bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Financial Hardship, Depression, and Self-Esteem: Temporal Analysis Using a Korean Panel Study
Authors: Choi Minjae , Lee Eun Hae , Sempungu Joshua Kirabo , Lee Yo Han
Published: January 2023

Objective Financial hardship influences depression risk, however, the pathway of the effect of financial hardship on depression and the role of self-esteem remain unclear. This study examined whether changes in financial hardship affected depression, and whether self-esteem mediated by this relationship.Methods Data from 99,588 observations of 15,331 individuals were extracted from 10 waves of the Korean Welfare Panel Study. The association between changes in financial hardship and depression was investigated using a generalized estimation equation, and the extent to which these associations were mediated by self-esteem was assessed.Results The results indicated that changes in financial hardship were associated with depression, with varying magnitude. Experiencing severe financial hardship over two consecutive years (odds ratio [OR]: 3.87, 95% confidence interval [CI]=3.09–4.85) or increased financial hardship over the previous year strongly influenced depression (e.g., OR: 3.88, 95% CI=3.09–4.86 for low financial hardship at t-1 year and high at t year). Self-esteem plays a mediating role in the relationship between changes in financial hardship and depression, where persistent financial hardship is associated with low self-esteem, leading to depression.Conclusion These findings highlighted the importance of monitoring and intervention for financial hardship and psychological problems to help manage depression.
Level of Psychological and Somatic Symptoms Predict Perimenopausal Syndrome Severity Better Than Obstetric and Psychiatric History Do Among Korean Women
Authors: Kim Soyeon , Kim Sun Mi , Kim Da Seul , Han Seunga , Hong Ji Sun , Seo Jeong Seok
Published: January 2023

Objective Menopause symptoms can vary in type, duration, and severity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the key factors predicting severe symptoms among Korean perimenopausal women with various demographic data, obstetric and psychiatric histories, and menopausal symptoms screening scale scores.Methods Data were collected from 1,060 women, and 4 latent classes were identified using latent profile analysis, with 6 major categories of menopausal complaints. Among the 4 classes, we selectively used data from the “all unimpaired” and “all impaired” groups. Menopause rating scale (MRS), sociodemographic, obstetric, and psychiatric factors were assessed, and hierarchical logistic regression analyses were conducted with the “all impaired” group as a dependent variable.Results Marital status and scores on the psychological and somatic subscales of the MRS were statistically related to being in the “all impaired” group. Otherwise, family history of menopausal symptoms, menarche age, and history of other psychiatric disorders were not statistically significant predictors of being in the “all impaired” group.Conclusion The psychological and somatic subscales of the MRS predict the severity of perimenopausal syndrome better than obstetric and psychiatric history do among Korean perimenopausal women. Psychological and somatic symptoms as well as genitourinary symptoms in menopausal patients should be closely evaluated.
Effect of Additional CO2 and N2 Gas Blanket On Biodiesel Psychochemical Properties in Storage Tank
Authors:   University Muhammadiyah Surabaya, Wahyudi Dedy , Fawzi Mas ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Cahyono Beny ,   Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology
Published: January 2023

Ship movement and contaminants may be the main causes of accelerated biodiesel degradation during the ship storage process. One of the techniques to protect biodiesel storage on theship is by applying a blanketing system. In this study, CO2, N2, and natural air blankets were added to the biodiesel stainless steel tanks (B100 and B50) that swing in the sinusoidal to simulate ship movement at sea and It was stored for six months. The Physicochemical properties of biodiesel gas blanket were tested according to ASTM and EN standards. The result in this study was found that storing biodiesel in a blanket with natural air, CO2, and N2gases for 210 days has changed the biodiesel propertiesin proportional to the storage duration. The addition of CO2 gas blanket was influenced to reduce the oxidation times, and water content. On another side, it has increased the value of particle count, TAN, flash point, Kinematic Viscosity, and density. While additional N2 gas blanket does not have an extreme effect on the biodiesel properties.
Short-Term Ability of Concrete Containing Palm Oil Fuel Ash Exposed to Sodium Sulphate
Authors:   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Ismail M.H. , Deraman R. ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Majid M.A. ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Zainal Abidin S.N. ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Published: January 2023

Uncontrolled palm oil waste disposal can lead to an environmental problem andrecycling the waste can assistin reducing the disposal problem. On another side, concrete exposed to sulphate normally will lose its strength after some time. Replacing cement with palm oil fuel ash (POFA) can lower the disposal issue and help reduce the concrete from strength losses.The main objective of this study is to investigate the short-term effects on the strength of concrete containing POFA exposed to sulphate solution. The POFA was prepared by drying in an oven for 24 hours at105°C and sieved passing through a 300 μm sieve. Then, the POFA had been refined using ball mills for two hours. The percentage of POFA as cement replacement used in this study is 10%, 20% and 30% by volume of cement. Two types of specimens were prepared,i.e., cube specimen (100 mm × 100 mm × 100 mm) and prism specimen (500 mm × 100 mm × 100 mm) that fully immersed in water and 3.5% sulphate solutions. Density test, water absorption test, compression strength test and flexural strength test were conductedafter 7 and 28 days of the exposure period. A total of 144 specimens was subjected to these tests. The experiments show that concrete with 10% replacement of POFA had a higher slump value, while the density test showed that the 10% POFA mixture had a lower density than the other specimens. Furthermore, the water absorption test showed that more POFA in concrete contributes to higher water absorption when exposed to sulphate solution compared to water. In conclusion, the compressive strength and flexural strength test recorded replacement of 10% POFA is the highest strength of concrete containing POFA exposed to sulphate solution and water.
Assessment of Specific Methanogenic Activity from Cow Dung
Authors:   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Abdul Malik Izza , Fadzil Farizah ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Fadzil Farihah ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Seswoya Roslinda ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Published: January 2023

The specific methanogenic activity (SMA) is a test to measure the producing potential of an anaerobic bacteria until it’s allowing a relevant organic loading rates to be applied for a selectedsubstrate. Commonly, acetate is used as substrate for the SMA test. Anaerobic bacteria were mostly taken from an anaerobic digester and cow dung was also implemented as a source of an anaerobic bacteria. However, the results of SMA of cow dung was less reported. Therefore, this study is initiated to determine the potential of methane production from the cow dung by using the SMA test. Prior the SMA test, the cow dung was characterized for solids where the results showed that the cow dung is having 12.00 g L-1for total solid and 10.50 g L-1for volatile solid. The SMA test was conducted at mesophilic condition by using an automatic methane potential system test (AMPTS II) and the SMA of the cow dung was found as 0.04 in unit g COD-CH4g-1VS-1d-1. The significance of this research is to determine the anaerobic bacteria potential of cow dung for use in the anaerobic digestion process, which offers numerous advantages for manufacturing, particularly in industrial applications such as methane production (fuel).
SEARCHING FOR A GOLD-QUARTZ VEIN IN THE PERMAFROST ZONE USING DEEP GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR
Authors:   Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN)  Kaluzhskoe shosse, 4, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840, Russia, Gulevich O.A. ,   Timer LLC, st. Lesnaya 4b, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840, Russia, Volkomirskaya L.B. ,   Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN)  Kaluzhskoe shosse, 4, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840, Russia,   Timer LLC, st. Lesnaya 4b, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840, Russia, Varenkov V.V. ,   Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN)  Kaluzhskoe shosse, 4, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840, Russia, Reznikov A.E. ,   Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN)  Kaluzhskoe shosse, 4, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840, Russia
Published: January 2023

A gold deposit in Eastern Yakutia was studied using deep georadar to a depth of up to 300 m. The main structural features of the upper part of the section, including permafrost, were identified, and promising zones for exploratory drilling were indicated. The high spatial resolution of deep GPR ensured the determination of a 2-meter-thick granodiorite-porphyry dike both in the frozen rocks and in the underlying thawed layers. The base of the permafrost rocks is conspicuous on the radargrams. According to drilling data, the high-resistance anomaly observed on the deep GPR data corresponds to the ore zone in the enclosing permafrost, which is characterized by a lower electrical resistivity.
Addressing Workforce Crisis through New Models of Care
Authors: McGrow DNP, MS, RN, PMP Kathleen
Published: January 2023

The healthcare industry has already been burdened by longstanding trends like aging populations, provider burnout, and patient dissatisfaction. Healthcare burnout has increased significantly during the pandemic. Many factors are putting strain on the industry: expanding healthcare roles, squeeze in reimbursements, competition for patient volume, shifts in the delivery of care, and a shortage of providers and staff. These factors have contributed to the unprecedented challenge forcing healthcare organizations to rethink established norms and operational best practices. While new technologies have promised significant clinical and operational benefits for healthcare organizations, COVID-19 has turned them from nice-to-haves to imperatives. This session will discuss how today’s workforce crisis can be addressed through new models of care such as telehealth.

Objectives:

Discuss the business process and business applications revolution

Explain the experience revolution

Describe the impact of new models of care on the clinical workforce
THMT 2021 Editors Best Article Award
Authors: Campion, MD Francis X.
Published: January 2023

The study identifies characteristics of the explosive implementation and scale of telehealth use in the first year of COVID-19 pandemic - forever changing traditional healthcare practices and patient access in the United States.
To view the article, please visit DOI https://doi.org/10.30953/tmt.v6.280
The award selection is based on the number of online views, article downloads, citations, and market impact.
Authors and affiliations appear below:

Francis X. Campion, MITRE Corporation; Atrius Health; and Harvard Medical School 
Stephen Ommen, Mayo Clinic
Helayne Sweet, MITRE Corporation
Nilay Shah, Mayo Clinic
Barbra Rabson, Massachusetts Health Quality Partners 
Nick Dougherty, Allways Heath Partners
Jennifer Goldsack, Digital Medical Society
Peter Sylvester, MITRE Corporation
Karen Jones, MITRE Corporation
Aaron Burgman, MITRE Corporation
Nathalie McIntosh, Massachusetts Health Quality Partners 
Lindsey Sangaralingham, Mayo Clinic
David Jiang, Mayo Clinic
Jeffrey McGinn, Change Healthcare
Ricardo Rojas, Mayo Clinic
Tim Suther, Change Healthcare
Brian Anderson, MITRE Corporation
John Halamka, Mayo Clinic (Dr Halamka is editors-in-chief of the THMT journal)  

Congratulations, authors!
How ‘Resource Recycling’ Impacts a New Telehealth Paradigm
Authors: Kalogeropoulos Dr. Dimitrios
Published: January 2023

Telehealth provides an opportunity to change rules of engagement, reach out to neglected communities, and uncharted populations at the touch of a button, redefining a transformative vision from disconnection to a well-orchestrated consortium of value-based care and patient-centered services. All we need to do is to develop a ‘digital resource recycling’ mentality, and technology will take care of the rest.

The new telehealth paradigm supports outreach, connectivity and interaction, offering an opportunity to put an end to the current innovation predicament and function on a platform that we can scale and radically transform the pace and permanence of integration in health and care systems. The challenge is an overproduction of data, already contributing to the global carbon footprint. This is where data recycling comes in, as a sustainability prerequisite for the new telehealth paradigm.
Opportunities and Obstacles for Using Remote Monitoring and AI to Enable Sustained Integrated Telehealth PPT
Authors: Maynard Shereese , Li, PhD Jiang
Published: January 2023

Telehealth has seen a rapid growth period in the last a couple of years globally, partly propelled by the pandemic. Now many patients and healthcare providers have seen the potential benefits of telehealth, many people are in the process to drive sustained growth of this new paradigm of healthcare. The panel will be focused on two key enabling factors of the future growth of integrated telehealth, i.e., remote monitoring and AI. They will use specific cases to discuss the Opportunities and Obstacles in the development, deployment, and commercialization of these technologies.
Perancangan Prototype Mobile Apps Jasa Ekspedisi PT. Pos Indonesia
Authors: Aulia Syifa Hannifah , Hidayat Dicky
Published: January 2023

PT. Pos Indonesia sebagai perusahaan BUMN yang bergerak dibidang jasa ekpedisi, saat ini memiliki aplikasi mobileyang bernama PosAja!.Aplikasi ini untuk memudahkan pemilik UMKM yang kian bertambah pada saat pandemi covid-19 dalam menjalankan bisnisnya. Berdasarkan observasi yang telah dilakukan, ditemukan fakta bahwa aplikasi tersebut masih belum optimal dan belum mampu memenuhi kebutuhan user, baikdari segi tampilan user interface maupunuser experience. Perancangan ini bertujuan untuk merancang ulang dan menghasilkanprototype mobile apps PosAja!yang efektif bagi user dan diharapkan dapat mempermudah proses pengiriman paket sehingga dapat tercipta efektifitas serta efisiensi waktu. Perancangan diawali dengan penelitian kualitatif deskriptif, dengan pengumpulan data melalui observasi, studi pustaka, kuisioner dan wawancara dengan berbagai pihak, baik dari internal PT. Pos Indonesia maupun pihak eksternal seperti pemilik UMKM dan seorang praktisi UI/UX. Data dianalisis menggunakan analisis visual dan analisis matriks perbandingan. Hasil dari perancangan ini berupa prototype aplikasi mobile jasa ekspedisi PT. Pos Indonesia. Dengan adanya tampilan prototype aplikasi mobile ini, diharapkan dapat menjadi rekomendasi PT. Pos Indonesia yang mampu menjembatani UMKM dalam melakukan pengiriman paket menggunakan jasa ekspedisi PT. Pos Indonesia.
Valid and Reliable? Basic and Expanded Recommendations for Psychometric Reporting and Quality Assessment.
Authors: Johansson Magnus , Preuter Marit , Karlsson Simon , Möllerberg Marie-Louise , Svensson Hanna , Melin Jeanette
Published: January 2023

There is a need to improve the validity, reliability, and replicability of social and health science research and its applications through raising the quality of measurement. An important step is to establish and implement a clear and useful guideline for reporting and assessing psychometric properties of measures. We propose five basic criteria as a minimal checklist to help end users assess the quality of psychometric studies: unidimensionality; ordered response categories, invariance; targeting; and, contingent upon the previous four being fulfilled, reliability. An expanded and detailed reporting guideline is also presented, intended for use in reports and scientific publications of psychometric analyses. We argue that reliability should be reported using a Test Information Function curve, which describes the properties of the items, rather than a point estimate describing sample properties. Additionally, we present a freely available R package to streamline psychometric analysis with Rasch Measurement Theory and its documentation in line with the reporting guideline.
Experiment ended
Authors: Robinson Jonny
Published: January 2023

The Impact of Science on Society: The Cost and Ethics Implications
Pain and Gain: Monetary Incentive Moderates Pain’s Impact on Effort-Related Cardiac Response
Authors: Cancela Tamara , Gendolla Guido H. E. , Silvestrini Nicolas
Published: January 2023

Two experiments tested the combined effect of pain and monetary incentive on effort-related cardiovascular response during cognitive performance. Healthy volunteers received individually adjusted painful or nonpainful thermal stimulations during a difficult cognitive task and expected high or low monetary incentive for successful performance. Our primary cardiovascular effort measure were responses of cardiac pre-ejection period (PEP) during task performance. Based on the pain literature suggesting that pain adds supplementary demand in cognitive functioning, we predicted pain to increase subjective task difficulty. Moreover, based on motivational intensity theory, we expected this to increase effort only when high effort was justified by high monetary incentive. Correspondingly, we predicted pain to lead to low effort due to disengagement when monetary incentive was low. Effort in the nonpainful conditions was expected to fall in between these conditions. The results of both studies offered support to our predictions. Our findings provide the first evidence for the moderating effect of monetary incentive on physical pain’s impact on effort. This suggests that motivational incentives can counteract effort deficits associated with pain. Clinical implications are discussed.
Experiment ended
Authors: Hong Fei
Published: January 2023

The Future of Health Research in Canada: Investing in Science to Address Ethical Challenges
Open-source Python module for the analysis of personalized light exposure data
Authors: Hammad Grégory , Wulff Katharina , Skene Debra J. , Münch Mirjam , Spitschan Manuel
Published: January 2023

Light exposure fundamentally influences human physiology and behavior, with light being the most important zeitgeber of the circadian system. Throughout the day, people are exposed to various scenes differing in light level, spectral composition and spatio-temporal properties. Personalized light exposure can be measured through wearable light loggers and dosimeters, including wrist-worn actimeters containing light sensors, yielding time courses of an individual’s light exposure. There is growing interest in relating light exposure patterns to health outcomes, requiring analytic techniques to summarize light exposure properties. Building on the previously published Python-based pyActigraphy module, here we introduce the module pyLight. This module allows users to extract light exposure data recordings from a wide range of devices. It also includes software tools to clean and filter the data, and to compute common metrics for quantifying and visualizing light exposure data. For this tutorial, we demonstrate the use of pyLight in three examples: (1) loading, accessing and visual inspection of a dataset, (2) truncation, masking, filtering and binarization of the dataset, (3) calculation of summary metrics, including time above threshold (TAT) and mean light timing above threshold (MLit). The pyLight module paves the way for open-source, large-scale automated analyses of light-exposure data.
Experiment ended
Authors: Evans Isabelle
Published: January 2023

The Importance of Investing in Health Research
Experiment ended
Authors: Zhang Wei
Published: January 2023

The Impact of Federal Funding on Scientific Research
Evidence for a Vicious Socio-Emotional Cycle of Negative Emotions and Interpersonal Conflict
Authors: Vize Colin , Ringwald Whitney R. , Kamarck Thomas , Scott Lori , Pilkonis Paul A. , Wright Aidan G.C.
Published: January 2023

Objective: Interpersonal and emotional functioning are closely linked, and reciprocally influence one another. Contemporary Integrative Interpersonal Theory (CIIT) offers a useful framework to conceptualize these patterns and guide interventions in cases where these patterns result in dysfunction. Stress processes offer several dynamic frameworks to guide empirical investigations using methods that allow for fine-grained analyses in the context of daily life. Method: Four samples of adults (Sample 1 N=145; Sample 2 N=160; Sample 3 N=297; Sample 4=89 dyads, 178 individuals) completed ecological momentary assessment protocols focused on a variety of interpersonal and emotional experiences. Samples were enriched for aggressive and self-harming behavior (Sample 1), trait hostility (Sample 2), interpersonal problems (Sample 3), and personality disorder features (Sample 4). Results: Using multilevel dynamic structural equation modeling, we investigated how emotions and interpersonal functioning operate over brief timescales in daily life. We found evidence for a vicious socio-emotional cycle across all four samples, whereby negative emotions related to interpersonal conflict (i.e., perceptions of and enacting cold, antagonistic, or quarrelsome behavior; components that contribute to the interpersonal situation from the perspective of CIIT) which in turn related to increased negative emotions. Although individuals differed in the strength of this process, it was unrelated to trait negative affectivity. Conclusions: Viewing these results through the lens of CIIT, we discuss multiple intervention points highlighted by these dynamic results whereby the vicious cycle might be changed.
Demands on perceptual and mnemonic fidelity are a key determinant of age-related cognitive decline throughout the lifespan
Authors: Gellersen Helena , McMaster Jessica , Abdurahman Ayat , Simons Jon
Published: January 2023

Ageing is associated with less detailed memory recall. We tested whether poorer representational fidelity across perception, short-term and long-term memory (STM/LTM) are among the earliest signs of cognitive ageing. Our paradigm probed target-lure object mnemonic discrimination and precision of object-location binding. In a lifespan sample, cognitive deficits were observed in midlife when complex, detailed stimulus representations were required for perceptual and short/long-term Forced Choice mnemonic discrimination. A continuous metric of object-location source memory combined with computational modelling demonstrated that errors in short- and long-term memory in middle-aged adults were largely driven by a loss of precision for retrieved memories, not necessarily by forgetting. On a trial-by-trial basis, the fidelity of item and spatial information was more tightly bound in long- as opposed to short-term memory with this association being unaffected by ageing. Standard neuropsychological tests without demands on memory quality were less sensitive to age effects than memory precision. Perceptual discrimination predicted mnemonic discrimination across tasks. Neuropsychological proxies for prefrontal executive functions correlated with short-term, but not long-term, memory fidelity. Conversely, neuropsychological indicators of hippocampal integrity correlated with mnemonic discrimination and precision of both STM and LTM, suggesting partially dissociable mechanisms of inter-individual variability in short- and long-term memory fidelity.
The importance of face-shape masculinity for perceptions of male dominance depends on study design
Authors: Dong Junzhi , Leger Kathlyne , Shiramizu Victor Kenji Medeiros , marcinkowska Urszula M , Lee Anthony J , Jones Benedict C
Published: January 2023

Dominance perceptions play an important role in social interactions. Although many researchers have proposed that shape masculinity is an important facial cue for dominance perceptions, evidence for this claim has come almost exclusively from studies that assessed perceptions of experimentally manipulated face images using forced-choice paradigms. Consequently, we investigated the role of masculine shape characteristics in perceptions of men’s facial dominance (1) using the forced-choice method and (2) when unmanipulated face images were rated for dominance and shape masculinity was measured from face images. Although we observed large positive effects of masculinity on dominance perceptions when we used the forced-choice method (Cohen’s ds = 2.51 and 3.28), the effect of masculinity on dominance perceptions was considerably smaller when unmanipulated face images were rated and shape masculinity measured from face images (Cohen’s ds = 0.44 and 0.62). This same pattern was observed when faces were rated separately for physical and social dominance and was seen for two different sets of stimuli. Collectively, these results suggest that previous research using the forced-choice method overstated the importance of face-shape masculinity for dominance perceptions and that shape masculinity is less important for dominance assessments of unmanipulated face images than previous research suggested. This research was supported by ESRC grant ES/X000249/1 awarded to BCJ, by ZintegrUJ travel grant POWR.03.05.00-00-Z309/17-00 awarded to UMM, and a University of Strathclyde Global Research Award to JD. For the purpose of Open Access, the authors have applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) to any Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) version arising from this submission.
An exploration into the pedagogical benefits of using social media: can educators incorporate social media into pedagogy successfully?
Authors: Williams Ryan
Published: January 2023

Social media and social networking sites have become popular across governments, enterprises, and non-profit making organisations. Nevertheless, education has evidenced conflicting views around the role that social media ought to play in pedagogy. This thesis examines whether or not social media can be incorporated into pedagogy successfully. The research aims are to examine the current relationship between social media and pedagogy, to identify factors that influence teacher engagement, and to determine whether or not social media can make an impact on student engagement and performance. The study is underpinned by Trowler's (2008) socio-cultural theory and the research is based on a mixed methods approach. I applied a phase of online quantitative surveys that were analysed using descriptive statistics and two subsequent phases of interviews that were analysed thematically. I adopted purposeful sampling to recruit 434 secondary teachers with QTS to participate in the study. The results show that there is little meaningful, transformative professional development in schools in respect of using social media for pedagogy (Kennedy 2005; 2014). I argue that CPD in schools should focus on developing pedagogical strategies with technology as opposed to focusing on the technology in its own right. Furthermore, teachers' reflections indicated that the differences between the social media platforms are profound; thus, grouping them together can become problematic. In other words, YouTube's functionality is applied in an opposite way to Twitter's and with different audiences. Additionally, the study has uncovered a lack of thought towards applying technology in education policymaking, and this became problematic for schools during the U.K. lockdown. The study's major themes illuminate the challenges involved with successfully embedding technology in education, particularly social media.
The Performative Aspects of Tamang Ritual in Chaitra Purne Jatra
Authors: Lama Kumari
Published: January 2023

Chaitra Purne Jatra, takes place in the month of Chaitra (March/April)when the Tamang people visit Namobuddha, Boudha and Swayambhu and performspecial rituals for the salvation of the departed soul. Against this backdrop,the paper explores examines and analyse the performative aspects of Chaitra PurneJatra taking Rabindra Tamang’s Timal Jatra (2054) as a primary text. Moreover, it concentrates on the dynamics of Tamang ritual. Performing specific cultural ritesin memory of their family members is a ritual process of the Tamang community. They begin the religious rites from Namobuddha and conclude in Swayambhu lighting the special light made up of astu powder, ghee and thread. At the end, people sing, dance and feast, which is reminiscent of the modern performances ontheatre that only highlight the subtle performative qualities of the jatra. To assess and scrutinize the performativity of the jatra, I have employed Richard Schechnerand Victor Turner’s concepts of ritual and performance.
Cambios en el uso de la tierra en Argentina y Uruguay: marcos conceptuales para su análisis
Authors: Paruelo J. M. , Guerschman J. P. , Piñeiro G. , Jobbágy E. G. , Verón S. R. , Baldi G. , Baeza S.
Published: January 2023

El ser humano modifica el territorio para llevar a cabo actividades productivas o construir viviendas. Estas modificaciones producen importantes cambios en la estructura y el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas, afectando en última instancia la propia calidad de vida de las personas. En este artículo en primer término describimos algunos de los cambios ocurridos en el uso de la tierra en buena parte de Argentina y Uruguay. Utilizamos conjuntamente información aportada por estadísticas oficiales de ambos países y datos resultantes del procesamiento y clasificación de imágenes satelitales. Nuestros análisis muestran que tanto el área agrícola como forestal se han expandido en los últimos años. En Argentina, la mayor expansión la tuvieron los cultivos anuales (desde un 4% a un 14.3%, entre 1988 y 2002) y particularmente la soja, tanto en la provincia de Buenos Aires como en las provincias del Norte Argentino. En Uruguay la mayor expansión entre los censos de 1990 y 2000, estuvo dada por los cultivos forestales, los cuales llegaron a ocupar más del 35 % del área de algunas secciones censales. Luego del 2000, la expansión de la soja también afectó el litoral uruguayo, donde varias secciones censales aumentaron su área de soja a tasas cercanas al 5% anual. En segundo término, presentamos el marco conceptual a los efectos de entender los procesos que determinan estos cambios y examinar su dinámica espacial y temporal. En base a este marco conceptual es posible modelar los cambios en el uso de la tierra a partiendo de la probabilidad de transición entre usos. Los controles de estas transiciones pueden ser ambientales (por ej. tipos de suelos, clima, etc.), económicos (por ej. margen bruto, precios internacionales, etc), sociales (por ej. disponibilidad de mano de obra, tenencia de la tierra, etc.), o políticos (por ej. la ley forestal, política impositiva, líneas de créditos, etc.). Finalmente usando la idea de servicios ecosistémicos presentamos un marco conceptual para la planificación del uso de la tierra considerando sus impactos ambientales, sociales, económicos y políticos.
BANKING MARKETING PRACTICES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors:   University North, Trg dr. Ž. Dolinara 1, Koprivnica, Republic of Croatia, Fotova Čiković Katerina
Published: January 2023

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 has left a mark in every industry and every sector globally. Its impact has been largely researched, measured, and evaluated. Current banking literature mainly focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on banks’ performance, efficiency, or profitability. However, studies on the impact of COVID-19 on banking marketing are limited. Therefore, this systematic review has the objective to fill in this gap and investigate the impact of COVID-19 on banking marketing practices. A systematic search of the online Scopus scientific database has been conducted, with no restrictions to language, date of publication, or study design. The keywords „BANK“, „MARKETING“ and „COVID-19“ have led to 20 papers published in Scopus-indexed journals. A total of 9 academic literature articles regarding banking marketing during the COVID-19 pandemic were identified and analyzed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) principles. The findings of a total of 9 papers are presented in a narrative synthesis. The review aims to gain new insights into the impact of COVID-19 on the banking industry and especially on banking marketing. The main goal of this paper is to identify all the relevant published studies in this area thus far, as well as to present and analyze the findings regarding the impact of COVID-19 on banking marketing practices. Finally, specific literature gaps are identified, and suggestions and guidelines for future work are provided. However, there is a need for further studies at a later stage to understand the overall effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on banking marketing.
Prospective Cohort Study with a 2-Year Follow-up of Clinical Results, Fusion Rate, and Muscle Bulk for Uniportal Full Endoscopic Posterolateral Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Authors: Wu Pang Hung , Kim Hyeun Sung , An Jin Woo , Kim Myeonghun , Lee Inkyung , Park Jong Seon , Lee Jun Hyoung , Kang Sangsoo , Lee Jeongshik , Yi Yeonjin , Lee Jun Hyung , Park Jun Hwan , Lim Jae Hyeon , Jang Il-Tae
Published: January 2023

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.Purpose: Postoperative evaluation of the cross-sectional area of paraspinal muscle and clinical findings in patients who had interlaminar route uniportal full endoscopic posterolateral transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (EPTLIF) after 2 years. Overview of Literature: There are limited short-term follow-up studies on efficacy, safety, and physiological changes with a 2-year follow-up. There is no study on paraspinal muscle cross-sectional area change in patients who had undergone uniportal EPTLIF.Methods: We evaluated patients who underwent EPTLIF with a minimum 24-month follow-up. Clinical parameters of the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) were measured at the preoperative, 1-week postoperative mark, postoperative 3-month mark, and final follow-up. Preoperative and 1-year postoperative magnetic resonance imaging measurement of preoperative and postoperative Kjaer grade, right and left psoas muscle mass area, and right and left paraspinal muscle mass area was performed.Results: EPTLIF with a minimum 24-month follow-up of 35 levels was included. The complication rate was 6%, and the mean Bridwell’s fusion grade was 1.37 (1–2). There was statistically significant improvement at 1 week, 3 months, and 2 years in VAS (4.11±1.23, 4.94±1.30, and 5.46±1.29) and in ODI (40.34±10.06, 46.69±9.14, and 49.63±8.68), respectively (p <0.05). Successful operation rate with excellent and good MacNab’s criteria at 2 years was 97%. There was an increment of statistically significant bilateral psoas muscle cross-sectional area, right side (70.03±149.1 mm²) and left side (67.59±113.2 mm²) (p <0.05).Conclusions: Uniportal EPTLIF achieved good fusion and improved clinical outcomes with favorable paraspinal musculature bulk at the 2-year follow-up.
Fuzzy simulation of integrity break risks of project documents
Authors:   State University of Telecommunications, Asyeyeva L. A.
Published: January 2023

Simulation and risk management in accordance with international standards is the basis for building an information security policy of the enterprise. An overview of the current state of development in this area, the current update of cybersecurity tasks and the corresponding increase in costs indicate the need to develop new approaches to measuring information security risks. One of the possible areas of research is the simulation of project security risks, as project activities are inherent in enterprises of many industries, including IT companies, construction companies and others. In the article the issue of information security of the project is considered on the basis of its formal presentation in the form of a set of documents and operations on them. During the processing of each document, which generally includes the creation, storage, editing and transmission of the document, there are risks of breach of its confidentiality, integrity or accessibility. Blurring and incomplete information regarding the characteristics of information security risks of documents necessitates using of fuzzy logic to formalize them. In this paper, a model is proposed to assess the possibility of violation of the integrity of project documents and the damage from such a violation on the basis of the mathematical apparatus of fuzzy logic. The developed model has a generalized structure, as it is based on the formalization of set of project documents and operations on them using certain information systems and personnel. To assess the damage from the implementation of the threat of violation of the document integrity, it is proposed to use the method of hierarchies analysis on the basis of the tree of criteria. The developed model can be used in the creation of specialized information systems for risk assessment of projects and used to manage information security in enterprises whose activities are of a project nature.
The research of cognitive methods of infocommunication management under conditions of uncertainty
Authors:   State University of Telecommunications, Berkman L. N.
Published: January 2023

The methods of management of the fifth generation infocommunication networks under conditions of uncertainty are shown. The research of super-complex systems into which modern infocommunications with social networks superimposed on them turn is based on nonlinear cognitive methods, which currently claim the role of the basic paradigm in the management of intercommunications of the future. The scientific research is to ensure efficient and sustainable management of infocommunication networks under conditions of higher network capacity, multiservices, meeting the appropriate requirements for control systems for new heterogeneous superdense networks. The probabilistic-temporal characteristics of infocommunications management are used to carry out the research. This article offers a multi-agent management model that consists of a large number of agents, which own limited intellectuality and submit requests for services; this model is described by the Chapman–Kolmogorov equation. The analytical relations of the total number of intelligent agents in the system on receipt and service intensity in telecommunication networks are received. The relations that enable the telecommunication service management with different target functions: minimization of the number of downtime of intelligent agents or, visa versa, maximization of their number when there is the need to reserve resources for the expected burst of requests are described. It should be noted that control can be performed by specifying the probability value of transactions of intelligent agents, and the multi-agent system will perform the operational management independently.
IoT and cloud computing issues, difficulties and opportunities
Authors:   State University of Telecommunications, Makartsev M. O.
Published: January 2023

The Cloud is a centralised system that helps to deliver and transport data and various files across the Internet to data centres. The different data and programmes can be accessed easily from the centralised Cloud system. Cloud Computing is an economic solution, as it does not require on-site infrastructure for storage, processing and analytics. The scalability of Cloud Computing means that as your business grows, your technological and analytical capabilities can too. The relationship between IoT, Big Data and Cloud Computing creates ample opportunity for business to harness exponential growth. Put simply, IoT is the source of data, Big Data is an analytic platform of data, and Cloud Computing is the location for storage, scale and speed of access. The Internet of Things refers to the world’s collection of devices that gather and share information across various industries and sectors. In comparison, Big Data offers management and analytical capabilities for huge amounts of data across multiple platforms and systems. However, the interconnectivity between Big Data and Internet of Things means the two technologies share common goals and are predicted to follow a similar trajectory in the future. With the outstanding development of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), various outlets continually produce a tremendous volume of information. It is unwise to locally store all the raw data in the IIoT devices since the end devices energy, and extra rooms are rigorously constrained. IoT networks empower re-appropriated information assortment and distributed storage regardless of the asset compelled nature of the IoT. For the following section of observation, there is a succession of unfamiliar safeguards for IoT and cloud integration problems. Cloud computing delivery is highly efficient, storage is becoming more and more current, and some groups are now transfering their data from in-house records to Cloud Computing Vendors hubs. Intensive IoT applications for workloads and data are liable to challenges while using distributed computing apparatuses. In this paper, we research IoT and cloud computing and address cloud-compatible problems and computing techniques to promote IoT programs stable transition to the Cloud.
Comparative analysis of channel coding methods in wireless networks
Authors:   State University of Telecommunications, Dudaryeva H. O.
Published: January 2023

Currently, wireless communication networks are rapidly developing in the field of data transmission. The proliferation of these networks is due to their ease of use, low cost and acceptable bandwidth. At the same time, for efficient transmission of information, it is necessary to obtain error-free data, which is often distorted when transmitting them over wireless communication channels. Most often, the quality of data transmission is affected by such factors as dispersion effect, fading, attenuation, interference, noise in the channel, etc. Therefore, in order to avoid errors when receiving information, channel coding methods are used, the main task of which is to search for quickly transmitted codes that can correct or detect errors. Channel coding techniques take up a wider bandwidth because excess bits are added to them. In communication networks, the two most common codes are used in the process of transmitting data: codes for detecting errors and codes for correcting errors. Error detection codes make it easy to determine if errors are present. As a rule, such codes are used in conjunction with certain protocols of the data link or transport layer. In this case, the receiver simply rejects the received data block, in which an error was detected, after which the transmitter transmits this block again. Error correction codes allow not only detecting errors, but also correcting them without resorting to re-transmission of information. These codes are often used in wireless networks where retransmission of data is extremely inefficient and error rates are high. The aim of this work is to compare and analyze the bit error rates (further — BER) when using various methods of channel coding. Moreover, the number of transmitted bits is almost the same for different channel coding methods.
Using Java annotations as a tool for providing API
Authors:   State University of Telecommunications, Altynnikov D. Ye.
Published: January 2023

Although Java has such syntax instrument as annotations which are a strong part of that programming language, they are often employed by consumers of logic rather than by theirs’ writers. A quite good example, it’s not hard to discover from Java source code with the @Override, Java compiler processing, the @Autowired commonly used annotation for such framework as Spring, but userwritten annotations are uncommon. Although custom annotations are a rare feature of the Java language, stench, like frameworks like Spring, may be a valuable resource for writing code that is easy to comprehend and accomplishes its goals quickly. Annotations in Java are a kind of labels in the code describing the metadata for a function / class / package. For example, the well-known @Override annotation, which means that we are going to override the method of the parent class. Yes, on the one hand, it is possible without it, but if the parents do not have this method, there is a possibility that we wrote the code in vain, because specifically, this method may never be called, and with the @Override annotation, the compiler will tell us that there was not found such a method in the parents something is unclean here. However, Annotations can carry not only the meaning for reliability, but they can also store some data that will then be used. Annotations as well can be described as descriptors included in the program text and are used to store the metadata of the program code required at different stages of the program life cycle. The information stored in annotations can be used by appropriate processors to create the necessary auxiliary files or to mark classes, fields, etc. Please note that the annotation itself does not affect the method override in any way, but it allows you to control the success of the override during compilation or assembly. We have protected a piece of code from an inconspicuous error that would take hours to find in a large program. This is just one of the many uses for annotations.
Ex-Migrant Nurses Empowerment after Recovery from Covid-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Reflective Cycle Gibbs Model
Authors: Jumu La , Hardy Syaifoel , Riyadi Sugeng , Arief Dharmawan , Afzal Ridha , Sukatemin Sukatemin
Published: January 2023

During the Covid-19 outbreak, many ex-migrant nurses who had resigned and were living in Indonesia were unable to return to work. The objective of this study is to develop strategies for empowering ex-migrant nurses in the sustainable healthcare sector following the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Reflective Cycle Gibbs (RCB) model was employed during the research, which comprised six stages that began with a document review and PRISMA analysis. The PRISMA Analysis utilized Google search engines to filter documents from Google Scholar, Research Gate, and other sources. The RCB model examined 10 eligible journals and discovered records of nurses who returned to their home country due to inadequate pay, career development, workforce protection policy, and empowerment facilities. We concluded 4 problems encountered by returnee nurses i.e. lack of protection policy, poor wages, less career development, and lack of empowerment facilities.