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Recalcitrant Geographies: National Claims, Transnationalism, and the Institutionalization of Contemporary Art
Authors: Zijlmans Kitty
Published: November 2021

The time is ripe for modern and contemporary art museums in the West to reconsider their position in a globalizing world, to engage with such questions as how their collections have been formed and presented in the past fifty years or more, and what they represent. Modern art is said to have an international scope, but in reality this generally means Euro-American. Consequently, its origins, which lie in part in art from Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, are denied. Contemporary art as a global phenomenon is making a somewhat hesitant entry into museums in the Western world and into art history. It may be making its entry and may also be included in the discourse of art history, but in many cases this move is problematic. Throughout the past twenty-five years, Third Text founder Rasheen Araeen has fulminated against the “West’s” appropriation of modern art and the concept of Modernism.[1] Third Text has persistently argued that the Western analytical paradigm of the arts is distorted in its history and imposes its values and aesthetics without acknowledging the contribution of artists “from elsewhere,” as Okwui Enwezor terms it. This has had a number of consequences, not least the neglect in art historical textbooks and by modern art museums in the West of crucial Modernist work produced by non-Euro-American artists. Not having been written into the mainstream of art history, or seen as foundational for the formation of the canon of modern art and displays in modern art museums, this neglect results in a distorted view and calls for a thorough rewriting of modern art history, as well as a reconsideration of the layout of art museums. This urge is felt even more in the present-day globalization of art and the art world. “Art from elsewhere,” which is abundant, cannot simply be added to the existing canons or inserted into prevalent discourses; rather, we need to critically assess the foundations of art historical writing, canon formation, and museum displays.
Peace, the Museum, and Globalization, 1800/2014
Authors: Porterfield Todd
Published: November 2021

Jacques Derrida’s sustained analysis of globalization[1] carries three main insights that are important starting points for this essay. Firstly, against the abundant rhetoric surrounding globalization, the vapid determinism and blind and fabricated faith in liberal economics, and the sense of wondrous awe often exuded before seemingly immediate communication, Derrida is very clear about what globalization is not. In his 2003 book, Philosophy in a Time of Terror, he addresses the mistaken notion that global integration produces democracy, which, in turn, yields increasing equality.
Synthesis of Visible Light Response S-SnO2 Catalyst for Optimized Photodegradation of Bromophenol Blue.
Authors: SANI Kabiru Isya , GAYA Umar , HAMİSU Abubakar
Published: November 2021

In the presence study, sulfur doped tin dioxide (S-SnO2) catalysts have been synthesized by precipitation of aqueous SnCl4 in the present of NH3. The synthesized catalysts have been characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR) energy dispersive x-ray (EDX) and x-ray diffraction (XRD). The photocatalytic performance of the synthesized S-SnO2 catalysts was optimized for bromophenol blue (BPB) degradation under visible light irradiation based on central composite design (CCD). Input variables adopted for the optimization are catalysts dosage, initial concentration of bromophenol blue and pH. Optimal conditions for the efficient BPB photodegradation were found to involve catalyst dosage of 0.4 g/L, initial BPB concentration of 5 mg/L and pH 8 under which maximum percentage degradation of 92.33% BPB degradation over 0.4g S-SnO2 was attained for 120 min visible light irradiation. sonication time of 60 min. Thus, the 0.4g S-SnO2 sample prepared under the founded optimal dopant amount yielded the maximal removal efficiencies.
Left-Handing аnd Learning Difficulties
Authors:   ", Tsaruha Haido ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

Reading and writing are the initial stages of school education, without mastering which it is especially difficult, even impossible, to freely follow any educational system. The topic of learning difficulties has only begun to concern specialists in the last twenty years. Thus, going back to the past, we find that the problem of learning difficulties, although existing, did not concern specialists before the end of our century. The establishment and legalization of compulsory education has revealed a series of problems, including difficulties in education, ie. problems in learning, transmission and behavior that lead to adverse consequences both in school, in the family environment and mainly in the psycho-emotional development and balanced integration of the child in society.
Gender equality in German Christian Democracy
Authors:   ", Georgiev Ventsislav ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The Christian image of man stands at the heart of the Christiandemocratic political ideology of Germany: „So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female.” (Genesis 1:27). According to the Germany’s Christian-democrats each person has the same inalienable dignity, since men are created in the image and likeness of God. This is the fundamental Christian democratic thought, which forms the basic Christian democratic principles: freedom, solidarity and justice. Based on the Christian image of man, gender equality policy also finds its place in the principles of justice and freedom. One of the main goals of this report is to examine whether the principles of gender equality are respected from the Christian democrats in Germany and how effective they are.
As Neverending Story. An Inquiry into the Influence of the Fairy Tale
Authors:   ", Georgieva Zlatinka ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The article deals with questions related to the influence of fairy tales in the modern life of young people. A survey was carried out with social service users at the Day Care Center for the Elderly with Disabilities in Veliko Tarnovo. Analyzes and outcomes are generalizations revealing the parental style of education and the influence of fairy tales during childhood.
Socio-psychological Factors Regulating the Learning Motivation in Foreign Students
Authors:   Odessa National I. I. Mechnikov University, Odessa, Ukraine, Suslova Valeria
Published: November 2021

This study examined the relationship of learning motivation in foreign students with the process of their socio-cultural adaptation and individual psychological characteristics. The concept of “learning motivation” was clarified and the factors hindering the process of forming the learning motivation in foreign students in the Ukrainian-speaking environment were analysed. It was expected that learning motivation in foreign students has its own specifics and differs from the level and dynamics of this motivation in Ukrainian students. In addition, the author examined the differences in correlations between the learning motivation, level of self-esteem, level of aspirations, acculturation strategies, and the scale of perceived discrimination among the foreign and Ukrainian students. Students of Odessa universities (40 Ukrainian host society members and 34 immigrants to Ukraine) participated in the questionnaire study. The findings revealed that the main learning motives in foreign students include intrapersonal motives and the motives for acquiring knowledge, mastering a profession and getting a diploma. International students are quite susceptible to the influence of assessments by teachers, which can be used to increase their learning motivation.
Modern Approaches to Training of Children with Learning Difficulties – Unity of Individual Pedagogical, Correctional-Speech Therapy and Psychological Activity
Authors:   ", Tsaruha Haido ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The term „special educational abilities“ refers to children whose educational needs arise from disabilities, dysfunctions or learning difficulties. In addition to the classical methods of training and education, they also need specially oriented methods for educational impact and training, corresponding to the needs for the formation, recovery and improvement of impaired functions. Children with special educational needs need daily relationships and contacts with normal children. In this way, children with learning difficulties are provided with an environment to achieve the main goal - the formation of their socially adaptive behavior. At the heart of this approach is integration. The integration process must be bilateral. On the one hand, to include work on the socialization of children with disabilities in their usual environment, and on the other - to change the attitude of the environment, respectively the attitudes of people towards them. School integration implies enriching the environment for children with SEN, applying a system of measures to provide them with the necessary educational services in the general education system, to meet their needs, desires, interests and aspirations in such a way as to achieve the greatest possible their effective education and development.
Psychological Help for Terminally Ill Patients: Illness as an Unexpected Crisis
Authors:   St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria, Stoeva Teodora
Published: November 2021

The article deals with an extremely serious personal and socially significant problem related to the difficulties and psychological experiences of terminally ill individuals and their treatment. The psychological features of terminally ill individuals who are expecting death, thinking about it, are considered, which is undoubtedly a painful period of life change and personal transformation. Psychological support tools and therapy and counseling approaches are discussed to make the experiences of these individuals for themselves and those who will leave more bearable.
“Vicarious Trauma” Phenomen in the Psychotherapeutic Practice
Authors:   St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria, Krumova-Pesheva Rumyana
Published: November 2021

Working with various personal stories provokes a variety of countertransference “responses” in psychotherapists. Patients’ words “awaken” feelings and experiences with discrete or intense affective resonance for the specialist. They are associated with extremely painful emotions that cause strong sensations and threaten ones’ feeling for stability, safety and security. The purpose of the material is to present the interpretation of vicarious trauma, which is expressed in intense or cumulative traumatism that could lead to serious emotional and personal consequences. It is provoked by extremely stressful material from patients in the clinical practice. It is important to be distinguished from the burn-out - syndrome, acute stress reaction, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc.
The Feeling of Trauma in the Situation of Current Threat
Authors:   St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria, Krumova-Pesheva Rumyana , Peshev Haralampi ,   MMA, Sofia, Bulgaria
Published: November 2021

The reality of the pandemic provoked and reinforced the feeling of insecurity and vital threat on an individual and social level. It caused a number of problems and issues from physical, mental, ethical, philosophical, legal, religious nature. The individual functioning turned out to be in condition of emergency and crisis with increased risk to human health and life. The current situation has given rise to the feeling of mass polytraumatism with characteristics of objectless horror and control loss. The present study refers to 34 cases of patients in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, where the objective reality changed the picture of the therapeutic dynamics. It created an experience of changed identity, „awakened“ intense transference „answers“ and to some extent modified the course of the sought and planned change. The results showed a severely increased free-floating anxiety, ready to conjoin with specific content and ideas, as well as high depression associated with regressive movements to early-object interactions.
The Content and Structure of the Professional Competence of Employees of Criminally-Executive System
Authors:   Tver, “Tver State University”, Alekseevna Kopylova Yulia
Published: November 2021

this article provides a theoretical analysis of the concept of “professional competence” and defines its structure. The structure of the professional competence of the employees of penal correction system.
Inquire into the Attitudes of Students of Specialty “Psychology” for Practise Voluntary Work
Authors:   ", Boradjieva Elena ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The report discusses the results of an inquiry into the attitudes of students of speciality “Psychology” to volunteer work during their studies at Veliko Tarnovo University.
On the Problem of Human Consciousness: from Facts to Theoretical Speculations
Authors:   ", Manolov Manol ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo, Voznyuk Alexander ,   Ivan Franko State University, Ukraine
Published: November 2021

The article demonstrates some important direct and indirect facts about human consciousness being the main value of a man and human society, since consciousness is necessary and sufficient, system-forming quality of a human being as a representative of Homo sapiens. These facts enable to unfold some theoretical speculations helping to formulate some conclusions about consciousness revealing holistic, ubiquitous, resonance, empathic, information, non-causal, dynamic, non-locality, ideal nature.
Theoretical Foundations of Social Psychoanalysis
Authors:   Kiev Polytechnic Institute „I. Sikorsky“, Kiev, Ukraine, Storizhko Lyudmila
Published: November 2021

The theoretical provisions of social psychoanalysis are based on the consideration of the following basic components of the psyche: consciousness and unconscious, individual and collective unconscious, social unconscious. Sigmund Freud one of the first has been researched internal incentives, under the influence of which, all mental human`s processes come into effect, which determine the motivational structure of human behavior. Through the prism of unconscious appetence, he tried to consider as the behavior of an individual person and the whole history of the development of humanity. Unconscious in Carl Jung’s understanding acquires a new meaning: it relates with historical and spiritual layers of humanity experience. It was Z. Freud and C. Jung who formulated the basic theoretical principles of social psychoanalysis about the “deep” and “peak” motivation of human behavior.
Leadership in Groups and Organizations, According to Psychodynamic Theory in Psychology
Authors:   ", Ivanov Ivan ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

This review abandons the popular understanding of leadership as a manifestation of the specific qualities and characteristics of “gifted” individuals, and takes the systemic and psychodynamic view of leadership as a phenomenon of human relationships within a group. Taking into account the social nature of leadership allows one to think of it not in substantive categories – as a given thing, but in relation categories – as a process of interaction between participants in groups, organizations and communities.
Philosophy of Education and Philosophical Education
Authors:   ", Bouzov Vihren ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

In these introductory words are presented the basic values of the tradition of “artes liberales” – they are dominant in the development of our Faculty of Philosophy in Veliko Tarnovo.
Time Perception in Times of COVID-19
Authors:   ", Yoveva Aneta ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

This article discusses how time perception changes during the lockedown caused by COVID-19. The author pays attention to the changes in people`s daily routines due to the pandemic situation, which in turn led to the feeling that time is running at a different speed than life before COVID-19. Data from a study conducted in the UK, by Ruth Ogden, a senior professor of psychology at John Moores University in Liverpool, is exposed on the subject. The meaning of Chronos and Kairos, the Greek gods of time, is interpreted in COVID-19 situation.
The Importance of Psychological Support for Families with Children with Special Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors:   MSU, Sveti Nikole-Bitola, Republic of Northern Macedonia, Spasovska Milena , Mocinova-Brachkova Milena
Published: November 2021

The Covid 19 pandemic has caused changes in the functioning of all people, including children with special needs and their families. Research shows that the changes experienced by individuals and families can result in mental health problems and dysfunctional adaptation to the stress caused by the coronavirus pandemic. For these reasons, the psychological support is important to help families cope with the challenges of the Covid 19 pandemic, to improve their mental health, and strengthen their individual and family resilience. Psychological support aims to help families adapt to the challenges they face and achieve a higher degree of functionality on a personal, partner, parent, family and social level.
COVID-19: A Critical Analysis of the Consequences of the Crisis
Authors:   ", Dobrev Dobrin ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The article discusses various aspects of the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On a critical analysis are subjected the non-medical factors for the negative consequences – such as media coverage and political actions. The article outlines the main threats to mental health posed by the pandemic and prospects for development and change in the treated problems.
Rehabilitation of Sensual Love in the Age of German Romanticism
Authors:   ", Uzunova Denitsa ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The article presents some characteristics of German Romanticism as intellectual movement in philosophy and literature. The focus is on the image of love in this period, marriage, women’s education. One of the most important elements in the philosophy of love is turning to the culture of sensuality. For romantics love is the creative base of existence.
Focus Group Analysis for the Successfulness of Third-age Personal Social Services Needs Municipality Polski Trambesh
Authors:   ", Genova Nikolinka ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The purpose of this article is to highlight the application of the focus group method to offer the needs of social services users in the community in elderly people. This is a qualitative method of exploring, adapting to a purposeful discussion on a problem or group of problems.
Why Access to Evidence is not a Necessary Condition for Knowledge?
Authors:   BAS, Bulgaria, Bakalova Marina
Published: November 2021

This article is inspired by a long-lasting debate with a friend and colleague of mine Anna Ivanova about the role of evidence in a general analysis of knowledge. The article summarizes the key points in the debate between epistemic internalists and epistemic externalists, and highlights some of the major arguments undermining the epistemic internalism, according to which access to evidence is not a necessary condition for knowledge.
The Hague Tribunal – Diplomatic Backstage and Political Justice “ad hoc”
Authors:   ", Markovska Angelina ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The Hague tribunal is anything but a model for the enforcement of liberal rules. Its emergence is a classic example of diplomatic impotence and clever use of a “legal ideal” to push a particular political and legal agenda.
Management Influence on Individual and Group Behavior in Business Organization
Authors:   Academy of Economics “D. A. Tsenov”, Bulgaria, Stoyanova Stanislava
Published: November 2021

In this academic article the main emphasis is the nature and specificity of human behavior in an organization. The chief factors that are influencing on an individual behavior are considered and analyzed, as well the useful management techniques for stimulation and limitation of individual and group behavior in the organization. The text presents all main views about the personal behavior‘ core, and highlights the varieties of responsible behavior of the employees as an integral part of the organization.
Relevance and Normative Conditions in the Use of Reasons
Authors:   ", Ivanova Anna ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

The article presents a case for the thesis that everyday linguistic ascriptions of justification depend, among other conditions, upon epistemic norms about the way in which the agent has set the scope of relevant reasons and evidence for the belief. These norms, it is argued, and not criteria for the possession of evidence, determine whether a belief is properly justified in various cases when the agent has missed some relevant and possessed by her evidence. Unlike psychological retrievability, the skill of determining the relevance permits the imposition of rational conditions. Internalist approaches to justification do not explicitly include epistemic requirements for the cognitive mechanisms of setting the scope of relevant reasons in the epistemic evaluation of beliefs but intuitions from everyday ascriptions suggest that the existence of such is likely and that further investigation is necessary to establish whether they should be incorporated.
Neoliberalism in Germany: Ordoliberalism and the Social Market Economy
Authors:   ", Alexandrov Nikolay ,   St. Cyril and Methodius",   University of Veliko Tarnovo
Published: November 2021

This article is devoted to German neoliberalism, which differs from the other national schools of the doctrine in question on the large scientific-theoretical array and the scientific-political science inherent in German social philosophers, which deals with the legal, economic and legal-political issues of democracy, market economy and the role of the state in a free society. One important feature of German neoliberalism, which emerges in the German universities, is emphasized, and besides being the most complex of all the national schools of neoliberalism and with the greatest number of theorists, it has for a long time maintained its objectivity and position on common sense, protecting the interests of all citizens, regardless of their property and social status. It also emphasizes that emblematic feature of German neoliberalism, according to which this national school does not deny the role of the state in social and economic life, but affirms it.
Self-assessment of the Pre-graduate Practice of Students in Social Pedagogy
Authors:   Trakia University of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, Delcheva Tsveta
Published: November 2021

The article presents the organization and the course of the undergraduate practice of students in the specialty “social pedagogy”. Insofar as the self-assessment skills are among the important soft-skills of the modern specialist, an attempt is made to establish the degree of his / her formation by comparing the self-assessments of two groups of students – trainees at school and trainees at a social institution. Conclusions are made about the need for purposeful formation of self-assessment skills in a specific practical environment.
CEZA MAHKEMESİ KARARLARININ GEREKÇELİ OLMA ZORUNLULUĞU VE SİLAHSIZ TERÖR ÖRGÜTÜ TARTIŞMALARI (HİZB-UT TAHRİR ÖRNEĞİ)
Authors: YURTLU Fatih
Published: November 2021

Bu çalışmada; genel olarak ceza mahkemesi kararlarının gerekçeli olmasının adil yargılanma hakkı kapsamında değerlendirilmesi yapılacaktır. Bu bağlamda, 26.10.2018 tarih ve 30577 sayılı Resmi Gazete’de yayımlanan Anayasa Mahkemesi’nin 2014/13117 numaralı bireysel başvuru kararı (Hizb-ut Tahrir) ışığında, ceza mahkemesi kararlarının gerekçeli olması ve adil yargılanma hakkı arasındaki ilişki üzerinde durulacaktır. Bununla beraber, inceleme konusu yargılama kararlarının temelinde “silahsız terör örgütü” tartışmaları bulunduğundan, çalışmada maddi ceza hukuku bakımından örgüt suçlarına da değinilecektir. Maddi ceza hukuku bakımından özellikle üzerinde durulacak konu ise, yürürlükteki Türk mevzuatına göre “silahsız terör örgütü” kavramı olacaktır.
Çalışmada, ilk olarak inceleme konusu bireysel başvuru kararına temel teşkil eden yargı kararlarına kısaca değinilecek ve uyuşmazlığa konu olaylar genel hatlarıyla açıklanacaktır. Bu kapsamda, ilk derece mahkemelerinin ve Yargıtay’ın konuya ilişkin vermiş olduğu kararlar kısaca özetlenecektir. Bunun akabinde, Anayasa Mahkemesi’nin somut olaya ilişkin yaklaşımı ve konuya ilişkin görüşleri üzerinde ayrıntılı olarak durulacaktır.
Akabinde, Türk ceza mevzuatındaki örgüt suçuna ilişkin düzenlemeler üzerinde durulacaktır. Bu kapsamda; suç örgütü, silahlı örgüt ve terör örgütü suçlarına ayrıntılı olarak değinilecektir. Böylece çalışmamızın ve söz konusu uyuşmazlığın esasını oluşturan “silahsız terör örgütü konusu” meri mevzuatımız açısından açıklığa kavuşturulacaktır. Bu bağlamda suç örgütü kavramına, bu kavramın kriminolojik ve maddi ceza hukuku bakımından türlerine ilişkin kısa değerlendirmeler yapılacaktır. Bir başka ifadeyle, Türk ceza mevzuatı bakımından “silahsız terör örgütünden” bahsedilip bahsedilemeyeceği tartışılacaktır. Maddi ceza hukukuna ilişkin bu değerlendirmelerin akabinde tartışmaya açılacak esas konu ise, “ceza mahkemesi kararlarının yeterli gerekçeye sahip olmamasının ceza muhakemesi hukuku ve adil yargılanma hakkı bağlamında ortaya çıkardığı sonuçlar” olacaktır.
Çalışmanın hukuki değerlendirme ve görüşümüz başlığı altında ise, özellikle çalışmamızın başlığını da oluşturan ceza mahkemesi kararlarının yeterli ve tatmin edici gerekçeye sahip olma zorunluluğu üzerinde durulacaktır. Kısacası bu çalışmada, savunma makamının ısrarla ileri sürdüğü ve hükmün esasını etkileyecek nitelikteki iddialara yargılama makamının yeterli cevap vermeden hüküm kurmasının adil yargılanma hakkı bağlamında değerlendirilmesi yapılacaktır.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Business Research, Vol. 14, No. 12
Authors: Duran Kevin
Published: November 2021

International Business Research wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated. International Business Research is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please contact us for the application form at: ibr@ccsenet.org Reviewers for Volume 14, Number 12   Ahnaf Ali Alsmady, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia Anca Gabriela Turtureanu, “DANUBIUS” University Galati, Romania Anna Maria Calce, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy Benjamin James Inyang, University of Calabar, Nigeria Bruno Ferreira Frascaroli, Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil Chokri Kooli, International Center for Basic Research applied, Paris, Canada Chuan Huat Ong, SEGi University Kota Damansara, Malaysia Chunyu Zhang, Guangxi Normal University, China Cristian Marian Barbu, “ARTIFEX” University, Romania Francesco Scalera, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy Giuseppe Granata, University Mercatorum of Rome, Italy Gnahe franck E, JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS, COTE D’IVOIRE Hanna Trojanowska, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Henrique Fátima Boyol Ngan, Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao, Macao Hind Ahmed, Ahfad university for Women, Sudan Ivano De Turi, LUM Jean Monnet University, Italy Janusz Wielki, Opole University of Technology, Poland L. Leo Franklin, Bharathidasn University, India Ladislav Mura, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia Lee Yok Yong, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Leow Hon Wei, SEGi University, Malaysia MALIK ELHAJ, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, USA Marcelino José Jorge, Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil Marco Valeri, Niccolò Cusano University, Italy Maria-Madela Abrudan, University of ORADEA, Romania Mohammad S. Knio, City University College of Ajman, UK Mustafa Özer, Anadolu University, FEAS, Turkey Omer Allagabo Omer Mustafa, Sudan Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Sudan Pascal Stiefenhofer, University of Exeter, UK Rosemary Boateng Coffie, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and |Technology, Ghana Roxanne Helm Stevens, Azusa Pacific University, USA Sachita Yadav, Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, India Sara Saggese, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Shrijan Gyanwali, Pokhara University, Nepal Stoyan Neychev, University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria Sumathisri Bhoopalan, SASTRA Deemed to be University, India Wanmo Koo, Western Illinois University, USA Yan Lu, University of Central Florida, USA
Implications of A Measurement Invariance Study by Age Cohorts for the Life Satisfaction Survey for Apostolic Women Religious (LSSAWR)
Authors: Moore Debra W. , Kreis Maria Clara
Published: November 2021

A measurement invariance study was performed on the Life Satisfaction Survey for Apostolic Women Religious (LSSAWR) across age cohorts to support its continued use to assess satisfaction with religious life across an individual sister’s life span, and to conduct intergenerational comparisons within and across congregations worldwide. Unfortunately, measurement invariance (MI) is often assumed rather than tested but is important to determine when comparisons are conducted across groups. Establishing MI produces confidence that the differences observed are a result of real differences between groups rather than a result of group membership. In general, the current study provides evidence that the LSSAWR is MI for life satisfaction across the Silent, Baby Boomer, and Generation X cohorts and should be robust to many types of analyses. Therefore, the continued use of the LSSAWR to provide feedback to individual Sisters and congregations of women religious regarding commitment to religious life and overall life satisfaction is supported. The most notable result was two of the five dimensions of the scale were statistically indistinguishable for the Silent generation, but not for the Baby Boomer or Generation X cohorts. This article discusses the importance of measurement invariance studies and implications for instruments used across the life span with items that could be age sensitive. 

 
Apenas uma postagem? previsões de vendas diárias de empresas varejistas de beleza e cosmético a partir da influência de mídias sociais
Authors: Pessanha Gabriel Gomes , Soares Eduardo Almeida
Published: November 2021

Objetivo: Estudar a relevância das postagens no Instagram na construção de modelos de previsão de variação de receitas de vendas diárias para empresas varejistas do setor de beleza e cosméticos.Metodologia: Foram consideradas séries temporais de vendas diárias entre os anos de 2017 e 2019 de 10 empresas varejistas do setor de beleza e cosméticos. Métodos baseados em aprendizagem de máquina foram empregados e os modelos de previsões foram incrementados com variáveis numéricas do perfil oficial da empresa, da postagem feita pelo influenciador digital contratado e as características das imagens postadas pelo influenciador digital foram incluídas nos modelos. Relevância e Originalidade: O estudo é inovador, pois ultrapassa as reflexões qualitativas sobre a temática e traz evidências empíricas quanto aos impactos na acurácia da previsão a partir da inclusão de variáveis de mídias sociais. Apresentou-se uma estratégia de fusão de dados (numéricos e imagens) para a previsão de vendas diárias de empresas de varejo do setor de beleza e cosméticos.Principais resultados: Os modelos se mostraram eficientes na previsão e a importância das variáveis likes e engajamento reforça a ideia de que a identificação e referência social gerada pelo ID são importantes aspectos no processo de decisão de compra. Constatou-se que as imagens são responsáveis por adicionar atributos exclusivos que ajudam na previsão e no entendimento dos padrões das séries de vendas.Contribuições teóricas e metodológicas: O estudo demonstrou, de modo promissor, a eficiência dos métodos baseados em aprendizagem de máquina na previsão de vendas a partir de dados do Instagram, especialmente, no que se refere à incorporação e extração de dados de imagens.
RANDOM REWARD MECHANISM IN VIDEO GAMES, IN THE SCOPE OF EUROPEAN GAMBLING REGULATIONS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON LOOT BOX MECHANISM
Authors: Zieliński Jakub
Published: November 2021

This article focuses on the issue of Random Rewards Mechanisms, in particular loot box mechanism, being implemented in modern video games. Nowadays, in the era of progressive technological progress, the borders between gambling and gaming have blurred as never before. More and more countries came to the conclusion, that different features of video games are problematically similar to classically-understood gambling. The report titled „Loot boxes in online games and
their effect on consumers, in particular young consumers” provided by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies at the request of the committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection has accurately defined the problem, as simultaneously concerning both gambling regulations, as well as consumer protection laws. The report constitutes excellent starting point for a further discussion about loot boxes in UE and in Poland. The article provides detailed
analysis of the issue, beginning with defining the term “loot box”, followed by scrutiny of both domestic and Union regulations. Relying on the distinction of loot-boxes provided by R. K. L. Nielsen and P. Grabarczyk author have analysed the regulations in order to present different approaches to the issue and their consequences. In the final part of the article author comments on Polish regulations and triers to predict the future development of law concerning loot boxes. The paper refers to
multiple reports, laws and rulings regarding discussed matter.
TAXATION OF VAT ON COMPENSATIONS FOR PROVIDED TRANSPORT SERVICES IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT BUSES – GLOSS TO THE JUDGMENT OF THE SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OF 7 NOVEMBER 2018, REF. NO. ACT I FSK 1692/16
Authors: Sowul Łukasz
Published: November 2021

According to the glossed judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court of November 7, 2018, file ref. Act I FSK 1692/16 compensation for the provided transport services in public transport buses should not be subject to VAT. The article focuses primarily on whether the Supreme Administrative Court rightly recognized them as subsidies similar to donation and subsidy referred to in the VAT Act. In connection with the above, the gloss presents the meaning of donation and subsidy under Polish and EU law. The final conclusion is that compensations involving a reasonable profit cannot be included in a surcharge of a similar nature to the above-mentioned measures, as they are a form of payment and therefore should be subject to VAT. In the remaining scope, however, the position of the Supreme Administrative Court should be shared, taking into account the broad definition of subsidies/subsidies found in EU law.
Ulgi w spłacie zobowiązań podatkowych w dobie
COVID-19 – odpowiedzialność organu podatkowego
Authors: Olczyk Adam
Published: November 2021

Wśród mechanizmów prawnych mających przeciwdziałać skutkom pandemii COVID-19 wyróżnić należy ulgi w spłacie zobowiązań podatkowych przewidziane w art. 67a i 67b Ordynacji podatkowej1
. Instytucja ta funkcjonuje w polskim
porządku prawnym od lat, a jej wyjątkowy charakter wydaje się wprost przewidziany do zastosowania w nadzwyczajnych sytuacjach, takich jak epidemia koronawirusa SARS-CoV-2. W artykule opisane zostały dwie kwestie:
1) w jaki sposób pandemia wpłynęła na interpretację kluczowej przesłanki „interesu publicznego”;
2) do którego momentu postępowania właściwe było przedstawienie argumentacji, że pandemia może uzasadniać
przyznanie ulgi.
Craniometric Variation in a Regional Sample from Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
Authors: Kamnikar Kelly , Hefner Joseph , Monsalve Timisay , Bernal Florez Liliana
Published: November 2021

Population affinity estimation is frequently assessed from measurements of the cranium. Traditional models place individuals into discrete groups―such as Hispanic―that often encompass very diverse populations. Current research, including this study, challenges these assumptions using more refined population affinity estimation analyses. We examine craniometric data for a sample of individuals from different regions in Antioquia, Colombia. We first assessed the sample to understand intraregional variation in cranial shape as a function of birthplace or a culturally constructed social group label. Then, pooling the Colombian data, we compare cranial variation with global contemporary and prehistoric groups. Results did not indicate significant intraregional variation in Antioquia; classification models performed poorly (28.6% for birthplace and 36.6% for social group). When compared to other groups (American Black, American White, Asian, modern Hispanic, and prehistoric Native American), our model correctly classified 75.5% of the samples. We further refined the model by separating the pooled Hispanic sample into Mexican and Guatemalan samples, which produced a correct classification rate of 74.4%. These results indicate significant differences in cranial form among groups commonly united under the classification “Hispanic” and bolster the addition of a refined approach to population affinity estimation using craniometric data.
Zur Bedeutung von Vorannahmen für die Beurteilung der Glaubhaftigkeit von Zeugenvernehmungen – Ergebnisse eines Experiments mit Kommissaranwärtern und Kommissaranwärterinnen
Authors: Posch Lena , Kemme Stefanie
Published: November 2021

In dieser Studie wurde untersucht, inwieweit Vorinformationen über eine Opferzeugin einen Einfluss auf die Beurteilung der Glaubhaftigkeit der Aussage und die Glaubwürdigkeit der Person haben können. Zwanzig Studierende der Akademie der Polizei Hamburg sahen hierbei jeweils zwei reale Videovernehmungen inhaltlich ähnlich gelagerter Zeugenaussagen (sexuelle Nötigung durch einen unbekannten Beschuldigten), wobei die eine Aussage als glaubhaft eingestuft wurde und die andere nicht. Der Kontext wurde manipuliert, indem der Experimentalgruppe vor dem Anschauen einer jeden Vernehmung wertschätzende oder diskreditierende Informationen über die Glaubwürdigkeit der Opferzeugin mitgeteilt wurden. Die Informationen waren hierbei genau entgegengesetzt der tatsächlichen Glaubhaftigkeit der Zeugenaussage. Jeweils nach Anschauen des Videos beurteilten alle Teilnehmenden die Aussage anhand eines Fragebogens, mit dem die Ausprägung der 24 Glaubhaftigkeitsmerkmale, die Glaubhaftigkeit der Aussage insgesamt sowie die Glaubwürdigkeit der Zeugin eingeschätzt werden sollte. Es zeigte sich, dass die Experimentalgruppe hypothesenkonform die Glaubhaftigkeit der glaubhaften Aussage signifikant geringer einschätzte als die Kontrollgruppe sowie die einzelnen Glaubhaftigkeitsmerkmale als weniger ausgeprägt bewertete. Bei der nicht-glaubhaften Aussage waren die Befunde uneinheitlicher; signifikante Unterschiede lagen hier nur für einzelne Merkmale vor. Erwartungskonform fiel die Gesamteinschätzung der Glaubhaftigkeit der Aussage in der Experimentalgruppe höher aus als in der Kontrollgruppe. Insgesamt führten also insbesondere negative, diskreditierende Vorinformationen zu kognitiven Verzerrungen der Studierenden in der Experimentalgruppe. Sie bewerteten sowohl die Aussage als auch die Glaubwürdigkeit der Zeugin kongruent zu den fälschlichen Vorinformationen. Von positiven Vorinformationen ließen sich die Teilnehmenden demgegenüber weniger leiten.
Application of Green Extraction Techniques for Natural Additives Production
Authors: Carreira-Casais Anxo , Lourenço-Lopes Catarina , Otero Paz , Carpena Rodriguez María , Gonzalez Pereira Antia , Echave Javier , Soria-Lopez Anton , Chamorro Franklin , A. Prieto Miguel , Simal-Gandara Jesus
Published: November 2021

During the last decades, consumers have increased the demand for healthier natural foods with lower presence of chemical additives. One reason of this choice is the controversy about chemical additives possible adverse effects. To fulfill market needs, different techniques have been developed to extract compounds from various raw materials to produce natural additives with different properties (preservatives, emulsifiers, or colorants) and bioactivities. In addition, the growing concern about the effects of climate change has led the development of more sustainable techniques to carry out the extraction. The use of new alternative nonconventional, emerging, or green extraction methodologies has gained considerable attention during the last decade. These novel techniques have been applied to minimize any negative changes in the nutritional, physicochemical or sensory properties of the natural source, while at the same time reducing the environmental impact of the process and gaining competitiveness of the world market. For this purpose, new green extraction methods have been proposed and optimized for the reduction of the consumption of raw materials, solvents, and energy. In this chapter, a revision of different types of green extraction techniques is compiled together with the main factor that can affect extraction-process feasibility and the main challenges and future trends for their development.
The Biochemical Mechanisms of Salt Tolerance in Plants
Authors: Armando Massange-Sánchez Julio , Vanessa Sánchez-Hernández Carla , Mireya Hernández-Herrera Rosalba , Andrea Palmeros-Suárez Paola
Published: November 2021

Salinity is one of the most severe environmental problems worldwide and affects plant growth, reproduction, and crop yields by inducing physiological and biochemical changes due to osmotic and ionic shifts in plant cells. One of the principal modifications caused by osmotic stress is the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which cause membrane damage and alter proteins, DNA structures, and photosynthetic processes. In response, plants increase their arsenal of antioxidant compounds, such as ROS scavenging enzymes and nonenzymatic elements like ascorbate, glutathione, flavonoids, tocopherols, and carotenoids, and their rates of osmolyte synthesis to conserve ion homeostasis and manage salt stress. This chapter describes the principal biochemical mechanisms that are employed by plants to survive under salt-stress conditions, including the most recent research regarding plant tolerance, and suggests strategies to produce valuable crops that are able to deal with soil salinity.
Leptin and Female Reproductive Health
Authors: Pyari Jaiswar Shyam , Priyadarshini Apala
Published: November 2021

Leptin is a peptide hormone, secreted primarily by the adipose tissue, placenta being the second leptin-producing tissue in humans. Apart from playing an integral role in food intake regulation and energy balance, leptin is an important signalling molecule affecting human reproduction. Accumulated evidence suggests that leptin has potential roles in the regulation of GnRH and LH secretion, puberty, pregnancy, and lactation. Deregulation of leptin levels has been associated with several reproductive disorders including infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, and polycystic ovary syndrome. This chapter illustrates the importance of leptin in female reproductive health, its role in the metabolic regulation of reproductive axis and its eventual pathophysiological implications in prevalent reproductive disorders.
Signaling Trustworthiness: A Self-Regulation Account
Authors: P. Lapka Samantha , Y.H. Kung Franki
Published: November 2021

Trustworthiness is generally considered a positive trait, and past research has investigated different factors that lead a person to be deemed trustworthy. As suggested in recent work, one important predictor and signal of trustworthiness is self-control. In this chapter, we offer a literature review on the social effects of self-control on trustworthiness. We first outline basic models of self-control and review empirical evidence of the interpersonal processes through which perceptions of self-control and trustworthiness are formed and connected. Then, we review evidence to identify and propose implications, both potential upsides and downsides, of self-control induced trustworthiness. We conclude by discussing understudied and novel factors that may potentially influence the associations between self-control and trust, and offer ideas for future directions.
Thoughts for Foods: Imaging Technology Opportunities for Monitoring and Measuring Food Quality
Authors: Eissa Ayman , Helyes Lajos , Romano Elio , Albandary Ahmed , Ibrahim Ayman
Published: November 2021

In recent decades, the quality and safety of fruits, vegetables, cereals, meats, milk, and their derivatives from processed foods have become a serious issue for consumers in developed as well as developing countries. Undoubtedly, the traditional methods of inspecting and ensuring quality that depends on the human factor, some mechanical and chemical methods, have proven beyond any doubt their inability to achieve food quality and safety, and thus a failure to achieve food security. With growing attention on human health, the standards of food safety and quality are continuously being improved through advanced technology applications that depend on artificial intelligence tools to monitor the quality and safety of food. One of the most important of these applications is imaging technology. A brief discussion in this chapter on the utilize of multiple imaging systems based on all different bands of the electromagnetic spectrum as a principal source of various imaging systems. As well as methods of analyzing and reading images to build intelligence and non-destructive systems for monitoring and measuring the quality of foods.
Genetic Path of the Emergence of SARS-CoV-2
Authors: Nasrin Taslima , Ali Safdar
Published: November 2021

Context: Severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the seventh coronavirus that has humans as the host. Because of its highly infectious nature, toward the end of January 2020, the WHO declared it a public health emergency of international concern. The present review is about understanding the journey of SARS-CoV-2 to its present form with an attempt to assess the genetic basis of its pandemic-causing abilities. Evidence Acquisition: The data for the present review were accessed through different publications and preprint repositories. Results: SARS-CoV-2 is a beta-coronavirus, and is approximately 60 - 140 nm in size. The appearance of its structure as a crown shape under an electron microscope led to the coining of its name ‘Coronavirus’. Comparative genome and proteome analysis exhibits similarities and differences with reference to SARS-CoV. The open reading frames (ORFs) found on the SARS-CoV-2 genome, and their corresponding proteins have been discussed. Bats may act as reservoir hosts but not exclusively. The possibility of snakes as the host, as well as other intermediate hosts, before reaching humans seems plausible. This has been supported by ACE2 receptor diversity and conservation across different tissues and organisms. The role of spike glycoprotein and its interaction with the receptor through specific residues for invading host cells makes a perfect therapeutic target, but the variations therein and the resulting impact on interactions pose challenges for the same. Conclusions: Though the differences between the MERS, SARS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2 genomes indicate amino acid changes, leading to the present pandemic situation, the fact that new variants are still emerging signifies that the journey is an ongoing one, which requires monitoring.