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The Benefits of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Community-Engaged Research: Insights From a Study of Digital Storytelling With Marginalized Youth
Authors: Jimenez Carlos , Anyon Yolanda , Schofield Clark Lynn , Kennedy Heather
Published: August 2022

This article draws on qualitative data from a long-term partnership to exemplify the unique advantages of interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches in community-engaged research. We demonstrate how the differing foci and intersecting concerns of our scholarly fields, social work and media studies, benefited our work with marginalized communities to promote youth voice through digital storytelling. This effort was grounded in the shared view that digital storytelling offers an excellent opportunity to engage creatively with young people’s memories and experiences and that such storytelling can support young people in their healing, identity formation, agency development, and engagement with the public. By working together across disciplines, we were able to surface and address concerns related to vulnerability, privacy, and advocacy among young people experiencing marginalization in ways that would not have been possible in a project involving only social work or media studies. We illustrate this process by describing three critical incidents that exposed our disciplinary overlaps and differences in ways that helped us navigate complex issues related to young people shared their stories with the public. Our findings therefore have implications for others working with vulnerable communities to amplify counternarratives with the goal of bringing about positive systemic change.
Road Map to the Future of Engagement for Both Land-Grant and Non-Land-Grant Institutions
Authors: Pruitt Samory T.
Published: August 2022

When planning a long trip, the first thing most of us do is consult a road map (in digital form today) to chart the best route and determine how long it will take to get to our destination. For those traveling the community-engaged scholarship path, that road map is becoming clearer than ever as we make our way through the ins and outs and ups and downs of the movement. As we join hands and look down the road through the many directions of community-engaged scholarship, our future looks very bright indeed. As one who has been an engagement advocate for the past 20 years, I believe an argument can be made that the success of higher education depends to a large degree on a strong commitment to community-engaged scholarship. It’s that basic and that important. While some colleges and universities struggle to gain the essential public and governmental trust that they need to thrive, a trust we once could take for granted, we are entering a period of greater support, vision, execution, and clarity, thanks to the nationwide commitment to engaged scholarship.
Transdisciplinary Engagement: Advancing the Community Engagement Mission for All
Authors: Reed A. Scott , Swanson Louis E.
Published: August 2022

A framing article for the special issue.
Enhancing African American Youth Academic Success
Authors: Hurt Tera R. , Greder Kimberly A. , Cardamone John , Bell Ben , Cheeks Kim , Gonzalez Rosa , O'Connor Margaret C. , Woods Barbara
Published: August 2022

In the state of Iowa, persistent disparities exist between the academic performance of African American youth and the overall student population. Communities in Iowa thus have a critical opportunity to promote academic success among African American youth. With the goal of addressing these disparities in education, we evaluated how best to collaborate with African American residents to build upon the strengths of families and to create new initiatives or modify existing programs to improve educational success. Community leaders, Iowa State University faculty, and university Extension and Outreach staff recruited 45 parents raising African American youth as well as experienced African American educators living in the community. These individuals participated in a series of study circles and action forums and shared their experiences and recommendations for strengthening educational programming for African American youth in the county. Their guidance informed program content, delivery approaches, implementation strategies, and outreach to the African American community in Iowa. Findings may be transferable to other contexts.
Community Engagement at Tribal Land-Grant Institutions: A Tribal Approach to Reimagining the University-Community Relationship
Authors: Kowalkowski Brian , Frieson, Jr. Lloyd , Phillips John L.
Published: August 2022

University-community engagement is more critical than ever in order to address society’s most pressing issues, such as climate change, health and economic disparities, and racial justice. In particular, public land-grant institutions and their faculty can harness their unique roles as teachers, researchers, and Extension educators who use science-based knowledge to meet the needs of communities. The founding principle of service to the common person is embedded in the land-grant mission, yet that tradition is being tested by external forces that are pushing land-grants toward greater selectivity in whom they serve and how they engage. Reimagining university-community engagement will require innovative thinking and new models of engagement. Tribal land-grant colleges and universities offer a unique approach to community engagement that may provide ways for universities to regain their footing as the “people’s universities.” This article will explore university-community engagement from a tribal perspective and provide an example of how one tribal land-grant college maintains strong connections with its community. A tribal model of community engagement may offer important lessons for public land-grant institutions and other organizations that seek to serve their communities in a more authentic way.
Using Community Engagement to Initiate Conversations About Medication Management and Deprescribing in Primary Care
Authors: Galley Emily , Farrell Barbara , Conklin James , Howell Pam , McCarthy Lisa M. , Raman-Wilms Lalitha
Published: August 2022

Polypharmacy, or the simultaneous use of multiple medications, represents a significant public health challenge—particularly among older adults, who are more likely to experience negative clinical outcomes attributable to adverse reactions to or interactions between their medications (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2013). Improved medication management on the part of both patients and health care providers (HCPs) is needed to address the issues and consequences associated with polypharmacy, but conversations between patients and their HCPs about options for medication changes remain the exception. In a rural community near Ottawa, Ontario, a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach aimed to support improved public awareness of and participation in medication management and deprescribing through educational events aimed at older adults. This paper describes the processes researchers used in collaboration with community members to discuss and address medication management in a locally relevant manner, details the results of these processes, and suggests how similar approaches may be employed to empower patients and communities to address issues of personal health care.
The Analysis of Factors Affecting Bitcoin Price
Authors: Jin Kexin , Liu Xichen , Zhang Weize
Published: August 2022

As a popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin has been an important investment tool in recent years. This study aims to analyze the factors that affect the Bitcoin price to help investors make better investment choices. Applying the simple linear regression model and Granger causality test to the data from January 2015 to December 2021, the research first examines the stationary of the data and then studies the relationships between Bitcoin price and other factors including Dow Jones Industrial Index, U.S. currency in circulation, U.S. disposable income. According to the result, all three factors have a positive effect on the price of Bitcoin and the Bitcoin price will in turn influence the Dow Jones Industrial Index and U.S. disposable income. This finding helps explain how certain economic indicators and Bitcoin prices interact. Since investment is always risky, investors must consider certain factors like the trend of DOW, M2, or PCI in advance to make a reasonable investment decision.
A Bank Credit Decision Model Based on Bi-Objective Planning
Authors: Gao Zhengyong , Lei Tingting , Wu Siqi , Lei Yuqing , Zhang Chuting
Published: August 2022

Since the implementation of market economy, credit business of commercial banks has been the main source of their revenue and credit risk is also the main risk they face. MSMEs are the main customers of commercial banks, and at the same time, MSMEs are characterized by small scale and lack of collateral assets. Therefore, it is of great significance to reasonably quantify the credit risks of MSMEs and formulate credit strategies to improve banks' returns. The problem of how commercial banks adjust their credit strategies for enterprises under the influence of unexpected factors. We select 10 representative manufacturing companies on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to form manufacturing industry stocks to predict the impact of the new crown pneumonia on manufacturing returns.
Analysis of Static and Dynamic Comprehensive Evaluation of Urban Low-Carbon Development Quality
Authors: Meng XiaoJia
Published: August 2022

In order to evaluate the quality of low-carbon development of each city in China more comprehensively, this paper innovatively introduces low-carbon innovation into the evaluation model and evaluates the quality of low-carbon development of each city in China using the dynamic evaluation method. Through the static evaluation model, it is obtained that the cities of Beijing, Shanghai Chongqing and Shenzhen are at the stage of high-quality low-carbon development; through the dynamic evaluation model, it is concluded that the cities of Shanghai and Shenzhen have higher potential for sustainable low-carbon development in the future.
Sino-US trade conflict and fluctuation of American stock market
Authors: Wang Xinyao , Zhu Chengpeng
Published: August 2022

At the beginning of 2018, President Trump started the US-China trade war to protect the US companies and solve the huge trade deficit by taking tariff measures, then China also imposed tariffs to fight back. The imposed tariff on both sides increased by a significant amount and affects the stock market on both sides. This paper studies behavior of US market indices, DJI, S&P 500, and NASDAQ, in the US-China trade war. Test the stationariness of stock index and rate of return by unit root test, also, apply PACF, ACF, ARMA-GARCH model to three indices to check the effect of US-China war on the stock market. Our results show that the influence of the US-China trade war on the US stock market is insignificant in all three indices, no matter statistical significance or economic significance. Most people are concerned about the impact of the US-China trade war on the Chinese stock market, but the global stock market is more closely related, and this essay analyzes the influence of the trade war on three stock indices, DJI, S&P 500, and NASDAQ.
The difference and its study of the cultures of West and East Germany around the reunification in 1989
Authors: Ding Xinyi
Published: August 2022

The then West and East Germany originated from one nation, but there was big difference between their cultures before and immediately after the reunification in 1989. The difference is embodied in many aspects of the society, affecting deeply the individual life and national situation. Their formation has multiple causes, and various measures need to be made to bridge these gaps to reach the balance, so that Germany after the fall of Berlin wall can go ahead prosperously, and brings benefits to all its people.
Un modelo de actividad con radicales: posibilidad de explorar el razonamiento abductivo y la creatividad en las clases de matemáticas
Authors: Dias Caires Brandão Ana Karine , Ag Almouloud Saddo
Published: August 2022

Este artículo tiene como objetivo discutir una posibilidad de explorar el razonamiento abductivo en las clases de matemáticas, con énfasis en la creación de un modelo de actividad interdisciplinaria. Para lograrlo, modelamos una actividad que involucra el objeto matemático, el radical, contenido relacionado con el 9º grado de las escuelas primarias, asociándolo con las disciplinas de historia, artes, física y geografía; utilizando como temas generadores el número, la razón y el rectángulo áureo presentes en las obras del Renacimiento. Analizamos los aspectos inductivos y creativos que podrían explorarse tomando como base teórica la Semiótica desarrollada por Charles Sanders Peirce y el pensamiento formal de Gilles-Gaston Granger. Como resultado inferimos que, aunque el contenido tenga reglas y procedimientos formales, es posible el desarrollo de actividades que posibiliten significados y sentidos para los alumnos; la posibilidad de crear proyectos en los que el tema generador sea un objeto matemático.
Recursos lúdicos para comprensión de patrones matemáticos
Authors: Mendoza Torren Luz Marlene
Published: August 2022

La investigación describe una propuesta estratégica para intervenir en los procesos de comprensión de reglas matemáticas. Para ello se aplicó una prueba de diagnóstico de conocimientos que fue el punto de partida para realizar la selección de un conjunto de recursos lúdicos y situaciones del contexto que pueden ayudar a iniciar en el proceso de generalización de reglas de patrones matemáticos en los estudiantes del Segundo Grado de Educación Secundaria de VI ciclo de la Educación Básica Regular, de la Institución Educativa Pública “Simón Bolívar” de Cusco – Perú.
RICE LEAF DISEASE CLASSIFICATION USING CNN WITH TRANSFER LEARNING
Authors: Sampoornamma S.
Published: August 2022

Rice is one of India's largest commonly cultivated crops, and it is vulnerable to a variety of illnesses at different stages of production. With their inadequate understanding, farmers find it extremely difficult to manually diagnose these illnesses. Recent advances in Deep Learning have shown that automatic image recognition systems based on convolutional neural network (CNN) models can be quite useful in these cases. Because a collection of rice leaf disease images is not readily available, we constructed our own tiny dataset and developed our deep learning model using Transfer Learning. The suggested CNN architecture is based on VGG16, and it was trained and tested using data from rice fields and the internet. Keywords – Convolutional Neural Network, Transfer Learning, Fine-Tuning, Rice Leaf Disease, Deep Learning.
Peradaban Terbentuknya Mushaf Al-Qur’an (Sejarah Terbentuknya Mushaf Rasm Ustmani)
Authors: Aldie Fitra  , Lia Listiana
Published: August 2022

This study is entitled: Civilization of the Formation of the Al-Qur'an Mushaf (History of the Formation of the Ustmani Mushaf), the discussion is the history of the formation of the Ottoman rasam, while the purpose of this study is to find out how the struggles to be able to launch the Ottoman Mushaf after the Muslim debate occurred because of the different ways. the reading of the holy verses of the Qur'an in the hope of adding knowledge and insight to the reader, the methodology or approach used in library research, while data collection is carried out by analyzing data/exploring several journals/books and documents both in print or electronic form as well as other sources of data or information deemed relevant to the research or study. The discussion in this study is related to the bookkeeping of the Ottoman manuscripts which was motivated by differences of opinion in reading the Qur'an to Muslims, the policy of the Uthman caliph to record the manuscripts and become the Ottoman manuscripts, after finishing the opening of the Uthman caliph, he read the final manuscript in front of his friends, and burned other manuscripts, and caliph Umar sent copies of the Ottoman manuscripts to various Islamic regions and included them with their reciters. In writing, there are still differences of opinion among scholars' taufiqi or ijtihad scholars'.

Keywords: Al-Qur'an Mushaf, Ottoman Mushaf, Civilization, History
Aspects of Effective Dialogic Interventions
Authors: Macy D. Beth
Published: August 2022

Based upon on a broad reading of quantum physicist David Bohm’s work and upon my organisational experience, I propose that effective interventions into problem situations require three aspects: dialogue, whole-system involvement, and identification of systemic issues. Without partnership of these three aspects, the real problem often hides in the crevices, leading interveners to focus on the wrong problem and to further solidify the original conflict. Concepts that underlie Bohm’s science and philosophy serve as metaphors for his process of dialogue as well as for this paper. In Bohm’s view the relationship of wholes and parts underlies scientific as well as all other processes. A problem arises from fragmentation, a breakage within the essential relationship of the parts that manifests in our societal, organisational and personal conflicts. His process of dialogue proposes to mend and reweave those fragments back into their participation in the whole. In dialogue, by placing a societal or organisational issue within its context and by viewing fragmentation from various perspectives, we begin the process of mending and rebuilding a broken issue back into wholeness. The image of the spiral suggested by Bohm describes the pattern underlying his dialogue, as well as the intervention model I propose. Brief narratives from organisational and societal-cultural interventions based upon these three aspects demonstrate their application in diverse situations and types of conflict.
Citizen Apologies and Forgiveness as Diplomatic Gestures of Peace
Authors: Gibson Lisa
Published: August 2022

The paper explores the extent to which citizen apologies and forgiveness are important tools of citizen diplomacy and peace-making efforts. In recent years, there has been an increase in the frequency of apologies by state leaders and research into the reasons for these apologies. However, there has been little research into apologies by citizens in citizen diplomacy efforts. This paper seeks to fill a gap in research by exploring the role of citizen apologies and forgiveness in citizen diplomacy efforts in transnational conflicts. Conflicts are no longer just state-to-state, but instead involve a whole host of state and non-state actors alike both in perpetrating conflicts and in peacemaking efforts. As such, there is a need to explore the diplomatic tools needed in building dialogue and improving relations between states that have a history of conflict. This research looks at case studies of conflicts involving Bosnia/Serbia and Libya/America. It can be concluded that citizens, as members of a collective, have the right and moral responsibility to apologise for offences of their states. These apologies do not serve as official legal acts of contrition, but as helpful diplomatic gestures of good will used to improve relations between states that have a history of conflict.
Creative Dialogue in Rome, Italy: Thinking Beyond Discourse-Based Interfaith Engagement
Authors: Lindsay Jenn
Published: August 2022

Creative dialogue is a distinct emergent form of interfaith engagement that should be accounted for in any typology of interfaith dialogue methodologies. Creative dialogue features artistic collaboration and the engagement of interpersonal, artistic, and literary methods toward increasing civic interaction, civic discourse, and awareness of diversity. In this article, the analysis of creative dialogue is grounded in data derived from ethnographic study of an interfaith magazine and programme office located in Rome, Italy, and then parsed with scholarly literature about the benefits of engaging in non-discursive modalities. Creative dialogue is shown to allow for the analytical inclusion of dialogue that is neither discursive, nor overtly religious; one that is chiefly experiential, yet often yields a concrete product. This study of creative dialogue – which extends the boundaries of the standard construct of ‘interfaith dialogue’ far beyond institutional contexts with high-ranking clergy and religious elites – is grounded in a post-secular analysis of religious diversity and pluralism that shows that interfaith dialogue, like religious practice, is fluid, relational, embodied, creative, and socially embedded.
Children in the Fog of War: Responses to Parental Alienation
Authors: Logan Owen
Published: August 2022

The term ‘parental alienation’ describes a child’s irrational rejection of a parent and is the source of conflict in families, in psychological, legal and therapeutic practices which dispute its theoretical basis and causes. The increasingly reported issue is associated with children involved in high-conflict divorces or separations who exhibit psychological deficits reminiscent of child soldiers. In these cases, dialogues and mediation processes are highly regulated, often court-ordered, but both traditional and newer therapeutic approaches are controversial in terms of scientific and moral efficacy where it is believed a favoured parent is manipulating their children. The article takes the methodological approach of sociological poetics. This discourse analysis locates practical issues associated with parental alienation in the historical desire of eighteenth-century enlightened despots to win the inner consent of their subjects. The contemporary focus is at three scales; first, the World Health Organisation’s online debate about the recent inclusion of parental alienation in ICD11, the International Classification of Diseases; secondly, at the micro level in France where the concept of parental alienation is officially banned; and, finally, in debates about specialist treatments in North America. These empirical contexts suggest a vertical power axis transmitting and perpetuating despotism at the family level. The issues of manipulation, social pathologies, subjective truth, and ‘white-collar crime’ are examined theoretically and philosophically. It is argued that problematic professional responses to parental alienation (PA) which subordinate truthfulness to the goal of reconciliation call for vertical and horizontal reforms to ethically strengthen the role of dialogical truth.
Prophecies of Self-Determination and the Authority of the Word: The Era of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
Authors: Goldberg David
Published: August 2022

In 2019, accusations of antisemitism in British national politics coincided with calls in Israel/Palestine for a state with equal political rights. These issues coalesce in contesting the meaning ‘self-determination’ in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. I consider the term ‘self-determination’ by examining the relations between the mythic and the political, the inclusions and exclusions of people from the political community. The paper begins with an example of the interconnections between the mythic and the political. The paper examines the term ‘self-determination’ within the IHRA definition. The definition is understood in two contexts: the Stockholm Declaration, the founding document of the IHRA; and, Israel by its constitutional laws. The last part examines the IHRA definition as moral and civil law. I end by suggesting that the UK government define the term, ‘self- determination’ in the IHRA definition as this may enable accusations in British politics to turn to dialogue.
Miscommunicating across Borders: Ethnographic Reflections on EU Techniques of ‘Better Communication’ from Brussels
Authors: Montgomery Seamus
Published: August 2022

Whether stemming from rising inequality, economic stagnation, or technological disruption, global processes of transformation are changing European societies. With distrust in EU institutions at an all-time low, a perceived absence of a European demos or polity is attributed in part to the nonexistence of a European public square, a forum for direct communication between EU institutions and EU citizens. So-called ‘hearts and minds strategies’, such as Citizens’ Dialogues and the European Citizens’ Initiative, aim to go beyond the rhetorics of convergence criteria, stability mechanisms, and bailout packages that dominate weekly news cycles. In contrast with liberalist discourses of idealisation and universalisation, a reactionary populism fetishises a return to an age when fiscal and migration policy were the sole province of national capitals. This paper critically analyses discourses surrounding ‘dialogue’ and ‘better communication’ inside the European Commission in Brussels, drawn from extensive ethnographic fieldwork carried out within its office spaces. Through participant-observation and in-person, semi-structured interviewing with civil servants, it explores the ways in which they seek to fill the dialogical spaces currently occupied by populist voices in order to reaffirm the legitimacy underpinning the existence of the EU and of a supranational, imagined community of Europeans who identify with and belong to it. Its findings suggest that the achievement of ‘better communication’ with citizens by the European Commission is made all the more intractable by its struggle to define an institutional European identity that is inclusive, coherent, persuasive and distinct.
Rethinking Dialogue Practices among Children: Philosophy for Children and Phenomenology as Approach towards Conflict Resolution in a Diverse Classroom
Authors: Andal Aireen Grace
Published: August 2022

This work takes off from the key concepts of Paul Weller’s thoughts on contemporary challenges to dialogue, which it adapts to the context of children’s dialogue in diverse classroom settings. The challenge in a diverse classroom is how to adapt a strategy to acknowledge the diversity of participants and reach a peaceful and productive dialogue. This article shows how Philosophy for Children (P4C) together with a phenomenological approach can be used as a tool for addressing the challenges Weller has mentioned to address the issue of children’s differences. Then, this article shows the potential of using a phenomenological approach and lived experience to establish a bridge between Philosophy for Children, critical reflection, and understanding differences in the classroom. This work argues that phenomenology as an approach is useful for P4C to have a dialogue aimed at understanding diversity, solidarity, and even pluralistic democratic engagement. Such discussions have implications for facilitating dialogue in linguistically diverse classrooms, intercultural and interethnic classrooms, and digital classrooms. Finally, this article identifies key areas for future research. This work seeks to speak and contribute to the literature on dialogic research by problematising children’s discursive positions as learners and participants of dialogue.
Photovoice: A Focus on Dialogue, Young People, Peace and Change
Authors: Ogunnusi Michael
Published: August 2022

This paper explores how dialogue was introduced by the author through a model of praxis called ‘Young People Peace and Change.’ It was developed through community-based research, and further supported by evidence from school-based youth work, with young people in two cities in England. The paper focuses on the role of dialogue as part of Photovoice, linked to the duality of our praxis to provoke consciousness and action. It is an exciting and innovative theory-driven approach that actively seeks to help young people identify, understand and transform pressing issues and challenges of peace in their everyday lives. The work emerges from the belief that part of the solution to young people and violence is embedded in their common concerns and aspirations for peace, which can be elicited by bringing them safely into dialogue. Furthermore, the project seeks to cultivate real change by helping young people to ‘speak’ and self-advocate through a range of methodologies including photography, photo-elicitation and public engagement, to inform youth serving systems. ‘Young People Peace and Change’ has been awarded and recognised for successfully engaging a significantly vulnerable community of young people (including those at risk of violence). It has great potential for replicability and wider implications for practitioners, students, policy makers and research.
THỰC TRẠNG VÀ NGUYÊN NHÂN SUY GIẢM DIỆN TÍCH RỪNG KHỘP Ở TÂY NGUYÊN
Authors: Bảo Trần Quang , Khang Lã Nguyên , Doanh Lê Sỹ , Thị Nguyễn Văn , Duẩn Phạm Văn , Dương Nguyễn Thị Mai , Nguyệt Bùi Thị Minh , Cương Nguyễn Trọng
Published: August 2022

Bài báo đánh giá thực trạng và nguyên nhân suy giảm diện tích rừng khộp ở Tây Nguyên. Số liệu nghiên cứu được điều tra trên 202 ô tiêu chuẩn và thông qua phỏng vấn 150 người đại diện các cơ quan quản lý về lâm nghiệp, cộng đồng và hộ gia đình ở địa phương; 20 cuộc thảo luận nhóm với các đơn vị chủ rừng. Kết quả nghiên cứu cho thấy, vùng Tây Nguyên có 305.651,69 ha rừng khộp, trong đó: rừng đặc dụng 101.129,58 ha, chiếm 33,09%; rừng phòng hộ 39.149,83 ha, chiếm 12,81% và rừng sản xuất là 165.372,28 ha, chiếm 54,10%. Giai đoạn 2010 – 2015, diện tích rừng khộp giảm 91.647,64 ha (bình quân 18.329 ha/năm) và giai đoạn 2015-2020, diện tích rừng khộp giảm 49.571,83 (bình quân 9.914 ha/năm). Các trạng thái rừng khộp giàu và trung bình có mật độ tương đối đồng đều, dao động từ 400 – 600 cây/ha, biến động về đường kính lớn (> 10%) chứng tỏ rừng có nhiều tầng tán. Các trạng thái rừng khộp nghèo và phục hồi có biến động về đường kính nhỏ (< 5%) chứng tỏ đây chủ yếu là rừng non, các cây gỗ lớn đã bị khai thác, cần có các biện pháp đề xuất để phục hồi và phát triển. Nguyên nhân suy giảm diện tích rừng khộp được xác định bao gồm: Chuyển và xâm lấn rừng và đất rừng khộp sang sản xuất nông nghiệp; Chuyển rừng khộp nghèo sang trồng rừng nguyên liệu, Cao su; Ảnh hưởng của khai thác đến suy thoái rừng khộp. Trên cơ sở đánh giá thực trạng và nguyên nhân suy giảm diện tích rừng khộp, nghiên cứu đã đề xuất một số giải pháp bảo vệ, khôi phục và phát triển rừng khộp ở Tây Nguyên.
TÁC ĐỘNG CỦA HOẠT ĐỘNG KHOÁN BẢO VỆ RỪNG ĐẾN SINH KẾ VÀ QUẢN LÝ TÀI NGUYÊN ĐA DẠNG SINH HỌC Ở VƯỜN QUỐC GIA CÁT TIÊN
Authors: Sang Đinh Thanh
Published: August 2022

Bằng việc sử dụng phương pháp kế thừa và đánh giá nông thôn có sự tham gia (PRA), bài báo đã đánh giá ảnh hưởng của hoạt động nhận khoán bảo vệ rừng (KBVR) đến sinh kế và công tác quản lý tài nguyên đa dạng sinh học (ĐDSH) tại Vườn Quốc gia (VQG) Cát Tiên. Kết quả cho thấy, hoạt động nhận KBVR đã góp phần gia tăng nguồn lực xã hội và vốn tài chính (Z = -11,334; p = 0,000), nâng cao chất lượng quản lý tài nguyên ĐDSH. Đặc biệt, mối quan hệ giữa người dân và kiểm lâm đã được cải thiện rõ, chuyển từ khép kín, xã giao sang hợp tác và thân thiện (Z = -10,817; p = 0,000). Tuy vậy, vẫn còn tồn tại các khó khăn về vật lực, vốn tài chính, vốn tự nhiên là đất đai được canh tác kém hiệu quả, tài nguyên ĐDSH vẫn còn bị xâm hại. Vì vậy, các giải pháp được đề xuất nhằm nâng cao hiệu quả bảo vệ tài nguyên ĐDSH và phát triển sinh kế bền vững. Đó là tăng cường vật lực, nâng cao vốn tài chính thông qua tăng mức hỗ trợ tiền KBVR, nâng cao chất lượng nguồn nhân lực và phát huy hơn nữa vốn xã hội, khuyến khích hơn nữa sự tham gia của các hộ đồng bào trong bảo vệ rừng, thực hiện nghiêm luật lâm nghiệp, quy hoạch các diện tích đồng cỏ chăn nuôi phục vụ cho cư dân.
Aeroradiometrische Messungen im Rahmen der Übung ARM08
Authors: Bucher Benno , Butterweck Gernot , Rybach Ladislaus , Schwarz Georg
Published: August 2022

Die Messflüge im Rahmen der Übung ARM08 fanden vom 26. bis 29. Mai 2008 unter der Leitung von G. Scharding (Nationale Alarmzentrale, NAZ) und Koordination durch die Fachgruppe Aeroradiometrie (FAR) statt. Turnusgemäss wurden die Kernkraftwerke Beznau (KKB) und Leibstadt (KKL) sowie das Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) und die Anlagen der Zwischenlager AG (ZWILAG) in Würenlingen aeroradiometrisch vermessen. Mit Basel, Bern und Genf wurde die Reihe der Flüge über Stadtgebiet fortgesetzt. Die Westschweiz wurde im Vergleich zu anderen Kantonen weitgehend vom Tschernobyl-Fallout verschont, was auch in den Resultaten der aeroradiometrischen Messungen zum Ausdruck kommt. Das Personal des Stabs BR NAZ führte die komplette Übung eigenverantwortlich durch. Die technische und wissenschaftliche Unterstützung durch PSI und das Eidgenössische Nuklearsicherheitsinspektorat (ENSI) wurde erstmals im Rahmen einer Rufbereitschaft realisiert.
A Cloud Based Machine Intelligent Framework to Identify DDoS Botnet Attack in Internet of Things
Authors: Bhoi Sourav Kumar , Prasad K Krishna
Published: August 2022

First few Botnet attack is a major issue in security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and it needs to be identified to secure the system from the attackers. In this paper, a cloud-based machine intelligent framework is proposed to identify DDoS (distributed denial of service) Botnet attack in IoT systems. In this framework, the IoT devices communicating with the cloud are categorized based on their communication record to check the DDoS Botnet attack. In this work, three DDoS botnet attacks are considered such as HTTP, UDP, and TCP. The cloud is installed with a supervised machine intelligent model to classify the type of DDoS attack. The model is selected by considering 4 models such as Tree, stacking classifier, Neural Network (NN), and Support Vector Machine (SVM) and performance is evaluated based on classification accuracy (CA). Here, the stacking classifier is a hybrid model designed using the aggregation of Logistic Regression (LR), NN, and SVM. The performance is evaluated using Python tool. From the results it was found that except Tree all three models show an CA of 1.0. The computation time is also analyzed for four models and it was found that Tree shows less time than other models however, if considered with respect to CA (1.0) then SVM can be preferred as it shows lesser time then other two models. The detection time of the IoT devices is also simulated and result show that if SVM is installed in cloud then the detection time is lesser.
Study On Lime Mortar with Complex Urea and Superphosphate
Authors: Raghunathan T.
Published: August 2022

Lime mortar is as old as human civilization. But Lime is replaced with Cement as binding material which is widely utilized today. But need for reduction in environmental pollution is turning the tide against cement. Lime with admixtures are tried in various researches nowadays. In this paper lime mortar of 1:3 ratio is with admixtures of Agricultural complex (NPKS) urea and Super phosphate in various percentages such as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 is studied. Commercial lime available in market was used. Red soil was used as fine aggregate. The Raw materials are tested for physical and chemical properties. Lime mortar cubes were cured in ambient temperature with moisture. The lime mortar cubes were tested for strength, water absorption and weight. Maximum strength was obtained in urea 4% and 5%.
The Use of Scientific Evidence in Precautionary Decision-Making in EU Environmental Law
Authors: Jennings Rhoda
Published: August 2022

The Use of Scientific Evidence in Precautionary Decision-Making in EU Environmental Law

Precautionary decision-making forms a central element of European Union environmental law. The precautionary approach is premised on the use of scientific evidence. Through its interpretation of the principle, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has read into nature conservation legislation, scientific evidentiary requirements. In its decisions on the Birds and Habitats Directives, the CJEU has placed great weight on the use of scientific data. It also emphasizes the role scientific evidence plays in ensuring the conservation objectives of the Directives are met. In an often opaque and complex approach to synthesizing scientific evidence at the pre-legislative stage, the CJEU is assuming a clarification and purposive role in its interpretation of legislation. The CJEU is indicating in clear terms the importance of scientific evidence. The decisions of the court are informing the application and interpretation of environmental law, and in particular, nature legislation.
Analyse d’une stratégie de production de bois : perspectives d’experts
Authors: Canuel Claudie-Maude , Bernard Anne , Thiffault Nelson , Gélinas Nancy , Drapeau Pierre , Thiffault Evelyne , Bélanger Nicolas
Published: August 2022

En 2020, le Québec a adopté une stratégie nationale de production de bois (SNPB) afin d’augmenter la quantité et la qualité de la matière ligneuse produite. Au cours d’une table ronde tenue à l’automne 2021, des experts de la foresterie et de domaines connexes se sont prononcés sur cette nouvelle stratégie et sur les défis de mise en oeuvre qu’elle pose. L’objectif principal de cet article est de présenter les principaux constats émis au cours de cette table. Les constats ont été divisés en deux thématiques, soit le contexte général d’élaboration de cette stratégie et le contexte de sa mise en oeuvre en forêt. Bien que la plupart des panélistes s’entendent sur la pertinence de créer une telle stratégie, notamment en ce qui a trait à l’atténuation des changements climatiques et à la création de richesses, plusieurs interrogations persistent. Les défis d’harmonisation des usages, de régionalisation, de spatialisation des décisions d’aménagement, de manque de maind’oeuvre et de la dynamique incertaine des écosystèmes complexifient l’évaluation des retombées potentielles de la SNPB sur le terrain et sa capacité d’atteindre les cibles établies.
Analysis of a wood production strategy from expert perspectives
Authors: Canuel Claudie-Maude , Bernard Anne , Thiffault Nelson , Gélinas Nancy , Drapeau Pierre , Thiffault Evelyne , Bélanger Nicolas
Published: August 2022

In 2020, Quebec adopted a strategy to increase the quantity and quality of timber it produces. During a roundtable discussion held in the fall of 2021, experts in forestry and in related fields expressed their views on the new strategy and its implementation challenges. The main purpose of this article is to present the key observations from the roundtable. The observations addressed two themes: the general context in which the strategy was developed, and the context of its implementation on the ground. Although most of the panellists agreed on the relevance of such a strategy, particularly as regards to climate change mitigation and wealth creation, several questions remain. The challenge of harmonizing uses, regionalization, spatialization of management decisions, labour shortage, and uncertain ecosystem dynamics make it difficult to assess the strategy’s potential impact on the ground and its ability to achieve its targets.
PENGARUH PROMOSI MEDIA SOSIAL DAN WORD OF MOUTH TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN KONSUMEN FLORIST DI KOTA BANGKINANG
Authors: Irawan Andri , Putri Librina Tria , Henrizal Henrizal
Published: August 2022

This research was conducted with the aim of examining the Influence of Social Media Promotion and Word Of Mouth on Florist Consumer Purchase Decisions in Bangkinang City and the variables that influence Florist Consumer Purchase Decisions in Bangkinang City. The population in this study are consumers who make purchasing decisions on Florists in Bangkinang City. non-probability sampling technique, namely purposive sampling. Purposive sampling is a sampling technique with certain considerations. The sample that is set in this research is based on the calculation results, it is known that the number of samples is 96 respondents. Hypothesis testing using multiple linear regression analysis with the help of SPSS 23.00 for windows. The results showed that simultaneously and partially Social Media Promotion and Word Of Mouth. Influence on Florist Consumer Purchase Decisions in Bangkinang City.
Pelatihan Membuat Rencana Anggaran Bagi Wirausaha UMKM Tegal Alur
Authors: Oktaviani Ayu Aulia , Wahyuni Ika , Rosna K. Harahap
Published: August 2022

Umumnya pengusaha UMKM kurang memiliki pengetahuan dan pengalaman yang cukup untuk melakukan perhitungan keuangan dalam berwirausaha/berbisnis sehingga pengelolaan keuangan usaha menjadi kurang efektif, terlebih sejak terjadinya pandemic Covid-19 sejak tahun 2020 lalu. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat yang berlokasi di Tegal Alur Jakarta Barat ini bertujuan untuk memberikan pengetahuan dan pemahaman perhitungan keuangan dalam berwirausaha/berbisnis khususnya terkait rencana anggaran dalam berwirausaha. Target peserta pelatihan ini yaitu pengusaha mikro kecil yang berlokasi di Kelurahan Tegal Alur, Kecamatan Kalideres, Jakarta Barat. Bidang usaha peserta pelatihan yaitu usaha rumahan yang pada umumnya adalah jenis makanan atau kuliner dan cinderamata. Metode kegiatan yang digunakan adalah penyuluhan dan pelatihan, dimana penyuluhan menggunakan materi yang telah disiapkan serta pelatihan dan sesi tanya jawab langsung yang membuat peserta lebih mampu memahami dan menerapkan konsep perencanaan anggaran bagi usahanya. Terselenggaranya pelatihan ini dapat meningkatkan kontribusi dan peran serta Program Pendidikan Profesi Akuntan FEB Usakti dalam meningkatkan pemahaman dan kemampuan pengusaha UMKM melakukan Perhitungan Keuangan dalam Berwirausaha/Berbisnis, khususnya merencanakan anggaran usaha bagi pengusaha. Pelatihan ini telah terlaksana dengan baik dan lancar pada tanggal 2 Februari 2022 secara daring melalui zoom meeting. kegiatan ini terlaksana atas kerjasama antara kelurahan tegal alur kecamatan kalideres jakarta barat dengan FEB Usakti. Kegiatan ini juga mendukung Tujuan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan nomor 17 yaitu program kemitraan untuk mencapai tujuan
Non-financial reporting as a determinant of financial efficiency of insurance companies
Authors: Lament Marzanna , Bukowski Sławomir
Published: August 2022

The growing ecological, social and environmental awareness of the society leads to the situation where the necessary determinants of success of a company are no longer good financial results only, but also image-related aspects, which affect the way of corporate reporting. Non-financial reporting is a response to the needs of stakeholders of insurance companies for new information on environmental and social issues which are related to the implementation of the idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR). It is treated as one of the dependent variables that affect financial efficiency measured with the rate of return on equity (ROE). The aim of the study presented in this paper is to assess the impact of non-financial reporting on the financial efficiency of insurance companies on the Polish insurance market. A representative group of 43 insurance companies operating on the Polish market in the years 2004–2019 was examined in the framework of the research. The statistical data came from the database of the Polish Chamber of Insurance (Pol. Polska Izba Ubezpieczeń – PIU). The assumption that non-financial reporting has a statistically significant effect on ROE was adopted as the research hypothesis, and it was verified by a panel model constructed for this purpose. The study confirmed the research hypothesis, which will contribute to the development of a theory which assumes that CSR activity affects financial results of companies.
Assessment of the aging process of the populations of EU countries based on the beta convergence model
Authors: Adrianowska Joanna
Published: August 2022

The aging process of European populations is intensifying. The aim of the article is to assess this phenomenon in EU member states using basic demographic coefficients and to answer the question of how the Polish population is aging compared to the EU. The values of the coefficients were calculated on the basis of data obtained from the Eurostat database and cover the years 2010 and 2016–2019. The assessment of the analogy of the aging process between the populations of EU countries was based on the beta convergence model, determined for each of the analysed population aging indicators of the 28 EU member states. The results of the calculations show a convergence in the analysed period: countries where at the beginning of the research period the values of a given indicator were lower demonstrated a greater increase of this measure than countries for which the initial values of the given indicator were higher. This observation leads to the conclusion that the differences between EU countries in terms of the aging of the populations is decreasing.
Relationship between survival and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in patients operated for lung cancer
Authors: Kayahan Tekneci Ahmet , İlker Akçam Tevfik , Kavurmacı Önder , Gül Ergönül Ayşe , Özdil Ali , Turhan Kutsal , Çakan Alpaslan , Çağırıcı Ufuk
Published: August 2022

Background: This study aims to investigate the relationship between preoperative erythrocyte sedimentation rate and survival in patients undergoing pulmonary resection due to lung cancer.

Methods: Between January 2011 and July 2017, a total of 575 patients (433 males, 142 females; mean age: 61.2±9.9 years; range, 29 to 82 years) who were operated due to primary lung cancer in our clinic were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were grouped according to erythrocyte sedimentation rate to analyze the relationship between erythrocyte sedimentation rate and survival.

Results: The mean overall survival time was 61.8±1.7 months in 393 patients with an erythrocyte sedimentation rate of ≤24 mm/h and 48.9±2.9 months in 182 patients with an erythrocyte sedimentation rate of ≥25 mm/h (p<0.001). Among the patients with Stage 1-2 disease, the mean survival time was 66.2±1.9 in patients with an erythrocyte sedimentation rate of ≤24 mm/h and 53.8±3.2 in patients with an erythrocyte sedimentation rate of ≥25 mm/h (p=0.008). The mean survival time in patients with adenocarcinoma was 62.4±2.4 months in patients with ≤24 mm/h erythrocyte sedimentation rate and 46.1±4.6 months in patients with ≥25 mm/h erythrocyte sedimentation rate (p=0.003).

Conclusion: The relationship between elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and poor prognosis in patients with the same stage of the disease is promising for the use of erythrocyte sedimentation rate as a prognostic marker.
The prognostic effect of lymph node dissection in secondary lung tumor metastasectomies
Authors: Duman Salih , Çimenoğlu Berk , Ülker Melike , Ağkoç Melek , Erus Suat , Özkan Berker , Kara Murat , Toker Alper
Published: August 2022

Background: In this study, we aimed to investigate the prognostic effect of lymph node dissection in secondary lung tumor metastasectomies.

Methods: Between January 2001 and December 2015, a total of 201 patients (122 males, 79 females; mean age: of 41.4±19.2 years; range, 3 to 79 years) who had pulmonary metastasectomy due to colorectal carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, and soft tissue - skeletal sarcomas were retrospectively analyzed. The clinicopathological features of the patients, overall survival, and complication rates according to the presence of lymph node dissection were evaluated.

Results: The most common histopathological subtype was a sarcoma in 118 (58.7%) patients, followed by colorectal carcinoma in 63 (31.3%) patients, and renal cell carcinoma in 20 (10%) patients. A total of 88 (43.7%) patients underwent systematic lymph node dissection with pulmonary metastasectomy. The mean overall survival of patients with and without lymph node dissection were 49±5.9 (95% confidence interval 37.3-60.6) and 26±4.4 (95% confidence interval 17.2-34.7) months, respectively (p=0.003). The five-year survival rates in colorectal carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, and sarcoma were 52%, 30%, and 23%, respectively (p=0.002). Locoregional recurrences occurred in 15 (35.7%) patients in the lymph node dissection group and in 23 (60.5%) patients in the non-lymph node dissection group (p=0.026). Lymph node dissection did not show a significant relationship regarding to postoperative complications (p=0.09).

Conclusion: Lymph node dissection following pulmonary metastasectomy may improve the overall survival and reduce locoregional recurrence, without any increase in morbidity and mortality.