bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
On Σ-skew reflexive-nilpotents-property for rings
Authors:   Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia, Suárez Héctor , Higuera Sebastián ,   Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Reyes Armando ,   Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Published: April 2024

In this paper, we study the reflexive-nilpotents-property (briefly, RNP) for skew PBW extensions. With this aim, we introduce the Σ-skew CN and Σ-skew reflexive (RNP) rings. Under conditions of compatibility, we investigate the transfer of there flexive-nilpotents-property from a ring of coefficients to a skew PBW extension. We also consider this property for localizations on these families of noncommutative rings. Our results extend those corresponding presented by Bhattacharjee [9].
Awareness, perceptions and practices of UK veterinary nurses on managing the risk of malnutrition in hospitalised cats and dogs
Authors: Garbutt-Byers Chloe , Holt Susan L
Published: April 2024

Aims:

There is minimal research surrounding malnutrition in hospitalised cats and dogs. This study investigated current attitudes, knowledge, practices and barriers for veterinary nurses when managing patients at risk of malnutrition.

Methods:

A 28-question online survey was distributed to UK veterinary nurses. The quantitative data underwent both descriptive and inferential analysis, while the qualitative data was analysed using latent thematic analysis. The sample totaled 56 registered veterinary nurses and 23 student veterinary nurses.

Results:

Respondents were less confident identifying cats at risk of malnutrition (median 7.0/10.0) compared to dogs (median 8.0/10.0). Respondents were less satisfied that malnutrition is addressed effectively in cats (median 6.0/10.0) compared to dogs (median 7.0/10.0). Satisfaction that malnutrition is addressed in a timely manner was 6.0/10.0 (median), mostly due to delayed feeding tube placement (n=23, 29%). Few respondents use a muscle condition score (n=18, 23%) and even fewer (2.5%, n=2) listed muscle loss as a risk factor. Barriers included a lack of protocols (n=53, 67%).

Conclusions:

Malnutrition is addressed less effectively, and assessed less confidently, in cats. Moreover, malnutrition is not addressed in a timely manner due to slow and inconsistent interventions. Therefore, education, increased awareness and protocols may aid in addressing malnutrition.
The NURVN: do you have them on your side?
Authors: Parsons Georgina , Mumford Sam
Published: April 2024

A new union has been formed, exclusively for veterinary nurses.
IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DE ESTRATÉGIA DIGITAL: estudo de caso único de empresa do setor siderúrgico
Authors: Rodrigues Wilson Alexandre Messias , Tadeu Hugo Ferreira Braga , Silva Athos Carlos
Published: April 2024

O fenômeno denominado Transformação Digital tem alterado a dinâmica da competição nos mais diferentes setores, causando incontáveis mudanças em como as organizações conduzem seus processos internos, relacionamento com clientes e fornecedores, seus modelos de negócios e também a cultura e dinâmica organizacional. Essa mudança de paradigma representa um desafio ainda maior para empresas consolidadas em setores tradicionais, cujo sucesso e modelo de negócios foi concebido na economia pré-digital. Por outro lado, essa transformação também representa incontáveis oportunidades, e para capturar valor, obter ou preservar vantagem competitiva real, essas empresas precisam repensar sua estratégia sob a ótica das inúmeras possibilidades habilitadas pelas novas tecnologias digitais, estabelecendo Estratégias Digitais para transformação de seus negócios. Por meio de um estudo de caso único de uma empresa do setor siderúrgico, este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar o processo de implementação Estratégica de Transformação Digital, os habilitadores organizacionais envolvidos e as mudanças decorrentes de sua implementação nos processos internos no relacionamento com clientes, no modelo de negócios e na cultura e dinâmica organizacional.
INFLUÊNCIA NO AMBIENTE DIGITAL: a dinâmica das estratégias de Influência Social no Instagram
Authors: Lima Alves Victor Hugo
Published: April 2024

As interações comunicativas e relações sociais estabelecidas pela influência digital - ID são processos de influência social - IS. Eles explicam como as atitudes e as crenças de indivíduos ou grupos podem ser afetados. Neste contexto, identificar a estratégia predominante de Influência social, e, consequentemente, sua dinâmica, pode desvendar mecanismos para estruturação da mensagem e do plano de comunicação. A pesquisa é qualitativa e exploratória, o instrumento de coleta de dados é a Escala Social e de Atitude, de tipo Likert, aplicada aos usuários da rede social Instagram. Os dados sugerem que as estratégias de IS se estabelecem na interação comunicativa mediada da ID, com a preferência deliberada pelas estratégias de mudança social para a ação coletiva (dinâmica), cujo predomínio é da estratégia de Conversão.
PERSPECTIVAS DE INOVAÇÕES PARA ADIÇÃO DE VALOR PARA USUÁRIOS DO TRANSPORTE COLETIVO URBANO SOB O PONTO DE VISTA DOS CONCESSIONÁRIOS
Authors: Júnior Clever Soares de Andrade , Resende Paulo Tarso Vilela de , Silva Athos Carlos
Published: April 2024

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar as percepções das empresas do setor de transporte coletivo urbano de passageiros de Belo Horizonte - MG quanto ao valor atribuído pelos usuários aos serviços prestados por essas empresas. Assim, sugerir possibilidades de melhorias na prestação do serviço e consequente aumento da percepção de valor do usuário. Esse estudo teve um caráter exploratório e semiqualitativo, baseado no resultado de entrevistas com a alta administração das 15 maiores empresas de transporte público coletivo de Belo Horizonte. De forma geral, ficou evidenciado que a percepção dos Concessionários quanto aos principais itens de valor do usuário são aqueles relacionados ao tempo, ou seja, à rapidez na viagem, com pontualidade no cumprimento de horários, e ao financeiro, isto é, ao baixo custo da tarifa. Dentre as soluções inovadoras que eles apresentaram, destaca-se o desenvolvimento de Apps, de forma a tornar os serviços mais acessíveis, parcerias com startups (PAS) e uma maior proximidade com o cliente. Entretanto, não foi detalhado como essas soluções inovadoras poderiam gerar valor aos usuários.
SEM GIZ E COM DANÇA
Authors: Seligman Laura , Bona Rafael José
Published: April 2024

A inclusão de novas práticas pedagógicas que incluam as linguagens das tecnologias da informação e da comunicação é uma necessidade emergente na contemporaneidade. A transformação das formas de aprender estão exigindo que professores também mudem a forma de ensinar. Nesse contexto, o presente artigo analisa estratégias usadas por seis professores brasileiros na plataforma de rede social TikTok. Como metodologia, usamos a VDA (Video Data Analysis) descrita por Nassauer e Legewie (2021). Os resultados apontaram inovações e um grande engajamento da audiência nos conteúdos que usaram estratégias diferentes das tradicionais em sala de aula.
Photonic random walks with traps
Authors: Longhi Stefano
Published: April 2024

Random walks (RW) behave very differently for classical and quantum particles. Here we unveil a ubiquitous distinctive behavior of random walks of a photon in a one-dimensional lattice in the presence of a finite number of traps, at which the photon can be destroyed and the walk terminates. While for a classical random walk, the photon is unavoidably destroyed by the traps. For a quantum walk, the photon can remain alive, and the walk continues forever. Such an intriguing behavior is illustrated by considering photonic random walks in synthetic mesh lattices with controllable decoherence, which enables the switch from quantum to classical random walks.
Machine learning for automated, targeted, phototherapy
Authors: Praeger Matthew , Scott Joseph , Grant-Jacob James A. , Barnsley Josephine , Niranjan Mahesan , Eason Robert W. , Healy Eugene , Mills Ben
Published: April 2024

This work combines two existing technologies to demonstrate the possibility for automated, targeted, phototherapy of psoriasis and other skin conditions: 1) Image-to-image translation via a neural network (NN) as a method of image segmentation. 2) Light control using a digital micromirror device (DMD). With a small dataset of just 104 patient photographs (labeled by expert dermatologists) our NN model was trained to identify regions of psoriasis that required treatment, achieving an average accuracy of 96.6%. The image output of the NN model was applied to a DMD and precise control over the shape of the illuminated region was demonstrated. In the proposed automated phototherapy device this would target treatment to the affected regions, minimizing exposure of healthy skin and the associated risks of patient harm.
Echogenic intracardiac foci detection and location in the second-trimester ultrasound and association with fetal outcomes: A systematic literature review
Authors: Jones Hope Eleri , Battaglia Serica , Hurt Lisa , Uzun Orhan , Brophy Sinead
Published: April 2024

Background

Echogenic Intracardiac Foci (EIF) are non-structural markers identified during the routine 18–20-week foetal anomaly ultrasound scan yet their clinical significance on future outcomes for the infant is unclear.

Objective

To examine the association between EIF and risk of preterm birth, chromosomal abnormalities, and cardiac abnormalities.

Design

A review across four databases to identify English language journal articles of EIF using a cohort study design. All studies were reviewed for quality using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) checklist and data extracted for comparison and analysis.

Results

19 papers from 9 different countries were included. Combining these studies showed 4.6% (95% CI = 4.55–4.65%) of all pregnancies had EIF which was on the left in 86% of cases, on the right in 3% of cases and bilaterally in 10%. There was no evidence that EIF was associated with higher rates of preterm birth. However, it is possible that infants with EIF were more likely to be terminated rather than be born preterm as there was a 2.1% (range 0.3–4.2%) rate of termination or death of the foetus after week 20 among those with EIF. There was no evidence that EIF alone is highly predictive of chromosomal abnormalities. There was evidence that EIF is associated with higher rates of minor cardiac abnormalities (e.g. ventricular septal defect, tricuspid regurgitation or mitral regurgitation)) with 5.1% (224 of 4385) of those with EIF showing cardiac abnormalities (3.08% in retrospective studies and 17.85% in prospective studies). However, the risk of cardiac defects was only higher with right-sided EIF and where the EIF persisted into the third trimester. However, this is a rare event and would be seen in an estimated 4 per 10,000 pregnancies.

Conclusion

EIF alone was not associated with adverse outcomes for the infant. Only persistent EIF on the right side showed evidence of carrying a higher risk of cardiac abnormality and would warrant further follow-up.
Numerical simulation of rock blasting under different in-situ stresses and joint conditions
Authors: Rong Hai , Li Nannan , Cao Chen , Wang Yadi , Li Jincheng , Li Mingda
Published: April 2024

High primary rock stress can limit the generation of rock cracks caused by blasting, and blasting usually shows different rock breaking states under different primary rock stress conditions. There are a large number of naturally formed joints in rock mass, due to the limitations of laboratory tests, a numerical model of jointed rock mass was established using LS-DYNA software to investigate the evolution of blasting damage under various in-situ stresses and open joints. In this simulation, using the Lagrange-Euler (ALE) procedure and the equation of state (JWL) that defines explosive materials, the study considered different joint thicknesses (2cm, 4cm, and 6cm), joint angles (0°, 30°, 60°, and 90°), and in-situ stress conditions (lateral stress coefficients of 0.5, 1, and 2, with vertical in-situ stresses of 10MPa and 20MPa), through stress analysis and damage area comparison, the relationship between damage crack propagation and horizontal and vertical stress difference is explored. The research aimed to understand the mechanisms underlying crack initiation and propagation. The results show that: (1) The presence of joints exerts a barrier effect on the expansion and penetration of cracks. When explosion stress waves reach the joint surface, their propagation is impeded, leading to the diffusion of wing cracks at the joint ends. When the lateral stress coefficient and joint angle are the same, an increase in initial in-situ stress results in a reduction in the area of the blasting damage zone. (2) Under the same initial in-situ stress conditions, the area of the blasting damage zone initially increases and then decreases with an increasing joint angle. However, it remains larger than that without a joint, and there exists an optimal angle that maximizes the damage area. In the simulated conditions, the area of damage cracks is greatest when the joint angle is 60° dip angle. (3) The presence of initial in-situ stress has a certain impact on the initiation and expansion of blasting cracks. The degree and nature of this influence are not solely related to the lateral stress coefficient but also depend on the joint’s angle and thickness. When in-situ stress is present, the initial in-situ stress field’s pressure is not conducive to the initiation and propagation of blasting cracks. However, the existence of a joint has a noticeable guiding and promoting effect on crack propagation, and the pattern of crack propagation is influenced by both joint and in-situ stress conditions.
Doxorubicin causes cachexia, sarcopenia, and frailty characteristics in mice
Authors: Cella Paola Sanches , Matos Ricardo Luís Nascimento de , Marinello Poliana Camila , Costa Júlio Cesar da , Moura Felipe Arruda , Bracarense Ana Paula Frederico Rodrigues Loureiro , Chimin Patricia , Deminice Rafael
Published: April 2024

While chemotherapy treatment can be lifesaving, it also has adverse effects that negatively impact the quality of life. To investigate the effects of doxorubicin chemotherapy on body weight loss, strength and muscle mass loss, and physical function impairments, all key markers of cachexia, sarcopenia, and frailty. Seventeen C57/BL/6 mice were allocated into groups. 1) Control (n = 7): mice were exposed to intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of saline solution. 2) Dox (n = 10): mice were exposed to doxorubicin chemotherapy cycles (total dose of 18 mg/kg divided over 15 days). The body weight loss and decreased food intake were monitored to assess cachexia. To assess sarcopenia, we measured muscle strength loss using a traction method and evaluated muscle atrophy through histology of the gastrocnemius muscle. To evaluate physical function impairments and assess frailty, we employed the open field test to measure exploratory capacity. Doxorubicin administration led to the development of cachexia, as evidenced by a significant body weight loss (13%) and a substantial decrease in food intake (34%) over a 15-day period. Furthermore, 90% of the mice treated with doxorubicin exhibited sarcopenia, characterized by a 20% reduction in traction strength (p<0,05), a 10% decrease in muscle mass, and a 33% reduction in locomotor activity. Importantly, all mice subjected to doxorubicin treatment were considered frail based on the evaluation of their overall condition and functional impairments. The proposed model holds significant characteristics of human chemotherapy treatment and can be useful to understand the intricate relationship between chemotherapy, cachexia, sarcopenia, and frailty.
In pursuit of gold: Breaking’s debut at the Paris Olympics
Authors: Ng Jason , Fogarty Mary
Published: April 2024

The announcement that breaking will be featured in the 2024 Paris Olympics has produced a wide variety of responses, both from within and without hip hop culture. This first of two Special Issues of Global Hip Hop Studies (GHHS) seeks not only to explore contemporary debates about breaking in the Olympics, but also to develop critical discourses that can offer insight to practitioners, cultural organizations and the International Olympics Committee (IOC) as we approach this landmark confluence. In this double issue, members of the global community of breaking scholars and practitioners have come together to present research and artist statements that engage local, regional and national perspectives. We intend for the first of these Special Issues, in particular, to serve as an intervention from hip hop stakeholders around the world, providing useful insights for those involved in this milestone moment, whether at a cultural community level or those working with intermediary institutions such as World Dance Sport Federation (WDSF) and the IOC.
The future of Filipino breaking: A tale of two kuyas
Authors: Bitanga Paolo
Published: April 2024

With world champions breakers like Canada’s Karl ‘Dyzee’ Alba and the United Kingdom’s Ereson ‘Mouse’ Catipon, Filipino diaspora have been a global force in breaking; however the domestic Filipino dance scene has remained relatively understudied. In this article, I argue that breaking in the Philippines has been stymied by an ongoing ideological battle between professionalization and tradition. This juxtaposition is aptly distilled in the legacies of Dyzee and Mouse, in which the former mentored local dance professionals and the latter made the country a mecca for hip hop humanitarianism. These highly regarded thought-leaders each garnered local followings that are often at odds with each other. Despite these differences however, on the issue of the Olympics, the two camps have joined together in unprecedented fashion. In 2021, Filipino dance community leaders formed the B-boy & B-girl Association of the Philippines (BBAP) in order to unite the local scene and take ownership of the country’s Olympic endeavours. With Dyzee as president and Mouse as vice president, BBAP combines community-building and enterprise in order to enhance the Philippines’s global competitiveness and visibility in the world of breaking. This research aims to historicize Filipino breaking culture in light of the Olympic moment. To do so, it employs an ethnography among BBAP supported by personal and archival interviews from the 2011 documentary, Pinoy B-boy (Bitanga 2011).
Editorial
Authors: Schultz-Figueroa Benjamín , Baron Jaimie , Jaikumar Priya
Published: April 2024

This introduction to The Journal of Environmental Media 4.1 defines and contextualizes the structuring concept of the Special Issue: ‘Cinezoonosis’. It additionally provides a walkthrough of the issues’ included essays and offers ways of reading them in relation to each other.
The air purifier or the design of air
Authors: Li Yandong
Published: April 2024

This article engages with scholarship in media theory and the history of technology and design and delves into case studies of various scales of air purifiers: the Dyson Zone and the Anti-Smog Tower in Xi’an, Shaanxi. I investigate the cultural and political tensions among the air purifier’s users, policy-makers and designers. I argue that within a market economy, the principles of air purifier design ultimately lead to the commodification of air.
„A kreatív munkahelyeket kínáló cégek kiemelkedését támogató iparpolitika jelentősen járulhatna hozzá a tudás itthoni hasznosulásához” – Interjú dr. Csath Magdolna egyetemi tanárral
Authors: Világpolitika és Közgazdaságtan  , Csath Magdolna
Published: April 2024

Csath Magdolna a Marx Károly Közgazdaságtudományi Egyetemet 1966-ban végezte el, 1967–68-ban alkalmazott matematikát tanult az Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetemen. 1969-ben megnyerte a magyar televízió által rendezett „Fiatalok Közgazdasági Versenye” országos vetélkedőt. 1972–73-ban elvégezte a London Business School (Anglia) MBA programját. 1996-tól habilitált doktor gazdálkodástudományból a Budapesti Közgazdaságtudományi Egyetemen. A közgazdaságtudomány doktora fokozatot az MTA-nál szerezte 1991-ben. 1999 és 2002 között Széchenyi professzori ösztöndíj segítette oktató-kutató munkáját. Öt évig az USA-ban, egy évig Nagy-Britanniában oktatott. Az USA-ban elnyerte a „L. J. Buchan Distinguished Professorship Award” díjat. 2028-ban Szent-Györgyi Albert díjat, 2015-ben „A magyar gazdaságért” kitüntetést kapott. 2015-ben a „Magyar Érdemrend Tisztikereszt”-jét, 2023-ban pedig a „Magyar Érdemrend Középkereszt”-jét kapta meg. A mindenáron való növekedéssel szemben a fejlődés híve. Véleménye szerint a gazdaság van az emberért, és nem az ember a gazdaságért. Különösen foglalkoztatja a magyar gazdaság tudásra, innovációra, emberre építő fejlesztésének lehetősége. Több mint 100 publikációja jelent meg itthon és külföldön. A Kairosz Kiadónál 2015-ben jelent meg a „Rendszerváltás a gazdaságban, avagy hogyan tűnt el a magyar ipar”, illetve a 2014-ben a Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem gondozásában a „Közgazdaságtan: Társadalom-gazdaságtan, makroökonómiai alapok” című könyve, utóbbinak szerzője és szerkesztője is. Legtöbbet idézett könyve a „Stratégiai tervezés a 21. században”, a „Versenyképesség menedzsment” (Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó 2010) és a 2023-ban megjelent „Versenyképességi mozaik” (Akadémiai Kiadó). Fontos friss írásai a „Növekedési vagy fejlődési csapda” (Hitelintézeti Szemle 2022.21.2.) és a „Nem-megfogható beruházások és vagyon a tudásgazdaságban” (Hitelintézeti Szemle 2023.22.4.). A Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem magántanára és a Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem kutatóprofesszora. 2017 és 2022 között a Nemzeti Versenyképességi Tanács tagja.
Jól mérjük a növekedést és a fenntarthatóságot?
Authors: Kovács Antal Ferenc
Published: April 2024

A vagyoni szemlélet elméletileg megalapozott, empirikusan kutatható keretrendszert kínál a társadalmi-gazdasági rendszer fenntarthatóságának vizsgálatához. Definíció szerint a fenntarthatóság kritériuma, hogy a vagyonelemek összessége nem csökken. A Világbank Vagyoni Számlák adatbázisa 146 ország vagyoni adatait tartalmazza az 1995-2018 közötti időszakra, ami lehetőséget nyújt az egyes országok idősoros, ill. összehasonlító elemzésére. A tényleges megtakarítás szintén vagyoni szemléletű fenntarthatósági mutató, mert figyelembe veszi a vagyonelemekben történő változást. A vagyoni szemlélet alkalmas GDP-t kiegészítő eszközrendszert kínál a fenntarthatóság elemzésére.
Versenyképesség és oktatás
Authors: Gervai Pál , Vida Cecília , Trautmann László
Published: April 2024

A 21. század második negyedében egyértelműen érzékelhető a globalizáció új korszaka, amit tudásalapú gazdaságnak is neveznek. A tudás az alapvető és egyetemes emberi értékek, a biztonság, a szabadság, a demokrácia és a jólét alkalmazása. Az alkalmazás folyamata egyben a kultúra megőrzése, létrehozása és kiterjesztése. Amikor Budapest jövőjét vizsgáljuk, akkor kutatásunk tárgya az, hogy Budapest hogyan tud felzárkózni ehhez az új korszakhoz. Tanulmányunkban amellett érvelünk, hogy Budapest fejlődése kulturális hatásának megerősítését jelenti, a tudás és a kultúra létrehozását és kiterjesztését. Budapest, ahogy minden főváros, közvetlenül kapcsolódik a globalizációhoz és ebből fakad az a felelősség, hogy azt közvetítse az ország egésze felé. A rossz, hamis dichotómia ország és főváros, kozmopolitizmus és provincializmus között csak úgy haladható meg, ha Budapest integrálja tudás és kultúra szempontjából az összes hazai teljesítményt, és ha erőteljesebben vesz részt a globális normák közvetítésében minden terület, tájegység felé. A rendszerváltás környékén megfogalmazott jelszó, „világvárost építünk” ezért igaz ma is, de Budapest világvárossá csak akkor válhat, ha harmónia jön létre a globalizáció, az ország és a fővárosa között.
Ellentétek a tudományon belül
Authors: Szabó Dorottya
Published: April 2024

A közgazdasági Nobel-emlékdíjat 1968-ban alapította a Svéd Nemzeti Bank – ezzel ünnepelve fennállásának 300. évfordulóját –, 1969 óta pedig 54 alkalommal osztották ki eddig. Ezalatt az 54 év alatt 27 esetben osztották meg a díjat két vagy több közgazdász között, ami önmagában nem kirívó, hiszen a természettudományok esetében is gyakori, hogy egynél több tudományos életművet díjaznak az adott évben. Bizonyos értelemben sajátossága azonban a közgazdaságtani diszciplínának, hogy nem egyszer volt már példa arra, hogy egyazon évben olyan közgazdászokat díjaztak, akik látszólag egymásnak ellentmondó tudományos eredményekkel járultak hozzá a tudományág műveléséhez.
Az egységes piac kialakulásának akadályai
Authors: Baranyi Dániel Martin
Published: April 2024

Az Eurochambres által készített felmérés eredményei. Magyar nyelvű rövidített összefoglaló. Az eredeti dokumentum elérhető: https://www.eurochambres.eu/publication/eurochambres-single-market-survey-2024-overcoming-obstacles-developing-solutions/
A holland egyetemek útkeresése
Authors: Kenéz Dávid
Published: April 2024

Hollandia az angolnyelvű felsőoktatásban vitathatatlanul vezető szerepet tölt be a kontinentális Európában. A holland oktatási kultúrában a nemzetköziség értéke mindig is fontos szempontot képviselt, amit példáz, hogy a reformáció utáni holland államhatalom a jótékonysági alapítványain keresztül számottevően támogatta a református magyar ifjúságot oktatásukban, többek között Apáczai Csere Jánost is.
A fogyasztói bizalom és a társadalmi-gazdasági rendszerbe vetett bizalom összefügg
Authors: Szabó Dorottya
Published: April 2024

A 2024-es év a növekedés (erősítésének) éve lesz, mondják. Az előrejelzések megerősítik ezt, az IMF például 3,1%-os, a GKI 2-2,5%-os, az Európai Bizottság 2,4%-os reál GDP növekedést prognosztizál, míg a hivatalos kormánykommunikáció kicsit optimistább narratívát alkalmazva 3-4%-os várható növekedésről beszél. A gazdaságpolitikusok és az elemzők körében konszenzusos véleménynek mondható, hogy a növekedés egyik legfontosabb feltétele a fogyasztói bizalom helyreállítása lesz az előttünk álló évben, amely bár a GKI januári adatai szerint közel kétéves csúcsra emelkedett, továbbra is alacsony szinten áll.
Perceptions of Grade 11 Learners on Reading Enhancement during Catch-up Fridays
Authors: LaBad Ryann
Published: April 2024

DepEd issued a memorandum requiring all public schools from Grades 1 to 12 and all community learning centers to implement Catch-up Fridays. Catch-up Fridays is a learning mechanism intended to strengthen the foundational, social, and other relevant skills necessary to actualize the intent of the basic education curriculum that shall be implemented every Friday until the end of the school year 2023-2024. This study aims to assess the reception of the Reading Enhancement by determining the perceptions and experiences of the learners. To gain a rich and in-depth understanding of how the learners perceive the implementation of RE, a focus group with semi-structured interviews was conducted. When the learners were asked how they felt about RE in general, they mostly claimed that they were enjoying the activities. The innovative approaches for conducting classes were applauded by the learners, too. However, some learners also expressed their disapproval. They declared that they would rather have regular classes over RE. When the learners were asked whether they liked or disliked having the RE program each Friday, most showed thumbs-downs. However, when the learners were asked about their expectations, they were positive that the programs on Catch-up Fridays would be beneficial to them after all. Thus, the teachers are advised to innovate and strategize beyond the recommendations of the DepEd order and memorandum. Conclusively, all stakeholders of the basic education in the nation must work together for the welfare and benefits of the learners.
Ecojesuit: Collaborating Through Networking and International Relations
Authors: Walpole Peter W.
Published: April 2024

Unpacking the experience of Ecojesuit as a global network helps in exploring new ways of collaborating across institutions and committed individuals for better participation in global processes. Ecojesuit, a tiny voice at the fringes of the United Nations (UN) meetings on climate and sustainability, adds effort to the broader social commitment for global action. It connects with other organizations sharing goodwill, capacities and voices caring for our common home and those struggling in the local context of climate disasters. While COP28 has been a great disappointment for those seeking fossil fuel phaseout, research of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is increasingly upheld. Such participation in international relations deepens the Jesuit Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) and Jesuit regional Conferences in apostolic planning. The process of growing a Jesuit network of broad collaboration takes decades; each revision involves greater participation and inclusion of present realities and meaning in life.
El Agua y el Fuego en la Vida de los pobladores del Valle de Atríz Entre cristianismo y paganismo
Authors: Mamián Guzmán Dumer
Published: April 2024

Este artículo trata formas de vida cultural de los pobladores del Valle de Atríz, suroccidente de Colombia, en las que el agua y el fuego tienen particular relieve; especialmente en el campo mítico religioso y simbólico. El agua y el fuego no solo son elementos o recursos materiales sino seres fundamentales en las configuraciones e historias de los territorios y, por consiguiente, de las relaciones sociales, espirituales y, especialmente, bioculturales. En esta perspectiva, tomando como referente tres deidades, aparentemente cristianas, analiza cómo los pobladores del Valle de Atriz construyeron y constituyen una memoria acerca del origen y acciones de sus entidades divinas, con fundamento en el agua y en el fuego, extrapolando imaginarios, sentidos y sinsentidos andinos y cristianos.
Decolonialidad de las TICs en la era de la inteligencia artificial
Authors: Gómez Moreno Pedro Pablo
Published: April 2024

Los estudios artísticos, como lo hemos dicho de muchas maneras y en diversos lugares, son un espacio fronterizo y relacional en donde es posible la creación de conocimientos sensibles otros. Conocimientos que nos permitan comprender el mundo y el vivir, en la búsqueda de las condiciones de posibilidad para la reproducción no-colonial de la vida, por fuera de los marcos de la modernidad colonialidad.
On a Newly Discovered Acrostic in Virgil (Ecl. 4.9–11): The ‘Tenth’ Age
Authors: Adkin Neil
Published: April 2024

A syllabic acrostic (de-ca-te, “tenth”) has recently been discovered by Leah Kronenberg at Eclogue 4.9–11. The aim of the present article is to adduce further evidence for the intentionality of this acrostic. The article begins by pointing to corroborative clues in the text encompassed by the acrostic itself. Attention is then drawn to the overlooked deni‑acrostic in the previous Eclogue (3.55–58). This acrostical deni, for whose intentionality arguments are likewise adduced, evidently serves to corroborate acrostical decate. This deni‑acrostic is itself confirmed shortly afterwards by decem (Ecl. 3.71), which is in turn an imitation of Theocritus (Id. 3.10). This Theocritean text, which contains the word δέκα in ‘line ten’, provides further corroboration of the decate-acrostic, which is likewise centred around ‘line ten’. In particular it is argued that this passage of Theocritus has inspired the noun which decate can be shown to qualify.
Six feet under – the Funnel Beaker megalithic graves under the Ahlen-Falkenberger Moor, Germany
Authors: Behrens Anja , Mennenga Moritz , Wolters Steffen , Siegmüller Annette , Karle Martina , Frederiks Piere Leon
Published: April 2024

In the Elbe-Weser Triangle, located in the north-west of Germany and framed by the rivers Elbe and Weser, a total of approx. 350 megaliths of the Funnel Beaker Culture (FBC) have been identified. Despite their large number there is little knowledge about the monuments themselves, their architecture or their history of use. This lack of information is partly attributed to widespread destruction or disturbance of the megaliths located in the open landscape during the past centuries. Other monuments have been covered by bog or clay deposits of marine inundations and thus have not been investigated or even found, yet. However, due to intense draining measures within the bog area of Ahlen-Falkenberg, dist. Cuxhaven several megalithic graves were discovered in the past decades, revealing a protected burial landscape of the 4th and 3rd millennium BC. This paper focuses on three passage graves, which have been examined in the scope of a research project in the years 2019–2022. The fieldwork has brought to light well preserved elements of the original burial structures, including a protective massive stone packing around the chambers. We were further able to identify and typochronologically date different burial activities of the FBC, as well as activities related to people associated with the Single Grave Culture. The latter seem to have had massive impact on the monuments and their accessibility. In the light of environmental changes in the Neolithic, the reconstruction of the monuments biographies was attempted. In sum the monuments show individual, local and regional traditions that were embedded in a supra-regional FBC network.
Effect of asymmetric leading edge on transition of suction side
Authors: Chen Yutian , Zheng Qun , Li Zhijie , Jiang Bin
Published: April 2024

Asymmetric leading edge offers several advantages over conventional leading edge. However, there are few related published research on compressor blades. This study proposes a blade parameterization method that superimposing the thickness distribution on the camber line at the middle and curve fitting at the leading and trailing edges. This parameterization method is applied to a stator in the final stage of an axial compressor, and numerical simulation is used to calculate the aerodynamic performance at various attack angles under the designed inlet Mach number. There is an optimal deflection angle regardless of which side of the leading edge deflects, and deflection toward the pressure side is conducive to the suppression of separation bubble near the leading edge at positive attack angle. When the maximum curvature of the pressure side is decreased, the operating range changed slightly, but the positive attack angle range grew from 5.166° to 5.466°.
The Anthropocenic Cupola
Authors: Gruber Malte-Christian
Published: April 2024

One of the future challenges of law is to create possibilities for dealing with conflicts in ways that meet the fundamental requirements of environmental and climate protection.

Climate responsibility, as a collective ecological responsibility, is not only expected socially from state policymakers and business enterprises, but also increasingly claimed legally. With the perspective of an ecological private law that thinks of interests worthy of protection and of legal subjectivity from the point of view of vulnerability, new legal channels open up for those affected to take action against impending climate hazards or damage and to demand compensation. Fatefully connected by jointly-suffered climate catastrophes, life communities assemble as associations of human and non-human beings that all incur injury. Legal protection for these injured beings can thus no longer be directed exclusively to human needs but must be based on the ubiquitous vulnerability of all forms of life – a vulnerability that is particularly evident in the face of climate change. The ecological private law of the future will have to ensure that those living entities affected can sue on the basis of their own right. In this way, an effective ecological climate law protection would be created, whose essential task is to help enforce climate policy decisions made in the interest of society.
Restoration of gender inequalities through anti-abortion reforms: Can Teubner’s “anonymous matrix of communications” help feminists?
Authors: Krajewska Atina
Published: April 2024

This article is a response to the new wave of legal changes restricting access to abortion in several countries across the world, which have substantially undermined the global advances in the field of reproductive rights observed in recent years. To address this problem, the article derives insights from two important bodies of literature that are usually perceived as theoretically and ideologically counterposed, namely feminist legal studies and systems theory. In juxtaposing two important academic literatures, the article exposes gaps in both, and it demonstrates the conceptual potentials inherent in this juxtaposition. The article engages with the work of Drucilla Cornell and Gunther Teubner, who – despite their very different intellectual backgrounds – provided progressive interpretations of systems theory. It further critically examines whether societal constitutionalism can help feminists explain the recent developments in abortion law across the world. It engages critically with Teubner’s arguments concerning the role that human rights play in constraining the expansive tendencies of social systems, such as politics and religion, revealing the limitations of Teubner’s arguments in relation to reproductive rights and justice. At the same time, the article helps restate the contemporary relevance of systems-theoretical approaches in atypical fields like reproductive justice and gender studies.
Gender/Sex Categories and Gendered Cues in People Perception: The Influence of Gender/Sex Ratio and Gendered Appearance on Group Judgments
Authors: Alt Nicholas P. , Dayley Pamala N. , Faulkner Anna G. , Johnson Kerri L.
Published: April 2024

Previous findings on people perception show that perceivers are attuned to the social categories of group members, which subsequently influences social judgments. An outstanding question is whether perceivers are also attuned to visual cue variability (e.g., gender typicality). In two studies (n = 165), perceivers viewed 12-person ensembles (500 ms) of varying White men-to-women ratios. Importantly, faces of one gender/sex were morphed to appear either more masculine or more feminine. Consistent with prior work, results indicated that judgments varied by the actual gender/sex ratio. In addition, perceivers' judgments varied as a function of manipulated gender cues. Ensembles composed of masculine, compared to feminine White men, were judged to have more men, higher perceived masculinity, and to be more threatening. Complementary results were found for ensembles composed of feminine, compared to masculine White women. These findings highlight the impact of both social categories and visual phenotypic cue variability on people perception.
Harboring alien lifeworlds: The second-person in thought insertion
Authors: Garavito María Clara
Published: April 2024

In phenomenology, the delusion of thought insertion is described and explained in different ways. There is a common idea that the delusion depends either on a lack of sense of agency or on a confusion between self and others. I propose that the delusion is an alienation in regard to what is expressed in some thoughts, that make them unfamiliar. In this perspective, the delusion has to do with the fact that the lifeworld expressed in inserted thought is given in a second-person perspective, is rooted in a different lived-body experience than one’s own. This contrasts with ordinary thoughts which are given in the first-person perspective, with which we have a sense of intimacy. This discussion is an opportunity for putting forth the idea of the second-person perspective: that is, certain experiences of the world are given to me through others, as distinct from those that are given to me directly as a lived body. In inserted thoughts, there is a sense in which some perspectives of reality, different to my own, are disclosed through an alien voice or through inside me. The distinction between the first person and second person perspectives leads to a better understanding of the primal constitution of the self and of others, based on the relation between the body and the world as it is given to us.
Democracia radical en John Dewey y el neozapatismo mexicano: entre la ética y la política
Authors: Silva Salgado María Fernanda
Published: April 2024

En el marco de la reflexión sobre las relaciones entre ética y política como dimensiones de la experiencia humana y de la vida en común, se presenta una aproximación comparativa a la noción de democracia del filósofo estadounidense John Dewey y la del neozapatismo mexicano. Se señalan algunos puntos de encuentro entre estas nociones, principalmente, la consideración de la democracia como forma de vida comunitaria, como ethos, no sólo como forma de gobierno, y la afirmación de la coexistencia entre lo diverso, en distintas escalas, como condición de la democracia —el pluralismo en Dewey y el pluriversalismo en el neozapatismo—. Se indican también importantes diferencias como el énfasis en el desarrollo de las potencialidades humanas individuales presente sólo en Dewey, y la historicidad y las relaciones de poder que contempla la noción de democracia de los neozapatistas, a diferencia de la de Dewey. El texto afirma la posible fecundidad del diálogo entre distintas tradiciones de pensamiento para la comprensión de la democracia en un sentido más radical, en el que se imbriquen ética y política.
Dewey y Honneth: una idea sobre el progreso crítico de la moralidad
Authors: Caro Arroyo Sergio Luis
Published: April 2024

El objetivo del presente artículo consiste en analizar la relación Dewey-Honneth con el propósito de profundizar en la comprensión de la idea de <> y evidenciar algunos puntos de encuentro que, en el ámbito de la filosofía social, se dan entre la tradición pragmatista y la teoría crítica de la sociedad representadas por John Dewey y Axel Honneth. Se considera la existencia de cierto aire de familia en el entendimiento de Honneth sobre la idea <> con relación a las consideraciones del pragmatismo, especialmente las elaboradas por C. S. Peirce y Dewey, en lo que respecta al análisis de la relación entre teoría y praxis. La tesis que se defiende afirma que para Dewey y Honneth, existe una prioridad metodológica de la experiencia para la comprensión de la moralidad en el contexto de la reconstrucción normativa de la misma; dicha prioridad entiende que la fuente de normatividad se constituye en el análisis de las prácticas sociales individuales y colectivas, de cómo se relacionan los individuos y los grupos con las instituciones vigentes, y de la incidencia recíproca de las mismas en su interacción con el ambiente social, económico, político y cultural.
Deciphering the therapeutic, larvicidal, and chemical pollutant degrading properties of leaves-mediated silver nanoparticles obtained from Alpinia purpurata
Authors: Raju Manikandan Vani , Chandrasekaran Meenakshi Kaniyur , Rajendran Meenakshi Sundari , Kanniappan Gopalakrishnan Velliyur , Ahalliya Rathi Muthaiyan , Dugganaboyana Guru Kumar , Almutairi Mikhlid H. , Almutairi Bader O. , Khusro Ameer , Vijayaraghavan Ponnuswamy
Published: April 2024

The aim of the study was to synthesize silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from Alpinia purpurata leaves and evaluate their cytotoxic, antimicrobial, antibiofilm, dye degradation, and larvicidal potentials. The synthesized AgNPs were characterized using ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, which confirmed AgNPs synthesis and revealed nanoparticle size (10 to 30 nm) and the presence of silver. Cytotoxicity tests showed IC50 values of 4.59 ± 0.6 µg/mL in A549 cells and 3.48 ± 0.4 µg/mL in PA1 cells, inducing apoptosis and DNA fragmentation. Flow cytometry revealed cell cycle arrest at G0-G1 phase. AgNPs exhibited significant antimicrobial activity, with maximum inhibition zones against K. pneumoniae (23 ± 2 mm) and F. oxysporum (17 ± 2 mm), and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values ranging from 12.5 ± 0.25 to 75 ± 2.5 µg/mL. They also reduced bacterial and fungal biomass and showed antibiofilm effects. Photocatalytic activity degraded methylene blue dye by 88.4 ± 1.4% in 60 minutes. Larvicidal activity resulted in 100% mortality of A. aegypti larvae after 48 hours exposure to AgNPs (10 mg/L), additionally reducing chemical oxygen demand (55.1 ± 2.1% to 63.8 ± 1.5%) and microbial load in wastewater (2.5 to 10 ppm).
Simulating Similarities to Maintain Academic Integrity in Programming
Authors: Karnalim Oscar
Published: April 2024

Programming students need to be informed about plagiarism and collusion. Hence, we developed an assessment submission system to remind students about the matter. Each submission will be compared to others and any similarities that do not seem a result of coincidence will be reported along with their possible reasons. The system also employs gamification to promote early and unique submissions. Nevertheless, the system might put unnecessary pressure as coincidental similarities can still be reported. Further, it does not specifically cover self-plagiarism. We revisit the system and shift our focus to report simulated similarities from student own submission instead of reporting actual similarities across submissions. According to our evaluation with 390 students and five quasi-experiments, students with simulated similarities are slightly more aware of plagiarism and collusion, self-plagiarism in particular. Their awareness of the matter is somewhat acceptable (around 75%) and they see the benefits of our assessment submission system.
Should Islamic Window be converted into a Full-Fledge Islamic Bank? A case study in Indonesia
Authors: Abimanyu Anggito , At Tamimi Abdullah
Published: April 2024

Research Originality: This research provides fresh perspectives on the future landscape of Islamic banking, particularly concerning the Islamic window. The paper stands out for its originality as it undertakes an empirical study utilizing a mixed method. This study is also expected to answer the research gap between literature studies, empirical studies, and implemented policies. Additionally, it is driven by the objective of contributing to the existing literature on Islamic finance.Research Objectives: This study dives into whether converting Islamic Business Units (UUS) into full-fledged Islamic Banks (BUS) leads to performance enhancement.Research Methods: There are two types of data analysis methods, namely qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative analysis method comes from a collection of literature reviews and institutional opinions from Islamic banking experts in the world. This study employs a multi-pronged quantitative approach to investigate the performance and consumer perception of Islamic banking services with an emphasis on UUS and BUS.Empirical Result: The results indicate that UUS and BUS structures adhere to Sharia principles and achieve commendable performance. However, analysis of financial reports across many countries, including Indonesia, shows that UUS's financial performance is generally better than BUS. The research further emphasizes that internal factors like capital adequacy, asset quality, and management capabilities, rather than the institutional structure itself, hold greater sway in driving performance improvement. Forced conversion of UUS could even hinder overall progress. Implications: Beyond financial considerations, the study explores consumer behavior through surveys with educated individuals. The results indicate that their choice between BUS and UUS products is guided by practical factors such as financial returns, costs, and service reliability offered by each structure. JEL Classification: G21, G28 How to Cite:Abimanyu, A., & At Tamimi, R. A. (2024). Should Islamic Window be Converted into a Full-Fledge Islamic Bank? A Case Study in Indonesia. Etikonomi, 23(1), 183 – 200. https://doi.org/10.15408/etk.v23i1.35082.