bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Pan-Arctic Catchment Database (ARCADE)
Authors: Speetjens Niek Jesse , Hugelius Gustaf , Gumbricht Thomas , Lantuit Hugues , Berghuijs Wouter , Pika Philip , Poste Amanda , Vonk Jorien
Published: September 2022

Abstract. The Arctic is rapidly changing. Outside the Arctic, large-sample catchment databases have transformed catchment science from focusing on local case studies to more systematic studies of watershed functioning. Here we present an integrated pan-ARctic CAtchments summary DatabasE (ARCADE) of >40,000 catchments that drain into the Arctic Ocean and range in size from 1 km2 to 3.1 x 106 km2 (Speetjens et al., 2022). These watersheds, delineated at a 90-m resolution, are provided with 103 geospatial, environmental, climatic, and physiographic catchment properties. ARCADE is the first aggregated database of pan-Arctic river catchments that also includes numerous small watersheds at a high resolution. These small catchments are experiencing the greatest climatic warming while also storing large quantities of soil carbon in landscapes that are especially prone to degradation of permafrost (i.e., ice-wedge polygon terrain) and associated hydrological regime shifts. ARCADE is a key step toward monitoring the pan-Arctic across scales and is publicly available: https://dataverse.nl/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.34894/U9HSPV.
230Th ∕ U isochron dating of cryogenic cave carbonates
Authors: Töchterle Paul , Steidle Simon D. , Edwards R. Lawrence , Dublyansky Yuri , Spötl Christoph , Li Xianglei , Gunn John , Moseley Gina E.
Published: September 2022

Abstract. Cryogenic cave carbonates (CCCs) are a type of
speleothem, typically dated with 230Th/U disequilibrium methods, that provide evidence of palaeo-permafrost conditions. In the field, CCCs occur as distinct patches of millimetre- to centimetre-sized loose crystals and crystal aggregates on the floors of cave chambers, so they lack a framework that would allow ages to be validated by stratigraphic order. Correction factors for the initial
230Th (230Th0) are often based on the bulk-earth-derived
initial 230Th/232Th activity ratio ((230Th/232Th)0), which is a well-established approach when
230Th0 is moderately low. For samples with elevated levels of
230Th0, however, accuracy can be improved by constraining
(230Th/232Th)0 independently. Here, we combine detailed
morphological observations from three CCC patches found in Water Icicle
Close Cavern in the Peak District (UK) with 230Th/U analyses. We find that individual CCC crystals show a range of morphologies that arise from non-crystallographic branching in response to the chemical evolution of the freezing solution. Results of 230Th/U dating indicate that samples with a large surface area relative to the sample volume are systematically more affected by contamination with 230Th0. By fitting isochrons to these results, we test whether the CCCs in a patch formed during the same freezing event, and demonstrate that (230Th/232Th)0 can deviate substantially from the bulk-earth-derived value and can also vary between the different CCC patches. Where CCCs display elevated 230Th0, isochrons are a useful tool to constrain
(230Th/232Th)0 and obtain ages with improved accuracy. Detritus absorbed to the crystal surface is shown to be the most likely
source of 230Th0. Our results suggest that some previously published CCC ages may merit re-assessment, and we provide suggestions on how to approach future dating efforts.
Improving scalability of Earth System Models through coarse-grained component concurrency – a case study with the ICON v2.6.5 modeling system
Authors: Linardakis Leonidas , Stemmler Irene , Hanke Moritz , Ramme Lennart , Chegini Fatemeh , Ilyina Tatiana , Korn Peter
Published: September 2022

Abstract. In the era of exascale computing, machines with unprecedented computing power are available. Making efficient use of these massively parallel machines, with millions of cores, presents a new challenge. Multi-level and multi-dimensional parallelism will be needed to meet this challenge. Coarse-grained component concurrency provides an additional parallelism dimension, that complements typically used parallelization methods such as domain-decomposition and loop level shared memory approaches. The novel aspect is that component concurrency is a function parallel technique, while these parallelization methods are data parallel techniques. This additional dimension of parallelism allows us to extend scalability beyond the limits set by the established parallelization techniques. Furthermore, concurrency allows each component to run on different hardware, and thus leveraging the usage of heterogeneous hardware configurations. We study the characteristics of component concurrency and analyse its behaviour in a general context. These generic considerations are complemented by an analysis of a specific case, namely the coarse-grained concurrency in the multi-level parallelism context of two components of the ICON modeling system: the ICON ocean model ICON-O and the marine biogeochemistry model HAMOCC. The additional computational cost incurred by the biogeochemistry module is about three times that of the ICON-O ocean stand alone model, and traditional parallelization techniques present a scaling limit that impedes the computational performance of the combined ICON-O-HAMOCC model. Scaling experiments, with and without concurrency, show that component concurrency extends the scaling, in cases doubling the parallel efficiency. The experiments’ scaling results are in agreement with the theoretical analysis.
Brief communication: Impact forecasting could substantially improve the emergency management of deadly floods: case study July 2021 floods in Germany
Authors: Apel Heiko , Vorogushyn Sergiy , Merz Bruno
Published: September 2022

Abstract. Floods affect more people than any other natural hazard; thus flood warning and disaster management are of utmost importance. However, the operational hydrological forecasts do not provide information about affected areas and impact but only discharge and water levels at gauges. We show that a simple hydrodynamic model operating with readily available data is able to provide highly localized information on the expected flood extent and impacts, with simulation times enabling operational flood warning. We demonstrate that such an impact forecast would have indicated the deadly potential of the 2021 flood in western Germany with sufficient lead time.
Impact of Civic Responsibility on Decision to Vote among Adults
Authors: Nashmena Heeba , Malik Subha , Nadeem Madiha
Published: September 2022

Globally, the engagement of citizens in civic responsibility and politics is considered critical for the nurturance of democratic culture. In this context, this study was conducted to understand the citizens’ attitude toward civic responsibility and the decision to vote along with factors considered influential in determining this attitude. It was a mixed-method study. For a quantitative study, a survey was conducted by collecting data from 300 respondents: 150 from the rural background and 150 from the urban background. Quantitative results revealed that educated respondents belonging to the urban area and falling in the category of high monthly income are more likely to cast vote because according to them their vote can bring change, the vote is their responsibility and vote brings a real representative, whereas uneducated people belonging to the rural falling in the category of the low monthly income group are found more motivated for voting without casting vote. Additionally, the political identity of the candidate tends to influence the voting behavior of adults and it was also seen that age is an important demographic factor in determining the voting trend. Civic responsibility was found positively correlated with a) Reasoning which implies that voting is a responsibility and duty, b) Personal identity of the candidate, and c) Integrity which is the political experience of the candidate. Qualitative analysis of respondents living in urban and rural areas found that vote is a responsibility, people cast votes for the development of the country, and women's empowerment or equal right. However, respondents of both groups, rural and urban found to have a negative perception of politics and barriers to women’s voting. These findings can be used as an important source of information for policymakers to design special policies and initiatives to promote civic responsibility and the right of casting votes for the citizens.
Avaliação do perfil epidemiológico de pacientes portadores de Hanseníase Neural Pura
Authors: Leite Maria Julia Fonseca Lima , Galiza Marianna Sousa Maciel Gualberto de , Andrade Luciene Cipriano de , Neves Luana Lara Farias de Jesus , Santos Amanda  Cordeiro , Araujo Victor de Castro , Barbosa Lorena Cristina Lima , Rezende Edduardo Willker Teixeira de , Pereira Marcus Vinicius da Silva , Rodrigues Paula Athaicy Veras , Ferreira Leobruno Revil Torres , Mendonça Vanessa Lucena Oliveira Lima de , Mota Kawanna Franco , Pavão Ana Helena Lobato Jinkings , Cordeiro Priscilla Leite , Moreira Isabela Maria Mesquita , Marinho Rafaella Pereira , Castro Kaline dos Santos Kishishita , Barros Cecília Rafaela Hortegal Andrade , Goedel Vanessa , Silva Marcos Davi Pereira Alves , Veras Alayce Mirelly Noronha Mota , Penna Eduardo Martins , Coutinho Neto Luiz Miguel , Rodrigues Celijane Melo , Carmo Monique Santos do
Published: September 2022

A Hanseníase é uma doença infectocontagiosa transmitida pelo bacilo de Hansen e que possui apresentação clínica diversa. Dentre elas, destaca-se a Hanseníase Neural Pura (HNP) que é caracterizada pelo acometimento neural sem que o paciente apresente lesões na pele. O estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes com diagnóstico de hanseníase neural pura nos serviços de referência do município de São Luís (MA). Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, observacional e retrospectivo realizado a partir de pesquisa de prontuários registrados de pacientes com diagnóstico de HNP no período de janeiro a dezembro de 2019 nos Centros de Referência Hospital Aquiles Lisboa, Centro de Saúde de Fátima e Centro de Saúde Genésio Rego. Foram diagnosticados 28 casos de pacientes com hanseníase neural pura, dos quais 53,58% pertenciam ao gênero masculino, 32,15% pertenciam à faixa etária relativa a > 30 anos e > 60 anos (cada), e 39,28 % possuíam apenas Ensino Fundamental Incompleto. A partir da análise de dados, foi possível concluir que a HNP é hiperendêmica no Maranhão, o que reflete a importância da necessidade de realização de campanhas preventivas dessa patologia principalmente nas camadas mais pobres da população.
Product Design Bluetooth Speaker Corncob Raw Material
Authors: ghifari mufti , Masri Andry
Published: September 2022

The research conducted in this journal continues from the process of previous design projects from “the Matching Fund” platform Kedaireka 2021 program that held by ITENAS, which is the utilization of corncob waste in Rancakalong village, Sumedang into products that have a selling value. The opportunities that are obtained from the exploration of corncob waste are very wide, one of the opportunities that can be done is to implement corncob waste into bluetooth speaker products. This design is designed through a production process using a lamination technique and also utilizing the characteristics of the corncob, namely the bending technique. This product also compromises the value of the novelty offered with the factors of production in order to obtain real costs as the basis for obtaining a reasonable selling price. The method used in this design is design literacy. At the end of the research, the output is a prototype of a bluetooth speaker product. The novelty of this research is the use of corn cobs as the main material and the use of bending techniques in the product manufacturing process.
ASSESSING THE CONTRIBUTION OF PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN
Authors:   National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, Pakistan., Batool Zakia , Haroon Muhammad ,   National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, Pakistan., Sohail Muhammad ,   Bacha Khan University Charsadda (BKUC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
Published: September 2022

The growing income inequalities along with lack of access to education and health in developing economies have resulted in economic and social restlessness which eventually shifted the attention of policymakers from growth objectives to inclusive economic development. This study constructs an index for inclusive development using UNDP’s (2011) human development index approach. Furthermore, this study analyzes the role of the financial and physical infrastructure to fight against disparities in income distribution and providing access to education and health thereby enabling the economy to move along the road that leads to inclusive development. The findings of this paper imply that physical infrastructure and financial development positively affect inclusive development. Thus, there is a need to promote investment in financial services and physical infrastructure to foster inclusive economic development. Keywords: Physical Infrastructure, Financial Issue, Inclusive development, Pakistan.
TRANSFORMATION OF LEADERSHIP PARADIGM IN BALOCHISTAN: A CASE STUDY OF BALOCH LED MILITANT GROUPS IN POST 2004 PERIOD
Authors:   Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad.Pakistan, Shah Muhammad Waseem , Mahsud Muhammad Irfan ,   Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad.Pakistan
Published: September 2022

Balochistan is resources rich and an important province of Pakistan in the context of geostrategic location. Its location occupies key role in China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which is known to be a game changer. Unfortunately, Balochistan has remained center stage for militancy and conflicts since the inception of Pakistan primarily because of its porous international boundaries with Iran and Afghanistan, deprivation and flawed government policies. There are roughly five insurgencies since 1948 till to date. The first four were initiated by ruling family of Kalat and Baloch chieftains, asking their tribesmen to pick up arms against government of Pakistan. The latest row of armed conflict started in 2004 and is still present in shape of terrorist attacks, making it the longest and most broadly extended insurgency. Primary data in the form of 20 semi structured interviews and secondary sources are used to address the research question using qualitative methodology. Relative Deprivation Theory is used to study the transition in leadership of militant groups. The findings of the study indicate that Concept of Leadership as a person can still be seen in political elite of Balochistan. But, as far as the militant groups are concerned, transition in leadership occurred from Baloch tribal heads to the middleclass Baloch educated youth due to genuine grievances and foreign interference. Government has managed to bring considerable level of peace but still it is a negative peace until the root causes are addressed. Keywords: Balochistan, Deprivation, Insurgency, Baloch, tribal leadership.
Computational and Experimental Insights in Design and Development of Aceclofenac Co-Crystals
Authors: Hasmukh Mehta Chetan , Pooja Srinivas Poojary , SB Anusha , Fathy Mahany Kirollos Bahaa , Koteshwara KB , Yogendra Nayak Usha
Published: September 2022

The present study is aimed at the design and development of aceclofenac co-crystals. Co-crystallization is one of the important techniques which helps to enhance the aqueous solubility of drugs by modifying the crystal structure using incorporation of the co-former into the formulation.. In the present study, supramolecular synthon approach and computational grid scan methods were used for the co-former selection. The different co-formers such as oxalic acid (OA), succinic acid (SA), maleic acid (MA), and benzoic acid (BA) were used. Aceclofenac (ACF) co-crystals were prepared by solvent evaporation and dry grinding method. Based on the computational results and experimental saturation solubility studies, maleic acid was considered as the suitable co-former for the preparation. The solid-state characterization showed partial conversion of ACF crystallinity to the amorphization as evident from the decrease in peak intensity and the number of peaks. The co-crystals showed increased aqueous solubility of ACF and higher drug release in basic pH. All the characterization parameters proved the co-crystal formation and the in vitro release studies showed that the solubility enhancement of the ACF by preparing ACF-MA co-crystals. Thus, it can be concluded that co-crystallization is one of the novel method for improving the bioavailability of aceclofenac.
PUBLIC AWARENESS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PREVENTIVE ACTIVITY OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN BULGARIA
Authors:   Clinic of Vascular Surgery and Angiology, UMHAT ", Cholakov Anastas ,   St. George",   - Plovdiv, Bulgaria., Yaneva Rumyana ,   Department Health Economics, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University - Sofia, Bulgaria.
Published: September 2022

This study aimed to determine the public awareness of the implementation of cardiovascular disease prevention activities in Bulgaria. Material and methods: - Sociological method - a sociological survey by the method of an individual anonymous questionnaire - Statistical methods - method for the statistical study of relationships - Classification trees - Comprehensive CHAID - Graphical method to illustrate the results obtained. - Analytical method to analyze and evaluate the collected information Results: This article presents the results of a research related to the classification of the studied signs by the method of "Classification trees" according to two factors - “age" and "monthly income". Relationships between the signs have been studied, and dependencies between them have been discovered. Conclusions are made based on the analysis about the level of public awareness about the implementation of preventive activities of cardiovascular diseases in Bulgaria. Conclusion: The prevention of cardiovascular diseases has the main goal of eradicating premature mortality and morbidity from CVDs and prolonging the life expectancy of the nation, which is worth the effort and resources.Moreover, these efforts need to be made in a much broader context, where sectors outside the health system have a serious and even predominant role in shaping public health.
Stability, Boundedness, and Square Integrability of Solutions of Neutral Fourth-Order Differential Equations
Authors: Rahmane Mebrouk , Remili Moussadek , D. Oudjedi. Linda
Published: September 2022

The purpose of this paper is to establish a new result, which guarantees the asymptotic stability and boundedness of the zero solution and the square integrability of solutions and their derivatives to neutral type nonlinear differential equations of fourth-order. We illustrate our results by an example at the end of the paper.
On Parameter Estimation by Aggregated Poisson Observations
Authors: Accrachi Elhadji Ousseynouu , Aidara Cherif Ahmat Tidiane , Dabye Ali S.
Published: September 2022

We consider the problem of parameter estimation by the observations of inhomogeneous Poisson processes. The intensity function of the process is supposed to be a smooth function with respect to the unknown parameter. We propose a Chi-square statistic on the base of agregated observations and we define a Minimum Chi-square Estimator with the help of this statistics. We show this that estimator is consistent and asymptotically normal. We discuss possible generalizations of the obtained results.
Kết quả sống thêm ở bệnh nhân ung thu vú bộ ba âm tính tái phát di căn hóa trị phác đồ Gemcitabine-Carboplatin
Authors: Đức Lê Thanh , Lập Bùi Thành
Published: September 2022

Nghiên cứu mô tả hồi cứu có theo dõi dọc nhằm mục tiêu đánh giá đặc điểm lâm sàng, cận lâm sàng cũng như thời gian sống thêm của bệnh nhân ung thư vú bộ ba âm tính tái phát di căn được hóa trị phác đồ gemcitabine-carboplatin tại Bệnh viện K từ tháng 01/2014 tới tháng 12/2021. Kết quả cho thấy trong 52 bệnh nhân nghiên cứu, tuổi trung bình ở thời điểm tái phát, di căn là 48,7 ± 10,2 tuổi. Thời gian tái phát di căn trung bình là 18,2 tháng. Tỷ lệ đáp ứng chung của phác đồ là 46,2%; trong đó 9,6% đáp ứng hoàn toàn, đáp ứng 1 phần là 36,6%, bệnh giữ nguyên là 17,3%. Trung vị thời gian sống thêm bệnh không tiến triển là 6,0 ± 1,0 tháng (KTC 95%: 4,0 - 7,9) và thời gian sống thêm toàn bộ 12,0 ± 1,8 tháng (KTC 95%: 8,5 - 15,5). Như vậy phác đồ đem lại hiệu quả cao, do đó có thể áp dụng áp dụng rộng rãi trong thực hành lâm sàng.
Viêm âm đạo không đặc hiệu và một số yếu tố liên quan
Authors: Hoa Đào Thị , Nguyệt Đặng Thị Minh , Hảo Đỗ Văn , Hà Hoàng Thu , Anh Nguyễn Vân
Published: September 2022

Nghiên cứu mô tả cắt ngang với phương pháp phỏng vấn, khám phụ khoa và nhuộm soi dịch tiết âm đạo được tiến hành nhằm tìm hiểu một số yếu tố liên quan đến viêm âm đạo không đặc hiệu ở phụ nữ đến khám tại Bệnh viện Phụ sản Trung ương. Kết quả: Đa số phụ nữ mắc viêm âm đạo không đặc hiệu ở độ tuổi từ 19 đến 39, sống ở nông thôn, có thu nhập từ trung bình trở xuống, có trình độ học vấn ở mức phổ thông và là lao động đơn giản/ công nhân.Các yếu tố liên quan đến viêm âm đạo không đặc hiệu được chia thành 2 nhóm là thói quen vệ sinh và hành vi tình dục. Hai yếu tố nguy cơ làm tăng khả năng mắc bệnh là rửa bộ phận sinh dục ngoài bằng cách ngâm vào bồn, chậu và tránh thai bằng dụng cụ tử cung. Hai yếu tố bảo vệ làm giảm nguy cơ mắc bệnh là được nhân viên y tế hướng dẫn vệ sinh sinh dục và tránh thai bằng bao cao su. Các yếu tố không liên quan đến bệnh gồm: Vệ sinh sinh dục trước và sau giao hợp, thụt rửa sâu trong âm đạo và có từ 2 bạn tình trở lên.
Tác dụng hạ glucose máu của giảo cổ lam quả dẹt trên chuột nhắt đái tháo đường typ 2
Authors: Thuỷ Đinh Thị Thanh , Anh Phạm Thị Vân , Huyền Phạm Thanh , Kỳ Phạm Thanh , Hà Nguyễn Thị Thanh
Published: September 2022

Giảo cổ lam là một cây thuốc quý, có nhiều tác dụng dược lý đã được công nhận, bao gồm tác dụng hạ glucose máu. Giảo cổ lam có rất nhiều loài khác nhau, ở Việt Nam hiện có 6 loài đã được phát hiện, trong đó Gynostemma compressum X.X. Chen & D.R. Liang (Giảo cổ lam quả dẹt) vẫn chưa được nghiên cứu. Đề tài nhằm đánh giá tác dụng hạ glucose máu của Giảo cổ lam quả dẹt trên chuột nhắt đái tháo đường typ 2, được thực hiện trên chuột nhắt đái tháo đường typ 2 gây bởi chế độ ăn béo 8 tuần kết hợp STZ. Các thuốc nghiên cứu gồm có: STZ tiêm màng bụng liều 100mg/kg thể trọng, uống gliclazid 80mg/kg thể trọng, Giảo cổ lam quả dẹt 0,96g/kg/ngày và 2,88g/kg/ngày uống liên tục 2 tuần. Giảo cổ lam quả dẹt cả 2 liều có tác dụng hạ glucose máu và giảm tổn thương cấu trúc gan, tụy trên chuột đái tháo đường sau 2 tuần uống thuốc.
Đặc điểm khối tế bào gốc phân lập từ tủy xương tự thân hỗ trợ điều trị bệnh teo đường mật bẩm sinh
Authors: Bình Nguyễn Thanh , Hiền Phạm Duy , Hoa Nguyễn Phạm Anh , Điển Trần Minh , Khang Hoàng Tuấn , Ngọc Nguyễn Bảo , Phương Hà Thị , Minh Lê Đức , Hà Đặng Thị , Nghiêm Lương Thị , Duyên Nguyễn Thị
Published: September 2022

Teo đường mật bẩm sinh là một trong những nguyên nhân phổ biến nhất gây vàng da kéo dài ở trẻ sơ sinh. Điều trị bệnh còn khó khăn và tiên lượng thường xấu. Nghiên cứu được thực hiện với mục tiêu mô tả đặc điểm khối tế bào gốc phân lập từ dịch tủy xương hỗ trợ điều trị bệnh teo đường mật bẩm sinh ở trẻ em. Phương pháp nghiên cứu mô tả cắt ngang trên 30 bệnh nhân chẩn đoán teo đường mật bẩm sinh được điều trị phẫu thuật Kasai kết hợp với truyền tế bào gốc tủy xương tự thân trong mổ tại Bệnh viện Nhi Trung ương. Kết quả cho thấy, khối tế bào gốc tủy xương tự thân có tổng tế bào có nhân và tế bào đơn nhân trung bình lần lượt là 0,88 ± 0,28 × 109 tế bào và 0,51 ± 0,16 ×109 tế bào. Số lượng tế bào gốc tạo máu và tế bào gốc trung mô là 40,32 ± 17,63 × 106 tế bào và 18,2 ± 17,71 × 103 tế bào. Liều truyền tế bào đơn nhân, tế bào gốc tạo máu CD34+ và tế bào gốc trung mô lần lượt là 100 × 106 tế bào/kg cân nặng, 7,38 × 106 tế bào/kg cân nặng và 3,13 × 103 tế bào/kg cân nặng. Các khối tế bào gốc tủy xương tự thân thu được đảm bảo về số lượng, mật độ và liều truyền của các loại tế bào sử dụng trong liệu pháp hỗ trợ điều trị cho bệnh nhân teo đường mật bẩm sinh.
The Effect of Business Incubator Graduation Policy towards the Performance of Entrepreneurs in the Early Start-Up Companies in Malaysia with the Moderating Effect of Risk-taking Propensity
Authors: Jimainal Mohd Noor Hidayat , Hassan Ramraini Ali , Kalimin Khairiah Mazdiah , Ansar Rudy , Chekima Brahim , Fook Lim Ming
Published: September 2022

The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of business incubator graduation policy on the performance of entrepreneurs in the early start-up companies in Malaysia with the moderating role of risk-taking propensity. The target respondents were entrepreneurs who graduated from business incubator in Sabah, Sarawak, Johor, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Penang. A total of 121 valid questionnaires were used for analysis in this paper. The data were analysed using Partial Least Squares (PLS) within the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) technique. The results show that graduation policy has a significant positive effect on the performance of entrepreneurs in the early start-up companies. However, risk-taking propensity has no moderating role between graduation policy and the performance of entrepreneurs in the early start-up companies in Malaysia. The findings of the study's outputs may serve as guidelines for the Malaysian policy makers and government agencies as well as business incubators to have a better picture of entrepreneurs in business incubators in Malaysia. The results obtained can also be used by other researchers as guidelines for their future research in the same field of study. Discussion and limitation of the study is elaborated further.
LEADERSHIP STYLES OF XI JINPING AND NARENDRA MODI: IMPACT ON THE BORDER ISSUE
Authors:   Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Turkish-Kazakh University, 050004 Almaty, Kazakhstan, MURATBEKOVA Albina
Published: September 2022

Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi are transformative leaders who aspire to leave their names in history. With a strong political portfolio and extensive growth in the economy, they are developing a confident and robust stance towards the role of their country in the global order. The paper aims to analyze the domestic and international strategies of Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi in order to explore the implications of their leadership on the border issue. The paper first explores the theoretical frameworks of leadership studies and their implications for security aspects. Then the contextual and individual characteristics of leaders are assessed. Further, the paper focuses on the foreign policy approaches of both leaders that impact the border issue and prospects for a border settlement. In the conclusion, the author summarizes the possible outcomes of the leaders’ policy on the development of the border issue.
CONTRADICTING HISTORICAL REVISIONIST MEMORY POLITICS, ETHNONATIONAL COLLECTIVISM, AND ANTI-TRANSFORMATION OF CONFLICTS IN FORMER-YUGOSLAVIA
Authors:   Independent scholar/researcher, Bosnia and Herzegovina, HADZIC Faruk ,   faruk.hadzic01@gmail.com
Published: September 2022

The paper analyzes the normative-formative framework that denotes the connection between memory and identity as a crucial origin of conflicts. In addition to concerns about memory politics, historical revisionism and ethnonational identity collectivism, the paper dissolves the connection between phenomena highlighting outcomes of the peace process, transitional justice, and its ethical/moral connotations. The study argues that Western Balkan’s sociopolitical stability depends on declining conflicting and contradictory memory order within radical sociopolitical processes. The revisionist contention memorializes conflicts and wars as the fundamental concept of ethnicity/religion/nation. It overlaps with the neoliberal and neoconservative reduction of all competitive relations, in which only the stronger have the right to existence. Discarding dominant ethnopolitical narratives is essential for conflict transformation and transitional justice for all ethnoreligious communities. The Balkan historical events and conflicting memory (WW2, Yugoslav wars) caused sociopolitical dominion shaping the collective behavior of ethnic groups. The damaging ethnic/religious practice of genocide denial and honoring war crimes within people’s social lives can become a matrix for future conflicts. Placing memory politics with radical populism is a critical condition of collective identity politics in the former Yugoslavia. Scientific rationality can provide a solid path through the anomalies in the form of political ideologies.
Evaluation of occupational exposure to heat stress and working practices in the small and mid-sized manufacturing industries of Lahore, Pakistan
Authors: Butt Muhammad Salman , Kuklane Kalev , Saleem Javeria , Zakar Rubeena , Bukhari Gul Mehar Javaid , Ishaq Muhammad
Published: September 2022

Background: Climate change is evident around the globe causing heat stress as an emerging public health problem for people working in tropical and subtropical areas. Occupational heat stress can impact the health and productivity of small and mid-sized enterprise workers.

Objective: This study aimed to profile the indoor thermal environmental conditions and modify the working practices by recommending the work/rest cycle according to the international organization for standardization 7243.

Study Design: This cross-sectional study design included eight industrial (Iron spare parts manufacturing) small and mid-size enterprises in Lahore, Pakistan. The indoor thermal environment, including globe temperature, natural wet bulb temperature, ambient temperature, relative humidity, and air velocity, were recorded during summer to measure the wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT). Quest heat stress meter (model 2500), modified Testo loggers (177-T4), and EL-USB-2-LCD data loggers were placed at different working stations to measure these thermal environmental parameters. A self-administered questionnaire was used to measure the workers’ demographic characteristics and working practices. The International Organization for Standardization 7243 reference was used to estimate and recommend the work/rest cycle.

Results: 138 workers aged 28.59 ± 10.46 years participated in this study. Continuous work of 8.8 ± 1.5 hours per day with a conventional resting period of 30-60 minutes was recorded on a typical working day. The indoor wet bulb globe temperature ranged from 26.8°C to 36.4°C. The workers were registered for low (72.5%), moderate (18.1%), and high (9.4%) metabolic rates according to the International Organization for Standardization 7243 reference values.

Conclusion: A high wet bulb globe temperature was recorded in the selected small and mid-sized enterprises making these workers vulnerable to heat stress and related illnesses. Work/rest cycle evaluation suggested that the workers were required to improve their cool-down time by avoiding continuous exposure to high temperatures and reducing the metabolic rate.
Rezension von: Röcker, Bernd, Magister Leonhard Engelhard
Authors: Ehmer Hermann , Röcker Bernd
Published: September 2022

Bernd Röcker, Magister Leonhard Engelhard, Lateinschulmeister – humanistischer Dichter – Übersetzer – standhafter Lutheraner (Heimatfreunde Eppingen, Die besondere Reihe 16). Ubstadt-Weiher: verlag regionalkultur 2021. 94 S. ISBN 978-3-95505-244-7. Kart. € 14,90
Rezension von: Bacher, Frederick, Oberbürgermeister Franz Konrad
Authors: Königstein Rolf , Bacher Frederick
Published: September 2022

Frederick Bacher, Oberbürgermeister Franz Konrad. Aspekte der Verwaltungsgeschichte der Stadt Schwäbisch Gmünd im Nationalsozialismus (Veröffentlichungen des Stadtarchivs Schwäbisch Gmünd, Bd. 15). Schwäbisch Gmünd: Einhorn Verlag 2020. 144 S. ISBN 978-3-95747-107-9. € 18,–
Ulus Meslek Yüksekokulu Mezunlarının Çalışma Durumlarının Belirlenmesi ve Mesleki Eğitime İlişkin Görüşlerinin Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: Yıldız Damla , Açıkel Ayşenur
Published: September 2022

Bu çalışmanın amacı; Ulus Meslek Yüksekokulu (UMYO)’ndan 2013-2020 yılları arasında mezun olan öğrencilerin çalışma durumlarının belirlenmesi ve istihdamlarını etkileyen faktörlerin değerlendirilmesi yoluyla mezun profilinin ortaya konmasıdır. Çalışmada örnekleme yoluna gidilmemiş ve 456 mezun öğrencinin tamamına ulaşılmaya çalışılmıştır. Çalışmanın verileri, araştırmacılar tarafından oluşturulan anket formu aracılığıyla telefonla anket yöntemi kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Mezunların %51,9’u da 1 yıl içinde çalışmaya başlamıştır. Mevcut çalışma durumları değerlendirildiğinde ise %62’sinin farklı sektörlerde çalıştığı ve %38’inin de çalışmadığı bulunmuştur. Çalışan mezunların sadece %27’si kendi bölümüyle ilgili işte çalışmaktadır. Buna rağmen öğrencilerin %91’i bölümde aldıkları eğitimden memnun kaldıklarını ifade etmişlerdir. Elde edilen bulgulardan UMYO’da verilen mesleki eğitimin kalitesinin arttırılmasına destek olmak ve UMYO mezunlarının iş hayatında tercih edilebilirliğini yükseltmek için öğretim programlarının güncellenmesine yönelik öneriler geliştirilmiştir. Ayrıca bu çalışmanın verileri ile UMYO’dan mezun olacak öğrencilere iş hayatıyla ilgili bilgiler verebilecek mezun bilgi sisteminin oluşturulmasına katkıda bulunulmuştur.
Dijital Tasarım Çağında Doğaçlama Yaparak Öğrenmek
Authors: ULUSAVAŞ Mert , GÜRER Ethem
Published: September 2022

Charrette, 1800'lü yıllara dayanan, halen sanat ve mimarlık okullarında yaygın olan bir eğitim yöntemidir. Doğaçlama ve brikolaj üzerine kurulu hızlı tempolu bir eskiz oturumudur. Charretteler son yıllarda farklı formlar alıp, daha farklı anlamlar ifade etmeye başladı. Yeni Charrette, çeşitli katılımcılar tarafından gerçekleştirilen, proje vizyonunu tanımlamak ve tasarım sürecini yüksek bir ivmeyle başlatmak için işbirlikli tasarımın ilk aşamalarında uygulanan bir Beyin Fırtınası metodudur. Bu çalışma, hesaplamalı tasarımı, yeni Charrettelerin tasarımın erken evresinde Beyin Fırtınası ve eski Charrettelerin doğaçlama yönleriyle harmanlayan Hesaplamalı Charretteleri sunmaktadır. Hesaplamalı Charretteler genellikle gerçekleştirilmesi zor olan işbirlikli hesaplamalı us yürütme için bir araç olarak hizmet ederken, spontaneliğe, yaratıcılığa, deneyselliğe ve üretkenliğe teşvik edebilir. Doğaçlamalar, düşünme ve yapma eyleminin bir arada yapılmasıyla gerçekleştiği için Dewey' in “yaparak öğrenme” öğretisiyle bağlantılıdır. Bu çalışmada “yaparak öğrenme” ve hesaplamalı tasarımın bir araya gelebileceği Hesaplamalı Charrettelerin temel tasarım eğitimi stüdyolarının bir parçası olabileceğini öneriyoruz. Doğaçlamalar, anda ve performans içinde gerçekleştiği için fenomenolojik kuram ile yakından ilişkilidir. Hesaplamalı Charretteler, pragmatik ve deneysel yapısıyla beraber techné ve teknoloji ile ilişkilendiğinden dolayı post-fenomenolojik bir kuram üzerinden Hesaplamalı Charretteleri tartışmak daha doğrudur. Teorimize göre, Hesaplamalı Charrette ortamını dijital ortamda etkin bir şekilde tasarlayabilmek ve gerçekleştirebilmek için doğaçlamaların post-fenomenolojik yapısını incelemek gerekir. Bu araştırma, doğaçlamaların post-fenomenolojik çerçevesi üzerinden, doğaçlama ve Beyin Fırtınası temelli Charretteleri hesaplamalı tasarımla bir araya getirebilecek ortam için kuramsal bir çerçeve çizmeyi ve bu kuramsal çerçevede Hesaplamalı Charrettelerin temel tasarım eğitimine katkılarını incelemeyi hedeflemektedir.
Nursing leadership – major difficulties and opportunities
Authors: Dadheech Surendra
Published: September 2022

Recognizing the elements of nursing leadership is crucial to ensuring a secure future for nurse leaders who can influence outcomes for healthcare workers and patients. Health care managers’ leadership behaviors can have a beneficial or bad impact on the outcomes for organizations, providers, and ultimately, patients. The purpose of this research is to undertake a detailed check of the interdisciplinary literature to identify factors that influence nursing leadership and the efficiency of intervention strategies in assisting nurses to develop these skills. The nursing field is quite well to prepare, adapt, and take the initiative in these times of deep change and through the impending anticipated changes in the healthcare environment. Nurse leadership is crucial for accurate data collection. To enhance nursing patient care, nursing requires leaders that are very creative in their thinking. These leaders must be able to connect various pieces of information that at first glance appear unconnected and test out new strategies.
study on existence of labour welfare and safety measures (LW&SM) and the level of satisfaction among the workers in engineering and manufacturing company in Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu
Authors: Kumuthavalli T. , Anbazhagan S.
Published: September 2022

Labour has a significant influence in a country's national economy. When a nation's labour force is combined, it provides glory to the country. Therefore, the process of utilising a labour force must be streamlined and regulated in order to maximise the output. Any organization's HR management includes Labour Welfare and Safety Measure programs and procedures to achieving its objectives. This will eventually increase the organization's productivity. Employees’ attitudes reflect in their work commitment and in a same way work commitment replicates Job Satisfaction and companies’ profit. However, labour welfare should satiate the demands of work in addition to enhancing workers' quality of life and also help the company to run more effectively. By indirectly lessening the strain on their finances, it also raises the standard of living for workers. Automatically the Raising standard fulfils the needs of the workers, only then they can fully concentrate on Work and the related processes. Given this, labour welfare is crucial to the nation's industrial, economic, and social development. The current study emphasises the availability of specific labour and safety welfare measures in engineering and manufacturing firms in Tiruchirappallli District. 150 samples in total were gathered.
Evaluation of the efficiency of a motorcycle-specific pausing area at the traffic signals on the urban road
Authors: Jantosut Piyanat , Tankasem Phongphan , Chaipanha Wuttikrai , Promraksa Thanapol , Kaewwichian Patiphan , Kaewkluengklom Rattanaporn
Published: September 2022

The objective of this research was to evaluate the efficiency of the motorcycle-specific pausing zone under the Bike Box Project (BBP). This zone is designated at the very front of the waiting line for the traffic light. The indicators used to measure the efficiency comprised the lost time when starting up at the beginning of the green light, the change of the proportion of the motorcycle pausing points, the accident statistics, and the worthiness for investment. Two intersections in urban areas were used for the analyses and evaluation, which were carried out to compare between the period prior to and after the project began. The study indicated that after the project began, the start-up lost time could be reduced by roughly 31-46% during peak hours, with approximately 73-78% of motorcycles pausing in the green zone (Bike Box Zone). The number and severity of the traffic accidents after 1-year of BBP implementation significantly decreased. The results of the study showed the efficiency of traffic management, safety, and worthiness for investment. It is thus appropriate to extend the project to other areas in the country and abroad, especially in urban areas where motorcycles are greatly used.
The Rights of Religious Minorities in Muslim-Majority States: A Comparative Study of Egyptian Copts and Iraqi Christians
Authors: Aalouane Fouad , Rebbouj Ahmed
Published: September 2022

This paper takes up the constitutional recognition of individual and collective rights for religious minorities in Muslim-majority states, discussing how constitutions in such states approach the question of legal protection for minorities in order to foster a climate conducive to coexistence between its constituent religious groups. It also examines the claims that Arab and Islamic states deny religious diversity, offering a comparative analytical study of the rights of Copts under the 2014 Egyptian constitution and the rights of Iraqi Christian minorities under the 2005 constitution. The study concludes that the constitutional provisions for the protection of the rights of religious minorities in these two states are relatively progressive compared to the constitutions of other Islamic states. This is particularly true of the Iraqi constitution, which generally has a better approach to the protections offered religious minorities than its Egyptian counterpart, especially when it comes to combatting discrimination and providing for political participation. Nevertheless, the study asserts that the real problem lies in the application of constitutional provisions on the ground due to the failure of the two states, particularly Egypt, to institute explicit procedural measures to guarantee genuine protection for minority religious rights.
A Survey on Visual Simultaneously Localization and Mapping
Authors: Zhang Zijie , Zeng Jing
Published: September 2022

Visual simultaneous localization and mapping (VSLAM) is an important branch of intelligent robot technology, which refers to the use of cameras as the only external sensors to achieve self-localization in unfamiliar environments while creating environmental maps. The map constructed by slam is the basis for subsequent robots to achieve autonomous positioning, path planning and obstacle avoidance tasks. This paper introduces the development of visual Slam at home and abroad, the basic methods of visual slam, and the key problems in visual slam, and discusses the main development trends and research hotspots of visual slam.
Problems and Countermeasures of Green Finance Development under the Goal of "Double Carbon" in China
Authors: Chu Yan , Zhou Zejiong
Published: September 2022

As a responsible country, China actively participates in Global Climate Governance and proposes the "double carbon" goal. From the perspective of finance, this paper first analyzes the international and domestic situation, research significance, opportunities and challenges faced by the "double carbon" goal. Then, it analyzes the connotation, development status and existing problems of green finance. Finally, the paper expounds the countermeasures and measures of green finance in the process of the development and achievement of the "double carbon" goal.
Design and Application of Logistics Robot based on RPA
Authors: Zhang Zehua , Huang Ziheng
Published: September 2022

In the logistics management process, tedious and repetitive tasks are very common, which is inseparable from a large number of manual data entry and processing of a large number of orders to complete the daily logistics workflow. The work of entering data and processing orders takes a lot of time and high repetition. The application of RPA robot (Robotic Process Automation) is particularly important, which can reduce a lot of labor cost and time cost, improve accuracy, and is of great significance for logistics management. This paper designs a RPA robot framework for logistics management, which is directly used in the development tool Uibot Creator. Developers carry out the second development on the basis of this framework, which can simplify the development process, improve the efficiency of development, save project preparation time, and improve the efficiency of logistics operation and management. The core functions of the framework include logistics web portal framework, logistics information capture, input, logistics documents, mail automation and other frameworks. Finally, the designed Robotic Process Automation framework is applied to the logistics management process to verify the effect of the optimization.
The Influence of Popular Science Short Video on the Cognitive Construction of Minors in Remote Mountainous Areas in China
Authors: Ma Weimin
Published: September 2022

With the comprehensive advancement of Chinese Internet infrastructure construction, the gap between urban and rural netizens has gradually narrowed, and the penetration of the Internet into minors in remote mountainous areas has gradually increased. In recent years, short video platforms, the number of users, and the number of works have exploded. Popular science videos, as an important branch of short videos, provide young people in remote areas with a window into science, narrowing the “knowledge gap” of urban and rural minors. The supervision and review of the content of short videos cannot be adapted in a timely manner. Under the trend of "flow monetization", people with ulterior motives rely on vulgar and marginal content to win the public's attention, and at the same time, minors in remote mountainous areas cannot correctly judge short videos of popular science. The quality of the content and the lack of timely and appropriate supervision are not conducive to the growth of minors in remote mountainous areas and the shaping of their outlook on life, values, and world outlook. By sorting out and analyzing the cognitive construction of minors in remote mountainous areas through the dissemination of popular science short videos, this paper proposes corresponding solutions from three aspects: society, school and family, and expects to contribute little to the solution of the problem.
Art and Society: Chu Teh-Chun and the Encounter in the Art Field
Authors: Meng Lijun
Published: September 2022

Through the process of "being" discovered in the modern art field by Chinese-American academician Chu Teh-chun, this paper finds that the development of modern Chinese art presents a different orientation from the Western "aesthetic autonomy": at the level of reception, the art field is influenced by the political and economic fields; in terms of artistic creation, Chu Teh-chun insists on the "fusion of East and West" and resolves the contradiction between the "aesthetic autonomy" and the social contextualization of Western art sociology in a transcendent way. In his artistic creation, Chu Teh-chun insists on the idea of "integration of East and West", resolving the contradiction between "aesthetic self-discipline" and social contextualization in Western art sociology in a transcendent way. The complete and independent personality of Chinese artists makes the art field different from the traditional art field: Chinese artists still influence the development of the art field in a two-way interaction through the use of unique mediators.
Design and Practice of Linux Curriculum Reform Based on PBL And Its Ideological and Political Teaching
Authors: Luo Dongmei
Published: September 2022

In order to solve the problems of the low teaching quality of Linux operating system courses, the disconnection between the teaching content and the needs of enterprises, and the difficulty in effectively integrating the ideological and political content, this paper takes the course "Linux Principles and Applications" as the research object, reflects on the current teaching status and refers to the teaching objectives, and proposes Taking the PBL teaching method as the core, highlighting the project orientation, moisturizing things silently into the ideological and political education, and a student-oriented teaching model. Divide project tasks according to course knowledge points, run them through the entire learning process, build a teaching system that integrates course projects with ideology and politics, and effectively cultivate students' practical ability, innovation ability, professional quality and positive and optimistic psychological quality. Selecting the 15 experimental class and 16 control class of software engineering major in a private application-oriented university to form a comparison, and using SPSS 22 software to analyze the pre- and post-test scores of the experimental class and the control class, the results show that the curriculum based on the PBL teaching method is adopted. The learning effect of students in the ideological and political teaching mode has been significantly improved.