bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A University Literacy Festival: The Impact of Connecting Children’s Authors with Students, Teachers, and Librarians from Title I Schools
Authors: Dawn Martelli Cynthia
Published: November 2021

A literacy festival is one of the most effective ways to promote reading and fosters the idea that books make a difference, especially to under-supported students. This paper is based on a research study that focused on how a university literacy festival supported engagement and increased reading attitudes and habits for students of Title I schools. It also explores a longitudinal study that analyzed a university’s literacy festival and its impact on students, librarians, teachers, children’s authors, teacher candidates, and librarians from Title I schools in southwest Florida. The findings of this study suggest that a university literacy festival helps connect children with books, which can help promote a lifelong love of reading and writing. A university literacy festival featuring a variety of diverse authors presenting interactive workshops showcasing their literary craft enabled students from Title I schools to engage with the authors and to see themselves as writers and encouraged them to explore a university in their own backyard. This university literacy festival made a positive impact in the area of engagement in reading and found an increase in reading from students from Title I schools that attended the event. Keywords: literacy festival, children’s authors, Title I students, teacher candidates, reading
On how RE Teachers Address the Sometimes Conflicting Tasks of Conveying Fundamental Values and Facilitating Critical Thinking
Authors: Lindström Niclas , Samuelsson Lars
Published: November 2021

Teachers in the non-confessional Swedish subject religious education have conflicting responsibilities to convey values and facilitate critical thinking. The research regarding these responsibilities has often been considered a theoretical problem and the discussion has concerned theoretical solutions. However, the problem is not only theoretical. It is in fact also a practical problem that many teachers frequently encounter. The overall aim of this paper is thus to draw attention to these conflicting responsibilities as a practical problem that teachers face and are expected to solve in their pedagogical practices. In line with this aim, a number of qualitative research interviews were conducted with experienced religious education teachers, who are considered to have a particular responsibility for moral education in the Swedish school system. The purpose of the interviews was to investigate how they relate to their sometimes conflicting responsibilities and consequently make an empirically informed contribution to the debate. This is an important task since there are no official guidelines on how teachers are to balance these responsibilities in their pedagogical practices. Keywords: moral education, paradox of moral education, religious education, controversial issues, ethics.
Incorporating Movie Clips to Validate Learning: A Students’ Assessment
Authors: Sekhri Esha
Published: November 2021

The use of movie-based educational interventions has been widely used in the pedagogy of psychology. Wherein most of the researchers have included full-length movies in their teaching followed by students’ comments of its effectiveness; the current research was carried out to examine if or not students will be able to find relevant clips from the list of movies provided and incorporate those in their group workshops after being exposed to the theoretical knowledge in their lecture class. To gauge how the participants received it and what suggestions do they have to offer for the improvement of this innovative exercise an anonymous survey and a semi open-ended interview was used. The research was conducted in three trimesters of academic years 2018 and 2019. On analysis of the raw data, it was found that the students rated the assignment favorably and reported that movie clips helped them understand the course material better and enabled them to apply psychological concepts to real-life situations. The findings suggest that movie clips can facilitate the learning process and can prove to be an efficacious tool to validate students’ learning. Keywords: education, movie-clips based learning, introduction to psychology, undergraduate elective course, validation of student learning
Tickling in the Light of Slavic Vocabulary and Mythology (Polesian Data on a Common Slavic Background)
Authors: Vinogradova Ljudmila N. , Gura Aleksandr V.
Published: November 2021

The authors of this article attempt to reveal the symbolism of tickling as an aggressive behaviour of mythological characters using ethnolinguistic methods. This analysis is carried out on the basis of the study of Polesie dialectal vocabulary and phraseology related to this demonological function, with the involvement of a wide range of common Slavic linguistic data, and a significant body of folk mythological beliefs. The work includes three thematic sections: terminology and ways of nominating tickling in Slavic languages and dialects; tickling as a harmful function of evil spirits directed at a person; and tickling as an action of mythologized animals aimed at livestock. Geographically, the combination of the functions of tickling in a mermaid (rusalki) and a weasel can be observed in at least two regions – in Polesie and the Upper Volga. In the language and in
traditional culture, there is a similarity in the ratio and interaction of tickling as a tactile action and acoustic “tickling” associated with various types of sounds emanating from living beings (people, animals, birds, and insects). In the language, a portion of onomatopoeic verb vocabulary is built in parallel to the words for tickling, which serve to convey the sounds of human speech, animal cries, sharp noises made by people, etc., which indicates a kind of mutual attraction between intense verb iterations related, on the one hand, to the tactile, and on the other, to the audible. In the folk tradition, the tickle motif creates a correlation between the strong physical irritation that mythological characters (demons and animals) inflict on people and livestock with their annoyingly repetitive actions, and the auditory perception of restless, often annoying, cries and sounds of animal origin,which are endowed with folklore and some demonological characteristics.
Verbal Aggressiveness in Communication in Media and Online. A Case Study of the TV Cooking Show Prostřeno!
Authors: Svobodová Jindřiška
Published: November 2021

The article is dedicated to the topic of im/politeness and verbal hostility in online and media communication environments. Two weeks’ series of the reality show Prostřeno! (Laid Out! – original British version is Come Dine with Me) have been analysed, together with the related online discussions. TV media and the online environment make it possible for speakers to use the interactive texts, normally constructed as acts of private communication in public settings. The choice of communicative strategies still depends on the particular type of medium and the situational context which it creates. Participants in reality TVs who construct communicative acts in face-to-face interaction with others react to the social context established by the show: each contestant is highly motivated by his/her wishes to win, and therefore is making an effort to convince all participants of his/her positive face. Since the contestants might be threatened by the loss of face resulting from open confrontation they usually avoid direct attacks; they prefer slander, which is a part of the show and the act that the contestants are incited to carry out. The online discussions are a medium of anonymity which encourages interlocutors to evaluate and criticise openly. Since such an environment protects users from the potential loss of their own face, viewers of the reality TV use it to threaten the face of the contestants with gossip or harsh and rude vocabulary. The analysis of the corpus confirmed the hypothesis that if the interlocutors can communicate anonymously, their verbal aggressiveness increases.
PENGARUH INTRADIALYTIC EXERCISE TERHADAP TEKANAN DARAH PADA PASIEN HEMODIALISA
Authors: Hasbi Habid Al
Published: November 2021

Latar belakang: pasien dengan gagal ginjal kronis harus menjalani terapi, salah satunya dengan hemodialisa. Pasein hemodialisa sering mengalami komplikasi salah satunya terjadi kenaikan tekanan darah. Tindakan keperawatan mandiri perlu dilakukan untuk mengatasi keluhan pasien hemodialisa, yaitu dengan memberikan terapi non-faramkologi. Tujuan: penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh intradialytic exercise terhadap tekanan darah pada pasien hemodialisa. Metode: penelitan kuantitatif dengan teknik quasi experiment dengan jenis pretest-posttest with control group, uji statistik bivariat dengan paired sample test, instrument dengan buku panduan dan alat tensi digital, waktu penelitian selama dua minggu. Hasil: ada pengaruh yang signifikan (pvalue= 0,000) antara kelompok pre-test dengan post-test. Kesimpulan: perawat di unit hemodialisa dapat mengaplikasikan terapi intradialytic exercise pada pasein karena terbukti dapat menurunkan tekanan darah saat pasien menjalani terapi hemodialisa
Mengenal BMT
Authors: Afrianti Wahyuni
Published: November 2021

Lahirnya BMT di Indonesia di awali dengan kemunculan Lembaga Keuangan Mikro (LKM) konvensional. Indonesia merupakan negara pertama yang mengembangkan keuangan mikro secara komersial di Asia, dengan mengatur lembaga keuangan mikro semi profesional mulai pelayanan jasa keuangan mikro. Secara nasional eksistensi keuangan mikro dan praktek perbankan Syari’ah diawali dengan berdirinya BPRS (Bank Perkreditan Rakyat Syari’ah) di Bandung pada tahun 1991, yaitu P.T. BPRS Berkah Awal Syari’ah dan PT BPRS Amanah Rabbaniyyah. Di Aceh berdiri BPRS Hareukat. Pada tahun 1992 sistem perbankan yang dibuka multinasional adalah Bank Muamalat Indonesia (BMI)
Toward the understanding of saline water intrusion and nutrient flushing in Lake Nokoué
Authors: Djihouessi Metogbe , Houngue Rita , Adandedji Firmin , Sintondji Luc
Published: November 2021

To understand the salinity dynamic at the outlet of Lake Nokoué and to simulate the nutrient flushing from this lake into the Atlantic Ocean, a 2D hydrodynamic model was designed with Mike 21. The choice of the Mike 21 was motivated by the long practice that decision-makers in Benin have with this software. The Hydrodynamics (HD) module simulated water level variations and flows in response, while the ECO-Lab module has been used for water quality modelling. The data used covered the hydrological period of 2013. The results from the HD simulation indicated that for a flow of 725 m3/s at Bonou on the Ouémé River, a tributary of Lake Nokoué. 70% of the land in the delta of Ouémé, between the Ouémé River and the So River (also a tributary of Lake Nokoué), are flooded against 90% for a river flow of 1100 m3/s. The water level in the delta showed a water increase of 0.6 m, in seven days, for a water flow of 725 m3/s at Bonou and a water increase of 1.3 m, in seven days, for a water flow of 1100 m3/s at Bonou. Water quality simulations indicated that the seawater intrusion from the Atlantic Ocean into Lake Nokoué occurred from the bottom to the surface towards the surface of the lake. During flooding, despite the large inflow of fresh water, more than 60% of the water at the bottom of the lake had concentrations greater than 8. Simulation of the dispersion of nutrient point source pollution indicated that there was an accumulation of pollution at the bottom of the lake during low water periods. This accumulation increases in amplitude as one moves away from the Atlantic Ocean towards the north of the lake. In this period tidal flushing evacuated about 20% of the pollution ejected. In the high water period, about 70% of the pollution ejected in the lake was automatically flushed out in the lake the Atlantic Ocean.
The uptake and outcomes of Internet cognitive behavioural therapy for health anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Sharrock Maria J. , Mahoney Alison , Haskelberg Hila , Millard Michael , Newby Jill
Published: November 2021

Background: Internet cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) for health anxiety hasdemonstrated efficacy but has not been evaluated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thisstudy presents the first evaluation of the uptake and outcomes of iCBT for health anxietyduring the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: THIS WAY UP is an Australian digital mental health service which delivers iCBTinterventions to community members. We compared the uptake of THIS WAY UP’s iCBTcourse for health anxiety in an Australian adult sample who started the course before thepandemic (12th September 2019 to 11th March 2020) to during the pandemic (12th March to11th June 2020). The course was accessible to Australian adults over 18 years old, with noinclusion criteria. Outcomes included course registrations and commencements, lesson andcourse completion, and self-reported health anxiety (Short Health Anxiety Inventory),depression (Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item) and distress (Kessler-10).Results: From March to June 2020, we observed significant increases in course registrations(N=238 vs N=1057); and course commencements (N=126 vs. N= 778). Large, significantimprovements in health anxiety (g= 0.89), and distress (K10: g=0.91), and mediumimprovements in depression (g=0.55) were found. Course completion during COVID was30.5%.Conclusions: iCBT improved health anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, and providesscalable intervention that can address increased demands for mental health services in thecommunity.
Never mind losing the pound… still got the penny! The influence of trait greed on risky decision behavior in a mixed and gain only BART
Authors: Rodrigues Johannes , Ruthenberg Patrick , Mussel Patrick , Hewig Johannes
Published: November 2021

Two different reasons to show risky behavior have been identified: Risk proneness and the lack of loss aversion. So far, the number of empirical studies investigating the influence of trait greed, anxiety, and age on risky decision behavior, differentiating between risk sensitivity and loss aversion, is very limited and inconsistent findings exist. The present study investigated this issue using variants of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) in an online study. Risky decision-making behavior was then assessed by administering two versions of the BART, a gain only and a mixed gambling BART. A total of 54 male and 51 female subjects participated in the study. It could be shown that individuals with a high expression of the personality trait greed show an increased risky decision behavior due to an increased risk sensitivity and not due to a reduced loss aversion. This is partly in contrasts with previous findings in other tasks assessing risk sensitivity and loss aversion. These differences may be due to the changes of perception during the gain only task.No significant effect was found between the personality trait anxiety or age and risky decision-making behavior. This could be since no pathologically anxious subjects were used for the sample, or respectively due to an unbalanced distribution of age.
The Role of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy in Modifying Children's Neural Profiles: A Resting EEG Study of Children's Response to Experience
Authors: Nekkanti Akhila Krishna
Published: November 2021

The neural networks responsible for coordinating top-down self-regulatory processes, or executive functions, undergo intense fine-tuning and reorganization in early childhood. For children faced with prolonged stress (e.g., chaotic household environment, uncertainty) or adversity (e.g., poverty, maltreatment), these executive function processes are sculpted to aid in retaining information about threats to well-being, which may be protective short-term, but can become particularly maladaptive over time. Interventions that modify the caregiving environment have been shown to buffer the effects of adversity on children’s neural development. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is one such intervention that has been shown to improve both parenting behavior and child outcomes in meta-analyses and is one of the only interventions evidenced to reduce child maltreatment recidivism. The present study sought to evaluate the effects of PCIT on 3-8-year-old children’s theta/beta ratio, a neural marker of attention regulation as measured by electroencephalogram (EEG). Next, this study sought to examine whether individual differences in parenting changes across the PCIT intervention were related to children’s theta/beta ratio, for the PCIT group only. Data for this dissertation were drawn from a randomized control trial investigating the biobehavioral mechanisms of change in parent and child self-regulation skills as a result of PCIT for child-welfare involved families (NIDA R01 036533; PIs: Skowron & Fisher). 204 parent-child dyads with a history of child welfare involvement were referred into the study by the local Lane County Department of Human Services and randomized to PCIT or services-as-usual control conditions. The hypothesis that adversity-exposed children in PCIT would show lower theta/beta ratios, indicative of better attention regulation, after accounting for psychosocial risk, was supported for the eyes-closed but not the eyes-open condition. The hypothesis that individual differences in parenting skill change in PCIT group would be associated with children’s post-treatment theta/beta ratio was not supported. Taken together, this study fills a valuable gap in understanding whether parenting intervention, namely PCIT, can modify children’s neural markers of attention regulation after accounting for early adversity exposure.
On the Robustness and Generality of the Correspondence Bias
Authors: Moore Don A , Schatz Derek , Sharek Zachariah Steven , Swift Samuel A , Gino Francesca
Published: November 2021

People routinely assume correspondence between acts and dispositions. This “correspondence bias” leads people to neglect the power of the situation to influence behavior. However, most of the research documenting the correspondence bias uses paradigms in which the situation operates in the background. The three studies presented here employ novel paradigms in which people have full information about the situation and its effect on behavior. We find that the bias persists in the face of debiasing treatments and even in situations where avoiding it amounts to a simple subtraction problem. We also find that the correspondence bias generalizes to inanimate objects. In light of this new evidence, we reconsider the psychological origins of the correspondence bias.
Anticipating manic and depressive transitions in patients with bipolar disorder using early warning signals
Authors: Bos Fionneke Marijke , Schreuder Marieke , George Sandip Varkey , Doornbos Bennard , Bruggeman Richard , van der Krieke Lian , Haarman Bartholomeus C.M. , Wichers M. , Snippe Evelien
Published: November 2021

Background. In bipolar disorder treatment, accurate episode prediction is paramount but remains difficult. A novel idiographic approach to prediction is to monitor generic early warning signals (EWS), which may manifest in symptom dynamics. EWS could thus form personalized alerts in clinical care. The present study investigated whether EWS can anticipate manic and depressive transitions in individual patients with bipolar disorder. Methods. Twenty bipolar type I/II patients (with ≥2 episodes in the previous year) participated in ecological momentary assessment (EMA), completing five questionnaires a day for four months (Mean=491 observations per person). Transitions were determined by weekly completed questionnaires on depressive (Quick Inventory for Depressive Symptomatology Self-Report) and manic (Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale) symptoms. EWS (rises in autocorrelation at lag-1 and standard deviation) were calculated in moving windows over 17 affective and symptomatic EMA states. Positive and negative predictive values were calculated to determine clinical utility. Results. Eleven patients reported 1-2 transitions. The presence of EWS increased the probability of impending depressive and manic transitions from 32-36% to 46-48% (autocorrelation) and 29-41% (standard deviation). However, the absence of EWS could not be taken as a sign that no transition would occur in the near future. The momentary states that indicated nearby transitions most accurately (predictive values: 65-100%) were full of ideas, worry, and agitation. Large individual differences in the utility of EWS were found.Conclusions. EWS show theoretical promise in anticipating manic and depressive transitions in bipolar disorder, but the level of false positives and negatives, as well as the heterogeneity within and between individuals and preprocessing methods, currently limit clinical utility.
Developing the Technology-based Parenting Young Children Check-Up Intervention for Disruptive Behavior Problems in Early Childhood
Authors: McGoron Lucy , Towner Elizabeth , Trentacosta Christopher , Martel Michelle M , Purkayestha Sharmi , Friedrich Florentine S. , Traylor Parris , Ondersma Steven J.
Published: November 2021

Behavioral parent training programs show clear efficacy/effectiveness in response to young children’s disruptive behavior problems, but limitations in engagement and accessibility prevent many families from benefiting from these programs. The Parenting Young Children Check-up (PYCC) is a technology-based program being created to overcome these barriers and increase the reach of behavioral parent training. Developed for use in pediatric healthcare settings, the PYCC includes three parts: 1) an initial check-up designed to motivate program involvement; 2) text messages; and 3) a parent training website involving interactive video-based content to teach parenting skills. Following an established intervention development framework, this report details initial steps to refine PYCC intervention materials. Seventeen mothers and 17 primary care physicians (pediatricians or family medicine physicians) participated in this mixed methods data collection across three iterations. During semi-structured interviews, participants provided feedback regarding early drafts of the three parts of the PYCC; participants also completed a feedback questionnaire. Refinements were made to the PYCC materials after iterations 1 and 2. A third iteration of data collection revealed saturation of qualitative input, positive qualitative feedback, and positive quantitative ratings on the feedback questionnaire. This project represents an example of using mixed method input to refine and create a technology-based, behavioral intervention. Project completion led to a full version of the PYCC, which will be tested in a proof-of-concept trial and a subsequent pilot randomized clinical trial.
Measuring Early Life Adversity across the Lifespan
Authors: Berman Ilana , McLaughlin Katie A , Tottenham Nim , Godfrey Keith , Seeman Teresa E. , Eric Loucks B , Reiss David , Suomi Stephen , Danese Andrea , Sheridan Margaret A.
Published: November 2021

Exposure to adversity in childhood is associated with elevations in numerous physical and mental health outcomes across the life-course. The biological embedding of early experience during periods of developmental plasticity is one pathway that contributes to these associations. While a rich literature documents associations between early adversity and key outcomes in childhood and early adulthood, little research investigates the impact of adversity on processes of health and wellbeing in later life. This lack of research impairs progress as the strong theoretical prediction of early embedding models is that the impact of early adversity will be observed throughout the lifespan, even into late life. Recently articulated dimensional models (e.g., McLaughlin et al., 2021) specify mechanistic pathways linking different dimensions of adversity to health and wellbeing outcomes later in life. While findings from existing studies testing these dimensions have provided promising preliminary support for these models, less agreement exists about how to measure the experiences that comprise each dimension. Here we review existing approaches to measuring two dimensions of adversity: threat and deprivation. We recommend specific measures for measuring these constructs and, when possible, document when the same measure can be used by different reporters and across the lifespan to maximize the utility with which these recommendations can be applied. Through this approach we hope to stimulate progress in understanding how particular dimensions of early adversity exposure contribute to outcomes in late life.
Intersexual and intrasexual selection for neck musculature in men: Attractiveness, dominance, and actual fighting success
Authors: Caton Neil Robert , Lewis David M. G.
Published: November 2021

Countless organisms possess morphological traits that increase their ability to win a fight. In the present work, we proposed that the human neck is one such sexually dimorphic trait that predicts both actual and perceived fighting ability. First, we placed 24,310 anatomical landmarks on the neck morphology of 715 professional combatants and discovered that greater neck morphology predicted real-world fighting success (Study 1). Then, we discovered that the human neck exhibits pronounced male-biased sexual dimorphism, across every world region, after adjusting for 91 other anatomical features (overall β = .72; N = 6,068; Study 2). Finally, we showed that human perceptual systems uniquely process male neck morphology as a feature that increases success in contest competition; human males (N = 564 stimuli) with greater neck morphology (Study 3: geometric morphometrics; Study 4: physiological neck strength; Study 5: photorealistic stimuli) were perceived as more formidable (N = 772 raters). Collectively, these findings demonstrate the breadth of this sexually dimorphic characteristic to the biological, anthropological, and psychological sciences. Given that numerous studies and public databases contain the neck in their facial stimuli, implications are discussed for a new research program focused on this highly sexually dimorphic feature of human morphology.
Money Demand and Inflation: The relationship between money demand, inflation, and the risk premium
Authors: Sakib S M Nazmuz
Published: November 2021

In varied economics laws, inflation and interest rates are a standard reference of the economy. to place it merely, once interest rates fall, a lot of people and establishments will borrow extra money from banks and alternative lenders. Rising and rising interest rates push customers into saving mode as a result of the next come on savings. This leaves customers with less financial gain to pay that slows the economy and, as a result, lowers inflation. This relationship shapes up to date financial policies associated is that the most powerful consider the direction of an economy. this suggests that variable interest rates and inflation have a linear combination which will be shapely as economic potency.
Pemanfaatan Media Sosial Dalam Pemasaran Olahan Perikanan Di Kecamatan Sanga Sanga
Authors: Haqiqiansyah Gusti , Saleha Qariah , Rahmasari Rahmasari
Published: November 2021

Social media presence become a basic necessity for the community. Almost all levels of society use this technology. Likewise in the business world. Business actors must race to introduce their products. The use of social media is one of the solutions to speed up business promotion. The purpose of research to determine the perceptions and types of use of social media by processed fisheries business actors in Sanga Sanga District. Methods of collecting data were observation and interviews. Samples were taken by means of a census of 11 people. Data were tabulated and analyzed descriptively. To measure the level of perception using a Likert scale. The results showed that the level of perception was in the moderate category (score reached 27.91), meaning that the use of social media in business activities was still not optimal. The types of social media used are Facebook (81.82%), whatsAap (54.55%) and youtube (18.18%).
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Anaemia Among Pregnant Women in Hossana Town, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Kedir Romedan Delil , Halil Hassen Mosa , Reta Ashebir Endale , Helill Shamil Eanga , Abdo Ritbano Ahmed
Published: November 2021

Introduction: Anaemia during pregnancy is an important factor to maternal mortality, morbidity and poor foetal outcomes. It remains one of the utmost unresolved public health problems in developing countries, including Ethiopia. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of anaemia among pregnant women in the public health facilities of Hossana Town, Southern Ethiopia.
Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 284 pregnant women using systematic random sampling from 1 to 30 April 2019. Face-to-face interviews and chart reviews were used to collect the data. Data entry was done using Epi Data 3.1, and data were exported to SPSS 24 for analysis. Both bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to identify the associated factors at 95% CI.
Results: The overall prevalence of anaemia was found to be 75 (26.4%), among which 45 (60%), 28 (37.3%) and two (2.7%) were mild, moderate, and severe anaemia respectively. The factors associated with anaemia included maternal education (unable to write and read) (AOR = 5.1; 95% CI-1.3, 20.6), the lack of information about it (AOR = 2.3; 95% CI-1.2, 7.0), short birth interval (AOR = 2.6; 95% CI-1.1, 6.5), having history of heavy menstrual bleeding before the current pregnancy (AOR = 4.3; 95% CI-1.3, 14.0), did not eat food of an animal origin within a week (AOR = 3.2, 95% CI - 1.2, 8.9) and meal frequency of less than three times per day (AOR = 2.9; 95% CI - 1.2, 6.8).
Conclusions: The findings of this study indicate that anaemia is an unresolved public health problem in the study area. Pre-pregnancy counselling, dietary advice, and iron supplementation are recommended to avert anaemia during pregnancy.
INTERVAL EDGE-COLORING OF COMPLETE AND COMPLETE BIPARTITE GRAPHS WITH RESTRICTIONS
Authors: Sahakyan Albert  , Muradyan Levon
Published: November 2021

An edge-coloring of a graph G with consecutive integers c1,…,ct is called an interval t-coloring, if all colors are used, and the colors of edges incident to any vertex of G are distinct and form an interval of integers. A graph G is interval colorable if it has an interval t-coloring for some positive integer t. In this paper, we consider the case where there are restrictions on the edges, and the edge-coloring should satisfy these restrictions. We show that the problem is NP-complete for complete and complete bipartite graphs. We also provide a polynomial solution for a subclass of complete bipartite graphs when the restrictions are on the vertices.
VIABILIDADE ECONÔMICO-FINANCEIRA DA IMPLANTAÇÃO DE UMA MICROINDÚSTRIA PRODUTORA DE HIDROMEL
Authors: Suzart Araújo Geiza , De Souza Sílvia Maria Almeida , De Carvalho Giovani Brandão Mafra , Martínez Ernesto Acosta
Published: November 2021

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo realizar o estudo de viabilidade econômica de uma microindústria produtora de hidromel suplementado com polpa de siriguela e extrato de farelo de soja, instalada no município de Ribeira do Pombal, BA. Para o desenvolvimento do estudo, realizaram-se pesquisas de levantamento, bibliográfica e experimental, obtendo-se dados importantes para elaboração do fluxo de caixa: custos fixos e variáveis, investimento, depreciação, juros, lucro tributável, imposto de renda, fluxo líquido, amortização e bônus de adimplência. Aplicaram-se também os métodos de avaliação de investimento [valor presente líquido (VPL), taxa interna de retorno (TIR) e o método do payback]. O investimento do projeto para produção mensal de 2250 L de hidromel foi de R$ 305.419,84, resultando nos seguintes indicadores econômicos: VPL (R$5.861,03), TIR (23%), payback simples (2 anos) e payback descontado (3 anos), considerando-se a taxa mínima de atratividade de 15% e uma vida útil de 10 anos. Logo, o empreendimento foi considerado economicamente viável, além de ser uma possibilidade para geração de renda para agricultores familiares.

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo realizar o estudo de viabilidade econômica de uma microindústria produtora de hidromel suplementado com polpa de siriguela e extrato de farelo de soja, instalada no município de Ribeira do Pombal, BA. Para o desenvolvimento do estudo, realizaram-se pesquisas de levantamento, bibliográfica e experimental, obtendo-se dados importantes para elaboração do fluxo de caixa: custos fixos e variáveis, investimento, depreciação, juros, lucro tributável, imposto de renda, fluxo líquido, amortização e bônus de adimplência. Aplicaram-se também os métodos de avaliação de investimento [valor presente líquido (VPL), taxa interna de retorno (TIR) e o método do payback]. O investimento do projeto para produção mensal de 2250 L de hidromel foi de R$ 305.419,84, resultando nos seguintes indicadores econômicos: VPL (R$5.861,03), TIR (23%), payback simples (2 anos) e payback descontado (3 anos), considerando-se a taxa mínima de atratividade de 15% e uma vida útil de 10 anos. Logo, o empreendimento foi considerado economicamente viável, além de ser uma possibilidade para geração de renda para agricultores familiares.
VIABILIDADE DE SILAGEM DE MILHO PARA O GADO LEITEIRO
Authors: Scheler Eduardo Donizeti , Cavichioli Fábio Alexandre
Published: November 2021

De origem mexicana, o milho era plantado por Índios americanos em montes, usando um sistema complexo que variava a espécie plantada de acordo com o seu uso. A silagem de milho é hoje o tipo de silagem mais usado no Brasil. Isso acontece principalmente porque ela consegue fornecer forragem com muita energia e proteína para o gado, e tem seu cultivo mais fácil que outras culturas. A silagem de milho é um dos componentes mais importantes na alimentação de bovinos, uma vez que a sua planta fornece um grande volume de alimento palatável, com alta digestibilidade e rico em energia, o que resulta em um excelente potencial para produzir leite. O presente artigo tem como objetivo realizar a viabilidade de silagem de milho para o gado leiteiro por meio da análise econômica financeira através dos indicadores econômicos Valor presente líquido, Taxa interna de retorno e Payback.
MANUTENÇÃO INDUSTRIAL: UM ESTUDO DE SUA IMPORTÂNCIA NA COMPETITIVIDADE EM UMA EMPRESA DO RAMO METALÚRGICO.
Authors: Nascimento João Pedro , Midori Yada de Almeida Marcela
Published: November 2021

Com a competitividade industrial e surgimento de técnicas e estratégias gerenciamento de produção e processo, destaca-se a manutenção. Sabendo-se que a mesma é formada por um conjunto de técnicas e atividades operacionais e administrativas, sua utilização de forma coesa como ferramenta de melhoria de processo e eventualmente diminuição de custos é fundamental. No Brasil, as empresas possuem uma larga escala de ativos (máquinas), para a produção de bens e serviços, garantir a maior vida útil desses equipamentos é crucial. Entre os objetivos do projeto, encontra-se a importância da manutenção para redução de custos, definir metas e objetivos organizacionais através dos procedimentos para obter o aproveitamento de tempo, espaço, maquinários e pessoas da melhor forma possível. O estudo se desenvolveu por meio de pesquisas quantitativas em dados empresariais e qualitativas por meio de revisão bibliográficas em sites, artigos e monografias. Os resultados da manutenção como ferramenta estratégica estão interligados com a disponibilidade de seus equipamentos, resultando na produtividade exercendo um papel crucial para a organização.
UM ESTUDO SOBRE SISTEMAS ERP GRATUITOS PARA EMPRESAS
Authors: Araújo Liriane Soares , Frigeri Capone Augusto , Ferro Giovani
Published: November 2021

Para que uma empresa tenha vantagens competitivas no mercado de trabalho, ela precisa estar atenta aos avanços tecnológicos, e considerando o crescente avanço da tecnologia no decorrer dos anos, pode-se afirmar que, as mesmas precisam se adequarem na utilização de ferramentas para apoio à tomada de decisões. Uma das ferramentas utilizadas neste contexto é Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), que visa automatizar funcionalidades de negócio, possuindo um banco de dados integrado e único a fim de agilizar e facilitar a comunicação e transparência dos dados. Sendo assim, o objetivo deste trabalho é mostrar algumas vantagens que uma ferramenta gratuita de ERP pode oferecer, bem como alguns impactos desta ferramenta no âmbito organizacional. A metodologia de pesquisa abordada envolve análise bibliográfica descritiva de natureza aplicada com abordagem qualitativa, juntamente com um estudo sobre algumas ferramentas gratuitas por meio de análise comparativa. Espera-se auxiliar empresas na escolha, implantação e uso de ferramentas tecnológicas para potencializar os processos de negócios.
EFICIÊNCIA DO ALMOXARIFADO NA GESTÃO DE ESTOQUE
Authors: Oliveira Thales Luis Ramos de , Lanzotti Carla Regina
Published: November 2021

Diante do cenário global, muitas organizações necessitam aplicar fundamentos de gestão para coordenar de forma precisa a cadeia de suprimentos. Atualmente é considerada uma das estratégias fundamentais para a empresa. A gestão de estoque gerencia o planejamento e controle da aquisição de insumos, para atender a produção de novos bens ou serviços, além de estabelecer os métodos de reposição em suprir os materiais utilizados na empresa. Esse artigo tem como o objetivo principal demonstrar o papel do almoxarifado em uma indústria que produz redutores de velocidade. Assim, este estudo se propõe a realizar uma revisão bibliográfica e apresentar um estudo de caso, desenvolvido na empresa WEG-CESTARI.  Com o desenvolvimento desse trabalho pode-se verificar que a aplicação dos indicadores de eficiência resulta nas melhorias de estoque, desde o endereçamento adequado até a utilização de inventário cíclico para o seu controle, podendo concluir que essas ações reduziram os valores dos índices de falhas na separação de peças para montagem.
PROGRESSIVE WEB APPS
Authors: Tiosso Fernando , Izaki Brian Kazuyoshi , Reis Helena Macedo
Published: November 2021

Este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a compatibilidade de uma Progressive Web Application (PWA) com relação ao seu suporte para uma experiência de aplicação nativa nos Sistemas Operacionais (SOs) Android e iOS utilizando os navegadores Chrome, Firefox, Samsung Internet e Safari. Por meio de pesquisas bibliográficas em livros, documentações e sites de fabricantes, observou-se quais as características mais relevantes que poderiam ser utilizadas durante a análise da aplicação para dispositivos mobiles até o presente momento, proporcionando o desenvolvimento e a análise de uma PWA devidamente auditada e reconhecida pelo aplicativo Lighthouse. Assim, por meio das avaliações realizadas, constatou-se que o sistema operacional Android e o navegador Chrome ofereceram maior suporte para uma experiência de aplicação nativa utilizando a abordagem progressiva.
ANALISIS PENGARUH DPK, NPL, LDR, CAR DAN BI RATE TERHADAP PENYALURAN KREDIT PADA BANK PERKREDITAN RAKYAT DI KOTA BATAM
Authors: Clinton Kwan Ng, Bornok Situmorang
Published: November 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh DPK, NPL, LDR, CAR & BI Rate terhadap penyaluran kredit. Metode analisis yang digunakan dalam model penelitian ini adalah analisis deskriptif dan regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa DPK, CAR, LDR & BI Rate memiliki pengaruh positif secara parsial terhadap penyaluran kredit dengan nilai signifikansi masing-masing sebesar 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 & 0.034 sedangkan NPL tidak memiliki pengaruh secara parsial terhadap penyaluran kredit dengan nilai signifikansi sebesar 0.075 dan memiliki arah koefisien yang negatif. Serta dari hasil uji secara simultan DPK, CAR, LDR, NPL & BI Rate memiliki pengaruh secara bersamaan terhadap penyaluran kredit dengan nilai signifikansi sebesar 0.00.
PENGARUH LITERASI KEUANGAN DAN SIKAP TERHADAP UANG PADA PENGELOLAAN KEUANGAN KELUARGA
Authors: Sri Mulyati  , Ravika Permata Hati
Published: November 2021

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji dan menganalisis dampak literasi keuangan dan sikap terhadap uang pada perencanaan keuangan keluarga.Penelitian ini menggunakan data kuantitatif. Populasi penelitian ini meliputi masyarakat yang berdomisili pada Kecamatan Sekupang.Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan purpose sampling berdasarkan pendapatan atau penghasilan keluarga dengan nominal minimal Rp. 3.500.000,-. Dalam penelitian ini melibatkan 200 responden. Metode pengumpulan data menggunakan kusioner dan metode analisis data menggunakan alat analisis SPSS 20. Hasil Penelitian ini akan menunjukkan bagaimana pengaruh literasi keuangan dan sikap terhadap uang pada pengelolaan keuangan keluarga di lingkungan masyarakat Kecamatan Sekupang.
Theoretical analysis of vapour refrigeration cycle with hybrid refrigerant of different types and mixing ratios
Authors: Ismael Hasan Mushtaq , Mohsin Chitheer Jasim
Published: November 2021

In this paper analytical study has been made to investigate a hybrid refrigerant consists of different refrigerants with different mixing ratios and find out its effects on the performance of cycle and specify the best refrigerant that gives best performance and least environmental pollution. Firstly the performance of vapor compression refrigeration system has been analyzed with several different pure refrigerants( R11, R12, R13,R22,R23, R32, R41, R115, R116, R124, R125, R134a, R142a, R143a, R152a) by REFPROP software and  the values of  coefficient of performance (COP) and  mass flow rate ( ) and work in compressor (Wc) for each pure refrigerant is calculated and by use other properties for every refrigerant it  can determine the best refrigerants to make a new refrigerant that comes from mixing of two or three of pure refrigerants with best performance for example R22 and R134a with mixing ratios (25:75),(50:50),(75:25) respectively Assuming the evaporator temperature is (-10 °C) and the condenser temperature is (35 °C). The main parameters are calculated such as new refrigerant, mass flow rate and work used in compressor for various capacity in (kW). The results showed that the maximum performance recorded with R134a and the minimum value with R115 while the values of performance for their mixtures fluctuated between the maximum and minimum values for the pure refrigerants and the cause of this is due to combination of  properties as boiling point temperature and critical temperature, latent heat of vaporization, specific heat of liquid and specific volume of the vapor
Transverse Vibration of Cracked Graded Rayleigh Beam with Axial Motion
Authors: A. Bachaya Nabaa , Eh. Elaikh Talib
Published: November 2021

The paper presents the transverse vibration of an open edge crack graded Rayleigh beam with axial motion. The vibration equation was obtained relying on Hamilton's precept and resolved by the approach of Galerkin's. The power-law is adopted to represent the gradient of properties of the material composing the beam along the direction of the thickness. Cracks were modeled as rotational massless spring. The effects of axial velocity, material property change index, location, and depth of cracking on the vibration characteristics are observed. Also, the corresponding mode shapes are found for cracked moving graded Rayleigh beam with simply supported, and fixed-fixed end supports. The results clear up that the natural frequencies drop due to the rise in the axial velocity, the crack depth, and the material property index
Investigating and Prioritizing Factors Affecting Technology Selection Using Multi Criteria
Decision Making Methods in the National Iranian Petrochemical Company
Authors: Hossein Nouri Seyed , Sohrabi Tahmoures
Published: November 2021

Technology can be considered as the most important factor in changing human experiences. Much of the success of most top companies in the field of competition rests on innovative activities that often rely on technology. On the other hand, defining valid and reliable as well as measurable indicators is necessary in order to make the most accurate decision. This refers to the famous saying that anything that can be measured can be managed. Therefore, using various scientific sources, the present study seeks to identify indicators of appropriate technology selection and then, prioritize them using multi-criteria decision making methods in the National Iranian Petrochemical Company. For this purpose, first important factors have been identified by studying the research literature and utilizing experts’ opinion gathered and aggregated by Delphi method. Then, by these factors have been ranked by screening and final identification through a hybrid approach of TOPSIS and Shannon entropy. According to the obtained results, technology efficiency has the highest priority among the factors which shows that in technology with the highest level of efficiency must be transferred and used in petrochemical industry. The competitive effects of technology have the lowest priority which shows that it is the least impact for technology transfer in this industry, and it need less attention from the industry practitioners
Sensors and Their Application in Precision Agriculture
Authors: Jurišić Mladen , Plaščak Ivan , Barač Željko , Radočaj Dorijan , Zimmer Domagoj
Published: November 2021

The paper depicts sensors in precision agriculture. It encompasses the most significant and frequently used sensors in agriculture. Furthermore, the paper explains the main sensor types according to their design, the recorded range of electromagnetic spectrum, as well as the way of detection, recording, measuring, and representation of the detected energy. The development of remote research has provided deeper understanding of remote sensors and their advantages. The sensors installed on soil testing equipment, fertilizing and crop protection machinery, as well as crop picking machinery have been analyzed relative to precision farming. The paper depicts widely known sensors OptRx, ISARIA and VRT technology. The results of the paper assess the data collected by sensors and processed in order to produce maps for agrotechnical operations. The application of maps decreases the employment of human resources, heightens the capacity of data collection, increases the precision of agricultural activities, and finally results in decreasing the cost of final products. The technological progress over the past decade has enabled the development of technology with variable application standards (VRT) that, according to current needs, enables input optimization.
Numerical and Experimental Vibration Analysis of a Steam Turbine Rotor Blade
Authors: Katinić Marko , Ljubičić Marko
Published: November 2021

Damage to the rotor blade of a steam turbine is a relatively common problem and is one of the leading causes of sudden and unplanned shutdowns of a steam turbine.
Therefore, the high reliability of the rotor blades is very important for the safe and economical operation of the steam turbine. To ensure high reliability, it is necessary to perform a vibration analysis of the rotor blades experimentally and in a computer environment. In this paper, a modal analysis was performed on the twisted blade of the last stage of the turbine in the Ansys software. The results of the modal analysis of the stationary rotor blade were compared with the results obtained by the bump test, which confirmed the numerical model of the blade. A modal analysis of a rotating rotor blade was performed on the same numerical model, and Campbell diagrams were plotted to determine the critical speed