both with 40.5%. The results also confirm that the students present prosocial behaviors and do not present aggressive behaviours.

El clima motivacional, se refiere al conjunto de conjunto de señales del entorno de la clase de EF, que pueden ser implicante al ego o a la tarea. El objetivo de esta investigación es conocer el clima motivacional y los elementos de éste como son, aproximación, evitación, ego y tarea, las conductas prosociales y conductas agresivas de los estudiantes de secundaria en las clases de EF. El presente estudio se ha llevado a cabo con una metodología de carácter transversal e intencional, en una muestra de estudiantes de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (N = 84) en centros educativos de Andalucía y Canarias. Los resultados concluyeron, que el clima motivacional que genera el profesor de EF y que los estudiantes pueden percibir o no en sus clases, tiene una tendencia definida hacia Clima Motivacional Aproximación y Clima Motivacional Evitación, además, el alumnado presenta conductas prosociales y no presenta conductas agresivas.
How Conversational are “Conversational Agents”?
Authors: Korbut Andrei
Published: June 2023

The paper considers whether is it possible to view interactions with so-called conversational agents (chatbots, voice assistants, etc.) as a form of conversation. It is argued here that such conversational agents are conversational in a proper sense. To justify this conclusion, the analysis of the beginnings of 100 calls to a Russian municipal call center, processed by a chatbot, is conducted. The revealed features of the inquiry formulations, silences, and overlaps at the beginning of the calls show that users deal with the chatbot as a conversational partner and not as a voice user interface. It is proposed that to call an interaction a “conversation,” it is enough that at least one co-participant (the weak participation requirement) is able to understand all the turns in the interaction (the strong analyzability requirement) as part of the ongoing conversation.
Human and Non-Human Agency as Practical Accomplishment
Authors: Habscheid Stephan , Hector Tim , Hrncal Christine
Published: June 2023

The article takes its starting point with heuristics, according to which agency is not to be seen as something that certain ontological entities stably do or do not possess. Rather, it is assumed that agency, especially in voice-based exchange with smart speaker technology, is a dynamic accomplishment, basically bound to the local (linguistic) practices carried out by or rather involving contributions by participants with unequal resources for participating. Following Hirschauer (2016), we distinguish between levels of activity both on an active-passive spectrum as well as on a proactive-inhibitive spectrum and reconstruct empirically against that background how in particular the smart speaker can appear in different situations and contexts. The article concludes with a discussion of the notion of agency relating the observed practices on the one hand and against the background of a broader context of agency as media theory has it on the other, including domestication theory as well as recent smart home technologies and platform logics.
Introdução à direção teatral
Authors: Torres Neto Walter Lima
Published: June 2023

Administrar, coordenar, dirigir, encenar, ensaiar, provar, repetir… Esses são alguns verbos fundamentais na concepção de uma exibição cênica e de uma obra sobre direção teatral. Na primeira seção deste livro, o autor traça um breve histórico desse ofício no teatro ocidental. Na segunda, há uma reflexão sobre a dinâmica criativa dos elementos que compõem a encenação – texto, atuação, figurino, espaço, iluminação, música de cena, marcação, dentre outros elementos. Eles convergem para a cena graças ao esforço e ao trabalho intelectual do diretor em interação com o coletivo de agentes criativos. Na terceira seção, alguns tópicos são sugeridos para redação de um projeto de encenação. Na última parte, um “Caderno de imagens” no qual estão dispostos esquemas, plantas baixas e fotografias de espetáculos que tiveram concepção espacial de Doris Rollemberg.
Femora from an exceptionally large population of coeval ornithomimosaurs yield evidence of sexual dimorphism in extinct theropod dinosaurs
Authors: Pintore Romain , Cornette Raphaël , Houssaye Alexandra , Allain Ronan
Published: June 2023

Sexual dimorphism is challenging to detect among fossils due to a lack of statistical representativeness. The Angeac-Charente Lagerstätte (France) represents a remarkable ‘snapshot’ from a Berriasian (Early Cretaceous) ecosystem and offers a unique opportunity to study intraspecific variation among a herd of at least 61 coeval ornithomimosaurs. Herein, we investigated the hindlimb variation across the best-preserved specimens from the herd through 3D Geometric Morphometrics and Gaussian Mixture Modeling. Our results based on complete and fragmented femora evidenced a dimorphism characterized by variations in the shaft curvature and the distal epiphysis width. Since the same features vary between sexes among modern avian dinosaurs, crocodilians, and more distant amniotes, we attributed this bimodal variation to sexual dimorphism based on the extant phylogenetic bracketing approach. Documenting sexual dimorphism in fossil dinosaurs allows a better characterization and accounting of intraspecific variations, which is particularly relevant to address ongoing taxonomical and ecological questions relative to dinosaur evolution.
Belly roll, a GPI-anchored Ly6 protein, regulates Drosophila melanogaster escape behaviors by modulating the excitability of nociceptive peptidergic interneurons
Authors: Li Kai , Tsukasa Yuma , Kurio Misato , Maeta Kaho , Tsumadori Akimitsu , Baba Shumpei , Nishimura Risa , Murakami Akira , Onodera Koun , Morimoto Takako , Uemura Tadashi , Usui Tadao
Published: June 2023

Appropriate modulation of escape behaviors in response to potentially damaging stimuli is essential for survival. Although nociceptive circuitry has been studied, it is poorly understood how genetic contexts affect relevant escape responses. Using an unbiased genome-wide association analysis, we identified an Ly6/α-neurotoxin family protein, Belly roll (Bero), which negatively regulates Drosophila nociceptive escape behavior. We show that Bero is expressed in abdominal leucokinin-producing neurons (ABLK neurons) and bero knockdown in ABLK neurons resulted in enhanced escape behavior. Furthermore, we demonstrated that ABLK neurons responded to activation of nociceptors and initiated the behavior. Notably, bero knockdown reduced persistent neuronal activity and increased evoked nociceptive responses in ABLK neurons. Our findings reveal that Bero modulates an escape response by regulating distinct neuronal activities in ABLK neurons.
100 years of anthropogenic impact causes changes in freshwater functional biodiversity
Authors: Eastwood Niamh , Zhou Jiarui , Derelle Romain , Abdallah Mohamed Abou-Elwafa , Stubbings William A , Jia Yunlu , Crawford Sarah E , Davidson Thomas A , Colbourne John K , Creer Simon , Bik Holly , Hollert Henner , Orsini Luisa
Published: June 2023

Despite efforts from scientists and regulators, biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate. Unless we find transformative solutions to preserve biodiversity, future generations may not be able to enjoy nature’s services. We have developed a conceptual framework that establishes the links between biodiversity dynamics and abiotic change through time and space using artificial intelligence. Here, we apply this framework to a freshwater ecosystem with a known history of human impact and study 100 years of community-level biodiversity, climate change and chemical pollution trends. We apply explainable network models with multimodal learning to community-level functional biodiversity measured with multilocus metabarcoding, to establish correlations with biocides and climate change records. We observed that the freshwater community assemblage and functionality changed over time without returning to its original state, even if the lake partially recovered in recent times. Insecticides and fungicides, combined with extreme temperature events and precipitation, explained up to 90% of the functional biodiversity changes. The community-level biodiversity approach used here reliably explained freshwater ecosystem shifts. These shifts were not observed when using traditional quality indices (e.g. Trophic Diatom Index). Our study advocates the use of high-throughput systemic approaches on long-term trends over species-focused ecological surveys to identify the environmental factors that cause loss of biodiversity and disrupt ecosystem functions.