bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Factor Analysis: Dealing with Response Bias
Authors: Goedegebuure Robert , Adhikari Manorama
Published: April 2023

This paper proposes an innovative method for factor analyzing data that potentially contains individual response bias. Past methods include the use of “ipsative” data, or, related to that, “ipsatized” data. Unfortunately, factor analysis as the main method used for analyzing the dimensionality of data, cannot be applied to ipsative data. In contrast, normalization of data as an alternative method to filter out response bias, is not hampered by the technical statistical issues inherent to applying multivariate techniques to ipsative data. Using high-quality data from a survey in Nepal that makes use of – among others – the High-Performance Organizations (HPO) framework, this paper shows that the traditional approach of directly applying Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) starting from an existing model or theory, is inferior to our approach. Even applying Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) to the raw (non-normalized) data before using CFA, is unable to detect the optimal dimensionality, or structure, in the data. A better structure can be obtained by performing EFA on normalized data that corrects for response bias in the raw data. This paper convincingly shows that the newly identified structure is superior to the original structure suggested by the HPO framework. Applying a CFA using the newly detected structure on the raw data, gives excellent goodness-of-fit statistics, with more items retained, and no need of forced methods to improve the model fit. The findings suggest that existing models and questionnaires based on these models, are not necessarily as valid and reliable as empirical studies that make use of traditional analyses seem to suggest. When adopting existing instruments, researchers are advised to critically check the validity and reliability of these instruments – especially those vulnerable to response bias - and to apply the procedures laid out in this paper, in order to enhance the quality of their research, and to inform future researchers who consider using the same instruments or to warn them about the potential shortcomings of these instruments.
Iklim Organisasi, Gaya Kepemimpinan Partisipatif dan Beban Kerja terhadap Komitmen Organisasi PT Equityworld Futures
Authors: Wulansari Dwi
Published: April 2023

The study aims to analyze the influence of organizational climate on participatory leadership styles and workload on organizational commitment. The population in this study were 122 employees of PT Equityworld Futures. The sample size is determined by using the slovin formula so that the number of respondents in this research is 55 employees. The analysis tool used in this study is multiple linear regression eith help of SPSS verssion . the result show that the organizational climate, participatory leadership style and workload had a significant effect on organizational commitment.
Molecular nanoarchitectonics: unification of nanotechnology and molecular/materials science
Authors: Ariga Katsuhiko
Published: April 2023

The development of nanotechnology has provided an opportunity to integrate a wide range of phenomena and disciplines from the atomic scale, the molecular scale, and the nanoscale into materials. Nanoarchitectonics as a post-nanotechnology concept is a methodology for developing functional material systems using units such as atoms, molecules, and nanomaterials. Especially, molecular nanoarchitectonics has been strongly promoted recently by incorporating nanotechnological methods into organic synthesis. Examples of research that have attracted attention include the direct observation of organic synthesis processes at the molecular level with high resolution, and the control of organic syntheses with probe microscope tips. These can also be considered as starting points for nanoarchitectonics. In this review, these examples of molecular nanoarchitectonics are introduced, and future prospects of nanoarchitectonics are discussed. The fusion of basic science and the application of practical functional materials will complete materials chemistry for everything.
Propaganda: The Media and Ghana’s 2020 Presidential Election Petition
Authors: Mahama Seth Sayibu , Ziblim Saaka
Published: April 2023

This article examines the extent to which media bias is featured in the reportage of Ghana’s 2020 Presidential Election Petition. The Presidential Election Petition was filed by the main candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama who challenged the declaration by the Electoral Commission (EC) that President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo of the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) won the election. Using a purposive sampling approach focusing on the print media, this paper assesses how three local newspapers-the NDC aligned WhatsApp news online, the NPP aligned Daily Statesman online and State-sponsored Daily Graphic online covered the event and the extent to which media bias played in the coverage of the election petition. The study found that propaganda and media bias featured prominently in the coverage of the election petition and constituted a substantial risk of undermining press freedom and the country’s growing democracy. The study recommends, amongst others, training for journalists on how to detect bias and propaganda statements from story actors to obviate the potential of publishing propaganda-driven statements that could threaten the peace and stability of the country.
A STUDY ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ENERGY DRINKS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
Authors: Raghani Dr. Priyanka
Published: April 2023

Since 1997, when Red Bull made its debut in the market, energy drink consumption has continued to increase. Energy drinks are marketed to young adults, yet there is little research about how energy drinks are consumed in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, among college students. The purpose of this study was to track college students' consumption patterns of energy drinks. The data was collected randomly from 500 college students. The collected data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical analysis to identify the potential reasons for the consumption of energy drinks and the most popular energy drink among college students. It was found that energy drink consumption is common among college students, especially if they are sleep-deprived, if they need extra energy during study sessions also when driving an automobile for such an extended time. The findings from this study revealed that Redbull is clearly leading the energy drink market among the competitors. As it has more recall value than other brands in the segment, it clearly hits the right spot. The brand Redbull is very strong and effective. Yet there are some things which can be improved like high price, taste of the drink can be better and Redbull can provide more clear information about the ingredients used in the product as consumers give more importance to those factors while purchasing Redbull.
ભારતમાં પંચાયતી રાજ અને મહિલા સશક્તિકરણ : પડકારો અને ઉપાયો
Authors: જાગાણી ડૉ. હિતેશ એન.
Published: April 2023

સામાજિક – આર્થિક વિકાસ માટે પાયાના સ્તરે લોકોની ભાગીદારીએ સૌથી મહત્વપૂર્ણ માધ્યમ છે. પંચાયત સત્તાના વિકેન્દ્રિકરણને લોકોના સશક્તિકરણ અને નિર્ણય લેવાની પ્રક્રિયામાં સામેલ કરવાના સાધન તરીકે માનવામાં આવે છે. પંચાયતી રાજ સંસ્થાઓ કે જે વિકેન્દ્રિત લોકશાહી સ્વ – શાસનના પાયાના એકમ તરીકે કાર્ય કરે છે. તેને ગ્રામીણ ભારતના સામાજિક, આર્થિક પરિવર્તનના સાધન તરીકે ગણવામાં આવે છે. સ્થાનિક સ્તરે ૧૯૯રના ૭૩મા બંધારણીય સુધારા અધિનિયમમાં મહિલાઓને નિર્ણય લેવામાં અને વિકાસ માટેની યોજનાઓની તૈયારીમાં સામેલ કરવા માટે મહત્વપૂર્ણ જોગવાઈ કરવામાં આવી છે. તેમાં ઓછામાં ઓછી એક તૃતીયાંશ મહિલાઓ પંચાયતોના સભ્યો અને અધ્યક્ષો હશે. પ્રસ્તુત શોધપત્રનો હેતુ ભારતમાં પંચાયતી રાજ અને મહિલા સશક્તિકરણને સમજવાનો છે. પ્રસ્તુત શોધપત્ર ચાર ભાગમાં વહેંચાયેલ છે. પ્રસ્તુત શોધપત્રમાં ભારતમાં પંચાયતી રાજ અને મહિલાઓ, પંચાયતી રાજ અને મહિલા સશક્તિકરણ, પંચાયતી રાજમાં મહિલાઓ સામેના પડકારો અને ઉપાયોના સંદર્ભમાં વિશદ ચર્ચા કરવામાં આવી છે. પંચાયતી રાજમાં અનામતના લીધે સ્વશાસનના ક્ષેત્રે અભૂતપૂર્વ મોટી સંખ્યામાં મહિલાઓ આવી છે. આટલી વિશાળ સંખ્યામાં મહિલાઓનું રાજકીય સશક્તિકરણ વિશ્વમાં શ્રેષ્ઠ છે. જો કે ભારતમાં સામાન્ય રીતે રાજકારણ અને જાહેર જીવનમાં મહિલાઓની ભાગીદારી અત્યંત ઓછી રહી છે. મતદાન ઉપરાંત પ્રવૃત્તિઓમાં સ્ત્રી-પુરુષ વચ્ચે બહુ મોટું અંતર છે. શાસન માળખાના નીચલા સ્તરની સરખામણીએ ઉચ્ચ સ્તરે મહિલાઓની ભાગીદારી ઓછી છે. પંચાયતી રાજ સંસ્થાઓમાં કામ કરતી વખતે મહિલાઓએ ઘણાં પડકારોનો સામનો કરવો પડે છે. પંચાયતી રાજ સંસ્થાઓમાં મહિલાઓની સક્રિય ભાગીદારી માટે પહેલ કરવી પડશે. સ્થાનિક સ્વરાજના પાયાના સ્તરે લાઓની ભાગીદારી અને નિર્ણય લેવાની શક્તિમાં સુધારો કરવા અને પંચાયતી રાજ સંસ્થાઓમાં તેમની સંખ્યા વધારવા પગલાંઓ ભરવા પડશે.
Invasive terrestrial invertebrate detection in water and soil using a targeted eDNA approach
Authors: Villacorta-Rath Cecilia , Lach Lori , Andrade-Rodriguez Natalia , Burrows Damien , Gleeson Dianne , Trujillo-González Alejandro
Published: April 2023

Terrestrial invasive invertebrates can rapidly colonise new areas, causing detrimental effects on biodiversity, economy and lifestyle. Targeted environmental DNA (eDNA) methods could constitute an early detection tool given their sensitivity to small numbers of individuals. We hypothesised that terrestrial runoff would transport eDNA from the land into adjacent waterbodies and used the invasive yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) as a model species to test this hypothesis. We collected water samples from four waterbodies adjacent (< 10 m from the creek edge) to infestations following rainfall events for eDNA analysis. We also collected soil samples from areas of known infestations and tested five eDNA extraction methods to determine their efficiency to extract eDNA from soil. Water samples resulted in positive yellow crazy ant eDNA amplification (20–100% field replicates across all sites), even at one site located 300 m away from where ants had been detected visually. Soil samples resulted in a higher percentage of false negatives when sampled from ant transit areas than from nest entrances. Unpurified DNA extracts from soil also resulted in false negative detections and only after applying a purification step of DNA extracts, did we detect yellow crazy ant eDNA in 40–100% of field replicates across all methods and sites. This is the first study to empirically show that eDNA from a terrestrial invertebrate can be successfully isolated and amplified from adjacent or downstream waterbodies. Our results indicate that eDNA has the potential to be a useful method for detecting terrestrial invertebrates from soil and water.
Meshfree numerical approach for some time-space dependent order partial differential equations in porous media
Authors: Samad Abdul , Siddique Imran , Khan Zareen A.
Published: April 2023

In this article, the meshfree radial basis function method based on the Gaussian function is proposed for some time-space dependent fractional order partial differential equation (PDE) models. These PDE models have significant applications in chemical engineering and physical science. Some main advantages of the proposed method are that it is easy to implement, and the output response is quick and highly accurate, especially in the higher dimension. In this method, the time-dependent derivative terms are treated by Caputo fractional derivative while space-dependent derivative terms are treated by Riesz, Riemann-Liouville, and Grünwald-Letnikov derivatives. The proposed method is tested on some numerical examples and the accuracy is analyzed by $ \|L\|_\infty $.
Capacity building among frontline health workers (FHWs) in screening for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs): Findings of an implementation study from Bihar, India
Authors: Agarwal Neeraj , Singh CM , Naik Bijaya Nanda , Mishra Abhisek , Ahmad Shamshad , Lohani Pallavi , Shekhar Saket , Biswas Bijit
Published: April 2023

Background

Community-based screening is one of the key preventive strategies to tackle the ever-rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) under the National Programme for Prevention & Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS).

Objective

The current study was aimed to build capacity among frontline health workers (FHWs) in screening for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) under NPCDCS in the selected districts of Bihar state.

Methodology

This was an implementation study with follow-up components, conducted among 75 FHWs [14 auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs) and 61 accredited social health activists (ASHAs)] from 15 primary healthcare facilities across four districts of Bihar state from October 2019 to September 2021. The selected FHWs were initially trained on NPCDCS for a day, including pre- and post-training knowledge assessment. Then, supportive supervision (SS) visits using a predesigned questionnaire were done.

Results

The pre- and post-training mean knowledge scores of the FHWs were 12.9 and 22.1, respectively, with an overall effect size of 2.5. During SS visits, only 20.0% of the visited primary healthcare facilities had all the required logistics to conduct weekly NCD screening clinics for CVDs. Considering different measurements and operative skill proficiencies of FHWs, waist circumference skills (41.7% for ANMs and 50.8% for ASHAs), followed by blood pressure (BP) (41.7%) and random blood sugar (RBS) measurement (25.0%), were found to be the most deficient skills (among ANMs). Moreover, the quality of initial and follow-up home visits was found to be satisfactory for only 54.1% of the ASHAs. The reported barriers of NCD screening were reported to be non-cooperation, unawareness among community dwellers, lack of knowledge and skill of FHWs, logistic constraints and delayed honorarium credit.

Conclusion

One-day training on NCDs for FHWs was quite effective. However, for translating all the desired skills for CVD screening into action, periodic training needs assessment, and SS of FHWs might be fruitful.
La importancia del color en la escultura ibérica: el caso del león de Elche (Alicante)
Authors: Chapa Brunet Teresa , Pérez Blasco Miguel
Published: April 2023

El reconocimiento de que la superficie de las esculturas ibéricas estaba pintada se remonta a finales del siglo XIX, pero la mala o nula conservación de los pigmentos y el aprecio histórico de las superficies blancas, llevó a valorarlas casi exclusivamente por la calidad de su talla. Lo cierto es que una parte importante de la expresividad de las figuras se manifestaba a través del color y los diseños pintados, así como a través de la labra. Ignorar este hecho ha llevado a errores, incluso en la identificación de las piezas. Es el caso del león de Elche, considerado tradicionalmente una leona debido a la aparente ausencia de la melena que caracteriza a los animales machos. Sin embargo, la aplicación de filtros fotográficos y el estudio en detalle de su superficie, ha permitido reconocer que los mechones de pelo fueron dibujados con pigmento rojo, variando su diseño en la cabeza y el cuello. La constatación de este hecho concreta la personalidad del “carnívoro”, una representación a menudo indefinida en la iconografía ibérica.
Investigation and Analysis of Private Doctors Helping the Elderly Care Market
Authors: Li Feifan , Qiu Jianwei
Published: April 2023

China has a high degree of population aging, pension has become a hot topic. Based on this, this study focuses on the private doctor service assisted pension market, and investigates doctors, young people and the elderly respectively. The correlation analysis was used to obtain the relationship between respondents' willingness to accept private doctors and various factors. Further with the help of Logistic regression model, it is concluded that doctors in private hospitals, young and middle-aged elderly men and elderly people living alone and with high cost of living are more willing to accept the service of private doctors.
ResFCNET: A Skin Lesion Segmentation Method Based on a Deep Residual Fully Convolutional Neural Network
Authors: Adamu Mohammed Mustapha , Bismark Obeng , Alornyo Seth , Asante Michael , Obo Essah Bernard
Published: April 2023

Melanoma, a high-level variant of skin cancer is very difficult to distinguish from other skin cancer types in patients. The presence of large variety of sizes of lesions, fuzzy boundaries and irregular shaped nature, with low contrast between skin lesions and surrounding fresh areas makes it clinically difficult to detect and treat melanoma. In this paper, we propose Residual Full Convolutional Network (ResFCNET) skin lesion recognition model that combines residual learning and full convolutional network to perform semantic segmentation of skin lesion. Based on secondary feature extraction and classification, experiment was done to verify the effectiveness of our model using ISBI 2016 and ISBI 2017 dataset. Results showed that residual convolution neural network obtain high precision classification. This technique is novel and provides a compelling insight for medical image segmentation.
The Impact of Irregular Schedules on Worker Lives
Authors: Silva Isabel S. , Fernandes Liliana , Costa Daniela , Veloso Ana
Published: April 2023

In the recent decades, work schedules have diversified, leading to the implementation of different schedules like shift work or irregular hours. This chapter primarily focuses on irregular work schedules, and is structured in three parts. The first part is dedicated to the theoretical framework of the subject, particularly dealing with the main effects of irregular work schedules for the workers. Next, a study carried out in the Portuguese context is presented, where the impacts of irregular work schedules of different types (i.e., depending on their degree of irregularity) on the workers were evaluated, specifically in terms of health, family, and social spheres, as well as satisfaction with work schedule. In general, the results indicate that the greater the irregularity of work schedule, the greater the negative impact on the worker. The third part discusses possible strategies for managing non-standard work schedules by organizations, especially at the level of personnel management.
Workplace Ostracism and Subjective Well-Being
Authors: Ucanok Tan Basak , Bayır Fatma Nur
Published: April 2023

There is growing recognition that better adaptation and settlement is achieved amongst refugees when they obtain meaningful and humane employment in the host country. However, asylum seekers face significant barriers to not only finding work, but also experience difficulties integrating into the workplace and face discrimination at work. Such discrimination may take the form of ostracism and is likely to lead to decreased identification with the employing organization along with colleagues and supervisors. The current chapter is thus a non-systematic review of the literature on workplace ostracism and calls for immediate discussion on refugee and asylum seekers' work experiences, and how neglect and discriminatory practices may lead to undesirable work outcomes and socio-cultural integration problems.
Levers of Control and Employee Groupwork to Develop a Novel Strategy in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Authors: Borria Marco , Massaro Maurizio , Bagnoli Carlo
Published: April 2023

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses are competing in an unknown, ever-changing environment. This turbulence generates new forms of uncertainty and risks that not only affect business performance but also the wellbeing of employees. Groupwork as a management control system can support business risk reduction and increase employee wellbeing. However, while groupwork can help companies develop a novel strategy apt to face unprecedented competitive scenarios, it can also bring new challenges in terms of practical organization and efficiency. Moving from this premise, the chapter will discuss how groupwork can be used as a management control system using the levers of control lens. Opportunities and challenges both for businesses and employee wellbeing will be discussed.
Security and Performance of Knowledge-Based User Authentication for Smart Devices
Authors: Wells Alec , Usman Aminu Bello
Published: April 2023

A secure authentication system ensures that the claimant is the genuine user attempting to access the system and that it is not susceptible to misidentification, forgetfulness, or reproduction. While technological advancements in the authentication process continue to advance, most authentication systems still have room for improvement, particularly in terms of accuracy, tolerance to various security attacks, noise, and scalability as the number of smart devices grows. In this chapter, the authors look at the security, effectiveness, and drawbacks of knowledge-based, ownership-based, location-based, and social-based authentication systems, as well as some unresolved issues and potential future research directions.
Facebook-Based Language Learning
Authors: Duong Tham My , Tran Thao Quoc
Published: April 2023

The emergence of Facebook has benefited language educators and learners in different ESL/EFL contexts as Facebook can function as a learning management system (LMS), facilitating the English language teaching and learning (ELTL) process. Nonetheless, research on the Facebook-based language learning (FBLL) activities is scarce. This book chapter presents a study delving into tertiary EFL English majors' attitudes toward FBLL activities, their FBLL strategy use, and the correlation between the two variables mentioned above at an institution of higher education in Vietnam. This study adopted the postpositivist perspective for quantitative data collection from a cohort of 126 English majors answering closed-ended questionnaires. The SPSS software processed the data in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that tertiary English majors showed positive attitudes towards FBLL activities and employed FBLL strategies at a high level. Furthermore, the English majors' attitudes towards FBLL activities did not affect how they utilized their FBLL strategies. This book chapter suggests some practical pedagogical implications for both teachers and students aiming to leverage the quality of ELTL concerning the use of FBLL activities.
Explicit Lexical Collocation Instruction in Online Teaching
Authors: Ngoc Cao Yen , Hoa Chau Thi Hoang
Published: April 2023

This present study aims to investigate the impact of explicit lexical collocation instruction on Vietnamese students' vocabulary use and their attitudes on the explicit lexical collocation instruction during online teaching due to COVID-19. Participants were 47 EFL students, divided into the experimental group and the control group learning online via Google Meet. Results collected from two writing tests (pre and posttest) and semi-structured interview demonstrated that the vocabulary use in students' writing performance in the experimental group had a significant improvement after receiving the explicit lexical collocation instruction online and students had positive attitude toward the explicit lexical collocation instruction. It is recommended that the application of explicit lexical collocation instruction at the beginning of a writing period in EFL teaching. It is recommended that EFL teachers can integrate lexical collocation instruction into teaching writing online to improve students' English proficiency in terms of quality of vocabulary use and writing performance.
Teacher Dispositions Necessary to Teach Social and Emotional Learning
Authors: Thornton Holly J.
Published: April 2023

The benefits of social and emotional learning (SEL) have been evidenced. The most important factor in the success of SEL is the teacher. Beyond assuring that teachers entering the field have the skills and knowledge to teach SEL, they must possess the dispositions to want to teach SEL as well as to establish responsive relationships with learners as diverse individuals. This chapter addresses the need to develop responsive dispositions in action within teacher preparation programs. Studies indicate that there is a lack of instruction in SEL for teacher candidates. Training opportunities that do exist focus on procedures and processes to implement social and emotional learning. Beyond implementation, preparation of novice teachers needs to ensure that they have the dispositions to fully understand and embrace SEL. Strategies and approaches to develop dispositions in preservice teachers that are required for impactful SEL are examined. This is particularly important in working with preservice teachers who may find themselves in schools with students unlike themselves.
Preventing Falls
Authors: Äijö Marja , Clifford Amanda M. , Maguire Irene O'Byrne
Published: April 2023

Falls can have harmful physical and psychosocial consequences that affect the activity, socialization, and quality of life of older adults. Falls prevention education (FPE) is critical to prevent falls among older people. FPE is required for all key stakeholders, including older people health care professionals and students, as well as other professionals who work with or offer services for older people. This is especially important to ensure the quality of services in health care sector in home services, hospitals, and residential settings. The FPE contents are extensive and need to be tailored to who is being trained and where. FPE is important because it informs prevention and management, hence supports older people with and without injuries to have an active and healthy life. There is extensive evidence-based to support FPE and well-functioning educational models to use this work. FPE pay dividends for people, society, and the economy.
Data Engineering for the Factory of the Future, Multimedia Applications and Cyber-Physical Systems
Authors: Oyekanlu Emmanuel , Kuhn David , Mulroy Grethel
Published: April 2023

This chapter is the companion chapter to “Part 1: State-of-the-Art Time-Series Data Formats Performance Evaluation.” In this chapter, algorithms for converting data from one format to other formats are presented. To implement the algorithms, existing open-source Python libraries are used extensively, and where needed, new Python routines for converting data formats are developed. It is envisaged that the algorithms and Python libraries and routines that are freely provided in this chapter will be useful for data engineers, data scientists, and for industrial IoT, cyber-physical systems (CPS), multimedia, and big data practitioners who are on the quest to use different types of data formats that are compatible with memory-constrained factory floor IoT devices. It will also be useful for Delta Lake and big data engineers, who are on the quest for delivering robust bronze, silver, and gold data lakes in the cloud.
A Review of Big Data Analytics for the Internet of Things Applications in Supply Chain Management
Authors: Pal Kamalendu
Published: April 2023

The internet of things (IoT) presents opportunities that enable communication between virtual and physical objects. It produces new digitized services that improve supply chain performance. Moreover, artificial intelligence (AI) techniques resolve unpredictable, dynamic, and complex global product development and supply chain-related problems. In this operating environment, heterogeneous enterprise applications, either manufacturing or supply chain management, either inside a single enterprise or among network enterprises, require sharing information. Thus, data management and its analytical interpretation have become a significant drivers for management and product development in networked enterprises. This chapter describes an information systems framework for the global product development purpose, and it also highlights how businesses can use business intelligence from gathered data from IoT applications. Finally, the chapter describes important categories of Big Data analytics applications for the supply chain operations reference (SCOR) model, and it also presents a data processing framework for supply chain management (SCM).
Pre-Islamic religious motifs (550 BC to 651 AD) on Iranian minor art with focus on rug motifs
Authors: Ladan Abouali , Kaner Jake
Published: April 2023

This article reviewed the influence of pre-Islamic religions such as Mithraism and Zoroastrianism on decorative elements of ancient Persian rugs. The article then evaluated the effect of the Islamic religion on Persian rugs. This was examined through extant evidence from pre–Islamic empire artefacts and publications in Persian carpet history, iconography and religious studies. Using spiritual motifs on some ancient rugs results from the important position of rugs in ancient Iranians’ lives. Believing the existence of religious motifs on Persian carpets is because the first carpet in history (Pazyryk) was attributed to the ancient Achaemenians, decorated with symbolic motifs from Mithraism and Zoroastrianism. Pazyryk shows how rug-weaving evolved during the Achaemenids, and it represented spiritual foundations through visual concepts. This article reviewed the symbolic Persian rug motifs from ancient religions through Pazyryk, with support from museum collections. With the emergence of religions, these effects are seen in all aspects of life, including the production of rug design.Contribution: The main contribution of this research was that it investigated the effects of religion on Persian art focusing on the Persian rug. The findings showed that religion had directly influenced the decorative motifs of the Persian rug among high-class families that might have cascaded into visual elements found on commoners’ rugs.
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Filtration relative, l’idéal de Bernstein et ses pentes
Authors: Maisonobe Philippe
Published: April 2023

Let

f_i\colon X \rightarrow \mathbf{C}

, for

i

integer between

1

and

p

, be analytic functions defined on a complex analytic variety

X

. Let us consider

\mathcal{D}_X

, the ring of linear differential operators and

\mathcal{D}_X [s_1, \ldots, s_p] = \mathbf{C}_X [s_1, \ldots, s_p] \otimes_{\mathbf{C}} \mathcal{D}_X

. Let

m

be a section of a holonomic

\mathcal{D}_X

-module. We denote

\mathcal{B}(m, x_0, f_1, \ldots, f_p)

the ideal of

\mathbf{C} [s_1, \ldots, s_p]

constituted by the polynomials

b

satisfying in the neighborhood of

x_0 \in X

:

b (s_1, \ldots, s_p) m f_1^{ s_1} \ldots f_p ^{s_p} \in \mathcal{D}_X [s_1, \ldots, s_p] {} m f_1^{s_1 + 1} \ldots f_p^{s_p + 1} {} .

This ideal is called
Bernstein’s ideal
. C. Sabbah showed the existence for every

x_0 \in X

of a finite set

\mathcal{H}

of linear forms with coefficients in

\mathbf{N}

, such that

\prod_{H \in \mathcal{H}}\ \ \prod_{{i \in I_\mathcal{H}}} (H (s_1, \ldots, s_p) + \alpha_{H , i}) \in \mathcal{B} (m, x_0, f_1, \ldots, f_p) {} ,

where

\alpha_{H,i}

are complex numbers. The purpose of this article is to show in particular the existence of a minimal set

\mathcal{H}

. In addition, when

m

is a section of a holonomic regular

\mathcal{D}_X

-module, we will precise geometrically this set from the characteristic variety of

\mathcal{D}_X

-module generated by

m

. We introduce and study especially the relative characteristic variety of the

\mathcal{D} _X [s_1, \ldots, s_p]

-modules related to our problem. This allows to specify the structure of the Bernstein’s ideals.

Soit

f_i \colon X \rightarrow {\mathbf C}

, pour

i

entier compris entre

1

et

p

, des fonctions analytiques définies sur une variété analytique complexe

X

. Considérons

{\cal D}_X

l’anneau des opérateurs différentiels et

{\cal D}_X[s_1, \ldots ,s_p]= {\mathbf C}_X[s_1, \ldots ,s_p] \otimes_{\mathbf C} {\cal D}_X

. Soit

m

une section d’un

{\cal D}_X

-module holonome, notons

{\cal B}(m,x_0, f_1, \ldots ,f_p)

l’idéal de

{\mathbf C}[s_1, \ldots ,s_p]

des polynômes

b

vérifiant au voisinage de

x_0

:

b (s_1, \ldots ,s_p) m f_1^{s_1} \ldots f_p^{s_p} \in {\cal D}_X[s_1, \ldots ,s_p]\, m f_1^{s_1+1} \ldots f_p^{s_p+1} \; .

C. Sabbah montre l’existence pour tout

x_0 \in X

d’un ensemble fini

{\cal H}

de formes linéaires à coefficients premiers entre eux dans

{\mathbf N}

telles que

\prod_{H\in {\cal H} } \prod_{i\in I_{\cal H} } (H(s_1, \ldots, s_p) + \alpha _{H,i}) \in {\cal B}(m,x_0, f_1, \ldots ,f_p) \; ,

où

\alpha _{H,i}

sont des nombres complexes. L’objet de cet article est notamment de montrer l’existence d’un ensemble

{\cal H}

minimal. De plus, lorsque

m

est une section d’un module holome régulier, nous expliciterons cet ensemble géométriquement à partir de la variété caractéristique du système différentiel engendré par

m

. Nous étudions en particulier les variétés caractéristiques relatives des

{\cal D}_X[s_1, \ldots ,s_p]

-modules liés à notre problème, ce qui nous permet de préciser la structure des idéaux de Bernstein.
Graphene supported ceria-titania mixed oxide composite-An effective photo catalyst for methylene blue (MB) dye degradation
Authors: Barik Murarilal , Das Debashis , Satapathy Pramoda Kumar , Mohapatra Priyabrat
Published: April 2023

In the present study we have prepared graphene supported CeO2-TiO2 mixed oxide and studied its activity towards photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) dye. The mixed oxide is prepared with the variation of cerium loading to that of titanium from 2% to 10% by sol-gel method and graphene oxide (GO) is prepared by using modified Hummer’s method. The resulting adsorbent nanocomposite is synthesised by chemical reduction method with GO loading 2% by weight to that of mixed metal oxide and employed in the catalytic process through batch wise adsorption to test the optimum level of activity by varying the parameters (pH: 3-10, time: 15-75 min, dye concentration: 5-40 ppm, anions like Cl-, SO42-, NO3-, HCO3-) with catalyst loading 0.020 g per 0.100 L of the dye solution. It is inferred that the adsorbent catalyst nanocomposite with ceria loading up to 5% with that of titania has better catalytic activity towards the photodegradation of MB with the optimum condition of pH-10 and time-75 minutes. Degraded product characterisation is carried out by LC-MS technique, which confirmed the degradation of MB. The adsorption kinetics is being investigated through pseudo-first-order kinetics and Langmuir adsorption model with good fitting having R2 value 0.986 and 0.993 respectively.
Procedencia del habeas corpus en el procedimiento abreviado penal según la corte constitucional del Ecuador
Authors: Cedeño Cevallos Carlos Alberto
Published: April 2023

El objetivo general de la investigación consiste en determinar la procedencia de la acción de habeas corpus en el procedimiento abreviado penal, según la doctrina jurisprudencial de la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador expuesta en la sentencia No. 189-19-JH y acumulados/21 de fecha 8 de diciembre de 2021. La metodología refiere a la estrategia de investigación documental, sustentada en el método analítico. Se concluye que la sentencia No. 189-19-JH y acumulados/21 de fecha 8 de diciembre de 2021 configura una sentencia aditiva de los artículos 635-639 del Código Orgánico Integral Penal de 2014 que prevé el procedimiento abreviado penal. El concepto de privación de libertad ilegal, arbitraria e ilegítima previsto en el artículo 89 de la Constitución de la República del Ecuador de 2008 debe interpretarse de forma extensiva y también comprende el hecho de que la persona procesada en un procedimiento abreviado penal exprese su consentimiento libre de error, dolo, violencia e intimación y dicha aceptación de la persona procesada sea compatible con las garantías del debido proceso para someterse al procedimiento abreviado penal.
Transculturalism, diaspora and otherness: the quest for a home in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s americana
Authors: N’Guessan Kouadio Lambert
Published: April 2023

This paper aims to re-evaluate the role of otherness, the true keystone of Americanah which invites to wonder if it might not be at the origin of certain limits that appear in transculturalism. The places most likely to welcome transculturalism in Western societies come across as culture places, where dominant norms are challenged to include otherness. This study reveals that transculturality facilitates African Diasporas circulation and delineates a field of identifications with hybrid status. Therefore, hybridity can generate discomfort and a loss of the feeling of being at home. Suffocation, confinement, the disturbingly familiar strangers are all reasons that tarnish transculturalism representations by underlining its limits, which seep into homes that lose ability to offer shelter. The function of home to provide protection is then deterritorialised in relationships or in professional spaces. The analysis suggests that transculturalism stumbling block is not so much otherness than othering, that is to say the imposition of another identity on someone based on appearance, ethnic, cultural background, or sex identity dimensions. Thus, from otherness to othering, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, as a transcultural Nigerian female writer, reveals that alienation corrodes transcultural characters and generates positive opening discussions and meetings around new postcolonial relations.
SISTEM INFORMASI PERSAUDARAAN SETIA HATI TERATE (PSHT) CABANG PALEMBANG MENGGUNAKAN METODE PROTOTYPE
Authors: Anjarweni Rara , Erlansyah Deni
Published: April 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuat aplikasi sistem informasi Organisasi persaudaraan setia hati terate (PSHT) cabang palembang berbasis website. Pada Saat ini PSHT cabang palembang masih menggunakan cara komputerisasi sederhana yang dimaksud komputerisasi sederhana disini adalah pencatatan masih menggunakan aplikasi microsoft excel dalam proses pengumpulan data warga, tempat latihan, dan pendaftaran bagi calon warga ( CAWAR) yang akan di sahkan. Dimana proses pencarian data lama dan sering terjadi ketidakakuratan pada saat proses pencarian data. Oleh karena itu pemanfaatan teknologi informasi akan sangat membantu pihak kesekretariatan maupun warga persaudaraan setia hati terate dalam proses pencarian data. Metode pengembangan sistem yang akan digunakan adalah metode Prototype. Sistem informasi ini nantinya akan mempermudah pihak kesekretariatan dan warga persaudaraan setia hati terate (PSHT) cabang palembang dalam mengolah data organisasi, data warga, tempat latihan dan proses pendaftaran untuk calon warga (CAWAR) yang akan disahkan.
MOOD ANALYSIS OF RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE ON SUNDAY SERMON
Authors: Siahaan Hiace Vega Fernando , Silitonga Andi Jaihutan , Hutabarat Ismarini
Published: April 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginvestigasi penggunaan modus dalam wacana keagamaan pada khotbah Minggu yang disampaika oleh para pendeta. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis dan mengidentifikasi jenis-jenis mood yang digunakan oleh para pendeta dalam menyampaikan pesan khotbah pada khotbah Minggu. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Data dalam penelitian ini adalah kalimat-kalimat yang diucapkan oleh pendeta pada khotbah Minggu. Sumber data penelitian ini berasal dari lima gereja yang ada di kota Medan. Model interaktif digunakan dalam pengumpulan dan analisis data. Temuan penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa lima jenis modus digunakan dalam menyampaikan pesan pada khotbah Minggu dengan jumlah yang berbeda, yaitu:  modus indikatif positif, modus indikatif negatif, modus indikatif pertanyaan, modus perintah dan modus penawaran. Modus indikatif positif paling dominan digunkan oleh para pendeta dalam menyampaikan pesan khotbah Minggu. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa pendeta menggunakan variasi modus pada khotbah Minggu agar jemaat memahami pesan khotbah dan memiliki kemauan untuk melakukan pesan khotbah Minggu dalam kehidupan sehari-hari.
EVALUASI KETERLAMBATAN PROYEK PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 DI PROYEK PEMBANGUNAN APARTEMEN DI JAKARTA SELATAN
Authors: Kusumawati Jujuk , Subagijo Djoko , Yulianto Udien , Setiawan Yudi
Published: April 2023

Sebuah pandemi baru saja melanda Indonesia, yaitu virus Corona (Covid-19) Pandemi telah menimbulkan permasalahan di masyarakat dan di berbagai sektor usaha di Indonesia, termasuk sektor konstruksi Perkembangan industri konstruksi merupakan segmen yang berkembang sangat pesat dewasa ini, terlihat dari banyaknya konstruksi yang dibangun dengan waktu proyek yang telah ditetapkan. Ini dipandu oleh adanya kontrol jadwal untuk shell yang memungkinkan proyek berjalan dengan lancar. Tiga proyek apartemen di Jakarta Selatan memiliki masalah kontrol kemajuan struktural yang mengakibatkan keterlambatan pekerjaan karena ketidaksesuaian antara kemajuan struktural asli yang terjadi selama pelaksanaan. Untuk itu perlu dilakukan penelitian agar dapat dijadikan acuan dan acuan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi keterlambatan serta mencari solusi untuk diselesaikan dengan metode observasi dan wawancara, mewawancarai informan dan dengan mengeluarkan pertanyaan. berdasarkan hasil wawancara. dengan personel yang bekerja langsung pada proyek serta berkonsultasi untuk mengetahui faktor peringkat dan solusi yang sangat mempengaruhi keterlambatan proyek
MENCIPTAKAN IKLIM POSITIF DAN MODEL KEPEMIMPINAN SERVANT LEADERSHIP DI KEVIKEPAN SULAWESI TENGGARA DEMI MEWUJUDKAN JEMAAT VITAL
Authors: Tandiangga Patrio
Published: April 2023

Tantangan Gereja lokal KAMS, khususnya Gereja Kevikepan Sulawesi Tenggara, dalam mewartakan Kerajaan Allah bagi umatnya bukanlah sesuatu yang tidak dapat dilalui. Berpastoral secara baru akan menjawab tantangan yang ada. Berpastoral secara baru yang dimaksudkan oleh penulis adalah pastoral yang berangkat dari pemahaman yang mendalam dan utuh mengenai keadaan nyata umat. Dalam istilah lain, berpastoral secara baru adalah berpastoral berbasis data atau berpastoral dengan model pendekatan empiris. Setelah mendalami situasi Gereja Kevikepan Sulawesi Tenggara melalui data yang ada, penulis kemudian sampai pada refleksi bahwa dalam mewujudkan Jemaat Vital, Gereja Kevikepan Sulawesi Tenggara perlu melakukan beberapa hal terutama dalam hal menciptakan iklim positif dan model kepemimpinan servant leadership.
PENGARUH DAYA TARIK WISATA, ELECTRONIC WORD OF MOUTH, DAN CITRA DESTINASI WISATA TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN BERKUNJUNG WISATAWAN KE DESA WISATA LUBUK KERTANG, KABUPATEN LANGKAT
Authors: Prayogi Budi , Dalimunthe Femmy Indriani , Tondang Bahagia
Published: April 2023

Lubuk Kertang Tourism Village is a tourist destination in North Sumatra whose existence is not quite popular compared to other tourist villages in North Sumatra which are in the Toba Caldera Region. For this reason, in-depth analysis is needed in various aspects to increase tourist visits to this village. This research is a quantitative descriptive research that aims to determine the effect of tourist attraction, electronic word of mouth, and the image of a tourist destination on the decision to visit tourists to Lubuk Kertang Tourism Village, Langkat Regency. The sample of this research is 100 people taken by using accidental sampling method. Data related to the 4 tested variants were obtained through questionnaires and analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis. The results of the study show that there is a partial and simultaneous influence of tourist attraction, electronic word of mouth, and the image of a tourist destination on the decision to visit tourists to Lubuk Kertang Tourism Village. Thus improving the quality of these three variables is needed so that tourist visits to Lubuk Kertang can increase.
EFFECT OF BRAND IMAGE, GREEN MARKETING STRATEGY , AND EMOTIONAL DESIRE FOR PURCHASING DECISIONS IN PRODUCTS STARBUCKS JAKARTA
Authors: Taufik Henry Meytra , Utama Gio Hadi
Published: April 2023

Influence brands image, green marketing strategy, and emotional desires to decision purchase Starbucks product . Study this aim for knowing influence brand image , green marketing strategy , and emotional desire for decision purchase Starbucks products in Jakarta. Data obtained through deployment questionnaire in link form and distributed through social media to ever respondent _ consume Starbucks products and that's back and worth it is as many as 111 respondents came from from five cities in Indonesia , namely Denpasar, Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya and Medan. The analytical technique used in study this that is technique analysis multiple linear regression with SPSS. Test results in study this obtained mark coefficient regression brand image (X 1 ) and emotional desire (X 3 ) variables of 0.318 and 1.298, with mark significance both of them of 0.000 , brand image and emotional desire have influence positive and significant to decision purchase Starbucks product . Coefficient value regression variable green marketing strategy (X 2 ) of 0.100 with mark significance of 0.136 so that green influential marketing strategy positive however no significant to decision purchase product Starbucks. As for the results from coefficient determination of 0.770 which means 77% can explain models or the influence of each variable to decision purchases , meanwhile the remaining 23% explained by reasons other outside model study this .
ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP AND WORK MOTIVATION OF OFFICIALS ON THE QUALITY OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR HEALTHY INDONESIA CARD USERS IN DEPOK CITY
Authors: Ismaniah Ismaniah , Lestari Tyastuti Sri , Hidayat Agus
Published: April 2023

This research is motivated by service problems for Healthy Indonesia Card users in Depok City. Service quality problems are thought to be caused by ineffective leadership and low employee motivation. This research only focused on the variables of leadership, work motivation and service quality. This study aims to determine the effect of leadership and work motivation on service quality for Healthy Indonesia Card users in Depok City, either partially or collectively. The sampling technique in this study was proportional stratified random sampling with a total sample of 286 respondents. This research method is a quantitative method with regression analysis. Data collection techniques using documentation, questionnaires and literature study. Research data collection tool is a questionnaire based on a Likert scale. The data analysis technique uses simple and multiple linear regression analysis. The results prove that leadership and work motivation are proven positive and significant to service quality partially or collectively.