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Phonetic Improvement with an Obturator of the Acquired Defect in a Case of Palatal Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma: A Case Report
Authors: Rajali A , Tajul Arifin Y , Nik Zulkifeli NR
Published: January 2022

Introduction: Following surgical resection of palatal mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC), the resulting defect is best corrected with surgical reconstruction and rehabilitation. However, the patient’s clinical course with ill-defined recurrence resulted in the fabrication of cobalt chromium obturator prosthesis as the best treatment option for reliable restoration. Case description: A 48 years old Chinese man was referred for construction of an obturator prosthesis after one year following a wide excision surgery for low grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the hard palate. Leaving him with a maxillary defect of Okay Class 1a classification with oronasal communication. He complained of difficulty in speaking, inability to properly chew food and fluid leakage into his nose due to looseness of the previous surgical obturator. An obturator with a cobalt chromium framework was fabricated and silicone material for direct relining is used to provide cushioning and path of insertion to the obturator. Discussion: The defect created post surgically had caused several problems such as deglutition and feeding difficulties and changing of the sounds of speech. Such a properly designed obturator prosthesis obtained its retention, support and stability from remaining teeth. Not only it distributed force equally to the remaining teeth and provided cover to the soft tissue defect and the created border between the oral and nasal cavity helping in the improvement of the patient’s sound of speech. The silicone substitution part provided a non-traumatic distribution of the pressure on tight insertion at areas of the defect and becomes successful in improving patients' speech during monitoring periods with a delay rehabilitation.
State Protection Against Action Of Persection And Intolerance During The Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Pawennei Mulyati , Mery Lisa , Arief Syamsiar
Published: January 2022

The purpose of writing this article is to focus on how the Indonesian state in accordance with the Contitution, makes the protection of citizen’ rights as one of the main characteristics of the implementation of human rights. In the process important issues that deserve to be studied in depth were discovered (1) the role of the state institutionally protecting citizens from acts of persecution and intolerance that also occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic; (2) prevention of acts of persecution and intoleranceaffecting the life of the nation and state in the past five years occurated in the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of the study provide a perspective that legal efforts which are a form of the existence of the practice of Pancasila and UUD 1945 including the implementation of protection of human rights in Law number 39/1999 concerning Human Rights as legal umbrella that must be upright and firm in its implementation, because law emforcement in human rights will fatale consequences with the destruction of diversity in the Republic of Indonesia, during the Covid-19 pandemic it turned out that persecution and intolerance continued and needed consistency in the protection of human rights law in accordance with the mandate of Pancasila as a value and UUD 1945 as a legal norm.
Research on tourism income index based on ordinary differential mathematical equation
Authors: Xiong Xiaokun
Published: January 2022

Economic benefits continue to increase with the rapid development of the tourism industry. The level of tourism development is an indicator to measure the maturity of a country’s tourism industry. The article takes China’s coastal provinces as the research object and uses finite element ordinary differential mathematical equations to explore the income indicators of the tourism industry in coastal cities. In the dynamic process, the article portrays the development trend of tourism in different regions. It analyses the income levels and indicators of tourism development in coastal cities under different time and space conditions. The research results show that we can divide the time zone to count the base period value and average growth rate of domestic tourism in each province to classify the regional response type of domestic tourism development.
Application of Higher-Order Ordinary Differential Equation Model in Financial Investment Stock Price Forecast
Authors: Zhang Liqin , Tian Xiaojing , Chabani Zakariya
Published: January 2022

In order to improve the efficiency of dynamic system prediction modelling, this paper proposes a predictive model based on high-order normal differential equations to obtain an explicit model. The high-order constant differential equation model is reduced, and the numerical method is used to solve the predictive value. The results show that the method achieves the synchronisation of model establishment and parameter optimisation, in addition to greatly enhancing the modelling efficiency.
Influence of triacontanol and salt stress on the growth and metabolism of spinach
Authors: Tompa Bernát , Fodorpataki László
Published: January 2022

A cost-effective enhancement of leafy vegetable yield and health-promoting quality may be achieved by combining moderate stress conditions with the application of bioactive compounds. The aim of this work is to study how salt stress and triacontanol interact with each other in modulating vegetative growth, photosynthetic light use efficiency, carbon dioxide uptake, and chlorophyll and carotenoid pigment content of spinach plants grown under controlled conditions. Besides stimulating metabolic processes related to growth and photosynthetic production, treatments with 1 μM triacontanol once in three days significantly compensate for the deleterious effects of salt stress induced with 250 mM NaCl.
The role of municipalities and landscape architects in the public involvement processes related to green infrastructure developments
Authors: Keresztes-Sipos Andrea , Reith Anita , Fekete Albert , Balogh Péter I.
Published: January 2022

While urban green infrastructure has a great importance with regard to the urban climate, human welfare and well-being due to the positive impact of ecosystem services, it also offers opportunities to practice democracy. The quality of a green infrastructure development process depends on the quality of the partnership between the many stakeholders. Municipalities have a permanent task and a role to play in building partnerships. Landscape architects often go beyond their engineering tasks to give priority to their professional vocations in public involvement processes. In our research, we examine the roles and responsibilities of these main stakeholder groups.
The Performance of Slovenian Hospitals: The Development of Sustainable Business Model
Authors: Stanimirović Tatjana , Stanimirović Dalibor
Published: January 2022

Due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the Slovenian Government ended the project of rehabilitating Slovenian hospitals that showed negative financial operations by the end of 2016. The special Government Act provided one-time financial compensation and simultaneously tasked the hospitals with preparing rehabilitation programs. A case study applied the rehabilitation programs of 12 Slovenian hospitals and interviews with the directors of individual hospitals to collect data. In-depth analysis revealed several shortcomings that were identified and addressed with measures outlined in the rehabilitation programs. Most of them extend to the areas of activity, financial operations, and health services. The study results suggest that the transformation of the current operating mode of Slovenian hospitals in the direction of creating a sustainable business model would require the definition of sustainable objectives, reorganization and coordination of various institutional factors, and the support of such reform through normative and other systemic measures.
Performance evaluation model and algorithm of green supply chain management based on sustainable computing
Authors: He Chao
Published: January 2022

How to facilitate collaborative development between the enterprise and the environment under the dual constraints of resources and the environment is the focus of today's green supply chain management system research. Through the performance evaluation of the green supply chain, we can understand the operation of the whole supply chain and its shortcomings, provide a basis for improving related processes, and have important practical significance for improving the competitiveness and protection of its products. First of all, by summarising and analysing the research status of sustainable supply chain management in different countries, the research idea and overall background of this paper are proposed. It discusses the theory of sustainable supply chain management and the performance evaluation system and calculation types of sustainable supply chain management. Finally, the relative weight of each index is determined based on the sustainability calculation method, and then the decentralisation degree of the index is constructed. During this period, the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is used to evaluate the performance of sustainable supply chain, conduct case analysis and summary, and evaluate the performance of green supply chain component in economic, social, environmental and other aspects. In this paper, representative companies are selected as examples to evaluate their green supply chain management performance, and the evaluation algorithm is studied based on sustainable calculation method. The results show that a reasonable and effective evaluation of the enterprise performance of green supply chain management and a sustainable algorithm study can effectively identify potential problems in the operation of the company and improve the overall operation of the company at this stage.
Model of environmental management science based on circular economy theory
Authors: Cheng Yin , Xu Jichao
Published: January 2022

The resources of a country are limited, and people must consider the important issue of how to make use of these limited material resources to create major economic value for humans. The theory of the circular economy has been proposed, which relies on scientific model research to create economic development that is more in line with people’s concept of environmental management. The circular economy is characterised by resource conservation, recycling, coordination, low development, high utilization and low emissions. All material and energy use is reasonable, and sustainable land use minimises the influence of economic activities on the natural environment. Based on the theory of the circular economy, this paper studies the model of environmental management science. This paper analyses the mining development mode, the mechanism of the circular economy, and green logistics research based on circular economy theory and then applies statistical analyses to the two models. It summarises the development mode and the mechanism of the mining circular economy based on the current mineral resource development and utilization situation and the environmental problems in China. An innovative mode mechanism for mining circular economy development is proposed that can provide a value evaluation standard for social development. Through the above research, it is found that the use of circular economy theory can not only help make effective use of resources but also provide a new way to improve the gross national product.
Professional expectations of students of economics at the pope john paul ii state school of higher education in biała podlaska
Authors: Kuźmicki Marek , Borysiuk Magdalena
Published: January 2022

Subject and purpose of work: The aim of this paper is to identify the professional expectations of students of Economics at the State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska. The paper presents also respondents’ opinions on particularly desirable values of potential employers.

Materials and methods: The research was carried out using the CAWI method in January 2021. It covered 108 students of Economics at bachelor’s degree and master’s degree studies.

Results: The values that most respondents expect from their future employers include attractive remuneration, the stability of employment, a promotion prospect and the friendly workplace atmosphere. The least significant values include work in a big city, work in a convenient location and the opportunity to work in an international environment. Students of older years would find it easier to cope with work at a high pace and under the pressure of time. The need to perform imitative work and focus only on the narrow scope of duties in their work would not be a serious problem for participants of the research.

Conclusions: Students of Economics at the State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska will engage in their work and perform it to the best of their abilities if they are adequately remunerated and given the possibility of further professional development and the atmosphere and conditions of work are good and comfortable.
Developing the Regression Equations to Determine the Bankfull Discharge from the Basin Characteristics
Authors: Chau Tran Kim , Toan Nguyen The , Duc Do Anh , Linh Nguyen Ha
Published: January 2022

Bankfull discharge is an important criterion for flash flood warnings. In this study, the authors propose a new approach to determine the bankfull discharge for basins in Ha Giang province, Vietnam. The study combines the field survey to determine the bankfull discharge through the bankfull indicators and develop a multivariate regression equation between the bankfull discharge and the basin characteristics. The results of the study give a simple equation with 2 independent variables. They are the catchment area and the main river length. They show a strong relationship with the bankfull discharge with the R2 indexes in developing and validating process equal to 95.3% and 92.7%, respectively. With this approach, the workload is significantly reduced. However, the accuracy and flexibility of the total discharge calculation are enhanced. This will be the foundation to reduce uncertainty in flash flood warnings.
Numerical Modeling of the Pipeline Uplift Mechanism in Clay
Authors: Abdelfateh Kattar , Mohamed Baheddi , Fattah Mohammed Yousif
Published: January 2022

Buried pipelines are a vital infrastructure and are mainly used to transport energy carriers and other essential products. The pipes are generally buried in the upper layer of soil deposits and, therefore, are highly affected by different geo-environmental conditions. The various pathological cases recorded in the world are caused by the degradation of structures in contact with swelling soils, the fact that necessitates a full understanding and investigation of such a phenomenon. This paper presents a method for the pipeline behavior modeling based on the finite element analysis by using PLAXIS 3D software, aimed at the determination of the pipe bending moment, displacement over its length, and the evaluation of vertical stresses in soil under the pipe. A parametric study has been carried out to investigate the effect of the pipe burial depth and the soil cohesion. The finite-element results have been compared with experimental data from the literature. It was found that, unlike laboratory models, the numerical analysis can account for the internal pressure in the pipe and the depth of the pipe burial. The finite-element analysis showed that the presence of fluid pressure inside the pipe results in a decrease in the maximum swelling of the soil by about 95%. The displacement of the pipe is considerably affected by the burial depth. The vertical stress at one end of the pipe can be greater than that at the other end in the case of a pipe under internal pressure, while in the case of an empty pipe, the values are very close at both ends. The numerical analysis shows that an increase in the pipe internal pressure leads to a decrease in its vertical displacement.
Late blight of potato: From the great Irish potato famine to the genomic era – An overview
Authors: Majeed A. , Siyar S. , Sami S.
Published: January 2022

Late blight of potato and tomato, one of the most widely reported diseases of plants, is a significant curb in global agriculture which poses severe problems in terms of yield and economic losses, and environmental pollution due to pesticides use. The disease is caused by Phytophthora infestans -an oomycete - which first drew the considerable attention of plant pathologists during the mid-1840s when the pathogen incited historic starvation in Ireland – the great Irish potato famine - as a consequence of substantial potato losses due to late blight disease. Since that period, late blight has triggered several epidemics of potato and tomato of profound intensity in different regions. Over the course, synthetic fungicides have been proved effective management practice for late blight control; nonetheless, the evolution of new genotypes with increased virulence to hosts and resistance to fungicides has been greatly regarded as an agricultural problem. Breakthroughs in genome sequencing of P. infestans and identification of resistance genes in some plants have opened ways for the development of resistant genotypes. However, there still exist numerous challenges to deal with this noxious pathogen. This review aims to highlight the historical significance of late blight disease, its chemical control strategies and associated challenges, and resistance breeding programs by employing genetic approaches.
Carrier Screening for Single-Gene Disorders – A Brief Review
Authors: Kovacheva Katya S. , Nikolova Slavena E. , Kamburova Zornitsa B.
Published: January 2022

Carrier screening (CS) is an approach to pre-reproductive identification of couples at risk of having offspring with a single-gene disorder (SGD). The goal of CS is to facilitate reproductive autonomy and informed decision-making of the revealed risk couples. Initially, CS was introduced in the 1970s among the Ashkenazi Jewish population in the USA with a high incidence of Tay-Sachs disease. Until recently, CS had a limited application, mainly among individuals of a particular ethnicity or family history of SGD, and a limited number of conditions are included. Implementing the revolutionary technology of next-generation sequencing revealed a much more comprehensive range of possibilities for CS. The expanded alternative variant introduced a new concept that allows screening for hundreds to thousands of SGDs without pre-selection of individuals based on their ancestry or family history. Furthermore, the number of detected pathogenic variants is much higher compared to the traditional CS. Currently, there is insufficient experience with the application of expanded CS, and the lack of uniform guidelines is a major problem when it comes to massive implementation. Nevertheless, the significant potential of the expanded CS has given rise to a growing interest in it and provoked in-depth discussions about the opportunities of widespread application in practice.
Market Power and Bank Profitability: Evidence from Montenegro and Serbia
Authors: Grubišić Zoran , Kamenković Sandra , Kaličanin Tijana
Published: January 2022

This study investigates the relationship between profitability and market power in the banking sector using data from the financial reports of the banks that operated in Serbia and Montenegro, covering the period from the first quarter of 2010 to the last quarter of 2019. In order to investigate this relationship, determinants of bank profitability are split between internal and external. As the external determinants, selected ratios of concentration were calculated and used in order to measure market power. The total of sixteen panel regression models were applied, eight for each country. The results indicate that variations of return on assets and return on equity in Serbia can be explained by the variations of the ratios of concentration. On the other hand, results of the panel regression model applied for the banking sector of Montenegro does not give enough argument to support such explanation, and bank profitability can be explained by bank efficiency to some extent.
Analysis of the Assets, Credits and Deposits Concentration within the Croatian Banking System based on Selected Concentration Indices
Authors: Anđelinović Mihovil , Milec Mihaela , Dumičić Ksenija
Published: January 2022

This paper analyses the concentration of the banking system in Croatia and the impact of concentration on stability of the economic system as a whole over the period since 2002 to 2017. The level of concentration is usually related to the competitiveness of a particular sector, in this case the banking system, which affects the development and health of the country's entire economic system. The banking system, as the basis for the development of all other sectors of the economy, has been analysed here in the context of the concentration trend and efficiency in the selected time period using selected concentration indices: Concentration Ratio, Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, the Gini coefficient and the entropy measure using the variables of total assets of banks, loans granted, and received deposits. This research concludes that in the considered period of nearly 20 years, Croatia was among the EU countries with increased concentration level of the banking system.
Forensic accounting: state and development perspectives in the Republic of Croatia
Authors: Bartulović Marijana
Published: January 2022

Forensic accounting as a profession plays a major role in preventing and detecting frauds and almost in all areas of business there is a need for the services of forensic accountants. In modern conditions, when the whole world is struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequences it brings, an increase in the number of frauds is expected, which will result in an increase of demand for specially trained experts in the area of fraud prevention and detection. In this context, this paper emphasizes the role of forensic accountant in the fight against fraud and presents the occupational standard and qualification standard developed for this profession in the Republic of Croatia. The occupational standard identifies key jobs within the profession as well as the competences that a person needs to possess to successfully perform jobs within the profession.
Landscape Painting in the Research of Landscape Changes
Authors: Skokanová Hana , Slach Tomáš , Havlíček Marek , Halas Petr , Divíšek Jan , Špinlerová Zuzana , Koutecký Tomáš , Šebesta Jan , Kallabová Eva
Published: January 2022

The article analyses possibilities of using landscape paintings in the studies of land cover changes. It examines 112 paintings from 1728 till 1976 and compares them with existing topographic maps. It compares land cover depicted in the paintings with present landscape and it studies changes of landscape derived from topographic maps from several periods, ranging from 1764 till 2006. In order to make the analyses, all paintings had to be localised as precisely as possible. This was done with the help of present map and by field work. Field work was also necessary for identifying main land use/cover changes in comparison to landscape painting. A TopoLandUse database, consisting of land use vector data from five periods, based on vectorisation of topographical maps, was used for analysing land use/land cover changes, their rates and main trends.

Comparison of landscape paintings with topographic maps showed overall agreement between both types of sources. Paintings often capture details that cannot be found in the maps, thus enriching gained data. They can also serve as a source for periods from which no maps and other cartographic sources exist. However, paintings are as reliable as the painter makes them.

Comparison of landscape in the paintings with the present landscape showed general extensification and abandonment of the landscape, which manifested mainly in the increase of woody vegetation and decrease of arable land. Analyses of land cover changes in the surrounding cadastres in several periods confirmed general trends that can be seen in not only the Czech Republic but also elsewhere in Europe. These are mainly spread of both woody vegetation and permanent grassland at the detriment of arable land but also increase in built-up and recreational area in the settlements.
Deconstructing Contemporary Dance Discourses by Acknowledging Elderly Female Bodies
Authors: Simonson Annakarin
Published: January 2022

This article uses a choreographic project to discuss the relationship between elderly women and contemporary dance. It focuses on how participating in the project is of artistic value to these women and what happens in the meeting between me as a master’s student and researcher, the project itself and the women. The article is based on a master’s project in dance pedagogy aimed at using action to change normative ideas about a dancer’s body. The artistic practice is based on the women’s lived experiences. Through improvisation and with a somatic approach as a choreographic performative practice, collaborative transformative learning emerged from the participants. By articulating and visualising the experiences of elderly women as a marginalised group, the meaning of the concepts of dance, body, and age was deconstructed and new insights were gained to challenge and broaden normative ideas about dance and the dancer’s body. The discoveries presented in this article show that elderly women have the capacity to change through dance. By using a decolonising methodology, I argue that deconstruction can be achieved in interactions with others and experienced as artistry. In conclusion, I claim that age norms and bodily ideals in contemporary dance discourses can be challenged by taking the advantage of the resources of older women and by giving them access to contemporary dance.
An analysis of coal consumption, CO2 emissions and economic growth in Slovenia
Authors: Budna Aleš , Vižintin Goran
Published: January 2022

Abstract in English

The common characteristics and possible correlations between coal consumption, CO2 emissions, emission productivity and economic growth in Slovenia are discussed in this article. The correlation between these variables was analysed by using the Pearson correlation coefficient, and we used linear regression and the least squares method to develop predictive mathematical models that can be used to estimate trends in coal consumption and CO2 emissions in the future. The link between coal consumption, emissions, and emission productivity is significant, while the correlation between coal consumption and economic growth is minimal. Therefore, coal consumption and the resulting emissions do not have a significant impact on economic growth. Mathematical models show a good fit, which is a condition for the reliability of the prediction. Possible scenarios of the transition to carbon neutrality and the related problems of future electricity supply as a consequence of the cessation of coal mining and use are also discussed below.
Rethinking Wh-island Effects in Chinese
Authors: Yang Barry C.-Y. , Hsu Ting-ting Christina , Kikushima Kazunori
Published: January 2022

The traditional observation that Chinese wh-arguments do not exhibit wh-island effects may be only apparent. With new evidence from “how-many” phrases, it is demonstrated that Chinese has wh-island effects even with wh-arguments. What nullifies such effects is in fact the disguise of D-linkedness. Although the lack of wh-island effects seems to pattern Chinese wh-construals with Japanese ones, further tests show that these two languages are still different with respect to strong island effects, (anti-)crossing effects, and multiple wh-interpretations. The finding leads to the need to reinvestigate the mechanisms underlying the scope-taking wh-elements of wh-in-situ languages on the one hand, and those triggering wh-island effects on the other.
Penerapan Model Multiple Representation Berbasis Somatis, Auditory, Visual, Intelektual terhadap Self Efficacy Peserta Didik
Authors: Anggraini* Maulita , Huda Ismul , Safrida Safrida , Rahmatan Hafnati , Djufri Djufri
Published: January 2022

Low self-efficacy is due to the fact that the learning process only focuses on the material with rote concepts, so that students are not given the opportunity to practice self-confidence by conducting group discussions and making observations about the circulatory system so that students are less confident in their opinions, ask and answer questions. In fact, the biology learning process in schools does not encourage students to practice self-efficacy. The approach used in learning does not direct students to practice self-confidence. The purpose of this study was to determine the difference between the application of SAVI-based multiple representation and SAVI learning on self-efficacy on the material of the circulatory system in class 11th SMAN Bener Meriah.The method used is quasi-experimental, with non randomized  control group pretest posttest design. The population in this study were 156 students of class 11th MIPA, amounting to 487 students, while the sample was 120 taken by purposive sampling.. The instrument used in this study is a test consisting of a self-efficacy questionnaire. Data analysis using Anova test. Results of the study show that there are differences in the self-efficacy of students who are taught using SAVI-based multiple representation learning and SAVI learning on self-efficacy on the material of the circulatory system at SMAN Bener Meriah. Conclusion: the application of SAVI-based multiple representation is effective in increasing students' self-efficacy.
Pengembangan Instrumen Evaluasi Higher Order Thinking Skills Menggunakan Quizizz Pada Materi Termokimia untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berpikir Tingkat Tinggi Peserta Didik
Authors: Kurnia* Lani Dwi , Haryati Sri , Linda Roza
Published: January 2022

The ability of students in understanding complex information and analyzing skills is classified as low grade, therefore a HOTS-based evaluation instrument is needed using media that is able to develop high thinking skills and increase the enthusiasm of students doing evaluations. The purpose of this study is producing an evaluation instrument based on HOTS using Quizizz on a valid thermochemistry subject according to material and media experts, knowing the validity, reliability, difficulty level, distinguishing power and user responses. This research uses a research and development (R D) with the Plomp model. The research subjects are 3 teachers and 30 students of class XI of SMAN 8 Pekanbaru, SMAN 2 Pekanbaru and MAN 1 Pekanbaru. Data collection techniques are carried out by literature studies and field studies. The research data is obtained from the validation results of two material validators, two media validators, and user trials. The result of validation to material validators was obtained on the average based on material aspect of 95.83%, construction aspect 94.03% and language aspect 98.89%. According to media validators, based on content aspect of 89.00%, learning design 90.00%, display (visual communication) 89.00% and software utilization 95.00%. The results of the questions analysis showed that 12 questions qualified the valid criteria, had very high reliability, “medium” difficulty level of 5 questions and “difficult” category of 7 questions and had good distinguishing power with all questions accepted. User response scores are 90.67% by teachers and 93.13% by students with very good criteria
Models, Plans, Clusters & Pine Trees Vila Nova de Santo André 1971-2021
Authors: Catrica Paulo , Mendes Rui
Published: January 2022

As an odd case of urbanism Vila Nova de Santo André is the only city built from scratch in Portugal in the XX century, without any urban pre-existence. Conceived by political decision and framed by an ambitious industrial project, the Port of Sines, Vila Nova is located in an area of extensive pine forests, between Sines and Lagoa de St. André. Created in 1971 the Office of the Area of Sines (GAS) was the administrative body responsible for planning and implementing the different components of the project. Endowed with enormous expertise knowledge and economic resources, the enterprise suffered a significant setback with the 1973 international oil crisis and thereafter with the 25th April, 1974 Revolution. Political hesitations, setbacks and abandonment marked the entire Sines project until the GAS extinction in 1986.

The main intention of this essay is to confront and reposition the negativeness of Santo André new town. Perceived as a failure and a lost opportunity, the lack of knowledge that supports this prejudice stems from the absence of a critical and reflective mass, whether in the form of academic research or artistic expression. The paper intends to confront and discuss archive historical photographs from different phases of construction of the city and its surrounding landscape, with recent photographs. This visual atlas, as an unfinished, inorganic and impure edifice, join and relates the photographs as fragments. It follows the line of reasoning of Walter Benjamin on the political potential of the outmoded as a subject matter.
For today we browse
Authors: Alves Vítor
Published: January 2022

It will be difficult to understand the full impact of the digital on architecture without the internet as its privileged territory; they are, to some extent, inseparable, in the same way that it become inseparable in how architects consume and produce architecture today. Although not always organized, the internet has become architecture’s biggest archive, one made up mainly of images. Using Luca Galofaro’s montages and their dissemination as a paradigmatic example of a contemporary architectural practice that takes full advantage of the internet as a medium, this text problematizes both the conception and consequences of the digital image on the discipline.

The former, how images are consciously constructed, as a kind of graphic hupomnemata for the one who “ingests” the work of others and incorporates it into his own; the latter, the effects to be constrained to a specific medium. If one of the internet’s characteristics is the ability to support simultaneously redundant and contradictory discourses propagating the same type of content within each “niche”, how can we bypass the mashed-up state that the discipline has become? Is it possible through the fruitful use of the digital medium or are we expecting more than what it has to offer?

More than taking sides for or against the internet, perhaps we may ponder one that does not consider it in terms of exclusivity – pixel vs. paper or analogue vs. digital –, but in complementarity with each other, taking the advantages of different media in order to build a more consistent discipline, one that is able to go beyond temporary nodes of aligned interests.
Photographing the altered identity of lansdscapes
Authors: Marum Jorge
Published: January 2022

“As this wave from memories flows in, the city soaks it up like a sponge and expands. A description of [the city] as it is today should contain all [the city’s] past. The city, however, does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand, written in the corners of the streets, the gratings of the windows, the banisters of the steps, the antennae of the lightning rods, the poles of the bags, every segment marked in turn with scratches, indentations, scrolls.” Italo Calvino
The use of photography as a research tool and as an artistic form of expression to represent landscapes involves the challenge of representing their physical, cultural, social, and political marks, as well as their identity and perceptual singularity as a place. Landscapes represent territories which were transformed by human action and, as such, reveal an understanding and a set of values of past and present societies, witnessing the various (trans)formations of space - natural and artificial space - in line with article 5, a. of the European Landscape Convention of the Council of Europe, the landscape represents an “essential component of the human environment, an expression of diversity of its common and natural heritage and a base for its identity“.
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Production of Space and Creative Destruction in the Photographic Work of Naoya Hatakeyama
Authors: Piekalkiewicz Marcin
Published: January 2022

The photographic work of Naoya Hatakeyama is an extensive visual example of how natural resources serve as a fuel of capitalist production. In his three major series – Lime Hills (1986- 91), Lime Works (1991-94), and Untitled (1989-2005) – Hatakeyama focuses on limestone to connect the world of natural landscape with the world of urban built structures. In Blast (1995- 2008), the destructive force of capitalism and its devastating influence on the environment become literal: natural material is being torn into pieces in order to build a city. From exploitation of limestone hills, through the manufacture of concrete, to the construction of skyscrapers in a late capitalist city – the photographs transform the process of annihilation of rural space into timeless evidence of the humankind’s domination over the natural environment. With his photographic bodies of work, Hatakeyama follows the idea of Henri Lefebvre (The Production of Space, 1974) showing how nature is reduced to means of urban space production. What is fundamental to capitalism’s destructive domination over the environment, is not only the possession of space, but also the ability to absorb, produce, and constantly transform it.
Landscape transformations in Albania. A photographic survey on the traces of Italian travellers in the Balkans
Authors: Resta Giuseppe
Published: January 2022

After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Albania became a possible land of conquest for Italy, France, and Austria. Explorations and surveys of the newly liberated territory involved numerous scientific a nd military expeditions. At the end of the nineteenth century, the Reale Società Geografica Italiana had been carrying out a systematic study of Albanian landscape, mainly aimed at geographical research. Relevant Italian scholars and geographers travelled to Tirana and Valona. Antonio Baldacci (1867-1950) between 1892 and 1902, Roberto Almagià (1884-1962), Aldo Sestini (1904-1988) in 1940, Bruno Castiglioni (1898-1945) who recorded geomorphological aspects as an army officer following Italian troops. Two expeditions in 1940 allowed them to collect all the information needed to publish the fundamental monograph “L’Albania”, printed in 1943. Bruno Castiglioni oversaw the geomorphological aspects of the study, Ferdinando Milone covered anthropology and economics, and Aldo Sestini investigated the geographical features of each region. Another landmark contribution is Antonio Baldacci’s Itinerari albanesi: (1892-1902), which described discovering an obscure land, its natural features and the built environment.

The contribution for the sixth issue of Sophie draws on a photographic campaign carried out between July 2016 and June 2018, and currently being finalised in the form of a Catalogue of Landscape Typologies. The author c onducts a photographic c ampaign a long the s ame itineraries covered by the aforementioned geographers, discovering similarities and differences with the contemporary Albanian landscape. Manuscripts, diplomatic accounts, publications, and photographs produced by Italian travellers of the early twentieth century are being compared with the current status of the visual environment. Tourism-related activities have altered the scenery of the coast, particularly the so-called Riviera that connects Vlorë with Sarandë, while other sectors of the northern mainland have remained relatively unchanged.

This ongoing research is expected to inform a general catalogue of Albanian landscapes, intended as a tool for planning future interventions across the country. The catalogue could be a useful tool to build an alternative visual cartography. The Catalogue of Landscape Typologies collects four hundred geolocated shots of selected views, which have been classified and redrawn to identify recurring features and visual landmarks. Images are being disassembled in coherent morphological layers: woods, agricultural plains, cultivated slopes, spontaneous vegetation fields, urbanization areas, water bodies and the profile of the mountains. Contemporary Albania and other countries in the Balkans are rapidly changing the quality of its built environment in an attempt to emerge and progress towards the European standards. On the other hand, one could argue that unique views can be lost along the way.
Verticalization: Photographic Explorations Of Complex Urban Phenomena
Authors: Costa Pinto Ricardo Santhiago , Bernardino da Costa Luciano
Published: January 2022

How to explore photography as a way of problematizing urban phenomena? Is it possible to use different aesthetic concepts, in photography, to expand the dialogue with cities? These two questions guide the photographic research developed as part of the project, “Highrise Living and the Inclusive City”, with a focus in São Paulo / Brazil and Lyon / France. The first question highlights the territory and the production of capitalist urban space by photography realized in fieldwork. The second one involves editing and re-elaborating the images, considering the approximation between the research project, local records and photography aesthetic. The High-Rise Project, on the other hand, discusses the contemporary verticalization process and its spatial and social implications in Sao Paulo city, considering a contextual (São Paulo, Lyon) and multiscale analysis model, while incorporating different reading strategies and territory interpretation. The field study, initially organized as a team, resulted in different materials, including the photographic one, from which discussion and editing meetings were conducted by this researcher, considering possibilities for language experiments in interaction with the territory. The series and photographic montages realized allowed a reflection about the relationship between public spaces and paths capturing a specific ambience to the places; and, also, exploring different comparative strategies that highlight, in the four distinct regions, intense landscape transformation due to verticalization. On the other hand, these photographic setting acquire a relative autonomy in relation to the original project, being placed on the edge of applicated use of image and esthetic research with its own characteristics.
PENGARUH INSENTIF PAJAK, KESADARAN WAJIB PAJAK, SANKSI PAJAK DAN PENERAPAN E-FILLING TERHADAP KEPATUHAN WAJIB PAJAK UMKM
Authors: Abdi Pradnyani N L P Norman Dewi , Sari Putu Indrika , Suprapto P Adi
Published: January 2022

This study aims to examine the effect of tax incentives, taxpayer awareness, tax sanctions, and the application of e-filling on MSMEs taxpayer compliance. This study is a quantitative study using primary data obtained from the answers to questionnaires distributed to respondents and measured using a likert scale. The population in this study are MSMEs taxpayers registered at the KPP Pratama Gianyar. Determination of the sample in this study using purposive sampling technique with a sample of 100 people obtained through the slovin formula. The variables in this study were tested using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method with the Partial Least Square (PLS) approach using the SmartPLS 3.0 application. The results of the study indicate that tax incentives, taxpayer awareness, tax sanctions, and the application of e-filling have a positive and significant impact on MSMEs tax compliance at the KPP Pratama Gianyar
ANALISIS KOMPARASI BAURAN PROMOSI BATARA WATER SPORT SEBELUM PANDEMI DAN SEMASA PANDEMI COVID-19
Authors: Dananjaya Arya Adi , Dewi NGAS. , Agus Wikanatha Sagita Putu
Published: January 2022

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the entire world experienced a decline in all aspects, including the world of tourism and many companies experienced a decline in income due to the corona virus outbreak, one of which is PT. Batara Water Sport, but this company has a way that is able to bring in tourists during this pandemic, the purpose of this study is to find out how different the methods of promotion carried out by PT. Batara Water Sport before the pandemic with during the pandemic, therefore this phenomenon is able to provide the background for this research. The type of data used in this research is qualitative data. The technique of determining the informants in this study is by using purposive sampling with three people as informants, while the data analysis technique uses descriptive qualitative. Collecting data by observation, interviews, literature study, and documentation. The result of this research is the promotion mix used by PT. Batara Water Sport during the pandemic, which is predominantly using electronic media as a media for product promotion designed to bring tourists to companies during the pandemic, such as providing discounts of up to 50%, one free game for consumers who use five games, and there are two special packages provided by companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, in contrast to before the pandemic, which only used printed media such as brochures, were able to bring tourists to the company. In addition to providing attractive promos, during this pandemic the company also implements strict health protocols to be able to break the chain of spreading the Covid-19 virus.
PENGARUH KUALITAS PELAYANAN TERHADAP KEPUASAN WISATAWAN NUSANTARA KE CURUG LEUWI HEJO, BOGOR PADA ERA NEW NORMAL
Authors: Pangaribuan Evitauli , Suwena I Ketut , Sasrawan Mananda IGPB.
Published: January 2022

Curug Leuwi Hejo is taken from the local Sundanese language which is Curug means waterfall, Leuwi means pond, while Hejo means green. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of service quality on the satisfaction of domestic tourists visiting Curug Leuwi Hejo, Bogor Regency in the new normal era. The sampling technique used purposive sampling with 100 respondents. The data collection techniques used by observation, interviews, questionnaires, documentation, literature studies, and netnography. The data analysis technique used is mixed methods including qualitative and quantitative descriptive analysis. The results of the research using the t test showed that partially the variables of tangible and empathy have a significant effect on the satisfaction of domestic tourists who visit Curug Leuwi Hejo, Bogor Regency in the new normal era. Meanwhile, the variable reliability, responsiveness, and assurance does not have a significant effect on the satisfaction of domestic tourists visiting Curug Leuwi Hejo, Bogor Regency in the new normal era. Based on the results of the F test showed that simultaneously service quality has a significant and positive effect on the satisfaction of domestic tourists visiting Curug Leuwi Hejo Bogor Regency in the new normal era with a coefficient of determination of 51%.
MINAT GENERASI MILLENIAL UNTUK MEMBELI VIRTUAL TOUR
Authors: Tanggap Sasmita M.
Published: January 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has an impact on the world of tourism due to restrictions on travel activities, resulting in the emergence of alternative virtual travel activities. Virtual tour activities are actually not new, but more popular during the covid-19 pandemic. As a new activity for travel industry needs, it’s need  to do basic research for the for  marketing activities in the future to be monetize by looking at the quality of service, level of satisfaction, and interest of millennial generation to buy this service. By using cross-tabulation method and descriptive analysis techniques the findings of this study that the quality of good service is in line with the level of satisfaction and interest of millennials to buy virtual tour activities in the future with a range of rp.10.000- Rp .50.000 in each activity. More research is needed to find out the right strategy in marketing virtual tour activities