bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Conversation in small groups: Speaking and listening strategies depend on the complexities of the environment and group
Authors: Hadley Lauren V. , Whitmer William M. , Brimijoin W. Owen , Naylor Graham
Published: October 2020

Many conversations in our day-to-day lives are held in noisy environments – impeding comprehension, and in groups – taxing auditory attention-switching processes. These situations are particularly challenging for older adults in cognitive and sensory decline. In noisy environments, a variety of extra-linguistic strategies are available to speakers and listeners to facilitate communication, but while models of language account for the impact of context on word choice, there has been little consideration of the impact of context on extra-linguistic behaviour. To address this issue, we investigate how the complexity of the acoustic environment and interaction situation impacts extra-linguistic conversation behaviour of older adults during face-to-face conversations. Specifically, we test whether the use of intelligibility-optimising strategies increases with complexity of the background noise (from quiet to loud, and in speech-shaped vs. babble noise), and with complexity of the conversing group (dyad vs. triad). While some communication strategies are enhanced in more complex background noise, with listeners orienting to talkers more optimally and moving closer to their partner in babble than speech-shaped noise, this is not the case with all strategies, as we find greater vocal level increases in the less complex speech-shaped noise condition. Other behaviours are enhanced in the more complex interaction situation, with listeners using more optimal head orientations, and taking longer turns when gaining the floor in triads compared to dyads. This study elucidates how different features of the conversation context impact individuals’ communication strategies, which is necessary to both develop a comprehensive cognitive model of multimodal conversation behaviour, and effectively support individuals that struggle conversing.
Backwards or forwards? Direction of working and success in problem solving
Authors: Gawlick Thomas , Welzel Gerrit
Published: October 2020

We pose ourselves the question: What can one infer from the direction of working when solvers work on the same task for a second time? This is discussed on the basis of 44 problem solving processes of the TIMSS task K10. A natural hypothesis is that working forwards can be taken as evidence that the task is recognized and a solution path is recalled. This can be confirmed by our analysis. A surprising observation is that when working backwards, pivotal for success is (in case of K10) to change to working forwards soon after reaching the barrier.
The Effect of Internal Control, Information Technology and Audit on Good Amil Governance Practices
Authors: Yolanda Fera , Zaenal Muhammad Hasbi , Pramono Sigid Eko
Published: October 2020

This research aimed to find out how strong the effect of the implementation of internal control, information technology and audit on Good Amil Governance. In this research, the respondents were the chief and amil  at BAZNAS in South Kalimantan. The type of this research was exploratory with data collection technique using questionnaire. Data analysis method that was used in this research was descriptive analysis method, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with software of SmartPLS 3.0. The research result showed that the variables of internal control, information technology, and audit had significant and positive effect on good amil governance.
El discurso de la ética entre adolescentes
Authors: Vargas Pedro E
Published: October 2020

Los temas de hoy, que tienen un interés delicado y unas consecuencias puntuales para la sociedad, o se ocultan o se descubren. La tecnología ha sido una forma de acicate, por su paso no solo gigante sino acelerado, que alienta a la discusión de lo posible y de lo correcto.
Los adultos, a menudo, desestimamos las capacidades de los adolescentes y de los niños. La adolescencia es una edad, es un período y es una incógnita. No es solo la urgencia de independencia, que explota en el chiquillo que crecía dócil y obediente. Es necesario que lo veamos como la época de mayor vulnerabilidad para sobrevivir, para conservar intactas las funciones que nos permitirán desarrollarnos y prepararnos a vivir en sociedad, para aprender a ser arrojados sin arrojarnos al vacío, temerarios sin ser imprudentes, temerosos sin ser cobardes, correctos sin serlo políticamente. Las decisiones correctas no abundan durante esos años porque el lóbulo frontal y prefrontal del cerebro aún están en desarrollo.
Abstract
İntihar Girişimi Nedeniyle Takip Edilen Hastaların Sosyodemografik Özellikleri, Laboratuvar Bulguları ve Tıbbi Durumları ile Depresyon Skorunun Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: ÖZTÜRK Mustafa , KÖYLÜ Ramazan , KÖYLÜ Öznur , YILDIRIM ÖZTÜRK Elif Nur
Published: October 2020

Amaç: Bu çalışma ile suicidal girişim nedeniyle toksikoloji yoğun bakımda yatırılan hastaların sosyodemografik özelliklerinin, laboratuar bulgularının, tıbbi durumlarının ve Beck Depresyon Skorları’nın değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırma kesitseldir. Çalışma toksikoloji yoğun bakımda 01.05.2018-30.04.2019 tarihleri arasında yürütülmüştür. Araştırma kapsamına 18 yaş ve üzeri toplam 135 kadın ve erkek birey alınmıştır. Çalışmaya ilişkin veriler 60 soruluk veri toplama formu ve 21 soruluk Beck Depresyon Ölçeği (BDÖ) ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin özetlenmesinde; aritmetik ortalama±standart sapma, frekans dağılımları ve yüzdelikler kullanılmıştır. Kategorik veriler arasındaki ilişkiler Ki-kare testi ile değerlendirilmiştir. İstatistiksel olarak p<0,05 olduğu durumlar anlamlı kabul edilmiştir.
Bulgular: %70,4’ü kadınlardan oluşan araştırma grubunun yaş ortalaması 27,74±11,72 idi. Katılımcıların %20,1’i (n=27) daha önce en az bir kere suicidal girişimde bulunduğunu belirtti. Daha önce suicidal girişimde bulunanların %56,3’ü (n=18) ilaç içerek intihar etmeye çalıştığını bildirdi. Suicidal girişim nedeniyle başvuranların %53,3’ü semptomatikti. Hastaların %92,6’sı (n=125) sağlıkla taburcu edilirken %7,4’ü (n=10) bir başka kliniğe devredildi. Hastaların BDÖ’den aldıkları ortalama puan 22,78±14,87 idi. Katılımcıların %37,8’i (n=51) ölçekten 0-16 arası; %62,2’si (n=84) 17-63 arası puan aldı.
Sonuç: Araştırma sonucunda hastaların beşte birinin mevcut girişim öncesinde en az bir defa daha suicidal girişimde bulunduğu belirlenmiştir. Araştırmamız sonucunda hastaların üçte ikisinin BDÖ’den depresyon açısından riskli sayılacak şekilde yüksek puanlar aldığı saptanmıştır.
Toward a Direct Measure of the Galactic Acceleration
Authors: Chakrabarti Sukanya , Wright Jason , Chang Philip , Quillen Alice , Craig Peter , Territo Joey , D’Onghia Elena , Johnston Kathryn V. , De Rosa Robert J. , Huber Daniel , Rhode Katherine L. , Nielsen Eric
Published: October 2020

High-precision spectrographs can enable not only the discovery of exoplanets, but can also provide a fundamental measurement in Galactic dynamics. Over about 10 year baselines, the expected change in the line-of-sight velocity due to the Galaxy’s gravitational field for stars at ∼kiloparsec scale distances above the Galactic midplane is ∼few tens of cm s−1, and may be detectable by the current generation of high-precision spectrographs. Here, we provide theoretical expectations for this measurement based on both static models of the Milky Way and isolated Milky Way simulations, as well from controlled dynamical simulations of the Milky Way interacting with dwarf galaxies. We simulate a population synthesis model to analyze the contribution of planets and binaries to the Galactic acceleration signal. We find that while low-mass, long-period planetary companions are a contaminant to the Galactic acceleration signal, their contribution is very small. Our analysis of ∼10 years of data from the Lick–Carnegie Exoplanet Survey HIRES/Keck precision radial-velocity (RV) survey shows that slopes of the RV curves of standard RV stars agree with expectations of the local Galactic acceleration near the Sun within the errors, and that the error in the slope scales inversely as the square root of the number of observations. Thus, we demonstrate that a survey of stars with low intrinsic stellar jitter at kiloparsec distances above the Galactic midplane for realistic sample sizes can enable a direct determination of the dark matter density.
Monte-Carlo Neutrino Transport in Neutron Star Merger Simulations
Authors: Foucart Francois , Duez Matthew D. , Hebert Francois , Kidder Lawrence E. , Pfeiffer Harald P. , Scheel Mark A.
Published: October 2020

Gravitational waves and electromagnetic signals from merging neutron star binaries provide valuable information about the the properties of dense matter, the formation of heavy elements, and high-energy astrophysics. To fully leverage observations of these systems, we need numerical simulations that provide reliable predictions for the properties of the matter unbound in these mergers. An important limitation of current simulations is the use of approximate methods for neutrino transport that do not converge to a solution of the transport equations as numerical resolution increases, and thus have errors that are impossible to quantify. Here, we report on a first simulation of a binary neutron star merger that uses Monte-Carlo techniques to directly solve the transport equations in low-density regions. In high-density regions, we use approximations inspired by implicit Monte-Carlo to greatly reduce the cost of simulations, while only introducing errors quantifiable through more expensive convergence studies. We simulate an unequal mass neutron star binary merger up to 5 ms past merger, and report on the properties of the matter and neutrino outflows. Finally, we compare our results to the output of our best approximate “M1” transport scheme, demonstrating that an M1 scheme that carefully approximates the neutrino energy spectrum only leads to ∼10% uncertainty in the composition and velocity of the ejecta, and ∼20% uncertainty in the ν

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luminosities and energies. The most significant disagreement found between M1 and Monte-Carlo results is a factor of ∼2 difference in the luminosity of heavy-lepton neutrinos.
Le principe d’égalité dans la jurisprudence du Conseil constitutionnel et du Conseil d’État
Authors: Barrois de Sarigny Cécile
Published: October 2020

Le principe d’égalité, qui se décline sous de multiples acceptions, est depuis quelques temps déjà une norme de référence pour le Conseil Constitutionnel et le Conseil d’État. Le cadre du contrôle qu’ils opèrent sur son fondement est désormais balisé. Le principe évolue néanmoins, par l’effet de changements d’approche des pouvoirs publics et de l’imprégnation du droit communautaire et européen des droits de l’homme. Conseil constitutionnel et Conseil d’État accompagnent ces mutations dans le cadre d’un contrôle qui va croissant et qui conduit à une meilleure appréhension des situations concrètes de discrimination.
Le principe d’égalité dans le droit de la fonction publique et de la haute fonction publique
Authors: Bui-Xuan Olivia
Published: October 2020

Le principe d’égalité dans le droit de la fonction publique et de la haute fonction publique subit, depuis quelques années, un certain nombre de mutations caractérisées par deux mouvements : alors que le premier cherche à rendre effective une égalité longtemps caractérisée par son caractère formel, le second vise à introduire davantage de diversité dans l’administration pour transformer la composition sociologique de l’administration. Si, jusqu’à présent, la prise en considération de la diversité passait essentiellement par l’introduction de dispositifs juridiques différenciés, il est aujourd’hui question d’intégrer cet objectif au cœur même de dispositifs juridiques indifférenciés. Peu controversée car a priori fidèle à la traditionnelle égalité devant la loi, une telle évolution contribue pourtant à reconfigurer le principe d’égalité.
Le principe d’égalité en matière fiscale
Authors: Ayrault Ludovic
Published: October 2020

Si, depuis quelques années, le Conseil constitutionnel ne fait plus explicitement référence au principe d’égalité devant l’impôt, ce dernier demeure présent dans sa jurisprudence pour répondre au moyen fondé sur l’article 13 de la Déclaration des droits de 1789. Composante, propre au champ fiscal, du principe d’égalité devant les charges publiques, il se dissocie du principe d’égalité devant la loi, fondé sur son article 6. Il s’en déduit que ce n’est pas le principe juridique d’égalité devant l’impôt qui comprend les deux branches que sont le principe d’égalité devant les charges publiques qui l’intègre et le principe d’égalité devant la loi mais bien le principe d’égalité en matière fiscale.
Authentic Drug Usage and Tracking with Blockchain Using Mobile Apps
Authors: Benita K Ruby , Kumar S Ganesh , B Murugamantham , A Murugan
Published: October 2020

Tracking drugs became more difficult using the centralized architecture. Decentralized architecture using blockchain technology overcomes the difficulties faced by the centralized network like availability and recovery. Avoiding duplicate or fake drugs created by fake manufacturers is a big challenge in the centralized network. Authentic stock is managed and the supply chain is tracked efficiently using this blockchain technology. This is addressed by using the smart contract which helps to track the movement of drugs from manufacturer to supplier, supplier to the reseller, reseller to pharmacies and finally pharmacies to patient. By default, duplicate drugs or fake drugs are completely avoided by using the blockchain technology. Patients buy drugs without any prescription and it creates a lot of problems in real life. So, Patients cannot buy drugs without authenticated doctor’s prescriptions with the help of a QR Code scanner attached with the prescription which will be implemented using a mobile application and cannot buy excess drugs which might lose someone’s life. With the help of inventory management, the maximum limit of drugs to avoid overdose and pharmacies cannot sell those overdose drugs. Consulting a doctor before buying a drug for even a simple illness is important and it is tracked by using prescriptions provided by authentic doctors. In this project, these challenges are addressed using the smart contract which is written in solidity language and runs on a public ethereum network.
L’élaboration d’un support pédagogique, une énonciation composite
Authors: Guern Odile Le
Published: October 2020

Une page de manuel, dans les éditions les plus récentes, se présente souvent comme un assemblage hétéroclite de documents de nature différente : textes, images, textes documentaires, légendes, consignes, images d’archives, cartes ou encore schémas. Cette variété participe au caractère composite et fragmentaire de la page, d’autant plus que la disposition de ces documents sur la page semble parfois aléatoire. Les parcours de lecture qu’elle propose sont alors multiples laissant à l’élève et à l’enseignant une latitude sans doute plus grande d’exploration et d’exploitation pédagogique qu’elle ne le serait sur une page soumise aux contraintes liées à une organisation linéaire.
L’émancipation par le savoir : à quelles conditions ?
Authors: Galichet François
Published: October 2020

La philosophie des Lumières considérait le savoir comme un moyen d’émancipation : l’instruction permet aux opprimés d’acquérir les compétences intellectuelles pour se libérer des dominations. L’époque moderne fait du savoir une fin : il serait émancipateur car il donne de la société une connaissance vraie qui est émancipatrice en elle-même et par elle-même. Dans les deux cas se trouve occultée la question de l’appropriation du savoir, autrement dit de la pédagogie. Dans la mesure où savoir et rapport au savoir ne sont pas dissociables, les modalités pédagogiques de sa transmission ne sont plus secondaires ; selon les choix qu’elles opèrent, elles seront ou non émancipatrices. En ce sens elles ne se distinguent pas de l’éthique professionnelle des enseignants.
The Influence of Intercultural Communication for Immigrant Traders in Kenyan Informal Urban Markets
Authors: Theuri Agnes W. Muchura
Published: October 2020

This chapter investigated the influence of intercultural communication on business ventures for the immigrant traders in one of the Kenyan urban informal market that hosts immigrant traders. The study utilized qualitative methodology and purpose sampling on 22 participants. In-depth interviews were used to generate data that was then analyzed thematically. The findings revealed that language differences between the immigrant and local traders are a fundamental intercultural communication factor that influences the business ventures for immigrant traders in Toi market. The study recommends actualization of cross cultural programmes to anchor the learning of host languages for the immigrant traders and intercultural awareness skills for both immigrant and local traders/host nationals in the Kenyan informal markets. That would ultimately translate to effective intercultural communication, harmonious co-existence and further enhance social economic development that is inherent to today's globalised world.
Study on South Asian Diabetic Subjects on Different Attributes
Authors: Rastogi Rohit , Singhal Parul , Chaturvedi Devendra K
Published: October 2020

Diabetes is a serious problem in today's world. Stress TTH (tension type headache) is another epidemic which is growing with a very fast pace. Diabetes is a disease of the body that prevents the metabolism of blood sugar (glucose). This increases the blood glucose to a risky level. The present study aims to analyze diabetes with the latest IoT and big data analysis techniques and its correlation with stress (TTH) on human health. Authors have tried to include age, gender, and insulin factor and its correlation with diabetes. IoT helps us to connect each other, that is, it is known a smart connecting thing (a sort of “universal global neural network” in cloud). It comprises of smart connecting machine with other machine, object, and a lot more. Big data refers to huge sets of data that are also large enough in terms of variety and velocity. Due to this, it becomes more difficult to handle, organise, store, process, and manipulate such data using traditional techniques of storage and processing. Stress especially TTH (tension type headache) is a serious problem in today's world. Now every person in this world is facing headache and stress-related problems in daily life. The authors have collected this big data and studied the people; they have studied their tension level and helped them to cure it. In this chapter, they analyze the correlation between diabetes and stressors. For the analysis, they collected sample of 30 subjects from hospitals of Delhi in random fashion who have been suffering from diabetes from their health insurance providers without disclosing any personal information (PI) or sensitive personal information (SPI) by law. To identify each case sample IDs like S1, S2, etc. has been allotted to the subjects. Sample data has been collected for following parameters: gender, age, diabetes type, insulin dependency, obesity status, CAD status, and CAN status. They have used the Tableau s/w for this analysis. Overall, an interesting observation during the research was that none of the female subjects having diabetes is below 25 years, that is, early age diabetes cases are less comparative to males subjected to the case sampling should not be impacted for age group gender biasing.
Are We Ready for the Job Market?
Authors: Mesquita Anabela , Silva Paulino
Published: October 2020

One of the key factors to be successful in the job market is to detain the right and needed knowledge and competences, being these hard or transversals (e.g., communication, negotiation, leadership, creativity, proactivity, responsibility, just to name a few). Experiential learning, problem-based learning, and game-based learning are pedagogical methods that allow students to consolidate the technical competences but also to develop the necessary soft skills in order to be employable in the Society 4.0. Among the solution offered is the business simulation that can be defined as an instrument that transforms the real business world in a simplified model enabling students to make decisions and simulate activities as if they were in a real business environment, without any risks. In this chapter, the authors describe a business simulation used in a higher education institution in Portugal. They analyze this simulation in terms of experiential learning and problem-based learning and draw some reflections about the results as this might be inspiring for other teachers/trainers.
Analysis of User-Experience Evaluation of French Winery Websites
Authors: Haller Coralie , Plotkina Daria
Published: October 2020

Wine consumption becomes more informed, smart, and connected. A website is a vitrine for wineries providing better visibility and higher attractiveness toward visitors, buyers, and business partners. Due to the increasing competition on the wine market, it is important to assess the digital development of wineries. Yet, there is no common instrument to evaluate website development of wineries. This research aims to create an evaluation grid adapted for European wineries website based on the extended Model of Internet Commerce Adoption (eMICA) and the model of Davidson. The grid comprises 108 attributes organized under eleven dimensions. A quantitative methodology based on a questionnaire was developed to evaluate user-experience of wineries websites of 255 consumers. This approach allowed to validate a grid that might be used to analyze and benchmark the digital advancement within the specific context of the French wine industry.
Customer Experience
Authors: Vidili Ilenia
Published: October 2020

The impact of increasing advancement in digital technologies is driving massive changes in contemporary business enterprises affecting every dimension of society, especially the way individuals buy, research, and interact with one another and with leading brands. This chapter explores case studies of specific leading brands to illustrate this principle with the purpose of better understanding how end-to-end customer experiences (CXs) can be maintained and improved. It begins with a detailed example of the cost of not adapting to the evolving changes in consumer behaviour, specifically the expectations of new generations of “digital natives” with a focus on the user experience (UX). This is followed by an analysis of six customer experience (CX) principles that deliver value, relevance, and superior CXs. Finally, this chapter highlights the importance of embracing a holistic customer-centric culture and offers valuable considerations for businesses seeking to make customer experience their new competitive advantage.
Motivational Factors of the Usage of Web 2.0 Tools for E-Learning in Business
Authors: Malureanu Cosmin , Malureanu Adriana , Lazar Gabriel
Published: October 2020

The reasons for introducing Web 2.0 tools into the business area are multiple, from efficiency to better time management. The provision of online services by companies develops the computer skills of team members, and the materials provided through Web tools 2.0 can be accessed by a larger number of end users and their quality can be permanently evaluated. This chapter proposes to investigate the motivational factors of the usage of Web tools 2.0 by companies' team members. In particular, the research is focused on e-learning based on Web 2.0 tools for training sessions organized by companies in Romania. The in-depth analysis revealed that this generally positive perception of using the e-learning course is founded on a series of objective aspects, identified in a multiple linear regression model, ranging from the perception of the benefit of professional development to the subjective character given by user experience (UX).
User Experience Measurement
Authors: Akputu Oryina Kingsley , Attai Kingsley Friday
Published: October 2020

User experience (UX) measurement has become a powerful component in determining the usability success or failure of products or services that are marketed via e-business channels. Succcess in the e-business does not only depend on building stellar software interfaces but also on competitive receptiveness to customers experience or feedback. Only e-businesses that can effectively measure the UX to forecast and understand the future are able to stay afloat and not get drown in the highly competitive market. The development of various UX metrics and measurement techniques have helped to quantify user feedack but most of these rely on different contextual assumptions. As a result, choosing appropriate UX techniques that match a particular business need becomes difficult for most e-business concerns. This chapter provides an overview of recent UX measurement techniques that are relevant to the e-business settings in the Web 2.0 era. The objective is to elaborate on what tools that have been employed in literature to measure UX and possibly how these can be employed in practice.
UX and E-Commerce
Authors: Carter Silvia
Published: October 2020

E-commerce is expected to see considerable growth in the next years anywhere all over the world. A trend that has been accelerated by the COVID-19. To succeed in this increasingly global and increasingly competitive landscape, e-commerce companies need to attract more and more traffic, the condition for getting clients. The questions “How important is UX for increasing the e-commerce sales?” and “Do geography and culture impact the UX performance?” are therefore essential. This chapter on the one hand analyzes the specific e-commerce UX elements and dimensions, and on the other hand compares strengths and weaknesses in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America to find UX international best practices. Keywords: Ecommerce, Online Sales, Cross-Border, International, Marketplaces, Geo-Cultural Adaptation, Ux Elements, Ux Dimensions, Worldwide, Global
Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship
Authors: da Silva Francisco Parrança , Batista Bruna F.
Published: October 2020

The education of global citizens prepared to live with each other and one another in a fair, respectful and sustainable way has taken a high place at the heart of education systems, politics and practices in different parts of the world. This document presents a systematic review, carried through a survey of a cohort of articles that portray pedagogical practices of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and/or Global Citizenship of children (three-to-thirteen) in school context. For this systematic review three search phases/stages were performed/took place: a) definition of keywords, b) definition of exclusion and inclusion criteria, and c) construction of three tables that will serve the purpose of data collection for later analysis. A descriptive analysis will be carried out as a way of assessing which pillars of Sustainable Development (SD), sustainability themes, pedagogical strategies and key competences for SD are most representative in reported practices in early childhood education.
Transposition of the Public Events With Violent Visual
Authors: Çelebi Esra
Published: October 2020

People who are sensitive to the subject realize the seriousness of the situation and made an effort to raise awareness of the society. In order to increase the awareness, activism movements against social events have started and the organizastion of activist protests has become more visible with the use of digital platforms and spread to the large masses has accelerated. In this chapter the element of violence existing in the advertising poster works of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), activists, and artists are semantically analyzed by using the semiotic method. Indicators are a form of interpretation used to understand and explicate the truth behind what we see. The importance of image is rather important in visual semiotics. In addition, it will explain the targeted messages given to the public by using violence indicator and common sense, but contrarily, the situation projected innocent by drawing an aesthetic framework. Awareness will be raised to those messages that are shown innocently.
Flipping Statistics Education
Authors: Elder Adam C. , Crain-Dorough Mindy
Published: October 2020

This chapter presents a new approach to teaching research methodology courses in doctoral programs by incorporating a flipped classroom structure and a research-practice partnership within a larger guided project-based learning framework as a means of developing students' research self-efficacy. The theoretical underpinnings for each component are described along with a summary of relevant literature. The chapter discusses the development and implementation of this pedagogical technique in a graduate statistics course in a practitioner-oriented educational leadership doctoral program. The chapter concludes with reflections on the strengths and challenges of this approach from students and the course instructor and how this technique builds students' research self-efficacy.
Catalan Sociolinguistics
Authors: Mollà Orts Toni
Published: October 2020

Humans learned to talk a thousand years ago, but our written abilities are more modern. Technological progress—from writing to digitalization—have crucially changed the way we communicate with each other. Yet, research about linguistic uses, which happens under the area of sociolinguistics, is only a modern phenomenon. In fact, the concept sociolinguistics was only coined in 1949. In the Catalan culture, the first sociolinguistic studies took the form of anti-Franco essays. It was only during the late 1960s that these essays took a sociological dimension thanks to Lluís-Vicent Aracil and Rafael-Lluís Ninyoles. Nowadays, in a context of increasing multidisciplinary approaches, Catalan sociolinguistic studies have become a hybrid field. For the discipline, the main challenge that lies ahead is how find its own perspective and how to incorporate theoretical and methodological tools without eroding the goal of sustaining a collective identity, which is the ultimate purpose that led to its foundation.
Teatre Lliure, En Procés
Authors: Orazi Veronica
Published: October 2020

En Procés is a project resulting from the collaboration between Lluís Pasqual and Joan Yago. They invited 11 Catalan playwrights to compose as many short plays on the facts relating to the referendum of October the 1st 2017, based on three principles: 10-minute duration, no set design, and involvement of up to three actors. The project reaffirms the social role of theatre and renews the model of the Teatro de urgencia, capable of recording history and immediate reality. It, however, transcends the context in which it was conceived and is projected into a global dimension, because it reflects universal social, humanitarian, and political principles. The chapter studies the techniques and strategies with which each author has interpreted and recreated the episodes that inspired him/her, emphasizing the close link between politics, society, theatre, and identity.
The Significance of Herzberg and Taylor for the Gig Economy of China
Authors: Mukhopadhyay Boidurjo Rick , Chatwin Chris R.
Published: October 2020

This article investigates the motivation of contingent workers in the gig economy of China, particularly focusing on the two Mobile Food Delivery Aggregators (MFDA) - Meituan and Ele.me that controls over 80% of the food delivery market in China. The convenience of one ‘super-app' on phone, offered by each of these companies, allows users to order a diversified range of products and services starting from food, clothing to travel booking and ride-hailing. Online food ordering, however, tops the chart of online orders and this creates millions of food delivery rider jobs/gigs in mainland China. This paper draws key insights from the employee motivation theories by Herzberg and Taylor which underpins the findings and thematic discussion of this qualitative paper. While it is important to recognise that the usage growth of these MFDAs and consequently new gig creation is exponentially growing, the implications of this research would inform these online platform-based companies how to better design motivational factors or incentives to boost their employee satisfaction, engagement and levels of commitments in the colossal Gig economy of mainland China.
Stock Characteristics and Individual Herding
Authors: Wong Tze Sun
Published: October 2020

Individuals who invest stocks in a market with excess volatility generally end up selling or holding the stocks at losses. The purpose of this study was to examine individual herding as it related to three comprehensible stock characteristics, market capitalization, price-to-book ratio, and industry affiliation. The target population was the individual investors who traded in Taiwan Stock Exchange in 2016. Data were collected through subscription. Based on Lakonishok, Shleifer, and Vishny's measure, individual herding was significant. The three stock characteristics were separately and as a whole related to individual herding. The findings confirmed sell-herding higher than buy-herding, more serious herding in high market capitalization stocks, and broad industry herding. The findings also extended knowledge to comparable herding levels with 8 to 10 years ago, more linearity between log market capitalization and log odds of herd occurrence, and less herding in P/B ratio stocks with other independent variables controlled.
Demystifying the Power of Blockchain Technology in Supply Chain Management
Authors: Bhadoria Robin Singh , Sharma Neha , Pandey Manish Kumar
Published: October 2020

Modern supply chain management systems have evolved into a complex and critical system. Thus, it has grown more interesting to verify the source of products and its visibility as it is moving through the supply chain network. The application of blockchain technology and Internet of Things (IoT) are likely to affect the supply chain management objectives such as cost, quality, speed, dependability, risk reduction, sustainability, and flexibility. This paper presented the concept of how blockchain technology and IoT can help to achieve supply chain objectives. This research focuses on the impact of blockchain on current and future supply chain management systems.
Investigating the Antecedents and Role of Usage Fatigue on Online Commerce Usage Decrease
Authors: Agozie Divine Quase , Nat Muesser , Edu Sampson Abeeku
Published: October 2020

The internet has made the digital ecosystem a viable commerce destination, but has also made it a content and media dystopia. Illegal access to user information and the frequent data breaches have sparked interest in privacy protection behaviour. Privacy focused technologies have emerged to provide personalized privacy assurance. It is as if a digital civil war is underway, and the online commerce industry is the collateral damage. The study investigates the antecedents and influence of usage fatigue on online commerce usage decrease. Structural equation modelling is used to analyze responses from three higher education institutions in Cyprus. Five hundred eighty-seven responses are drawn and used for the analysis. User anonymity, perceived effectiveness of industry-self regulation, and privacy literacy are the main antecedents of usage fatigue. Usage fatigue positively influences online commerce usage decrease and is more apparent among with people higher perception of industry self-regulation, an indication of low effectiveness of industry self-regulation of online commerce in the region.
Behavioral Intention Toward Online Food Purchasing
Authors: Suhartanto Dwi , Ismail Tuan Ahmad Tuan , Leo Gundur , Triyuni Ni Nyoman , Suhaeni Tintin
Published: October 2020

Despite the dramatic increase in the online food business, empirical studies on behavioral intentions across different purchase levels have been overlooked. This study is intended to assess behavioral intention towards online food purchasing including e-service quality, food quality, perceived value, and customer satisfaction across three different purchasing levels: light, medium, and heavy purchasers. A survey of 475 online food purchasers was conducted from in Bandung City, Indonesia. The results show that the formation model of behavioral intention including e-service quality, food quality, perceived value, and customer satisfaction is reliable. Further, the analysis results have also revealed that there is evidence of differences when the variables were tested across purchase levels. Lastly, this study emphasizes that food quality is an important factor in influencing behavioral intention across all online food purchase levels. The consequences of these findings were examined from both theoretical and managerial practices perspectives.
Ethics and Social Responsibility in Justice Decision Making
Authors: Rascão José Poças , Poças Nuno Gonçalo
Published: October 2020

Today, the concern with ethical principles and moral values makes us reflect on this complex and turbulent society, but with social responsibilities. This concept has become relevant to globalization of societies, companies, institutions, and all those who relate to any of these organizations. This concept is the basis of the research that seeks to identify and analyze the ethical and social responsibilities of legal professionals. The aim of the work is to contribute to a reflection on the ethical and social responsibility of legal professionals, based on the aggregation of existing literature. The structure of the article summarizes the existing academic works, seeking to generate new knowledge. The article seeks in the first place to identify the issues of ethics and social responsibility of legal professionals by focusing more in detail on one (s) of them.
Trust Management
Authors: Kumar Vikas , Pradhan Prasann
Published: October 2020

Trust and identity are the fundamental issues to both the social as well as digital environments. An individual or a group require both of these identities to recognize, interact, and communicate in the present day social and digital worlds. In the social environment, the concept of trust and identity are different than in digital environments, but without a clear sense of identity, there can be a no ground for building the trust. Trust is helpful in supporting the identity to survive and to build relations with other identity in a particular environment. Trust management on the other hand provides a basis to establish the trust and ensure its continuity and longevity. This article compares the social and digital identities with respect to trust issues in the present-day digital scenario. Characteristics, identification process, and lifecycle of both the identities have been presented along with the threats. The work is very helpful in mapping the social scenario to the digital scenario.
The Legal Dilemma in Governing the Privacy Right of E-Commerce Users
Authors: Albakjaji Mohamad , Adams Jackson , Almahmoud Hala , Al Shishany Amer Sharafaldean
Published: October 2020

Protecting users' privacy rights has become a great challenge during the age of technological advancement in areas of digital media and digital communication, such as the internet and e-commerce. Dissemination of personal data over networks has become quite easy, widespread, and uncontrollable. This has created various concerns for online consumers in regard to privacy breaches and made it quite difficult for current regulations and statutes to address data confidentiality violations in many national states. Therefore, the paper discusses one of the contemporary challenging issues: the challenge of new technology and e-commerce to the right to privacy. The aim of this paper is to investigate the implementation of the right to privacy and the effectiveness of the current USA legal system in governing online transactions by drawing on the various notions embedded in the concept of privacy in general and e-privacy in particular. The method adopted for the legal perspective is case studies, where the USA legal context will be explored.
Hiring the Best Job Applicants?
Authors: Lewis Anthony , Thomas Brychan Celfyn
Published: October 2020

Human resources (HR) management professionals have been using different methods of social media (SM) in their recruitment strategies with varying degrees of success. Through examining SM and its effect, this can support the development of a more effective HR recruitment strategy. This research investigates effects and issues associated with SM and recruitment and whether SM is effective as an innovative e-entrepreneurship method of hiring the best job applicants for enterprises. Professionals, recruiters, and employees were questioned on their views of SM from a personal and professional perspective through a variety of methods including focus groups and questionnaires. It is argued that the advantages of using SM for online recruitment include increased efficiency and convenience for both potential employees and enterprises, whereas where the systems are not designed correctly, it can create increased difficulties for the enterprises in communicating with potential employees. A framework is provided that can be used by enterprises in order to create their own SM recruitment cycle.
Dose–volume analysis of acute gastrointestinal complications in cervical cancer undergoing definitive concurrent chemoradiation
Authors: Kumar Anup , Tudu Rajanigandha , Singh Rashmi , Raina Payal
Published: October 2020

Context:

Definitive concurrent chemoradiation with brachytherapy is the prime modality of treatment of cervical cancer. The small bowel is one of the critical organs responsible for gastrointestinal complications.

Aims:

This study aims to analyze the relation of small bowel dosimetric parameters with the incidence of acute gastrointestinal complications.

Subjects and Methods:

The study analyzed 40 patients of stage IIB–IVA who underwent concurrent chemoradiation with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and weekly cisplatin from June 2017 to June 2018. The small bowel was contoured as the organ of risk. Dose–volume histogram parameters of the small bowel subjected to analysis were mean dose, maximum dose, the total volume of organ receiving 20 Gy, 40 Gy, and 45 Gy (V20-45), and the volume of V20-45 to total volume (V20-45 ratio). Gastrointestinal toxicity was graded using CTCAE version 5.0 criteria. Association between dosimetric parameters and incidence of 1–2 gastrointestinal complications were evaluated.

Results:

A total of forty patients treated with concurrent chemoradiation were analyzed. Seven patients reported Grade 1, whereas three patients reported Grade 2 gastrointestinal complications. None of the patients reported Grade 3 or higher gastrointestinal complication. Patients with gastrointestinal complications had greater V30-45 and mean dose as compared to those without gastrointestinal complication.

Conclusions:

Dosimetric parameters of small bowel should be evaluated to reduce the incidence of gastrointestinal complications.
Incidence of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers in Indian and the global regions
Authors: Labani Satyanarayana , Asthana Smita , Rathore Kushal , Sardana Kabir
Published: October 2020

Background:

Incidence of common types of skin cancers in India is not reported and its comparison with global load would be helpful statistics.

Aim:

The aim of this study is to summarize and report recent skin cancer incidence in India and to compare it with the incidence globally.

Materials and Methods:

Age-specific rates and age-adjusted rates (AARs) of the incidence of skin cancer for all ages (0–75 years) were collected from India and the world, respectively, from the National Cancer Registry Programme and GLOBOCAN 2018.

Results:

The AAR per 100,000 of melanoma of the skin was highest in the North region of India for both males and females with 1.62 and with 1.21, respectively. The incidence of nonmelanoma of the skin or other skin cancers for males was highest in the East region with 6.2 and for females in Northeast with 3.49. Among nonmelanoma, northeast region showed the maximum incidence for both male (75.6) and female (43.6) sexes. Globally, AAR of melanoma of skin for males was highest in the Western Pacific region with 36.9 and for the females; AAR was highest in the European region with 31.7. The incidence of nonmelanoma of the skin or other skin cancers for males was highest in the Western pacific region with 225.4 and 68.6 for females.

Conclusion:

Summary of the incidence rates of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers which shows that though there are regional variations of incidence in India is lower than that of in the West.
Classification of pro-$p$ PD$^2$ pairs and the pro-$p$ curve complex
Authors: Wilkes Gareth
Published: October 2020

We classify pro-

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Poincaré duality pairs in dimension two. We then use this classification to build a pro-

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analogue of the curve complex and establish its basic properties. We conclude with some statements concerning separability properties of the mapping class group.
Impact of parity and gestational age of mothers with hypertension on birth weight, red blood cells and mode of delivery of their babies
Authors: Okoye Helen Chioma , Efobi Chilota Chibuife , Chinawa Josephat Maduabuchi , Odetunde Odutola Israel , Chinawa Awoere Tamunosiki , Aniwada Elias Chikee
Published: October 2020

Background: Maternal factors are determinants of birth outcome which includes birth weight, haematological indices and mode of delivery of their babies.Objectives: To determine the impact of parity and gestational age of hypertensive mothers on some neonatal variables.Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study of measurement of neonatal variables (birth weight, red blood cells and mode of delivery) among hypertensive mothers and their controls was conducted over a period of six months. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences program (SPSS), version 20.Results: There were statistically significant differences in means between the neonates of the hypertensive group and non-hypertensive group for maternal age (t =1.61, p = 0.002), baby weight (t =2.87, p < 0.001), haemoglobin (Hb) (t =4.65, p = 0.010) and packed cell volume (PCV) (t =4.75, p = 0.009), but none for gravidity (t =1.95, p = 0.927)For all subjects, there was poor correlation between gestational age and variables; birth weight , haemoglobin (Hb), packed cell volume (PCV), nucleated red blood cell (nRBC) and parity. Likewise, parity poorly correlated with variables; age, birth weight, Hb, PCV, and nRBC. There was a statistically significant association between mode of delivery and hypertension (χ2 =53.082, p <0.001) but none with having a family history of hypertension (χ2 =1.13, p = 0.287).Conclusion: Parity and gestational age of mothers with hypertension have no impact on birth weight and red cells when compared with their non-hypertensive counterparts. However, mothers of babies delivered by elective and emergency caesarean section were about 2-3 times more likely to be hypertensive than those that delivered through spontaneous vertex delivery.Keywords: Hypertension; neonate; gestational age; parity.