bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
INTEGRATED SCIENCE EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Authors: Ponomariovienė Jovita
Published: January 2022

Nowadays teachers always seek for new ways and methods to raise a creative, motivated individual, who is always willing to learn new things. That brings teachers to an ongoing issue – lack of student motivation. Traditional teaching methods became ineffective with the new generation. To them, all the lessons look the same, boring, and plain, and that’s why teachers have to find new methods, activities, tools to motivate the students to be active, to indulge in the activities and keep their focus throughout all of the lesson. One of the ways to motivate the students is integrated education. The main axis of integration could be science education. A variety of school subjects can be integrated with science education, such as Lithuanian language, mathematics, English, etc. This analysis provides some examples of how, by integrating the Lithuanian language and science lessons, students could be taught to write descriptions, to spell prefixes and proper nouns, and verbal tenses. The integration of mathematics and science could serve to teach students the units of measurement and basics of statistics through research, experiments, and measuring activities. Integration of English provides students with an opportunity to learn the scientific concepts not only in Lithuanian, but also in English. In science education lessons, teachers strive to provide students with the basics of competencies, knowledge, and skills needed to get to know themselves and the world around them. By working with the content of several school subjects at the same time, students acquire a holistic approach, while lesson topics are explored in greater depth. Keywords: motivation, integrated education, science education, lessons.
Lidl bündelt Nonfood-Logistik
Authors: Bökamp Lena
Published: January 2022

Aus einem Mega-Verteilzentrum heraus versorgt Discounter Lidl künftig die europäischen Ländergesellschaften mit einer Vielzahl an Nonfood-Artikeln.
Determinación de parámetros óptimos de tostado de semilla de copoazú (Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd ex Spreng) Schum) para la obtención de licor o pasta
Authors: Cajo-Pinche María , Díaz-Viteri Javier
Published: January 2022

El copoazú es uno de los cultivos de mayor importancia en Madre de Dios, departamento con mayor producción; la semilla de copoazú sirve de materia prima para chocolate de copoazú. Siendo una operación importante el tostado; etapa en la cual se desarrollan aroma, color y sabor del chocolate. Por ello es importante definir la temperatura y el tiempo óptimo de tostado de la semilla de copoazú. Se utilizó semillas con índices de fermentación bien fermentados 80% estas fueron sometidas a proceso de tostado utilizando tres temperaturas de 110 °C, 120 °C y 130 °C por tiempos de tostado de 20 min, 30 min y 40 min, aplicando un diseño experimental completamente al azar (DCA) con arreglo factorial 3 x 3, siendo los factores: la temperatura de tostado y los niveles tiempos de exposición al tostado, la pasta de copoazú fue evaluada por un panel entrenado de APPCACAO. Se evaluó los atributos de olor, acidez, amargor, astringencia, sabor y aroma, limpieza, postgusto, obteniendo puntuaciones de los atributos desde 41 a 60; bajo el tratamiento de 130 °C x 20 min ocurre una significancia de 95%. El mejor tratamiento de tostado es de 130 °C x 20 min ya que así se obtiene un puntaje de 60 sobre 100 respecto a los atributos del licor de copoazú; asimismo, este licor de copoazú tiene las siguientes características proximales: humedad: 1.66, proteína: 9.33, grasa: 56.40, ceniza: 1.45, fibra: 2.72, carbohidratos: 2916 y cadmio: 0.009.
Identificação de Ações Discricionárias do Gestor em Cooperativas de Crédito: Uma aplicação da Lei de Benford
Authors: Theodoro Ricardo , Bonacim Carlos Alberto Grespan , De Moura Costa Davi Rogério
Published: January 2022

Objetivo: Investigar se a Lei de Benford poderia ser uma ferramenta que contribuiria para o aprimoramento do processo de supervisão das cooperativas pelo Banco Central do Brasil (BACEN). Isto é, se sua aplicação aumentaria a assertividade na identificação das cooperativas cujo gestor tem feito escolhas discricionárias que divergem do padrão regulatório. Método: A Lei de Benford foi aplicada a todas as cooperativas de crédito singulares do Brasil, no período 2006 a 2017 - janela com relevante mudança regulatória, para as contas de Receita Operacional, Despesa Operacional, Caixa e Perda Estimada para Clientes/Créditos de Liquidação Duvidosa em diferentes janelas de tempo. Relevância: As evidências discutidas oferecem elementos para aprimoramento de mecanismos de regulação, indicando a possibilidade de os gestores estarem utilizando de seu poder discricionário para influenciar os resultados das cooperativas de crédito singulares.  Resultados: O tempo é um fator importante para o uso da ferramenta. Aplicações em períodos longos não capturam as discricionariedades dos gestores devido as potenciais acomodações das variações ao longo do tempo. A periodicidade anual permite à técnica capturar potenciais ações discricionárias nas contas estudadas. Além disso, a técnica se mostrou consistente para gerar uma lista de cooperativas que deveriam ter um processo de fiscalização e/ou averiguação mais intensa. Ainda, indica que os normativos editados em 2015 contribuíram para reduzir o incentivo ao gerenciamento de resultado e/ou fraude nessas organizações. Contribuições metodológicas: A pesquisa preenche a lacuna na literatura sobre cooperativas de crédito, dado que há poucos estudos sobre a prática de ações discricionárias nestas organizações incluindo escolhas contábeis, gerenciamento de resultados, fraude ou erros. As evidências encontradas podem ser um indício de ajuste das cooperativas de crédito ao padrão do setor em função da adoção das resoluções nº 4.434 e nº 4.454. A Lei de Benford também se mostra útil como ferramenta para seleção de amostras para auditorias, podendo aprimorar o trabalho dos órgãos de fiscalização.
Avaliação de Desempenho sob a Perspectiva da Justiça Organizacional: Revisão e Agenda de Pesquisa
Authors: Silva Maiara Sardá , Ensslin Sandra Rolim , Mendes Alcindo Cipriano Argolo
Published: January 2022

Objetivo: Explorar a literatura acerca da Avaliação de Desempenho (AD) sob a perspectiva da Justiça Organizacional, de forma a colaborar com a construção de conhecimento e com a identificação das lacunas de pesquisa.
Abordagem teórica: Utilizou-se o instrumento Knowledge Development Process-Constructivist para selecionar e analisar, de forma sistematizada e reflexiva, o Portfólio Bibliográfico (PB) representativo do tema.
Resultados: Constatou-se a existência de: uma literatura focada nas consequências para as pessoas, envolvendo variáveis como satisfação e comprometimento; preponderância de estudos que abordam a AD em nível individual; e, carência de investigações sobre as percepções de justiça interpessoal e informacional. Os artigos analisaram, principalmente, os antecedentes e as consequências das percepções de justiça da AD. Dentre as lacunas citam-se a necessidade de desenvolver modelos personalizados ao contexto que integrem as percepções dos quatro fatores de justiça e de cada unidade ou organização; e o desenvolvimento de estudos que envolvam a justiça interpessoal e informacional e as percepções em nível organizacional.
Originalidade/Relevância: O estudo apresenta aspectos das percepções de justiça da AD como fator relevante que influencia comportamentos dos funcionários e aponta as lacunas de pesquisa para evolução do tema.
Contribuições teóricas/metodológicas: Esse estudo contribui cientificamente pois compila artigos reconhecidos e propõe uma agenda de pesquisa com tópicos para futuras investigações.
Contribuições sociais/para a gestão: Os achados contribuem com os gestores ao longo do ciclo de vida de um SAD, ao evidenciar como a percepção de justiça impacta os comportamentos dos funcionários no alcance dos objetivos organizacionais.
Media Exposure to Conspiracy vs. Anti-conspiracy Information. Effects on the Willingness to Accept a COVID-19 Vaccine.
Authors: Buturoiu Raluca , Udrea Georgiana , Dumitrache Alexandru Cristian , Corbu Nicoleta
Published: January 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic opened the doors for a corresponding “infodemic”, associated with various misleading narratives related to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. As the way to stop the pandemic was unveiled, misleading narratives switched from the disease itself to the vaccine. Nevertheless, a rather scarce corpus of literature has approached the effects of these narratives on the willingness to take a vaccine against COVID-19. This study investigates how exposure to conspiracy narratives versus information that counter these narratives influences people’s willingness to get vaccinated. Based on an experimental design, using a sample of Romanian students (N=301), this research shows that exposure to factual information related to COVID-19 vaccines meant to debunk conspiracy theories leads to higher willingness to vaccinate. Furthermore, this study shows that young, educated Romanians consider distant others to be more influenced by conspiracy theories on this topic, and, therefore, more prone to exhibit hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccination.
Bodily Traces: Animal Matter, Historical Books and the ‘Lifelessness’ of Writing
Authors: Spiegelhofer Eva
Published: January 2022

Throughout the medieval and early modern periods in Europe, animal-derived materials were routinely used in book production, and thousands of animals thus left their bodily traces in and on supposedly human cultural artefacts. Acknowledging their presence requires us to rethink how we conceive of life and presence in relation to writing and of animals in relation to textuality. The animals whose remains were turned into books not only embody meaning but their bodies became meaning in the shape of text. This article sets out to follow the material traces of these animals rendered invisible centuries ago to draw attention to the tangible animality of our literary heritage. By raising consciousness for the essential, yet often neglected role other animals played in its creation, my research troubles traditional animal-human and nature-culture binaries, calling for a more nuanced appreciation of animal lives in- and outside (human) texts.
Quantifying vertical wind shear effects in shallow cumulus clouds over Amazonia
Authors: Cecchini Micael Amore , de Bruine Marco , Vilà-Guerau de Arellano Jordi , Artaxo Paulo
Published: January 2022

Abstract. This study analyses and quantifies the effects of vertical wind shear (VWS) on the properties of shallow cumulus cloud fields over Central Amazonia. We perform idealized simulations with high resolution (50 m horizontally, 20 m vertically) using the Dutch Atmospheric Large Eddy Simulation (DALES) model, changing the initial conditions and large scale forcing of VWS. The resulting cloud field is analysed with by applying a cloud tracking algorithm to generate Lagrangian datasets of the lifecycle of individual clouds as well as their time-varying core and margins dimensions. The reference run has no wind speed or directional shear and represents a typical day in the local dry season. Numerical experiments with moderate and high wind speed shear are simulated by adding linear increases in the wind speed of 1.2 m s−1 km−1 and 2.4 m s−1 km−1, respectively. Three additional runs are made by adding 90° wind rotation between the surface and the top of the domain (5 km) on top of the three wind speed shear conditions. We find that clouds developing in a sheared environment have horizontal equivalent diameter increased by up to 100 m on average, but the cloud depth is reduced. Our quantification shows that VWS tends to increase the size of the cloud cores, but reduce its relative area, volume, and mass fractions compared to the overall cloud dimensions. The addition of 2.4 m s−1 km−1 of VWS decreases the relative core area by about 0.03 (about 10 % of the overall average) and its volume and mass ratios by about 0.05 (10 %–25 % in relative terms). Relevant for the cloud transport properties is that the updraught speed (w) and the liquid water content (LWC) are lower within the cores, and consequently the upward mass flux. All quantifications of cloud properties point to the inhibition of convective strength by VWS, therefore hampering the shallow-to-deep transition. However, open questions still remain given that a the individually deepest clouds were simulated under high environmental shear, even though they occur in small numbers. This could indicate other indirect effects of VWS that have opposite effects on cloud development if found to be significant in the future.
Update a biogeochemical model with process-based algorithms to predict ammonia volatilization from fertilized uplands and rice paddy fields
Authors: Li Siqi , Zhang Wei , Zheng Xunhua , Li Yong , Han Shenghui , Wang Rui , Wang Kai , Yao Zhisheng , Liu Chunyan , Zhang Chong
Published: January 2022

Abstract. Accurate simulation of ammonia (NH3) volatilization from fertilized croplands is crucial to enhancing fertilizer-use efficiency and alleviating environmental pollution. In this study, a process-oriented model, CNMM-DNDC (Catchment Nutrient Management Model – DeNitrification-DeComposition), was evaluated and modified using NH3 volatilization observations from 44 and 19 fertilizer application events in cultivated upland areas and paddy rice fields in China, respectively. The original CNMM-DNDC model not only performed poorly in simulating NH3 volatilization from upland areas but also failed to simulate NH3 volatilization from paddy rice fields. In the modified CNMM-DNDC model, the major modifications for simulating NH3 volatilization from uplands were primarily derived from a peer-reviewed and published study. NH3 volatilization from uplands was jointly regulated by the factors of wind speed, soil depth, clay fraction, soil temperature, soil moisture, vegetation canopy, and rainfall-induced canopy wetting. Moreover, three principle modifications were made to simulate NH3 volatilization from paddy rice fields. First, the simulation of the floodwater layer and its pH were added. Second, the effect of algal growth on the diurnal fluctuation of floodwater pH was introduced. Finally, the Jayaweera-Mikkelsen model was introduced to simulate NH3 volatilization. The modified model showed remarkable performances in simulating the cumulative NH3 volatilization of the calibrated and validated cases, with drastically significant zero-intercept linear regression of slopes of 0.94 (R2 = 0.76, n = 40) and 0.98 (R2 = 0.71, n = 23), respectively. However, the volatilized NH3 simulated by the modified model still exhibited some deviation from the observations when deep/mixed-placement, irrigation/precipitation, and prosperous/depressed algal biomass accompanied the fertilizer application events. Future studies still need to solve these problems to further improve the performance of the modified model. Nevertheless, the modified model could provide an available method for developing NH3 emission inventories and reducing environmental pollutions.
BioRT-Flux-PIHM v1.0: a biogeochemical reactive transport model at the watershed scale
Authors: Zhi Wei , Shi Yuning , Wen Hang , Saberi Leila , Ng Gene-Hua Crystal , Sadayappan Kayalvizhi , Kerins Devon , Stewart Bryn , Li Li
Published: January 2022

Abstract. Watersheds are the fundamental Earth surface functioning units that connect the land to aquatic systems. Many watershed-scale models represent hydrological processes but not biogeochemical reactive transport processes. This has limited our capability to understand and predict solute export, water chemistry and quality, and Earth system response to changing climate and anthropogenic conditions. Here we present a recently developed BioRT-Flux-PIHM (BioRT hereafter) v1.0, a watershed-scale biogeochemical reactive transport model. The model augments the previously developed RT-Flux-PIHM that integrates land-surface interactions, surface hydrology, and abiotic geochemical reactions. It enables the simulation of (1) shallow and deep-water partitioning to represent surface runoff, shallow soil water, and deeper groundwater and of (2) biotic processes including plant uptake, soil respiration, and nutrient transformation. The reactive transport part of the code has been verified against the widely used reactive transport code CrunchTope. BioRT-Flux-PIHM v1.0 has recently been applied in multiple watersheds under diverse climate, vegetation, and geological conditions. This paper briefly introduces the governing equations and model structure with a focus on new aspects of the model. It also showcases one hydrology example that simulates shallow and deep-water interactions and two biogeochemical examples relevant to nitrate and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). These examples are illustrated in two simulation modes of complexity. One is the spatially lumped mode (i.e., two land cells connected by one river segment) that focuses on processes and average behavior of a watershed. Another is the spatially distributed mode (i.e., hundreds of cells) that includes details of topography, land cover, and soil properties. Whereas the spatially lumped mode represents averaged properties and processes and temporal variations, the spatially distributed mode can be used to understand the impacts of spatial structure and identify hot spots of biogeochemical reactions. The model can be used to mechanistically understand coupled hydrological and biogeochemical processes under gradients of climate, vegetation, geology, and land use conditions.
Stochastic Generation of Multisite Streamflow for Future Water Resources Vulnerability Assessments: Application over South Korea
Authors: Ji Sukwang , Ahn Kuk-Hyun
Published: January 2022

Abstract. Stochastically generated streamflow time series are increasingly used for various water management and hazard assessment applications. The sequences provide realizations, preserving the temporal and spatial characteristics observed in the historic data. However, the simulations are further desirable to represent nonstationarity to account for past and future interannual oscillations. This study proposes an approach for stochastically generating future multisite daily streamflow to evaluate future water security conditioned on a national-wide relationship between annual daily maximum temperature and annual streamflow. The approach is attractive since it can avoid limitations and uncertainties introduced during realization and bias correction processes for climate model-based rainfall information. Alternatively, this approach relies on high projection skills of temperature variability. While the approach is developed by coupling annual and daily simulations, it includes (1) a wavelet decomposition-based autoregressive simulation to impose the signal of regional climate covariate; (2) clustering-based spatial pattern recognition and simulation; and (3) block bootstrapping and vine copula-based simulation for multisite streamflow simulation. The approach is applied as an example to multiple basins in South Korea. Results show that the generated sequences properly preserve many of the historical characteristics across basins. For future streamflow simulations, significant decreases in streamflow are projected, likely resulting in nontrivial impacts on regional water security. Finally, we conclude with a discussion of possible improvements to further refine the approach.
A two-step merging strategy for incorporating multi-source precipitation products and gauge observations using machine learning classification and regression over China
Authors: Lei Huajin , Zhao Hongyu , Ao Tianqi
Published: January 2022

Abstract. Although many multi-source precipitation products (MSPs) with high spatio-temporal resolution have been extensively used in water cycle research, they are still subject to considerable uncertainties due to the spatial variability of terrain. Effective detection of precipitation occurrence is the key to enhancing precipitation accuracy. This study presents a two-step merging strategy to incorporate MSPs (GSMaP, IMERG, TMPA, PERSIANN-CDR, CMORPH, CHIRPS, and ERA-Interim) and rain gauges to improve the precipitation capture capacity and precipitation intensity simultaneously during 2000–2017 over China. Multiple environment variables and the spatial autocorrelation between precipitation observations are selected as auxiliary variables in the merging process. Three machine learning (ML) classification and regression models, including gradient boosting decision tree (GBDT), extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), and random forest (RF), are adopted and compared. The strategy first employs classification models to identify wet and dry days in warm and cold seasons, then combines regression models to predict precipitation amounts based on wet days. The results are also compared with those of traditional methods, including multiple linear regression (MLR), ML regression models, and gauge-based Kriging interpolation. A total of 1680 (70 %) rain gauges are randomly chosen for model training and 692 (30 %) for performance evaluation. The results show that: (1) The multi-sources merged precipitation products (MSMPs) perform better than original MSPs in detecting precipitation occurrence under different intensities, followed by Kriging. The average Heidke Skill Score (HSS) of MSPs, Kriging, and MSMPs is 0.30–0.69, 0.71, 0.79–0.8, respectively. (2) The proposed method significantly alleviates the bias and deviation of original MSPs in temporal and spatial. The MSMPs strongly correlate with gauge observations with the CC of 0.85. Moreover, the modified Kling-Gupta efficiency (KGE) improves by 17 %–62 % (MSMPs: 0.74–0.76) compared with MSPs (0.34–0.65). (3) The spatial autocorrelation factor (KP) is the most important variable in models, which contributes considerably to improving the model accuracy. (4) The proposed method outperforms MLR and ML regression models, and XGBoost algorithm is more recommended for large-scale data merging owing to its high computational efficiency. This study provides a robust and reliable method to improve the performance of precipitation data with full consideration of multi-source information. This method could be applied globally and produce large-scale precipitation products if rain gauges are available.
Cooperation under conflict: participatory hydrological modeling for science policy dialogues in the Aculeo Lake
Authors: Ocampo-Melgar Anahi , Barria Pilar , Chadwick Cristian , Rivas Cesar
Published: January 2022

Abstract. Hydrological modeling tools can support collaborative decision processes by visually displaying hydrological systems connections, uncertainties and gaps, as well as conflicting preferences over water management strategies. Nevertheless, many challenges remain in the real application of these technical tools to successfully implement, capture, and communicate to non-experts the complexities of coupled human hydrological systems and effectively support science policy dialogues. The disappearance of a 12 km2 lake in the Aculeo basin in Chile led to increasing socio environmental conflicts over the causes and effects of the water scarcity. A traditionally WEAP based hydrological model study aiming to explore the causes of the lake desiccation, was transformed into a multiple question driven socio hydrological modeling process to help answer the diversity of questions instigating conflict. The surface aquifer hydrological model tested a subset of socially accepted management strategies under two climate change scenarios, showing that combining more low impact, but socially acceptable adaptation measures such as using the out of season irrigation surplus (March to May), improving irrigation efficiency for agriculture industry and decreasing the grass surface in new urbanizations, would allow to recover up to half the Lake water volume even under a pessimistic climate change scenario. As presented in this article, flexible approaches and research agendas could better support the exploration of synergies towards collaboration and production of useful and socially acceptable hydrological models and water management strategies.
De la naturaleza de las cosas de Lezra
Authors: Graff Zivin Erin
Published: January 2022

Este ensayo busca trazar una genealogía defectuosa de varias escenas de lectura en la obra de Jacques Lezra. Se enfoca en la lectura como práctica metodológica salvaje que conjuga —de manera inesperada, contraintuitiva, e indisciplinada— objetos, discursos, y modalidades conceptuales. Se analiza una selección de escenas de lectura de Materialismo salvaje y República salvaje para identificar en ellas un pensamiento estético-político que imagina corrientes subterráneas y deconstruye conceptos como soberanía, institución, y normatividad, enfatizando su carácter defectuoso.
ОСНОВНІ ПОНЯТТЯ РИЗИКІВ У СФЕРІ ЗАХИСТУ НАСЕЛЕННЯ ТА ТЕРИТОРІЙ ВІД НАДЗВИЧАЙНИХ СИТУАЦІЙ І ПРОБЛЕМИ ЇХ РЕГУЛЮВАННЯ
Authors: О.О. Касьян , П.М. Россохатський
Published: January 2022

У статті розглядаються основні поняття ризиків у сфері захисту населення та територій від надзвичайних ситуацій. Вивчено основні проблеми в питаннях захисту населення і територій від надзвичайних ситуацій, та способи їх
регулювання в сучасних умовах. Аналізуються фактичні напрацювання у визначенні понять ризиків у сфері захисту населення від надзвичайних ситуацій в умовах несприятливого економічного стану держави.
Changes in glucose concentration in the blood serum of carp due to exposure to heavy metals
Authors: Karpenko L. Yu. , Polistovskaya P. A. , Ivanova K. P.
Published: January 2022

The article deals with one of the most urgent problems of aquatic toxicology - the impact of heavy metals on the body of fish. The aim of the study was to analyze glucose indicators in carp after exposure to various concentrations of lead acetate, cadmium, zinc and copper. The experiment included 4 series of experiments, each of which was dedicated to a specific metal (lead, cadmium, zinc, copper). During the research, 1 control group (10 fish) was formed, and in each series of experiments, 3 experimental groups (10 fish) were formed. Experimental groups of fish were contained in a solution of heavy metal acetate with concentrations exceeding the MPC of heavy metals for fishery reservoirs by 10, 100 and 1000 times, respectively. The concentration of serum glucose was studied. An increase in glucose concentration due to heavy metal poisoning was found. However, exposure to 10 and 1000 MPC of zinc leads to a decrease in the concentration of glucose in the blood.
Investigation of DFBS late type stars at high galactic latitudes
Authors:   NAS RA V. Ambartsumian Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), Armenia, Kostandyan G. R.
Published: January 2022

We study in this thesis relatively bright late-type giants found in the First Byurakan Survey (FBS) data base. We present the 2nd version of the catalogue of FBS LTS with new data (FBS LTS v2), 1471 objects. It is a homogeneous and complete database for high- Galactic late-type stars, including M and C types. Since 2007, all FBS low-resolution spectral plates are digitized. All DFBS spectral plates are analyzed with FITSView and SAO Image ds9 and numerous relatively faint LTS were discovered. We have made cross-correlation with DFBS, USNO-B1.0, 2MASS, AllWISE, IRAS PSC/FSC, AKARI, ROSAT BSC/FSC, GCVS, SDSS and added updated SIMBAD data. For numerous new detected objects, we present accurate DSS2 positions, approximate spectral subtypes refined from the DFBS low-dispersion spectra, luminosity classes estimated from 2MASS colours, and available proper motions for 1471 FBS LTS. The Revised and Updated Catalogue v2 lists a large number of completely new objects, which promise to extend very significantly the census of M giants, faint N-type AGB carbon stars, CH-type carbon giants at high Galactic latitudes, also M dwarfs in the Solar vicinity up to 16.0m-17.0m in visual. Phase dependent light-curves from large sky area variability data bases such as Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) and All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN), and the early installment of the third Gaia data release (Gaia EDR3) photometric and astrometric data have been used to characterize our sample of 1100 M-type giants found and 130 C-type stars at high latitudes. We show the behaviour of our sample stars in a Gaia DR2 color–absolute magnitude diagram (CaMD), the Gaia-2MASS-diagram, including two alternative versions, and the logP-K-diagram. In this way we explore the potential of these diagrams and their combination for the analysis and interpretation of datasets of LPVs. We show the possibility to classify stars into M- and C-types and to identify the mass of the bulk of the sample stars.
Empirical Testing of Beta Stability in Indian Capital Market
Authors: M Gautam , Manjunatha T.
Published: January 2022

The study tests stability of CAPM beta in the Indian capital market. Beta is one of the debated issues in the finance literature. While Fama and French have argued that betas are no more relevant in the capital market, it is one of the prominent concepts used by the finance professionals worldwide. The study is based on NSE Nifty companies, Nifty and Sensex Indices prices from 2009 to 2019. We use market model on the sample data to assess the beta stability for different time periods. The result of the present study shows that betas of companies do not show any stability over the period of time, but weighted average portfolio beta shows some stability during the study period.
Assessing factors Motivating University Students’ stay in private hostels. The case of Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED), Asante Mampong Campus
Authors: Kwaku Armah Lawrence , Kwame Armah Stephen
Published: January 2022

This research aims to assess factors motivating university students stay in private hostels. A simple random sampling technique was adopted with a sample size of 100 respondents used for this study. A twelve motivating factor variables consisting of parental influence, peer influence, university housing policy, proximity to campus, internet connectivity, security, water and power supply, cleanliness, comfortability, privacy, serenity and adequate space were however, used. The results indicate that privacy, comfortability, proximity, cleanliness and university housing policy are the most leading motivating factors. Whereas peers and internet connectivity have less influence on students stay in private hostels, gender was seen as a significant motivating factor influencing students stay in private hostels. The study recommends that students must consider security as a top priority, as it is significant for their welfare and safety.
Local Self-Governments and the Vertical Division of Power
Authors: Varga Ádám
Published: January 2022

Local self-governments cannot be defined as entities against the state, nor do they merely assist in executing the central will. The significance of local self-governments lies in their role in the division and balancing of powers. In light of the principle of subsidiarity, the need for autonomy through decentralisation necessarily leads to the central bodies of the state being marginalised in these matters, in a sense, the latter lose their ability to solve the issues raised within their own sphere of competence.From a certain point of view, this can even be considered a vertical division of power. The division of executive power between the public administration subordinated to the Government and independent local self-governments, does not call into question the local self-government’s affiliation with the executive power. As such, it is practically an internal division of powers. In essence, it manifests itself as a kind of limited autonomy, which – due to the unity of the state – subsists only within the confines of the relevant laws.In light of the foregoing, jointly applied principles lead to a vertical division of power. Power is divided, which, nonetheless, does not mean that one sovereign body limits another; it is rather the case of the state restraining itself by virtue of the principle of democracy.
Manajemen Kompensasi dan Kinerja Karyawan pada Industri Makanan
Authors: Hasanuddin Rostini Ros
Published: January 2022

This study aims to determine the effect of compensation management on employee performance in the food and beverage industry in Makassar. From this study found that there is a significant influence between compensation management on the performance of employees of the food and beverage industry in Makassar City. With the calculated F value of 19.116 and R square of 0.165. This study found that management and employees must be able to implement an effective compensation policy that can be mutually beneficial. This finding proves that there is a significant relationship between compensation management and employee performance, where employee performance depends on planning, implementing and controlling effective compensation management.
SOCIOLINGUISTICS ANALYSIS OF TABOO WORDS IN MINAHASA DISTRICT KOMBI
Authors: Nonutu B. Imanuel Rekhab , Oroh Elisabeth Z , Andries Fivy A
Published: January 2022

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This research aims at: (1) Identifying and classifying types of taboo words in Kombi District, Minahasa Regency. (2) Knowing the function of people using taboo words in Kombi District, Minahasa Regency. This research uses qualitative research. The subjects in this study were 15 adults aged at least 20-60 years in Kombi District, especially in the villages where the research was conducted, namely in Lalumpe, Ranowangko, Rerer, Makalisung, and Kalawiran villages. And the main instrument in this research is the researcher himself, using the Technique of Observation, Interview, Documentation, and Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using sociolinguistics analysis.

Research result: (1) Types of taboo words in Kombi District, Minahasa Regency have 30 types of taboo words that are still remembered and used by several people in villages in Kombi District. (2) The functions of taboo words in Kombi District, Minahasa Regency include an expression of annoyance, as an emotional outlet, and also as an expression of greeting to friends or relatives who are already familiar (for some people).
Variaciones holocénicas en la tecnología lítica de Chepu 005, isla Grande de Chiloé, archipiélagos patagónicos septentrionales
Authors: Sierralta Navarro Simon , Rebolledo Canales Sandra , Delgado Orellana Ayelen , Cortés Rodríguez Constanza , Hernández Castillo Daniel , Bravo Aedo Gabriela
Published: January 2022

Este trabajo presenta un estudio general de los artefactos líticos del sitio Chepu 005, costa occidental de Chiloé, cuya secuencia ocupacional abarca desde el Holoceno Medio en adelante. A partir de nueva información cronológica y el reanálisis de colecciones de museo, se realiza una caracterización morfotécnica inicial de los conjuntos, y se registran variaciones en los sistemas tecnológicos y la gestión de los recursos minerales a lo largo de la secuencia ocupacional, fundamentadas en el abandono de la bifacialidad como estrategia tecnológica predominante, la incorporación de nuevas tecnologías de captura de peces y cambios en los patrones de aprovisionamiento de materias primas líticas.
THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF LITERACY TEACHING LESSONS IN THE FORMATION OF A SYSTEM OF PRONUNCIATION EXERCISES IN PRIMARY CLASSES
Authors: Atamurodova G.
Published: January 2022

Ushbu maqolada Boshlang‘ich sinflarda savod o‘rgatish darslarida talaffuz mashqlarini ishlab chiqish, o‘quvchi nutqini rivojlantirishda zamonaviy ta’lim texnologiyalardan foydalanish, O‘quvchida sayqallangan, ravon nutqni shakllantirish, tovush-harf tizimini o‘quvchi ongiga har xil pedagogik usullar bilan singdirish hamda o‘quvchini ijodiy fikrlash borasida, savod o‘rgatish darslarining o‘rni va ahamiyati haqida tadqiq etiladi.

The article discusses the development of pronunciation in literacy classes in primary school, the use of modern educational technologies in the development of a student’s speech, the formation of a well-honed, fluent speech in a student, various pedagogical techniques and creative thinking skills. student thinking, role and meaning of literacy lessons.

В статье обсуждается развитие произношения на уроках грамотности в начальной школе, использование современных образовательных технологий в развитии речи ученика, формирование у ученика отточенной, беглой речи, различные педагогические приемы и навыки творческого мышления. мышление учащихся, роль и значение уроков грамотности.
Voci come fili
Authors: Toscano Anna
Published: January 2022

I libri di Natalie Léger sono narrazioni corali e apparentemente asincrone, danno voce a donne che chiedono giustizia. Questo tipo di scrittura, mescolando vari generi come fiction, auto-fiction, memoir e biografia, crea una relazione narrativa fortissima tra le varie voci. La narrazione è una via per riparare vite intessendo storie. Léger si affianca idealmente al lavoro che Ingrid De Kok e Karen Press da alcuni anni portano avanti in poesia.
Keimanan Antara Keamanan dan Ancaman (Studi kolerasi dalam Perspektif Al-Qur’ān dan Al-Hadīth)
Authors: Yakin Muhammad Chusnul
Published: January 2022

Keamanan adalah anugrah terbesar dari Allah kepada makhluk, karena hal itu merupakan sumber keseimbangan stabilitas, keamanan dan ketenteraman, bahkan merupakan salah satu tuntutan dasar yang tidak asing bagi seluruh tingkat individu, keluarga, regional dan internasional. Itulah sebabnya tidak ada negara di seluruh dunia yang tidak lepas dari pusat studi keamanan. bahkan, penelitian tentang keamanan di akhirat, sehingga terwujud keamanan dan stabilitas bagi pemiliknya diakhirat. Keamanan bukanlah kata, melainkan tujuan mulia yang hanya bisa dicapai dengan keikhlasan Iman, dan itu adalah prinsip utama dari iman. Tidak ada keamanan dan keselamatan kecuali dengan keimanan. Karena Iman adalah keyakinan dilubuk hati, dan diungkapkan dengan lisan, kemudian amal dengan anggota badan, maka makna inilah yang membuahkan keamanan dan kedamaian bagi pemiliknya, karena ucapan dan tindakannya mengungkapkan keikhlasan hati, sehingga tidak ada tipu muslihat atau kemunafikan. Akan tapi takut akan Allah dan siksa-Nya. Ketika keamanan memiliki hubungan dengan iman, upaya yang dilakukan untuk menggoyahkan pondasinya Sangat kuat hingga menggetarkan sistem keamanan dan menerabas batasan-batasanya, kemudian tersebarnya fitnah yang menguasai manusia kemudian mengatakan bahwa iman adalah sumber kekacauan dan yang berpegang teguh dengannya adalah orang-orang rusak, sehingga tidak ada kejahatan yang terjadi kecuali  sedikit sekali bahwa adalah kejahatan orang-orang beriman maka bergoncanglah keseimbangan hidup sehingga kemulian menjadi dimiliki orang yang tak memiliki iman. dan artikel ini ditulis untuk mengomentari dan mengubah apa yang dikatakan tentang iman, dan telah terbukti bahwa iman adalah akar keamanan dan keamanan.
Introduction
Authors: Ashtor Gila
Published: January 2022

Can Queer theory be erotophobic? This project proceeds from the perplexing observation that for all of its political agita, rhetorical virtuosity and intellectual restlessness, queer theory conforms to a model of erotic life that is psychologically conservative and narrow. Even after several decades of combative, dazzling, irreverent queer critical thought, the field remains far from grasping that sexuality’s radical potential lies in its being understood as “exogenous, intersubjective and intrusive” (Laplanche). In particular, and despite the pervasiveness and popularity of recent calls to deconstruct the ideological foundations of contemporary queer thought, no study has as yet considered or in any way investigated the singular role of psychology in shaping the field’s conceptual impasses and politico-ethical limitations. An analysis that focuses on the metapsychological dimension of queer theorizations will demonstrate why, in spite of how bold and emancipatory key queer formulations might initially seem, the field maintains an uninterrogated reliance on erotophobic psychological conventions that ultimately reproduces an erotophobic relationship to sexuality. This book introduces the theoretical innovations of Jean Laplanche (1924–2012) who demonstrated that psychoanalysis was not immune to erotophobic conceptualizations that went against its own proclaimed commitment to the radicalism of unconscious sexuality.
Introduction
Authors: Bayne Brandon L.
Published: January 2022

Death occurred in the colonial Spanish borderlands for a variety of reasons, both mundane and unexpected. Like medieval Christians, however, Jesuits in New Spain elevated particular missionary deaths into stories of holy sacrifice in order to render them meaningful and useful. Martyrdoms could transform ruinous moments of plague or revolt into mysterious signs of progress. They operated temporally to mitigate setbacks and ensure future salvation. They also worked spatially to bring Christendom into being, sacralizing Native territory with saintly blood. Passion stories, relics, maps, and portraits helped transform Indigenous spaces into Christian places in the European cultural imagination. In this work, martyrdom joined several other naming rituals, meant to convert pagan territories by “making the land holy.” Jesuits saw their civilizing and Christianizing work through the lens of a powerful agricultural metaphor. Although the imagery of Christian suffering as seed and convert salvation as fruit goes back to the early church, it developed new meaning in the context of the colonization of the Americas. This metaphor supplied a logic of ultimate productivity even in the face of violent coercion and catastrophic setback.
“The Medicine of the Future, Now Available”
Authors: Chudakova Tatiana
Published: January 2022

Chapter three explores how scientists, medical professionals, and religious figures in Buryatia make claims about the existence of a separate branch of Tibetan medicine, grounded in the region’s history, as well as in Buryatia’s local scientific and scholarly pursuits. It situates these arguments in relation to efforts on the part of medical institutions, both in Buryatia and in Russia more broadly, to incorporate Tibetan medicine as part of a state-endorsed integrative medicine, as well as weave it into for-profit medical sites. On this terrain of therapeutic incorporation, claims about Buryat-Tibetan medicine interrogate the relationships that characterize the political and geographic imaginaries of the Russian state—and of medical integration itself—by re-centering Buryatia as a uniquely cosmopolitan therapeutic geography in its own right.
Obscure Love: Virtual Masochisms in Philips's “Friendship's Mysterys”
Authors: Kuzner James
Published: January 2022

This chapter discusses poetic obscurity in Katherine Philips’s “Friendship’s Mysterys.” Jeremy Taylor, the divine and friend of Philips, writes of how friendship must be useful and must help friends compensate for their shortfalls in being self-sufficient, sovereign over themselves and their affairs. In “Friendship’s Mysterys,” though, love becomes its own religion, sovereign unto itself, taking on a particular kind of “use” that to Taylor would be both heretical and useless: use that—obscurely and yet strikingly—becomes masochistic. “Friendship’s Mysterys” might even be said to combine competing forms of masochism: one, like that described by Michel Foucault, which emphasizes the shifting of control from one party to the other, and a second, like that described by Leo Bersani, which involves giving up control altogether. Such a multifaceted masochism can live only within the “useless” realm of obscure verse: verse filled with vague images, mysterious phrases and maneuverings, and action that seems to take place almost scenelessly. The chapter’s conclusion compares Philips’s vision of love with an antagonist named in Taylor’s discourse and often compared with the poet: Plato. While Plato tries to synthesize tensions of love, Philips maintains them, contenting herself with friendship’s mysteries.
Catholic Novels: Religious Anxieties in Brighton Rock and The Heart of the Matter
Authors: Sampson Martyn
Published: January 2022

Greene opposes the individual and society as a means of understanding how he challenges and relates dogma and experience. In particular, he explores how fiction is not marked by particular notions of meaning and interpretative procedures but implicated in the society of its writing. This is inclusive of different religious and inter-critical impulses that constitute a given interpretative approach. Greene rejects reductive interpretative approaches in Brighton Rock (1938) because his novel is dynamically transgressive of absolutist notions of meaning. In The Heart of the Matter (1948) Greene’s protagonist, Scobie, needs to be conceived according to diverse models of meaning and within the terms used to understand the other characters in the novel. Greene dramatizes what it means to interpret his fiction by directing attention to the very conception of the interpretative itself. His novels proceed less from a particular form of religion than by the critical concerns by which that religion is apprehended.
Development of Students’ Verbal and Logical Thinking in the Course of Research Work
Authors: Horanska Tetiana V. , Bakumenko Tetiana K. , Polishchuk Viktoriia L. , Atamanchuk Iurii M. , Turchyn Tamara M.
Published: January 2022

Verbal and logical thinking is a type of thinking carried out through logical operations with concepts. The subject can learn the essential features and relationships of the reality in the course of verbal and logical thinking, operating with logical concepts. The aim of the study was to experimentally test the impact of research work on the students’ level of verbal and logical thinking. The study involved: Thinking Types, Generalization of Concepts, Classification of Objects, Comparison of Concepts by K. Goldstein. The results of the pedagogical experiment allowed stating that there was an increase in the level of verbal and logical thinking in the subjects of the experimental group as a result of special experimental work. The students of the experimental group were involved in research work in three stages: motivational and preparatory, substantive and procedural, analytical and resultant. The main forms of research work of students were: holding round tables, meetings of the student scientific community, the Council of Young Scientists; involvement of students in webinars on research programmes and grants, competitions for student research papers, introduction of students into the basics of research activities through individual consultations with supervisors, representatives of the Council of Young Scientists; preparation of abstracts, brief outline reports of conferences, articles; conducting disputes; participation in the work of the student scientific community, problem groups, workshops, laboratories. We consider the study of the relationship between the dominant type of thinking of students and the major chosen in higher educational institution as a prospect for further research.
PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN METODE MENGAJAR PROBLEM SOLVING TERHADAP PENINGKATAN TEKNIK DASAR SERVIS PENDEK BULUTANGKIS
Authors: Pardiman
Published: January 2022

Latihan teknik dasar melakukan servis (service) bulutangkis. Servis (service) adalah pukulan pertama yang dilakukan untuk memulai suatu permainan bulutangkis. Servis merupakan teknik dasar bulutangkis yang bisa dibilang merupakan teknik pukulan yang mudah untuk dilakukan, namun masih banyak yang belum tahu tentang aturan tata cara sehingga gagal dalam cara melakukan servis. Dalam suatu pertandingan atau permainan bulutangkis, servis merupakan modal awal untuk dapat memenangkan permainan. Selain dapat menghasilkan poin/ nilai apabila lawan tidak bisa mengembalikan bola servis (shuttle cock) tersebut, servis juga dapat memberikan poin bagi pihak lawan apabila servis tersebut gagal untuk dilakukan.