bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
الرؤيا الاستراتيجية للمنظمة التعليمية اعتمادا على التحليل الاستراتيجي دراسة تحليلية على كليات ومعاهد هيئة التعليم التقني / محافظة بغداد
Authors: كاظم دنيا
Published: March 2022

توضح الدراسة علاقة المتغير (swot) ومتغيراته الداخلة في تحديد الرؤيا الاستراتيجية للمنظمة التعليمية، اذ تضمن الجزء الاول من الدراسة تأطيراً نظرياً لأبعاد الدراسة ومتغيراتها ومهمة الدراسة والاطار التحليلي لفرضياتها، معتمدة على فرضيتين خصصت لأبعاد الدراسة.1.توجد علاقة ارتباط ذات دلالة معنوية بين التحليل (swot) والرؤيا الاستراتيجية للمنظمة التعليمية.2.هناك علاقة تأثير ذات دلالة معنوية بين والرؤيا الاستراتيجية والتحليل swot)) للمنظمة التعليمية.وقد استخدم المنهج الوصفي للتحليل معتمدة على الاساليب والادوات الاحصائية من اهمها استمارة الاستبيان واستخراج معامل الارتباط والانحدار ودرجة الصدق والثبات والمعولية اضافة الى جدول الحالة والنسب.واختتمت هذه الدراسة بجملة من التوصيات والاستنتاجات التي تساهم في توضيح العلاقات بين ابعاد الدراسة ومتغيراتها، فضلاً عن وضع وسائل واليات يمكن تطبيقها على الواقع الميداني لكليات ومعاهد هيئة التعليم التقني.
Child and Parent Psychosocial Experiences of Hospitalization: An Examination of the Role of Child Life Specialists
Authors: Claridge Amy , Hajec Lauren , Montgomery Lindsay , Knapp Brittany
Published: March 2022

Objective:

Hospitalization can be stressful for child patients and their parents, and stress during hospitalization is associated with longer recovery times and negative outcomes post-discharge. As a result, families are in need of psychosocial support to cope with hospitalization. Child life specialists in children’s hospitals are trained to address this need, and there is empirical support for many of the techniques used by child life specialists. However, there is limited empirical support specific to child life services. In the current study, the authors examined differences in child anxiety and distress, parent stress, and parent-child relationship quality between families who received child life services and those who did not.

Method:

Participants included 31 children between 3-15 years old who were admitted to a children’s hospital in the United States and their parents. Children completed a drawing task and responded to a visual scale, and parents completed a survey.

Results:

Results indicated children who received child life services tended to exhibit lower anxiety, but there were no differences in parent outcomes based on receipt of child life services.

Conclusion:

Overall, the study provides promising preliminary evidence for the efficacy of child life services in improving children’s psychosocial experience of hospitalization. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.

Disclosure Statement:

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Funding Statement:

No funding sources were provided by the author(s).
Assessing the Culture of Diversity Among Professionals at a Midwestern Children’s Hospital
Authors: Vermeulen Amanda
Published: March 2022

Objective:

The ever-changing ethnic and cultural landscape of the United States drives the need to better understand diversity in its workforce. The purpose of this study was to conduct an equity audit in a midwestern children’s hospital’s psychosocial department to assess the perceived culture of the diversity climate.

Method:

The goal of the equity audit was to uncover ways in which the department could identify needs and strengthen awareness towards the de-velopment of an inclusive environment. The equity audit was conducted in the form of a questionnaire addressing four main themes identified in workplace diversity research: physical environment, matching, communication, and leadership.

Results:

Results showed that the culture of diversity appeared to be an optimistic one with many opportunities for growth and change.

Conclusion:

Overall, the questionnaire proved helpful in assessing the culture of diversity among professionals at the Midwestern children’s hospital and identifying opportunities for awareness and inclusion.

Disclosure Statement:

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Funding Statement:

No funding sources were provided by the author(s).
A Participatory Approach for Digital Documentation of Egyptian Bedouins' Intangible Cultural Heritage
Authors: Giglitto Danilo , Lazem Shaimaa , Preston Anne
Published: March 2022

The Bedouins of Egypt hold a unique intangible cultural heritage (ICH), with distinct cultural values and social practices that are rapidly changing as a consequence of having settled after having been nomadic for centuries. We present our attempt to develop a bottom-up approach to document Bedouin ICH. Grounded in participatory design practices, the project purpose was two-fold: engaging Egyptian Engineering undergraduates with culturally-distant technology users and introducing digital self-documentation of ICH to the Bedouin community. We report the design of a didactic model that deployed the students as research partners to co-design four prototypes of ICH documentation mobile applications with the community. The prototypes reflected an advanced understanding for the values to the Bedouins brought by digital documentation practices. Drawing from our experience, three recommendations were elicited for similar ICH projects. Namely, focusing on the community benefits; promoting motivation ownership, and authenticity; and pursuing a shared identity between designers and community members. These guidelines hold a strong value as they have been tested against local challenges that could have been detrimental to the project.
Introducing technology into learning designs for indigenous contexts
Authors: Salas-Pilco Sdenka Zobeida
Published: March 2022

Technology is more pervasive, and it has reached indigenous communities. This paper presents a qualitative study and reflects on three learning designs that integrate information and communication technologies (ICT) in the context of an indigenous school in Peru. This paper demonstrates that indigenous people, rather than being mere users of technology, could create and design technology to their own benefit by integrating their own world views, ancestral knowledge, and ways of learning. It is shown that new approaches are necessary to implement learning designs that are open, flexible, and have partnership with community elders, where technology plays several key roles as a tool, as a process, as a type of knowledge and as a set of values.
Power Consumption Prediction in Urban Areas using Machine Learning as a Strategy towards Smart Cities
Authors:   Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Gbenga DADA Emmanuel , Opeoluwa OYEWOLA David ,   Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Federal University Kashere, Gombe, Nigeria, Hurcha YAKUBU Joseph ,   Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
Published: March 2022

The bedrock of every smart city is the continuous electricity supply. It is an important factor in the growth of smart cities. Smart transmission and distribution of power are crucial for the constant power supply in a smart city. The ability to correctly predict power consumption is a key factor in achieving demand-driven output through careful planning, and prompt usage of electricity generated. This paper applies Machine learning techniques to predict power consumption using historical data of power consumed in an urban area. Dataset obtained from Kaggle was used for the experiments in this paper. The paper used four machine learning models, namely, Bagging (BAG), Stochastic Gradient Boosting (GBM), Model Averaged Neural Network (MAN), and K-Nearest Neighbours (KNN). Experimental results showed that GBM outperforms other machine learning models used for the study with a prediction accuracy of 96%. This is an indication that GBM is a promising algorithm for predicting power consumption in a smart city if adopted.
Physicochemical and Bacteriological Analysis of Groundwater Quality in Lower Kubanni River Basin Zaria, Nigeria
Authors: Jabir Abdulkadir , Yusuf Yakubu , Jibrin Abdullahi
Published: March 2022

Groundwater is the most common source of drinking water in most developing countries including Nigeria, the diverse nature of human activities within lower Kubanni may result in a negative impact on most water resources including groundwater. This research was conducted to examine the effect of different activities/land uses within lower Kubanni and relate them with groundwater quality from the borehole and shallow wells. A purposive sampling technique was adopted for the collection of water samples. The samples were obtained from the closest sources of groundwater to the lower course of Kubanni River. A total of eight water samples were used for this study, four from boreholes and four from shallow wells. Seventeen physicochemical and bacteriological parameters were analyzed which include: odour, taste, colour, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), pH, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), hardness, nitrate, phosphate, chloride, calcium (Ca), Mg, Fe, Pb, Cr and total coliform. Land use Land Cover (LULC) analysis was carried out using the GIS technique to classify the different activities taking place within the study area. Findings from this study revealed that groundwater from both borehole and shallow wells across the study area had all the physical parameters alongside total coliform within the WHO and NSDWQ threshold. However, some physicochemical parameters such as TDS (470-1650 mg/L), hardness (434-1050 mg/L), Ca (231-405 mg/L), Fe (0.8 mg/L), Pb (0.6-1.02 mg/L) and Cr (0.2-0.6 mg/L) were above the WHO and NSDWQ limits. The LULC analysis shows the built-up area covers the largest portion of 42% followed by cultivation with 36%, bare land makes up 20% while water body covered only 2%. The study recommends that groundwater within lower Kubanni should not be taken without proper treatment as any of the samples fully complied with the WHO/NSDWQ limits.
Oral Acute Toxicity Study on Methanol Extracts of Anogeissus leiocarpus (DC.) Guill and Perr Stem Bark in Rats
Authors: Adamu Hauwa , Ahmed Amina , Vandi Zirahei Joseph , Musa Chiroma Samaila , Isaac Dibal Nathan
Published: March 2022

Anogeissus leiocarpus is a herb used in African traditional medicine for the treatment of many diseases. This study was aimed at evaluating the acute toxicity of methanol extract of Anogeissus leiocarpus (MEAL) stem bark in rats. In phase I, Nine rats were distributed into three groups of three rats each. The groups received MEAL at 10mg/kg, 100mg/kg and 1000mg/kg respectively. In phase II, Three rats were separated into three groups. Each rat received MEAL at 1600mg/kg, 2900mg/kg and 5000mg/kg respectively. All the rats were monitored for two weeks and euthanized thereafter. Serum creatinine, ALT, urea and AST levels were evaluated. The liver and kidney were processed for light microscopy. A significant decrease in urea and ALT levels were observed in rats that received MEAL at 10mg/kg and 100mg/kg relative to control. AST level was significantly elevated in rats treated with 100mg/kg and 1000mg/kg MEAL when related to the control rats. The kidneys of rats that received 5000mg/kg MEAL showed mild distortion of renal tubules. The liver of rats that received MEAL at 1600mg/kg and 2900mg/kg shows enlarged sinusoids while the liver of rats that received 5000mg/kg showed few hepatic vacuoles. Conclusively, administration of MEAL causes no mortality in rats with few signs of toxicity. It also showed normal liver and kidney functions with mild histological aberrations of the liver and kidneys at 5000mg/kg. Hence, the LD50of MEAL is above 5000mg/kg and the extract is safe.
Statistical Analysis of the Purchasing Power Parity Theory for Five Southeast Asian Countries
Authors: Martha Choji Niri , H. Tsok Samuel , T. Danat Nanle , P. Shie Dominic , Jatau Monica
Published: March 2022

For more than a decade, there has been substantial interest in testing for the validity of the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) statistically. This paper utilised a series of statistical tests to ascertain if the PPP theory is valid for a group of five Southeast Asian countries from 2000 to 2016 using monthly data. For this purpose, we conducted four different panel unit root (stationarity) tests, two cointegration tests (Pedroni and Westerlund), and also, the vector autoregressive (VAR) model. The stationarity (unit root) tests reveal that the variables tested are non-stationary at levels but stationary at the first difference, results of the cointegration tests did not reject the null hypothesis of no cointegration meaning there is no long-run relationship between the variables and results of the VAR model did not reveal a strong short-run relationship. Based on the results, we, therefore, conclude that PPP is not valid both in the long-run and short-run in the five Southeast Asian countries between 2000 and 2016. This implies that prices of goods are expected to be different in these countries. Meaning that a businessman can make more profits from buying goods that are cheaper in one of these countries and selling at a higher rate in one of these countries where the goods are more expensive.
Processing historical photographs and film footage with Photogrammetry and Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage documentation and virtual reconstruction
Authors: Condorelli Francesca
Published: March 2022

The specific objective of this thesis is to offer an excursion through the metric potentialities of different data  available in historical archives, by considering the essential role of photogrammetry. The aim is to explore how metric information about buildings which no longer exist or transformed over time could be extracted from old photographs and videos of different quality, for their 3D virtual reconstruction analysing the material stored in historical archives to support researchers and experts in historical research of Cultural Heritage.In order to process these data and to obtain metrically certified results, a modification of the algorithms of the standard photogrammetric pipeline was necessary. This purpose was achieved with the use of open-source Structure-from-Motion algorithms and the creation of a specific benchmark to compare the results.Besides the processing of historical photograph, photogrammetry is combined with Artificial Intelligence to improve ways to search for architectural heritage in video material and to reduce the effort of manually examining them by the operator in the archive in terms of efficiency and time.
Diseño gráfico, grafica y symposium grafica
Authors: Tena Parera Daniel
Published: March 2022

No es fácil realizar un symposium en condiciones normales y menos lo és cuando el mundo está soportando una pandemia. Aún así, el VI Symposium grafica se llevó a cabo con la presencia del COVID-19. En esta ocasión fueron tres magníficas conferencias que dieron cobertura y contexto a las más de 14 comunicaciones. Unas ponencias que permitieron compartir unos días de diseño gráfico y creatividad. Como en las anteriores ediciones, pero en esta más, el symposium fue posible gracias al grupo de personas que ven en él una plataforma de colaboración y desarrollo. Así pues, el Symposium grafica del 2020 da la continuidad al que debe ser el 7º Symposium grafica.
Gris es un color bonito
Authors: Tena Daniel
Published: March 2022

Alguien preguntó ¿porqué un galgo para el symposium grafica? En realidad, siempre hay alguien que pregunta por ello. Eso es una buena señal para el symposium grafica dado que es un indicio de su crecimiento. Se ha celebrado el séptimo symposium grafica y queremos evidenciar que lo hacemos posible entre todos. El symposium y la revista gráfica se llevan a cabo gracias a las personas que aportan su peculiaridad a un proyecto que es de interés compartido.  Esta es la historia de la mascota del symposium.
The role of professional accounting reasoning in ensuring standards of preparation and certification of financial statements
Authors:   Valahia University of Targoviste, Boharu Mircea Mihaela-Raluca , Florea Poenaru Cristina-Elena ,   Valahia University of Targoviste
Published: March 2022

"The whole of humanity is nowadays going through an extremely difficult period, as the medical-financial crisis is affecting the entire economic sector. Given this crisis, in order to improve or combat difficult situations, special emphasis is placed on obtaining accurate and objective financial information. The focus is now on the professional accountant whose reported data become decision-making factors for external users. Among these external users, we mention: investors, shareholders, banks, authorities and last but not least the population at large. Given these aspects, we propose to investigate in this article the way in which the professional accountant is forced at certain times to resort to subjectivism. If so, in what situations and determined by what factors and by what means these situations can be controlled. On the other hand, we will investigate how the balance between objectivity and subjectivity cand be respected in the application of the professional reasoning of the accountant and how the fidelity and the accuracy of financial accounting reports can be ensured. The research methods include qualitative methods as studying the scientific literature and practical documentation in economic units but also the quantitative-descriptive methods by developing case studies. The result of this article estimates as accurate as possible of the extent to which the manifestation of the creative accounting can influence the accuracy of the information regarding the real situation of the economic activity."
A quasi-cyclical regressive model of the pandemic impact on Romanian e-market
Authors:   West University of Timisoara, Boldea Bogdan Ion , Boldea Costin Radu ,   University of Craiova
Published: March 2022

"The emergence and accelerated spread of COVID-19 has severely affected Romanian and European e-Market, manifested by the explosion of sales of basic products. We propose in this paper a non-linear model of growth of e-Commerce observed in the Romanian retail sector that consider the economic and socials effects of the two pandemic Waves in 2020. Starting from the hypothesis, statistically verified, that the effect of a Pandemic crisis can be strongly related to the global increase of sales in e-Market and the accentuation of seasonal variation of this sector, we obtained a first nonlinear model that can simulate with a high level of confidence (95%) the chaotically effects of a pandemic crisis on the very volatile sector of digital retailing and allows a prediction of the general behaviour of Romanian e-Market for 2021 and 2022."
Virtual currencies, fintech, blockchain, an ever-changing economic world. The social impact of financial technologies
Authors:   ", Cuibari Daniel ,   Bucharest University of  Economic Studies"
Published: March 2022

"Nowadays, science and technology are in an elevated development and it has effects upon all levels of social life. In this context, payment systems, trading and money have gradually become further and further influenced by elements of information technology and cybernetics. Digitization is an irreversible process, it involves adapting theoretical knowledge to the updated reality, thus, the research aimed to review, through analysis of contemporary writings, key issues related to virtual currencies, Fintech and technologies that are increasingly influencing economic transactions and money. The main purpose of the paper is to assess the degree of knowledge and acceptance of people related to virtual currencies and services offered by companies in the Fintech segment, in the context of their prompt emancipation and the possibility to replace the classic options in the foreseeable future. The methodology approached is the qualitative one, and a questionnaire was conducted to substantiate the research. In conclusion, through this research, we managed to expose an overview of what fintech, blockchain and virtual currencies entail, but also of some risks, opportunities and related weaknesses, to assess the degree of knowledge and acceptance of society related to virtual currencies and Fintech services, but also their ability to influence the quality of life and implicitly the human society."
Analysis of the accession of European funds for the environmental policy from 2014
Authors:   ", Munteanu Răzvan-Aurelian ,   Bucharest University of  Economic Studies"
Published: March 2022

"Economic growth and development have direct impact on environment. In this matter, the concerns about the protection of the environment of the European Union have increased over time. The paper represents an analysis regarding the accessing of European non-reimbursable funds allocated for environmental policy in the period 2014-2020. European non-reimbursable funds represented the main instrument for financing environmental policies, and accessing them is important for meeting environmental objectives of our country. The paper analyzes the accesses of European funds by counties, being important, esspecially as Romania is in the period of transition to the new policy for the period 2021 – 2027 and to meet the objectives of the Strategy for smart, sustainable growth. and favorable to inclusion in the European Union."
The impact of National Rural Development Program on investments in the agricultural sector
Authors:   ", Sterie Maria Cristina ,   Bucharest University of Economic  Studies", Stoica Gabriela Dalila ,   "Bucharest University of Economic  Studies", Giucă Andreea Daniela  ,   "Bucharest University of Economic  Studies", Motofeanu  Marian  ,   "Bucharest University of Economic  Studies"
Published: March 2022

"Investment, as a material support of economic development, is an important factor in achieving the transition to a successful agriculture. In the most common cases, investments in agriculture ensure a technical increase in production by including fixed assets. This process is a form of manifestation of technical progress in agriculture to ensure economic growth and higher productivity. This paper aims to present the impact of National Rural Development Program (NRDP) measures on the economic development of the agricultural sector. In this sense, the net investments made on financing sources and the net investments made in agriculture, forestry and fishing in Romania in the period 2015-2019 were analyzed, using the statistical data presented by National Institute of Statistics (INS), thus noticing an increase of 23%, respectively 1,04%. Growth was supported by investments made through the European Structural Funds granted in the two operational financing periods, respectively 2007-2013, 2014-2020. From the data presented in the most recent report on the state of absorption within NRDP 2014-2020 published by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR), it was noted that Romania had allocated structural funds totalling 10,968 million euros, of which 60.73% were payments to beneficiaries, the degree of absorption of European funds being 57.56% of the total allocation."
Differences and benefits in using a financial consolidation software: CLOUD, LOCAL, SAAS OR PAAS
Authors:   Valahia University of Targoviste, Stoica Raluca Andreea , Mareș Alina Gabriela ,   Valahia University of Targoviste
Published: March 2022

"The current national and international economic climate is continually changing, and a company’s ability to adapt its services is critical. As a result, in recent years, the interaction between technology and businesses has grown. It’s crucial to think about how finance adds value to a business as the future of accounting unfolds. The way business and finance functions create value is being profoundly transformed by digital technologies. To develop value, businesses must think and behave differently in the digital age. To emphasize the merits of each platform, we offered numerous types of software and various benefits of using them. This paper will address accountants’ worries about software, such as data security and a lack of features, as well as how the software works and the numerous benefits and drawbacks it has."
Management and reduction of fraud by analysis of the insurer’s internal and external vulnerabilities and contributions
Authors:   ", Vădean Mihai Ovidiu  ,   Fabrica de Asigurări,  Bucharest, Romania"
Published: March 2022

"Fraud is a dynamic phenomenon: when the industry discovers a „scam” – a specific pattern of fraud – and sets up barriers to prevent it from recurring, another scam takes place – a new pattern is developed by fraudsters. The motivations for committing fraud vary: from opportunists who submit a fraudulent request as a way to recover their insurance premium, probably encouraged by a change in public attitudes towards crime without victims to criminal networks that use fraud as a regular source of revenue generation. The legal, organizational and commercial constraints under which the insurance industry operates often have a negative impact on existing fraud prevention, detection and investigation practices. Initially, the fight against insurance fraud focused on identifying the characteristics of fraudulent claims and fraudulent claimants – the empirical phase / traditional approach and the role that insurance company employees played in this phase was a major one. Then, given the wave of interest in the insurance industry, emphasis was placed on the use of approaches such as: a) cognitive interviewing and vocal stress analysis that were used in forensic investigation, as well; b) data extraction techniques, specially developed for fraud detection. Are just these effective? The material will try to analyze the vulnerabilities and contributions, both internal and external, that are introduced by the policies, procedures and controls implemented by the insurer within the organization."
‘Young, wild, and green’? Uma análise da influência do afeto ambiental na intenção de compra de produtos verdes por jovens
Authors: Bergamaschi Olívia Ban Navarro , Ferraz Sofia Batista , Martins Renata Monteiro
Published: March 2022

Objetivo: Analisar a intenção de compra de produtos verdes por jovens, baseando-se na Teoria do Comportamento Planejado (TCP) e ampliando o seu escopo com o antecedente do Afeto Ambiental e dos efeitos mediadores da Atitude, da Norma Subjetiva e do Controle de Comportamento Percebido.Método: Um levantamento foi realizado com 575 respondentes entre 18 e 24 anos, e os dados foram analisados por meio da técnica de Modelagem de Equações Estruturais no software AMOS.Originalidade/Relevância: Diferentemente dos modelos de TCP comumente adotados, propõe-se um novo modelo teórico em que o Afeto Ambiental antecede o comportamento planejado, sugerindo novas mediações para explicar a intenção de compra de produtos verdes por jovens.Resultados: Os resultados mostram que o Afeto Ambiental é um forte preditor da intenção de compra de produtos verdes, sendo parte dessa relação explicada pelas variáveis cognitivas de Atitude, Norma Subjetiva e Controle de Comportamento Percebido.Contribuições teóricas: Apresenta-se um novo modelo para a análise das intenções de compra, baseado na abordagem Afeto-Cognição-Comportamento, ressaltando o papel do afeto ambiental como um fator capaz de afetar as percepções cognitivas dos jovens acerca da compra de produtos verdes.Contribuições sociais/gerenciais: Os resultados fornecem subsídios a gestores e governantes, mostrando que o afeto ambiental pode ser explorado em estratégias de comunicação e no desenvolvimento de políticas públicas, dado que as emoções e sentimentos despertados nos jovens podem superar barreiras extrínsecas (ex.: preço e percepções negativas).
Da mordida à curtida: a influência do grau de uso corporativo e repercussão nas mídias sociais na recomendação online dos clientes de bares e restaurantes
Authors: Romeu Luna Pessoa , Lopes Evandro Luiz , Brandão Marcelo Moll , Pinochet Luis Hernan Contreras
Published: March 2022

Objetivo: Este estudo tem por objetivo mensurar o Grau de Uso Corporativo e Repercussão nas Mídias Sociais (GUCRMS) e verificar se este indicador é um bom preditor da avaliação de serviços realizada pelos consumidores.Método: Realizamos um levantamento das interações online – entre consumidores e estabelecimentos comerciais - de bares e restaurantes do Jardim Paulista em mídias sociais de grande impacto. Foram analisados os dados obtidos de 92 estabelecimentos e quatro plataformas de mídia social: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter e TripAdvisor. Os dados foram analisados de forma descritiva, por meio do cálculo de indicadores, por meio da análise de clusters e análise de regressão linear.Principais resultados: Os resultados obtidos indicam que o Facebook possui a maior representatividade, seguido pelo Instagram e o Twitter. As interações por parte dos usuários se dão por meio de curtidas, comentários e compartilhamentos. A forma pela qual os usuários do Instagram mais se manifestam é por curtidas, enquanto, no Facebook, isso ocorre por meio de comentários e, no Twitter, por compartilhamentos. Foi possível identificar que a maior parte da amostra possui GUCRMS baixo, porém, de forma geral, toda a amostra possui boas avaliações feitas pelos clientes no TripAdvisor.Contribuições teóricas: Concluímos que o índice GUCRMS não é capaz de influenciar a avaliação de clientes sobre os produtos e serviços, apesar de exercer importante papel como meio de divulgação da marca e canal de comunicação direta com o consumidor.Relevância: As mídias sociais ganharam espaço e representatividade nos últimos anos, sendo consideradas como importante ferramenta de marketing e comunicação para as organizações. Utilizadas não apenas pela sociedade em geral, mas também pelas organizações, essas mídias tornaram-se um importante canal de conexão com os consumidores. Diante desta realidade, entender a relação entre as interações sociais e as avaliações de desempenho torna-se relevante academicamente e gerencialmente.
Comer, comer... É o melhor para poder crescer: um estudo do consumo alimentar de crianças através da Técnica ZMET
Authors: Rosa Caroline Da , Baggio Daniel Knebel , Araujo Clécio Falcão
Published: March 2022

Objetivo: O objetivo principal do estudo foi compreender o comportamento de consumo alimentar de crianças de 8 a 12 anos de um município do noroeste gaúcho por meio de uma adaptação da técnica ZMET.Método: Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, de cunho descritivo, operacionalizada por meio de um estudo de campo. Utilizou-se de uma adaptação da técnica Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET), de Zaltman (1996), com crianças do 4º e 5º ano do ensino fundamental de uma escola particular.Originalidade/Relevância: Aplicação de uma adaptação da técnica ZMET com crianças para compreender o seu comportamento de consumo alimentar.Resultados: Os resultados apontaram que os estímulos influenciadores do consumo alimentar das crianças são as características sensoriais dos alimentos, as influências da família, a preocupação com a saúde, os aparelhos eletrônicos, os contextos sociais associados aos alimentos, marcas e estabelecimentos comerciais preferidos e o clima. As crianças demonstraram compreender o que são alimentos saudáveis e não saudáveis por meio dos seus componentes e efeitos na saúde.Contribuições teóricas: A adaptação da técnica ZMET permitiu identificar relações entre os alimentos consumidos pelas crianças, os hábitos alimentares e os pensamentos e sentimentos associados a esses contextos. Enquanto os alimentos in natura e minimamente processados estavam relacionados a objetivos como promoção da saúde, manutenção de peso e bem-estar pós-consumo, o consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados emergia em contextos sociais de lazer e comemorações, e estava associado a momentos de tédio e/ou que as crianças estavam utilizando aparelhos eletrônicos.
Three-dimensional computed tomography
analysis of frontal recess cells according to
the International Frontal Sinus Anatomy
Classification (IFAC) – difficulties in
identification of frontal recess cells in patients
with diffuse primary chronic rhinosinusitis?
Authors: Jaremek-Ochniak Weronika , Sierdziński Janusz , Popko-Zagor Mariola
Published: March 2022

Introduction:The International Frontal Sinus Anatomy Classification (IFAC) is a consensus document created to standardize and specify the naming of cells within the region of the frontal recess and frontal sinus.

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze the difficulties in identifying cells according to the IFAC in patients with diffuse primary chronic rhinosinusitis.

Material and methods: Three independent reviewers examined triplanar computed tomography (CT) scans to assess the anatomy of the frontal recess using the IFAC system. CT scans were chosen randomly and divided into 3 groups: CT scans of patients not presenting sinus complaints (control group), CT scans of patients affected by diffuse primary chronic rhinosinusitis non-type 2, and CT scans of patients affected by diffuse primary chronic rhinosinusitis type 2.

Results: Identification of all frontal cell types was accurate in patients not presenting sinus complaints (P-value < 0.05). Patients scoring 9 or more points in the Lund-Mackay scoring system demonstrated a statistically increased risk of improper identification of frontal recess cells (P-value < 0.0001).

Conclusions: Due to a large number of possible anatomical variants and changes caused by the chronic inflammatory disease, the IFAC nomenclatura is easier to apply to non-type 2 primary diffuse CRS patients with low scores in the L-M score scale than to primary diffuse type 2 CRS patients with higher M-L scores.
Electroterapie. Principii practice, ed a II-a
Authors: Daia Cristina
Published: March 2022

Electroterapia este in continua dezvoltare. Apar in consecinta studii care valideaza sau invalideaza diferite informatii stiintifice, aparute la un moment dat. Apar de asemenea multe aparate medicale din ce in ce mai performante si tehnologizate. Rolul medicului specialist Medicina Fizica si Reabilitare (MFR)/ Recuperare, Medicina Fizica si Balneologie (RMFB), este de a verifica intai prospectul aparatului achizitionat si de a-l folosi in concordanta cu recomandarile producatorului acelui aparat, integrand cunostintele sale din domeniu si apeland in acelasi timp, la studiile de specialitate accesibile la momentul respectiv. Editia a doua este corecta cu atentie, revizuita, atent tehnoredactata si up‑datata.
Psihologie. Teste-grila. Bacalaureat, admitere facultate, ed a III-a
Authors: Ioaneş Diana
Published: March 2022

Aceasta carte se adreseaza tuturor elevilor care vor sa aprofundeze, din diverse motive, domeniul psihologiei. Ea a fost scrisa in ideea de a‑i ajuta atat pe cei care se pregatesc pentru Examenul de Bacalaureat, cat si pe cei care vor sa sustina examen din aceasta disciplina la admiterea la facultate. Pornind de la dificultatile intelegerii acestei discipline de catre elevi, dificultati cu care m‑am confruntat in cei 25 de ani de activitatea didactica, am scris aceasta carte pentru a‑i ajuta pe elevi sa elimine posibilele confuzii sau informatiile eronate pe care le‑ar putea avea in acest domeniu. Cei care vor parcurge aceasta culegere, au sansa sa‑si imbogateasca continutul informational, sa‑si clarifice si sa inteleaga mai bine conceptele psihologiei. Si daca drumul spre “taramul psihologiei” va fi mai putin anevoios si datorita acestei carti, acest lucru va fi cea mai vie dovada ca aceasta culegere “s‑a cerut sa fie scrisa”!
Utilitatea informatiilor furnizate conducerii prin intermediul Contabilitatii si Controlului de Gestiune
Authors: HINT MIHAELA ȘTEFAN
Published: March 2022

Lucrarea trateaza costurile de mediu in industria echipamentelor electrice de iluminat prin prisma utilizarii managementului de mediu ca instrument strategic de pilotare a entitatii economice. Studiul realizat in cadrul entitatii economice studiate pe baza unui model matematic ne permite: sa identificam produsele care genereaza deseuri in cantitati mari; sa conturam unele strategii manageriale in vederea optimizarii produselor si a reducerii deseurilor generate. In acest context, masurarea si controlul performantelor in cadrul industriei producatoare de echipamente electrice de iluminat a fost abordata de contabilitatea manageriala strategica prin utilizarea unor metode matematice si statistice de analiza a implementarii metodelor moderne de calculatie a costurilor.
Raspunderea internatională a statelor
Authors: Ploesteanu Nicolae , Miron Raul
Published: March 2022

Raspunderea internationala este un domeniu al dreptului international public, caracterizat prin o serie de tipologii si forme sanctionatorii care pot interveni ca urmare a incalcarii unei norme juridice. Acest domeniu, sub aspect stiintific, este caracterizat doar de analiza si proiectare, deoarece realitatea existenta in relatiile internationale nu permite o previzibilitate si precizie a sanctiunii care se va aplica pentru incalcarea unei reguli concrete. Cu toate acestea, cunoasterea regulilor principiale si a posibilelor sanctiuni este utila in practica relatiilor internationale deoarece permite adoptarea unor directii concrete de actiune intr‑un cadru specific. Manualul se bazeaza in special pe lucrarile Comisiei de Drept International din cadrul Natiunilor Unite si pe manualele relevante in domeniu, manuale care cuprind referirile de baza in domeniul raspunderii internationale realizate de doctrinari recunoscuti. Fiind un manual, s‑a preferat excluderea citarilor constante pentru a da simplitate si a permite asimilarea cu usurinta a notiunilor de catre studenti iar, in final, s‑a indicat bibliografia utilizata si pe care o consideram relevanta, deoarece in mare parte ne‑am ghidat dupa „doctrina celor mai prestigiosi si recunoscuti autori de drept international”.
Dezvoltarea inteligenta a ariilor rurale profund dezavantajate din Romania
Authors: Secăreanu George
Published: March 2022

Cartea prezinta si dezbate situatia ariilor rurale profund dezavantajate de la nivelul Romaniei, precum si dezvoltarea inteligenta a acestora. Ca sa facem o mica paranteza, ea nu se adreseaza doar spatiului romanesc, intrucat propune metode de surprindere si de tratament pentru ariile subdezvoltate. Astfel, ea prezinta doua perspective: cea in care sunt determinate acele arii rurale profund dezavantajate si cea de-a doua parte, care cuprinde modul in care ariile respective pot fi dezvoltate. Complexitatea problematicii spatiului rural reprezinta o tema in care geografii o au sub observatie, identificand tipuri de probleme cu care acestia se confrunta. Odata cu progresul tehnologic si cu circulatia fluxurilor de informatii la care are acces cu precadere populatia din mediul urban, spatiul rural incepe sa prezinte un dezinteres pentru actorii ce ar putea sa le mentina. Spun sa le mentina, intrucat trendul la nivel global este acela ca, preponderent, locuitorii sa ii regasim in mediul urban. Desigur, in aceasta conjunctura decalajale tind sa creasca si mai mult intre administratii si, implicit, intre nivelul de trai din aceeasi societate.
Editorial: Job quality in digitalized work environments
Authors: Reimann Mareike , Tisch Anita
Published: March 2022

Given the rapid digitalization of the world of work, this editorial discusses possible relations to job quality and shows which factors of job quality have been given priority so far. Further, it places the contributions to the special issue in the discourse of digitalization and suggests further research. We argue that digitalization does not affect all groups of employees equally and that it can have varying consequences in different (work) contexts. We are pleased about the increasing attention paid to this topic in empirical social research. The multifaceted contributions to the special issue confirm that digitalization is not a fixed construct and that it contains many different facets. Therefore, we encourage researchers to expand the empirical analysis of the relationship between digitalization and quality of work and employment in the future, to transfer studies (if possible) into the longitudinal section, to study new phenomena, and to classify them in the discourse, as well as to consider possible moderators in the future.
Digitalisierung und Arbeitsqualität in der Transportlogistik
Authors: Schneider Pauline , Ganesch Franziska , Schmierl Klaus , Struck Olaf
Published: March 2022

Der Beitrag fokussiert die Entwicklung der Digitalisierung in der Transportlogistik mit den drei Teilbranchen System- und Kontraktverkehr, Komplett- und Teilladungsverkehr und Kurier-, Express- und Paketdienste. Er analysiert die Auswirkungen des breiten Einsatzes digitaler Technik auf die Arbeitsqualität von Berufskraftfahrer*innen und Kurierdienstfahrer*innen. Grundlage der Analyse sind 35 Interviews mit Logistikexpert*innen in Technikunternehmen, Weiterbildungseinrichtungen und Verbänden und mit Beschäftigten und Entscheidungsträger*innen im Rahmen von zwei Betriebsfallstudien. Unsere Ergebnisse verdeutlichen: Digitale Technik und ihr organisatorischer Einsatz können Arbeit derart vereinfachen, dass Unternehmen zunehmend auf geringqualifizierte Beschäftigte zurückgreifen können. Zugleich rationalisiert und verdichtet digitale Technik Arbeitsprozesse, kann psychische und physische Beanspruchung teilweise aber auch vermeiden. Entscheidend für die Entwicklung der Arbeitsqualität unter Digitalisierungseinsatz ist die jeweilige Gestaltung der Technik, ihre organisatorische Einbettung und die betriebliche Personalpolitik.
Verstärkt algorithmische Arbeitssteuerung Ungleichheiten in Arbeitsautonomie?
Authors: Gensler Elisa , Abendroth Anja-Kristin
Published: March 2022

Algorithmische Technologien zur Koordination und Steuerung von Arbeitstätigkeiten ermöglichen es, Managementaufgaben, die beispielsweise bisher durch Vorgesetzte ausgeführt wurden, vermehrt zu automatisieren. Inwiefern algorithmische Arbeitssteuerung lediglich bisherige Arbeitsanweisungen oder Zielvorgaben durch Vorgesetzte oder das Management ersetzt, oder, ob sie die Wahrnehmung der Arbeitsautonomie von Beschäftigten grundlegend verändert, wird kontrovers diskutiert. Ziel dieses Beitrages ist es, diesen Fragen nachzugehen, und insbesondere, ob und inwiefern algorithmische Arbeitssteuerung dazu beiträgt, bestehende Ungleichheitsstrukturen in Arbeitsautonomie, in denen Beschäftigte umso mehr Arbeitsautonomie wahrnehmen, je höher deren Berufsstatus ist, zuzuspitzen oder grundlegend zu verändern. Die Ergebnisse auf Basis von Linked-Employer-Employee-Daten mit 5.138 Beschäftigten aus 160 großen deutschen Arbeitsorganisationen zeigen, dass nur Beschäftigte, die tägliche algorithmische Arbeitsanweisungen erhalten, geringere Autonomiespielräume wahrnehmen als Beschäftigte, die diese Anweisungen nicht erhalten. Dies gilt für alle Berufsstatusgruppen in gleicher Weise. Jedoch nimmt im Sinne des ungleichheitsgenerierenden Mechanismus der Chancenhortung, die Wahrscheinlichkeit, täglich automatisch generierte Arbeitsanweisungen zu erhalten, in höheren Berufsstatusgruppen ab. Im Vergleich von Arbeitsorganisationen zeigt sich, dass Ungleichheiten in Arbeitsautonomie, in denen Autonomiespielräume umso größer sind, je höher der Berufsstatus der Beschäftigten ist, mit zunehmender Verbreitung algorithmischer Arbeitsanweisungen in Arbeitsorganisationen größer ausfallen, aber nicht polarisieren.
Künstliche Intelligenz am Arbeitsplatz
Authors: Giering Oliver , Kirchner Stefan
Published: March 2022

In der aktuellen Debatte um Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) wird oft ein radikaler Wandel der Arbeitswelt erwartet, der auch die Arbeitsqualität betrifft. Dabei stehen bisher vielen weitreichenden Annahmen sehr wenige empirische Fakten gegenüber. Zudem wird oftmals nicht berücksichtigt, dass die KI-Nutzung am Arbeitsplatz bestimmte digitale Arbeitsmittel voraussetzt, die wiederum selbst Kernaspekte der Arbeitsqualität, wie Autonomie, mitbeeinflussen können. Dieser Beitrag führt in den Stand der Forschung ein und betrachtet Überlegungen zu möglichen Zusammenhängen zwischen KI und Autonomie als zentrale Dimension der Arbeitsqualität. Wir prüfen diese Zusammenhänge mit dem SOEP-IS-Datensatz 2019, anhand von Variablen für Autonomie, für digitale Arbeitsmittel und für KI-Nutzung. Unsere empirischen Ergebnisse zeigen nur einen oberflächlichen posi⁠tiven Zusammenhang zwischen KI-Nutzung und Autonomie. Die Analysen bestätigen zudem, dass die KI-Nutzung systematisch mit spezifischen digitalen Arbeitsmit⁠teln einhergeht, die zum Teil einen deutlich stärkeren Zusammenhang mit Autonomie aufweisen. Der Beitrag liefert damit empirische Befunde, welche Bedeutung KI am Arbeitsplatz derzeit für Autonomie hat, ohne dass sich Anzeichen für radikale Unterschiede am Arbeitsplatz finden lassen. Für zukünftige Forschung diskutieren wir abschließend, wie Empirie und Theorien vorangetrieben werden können,
Fahrlässigkeit – ein weisser Fleck in der Unternehmensethik
Authors: Helfrich Hede , Hölter Erich
Published: March 2022

Ein Grossteil unangemessenen ethischen Verhaltens in Unternehmen kommt durch ein Fehlverhalten zustande, dessen ethische Fragwürdigkeit entweder gar nicht oder nur unzureichend im Bewusstsein der Akteure repräsentiert ist. Ein solches Fehlverhalten kann aus unternehmensethischer Sicht als ‚Fahrlässigkeit‘ bezeichnet werden. Durch die Verknüpfung mit dem Fehlerbegriff der Human-Factors-Forschung erfährt der Begriff der ‚Fahrlässigkeit‘ eine Erweiterung gegenüber der juristischen Sicht, indem sich die Betrachtungsweise von der Vermeidung von Schuld auf die Übernahme unternehmensethischer Verantwortlichkeit verlagert. Fehlende Verantwortlichkeit manifestiert sich in ‚Irrtümern‘, die fahrlässiges Verhalten kennzeichnen. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die Irrtümer beschrieben und in ein Prozessmodell ethischen Entscheidungshandelns eingeordnet.
Eine handlungsfähigere EU für eine sicherere (östliche) Nachbarschaft – die EU-Belarus-Beziehungen
Authors: Böttger Katrin , Butylin Nicolas
Published: March 2022

Since the fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus in August 2020, the country has been in the midpoint of a geopolitical stand-off. Unprecedented violence against peaceful protesters, economic and political sanctions against the regime in Minsk and an orchestrated migration crisis at the European Union’s (EU) external borders have shaped EU-Belarus relations in recent months. In the wake of the crises, the EU stepped up its measures against the Lukashenko regime to be more resilient to hybrid attacks by an authoritarian system and to support the Belarusian democracy movement. The contributions fundament is based on the EU’s Global Strategy, which underpins and provides a framework for the EU-Belarus relations. Furthermore, the article discusses whether the objectives of the strategy have been achieved and if the EU as an international actor can generate security in their Eastern Neighbourhood.
Europäisierung der Wahlen zum Europäischen Parlament: das Tandemsystem
Authors: Leinen Jo , Pukelsheim Friedrich
Published: March 2022

The tandem system provides a frame for the election of the European Parliament paying due tribute to the European level of the event. It invites Europarties to contest the election with power, visibility and influence. The system proceeds in three steps. The first step apportions all parliamentary seats among Europarties by aggregating the electorate's votes at Union level. The second step allots the seats by Member State and Europarty in a way safeguarding the preordained seat contingents of the Member States. The third step assigns the seats of a party in a Member State to domestic candidates by means of the same provisions which Member States have been employing in the past, in compliance with the Union's principle of subsidiarity.