bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Determinants of Women's Economic Empowerment in Selected Arab Countries for the Period (2000-2018)
Authors: Omar Dr. Dina Ahmed , Dames Dr. Zakariya Hassan Hussein Abu
Published: November 2021

This study examines the determinants of economic empowerment of women in selected Arab countries (Iraq, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Arab Republic of Egypt and Algeria) during the period (2000-2018), using the usual small squares method, and in this study we reviewed the concept and the economic determinants that affect empowerment Women, which in turn affect all other variables in these countries, the most important of which are the political and social aspects. In order to know the specific factors for women's economic empowerment, the study adopted the quantitative method to estimate these factors which are (the ratio of women’s enrollment in secondary education to males, average life expectancy at birth for males and females, fertility rate, per capita GDP). The results of the study found that the most important factors affecting the economic empowerment of women in most Arab countries are health, the proportion of women’s enrollment in secondary education to males, average life expectancy at birth for males and females, per capita gross domestic product that had a significant and positive impact, while the fertility rate was found. It appeared morally and negatively.
Relationship between Organizational Politics and Organizational Commitment
Authors: Bello Adams , Omofowa Shadrach , Nwachukwu Chijioke , Nguyen Anh Viet Ho
Published: November 2021

The relationship between organizational politics and organizational commitment is examined in this study examines A survey research method was adopted. 245 staff were randomly selected for the study. Regression analysis was employed for testing the hypotheses formulated. The results indicate that “Go along to get ahead” has a positive relationship with organizational commitment. Pay and promotion policies influence organizational commitment and General political behavior” positively influence organizational commitment. The study concludes that firms should pay attention to organizational politics because it promotes commitment among workers.
Applications of Blockchain in Taxation: New Administrative Opportunities
Authors: Grundel Larisa Petrovna , Zhuravleva Irina Aleksandrovna , Mandroshchenko Olga Valentinovna , Kniazeva Anastasia Viktorovna , Kosenkova Yulia Yurevna
Published: November 2021

The purpose of this article is to consider the prospects of using blockchain technology in taxation. The article discusses the essence of blockchain and its possible implementation in the tax system. The study focuses on the benefits of blockchain as one of the most promising methods of improving and simultaneously simplifying the tax system for both the state and taxpayers. The main focus of the study was on the specifics of the implementation of blockchain in tax administration, for example, data structuring, cost-effectiveness, security (fraud detection), decentralized accounting technology (transparency), verification of transfer pricing, and the use of smart contracts. Blockchain can reconstruct accounting and automate the method of payments, transfers, and asset accounting. In the conclusions, the authors identify such potential advantages of implementing blockchain in tax administration as reducing transaction costs, faster, more transparent, and efficient taxation function.
Online Learning and Distortion of Character Education in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era
Authors: har Mith , Agustang Andi , Adam Arlin , Upe Ambo
Published: November 2021

This study aims to describe the distortion of the implementation of student character education in online learning in the Covid-19 Pandemic era. The research was conducted in Majene Regency, West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Methodologically, this study is based on a mixed-methods approach, where data was collected through 4,380 respondents. Respondents were selected to represent Elementary Schools, Junior High Schools, Senior High Schools, and Vocational High Schools in Majene Regency. Apart from respondents, data was also collected through the interview process and documentation study. The results showed that as many as 292 schools spread across 8 districts with a total of 44,949 students actively implementing online learning. Applications that are commonly used during online learning are WhatsApp, Ruang Guru, Zoom Meeting, and Google Classroom. The implementation of online distance education has distorted character education in students, including distortions in religious, nationalist, independence, mutual-cooperation, and distortions in integrity characters. Therefore, to reduce the distortion of character education through online learning, blended learning should be carried out, namely combining online and offline learning processes while still paying attention to health protocols.
The Impact of the Information Eco-environment on the Investment Attractiveness of the City
Authors: Gladilina Irina , Sergeeva Svetlana , Kozhevnikova Nelli , Tokareva Elizaveta
Published: November 2021

The information eco-environment of the city, aimed at attracting investment, is designed to solve the problems of forming investment attractiveness, protection from unscrupulous investors, obtaining reliable information when justifying the implementation of investment projects, participation in them. Considering the dynamism of modern investment processes, the creation of an effective information eco-environment is an important component of the development of the investment process, especially from the point of view of ensuring effective interaction of its participants and attracting a wide range of investors to the investment activity process. Therefore, it is necessary to assess the impact of the information eco-environment on the processes of investment in the urban environment and increase the investment attractiveness of the city. However, the features of information support of the investment market specifically at the municipal level remain insufficiently studied. Based on the analysis of literary sources and an expert survey, this article examines the forms of information disclosure that are most effective from the point of view of investors; factors of investment attractiveness that should be paid attention to when forming an information eco-environment. Finally, this article suggests the identification of key areas of development of the urban information eco-environment, which can be transformed into the investment attractiveness of the city. The results showed that the systematic use of the information eco-environment of the city should create conditions for users to receive the necessary information promptly, which contributes to the activation of investment activity, increasing its efficiency.
Binarization of Ancient Malayalam Documents - A Novel Weight-based Denoising Approach
Authors: Nair B.J. Bipin , Ashok Gopikrishna , Sreekumar N.R.
Published: November 2021

Even though several studies exist on denoising degraded documents, now a days it is a tedious task in the field of document image processing because ancient document may contain several degradations which will be a barrier for reader. Here we use old Malayalam Grantha scripts that contain useful information like the poem titled ‘Njana Stuthi’ and ancient literature. These historical documents are losing content due to heavy degradations such as, ink bleed, fungi-found to be brittleness & show through. In order to remove these kind of degradations, the study is proposing a novel binarization algorithm which remove noises from Grantha scripts as well as notebook images and make the document readable. Here we use 500 datasets of Grantha scripts for experimentation. In our proposed method, binarization is done through a channel based method in which we are converting image in to RGB, further adding weights to make the image darker or brighter followed by morphological operation open and finally passing it RGB and HSV channel for more clarity and clear separation of black text and white background, remaining noise will be removed using adaptive thresholding technique. The proposed method is outperformed with good accuracy.
Teacher Performance Evaluation through Knowledge Sharing and Technology during the COVID 19 Pandemic
Authors: Suparsa I Made , Setini Made , Asih Daru , Telagawathi Ni Luh Wayan Sayang
Published: November 2021

One of the worlds of education is an independent and intelligent student program. This study aims to determine the role of KBV theory and training through work skills and technology in evaluating teacher teaching performance in Kupang and Bali, Indonesia. This research method is quantitative; with SEM analysis, the sample used was 450 high school teachers, the sample was taken deliberately. Sharing knowledge that is done by the teacher motivates to improve work ability. Technology during the COVID-19 pandemic played a very big role in improving teacher teaching performance with the support of training because this gave teaching abilities for every teacher in Kupang and Bali, Indonesia. The ability to distinguish between knowledge and training in the absorption of technology to create quality and sustainable education. This study only uses two provinces in Indonesia as an analytical study with implementation only in the world of education. Knowledge, ability, and training are forms of understanding that require stimulation, while technology is a means of infrastructure during the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of this study contribute to the world of education, especially at the high school level because there is no concept of quality continuing education.
Work Engagement and Burnout Prevention through the Intervention of Learning Java Programming Skills to Blue-Color Professionals
Authors: Zavyalova Natalya , Sekerin Vladimir Dmitriyevich , Gorokhova Anna Evgenievna , Kravets Ekaterina Vladimirovna , Kalitko Svetlana Alekseevna
Published: November 2021

The research features Java programming skills interventions introduced to an experimental group of shop assistants in Russia (years 2020-2021) as a part of the work engagement enhancement framework. The interventions’ cycle included 4 weeks, featuring videos describing Java basics. The results are promising since the participants reported brief manageable stresses, the development of positive social bonds, the enhancement of perceived social support, and the engagement in help-seeking behaviors. The rate of work engagement was measured according to Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. The results were validated with the statistical method of Rosenbaum Q criteria. The proposed interventions outline focuses on seven areas: 1) the attitude of society to learning interventions featuring an unknown subject field; 2) the formation of the learning environment; 3) psychological diversity of participants; 4) work engagement; 5) planning and evaluation of results; 6) social relationships; 7) personal growth and professional development. It is a common belief that a smaller workload, shorter working hours, or bigger financial rewards can solve burnout problems and increase work engagement. We propose a different approach which is a careful intervention of new studying programs as a work engagement enhancement strategy, as well as an anti-burnout method.
The Role of Video Conference During Pandemic Times: A Case of General Meeting of Shareholders (GMS) to Reduce the Spread of the Covid-19 Virus
Authors: Nurudin Ikhyari Fatuti , Nurudin Agus , Wisnaeni Fifiana
Published: November 2021

Pandemic times are difficult and full of adjustments, where every sector of daily life activity changes. Changes that seem so significant can be seen from the limitation of social activities in the community, conventional activities with face-to-face and virtual face-to-face. Virtual communication is also implemented in holding the General Meeting of Shareholders (GMS) via video conference in order to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 virus. This article uses a normative juridical research method, namely research on the principles of positive law written in legislation by collecting data from secondary data. The results of this research from this article include: First, the holding of the GMS during this pandemic was carried out using video conferencing in two ways, namely through the Depository and Settlement Institution with an Open Company which has a private system in accordance with the latest Regulation issued by OJK No. 16/POJK.04/2020. Second, the legal certainty of this GMS has been tested, the output of the GMS is in the form of an electronic document or written in an Authentic Deed and can be used as a means of proof in court, so that the Limited Liability Company can choose one of them.
Forecasting Software Using Laplacian AR Model based on Bootstrap-Reversible Jump MCMC: Application on Stock Price Data
Authors: arman Sup , Hairun Yahya , Alhaddad Idrus , Machmud Tedy , Suharna Hery , Rusiman Mohd Saifullah
Published: November 2021

The application of the Bootstrap-Metropolis-Hastings algorithm is limited to fixed dimension models. In various fields, data often has a variable dimension model. The Laplacian autoregressive (AR) model includes a variable dimension model so that the Bootstrap-Metropolis-Hasting algorithm cannot be applied. This article aims to develop a Bootstrap reversible jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm to estimate the Laplacian AR model. The parameters of the Laplacian AR model were estimated using a Bayesian approach. The posterior distribution has a complex structure so that the Bayesian estimator cannot be calculated analytically. The Bootstrap-reversible jump MCMC algorithm was applied to calculate the Bayes estimator. This study provides a procedure for estimating the parameters of the Laplacian AR model. Algorithm performance was tested using simulation studies. Furthermore, the algorithm is applied to the finance sector to predict stock price on the stock market. In general, this study can be useful for decision makers in predicting future events. The novelty of this study is the triangulation between the bootstrap algorithm and the reversible jump MCMC algorithm. The Bootstrap-reversible jump MCMC algorithm is useful especially when the data is large and the data has a variable dimension model. The study can be extended to the Laplacian Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA) model.
Covid 19 Pandemic Impact Analysis on Family Income of Vegetable Farmer
Authors: Ratang Sarlota A.
Published: November 2021

Vegetable plants when viewed in terms of the economy is well-developed or cultivated due to the increasing demand, with simple technology, a fairly short lifespan between 3-4 weeks can be harvested, and the market continues to be wide open. Looking at the current situation, researchers want to do more in the influence of pandemic covid 19 on the income of vegetable farmers at the village Way Mhorock Jayapura City. Primary Data is used with in-depth interviews to farmers. With the number of samples of the 16 heads of family Farmers Research site was held in the village Way Mhorock Kota Jayapura which took place in June-July year 2020. Data analysis method is the analysis of earnings R/C Ratio analysis, analysis of B/C ratio (Benefit and Cost Ratio and analysis of BEP (Break Even Point). The results showed that the average profit gained by farmers from vegetable farming is and is IDR 11,168,267,-every month. Based on the profit and expense incurred, the value of B/C ratio of the total cost obtained by the farmer farmers is 2.47, so in other words B/C > 0 This means that the farming of vegetables in this village can provide benefits or beneficial and worthy to continue even in situations pandemic Covid today. The strategy is an opportunity so that the farmer managed to remain strong in the face of Covid 19 namely: continue to work hard, farmers still pay attention to the protocol health in farming. Both hand wash and wear masks. The average age of farmers is the age of productive, so with this age then a fairly strong and tough age against the corona virus. There is always an adequate supply of manure for daily use, so if there is a large social restriction, it is not an obstacle because of the availability of the manure. Farmers continue to provide good service, to customers and buyers with attention to the quality of vegetables purchased by consumers. The location is very close to the resident settlements, it is the strength for farmers in farming.
Analysis of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Regional Budget in Improving Disability Well-Being in Magelang City
Authors: Nurcahya Yulida Army , Bharata Risma Wira , Khotijah Siti Afidatul , Hirawati Heni , Rani Utpala
Published: November 2021

This study aims to analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of the Regional Budget (APBD) in improving the welfare of persons with disabilities in Magelang City. This research method uses mixed methods. Data collection techniques with questionnaires and interviews were used for synchronization. Determination of the sample using purposive sampling technique. The method of analysis uses the formula for the effectiveness and efficiency of income and expenditure. Based on the results of this study, it shows that the Magelang City Regional Budget (APBD) is effective and efficient in improving the welfare of persons with disabilities. The factor that affects the effectiveness and efficiency is due to the support from the local government. Persons with disabilities are given the opportunity to participate in the Musrenbang (Development Planning Deliberation) of Magelang City. Persons with disabilities are also included in an expo so that they have the opportunity to showcase their work, innovations and achievements.
Fintech Predictive Modeling and Performance of Investment Firms in Kenya
Authors: Gitonga Elizabeth Ndichu , Kariuki Peter Wang’ombe , Kariuki Samuel Nduati
Published: November 2021

Predictive analytics is concerned with the prediction of future trends and outcomes. The approaches used to conduct predictive analytics can be classified into machine learning techniques and regression techniques. This study dteremined the influence of fintech predictive modeling on performance of investment firms in Kenya. The study population was 57 investment firms. The study employed mixed method research design by incorporating descriptive and explanatory research designs. Data was collected using questionnaires and an in-depth interview guide. Coefficient of fintech predictive modeling has a positive and significant effect on performance of investment firms. The study concluded that fintech predictive modeling allows investment firms to forecast business growth and customer behaviour chnages. It is important for an investment firm to be able to understand business growth by accurately forecasting future growth and survival. Moreover, it is of vital necessity to understand changes in customer buying/consumption behavior so as to develop products and services that suit their needs and preferences. As a result, predictive modeling is required to project future business growth and changes in customer consumption pattern.
Financial Decision under Uncertainty: Lessons from Indonesian Millennial
Authors: Lestari Diyan
Published: November 2021

Financial decision under uncertain event is relatively tough not only for individual but also government and business owner. It impacts the individual welfare and other critical aspects. This paper attempts to examine millennial financial behavior in order to promote better understanding in facing uncertain event and conduct better risk mitigation. This study analyzed millennial financial decision by involving 2270 respondents. The result reveals that social influence, personality traits, financial literacy, and perceived risk provide strong relationship on millennial financial decision which present important implication for both academics and decision makers.
The Impact of Accounting Information System on Organizational Performance through Good University’s Private Governance in Indonesia
Authors: Hanum Zulia , ina Erl , Muda Iskandar , Bukit Rina , yarsyah Muh
Published: November 2021

The purpose of this research is to analyze and test the impact of accounting information systems on good university governance, the research designed used to test the hypothesis causal-comparative (Causal-Comparative Research method), universities in Medan, North Sumatera Indonesia. a sample of 25 private universities in the city of Medan. Data collection techniques are how to arrange interview instruments, perform data triangulation. Interviews were carried out later in this study, data will be analyzed using statistical analysis. The data were processed using Smart PLS data processing tools. The results of the study were the impact of accounting information system on organizational performance through Good University’s private governance in Medan City, North Sumatera, Indonesia.
The Impact of Transformational Leadership Factors on Project Progress and which Factor has Significant Influence and Great Contribution towards Project Success
Authors: Al Shanqaiti Al Mokhtar Mohammad , Farea Dr. Mazen Mohammed
Published: November 2021

Projects are essential drivers for business growth and success. The project’s aim is analyzing the effect of transformational leadership factors on succeeding the projects. The study will investigate transformational leadership factors (Idealized Influence, Inspirational Motivation, Intellectual Stimulation & Individualized Consideration) and their direct influence on project success. Examining the impact of each factor will support project leaders and project resources to influence project progress for delivering and achieving project success and eliminating potential project losses and unnecessary project failures. Data from 216 project members working in Saudi Arabia for managing and executing projects were gathered and screened before being analyzed and empirically tested using the Structural Equation Model. The findings are supported for hypotheses suggested and showed that transformational leadership as well as 3 factors (idealized influence, intellectual stimulation and individual based consideration) have a significant relationship influencing progress and ultimately impacting project success. The study concludes that inspirational motivation has insignificant effect on project success. The results are inviting project leaders to adopt transformational leadership and raise the awareness, which stimulates the employees to express their ideas, effective feedback, and concerns to create a situation for the employee to deliver best performance levels. The most significant contribution is recognizing the positive effect of at the transformational leadership on study progress and ultimately help project managers to secure the success.
Impacts of Solar Electricity Generation on the Thai Electricity Industry
Authors: Wattana Buncha , Aungyut Phinyo
Published: November 2021

This paper analyses the impacts of electricity generation from solar energy on the Thai electricity industry. In this paper, three scenarios (REF, Solar2015 and Solar2018) are developed to represent an increased levels of electricity produced from solar energy. A Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) model is employed, in this paper, to assess the impacts for the period 2019–2037. This paper assesses and analyses the scenario impacts in terms of diversification of electricity generation, fossil fuel requirement and emissions of CO2 and SO2. The analysis reveals that increased electricity generation from solar energy would help diversify energy supply for electricity generation, reduce fossil fuel imports, and therefore help improve energy security of the country. Furthermore, it would help mitigating CO2 and SO2 emissions – an issue of environmental significance. Despite several benefits, there are a number of emerging barriers for promoting electricity generation from solar energy in Thailand. These include the intermittency of solar energy, high-capital cost, unsupportable grid infrastructure and unfavourable regulatory framework. This paper, therefore, suggests that the implementation of energy storage system, provision of financial incentives to potential investors, improvement of grid flexibility and the revision of the regulations to support solar energy business could be effective strategies in order to address the barriers facing the Thai electricity industry.
Ideały społeczno-wychowawcze z perspektywy pedagogiki społecznej i władzy politycznej
Authors: Pilch Tadeusz
Published: November 2021

The aim of this article is to show the contradiction between establishing social pedagogy as a scientific discipline and equipping the humans, especially youth, with a system of humanitarian values and at the same time, initiating practical activities aimed at improving the material conditions of life. The opposite of these humanistic aspirations of the scientific discipline is the destructive action of political power based on malicious intentions, subordinating to its power, often authoritarian, the life and behaviors of citizens. The government rejects his vocation to serve the common good and the country’s develop- ment; and focuses on dominating all manifestations of collective and individual life. This striving for power reduces civil liberties and rights, divide society into hostile interest groups, and lead to abuse of violence and economic crisis. An additional nuisance for the society is the drastic neglect of social welfare, the disorganization of the infrastructure serving the public and the general disorganization of collective life. In this form, power can only be abolished.
Perspektywy renesansu publicznego stosowanej pedagogiki społecznej w postindustrialnej przestrzeni
Authors: Radziewicz-Winnicki Andrzej
Published: November 2021

The author takes up a critical approach to several concepts presented in the literature of social sci- ences, on so expected problems of public rehabilitation and revitalisation during the active enggement of such subdiscipline as modern social pedagogy. He analyses the local urban space, opposed to spontaneoulness chaos and anomia accured in public structures. The paper warns againt the relin- quishment in local communities of earlier order and the whole social network. It could becme in each posttransformated cociety during the social change. The aim of the paper was to mobilise on future a public support across education and prophylaxis to avoid a lot of individual and collective traumatic and neurostic feelings.
Self-assessed attitudes of adolescents towards learning
Authors: Goras-Postica Viorica
Published: November 2021

The article presents the results of a pedagogical study, recently conducted on a group of over 8 thou- sand adolescents on the self-assessment of attitudes towards learning. As technologies have shifted many points of focus in addressing learning as an essential aspect of the educational process, the author intended to analyze the representations of adolescents from the knowledge and information century, administering an online questionnaire consisting of different types of questions. The results revealed diverse and mature perceptions, problems of teacher-student, student-student relations, of the institutional process of organization / culture of learning, but also of its results, as perceived by the main actors of the educational act.
Problematyka „spraw zdrowia” w dziełach polskich klasyków pedagogiki społecznej – Heleny Radlińskiej, Aleksandra Kamińskiego, Ryszarda Wroczyńskiego
Authors: Syrek Ewa
Published: November 2021

The article presents views on “health matters” contained in the works of the classics of social peda- gogy: Helena Radlińska, Aleksander Kamiński, and Ryszard Wroczyński to emphasize their topicality concerning the contexts of contemporary health pedagogy and health education
Investigation of thermo-elastic characteristics in functionally graded rotating disk using finite element method
Authors: Sharma Dinkar , Kaur Ramandeep , Sharma Honey
Published: November 2021

In this research paper, displacement, stresses and strains are presented for rotating FGM disk with variable thickness by using finite element method (FEM). Thermo-elastic material properties and thickness of FGM disk continuously vary as exponential and power law function in radial direction along radius of disk. The value of Poisson's ratio is taken as constant. The problem of thermo-elasticity is converted into second order governing differential equation in terms of radial coordinate. This conversion is based upon equilibrium equation for disk and stress-strain relationship. The influence of variable thickness, angular velocity and functionally graded materials is discussed on thermo-elastic characteristics of rotating disk for exponential variation of material properties. Further, these thermo-elastic characteristics of disk are plotted for various values of non-homogeneity parameter under power law distribution of material properties. Thus, the investigations done in this research paper may be useful for industrial area in construction an appropriate FGM disk by controlling above mentioned parameters.
Kubrick’s audible bodies: unseen subjectivities in 2001 and The Shining
Authors: Batcho James
Published: November 2021

Stanley Kubrick is regarded as a filmmaker of complex imagery. Yet the vitality of his more metaphysical works lies in what is unseen. There is an embodiment to Kubrick’s films that maintains a sense of subjectivity, but one which is unapparent and non-visual. This opens another way into Kubrick’s works, that of conditions of audibility (hearing/listening), affectivity, and signs. To think of embodiment from such an audible perspective requires one to subvert film spectatorship (the frame) and instead enter the reality of the film’s immanent, borderless unfolding as itself. This essay applies Gilles Deleuze’s semiotic concepts of cinema, metaphysics, and subjectivity to conditions of audibility and unseeing, a connection Deleuze largely ignored in his writings. These dual concepts of audibility and unseeing break prevailing analytical norms in cinema discourse that affirm limitations via material, visual, textual, and spatial reification: subjective-objective delineations, the body and the gaze, sound as necessarily spatial/material, and the dominance of images in regard to aesthetics, surveillance, and evidence. Instead, this essay moves through Kubrick’s constructions of milieu that are unseen in the midst of an otherwise visual unfolding, and audible in the midst of an otherwise sonic unfolding. To consider Kubrick’s films through their audible embodiment, one must detach (1) the microphone from its adherence to space, (2) the body from its visual gaze. Here, sounds, images, and objects become secondary to hearing and signs in a temporal unfolding, resulting in a cinema that is experiential rather than representational. This opens to an actuality of spirit within the world of the film, offering new opportunities for creativity in the cinematic form.
Országmárka-rangsorok a Covid-19 világjárvány idején – „Az az egy fontos: legyetek jók most!”
Authors: Papp-Váry Árpád Ferenc
Published: November 2021

A termékek és szolgáltatások világában jó ideje megszokottak a márkarangsorok: a top100-as globális márkalistát többek közt elkészíti az Interbrand és a BrandZ-Kantar-WPP is. Az Interbrand 2020-as listájának első öt helyén például az Apple, az Amazon, a Microsoft, a Google és a Samsung áll, őket követi az első, nem technológiai márka, a Coca-Cola. De a BrandZ-Kantar-WPP 2020-as rangsora esetén is hasonló a helyzet, ott az első öt helyezett sorrendje: Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Visa.
A klasszikus márkarangsorokhoz hasonlóan az országmárkákra is rendelkezésre állnak már toplisták. Sőt, szinte minden évben megjelenik legalább egy új ilyen. Van már Anholt Nation Brands Index, FutureBrand Country Brand Index, Anholt Good Country Index, Bloom Consulting Country Brand Ranking (Tourism Edition, illetve Trade Edition), Young&Rubicam Best Countries, Reputation Institute Country RepTrak és Global Soft Power Index is. Ezek mindegyikét lehetetlen taglalni egyetlen cikk keretei között, és nem is mindegyiknek van annyira friss országmárka-rangsora, ami már a Covid-19 járványidőszak alatt született, ezért most csak az első hármat vettük górcső alá közülük.
A publikáció egyik célja az, hogy magyar nyelven először bemutassa ezek módszertanát, dimenzióit és faktorait, illetve az egyes rangsorok eredményeit, különös tekintettel arra, hogy 2020-ban miként változtak. Az írás másik célja, hogy rámutasson arra, hogy a jó országmárka, a jó országimázs alapja voltaképp nem más, mint maga a jó ország, pontosan ugyanúgy, ahogy egy klasszikus márka esetében is a kiindulópont a jó termék és szolgáltatás.
Az Első Dunagőzhajózási Társaság (DGT) középfokú iskolája, a Pécsi Magyar Királyi Szénbánya Iskola (Pécs-Bányatelep, 1893-1940)
Authors: Bérczesi Richárd
Published: November 2021

Publikációm témája az Első Dunagőzhajózási Társaságnak (a továbbiakban: DGT) az 1896-ban a pécsi bányavidéken létrehozott középfokú iskolája, a Pécsi Magyar Királyi Szénbánya Iskola, amely a bányatörténettel való személyes érdeklődésemen alapuló kutatásom része.
Több kérdés is foglalkoztatott: Miért, és hogyan vette a kezébe a DGT a pécsi bányavidék oktatását? Hol és mikor épült fel a társaság középfokú iskolája? Az elemi iskolákhoz hasonlóan kizárólag a cég fenntartásában állt? Milyen volt az elrendezése? Kik tanulhattak az iskolában? Kellett tandíjat fizetni? Koedukált osztályok működtek az intézményben? Hogyan rendelkezett az 1883-as középiskolai törvény a magyarországi iskolákról? Miként változott az oktatáspolitika a Horthy-korszakban? A DGT-iskola működtetése különbözött az államiaktól? Ha igen, akkor miért és hogyan? 1918-ban milyen volt az intézmény viszonyulása a szerb megszállókhoz? Az 1938. március 12-ei Anschlusst[1] követően hogyan érintette az iskolát és az oktatást a DGT-nek a „Reichswerke Hermann Göringbe” [2] történő integrálása? Mi lett a sorsa az intézménynek?
Összegezve arra a következtetésre jutottam, hogy a DGT középfokú iskolája a magyar oktatástörténeten belül sajátos szerepben volt: az államtól kapott különleges privilégiumok révén a fenntartó hozhatta meg a kulcsfontosságú döntéseket.
1938 után az intézmény német részről erőteljes asszimilációs és náci ideologizálási törekvéseknek volt kitéve. Az 1918-as, a szerbekkel szembenihez hasonló ellenállás és magas fenntartási költségek végül azonban megpecsételték a Vallás-, és Közoktatásügyi Minisztériumhoz (a továbbiakban: VKM) 1940-ben visszakerülő iskola sorsát és továbbélését Pécsen.
 
[1] Ausztria náci Németország általi bekebelezése.
[2] Magyar fordításban: „Hermann Göring Művek”.
A pozitív hibakultúra szerepe a köznevelésben – gyakorlati szempontok
Authors: Szabóné Mojzes Angelika
Published: November 2021

Jelen tanulmányban arra vállalkozom, hogy bemutassam a pozitív hibakultúra közoktatásban betöltött szerepét, felvillantsam, hogy milyen lényeges szerepet tölt be modern pedagógia módszertanok körében. Egy igen érdekes kérdésről van szó, hiszen a korábban csak az üzleti életben használt modellt hozzávetőleg húsz éve alkalmazzák a köznevelésben. Nagy népszerűségnek örvend az Egyesült Államokban, Kelet-Ázsiában, de egyre több európai ország oktatáspolitikája adaptálja saját rendszerébe.
A publikáció célja, hogy felvázoljam a külföldi példákat, mennyire vált be, hogy lehetne a magyar köznevelésben is hasznát venni. Ehhez leginkább a témában született regionális és nemzetközi felméréseket fogom prezentálni, amelyek kapcsán arra is vállalkozok, hogy bemutassam, miként lehetne ezt átültetni a magyar oktatási gyakorlatba. Mivel eddigi kutatásom is e téma köré szerveződött, fontosnak érzem, hogy minél több, a szakma iránt elkötelezett kutató számára bemutassam, mennyivel eredményesebb lenne hosszú távon a magyar közoktatás, ha idehaza is megjelenne a pozitív hibakultúra alkalmazása. Tudom, ez jelentős befektetést igényelne a pedagógustársadalom irányából is, mivel ezeket a módszereket el kellene sajátítani, de ez mind a tanárok, mind a diákok javára válna hosszú távon.
Tanulmányom végén sort kerítek a téma rövid összefoglalására is. Hiszek benne, hogy jelenlegi, vitaindítónak szánt cikkemmel sokakat meg fogok győzni a változás szükségességéről.
Quand l’action concertée devient source de savoirs : étude sur les apprentissages réalisés par des acteurs impliqués dans une expérience de développement local en organisation communautaire en milieu rural
Authors: Morin Lucie
Published: November 2021

Depuis 1980, plusieurs municipalités rurales du Québec ont eu recours au développement local pour offrir de meilleures conditions de vie à leurs résidents. Les communautés rurales font face à des défis économiques, sociaux et environnementaux complexes exigeant que les personnes impliquées possèdent certaines connaissances et compétences. Cette recherche souhaite découvrir les phénomènes qui contribuent au développement de la capacité d’agir des personnes impliquées dans une démarche de développement local en milieu rural. Une étude de cas a été réalisée à partir de l’approche de développement local en organisation communautaire et de deux composantes du concept d’empowerment individuel : la participation et les compétences. Les résultats révèlent que la participation et l’acquisition de compétences dépendent de divers facteurs tels que les caractéristiques du profil des personnes, les facteurs favorisant la présence des personnes au sein du projet collectif, la disposition aux apprentissages ainsi que les modes d’apprentissage.
Sentencing Drug Offenders Justly While Reducing Mass Incarceration
Authors: Adelman Hon. Lynn
Published: November 2021

In my paper, I discuss what I believe is the most effective approach to sentencing drug defendants. I start with the proposition that in many, if not most cases, incarcerating drug offenders does more harm than good. Imprisonment contributes to mass incarceration, does not deter unlawful drug activity and has an adverse racial impact. Thus, if a judge can reasonably avoid imposing a prison sentence, he or she should do so. Fortunately, this is the judge’s duty under the law. 18 U.S.C. §3553(a) requires a judge to impose a sentence that is “sufficient but not greater than necessary…” or, in other words, the least restrictive reasonable sentence. Thus, in every case, the judge must first consider whether a non-incarcerative sentence is sufficient. It often will be.

In determining the appropriate sentence, a judge should focus on what the offender did and why and what he or she will likely do in the future and pay less attention to such factors as drug type and drug weight. Sometimes, a mandatory minimum sentence will apply and prevent a judge from imposing a fair sentence, but that is outside the judge’s control. Fortunately, because of Booker and its progeny, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines do not pose a similar problem. The judge, of course, must calculate and consider the applicable guideline but in many cases the guideline will be irrelevant to a just sentence. This is so because the guidelines are excessively oriented toward prison sentences and thus frequently conflict with the sufficient but not greater than necessary command of §3553(a). In my paper, I provide numerous examples of sentences that I have imposed and explanations of those sentences to illustrate this approach.
Sentencing Federal Drug Offenders
Authors: Hamilton Melissa
Published: November 2021

The Drug War ushered in harsh sentencing practices in the United States. The severity in penalties has been particularly salient in the federal criminal justice system. Increased statutory penalties and U.S. Sentencing Commission guidelines led to drug users and traffickers serving longer periods of incarceration. As a result, the federal correctional system is overburdened.

A noticeable change in attitude is evident. Congress has offered leniency for certain first-time drug offenders in the form of a statutory safety valve. While a progressive step, the safety valve applies to relatively few individuals. Importantly, federal judges have some discretion to reject what they might consider to be overly lengthy sentencing mandates.

This Article provides an empirical study of sentencing statistics for drug offences. The sample derives from the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s fiscal year 2019 dataset of over 20,000 cases sentenced for drug crimes. Results show that judges employed various mechanisms to reduce statutory- and guidelines-based penalties. Strategies by judges include avoiding mandatory minimums (using the safety valve and otherwise), giving greater point reductions than permitted, and rejecting Commission policies. Over 60% of sentences were below the guidelines’ minimum recommendations. The consequences are beneficial in alleviating strain on the federal prison population, but create inconsistency in sentencing practices.

A qualitative component supplements the quantitative. Judges, when issuing their statement of reasons for the sentence, may include textual comments. These comments provide valuable contextual information in how judges articulate their concerns with sanctions for drug offenders. Overall results present important policy considerations.
Crack 2.0
Authors: Coleman Lex A.
Published: November 2021

The 1984 Sentencing Reform Act charged the U.S. Sentencing Commission with developing sentencing guidelines that advanced the purposes of sentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). After the Supreme Court cases Booker, Kimbrough, Gall, and Spears, it is now well established—at least with federal drug trafficking offenses—that the Commission did not fulfill that directive. The magnitude of that failure (coupled with some of Congress’s own misguided decisions) has previously been highlighted by the evolution of federal crack sentencing policies, the Fair Sentencing Act, the related line of Supreme Court cases, and more recently the First Step Act. Congress’s compromise correction of over twenty years (essentially a generation) of a failed war on crack did nothing to further correct similar defects with federal drug sentencing policies for other controlled substances—particularly with respect to methamphetamine. Given the resurgence of methamphetamine trafficking, use, and prosecutions, this paper will analyze post-1988 federal methamphetamine sentencing policy to illustrate how the drug-type, quantity, and purity model for punishing drug trafficking offenses still produces unwarranted sentencing disparities between similar controlled substances or different forms of the same controlled substances—and in the end plainly fails to effectively deter the targeted criminal conduct or advance the purposes of federal sentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).
PENGARUH JENIS FILLER TERHADAP NILAI KEKERASAN DAN STRUKTUR MIKRO STAINLESS STEEL AISI 304 PADA PROSES PENGERJAAN LAS TIG
Authors: Fitrianto Aldona Dwi , Widodo Rahmat Doni
Published: November 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui nilai kekerasan dan struktur mikro hasil lasan sambungan las TIG pada stainless steel AISI 304 dengan penggunaan variasi jenis filler. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode eksperimental untuk membuktikan adanya perbedaan nilai kekerasan dan struktur mikro, yang dihasilkan dari pengelasan TIG dengan memvariasikan penggunaan jenis filler ER 309 L dan ER 316 L pada penelitian stainless steel AISI 304. Data hasil penelitian dianalisis secara deskriptif yang ditampilkan dalam bentuk tabel dan grafik. Hasil penelitian membuktikan ada perbedaan nilai kekerasan dan struktur mikro yang dihasilkan oleh variasi filler. Nilai kekerasan maksimal dihasilkan pada penggunaan filler ER 309 L dengan nilai kekerasan rata-rata 410,32 kgf/mm2. Nilai kekerasan terendah dihasilkan pada penggunaan filler ER 316 L dengan nilai kekerasan rata-rata 397,78 kgf/mm2. Spesimen dengan filler ER 309 L struktur mikro logam lasan memiliki butiran karbida cr yang kecil mengakibatkan nilai kekerasannya meningkat signifikan dari pada spesimen dengan filler ER 316 L.
Reflection of Religious Intolerance Myth in Video Construction “Sayyid El-Rais” Based on Barthes Perspective
Authors: Erwhintiana Ifi , Fitriani Laily
Published: November 2021

This research aims to develop denotative and connotative meanings in sayyid El-Rais' videos, as well as reveal myths based on Barthes's perspective. This research is a qualitative descriptive research. Data collection technique used observation and taking notes technique. Researchers used descriptive analysis techniques based on the Miles and Huberman model are data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. The results showed that reading of first level in semiotics perspective produced several codes that referred to text structure including; symbolic, semantic, and hermeneutic. Denotatively, the speech in video reflect outpouring of a Palestinian child about incidents that happened to him, called deprived homeland. The second level reading that refers to code development resulted in a myth of religious tolerance. In connotative meaning, there are portraits of religious intolerance that are carried in these stories. This speech presents as religious intolerance representation felt by the Palestinian people so that the author's message that can be taken through this portraits is able to increase awareness of religious tolerance and empathy for others as humanity form
Good-Life Concepts of Moral Value in Robin Hood Movie
Authors: Yusuf Faidah , Fachrunnisa Ince
Published: November 2021

The study aims to know good-life concepts of moral value in Robin Hood movie. This research used qualitative approach. The researcher found that five moral principles are tolerance, belief, kind-hearted, integrity, and responsibility. In this movie, good-live concepts of moral value are tolerance for human relationships with Heaven, belief is entrusting everything to God's power, kind‐hearted is honesty in this movie that the hero succeeded in winning people's hearts by his supporting honesty, integrity is like finding a valuable gem, and responsibility portrayed feels responsible for defense, reminding people of responsibility to protect their position in everywhere.
The role of membrane mucin MUC4 in breast cancer metastasis
Authors: Dreyer Courtney A , VanderVorst Kacey , Free Savannah , Rowson-Hodel Ashley , Carraway Kermit L
Published: November 2021

A major barrier to the emergence of distant metastases is the survival of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) within the vasculature. Lethal stressors, including shear forces from blood flow, anoikis arising from cellular detachment, and exposure to natural killer cells, combine to subvert the ability of primary tumor cells to survive and ultimately seed distant lesions. Further attenuation of this rate-limiting process via therapeutic intervention offers a very attractive opportunity for improving cancer patient outcomes, in turn prompting the need for a deeper understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying CTC viability. MUC4 is a very large and heavily glycosylated protein expressed at the apical surfaces of the epithelia of a variety of tissues, is involved in cellular growth signaling and adhesiveness, and contributes to the protection and lubrication of cellular linings. Analysis of patient-matched breast tumor specimens has demonstrated that MUC4 protein levels are upregulated in metastatic lesions relative to primary tumor among all breast tumor subtypes, pointing to a possible selective advantage for MUC4 overexpression in metastasis. Analysis of a genetically engineered mouse model of HER2-positive breast cancer has demonstrated that metastatic efficiency is markedly suppressed with Muc4 deletion and Muc4-knockout tumor cells are poorly associated with platelets and white blood cells known to support CTC viability. In this review, we discuss the diverse roles of MUC4 in tumor progression and metastasis and propose that intervening in MUC4 intercellular interactions with binding partners on blood-borne aggregating cells could potentially thwart breast cancer metastatic efficiency.