bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Role of Digitalization of Human Capital Strategies in Developing Employee Quality at PT. Tuah Turangga Agung
Authors: Qohar Muhammad Fikri Bivani Al , Bagus Ujang , Andriani Aulia , Hermawan Fachrezi Rizki , Baidawih Muhammad Hafidz , Pratama Muhammad Yoga , Wulani Revi Dwi , Rahma Rana Ardila
Published: July 2024

The digitalization of human capital strategies has become a crucial element in enhancing employee quality in the current digital era. In an increasingly interconnected and dynamic business environment, companies need to adopt innovative approaches to strengthen and optimize their human resources. Human capital comprises a combination of knowledge, skills, innovation, and individual capabilities to create value in achieving specific goals. However, the quality of employees at PT. Tuah Turangga Agung, especially in terms of digitalization, still needs improvement. Employee development plans related to digitalization have not been fully realized. This research aims to explore the role of digitalized human capital strategies in enhancing employee quality at the company. Through the application of information and communication technology, companies can improve efficiency in human resource management. Digital innovation and automation enable companies to recruit, identify potential talents, and track employee progress more effectively. This study employs descriptive qualitative and quantitative methods to depict the impact of digitalized human capital strategies on employee quality development. The results indicate a significant and positive effect, urging companies to invest in digital solutions to enhance their workforce quality.
Implementasi Metode Six Sigma dengan Pendekatan DMAIC untuk Meminimalisasi Kecacatan Produk Pancong Pocong UMKM Ketintang
Authors: Ahmad Imaniar , Muttaqin Benazir Imam Arif , Chandra Huki
Published: July 2024

SME’s Pancong Pocong Ketintang, an SME’s in Surabaya, is currently facing problems with its products and packaging. Packaging is often not tight and breaks easily, causing the topping to overflow and the packaging to become dirty. To reduce packaging defects, the Six Sigma method with the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) approach is used. This method is effective in reducing defects and improving quality. The result of this research is that the researcher defines the types of defects that exist and determines critical to quality. In the measurement stage, the average DPMO value is 157,088, which means it has a sigma level of 2.51. At the analyze stage, the results obtained from the Pareto diagram showed that the most dominant type of defect was overflowing packaging, amounting to 48%. In the improvement stage, improvements are made using the kaizen five m checklist tool which consists of man, material, method and environment. The final stage, the improvement control provided can be implemented on an ongoing basis by implementing operational standards.
Perancangan WhatsApp Blasting sebagai Sistem Recruitment di PT. Tuah Turangga Agung
Authors: Wibowo Enrique , Bagus Ujang , Andriani Aulia , Rizki Fachrezi , Hafidz Muhammad , Pratama Muhammad Yoga , Agustiyani Noppy , Nugraha Asep Erik
Published: July 2024

One of the developments in information technology in today's digital era is the design of information systems. According to this research, using WhatsApp Blasting can improve the performance of the recruitment system. The purpose of this research is to improve the manual method for recruitment. This research is based on design, which is followed by the need for a more automated recruitment process. Surveys and interviews were the data collection methods used to understand the problems faced in the conventional recruitment process. By using WhatsApp Blasting, prospective candidates can receive mass messages that help them communicate better and speed up the selection process. The results showed a decrease in time and cost as well as an increase in responsiveness and efficiency. This study supports the transformation of recruitment systems towards more automated and efficient methods. In addition, the platform provides convenience for both companies and candidates.
Analisis Kelayakan Investasi Usaha Peternakan Ayam Guna Memenuhi Kebutuhan Telur di UD. Hadhita Jaya Makmur
Authors: Afied Putra Mahendra , Murnawan Herry
Published: July 2024

Feasibility Analysis of Investing in a Chicken Farming Business to Meet the Need for Eggs which aims to determine the feasibility of a business. In an analysis of the feasibility of establishing a business, it can be carried out through several aspects, namely a monetary perspective, a special perspective, a market perspective using several methods, namely Draft Budget (RAB), Net Present Value (NPV), Net Benefit Ratio (NET B/C ) Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Payback Period (PP) and). This analysis produces data that shows the RAB of the feasibility of UD's business investment. Hadhita Jaya Makmur amounting to Rp. 1,470,669,000, with an NPV of Rp. 347,561,231 IRR is 43%, then the business PP is for 2 years, and the NET B/C is 3. According to the existing analysis regarding feasibility here it can be concluded that investment in the UD.Hadita Jaya Makmur business has met the feasibility of business investment, because has a positive NPV value, higher IRR on funding costs, relatively short PP, and larger NET B/C and is financially profitable for this business.
Karakteristik Penggunaan Limbah Serbuk Kaca pada Campuran Aspal Laston (AC-BC) Terhadap Parameter Marshall
Authors: Syafi Ilham Maulana , Hartatik Nurani , Rizkiardi Aditya
Published: July 2024

The increasing volume of transportation users annually has had an unstable impact on the quality of infrastructure construction, particularly on asphalt roads. Therefore, there is a need for monitoring to effectively and efficiently address damages to asphalt roads. One method of maintenance or repair for asphalt pavement that exceeds the planned lifespan in the Asphalt Concrete Binder Course (AC-BC) layer is through the diversion of common filler materials using the Marshall method. The researcher aims to explore the substitution of common filler materials, one of which involves utilizing waste glass powder to enhance layer stability. The waste glass powder material utilized is sourced from the production remnants of CV Sari Jaya Aluminum, located in Mojokerto. The research aims to investigate the impact of waste glass powder on Marshall parameters AC-BC Laston layer. The optimal and most efficient outcome obtained from the use of waste glass powder filler influence is a filler variation level of 2.5% with a planned asphalt content of 6.0%. All the obtained Marshall characteristic parameter results have met the requirements of the General Specification of Bina Marga (revision 2) Year 2018.
Analisis Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Produktivitas Tenaga Kerja pada Proyek Pembangunan Perumahan Opra City Gresik Jawa Timur
Authors: Bagaskara Jordan Setyo , Triana Masca Indra
Published: July 2024

Labor productivity is one of the main elements in determining the success of a construction project. The purpose of this research was to find out what factors influence labor productivity. This research was conducted at the Opra City Gresik Housing Development Project. The method used to find the relationship between productivity and factors that influence productivity is the Productivity Rating method, multiple linear regression analysis method, t test, F test (Anova) and coefficient of determination using statistical software, namely SPSS version 23. There are other analysis methods that are used. used are the validity test, reliability test and normality test used in testing the questionnaire. The level of worker productivity is 81.80%. This can be said to be quite satisfactory, because the Worker Utility Factor is more than 50%. There are seven factors that are most dominant in influencing productivity, namely uncertain weather, lack of material availability, damaged equipment, education level, age, worker motivation and quality of supervision.
Optimasi Durasi Proyek dengan Penambahan Tenaga Kerja dan Jam Kerja Metode What If pada Proyek Pembangunan Gedung Soetandyo Universitas Airlangga
Authors: Mardiah Arifa , Tjendani Hanie Teki
Published: July 2024

Project delay is one of the impacts of decreased performance, and this can result in schedule setbacks and other forms of losses that will be experienced by service providers and service users. The purpose of this research is to find the optimum duration in accelerating the duration for delays of 10%-40%. In the Airlangga University Soetandyo Building Construction Project, there was a deviation in field realization progress of -9.210% and the cause of the initial delay was deep foundation work. What if is one method or strategy that can help project delay management by adding workers and increasing working hours on jobs in the critical path that are experiencing delays. As for the 10% delay, 78 additional workers and 19 additional working hours were obtained, for the 20% delay, 223 additional workers and 25 additional working hours were obtained, and for the 30% delay, 205 additional workers and 39 additional working hours were obtained
Analisis Karakteristik dan Kebutuhan Parkir di Pasar Tradisional Dukun, Kabupaten Gresik Jawa Timur
Authors: Khoiruddin Khoiruddin , Hartatik Nurani , Mawariza Putri
Published: July 2024

This research contains parking problems at the Dukun traditional market, Gresik Regency, East Java. From the results of a survey that has been carried out, the on-street parking at the Dukun Traditional Market is unable to accommodate the surge in vehicles visiting the market during peak market hours. The use of on-street parking spaces is not optimal and less regular, resulting in visitors parking their vehicles in random places and creating traffic disruptions. In this research, researchers will use the parking patrol survey method and the parking space inventory survey method to analyze the characteristics, capacity and needs of the Dukun Traditional Market. The aim of this survey is to find out how many parking lots are available in the study area and to calculate the number of parking spaces available at the research location.  The research results recorded that the maximum accumulation occurred on Sunday, April 28 2024 with 93 motorbikes and 12 cars, as well as a significant spike at 06.01–07.00 WIB. The maximum motorbike parking volume occurred on Thursday, May 2 2024 with the highest motorbike volume reaching 295 vehicles, and cars reaching 31 vehicles. The longest parking duration for motorbikes is Wednesday, May 1 2024 (267 minutes), and cars are Monday, April 29 2024 (201 minutes). The maximum parking turnover rate occurs on Thursday, May 2 2024 with 4.91 Kend/day/space for motorbikes, and 1.91 Kend/day/space for cars. The maximum parking index for motorbikes and cars is 156%, exceeding 100%, respectively. The current parking space capacity is insufficient, so the Dukun Traditional Market requires additional parking space of 141 m2 for motorbikes and 138 m2 for cars. In conclusion, the current condition of parking spaces exceeds the existing parking capacity.
Analisis Tingkat Risiko pada Proyek Pembangunan Perumahan Grand Eastern Surabaya dengan Metode Severity Index
Authors: Febryan Daniswara Fawwaz , Tjendani Hanie Teki
Published: July 2024

The Grand Eastern Surabaya housing development project is one of the housing projects owned by East Park Regensi which is the second stage of development of the Eastern Park Residence housing. The study aims to identify risks relevant to the Grand Eastern Surabaya housing construction project. The study used validity tests and reliability tests with the help of IBM SPSS software to determine the suitability of risk variables and to know the consistency of the risk variable in the Grand Eastern Surabaya housing construction project. Using the severity index and the probability impact matrix methods, it was found that there are 2 risks with very low categories, 10 risks in low Categories, 4 risks for medium categories and 6 risks of high categories.
Implementasi Metode Swot dan Lean Canvas Sebagai Upaya Menghadapi Persaingan Bisnis di CV. FJG
Authors: Imama Nuzulia , Hariastuti Ni Luh Putu
Published: July 2024

The growth and development of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have an important role in the national economy, including creating jobs and encouraging regional economic growth. CV FJG as one of the MSMEs in the industrial sector faces challenges when its income does not reach its target. To overcome these problems, CV FJG implemented a business development strategy using the IFE (Internal Factor Evaluation) and EFE (External Factor Evaluation) matrix analysis methods, as well as other methods. IFE and EFE matrix analysis helps companies identify and evaluate internal and external factors that influence their performance. Meanwhile, SWOT analysis is used to build strategies based on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats faced. Lean Canvas enables companies to design more efficient business models and respond more quickly to market developments. Through this approach, CV FJG is expected to increase revenue and achieve predetermined business goals.
Compliance of Haditha Dam in Iraq to the International Standards for Surveillance and Monitoring
Authors: Hadi Alyaa Jumaah , Mohammed Thamer Ahmed
Published: July 2024

Dams are mega structures that retain huge volumes of water and their safety is important to national security, economy, and public interest. In this study, the types of regular measurements with their recorded value for Haditha Dam were checked for compliance with the standard international surveillance and monitoring procedures such as the procedures of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)and other to ensure safe dam operation and to avoid the scenario of the Derna Dam break, in Libya that occurred in September 2023. The result shows that the highest recorded settlement was found at station 41 on the left side of the dam body exceeding the design criteria (219 mm) by about 51 %, the frequency of measurement does not comply with the required international standards. There are 7 cells of pore pressure that exceeded the design criteria and the greatest percentage of exceedance was 21.57 % was found at pore pressure number 995. For piezometer reading, the percentage exceedance was 9.1% and it was found on the left side at piezometers number 58-8. The highest percentage of movement 62 % was found at join meter device number D18. The recorded seepage rate through the dam was found within the permitted limits. The visual inspection followed at Haditha Dam was not according to the standard required inspection.
The Financial Crisis Affecting the Construction Sector
Authors: Mahdi Zainab A. , Muhsin Ibrahim F.
Published: July 2024

Today's world is witnessing continuous development, particularly in the construction sector, which is meeting the rising population and their need for essential facilities; this is one of the reasons why construction is witnessing such development. Different crises significantly affect this sector, including the financial crisis in different countries. This paper identifies the financial crises, their categories, and the reasons for appearing them.  Inflation, currency exchange fluctuations, and the drop in global oil prices are the most important reasons for the emergence of external financial crises, especially in Iraq, which considers oil an important economic resource for its budget. The unexpected global financial events led to an economic collapse that affected the construction sector. Many large projects in Iraq have been put on hold as a result of these conditions due to the country's lack of resources to address these crises. This paper aims to study and identify potential crises and potential responses and mitigation strategies for each crisis stage.
On Unique Minimal $$\boldsymbol{L}^{\boldsymbol{p}}$$-Norm Harmonic or Holomorphic Function Which Takes Given Value in a Fixed Point
Authors: Żynda T. Ł.
Published: July 2024

First, it will be shown that Banach spaces $$V$$ of harmonic or holomorphic functions with $$L^{p}$$ norm satisfy minimal norm property, i.e., in any set

$$V_{z,c}:=\{f\in V\>|\>f(z)=c\},$$

if nonempty, there is exactly one element with minimal norm. Later, it will be proved that this element depends continuously on a deformation of a norm and on an increasing sequence of domains in a precisely defined sense.
Analysis of Factors Affecting Intention in Using Google Classroom in Post-Pandemic Era with UTAUT2 Approach
Authors: Djimesha Enrico Samuel , Suryani Erma
Published: July 2024

A pandemic that happened a few years ago has forced universities around the world to adopt online learning. This was driven by government regulations that forced society to adopt health protocols and social distancing. The adoption of Google Classroom as a learning management system (LMS) has potential for universities because of its relatively lower cost than other LMSs, its ability to integrate with Google Meet, an online video conference application, and its ability to help manage learning files. XYZ University provides learning management services through Google Classroom. However, the usage of this LMS post-pandemic decreases after the social distancing regulation is lifted. This has become attention for the researcher to analyze and give recommendations to XYZ University on improving the usage of Google Classroom in the post-pandemic era to digitalize and centralize the learning process in a system. The researcher has designed the research stages, starting with problem formulation, using the UTAUT2 approach, analysis with PLS-SEM, and providing recommendations for the university. This model resulted in two factors affecting the acceptance of Google Classroom: performance expectancy and habit. Also, this model explains 56.5% of behavioral intention on using Google Classroom and 59.9% of use behavior of Google Classroom. This study recommends the institution to enforce the use of Google Classroom for every learning activity so that both faculty members and students are used to using it. This study also recommends the institution to socialize about the features and advantages of Google Classroom to help users aware of the positive impact of using Google Classroom on learning activities.
Humanitarian component in Tatar confessional schools of the 19th – early 20th centuries (using the example of an essay on logic “Isaguji”)
Authors: Salakhov A. M.
Published: July 2024

The article gives a brief description of the work on logic “Isaguji” by Athir ad-din al-Abhari, which has become widespread in the Muslim East, in general, and in the Tatar public education system, in particular, which would make a certain contribution to the study of the content of the educational process in Tatar confessional schools of the indicated period. The paper provides some brief information on the history of the emergence of Logic as a science, as well as it mentions the contribution of Muslim scientists to its development. Al-Abhari's work is a propaedeutic to Logic and in terms of content, it can be divided into the following main sections: about words, about definitions, about types of judgments and inferences. The study of such a subject as Logic in Tatar madrasahs to a certain extent contributed, along with other disciplines, to the development of students’ mental activity and expanded their understanding of the surrounding reality.
The role of Muslim organizations in North Ossetia in the development of interfaith relations in the republic in the early 1990s and late 2010s.
Authors: Kasparyan K. V. , Kolesnikov I. N. , Rutkovskaya M. V.
Published: July 2024

This article is devoted to the study of the specific features of the participation of North Ossetian Islamic spiritual organizations in the development of interreligious relations in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in the late twentieth and the first decades of the 21stcenturies and their role in the development of the spiritual sphere of the republic’s public life and the stabilization of the political situation in this territorial subject of the Russian Federation. This study examines the features of the peacekeeping activities of the Muslim community of North Ossetia in the republic and in the North Caucasus as a whole. This article examines the role of the chairman of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of North Ossetia A.H. Evteev, H.M. Tavkazakhov and H.H. Gatsalov in the formation and the development of interfaith dialogue in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
The role of Islam in public consciousness in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the 1990s-2000s.
Authors: Lyukhurov M. Н.
Published: July 2024

This article is devoted to the analysis of the specific features of the formation and development of the system of Islamic religious institutions in Kazakhstan in the 1990s – 2000s and their role in the development of public consciousness of the Kazakh society. The author studies the process of revival of the Muslim religion in the Kazakh state during the period under study, taking into account all aspects that caused the rapid and intensive nature of this process. The article analyzes the policy of the political leadership of the Republic of Kazakhstan in relation to the Islamic religion, examines the role of Islamic educational and cultural centers in strengthening the foundations of the Muslim religion.
“I don’t want to harm anyone!”: Evgeny Ladnov and his Life Paths
Authors: Barinov Igor ,   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Korovchenko Elena
Published: July 2024

The article studies the biography of Yevgeny Ladnov, one of the activists of the Belarusian People’s Republic (BNR), who held high positions in its government and headed the Belarusian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference. It is commonly believed that the changes brought by the 1917 revolution in Russia actively contributed to the formation of new life trajectories for low-ranking officials now occupying positions of authority, those of ministers and generals. In a number of cases, new identities emerged (in particular, the transition from Russian to Belarusian self-consciousness), but sometimes such changes were purely instrumental in nature and were merely a reaction to the times changing drastically. Using the case of Ladnov’s family history, it could be shown that the last scenario found its implementation long before the revolution, and the events of 1917 were just the next stage in the same process. Being an ethnic Pole and an inhabitant of the western borderlands of the Russian Empire, Ladnov, went through a series of situational changes from “Polishness” through “Russianness” to “Belarusianness”. At the same time, his personal energy contributed to the fact that he sincerely perceived the patterns inherent in each of the identities. The paper is based on previously unknown documents relating to Ladnov and his family.
Polish projects of moral disarmament in the interwar period: J. Pilsudski and J. Beck’s tactics
Authors: Kuzmicheva Anastasiia ,   Lomonosov Moscow State University
Published: July 2024

The article examines cooperation between Poland and the League of Nations in the interwar period. Specific attention is given to the role of Polish diplomacy in the development of the moral disarmament project. By “moral disarmament”, as opposed to material disarmament, implied the use of psychological, ethical, and ideological instruments to reduce aggression, create a favorable environment for peace, and encourage the resolution of conflicts through negotiation and diplomacy. Warsaw regularly emphasized the priority of moral disarmament over military disarmament, arguing that disarmament alone would not automatically end military conflicts if the will to fight persisted. These ideas fell on the fertile soil of diplomacy of the time and were perceived as an effective mechanism in the struggle for peace, as they organically fitted into the system of the Briand-Kellogg Pact and the Locarno agreements, representing a logical continuation and development of these ideas. However, despite their potential effectiveness, these projects were not destined to be implemented. This was partly due to the fact that already in the early 1930s, the actual head of Polish foreign policy, J. Piłsudski, came to the conclusion that the League of Nations as such, as well as the system of collective agreements, were ineffective. In that respect he preferred to build relations with neighbors bilaterally.
D. P. Svyatopolk-Mirsky on Slavs
Authors: Zadorozhnyuk Ella ,   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: July 2024

The article highlights the place of the Slavs in the work of D. P. Svyatopolk-Mirsky, first a Eurasianist and then a Marxist. The key role of Russian studies in his Slavic studies is noted. It is argued that the vast majority of Svyatopolk-Mirsky’s thoughts and assessments regarding the history of Russian literature have not yet been fully studied. Significant results on Ukrainian studies were presented in his articles of the 1920s and in an article in the Encyclopedia Britannica; Svyatopolk-Mirsky was one of the first to highlight the problems of Belarusian studies there. His legacy as a (geo)political thinker and researcher of culture and literature of other Slavic peoples, though unevenly represented throughout his body of work, is considered and evaluated: for example, a lot has been written by Svyatopolk-Mirsky about the Poles, and almost nothing about the southern Slavs, but still, when considering them, one can find not only accurate observations and assessments, but also original ideas.
Tereza Stanislavovna Holub. Textual criticism and textualists
Authors: Kurennaya Natalia ,   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: July 2024

The scientific collection about the life and work of T. S. Golub, a famous Belarusian literary critic and textual critic, winner of the M. Goretsky Literary Prize, traces the main stages of her scientific path, analyzes the contribution of the researcher to the development of national textual studies. The publication contains biographical and bio–bibliographic information about T. S. Golub, as well as describes her method of textual preparation of publications of multi-volume academic collections of works by classics of Belarusian literature – Yakub Kolas, Yanka Kupala, Mаksim Goretsky, Ivan. Shamyakin et al., carried out by a team of scientists from the Institute of Belarusian Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. The publication ends with an analytical article by T. S. Golub “On the centenary of the textual history of Belarusian literature».
International Scientific Conference “XVI Readings in Memory of Metropolitan Joseph of Lithuania and Vilna (Semashko)”
Authors: Dronov Mikhail ,   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sloistov Sergei ,   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: July 2024

On December 6–7, 2023, at the Minsk Theological Seminary, located in the agricultural town of Zhirovichi, Grodno region, XVI Readings in Memory of Metropolitan Joseph of Lithuania and Vilna (Semashko) were held.
Cognitive-linguistic profiles of German adults with dyslexia
Authors: Turker Sabrina , Eckert Linda , Hartwigsen Gesa
Published: July 2024

In the past years, educationalists and psychologists have extensively explored the reading profiles of English-speaking children with dyslexia who acquire a highly irregular and opaque orthography. Far less research has investigated reading in adults with dyslexia, especially in shallow, highly consistent orthographies like German. Addressing this gap, the current study explored cognitive-linguistic profiles of German-speaking adults with dyslexia. We provide evidence for fewer and weaker links between literacy and cognitive measures in adults with dyslexia when compared to typical readers, indicating a dissociation between cognitive and linguistic skills. Furthermore, group comparisons revealed persistent deficits in lexical access and word reading, phonological decoding and awareness, text reading comprehension, text reading speed, and spelling. In terms of cognitive abilities, only slight deficits in verbal working memory but no visuo-spatial impairments were found. In terms of language-related experiences, adults with dyslexia had considerably lower self-reported English skills and lower educational attainment. Generally, deficits in spelling, word reading, and phonological decoding were the best predictors of dyslexia, but the most widespread deficit was rapid automatized naming (i.e., speeded access to digits and letters). Our findings suggest a very heterogenous manifestation of dyslexia in German-speaking adults with low-level deficits (e.g., access to digits and letters, phonological decoding) persisting into adulthood. We thus confirm persistent phonological, reading and spelling deficits in German-speaking adults with dyslexia despite the shallow nature of the German orthographic system with highly consistent sound-letter mappings. Our findings may inform future intervention studies and help to better understand the manifestation of dyslexia across orthographic systems.
The Celestial Body Language Implied In The Planet Earth Upside Down
Authors: YAN HH
Published: July 2024

The Golden Law of the competition of expanding Vs. shrinking is implied in the celestial body language of the Moon and the planet Earth. The evolving of the Pacific Ocean shifting from the fast-expanding state to the mini-shrinking state of micro speed in the world map upside down (South Pole up and North Pole down) matches with the waxing and waning in the phase of the Moon exactly. As the master leading role of the planet Earth absolutely, the evolving process of the Pacific Ocean matching with the phase of the Moon may be concluded as following clue,Birth➨fast-expanding➨glorious maximum point➨mini-shrinking➨aging➨fade away forever on Earth.It is just the birth of the Pacific Ocean about 66 Ma ago and its competing with the (ancient) Atlantic Ocean (including the Indian and Arctic Ocean) for the expanding or shrinking state that triggered the full blooming of the residual ancient plates flower nowadays based on the unique super continental bud which symbolizing the golden time and the glorious period in the evolving history of the planet Earth that human being is experiencing. However, the Golden Law of the competition of expanding Vs. shrinking is also performed by human individual from generation to generation of decades, and even the beautiful flowers as well from year to year in mini time scale.
Rapport in Same and Mixed Neurotype Groups of Autistic and Non-autistic Adults
Authors: Foster Sarah , Ackerman Robert A. , Wilks Charlotte , Dodd Michelle , Calderon Rachel Maribella , Ropar Danielle , Fletcher-Watson Sue , Crompton Catherine J , Sasson Noah
Published: July 2024

Although autistic adults may establish better dyadic rapport with autistic relative to non-autistic partners, it is unclear whether this extends to group settings. The current study examined whether rapport differs between autistic groups, non-autistic groups, and mixed groups of autistic and non-autistic adults, and whether differing diagnostically from the rest of the group results in lower rapport. One hundred and forty-three adults were assigned to one of four group types of four participants each: all autistic, all non-autistic, non-autistic majority (3 non-autistic, 1 autistic), and autistic majority (3 autistic, 1 non-autistic). Groups participated in a 5-minute building activity and afterwards completed a 5-item rapport measure assessing their experience. The all-autistic groups reported the highest mean-level rapport on three rapport items (Enjoy, Successful, Friendly), with significantly higher rapport than the mixed groups on Enjoy and Friendly. At the individual level, autistic participants expressed more ease and enjoyment when interacting with other autistic adults relative to non-autistic adults, and their rapport declined as more non-autistic participants were included in the group. In contrast, rapport for non-autistic participants remained relatively consistent regardless of group composition. We discuss potential reasons why autistic participants were more affected by group composition than non-autistic participants.
Strategic Point Processes
Authors: Davidson Marty
Published: July 2024

Spatial point processes provide a way for researchers to describe event-based outcomes in a bounded study window. Commonly used processes, such as the Neyman-Scott processes, however, often lack the behavioral frameworks that social scientists need to analyze strategic interactions between cohorts of actors. Strategic point processes address this issue by framing spatial point processes as a fixed set of players who engage in a countably infinite number of sequential games in a bounded study window. In this setup, each player receives a random function as their spatial strategy and their observed joint strategies generate the point pattern formations researchers record from the real world. To introduce the logic of strategic point processes, this paper describes the basic assumptions of Neyman-Scott (NS) spatial games, which model the clustering tendencies of strategic actors. Next, this paper discusses how researchers can reconstruct NS spatial games using observational datasets. Finally, this paper discusses how researchers can use complete spatial randomness (CSR) as an analytic baseline to draw inferences from NS spatial games.
UK Men’s Online Accounts Triangulated with Global Reproductive Medical Experts’ Constructions of a Male Contraceptive Gel: A two study Discourse Analysis
Authors: Wilson Amanda , Mantey Maa-Afua
Published: July 2024

Objective: There is a lack of research into social acceptability of a male transdermal contraceptive gel (MCG). The objective was to explore men’s online accounts of a MCG and triangulate this with data from interviews with Reproductive Medical Experts to understand how the social acceptability is constructed.Study Design: The design was a two-study qualitative research project. Study 1 used Internet Mediated research on men’s comments to three newspaper articles published in the United Kingdom. Study 2 utilized interviews with Reproductive Medical Experts to illustrate their perceptions and understandings of a male transdermal contraceptive gel. Both studies were analyzed using discourse analysis.Results: The analysis resulted in 3 discourses emerging. Study 1, ‘Acceptable Among Men in Committed Relationships Only’; study 2, ‘A Broad Range of Male Contraceptive Options are Necessary’ and ‘NES/T Developed from Hormones in Female Contraception’. These discourses were dominant and occurred in over half of the participants accounts.Conclusion: There is a need for further options for men to take primary responsibility for contraception. The MCG was seen as relevant to those in committed relationships, with desire expressed for other new options for men in uncommitted relationships. Further, there were concerns over the side-effects both long-term and short term in study 1, with study 2 contradicting this showing that Nestorone has already safely been used in female contraceptives for over 50 years. These findings suggest that when participating in media interviews, Reproductive Medical Experts should emphasize how the MCG is derived from female contraceptives already proven safe.
The affective gradient hypothesis: An affect-centered account of motivated behavior
Authors: Shenhav Amitai
Published: July 2024

Everyone agrees that feelings and actions are intertwined, but cannot agree how. According to dominant models, actions are directed by estimates of value, and these values shape or are shaped by affect. I propose instead that affect is the only form of value that drives actions. Our mind constantly represents potential future states and how they would make us feel. These states collectively form a gradient reflecting feelings we could experience depending on actions we take. Motivated behavior reflects the process of traversing this affective gradient, towards desirable states and away from undesirable ones. This Affective Gradient Hypothesis solves the puzzle of where values and goals come from, and offers a parsimonious account of apparent conflicts between emotion and cognition.
Free recall is shaped by inference and scaffolded by event structure
Authors: Karagoz Ata , Kool Wouter , Reagh Zachariah
Published: July 2024

Though everyday life is continuous, people understand and remember experiences as discrete events separated by boundaries. Event boundaries influence the temporal structure of memory, and are thought to enhance encoding of boundary-adjacent information. However, the extent to which event boundaries influence memory for specific items, and their effect on memory in interactive environments is not well understood. Here, we designed a task to test how boundaries between hidden rules and uncertainty about those rules affect recall of item-level information. Participants responded to individual word stimuli, with words grouped by rules forming events, and abrupt shifts between rules causing event boundaries. Afterwards, participants freely recalled words from the task. Recall was clustered based on event structure, and contrary to predictions of theories of event cognition, recall was worse for words encoded immediately after event boundaries. These findings indicate that event structure and inference play important roles in shaping episodic memory.
Social identity switching: an investigation of non-demographic identities with computational-linguistic and self-report measures
Authors: Zinn Anna Kristina , Lavric Aureliu , Koschate-Reis Miriam
Published: July 2024

Recent research has shown that people can switch between demographic social identities seamlessly. The current studies advance social identity switching research by (1) moving beyond demographic identities to identities that are not perceptually distinguishable; (2) developing a new identity switching paradigm based on an implicit computational linguistic style measure of salience; and (3) including explicit self-report measures of switch effectiveness, task difficulty, and performance. In two within-subjects studies (N = 211 and N = 220), a short writing task was used to prompt a switch from participants’ parent identity to their feminist identity or a repetition of the feminist identity. Our findings from the implicit measure revealed no identity activation “cost” in the switch relative to the repetition condition, consistent with the previous findings for demographic identities. In contrast, the self-reported salience of the feminist identity was significantly lower in the identity switch condition than in the repetition condition. Study 2 also found little-to-no difference in self-rated performance or difficulty of the task between conditions, indicating no switch costs on perceived performance. We discuss possible reasons for the discrepancy between the implicit measure and the explicit salience measure as well as implications of the new paradigm and our findings.
Twin differences in the Minnesota Trust Game relate to neural mechanisms of suspiciousness
Authors: Kazinka Rebecca
Published: July 2024

Spite sensitivity, or the fear that a person is willing to intentionally take a loss to ensure that another person will as well, may be a key component in understanding persecutory ideation (the belief that others want to harm you). We implemented a co-twin control design to examine potentially causal relationships among persecutory ideation, spite sensitivity, and neural activity and connectivity. Sixty-nine participants (23 monozygotic twin pairs and an additional 23 unpaired monozygotic twins) completed the Minnesota Trust Game, a social decision-making game played asynchronously with an anonymous partner that targets spite sensitivity by varying the incentives of the partner. Participants with more self-reported persecutory ideation (relative to those with lower persecutory ideation) trusted less even when the partner was incentivized to be fair. Similarly, computational modeling showed that increased persecution was associated with greater beliefs of a partner’s spitefulness. Twins with greater beliefs of a partner’s spitefulness (relative to their co-twins) also reported higher persecution. In addition, twin differences in left lateral OFC activation during the task was associated with spite sensitivity. These results point towards a potentially causal role of the lateral OFC on spite sensitivity, and in turn causal impacts of spite sensitivity on persecutory ideation.
Análisis aerobiológico del relleno sanitario del Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado del cantón Salcedo
Authors: Córdova-Suárez Manolo , Vásconez Nicole , Solís Diego , Garcés-Sánchez E. , Ramos-Córdova Pilar
Published: July 2024

El volumen de generación de residuos sólidos urbanos depende de varios factores socio-económicos entre los que tenemos el nivel de vida de la población, el ingreso económico de los hogares y de la zona que se trate (rural o urbana). La disposición final de los desechos hospitalarios y comunes son manejados por el personal del relleno sanitario del cantón Salcedo, este se encuentra ubicado en el sector de Jachaguango. El estudio aerobiológico del aire generará resultados sobre la realidad atmosférica de los principales sectores en la que se desempeñan los trabajadores del relleno. La determinación de los microorganismos patógenos presentes en el relleno, permite generar una base importante de datos que aportarán en la disminución de enfermedades en los empleados y en la propagación de epidemias originadas por el transporte en el aire de estos patógenos.
Libro de resumenes del Congreso CICABI 2018
Authors: CICABI2018
Published: July 2024

La Edición 26-2 de la Revista Alimentos Ciencia e Ingeniería presenta a sus lectores una colección de la participación del I Congreso Internacional de Ciencia de los Alimentos y Biotecnología - CICABI, llevadi a cabo en el año 2018. Con esto, rendimos homenaje a todos quienes participaron en el mismo.
Biodegradable Packaging Made from Banana Peels
Authors: Lora Estefanía , Anave Alison , Iriarte Yesly , Pabón Aline , Pérez Adriana , Vidal Pamela , Sandalio Aracely
Published: July 2024

Given the increase in production, the excessive use of plastic, and the negative impact it has on the environment, sustainable alternatives are being sought to replace this material; that is why there is a great demand for the development of new materials that are friendly to our mother earth.  The current work aims to prepare bioplastic sheets made from banana peel as the primary raw material. A mixture of glycerin, corn starch, and vinegar (acetic acid) was added, resulting in brown biodegradable containers and sheets, similar to the results of other research using this biological material, and with more time to show signs of deterioration compared to other bioplastics.
Valorization of Cocoa by Products: Applications and Perspectives in the Food Industry
Authors: Chico Mayra Fernanda
Published: July 2024

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is a native species of the Amazon region in South America. Its fruit weight fluctuates between 200 g to more than 1 kg. The cocoa industry mainly uses the seeds contained in de cocoa pod husk as the fraction with the highest commercial value for the production of chocolate. During the pre-processing stages, approximately 80% of the cocoa fruit is discarded as residual biomass. From the by-products generated, a series of chemical components with high-added value has been studied. They can be recovered through the use of sustainable technologies. This document explores the current uses and application prospects in the food industry of cocoa by-products and their bioactive compounds. The current situation in the cocoa market worldwide and in Ecuador will be briefly presented, followed by a description of the structural and chemical composition of cocoa fruits. Next, the process of transforming cocoa into a final product and the by-product streams generated will be detailed. Finally, current applications and prospects for applications through the use of sustainable technologies will be addressed.
Use of Yellow Passion Fruit Peel (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) as a Source of Brute Fiber
Authors: Arrieta Hernández Soraly , Paz Gómez Alberto
Published: July 2024

El maracuyá amarillo (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) es una fruta tropical reconocible por su voluminosa cáscara, que, al no poseer una función principal en la industria tradicional, grandes cantidades de la misma son desechadas creando efectos nocivos para el medio ambiente. Se estudió la producción de harina de cáscara de maracuyá, usando como variables el pretratamiento de escaldado y temperaturas de secado de 70 y 90 °C. Se observó una reducción significativa en el tiempo de secado de las muestras secadas a 90 °C en comparación con las muestras secadas a 70 °C. El análisis proximal reportó un alto contenido de fibras brutas (entre 18,02 y 22,98%). Los resultados también revelaron que la temperatura de secado y el pretratamiento de escaldado tienen una incidencia importante sobre su nivel de pH, contenido de grasas y contenido de humedad. Se exploró su uso en la elaboración de cuatro formulaciones de arepas fritas con harina de cáscara de maracuyá (F1: 0%, F2: 5%, F3: 10% y F4: 15%), los resultados del análisis sensorial revelaron bajos niveles de aceptabilidad.
Relevamiento sobre Sistemas de Gestión de Calidad e Inocuidad Alimentaria en Latinoamérica y la Union Europea
Authors: Rubel Irene Albertina
Published: July 2024

La implementación de sistemas de gestión permite minimizar riesgos, garantizando la calidad e inocuidad alimentaria. El objetivo fue analizar publicaciones científicas sobre gestión de calidad y/o inocuidad alimentaria e interrelacionarla con factores de relevancia, entre 2017- 2021 en la Unión Europea y Latinoamérica, así como también dimensionar el grado de avance en investigación en este campo. El estudio consideró artículos redactados en castellano e inglés, con un enfoque basado en la seguridad alimentaria con la terminología de SGC y SGIA, empleando un método de revisión sistemática de la literatura basada en artículos científicos. Entre los hallazgos obtenidos se evidenció que las publicaciones sobre SGC y/o SGIA fueron mayormente de la Unión Europea (56% del total de los trabajos) seguido de los de Latinoamérica (39%). Este análisis evidencia la desigualdad en el abordaje de estas temáticas en cada región a nivel científico. Los artículos enfocados en SGC y/o SGIA fueron más del 50%, seguido de trabajos en temáticas de certificación, como área central, y en menor medida (16%) los que abordaron políticas públicas sobre SGC y/o SGIA. Los resultados obtenidos demostraron que la seguridad alimentaria es un tema de investigación con ciertas vacancias, en particular sobre normativas internacionales de carácter voluntario e implementaciones de SGC y SGIA, evidenciando la necesidad abordar diversas perspectivas de gestión de calidad e inocuidad. La presente investigación sienta bases para el desarrollo de los sistemas de gestión implementados en la cadena alimentaria, dada la recopilación de información, facilita la toma decisiones en materia de normativas alimentarias.