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The Interplay Between the CJEU and National Courts in the Case Law on Unfair Contract Terms in Foreign Currency Loans: A Comparative Overview
Authors: Mišćenić Emilia , Tereszkiewicz Piotr , Infantino Marta
Published: November 2023

Over the years, the UCTD has become one of the core EU directives aiming at the protection of both businesses and consumers (B2C), i.e., at the achievement of the appropriate balance between the parties’ rights and obligations. However, the UCTD has also left quite a number of important legal questions unanswered. Besides the general clauses on the assessment of the unfairness of contractual terms, there remains a high degree of uncertainty as to the meaning of the transparency requirement and the legal consequences of unfair contractual terms. As a result, in spite of CJEU settled case law, as well as European Commission interpretation guidelines, there are diverging patterns in the national case law of the Member States. The aim of this paper is to investigate these diverging patterns by looking more closely into national case law and into the relationship between the CJEU and the Member States courts, taking as a case study the way in which the UCTD was applied in five countries (Austria, Croatia, France, Italy and Poland) in cases involving consumer loans indexed to the Swiss franc. The survey shows that there are noticeable differences in the interpretation of core concepts underlying the UCTD, such as the unfairness test, the exclusions from the unfairness assessment, and the transparency requirement. The most problematic areas, however, concern the legal consequences of the unfairness of contractual terms. By relying on the analysis of these and related issues, the authors have come to the conclusion that347 even after 30 years of the existence of the UCTD, there are still many important legal questions that need solving.
Preoperative CT diagnosis of perforated Meckel’s diverticulitis in a young patient: a case report
Authors: Gambardella Michele , Smaldone Michele , Iazzetta Francesco , Corbisiero Maria Carmela , Graviero Gennaro , Coppola Giuseppe Morelli
Published: November 2023

Objectives

Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is a common asymptomatic congenital intestinal anomaly. Clinical manifestations of MD can occur in about 4 % of cases by the presentation of its complications, generally intestinal occlusion, bleeding, and diverticular inflammation. MD’s complications are challenging preoperative diagnoses, as manifest with clinical symptoms that overlap with those of other acute non-traumatic abdominal diseases. Thus, in the emergency setting, abdominal computed tomography (CT) represents an essential tool for the correct diagnosis of complicated MD.

Case presentation

We present a case of a preoperative CT diagnosis of perforated Meckel’s diverticulitis in a young patient admitted to our Emergency Department complaining of acute abdominal pain.

Conclusions

The case highlights the importance of evaluating Meckel’s diverticulum complications among the differential diagnoses of acute non-traumatic abdominal pain and the high sensitivity of CT in assessing their presence in the proper clinical setting.
A novel hybrid CNN-LSTM approach for assessing StackOverflow post quality
Authors: Anwar Zeeshan , Afzal Hammad , Ahsan Ali , Iltaf Naima , Maqbool Ayesha
Published: November 2023

Maintaining the content quality on social media Q&A platforms is pivotal for user attraction and retention. Automating post quality assessment offers benefits such as reduced moderator workload, amplified community impact, enhanced expert user recognition, and importance to expert feedback. While existing approaches for post quality mainly employ binary classification, they often lack optimal feature selection. Our research introduces an automated system that categorizes features into textual, readability, format, and community dimensions. This system integrates 20 features belonging to the aforementioned categories, with a hybrid convolutional neural network–long short-term memory deep learning model for multi-class classification. Evaluation against baseline models and state-of-the-art methods demonstrates our system’s superiority, achieving a remarkable 21–23% accuracy enhancement. Furthermore, our system produced better results in terms of other metrics such as precision, recall, and F1 score.
Roman tablets as linguistic corpora: evidence for phonological variation in 2nd c. Latin
Authors: Repetti-Ludlow Chiara
Published: November 2023

The Tabula Alimentaria Veleiana and the Tabula Ligures Baebiani are two 2nd century tablets which outline the regional implementation and execution of Trajan’s alimentary scheme. These tablets not only provide some of the longest Latin inscriptions from antiquity, but they also offer unique insight into regional linguistic patterns, as one tablet is from northern Italy and the other is from southern Italy. Given that each tablet demonstrates its own consistent patterns of orthographic peculiarities, it is possible that these communities had local epigraphic traditions. This, in turn, could suggest that consistent spelling anomalies reflect regional phonological patterns, such as intervocalic voicing and consonant degemination. This case study builds on recent literature studying sociolinguistic variation in Latin by using tablets from the same time period as regional corpora with which to study linguistic patterns.
Adaptive fuzzy extended state observer for a class of nonlinear systems with output constraint
Authors: Delpasand Mahtab , Farrokhi Mohammad
Published: November 2023

In this study, an adaptive fuzzy extended state observer (AFESO) for single-input–single-output nonlinear affine systems in the presence of external disturbances and output constraints is proposed. In this regard, an extended state observer (ESO) was employed to estimate the unmeasured states and external disturbances simultaneously. To improve the estimation accuracy, the observer gains were adjusted using an adaptation law. To obtain a more comprehensive mathematical analysis and an accurate model for the ESO and to increase the degree of freedom, a Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy system was employed. The proposed AFESO relaxes the limitations of the ESO and improves the system performance as compared with the classical methods in the presence of time-varying disturbances. Next, a command-filtered backstepping controller is designed based on the barrier Lyapunov function method, which guarantees fast convergence of the tracking error as well as satisfying the output constraints of the system. The stability analysis showed that both the estimation error of the AFESO and the tracking error of the controller are bounded, and the tracking error converges to a small neighborhood of the origin. A simulating example of a flexible-joint manipulator shows the effectiveness of the proposed method as compared with the recently proposed method in the literature.
Muslimische Krankenhausseelsorge bei Totgeburten. Herausforderungen und Aufgabenvielfalt
Authors: Uçak-Ekinci Dilek
Published: November 2023

Dieser Beitrag legt den Fokus thematisch auf einen speziellen Bereich innerhalb des umfangreichen Aufgabenfeldes der muslimischen Krankenhausseelsorge: Die Begleitung im Kontext von „still geborenen“ Babys. An zwei Fallbeispielen werden zentrale Aspekte der Bedürfnisse betroffener Eltern und sich daraus ergebenden seelsorgliche Aufgaben untersucht. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit erhalten dabei die islamischen Vorstellungen.

Ausgehend von den bestehenden intellektuellen und praktischen Auslegungen der Glaubenstraditionen plädiert der Aufsatz für die Erweiterung der Handlungsmöglichkeiten der muslimischen Krankenhausseelsorge im Kontext von Totgeburten und Bestattungsriten. Dies hat zum Ziel, die Seelsorgenden in ihren Begegnungen zu unterstützen, ihre mehrdimensionale religiös-kulturelle Sensibilität zu fördern und die notwendigen zwischenmenschlichen Kompetenzen einzubringen. Dabei geht es auch um die Verankerung der Seelsorgenden in ihrer Glaubenstradition und um die Ausstattung mit einer fundierten Theorie professioneller Praxis, damit sie bedürfnisorientiert handeln können.
Representations of Pro-Choice Protesters in US News Media
Authors: Kennedy Charlotte-Rose , Brookes Gavin
Published: November 2023

In June 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling and, with that decision, revoked access to safe abortion for many women across the country. The decision was anticipated and immediately followed by protests from pro-choice campaigners, who challenged the decision, arguing that it would pose a threat to the health of women across the US and compound existing inequalities relating to ethnicity and social class. In this article, we use a corpus-based approach to Critical Discourse Analysis to examine the representation of the protests in US national newspapers between May and July of 2022. Focussing in particular on the representation of the protests’ worthiness, unity, numbers and commitment, we find that generally the protests are afforded legitimacy in the coverage, with only the representation of worthiness bucking this trend. Following the analysis, we consider the possible motivations for this somewhat complex picture and consider the broader implications and future directions for similar such protests and women’s reproductive rights more generally.
Positionality in a Contemptuous Time: Ethical Considerations and Discussions on Researching Language, Gender, and Sexuality
Authors: Heritage Frazer
Published: November 2023

This article explores some of the ethical considerations about researching language, gender, and sexuality studies. In particular, it focuses on the potential risk posed to researchers from the perspectives of physical and mental health, especially as caused by conducting critical linguistic research into violent online misogyny, transphobia, and homophobia. I argue that there has been an increase in hate-based incidents related to gender and sexuality, and that while scholars are doing high-quality research in language, gender, and sexuality studies, these incidents might dissuade others from entering or remaining in the field. I also argue that there is some hostility towards scholars challenging gender-based hegemonies, which has real-world impacts on researchers. I highlight that there is a lack of support systems in Higher Education Institutions, and that sometimes the frameworks provided by these organisations are not conducive to safe research into the language of online gender/sexuality hate. I also argue that some of the frameworks, goals, and guidelines provided by Higher Education Institutions can misalign with norms of the discipline. As such I highlight where there are systematic shortcomings, in the hopes that affirmative action might be taken to better facilitate the continuation of high-quality research into language, gender, and sexuality studies.
“Tall, Dark and Tasty”: Masculinity in Food and Beverage Advertising
Authors: Islentyeva Anna , Zimmermann Elisabeth
Published: November 2023

Food and drinks are necessary components of daily life. Similar to other types of advertising, food advertising frequently employs images of models to promote a company’s products, thus creating stereotypically gendered representations. This study aims to analyse the key discursive strategies employed in the representation of masculinity (and femininity) in contemporary food and beverage advertising in a sample of 35 print advertisements launched between 2000 and 2020. Food and beverages constitute utilitarian products, in contrast to hedonic products. This study analyses posters that promote products that fit into five major categories: (1) alcoholic and (2) non-alcoholic beverages, (3) fast food, (4) snacks, and (5) sport nutrition, in order to trace the relation between the types of endorsed products and the strategies employed in the representations of masculinity. Among the brands advertised are Burger King, Carl’s Jr., Coca-Cola, Maximuscle, McDonald’s, KFC and Nespresso. The study investigates how ideals of masculinity (and femininity) are represented, especially in terms of body ideals, and how these representations construct and promote socially desirable gendered bodies, thus having an impact on an individual’s satisfaction with their own body. We will show that the “framing of visibility” featuring male models as strong and therefore powerful, with trained muscular bodies, is contrasted with the “framing of invisibility,” in which female models are primarily represented as skinny and lightweight, but hyper-feminine and sexually appealing, which in turn leads to their objectification and sexualisation.
Half-Witted or Hard-Working-Fun-Loving Women? – A Corpus-Assisted Study of Gendered Collocation in the New Zealand Alpine Club Journal Corpus
Authors: Posch Claudia
Published: November 2023

This paper examines patterns of representation of gender in a domain-specific heritage corpus. To accomplish this, a heritage corpus of mountaineering texts is examined for the strategies employed in the representation of gendered social actors. The research presented uses the corpus The New Zealand Alpine Journal Corpus, an 8-million-word corpus of the New Zealand Alpine Journal (NZAJ) with more than 5000 texts related to the topic of mountaineering. Mountaineering texts have been relatively overlooked in discourse studies so far, even though, like other leisure and sports discourses, the topic has always been highly political. Furthermore, the topic is outstanding in that it is a sport without spectators that relies almost exclusively on discursive events. The present study looks at frequently occurring patterns and typical ways of how gendered social actors are (re)produced within the NZAJ by looking at adjectival and numeral collocations.
Within- and Between-Session Reliability of Golf Swing Variables Using the TrackMan Launch Monitor in Talented Golfers
Authors: Shaw James , Gould Zachariah I. , Oliver Jon L. , Lloyd Rhodri S.
Published: November 2023

Shaw, J, Gould, ZI, Oliver, JL, and Lloyd, RS. Within- and between-session reliability of golf swing variables using the TrackMan launch monitor in talented golfers. J Strength Cond Res 37(12): 2431–2437, 2023—The purpose of the current study was to establish the within- and between-session reliability of the TrackMan launch monitor to measure golf swing variables. Twenty-one golfers attended 2 test sessions, with data captured from 3 golf shots using a 6-iron and 3 using a driver. Club head speed (CHS), ball speed, smash factor, attack angle, club path, launch angle, spin rate, spin axis, carry distance, and total distance were determined from data collected using a TrackMan launch monitor. Within- and between-session reliability for each variable was calculated using repeated-measures analysis of variance, intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs), and coefficients of variation (CVs) with 95% confidence intervals. Within-session measures of CHS, ball speed, carry distance, and total distance were found to be reliable for both 6-iron and driver (CV ≤ 5.8, ICC ≥ 0.87) and launch angle for the 6-iron (CV = 6.7–9.3%, ICC = 0.87–0.92). Between-session measures of CHS, ball speed, smash factor, launch angle, carry distance, and total distance for both 6-iron and driver (CV% = 0.7–9.1%, ICC = 0.5–0.99) and spin rate for 6-iron (CV% = 9.4%, ICC = 0.89) were also shown to be reliable. These findings indicate that the TrackMan launch monitor is a reliable method for measuring CHS, ball speed, carry distance, and total distance in talented golfers, both within and between sessions. Practitioners can confidently use these variables to assess golf swing performance in golfers and evaluate meaningful changes in response to training interventions.
Evaluation of Work Efficiency in Structural Firefighters
Authors: Langford Emily L. , Bergstrom Haley C. , Lanham Sarah , Eastman Alyssa Q. , Best Stuart , Ma Xin , Mason Mark R. , Abel Mark G.
Published: November 2023

Langford, EL, Bergstrom, HC, Lanham, S, Eastman, AQ, Best, S, Ma, X, Mason, MR, and Abel, MG. Evaluation of work efficiency in structural firefighters. J Strength Cond Res 37(12): 2457–2466, 2023—To perform occupational tasks safely and effectively, firefighters (FF) must work quickly and consume air provided by the self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) efficiently. However, most literature only factors work rate into performance, neglecting the inherent time limitation imposed by the SCBA. The purpose of this article was to (a) evaluate the reliability and variability in a “work efficiency” (WE) performance metric reflective of both work rate and air consumption; (b) explore the relationship between WE and established measures of metabolic strain; and (c) identify fitness, anthropometric, and demographic correlates of WE. About 79 structural FF completed an air consumption drill while breathing through an SCBA. Self-paced work duration and air consumption were entered into the WE equation. A subsample of FF (n = 44) completed another randomized trial while breathing through a portable gas analyzer. Anthropometric and fitness data were collected separately. Correlations were performed between WE vs. fitness, anthropometric, demographic, and metabolic outcomes. Multiple linear regression was used to identify the strongest predictors of WE. WE was reliable (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.71) and yielded inter-FF variability {0.79 ± 0.25 ([lb·in−2·min]−1) × 104; coefficient of variation = 31.6%}. WE was positively correlated to oxygen consumption (V̇O2) (L·minute−1, mL·kg−1·minute−1) and tidal volume and negatively correlated to V̇E/V̇O2 and respiratory frequency. Height, upper-body endurance, and aerobic endurance were identified as the strongest predictors of WE (adjusted R
2 = 0.59, RMSE = 0.16). WE is a reliable and occupationally relevant method to assess FF performance because it accounts for work rate and air consumption. Firefighters may enhance WE through a training intervention focused on improving metabolic tolerance, upper-body endurance, and aerobic endurance.
The sensegiving role of advisors in farmer decision-making
Authors: Hayden M.T. , Mattimoe R. , Jack L.
Published: November 2023

In Ireland, and in several other countries around the world, a situation of economic vulnerability exists for many farmers. Alongside this economic vulnerability, the farm management literature acknowledges that most farmers spend little time on financial management. In this context, we argue that farm advisory services have the potential to add value to the farming community by assisting farmers to make informed financial decisions, to combat these economic challenges. In this study, the role of professional advisors in the strategic financial decision-making process of farmers is explored to develop an understanding of how farmers avail of advice from, and interact with, farm advisors. A qualitative research approach of 27 semi-structured interviews and a focus group is adopted to explore the strategic financial decision-making process of farmers. The application of sensemaking theory helps us understand how advisors provide a sensegiving role in the farmer’s decision-making process. The evidence gathered identifies numerous professional advice sources that provide this sensegiving role in the strategic financial decision-making process of farmers but contends that two sources, accountants and agricultural consultants, appear most prominent. This study also reveals that the use of specific advice sources is strongly influenced by the type of strategic decision undertaken and the farm type in operation. The results provide an opportunity for policymakers, and those who provide advisory services to farmers, to reflect on how best to create an environment where farmers and farm advisors can work together, to develop sustainable farm enterprises which can contribute to rural development.
Bodies in Revolt, Challenging the State in Iran
Authors: Shahrokni Nazanin
Published: November 2023

The protests that erupted across Iran in 2022 after the death of a woman arrested for noncompliance with a headscarf requirement were not only about religious dress codes. They were a culmination of years of growing discontent over broader questions involving the place of women in the Islamic Republic and other grievances about the reach of an overbearing state and perceived social and political injustices. The erosion of civil society has made it difficult to sustain the protests’ momentum, as the state moves to co-opt businesses and the public into enforcing its decrees, but the uprising is part of a longer-term, nonlinear process of dissent-driven change in Iran.
The Citizenship Regime Change Behind Israel’s Rule-of-Law Crisis
Authors: Berda Yael
Published: November 2023

This article delineates the relations between the judicial overhaul launched by Israel’s right-wing government in 2023 and the mechanisms of Israel’s control over Palestinians, demonstrating that they are two parts of a regime change. The essay traces a series of changes in Israel’s citizenship regime the past decade: the enactment of an anti-terrorism law and a nation-state law that defined the exclusive right of Jews to self-determination in Israel; the domestic application of surveillance and control practices developed in the occupied territories; and finally legislation allowing the revocation of Palestinians’ citizenship and the de facto annexation of the occupied territories.
The Power and Politics of Popular Egyptian Music
Authors: Simon Andrew
Published: November 2023

New musical styles with streetwise lyrics were prominent during the 2011 revolution and continue to be popular with Egyptian youth, despite authorities’ disapproval.
Convergent insulin and TGF‐β signalling drives cancer cachexia by promoting aberrant fat body ECM accumulation in a Drosophila tumour model
Authors: Bakopoulos Daniel , Golenkina Sofya , Dark Callum , Christie Elizabeth L , Sánchez‐Sánchez Besaiz J , Stramer Brian M , Cheng Louise Y
Published: November 2023

In this study, we found that in the adipose tissue of wildtype animals, insulin and TGF‐β signalling converge via a BMP antagonist short gastrulation (sog) to regulate ECM remodelling. In tumour bearing animals, Sog also modulates TGF‐β signalling to regulate ECM accumulation in the fat body. TGF‐β signalling causes ECM retention in the fat body and subsequently depletes muscles of fat body‐derived ECM proteins. Activation of insulin signalling, inhibition of TGF‐β signalling, or modulation of ECM levels via SPARC, Rab10 or Collagen IV in the fat body, is able to rescue tissue wasting in the presence of tumour. Together, our study highlights the importance of adipose ECM remodelling in the context of cancer cachexia.
Indications of Creeping Acquisition through Rights Issues in Indonesian Non Financial Companies during 2018-2021
Authors: Rizka Zafirah , Hendranastiti Nur Dhani
Published: November 2023

Creeping acquisition (CA) which happens all around the world could harm the market. This research discusses CA activities through rights issue (RI) transactions in the Indonesian capital market for publicly listed non-financial institution companies during 2018 – 2021. The method used in this study is a quantitative method with a cross sectional design to. The regressions used are linear and logistics, using 180 purposive samples of entities. The results of the study show that rights issuing companies experienced greater changes in investor share ownership, so do the business group rights issuing companies. Rights issuing companies experienced relatively large changes in investor ownership, namely >3% in the year prior to the issuance of the rights issue, thus increasing the company's intention to issue rights. But when viewed from the investors activities such as selling or capital expanding who loss >3%, it does not increase the company's intention to issue rights in the following year. RI with non-specific objectives does not have a stronger impact on changes in investor's share ownership of >5% in the company.
The Influence of Financial Literacy, M-Banking Services on Saving Behavior Moderated by Gender and Self-Control
Authors: Faramida Hasna Nur , Sabandi Muhammad , Octoria Dini
Published: November 2023

This research aims to determine the influence of financial literacy and mobile banking services on the saving behavior of UNS students and to find out whether gender and self-control can moderate financial literacy and mobile banking services on the saving behavior of UNS students. This study uses a type of quantitative research with a population of UNS students. The determined sample of 144 samples was taken using a non probably sampling technique. The data collection technique uses a five-point Likert scale of 1-5 points distributed via Google Forms. Test the validity of the instrument using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and test the reliability using Cronbach Alpha (a). All data is processed using SPSS 25 software. The results of the study prove that: (1) there is a significant and positive effect of financial literacy on saving behavior of UNS students; (2) there is a significant and positive effect of mobile banking services on saving behavior of UNS students; (3) gender can moderate financial literacy and mobile banking services on saving behavior UNS students; and (4) self-control can moderate financial literacy and mobile banking services on saving behavior of UNS students.
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court Decisions on Outsourcing Scheme: Balancing Protection and Efficiency?
Authors: Palguna I Dewa Gede , Nurjanah Ita , Padmawati Ni Komang Tari , Dananjaya I Komang , Halmadiningrat I Made
Published: November 2023

This article explores the Indonesian Constitutional Court’s views through its decisions in shaping the practice of outsourcing in Indonesia based on the 1945 Constitution. The study was first conducted by analyzing Decision No. 012/PUU-I/2003 and later Decision No. 27/PUU-IX/2011. The novelty of this research is evident from the involvement of perspective in analyzing the outsourcing scheme in Indonesia as newly regulated in several laws, namely Job Creation Law and the Government Regulation in lieu of Job Creation Law. Using the normative legal research method, the authors used statutory, case, and conceptual approaches. Based on the research conducted, the authors found that the Constitutional Court aims to uphold the balance of companies’ efficiency and outsourced workers’ rights protection. The findings are evidenced by the Constitutional Court’s stance in a decision that implies that outsourcing is constitutional to enhance the State’s economy while simultaneously protecting the outsourced workers’ rights to ensure the fulfillment of their constitutional rights by setting two-fold models of protection. Therefore, even if new outsourcing scheme regulations are issued, the criterion of legality in future judicial reviews must involve determining whether such balance has been sufficiently met.
Averting Deforestation: Designing the Model of a Public Participation-Based Environmental Agreement of Shifting Functionality of Forest
Authors: Permadi Iwan , Maharani Diah Pawestri , Ayub Zainal Amin
Published: November 2023

This research highlights the shifting concepts and mechanisms in business licensing in forest areas from environmental licensing to an environmental agreement following the effectuation of Indonesia’s Job Creation Law. It is important to investigate this change, considering that it may involve environmental damage or deforestation in forest areas, which tends to be pro-businesses. With the normative-juridical method that incorporates statutory, conceptual, and analytical approaches, This research aims to analyze the concept of the integration of an environmental agreement in risk-based business licensing that has changed business licensing into an environmental agreement in forestry. This study also analyzes the concept of an environmental agreement concept regarding the likelihood of deforestation and the shifting functionality of forest areas. The last important point is that it is paramount to set an ideal legal construction in the environmental agreement in risk-based business licensing in forestry businesses by employing a restorative justice approach and public participation. The research results recommend an ideal legal concept in the integration of an environmental agreement into risk-based business licensing by taking into account public participation, as outlined in Environmental Protection and Management Law, implying citizens to have both public and private rights, enabling them to participate. Moreover, the public role can adjust to the need and risk levels developed with varied concepts of the development of public participation by considering theories and practices in other countries.
Good Corporate Governance Principles in Islamic Banking: A Legal Perspective on the Integration of TARIF Values
Authors: Hirsanuddin Hirsanuddin , Martini Dwi
Published: November 2023

Islamic banking, rooted in the foundational principles of shiddiq (honesty), tabligh, amanah (fulfillment of beliefs), and fatanah (intelligence) derived from the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, stands in contrast to conventional banking driven by the Western-derived concepts of Good Corporate Governance (GCG), encapsulated in transparency, accountability, responsibility, independency, and fairness (TARIF). This research explores the possibilities and implications of applying GCG principles in Islamic banking, examining their impact on Islamic economic law. Through a normative legal study, the research delves into primary and secondary legal materials, employing a deductive analysis with statutory and conceptual approaches. The integration of GCG principles in Islamic banking reflects a convergence of values, fostering justice, tawazun (balance), mas’uliyah (accountability), akhlaq (morality), shiddiq (honesty), amanah (fulfillment of beliefs), fatanah (intelligence), and economic equilibrium within the framework of Islamic economic law.
Green Tourism Regulation on Sustainable Development: Droning from Indonesia and China
Authors: Jaelani Abdul Kadir , Hayat Muhammad Jihadul , Luthviati Resti Dian , Al Fatih Sholahuddin , Rohim Abdur
Published: November 2023

For more than five decades (since 1972), the world has increasingly directed its attention toward sustainable development, one of which encompasses the domain of green tourism. Indonesia and China stand as two nations committed to the Sustainable Development Goals and green tourism. Nevertheless, it remains uncertain whether the legal framework on green tourism in both countries has achieved comprehensiveness and the extent of its implementation's effectiveness. This article aims to explore the regulations on green tourism in Indonesia and China, along with their respective impacts. Drawing on a statute approach, this article argues that Indonesia has established multiple levels of regulations concerning green tourism as a part of its commitment to sustainable development, as well as China. In practice, both Indonesia and China have implemented these regulations, leading to discernible positive effects on societal welfare. However, in Indonesia, conventional regulatory overlap persists, and the implementation appears less than optimal. In another context, China adopts a streamlined regulatory framework and appears to have achieved greater effectiveness in the implementation of green tourism.
Sisterhood as a means of resisting patriarchy in Mariama Bâ’s So Long a Letter
Authors: El Arbaoui Fatima Zahra
Published: November 2023

Space and role restrictions, social disparities, cultural disintegration, and political confrontations are just a few of the difficulties that African women often face. This article aims to show how women negotiate their space within such limitations through female friendship, solidarity, and sisterhood as legitimate tools of female bonding and feasible means for the woman’s educational, political and economic independence in Mariama Bâ’s So Long a Letter. This novel raises concerns about the extent to which the consciousness, or the actual experience of patriarchal abuse in its various shapes, brings women from different socio-economic backgrounds closer together, furnishing  them with a device of resistance in a highly antagonistic social environment, and enabling them to appreciate women’s empowerment, and to extend female friendship into female solidarity that participates in nation building.
Unravelling students’ emotions of online learning during the pandemic through metaphors
Authors: Johansyah Venita Risadilla , Gandana Isti Siti Saleha
Published: November 2023

In 2020, the unpredictable COVID-19 pandemic shook many parts of the world, including Indonesia. The pandemic affected almost all walks of life, and the education world was no exception. This study aims to unravel the students’ emotions about online learning during the pandemic through metaphors in the poems they wrote. This study draws on theories of metaphors, and the data were gained from poems written by five second-year students majoring in English Language and Literature Program. The metaphors analyzed in the poems revealed that students generally had negative emotions towards online learning, leading to feelings of frustration, despair and demotivation. A number of external and internal factors contributed to such feelings among students. This study calls for the need to listen to students’ voices in order to create mutual understanding between teachers and students and to create a more enjoyable learning atmosphere.
Inteligencia artificial y prevención de la violencia contra las mujeres: la responsabilidad del Estado ante el incumplimiento del deber de debida diligencia
Authors: Molina Sánchez Mireia , García Ortiz Andrea
Published: November 2023

Los poderes públicos tienen una serie de obligaciones en relación con la prevención de la violencia contra las mujeres. Para cumplir con estos estándares de debida diligencia, España ha desarrollado el Sistema VioGén, un algoritmo predictivo que otorga un determinado nivel de riesgo a las mujeres que denuncian haber sufrido violencia de género, el cual se tendrá en cuenta en la asignación de medidas de protección.

Pero a toda herramienta de valoración del riesgo le es inherente un cierto número de errores y también pueden cometer errores las personas que las manejan. Surge entonces la pregunta de si las autoridades estatales deben responder por dichos errores, cuando no han sido capaces de proporcionar la protección a la que la legislación y los organismos internacionales les obligan. Ese es el problema que analiza este trabajo: si cabe exigir responsabilidad patrimonial a las Administraciones Públicas por errores en el funcionamiento de VioGén.
Algoritmos de valoración de riesgo
Authors: Castro Liñares David
Published: November 2023

La noción de riesgo ha tenido, desde siempre, un papel fundamental en la configuración de los modelos de penalidad en el Norte Global. Su irrupción, desarrollo y expansión responde a un proceso multicausal de enorme complejidad que ha acompañado y acompaña de forma permanente a las ciencias penales

Llevando esto a la actualidad, cuestiones como el Big Data¸ el Machine Learning o los nuevos paradigmas político-criminales parecen dibujar un escenario para el que el modelo de penalidad, al menos en términos de valoración riesgo, no parece estar preparado. En este contexto, surgen los Algoritmos de Valoración de Riesgo (ARA) en tanto que herramientas capaces de ofrecer potenciales soluciones. Los ARA plantean a través de nuevas premisas, métodos y tecnologías un nuevo horizonte de lo posible en el que son capaces de predecir más y mejor que sus predecesores. 

Así las cosas, este trabajo tiene por objetivo revisar, desde una perspectiva crítica, todo lo recién expuesto en tanto que forma de intentar constatar la veracidad de las premisas de que los ARA son capaces de superar a todos los instrumentos anteriores así como de que son la mejor forma de avanzar hacia un modelo de penalidad mejor.
Potential for Saving Drinking Water Through the Use of Rainwater in Social Housing in Viçosa-Brazil
Authors: Sánchez-Galvis Juan Esteban , Sánchez-Galvis María José , Sánchez-Ortiz Iván Andrés
Published: November 2023

[Objective] The main objective of this research was to evaluate the potential for saving drinking water by using rainwater as a source of supply for non-potable purposes in two neighborhoods with social housing in the municipality of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. [Methodology] The consumption statistics for each month of 2020 were used for each of the homes comprising the Benjamin José Cardoso and Sol Nascente Housing Complexes, and the fraction of drinking water that is destined in homes for non-potable purposes was estimated. The information corresponding to the monthly rainfall records of the last 50 years was analyzed and the monthly volume of rainwater that could be harvested in each house was calculated. [Results] The average monthly volume of rainwater that could be captured through the roof area of each dwelling is 3.39 m3. During the rainy months of the year, it would be feasible to save a higher percentage of water than that allocated for non-potable purposes. Sizing a rainwater reservoir that exceeds the monthly needs for non-potable purposes would allow the surplus of collected water to supply the liquid during the dry season. [Conclusions] Since the average percentage of savings in drinking water for both neighborhoods exceeded 53%, the saving of the monthly consumption can contribute to the reduction of payments for the drinking water service and the consumption of the liquid in the municipality, particularly during drought months.
НАПРЯМИ РЕФОРМ І СОЦІАЛЬНО-ЕКОНОМІЧНОГО РОЗВИТКУ УКРАЇНИ В ПЕРІОД ПІСЛЯВОЄННОГО ВІДНОВЛЕННЯ
Authors: Радіонов Юрій
Published: November 2023

Широкомасштабне вторгнення РФ на територію України вплинуло на життя пересічних українців, раптово перетворивши їх на біженців. Решта громадян змушені жити в умовах війни і нести на собі тягар важких випробувань і страждань, принесених війною. Війна також є глобальним викликом, що похитнув основи фінансово-економічної стабільності держави, змінив пріоритети державної політики в різних галузях, переформатував міжнародні відносини. Водночас війна – це шанс для суспільства, щоб змінити чинну недостатньо ефективну систему суспільно-політичного і економічного життя країни. Уже сьогодні, коли на фронті тривають бойові дії, слід напрацьовувати чіткий алгоритм дій і формувати власну місію і візію розвитку України, проведення структурних реформ у контексті майбутньої європейської цивілізаційної суб’єктності держави.Обґрунтовано, що після війни в новій економічній політиці людина як головна продуктивна сила і рушій економічного прогресу повинна бути в центрі оновлення й розвитку країни, яка має перетворитися на невід’ємну частину формування європейського і міжнародного цивілізаційного простору. Звісно, це вимагає змін у підходах до формування і реалізації бюджетної, соціальної, екологічної політики країни.Висвітлено хронічні недоліки, які стримували динаміку соціально-економічного розвитку країни як до війни, так і нині, в умовах воєнного стану. Акцентовано на необхідності дотримання учасниками бюджетного процесу основних принципів бюджетної системи, а саме ефективності й результативності використання бюджетних коштів.Визначено напрями реформ і перспектив соціально-економічного розвитку країни, які мають змінити систему державного управління економікою, удосконалити механізми регулювання в різних галузях, підвищити ефективність використання ресурсів, у тому числі фінансових.
ФОРМУВАННЯ ІНСТИТУЦІЙНОЇ ПІДТРИМКИ РОЗВИТКУ ЦИРКУЛЯРНОЇ ЕКОНОМІКИ ТА ЇЇ СТАЛОГО ФІНАНСУВАННЯ В ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКОМУ СОЮЗІ
Authors: РЕЗНІКОВА Наталія , ГРОД Михайло
Published: November 2023

Досліджено інституційні й фінансові інструменти регулювання розвитку циркулярної економіки в ЄС. Цілі сталого розвитку визначено як основу Нового європейського консенсусу з розвитку. Спираючись на ґрунтовний аналіз нормативно-регуляторної бази ЄС, встановлено відсутність уніфікованого підходу до інтерпретації циркулярної економіки та її характерних ознак, а також принципів циркулярності економічної діяльності. Охарактеризовано потенціал циркулярної економіки в набутті країнами – членами ЄС ознак конкурентоспроможності.Запропоновано визначення циркулярного переходу як динамічного процесу втілення сукупності намірів із зміни сутності й форм здійснення бізнес-моделей з метою коригування якісних і кількісних характеристик моделей зростання й розвитку, що супроводжується становленням альтернативних механізмів реалізації економічних відносин на принципах циркулярності. Виявлено, що розвитку циркулярної економіки сприяє активне використання інструменту державно-приватного партнерства і зелених закупівель, що передбачає впровадження вимог до екологічних характеристик товарів, робіт і послуг, а також нових методів оцінки вартості їх життєвого циклу. Проаналізовано роль циркулярної економіки в цілепокладанні Європейського зеленого курсу та ідентифіковано інвестиційні інструменти розбудови кліматично нейтральної економіки в ЄС. Виокремлено трансформаційну роль переходів у політиці ЄС, які передбачають адаптивне управління змінами при стратегуванні соціально-економічного розвитку.Оцінено внесок Таксономії ЄС для сталої діяльності в акумулювання фінансових ресурсів, які направляються на підтримку розвитку циркулярної економіки. Встановлено, що Політику згуртованості ЄС можна використовувати для управління циркулярним переходом у разі, якщо її реалізація забезпечуватиметься завчасним упровадженням інституційних, законодавчих і політичних правил і процедур, які уможливлюватимуть фінансування перехідних процесів у ЄС. Відсутність програм фінансування циркулярного переходу в Україні має бути врахована при розробці програм повоєнної відбудови України, що відбуватиметься на засадах сталого розвитку.
Disparities in Management of Acute Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children
Authors: Polich Michelle , Mannino-Avila Elizabeth , Edmunds Michelle , Rungvivatjarus Tiranun , Patel Aarti , Stucky-Fisher Erin , Rhee Kyung E.
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a common health care problem accounting for up to 200 000 pediatric hospitalizations annually. Previous studies show disparities in the management of children from different ethnic backgrounds presenting to the emergency department with AGE. Our aim was to evaluate whether differences in medical management also exist between Hispanic and non-Hispanic children hospitalized with AGE.

METHODS

We performed a single-center retrospective study of children aged 2 months to 12 years admitted to the pediatric hospital medicine service from January 2016 to December 2020 with a diagnosis of (1) acute gastroenteritis or (2) dehydration with feeding intolerance, vomiting, and/or diarrhea. Differences in clinical pathway use, diagnostic studies performed, and medical interventions ordered were compared between Hispanic and non-Hispanic patients.

RESULTS

Of 512 admissions, 54.9% were male, 51.6% were Hispanic, and 59.2% were on Medicaid. There was no difference between Hispanic and non-Hispanic patients in reported nausea or vomiting at admission, pathway use, or laboratory testing including stool studies. However, after adjusting for covariates, Hispanic patients had more ultrasound scans performed (odds ratio 1.65, 95% confidence interval 1.04–2.64) and fewer orders for antiemetics (odds ratio 0.53, 95% CI 0.29–0.95) than non-Hispanic patients.

CONCLUSIONS

Although there were no differences in many aspects of AGE management between Hispanic and non-Hispanic patients, there was still variability in ultrasound scans performed and antiemetics ordered, despite similarities in reported abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Prospective and/or qualitative studies may be needed to clarify underlying reasons for these differences.
Fat Embolisation in Managing an Iatrogenic Expanding Femoral Artery Pseudoaneurysm
Authors: Shariff Raja Ezman Raja , Khir Rizmy Najme , Kasim Sazzli
Published: November 2023

Femoral artery pseudoaneurysm (FAP) is a known complication of femoral artery access. We report a novel case of rapid FAP expansion treated using subcutaneous fat embolisation. A 61-year-old woman became unwell following removal of her right femoral sheath used for a percutaneous coronary intervention. Examination revealed a large femoral haematoma. Bedside ultrasound confirmed a FAP with active expansion. A decision was made to perform a peripheral intervention to manage the pseudoaneurysm. As initial attempts at prolonged balloon inflation failed, subcutaneous fat embolisation was performed as a last attempt in sealing the pseudoaneurysm neck, which was successful. Common risk factors for femoral artery pseudoaneurysm include increasing age, obesity, being a woman, hypertension and a low femoral puncture site and these were all present in this patient. Haemodynamically unstable patients warrant surgical intervention although endovascular interventions have also been successfully reported in the literature. Our case report highlights how subcutaneous fat remains a viable option if embolisation is attempted in a resource-limited setting.
Mid-term Follow-up of Arch Vessel Angioplasty in Patients with Takayasu Arteritis
Authors: Bagchi Avishek , Tyagi Sanjay , Bansal Ankit , Gupta Mohit D , MP Girish
Published: November 2023

Background: We performed a prospective longitudinal study to report the mid-term follow-up of arch vessel angioplasty in patients with Takayasu’s arteritis following the use of self-expanding stents (SES) or balloon-expandable stents (coronary drug-eluting stents [DES] or peripheral bare metal stents). Methods: Eighteen consecutive Takayasu’s arteritis patients with arch vessel involvement undergoing angioplasty were included in the study. Ostial lesions were treated with DES; other lesions were treated with SES. Twelve patients were treated with 15 SES and eight patients were treated with 14 DES. Lesions were quantified by quantitative angiography before and after the procedure and during check-up angiography at 6 months to compare lumen dimensions with the immediate post-procedural results. Check-up angiography was performed in 10 patients with 13 SES and in six patients with DES. Results: SES had an immediate mean (±SD) lumen gain of 2.95 ± 1.1 mm. At 6 months, although there was a lumen loss of 2.01 ± 1.13 mm, there was a persistent mean lumen gain of 0.94 ± 1.16 mm. Similarly, DES resulted in an immediate mean lumen gain of 2.01 ± 1.13 mm, with a lumen loss of 1.6 ± 0.8 mm, but a persistent mean lumen gain of 0.40 ± 1.26 mm, at 6 months. Conclusion: We showed that both SES and DES may be used to treat patients with arch vessel involvement, with comparable results at the 6-month follow-up, and could provide these patients with significant and persistent symptom relief.