bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A leaf-mounted capacitance sensor for continuous monitoring of foliar transpiration and solar irradiance as an indicator of plant water status
Authors: Thalheimer Martin
Published: November 2022

A leaf-mounted sensor is described which detects condensing water vapour originating from leaf transpiration, taking advantage of a passive temperature gradient across the sunlit leaf and the underneath sensor plate, and simultaneously monitors incident solar radiation. The simple and low-cost device enables the qualitative assessment of plant water status by comparing the diurnal patterns of leaf transpiration and solar irradiance. A close correlation between condensation and irradiance occurs in conditions of unrestricted water supply, whereas a deviation of their course likely indicates a suboptimal plant water status.
Replicating the essentially unidimensional model of the MACE work-to-family enrichment scale: Going beyond goodness-of-fit indices
Authors: Schaap Pieter , Koekemoer Eileen , Brouwers Marissa
Published: November 2022

Orientation: Overreliance on goodness-of-fit (GoF) indices in confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model fit evaluations appears to negatively influence the integrity and replicability of research findings in general, and on research to develop work-to-family enrichment (WFE) theory in particular.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to test for the conceptual replicability of the essentially unidimensional CFA model of the MACE Work-to-Family Enrichment scale (MACE-W2FE) using Bayesian structural equation modelling.Motivation for the study: Multidimensional and second-order factor models are commonly reported for WFE instruments, but the more tenable essentially unidimensional model has remained largely untested, because of the limitations of GoF indices.Research approach/design and method: Two independent cross-sectional study samples of 627 and 346 employees from various industry sectors was used. Bayesian structural equation modelling (BSEM) was applied to assess whether model misspecifications at local indicator level were substantive in terms of classical test theory, and justified the rejection of an essentially unidimensional CFA model (the breadth factor) for different MACE-W2FE versions.Main findings: In this study it was found that the essentially unidimensional model of the MACE-W2FE conceptually replicated across different studies, samples, MACE-W2FE versions and statistical theorems.Practical/managerial implications: The MACE-W2FE can be univocally scored as a single breadth factor for use in future research.Contribution/value-add: This study demonstrated the value of local indicator misspecification analysis using BSEM in countering deficient model testing in WFE studies.
Keeping nurses engaged during COVID-19: An i-deal perspective
Authors: Ngobeni Precious , Dhanpat Nelesh
Published: November 2022

Orientation: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted all job sectors. Arguably, the hardest hit were healthcare institutions. Nurses are at the front line, and it is known that the pandemic added pressure to the way nurses performed their duties. Their working schedules became more complex, including longer hours, as nurses dealt with high rates of COVID-19 cases while still dealing with other healthcare issues.Research purpose: The study aimed to establish the relationship between idiosyncratic deals (i-deals) and work engagement of nurses. The study focused on these three types of i-deals - task, flexibility and career. It investigated which i-deals best predict work engagement among nurses.Motivation for the study: There is a need to understand the work arrangements of nurses during the pandemic through i-deals. Although research on idiosyncratic deals has become popular in international research, there is scant research within the South African context.Research approach/design and method: The sample consisted of 220 nurses working in three private hospitals in Gauteng, South Africa. Inferential statistics and regression analysis were used to achieve the research objectives.Main findings: The study’s findings revealed a correlation between the three types of i-deals and work engagement. However, only task and flexibility i-deals predicted work engagement. The COVID-19 pandemic added pressure to the healthcare industry and to nurses’ challenges. The pandemic highlighted the importance of having an engaged nursing workforce. Thus, recommendations and suggestions for nurses, nursing managers and human resource managers are provided.Practical/managerial implications: The concept of i-deals is a reasonably new phenomenon within HR practices, and there is no empirical research within the South African context.Contribution/value-add: The study adds value by providing insight into customised work arrangements, from an i-deal perspective, during a much appropriate time and urgently needed for nurses.
On automorphic descent from $GL_7$ to $G_2$
Authors: Hundley Joseph , Liu Baiying
Published: November 2022

In this paper, we study the functorial descent from self-contragredient cuspidal automorphic representations

\pi

of

GL_7(\mathbb{A})

with

L^S(s, \pi, \wedge^3)

having a pole at

s=1

to the split exceptional group

G_2(\mathbb{A})

, using Fourier coefficients associated to two nilpotent orbits of

E_7

. We show that one descent module is generic, and under suitable local conditions, it is cuspidal and

\pi

is a weak functorial lift of each of its irreducible summands. This establishes the first functorial descent involving the exotic exterior cube

L

-function. However, we show that the other descent module supports not only the nondegenerate Whittaker–Fourier integral on

G_2(\mathbb{A})

but also every degenerate Whittaker–Fourier integral. Thus it is generic, but not cuspidal.
A heuristic technique for decomposing multisets of non-negative integers according to the Minkowski sum
Authors: Margara Luciano
Published: November 2022

We study the following problem. Given a multiset $M$ of non-negative
integers, decide whether there exist and, in the positive case, compute two
non-trivial multisets whose Minkowski sum is equal to $M$. The Minkowski sum of
two multisets A and B is a multiset containing all possible sums of any element
of A and any element of B. This problem was proved to be NP-complete when
multisets are replaced by sets. This version of the problem is strictly related
to the factorization of boolean polynomials that turns out to be NP-complete as
well. When multisets are considered, the problem is equivalent to the
factorization of polynomials with non-negative integer coefficients. The
computational complexity of both these problems is still unknown.
The main contribution of this paper is a heuristic technique for decomposing
multisets of non-negative integers. Experimental results show that our
heuristic decomposes multisets of hundreds of elements within seconds
independently of the magnitude of numbers belonging to the multisets. Our
heuristic can be used also for factoring polynomials in N[x]. We show that,
when the degree of the polynomials gets larger, our technique is much faster
than the state-of-the-art algorithms implemented in commercial software like
Mathematica and MatLab.
Automatic medieval charters structure detection : A Bi-LSTM linear segmentation approach
Authors: Torres Aguilar Sergio , Chastang Pierre , Tannier Xavier
Published: November 2022

This paper presents a model aiming to automatically detect sections in medieval Latin charters. These legal sources are some of the most important sources for medieval studies as they reflect economic and social dynamics as well as legal and institutional writing practices. An automatic linear segmentation can greatly facilitate charter indexation and speed up the recovering of evidence to support historical hypothesis by the means of granular inquiries on these raw, rarely structured sources. Our model is based on a Bi-LSTM approach using a final CRF-layer and was trained using a large, annotated collection of medieval charters (4,700 documents) coming from Lombard monasteries: the CDLM corpus (11th-12th centuries). The evaluation shows a high performance in most sections on the test-set and on an external evaluation corpus consisting of the Montecassino abbey charters (10th-12th centuries). We describe the architecture of the model, the main problems related to the treatment of medieval Latin and formulaic discourse, and we discuss some implications of the results in terms of record-keeping practices in High Middle Ages.
A Crowdfunding Agency Model for Renewables in an Emerging Economy
Authors: Castro-Cárdenas Cecilia , Ibarra-Yunez Alejandro
Published: November 2022

Mobilizing finance for investment in renewable energy is a challenge for climate change mitigation via fostering the layout of new projects. The challenge becomes critical in emerging or developing economies, mainly because the architecture of financial intermediaries as well as their instruments are shallow and insufficiently developed. The present investigation reviews alternative vehicles of finance applied specifically to renewable energies, that are intermittent, so-called non-dispatchable, and innovation- plus capital-intensive, as compared to conventional sources. The high degree of investment irreversibility and with relatively high uncertainty in the regulatory and wholesale market, calls to carefully design origins of finance at the government, private, and mixed levels. An agency-based theoretical framework is proposed within our ongoing research effort that includes green banks, state banks, bonds, and mainly, crowdfunding, that could be applied to Mexico.
Buts, effets et limites des recommandations du GAFI
Authors: Mariani Giulia
Published: November 2022

Cet ouvrage représente la première étude globale sur la portée et les limites des recommandations du Groupe d’action financière (GAFI). L’auteure pose un regard critique sur les principes de gouvernance qui sous-tendent ces recommandations. En comparant l’éventail de mesures préventives adoptées en Suisse, en Allemagne et aux États-Unis, elle analyse comment ces pays ont transposé ces standards en droit interne. L’étude décrit par ailleurs les plus grandes affaires de blanchiment qui ont marqué la place financière suisse ces trois dernières décennies et démontre comment ces affaires et les recommandations du GAFI ont influencé le cadre législatif suisse de la lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent. Enfin, la thèse contient de nombreuses illustrations et exemples de l’évolution des cas de blanchiment d’argent. Elle propose en conclusion des suggestions concrètes pour améliorer les travaux du GAFI. - La première étude détaillée sur l’influence des recommandations du GAFI - Une thématique de grande actualité - Une perspective proche de la pratique
Havalı Güneş Kolektörlerinde Daralan ve Genişleyen Kanatçık Kullanımının Sayısal Olarak İncelenmesi
Authors: ÇERÇİ Kamil Neyfel , ERDİNÇ Mehmet Tahir
Published: November 2022

Havalı güneş kolektörleri, güneş enerjisinin ısıya dönüşümünde yaygın bir kullanıma sahip olup, bu kolektörlerin termal ve termohidrolik performans parametreleri büyük önem arz etmektedir. Yüksek performans parametrelerine sahip olan kolektör tasarımlarında daha düşük ışınım değerlerinde bile yüksek sıcaklıkta proses havası elde edilebilmektedir. Isı transferi iyileştirmelerinde aktif ve pasif olmak üzere iki farklı yöntem bulunmaktadır. Kolektörde yutucu plaka üzerinde kanatçık ve bölmeler eklenmesi (pasif yöntem) sonucu akışa dik yönde karışımlardan dolayı sınır tabakanın sürekli yenilenmesinin ve plakanın uç noktalarına akışın ulaşması ısı transferini iyileştireceği ve bu durumun kolektörün performans parametrelerini arttıracağı aşikardır. Bu çalışmada, yutucu plaka üzerine bölmeler ile daralan-genişleyen kanatçıklar yerleştirilmesinin termal ve termohidrolik performans üzerine etkisi sayısal olarak incelenmiştir. Analiz sonuçlarına göre, ortalama en yüksek termal ve termohidrolik verim değerleri C tipi kolektörde elde edilmiş olup, bu değerler sırasıyla %87.21 ve %87.11’dir. En düşük ortalama termal ve termohidrolik verimler ise A tipinde elde edilmiştir ve bu değerler %81.18 ve %81.08’dir. Ayrıca çalışmada farklı debilerden en çok B tipinin etkilendiği termal ve termohidrolik verimlerindeki değişimden görülmektedir. Son olarak çalışma kapsamında en iyi sonuçların elde edildiği B tipi kolektör için tespit edilen sıcak noktalar ve akım çizgileri sunulmuş ve gelecek çalışmalar için bazı önerilerde bulunulmuştur.
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE PRONUNCIATION OF SECOND LANGUAGE SPANISH VOWELS: A CORPUS STUDY / NUEVAS PERSPECTIVAS SOBRE LA PRONUNCIACIÓN DE LAS VOCALES DEL ESPAÑOL EN UNA SEGUNDA LENGUA: UN ESTUDIO DE CORPUS
Authors: Garcia Maria Teresa Martinez , Arnold Patricia
Published: November 2022

This study focuses on the acquisition of the Spanish vowel system by English-speaking L2 learners. The vowel inventory of Spanish varies greatly from the English vowel system, yet the two are not normally differentiated in instructional strategies. We focus primarily on the mispronunciation of vowels, as they are critical to verb morphology in Spanish, as well as their mispronunciation can lead to confusion between minimal pairs in Spanish (e.g., reino ‘kingdom’ vs. reno ‘reindeer’). Using the Corpus Oral de Español como Lengua Extranjera (ELE), we explored the most frequent types of mistakes produced by these learners in their pronunciation of Spanish vowels. Analysis showed that these mispronunciations included, but was not limited to, vowel reduction or vowel alternation. Moreover, the study concludes with an interpretation of plausible sources of this problem as well as discussing the role of vowel mispronunciations in L2 learner’s intelligibility.

Este estudio se centra en la adquisición del sistema vocálico español por parte de estudiantes de L2 de habla inglesa. El inventario de vocales del español varía mucho del sistema de vocales del inglés, sin embargo, estas diferencias no se incluyen normalmente en las estrategias de instrucción. Este estudio se enfoca principalmente en las pronunciaciones incorrectas de las vocales, ya que son fundamentales para la morfología verbal en español, ya que una pronunciación incorrecta puede generar confusión entre pares mínimos en español (por ejemplo, reino vs. reno). Utilizando el Corpus Oral de Español como Lengua Extranjera (ELE), exploramos los tipos de errores más frecuentes que los aprendices ingleses producen en la pronunciación de las vocales del español. El análisis mostró que estas pronunciaciones incorrectas incluían, pero no se limitaban a, reducciones o alternancias vocálicas. Además, el estudio concluye con una interpretación de los orígenes plausibles de este problema, así como con la discusión del papel de las pronunciaciones incorrectas de las vocales en la inteligibilidad del alumno de L2.

 

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EFL TEACHERS’ PRACTICES OF THEIR TESTING READING COMPREHENSION AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF ITS WASHBACK EFFECTS
Authors: Bac Dang The , Dan Thai Cong
Published: November 2022

This study aims to investigate two issues. Firstly, it explores English as a foreign language (EFL) high school teachers’ practices of testing and washback in teaching reading comprehension. Secondly, their perceptions of its washback effects are scrutinized. Content analysis, questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews were employed to collect data. Sixty teachers at some high schools in Can Tho City, Vietnam were contacted to answer the questionnaire. In the end, five of them were selected to take part in the interviews. The findings indicated that designing tests has a beneficial impact on reading for EFL learners in the areas of students' passion for reading, decreasing reading boredom, students' interest in reading text content, and students' development of thinking skills. It has an impact on the teachers' time allotment, teaching strategies, and instructional materials.

 

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AN ACTION RESEARCH ON IMPROVING READING PERFORMANCE OF NON-ENGLISH MAJORED FRESHMEN AT FPT UNIVERSITY, HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM / NGHIÊN CỨU HOẠT ĐỘNG HỌC TẬP TRONG LỚP VỀ VIỆC NÂNG CAO HIỆU QUẢ ĐỌC HIỂU CỦA SINH VIÊN NĂM THỨ NHẤT KHÔNG CHUYÊN NGỮ TIẾNG ANH TẠI TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC FPT, THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH, VIỆTNAM
Authors: Duy Nguyen Vu , Dan Thai Cong
Published: November 2022

A mixed-methods design (Creswell & Creswell, 2018) was adopted in this action research to examine the effects of reading strategy instruction with four reading strategies - previewing the text, predictions, text-structure awareness, inferencing - on reading performance of non-English majored freshmen in English preparation classes of a private university in Vietnam. Thirty-six students in pre-intermediate English proficiency level participated in the study. Over six weeks, these students received the four reading strategies instruction explicitly in accordance with CALLA model. Via the explanatory sequential design, a type of mixed methods research involves two-phase data collection (Creswell & Creswell, 2018). The results of the pre-post-tests and 11 closed-ended response items in the paper-based questionnaire were analyzed quantitatively while 6 interviews were analyzed qualitatively to provide further explanations of the quantitative results. The study has found that four reading strategies might serve as techniques to improve reading comprehension then result in better reading performance, reading speed and higher frequency of reading strategies use.
 

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UNIQUENESS OF GHANAIAN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION: ANALYSIS OF DENTAL FRICATIVE SOUNDS
Authors: Asante Emmanuel , Oppong-Adjei Bright , Adjei Prince Yaw , Okrah Emmanuel Kwame
Published: November 2022

The variety of English used in Ghana is not the same as the one used in Britain, America or Nigeria. There seem to be observable differences in Ghanaian English pronunciation, semantics, lexis and grammar which have led to two opposing views. The first group sees those differences as errors that need to be corrected. The second group, on the other hand, believes that not all the differences are errors. Rather, there are some acceptable differences which distinguish the variety of English used in Ghana. It is against this background that the study sought to identify and describe some phonological differences in educated Ghanaian English to contribute to the on-going debate on Ghanaian English. Using Kachru’s ‘Nativisation Theory’, the research argues that there is a Ghanaian variety of English characterized by unique phonological features such as difficulty in pronouncing dental fricative sounds /ð/ and / θ/. To support this argument, instances of “Ghanaianisms” were collected from spoken sources and analysed. A text was read by participants and recorded into a Speech Analyser and described qualitatively. The study has confirmed that, the phonological differences in the English in Ghana are mainly brought about by nativisation process. It is believed that the study will contribute to the on-going debate on Ghanaian English and its codification.
 

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HOW SOYINKA STYLISES SATIRIC HUMOUR IN ALÁPATÀ ÀPÁTA
Authors: Bamigboye Omolade , Adeseke Adefolaju Eben , Adeosun Olufemi , Jemiriye Abidemi Oluwaseun Tosin
Published: November 2022

The paper investigates how Wole Soyinka builds his satire on the foundations of extreme humour, pun and self-deprecation in Alápatà Àpáta. Using the theory of incongruity, purposively selected excerpts from the play are subjected to analysis which reveals a style that creatively weaves language together using tools that produce humour in the repudiation of societal ills. Components of incongruity like pun, zeugma, register switch, irony and ironical echo all combine at different linguistic levels to evolve a style that is at once entrenched in comedy and at the same time validates Soyinka’s celebrated status in dramatic discourse. The paper concludes that further studies should be done on the importance of humour in the expansion of the frontiers of stylistics as a branch of linguistics study.
 

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ANALYSING THE PICTORIALS OF VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA: A SEMIOTICS PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Mahmud Memunat Olayemi
Published: November 2022

Violence attributed to the various agitating groups in the country has become a common occurrence across the Nigerian states. This paper explored a cross-comparative analysis of the pictorials of activities of two northern Nigerian agitating groups (the Boko Haram sect and the Fulani herdsmen) as semiotics signs of violence within the Nigeria socio-cultural space. A corpus of 14 pictorials of online newspaper reportage of the activities of the agitating groups across the Nigerian States downloaded from the Internet served as the primary data in this study. Using Peirce’s triadic sign relations of icon, index and symbol, the study categorised the pictorials in the reportage and analysed them as semiotics sign carriage of violence showing that the communicative imports of the pictorials effectively explicate the magnitude of violence within the Nigerian socio-cultural space in their interpretations. The signs identified in the data include instrument of operation, ruins, body language, emotional display, etc., which are semiotics modals implicative of war, violence, destruction, agony, sorrow, agitation, etc., and symbolism of cruelty, ferocity, homicide and inhumanity generally. The paper concludes that pictorials are communicative signs carriage of concrete and implicative significations.

 

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CONSTRUCTIONS OF NORTH AFRICAN CORSAIRS IN EARLY AND POST-9/11 AMERICAN ORIENTALIST DISCOURSE
Authors: Saidi Mohamed
Published: November 2022

The capture and enslavement of American sailors at the hands of North African corsairs, notoriously known as Barbary pirates, on the Mediterranean coasts in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, coupled with the so-called Barbary Wars between the newly-independent United States and the-then branded the Barbary States of North Africa, gave rise to the “the first significant group of U.S. Orientalist works” (Schueller 45). Following the tragic events of September 11 and the ensuing “War on Terror”, many of the negative images perpetuated in these early American Orientalist writings have been revived in post-9/11 American historiography and media accounts of Barbary Wars which both advocate that the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century North African corsairs were the first “Islamic terrorists” whom the United States had ever faced. Scholarship on early American Orientalism has demonstrated how representations of the early North African ‘Mahometan’ as despotic, antichristian, and decadent were employed to shape American national identity. Yet, little, if no, scholarly attention has been paid to how both early and post-9/11 American writings on Barbary North Africa have invested in stereotypical depictions of barbarism, savagery, monstrosity, cannibalism, demonization, and, more recently, terrorism and Jihadism to create the misguided and mistaken cultural assumption that monstrosity and violence are inherent qualities of Muslims and Arabs. In tracing and identifying these misassumptions, this article endeavors to prove that the stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs was has been a prevalent phenomenon in American culture. It, too, seeks to unveil how Americans, both in early America and the post-9/11 era, have tried, through narrative, to appropriate and construct and reconstruct the North African ‘Mahometans’, and Muslims and Arabs in general, as the inhumane monster and the arch-enemy who should be fought wherever s/he is found.
 

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Assessing Railway Transportation Performance of European Countries with CRITIC and ROV Techniques
Authors: KARA Karahan , YALÇIN Galip Cihan
Published: November 2022

Rail transport is among the modes of transport that provides safe and reliable logistics services for the transport of passengers, goods, and dangerous goods. The decrease in railway transport volumes in recent years reveals the necessity of examining the railway transport performance. In this research, it is aimed to determine the railway transport performance of European countries in 2020. Sixteen railway performance criteria have been determined. Three of these criteria are cost-based and thirteen criteria are benefit-based. The criterion weights have been calculated by the Criteria Importance Through Intercriteria Correlation (CRITIC) technique. The railway transport performance of twenty-three European countries is presented using the Range of Value (ROV) technique. The data set has been obtained from the Eurostat database. According to the research findings, the three criteria with the highest weight are determined as rail accidents victims, rail accidents, accidents involving transport of dangerous goods. The three countries with the highest railway transport performance are Germany, Italy, and Sweden. Suggestions for increasing the railway transportation performance levels of the countries are presented.
En Kısa Yol Optimizasyonlarında Floyd-Warshall Algoritması: Lojistik Merkezler Örneği
Authors: KESKİN Bekir , ÖZCAN Evrencan
Published: November 2022

Lojistik merkezler taşımacılık, depolama, elleçleme, dağıtım, gümrükleme, ayrıştırma, ithalat, ihracat ve transit işlemler, sigorta ve bankacılık, altyapı hizmetleri, danışmanlık ve üretim vb. faaliyetlerin birbiriyle uyumlu bir şekilde yürütülmesine ve olası taşıma yöntemlerinin bir arada sunulmasına hizmet eden önemli tesislerdir. Yük talebinin sürekli olması nedeniyle yük taşımacılığının da kesintisiz, en kısa yoldan, yakıt tüketimi ve taşıma süresi açısından da optimal bir şekilde gerçekleştirilmesi gerekmektedir. Bu çalışmada yük trenlerinin lojistik merkezlere en kısa yoldan ulaşması problemi ele alınmıştır. Literatürde lojistik köylerle ilgili yazın taraması yapıldığında; lojistik merkezlerin, lojistik sektörüne yapmış olduğu katkılar incelenmiş, güçlü ve zayıf yönleri ortaya konmaya çalışılmış, etkin ve verimli çalışması hakkında önerilerle ilgili çalışmalar gözlemlenmiştir. Fakat bu çalışmada; konuya mühendislik uygulamaları yaklaşımıyla, ülke genelinde faaliyet gösteren on iki lojistik merkezin yanı sıra yapım ve ihale aşamasında yer alan yedi adet lojistik merkez de çalışma kapsamına dâhil edilerek, lojistik merkezler arasında güzergâh seçimi için en uygun sonuç elde etme amacı güdülmüştür. En kısa yol problemlerinin uygulama alanı genellikle bir şebekede/ağda yer alan noktalar arasında en kısa mesafenin belirlenmesi olup, çalışmada şebekedeki herhangi iki düğüm arasındaki en kısa yolun belirlemesi açısından Floyd-Warshall Algoritması tercih edilmiştir. Bu amaçla ulusal demiryolu ağı için toplam 33 düğümden oluşan bir çizge oluşturulmuş ve en kısa yolun hesaplanması için Floyd-Warshall algoritması Python programlama dilinde kodlanarak çözülmüştür ve toplam on dokuz adet lojistik merkez arasında en kısa yol/yollar tespit edilmiştir.
The Effect of Competence, Motivation, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) on the Performance of Employees of the General Election Commission (KPU) of West Nusa Tenggara Province (NTB)
Authors:   University of Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Aprianti Nurhanna Riska , Agusdin Agusdin ,   University of Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Suryatni Mukmin ,   University of Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Published: November 2022

An organization, especially in the scope employees of KPU Province NTB, must be able to have many skills and abilities, this of course makes KPU Province NTB employees harder and conducts training to increase the abilities of each employee. So that the background in this study are several variables namely competence, motivation, and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) which are suspected to have a positive influence on the performance of the employees of the General Election Commission (KPU) of West Nusa Tenggara Province (NTB). The KPU Province NTB to see the performance of KPU employees conducts an assessment of the performance of its employees by evaluating the work by looking at skills (professional and technical), working conditions (level of risk, danger and fun or not), and responsibility (responsibility). The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of competence, motivation, and OCB on the performance of KPU employees in the Province NTB. This study uses quantitative methods, data collection by questionnaire survey as many as 57 employees as research respondents. Using analysis tools, the data is processed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with Partial Least Square (PLS) and using Smart PLS 3.0 software. So that the competency results have a positive but not significant effect on employee performance, while motivation and OCB have a significant positive effect on employee performance.
Research on “Perceived Fraudulence” Phenomenon in Da Nang High School Students
Authors:   Student of Phan Chau Trinh High School, KHANH LY NGUYEN THAI
Published: November 2022

“Perceived Fraudulence” (or “Impostor Syndrome”) is a potentially alarming psychological phenomenon for students. The purpose of the research team on the “Perceived Fraudulence” phenomenon in high school students in Da Nang City is to determine the prevalence of this phenomenon; its relationship with factors of learning environment, age, gender, and academic achievement; its structure, thereby, improving students’ awareness of this phenomenon; and to propose some educational measures to minimize the manifestation of this phenomenon in students
A Review Article on Aswagandha (Withania somnifera) – The Natural Immunity Booster
Authors: Sivan Archana , P. A Vani Gayathri , Singh Chandan , Purvia Rajendra Prasad , Adlakha Manoj
Published: November 2022

Introduction - Ayurveda a holistic system of medicine, originated in India more than 3000 yrs ago. The main objective of Ayurveda is to “Maintain the health of healthy person and to pacify the disease of a diseased person”. Immunity is the ability of the body to resist against the various foreign agents. The concept of immunity, in fact had been rooted in Ayurvedic system of medicine much before 600 BC. Material and Methods - In Ayurvedic classics Acharya’s has mentioned a lot of immune boosters, both single drugs and formulations. Ashwagandha, is one among them, which has got immense popularity recently, due to its ability to boost body immunity and also, it can increases body’s natural ability to fight viruses. Discussion- Ashwagandha, a special herb, used extensively in Ayurveda and is known for its capacity to boost the immunity. The pharmacodynamic action of Aswagandha itself proves the immunomodulatory effects. The herb is ushna in potency thereby reduces Kapha Vata, providing more strength to the immune system of our body. Being Madhura in rasa it provides ojas, bala and nourishment to the Dhatus. Conclusion- An effort to compile the details about Aswagandha in relation to its immune boosting power was done here.
A Case of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
Authors:   UOC Medicina Generale P O Aversa ASL CE, Daniele D’Ambrosio , Sabrina Giovine ,   UOC Radiologia P O Aversa ASL CE
Published: November 2022

A 21 years old man immigrant from Nigeria came to our observation for swelling of the chest wall and fever. The laboratory tests showed neutrophilic leukocytosis and absence of HIV / others viruses’ infection. Chest X-ray was not conclusive. An abdomen echography showed diffuse lymphadenopathy. In the suspicion of a lymphoproliferative disease we performed a total body CT, that detected colliquated lymph nodes in the later cervical, abdominal and pelvic stations; at the left pectoral region there was an abscess collection (58x54mm) crossing the intercostal spaces until to the anterior pleura (Figure 1).
A argumentação no discurso digital
Authors: David Carolina Siqueira de , Pozobon Rejane De Oliveira
Published: November 2022

Este artigo analisa os sentidos que os usuários do Twitter concederam à Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito (CPI) da Pandemia, mais conhecida como “CPI da Covid”. A partir da coleta de 1113 tweets, confere-se dois processos metodológicos aos dados: primeiramente, eles são processados pelo software IRaMuTeQ, que apresenta uma Classificação Hierárquica Descendente (CHD) do vocabulário, indicando que as hashtags são affordances que propiciam ações técnicodiscursivas (PAVEAU, 2021); em seguida, eles são submetidos a uma análise a partir da teoria da Argumentação, que permite que seja percebido o reenquadramento da CPI como um acontecimento circense.
Accounting Manipulation of Financially Distressed Firms: Malaysian Evidence
Authors: Nia Mojtaba Shayan , Ghazali Aziatul Waznah , Shafie Nur Aima , Mohd Sanusi Zuraidah , Abdul Rahman Rashidah
Published: November 2022

Firms approaching deterioration in financial performance may make income-increasing accounting choices in an attempt to survive what is probably deemed by the management as a temporary bad period. This study attempts to empirically examine real activities-based earnings manipulation among financially troubled firms in Malaysia over the years prior and after being officially designated as a “financially distressed firm.” The study detects real activities manipulation by investigating patterns in cash flow from operations (CFO), discretionary expenses, and production costs. Results reveal that CFO and discretionary expenses are unusually low for the years preceding the official designation as a financially distressed firm. This evidence suggests that distressed firms temporarily increase sales and reduce discretionary expenditures to improve reported margins. Moreover, having likely exhausted the opportunities for accounting manipulation, distressed firms manipulate real activities, such as sales and discretionary expenditures, highly aggressively in the years after being identified as a financially distressed firm. This study contributes to literature by going beyond the examination of abnormal accruals derived from accruals models to gain insight into the measurement of operational elements of income rather than the implementation effects of the accounting system.
Pengaruh Modal Intelektual terhadap Nilai Perusahaan dengan Kinerja Keuangan sebagai Variabel Intervening pada Perusahaan Manafaktur yang Terdaftar di BEI Periode 2018-2020
Authors: Wiryawati Komang , Rinofah Rizal , Maulida Alfiatul
Published: November 2022

Intellectual capital is an intangible asset in the form of information resources and knowledge that serves to improve competitiveness and increase company performance. The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of intellectual capital on firm value with financial performance as an intervening variable in manufacturing companies listed on the IDX for the 2018-2020 period. This research is quantitative in nature by taking 126 samples from companies listed on the IDX for the 2018-2020 period. Intellectual capital is measured by value added intellectual coefficient (VAIC™), firm value is measured using price to book (PBV), and financial performance is measured by return on asset (ROA) ratio. The sampling method in this study was carried out by purposive sampling technique. The analytical methods used in this study are descriptive statistical tests, classical assumption tests, mediation tests and multiple linear regression equations using the IBM SSPS application. The results of this study indicate that intellectual capital has a positive and significant effect on financial performance, intellectual capital has a positive and significant effect on firm value, financial performance has a positive and significant effect on firm value, and intellectual capital has a positive and significant effect on firm value through financial performance as a variable. intervention.

Keywords: Intellectual Capital; Financial Performance; Firm Value
Pengaruh Gaya Kepemimpinan Spiritual, Lingkungan Kerja, dan Motivasi Ekstrinsik terhadap Kepuasan Kerja Karyawan Super Dazzle Gejayan Yogyakarta
Authors: Rohmadon Aldi , Prayekti Prayekti
Published: November 2022

The purpose of this study is to describe (1) the influence of spiritual leadership style on employee job satisfaction. (2) The influence of the work environment on employee job satisfaction. (3) The effect of extrinsic motivation on employee job satisfaction. (4) The influence of spiritual leadership style, work environment, and extrinsic motivation on employee job satisfaction.This research is a type of quantitative research, with a population of all employees of Super Dazzle Gejayan Yogyakarta. The sampling technique in this study is a non-probability sampling technique where the technique used is saturated sampling (census). The number of samples in this study were 80 employees of Super Dazzle Gejayan Yogyakarta. Data collection techniques in this study used a questionnaire. The data analysis methods used in this research are validity test, reliability test, descriptive test, classical assumption test, and multiple linear regression test. The data analysis was conducted to identify the independent variables that affect the dependent variable.The results showed that (1) spiritual leadership style had an effect on employee job satisfaction. (2) The work environment has no effect on employee job satisfaction. (3) Extrinsic motivation has an effect on employee job satisfaction. (4) Spiritual leadership style, work environment, and extrinsic motivation simultaneously affect employee job satisfaction.

Keywords: Spiritual leadership style, Work environment, extrinsic motivation, job satisfaction
Analisis Pengaruh Citra Merek, Desain Kemasan, dan Harga terhadap Loyalitas Pelangan Melalui Kepuasan Pelanggan sebagai Variabel Intervening pada Produk Minuman Bersoda Sprite
Authors: Siti Meisaroh Fikia , Hidayat Nugroho Rusdi , Andarini Sonja , Nirawati Lia
Published: November 2022

This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of brand image, packaging design, and price on customer loyalty through customer satisfaction as an intervening variable on sprite soda products. The population in this study was the people of Surabaya City who had bought and drank Srite products in the city of Surabaya. The number of samples used in this study were 100 respondents. The sampling technique used is a non-probability sampling technique. This type of research uses descriptive quantitative. The results of this study indicate that brand image has a significant effect on customer satisfaction. Packaging design has a significant effect on customer satisfaction. Price has a significant effect on customer satisfaction, brand image has a significant effect on customer loyalty. Price has a significant effect on customer loyalty. Customer satisfaction has a significant effect on customer loyalty. Brand image has no significant effect on customer loyalty through customer satisfaction. Satisfaction design has no significant effect on customer loyalty through customer satisfaction. Price has a significant effect on customer loyalty through customer satisfaction.

Keywords: Brand Image; Packaging Design; Price; Customer loyalty; Customer satisfaction
Deploying Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Understanding the Missing Link and Requisite Legal Regime to Resolve the Almajiri System Challenge
Authors: Sani Faruk , Bello Buhari
Published: November 2022

The various efforts of the Federal Government and its agencies together with international institutions at integrating the Almajiri education into contemporary education in Nigeria or mainstreaming the Almajiri system into the nation’s educational system have not achieved the desired objectives. The failure of relevant policy makers could be traced to their solution-strategies, which did not give adequate considerations to the historical realities of the Almajiri system; to the constitutional obligation of government to provide free and compulsory basic education to its school age citizens; and to a genuine stakeholder buy-in of Almajiri school operators. Using a doctrinal research methodology that leaned more on official narrative, institutional publications as well as Internet resources and online blogs, the paper looked at Almajiri concept, reviewed the legal framework underpinning basic education rights in Nigeria, and explored the various attempts at mainstreaming the Almajiri system. The paper discovered that the solution-strategies to deal with the Almajiri challenge are premised on a jaundiced notion of the Almajiri system, which is commonly viewed as a source of terrorists and criminal gangs recruitments, and the underestimation of the capacity of Almajiri school operators to lead the process. The paper found that the risk analyses of the solution strategies were not adequate and comprehensive enough with the attendant consequence of increased suspicion between the government and Almajiri school operators. The paper therefore recommended a partnership arrangement built on mutual respect among the three stakeholders, namely, the government, the Almajiri school operators and the Almajiri parents as well as a partnership on the basis of shared responsibilities, shared resources and shared rewards under which the operators or their immediate communities will take a commanding heights in the operation and management of the Almajiri schools. This type of arrangement is a good candidate for Pro-Poor Public Private Partnership (PPPPP), which is commonly used in many jurisdictions to serve the neglected part of the populations. In this respect, the paper recommends the Charter School model, which the United States established to cater for the educationally underserved and neglected among its citizens. If implemented, the twin incidences of out-of-school children and Almajiri Street begging will greatly reduced, thereby positively impacting to the social, political and economic sectors of the Nigerian society.
ABORDAGEM SOCIOINTERACIONISTA NO ENSINO DE FÍSICA DURANTE A PANDEMIA DA COVID-19: UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA DA LITERATURA
Authors: Fernandes Lima Luiz Paulo , Balacó Borrajo Thiago , Rozendo da Silva Frederico
Published: November 2022

Esta investigação analisou, tendo como base a revisão sistemática da literatura, pesquisas com foco na abordagem sociointeracionista aplicadas ao ensino de Física durante o período da pandemia da Covid-19. O presente trabalho se baseou num inventário de estudos publicados entre 2020 e 2022 que considerou: livros, dissertações e teses defendidas desde que oriundas de Programas de Pós-graduação em Educação e Ensino reconhecidos pela Capes e artigos publicados em revistas bem avaliadas e que tenham como foco principal o ensino de Ciências/Física e que sejam avaliadas nas áreas de Educação e Ensino. No início da pesquisa foram encontrados 83 documentos, após os critérios de inclusão 76 e, finalmente, após os critérios de exclusão, chegou-se a 12 trabalhos. Como resultados, constatou-se que os trabalhos em sua grande maioria, fizeram uso das Metodologias Ativas como por exemplo Aprendizagem Baseada em Projetos (ABP), Sala de Aula Invertida, Instrução por Pares, dentre outras. Vale salientar a presença marcante das plataformas virtuais, jogos e laboratórios virtuais como ferramentas de auxílio à professores e alunos em épocas de ensino remoto. Em todos os trabalhos destaca-se a importância do aluno no processo de ensino e aprendizagem e como esse protagonismo provoca melhorias nas relações entre professores, alunos e seus pares.
Higher Fat-Related Body Composition Measurement and Lower Resting-State Inter-Network Functional Connectivity of APOE ε4 Carrier in Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients With Aβ Deposition
Authors:   Korean Association For Geriatric Psychiatry, Choi In Hyeok , Wang Sheng-Min , Um Yoo Hyun , Lim Hyun Kook , Lee Chang-Uk , Kang Dong Woo
Published: November 2022

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the impact of interaction between APOE ε4 carrier status and body composition measurements on intra- and inter-regional functional connectivity (FC) in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients with Aβ deposition.
Methods: MCI patients with and without APOE ε4 allele (carrier, n=86; non-carrier, n=95) underwent neuropsychological battery, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans, positron emission tomography scans with [18F] flutemetamol, and bioelectrical impedance analysis for measuring body composition. We employed a priori defined regions of interest to investigate the intra- and inter-network FC profiles of default mode network (DMN), central executive network (CEN), and salience network (SN).
Results: There was a significant interaction of APOE ε4 carrier status with body fat mass index, visceral fat area, and waist-hip circumference ratio for inter-network FC between DMN and CEN, contributing higher fat-related body composition measurements in the APOE ε4 carrier with lower DMN-CEN FC.
Conclusion: The present results highlight the detrimental effect of APOE ε4 carrier status on the associations between the fat-related body composition measurements and FC in the MCI patients with Aβ accumulation.
Pemulihan Ekonomi Pasca Bencana Untuk Masyarakat Pesisir di Kabupaten Pandeglang
Authors: Agus Lukman Hakim  , Ade Hadiono  , Ipah Mulyani  , Jumanah  , Natta Sanjaya  , Destiana
Published: November 2022

Kabupaten Pandeglang merupakan daerah yang memiliki potensi rawan bencana, khususnya bencana gempa dan tsunami yang dapat diakibatkan dari letusan gunung berapi Anak Krakatau dan pergeseran lempeng Indo-Autralia dan Eurasia-Pasifik. Dampak bencana menimbulkan masalah besar salah satunya masalah ekonomi. Pemerintah Daerah telah melakukan beberapa upaya dalam penanggulangan bencana khususnya pemulihan sektor ekonomi pasca bencana, namun pelaksanaannya masih terdapat beberapa kendala dan hasilnya belum optimal. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyusun strategi pemulihan ekonomi pasca bencana untuk masyarakat pesisir di Kabupaten Pandeglang. Desain penelitian deskriptif dengan menggunakan pendekatan mix-metodh antara pendekatan kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Teknik pengambilan sampel dengan purposive samping sebesar 35 responden. Informan yang dipilih yaitu masyarakat yang representative memahami serta yang terkena dampak bencana, para pakar, dan pemangku kepentingan. Analisis deskriptif kuantitatif menggunakan USG (Urgency, Seriousness, Growth) dan teknik analisis data kualitatif menggunakan pendekatan menurut Milles dan Huberman. Hasil yang didapat strategi pemulihan ekonomi pasca bencana untuk masyarakat pesisir di Kabupaten Pandeglang yaitu pendampingan pemulihan usaha bagi pelaku ekonomi sektor wisata dan UMKM, penyuluhan dan pelatihan usaha ekonomi kreatif dan UMKM masyarakat pesisir, pemberian modal usaha bagi masyarakat pesisir, penyuluhan dan pelatihan ekonomi bagi wanita pelaku usaha rumah tangga, serta pemberian kredit lunak, restrukturisasi kredit korban bencana, dan optimalisasi koperasi nelayan.