bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Time-Varying Effect of Physical Activity on Mortality Among Myocardial Infarction Survivors: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study
Authors: Li Teng , Zhang Xingyi , Wang Xiuling , Song Jiali , Tian Aoxi , Wu Chaoqun , Zhang Xiaoyan , Yang Yang , Cui Jianlan , Xu Wei , Song Lijuan , Yang Hao , He Wenyan , Zhang Yan , Li Xi , Zheng Xin
Published: February 2023

Background: Physical activity (PA) is an important component of secondary prevention after myocardial infarction (MI). The mortality risk of MI survivors varies at different post-MI periods, yet the time-varying effect of total PA is unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between different volumes and patterns of total PA and mortality at different post-MI periods. Methods: Using data from the China Patient-centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events Million Persons Project, we divided the screened MI survivors into within-1-year and beyond-1-year groups based on the duration between their baseline interview and MI onset. Total PA was divided into insufficient (<3000 metabolic equivalent of task [MET] minutes/week) and sufficient PA. Sufficient PA was further categorized as moderate and high (3000–4500 and >4500 MET minutes/week) volumes; leisure (≥50%) and non-leisure (>50%) patterns. Data on mortality were derived from the National Mortality Surveillance System and Vital Registration of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Cox proportional hazard models were fitted to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Restricted cubic spline regression analyses were performed to examine the dose-response association between PA and mortality. Results: During the follow-up (median 3.7 years) of the 20,653 post-MI patients, 751 patients died. In the within-1-year group, moderate (HR: 0.59, 95% CI: 0.40 to 0.88) and high (0.63, 0.45 to 0.88) volumes and both patterns (leisure: 0.52, 0.29 to 0.94; non-leisure: 0.64, 0.46 to 0.88) of PA were all associated with significantly lower risk of mortality, compared with insufficient PA. In the beyond-1-year group, the association was observed in high volume (0.69, 0.56 to 0.86) and both patterns (leisure: 0.64, 0.48 to 0.87; non-leisure: 0.79, 0.65 to 0.97). A non-linear relationship between PA and mortality was found in the within-1-year group (p for non-linearity <0.001), while a linear relationship was demonstrated in the beyond-1-year group (p for non-linearity = 0.107). Conclusions: Sufficient total PA was associated with mortality risk reduction after MI, either leisure or non-leisure pattern. Different dose-response associations between PA and mortality were found at different post-MI periods. These results could promote individualized and scientifically derived secondary prevention strategies for MI.
Unravelling the Fate of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis
Authors: Minten Lennert , Bennett Johan , McCutcheon Keir , Dubois Christophe
Published: February 2023

Severe aortic valve stenosis is the most frequent valve pathology in the western world and approximately 50% of these patients have concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD). Revascularization of proximal obstructive CAD in patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is common practice considered appropriate. However, the management of patients with CAD undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is more controversial. Nevertheless, performing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of significant (>70%) proximal coronary lesions is a widely adopted strategy, but robust supporting scientific evidence is missing. Some studies suggest that complex CAD with incomplete revascularization negatively impacts outcomes post-TAVI. As increasingly younger patients are undergoing TAVI, optimizing the long-term outcomes will become more important. Although PCI in TAVI patients is safe, no benefit on outcomes has been demonstrated, possibly due to an inadequate selection of prognostically important lesions for revascularization. A possible solution might be the use of coronary physiological indices, but these have their own limitations and more data is needed to support widespread adoption. In this review we provide an overview of current evidence on the outcomes after aortic valve replacement (AVR) and the evidence regarding revascularization in this population.
ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ ПРОГРАМНОГО ЗАСОБУ GEOGEBRA ДО РОЗВ’ЯЗУВАННЯ АЛГЕБРАЇЧНИХ ЗАДАЧ З ПАРАМЕТРОМ
Authors: Віра Марина , Самусенко Петро
Published: February 2023

Формулювання проблеми. Процес розв’язування задач з параметром є потужним засобом активізації пізнавальної діяльності учнів. Розгляд таких задач сприяє узагальненню та систематизації знань і, як наслідок, це призводить до підвищення рівня математичної компетентності учнів. Саме тому задачі з параметрами є важливою складовою шкільного курсу математики профільного рівня. Їм присвячені окремі пункти підручників, ряд методичних посібників.
Матеріали і методи. Дослідження базується на багаторічному досвіді практичної роботи авторів статті з учнями закладів загальної середньої освіти. Воно, також, є наслідком опрацювання різних джерел даних, проведення міркувань дедуктивного характеру.
Результати. В статті проведено огляд посібників та статей в періодичних виданнях, які присвячені традиційним методам розв’язування задач з параметром (аналітичний та графічний методи) і наведено методичні аспекти поєднання традиційного підходу із сучасними засобами навчання математики.
Авторами цієї статті пропонується до розгляду низка задач з параметром, розв’язання яких передбачає поєднання традиційних методів з можливістю демонстрації динамічної моделі розглядуваної задачі в середовищі GeoGebra. На нашу думку, саме такий підхід до викладання дозволить забезпечити реалізацію не лише математичної, а й інформаційної компетентностей учня, що є надзвичайно важливим в умовах реформи НУШ в середній школі.
Проаналізовано, що в процесі навчання математики система GeoGebra використовується як засіб для візуалізації досліджуваних математичних об’єктів, виразів, ілюстрації методів побудови; як середовище для моделювання та емпіричного дослідження властивостей досліджуваних об’єктів; як комплекс, що надає користувачеві набір спеціалізованих інструментів для створення і перетворення об’єкта.
Висновки. Запропонований матеріал може бути використаний як вчителям-початківцями, так і досвідченими педагогам для проведення факультативних занять, оскільки він дозволяє зорієнтуватися в сучасній методичній літературі з даної тематики та зазирнути в творчу майстерню провідних науковців в галузі методики навчання математики.
РЕЦЕНЗІЯ НА КНИГУ: «ЯК МИ ВЧИМОСЯ: ЧОМУ МОЗОК НАВЧАЄТЬСЯ КРАЩЕ, НІЖ МАШИНА... ПОКИ ЩО»
Authors: Дєордіца Таяна , Вороніна Марина
Published: February 2023

Деан, С. (2021). Як ми вчимося: чому мозок навчається краще, ніж машина...поки що. Київ, Лабораторія. 
Автор: Станіслас Деан (Stanislas Dehaene)Перекладач: Юлія КостюкОригінальна назва: «How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine... for Now»(2020)Рік видання: 2021Кількість сторінок: 288Видавництво: Лабораторія (https://laboratoria.pro/)
Aula invertida: una alternativa educativa frente a la contingencia
Authors: de Salas Ana Yarihtza Alvarado
Published: February 2023

El cambio repentino del aprendizaje presencial al virtual debido a la pandemia de SARS-CoV-2 ha dado lugara un sistema educativo que proporciona educación sin necesidad de ir a la escuela. Objeto de estudio para unartículo de investigación cuyo objetivo fue caracterizar el impacto del aula invertida como estrategia deaprendizaje en el contexto educativo durante el periodo pandémico 2020-2021. Estudio descriptivo tiporevisión documental que sistematizó durante el periodo pandémico 2020-2021 un conjunto de publicacionescientíficas de las bases de datos Scopus, Web of Science (WoS) - ESCI, Scielo y Google Académico. Losresultados observados muestran que, a pesar de la diversidad de experiencias encontradas, la mayoría de losestudiantes respondieron positivamente al potencial de la flipped classroom como estrategia de aprendizaje.En conclusión, durante el periodo pandémico, el uso de estrategias didácticas como el aula invertida o flippedclassroom permitió a través del uso de herramientas tecnológicas integrar algunas tendencias pedagógicascomo el constructivismo y el conectivismo, por tanto, se ha convertido en una de las principales alternativaspara el sector educativo, especialmente a nivel universitario.
Crónica: Violencia contra la mujer en el Perú (Carta al editor)
Authors: García María Quispe
Published: February 2023

Han pasado 40 años exactamente, y el acuerdo para eliminar todas las formas de discriminación contra las mujeres fue aprobado por Perú, que representó un período importante en la historia legislativa nacional, podría decirse la génesis de los derechos fundamentales para la promoción de la igualdad de género. El 8 de marzo de 1999 se creó el primer Centro Emergencia Mujer (CEM) en las dependencias del Ministerio de Promoción de la Mujer y del Desarrollo Humano PROMUDEH, en el Cercado de Lima. Para el año 2000, mediante Resolución Ministerial N° 078–2000–PROMUDEH se aprobó el Manual de Funciones Generales, Conceptos y Procedimientos de los CEM, cuya vigencia se mantuvo hasta el 19 de mayo del 2009. Sin embargo, el incremento de los indicadores estadísticos de feminicidios y de la violencia contra la mujer, irradian la jerarquía de la temática y la insuficiencia de mejorar las políticas sociales de promoción y protección de la mujer y de la familia. La mujer constituye un grupo de interés central en laimplementación de políticas públicas eficaces de parte del Estado peruano. ¿Qué ha pasado en 40 años?La violencia de género permanece pese a las medidas legales, no obstante, el proceso de modernización social por el que las mujeres han sido empoderadas como dependientes del derecho y formando parte del tratado ciudadano que las coloca como iguales frente a loshombres, por un lado, y por otro, de los avances dados en el reconocimiento de la diversidad sexual. En Perú, el Comité Estadístico Interinstitucional de la Criminalidad (CEIC) fijó una metodología normalizada para la estimación de la cifra oficial de feminicidios, a partir de lacual se halló la tasa de feminicidios. En consecuencia, la normativa sobre el feminicidio ha tenido una marcha en el tiempo, es así como, en el año 2011 se modificó el artículo 107° del Código Penal, a través de la Ley Nº 29819, incorporando por primera vez el delito defeminicidio. Pero, los casos registrados de feminicidio del 2015 al 2019 sumaron 619 a nivel nacional.¿Cuál es el panorama para 2022?El horizonte no es alentador, preocupa que mientras más derechos, mayor es la tendencia a la violencia contra la mujer. La Defensoría del Pueblo advirtió que en enero de2022 se reportaron 519 notas de alerta por desaparición de niñas, adolescentes y mujeres adultas; esta cifra simboliza un 19 % más que lo reportado en el mismo periodo del año 2021. Esta breve crónica invita a los lectores de la revista “Mount Scopus Journal” areflexionar y ser multiplicadores de las estadísticas devastadoras que hablan por sí solas en el Perú. Este escrito al editor es una petición para coordinar y planificar un número especial sobre “la violencia de género en el Perú”. Solicito la apertura a un diálogo que involucre no solo la publicación de respuestas y posibles soluciones al problema, también la interaccióna través de conferencias promovidas en este importante espacio para difundir una estrategia en mujeres silenciadas por una violencia descontrolada.
Diseño de una torre de enfriamiento de agua de tiro mecánico a escala de laboratorio
Authors: Ojeda José , Colina José , Perdomo Víctor , Colina Sinddy
Published: February 2023

Esta investigación fue basada en el diseño de una torre de enfriamiento de configuración mecánica a contraflujo, a escala de laboratorio, equipo destinado a disipar el calor de una corriente de agua por intercambio de energía calorífica en forma de calor sensible o latente, en donde para dimensionar se tomó en cuenta tres parámetros fundamentales, los cuales fueron: el salto térmico, el acercamiento y la efectividad; y cuyo resultados fueron: R=12°C; Ac= 11°C y Ɛ= 52%. En conclusión, se tuvo que la teoría de Merkel, de la diferencia del potencial entálpico, constituye una herramienta indispensable en el diseño paso a paso del equipo y que a su vez da acceso a otros métodos usados para obtener valores necesarios como el método de Simpson y Mickley, para la obtención de los coeficientes de transferencia de masa y los datos para el balance de energía. Los valores obtenidos en el dimensionamiento son aceptables para equipos a escala de laboratorio y estos se disponen en gran medida a la accesibilidad del diseñador.
Teorías de aprendizaje y estrategias para la enseñanza de las matemáticas
Authors: Rodríguez Patricia Arteaga
Published: February 2023

En este ensayo se reseñan puntos de vista acerca de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de las matemáticas, éstos tienen la peculiaridad de haber sido producidos por personas cuya actividad primaria no eran las matemáticas, pero que, sin embargo, las consideraronfundamentales en la formación de los individuos, pues mucha gente fuera de las matemáticas se ha preocupado por éstas y le ha encontrado un significado relativo a su actividad. Además, se abordarán temáticas con relación a las tecnologías de la información y comunicacionesaplicación en el área de las matemáticas. En vista de la importancia que la sociedad en general otorga a las matemáticas como parte fundamental de una educación integral de los individuos, se ha generado gran interésen torno a su enseñanza y a las dificultades que parece presentar su aprendizaje. Sin embargo, los matemáticos y los docentes de matemáticas no han sido los únicos interesados en los problemas de enseñar y aprender matemáticas; este interés está tan generalizado, que dentro de campos tan diversos como la filosofía, la psicología o la pedagogía, entre otros, existe también la preocupación por darles solución. Por otra parte, este interés tampoco es reciente y posiblemente se podrían encontrar referencias a los problemas de la educación matemática, que se sitúan en distintos siglos. Este interés, aunque con altos y bajos, ha persistido a lolargo de la historia.
YU-NO (Supplement I:36)
Authors: Akmut Camille
Published: February 2023

Supplement to the Historiography (of computer science and technology)
Generalist Therapy Management (SP 1 – 4) in Providing Mental Nursing With Hallucination Problem: A Case Study
Authors: Simanjuntak Alfrida
Published: February 2023

-Hallucinations are a symptom that often appears in people with mental disorders and are closely related to early psychosis due to trauma in childhood. Hallucinations usually appear in patients with mental disorders due to a change in the orientation of reality, the patient feels a stimulus that is not actually there, one of which is the auditory sensory. Patients with auditory hallucinations usually hear clear or unclear voices where these voices usually invite clients to talk or do something but are not related to real things that other people don't hear. One of the actions that can be carried out in patients with hallucinations is by administering Generalist Therapy Sp 1- Sp 4 The risk of violent behavior. Objective: to determine generalist nursing care standards for schizophrenic patients in reducing hallucination symptoms. This research method uses a case study approach with data collection techniques carried out by direct observation and interviews with patients. The subject of this case study research was 1 person with auditory hallucination nursing problems in the inpatient room of the Bukit Barisan Mental Hospital. The results of the case study after nursing care was carried out by applying the implementation strategy for 12 meetings showed a decrease in signs and symptoms of hallucinations with the ability to control hallucinations by applying implementation strategies 1-4, namely (1) identifying, content, frequency, time of occurrence, triggering situations, feelings and hallucinatory responses. Rebuke hallucinations (2) take medication regularly, (3) converse with other people, (4) carry out scheduled activities.
Seasonal and annual tropical river pattern change detection using machine learning
Authors: Li Qing , Williams Richard , Hoey Trevor , Barrett Brian , Boothroyd Richard
Published: February 2023

Rivers in the tropics are more likely to exhibit seasonal changes in pattern than those in temperate regions because of strongly seasonal rainfall. However, such changes in seasonal tropical river patterns have not been widely investigated. Machine learning methods are used in this study with Sentinel-2 multispectral remote sensing images to classify active channel landforms (water; unvegetated bars; vegetated bars) of the Bislak, Laoag and Abra Rivers, north-west Luzon, the Philippines. River patterns are classified five or six times per year from 2016 to 2020. Spatial and temporal trends were investigated, in the context of the rivers’ active width, valley confinement, tectonic setting and precipitation. Results show a variety of relationships between each landform unit and active width, but a strong correlation was shown between active width and vegetation area in dry and wet seasons. Rivers were divided into sub-reaches based on observed patterns of water frequency and confinement; Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD) was then used to decompose the landform time series and precipitation record. EEMD indicates that water and vegetated bars commonly show synchronised fluctuations with precipitation, while unvegetated bars have an anti-phase oscillation with precipitation. It also suggests that deviations from periodic consistency in river pattern may reflect the influence of extreme events and/or human disturbance. At the river system scale, faults perpendicular to the channel centreline were associated with an increase in vegetated bar stability. Overall, the interplay of faults, elevation, confinement and tributary locations impact landform stability. This investigation demonstrates that in tropical regions river pattern should be considered as a dynamic entity as characterising pattern from a single time period may misrepresent a river’s character. EEMD is also demonstrated to be an appropriate statistical technique in geomorphology to decompose datasets that are generated from contemporary applications of machine learning to remotely sensed imagery.
Evaluation of the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) Program Review
Authors: Treat Teresa , Miller Gregory A. , Simons Robert F.
Published: February 2023

The Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) accredits PhD programs in clinical psychology that adhere to the clinical science training model. An evaluation of the psychometric properties of a key judgment in review of applicant programs was undertaken. Results show that program reviewers’ judgments of the career outcomes of program graduates, a fundamental criterion in evaluating the success of a program applying for PCSAS accreditation, demonstrate high reliability and validity, in turn providing evidence that PCSAS-accredited programs achieve what they claim to achieve. Their convergence on central features of successful clinical science training underscores what it means to function as a psychological clinical scientist. In turn, the expertise of psychological clinical scientists can be invaluable in a wide range of research and practice settings, providing diverse career choices for PCSAS-accredited program graduates.
Application of an Adapted ACT Group Intervention in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: The Survivor-Enhanced Take-A-Breath Protocol
Authors: Stuart Elizabeth M.
Published: February 2023

Childhood cancer has been a growing area of interest throughout the last 50 years (Norris & Adamson, 2012; Robinson & Hudson, 2014). As survivorship rates increase dramatically, research has centered on long-term wellness and the reduction of late effects. The present study examined the potential impact of a novel group intervention, the Survivor-Enhanced Take-A-Breath Protocol, on late effects experienced by survivors of childhood cancer, specifically mental health issues, perceived impacts of neurocognitive deficits, interpersonal struggles, and cognitive flexibility. Results of this study did not produce any statistically significant results. Despite the statistical failure to present statistical changes, this study still provides important information on the experience and treatment of survivors of childhood cancer. This study successfully piloted a group intervention for survivors of childhood cancer in alignment with other published interventions (Burke, et al., 2014; Kazak, et al., 1999; Perloff, et al., 2019; Rayner, et al., 2016). The studied intervention also addressed many needs of this population, including broad introduction to mental healthcare (Oeffinger, et al., 2010), interpersonal skills and unlearning of learned social isolation (Chevignard, et al., 2017), radical acceptance of disturbing experiences (Perloff, et al., 2019), and expansion of functional coping and distress tolerance skills (Young, et al., 2021). Qualitative feedback indicated that participants appreciated the support group. Limitations included a severely truncated sample size, sample characteristics, narrow stimulus sampling, delivery solely via a telehealth platform, and a lack of control group. Future research must include an expanded sample size, as well as a possible modification to provide the protocol over a shortened period of time.
Teachersâ€™ Strategies to Solve Studentsâ€™ Problems in English Online Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic at SMP PGRI Kasihan Bantul Yogyakarta
Authors: Bili Yulening Aminda , Irawan Rifki
Published: February 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought many complaints and impacts on human activities, especially in the world of education. Until now, the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the Coronavirus still hits and spreads widely in the community. In this case, schools implement an online learning system or online from their respective homes. Online learning activities carried out by class VIII students at SMP PGRI Kasihan are learning activities that have never been carried out by students whose lack of knowledge and abilities regarding online learning.The purpose of this study was to find out the teacher's strategy to overcome student learning problems during online learning. This study uses a qualitative method approach that is used to obtain information on student learning constraints as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic on teaching and learning activities at SMP PGRI Kasihan. The data collection technique used observation, interviews, and documentation.The results that there are several obstacles experienced by students in online learning activities, namely not having mobile phones, internet quota fees, and not having social media platforms for example Zoom, Google Meet, and Google Classroom applications. The strategy used by teachers at SMP PGRI Kasihan to overcome students' learning difficultie in participating in online-based learning in class VIII is to hold meetings with students twice a week, providing encouragement and motivation.
Referrals from Healthcare Professionals to Community-Based Exercise Programs Targeting People with Balance and Mobility Limitations: An Interviewer-Administered Survey
Authors: Alsbury-Nealy Kyla , Colquhoun H. , Jaglal S.B. , Munce S. , Salbach N.M.
Published: February 2023

Purpose:

To describe program representatives’ perceptions of the: (1) type and work setting of healthcare professionals who refer to community-based exercise programs with healthcare-community partnerships (CBEP-HCPs) by community size; (2) nature, frequency, and utility of strategies used to promote referral from healthcare professionals to CBEP-HCPs; and (3) facilitators and barriers to CBEP-HCP promotion.

Method:

We invited individuals involved with the Together in Movement and Exercise (TIME™) program in 48 centres to participate in a cross-sectional survey. TIME™ is a group, task-oriented CBEP-HCP taught by fitness instructors; healthcare partners promote referrals. Data were summarized using frequencies and percentages. Content analysis was used for open-ended questions.

Results:

Twenty-three representatives of 27 TIME™ programs (56% response rate) participated. Out of 26 healthcare partners identified, 69% were physical therapists. We report the most common findings: programs received referrals from physical therapists ( n = 16, 70%); programs gave healthcare partners promotional materials (e.g., flyers) to facilitate referrals ( n = 17, 63%); strong relationships with healthcare partners facilitated promotion ( n = 18, 78%); and representatives perceived their lack of credibility challenged promotion ( n = 3, 23%).

Conclusions:

Physical therapists were the most common referral source. Healthcare partners were instrumental in program promotion. Future research is needed to leverage referrals from physical therapists in settings other than hospitals and to better understand the role of healthcare partners in CBEP-HCPs.
Improve Sustainability Reporting through Integrated Reporting: Evidence from Italy
Authors: Baldissera Annalisa
Published: February 2023

This study aims to analyze the connections between integrated reporting (IR) and sustainability reporting (SR), in order to verify whether the IR can contribute to improving the SR prepared according to the Global Re­porting Initiative (GRI) standards. In particular, this study considers the top­ic from the point of view of the SR to understand the benefits that it could obtain from the information disclosed through the IR. To this end, the study analyzes the integrated reports relating to the 2021 financial year of two listed Italian companies operating in the financial sector. The research has highlighted that some areas of sustainability, especially relating to the eco­nomic and environmental dimensions, are actually enhanced by integrated reporting, while the information benefits regarding the social dimension are less evident. The study can help indicate the advantages and possible im­provements of the connections between SR and IR.
Achieving Disclosure Efficiency Regarding the Climate-Related Issues: A Unique Challenge to the Present-Day Corporate Reporting
Authors: Oreshkova Hristina
Published: February 2023

Over the recent decades, climate change has been intensifying. The problems caused by climate change are unique. The process creates an exis­tential threat to humans and other living beings interrelated with another risk arising from the crisis caused by biodiversity deterioration and environmental degradation. The coexisting impacts of both factors on people, biodiversity, economic sectors, and entities pose unprecedented challenges to humankind. The present-day unfavorable impacts of climate change require adequate governmental, and managerial strategies, policies, and activities as well as ad­ministrative actions for achieving sustainable, fair, and resilient growth. Phe­nomena and processes indicating climate change are developing on a glob­al scale. That gives rise to discussions and highlights and justifies the need for meaningful, transparent, and complete climate-related disclosures. The necessity of trustworthy disclosures on climate-related matters and in­herent risks and opportunities related to adaptation to climate change and its mitigation is a problem of crucial importance to the article. The relevance of climate-related disclosures as a significant part of present-day corporate reporting proves to be of great significance for achieving disclosure efficien­cy. The author aims to highlight, discuss and justify the necessity of applying a responsible approach to carry out an adequate disclosure policy and provide meaningful, consistent, and comparable disclosures on climate-related mat­ters, risks and opportunities considered a significant part of present-day cor­porate reporting, and substantiate why probable benefits for a sustainable fu­ture can be expected, not only for the company. The terminology of the research is in the field of financial and non-financial re­porting and their regulatory frameworks that are still not fully aligned. Heuris­tic methods of knowledge – analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, descriptive approach, and techniques such as observation, analogy, compari­son, and others are applied, for achieving the author’s objective.
Sports-Related Nutrition Marketing and Its Performance Impact on Athletes in the Republic of North Macedonia
Authors: Sherovska Gjorgjina
Published: February 2023

Nutrition is increasingly recognized as a key component of opti­mal sporting performance, with both the science and practice of sports nu­trition developing rapidly. The sports nutrition market has witnessed robust growth in the past few years; it is gaining pace due to the increase in health awareness among the population, new product development, the rapid in­crease in urbanization, and growth in a number of sales outlets, health clubs, fitness centers and gyms. Athletes use a range of nutritional and diet strat­egies to improve sports performance. Nutrition plans need to be personal­ized to the individual athlete to take into account the specificity and unique­ness of the event, performance goals, practical challenges, food preferenc­es, and responses to various strategies. A key factor is the related marketing used to reach the core aim of the athletes for specific sports nutrition so they can meet their energy and nutrient requirements, whether that is speed, en­durance, recovery, or strength. The marketing strategies in the sports nutri­tion industry are wide. Companies understand the power of sports endorse­ment, the trending on social media, and after all the factors of advertise­ment, through the different marketing communication channels impacting the athletes’ behavior for the final decision-making process of purchasing the product. In this paper the purpose is to investigate the effect of sport-re­lated nutritional marketing as a communication strategy reaching athletes, and, its second relationship, the effect of the marketed sport-related nutri­tional products impact on athlete’s performance, from the athlete’s aspect. The importance of this paper is to examine a new topic of a connection be­tween sports nutritional marketing and the eventual performance effect on a particular sub-category of athletes because very little research is being conducted on this topic of interest. The research framework used in this pa­per will help to guide future research and improve marketing communica­tion strategies with great insight on what are the key methods to reach out to short and distance athletes from a marketing point of view, as well as the key factors that make marketed sport nutritional products impact on ath­lete’s performance.
Development of 21st Century Skills in Croatia’s Higher Education System
Authors: Dedukić Dinka
Published: February 2023

Social and economic developments of the 21st century require education systems that enable young people to acquire knowledge, skills, and competencies which, upon completion of their studies, would work in their favour and allow them to actively participate in the globalised and competitive labour market. Although the low employment rate is often caused by economic factors, one should also account for the interperson­al factors that may help individuals increase their chances of finding a job. Job seekers nowadays need to possess competencies known as 21st-cen­tury skills. This study included an assessment of the 21st-century skills ac­quired during academic studies. Creativity, innovation, communication in foreign languages, and practical application of knowledge were found to be the most poorly developed competencies, whereas the ability to work in a team, learn, and manage information were among the best-developed competencies.
Relationship between Ethics, Rule of Law and State Leadership
Authors: Vasileska Larisa
Published: February 2023

The study of what is ethically good and bad, as well as what is morally correct and wrong, is known as ethics, also known as moral philoso­phy. A moral value system or theory is commonly used to refer to any system or theory of moral values or principles. Individuals who lead ethically act in accordance with a set of principles and values that the majority recognizes as a sound foundation for the common good. Integrity, respect, trust, fair­ness, transparency, and honesty are among them. Integrity is a crucial determinant of trust and a crucial concept for an under­standing of governance. Ethics and state leadership policies should be fo­cused on eliminating corruption and establishing strong ethical standards, which will serve to strengthen the credibility and legitimacy of people par­ticipating in state decision-making while also protecting the public interest. This paper will analyze the role of personal ethics in leadership and how eth­ics helps people become more effective leaders. Understanding ethics, in­tegrity, and motivation in order to act as a role model and build a plan of action for state leadership will be discussed, as well as the value of excellent leadership.
Memorable Sensory Experience in Restaurant: A State-Of-The-Art Review
Authors: Rašan Dora , Višković Karmela , Prevošek Denis
Published: February 2023

The restaurant industry is no longer expected to provide only high food and service quality but to stimulate the senses that will contrib­ute to creating a memorable experience for restaurant guests. Thus, senso­ry senses play an increasingly important role for restaurateurs, especially in the context of nurturing long-term relationships with guests. Therefore, the main purpose of this research is to identify and evaluate studies that dealt with a memorable sensory experience of restaurant guests. The findings of this study indicate that the largest number of studies was published in 2019 (24%) in Asia (36%). Furthermore, scientific experts included all five sensory components in only 32% of the studies examining guests about their mem­orable restaurant experiences. The contribution of this research is reflected in determining the presence of sensory perception in the literature related to gastronomy. The results of this research enable the awareness of restaura­teurs and scientific experts about the importance of examining the sensory perception of restaurant guests.
The Wine Routes in France
Authors: Man Carmen Mihaela , Slave Camelia
Published: February 2023

Wine is much more than a simple agricultural product or a vague raw material that is traded on the markets of London or Chicago. Wine ac­companies, enhances, completes and sometimes sublimates our table. How­ever, it cannot be confined to the gastronomy sector alone because it is much more than that. Wine has a cultural, historical and heritage dimension, it also occupies a decisive place in the economic and social fields. France and wine… A long story that has caused a lot of “ink to flow”. It was the Greeks who, around 600 BC. AD, planted the first vines in southern Gaul. From the 2nd century BC. AD, the Romans and then the Gallo-Romans gradually de­veloped wine production throughout the territory of present-day France. Dur­ing the Middle Ages and the centuries that followed, the wines were perfected. This movement resulted in the emergence of very different beverages, which current producers continue to improve.
The Right to the Personality of Older Persons and Their Freedom in Relation to the Administration
Authors: Sánchez Ballesteros Vanesa
Published: February 2023

New technologies offer a world of possibilities in all areas of cit­izens’ lives, so the Administration, therefore, has not been excluded from their integration. However, the implementation of ICTs poses a great chal­lenge caused by the inexcusable need to provide technological, economic, and training resources (digital skills) that are required for their effective op­eration. That is why the rights of citizens must remain unscathed before its implementation, overcoming any obstacle that arises and even maintain­ing the freedom to use or not, and much more so if they are vulnerable citi­zens, either due to their age or lack of means.
Changes in the Electricity Market in the Republic of North Macedonia and Its Compliance with European Regulations, Characteristics and Official Data on the Macedonian Regulated Market for the Period 2019-2021
Authors: Markov Serjoza
Published: February 2023

First and foremost, the main inspiration for the specific problem in this paper are the changes in the electricity market of the Republic of North Macedonia (in the text as – “RSM”) and its compliance with European regu­lations, elaborating the characteristics and official data on the Macedonian regulated market. By summarizing all the theoretical and empirical aspects, the answers to the arising questions are provided through the analysis of the legal framework, the condition and the participants in the electricity-regu­lated market in the country in the analyzed period of three years (2019-2021). Also, the results and conclusions of the research shall be achieved via compre­hensive analysis and by finding the answers to the posed questions through the theoretical analysis, the inductive and deductive methods, whereas the techniques utilized shall be: official data and reports of the Regulatory Com­mission of energetic and water services of RSM, questionnaires, interviews and observations as well. The main conclusion is that the changes in the reg­ulated market are under the influence of the changed Macedonian regula­tions, the process of harmonization with the European regulations and the current developments related to the energy market globally. In this paper, the goal is achieved through the elaboration of changes in the legislation in the Republic of North Macedonia and its implementation in the past few years, emphasizing the effects on the liberalization of the electricity market.
Classification of Environmental Administrative Acts in the Czech Legislation
Authors: Židek Dominik
Published: February 2023

This paper aims to provide an essential characterisation and classification of environmental administrative acts regulated by law in the Czech Republic, which are related to public construction law, affect the pro­cedural procedures of public construction law, and thus fundamentally de­termine the final form of construction activities in the Czech Republic. The paper is based on the premise that the results of the procedural procedures of public construction law are always influenced, at least indirectly, by envi­ronmental law regulations and administrative acts regulated by these reg­ulations. In the paper, the author will make a primary classification of en­vironmental administrative acts, will deal with the different types of envi­ronmental administrative acts, emphasise their importance for the preser­vation of sustainable development in the development of the territory, and will demonstrate the importance of this environmental legal regulation in the Czech Republic on specific examples.
A Nonlinear Inflation Growth Model
Authors: Jablanovic Vesna
Published: February 2023

In the short run, the fall in aggregate demand leads to falling out­put and price level and rising unemployment. In this sense, it is important to use the Phillips curve, i.e., the curve that shows the short-run relationship between inflation and unemployment. This paper creates a relatively sim­ple chaotic inflation rate growth model. Also, this paper examines the infla­tion rate growth stability in the period 2000-2021 in France, and confirms the existence of the convergent fluctuations of the inflation rate in France in the observed period.
Person with Schizophrenia and Negative Symptoms in COVID-19 Era: A New Evolution for Treatments and Economy
Authors: Galbusera Barbara
Published: February 2023

In the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has become part of people’s lives, including those diagnosed with schizophrenia. Many have also exacerbated negative symptoms of the disease such as anxiety, in­creased hallucinations, and depressive symptoms. To overcome the illness, the wishes of the patients were investigated. Subsequently, starting from the personalism philosophy point of view, for a little group of the Day Care Service, a program (that has integrated pedagogical interventions, educa­tional groups, psycho-educational interventions, social skills training and telephone support) has been created to decrease the negative symptoms of schizophrenia and improve the psychophysical well-being of each patient. This research shows that it is possible to introduce a clinical-pedagogy per­spective for the care of schizophrenia patients and to mitigate the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
The State and Development of Social Entrepreneurship in the Slovak Republic
Authors: Kráľová Katarína
Published: February 2023

A social enterprise, which is part of the social economy, provides goods and services to the market in an entrepreneurial and innovative way and uses its profits primarily to achieve its social objectives. Social enterpris­es are also important for the national economy in terms of regional devel­opment. Through social enterprises and other social economy actors, the employment of disadvantaged and vulnerable people is promoted, there­by strengthening social, economic and territorial cohesion. The paper is de­voted to a quantitative assessment of the state and development of social entrepreneurship in the Slovak Republic. It also focuses on the analysis of the development of a number of indicators in the field of unemployment, which reinforce the importance and need for social enterprises in the econ­omy. Then, the paper deals with SWOT analysis, which allows for identifying the basic prerequisites for further development of social entrepreneurship in the Slovak Republic
Status and Trends in the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Service and Tourism Sector in the Slovak Republic
Authors: Kráľová Katarína , Sochuľáková Jana , Petrušová Dagmar
Published: February 2023

Small and medium-sized enterprises are typical of the tourism sector, they are adaptable and able to meet individual as well as specific consumer demands. This paper analyses the sectoral and regional structure of tourism SMEs (exactly how many of them are in the sector, where they are located and what economic activity they carry out within the tourism sec­tor). The analysis of the structure will provide a sufficient picture of which sectors most SMEs operate in and in which region these SMEs are located. A subsequent comparison of the pre-pandemic and post-pandemic periods will reveal changes in the status and development of SMEs in the service and tourism sectors in Slovakia. And then statistical methods of forecasting de­velopment trends will make it possible to outline the possible future direc­tion of the development of SMEs in Slovakia after the end of the pandemic.
Financial Contagion in Central and Eastern European Capital Markets: The Case of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Authors: Dias Rui , Revez Catarina , Horta Nicole , Alexandre Paulo , Heliodoro Paula
Published: February 2023

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, 2022, marking a steep escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014 after the Ukrainian Dignity Revolution. The invasion caused Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II, with more than 5.5 million Ukrainians leaving the country and a quarter of the population displaced. At the outbreak of war in 2014, Russia annexed Crimea and Russian-backed separatists who par­ticipated in the south-eastern Donbas region of Ukraine, starting a regional war there. Considering these events, it is relevant for policymakers and reg­ulators to understand how contagious crises are to take appropriate meas­ures to prevent or contain the side effects. To verify the levels of contagion or interdependencies we use Pindyck and Rotemberg’s t-statistic, as well as Forbes and Rigobon’s t-test, which suggests that we are facing extreme vol­atility in the capital markets analysed, and financial contagion is very sig­nificant. In conclusion, the capital markets analysed mostly show that cor­relations have increased in this period of uncertainty in the global economy (Russian invasion in Ukraine), evidencing that investors will find it difficult to diversify risk in these markets. The authors believe that the results achieved represent interest for investors seeking opportunities in these stock markets, and for policymakers to undertake institutional reforms to increase stock market efficiency and promote sustainable growth in financial markets. These findings also open room for market regulators to take steps to ensure better information in these regional markets
he Evolution of the Cryptocurrency Market Is Trending toward Efficiency?
Authors: Dias Rui , Horta Nicole , Revez Catarina , Heliodoro Paula , Alexandre Paulo
Published: February 2023

When compared to traditional financial markets, cryptocurren­cies were seen as assets with minimal correlations. However, because this continually expanding financial market is marked by substantial volatili­ty and strong price movements over a short period, developing an accurate and reliable forecasting model is deemed crucial for portfolio management and optimization. Given the relevance of cryptocurrencies in the global econ­omy, it is important to determine if Bitcoin (BTC) becomes more predictable as investors adopt more aggressive trading positions. We examine BTC over the period from May 15th, 2021, to April 14th, 2022 (8676-time data), using in­traday (hourly) time scales. The results reveal that the random walk hypoth­esis is rejected at lags of 3 to 16 days, while we see that the BTC market tends toward efficiency (see the evolution between lags of 16 and 2). These findings reveal that, given the uncertainty in the global economy in 2022, namely the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the BTC market shows values of the variance ra­tios close to unity, implying that it is, apparently, not predictable and that the residuals are not autocorrelated in time. In addition, the results of the De­trended Fluctuation Analysis (DFA) exponent show that this market does not exhibit characteristics of (in) efficiency in its weak form. In other words, this market does not have persistent and mean-reverting properties, thus vali­dating the results of Wright’s Rankings and Signs variance test.
Typology of Social Paradigm: Literature Review of Tourist’s Gastronomic Experience
Authors: Rašan Dora , Pilko Kristina
Published: February 2023

In an examination of the tourist’s gastronomic experience, scien- tific experts approach it in different ways, depending on the research para- digm to which they belong. In scientific literature, there are paradigms such as positivism, constructivism, criticism, postmodernism, and transmodern- ism. The purpose of this study was to analyze 55 scientific articles on the tourist’s gastronomic experience according to key terms (ontology, epistemology, and methodology) and thus determine their affiliation to the appropriate paradigm. The empirical research results indicate that there are no studies of postmodernism and transmodernism, but there are studies of positivist (70.91%), critical (18.18%), and constructivist (10.91%) research views. Therefore, in future research, scientists should direct their gaze pre- cisely in the direction of these paradigms. Further research findings indicate that the largest number of analyzed studies published in the last three years is in Asia (40%), North America (34.55%), and Europe (18.18%) where the au- thors predominantly apply a quantitative research approach (69.09%). The contribution of this research is reflected in the improved theoretical knowledge of the researched issues as well as the application of the same in determining the papers with regard to the type of paradigm to which the authors of selected papers belong. Also, this study is the first in conducting a paradigmatic analysis of gastronomic tourism studies.