bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effective Leadership Types in Change Management in Sports Organizations
Authors: Sahin Bayram
Published: November 2022

The aim of this study is to examine the types of effective leadership in change management in sports organizations. Qualitative research method was used in the study. The study design chosen in accordance with the purpose of the study is the nested case study model, which is one of the case study designs used to analyze and analyze one or more specific events in depth. The data of the study were collected by individual interview. The study group of the research consists of a total of 7 adult participants, employees of the sports federation. In-depth individual interviews were carried out with these participants and the data obtained were analyzed by content analysis method. When the findings of the study were examined, it was seen that five dimensions came to the fore: flexible, authoritative, insightful, situational, and meritocracy. The leadership type that emerged as a result of the study was seen to be "leadership type that includes flexible, authoritarian and understanding dimensions". It has emerged that there are two leadership types that contain these dimensions. These are autocratic and democratic leadership types. In other words, the participants who defended being authoritarian from autocratic leadership style emphasized the understanding and flexible features of democratic leadership type. When the answers given by the participants are examined in its entirety, it has been understood that the leadership types used during the change in sports federations are a leadership type that includes many leadership types rather than a single leadership type. Leadership type researchers have revealed many characteristics of leaders in their research on leaders. These characteristics are stated as behaviorist, situational, democratic, autocratic and liberal theories. In the study, when the codes made while determining the leadership type used in sports organizations were combined, it was seen that many leadership type theories emerged from the leadership type theories. Especially democratic and autocratic leadership institutions came to the fore. However, when looked at as a whole, it was seen that many features came to the fore. In the light of these findings, it was discovered that a leadership practice that differs according to the situation rather than a standard leadership type is required. This necessity brings success while experiencing change. As a result, these views of the participants brought the situational leadership type to the fore. According to the situational leadership theory, it is necessary to examine each situation according to its internal subjectivity. Afterwards, the participants argued that after revealing the subjectivity of the situation, it is necessary to apply the most appropriate leadership type.
Emotion in Informal Learning as Mediated Action: Cultural, Interpersonal and Personal Lenses
Authors: Rowe Shawn , Massarani Luisa , Gonçalves Waneicy , Luz Rafael
Published: November 2022

Emotion and affect are important but undertheorized and under researched elements of learning in informal contexts such as science centers, museums, zoos, and aquariums. An interactional and discursive approach to emotions as mediated action was used to develop a three-part framework for documenting and exploring the place of emotional expression among family groups (n = 10 groups; 33 individuals) visiting an ocean exhibit in an interactive science museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Among our results, we observed that the most commonly expressed emotion was surprise, excitement, amusement and curiosity; the most frequently occurring categories of emotional expression among the families in interaction were those associated with being actively engaged in positive emotional interaction. Transcripts of interaction are presented to illustrate the framework and examined in light of emotional expression as a mediator of 1) active, collaborative, meaning making; 2) learner agency and protagonism; and 3) empathy. Results from the entire data set are interpreted using the Core Affect Model of Engagement. We present examples of and discuss how and why a mediated action approach to emotion as a social, distributed, interactional and discursive phenomena may be helpful both for advancing the study of emotion as an aspect of informal learning and exhibit design.
65 Yaş ve Üstü Bireylerin Sosyal Dışlanma ile Başarılı Yaşlanma Durumları Arasındaki İlişki
Authors: AYDIN Aykut , AYDIN SAYILAN Aylin
Published: November 2022

Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel tipteki bu çalışmanın amacı, 65 yaş ve üstü bireylerde sosyal dışlanma ile başarılı yaşlanma durumlarının incelenmesidir. Çalışma, Şubat - Nisan 2022 tarihleri arasında bir eğitim ve araştırma hastanesinin genel cerrahi polikliniğine gelen 65 yaş ve üzeri bireylerle gerçekleştirildi. Araştırmada, ilgili tarihlerde dahil edilme kriterlerine uyan tüm yaşlı bireyler araştırmaya dahil edildi. Kriterlere uyan 116 birey çalışma kapsamına alındı. Çalışmaya katılan bireylerin yaş ortalaması 71.30±3.82 (min.65, max.80) olup, %65.5’inin evli olduğu, %56’sının kendi evinde oturduğu, %80.2’sinin sosyal güvencesi olduğu ve %88.8’inin devlet yardımı almadığı belirlendi. Bireylerin sosyodemografik özellikleri ile Başarılı Yaşlanma ve Sosyal Dışlanmışlık ölçek puanları arasında anlamlı bir farklılık bulunmadı. Başarılı Yaşlanma ve Sosyal Dışlanmışlık ölçek puanları arasında ise, negatif yönde zayıf düzeyde bir ilişki saptandı. Bu çalışmanın sonucunda, sosyal dışlanmanın ve başarılı yaşlanmanın sosyodemografik özelliklerden etkilenmediği; ancak sosyal dışlanması yüksek olan yaşlılarda başarılı yaşlanmaya ilişkin durumlarının daha düşük olduğu görülmektedir.
EFFECTS OF VARIOUS VEGETABLE OIL AND WATER MIXTURES USED AS CUTTING FLUIDS ON TOOL WEAR AND SURFACE ROUGHNESS
Authors: BACAK Selim , KARABIYIK Ömer
Published: November 2022

In the study, various vegetable oil and water mixtures were used as cutting fluid to be tested in machining. These fluids have been used as an alternative to cutting fluids made from synthetic and semi-synthetic oils, which have harmful effects on nature and humans, and their performance has been investigated. As vegetable oil, Soy, Sunflower and Canola oils were mixed with water each and separate cutting fluids were obtained. Vegetable oil and water were mixed at 7 % and 93 %, respectively, and turned into a homogeneous liquid. Dry cutting and commercial cutting fluid using for cutting was also performed in comparison turning. In the study, AISI 4140 steel was processed on a CNC turning machine using an uncoated carbide insert. In all experiments, the cutting speed was kept constant as 200 m/min, the feed rate as 0,2 mm/rev, and the depth of cut at 1 mm. Cutting fluids were used in two different ways in experiments as liquid and 4 bar pressure spraying. As a result of the experiments, tool wear and surface roughness values were studied. The best results in all processing terms have been found in experiments with pressurized spraying of a mixture of canola oil and water. The surface roughness value was measured as 1,35 μm and the tool wear value was measured as 0,13 mm. The worst values were obtained in experiments carried out under dry cutting condition. Surface roughness value was measured as 2,31 μm and tool wear value was measured as 0,24 mm.
Desempeño académico en el curso de matemáticas I en los estudiantes de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas: un estudio longitudinal
Authors: Bautista jacobo Alejandrina
Published: November 2022

Se llevó a cabo un estudio no experimental descriptivo longitudinal de tendencia en una población de 4500 estudiantes inscritos en las diferentes licenciaturas que ofrece la División de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas de la Universidad de Sonora y que llevaron la materia de Matemáticas I.  El objetivo fue buscar diferencias significativas en el desempeño académico y el índice de reprobación en estudiantes que llevaron el curso bajo dos modalidades: (1) una hora diaria y (2) dos horas diarias dos días a la semana. Se encontraron diferencias significativas en los promedios (p=0.002), siendo más bajo en los estudiantes que llevaron la materia en la segunda modalidad, así como un mayor índice de reprobación.
Aproximación Científico Tecnológica a la Educación del Valor Responsabilidad en los estudiantes de la carrera Licenciatura en Educación Primaria en el CUM de Guáimaro.
Authors: Oliva Espinosa Carlos , Sanchez zayas Celso , Sanchez Montero Jorge , Garcia Abad Maritza
Published: November 2022

Los retos actuales a los que enfrentan los jóvenes cubanos son grandes, de esta realidad no escapala formación de valores éticos y morales específicamente la responsabilidad, constituyendo undesafío garantizar la formación de un profesional competente y comprometido con la sociedad.Este trabajo realiza una fundamentación teórica encaminada a destacar la importancia de laformación de valores en los estudiantes del Centro Universitario de Guáimaro, se aborda laformación de valores y su relación con las formas de la conciencia social. Se identificó el valorresponsabilidad como una prioridad para el futuro desempeño de los maestros cubanos como entessociales y formadores de las nuevas generaciones y el papel que juega el proceso formativo en launiversidad cubana actual proponiendo una estrategia encaminada a favorecer el procesoformativo.
Persistencia Empresarial ante el COVID-19, Municipio de Campeche
Authors: SANCHEZ REBOLLEDO LETICIA DEL CARMEN , Espejo Reyes Ramon , Domínguez Pérez Sandra , Moreno Lastra Norma Isabel
Published: November 2022

El Marco estratégico de apoyo para impulsar la trasformación en las MYPES, demanda, reestructurar sus estrategias, redefinir sus metas y acciones.

El enfoque de investigación fue de tipo cuantitativo, exploratorio, trasversal y alcance descriptivo. Hernández, Fernández, Baptista (2014).

El instrumento aplicado fue diseñado y validado por la red RELAYN, publicados en Posada, Aguilar y Peña (2016). Este instrumento se adaptó en lo relativo a su redacción y solo se consideraron 53 ítems para el estudio realizado, las variables que integraron el estudio son: dirección, finanzas, ventas, producción-operación, innovación y mercadotecnia. La población a la que se dirige la investigación, son las empresas MYPES que se localizan en la ciudad de San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche; la muestra comprendió a 130 empresas y se determinó por conveniencia debido a la situación de la Pandemia Sanitaria COVID -19. Los resultados que arrojan las variables de estudio, así como las características del perfil empresarial, demuestran el desafío y la constancia de los empresarios ante los retos económicos, sociales y de salud; sin embargo, se identifican oportunidades que se requieren    redefinir en el área de innovación, mercado o redistribución. Perfeccionar las prácticas de administración empresarial, incrementar la productividad y competitividad, la calidad y mejora de productos que demandan las nuevas necesidades, restructuración de su giro de operación y regularizaciones fiscales, entre las más relevantes.

Los periodos de crisis son una perfecta oportunidad para desarrollar actividades de innovación que permitan a las organizaciones sobresalir y lograr los objetivos, aun en los momentos más difíciles.
Factor de Influencia en la Conformación del Capital Intelectual y su Impacto en la Innovación en Pymes Familiares
Authors: Murillo Solis Marisol , España Martínez Norma Leticia , Chavez Hernandez Moises Hussein
Published: November 2022

En el presente artículo hace un estudio dirigido a las Pymes Mexicanas siendo clasificadas como empresas familiares. El Capital Intelectual es considerado como una herramienta fundamental para las actividades diarias de las organizaciones. De esta forma, el documento tiene como objetivo de investigar el Capital Intelectual y su conformación e influencia basada en tres dimensiones, Capital Humano, Capital Estructural y Capital Relacional dentro del Estado de Aguascalientes, México. La metodología visualiza las dimensiones pertinentes según el contexto y determinar cómo influyen en el desarrollo de actividades innovadoras en las organizaciones familiares. Teniendo como resultado que existen elementos capaces de influir en las estrategias desarrolladas por cada empresario permitiendo el crecimiento y desarrollo de estas.
Percepción docente sobre la responsabilidad social universitaria.
Authors: Manig Valenzuela Agustín , Madueño Serrano María , Ozuna Mendoza Claudia
Published: November 2022

El propósito del presente estudio fue identificar el grado de responsabilidad social universitaria de una universidad del noroeste de México conforme a la percepción docente. los resultados indican que la universidad se posiciona como una universidad responsable, teniendo como fortaleza las dimensiones de gestión con el 77.56% y de investigación con el 73.5%. Sin embargo, cabe mencionar que las debilidades identificadas en la dimensión de docencia con el 70.79% al igual que la dimensión de extensión con el 70.95%. La investigación concluye que debe seguirse trabajando mediante una planificación integral que garantice acciones éticas coordinadas del ámbito institucional a los distintos ámbitos sociales.
Abordagem das relações étnico-raciais em metodologia de ensino de Ciências e Biologia
Authors: Cordeiro Rogério Soares , Santos Lázaro Araújo
Published: November 2022

O texto apresenta reflexões de estudantes de licenciatura em Biologia acerca das Relações Étnico-Raciais (RER) e o Ensino de Biologia. O objetivo foi discutir o status da temática no Documento Curricular Referencial da Bahia (DCRB). À priori, foram disponibilizados textos para fundamentação teórica, e à posteriori, respondidas questões abertas, características da pesquisa qualitativa. Os resultados evidenciam baixa produção acadêmica em Ciências da Natureza. Foi possível conceituar, relacionar e criticar as RER no DCRB. Emergiram possibilidades para aproximar conhecimentos de Biologia e questões sociais, bem como denúncias com o intuito de validar o que preveem as normativas. Fica a expectativa de que futuros docentes estejam repertorizados e sensibilizados à promoção das Relações Étnico-Raciais e promovam uma Biologia com identidade antirracista.
LITERATURE REVIEW ON DEA BANKS' APPLICATION IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
Authors: Fotova Čiković Katerina , Keček Damira , Tkalec Damira
Published: November 2022

This study aims to identify and present the relevant studies employing DEA applications in bank efficiency evaluation in six Western Balkan (WB) countries as follows: North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). This article implements an extensive systematic literature review of studies that employ the DEA methodology in the efficiency evaluation of Western Balkan countries’ banking systems. The conducted literature review has surveyed the Scopus, Web of Science (SSCI and SCI papers) and Google Scholar databases with „Data Envelopment Analysis“, „Western Balkan“ (and each of the WB countries as keywords) and „Bank“ as keywords for the search following the PRISMA guidelines for systematic literature review. Thereafter, a manual survey of these studies was conducted, which eventually resulted in 31 papers regarding the efficiency of WB countries’ banking systems. This study provides an in-depth literature review on bank efficiency studies with DEA in each of the analysed Western Balkan countries (eight in Serbia, six in North Macedonia, none in Montenegro, three in Albania, three in Kosovo, five in Bosnia and Herzegovina and six cross-country studies that include any of these Western Balkan countries), as well as a presentation of their used models, the selected variables and their findings. The findings reveal that, in most cases, the large banks in WB are most efficient and the small-sized banks are the least efficient. This literature review indicates that the surveyed studies have been published in the period between 2008 and 2022. The findings primarily show the applicability of DEA in the bank efficiency literature
CSR REPORTING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A COMMON WAY TO DISCLOSE NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES
Authors: Pavlović Milica , Denčić-Mihajlov Ksenija
Published: November 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic caused numerous socio-economic problems in addition to health consequences. Namely, during the pandemic, many companies suspended their operations, and trade was also disrupted in most industrial sectors. Furthermore, a number of existing assumptions, concepts and practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability were clearly questioned in this period. In this difficult context, companies are called upon to contribute to overcome the crisis with their socially responsible business and make a positive contribution to society. CSR disclosure plays an important role in informing socially responsible investors and other interested stakeholders about the challenges faced by companies in terms of CSR during the pandemic, as well as the CSR activities undertaken during this period. Keeping this in mind, the aim of the conducted research is to examine whether the COVID-19 pandemic affected the level of disclosure, as well as the change in CSR disclosure priorities among companies operating on two Southeast European frontier markets – Republic of Serbia and North Macedonia, through a comparative review of CSR reporting practices, in accordance with the GRI framework. The research includes 37 companies included in the structure of the BELEXline and MBI10 indices in the period before (2014-2019) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021). Judging from the Economic and Social Disclosure Index structure and value trends, the findings indicate that: 1) the COVID-19 pandemic did not negatively affect the level of CSR disclosure, 2) social issues of sustainability were given priority in reporting, especially issues related to finding an alternative to layoffs, worker protection and safety at work. In this way, companies proactively interacted with stakeholders by disclosing additional CSR information focused on the existing social and economic challenges and their sustainability achievements during the pandemic period.
HOW DOES EU MEMBERSHIP AFFECT NON-FINANCIAL REPORTING? EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED BALKAN COUNTRIES
Authors: Tocev Todor , Malchev Bojan , Trpeska Marina , Minovski Zoran
Published: November 2022

Non-financial reporting is a form of transparency disclosure where companies disclose information that is not primarily focused on their financial performance, but information related to their activities that contribute to society through environmental protection, social matters, employees, human rights, anti-corruption and other activities affecting the supply chain. The purpose of this research is to analyze non-financial disclosure in selected Balkan countries and to determine how EU membership affects the scope of non-financial reporting. Four countries are included in the research, two of which are EU countries and two are non-EU countries. A total of 40 blue-chip companies that are part of the national stock market indexes for the period of 2019 to 2021 were taken as a sample in the research. We applied content analysis to 120 Audited Consolidated Annual Reports, individual Non-financial Disclosure Reports and all tabs and sub-tabs of official websites from which we identified variables to be statistically tested. A detailed descriptive and comparative analysis will be made to qualitatively and quantitatively describe the characteristics of non-financial reporting in the respective countries, and then the Multivariate Kruskal-Wallis will be conducted to test whether EU membership affects the extent, title, type, and length of the report on non-financial information.
CHALLENGES OF FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING TREATMENT OF CRYPTO TOKENS
Authors: Golić Zorica , Popović Borka
Published: November 2022

Initial coin offering (ICO) is an entirely new method of raising funds based on blockchain technology. ICO implies the company's decision to issue cryptographic tokens in exchange for fiat currency (legal means of payment) or cryptocurrencies to a network of early adopters or development team members. The leading idea of this concept is to give ICO startups access to the financial resources necessary for funding their projects. What an initial public offering (IPO) is in traditional finance, ICO is in the decentralized finance world. Yet, unlike actions, issued tokens can have multiple uses and features and perform various functions. The situation is further complicated by the lack of a unique globally accepted classification of crypto tokens. However, in practice, they are most often classified according to their fundamental economic functions. According to this categorization, the following basic types of tokens are distinguished: utility, payment (or currency) and security (or asset) tokens. In addition to the three types listed, some tokens, known as hybrid ones, combine several functions of these three basic categories. It is essential for the company of the issuer of the crypto token to carefully compile the White Paper, synonymous with the prospectus for the initial public offering, and to precisely understand what it offers to investors. The financial and accounting treatment of crypto tokens also depends on the rights and obligations arising from the White Paper, i.e. the issued token type. There are certain conditions under which tokens issued by regulators could be deemed securities, with the necessary reminder that there is no single global view on this significant issue. The paper primarily aims to indicate when and under what conditions crypto tokens can be considered securities, i.e. what are the critical challenges of financial and accounting treatment of crypto tokens.
Operational Level Big Data Management Capabilities and Innovation: A Case Study of Hotel Industry of Lahore, Pakistan
Authors: Hussain Amer , Nisar Qasim Ali
Published: November 2022

The computerization of business environment in developing countries like Pakistan specifically in hotel sectors raised the cutthroat competition and focused on the function of operational level big data management capabilities for knowledge creation to enhance radical, incremental and ambidextrous innovation. The study is supported with primary data collected from the operational level staff of hotel industry through survey questionnaire. The research sample includes 4 and 5 stars hotels located in Lahore city of Pakistan. The collected data is processed through Smart PLS-SEM after entering in SPSS. The results of the study recommend the presence of skilled operational staff is significant for creation of knowledge and development of radical, incremental and ambidextrous innovation in hotel industry. The knowledge creation provides cost effective ways and procedure to introduce new facilities and comforts to customers by utilizing their feedback through the availability of big data. The study contributes to the body of knowledge the impact of mediating variable of knowledge creation between innovation and skilled operational team of hotel industry.
Detection of Diseases in Tomato Plant using Machine Learning
Authors: Anshul Sharma  , Ashish Chandak  , Aryan Khandelwal  , Raunak Gandhi
Published: November 2022

A major part of the Indian economy relies on agriculture, thus identification of any diseased crop in the initial phase is very important as these diseases cause a significant drop in agricultural production and also affect the economy of the country. Tomato crops are susceptible to various diseases which may be caused due to transmission of diseases through Air or Soil. We have tried to automate the procedure of detection of diseases in the Tomato Plant by studying several attributes related to the leaf of the plant. Using various machine learning algorithms such as Support Vector Machine (SVM), Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), ResNet, and InceptionV3 we have trained the model, and based on the results obtained we have evaluated and compared the performance of these algorithms on different features set. For the dataset we had 10 classes (healthy and other unhealthy classes) having a total of 18,450 images for the training of the models. After implementing all of the algorithms and comparing their results we found that the ResNet was most appropriate for extracting distinct attributes from images. The trained models can be used to detect diseases in Tomato Plant timely and automatically.
A Model for Rainfall Forecasting using Distinct Machine Learning Algorithm
Authors: Sachin Upadhye  , Lalit Agrawal
Published: November 2022

As Agriculture is the pivotal point of survival, rainfall is the important source of its cultivation. Rainfall prophecy has always been a major problem as a prophecy of downfall gives awareness to people and  to know in advance about rain to take necessary precautions to cover their crops from rain. A particular dataset is taken from the Kaggle community and this design predicts whether it will rain henceforth or not by using the rainfall in the dataset. Cat Boost model is executed in this design as it’s an open-sourced machine knowledge algorithm, and features great quality without parameter tuning, categorical point support, bettered delicacy, and fast prophecy. Cat Boost model is a Grade boosting toolkit and two critical algorithms classical and innovative are introduced to produce a fight in prophecy shift present in presently being prosecutions of grade boosting algorithms. Cat Boostperformed truly well giving an AUC (Area under wind) score0.8 and a ROC (Receiver operating characteristic wind) score of 89. ROC is called an assessing wind whereas AUC presents a degree or measure of separability as the model is professed enough to distinguish between classes. An Exploratory data analysis is done to examine data distribution, and outliers and provides tools for imaging and understanding the data through graphical representation.
ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS AND INCOME INEQUALITY IN ROMANIA OVER THE PERIOD 1990-2020
Authors: VEZENTAN Bianca , NEAGU Olimpia
Published: November 2022

The present study aims to confirm the existence of a non-linear association between economic growth, foreign direct investment (FDI) and income inequality in Romania, over the period of 1990 to 2020. Romania’s macroeconomic output expressed through the Gross Domestic Product per capita has registered a continuous growth trend in the analysed period of time. Income distribution expressed through the GINI index registered also an ascending trend dynamic, while foreign direct investment showed an oscillating evolution. Using the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method to estimate the impact of FDI and economic growth on income inequality we revealed that the relationship between FDI and income inequality is non-linear, namely quadratic. In the estimated regression equation the sign of FDI squared coefficient is negative, confirming the existence of a U-inverted curve. This suggests that the income gap grows in a first stage, until a threshold in economy is achieved. After this maximum, the income gap could follow a decreasing trend with increasing values of FDI. We found also that economic growth expressed by the dynamics of GDP per capita contributed to the extension of income inequality in Romania for 1990 to 2020. The non-linear model is statistically validated; tests for heteroskedasticity, autocorrelation and normal distribution of errors are performed. Policy implications in the specific case of the Romanian economy are also included, as follows: fiscal measures for supporting FDI inflows, effective channels enabling FDI to have effects on reducing income inequality, increase of FDI absorptive capacity and directing FDI to specific economic sectors.
CORRELATIONS BETWEEN SERVICE QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND SATISFACTION OF LOCAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ROMANIA AND REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Authors: COZMА Ion , TIRAU Adrian , BUGNARIU Alexandra Delia , PUSCAS Sorina Ancuta
Published: November 2022

Local public administration must ensure the general well-being of the community. In fulfilling this prerogative, local authorities are organising, providing and delivering public services to ensure a good environment for every citizen in the community. Recent findings in neuroeconomics have shown that in order to provide a quality public service, the people involved in this process must themselves feel safe and comfortable in their working environment. In this regard, we considered it necessary to analyse the level of satisfaction of employees in local public administration in Romania – as a member state of the European Union, and the Republic of Moldova as a post-Soviet state taking steps to join the big European family. Based on the premise of the latest findings in the field of neuroeconomics, we considered it appropriate to highlight in this research the correlations between public service quality management and the level of employee satisfaction. In this context, we identified the aspects that need to be improved at the level of local public administrations in order to ensure quality services and employees involved in carrying out in good faith all their functional tasks, in an environment conducive to making the right decisions. The present research is a quantitative research in which we analyse the perception of public service providers in a comparative form. The findings can form the basis for further research on the correlations between the quality management of services provided by public administrations in general.
TEMPORAL DIOECISM, MELITTOPHILY AND ANEMOCHORY OF Wendlandia glabrata (RUBIACEAE)
Authors: Raju A.J. Solomon , Ramana K. Venkata
Published: November 2022

Wendlandia glabrata is a massive bloomer during February–March. Floral characteristics such as diurnal anthesis, white coloured, odorless, tubular flowers with deep seated sucrose-rich nectar conform to psychophily. Nectar is a source of essential and non-essential amino acids for butterflies, inconsistent foragers due to nectar traces in open flowers. This suggests a breakdown of psychophilous pollination. Honey bees consistently collect only pollen. Flies are also inconsistent nectar foragers. Therefore, W. glabrata with psychophilous pollination syndrome is actually melittophilous, and the flowers exhibit Secondary Pollen Presentation (SPP). The flowers are morphologically hermaphroditic but functionally temporally dioecious which promotes outcrossing. Natural fruit and seed set rates are attributed to pollen robbery by honey bees. Anemochory is effective to dispersal of seeds. In situ seedling establishment rate is low due to habit, seasonal herbaceous vegetation, and space limitation. Therefore, we recommend that seedlings be raised in nurseries and transplanted to rebuild populations of W. glabrata.
A COMPILATION AND ANALYSIS OF FOOD PLANTS UTILIZATION OF SRI LANKAN BUTTERFLY LARVAE (PAPILIONOIDEA)
Authors: Jayasinghe H.D. , Rajapaksha S.S. , de Alwis C.
Published: November 2022

Larval food plants (LFPs) of Sri Lankan butterflies are poorly documented in the historical literature and there is a great need to identify LFPs in conservation perspectives. Therefore, the current study was designed and carried out during the past decade. A list of LFPs for 207 butterfly species (Super family Papilionoidea) of Sri Lanka is presented based on local studies and includes 785 plant-butterfly combinations and 480 plant species. Many of these combinations are reported for the first time in Sri Lanka. The impact of introducing new plants on the dynamics of abundance and distribution of butterflies, the possibility of butterflies being pests on crops, and observations of LFPs of rare butterfly species, are discussed. This information is crucial for the conservation management of the butterfly fauna in Sri Lanka.
Canscora stricta Sedgw. (Gentianaceae): an endemic species of Western Ghats
Authors: Geethakumary M.P. , Panduranga A.G. , Ravichandran P.
Published: November 2022

The genus Canscora Lam, known presently from Africa, Australia and tropical Asia, is represented in India by 13 species of which ten are found in Kerala. During our taxonomic studies of Gentianaceae in Kerala, India, the authors collected a species of Canscora from the lateritic region of northern Kerala which, on critical examination and perusal of relevant literature, proved to be Canscora stricta Sedgw., a species hitherto known only from Karnataka State of central Western Ghats.
A nocturnal call of the black ibis (Pseudibis papillosa)
Authors: Shekhawat D.S. , Bhatnagar C.
Published: November 2022

During the night of 12 May 2013, in Udaipur city (24°31'30"N, 73°40'38"E), we heard a harsh sound that could not be associated with any animal. The following morning we observed a pair of black ibis (Pseudibis papillosa) with one juvenile on top of an Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae) tree which was the tallest among all nearby trees. We heard the same type of call for the next 13 days. Black ibis made this call between 24:00 h and 01:30 h each night. During these 13 days, we recorded all calls (of two birds) with the help of a Canon SX40 video camera and later conducted sound analysis to understand the structure of this unusual call. The video file was converted into WAVE audio file using Total Video Converter 3.02 software and analyzed with the help of Raven Pro 1.4 software.
INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGY AND THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION
Authors: Aberšek Boris
Published: November 2022

Questions about the nature of the mind and process of education originate in ancient Greek philosophers. What is the role of language? What is the relation between the structure and function in education? Are people free in their choices? Important ancient philosophers, Democritus, Plato, Aristotle and Lucretius, had tried to provide answers to these questions in different ways, while Descartes, Spinoza, Hume, Kant and many others continued where the former stopped at the end of late antiquity. Even today, in the age of technology, contemporary researchers from the fields of philosophy, cognitive science, neurobiology, and artificial intelligence ask similar, albeit technologically informed, questions. Among them are questions about the relation between human and machine or between teachers/students and learning environment and the implications they carry for solving traditional problems inside education, i.e., the problem of mental causation, or the problem of consciousness as well as various mental activities, for instance, decision-making, critical thinking and problem-solving.
USING FINE ART TO TEACH PROGRAMMING
Authors: Gajšek Katja
Published: November 2022

When people enter the gallery of contemporary art, they are met with interactive projections which fill up the room, react to the observer and take them on new adventures. Programmers, animators, architects, musicians, draftsmen, graphic artists, and engineers participate in this kind of works of art as co-creators of the work. The classic notion that an artist is someone who can draw or paint beautiful is misguided in modern art. Today the so-called artists are people who use all their knowledge and skills at their disposal to convey their message or view of the world.
Art has always reflected the time in which it was created. So how do we include content in art lessons that require students to develop competencies they will need in the 21st century?
Animated film as a style of artistic expression is not exactly modern but is something new in the curriculum of fine arts. I tried different techniques and procedures to teach students the concepts of creating animations. From drawn animation, stop-motion animation to computer animation. The latter has many production methods and procedures, but I think combining animation and programming the students can achieve many goals and competencies necessary for their future lives or careers. The student has to understand how the animation is created, and plan how to implement the programming code to display their wishes. Programming develops logical thinking, which allows children to break down complex problems into smaller and more manageable ones which are easier to solve.
My goal for the students is they learn to use construction knowledge, collaboration, communication, and ICT in art classes and additionally learn how to program.
Keywords: computer animation, interactive projections, visual art, Scratch
Effects of Cryptocurrencies on Global Economics: A Review Study
Authors: Younis Masiha Rogash
Published: November 2022

The features of a new global economy appear stronger and faster than the changes recorded by the economy throughout history, and the “Covid-19” pandemic has accelerated these transformations, achieving on the ground a global experience to deal with digital payment via credit cards and the use of online payment applications, and it marks the beginning of the end of the era of paper currencies. And the trend towards investing in crypto and digital currencies on the part of investors, in conjunction with the competition of countries around the world to win the issuance of the first digital currency issued by central banks. There are many questions about replacing the digital currency with gold or the dollar in a rapid transformation that changes the trends of the global economy, and the number of cryptocurrencies around the world has reached about 4337 currencies with a market value of $ 1.003 trillion, “Bitcoin” holds the largest share by 66% with a market value of $ 664 billion. Despite many official warnings against investing in these unregulated currencies, fintech startups are witnessing a surge in demand from consumers who are rushing to invest in cryptocurrencies amid great interest and momentum in Bitcoin. Like Revolut, eToro and Luno, cryptocurrency demand surged on their platforms amid the resurgence of Bitcoin prices.
Detecting Phishing Website using Machine Learning
Authors: Prof. K. S. Mulani  , Vaibhav Shewale  , Mansi Salve  , Niranjan Kale  , Komal Shinde
Published: November 2022

Phishing attacks continue to pose a major threat for computer system defenders, often forming the first step in a multi-stage attack. There have been great strides made in phishing detection; however, some phishing emails appear to pass through filters by making simple structural and semantic changes to the messages. We tackle this problem through the use of a machine learning classifier operating on a large corpus of phishing and legitimate emails. We design SAFEPC (Semi-Automated Feature generation for Phish Classification), a system to extract features, elevating some to higher level features, that are meant to defeat common phishing email detection strategies. To evaluate SAFE-PC, we collect a large corpus of phishing emails from the central IT organization at a tier-1 university. The execution of SAFE-PC on the dataset exposes hitherto unknown insights on phishing campaigns directed at university users. SAFEPC detects more than 70a state-of-the-art email filtering tool. It also outperforms Spam Assassin, a commonly used email filtering tool. We also developed an online version of SAFE-PC, that can be incrementally retrained with new samples. Its detection performance improves with time as new samples are collected, while the time to retrain the classifier stays constant.
Predicting the Frequent Item Sets for Supermarket Data
Authors: Mr. D. Srinivasa Rao  , B. Sai Mahitha  , G. Apoorva  , G. Yamuna  , M. Pallavi
Published: November 2022

This Python notebook uses the Apriori algorithm to analyze datasets from various supermarkets, retail organizations, and minimarkets, resulting in a more accurate analysis of customer behaviour and better product prediction and forecasting. The dataset that is used in this model typically involves customer purchases in supermarkets or any other organization. The datasets contain item details as well as the number of transactions purchased by customers. This model can be used by retailers and supermarkets of all sizes in both urban and rural areas. This algorithm implementation enables accurate forecasting and allows products to be sold efficiently and profitably in stores. Supermarkets, for example, can use the resulting data to forecast future sales volume using a variety of machine-learning techniques. It displays the most frequently purchased items or associated items by the user. This prediction is primarily focused on figuring out the rules of the association. It identifies the set of items or attributes that occur together or frequently in the dataset using association rules. If this apriori model meets a minimum threshold value for support and confidence, it produces a set of items known as a frequent itemset. This Python notebook implements a prediction model based on the apriori algorithm, which improves the efficiency of level-wise generation of frequent item sets by utilizing an important property known as the Apriori property, which aids in reducing the search space.
Smart Fly - Your Space in the Sky
Authors: Y. Suresh  , A. Durga Grishmitha  , N. Lakshmi Sai  , J. Harini  , D. Surendra
Published: November 2022

The main goal of this project is Smart Fly which is an airline registration process. This project's main aim is also to reduce the timing process for any details needed in the airline system. This project includes and displays the details of the customer, flight information, payment details, journey details and includes the facility to cancel the reservation made. This project also displays the details of all passengers. Also gives the ability to store the data and retrieve the data from the airline data. It allows the users to add as many as records needed.
O mestrado profissional em psicologia no Brasil
Authors: Branco Paulo Coelho Castelo , Cirino Sérgio Dias
Published: November 2022

Este artigo objetiva analisar o estado corrente dos cursos de mestrado profissional em Psicologia no Brasil. Inicialmente, disserta sobre o panorama dos cursos de pós-graduação profissional stricto sensu, demonstrando sua proposta formativa e situando os cursos de mestrado profissional em Psicologia. Em seguida, com base em uma análise documental sobre os dados publicados pela Plataforma Sucupira, descreve como esses cursos estão organizados na CAPES, para entender suas identidades. Os achados demonstram que: existem 15 cursos de mestrado profissional em Psicologia e nenhum doutorado profissional; não há cursos nas regiões Norte e Centro-Oeste; as regiões Nordeste e Sudeste equiparam-se em ofertas; o curso mais antigo foi iniciado em 2013, e é o único com nota 4; a maioria dos cursos (7) foram recém-implementados na avaliação quadrienal 2017-2020 da CAPES, e ainda estão em fase de avaliação pós-implantação; há maior concentração de mestrados profissionais em instituições privadas e nos interiores do Brasil; existem áreas de concentração e linhas de pesquisa que relacionam, predominantemente, a Psicologia ao campo da Saúde, fazendo interface com vários assuntos relacionados à atuação do psicólogo e demonstrando congruência com as reformulações das Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais. Conclui-se que a identidade do mestrado profissional em Psicologia ainda está em construção.
Validação de escala de mensuração da preferência de alunos por instituições de ensino superior privadas
Authors: Marca Luan , Silva Filho Edson Jesus de Paiva e , Pereira Andre da Silva
Published: November 2022

O objetivo do presente artigo consiste em validar uma escala que avalia a preferência de alunos por instituições de ensino superior (IES) privadas, ressaltando, fatores socioculturais, pessoais e psicológicos que influenciam nesse processo de decisão. Para isso, foi conduzida uma pesquisa com 131 alunos de uma universidade particular situada na região norte do estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Como método, optou-se pela validação de construto, que consiste na análise da consistência interna da escala (Alfa de Cronbach) e na verificação de suas propriedades psicométricas (Análise Fatorial). Os resultados obtidos demonstram que a escala possui validade e consistência teórica, haja visto que as variáveis foram agrupadas de forma coerente em relação aos fatores de influência delineados pela literatura. Os índices psicométricos ficaram dentro dos parâmetros de confiabilidade, demonstrando a consistência e validade de construto da escala. Sua estrutura com três fatores se mostrou satisfatória, apresentando uma variância explicada de 40% e um Alfa de Cronbach geral de 0,82. Essa pesquisa contribui, validando uma escala consistente que poderá servir como ferramenta para se mapear o perfil dos alunos e consequentemente desenvolver estratégias que visem a captação e fidelização desses.
Registro de alimentação insetívora oportunista em Artibeus lituratus (Olfers,1818) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) em um parque urbano no município do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
Authors: Sene Camila de Oliveira , Silva Shirley Seixas Pereira da , Guedes Patrícia Gonçalves
Published: November 2022

Morcegos frugívoros são comumente registrados em áreas alteradas e também nas cidades, utilizando praças e parques urbanos como área de vida. Como parte de um projeto de monitoramento de morcegos urbanos, exemplares foram capturados em um fragmento florestal com grande interferência antrópica, e suas amostras fecais foram analisadas em laboratório. Uma dessas amostras, pertencente a um indivíduo de Artibeus lituratus, apresentou unicamente partes de insetos, cerca de 200 fragmentos, dos quais foi possível identificar cinco ordens e nove famílias. Coleoptera foi consideravelmente mais abundante, correspondendo a 71,6% do total da amostra; a Família Scarabaeidae foi a mais consumida (26,1%), seguida de Carabidae (17,3%). Indivíduos de Lepidoptera, Diptera e Hymenoptera foram menos consumidos, compondo respectivamente 6,5%, 4,4%, e 4,4% do total de fragmentos. Registra-se o consumo de hemípteros da Família Cimicidae, percevejos conhecidos por habitarem abrigos de morcegos. O consumo de insetos por estes morcegos pode indicar uma plasticidade na dieta mediante escassez da preferência alimentar primária, já que a amostra foi obtida no inverno, quando ocorre uma baixa produção de frutos na área. Embora mais estudos sejam necessários, destaca-se a importância da análise de resíduos fecais para a compreensão das relações ecológicas dos morcegos, principalmente em áreas alteradas.
Teaching English During Pandemic Covid 19: Home-Visiting students at Mi Unwanul Falah
Authors: Zaitun Zaitun , Hadi Muhamad Sofian , Aprilia Dwi Chika
Published: November 2022

This study describes the implementation of home visit tutoring activities as the student study service program, which then used as narrative research. This activity was held at Mi Unwanul Falah for English subjects in grade 6 elementary school. Based on the results of research showed that children will respond to lessons better if the procurement is carried out in an interesting and interactive way, such as the use of diverse and concrete learning media so as to improve the quality of children's learning during the COVID-19 pandemic