bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Digitalisation of Dutch Agriculture: Implications of reducing Nitrogen pollution from livestock cultivation
Authors:   Science, Business and Innovation (SBI), VU Amsterdam, Kumar Inder
Published: July 2021

"For the last many decades, the EU’s intensified agriculture model has shown a significant trend to reinforce the economy while feeding the world. The Netherlands is one of the EU’s member follow neoliberalism in agriculture by importing cheap animal feed & fertilisers and exports meat & dairy products. The intensification of Dutch agriculture results from solid collaborations among the Agriculture Innovation System actors (AIS). Nitrogen (N), being one of the essential elements of building blocks of life, is a vital nutrient, an indicator for global food security, and supports agriculture’s intensification. N in fertilisers and feedstock’s intensive use comes with the consequences of wicked problems such as ammonia (NH3) emissions in the air and nitrates (NOX) leaching in the soil. Around two-thirds of the Dutch farmlands and 80% of the crop, fertiliser is used for livestock cultivation. The Netherlands is famous for technological innovations worldwide (in terms of niche innovation); however, digitalisation is still an ‘alien’ term for Dutch farmers. A lack of landscapelevel technology implementation, weak policy infrastruture for monitoring pollution dynamics is one of the leading causes of the nitrogen crisis in the Netherlands. The N-crisis is causing distress in farmers, and the government is struggling for effective policy implementation. Therefore, there is a need for state-of-art initiatives which utilise maximum involvement of technology and the environment with minimum (government) efforts. This holistic and explorative cast-study research highlights the challenges and consequences of the Digitalisation of Agriculture Innovation System (DAIS) to resolve the Dutch N-crisis. Different aspects of research covered are 1) to address associates knowledge gaps, 2) analyse the cause of complex N-crisis in the Netherlands, 3) to analyse the current state of Dutch policy infrastructure & challenges and 4) to analyse present & future trend of DAIS transformations. This will ultimately lead to technology and policy recommendation supporting multi- stakeholders collaboration, creating a market of Nitrogen Trading System (NTS) at multiple levels and using digitalisation as a key for establishing Sustainable System Transformation (SST)."
Future Avenues in the Study of Islamic Law
Authors: Haider Najam
Published: July 2021

In his essay, Najam Haider calls for “more cohesive and integrated scholarly engagement with the pre-modern Islamicate world.” To that end, the author urges scholars to creatively engage and treat legal texts as valuable sources for understanding the social and political predicates of Islamic societies. For example, tracing the creation and migration of legal texts across regions can yield valuable insights into multiple ideas and ideologies across the pre-modern Islamic world, as a part of a larger intertextual world where scholars study all actors in Islamic history as interacting with, complementing, and arguing against one another.
New Approaches to Islamic Law and the Documentary Record before 1500
Authors: Rustow Marina
Published: July 2021

Marina Rustow notes how prevalent scholarly attention is to long-form texts of Islamic law—attention that she argues, comes at the expense of studying Islamic legal documents in a sufficient manner. Study of the documents is an indispensable enterprise if we are to fully understand “how law worked in practice.” In view of what we know to have been “heaps” of documents produced by Muslim judges and notaries, Rustow underscores how particularly noticeable a disjuncture there is between those documents and the long-form texts. Moreover, scholars often skip over and thus fail to avail themselves of the utility of documents in adding texture to social and legal history. She cautions social historians against “pseudo-knowledge,” that is, the temptation to overlook complex factors, usually embedded in legal documents, that render our otherwise tame scholarly perception of the past truer but more “unruly.” In the end, her invitation to join her in the study of documents and thereby improve the state of Islamic legal history is terse and timely: “Please go find yourself some documents.”
Lost in Translation
Authors: Scheunchen Tobias
Published: July 2021

As a reciprocal contract, Islamic marriage (nikāḥ) furnishes rights and obligations for both spouses. Usually split into two portions, the deferred part of the bridal dower (mahr muʾakhkhar)—a one-time financial liability that both spouses agree on during the wedding proceedings—is customarily received by the Muslim wife where her husband seeks to divorce her unilaterally (ṭalāq). However, US courts faced with construing mahr-agreements have been reluctant to enforce the financial promises stipulated in such agreements. Based on evidence gathered from case law, this article argues that a combination of several factors, most importantly, the judicial anxiety to get involved in religious doctrinal interpretation, as well as the misinformed analogizing of bridal dowers to prenuptial agreements, adversely affects Muslim women as courts increasingly adhere to the presumption that mahr-agreements are non-enforceable, squarely placing the burden of proof to the contrary on women. Moreover, women's financial hardship is often the immediate result of the court's refusal to uphold a husband's commitment to pay dower. As a critical feature of Islamic marriage, the agreed-on dower payment assures financial stability after divorce, predictability, and women's bargaining power throughout a marital relationship. Since 2013, state legislators' partially successful endeavors to bar state courts from applying Islamic law under comity function as a compounding factor that has created dire prospects for the future of mahr-agreements in the US, posing a substantial risk not only to the institution of Islamic marriage, but also the parties’ freedom of contract.
Mejoramiento del reporte y gestión de los eventos adversos hospitalarios utilizando la metodología epqi-kaizen
Authors: Herrera Castro Karen Vanessa , Rodríguez Robinson , Aguilar Carrillo William Barnett
Published: July 2021

Se demuestra como la gestión de los eventos adversos en los establecimientos de atención de la salud puede mejorarse con el entrenamiento de los equipos de trabajo en metodologías y herramientas de calidad propias del Kaizen, que ayudan a desarrollar microproyectos enfocados a mejorar los resultados de procesos específicos. Finalmente, esto fortalece la cultura de calidad de las instituciones y la seguridad de los pacientes
Minimization of the Lifecycle Cost of a Rotary Heat Exchanger Used in Building Ventilation Systems in Cold Climates
Authors: Sokolnikas Ignas , Čiuprinskas Kęstutis , Čiuprinskienė Jolanta
Published: July 2021

This article presents an analysis of rotary heat exchangers (RHE) used as heat recovery units in building ventilation systems in cold climates. Usually, heat exchangers with the highest heat transfer efficiency are the preferable option for this purpose. However, such exchangers usually have the highest media pressure drop, thus requiring the highest amount of energy for media transportation. In this study, the problem is solved by analysing the lifecycle cost (LCC) of the RHE including both the recovered heat and the electricity consumed in the fans of the air handling unit (AHU). The purpose of the investigation was to determine the optimal set of geometrical characteristics such as the exchanger’s length, foil thickness, the height and width of the air channel. Two hundred and seventy different combinations were examined using analytical dependencies and ANSYS simulations. The results are compared with experimental data obtained earlier at the KOMFOVENT laboratory. The results show that the best overall energy efficiency is obtained in heat exchangers that do not offer the best heat recovery efficiency, and LCC differences in the same climatic and economic conditions can go as high as 31 %, mainly due to the geometrical parameters of the heat exchanger.
Análisis cualitativo y aproximación metodológica para la identificación de voluntarios de las Milicias Antifascistas de Cataluña muertos en combate: frentes de Aragón, Baleares y Madrid (24 de julio-31 de diciembre de 1936)
Authors: Berger Mulattieri Gonzalo
Published: July 2021

El artículo se centra en el análisis y la documentación sobre los muertos y desaparecidos que combatieron como voluntarios en las diferentes columnas organizadas por las Milicias Antifascistas de Cataluña, busca aportar información respecto al sistema administrativo que regulaba los derechos legales de los milicianos muertos en combate. En este abordaje se demuestra la importancia de la organización de las Milicias Antifascistas de Catalunya y su estructura administrativa, especialmente la relativa al pago de subsidios de guerra, en la trazabilidad de las fuentes documentales. También se aporta información sobre la evolución del sistema que, a partir de agosto de 1936, trataba de garantizar el derecho a las compensaciones por muerte o invalidez de los combatientes. A la vez, ofrece una primera aproximación con datos cuantitativos y cualitativos respecto al total de bajas que sufrió esta organización entre el 24 de julio y el 31 de diciembre de 1936.Paralelamente, busca aportar una metodología de trabajo complementaria a la exhumación de restos humanos de fosas o cementerios, que permite identificar los restos físicos de combatientes asociados a campos de batalla de la Guerra de España. Esta se enmarca en las recientes iniciativas legales que tienen lugar en España orientadas a cumplimentar políticas públicas de memoria democrática. La metodología se basa en la identificación de las víctimas y su participación orgánica en unidades militares en el momento de su defunción.
Fiebre de baile. Los nuevos "dancings" comerciales y la transformación de los hábitos de ocio e interacción sexual de la juventud popular y obrera de Madrid (1918-1936)
Authors: De Pedro Álvarez Cristina
Published: July 2021

Esta investigación analiza la relación entre la consolidación de un nuevo mercado del ocio comercializado en el Madrid de entreguerras y la aparición de nuevas conductas y rituales de interacción lúdica y sexual entre los jóvenes de los barrios populares de la ciudad que participaban y socializaban en él a diario. A partir del análisis de documentación judicial relacionada con delitos de índole sexual, así como de anuarios comerciales y guías del ocio, se pretende valorar hasta qué punto los nuevos locales y entretenimientos baratos, y específicamente las nuevas salas de baile comercial, constituyeron la arena sobre la que se articularon y negociaron valores y comportamientos sociales y sexuales de nuevo cuño, sobre la que se expresaron y legitimaron nuevas nociones en torno a la sexualidad, el noviazgo y el flirteo.
100 Anos de Edgar Morin
Authors: Severino Antônio Joaquim , Silvério de Almeida Cleide Rita , Dal Mas Dias Elaine Teresinha
Published: July 2021

Unindo-se às múltiplas iniciativas de comemoração dos 100 anos de vida de Edgar Morin, no próximo dia 8 de julho, e às homenagens que vêm ocorrendo no mundo inteiro, a revista Eccos preparou um dossiê, visando a saudar este grande pensador e abrir espaço para ensaios e estudos sobre o pensamento e a vida desse eminente filósofo. Buscou-se, assim, não só compartilhar essa homenagem universal, mas também contribuir para a maior divulgação de sua obra, sobretudo entre as gerações mais jovens. Mais do que o resgate de suas teses, os trabalhos que compõem o dossiê explicitam a fecundidade das categorias do pensamento complexo para a compreensão mais crítica dos grandes problemas que a humanidade vem enfrentando na atualidade. Reflexões que evidenciam o poder do conhecimento para a construção da unidade da espécie, sem prejuízo do respeito à diversidade das pessoas, a partir de uma leitura da complexidade sob o prisma da religação dos saberes e da superação da barbárie.Maria Lucia Rodrigues expressa, em seu texto, as ressonâncias criadas pelo pensamento complexo de Edgar Morin em nosso tempo. A partir de depoimentos de outros pesquisadores, ela revela a figura de um ser humano que está em sintonia com as principais questões que nos ocupam e preocupam.Maria Cândida Moraes e Izabel Petraglia desenvolvem uma ampla reflexão a partir do conceito de Terra-Pátria, extraído de uma das obras de Edgar Morin, que leva o mesmo nome. Elas propõem uma mudança de pensamento – do linear ao complexo – que possa promover uma reintegração das culturas científicas e humanistas. Neste exercício, somos chamados a construir uma nova cidadania planetária.Alfredo Pena-Vega nos instiga, em seu escrito, a pensar sobre a incerteza, principalmente em relação ao futuro da humanidade. Ele indica que existe uma crise global, que se expressa numa crise ecológica. Nesse cenário, torna-se urgente encontrar e adotar novos métodos que possibilitem o enfrentamento dessa situação. Laerte Sznelwar, Uiara Montedo e Tiago Sigahi demonstram as múltiplas possibilidades de reflexão do pensamento complexo, desta vez, aplicadas no campo das engenharias. Desafiando alguns paradigmas que reduzem o campo de visão das ciências da natureza a respeito do ser humano, os autores reconhecem a necessidade de se olhar a dialógica que permite debater questões relacionadas à vida e à importância do sujeito na sociedade.Esperamos que este dossiê possa ser um ponto de partida para novos pesquisadores do pensamento complexo de Edgar Morin e que seja também um aprofundamento de ideias para aqueles que já conhecem seu trabalho e sua obra.
Variation in the prices of oncology medicines across Europe and the implications for the future
Authors: Godman Brian , Simoens Steven , Kurdi Amanj , Selke Gisbert , Yfantopoulos John , Hill Andrew , Gulbinovic Jolanta , Martin Antony P , Timoney Angela , Gotham Dzintars , Wale Janet , Bochenek Tomasz , Selke Krulichova Iva , Allocati Eleonora , Hoxha Iris , Malaj Admir , Nachtnebel Anna , Hamelinck Wouter , Mitkova Zornitza , Petrova Guenka , Laius Ott , Sermet Catherine , Langner Irene , Joppi Roberta , Jakupi Arianit , Poplavska Elita , Greiciute-Kuprijanov Ieva , Vella Bonanno Patricia , Piepenbrink JF Hans , de Valk Vincent , Plisko Robert , Wladysiuk Magdalene , Markovic-Pekovic Vanda , Mardare Ileana , Novakovic Tanja , Parker Mark , Furst Jurij , Tomek Dominik , Banasova Katarina , Obach Cortadellas Merce , Zara Corrine , Pontes Caridad , Juhasz-Haverinen Maria , Skiold Peter , McTaggart Stuart , Wong-Rieger Durhane , Campbell Stephen , Hill Ruaraidh
Published: July 2021

Introduction/Objectives: Health authorities are facing increasing challenges to the sustainability of their healthcare systems because of the growing expenditures on medicines, including new, high-priced oncology medicines, and changes in disease prevalence in their ageing populations. Medicine prices in European countries are greatly affected by the ability to negotiate reasonable prices. Concerns have been expressed that prices of patented medicines do not fall sufficiently after the introduction of lower-cost generic oncology medicines. The objective of this study was to examine the associations over time in selected European countries between the prices of oral oncology medicines, population size, and gross domestic product (GDP) before and after the introduction of generic versions. Evidence of periodic reassessments of the price, value, and place in treatment of these medicines was also looked for. The goal of this review was to stimulate debate about possible improvements in approaches to reimbursement negotiations. Methodology: Analysis was performed of reimbursed prices of three oral oncology medicines (imatinib, erlotinib and fludarabine) between 2013 and 2017 across Europe. Correlations were explored between GDP, population size, and prices. Findings were compared with previous research regarding prices of generic oral oncology medicines. Results: The prices of imatinib, erlotinib and fludarabine varied among European countries, and there was limited price erosion over time in the absence of generics. There appeared to be no correlation between population size and price, but higher prices of on-patent oral cancer medicines were seen among countries with higher GDP per capita. Conclusion: Limited price erosion for patented medicines contributed to increases in oncology medicine budgets across the region. There was also a concerning lack of evidence re-assessments of the price, value, and place in treatment of patented oncology medicines following the loss of patent protection of standard medicines. The use of such proactive re-assessments in negotiating tactics might positively impact global expenditures for oncology medicines.
Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Health Outcomes: Exploring Gender Differences
Authors: Lee Hana , Chung Ick-Joong
Published: July 2021

Objectives: This study aimed to (1) understand the associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and poor adult health outcomes, specifically looking at both physical and mental health indicators, and (2) examine gender differences in ACEs’ impact on adult health outcomes.Methods: Data were obtained from the 2012 Korean General Social Survey. The study sample comprised 1,396 individuals aged ≥ 18 years who answered the ACE questionnaire. Controlling for sociodemographic factors, linear regression models were run to estimate the relationships between ACEs and adult physical (self-rated poor physical health status) and mental health indicators (depressive symptoms). Furthermore, the Chow test was carried out to ascertain whether there were any gender differences in ACEs’ impact on both adult physical and mental health outcomes.Results: Higher numbers of ACEs were significantly and positively associated with worse adult physical and mental health outcomes, such as poorer physical health status and higher levels of depressive symptoms compared with individuals who reported no adversities during childhood. In addition, gender differences were identified in ACEs’ impact on both health indicators, suggesting that females were at a higher risk of depression, while males were more likely to experience poor physical health.Conclusion: Adults reporting multiple adversities during childhood are more likely to experience poorer physical and mental health, demonstrating a strong, graded dose-response relationship between the number of ACEs and a range of negative adult health outcomes. Gender differences also exist in ACEs’ impact on adult physical and mental health, thus suggesting the need for gender-based intervention strategies to address ACEs in the adult population.
Young Children’s Judgments of Counter-Intuitive Information and Its Relation with Executive Function
Authors: Jeong Yuri , Jeong Jeein
Published: July 2021

Objectives: This study examined young children’s judgments of counter-intuitive information, and whether their judgments relate to the executive function and theory of mind.Methods: Ninety-two children aged 3 to 6 years were provided with counter-intuitive information that the smallest doll was the heaviest among five Russian dolls in a one-on-one interview with a researcher. Subsequently, how children judged the weights of the dolls, whether they did an experiment to check the weights during the researcher’s absence, how they judged the weights upon the researcher’s suggestion, and whether their judgments were related to the executive function and theory of mind were examined.Results: Following the researcher’s counter-intuitive information, the 3-year-olds were more likely to judge that the smallest one might be the heaviest. Further, spontaneous experiments during the researcher’s absence were conducted only among a small number of children aged 4-years and up. There were no more differences in judgments of weight among age groups of children when it came to checking the actual weights of the dolls upon the researcher’s suggestion. Additionally, children with better inhibitory and shifting ability tended to judge the heaviest doll based on their own intuition. A multiple regression analysis, controlling for relevant variables showed that only shifting ability predicted the children’s judgments based on their intuition before the suggested experiment.Conclusion: With age, young children may come to judge a physical situation based on their own clear intuition, rather than merely following another’s counter-intuitive information. This tendency appears to be related to the executive function, especially shifting ability.
The Influence of Father-Adolescent Attachment on Adolescents’ Internalizing Behavior Problems Within the Mongolian Family Context and the Analysis of Moderation Effects of Adolescents’ Gender
Authors: Buyadaa Naranbulag , Song Hana
Published: July 2021

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of father-adolescent attachment on adolescents’ internalizing behavior problems within the Mongolian family context. Additionally, the moderation effect of adolescents’ gender was also examined.Methods: One hundred seventy four Mongolian adolescents who lived in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia participated in this study. The participants was 13 to 15 years old, and 69 out of 174 participants were boys. Consent was taken from participants and their parents. Instructions, consent forms, and questionnaires written in English were translated into Mongolian language. Participants responded to questionnaires that measured attachment to fathers, adolescents’ depression, and anxiety. Data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression.Results: Results of this study showed that there was a significant difference between sons and daughters in the attachment to their fathers. Attachment security between sons and fathers was higher than that between daughters and fathers. Gender differences were also found in adolescents’ depression and anxiety. Levels of depression and anxiety in girls were significantly higher than in boys. In addition, attachment to fathers negatively predicted adolescents’ internalizing behavior problems including depression and anxiety. In particular, the moderation effect of adolescents’ gender was also significant. Specificially, girls’ attachment to fathers negatively predicted girls’ internalizing behavior problems, but no significant finding was reported in the relationship between fathers and boys.Conclusion: Findings suggested a protective role of adolescents’ attachment to fathers against adolescents’ internalizing behavior problems, and were discussed in terms of characteristics of parent-child relationship in Mongolian culture. The role of attachment on adolescents’ mental health was suggested.
Desenvolvimento de Aplicação IoT utilizando a Plataforma Integrada Softway4IoT e Fiware
Authors: Trindade Yan , Souza Luiz Henrique Calixto de , Jorge Lucas C. , Damaceno Andre G. , Bordim Jacir L.
Published: July 2021

A Internet das Coisas (IoT) abrange uma diversidade de dispositivos, incluindo sensores e atuadores com funcionalidades, capacidades e características bastante distintas. A heterogeneidade dos dispositivos IoT requer mecanismos adequados de gestão, coleta e disponibilização de dados. Neste contexto, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar duas plataformas que se complementam no gerenciamento de dispositos IoT. Para tal, este trabalho apresenta uma aplicação que utiliza API's genéricas e reusáveis da plataforma Fiware com o poder de gerenciamento de múltiplos sensores da plataforma Softway4IoT para abstrair os diferentes protocolos de comunicação no desenvolvimento de uma aplicação de teste.
Alleged Counterexamples to Uniqueness
Authors: Ross Ryan ,   Romanian Academy - Iasi Branch
Published: July 2021

Kopec and Titelbaum collect five alleged counterexamples to Uniqueness, the thesis that it is impossible for agents who have the same total evidence to be ideally rational in having different doxastic attitudes toward the same proposition. I argue that four of the alleged counterexamples fail and that Uniqueness should be slightly modified to accommodate the fifth example.
A Functional Approach to Characterize Values in the Context of ‘Values in Science’ Debates
Authors: Varghese Joby ,   Romanian Academy - Iasi Branch
Published: July 2021

This paper proposes a functional approach to characterize epistemic and nonepistemic values. The paper argues that epistemic values are functionally homogeneous since (i) they act as criteria to evaluate the epistemic virtues a hypothesis ought to possess, and (ii) they validate scientific knowledge claims objectively. Conversely, non-epistemic values are functionally heterogeneous since they may promote multiple and sometimes conflicting aims in different research contexts. An incentive of espousing the functional approach is that it helps us understand how values can operate in appropriate and inappropriate ways in scientific research and inappropriate influences can eventually be prevented. The idea is to argue that since non-epistemic values are functionally heterogeneous, they cannot provide objective reasons for the acceptance of a hypothesis. However, their involvement is necessary in certain research contexts and the problem is the involvement of these need not be always legitimate. By analyzing a case from chemical research, I demonstrate that how non-epistemic values might influence scientific research and, then, I go on to demonstrate that how a proper understanding of the functions of different kinds of values might promote the attainment of multiple goals of a particular research in a legitimate and socially relevant way.
Spectrophotometric method in comparative in vitro dissolution test of branded and generic ibuprofen tablets
Authors: Marković Ana , Spasić Miroslava , Savić Vesna , Sunarić Slavica , Tasić-Kostov Marija
Published: July 2021

The dissolution test is a simple and important in vitro method for assessing the bioequivalence, which aims to compare the bioavailability of generic and branded drugs. It implies the use of a proper apparatus (usually pharmacopoeially defined) in which the dosage form is dissolved, and the dissolution process itself is monitored/quantified using an appropriate analytical method among which high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is widely used. Spectrophotometry could be a significant substitute, through its advantages in terms of simplicity and costs of analysis. In the present study, possible differences in bioavailability between branded and generic ibuprofen coated tablets were predicted using a dissolution test for solid dosage forms. The ibuprofen content and the amount of ibuprofen released in the dissolution test were determined using a simple spectrophotometric method. Based on the obtained results, no significant differences in the dissolution rate of ibuprofen from generic and branded coated tablets were observed. It can be concluded that the spectrophotometric method applied for the dissolution test, among other suitable methods, could be used for bioequivalence screening in conditions where rapid and simple assessment is required or where HPLC method is not available.
Alkyl polyglucoside-based emulsions as vehicles for topical spironolactone: A textural analysis
Authors: Ilić Dušan , Cvetković Maja , Tasić-Kostov Marija
Published: July 2021

Acne vulgaris is a chronic dermatological disease that affects the pilosebaceous unit; androgens play an important role in its pathogenesis. Acne therapy can be either systemic or topical, usual in the treatment of mild and moderate forms of acne. Spironolactone (SP) is an anti-androgen drug with potential to reduce the sebum secretion; in order to avoid systemic side effects, it could be used topically in acne treatment. Nowadays, more and more attention is being paid to the textural profile of dermopharmaceutical emulsions, which is normally influenced by their colloidal structure; texture analysis is performed in order to predict behavior of the emulsion systems in real-time conditions during manufacturing and application; the latter is closely related to ensuring patients' compliance and the positive outcome of the therapy. We formulated emulsions stabilized with different natural alkyl polyglucoside (APG) emulsifiers (Cetearyl glucoside and cetearyl alcohol and Arachidyl glucoside and arachidyl behenyl alcohol) as vehicles for 5% topical SP. Parameters obtained by texture analysis were firmness and cohesiveness. The study showed that SP affected the texture of APG-based emulsion; different APG-based emulsions showed satisfying textural characteristics per se after incorporation of 5% SP, which could imply their satisfying applicative characteristics on the skin with acne. APGs could be used as stabilizers of emulsion vehicles for topical SP. Dermoemulsion with Arachidyl glucoside and arachidyl behenyl alcohol, more lypophillic emulsifier, is a more acceptable carrier for 5% SP due to a better textural profile.
Available agricultural areas and ownership structure of holdings in the Republic of Serbia
Authors: Trivić Nada
Published: July 2021

The subject of research in this paper is the analysis and presentation of data on agricultural holdings, the structure of available and utilized area. The main goal is to determine and explain more comprehensively and in detail, by using appropriate methods, and based on available data, the condition of utilized agricultural area and its characteristics by utilization categories and ownership structure of holdings. The importance of this research arises from the fact that the results on utilized agricultural area can be used to adopt appropriate measures and undertake certain activities in land and overall agricultural and rural policy related to sustainable utilization, arrangement and protection of agricultural land and more balanced integrated development of rural areas, as well as to find better solutions in the field of utilization, ownership sector and conditions of agricultural area management.
Modelling of growth factors of coffee processing companies
Authors: Nuševa Daniela , Dakić Stojanka , Jakšić Dejan , Mijić Kristina , Saković Dušan
Published: July 2021

In this paper, the growth factors of coffee processing companies in the Republic of Serbia were analyzed by panel data technique. The growth was measured by changes in sales, while as explanatory variables were defined the following: export, size, capital turnover, revenue cycle, current ratio (liquidity ratio), debt ratio and return on assets. The empirical examination was conducted on the basis of 160 observations of financial statements of companies in coffee market. The results show that coffee processing companies in the Republic of Serbia have an average positive growth rate (1.08) during period 2015-2018. Growth of coffee processing companies is significant negatively related to size, revenue cycle and current ratio. On the other side, profitability measured as return on assets has positive significant impact on firm growth. The results show the performances of coffee processing companies during period 2015-2018 and the profile of growth factors as a prerequisite for company's development. This information can be useful for the large number of internal and external users of financial statements in the process of decision making.
Agriculture 4.0 and improving competitiveness of the domestic agro-food sector
Authors: Bešić Cariša , Bakator Mihalj , Đorđević Dejan , Ćoćkalo Dragan
Published: July 2021

The domestic agro-food sector has an important role in economic development and in overall GDP growth. The concept of Agriculture 4.0 that integrates the use of information-communication technologies presents a direction in which the domestic agriculture sector should focus. Additionally, besides conducting business within the frameworks of Agriculture 4.0, the standardization of processes in the agro-food sector can also contribute to achieving competitiveness on the globalized market. In this paper the importance and number of ISO standards are investigated. In addition, factors and indicators that characterize Agriculture 4.0 are analysed. Based on the collected and analysed data, a unified competitiveness factor (UCF) is calculated for the period from 2017 to 2020. The UCF provides and overview on the potential competitiveness of the domestic agro-food sector. The paper contributes to the existing body of literature as it managed to provide a strong basis for future research in this domain.
Identifying and ranking financial parameters of banks using fuzzy AHP method
Authors: Afshari Ali , Saeidi Hadi , Hatami Parisa
Published: July 2021

This study has been done with the aim to identify and rank the financial parameters of public and private banks in the North Khorasan Province. The method of this study was quantitative and cross-sectional survey and based on comparative and field study. In this research, after studying library research and studies and oral interviews, a researcher-made questionnaire was set of the financial parameters of banks. In addition, among 120 employees and 60 managers of government owned branches and privately distributed in the North Khorasan Province. To analyze the information obtained AHP technique for ranking the factors by using Expert Choice software. Results showed that an instantaneous factor with a relative weight of 0,106 is in the first rank followed by the operating cash flow attributable to operational activities with a relative weight of 0,103 ranked as the second and a long-term debt ratio with a relative weight of 0,084 ranked as the third that have importance for the financial parameters of banks.
Novel risk management integrated model implementation: Comparison between manufacturing and service companies
Authors: Alheriani Nuri , Spasojević-Brkić Vesna , Perišić Martina
Published: July 2021

Till now a framework to define a common and unified standard model for integrated risk management systems, which is suitable to be used in all contingency factors settings, has not been found. For this reason, as the main objective of applying the standards of management systems in the organizations is to determine the risk that affects the ability of the organization to achieve its goals and desired results in addition to organizing and coordinating all operations and the optimal use of resources, the purpose is to develop an integrated risk management model for standardized management systems with growing trends such as ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO/IEC 27001:2013, ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 22000:2018 with the aim to allow organizations to manage their operations and risks appearing in a manner that reduces the use of available resources and improves the overall performance. Novel risk management integrated model in standardized management systems has three levels - correspondence, coordination and integration and putting in place a clear and structured approach to control of organizational risk. Proposed model has been checked empirically to survey contextual independence of proposed model using Mann-Whitney U*test and it has been proved that the model is context free and applicable to companies from different sectors - both in production and service companies.
Impact of the Industry 4.0 on smart city development
Authors: Popović Milan , Rajović Borko
Published: July 2021

The focus of this paper is on examination of the impact of the Industry 4.0 on smart city development and changes in society due to the diffusion of innovations and modern technologies in all segments of living. From the preconditions for the beginning of the Industry 4.0, followed by the most important achievement that marked it, to the way changes are manifested due to the wide use of smart devices and software, the paper provides a clear overview of effects achieved over the past few decades of technological progress. Furthermore, based on the data available in the current and relevant literature, the role of the Industry 4.0 in the development of smart cities is studied, and the most important elements of it that support smart city development are determined. In this way, conditions are created for an extensive analysis of the motives, factors and forms of smart city development, with priority given to the social dimension of smart solutions and their implementation in everyday living. After having a complete insight into the features of smart cities and key elements of development, an overview of perspectives and expectations in the field of improving the quality of living in the urban environment by implementation of smart solutions, i.e. devices, software and applications, is provided. Finally, based on previously conducted analyses, conclusions are made on further courses of action in the field of smart city development.
References to Lithuanian musical life in Lithuanian periodicals, 1914-1915: A review of the 'Lithuanian News' daily
Authors: Povilionienê Rima
Published: July 2021

During the initial wartime years, the music life in Lithuania was slowed down first of all by the prevailing mood. On the other hand, Lithuanian evenings that were held at that time (their programmes usually consisted of one or two plays/performances and a musical part - a choir concert) acquired the role of fostering and promoting nationalism. The Lithuanian press often carried items about local choirs in various parts of the country (most often formed and led by the local organist). Systemised information in the years 1914 and 1915 is presented in the article: how musical life in Lithuania was covered in one of the main Lithuanian newspapers published in Vilnius - Lithuanian News.
Music of the Great War: Observations on a neglected repertoire
Authors: Schmidl Stefan
Published: July 2021

Little is generally known today about the music of the First World War. On the assumption that music has to be considered as extraordinary among all the media 'distributing' it (i.e. shaping its perception in various ways), my paper concerns three categories of music written under the influence of the Great War and in response to it: with music representing sovereigns and nations (based on the example of the musical glorification of the Habsburgs in WWI), in relation to the vanguard style and its employment as a signifier of the war and finally, the Great War's ambiguous legacy in music.
An attempt to evaluate Serbian music between the world wars (1919-1941)
Authors: Pejović Roksanda
Published: July 2021

When evaluating Serbian music between the two world wars, we take as our starting point compositions that are valuable in their own right, whether their creators were oriented towards tradition and moderate stylistic trends, or were adherents of the latest tendencies in music. Only compositions that defined their creators' stylistic profiles are considered. We are aware that the value judgments pronounced by older generations of musicologists may differ from the attitude that their younger colleagues have towards the same works. We also understand that the attitude towards the past changes to a degree, so that certain compositions once well received fade over time, but the most powerful and original ones lose nothing of their impact. We draw attention to the Romantic foundations and the inspiration that renowned European composers found in folk music in order that we may confirm the existence of the same phenomena in the music life of Belgrade. We also observe how Serbian composers mastered novel tendencies and how these tendencies endured, noting that they generally trailed behind analogous phenomena in literature and the fine arts (as was generally the case in Serbian cultural history).
Magnesium concentration in the Canadian Douglas-fir needles of different provenances
Authors: Lavadinović Vera , Miletić Zoran , Rakonjac Ljubinko , Lavadinović Vukan
Published: July 2021

The morphology, anatomy, ecology and physiology of introduced tree species should be tested in order to confirm their autochthonous characteristics and justify their introduction. Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga mensiesii Mirb/Franco) is a species with a very wide geographical range of distribution and an extensive altitudinal range. Its natural area of distribution stretches from New Mexico to Canada and from the Pacific to the Rocky Mountains. The species should be tested using the model of provenance tests in order to select the most adaptive and promising provenances to be introduced into new ecosystems of Serbia. This paper deals with the content of magnesium in the needles of Douglas-fir in different provenances originating from Canada. Magnesium is the most important mineral for all living organisms and affects a number of biochemical processes in plants.The research was carried out on fourteen different provenances of Douglas-fir originating from Canada on two different soil types - eutric cambisol and vertisol. All the trees of the study provenances were of the same age and grown under the same conditions on two different types of soil. The determined amounts of magnesium in the needles indicate that there are differences in the ability of certain provenances of Douglas-fir to absorb this element of nutrition from the soil.
Disastrous ice breaks in Eastern Serbia: GIS analysis of their relationship with orographic characteristics
Authors: Marković Nenad , Marković Miroslava
Published: July 2021

At the end of November/beginning of December 2014, an ice wave hit the whole of Eastern Serbia and caused extensive ice and snow breaks in the forest areas managed by SE `Srbijašume` - Forest Estates of Niš, Boljevac, Kruševac, Despotovac and Kučevo. The areas affected were determined by identifying all the affected units of forest division - with the lowest accuracy at the level of forest stands and, where possible by GPS recording in the field in order to ensure greater accuracy. The identified areas were presented in GIS mapping software. The total area affected by ice breaks amounted to 19,419.78 ha. It included 8,301.01 ha of high forests, 8,997.37 ha of coppice forests and 2,121.40 ha of artificially-established stands. Considering the size of the forest area affected by ice breaks on the one hand, and the huge environmental impact of forests on the other hand, this phenomenon may be considered a natural disaster. Having identified the affected forest areas, an analysis of the relationship between orographic characteristics and ice break occurrence was carried out with the use of GIS tools. The following orographic characteristics were studied: the elevation, the terrain aspect and the slope, all obtained from the digital elevation model (DEM) at a resolution of 1 arc-second. Elevation had the greatest influence on the occurrence of ice breaks. The largest area affected (ca.17,000 ha) was in the range from 600 to 900 m above sea level, i.e. in the belt of low-mountain relief. Regarding the aspect of the investigated terrain, the largest areas affected by ice breaks had northern (ca. 4,000 ha) and northeastern aspects (ca. 3,500 ha), while the remaining areas were equally distributed in all other aspects. The slope was not found to have any significant effects on the occurrence of ice breaks. This disaster brought about most severe and extensive consequences in broad-leaved and coniferous ecosystems and the environment in general, with long-term adverse effects such as changing soil water regimes, erosion, declining atmospheric oxygen levels and reduced carbon accumulated in biomass.
Examination of the correlation between the defoliation caused by nutrition of the brown-tail moth larvae and the increment of infested Sessile oak and Turkey oak trees
Authors: Tabaković-Tošić Mara , Milosavljević Marija
Published: July 2021

The paper presents the results of the study research on the effect of the leaf mass reduction caused by the intensive nutrition of an oak defoliating insect - the brown-tail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea on the annual increment of sessile oak and Turkey oak trees in the coppice forests of the Novi Pazar region (SE Srbijašume, FE Šumarstvo Raška, Novi Pazar Forest Administration, FMU Blizanac-Debelica and FMU NinajaKoznik).
Electrical Safety by Design, Installation, and Maintenance
Authors: Neitzel Dennis K.
Published: July 2021

This paper provides insight into the electrical safety by design, installation, and maintenance considerations, specifically as it relates to electrical systems and equipment and the potential consequences if not performed properly. It provides valuable information for the electricians, technicians, and engineers who are responsible for electrical systems and equipment.
Flexible Automation: Portable Robots for Welding, Cutting, and Other Processing in Heavy Fabrication and Shipbuilding
Authors: Jones Jerald E. , Rhoades Valerie L. , Mann Mark D.
Published: July 2021

Flexible Manufacturing – includes the development of robots for few-of-a-kind manufacturing / fabrication, as well as portable robots that can “go to the part” rather than the traditional approach of fixed robots and moveable parts. One of the keys of Flexible Manufacturing is robot systems that do not require extensive “hard” programming, but are flexible and utilize sensor data to “self program”. Two early portable robot systems that met this criteria for Flexible Manufacturing were the PAS-Deck and PAS-B/H robot systems, developed for removing out-of-fairness from deck, bulkheads and, hulls. Prototypes of these two robots were developed in projects funded by NSRP. That work included the investigation of a robot controller that was entirely sensor driven and was capable of self-programming. Work on two other projects has developed two new Flexible Automation based portable robots, which can be adapted for shipbuilding. This technology is the key to realizing the cost reduction and productivity found in industries, such as automobile manufacturing, for shipbuilding.
USCG 154WPC Sentinel Class a Capabilities Increase over the 110WPB Island Class
Authors: Willis Malcolm E. , Schwender Mark R. , Eggert Herbert H.
Published: July 2021

The U.S. Coast Guard’s 154 foot Sentinel Class patrol craft (154WPC), also known as the Fast Response Cutter (FRC), replaces the well known and respected 110 foot Island Class patrol boat (110WPB). Increases in mission and operational capabilities, 110WPB to 154WPC, are discussed and presented showing how increases in length, beam and displacement have had a large impact on seakeeping, habitability, crew fatigue, and operational capability in higher sea states for the 154WPC. Additionally mission capabilities for the 154WPC have been improved via the C4ISR suite and the deployable over-the-horizon cutter boat. The outcome of these capability increases for the 154WPC Sentinel Class is an extended operational duration and coverage of a larger area of responsibility than the 110WPB Island Class that it replaces.
Design Methodology and Numerical Analysis of a Cable Ferry
Authors: Steinke Dean M. , Nicoll Ryan S. , Thompson Tony , Paterson Bruce
Published: July 2021

Cable ferry systems offer many advantages including simplicity, low maintenance, low operations risk, and lower energy use when compared to freely maneuvering ferries. In this paper, a proposed ferry system on a long 2000m crossing is assessed using advanced time domain analysis with verification by model scale tests. The results are used to ensure a safe and reliable design with similar level of service to the incumbent ferry system on the existing route.